#don't worry everyone after today i'll shut up for a while again

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Sometimes I want to ask my friends about my fics, to ask for their unbiased opinions on something in it, but then that voice inside me starts whispering and stops me. Because that would feel selfish, to ask them to read something I wrote. Especially something I think is of a worse quality than my usual fics. Especially because all of them are writers themselves, weaving prettier worlds into existence than what I could ever dream of.

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the bodyguard | part 3

Bradley 'Rooster' Bradshaw x Famous!reader AU

After joining Maverick's security team once he left the navy, Rooster had become the best bodyguard around. He never thought too hard about it, he'd go in, protect whoever he was assigned, and leave. The threat against his client never really went anywhere if he was on the job, and he always put it first. All until your assignment came along. Suddenly his biggest threat might not be the stalker watching your every move, but rather trying not to fall for the world's biggest pop star.

warnings: stalker, threats, mention of strict trainer/food, anything else let me know

length: 4.2k

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"I have an interview today." You said casually, as you walked into the kitchen where Rooster sat sipping on some coffee. It was late in the morning, and Rooster found himself glad that you'd skipped your morning swim, since he'd finally got to sleep in a little later and wasn't woken up to your splashing.  

He lifted his head and looked up at you, "What for?" 

You sighed and rolled your eyes, "It's a talk show. One of those late-night ones... or have you been living under a rock?" 

He narrowed his eyes, "I know what talk shows are, thank you very much." he said curtly, "I just don't pay attention to celebrity gossip." 

"Right." you responded flatly, "The taping is today at 5. If you're not ready and waiting in the foyer, I'm going without you." 

"Oh, don't worry, I'll be there. It's my job, after all." He retorted sharply. 

"Unfortunately for me!" You called over your shoulder as you walked out of the kitchen. 

Rooster gritted his teeth, the urge to retaliate strong. Instead, he took a deep, steadying breath, trying to remember what Maverick had told him over the phone, that he could handle it.  

"This woman is going to drive me insane." he muttered. 

-- 

He stood in the foyer waiting, likely earlier than needed. The thought of spending hours at a talk show taping, watching you charm the host and audience made his skin crawl. It seemed you were nice to literally anyone other than him.  

He heard your footsteps coming down the stairs, and straightened his jacket, feeling a little smug that he had been ready before you. He was about to make a snarky comment about it, but as he looked up to see you, his mouth snapped shut and his eyes couldn't help but roam over your figure. You wore a classy black jumpsuit that hugged your curves perfectly, and your hair was up in some sort of purposely messy do. He couldn't deny you looked stunning, and he was momentarily taken aback as his irritation with you faded briefly. 

"My makeup artist is meeting us there. Let's go." you mumbled as you brushed past him and straight out of the door. 

He blinked, quickly regaining his composure, "Coming." he grunted, following close behind you and trying to ignore the way the jumpsuit clung to your figure while you walked. 

He noticed Ben waiting, leaning against the car door with a smile as usual. 

"Well, don't you look amazing." Ben grinned at you, and you gave him a warm smile. 

"So do you Ben, as always." You chuckled, as Ben held the door open and you climbed inside the car. 

Rooster stood frozen watching the interaction, again wondering why you were easily nice to everyone else and why it bothered him so much. Ben noticed and chuckled, "Nice suit, Rooster." 

"Thanks Ben." He mumbled bitterly, as he climbed into the backseat beside you. 

The drive to the TV studio was mostly quiet and Rooster couldn't help but fidget in his seat. His annoyance conflicted with an unconscious attraction, which only served to frustrate him even more. He noticed the way you were chewing on your lip, like you were... nervous? He shook his head a little and looked out of the window. There was no way. 

Eventually, the car arrived at the studio. The building was tall and imposing, with a couple of people hanging around outside the entrance, all clearly waiting for your arrival. 

Rooster stepped out of the car first, scanning his surroundings while he held the door open for you. As you stepped out, the group of fans spotted you and started calling your name, cheering and waving. He watched as you walked up to them with a bright smile and started chatting casually, taking pictures and signing whatever they shoved at you. He couldn't help but feel impressed by how kind and gracious you were with them. 

"She's been through a lot, you know." Ben muttered, as he shut the car door and stood beside him. 

Rooster's eyes flicked towards him, "Oh yeah?" he responded, feigning nonchalance as he watched you continue to sign autographs and pose for pictures with the group. 

Ben nodded slowly, shoving his hands in his pockets, "Look, I know you two haven't been getting on, and while it's entertaining for an old man like me, I'll admit," he chuckled a little, "maybe you should try to cut her a little bit of slack." 

Rooster hesitated for a moment as he mulled over Ben's words. "She's been nothing but difficult since the minute I met her. She doesn't want me here, and she isn't hiding it-" 

"I know." Ben cut him off and shrugged a little, "But put yourself in her shoes. When someone's out to get you and everyone wants something from you, would you trust so easily? Or would you keep a guard up?" 

Rooster considered his words for a moment, his annoyance softening just a bit. He hadn't really thought about it from that perspective. He looked over at you, chatting animatedly with the fans, and realised that there might be more to your tough exterior than he initially thought. 

"Maybe you've got a point." he mumbled thoughtfully, "But it doesn't change the fact that she's a pain in my ass most of the time.” 

Ben chuckled lightheartedly, "Seems that way. But underneath all that, there's a good heart. You just gotta break through the layers." He patted his back affectionately, "See ya after the interview, Rooster." He added, as he headed back towards the car. 

Rooster sighed, watching as you finished up with the fans and walked towards the studio entrance. He followed behind you, his mind still trying to come to terms with the new perspective he'd gained from his chat with Ben. 

When you walked inside, the studio was buzzing with activity, but luckily, Iceman was there to greet you straight away, "There you are." he grinned, "Follow me, you two." 

He led you and Rooster through the hallway backstage, until you reached a dressing room. You were quickly ushered inside and sat down in front of a mirror, where your makeup artist started to get to work. 

Rooster leaned against the wall, watching carefully as your face was powdered and you chatted away. He couldn't help but appreciate your natural beauty, and the way your eyes lit up when you laughed at something the makeup artist had said. Behind all of that, he noticed the bags under your eyes and the little yawns every now and then. He knew he was right and that you probably weren’t sleeping well. Even though it was none of his business, he found himself growing concerned. 

"How has it been?" Iceman asked, breaking Rooster out of his thoughts. 

Rooster cleared his throat and glanced at him, "Oh, uh, fine." 

Iceman chuckled and shook his head, "You don't have to lie to me. It wouldn't surprise me if she's been giving you a hard time." 

Rooster turned his eyes back to you, nodding a little, "It hasn't been easy." he murmured. 

There was a moment of silence as they watched you from across the room. "There still haven't been any updates from the police." Iceman muttered, "There's been no new letters either. It's got me on edge."  

"They'll find something soon enough."  

Iceman sighed, "I hope so. I don't even like the thought of her having an album release party, but her dad's been on my back about publicity. I swear that guy couldn't give a damn about her safety if he tried." 

Rooster frowned. He barely knew anything about your father, or any of your family for that matter, but just from Iceman's muttered words, he disliked him immediately. "That's bullshit. Her safety should be priority number one, regardless of what her dad says." 

Iceman huffed, "You try telling him that." he turned to Rooster, "I know she might not be the easiest person to deal with, I’ve worked with her a long time, so I get it.” He paused, looking conflicted, “But she's like a daughter to me. If anything were to happen to her..." he trailed off. 

Rooster could hear the genuine fear and concern in his voice, and it hit a nerve with him. "Nothing is going to happen to her. I won't let it." he said firmly, his resolve unwavering. 

Iceman studied him for a moment, before nodding, "I'm glad you're here." he muttered. 

Rooster nodded back, a silent understanding passing between them. Even though you seemed to despise him, he'd meant what he said. He was there to keep you safe, no matter what it took. 

Before long, your makeup was done, and you were ushered out of the room by a producer. Iceman and Rooster followed behind, his eyes scanning the surroundings as you made your way towards the stage. The muffled chatter of the audience could be heard from just behind the curtain where you stood, anxiously tapping your foot as you waited to be called on by the host. Rooster recognised the guy from one of the shows he’d watch late at night when he couldn't sleep. It was a big deal, he knew that much. 

His eyes drifted down to your foot that was tapping against the floor. He took a step closer to you, standing directly behind you, his voice low and steady, "Nervous?"  

"No." you responded a little too quickly, keeping your eyes fixed straight ahead. 

"You're lying." he quipped, "I can see it all over your face." 

You sighed, "So what if I’m nervous? Go ahead. Make fun."  

You braced yourself for whatever he was about to say, but instead, he surprised you, "You'll be fine." he said calmly, "You're talented, charming, you've done this before. Just focus on the questions and ignore everything else." 

You turned your head to meet his eyes. It was clear to you then; he really didn’t get it at all. "The questions are exactly what I'm afraid of." you muttered. 

Rooster frowned a little, but before he could reply, the host was introducing you and you were walking out onstage to the audience's loud applause. He made his way to the wings with Iceman, his eyes never leaving your figure as you greeted the host and took your seat. 

The interview started out relatively tame, with the host asking about your upcoming album and creative process. You answered each question with charm and confidence, your stage presence naturally shining through. 

But then the questions took a turn, delving into more personal territory, and Rooster could see the tension building in your shoulders. 

"How about we talk about the inspiration behind this album?” The host began, “Rumour has it, it's your most recent breakup." 

You paused for a moment, clearly uncomfortable with the question, but you quickly regained your composure and smiled politely, "Well, some of the songs do touch on personal experiences I've gone through recently. Art imitates life, right?"  

It was clear your personal life was fodder for gossip and Rooster watched carefully from the wings as you tried to laugh the question off, noticing the subtle hint of discomfort in your expression. He was surprised by how much it affected him, how he felt the sudden urge to rush out there and help you. 

Meanwhile, you sat in front of the host, feeling a wave of anger start to build inside of you. You’d worked hard on the new album; all the songs were your own just like all the ideas had been. Yet, none of that mattered apparently, not compared to your love life anyway. 

The host nodded, "Sure... but you have seen the rumours going around, right? That you cheated, broke the guy's heart, dumped him out of nowhere... anything to say about it?" 

You took a deep breath, now fully annoyed by the line of questioning, "Let me set the record straight," you said firmly, "Those rumours are just that - rumours. Nothing more. And I'd appreciate it if the media would focus on my music, instead of my personal life." 

As soon as you’d said it you wished you hadn't. Your dad always went on and on about good publicity, about how important it was for the public to not only like you, but have reason to talk about you too. Shutting down a question like that wasn’t something he’d like, you knew he’d have much rather you responded playfully and fuel the rumours even more. 

He’d be calling you once this interview aired, no doubt about it. 

The host nodded, deciding not to push further. Rooster could tell you were tense by the way your grip tightened on the armrests of the chair, but he couldn't help but admire the way you handled yourself, keeping your composure despite the intrusive questions.  

The conversation moved onto other topics and by the time the interview finished, you were more than glad. You were quickly ushered behind the curtains backstage, where Rooster and Iceman stood waiting. 

Iceman smiled proudly as you approached, "You did great out there." 

You immediately groaned and ran a hand through your hair, “No I didn’t. I was too firm; I shouldn’t have shut down his question like that.” 

Rooster frowned in confusion; he’d thought you’d done great. In fact, he admired you for it, so he couldn’t understand why you were so stressed out. 

Iceman sighed, “Don’t worry about that-” 

“I am worried.” you huffed, “If my dad sees that interview when it airs, I won’t hear the end of it, you know what he’s like, Ice.” 

Rooster only felt more confused, but he didn’t say anything, instead he watched you, observed you carefully. 

Iceman stepped forward, placing a hand on your shoulder comfortingly, "I know those questions weren't great, but you handled it well. Go home. Try to relax. I'll call you tomorrow, okay?" 

You nodded a little as Rooster stepped forward, ready to escort you to the car waiting outside. You both made your way through the busy studio halls, trying to dodge the various crew members and staff. Every now and then, someone would recognise you and try to approach, but a stern look from Rooster kept them at bay. It was like he knew you didn't have the energy to face anyone at that point, and for the first time, you were grateful.

As you neared the exit, you slowed your pace, noticing paparazzi waiting outside, cameras at the ready.

Perfect. 

Rooster’s eyes followed yours and he stopped walking, turning to face you. “There’s gotta be another exit somewhere.” 

You shook your head, “There will be cameras waiting there too.” you sighed tiredly. "I really don't wanna deal with them right now."  

His eyes searched yours as he thought, before he nodded, "You don't have to. Come on." he muttered. 

He stepped in front of you, gently taking your elbow in his hand and guiding you towards the door. The sound of cameras being clicked and questions being shouted filled the air as soon as you stepped outside, but Rooster kept you shielded from it all, his body positioned between you and the crowd.  

Despite the chaos, he stayed focused and managed to guide you into the waiting car. He could see how overwhelmed and frustrated you were, and found himself wishing he could scoop you up and get you out of there completely. 

Ben quickly drove away as soon as you and Rooster slid into the back seat. You let out a sigh of relief, the tension in your shoulders slacking. It was never usually that simple with paparazzi, but having Rooster made it so much easier. You wanted to thank him for it, but you faltered, unsure of how to start.  

Rooster watched you lean back in your seat, trying to collect yourself after the interview and chaotic paparazzi encounter. "You okay?" he asked softly, breaking the silence. His voice was surprisingly gentle, and the concern in his eyes looked genuine. 

You swallowed hard and nodded a little, "I'm fine." 

Rooster didn't say anything, he just studied your expression for a moment, clearly not satisfied with your answer. He was used to your stubbornness and tenacity, but right now, all he could see was the exhaustion and stress etched on your features. 

"When was the last time you properly slept through the night?" he asked bluntly, his gaze fixed on your face. 

You turned in your seat to face him, "What?" you frowned. 

"You heard me." he replied, his eyes serious and his expression unyielding, "When was the last time you got a good night's sleep?" 

You shifted in your seat a little under his stare, fidgeting and looking down at your hands in your lap. You didn’t like how easily he could see through you, you were used to fake smiles and false enthusiasm, while you dealt with all the bad stuff in private. His concern also had you on edge, since you were so used to bickering with him. You were actually starting to enjoy bickering with him, no one had ever challenged you like he did before, but this was something completely different.  

You stayed silent for a moment, until eventually, you admitted, "Before the break-in." 

Rooster's gaze softened a little at your reply, his concern for you growing even deeper, "That was over two weeks ago. You haven't slept properly in over two weeks?" 

You shook your head a little and kept your eyes focused on your fidgeting hands. He let out a soft sigh, suddenly understanding why you must have been so on edge lately, why you'd been fighting with him constantly. You were tired and stressed, probably scared too, and he felt a sudden surge of protectiveness towards you. 

"You can't keep going on like this." he murmured, his voice a gentle command, "You need to take care of yourself, or you'll burn out completely." 

You finally looked up to meet his eyes, "I'm fine." you repeated, although it lacked any real conviction. Something about how gentle he was being made you feel way too vulnerable. It was unsettling and yet you were starting to like it. 

Rooster let out a little huff, not buying it, "No, you're not fine. You're running on empty, and it's showing." he leaned a little closer, his gaze intense, "You're not invincible, no matter how hard you like to pretend otherwise." 

You searched his eyes for a moment, his words hitting you harder than you'd expected. He held your stare with a stubbornness in his eyes, a refusal to back down.  

"You don't have to be strong all the time." he continued quietly, "It's okay to take a step back. You don't have to carry the world on your shoulders, you know." 

"You don't understand." you muttered. 

Rooster sighed, "Then make me understand. Because right now, it looks like you're going to run yourself into the ground unless someone does something about it." 

You shook your head a little and turned back to face straight ahead, "I just wanna get home." you replied quietly. 

Rooster studied you for a moment longer before he let out a resigned sigh, "Fine." he muttered, mirroring you and turning to face straight ahead too. 

There was a little bit of silence, before you muttered, “Thank you... for helping me out there with the paparazzi.” You couldn’t even look at him as you said it, since it felt so out of character. 

He looked at you, noting the way you avoided his gaze, “Anytime.” he murmured. 

The car remained silent after that, even Ben's humming was non-existent. 

-- 

The house was quiet and still as you and Rooster entered, and the soft click of the door closing behind you echoed through the foyer. He scanned the surroundings out of habit, checking for any signs of danger or intrusion like usual, before his eyes landed on you. 

You walked further into the foyer, keeping your back to him, until you stopped. "Are you hungry?" You blurted out. After everything that day, you figured if you were going to try to be friendly, now was a good a time as any. 

Rooster was taken aback by the sudden question. He hadn't been thinking about food, his mind too preoccupied on his job and you. He hesitated for a moment before he replied, "Uh, yeah. I guess I could eat something." 

You slowly turned to face him and ran a hand through your hair as you let out a long sigh. "I could really eat a burger."  

He couldn't help but smile a little at that. "A burger sounds good."

--

A little while later, once the food had arrived, you and Rooster sat on the couch, balancing burgers on your laps as you dug in. It was a rare moment of normalcy in the chaos that had been your life lately, and Rooster could tell you were more relaxed than you had been earlier. 

There was a comfortable silence between you both as you ate, a random movie playing on the TV in front of you. It was the longest you’d gone so far without arguing, mainly because you were too tired but also because you suddenly didn’t feel the need. It was weird. 

"My trainer would kill me if he knew I was eating this." you mumbled as you took another bite of your burger. 

Rooster chuckled, a small smile playing at the corners of his mouth, "Good thing your trainer isn't here then, huh?" he took another bite of his own burger, "I won't tell if you don't." 

"Deal." You smiled a little to yourself and Rooster's gaze lingered on you for a moment longer than necessary. 

There was a different atmosphere between the two of you now - more relaxed, less strained. Maybe it was the food, or maybe it was just the fact that you’d both let your guard down for a moment. Either way, it was a nice change from the constant tension that had permeated your interactions since you'd met. 

“So,” Rooster took a bite of his burger before asking, “When’s this new album of yours being released?” 

“Next month.” You replied as you ate. You paused, not used to chatting to him like this, “I’m really proud of it. I just wish... I don’t know.” 

“You want people to care about the music, not who you’re dating.” he finished for you. He watched as you nodded, and realised how hard it must be for your personal life to be everyone’s business. He hesitated and put his burger down, “I think I misjudged how easy your life would be.” 

You frowned and looked up at him, “What do you mean?” 

He shrugged, his eyes never leaving you, “I haven’t been fair. I guess I figured you didn’t have any real problems, aside from the obvious.” he paused as the stalker came to mind, but quickly continued, “I just... I’m trying to say that-” 

“Don’t apologise.” you cut him off, “If anyone should be apologising it’s me. I’ve been terrible to you.” you sighed, “I didn’t want a bodyguard, I wanted to handle the situation by myself but... having you around isn’t actually that bad.” you hesitantly admitted. 

Rooster smiled a little, watching as you shifted on the couch and avoided his eyes, “Not that bad, huh? Well, I’ll take that as a compliment.”  

There was a hint of teasing in his voice, but also a tone of affection, since it was so rare for you to openly compliment him. You rolled your eyes, but you couldn’t help but smile.

He continued, “How about neither of us apologise and we call a truce instead?”  

You pretended to think about it for a second, but eventually nodded. “I would be happy with that.” 

He grinned and playfully held out his hand, which you shook firmly. His hand lingered on yours a little too long, his gaze locked on you. There was an immediate connection there, a spark of something more than just a simple handshake. He wondered briefly if you felt it too, then quickly pulled his hand away and turned his gaze back to the TV. 

He thought about what Ben had said outside the TV studio and glanced at you again. You looked tired and small, snuggled into the side of the couch, and he felt a tug in his chest, like he’d do anything to make sure you slept through the night.  

Once the food was done, you found yourselves still sat on the couch, the remnants of the meal sitting on the coffee table in front of you. The movie played softly in the background and the comfortable silence between you was more soothing than you'd like to admit. 

You ended up slouching lower, the exhaustion of the day catching up with you as your eyes grew heavier. When the movie ended, Rooster looked over at where you were curled into the edge of the couch. You were fast asleep, your face relaxed and free of the usual tension that seemed to linger there. 

He felt a pang of affection in his chest, seeing you like that, like all of the fight had left, leaving behind nothing but pure exhaustion, the guard you usually kept up completely gone. 

You felt a similar pang of affection the next morning, when you woke up in the same position, a thick blanket now covering you, after the best night's sleep you'd had in weeks. 

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A/N: friends? maybe

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Hey, if you hadn't already done something like this, I was wondering if you'll write Eddie x Popular!Henderson!R, where they're sneaking around behind Dustin's back.... 1. Because Dustin looks up to him and they're friends and 2. She's not ready to let everyone know just yet (wanting to live in ignorant bliss just a little while longer before she falls under scrutiny for falling for "the freak").

And so, when one of her friends decides to hook her up on a date, she can't exactly refuse, so she goes along with it to shut her up, without letting Eddie know, of course. And during a game of dnd, Dustin let's it slip where you are for the night, unknowingly sending Eddie into a spiral, thinking she's cheating and that's why she wants to keep them a secret and after having an internal battle, he cuts the campaign short, surprising everyone, and he crashes her date, with hellfire in toe, demanding answers. And then everyone finds out and she explains blah blah and they live happily ever after. Sorry, this was long xx

This was so fun! I hope this is what you wanted and you enjoy it. Thank you for requesting 🫶🏻

Dustin's friend

When Dustin said he found a new friend, that was yet again years older than him, Y/N wasn't too pleased. First, it was Steve, and now a guy named Eddie. But when Y/N met Eddie for the first time, she couldn't care less about the age gap between him and her brother, all that mattered was that he was around her age and single.

Eddie still wasn't sure how he managed to get Dustin's hot popular sister to go out with him. Whatever he did, he thanked god for it because having Y/N on his lap with her tongue down his throat was his heaven.

"Missed you so much," Y/N whined, her hips moving against Eddie's as she yanked off his shirt.

"Fuck, I missed you too." Eddie moaned as Y/N sucked down his chest. She left her marks to travel south until she was just above his boxers.

"MOM WANTS YOU," Dustin screamed as he pounded on Y/N's locked door.

"Damn it," Eddie sighed and hung his head.

"BE RIGHT THERE," Y/N screamed back, she sighed and stood up. She handed Eddie his shirt with a sad smile. "Sorry, Eds."

"Fuckers are giving me blue balls. Are you sure we can't tell him? Maybe he'd stop interrupting as much." Eddie glared towards the door. He stood up and threw on his jeans.

"You know I'm not ready for all of that yet." Y/N sighed.

"Fine, I'll go home and finish the old-fashioned way." Eddie joked, smirking as he walked backward to her window, his eyes on her.

"Maybe I'll come over and join you, later." She winked. She kissed Eddie goodbye and waited for him to leave. Then she went to see what her mom wanted.

~~~

Y/N knew hiding her relationship with Eddie was hard and tiring. And she felt guilty every time she had to act like Eddie wasn't everything to her. But she was scared. She was scared to take away Dustin's friend, worried she overstepped. She was terrified it would ruin their friendship because of the bro code. And selfishly, she was scared of the damage it would do to her social life.

"I'm telling you, he has been begging me for a date with you. You are single and have no reason to say no." Chrissy whined.

"My reason to say no is that I don't want to," Y/N said, rolling her eyes as she slammed her locker shut.

She whined when Chrissy followed.

"Like you have anything going on tomorrow night, anyway?" Chrissy argued, her eyes taunting.

Y/N technically had nothing going on tomorrow, Dustin and Eddie had hellfire so both boys were busy.

"Stop thinking of an excuse and just go. Then if you hate it, I will never set you up again." Chrissy promised.

"Deal," Now Y/N could get Chrissy off her back.

~~~

"We are kicking ass today! I wish Y/N were here to see it." Dustin cheered. Y/N had spent more time watching Hellfire since she had to pick Dustin up anyway.

"Why isn't she?" Eddie asked, he prayed it sounded casual. He read ahead on his notes to look like he didn't care too much.

"On a date." Dustin shrugged, playing his next move. No one had the table had any idea that sentence sent Eddie into a panic. Sweat on his forehead as his leg shook beneath the table.

His girlfriend was on a date, with another guy.

It all made sense, she wanted him to be a secret because she was seeing someone. Dustin knew about the guy, and he couldn't know about Eddie. Because then her secret would be exposed. Like it just was.

"Where?" Eddie snapped, his angry tone had the table looking at him in seconds.

"Enzo's," Dustin said confused.

"Get in the van," Eddie snapped as he grabbed his keys.

~

The rest of hellfire sat confused as Eddie raced to the restaurant. He was silent but gripped the wheel until his knuckles were white. The boys followed as Eddie stormed out of the van and into the restaurant.

Eddie felt a wave of heartache flood in his chest when he saw her with him with his own eyes. She looked beautiful as she talked about something he couldn't hear.

"Why are we here? Why do you care about my sister?" Dustin asked, but Eddie already was moving.

His heavy boots hit the floor hard, and his hand slammed on the table. The couple jumped and fear showed in Y/N's eyes when Eddie leaned down to her level.

Face to face, Eddie's hard breathing smacked Y/N's face. She twiddled her thumbs nervously as she saw hellfire behind him. Her brother watching with confusion.

"Eddie, what are you doing?" She said through clenched teeth, trying to keep the conversation between them.

"Demanding why the fuck my girlfriend is on a date with another guy." Eddie snapped, his eyes dark as he glared at her. She knew he had every right to be mad, but she didn't want a scene.

She stood up, and Eddie straightened up. His eyes haven't left her, not even glancing at the stranger across from her.

"Can I please explain later? In private." She whispered, her eyes looking over Eddie's shoulder as the boys watched.

"No, I'm tired of this private shit. Explain right here, right now. Or we are done." Eddie threatened. He didn't want to break up, he wished on every star above him there was a way to make this relationship work.

"Eddie please." She whispered, her watery eyes pleading for him to back off until they could talk. "Not right now in front of everyone." Eddie tried to ignore her tears, not letting himself get sucked into her guilt trap.

"Fine, forget it. I'll see you around, Henderson." Eddie said coldly as he nodded and backed off. Y/N felt frozen in her spot as Eddie went out the door.

"Y/N?" Dustin spoke up, his hand reaching towards her.

In seconds she was running out the door.

"What is going on?" the random date asked.

"Shh man," Mike said, sliding into the booth next to him. He pointed out the window, a clear view of the couple. The boys followed, all sitting in the big booth as they stared out the window.

~

"I'm sorry! I got scared but please." Y/N cried as she tugged on Eddie's arm.

"Scared because you got caught. I can't believe you could do this to me. What about all that love bullshit? This is what you do when you love someone?" Eddie argued, hot tears in his eyes.

"I do love you! Nothing between us is bullshit. Chrissy was on my back for weeks about going on a date with this guy! I never agreed until she said If I went on it, she'd never do it again! I promise you I was just trying to get her off my back. I was going to tell her I hated it and finally have peace of just being with you."

"You know what else brings peace? Finally admitting to other people that you are in love with me," Eddie said sadly, "I'm tired of being your secret. I can't keep doing it."

Y/N sobbed as she reached forward and held his face in her hands.

"I'm so sorry. I love you so much. I'll tell Dustin and everyone. Please just give me a chance to make this up to you." Y/N begged, Eddie sniffled as he looked into her eyes.

"I love you too," he smiled, and Y/N felt relief in her bones. "You took a chance on me, so I'll take the chance on you."

Y/N smiled and leaned forward, Eddie met her halfway and smashed his lips on hers. His hands wrapped around her waist and pulled her closer.

~

"Oh my god!" The boys all said at once, the random date was long gone.

"Eddie and my sister?"

"Dude! Eddie is banging your sister!" Mike teased

"Is he touching her ass?" Lucas gasped as he moved closer to the window

"Oh, that is so much tongue." Gareth chuckled.

"Our boy is making out with a popular girl!" Jeff cheered, high fives all around the table, except for Dustin who sat in a state of shock.

~

"YOU ARE SCREWING MY SISTER?"

Eddie and Y/N jumped as Dustin screamed.

"DUSTIN!" Y/N screamed as Dustin ran straight into Eddie and took him to the ground.

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[prettieangel]

Dark anton who has crush on married reader who has moved next door. He always keep an eye on her. Basically stalks her. Knows all about her routine. One day he over heard reader having convo with antons mother about trying to have baby. Anton gets all crazy. Like he's the only one who has the right to cum in her. Like where's her husband when she's taking out groceries out of her car alone, anton is the only one who helps her. He's the only one who gets to cum into reader.

So he planned everything to get reader alone so he could fuck her. He fucks her so meanly when she start to push him away and claw at his nicely pressed shirt. Call you names like 'dumb whore' 'why are you fighting me I'm giving you cock you've been craving for'. He threatened her if she tells anyone,it would have zero affect on him. He's young and is from rich family. And reader is woman who married guy who's few older than her(not much age gap) but people would still see it and reader being gold digger.

"Don't worry I'll come to fuck more bastards into you."

What do you think of my idea? Am I on smth?😜

_🎀

oh yeah you’re definitely onto something… I love this ask good lord. (also i’m gonna get on the other asks i’m so sorry 💔💔💔 i’ve been TERRIBLY busy today it’s insane.) this is REALLY bad i was just speaking out of my ass.. BUT i hope you like <3

warnings: noncon, pet names/degrading names (whore, doll, sweetheart), forced breeding, slapping (nonconsensual).

his eyes seemed as if they didn’t want to move, dark glare lasering in on your back as you spoke to his mother, the glass of water he had only centimeters from his lips as he listened to you speak to his mother. he couldn’t believe what he was hearing. you were planning on having a baby with your husband. the thought alone made him scoff, suddenly feeling too nauseous for even the water.

you belonged to him. it wasn’t something he just thought, something he imagined, he knew that you were his. he helped you with things you need, he was always there for you, despite the both of you only being neighbors, not your husband. yet you wanted to ruin everything. wanted to have children with someone that wasn’t him.

but, he’d have to show you. if he told you, you just simply wouldn’t understand.

you were easy to fool. a quick text to ‘catch up on a few things’ while your husband was gone was all he had to do, forcing himself onto as soon as that door closed behind him, tearing your clothes off and bullying his dick into you, only laughing and forcing your legs open wider once you clawed and scratched at his newly pressed shirt, your screams muffled by his large hand. he didn’t know why you were fighting against him. after all, he was gonna give you what you wanted.

you couldn’t tell. you wouldn’t tell. no one would even believe someone like you, especially when you were deemed as a gold digger. according to everyone, you were only after your husband’s money. If you said anything, they’ll only shame you more for ‘lying’ for more money.

“dumb whore,” he says, his pace slowing once you gave up on fighting, arms falling limp at your sides. “why are you fighting? i’m only giving you what you want, doll.” he says, thrusts slowly becoming sloppy, erratic and you panicked immediately, lifting your hands to push at his hard chest again, your head thrashing from side to side.

“p-please, anton, not inside, please don’t cum inside!” you cried, but anton wasn’t having any of your shit anymore. it was annoying now. there was no reason to pretend that you hated this anymore. he felt the way your cunt clenched around him and how your pussy gushed, wetness dripping down his balls. his hand connects with your cheek to shut you up, and that must’ve been the breaking point, a groan leaving his mouth once he finally came deep in your pussy, head leaning back from the pleasure.

this was all for him. you didn’t deserve to cum, especially since you dared to think of having a fucking child with someone else. he pulls out, watching in utter fascination as his cum slowly leaked out of you. having a child, having children with you would be absolutely perfect.

“don’t worry baby. i’m not done yet. i’m gonna fuck baby after baby into you.”

[yoursweetdxll]

My Sweetheart

Summary: Everyone is in infatuated with the school sweetheart (name). But there's one boy among them all. Who loves name just a bit more than most. The school delinquent, Ezra. Who him and (name) had a little secret going on..

Not proofread!

The school sweetheart,(name). Who was just a darling too everyone they met! Gorgeous on the outside and beautiful on the inside. Everyone loved (name) . And then we had the total opposite, Ezra the school delinquent. The scariest on the campus. Everyone, including some teacher were afraid of him! But little did everyone know that Ezra had a HUGE soft spot for a little someone in the school...

As (name) walked through the halls, everyone whispered in awe at his beauty no matter how many times they've seen him, they all believe he gets more more gorgeous each time. Coincidentally, Ezra was in an extra bad mood. And just wanted his boyfriend! Well secret boyfriend. But today might have been the day Ezra didn't care if the secret came out he just wanted to cuddle his loving boyfriend without any interruptions.

After a long grueling day of work, listening too his classmates talk about nonsensical things, he was ready too see his boyfriend. After texting his boyfriend to meet him in front of the gate he was ready to beat up anyone who got in the way of him seeing his beloved. But as he walks up to the gate he sees someone try and shoot their shot with (name) once again. And this time he wasn't gonna let it slide like he did last time.

I'm sorry but I cant accept your feelings..

B-But why (Name)! Ive liked you for so long why don't you accept my feelings..?

I'm sorry but I already have another person in my heart.. They've always been with for me I just feel like... Theyre the one.. I'm really but I just can't accept your feelings.

I... I understand (Name) I'll be on my way.

Ezra leans on the wall silently chuckling to himself while being a few feet away from the two smiling like a middle schooler in love. Maybe he won't beat someone up today.

Ez! Your finally here what took you so long?

Sorry sweetheart, I got caught up with some classwork

Hm, you don't have too apologize Ez schools been pretty rough lately so I get it. "

Yeah, I guess you're right but you've been doing good as always Mr. Good grades.

Hey! It's not my fault I'm trying too pass this year!

(Name) exclaims while stopping to walk too nudge Ezra on the shoulder

Yeah yeah whatever just shut up and keep walking sweetheart.

The rest of the walk too (Names) house was spent in a comfortable silence and after about 10 minutes they made it to names house.

Welp, we're here sweetheart

I'm gonna miss you, give me a hug before you go!

Pfft I'm gonna see you early tomorrow morning, but yeah cmere love.

Being in Ezra's embrace makes you feel so safe and all your worries in life just wash away as you just take in his scent in this moment. Before letting you go he whispers a sweet I also think your the one for me sweetheart.

As he let's go you to walk back to his abode you stand there a flustered mess and before he can get too far away he shouts an I love you sweetheart, see you tomorrow!

God, your gonna marry him one day.

I really really hate this one

@darlingminjin gave this awesome idea go show them love.

[yuyu1024]

Cherry lips

Pairings: San x Y/N

Genre/tags: idol dating, au, establish relationship

Warning: 🔞 a little smut, cursing, sensual touching, making out, pet name, fluff too

~~~~[lmk if i miss anything]

Words: 1.3k

Disclaimer:

- this story is just made up

- english is not my first language, please be nice 😊

Note: just random drabble again. I made these a few days ago or probably a week ago.. but just posted now coz i forgot..? 😂

Also side note.....Adulting life is hard 🥲 hehe

Struggggling hahah anyways Have a nice day and night to everyone.

Brb.

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San messaged you, saying he's not feeling well today. So after finishing your work, you hurriedly commuted to get to his dorm so you could check on him and see if he needs anything.

"Huh? Y/N, what are you doing here on a friday?" Seonghwa asks, surprised to see you standing at their front door.

"How's Sannie?" You ask

"Ahhh...." he chuckles. "He's in his room... acting like a baby." He moves yo the side, gesturing you to come in. "He already ate. Mingi cooked him a soup dish to make him feel a bit better."

"Does he have a fever?"

Seonghwa shakes his head, "He's a lot much better now. He has been deligent taking his medicines, drinking water and eating well."

You sigh a big relief. "Thank goodness..."

"He just finished showering and going back to bed to watch a movie... he is basically okay now actually.. so I'm not sure why he asked you to come?" Seonghwa says scratching his head.

"What else? San probably wants some cuddles from Y/N...and get babied even more." Mingi says as he comes out of his room. "He even asked for a hug from me yesterday when I gave him his food..." he chuckles remembering how San acts.

"Probably..." you agree.

"If you two get hungry... There is food in the fridge. I cooked something for lunch earlier... just heat it up." Mingi says as he ties his shoes. "Imma go to the studio... so..."

"Be safe... you and manager." Seonghwa says

"Bye!" You wave to Mingi.

And as soon as Mingi is out

"I'll be in my room and watch a kdrama... I'll put my speaker on... and if I do get out I'll put my headset."

You title your head to the side. "Why? What for?"

Laughing softly, "We all know how San is... when he asks for you..."

You suddenly felt your cheeks heat up from what Seonghwa just said. "Oh dear!" You cover your face.

"Don't worry... We don't judge... it's part of human nature and..."

"Does that mean... you guys could hear... oh dear!" You panic

"Yah... don't worry about it... we don't really hear it all out..  probably just once time... and we learned from it."

"Oh God!" Your cheeks and ears are totally red now.

Seonghwa pats you at the back. "Sorry... I should've not said anything..."

Shyly looking at Seonghwa. "No it's fine... if ever... hmmm... we.... well... I'll try to tell him to be more quiet... and.. me too..."

"Cute." Seonghwa pinches your cheek.

Caressing your cheek after Hwa pinches you. "I'll go and check on Sannie..." you say

"Okay... I'll go and make myself busy now." He scoffs before turning his back.

You waited for Seonghwa to totally shut his door before you march towards the opposite direction, where San's room is.

"San?" You call as you knock lightly.

No answer. It's quiet.

"Sannie...?" You twist the doorknob and slowly push it open. "Sannie??" You whisper while your head is slightly tilted to take a peek if he's there. "Hmm... maybe he's asleep..."

You slide one foot first and then the rest follows. You are very cautious, trying your very best to not make any loud noise that could wake your boyfriend.

Scanning the whole room, you see that the room looks okay, nothing to clean so far. The TV is on but with a very low volumn that you barely hear it.

'He must've forgot to turn it off or probably fell asleep without him noticing' you say to yourself as you carefully walk further more in and look for the remote to turn it off.

"What are you doing?"

You screach a bit loud the second you hear someone talk just as you turned off the TV, making the room completely dark.

"I've missed you."

It's San.

"Fuck! You scared me!" You're heart is beating out of your chest.

"I can feel it..." he sounds amused by you getting scared. "You're heart is beating so fast..." he have you in his embrace from your back. "Sorry if I scared you... I was just waiting for you to get close..." he sniffs you by the neck. "I didn't thought that you'll turn off the TV..."

"Well... me too...I didn't noticed that your mini light weren't open... now it's completely dark."

"Just turn on the TV again so we can see..." he snuggles onto you more while he wrap his arm around your torse. "You're wearing a blouse?" He asks as he let his hands feel your top.

"I came straight from work..." you say. "I was so worried about you when I read your message..."

"Sorry if I got you worried..." his slides two of his fingers between the gap of your buttoned up blouse. "Mingi and Seonghwa took care of me well... but the reason why I did texted you still is  because.. I miss you..." his fingers gently touches your breast. "I miss you so bad." He breathes in your scent from your nape

"I miss you too..." you take his other free hand and kisses his knuckle. "You're schedule have been hectic and I got bit busy too..."

"I'm free tomorrow and on sunday..." he hums, brushing his lips all over your exposed neck. "Stay with me..." he breathe the words as he turns your head towards him so he could kiss you. "Your lipgloss... taste like cherry..." you could hear him smile as he pulls away from the kiss

"Sannie... I need light... I want to see you..."

"You do?" He suddenly lets you go

"Hey!" You try to catch on and grab him as he moves away but you lost balance and fell off the bed. "Aw!!" Your knee hit the frame of the bed.

"Baby!" San panics and hurriesly switches on the soft light from the side of his bed.

You are wearing a black skirt with a slit on the side. And the expose knee hit the edge of the bed real hard.

"Does it hurt?"

"Yeah..." you are holding on to your knee. "It will be fine... though I'm sure I'll get a bruise..."

"Baby... I'm sorry." San grabs your face and kisses you on the lips and then on both cheeks.

"Hey... I hurt my knee...not my lips..." you chuckle.

A smile spreads across his lips and his cute dimple showing. "Please... stay..." Then he goes to kiss you again making you smile.

"Okay... But..." you raise your index finger and taps the tip of his nose. "No sex..."

"What? Why???" He pouts

"Well... unless we're not alone." You sit down and suddenly remember how embarassed you felt earlier. "Just... I don't want them to hear us..."

"But they already did..."

"You know?!?"

"Baby, how can they not? We are loud... what do you expect?"

"Fuck!" You fall down on his bed, face down. "No! I didn't want them to hear." You mumble over his duvet.

"Baby..."

You suddenly got up. "No... control yourself okay? No sex... until we are completely alone."

"You're saying that but your face shows you are not happy with what you're trying to implement." San burts to a laugh looking at your troubled expression

"Fuck! I miss you too and of course... I nee-- no... I wan--- no..." you are trying to breathe in and breathe out. "No... I'm here to cuddle and take care of you. We can play games and watch movies... to divert ourselve."

"Whatever you say, baby." San leans in and kisses you on the lips again. "I'll do whatever you say..." he hums those words like he's testing if you will break seconds into your pep talk.

"Don't lure me, Sannie. You already opened my blouse... yes... but no..." you smile into the kiss...

"I can try again later." He then pinches your cheek as he pulls away from the kiss. "I love you."

[avocadish0w0]

Mistletoe!! Mistletoe!!! Desert duo under a mistletoe somehow please!! <333

I'm finally going to be starting on the Christmas/New year's fics and it might take a while because I need to make a Christmas special oneshot for my friends in a FanFiction I write on wattpad in my mother language, but I'll try to write everything by Christmas

This will be set in s9

(Note: I will be using some of the IRL height difference because I think it's absolutely hilarious to see Pearl being a complete giant next to Grian and Gem//also don't mind me adding the "hey handsome"/"hey light of my life" at every fic, I just love it so much and I can't help but accidentally open a gap where I can write it)

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Grian's POV

Christmas... I hate this holiday! It's cold! Wet! I can't go out and keep building! I can't fly because my wings will get damp and freeze! I get sick! I hate it! I really should've left when Timmy offered me!!

But noo!! I had to remember Scar always likes to do a holiday dinner with the server on his base and then feel bad about missing it! Now I was running late and had to find a way to fly there as quick as possible while wrapping my scarf up to my nose, letting only my eyes visible

It's now or never!

I ran out of the boulder and spread my wings open, jumping out of the bridge and flying as fast as possible to his tree base he decorated as a Christmas tree, I could feel the snow hitting my face, my wings aching as I plummeted down by the entrance, entering without a warning, out of breath and shivering, completely covered in snow "S-s-sorry I-I'm l-la-late!" I stuttered, my lower lip quivering with the cold, Cod, this was awkward, everyone was looking at me and I could see Pearl bent over Gem, holding back laughter, I shook my body, spreading snow everywhere, my wings puffing up immediately, hiding my flushed face under my scarf.

Scar's POV (Sorry Grian's short, I just ran low on ideas for his POV)

I jumped slightly as I heard the door slammed open and shut hurriedly, turning to look out from the kitchen, seeing a snow covered Grian standing there, shivering and with his face flushed red "S-s-sorry I-I'm l-la-late!" I heard him stutter, Cod! It was adorable to hear, I chuckled lightly, feeling my cheeks heat up as his wings puff up after he shakes the snow off "Wait there songbird, I'll get you a towel and a blanket! Mumbo, can you take care of the turkey for me?" I rush upstairs as the moustache man nods and scurries to the kitchen, I grab the fluffiest towel I have and shuffle around chests to find the heaviest blanket I had, I felt bad for making him come, I remember he always hates winter because of his wings, I should at least make him warm...

When I go back down, Grian's shrunken by the fireplace, wings flat on the ground, with a mug of hot chocolate, probably from Gem, i approach him carefully, draping the blanket over his shoulders, being careful with his wings "Hey there G..." I smile softly, kneeling behind him between his wings and starting to dry his soft sand-colored curls gently "H-hi S-Scar" I see his face turning slightly pink as he smiles softly, my heart fluttering at the sight "Sorry for making you come over today, you're freezing here and it's my fault in a way" I chuckle nervously, untangling his locks "No! No! Don't worry, I had a choice, I was the one who chose to come here today! It's not your fault okay? Don't worry!" He puts his hand over mine, the touch soft and tender, making my heart skip a beat.

"C'mon , I'll lend you one of my sweaters, yours' completely wet!" I help him up, walking him to the corridor that leads to the bathroom, I walk upstairs again, looking in my closet for the smallest sweater I have, taking one with a desert mountain with a castle on it and going back downstairs and knocking on the bathroom door "G! I got the sweater!" I call him, watching as he unlocks the door and peeks his head through a small gap, giggling "H-hey there handsome!" He winks at me, making my cheeks heat up immediately, well, this is a great way to keep out the cold! "Hey there light of my life!" I flirt back, if this is even considered flirting, putting on my hotguy pose and leaning against the doorframe, this time, making him blush as hard as me "Here's your sweater, miss" I joke, handing him the warm piece of clothing "Thanks Scar... Really, you didn't need to..." He smiles softly, taking the sweater and closing the bathroom door, I wait for him leaned on the wall of the entrance to the corridor, looking at the other Hermits having fun and eating, the sight warms my heart, seeing everyone gathered together, the Christmas decorations bringing it all together.

After a while, Grian left the bathroom, the sweater engulfed his small frame, making me bite back a goofy smile, my heart beating faster and my cheeks heating up all the way to my pointy ears "Well hello in there!" I chuckle as he walks up and stands in front of me, huffing and crossing his arms "It's a bit too big I think." He rolls his eyes "It's the smallest I had there, not my fault you're short!" I laugh, watching his face go red as he mutters something I couldn't quite make out, i hear footsteps approaching us, looking beside me to see a smirking False looking at us "So, you two plan on kissing any time soon?" She asks out of the blue, making both me and Grian blush like tomatoes "W-what?! W-why?!" I hear the small avian ask, he didn't deny it, making my eyes go wide "Y-yeah! Why?" I ask too, too fast for my liking, she only points up "Mistletoe, darlings." She chuckles, I look up, having completely forgotten I put up a mistletoe to decorate the hallway entrance "Oh..." I mutter, looking down at Grian, that was also looking up, I could see the fluffed up feathers of his wings under the large sweater, it was big enough he could fit his wings under, so that was good, he looks over at me, fidgeting with the long sleeves, opening and closing his mouth, trying to say something. I bend over a bit to face him "Y-you don't really have to do it if you don't want to!" I smile apologetically, a bit sad that he might not want to kiss me, it's quite hard to face rejection from the person you've been in love with since season 7, I mean, I don't think he even feels the same and I guess he's just embarrassed by the question-

I'm snapped out of my thoughts as Grian's lips touch my own, his feet on tip toes, I can feel his hands on my shoulders for support, his lips are soft and slightly cold from the cool weather, my eyes widen as soon as my brain processes what's happening, my hands finding their way to his waist, being careful with his wings, pulling him closer and lifting him up slightly so he could match my height, hearing him squeal cutely into the kiss, wrapping his arms around my neck, the feeling made my heart want to burst out of my ribcage as I kept kissing him, forgetting about the crowd around us for a while, he pulled out breathing heavily, both of us having run out of air, hearing a click coming from somewhere, looking back, I see Pearl smirking with her communicator on her hand, probably she took a picture and wasn't going to leave us alone after that.

"You owe me 10 diamonds for that Ren!!" I hear Impulse shouting over in the back, my face heat up and I feel something in my chest, looking down and seeing an embarrassed avian hiding his face, clutching my own sweater and making me chuckle, his soft curls tickling my neck "Well hello there G!" I whisper to him, caressing his hair gently, untangling the locks between my fingers "Sorry for that..." He mutters, burying his head further "No need to apologize, songbird... I've wanted to do this for a good while now..." I huff a small nasal laugh, taking in his scent, floral and sweet, a combination that embraces me, making me bury my face in his hair "Cod, I love you so much..." I mutter softly, caressing his hair as I take deep breaths, committing the smell to memory, I feel him shifting a bit in front of me, looking up with his chin on my chest "I-i- love you too..." He whispers back, his fingers fidgeting with one of the braided strands of my hair, I smile warmly, carrying him to the couch near the fireplace and settling him down, sitting next to him, he snuggles to my side, making my heart flutter, I hold him close by his waist, just below his wings, leaning my head on top of his, my gaze fixated on the swirling fire. "I think.... maybe... Just maybe! Don't get any ideas!" He rushes to say, making me laugh quietly "Whatever you say, songbird." I hum, making him huff and continue "Just maybe... Christmas and winter aren't all that bad... At least with you..." He mumbles the last part, but I'm able to hear because of my elf ears, making me blush slightly hard, a goofy smile creeping up on my face "Well... You sure made my Christmas a whole better, birdie..." I place my lips on his gently, just a small peck, sitting back normally and cuddling him close to me.

I really gotta thanks False for that later, I owe her for that...

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Took me so long!! But it's finally here and in time!! Thanks for the prompt @chickensoup1025! It was really fun to write!

Funny side note, this has to be rewritten 3 times until I could get an idea I liked, lol that was hell to do!

Anygay! Merry Christmas everyone! Be safe wherever you are and don't forget to eat, drink water and get good sleep!

You matter and I love you! <3

[echantedtoon]

Ocean Deep Ch14 Mers And Ladies

(Warnings: Mentioning of killing/blood/murder/wounds/drowning/bloodloss, Y/n does have a stab wound but it's NOT serious and doesn't really affect her too much. Mentioning of yn being stabbed with a knife.

NOW SOME IMPORTANT INFO FOR THIS CHAPTER!! I have three things to announce.

Firstly just a quick recap of mer Tengen's design-

Tengen would be a white butterfly koi fish mer and would look like the linked post below except less eel and more butterfly koi also below.

Merman Tengen( minus the eel like features)

his tail would be more like this instead

Secondly the QnA from last chapter. If any questions are lumped together then it's because the same person asked more than one question.

*Is Y/n still alive?

Obviously yes. And she's ok.

*Do mers have jobs or just chill in the ocean? Is there a mer equivalent to the demon slayer corps? Is there a reason why the wives chose to go by Tengen's last names and not Rengoku's? Why does Rengoku still go  by his own last name? Is polygamy more common among mers?

They just chill. No not really. Usually only the lady mers change their last names but this isn't always the case, but they love Tengen very much. Rengoku is still attached to his family name. Not really. Some mers are poly some aren't.

*How many chapters are left?

Im not sure. I already have the plot in mind, it's just a matter of writing it out. 

*Was Tengen's parts near the end a flashback or happening in the moment?

In the moment. No flashbacks that chapter.

Thanks to everyone who asked questions! Now that's over with-

Thirdly, I made a small side story for Ocean Deep containing Mer Douma x Reader. The link for anyone who wants to read it is below I also read you can replace a pint of blood after donating it within 24 hours if this is inaccurate I apologize.

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"Leave her on the beach! Someone will find her or she'll wake up and go home herself!"

A voice..Male. Deeper. Different. Unfamiliar.

"We can't just abandon her! She's wounded! LOOK FOR YOURSELF!"

Pain. Numbness. Cold black closing in. 

"....."

"Tengen, please."

"....Press down on the wound tightly. It's a long trip and if she's going to make it then she'll need all the blood she can keep in her body."

Where are you?

.. Everything is so dark. 

What happened?

Why isn't there anything here?

We're you dead? Did you finally die? Is this what being dead was? Nothing but black abyss where you couldn't feel anything? ...It was ..oddly peaceful despite being so eerie.

"-likeliness to survive is guaranteed I'd say."

Huh? What was that? It sounded like the second half of a sentence you only just now noticed. Was there other spirits here with you?

"That's a relief. I was worried about the stab to her shoulder there. I do hope she's not too hurt."

"Don't worry yourself too much, Koyuki. It was a rather small blade and it only stabbed some fat and muscle. A few stitches and some rest will have her healed up within a few months!"

A small sigh of relief. "Oh thank goodness. I'm sure everyone will be relieved to hear that."

"How about you? How are you feeling today? That sudden fever came out of nowhere."

"I feel much better but Shinobu says I should stay in bed today."

"That's good. Did she wake up while we were gone?"

"No but she did move in her sleep."

"Ah. Good. That means she might wake up soon. I'll just take your temperature and leave you two to rest for a little while."

There was the sounds of retreating footsteps and maybe a door squeaking shut. Did the afterlife even have doors? You didn't get a chance before the world fell into unconscious again- The next time you regained consciousness, you opened your eyes only to blink suddenly as a harsh light beamed down on you. Was that the fabled tunnel? We're you going to heaven?! A few blinks more had the harsh light evening out into other less harsh colors of browns and beige. You didn't know heaven had an oak ceiling-...

Wait. Ceiling?

F/c eyes blinked and eyebrows scrunched in confusion as your vision ever so slowly unblurred and you found yourself staring at an oakwood ceiling. There was silence as you continued to stare at it for the longest time.. before your head tilted to the right. The light source was discovered in the form of an open window. The sight of a calm blue sky and fluffy white clouds greeted you and a nice warm breeze bringing the smell of the salty ocean came through...Wait. This wasn't the beach. Could it be-??

Your eyes shifted down to your body and you only now felt the soft warmth hugging your body. Clean sheets covered your body as you lied upon your futon and a nice thick and warm blue blanket covered you from your feet to your neck. You were..in bed?? Could it be that this entire thing was just a dream? Only a silly dream about mermaids and jewelry and Akira that felt like it lasted for months but was really only a night or two? 

Slowly you willed your arm to move. Your right arm pushed up, up, up. You felt heavy, sluggish, and every movement was a pins and needles tingling feeling. The blue blanket fell away partially as your hand extended to the ceiling and wriggled all five fingers. Your other hand went to do the same thing-

UNTIL A WHITE HOT PAIN SHOT FROM YOUR SHOULDER AND DOWN YOUR SPINE-!!!

"AH!!"

You couldn't help but cry out from the sudden throbbing pain that shot from your shoulder and throughout your body. It was a burning throbbing pain that pulsed out from just behind your left shoulder. Your teeth gritted as you hissed, body contorting in pain and then there was a sharp gasp-

...Wait. That wasn't from you. 

Your head turned to the left in the direction of the sound and froze as two pairs of eyes met. A pair of pretty cherry blossom pink eyes and equally shaped pretty white flower shaped pupils stared down at your confused orbs. For a moment there was nothing but silence as your brain processed the other person in the room looking at you- Before she jumped as your body moved quickly.

Pink eyes blinked watching the other woman quickly flip onto her right side and struggle to push herself up onto numb arms and legs. "W-Wait! Don't do that! You'll hurt yourself!"

The other paid no mind to her warnings as she proceeded to crawl like a rapid animal desperate to get away from here. Falling onto her face after getting entangled in the sheets and letting out a yelp of pain. A rush of adrenaline shot up into your veins as you forced yourself back up and, although probably looking ridiculous, you crawled desperately for the door despite the emense pain in your shoulder and how tingly and weak your limbs were.

"Please stop! You're making it worse!"

Ignored. A desperate churning voice pounded at your skull. Run! Run! Run! Get out! Get away! It shouted that over and over, and like a scared injured rabbit you obeyed that. Legs unready for walking were forced up- only for you to fall back onto them with a thud. 

"Shinobu! Kanae! Somebody help!"

More people?! SCREW THIS!! In some adrenaline fueled strength, somehow your foggy mind was able to get up onto your legs shaking uncontrollably like you were a bare in a blizzard! You ran! Throwing yourself at the door and throwing it open with a slide! A loud thudding sound reverberated throughout the hall and room as you threw yourself out- Only to collide almost collide into someone carrying a bowl.  The pink haired girl squealed as you knocked into her, knocking the bowl of soup outta her hands. The distant sounds of spilling liquids filled the air behind you as your body collided with a wall so wobbly and unstable that you fell over onto your stomach. If your head wasn't blank from the pain, you might've heard the thud of the bowl and the clattering of a spoon somewhere behind you. Scrambling, clawing at the floorboards, and crawling like a desperate animal just turned free you carried on. Looking like a crazy person. Freedom! Freedom! To freedom you nearly were-

Until hands grabbed you.

You squealed out as two pairs of hands grabbed you by the arms on either side of your body and pulled you backwards and away from the door with a window in the middle showing the outside world and your near freedom. 

"Fast one aren't you?"

"LET ME GO!," you shrieked kicking out weakly no avail. 

Whoever it was was physically stronger as you were dragged across the floor back towards the room, and you were too physically weak to fight them off. Your shoulder still throbbed in pain but that didn't stop whoever they were from pulling you back into the room past the pink haired girl who tilted her head and looked worried with a hand to her face. You cursed pushing and pulling until you were plopped down onto something soft and you were finally released, falling backwards onto the soft bed- Your body said screw it and pushed yourself back up to snarl at your captors-...Only to be taken aback by what..Or better yet WHO who saw surrounding you.

LADIES!!

There was five other women in here staring at you. And all of them were fairly beautiful.  There was the girl still sitting in the futon a few feet away from you, her long black hair flowing around her nightgown and an open book she had presumably been reading open wide on her lap. A second figure was worriedly shifting from one foot to the other looking the most worried and had long pink braids that faded to a lime green at the ends. But the two you REALLY noticed was the two looming over you. The one to the right was the most beautiful. Pretty pink eyes, tall, and long black hair that swayed when she tilted her smile at you. The second one was more around your height, and just as pretty with black hair with purple ends pinned up and lavender orbs gazing down at you. She also wore a smile but it looked more..blank than the first one. And then finally you caught a fifth person's gaze. Young. So young that she could've been your little sister if your parents had anyone children. She peeked around the doorframe curiously with pink eyes a similar shade to the tall girl but in design more to the purple eyed one. All three having a similar facial structure. 

You stared at everyone around you bewildered before scowling. "Look- Just take what you want!" You held up a hand. "I don't have anything valuable on me anyways! Just let me go and I promise you I won't tell anyone!" The two smiling people exchanged looks above you. "I'm not worth the trouble anyways!"

There was a moment of silence still before Ms. Tall-With-Pink-Eyes chuckled holding a hand to her face. "I think she's mixing up the situation as something else."

"Well can you blame her with what she went through last night?," Ms. Lavender Eyes answered back before they both looked at you again. "I think we got off om the wrong foot." You jumped as with without warning she grabbed your eye forcing it more open as she peered at you. "Her eyes aren't clouded so that must mean she's completely lucid. Are you feeling light headed or anything similar?"

"Ow. " You pulled away from her shaking your head and scowling. "Just who are you people!? Where am I?!" Obviously you weren't home and you weren't on any beach. So where was this place?

"Forgive us. You must be very confused." Ms. Tall-With-Pink-Eyes spoke again before Ms. Lavender Eyes moved beside you. "I'm Kanae and that's my sister." She gestured to said sister who picked up your wrist to feel for a pulse as you were distracted. "You're here because you were hurt. Do you remember anything about what happened last night?"

"Last..night?"

She nodded as her sister went to your back. "Don't push yourself if you can't but can you tell us if you do remember what happened?"

Your eyes blinked. Mind going off in thought. What did happen last night? ..You remembered arriving at the beach- "I..remember the beach. It was so big and full of wreckage." Just thinking about all of those broken ships, some being where the men of your village spent their last living moments, sent chills down your spine. "And it was just turning sunset." You remembered how beautiful it was. You've never seen the sun make water sparkle like that. "Then I-" You opened your mouth but quickly stopped and closed it.

YOU COULDN'T TELL THEM YOU WERE HELPING MERMAIDS!! They might think you were crazy or having bad hallucinations! Or they might turn on you for helping nonhuman creatures!

"I was...releasing some fish back into the ocean I didn't want," you settled on. Technically it was the truth. Mermaids were part fish after all. "And then-"

You fell silent once more. A rock settling in your stomach. Akira. Knife. Stabbing. Everything going black!

"Akira!" The women jumped as you looked around wildly. Fear etched into your features. But there was no man amongst the women still amongst you. "Where is he?! H-He was on the docks with me when I passed out!"

"The man who stabbed you?" You flinched at Ms. Lavender Eye's blunt tone but she waved you off pulling the back of your collar to peek at your back. "..Hmm. The bandages are still clean and tied. I don't think she tore any stitches from her earlier stunt."

Your head craned behind you to raise a brow at her. "Stitches?"

She nodded. "You're extremely lucky! Your wound isn't very large or deep despite requiring stitches. You should be fully healed in two maybe three months. Obviously whoever tried to harm you was stupid in his selection of weapons!"

....You didn't know whether she was being serious or sarcastic with the bluntness of her words but you did frown. "Well thank goodness for that. I was worried about the size of knife that nearly killed me! Thank goodness for stupidity." Your eyes rolled. "But that still doesn't answer my questions. Who are you people and where am I?"

"Forgive us." Kanae(why does that name sound familiar?) smiled wider at you. Maybe to try to comfort you? "You're on an island a few miles off the coast you described. You were brought here by a few friends to have your wounds treated." She held up her hands. "But don't worry. As long as you take it easy, your wound shall heal in the timeframe my sister described." Well that's a relief. "However you lost some blood."

The blood drained from your face. "How..much?"

"About a pint I'd say. Don't worry. Usually the human body replaces that amount within twenty four hours but I want you to rest for at least two or three days before you try walking just in case."

"Oh...Will I be able to walk normally then?"

"Certainly."

You gave a sigh of relief. "Good. Then I can finally be able to go home." Kanae lost her smile for a moment giving a glance at her sister. "Then who are the rest of you?" You gave another look around the room. The other girl in bed was dressed a similar way to you in white nightgowns. We're you in a hospital? "Is she a patient too?"

"Oh. How rude of me. That's Koyuki. She's just running a fever. She's Shinobu, Mitsuri, and that is our younger sister in the doorway." Kanae pointed at each person as she told you their names with a smile. Mitsuri? Shinobu? Kanae? Koyuki? Why did all of their names sound familiar to you? You blinked as the blue blanket was pulled back up your body by Kanae. "Your body needs rest. Try to get comfortable and we'll bring you some food. You'll be needing lots of liquids and try to relax. Ok?"

You didn't know what to think really as you were made to lay back down and watched as they left. Where were you? Where was Akira? Where were your friends? We're they ok?....Your brain answered two of the four questions. Your friends are back in the ocean now safe and sound at last where they should be. By now they were probably already far away from here reuniting with Tengen(whoever he was) and they'd all be happy again.

...

A tiny smile formed on your face at the thought. It didn't matter if you were hurt. Your mission was successful and over with. Your friends were safe and home at last, you were no longer baring any burdens, and you were alive. Even if your current state was less than ideal, you didn't have to worry about anything else. Finally after so many months, the best kind of relief filled your body and you allowed yourself to relax. There was still the matter of Akira ..and Niko's horse but you'd happily deal with both of those later. With any luck the ships will be spared now and things could go back to the ways they were. Maybe people could even move back to town!

Oh how fate loved to throw boulders at you.

The Mitsuri girl had stayed to clean up the soup you made her spill (oops) and then two of the three sisters returned carrying trays of more soup. Kanae and her younger pinked eyed sister. The young girl couldn't have been older than fifteen or sixteen years tops. Both you and Koyuki had been given this crab soup and something dawned on you. The spoon lifted to your face but never touched your face as you froze up staring wide eyed. Footsteps softly thudded towards the doorway on their way ou-

"Kanae Kocho."

The footsteps stopped just shy of the doorway, back to the f/c eyes that now looked at her in familiarity.

"You're Kanae Kocho aren't you?! And your sisters are the same ones that disappeared last year!" 

The realization had finally struck you. THESE REALLY ARE THE KOCHO SISTERS!! They'd disappeared last year and vanished without a trace! You weren't particularly close to the Kocho family but being in the same town you'd see them walking around from time to time. It just took you a while to recognize them! 

"And you got kidnapped the year before that!," you accused pointing at Mitsuri who only blinked, "And you're the girl that was rumored to have drowned two years ago!" Koyuki blinked at the pointing hand. "What are you all doing here?! Don't you know your families are worried sick about you all?! What gives?! How did you escape that Naga?! Did you all just fake your deaths or something?!"

You couldn't help the rapid firing of questions that left your mouth under the mountain of realizations. These girls were apparently alive, not dead, and seemed in your point of view to be doing so well for themselves. What the hell gives?! No one answered. Giving you wide eyed silent stares until Kanae turned to you still with that smile which had now turned sad. 

"Get some rest. Everything will be answered in time."

You were left just like that. Left with the weird sea food tasting soup to eat and with more questions than answers. 

...

WHAT THE ACTUALLY HELL WAS GOING ON HERE?!

First all these girls disappear, then a couple merman destroy your town and way of life, then a merman shows up, then you get wrapped up in kidnapped mermaid drama, then you get stabbed while releasing said mermaids, and now the girls that are supposed to be dead... Aren't dead??? Just what the world did you get yourself into!? It was like just when you got yourself out of one mystery you fall into another! You tried talking to the other two remaining girls but Koyuki didn't say anything and Mitsuri squeaked out some excuse to leave quickly. It almost felt like you were back to square one... Y'know what? It's fine. If they ran away from home then that wasn't any of your business but you'd send some anonymous letters to the families (if you could find them) and let them sort this out. You didn't think they deserved to believe their daughters were dead.

You had enough things to worry about without getting involved into anymore drama. 

Like getting back home and getting your life back in order. So you didn't mention anything about disappearing or mermaids for the rest of that day, and the next day either. Shinobu had shown up to look over yourself again and you only remained polite and short.

"Do you feel better today?", she asked you.

"Yes. Thank you ..And sorry about yesterday."

"Don't worry about it. I'd act the same way if I was you. Any pain or numbness?"

"Only in my shoulder."

That was it. Only a few sentences before she left again and you were left in bed to rest with nothing but more of that fish tasting soup to eat. You get that they wanted you to have more liquids but couldn't they at least give you better tasting soup? 

You couldn't take it the third day. You awoke pretty early in the morning, in fact the sun was barely even up when you woke. Taking a moment you stared at the ceiling for a few minutes before glancing over to Koyuki. She was fast asleep softly snoring and turned away from you.. Everyone else was probably most likely still asleep this early as well.

NOW WAS YOUR CHANCE! 

Slowly the blankets was peeled off your body and in the same manner as two days ago, you rolled onto your unhurt side to push up onto your hands and knees. Biting your tongue to not groan  in pain that still lingered. Hurt or not you were leaving. You had done your duties, now you could just move on and never look back! Ever so slowly you pushed yourself to your feet which were still a bit wobbly but not as bad as it was two days ago. You should be able to walk now though if you went by what Kanae said. Tip toeing your way over, you slowly slid the door open only looking behind you once to make sure Koyuki was still fast asleep before popping your head into the hallway. It was quiet and no one else was around. 

AND THE DOOR TO FREEDOM WAS STILL THERE DOWN THE HALL.

You slowly stepped out into the hall closing the door back behind you quietly. You still couldn't run with your wobbly legs so you instead wobble walked down the hall quietly and made for the door. You had a head start! If you hurried then you'd be able to get away without anyone noticing that you were missing. The front door was upon you. It slid open. You stepped out and quickly slid it back shut. You turned around-

AND THEN YOU WERE MET WITH THE OCEAN!

You stopped stunned by the long stretch of sandy beach only stopping when it collided with lazy waves rolling over the soft sand and wetting any shells under it. The silence was only broken by said waves and the soft footfalls of your feet taking a few steps in the squishy sand. The wind blew send stands of your messy hair flowing about and the hem of your long nightgown flowing. A few seagulls cried out in the distance excited to have some food and leaving you to stare.

"...Where am I?"

F/c orbs scanned the horizon where the sunrise was rising from the horizon. Nothing but blue water was in every direction you looked in. Not a sign of other land anywhere!...You were probably taking further down the beach! There wasn't any wreckage so that must mean you were taken further away from the docks. So if you just started walking then you'd soon come back to the graveyard of ships! Perfect! You hoped the horse was still windering where you left it. With a breath you began walking along the sandy shore and away from the house to get away before they could wake you up and drag you back to the room again. 

So you walked. Wobbly along but you walked. And walked. And walked. 

YOU DIDN'T SEE THE RED EYES WATCHING YOUR EVERY MOVE OR THE WHITE MASS UNDER THE WAVES FOLLOWING YOU. 

Slowly the sun rose higher and higher in the sky making it warmer and brighter. Huh. You knew the coast was really big by the stories the fishermen told but you wondered how far up the beach they took you. Your right side was nothing but beach and ocean. Your left tropical forest you didn't want to go explore. The house was out of sight now, but you couldn't tell exactly how far away you were from it. 

"I'm starting to get beat."

Your body still might've not have been fully recovered because you were quickly getting tired with the want to rest. You usually could go on for longer but you were in condition to fight your body's limits. So you stopped and looked around. There wasn't anywhere in sight that could be a suitable place to sit down and rest, until you spotted a large flat rock leading off the shore and into the water a little bit. The waves sloshing on the sides but not wetting the top. Seemed like a good of a place as any to sit down that wasn't in danger of sharp seashells or whatever dangerous animals might be in the unknown woods behind you. But it was smack dab in sight for all to see.

"..Ten minutes," you told yourself tiredly wobbling towards it, "It's only for just ten minutes. Then I'm leaving."

The squishy sand laced with sharp shells scraped under your tired legs soon replaced by warm but smooth rock as you stepped onto the flat stone and sighed. It felt nice. Magenta eyes watched the way you smiled beautifully at your feet and stepped further to the edge of the rock. Drifting closer the eyes came as she slowly lowered until she sat down submerging her legs to the knees and sighing in the relief the cool water gave her sore body. The bottom of her nightgown bunched up just above her kneecaps. A giggle escaping her as the waves rolled over her skin. She looked pretty.

You sighed in the relief your legs were currently getting hugged by the water. "This feels nice. It's too bad my shoulder is killing me." 

Bubbles streaming to the surface got closer and closer to you as a white mass got closer and closer until a webbed hand silently reached out to grab the ledge of the rock behind you-

"Ah!" You hissed and gently reached a hand behind you to gentle rub your shoulder with a wince.

"Back pain? I hate that." 

"Tell me about it. So annoying."

"I know right?"

"Yes."

"......"

"......"

A GLASS SHATTERING SOUND WENT OFF IN YOUR MIND.

Your eyes comically went wide as an owl's as you froze. ...And then you slowly turned around. A man with red wine eyes and white hair was staring at you from the Water's edge.

"Hey."

You squealed leaning back- S P LA S H!! 

"SHIT!"

 He cried out when her form disappeared under the waves and a second later he dove right back under after her. Silence claimed the area once more before you broke the surface of the Water gasping and clawing at the stone for dear life like a drowning cat desperately pulling yourself up with help from two large hands pushing you up by the waist. Scrambling and crawling onto the once nice dry rock spitting out nasty too salty water before coughing and hacking. 

"'Eeehhh. Not really the flashy introduction I was hoping for."

You looked back up and yelped as a head was poking out of the water right in front of you. "Don't fall in again!" It- He shouted with an annoyed frown. "That's how you weak humans drown!"

"Wh-Who the hell are you?!" You leaned back leaning an arm up in case you had to defend yourself.

"You don't recognize me! I literally saved you like three days ago! Do humans really have that bad of a memory or what?!", he barked.

....Now you scowled. "Now see here you overgrown sea mule!" The man whoever he was blinked once taken aback by the sudden scowl and bite you gave him. "I'm too dam tired to be talked to like a brainless rock! I've been drained, stressed out my dam mind, attacked, and nearly drowned TWICE now! The last thing I need right now is the ocean equivalent of a donkey shit talking me! If you want to bother someone, go find a shark to antagonize!"

The man blinked once. Twice. Before he slowly hummed looking you up and down all drenched like a wet cat. "Well...The weren't wrong when they said you were certainly different."

"They? Just who are you?" 

He hummed again crossing his arms over the rock's edge. "I thought you already knew...but then again you never met me personally and when we did you were already passed out." A giant smile of ABSOLUTELY LARGE FANGS made you give pause and gulp. "Allow me to actually give you a flashy introduction worthy of my status!"

Two clawed hands dug themselves into the rock and your jaw dropped in fear as an absolutely massive body hauled itself out of the water and onto the rock. A large shadow loomed over you. 

He was-..massive!

Even larger than freaking KYOJURO!! And Kyo was bigger than Akira! A body beautiful sculpted by rippling muscles and scars sat itself upon the rock. Scattered purple scales glistening with water droplets aligned in a strange pattern you've never seen on any other mer  across the torso and around the waist where his human half blended into a absolutely BEAUTIFUL shimmering white koi tail similar to Makio's only BIGGER and SHINIER! A rainbow pearlescent effect it had has the light bounced off his large koi tail. The fins large and flowing in the water like the fabric of beautiful silk in the wind. But that wasn't all. 

A small jingling noise arose with him. The source being from the hoops dangling from his wrists. However you didn't notice that. Only the strange Mitch match of green and red sharp claws sticking out from hands large enough to crush you. Larger golden bands were tightly wrapped around his upper forearms as he flexed them out to you. But the thing was-

HE WAS ABSOLUTELY ADORNED IN JEWELS!!

A series of golden earrings were embedded into his ears, a similar piercing on his bottom lip. Across his forehead was some kind of large silver headband with three beautiful glimmering large diamonds in the front. Remember how Kyojuro's hands had a few rings? Well this guy had LOTS of rings! Some fingers having more than one on them. A long strand of shiny silver rocks clinked together and dangled from his headband. At least three different necklaces were wrapped around his neck with different valuable stones. Down his sculpted figure was a few various chains with a thick single silver one wrapped around his middle with a few polished seashells dangling from it's heavy bulk. But what really stood out was the large red and dark pink polished gems and stones pushed into his scales and embedded permanently into himself. The piercing wine red eyes crinkled up half lidded in a wide fanged smile at you- Holy shit! THOSE FANGS WERE LARGER THAN KYOJURO'S! His pure white hair falling down framing his face and for some reason a strange red birthmark over his right eye.

"I am Lord Tengen Uzui of the Western Isles! But you can call me Lord Tengen! And you have the honor of being in the presence of the God of Ocean's Deep!," he loudly announced out. Bold, assertive, and powerful enough to be feared by all who see him!

You only stared at him wide eyed. Holy shit...HE WAS BEAUTIFUL-!!

You immediately shook your head chasing away any of those thoughts. "...I don't believe it."

"Heh. Having a moment processing my flamboyant stature are you?"

"No. I can't believe the person responsible for half of my suffering is an over dressed full of himself watered down peacock."

"WHAT?!," he shouted turning towards your deadpanned face. "I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I'M THE MOST FLASHY AND STRONGEST MER THIS SIDE OF THE WEST COAST!!" He shouted in your face pointing a sharp red nail at your face, the bracelets around his wrists jingling with his movements.

".....I still don't see it. How'd you manage to beach all those ships? Flex and blind the captains with your over dressed scales?"

"HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR ME, GIRLIE!! I SAVED YOUR LIFE!! 

"Right.." You glanced at the claw pointed at you, and then his large fangs as he gritted his teeth together annoyed. ..And just remembered how much bigger he was than you. On second thought it probably wasn't a good idea to argue with the guy that caused so much damage single handedly. You sighed with a breath. "Right. ..You did do that. Thanks for that." He huffed a sound. "No. I mean it. Thank you. And I'm sorry for being rude earlier. I'm just really on edge lately. A lot of bad stuff has happened recently."

"I've been told." He still looked and sounded annoyed but leaned back up from where he was sitting and recrossed his arms making his biceps and arms flex automatically. ".... You're going to live?"

It was a statement but the way he said it sounded like a question so you nodded. "Yes. I was told my shoulder isn't serious and it'll heal within a few months. I can live with that."

He hummed again. "I guess it's a good thing I got to you when I did then."

"Yes. Yes...So.. You're the famous Tengen Uzui I've heard so much about?" You took a moment to glance over this mountain of a man again. If he was human you estimated he'd he OVER six feet tall. "You're certainly a lot taller than I expected."

..That smile from before was back. "In the flashy flesh!" He winked and shot a one handed finger gun at you which in turn made you giggle. "And you must be Y/n. My wives' told me all about you."

"Ah. You mean Hinatsuru?"

"And Makio and Suma. And apparently Kyojuro.." His gaze peered off for a second. "He told me that you saved him after he stopped breathing. Is that true? Did he stop.. living?"

He was asking you about this now? You tilted his gaze to try to see his eyes but they were firmly set to where his tail met the water. "No. He never stopped living really." The eyes looked back to you. "He just needed a helping hand is all. So did everyone apparently...Are they alright now?"

He slowly nodded. "Yeah. Yeah they're fine." Both arms raised to hold the behind of his head. "They're all still asleep or just waking up by now. I know Suma is probably still sleeping in." He chuckled at nothing dryly. "It's so surreal to have them all back."

"I'm just glad they're alright. I can't imagine what you all went through was anything but terrifying."

"Tell me about it. You have no idea what it's like having every person you love tipped away from you with there being nothing you can do to prevent it. Never knowing what's happening to them or where they are." ... His eyes narrowed down at nothing. "Knowing if they were dead or alive."

"... You're right."

Tengen paused. Blinking. "What?" He looked at you arms falling to his sides. "What did you say?"

"I said-.. You're right." F/c eyes looked away guiltily from him. "You're right. I don't know what it's like to lose family, at least not in the way you did and Kyojuro did. ..My parents died when I was really young but there's a big difference between loosing someone to natural causes and loosing someone to someone's else's own selfish intentions. If my loved ones were kidnapped by someone and taken somewhere I could never get to-...I would have probably felt the same unbridled anger and fear you must've had." ...You looked up at him after he remained silent and found him staring at you with an absolutely shocked expression. "Um..Did I say something wrong?"

Tengen slowly shook his head no. "I-..N-No. it's not that. I-I-...Well to be perfectly honest with you I was actually waiting for you to start cursing me and tearing me apart with what happened to your life."

You blinked. "Oh. I guess they really did tell you everything about me huh?"

He nodded. "Yep. Completely everything. We're very honest with one another. I don't believe in keeping secrets from one another."

Oh gods. If they told him about the effects his actions had on your town and everyone's livelihoods- Then did that mean they literally told him about them kissing you?! And Kyojuro proposing?! And- Oh god. You hoped Kyojuro didn't tell him that-

"So.." A cheeky smirk crossed his face. Leaning closer to your reddening face. "Do all women have this magical power of medical kissing?~" 

"UUUUUUGGGHHH!!" You shouted into the open air making him burst into loud laughter as you raised your hands and loudly facepalmed. "FOR THE LAST TIME!  IT! WASN'T! A! KISS!! IT'S C! P! R! IT'S A MEDICAL TECHNIQUE EVERYONE IN MY TOWN WAS TAUGHT!"

"Ooh.~ A secret excuse for kissing your neighbors. How flashy.~"

Your madly blushing face snapped to him. "ONE MORE JOKE AND I'LL TURN YOU INTO FISH BAIT!!" 

"HAHAHAHAHA!!" His loud laugh and large smile made the seemingly narcissistic personality and the scary persona before that seemed non existent. Melting to a joyful painting that had tears forming at the corners of his eyes. "I wouldn't expect anything less! You certainly exceeded my expectations of you."

"Well..Who did you expect me to be?" You changed the topic feeling your face burning up. 

He shrugged still chuckling and shoulders shaking. "Well..I know I wasn't expecting an innocent angel, not with your attitude. But I also wasn't expecting you to literally agree with what I had done so easily."

"I don't agree with what you did." He blinked as you held up a hand. "Not fully. I said I understand why you did what you did and I can sympathize with everyone of you, but I can't forget the damage it caused everyone who wasn't responsible for what you all went through. I DON'T!!" You quickly held up a hand when he opened his mouth. "Blame you. I really don't. But I can say what you did didn't just affect me either."

.. Tengen slowly closed his mouth letting a sigh through his nose. "You-..Have that right, and I can't deny you're right. But you sound almost guilty."

You blinked surprised. "You can tell?"

"I have very good hearing. Sounds and tones tell me a lot. It's how I heard you leaving the house you were in." Ah. That explained the sudden appearance. "Is there a reason to that?"

"I-..*sigh* I dunno. I guess I feel guilty because I did kinda blame you for a lot of what happened for a while but-..I don't know." Your hand held your head again. "A lot of things have been complicated for a long time."

"I- Yeah. I know that feeling."

Silence followed. Nothing but the soft waves sloshing on the shore and a few seagulls cawing in the distance. 

"...So why did you follow me?" You peered at him from the corner of your eyes. "You said you followed me from that house."

He shrugged. "Curious about ya I guess. And if I'm being a bit honest, I wanted to be sure they weren't being tricked by anyone. No offense."

"With what you went through it's understandable. I'd do that to if I was you."

"There was another reason why I followed you though. Well two reasons really."

Oh? You turned raising a brow. "Really? And what are those reasons?"

"Well Firstly I wanted to see if you were ok or not. I was told you were fine by those girls-" Wait. Tengen knew Kanae and the others? "-but I had to see for myself. The second reason was to thank you."

"Huh? Thank me? For what?"

"Everything. You willingly put yourself in danger for someone who wasn't even the same species. Do you know how many humans would literally do that willingly? Humans are selfish creatures who-"  He paused as your brow rose higher. "Uh- *AHEM!* I mean the bad humans are selfish creatures."

"Nice save."

"I'm serious though. Every human I encountered would've never done something like that. So..Why did you get involved?"

You took a moment to pause. "..I don't really know. I guess it's because it was wrong? Maybe because I would've felt guilty if I didn't do anything? I don't know for sure but in the end it was the right choice wasn't it? I mean-" You gestured to him. "You're all back together and alright. That's what matters."

"Right, right. ...But what happened to you-"

"Wasn't your fault. Sure what you did had an effect on my life but none of this would've happened at all if those people didn't kidnap your wives. You were just trying to get them back. Maybe not the way I'd go about it but again I'm not you."

"Right. So is this the part where I apologize for everything or do humans do the whole emotional talking first?"

You snorted. A smile on your face before you turned to him again. "How about we both just forgive each other and call it even?"

He smiled wider. "Thank Posidon. I thought I'd have to spill every emotion I feel before we get here." You chuckled more. "Seriously however. I am grateful for what you did. Don't think I can repay you for that."

"Actually you can." His head tilted interested. "Don't sink anymore ships and we'll call it even. Alright?"

..Tengen smiled widely. "You got it. I don't think I have any more reason for that anyways."

Relief filled you. At least that was over with..You blinked at something the two of you hadn't noticed. Tengen blinked as you slowly got up and a hand gently grabbed the side of his face so gently. A second later a wet sleeve ran over the underside of his eyes. 

"You're crying. Here. You'll be fine now..Sorry if it's not dry. Water will do that to you."

He didn't say anything. Only staring wide eyed at nothing until you backed away from him..and a hand slowly touched his cheek where your hand had previously been.

"Now then." You placed your hands on your hips and looked around. You've been walking for at least an hour now and there was still no sign of where you first started out from. "Can you tell me how far it is back to the docks?" 

Tengen stared wide eyed at your form-

"Tengen."

"Huh? W-What?"

"I asked how much farther do I have to walk before I reach the docks again. I've been walking for at least an hour now."

He blinked again before looking confused. "Docks? You're not on the west coast anymore."

You stared at him. "...Beg pardon?"

"You're in my territory. This island here." A hand patted the rock you both stood on. "This is mine. So are the other two islands off the coast and the coast I claimed during my skirmish there."

You stared at him wide eyed. "Wait..Are you saying that Im actually stuck on a deserted island?"

"It's not deserted! Everyone's mates live up in the house there. That's why you were brought here. It has everything you need to stay."

You continued to stare at him. "...WHAT?!"

[adorastarot]

What will change after the 14/10/23 eclipse in Libra? PAC tarot reading

Hi loveliessss! I have basically spent 2/3hrs on this reading because the energies are just insanely INTENSE today!🌒🌕 This reading will cover the changes that will come into your life after today's eclipse but also cover what's been happening in the present.

“This eclipse is in the sign of Libra and alignment with the South Node of Destiny, so we may be releasing outdated perspectives and bringing in new ones — particularly in relationships”

How to choose a pile: Take a deep breath and close your eyes. Ask the universe if there is a message that you need to hear right now. You may either hear a number or be drawn to a pack once you open your eyes!

If the message doesn't resonate then it may not be for you.

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🌕🌒🌕🌒LET'S GET TO IT🌒🌕🌒🌕

Ok so my dear pile number 1, as soon as I tried to tune in with your energies I felt my hands go really cold and my chest go warm. The picture chosen for this pile is perfect because that’s how I felt as I connected, the air is cold and the temperatures have dropped but your heart is warm and there is a cosiness in the air as winter approaches. As the cards started to come out, suddenly I was surrounded by noise and I started to panic a little bit. This tells me (even without any cards) that there may be a lot of people in your life right now trying to speak up and share their opinion uninvited and you need to tell them to take care of their own business instead of worrying about yours. Also the songs “I was happy for a while” by Blackbear just came to my mind.

"Cause when I think of us, I always seem to smile 'Cause I was happy for a while, I was happy for a while, yeah And sometimes, love will leave you even when it's right But I was happy for a while, and I don't know how I'll smile again"

Ok, let’s get down to the cards and see if we can make sense of all of these messages that I am getting with the help of the cards ahahaha

2 of swords, the devil, 5 of pentacles, 4 of pentacles, page o cups and 6 of cups

You may have had to make a very hard decision in regards to love, this can be romantic love, friendship but also family! You have made a decision recently ( in the past month) that took a toll on you and it was a very hard boundary for you to add to your life. It seems like this past relationship could have cost you a lot?! Whether it is time or money, and you didn’t want to be bound to this person in a way that felt unhealthy and one-sided. However, it could be that you have been keeping these things a secret from those around you and because no one knows what truly happened, an what this person truly did to you, they are all trying to drill some sense into you or just making a lot of noisy about a situation that they know nothing about. This has been painful for you because you still care a lot about this person, but you know it is best right now to add some distance to your relationship. This eclipse is going to allow you to shut everyone down! It is going to enable you to tell others to back off and focus on yourself again and your own opinions and needs instead of feeling pressured. This is likely to have been an ongoing cycle in your life which you are finally getting rid of after this eclipse. It’s time to focus on connections that allow you to shine instead of those that keep you isolated. If people from the past try to come back into your life, embrace them with open arms instead of being scared. Reflect on the connection of the past whilst enlightening them on the person that you have become. Friends come and go, but they can always come back after.

Pile 2 my lovelies! As soon as I connected with your pile, I felt very nervous…or anxious for what is to come.  I also felt a strong pain in my neck and my head. Whatever it is that you are worried about, it’s not worth you sacrificing your physical well-being over! It’s time to take care of your emotional well-being instead and you will see that things will fall into place a little bit better. I feel like a star is being born with your amazing energy right now - you are finally becoming who you are meant to be…can you feel it? Do you see and feel the changes that have been happening? I don’t know but today music is just coming to me?! So the lyrics that came through for you are Up&Up by Coldplay, in particular:

“See a pearl form, a diamond in the rough See a bird soaring high above the flood It's in your blood, it's in your blood Underneath the storm an umbrella is saying "Sitting with the poison takes away the pain" Up and up, up and up it's saying”

The empress, the sun, the fool, 6 of pentacles, 9 of cups, 2 of cups

OMG I WANT TO CRY - ok ok. You have been sitting with blame and feeling guilty for way too long. Do you think that sitting with guilt will make it go away? Do you think that you deserve to be in pain because of things that you probably haven’t even done and aren’t guilty of doing? No!!! Being in this pain is not helping you at all nor is it helping your situation. Little star, this eclipse is going to be your breakthrough. It is going to be your chance to shine bright and the universe is going to throw you back into your destined path because you are worthy of so much more than you are letting yourself experience right now. You have so much light in you and you need to find it. Be more spontaneous and focus on doing the things that you want to do - there is no wrong answer. Right now you only have yourself to blame for the way your life is - but you don’t even deserve it! You are guilt-tripping yourself out of success and even love. Within the next year I feel like your soulmate is going to come into your life so you need to get back on track to success. Protect yourself and your energy, sometimes taking the first step is enough, you don’t need to complete the whole journey straight away. Allow things to fall apart right now and trust that nothing can touch your energy apart from yourself. Choose to protect your energy.

Ahhh I had to take a break before starting pile 3 because pile 2 really killed me energetically! Ahahaaha, but so welcome everyone to pile 3 and thank you for being here! If I was going to describe this pile with 1 word it would be - HOPE! You guys are all hopeful and may recently have started wearing either warmer colour or warmed-toned colours and surrounding yourselves with these colours too. However, there is a lot of coldness as well surrounding you and it feels like you are trying to be hopeful regardless of all of the bad things that have happened and most of them do seem to be in regards to your love life. Your song my dear pile 3 is IDK yet by Alexander 23, in particular, the lyrics:

“How can you miss someone you've never met? 'Cause I need you now, but I don't know you yet But can you find me soon because I'm in my head? Yeah, I need you now, but I don't know you yet”

7 of wands, 5 of cups, 2 of cups, 2 of pentacles, 2 of wands

Pile 3, my heart is crying for you, I am not sure this is recent, it feels like it’s been ongoing for years to say the least but you have been hurt so much in the meanest ways imaginable. I feel like you invest in relationships and in people very easily - almost blindly. You invest everything that you have and you easily imagine a future with these people but then…they all somehow end up disappointing you which makes you wonder if it’s you? Why do these people keep disappointing, is it you? What are you doing wrong and how can you change it? You are starting to be hopeful about romance again though, trying to get out of the hopeless energy and hoping knowing that there is someone out there for you. If this is not romantic then you may still be on the lookout or a platonic soulmate who won’t stab you in the back. After this eclipse, you will be able to find the balance between giving too much of yourself away and hiding away from new people. You have not been able to balance yourself yet but after today it will come easily to you and you will allow yourself to move forward and get rid of that cold energy around you - choosing instead to leave it in the past.

All the love🌕

[ladychota]

Hi! Can I request an established relationship with avenger!loki and reader where reader works in the med bay and loki gets hurt on a mission and is trying to avoid reader from finding out to not worry her but she finds out anyway and gets mad at him. kind of like fluff humor you can take it from there lol 😭

I'm fine

Pairing - Loki x Reader

Warnings - Mentions of surgery, blood, injury (let me know if there's anything you want added)

Summary - Loki's been avoiding Y/n after a mission and she wants to know why.

Word Count - 2.3k

A/N - Thank you for this! I've been so excited for it lol, I hope it's alright!

Masterlist

"Hey, Bruce," You call, running after the scientist as he rushes through the med bay, tablet in hand. "Bruce!"

"What's up, Y/n?" He asks, turning to face you. "Are you gonna ask if they've reconnected to Loki's comms again?"

You let out a breath. "How did you guess?"

Loki - your extremely loving partner - was sent on a mission earlier today along with some of the other Avengers. It's often for you to continue work while he's away; a usually vain attempt to distract your mind from the dangers he could be in.

"Yes, they reconnected a few moments ago. He's alright," Bruce's reassuring smile lifts a huge weight off of your shoulders. "Nat said he-"

Bruce is cut off by an urgent-sounding noise on his tablet. He taps a few times before speaking.

"Hey Tony. Everything good?"

A crackly voice leaves the device. "No... Clint i- injured... retur- base."

"Got it. Get JARVIS to send me the details."

"Will do, over... ou-"

The call ends and Bruce visibly tenses. "Y/n. Go prepare and meet me and the team in Surgery 2."

Your relief instantly fades away to jittery nerves. You nod and turn around, quickly heading to grab your scrubs.

The pace around you picks up as word spreads over the incoming Avengers - no one is entirely sure how bad Clint is injured, but Bruce fears the worst. It doesn't take long for you to prepare - your hands are washed, scrubs, gloves and an apron are on, a disposable mask covers your nose and mouth and your hair is tied up tightly.

You file into the room with the rest of your team and begin setting up the equipment, readying supplies that will likely be needed. The thought of Loki niggles at the back of your mind. You're annoyed you can't meet him on the landing pad as usual. But it's not like him to just... disappear in the middle of a mission. Something must have happened...

You attempt to push the thoughts away. Your top priority now is to take care of Clint; to make sure he survives.

"The Avengers have landed in the Quinjet. Dr Banner says to be ready," JARVIS' mechanical voice rings down from the ceiling; you take a deep breath and ready yourself to do what you do best.

Bruce and the porter wheels a sedated Hawkeye into the bay; everyone gets to work straight away, Bruce overseeing the procedure.

It takes over two hours of surgery. Clint had lost a lot of blood from cuts and bruises everywhere. His worst injury, however, was a large piece of debris wedged in his lower abdomen - it took a lot of effort to remove the debris without causing any extra trauma. With some donor blood in his system and a few stitches here and there, the surgery was concluded and Clint was wheeled to a bay to come to his senses.

"Well done Y/n, you did good in there," Bruce congratulates, offering a smile. "Have the day off, you deserve it. I'll get one of the others to do the paperwork,"

You sigh quietly, happy to have some time off. "Thanks Banner. Don't overwork yourself! I'll come check on Clint later today."

"See you later," 

You turn and walk out of the Med Bay, the doors swinging to-and-fro before shutting behind you. Your gaze floats around the empty corridor, looking for a certain trickster God - sometimes he loiters outside the Med bay while you're in surgery, waiting to make sure you're okay. But today he's no where to be seen.

You shrug it off. He's just been on a mission and is probably exhausted, so he'll likely be in your room; or his, if he's not feeling the best. You take the lift up to the living quarters, skipping the common room and heading straight to your room.

"Hey Lo-" You push the door open, but your bed is empty; the bathroom door open. The room is eerily silent, and somewhat cold. Something feels... off.

You walk over to his room and knock twice - there's no answer. So, you walk right in. Loki never minds about you being in his personal space, so why would today be any different?

"Loki? You in here?" You hear a scuffle behind the closed bathroom door. "Loki?"

"Yep, I'm in the bathroom," He responds, his voice muffled by the separation between you both.

"Are you okay?"

"Fine!" He says much too quickly. Your eyes narrow with scepticism.

He bursts from the bathroom, the door crashing against the wall from his strength. He winces, a lopsided grin creeping on to his face.

"I'm fine," He repeats.

"For the God of lies, you really are a bad liar," You move forwards, rising onto your tip toes and gently angling his face down so you can analyse it.

"Uh, that's rude," He mumbles as you move his face this way and that, scrutinizing every part of his pale complexion for so much as a scratch.

Loki understands what you're doing almost instantly, his eyes rolling playfully.

"I'm fine, darling. I promise,"

You release his face and look down at your feet. "I'm sorry, I just... what happened on the mission? Bruce said your comms had been disconnected and... I panicked I guess."

Loki would typically tilt your head up with a singular finger and promise you that he was fine; that everything is okay. But today he doesn't. He stands silently - you can hardly bear it.

You hold your arms out and envelope him in a big hug. He doesn't return it straight away, what can only be described as a shudder flowing through every inch of his body.

Pulling away just as his arms try to snake around your waist. Your face contorts into one of worry, a small hint of hurt shining through your façade.

"Are you sure you're alright, my love?"

He nods somewhat sombrely.

"You know what?" He speaks. "I just remembered I have to feed the horses,"

Loki's eye twitches almost unnoticeably at his mistake - his lie is clearly one he's told many a time on Asgard.

"Feed the horses, huh?" You can't help but smirk slightly.

"It's a metaphor," He clarifies, pulling himself together and looking as if he hasn't just told the worst lie in the entire multiverse. "I have to go make sure Thor has enough pop tarts."

You hum in suspicious acknowledgement as Loki begins edging towards the door.

"Sure, sure."

"I'll see you later, darling." You're about to ask if you can come with him, but he's gone before a single syllable has left your lips.

The room around you feels much too quiet without him, and much too lonely too. What is up with him? Did he see something on the mission that bothered him? Or is he deliberately trying to hide something from you?

It's often that he's a terrible liar in front of you - despite his title - due to an unspoken rule he created, likely near the beginning of your relationship. It seems he vowed to himself never to lie to you, hence meaning that when he does lie they come out twisted and blocky, not smooth like his deceit towards anyone else. 

You're unsure of what to do with yourself, but end up deciding to take a shower to ease away the stress of the day. By the time you've finished and spent time drying your hair, you're sure Loki will have finished... 'making sure Thor has enough pop tarts'. 

~★~

"Hey Thor, Nat. You seen Loki?" You ask as you wander into the common area, feeling refreshed and a little less tense. 

"No, Lady Y/n. I apologise, I last saw him as we departed the jet of the quills earlier today."

You share a look with Nat, trying your best not to laugh.

"Thor, it's a Quinjet." Nat emphasises, rolling her eyes and barely concealing a smirk.

"Yes, that's exactly what I said, Lady Natasha. The jet of the quills." Thor beams like a toddler with candy.

Nat audibly sighs. "Sorry Y/n, I haven't seen him either."

"No worries." You mumble, looking around the room rather hopelessly. "You don't happen to know what happened on the mission with his comms, do you?"

Nat purses her lips for a moment. "It was just a lost signal. I don't think anything actually happened."

"Huh. Okay," Your brows furrow. If nothing happened then why does it feel as if he's avoiding you? You must just be overthinking it. "Thanks."

"You alright?" She adds.

"Uh, yeah-" The lift pings and you hear the doors slide open.

"Ah, brother!" Thor exclaims. "Your lady was just asking after you,"

You turn to see Loki in the lift, an unreadable look on his face.

"There you are! Where have you been?" You ask, your face breaking out in a smile.

"Oh, me? I was just on the balcony enjoying some fresh air." He laughs nervously.

"You were?" Nat asks, shooting you a look. "I was up there a few minutes ago,"

"Oh you were? We must have missed each other." Again, he laughs.

You try to shake away the hurt and confused feeling that has seeped into your soul. "Well, no matter. I have the day off so we could spend it together if you like?" You ask him.

Loki sucks in a breath. "I really would love to, darling, but I have to go fill in my mission report. Maybe later?"

You feel your shoulders sag, but you don't let your expression show your disappointment.

"Talking of which, how did the mission go? You usually give me a very detailed analysis." You say, waltzing into the lift alongside him.

"JARVIS, take us to the living quarters," Loki says to the ceiling and watches as the lift doors close once more. "It went okay, average really." You nod as the doors slide away to reveal the corridor to your rooms. "I shall see you later then, my love,"

Loki takes your hand in his and brings it to his lips gently, then turns and exits the lift.

"Uh, not so fast, Romeo," You call after him, fed up of his anticks. He's clearly avoiding you - and something is clearly up.

You stride over to him; he takes a few steps back until he hits the wall.

"What is up with you?" You ask, jabbing a finger at his chest. He winces.

Your eyebrows twitch with confusion. Why did he wince?

"Nothing is up, my love." He elects not to say more, you guess because he's lying. Again. 

Deciding to take matters into your own hands, you place your hand experimentally on his chest. He attempts to hide it, but he definitely flinches.

"Look, I must get on with my work. I promise I shall treat you to dinner tomorrow when it's all done," He grins and slips from your grasp, sauntering into his room.

"Nope," You say defiantly, following him. "You're going to explain to me why you're avoiding me. And I'm not leaving until you do."

"Avoiding you?" The door clicks shut behind you. "Y/n, darling. Don't be so silly."

"Are you calling me crazy now-" You cut off, catching a glimmer of crimson in the sink through the open bathroom door.

"Of course I'm not call-" Loki also stops, noticing what you're making a run for.

"What is this?!" You ask, holding up the bloody rag you found in the sink.

Loki swallows, biting nervously at his lower lip.

"I assure you, it's nothing."

"Don't play this game with me, Loki. What's going on?"

He sighs dramatically. "I merely gained a scratch while on the mission,"

"A scratch? Show me then,"

"I really don't think that's nec-"

"Show me," You interrupt, your tone harsh. 

Loki gives in, wincing as he pulls off his shirt. Beneath lies a myriad of scuffs and scratches, some deep enough to still be oozing blood, others just red and angry. You move forwards, fingertips ghosting over the worst gashes as your face betrays your emotions.

Looking up into his eyes, you notice the spark of guilt dancing around - yet you ignore it.

"Why didn't you tell me!? Gods, Loki, this could get infected... look how much dirt there is!" Huffing, you point to the bed. "Lie down."

"I'm sorry, Y/n. I just didn't want you to worry. You worry enough as it is." You ignore his comment, filling up a bowl with warm water and finding a fresh cloth. You bring it into the bedroom and place it on the bed next to him, dipping in the cloth and wringing it out.

"This might hurt," You murmur, gently dabbing at the wounds. Loki's muscles flex, his jaw setting with pain as you clear up the grit and blood.

"The comms cut because of this," Loki starts, speaking as if he owes you the explanation. "There were too many on me and they knocked me to the floor. I skidded and somehow broke the device. I had to fix it with my magic, but it took a while because I had to rid myself of those imbeciles,"

You don't respond straight away, continuing to clean him up.

"And how did no one notice during the subsequent medical exam? Or did you somehow manage to dodge it?"

He chuckles softly. "You know me too well. It was actually very easy to dodge it without you around. Speaking of, how did Clint's surgery go?"

You yawn, tiredness from the day creeping behind your eyes and into your mind.

"It went fine. He's in recovery now and will be on bed rest for the next day or so,"

The cuts are all clean now; you place the rag in the now bloody water and grab a medical kit to place strips over the worst gashes.

"You really are amazing," Loki murmurs, more to himself than you.

You can't help smiling. "And you would be amazing if you didn't hide your injuries from me,"

"I'm sorry my love," He replies.

Now finished with your job, you lean over and press a gentle kiss against his lips.

"You're forgiven," You get up and begin putting everything away, flashing a smirk in his direction. "Although I do still expect that dinner tomorrow night,"

"I wouldn't dare miss it." He grins.

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[keruimi]

The Way Back to Him

Sanemi x reader

Warning! Heavy Angst with comfort at the end

Note: I went overboard that I'm not sure if all of you would accept the leads🥹 Early Apologies. Secondly, please inform me if Sanemi's character is too ooc. I would gladly do better next time.

~•°•~

I fell in love with the person who had a painful backstory.

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"Sanemi-san, my apologies but I can't return your feelings" she muttered as I sighed and leaned my back on the wall. I notice how her grip tightens on her uniform.

"I know. Because everyone sees me as rude, it's impossible to admire my personality at all" I started before standing back up so I can walk back to my estate to rest.

"Sanemi-san, it's not like that" she exclaimed as I just looked away from her.

"Don't worry, I just want you to know about the emotions I am feeling when I'm around you. I don't expect you to return it at all" I manage to stutter out without putting most of my emotions as I saw how her eyes start to gloss.

"I..." She didn't have the heart to tell what she is thinking that made me thought to leave already.

The atmosphere is overwhelming me...

"I'll retire first" I slightly bow in her direction before turning my back at her.

"Sanemi-san!" She shouted my name that made me halt from my steps, I didn't manage to go farther yet.

Maybe because I didn't have the heart to leave her yet...

"Maybe a part of it was my reason" she stated as I felt her quick breaths while I just looked at the empty road in front of me.

"But I don't know you better than you did. I don't know your story" I felt my chest tighten on her words.

"So forgive me if I can't tolerate your impulsive and abrasive attitude that you displayed to all of us"

I turn my body to the side so I can glance at her who is looking down while trying to get a hold of herself.

"If I did..." I trailed off that made her raise her head to look at me who is facing her.

If I did...

There's a huge possibility that she would see me in a different way than the world did.

But...

"Nevermind" I didn't continue anymore before making my way back to my estate as I left the atmosphere in silence.

There is still that slight chance that she wouldn't.

Storytelling would just open their eyes to your perspective. But it wouldn't bring them the same reasons why you did it.

I need physical evidence... An evidence that can prove my love to her.

But I don't know how I can show those emotions without losing the walls I build around myself.

The walls I used to prevent myself from forgetting her.

I arrived back home and my brother decided to ruin my eardrums for the third time today.

"You confessed again! Stop fooling yourself!" He screamed and an irk mark appeared on my forehead.

"Why don't you shut up you idiot!" I screamed back at him as I harshly threw a pillow in his direction before slumping back down on the couch as my thoughts wandered around until my little brother began to speak, more serious now.

"But Big brother, you still haven't forget about her. You can't push yourself to other women when your mind is always on her! That is unfair to them!"

I look down and thought about the words he keep repeating every time this happen.

I want to move on...

Every time my heart seems to catch on a different woman other than my first love.

I convinced myself that I love them but it was never enough.

I silently went back to my room after my brother tried to register his words to my mind but it didn't help me at all.

After all, I start believing she left because she still have dreams.

Our love is the only reason to stay but she has more reasons to choose the future she planned for herself.

I tiredly grumble to myself and thinking about her just reminds her warmth on my bed.

For goodness sake Sanemi, pull yourself together.

After the sudden meeting with the Master, I decided to take a stroll in the garden to calm my nerves down on the Kamado Siblings.

No matter what, she is still a demon. The blood of those monsters is already running on her body. That won't change anything.

I stop ranting on my brain when I notice there's another presence in the garden other than me.

In that one part of the garden, I notice the visible figure of a lady who seems to be in her own world, picking some useless flowers.

I raised an eyebrow on her actions before walking towards her and my footsteps immediately warned her about my presence as she stood up from the dirt before looking back to face me.

I don't know what has gotten to me but it feels like everything became slow motion the moment she turned around to look at me.

Her hair flows with the wind as her green orbs gaze at my own.

She looks like a beautiful memory.

"What are you doing? Aren't you aware which territory you are trespassing?" I ignored how my heartbeat quickened as I looked at the small basket she was holding.

She lifted a gentle smile before bowing to me.

"I was tasked to pick up herbs from any garden by Shinobu-san. My apologies if I startled you by my presence"

Such a gentle voice from a woman like her. I thought she would stammer or even become jolly like the other servants I came across.

Yet she manages to compose herself in front of someone more superior.

"What's your status in the Butterfly Mansion?"

I asked her as she properly stood up before answering me. "I am the provider of the herbs used in the medicines"

I nod before she went back to what she was previously doing. Out of nowhere she lent me a damn flower.

What would I do with this?

"That is Lavender. It helps with stress, my Lord"

She informed me even though I didn't ask yet. My frown deeper as I held my back on throwing and stomping on it.

"How can you make sure that I'm stressed?" I ask her as she just shrugged her shoulder before showing me a playful smile.

"Well, it's really up to you if you will admit it" she confidently answered.

Point taken...

Unknowingly, I have the urge to get to know her better. Even if it was against my wishes, my human emotions is also not giving in to my plans in life.

I'm already fine with flings but it seems like fate have other plans.

I knew I fucked up when I started to look for her presence. Yearn and longed for it.

And if I found her, we spend most of our time together in the garden because I got to know that it was also her habit to teach about the herbs she is collecting.

Sometimes, she is the one who can relax my nerves without even the herb she is giving to me.

I knew I was already sinking deeper in this uncontrollable emotion.

That I want her to stay, stay beside me.

But I don't know if I can give her the happy ending that is impossible to achieve.

When my job is to annihilate the lurking demons in the land. Too dangerous to settle down.

Yet even I tried to deny, oppose, or even refuse my developing feelings for her, there is already a change in my character before I manage to prevent it.

That I want her to be with me.

And that led me to me telling my growing feelings for her. And how can I hope she would like me back?

I still remember her words as clear as now.

"I don't like your character, My Lord. Your harsh and cruel attitude. I can't tolerate it but I know there are reasons" she started as I listen to every word she has to say.

"But that is the problem too, I don't know your story, I don't know you. So I am not sure if I can manage loving you."

Her words are full of honesty and no ounce of playing. She stated her reasons and I accept every word of it.

I decided to court her that day.

In two years, I showed her my weakness, I told her my fears, I shared my reasons.

I fell first, and I fell harder

I love how her mind was opened and her ears are ready to listen.

Every single second I fell in love deeper with her until she finally accepted me as her partner.

It made me so happy, Shinobu just ruined it.

"Are, Are? I don't accept it" she told me that an irk mark appeared on my forehead.

I don't know if she is annoying me or just wants to be sadistic. I heard her sigh that made me realize she is serious.

"Sanemi, Y/n became a close friend of mine too. On your reputation for the past years, how can I be assured you would not hurt her nor break her heart?" I can feel the care she has for my partner that made me give a pat on her shoulder.

"That would not happen"

"You better be or I will kill you"

And I continue to love her, if possible, even fall deeper.

Sometimes it scared me too. I am aware that she is becoming my weakness. And every night it scared me that one day, she would leave me.

But her kisses, her gazes, and her embrace held my biggest fear away from me. I loved her even if the world end.

That was a promise I tried to keep.

"Hun?" She called me as I lingered kisses on her exposed shoulder as our naked bodies warmed each other.

I hummed and put my attention back to her and notice she is thinking of something deep.

I snake my arms around her waist before I pull her closer to me so I can lay my head on her shoulders. "What's bothering you?"

I ask her. She hesitated to open up to me that made me squeeze her hands as she let out a long breathe.

"Would you allow me to leave? So I can pursue my dreams?" She ask me and I felt my whole body froze from her words as she turned to look at me with worried look in her face.

It felt like a knife just stabbed me without letting me react.

"Am I not your dream?" I decided to tease to lighten the atmosphere around us. But she just squeezed my hands indicating she was seriously asking me.

Yet the small smile on my lips never leaves. It hurted me, really. But I don't own her.

I just love her...

"Do you need to leave just to reach it?" I ask her as I tuck a strand of her hair behind her ear.

Do you really need to leave me?

"Yes" she whispered before looking away so she won't see my face.

"Would you come back?" I asked her as I tried to prepare my heart for her answer yet silence was the only thing I heard.

I can feel the ache in my chest as I just hid my face on her shoulder.

I can't make her stay at all.

It made me question so many things, so many memories of ours. Why would she give my love a second chance if she will not stay in the end.

That was my first question.

And it can be a reason to hate her.

But I didn't have the strength to. I can't hate her, not even one bit.

"Big Brother" I heard Genya call for me, trying to get my attention as I daydream again on the same garden where I first met her.

The moment she left, the taste of bitterness never left my life. Every single day, I could never forget the person who is my first time in so many things.

Chisuzu Y/n

How can you break me so easily? Why is it easy for you to abandon me?

You were my universe, you were my world.

And you left me for a dream you could have pursued with me. Why? Out of all ways for you to hurt me, do you need to leave me completely?

What can you do Shinobu?

When your friend was the one who broke me.

"Big Brother" my younger brother called for me again. "What" It was an irritated answer and both of us knew.

I would barely keep my past self from coming back again.

I became the same person as three years ago before I met her. Realizing I felt this heartbreak because I made her my weakness.

And it was my biggest mistake.

"Slow down Sanemi. You might lose yourself if you get too drunk" I heard Tengen's words but I keep going as they just didn't bother stopping anymore.

I drowned my sorrows, I buried my pain. Yet it always ends on the same thoughts lingering on my mind.

I gave her everything, but she left me with nothing but memories.

I want her back beside me...

~•°•~

"You want to become a swordsman with that lousy tactic? You hope to become better yet you are not doing anything for it. You think you can easily pray for it and they will bless it to you?" I exclaimed to one of my students as the others stayed silent. The anger in my tone was evident that I might explode any minute because of frustrations.

"Get a grip on yourself and do better!" I shouted before the student bow and accepted my words.

"Brother" I heard Genya behind me, his tone was not the usual serious one, it was more shock and worried.

Did someone die?

"What?" I asked him with slight annoyance in my tone.

"She is back..." I felt my world stop as I didn't have the guts to look at him.

But I felt how my gaze softened even at the slight mention of her. I felt my heart quicken like the first time we met but I still didn't bother to move from my place as I tightly held on sword.

"Are you not planning to welcome her? She is now on the Butterfly Mansion..." He informed me as I huffed out in disbelief.

I don't have the heart to. All the pain I felt when she left me was still evident, was still present and felt.

But she was the first one who decided to approach me.

"Hun..." I heard her gentle call of our nickname as I felt her hand snake around my body as she laid her head on my back.

"I'm back"

I felt my eyes sting as tears started welling up on it.

I don't want to turn around, I don't want to break again.

"I'm sorry for leaving you" she murmurs as I feel my hands touch hers.

"I can't hate you..." I finally spoke out as I turned around to face her. Nothing has changed for the past two years she left.

Two years that felt like a decade.

"I'm sorry Sanemi. It was selfish of me to leave" she admitted as she tightly clung to me.

"I almost lost it" I stuttered out as the ache in my pain never left.

But I was glad

She returned back to me, safe and sound.

"I won't leave anymore. Above anything, I would always come back to you. Only you till the end." She muttered before she tipped toe to land a kiss on my lips.

"Forgive me..." She asked with her gentle gaze towards me.

And how can I resist?

"So many people already told me that you were not worth it" I cried out as I lost the strength to keep standing in front of her as she kept holding on to me.

We were both alone, crying out the pain of our hearts.

"I don't want to give up our love even though I feel like I was the only one fighting for it" I tightly clutch to her as she offered me her shoulders to cry on.

"You became a villain to everyone's eyes but you were my hero, you made me become a better person when you were here" my sobs were uncontrollable that if anyone was watching, I would lose the reputation of the heartless mentor.

But the only thing I could think of was her.

"Y/n, I really love you... I really do"

"I know, I know that very well..." It was evident in her tone that she was trying to hold herself back from crying.

I don't have the heart for revenge, nor the heart to hate her. Because our lives are short, I don't want to waste it on another long journey of pain anymore.

We can always restart again...

And I'm willing to do it as long as it was with her...

[astraeasatelier]

Chapter 6 - Fear

I don't want to do anything...

Location: Mizuki's Room

Mizuki: (...Oh, it's over.)

(...The ending wasn't all that interesting...)

(...I guess I'll find something else to watch now...)

... ...

(I don't want to do anything...)

(But... I don't have the courage to disappear...)

(Even then... I still don't want to live...)

(So here I sit...just watching anime...)

I shouldn't think about it too hard, whatever works--

ring, ring

Mizuki: (Who could be messaging me at this time...?)

...An?

... ...

(...I wonder if Ena messaged me again...)

(After everything, I logged out of Nightcord, so I wouldn't know...)

???: [...Mizuki.]

Mizuki: Meiko...?

Meiko: [I've finally gotten ahold of you.]

Mizuki: ...I thought you weren't going to meddle anymore?

Meiko: [... ...]

[You're really not going to come back to the Sekai?]

[Everyone's waiting to see you.]

Mizuki: ...I know that.

But, still... ...

... ...

I...can't bring myself to...

Meiko: [Mizuki...]

Location: The Empty Sekai

Kanade: ...So none of us could find her, huh?

Mafuyu: I went to all the places she might be, but no good... It's possible we went at a bad time or we missed her, though.

Luka: I wonder if she's even left her house at all?

Ena: That's...

Kanade: ...Still, all we can do is keep looking.

Right now, that's the only thing we can do.

Len: ... ...

Kaito: If only we could connect to her smartphone...

Ena: ... ...

...! Meiko...!

Rin: Where were you?

Meiko: I was visiting Mizuki.

Ena: Eh...?!

B-but... I thought her smartphone was completely black...

Meiko: I just happened to check on her when she had her smartphone open.

So I was able to talk to her a little.

Kanade: Is that so...?

Ena: Thank you, Meiko...!

So? Where is she?

Meiko: ...It seems like she's been shut up in her room this entire time.

At least, that seems to have been the case for the last few days.

Ena: So...I was right...

But... Then...what should we do...?

Mafuyu: ... ...

...I'm not sure if she'll go, but it looks like she has some remedial classes to attend.

Ena: Huh...?

Mafuyu: When I was looking for her, I ran into Aoyagi-kun. So I talked to him for a bit.

Since she's been absent for a while, he was saying that she'd need to take some classes to make up for the work she's missed.

Kanade: That reminds me... She mentioned before that she might not be able to advance to the next grade if she doesn't attend enough days.

Mafuyu: ...Since she's still checking her smartphone, at least Shiraishi-san can get in touch with her...

I'm getting the feeling that she doesn't want to worry everyone.

Ena: So...

If she doesn't want to cause everyone trouble, she'll attend her remedial lessons...? Is that what you think?

Mafuyu: Well, I'm not certain.

Ena: (It's true that Shiraishi-san is still talking to her, so it's not impossible, but...)

(...Right now Mizuki is...)

(No...if there's a chance, I have to take it...!)

Thanks, Mafuyu. I'll go talk to the teacher for the remedial classes.

And, Meiko?

Sorry, but can you keep an eye on Mizuki when you can?

Meiko: Of course.

Ena: Thank you.

Time: A few days later

Ena: Yeah, everything's fine on my end.

It looks like she isn't here yet... Well, it seems like she'll come in the afternoon, so she'll probably show up at the last minute...

Kanade's voice: [Got it, then I'll wait a bit closer to the school gate.]

Ena: I'm counting on you.

Sorry that you had to skip class for this, Mafuyu.

Mafuyu's voice: [It's fine. This is more important, anyway.]

Ena: ...I see. Thank you...

Alright, if anything happens, I'll call you.

(...Today is the day for make-up classes...)

(After looking for her in so many places, I couldn't find her at all.)

(But...I might see her today.)

(The teacher said that the classes would be after school, so if Mizuki is coming, she should show up soon...)

I want...to talk to her.

(Maybe I should go wait by the entrance instead of by the classroom...)

(I'm not sure what to do, but I don't want to go there and pass by her, so I guess I should just stay here...)

(I wonder if she'll show up...)

(But this is the only chance I have left. I have to put it all on this...)

(...I have to risk it...right...?)

(But is this really the right thing to do...?)

(To just stay like this...?)

ring, ring

Ena: ... ... ... ...Ah...?

[Sorry, you two, but I need a favor...!]

[namjoonscoffeeshop]

Karmic Soulmates |Chapter Two

✧ Pairing:Jeon Jungkook x reader ✧ warning(s): explicit language, knife/gun use, violence ✧ word count: 3.1k

✧ synopsis; you run a cafe, live in a quiet city. you're life is normal just as everyone else, but not everyone seems to be who they seem. what do you do when your soulmate appears again and pulls you back into the world you had been running from for six years.

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You bit into the sandwich, the room was lit from the fireplace as you sat next to namjoon who just stared at the flames. "I could get you another blanket " he says not bothering to look at you. 

"I'm fine" you were already wearing jungkook's hoodie and had two heavy blankets on you another one would make you start sweating for sure. "How much longer" he says to jungkook who was studying the parts he had already drawn. 

His method was intense, he didn't pass the entire map into one paper. Instead he drew it by parts in different sheets, this could be confusing to anyone since only he would know the right order of the papers this way no one else will be able to have a copy. 

glancing at the man who was standing next to the fire place as he stared at the sheets of paper in his hand, with his nonchalant face he looks up at my brother "I memorized a good part of it already" he folds the sheets in his hand as he pulls the mantel away from the fire place throwing the sheets into the flames. 

"You better have memorized it" you glare at him "If you forget part of it or fuck up don't come looking for me once I leave. I'm serious" he couldn't help but chuckle at you're threats "Don't worry I was trained for this, trust me"

"as long as you trust yourself, I don't care" taking in the last part of your meal you stand up "lets do the next part, the suns almost up. I want to be out of here before tonight" 

maybe I should grab the rest of my savings and move, buy a new place somewhere else where not even they will find me. move from country? sitting on the stool once more I chuckle to myself like a mad person, move from country? I'm getting ahead of myself for sure.  turning on the lights once more, they shut the blinds and jungkook begins to work on copying down the next part. 

It was almost dawn when jungkook propped himself off the fireplace and moved the mantel once more tossing the papers into the flame. "finally" I sigh in relief, I was starting to get a cramp on my leg from sitting there. since I told them we couldn't have breaks anymore. 

"I don't understand something" jin speaks up from the sofa where he was sleeping just a while ago. 

"what it is" namjoon was rubbing his temple clearly tired. 

"she said we had to get rid of her map, how the fuck do we get rid of that" he points at me with a raised brow as if he really thought I was a crazy person or probably just stupid. and it had slipped my mind that I had told them that, in truths I really wanted them to forget because what I had in mind...I don't think they'd agree. 

after my legs adjusted to standing again I walked towards the fireplace, my hand still covering my front as I held the blanket tightly. picking up the flatter piece of the poker sets I move the mantel, pressing the end of the stick into the flames. As the end shined a glit of redness I turned towards my brother and extended the handle to him "keep your promise" in a daze he grabs it and stares at me in disbelief. 

rolling up a towel that was thrown aside I place it between my teeth. "woah woah what the fuck" jin shrieks and stares at namjoon with widen eyes "you aren't planning to go through with this are you" he yells. jungkook was shocked nonetheless, "are you crazy, we can find another way..i'll change the desi-"

"and waste more time? No I want to leave today" you spat, irritated at them. turning to your brother he feels you boring your eyes at him but his sight never left the end of the poker that was still a shade of red, removing the towel from between your teeth "are you going to do it or should we bring in someone who has the balls to do it" clenching his jaw he looks at his sister "i'm not doing it and i'm not letting anyone else do it either" throwing the poker to the ground he picks up the blanket that you had dropped and covers you with it "there has to be another way" 

covering yourself you secure the blanket as you stand "there isnt!" no one was willing to mark your back, their reluctance made your eyes tear up from the anger that boiled inside "you're pathetic namjoon, father would be so disappointed in you right now" laughing you shake your head but the stern cold emotion on his face did not change "you're not willing to destroy the map but you're willing to grab someone and put it on their back without any say in the matter?!" picking up the poker you turn to jungkook "do it" 

jungkook stared at you for a moment until he shakes his head "I can just ov-"

"no, I want it gone. I want everything gone" you yell pushing the poker onto him as you close the distance between the two of you. "don't be a fucking coward" you try to intimidate him but he stared at you with pity in his eyes. 

"forget this" putting on your shirt not caring that you basically exposed your breast to jungkook, you get completely dressed and gather your items "are we done here" you turn to namjoon. his lips part and close as if he did not know what to say. raising a brow you scoff "are you sure this is the life you want, you don't seem fit-"

"it's you y/n, how can I ever be sane when it comes to you" he gives you a weak smile "you shouldn't leave until we figure out what to do with the map" jin speaks up, trying to be the more reasonable person in the room with no strings of emotion attached to you. 

"yeah well I gave the solution and you don't want to do it" shrugging you swing the door open and march out without looking back. namjoon chases after you, stopping you turn to him "no, this is it. I don't want to ever see you anymore"

"it's not saf-" interrupting him you give him a big smile "I hope you live a long and healthy life and I hope that you find someway to be happy" not caring for the words that were going to come out of his mouth you walk out the same way you came in with jungkook and did not look back

it had been five days and there was no sign of your brother or jungkook. you were surprised that they had backed off so willingly. you were at the cafe planning a way to get the map destroyed this weekend which meant you had to get everything ready for monday after being gone the entire weekend. you were bringing in a few boxes from the storage when the bell ranged indicating a customer had entered. cursing under your breath since you forgot to lock the doors, taking the box you head to the front "i'm sorry but we're close" you place the box on the counter. 

not hearing a response you look up to find a man in black clothes standing at the entrance. his face had a gross scar on his right cheek that began beside his eye and ended above the corner of his lip. taking in a deep breath you smile at the man who turns around to face the exit.

watching him hesitate you begin to back up to the sink where you had left knives. before you could reach the sink the man turns quickly and dashes towards the counter. it literally scared the shit out of you but you moved just as fast, picking up the knife from the sink as he shoves the box to the ground and swiftly climbs over in a matter of seconds he was in front of you. 

He had no weapon or at least had not pulled one out, but you didn't let your guard down. "what the fuck do you want" you speak clearly showing no fear but the man did not budge nor did his eyes wonder his creepy state made your hairs stand as he bored his eyes into you. it felt as time stopped and you glanced behind him to see if there was anyone outside who could see this assault but the street was empty. 

you stare at the man and neither of you moved, it wasn't until the phone suddenly ranged which caused you to loose focus cause of the sudden sound. taking advantage of the distraction he launches himself at you gripping your wrist as he twists it making you drop the knife. letting out a scream you clench your fist and swing at him but he lets go quickly kicking the knife out of reach. gripping your wrist your eyes tear up from the pain. 

he did not wait and launched himself at you once more but this time you dodged him,  kicking his back. the fight did not stop there as the two of you began to swing fists at one another, him not letting you no where near the sink. you felt the impact of him kicking your ribs throwing you against the counter. groaning as you grip your side you look at your surroundings and see the kettle of coffee you had just done, waiting till he was closer to you. picking up the kettle you throw the hot liquid at him, the man groans as he wipes his face. taking the chance you roundhouse kick him in the face which slams his head into the counter. 

catching your breath you don't waste a second to run over the counter grabbing your bag. without looking back you dash out of the cafe and run down the street. you grip your side, the pain causing you to run out of breath quickly. without stopping you rummage through your bag taking out the phone. "fuck" cursing under your breath you felt irritated that it had come to this, flipping the cover up from the flip phone you dial the first number in the contacts. the phone rings but there was no answer. 

"fuck namjoon this isn't the time!" you yell, running into a dark street. you had planned for this, incase someone came looking for the map. your senses were on full function you knew this street wouldn't be someones first choice but it was the least crowded street because of the lack of street lights and the perfect cover for one to run from a murder and for one to commit murder.

You then hear a second pair of footsteps hitting the concrete floor and quickly turn behind you since the sound was echoing but there was no one behind you. thats when you saw him, it was a different man in fact a taller one and he was running at the same pace as you but across the street. anyone else being chased would be shitting bricks and no lie you were too but unlike him you knew where you were going. 

you watch him as you see the dead end coming into view, he sees this as a great moment to take you out and pulls out his gun just as you had suspected. but unlike his side where he only had buildings you had the forest. making a sharp left you jump over the gate and enter the forest. tumbling over some branches you gain your footing and ran the path you knew by memory. you could hear him in the forest too but you knew that unlike him you had the advantage. 

the moonlight was the only thing lighting your path. you finally made it to your tree that had a hollow place inside. crouching down you pull out the bag getting a hold of your gun. you look around, your eyes already adjusted to the dark. making sure if the mag was full you slip the bag and the one you were carrying into the hollow space of the tree. dialing namjoon once more you watch your surroundings as it rings. 

checking the contacts you dial jungkook's number but it also only rings. "fine, fuck you" you begin to tread slowly to the place you had fixed for this situation. when you hear a branch snap close and too close for your own luck. hiding behind a large tree you hold your breath. 

listening carefully you swallow hard when you hear more than one person "where the fuck did she go" the first man curses"she can't be far, I saw her using a phone. she's probably calling him" the other responds. they weren't close but you were both definitely in each others eye sight. meaning if you stepped out from behind the tree either you see them first or they see you.  "even if she called him, she told him that day was the last day she wanted to ever see him. the moment she left jungkook wanted to run after her but namjoon said that he would honor her demand"

"meaning?"

"he ain't coming to rescue her" you cover your mouth stopping you from gasping 'he's a traitor'

just as you were about to move from tree the phone rings, giving away your spot. dashing from behind the tree you run, instead of chasing you one began to shoot "are you fucking stupid, we need the map" the other yells and the shooting stops. you answer the phone holding it up to your ear as you run. 

"hello?" namjoon says on the other end 

"fucking bitch why won't you answer me" you yell as you hear them running after you "you sai-"

"but it's the emergency phone" you cry out, turning to look back you trip over a branch making you tumble down the small hill that you had not noticed. you laid on the ground catching your air as you heard namjoon yelling through the phone. getting up slowly you reach for the phone, using the small screen to light the floor you find your gun. "y/n!" he yells 

"fuck" you groan, you held onto your side and took a deep breath "someones after me" you say weakly, tears falling from your eyes as you were having a hard time breathing. 

"are you near the cafe" he asks and then yells to those around him to get the car ready "not really, i'm at xxx forest" you quietly say. 

"the forest? what the fuck are you doing in a forest" 

"it doesnt fucking matter, there's two of them and one of me and the first guy that I fought at the cafe really gave me a beating and it hurts to breathe"

"can you get anywhere near a road" you hear the door slam of the car, lifting your self from the ground you look around. you knew where you were. you start walking towards the road "yes, theres a big sign" you stop to take in some air "fuck" you look up to the moon and notice it wasn't just your eyes playing tricks but you were loosing conscious. "y/n whats wrong? can you get to the road or not"

"i don't think i'm getting to the road" you quicken your steps but everything began to spin and you lost your footing making you tumble to the ground, he keeps calling your name. gaining some strength  you get back up and lean against a tree. "everything is fucking spinning" 

"fuck" he curses, yelling at who ever was driving to go faster. you kept moving, not knowing where the will to move was coming from. "there she is" someone a good distance from you yells. "fuck they found me" you mumble into the phone. turning to the man who's running right towards you, dropping the phone you lift the gun and fix your posture. the man clearly couldn't see you well because he did not flinch nor move and kept running towards you. 

pulling the trigger you don't hesitate, successfully wounding him on the leg he falls on the ground. you quickly pick up the phone and walk towards him. the man screams in pain as you stand above him "fucking bitch" you hear his partners footsteps. picking up the phone to your ear "oh and brother, one of these men are yours. they knew about that day" staring at the man you chuckle "it's the bastard that was at the door" pointing the gun to his head you pull the trigger "he's dead" 

you tug the phone into your pocket as you kept both hands on the gun and make your way behind a tree at a distance from the body. you could feel your body swaying and you could taste blood in your mouth. your head tilt back against the tree you waited to hear his partner approach. 

"y/n get to the road, we are close" groaning you hold your side once more as you take in a deep breath. you begin to run across some trees before a gun goes off and you hear the tree beside you get struck by a bullet and you stumble to the ground again. you hear namjoon yelling your name.  you quickly stand and begin to run again, the road not so far from you. "honk" you say 

"what?"

"honk" you repeat 

you could see the road, and a car driving towards where you were running to, wanting to make sure it was him and not from the other side you wait behind a tree. 

the car begins to honk and that was your sign, you hold your side as you run at full speed. "stop" you say into the phone when the car was right in front of where you were running "hurry" you tell him. 

you could hear the man behind you and his harsh breathing as he tried to run faster towards you. turning you lift the gun and begin to shoot at him not trying to wound him but rather slow him down. falling onto the ground this was the last time, you knew you wouldn't get up. 

you kept shooting the gun at the man until the gun jammed "fuck" you cried. laying completely on the ground you stare at the moon. suddenly you hear gun shots and namjoon yelling your name right before everything went black. 

[imsosoheee]

☆彡 always and forever chapter 20: nobody

wc: 1.4k

"good morning," wonbin purred with a knowing smile as you entered the dining room. you rolled your eyes when he showed you his recent venmo notifications.

"good morning," you responded, sitting beside him.

"hi yn!" eunseok smiled at you before biting into his slice of toast. the world seemed a bit lighter to you today.

"sohee and sion?" you asked wonbin when you realized everyone else was either in here or the living room. he shrugged, "maybe in the kitchen?"

the air in the kitchen was thick as you took in the scene in front of you. sion, backed up against the counter, was glaring down at a grinning sohee, a few inches in front of him.

"is everything... ok in here?" you cleared your throat and walked towards the boys.

"yeah," sion grunted, his eyes never leaving sohee's.

upon meeting your eyes, sohee stepped away from sion with a slight blush on his face. giselle and wonyoung's words from earlier made you blush in return.

"hi," sohee greets you casually.

"hi," you reply softly before looking up at sion, who scoffs. "go ahead and kiss in front of me, why don't you—"

"sion!" your voice harsh and louder than you meant for it to be.

"come on, yn! i told you i'm not stupid!"

"it's not even 10 am, sion—"

"don't talk to her like that," sohee says coolly, leaning against the island. sion rolls his eyes and huffs, looking between you and sohee in disbelief.

"is everything ok in here?" jake peeks his head into the kitchen, looking only at you. his consideration is touching, but is the push sion needs to leave the room. you nod at jake, who leaves to continue his conversation with seunghan in the living room.

"you won't go after him?" sohee's voice is soft when he asks you, and you can't help but feel grateful to have your best friend back.

"i'm going to let him cool down," you shake your head. you weren't entirely sure what to do in this situation—you had never fought before. you found it shocking to you that he was voicing his frustrations so openly, since he seemed avoidant after the cuddling misunderstanding. "thank you," you say to sohee, who shakes his head and pouts. "he really shouldn't talk to you like that. i wouldn't—"

"yn, sion just left," jake's voice returns, eyes looking panicked.

"did he have his stuff?" you ask, taking your leave. jake shakes his head and you let out a sigh of relief before grabbing your tote bag.

"don't worry," you say to both of your friends before you leave the house.

"wonbin?" your voice was raw as you called the boy. while searching aimlessly for sion—you never shared your locations with one another—your bag was stolen off of your shoulder. it didn't hold anything of value besides the custom keychain sion gave you a few weeks ago.

"yn? are you ok? where are you? did you find sion?" his questions poured out too quickly for you to grasp, holding back tears.

"i'm ok. my bag... it was stolen. i haven't found him yet," you sniffled, wiping away a tear.

"are you ok? where are you—" you heard him call out to someone on the other line.

"i'm ok, they just grabbed my bag. i didn't have anything in there besides a gift sion gave me—it was really expensive..." your voice trails off as more tears fall. you felt so guilty.

"where are you right now? can you make it back to the house?"

you looked around at your unfamiliar surroundings, seeing nothing remarkable besides a dog house. there weren't any people passing by, either.

"i don't think so. i don't see anything familiar here, and i haven't seen anyone walk by in a few minutes. there's a dog house here, and a small blue building around the corner—"

"don't go anywhere. just stay there," he pauses. "and stop crying if you can. it'll all be ok, yn."

"i'll try," you chuckle. "wonbin, my phone is about to die and it's cold—" your phone shut off without notice, leaving you alone with your thoughts once again.

the dog who lived in the dog house arrived a few minutes after your phone died, serving as your only company. you pet the dog as you waited, shivering and holding back tears.

"yn?" a familiar voice called out in the distance. you stood up, the dog mirroring you. "yeah, i'm here!"

to your surprise, sohee was jogging towards you when you looked up. he took his jacket off and put it on you before swallowing you in an embrace.

"i found you," he breathed out. your heart grew three sizes as you stood in sohee's arms. you hugged him back and began to cry. he held you tighter and whispered assurances in your ear until you calmed down.

when you two finally pulled away from one another, he used his sleeve to wipe your tears, eyes sad and full of concern. "let's head back to the house. we can talk on the way." you nodded.

"i'm sorry—"

"don't apologize. it isn't your fault."

"still, i'm sorry. i must've worried everyone."

"we only worry because we care about you. and you're worried about sion because you care about him," although sohee's words were comforting, his tone had a hint of sadness.

"i'm glad you're ok. something really bad could have happened while you were out here alone—" he stops himself, and you could tell he was holding back anger. you reach out for his hand and pull it into your jacket pocket.

"can i talk to you about him? sion, i mean?" you ask after a moment of walking in comfortable silence.

"of course." he spoke gently.

"i'm scared," you confess. his head turns in confusion. "i'm scared that he's going to hate me, or that he already does. last night, i got mad at him, but he ended up being the one to comfort me. then this morning, he was acting so... irrational? he just hasn't been acting like himself," you bite your lip as you recall the events from earlier today. sohee's eyes flicker momentarily at the mention of this morning.

"i lost the keychain he gave me. it was in my bag," you explained, then told sohee that sion had it custom made for the two of you as a couple item. "sorry, it's probably not right of me to be telling you all of this, either..."

"no! no, it's ok. i'm glad to be here for you, yn." he looks into your eyes and gives your hand a squeeze. sohee was a better friend than you—you weren't confident you could willingly listen to sohee if he were to have girl issues with anyone that wasn't you.

"i know you, so i know how bad losing that keychain is making you feel. you've probably been beating yourself up about it, but you shouldn't. yeah, maybe he'll be upset about it, but in comparison to your safety... he should overlook it. and i think he will. he cares for you," sohee pauses, a pout on his lips. "and he definitely doesn't hate you. honestly, i don't like him, though. he's a chill guy, a good roommate... but he's been making you so upset."

you shake your head, "it's really—"

"you say it's yourself, but a relationship involves two people. even if if isn't an official one. so if he's making you feel all this guilt, there's something wrong."

you don't respond, mulling over his words. the only reason that sion's been upset is because of your actions, and your feelings for sohee. sohee's words were kind, but the situation wasn't that simple.

"i guess i'm pretty biased," the boy chuckles softly when you don't respond.

"thank you," you finally say as you two near the home. "thank you for finding me and for the kind words. how did you find me, anyways?"

"me and you against the world, remember?" he grins, reciting a line from your graduation letter to him. he liked you, too. you were convinced now.

"me and you against the world." you answer.

"on a serious note, i ran as soon as i heard you crying when you called wonbin. my body moved before my brain could process anything," he pauses as he reaches out to open the door for you. "and i have your location. it just doesn't sound as cool."

you manage a small laugh at his confession as you walk into the house.

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☆彡 always and forever ☆彡 NEXT ☆彡 BACK

a/n: this chapter's song is nobody - pryvt.. HOW DO YOU GUYS FEEL!!

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🎶 When did it end? All the enjoyment

I'm sad again, don't tell my boyfriend

It's not what he's made for

What was I made for? 🎶 my fav part fr... anyways GOOD MORNING/AFTERNOON/EVENING KAIRIIIII. teehee.. can you do a miles x reader comforting reader? (any kind of problem that you want.. ex: weight, exams, feeling like a failure and etc) if you want to ofc!

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HI AGAIN 🐨 ANON MY BOO 🫂 omg i LOVE this idea, also why would you hurt me with 'what was i made for' (sobs uncontrollably) BUT ANYWAY, HOPING YOU LIKE THISSSS

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everything's gonna be alright — miles 1610 x reader

summary: lately, you haven't been feeling very proud of yourself. you used to be so good at what you did, it was your pride and joy to be amazing at what you do--but it's like the spark's gone, and when that spark's gone... wouldn't who you are be gone, too? miles doesn't think so, though, and he's here to prove you are so much more than how you see yourself. word count: 827

you couldn't pick up the phone right now, everything just felt so... suffocating. nothing felt right about today, about this whole week. you knew you should expect days like this, days when you feel unmotivated to do what you usually brings you fulfilment and joy, but recently, it's gotten a lot more intense. you felt like you were falling behind, like everyone else is getting ahead of you while you're still stuck back to where you started. you felt like the world was passing you by, and no matter what you did to counter that feeling, the feeling merely festered and worsened. you hated what you became when you felt this way, it made you feel like you weren't really in control of yourself.

"gonna, um... gonna talk about it?" miles asked you as he crawled into your room through your open window. you sighed, unsurprised that miles came after you ignored his calls. he always visited you like this, it was kind of tradition now ever since he got his powers. but whenever he came, you were usually so bright and cheery, with you doing whatever it was you were so passionate about–but recently, you've been more and more closed off, and it's been concerning miles.

you shrugged. "what's there to talk about?" you asked him as you began picking up the fallen items and pillows from your flurry of anger and disappointment in yourself. miles helped you clean up, what with him having memorized every inch of your room since he's here so often. "maybe about the fact you've been kinda off these days, and... i've been calling you. but you never responded, so i felt the need to see if you were okay–" "i'm fine." you responded immediately as you almost slammed your notebooks back on the desk, your nostrils flaring and your eyebrows knitting together.

miles looked at you with concern in his eyes. he approached you slowly, worried about what happened, even though you said you were fine. "i'll believe you, but if you wanna talk..." he began as he picked up a photo of you two that fell down from your notebooks and looked at it, smiling as he saw the silly faces you both made. "...i'm right here for you." he said as he gently pat your back and handed you the photo. you looked at him and took the photo from him, feeling slightly ashamed you were turning him away when he's so eager to help you. you felt a coldness overwhelm you as you shut your eyes and sighed. you admitted to miles nothing was okay right now, not a single thing was okay about this whole week and everything just... felt like you weren't important, your efforts weren't being recognized, and you were working yourself to the bone for nothing.

you felt hot tears form in your eyes as miles gently wiped them away for you. he nodded and looked at you with sympathy and compassion filling his face as sadness and regret filled yours as you thought more and more about how pathetic you saw yourself, how pathetic miles must've seen you at that moment. "i'm sorry, i'm sorry i'm so... so pathetic, i--" but before you could finish, miles shushed you and wrapped you in a gentle hug. "hey, hey... it's okay. you're good." he reassured you as he held you close, with you holding on to him and sobbing a little more into his shoulder.

"but it's... it's not okay, you have such valid problems, like saving the city, taking down villains, making peace with your uncle's death... and here i am crying over such stupid things..." you murmured as your lower lip trembled and as your eyes filled with new tears. miles kept holding you close as he rubbed your back. "all problems are valid. and even if you don't think so, i do. you're perfect in everything you do, because you make it your own. don't feel pressured to be on top, i'm perfectly content meeting you halfway there, or nowhere near the top at all."

"i love you, and i love everything it is you do. if you don't feel like doing it, don't be disappointed in yourself. take a break, be kinder to yourself, and best of all... realize you're worth so much more than your hobby, your grades, your looks, your everything. you are not what you make, you are who want to be." miles said as he pulled away from you and smiled as he wipes away the remainder of your tears. "and if you want me to start, well then, i'm no hero--the city made me that. i know who i am, and that is your annoyingly cute boyfriend of yours who will never stop reminding you i care, and that you are wonderful." he said as he kissed the top of your head and held you close again. "and i love you, so, so, so much."

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I dare you to let me go

(this is part 6 of my fic. Thought I'd feed y'all a little early. Enjoy reading!)

Part 5 ↓

JAMESON

Oren was here. So was Grayson. After getting yelled at, Avery left. She looked so sad and forlorn, he couldn't bear to look at her. Grayson took the first chance to talk to Jameson alone,

"what are you doing, Jamie? What do you have planned?" Jamie translated that to mean 'when are you going to come home?'

"I have planned, let me check, oh yes! Nothing," he said, using his signature smirk as a shield.

Grayson opened his mouth, then closed it, waited. "Are you breaking up with her?"

The eye contact was more than enough for an answer.

"I need space. I'll come back, don't worry about me."

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That evening, when boredom overtook him again, Jameson found himself back at the devil's mercy. He'd gotten himself an apartment in London specifically for this reason. He genuinely enjoyed being a member. It was also the one place he couldn't be followed by Avery, or run into her. Zella wasn't here today, neither was Simon or anyone he knew, except Rohan. That bastard would jump at any chance to peeve him.

"I really should have placed a bet on the likelihood of you breaking up with Ms. Grambs. Would've filled my pockets."

God, he was infuriating. Why had Jameson come here?

"And I should have placed a bet on the likelihood of you shutting up, Rohan, would've filled my purses."

"Always the defender, Ms. Sinclair."

Jameson hadn't realised when a woman had come and sat next to him.

She was wearing the same historical garb-like dress every woman around here wore. Her long dark blonde hair fell in waves over her shoulders, which was unnatural around here, considering the few women that were there were too prim and proper to keep their hair as such. It was a minor detail, but one that made him feel she liked to defy.

Jameson spoke for the first time in a while, "Not that you would need the money, anyway, I presume."

The way she answers that was a clear insight into her. Most people here were money-hungry, or power-hungry, or greedy, prideful, meek- many distinguishing factors. Truthfully, Jameson had everyone in the room pegged about 4 seconds after he met them. Not this woman though, and it was unsettling him.

She just looked down at her cards that dealt her in and smiled.

She looked at him, still smiling grimly, then leaned in, "your attempt at trying to read me through my answers is… run-of-the-mill, at best."

That stole Jameson's attention. It surprised him. Things hardly surprised him anymore. It felt nice, except his mind reverted back to a certain ex-girlfriend.

Ex-girlfriend. It still didn't sound right to him.

"You need to read people instantly after you meet them because you're scared they'll show their true colours later, surprise you, and make you feel stupid and ordinary."

That struck him like an arrow. The woman, however, seemed to genuinely regret saying that, "apologies. I seem to have gone too far," she amended.

"A psychologist?"

"Just an underestimated woman, I'm afraid."

Who is she?

"Cinq" she suddenly uttered.

"What?"

"The cards. Cinq. I win." She looked at Rohan who nodded and handed her the chips.

Before he could add to that, she got up, "I'm running late, boys. Like always, I'll see you soon."

She pulled out a card.

"Though I'd like to see you sooner."

She had a mischievous glint in her eye, and before long, it was gone with her.

Jameson put it in his wallet and forgot about it. There was a lot of healing to do before moving on.

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Jameson dreamt of Avery again that night. Even after saying his goodbye, she still haunted him everywhere he went. Every 5"6' brunette on the street, every coffee cup from her favourite coffee shop in London. He hadn't even changed his wallpaper that was a candid of her laughing.

And that was the problem. She was still… her. So her. Just too burdened. But that wasn't an excuse.

Avery was… calling him. Wait

Avery's calling me.

"Hello?"

"I'm outside."

"Avery, please. Just leave me-" Jameson said, walking toward her standing outside.

With a hot air balloon.

"Hop on."

"We're broken up."

She looked like someone had just stabbed her. How many times was she going to make him repeat the same painful thing?

"One date. Just one, please."

He sighed, "why?"

"Why won't you let me go? The you I've seen the last few years would've been about as interested as a porcupine is cuddly."

"I can't. I can't even think of letting you go. I have so many versions of my dreams for the future, and they all end up with you. I chose you a long time ago. I want to choose you again and make you feel it too."

"Just one date, mystery boy. I'm begging you."

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Avery might just be better than Jameson at planning dates. It was perfect.

Staring with the hot air balloon ride where he had to take over because she almost crashed them down. Bunjee jumping in Perthshire. Abseiling. An insane game of dares. Ending with them sunbathing on the shore of the cove, with chocolate-covered strawberries and stars in a bottle.

"I liked today. Wait, no. I loved today" he might still have his reservations, but he needed to tell her that. She held his hand and squeezed it gently.

"Me too." After silence and a few more strawberries, "Will you please come back with me now? We really need to be home."

Jameson's relaxed face suddenly adopted a frown.

"Why? What's so important that we need to go back?"

"I can't stay away too long."

"It's been, like, 4 days." Avery said nothing. Jameson abruptly got up. She did too.

"This is just a chore to you isn't it? An inconvenience."

She went pale again, "No. Jameson, no. I came all the way here looking for you, trying to get you back."

"I never told you to. But what your doing right now? It's worse."

"I waited for 5 years before choosing myself for once, Avery, and you're tired in 4 days? Do you think you can get your heart broken with every perfunctory kiss and every interaction merely a formality, and live with it?"

"I did not mean it like that when I said I want us to go home. I just want things to be the way they were, Jamie, please."

"No. You need to leave. For good."