#but sometimes hang with Aph

[cinnamoncharles]

I watched Andy's streams from two weeks ago of him and a group of other Mystreet VA's rewatching Mystreet season 1 and wanted to finally give my Mystreet/PDH OC Reyna the love she deserves. And then I couldn't help but draw her with my boy Daniel <3.

Don't mind me infodumping about the Oc in tags

[coralcatsea]

If people won't stop referring to England as "America's d@d" every chance they get, I guess I'm going to have to start calling him "America's boyfriend" all the time to counteract it.

England can't just be "England" anymore. He always has to be referenced through some kind of relationship. 😩

[starhvney]

𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐉𝐄𝐂𝐓 𝟑 | 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟕: 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐏 𝐃𝐀𝐘

𝐂𝐖: more blackmailing lol, minor mentions of anxiety from both aphmau and reader, reader’s dad suggests self defense with a pocket knife but he’s not serious, possible bad translation of spanish pls if anyone is fluent let me know if it's wrong lmao i only know beginner level

𝐀/𝐍: next chapter is finally out guys!! i hope the obnoxiously long word count makes up for how long it took to come out lol

𝐖𝐂: 7,300 +

𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 ☆ 𝐍𝐄𝐗𝐓 | 𝐀𝐎𝟑 | 𝐅𝐈𝐂 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 | 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊𝐒

despite your better judgment, you didn't mention a thing to your mom about gene when you got home yesterday. what were you supposed to tell her?

"oh, hey! sorry i'm late today, i went to buy cigarettes with a delinquent from school who holds the outcome of the rest of my high school career on his phone! no biggie, mom!"

yeah, that would go insanely well.

you did text aphmau about it, and she reacted exactly how you expected—reaffirming exactly why you weren't going to say anything.

aphmau: we have to tell our moms!! that's awful!!

you: no!!

you: i already know it was bad, i don't need the biggest lecture of my life and possibly being grounded on top of already knowing it was a bad idea.

you: i usually tell my mom about these things but not this time

aphmau: :(

aphmau: well we can't just let him get away with it?? what if they get us in more trouble

aphmau: that would be just as bad if the pictures got out

you: i know i know

you: i don't have a plan yet but we'll work it out.

you: sorry that's not super reassuring but

aphmau: no it's okay

aphmau: i don't want to tell my mom either

aphmau: knowing her she might pull me out to be homeschooled again

you: the good thing is we at least are with each other on this

aphmau: yeah, that's true :')

aphmau: okay, i'm going to try to forget about it and get some sleep

aphmau: good night!

you: good night aph

laurance also texted you later that night—of course—with how observant he is and how loyal he's made himself out to be you'd be shocked if he didn't ask you more about it.

laurance: hey :) how are you?

you: hii! i'm good :) 

you: how are you? did you win against o'khasis? 

you: sorry i didn't come back to see the game after school 

laurance: not gonna lie i was a little sad you weren't there :,) but it's okay

laurance: T-T and no

laurance: but i already knew we wouldn't

you: that's why you lost!! 

you: you should've believed you'd win!!! 

laurance: hey!! tell that to my teammates lol i know i'm the best

you: wow cocky much

laurance: nuh uh it's not being cocky if it's true :P

laurance: hey

laurance: can i ask a question?

you: what's up??

laurance: i just was thinking about the whole thing that happened at lunch

laurance: i know i can't tell you who to hang out with, but i genuinely really don't think you should hang out near them at all

laurance: they can be very

laurance: influencing

laurance: i know cause when i hung out with them i ended up getting into some bad stuff

you: bad stuff? 

laurance: just stuff i'm not proud of

laurance: like pressuring me into vandalizing and smoking and drinking

laurance: i thought they were cool so i didn't say no when i should've

you: i know you said you had a history with them but i had no idea 

you: they made you do that? 

laurance: technically i had a choice??

laurance: i just made the bad ones

laurance: i really regret not saying no to them sometimes

you: well i can tell you're nothing like that now laurance 

you: it was a year ago but you were also a freshman 

you: i think it's really respectable that even after that you choose to be a really good person now who makes the right decisions 

laurance: that means a lot actually, thank you.

laurance: but that's why i wanted to ask you about it

laurance: cause i know you're also nothing like them so

laurance: i just wanted to make sure they weren't like, pressuring you or trying to threaten you to do something?

...shit. you can't go around or avoid the question now. should you really lie to him about this?

you: yeah i get why you're worried now 

you: i promise i haven't been pressured into anything and if they try i'll completely drop them 

laurance: hey if something bad happened and they're making you hang out with them

laurance: everyone knows by now that you're a good friend and a good student

laurance: so don't be scared to say something

the thought is comforting, but he doesn't know that it involves one of the most influential girls in the school.

you: it's just, complicated

you: i don't want to get into it right now but i just think i can handle the issue on my own

you: for now 

laurance: i really don't like this

laurance: but if you think you're fine then i won't stop you obviously

laurance: just know that i'll trust you over anything they try to hold over your head, okay? you can always come talk to me

you can feel your heart painfully twist in your chest.

you: thank you. you're an amazing friend laurance 

you: if i need help i promise i'll let you know 

laurance: okay, if you say so

laurance: and i know i'm pretty cool B)

you: the coolest B) 

you: good night laurance! see you tomorrow 

laurance: good night :)

while laurance was pretty popular, how much clean up work on rumors could he do compared to ivy and gene's influence? not everyone would believe him, and who's to say he wouldn't be affected by the rumors for sticking up for you?

you've already been friends for a few months now, but you don't want him to suffer because of you. and who's to say he won't get tired and drop you because of it? he seems like a super loyal friend, but would he die on a hill for a girl he just met this school year?

the walk to school with aphmau was quiet. you could practically feel the anxiety looming in the air around the both of you, zapping any urge to start a conversation. you hadn't felt like this since the first day of school here, your fingertips and cheeks feeling like pins and needles while your chest felt heavy with a sense of dread.

maybe a part of you was hoping that if you simply acted like it didn't happen, everything would blow over and be dropped. after all, messing with you couldn't be that fun, right? right??

wrong.

"leave us alone." aphmau says, her voice surprisingly quite firm as she glares up at the three delinquents, who had blocked the two of you off in the empty hallway.

how did you always manage to end up alone in the hallways?

"nuh uh." zenix quips back, laughing with a teasing smile at your friend.

"aw, c'mon. after our bonding walk you're already mad at me again?" he directs his question at you, mocking fake sadness. "tell the smaller kitty that we're friends now, kitty."

"don't call either of us that!" she protests, her grip she had on your hand tightening. a quiet comfort to you, but probably mostly her.

"why not? kitty's a cute nickname. when people give you a nickname it means they have a special affection for you."

"oh, so you like us?" she sarcastically raises a thin eyebrow, lips forming in a frustrated line.

"hm," gene hums, seeming to seriously consider her question, dark eyes darting between the two of you. "you? not really. i kinda like her, though."

aphmau huffs. "then why did you go out of your way to bother us?"

"i just like messing with people. thought that was pretty obvious, no?" he scoffs. "and you two, especially you little missy, make yourselves the perfect targets."

you suppress a tense sigh.

"which is exactly why you two are skipping with us today," gene says simply with a shrug, face smug as he leans on the wall, hands shoved in his pockets.

"excuse me?" you ask incredulously.

"you heard me. let's go." he lifts himself from the wall, not opening the conversation up for any more questioning as he leisurely walks away from the classrooms.

aphmau sends you a panicked glance, amber eyes round. the trio walks ahead of you once they see you both uneasily following along, beginning to whisper among themselves when a looming tall boy nearly runs into the two of you from around the corner.

you recognize him as that aaron guy, who outside of aphmau's stories had gained an even larger reputation of getting into fights and winning. he gives you a once over, making you tap your thigh nervously before you watch his nearly black eyes dart down to aphmau.

the short girl gives a very direct "hmph!" before turning away from him, grabbing your arm, and dragging you closer to the group. her distaste for him seemingly was much larger than what she held for the shadow knights.

you glance back to see aaron watching you two walk away from him, his eyebrows furrowed and mouth slightly agape in shock. truthfully, it was an amusing sight, and you have to stop yourself from laughing at his expression when his eyes dart back to yours.

his mouth snaps shut and he rolls his eyes, quickly turning away and stalking off down the hall without a single word being muttered.

gene huffs out an amused laugh. "see? that's so funny. no one but you of all people is able to look that guy in the eye. now c'mon."

you and aphmau stare at him, faces unamused.

"if not, i'm sure your friends and the rest of the school would love to see my photography skills!" he grins, raising his eyebrows challengingly.

soon you find yourself following the group down the sidewalk, with aph clinging onto your arm. you could feel her hands tremble nervously against your blazer, and every once in a while her head would dart around with a guilty look in her eye.

"if you get us into any more trouble than just skipping—" she starts, only to swiftly be cut off by the leader ahead.

"relax. you're both just going to get to know us better. we're gonna hang out and then get some coffee later. no biggie."

"you drink coffee?" aphmau questions.

"yep. dark and bitter."

"calm down, edge lord. drinking black coffee doesn't make you any cooler." you grumble, earning a tiny chuckle from both aphmau and surprisingly zenix.

"after our last little walk together and you still don't like me?" gene sighs, shaking his head and clicking his tongue.

"i can't say buying cigarettes is a fun bonding experience for me, sorry to say." you quip back.

"...you know what, fair enough, kitty. i get both of your little goody-two-shoes attitudes—well i don't really get it, but—i'll strike you both a deal." gene turns to look at the two of you as you cross the street, walking towards an older park. "if you two still don't like us after skipping today, i will never ask you two to skip class again."

"you promise?" aphmau stutters, leaning forward with hopeful eyes.

"i promise!" he concurs. "i just want you to know us outside of the rumors you've heard."

you think you'd believe laurance's "rumors" over these three's catty smirks any day.

"we're not all that bad." gene shrugs, before turning to see sasha and zenix ahead going off the path into some shrubbery.

aphmau glances up at you, before looking back to gene with a resigned sigh. "ok, fine. deal."

"great!" he grins before waving a hand towards the shrubbery. "ladies first."

you stare at him as aphmau walks forward, raising an eyebrow. "and what if this is an elaborate plan to get us alone and murder us?"

"oh, kitty, if i wanted to do something to you i would've done it when you walked home with me." he scoffs, throwing an arm around your shoulder and guiding you with him after the rest of the group.

"uh-huh." you deadpan, earning a carefree chuckle from the boy.

when the shrubs part for a clearing, you look up to see an old brick bridge for a train track. it was likely abandoned a long time ago based on the trees and plants overgrown on the top and the layers of graffiti plastered on the sides. under the bridge ran part of the large river that goes through the whole city, though this part seems to be a thinner and slower-moving part of it.

gene releases you from his arm, shoving his hands in his pockets as he walks ahead a few steps.

truthfully, it was a really cool spot. you'd even hang out here alone to draw or read in your free time if you had come across it on your own. you doubt that's what the shadow knights did here, though.

suddenly, your phone buzzes, and you look down to check the notification.

kate: hey, you're not in homeroom today?

kate: you sick?

you curse under your breath, looking to aphmau who was distracted by something sasha was saying, before looking back down. your fingers hover over the keyboard as you contemplate what to say.

you: ugh yeah sorry i didn't tell you 

you: probably just ate something bad, i'll be better by tomorrow 

kate: ohh alright then

kate: i'll see you tomorrow then, hopefully?

kate: feel better! and rest up!

you: thanks kate! i will!

guilt eats at you from the inside of your chest, screaming at you how wrong you were, how you need to tell your friends the truth.

you slide your phone back in your pocket.

"alright, you two. make our new friends here feel welcomed. they'll be joining our group here pretty soon." gene muses, holding his hands out to prompt zenix and sasha to actually talk.

"join? they said yes?" sasha raises her eyebrows, eyes shifting to aphmau and you in mild surprise.

"not yet." gene shrugs. "i'm not gonna force a good thing. they'll join on their own, but they've got to get to know us, first."

"ah, i see." sasha's eyebrows relax to rest in their usual unimpressed position.

zenix scoffs. "neither of them are hardcore enough."

"shut up, zenix."

the boy comically huffs in response and crosses his arms, like an annoyed kid who just got told off. aphmau seems pretty uneasy by his aggressive demeanor, slowly shuffling to stand closer to you again.

"i swear zenix has the same temper as that zane kid. speaking of him, why don't we let him in the group?" sasha looks over at gene.

your eyebrows furrow at her words, the middle ro'meave brother popping into your mind. he was rude to you last time, for sure, but him? in this gang of kids? the thought of it makes you feel strangely... protective over your friend's bratty younger brother.

"zane is just a poser. plus, he's no fun to play with. he was so eager to join us it made him look pathetic." gene rolls his eyes, and you can't help crossing your arms. "i'll give him until next semester to see how he does on his own, then maybe i'll think of it."

you look at aphmau, who is also looking at you with an unappeased expression on her face.

"make him work for it, huh?" sasha muses.

"what's the point of us having an exclusive group if we just let any emo kid in?"

"we're not emo, though," sasha says, dark purple fingernails ironically raking through her chopped side swoop bangs.

"not us. zane."

"oh, whoops. my bad."

gene ruins his fingers through the mess of dark curls on his head as he starts walking back where we just came from. "anyways, i'm going to get the stuff. i forgot it. keep them entertained."

"kay. hurry up." sasha says, stretching her arms out before sitting down on a soft patch of grass by the river.

the stuff?

"stuff?" you repeat, lip curling up and eyes squinting in accusation.

gene snorts. "don't worry, kitty. it's not drugs if that's what you're thinking."

he walks off, not giving any further explanation before he's gone.

"it's stuff for our art. you'll see." sasha looks over to you and aphmau, waving you both over to sit next to her as zenix stalks off closer to the bridge.

"i don't think i like the sound of that." aphmau whispers before you both settle onto the grass.

sasha turns to look at you both, a small amount of interest shines in her deep purple eyes. you want to laugh at how cliche it sounds in your head, but they really looked like someone had carved out two amethysts and stuck them into her eyes. black eyeliner lined her eyes, one side a little smudged on the corner. she managed to pull it off, somehow still looking like a little doll with her smooth porcelain skin.

"so, what kind of grades do you two get?"

"huh?" aphmau blinks.

"are you a straight-a student? average? dumb?" sasha presses.

"oh, uh..." your friend stutters, picking at her fingernails. "so far i've gotten all a's and some b's. i'm not that great at math though."

sasha hums, her eyes lazily drifting over to you.

"...pretty much all a's." you say, curiously looking back at her. why did she want to know? was she gonna try to get you to do her homework?

"cool. good to know we're not letting in anyone with bad grades."

"you mean you guys don't?" aphmau unashamedly asks, her face baffled.

sasha doesn't seem offended by this, the corner of her lip lifting. "nah."

"but you guys skip almost every day? that doesn't make any sense, i don't get how that works." she insists.

"we're not dumb. we get bad grades because we miss class and tend not to listen to the teacher, so that obviously reflects on our records. it's an attempt for the "man" to control us with these letters that we find such validation in." sasha returns.

so they do make bad grades.

"huh...? that was really a mouthful."

oh, aphmau.

"just words, sweetheart." sasha returns with a tiny smirk. "honestly, gene, zenix and i are very smart when it comes to our studies. we're just bored because nothing challenges us in academics anymore. hence why we skip class. if i'm going to be bored, i don't want to be bored in that building we call school."

"oh, i see. well, that doesn't make any sense." aphmau says.

sasha hums with a raised eyebrow, prompting her to elaborate.

"it's just... if you're so smart that you don't feel challenged, why sacrifice your good grades to do nothing? why not go the extra mile and challenge yourself by making a presentation? or writing a report on how the teachers can help you more?"

sasha quietly stares at her, expression blank—though eyes seemingly deep in thought.

"the teachers don't know everything, they're trying to figure life out, too. so if you're super bored, why not teach them back?" you add, bringing up your knees for your chin to rest on. "not caring and being lazy every once in a while is fun, but i think everyone should have a goal. otherwise you'll find yourself stuck in the same place."

"hm. i can see why gene took an interest in the both of you." sasha looks out to the river as she says this, lips pursed.

suddenly she reaches out a hand, the dark metal rings and bracelets she wore clinking together. "give me your hands."

"what, why?" aphmau asks cautiously, watching as you place your hand on the older girl's one.

"i do palm readings as a hobby. just a little thing i like to do." she says, her thumb already tracing over the lines in your hand as she brings it closer to her face.

"you're not going to do something weird are you?" aph leans back.

"just give me your stupid hand." she flicks her free hand demandingly.

aphmau goes quiet, nervously giving up one of her hands to the girl. sasha brings both of your hands side by side, pursing her lips as she compares the two.

"interesting." she says, a few moments passing before she continues. "both of you have lots of creativity. i'm not shocked by the lack of openness for feelings and emotions on your hand—" she nudges up your palm. "—but apparently aphmau is more open. which isn't a lie if we were comparing you both together... but neither of you are open. otherwise you two wouldn't be here in the first place."

you and aphmau make the same little noise of surprise.

sasha's eyebrows furrow, as she stretches out both of your hands. she focuses on yours, humming in stumped confusion as she mutters to herself. "that's weird. i haven't seen a fate line like yours. it's all... broken up. what does that mean? interesting..."

"quit holding hands with them, sasha!" zenix suddenly shouts from where he had scaled up to the top of the bridge, looking down over all three of you.

"quit being emo, zenix!" she shouts back without a second of thinking, looking up at you with an eye roll. "so glad there's girls now. he's—"

"don't tell me how to live my life!"

sasha ignores his response, looking at aphmau's palm. "your life is pretty dull. according to your palm."

"uhh..." aphmau's shoulders slump.

"i don't need a fake palm reader who learned all her lessons from the internet to tell me how to live my life!" zenix continues.

"ignore him." sasha rolls her eyes again. "he's just yelling to yell."

"i like yelling!"

"i like when you shut up!"

"come make me!" he challenges, puffing out his chest.

"kitty." sasha coos at you, batting her eyelashes. "be a dear and go shut zenix up for me? i want to relax and take a nap before gene makes you do the hazing initiation thingy."

aphmau flinches. "hazing? initiation? what initiation?!"

sasha lays down, closing her eyes and ignoring both of your protests.

"what—are you serious?" aphmau huffs, as sasha continues to ignore her words. "great. we didn't even agree to join and they're talking about an initiation. what even is the initiation?"

aphmau looks up to zenix, before her round eyes slowly drift back to you. "...can you go ask him?" she whispers.

"huh? why can't you?" you cross your arms, hushing your voice back

"because he scares me! you go talk to him!" aphmau complains back.

"i'm not gonna talk to him. you do it."

"no, you!"

"you!"

"oh! suddenly i'm feeling really sleepy..." aphmau fake yawns, lying down in the grass like sasha and closing her eyes.

"oh my—whatever! he's not even scary, you baby!" you quietly shout, standing up with a huff and ignoring the quiet snickers from sasha.

you turn to march over to the bridge, looking up to the top where zenix was kicking stray rocks into the river. "um, zenix?"

"what do you want?" he looks down at you, eyes narrowing. "did sasha get you to do her dirty work for her already? of course you'd listen to her." he snorts.

"no. i was just wondering what this initiation thing was about?"

"i can't spoil the surprise." he grins, and you deadpan. "just know that if you do it, you'll be super hardcore in my book."

"right, because i'm so desperate for your approval." you raise your eyebrows, resting a hand on your hip. "what, skipping class isn't hardcore enough for you?"

zenix huffs, flustering rather immediately at your words as he turns to kick a rock rather harshly into the water. "skipping class isn't hard. it's whatever."

"why are you so huffy and angry?"

"why are you so calm and happy?"

you shrug. "cause it's better."

"says who?" he quips, tilting his head at you in a challenge.

"says me."

"well aren't you important." he sarcastically huffs.

"so are you."

he looks down at you with a strange look.

"yeah? says who?"

"says me."

the shrubbery rustles and leaves crunch, signaling gene was back from wherever he had gone off to.

"looks like you all are getting along well." he says.

"she's weird," zenix says, still looking at you with a confused expression.

"well we like weirdos, don't we?" gene raises an eyebrow with an amused chuckle.

"...i guess," zenix says, walking along the bridge to find a way down.

"you two, come here," gene says, the bag in his hand rustling as he waves you and aphmau over.

"so," he starts when you're both standing in front of him. "how do you like our group so far?"

you glance at aphmau, before speaking up first. "you guys are fine, but we aren't into the whole skipping school and breaking the rules thing."

gene raises an eyebrow, looking over to aphmau when she pipes up.

"yeah, we're not interested in joining. i just want to finish this day of skipping and leave."

he hums quietly, looking off in thought. "...alright. i'll let you two go."

"really?" aphmau eagerly says, eyes wide and hopeful. "and you'll delete the pictures?"

"who said anything about deleting the pictures?" gene shoots down the second request in a heartbeat, snorting in amusement. "i'm keeping them, i just won't make you two skip school again, is all."

aphmau scoffs in displeasure.

"now now, no need to get too worked up." gene tsks, waving the bag in front of you two. "there's still something else i need you both to do for me before i let you go."

"what is it?" aphmau huffs, crossing her arms.

"you're going to tag a wall with the shadow knights logo."

"what?!" she squeaks, jaw dropping in horror, and you feel your face drop.

"you heard me." gene snickers watching your eyes drift to the hidden bridge that had a ton of graffiti on it already.

"no no. not there." gene smirks, nodding his head for you two to follow him.

your group walks back to the more polished part of the path, where gene points to a clean concrete wall that would most definitely be seen by people going by on their walks.

"here." he grins, gesturing to the wall.

"no way!" aphmau stutters, stepping closer to you with that same horrified look on her face.

"we're not criminals. that's illegal." you say, glaring up at gene who merely widens his smile, leaning down by his torso and tilting his head at you.

"you're a criminal as long as you're mine."

you wrinkle your nose. "you don't own me or aph just cause you have those pictures."

"oh? then i'm sure garroth and the rest of your friends would love to see said pictures of the school's precious sweet ivy getting the shit beat out of her by two rando new girls." he shrugs, straightening his back and dangling the bag in front of him. "it's up to you..."

you snap your mouth shut, before yanking the bag from his hands. "just shut up."

gene ooh's in amusement, stepping aside with a smirk as he watches you march to the wall, crouching near the bag as you drop it and pulling out the spray paints from inside.

"...if i do this, does it mean i'm part of your group?" aphmau nervously asks from behind you.

"nope, it just means that you're doing the work of tagging this place for me. plus, if you do this one time, i'll never ask you to tag this place for me again."

"tag any place." you interject, looking back to send a harsh glare at him.

gene looks you up and down, before quietly chuckling and raising his arms. "any place." he concedes.

"okay, fine." aphmau shakily agrees, coming up beside you to help.

you've never spray painted before, and neither had aphmau, but surprisingly the logo ended up looking pretty good. if it was done in a place you were allowed to tag and not vandalizing, you'd probably be proud of it.

but you were vandalizing, and you felt the opposite of pride as you and aphmau backed up from the wall, smelling like spray paint as some of it dripped from your fingers.

"not bad." gene grins, hands on his hips as he observes your handiwork.

"looks pretty great." sasha's voice pipes up, she and zenix appearing behind you two.

zenix crosses his arms as he analyzes the logo. "...maybe you two are hardcore enough." he admits.

"you're both free to go home now. we're gonna go to the coffee shop down the road if you two want to join us." gene says, snagging up the bag and cans to likely use later.

you and aphmau shake your head no at the same time.

"no thanks..." she stutters quietly.

gene shrugs, leading his two accomplices along the sidewalk. "suit yourselves. let's go."

you and aphmau silently watch as the group leaves, glancing back at the graffiti you both did with dejected looks on your faces. aphmau suddenly snatches up your hand, quickly walking away.

"i don't wanna be caught next to that." she mutters and you agree, keeping in pace with her if not speeding up.

you both walk in silence for a bit longer before you feel aphmau's hand tighten on yours and hear a quiet sniff. glancing over in surprise you see her round eyes filled with tears, her nose red as she looks away from you.

"i'm sorry i'm crying, i just feel so awful that we did that and so mad too..." she stops talking when her voice shakes a bit, burying her face in her hand with another sniffle.

"me too..."

your nose tingles as you rapidly blink to make your own urge to cry go away, breathing in a frustrated sigh. suddenly your feet stop on the sidewalk and you're tugging onto aphmau's hand, bringing her in for a hug.

"it's gonna be okay." you reassure when she hugs you back. "i'm sorry i let it get this far—"

"it's my fault, too." she interrupts.

"—we can go back and clean off the paint tonight. then we'll tell gene we're done with him and deal with the consequences." you finish, patting her back and pulling away from the hug. "we shouldn't let people like him make us cry, right?"

she looks up at you, blinking away the mistiness in her eyes and gulping down her urge to cry as she nods. "yeah! we can go clean it! that's a good idea. then no more shadow knights and... we can deal with the rest later."

you smile at the optimistic look in her eyes, patting her shoulders as you both continue to walk home.

☆

cleaning concrete without a pressure washer or at the very least a strong hose is extremely hard. you honestly wouldn't force a prisoner to do this as work.

you and aphmau had been at it for ten minutes already, and you'd barely even scrubbed off a layer of the graffiti.

"dang it. i should've brought paint thinner." you groan when your hand slips and you scrape your finger against the rough surface. "this sucks."

"we're gonna be here all night," aphmau whines, focusing in on one spot and groaning when there's no difference under the sponge. "but we have to get it off. this is horrible."

you hear quiet footsteps nearby, and before you can react to it a bright light shines over the two of you, blinding the two of you.

"hey!" a man's voice calls out, the tone so stern and aggressive that you knock over the soapy water bucket and drop your sponge with a gasp.

"uh!" aphmau startles, before she realizes who it is, her words tumbling out of her mouth. "oh, officer! we—"

"we've been looking for the kids who've been tagging this place with that logo." he cuts her off, tone completely accusatory.

to be fair, you both decided on wearing black hoodies and sweatpants, making you look much more suspicious than you already did. but didn't he see the sponges and literal soap bucket next to your feet?

"wait! that's not how this happened! we didn't—"

"save it! the criminals always return to the scene of the crime. come on, you're both coming with me." he says, pacing over to you both and snatching you both by the arms, likely thinking you'd both run away.

you find yourself at a loss for words, mouth gaping and eyes filling with tears as you're dragged along with the cop. you couldn't even defend yourself, completely in shock that you were getting in trouble in the first place.

being in the back of a cop car on a tuesday night was never a possibility in your mind. yet here you are, at the ripe age of sixteen, being escorted to your parents on a school night.

aphmau hasn't stopped sniffling, the only thing keeping her from bawling her eyes out was likely the fact that you were in this with her.

to aphmau's relief and to your chagrin, the cop stops at your house first, marching you right up the sidewalk to your door and knocking, looking down at you like you had kicked a puppy and laughed. you knew nothing would change this guy's mind, so you merely watch your front door and hope it was your mom who opened it.

it wasn't, and dread fills every fiber of your being when your dad's figure stands in the open doorway. he looks at the officer in confusion, then down to you, his eyes blown wide open. his jaw clenches as he whips his head to the staircase where you were supposed to have retired for the night, before looking back at you with an immense amount of disappointment.

you shrink in on yourself when he doesn't say a word to you, turning to look at the officer who greets him. eyes drift and zone out on the floor as the officer explains why he's here, only to be startled by dad's deep voice.

"do you have any proof?" he asks, stopping the officer in his tracks.

"i... sorry?"

"do. you. have. any. proof? or do you like throwing around little girls into your car for a little power trip instead of catching actual criminals?" your dad grits, making you lean back against the doorway.

"that is not—sir, i—" the officer stutters, taken aback by the sudden accusation.

"let's talk." your dad yanks you inside as he steps outside next to the officer and shuts the door.

oh shit.

you hear a call of your name and turn to see your mom staring at you in confusion, her arms crossed over her robe.

"um..." you start, looking to the ground in shame.

"was that an officer?" she asks, eyes wide as she shuffles over to you.

immediately you burst out crying, leaning in to hug her while every emotion you had kept in about the situation tumbled out in fat tears that dripped down your face.

"i'm sorry! i didn't mean to do anything wrong!" you hiccup as mom shushes you, wrapping her arms around you and rubbing your back.

"just take a deep breath and tell me what happened."

and you do. from what you told her about ivy to the things she didn't know about gene, from the pictures to the gas station and the vandalism. the disappointed look on her face stings as you talk, but at least she was listening. with how distressed you were behaving and the fact you had never done anything like this before, mom clearly was open to hearing your side of the story on this.

as you finish your spill and calm down from your hysterics, the front door opens. aphmau comes in first looking uneasy, with your dad following behind.

"call sylvanna to come over here." he says, huffing and giving you a stern look as aphmau sits next to you on the couch.

"...what did you tell the cop?" you ask, eyebrows pinched together as you glance at the window to see the cop car not even parked in your driveway anymore.

he huffs. "don't worry about it."

...that's incredibly unsettling.

mom makes the call as you two wait in tense silence on the couch, and it's probably only a minute later tops that all hell breaks loose.

"¡aphmau!" sylvanna bursts through the door, hair a mess and pajamas crooked as she hops on one foot, sliding her flip flop off of her foot. "¡te juro que si estuvieras besando a un chico te golpearía con mi chancla tan fuerte que volarías hasta el año que viene!"

aphmau squeaks, shrinking into you like she was planning on using you as a shield.

"sylvanna, calm down. while what they did was disappointing, they weren't rebelling against us or being deceitful." mom says, interrupting sylvanna's heated rant and placing a hand on her shoulder. "actually, let me explain it to you in the kitchen."

aphmau sighs in relief as both of the moms and your dad go into the kitchen, voices quiet and hushed.

"she is so terrifying." she whispers to you, staring at the coffee table and tapping on her leg. "this day has been the worst."

"yeah..." you sigh, wringing your hands together. "i wonder how much trouble we'll be in when they're done talking about it."

"i don't want to be grounded." aphmau groans.

"me neither."

more tense silence passes, hushed voices barely heard from the kitchen before they all return to the living room.

sylvanna steps forward, arms crossed. "mija."

aphmau tenses. "yes ma'am?"

"i am," she inhales. "very disappointed that you didn't tell me about this when it was happening—"

the girl's head drops.

"—but. you did try to fix your mistake. and for that... i'm proud. pero si esto vuelve a ocurrir te juro que estarás castigado hasta el día de tu muerte. there will be no next time!"

aphmau cringes, before nodding. "yes ma'am..."

the two soon are out the door and on their walk home, seeming as it had already transitioned from late tuesday hours to the early hours of wednesday.

after a good talking to from both of your parents and truthfully some more crying on your end, you found yourself lying on your bedroom carpet, arms spread out as you tapped your feet on the ground.

it was just difficult to sleep now, your mind racing with what to do when gene will inevitably confront you again. your phone buzzes.

aph: are you still up ;-;

you: yeah, can't sleep 

aph: me neither...

aph: i'm so glad my mom didn't overreact

aph: i was sure i was a goner

you: yeahhh 

you: good thing my mom talked her down 

aph: yeah she's a life saver

aph: speaking of which i think both of them are talking to zianna on the phone right now about everything

you: what!! 

you: oh no i really hope garroth doesn't overhear the details or anything if they're talking loud 

you get halfway up from your floor, crawling over to your door and pressing your ear against it, straining to listen while glancing down at your phone again.

aph: oh crap i didn't think about that!

aph: hopefully not

aph: if he hears it from his mom i think he'd take it well, but that's still kinda awkward

you: yeah no kidding

you: then he'd probably tell the rest of our friends too

you: which wouldn't be the worst if they believed us

aph: yeah

aph: surely they would

aph: right???

you: i think they would 

you: the thought of drama with ivy veleno being public knowledge in the school makes my stomach hurt though 

aph: ugh i know me too

aph: i guess our faces look extra victimy to the bad kids

aph: because why are all of them out for us

aph: literally what did we do T-T

you: that's what i'm saying!! like since day one 

the conversation outside of the door is too muffled, so you slowly crack open your door and crawl towards the staircase to get a better listen.

"i swear if any boy puts a hand on either of my girls i'll go up to that school myself so help me!" you hear zianna shout over the phone.

"he didn't put his hands on either of them or trust me my husband would be in jail right now for murdering that little boy." mom says.

"i would be too!" sylvanna shouts, sounding the most heated of the three.

you: omg did you hear that??

aph: yeah

aph: we're zianna's girls ;p

you: and your mom is completely down with murder it seems

aph: i feel like we knew that already though

"oh, that just makes me so mad! they're so sweet and innocent, they shouldn't be having to deal with that punk ass kid! i swear i'll murder him too!" zianna huffs.

you: zianna cusses?? hahaha

aph: out of our three moms she seems the least likely lol

"well all i know is that if i find out either of them, especially my mija was covering up the fact that she was smooching with some boy i swear!!!" sylvanna gripes.

"i know when my daughter is lying and she would've told me if something like that happened. and i know you know aphmau was telling us the truth, too." mom sighs.

sylvanna sighs loudly. "yeah, you're right. i just worry about her!"

you: your mom is still stuck on the boy thing?

aph: yeah :/ she's kinda crazy about that stuff

you: my mom is protective over that kinda stuff too

you: but geez

aph: i know right?

you flinch as the door across from you opens, revealing your dad from behind it. he stops when he sees you hunched by the stairs, raising his eyebrows at your behavior.

"what're you doin', kiddo?" he asks, taking a step forward and sighing when he faintly hears your mom on speakerphone.

"...i couldn't sleep." you whisper back, clutching your phone to your chest.

he sighs again, pointing to your bedroom door. "well, sitting at the top of the stairs on your phone won't help. go to sleep."

"...okay..." you mutter, getting up and staring at the floor as you scurry back to your room.

a gruff call of your name stops you, and you turn back to see dad's contemplative face.

"and put away that phone."

"yes sir..."

"and..."

you stare at him, rocking on your feet. "...yeah?"

"...i put a pocket knife in your backpack."

"wha—" you guffaw. "dad, i can't bring a knife to school?!"

"says who?"

"oh my—says me! dad, that's illegal!"

he huffs. "not if no one knows."

"i just got in trouble for illegal stuff now you're encouraging me to stab people?"

"just one, possibly."

"dad, i am not taking a knife or weapon of any kind to my tenth-grade english class that is insane."

"i did it when i was picked on."

"you stabbed someone?" you ask in horror.

"no... but the threat worked well enough."

"okay well, i am a lot more likely to go to jail for that now than when you were a kid."

he sighs. "alright. but i won't be mad if i get a call from the school saying you kicked that boy in his balls."

"okay, dad! i'm going to sleep now." you back up, eyebrows raised.

dad's hardened eyes soften to amusement as he chuckles. "goodnight, baby girl. i love you."

"love you too, dad."

you shut the door behind you with a sigh.

you: got caught eavesdropping

you: gonna go to sleep before i get in more trouble

you: and before my dad suggests another torture method or weapon to use on gene

aph: your dad is so scary

aph: that seems like something he'd suggest

aph: and good night!

you: haha well he was just kidding

you: i think

©starhvney, 2024. please do not steal or repost my works as your own.

[moonlit-escape]

✩°｡⋆⸜🍀 ✮ Travis Mystreet headcanons !!

as of right now i'm literally in the travis s1 'fit. minus the green high-tops but i do have lime and avocado socks

5'8 (172.8cm)

irish / african-american (i wld edit the icon to my vision but man. whatever. albino travis ftw)

polysexual

trans man

for the lesbians (i'm pretty sure i'm the only one on board w this joke. anyway lesbian protector travis)

baby brother friend of the group (along w dante)

mostly just a silly little guy, so sometimes when he busts out the actual depth of his true emotional maturity it gives people whiplash

just an affectionate and touchy guy in general and likes to drape himself all over everybody. he has a list of specific positions he feels like resting in assigned to specific people

garroth is for lap naps, laurance is for hugs from behind (most of the time bc he wants to know what he's cooking. he has gotten scalded and scolded for it, he will not stop.), dante is just for leaning on in general, katelyn is for piggy back rides, aph is an armrest, vylad is for crushing with his entire body weight like a cat, kacey is also for crushing with his entire body weight but then getting violently kicked in the gut bc kacey flails when he can't breathe, aaron holds him like a princess and then flings him off when he wants to get up, he just fucking runs up to gene and jumps on him at any given moment with equal mixture violent retribution and friendly excitement

loves his friends like family as they're the only family he really feels like he has

he values family above all else, especially with how… unstable and absent his was growing up

is prone to act like a brat and throw tantrums when he's mad or annoyed because he hates being seriously angry. it's... terrifying being angry

favourite food is tacos not only because. well. they're tacos, but because the first day he met him, dante invited him over to his house and they had tacos for dinner

gene is actually his favourite cook (sorry laurance)

keeps in close touch with vylad and sends him snapchats aaaall the time. especially if he's hanging out w garroth

he mostly watches cute, funny, slice-of-life and magical girl animes. but, he also likes the dark ones like madoka magica, alien9, evangelion, and wonder egg priority

i actually. have a list of animes i think he wld watch.

has an anime girl figurine collection. a couple of them are miku bc they were gifts for dante, but dante already bought them for himself

has a nendoroid collection, too, but they're all anime boys. and it's smaller. but they're all really good ones

his manga shelf is filled with nothing but gl series and exactly one row full of berserk

the man loves avocados. avocado toast eatin ass

he has a habit of forgetting to bring his clothes into the bathroom when he takes a shower

whenever he has a shower and it's too cold for him in the house (nearly always), he wraps the towel around his chest, and holds it up by 2 fingers like 🤟

any time he walks out of the shower like that and runs into dante in the hall, the two stop. stare at each other. and he strikes a sailor moon pose and then they go about their business

[xyxofspades]

LAURCINDA ENJOYERRRR

i haven’t thought about laurcinda in ages…but they have honestly so much chemistry. specifically in mcd ofc. like the whole witch/sk double whammy combo?! also their sassy personalities?!!!!!!

YEAHHHH THEY JUST HAVE SUCH A DYNAMIC I CANT EXPLAIN IT

When Aph was out fumbling around the wolf tribe in her owl disguise he and Lucinda started talking across the jail cells. She’s one of the only women he’s ever met who could meet his banter and then exceed at it. What a woman. He’s never really had it thrown back in his face with such vigor and honestly? He’s here for it. It’s fun.

They both think they’ll more than likely never see each other again after they leave but later back in Phoenix Drop- what the hell is that rumbling and oh my god there’s a big tower here now what the hell? Lucinda????

Garroth goes to give her a stern talking to about doing…. Whatever it is she did but Laurence somehow convinces him to let him go talk to her instead. Laurence gives her a stern talking to of his own but the conversation naturally ends up into the two of them bantering again. (“You can’t park here.” “Park my tower?” “Yeah, you can’t park your tower here.” “So where can I park my… tower?”)

They hang out a lot after work. Either at the tavern or at the town square, sometimes the docks.

Laurence asks her about her magic one day while she has him helping her in her lab (which is really just him handing her stuff off the shelves). She replies with “What, no magic of your own?” fully able to feel Shad’s influence in his veins.

“Well it’s not mine.”

“Who’s to say?”

“What?”

“It was given to you. Who said it’s not yours now?”

That’s all they say for now, the rest of the evening spent in comfortable silence. They do talk about it again in more depth at a later date. Probably over drinks.

Lucinda tells him about the family that disowned her and how they rekindled their bond. Laurence tells her about the family he lost. Lucinda tells him about her past engagement. They both crack insane jokes at Zane’s expense now, not in Garroth’s presence, of course.

Oh also

Lucinda, left. Laurence, right

[devilboyinspace]

Info dump about my MYS and MCD ect. oc.

Okay so Romeo, in MCD he's a decendant of Irene like levin is, but in mystreet and PDH he's aphs cousin.

I don't know if he's from Zacks side or Sylvannas side yet, I'm leaning towards Zacks.

During high school he was a but of a social floater, he got along with everyone well enough that people didn't bother him.

He didn't really interact with aph alot in high-school until the last year mostly because during highschool he was moved around foster homes alot, he knew of her and knew they were family but he had it drilled in his head back then that his family didn't want him at all.

When he got to FCU he accidently became friendly with Blaze and Aaron, during this time Aaron and Blaze were young dad central so romeo babysat for them when they had to do stuff for Uni and he didn't have anything else to do.

Romeo had a small crush on Aaron for a week or so before realising aph was kinda in love with him, Aaron, it wasn't an actual crush Romeo gets him emotions and feelings for people confused sometimes.

He hangs around with the pups alot including Blaze and Maria.

I mentioned is a older post but he is a transman, he's pansexual and polyamorous.

From high school to mystreet he's done jobs here and there, from a bakery to a boring office worker, he mostly worked in high school to get his van.

Okay so his van, its a 1970 ford Econoline camper van, he wouldn't use it as a camper van tho, he's mostly use it to haul everyone everywhere.

In mystreet he lives with the pups plus blaze, blazes kid and Maria.

During the final year at FCU blaze and him started dating and then not long after maria moved in with him and the pups she also started dating him.

Anyway that's all I have atm that I can name of the top of my head, if you have any questions just ask!!

[lucindaspartnerrealandtrue]

This post was supposed to be made months ago. But. I may or may not have forgotten.

I do not know how this happened. Where this idea came from. But it happened. And now it exists. And I am sorry for how incoherent in may be at times, I really tried to articulate this post as much as I could. Yeah, so, basically, when Aph and the boys meet him for the first time our man's a pirate.

He didn't want to become a pirate, he always wished to become a guard, but after the incident, he didn't really have the possibility. Well. Actually. Let's take it from the start(<- using it as an excuse to rant about Dante in general.)

His main backstory remained kind of the same so feel free to skip a bit ahead until you see pink. Also just the heads up, cw for a slight mention of decapitation and minor(?) character death.

When he was little, he used to hang around his brother a LOT. Gene was his role model and everything he wished to become, after all. And why wouldn't he? His brother was great! Gene kind of had to take care of Dante because well. Their mother could do only so much as a single parent who had to work a LOT.

They weren't the wealthiest, so when he somehow gained the post of head guard(quite early in his life, quite suspicious, but not impossible) in Boboros, it really came in handy. Yeah, well, we all know this didn't last too long as Dante found out about Gene's plans regarding the Lord's daughter and ended up telling the guards, leading to Gene getting executed through decapitation.

Now.

After erasing everyone's memories of Dante,(and also murdering the Lord and his daughter) leaving the kid completely alone, Gene left for the Nether, as we know.

Dante tried to remain in the village at first. Because where could he possibly go? He was like. 10-11-ish at the time and quite literally didn't know anyone who could help him that wouldn't have been his mother or brother. And neither of them were an option anymore as it seems! The villagers weren't mean to him. They just didn't know who he was. And so assumed he was just an orphan. Somehow, that was even more cruel to him. Because all these people he knew, including his own MOTHER, just...didn't acknowledge the fact they've known him ever since he was a baby quite frankly(as it was a small village- so imagine everyone kind of knew everyone), and once cared for him.

Eventually, he made the decision to leave Boboros, as it seemed to be the best option for him, as there was nothing left here.

Maybe he'd end up somewhere in Bright Port, i'm thinking, and hang around the merchants that would come and go in, obviously, the port. He'd help around where he can, and in exchange, he'd get food/gold. Eventually, he ended up getting picked up by some nice people who gave him a place to stay and meals in exchange for him cleaning the ship sometimes!!

Yeah, those guys were pirates. It took him a bit to realise that, though. They didn't really fit the image he had in his head about them, you know? But again, he did hear of stories about them through Gene, and he was kind of second doubting everything that man ever told him at this point.

The idea of becoming a guard kind of died down to him, but the wish to help people did not.

I think as he got older, he did join the crew. As an. Actual pirate. Which yeah. Obviously. Pirate Dante!

His crew ended up on the frozen sea of Ru'an, the ship getting stuck in the ice. So they were forced to find a way to solve it while on foot. And then they got captured by the Eastern Wolf Tribe. And from there, again, it kind of happens what it happened in the canon. Dante manages to save Donna and gets her to the Southern Wolf Tribe.

And he decides to go back with Aphmau to save Logan, and also his crew.

They end up in Malachi's Castle, he meets Garroth and Laurance too eventually. I don't think they'd trust him too much at first.

They get imprisoned together. And I suppose they do get talking a bit, him and the boys while Aphmau is out transformed as a werewolf.

Andddd then he sticks around a bit too much because he ends up wanting to help them with the whole Pikoro missing lord situation.

He just wanted to be helpful!

The moment when Aphmau asks him if he'd like to come back with them, as a guard, takes place a few weeks later, perhaps even months(2 of them). Because no way this whole think took only a few days.

I think it would make more logic to ask him after MONTHS then DAYS if he wants to come with em. And he'd still have the same answer of course, which is that he'd think about it. Because, at the same time he wouldn't want to abandon the ship, but at the same time he's felt home with these three, even after still a very short period of time. He doesn't feel like abandoning what has been his home for like. A bit over 10 years for three people he just met but...

Okay. Okay. There is a whole arc that is very. Not completed in my head over here. And it takes a few more months in which. They bond. Ok? I'm not sure who i'm trying to convince over here. And after that, he does return with them three. Well. Four. Nicole's there, too!

The only moment that I have in my mind for this kind of completely non canon arc is Laurance realising that Dante is younger than him. He full heartily believed Dante was older. Perhaps the same age as Garroth? But definitely not younger than them.

And he comes back to Phoenix Drops. Not as a guard, though! That wasn't his intention. But he did get in that armour to help them with the war. And he did remain in it for 15 years.

Because he kind of felt like it was the least he could do for these people who offered him a home, a new stable one. And it was to protect them. Protect his new village and the people he loved. And, of course, wait for the ones who were stuck in the Irene dimension. Wait for Aphmau! Wait for Garroth! Wait for Laurance!

Look, the ship was cool and all but. To him!! It doesn't compare with an actual home in a safe place(like he had when he was young).

A few other concepts I have for this is that maybe Dante DID say that he was out of the guard academy at first and that he was a new guard because he thought that like that he'd be more trustworthy?

Nonetheless to say Aphmau didn't care about that, not before she found out and not afterwards. She was just slightly confused of why he felt the need to lie.

Laurance would make comments about how he doesn't have proper weapons, like in canon, or how he fights very differently. But things wouldn't really start making sense until later.

Garroth figured him out quite fast but didn't see it fit to say anything as they were kind of in the middle of something more important.

Also I think the idea of both Dante AND Laurance mentioning a man named Gene who just happened to be a shadow Knight but neither of them realise it's the same guy for a while a bit funny in a tragic way?

This idea is very silly to me in a /pos and I am not entirely sure WHAT I will do with it but here it is.

I think that's kind of all that I have to say at the moment? If anyone wants to add anything, feel free to do so.

Maybe I'll draw him soon...

[xerith-42]

@xyxofspades this is quickly becoming my fave analogy

Cinn and I are always playing on the evil metal slide that gets unreasonably hot and we use it to torture characters.

the slide of misery and agony

sometimes @aph-cronch comes running up the slide at full force with their little wooden vylad doll hanging out of his mouth like a chew toy

So I've been thinking about the Guard Oath

You know the one. The one that was put into effect the day after Laurance sacrificed himself. And then was promptly forgotten about?

Well uhhh...

It wasn't forgotten about

Laurance is uhhh... not going to forget about it

(shout out to @cinnamontoastcroonch for pushing me down the slide in the playground and making me write this)

[thatsamericano]

Now Alfred is carrying twelve presents downstairs at once to impress his boyfriend since I had to account for the presents from his school friends (Katya, Magnus, Tolys, Kiku, and Emma).

[ghostly-knight]

random mys headcanons that have nothing to do with anything (mostly garroth and laurance tbh)

Garroth doesn’t like carrots

Laurance can’t skate

kc/nana did roller derby

Laurance has a belly button piercing (cadenza did it one night in the middle of his grade 11 year bc they were bored)

no one knew about the piercing, including garroth, for a long time, and garroth found out first anyways

Garroth found out bc his shirt rode up or he was wearing a crop top (idk which) when they were hanging out outside of school one day

dante hates socks

zane loves them

nana likes toe socks

vylad doesng like shoes and would be barefoot all the time if he could be

aphmau HATES pants but wears them anyways

vylad did figure skating before he transitioned

travis did gymnastics

Laurance is like 5’9

Garroth is like 6’2 or 6’3

sometimes the higher difference flusters laurance even if it isn’t much

when aph is being feral garroth just picks her up and throws her over his shoulder like a sack of potatoes

laurance swears like a sailor

Laurance has heterchromia but i’ve already spread my propaganda about that

Laur and Gar went to prom together “as friends” but both were like ‘omg it’s like a date’

Garroth listens to pop-punk music (Zane showed it to him originally and he just ended up really liking it)

He also makes people playlists, but not of their music tastes, he makes them based on songs he likes that reminds him of them

Laurance got a CD for his birthday one year

Laurance smoked in highschool but quit early-mid university

Garroth and vylad LOVE spice

zane can’t handle it

nana likes spice too

aaron prefers sweets but gets hot sauce as gifts (he sneaks it into nanas cupboard)

aph has a full length mirror in her room bc she likes to sing and dance into it like she’s in a movie

Laurance did the rice purity test and got higher than everyone thought he would (other than garroth bc they’ve told each other everything since like grade ten)

Laurance has very feint freckles that you can only see when you’re very close to his face

Garroth loves his freckles

Laurance likes mug rootbeer

he can also do the thing where you take the bottlecap off using his shirt

garroth and laurance wait for each other after practice in highschool

zane and vylad go to every game garroth has that they can make it to because their parents don’t care enough to go (i’m a bad ro’meave parents truther)

zane has a shellfish allergy

vylad has celiacs

katelyn is lactose intolerant

katelyn is also v buff

garroth does ballet in his free time

aaron has a very big dog (like a newfoundland) and his name is rug

dante is epileptic bc i am and i said so

laur calls like everyone baby girl or something (he calls garroth baby boy sometimes and it makes him go beet red)

zane is a bluey enjoyer

i have so many more pls ask me about my random headcanons, i also have less random ones and ones that interlace but that’s for another post

[0lympian-c0uncil]

Aphrodite x Persephone headcanons please??

Cuddles. Lots and lots of cuddles.

Aphrodite loves to surprise Persephone by traveling down to the underworld sometimes.

Aphrodite loves to tease Persephone about how much taller she is than her. (About 5 inches)

Persephone steals, borrows Aphrodite's hoodies. 

It's weird for the goddess cause she's usually the one stealing hoodies.

The two love to lay naked together on Aphrodite's bed and just admire each other's bodies

Persephone loves to give neck kisses

Aphrodite carries Persephone around on her shoulders and back

Persephone is very busy most of the time so, lovely Aphrodite will caress, and kiss, Persephone, while begging her for attention.

Aphrodite cried for 15 minutes straight when Hades brought Persephone back from the underworld.

Persephone's favorite activity is to trace the vitiligo spots on Aphrodite's skin.

Minthe and Aphrodite love to hang up on Persephone and pepper the queen with kisses and compliments.

Speaking of Minthe, her Aph get along just fine.

The two love to watch horror movies together.

Manicure and Pedicure dates.

Squeezing Aphrodite's tits is a passion of Persephone's

The one time the two got in a big fight was with Adonis.

It was basically their first breakup

But after he died the two were able to forgive one another.

Extremely passionate sex

Hand holders

Goodbye and hello kisses.

Every time Aphrodite see's Hades she flips him off, for stealing her gf.

Persephone will kill anyone who insults the goddess of love

Aphrodite does Perse’s makeup and no one else is allowed to do it

Sleepovers (even tho they are grown gods)

Demeter approves of this relationship and literally started dancing when the two became a couple.

They love to go swimming with each other.

Aphrodite always tells Persephone about her dads (Pontus and Ouranos) , well mostly Pontus. And how she would always go swimming with him while in the ocean.

Persephone will tell Aphrodite about spending time with her siblings and mother. They love to exchange parent story's.

Falls asleep in Persephone’s secret garden together

[hetaothers]

@yeet-thin basically we were both referencing to canon but we differ in interpreting how the canon interaction is regarding aph russia and aph america.

You take it at face value bc they often bicker in canon = they dislike each other.

While I take they often bicker in canon + sometimes they got along in canon (playing game together, hanging out at cafe, and have a toast with vodka and coke) = they dont get along most of the time but sometimes they enjoy each others company.

And I take it further with historical facts that they used to get along in imperial russian era = they used to be friends or more, then cold war happened so now they are rival that sometimes hang out together bc they feel nostalgic of their old good memories.

But I digress, to each their own.

not to make anyone mad with my opinion, but ships where their whole dynamic is “omg they’re always fighting so they must want to fuck each other” are so fucking annoying i’m sorry

not to ship shame but like ,,,,,, if they hate each other it doesn’t mean they want to fuck each other, or they’re secretly in love 💀 like maybe they fr just hate each other bro

[lazyflan]

Can I request CanLiet (Aph Canada x Aph Lithuania)? Fanfiction

Matthew (Top) and Tolys (Bottom)

When they first met When America introduced his housekeeper to his brother Matthew what's in love it was love of first sight and it was same for Tolys

Matthew comes often to visit his America but mostly Tolys, Tolys doesn't mind Tolys actually enjoys Matthew companie and Matthew confess his feelings to Tolys and Tolys also confess his feelings too and they kissed, America was so happy for them

They where dating, they hang out together, they spend their time together

Next day Matthew and Tolys decided to make a Next move make love

Hi anon! Idk how the hell you got wind of me being back to the hetalia fandom bc I’ve been lurking and I was just planning on posting one of my drafts about hetalia sometime this month lol. (This ask also arrived before my desperate ask for help from yesterday lol)

Sadly I can’t pull a whole fic rn bc I’m on finals season until early December and I’m burnout as all hell.

But that doesn’t stop me from posting some small scenarios stuff >:D

This one is going to be centered on the fluff of the relationship, but feel free to drop by my inbox to ask for the spice ;)

-Alfred introduced them, but he wasn’t expecting that they would end up dating

-But in between the meeting and actually getting together, both Matthew and Tolys pined so much for each other that Alfred was ready to take matter into his own hands.

-Luckily he didn’t have to do much because Matthew confessed.

-Because Tolys is his housekeeper, Matthew is spending more time around his house.

-That wouldn’t bother him so much, but he constantly feels like a third wheel in his own house.

-So, he starts to drop hints that they should spend more time outside of his house.

-Matthew listens to Alfred and promptly takes Tolys out for dates.

-They try lots of different types of dates, but their favorite are coffee dates, both like sweet things so they try new pastries every time they go out.

-At first both where kind of shy in public, but in time they started to hold hands whenever they could.

-The same happened with kisses.

-It was actually Tolys that asked for a kiss, and Matthew thought it was the cutest thing ever.

-Matthew also loves giving surprise kisses to Tolys every time he can, because Tolys always gets flustered.

[m--rtyr]

Would Lilith be a daddy’s girl? And vice versa with Alina?

(MCD, but very heavily applies to MyS in the hypothetical ‘if Aaron was alive’ section)

Totally. Even if Lilith can’t properly remember Aaron, she always huffs about how she wants her dad to do things with her.

And if Aaron was alive, she would huff about wanting to do things with him still. Like he’d leave for a second and she’d already start going off about how she misses him. It’s cute, though.

Alina obviously loves her mother more than her dad.. since Aaron is dead and all.

But if he wasn’t, she would probably still prefer Aph. Just a teeny bit. Like she would rather cuddle up to Aaron and steal his shirts when she doesn’t have any clean pyjamas to wear to bed, but she just likes playing with Aphmau more, and she likes Aphmau’s stories too. That and also she would probably see quite a few of Aaron’s panic attacks, and whilst Lilith is really numb to them when she’s little, it makes Alina all panicky and upset too. So she can be a bit nervous when hanging out with her dad.

As grown ups/teens, they still have very similar feelings about their parents. Only, Lilith sort of tries to take up a role of carer for Aaron. She knows he’s got problems and she wants to make sure that they aren’t too much of a bother for him. She helps him out with his jobs in the village, dresses his wounds for until Aph can heal them and gets potions from Lucinda and Hailey if his nightmares get too bad.

Alina obviously does her part to look after Aaron too, but like, it’s harder for her to do the stuff that requires being near him when he’s in a bad state. Because just seeing him like that really has an affect of her. So she typically just cooks and does laundry. She’s still really close with him, steals his clothes, sometimes if she’s feeling stable enough herself she will cuddle him when he’s not feeling great to make him better. But it’s just hard for her.

And with Aphmau, (since she never would’ve given up the aphmau part of her soul if Aaron hadn’t died) Alina just really loves spending time with her and they do pretty much everything together. There’s a bit of iffy-ness between them since everyone always compares the two, but it doesn’t have too much of an impact on their relationship. They still hang out, do chores and stuff together.

[tormentum-ab-intra]

CW: starvation, heavy dehumanization/slavery, pet whump, ‘it’ as a pronoun in a dehumanizing sense, creepy/affectionate whumper, off-screen/heavily implied pseudo-cannibalism and therefore implied gore

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“Useless,” he groans. “Useless, Aph and Ish both!” He paces as he speaks, steps quick and agitated. “I gave them one simple task. Just the one! And yet --” As he stalks about the room, his contract’s head turns slowly to follow the sound of his voice, giving him its undivided attention. Its long, pointed ears press flat against its skull, its tail swishing in sharp, jerky movements as if sharing his irritation. “Honestly, pet, I don’t know what I’m going to do with them.”

The contract tilts its ears forward and cocks its head, just slightly. It’s a cute gesture, empty and meaningless though it may be.

With a sigh, Adiao sinks back down into his chair. “Come,” he says, sounding tired. Dutifully, his contract makes its way over on hands and knees, feeling blindly across the floor until it finds him. “At least you know how to follow directions.” Adiao cards his fingers through its hair absently. “Even if you are just a demon. I’m glad at least something around here works properly.”

The contract tips its head to lean against his knee. Its cuddly behavior earns it a smile, though it can’t see him. It’s beyond uncanny, the way it almost seems to have...feelings, sometimes. Adiao adores it immensely.

For a while, nothing more is said. Adiao mulls his predicament over in silence, and eventually stops petting the contract with a sigh. If he’d known those sellswords were going to be quite so terrible at their jobs, he’d have taken up the endeavor himself -- or better yet, sent his contract to do it for him.

“What do you suppose I should do?”

No response, only the contract nudging his hand with its head, nuzzling his palm as if to ask for more attention.

Obligingly, Adiao resumes petting its hair. “I’ve got half a mind to kill them both and be done with it,” he mutters, half to himself.

Ever-silent, the contract only shifts closer, settling comfortably between his feet.

“Right you are. I haven’t given you nearly enough of my time as of late, have I?” Adiao takes a moment to look his contract over, appraising. Its dark hair hangs to its shoulders, hiding its face -- or rather, hiding the blindfold and muzzle it always wears. “I suppose you’re about due for a trim,” he muses, wrapping a lock of its hair around his finger.

The contract doesn’t seem to care. It gives Adiao its full attention, but doesn’t react to his comments. It must be starving, there’s no way it isn’t, but it seems for all the world to be indifferent to its own condition.

His gaze drifts down to its rather prominent ribs, to the raised bumps down the length of its spine and tail. “And a meal, come to think of it.”

Wait.

Adiao stills, a grin spreading slowly across his face. “Why didn’t I think of that sooner?”

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“You wanted to see us?” Aph and Ish’s gazes keep drifting to the contract kneeling on the floor before darting away uncomfortably. In spite of their obvious curiosity, however, neither seems willing to bring it up.

“I did.” Adiao gives the sellsword pair a brief once-over. They aren’t very big, but he supposes they’ll do well enough. “I’ve one last job for you.”

“That’s...” Ish sounds uneasy. She’s heard many things about this place as of late, and none of them good. Seven have disappeared from the nearest town in the past week alone. All of them were last seen near this estate. She and Aph took the first job out of necessity, but suffice it to say, they aren’t keen on staying much longer.

The two of them exchange glances, and Aph crosses his arms. “Well -- so long as it’s quick. We have prior engagements elsewhere.”

“It will be,” Adiao says dismissively, unfastening the contract’s muzzle and pulling it away. “Won’t it, pet?”

The contract’s head swivels in Aph and Ish’s direction. Unsettled, Aph takes a step back, then another. Ish follows suit. For every step they take back the contract takes two steps forward, claws clicking against the floor.

“Go on,” Adiao encourages, prompting it to move faster. “Think you can handle them both? Or will eating so much at once give you a stomach ache?”

[mikaze-discord]

Quartet Night: Love letters

Annnnnd these are the love letters written for Quartet Night!!!

Please enjoy under the cut~

REIJI KOTOBUKI

From Anon:

I've always been drawn to characters with complex (and fairly dark) personalities, so liking Rei-chan was honestly inevitable for me.

He looks like a very bright and cheerful character at first, which he is, but sometimes that part of him is a little misleading because, in actuality, he's a character that holds a lot of negative feelings about himself due to a past that he can't seem to move on from. He holds a lot of those feelings to himself because he doesn't want to burden anyone else with them. He's a reliable, cunning, and ultimately selfless character that chooses to shoulder a lot on his own out of his infinite care for others, and perhaps a secret sense of atonement, all hidden behind his bright demeanor and goofy smile, and it's endlessly interesting to me.

Besides the duality of his personality, he has a lot of other endearing quirks to love about him. He loves his mom a lot and is a mama's boy. His old-man jargon and catchphrases never fail to amuse (I still can't get over the way he says "my girl"). His obsession with anything even remotely British is something my APH England phase can relate to. His style of music brings a lot of pleasant feelings of nostalgia for me, and his pretty voice suits them a lot. And most of all he's just a very good boy overall. I rate 99999 out of 10 would love and support him and also maybe pay for his therapy because god knows he needs it. Happy anniversary!!

From another anon: 

Would you like to hear a story? You do? Very well then, may this story be one you enjoy.

What do I like about Reiji kotobuki? A Lot of things actually!

Well, I've always really liked Reiji as a character as he seemed to be one of the more interesting characters to me, due to how complex he is with his backstory and general just personality.

I have always really enjoyed how Reiji just solves problems too? Like he is just such an outgoing person who deserves all the support!!!

Like the best word I can use for Reiji is just, unique. Everything about him is just so Reiji. From the way he talks, to his nicknames or even his texting style. Like have you seen how many people use emoticons when texting as Reiji? It's just so him.

I like his way of thinking too! I feel like some of the interactions in the games are just so interesting, just seeing Reiji’s point of view. How he deals with a sort of survivor’s guilt and all of that.

Personally, some of my most memorable roleplaying moments were watching a Reiji rper in action, like just seeing them interact and flow so seamlessly with the other characters was just so fascinating to wee baby rper me. Such a large part of playing Reiji is just how you flow with the people around you and comedic timing. I have so many funny moments where Reiji was just interacting with people and it was just so inspirational (?) like I couldn't stop the smile on my face. I had learnt alot from them. I still consider them my roleplaying senpai almost! I don't talk to them anymore but I really had an amazing time just seeing their spin on the character.

I don't find him to be a romantic partner towards me nor do I see any of the characters in that light, but I've always found Reiji as such a personal character. Not even just towards me, like even with other utapri stans. The most relatable character always seems to be Reiji.

I've always been pretty similar in many aspects to him and I often find myself relating to him in numerous ways like his vibe is just relatable! I have often found myself trying to make other people laugh and have fun that many times I'm spreading myself thin and feel unappreciated...Reiji really helped with that.

This is where i start getting into the really personal stuff LOL feel free to skip if you dont wanna hear the angsty backstory.

I had really come to love Reiji when I had just...hit a low. I had a group of friends who I enjoyed hanging out with and just talking to, but they weren't very good friends per say. I often had to schedule every activity we did and I spent days and nights trying to think of concepts that might be fun. They took it for granted.. I had spent 4 months trying to make a game for them, and they had constantly pushed back times that we would play it. Using excuses to not play it, without telling me out right what they did not like or even why. The site I used was later taken down without notice and thus I had lost all my progress. Later, they had mentioned how they would like to play it except that later ended up being two years later. I really wish I could've solved things with that friend group like Quartet Night did but that didn't happen. That is when I started seeing things Reiji’s way? Not to say that it was the same or similar scenario to Reiji but I had just associated it with him.

RANMARU KUROSAKI

From Anon:

Ran is such a fun character! He sounds like a "rough outside, soft inside" kind of character, but his roughness is more like an integral part of him and it's through it that he shows he cares rather than setting it aside. That's what made me want to rp him. I also like how he is such a strong guy who's always determined to do his best in everything he does despite so much having gone wrong in his past. And it's very satisfying to see him form bonds and start to trust people.

From @mikaze-san:

Originally, my favourite Utapri boy was Ai, and it had been the robot boy for several years upon entering the fandom. In fact, it only switched to Ranmaru sometime late last year but regardless, I would still die for this man. Part of the reason why I switched is because I’ve always been a fan of Suzuki Tatsuhisa and I have a huge bias towards any man who wears nail polish without fearing being “feminine” because fuck gender roles.

As someone who studies fashion, I think Ranmaru is very coordinated and confident when it comes to portraying himself that way. He knows he’s not very good at expressing his emotions and utilises his passion for rock and playing the bass to portray those feelings through his songs. It’s also incredibly inspiring to know that he bounces back from pretty much anything considering his backstory and the stuff he deals with in the game/anime.

But my main reason for loving Ranmaru so much stems from the fact that I admire him a lot and want to be more like him. For a long time last year, I got to roleplay as Ranmaru in a few Utapri groups and through those experiences, I gained a better understanding and appreciation of the characters that I wrote for. In some weird way, by highlighting his flaws, character progression and how he dealt with different emotions, I ended up providing insight into how I dealt with similar issues by looking at them from a 3rd person perspective.

I used to be very shy and was very shut off from friends and family, and due to this I’ve always admired people in my life or fictional characters that are so confident in being who they are. Ranmaru particularly struck that chord in me because his bluntness knows no end. He’s very opinionated and doesn’t fear confrontation, in most cases being the one to provoke it. He speaks his mind openly without being overly anxious of the consequences. This is something that I feel is especially relevant today with being your authentic/unapologetic self is such a trend.

It’s something I’ve also noticed with having met people in or outside of this fandom, the notion of idolising a fictional character containing traits that we want to see in ourselves. Which made me think about a lot of my favourite kinds of characters which at the end of the day all boil down to sharing one similar trait: Being a bitch.

And in Utapri, Ranmaru embodies that. So naturally it’s very easy for me to idolise him.

(Tldr: I like his bitchy attitude.)

AI MIKAZE 

From Arashi:

It's hard to put into words why I love Ai Mikaze, perhaps it's because I'm subconsciously drawn to him, maybe it's because his hair and eyes are my favorite color, maybe it's because his voice is that of an angels, there are many reasons why I love him. I couldn't tell you a definite, "These one or two reasons are the entire reason I love him", but I'll try to sum it up.

I grew to love him by admiring his personality, his smile, his determination to reach his goals, everything about him made me happy. He's strict and a little scary at times, but when he sees people caring for him, he becomes happy and in a way, sentimental. He's not sure how to explain the way he feels, but he tries. I think I admire how he holds all the little things precious to his heart as he learns about them, and he wants to understand how to care for others and how they care for them in return. Even after six years, he still remains the most dear to me. I think that he now has a sentimental value to me, because even if I 'loved' another character more for a while, I will always come back to Ai. Ai deserves the world, and I'd give it to him if I could. He'll always be special to me, and I think that he very much deserves that.

From Maronda: 

My love for Ai started after I found Shining Live by chance and started to play. At first I wasn't particularly attached to any of the characters and decided to go back and watch the anime to maybe remember some context other than who Starish was. When I got to the episode focused on Ai and his "secret" I was absolutely thrown off by it all. I ended up feeling like I had so many questions and I knew that the anime would give me little to no answers, so I frequently turned to rambling on the internet about it. Eventually, this fixation on weird things about him seemed to turn into a clear fondness for him, and friends made me realize just how much I liked him. Knowing the cold and often strange aspects of his personality was due to something out of his control was something I resonated with as someone on the autism spectrum. He reminded me of some of the ways I used to think and behave.

I also began to notice other things I loved about him. Things like how soothing I found his voice, the pleasant shade of light blue in his hair and eyes, how ridiculously pretty he is... but the best things are the endearing parts of his personality. Though he's somewhat harsh, he's still entirely genuine. His curiosity is absolutely precious and his occasional awkwardness in expressing emotion or understanding the emotions of others made me empathize with him. And if you look at the Ai in Shining Live and compare it to the Ai in the anime and games... he really has changed a lot and grown as a person. He now seems so much gentler and understanding, and he clearly values the friendships he has now too! I think he's a wonderful character and ever since friends of mine encouraged me to selfship I've essentially been in love with him, but it also makes me happy to see other people appreciate him for other reasons as well. He's just so lovable!

CAMUS

From @uta-no-fakku-sama:

At the very beginning of my UtaPri interest, Camus never really caught my attention. That is until he became my first My Only Prince UR. I’ve come to appreciate him a lot more ever since, and now he’s become my favorite QUARTET NIGHT member! Along the way, I learned more about him and realized he’s one of the more complicated characters to understand. Nonetheless, I absolutely adore him. I tend to tease and make fun of him a lot, but deep down I truly do like him a whole bunch!

From @/waddamaloooon on twt: 

A little Camus appreciation post

(alternatively known as; how this guy managed to harshly take my heart and step on it like the gumin I am.)

Hello, this is Suikamaru, here to share a tiny story of why I, and eventually you, love Camus Rondo Cryzard.

At first glance, his looks appealed to me, but not his behavior (and ironically enough, his voice) so I didn't bat an eye on him. I've always been on a neutral leaning to dislike opinion on Camus, which is quite understandable because have you SEEN the way he acts. Unfathomable.

…..To a Young Suikamaru, that is.

I've grown, so naturally I've changed preferences regarding characters, ikemen, and who to stan and who to avoid like the plague. I will lie if I said that I expected to like that blonde confectionery devouring machine at any point of my life.

But it did happen so who are we fooling here.

It dawned on me that Camus is the type of character that you cannot appreciate unless you go in depth into his lore, backstory, and see him for who he really is. Because then everything else will make sense. And that never happened in my case until I started roleplaying as him.

I realized that he's not just a two faced, sweet toothed mean man. He's a perfectionist, someone who's always been raised since his childhood days to be nothing less than complete, who has locked on his heart and emotions to devote himself completely to the purpose given to him. He has the looks and brains for what though? He should be a little stupid honestly.

But his intelligence gave him the complexity that he just needed for his characteristics. Because as aforementioned, he's not someone to easily like or fall in love with. And I think that's quite rare in characters, and very much appreciated due to the fact it gives the fans a chance to not actually stay on a flat level of knowledge regarding their favorite characters.

I've slowly started to see myself in some aspects of him, which was the number one factor of liking him. Then came the Maeno magic when I realized Camus shares the same VA as another character that I love as well. (Hamelin, from SinoAlice.) From then, everything went downhill.

In a good way. I think..

Well, that is all from me, please read about this handsome man and appreciate his hard work both as an individual and as an idol. There is SO much to him that's p much overlooked and I'm getting broke from spending my money on his living expenses rent free in my head. Take him off my head.