#elusive dream

[reallypleasanttree]

Snippet for "Elusive Dream" Chapter 4. 😭 They're so cute, I can't

Mitsuri and Obanai made their way to the Serpent Hashira Estate. His house was in the center with traditional Meiji era architecture. It was older than her estate, which had western style elements. There were a few other buildings including the training shed and behind the house was a bathhouse. Kohaku was in the sling, absorbing every building they passed. 

Obanai opened the front door. His staff was minimal compared to hers. He mostly kept the kakushi around for cleaning and maintaining his property. Obanai turned on the front light, illuminating the entryway and living room just beyond it. 

Inside the house, the furniture was sparse and made from simple materials. There was nothing opulent. The walls were plain white with no decorations. Given what he told her of his family and their riches, his house was the antithesis of it. 

“I sent a letter to my head attendant, Fushi, to prepare our rooms,” Obanai said. He took off his shoes and slipped on house shoes.  “I asked him to grab extra clothes and shoes for you and Kohaku. I wasn’t sure how long it would take for the rest of your belongings to come in,” Obanai explained, gesturing to the pair of house shoes beside his. 

They were marked by the pink embellishments. Mitsuri smiled as she replaced the traveling shoes for uwabaki. She should not be surprised based on his attention to detail. By the time she glanced up, Obanai removed his bandages and was watching Kohaku and her. There was something about the way he studied them that made her wonder if she had something on her face. 

“Is something wrong?” She asked and touched her face self consciously. He shook his head. 

“No,” he answered. “I just thought I would never see you at my estate again. I’ve never thought of my estate as home before now.” Her face heated at his earnest words, but she’d felt the same just a little while ago. Obanai and Kohaku were her home. 

“Let’s go to bed.” Obanai held out his hand to help her up the one step to the landing. She took it and held Kohaku’s back to support him in the sling. Their son babbled and reached for Obanai. 

“You can have him in a second,” Mitsuri said as Obanai led her down the hall to their bedroom. He slid the door open. One large futon was placed in the middle of the room. He let go of her hand and pointed to a small futon set beside the larger one. 

“I wasn’t sure if Kohaku would want his own or not,” Obanai admitted and glanced sideways. “Not that he can tell us.” 

“It’s perfect,” Mitsuri said as she readjusted the sling to pull Kohaku out of it. Kohaku’s large eyes were trained on his father and made grabbing motions. “He wants you,” Mitsuri laughed. Obanai waited no time in taking Kohaku and held him to his chest. Kohaku babbled as if he was trying to converse. Mitsuri covered her mouth and her lips pulled back into a smile. 

“Does he need something?” Obanai asked without looking at her. 

“He’s trying to talk to you,” Mitsuri answered. “At seven months, babies are learning how to make sounds that eventually turn into words. My siblings were the same way,” she added. Obanai confessed he never spent time with babies or children, so he didn’t have the experience or knowledge she did. He nodded in acceptance.

“I got you something, Kohaku,” Obanai said and took him over to the smaller futon. He crouched down and turned Kohaku, so he could see it. “This is yours. You can sleep with us or on this. It’ll be your choice.” 

Mitsuri smiled wider, seeing the two most important people in her life as simply existing. Obanai tried to set Kohaku down on the futon, but their son tightly grasped onto Obanai’s hands, not wanting to be separated from his father. Kohaku’s eyes narrowed and made a distressed noise. Mitsuri walked up to them. 

“He wants you to keep holding him,” Mitsuri said as she leaned down.

[ehluuhnee]

elusive dream art for @reallypleasanttree 💓

I really love how Obanai thinks of Mitsuri w the sakura petals going about in the wind. I love them sm.

(I do not own copyrights to the song!)

[the-metal-box]

Praying for guidance, suffer in silence Twisting a knife in the heart of a lion Chasing my elusive dream Heaven knows the end is so bittersweet​​​

[zencurious]

ten years ago —

Often the answer is given before the question is fully formulated.

Slow down…

Breathe with me…

I am free.

today —

Always searching for words,

ten years ago, and even before then;

Casting spellings I still haven’t gotten right.

Easily changing my routines, my processes, my disciplines;

yet this spell’s momentum eludes me.

This life is big enough to hold all my lies, all my failures

Will it also allow the time to survive, to catch up with all my labors?

A traitor to myself looking for a savior

Disappointment and perseverance

the constant companions

busying my thoughts, my emotions, my pen

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Day 17. August Series

[kitsune-kaos]

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[meirimerens]

meiri u have made me ship notkin and khan so bad. please tell me about ur vision, when will they fucking kiss. when will they admit that they're into each other. and also is capella suffering or entertained

i have been gifted by the muses the power to entrance people into caring about characters now Why these two when i have way funnier in stock many must wonder. the people yearn for childhood friends haters to lovers as grownups. flattered i am. do y;ou even care about my imaginary yurie between the rat catcher and aysa. I jest. flattered. anyways. it'll be quick because it's not like i have much on them

age 20 ish after khan has come back from whatever all-boys college he's shipped himself to to not have to cope with the fact he's becoming like his father minus the liking women thing and they both think "ooooh he's gotten better-looking stronger more intelligent less annoying while he/I was away"

also age 20 ish. before 1). i don't think the lapse of time between 1) and 2) is very long.

she's both. she has no romantic attachment to khan (and neither does he to her) so she dgaf about the loveless marriage thing and as such this is not what makes her #suffer, it's more the Are You Done At Once Can You Make A Move I Know You Want To Make A Move thing that makes her physically cringe. but it is equally entertaining. as previously mentioned

[niko-jpeg]

Doodle from an upcoming fic, some Drink for your viewing pleasure, and a wip for a Fail Boat lore dump <33 happy new year fam

[toastedclownery]

Hello gang

[two-person-job]

may we all be so lucky ☹️

[narwhalandchill]

also just as a general note to this day i really do not fully buy the thing about childes first encounter with the narwhal having been just a dream when its been demonstrably proven that their connection is fully capable of clipping him through at least a generally notable distance of Very Real Matter and spawning him into another layer of teyvat like. if freminet quite literally found physical evidence of him simply despawning into thin air (sea?) in the waters around meropide (and we all know where he ended up after that) whos to say his "dream" at 14yo wasnt the same exact situation lmao and he just ended up tossed out of the primordial sea too and "waking" up in the abyss afterwards

[reallypleasanttree]

[reallypleasanttree]

Ahhhhh, I know I got a sneak peek, but it came out so well! Sanemi’s facial expression is perfect! Thank you so much, @ehluuhnee!

Elusive Dream Art for the one and only @reallypleasanttree ✨

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[howifeltabouthim]

The crushing of a dream that perhaps had always been out of reach.

Chris Whitaker, from All the Colors of the Dark

[faedotexe]

I am looking for a Truth cut in colored glass That will never grow cold - Precious words caught in ice That know to remain light Shining the winter's morn - For this quiet truth That can stay perfectly still, And maybe not grow bitter When I am old or ill.

[yurisorcerer]

The Weekly Orbit [8/5/24]

This week, emotions run high with vampire tragedies, theater kids at each other's throats, and shot-down love confessions.

The Weekly Orbit is a weekly column collecting and refining my more casual anime- and manga-related thoughts from the previous week. Mostly, these are taken from my tumblr blog, and assume familiarity with the works covered. Be wary of spoilers! Hello, anime fans! I don’t have much to say this week, so I won’t belabor the point. Let’s get into things. Anime Mayonaka Punch – Episode 4 In a…

[binch-i-might-be]

had a beautiful dream in which my package arrived