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[gummi-ships]

Kingdom Hearts 2 - Master Form

[jtl-fics]

Fluent Freshman - Part 44

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The flight up to New York is a pleasant one.

The time in the airport itself had been less pleasant. Matt, as it turns out, is a firm believer in arriving with just enough time to check a bag, get through security, and get to the gate. He had claimed up, down, left, and right that he had it down to a science.

No matter how many times Smith had wondered about the scientific rigor of this 'science' he still kept it to himself. There was no need for Smith to voice his uncertainty with this plan because Kevin well and truly had it covered.

"You're giving us only an hour to check bags, get through security, and get to our gate?!" Kevin demands.

"Kevin, if you wanted to be there earlier then you could have asked Andrew to give yo a ride." Matt says. "We'll be fine."

"You know what Neil and Andrew get like when they have a long roadtrip ahead of them." Kevin argues.

"All lovey-dovey?" Nicky asks as Aaron makes a gagging sound.

"No, well yes, but no they always stop and buy all of the worst food too." Kevin reminds. "I'm just concerned about us missing our flight! We have barely enough time!" Kevin huffs crossing his arms.

"You're wrong anyways." Aaron says idly as he continues to text with Katelyn.

"How am I wrong?!" Kevin demands.

"We also have to park within that hour that Matt has left us with." Aaron says looking up from his phone.

"Matt!" Kevin squawks.

"It'll be fine." Matt reassures for the 2nd time.

"We all have checked bags!" Kevin exclaims, "What if we miss our flight?!" he wails.

"It'll be fine!" Matt repeats.

"No it won't!" Kevin exclaims.

---

It was fine.

The only real delays they met were at security.

Smith prided himself on being efficient in the security line. He has his watch off, his phone and ID secured in a zipped jacket pocket, his backpack and electronics in separate trays, and his shoes ready to be slipped off.

So he was shamed to have been the cause of the first delay when the TSA agent wouldn't wave Smith through the metal detector since she didn't realize he was there. That had been a whole anxiety attack and a half as the line had formed up behind him all wondering what the hold-up was.

Finally she seemed to startle as she realized that Smith had been standing there waiting and waved him through.

The other delay was that Kevin got patted down after he had forgotten to empty his 'emergency' water bottle.

It was probably for the best that they didn't have to be in the airport for that long. Every announcement that it was very important to not leave your bag unattended made him worry that with every blink somehow someone had slipped a bomb into his backpack.

While it was on his back.

As he was running with the rest of his friends to their gate.

"It just had to be the gate on the other end of the terminal." Aaron huffs.

"It would have been 100% perfect if someone hadn't left their water bottle in their bag despite the, let me check, 3,820 signs that said remove all liquids from your carry-ons!" Matt says as they continues to run.

"I said I forgot!" Kevin yells back from his spot at the front of the pack. Smith was under the distinct impression that Kevin was keeping pace with them since he had seen the Striker move much faster on the court and during warm-ups.

"We could have forgiven that!" Nicky pants, "Why did you have to slam the whole thing to prove that it was 'just water'?" he asks.

"Because I wanted to prove I wasn't a national security threat!" Kevin says. "I'll be going to the Olympics in a couple years and I can't have that on my record." he continues as he rounds a corner.

"What record?!" Smith asks suddenly worried that there was a record.

"Smithy, there's no record Kevin's just an idiot. An idiot who got patted down, tested for explosives, and had his carry-on searched." Nicky huffs.

"You don't know that there's not a record! The record everything nowadays!" Kevin huffs and their gate is in sight.

"Kevin, just shut up!" Aaron exclaims as they reach the line for their flight.

"Wait why aren't any of you getting shitty with Smiths?!" Kevin asks.

"His delay was like a minute and more importantly NOT HIS FAULT!" Nicky defends.

"He should have just walked through!" Kevin argues.

"Oh it's fine if he gets a record but not you?!" Aaron asks.

"So there is a record?!" Smith asks again.

They reach the line and the largely empty area around their gate is more than enough evidence that this was the final boarding. Smith breathed a sigh of relief as he took his place in line behind Nicky.

"The lines pretty slow, I'm going to go get a water." Kevin says and before any of them can say anything he is off towards a busy looking Newsweek store.

"I cannot believe him." Aaron huffs.

"All that water he just drank and is about to drink? He has lost window seat privileges." Matt pants wiping sweat from his brow.

"Agreed." Nicky says.

Smith laughed between panting breaths. His stomach hurt a bit from the stress of running but it was fine.

They get on the plane without Kevin and head to their seats. Most of the overhead storage is taken up at this point but Smith slides his bag under the middle seat in front of him after Matt

In the end, Kevin barely made it onto the plane in time since he got caught up in deciding on water. "You're in my seat." Kevin says as the only man not yet seated.

"I am not about to spend this flight getting up every 2 minutes because you have to pee." Matt says, "Abby didn't used to need to take all those pitstops when we're on the bus." Matt adds.

"I hate the aisle, the cart could hit my legs." Kevin argues.

"Then you can sit in the middle if Smith's willing to move." Matt says.

"You can have the middle Kevin." Smith offers actually preferring the aisle seat since then he doesn't have to ask anyone to move for him.

"I hate the middle seat, there is no room." Kevin crosses his arms.

"Smith is like only 3 inches shorter than you and he's not complaining." Matt continues.

"It's an important 3 inches."

"I bet it is."

"Nicky, are you serious?"

"What?!"

"There is an uninvolved member of the public, right there."

"He's wearing headphones it's fine!"

---

It's fine.

Eventually Kevin takes the middle seat if for no other reason than Matt stubbornly pretends to go to sleep but absolutely does not want the aisle seat either.

Smith gives it up and ends up with his own preferred seat while Kevin pointedly takes both of the arm rests, as is his right. The plane ride progresses smoothly from there. Smith has always liked flying. There is always a sense that the second that he gets onto the plane and the door closes he has absolutely zero control over what happens afterwards.

That is a nice comfort.

He pays attention to the safety briefing, finds his nearest exit, and that he should secure the bag over his own face before securing it on Kevin's.

He puts his headphones on and tries not to think about the anxiety of meeting the 'girls'.

He has heard much about the 'girls'.

Allison Reynolds. Allison was someone who's legacy existed even outside of the team. Smith didn't know much about fashion but a Reynolds bet remained a solid practice within Palmetto. She was, undeniably, absolutely gorgeous and if Kevin was to be believed 'kind of a bitch'. Nicky had swatted his arm but had said that it was not entirely inaccurate but like 'in the best way'.

Dan Wilds. He met Dan. Dan was nice. Also, if Matt was to be believed, the best human to ever walk the planet earth. The reason the sun rose in the east and set in the west. The gravitational pull that held the universe together. If Andrew is to be believed, she's fine.

Renee Walker. Renee was the one who taught Andrew how to use knives. His friend has talked warmly of her, in the way that Andrew talks warmly about anyone which is mentioning them at all. She was the one that Smith was the most anxious about meeting.

Kevin turns his nose up at the ginger ale that Smith gets but he's allowed these now per his actual doctors orders.

1 hour left until arriving at JFK.

He hopes this ginger ale is enough to calm his stomach since he's still not allowed Pepto.

MASTERPOST FOR ALL PARTS OF FLUENT FRESHMAN AU

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[pianokantzart]

Is ur post implying mario owes luigi because that is so adorable and sweet and i totally vibe

Thanks! But it's not that Mario feels he owes Luigi specifically (though he definitely does owe him for sticking to his guns and watching the house despite how desperately he wanted to help). It's more that Mario feels like he owes Koopa Koot for cheering his brother up by being a legitimate fan and asking for his autograph.

[majorpepperidge]

Cybill may be able to 'see' more than she could in life, but touching stuff still helps with clarity

[bizlybebo]

crh (or chr... my memory is shit I'm sitty) is. car seat headrest, right?

what are the songs that people (me) who have never heard of them before should listen to first, in your opinion? or alternatively, if you had to give me like five of your faves which ones would they be?

I just. I wanna listen to them but I get paralyzed with indecision (many such cases) and then end up not doing it. It's been like a month at least if not more. Save me from this torment /j

HII !!! it’s cshr / car seat headrest yeah !!:D

yeah that makes sense especially since cshr has just such a big discography to start off with. i’ll try 2 keep this brief and not ramble cause im also insanely indecisive ^__^

basically, a good 5 songs to start off with cshr/encapsulate the cshr sound pretty decently without listening to Everything is probably:

1. bodys (2018 version probably)

2. drunk drivers/killer whales

3. dreams fall hard (crazy vibe switch but it’s such a classic)

4. destroyed by hippie powers

5. maud gone (teens of style version)

[fiendishartist2]

*thinks about paul and care a bit too hard* i think im gonna be sick

[seiwas]

Do you happen to know of an alpha!Iwa fic where reader signs up for a heat service and HE *gasp* is the one to show up and help them through it? I swear I read it not too long ago but I can’t find a trace of it </3

nonie i do in fact know what fic you're talking about but cannot for the life of me find it 😭 i looked through my tags and my ao3 bookmarks for it but it's not there 😭😭😭

if anyone has a link to this pls 🥺 we are seeking ur help 🥺

[essektheylyss]

I did not bring a backpack with me in an effort to not retrigger the thing preventing me from doing into the office for half of the week, but I DO now have a book in each of my inside jacket pockets. :3

[pourablecat]

Hats! Let's give the Discworld ladies some wildly anachronistic hats!

(Oh Susan, I barely know ye! Mostly because I've only read half of Soul Music.)

Granny has a hat, and an important one at that, but I swapped it out for a beer scumble helmet (due to Ogg shenanigans) to reward myself for following through with my daily sketch goals!

[farmspider]

now introducing ... FARMSPIDER! a semi-selective rp and askblog focused on Webber.

[soni-dragon]

Never ever EVER buy household appliances with ai in them. Most ridiculous things I’ve ever encountered

[huginsmemory]

Recently started collecting carnivorous plants and we got some fruitflies and so I moved em all up into the kitchen. My new favourite activity is watching them catch the fruitflies, HIGHLY recommended. I get SUCH a kick out of it, go buy some sundews people.

[kopw]

watching live 👍

[eggs-can-draw]

Okay okay first the nicknames

I think all of them call shuichi pumpkin and shu

But now I want to think of individual ones

Makoto: buddy, tater

Kyoko: sweetheart, little love

Byakuya: Mon bébé, petite fleur

Why are they in French, because I whole heartedly believe that byakuyas is half French half Japanese

Ok first off Togami being French makes him roasting Naegi for not knowing French in ch2 a MILLION TIMES FUNNIER

Also Kirigiri out here with the fancy nicknames I feel like she’s just like that yknow she pulls out the pretty fancy nicknames but only in the weirdest situations.

Also also Tater opened the door for potato themed nicknames from Naegi I’m sorry Tater is so fucking cute. We got wonders like ‘lil tot’ and ‘spud bud’ and age old classic ‘tater tot’. Full belief that Naegi was cooking with Shu when he was little and he started eating the potato’s or smth

[parkinglotfistfight]

The dumbest thing in the world that annoys me is a guy who refuses to understand how the Too Good To Go app works and gets picky about every aspect of our surprise bags (pick up time, contents, etc), refuses to ever actually buy anything, and is here consistently every week.

I hate hiiiiiiim.