#but maybe it is mood who knows XDDD

[magnusbae]

do you ever get days when it's hard to like type, your fingers feel wobbly and unfocused and even just writing casual text feels like a special effort, not really for lack of mood but just, fingers, wobbly, weak, loose, unfocused? like days when your mind is unfocused, but just, with your....fingers?

[writingoddess1125]

You've lost Privileges

Buggy X GNReader

Funny + Spicy-ish Fic!

This was random at like 2am so sorry if it's weird!! Enjoy my Darlings!

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He was doing it on Purpose- you fucking knew he was... Buggy the Asshole of a Clown, one you shared a room with and had been dating for clearly too damn long-! There He was seated on his chair man spread for the whole world to see as he openly flirted with some members of his Crew.

The motherfucker had been doing this for 3 days, ever since you refused sex from him. Not being in the mood and admittedly being a bit rude about it since you were irritated about something else entirely- he had made it his mission to be a pain in your side since.

Openly flirting with crew mates, seemingly appearing naked in random spots. Wearing the scents he knew you liked, the shirts that showed off his arms and more. He was doing everything in his power to have you come back begging for his touch like the demon he was!-

Standing up angrily you March away, any crew near by deciding to move quickly out of your way as you marched. Buggy frowning deeply at this as he pushed off a crewmate who was a bit too close to actually touching him before getting up and going elsewhere, a grin on his lips.

You trained for a bit, Angrily throwing Axes at the large wooden boards for a few hours to blow off steam. Sometimes thinking of if it was Buggy instead.

You knew you were sexually frustrated, it had only been 3 days bit typically you guys were incredibly active! That and you knew if you went to him for sex he would just tease you and be a complete jackass about it- You couldn't let him win, especially with something like this.

After exhausting yourself well with throwing Axes you made you way back to the room you shared with Buggy and opened it, getting a little jump from the sight.

Walking into the bedroom you saw Buggy there, pantless and clearly taking some enjoyment of some open self pleasure while lounding on the bed.

"Ah (Y/N)! My lovely partner who decided they didn't want sex with me!"

"Buggy I told you I was just tired! You're the one who is being a dramatic baby about it!" You argue back and glare at your Bohfriend jerking off nonchalantly on the bed while trying to argue with you.

"Tired this and Tired that! You know I can just get my dick wet with someone else! Someone who will appreciate a higher sex drive! Maybe one of those contortionist! Or one of the muscles men!" He yelled, this set you off. You felt your chest bubble in anger, maybe it was the lack of sex him just jerking off infront of you or him being a total ass these last 3 days but you snapped.

"That's it!" You yell, Grabbing one of the knives from the desk in a flash and before buggy could register what was happening you sliced his dick Clean off and grabbed it. His balls just hanging there as he jumped up in total shock.

"W-Wait I need that (Y/N)!! You can't just take my cock away!" He yelled, still pantless as he stood there pointing at you with a deep blush on his cheeks.

"Well until you can stop acting like a dick, You won't have one Pretty Boy~ You've lost your Dick Privileges!" You yelled, Placing the organ in your coat pocket and made sure to keep a steady hand on it as you marched out the room. Ignoring the yells of a very flustered and pissed off Buggy behind you.

"(Y/N)!!! BRING MY COCK BACK!! MY COCK!!!"

AUTHOR NOTE: XDDD IM SORRY

[sanrielle]

Hi! Hope you've been having a good day so far <3

For the OTP Questions, 11, 16, and 23 for Tokka? :D

Thank you!

Hi! I'm doing well and hope you are too :D

11. What is their love language?

Toph's love languages would involve her senses, I think. Being blind, she relies that much more on her other senses to give her information, so physical touch and words of affirmation would both be meaningful to her.

Sokka is more of an acts of serve/gifts guy. He constantly makes sure people are eating regularly and getting them food if they're busy/stressed/not feeling well.

Together, I think those love languages are very compatible, assuming Toph is able to let go of some of her pride and let him take care of her. Maybe it could cause some conflict in an angstier setting lol. But Sokka would love experiencing Toph's more affectionate side when they're alone. And by affectionate, I mean both the cuddling she would absolutely deny enjoying and the animalistic fervor with which she throws herself at him >:)

16. Who cooks most? (I'm reusing this one from Twinkles' ask XDDD)

Sokka, easily. Toph can make tea and noodles. She's also really good at picking up takeout, but she'll still make him do it, anyway. I think Sokka would at some point pick up a hobby of like, smoking meat or something. Maybe he even knows how to do it already (I'm no expert but I'd imagine smoking would be a common cooking technique in the SWT?)

Sokka's the kind of guy who likes to take care of people, and he's also very food-oriented, so I think those two things would mix well. Maybe he's never a master chef, but if he were to live with a woman---especially someone like Toph who Simply Does Not Cook---he would take the time to learn a few things.

Addendum: Bachelor Sokka would rarely cook for himself.

23. How well do they know each other’s favorite foods?

I guess I'm just going to talk about food in all three of these haha.

Sokka knows exactly which takeout dishes to get for Toph, depending on her mood. He can't cook her favorite foods, but he'll make sure Katara does on special occasions. (But secretly Toph still prefers the takeout version because she grew up with Fancy Food and can therefore taste very subtle differences in how things are seasoned, etc, and Katara just doesn't quite get EK cuisine. But Toph doesn't say anything.)

Toph knows that Sokka will happily eat just about anything as long as it's got some meat in it. I know this is kind of a cliche from the show but Idgaf haha it's so central to his character and it also makes a ton of sense, considering that SWT cuisine would be like 90% meat/fat. Toph also knows that Sokka (and Katara, too) hates the ""authentic"" SWT restaurant in Republic City and will only suggest going there if she's mad at him.

Thanks for the ask!!

[tendebill]

What would happen if you threw eveyone of your ocs in a room together?

Im just askin for... research... purposes...

Lets go with that.

[oc]

ok i have some silly and light-hearted ideas for this actually xddd

(also im limiting this to main ocs or ocs i consider to be important or fun enough for the purposes of this)

if not for the way the entirety of the main plot plays out, i think Maffi and Huen might've gotten along. if this was in a vaccuum and not in any particular spot in the story, i think Maffi and Huen (and maybe even Seph who knows) would be in a corner just fucking talking about politics and philosophy and shit.

Ellie and Bitzy would probably be making friendship bracelets, or talking about comics or any sort of pop-culture interests that they share. probably would recommend fanartists and fanfics to each other too. a few people would try to join them, but they either dont understand the popculture of their worlds (which is very similar, if not the same) or dont care enought about it. theyre mostly left to their own devices. overtaken by the 'tism.

Angelica would probably be telling stories of her time as a treasure/artifact hunter and an actual godslayer. if Hinata's there with Bitzy, they would probably catch up and tell the stories together, since Hinata went on a lot of adventures with Angelica when they were younger.

David would be very... put off by Huen's mere presence. even if all of the plot didn't happen and this whole "get-together" wasn't canon, i think Huen's aura would just scare David shitless. you could even say he dislikes her on the basis of bad vibes alone. which is mutual, considering Huen HATES when someone is taller than her, and David's got a solid 10cm on her. yea, he avoids her like the plague and she does not mind (maybe intentionally sends him threatening looks across the room). actually i think almost everyone would avoid Huen to the best of their ability.

maybe Dots would hang out with David a bit? they have a sort of reluctant friendship in the later stages of the story. she feels pity for him, despite his own actions being the main reason why he suffers, so she helps him a bit when no one else is there to put up with him anymore (i might elaborate on that in another post, cuz i think its interesting lol). oh, i like to think she'd share her recipies with him? he can't cook, but he'd like to learn and she has a whole backlog of healthy meals to share :3 also she definitely recommends him some cool self-care products. also i think they share a love of home makeover shows (tho David wouldn't admit it). just wait until Ellie introduces them to the sims.

if TomJulCent are there... i have a headcanon that Thomas and Seph get along really well. in general i think Thomas Julia and Vince would like Sephoras and vice versa. Tom would drag Seph away from the debate going on in the corner and they'd get up to some tomfoolery (more or less legal, depending on the mood) or just talk and joke with each other.

Oh, Vincent would probably have a lot to talk about with Cyan, since they're both musicians! i can imagine them first hitting it off and getting along really well, until one of them says some "controversial" opinion about a certain artist or even a whole genre of music and all hell breaks loose. Julia and James (or Angele) would probably separate them, but it'd be too late and now they're sworn enemies.

speaking of, Julia and Angele would get along. they've both got "i am done with these idiots, but theyre my idiots" as their life motto and i think they would have a lot of fun complaining to each other, considering they would understand what the other has to put up with.

also, since David, Huen, Maffi and Seph all like playing chess, i could imagine them staging a mini tournament. no idea who would win, but it'd be worse than playing uno. Huen would definitely underestimate David, who is REALLY GOOD at chess, and it would piss her off. Seph and Maffi's duel would be the least "aggressive" and all in good fun (they probably play chess together anyway regularly so yk), Seph and David would insult each other (in good fun too, but it'd get brutal at times), Seph and Huen would be filled with easy conversations with an underlying meaning behind every word they say, trying to throw the other off (Huen would outmanipulate Seph pretty soon though, lets be real), Maffi and Huen would be dead quiet, not even a twitch of an eyebrow in sight, stone faced and focused on the game and nothing else, Maffi and David would be tense as fuck, but not in a negative way, since the two of them have played against each other countless of times, so they have a lifetime long score to keep updating.

James and Dots would be checking up on everyone. Lucy would be sitting quietly in a corner with a guitar or a ukulele to provide some ambiance, since she's not much for socializing in big groups. Angelica and David would have an arm wrestling competition at some point (David would call bullshit on some part of Angelica's stories and it'd escalate), which both Maffi and Huen would scoff at (but Maffi would obviously be on her wife's side all the way) while Seph would be ALL IN for this, give him front row seats and some popcorn, he's placing bets as we speak.

if Dominica got involved though.... pure chaos. she would shapeshift into every other fucking person and slowly, overtime make people think they were losing it. hallucinating entire conversations, missing important bits information, learning things that turn out to be untrue, until, eventually, everyone's at each other's throats over something they allegedly said or did. by which point Dominica would sit back and enjoy the view, with only Seph and Huen remaining, as they'd be pretty used to her bullshit and antics by this point and would have refused to fall for them again.

also i always loved the idea of my ocs singing and playing music together. ive had an idea of Lucy teaching Seph the basics of how to play guitar (he's horrible at it). i think Cyan would have the most random assortment or "hey I can play that", and so on. also i made Cyan James and Seph (and Ellie) into a band AU at one point for funsies but thats besides the point lol

also if this happened at ANY point in the story it would be a category five shitstorm, tears shed, feelings hurt, someone would die, the room would be trashed.

tysm for the question bro!! i hope my answer was to your satisfaction xd (if im crazy enough, i might use some of this for oc doodle inspo)

[vynegar]

vyn top-up card liveblog thread (updated as a read). spoilers!

ok so i think this means vyn was an exchange student for a year during undergrad at a university that was (presumably) in or near stellis, since it doesn’t mention anything about travel? don’t quote me on it tho

kinda revisiting youth vibes since they’re in another school event, almost reliving school days. also definitely a possibility of some vyn backstory

oh no not another story of love at first sight ending in tragedy that will seem like an omen for vyn

WE’RE LESS THAN TEN MINUTES INTO THE STORY WHY IS THE FIRST ILLUSTRATION ALREADY HERE

ohthe writing team is putting their ENTIRE ***** into this story in a story oh my god. like i know i’m not skilled enough to tell what good writing is but like. this is good writing

ok. u kno what. if vyn licked my fingers i would lose my ability to speak too. that’s fair.

he’s blushing!!! that’s the blushing sprite!!!!

sometimes it’s just like. entertaining. watching mhy try to up the ante with the suggestiveness in cards but stay within the 16+ rating. i look forward to how creative they can get.

ok PAUSE bc the luke card got uploaded and the video is an hour long 🙏 WE’RE EATING TONIGHT

aaaand i’m back!

one day. ONE DAY we will see this expression and Not when vyn is acting

ok damn honestly. props to the AI for this part

ok so that’s like. THREE recent vyn cards with an acting/roleplaying segment where vyn gets quite emotional/uncontrolled and he’s. remarkable good at it. is this the new motif?? are we headed toward a complete collapse and blurring of the line between acting and reality? 

also wondering if this is major for my theory on vyn (and fairy tales and stories) because getting really into the role probably qualifies as immersion and right now rosa is saying she needs to be the “rational onlooker”

i would love for an actual therapist to review some of vyn’s cards. like, i’m Pretty sure some of this is not best practice but i don’t know enough about therapy to talk about it

this card is a big win for people who want to see a more twisted rosa

HUH????????????? CAN YOU -- IS THIS --- 16+??????? MIHOYO?????? (AND YEAH THAT’S HIS TIE)

Vyn: MC... What are you trying to do?

vyn’s and rosa’s expresisons when she suddenly ties him up.... both of them just taking it in without batting an eye.....

ok i think people who enjoyed the ending scene in vyn’s 2nd anniv card will like this a LOT lmao xDDD but vyn’s not really trying to hold back this time

i think i like the way that the vynrosa cards show a progression of their desire for each other. maybe it’s because Control has always been such a theme of vyn’s route, but idk, the way that their desire grows in his cards just hits properly

i really liked the ending lines

this is probably the top-up card i’ve been most tempted by. i liked how the story flips the script a little by making rosa worry that she’s too much like the cautionary tale, but in the end shows that it’s more of a mutual feeling of greed that she doesn’t need to worry over. and (maybe it’s because i paused in the middle of reading for a long time) but i feel like the writers did a good job of quickly setting up the premise for the card but not letting it bog down the actual crux of the story. i’d honestly be interested to hear if other people also felt that way about the card, bc i’m not sure if i’m just in a positive mood toward tot right now; like, maybe that point could also be applied to the anniv 2 top-up card.

okay but speaking of that, why was it another vyn top-up so soon?? i get that the first round just finished (artem with desert, marius with gufeng, vyn with anniv2, luke with bakerlon) but at least do marius!!

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

Oop uuh ohhh o.o

Dealing with politics in a TV show is uncomfortably reminiscent of real life right now xdd

Probably not lol

Imagine if she did XD

Well at least she's being civil

Hmmm but also no witnesses xdd

Not like I think she's gonna kill you lol

I don't think that's gonna work honey :((( grief is crazy

She's already had her taken, idk if this'll help :(( I hope but

Personally I would be writing that stuff down not recording it but yk lol

Maybe she wanted to send her a video specifically :))

Awww

LOL

xD Karen

So real

Awww :')))

If she says something like so was my son I'm gonna lose it-

Imagine if she did have compassion rn 😭 and this was all over 😭 consider xdd what then 😭

Aww yeah :'( :')))

It helped her live again <33

True :'((

I don't think it'll work but-

YEP 😭😭😭🥺🥺

Yeah but you're an ADULT who had her child (and it's awful and I'm sorry and no one should have to deal with it but that's besides the point), this is a CHILD who needs her PARENTS

SHE 👏 IS 👏 A 👏 CHILD 👏👏👏!!

I'm gonna lose it <3

Good staying calm Hen I'm losing it lol

She really would :((

She's always been sorry that someone died even if she was angry with him

Oop 😬

Roughhh

Girl I know you're grieving but also I hate you <33

Oope o.o

OH HEEECKKK NO

I KNEW IT

Wait girl you didn't know O.O

Gonna screeeeam 🥰🥰🥰

Hate him hate her hat everybody (not everybody) 🥳🥳

At least he's funny sometimes even if he's awful 😑

Ope okay we're transitioning here but same music- kinda messing with me lol

Aww Bobby :((

Ope hi Hen :o

Guess that's why the music transitions

Can we start a secret plan to take her down :D please :D

A little difficult since she's like a fr politician not just in your work but yk we'll make it work-

Ahh three times is like the number of serious lol

Aww this little apartment :'/ :') they do need a house back <3

He doesn't sound happy about itttt lol

I mean I know he's not but xD

I mean yeah but also-

Yes she's the problem but he does suck-

(for context I paused)

Oh wait she's probably gonna say he's not her captain lol-

Yep xD

Ahh yeah fair ://

Although yeah he did resign he just hadn't left yet

Oop o.o

I forget that like they don't know that's probably the reason

Gosh a deep dive 😳😬

I hate herrr 🥰🥰🥰

Councilwoman Ortiz lol

Yeah true!!

OPE WHAT HELLO

Hi Buck :O

Ohh okay

Bobby like, having straight up sessions with the 118 and got that patient confidentiality between each: 🥲

Oh gosh Buck

Yeah ://

I

HELLO???!?!

BOBBY'S FACE XDDD 💀 EXACTLY!!

I know that's not what he means but 💀 O.O

(I will say I saw that as a gif and I was like H U H O.O knowing what he probably meant and also hoping it was played as that and I wasn't just crazy xD I was pretty sure by now but nice to know for sure lol)

Thank you for the immediate clarification Buck 😭😭 SLFJFHDKS XDD

Gosh that was crazy

See I just wanna know how we go from all this serious stuff (probably not getting solved in the next 20 minutes lol) to a Halloween episode next week 💀 xD

Next episode that is

LOL fair xD

I mean technically he can quit

Fair Buck, that sucks :((!

You shouldn't be out in that position, and it sucks because everyone's going through it so you probably feel guilty too

Like through it in a different way, not being the favorite lol

Exactly Bobby :(( but it's not about what should be, it's about what is

SDKLFJDHKS WAIT STOP EDDIE'S HERE TOO XDDD OH MY GOSH THAT'S AMAZING LOL

I know Chim probably won't be since these are the established stories so far this episode but like hey, there's stuff with Mara he could slip in for xD

Awww Eddie yeah :(( exactly, that must suck

I'm sorry Eddie 😭😭

AWWWW HONEYYY 😭😭

And still calling him cap :'(((

That just sucks xdd 😭😭😭🥺💔

I'm so sorry Eddie :'((

I'm glad you want to respect his wishes and he deserves that but it just sucks for both of you :(( I'm sure he misses you too

Ope?

BOBBY XD LOL

Is he trying to lighten the mood or just slip it in there while he can xD

Aww Eddie's tone LOL

ADLFJDKHGAJKS CHIMNEY IS HERE!!!

Oh my gosh this is amazing xD

Poor Bobby going through all of these like 👁️👄👁️

All talking about different but juuust slightly related issues xD

LOL he's talking about the house 💀 xD

Exactlyyy

True!!

NOT WHERE I WAS GOING WITH IT XD

Like needing your guys' own house xD

Also a little rude to bring it back to you Chimney unless that was the original intention

But still lol

Ohhh interesting interesting :o

That's good information to know

Maybe he'll die xdd or get injured

I mean though we did try that already 😭

Also the Ortiz thing though

Lol Bobby's head following his xD

LOL the impression Chimney 💀💀 XD

Because he knows facts- BECAUSE BUCK IS DUMB 💀💀💀😭😭🥺 RUDE CHIMNEY

Kinda right sometimes but he's just a little silly goofy 😭 Buck is very smart <333

Maybe it's just that he doesn't seem like it xD

Crazy thing to say though kinda funny but 😭 XD

[ur-friendly-nbhd-cardassian]

Maybe ranting on tumblr helps, but I got a new kudo and a comment on The Casualty. I'm ecstatic and preparing to write.

I'm spending the free moments at work writing down notes. I've written two chapters like a year ago, and even though they kinda sucked, the 'contents' were good shit, so I've already put together very rough drafts of maybe 3 chapters. That's a good start :)

I've given up on rewritting (polishing) TC, because IT. IS. SO. LONG. xD I've read it to refresh my memory (and enjoyed it, which is the most important part) and wrote down some new ideas and thoughts for the sequel.

And I'll tell you... Idk how I came to this, but it seems I'm really enjoying torturing my characters xDDD Nyran, the poor thing. Right now I'm trying to brainstorm how to properly torture Damar, as well, lol.

But hey, it makes sense. They've been through hell and their work is far from done, so there will be more hell. More trauma, more fighting, more injury, more pain. More sad and lonely. I (temporarily) separate them and give them each a Herculian task. No way they're gonna walk away from it unscathed.

Cardassia has spent centuries building up a reputation and now some of the most unsavory characters are fighting to preserve it. My two little idiots are in the way. And they're gonna get run over and dragged a lot.

(But they'll survive and succeed, I promise <3)

I didn't think I'd ever be back to feeling so excited about DS9 content again. This is post-canon and I haven't touched a single pocket novel xD. Should be fresh af. (I'm kinda afraid to learn anything about future Cardassia from DISCO, lol, so that also won't be included, whatever it is.)

And sure, I could probably make this into an original story somehow... especially the sequel. But I just love Cardassians so much T.T I want to see them in a new live action, with the scales and everything in painfully clear detail! ♥.♥

Anyway, onto reading, preparing, and perhaps even writing :) I'm kinda overwhelmed by my second job atm, so I doubt I'll be too productive, but who knows when the mood strikes!

[2ptyyng]

Drew for Rikka’s Birthday. The stream was pushed back so he could participate in vsaikyo. I drew this in like an hr.. I am learning how to draw him.

So vsaikyo. This is the 4th time watching for me, and Rikka n Pakael are returning members. Leo is new. I usually only follow 1 team (anyways since I am lucky to watch one of my favorites every season) so I watch team dk. So the teams I watched past seasons never placed high but I thought maybe this year it is possible for my team to do well?  of course Pakael is really good and Rikka is always playing apex too but Leo, he seems lesser skilled than Altare. But everyday they always practice and every day I watched each member. Some days were good and they score champion left and right. Others the placed so bad the mood seemed low, I even was worried for Leo’s mental (after all I know loosing 10 times in a row sucks after playing splatoon ), but the next day they would be in good spirits.  then scrims come and it looks rough. If Pakael gets taken out it would be hard for the team. People say Pakael is cursed to lose, I thought could they really win? But each day with the coach’s help they still learned how to improve.

On tournament day, I even decided to wake up early and watch live (I never did before xddd) 1st round they were 7th, but in each round they score more and more points. Team dk wanted to win so bad.. I wish they won. It was only 2 points from 1st, but it still hurt! Why does it hurt? But in the end the past month was fun. This vsai feels different from the past ones I watched. I feel kinda sad. Who knows if vsaikyo will move from apex to valorant? I don’t think it will be the same if on valorant. team dk reminds me of Astel, Izuru, and Aruran’s team in season 2. Maybe because of all the improvements along the way. Either way I’m proud of Datsukasu, 1st place or not.

Still kinda empty rn.. this season was really good..

[thepatronsaintoffilth]

11 20 41 for the ask thingy!!!!

anything for you darling 💕

11. Gokkun or Bukkake

Bukkake!! Glaze me like a donut!

20. Bimbofication or stepfordization

Oh god I was hoping I WOULDN'T get this question - because its such a hard choice!

But if you twisted my arm? Stepfordization.

What can I say? I'm a romantic, I guess XDDD

41. Succubus or slime

Succubi are my forever mood. Draining the life force or free will out of someone with magic fuck powers and/or demonic levels of libido? Yes. Being potently irresistible to the point of inducing a kind of madness wherever you go? YES.

I will say though - I've been getting more and more into slime with each day, so who knows? Maybe if I revisit this in a few months I'l have changed my mind 😅....

[bleachbleachbleach]

[Bleach 129]

I am the kind of person who will latch onto one thing one character said one time and gnaw on it compulsively like it’s some kind of diction dog toy. These panels are fairly innocuous, relative to what comes immediately before and after them (that is, Matsumoto’s dream about her and Ichimaru’s origin story, followed by news of Hinamori’s jailbreak). But they’re also the first time we see Hitsugaya and Matsumoto really interact. 

In fact, we see Hitsugaya interact with Ichimaru (throwing out death threats) and Matsumoto interact with Hinamori (handing over contraband) before we get to see Hitsugaya and Matsumoto interacting with each other. We’re being introduced to them with these two other important people already in the mix.

What might we glean about Hitsugaya and Matsumoto, before we get to the Ichimaru bit? Across the board, Hitsugaya’s speech generally isn’t that formal, because he’s a boy in a shounen manga and he’s also the boss, so there’s less of a requirement, but I also think there’s an intimacy being shorthanded here. He could be less incredibly casual, pull a Byakuya and just use plain neutral language to address his subordinate, Matsumoto, but Hitsugaya also just did an entire ream of paperwork while she stress-napped in the office. He tells her, 構わん (kamawan, it doesn’t matter), using a shortened/masculine/superior’s form of 構わない (kamawanai). When describing Ichimaru and Hinamori’s altercation, he uses the phrase モメ方すりゃ(momekatasurya), the ending of which is a shortened/masculine/colloquial version of -すれば (sureba). Additionally, this phrase is made more casual/emphatic by using katakana instead of kanji [揉め becomes モメ]. We don’t know them yet, but we’re being asked to know them. We have about thirty seconds and two lines to do so: Syllables drop out and close the distance between them.

Despite this, Hitsugaya still seems to have a dim understanding of who Ichimaru might be to Matsumoto. His full line goes something like, 

Seeing your cohortmate and junior in conflict like that would probably be trying for you, too.

Hitsugaya refers to neither Ichimaru nor Hinamori by name. Instead, Ichimaru is "douki," or cohortmate, and Hinamori is "kouhai" (junior cohort). Which, knowing what we know about Ichimaru and Matsumoto’s whole deal, feels like a somewhat inadequate way to describe it. XDDD The whole sentence is couched in the epistemic mood; Hitsugaya seems a little unwilling to assert anything concrete. Maybe Hitsugaya is trying to split the difference and be sympathetic while also not making assumptions, hence "douki" instead of “friend,” or “past lover” or “your version of a Hinamori, maybe...?”

This is where I go full doggy toy, because also like, what if we take Hitsugaya at his word here and accept that this is not as convoluted as it sounds, because douki is actually a meaningful and relevant relation within the Gotei? 

The Viz translation is more natural than what I offered above (I mean, outside of the decision to refer to Ichimaru as "Gin" in the same breath as Hinamori is “Hinamori”―bold move, Captain Tôshirô!). "Your classmate Gin" still feels weird, though, because in an English-speaking context that kind of makes it sound like Hitsugaya’s throwing it back all the way to like, school classes at the Academy. But you can have Work Douki, as many large companies will welcome an incoming "class" of new employees who are entering the company at the same time. ...Of course, Matsumoto and Ichimaru did not actually… join the Gotei at the same time, either. Maybe they’re close enough, in the scheme of the thousands of years a shinigami might work for the Gotei. Though this would imply that Hitsugaya’s douki are RenjiKiraHinamori(Rukia), which I doubt is something he’d claim.

So I’m kind of taken by the idea that douki could have a looser literal meaning in the Gotei, and is one of the forms of relation that aims to capture a shinigami’s social affinities outside of one’s official seated rank.

Usually, the Gotei is all about rank, rank, rank. But we know there’s also Seireitei vs. Rukongai; there’s gender; there’s degree of nobility; there’s age. These things all matter―if they didn’t, we wouldn’t have a Shinigami Women’s Association; Hitsugaya’s life would probably be easier; the Kuchiki would pitch an absolute fit because of course degrees of nobility matter. Maybe having douki helps recapture the age/experience aspect of a shinigami’s understanding of self/relation, which might otherwise be wholly subsumed by rank.

If douki really is a meaningful aspect of shinigami life, Matsumoto could, say, have a social identity with the 10th, with the VCs, with the SWA, with her douki, and also with her miscellaneous friends. I like the idea that she would get to have all five of these things! 

(…All that’s missing is NON-WORK FRIENDS/LOVED ONES…)

I’ve been saying "cohortmate" as a translation for douki, but in my experience in the United States, the cohortmate relationship isn’t quite as compulsorily ride or die as douki are “supposed” to be. For example, there’s a 2004 article in The Japan Times that explains douki as a

"cross between sibling and comrade — the unwritten agreement is that all douki will stick together, whatever happens. / They work together, organize drinking parties, invite each other to their weddings, keep in touch and communicate for decades, often until retirement."

Given that it’s Ichimaru we’re talking about, though, it’s sad, because I don’t think any of those things are actually true of Ichimaru and  Matsumoto’s relationship in the Gotei, except perhaps in the unwritten whisper that it should have been. They should have cultivated this support, shared these memories, expressed this loyalty—they should be ride or die for each other. But they don’t have that—at least, not in any material way Matsumoto feels.

Because in the end, Matsumoto doesn’t know who Ichimaru is, either:

[Bleach 129]

Douki...? / Do you really― That Gin ― Ichimaru-taichou ―

More specifically, she says Ichimaru-taichou no koto (市丸隊長のこと), which softens the object of her thought. She’s talking about Ichimaru, but in the amorphous sense of the kind of person Ichimaru is, his essence, things he’s done, the general idea of him. The question comes out of Hinamori’s accusation about Ichimaru killing Aizen, but I don’t think Matsumoto’s really focused on the hard facts of a murder mystery. She’s asking after her captain’s read of who Ichimaru is. Which is a related but, I think, meaningfully different line of inquiry. 

After all, we don’t actually have a murder mystery to solve, because Aizen isn’t dead.

What we do have are a spiderweb of tested loyalties (between Ichimaru and Kira, Captain to VC; between Kira and Hinamori, as douki; between Kira and Matsumoto, as VCs; Hinamori and Hitsugaya, as childhood friends; Hinamori and Aizen, not as her Captain but ~"as a man"). But not, notably, between Matsumoto and Hitsugaya, even though Hitsugaya and Ichimaru end up very much at odds.

From the beginning, Hitsugaya summons this idea of "douki" into the room, and perhaps that word clarifies all the things Ichimaru is not. 

Maybe it’s then that Matsumoto knew this was going to be the last time she addressed those thoughts in the form of a question.

[Bleach 180]

[fullofsunsetwhispers]

Dashi's emotions changing so fast from that laugh to a sad-seeming sigh, and Dashi trying to hide his identity and be along for a bit in general, really hit harder when you think about how this has to be shortly after Chase and Guan left him all alone.

Oh, Actually I wanted to make a separate post about it, but since you've asked I can write whatever I had in mind right here!

First of all, I hear you, my dear anon friend. No Chase and Guan in the first episode exploring the past would make us come to the conclusion their little group fell apart :( It hurts me deeply especially when I see good!chase fighting alongside his friends, smiling ;A; Stupid Bean.

Nevertheless, let's focus on Dashi. The show gave us no insight into how Dashi felt about Chase turning Evil. We have Chase, who was and is still content with his decision; he's living his best life and considers evil pretty satisfying. Guan, on the other hand, tried to 'save his friend' for many centuries but to no avail. And there's Dashi, who during his first appearance mentions nothing about the other two. Then, we see his ghost form and he makes a re-appearance in the last episode. This time with his friends. He seems pretty chill (yeah he trapped Wuya for the first time, so victory time), confident and one may say, with that little screentime the Mighty Trio got, Dashi fights with them as someone who knows their moves and trusts them wholeheartedly.

What a shame there is nothing more revealed about Dashi's relations with his teammates. Seriously, Dashi in the show isn't even allowed to say their names? But maybe this choice of making Dashi a mystery man isn't coincidental? There is a possibility it outlines how disconnected Dashi becomes from anything that's happening in the universe of Xiaolin Showdown.

Bear with me a little while. Dashi’s introduction from the very first episode of s1 is far different than the one in Days Past (e01s02). In e01s01 Grandmaster Dashi was presented as a fable, legend, someone so great he is almost perceived as devine. A hero who saved the world (mind you, no mention of Chase and Guan in the scroll) all solemn in his glory. And then Omi encounters a lazybones who would only sleep lol.

Not only this great warrior acts differently than in the scrolls, but also he’s not comfortable with fame. He shoos people away and wants to give Omi an autograph, so the little monk would leave him be.

There is so little to make out from one episode/ showdown, however we know several things:

1. He’s a light-hearted fella, who likes to prank people

2. Grand Master Dashi? More like PunMaster total disaster

3. And by disaster I mean It was a disaster that most of his clothes turned pink because of Dojo lol

4. he’s the fun guy. He wants to have fun. Children are fun, Omi is a kid…. I just love the way Dashi was messing with him ok? Big annoying uncle vibes.

5. And from that scene, anon mentions we see Dashi acting odd. He told a pun and suddenly went all gloomy.

This change of mood might be attributable to Chase and Guan’s disappearance from Dashi’s life. In my personal headcanon, Chase and Guan would often yell at Dashi every time he made a pun. I see Dashi as an ‘I-seek-attention’ kinda guy ‘but only from those I like’. Dashi keeps on annoying his bros because it’s his love language xDDD and seeing how mad Chase and Guan get – he feels encouraged haha. In reality, the other two adore his antics, although in fear he would act like a fool 24/7 they think they’re ‘toning him down’ by showing displeasure xD

‘bro ur jokes lame. Cease it’ ‘haha nope’

and this game goes on and on.

Without them, Dashi has no one to ‘bother’. Add guilt and knowledge Guan wants to be on his own and every puzzle piece is its place.

Just look at this man. He misses his friends. And I understand him. What's the point of telling jokes if no one will laugh (or get mad) at them? Laughing alone ain't fun. heck, being alone ain't fun. I bet that the only person (ehem dragon) that keeps Dashi sane is Dojo. However, he can't give him what Chase and guan had and that's another issue that's bugging our grandmaster.

When you look at it this way, the story of every person in the Mighty trio bears something tragic. But let's stick to Dashi. I really like fanbase interpretations of Dashi, such as @writerkatsblog's idea that Wuya and Dashi were a couple, which makes Dashi an even more tragic character. Just imagine: your girlfriend turns out to be an evil witch you have to fight. Being a leader ain't easy either. You have to rebuild every village your ex destroys. Yes, you make nice magical artifacts. People praise you, but also put pressure on you and your teammates to end it once and for all. Eventually, you manage to defeat the love of your life. One more sacrifice made. Chase and Guan get more competitive, both feeling inadequate and you don't know what else to do to resolve their conflict. Next what happens really destroys you: one of your friends gets cursed and you haven't noticed. The other one blames you for not noticing. There is nothing else to save, so you let go of that remaining bond, for the greater good. For the greater good, you hide shen gong wu. For the greater good you move into the shadows, writing down revamped version of the story for the next generations. It's only you and your loyal dragon-pet-friend. With every journey, you get more tired showing more and more problems away, but they won't disappear. They pile up until they hit you the hardest. Battles won't satisfy you anymore because you have no one to celebrate them. You joke around as a coping mechanism, but there is no joy to that if you don't share a laugh with those you consider close. You suffer more, for the greater good.

So, In my personal opinion, Dashi chose to die as the ultimate ' I can't deal with this anymore' surrender. That's why Guan is nice and fine and alive, while Dashi appears in the ghost form in the present times.

Given that, I agree with anon it really hits harder when you look at that fading smile. It's the smile of someone who has lost everything and is afraid that he can lose more even though he has nothing left. Yet another example of a successful person who, in reality, is most unhappy. I bet that's why he despises people recognizing him in the crowd. To some extent, he doesn't want that recognition in order to not get overwhelmed by his 'fans', but the real reason he prefers to remain anonymous is a bit of shame mixed with grief. After all, the best battles Dashi took part in were with people he should have long ago forgotten about. The problem is, he can't.

To sum up, Dashi is a man of contradictions: starting from how he decided to lie here and there to leave his comrades out of the story with Wuya and ending with his tendency 'to toss problems away' (just look at all the shen gong wu. Now the monks have to collect them with the help of an old dragon and scroll, no other means of guidance from Dashi) Ultimately he realized he's the biggest problem, so he got rid of himself, also in the name of the greater good.

Very gruesome way to finish the post, but yeah that's my take on Mr jokester with a tragic backstory. Thanks for reading it!

[morievna]

Mix_12 reaction

Warnings: spoilers and negativity

My mood after new chapter:

Unfortunately, each new chapter keeps to be disappointment T_T like honestly i am supposed to believe that Uenoyama did nothing after finding out how similar current situation is to the one with Yuki?? Not checking on Mafuyu at all?? He is not Uenoyama that I used to know.

Seriously i am on verge on dropping Given (maybe till/if Ugetsu will come back) - it feels like shadow of previous two arcs. Which is shame cause i really thought this arc had a lot of potential and could explore characters in new directions. I love when background characters get time to shine, but what we got of Hiiragi and Shizu feels like a only crumbs of character arc.

Especially Shizu – I mean, he is just a jerk, who knows that is a jerk to others. End of story, not a slight indication of character development or anything xDDD

(His preaching at Uenoyama this chapter was wtf  - his i’m doing everything for Hiiragi that’s why I am better at music than you’- I am not sure it works like that xD)

Overall, story feels very messy with sloppy choices out of cliché drama - where characters should talk to each other, but they don't do it for no reason (Mafuyama) or that tensions and conflict are solved by banging (Shizuragi).

Besides, they way characters act this arc feels a bit OCC to me xD I mean, - in previous arc we always got to see that characters care about each other and it was shown a lot in small things they used to do – like helping each other with some ordinary tasks, praising each other during rehearsals, listening to other one venting their feelings and simply spending happily time together.

But now… it feel like everyone is very self-centered and is not paying attention to others at all. They all act very selfish and a bit of arrogant at times. Bonds between them don’t feel strong anymore to me. Because of that is hard for me to root for them and I feel kind of empty reading story now.

Frankly, I am not sure if I will cover next chapters from now on – it feels like my passion for Given is disappearing. I will write meta about Shizuragi for sure – I want to get off my chest what I disliked and what felt wrong to me that happened in previous chapters. And probably I will write something about Ugetsu later on, cause I miss him.  Aside from that – unless quality magically will go up after current arc, I kinda… feel little reason to engage with new chapters still. Which honestly is saddening to me T_T But unfortunately sometimes things like that happen with any kind of stories and life goes on still~

Anyway, thanks for reading and have a nice day <3

[sanjee-chan]

Wayne forced himself to get out of bed to grab a cup of coffee. He had been up all night playing a farm RPG and he wasn't planning on sleeping anytime soon. Walking into the common kitchen, he found two figures hunched over on top of the dining table with their backs turned to him. He narrowed his eyes at them, before ultimately noticing his 'I Love Metrocity' - er, Metro City - mug on the edge of the table. He walked up to place a hand on the empty-

“AH! I died again! Roxanne threw a hand up into her hair, falling back on Wayne behind her with a soft thump."Ugh, this game is so frustrating..."

“Roxie? What are you playing?" Wayne asked, slightly confused at her outburst. "How long have you been at this?"

"Metroidvania platformer. Since last night."

"And him?" Wayne points at a happy but jittery looking Megamind.

"I don't know but he's having more fun than me.”

"COWER BEFORE THE CLAWS, RABBITS! MWAHAHAHA!"

for @zeus-a-mighty

they asked for some post canon hcs. I had so many ideas leading up to this. Sadly, only had time to make one. This was originally going to be a short story of about a thousand or so words but I don't know how many of yall would like plot and dialogue based off game discourse XDDD So I cut out of all of it and made a little drabble. Welp, hope yall like it! Thanks to @elf-kid2 for hosting this event! I hope we can have more of these for the fandom > w < Reasons to why I chose the games and consoles for them under the cut (plus one other tiny hc)

Wayne - Gameboy - Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town - I LOVED THIS GAME AS A KID. Still do, honestly. It's a little pixel game where you play as a farmer and you get to choose between different boys to marry (or not and you can make all of them go celibate lmao). I also played the version where you can marry girls. But I picked this version coz in this one, you play as a girl and one of my standing hcs is that Wayne is trans and gay represent OmO I also picked the gameboy because, I think, Wayne loves classics. (He is literally an Elvis Presley fan, you can't tell me he doesn't like old school good stuff)

Roxanne - Laptop - Hollow Knight - I think Roxanne wouldn't be one to buy a separate console for videogames, I'll leave that up to Megamind and Metroman. She'll probably think about practicality and how PC gaming will be the forefront in the near future XD Choosing between two games for her was hard. I finished Cuphead fairly quickly by repeatedly throwing myself at the levels, Hollow Knight is a little bit harder if only because you have to walk around after every death and explore every single pixel of the map ;') But since she is a reporter she will love that and all the nuances of history in the game's lore. THE LORE (chef’s kiss)

Megamind - Cellphone - Kingdom: New Lands - I know I said that Megamind would probably have a console or two (maybe a switch or something) but I do believe he will be using his cellphone more. He'll whip it out whenever he gets bored of peaceful patrols. And OMG this game is such a mood for him. Basically, you get to customize a character (!genderfluid) who will then lead your kingdom into prosperity. Sort of. I think Megs will love the idea of playing 'overlord' in this game (but a good kind of overlord sooo XDD) Also his quote in the small drabble is supposed to refer to him killing rabbits in game with the 'Great Bear'. Honestly hard to explain, if you haven't played the game or any of its sister games. 

//And yes, in this post movie hc, they live together. friendship at its finest. metroman is forgiven, he is now music man. megamind is the new hero. And they all wear sleeve cutoffs because mhmm (if you also have ideas of what games/consoles best represent them, I’d LOVE to hear them) also don’t ask me why they look kinda young here XDD

sorry for this huge text ahhh

[theoniprince]

If you had to pick one name/alias/moniker to go by, fandom-wide, what would it be?

Where, besides Tumblr, can people find you doing fannish things? (Obviously only mention sites and usernames you actually want to be found at. Don’t expose your secret identities on my account.)

What other names have you gone by on these platforms, including Tumblr, if any?

When did you join the IT fandom? And what got you into fandom, to begin with?

What are your favorite ships, or characters, if any, and why? What do they mean to you?

In what ways do you participate in fandom? (ex. Posting memes, reblogging/commenting on content, writing fanfic, making fanart, creating fanmixes, etc.)

Do you have any in-fandom inspirations? Other members of the community that drive you? (And if you have the time/energy, in what ways do they inspire you?)

Name and link some of your favorite works, please!

Do you have any works of your own that you feel particularly proud of, or wish more people would’ve consumed? Please provide links if possible.

Have you ever participated in a fannish event (ie. IT Week, a fic Big Bang) or applied to be a part of a fanzine? If so, which ones, and can you please link them?

Without any form of bashing or lashing out, what is something you feel this fandom is missing?

First of all thank you so much for asking me!!! 8D It was a pleasure to answer all these questions. During this I got quite emotional (haha Stanpat, Eddie). It showed me again how much I love this 8DDD

( I apologize in advance for all misspellings and my sloppy English =_=)

If you had to pick one name/alias/moniker to go by, fandom-wide, what would it be?

Oh, what a start XD I'm not that into nicknames. Generally people using my first name to address me or my username which is mostly onyprince (in reference to a character from Hakuouki) ID Sometimes they say Oni or J(ay) (Nickname for my first name). Do as you wish (though I like ‘J’ the th most) 😉

Where, besides Tumblr, can people find you doing fannish things? (Obviously only mention sites and usernames you actually want to be found at. Don’t expose your secret identities on my account.)

Twitter. But everything I post there is also here. Feel free to follow my account, but you don’t have to. https://twitter.com/oniprince_

What other names have you gone by on these platforms, including Tumblr, if any?

Oniprince_ (Twitter) yeah… you see, I am pretty boring XDDD

When did you join the IT fandom? And what got you into fandom, to begin with?

Actually 23 years ago (haha I am old XD) When I was eleven I saw the miniseries with my cousins for the first time. The horror factor wasn't that important to me or maybe I didn't see it that way. It was more like an adventure story with an unfunny and nasty clown. A group of friends who had to endure an adventure. In any case, it entertained me well, even if I was not aware of some elements like that it’s a story about growing up, friendship, love and all these issues around becoming an adult XDD Then with 13 I read the book. It was a  new experience, and I loved every single word. Over the years I talked with friends and Kingsianer (XD) about it and read it for a second and a third time. At this point I could start a list with things I don’t like about the movies, but I’d rather mention on thing I really appreciate about them: they are a good opportunity for a new generation to explore this universe. Every adaption like the book itself is a reflection of a specific decade and what is more yeah… immortal, universal and diverse than a story about growing up. It was a discussion with a dear friend about book to movie adaptions some weeks ago that probably brought me back to this fandom

Nevertheless there are things from the book I would have loved to see in the movies. Let’s be honest at this point if you want to adapt such a brick of a book you simply have to cut some elements. You can’t please everyone

What are your favorite ships, or characters, if any, and why? What do they mean to you?

Ships:

Stanpat - orz q__q they are such a sweet couple and it is so heartbreaking, they never ever had a real chance to become parents. They would have been excellent parents. Imagine them on a beautiful summer day. They have a picnic with their children and Stan would watch birds with them. He would tell them all about the birds and keeps a journal about their observations with his kids

Reddie - Despite the constant teasing their realtionship seems like a natural, casual und easy thing from the start. And Eddie likes the nicknames. These secret names are like another identity. He can be someone else. They take care of each other. Their relationship is a deeper friendship that runs mostly on an emotional level and is sometimes expressed through small, physical gestures. The chemistry between them is indescribable. It is cute when 90s Eddie immediately starts to giggle as soon as Richie makes a dumb joke at their reunion. And thing about the little moments when Richie pokes Eddie and calls him cute. I am won’t quoting this one passage in the book that leaves much room for speculations, but there is no doubt their special bond is official. In any case, the decision to make Richie gay in the movies gave the ship another push. I don’t complain. I love it. Though I still think Eddie would have been a better option. There are already some scenes in the book which are like an invitation to speculate about his sexualityTheir chemistry is very obvious and believe me, there is nothing I would more appreciate than a happy end for them Q__Q

Benverly  „Your hair is winter fire

                   January embers

                  My heart burns there, too

This is one of sweetest things I have ever read in a book and that is all I need to explain why I love this ship.

Fav, Characters:  Hmm when I read „IT“ for the first time I had a crush on Bill. He ist the born leader and in my childish, pre-teen way found his stuttering cute. There is something about him that cast a spell on you. It is perfectly understandable that he was a role model and an inspiration for his friends – especially for Eddie. In my personal opinion book!Bill ist the best Bill.

Richie - I love this chaotic megane dude. He is this silly type who use jokes, pranks to protect himself. His voices are like safe heaven (the same goes for Bill, whose stuttering almost disappears, when he pretends tob e someone else). He hides himself and his insecurities behind them. It is a shame that he doesn’t know what an impact he had on his friends. Richie seems to never ever shut up and sometimes his trashmouth is still talking, when he better should be quite. And I am famous to fall for funny characters. He can lights up the mood immediately ( and OMG…. I love Harry Anderson in the miniseries. A real entertainer, BUT BILL HADER…. Bill Hader…just to make it clear BILL HADER  did such an amazing job. He rocked the movie and I still think, not just because I love this dude since over a decade, without him… the movie wouldn’t  have been so entertaining)

Eddie - He is in these abusive relationships. First with his mother, who keeps him small and makes him believe that he is weak. At the end her own fears of beeing left behind prevented her son from becoming a self-confident adult. Eddie always thought he is weak and fragile. Although he knows that he doesn’t need all this medication, his childhood experience were the reason for his coping-behavior as an adult – he still uses his inhaler. He married a woman who is like his mother. Mike's call was something of a turning point. Until this call Eddie could not overcome his fears and had to face them again as an adult. I can remember. While reading the book there were several moments of silence and I stopped reading and thought: poor Eddie.

Ultimately, his story is about a hero who surpasses himself, overcomes his fears and by sacrifice himself he protects what is most important to him - his friends. It just touched me. Eddie gave his life for his friends and I think you can say he's my favorite character. His death may be a tragedy, but it was necessary for his character arc. My theory is that Eddie represents someone who has lost track in his life and prefer to stick on old but unhealthy patterns.It is almost like Eddie stands for missed opportunities, but at the same time it is never to late to change something. He is a hero. There are so many things I would like to talk about, therefore I should start an own thread XDDD

Oh and Bev - I could always identify with her (not bc of abuse or domestic violence. My childhood was amazing). She is the only girl around the losers and I was the only girl in my  favourite clique too. We spent most of our time outside  - it was great. Of course I had other friends (female) as well, but with my boys… it was always special).. As you know as an adult she falls back in old patterns. Her husband is tyrannical man like her father. Again Mike’s call is a turning point.  Maybe the Benverly arc is the most satisfying. I was… I am very happy that Bev got her happy end.

Last but no least - I like Ben, Mike and Stan too. They have all there unique character treats and you sympathize with all of them. The Loser’s club is bunch of adorable idiots who just doing their best to become adults. I think it is normal that their friendship feels more intimate in the book – I highly recommand the book.

In what ways do you participate in fandom? (ex. Posting memes, reblogging/commenting on content, writing fanfic, making fanart, creating fanmixes, etc.)

Mostly fanarts, but recently I thought about posting my own theories and sharing my hcs and random stuff about the characters and the different relations.  

Do you have any in-fandom inspirations? Other members of the community that drive you? (And if you have the time/energy, in what ways do they inspire you?)

The fandom is full of amazing artists and writersand actually it would be a, but i want to name those who inspired me the most (mainly artists – hopefully I copied the links correcty):

https://tonyofthetrees.tumblr.com

https://meowsteryyy.tumblr.com

https://slashpalooza.tumblr.com/ ( you have to check out ‚Loose Ends‘)

https://coldcigarettes.tumblr.com

https://vvanini.tumblr.com/

https://eggocrumbs.tumblr.com

https://twitter.com/10_sgan

https://twitter.com/kasphacked

https://twitter.com/tac_nor

(oh.. the list got longer than expected IDDD)

Do you know this?

https://ragnarozzys.tumblr.com/post/189890790551/those-early-hours-after-a-sleepover-when-you-wake

Have you ever seen something as cozy and cute before I///D? – me neither XD

Trust me they are all worth a visit and I am sure most of us already know them 8D

Do you have any works of your own that you feel particularly proud of, or wish more people would’ve consumed? Please provide links if possible.

My art I provide on tumblr can be found here:

https://theoniprince.tumblr.com/tagged/myart

Honestly I like these the most:

https://theoniprince.tumblr.com/post/649446311120273408/my-first-reddie-sketch-now-scanned-the-quality

https://theoniprince.tumblr.com/post/649548606679007232/close-to-you-now-scanned-with-coloured

https://theoniprince.tumblr.com/post/650697175346593792/hammock-iconic-richie-is-reading-a-monthly

Have you ever participated in a fannish event (ie. IT Week, a fic Big Bang) or applied to be a part of a fanzine? If so, which ones, and can you please link them?

Oh… unfortunately I am not feelin‘ very confident about my own artworks. Sometims I have the feeling I am not creative enough and that my ideas are more or less boring. Nothing special ID Totally dumb – I know. As I mentioned before I came back lately to the fandom… I guess I missed many amazing IT weeks. I participated in some weeks/mainly shipweeks in other fandoms (Yakuza/Ryu ga Gotoku, FFXV) If I find an interesting annoucement I can imagine to participate in the future ; )

Without any form of bashing or lashing out, what is something you feel this fandom is missing?

In general… the fandom is really friendly – I hope so. Lately I have seen some salty comments on different stuff, topics… and well.. I have just an advice: life can be exhausting enough and time is always running. Don’t spend time on things you don’t like. Discussions can esclate quickly and worde can hurt too. So, just thing about before you jump in.

Thanks again! <3

(Special lil sketchy piece of art I did for this ask)

[bangtan-dreamland]

The Set-Up Date

Pairing: jhs x reader

Word Count: 10.4K

Warnings: none!! :DD

Genre: fluff, some angst (but it ends happy!), office!au, friends to lovers!au, mutual pining idiots (a.k.a. my two favorite aus)

Summary: With the annual company anniversary party coming (which just so happens to coincide so closely with Valentine's Day, a day you despise), you find yourself unable to get a date, until the very person you’d been hoping would ask you, Hoseok, sets you up for a date with someone else instead. But it’s fine, everything’s fine…

A/N: This was supposed to only be a short one-shot wtf happened @me. Still, I can’t find myself regretting writing so much (even when I wasn’t supposed to lol) aiudjjasdnkasd I hope it makes whoever decides to read this smile uwu (also finally, finally I finished writing this I have something for Hobi!!!! *happy noises*)

This is in part dedicated to 191026 Hoseok, he will never be forgotten in my heart XDDD

Masterlist

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"The anniversary is just a week away, isn't it? [Name], who are you coming with to the event?"

Seokjin's voice brings you out of your daze, and you stare blankly at him as his question sinks into your mind.

"Huh?"

"The company anniversary dinner, [Name]. Aren't you going?" 

Ah. The anniversary dinner. The CEO of the company you worked in had a love for parties that was shared by her husband, so they never failed to go all out with celebrations, and the anniversary dinner was no exception. It was an event where the whole company organized a fancy party in some upscale venue, complete with a buffet, dancing, and- in a complete insistence of their daughters, games. Complete with prizes. All of which you normally adored, to be honest. You’d won a pair of Chanel shoes last year that you were shaken, but ecstatic to realize were genuine goods. 

This wouldn’t be your first time coming to the event, really. However, it would be the first time you’d be going alone. You chew on your food slowly, going over how to relay your answer in your head so that Seokjin asks the least amount of questions on the topic.

"Probably not," you eventually admit when the silence stretches too long. "I don't really have anyone to go with."

Seokjin frowns and you prepare yourself. "You? No one's asking you? But I thought Sungmin-"

“Yeah, well, I guess he changed his mind. He asked Mikyong yesterday, not that I care.”

The last words come out sharp, memories from yesterday filtering into your mind. Sungmin is a fellow co-worker of the two of you who had been flirting with you for the past few weeks- or, you think he did. Now you’re not so sure. If he is, he wouldn’t have been asking someone else to be his date, now would he? It’s not like you would have turned him down if he asked you, even if you already like someone else. 

Someone I’m trying to get over, you gloomily remind yourself. With that, your bruised ego backs down for your hurt to come through. 

Seokjin it seems notices the sharp downfall of your mood, because he stops asking about Sungmin. “So... you're not going,” he says, more an affirmation than a question.

“No, I'm not.”

He scoops another mouthful of food into his mouth, chewing thoughtfully for a while before he speaks again. “You know it doesn't have to be about just dates right? There's still the food and the dancing, not to mention the games.”

There’s a pause, before he starts to speak again. “Besides, Hoseok is the one organizing this year's anniversary dinner slash party, so you know it's going to be amazing.“

You shrug and make a face at him. “Maybe, but you know it's going to be filled with couples and I'm just not about that- not to mention the games will probably be mostly by partners since it's so close to Valentine’s day.”

The sulk in your voice does not miss him and Seokjin raises an eyebrow at you again, a teasing smirk slowly alighting his face. “Is the real reason you don't want to go-“

You start at the expression on his voice, and interrupt him hurriedly, unwilling to go down that line of discussion. The trash gets quickly swept into the bin as you stand up and quickly walk away. “Oh look at that, it's time to get back to work! I'll see you later!”

Seokjin’s voice calls out after you, laughter evident in his tone and you curse him out in your head. “We're not done talking about this missy!”

You turn around, look him in the eye and (discreetly) flip him off.

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When you get back to your cubicle that day, you find yourself with an unopened email. It’s not exactly uncommon- it’s much easier to send a message than it is to leave your cubicle if you want to talk to anyone not near you. That said, you scrunch your nose at the email you receive.

Seokjin: since you won't do anything about it I've decided you need an intervention

[Name]: WHY ARE YOU EVEN SO INVESTED IN MY LOVE LIFE YOU WEIRDO

Seokjin: well what are friends for

You scowl at the message, preparing yourself to type out a rebuttal. 

[Name]: not meddling in their friends-

But then Jin’s next message makes you stop short, a heavy sigh of exasperation leaving you.

Seokjin: and since you clearly won't help yourself, I've brought in reinforcements too

Seokjin: you’re welcome 

“You've got to be kidding me,” you murmur to yourself, groaning afterwards. “All because I don't have a date?! I'm going to kill him, I swear…”

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Hours later finds you stare at the dim setting of the club, idly wondering how long you are supposed to ‘go clubbing’ before you’re allowed to go home. While clubbing was never your favorite activity (too noisy, too chaotic, too many people, just too much), today you aren’t in the mood for it…. at all.

Still, a part of you is happy for your friends, who seem to be making a headway in making the most of the night. Jungkook, in particular, who’s soaking up the crowd’s attention on the dance floor. One of them though breaks away from the crowd and (you assume) challenges him. Really. If there’s anything your time with him has taught you though, it’s that Jungkook is one of the most competitive people you know, a fact of which this person challenging him doesn’t know. They will soon though. Too bad you can’t see their face- as you’re facing Jungkook instead, who smirks and then leans closer.

You look away, disinterested and wonder if you should get another drink. Or sleep. If that was possible in a club.

“Noona.” 

You idly look up, eyebrows raised and you meet Jimin’s eyes, his cherubic face completely and yet at the same time perfectly complementing his sinfully hot attire. You sip your drink, eyebrows still raised in a silent question and he grins at you.

“So you need a date for the anniversary party?”

You choke on your drink, some of the liquid going down the wrong pipe and you hack and cough. For a moment your throat burns and you consider throwing your glass at Jimin, but then someone hands you some water, while another begins rubbing your back soothingly and the sting eases up. You glare at Jimin, who, while wearing an apologetic smile on his face has amusement all but visible in his eyes. Then you look at Taehyung, who’s wearing a similar expression.

“Jin told you, didn’t he?” You grumble, your leisurely mood gone. Taehyung chuckles as he sits down beside you, and Jimin on the other.

“Yeah, but we volunteered to help on our own, noona, don’t worry,” Jimin says, smiling softly at you. 

“That’s what friends do,” Taehyung adds. You sigh at their words, though you feel the tension on your shoulders lighten up.

“What did Jin tell you anyway?” 

Jimin and Taehyung share a look over your head that you decidedly ignore at the moment, before a new voice speaks up. “Not much! Really, I just told them basic facts. For one, that Sungmin’s a jerkwad-”

You instantly reach out behind you to pinch whoever it is (though you’re pretty sure you know who it is), to be rewarded by a familiar yelp. You sink into the sofa and grin.

Seokjin’s wounded pout is prominent on his face- yet again another member of the ‘angelic faces and devilish looks’ club. He plops down on the couch, directly opposite to yours and continues his sentence. “... and that you don’t have a date to the party anymore.”

“Aren’t there other people in your department without a date?” You soon hear Namjoon’s voice pipe up, only for the man to appear a second later and sit on Seokjin’s side.

“There is.” At this point, you wonder if they’ve premeditated your current situation- you wouldn’t put it past them, really. Yoongi’s ever present smirk makes itself visible as he sinks down on the other side of Seokjin, a drink in his hand as well. “But she’s not exactly close to them.”

“You think you guys are so smooth,” you deadpan at them. “Were you able to successfully deliver your lines? Who’s left? Jungkook?”

“Oh no,” Seokjin says, delight evident in his tone and you consider, for the second time the pros and cons of throwing your drink at Seokjin. Pros, it’d get him to shut up. Cons, he’d come up with a more embarrassing way to, well, embarrass you. “We tasked Jungkook with bringing Hobi here.”

You choke, for the second time, on your drink. “You what.”

“Well,” Seokjin innocently smiles. “It can’t be a group discussion without all eight of us, right?”

“Kim Seokjin, one of these days I’m going to string you up by your entrails,” you hiss at him, Seokjin only giving you a beam as if instead of cursing, you’ve burst into applause for his brand of mischief. You turn to the others, a pout on your lips. “And you guys! I thought you’d be on my side for this,” you whine.

“We are, [Name],” Taehyung grins. “You’ll see, you’ll be thanking us after this,” he promises, winking at you and you send him a withering look.

“What Taehyung means to say is,” Namjoon intervenes. “I know you’re nervous right now, but trust us. We wouldn’t do this just to make fun of you.”

You sigh and lean back on the couch. “Even so, I don’t know how having a-” you pause to make quotation marks in the air, “‘group discussion’ is going to solve my problem. I think, at this point… it’s better not to go to the anniversary party at all.”

“You aren’t attending, [Name]? Why not?” The surprised tone isn’t what sets off your nerves- it’s the owner of that voice that has you suddenly fumbling with your drink as your hands tremble.

“Hobi!”

“Hey there [Name]! Sorry it took me a while- I got you some of that drink you like from the bar on the way though.”

And there he is- your bestfriend… and, dare you admit, your crush, in the flesh. Heart-shaped lips set into a familiar, sunny smile that has your pulse racing a little too fast- Hoseok leans in to hand over your order, and you tilt up to thank him, when without a thought he brushes off a few strands of hair stuck on your forehead from sweat, tucking them behind your ear and you hold his hand in yours.

“Your hands are cold,” you mutter, nose scrunched up. “Did you forget to bring gloves or something? It’s still February, you know,” you chidingly tell him. Hoseok smiles sheepishly.

“Sorry, I was trying to get here as fast as I could and I forgot.”

You frown at that, before relenting- and then opening up your purse to get out another pair of gloves. “I had a feeling you would. Seriously, how many times does this make now?”

“Sorry! But you always carry a pair for me anyway.”

“Doesn’t mean it’s okay to just forget them,” you mutter.

You hear someone clear their throat- the two of you jerk away from each other, red instantly blooming across both of your features. You whip around with a glare on your face- Seokjin only snickers at you. 

“Did you two forget about us again?” Yoongi drawls. Jimin and Taehyung are giggling- Namjoon looking away a little, though you still see the small smile he’s trying to hide. Seokjin and Yoongi both smirking. A rush of embarrassment floods you when you realize that almost everyone has seen your little moment. 

Which, if by the way that Hoseok himself jerks away too, a blush on his face, is something that just occurred to him as well. You clear your throat and straighten in your seat.

“Um. Hey Hobi,” you nod at him, before internally yelling at yourself because you already greeted him why do it again you dumbass. “We were just- talking? Uh… why don’t you take a seat first? You’re the only standing, you know.”

Inwardly, you can’t help but groan at how affected Hoseok seems to be by the guys’ teasing. 

Three years of being bestfriends, and while you were content with that, the others just had to start making things awkward by pointing out and teasing you two (you ignore the voice in your head that says it’s always been hard for you, because you’ve always been attracted to Hoseok, they just made it awkward for him and you hate that because you miss being casually intimate with him… even if it’s just as friends).

“Um- yeah, I should.” Hoseok nods back, seemingly almost as nervous as you- you take a sip of your drink (it never fails to make your heart warm, how Hoseok remembers your alcohol just the way you like it, even when it involves five steps with very specific methods and measurements- sue you, you liked your drinks a very certain way) before setting it down. You’re aware that with Hoseok here, the guys will be… well, you don’t know what exactly they’re planning yet, but you know they have something going on. Still, you can’t help but stiffen at Hoseok, who… sits down right next to you, where Jimin was sitting. 

Your eyes widen and you look at Jimin- who’s apparently relocated, sending him a betrayed look. He giggles at you, eyes forming a crescent moon with the way he smiles. 

“So,” Seokjin starts as the silence stretches a little too long, a wide, mischievous smile on his lips. “We were just talking about [Name] and her problem.”

“About the party?” Hoseok furrows his eyebrows in puzzlement. “But I thought you already had a date. I mean… you’re you, [Name].”

Your hands shoot up to cover your face instantly as you feel yourself redden from his words.

“Sungmin asked Mikyong,” Taehyung nonchalantly says, no grin on his face, but you can still see the amusement in his eyes anyway. It was annoying how good your friend was at acting, on more than one occasion you’d jokingly told him he should have been an actor instead, especially when he uses it against you. “It was for the greater good anyway. He wouldn’t have been a good partner for [Name].”

“And what, pray tell, is a ‘good partner’ for me?” You grumble, finally lowering your hand.

“Someone who can make you laugh anytime,” Seokjin instantly states. Unbidden, a memory of Hoseok and his resounding laughter never failing to draw you in appears in your mind, but you will it away.

“Someone who takes notes and remembers even the littles details about you!” Jimin says with a grin. Your eyes flicker over to the drink on the table, your complicated drinks and how Hoseok never fails to remember every part of it, the very fact that he bothered to get you a drink at all.

“Someone who comforts you even when you’re trying not to let it show.” Taehyung gives you two his boxy smile. The moment from before flits into your mind- the casual way Hoseok gingerly brushed your hair away, and even before that, how he somehow always manages to be there to lend you a hand.

“Someone who makes you grow as a person,” Namjoon adds. Your eyes land on your friends- and you remember how Hoseok had been the one to introduce you to your now close friends.

Truthfully speaking, Hoseok is your first friend at the office- and your most important one, too. When you had just moved to the city, and into the office as well, Hoseok was the one who helped draw you out of your shell, just by being himself. It didn’t matter that he was another department away, or that there really wasn’t any reason to approach you, he did anyway, because he wanted to help. You hadn’t expected to find a close friend in him, but his smile and the way Hoseok always seems to be, well, so happy and loud complemented your quiet and shy nature. He’s the one who you go to first, no matter what, if you have a problem or if you just want to share good news with. Two years later finds you nicely settled into the office hive.

You avert your eyes from everyone’s gazes and stare at the table instead.

“And finally, someone who will put you as their top priority, no matter what,” a sudden voice finishes- you turn around to see Jungkook behind you, bunny smile in place. 

Someone who puts you as their top priority- that, you wish you could say for certain that Hoseok does, but does he really? You want to believe it- there is so much evidence, but at the same time, you’re not confident enough. You don’t think you ever will be, to be honest.

“You guys have really high standards for my future partner, huh,” you dryly say. Yoongi merely offers you two a smirk, as Jungkook sits on Taehyung’s side- the round couch becoming quite cramped with eight people sitting on it. You squirm a little, feeling the lack of space keenly before someone tugs you closer to him- you look up, startled. For a moment, you’ve forgotten that Hoseok is right beside you, and when you turn to him, you find him sporting a worried frown, but it’s as if he doesn’t even register what he’s done.

“Only the best for our [Name],” Yoongi says, before tilting his head. “Though seriously there’s already a candidate that fits all the criteria, so it’s only right that we don’t lower them.”

“There is?”

“Who?” You, who else? You stare determinedly at the table and pretend that you don’t know what the guys are talking about.

“Who indeed,” Seokjin smirks. You kick him under the table- and are rewarded with a yelp. Nope. You can’t do this. You can’t let them go through with their plan at all, good god.

“Unless you’re talking about my idols then I don’t think you’re talking about anyone,” you scoff, before reaching over and squeezing Hoseok’s hand. “Don’t listen to them Hobi, they’re just teasing me. Honestly, all this talk about getting a date is making me feel tired.”

You shoot the other boys a glare- one that says there will be severe consequences if they don’t follow your lead. Seokjin sighs- but then he nods slightly, and the other boys either pout or shrug.

“Don’t worry [Name],” Hoseok smiles at you. “You’re a great person. Someone will ask you to be their date for the party, I’m sure of it.”

You scrunch up your nose, even as you huff. Inwardly you sigh in relief as the topic leads  back into something lighter, easier to banter with. “Easy for you guys to say, I've never seen you have trouble getting dates.”

“Oh, remember last year?” Jungkook swoops in to help you, leading on from your words with a mischievous grin. Seokjin begins cackling.

“You mean that client that was obsessed with Taehyung? How could I not forget? That was-”

“-traumatizing as hell,” Taehyung cuts in with a grimace. 

“On some level for you, definitely,” Yoongi snickers. “Not for us, though.”

“Still, you have to admit it was a little hilarious, she really thought she could get his attention by acting like a child who couldn't take no for an answer…”

You lean back into your seat, feeling ten times more tired and stressed than you had been when the night first started- the only reprieve being the feel of Hoseok’s hands in yours.

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The next day, you wake up with a massive headache- one alleviated by Seokjin’s special ‘hangover cure’ that even to this day, you still don’t know the contents of. Still, it works wonders, and by the time lunch rolls by, your headache is gone, and by the end of your shift, you feel the effects of the previous night fully dissipate. 

Only one final trip before you can go home. You cheer yourself up with that thought and determinedly move along, when-

“[Name]!”

You startle, whirling around in surprise as someone takes a desperate hold of your arm- the other you raise to whack the offender, but then the voice sinks into your mind as familiar and-

“Hobi?” You stare at him in surprise, lowering the hand you were about to hit him with- that you just now notice is still holding the last few paperwork you’re to deliver to another department. “Um- hi, what brings you here?” You internally wince at the way you word your sentence. ‘What brings you here’? That just sounded really old, you scold yourself. “Not that I’m not happy to see you!”

“Oh, well-” Hoseok starts before he clears his throat and fidgets a little in place, though his hold on you remains. You furrow your brows. The nervous energy radiating from Hoseok makes you, well, nervous too, and you wonder just what he’s going to ask you. Finally it seems as if he gathers his thoughts again and he speaks.

“I was just thinking, about the party tomorrow night, last night you said-”

The papers in your hand crease instantly from the sudden tight hold you have on them. When your voice comes out, you’re completely aware of how it is a few decibels higher, as embarrassment floods your veins.

“Oh, that- yeah, um, please don't tell me you're here to tell me it's okay to go-”

“I could set you up with a date,” he blurts out- then winces. Still, he holds his ground.

You pause. “You- you could?”

“... Um, yeah. I could- I'd love to. Besides, I'm your best friend, remember? I want you to have a great time… and, well, if that’s not enough, I’m the organizer too. I'm putting in a lot of hard work to make the party great, so- I'd love it if you could come.” He smiles at you hopefully, and you deflate. Of course. Of course he’d be setting up a date for you, not asking you to go with him. Of course. It’s not like he’s interested in you that way, in any way really, other than a friend. Of course.

It’s hard being reminded of how painfully one-sided your crush is, but you need it sometimes, you tell yourself. Otherwise your imagination would only get worse.

Your eyes flicker back up to him, from the papers you’d unknowingly been staring at, and slowly give what you hope is a relieved smile.

You pause deliberately, trying to think of a good response that doesn’t give away the current state of your heart. 

“Hmmm… I don’t know, they better not be anything like Myungdae,” you finally tease him, memories of a previous group date suggested by Jungkook with you and your co-workers, encouraged by Hoseok turning into a disaster coming up.

 “That was just a one time thing!” He protests. “And I got you out of there fast, didn’t I?”

Your heart clenches a little. “I guess you did. Points to you for that, then.”

You take a deep breath- there isn’t a way to get out of your current situation, is there?

“Alright then,” you sigh. “Only if it’s okay with you. And, um, whoever you're setting me up with.”

Hoseok beams, the smile radiant and dare you say, victorious and that only sends your mood spiraling even further. Though you’re struggling not to let it show. “He’s definitely okay with it- I mean, if he knew!” He corrects himself with a sheepish grin, before continuing. “He'd definitely be okay with it when I tell him, so don't worry about that. And I wouldn’t set you up with anyone who wouldn’t treat you the way you deserve to be treated.”

And as much as his words make your heart warm, you can’t look at the person you’ve liked for so long personally trying to set you up with someone else right now. You just can’t. You avert your eyes, trying to think of how to leave immediately, when the ticking of the clock reminds you- you’re only a trip away to freedom. “Right, okay- I’ll trust your judgement then. Um- thank you, and, um, sorry, Hobi, I need to pass these papers, the other department will get on my-”

Hoseok instantly releases you with an apologetic look on his face, and you inwardly sigh in relief even as you already miss his touch. “No, no, it's okay. Sorry for holding you back-”

You wince. “No, it's okay! I like talking with you, it's just-”

“-I mean, I should get back to prepping the party myself-”

“-I really have to go-” You pause at his words. “Wait, isn't the party in a week?”

Hoseok shrugs a little, a tight smile on his face. “Yeah, but there was an accident with the venue... we had to reschedule and start all over again yesterday. I've been working with the party organizers about the schedule and how we're setting up the venue, checklisting which supplies we already have and don't have yet, and, uh, stuff like that.”

Your mouth drops open in surprise. “All that by yourself?”

Hoseok’s smile turns a touch more genuine at the worry and concern in your eyes. “Well, yeah. But don’t worry! I know it sounds a lot, but I can handle it.”

You bite your lip, unsure what to say. The anniversary party has always been a huge deal in the company, and messing it up, no matter whose fault it really was, would reflect poorly on everyone involved, the planner getting the worst of it.

“Still,” you eventually say, your voice small, and Hoseok looks at you in surprise.You continue on regardless of the blush on your face. “If you want- I could, um, I could help? Just- you sound really stressed, and I thought, the company always lets up easy on us this time of the year since anniversary, so.”

“That's not-” Hoseok hesitates, a hesitant type of hope appearing on his face. “I mean, are you sure?”

You clear your throat, finally smiling a little. “Yeah, I'm sure.”

Hoseok’s eyes crinkle in relief, and he scoops you up in a hug, complete with celebratory noises. “Wah, thank you, [Name]! I won’t overwork you, I promise!”

You burst into soft laughter, your arms instantly coming to grip him just as tight. Your head is spinning a little, not just because he’s definitely spinning you around just now, but maybe also because Jung Hoseok is embracing you completely and oh god, you could definitely smell his cologne- just a tilt of your head and you could bury your head in the crook of his neck. This isn’t the first time he’s hugged you like this, but every time feels like the first anyway with how fast your heart is beating.

The two of you are breathless when he stops, close enough in each other’s space that you wonder if he can hear how fast your heart is beating. You tilt your head to the side as you stare at him, and he at you, and-

“Hobi. The supervisor's asking for you.”

Min Yoongi’s voice rings through the hallway, and the silence is instantly broken. 

The two of you both jump back, and if this was any other time you’d laugh at the startled, embarrassed (for Hoseok, Yoongi just looks like he’s one step away from cackling) look both Hoseok and Yoongi is wearing, though for different reasons. As it is, you’re wearing one yourself and you don’t feel like making fun of yourself too.

A silence of another kind descends on the three of you, before Hoseok clears his throat. 

“Ah, right. See you, [Name].”

You will away the lingering blush on your face as you say goodbye to him .”Mhm... see you too, Hobi.”

You let the tension seep out of your body as you hear Hoseok’s footsteps fade away, a sigh leaving your lips. Yoongi strolls over to you, with amusement on his face now that the situation is over- you send him a sharp glare.

“Not a word, Yoongi. Not a word,” you warn him. Yoongi only gives you a smirk.

“If you really like him, you should make a move,” he advises you, ignoring your earlier words.. “The girls on my side of the office are already drawing sticks on who gets to ask him first.”

“And you’re involved in this how?” You snipe back, unwilling to touch on the implications of his words. “You’ve never liked going to the anniversary dinner. I even doubt if you’ll be going this year.

He shrugs. “Maybe, maybe not. But if I was, I'd rather go there and see you with Hobi rather than Hobi and some random girl.”

You sigh at his advice. “Thanks Yoongi.” If there is sarcasm in your voice as you speak, well, who’s there to hear it? 

“Anytime!” He calls out cheerfully as he leaves, and you (again, discreetly) flip him the finger too.

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When you get home that evening, you throw yourself on the couch and contemplate breaking out your tub of ice cream. You’d been planning to limit yourself to eat only at most a scoop a day since pay day was still two weeks away and there was only one container left, but…

You groan and text Seokjin instead.

‘Cancel the intervention’

Seokjin’s reply is instant. ‘???’

‘Hobi told me he'd set me up with a date…’

‘wait what’

You scowl. And as if that wasn’t enough, he adds another line.

‘are you sure he didn't just ask you?’

‘YES I’M SURE and no he didn't’ you angrily text back, before sulking again.

‘why would he even though’

‘uhhh because he's had the biggest crush on you since you started working here?’

You roll your eyes. ‘not this again istg Jin’

‘yeah, yeah, it's not that way, he's just being friendly, you’re just best friends etc.’

You stop typing at his reply and the frustration you can sense in it, long enough that Jin sends you another text before you finish your reply. ‘but just to be clear, I think you're both idiots if you can't see how much the two of you blush and stutter and basically act like two stereotypical idiots in love pining after each other’

You grumble, erase what you had been typing and send a short rebuttal his way to end the conversation. ‘whatever you say Jin’

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The only thing worse than agreeing to have Hoseok set you up on a date, you think to yourself, is how you volunteered to help him with his work.

Which, you guess, you would’ve done anyway even if time was re-winded. You would’ve signed up for this- late afternoons and early evenings spent together, only the two of you in the room  because everyone else had left to go home. The absence of silence between the two of you because even while working, you’ve always found it easy to talk to Hoseok and the same goes for him too. Though you try not to let it affect your workload too much (you offered to help cut down his work, not add more to it after all), you rationalize it to yourself- really, you’re only helping keep the stress down! A little bit of chatting and having fun is allowed, right?

During the years you’ve been friends with him, you’ve never spent as much one-on-one time with Hoseok like this- as at work, you were in different departments. And with a different time schedule (his started halfway into your own shift), the two of you rarely had time to spend time with each other outside of texting and messages and lunch and dinner breaks.

So this- hours spent just between the two of you, even if it’s only for a week, until the party, it makes you feel- well.

If there are moments when Hoseok smiles a little too warmly at you (when you’ve made him laugh, or the two of you resolve a particularly troubling part of the party), moments when your hands brush each other (because, how can you hear each other if you’re working far away from each other? Clearly the only way to work through the party together is to sit close to each other too), or moments when he looks at you with- dare you hope- something more in his eyes (that you don’t dare look too deeply into, lest you make a fool of yourself, if not more than you have already), well. 

You still would have chosen the same in the end.

Because he’s your best friend, and unfortunately, you like him (you ignore the little voice in your head- which sounds a lot like Jin- that scoffs and says that you wouldn’t go this far if this was only for a friend, or just a crush. No, you won’t entertain listening to it at all).

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“Namjoon?”

You cautiously call out, the stack of papers on your hand heavy enough that you shift its weight every few seconds or so, just to alleviate the strain on your arms, though there still remains a small smile on your face, remnant of when Hoseok drew you close into another hug as the two of you successfully took off another part of the checklist. With only three days left until the party itself, you’re relieved and happy to see that there’s only a little bit left to work on.

Namjoon looks up from the paperwork he’s been reading- his famous dimpled smile coming to his lips as he sees you. 

“Ah, [Name]. Thanks, can you just place them here on my desk?” He begins stacking several folders over another to make space- you wince and hope that they don’t fall and scatter around into a mess- until there’s barely enough clear room for the papers. You nod in reply and place the papers down, making your way out of the room when Namjoon looks back up at you with a confused look on his face.

“Wait, aren’t you supposed to be off the clock now?”

You shuffle in place, a nervous tic you have, before you bite your lip and speak. “Oh, no. I was, but, um, I’m currently helping Hoseok with the, um, event.”

“Oh... I see.” You can all but see him raise his eyebrow in intrigue, and you make a face. It’s not exactly a secret between you and your friends- your crush on Hoseok. However, while most of them are insistent that your feelings for each other are mutual (complete with explanations and pointed out moments), you point out, just as insistent, that if he really liked you, Hoseok would have made a move long ago. However he hasn’t and so you don’t dare hope.

“Please don't make that face, I'm just helping him and that's it,” you clarify in a- what you hope- is a firm voice.

“Sure,” he says, the skepticism barely hidden and you pout.

“That said, you're not going with Hoseok to the anniversary this year?” He adds, and your mood falls even more. You sigh.

“I'm not, besides, it's Hoseok himself who's setting me up with a date to the event, so…”

Namjoon startles, eyes widening in surprise. “Wait, he is?”

Instead of giving a verbal response, you nod glumly.

Namjoon pauses, and when he speaks again, the layered tone in his voice makes you frown. “That, uh, hm. I see.”

“What do you mean, I see?” You parrot back, narrowing your eyes at him. “That sounded suspicious.”

Namjoon fake-coughs immediately, waving a hand in the air, his words falling out fast. “It's nothing! You should probably go to Hoseok now. You were going to help him, right? He probably hasn't had anything to eat since lunch- you could get him food.”

“Right…” At the mention of Hoseok, you relent, giving him a stink-eye instead. Namjoon busies himself in his paperwork, but not before you catch a glimpse of the smile on his face, the ‘I-know-a-secret-that-you-don’t-but-I-won’t-say-anything’ smile.

You huff and let it be. Whatever it is, you’ll find out soon anyway, right?

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‘what's the color of your dress going to be?’

You pause, staring at the message on your phone for a few seconds. Right. You’d almost forgotten.

For a moment, you debate telling Hoseok that you’ve changed your mind, you’re not going to the party since you’re sick, your cousin visited, you need to visit someone in the hospital-

Hoseok wouldn’t fault you, you know. He’d understand your situation, tell you that he’d tell the other side, so you wouldn’t have to worry about rejecting them- but you also know he’s going to be disappointed since he’s put in so much effort in matching you up with this ‘mystery’ person.

You sigh. And in the short time that you’ve mulled over your thoughts, you find that he’s sent another text.

‘so you're matching with each other’

What color would you pick, anyway? You start to text him with your favorite color, when you pause.

Hoseok had always looked amazing in that red suit you once saw him wear to one of the company’s formal events, and if he planned to wear that...

‘red, probably’ you find yourself texting instead, before you add. ‘definitely red’

‘I'll let them know them’

Your fingers move on their own accord to type out another message, but in the end, you send the message into the draft box. Nothing good would come out of sending that message.

‘You're the one I want to match with, though’

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Your life has been recently going pretty well, so it stands to reason that it was only a matter of time before your next minor breakdown.

At this point, you had accepted it. You were going to the party in a few days with a complete stranger recommended to you by Jung Hoseok, your best friend and your crush. But, you reasoned with yourself, at least you got to spend time with him, just the two of you working together alone. Not just that, you became closer too. And also, Hoseok was going alone, and therefore it didn’t matter if he set you up with someone because it would only be a one time thing and you could gently let the other person down after the party and go back to, well, getting over Hoseok. 

“... probably the first time I've seen Hobi-hyung so determined to get just the perfect suit, he asked me for advice too. I told him to just wear that one suit she really liked- the all-red one…”

Or not. You stop in your tracks, a strand of paper falling from your arms that you hastily pick up even as you backstep into a room to avoid detection. From outside, you can hear Jimin, Jungkook and Taehyung speaking, the contents of which you are very much interested in, no matter if it’s hard to hear over how hard your heart is beating.

“Hyung really bought a corsage too?” Jimin’s laughter echoes through the hallway. A corsage…? You stiffen in disappointment as their words hit, and yet you stay in your hiding spot. 

“Yeah… they were insistent about him buying it since he wants to ‘impress his lady’.” You can almost hear Jungkook’s amused smirk in his voice, followed by Taehyung and Jimin’s resounding laughter- you release a shaky breath and drop to your knees. 

The papers fall from your hands as the pieces of your heart do so too.

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When you come up to him to officially finish all the preparations for the event scheduled in 24 hours, you’re silent, and you won’t meet his gaze- Hoseok frowns, worry in his eyes. You resolutely stay quiet anyway, interrupting every moment he starts to speak with a shuffle of the papers in your hand, or suddenly frowning. 

You don’t see him nervously fidgeting too, your tense mood affecting him in turn.

It’s only when the two of you pack up and leave, all the work done- and hadn’t that been an awkward moment, when the checklist had been fully completed, that his first instinct was to draw you into a hug and you almost delved into it? Of course, you didn’t in the end anyway, aware of the still broken pieces of your heart- that he timidly speaks up.

“[Name],” he mumbles your name with an unsure tone in his voice. “Are you- is there something wrong?”

Your grip on your skirt tightens and you don’t mean to reply, really, you don’t, much less in a bitter tone of voice, but when you look up at him and see the confused but concerned look on his face you do anyway. “I thought you said you were going alone to the event?”

His eyes widen in surprise, all but confirming your words. “I, uh, I asked someone- pretty recently.” You feel yourself wilt at his words. How did you miss something like that? How could the boys not tell you about that? 

More than that, it hurts to think that Hoseok would have kept this mystery girl from you, even going so far as to ask her to be his date without a mention of it to you, his best friend.

Though when the silence goes too long, you take in a deep breath and decide to be mature about it. Okay, fine, Hoseok has got a date, whatever. Whatever, you repeat to yourself. You will not be a sore loser and be bitter about the fact that some person you don’t know about has gotten Hoseok’s attention enough for him to ask them to be his date. You will not. “I see.”

“[Name]-” Hoseok reaches out for you- something that, had it happened a week ago you would have been stammering about, and, if only a few days ago you would have happily, if not shyly been happy about, but now not anymore- and you shrug him off, forcing a smile on your face.

“It's nothing- I'm happy for you, Hoseok! Your date must be lucky to have you. I hope they appreciate all the work we put into the event. That said, we should probably get home quick so we can rest earlier for the event, huh?” You say with as much fake cheer as you can, struggling to keep a normal facade, though the way his face falls at how you call him by his name now instead of his nickname doesn’t escape you. “I should go home too. I can’t-” your smile tightens but you continue,” wait to meet this mystery person you set me up with, Hoseok. So much, I’m just going to go, okay?” And if there is a moment in your mini-speech slash rant that is tinged with bitterness, if your eyes are starting to water and well up with tears, well. You walk away too fast for Hoseok to catch up and ask you about it.

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“Noona?” You startle at the sound of Jungkook’s voice near you, having been mindlessly staring off into the distance. When you turn your head to the side- you find him standing near you, a worried look on his face, a frown on his lips. “What are you doing here?”

For a moment you consider telling him that’s everything’s fine, but then you remember just why you are sitting on a swing at eight in the evening, crying to yourself, and when you speak your tone is sharp. “What? Am I not allowed to be here?”

Jungkook’s eyes, if it’s possible, gets even wider and he immediately takes a step closer. “No, it's just- wait, are you crying?”

You look down at your feet and, even though it’s painfully obvious just from your voice, say otherwise. “‘'m not… just, just a sore throat.”

You hear him shuffle in place, and if you look at him you know you’ll see him chew on his lips nervously, bunny tooth visible. “Um- okay.”

A moment passes- the playground is silent, and you wonder if Jungkook has left, when you hear another voice.

“Jungkook! Get back here, you impet!” 

You let out a silent groan at Seokjin’s voice, loud and clear and annoyed. For a moment you consider just ignoring the two of them, or leaving, but then Seokjin runs over to the two of you and your second choice is lost. 

You can see the moment Seokjin notices your less-than-stellar state as he quiets down. The only sound you hear is his footsteps, and whispering from the two- you close your eyes and pretend you’re alone.

A few minutes pass before you hear the other swing suddenly move, the indication that someone is now sitting on it. “If you want us to go, we can leave,” he quietly says.

You open your eyes and shoot him a bland look, knowing just as much as he did that the words were only for courtesy. They wouldn’t leave you alone now that they’ve seen you cry. 

“You can stay,” you finally tell him with a grumble. On your other side, Jungkook sits down on the other swing too. Seokjin swings a little- Jungkook, turning everything into a competition and not wanting to lose does the same, only a little higher- you hear them urge you to join and you let out a bark of laughter as the two try to out-swing each other.

When the two are done- Jungkook beating Seokjin, as the latter almost catapulted out of his seat with a shriek and a yield, making you laugh, but then again, what did you expect?- the three of you are silent. For a while, no one speaks, you basking in the comfort of their presence with a small smile on your face at their attempts to cheer you up.

“I was content with going on that date he set me up with, because I thought he’d be going alone... but then I find out he's going with a date…”

“Finally, I thought he’d never-” you barely hear Jungkook mutter, the latter of his sentence you fail to hear, as Seokjin looks at you, confused.

“Isn't he talking about you?”

“No, he's not!” You explode, lips twisting into a harsh grimace. “How would he be if he's the one suggesting I go with someone I don't-”

You cut yourself off and angrily huff, unwilling to delve into a rant. A beat passes and Seokjin raises an eyebrow at you, a curious look in his eyes.

“Well, but do you know who he's going with?”

You deflate. “No, I don't.” You pause. “Why?”

“Because it sounds really suspicious. [Name], if you see it from any of our point of views, there isn't any other girl close with hyung, or we'd have heard about them,” Seokjin explains.

“So it's either she isn't that close with him yet, or she's only friends with him, or... he's a really good actor. You still have a chance, [Name]. What do you have to lose if you confess?” 

“If it helps,” Jungkook adds, a mysterious, cheeky smile on his face. “You’re the only one I’ve seen Hobi-hyung be so happy with, noona. I don’t see hyung smiling so much with anybody else.”

“Still,” you mumble in a low voice. 

“We’ll help you every way,” Seokjin reassures you. “Besides, this isn’t just about you. It’s for Hobi too. We just want the two of you to be happy.”

You stay silent at his response, thinking over his words, before you make a decision.

“When you say it like that... I guess there’s not to much to lose, is there?” You wryly say, making Seokjin and Jungkook yell triumphantly.

“Go for it, [Name]-noona! We'll cheer you on,” Jungkook cheerfully tells you. Jin, on your other side, pulls up his phone- though you fail to see what he’s typing.

You bury your head in your knees when you realize you’re going to do the cliche- confessing to your best friend, on a day so near to Valentine’s day too.

You can do this, you tell yourself. You can do this.

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Twenty hours later, and four hours before the event, and you find yourself staring at your dresses with a frown on your face.

You hadn’t meant to put it off, really. But after your crying slash comfort session last night, you were admittedly a bit absent minded, and then you forgot to set your alarm clock… which then led to you oversleeping into late noon. You had to rush to get your dress, and even then, when you tried calling around for walk-in appointments at salons near you, all you’d gotten was that they were all booked.

Which meant you would probably have to do your hair and makeup yourself.

… You weren’t a total beginner, but you wanted to look your best… and you doing your own makeup was not you looking your best.

Too lost in your thoughts, you fail to notice your front door slamming open, as well as your bedroom door.

“[Name]!”

You whirl around in surprise, eyes wide. “Jimin? Tae? What are you- Jin? Yoongi... even Jungkook?”

“Hi, noona.”

The man in question offers you a bunny grin, though all of them are smiling at you, even Yoongi. You let your eyes trail downward- all of them already ready for the party, too. 

You scrunch your eyebrows in confusion at Jungkook’s greeting. “What do you mean, ‘hi’, what are you all even doing here? The only people missing are-”

“Namjoon will be here soon, he just got held up back at the company. And Hobi's doing last minute preparations with the party. We're here for you, though,” Seokjin interrupts you neatly, a hand on his chin as he assesses your chosen outfits for the night. 

“Me?” You parrot, still surprised.

Jimin tugs you closer and you let him, though you’re unsure of what he wants. He only tugs you into sitting down near your vanity though, instantly looking over your makeu collection. “Yep! Jin-hyung told us you'd need help getting ready,” he says with an angelic smile. 

“We're all done ourselves anyway,” Taehyung casually tells you, as you see him come closer and, taking a comb, start rearranging your hair. “So the least we could do is help you get ready too.”

Your eyes flit over to Yoongi, who seems to be the only one left not doing anything. “They dragged me here, there's still a few hours left so I'm going to take a nap in a bit,” he declares instead, though you see him look over your jewelry box (that you’ve only told him about since he’s the one who’s bought you more than a few of your rings and earrings as gifts), coordinating with Seokjin.

“I'll get everyone drinks!” You hear Jungkook exclaim, before the sound of his footsteps echo from the hallway.

You stay in your seat, stunned.

“[Name].” Slowly, you look at Seokjin through the mirror, who looks at you with a soft smile on his face.

“You said it last night. You wanted to confess. We aren't letting you back away from your words, and especially from a chance for happiness just because you were scared,” he gently tells you.

“Yeah, [Name]. Let us help you, okay?”

“We'll make you look and feel great,” Taehyung reassures you, and you feel your eyes well up with tears- this time, out of appreciation for the friends that you have.

“Sheesh... you guys…”

“Ahhh, hey, don’t move- I just finished tying up parts of your hair!”

“Well, good thing you didn’t cry before I started putting on your makeup.”

… It’s going to be a long four hours, you think.

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Half an hour before the event, and you find yourself twirling around in your dress- still amazed by what the boys have done for you- looking back at the mirror then, you almost found it hard to believe that that woman was you.

‘6 P.M. at the entrance’

You bite your lip at Hoseok’s message, a twinge of guilt inside to both him and whoever he set you up with. You had already planned to turn the other party down.

“Hey [Name], do you have a plan for how you’re going to confess to Hobi later?”

You stiffen from where you’d been sitting, a surprised look on your face.

“Don’t tell me you were just planning on going there and telling him straight,” Seokjin says, a frown slowly forming on his face.

“No!” You exclaim, stammering a little. “I do have a plan.”

“Huh, so let’s hear it,” Yoongi drawls out, an amused smile on his face. You shoot him a glare, but wince a little when you meet Seokjin’s gaze.

“I, um. I was planning to first tell the guy he set me up with that, um, I can’t go with him to the event?” Even as you say it, you sound unsure- you clear your throat and say in a much more (you hope) confident voice. “Although I know that there’s a chance they might be disappointed- but, I don’t want to lead them on with anything, not when I’m planning to confess to Hobi.”

The boys share a look- you fidget in place, though you know better than to move too much and mess up Jimin and Taehyung’s work.

“Alright then, we’ll be behind you if you need backup,” Seokjin declares, Jungkook flexing his muscle for you to see in the mirror comedically. The moment falls away as you laugh.

You bite your lip, feeling, not for the first time, jittery.

‘He's wearing a red suit with a bow at the side, you'll know who he is at first glance ^^’

For a moment you wonder if you should tell him right now, listen, I can't go with whoever you set me up with-

But that wouldn’t be fair. You have to tell them face to face- so instead, you sigh and text him otherwise.

‘I'll be there on time’

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Five minutes before the appointed time finds you on the block after the venue, the place just the next corner away. You grip your dress a little tightly- then force yourself to let go. Creasing your dress needlessly is not something you should do if you want to look your best at least for when Hoseok first sees you. 

“Are you sure you want us to go ahead?” Seokjin’s voice is reassuring as he stands beside you. Taehyung and the others have gone ahead to park the car- you asked them to drop you off at your current position, and Seokjin came with you to talk you down in case you have second thoughts.

“Yeah, I'll be fine. I won't run away.” Seokjin must hear the determination in your voice for real this time, because he relents and, after squeezing your hand, lets go and walks ahead.

“We'll be nearby just in case you need help,” he repeats, and you laugh a little, feeling some of your nervousness ease.

You check your phone. 3 minutes until showtime. You can do this, you tell yourself, forcing your feet to walk forward even though a part of you wants to just stop and go home. You turn the corner- feeling a little shaky, and your hands starting to sweat a little- seeing someone in, as Hoseok told you, a red suit, standing by the door. The dim light prevents you from seeing much about them other than their brightly colored suit that stands out, but considering that there’s only one person dressed in red standing by the venue, you’re pretty sure that’s him.

You take another deep breath- rehearse your lines, and determinedly take a step forward.

‘Um- are you my date for the night? Listen, I'm sorry to tell you this, but... I can't go to the event with you. I'm sure you're a lovely person, but... my heart, there's someone else I want to ask. Hoseok only had the best intentions, but he's the one I wanted to ask-’

You stop in your tracks as the other person turns around. 

“Hobi?”

You look at him, stunned. 

In front of you, Jung Hoseok is smiling- excitement, worry, a multitude of emotions on his face, a corsage of your favorite flowers in his hands, in that red suit you love so much- you can’t help but just stare at him.

“[Name]!” He stares back at you for a moment, looking awestruck, before a soft smile appears on his face. “You look gorgeous. I mean amazing, you look amazing. Pretty. Not that you don’t always!” The way he almost trips over his words at the latter part of his sentence brings a rush of heat to your cheeks, even as you can’t help but smile. Still, though, you find yourself confused.

“... You're my date? But I thought-”

“That- um.” Hoseok pauses, looking anxious himself- it makes a part of you laugh because really, that’s what you had been- are still- feeling. Finally, it seems as if he grounds himself enough to speak. “[Name], I know we’ve always been just friends- but, I really, really like you. When I heard about you being without a date I was going to ask you the other day, but... I lost the nerve to go through with it. But I brought it up already, and I wanted to ask you, but I couldn't gather up the courage to say I wanted to ask you, so…”

Here he trails off, looking more and more sheepish by the moment that it makes you bite your lip just to suppress your grin.

“So you told me you were setting me up with someone?”

He huffs, a relieved sigh leaving him at the amusement on your face, rather than the anger or disgust he’d been dreading. “Yeah.”

“So when you texted me about my dress and everything…”

Hoseok finishes your sentence. “... that was for me.” He glances away from you, cheeks reddening again. “Sorry. I really do want to go with you though.”

“Jung Hoseok,” you start, your cheeks starting to hurt with how wide your smile is, “are you telling me, you approached me that day with the intent to ask me out,  only to somehow promise to set me up, with me unknowing that it was you I was going with? When you could have just told me in the first place?”

‘When you say it like that... I lost my chance, didn’t I?” He furrows his eyebrows, shoulders drooping down- you take a step forward and cup his face in your hands, forcing him to see the smile on your face.

“No, I was actually going to confess to you tonight,” you tell him, even as you feel your own cheeks redden. He looks at you in surprise.

“... You were?”

You giggle at him, at the way his eyes are shining and the grin you love so so much appearing on his face at your words. “I was! … I am,” you correct yourself, before you let your hands fall away to hold his own. “Do you-”

Hoseok’s eyes widen at your words, and he quickly interrupts you. “Wait! Wait, I want to confess to you, let me, please?”

This is it. You’re really going to just- for a moment, you don’t understand how you can still be standing, seemingly so calm, when every part of you is just- screaming, and you’re so, so happy right now? Your breath is admittedly a little shaky, but now it’s from joy- excitement, the feel of pure elation running through your veins instead. “Okay,” you mumble. 

Hoseok clears his throat- there’s a giddy smile on his face that you don’t doubt matches your own. He intertwines your hands with his, looking at you with hopeful, warm eyes that are filled with you, only you-

“Will you be my date to the anniversary party? And, after… I mean… I really like you, so-”

“Really like me?” You interrupt with a breathy chuckle. Hoseok pouts, a stammer in his voice when he next speaks.

“Well- I mean, I can’t just outright tell you I’m in love with you already, can I?” The admission- even if he doesn’t realize it himself makes you feel like soaring.

“I love you,” you tell him straightforwardly, to be rewarded by the sight of Hoseok seemingly getting shocked, just staring at you, reddening even more with every second passing by.

“What? That- that’s not- fair-”

“Just kiss already!”

Oh my god. The two of you still at the familiar voice, and at the accompanying yell of pain afterwards-

Then Hoseok bursts into laughter, so loud and happy and you can’t help but join in too. When the two of you stop laughing, giggling- you lean in close and smile at him, wholeheartedly baring your emotions to him.

“Yes, I accept your invitation. Both for the date, and for- after, if you want me,” you softly say, before smirking. “I can hear the music starting… should we head on in now?”

Hoseok snickers at your mischievous expression, catching on to the implications behind your words. “Sounds like a great idea. I can dance with you- something I’ve always wanted to do- and show everyone we’re together. But before that...”

He presses a quick, intimate kiss to your lips that feels as if it last forever, yet ending all too soon, leaving you aching to have a longer, proper taste of his lips- you gasp and stare at him after, blush coming back to your cheeks as he grins at you.

You cover your face with one hand. “Unfair,” you grumble. “I’ll get you back for that.”

“I’ve been waiting a long time to do that,” he admits. “But I can wait until we’re really alone for the real thing.”

You pout. “You think you’ve been waiting a long time, I assure you- I’ve been waiting even longer.”

Hoseok giggles at your words- you feel your heart melt, even as you hear the sound of hooting and triumphant yelling behind you two.

“Well then, shall we?” Hoseok tugs you, fingers still laced with yours, and you smile. 

The night has just begun, after all, and while a week ago you dreaded it, tonight… you are determined to make the most out of it.

“Okay,” you agree.

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

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Ope is it Maddie o.o

YUP o.o

Hmm but she's hiding the ring this time XDD

OOHHH she said it though :O :D

Ayy Hen has the exact same reaction as Buck lol xDD like "namely, how???" type XDD

Ope o.o

Yeah she kinda knows now xdd

LOVE Maddie defending herself :D

Like I truly believe Hen wasn't trying to downplay anything she just wasn't thinking great besides knowing Chimney needed to be sure but still xD Maddie doesn't have to take no crap

Also love how Hen immediately knew it was Buck

Okay but let's not Y'ALL argue though ಠ⁠_⁠ಠ didn't think I had to worry about you two xD

Yesss though she wanted him to take a breath

Yeah please let's not escalate this any further xdd

YESS GO OFF HEN

Telling her not to be embarrassed I mean

But yeah why haven't you told him xD

Ahh yeah

But I don't think she's gonna back out of (more like back away from, since it snot a commitment she already made lol) it :')) I think she's ready

YESS he's not him 😭 :'))

YESSS and you're not her :'DD

Hen is SLAYING in this conversation :D

They both are :))

LOL yeah back to the ring being stuck xD

Awww 🥰🥰🥰 y'all :'DD

I love them <333 🥰🥰❤️❤️

Oh dang he told her everything o.o??

Or like all of them I mean lol

Dang xD aight well done then Buck I guess lol

And she's cool with it! Good for her xD

I mean she can't exactly blame you for having exes but you know lol

Ope 👀😳 are y'all about to kiss

They ARREEEE

But c'mon y'all buddie 😭😭 drop herrr you have Eddie xD

OPE LOL SLDKFHDGJKLS

Who is it though xD like Maddie or somebody maybe?

Nope!

But kinda "Nope?" because I don't know who this lady is xD

OHH is it his college friend's wife :O

Or his high school friend or whatever he was lol

Ahhh yeah I think it is

Oof girl xdd you okay?

😬😬 Natalia is nooot liking that

(the only reason I know her name is because I'm from the future and he says it in a minute xD)

Girl a place to STAY?? It's that bad DD: :(?

Poor girl :((

I think y'all can work it out though xd

Uhh ohhh

UHH OHHH

O o f it looks like she's leaving xdd

Yeepp xdd 😬😬 :((

I'm sorry Buck :(( DD:

My poor boy 😭💔❤️

But hey now you have EDDIEEE-!!!

XDD

I want both a cut off and !!! so yeah xD

I swear Buck better not get with his friend's wife xD

Like sir are you

Because if you are

Stop xdd

XDD