#but in all seriousness we're doing great even if feels like we just ran 5 marathons in a row.

[blacktabbygames]

how are you guys doing? i imagine its been busy between pristine cut launch + SH ep 5, hope you're doing well and know your work is appreciated!

[brainyxbat]

Chapter 4: Luffy Gets Angry! A Dirty Trick Violates the Sacred Duel!

(episode 72)

As Broggy and Dorry began their fight, Luffy watched in awe from the ground, with Vivi and Karoo bearing the sonicwave.

"H-he blocked the blow with his helmet!" Usopp exclaimed from his, Venus, and Nami's place by Broggy's home. "If he was off by even an inch, he would've died instantly!" Dorry escaped a slash, which only cut some strands from his long beard, and shoved his weapon into Broggy's. "What a fight; each of their attacks is a mortal blow aimed at the opponent's vital point!"

"Wow," Venus watched with him.

"Those two have continued this duel to the death for 100 years?" Nami remarked, then smiled with relief. "But this is good; we can use this opportunity to get out of here." She began to walk away, dragging Venus with her, but stopped upon noticing that he wasn't moving an inch. "Usopp?"

"Incredible..." '"Reason? I don't remember."' He recalled Broggy's words. "Even without a reason, they're fighting so seriously."

"This fight sure is a bother," Nami frowned, before getting startled by Venus yanking her arm out of her grip.

"You idiot!" Usopp protested, still not moving away, as Venus sat on the log to watch. "This is what people mean by a real battle between men!"

Nami stared in surprise. "What's that about?"

"To use an analogy, those two fly a warrior's flag in their heart. This flag is even more important their life. In no way do they want it to be destroyed by others. That's why they've continued to take on each other for 100 long years!" The weapons clashed. "Do you get it? This is unmistakably a proud duel between warriors!"

"Wow," Venus breathed in awe.

Nami watched on for a few seconds, before losing interest, and walking away. "Whatever. Stuff like that doesn't interest me. Now, hurry up!"

"I'm gonna watch this a little longer."

"Me too."

"Venus!"

"This is exactly what my goal is. To be a brave warrior of the sea! I wanna be a proud man like them!"

Venus smiled at him from the log. "That's a great dream, Usopp."

Nami frowned in distaste, before sitting next to her. "I see... so you wanna be a giant."

Usopp flinched, and ran over to her angrily. "No!! Were you even listening to me?!"

"Moron," Venus glared at her, but went unnoticed.

"There!" She pointed behind his back. "Don't you have to watch them over there?"

Usopp turned around to start watching again. "If there's a village with warriors like them in it, I wanna go there someday."

-

Elsewhere in the jungle, Ms. Valentine was hovering above the trees. "I've got a good view from here."

"They'll find you, Ms. Valentine," Mr. 5 scolded, "Come down already!"

"Don't worry, Mr. 5; after all, they're absorbed in the fight. They won't notice."

"Just come down!" He commanded.

"Okay, okay." She reluctantly obliged, and dropped down to the ground gracefully.

"Hey, do you really get it? This is a big job for 200 million berries."

"Of course. Although I feel reluctant to do as Mr. 3 tells us."

"I know," Mr. 5 passed her by, "Let's go."

"Okay," She followed.

-

Meanwhile, Broggy sat on the ground to catch his breath. "We're both homesick, aren't we, Dorry?"

"That's why I'll beat you, and go back to Elbaf, Broggy."

After the axe and sword stuck in the ground, they started up again, this time shoving their shields in each other's faces. "73,466 duels..."

"73,466 draws..."

Usopp, Venus, and Nami witnessed their crashing back down, as did Luffy, Vivi, and Karoo. After a few seconds of silence, they both started laughing jovially. "Dorry! Actually, I got alcohol from my guests."

"Great! It's been a while since I had a drink. Give me some."

-

Elsewhere, Zoro heard the commotion during his hunt. "What was that? First a long, strange earthquake, and now this? What is it this time? Are there weird creatures other than dinosaurs in this jungle?" He then smirked. "Well, that damn cook is probably the only one who'd be happy to capture things like that."

"Were those bird cries?" Sanji wondered aloud from where he was looking around for catches. "Even so, those were vulgar, unappetizing cries. Although we're competing to capture a big prey, we're still looking for food." He smirked to himself. "That guy doesn't get it at all."

-

At the houses, a laughing Dorry was downing drinks while with Luffy, Vivi, and Karoo. "I see. His guests are your friends, huh? I saw a man with a long nose, and two women."

"That's Usopp, Nami, and Venus!" Luffy beamed to the princess. "Hah! They said they wouldn't get off the ship, but they really do like adventures after all!"

"Then you could also say that I got this alcohol from you."

They all glanced up at a screeching pterodactyl flying by. "By the way, Dorry-san, does it really take a year for the Log to be stored?" Vivi asked worriedly.

"Didn't you notice the human skulls lying around?" Dorry responded with another question. "Those who come to this island die before the Log is stored in most cases. Some become dinosaurs' food. Some suffer from heat and starvation. Some others are killed because they attack us. They all die... it seems that one year on this island is too long for humans."

Vivi's hands balled into fists in her lap. "What're we gonna do? Even if we could survive for a year, if that much time passes, I don't know what will happen to my country by then."

"Yeah," Luffy agreed, "I'd get bored too, if we stay here for a year. Isn't there a good way, old guy?"

"Hmm... we do have an Eternal Pose, but it's to our hometown, Elbaf. In other words, we're fighting for this Eternal Pose. Do you wanna try taking it by force?"

"That's no good," Luffy frowned in disappointment, "That's not where we wanna go. We just wanna go to the island after this one." He turned to Vivi. "Right?"

"Yes," She nodded, "If we lose the route to Alabasta, there's no point in moving forward."

"See?" Luffy turned back to Dorry.

"Then why don't you move forward randomly?" He suggested. "If you're lucky, you'll get there."

Luffy stared blankly for several seconds, before bursting into hearty laughter. "Maybe we'll do that! We may actually get there, huh?" Vivi stayed silent through the exchange.

"Come to think of it, there was someone who left before the Log was stored," Dorry recalled.

"What happened to him?" Luffy asked, as Vivi tensed up.

"How should I know?"

"He must've gotten to the next island."

"That must be it!"

Karoo was stifling laughter, before he flinched fearfully; Vivi was getting angrier by the second. 'What's so funny?' She glared, as they laughed together. 'I can't understand what they're thinking!'

-

"A brave warrior of the sea? What's that?" Broggy asked through repairing the handle of his axe.

"I'm talking about you guys," Usopp replied, "I wanna be like you guys someday!"

"Hm?" Broggy frowned in confusion. "You mean a giant?"

"See?" Nami grinned pridefully, as Venus facepalmed.

"That's not it!" Usopp exclaimed, then regained his composure. "I hope to live proudly just like the warriors of Elbaf!"

Broggy smiled, and laughed happily. "I see! Especially since our life span is longer than you humans', we think about how we die. Your assets, life... everything will eventually cease to exist. But if we die as a warrior of Elbaf without destroying our pride, that would be dying with honor. That pride is an everlasting treasure that is passed on in the land of Elbaf."

Usopp listened intently with deep admiration. "So pride is your treasure... that's so cool. I've decided... that I'll call you Master from now on!"

"Huh?"

Out of nowhere, an explosion boomed from inside Dorry's gut; Luffy, Vivi, and Karoo gaped in horror, as it sent him falling face-up, eyes rolling back, with smoke billowing from his throat. "Giant old guy!" Luffy cried. "What's going on?! Why did the alcohol explode?! That was our alcohol we had on our ship, right?!"

"It exploded in his stomach! His opponent must've laid the explosive!" Vivi guessed, as Luffy turned angry.

He jumped down from Dorry's chest, and leaned into her face. "What the hell were you watching?! They've been fighting for 100 years! No way they'd do something like this!"

"Then who on Earth..."

Behind them, a furious Dorry came to, weapon ready. "You bastards did..." He thrust his sword into the ground. "It wasn't Broggy," He panted, "We're proud warriors of Elbaf. Who else besides you should I be suspicious of?"

Karoo was already running away. "Let's get out of here now!" Vivi urged. "It's probably no use saying anything to him!"

"It's probably no use, even if we run." Luffy took off his treasured straw hat, and held it out to her. "Hold this, and stay back."

"Don't tell me! Are you going to fight?"

Luffy cracked his fingers. "I feel bad to do this to the old guy, but I'll quiet him down."

"Both of you, stop! Please!" Vivi pleaded. "Dorry-san, please listen! We really don't know anything about it! Anything about the alcohol that exploded! So please don't fight!" They continued staring daggers at one another. "You have to stay calm! Your insides are in bad shape right now!"

Dorry lifted his sword. "How dare you... do something so insolent!"

Luffy jumped away to avoid being crushed, before running up with the sword as leverage, and leaped in the air. "Gum-Gum...!" He prepared an attack, but was sent crashing back to the ground from Dorry's shield. He reached deep into the jungle, grabbed one of the trees, and launched himself away before he could get hit. Dorry coughed up blood, as Luffy flew off. "Gum-Gum...!" He prepared to go back in. 'I'm sorry.' "Rocket!!" He headbutted Dorry's stomach; but just as he seemed out of commission, his eyes reopened, and to Vivi and Karoo's horror, he stomped on him like a bug, as he recovered.

"Luffy-san!!" Vivi screamed.

Dorry panted through the pain. "So he has... the powers of a Devil Fruit." He fell to his knees. "I underestimated... him." After coughing up more blood, he collapsed face-down on the ground, sending shockwaves quaking throughout. A panting Luffy sat up, and turned to the giant. He wasn't moving.

"Luffy-san!" Vivi ran to him in concern, hat in hand. "Are you all right?"

He turned to her. "How's the old guy?"

"He's probably okay," She replied, "This is actually good. Otherwise, he wouldn't have calmed down."

He put his hat back on. "I'm angry!"

"What?"

"Like the old guy said, this alcohol explosion isn't the act of the other giant, and my friends would never do a stupid thing like this!"

"Then who on Earth..."

"There's someone else, on this island."

-

"Games are heavily influenced by people's state of mind," Mr. 3 said through pouring tea, "They are confused right now, by the cryptic bomb from an invisible enemy." He gave the teacups to Mr. 5 and Ms. Valentine. "First, about our first target, Dorry the Blue Ogre; I knew it was impossible to finish him, but the damage he received to his stomach still must've been quite large. Now, we can drink some tea, and wait for the next duel to start."

"So we'll let the other giant take care of the injured giant, huh?" Mr. 5 guessed.

"That's right."

"That's quite a roundabout way of doing things," He remarked after a sip.

"The Warrior species are the same as wild boars, after all. We don't have to fight seriously, when they're only good at going head-on, since even if we can't win power-wise, we have brains to make up for it." Mr. 3 chuckled evilly, before sensing he was being stared at. It was Ms. Golden Week, who sat at the window without making a sound. He tried to ignore her, but her eyes bore into him. "Geez, get it yourself, Ms. Golden Week," He griped, handing the teacup over.

"By the way, what're we going to do with the Straw Hat gang?"

Mr. 3 turned to Mr. 5. "Straw Hat?" In realization, his top knot straightened up like an exclamation point. "Oh yeah, the small fries that found out the boss' secrets. Well, we can just lure them out one by one, starting with whoever's convenient to my "secret set." My motto is "big crimes via cheap tricks." There're many ways to defeat enemies without actually fighting."

Ms. Golden Week held out her empty teacup. "Mr. 3, refill please."

"Hey, me too," Mr. 5 requested.

"You guys!" Mr. 3 raged. "Take time to savor it!"

-

"Ah!" Luffy, Vivi, and Karoo turned to the volcano when it suddenly erupted, several times.

"That mountain is, if I'm not mistaken..."

-

"This isn't good," Zoro remarked, "I'm running out of time." When he stepped on something hard, he stopped and looked down; it was a baby triceratops. "Ah, sorry." He drew his foot away, only for it to bite his shoe. "Ahh! Let it go!" He tried to wave it off. "I said I'm sorry! Hey!" He didn't realize he was being watched through the struggle. "I don't have time to mess around! Let it go!"

"The time out signal has rung," Sanji observed disappointedly, "Having no prey isn't even funny. Damn." In a tree behind him, a saber-toothed tiger was watching ominously.

-

"There's the signal," Broggy pointed out to Usopp and the girls, "It's quite active today."

"You're going?!" Usopp asked in surprise. "Your wounds from that last battle still haven't-"

Broggy held out his axe in determination. "It's nothing! We're both in the same condition!" He had no idea how wrong he was. He laughed, as Usopp gulped. "Making excuses during a merciless fight to the death would spoil my name!"

-

Elsewhere, a pained Dorry pushed himself on his knees, not giving up. "Hey! Wait, old guy!" Luffy called. "Don't go!"

"You can't go, Dorry-san!" Vivi urged. "You need to keep still! You'll die if you push yourself too hard!"

"I, Warrior Dorry, am here... at the very least," He coughed up more blood, "I will fight to uphold the name of Elbaf!" He regained his footing, as the three could only watch.

[fangirlstorycreator]

Hey Bestie 🖤 I thought about a Cash scenario. Let's say we're dating for a while and a friend of his ask us to babysit their daughter over the weekend cause there's a emergency in the family. We are totally overwhelmed at first but Cash is immediately in dad mode. Like the little girl loves him and when you see them play together, him reading her favorite book before taking her to sleep. And we're feeling a little down cause we have the feeling that the little girl doesn't like us but she is just shy cause she doesn't know us. Cash is cheering us up and introducing us to her.And then she absolutely loves us and tells her parents what a great time she had. Maybe ending with something sweet and romantic? Take your time Bestie 🖤 I love you ☺️

What a cute ask bestie 🥺 of course I'll write this for you, I love you too 💚

You were just folding some clothes after taking them out from the tumble dryer, when you get a phone call on your phone. "Hello?" "Hey Y/N! Listen, I'm in the middle of a crisis and I need your help!" "Of course, what do you need?" "There is a problem in my family and I have to drive up to my families home, which will be nearly a 24 hour round trip, and I can't put Lacie though that. Please could you look after her while I'm gone? There's a spare bedroom with a double bed so there's somewhere decent for you to sleep too. You can even bring Cash if you want some company? I trust both you and him" "Yes it's no problem Jess, what time do you need me around?" "Is 5 ok?" "5 is fine, I'll see you later" Once the phone call ends, you carry on folding your clothes on your bed when you call out to Cash. "Babe?" "Yeh?" "Can you come hear please?" He walks into the bedroom and sits on the bed facing you. "What's up Y/N?" "Jess was just on the phone with me, she asked if I can look after her little girl while she deals with a family issue, it will be an over night thing. Jess said your welcome to come to if you'd like, I just wanted to know if you wanted to come?" "Yeh, I like the sound of that babe" "Great, well we're due at 5, so just make sure you get an over night bag ready and we're good to go" Once it was nearly time to go, you and Cash put your things in the car and drove up to Jess's house, it was a 20 minute drive away from your home. When you arrived, Jess opened the door and ran out to you, pulling you in for a desperate hug. "Wow Jess, it's nice to see you too" "I'm sorry about that, I'm just so thankful you could help out, even Jake couldn't come and watch her, he's such an #sshole" Jess walked back into the house and Cash came up to you holding the bags, whispering into your ear. "Who's Jake?"

"That's her ex boyfriend, he's Lacie's dad" "Oh I see" You take a bag from him and you both walk into the house together. "Lacie is just playing in the garden at the moment, so please feel free to put your things into the spare room" You and Cash went upstairs and put your bags away in the spare room, it was nice and welcoming in there, it felt very homey. "That bed looks very comfy babe" "Your right Cash it does, usually when were away from home the beds aren't very comfortable, but this one looks surprisingly nice" He sits on the end and has a little bounce, stroking his hands over the soft quilt. "You know...it feels soft enough too...you know...." "Cash! You can't be serious?" "Why wouldn't I be?" "Babe we're hear to babysit, your seriously thinking about sex right now?" "I can't help it if you look this sexy infront of me"

You chuckle at his comment "Cash I'm literally wearing jeans, a baggy shirt and a black hoodie. You honestly find me sexy in this?" He smirks and bites his lip as his hand reaches for you, and pulls you so your now sat on his lap. "No matter what you wear, you always turn me on, you look beautiful in anything....and in nothing at all...." He locks his lips against yours as you have a sexy little makeout session, his hands all over you and yours running though his silver hair, when you finaly break away, he can't keep his eyes off you. "Y/N?! Cash?! Are you all done up there?!" "We're coming Jess" You shout back to her, and Cash looks a little disappointed. "Don't worry babe, you know we always find time later" You give him a quick peck and climb off his lap, then you both head back downstairs to where Jess was waiting in the living room. "Hey guys, Lacie, this is Y/N and Cash. Do you remeber them from mummies birthday party?" She nods at her mum, Lacie is about 5 years old and she smiles at us both, but a little shy about talking to us just yet.

"They are going to look after you until I get back, which will be about lunch time tomorow. I promise I'll be as quick as I can and I'll facetime you before bed tonight as well baby, ok?" "Ok mummy" "Right, Y/N and Cash. Lacie's bedtime is 7.30 and I've got plenty of food in the kitchen for you to make some dinner for all 3 of you. She likes a warm glass of milk before bed, I'll call her at 7 and she likes to read her favourite book before she goes to sleep too. Thank you both so much again, I have to go now. I'll see you soon Lacie, I love you" "I love you too mummy" She gives her a cuddle and a kiss, then she makes her way outside, waving to Lacie as she drives away. "Ok Lacie, is there anything you want for your dinner tonight?" You ask her in a calm and friendly way "I don't know? But can I play on my game for a while please?" "What game is it?" "Minecraft, I'm making a fairground on there" "Oooh? You know Lacie, Cash hear loves minecraft, he even made his own town and castle" Lacie's eyes go wide with excitement after you said that. "Please can you play with me Cash? Please?!" Cash gives her a smile "Yes of course Lacie, why don't you get it started?" "Ok!" She excitedly goes to the TV and gets everything working, and you give Cash a smile. "Would you be ok watching her while I cook something?" "Of course babe, just give me a shout of you need any help" You give him a peck on the lips and head into the kitchen. You find a whole array of ingredients and food, so you decide to make something easy. Some chicken strips, potato wedges and peas with sweetcorn, Jess told you that these were her favourite vegetables so that was a no brainer. You were preparing everything when you could hear Lacie and Cash getting on like a house on fire, they were laughing together and discussing all the diffrent things they could create on their game, it was lovely to hear. You were about half way through cooking when Lacie and Cash quickly came into the kitchen, they were both smiling happily at you. "You guys look like your having fun" "We are! Can we go and play in the garden before dinner please?" "Yes of course, as long as Cash is happy with that?"

"Yeh, I'm happy with that" She squeaks with delight and takes his hand in hers and drags him out to the garden, You give him a sympathetic smile as he goes into the garden, and you carry on with the cooking. Once you had set up the table and had everything plated up, you put the plates in the table and walked towards the garden door. You lean against the door frame and you can see Cash and Lacie jumping and laughing on the giant trampoline, you loved seeing Cash like this, the thought of him being a father figure was a wonderful thought to have. "Dinners ready you two" you shout out to them, they smile and Lacie runs inside and right past you, you didn't know if it was because she was hungry, but she didn't give you a second glance. Cash walked up to you, and he looked exhausted.

"Aww babe, has she tired you out?" "Oh Y/N, how can one little person have so much energy?" You giggle and kiss him on the cheek "Come on, let's get some food in you" You all sit up to the table and eat the food surprisingly quickly, it seems you all were hungry. "Its your bedtime in half an hour Lacie, is there anything you want to do before bedtime?" "Can I show Cash my other games please?" You show a smile but it isn't quite real, but you do it for her. "Of course Lacie" Cash can see what your doing, and he understands what your feeling too. "Hey Lacie, shall we show Y/N your games too? I'd bet she'd love to see them" "No thank you, I want to show you" She gets down from the table and runs into the living room excitedly "Come on Cash!" You start clearing away the table and take them up to the kitchen side, facing away from Cash and looking at the cupboards. "Just give me 5 minutes Lacie, I'll be there soon" Cash knows your not yourself, so he walks up behind and hugs you from the back, wrapping his big strong arms around you and places a kiss on your neck. "Its alright babe, she'll want to play with you soon" "It doesn't feel like it Cash, she only wants to play with you"

"At the moment yes, but I promise she'll play with you soon, she's 5, she has favourites in everything, including people. And that is constantly changing too" He turns you around and rests his hands against your face, giving you a sweet kiss. "Don't let it get you down babe, ok?" "...Ok Cash"

He gives you one more kiss before Lacie calls him into the living room, and you put the dishes in the dishwasher. Once you were all finished, you went and sat in the living room with them and watched them play some more games on the console. The time was getting on and it was now bedtime for her "Lacie, it's time for bed" "Awww! Please can I have 5 more minutes? Please Y/N?" "Well? Alright, 5 minutes" "Thank you!" Cash gave you a little smile, he knew it would take some time, but you were getting there with her. During that time, you got her milk ready and took it upstairs to her room, then Jess rang your phone when Lacie was tucked into bed. You gave the phone to Lacie and she told her she loved her and she will be back soon. When it was time for her to go to sleep, you asked her "Right Lacie, would you like me to read you a story?" "Can Cash read me a story please?" Cash was in her bedroom at the time and heard this too. "Uhh yeh, I'm sure he'd love to. Cash? Would you like to read to her?" "Yeh no problem" "Ok I'll uhh, see you down stairs...goodnight Lacie" "Goodnight Y/N" Cash gives your hand a little squeeze before you leave the room and you give him a week smile, you just wanted to have a drink and forget about it. So you head back down stairs and pour 2 glasses of wine for you and Cash, and stick some TV on while he's upstairs with her. It was another 20 minutes before Cash came back downstairs and sat with you on the sofa. "Did she get off ok?" "Yeh, she was out like a light during the story, I think all the trampolining tired her out" He let's out a little chuckle as he remembers that, and you just try to hide your facial expression behind your glass of wine.

"Oh babe, I'm sorry your feeling down about this" "Don't be sorry Cash it's not your fault, she just likes you better and that's something I'm going to have to accept" "Babe I promise she'll warm up to you, before she went to sleep I told her about things you like to do, like your writing" "What about my writing?" "You love writing short stories, and she loves reading and doing her own stories too! That can be something you can bond over" "I supose, unless she's enjoying her time with you too much" "It will be fine babe, I promise. Come hear" He pulls you in for a hug and you both cuddle up together on the sofa, wrap yourselves in a blanket and watch some TV together. You have a nice evening relaxing together, and then Cash starts to yawn quite a lot. "Are you tired babe?" "I feel exhausted" "So it seems your plan for some time together earlier isn't going to happen then?" You ask letting out a little giggle. "Yeh unfortunately your right, but I plan to take all the time I need with you tomorow when we're alone again" "I'll hold you to that babe. Why don't you head upstairs while I lock up and turn everything off?" "Alright, I'll see you up there" He kisses your head and gets up off the sofa, walking up the stairs, and you turn everything off and make sure it's all locked up in the doors and windows. When you enter the spare bedroom, Cash is just in his boxers as he climbs into bed, he look so tired. You get undressed into your underwear and a vest top, and climb into bed with him, it was so warm and snuggly in there, and Cash looked like he was about to fall asleep right there. "Come hear babe, lie your head on my chest" You say to him, he happily listens to you and cuddles up with you, wrapping his arm around you and resting his head on your chest. You hold him against you and run your fingers through his hair and gently scratch his scalp, he loved it when you did that, he would always let out these adorable little moans. "Goodnight babe" "Goodnight Y/N, I love you" "I love you too" You turned the bedside light off and Cash is out within a few minutes, and about 10 minutes later, you fall asleep too.

The next morning, you are the first to wake up and Cash is still in a deep sleep. You manage to slip out of bed and get changed without waking him up, and then you make your way downstairs to the kitchen. There were some things you forgot to put away so you start putting things back where they belong, and that's when you hear a little yawn as Lacie walks into the kitchen, rubbing her eyes. "Goodmorning Lacie, did you sleep well?" "Mmhhmm" "Would you like some breakfast?" "Yes please" "What would you like?" "Can I have some cookie crisp cereal please?" "Of course, coming right up" She sits up to the table as you bring her some cereal and you make your own bowl too, you sit in silence at first, but then you break the ice and say "Did you have fun playing with Cash last night?" "Yes, he's really funny" "He certainly is" "He told me that you like writing stories" "Yes, I do. I've written over a hundred short stories" Her eyes go wide in amazement "Wow! No way?! That's so cool!" "You think so?" "Yeh! I like to make stories too! Do you want to read them after breakfast?" "I would love that Lacie" Cash was right, this was something you could bond over, and it was wonderful that you finaly could spend time with her. The time went so fast, you read her stories, you read her a few of your own, and by the time Cash started to wake up, you and Lacie were downstairs drawing pictures and making up a completely brand new story together. When Cash got dressed and came downstairs, he saw you and Lacie at the table, it was covered in writing on paper and pictures she had drew. "Good morning you two" "Hi Cash! Look at this! Me and Y/N have been making our own story like real writers! Isnt it cool?!" Cash can see the smile on your face, and he happily smiles back. "Yes Lacie, that's very cool indeed"

All 3 of you spend the rest of the day having fun and spending time together until Jess comes back home. As soon as she's through the door, Lacie runs into her arms and gives her a hug. "Hello sweetie! Did you have fun with Y/N and Cash?" "Yes! Cash is so fun to play with! And Y/N and me have been writing like REAL writers!" "Have you really?" "Yes! We've made a book and I really want read it to you! Please, please!" "Alright! In a little while sweetie, I just need to talk to Cash and Y/N first" Lacie ran into the garden and started playing on the trampoline while Jess spoke to you and Cash. "Thankyou so much again you two, your life savers" "Its no problem Jess, always happy to help" "Great, well I'll let you get on your way, thanks again" You and Cash said your goodbuys to Jess and Lacie and drove back home to yours and Cash's house. You had just finished packing your things back in your room, when Cash walked in and sat on the bed looking at you with a smile. "I told you that she'd warm up to you babe" "You were right, it was lovely when she did want to hang out with me" "She liked both of us, and it was really nice spending time with her. I won't lie to you Y/N, but after last night, it's got me thinking" "Thinking about what?" "I was thinking about...weather it would be nice if....maybe we had a child of our own" Your mouth swings open in shock, is he really saying what you think he's saying? "Cash do...do you want to have a baby?" "I want to start a family Y/N, I want to have a baby with you. I love you more than life itself and I thought, having a baby together, would make everything perfect. What do you think? I understand if your not ready yet" "Oh Cash, this is the sweetest thing you've ever told me. I can't deny, I've thought about it too, and I would love to start a family with you. I think we do need to discuss it a little more though before we jump into it" "Absolutely, I completely agree. But are you saying, you want to have a family with me too?" "Yes Cash, I want your baby" You both can't help your excitement and he jumps up and hugs you against him in a happy embrace. He looks down at you with his beautiful sapphire eyes and kisses you like never before.

"Cash...you have no idea how much I love it when you kiss me" "I do babe, because I feel exactly the same, I love you" "I love you too"

The look in his eyes is so sweet, so gentle, you just couldn't get the thought of what he said out of your mind, how he wanted to be a dad and have a family with you, he truly was the sweetest man you had ever known. You both closed your eyes as you leant in again, kissing eachother in a slow and romantic way, it was so wonderful. His hands move to your back and he lifts you up in his arms, bridal style, he was so strong and you absolutely loved it when he carried you. He walked over to the bed and gentle lead you down as he climbed over you. There wasn't a sexual tention between you both, just a need for physical touch and affection, it was so slow and sensual, just perfect. He helped you pull off your clothes and you did the same with him, he climbed back on top of you, placing his hips inbetween your legs nice and comfortably, kissing you so sweetly. He started kissing your neck in just the right way, and as your hands stroke over his back muscles, you kiss the muscles of his arms as he leans above you, just enjoying the feel of him against your lips and loving this moment of being so physically and emotionally close to him, after your baby discussion, you both were in the love making mood. He kisses your lips again and adjusts his hips so he is able to gently slide himself inside of you, a little gasp escapes your lips as he fully emerges himself in you, it was always an amazing feeling being intimate with him. He slowly started grinding his hips in the best way, moving himself inside you in the best way he could. Gasping and moaning as he makes sweet love to you, and he does the same throughout the time together, again your lips find his glorious arm muscles, leaving little trails of kisses along them and, also his neck when you pull him in closer to you. You both carry on this experience, in a few other positions too, but ending back up in missionary at the end, and you both reach your climax at the same time. The orgasms aren't always as strong as when your having sex, but when your making love, it's just as wonderful. After you finished, he held you against his chest as you share a nice cuddle. "I love you so much Cash" "I love you too gorgeous, I always will"

[gyoobies]

Secret Wishes & Inner Thigh Kisses

Title: Secret Wishes & Inner Thigh Kisses (Takes place after “Stolen Glances”)

https://gyoobies.tumblr.com/post/680656316669313024/stolen-glances

Pairing: S.Coups x Fem Reader

Genre: Fluff, Smut

Warnings: Explicit content 18+, Minors DNI, Unprotected sex

Summary: A lack of coffee gives S.Coups a chance to have what he’s been longing for. < Probably one of my better summaries. Yay me!

This is just 1 piece of a Polyam universe that lives in my head.

  Sipping your morning coffee while you relaxed on your couch this Sunday morning was what you had expected but, that's definitely not what was currently happening. You sat in surprise, as Wonwoo  explained the current situation to you.

"I know this probably feels a bit weird to hear from me instead of him but, I just needed to see how you'd feel about it first before telling Seungcheol we would be ok if he wanted to maybe join our relationship."

"We, would be ok? So, you've all talked it over already?"

"Well, amongst each other we have but he doesn't know. Honestly he was so drunk he doesn't even remember telling me he likes you the other night."

"Well if he was drunk, how do you know he wasn't just saying random things?"

"Because I have eyes; we all do. We've seen the way he looks at you when you're at our place hanging out. You seriously haven't noticed?!"

"I didn't want to read too much into it because I felt like if he saw me that way, why didn't he confess his feelings when all of you did? I just don't want us to read him wrong, and make things weird. Are all of you really ok with adding another person? I don't want you to agree because you think it's what I want or what he wants."

Wonwoo kissed you sweetly, and gave you a smile as he moved away.

" I'll be cunning in my interrogation, he won't suspect a thing, I promise and we're definitely fine with it, especially Jeonghan."

" Wait a damn minute, explain!"

"Gotta go babe, I'll let you know what I find out." He said while rushing toward the door.

It had been about a week since your chat with Wonwoo, and everything seemed business as usual, so you just assumed they had read too much into Seungcheol's drunken confession. You admittedly found him attractive, and you had great chemistry but you were just as content being great friends. 

It was a rainy Saturday morning, and you unfortunately were out of coffee, and due to late night binge watching you were left with no choice other than to walk to the local café down the street. You browsed the selection of baked goods, picking out everyone's favorites. you planned to take the pastries over to your boyfriend's place later, since 3 out of 5 of them spent most Saturday mornings at the gym while Jeonghan slept in, and Wonwoo got in some gaming if he didn't sleep in too. As you were leaving you bumped into Seungcheol.

"You're out early in the rain" he said as he greeted you just inside the door.

"Yea, I ran out of coffee so I had no choice."

"Ah! I see. Well, if you wait a bit you can ride back with me."

You agreed and waited patiently by the door as he studied the selection carefully.

With a less than enthusiastic face he made 

his choice and the two of you were on your way.

The short car ride was mostly quiet except him explaining that he had arrived too late, and his favorite pastry was sold out so he just picked anything; at least his coffee was delicious.

When you arrived at your place, Seungcheol quickly made his way to your door to help you get out of the car with all your things.

"Thanks Cheolie, do you want to come in for a bit? You don't seem too pleased with your pastry choice, and I'm sure I have something you'd enjoy much more."

As innocent as this invitation was, he couldn't help his mind running wild.

"Earth to Seungcheol" You said as you poked his dimple.

"Oh! Yea, let's get inside it looks like the rain is going to get heavier."

Once inside you placed your umbrella in the holder and offered him a seat at your kitchen island. As he settled in he watched as you pulled out all the baked goods and sat them on the table, 12 different kinds 2 of each. He noticed they seemed to be everyone's favorites well, except his because they go pretty fast so he assumed you'd missed them too, until you placed 2 cherry tarts in front of him.

"I told you I had something you'd enjoy more" You said as you smiled at him.

The two of you enjoyed small talk over coffee and pastries as soft music played in the background. During one of Seungcheol's stories about a prank Joshua pulled on Mingyu, the music caught your attention. 

"Omg! I love this song!" You said as you jumped to your feet causing him to laugh. 

"Come dance with me Cheolie!"

"Oh no, it's too early, my legs are still sleeping."

"Fine, I'll just dance with imaginary you then."

He couldn't help but laugh at you pretending to slow dance with him.

"You do realize you look crazy right?"

"Well you won't dance with me so what am I supposed to do?" You said as you swayed from side to side with your arms dangling in the air as if holding on to your imaginary dance partner.  You heard a shuffle and when you peeked your eyes open Seungcheol was standing beside you.

"Oh! Did someone change their mind?"

"I can't let him have all the fun; do you think he'll mind if I cut in?" 

"He's gone." You said while pretending to push away the imaginary dancer and placing your hands on Seungcheol's shoulders.

"Wow! So rude. The poor guy is probably sulking in imaginary land now."

"He'll be fine, he was only a placeholder for the real thing anyway."

In that moment he felt like his knees were going to buckle. This was a mistake, he shouldn't have come in, he shouldn't have agreed to dance with you, and he definitely shouldn't be falling this hard for you. 

He thought back to his conversation with Wonwoo, how he had brought up the idea of him joining your aptly named "love pod" and how he had told Wonwoo he was unsure because of the baggage he was carrying from his last relationship. He wanted to, but he was worried that he would ruin the relationship. It all seemed to be working out so well and he didn't want to be the reason it didn't. He didn't mind the fact that he'd be 1 of 6 but he was worried that if you became his partner, seeing you with anyone else may bring up feelings he'd struggled so hard to bury after his ex cheated on him.

"Are you ok?" You said as you cupped his face with one hand.

He had been so lost in thought he didn't realize the song had ended. He looked into your concerned eyes and felt every wall he'd built over 2 years crumble. He let out a sigh that sounded as if a weight had been lifted from him, and pressed his cheek into your hand as he had done a few times before, but this felt different. He placed his hand over yours and pulled it from his face only to pull you in closer. He rested his forehead against yours with his eyes closed, and you finally gave him the kiss you'd been dreaming of since you met him.

He pulled you closer and kissed you hungrily, you let your hands rest on his hips as his kisses began to travel from your lips to your jaw and under your ear, pausing for a moment to whisper his wish to you.

"Can I have you?" 

"You always could" 

He lifted you bridal style and took you to your bedroom. The two of you stood at the foot of your bed letting your hands explore each other's bodies as you removed each other's clothes. Seungcheol was gentle, firm, but gentle. He guided you to sit on the edge of the bed and lay back. You gazed at him as he stood before you as breathtaking as you'd always imagined. He lowered himself to kneel at the edge of the bed between your legs and lifted them over his shoulders; he had thought about this almost every day since the moment he met you.

 Gently kissing up your leg from your ankle, he took his time indulging in the warmth of your skin against his lips, taking more time when he reached your thigh. His firm hands held your thigh pressed against his face as he kissed, licked, and sucked until he was content that he had left his mark. He gave your thigh a sweet bite that caused you to jump in response; he kissed your inner thigh where he nipped you as a silent apology. 

You let out a sigh as Seungcheol ran his tongue up your thigh, over your clit, and to your other thigh where he gave it the same treatment. Once he had finished leaving proof of his presence he made his way back to your pussy where he began to lick and suck. You closed your eyes and threaded your fingers through his soft hair and secured them with a firm hold. Seungcheol moaned into you, and you immediately took one hand and placed it over your mouth to quiet yourself. He was lost in you, sucking, slurping, moaning, it was making your head spin until suddenly he stopped, and you opened your eyes to find him studying you.

"Does it feel good? You're so quiet."

You giggled a bit before answering. "You're amazing I just, I wanted to hear you more than I wanted to hear myself."

Seungcheol smirked at your response. 

"You like how I sound when I eat you?  Move up the bed for me."

As you positioned yourself in the center of the bed he positioned himself above you.

"If you want to hear me better I  can help with that." 

He hooked your legs over his hips as he leaned in to kiss your lips. He slowly pushed himself inside you, and you gripped his back tightly as he rolled his hips into you. As promised he dropped his head to your ear so you could hear how good you felt to him. You moaned his name, and kissed his cheek, as he began to pick up his pace. All of your lovers were impressive to say the least and he was no exception. With every thrust, groan, pant, and moan you two were pushed closer and closer to orgasm. 

"I'm close Cheolie.'' you whispered between moans.

"Me too." He said as he lifted himself so he could see your face.

 He thrusted harder, and deeper as he began to rub your clit. It didn't take long for you to fall apart chanting his name.

"That's my girl. My turn."

With a few more thrusts he came, spilling himself on his favorite place,  your thighs. He caught his breath and quickly went to get a damp cloth to clean you up.

"How do you feel?"

"I wish I had run out of coffee forever ago." 

You said, causing him to burst out laughing.

Sweaty, sticky, smiling, and wrapped in Seungcheol's arms is how you spent the rest of that Saturday morning.

[mysticdragon3md3]

I too was excited to see why Ryuji is trending and... ;_;

People are comparing him to a sexual abuser, like Kamoshida? I mean, yeah he shouldn't have looked down Ann's shirt. That wasn't cool. And some of his comments about Ann's Panther costume when she first got it, were not in good taste. But is Twitter seriously saying that puts him on the same level as Kamoshida? KAMOSHIDA???????????? omfg... I just can't anymore, you guys...I just can't anymore... x_x

Just this past week, I watched an Anituber video essayist mention the ubiquitous female objectification in anime as "because you know anime is going to anime", and I felt so validated about sensing that the amount of female objectification in Japanese media has become pretty much expected, normalized, even in the most unnecessary, tiniest ways. I'm so tired of being gaslit about this. Yes, Japanese media in general has a problem with making sure to have close ups of girls' bodies being ogled and women being reduced to (romantic) prizes to be coveted. That beach scene in Persona 5 did panning close-up shots of the girls' swimsuits; not the guys'. All the dating options in Persona 5 are from the pool of female Confidants; not the guys. Because "guys as romantic prizes to be won? Feh, what a *riDIcUlOuS* concept!" I understand that sex sells, that traditionally female sexualization sells to a traditionally cishet male audience which is still presumed to be the largest demographic, and that the anime industry (and presumably other Japanese pop culture creation) is actually financially high risk with low financial rewards for most studios, so they have to desperately scrape for any advantage. (Though recently, the Japanese pop culture industries, like anime and videogames, have begun to realize that there is a cishet female market, large enough to cater to as well, by mainstreaming series like Touken Ranbu. And they've also even recently begun to recognize that catering to fujoshi is worth investing into mainstreaming the BL genre, even a little bit. Thus, we're starting to get more mainstream BL fanservice, through series like Free Iwatobi Swim Club, Yuri on Ice, and Classmates.) So it's kind of our fault, for incentivizing studios to mandate and ensure each thing they make contains female objectification. The audience's spending habits and the industries' presumptions of our wants/demographics, have made cheesecake fanservice and waifu bait the most reliable bet for most studios. We spend the most money on collecting waifu bait merch and gacha cards of waifu. We argue the most about who is the "best waifu" and show our allegiances by buying their merch. We have turned waifu and cheesecake fanservice of such waifu, into the most reliable financial returns on investment for studios. And with studios so constantly, precariously on the precipice of bankruptcy, we the audience, have incentivized the mandate of cheesecake fanservice (of women/girls), even at the cost of cohesive storytelling/characterization. I understand all that. Studios are desperate, and they need to stay afloat. They need to cling and scrape towards any advantage they can get. That's why I'm so tired of people saying we're just imagining things. Anime and videogames are mandating to insert female cheesecake fanservice for cishet males, even at the cost of cohesive characterization, story themes, and good writing.

This includes Persona 5 shoehorning Ryuji into being the horny audience surrogate, no matter how awkward, nonsensible, and misaligned it would skew his characterization and previous writing. This is why fans of Ryuji often say his more "perverted" actions in canon, simply feel like a case of bad writing. Those actions don't feel like him. They feel more like fulfilling the Japanese pop media "obligation" to objectify women, than aligned with his character, as set up so far. Because anime/games just *have* to provide a POV audience surrogate character for everyone to ogle the girls through. Or at least reinforce the types of reactions they want from their audience, after showing us all these T&A shots. It felt more like fulfilling anime tropes than further building upon Ryu's established character of defending people, including women, against perverts like Kamoshida. I mean, this is the guy who was chasing down Kamoshida's car because he knew that pervert might do something. This is the guy who ran straight to the faculty office to punch out Kamoshida for torturing Shiho to her tipping point. The guy who jumped in front of a moving cab to rescue Makoto. The guy who survived watching himself and his mom get abused by his dad. And you want us to believe he wouldn't think twice about looking down Ann's shirt on the way to Futaba's Palace? Or up Ann's skirt, when she laid down from a food coma, after they Yusuke's welcome-to-the-Phantom-Thieves meal? Or so eagerly coerce Ann into posing nude? o_O? Atlus wanted us to believe this was consistent characterization??? To the Atlus writers' credit, they did write Ryuji feeling too guilty about going through Project Maid-Watch and they wrote him ditching it at the last minute. But they also wrote AkiRen to look down Ann's shirt without any hesitations and they wrote morgana to also look up Ann's skirt when she laid down from food coma. The Atlus writers---and most Japanese pop culture---just seem to have an unwavering determination towards these female objectification scenes, and they just saddled Ryuji with it, because he's the "silly, rambunctious, comedy relief" character "that you won't have to feel bad when he inevitably gets hit with *slapstick* retribution". Nevermind, it's counter to the story's theme and his characterization, that they've driven pretty hard as being something to take seriously. So some Ryuji fans will just call-out his inconsistent characterization into being creepy towards girls, as "bad writing".

On the other hand, it's wholly possible and realistic for a guy to exist who is against all the sexual abuse, that scum like Kamoshida do, while still being a dumb horny teenager who will do dumb horny teenage boy stuff. (I'm sorry for all the toxic heteronormative presumptions. But that's kind of the archetype that Atlus has been trying to slot Ryuji into...unfortunately.) They grow out of it. Gradually learning to curb dumb horny inclinations, is _not_ the same level as a sexual abuser! Why are people conflating that today?! o~O????????

And from what I've seen of Ryuji in Persona 5 Scramble/Strikers so far, he has been growing out of it. There's a whole lot less creepy ogling coming from him (AKA the writers), even during scenes which any other anime would have. He didn't get creepy about the girls' yukata, he didn't strain to listen to the girls on the other side of the Sapporo onsen, he didn't make grabby hands at the girls' swimsuits again, etc. Any other anime---hell, even in the previous chronological episode of their story, in the original Persona 5---Ryuji and the camera would have been creepy about the girls' yukata, he would have shut up the other guys so he could listen to the girls compare boobs in the onsen, he would have tried to sneak a peek at the girls' onsen, and there would have been a repeat of that close up scene of the girls swimsuits, with Ryuji providing the expected lecherous audience reaction. But none of that happened in P5S. Heck, even if you choose the option to say onsen are great, as if to imply that overhearing the girls talk about their boobs is great, Ryuji gets embarrassed about the topic and immediately tries to change the subject. Watch any anime from the 2000s or earlier, and the goofy, masculine archetype, like Ryuji, would have not only agreed, but would have suggested sneaking a peek at the girls' onsen. I'm actually really surprised that the Kyoto onsen scene didn't result in fanservice, because that's usually what happens. Even in anime where the boys know to escape fast instead of sneaking a peep, there's usually a screw up where they'll Rube-Goldberg-trip into girls' boobs or trip into full-view of the girls without their towels. Any other anime or Japanese media would have done that. It's typical, expected. "Anime is gonna anime." And yet, none of that normalized perversion happened in that scene. Persona 5 Scramble/Strikers, including Ryuji, did a whole lot less "dumb horny teenage boy stuff", suggesting Ryuji was growing out of that with time. Because even if Ryuji can be a little bit of a "dumb horny teen", he still knows better than that, is curbing such inclinations, and is a much better person than to increasingly act on or nurture such inclinations.

Ryuji is a good boy. Please don't conflate him with Kamoshitty.

9:53 AM 9/17/2021 Ok. I found the original Tweet that started this shitstorm. https://twitter.com/HerielP48/status/1438677678400409607

But this Tweet isn't actually saying that Ryuji is the same as Kamoshida. I thought this Tweet was saying that the overall writing, using Ryuji as a mechanic for "pervert comedy" was a bad decision from Atlus's writers, especially since it contradicted the themes of the Kamoshida Palace story arc. I actually agree with that.

9:56 AM 9/17/2021 Oh, wait. There's a previous Tweet to that one: https://twitter.com/HerielP48/status/1438677262145101824

I see that you tried to save the first sentence, with your second sentence---which I agree with: I agree that the writing made an awful decision in having Ryuji or any character sexualize their female friends, after the sexual abuse they suffered. But your first sentence was still very strongly implying that Ryuji as a character is a problem, more than the writing injecting out-of-characterization into the character that they had already established with Ryuji thus far. That wording was just kindling waiting to start a firestorm. ~_~;

10:29 AM 9/17/2021

Well, the one good thing I'll say about Ryuji trending because of dumb, offensive reasons, is seeing the sheer avalanche of people jump to defend him. This wasn't something Ryuji got, early in the fandom! ;o; Remember when he was the most hated character in the fandom??? And now, everyone is overwhelmingly loving on Ryuji today! ;u;!!! Thank you guys. ;u; He is a good boy. ;U;

[winnies-headcannons]

Sasuke x reader

Band AU

Word count: 1,416

Contains: cheating, cuddling, yelling

You and Sasuke had been dating for a while now, even when he did start the band. He had been thinking of starting this band for a while just never really did till now, you weren't really part of it as you didn't really want all the attention, though you were their biggest fan. 

Sasuke was the lead singer while naruto was the drummer and Gaara was the guitarist, they all seemed to enjoy the idea at first but now they took it more seriously as they became semi-famous at this point, going on tours, having met and greets. It was honestly fun but you felt a little left out and jealous, girls would swoon over Sasuke hugging him and flirting, it pissed you off you wanted Sasuke to yourself like it used to..but he was having fun so you said nothing.

"You're on in 5 guys" the producer announced to the band, ``you all we're on a tour at the moment and it's the first to Sasuke allowed you to go. He didn't want anyone to assault you or harass you so he never let you go with them until now. "Alright guys remember we're gonna be singing three songs-" Sasuke announced to Naruto and Gaara as he got his hair fixed behind the stage, you just sat in one of the cases that were standing around just waiting to hear then in person. "Sasuke after this do you think we can get some alone time..?" You questioned the light-skinned male. He only nodded and headed towards the stage, "Welcome ladies and gentlemen it's so great to be here tonight!" The lights all cut off besides the ones pointed to the boys on stage, the music started and you honestly loved it. In all honesty, this was the first concert you've ever been to and it was kinda fun. 

By the end of the second song, you're honestly tired and had a headache, you were just ready to go back in the bus and sleep. Your body aching and eyes baggy, ears ringing from the loud music and muscles tired from all the work you had done before the concert. The music started and it was more upbeat than most the guys had played. (Song up above)

"Love me cancerously"

These lyrics hit you in the heart and make your face a soft pink, was he singing about you? Couldn't be he doesn't like to announce to the world that you two are dating. As the song progressed you just knew the song was about you just the way he worded the lyrics. You glanced over at Naruto and Gaara and they seemed to be having a shit ton of fun with this song.

"Love me cancerously" the music lowered as sasuke began whistling then picked right back up. You never saw sasuke like this, so invested into something other than his brother. 

When the music stopped they wished everyone a good night and headed back to the backstage. They all were sweating as if they had been in Sana for hours. Sasuke walked towards you "hey babe, you think you can get all of us some food. I'm really hungry after tonight." He spoke fast as if he wanted to get back to the bus in a hurry. You smiled and nodded as Sasuke handed you some money, you took the green paper and headed towards a nearby fast food place. It took a while to order because everyone wanted food, after receiving the greasy food bags you headed back to the bus.

"Foods here!" You yelled setting the food on the table, Naruto and Gaara came out from their rooms and thanked you and sat down and ate. You wondered where Sasuke was, maybe he was asleep already? You decided to go check on your black-haired lover, walking to the end of the bus where your temporary shared room was. You heard groaning and the bed creaking, curiosity hit you like a truck so you opened the door only to see Sasuke on top of another girl pleasuring her, their clothes scattered everywhere across the room, their bodies sweaty from the activity. Your heart broke at the sight of "S-Sasuke..?" Your voice cracked as tears welled in your eyes, he turned around eyes wide "Y/N this isn't what it-" you put your hand up stopping his sentence "N..No I clearly interrupted something important." Hot steamy tears fell from your eyes down your cheek, a fake smile on your face. You slammed the door shut and walked slowly to the lobby area of the bus where Naruto and Gaara we're at, you sat down beside naruto and started crying out loud. "Hey hey, what's wrong?" Naruto asked, hugging you, looking up at him as your eyeliner stained your face. "S-Sasuke c..cheated" you spat out hugging naruto and crying into his chest staining his shirt. His expression softened making you look up at him "Sasuke is a bitch anyway, you can sleep in my room tonight okay?" You nodded and looked away feeling embarrassed that they had to see you like this. Garra got pissed and stood up and stormed into Sasuke's room. All you heard was yelling as you cried into Naruto's chest some more. "YOU KNOW Y/N DIDN'T DESERVE THAT YOU SACK OF SHIT" you never heard Gaara this loud before as he was a more quiet and composed person. "Please, shut the fuck up" Sasuke crossed his arms as the girl he was fucking ran past him and outta the bus. You wanted to chase after her and beat the fuck outta her but what was the purpose? 

Gaara and Sasuke argued so much and it only made you worse so Naruto picked you up and carried you to his small room. He set you on the be him sitting in front of you, "just don't listen to them" no response came from you as you only cried silently "hey, look at me" putting his finger under your chin making you look him in the eyes. He smiled softly at you with a small blush on his face, naruto had always loved you since you both met but didn't say anything as you had already fallen hopelessly in love with Sasuke. A light blush appeared in your face, his thumb wiping your tears away. Your heartbeat fast looking at him "you sleep in the bed, I'll sleep on the floor" nodding you laid down the blond covering you up. Closing your eyes you slowly drifted off to sleep.

A few weeks have passed since the incident, you haven't spoken to Sasuke nor looked at him. It hurt too much too, the only thing you saw when you looked at him was that night. The way his hair was messy from her slutty fingers pulled at it, the slapping sound of him fucking into her hard. He'd never fucked you like that before. Was she different from you, was she better looking, skinnier, tighter, prettier? All these thoughts clouded your head as you woke up, next to you was Naruto soundlessly sleeping. The night before you asked if he could sleep with you for comfort.

The blond muscular make tucked you in as you laid down on his bed, you hated how he slept on the floor and how you felt so lonely. "Good-" as he was turning to go lay down on the floor you grabbed his wrist, blushing like a mad man "sleep with me?" You asked not looking him in the eyes out of embarrassment. His face was heating up and he nodded as he slipped into the bed next to you. Cuddling up close to him, your face buried in his shirtless chest. Hesitantly putting his arm around your body to pull you closer to him, his face red from blush and his body warm. He played with your hair trying to help you relax a little, placing a soft kiss on your forehead. His actions made your heartbeat faster than ever. Did you have feelings for the fox-like boy? You wouldn't be surprised, he was handsome and caring..more than sasuke at least. "I'll never let anything hurt you again, I promise" he whispered to you, him pulling you closer. It was clear that he had liked you for a while now. You didn't say anything as you closed your eyes and drifted off to sleep.

[thealternateuniverse]

Paradise City (Axl Rose) PART 2

WARNINGS: Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll (kidding) Language too.

"I told you ladies to expect visitors."

All of us groaned in frustration. "Yeah, and saw me naked."

I protested, cause Axl saw me like I'm waiting for him to fuck me, their encounter isn't horrible as mine.

All their heads turn to me.

"Okay girls, listen they won't be here for long I suggest you deal with them and talk to them about the ....well arrangement. They are harmless."

We all shook our heads.

"I can't believe this is happening."

I mumbled hopeless, there is no way I am dealing with Axl Rose.

"Beta I don't even know the guy." Katherine said shyly, I wonder who she end up with in her place.

"Seriously this is not funny and we are not some reality show women." It was Wesley who speak.

"Please bear them just for tonight. We'll talk about this tomorrow."

All of us sighed in exhasperation, what a great way to start the vacation.

The next morning is normal. When I got back last night Axl wasn't there anymore and one of my underwear is missing too ew that was nasty of him if he took it.

I don't know how the girls' night went. I haven't seen the Guns n Roses but I'm thankful we don't have to deal with them today.

Susan and I decided to have a dip in the beach and soak under the sun. Others have their own excuses, Aimee is on her period, Kath is taking a nap (she didn't get some sleep last night I guess?) and Wesley is doing her stuff.

"Are you kidding me?!" I groaned when I saw the five of them doing dumb things in the beach. I thought they were gone?

"Err- let's just not mind them." Susan said. We settle ourselves in one of the recliners and enjoyed the sun.

"How was your night?" I ask Susan. She seems okay unlike us. "It's fine, Duff was a gentleman. He slept on the couch then he's gone by morning."

So her villa is supposed to be Duff's?

"You know I really don't understand this ridicule, why are we even here?"

I just don't get it why are we in an island with Guns n Roses? It's like dealing with the wild, lucky Susan she don't have to deal with Duff.

"I guess we just have to go with the flow. They seem nice." Susan grinned. Wait....

"Oh you like Duff huh." I teased and Susan blushes. "No I'm not, I think he likes Katherine."

Who wouldn't like Katherine? She is sweet, soft spoken and beautiful.

"Well these men are ......wild." Of  course I knew them and their reputation. I bumped into them many times, being a roadie has it's perks you know and I happen to use it for my adoration towards Sebastian Bach. God the guy is pretty and I think I'm in-love whenever I see him. We had interactions because he's friends with the Crüe and I think I'm a lucky bitch.

"I don't think so. They look like they can be tamed." Oh Susan if you only knew.

Slash and Steven saw me and they went to our direction. Well they are the only two who aren't assholes and Duff also. Izzy is civil and Axl is......Axl.

"Charlie... you're here." Steven acknowledges but his eyes are on Susan.

"And you have a friend." Same with Slash who has his eyes on Susan's......bust. I throw them my water bottle.

"Hey fuckers eyes up here."

Scratching their heads they turn their attention to me. Perverts.

"Okay Susan, this is Slash and this is Steven. Slash, Steven this is Susan." Susan extended her arm to shake hands with the two.

"Nice to meet you guys." Susan smiled at them, Steve blushes while Slash scratches his head.

"Do you have any idea why we're here? Are you with this too?" I ask the two of them. The two look at each other and Steven answered me.

"No, I wasn't expecting company either. "

I guess we are all in the same page.

"If I were you, I'll just enjoy. Exclusive vacation with 5 hot guys? Life is good." Slash proudly said and Susan and I laughs.

"Come on girls why don't you join us? Let's have some walk shall we?"

I got up from the recliner seat. Su and I are wearing a two piece string bikini  and I covered it with some see through.

"Uhh I think I'm fine here. You go ahead guys."

Steven and Slash shrugs off. "Bummer."

We left Susan and we take a walk in the beach.

"I feel like anytime soon Vince will come and take our heads."

I took off my aviators and laugh at what Slash said.

"Let's not talk about that blonde bitch."

Doesn't mean there is a feud between Axl and Vince I won't be friends with other members. Motley Crüe is more handful than them and GnR are sober when they want to.

"Speaking of blonde..." Steven grins and the two of them looks at Susan's direction.

"Oh, not Susan. I think her and Duff is way better." Both of them frowned. It's true though that Susan and Duff will be a cute pair.

"Bummer Charlie. It's just a crush, I think you and Axl will be a good pair after that sex ta---" Steven didn't finish off his sentence when Slash elbowed him on the stomach.

"I'm sorry what?" Steven cleared his throat. "You and Axl will make a good pair too. Just don't kill each other."

They both laugh at me when I scowled. They keep on teasing me with Axl over the duration of our walk and I'm starting to get pissed off.

"Come on Charlie, Axl isn't that bad especially in bed. Do you know what you need?" I suppose to ask him what but Slash had me already on his shoulders carrying me like a sack and I started to scream.

"FUCK YOU SLASH! PUT ME DOWN!"  Steven being a great help at all just stood there and laugh. I screamed even more when Slash started running and throw me to the water.

"FUCK YOU SLASH!"

I rose from the water, stupid move because a I was hit by a big wave making me stumble and fell to the water again. That didn't end there because my bikini top is gone.

Steve and Slash are still laughing at me. God I wanna drown them in the water right now and why did I wear string bikinis? The riskiest piece of clothing when you are in beach.

"Yow Charlie you okay?"

I wrap my arms around myself, I don't know how to rose from the water without any top. I won't walk around exposing my tits to these guys.

I blush at the thought.

"S-Slash....Can you help me?"

My body is still in the water and I'm starting to feel cold.

"Nope. You can't make us go in the water, I know you will drown me."

I want to kick him right now, he throws me in to the water, I lost my bikini top, now I don't know how can I get out of here with decency. Susan is nowhere in sight.

"Damn it. My bikini top is gone can you help me get out of the water atleast?" That made them shut up, Steven blushed and Slash's mouth formed into an 'o'.

"W-well I'll just get my shirt."

Slash ran to their cottage and took his shirt, he went into the water and hannded it to me.

When I was done wearing his shirt I pulled him and pushed him under water.

"You idiot that was White Fox!"

Slash gasp for air when he rose. I left him there fighting for his life.

"Sorry. I'll buy you hundreds of bikinis and lingerie Charlie! Just don't drown me again." He said without any remorse.

I flip him off and walk towards my place. I need to rinse cause the salt water feels sticky all over my body.

Axl Rose is being bitchy. I don't know what got into him but I guess its just his mood swings. He has anger management issues.

"What?" His deep voice filled the thick air. He caught me staring at him.

"Nothing." I avoided his gaze and laid down on bed.

"Can you fucking move over?"

Is he serious? He could've ask nicely.

"What the fuck is your problem Rose?" I move over just like what he asked. Axl lay down next to me his forearm covering his eye.

"Not your business." He answered.

Okay, maybe he and his girlfriend had a fight.

"Wharton."

"Hmm?"

He scooted closer which caught me off guard.

His hand landed on my waist and nuzzle his head on my neck.

"What are you doing Rose?"

I tried to remove his hand but he only tightened his grip.

"Sleep Charlie."

That was the first time he addresed me in my first name.

I woke up and Axl is gone beside me. It's 7 already and I'll be missing dinner.

When I got to the common room, everyone is there already, including the guys. It's weird to see them interacting when we want to get rid of them just yesterday. Wesley and Izzy are talking, Susan and Duff is at their own little world, Kathy and Steve are both laughing probably from Steven's corny jokes, and Aimee just sat there quietly watching them. Slash and Axl are talking and by the looks of it Slash is either high or drunk because he is leaning his head on the couch with his glasses on.

I sat down beside Slash and lean my head on his shoulder. I wanted to sleep more but I'm hungry.

By the looks of it, everyone already ate dinner because of the leftovers.

"Here." Axl gave me a plate with foods.

"You were asleep so I reserved some for you."

I smiled at him, not the sarcastic one but genuine and muttered thanks.

He nodded and I started to munch the food.

I noticed some bottles of Corona ans Jack, I guess they had been drinking.

After I finish eating my food, we went to the recreation room and everyone started to play billiards, more like Wesley, Aimee, Izzy, Steven and Kath.

"Not having fun Wharton?"

Slash sat beside me on the couch he already took off his glasses.

"I just wanted to sleep." I snuggled closer and lean my head on his shoulder.

He offered me his glass of Jack which I accepted.

"Bummer. You know Axl is sending me daggers."

I turned my head to Axl's direction and he is glaring at Slash.

"He thinks I'm trying to get in your pants." I nearly choke. Why is he bothered though?

"So? What is it to him?"

Slash scoffed. "Come on, that red head likes you. He just can't get closer to you because of Vince. You don't remember what happened in MTV awards don't you?"

I can't recall what happened during that time cause I was drunk all I know is that they caused riot in the event.

Then I remember Slash is high at the moment, maybe he is just blabbering rubbish.

"You're high aren't you?" I look directly into his eyes and his pupils are dilated. Gosh he and Steven had a line of cocaine.

"No I'm not." Slash threw his arms drunkenly around me.

"Yeah, only if they had some weed here."

Drugs aren't new to me, for Mötley Crue it's their candy and I've tried it only to end up in an overdose. I'm clean now though, weed works for me.

"I swear. Axl is going to kill me anytime."

Slash hid behind me from Axl's glare and I glared at him back but he only rolled his eyes. Asshat.

"I think I'll play with the girls so he won't be sending dagger looks to you."

Slash nodded and I went to the girls and participated at their game.

We played pool and the Jack is finally hitting our systems.

Steven is high and drunk, Kath is passed out beside him, Susan stood on the pool table, dancing while Duff is trying to get her down. Wesley and I are laughing with Izzy and Aimee is just silently listening to us. Axl is now beside Slash and the two seems drunk also.

We stopped when Axl and Slash started to brawl against each other.

"Fuck off Slash."

Axl already had Slash slammed on the wall. Slash who is high among the two only smirked which pissed the latter even more.

"Axl, back off." Duff tried to pull him away from Slash but Axl shrugs him off.

All of us are drunk and its not a good idea if drunken people fight.

"Why don't you tell her Ax?"

Axl's  jaw clenched stopping himself from punching Slash.

"I told you Slash fuck off."

He answered through gritted teeth. Everyone seemed sobered up when they heard the two fighting.

"Told what Axl?" Izzy asks with confusion.

"Told Charlie about the sex----"

Slash didn't finish off his sentence because Axl's fist landed on his face.

"Oh my god!" The girls gasped.

Duff and Izzy pulled away Axl before he could throw a punch again.

"Axl!" I stood in front of Axl and stared directly into his green orbs.

"Tell me what Axl?"

Axl didn't seem to hear me and is trying to get off from Izzy and Duff's grasp.

"Get out of the fucking way Charlie."

I didn't listen to Axl, instead I moved closer to him my eyes never left his.

"Axl...." I cupped his face.

"Axl calm down....." I spoke in a soft tone hoping he will calm down.

"Look at me......" Axl listened to me and calms himself. He got off from Izzy and Duff and stormed out of the room.

I went to Slash to check if he's okay. "Are you okay Slash?" Wesley is attending him now with an ice pack. Where did she get that?

"You really need to talk to him Charlie." I nodded at him and followed Axl outside.

Axl is walking towards our villa and half run to keep up with him.

"Axl....."

He didn't turn around and fasten his pace.

"Axl, wait!"

"Fuck! Not now Charlie!" He yelled and I stop on my tracks.

"Really? Not now?! After you almost beat each Slash?"

Axl stopped on his tracks too and he turn around, eyes filled with anger.

"You don't know a thing."

"Then tell me what the fuck are you two fighting about?!" I'm getting impatient and done of Axl's attitude too. I don't know what is with him but everytime we see each other it's always bickering and insulting each other.

"Because of that fucking sex tape!"

And what's about the sex tape?

"And why am I involved?!"

We are yelling at each each other, our distance isn't that far but I'm getting fruatrated so he is.

"It's our fucking sex tape Charlie, it's out and everywhere. That's why Vince wanted to kill me even more."

This is the sickest joke I've heard. He is kidding right?!

"W-what the fuck? Are you high too like Slash?"

I wanted him to say yes but..

"Am not! Remember the MTV riot? It's because Vince found out we hooked up and he thought I am using you to get even with him. When in fact I was also drunk as you are that time."

I feel like I'm in some prank show but I'm not, I hope this is just me and the alcohol.

"And why is there a sex tape?"

If he is also drunk that time then how the hell it was recorded?

"I don't have any idea. It's out in the public that's why Vince sent you here."

I laugh. I don't know why did I laugh but fuck it my life rotated 360 just now.

"I'm sorry, Charlie I should've told y---" Axl attempted to move towards me but I stop him.

"Stop, don't be fucking anywhere near me."

I ran to the villa leaving Axl, tears streaming down my face.

I am mad at Axl right now but I'm even more mad at Vince. He did not let me decide and took control of my life. What is it to him if Axl and I hooked up? I wasn't even aware that we hooked up and now I am involve in a scandal. I can handle myself, I know Axl too because he is used to issues but what made Vince think to hide me here?

"Charlie.. open the door please." He knocks into my room. Technically his room but whatever. It's not even locked.

"I know you're mad but please let's talk...."

He's calmer now than he is 15 minutes ago, I can't help but roll my eyes.

I wipe my tears when he opened the door. I didn't spare him any glance when he entered the room, my back is facing him when he sat on the bed.

"I'm sorry. We're doing everything now to take it down."

He sighed.

I continue wiping my tears that won't stop.

"And I understand if you're mad. I'm really sorry Charlie."

Not to be sarcastic but wow. Axl Rose said sorry and shit is real because he is beside me.

I am not mad at him to Vince either even though I was earlier,  it's just that I am upset because something is happening with my life, I know Vince is just trying to protect me but I can handle myself. This issue will die down sooner or later when another band got into a fight or something, it must be also tough for Axl because it involves Vince the two was never okay ever since.

I got up from bed and face him.

"The world probably saw my tits now, and my cellulites and my stretch marks. I think my mascara was even smudge during that time amd my lipstick is everywhere." 

It's a silly remark but I don't want Axl to feel bad about himself more.

"I'm not mad at you. I'm just upset." I bit my lip and look away. God I hate crying.

Axl leaned forward and wipe my tears.

"Don't cry. I feel even more bad."

"How did Vince found out that...err-you know... 👉👌"

I felt blush crept into my cheek.

I wanted to remember how we fucked that night. Duh, Axl has a reputation for being good in bed.

"I don't know how we got there but he found us in Nikki's hotel room and that's when shit started."

I'm still puzzled why Vince sent me here when he knew that this is GnR's turf?

"Then why sent me here? I guess he is not dumb enough yet?"

I giggled thinking of Vince's  stupidity.

"We saw the tape already before it went public. Someone mailed it to Nikki and Slash. Vince even stormed in our studio and threw some punch at me after. I didn't fought back and swore to him I don't know anything about it. He took the copy from me and burned it, we thought it stopped there but the next day it's on tabloids already."

I covered myself in embarassment. My cousin, Nikki, Tommy and Mick had watch us fucking. Even Slash and I don't know who else in GnR. I won't be able to look at them straight now.

"Did you---have you watch it too?"

And I am embarassing myself more by asking him.

"Yeah and it was-----" he gulped. Probably uncomfortable talking about it.

"I didn't knew you were.........insatiable."

I plopped down to bed and covered my face with a pillow.

It was obvious I took control that nght.

"Kill me now." I mumbled and Axl laughs. He didn't help at all.

"Sorry. I've put you to this. Your life is peaceful and now..."

"Come here."

I patted the space beside me and he obliged by lying beside.

"Shit happens and it will be gone soon." I said hoping it will assure him that it's not just his fault because we were both responsible for what happened.

"But still everyone saw you naked already. "

I slap his arm. "Don't remind me Rose."

"God how I wanted to kill everyone. Including Slash."

Again, why is he so hard with Slash?

Hmm?

"Why are you so mean to Slash? And speaking of... you punched him."

Being the sass he is, he rolled his eyes.

"He saw the video and you were having too much fun it bothers me."

I gasped. Axl Rose how is he bothered? Unless...

"Are you jealous?"

Axl leaned forward until our faces are only inch apart.

"What the fuck do you think?"

Oh my god.

"Hmm. Try harder Rose.."

"Sleep Wharton."

I couldn't help but smile. I like Axl, who wouldn't? even before if only he wasn't acting like an ass.

"Sleep baby. We'll have a date tomorrow."

He kisses my forehead. I snuggled to him and his hands landed on my waist.

"Nice try Rose."

One thing is for sure. I am loving the Paradise Island.

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#1 - The Way You Kiss Things Better

Shoto and you were best friends. You both came from rich families and grew up in the same neighborhood.

Six-year-old Shoto Todoroki and you were friends. Despite his train crazy father, he found time to sneak out of the house and play with you.

This time when he came to see you, he had a fresh scar on his face. Although he was only six, he knew his father was a monster. But he didn't understand why his mother would throw boiling water on him.

He knocked on your door and your mother answered the door, you hidden behind her legs. Once you saw Shoto, you leave the comforts of your mother and pull him in the house.

Shoto kinda envied how you had such a caring mother you could hide behind.

"Shoto, what happened to your eye?"

Shoto subconsciously touched his eye, where his scar is. He wasn't sure if he should say what happened, but he trusted you.

"My mom poured boiling hot water on me."

Your face looked so sad, and your heart ached for Shoto. You couldn't imagine having a mother who could do such things.

"Oh, can I kiss or better?"

Shoto couldn't tell what it was he was feeling when he saw your sad face after what he told you. But a small hue graced his cheeks while your 5-year-old lips kissed the bandage over his eye.

Shoto would in the future years associate this feeling with love.

#2 - They Way Your Protective

You and Shoto started UA together. Both getting in by recommendation. Being neighbors and best friends, you walked together every day.

Every day, Shoto would offer to carry your bag, but you always declined. School bags were very heavy, you thought it wouldn't be fair for him to carry both of your bags.

Upon first arriving at UA you made many friends, Shoto was less than pleased to say he was jealous.

However, you stood by Shotos side throughout the school days, barely parting. You always remained Shotos best friend, and he was yours.

It wasn't until one month of attending UA, you and Shoto had the displeasure of meeting class 1-B's Neito Monoma.

"So you're at the top of class 1-A? HA. What a joke. Can you even see properly with that scar."

You saw how stunned Shoto was after being insulted. You were having none of that. How dare this, over-gelled prick insult your best friend.

You started to stomp over towards Neito to rip him a new one. He was gonna regret ever opening his mouth.

"Listen here you god-damn colossal asshole. I'm gonna punch you so fucking hard your teeth break."

You took a step closer ready to pounce on him. Out of the two of you, you were always the hot-headed one.

"I'm gonna use my [Quirk Type] on you. Your gonna regret-"

Shoto seemed to snap back to reality. He clamped his hand over your mouth and used his other arm to hold you back.

Although Shoto liked how you got protective of him, he didn't want you getting in a fight for him.

"You need to learn to think first, act later."

"I am thinking. Thinking of beating that punk ass bitch! He insulted you!"

"It's okay. My little hero, let's go home."

"Shut up, I'm still angry."

Shoto decided then, he liked how you got riled up on half of protecting him. How you were ready to defend him. It made him feel special. Was this what love felt like?

#3 - The Way You're Forgiving

You and Shoto barely separated. That included during UAs Sports Festival. Of course, you promised to give each other your all if you got paired against each other.

However, you stayed together, that of course excluded during battles. But you stayed to the side and cheered each other on.

You were there when Izuku confronted him about his left side.

"He's right you know. Your left side IS yours. Not your fathers."

He used his left side, and when he saw you cheering him on, he made a decision. He was gonna go see his mother.

After the UA festive, Shoto asked you to go with him.

"I wanna do something, but I'm not sure it's a good idea. You'll probably think it's a bad idea."

"What is it?"

"I wanna see my mother."

"Okay."

"Okay? So you'll go with me?"

"If you want me to..."

-

Shoto ended up taking you to see his mother. He was nervous. He hadn't seen his mother since she poured hot water on him. Since she scarred him.

He was worried about you. You particularly hated his mother for scarring him. But he couldn't imagine going to see his mother without you.

Shoto awkwardly stood in his mother's room. You holding his hand for comfort.

"I'm sorry, Shoto. I'm sorry for pouring that water on you. But you have to understand, your father abused me, he mentally destroyed me."

You rubbed circles into Shotos hand and smiled at him. As if to say, 'It's okay. You can forgive her.'

"It's okay mom. I forgive you. I'm also sorry, for not forgiving you all this time. For not coming to see you."

Shoto looked at you and smiled. He didn't think he would have ever have gone to see his mom if it weren't for you. You gave him the strength to forgive her. He knew you forgave her, so he did too.

#4 - The Way Rain Looks On Your Skin.

You and Shoto were dating now. You had just gotten out of UA. You were about to be heroes, you just needed to sign up for an agency.

You hadn't told Shoto yet, but several agencies from America were seeking you out. You were considering accepting.

You sighed as you ran your fingers through your hair. You were going to tell him today. You heard Shoto knock on your bedroom door. You smiled and looked over at him.

Shoto looked anything but happy. He was angry. You saw papers in his hands. The agency papers. Your stomach dropped.

"When were you gonna tell me about this?"

"Soon..."

"Are you seriously considering this?"

"Well, um, kind of..."

"How could you be so selfish. Our careers are just starting, and you wanna leave me?"

"There are plane trips, and we'll still see each other."

"It's not the same."

"I don't get why you're getting so mad! Your right. OUR careers are starting. I have to think of my career too. It's not just you in this relationship."

Shoto stormed out of your house and you followed him. You weren't gonna let him leave without finishing this conversation.

Even though it was raining outside you followed him.

"I don't wanna leave you, but you have to understand, we're both gonna have to sacrifice things for this relationship to work. It can't be one-sided. Or it's over"

Shoto turned around and looked at you. His eyes softened at the sight of you. You were soaked to the bone in clothes unsuited for the weather.

"I'm sorry. I don't want us to be over. I'm just scared. I don't wanna lose you. How can I protect you, if your miles away?"

Shoto wrapped his arms around you.

"If you decide to go, I'll support you."

Shoto couldn't help but think how beautiful the rain looked while it cascaded down your skin. He wiped some of the water off your face. He knew here, that he loved you irrevocably and that he always has.

#5 - The Way You Smile

Over the years you and Shoto stayed together. You made it work through the ups and downs. That's why Shoto asked you to marry him.

He watched as you walked down the aisle, your beautiful white dress flowing behind you. You had Momo, Mina, and Uraraka as your bride maids.

Izuku, Kirishima, and even Katsuki were the best men. How he got Katsuki there as the best man was beyond your knowledge.

You all remained friends throughout the years. You even had Denki as the Officiater.

You began your vow.

"Shoto, I have loved you since we were kids.-"

You were interrupted. Endeavor was there. Who even invited him? Must have been a misprint.

"Shoto! Don't marry this woman. You can still walk away. I have a dozen, girls who would make great wives to breed powerful children."

"You know what? No one actually gives a shit about what you have to say, just leave."

You stuck your tongue out at Endeavor. What a childish bride you were, but that's why he loved you. You finished your vows.

Shoto was nervous but your smile calmed him.

"[Y/N], I didn't know it at the time, but when we were 5 & 6, I loved you. I loved you, even more, when you tried fighting Neito for me. I realized it when you went with me to see my mom. It grew when had our first fight. I love you, I'll always love you, but as a wife instead."

You smiled at Shoto and kissed him. It was that smile. Shoto loved it. It could calm raging seas. It gave him hope. He knew. He knew that you were the one. That you would be together forever.

[livelovelaug-h]

Normal life? Nice try trickster

Dean x reader

A/n: This is for @supernatural-jackles #Weekly Writing Challenge. The line is "you cant ignore me forever" it'll be in bold.

"yea well I wish I never had this life and I wish I never met you."

*snap*

You were sitting in a chair at a desk??? You narrow your eyes what the heck?? Where were you. You heard phones ringing. You looked around and right behind your desk you saw Someone familiar. "Sam?"

"Hey y/n what's up?"

" whats up? Or more like what are we doing here."

"working?" He laughs. "how much did you have to drink last night?"

"drink? I didn't drink last night. Actually I can't remember anything about last night after we got back from a hunt"

"a hunt? You shot an animal? And who's we"

"no what ? Me, you and Dean."

"Dean, the boss?

"boss? What ?"

"Sam you guys are going to get in trouble for talking"

"who are you?"

"y/n it's Ian, are you high? Wouldn't be the first time" He laughs.

"no I don't do drugs."

He huffs a laugh "yes you do, we smoked last week at that party."

"what? No I didn't even know you last week."

"everything okay over here?"

"Dean?" "your hair's different" you whispered but they all still heard.

"I don't think shes feeling very well today." Sam says.

"since when do we work here? " You asked.

"...................did you hit your head or something?"

"actually -."

"why don't you take a sick day. I'll see if Brad can come get you. Let's go to my office."

You pick up your jacket and phone. "Brad? Who's Brad?" Following Dean to his office. He shuts the door.

"is something going on I should know about."

"no but something doesn't feel right about this place."

"you mean work?"

"yeah we don't even work here. I mean what even is this place?"

He stared at you with a confused face "Look I don't know if you're doing drugs or something but it isn't appropriate do to them before or at work okay? I texted Brad and he said he'll be here in 10."

You got sad. Why was he being so mean. You just whispered a quiet "okay".

Some guy came in asking if you were okay. He was about 6'1, skinny and looked like a normal guy. No plaid.

"um, I'm fine."

"okay let's get you home then." He started walking towards the door and you stared at Dean, you didn't want to leave him. You didn't know why but it hurt to leave a little something still felt off.

In the car it was quiet for awhile until you spoke up "so how do I know you?"

He rose an eyebrow and looked at you "are you that high?"

"I'm not high at all, clearly."

"sure and you Know me because we're dating."

"mmm-hhhm for how long ?".

"i don't know if I should be offended or not."

"I just feel like something's wrong or different i dont know."

"maybe you need to get a good night's sleep. More than 5 hours."

"yeah that sounds good."

You went in and laid on the couch since you didn't want to share the bed. "Why are you laying there Lets go to bed." He said.

"no! I mean no it's okay I wanna try here."

He frowned. "Okay then good night." He kissed your lips quickly and it felt so wrong.

Morning time -

You woke up to the smell of bacon and pancakes. You totally forgot where you were previously so you called out deans name. "Dean?"

"y/n? Are you awake?" You walked into the kitchen still groggy. You got a little startled when you seen Brad and not Dean.

"ready for breakfast?" Brad asked giving you a big kiss on the cheek.

"ha ha you know what I'm not feeling that hungry I'm just gonna head out." You were about to head out when you seen you were still in your clothes from yesterday. You quickly found your room and changed, seeing a paper with the name of your work and the address you took it and walked out. After about 26 minutes of walking you got to work. "y/n your running late." The girl at the front desk says.

"really?"

"only about 5 mins."

"okay thank you." You got to the 8th floor clocked in and went to your desk. Apparently you had a meeting 5 minutes ago probably about 10 now. You ran in and Dean spoke up

"nice of you to join us y/n." All eyes were on you now. Dick move.

"uh, yeah I'm sorry I walked to work today." He nodded but still looked a little angry. "That's okay, you can just do this week's article then right?"

Article?? "Um, but I just do sales."

"yeah but Josh can help you. Also, I need it by Thursday afternoon." You looked at the time and date on your; Tuesday 9:45 am. Great so only about two day.

"okay yeah." You say. Why does he hate you so much. Your lunch break was at 12:20 and apparently you had another meeting at 1 p.m. You were running a little late since you had to walk to go get breakfast, quickly jogging into the building, you bumped into someones shoulder knocking there drink over them and the floor. "I am so so sorry." You looked and saw that it was Dean. Great he already hated you. You pick up the cup and say "I'll buy you a new I didn't mean-"

"it's fine." You can see the anger in his eyes. "Oh.... alright. Well here's some napkins." You were holding napkins still from your lunch so you used those and started dabbing his shirt. "I got it alright." He said with a little venom in his voice.

"ooo-kaay." You say on the verge of tears. The next day you went to his office to give him a coffee and his response was " I don't like that kind. Back to work." Wow that was cold. The next three days were hard after that, you tried to avoid Dean at all cost.

Your three day streaks ended this morning when you walked into the elevator with Dean and some girl following. It looked like he was going to say anything but then glared at you so you looked away. He was kissing her the whole way up to the 8th floor. "See you later baby."

And now about 3 hours later hes calling you into his office....

You didn't say anything walking into his office and you didn't really look in his eyes or at his face much.

"please sit down." You did as told.

"So we've been on a small budget at the moment and sadly... You're one of the people that are getting laid off."

Seriously??? "Is this because of the coffee? I didn't mean it."

"it's not because of that."

"....okay."

"your last name is Friday and I would still like the article by Thursday afternoon." You wanted to cry.

"why do you hate me so much?" You whispered.

"it's not about hate it's about having a small budget." He gives you one of those fake smile with a shrugs.

"yes you do I see it in your eyes when you look at me."

"it's not hate it's just you're like a kid to me, always messing up, always having to clean up your messes. You haven't grown up yet." You were surprised to say the least.

It was like a wave energy just hit you

"you still act like a kid, you havent grown up yet. always messing up, and I'm always having to clean up your messes."

You remember Dean saying that to you before. The whole arguments came to you in pieces.

"you said that to me before."

"what?"

"I knew this wasn't right. you have to remember so we can get out of here"

"look if this is your way of trying to get your job back-"

"no, you know you remember. I said I didn't want to have that life anymore and then bam I wake up here. Trickster." The surrounding changed and you were in a completely empty diner sitting across from Dean and the trickster.

"I really thought you would be the first one to get it but not this time." He said to you.

"what?"

"deano over here got it this morning."

"what? And you didn't tell me?"

"I just wasn't sure if you remembered it yet."

"no you did know.... You kissed that girl right in front of me."

"yeah that was just a bonus" the trickster laughed.

"okay, okay I was still mad." You shake your head "so what you thought it would make me jealous?" He shrugged.

"okay." Your about to get up when the trickster speaks up "alright the point of that you bozos was that no matter how Angry you guys were you still Remembered and you definitely didn't want that life y/n."

"yes I do, you just did it wrong it would have been way better if I didn't have to see Him"

"oh please." Dean says.

"Would you two idiots just put that stuff behind you and move on. You still care about each other." You snickered. He snapped his fingers and you started choking, you flung your hands to your throat.

"stop your hurting her." Dean yells causing him to snap again, causing you to breath again. "Tell me that's not caring." He says and disappears.

"Ughhh" you walk over to leave but the doors were locked. "Oh come on!" You sat all the way across the room from Dean. It was quiet for a minute when Dean spoke up "you can't ignore me forever."

Silence. You didn't answer. After another minute you finally spoke up: "was she good in bed?" He squinted his eyes at you.

"I didn't sleep with her."

"that's surprising."

"you know you went home with someone too."

"yeah but I at least know how to control myself." He got mad but didn't say anything.

"I slept on the couch."

" wh-"

"I slept there because he wasn't you, it felt wrong."

"yeah it did for me too." You looked over towards him. You were caught off guard when he asked "do you really hate me?"

You slowly made your way towards him "hmm idk that depends.... Do you? Or do you think I always mess things up?"

"look, I was mad and I just said somethings"

"you didn't answer the question." He started slowly making his way to you now.

"we all have messes even me and Sam, you know that. but we all help to clean it up." He reaches you. "I missed you " he says.

"I'm sorry y/n for the what I said. I love you with all my heart, i didn't mean any of it. Please forgive me." He grabbed a flower from one of the tables and put it in your hand holding your other hand. You smiled that stuff girly smile and your heart melted at his actions.

"I apologize too it wasn't just you I said some things too. And I forgive you Dean."

"Good because I forgive you too." He said grabbing your face and kissing you. It was rushed but it was the type of kiss where you poured all of your feelings into it. You missed his lips and his hands on your face. You both heard "took you guys long enough." You pull away to laugh but Dean pulls you back to his mouth.

[teenwolfhot]

Scott McCall imagines part 4

Inspired by ariana grande " break up with your girlfriend...bored "

You and theo were trapped completely surrounded by these people until

This shit always happens to me (Yeah)

Why can't we just play for keeps? (Mmm-mmm)

Practically on my knees  "

The lyrics of the song was loud theo sighed and looked at you while " i can hear a faint heartbeat sister " the voice said " nevermind Elijah we have to go nik will have our heads with we meddle " as the footsteps were suddenly disappearing

Theo grabbed you " go ahead and maybe get us killed " you nodded still in shock " who was that ?" Theo couldnt scent them out " i dont know whoever they are definitely aren't from here that's for sure "

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Ever since you were little girl a slight obsession with a certain boy and well it started since that very summer day back in kindergarten

" thats my doll give it back " a tall girl with pigtails wrapped in red ribbons snatched your favourite doll away from you " well its mine now ...hahahaha " the girl stuck her tongue out while another kids watched afar was scott meeting his long term best friend stiles

He wasn't listening to the young boy in front of him as he saw you got pushed he immediately ran over " stop .... give back the doll " you looked up to see a boy in front of you wearing blue and white stripe polo shirt and a dirty jeans with converse on " why she your girlfriend... nananananan " scott pushed the little girl " shes my firend " snatched the doll away from the girl and turned to you " here i think this is yours " he smiled while handing it to you somhow your knee got scraped " here... for ummm... your knee "he pointed

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Lydia was unable to read kira " soo what's up with you and scott lately... i want the juice " looking puzzled at the girl " lately his been well ummm his been avoiding me recently... i try to help but .... " she looked malia

" why do i get the feeling something happens between you two " pointing to malia and kira " we discuss some .... well ... scott ..... ummmmm isaac ..... uhhhh " kira didnt feel like talking about the situation about isaac and malia even scott its like a plague

" malia ???" The girl simply zoned out unfortunately " it will eventually come out im telling you

Hearing liam and stiles argue about the jeep and the adjustments liam made to the jeep

" i said you can have the jeep not redesigned it " lydia walking towards the two boys " well its my jeep ... you gave it to me .... well i simplify the jeep to my liking " liam looked at stiles and all the boy did was sigh " is okay I've got a new car or jeep " stiles said with dignity

" yes stiles we all know the FBI gave you a Land Rover " lydia rolling her eyes when suddenly theo's car pulled into the McCall drive way "we all need to talk " rushing out of the car

As you step out of the car you never been to McCall house before this is your first time " i should... probably. I'll wait in the car " as you headed back isaac grabbed you by the arm and dragging you inside

" whats the problem raeken couldn't it wait till tomorrow?" Stiles squinting his eyes " well no ... me and (y/n) were at the library earlier and well .... three people broke into the school and they were searching for something " scott looked at theo " i don't think is supernatural related theo " scott said quietly while everyone else got it " well .... i can smell them and they aren't from here scott ... especially at a time like this ... what are they thief I'm sure parrish is on patrol ..." which made everyone think

" well of theo is right what do they want ?" Lydia looking at you" are you okay (y/n)?" Just then stiles smacked the back of theo's head " you brought her .... her seriously " looking at you "isaac dragges me in i wanted to wait in the car .... anways I'm intruding i should go .... either way we dont hang out anyways... " smiling at each of them before leaving

As you were making your way to the door " hey ... about stiles ... is going to be fine ... we should hang... " the strawberry blond smiled " im lydia martin ... im ..." you intrude " i know my teacher talks highly of you " you said to her " thanks well I'll lead you out then

Isaac felt the need to follow after you " wait "(y/n) .... (y/n) " isaac walking up to you before lydia walks back in "im sorry ... i thought you .... " you rolled your eyes " really lahey thats how you want to play out ... the I'm sorry to drag you into something you shouldn't be there for .... i know we're friends but i don't think.... they like me .... martin sure made some.... kind of gesture or something to get me involved "

" you know what lahey ... stop ... just stop caring.... yes I'm a little bit insecure and sensitive but at least i don't draw attention to myself ... so save me the pleasure of acting like i belong in your group "

Walking away

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Meanwhile " i supposed you know who i am then ?" Chris was hanging like an X arms being held down with cuffs while spikes on this inside the cuff diggs in " slowly your bleeding " the voice simple said " now ... do you know us ... do you know what we are ?" The strange man asked again this time digging into argent chest and blood soaking through the black shirt " yes ..... yes .... yes ... i ... i ... DO !!!"

the man removed he hand from argent chest " well thats great news ..... so where are the rest of your groupies " the man looked deep into argents eyes " i said i know what you are .... i definitely can't be compelled " Chris laughing

" well i just have to ...... bleed you some more then .... until you're able to be compelled Chris "

The blond walked through the door and ran to chris " you lied ... hunter you lied ..." as the blond reached into chris chest he started to have a short breath " i can hear your heart beating fast " sister... sister ... sister ... toture should be fun.... " another young fellow with a metal baseball bat at hand and wacked it on the side of argent chest " did i hear ribs being broken " the young man laughed

" all of you are interrupting my interrogation.... really so much blood " as the blond release her hand away from his chest heavily breathing " blood of hunter " dragging her fingers over his arms that are in blood " i wouldn't taste his blood ... his on vervain "

As the blond wiped it off " we just have to continue till you talk then "

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5 days after the event

Walking to school you've been avoiding every single one of isaac friends like a plague " sooo.... you're alive " it was isaac looking at you and smiling you pushed passed him " why do you care suddenly... lahey its not like you care in the first place anyways "

Continuing walking while lydia and malia catched up to the curly boy " soo anything... nope ... she wouldnt talk .... it seems she closed herself up again" lydia started to smirk " what if ... scott ... im mean scott could get her to talk right ?" Isaac was sceptical about this

" well yeah but they've had brief conversations but not a full one ... im telling you its a bad idea "

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Taking out your biology books and writing down the extra writing on the board scott took tbe opportunity to seat next to you " hey " you didnt pay attention to him kept writing down the notes till " oh man ... i forgot my biology books ..... i swear " you turned into your bag " here this is yours ... ms martin gave it to me to give to you ... i was gonna give it to you somehow but " yours and his hand slightly touched as he grabbed the book

" thanks ... " smiling

You were happy that you managed to give the item back to him but still you wanted to know everything... especially his relationship with malia and kira

You didnt like kira you had no problem with malia is that asian girl you didnt like .. she somehow inserted herself into scotts life without even knowing him

You were furious when you found out that scott was dating her , it was a stab in the heart one way or another your going to make scott McCall yours

Thinking of ways to be in his life you didn't realise that the teacher was calling you " (l/n)...(l/n).... (y/n)" you paused and heard your name being called

" im sorry miss (y/t/n) i was elsewhere... i do apologise " the teacher rolled her eyes "what i meant was ms martin would like to see you " she gave you an orange slip for you to leave class " right now ?" Yhe teacher stop in her tracks "yes right now .. unless you want to stop her orders or you willing to tell the principal why you aren't obeying one of " you shake your head " I'll go " picking your stuff up you rushed out

Thinking why would ms martin see you now what possibilities could she be thinking pulling you away from class especially AP BIOLOGY

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Seeing two people in ms martins office you sighed and opened the door " ms martin you wanted to see me ?" The much older strawberry blond woman smiled " yes i do ... actually i wanted to discuss your career future college " as she points to a chair " i hope you don't mind I've took the pleasure of asking your parents to come by too "

As you took a seat next to your parents " well we 100% be involved in whatever our daughter decisions today " as ms martin smiled and sitting behind her desk

" mr and mrs (l/n) your daughter records are outstanding she will be graduating with honours " ms martin smiled while your parents looked like their on cloud nine " we are very pleased to hear " your mother said with joy in her voice " i must say (y/n) since you've not give in your final recommendation on the career path we will have to submit it today " your parents were shocked " very well "

"( y/n) what is your career goals " ms martin looking at you "- ummmm uhhhhh ummmm ..... biology.... i want to do something with biology " you started to gain confidence " biology is your main career point ?" Ms Martin writing it down "yes it is im very passionate about biology and i would like to study furthermore into the subject if i can ... im also looking into go apprentice in a laboratory on biology something like genetic or microbiology " you said while looking at her

Your parents were surpised you wanted to go that way becuase generally you talked about veterinary and medicine about the well being of animals this is sort of different types of research

" very well... i see you've made your research I'm pleased on that "ms martin smiled

" also theres three apprenticeships round the areas including here at school and some at local biology department in the science community " pausing " the only i like is not in this town but in mystic falls " your mother gasped

" well you certainly did your research on this subject then .... i will see to it your application form has been sent to all of these locations... in the meantime please keep your grades to these standards "

Walking out of the offcie the whole interview along with your parents exhausted you completely " so ... what did lydia mum want ?" Isaac putting his arms round your neck my career choice " removing isaac arm " plus i think i might have a chance of leaving this place lahey "

[jogetschatty]

IT'S RACE WEEK! Taper Niggles, Pre-race Jitters, Imposter Syndrome and More

Well looky there, it's been a full month since I've provided any update on my training progress. Yes, the race is still on. Honestly, I'd started to get pretty burnt out by training, and writing about training in addition to actually training wasn't helping.

But now that it's race week and we're *solidly* in the taper, I figure this is cheaper than therapy! We've been focused on bubble wrapping ourselves the last couple weeks to get ourselves to the start line without injury or illness (you know, other than Courtney getting hit by a car in the parking lot of the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert, two weeks out, and bruising his rib) - and honestly, it's giving me WAY too much time to think and feel! More about that later.

But first, what'd you miss?

BEAUTIFUL SwimBikeRun Practice in Northern New Hampshire! Including a very hilly century ride in the White Mountains, with a Mt. Washington fly by!, and several long swims in Silver Lake - where I first learned to swim!

Going off plan. For better or worse, I felt like the last month of training was where I saw myself go the most off plan. Some of that was accommodating for travel schedule. Some of that was adjusting for bad weather. And some of that was feeling like my plan wasn't going to prepare me adequately or build the confidence I needed. It never called for me to run more than 2:40, which for me is only about 17 miles - and it had me doing that for the last time five weeks before race day. It also called for a maximum bike time of 5 hours, which at my pace would have meant NO century rides (100 takes me at least 6). I actually understand the former - I think above a run certain thresh hold, your injury risk is higher than the likelihood you'll benefit. And most of us probably going to feel pretty rough by mile 15 of the marathon regardless of whether we max out at 16 or 20 during training. But for me - getting in some 100+ rides was critical. At the end of the day, I did a 95 and two 100s - and ran 17, 18, 19 and 20 mile runs. But to do that, I missed some of the other scheduled workouts.

Taper Niggles. Is it just me, or does the taper bring out every little ache or pain you've ever had? Is that just our bodies slowing down enough to notice all we've been putting them through? My hip has been tight again, my shoulder has been killing me on the bike, my knees have been achy. I listened to a podcast that said to not pay too much mind to the little niggles - so long as it's not a true injury, they tend to go away if you don't think too much about them. And honestly, I kind of get that. I think it's actually possible to cause an injury or worsen the pain if you focus so much that you compensate in some way and end up injuring something else.

Pre-race Anxiety: I knew I was in trouble when almost two weeks out, I had already started losing sleep. Am I injured? Am I going to get sick? Have I trained enough? Am I over-trained? Am I getting my bike tuned up too close to the race? I should have done more long BRICKS earlier! Do I have all the gear I need? Have I figured my nutrition out adequately?! Shit! I need to practice changing a tire! And seriously, someone needs to block all weather apps on my phone. Is it going to be too hot? Is it going to rain? This isn't even the full list. But you get the idea.

Control the controllables, Jo - Control the controllables.

Imposter Syndrome: This is a big one. The Facebook groups for the races are a great resource for first timer information, but they also can be dangerous - it's SO easy to start comparing yourself to other people. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one without a TT bike. The only one without a coach. The only one who doesn't have their nutrition plan down pat. WHAT AM I EVEN DOING HERE?! I'm not qualified to do this!

I've been trying to remind myself how damaging this self-talk in. There are going to be some dark moments on race day. And during those dark moments, the only thing that's going to get you through it is believing in yourself and your ability to make it to the other side.

So, now that it's race week - I'm trying to leave those things behind, to focus on what I *can* do (like work on my Medusa costume, rather than pack and prep everything for the race - oh wait, that's not helpful?)

Really though, I've put in so many hours. Some of them have been fun and beautiful, but I've also put myself through a lot of pain. I biked in the rain, run in the dark, swam in crowded pools and mucky ponds. I've sacrificed time with friends and put my body through a beating. And ultimately, I've earned my right to race on Sunday.

So we head to Chattanooga on Thursday morning with a mission. To get ourselves safely to the start line, and then trust the strength of our bodies and our minds to do what we've trained them to do. To live in the moment. To enjoy as much of the day as possible. To lift up other athletes. And hopefully, at some point late Sunday evening, to run down that carpet and hear those magic words.

[gamergirl8989]

Promises (F!Kiran x Alfonse version)

Hi everyone! So this is my English short story project that I'd done! This takes place after chapter 10, that's what the first half of the story is about. XD

Also, I didn't use my regular team, I just used the generic team (Alfonse, Sharena, Anna and Virion, but Virion is barely mentioned) because it would make more sense for my teacher. Also, for generic purposes, Kiran’s hair is black. XD

Anyways after I upload this I’m gonna upload the version that has my Summoner, Ayla in it. X3

Edit: here’s a link to the Ayla version: https://gamergirl8989.tumblr.com/post/167851174187/promises-ayla-x-alfonse-version-alright-so

Sorry for the longish Author's note, enjoy the story!

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Kiran watches as her Heroes get struck down by the Radiant Hero Ike, biting her lip. Virion had gone down due to Ike having distant counter, Anna got beaten earlier by Mist and Soren, and Sharena had gone down because she was closest to Ike, but she was able to do a great deal of damage before being defeated. The only Hero she had left on the field was Alfonse, and Ike was the only enemy left on the field. Alfonse was down to 5 health, but Ike was down to 3. "You got this Alfonse! You can beat him!" The black haired Summoner shouts to the blue haired prince. The prince smiles a bit, running at Ike and dealing the final blow. Afterwards, both the Heroes and enemies came back to life. "We lost. But I have no regrets. You have showed us your strength. We're not enemies. Someday, somewhere... We might just meet again. I look forward to it." Ike says.

"We did it! Our homeland is saved. It's time to head back!" Anna declares with a smile. "Ugh, I'm so tired..." Sharena complains. Kiran couldn't help but chuckle a bit, looking around and getting a bit distracted. "Alright, Kiran, let's get-" Anna starts, but was soon cut off by a loud sound. "What was that?" the red haired commander asks, confused. This made the black haired Summoner look back over at the group. "No!" Alfonse starts. "The gateway, it's closing..." he says, as the group starts running. Unfortunately, Kiran wasn't a fast runner like the others, so she had some trouble keeping up. "Kiran, hurry! This way!" she could hear Alfonse shout, but as she leaped to go through the portal, it closed. "No!" Kiran shouts, falling to the ground, but quickly getting up and looking around frantically.

"Hello, Summoner. This time, it's just you and me." A girl's voice could be heard. 'No. Not Veronica, anyone but her, not now!' Kiran thinks frantically, turning around with fear. She was right, it was the Emblian princess, Veronica, standing behind of Kiran with her tome open. "Your bratty little friends are on the other side of the Gateway. There's no one to save you now..." The princess continues, as Kiran tries to get away, only to trip and fall. "I made a promise to you, and I intend to keep it. It's time to die." Veronica continues. Kiran was frozen in fear, starting to tremble. "I'll pop your head right off... Just like I used to do with my dolls." Veronica says, smiling wickedly. Kiran closed her eyes, taking a shaky breath, readying herself for the pain that was about to come.

But it never came. A sudden blast of magic came from the distance and hitting Veronica, making Kiran’s eyes snap open. "Who dares-?" Veronica says, surprised by what just happened, and fell down from the force of the attack. Kiran stumbles to her feet, knowing this was a good chance to escape. "Run, Kiran! Towards the light!" a male's voice shouts. A Gateway opens, and Kiran stood there, shocked. "Just go! Trust me! I'm Zacharias – Alfonse and Sharena's friend!" the mystery man, who claims to be Zacharias, shouts. Kiran nods, and starts running towards the gateway. Kiran sees a flash of light, which did concern her, but she kept running. "Keep going! Your almost there!" Zacharias shouts. Another flash of light appeared. "Kiran! You'd better watch out for Alfonse and the others!" was the last thing she heard Zacharias shouts, before seeing one more flash, jumping through the portal.

The next thing Kiran knew, she in a foresty area, tumbling to the ground as she went through the portal. "Oof!" She grunted as she landed on the ground. "Kiran!" she could hear Alfonse say. Ayla looked up to see the blue haired prince running over to her, followed by Sharena and Anna. They ran to Kiran, who was now getting back onto feet. "There you are. Am I glad to see you!" Alfonse says. "Oh, Kiran!" Sharena says, both her and Alfonse hugging Kiran. This caught Kiran off guard, but she hugs back to reassure them. "When I saw you disappear just like Zacharias did, I thought my chest would burst." He says, looking very worried. "Me too. I'm so glad you're safe. Seriously, don't do that." Sharena says. She looked like she had been crying. "I'm so sorry I worried you guys... But your friend, Zacharias, he saved me – Veronica found me and was about to kill me, and –" Kiran stops herself for a second, taking a breath. "It's... It's a long story, I'll tell you guys on the way back to the Order." She says exasperatedly, while Sharena and Alfonse pull away from the hug. "What? You say that Zacharias saved you? What are you talking about? How..." Alfonse says. "Let's talk later! We have to get out of here before they close the gateway on us again!" Anna shouts. Alfonse, Kiran and Sharena nod, and the group starts running back.

The next day, Kiran was sitting in a secluded part of the garden, trying to relax. Everyone in the Order of Heroes heard about what had happened the day before to her, and everyone was constantly asking her if she was okay. To Kiran, it was very exhausting, having everyone worrying over her. Even in the garden, she could still feel someone watching her, but she tries to brush it off. 'Probably just Feh...' She thinks, looking around and seeing the fluffy white owl sitting on a branch nearby. Kiran sighs, thinking about something else that happened yesterday. She expected Sharena to hug her, that was normal for her. But it wasn't normal for Alfonse to hug anyone. She sighs, trying to figure out what it could mean, blushing a tiny bit. She then heard rustling of leaves, making Kiran snap out of her thoughts, sighing. "If this is you, Kargero or Saizo, this is the third time I'm telling you, I don't need protection. I highly doubt that Veronica would sneak in here to kill me." Kiran says, sighing.

"You can't be certain about that, Kiran." Was the response she got, but it wasn't from either of the Hoshidan ninjas. She looked up to see Alfonse. "Oh! Alfonse, hey!" Kiran says, smiling a bit. "S-Sorry, Saizo and Kagero have been on me all day about my safety." She says sheepishly. "It's okay." Alfonse says, coming over to her. Kiran blushes a bit, but tried to hide it by pulling her hood up over her head. "Kiran? Are you okay? You've been acting off lately..." Alfonse says worriedly. "O-Oh, yeah, I'm fine!" Kiran says quickly. She was afraid of ruining the two's friendship if she was truthful about her feelings, especially if he didn't feel the same way. Alfonse frowns, having the feeling that she wasn't telling the truth. "Kiran, you can tell me." He says. Kiran gulps a bit. "I... I don't want it to ruin our friendship..." she mumbles, looking down slightly. "Hm?" Alfonse asks, not being able to hear her.

Kiran could feel her heart pounding wildly, sighing and standing up. "I..." She starts, unsure of how she should say this. Alfonse listens, frowning from worry. "I... I love you..." she says, quickly pulling her hood further over her face to hide her blush. Alfonse stood there, shocked. When Kiran didn't hear a response, she felt tears form in the corners of her eyes. "I-I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything..." She whispers, about to leave. However, she didn't expect Alfonse to grab her hand and hug her. "There's no need to be sorry." Alfonse starts, wrapping one arm around her, then letting go of Kiran’s hand to move her hood. Kiran looks at him, shocked. She was still blushing, not expecting this. Alfonse then leans in and kisses her. Kiran’s eyes widen a bit, but then closed her eyes and kisses back. After a few seconds, Alfonse pulls away, looking into Kiran’s eyes.

"...Because I love you too." Alfonse finishes. Kiran smiles and hugs him, her hood falling off her head in the process. Alfonse smiles and hugs back, resting his head on top of hers gently, being that bit taller than her. "I wasn't sure if you felt the same way, I was scared of ruining our friendship..." Kiran mumbles. "Well, I do feel the same, and I want you to know that I vow to protect you, Kiran." Alfonse says. Kiran smiles looking up at him. "Thank you, Alfonse... I swear, I'll help you all I can throughout this war, and stay by your side, and bring peace back to Askr." Kiran vows. Alfonse smiles, kissing her forehead. "Thank you..." he says. The two stay in each other's arms for a little, promising that they'd never abandon the other.

[sftswigan]

Manchester garage punks, Tinfoils, George from the band tells us about their latest single, their money raising effort for BLMUK and how a game of pool completed the band...

Alright hope you’re doing well through this shit time.

Can you tell us who Tinfoils are and where did the name come from?

TINFOILS are a mardy northern bastard garage punk band based in Manchester. There's three of us, and we've all moved here from Yorkshire.

The name came from when I was on an X Files hype. Thought it was a good name for a band, so I just got the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages before we'd even done a rehearsal! I think it was before we even met Will. I just thought it was a good name, the other two agreed and we ran with it.

Sounds like you had confidence in this band early on then. How did you find Will and what has he brought to the band?

I don't know if I had loads of confidence in the band before we started really, I just thought the name was cool! We didn't really take it very seriously for a long time, took us about 6 months to bother looking for a gig. Was just an excuse to meet and get pissed up at first.

Me and Alex had known each other for a while, and went to a pub in Fallowfield. We were having a game of pool, when two blokes came up and asked if they could play doubles because no other tables were free. We agreed, and one of them turned out to be Will. After that they invited us to some flat party, and at about 6 in the morning on some unknown persons kitchen worktop he mentioned he played bass. We met up a couple of days later and the rest is history.

He's an amazing bassist, and his love for funk has a massive impact on every song I write. Tunes always come out sounding better once I show them to Will and Alex.

Love the bass lines in your songs, The Abyss, especially. Could’ve been a different story if you and Alex decided that was your last game of pool and just handed it to Will and his mate!

Like The Blinders, you also (and I think one or two others have followed suit) made the journey from Doncaster to Manchester. How much of a difference has that made to you and the band?

Definitely! All credit for that goes to our mate Breezy to be fair, he was the one who suggested doubles. He drops it in to conversation every time he's trying to convince us to come out.

Yeah I moved from Doncaster about 5 years ago, I do love it to bits but I wouldn't have been able to do half the stuff I wanted to if I'd stayed. Wouldn't have met Alex and Will, and probably wouldn't have ended up starting a band. There are some decent bands in Doncaster but a lot of it was indie stuff at the time, which I do like but not something I was interested in doing. The music scene in Manchester is amazing at the moment, there's so much music and it's all really different and interesting. Best place for music in the country at the moment I reckon.

Manchester is definitely a great place for music but I think the UK in general has a really good music scene at the moment with loads of good bands about! Though places like Manchester have some unreal venues and bands love playing there.

I wanna talk about your latest single ‘Spitting’ which was released during lockdown. Absolutely love that track! You went to Magic Garden to record it. What did recording it there bring to the song?

Cheers mate, we're really happy with it. I think it added a lot going to Magic Garden, Gavin's brilliant. First of all, it's just way higher quality than anything else we've put out, and I think it manages to sound a lot like we do live. Gavin also suggested we add some vocals in to middle 8 bit, which was originally just instrumental. I quickly wrote something down on a bit of scrap paper in a few minutes, and recorded it in one take, and that's the take in the final song. It's the whole "lap me up I'm stagnant water" bit. We'll hopefully get some more tunes recorded soon, would love another trip to the garden. The music video for the song is just clips of our time at the studio mixed in with some live clips, had a really good time there.

I hear quite a few bands speak highly of him and his influence on their time in his studio. He does seem to get great results.

You recently released some songs on bandcamp that were live demos if I remember correctly. Are they going onto Spotify at any point and also will you be recording any of these? Peeping Tom is probably one of my favourites of yours.

Yeah they're a load of demos we did at Dead Basic Studios last year, we thought it was a shame to have them just lying about. We decided to put them out and donate all the money from Bandcamp Day to BLMUK, every little helps doesn't it. They won't be going on Spotify, but I reckon we'll probably record a couple of them properly one day. Peeping Tom's a bit of a favourite, would love to get that recorded in a studio but there's a million tempo changes so I think it'd probably be tricky to nail down. Its one of my favourites to play live, especially when we're headlining and get the chance for a self-indulgent 10 minute jam with a big sing-a-long. The demos will stay on Bandcamp for the foreseeable, but I think we'll probably take them off at some point.

A great cause, did you manage to raise much? Some really good tracks on there would love to here them recorded like you say.

So what are the bands plans once lockdown is relaxed to a point bands and musicians to get out there and do proper stuff without fear again?

Yeah we raised about £60-70 I think? It was only for the day, when Bandcamp waived their fees. Props to Lewis from Dead Basic for recording and mixing them all.

First things first we need to get in for a rehearsal! I've written a load of new songs which I'm looking forward to working out, I think it'll be a lot of new tunes in the set list when we're back gigging. Hopefully reschedule our tour that had to be postponed, play some tunes, get some recording done, and go out and see some bands! Just got to hope it's not too far off.

That’s awesome! Excited about the new tunes and future recordings...and gigs again obviously.

Hopefully you can squeeze a rearranged gig for us on the tour!

You mentioned how highly you rate the Manchester scene. Which bands should people go and see once bands get to gig again?

There's a tonne of bands to go and see, to name a few: Loose Articles, Blanketman, The Early Mornings, Swine, Springfield Elementary, Giant Boys, The Red Stains, Cold Water Swimmers, and loads of others. There's a lot of different styles about but I do feel like there's a sort of coherent feeling between all the bands around here at the minute. It got to the point just before pandemic where no matter which venue or what day, if you turned up you'd probably see something amazing. Fingers crossed it all survives the lockdown!

There’s some good bands there, really like Springfield Elementary and Swine what I’ve heard of them and also Red Stains. I need to check the others out but we’re very lucky to have so many good bands about and more people these days that are very much into new music!

We’re gonna end the interview with some quick fun questions...

Favourite album/EP of this year?

I'm gonna go with either Zero Dollar Bill by Do Nothing, or The Non-Stop EP by Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard. Can't pick between them!

Also really looking forward to Fontaines DCs new album, and Idles, and The Blinders.

If Tinfoils could tour with any band alive or dead who would it be?

Would love to go on tour with Fontaines DC, Idles or Sleaford Mods. If I had to pick between them, at the moment probably Fontaines. Loving their last few singles, and Dogrel was banging.

Ah wait, Thee Oh Sees! Maybe Oh Sees actually. Any of the above would allow me to die happy.

Is there a song that at least one member isn’t keen on in the set but are outnumbered?

I don't really like The Royal Baby Machine that much, but the other two do.

Chinese food or Indian?

Indian

Lager or Real ale?

Ale, but more of a standard bitter to be honest. Not West Coast passionfruit and jasmine infused with lemongrass IPA stuff, it's rank and I don't get it. Give me a pint of John Smiths over that wank any day.

Festival you’d love to play?

Wouldn't turn down Glasto!

Last one...

Best live band you’ve seen?

Best live band I've seen is probably Idles.

Alex, our drummer says Cabbage at Night & Day was probably the best gig he’s been to recently

Thanks to George from Tinfoils for chatting to us! You can listen to their music on all the streaming services and go and visit their social media pages. Here is their latest effor, Spitting.