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Stray Gods - Chapter 50

Pairing: Gods!OT8 x !F!Reader Genre: romance, friends to lovers, polyamory, mystery, supernatural, angst, fluff, smut Wordcount: 5120 Chapters: [1] - [2] - [3] - [4] - [5] - [6] - [7] - [8] - [9] - [10] [11] - [12] - [13] - [14] - [15] - [16] - [17] - [18] - [19] - [20] [21] - [22] - [23] - [24] - [25] - [26] - [27] - [28] - [29] - [30] [31] - [32] - [33] - [34] - [35] - [36] - [37] - [38] - [39] - [40] [41] - [42] - [43] - [44] - [45] - [46] - [47] - [48] - [49] - [50] [51] - [52]- [53] - [54] - [55] - [?] MASTERLIST Summary: With no memory of who you were, you wake up in the woods, only to be found by eight unusually handsome men. With no information of the past, the guys decide to take you in and take care of you for the time being. But that time becomes years, and as time passes, you start to notice that there is something different about them... and something different about you... Warnings: angst, praise, thigh riding, kissing, fingering, overstimulation, lovebites, bad/miscommunication, low self-esteem, swearing, name-calling, dry humping, college, degradation, gods, special powers, vaginal sex, oral sex (f&m), mentions of contraception (condoms&thepill), injuries, mentions of death (but no character deaths), virgin!reader, teasing, orgasms, poly relationship, semi-public sex, daddy kink, strength kink, grinding, I've probably forgotten some, so let me know if I did and I will add more as the story progresses.

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‘So, I guess we won’t have any more privacy at all now,’ you said, clicking your tongue half annoyed and half amused.

‘Did we ever?’ Chan chuckled as he yawned and stretched his arms above his head. You had all been sitting at the dining table for dinner as Han told everyone about his newfound power.

‘But didn’t you already kinda have this power?’ Jeongin asked, leaning back in his chair. ‘I mean I remember you saying that you could know who was where by “listening to the grass” or something.’

‘No but this is different,’ Han said excitedly as he wiggled from side to side on his chair. ‘This is more like… Like x-ray vision or something,’ Han tried to explain. Jeongin crossed his arms over his chest, covering himself and looking indignantly. Han rolled his eyes.

‘It isn’t like that, and besides, it’s nothing I haven’t seen before,’ Han said, annoyed.

‘So how does it work again?’ Minho asked, having finished his dinner like everyone else, but still holding his chopsticks thoughtlessly in his hand.

‘It doesn’t seem to come from plants this time,’ Han said, enthusiastically turning to Minho to explain it once more. ‘And normally I kinda just get “told” the information, but I don’t see anything. But this is different! I can literally look at a floor or a wall, and-’ he said as he looked at the kitchen wall, ‘it’s like it's not even there. I can just see outside, or down, or into a room, as if there are no walls or floors at all.’ Han explained. ‘It feels like… The earth's vibrations itself are within me now and-’ Han went on.

‘Yeah, I gotta go to work,’ Hyunjin interrupted, getting up from his chair and acting like he wasn’t impressed. You knew full well that Hyunjin was very happy for Han and had heard him congratulate his friend as soon as Han had told him, but you also knew he could get a bit tired when Han was in one of his “zones”.

Han continued to talk about his powers with some of the boys as Hyunjin, Jeongin, and Chan one by one left the table for work.

However, as Jeongin bade you goodbye, you noticed him acting a little off and being a bit short with you.

It was only when he shut the front door behind himself that you realized why. After all, you hadn’t been too nice to him when you found out Han was sick. It had been unreasonable of you to react the way you had towards him, even though you had been emotional at the time.

For a moment, you thought about going after him, but you quickly changed your mind.. Although you wanted nothing more than to apologize as soon as possible, doing so at his work might not be the right moment or setting. You made a mental note for yourself to come up with a good apology before you got up from the table to help Changbin with the dishes.

‘Have you heard anything from Seungmin yet?’ you asked Changbin as he rinsed the dishes and handed them to you to put in the dishwasher. Changbin sucked in some air between his teeth.

‘He contacts us every now and then,’ he said thoughtfully, tapping the temples of his head to indicate that it was via mindreading. ‘But he’s being a bit… vague?’ Changbin said, frowning. You looked at him with raised brows. ‘Hm, I’m not sure,’ Changbin shrugged indifferently. ‘You know how Seungmin can get, especially when he’s at work. He won’t explain much. But I think he might’ve found something unexpected or unusual,’ Changbin said thoughtfully, handing you some empty dirty cups.

‘What makes you think that?’ You asked curiously.

‘Well, he should’ve been back already, but it’s been days. He won’t stay out there just because, especially not when you’re here,’ he added, poking you playfully on your cheek with a wet finger.

Changbin’s words made you curious as to what Seungmin would have found in the stars, but you knew it would be of no use asking him until he returned home.

Trying to suppress the wild fantasies of dangerous asteroids, external lifeforms, and new planets, you decided to join the boys for a good old-fashioned evening in front of the TV, watching ridiculous reality programs while sitting on their laps.

The dark ceiling of your bedroom seemed to stare down at you. The longer you lay in bed, the more you felt guilty towards Jeongin and how you behaved towards him. You felt restless but seemed to be unable to come up with an apology that would rectify your inexcusable behavior towards him.

Anxious, you sat up in bed, chewing on your lip as you looked around in the dark.

Shit.

How did you always manage to make things right and at the same time screw up something else?

You slid out of bed but stopped when you stood beside it. Everyone had long gone to sleep by now. You knew Felix had an early shift tomorrow, and Han and Minho already hadn’t gotten much sleep lately. And although Changbin was a great listener, he wasn’t really one to give out advice. You wished Chan were home, as he always knew what to do or say or how to fix or settle things. But you hadn’t heard him come home yet. Nor Hyunjin or Jeongin himself for that matter.

You looked over at the alarm clock. It was only 2 o’clock. Jeongin wouldn’t be home until four at the earliest. You pressed your lips together, thinking, but nothing seemed to come to mind.

Restlessly your feet started to move, small steps in the direction of your door. Quietly, you left your room, your mind feeling like it was a high-speed train, racing by, but the train seemed to be empty somehow and the destination seemed to be nonexistent.

You sighed as your feet stopped in front of Jeongin’s door. You weren’t sure what you were doing there as he wasn’t home anyway, but the guilt gnawing at you wanted to be in his presence any way it could be as if simply being where he usually was could fix things. Even though you knew it couldn't.

Quietly, you opened the door to his room. Even in the dark, you could see it was a bit messy but you had never minded that. Carefully and silently you tiptoed around the pieces of clothing, shoes, and sneakers, and even a few workout instruments until you reached his bed.

The sheets were unmade and his pillows were slumped on top of each other. Trying to think of something to say when he would eventually come back, you started mindlessly making his bed, a task you usually didn’t even like to do for your own bed.

By the time you were done the only sentence that you had thought to say was:

“I’m sorry, I’m a dumb jackass sometimes.”

It clearly didn’t seem to be a good apology.

You sighed, annoyed with yourself, and took a deep breath inward. Jeongin’s soft scent entered your nose and seemed to calm you down a little. You breathed again, his smell warming your heart and making you feel at home. You blinked slowly as exhaustion started to creep up on you. As Jeongin usually used his phone as his alarm clock, there was nowhere you could tell the time. You yawned and your feet took a step towards the bed again.

I want to stay.

Yawning again, and deciding that thinking would be something that was better left to tomorrow, you thoughtlessly got into the bed. Pulling the covers over yourself high, you felt like you were wrapped in him, his warmth and smell seeming to hug you. You allowed yourself to close your eyes for a moment…

‘Y/n?’ A gentle voice whispered. With difficulty, you opened your eyes, but there was nothing much to see except for darkness.

‘Hm?’ You hummed, too sleepy to make another sound.

‘Hey baby, what are you doing in my bed?’ Jeongin’s voice asked softly and with a chuckle.

You frowned for a moment trying to think hard, but your brain was foggy and only choppy sentences seemed to come to you.

‘I am sorry,’ you uttered with difficulty, closing your eyes again. You could feel his hand on your cheek, cupping it, as another was laid on top of your head.

‘What? Why? You don’t have to be sorry that you’re in my bed,’ he chuckled softly. But even with your sleepy brain, you realized that he misunderstood your words.

‘No… I… know…’ you mumbled sleepily. You could feel a finger stroking your forehead, making it even harder to stay awake and tell him what you needed to.

‘Then why are you sorry?’ Jeongin’s hushed voice laughed.

‘I… was mean… Sorry…’ you mumbled with difficulty. The hand on your forehead stopped and stilled for a moment before both hands were pulled back. The sudden coldness made you open your eyes again.

You could only just make out Jeongin’s features in the darkness as he sat beside you, his face level with yours. But it was too dark to make out his expression. Suddenly he bent over to you, kissing you on the forehead with soft lips, lingering for a moment, and causing you to close your eyes once more.

‘It’s alright baby. I love you. I’m over it.’

You inhaled again. His scent was warm, just like his voice.

You could feel the covers being pulled up as he slipped into the bed beside you.

‘Come here,’ he whispered as you felt his arms wrapping around you. You nuzzled your face into his chest, one of your arms around his waist and the other against his heart, which you could feel beating through his shirt. The rhythm of it was all it took for you to fall asleep once more.

A small ray of light was peeking through the curtains when you opened your eyes. You looked over at Jeongin beside you, no longer holding you but fast asleep. His golden hair was a mess and the pillows that you put back neatly last night were already scattered all over again. You smiled. All was well again.

You turned around towards his nightstand to search for his phone. As usual, it was on the charger and you tapped the screen to see the time.

09:30

FUCK

Your panic mode was instantly activated. You shot up from the bed, quickly looking around to make sure you hadn’t woken Jeongin, but he still seemed to be sleeping deeply.

As fast and as quietly as you could, you tiptoed out of his room.

As soon as you closed the door behind you, you threw all caution to the wind. You ran up the stairs back to your room, changing as fast as you could while at the same time trying to wash your face, comb your hair, and brush your teeth. Breakfast would have to wait ‘till lunch.

You grabbed your bag from your desk, not bothering to check whether everything you would need was inside, and sprinted out of the door down the stairs again only to stop in the living room. The house seemed to be deserted. For a moment, you considered waking up Jeongin so he could teleport you to school, but you knew he’d refuse, as it would be too risky to get caught.

Shit

You ran out of the door, closing it behind you and looking at the driveway. All the cars had gone. You cursed Han and Minho for not waking you up this morning, knowing that Han, with his newfound X-ray vision, knew perfectly well that you had still been in the house, asleep with Jeongin.

There was nothing to it. Public transport it had to be. Which would take ages…

Mumbling all the curse words you had learned in your past four years on this earth, you stomped out of the classroom.

‘Well, good morning to you too little miss sunshine,’ Adam’s voice caught you by surprise.

You turned around to face him and simply nodded.

‘Wow okay, bad day?’ He asked, seeing your miserable face.

‘You can say that again,’ you huffed, turning around again to follow the masses towards the school lunchroom.

‘Oh boy,’ Adam chuckled. He walked over to you, putting an arm around your shoulder in a friendly manner. ‘Wanna tell Auntie Adam about it?’ He said in a high-pitched pitched sugary voice.

‘You know those days where nothing seems to go right?’ You asked as you walked with him. Adam nodded, taking his arm off your shoulder and listening to you seriously now. ‘Yeah, well today is one of those days,’ you grumbled.

‘What happened?’ Adam asked, as you entered the lunch room and found a place to sit.

‘I overslept,’ you began.

‘Don’t you have like six roommates who could wake you?’ He said, raising a brow.

‘Eight, but yes, and they didn’t, even though two of the fuckers work here,’ you said teeth clenched irritably as you scanned the room, hoping to see them, but they were nowhere to be found.

‘But skipping a few classes isn’t too bad, right?’ Adam asked, trying to console you but failing. You looked at him sharply.

‘It wouldn’t be normally, BUT,’ you began, as you inhaled deeply, readying yourself to unleash your annoyance. ‘No one was home and all the cars were gone so I had to take public transport, but then I couldn’t find my card so I had to pay with cash, but this stupid-ass bus driver was being difficult and everything, claiming that they didn’t accept cash anymore and he kicked me off! Then I had to wait for the next bus that did accept cash, but then that bus got stranded with a flat tire. Like when does a bus ever get a flat tire?! So I had to walk the last twenty freaking minutes, with this damned weather, before I finally got here. And when I finally got here I remembered that today we would have a guest lecture by some upper-class whats-it for Mr. Kang’s class and that it would last the entire freaking day. And I don’t know if you ever had Mr. Kang, but I’ve never met anyone with a stick up his arse as big as his so of course when I came in three hours too late to his class he gave me shit for it in front of the entire class and of course, he managed to give us an essay to write that I probably won’t be able to finish before I retire, but it has to be finished in two weeks.’

‘Wow,’ Adam said quietly, looking at you with large eyes. ‘Yeah, that sounds like kind of a shitty morning indeed.’ You rolled your eyes at him and stuck out your tongue.

‘Actually,’ he began, bending over and rummaging in his bag, seeming to look for something, ‘I was saving these for Sera, but I think you need it more right now. Ah got it,’ he said. He pulled out what seemed to be an opaque plastic bag. You looked at it curiously. ‘These, my friend, are bonbons from my home country. Best chocolate you’ll ever have, and guaranteed to make your day a little less shitty,’ he said with a grin and a wink. You sighed, but took a chocolate out of the bag he was holding and put it in your mouth just to entertain him.

He wasn’t lying though, the chocolates were extraordinarily tasty.

‘Right?’ he grinned when he saw your surprised face. You nodded approvingly at him.

‘But how have you been?’ you asked, not wanting to be reminded of your annoyances anymore and hoping for some distraction.

‘Fine,’ Adam shrugged, popping a chocolate in his own mouth as well. ‘My mom has been urging me to take Sera to the upcoming family dinner, but Sera isn’t really feeling up to it,’ he said, scrunching his nose, causing the scar on his face to become even more distorted.

‘Why not?’ you asked interested, happy to talk about something else.

‘It’s not that she doesn’t like my family or anything, but my parents have the habit of reverting to our native language whenever it’s just the family. They just kinda seem to forget she’s there or something, or they might think she's such a part of the family that they forget she doesn't speak our language,’ Adam explained.

Adam and you spoke a while about him and his family, their traditions and habits, which now and then differed quite a bit from yours. The conversation started to shift to a new subject when suddenly you felt a tingle on the back of your neck. Automatically, you shifted your eyes away from Adam, looking over his shoulder. Two familiar figures entered the cafeteria.

Minho’s unmistakable gray hair always gathered a lot of attention whenever he appeared somewhere public in the school. He was talking with Han casually, ignoring all the girls who instantly came running at the two of them, asking them all kinds of questions.

For some reason, you could feel your heartbeat increase, your cheeks suddenly glowing.

Minho and Han finally stopped talking when two girls went to stand in front of them blocking their way. You had no way of hearing what they were saying, but it was clear Han responded to them in a friendly but definitive way, which made the girls nod and smile, but cleared the way for the two men.

Your eyes felt like they were glued to the two of them. The urge to get up and go over to them was overwhelming, but for some reason, you couldn’t seem to move. Your stomach seemed to be fluttering as you stared after them while they disappeared out of view again.

‘Hello? Y/n?’ Adam's voice suddenly sounded loud as he snapped his fingers in front of your face. You looked at him startled. ‘You okay?’ he asked worriedly. You blinked a few times as he looked at you with a frown. ‘Your face is all red,’ he noted, unsure.

‘What? Oh sorry, I was just daydreaming,’ you said quickly, unsure about what had just happened.

‘You sure?’ Adam asked worriedly, looking at you inquisitively.

‘You really are starting to sound like Auntie Adam, you know,’ you teased him, trying to get the attention away from yourself. This time it was his turn to click his tongue and roll his eyes at you, but he chuckled.

‘Well, as I was saying before you so rudely decided to check out of the conversation, Sera told me about, well you know,’ he said, suddenly sounding a bit awkward.

‘What?’ you asked, trying to remember what he said but not getting it yet.

‘The erm, boyfriend situation,’ he said, lowering his voice, and looking around to see if anyone heard.

‘Dude, if you’re going to be this awkward about it, I’m not telling Sera anything ever again,’ you said annoyed.

‘No!’ he protested quickly, ‘It’s not that I’m awkward about it. It's fine, great!’ he said quickly. You pursed your lips and pulled up your brows. ‘I’m sorry okay?’ he sighed. ‘I’m really not good with these kinds of things. You know how awkward I can be sometimes. It’s just- I- I guess I just have to get used to the idea, or something,’ he said sheepishly. ‘It’s not like I think it’s weird or anything,’ he added hastily after seeing your face. ‘It’s just, you have to admit it’s not something you encounter every day, and they are your roommates too, so I don’t know…’ he said awkwardly.

‘It’s fine,’ you assured him. ‘I understand it’s unusual and might be awkward for some people. I mean, I didn’t tell you in the first place either because I understand it’s kind of weird. I sure don’t really like other people knowing, but I hope you guys can be cool with it,’ you added, feeling slightly insecure.

‘I’m cool with it,’ Adam said quickly. ‘As long as you’re happy, all’s good right?’

‘I am,’ you said with a smile.

‘By the way, about that double date with me and Sera, I totally get it if you don’t want to go, you know,’ he added a little softer.

‘You know you’re saying all the wrong things, don’t you?’ you told him dryly. Adam slapped himself on the good side of his face.

‘Let me rephrase that; I would totally love to do that double date with you and your- your boyfriends, but I hope you don’t feel pressured. I know what Sera’s like,’ he explained.

‘That’s better,’ you chuckled. ‘I have to admit, the idea felt a little scary at first, but now that I think about it, I think it could actually be quite nice.’

Adam smiled and nodded at your response as the bell finally rang. You groaned.

‘I guess it’s back to another few hours of guest lecture hell,’ you sighed.

‘Here, take these,’ Adam said, handing you the bag of bonbons, 'at least you’ll have something to snack on.’

‘What about Sera?’ you asked, taking the bag from him.

‘I’ll just ask my parents to bring more next month when they’re back. Just don’t tell her you got them from me and she’ll never know,’ he said, getting up and swinging his bag over his shoulder. ‘Oh, and don’t get caught snacking in class, either.’

There was a knock on the door of your room.

‘Hm?’ you said, not looking up from the book on your messy desk. As soon as you had gotten home, you sprinted in a straight line to your room. Although the day had been hell and the guest lecture boring, something the guest said had triggered an idea for your essay for Mr. Kang, and you were eager to get it done as fast as possible.

You had already been sitting at your desk for quite a few hours, studying, reading, and researching for the paper frantically, hoping the hyperfocus would last as long as it could.

You could hear the door opening. Even without looking up, you knew who it was immediately. His scent instantly seemed to intoxicate you, but you refused to let it take over, staring fiercely at the page of your book.

‘Are you coming down to eat?’ Chan asked you, staying in the doorway. You prayed he wouldn’t come in, knowing you’d truly lose all focus and not knowing when you’d be able to continue again.

‘Maybe later,’ you grumbled, eyes still fiercely locked on a word you suddenly couldn’t read anymore. The urge to look over at him was pulling at you hard, and you had to press your lips together to stay focused.

‘You know you do have to eat something baby,’ Chan said softly. His voice was so sweet, so low and caring. You wanted him to come over to you, to touch you.

Get it together!

‘Later,’ you repeated forcefully, closing your eyes now.

‘Alright, but promise you’ll take good care of yourself, okay?’ he added kindly. You could only nod.

It was only when you heard the door close behind you that you dared to open your eyes and breathe again.

What the hell was going on with you?

You hadn’t been like this since you found out you were a goddess. Why was your body acting so… immature?

You shook your head wildly.

No. This was not the time to think about these things. You had to focus. You had to get as far as possible with that paper, knowing there would be no way you would be able to finish it properly on time otherwise.

You put the questions out of your head and forced yourself to re-read the page until your focus returned.

An odd pain in your neck woke you up. You lifted your head slowly, feeling the muscle in your neck had been in the wrong position for too long. Looking down, you saw all the scattered papers and books you had used earlier. You checked your laptop quickly, but the file was fine and saved. Annoyed at yourself that you had somehow fallen asleep while writing the paper, you got up from your desk and stretched. Instantly, you felt your stomach rumble.

Crap, you forgot to eat.

You looked over at the time on your computer, noticing it was already nighttime. You hesitated for a second, feeling tired and wanting to go to sleep properly in your bed. But you had promised Chan to eat something and your stomach was probably rumbling too loud for you to be able to sleep anyway. Deciding there was no other option, you quietly left your room, not wanting to wake any of the others. On your tiptoes, you made your way to the top of the stairs to go down until-

‘That long?!’ you heard Jeongin say shocked. You stopped to listen.

‘Shut up,’ you heard Chan’s voice hiss at him. ‘You’ll wake her.’

‘Sorry but, why does it matter? She’ll find out anyways,’ Hyunjin said with a dry chuckle.

‘Yeah, it’s not like we can really hide it when it happens,’ Changbin added.

‘That’s exactly the reason why,’ Chan argued, ‘We can’t hide it so we’ll have to keep her safe.’

‘You really expect her to not notice anything during the entire solstice?’ Minho scoffed.

‘We’ll just have to try and avoid her as much as we can,’ Chan said, starting to sound a bit desperate.

‘She’s our Goddess, Chan, we can’t hide from her,’ Minho objected.

‘Besides, who says it won’t affect her either?’ Seungmin suddenly chimed in.

Your heart made a little jump at the sound of his voice. You had missed him more than you had admitted to yourself and were overjoyed to hear his voice again. But something told you to stay put. They all seemed to be downstairs, talking about something important, but what you didn’t quite understand yet. And what was more, they were planning on not telling you. Slowly you crouched down, sharpening your ears.

‘Actually, that’s quite a good point,’ Felix said thoughtfully.

‘I’ll contact Namjoon about it. See if he or Lady can tell us more,’ Chan said quickly.

‘Are you going to tell them you’ll keep it from her too?’ Minho said prodding.

‘She has the right to know, Chan.’ Changbin agreed. More agreeing voices sounded. The sound of a chair being pushed back entered your ears.

‘We have to keep her safe,’ Chan said, his voice sounding authoritative but desperate. ‘Changbin, how many times did we have to put out fires last solstice? And Seungmin, how many storms did you cause last time? Nearly flooded the country for heaven’s sake,’ he growled. A grumble could be heard from both parties. ‘And I don’t even want to think of what Felix or Hyunjin would do to her…’ Chan added, his voice sounding worried.

A snort could be heard.

‘You think this is funny?’ Chan asked sharply.

‘Not really,’ Minho sounded casually. ‘But it does sound a little silly, don’t you think?’

‘Why so?’ Chan asked, his voice a dangerous and cold calmness.

‘Well, have we ever harmed each other during a solstice?’ Minho asked simply. It was silent for a minute.

‘Not really, but-’ Chan began but he got caught off.

‘Precisely. We haven’t. I know you keep going on about her supposedly fragile human side and all, but you keep forgetting she is a goddess. Our goddess. And the solstice only amplifies. Meaning her goddess will be amplified as well,’ Minho argued.

‘We don’t know that yet, though,’ Seungmin spoke. ‘For all we know she might not be affected at all, I think we should just-’

‘Han,’ Chan suddenly interrupted.

‘Wh-what?’ Han replied, startled.

‘What are you looking at?’ Chan asked sharply. Your heart stopped. You had totally forgotten about Han’s newfound X-ray powers and there was no way he hadn’t seen you crouching here on top of the stairs. Your body froze up as you waited for his reply.

‘Nothing. There was a mosquito on the ceiling,’ Han said quickly.

‘Felix?’ Chan said authoritatively.

‘Look, if I gotta keep up with every living ant that crawls around here I’d go mad,’ Felix said defensively.

Chan sighed and it was silent again for a moment. You thanked Han and Felix for not ratting you out but wondered why they kept your secret.

‘Look,’ he began in a softer tone, ‘I don’t like it either, but as Seungmin said, the solstice is coming earlier than he had calculated. We’ve talked about a contingency plan when we first took her in, but we never got around to it and now we're running out of time. So all I’m asking is to just give me some time to figure this out,’ Chan proposed.

There was some soft mumbling and you could hardly make out their intentions.

‘We all want to keep her safe right?’ Chan asked. Everyone hummed agreeingly. ‘Then let’s just keep our distance until I’ve heard back from Namjoon, okay?’ Chan suggested.

‘Even us?’ Jeongin said. You figured he would be pointing at some of the members.

‘Our powers are amplified but also unbalanced. We can’t take any risks,’ Chan said determinately.

There was silence again for a bit.

‘So when will you go?’ Han asked after a minute.

‘I have to work tonight,’ Chan answered. ‘But as soon as I’m done I will go to them.’

‘So it’ll just be for tomorrow morning then, the distance thing?’ Jeongin said hopefully.

‘There are no guarantees they have answers for us. I don’t know if they experience solstices like we do, or how many they’ve had. Let alone how many they’ve had with Lady. We might be in the same line of work, but we’re still very different from them,’ Chan argued.

‘Then what if they don’t have an answer?’ Changbin asked the same question that was on your mind.

Chan didn’t answer.

The sound of wind dispersing in a small room could be heard. Your body seemed to unfreeze and as quick as you could you tiptoed back to your room.

Closing the door behind you, you let yourself fall on your bed, turning to face the ceiling, your hunger from earlier completely disappeared.

You felt somewhat dizzy as the conversation you just overheard replayed itself over and over in your head, two words especially lingering with a dangerous tinge to it.

The solstice.

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yawn-junn · 2 years ago

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♡︎Them talking about you♡︎

(𝔻𝕦𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕔𝕒𝕥 𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕧𝕚𝕖𝕨 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘𝕪)

A/N: Ik I mention this video often but I love it so much I can't (y'all I've been trying to write this since 3:55pm it is now 12:13am people either wanna talk or message me when I start writing istg) also don't worry about the time stamps there for future chapters so just ignore them

This is gender neutral

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Scenario:(Member) talks about you alot so ofc the members had to mention you in his talking habits

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𝕄𝕪𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕙𝕠 8:33pm - 11:18pm

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★Myungho isn't surprise he knew this was coming but it still flustered him it was a shock but not a surprise (does that make sense?-) Myungho said a few things he likes about you not too much as he didn't wanna make the members bored or anything★

𝕂𝕪𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕞𝕚𝕟 3:55pm - 8:33pm

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★As soon as he saw your name pop up on the screen Infront of him he almost fell off his chair, his cheeks went bright red encouraging the members to tease him more

As soon as the members saw your name on the screen they all died out in laughter before mimicking how Kyungmin always brings up how he met you★

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𝕁𝕒𝕖𝕪𝕦𝕟 11:19pm - 11:23pm

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★Jaeyun just like Myungho knew this was coming he'd playfully act shocked before laughing along with the rest then told the camera everything he likes about you let's just say the poor editors I had to cut out like almost 4 hours of footage of just Jaeyun talking about you no breaks or quick breathers I'm sure some of the members fell asleep★

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ℍ𝕒𝕖𝕞𝕚𝕟 11:40pm - 11:46pm

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★Haemin had a feeling but he didn't think to much on it till your name showed up Infront of him he stopped for a second before nervously laughing wondering if this was allowed but after a few seconds he warmed up to talking about you on camera then started sharing embarrassing things about you he learned his lesson the next time he saw you★

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𝕊𝕖𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕠𝕟 11:55 - 12:00am

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★He was shy but he took the chance to tease you (brings back to the "shy but bold") he'd bring up things like if you sleep talk he will mimick you and almost sound exactly like you (if it wasn't for his deep ass voice) or if you walk or run a certain way he will stand up and mimick it teasing you lead to the members teasing him for how much he pays attention to★

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𝕐𝕦𝕟𝕘𝕪𝕦 11:55 - 12:04am

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★Small shy baby he was giggling the entire time talking about you he tells his favorite memories with a love sick (girls) smile on his face which once again leads to the members teasing him instead of you once he got off screen and time to relax the first thing he did was call you to tell you what happened which once again he got teased for★

𝕄𝕚𝕟𝕙𝕠 12:09am - 12:11am

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★he would get excited but also embarrassed once the members bring up how he makes you touch his hair all the time once he gets a bit more comfy with the topic of you on camera they couldn't get him to shut up even on topics that weren't about you he'd somehow snuggle you in the Convo★

𝕐𝕠𝕠𝕟𝕤𝕦𝕟𝕘 12:04am - 22:08am

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★oh boy did he get excited as I've mentioned before he loves to dance with you so ofc he stood up and showed everyone his favorite dance to do with you once he sat down again he talked about how you would steal his clothes and look small (crying in 5'9) you look he would pull his phone out his pocket and show photos all of which none of them made it in the final cut to protect your privacy★

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651 𝕎𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕤

3-15-23

#x reader #8turn x reader #8turn kyungmin #8turn imagines #8turn #8turn head cannons #8turn fluff #8turn haemin #8turn jaeyun #8turn myungho #8turn one shots #8turn reactions #8turn seungheon #8turn tic tac #8turn x y/n #8turn x you #8turn yungyu #8turnrise

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lavastories · 5 months ago

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UPDATE!!!Everything I’m Currently Reading to Completed to Everything on my Interactive TBR!

LOL, brace yourself guys this is gonna be a pretty long list from all of my interactive platforms across the grid. This will be going by apps with list of stories.

What I completed reading will be in red crossed out. What I’m currently reading will be in green. What’s on my TBR will be in pink. And what I’m considering to read will be in orange. And what I’m unsure about will be in purple. And what I’ll drop reading will be in blue. And undecided will be in black.

Romance Club

1. And The Haze Will Take Us

2. 7 Brothers

3. Astrea’s Broken Heart

4. The One: Vol 2

5. Garden of Eden

6. Soulless

7. W: Time Catcher

8. Song of the Crimson Nile

9. Elite Tag

10. The Desert Rose

11. Vying for Versailles

12. Psi

13. The One: Vol 1

14. Hell and High Water

15. Theodora

16. The Flower from Tiamat’s Fire

17. Heart of Trespia

18. Gladiator Chrronicles

19. Seduced by the Rythum

20. Arcanum

21. Shadows of Sanitfour

22. Sophie’s Ten Wishes

23. Path of the Valkyrie

24. Love from Outer Space

25. Dracula. A Love Story

26. Legend of the Willow

27. Wave Patrol

28. Queen in 30 Days

29. Sails in the Fog

30. Heaven’s Secret- Requiem

31. Kali: Flame of Samsara

32. Love, Sin, & Evil: Vol 1

33. Chasing You 2

34. Heaven’s Secret 2 (Currently rereading for LI)

35. Kali: Call of Darkness

36. On Thin Ice

37. Sins of London

38. Rage of the Titans

39. Heaven’s Secret

40. Chasing You

41. My Hollywood Story

42. Moonborn

43. The Thunderstorms Saga

CHAPTERS (Keep in mind this app has SOOOO many books, so I’ll be putting the one’s I’ve started, all 27 books. I see to which ones I’ll be continuing, finished read, on my TBR, or not going to continue.)

1. Paying My Dues - Story by ME

2. Knocked Up By the Hockey Team

3. Bride of Anubis

4. Bad Boy Blues

5. Dangerous Guilty Pleasure - User Story

6. My Best Friend’s Baby

7. Having the Convict’s Baby

8. I Lost My Innocence to the Mafia Boss

9. Slashes In The Snow

10. Hot Hot Hate

11. Ruined

12. Pregnant by my Ex’s Dad

13. Addicted

14. My First Time - User Story

15. Our Story - User Story

16. The Darkest Kiss

17. Emergency Engagement

18. Night Prince 3: Bound by Flames

19. Love In the Deep End

20. COLE

21. Seven Day Fiancé

22. Burn for Me

23. The Dark Ones

24. Promise Me - User Story

25. Nico: A Mafia Romance

26. HALO

27. Waking up Pregnant

Choices (For the sake of the post, I’ll keep the books for this general and away from the VIP books. However, only will have the books of the VIP books that became wide release)

1. The Ghost of Us

2. BloodBound Series

3. The Royal Romance Series

4. The Nanny Affair Series

5. Rules of Engagement Series

6. Open Heart Series

7. Laws of Attraction Series

8. Roommates With Benefits

9. The Royal Masquerade

10. With Every Heartbeat

11. Rising Tides

12. Hot Shot

13. Alpha

14. Dirty Little Secrets

15. The Billionaire’s Baby

16. Surrender

17. Untameable

18. Shipwrecked

19. Kiss of Death

20. Wolf Bride

21. Witness: A Bodyguard Romance

22. Endless Summer Series

23. Hero

24. The Heist: Monaco

25. The Phantom Agent

26. Most Wanted

27. Across the Void

28. Ship of Dreams

29. Desire and Decorum Series

30. A Courtesan of Rome

31. Distant Shores

32. The Duchess Affair

33. Murder at Homecoming

34. High School Series

35. My Two First Loves

36. Ride-or-die: A Bad Boy Romance

37. The Elementalists Series

38. HSS: Class Act Series

39. Immortal Desires Series

40. Wake the Dead

41. It Lives Series

42. Nightbound

44. Haunting of Braidwood Manor

45. Perfect Match Series

46. Foreign Affairs

47. Mother of the Year

48. Bachelorette Party

49. Kindred

50. Blades of Light and Shadow Series

51. The Cursed Heart Series

52. The Crown & Flame Series

53. Guinevere

54. Baby Bump Series

55. First Comes Love

56. A Very Scandalous Proposal

57. LoveHacks Series

58. Passport to Romance

59. Along Came Treble

60. Red Carpet Diaries Series

61. America’s Most Eligible Series

62. Hot Couture

63. Platinum

64. Slow Burn

65. Queen B Series

66. The Freshman Series

67. Wishful Thinking

68. Getaway Girls

69. The Deadliest Series

70. Crimes of Passion Series

71. Veil of Secrets

72. The Unexpected Heriess

73. Big Sky Country Series

74. Ms. Match

75. Save the Date

76. The Princess Swap

77. Home for the Holidays

78. Guarded

79. Hearts on Fire Series

80: Open Heart Series

Episode (So just like Chapters, keeping it close to my history. Because there is so many books)

1. The Mafia Bride

2. Eat Me Up

3. Flirting with the Villian

4. Barely Mine

5. Rule Breaker

6. Tempting Devil

7. Playing Princess

8. Blood Lust

9. Pregnant by a Vampire: The Curse

10. The Gamer Girl

11. Love Life

12. It’ll Be Our Secret

13. Feel Me

14. VAMPS & HUMANS

15. Behind His Mask

16. Unexpectedly Expecting

17. Kidnapped by a Prince

Journeys (This app specifically is more like the more stories you read the more books you’ll have access to. So, I’ll list the ones I have so far.)

1. Linda Brown Series

2. Recipe of Love

3. Don’t Forget Me

4. Love Lessons

5. Vampyra

6. #3SUM

My Candy Love (This app is pretty much one story but progressing with the MC life, which I love!)

1. My Candy Love: High School

2. My Candy Love: College Life

3. My Candy Love: Adulting

5. My Candy Love: Alternate Life

6. My Candy Love: Next Gen

Another World’s History (Wasn’t long since I discovered this app. Fairly new to me like some others that will be in this post but it’s great.)

1. My Name Is Hope

2. Neoxites: Child of Light

3. Codex of Consistency

4. Speculum

5. Parallels

6. Chimera

Forbidden Fruit (This app is very new. They only have 4 books so far. And I haven’t gotten around to reading any of them. So they are all on my TBR)

1. The Legacy of Rosefield

2. Undermind

3. Ghostpice

4. Daughter of the North Wind

League of Dreamers (Discovered this app not too long ago.)

1. Laws of the Beast

2. Wondering Spirit

3. Lullaby of Witches

4. Tablet of Isis

5. The Seal of Nostradammus

6. Silence of the Sea

7. Blooming Garden

8. Chronicles of Ark Dryden

9. Gates of Samhain

YourStoryLand (Discovered this app just recently, and it’s also fairly new as well. Most of the books are on my TBR and my not sure list)

1. Rock Wave

2. Audrey’s Dairy

3. Blue Abuss

4. Behind The Wall

5. The Lily of the Sands

6. City of Nightmares

Real Love (This app freshly discovered with 4 books. Haven’t started any of the books yet. Most are on the TBR.)

1. Look Around

2. Lame

3. The Codex of a Chess Player

4. Empire of Shadows

Seven Hearts Stories (This app recently made 2 years with 8 books. I honestly do like this app and have started reading one book from this app.)

1. The Deadly Biome

2. Illusion of Fame

3. Legend of the Celestials

4. The Era of Fatum

5. The Villain’s Last Wish

6. Mission Fortune

7. The Heart of Atlantean

8. Bride for a Vampire

TWISTMAX! (This app I freashly discovered just last week. Already started one book from there. And I got most on my TBR.)

1. Billionaire’s Revenge

2. Happily Ever After

3. The Boy Next Desk

4. Love & Scandal

5. Ace!

6. My Prince

7. Princess Escape

8. Touched by Love

9. The Prince’s Consultant

10. Threads of Desire

11. Love to Hate

12. All His Secrets

13. About Last Night

14. The Price of Polanco

15. Surprise Husband

16. Tutoring the Football Star

17. Freshman Flirt

18. Living With Guys

19. Undercover Lover

20. Broadway Baby

21. Forbidden Island

22. His Melody

23. Hometown Hookup

24. Lone Star Lovers

25. Go Fur Gold

26. Blood Red Moon

27. Stuck in the Past

28. A Powerful Choice

29. Handcuff Him!

30. Sultry on Set

31. Seduce Me, Senator

32. Chef’s Kiss

33. Dirty Work

34. Cold Case Chemistry

Dream Zone (Also discovered this last week. Haven’t started a story from here yet. So wee will leave all of the stories undecided.)

1. Hostel Story Series

2. Singles in Your Area

3. Half Human Series

4. Wildest Dreams Series

5. Behind the Counter Series

6. Teaching Undercover Series

7. Going Places Series

8. Incognito Mode Series

9. The Impossible Game Series

10. Devil’s Deal Series

11. Project Prometheus Series

12. Rogue Gang Series

13. Man for Hirer Series

14. Ubers Series

15. Time and Time Again Series

16. Colorblind Series

17. My Bloody Classmates Series

18. The Lookalikes Series

19. Honeywood Series

20. Family Business Series

21. Therapy Sessions Series

And the rest of the stories I read are single story apps which are…

1. Havenless

2. Dangerous Fellows

3. Killing Kiss

4. Henri’s Secret

5. Uncoven

I do plan to keep this list and update it with time. But I am happy I have this list so I can update as I go and keep ya’ll up to date. But this is going to be hella fun. Feel free to have this list if you are also using the same app as myself.

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hotcat37 · 8 months ago

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@technicallycleverdetective here's the IKEA! Jance version <3

8: what happens if one of them gets sick?

Nace is a natural caretaker so he'd be running back and forth doing whatever it takes to make Jan feel better. He'll cook soup, take Jan's temperature and stay with him until he falls asleep.

Jan himself isn't used to having to take care of other people but if Nace is sick, he'll make sure that his boyfriend doesn't try to do everything himself. He'll keep Nace stuck in bed by immobilizing him with blankets (+Igor and Ollie) and take care of whatever errands Nace was supposed to do that day

11: do they try to hide their emotions if upset?

I do think that would be a bit of a struggle, at least in the beginning of the relationship. Jan already isn't the type of person to open up easily while Nace struggles with feeling safe enough to be vulnerable. They're very considerate of each other tho and they don't pressure the other into talking about their feelings if it's too soon

12: do they have many heated arguments? How do they smooth things over?

This is a lill spoilery because there will be a chapter containing an argument and I don't wanna spoil their way of handling it yet haha But in general, no. Jan is extremely careful not to escalate arguments into fights and Nace is conflict avoidant so a huge fight is unlikely to occur

15: do they always say I love you before leaving?

They're the type of couple to use love confessions more sparingly so I don't see them saying it every time before leaving. Actions are a more meaningful way of showing love to both of them than words anyways

17: who's more likely to pull the other in by the waist and kiss them passionately?

Neither are very likely to do this as they enjoy casual intimacy and don't do big dramatic acts of affection. But I can see Nace picking Jan up in an enthusiastic bear hug and giving him a lill kiss <3

20: choose one song that perfectly describes their relationship

Nothing's Gonna Hurt You Baby-Cigarettes After Sex (the vibes are very much IKEA Jance)

Nothing's gonna hurt you, baby As long as you're with me, you'll be just fine🎶

22: what reminds them of each other?

Jan: Djungelskog/teddy bears in general and the color purple Nace: leather jackets and cats <3

36: who's most likely to fire up the stove at 2AM because the other is hungry

Nace <3 Jan finds it difficult to take care of himself sometimes so it wouldn't be uncommon for him to go to bed on an empty stomach only for Nace to make him some food once he's awoken by Jan's stomach growling

41: which one would take off their jacket and drape it over the other's shoulders?

Jan has the tendency to assume that he'll be fine wearing just a leather jacket instead of a coat lol. Nace will always share his scarf and jacket with him <3

44: who would dance in the kitchen making dinner?

I think they'd dance together :D Cooking is supposed to be kind of a silly relaxing moment for them so if a good tune comes on they'll each do their own groovy moves lol

51: what's a non verbal way they say I love you?

Jan comes to visit Nace at work often to give him kind of a break from an occasionally stressful day which allows Nace to snap out of customer service mode if only for a few minutes. Also he'll take small plain snacks with him in his pocket whenever they go out in case it's hard to find some place to eat

Nace is already very attentive in their day to day life, but if Jan is struggling through a depressive episode, he's got his full attention on his boyfriend. He'll wash Jan's hair when he can't find the energy to do it himself and he'll motivate Jan to go outside at least a few minutes a day. He'll just show Jan even more love than usual and reassures him that he'll stick around even when Jan isn't doing too good mentally

55: do they like watching clouds or star gazing?

They're more into cloud watching <3 They'd definitely point out weird cloud shapes to each other haha

60: who pulls the other closer when they're sleeping?

Jan finds Nace to be super cuddly so he often can't resist just squeezing his big teddy bear against his body. Nace tends to get overheated easily at night tho so the squishing might be met with a dissatisfied whine 😅

#otp asks #nace jordan #jan peteh #jance #Jance ikea au

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bhaalbabebardlock · 10 months ago

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Daisies On My Nightstand

Masterpost.

The story of my resist durge Ilara, and everything leading up to the netherbrain and after.

CW for

violent thoughts/urges, death, having no control, murder, smut, dom/sub themes, memory loss, grief, trauma, a terrible past, whipping, knife play, character death, self hatred. I promise there's some happy stuff. Sometimes. Please read all tags!!!

spoilers for the dark urge storyline, huge plotlines with Enver Gortash and Orin, spoilers for acts 2&3, spoilers for past relationships with people, romance with Gortash, Astarion's romance/ (down the line) ascended storyline.

Anyways

About Ilara

AO3 Link

Playlist that tells this story

Chapter 1- The Beach

Chapter 2- Alfira

Chapter 3- The Tiefling Party pt 1

Chapter 4 Tiefling party pt 2

Chapter 5- Only In My Dreams

Chapter 6- I Said, I love you

Chapter 7- Something Like Heaven

Chapter 8- Forgive Me, Father

Chapter 9- Hold Me Down

Chapter 10-Innocence

Chapter 11- The Daughter of a God

Chapter 12- The Blood on My Hands

Chapter 13- What You've Done

Chapter 14- Slaughter-kin

Chapter 15- The Archduke of Baldur's Gate

Chapter 16- What You Were Made For

Chapter 17- The Price of Freedom

Chapter 18- The Lute and the Charcoal

Chapter 18.5 (not necessary for the rest of the story, pure smut!)- Trouble Part 1

Chapter 19- The Chosen of Bhaal and The Fist of Bane

Chapter 20- Vulnerable

Chapter 21- Sweetness

Chapter 22- Blood Sister

Chapter 23- The Edict of Bane

Chapter 24- Blood & Brandy

Chapter 25- The Ghost on the Beach

Chapter 26- A Gift

Chapter 27- Taste

Chapter 28- The Boudoir

Chapter 29- Touch

Chapter 30- Trust.

Chapter 31- The Dark.

Chapter 32- The Devil We Know

Chapter 33- Karlach

Chapter 34- Cania.

Chapter 35- Red.

Chapter 36- Please.

Chapter 37- Tender.

Chapter 38- Vanilla.

Chapter 39- Glacier.

Chapter 40- Love.

Chapter 41- The Cult of the Absolute

Chapter 42- Warning.

Chapter 43- Forgive Me Father.

Chapter 44- Disappearing.

Chapter 45- Then She Was Gone.

Chapter 46- The Flymms.

Chapter 47- Red Eyes

Chapter 48- Awake

Chapter 49- Regret

Chapter 50- !

Chapter 51- Space

Chapter 52- Summer.

Chapter 53- Forgotten

Chapter 54- Bad Idea.

Chapter 55- Don't Trust Him, Trust Me.

Chapter 56- Orin.

Chapter 57- The Chosen One.

Chapter 58- I Died.

Chapter 59- Ascending.

Chapter 60- 7,000 Souls.

Chapter 61- Ascended.

Chapter 62- Shadowheart.

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the-unconquered-queen · 9 months ago

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For ongoing series, they count as completed if you're up to date, but it's up to you if you want to include a series' shorts/extras (like holiday specials) or not for 'completed'. (So, for example, if you've read the one available chapter of The Deadliest Gambit, then you've "completed" The Deadliest Game, but you decide whether you consider The Nanny Affair as completed if you haven't read The Dalton Affair.)

Full list under cut because why not, but you can just vote for an approximation/your best guess if you'd rather.

(In short, spin-offs like RoE/TRR and HSS/HSS:CA are each counted as their own separate series, TRR/TRH/TRF are all counted as one series, and finally ILitW/ILB and Untameable/Unbridled are counted as the same series respectively)

Series listed in the alphabetical order of the Choices library: A (1) Across the Void, (2) Alpha, (3) America's Most Eligible, (4) A Very Scandalous Proposal;

B (5) Baby Bump, (6) Bachelorette Party, (7) Big Sky Country, (8) The Billionaire's Baby, (9) Blades of Light and Shadow, (10) Bloodbound;

C (11) Crimes of Passion, (12) The Crown & the Flame, (13) A Courtesan of Rome, (14) The Cursed Heart;

D (15) The Deadliest Game, (16) Desire & Decorum, (17) Dirty Little Secrets, (18) Distant Shores, (19) The Duchess Affair;

E (20) The Elementalists, (21) Endless Summer;

F (22) First Comes Love, (23) Foreign Affairs, (24) The Freshman;

G (25) Getaway Girls, (26) Guarded, (27) Guinevere;

H (28) The Haunting of Braidwood Manor, (29) The Heist: Monaco, (30) Hero, (31) High School Story, (32) High School Story: Class Act, (33) Home for the Holidays, (34) Hot Couture, (35) Hot Shot;

I (36) Immortal Desires, (37) It Lives;

K (38) Kindred, (39) Kiss of Death;

L (40) Laws of Attraction, (41) Lovehacks;

M (42) Most Wanted, (43) Mother of the Year, (44) Ms. Match, (45) Murder at Homecoming, (46) My Two First Loves;

N (47) The Nanny Affair, (48) Nightbound;

O (49) Open Heart;

P (50) Passport to Romance, (51) Perfect Match, (52) The Phantom Agent, (53) The Princess Swap;

Q (54) Queen B;

R (55) Red Carpet Diaries, (56) Ride-or-Die, (57) Rising Tides, (58) Roommates with Benefits, (59) The Royal Masquerade, (60) The Royal Romance, (61) Rules of Engagement;

S (62) Save the Date, (63) Ship of Dreams, (64) Shipwrecked, (65) Slow Burn, (66) Sunkissed, (67) Surrender;

U (68) The Unexpected Heiress, (69) Untameable;

V (70) Veil of Secrets, (71) Villainous Valentine;

W (72) Wake the Dead, (73) Wishful Thinking, (74) With Every Heartbeat, (75) Witness, (76) Wolf Bride

#playchoices #I think I'm at 57 #as for the list I think the only thing I counted differently to the app was HSS:CA as its own series instead of putting it under HSS #unconquered queries

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vickyvictoria-3 · 7 months ago

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REALLY late to the trend, but I want you to ask me!

100 Question Danganronpa Ask Game

1.) Favorite Game?

2.) Least Favorite Game?

3.) Favorite OST?

4.) Favorite Minigame?

5.) Favorite Game Design?

6.) What’s Your Favorite Cast?

7.) Favorite Class Trial From All The Games?

8.) Least Favorite Class Trial From All The Games?

9.) Favorite Execution?

10.) Least Favorite Execution?

11.) Favorite Unused Execution?

12.) Least Favorite Unused Execution?

13.) Favorite Love Hotel Scene?

14.) Favorite Freetime Event?

15.) Favorite Research Lab?

16.) Favorite Game End?

17.) Least Favorite Game End?

18.) Favorite In-Game Moment?

19.) Least Favorite In-Game Moment ?

20.) Happiest In-Game Moment?

21.) Saddest In-Game Moment?

22.) Favorite Random/Unessacary Moment?

23.) Favorite Chapter?

24.) Least Favorite Chapter?

25.) Favorite Anthology Chapter?

26.) Favorite Mascot?

26.) Least Favorite Mascot?

28.) Favorite Monokub?

29.) Least Favorite Monokub?

30.) Smartest Murder Plan?

31.) Hated Murder Plan?

32.) Favorite Culprit?

33.) Least Favorite Culprit?

34.) Favorite Protagonist?

35.) Least Favorite Protagonist?

36.) Favorite Antagonistic Character?

37.) Favorite Character?

38.) Least Favorite Character?

39.) Best Girl?

40.) Best Boy?

41.) Best Character Design?

42.) Worst Character Design?

43.) Favorite Eye Design?

44.) Which Character Has The Cutest Design?

45.) Favorite Major Character?

46.) Favorite Minor Character?

47.) A Character You Think Deserves Better?

48.) A Character You Thought You Would Dislike but Liked In The End?

49.) Who Do You Think is A Underrated Character?

50.) Who Do You Think is A Overrated Character?

51.) Which Character Should Have Survived In Your Option?

52.) Which Character Shouldn’t Have Survived In Your Option?

53.) Which Character Deserved To Survive In Your Option?

54.) Which Character Shouldn’t Have Deserve To Survive In Your Option?

55.) A Character Who Should’ve Got More Character Development?

56.) Which Character Did You Not Expect To Die But They Did?

57.) Who Did You Expect To Die But They Didn’t?

58.) A Character Who Looks Amazing but You Don’t Like?

59.) Which Character Do You Easily Forget?

60.) Which Character Seemed Like They Were Gonna Be Culprit But Wasnt In The End?

61.) A Character You’ve Never Expected To Become A Culprit but They Became One? (Besides Chiaki)

62.) A Character You Can Relate To?

63.) A Character You Relate To But Hate Anyways?

64.) What’s Your Option On The Danganronpa 1 Anime?

65.) What’s Your Option On The Danganronpa 3 Anime?

66.) Favorite Voice Actor?

67.) What Do You Think Of The Fandom?

68.) What Would Be Your Ultimate Title?

69.) Hope or Despair?

70.) Could You Be The Ultimate Lucky Student?

71.) Which Character’s Clothing Would You Like In Real Life?

72.) Popular Option?

73.) Popular Headcanon?

74.) Unpopular Option?

75.) Unpopular Headcanon?

76.) Which Character Would You Like To Meet In Real Life?

78.) Which Character Would You Never Like To Meet In Real Life?

79.) A Character You Would Choose To Have A Sleepover With?

80.) A Character You Would Choose To Have A Roadtrip With?

81.)A Character Who You’d Like To Snuggle?

82.)A Character Who Acts Like A Friend?

83.)A Character You’d Like To See As The Antagonist?

84.)Character as Antagonist Headcannon?

85.)Headcanons If Junko Wasn’t The Mastermind?

86.)Headcanons If Chaiki Surivived

87.)Headcanon on Pregame V3 Characters?

88.)Headcanons on Non-Despair AU

89.)Headcanons For An AU You Have

90.)Favorite Danganronpa Ask Account

91.)Favorite Fanfiction

92.)Recomended Headcannon

93.) Favorite Talent

94.) Least Favorite Talent

95.) Your Absolute OTP

96.) Your Absolute BroTP

97.) Any OT3

98.) Favorite Rare Ship

99.) An Overrated Ship Which Is Your NOTP

100.) Absolute NOTP

#danganronpa #danganronpa tumblr #fyp #dangnaronpa v3 #danganronpa thh #danganronpa gd

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bratshaws · 2 years ago

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through the hourglass 59. brb x oc

a/n: the revenge is coming. and boy i hope you guys like it :)

pairing: plus size!oc x rooster

warnings: Rooster has doubts :( but Bea is there for him!

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Beatrice knows something is bothering him by the way he’s acting, he got home and greeted her, Nikki and the dogs as he usually did, he acted as normal at the bar but she knew. She knew something was bothering him too much because Rooster kept running his thumb and forefinger over the length of his mustache.

And that was a telltale sign that something bothered him. So after work and after getting Nicole from her parents, Beatrice watched her husband lying on the bed with one of his hands on his six pack and the other still brushing over his mustache as she rubbed lotion on her arms. She frowned, turning the bathroom light off and padding her way towards him, “Roos.” she calls and he slows the hand movement down until his hand touches his chin as if he was caught in the act.

She slowly crawls on his lap and leans down so her arms are folded atop of his chest, the hand on his stomach immediately coming up to touch her midriff. She tilts her head to the side just enough to rest her cheek on her bicep, “Do you wanna share what’s bothering you?” she asks, “Is it the deployment everyone talked about except for you?”

He groans, the hand on his chin coming up to pinch the bridge of his nose, “...yeah.” he chuckles weakly, “Guess it is.”

“Well, what’s bothering you about it?” he hesitates and the fingers on her waist drum against her skin with uneasiness, “Roos, please.”

He sighs, digging his head deeper into the pillow, “I…well, first, the idea of leaving you and Nikki alone terrify me. Second, we won’t be able to celebrate our anniversary.” he frowns, “And maybe not even Halloween.”

Beatrice, the angel that she was, just smiles down at him, unfolding her arms to hold her head up with a hand and gently run her finger down the scars on his chin with the other, “You are just so sweet,Roos. Do you have any idea of how much?” he just gives her a look and she knows he’s not really believing her, “Okay, let’s talk about this, hm? You are upset you’ll have to leave again and you don’t want to leave me and Nikki and you are worried about us.”

His jaw moves as if he wants to speak but no words come out, he just leans into Beatrice’s touch against his cheek, her thumb rubbing under his eye, “Is there something else bothering you?”

“...I guess.”

“I’m all ears.” she smiles, “If you wanna share.”

Bradley turns his head to kiss her palm, then her ring finger right where her wedding band was and he kept his lips there, staring at nothing for a few seconds, “I don’t want Nikki to wonder where I am when she’s older.” he whispered, “I don’t want her to feel alone because I’m gone.”

Beatrice’s head recoiled in surprise, “Alone? Why would she think that?”

“Because I’ll be gone for certain periods of time. It’s been safe now, I’ve been gone for months but when I have to leave for like a year…what if she just hates me because I’m gone?” her brows lower when he says that because he sounds absolutely heartbroken, “What if she asks you why I have to leave and then get mad because I do? Or when she’s older and she latches onto me to prevent me from leaving?”

Beatrice frowns more while keeping her hand on his face, only adding it’s twin to the other side to cup his cheeks, “Bradley,” his eyes immediately snap to hers, “There’s no way something like that would sever the connection you two already have. Nicole is going to be a month old and she’s already crazy about you…and well, there will be times she’ll be confused about you leaving but then we’ll sit down and have a talk with her.” she shrugs, “Because she needs to understand you are doing it because it’s your job, not because you want to leave her.”

“I know but–”

“What made you feel like this?” She is concerned by how he sounded, how much he doubted himself when speaking.

He hesitates, but he sighs as he drops his head back into the pillow with her hands still on his cheeks, chewing the inside of his lip as he recalls the conversation he had that morning, “I had…a talk with Evelyn’s dad.” he begins, “He said that he was only able to hold Evelyn for the first time when she was one years old.”

That information she already knew, especially since Evelyn always mentioned that ‘it could be why the two of them butted heads so much’. She knew why it bothered him to think that maybe Nikki would be upset but she doubted it’d go down that route. She already planned on telling Nikki,when she was old enough to understand, what her father did and why it was important.

Of course that, as a child, she wouldn’t understand at first. She knew how it was when Bianca was younger and Leo had to go to work, even go out of state for surfing competitions and be away for a long time. It’s all about dialogue, “...Roos, while I do understand your fear the situation is completely different.” he didn’t seem to believe her, “Hey, it is. You can talk to Nikki far away from home, she can see your face when you aren’t here…what happened with Ev,well,it sucks but the communication back then was pretty much letters only.”

He just looked away, clearly still bothered by the information he just shared, making Beatrice’s smile soften, “She already loves you and if we talk to her, if we let her know about it I doubt she’d get to the point where she’d hate you. Yeah, she wouldn’t understand but she’d be open to learning more about it. Listen- Roos look at me.” he flicks his gaze at her finally, doubt in those brown irises that only made his expression sour up even more, “What is going to happen is that we are going to talk to Nikki, when she’s old enough for us to she will have to know that.”

“I know.”

“And she won’t hate you.” Beatrice tells him, “Because she will know that you will be there for her every time she needs, even far away.”

Rooster still felt his stomach turning in knots, but he was happy that Beatrice was there reassuring him. It was eating him alive ever since he had the talk with Cyclone and honestly he didn’t know if it’d get better…maybe it was something he had to do so he’d get used to it, “What’s on your mind now,Roos?”

“Besides everything?” he laughs weakly, “I don’t know, I’m just…still digesting I’m leaving.”

“Are you blaming yourself?” he doesn’t reply and she knows he is, “Roos, it’s not your fault.”

“I know but…it’s still bothering me. I wish I could’ve had more time with you two, Nikki will grow so much by the time I’m gone.”

“How long will that be?”

“Three months.” Beatrice makes the math in her head, then looks back down at him with her mouth parted to explain how that wouldn’t be too much time but he didnt want to hear it, “She’s already so big, she’ll be bigger and I won’t see her changes.”

Beatrice smiles softly while on top of him, before she pushes herself up to sit atop his crotch, “Roos, I’ll be calling you to let you know what goes on with Nikki, you don’t have to worry about that. You’ll still see her…that’s not the thing bothering you is it?” and she caught him like he was a little boy trying to snatch cookies before dinner, his jaw clenched and he avoided her gaze, “I won’t be hurt.”

He parts his lips only for no words to come out, then closes his mouth again with an annoyed groan, ‘...I worry about you.”

“I’ll be fine.”

“Not…physically,gorgeous.” he frowns more, “I mean…mentally. You…when you got the worst of the baby blues I was so worried about you. Hell,Bea…you were crying so much, you were just a shell of what you were and I fear–” he stops talking, shaking his head briefly, “I fear I won’t be there if it happens again.”

He didn’t know if Beatrice was okay with this conversation, he even dared a look towards her only to see her eyes were blank, her expression neutral and she didn’t seem bothered nor relieved by that. In fact the silence that answered him was deafening.

He opens his mouth to speak again but she does it first and he is relieved when he sees her smile, “You are too sweet,Roos.” were her eyes shining? She did sneak in a little sniffle and tried to wipe her eyes as subtle as she could, “And…you have no idea how much that means to me.”

“I…you aren’t upset?”

“Upset? No,I’m not upset.” she laughs in disbelief, “I am happy because you worry. Because you want me to be okay…and that’s more than I could’ve ever asked for.” Beatrice cups his face again, leaning down so their lips met, “You have no idea, no idea at all how much that means to me…you know, whenever I have my doubts about myself I need to remember that you love me through everything. Good and bad, through my worst moments and you are still here.”

“...of course I am.” he whispers, “I love you.”

And Beatrice’s eyes shone with more tears, some even falling from her eyes onto his bare chest and he quickly wiped them away with his thumb, “...You are a wonderful person,Rooster.A wonderful pilot, a wonderful husband, a wonderful dad…and you have nothing to fear…okay?” she sniffles again, wiping her eye with her shoulder, “If I feel bad I’ll call Ev or Shells, or any of the girls available.”

Bradley frowns a bit but he nods, a smile slowly appearing on his face, “If you are sure,gorgeous.” he whispered, brushing his thumb on the side of her face, “I just want you to be okay.”

“I am okay. I have you.”

It’s like he couldn’t understand how his support meant to her. He doubted himself because of his own issues and yet couldn’t see how much he did to her. He laughs softly after those words come out of her mouth, she could see his humor was changing slowly but surely, “Always, gorgeous.”

“Do you want to talk about something else?”

“God, yes please.”

Beatrice laughs quietly, supporting her head up with her hands, “So, remember the gifts from Marcus?” he nods while caressing her lower back, gently nudging his fingers between the elastic of her panties and the soft skin of her ass, “It’s a lot of stuff, dresses and suits and baby clothes for Nikki…and I was thinking…about wearing one of the dresses to the triplets’ party.”

Rooster arched his eyebrow, “Oh?” she nods while biting her lower lip, “...what do they look like?”

“I can’t show you.”

“Why not?”

“Because,if I know you, which I do,” she rubs his plump lips with her finger, “You will not be able to control yourself.” and his eyes immediately darkened, pupils enlarging, “All I can say is…that there is a red dress that I really liked and it could be a party dress and and summer dress.”

“...Bea, you are teasing me.”

“A little, but I know it helps with your humor.”

Bradley chuckles while nodding his head, “That it does…thank you.” he whispers as he tucks a strand of her behind her ear “For hearing me out.”

“You are very welcome,Roos.” she says, pecking his lips one more time, “Now, let’s get to bed, it’s already pretty late.”

By the time Saturday rolled around, both of them were a lot better, but especially Rooster. Beatrice knew that all he needed was a pep talk and reassurance, that’s all and he’s all better now, the sad façade he had on finally disappeared. As he was busy sitting cross legged on the floor in front of Nicole - who was lying on her back on a Dr.Chimp playmat - Beatrice watched them from the kitchen as she poured herself some water.

She wasn’t expecting to see a message from Melinda however and she couldn’t help the vicious eye roll she gave her phone once she saw who it was. Beatrice sighed, knowing if she didn’t check it now she wouldn’t stop bothering her, so she just unlocked her phone and walked out of the kitchen while looking down at it.

Bitch #1(08:45)

Hello cousin, just a little something we forgot to tell you: this is a formal event so it’d be wise to dress accordingly. I know it might be hard to find clothes that…would accept your body type but if you’d like you can wear one of those long hoodies you used to wear when you were younger! :) if those still fit. We will not mind.

Beatrice clenched the phone in her hand so hard she could swear she heard the phone case crack under her grasp, Rooster had his back to her so he wasn’t aware of her expression.

Bea (08:49)

Hi Melinda. Don’t worry,I already have something to wear.

Bitch #1 (08:50)

Oh really? Oh we’ll love to see it!

Bea (08:49)

I’m sure you would.

She ended the message right then and there, tossing the phone on the couch with an annoyed huff breaking past her lips and Rooster looked up from Nicole to check on her, “Your cousins,huh?”

‘Yep.” she groans, “I hope this is the last time we’ll deal with them,they tire me out so much.”

“At best we’ll have a great drama moment at the house.” he jokes, “Maybe we can do our own version of Housewives.” Beatrice couldn’t help the laugh that broke out of her after he said that. She’s not the greatest Housewives fan but Rooster surely became after binging some seasons while she was pregnant with Nicole.

“Tempting.” she says, approaching the two and sitting down next to him on the floor, smiling at her daughter who just kicked her legs up in the air and gurgled something, her tiny hand reaching for Beatrice who quickly gave her a finger to grab on, “But…I’d prefer not to.I’ll just look amazing wearing a Marcus Beverly piece.” she says with as much confidence as she could have, the goblin voice in her mind chittering quietly as if trying to climb back inside, “And so will you, if you want.”

Bradley purses his lips in thought, then arches his brows with a nod, “Can we match?”

“I don’t see why not.” she giggles, “You’d be happy to know that Marcus figured out your style immediately, I didn’t even have to tell him about it.”

Her husband just nods again, focusing back on Nicole and Beatrice who were too busy playing together to notice his look. He licks his lips once, then runs his hand over his mustache as he leans back against the couch, “Baby,listen,” Bea looks up from Nicole, “I was thinking about something and…well, Hangman and Bob aren’t coming to the mission.”

“Oh, they aren’t?”

“No and…well,I talked to them and…they’ll come to check on you every once in a while.” Beatrice straightens herself a bit, arching her brow, “I know you can take care of yourself gorgeous, I know that but…indulge me a little, those two promised they’d only come by to check on you and leave, nothing more nothing less.”

Beatrice just stared at him for a few seconds, still holding Nicole’s hand and then she sighed, chewing the inside of her lower lip, “...I don’t think there’ll be another option right now,huh?” she laughs softly, “But it’s okay,Roos. I don’t mind that and if it keeps your mind at ease, that’s fine by me.”

Rooster breathed out in relief, “Okay, now I’m better.” he pecks her cheek soundly, “Now tell me,what did your bitch cousins want?”

“Oh you know,” she begins while wriggling her fingers above Nicole’s face, “Talk shit about my body,make fun about me because they think I still can’t find clothes that fit me. You know, the usual ‘bodyshaming’ attitude they always had.”

Bradley crossed his arms over his broad chest, jaw clenching and eyes on fire, “Oh I hate them so much.”

“I know.”

“It’s like…were they under a fucking rock? Didn’t they know you did stuff for Marcus? I mean holy shit there was a huge billboard on the side of a building, you’d think that’s something they’d know about.”

Beatrice stops playing with Nicole as she hears his words, her daughter gurgling more while latching on her index finger with an iron grip an infant should not have, but Beatrice was too busy thinking about what she just heard. Bradley gave his wife a confused look, “Bea?” he tries, but he sees a little smile, an almost smug smile slowly widening on her face “Bea,gorgeous…what’s the matter?”

And she can’t answer him…because suddenly she had a wonderful idea.

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mybeautifulchristianjourney · 1 month ago

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Peter and Cornelius

1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment, 2 a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God. 3 At about three in the afternoon, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius." 4 He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God. 5 Now send men to Joppa, and bring one Simon who is surnamed Peter. 6 He lodges with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the seaside." 7 When the angel who spoke to him had departed, he called two of his household servants and a devout soldier of those who waited on him continually. 8 Having explained everything to them, he sent them to Joppa.

9 Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon. 10 He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth, 12 in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, crawling creatures and birds of the sky. 13 A voice came to him, "Rise, Peter, kill and eat." 14 But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." 15 A voice came to him again the second time, "What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean." 16 This was done three times, and immediately the vessel was received up into heaven.

17 Now while Peter was very perplexed within himself what the vision which he had seen might mean, look, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, stood before the gate, 18 and called and asked whether Simon, who was surnamed Peter, was lodging there. 19 While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Look, three men seek you. 20 But arise, get down, and go with them, doubting nothing; for I have sent them." — Acts 10:1-20 | New Heart English Bible (NHEB) The New Heart English Bible is in the public domain Cross References: Leviticus 2:2; Leviticus 11:4; Leviticus 11:20; Deuteronomy 4:4; 1 Samuel 9:25; 2 Samuel 11:2; Psalm 20:3; Psalm 55:17; Ezekiel 1:1; Ezekiel 11:24; Matthew 2:13; Matthew 15:11; Matthew 27:27; Mark 7:19; Mark 15:16; Luke 7:4; Luke 2:25; John 1:51; Acts 3:1; Acts 8:29; Acts 9:10; Acts 9:36; Acts 9:38; Acts 9:42-43; Acts 10:22; Acts 10:32; Acts 11:5-6; Acts 11:12; Acts 15:7; Acts 22:17; James 1:6

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Commentary on Acts 10 by Matthew Henry

#Cornelius sends for Peter #angel #Peter's vision #Peter called to Caesarea #clean and unclean animals #Book of Acts #Acts 10:1-20 #New Testament #NHEB #New Heart English Bible

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Line Upon Line Lesson 052: Not by Our Power

Exodus 2:11-12 - Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren. So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.

In many movies about Moses, there is usually a scene where Moses is shocked to learn about his Israelite heritage. He has to come to grips with the destiny God set before him. While this story makes for good drama, is it really biblical?

Let’s read together Exodus 2:1-10 and Acts 7:20-22.

‭Contrary to popular belief, Moses grew up aware of his Israelite heritage. When you read Exodus chapter 2, you find that Pharaoh’s daughter paid Moses’ mother to nurse him. Moses’ mother raised him for a while before giving him to Pharaoh’s daughter.

Let’s read together Exodus 2:11-13 and Acts 7:23-29.

Moses was trying to show the Israelites he was going to deliver them from the Egyptians by his hand. Perhaps Moses planned to lead a slave rebellion to overthrow the Egyptians.

Let’s read together Exodus 2:14-15 and Acts 7:27-29.

Unfortunately, the Israelites did not rally behind Moses. Rather than lead an uprising, Moses ran away in fear of his life. Moses thought he was going to be a revolutionary leader, but he ended up being a lonely exile.

What went wrong for Moses?

Let’s read together Psalm 73:26; Luke 9:54-55; John 15:5; and Philippians 3:4-7.

Moses was zealous for God, but he did not have the right spirit for God. He tried to raise up the children of Israel on his own power. Moses failed because he did not wait on the Lord.

Will you learn from Moses’ mistake and put your trust in Jesus first?

#bible study #line upon line #Exodus 2:11-12 #John 15:5

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Our sure and God-given weapons is The Word of God. As we consistently and prayerfully spend time with God in His Word, we will grow in faith and discernment ~ and it will also wash us and make us new. God’s Word provides protection for our minds like a helmet., and it arms us with truth like a belt wrapped around us ~ causing us to confidently stand firm. This belt holds a quiver full of promises that are like arrows that powerfully extinguish every fiery dart that the enemy will throw at us, as we take our thoughts captive as we replace the lies of the enemy with the truth of The Word. The Word also provides a shield of faith - because faith comes from hearing The Word - which places a divine breastplate across our chest ~ protecting our heart from sin and keeping us in righteousness as we hide The Word in our hearts. The Word enables us to stand in the shoes of the gospel of peace - because perfect peace comes to those who keep their eyes fixed on Him (Who is The Word.)

Every single piece of our armor mentioned in Ephesians chapter 6 is fully and completely provided by our sword, “which is The Word of God.” This is simply because He IS The Word! His blood, and His Spirit, and His Word ~ together ~ have given us everything we need for life and godliness ~ and everything we need to fight our battles. “And there are three that bear witness on earth: the Spirit, the water, and the blood; and these for war. The term "trains" here refers to He's walking us through a training exercise to fight the enemy much like a military training exercise. However, this is a spiritual war which cannot be fought with worldly ammunition ~ but know the enemy will try to distract you in a war of flesh - but only the weapon of His Word will ever be able to setus free, pull down spiritual strongholds m, and fight the principalities and powers of darkness in high places.

Our Father's goal is to bring us to the point where we have learned how ultimately trustworthy He is; so that we finally begin to automatically depend and lean 100% on Him as our natural reflex, and instinctive, reactive response... to literally e v e r y t h I n g..

The following are the verses that came to me as I was writing what was on my heart (if you are interested in further study) as well as the passages that inspired actually this post.

Ephesians 6:10-17 ~ John1:1 ~ John17.17 ~ John 14:6 ~ John 8:32 ~ 2 Timothy 3:16 ~ 1 Peter 2:2 ~ 2 Corinthians 10:5 ~ Hebrews 4:12 ~ Romans 10:17 ~ psalm 119:11 ~Isaiah 26:3 ~ 2 Corinthians 4:18 ~ Isaiah 50:7 ~ 2 Timothy 2:4-7 ~ 2 Timothy 2:15 ~ Isaiah 55:11 ~ Acts 17:11 ~ Deuteronomy 8:3 ~ James 1:21 ~ John 15:7 ~ John 16:13 ~ John 6:63 ~ John 7:38 ~ Matthew 4:4 ~ proverbs 30:5 ~ Romans 15:4 ~ 1 Corinthians 6:11 ~ Ephesians 5:25-27 ~ 1 John 5:6-13 ~ Psalm 144:1-6~ 2 Samuel 22:31-37 ~ Psalm 18:26-36

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ㅤㅤㅤ“𝕺KAY⸝ SO I’M FULLY AWARE that I’m late arriving to our Kung Fu Watch-A-Thon, but the great news is that I’ve come bearing gifts to make up for the time lost!”

After a forty-minute commute to the Soldier crew’s habitual dining place of Louie & Ernie’s Pizza back in The Bronx and weaving traffic for nearly the same amount of time, Kei and Lamar had successfully made it through the door of Tyree’s Vinegar Hill pad where Isaiah had been patiently anticipating their arrival on an empty stomach.

He sat slouched within his favorite seat within the apartment, arms crossed with his traditional attire of wrinkled baseball Jerseys and white crew neck T-shirts while The 36th Chamber of Shaolin aired on the 55″ flat screen television. The camouflage A Bathing Ape brand bucket hat he was then sporting had been slightly tilted down over his mahogany eyes, making it damn near difficult to tell on whether or not he had actually been watching the film or whether it had been watching him the entire time, especially beneath the dim directional lights of the front room.

They both had received an answer to their question when Isaiah went to adjust himself in the recliner at Kei’s bribery.

“Ah, I knew you couldn’t resist a good bargain,” Kei conveyed rather vivaciously, swiftly slipping from out her Cinderellaesque PVC pumps and leaving Lamar to fetch them like the mutt he was. She went to safely place her glass bag aside on the entertainment stand before taking the pizza boxes from his possession and going to approach Isaiah, kneeling before him in her authentic Thierry Mugler frock. “So what will it be tonight, Zay, plain cheese or Margherita?”

Without so much as a single utter, Isaiah didn’t hesitate when hungrily outstretching his hands for the box with the all cheese pizza stored inside of it.

“Now how’d I know you’d choose that one? More Margherita for me then,” She shrugged, placing the box of Margherita pizza on the coffee table before going to stand on her own two, facing towards the hallway in which their bedrooms resided while finally getting the opportunity to take down the high ponytail in her head that seemingly gave her a make-shift face lift and migraine throughout the course of the night. “I’ma go wash this makeup off and slip into something a little more comfortable. Keep my se—”

“Thank you.” An indistinct baritone voice muttered, causing Kei, as well as Lamar to pause dead in their tracks.

“Lamar, y-you said somethin’?”

“Hell nah!” He exclaimed, putting up a minor fight with the can of Red Bull he had managed to snag from the tall freestanding larder fridge while attempting to get it open. “I think that little nigga just talked!”

“Oh my God, Zay! You can talk?!?! It’s a miracle!” Kei exclaimed in excitement, clasping her hands together and bringing them up towards her gloss coated lips before turning to face Isaiah who had a bashful grin ghosting his full lips.

“That nigga hasn’t spoken in like five years!” Lamar stated, gently going to grab Kei up by her upper arm before catapulting her towering stature towards his own by his free hand. “Ay, whatever voodoo you performed on him and T, you need to try on me.” He blew a kiss in her direction in which she rejected by kissing her teeth and rolling her eyes before snatching away from him.

“It’s called “Decorum,” weird ass. You oughta learn more of it. Now if you’d excuse me, I’d like to go change unlike some people ‘round here. I ain’t gon’ name no names, and keep your hands out my pizza!”

“I bought the shit.” Lamar retorted, falling back onto the leather sofa.

“Yeah, with my man’s money!” Kei shot back once in the safety of her and Tyree’s bedroom before going to slam and lock the door.

“You, as well as I know that that’s bullshit, aight, Kei?! My mans owes me for all the babysittin’ I’ve done with you and Zay these past six years and countin’, for you, a month and countin’! Fuck else you think I’m gettin’ paid for? To sit ‘round, lookin’ pretty? Oh, I must’ve forgot, that’s you and Bianca’s responsibility, right? ‘Cause I ain’t tryna step on anybody’s toes!” Lamar shouted sarcastically in response from the living room area, mouth then full of cheese pizza.

“Tuh! Won’t ‘fend me none!” Kei sibilated once her high quality jewelry was removed and stored safely inside it’s organizer.

She opted her vintage Thierry Mugler frock for casual attire that was far less overstimulating, that being a graphic camisole top and a pair of loose fit denim shorts in which she had to fold the band over in order to keep them up on her waistline for the time being. She slipped her pedicured feet inside her green Marni Sabot mules with a very high priority of showering straight after dinner before retreating to the bathroom to rid her face of any makeup.

She was in the midst of drying her face with a few disposable Bounty quilted napkins when an obnoxious crash could be heard coming from the living room area, causing for her to pause all action completely. She thought nothing of it in that spare moment of silence, resuming with her nightly regime, chalking it up to being nothing more than Lamar’s ass horseplaying around with Isaiah, per usual, until it came to her name being shouted by Lamar, despair lacing his tone. She was sure on disposing the used napkins before rushing to his aide with her heart in her throat.

Kei knew something was off that night. Her intuition led her to believe so, and the blood smearing on the open door, staining Tec’s hands and all tracing back to the once white T-shirt of Tyree that was then soiled in it further proved that she should’ve stuck with her first instinct instead of putting her faith in his. She couldn’t bare the thought of losing another.

“TYREE!” Kei shouted unto him, knees collapsing at his side by the leather sofa in which his tremoring body was then laid upon. “Tyree...” She whimpered, tucking her quivering bottom lip between her teeth only momentarily as a tear fell from the tip of her tinted nose. She wasn’t afraid to get her hands or attire dirty when carefully going to bring his body closer to hers. She assumed the only way they’d receive any explanation on this at all was if they’d remain calm while going about it. “Tyree, baby, tell me what happened. Who did this to you, hm? C’mon...” She sniffed, damp forehead falling against his as she caressed his face for comfort though it did anything but that. “Please talk to me, baby. Just... Please!” She wept, losing patience as he convulsed within her arms.

By this time within the night, Tyree’s 6′2″ frame had succumb to severe pain due to the gunshot wounds that penetrated his shoulder and side. The amount of blood he had lost from the train station to right there on the sofa had him feeble and delirious. He could barely distinguish illusion from reality. A desperate cry for help would only resort in more blood being spilled, so was there even a point in entertaining the thought of it? If this were his fate then he was damn sure accepting of it.

“Tec, what happened tonight?!” When Kei couldn’t pry the answers from her boyfriend, she instead found herself inquiring the next person in line for the job. Her glossy eyes fell on Tec who paced at the center of the living room, bewilderness set into his expression as the events that took place well over an hour ago still played out in his head on a constant loop.

His blood-stained hands trembling with panic as he skillfully attempted to ignite the backwood tucked between his lips even in the condition of an sprained wrist. He couldn’t quite wrap his head around how none of them seen it coming, and on the other hand, he couldn’t help but to place blame on himself with how Tyree and Soldier ended up. So many “If’s” and “Maybe’s.” If only he had took his own truck instead of pooling with Soldier that night, it would’ve bought them more time to escape the Jakes with him. He could’ve gotten Tyree home much more quicker than what the train had, not to mention them having to walk blocks from the crime scene in order to catch that.

“Shit, I don’t know, Kei!” Tec bellowed in agitation once pulling the blunt from his lips, halting his pace only momentarily in order to gather his thoughts. “We was only supposed to be hittin’ The Heights to celebrate T’s win tonight. Couple bottles, some sesh, a few bitches, y’know? The usual. Shit took a left turn in Soldier’s whip once we found out them opp niggas was following us from the venue. Ra had to have been wit’ them niggas—”

“Ra?! As in Raphael?!” Lamar interrogated, head jerking back and eyes narrowing in disbelief. “Nah, no way.”

“Nigga, I’m tryna tell your ass, Ra was wit’ them niggas! Who the fuck else you think was bustin’ shots in T’s direction first?! In the front seat of our whip, at that?!” Tec sniffed, swiping his thumb beneath his frigid and tinted nose in anger by use of his dominant hand. “I saw the shit myself! Next thing you know, an old school Cadillac Coupe DeVille that them niggas was rollin’ in pulls up next to us and starts firing more shots. We all ended up crashin’ somewhere on 125th and Lex, but it ain’t end there. Tyree called himself hopping out to go after them niggas... Alone. Meanwhile, I’m left to tend to Soldier even though I’m just as fucked up as he is at that point,” He took a swift pull from his blunt, his vacant eyes wide open and set on nothing in particular as he went to close out his story. “I’m still not even a hundred percent sure what went down in that station earlier, shit, I’m not even sure if I want to know. I’ll let T tell y’all that part. All I do know is that Ra’s on the run, Soldier’s in the slammer and we out here.”

“Soldier’s in holding?” Kei questioned empathetically as if that had been the only statement she excerpted from his vent.

“Ain’t no fuckin’ way half these niggas jumped ship, Soldier’s in the can and we out here outnumbered, crippled or damn near dead! Let’s get Tyree to the nearest hospital so that we can go get back at them niggas!”

“Nigga, are you dumb, stupid or slow?! Did you not hear what the fuck I just said?! The streets is mad hot right now for any of us, that including Kei! It was mad surveillance cameras in that one spot. The best we can do right now is lay low ‘til it all blows over.”

“What?! And let him bleed out?!” Lamar questioned, extending his arms out in the direction of Tyree.

“I feel like you got somethin’ you wanna say, Lamar...” Tec stated, walking up on Lamar.

“You guys, is now really the best time for all this?” Kei questioned softly.

“Fuck that. I’m makin’ a housecall to Dr. Moore. He’ll clear all this shit up. C’mon, Zay. You ‘on’t need to be seeing all this.” Lamar stated, grabbing the back of Isaiah’s neck in a brotherly manner once he was in close proximity of him before they would both make their way to the back of the apartment.

“Yeah, you call that strung out ass nigga. I’m headin’ to the rooftop. I need some fuckin’ air.” Tec announced, slamming the door on his way out and leaving Kei on her lonesome.

Flatbush，Brooklyn

A very eager and even more anxious Jasper Valentine sat positioned in genuflect as he laced his Adidas with unsteady hands before his own son who laid fast asleep and bundled within the comfort of his own car seat warmer, on the porch of none other than the Lewis’.

It was well past midnight and New York had hit it’s lows as far as the fall weather was concerned which would explain their hefty getups, but Jasper had deep meaning to go a lot further in his.

“Ay, little man, it’s daddy here,” Jasper glanced down at his five-month-old son’s full face for what could potentially be the last time, his NUK brand pacifier being latched on sporadically throughout the infant’s deep slumber. “I realize... I realize that you’re far too young to comprehend just what I’m about to tell you, but I feel as though I at least owe that to ya dukes since your grandparents couldn’t exactly do the same when it came to us. I’m going away for a minute. Going to find your Titi Kei along with your Tío Antonio. It’s uncertain to me on just how long we’ll actually be away or if we’ll even be returning at all with the way things are lookin’ right now, but the really dope part about all this, is that you’ve got angels in your corner, ready and willing to protect you at any given cost, that including your abuela, your madre and even ya Tía XiXi, so you be a good boy for them ‘til papi gets back, hm? And just remember, no matter what happens after tonight, I love you, Joie Valentine. Never will stop lovin’ you.” He kissed his teeth with a wink, giving his son a gentle chin check that caused the infant to slightly stir in his sleep before standing to his feet and going to adjust the strap of the brimming The North Face jester backpack on his right shoulder which so happened to be considered Joie’s makeshift diaper bag since birth as well.

His right hand latched onto the handle of Joie’s car seat before finally facing towards the front door of the Lewis’ Flatbush brownstone and proceeding to ring the doorbell with whatever pride he had left in him.

Mrs. Lewis’ dainty stature would soon appear at the interior craftsman doors of the vestibule of her brownstone in a satin bonnet while tying her terry cloth bath rope closed over her muumuu nightgown with her eyes halfway closed shut.

“Jasper,” The elder woman exhaled deeply in relief, bringing the young man into her tight embrace almost as if she hadn’t been expecting his company. He would’ve done the same if it weren’t for him clutching on the handle of Joie’s car seat as well as the strap of his diaper bag. “Thank God you made it here safely,” She pulled back, clasping her hands together before bringing them up towards her full lips as she batted her natural lashes in his direction. “How you been holding up?”

“I’ll be at ease once I know Kei’s back home safe,” Jasper stated, a little hostile than he probably initially intended. This all stemming from their very first encounter with the police. Seemed as if everyone had questions, but no one had answers, so he was setting out to find them on his own. “Look, Mrs. Lewis, I... I just wanted to personally thank you for doing me this solid again. I really don’t know how me and mines would’ve even made it this far without the support of you and yours. The Tsangs included.”

“Jasper Valentine, there’s no need to thank me,” She insisted, grabbing at both of his brawny upper arms. “You just thank the Lord above for binding us together in trying times such as this and for giving you the strength and protection to carry on day to day, you hear?” Her fingers slipping beneath his chin affectionately in order to lift his head up in confidence so that they were seeing eye to eye had him smiling through the pain. “The only thing you need to do for me is to be sure Kei gets home safely, okay?”

“Yes, ma’am,” He nodded his head in agreement. “And I know you didn’t ask for anything in return, but I still left $500 in cash, my EBT card and the keys to the apartment in Joie’s diaper bag just in case I don’t make it back in time and he ends up needing more clothes, diapers, formula or anything else for that matter. I know you’ll be checkin’ in on mi abuelo as well though he’s pretty self-sufficient, but just in case, his SSDI check comes in on the third of each month and that’s usually what we’ll use to pay the rent with after getting his necessities.”

“I know you’re good for it, baby,” Mrs. Lewis assured, taking Joie as well as his diaper bag from his possession around the same time Antonio made an appearance at the vestibule in his coordinating black assemble. Boy, was she a strong woman to be her early sixties. “Now you two go and find your sister. I’ll be praying!” She shooed the young adults away from her stoop.

They would get halfway down the street before they’d open their mouths to say anything.

“You never told me where we’re headin’ first.” Antonio stated, lacing his favorite range of metallic silver Nike Air Force Foamposite Pro sneakers.

“We’re going to see a man about a horse.” Jasper informed nonchalantly, not willing to make further conversation than that as he would yank the hood of his pullover over his freeform locs at the signal of the crosswalk light.

Bloomingdale，New Jersey 3：16 AM

Jasper and Antoino’s excursion from the gutters of Flatbush, Brooklyn to the suburbs of Bloomingdale, New Jersey by use of the Q train was a straight shot that only took a two-hour duration if you included the bus rides in between. Their destination of the night was on the porch of a three-bedroom townhome complex located in a predominantly residential area. To say that they both felt every bit of out of place, especially dressed in all black while being Black, at this time of night, was an understatement, but they both knew that they were there to serve a greater purpose, so there was really was no use in turning back at that point in time. Plus the Rap music pumping from the inside told them otherwise. This had to have been a safe space.

“Yo, bro, just a reminder that when we get inside, let me do most of the conversing. Remember I told you on the train ride here that I’ve known these cats since high school and how they ain’t too fond of new people comin’ ‘round.” Jasper forewarned, ringing the doorbell to the townhome as instructed before stepping back to where Antonio stood, carelessly rolling his preferred strain of sour diesel into a fronto leaf just to calm his nerves since he couldn’t find the time to do so earlier.

“I gotchu, bro.” Antonio reassured, not even bothering to glance in his direction as the panel door before them flew open without even so much as an interrogation on their identities while standing on the opposite side, a thick fog of marijuana smoke following shortly after. Their choice in the likes of Baby Keem’s discography weren’t as muddled then with the door being wide open. They could make out every word being shouted within the sidebar conversations of those who occupied the living room area inside. Though it seemed too late within the night to be making plans to go anywhere far.

They could only guess who actually answered the door for them as their eyes fell onto a kid, no older than eight years old and evidently of mixed race just by the loose curl pattern of his untamed natural, standing in the doorway in Marvel thermal long johns and crew socks while rubbing his puffy eyes in closed fists.

“Ay, little man, your parents—” Jasper began to interrogate the boy on his parents whereabouts when the answer came stumbling into view.

“Blaze,” Though clearly inebriated, the woman was courteous enough to hiccup into her fist before clutching onto the door for some stability. “What’ve I told you ‘bout opening my door without permission from me or your dad, huh?!”

“Sorry, mommy...” Blaze sulked with his head hung low.

“There won’t be a “Sorry” next time. I’ma just start putting a belt to your ass, how ‘bout that?! Huh?! Now go to bed like I asked! You know good and dang on well you not supposed to be up at this time of night!”

“Yes, ma’am.” Blaze remained courteous throughout his mother’s dispute, turning on his heels to retreat to his bedroom, her eyes following him every step of the way.

“I’m sorry ‘bout that. These ki— Jasper?!” The young mother would cock an eyebrow, an inviting smirk ghosting her full lips as her hands fell to her waist at the sight of an old friend.

“Shawnee, hey,” Jasper greeted once coming to realization of it being his former friend from high school as she reached out for a hug to which he happily accepted. “Long time, no speak. It’s good to finally see you again. That’s you?” He asked, referring to the kid who had seen himself up to his bedroom.

“Um, yeah,” She nodded once pulling away from him and going to tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear. “Me and Juul’s. I heard you had one too. Congratulations.”

“Why, thank you.”

“The fuck is Juul?” Antonio muttered, only expecting for Jasper’s ears to hear until the back of Jasper’s hand came flying into his solid chest, nearly knocking the wind from him and the blunt from out his hand.

“Um, this is my brother-in-law, Antonio, but we call him Juice. I bought him along fo’ the ride.You think Juul’ll mind?”

“Course not. He’s been expecting your company, actually,” She stated, stepping aside to give them access to the townhome. “Upstairs, first door on your left.”

“Thank you.”

The duo would enter the townhome with great precaution, moving with stealth as they passed the kitchen, dining and living room areas that housed two more beautiful women— One sporting a bleached pixie cut and the other sporting a side swoop— Who indulged in their choice of marijuana or liquor while sparking up a conversation on the company as they passed by in order to reach the staircase.

They were hardly able to make it past the threshold of their designated bedroom within the townhome without firearms being pointed in their direction, causing for them to throw their hands up in defense.

“Yo, Juul, Paris, Sol? Chill! It’s just me, Jasper, from prep school, remember?” Jasper sputtered with his chest heaving as the trio hesitated to lower their weapons. He pondered on if this paranoid behavior came routine for the three, especially with a child being involved. Surely, these weren’t the same people he once considered running with back in prep school.

“Shit, Jasper,” Juul exhaled, running a clammy hand down his speckled face before being the first of the three to lower his weapon, surprisingly. “You gotta speak up next time. We almost blew your damn lid off,” He drawled, his ocean blue eyes scanning the room to catch his two colleagues still in defense mode. “They good.”

“They ain’t good ‘til I say they are,” Paris stated, glancing back at Juul.

Sol was an exchange student deriving from Japan at their time of prep school. He verbally spoke a lick of English and was more on the mute side either way which lead other people to push their own narratives about who he was as a person. Except for Paris. Paris was patient, ready and willing to protect Sol at all costs, study his culture and vice versa, so Sol would always feel the need to coincide with him, good or bad. They were the true definition of yin and yang. Before The Notorious 3 were even established, there was Paris and Sol, bonding over their passions for hypebeast fashion and music.

“I know that’s Jasper, but who the fuck is this Mr. T lookin’ motherfucker to the left of him? Nobody sent for him.”

True, Jasper thought.

He should’ve asked before stringing him along. He knew that they kept a knit operation and an outsider could cost them everything, so he couldn’t really blame them for being cautious.

“This is my brother-in-law, Antonio. We call him Juice. He’s just here lookin’ for the same answers as me, man.” This statement evidently put everyone’s racing minds at ease, causing for Paris and Sol to finally lower their weapons before Jasper and Antonio did the same with their hands.

“You should ask next time.” Paris suggested.

“No doubt.” Jasper agreed, hesitantly going to take a seat in the loveseat alongside Antonio.

“Y’all mind if I light this joint?” Antonio asked, making himself comfortable by removing his Supreme brand backpack before holding his fronto up to their eye level to prevent further suspicion.

“Yeah, man, knock yourself out.” Juul approved, taking a rip from his own form of antidepressant which so happened to be a vape.

“Now that the dust has settled, can we get down to business on my sister’s whereabouts?” Jasper inquired, irritation evident within his tone as he clasped his hands together.

“Course, bro. That’s what we’re all here for, right?” Juul stated with no particular response. “You know I’ve never beat around the bush with any of y’all, so I’ma just come right out and say that the reason the cops couldn’t find Kei is because she’s now apart of an underground street fighting ring.”

“She’s what?!” Jasper exclaimed in disbelief, leaping up from his place on the loveseat as if it would somehow obliterate the anger he’d been carrying all this time. He promised himself that he wouldn’t get riled up, no matter the circumstances that she were in, but he couldn’t seem to wrap his head around the fact that his baby sister had been engaging in an underground street fighting ring of some sort and how it only took Juul’s less than ten minutes to tell him so while it took the New York Police Department more than ten days to even identify XiXi’s lifeless body on a dead end street. They were useless! “Why y’all ain’t just tell me this shit on the phone earlier in the night, huh?! We could’ve been at these niggas’ spot!”

“Bro, don’t shoot the messenger, aight?! We just attended the spot earlier in the night after months of being absent from the scene. It would’ve been mad suspicious of us to go snatching Kei up without an actual plan in motion. Plus Kei didn’t seem to be in any immediate danger at that moment in time. What more do you want us to do?”

“To do your fuckin’ job, how ‘bout that?! Do exactly what I paid y’all to do! It’s not that fuckin’ hard!”

“And it ain’t that simple either, Jasper!” Juul’s reciprocated Jasper’s energy, pouncing up from his seat in the office chair before walking up on him. “And what you’re not about to do is come inside my crib and try to bitch me in front of our boys or my son while he’s lying in the next room! We beyond all this shit!” Being the bigger person out of the both of them, he gripped Jasper’s shoulder in order to compose him. “Look, I get your determination on getting your sister back home, Jasper, I truly do. I’d flip out if my sister was in a ring too, but you gotta keep in mind that these people we talkin’ ‘bout are just as lethal as us three, if not, more and on a much larger scale; therefore, we gotta be strategic on how we move.”

“Then what exactly is it that you suggest we do, Juul? ‘Cause I’m losing my patience. I’ll take them niggas on myself.” Jasper gritted, shooting daggers in his direction.

Truth be told, Juul hadn’t really had any particular plan in order. This was one of those plan-as-you-go situations, but he wasn’t about to let Jasper know that.

All previous tension within the room seemingly came to a standstill when all three of the women from earlier came bombarding the already crowded place with their inebriated spirits and the causes of them, sparing Juul some time to think this through.

Shawnee would stumble her way over to Juul before going to wrap her flimsy arms around his torso the best way that she could while her friend sporting the blonde pixie cut found a comfortable seat inside of Paris’ lap and the other replaced Jasper’s spot on the loveseat beside Antonio.

“Jasper, I’m sure you remember Shawnee,” Juul reintroduced his fiancée to his childhood friend as if they hadn’t already had the honor of doing so before he or Antonio had even stepped foot inside the townhome. “That’s Paris’ girlfriend, Phylum and their best friend, Angel, who’s pretty familiar with the underground scene, am I right, Angel?”

“Um, yeah,” Angel hesitated to answer, Seagram’s Escape Sangria wine cooler clenched within her hand. “Given I haven’t been in a few months.”

“That’s it!” Juul exclaimed, snapping his fingers.

“What’s it?” Jasper queried in irritation.

“Angel! We could use her as a decoy at the next street fight happenin’ at The Chop Shop in Queens! She can easily side with Kei, get the details on where they’re crashing at and from there, you and Juice’ll have y’all way on getting Kei out.”

Jasper didn’t know whether or not Juul’s plan was actually foolproof, but he didn’t think he had much of a choice at that point. He wasn’t familiar with that territory or it’s kindred, only Kei, so it was best to let him do his job, cause if the circumstances were up to him, he would’ve walked in, guns blazing over his sister.

“Aight, fuck it,” Jasper sighed out, giving in. “What’s the soonest you can get this all lined up?”

“Shit, tonight, but that doesn’t change the fact that the next street fight ain’t scheduled ‘til the end of the month.”

“Ain’t no sense in wasting time then. Let’s make it happen.”

“I’m on it, bro. You got my word.”

ׂ ̣ ○ . ° ♰ 𓈒 ॱ 𓂂 AUTHOR’S NOTE⠀⦂⠀⠀⠀‘’⠀⠀⠀Just to make one thing perfectly clear，I came up with Juul’s name way before this episode of Euphoria aired. I’m talkin’ year ‘20，so don’t even try me，ma’am. I’ll hopefully be seeing y’all the top of next year with a new chapter if my job and other hobbies don’t interfere with that，fingers crossed! Love y’all! Thank y’all for tuning in wit’ me. 'Til next time.⠀⠀⠀‘’