#can ya... can ya tell i had no plan for the bg

[tealfling]

I'm completely frantic about those two.

Honey is mine/ Rackal belongs to @barbwillbrb

So if you wanna see me gnaw on the bars of my enclosure about them:

Because I no longer be normal about them:

Look how compatible they ARE!?!!

Their stamina?? These two probably need a 3rd to remind them breaks are a thing and hydration is important. (maybe someone strong enough to pull them apart) (and I thought Syvaris and Dwylla were inseparable)

Honey is from a little druidic commune not too far from the Wood of Sharp Teeth (SW of BG). She was raised by her mother's polycule along with her older brother Eno (short for Enoki).

Rackal is from Baldur's Gate. In their Au, he is a werewolf. You know what about Wood of Sharp Teeth:

"Former Grand Duke Valarken was rumored to live there after his failed coup in Baldur's Gate. He and his lycanthrope followers were trying to rebuild Vehlarr. The forest is home to satyrs, dryads, and a small number of werewolves, and some believe wolfweres also dwelt within."

Honey has a bright, and bubbly with a disarmingly charming personality. She's also a shameless flirt. Honey is loyal, fearlessly brave, and naturally protective. Her strong personality becomes ferociously defensive in the face of danger and she refuses to back down from a fight if she thinks she can keep others out of danger. That's why her wild shape is a badger 🦡 for their fierce, tough, strong, and fearless nature. Honey badger don't care how big the predator is, Honey Badger says Fuck around and find out. Which is why Honey is more attracted to larger partners.

And Rackal is attracted to what?

Rackal was also planned as a 'Rolan' <- tiefling romance.

but his first canon love was his barbarian childhood friend, Meirin <-also a tiefling

And Honey is a ya guess it a tiefling!!

See a pattern??? Someone has a type.

Also, Honey immediately being thirsty:

He was so tall she had to crane her neck to look up at him. “Did they give you a name with all those rippling pectorals or do you just want me to call you Big Guy all night?” she smirked. Never once had she not flirted with a man like him, and she wasn’t going to stop now. Even if he was a werewolf. Actually, that thought was pretty exciting. What’s a little harmless flirting between two strangers in the woods? “You can call me, Honey.” Her tail flicked around her.

Took less than 5 mins for her to turn him into a blushing fool.

10 minutes for her to be down bad:

She giggled at his wizard joke. He was funny, too. Gods what she wouldn’t give to have him throw her up against a wall.

And in 15 she started short circuiting his brain:

Rackal’s color deepened at the sight of her, dressed so comfortably, with neither her shirt or shorts leaving anything to the imagination. Honey was all plush, rolling curves, from her full breasts and wide hips; she looked so, so very soft. Heat crept up the back of his neck, his pulse ringing in his ears; he cast his gaze away, suddenly finding the floor utterly fascinating.

 Rackal froze– was that a bow just above her tail? Yes, it was– resting above a pair of shorts that barely covered her rear. 

Live reaction of Rackal starting to pray to the gods:

The immediate chemistry and tension between them was too much to say no to. They went from 0-100 so fast.

 There was something innately soft about Rackal that Honey wanted to cradle in her hands. To hold. To have. To protect. They might have only met by chance, but she could already tell she would go to the ends of the world for him. And all he had to do was ask. 

She was sweet and kind and good. She would ruin him, consume him, leave him needing and wanting and begging… and he would thank her for it. 

They're one "I love you" from dispersing into atoms and reforming into Fated Mates.

But let's roll it back to his first love:

Like how beautiful?!?!?

and the juxtaposition between Meirin the friend that grew to slow, gentle, easy love? And Honey, the stranger that he crashed into that sparked an instant fierce connection they found themselves swept up in?!

I an unwell about them

[hyperchronic]

I absolutely fell in lOVE with the Tostarenan folk in Super Mario Odyssey!  Their designs are so adorable hhHHH ヽ(◕ヮ◕)ﾉ (also happy halloween p f f t )

[knight-queen]

Lunatic Parade Laito Sakamaki– (Chapter 4)

Place: ??? (BG black)

Yui: Nnh….

(Somehow my body feels heavy...plus I’m having a headache…)

(But I must gotta get up now…)

*Screen’s back*

Laito: Ah, bitch-chan. You wake up? Good morning ~ ♪

Yui: Laito kun. You were awake huh.

Laito: Mhm, it’s been pretty while.

I’ve been thoroughly staring at your face like this.

While thinking that yesterday many things happened plus we had fun too, you know?

Yui: Kh...you’re really unbelievable…

*Laito backs off*

Laito: Well then, we shall get up and take preparations right away.

Yui: ...You’re right.

(It’s not like I can’t stand my current physical condition, so I’m fine.)

(Above that, I gotta get ready quickly…)

Place: 地下回廊 / Underground Corridor

Laito: Tell me, Bitch chan. Even though we get the mineral, but…

That‘s gonna be a secret to that boy, okay?

Yui: Eh, but why…

(That boy was the one who gave us a hint…)

Laito: It’s ‘cuz we still entirely don’t know what’s that boy’s true intentions.

We don’t have any reason to become nice this far, don’t we?

Yui: ...Well…

???: You were able to get that mineral?

Yui: (Kh...This voice…)

Laito: Ohh, it’s you. Who knows, you better take a guess?

Young vampire boy: Hmm— You’re not gonna tell me huh.

Laito: Nfu, you got the point ♪

Yui: ...Tell me, why are you willing to enter the Earl’s castle?

Young vampire boy: Eh? Umm, well…

He had stolen one of my precious things. I want to take that back from him.

Yui: ...A precious thing?

Laito: Heeh, it’s a coincidence because it’s the same case for us as well. ...So? What did he steal?

Young vampire boy: ...That’s...I can’t tell you…

Laito: ...Oh I see. Well then, we’re not gonna一

Yui: ...Did anything happen?

Young vampire boy: ……

Yui: (He’s looking down…)

*Laito holds her hand*

Laito: Hey, bitch chan. It’s enough already, isn’t it? We don’t need…

Yui: Listen Laito kun. Can’t we take this boy with us…?

Young vampire boy: Khh….!

Laito: Kh...Why are you saying these now? I told you before, didn’t I?

It’s the boy who doesn’t even wanna share with us if we ask his circumstances.

If that’s the case, then why do we have to go that far for him?

Yui: It’s because...we can’t leave him behind.

He’s facing troubles for getting something stolen, just like me一一kh!?

*Screen vibrates* 

Yui: (...It’s getting dizzy....)

Laito: Wh...Yui chan!?

*Laito holds Yui closer*

Young vampire boy: Kh...big sis! You okay? What’s wrong so suddenly?

Yui: To say the truth...this morning I was a little…

(...No way...I am getting faint…)

(...It means I’m gonna drag Laito kun into trouble once more…)

Laito: Haah...So you caught a cold because of that yesterday huh?

Oh, it can’t be helped. We should go back to the hotel for now and…

*The boy holds Laito*

Young vampire boy: Kh...hold it for a sec’!

Laito: Haa? But why? This girl is sick so that’s the only option, right?

For starters, it’s none of your businesses to stick your nose in our plans or whatever, yes? So, let go of my hand at once?

*Take back his hand*

Young vampire boy: Kh...no way it’ll be allowed!

Hey everyone! Hurry up and capture these guys!

Yui: (...Everyone…?)

Young vampire boy A: Oi, hand over this woman to us!

Young vampire boy B: You gotta face me duh!

*Laito backs off*

Laito: ...Heeh, you have had so many companions huh.

What do you wanna do to bitch chan by making your friends deal with me?

Kh…!

*Punch*

Young vampire boy C: You keep your mouth shut!

*Punch 2 times*

Laito: Kch…

Yui: Laito kun…! No, stop, you can’t be so violent…!

*Holds her*

Young vampire boy: Fufu, rest assured. I won't be violent on you…

Instead of that big-brother, it’ll be a better match if you’re with me... 

Yui: Kh…!

Young vampire boy: You all, I’ll leave the rest on you.

Young vampire boy A: Okkey! Count on us!

Laito: Kh...Wait up! Where’re you taking that girl...eekk…!

*Punch*

Young vampire boy: Fufu, it doesn’t matter right? Till next time, big-brother…

Yui: Laito...kun…

*BG black*

Yui: (...I’ve no strength left…)

*After a moment*

Yui: Kh…

(Hm…? What’s this cold thing…)

*Screen back*

Place: Underpass, the boy’s hideout / 地下道内少年のアジト

Yui: (Kh...my hands-legs are chained…!?)

Laito: ...You’re awake? Bitch chan…

Yui: gh...Laito kun…!

(It’s the boy’s hideout where we came before…)

Laito: Oh damn, we really had to face great troubles…

I told you earlier right? ...it’s a loss to trust unknown persons.

Yui: Laito kun...you okay? That’s...he hit you a lot…

Laito: Don’t worry. I'm a vampire at the end.

But as you see, it’ll be pretty difficult to escape if we’re chained up like this.

...More importantly, he had also snatched away the mineral.

Yui: No way…

*Door opens*

Young vampire boy: Heeh, you already got conscious huh? You two are unexpectedly strong.

Yui: Kh...you are…

It’s terrible...why are you doing such things…?

Young vampire boy: ‘Why,’ you asked….It’s because you haven’t listened to what I said at all.

You were trying to hide that you got the mineral, no?

Yui: ...That’s…

Please remove these chains. It will be okay if you just release Laito kun…

We will hand over that gem to you. That’s why let go of Laito kun.

Laito: Kh...Bitch chan!

Young vampire boy: Hmmm, you’re treasuring big brother this much huh…

...Alright though? I can free him just as you said.

Yui: You mean it…?

Young vampire boy: But you know, there’s one more condition. That is…

*Holds her hand*

You have to become mine…

Yui: Eh…

Laito: Ggh…!

Young vampire boy: Heh, to begin with, I think it’s a mismatch for you and this big brother as a couple.

For a person like this big sis who’s beautiful and kind to everyone…

一engaging with a man like this big brother who lies too much and doubts everyone, I don’t get it at all.

For this, break up with such a boy right now, and be my girl.

Yui: ...No way…

Laito: Hmm, you’re admitting it after all huh. Despite me being a liar and not trusting people, you entrusted the missions to…

Young vampire boy: Ngh...shut up!

Tell me big sis, what’ll you decide?

Whatever your answer is...if you don’t become mine then…

I’ll throw away this boy at the basin of that volcano.

Yui: Ngh....!

Young vampire boy: ‘Cuz you don’t need him right? This useless garrulous or something…

Yui: You’re completely wrong!

Young vampire boy: kh…

Yui: Laito kun is not a useless garrulous.

Certainly he don’t trust unknown people so easily,

And it’s sometimes they find it difficult to understand his considerations. 

However…I do understand him. He had always been filling his head with many other thoughts.

Moreover, he was looking for the best techniques for my sake...

...and always sympathized with me...and I can clearly feel it...

Young vampire boy: ………

Yui: ...Another thing’s that, I am not a very amazing one as you’re thinking of.

I often make moves without consulting, and perhaps I have many disobedient sides I think…

But even though Laito kun is aware of my bad sides, he is still letting me be with him. That’s why…

(That’s why I like him…)

Young vampire boy: ...What are these. For a while you're just…

You mean this guy is outstanding than me…?

Laito: You should know that it’s not something related to victory or defeat…

I wonder if you can’t turn this girl by your side anymore? ...Such a poor thing, Nfu.

Young vampire boy: Gh...I can’t talk with you more than this! Do whatever you want!

*Goes away*

Laito: ...Haah. Can’t talk with you more than this...this was my line…

This is why companying a bossy kid is tiresome….But…

Yui chan...I’ve come to know that you were thinking about me that way…

....Thanks to this outcome for that, I guess?

Yui: ...Laito kun…

*Chaining sound*

Laito: Then, shall we do whatever we want as he said.

First of all, would you mind unchaining me with the key that he had thrown off?

Yui: Mhm, got ya’...!

*After he is released*

Laito: Hmm, oh my. Finally I’m free huh…

By the way, how’s your condition? Looked like you had a fever…

Yui: Ah…

(I completely forgot while I was obsessed with explaining that boy…)

(I think we’ve lost a huge amount of time...perhaps I got back to normal as the time passed…)

(Maybe as that boy said, I got so much strength…)

Laito: Fufu, can I say you will be fine in this state?

Yui: Yes, I am alright.

Laito: That’s good. Then we shall get go for taking back the mineral.

Yui: (...The mineral…)

Laito: Alright then…

Yui: ...Wait, Laito kun. I have something to say about that.

Laito: ...Something to say? What is it?

Yui: Aren’t we gonna leave this place for now?

Laito: …? I don’t mind though?

Yui: (I’ve finally understood the point after clarifying my feelings…)

(What’s the most important to me…)

(That’ll probably be…)

Place: Glimmer Main Street / グリン��ーストリート表通り

Laito: You’re gonna give up on getting back your heart? ...What are you trying to say exactly?

Yui: You’ve heard it right.

...For this, there's a possibility for my lifespan to become shorter…

...But for having a temporary kleinod inside me doesn’t mean that I’ll die right now, am I wrong?

Plus, if I get my heart back, all it’s gonna do is to just turn me back into a human.

Unlike vampires, it’s not like I will be able to live forever…

Laito: ……

Yui: I got it. As I thought, you are the most precious to me.

Plus, I’ll hate to see if you are experiencing very dangerous things for these....

Since I have a limited lifetime, I want to cherish the time I can be with you.

...So, from now I don’t want to stop fussing over to get back my heart.

...By thinking these, I think it’ll mean opposing you…

Laito: ...Haah, certainly these days, you are opposing me a little…

Yui: ...I am sorry.

(Even though I have been companying with him this far…)

Laito: I always think you are very important to me, you know?

No matter how long’s your life-span, even it’s for one day, if there’s a way to live with you for a long time,

It’s very normal that I’d manage something about that right?

Yui: Ngh…

Laito: But it’s not that I don’t get what you meant…

And also you said that, yes? In front of that boy…

But even though I’m aware of your disobedient or bad sides, I am still letting you be with me….

Yui: (Oh…)

Laito: Then, as long you acknowledge it, then I can’t help it but to respect your opinions.

Yui: Laito kun…

Laito: So it’s decided then, okay?

Yui: Yes…!

Laito: Now that our intention is also settled, what shall we do now.

In passing, today is the parade’s last day, ya’know?

Yui: (Parade...oh that’s right…)

(I wanna extremely much enjoy the time we’re together...then…)

….Today is the last day, so what about enjoying the parade? ...With two of us together.

Laito: I know right. We gotta have fun! Then firstly...一

Place: Saint Honoré Park Street / サントノレパーク通り

Laito: Haah, the haunted house....it was so cool right...I ended up feeling chilly…

→ Selection

...I wonder? / ...そうかな? (+Correct)

Certainly… / 確かに...

Yui: (...I wonder…? That being said, Laito kun seemed like that was very easy for him...)

Laito: As if like, you were clinging onto me to show off the ghosts...

It was so unbearable arousing that I even started shivering! Haa~...

Yui: (That is…!?)

Laito: ...Then what shall we do next? Since we have gone through all the attractive things…

What about going to the spa around here?

Yui: Spa…?

Laito: Seems like we got sweat for bustling around this park like a crazy.

I can tell that the spa is over there. It’s at the Onyx Tower.

We can also watch the finale of the parade from there, yes?

Yui: Yeah, I see. Then let’s go there.

Place: スパ / Spa

Laito: Neh, Bitch chan? What’re you doing in that corner? Come over here.

Yui: Th- that’s because…!

(I didn’t even hear of any same gender-bathing…!)

Laito: Nfu, it can’t be helped. ...Here I come.

*Laito comes closer*

Yui: Kyaa!

Laito: Nfu. It’s fine...now

Yui: La- Laito kun…!

(He is close…!)

Laito: Eh~? No need to hold back. You were the one who said to enjoy the times when we are together.

Then it will be pointless if we don’t stick with each other, isn’t it?

Yui: You got a point but…!

Laito: I wonder if that boy has entered the caste using that mineral…

Yui: ...Yes…

Laito: It’ll be disappointing if he doesn’t enter. We had so many difficulties to get that mineral in our hands.

Yui: Fufu, you’re right.

Laito: And guess what, that situation of abusements while we were tidied up with chains was…

...It was a little exciting. 

I’m thinking about role playing those moments this time.

Of course with you okay? Nfu♪

Yui: Eeeh…!?

Laito: Yep, yep, I almost forgot about our everyday-list. I’m gonna add this too.

If it would be you instead of that boy to look down on me at that situation…

Aaa~! I can’t help it just by predicting!

Yui: (...If it’s Laito kun then, then every situation is okay for him…)

Laito: Anyways, we should get prepared for watching the finale.

Yui: (...It’s time already. I didn’t even realize…)

Laito: But if you want to rush into the rest of the time having fun with me like this, then…

I don’t mind cancelling the plans of watching the finale. Nh…*kiss*

Yui: Kyaa…!

Laito: I ended up being in the mood to do this because of thinking so many reckless things….nnh…*muwah*

Yui: La- Laito kun…! Don’t do it in such a place…!

Laito: Eeeh? But isn’t this place so perfect for this?

Yui: N- no!

Laito: Haah...you’re refusing again huh. Well, it’s fine. I’ll continue it after we go back to the hotel.

But as a penalty for this, tonight, I’m really gonna do more amazing things, okay?

Yui: (Kh...Honestly, he doesn’t have any carelessness or weak-spots as he said these…!)

Place: Onyx Tower, Inside Hall / オーニュクスタクー内部ホール

Laito: Bitch chan! This way, this way! Hurry up~!

Yui: Laito kun, hold on…!

Laito: There’re a lot of customers who are visiting the finale.

Yui: By the way, what do they do in the finale?

Laito: Huh? I haven’t told you yet?

Everyone flies lanterns all at once from downtown.

Various lanterns of illuminating colors are gonna fly up from different places, and it’s so beautiful.

Since we won’t get to see this everyday, so I wanted to show you.

Yui: Heeh…

(I’ll look forward to it…)

???: You two over there. Please wait for a second.

Yui: Eh…?

Laito: ...Where is this voice coming from…?

*Normal crowd noises*

Yui: (...Could it be that only two of us can hear it…?)

???: My name is Walter.

Laito: Kh...Walter you say...Earl Walter…!?

Earl Walter: That’s right.

These few days I have been observing your actions one by one. Every single one, even the thing that you gave up on taking back your heart...

Laito: Haah...observing one by one means you got bad habits. Seriously, you’re being like someone from somewhere.

Then we no need to say anymore than this. We stopped thinking about her heart already.

That’s why can you stop dragging us into troublesome things?

Earl Walter: ...Fufu...Hahaha!

Laito: Kh...What’s so hilarious?

Earl Walter: Tell me young lady. Are you really okay with this decision?

Yui: ...No problem at all. It’s what Laito kun and I ended up making a conclusion…

Earl Walter: ....Fufu, oh yes. I see…

You two are far beyond stupid than I had imagined…

Laito: You’re spitting out pretty bold things...Not to mention that you’re not even showing your appearance.

Earl Walter: Hmph, but however...may be it’s also a truth in one kind of view.

Yui: ...What do you mean exactly?

Earl Walter: Well, do you know the reason that I took away your heart, lady?

Yui: ...The reason, that’s…

(I have no clue at all…)

Earl Walter: You know, the precious treasure that you were possessing...that is your heart…

I wanted to taste whether you’re worthy to have that treasure with you or not.

Yui: Eh…

Earl Walter: Thus, I put you into many trials and watched over your situations, but…

But I didn’t really expect to reach this conclusion…

Laito: Haah...our apologies that we couldn’t work out as your expectations but, we already decided. So leave us alone.

Earl Walter: ...Ofcourse I will.

However, just moving according to the plot isn’t everything. In short, it is great if you understand the point.

Alright then. I shall give your heart back.

Yui: Eh…!

Earl Walter: From now on, make me look forward with innovative strength and strong mutual feelings that you two have. Fufu…

*White flash*

Yui: Kh…!

*BG white*

Yui: (It’s dazzling…! What on the Earth is going on…!?)

(Kh...Earl Walter has…)

(...Could it be…)

Laito: Kh...Yui chan…!

*BG Fades to CG*

Yui: ...Laito kun…

Laito: Gh...You okay?

Yui: ...I am good. More than that...I think I…

Kh...Laito kun please, suck my blood right now!

Laito: Eeh? Right here?

Yui: Yes! Right now!

(This sensation...it’s no mistake. I’m sure, in my chest I can feel the…)

Laito: Nfu, I can’t hold back since you’re inviting me like this~

But you know, I can already understand just by hugging you like this.

...It’s alright. You’ve gotten that back inside you.

...You heart, right?

Yui: …!

(I really get back my heart…!)

Laito: Nevertheless, that Earl who puts others in troubles is really unbelievable…

That heart belongs to you in the first place,

Weather we’re worthy to have this heart or whatever, I don’t care about that either way now.

...But it comes out good right? For this, I can spend time with you gorgeously

Without having too many thoughts or worries, right? Nfu ♪

Yui: Laito kun…

Laito: Oh, well then Yui chan. Raise up your face?

Yui: Eh…?

Laito: It’s the finale of the parade, plus you get your heart back. Since we’re having just pleasure and pleasures... 

So let’s kiss as a present for this celebration...nnh…*kiss*

*Fades to CG (2)*

Yui: Nh…*Kisses back*

(...You’re right. To us, these are full of pleasures and pleasures.)

(From here on, I’ll be able to live with Laito kun…)

(With two of us, together…)

一 The END of Chapter O 4

[fandomscombine]

The Only Distraction to Quidditch

BG: Never before has Oliver Wood been distracted during a quidditch match.

I spent a longer time daydreaming of this scenario than actually writing this.

Being in quarantine could be quite lonely so here’s me trying to fill in the gap and emotional need by writing a cute fluffy Oliver Wood x reader fic! Hope you enjoy it! Stay safe, stay indoors and of course stay healthy!

Wow also this ended up with a lot of Weasley Twins wingmen power moments so enjoy! So basically this fic are for the underrated gems of Oliver Wood and Fred & George Weasley!

~Also tell me if you guys wanna fic written around their summer! kinda like a prologue/ background piece. Or even a part 2!~

Word Count: 1662

12 April 2020,1am

>>MASTERLIST<<

You are a very shy and quiet student in Hogwarts. Sure, you get along well with all the other students, but you haven’t really found a clique for yourself. Yeah you could try harder, but you just don’t want to change yourself just to fit in. You simply can’t wrap around your mind how people can make small talk and leave it as that, jumping from one person to another without connecting more deeply. You’re definitely an introvert living in an extroverted world. Don’t get it wrong, you still love going on spontaneous adventures and having fun but not many people still that side of you, you tend to be reserved but when you’re by yourself, with a close group of people or in an environment where you don’t feel judged, your uniqueness shines through and your heart in on your sleeves.

Saturdays are normally spent in the Ravenclaw common room curled up on one of the couches with a book. This time however you are on your way to the quidditch pitch for the fist ever match of the year, Gryffindor versus Slytherin. This is also the first ever match that your best friend, and lately turn crush (damn you summer holidays!), Oliver Wood.

You plan to make a quick detour to the Gryffindor tent, you’re almost to the door when suddenly-

You yelp, feeling strong arms wrapping you in place.

‘Got ya!’ whispered someone in your right ear.

Turning around, coming face to the face with the beautiful boy you’ve come to be fond of, in the more than a friend kinda way.

‘Ollie!’ meeting his eyes, the eyes you’ve seen all summer, every day without fail and surprisingly you didn’t grow tired of.

‘Heyya y/n. What brings a pretty Ravenclaw like you here?’ He hugs you closer ‘Could it be a special someone…. Like me?’ raising one of his brows.

You can feel your check heat up and you shake you head in hopes to cool them down before that get any redder. ‘You wish Wood.’ You countered.

‘Wood?’ Putting a hand to his chest. ‘Ouch love that hurts.’

‘I’m here for the new quidditch captain actually…Have you seen him?’ you say, putting on an innocent curious face.

‘Ohhh you are a real tosser y/n!’ playfully hitting your shoulder.

’10 minutes til game starts’ announces Lee Jordan through the speaker.

‘I guess that’s my cue to go find a seat’ you gestured to Oliver.

Oliver’s smile falters a little.

‘But for reals tho, I came to wish you good luck captain’ you look at him sincerely, putting your hand on his shoulder. ‘I know you’ll do great.’

‘Thanks.’ And just like that his smile is back. ‘I’ll look for you in the stands okay?’

‘Okay, I’ll be there cheering you on.’

-------------------------------------------------------

‘Gryffindor to Slytherin, 80-20’ Lee shouts.

It’s already been 30 minutes into the match and Gryffindor is in the lead, Oliver Wood being this his first game ever as captain should be happy right? Yes and no not really as there is one girl stuck in his mind. She promised that she would be in the stands, but every time Oliver manages to divert his attention to the Ravenclaw stands, he just couldn’t find her.

‘where are you y/n?’ he mumbles to himself. It’s fifth time scanning the seats but again he couldn’t find her.

What Oliver didn’t notice was that a bludger was headed his way.

‘Oi Oliver look out!’ warned Fred.

Oliver turned but the bludger was getting closers faster than he wanted. Thankfully George swooped in and batted it out of the way.

‘You alright mate? You seem distant.’ George noted.

‘Yea umm no actually, have you seen y/n? I don’t see her in the Ravenclaw stand.’

‘Told ya brother, it’s girl trouble.’ Fred said teasingly.

‘She’s in the Gryffindor Stand’ said George. ‘Now that’s out of the way, hope we got your full attention now.’

‘100%’ nodded Oliver. ‘Let’s just hope Harry gets the damn snitch soon.’

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‘Harry Potter has caught the snitch! Gryffindor wins!’ exclaimed Lee.

Everything was happening at once. One moment, Oliver just landed with the rest of the Gryffindor team and cheering among themselves for their win then the next thing he knows he’s face is so close to yours; he could feel your breath.

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You ran down to the quidditch pitch to congratulate the team. There was a crowd around Oliver so you decided to hang around for a while with the rest of the team. You were talking to Harry when you feel a tap on your shoulder. The Weasley twins, you were close to them being as they lived close to you back home.

George smiled ‘You know you almost cost us the game, right Freddie?’

‘Absolutely Georgie’ his twin answered.

‘As if!’ you chuckled, thinking they were joking ‘What are you talking about?’

‘Well you see Ms.L/n’ started George.

‘You seemed to accomplish the impossible task of distracting the one and only Mr. Quidditch during a game!’ continued Fred.

‘Yea right.’ Not believing the jokesters.

‘oh believe it y/n.’ The twin said together. You hate it when they do that. ‘Oliver Wood is head over heels for you.’

‘But as much as he may be confident anywhere else, our boy isn’t when making the first move, especially when he thinks he’s jeopardizing your friendship if he confesses.’ Added Fred.

Putting a reassuring hand on your shoulder, George continues ‘That is why, you have to make the first move y/n. For you guys and for everyone else.’

‘what? For everyone else?’ You exclaimed. Then realized you missed that bigger point. ‘And no I don’t like Oliver that way!’ you tried denying but it was too late.

‘C’mon y/n.’ sighed Fred ‘Everyone knows you guys like each other, all expect you two. So just put us out of this in denial misery and just get together!’

‘We would rather power through all the lovey dovely crap than the denial stage’ George said truthfully.

George looked past your shoulder. ‘Well good luck y/n!’ and hurriedly grabbed Fred away.

‘Wait what? Where are you going—’ You turned and yup now you knew why they left all of a sudden.

He is here right in front of you. After all the information that came into light you heart is beating faster than it ever was.

‘Hey Ollie! Congratulations!’

‘Thanks y/n. It’s because you were here’ he smiled.

‘You almost scared me to death when that bludger was coming towards you earlier you know….’ You admitted.

‘Really?’

‘Yeah, I thought you were gonna get knocked out!’

‘Well I’m one tough cookie.’ Oliver boasted. ‘It’ll take more than a bludger to knock me out!’

Wanting to test the twin’s remark, you asked ‘you seemed distracted Ollie, I have to say I never seen you loose focus in a game before!’

Oliver chuckled ‘well I guess it’s because it’s my first game as captain...’

See! That that Weasleys, it was nerves not me!

Then Oliver shook his head ‘actually it’s more than that--’ Moving closer. ‘I was looking for you during the game, I was trying to find you in the Ravenclaw stand but I couldn’t—’

‘That’s cause I was in the Gryffindor stand, you dummy!’ you interjected.

‘Yeah that twin told me that. But why? Why were you in the Gryffindor stand?’

Now it was your turn to step closer. ‘It was to show everyone that I’m there to fully support the Gryffindor team.’

‘Just the Gryffindor Team?’

‘Well the Gryffindor Team and their newly appointed, super handsome captain.’ You smirked

It was as if your words had given him the courage he needed. Which they did.

Oliver closed the gap between you two and took your hands in his.

Nervously running his thumbs across your hands, he confessed ‘It means a lot to me that you came here today, I know you usually are up in the Ravenclaw common room with your head in a book.’ He smiled. ‘But you came, you came y/n.’

Looking into your eyes, his own eyes watering a bit. ‘I searched for you in the stands whenever I could, you are my strength y/n and I wanted to impress you. Heck I almost got knocked out looking for you, to see how you’re there supporting me!’ he huffed. ‘But I wouldn’t change a thing.’

He took a deep breath. He is laying all his cards down. ‘Y/n L/n I like you, like I really really like you, more than a friend. Heck you know what? I might even love you. Yes Yes. Y/n L/n I have fallen in love with you. You are my world.’

Your heart swells in joy and love when you heard those words. ‘Ollie I---’

‘I know this is a lot and you might not feel the way. But I just hard to get it out, I know this changes a lot and probably was a stupid idea---’

He is blabbering now, and you know that Oliver blabbers when he’s nervous.

So you shut him up, not with your usual moaning but when a kiss.

You kissed him hard, you put all that you were meaning to say into that kiss.

It took a second for the shock to fade then he kissed back.

You pulled apart, smiling. Laughing at his shocked face, the -I can’t believe this happened, is this real- face still evident.

‘I feel the same way idiot, I was gonna say that before you cut me off’ you stated.

You kissed him again. ‘I love you. Oliver Wood.’

‘I love you too Y/n L/n’ tucking your hair behind your ear and leaning his forehead against yours.

This moment right here, was yours and his. It felt as if you were the only two beings in the world.

Until of course you got interrupted with a distant shout. ‘FINALLY!’ Ahh the Weasley Twins.

Well credits to them, they were right, and they were effective wingmen.

[pekorosu]

just a lil “if ash lived” headcanon that i need to unload somewhere bc i've been holding it in for a long time

- set within the manga ‘verse

- takes place when ash and eiji are in their early 30s... so around the mid 1990s?

- i don’t get the weird animanga trope where older = longer hair, so they’re gonna look the same... maybe with slightly shorter hair bc they get regular haircuts now 

- (note: i've always interpreted long-haired eiji as symbolic of the fact that he couldn't move on from ash’s death)

- ash and eiji will continue living in the states, idk if still in NYC or somewhere else. they’ll move around a lot though.

- ash will mostly remain underground as he had to fake his death after lao’s stab, but he does it in a "hiding in plain sight" kind of way. only a handful of people know he’s still alive.  

- ash spends most of his time on the computer, mostly coding, hacking, being a nerd, among other fun stuff.

- he also takes on “jobs” anonymously, and occasionally from max (who’s still into investigative journalism) when he needs info that can only be obtained through Dubious Means.

- i also like to think that ash's a bit of a hacker robin hood lol. but he isn’t doing it purely out of the goodness of his heart, as part of it is a subconscious need to atone for his “sins” and cleanse the gnawing and persistent feeling of shame that gets amplified when he’s around eiji.

- also whatever he’s up to these days would ofc still be Highly Dangerous and Illegal, but it keeps him busy and would sate the part of him that’s still hungry for adrenaline without him having to engage in stuff like active bloodshed or substance abuse. basically that’s how i imagine he’d try to cope with life the only way he knows.

- eiji continues to do photography and other part time gigs bc he does not like the idea of mooching off ash forever, and he slowly makes a name for himself.

- ash and eiji live together but they are NOT together in a romantic sense... not yet >:)

- therefore eiji will probably date other people in the meantime, which gets a little troublesome bc it's not like he can bring them home to where his secret Very Important Friend is secretly hiding.

- ash will maybe have one-night stands every now and then. or not. idk. this isn’t a very important detail.

- anyway there will be lots of clueless but mutual pining :)

- ash especially, is of the opinion that they should start living separately bc someone will eventually track him down, maybe someone who has a past or present grudge on him. combined with his current activities, it’s only a matter of time before eiji would unwittingly get dragged into his problems again.

- eiji is v adamantly against that plan bc he's sorta developed a debilitating sense of paranoia that ash might just get killed somewhere while he’s not looking. not that ash isn’t paranoid either, but his insecurities often tip the scale over to “eiji is safer away from me” than “with me”.

- basically they’re doing their whole “stay. no, leave. no, stay” dance all over again, but like, dragged out over MANY YEARS.

- you thought eiji’s letter would’ve cleared up any crossed wires? 

- HELL NO

- like yea, there was probably a beautiful honeymoon period of about a year or two after they reunited, before their respective trauma and issues started creeping in and fucking things up again.

- esp on ash’s end, i think he’d engage in a lot of self-sabotage. and eiji is only human, he has his own limits and baggage too.

- there will be a government conspiracy plotline but on a smaller scale compared to canon that i am unfortunately not knowledgeable enough to worldbuild on, but it will probably have something to do with cybercrime/cyberterrorism/stuff like that bc it needs to tie in with ash's hacking shenanigans.

- i've heard that sing ends up becoming some sorta political big shot in yasha? idk, i haven't read it myself, but since china’s rising status was mentioned in GoL i imagine the plot should relate to that somehow.

- therefore sing would also get to be in this story! 

- i guess this means yut-lung would come into the picture at some point as well, and it would be a good opportunity for a redemption arc but i haven’t given it much of a thought bc i’m indifferent to his character orz SORRY.

- look i can’t do plot, but i am basically envisioning a political thriller with a side of slow burn romance (wait, you mean like a rehash of canon?)

- i’m thinking max is the one who kicks off the story by bringing something fishy to ash, and they just end up uncovering more and more and MORE stuff as they keep going.

- so for like 80% of the story, ash and eiji will be separated bc ash will be busy spying or infiltrating something... and being at the center of Plot Things, while max and eiji will be more on the outside dealing with the journalist side of things. i’m fond of max-ash interactions but i’m also REALLY CURIOUS about max-eiji’s dynamic :D

- meanwhile sing will be like, half in and half out i imagine. he's versatile like that lol

- ...i did NOT mean that in a dirty way

- anyway, this will provide ash and eiji ample space to work out their issues separately, as i think living in close quarters for so many years has actually been aggravating them. ofc those issues don’t get 100% resolved by the end, but some time apart from each other to cool off and spend with other people should provide a bit of perspective.

- i want ash to make some NEW FRIENDS (!!!) that are on the same wavelength as him bc there’s only so much that he can tell eiji and i’m sure he gets rather lonely, so there will be OCs that he will meet in the middle of Plot Things.

- ash will get trapped at some point. preferably with sing so they can have a much needed heart-to-heart talk. they’ll have a lot to hash out, ranging from the events in BF, shorter’s and lao’s death, all the way to ash’s love life. 

- btw i like the idea of eiji and sing being close drinking buddies who confide in one another but ash is kinda, justalittle, not very happy about that LOL 

- i mean, it's not like eiji can confide in ash when ash is the topic at hand, ya get me? as for sing, he’s similar to ash in the sense that they live dangerous lives, so i imagine he just finds it nice to be able to hang out with someone mundane like eiji every now and then.

- not to say that ash and sing aren’t talking to each other at all, but i think they’d have a bit of a rift between them. sing probably does feel some resentment, both at ash for killing lao AND at himself bc he knows deep down that given a choice, he would’ve saved ash over his own brother. ash can sense that tortured vibe, so eiji’s like their middle man. AND THAT’S WHY THEY NEED A HEART-TO-HEART TALK

- (SIDE NOTE: i want akira to have a role in this too. i actually have a separate headcanon that happens prior to this story... kinda like an alternate GoL? 

akira goes to the states to visit eiji, but ash is also there, yeah? akira and ash start out sorta prickly with each other bc ash is all weird and standoffish and always cooped up in his room. she probably mistook him as a jobless model mooching off eiji at first since 1) eiji and ibe have never spoken about him back in japan (cuz he’s supposed to be dead), 2) why would eiji be living with some random hot guy? unless they met during one of his photography gigs? right??? 

and then she ends up witnessing them in the middle of a tiff, which makes her not like ash even more bc HOW DARE HE YELL AT POOR OKUMURA-SAN??? UNGRATEFUL JERK!!!

but over the course of her visit, she snoops around learns a bit about their history and gathers hints as to why their r’ship is kinda strained. also ash and akira somehow end up bonding (reluctantly) over their emotional insecurities and part on a friendly rivalry to win over eiji’s affections (which eiji is completely oblivious to. also akira may have been 100% serious but ash was just jokingly playing along with her (OR WAS HE???)). anyway long story short, ash teaches akira some cool tech/IT stuff along the way so that leads to her gaining an interest in the field. 

she won’t be able to do much in this story, but a minor role would be cool :)

 ^ a lighthearted gyoza-making scene amid all the angst)

- (SIDE NOTE #2: i ALSO want cain to feature in this, but bc canon provided very little bg info on him it’s hard for me to figure out where he’d fit. but i suppose that’s precisely why it would be great to include him, since i can just make up my own backstory! lol. for now, i think he should be connected to one of the new OCs to make him more central to the plot. or heck, he can be involved himself! ...yeah, i’m just salty about how cain was treated more like a convenient plot device compared to the other major side characters. we barely know anything about him even though he was one of ash’s most trusted allies. #caindeservedbetter2k20)

- anyway, back to the main story. ash (and his new "friends") barely escape where they’re held hostage. ash would be rusty with combat now as he’s spent the past few years doing only stealth work and being rather sedentary. 

- so there’ll be lotsa old man!ash jokes like them poking fun at him whenever he complains about his back hehe

- when they finally emerge outside they find themselves in the middle of nowhere! they then hijack a passing pickup truck and do a roadtrip back to civilisation. ROAD TRIP FTW

- at this point, quite some time has already passed and ash even has a fuzzy beard and mane and all. he’s standing at the back of the truck with a small smile on his face and the wind blowing in his hair, thinking GONNA GO BACK AND SEE EIJI, MISS HIM LOADS, HELL YEA 

- (bonus: this song and this scene is the catalyst for this entire headcanon btw)

(drew this about a year ago. i was trying to imitate the manga’s art style... and the ash i had in my mind was a little different. i’m too lazy to redraw, but he’s fuzzier now okay! MORE FUZZ! like an actual freakin LION!)

- meanwhile, eiji and max will get into some deep shit around this point? 

- eiji in the pic above was me imagining that the Bad Guys had tossed some damning evidence (eg. severed body part?) on the ground like “ash’s dead/ash’s in a lot of danger now so hand over all the info u have”

- and eiji and max are like. SHOOKETH

- this would be the 3rd time ash has “died” after all, and as they say... 3rd time's the charm...

- eiji almost gives in, but then max spits in their face like fuck no and then... yeah. they get beat up and taken away or something lol

- EDIT: hmm... what if the Bad Guy is someone IN the government, and he uses his power to get eiji and max arrested for aiding and abetting a wanted fugitive (ash). and then ash has to rescue them... JAILBREAK STYLE

- also it might be cool to introduce ash's mom somewhere in this story... maybe SHE'S the villain! mwahaha *drama intensifies*

- anyways they will get saved by ash and gang bc that’s just the way things go, BUT! only on the condition they already made it out at least 80% of the way bc GODDAMN IT👏LET👏EIJI👏BE👏BADASS👏FOR👏ONCE👏 

- (that is, after he overcomes the initial shock of ash possibly being dead again... again...... again............)

- there will ofc be moments of “oh my god, you’re okay” "i thought i lost you...!"

- something like this, because one can never have enough cheesy reunion scenes

- this will eventually lead to REVELATIONS (of the romantic kind, yes) 

- buuuut they will never say "i love you" directly to each other bc ash is too emotionally constipated and eiji is too japanese. it's okay, they will communicate it through heated stares 👀

- i would love for there to be a scene where they have to be separated again for Plot Reasons and ash sorta hesitantly goes all "...will you wait for me?" as a direct parallel to canon!eiji's "i'll be waiting" and it’s like,

- FINALLY! 

- FINALLY!!!!!!!!!! ash has finally allowed himself to ask for this, to let himself want it! 

- and eiji would be like OF COURSE I WILL YOU BIG DUMMY, ALWAYS AND FOREVER

- but i think it'd be hilarious if eiji pops up while ash's in the middle of the final showdown and ash's like WTF I TOLD YOU TO WAIT FOR ME and eiji's like I WAS WORRIED OKAY YOU WERE TAKING SO LONG

- idk how this is supposed to end...

- oh wait! since the plot is government-related, maybe Someone will be able to pull strings to wipe out ash’s criminal record (past and present) and give him a brand new 100% legal identity, as thanks for his efforts? or maybe ash (or sing) just does it himself somewhere along the way LOL. anyway, he’ll be able to start over with a fresh clean slate and finally work on recovery FOR REAL NOW. yes this is a happy ending AND it didn’t require him to go to japan /flips off canon

- ...i realise it’s never going to be that simple but W H A T E V E R

- (also they probably will visit japan in the future with that shiny new passport... gotta meet the in-laws and all y’know)

- who do i gotta pay to write this cheesy self-indulgent fic for me

[ambidextrousarcher]

Sarcastic StarBharat Reviews: Episode 1- The one mega-huge episode.

Okay, so the viewer is kinda looking down from heaven, alright. This is cool…man this show has damn hot sets! I’m not sure what the music is supposed to be, romantic, maybe, but it’s just putting me off, and lulling me to sleep. And…the series begins! With a canon fail right off the bat!! Canon fail #1: Satyavati was NOT Shantanu’s mistress. He came across her fishing in the Yamuna, fell in love, had a boner more like, and petitioned her dad for marriage. Shantanu: A King whose ultimate wish is for memory loss. All the while having a boner. Wow. Ideal King, man. Satyavati: A lady who’s badass! Ambition makes sense, lady. Hello, fake fish! Satyavati suddenly looks like a psycho while she casts the line. But a psycho who’s independent. It’s almost ancient Indian Titanic accident, but this lady is a single-minded one. She’s got the fish. Almost. Her hands are bleeding. And, she’s caught it! There’s the boring music again. Followed by cringey sexy talk. “Iccha hai hriday ki shakti.” I kinda agree, but Krishna doesn’t, so that’s moot. Oh, no. There’s the telltale Krishna music, and here comes the part I always skip. Krishna Gyaan. That sounds really pretentious to my ears, I think something is wrong with me, because exactly these scenes receive rave reviews. He’s telling us about the wishes that drive humankind. Okay, not even for reviewing can I sit through this wank. Skip, skip, skip. He’s introducing the Mahabharat. Hello, show!

Enter humanoids, very terrible looking ones, in…a village of Hastinapur. I don’t think THAT can exist, so here comes… Canon fail #2: Hastinapur is a city. Kururashtra is the Kingdom. It’s a village in Kururashtra. But this is a very minor fail, I guess we can let it pass. But I doubt Shantanu was this terrible of a King that he didn’t put soldiers to patrol villages. There is an obligatory vandalism scene, and a damsel in distress calls upon the King. Oh, shit. This place has no Queen. Hence no yagnas. Gods rarely pay heed to yagnas, but without yagnas, they’re totes deaf. There’s another damsel in distress asking ‘Who will protect Hastinapur?” Boom! Enter Devavrata. We still don’t know that it’s him, BTW. But it’s totally not obvious. This guy is flying Tarzan! He materializes out of air in front of a kid who’s nearly being killed. Wow, he has a powerful voice. And Boom! Lone hero wins! There’s another irritating thing in this show: Arrows coming outta nowhere with a swish. Ah, such an honorable man…promising Rakshasas safety. Right after that, of course, a bunch of ‘em are killed. By Shantanu and his soldiers. But here comes our hero, protecting his allies. Philosophy too, bro. Wow. Shantanu is pissed. Of course, Devavrat takes mama’s help. Ganga. Ganga, who has a beautiful BG tune. Anyway, we ain’t there yet. #Bridge of arrows. Then Shantanu asks Devavrat “Who are ya? How can she listen to you?” Ganga’s the one who makes the announcement. “This is not just my son, but yours too. He’s your heir.” Immediate absolution. “I love you, my son!” Ancient Indian version. While Ganga is giving her sales patter, that she’s fulfilled her oath. And then she says, ‘A river is the Queen in every town she flows through…” Chill lady, this. BTW, this seems to be actual canon fail #2. I don’t think Devavrat made an entry like this in canon…but I might be wrong, Please correct me, experienced folks! There’s a truly beautiful panoramic shot, and a butterfly is flying surrounded by fireworks…did they exist back then? “Handwaves” Hey, what are fireworks compared to divine weapons? So yeah, I guess they did exist… Enter Satyavati and her maiden coterie, who’s trying to catch the butterfly, but catches Shantanu instead. If you ask me, the butterfly’s the better option. Shantanu’s still in the bliss of getting his goddess-begotten kid back…but Satyavati isn’t. Not that he notices. He’s here to take her with him. He’s planning on retiring and crowning his son and retreating with Satyavati after their marriage. She is not thrilled and makes it clear in a roundabout way. Not that Shantanu gets it. Until she makes it clear. Again, this is an extension of canon fail #1: It’s Satyavati’s father who makes the demand, as far as. I know, not Satyavati herself. I actually doubt she loved Shantanu in the first place. #EpicLoverBattle occurs. Kind of. She lays out an ultimatum. He foreshadows what is going to occur in the future: that is, Satyavati’s heart will bleed. And so the ground is set, to the tune of dragging music. Shantanu walks right into the coronation of Devavrat as the crown prince. Cue the coronation. Shot in all sorts of dramatic angles. Aw, he’s such a good son! Susses out that his dad is the doldrums after his lover’s spat. Those doldrums last for a damn long time, BTW. But that’s a little later. Right now, he announces Devavrat as the crown Prince of Hastinapur to a BG music that reminds me of the dramatic prairie-dog music from Jodhaa Akbar. Then there’s this classical song that precedes all the coronations in this series. The process looks very uncomfortable to me, actually. But who am I, a lowly commoner, to comment? Shantanu is in teary-eyed doldrums at first, which is followed by fits of rage. Devavrat gets concerned. My advice, buddy: DO NOT BE THIS GOOD OF A SON! DON’T! But you ain’t gonna listen. You’re too emotional right now. Too sad that you can’t fulfill your father’s wishes. So you decide to go on a hunger strike. Gosh, apparently this whole clan is populated with drama Queens. Shantanu pretends to be a good father and says that he’ll learn to live with his sadness. Devavrat promises to solve his father’s sad issues. And does. He goes and finds Satyavati. All respectful. He’s here to beg a boon of her. Of his father’s happiness. She’s sad, too. He’s confused. He has no idea of lovers, or lovers’ spats, sweet summer child. She tells him that she’ll always be sad if she marries the King. He asks her what is so lacking in Hastinapur? She wants respect. He’s like ‘I’ll give you respect. You’ll be the Queen first, and then the Royal Mother.” He promises to give her the respect due to a mother. But this lady is more ambitious than that. She wants power. Cut to Shantanu rushing on a horse. Devavrat is still eulogizing his still alive dad. Satyavati lays down her litany of woes. Regarding her still unborn kids. Further elaborating Canon Fail #1. Devavrat gets all emotional, again, and blames himself. She gives him an ultimatum: either his dad can live with him, or her. But he resolves to be a good son. Newsflash, bro. Wrong decision. But hey, he can’t be stopped. So he goes over to the Ganga (hello, mom) and cuts his palm. Ganga goes all red (with pain over her son’s bleeding? I doubt he bled all that much…) The skies follow suit. Clue enough that this is gonna cause all sorts of problems, but does anyone care? #Cliffhanger

Precap: Shantanu giving Devavrat the boon of dying at his wish, at the time he wishes to, at the place he wishes to, and at the hand of whom he wants to. He also confers the name Bhishm on him. Seems like a strange boon to me… (Also. Poor Arjun. Kid ain’t born yet, and he’s prophesied to kill Devavrat. Ouch.) Oh, I forget. This hasn’t happened yet. #spoileralerttoolate.  

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King Falls AM - Episode Eight: Electrolocaust Now

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Summary: August 15, 2015 - Sammy & Ben have planned a tribute to King Falls AM's resident jazz legend Chet Sebastian, however an impromptu, and selective power failure, takes out most of the station's broadcast tools, leaving the boys to fend for themselves.

[podcast intro music]

[KFAM intro music]

Sammy Good evening, King Falls. You’re listening to 660 on the radio dial and I’ve gotta tell you, we’ve got a heck of a show this evening. We’re paying tribute to King Falls’ musical legend and Ben’s old boss, jazz maestro Chet Sebastian. We’ll be discussing [static/buzz] 40 years of— [sound of things powering down]

Ben [confused] What the hell?

Sammy Uh— W-what did I touch?

Ben I don’t think it was you. [sound of Ben getting up]

Sammy Sorry, ladies and gents. It seems we’re having a slight technical difficulty here. Uh- ye- hey, my computer’s down, Ben.

Ben Yeah mine too. Sammy, I don’t know if they can even hear us. We might be… out out.

Sammy *sigh* Well, okay then. Uh. We’re live and we’re winging it, folks!

Ben [smugly] Au contraire, my friend! You should know: I’ve got a backup plan. And a backup for the backup plan.

Sammy [incredulous] Uh-huh.

Ben Lemme just pull out- the- [rustling] trusty— smartphone, aaand— [dull clatter]

Sammy And?

Ben It’s off.

Sammy Well.*laugh/huff* Good thing you’ve got a backup for this.

Ben It’s… an expression. We’re, *anxious sigh* we’re flying blind, Sammy. Check your phone.

Sammy It’s, uh, it, it is off, uh, let me guess, the ghost—sorry, apparition—

Ben Thank you.

Sammy Of Marconi[1] just visited the station and just decided to start yanking wires.

Ben Maybe Merv forgot to pay the electric bill.

Sammy The lights, the mics, it’s not electricity, this is selective. [disgruntled] Uh, you know, but thanks for being so cheap and old, Merv, it may have spared 660 from the wrath of Skynet.

Ben Yeah, the board’s lit up and so are the phones. I, I don’t get it.

Sammy King Falls, have you gotten whacked by this random and seemingly mischievous power outage?? Uh, you, you’ve heard our story, let’s hear uh- wait, can they hear us?

Ben Good call. [sound of Ben getting up]

Sammy I, I don’t understand why some of this stuff is working and some of it is out! [slightly desperate] What are we doing, Ben? Y-y— [radio interference in bg] Now’s not the time to go rogue!

Ben [in bg] Radios are working, Sammy. [closer] We’re live.

Sammy *sigh* Well, you’re hearing our story right now, King Falls, let’s hear yours. If you’ve got a phone that’s- working, give us a call or tweet us @KingFallsAM—

Ben Can’t check the Twitter.

Sammy Damn it! *sigh* Let’s take a call, Ben.

Ben But- the- schedule!

Sammy Dude, what schedule?! The one locked in the computer that zoinked out, or the one that’s locked in our iPhone that won’t power up?

Ben [muttered]Damn your logic. Line one!

Sammy You’re live on the air with Sammy and Ben. Hope you’re well on this weird-ass evening.

Line 1 [slightly suggestively]Hey, Shotgun!

Sammy *exasperated sigh* Hey, man. What’s your name again?

Line 1 Not important! *chuckles* I-I jusht wanted to check in with my favorite AM radio hosht and tell you you’re coming in loud and clear on my end. Loud and clear! Ha ha! Haaa. [realizing] Am I on the air?

Ben You’re live, sir.

Sammy So how are things in your neck of the woods? Any technology issues? Things not powering up and on for you?

Line 1 Not a problem in the world, Shotgun, ha ha.

Ben Is he gonna keep calling you—

Line 1 Shotguuunn Shammyyyyy

Sammy *sigh* Was there anything in particular you needed?

CALLER That’sh it! Love the show. SHOTGUN SAMMYYY!!!!

[click, dial tone]

Ben [curiously] What did you do in your past life, Sammy?

Sammy [muttered] You don’t even want to know.

Ben *snickers* Line seven, good evening, you’re on King Falls AM.

Line 7 [guy sounds stoned] Hey Ben, hey Sammy, you dudes doing okay up there?

Sammy All things considered, we’re doing well! Uh, and who are we speaking with?

Doyle Ohh-h-h, this is Doyle. Doyle Bevins, out in Hollybrook Estates.

Ben Hey, Doyle. You having any issues with your computers? smartphone? what-have-you?

Doyle Oh, yeah! ‘Bout- ‘bout five minutes ago, all my toys just shut off. TV, ‘puter, phone. Sounded like a transformer just shut doowwwn.

Sammy Oh! So you had a transformer blow up by you! A- y- c— you know, could that have caused that way up here, Ben?

Ben I—

Doyle Oh, no, nothing like that! Like- like it was Bumblebee[2] powering down like a [gutteral] guchuchuhh aguchuchuhhh.

Sammy …Oh…

Ben Right. Regardless, Hollybrook is a good five miles outside of town. I don’t know if that would’a hit us.

Sammy Doyle, thanks for calling in and letting us know what’s going on with ya.

Doyle Oh, sure thing, bro, but. *chuckles* That’s not why I caallled.

Ben Oh! Uhhh, o-okay.

Sammy What’s on your mind tonight, Doyle?

Doyle Well, before all this new age funky-junk started, I was having some really crazy stuff going on here in the apartment.

Sammy Crazy stuff? Uh, wh-w-what kind of stuff?

Doyle Supernatural stuff.

Ben I’ve got nothing, I’ve never heard of anything going on in Hollybrook.

Doyle Ohohoh, it is in-sane, Ben. It’s like I’m living in some sorta Cybertronian spacecraft.

Sammy Cybertrone— I- I’m not familiar wi— Ben?

Ben It’s a Transformers reference. It’s not real.

Doyle Hey. It’s real, Ben.

Sammy Can you give us an example?

Ben Without referencing a Mike Bay movie.

Doyle Sure thing, bro. So, I’ve got this toaster, right?

Ben Mm-hmm?

Doyle Sometimes— late at night— BOOM! It’ll pop up the scariest damn thing you ever laid eyyes onn.

Sammy So it makes the noise like when the bread is done.

Doyle Ghost Toast, boyyys. It pops— but ain’t nothin’ there.

Ben Doyle… We’re gonna take another call.

Doyle Ohohoho! not good enough for you, Ben, not Spooky-Kooky enough, huh? I’ll do you one betterr.

Ben [dryly] You’d have to.

Doyle Sometimes— late at night— my fridge starts making this Scary hummin’ noise, like HUMMMUMUMUM—

Sammy Doyle.

Doyle —MUM HUMUMUMUM-HUHHH—

Sammy Doyle.

Doyle —MUMM HUUMMUMUHUH-UH-UH-KUH— *coughing* *clearing throat* You get it.

Sammy Doyle. Are you only experiencing this phenomenon with your appliances?

Doyle [impatiently] Ca- can I finish, Sammy? Is that- is that cool? Can I finish?

Sammy I’m sorry, of course.

Doyle Alright. So like I said, it’s just a hurmming so [quietly, sharing-a-secret-like] I sneak in the kitchen, all Vatican assassin-like. [louder] Sling open the door– ACRACKACHOW! – ain’t nothing happening, boys. Mayo and mustard just looking at me like they wanna hop on a sanndwich.

Sammy [“you’re crazy and i’m gonna go”] Alright, Doyle. We’re gonna take another call. Please be careful out there, with the appliances and such.

Doyle Hey, do y’all want me to make a video and send it? *scoff* Pft-Duh! Maybe the electronics are zapped so I can’t prove it, man! It’s a big old vicious circle, bros!

[click, dial tone]

Ben Dear God.

Sammy Take care, Doyle. *sigh* Line nine, you’re on with Sammy and Ben.

Creeper [creepy guy from episode 2 who calls to “listen to Sammy”]Long-time listener here!— Second-time caller.

Sammy [click, dial tone] Nope! Not tonight. I don’t want that. Let’s go ahead and take liiine…

Ben *pointedly clears throat*

Sammy Uh- yes, Ben?

Ben Huhhh, wel- ah- we- we- we need to- play an ad, Sammy.

Sammy Play an ad? You know the computers are off, right?

Ben Mhmm.

Sammy Don’t look at me like that! Don’t even think it!

Ben *whispers*God. [singing to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”] ♫Whenn- You’re- Hunngry and you know it come to Rose’s!♫

Sammy No.

Ben ♫If you’re starvin’ and it’s showin come to Rose’s!♫

Sammy Ben, please.

Ben ♫We’ve got waffles and cranapples–♫

Sammy Beenn!

Ben I’m just trying to make sure that the clients get their money’s worth?

Sammy I understand that, but you know what? there’s no better way to do that than talking about just how delicious Rose’s Diner can be. Personally, I’m one for the country breakfast. What do you get down there at Rose’s?

Ben Umm, well it’s a fact you just- can’t beat Rose’s fresh doughnuts.

Sammy And from what Troy has told us, they make a mean bagel as well!

Ben I’ve been going to Rose’s all my life? Never had a bad meal there, not one!

Sammy You know, I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stopped by for a great meal and good conversation. So if you’re in the neighborhood, just passing through, or wanna feel at home away from home, stop by Rose’s Diner! Right off the interstate.

Ben Exit 44.

Sammy There you go.

Ben You’re good and I’m hungry. [quietly] Man, I could go for the signature pancake puppies.

Sammy Whatever stops that singin’.

Ben Okay, plea—I- I’ll have you know, Mr. Sheffield cast me as the lead in King Falls High School’s rendition of Grease.

Sammy Alright, Zuko[3], well let’s take some calls! Good evening, you’re on with—

CALLER [static/interference]

Ben TIM!

Sammy Ca-can you hear us, Tim?

Pete Sorry, sorry let me turn my radio down.

Sammy [quietly, disappointed] False alarm.

Ben What do you want, Pete?

Pete This isn’t Pete! My name isss… Escobar. And I wanted to tell you that this is the absolute worst broadcast in the history of radio. You two oughta be ashamed!

Sammy We’re just trying to make the best of a bad situation, Pete.

Pete Escobar!

Ben I thought you weren’t ever listening to King Falls AM again, Pete.

Pete I’m not listening! I’m assuming.

Sammy Well you know what they say when you assume something, right, Pete?

Pete ES. CO. BARRRIBA!

Ben Don’t you have some mowing or clipping up to do at Beauregard’s manor?

Pete Racist! But you know dang well no one goes up there after sundown! Ese?

Ben So you admit your employer is a vampire. Hmm. Interesting.

Pete I didn’t say- I didn’t- I didn’t say that! I just don’t wanna whack a weed that ain’t a weed! Ben— start living right. All that scary stuff’s fryin’ yer brain.

Sammy Pete. Escobar. Do you have a reason for calling?

Pete Alright, pushy! Alright, you know what? I swear, I ain’t listening to you ever again, you brow-beating ruffians! Nunca! Nunca, now, I tell ya. [click]

[dial tone]

Sammy It’s gonna be a long night.

[sound of electrical powering down]

Ben Look at the phone lines! We dropped all the calls. Li- line one? Hello? … You’re on with King Falls. Ugh, Nothing. We can’t fill four hours like this, Sammy.

Sammy I’ve got an idea! Gimme your keys, Ben.

[rustling]

Ben This can’t be good.

Sammy Be right back!

Ben Sammy!

[footsteps running away, door closing]

Ben [singing] ♫Strandeeed at the drive iin, braannded a foool♫[4]… Yeah, I still got it. Okay folks, just uhh— lemme just check to see if our regular phones are working, make a little call out. [muttering] What is this, a rotary phone? Sheesh!

[sound of a rotary phone being dialed, ringing]

Emily Hello?

Ben Hey, Emily, it’s Ben! H- I hope I didn’t wake you!

Emily Not at all, I’m listening. What’s going on with the show? and the electronics?

Ben I know, right? I- I just wanted to make sure you were *sniffs* Oh! uh, hey, we’re live, by the way.

Emily As live as can be, right?

Ben Right. *awkward laugh* But, yeah, I just wanted to make sure you were okay with all the— weirdness happening tonight.

Emily I’m fine! Thanks for thinking of me. Good thing I’ve got a land line, I guess.

Ben [awkwardly] If you didn’t I would’ve had to, come over to check.

Emily Oh really? …That’s an interesting thought!

Ben Huh-h- mm- yeah. Y-you know, to- make sure that you’re safe and sound. Like a gentleman?

Emily Oh, of course.

Ben Oh! Uh, so, the other reason I called: um, in all your studies or research, do you ever recall any kind of electronic or- or electromagnetic pulses here in the Falls?

Emily Not to my knowledge. Obviously, I’ll dig more into this later today at the library, but it’s new I think. [door closing in bg] Lucky us!

Ben Lucky us.

[footsteps quickly coming closer]

Sammy Alright! what’d I miss?

Emily Hi, Sammy!

Sammy Hi, Emily! … Hope you’re doing alright tonight.

Ben Hey, I’ll, uh, call you later, okay?

Emily Sounds like a plan!

Ben Night! [click, dial tone] Don’t look at me like that, Sammy.

Sammy [clearly amused and judging Ben] Ah-I didn’t say a word. Crazy power outages and electrical malfunctions— do you call your mom first? Your brother? Nope! You call your local librarian, Emily Potter.

Ben So?

Sammy So it’s cute!

Ben Whatever. W-w-what are you up to over there?

Sammy Well, this is a record player, borrowed from Mr. Chet Sebastian’s office. This is not how we planned the evening, but, thank you, Chet!

Ben And?

Sammy Well, I figure since our fancy— new, high and mighty tech is out, then we’ll just have to bring back some old trusty, reliable stuff to pass the time.

Ben It’s a little telling that most of our broadcast equipment hasn’t gotten shut down.

Sammy Merv, take a note. Upgrade our WKRP radio shack so we can take a night off when everything goes belly-up, huh?

Ben Let me mic that thing up.

[sound of needle on record]

Sammy Alright ladies and gents, you’re listening to King Falls AM, that’s 660 on the radio dial. With me as always is my co-host Ben Arnold and this? This is a little Chet Sebastian jazz to help you through this weird-ass night. Thanks for being a legend, sir.

[jazz music plays]

[CREDITS]

References:

[1] Marconi - Guglielmo Giovanni Maria Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi FRSA was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission, development of Marconi's law, and a radio telegraph system. He is credited as the inventor of radio.

[2] Bumblebee - designation B-127, is a fictional robot superhero in the many continuities in the Transformers franchise. One of the most well known characters from the Transformers.

[3] Zuko - Danny Zuko is the male lead from the popular movie Grease.

[4] “Stranded at the drive-in” - from “Alone at a Drive-In Movie”, one of Zuko’s songs in Grease

[fiftyshadesgrl]

This is part one of a brantley gilbert series im working on. Hope everyone enjoys it.

Is this the wrong thing to do? After everything that went down between me and Brantley, should I really be doing a meet and greet with him? The last time we were in a room together a lot of words were said and our relationship ended. I thought we were going to last forever. We were engaged, I was planning a wedding while Brantley was drinking himself into a early grave. As I pull up to the venue my hands start sweating and I seriously think about backing out, but he has sure come a long way and I just want him to know that I am proud of him.

45 minutes later

Its my turn next in the meet and greet. All of the fans stand behind a curtain until it is our turn. Security motions for me to head out to see Brantley. I take a deep breath and realize its now or never. I walk from around the curtain and Brantleys eyes go wide. "(Y/N), is that you?" I smile and nod, he opens his arms and grabs me. This feels so good, just like it used to. His strong arms is what made me feel safe. I sigh and start to tear up but then I pull away.

He smiles and eyes me up and down. "(Y/N), youre the last person I thought would walk around that curtain."

I place my hand on the side of his face and wish things were different. "I just wanted to come and tell you how proud I am of you."

"Well darlin, you couldve called." He says with a sigh. I cant believe Im standing here in front of him. Those blue eyes just peer into my soul. My heart skips a beat when I hear his songs on the radio. Sometimes I feel like some of them has been written just for me.

Security tells Brantley they need to wrap up the meet and greet. Brantley looks annoyed but he has a show to put on and many fans that he cant let down.

We get our picture taken and then he turns to me. He grabs my hands in his, "do you have a backstage pass?" I shake my head and say, "no just vip."

He called his manager over and whispered something in his ear. His manager produced a backstage pass. Brantley took it from him and handed it to me. "Here darlin, you can watch from backstage and then we can hang out afterwards."

I shook my head, "Brantley I cant accept this. I dont want you doing me favors."

He placed it around my neck. "Then this is a favor for me. Please I really want to talk to you after the show."

How could I say no to him. He really looked sincere and there is some things that I could get off my chest after the show. So I nod and he has the biggest smile on his face. "Thank you (Y/N). It really means alot to me."

"Youre welcome." I go to hug him and he surprises me by kissing me on my forehead. His manager leads me to Brantleys dressing room. "Make yourself at home honey."

"Thank you. Is it alright if I smoke in here?" I ask showing him my pack of cigarettes. He chuckles, "BG is like a chimney. Ash tray is on the table. Drinks and snacks are in the other room if you want anything. If you need anything else just holler."

I nod and light my cigarette as he walks out the door. Its really nice in here. A big leather couch is against one wall right across is a mirror with lights around it. A chair sits in front of it but Brantley doesnt seem the type to need makeup to go on stage. I put my cigarette out in the ash tray and sit back in the couch. It feels like a cloud. I look around trying to find something to occupy me, I flip through my phone. I snap a picture and send it to my best friend with a text saying 'guess i get to go backstage.'

He sends a text back saying 'be careful. Dont let him hurt you again.' I roll my eyes and shut my phone off. I get up and decide to go get something to drink. When I open the door Brantley is on the other side, I think he was giving hisself a pep talk before coming in. He looks worried, "youre not bolting already are you?"

I shake my head. "No, I was going to get something to drink." He sighs like he is glad that I wasnt leaving.

"You mind if I come with you?" He asks shyly.

"Of course not. This is all for you anyways."

We walk down the hall to the room that has the sign catering on the door. He holds the door open for me and as I enter his hand brushes mine. I feel the sparks way down deep and I know he does too.

After we enter the room I grab a water and he gets a plate of food and a tea. The room is quite crowded and noisy. He looks at me and asks, "wanna go back to the dressing room?" I shrug and mouth its up to you. He nods towards the door and I follow him. He pushes the door open and holds it for me.

When we get back to the dressing room he plops down on the couch and puts his feet up on the table. I sit down on the other end of the couch and he looks like he is affended. "What are you doing all the way down there darlin? I aint gonna bite ya."

I smile and scoot closer to him. I take a sip of my water and light another cigarette. I smoke alot when Im stressed or nervous.

"Wheres your food darlin?" He asks looking at my bottle of water.

"Oh, um." I look down at my hands. "Im not hungry."

He shakes his head, "no, I aint having it. Youre gonna eat. Here take my plate Ill go get some more."

Before I could say anything he placed his plate in my lap and was already out the door. I really wasnt hungry. My nerves were getting the best of me and my stomach was in knots.

Brantley came back in a few minutes later with two huge plates of food. I raised my eyebrows at him as he sat down. "You dont expect me to eat that do you Brantley?"

He shook his head, "no one plate for me and the desserts are for both of us."

I picked at my food as we talked about old times and before I knew it they were calling him for the show. He grabbed my hand and pulled me up from the couch.

"Come on (Y/N), you can watch from the side."

He opened strong and the crowd went wild. After a few upbeat songs he pulled out his acoustic and sat on a stool center stage.

"Welcome everybody yall are amazing."

The crowd cheered loudly as he took a sip of water. He looked over at me and winked causing a face splitting grin to appear on my face.

"I figured wed slow it down a bit for a while. These next few songs mean alot to me. I wrote them for someone special and maybe just maybe."

He looks over at me again.

"She just might hear them tonight."

He starts playing the best of me and glances at me every now and then. Then he starts you dont know her like I do. Then he finishes with you promised. He gets emotional during that song and he looks directly over to me when he sings the last line.

"No matter what you do, you know Ill always love you.

Hell I have to, cause I promised."

The tears streamed down my face. I knew he meant it and after all these years, deep in my heart. I knew I still l loved him. I never stopped, but thats what scares me. Hes changed yes but how could I forget the past?

He was still looking at me as I turned and walked back to the dressing room. I couldnt let him see me cry, so I sat in the dressing room and cried. I went to light my cigarette but couldnt find my lighter anywhere. Brantleys lighter was gone too.

My eyes went to his duffel bag and thought maybe he might have a spare lighter in there. I unzipped it and tried not to look to much at anything but I felt a lighter and as I pulled it out a paper came flying out too.

"Oh shit, I hope It didnt rip."

I picked it up, a picture fell to the floor. I bent to pick it up and saw it was the last picture me and Brantley had made together. That was the better days before everything went bad. I cant believe he has kept it all this time.

"Yall have been awesome tonight! I love yall see ya again soon."

I heard Brantley closing the show so I shoved the paper and picture back in his bag and zipped it quickly. I grabbed my cigarettes and ran to the exit.

The cool air hit my skin like a gift from heaven. I had to take a breather for a moment cause I didnt know what to say to him. Why has he kept that all this time? Why did it make me smile that he did? Because I love him but I cant tell him. Tonight was just to see him and go home.

I sit with my back against the building and lit my cigarette. I looked down at the lighter in my hand and was surprised to see it was the zippo I got him for his birthday one year. This man, does he keep everything.

The band starts coming out of the doors and start loading the bus with equipment and luggage. A few minutes later Brantley came struting out looking frustrated. He couldnt see me because I was sitting behind the door.

I heard him say to his manager, "why didnt you stop her! I need to go find her."

Before he climbed the steps on the bus I stood up and said "you looking for me?"

I could see the relief wash over him. He ran over to me and grabbed me up in a big hug. "I thought I lost you again baby girl."

I smiled and pulled away from him. "Im right here. I just needed some air." He grabbed me by the back of my head and pulled me in for a fierce kiss. It shocked me for a second then I was kissing him back. Our tounges exploring each other mouth. I nipped his lower lip and he growled in response.

I pulled away but he rested his forehead on mine. We were both panting and I managed to find the words. "Brantley, I....I cant do this."

"Come on the bus with me, we can talk cause theres some stuff I need to tell you."

"I dont think thats a good idea Brantley."

He sighs and those blue eyes pierce right into the depths of my soul and break down whatever barriers I had built to keep him out.

"Please, just to talk. I promise."

I nod, "okay, just to talk."

He smiles and grabs my hand. He leads me towards the bus and motions for me to go first. He doesnt speak to anyone but heads straight for his room. He closes the door behind him.

He sits down on the bed and pats the place next to him.

"You can sit baby doll, dont worry I wont do anything."

"I know, I trust you." I sit down next to him but for some reason the words that I have been wanting to say will not come out. Thank god he spoke first.

"Listen (Y/N), I know the last time we saw each other I was a complete mess."

"Complete mess is putting it lightly." I say

He sighs, "ok, I was a complete dick. I know I hurt you and I said things I didnt mean. I swear to you I have changed. I love you (Y/N) I always have, and if you give me a chance." He grabs my hand and I look into his eyes. "I promise you I will make up for everything baby."

I really do believe him but why is it so hard to just give myself to him. "You cheated on me Brantley. You told me you didnt want me anymore. I wanted to marry you and have a family with you. I saw all of that happening but it was all just one big lie."

"Baby look at me." He says as he places his fingers under my chin. My eyes meet his once again. "Im so sorry for everything. After all these years it still eats at me what I done to you. I was fucked up at the time. The booze and pills had me all kinds of fucked up but it didnt mean I didnt want you. I honestly cant tell you why I said that but I can tell you I didnt mean it." I start crying and try to look away but he wouldnt let me.

"You were the best thing that ever happened to me and I was to stupid to realize it. I shouldve treated you better when I had you but for some reason I thought you would always be there. When I sobered up and realized you was really gone I went crazy. I went everywhere and anywhere that I thought you would be. I cried every night and every day I felt like my heart was just gone."

I wiped my eyes and whispered, "Im so sorry Brantley."

"No, no baby, Im the one whos sorry. I dont blame you for leaving me. Hell nobody did. Mama jumped my case everyday for a month about it."

I sniffed, "I found the picture of us in your duffel bag."

"You did?"

I nodded, "I wasnt being nosey I promise. I lost my lighter and couldnt find it or yours so I thought maybe you had a extra one. I didnt look at anything or at the piece of paper the picture fell out of."

He sighed and it looked like he was glad I didnt read it. "I kept that picture because thats all I had of you. Every night before a show looking at it would give me the boost I needed to have a damn good show. When I sleep, I put it under my pillow. I know its stupid but I have to have you with me or I cant survive."

I smile and before I knew it I was kissing him. He kissed me back at first then he gently pushed me away. "Woah baby, you said you only wanted to talk."

I straddled him and pushed his hat from his head. "I know what I said." I kissed his cheeks then his eyes then his lips. "Listen to what my heart is saying now."

His hands were on my sides sliding up and down, his thumbs were under my shirt. He was tracing lazy circles with them. He leaned forward and kisses my collarbone then my neck. "You sure baby." I nodded.

I pulled his shirt up and over his head. He did the same to me. I was wearing a black lace bra, he growled as he kissed the tops of my breast where the lace touched skin.

"God damn baby, I have been missing and wanting this all these years. Im afraid its a dream."

I smiled as I kissed up his neck up to his ear. I whispered "trust me honey, I dont think your dreams can make you feel as good as Im gonna in just a few minutes."

"Holy fuck." He said as he pulled away and took my lips in a searing kiss. He unclasped my bra with one hand. My hand skated down his chest and stomach and came to rest on his belt buckle.

"Make love to me Brantley."

He smiled, "oh baby, with pleasure."

[sugarless-suki-writes]

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Chapter Ten

Kagome let out a soft sigh as she exited the operating room. It had taken a while, but she had finally managed to get Ginta on the road to recovery. She had to use quite a bit of reiki to heal him, as it turned out to be the only way to get rid of whatever that purple stuff was. She and her team had managed to collect a sample of it and were taking it off to run some tests. Hopefully she’d have answers soon, but for now...

She ran a hand down her face, exhaustion hitting her hard. She was going to need to make a new pot of coffee... She walked down the hall to the waiting area and looked for Hakkaku and Kouga. It didn’t take her long to spot them, and she gave them a soft smile before waving them over. They were quick to get up and follow her. She led them into a room, one that was usually used to give... not so pleasant news.. but she knew it would be private, and privacy is what they needed right now.

She opened the door to the room and ushered the two youkai in, and once they were all inside, she closed the door and sat down in one of the chairs. Hakkaku and Kouga followed her motions wordlessly.

“Ginta is going to be alright.” They let out a breath of relief at that, and Kagome couldn’t help but smile warmly at them. “He’s going to need to be here for a couple days. I’m going to need to monitor him and how he’s doing. We also managed to collect a sample of that.. purple stuff, whatever it is. So, we’ll figure out what that is soon enough. Unless you know something?” she asked, leaning back in her chair with her arms crossed.

“We’re not really certain ourselves.” Kouga said. “We haven’t seen anything like this before, so we don’t know how to approach it. How did you get rid of it?”

“Reiki. That was the only way. It took a lot out of me, too... Whatever this is.. it’s bad.” Her brows furrowed in concern. “You guys need to be careful. I don’t know what all it is you’re involved in and who with... but this looks pretty serious. If he hadn’t been brought to me when he was, or at all, then Ginta would most definitely be dead. Whatever this is, it’s fast acting and seems to spread quickly.”

Both Kouga and Hakkaku grimaced at that. That was definitely the last thing they had wanted to hear.

“So.. if something like this were to happen again, we would need to come to you?”

“Yes, or at least to the nearest hospital. There has to be at least one miko on staff at all times in every hospital. I know you guys don’t like coming here, but you’re going to have to if this happens again. There’s only so much I can do out of my home.”

They both nodded. “Thank you, Kagome.” Kouga said, voice soft.

She smiled softly at him. “Of course. It’s my job to help and heal.” She stood up from her seat then, causing them both to look up at her. “I can take you to see him. He might still be asleep, but you all can be here overnight. Just two at a time though. If any others from the pack want to visit, you’re gonna have to take turns.” she said with a bit of a giggle.

Kouga stood up, Hakkaku quickly following suit. “Yes, please take us to him.”

She nodded, then opened the door and started walking. She took them down a corridor to an elevator. From there, they went up to the third floor and down several more corridors. It seemed like ages before she finally stopped in front of a door. She pointed out the room number to them before knocking and opening the door.

A nurse was standing inside, checking on Ginta’s IV. Ginta’s head turned to see who had come in and gave a weak smile.

Hakkaku immediately rushed to his bedside and the nurse couldn’t help but chuckle at the enthusiasm shared between the two. He looked over at Kagome and gave her and Kouga a warm smile before exiting the room. They moved closer to the bed then and Ginta turned to look up at them. He smiled up at them, a bit weak and tired.

“Boss.. Sis..”

“How ya feelin’?” Kouga asked.

“Tired.. but no pain.” He directed his gaze to Kagome then. “Thank you, sis. I owe you one.”

Kagome had to resist the urge to groan. What was with them just.. handing out life debts like this? “I’m just doing my job, Ginta.”

He chuckled at that. “I know, but we all know you would’ve done it anyway.”

She rolled her eyes at him, but she knew it was true. “You guys can’t just keep handing out life debts like this, though.”

Kouga placed a hand on her shoulder, drawing her attention. “It’s only because it’s you, Kagome.”

She blushed fiercely. It wasn’t fair of him to look at and speak to her so softly like that. She scoffed and brushed Kouga’s hand off her shoulder. “Whatever..” she mumbled, rolling her eyes. “Anyway.. I should probably get back to it and check on my other patients. I’ll be back in to check on you guys later.” She chewed on her cheek as she glanced over all of them, a seriousness settling in her gaze. “Be careful, okay?”

They could only nod in response.

She nodded as well and took another moment to look them over once again, her eyes lingering on each one of them in silent worry, before she turned and exited the room.

Kouga frowned, wishing she could stick around a bit longer. But, he knew that she was on the job, and Ginta wasn’t her only patient. Besides, it was now more important than ever for him to gather information so they could protect themselves and exact revenge. He wasn’t going to take this attack lightly. This had to have been planned, and he needed to find the puppet master.

He moved closer to Ginta’s bedside, and his beta smiled weakly and softly up at him. Kouga returned the smile with one of his own, though he couldn’t hide the pain and guilt from his eyes. He pressed his forehead to the top of Ginta’s head, closing his eyes as he did so. One of his hands came up and cradled the back of the beta’s head. It was an intimate position, one he didn’t do often, but he figured after all that Ginta had done for him, it was well needed and well deserved. “We’ll get them back for what they did to you, I promise.”

Kouga held the position for another couple beats before pulling away and ruffling Ginta’s short hair. He flashed both his betas a toothy grin, hoping to ease any lingering worries they had. “Rest up as much as you need, and don’t give Kagome any trouble. I’ll be back later with information.” And with that, Kouga turned on his heel and left the room.

-BG-

The basement was dark and damp, and had an unsettling chill that had a way of just seeping into your bones. Kouga couldn’t help but feel a slight thrill as he descended into it, having long associated these feelings with gaining something, whether it was information or a lead... He always found great success in the buried depths of the compound. He hoped today would be no different.

His wolf was pacing and howling with bloodlust, another small side effect of coming down here. It was one he could live with, of course. Once he reached the bottom of the steps, he reached for the light on the wall nearby.

The familiar hum and harsh brightness of fluorescents filled the room and only further fueled the alpha’s excitement. A huge grin spread across his face as he cracked his neck and then his knuckles. He walked further into the room, the sounds of his boots hitting the concrete bounced and echoed off the walls. He rolled his shoulders, as he approached the cell he was looking for.

The aura around the caged youkai wasn’t that strong, but it was stronger than the others they had faced off against last night, aside from the one that had nearly taken him and Ginta out. He had to fight back a snarl at the memory. His wolf craved more blood.

He stopped in front of the door and peered at the youkai through the bars. Her hair was long and straight, blonde in color. Her skin was pale, but littered with freckles and a couple of cuts and bruises, likely from the fight last night. She was huddled in the far corner of her cell, bright, pale green eyes glaring up at him. But she couldn’t hide her fear, not from her eyes, and especially not from her scent. He smirked wickedly at her.

Kouga pulled out a key from his pocket and unlocked the cell door. He then slowly opened it, the slow, horrible screeching of the door only adding to the atmosphere. He then pulled it closed quickly and locked the door behind him before slipping the key back into his pocket.

“I believe you have some answers for me, don’t you?” he asked, slowly starting to move towards her.

She bristled, her tail whipping about in anger and fear and she hissed at him.

He had to resist an eyeroll. Cats...

Kouga continued to stalk closer to her, and the closer he drew, the more she huddled into her corner and the louder her hissing and growling grew. He stopped just out of swiping range, his grin never faltering.

“Now.. I just have a simple question for you. It’s an easy one, I promise.” He paused, giving her a moment to calm down, at least somewhat. “Who sent you and your group last night?” he asked.

She pressed her lips into a tight, thin line, eyes shifting away from his and down towards the floor. His nose twitched at the unmistakable smell of fear: rotting flesh. It burned his nose, but he managed to resist the urge to scratch at it. He gave her another moment, and when she showed no sign of answering, he let out a sigh.

He ran a hand down his face before crouching down, getting down on her level. Her eyes darted back up to his, cautious of what he might do next. As she should be.

“We can do this one of two ways. Either you can tell me on your own, or I can force it out of you. The choice is yours.”

He waited patiently as she looked him over, her eyes roaming quick. She chewed on her lower lip for a moment, considering.

Then she lunged at him, claws extended and growling. Kouga was quick to block her attack, grabbing her easily by the wrist and then quickly pinned her to the ground. One hand held both of her wrists behind her back while the other held her by the back of the head, pressing her face into the concrete. He shifted his body above hers, making it so he could dig his knee into her back to keep the cat youkai pinned.

His skin buzzed with excitement as his wolf urged him to do a show of force. He’d give her one more chance.

He chuckled darkly above her. “You should’ve learned by now that fighting won’t get you anywhere.”

She hissed up at him, her eyes piercing into his. “Go to hell.” she snarled, her voice raspy.

“Ohhh, so you can speak, huh?” He dug her face further into the concrete, watching as her face scrunched up in pain. “That means you can answer my questions. Now, let’s try this again..” His grip on her wrists tightened, threatening to snap, and he could see the tears welling in her eyes. “Who sent you?” he asked, a menacing snarl in his voice.

She sucked in a breath through her teeth, eyes screwed shut. More fear filled her scent and her youki lashed out against him. Kouga growled and crushed her further into the concrete, nails digging into the skin at her scalp and drawing some blood. The youkai cried out in pain below him.

“I suggest you answer before you lose your head.”

The tears spilled out of her eyes, and she opened them to look up at him, pleading with him. He paid it no mind. He simply started to dig his nails into her wrists as well to serve as an incentive.

“AH! I.. I don’t know! Only.... Only Hiro knew and h-he’s dead! We were to just follow his lead!”

Kouga stewed on this for a moment, looking her over and searching her scent. 

He bared his fangs at her and moved his hand from her head to her neck, closing his hand around it. She sobbed.

“Tell me the truth!” The tips of his claws dug into the soft, sensitive flesh of her neck and her fear only spiked. Her youki began to flare, but it was nothing compared to Kouga’s. He began to smother her aura with his own and more tears spilled down her cheeks.

“I.. I don’t know his name! I just know his presence, a-and his voice! I’ve never seen him myself.. Just heard our leader talking to him over the phone! His voice is deep, cloyingly sweet.. smooth like honey. He whispers sweet things, but they have no meaning. He offers money and protection, but.. but I don’t think we would have actually received any. He sent us there to die, I just know it!” she sobbed.

Kouga digested this information for a moment. There was no hint of lies in her scent anymore. She was telling him the truth. But there was just one last thing he needed to know...

He dug his nails further into her neck and she cried out in pain. “What do you know about the poison he used on us last night?”

“P-Poison?”

“Yes. It turned my packmate’s skin purple.”

Her skin paled, and the only scent he could smell now was her fear. It filled the entirety of the basement. It was so strong it stung his eyes and caused tears to well up.

“I don’t know.. but it’s bad. It kills... no cure...” she sobbed, thick globs of tears rolling down her cheeks. Kouga frowned, unable to help himself from sympathizing with her, at least somewhat. 

And now.. he had no use for her. He knew that if he were to let her go, then whoever her boss was would have her killed, just like he assumed had happened to Hiro, the one he had almost gotten answers out of last night. But he couldn’t keep her here. He didn’t know what kind of powers their boss had. They might have a way of tracking her, or possessing her... weirder things had happened, and he knew he couldn't take any chances. He looked down at her, and she was already looking up at him, pleading.

Kouga held back his sigh. “Thank you for your cooperation. I assume you know what must come next, then?”

“Please.... just do it.”

He would at least make it quick and painless for her...

-BG-

Kagome spent a couple moments checking Ginta’s vitals, making sure everything was good. She smiled as she put her things away and had her stethoscope settled around her neck once again. “Well, looks like you’re all good to go! Though I fully expect you to stop by my place in a couple days to make sure you’re still doing alright.” she said.

Ginta chuckled a bit. “Yeah, of course, Sis.”

She nodded. It was still weird to her hearing them call her ‘sis’... she would have to ask Kouga about it later. “Good.” Her brows furrowed for a moment. “It’s just really concerning that it took you a full week to heal.. That stuff really did a number on your system..” she commented.

“So you still haven’t figured anything out about it?” Kouga asked. He had been leaning against the wall nearby, arms crossed over his chest.

“Unfortunately... This is something completely new to us, so a lot of our results have been inconclusive..”

“Is it some type of poison?”

“Can’t say.. If it was, we’d be able to make some kind of antiserum from it fairly easily, considering we can do that with venom and other things quite easily nowadays. But this..... I just don’t know... It’s... different somehow, but it has some of the same properties as a poison.” Kagome let out a sigh and waved a hand in front of her face before standing up from her chair. “Whatever it is, it’s unique and one of a kind... So it’s going to take a while for us to crack the code. Please be patient.. and be careful, okay?”

Kouga frowned, not liking how uneasy and fearful she looked. He pushed himself off the wall and moved to stand in front of her. “We’ll be as safe as we can. Now that we know there’s something like this out there in play, we’ll definitely be more cautious from here on out.” He brought a hand up to cup her cheek tenderly. “I promise..” His voice rumbled with his promise, reverberating in his chest, and it made her knees weak. He leaned in and they kissed briefly.

When they broke away from each other, she remembered where they were and looked away, her cheeks burning. She had completely forgotten that Ginta was in the room, how embarrassing!

Kouga simply chuckled. He wrapped an arm around her waist, pulling her into his side and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. “We’ll see you later.” His hand lingered on her hip, rubbing a small, teasing circle there for a moment before pulling away. Kagome’s cheeks darkened and she shot a glare at Kouga, though there was no anger in it. He just laughed once again and set about helping Ginta. Kagome shook her head, rolling her eyes and heading out of the room.

As soon as Kagome was out of the room, Ginta looked up at Kouga with a smirk on his face. “She’ll make a great alpha.”

Kouga blushed for a moment before rolling his eyes and letting out a growl. “Don’t make me have you spend another week in here.”

Ginta simply laughed, knowing that Kouga didn’t actually mean it. Of course, he didn’t doubt the threat and wouldn’t push his luck, but he knew it would take more than that for Kouga to hurt him. But it was nice to see his ever so stern Alpha being such a lovesick pup. And he could tell that Kagome really cared for him. He was happy for them.

It took them a moment to get all signed out of the hospital, but once they stepped outside, Hakkaku was there, waiting with a car. He beamed at them and was quick to open the doors for them, which they thanked him for. Ginta rode shotgun, and Kouga was content sitting in the back.

Hakkaku filled Ginta in on the happenings within the pack he had missed so he’d be able to step right in once again and help out more effectively. “And now that you’re back, Kouga can tell all of us about what he got out of the youkai we had captured.” Hakkaku mentioned as he pulled into his parking space.

Ginta looked back at Kouga, looking to see if it was bad or good news, so he could be prepared. But like always, his alpha’s expression gave nothing away. They got out of the car quietly, but it didn’t stay quiet for long. Soon, the pack descended on them, welcoming Ginta home with tears in their eyes and plenty of hugs and cheek and forehead kisses. The entire pack was buzzing with excitement to have their companion back home, safe and sound. Ginta couldn’t help but tear up a bit at the outpouring of love.

Once everyone calmed down, which took quite a while, they all filed into one of the houses and took their seats. Kouga stood with his arms crossed as he waited for everyone to settle. Once they were all ready, he began to speak.

“As you all know, we managed to capture one of the youkai that attacked us last week. I wasn’t able to get much out of her, as she had her group seem to be low in the ranks, but I did get something.” He began to pace slowly, back and forth. “It seems that their boss doesn’t like many to know his identity. Most just know his voice and presence, they don’t even seem to know what he looks like except for a select chosen. According to the cat, his voice is deep, but had a sweetness to it. He also offers things, but this is likely to get them to do as he pleases. She felt that what he was sending them out for was a suicide mission, and that proved true, especially when that other youkai stepped in.”

He took a moment to let this information sink in. He could see a couple of his pack mates writing down notes, Hakkaku being one of them. “As for the poison, she said there's no cure. The only way we’ve found to counteract it so far, is by having a miko use her reiki. But from what Kagome told me, it takes a lot out of her, and uses a lot of energy to get rid of it. Whatever this is, it isn’t to be taken lightly. We’ll need to be careful from here on out until we hear the test results from Kagome. So.. be cautious from here on out. If you get attacked with this stuff, head to a hospital immediately. Understood?”

“Yes, Alpha!” they all repeated back.

He nodded once, and with that, they were all dismissed. Most of them lingered back to talk with Ginta, make sure he was doing okay and asking him questions about the poison. Kouga watched for a moment before walking over and growled a warning. They all shrunk back and then quickly left the immediate area. Ginta turned to look up at him, grateful.

“Go get rest. You deserve it.”

“Thanks Kouga..”

They smiled at each other for a moment and Kouga pulled him in for a quick hug. Once he pulled away, he gave the beta a pat on the shoulder and a wide grin. Ginta returned the smile with one of his own, then headed for bed. He would rest while he could.. he had a feeling things were only going to get more difficult from here on out.

[aadhiskanmani]

As the title suggests this is my movie rec list.These are the films across industries and  stuff i feel needs more recognition and love. It is all a mixed Bag, Mixed Genres, Mixed reasons to suggest them right from the quality to acting to cinematography to story etc.. to critical acclaim Etc you get the picture. Now not all of them are like Blockbusters or like wah wah highly acclaimed though majority are but still i feel more people need to see them so do give a try. I love these films and i am proud of them so here it goes in no particular order.

p.s These are more recent films say last 2,3 yrs and the list doesn’t include films that are still in theatre like Uyaare, super deluxe,athrian,lucifer  etc 

Template is as follows the Titles include links with subs. Now they are msotly links for well known streaming giants so should not be an issue with majority but i will try to find and add alternate links too. Also will be adding lil synopsis detail of film and then in italics what i thought of it and why one should watch it just random thoughts kind of thing. we will see how far this will go because i have 30 titles approx to add LOL so i will have to break this post in parts and i might get lazy and forget to add my thoughts. we will see LOL

So Let’s Begin :)))

Part 1:( will break it in 10′s caz otherwise it is too much to post in one post )

Vikram Vedha |Tam | *R.Madhavan,Vijay Sethupathi:   Police officer Vikram is on the hunt to capture Vedha, a gangster. But when Vedha voluntarily surrenders himself, it challenges Vikram's perception of good and evil. [you should watch this one for it’s smart writing, superb characterization and wonderful performances, the intrigue factor keeps you hooked till the end and Not a trace of Maddy and Vijay in the Cgaracters of vikram and vedha they are truly those characters., Also i heard this one is in the process of getting remade in bollywood so watch it before it is ruined forever. IYKWIM... i will leave it at that because this isn’t the post for details on remake hehe

Geetha Govindham|Tel| *Vijay Devrakonda, Rashmika Mandanna: (the drive link will not open in the app from phones, use a PC):  A 25-year-old virgin searches for love. Super cute rom com and a feel good film. Music is really nice and basically a laugh riot or well i laughed a lot lol. 

Vada Chennai |Tam| *Dhanush,  Andrea Jeremiah,Aishwariya Rajesh |alt link |  A proficient carrom player sets foot in the world of crime and joins forces with local gangsters to settle their feuds. However, he decides to take them down when they plan to wipe out his locality. A perfect beginning to the triology,Truly enthralling, Truly an epic Gangster drama, it is built layer by layer and sucks you into the world of anbu and company right away. Dhanush is in his best form and andrea in her grey character is also surprsingly good. this gangster drama i actually loved like anything and this genre is really not something i enjoy mostly it has to be really good for me to enjoy it 

Njan Prakashan |Mal| *Fahadh Faasil,Sreenivasan |alt link|  Prakashan aka PR Akash is a typical Malayali man who aspires to lead a luxurious life without too much effort. As he tries to achieve this aim, a few insignificant figures walks into his life.

holds up a mirror to Society, simple,cynical, skeptical, thoroughly entertaining and teh one that makes you smile, also Fahadh plays the role of the guy we love to hate and then love so perfectly. but hey that is hardly a surprise i mean when is he not Excellent?.

Sairat| Marathi|* Rinku Rajguru, akash Thosar: {on netflix as well} Upper class Archie falls in love with a lower caste son of a fisherman, Parshya. Watch this one for it’s realistic approach and rawness. this one deals with a wide range of themes right from class system to the struggles of a young couple when they try to settle into a daily life to more dark themes such as honor killings but an epic film. it is so hard to explain in words how good it is and why one must watch this one. Just the honesty the passion of filmmaker shines + the music. one big thing about this film was how normal looking everyone  was they had realistic locations average looking cast but MAN THIS one makes you smile, laugh,cry, be sad, feel the pain like anything .the usp is the innocence of leads and the love story is so endearing Unfortunately this is also the original of dhadhak which isn’t even a speck of dust in terms of quality and basically rips everything that made sairat what it is from it and is a glossy totally non practical remake and devoid of any emotions + with terrible casting Loll.  Also this is my only Marathi entry on this list.

Ente Ummante Peru |Mal| Tovino thomas,Urvashi:| Alt link  The life and journey of Hameed to find his biological mother and how his life changes when Aisha comes into his life. Just Heartwarming would be my comment on it. this is again something one has to watch and experience to know why this one made it to the list. it is hilarious at times yet has some very tender moments. Tovino is a sweetheart as hameed and aisha amma is Lovesuper lovable and warm. this one just kinda engulfs you into it’s warmth. 

Majili |tel| *naga chaitanya, Samantha:  A former cricket player nursing his wounds of a failed relationship takes up the task of training his ex-lover's daughter and in the process discovers his feelings towards his wife and her unrequited love for him. I personally didn’t care for the first love story as it is very typical and clice But it is post the entry of sam where the film becomes worth making it to this list , simple and the one that makes you count your blessings and just be thankful to have someone who loves and supports you like sravani does for purna..  Chay and Sam’s chemistry is off he hook and they make it worth it totally. 

Arjun reddy| tel| shalini, VIjay devrakonda : alt link   Arjun Reddy (Vijay Deverakonda) is a Surgeon and the topper of the college. He falls in love with his junior, a Tulu girl (Shalini), who is four years younger to him. Due to some unfortunate incidents, they break up. How life takes them forward forms the rest of the story. A gamechanger in Telugu industry no wonder it has reached the cult status. it’s not like i haven’t been raving about it from past 3 days even more than before because the butchering in form of the remake hurts But wow What a revelation Mr Derakonda was in this and He rightfully won a Best actor award. Just Like sairat this one rises way above the script due to the acting of vijay and that honesty in the script and film making. idk it is hard to put in words for me but when you see these films you see how passionate the makers were while making them and the heart and soul they have put in the film just shows and touches you so hard.Now this one is 18+ so TW drugs, alcoholism and a lot on innuendos and banging hehe. BUT and i can’t emphasize enough IT IS WORTH EXPERIENCING IF YOU ARE A FILM LOVER. This is the one which leaves you in the undecided category or well it had left me in that do i love it? do i hate it? i was so confused until my rewatch and i have finally came to conclusion that i love it. this is like you can love me hate me but you can’t ignore me and it stays on your mind a lot longer then the 3 hrs runtime after you are done because you are in that wait what is my actual verdict hehe. Also i haven;t seen a more accurate depiction of a toxic relationship on desi screen where one is so obsessed and self centered that it becomes really hard to survive around him 

Thadam|tam| Arun vijay    The murder of a youngster creates confusion among a few cops when they find out that the one accused in the crime has a look-alike!.  Thadam has an intriguingly written flow of events that begin from the pre-interval point and the film maintains the suspense factor till the end. The lead actor is fab in his dual role it is hard to tell which one is which and who has actually done the crime but mind you int he beginning it is a little confusing as it keeps goign back and forth between the bg stories of 2 guys but the viewer isn’t told that it is actually dual role so i was like wait how come one min he is rich and in love with oen persona and next he is in slums doing thefts lol. anyway... 

Peranbu\Tam/Mal |*Mamooty  A story about a father who tries to understand the struggles of his disabled daughter Paapa. The plot highlights the journey of how he becomes a better man while he comes to terms with his child and her special needs. This one is Just purely about a father’s love for the child and how far a father can go for his child.

An Honorable mention to BAAHUBALI2 which requires no intro or anything from me to persuade one into watching it It is SELF EXPLANATORY.  

Phew OK i am calling it a day..... Part 2 will be posted soon... I am more then excited to  hear from you guys and your thoughts on these films plz do tag me if you post your reviews and your thoughts. i worked really hard on this so i will be more than excited to know if it was worth or no... I have so much more quality content in the queue and am super excited to share that with ya fellas..... it gives me great Joy to share the love for movies and a lot of satisfaction that all this FIlm nerd thing is coming to some use to others and i take a lot of pride in the fact that i am kind of is a film nerd hehe. Happy Viewing,,,,,,, 

[shenglingyuan]

interview with priest from 2012

Hello! KK, the leader of GPS Translations(translation group for Imperfections) wanted to share an early interview with Priest. This one dates back to 2012! She talks about the origin of her pen name, her writing style, writing inspirations, and about “writing” smut =w=

You can listen to the audio recording here. Her voice is really cute and sweet!!!

Host(H): Why did you take Priest as your author name? Priest(P): At first, I only had a reader ID. When I registered as an author in Jinjiang(jjwxc), many of the Chinese names I tried were already taken. I took an English book randomly and used the first word I saw, which was “priest”.

H: Really? Just so casually and randomly? I thought it was religious or something like that? P: Really, really. Because I tried some Chinese names and they were all taken and the website system was asking me to add 01, 06, something like that after my Chinese name. It’s quite annoying, so I went to an English one.

H: When did you start writing? P: On the internet, probably 2007.

H: Which one of your work are you most satisfied with? P: What I’ve written, they don’t have much difference to me. I like them all so I really can’t pick up a favorite one. Maybe my favorite one would be something that I haven’t written yet. I hope in the future you can keep supporting me.

H: What genre would you like to try in the future? P: In the future, probably, some weird ancient background or modern background to express reality, I don’t know which one will I choose as my next one.

H: Can you tell us the type of the CP? P: I can tell you that but probably it will change before I finish, because I once liked zhongquan*, but now I don’t know why but I’ve been liking zhagong more. *one of the CP is very loyal to the other one, will spoil and love the other very much  and can do everything for the other *one of the CP only takes advantage of the other’s feelings, doesn’t really love the other one but only use the other half to get a good time H: I’m not really into zhagong but I think I will--- P: So you’re gonna abandon me :( H: No, I will never abandon you!!

H: Do you have an author you like, BL and BG? P: Yes, I do. I think I like quite a lot in BL, maybe I can’t speak them all out loud because if I list it, it will fill a whole paper. I’ve read a lot and I like a lot. I haven’t read BL type a lot recently. Recently I was reading Yu Hua’s book. I liked him a lot, I’m a really a big fan of him

H: So what good novels have you read recently in BL? P: I recently started liking ghost stories for no reason and I read a lot, a lot, a lot of ghost stories but it seems that most of my readers are not really into it.

H: Which one have you read? P: It’s Liu Gan.

H: Someone told me they read ‘Liu Gan’ and they got scared to sleep alone at night. P: Qing Qiu’s ‘Gui Hua Lian Pan’ is quite good. And I read another one, ‘Tong Hua Zhong Lu Si Li Xie Ji Yi Yuan Guai Tan’, and I read this one today.

H: Is there any possibility that you will write horror stories? P: I’m not sure if I’m good at it because no one told me ghost stories in my childhood, so I can just keep reading others for now.

H: An audience is asking, your work often contains a lot of imagination. The multiple subjects and content, are they related to your professional major or hobbies? Take ‘Final Blue-Signet(Zhong Ji Lan Yin)’ as an example. P: Not really related to my major but I’m kind of like a jack of all trades, master of none, so I have quite a lot of hobbies.

H: Another is asking, is Priest a STEM major? Did you feel confused when you wrote ‘Final Blue-Signet’ because of your mixed background? P: You can say so [that I’m a STEM Major]. But I hope you don’t believe my settings too much because I’m just bullshitting. But I’m not feeling confused by it because after all, I’m the one who wrote them.

H: Where did your inspiration came from for writing ‘Final Blue-Signet’? P: I was waiting in line to buy bread and there was an advertisement board opposite it. The ad has a picture that was very very very big and was very very very complicated, and then I just figured out the story for ‘Final Blue-Signet’.

H: What exactly did the picture show? Why would it make you think of ‘Final Blue-Signet’? P: Because I don’t really get the picture, and I can’t figure out why are they drawing those kind of things. I think the complicated thing is like a magical pattern. So, it’s lovely. While I was in the line and I had nothing to so, I just handed out an essay which is very complicated. Then I took out a little notebook and wrote down my settings and started to set for Final Blue-Signet.

H: What about Qi Ye(The Seventh Lord)’s inspiration? P: Actually, it was difficult to write this one. I spent a lot of time and I tried a lot of settings and dropped a lot of settings, but I cherished them so I don’t wanna give up on them. After, I just combined everything together. So the final product is like everything and unlike everything.

H: Can you describe your own writing style? P: You can say that I’m under the “bullshitting” style.

H: Why? How could you call yourself under the “bullshitting” style? P: Because I think I’m bullshitting from settings to the plot, I just make them randomly and very casually. H: So modest. P: No no no I’m really bullshitting style.

H: You must have an outline. Will you change your plot because of what the readers say to you? P: EHHH? I don’t think this question is in the rehearsal. How could you suddenly ask me this question, just because I said I had a bullshitting style? The hope was all for the best at first. I had an outline at the very beginning but almost every part of the outline can’t stand for more than 30,000 words, it just totally goes out of the outline. Whether I will be influenced by my readers ... it depends because some of my novels, I write them in advance and some I write them at the moment. Those that are written at the moment are more easily to be influenced by the readers.

H: Is Liang Jiuxiao in The Seventh Lord really dead? P: Yes, yes, yes, and yes. It’s true. H: He’s a very popular character among your readers and many of your readers think that he has something with his senior brother*? P: They are thinking too much. *this senior brother is Zhou Zishu of Faraway Wanderers/Tian Ya Ke

H:Do you have preference over the type of CP or genre? P: No I don’t have one. If you read my novels, then you’ll know I don’t have a preferred one.

H: Many of us want to ask you a question. Why is there very few sex plots in your novels? When do you plan to write more sex plots? P: There are more and there are less. Actually I wrote them, I just make them less so you can’t see it.

H: No sex plot is really being “deceitful”. P: Well I forgot to say that I’m also a “deceitful” type of writer.

H: So you just erase all the sex plot like that? P: You can say so.

H: When do you plan to write them and do you have any conditions to do it? P: One: until the day I’m finally good at it, and two: when the internet has a rating for different age.

H: You mean you’re afraid of tainting underage readers? P: Yeah, yeah, yeah … I hope that underage readers can see cute media like cartoons or something instead.

H: Another audience question: you have a very busy life, and you update very fast. How could you balance the relationship between writing, your studying, and your life? P: I’m not actually that busy, I like hanging out. I don’t write novels for a very long time a day. In a day, one to two hours tops.

H: How many words can you write in those one or two hours? P: One or two hours is enough for one or two updates.

H: How many words exactly? P: In my bad condition, about 2000 words, if I’m in good condition, more than 3000 words. H: You are so fast! P: Uhhh, right.

H: You never face the difficulty of not knowing what to write? P: I just said my style is “deceitful” plus “bullshitting” so I think this style can make me happy. Also, my stories, the quality is quite low. I have quite a lot of typos.

H: How do you name your characters in your book? P: Mostly, from dictionaries. A book is very handy, too. I think of a page number and line number, which character of the line then I open it. If it’s really weird, I will do it again. If I think it’s okay, then it’s okay.

H: So casual, just like how you chose your pen name. P: Yep yep, but I’m very loyal to the names. Because I can’t remember them all if I have a lot of names.

H: Thank you for your gentle attitude. Is there anything else you want to say to our audience? P: First of all, I wish you all a happy new year and may your wishes come true. I hope everyone can study well and can read less sex plots to protect yourselves.

H: Thank you for coming today, Priest. P: Thanks, thanks, thanks for your hard work!

H: Well thanks for your hard work too!

Priest is the author of Guardian(2012), Sha Po Lang(2015), Silent Reading(2016), Imperfections(2017), Faraway Wanderers(2010), and more. Masterlist of English translations can be found here.

[brothermouzongaming]

Game Awards highlights

Highlights of the awards are as follows: Roger Clark (Arthur Morgan) won best voice actor, God of War stole Game of the Year from RDR2 as well as best game direction. Fear not, Red Dead did take the award for best narrative, score, and audio design. Celeste won best indie. Deadcells snuck away with best action game. Monster Hunter World took best RPG and...I agree but I also think Nino Kuni, Octopath, Pillars of Eternity and Dragon Quest 11 fans are rightfully mad. Dragon Ball FighterZ takes best fighting game. Fortnite took best multiplayer game, shocker. 

What I wanted to talk about were the announcements and trailers that came between the commercials and cringe-inducing antics of the event. There wasn’t a lot going on but what was announced was very interesting.

Atlas: Pirates and cannons do not excite me, seafaring and swashbuckling just does nothing for me. All that said...wow Atlas really looks impressive. Made by Wildcard and the team consists of many people who put Ark together. This appears to be a full pirate sim mmorpg that plans to hold 40,000 people on one server. Yes. Forty thousand. Is that MAG level hype? Yeah that and then some. This seems to be one of those situations where a game comes out, it flops, and another studio swoops in to capitalize on the disappointment (see Fortnite to PUBG, 2k to Live, FIFA to PES etc). That game I’m referring to is Sea of Thieves and Wildcard appear to be working hard on making the game Sea of Thieves should’ve been. You can watch a trailer here.

MK11: I am so conflicted by this trailer, lemme tell ya. The actual look of the CG trailer was nice, visceral, even cheeky at some points (awful big emphasis on weapons in that trailer). Another obscure and mysterious aspect of this game is time and how that plays into characters and the story potentially. New Scorpion is killed by Evil Raiden, only to be killed by Old Scorpion himself...hmm. Now that makes me think. It was a quintessential Mortal Kombat trailer top to...wait...is that 21 Savage playing in the background?? The song choice did not fit at all, it was like someone at NetherRealms plugged in their phone last minute to compensate for a glitched audio. Literally, anything would’ve been better, Wu-Tang, Freddie Gibbs, Earl Sweatshirt if you had to go the rap route. Yeah, I could be making a big deal out of nothing but I’ve also seen games make unnecessary focus on soundtrack and losing focus on the actual game. All in all, interesting. trailer here

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: Oh boy, oh fucking boy. X-men Legends (stick with me here) was the first of top-down arcade hero brawler type that really got my jimmies jumping. So when Marvel Ultimate Alliance came out it was something of a true actualization of what me and my friends thought up back when Legends came out. Two titles, both of which I owned and played through thoroughly unlocking characters and finding cheats. So imagine my surprise when initially I think this is the Marvel Avengers project by Square Enix. No! Wrong! Bad Chayton! It’s UA3 by...Ninja Theory?! What is going on? We got a little gameplay that unfortunately didn’t look too impressive. I’m still excited and with it being a Switch exclusive...I just have more reason to get one. trailer here. Speaking of reasons to get a Switch...

Joker joins the battle: Hi, huge Persona 5 fan here. Very excited to see our boy join the scuffle. He will be included as a DLC character (meh) but it raises some very interesting questions as to who else could be added. Goku confirmed! really cute trailer here

Far Cry “New Dawn”: This screamed Rage 2 to me. It is a cool idea to play so directly off the last released Far Cry title. I’m sure the games are going to be very different but the trailer seemed to take direct influence down to the shade of pink they used in their cooky-wacky post-apocalyptic looking setting. The game will even have you run into Joseph Seed and this is where I think it will diverge heavily and start to focus more on the Far Cry aspects of the game. Interesting villains as per usual but I’m hesitant. Even if it’s an expansion from FC4. trailer here

Rage 2: Now this is the post-apocalyptic open world I am looking forward to exploring. As I have stated before, Rage was underwhelming but had potential, this new trailer expanded upon what was already explored but didn’t really show off anything new. Regardless of the utter turmoil BGS seems to be in I am still excited to get my hands on this game and rip shit up .trailer here

Psychonauts 2: This is big, many many fans have been dying to see where Rasputin’s adventures take him. The look hasn’t changed much, but the polish of modern tech is doing wonders for the world of Psychonauts. We don’t get much info but just the glimpse is more than enough to get me thinking about the possibilities. trailer here

Dragon Age 4 teaser: this is a teaster trailer for Dragon Age 4... not much more to it. trailer here

The Outer Worlds: This is the big one, Obsidian are coming out the gate hard. In the wake of Fallout76 this was the last thing Bethesda could afford; for another studio to come along and do their games better than them. A space oriented RPG that appears to focus heavily on decision-making and character development. Two staples of Obsidian games that I can’t wait to take part in when this bad boy drops. With Obsidian being acquired by Microsoft I was concered this would be an exclusive but thankfully they can’t deny the PS4 audience, at least this time. Next gen (or title even) we might not be so lucky. trailer here

[jieunsapphic]

getting to know jieunies!!

it’s eleven pm and i have nothing to do so here’s a little thing for ya while i work on helvetica!!

name

Faith

birthday

11/24/02

‘02 LINERS MAKE SOME MF NOISE

relationship status

single and on the way to “ready to mingle”!

piercings i have

i have one piercing in each ear,, the normal lobe piercings everyone has. got em when i was 11

the meaning behind my username!! 

i love iu with all my heart, so that’s one. and bbibbi had just come out!!! i was listening to it on repeat since and it’s just POPPIN

groups i stan,,, hmm

that’s a long q to answer, so my top three bgs and ggs are STRAY KIDS, BTS, NCT + EXID, LOONA, and RED VELVET

favorite movie

my absolute favorite movie is flavors of youth, hands down. it’s netflix-exclusive, i believe, but UGH the symbolism in it all is amazing

a fact about my personality

my personality’s all over the place, but i’m really prone to being chaotically loud in the WORST situations sdjdfjlg

what i hate most about myself

the eyelashes on my left eye are fanned across my lashline differently compared to the other and it’s really hard to get a solid curl on em when applying mascara

what i love most about myself

i have an endless stomach when it comes to chinese food. and i’m also a really good taker/giver of advice!

idea of the perfect date

it’s hard to get into that without being sappy, but i’m down with anything. netflix is the BEST so i’m 100% forcing my s/o to watch strong girl bong soon with me i swear

weakness

i hate it when people yell at me, man. it’s HORRIBLE and it makes me cry

biggest turn on

moans,, its pretty hands down i guess??? i’ve had a lot of time to dabble around in nsfw accs that provide the best of the best so hit me up if u want links,, i don’t judge

 a random fact i know

rubber bands last longer when they’re put in the fridge!!

the last time i cried and why

last night i was reading a book of poetry and it really hit me hard. it’s called light filters in by caroline kaufman if any of you are interested!

favorite food

the meatball marinara from subway hands (normal bread, toasted, olives and The White Cheese on top and sometimes avocados if i’m feelin’ it!)

chinese zodiac sign

i didn’t know it, so i looked it up! it’s horse :))

favorite season

definitely, infinitely autumn.

how long i take to get ready

well, i wake up at six, lie around until seven, and i’m out the door by seven thirty at the latest. it’s mostly around 20 mins or smth

somewhere i want to visit

i’m planning a trip to daegu and seoul, south korea after i graduate! i’ve wanted to go forever now ugh

other languages i speak

english is my first language, but i’m learning spanish in school and korean online!

the color of my eyes

they’re so brown they’re almost black woo

my love language

definitely korean. it’s been an amazing language, and as i pick it up, it’s all about the intonation. feeling words is so much different than hearing them, and korean’s all on that!! so, either that or italian.

talents

well, i’ve always had quite a knack for weaving words together to construct little galaxies - since i was little. i basically taught myself how to read - but i also sing! i’m gonna start looking for pdfs on music theory when i have the time!!

my ultimate bias(es)

male - mark lee, jeon jeongguk, and a tie between min yoongi and jung hoseok

female - seulgi, chungha, l.e.

there are a lot more but for time i condensed it!

concerts i’ve been to

i went to a casting crowns concert when i was little and i still, to this day, remember it. it was the best time i’d ever had at a concert.

last book i read

physical - we are okay by nina lacour

ao3 - up we go by oh_hey_tae

favorite ice cream flavor

matcha green tea or peach!!

cats or dogs?

cats all the way. all my dogs are dead so sdfklsdf

the song i am listening to right now

i’m listening to a playlist!! it’s soon to be revealed so i’ll give u my weekly one!

day or night?

night! i’m not good at,, functioning during the daytime imsorry

do i like roller coasters?

hell no i don’t i’m black enough to have some sense

lucky number?

i don’t have one, honestly

favorite quote

the one where yoongi says he wants to be a rock in his next life,,, that shit sPEAKS TO ME

how long have i liked kpop?

going on 5 years!!! it all started with tvxq! and just,,,, zoomed from there

favorite album?

iu’s flower bookmark 2!!! it’s the BEST when u listen in order

what i find attractive in other people

the first thing i see is hands, but the first thing i notice is personalities and voices!!

my battery percentage

i’m on a desktop computer, man,,,, this thing stays plugged for years

what i’m doing tomorrow

i have church in the morning and i’m probably gonna come home and make fideo bc i don’t have school on monday turn up

nationality

i’m american like the cheese, fam

favorite song

it always varies but one i’ve stuck true to is le festin by camille! it’s in french!! y’all its the one at the end of ratatouille how much better can it get?????????

stuffed animals i own

i have this lamb that has been with me since i was born and that’s pretty much it

witches or vampires?

witches, because twitches was my sHIT when i was a kid, and bc i have read of magic and maladies so much that it’s so cute i love yoonkook

my favorite holiday

up to here it’s been so hard not to spell it with a u oh my goD

but it’s probably christmas!! i love love love pentatonix’s christmas music and i have since i was in like sixth grade ugh weary emoji fist emoji this is where its AT

the color of my toothbrush

that’s the most random fuckin question on this list sjlffgjklghdjfg it’s purple!

go-to comfort food

macaroni and cheese, made the RIGHT WAY, complete with three or more cheeses and cayenne pepper and bread crumbs

coffee or tea?

i’m a tea person! coffee has been known to give me panic attacks every time i fw it, so yeah that’s my cardio

description of my crush

i’ve known him for like eternities and we always argue over why bts is so popular sljfsdf he calls me detective a lot it makes me wanna DIE he’s so nice and he pisses me off royally also do his glasses get thinner every year or what i can’t tell

a song that made me cry

it’s always, always gonna be by the stream (개여울) by iu. that song makes me BAWL it reminds me of another song that makes me cry, all honor by ron kenoly!! both amazing vocalists. take the time out of ur day/night please!!! <3

favorite k-drama

Y’ALL ALREADY KNOW ITS STRONG GIRL BONG SOON IT’S THE BEST THING SINCE BETTY WHITE GO WATCH IT GO WATCH IT

this was lots of fun!! i hope y’all learned a little more about me through this skldfsdf

don’t hesitate to message me! i don’t bite unless u want me to wink wink no wait

i’m gonna tag @bambams-a-babe, @neocult127, and @cupidjaemins to do this bc we love mutuals here :)))

have a great night i spent an hour on this thing sljkfsdf

[knight-queen]

Lunatic Parade Kou Mukami– (Chapter 4)

I know there’s already a translation of chapter 4. But since I did chapter 3, so didn’t skip this one by moving directly onto the Final.  (*°▽°*) ♡

Monologue

一 一 After we see off the children, Kou kun and I had decided to meet the manager.

Place: Saint Nore Park / サントノレパーク通り

Yui: Let’s see, I think it’s somewhere in this place…

Kou: Umm…

???: Haa...how the parade of this year will look like...in this case…

Kou: Oh, this voice…

Corporation Manager: ...Hm? Over there are…

Yui: Mr. Manager! We’ve been looking for you!

Corporation Manager: Eh!

*Runs up to them*

Haah...hah...uff...what do you mean exactly…?

Kou: I thought if I could show up there in the finale.

Corporation Manager: Yo- you really will!?

Kou: If I wouldn’t then I wouldn’t even ask you for permission.

Corporation Manager: ...Aah...I’m so glad! Thank you so much!!

The truth to be said, after that, I had some performers on your behalf but it didn’t satisfy me….

I ended up rubbing my head thinking that this year‘s parade will be the worst than ever.

But if you show up then it’s no mistake that this parade is gonna rank the toppest!

Kou: 一 However!

There is a condition.

Corporation Manager: And that is…?

Kou: Since I’ll perform so I want that stage to be splendid.

I want you to devote yourself utmost in selecting the outfits, theater and also in arranging the stage.

Corporation Manager: I roger that!

Order me anything! I can prepare that right away! Because doing this work is one of the highlights of my skills!!

Yui: (S- so much confidence. He must treasures the parade so much.)

Kou: ...And then…

There’s one more request.

Corporation Manager: What it could be?

Kou: And there should be a few first-class seats in the performance area.

Because there is a number of children whom I want to invite there.

Yui: (He’s talking about those vampire children, right?)

Corporation Manager: If it’s that much then it’s a very cheap task.

Then, I am going to order for the preparations right away.

Kou: Thanks! I’m counting on you.

Corporation Manager: Then let me take my leave at once! Aah, time to work and work!!

*After a while*

Kou: Phew…

All now left is just to give it my best. 

M-neko chan, will you support me?

Yui: Ofcourse!

Please tell me if there’s anything I can do.

Kou: Okay...let’s go have a look at the venue?

I wanna think about what kind of stage should be built there.

Yui: Yeah, let’s go!

Place: Saint Nore Park / サントノレパーク通り

Yui: (This place is going to be the venue…)

Kou: Probably, we can make a gorgeous stage right over there.

If we do that, then we can hang up the illuminations around there. Looks like we can come up with a flashy one.

Following this, the audiences' seats will be here, and…

Yui: (As expected, he’s very familiar with the performances, so he can come up with several things.)

*Kou gets closer*

Kou: Why are you being so shut?

Yui: Oh...so…

I thought you were amazing to plan about many things at once.

To describe it…

Kou: You fall in love again?

Yui: Th- that’s…

→ Selection

内緒！/ Secret!

うん / Yes (+ Correct)

Yui: ...Yes.

*Kou backs off*

Kou: ...Kh, what are these. You rather got me scared. *flushed*

Yui: (I- I tried to upfront my feelings a little but he's being bright red…)

Kou: Phew….

Yui: (Maybe I just see one of his rare sides?)

Kou: 一 Anyways!

We have enough with watching the venue.

Nextly, we must make a specific time schedule.

Shall we be back to the hotel briefly?

Yui: Yeah!

Place: Saint Nore Park / サントノレパーク通り

Vampire Woman A: Hey hey, you heard!? Kou kun is gonna be displayed in this year’s parade!

Vampire Woman B: Of course I did! Aah, I’m already  starting to look forward in that!

Yui: (Wow, the news already started to get spread. He’s pretty popular indeed.)

Kou: Sounds like that manager is running around by announcing this news.

Yui: Mhm.

You are a little nervous?

Kou: Nope! I can’t help but look forward to it!

Yui: (That’s awesome...I’ll also do my best to become his right hand even if a little.)

Monologue

We had refined the plannings about the programme after we returned to the hotel.

“What can be done to make it exciting for the audiences”

“What can he do to make audiences enjoy the performance all by himself” 

We continued this conversation by sitting face to face with each otherーー

END of Monologue

Kou: Hmm...so I ought to start with a light piece of melody at first.

And following that, I have to start the ballad…

Yui: Right. Then you can probably try out by shifting the songs’ orders. If you do so, then…

*Takes notes*

Kou: Aah...sounds good. In the mid-time, it will be great if you insert the dance-numbers…

*Continues taking notes*

|| A dance number is a performance, in other words a choreography executed by a group of dance. Idk if it's a familiar U.S English word or not, but I’m sure French and other languages use this a lot!

*After a while + BG sky*

Kou: 一 Finally done!

*BG: Back to the Hotel*

Yui: With these, everything’s decided now.

Kou: Yep!

一Now that you mentioned, we’re missing out on the most important part.

Yui: Which one…?

Kou: For the sake of the best performance, I have to get warmed-up like a best performer!

There will be dance-numbers so I want to do a pretence.

But if I do that here then it will become very noisy. We may even end up getting complaints about it.

I wonder if there’s a suitable place...where no one can’t possibly find me…

Yui: What about that alley? Is that place quite?

Kou: Yeah, that’s right. Great catch, M-neko chan.

Let’s move into there.

Yui: Yup!

Place: Glimmer Main Street, Aizen Alley / グリンマーストリートアイゼン横丁

Kou: It’s certainly quite here. Perfectly suitable for my practice.

Aight...I’m gonna get started from the dance-practice.

Phew….hah…

Yui: (I think he can’t concentrate if I stay here.)

Listen Kou kun, I’ll be back to the hotel for now.

Kou: Eeh? But why? Don’t go back.

Yui: B- but we were able to find a less-crowded place after all, plus if I’m here then you can get distracted I think?

Kou: Aah...I don’t get it.

*Kou gets closer*

Kou: It’s very obvious that I’ll get more motivated if you watch me.

So, don’t say you want to go back. Stay by my side.

Yui: Is it okay?

Kou: I rather want you to stay.

Yui: If that’s so...I’ll be here.

Isn’t there anything that I can at least help you with? I can do it no matter what it is.

Kou: No matter what it is? Then…

Yui: (What does he mean by pointing on his cheek?)

Kou: Come on, hurry up.

Yui: Wh- what do you mean…?

Kou: You gotta obviously give me a mmwah for cheering me up.

Come on! We’re lacking time so do it now!

Yui: Eh, y-yes…!

Yui: (Feels like I am trapped in one kind of pace but if it’s what Kou kun want then一)

Okay…muwah…*blushing*

*Yui kisses Kou in his cheek*

Kou: Fufuh, thank you ♪ Well then一

...nnh…*kiss*

It’s a returned kiss for mutually cheering up to do our best.

Yui: (I’m happy but, it turned out so embarrassing…)

Kou: Ooh, you’re being red all the way up to your ears.

Shall I carry you to the hotel picking up like a princess?

Ah, or more importantly I shall muwah you on your forehead and then measure your fever? How ‘bout it?

Yui: Aah, stop spoiling me.

Kou: It’s your fault to be so cute that I want to spoil you at the end. Heheh…

*Kou backs off*

Kou: 一 Anyways

I must start to practice right away.

M-neko chan, would you mind resuming where I was by clapping?

Yui: Yes, understood.

*Clap, clap, clap, clap*

Is it okay?

Kou: Okkey. I’m going to...start一!

Monologue

Looking at Kou kun practicing putting on a serious face, I already realized that his performance is obviously going to be the best.

Simultaneously, I was feeling proud to be by his side instead of any other else.

While thinking these, time went out in a blink of eyeーー

END of Monologue

*Claps (4x)*

Kou: Hah, hah, hah…

With this, I am done with dancing practice. Phew…

Yui: Good job, Kou kun. You did so great that it was a real performance.

Kou: Is that so? Maybe I work harder than I expected since you were watching me.

But the real performance won’t be like this, ya’ know?

I’ll perform way better than this, so please expect more from this, ‘kay?

Yui: Fufu, okay.

Ah, perhaps they are done with preparing the stage, so let’s have a look?

Kou: Right. But I wanna have a little more practice then wait for the main performance一

Corporation Manager: AAH! THERE YOU WERE!

*Runs up to them*

Yui: …? Wh- what happened, you’re being so hurry…

Corporation Manager: Actually...that’s...there are some problems to face.

Kou: Problems? Are they related to the performance?

Corporation Manager: No, that one is all good. But…

The entertainers who asked before on your behalf are not giving up on the performance at all…

The stage that I had completed preparing, they have occupied them.

Yui: Eeh…

Corporation Manager: B- but rest assured! I will manage to move them even if it has to be by force…!

Kou: …

Corporation Manager: E-err...but please don’t say that you won’t be showing up on the stage…

Kou: …...But

Certainly they do have rights to perform on the stage. Because we asked for permission after they did.

Corporation Manager: ……!? B- but…

If we allow them, then you are going to lose the stage.

There are no places to make a stage since all the preferable spots are filled with some kinds of events…

Kou: …...nnh…

Yui: (What shall we do…, we wanna do something for those kids whom he had promised…)

*Yui starts thinking about places*

BG: Glimmer Main Street

Yui: (There’s no preferable place here…)

BG: Zatan’s Mouth

Yui: ………

BG: Rubean Canal

Yui: (There are only Gondolas here…)

(...Ah…!)

Place: Glimmer Main Street, Aizen Alley / グリンマーストリートアイゼン横丁

Yui: Gondola!

Kou: Go- gondola?

Yui: Yeah! Gondola! Let’s go…!

*Yui holds Kou’s hand*

Kou: E- M-neko chan!? Uwaa!

*They run*

Corporation Manager: Wa- wait up please!

*He runs too*

Place: Rubean Canal / ルビーン運河

Kou: Haah, hah...what’s wrong outta nowhere...is there anything here?

Yui: ーLook, we can make a stage above this canal I think.

Kou: ….kh….

Corporation Manager: Eeh!?

What do you mean? How can we do that….

Yui: Using gondola.

By mooring so many gondolas here, we can prepare a stage above that.

Corporation Manager: Wha...he won’t be able to perform in such an insatiable stage.

More or less, it’s above the water anyways…

Kou: ...No…

I think it’s a very great idea, M-neko chan.

Yui: Kou kun…

Kou: ...Because...it will turn out so beautiful...as the reflected illuminations will be sparkling on the water surface.

I should have done it from the before.

So, I’m also requesting to build up here.

Corporation Manager: Y- you too…

...kh, got it! I’ll absolutely do something about it!

Yui: Th- thank you so much!

Kou: Oh yess, M-neko chan ♪ I’m counting on you once again, manager.

Corporation Manager: Alright! If it’s in this place, then there are many things to get done.

And also...there’s one more thing I want to request.

一Manager san.

Yui: Y- yes!?

Corporation Manager: As we’re changing the location of the stage, we have to inform it to the audiences.

Would you mind laying me a hand in that…?

Yui: Ofcourse. Please don’t hesitate leaving it to me!

Kou: Me too! Even though only I’ll be performing but I want a lot of people to watch that.

Corporation manager: You two...ngh…

I’ll also give it my best!! Let’s make it the best stage!!

Yui: Yeah!

Kou: You bet!

Place: Glimmer Main Street / グリンマーストリート表通り

Yui: We have an announcement about the special stage made for the finale! Here it is!

*Distributes the papers*

Kou: Here you go!

*Distributes*

Vampire Woman A: Kyaaa! Kou kun, you’re here!?

Kou: That’s right! The performance is going to be very enthusiastic, so I wanted everyone to visit!

Vampire Woman B: Yeah! We will go there for sure!!

Kou: Really? I’m so glad!

Yui: (His effect on the audiences is immense. I also gotta do my best!)

Please look forward to that!

*Continues distributing*

Kou: Uuf...we’re done with distributions in no time.

All I have left to do is just get prepared for the performance and take a rest a bit.

Yui: You’re right.

Oh, and also we’re done with the special sits for those children.

Kou: Really? That’s good! I can carry out my promise then.

Yui: Yes一

*Crowd noises*

Yui: (Wh- what it could be…)

Kou: It’s coming from the boarding place of gondola.

...Perhaps something’s happening out there. Let’s check that out.

Yui: M- mhm…

(I wish everything will go smoothly, but for some reason...I’m in panic…)

*BG turns clack*

Corporation Manager: Wh- what did you say!?

Place: Gondola Platform Place / ゴンドラ乗り場

Yui: Listen, mr. manager! What’s going on this time?

Corporation Manager: Th...that’s...I’ve just had a contact…

The gondola is going to take a pretty long time to reach here….

Yui: Eeh…! Could it be that it won't make it on the right time for the performance…?

Corporation Manager: ...Yes…

Kou: Wha...we are dragged into trouble.

Corporation Manager: I’m telling them to deliver the gondola by any means so...all we can do is to wait.

Yui: (What if they don’t bring that…)

Kou: There’s nothing more that can be done huh.

*Crowd noises*

Vampire Woman A: It’ll be so fun since it’s been a while to see Kou kun’s performance!

Vampire Woman B: I can’t wait any longer.

Vampire Woman C: Aww~ It’ll be full of excitement! Wait for us, Kou kun!!

Yui: No good, the audiences are also starting to assemble…!

Kou: Looks like so…

……...gh…

Yui: (Aah...so, isn’t there any other choice but to give up?)

Kou: ...Kh, if it turns out like this, then I have to perform with a stage一

*BG is Sky*

Underground Dweller A: Heyy! I’ve brought the gondola!

*BG back to previous*

Kou: Ah…!

Yui: That person’s appearance…

Underground Dweller A: Sorry for making you wait! Here you go!

Yui: Th- thank you so much!For you, we can perform on the stage perfectly!

Underground Dweller A: Don’t mention it. But in exchange…

Show up the best performance!

Kou: ...oh!

Ofcourse! Leave it to me ♪

Corporation Manager: A- above all, it’s great news that everything's made out on time…!

*Applause*

Corporation Manager: Well then, Kou san! Please show up on the stage!! Every single audience is waiting!

Kou: Got it, let’s go! 一But before that

*Kou gets closer*

Kou: Nnh…*kiss*

Yui: (He kissed me on my cheek…kh!)

Kou: 一 ‘See you later’ kiss complete.

Keep cheering me, M-neko chan ♪

*Goes away*

Yui: (Good luck, Kou kun…!)

*After a moment + BG black*

Vampire Woman A: Woaa!!

Vampire Woman B: Kou kun!!

Vampire Woman C: Turn over here~!!

*Fades to CG (1)*

Kou: Hey everyone, thanks for coming ♪ I wanted to see ya’ all!

...mmwah…

*Audience noise*

Yui: (Wow...Just by having only Kou kun performing here, the whole assembled places are turning into one…)

*Fades to CG (2)*

(Ah…! The area becomes beautiful...as the lanterns start flying up)

(Kou kun can also watch it right?)

Kou: ...Kh, Oh yeah, that’s right. Today there is a special guest with me.

And that is一

*BG black*

Kou: This girl right here ♪

*Fades to CG (3)*

Yui: H- hey, K- kou kun!?

Kou: Shh...I will tell them that you’re a junior idol from my office ♪

Yui: (Eeh!?)

Kou: ‘Cuz I also wanted you to see the scenery from this place.

Let’s save some memories here with two of us, M-neko chan.

Look up at the sky. So pretty right? It’s lonely if I don’t enjoy the view with you…

Yui: Oh come on…

(Aah, I’m no match for him…)

Place: Glimmer Main Street / グリンマーストリート表通り

Corporation Manager: Yeaaa! That was super exciting!

For a moment, I thought about what bad could turn out…

It had turned out to be the best parade!

Really, thank you so much.

Kou: Likewise. The directions and every other thing was done perfectly. Such a kind of stage is very rare.

Corporation Manager: I- I am honored!

Oh, one more thing!

I will attend the launch party afterwards, so make sure to go there. Same goes for you, manager san!

Yui: Ah...Y- yes!

...He thought of me as a manager san till the very end…

Kou: Isn’t that good? Because it will mean Mukami Kou owns the cutest manager in the world.

Yui: Stop it!

Kou: Fufu, don’t get mad一

*Claps*

Yui: ….!?

Kou: ...Kh, who’s there...?

???: It’s me, Walter.

I have observed all of your work. And一

一I have admitted that you two are worthy ones to process the treasures.

Kou: I- it means…!

Earl Walter: I shall return back the heart and the eye where these should belong to一

*BG turns while + Weird noise*

Yui: (S- so dazzling…!)

Kou: Yui!

Yui: Kou kun一

*BG black*

Kou: ...wa...up! ...chan一!

Yui: (Kou...kun…?)

...nh…

*BG turns to Mortstein Hotel*

Kou: Aah, I’m glad…

Yui: ...Kou kun...you eye…?

Kou: It’s back just as the Earl said. More importantly!

Your heart? Do you feel like it’s back? I can sense the smell of your blood but…

Is it back…?

Yui: (My heart is…)

*Heart’s pounding*

...My heart is back!

Kou: Aah...I’m so glad!

*Kou hugs Yui*

Yui: (Wa, he just embraced me…)

Kou: It means I don’t have to lose you.

I’m really...so glad...!

I’ll never have to...face such trouble again….

Monologue

Kou kun has hugged me.

Gently, 

but certainly I felt his warmth was transmitted and the peace was rising up from the bottom of my heart.

If my heart wouldn’t be back then we wouldn’t even have this moment, and if I would get back my heart but that’s too late, then we would already start shivering.

However, we have seized our desirable future with our own hands.

And 一 一

一 The END of Chapter O 4

[tellywoodtrash]

ishqbaaz 21.08.18 lb

dang. straight to the point.

telling how the chunri slipped from her head right then.

lmao nikhil’s insecurity isn’t gonna be gone thanks to the divorce you dummy. his insecurity is wrt to A. your very large bank balance, and B. the raw sexual chemistry you seem to have with his girl.

idk what utopia shivaay lives in where a divorce in india is gotten SOOOOOOOO easily.

anika trying desperately to taalofy. good move, girl.

FUCK. FOILED. THIS FUCKER IS CARRYING A COPY IN HIS COAT POCKET AT ALL TIMES IT SEEMS. ONE TIGHT SLAP HE NEEDS. ASSHOLE.

lol he’s sooooooooo going to fuck up the papers. consciously or subconsciously idk, but he’s gonna do it for sure.

pehle aap pehle aap mein gaadi chootti jaa rahi hai fucking idiotsssssssss!

fuck he’s signing. HE’S SIGNING. FUCKING HELL BILLU NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

DUDE LOOK AT HER FACE. DOES SHE LOOK LIKE SHE WANTS YOU TO??????????

iska adh-maraa chehra toh dekho while signing. chaanta lagaaon ya kya karoon iske saath?

where the fuck is om, he needs to bust in here and kick shivaay’s dumb ass from here back to the OU istg.

LMAO AT THE WAY THEY’RE JUST SAYING “SIGN” “WAIT” “MR KUKREJA” IN VARYING ORDERS.

snort pen ke bhi issues.

“chal raha hai” *grabs at it and clicks it a few times* SHIVAAY WHAT EVEN ARE YOU DOINGGGGGGGGGG YOU DUMBASS

abhi tak toh sign sign kar raha tha. jab woh sign kar rahi hai then you have the audacity to be all frozen and devastated? literally fuck outta here, shivaay.

of course.

a poor substitute for her chand bracelet btw.

of course, anika has gyaan to baatofy. bish tum toh kuch bolo hi mat. tangg aa gayi hoon main tumhare chutiyaape se. 

shivaay you’re right and all, but *longest sigh ever* you just can’t do anything right, even when you try your hardest. i��m just so done with you. 

son honestly. 87% of me is very happy at your tadap but the rest of me is just so sad for you. you poor dumb fucker.

also are they dyeing nakuul’s beard these days? it looks... darker in a not-natural way?

ugh you both are justtttttttttt suchhhhhhhhhhhhhh idiotssss.

but the angst! i loveeeeee it. delicious!

where are rikara, honestly??????????? THEY COULD BE USED SO WELL TO FUCK ALL OF THISSSSSSS UP SO SPECTACULARLY. USSI BAHAANE SCREEN PAR BHI DIKH JAAYENGE. WHY AREN’T YOU USING THEM YOU DUMBASS SHOW?!?!!?!?

oh thank god at least gauri’s here.

om’s here too. but that’s not what i want???? i want them togetherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. schemingggggggggggg. all up and close in each other’s facessssssssss as a bahaana of “plan making”.

ah fuck. he’s crying. that soft “ek minute, om.” the wiping his nose like a child. i can actuallllly feeeeeeeeeeeeeeel that tightness in his chest. ah mannnnnnnnnnnn. 

fuck meeeeeeeee, why do i fall for man-pain, every single timeeeeeeee???????

this framing tells me that something is going to get hurled at the camera real soon. phone? that rack? aur kuch hai kya phenkne laayak yahaan?

rack it is.

lol why was om panicking from just hearing the magazines being thrown tho?

fuck. see? this is what i meannnnnnnnnnnnnn when i say this dude’s best acting is non verbal. just never give him lines ever again.

“main theek hoon. tu bataa, kya discuss karna hai?”

lmaooooooooooooo “bitch really???????” om’s face. honestly, he makes suchhhhh a good audience proxy.

sure. aal iz well.

same, gauri. #same.

ooooh khanna gets snack tasting duty. nice. how to get a job like this?

but like, without having to deal with shivaay as a boss. at all.

eeeeeeeeeeee cuteness!

every time gauri maarofies a taana about “aapke bhai” and om agrees, i get 4 days added to my lifespan.

....... and who the fuck is bhaiyya to “strictly” decide the wedding theme?????? neither the bride nor the groom, so how does his opinion even matter?

lol anika has the same point to make. itna sab kuch kar liya hai toh yeh bhi khud hi decide kar le bc.

UGH THESE TWO ADORABLE MOTHERFUCKERS. I WANNA SMOOSH THEM TOGETHER TO FORM A S’MORE FILLED WITH BEAUTY AND LOVE. 

is khulle saand ko laal ka phobia hai? really?

the way gauri keeps looking towards ommmmmmmmm every single time, to bond over the inside joke, i can’t you guys! i just can’t! can you two just go make out in some corner somewhere??!?!!? why are you wasting your timeeeee hereee with these losers????????//

cyoot patoot. too adorbz.

ANIKA HE LOOKS NICE IN HIS NEUTRALS OK. PLS. APNE TAANO SE DON’T MAKE HIM CHANGE INTO OU ADVENTUROUS SSO. MAIN JHEL NAHI PAAUNGI!

lolwhut did om just say “oh my my!”?????????????????

pffffffffffffffffffft om you adorable creep. use these sexy hands of yours on that cute girl there, not on your damn brother. 

baby sisters the cutest.

gauri out here kholofying all of di’s secrets. maine toh pehle hi kaha tha, yeh ghar ka bhedi hi lankaa dhaa degi.

also pool ka mention and paani ka darrrr means we all know what’s gonna happen!

om that’s a really dumb “solution”. one of these things is not like the other. the colour red cannot actually kill your brother. lord.

ohohoho unintentional emo moment in middle of hasi mazaak.

this is the dumbest fucking “challenge” ever to get them both in the damn pool. like... just have her fall in man.

lmao he’s sooooooooooooooo mad at being challenged tho.

not listening to this ainvayi ka chutiyaap because:

UGHHHHHHHHHH WHAT EVEN ARE THESE FACES!?!?!

lmao this is the most accurate pictorial representation of the sibling dynamics here rn. 

god, what even are these technicolour kapde. i feel like i’m dropping acid.

lmao she’s sooooooooo bored.

omggggg i love how she noped outta that convo with nikhil to go talk to om instead!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

be still my aniKara loving heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! also #omkaraIsBae

LMAOOOOOOO THE TWO BABY SISTERS’ REACTIONS ARE BEST.

matlab maanna padega is bande ke confidence ko. looking smug wearing... THAT.

you know it’s true love when you’re dressed like that and she looks at you like THIS. #loveisblind

lol ok shivaay, enough with the smizing already. you’re way too short to be ANTM. 

lolololol chachi’s reaction.

talk about upstaging the damn bride. how fucking rude, shivaay.

but i guess the bride explicitly asked for it so......

i cannot get over the range of emotions om went through in the last 30 secs:

lmaooooooooooo and finally his kinda proud mama hen look, like “see? see how hot my bhai is? abhi bhi der nahi hui hai bhaabi!”:

ugh ok enough of this slo mo nonsense already.

oh great. naach gaana. i actually like this song though. imma just forward around a lil bit to see if there’s any good rikara bits, though lorddddddd, kunal’s dancing is just *shudder*

TFW THE WEDDING PLANNER (WHO’S BRIBING YOU TO GET MARRIED IN THE FIRST PLACE) AND YOUR TO-BE WIFE ARE EYE-SEXING EACH OTHER AND NO ONE GIVES ONE (1) SINGLE FUCK ABOUT YOU.

wow even chachi is shipping shivika now. such is the power of colour coordinated couples.

THIS IS SO RANDOM. WHY’S HE DANCING WITH HER WHILE NIKHIL IS STANDING THERE??????????? AND THE LAMEASS CHALLENGE WAALE ISHAARE BS. AND THE FACT THAT THEY MADE RIKARA AND PRINKU THE BG DANCERS??????????? THIS IS ALL JUST SUCHHHHHHHH BAKCHODI OF THE HIGHEST ORDER AND I CAN’T STOP CRINGE LAUGHING.

same, saasumaa. honestly, #same.

but then he’s paying for the whole wedding. so let him dance with her, i guess. lol.

bro this isn’t appropriate in desi society even if you’re the fucking groom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT EVEN ARE YOU DOING?!?!?!!??!?

LMAOOOOOOO CHACHI THO.

literalllllllllllllllly no fucks given. amaaaaaaaaaazing. the balls on these two. i have no words. honestly.

lmaooooooooo poooora gaana hone ke baad, after finishing his grind up on the bride, shivaay pulls nikhil in as an afterthought. just... what a guyyyyy.

THEY STILL WON’T STOP EYE-FUCKING OMG YOU GUYS I JUST CACKLED OUT SO LOUD THAT I STARTLED THE CAT AWAKE. JFC. THESE TWO ARE JUST SOMETHING ELSE.

someone please get kunal some anti seizure meds for the epileptic fit he’s currently having.

(i’m sorry! he’s just SO BAD. WHY DO THEY MAKE HIM DANCEEEEEEEEE???????????)

I LEGIT HAD TO PAUSE THE VIDEO COZ I’M LAUGHING SO HARD. THIS POOR DUMBASS. I DON’T THINK ALL THE MONEY IS WORTH THIS BEIZZATI. 

ohohohoh. time for dream sequence.

i mean i like this song and all, but come on, it’s fucking 10 years old. why not something nice and new? the dhadak title track really fits them rn. ugh.

also the choreography is really some trite bs. honestly, some effort would have been nice.

i’m just here for the aesthetic (uski toh inhone dhaijjiyaan uda di)  good looking ppl making gooey eyes at each other. 

OMFG WE GET BOTH POOL MAKING OUT *AND* THE RETURN OF TIA TOMORROW?!?!?!?!? GOD BLESS US ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[the-firebird69]

Calling troops in and we build bunkers we built a ton of them in the root system because we need them there can't do anything like pull those things out without it and I was commended for doing it.

About half full pretty soon we fall we need to be doing this right now and saw some really need this tons of saving it. Soon we can have shops and stores down here cuz we have to and yeah those shattered them are going to empty corky is massing. Is he up there with his Blessing and said couldn't put this guy is worse than you you have a problem and you have trouble doing stuff but he should know better and Mac is not pleased both of them are terrible at it it's going up there. Then there's nothing we can do and you should go tell him good luck little Gipper or something I don't want you to take over but you're trying and he needs the help. So sky doesn't show and it's not going to get some mac and Jason is up there and Tommy says he talked to Jason and now he gets it it's terrible and he also says I had no idea was a billionaire I have more money than you do I'm sorry that's what you always say to me Tommy a I have more money than you so shut up I can buy several of those strip malls so Tommy is laughing because he can buy tons of them so all of a sudden it's on my son is absolutely nothing and it's terrifyingly bad for him you have no idea people don't know this guy Tommy f is the one doing it so everybody's kind of happy to Tommy Allen's doing it cuz he needs to be put out in their position at DC wants to try our son and he's going to head out very shortly Trump is too and our son says good ......riddance the space in between. And Dan. See ya. So you see how it is and how I would be any other way you just started doing this primordial s*** and wouldn't stop and won't stop you don't have to stop there's no reason to this is what we do and you're going to have to put up with Vito's been doing it to you and taking your stuff and using your stupid s*** the whole time are you going to find out the hard way I guess it's good though you'll find notes and is planned all that stuff when you get a Steam at tommy f and son says that last part

This is a go by the way this project here to go to Miami everybody's getting on board and to see her son was pretty smart is buried by these people and he works his way out with his his getting help and slowly talking about it BG and Mac qe Stan pink can and William like to Daniel did a lot of work Jason did a ton of work way more than he can handle

Thor Freya