#eventual harem

[nqmonarch]

Aeon Lover AU Part 2

Part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/nqmonarch/749257688234557440/aeon-brainrot?source=share

Characters: Aha, IX

Note: This AU I plan to eventually make Yandere, not in this part but I feel like it's good to let people (my fellow small crowd of Aeon lovers) know.

You stared at Aha's human form, not breaking eye contact as a manic grin stayed on their face. "So you're Aha?"

"Maybeee, maybe I am, maybe I'm not! Does it matter? I'm just here to help you!" They said trying to act all innocent, and blinking their long eye lashes once and then twice.

You paused for a moment, observing the person in front of you. You took a step forward and Aha remained still completely oblivious to your nefarious intentions. You reached your hands out to them and they immediately grabbed them with their own, interlocking them. Holy shit-- your whole body overloaded with that move as your face begin to burn and jumped away.

"Wasn't that what you were trying to do?" Aha asked coyly, smiling at you and holding their empty hand out to you.

You grabbed onto their hand, trying to move it out of the way of their body, "No, I'm trying to undress you," Aha froze at your words mouth twitching, "This body is just a medium right? I'm hoping you didn't steal it... But if you created it I want to see if there's any discrepancies between it and a human body." Perhaps there'd be some kind of dead give away?

The only thing that suggested that Aha wasn't human was their other worldly beauty. "Why did you choose to be so attractive anyway? How much can you change your form?" You asked leaning closer to observe them, a small mole rested beneath the tip of their left eye.

Now that Aha's hand was successfully pushed to the side you tried to remove your hand from it, only to feel their fingers dig into your skin and your hand unable to move. Whatever, you didn't mind holding hands with them the warmth felt nice and made your heart race, albeit that was a bit distracting.

Aha had leaned away from you a bit, their red lips quivering as they held in a laugh before breaking into full out giggles. "Ahaha, you're so forward Y/N," Their eyes flickered over to you, "If you wanted to sleep with me you could've just said so?" They teased you.

You paused at their words, that... being with an Aeon were you worthy of that? Could anyone be worthy of that? Fantasizing was one thing but... if you were given the chance... your head was getting too muddled with thoughts of this. Aha was just joking anyway but if there was an Aeon that would be up to sleeping with a human for fun then... it would probably be Aha wouldn't it?

"What did you mean earlier when you said you were here to help me?" You asked changing the topic and averting your eyes from them. You tried to pull your hand away again but it stuck to Aha's. Your head shot up, "Did you glue our hands together?!"

Aha laughed, staring down at you, "I was going to be your wingman for an Aeon but--"

"Really?!" You perked up immediately throwing your other arm around Aha's back and holding him closer. You didn't bother moving your glued hand and instead kept it in Aha's grasp. "That'd really be amazing!" It was no wonder Aha would find entertainment from trying to set a normal human up with an Aeon.

You'd read that he once picked up a random worm and made it incredibly intelligent to try and grab the attention of Nous. When it failed he discarded the worm without a second thought. It was weird to think you were on the same level as a worm but hey, it gave you a chance to maybe meet another Aeon. You stared at Aha's face, noticing the slightly furrowed sharp eyebrows and their eyes cast downward. You wondered if they'd show you their Aeon form one day?

Either way they seemed a bit upset right now? Annoyed? Perhaps they were just holding in their laugh super hard right now. You deemed that it was probably the latter as a smile overtook their face.

"Of course! " They grinned letting out a small giggle and holding up their entwined hand with yours, and dashing behind you, "I'm so sad! You're over me already!" You knew it was a joke but for some reason you felt a great feeling of heartbreak come over you. You felt like falling to your knees but you stood still anyway feeling one of Aha's arms circle around your neck.

You smiled despite the discomfort, "Well every Aeon is beyond interesting. It'd be nice to meet..." You felt like you were choking, "another one. Obviously, I don't imagine anything beyond meeting them," You admitted feeling your insecurity well up.

Aha laughed wildly and for once you felt on edge around them. You had been acting rather foolishly recently, trusting an Aeon especially one with such chaotic goals, you should be more wary.

"You want to see an Aeon's true form?" Aha asked you, and you could feel their breath on your ear.

Interesting if this was a body they made then they'd gotten the heat aspect down completely, from the warmth of their body to the heat of their breath. You wondered if at any point Aha had been a human. Tayzzyronth had been the last of its species. Nanook was suspected to have come from a planet riddled with destruction and upon seeing the destruction of the aftermath of Tayzzyronth and the Mechanical Empire rose to Aeonhood. But how did the majority of the Aeons start? What were they? Who was Aha before they were an Aeon?

"Wait," You froze finally registering Aha's question, "I... could see an Aeon's true form?" Your heart beat as fast as a humming bird.

"Do you want to? I think it'll be fun," Aha asked again, you could feel their abdomen shake against you and you realized how poorly this could go depending on what Aha found most entertaining.

You could see an Aeon which wouldn't care for you or even glance at you, like Nous. Or Aha may somehow know where Nanook is, and teleport you to that Aeon and... you'd seen what happened to the trailblazer when they met Nanook in the simulated universe. The trailblazer had been immediately killed. That being said Aha didn't really need your consent and you had an inkling that if you said no, you'd meet an Aeon's true form anyway. Plus, it's not like you weren't curious.

"Of course I do." You barely finished speaking before you felt a sudden amount of joy fill you, ecstasy flooded your senses, and your lips opened by themselves letting laughter escape them. The sudden amount of power distracted you from your inability to breathe.

You were in space. Yet you still felt warm, you felt unbearably happy, and you saw Aha in their human form behind you. They laughed at your expression, "My reveal should be the last!" They chattered on excitedly, "But you wouldn't really be able to be here without any help. So I lended a helping hand!" Their eyes were wide with joy and you felt the urge to pat their head.

So you did. "Thank you." They stared at you a bit stunned for a moment, cheeks with a bit more color than usual despite being in space, but you thought nothing of it as they grabbed onto your shoulders and turned you around.

"Look!" Their voice was quiet and strained, you could hear the smile in their voice.

But all of the warmth you felt quickly disappeared as you stared at the Aeon in front of you. Purple swirls and a black mysterious mass stared back at you for a brief moment. You looked into the abyss and the abyss looked back.

To an extent you'd always known that the world would eventually become nothing. That everything you worked toward, no matter how long it benefitted humanity, would eventually disappear with humanity itself. That the planets themselves would fall apart inevitably being swallowed by blackholes which would become nothing themselves. That one day even the fundamental parts of the universe would cease to exist.

That the nothingness you couldn't comprehend would one day be all there is.

You couldn't even sob. The fear that had existed in your body initially had turned into numbness, not numbness it turned into nothingness. You weren't afraid. You weren't anything. It was just

There was something holding you back. A faint warmth coming from your hand, which you found unable to move. You were stuck to something. Aha! You let yourself laugh, your mouth didn't move nor did any sound come out. It didn't feel as if you had a mouth or any form of a body but you did.

You knew one day everything you did would amount to nothing. That's why everything you did wasn't focused on the future. It was enough to enjoy the moment, and tomorrow. You'd had the opportunity to meet such a wonderful Aeon after all. You stared at the black and purple cosmos in front of you, the eyes on it no longer glancing your way. You no longer felt enthralled with joy or burdened with despair but rather, you felt like you.

Your life was insignificant in the grand scheme of things. That was exactly why you could enjoy in the beauty of what was insignificant. Of the flowers in Spring, of the creations in the simulated universe, of the people around you.

"How beautiful," Your voice came out soft as you gazed upon the lonely being. You smiled feeling a fire rise within you. No wonder there was a whole faction dedicated to making such a magnificent creature see the purpose in existing.

Aha laughed, "I'm surprised you didn't fall to nihility! Three cheers for Y/N!" The glue between your hand and theirs seemed to have faded away, as they brought their hands up to clap and cheer out your name.

"I don't know, you sound a bit disappointed," You watched IX disappear from your sight wistfully and then turned to Aha with a smile resting on your face.

Aha held a hand to their chest in offense as they gasped, "I am! You're so mean! Acting like IX is that interesting when we both know I'm ten times more cool!"

You flicked their forehead, "Let's head back to Herta's space station now." Aha laughed, finding amusement in the smallest of actions and the two of you returned.

You managed to find your way back to the topic of IX again. Aha, being an Aeon, had never felt the nothingness from IX and had asked you to describe it.

You went into as much detail as you could and then spoke in a serious tone, "I'm surprised I made it. I knew everything does eventually become nothing, and I knew it isn't nothing right now. I knew that it's less about the meaning of our existence and life and more about the meaning of every day. But the sensation of becoming nothing is... indescribable."

You paused trying to analyze the feeling you'd come across, "For a creature that doesn't know much or one whose only purpose is to live seeing the Nihility would be fatal. But humans... are beyond that. We still live but there are things we treasure above living and even the future of the whole universe." Your Aeon merch being one of them, "Even if one day those things were to disappear with everything else, it's enough for us to have had them in our lifetime. Maybe to an extent a permanent short sightedness is needed."

What you'd experience who can never be explained by any words, the absolute dread and despair. No matter how hard you tried to describe the sensation of nothingness to Aha you couldn't find the words. But you knew now how feeling nothing was worse than even feeling pain. Because from experiencing pain the pleasure and joy you later experienced became more defined and recognizable. You can only rise as high as the lowest you fall.

The good makes the bad worse and the bad makes the good better. They work in tandem. Even if the end result was nothingness for all of the time in between you still wanted to feel and you couldn't get rid of that innate want. Still your whole body trembled as you felt a smile rise to your face-- IX-- IX was just way too cool!

You turned to Aha, grabbing them and hugging them, "Aha! Thank you so much!" You grinned, you didn't want to tell them that their hand had been what brought you out of IX's trance, you wanted to keep that knowledge to yourself, "This may be the best day of my life yet!"

IX was a being withholding so much pain and despair, a creature just waiting for the end. But there was so much more than just the end. When reading a story, sometimes you know the two main characters will die that doesn't mean it isn't worth reading. And of course you wanted to show IX all there was.

Aha looked at you for a moment, face blank and speechless before hugging you back and erupting into laughter. You twirled the Aeon's human form around before letting go and began to ponder.

"Now I wonder... would it be possible for IX to take a human form?"

It would be difficult to bring the Aeon the beauties and wonders of life, as well as the pains considering they were just floating in the sky. It'd be easier if you could bring the Aeon around, but even if they did have a human form you weren't sure you'd be able to drag them around anyway. Even after surviving the encounter you got the feeling your emotions and will to live would numb around them if you spent a long time with them. You'd just have to get stronger first!

Okay writing the emotions IX gives you is a toughie DAMN don't know how I'm going to make the romance work out but I'm sure future me will work something out

I love you future me!!! :) <333 can't wait to romance IX show me what u got!!!

also when i wrote this line "When reading a story, sometimes you know the two main characters will die that doesn't mean it isn't worth reading." i went into one story knowing the two characters both died at the end by driving off a cliff and i still cried despite rarely crying, it was only 6 chapters and one of the best webcomics i've ever read to this day. so fucking worth it

i dont fucking know what powers Aeons have but i'm pretty sure super speed and shit is one of them cause in SU Qlipoth just like appeared at the beginning cus they thought Trailblazer was Akivili and if that creature can like teleport or do super speed fuck it everyone can.

[theladysunami]

I had a very odd dream where a train (or bus?) I was on got yanked into another world. While my dream had nothing to do with SVSSS, it did have my waking self thinking about how hilarious and/or horrifying such a thing could be as an AU.

Imagine Shen Yuan riding the subway, train or bus one day, when something happens and his whole car gets yanked into the world of PIDW. Nobody else in the car knows anything about PIDW, so Shen Yuan finds himself with the self imposed task of keeping this eccentric group of strangers alive in a weird world full of demons, monsters, and aphrodisiac plants.

The group’s first assumption would probably be that they’re still on modern earth, and just got teleported somewhere. Their second assumption, if they come across common folk, might be they somehow ended up in the past.

Then they run into some monster, or people riding on swords with specific uniforms, or a commoner mentions a name or event only Shen Yuan recognizes. The rest of the party debates what sort of Xianxia or Wuxia world they’ve ended up in, while poor Shen Yuan sweats bullets. He knows exactly what world they are in, and they are so screwed.

I have this image of poor beleaguered nerd Shen Yuan successfully protecting and leading this group of primary school kids, their cute teacher, and a handful of grannies and grandpas, while all the other adults and older teens keep wandering off and getting themselves in trouble.

[disgracefulthings]

Au where SQQ and SQH get married for tax benefits before LBH gets out of the abyss, and after he returns and he and SQQ make up, SQQ realizes he wants to marry LBH and brings it up to SQH

Shen Qingqiu: We need a divorce

Shang Qinghua: What, noooo. I married you for less paperwork, not more!

Shen Qingqiu: What do you want me to do, have Luo Binghe be married to us both?!

Shang Qinghua: Technically, according to the paperwork, I'm married to you, so if you marry Luo Binghe, we both would be your spouse, but I wouldn't be married to Luo Binghe

Shen Qingqiu: 🤔

Cue SQQ's harem arc

[sillygoofyqueer]

hiiiiii so about crow!au and jiuyuan...🙏

i was thinking, after shen yuan has finally made it to the CQM, both for the protagonist and hopefully to cultivate a true human form, it's only logical to keep an eye on the scum villain, you know, to make sure that he isn't going to be filleted into a tender piece of crow meat!

but while shen yuan thinks he's being super inconspicuous, sitting on the roof, shen qingqiu has slowly started to look forward to seeing the crow when he comes back. it's always there, and overall a quiet and gentle creature that doesn't bother anyone, but does seem to like hanging around shen qingqiu's house. maybe in his head shen qingqiu starts to think of it as "his bird", and he starts leaving it bits of food (not obviously, but more like he "accidentally" forgot to bring the dish back inside). he starts getting protective over it too, like one time maybe yue qingyuan comes by and sees the bird, and tries to make it sit on his hand or smth, and shen qingqiu gets all huffy bc "it's just a bird it can't hear you, it won't come to you!"

shen yuan starts to notice that shen qingqiu's mood seems to improve around him (which, huh???), so he plays it up a little bit by flying down from the roof to the porch railing when shen qingqiu comes home, or cawing to him in greeting. shen qingqiu sometimes reaches out his hand to perch on, but though shen yuan never does, it doesn't make sqq angry (sqq knows how difficult trust is to earn), until maybe one day shen yuan surprises them both by perching on his arm, and oh well guess he's the scum villain's bird now??

YEEEEESSSSS JIUYUAN MY BELOVED!!!! Shen Jiu literally just takes Crowyuan with him everywhere after that, with the bird perching on his shoulder or on his arm, or in his lap - there have been many occasions where SY hasn't been able to get comfy so he hops into SJ's lap and uses the man's robes as a nest of sorts. This happens the most at peak lord meetings, because of course SJ takes SY to the peak lord meetings, it's his emotional support crow, and SY sometimes pops his head up from beneath the table and squawks (mainly at Shang Qinghua, who seems petrified of this bird). It gets better when he cultivates a true form because SJ is far too attached to him to let him go at this point, so he just has this beautiful crow guy following him around, clinging to his sleeves and hiding behind him like SY did in crow form before. Of course, he still tries to get comfy on SJ's lap and...listen, SJ lets it happen so it can't be that weird, right??!!? He doesn't like chairs!! They're uncomfortable against his back, and stools just don't cut it for him, so he often sprawls along SJ's legs and reads during a peak lord meeting - nobody quite knows what to say, and they definitely don't want to piss off SJ, so they just kinda let it happen. (Also, if they're enjoying the eye candy, then why would they try and stop it from happening?) Yue Qingyuan is half upset that he's being replaced by a BIRD, and also very pleased that SJ now has a close friend. Also SY just builds mini nests EVERYWHERE, like, all over the peaks, and god forbid you try and touch them because it will mean your death. He gets super mopey when he finds out that his nests have been touched because of course he knows, and when he's mopey EVERYONE knows about it. I like to think that SJ immediately throws all decorum out of the window at the implication of someone upsetting HIS bird...person...thing...WHATEVER!!!

[incorrectlit]

Dolokhov: And it’s just like- [gets hit from behind by a flying object]

Dolokhov: … WHO JUST ASSAULTED ME WITH A CHALUPA?!?!

Pierre, drunk, flipping him off and throwing away the wrapper: You don’t have a wife!

Dolokhov: Yeah! That’s why I FUCK YOURS!!

[kaxtwenty]

What if you, just you, could change anything about any Gundam series/movie/ova/novel/etc. what would you do with that kind of power?

I would give G-Witch 12-24 more episodes, focus more on Suletta and Aerial's sibling bond over than the main romance (Sulemio will still be there I promise--please don't kill me), do the Earth arc proper, include the plans for Miorine's mom to be Earthian in the show, better representation of the Earthian characters' plights an- I'm just turning this into FMA: Brotherhood aren't I?

[hime-bee]

Will there be any other LI's in Inclement idée Fixe by any chance I was gonna say will Sam/any co workers be making an physical appearance in the Sequel but I don't think so

Nope, just Leu!

Besides, we saw how Leu responded to a potential rival- 💀 Bro would NOT last long as a LI that's for damn sure

[aromancy]

Anime neko catgirl who's all cutesy and kawaii and "nya" but it's all a game she's playing with random joes like an actual cat playing with it's prey and she kills them and goes on to the next one

[dc-said-bi-robin-rights]

“Never has my father ever…” Steph pauses, tries to think of something her father did to her that even Rose’s dad wouldn’t do. “…left me alone with a creepy middle-aged friend.”

Rose chuckles dryly. “Does it count if he’s the creepy middle-aged friend?”

Dammit, she didn’t think of that. “…sure?”

Wordlessly, Rose raises the bottle—vodka, the second tonight, Steph notes distantly—to her lips and takes a long swig.

Steph doesn’t press.

“My turn,” Rose says, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. She sits up, a strange kind of eagerness on her face. “Never has my father ever… tried to make me choose between him and one of my siblings.”

“That doesn’t count,” Steph protests immediately, as if this is a game, as if… whatever this is has rules. “I don’t have siblings.”

“What about the other Bats?”

“Not my siblings. Ew.”

“Fair enough,” Rose concedes, and up goes the bottle again for no reason at all. Steph is starting to think she doesn’t get the game. “Then how about… hold on, do versions from alternate universes count?”

Steph’s reply is immediate. “No.” Whatever this is, it’s confusing enough without bringing multiversal variants into it—not that her father is important or complex enough to have substantially different multiversal variants, but still. “Let’s stick to our universe only, please.”

Rose shrugs, discarding what she was about to say as easily as she discarded her first bottle—which Steph is going to have to look for later, now that she’s thought about it. With her luck, it probably rolled under the bed. “Fine. Then how about… never has my father ever—ooh, this is a good one—payed a bunch of complete strangers to pretend to be my long-lost maternal family as a present.”

Steph blinks, cause what. “Huh?”

“I know, right?” Bottle, again. Steph’s getting annoyed… and maybe a little worried. “Talk about mixed signals.”

“You can’t just say something like that and not expect me to want a follow-up.”

Rose just shrugs. And then she takes—what a surprise!—another swig from the bottle, just for good measure. As if she hadn’t already made it throughly clear she doesn’t care about Steph’s opinion.

It’s like she’s trying to piss Steph off.

Steph opens her mouth, a scathing, alcohol-induced retort that will probably ruin the whole night already on her lips, before she is thankfully interrupted by a figure swinging into the room through the shadowy window near the back. Rose startles, but Steph grabs her arm, stopping her from tackling the new arrival before she can reveal herself. She really should’ve warned Rose that there was another person joining them.

“Hey, Cass,” Steph calls out to the shadowy figure, a smile in her voice. Steph had told her to at least knock on the window before entering on account of Rose’s presence, but she neglects to bring it up in favor of greeting her friend. “Back early?”

—

A few quick hand signs that Rose can’t make out—she’s getting better at ASL for Joey’s sake, but she’s not even close to fluent yet—and Cassandra is sitting on the floor with them, a red plastic cup filled with something that is probably not alcoholic clutched tightly in her hands. Usually, she’d complain that non-alcoholic drinks ruined the whole point of ‘drinking games’, but the words die in her throat when Cassandra turns to her and raises a pointed eyebrow. Fine. If she feels that strongly about it, Bat Bitch can drink orange juice from a sippy cup for all Rose cares. It’s not like it matters.

—

“Never has my father ever…” Cass starts slowly, deliberately trying to imitate Steph’s inflection in order to get the words out easier, “… shot me. As… practice.”

Rose drinks. Steph hesitates.

“Shot at me?” she asks, remembering the times she tried to apprehend her father before he knew she was Spoiler—and after, now that she thinks about it. “Or shot me?”

Cass frowns. “Shot me.”

Steph racks her brain, trying to think of a time when any of the bullets connected. She doesn’t think there is one.

(Huntress had taken one of those bullets for her, hadn’t she? Damn. She doesn’t think she ever thanked her for that. She should say something next time she bumps into the Birds)

After a pause, she decides not to drink. Which means it her turn again. Joy.

“Never has my father ever…” she hesitates, but only briefly. “… kidnapped me.”

All three of them drink. It should be funny. It’s not.

“Let’s drink once for every time it’s happened,” Rose says as an afterthought, tilting the bottle in Steph’s and Cass’ direction and smirking. “I bet mine’s bigger than yours.”

Steph doubts that. “You’re on.”

Cass drinks twice. Rose drinks three times. Steph drinks four times.

Then, after a pause, five.

Then, after another pause—this time to get another cup—six.

And then seven.

And then eight.

And then nine.

(Rose looks impressed. Cass just looks concerned)

“Don’t ask.” Steph grunts and slaps her chest in an effort to hold back a burp. She isn’t sure who she’s talking to, only that she means the words. “It’s none of your business.”

They nod. After all, asking is not part of the game. They established that at some point.

She thinks.

Truth be told, everything’s kinda fuzzy at the moment. Maybe she should slow down.

(She doesn’t)

“Never has my father ever,” Rose drawls some time later, after both she and Steph are more drunk than recommended, “slept with one of his childrens’ partners.”

Steph blinks. Cass stares.

Rose huffs drunkenly. “Don’t look at me like that. He did it to Joey, not to me.”

Like that made it better.

“That doesn’t count,” Cass says, surprisingly.

Rose scowls. “Yes it does.”

Cass scowls back. “It doesn’t,” she insists.

“Says who?”

“Says we,” Steph slurs, backing her friend up. “It has to be something he did to you. You’d have an unfair advantage otherwise.”

Rose mutters something under her breath that makes Cass frown, but moves on without much fuss. “Fine. Never has my father ever… watched me sleep.”

Steph tilts her head carefully, feeling dread pool in her stomach. “What do you mean?”

“You heard me,” Rose sneers. There’s an edge to her voice, and Steph sits up when she realizes it’s barely-hidden desperation. “Don’t tell me I’m the only one.”

The back of Steph’s throat starts itching. “Just… watches you?”

Rose crosses her arms. “That’s what I said, isn’t it?”

Cass doesn’t drink. Steph doesn’t either. A shadow passes over Rose’s face.

“Don’t tell me I’m the only one,” she repeats, and yep, that’s definitely desperation in her voice. “Seriously?”

Steph’s hands are tingling. After Terra, there have always been rumors about Deathstroke, but… “Rose…”

“Seriously?” Rose asks again, laughing, and it’s the ugliest sound Steph’s ever heard. “Score one for dad, I guess.”

It’s Cass who tries to speak next. “Wh-”

Rose’s arms snaps like a whip as she suddenly throws the bottle on the ground. Instinct alone prompts Cass and Steph to throw themselves back, shocked, even as Rose stands up and grabs her jacket from the couch. A single rivulet of blood runs down her face from a shard of glass the width of Steph’s middle finger embedded into her jaw just below the cheekbone, but she barely seems to notice as she shoulders her jacket and turns towards the exit. “Forget it,” she sneers over her shoulder, and Steph only now understands why people call Rose volatile. “This was stupid anyway.”

Steph finds herself stumbling after Rose and grabbing ahold of her sleeve, even as Cass signs to let her go. “Rose, wait.”

Rose shoves her away, harder than necessary. “Get off me.”

Steph stumbles back, but catches herself on the edge of the couch. “What the hell’s your problem?”

The daughter of Deathstroke whirls around, her white hair wraithlike in the light of the moon. Her one blue eye pins Steph in place with such intensity, with such vitriol, that Steph’s breath hitches, and she finds she’s not entirely sure who the person in front of her is.

“My problem?” Her voice is raw, and something not at all like a laugh bubbles up from her throat. It’s the sound of someone who has ripped their soul bare under a misassumption; it’s the sound of a girl who tore the darkest, most well-kept secret she had from her chest only to find out that the people around her were not peers at all. It’s the kind of laugh an addict might make after finding out that their AA meetings were staffed by undercover cops, the kind of incredulous, numb chuckle that might come out of a person finding out their long-lost family were paid actors the entire time. It’s an ugly sound, and Steph decides she never wants to hear it again. “God, I was so stupid. I thought—neither of you…” she trails off with a frustrated groan, then turns, slamming the door behind her as she leaves.

The two of them are left standing there, staring at the door uncomprehendingly, for more seconds than Steph is willingly to admit.

“We need to go after her,” Steph says eventually, her voice distant even to her own ears.

“Yes,” Cass agrees.

Neither of them moves.

[marilynmon]

Zen (Obey Me/Fem!Buddha!Reader)

So, this fanfic is a rewriting of mine and I'm migrating it from wattpad because mf is LAGGING SO MUCH.

(This is the prologue btw)

There's explicit nudity but not in a sexual way.

Also, it may contain blasphemy/sacrilege, racism(?), hypocrisy, typical homosexuality(if you know greek mythology then y'know what I'm talking about), periodical misogyny mentioned, probably OOC. (Use of Y/n, if you don't like it, I'm sorry, I won't change it.)

Takes place before the Record of Ragnarok Events.

2,566 words.

"Early 200 before Christ."

IN A BUDDHIST TEMPLE, the goddess rested nearby the entrance, eating a bunch of apples as the soft breeze made her tied up hair fly like soft waves hitting the shores, the early years when she became a goddess. The ambient was calm, silent, just the way she liked.

She likes admiring the landscapes, it gives good memories of her royal times.

The times where she was only a human.

The comfortable silence soon was interrupted by stomps on the grass towards the temple, Y/n looked up and saw Shiva, her pantheon mate.

─ Zeus has been complaining a lot about you not showing up for the meetings.

─ That old hag is always throwing meetings about small things. ─She took another bite of the apple.

─ And the meetings it's always about the humans, since you used to be one, shouldn't you been at least concerned with your race? ─Shiva talked back.

─ Of course I'm concerned about them, but I believe that they can resolve their problems without the gods interference, they just need someone else to guide them, just like I used to.

─ Nonsense! If we don't intervene they end up killing each other, humans are savages.

─ And may I remind you who created them? ─She didn't mind the glare that the god of destruction sent at her, just kept eating.

─ Don't act all confident, Buddha! The first humans went for their own demise, your races only have yourself to blame. ─He scolded and Y/n only rolled her eyes.

─ If the gods created that forbidden fruit, YOU only have yourselves to blame. ─Shiva grunted in anger, when his wives came to intervene before the two deities could get physical.

─ Shiva, forget it, she is probably feeling bitter because of what the others been saying about the humans. ─Kali said while Durga and Parvati hold onto his arms.

─ Oh yeah, my manners...No matter how many centuries passes, you'll always have a human soul, never fully a God. ─She got up from her seat, dusting off her monk robes with the now empty bowl and walked in to the temple, she felt her patience reaching the brim, she needed to meditate.

─ Tch! You rude brat, I don't even know how the universe allowed you to become a goddess.

Y/n stopped midway her track and gave Shiva her middle finger before disappearing from his sight. The purple skinned god growled in anger and walked away with his wives.

Once on her altar, she lit up an incense and took a deep breath, of course the other gods didn't take her serious, she barely completed 2 centuries as a deity, she was practically a baby compared the other gods and goddesses.

Not that she minded the fact that they don't consider her a goddess, she would rather suffer the worst of the karma than being considered like them.

"If only his wives didn't show up..." Y/n thought as she sat on the floor and crossed her legs in a lotus position, taking a deep breath and starting reciting her mantra, "just calm down..."

❛️️️️❛ y/n's pov ;;❜❜

"Some years later."

I pass by the corridors of the Valhalla, eating some breads, the gods were having an emergency meeting, but I didn't exactly bother to show up.

At this point Zeus has given up from scolding me to take my own responsibilities as a deity and decided to leave me alone, at least he has done one thing right.

While I wandered around to learn more of the surroundings I found a room where the valkyries were working to help the human souls that have deceased and came to Valhalla.

I looked at them with respect, they were guiding the humans, I've heard about their job and importance to this realm.

─ They truly have a hard job, right? ─I looked at the owner of the voice and saw a huge man with ginger hair and a muscular body.

I just nodded and returned my gaze at the women, my gaze focused on the dark blue-haired valkyrie.

─ Who are you again?

─ Oh I-, my name's Heracles, I am a demigod. ─I could tell from his body language that my question got him off guard.─ And you must be Buddha, you've been popular among the gods on these last centuries.

─ Ah Heracles...so you're one of the sons of Zeus. ─I smiled to myself and took a bite of my bread to finish it off.─ You're right, I'm Buddha or you can just call me Y/n.

─ Right, Y/n. So, are you enjoying your life as a Goddess so far? ─He asked, he seemed to be more empathetic than the other deities, maybe because he is a demigod.

─ To be fair, the others haven't been exactly showing hospitality towards me, especially your father. ─I answered him and started walking away.

─ I'm sorry to hear this, but I'm sure they will soften up to you...Eventually. ─I heard his steps behind me, great, he's sure that he will be able to get closer to me.

─ I appreciate your attempt of making me feel included, but I know that they won't, especially that grumpy fish of your uncle. ─He made a gasp noise and my smile widened.

─ Don't say such things too loud. If he heard you right now you would be so dead... ─Heracles whispered with worry on his face.

─ Would I though? ─I said in a amused tone.

─ Hah...You don't take things too seriously, do you? ─The ginger only smiled softly at my "lack" of common sense.

─ Not at all...You seem pretty okay for a god, Heracles. I mean, at least you are gentle when speaking to me. ─I praised and he rubbed the back of his neck.

─ Thanks Y/n, I'm just treating you the way you deserve it. ─I looked at him in surprise, honestly, it's been a really long time since someone has treated me as an equal.

─ Heh, aren't you a sweetheart, Heracles. ─I saw his cheeks heat up slightly, cute, I believe that there may be other good gods like him, rarely, but still.

─ Oh please, I'm barely doing the minimum. ─He said awkwardly.

─ Well considering how the others have been treating me so far, your minimum has already lifted my spirits. ─I patted his arm playfully.

─ I'm happy to hear that...you know, you don't need to stay around the other gods if you don't want to, you can stay with the nymphs as well, I assure you they will treat you better. ─His suggestion made my eyes lit up.

─ Nymphs? What are they? ─I asked with interest.

─ Follow me, I'll show you. ─He started walking to guide me to them and I just followed besides him.

┊ 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗌, 𝗐𝖾 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗅𝖽. ೄྀ࿐

I kept following him until we reached a lake, the water was crystal clear and was surrounded by sheer nature, a beautiful sight to the eyes, soon I realized there were women around and inside the lake, they soon noticed our arrival and went to greet us.

─ Heracles! It's been so long since you visited us, and who's this one you brought here? ─The nymph looked at me with curiosity.

─ I believe that she's that one "new" deity from the hindu pantheon, sister. ─The other nymph replied.

─ Oh my goodness, she's beautiful!

─ Are you a god or demigod?

─ Can I touch your hair?

─ You are so tall!

The nymphs began flooding me with questions and praises, I chuckled a bit to disguise my sudden surprise at their appearance. They were naked. Beautiful and naked.

─ Relax ladies, don't overwhelm her. ─Heracles laughed nonchalantly.

─ I'm not overwhelmed, just got a bit off guard...since...you know? ─I gestured at their lack of attires, since I wasn't used to see other women naked.

─ Oh sorry for not warning you first. ─He apologized and the nymphs paid no attention to my remark and kept surrounding me with curious gazes and questions.

─ It's fine...this is fine. ─I talked back and just let them touch my hair, sighing in defeat.

─ If it's fine then I will let you ladies have your moment. ─Heracles waved at them before walking away.

For all deities sake, how was he able to act so normally around them? Those women are naked! I mean, he wasn't wearing a modest robe like me, he was barely wearing proper clothes, the realization made my cheeks heat up slightly. I feel so self-conscious for them right now.

─ Tell us more about yourself, Buddha. ─She said as her sisters undid my braids.

─ And answer our questions, please. ─The other nymph mentioned and brushed her fingers against my hair.

─ I became a Goddess, but before I died, I used to be a human and I guided other humans when they most needed. ─I answered them and I heard gasps of surprise.

─ So the rumors were right! Do you still have your human soul? ─I nodded at her question.

─ But the other gods didn't seem so happy about it... ─One of the quietest nymphs replied, her voice barely audible.

─ I don't care of what they think about me. ─Their eyes widened at my confidence.─ After all, I recognize who I am now and who I used to be, and that's the only thing that matters.

A brunette nymph approached me with a lotus flower in hands, I smiled at her as she handed me the delicate flower, I placed it over my head.

─ I think Socrates and you would be good friends. ─She said and I raised a brow.

─ Socrates?

─ He's not a deity, but him along with Confucius are considered to be sages of great importance for humanity. ─The nymphs finished playing with my hair and giving it a new style.

─ Yeah! They got in here because they used to guide humans with their wisdom. ─This perked my interest, important humans that guided the ones who needed it...

─ Socrates and Confucius...I think I would like to meet them someday.

─ But not today, why don't you spend more time with us? Swim a little with me and my sisters, I bet you'll feel refreshed after a good bath. ─A blonde nymph suggested and I tensed up.

─ Oh no no, I don't want to bother-

─ Nonsense! Come on, just swim a little, just some minutes and you can go back to your place. ─I sighed at their persistence and decided to agree, starting to take off my robes so it doesn't get wet.

Now, I felt really self-conscious about my body, I know that they probably are used to it, but I'm not. I haven't even showed my body to my ex soon-to-be husband or any maiden in my old castle. Once I was completely naked, my first instincts was to cross my arms to cover my chest.

─ It's okay dear Buddha, you don't need to cover your body. ─She tried to soothe me.

─ She's right, you're beautiful, no need to feel ashamed. ─Her sister joined in, I slowly regained my usual confidence and loosen up, uncovering my breasts.

They stayed by my side until I gained courage to join them in the lake.

The water was cold, but not an unbearable cold, it felt refreshing.

I started to feel less tense around them, it was a great change at the repetitive routine as a Goddess. It felt so good to be accepted as the new me.

─ This feels...amazing. ─I whispered with a soft smile.

─ See, we told you that you would feel refreshed. ─The blonde nymph looked up at me with a satisfied grin.

─ Relax and enjoy the waters, darling. ─Their voices just soothed me further.

The lake wasn't that deep, considering that I'm the tallest here, the water splashed against my chest and elbows while the nymphs were full-body beneath it. I guess I could enjoy their company instead of the gods.

❛️️️️❛ end of y/n's pov ;;❜❜

"Year 33 after Christ."

The nymphs suggestion haven't slipped even the slightest off her mind, after her almost daily bath along with the nymphs she rushed towards the valkyries to ask about Confucius and Socrates, but Valhalla is so big and it's so hard to tell where a soul is, so during the first week Y/n wasn't able to talk with them.

And when she finally got to meet them, she was more confident and unconcerned near the fellow humans while they were taken a back at finally meeting the goddess, they have heard about her but it was unbelievable that a human woman managed to reach such status. As the time went, they developed a friendship among them, Confucius and Socrates grew more found of the "young" goddess. They were now known as the 3 Sages.

Even if the other deities didn't approve their friendship, the trio couldn't care less, Y/n didn't need their approval or decision of who she needs to stay around, she is a free deity after all.

And this particular day, the trio was hanging out as usual, they were sitting under a tree and drinking tea.

─ Can you believe he had the guts to order me around!? ─Y/n spat with a loud amused chuckle.

─ Oh dear, I wish I could see his face when you defied him! ─Socrates laughed and sipped on his tea.

─ You are an icon, Y/n, these gods are so no funny. ─Confucius replied.

Approaching them, a valkyrie and a human soul walked towards them, with the demigoddess guiding him. The trio stopped their gossip and looked up at the two approaching, the man besides the valkyrie had a shoulder-length hair, a beard, a crown of thorns on his head and was wearing white robes.

─ Sages...I believe that there's another one that you may wish to meet. ─The valkyrie gestured to the man beside her.─ He has guided humans and showed importance to mankind...3 sages, I'd like to introduce you, Jesus.

He waved at them, a warm smile on his face, a friendly and welcoming aura surrounding him. The trio greeted him and the valkyrie bowed before walking away, leaving Jesus to get along with them.

─ I've heard a bit about your journey on Earth man, nice to meet you, I'm Y/n and those two are Confucius and Socrates. ─The two men waved at him.─ The others usually call me Buddha but you can call me Y/n.

─ Nice to meet you too, I hope we can get along. ─Jesus replied.

❛️️️️ origins. ❜

[transingthoseformers]

I had an idea but it's legitimately just Optimus and his decepticon harem

[semianonymity]

So I have over 80,000 words of half-finished fanfic (two Toriko fics, one Transformers with an OC) that I've been working on for a WHILE, and then not working on for a while longer, and I would love to get those finished. So I am actually? Writing??? Right now, I have made minor progress on the next chapter of the Demon AU, and it's about halfway done, so. Progress!

Let me know if you want to cheerread and/or do writing sprints together. :3

[akkivee]

all the leaders would have sky flames only ichiro and kuukou would be pure sky flame users with kuukou having the highest grade purity, samatoki’s would be mixed with storm, ramuda’s with mist, jakurai’s with cloud and sasara’s with rain, i think amy rose should have a piko hammer hypnosis mic and her tarot cards would be her speakers but a little bit mechanical in design to show her trauma with metal, sonic himself would have a mic similar in design to dice’s but with a ring and a dj set up speaker like ichiro, kuukou would be a lizard type sonic character with a super form that transforms into a dragon like trip—

[weirderscience]

i was gonna admit i like isekai manga but really i think i only like isekai manga thats not harem/romance focused

[sexysilverstrider]

noragami is my favourite shounen series it has everything i ever want in a shounen media