#everyone who's like wow it's so sad that they went to mu

[13eyond13]

Idk if it's an unpopular opinion but personally I love that 99% of the characters in this series died horrible canon deaths and will never ever be resurrected or get married and move to the suburbs to become disappointing parents

[cynergy-laughter]

Meet The Family: Obey Me! One Master to Rule Them All!

Fanfic Series by: @cynergy-laughter

Featuring: (Defined MC), (Comedy, Fluff, Shipping, Angst) (PG Rated)

Chapter 5: The Deal and The Truth

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“Lord Diavolo wants to speak with me? Why?” Brendon asked, raising his brows.

“It’s an urgent matter, and he requires your consultation.” Barbatos said, “Shall we?”

“Yes, we shall.” Lucifer said, going over toward Barbatos with Brendon, only to be stopped by Barbatos’s gloved hand raising up.

“Lucifer, Lord Diavolo only requires Brendon’s audience at this time.” Barbatos nodded. “And plus, isn’t there something you should be doing?”

Lucifer blinked and took a step back, “R-Right… I forgot I needed to continue with some paperwork…”

Brendon blinked as he saw Lucifer stepped back inside, it wasn’t like Lucifer to at least protest one more time… “G-Good night, Lucifer, don’t work too hard…!” Brendon said to Lucifer as he began walking out of the house. “I’ll give you a call or a text when I’m on my way home…”

Brendon turned to Barbatos, who gave him an expectant, yet soft smile. “Now, let us be on our way to the Demon Lord’s Castle.” Barbatos nodded as he turned to walk down from the porch, turning to make sure Brendon was following him.

They were walking together, it was odd to be with Barbatos for such an extended period of time. Even if it was in silence.

“You want to say something, am I correct?” Barbatos suddenly asked while they were going through the shopping district.

“Umm… I feel like if I ask it, you would say the same things you told me at the House…” Brendon said.

“You are very perceptive, but it all depends on the question you ask.” Barbatos said, nodding.

Brendon thought for a minute and kept walking alongside Barbatos. “... Is he mad at me? For trying to convince him? Was I overstepping my bounds? Am... I in trouble?” He asked, his steps slowly becoming uncertain until he finally stopped, somewhat trembling.

Barbatos walked in and listened to the questions that were asked, until he stopped only a step ahead of Brendon and turned around to face him. Barbatos saw a possibility similar to this, but these were not the questions asked. Barbatos walked over to Brendon and took his hand gently, holding it like a proper gentleman.

“You do not need to fear, Brendon, my lord is not angry with you. In fact, he is rather sad that he may have upset you. Of course, my lord’s words are final, but, it seems that after you left the meeting… someone convinced him to reconsider.” Barbatos reassured.

“R-Really? Who?” Brendon asked, although he had a feeling of who convinced him.

Barbatos smiled as he held his hand gently and warmly. “Come, we mustn't keep Lord Diavolo waiting.”

Brendon nods as he follows Barbatos the rest of the way to the castle. Barbatos opened the gigantic door into the grand, well lit foyer, it looked like it shined gold and the curtains that contrasted the floor glowed a beautiful Ruby red. Up the stairs they both went and toward the west wing. They went down the corridor and Barbatos had stopped at a door and looked at Brendon.

“Please wait here a moment, I need to let my lord know of your arrival.” Barbatos said with a small reassuring grin before knocking on the door and after a “yes?” through the solid door, opened the door and stepped inside.

It was at least a minute before Barbatos came out of the room and bowed. “My Lord Diavolo is ready for you.”

Brendon bowed back. “Thank you, Barbatos… and thanks again for escorting me. I appreciate you.”

“Of course, it was my pleasure, Brendon.” Barbatos said as Brendon walked through the door and into Lord Diavolo’s office.

“Ah, Brendon! I’m so glad you were able to join me. I hope I didn’t summon you while you were asleep…” Diavolo said, smiling wide but then biting his lip a bit unnerved.

“Oh no, you’re fine, Lord Diavolo… I had just finished washing dishes when Barbatos knocked on the door.” Brendon reassured, giving Diavolo relief.

“Oh thank goodness. Oh please, sit down.” Diavolo said, offering the chair in front of his desk, “Barbatos will be back with some tea and snacks, if you would like to partake.”

“That sounds wonderful, thank you…” Brendon sat down and gave a smile back to Diavolo’s friendly smile, but to be truthful, it was pretty intimidating to be in Lord Diavolo’s presence alone… usually it was with at least Lucifer’s audience as well. “Umm, Lord Diavolo… why did you summon me to your office? Barbatos said you wanted my consultation?”

Diavolo blinked and chuckled lightly. “Oh, yes… It must have come as a surprise… especially with how our last conversation ended… I would like to discuss something with you. After you left the meeting this morning, the student council expressed wishes to attend the Kyoto trip with you and your family… even Lucifer said that he wanted to go.”

Brendon blinked, he was stunned. He knew that Mammon and the others wanted to go, but Lucifer himself wanted to go to Kyoto with Brendon and his family. “T-They did?”

“Of course! I think Lucifer said that he wished nothing more than to spend summer with you.” Diavolo said, and somewhere in the House of Lamentation, Lucifer sneezed.

“W-Wow… I… I don’t know what to say…”

“Well, I said I would think about it. And… I have… the plan I had was to have Lucifer and his brothers work on student council planning packets for next year’s activities and events, as well as illustrating next year’s budget and future plans for the exchange program… and they would be eligible to attend the trip when they finished it.” Diavolo explained.

“But… you said I could only choose two out of the seven brothers…” Brendon suddenly realized, “Wait… you don’t mean-.”

“Yes, as a surprise to you, and the seven rulers of the Devildom, we will be holding our summer vacation in Kyoto with you.” Diavolo smiled excitedly, eager to see your reaction.

“I-I… Lord Diavolo… I really don’t know what to say except… Thank you so much!” Brendon stood up and was shaking with joy at Diavolo’s decision.

“You’re welcome! I also thought that it wouldn’t be fair to have only two of the brothers be introduced to your family. But I would also love to meet your family. So, Barbatos and I shall be going as well!”

Brendon blinked and tilted his head. “Really? L-Lord Diavolo, are you sure?” He asked, tilting his head, he wasn’t sure what to expect if Lord Diavolo was in the human world, he’s never seen Lord Diavolo let loose into the human world. Of course, with Barbatos and Lucifer he would be kept somewhat in line… maybe?

“It’ll be fine! I would love to meet the family of such an exceptional exchange student.” Diavolo gave a huge smile.

Brendon chuckles. “You also wanna go out and see the human world, don’t you?”

Diavolo seemed to turn from a powerful, present future demon king to an excitable puppy in 4 seconds. If he had a tail it would be wagging right now. “So so bad…”

Brendon smiles. “I would be honored to have you attend the vacation with us. And Barbatos too.”

“Well, that is certainly good news to hear.” Barbatos said as he had just come in. “Shall I let Lucifer and his brothers know?”

“Hmm… no, I want it to be a surprise for them. After all, they haven’t submitted the packets yet. Even Lucifer… I’m surprised he’s usually good with paperwork.” Diavolo said.

“He’s been working very hard… I’m scared that he’s overworking himself. Not to mention dealing with his brothers’ antics, and mine…” Brendon said, biting his lip when he included himself, “I think this vacation is definitely what Lucifer needs… maybe all of us need this, there has been a lot that has happened within these couple of years…” Brendon said, fidgeting his fingers a bit, kind of turning his ring a bit.

“Of course, it will be good to let loose and have fun.” Diavolo smiled.

“We shall in due time, my lord. If you will also do your duties as well.” Barbatos said as he put the tray down and poured Diavolo and Brendon some tea, setting the teacups and saucers down on Diavolo’s desk carefully.

“Ehehe, of course…” Diavolo could feel the daggers being stared into him from his softly stoic butler.

Brendon took his cup and saucer, and sipped his tea, feeling blissful. “Oh Barbatos, thank you so much, this is delicious!”

“I’m glad you enjoy it, Brendon. I knew you would.” Barbatos smiled.

“Now, another question… Brendon, would you want to leave for vacation with us? Or do you want us to meet you there?” Diavolo asked before sipping from his own cup.

Brendon thought about it and closed his eyes. “Hmm… well, it’s been a while since I’ve seen just my family…” he said. “I think I wanna get readjusted with my family before blending everyone together… after all, two families with such big personalities in each…” he chuckled.

Diavolo nodded, “Of course! Well, we’d have to come up with an excuse, so that the brothers don’t become suspicious…”

“Hehe, I think I have an idea, we could say that I decided on who’s to go already, and I left my decision with you. And then… you can reveal the surprise~.” Brendon chuckles.

“I knew there was a reason why you are such an exceptional exchange student.” Diavolo said, holding his teacup high up, “A toast to surprises.”

“A toast to family… and a toast to a summer to remember.” Brendon said, holding his teacup high as well.

Barbatos smiles and holds up a teacup of his own. “Cheers.”

All three of them take their sip and Brendon finishes his sip with a chuckle. “I kind of feel bad for lying to them, I feel like I’m in a conspiracy with you two.” Brendon blushed a bit.

“Well, I think it will be a pleasant surprise. Especially since they’re expecting one or two to go.” Diavolo set his cup back down onto his saucer.

“Yeah, and my family is already excited to meet them, but now I’m finding out that you two will be attending as well. It’s like I’m not really leaving the Devildom for vacation…” Brendon blushes and looks at them both.

Eventually, when the tea and snacks had been finished off, it was time to go back to the House.

“Thank you so much for the hospitality, Lord Diavolo.” Brendon said bowing.

“You’re welcome! So, we can send you off to Kyoto in a day’s time so you can reunite with your family. And we shall be right behind you.” Diavolo nodded.

Brendon smiled and went up to Diavolo, giving him a tight hug. “I really can’t thank you enough, Lord Diavolo… and I’m sorry again for being a bit dramatic earlier.”

Diavolo blushed at the sudden hug and then wrapped his arms gently around Brendon as well. “You’re okay, Brendon. I’m just glad that you're not upset anymore.” Diavolo broke the hug and put his hands on Brendon’s shoulders, “I think we and the House of Lamentation can agree, you look your best when you’re smiling.”

Brendon was blushing a bit after being told that, there was a bit of a twang within his heart, like there was something that told him otherwise, but he felt the warmness in Diavolo’s gentle voice, the security in Diavolo’s hug, and the sincerity of his words overpower that nagging feeling. The truth was being told here.

Barbatos smiled at the tender moment but then cleared his throat, “I don’t mean to stop this, but Brendon does need to get some rest.”

“O-Oh, of course, I’m sorry for holding you up, Brendon.” Diavolo said, letting go of his shoulders.

Brendon shook his head, chuckling at how adorable Diavolo was when he was embarrassed, “No no… to be honest you made my day when you said that… Thank you for your words, Lord Diavolo. Good night.” Brendon said, bowing before going back to the House with Barbatos.

During the walk home, Brendon had a thought gnawing on his mind. And he couldn’t take it anymore.

“Barbatos? Do you know?” Brendon asked meekly, biting his lip.

Barbatos looked back to Brendon and his face didn’t change. “It depends on what you think I know.”

“Do you know why I didn’t want to go alone? The reason why I asked Lord Diavolo the question at the meeting?” Brendon stopped and looked at him.

Barbatos stopped as well and then turned around. “I have seen many different versions of this conversation… but the common denominator in them is your father. Am I correct?”

Brendon looked down and rubbed his arm. “He and I never got along when I got older… I didn’t know if it was because I didn’t behave like my brothers, or because I wasn’t straight… but he always had my brothers under his thumb… heck one of my older brothers becomes a totally different person by just being in his presence… That’s why I gave my brothers nicknames to communicate under my dad’s nose.” Brendon explained, “I was just scared that if my dad were to appear on the vacation… I would be alone again…”

Barbatos seemed to have been a bit wounded by this, even after all the possible explanations he heard, this one in particular just hit him, like he was about to cry, but his constitution only allowed misty eyes.

“But you didn’t tell Lucifer and his brothers, did you?” Barbatos asked, walking slowly closer to Brendon.

“I was also scared that if I said anything… Not even Lord Diavolo could stop them… which was the reason why not going was always an option… until I promised my eldest brother I would attend...” Brendon trailed off, but suddenly, Barbatos took Brendon’s hand and kissed the back of it tenderly.

“Well, Brendon… you don’t have to worry about that possibility anymore… do you?” Barbatos asked, giving his best butler smile.

Brendon felt his eyes welling up. He wiped his eyes with his sleeve and gave a relieved smile. “No… no I don’t have to worry about that…” Brendon held Barbatos’ hand gently in both his own, looking into his eyes. “Thank you for everything… you’re so kind.”

“It’s no trouble at all, just doing my duty, and taking care of my lord’s subjects.” Barbatos said, nodding as they continued on with the walk to the House. When they arrived at the house, Brendon thanked Barbatos, wished him a good night, and went inside the House.

It was pretty quiet in the house, save for the faint yelling coming from Levi’s room upstairs. Brendon walked past the kitchen and over to his room, where there was a fresh new door with a note attached to it.

“Sorry for breaking your door down, I hope you like this new one we got with Mammon’s money! Love ~ Asmo, Beel, Belphie, and Levi ( Mammon!)” it read, except all except Mammon’s name was stricken through.

Brendon smiled and opened his door to go inside. He blinked when he saw a figure on his bed in the dark room. “Belphie?” Brendon asked, turning on the light.

It wasn’t Belphie… It was Mammon.

[ahatintimestorybook]

Ebb and Flow Chap. 7 Disaster on Board

Hey everyone! Back for another chapter!

I tried to get this one done sooner, but work the past few weeks have been rough! I got longer hours, and the weekends are a big punch to the face! AKA SO BUSY!!! During those times my mind goes blank and I can’t get a single thing done in my stories other than a word, sentence or paragraph in. My days off from work, I’m drained from the weekends and need to rest and play videogames.

Despite all that, I was glad to get this chapter done! I made a bit of a reference to the Little Mermaid in this story as well as revealing a new potential ship!

Enjoy!!

On a small ship miles away from Subcon, a crew of people were setting up tables for a big celebration. While everyone was setting up a young girl with long blonde hair was looking out at the ocean board out of her mind. She let out a long sigh as her blonde hair, and fake mustache blew in the wind.

A boy, who looked two years older than her, was humming as he brought over a box of decorations. He saw the girl staring out into the ocean and went up to her. “Hey Mu, what’s wrong?” The boy asked. The girl didn’t reply and just looked out into the ocean. “Come on Mu, I can’t expect my cousin to be sad on her birthday.”

Mu gave a sigh. “No one showed up. Well, except you and Uncle Gio, but I invited the entire class to join and have an amazing time and they all ditched.” Mu felt like she was ready to cry as she told her cousin everything. She hoped a boat birthday party would have everyone show up, but nope.

The boy sighed and put his hand on her shoulder. “Hey even though no one showed up. We’re still going to have a fun time!” He exclaimed. “And if it makes you feel better, you could lie and tell everyone what they missed so they can feel guilty and promise to show up next year.”

This made Mu giggle a bit. “Thanks Timmy.”

“No problem.” He replied as he ruffled Mu’s head, which made her giggle. “Now come on, your mom is baking your cake and I want to see how it looks, and tastes.” Mu nodded and the two went inside the ship to check out Mu’s mother’s baking.

Not too far from the ship, Lucas, Hali, Willow and Vanessa were in the water. Willow was having fun getting used to using her fins, but Vanessa just sat on a rock as she watched her best friend enjoying the time of her life. Lucas took notice of Vanessa just sitting there and swam up to her. “Aren’t you going to join us?” He asked.

“I am, but isn’t just being a mermaid like regular swimming just breathing underwater and what not?” Vanessa replied.

“It’s not like that Vanessa!” Hali spoke up. “Being a mermaid also has survival in it. Not sure how you humans can survive big scary storms, garbage destroying your homes, or humans coming to capture you one by one!” She listed, overexaggerating all the disasters a mermaid can go through which horrified Vanessa. “So, it’s best you girls know.”

Vanessa rolled her eyes as Willow swam over to her. “Come on Nessa, it’s fun! You can swim gracefully!” She beamed. Vanessa sighed and slid off the rock and fell into the water.

“Well now that we are all here,” Hali started. “Let’s go exploring!” She then dived into the water splashing the older mermaids.

“H-hey! Hali! Wait!” Lucas shouted following after her. Willow and Vanessa looked at each other and nodded to follow after the mermaid siblings. In the ocean, Hali looked behind her brother and the girls before swimming off faster. Lucas and the girls tried to catch up to her, but the mermaid siblings were a bit faster than Vanessa and Willow. The two were getting exhausted following after the mermaid siblings, and had to stop to relax their fins. Lucas turned back and stopped seeing the girls had fallen behind. He turned back to see Hali was swimming back to them.

“Hey slowpokes why are you just floating there?” Hali asked. She then turned to see Vanessa and Willow slowly swimming to the siblings.

“Lucas,” Willow tried to catch her breath before continuing. “Your sister is a fast swimmer.”

Hali laughed nervously, and rubbed the back of her head. “Sorry. I'm a fast swimmer.” Soon her laughter was put on hold when she heard chirps coming from a distance. Hali started to swim again following where the chirps were coming from. Lucas, Vanessa and Willow looked at each other worriedly and followed Hali again.

The younger mermaid swam faster and the chirps and calls were getting louder. Once Hali got closer to the chirps she gasped seeing a dolphin tangled up in a net. Quickly, she swam towards the dolphin and started to remove the net so that it could be free.

Lucas, Vanessa and Willow finally caught up with Hali and saw her trying to rescue the dolphin. Not wanting to see it suffer, Vanessa and Willow swam by to help Hali with the netting.

The three untangled the net and freed the dolphin who chirped happily doing some flips. “Aww don’t thank me, my friends helped too.” Hali said, not wanting to take all the credit.

The dolphin turned to Willow and Vanessa and each gave the girls a kiss on the cheek. Willow giggled and Vanessa gave a smile. The dolphin then gave his kiss to Hali, making the mermaid giggle before swimming away.

“Goodbye! Be safe!” Hali yelled, waving to the dolphin.

Vanessa was surprised over Hali’s kindness with animals; she just saw her as an annoying brat, but saw she had a sweet side to her too. “Hali you were amazing back there!” Willow beamed, which snapped Vanessa out of her thoughts.

Hali gave an embarrassed smile, “It’s just what I do. I love to help every creature in need.” She replied. Speaking of creatures, Hali heard another cry for help not too far from where they were and went to swim in the direction of what animal needs help next. Lucas, Vanessa and Willow followed her and the four saw a mother whale crying as her baby was stuck between some rocks. Hali looked at her brother and gave him a quick nod as the two siblings went to help rescue the baby whale.

The mermaid siblings helped the baby whale with Lucas giving the baby a push so he can be free. Hali carefully pulled on the whale’s fins and soon enough the baby whale was free and reunited with his mother. The two whales gave a call before swimming off together.

“You’re welcome!” Hali called out, waving goodbye.

“Aww. That was sweet.” Willow sighed happily seeing the wholesome reunion.

Hali and Lucas smiled. “Thanks Willow.” Hali replied. “Now you see I’m the fastest and my big brother is the strongest.” She added giving her brother a pat on the back. Lucas gave a nervous chuckle and gave an embarrassed blush.

Vanessa and Willow giggled at Lucas’s expression. Vanessa gave a smile to Lucas, still having her crush on him and knowing how strong and caring he was, fueled her crush on him further.

After saving sea creatures, the rest of the day was exploring other parts of the ocean where Lucas and Hali would usually hang out when getting away from their kingdom life. Vanessa was lying down on the rocks staring at the sunlight beaming through the water. It felt magical to her to the point she closed her eyes and started to remember something in her past.

She remembered jumping into the ocean swimming down below, before feeling pressure on her chest for being underwater for so long. Before thinking anymore, Vanessa snapped out of her thoughts to see Hali right in front of her face.

“You okay?” Hali asked.

“Y-yeah I’m fine. Just thinking.” Vanessa replied as she got up.

“Thinking about my brother?”

“No.” Vanessa glared back at the younger mermaid. “Just an old memory.” She replied, turning away from the younger mermaid.

Hali stepped back and turned away as well. “Sorry.” She apologized. “Was it a good memory or a bad one?”

Vanessa scoffed, “Why do you ask?”

“I’m just asking.” Hali quickly replied. “You just were spacing out and looking uncomfortable.” Vanessa blinked in surprise. Hali looked at Vanessa and sighed. “Look when I see someone looking sad or uncomfortable I just need to know.”

“Sometimes you don’t need to know.” Vanessa replied. “Unless the person feels comfortable with telling.” It was then the two girls realized they had a conversation that didn’t involve them yelling or screaming insults at one another.

While that didn’t mean they were friends yet, it did show Willow that Vanessa was progressing with Hali well.

“Hey, can we show you a place where Hali and I usually hang out?” Lucas asked. Willow and Vanessa nodded and the four started to swim off again. The four made it to some rocks, the same rocks where Hali would stare at Subcon all day and what made the mermaid siblings start their adventure.

“A rock?” Vanessa asked.

“This is my special rock, I’ve been on this rock for three years watching Subcon.” Hali explained as she got up on the rock. “If you're here at the perfect time the sun makes the island shine.”

“Yeah. That’s Subcon for ya.” Vanessa replied. The mermaids watched the sun setting on Subcon before they heard voices coming from the distance.

Hali turned to see a ship and people celebrating a birthday party. “What’s going on over there?” She asked. Before anyone could respond, Hali jumped from the rock and swam towards the ship.

“H-Hali! Wait!” Lucas shouted following after his little sister.

“Not again.” Vanessa sighed as she and Willow went to follow Hali and Lucas. The four mermaids swam towards the ship, once they got close enough they stayed underwater so no one could see them.

The mermaids saw Mu’s birthday party going on with everyone dancing, eating and celebrating. Hali’s eyes sparkled seeing everyone gathered together having fun. She realized that mermaids and humans celebrate the same way, no differences except feet and fins.

Hali heard the strings of a guitar and turned to where the music was. Her eyes then gazed at Mu and Timmy playing their guitars to get the party moving. Hali’s eyes were more focused on Mu as she wanted to get a closer look, but couldn’t as she would be seen.

“Wow! She’s amazing!” Hali commented.

Vanessa and Willow looked up at the young girl the mermaid was talking about and recognized her. “Oh yeah she’s part of the Captain family.” Vanessa revealed.

“Captain family?” Lucas asked.

“Their another famous family in Subcon.” Willow replied. “They aren’t big as Vanessa’s family and just have a well known business with training goods.”

“Then.” Hali started. “Who is she?” She asked, pointing at Mu.

Willow turned to who Hali was talking about and told her. “That is Emily Captain, aka Mu. She’s Giovanni Captain’s niece who lives in Subcon.” Willow introduced.

“Mu.” Hali sighed saying her nickname. Vanessa looked at Hali and recognized that look. It was the same look she gave when she saw Lucas for the first time.

The four kept spying on the party, until Mu saw them. Quickly, the mermaids dived down before Mu caught sight of them. The birthday girl looked at the ocean, but with how dark it was starting to get she couldn’t see what was near the boat just now.

Timmy caught his cousin looking at the water below and walked over to her. “See something Mu?” He asked.

Mu turned to her cousin and looked back at the ocean. “I thought I saw someone or something, staring at me.” She told him. Timmy looked where Mu was staring at and saw nothing then the ocean.

“Probably just a fish.” Timmy told her. “Come on we’re about to have cake.” Mu smiled and followed her cousin, which made her pull away from looking at the water. Hali was the first to peek her head up as she slowly went around the ship, keeping her eyes on Mu. She didn’t know why, but something made her want to jump onto the ship and talk with Mu, which was crazier than it sounds, but she wanted to.

“What are you doing?” Lucas asked, whispering. Hali didn’t listen and kept staring at Mu. With a sigh he grabbed his sister by the shoulder and pulled her away. “Hey! Ocean to Hali!” Lucas yelled. Luckily, no one heard it, except Vanessa and Willow. Hali snapped out of her thoughts and looked at her older brother. “What’s wrong with you?”

Hali nervously chuckled as she played with her hair. “S-Sorry.” She stuttered. “I just seemed interested in Mu.”

“You mean to be her friend?” Lucas asked.

“Y-yeah.” Though from the blush on her face it seemed to be a lie. Vanessa and Willow looked at each other knowing what Hali really wanted to be with Mu. The four decided enough was enough and decided to swim back to shore and head back to Willow’s for the night.

However, that became a big problem. Once reaching shore, clouds started to cover the evening sky and a few drops of rain fell from the sky preventing the four from drying their legs. “Oh great!” Vanessa complained. “How will I explain to my mom about this!”

Willow giggled. “Relax, she won’t get mad at you now for being out in the rain.”

“True.” Vanessa groaned in reply.

Lucas and Hali giggled as well, and sighed looking at the rain. It wasn’t a big storm or anything, just a rain shower. A cool relaxing rain shower. That is...until a large clap of thunder in the distance surprised them. “Quick, dive!” Lucas yelled. The mermaids all dived underwater, and saw it was completely different underwater then on the surface. You couldn’t tell it was storming unless you were closer to the surface.

Hali realized it was about to storm and got worried for Mu and the people aboard the ship celebrating the party. Quickly, she started to swim towards the ship hoping that Mu was okay. “Hali! Where are you going!?” Lucas yelled, but Hali ignored him and went to check up on Mu.

Mu however, was not okay. Everyone on the ship was screaming in fear after the clap of thunder spooked her and she fell overboard with a piece of rope tied to her foot. The rope was dragging the young girl down, and no one grabbed it in time to stop Mu from falling. “Mu! Mu!” Her mother shouted, almost in tears.

Mu was below the sea trying to remove the rope from her foot. She was slowly losing air trying to get the rope off from her foot. Her eyes slowly closed as she slowly started to lose air.

Just before Mu could drown. Hali finally made it to her and quickly removed the rope dragging her down off her foot. Mu slowly opened her eyes and got a glimpse of Hali before she closed them again as Hali helped Mu up to the surface.

“Mu’s okay!” Timmy yelled. Quickly, the crew reeled in a floater for the young girl and brought her back on deck. Her mother came by and held her daughter and cried seeing her daughter almost died.

“My baby! My baby!” Mu’s mother cried as she held her close.

Mu slowly opened up her eyes seeing her mother. “M-mom.” She groaned. Mu’s mother gasped and hugged her daughter tight. Mu slowly turned her head and saw a glimpse of Hali’s tail swimming away. Only she noticed it as everyone was worried for Mu’s safety.

Hali smiled seeing Mu was going to be alright, and quickly swam back to her brother and friends, seeing as they were coming towards her and they swam away from the boat and that it was time to call it a night.

Luckily, the rain quickly passed and soon the group was able to dry off their legs and quickly make it to Willow’s house for the night. Vanessa called her mom, and told her about the rain and she’ll be staying the night. Good news, her mom was understanding with the rain and let her daughter spend the night at Willow’s.

Hali was looking out the window relaxing after the long day she had. Lucas came by and went to stand by his sister. “Why did you do that?” He asked. Hali looked up at her older brother. “Why did you go back, almost risking yourself being caught.”

With a sigh, Hali spoke up. “I just wanted to check up on the girl and well I saved her life.”

Lucas sighed and put his arm around his little sister. “I know, but please be careful Hali. We don’t want to be caught.” He told her.

“Right.” Hali replied with a nod. For the rest of the night before falling asleep, the siblings watched the moonlight sky.

At another house miles away, Mu to was watching the moonlight from her bed. She was constantly thinking about Hali, and why she saved her life tonight. It was a surprising birthday for her to say the least.

[tiramisiyu]

【未定事件簿】Tears of Themis: Main Story 5-43 Translation

Translated parts: Chapter 5 – Sounds of Falling Snow (Part 1, 2, 3): 5-1 / 5-3 / 5-5 / 5-7 / 5-9 / 5-11 / 5-13 ♦️ ♦️  5-14 / 5-16 / 5-18 / 5-20 / 5-22 / 5-24 / 5-26 / 5-28 ♦️ ♦️ 5-29 / 5-31 / 5-33 / 5-35 / 5-37 / 5-39 / 5-40 / 5-42 / 5-43 Translation Masterlist: here

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Mo Psychological Health Research Centre

Though Qin Shan was still in the hospital, Heirson still released an apology statement within the timeline specified by the court.

The related department received Youyou’s file that Xia Yan submitted. With the reason of environmental pollution, they closed Heirson, garrisoning it for investigation.

The public did not subsequently generate suspicions. Discussions about this matter also did not continue for too long.

It was another weekend. Everyone in the NXX investigation team came to Mo Yi’s research location to send Youyou to the capital.

Xia Yan went through his connections, getting in contact with a calculation expert.

That expert and his wife have always wanted a child. Handing Youyou to them to raise was the best choice.

MC: Wang Han and Qiu Heng have both started to serve their sentences. Liu Hao has also been expelled from Stellis News Website.

MC: Youyou, your mother’s reputation has been restored. Are you happy?

MC: Big sister has accomplished her promise with you, right, helping make your heart’s wish into reality.

The tiger and rhinoceros have escaped from the corrals. The turtle jade is broken in the casket. Whose fault is it?*

Whether it’s Liu Hao, or Zhao Yuncui, or even Wang Han and Qiu Heng who directly carried out the murder…

They all thought that they themselves had just made a momentary slip, setting free the slightest bit of malice. They all believed that they themselves shouldn’t take responsibility for Kong Moli’s death.

Yet the tragedy still happened.

Though Wang Han and Qiu Heng suffered punishments by law, Liu Hao and Zhao Yuncui couldn’t be entirely placed and measured under law.

People often say that law is the bottom line that cannot be broken through…

But what about above this bottom line? Can one really do as one pleases?

So, for this tragedy, is it “Whose fault is it?”

Mu Ziyou: I’m happy.

Youyou’s smiling face chased away my chaotic thoughts.

Facing me, he opened his hands, making a stance like he wanted to be carried.

MC: (Though some wishes are hard to level, being able to see such a cute Youyou makes me feel cured!)

Then, I carried Youyou up. 

MC: Wow, Youyou got heavy. Looks like you ate well at Dr. Mo’s place here. 

Mo Yi: He’s very obedient and very cooperative with treatment. His body recovered very quickly.

Carrying Youyou, it was the first time I felt the softness and sweetness that a child should have on this child.

Lu Jinghe: That’s just him, the extraordinary genius kid.

Lu Jinghe: If we changed him with another child, having to listen to you talk about those mysterious things all day, I’m afraid that they wouldn’t even be able to sit still for a minute.

Mo Yi: Lu Jinghe, do not forget – you are my student.

Mo Yi: When you praise Mu Ziyou, are you admitting that you, a kid, are particularly stupid and can’t understand words?

Lu Jinghe: Mo Yi.

Xia Yan: I heard that Mu Ziyou went through the whole research location’s data storage centre one time.

Xia Yan: Mo Yi, do you need me to upgrade your security systems?

Xia Yan: The price will definitely be lower than Pax Electronics.

Zuo Ran: You all should be finished talking, right. The people who came to pick up the child are waiting…

Zuo Ran: !!!

Maybe it was because he knew it was time to say farewell - Youyou’s little face suddenly came close…

Right after, a fragrant, sweet kiss landed on my cheek.

The surrounding people all watched in a trance. For a moment, there was no sound from the birds.

MC: Youyou…

Zuo Ran: …

Mo Yi: …

Xia Yan: …

Lu Jinghe: My god, how old is that kid? He’s too skilled.

Mu Ziyou: Big sister lawyer is just like mom. You’re both the world’s most beautiful people.

Mu Ziyou: Thank you.

When Mu Ziyou finished talking, he jumped off my body.

He carried a little backpack, carrying the bag with the British shorthair cats in one hand, and walked away.

Not having gone far, his new father and mother waved at him, smiling. It meant his new life was about to start.

Zuo Ran: Leaving Stellis City and changing environments is a choice with none better for him.

Zuo Ran: Let’s go, to hold a meeting at the base.

Zuo Ran: Though the case this time has come to an end, there are still very many points of suspicion that haven’t been figured out.

Xia Yan: Official investigation was not smooth. I just got a message – the officials did not notice illegal drugs at Heirson.

Lu Jinghe: Could it have been moved in time?

Mo Yi: This isn’t the place to talk. Let’s go to the base.

I was still immersed in the sadness of Youyou’s parting, but those four immediately entered work mode.

Zuo Ran, Xia Yan and Lu Jinghe each got into separate cars. Mo Yi had to return to the office to get things, and fell behind. 

I’ve had a question that I’ve wanted to ask Mo Yi the whole, so this was a good time.

MC: Dr. Mo, did you tell Youyou before that Kong Moli left a letter for me?

Mo Yi: Yes. I was afraid that the password cylinder contained essential evidence and wanted to find clues to solve it quicker.

Mo Yi: At the time, Kong Moli was the only person that Mu Ziyou trusted. I could only fake a letter and have Mu Ziyou indirectly trust you.

Mo Yi: Although the plan had only been halfway executed when I realized that the password cylinder is not vital to Mu Ziyou.

Mo Yi: Otherwise, he would not neglect to bring it when he went to the orphanage.

Mo Yi: Leaving it in that room was because the password cylinder was like the room – to him, it only brought back sorrowful memories.

MC: But you still gave the faked letter to him – what could you have done if he noticed that you were lying to him?

Mo Yi: Giving the letter to him was actually also a part of my psychological treatment for him.

Mo Yi: As for lying…

Mo Yi smiled, shaking his head.

Mo Yi: Whether he was lied to or not does not lie in whether that letter was real or not. Instead, it lies in if you really were worthy of Kong Moli’s trust.

Mo Yi: What Mu Ziyou cared about was also this point.

Mo Yi: As long as you have proved that you are worthy of trust, then I have won.

Mo Yi: The truth is proved. I did not bet wrongly, right?

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???

Jian Yu: Teacher, the official investigation team did not notice illegal goods at Heirson.

???: Hm? Haha…

???: He was right in giving up. No one likes a dog who doesn’t listen.

???: Go see him at the hospital. I heard that his situation recently has been getting worse and worse?

Jian Yu: Yes, he doesn’t have much time left.

Jian Yu: But as we do this… I fear that we have no way of shaking off trouble.

???: Jian Yu, in philosophy, there is a very basic principle – the two sides of a contradiction simultaneously exist.

???: Absolutely destroying the other party is not necessarily the best choice. What we need is just time and leadership.

Jian Yu sunk into silence for a moment, then brought up a suggestion to his teacher.

Jian Yu: Or we could put some… of that person’s information out.

-Chapter 5 END-

[saintheartwing]

Undertales of Friendship: Derp-TEMMIE-Nation

Temmie was crying in the rainy streets of Ponyville. What had just happened was absolutely horrible. The laughter, the teasing, the harsh words, it was too much for one Temmie to bear. Worse, her super deluxe ultra rare super delicious Temmie Flakes were now mushy in the mud, the catlike monster crying and shivering.

"Hey... you okay?" A kind voice said behind her. Temmie turned, and saw a sight that made her go wide eyed with uber cute happiness. The grey pegasus before her was about average size, gently flapping her wings, with seven bubbles for her flank tatoo, as Temmie called it. But the cuteness came from those eyes, one looking up, the other down, making her look so huggabale combined with thta Frisky Fun smile.

She called it that because it reminded her of Uber cute and snuggly hoooooooooooooman Frisk, such a CUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUTE!

But, she remembered what happened, and sobbed again. "Tem.... sad, so 1 lik Teme, cuz Teme tak werd."

The pony sat beside Temmie, offering her an umbrella, making the Temmie blink happily. "I know what you mean. Ponies pick on me all the time because of my derpiness. They even call me Derpy. My full name is actually Dizty Do Derpy Hooves."

Temmie smiled widely from ear to ear. Literally. "Derp e? Such a cuuuuute nam! I'm Temmie!" Temmie hopped closer. "Derp not allergic to Tem, r u?"

Derpy smiled, hugging Temmie. "Nah, Just clumsy. Ask Twilight. I once dropped a piano on her." She tilted her head a bit. "Followed by a hay cart. Followed by an anvil."

Tem went wide eyed, anime style. "OWWWWWWOWOWOW! Dat mus hut!"

"It did. But she forgave me. And now I even can fly pretty good thanks to Rainbow Dash teaching me to adapt how I fly to my vision." She pointed a hoof at her crossed eyes. "For a long time ponies thought I was retarded.... but these were just messing up my vision, making me clumsy. Some ponies still tease me about it, and I am not as bright as many others...but..."

Before she said another word, a rather annoying, nasaly voice was heard. "Oh isn't THIS rich! Looks like the Temfem found a fweeeeend." The two groaned as they saw a monster shaped like a ufo, with two eyes on the sides, a big ugly nose, and a small, mocking smile under an M shaped mustache.

Jerry.

And with him were several of the local bullies, a group of ponies who basically caused trouble for everyone. During the date bidding not long ago, they made a point of making obscene cat calls to Rainbow Dash, and shortly after the monsters came they were some of the first to rail against Muffet, saying she wanted to turn everyone into flies with her evil pastries, and eat them.

Admittedly that was partially true, but she only did that to parasprites because they were both delicious and cuddly.

"Wow, retards really DO attract."

"Man, you see her eyes?"

"I bet she can't even see us!"

"And I heard yesterday she tried to deliver the princesses's mail to Big Macintosh!"

"Big Mac? I heard she almost started a war by delivering a sex note to Queen Chrysalis!"

Temmie growled, and with one paw that got VERY long, successfully slapping every last one of them, only too late realizing her mistake.

"OOOOOOOOOO... I've been temmied! Now I am gonna have... Hoives!"

Temmie began to sob, bolting. Derpy snorted and growled at the laughing bullies. "You all oughta be ashamed of yourselves!"

Jerry snickered. "You oughta be ashamed of those eyes! I mean, are you looking up or down? Oh wait, it's BOTH!"

Derpy gritted her teeth. With a mighty whinney, she charged Jerry, knocking him down. The two were brawling as Twilight and several guards, including Papyrus, broke it up.

The look on the faces of the guards meant there would be a lot of trouble.

***

"And after what Jerry said, I didn't know what else to do hon! WHat kind of monster is that monster? He is such a.....a....."

"Monster?" Doctor Whooves said, working on his steam powered inventions while he and Derpy talked. The two had married some time before, despite obvious differences (Or perhaps because of them). Now they lived in a quaint cottage in Ponyville, where Derpy spent a lot of time baking muffins to go with the money she maid as a professional mailmare, while the Doctor worked as both a medical practitioner and a fringe scientist.

"Yeah, monster." Derpy whimpered some. "I hate Jerry."

The Doctor peeked out from under his latest work, the Steamy Dreamy 3000, meant to use a gentle steaming mist to help ponies sleep when it is too cold. "Dear, that is still no reason for assult and battery. And Jerry wound up with those bits with you paying out the nose because he had his gang as witnesses. He played you like he tried to play Temmie."

"Ohmygosh! Temmie! I forgot all about her... poor thing, she is so cute and kiind, and those creeps had no right to-"

"Dear." The Doc came over to her and nuzzled. "Think about this logically. Temmie is a very unlogical creature. Now if I were her, where would be the last place I would wanna go after being insulted?"

Derpy pondered, thinking mostly of muffins. Sweet, delicious muffins, with fresh raisins in them, and that home grown oatmeal from Sweet Apple Acres...

"Ummm.... the bakery?"

The Doc hmmmed. "Unlikely.... out of the way....very unusual..... yes, I do believe you are right love!"

Derpy blushed. "Well... I'l be honest, I was kinda asking if we could go there, all this made me kinda hungry." She made a little shy blush, the Doctor chuckling.

"Why not. I need a break and you need a pick me up. Then we can figure out what to do about Temmie."

Derpy hmmmed. "Maybe she is like me? Maybe she just needs to find what she is good at. Something that is just her?"

The two nodded, waking out of the home, humming a gentle tune (Ironically to the music of Temmie Village)

What talent does a Temmie have? What skill, does a temmie show? What job, can a Temmie do? I admit, I really just don't know. Can they sing? Dance? Love? Romance? Run? Play? Sleep all day? Do they cook? Cuddle? Solve puzzles? Do they laugh? Sing? Do anything? Sew? Sell? Ask? Tell? Kiss? Hug? Comfort? Bug? I'll tell you... It's all of the above! What power, does a Tem possess? What things, does a Temmie need? What hope, does a Temmie have? What is, their eternal creed. Can they sing? Dance? Love? Romance? Run? Play? Sleep all day? Do they cook? Cuddle? Solve puzzles? Do they laugh? Sing? Do anything? Sew? Sell? Ask? Tell? Kiss? Hug? Comfort? Bug? I'll tell you... It's all of the above! That's what a temmie does! Just like me and you! That's who  and what a temmie is! And I assure you, it is all true! Tem...Tem Tem... Tem Tem...Tem Tem... "TEM!"Derpy said in shock as she walked in. As she had guessed, unintentionally, there was Temmie, trying to hide in Muffet's Spider Batter, several spiders tryng not to laugh at the cuteness. Muffet herself had her four arms crossed.

"Look, I have no orders for a Temmie Cake...yet." Muffet added under her breath. "And I highly doubt the Cakes, speaking of which, will approve of you hiding in my cake batter."

"Tem not lik even az foob. Tem worth 0."

Derpy approached. "That's not true! You're just different is all, and different means you have different ways, like me."

Muffet nodded. "Derpy is right. You remember what I was like when I first came here, how I was ridiculed because I used spiders in my pastries?"

Nearby, a pair of changeling girls were being tickled inside and out by said spiders. "Yeah, then you found out what we think of them, you doll!" One said, the other smiling and nodding.

"Or Huey! The monster kid with no arms? No one is making fun of him now!"

At the school, Diamond Tiara smiled as the high jumping Huey retrieved her crown from a tree after a crow took it, earning a kiss from the formerly snotty pony and cheers from the other kids.

"Or TWILIGHT?!" Muffet pointed out.

Temmie blinked in surprise. "Huh?"

Derpy nodded. "Yeah, before she became a princess a lot of people made fun of her bookworm nature. But now? Now she is the princess!"

Tem huddle din the batter. "But.... tem knot lik dat...."

Muffet petted the battered Temie with sprinkles. "Yes you are. You're friendly and kind, and everyone who needs a hug can count on you for one. You're the best friend anyone could ask for, and you make everyone laugh!"

Derpy nodded.

Temmie smiled a little. "But.... wha bot Jerr?"

Muffet growled. "JERRY. Now he is someone who IS worthless. No wonder all the good monsters ditch him. He not only has no friends, he does his best to alienate them."

Derpy was confused somewhat. "But why?"

Muffet sighed. "Bullies are often self hating. But if you ask me, Jerry is a rare breed, deary. He bullies just because that is who he is. He hates friendship and hates others, he'd rather be alone yet loves to annoy others, it is like my spider doughnuts are to those changelings in his mind."

Derpy growled. "Man, even Discord has friends, how can Jerry go out of his way to ruin friendship and be happy about it?"

Muffet leaned close to the two. "Because he is... well... JERRY."

***

As the duo of Derpy and Temmie left the bakery, they saw Jerry waiting there, bulies beside him. He snickered some as he watched the two walk out.

"Well well, the cross eyed mule and the low eyed pike return! I wonder if they have any.... derptemmination?! *Snicker*

Ok, that's it. Buck this, I'm done.

"Huh?"

Everyone... let's ditch this guy. He is so annoying and wrong and even I as the writer am sick of him.

Temmie smiled. "Dat goooooo idee! Tem flakes any 1?"

Derpy smiled. "Maybe we can try some Temmie Flake muffins?"

Temmie was so excited she literrally lept 100 feet in the air with her paws still on the ground... and stayed at that height. "OOOOOO! Nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom! Lezzgo!" She said, wlaking with her new long l-

"HELLLLOOOOOOOO?! I wasn't done insulting them!"

*The entire story ditches Jerry. The world is better for it. After all, who likes a bully?*

...

...

...

...Back at Derpy's house, Derpy and Temmie worked on the TemMuffins, Temmie unintenionally believing that SHE was supposed to go in one and not the flakes, resulting in a couple dozen little fruity smelling Tem Muffins, and one giant one with Temmie in the middle, breathing out actual balls of happiness that smiled as they floated by.

"Tem lik muffen. Muffen so warm!"

Derpy smiled, playfully nomming a bite. "And tasty too!"

Everyone laughed, especialy Temmie, because she was with friends who loved her, and when you had that, then who cared what anyone else thought?"

"Cuz afta all.... Tem happy is best Tem!"

TEMMIEND!

...

...

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...JERRY: Where did everyone go? Oh come on guys! Where is everyone! Hello? Hellllllllllllllooooooooooo? *Snort* Fine,. this story is dumb anyway*

Jerry walked away. Thank goodness.

Classic Jerry.

[ivalice-tifalucis]

Alright speaking of football, I really and completely dive back into this again. I notice the last time I watch football religiously (like waking up at early morning almost every week just to watch Barca’s game) which was around 2013, I wasn’t active on tumblr yet. I did occassionally reblogged football stuffs. I watched important games like few El Clasicos or Champions League finals. I did sporadic live blogging during the last World Cup. But now that I’m back like really back I notice things are different.

First, women’s football. I once ramble in someone’s post about the inequality of women’s football compare to men in USWNT. I said that women’s football didn’t really develop until 1970s while men’s football was starting to develop since 1900s and so it will take time for women’s football to get more developed. The difference that I notice is that now more mainstream media especially in England, where the center of football is, promotes their women’s team more. I notice Barca also do that for quite a while now, I just couldn’t believe that others do the same!! What I love even more is that if you take a look at let’s say Barca Femeni (who just got a new stadium fyi) or Liverpool’s women videos on youtube, the comments are mostly positive and most come from fanboys. They wish the female team all the best and to succeed, even include them in some banter. People also discuss how to improve women’s football since no matter what female will always going to be physically inferior than men and football is very physically demanding. Like many people suggest that women’s football need to have different regulation with the game. This shows that people care about female football. People also comment on footballers daughter who was just playfully kicking ball with “wow imagine if she becomes a footballer too” like these kinds of comments and discussions didn’t exist 5 years ago.

Second, the wheels are turning. Like a circle of life, there’s also circle of football domination. Last time I’m in, Barca was still a club that everyone are afraid of. Today, we are so poor it makes me sad. Liverpool comeback is just one of those moment. No, not the worst football club yet. We’re just becoming clown now, it’s embarassing. La Masia is also such a mess. That little boy Takefusa Kubo is now Real Madrid young player???!!! I hope we will get better soon (after the board members sacked!!!). I even missed out that Real Madrid won 3 UCL in a row (I only notice 2 until I went to Bernabeu tour and realized they have 13 trophies now 😑). Premier League dynamic has changed a lot. No more big 4 teams, they now have Leicester City too as dark horse. I was shocked when my brother told me they were about to win Premier League like what even the hell was that club?! Manchester United is sucking hard, Chelsea is shifting from rich club who buy everything to so so club to club who grow talents, Liverpool is only few weeks away from ending their 30 years of no league title (no longer a club who only talk about history), Manchester City is undisputedly giant crazy rich team along side PSG. Arsenal is the only one who stay the same, because Arsenal. Germany is suddenly not so good anymore.

Third, best player in the world. Apparently my favorite players are now old and soon will retire (some even have). The banter has shifted to discussion and general consensus that *insert player A* is great player instead of trying to compare A with B. Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo fans have finally find consensus that both players are the best ever. Sergio Ramos is now the best defender ever??? (Make sense tho the guy captained Real Madrid who won 3 UCL in a row, forget the fact that he loves collecting red card so much). Gerard Pique also the best now. Neymar since his departure to PSG has become mediocre, sad. Frenkie de Jong, I root for him to be successful. Who else hmm... Jamie Vardy is top scorer (I like him in a way that his life is motivating that sometime good things don’t come immediately like his life and career is quite insane for pro footballer standard, he supposed to not even become a football superstar!!). Mohamed Salah, I heard a lot about him because I have a cousin who is Liverpool die hard fan and media talk about him, he’s great (and sorta feel proud for him because he’s conservative moslem from Egypt, sadly a politically unstable country, and arab which is great for representation. He manages to lift the image of arab people and moslem especially around Merseyside just by being great). Another talent from Liverpool would be Virgil van Dijk that gd soft tall man and good defender but most important is Trent Alexander-Arnold (corner taken quickly which breaks my heart and amaze me at the same time). Kevin de Bruyne is what Pep really love in midfielder and indeed what a talent he is. Erling Haaland is looking good, I hope he’s not just one season wonder. Manuel Neuer is no longer as good as he used to be since terrible injury (now I understand his bloop in WC 2018) but now there are more sweeper keeper just not as crazy as him. He definitely set standards for future goalkeepers.

Fourth, retired players. One by one, players that I watched while growing up have retired. I saw Puyol and Xavi retired. Then Iker Casillas, the most recent one to retired after heart surgery scare last year, now a candidate for RFEF President. Iniesta is soom gonna be retired. David Villa, Fernando Torres. My favorite Spain NT players are now all retired ☹️. Schweinsteiger, Lahm, Robben, Mertesacker. Mertesacker is now Arsenal youth coach??!!! Mikel Arteta is now Arsenal’s coach. Other star players from Premier League like Frank Lampard (now Chelsea’s manager), Steven Gerrard, all have retired and become football manager. And a bit unrelated because I never actually see him playing (because I only start properly watch football since 2010 and by that time he had retired and I only heard stories) but Gary Neville as Valencia’s manager for short time?? 😂 (of course I would know that’s important information for all Carraville shippers). Everytime I hear news about footballer retirement I would be reminded again that I’m old.

Fifth, shipping. If you don’t notice this already, I now ship Jamie Carragher with Gary Neville which is not surprising since I always low key ship Gerard Pique with Sergio Ramos anyway. Apparently I always have a thing with pinning rivaling defenders who are hot headed, reckless, and hate each other at first until one day they don’t. And I swear that’s the most random ever. I’m not even Liverpool fan and never really into Man United (although my brother is sorta fan because he knows much about MU). But it all starts from me going around Liverpool’s tag on tumblr and found Carra’s instagram live. After watching all of their videos in Sky Sports on youtube, consider my self as a carraville. I even always try to find live streaming from Sky Sports for every Premier League matches that I watch. I must say, they’re the ones that make me want to go back to football fandom again.

All in all, I will never stop loving FC Barcelona. I may watch other games, less Barca games maybe because they’re not that enjoyable to watch these days. But now I understand, the feeling of watching Barca loses is different. It just so heartbreaking 😭 my heart only belong to that team. I’m so happy I finally got to be in Camp Nou even though I just lost my wallet at that time.

[rason-rodd]

Promising (Begging part 6) (Arkham Knight! Jason Todd x Reader)

Summary: Jason, Roy and yourself are following a lead to stop the crime boss hidden behind the weapon traffic in Qurac. Unfortunately, when you come out with a plan, Jason disapproves and tells you he wants you out of this mission. You won’t let him do that.

A/N: So there it is, the penultimate chapter of the “Begging” series. Sorry for the long wait. Hoping it was worth it.

Warning: Fluff, Smut, Angst (slightly), Language, Violence, 

Tagged:  I decided not to tag anyone since I’m not sure everyone would be interested in reading a fanfic that hasn’t been updated for months

PART  1 /  PART 2 / PART 3 / PART 4 / PART 5

Jason Todd knew Gotham by heart. He knew her for everything she was. He knew the two sides of her, sides she couldn’t hide, sides she could embrace. He knew her darkness, her light, her beauty, and her monstrosity. He knew the gothic terrifying gargoyles and the menacing dark alleys as much as he knew her brand new modern architecture and the shining luxurious avenues. He knew the sound of Gothamites cheering on a Saturday night as well as the sound of ambulances on a Sunday morning and the silence of hearses on Monday. He knew her people as well. He knew how loud they could shout, laugh, love and fight. He knew how they could give life and how easily they could end it.             Yes, even if she was twisted and flawed, Jason Todd learned to love Gotham for who she was. A microcosm of the world, his world. After, Gotham had brought him to the world, like a mother. And like any mother, she was unique.

That’s why he hated the place he was now. A bright dazzling sun, a thin warm golden sand, a freshly mowed green lawn, a perfectly blue swimming pool and a fancy hotel with a view on the Persian Gulf. A fake dishonest beauty made by rich men who believe that petrol and money give them power and the right to openly enjoy luxury and comfort while the rest of the country is starving and decaying.

“Can I ask you a question, Jaybird?” The never tired Roy Harper asked with a liveliness that had the superpower to annoy Jason. “One, don’t call me that. And two, I’m gonna say ‘no’ but I have the feeling you’ll ask anyway because ‘no’ is apparently a word that is not part of your limited vocabulary.”   “ Still mad at me for booking a suite in this heavenly place I see.” Jason glowered through his black sunglasses, his face half hidden under a cap. “Oh come on! What is it with you batboys? Can’t you enjoy life a little and stop brooding over god knows what?”             “ It was a waste of money.” He replied curtly.           “ Oh really? Because the view right now is not worth millions to you?” Roy nodded towards you approaching the swimming pool wearing a backless black swimsuit that hugged all your curves in the most perfect way. “Damn. What a babe!” Jason’s glare intensified instantly but he didn’t say a word. He didn���t need to. Roy could perfectly understand his jealousy and his anger in his silence. “I can’t see your eyes behind those glasses but I’m definitely sure you’re looking daggers at me right now. It must me your jaw. It is more clenched than usual.”   Jason grumbled and looked back at you entering the water slowly and wetting the nape of your neck. Roy was right. You were indeed very sexy but it wasn’t the word Jason wanted to use to describe you. To him, you were not just sexy. You were gorgeous, sublime and magnificent before all. Simply flawless. Unlike Roy, Jason couldn’t look at you and just think, “Damn! What a babe.” He could only gaze and worship every bit of yourself, admire every curve of your body, worship every inch of your skin. And even when the water was sliding between your breasts and suggesting him to stand up, lick it and do to you all the dirty things he has been repressing for days, he couldn’t help but keep on idolizing you as a goddess.           “ Are you two …?” Roy started and Jason glowered again to warn him. Careful with your words, Roy Harper. “ Together or … something like that?”             “ No.” He replied simply.       “ But you used to, no?” Jason didn’t say anything. He didn’t want to talk about his personal life with a man he had met a few days ago and that he would never see again once the mission over. Plus, he didn’t want to remember the time he had spent with you because even the most beautiful memories can be the most painful. “ I take it as a yes. You’re not a talkative man, you know that?” New silence. “Don’t worry. I’ll keep my hands to myself, like Selena Gomez.” He joked but that wasn’t funny to Jason, like at all. “Okay, so: always complaining, quiet and humorless. What did that beautiful creature see in you?”   “ Honestly, I don’t know.”    

“ Aren’t you boys tired of bickering?” You asked as you approached them to sit on the edge of  Jason’s sun lounger.     “ Bickering?” Jason harrumphed as he sat up straight, watching you above his glasses with an incredulous look. “Yes. You look like an old couple after their platinum anniversary.”           “Awww. See Jaybird, we’re a couple. Inseparable and made for each other. Till death do us apart” Roy laughed before he received Jason’s towel in the face “Your death is gonna be very soon, Harper.”             You rolled your eyes, exasperated by their childish behaviours though secretly amused. Those two had the real potential to be best friends. “Anyway, any news on the target?”   “ Finally someone interested in doing the job.” Jason sighed of relief. “Well, according to the hotel registry …”             “ That Roy hacked,”  Roy added with a proud smile             “ He is due to arrive tomorrow.” Jason continued, ignoring him. “He booked the entire penthouse and something tells me that taking that scumbag down won’t be a piece of cake. I went on reconnaissance this morning. It seems there are cameras in the every hotel corridors leading to the suite as well as in the elevator and cherry on top, a security code to access the floor.” “ Can’t we just hack all those things?” You looked at Roy since you knew he was certainly the best hacker among you three. “ I can hack the cameras for sure, yes. But even if I do, we will still have a bunch of gorillas protecting our dealer. He must expect us, or at least you ” He pointed at Jason. “ and we can’t enter without the code which I’m not sure I can hack if it’s digital. And if I can’t hack it none of your bat-toys will work.  ”             “ What about breaking in by the window?” You suggested. “ Thought about that. Impossible. Windows are armoured.”           “ Damn! That dude is paranoid!” Roy’s eyes widened and the three of you remained silent to think of a solution. Luckily, you were the one to find one.     “ Does your man have a buyer already?” You asked, genuinely curious         “ Certainly. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have bothered coming here.”             “ And how much does the cargo cost?”                     “Maybe 10 million dollars. Why?” Jason was a bit scared right now. You sounded too determined.         “ Then maybe we should make an offer worth more than 10 Million, an offer he can’t refuse. That would be the best key to access his suite without breaking in.”   “ Pretending to be potential buyers? I like that.” Roy smiled, definitely cheerful and already into the plan. “Please tell it will involve costumes and accent.  I’m good at Mexican accent.”             “ You won’t need an accent. I have a plan.”

It didn’t sound safe, at all. At least that was what Jason’s brain screamed to him as you explained how you thought you three should proceed. His brain screamed so loud he stopped listening at the “once in the suite” part of your suicide plan. “This is madness!” He growled as he took off his sunglasses for you to realise how much he disagreed with you. “This is gonna get us all killed, Y/N. This is gonna get you killed.”             “ Thanks for worrying for me, I suppose,” Roy mumbled before Jason looked daggers at him. He never meant he didn’t care for Roy to get killed. He barely knew the guy but he was not selfish or heartless enough not to care about his safety. But he would not explain his words right now. “This is not Gotham. These men are not lowly street thugs. This is no batkids game.” “ I never considered it a game.” You managed to say as he briefly stopped in his lecture. “Then why are you acting like a child?”         “ A child?” You harrumphed, stunned by the criticism. You never behaved like a child!   “Reckless!” He clarified. “You don’t know shit about the man you want to deal with. You don’t fucking care about this mission. You got into it because of me. You have no selfless goal in this. All you want is to drag my ass back to Gotham quickly enough to solve the family drama. You don’t take all this seriously.” How could he talk you like that? You opened your mouth to retort, angry and embarrassed but he stood up and kept shouting the same way Bruce used to shout at you when you were Batgirl. “Honestly, Y/N. Just leave this place. Go home. We’ll see each other in Gotham.”         “ No.” Your answer was that simple and it’s probably that simplicity that unsettled Jason. He stared at you with round eyes, mouth agape. You glowered back at him, letting an uncomfortable silence settled between you.           “ You don’t get to decide for me, anymore.” You finally added with a coldness that froze this sunny paradisiac place.   “ When did I ever get to decide for you?” He asked between his gritted teeth.       “ When you left me.” You replied gravely and resentfully. The frown on Jason’s face slowly disappeared and soon guilt and sadness could be read in his young wounded eyes. You knew you had just dropped a bomb on him but you weren’t sure to regret it. After all, he could be such an ass sometimes. “See you both later.” You said as you left him to ponder over your words. “ Wow. I don’t know how you guys broke up, Jaybird, but she’s still not over it.”            

Call it stubbornness or recklessness, you wouldn’t change your mind. You were too involved now. Plus your plan was enough tied together to work, you were sure of it. Jason just needed to open his eyes a little to realise it and stop with his overprotectiveness already.     But he was way too much like you. He would never admit he was wrong or change his mind and, as you were alone in your room, you were getting ready for a new argument since you were certain he was currently establishing a list of undeniable reasons for you to abandon the mission.

When you heard footsteps from behind your door, you guessed you wouldn’t have to wait long. 1, 2, 3 … You started counting on your fingers and the door slammed open. “ What the hell was that?!” You sighed and stared at Jason whose face was now as red as his hood.       “Me avoiding the conflict, I suppose.” You replied calmly. “Since arguing with you is impossible.” “ There was no reason to argue.”       You rolled your hand with a sarcastic smile, waiting for him to go on, to lash out, to tell you everything he wanted to say to you. “I’m taking care of this. You’ve been involved enough.” “ Oh, so I have to leave but Roy can stay?” You frowned.   “ Roy was working on this way before we met.”       “ Oh sorry, I didn’t realize that there was a registration period.” Jason pinched the bridge of his nose to breathe in loudly, definitely annoyed. “ You don’t seem to evaluate the danger, Y/N” “ I evaluate the danger perfectly, Jason. I was trained to do so. Just like you. I’m not rushing into the lion’s hen without a plan.”       “ It’s a bad plan! It won’t work!” He shouted with a trembling voice.         “ Why don’t you trust me?” Jason stared at you. You were genuinely looking for his answer. He could see it in your saddened eyes. “I do trust you. It’s you who don’t trust me.” His tone was suddenly a lot calmer. He came to sit by your side on the bed. “I just want to protect you, like I always did. And you can find my attitude revolting and silly and have all the arguments in the world to try to make me change my mind or even tell me again that it’s me making choices for you, I won’t let you do this. There is too much risk I could lose you.”

Tiny tears had formed in his beautiful blue eyes but he didn’t let them flow. Instead, he just looked away and remained quiet and tensed, his hands gripping tightly at the bed sheets.         You stared at him, not really knowing what to say. Perhaps there was nothing to say, just something to do. You took his hand in yours and he welcomed it by intertwining his fingers yours. But he still couldn’t even glimpse at you, apprehensive of what he would see. He breathed out. “Leaving you was the toughest choice of my life and I get you’re still mad at me. The thing is, seeing you in this bed, between life and death, because of me, was something I could not handle. I couldn’t live with myself and I didn’t want you to live with myself either. I was dangerous, to you, to everyone I loved and I was still broken because of Joker.” You let him talk, listening carefully to his grave confessions which, you knew, was something very hard for him to do. “I’m not broken anymore, not as much as I was when I met you. I picked myself up, accepted that Joker would always be a part of me. But today, it’s not about Joker anymore or about my state of mind, but it’s still about me. Y/N I cannot put you in danger again because … if something happens to you and it’s on me again, then, I don’t think I’ll survive it this time.” Jason looked down at his feet, terrified by his own words and by all the images of you dying on him passing in his head. He still had your hand in his and he was holding it tighter right now, refusing to let you go.

You knelt on the bed and cupped his face, forcing him to finally look at you. He did and accepted you seeing his fear, his weakness. You pressed your forehead against his. “ You will never lose me.” You declared. “But I don’t want to lose you either. You can’t leave again.” He stared right into your eyes; making you a silent promise only your eyes could catch. And he bound that promise with a soft kiss that eased the pain they had both kept during all these years. It was soft, pure, healing.         Jason helped you press your body against his, deepening your kiss. He needed it. He needed that kiss, that embrace. He needed you and he was tired of keeping you away.       He tightened his arms around you. So did you. Your hand on his neck, you pulled him even closer, as if it was even possible, and a soft moan resonated in both your throats. That was the signal Jason so longed to hear again.         He nestled his face in your neck and started kissing you right there. You breathed in deeply, enjoying his expert mouth along with the sudden heat growing and rushing in your body. You lay down on the bed, pulling Jason onto you, and touched his chiseled muscular abs through his t-shirt with the tips of your fingers. How much you had missed his soft hot skin.

Jason pulled up your skirt and his hands venture from your thighs to what was between them. Instinctively, you spread your legs, welcoming Jason between them. He knelt and stared at you with awe and a desire that left you a bit uneasy for his lust was drawn in admiration.  “You’re so perfect.” He whispered. You blushed and when you tried to tell him he was wrong, he caught your lips to kiss you again, this time more passionately than before. You grabbed the hem of his t-shirt to get rid of it.  Jason helped you and threw the fabric away. You gazed at his magnificent chest, ignoring the tiny scars covering it. He was so dashing.

You pushed Jason on the mattress and straddled him. The call of his bare chest was too loud for you to resist your urges any longer. You slowly started planting humid tiny kisses down his body, using occasionally your tongue to lick his hot skin. You loved doing it, perhaps even more than him liking it. And you had missed it terribly.       Jason hissed as you approached the V of his abs, your hands on the hem of his shorts. His jaw was clenched and his blue eyes were now dark with desire, begging you to do it. That made you grin and you pulled his shorts along with his boxers. His half-erect cock sprang free and you grabbed it to jerk him off a bit.       Jason let a small growl escape his lips and sat up to pull off your little dress. How happy he was when he realised you were wearing no bra, and those breasts, gosh, he could gaze at them, at you, forever. He caressed your hair, moving it aside so that he could clearly see your beautiful face and you smiled before kissing the tip of his penis. He hissed again and you looked up at him before starting to suck his cock without breaking eye contact. Jason cursed. That was just divine. “Damn.” You looked divine too, with pleasure glowing on your face as you were genuinely enjoying him in your mouth. Jason began thrusting in you, holding you by your hair, occasionally and accidentally making her almost gag on him, but you didn’t mind. It reminded you good old times and he was still sweet and respectful.         Jason’s head suddenly slammed against the mattress. His eyes closed and his jaw clenched as he gripped your hair harder. You knew what it meant but you didn’t stop. You bobbed your head more quickly and massaged his balls, moaning sensually with his throbbing cock still in your mouth, the way you remembered he liked. “No, please, not now, Y/N.” He moaned and you stopped, rather proud of yourself to see him like that.           “Come here” Your eyes widened slightly when you understood he wanted you to sit on his face but shock moved on to arousal. You did as he said; your pussy already wet, and placed yourself upon his face. Jason caught your thighs and without forewarning began kissing your clit. Your legs instinctively almost closed and you grabbed his hair as his tongue was now playing with your bud. He was doing great, licking up and down, down and up, so great you eventually started moving your hips. “Jay” You whispered. He hummed against you and the vibration made you vibrate yourself, moaning louder than before. He had found the right spot apparently. “Oh, Jay. Ha” You were unable to talk properly now. “Yes right there.”           Jason grabbed your thighs more strongly to keep you still as you were getting  wetter in his mouth. You were close. So close. Only a few more licks and kisses. And that’s it. You caught his thick thighs not to fall and came loudly on his face. Your body trembled and shook under so much pleasure and Jason grabbed your waist, staring at you in admiration as you came undone on top of him. He sat up, held you against him and you nestled your face in his neck, exhausted. “You’re okay?” He asked as he kissed your shoulder. You nodded and he laid you down on the bed again. “Shall we keep going?” You nodded again and positioned himself between your legs. You felt him penetrate you softly and slowly. A sweet moan escaped your mouth and Jason started moving. He was so kind, so gentle, simply perfect. His moves were tender and loving. You loved it so much.       You sighed, enjoying how sweet he was. “I love you, you know?” he said staring at you in the eye. “I love you too, Jay.” He kissed you softly, still moving in and out of you. He kept on that pace for a few minutes but then he felt the urge to come. You felt him and wrapped you legs around him. You wanted him to do it inside of you. He understood it and so he put weight on his arms and he deepened his thrusts. You dug your nails in his arms and watched his cock coming in and out of you more quickly and more roughly between your legs. Jason growled, loudly, and suddenly stopped moving. You felt his cock twitching and his seed spreading inside of you and dripping from your pussy as he pulled out.

Jason let himself fall by your side and breathed out deeply. He didn’t say anything. He simply took your hand in his.         He’ll never let you go. So will you.

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ahhhhh im so happy naicha is back!!!!

apparently he’s the only member of blackace who is capable of talking to girls LOL but his interactions with sis are so fun!! he’s definitely the type to be like fun in casual but all business when it comes to the stage. 

the way they cut the blackace rehearsals it feels like they’re trying to make naicha look bad, but then you literally get all the blackace kids commenting like “we love naicha” LOL such contrast to the angsty background music they put on while naicha is leading dance practice lol... but despite the editing, I feel like you can tell he’s not actually like yelling at them because he’s super mad or thinks they’re incapable. (which is what i feel like it could appear like, to people who are not familiar with him or his friendship dynamic) i think it’s just that naicha has a naturally loud / nagging voice (LOL) and then he sasses them during practice because he knows they wont take it as actual insults and instead will take it as motivation that he knows they can do better. for example, long ge like smiling the whole time that naicha nags him, and then literally saying he doesnt think naicha’s expectations of him are too high. 

hearing naicha talking about bringing out individual members’ strengths like long ge’s just.. ahhhhhh brings back all the tuo xian mu ou and afo feels!!!! this is what I love about him. his leadership style is really focused on the group and bringing every individual up to strengthen the group as a whole. he was the leader who cared the least about promoting himself and putting himself in the center. he doesn’t care about being in the center. he cares about the group as a whole and the stage as a whole, and I missed his loud mouthed gabbing and harsh love leadership style.

I AM SO HAPPY AND SO NOT SURPRISED AND SO GRATEFUL that as soon as naicha comes back, their individual skills are so strongly highlighted through this performance and i love it!!!! i love how he instituted a significant dance break to really highlight the dancers’ abilities, because that’s literally half (4 out of 8) of blackace’s appeal and they have yet to really demonstrate to people that they!! have!! amazing!! dancers!! and i love how even after aj doesn’t choreograph the dance, he still gets to really wow people with his dancing at center stage!! and ofc as soon as naicha comes back, he incorporates chen shun’s notable fast rap yesss!!!! and he even incorporated a notable vocal part for pinlin!!! taking advantage of pinlin’s valuable vocals!!! yesss!!

also im not surprised at all that this stage is completely different from the previous stages, which were very much AJ’s style. rather than electronic-y dance music, naicha’s stages on afo were usually more dramatic and theatrical. I like both styles tho. aj’s stages feel very street, very modern, very slick. naicha’s feels like a stage production. Naicha’s style does fit long ge well because he knows long ge so well and trusts and knows that long ge is an excellent performer who can excel with the correct backdrop. as his former team leader, im sure that this went into his consideration when planning for this stage. Im not surprised naicha didnt plan the stage around pinlin being center because it just seems like he doesn’t believe in “one center” as a concept in general LOL. plus no one in txmo had the stage presence and attraction ability that pinlin has, and unfortunately that means naicha has yet to optimally utilize pinlin’s potential as a center. 

I’m glad they all respected pinlin to give him the center role last time, knowing that he deserved it. I’m kinda not surprised tho that pinlin and naicha are clashing a bit now. naicha was like the underdog on afo who no one expected to win but you couldnt help but respect anyway because of the way he designed his stages with such care for every other person on his team. pinlin was the shoe-in who always had the spotlight on stage. their general approaches to the stage are so different. and not in a AJ vs naicha type different. AJ and naicha have different styles of a similar approach, but I feel like pinlin and naicha are just completely different. like how pinlin saying he’s more of a “regular idol” and is different from the rest of them. (ngl style-wise, its always been “the dancers” vs everyone else when I look at blackace.... and then it doesn’t help that everyone else besides pinlin and wang di were either in AJ or naicha’s teams... so.... they’re naturally gonna be closely associated in my mind to the dancers’ side than pinlin’s side) AJ is easy going almost to a fault, but naicha is not the type to take any crap. and pinlin has been stubborn ever since super idol lol so I can imagine there being some conflict between the two. conflict that was not nearly as prominent before naicha arrived. 

naicha going on weibo to literally type out an essay to explain himself and the evil editing tho..... imagine how much hate he must be getting and how frustrated he must be as a result. im sad people are complaining about the way he designed the stage because thats literally one of his strengths. but on the bright side, he knows it too. he defended himself logically and with detailed explanation and I respect that. and I respect that he was like “if you dont get it, you dont get it” because he knows some people are just hating for sake of hating and hes not gonna bother. honestly i think the part distribution seems fair?? it seems like there’s relative good close-up screen time for all the non-dancers and if anything maybe huadi doesn’t get to stand out much?? but he looks really good here!! and so does wang di!! also side note this hair style on pinlin makes me think of super idol LOL

but anyway.... im hesitant to see what happened to pinlin in the next ep :c sigh

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Moments In Song No. 022 - Ola

“Moments In Song” asks people one simple question, “What are you listening to?” For every installment we ask someone to make a playlist of 10 songs they’re listening to, whether it be something new they stumbled upon, or a song they’ve always loved, and explain the story behind their choices. We aim to show that no matter where we come from, what we do, or what we look like, music has the ability to bring us together.

With a playlist full of emotions, Ola talks to us about favorite hard hitting songs, how his father and brother introduced him to new music, and gives us a crash course on African Music.

Listen to Ola’s playlist on Apple Music and Spotify. 

Words and photos by Julian.

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Can you tell me about the thought process behind picking these 10 songs?

So like, just things I listen to everyday on my ride to work. I throw on my long playlist, and these are the songs that always hit extra hard. Like “Runaway” is my favorite song ever. “They Don’t Really Care About Us” is like the first song I memorized as a kid so it’s a hard hitting song. And “Tricky Bailey,” I remember when we crafted that in the Denny’s the day after a party (laughs). It things like that that inspired this playlist.

How difficult was it to pick 10 songs? Did they come easy to you, or did you have to take some time to think and pick the 10 you wanted?

I started with like fifty (laughs).

Fifty?!

And then I had to narrow it down. Because there’s a lot of songs that I listen to daily that I like that should’ve hit this list, but you have to take out the stuff that people may not understand, or won’t make sense. You have to take out the stuff that’s not on Apple Music (laughs). And then you have to find a good set that really speaks of who you are. You should be able to know that is the shit that Ola listens to when you pull this up.

What would you say this playlist explains about you?

It shows a bit of my style and what I like. It shows my mood and the different facets of myself. It’s not just always super rap, it’s not always super trap either. You can be lyrical, but you can be experimental, you can have fun and you can be sad. And it’s all cool.

What songs on your playlist would you say fit that experimental lane?

I mean for it’s time “Runaway” was considered experimental because Kanye was crying on autotune and nobody had really done that before. The joint with SAINt JHN is experimental because you can’t really put it in a lane. It’s not a rap song, it’s not R&B, it’s one of those little pop techno type because of how the beat goes. “Xanax Damage” is Future playing with the trap banger and being more emotional, which I don’t think a lot of people are big fans of but I love that shit. Emotional Future is the best.  

I know from just knowing you as a person, Kanye and Future are two of your favorites. What about them make them your favorites?

Because the make music that makes you feel. It’s all their rawest emotions, for better or for worse. Even when Future says things that are considered disrespectful, it’s how he feels raw and he doesn’t apologize for that. I appreciate that in artists. Same thing with Kanye, storming the stage to take that mic from Taylor Swift, it’s unapologetic, it’s raw. It’s ok to feel feelings. Everybody only talks about feelings when you’re winning. It’s ok when it sucks. If you’re not happy with yourself it’s ok to talk about how you’re not happy with yourself. It’s an emotion. That’s what I like about them, they’re very raw about their feelings. 

Also just be knowing you, I’m surprised I didn’t see any Fela Kuti on the playlist. I know he’s one of your favorites. Did you have any songs from him that didn’t make it on here?

I did but the problem is, how am I gonna fit a 32 minute song…(laughs) because I don’t like the way they do his singles. Some of the songs progress very interestingly, like from the way the bass comes in, some songs have 2 basses in them, one will abruptly come in when he calls for it, so it’s hard to fit those 20 minute, 14 minute, 35 minute long songs. 

Are they really that long?

Yeah. One of my favorites is like 36 minutes long.

What’s is called?

O.D.O.O. (Overtake Don Overtake Overtake). He used to call it African Classical Music. 

I don’t know much about him and his music, but are most of his songs live performance recordings? Is that why they’re so long?

Yeah a good amount of them. There’s “Just Like That” which I think was done in Detroit. The Berlin show was live and that was recorded into an album. There’s one he played Glastonbury in the UK too that became an album as well. A lot if it is live instruments, a live band. If any song would have made it, probably “Zombie” would’ve been the easiest to fit in because it’s very common so people would catch it faster. And it’s not too long, it’s about 12, 14 minutes.

I feel like with Future and Kanye, those are artists you listened to because of the time period you grew up. How’d you pick up on Fela, who’s an older act before your time?

My dad is an older guy, so he listens to older music. So I would listen to his music when he would drop me off to school, my older too he’s a music head and listens to a lot of older acts. When you start getting older, you start to look for things you like, so I started searching on YouTube and found one of his songs. That lead to clips of his concerts where he would say things that would resonate with me outside of the music. From his view on Africa, Black nationalism, how you should love your blackness, all of that. It was from there that he became my guy. I even wrote my college applications on him. He’s the man. Rest in peace to a real one. 

Building off of that, when did you start finding the music and artists you wanted to listen to, and developing your taste. 

When my brother first visited after we moved here, When I was a kid he would always play music and I would always remember songs and have it stuck in my head. There’s this one Micheal Jackson song actually, and not a lot of people know this but Michael Jackson is one of my favorites. He has this one song “Whatever Happens” and the only reason I remember it to this day is because I used to steal that CD out of his room and play it every night before I went to sleep. It’s little things like that that helped me pick what I like. And then from there you get YouTube, Limewire, all that good stuff, word of mouth with your friends too. Shout out to my boys who got me hip to Gucci when I was younger in High School. That’s how you start developing what you like. And then the sound evolves. I like Gucci, that’s why I like Future, because Gucci was the first trap god. And it goes from there, from Future you have a little bit of Travis Scott, Playboi Carti, you have different sounds. You branch off from one mumble to multiple mumbles. 

Would you say your brother and dad are two big influences as far as where you get your music from?

Hell yeah. I still remember I stole a CD from my dad in 2011 when I went back home for the summer. I still have it to this day even though I don’t have anything to play it on. 

What CD?

It’s Fuji Music in Nigeria. It’s this old CD from like 1987. It’s almost religious music but not really, in the sense that it started from religion. He’s talking about some foul shit because he can talk about foul shit, but another musician died so he’s talking about how we was a great guy and how everyone should remember him. He also talked about the politics at the time, and how the military was in charge of everything. And it’s all in Yoruba, so it’s how I remember my language as well.

Who’s the artist?

Alhaji Sikiru Ayinde Barrister.

Wow that’s a mouthful. Is Fuji Music a genre of music?

Correct. That’s why what they call “Afrobeats” today I personally don’t like calling it Afrobeats, because it’s not pure Afrobeats. The original Afrobeats is Fela’s music, and from Fela’s music there’s Juju music, there’s Fuji music, there’s music from the North, and also Highlife music, which are all subgenres of everything. So this new Afrobeats they’re playing is like taking bits and pieces for everything from above. When you call it Afrobeats it takes away from the original Afrobeats which is Fela’s lane, and it also kills everybody else’s music because when you Google Afrobeats once you get past the new guys, the first thing that comes up is Fela. You never really hear about the other ones.

So you’re saying Fuji Music is a branch of the original Afrobeat stuff? A subgenre?

It’s not even a subgenre. It developed around the same time almost. It just never blew up.

Oh so it ran parallel to Afrobeat?

Correct. It just never blew like it should.

Are you saying what people call Afrobeats now is more similar to Fuji Music?

It’s like a combination of all three. I don’t necessarily want to say it’s closer because it’s the same effect. The call, the rhythm. Sometimes there’s a lot of instruments in the background. Fuji has a certain style. You’re just talking shit sometimes. They all have it in them too. It’s not necessarily devoted to one lane like they call it. Afrobeat was the one to blow up first, so that’s why the name was sticking and that’s why it’s easier to call everything that’s come after Afrobeat. Fuji never really escaped the borders, because it’s also tied to the language. If you don’t understand the language you’ll never be able to understand the songs. 

Are there any current Afrobeats artists that match the original sound of Afrobeat?

Yeah Fela’s sons still play. Like 2 of his sons play. Even his grandons play.There’s also a few bands that sound like his stuff. There’s a band in America, Antibalas, that sounds like the original Afrobeat with the big band feel. You have different horns, the basses, everything coming into it. There’s a few of them out there. But everything’s gone pop. Everything that they call Afrobeats I’d rather call it Afro-pop music. Because it’s popular music. It’s taking from everybody. Not just even Nigrean Afrobeats, but they’re taking things from other countries in West Africa. The French speakers for example, Southern African music is coming into it now. It’s only a matter of time till we take from East Africa. 

Yeah I feel that. I feel like the same thing could be said for some Reggaeton now. A lot of it is heavily pop influenced, and has some electronic sounds in it. You got like DJ Snake making songs with J. Balvin and calling it Reggaeton now. 

And that doesn’t make it bad because some of the music is fire. 

Yeah definitely.

Let’s just not kid ourselves on what we’re calling it. There’s nothing wrong with Pop music, Pop music is fine. It’s not a derogatory term.   

What would you want people to take away from this playlist?

Future is the best rapper of all time. 

Ok (Laughs).

But nah seriously, music is cool. Music has different feels to it. There’s happy songs here that have you going. There’s sad songs. That song “Descent” at the end, when I get married I’m gonna play that joint when my wife is walking up to me and I will cry real tears. That is one of the most beautiful songs of my life. Music is feels and it's cool.

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OKAY LIVE REACTION TO RIKAS BACKSTORY DLC HERE WE GO

okay so spoilers again lol

okay so i thought when you played the scret ending 1? riaks backstory was free? e-e

HAHA NVM WAS JUST THE FIRST EPISODE time to go buy 330 hour glasses ANYWAYS

okay seriosuly thing for people who dont like Rika, for what she did. You should honestly play her backstory.. it really could clear some things up for you, and it may chnage your mind, just abit hopefully.

you shouldnt just say no to story, just because you don’t like her.

Of course, if you really dont want to read it fine, but it can probably really help.

Episode 1

this god lady sounds like Jaehee tbh SO CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE OH Mina is Rikas real name :3 How cute already liking this. WONT BE ABLE TO AFFORD THE RETS OF IT THOUGH

Mina/Rika, they really didnt deserve what happened to them.

HOLY FCUK I HONESTLY THOUGHT MIKA WAS FUCKING RIKA BUT IT WAS THE OTHER WAY AROUND OKAY OR AM I GETTING TI MIXED UP?

okay gotta buy 330 hours glasses but THEN ILL CONTINUE MY REACTION

OKAY IM BACK TO REACT AND TO CRY OKAY COOL

the game didnt like me buying more hourglasses o it decided to messwith mu audio.

okay had to restart my phone THANKS ANOTHER SETBACK

Episode 2

okay so, i like Mika back here. BUT WHAT I SAW IN THE V ROUTE, thats not cool Mika. you were kinda okay? you were already a little manipulative to a three year old. “My little sister, should always have short hair” how about you shut up. Twins? All she ever wated was to be loved and not taken away from her “Twin”, Maybe thats why she cared so much for Saeran and Saeyoung before she ddi what she did. Mika no, no. You’re the one who put those awful things in Minas/Rikas mind ugh okay i go back to not liking her, that was very fast.

Okay grown up Rika/Mina, okay rika i like you when you arent doing ur creepy eyes. UGH honestly im so mad at Mika, honestly the fuck. CUTE PICTURES OF V AND RIKA YES okay i know, i like V and all but tbh they were cute together.

excuse me V you shouldve said THATS WHY I ADORE UR SUN BC THATS ALL SHE NEEDED TO HEAR, she didnt want to hear that you loved her because of her darkness.  She wnated someone to love her, or show her a tiny bit of warmth so she could find the light inside her. So, so far, Mika is the one who introducded her to this “darkness” SO UNLESS RIKAS BACKSTORY CAN GIVE ME A REASON TO NOT DISLIKE MIKA AND FORGIVE HER I WILL GLADLY TAKE IT.

Episode 3

THATS THE FIRST THING I OPEN UP TO? 

UR SO CREEPY, WHY DID GOD SEND YOU? THE FUCK WHAT KIND OF ASSHOLE ADOPTIVE PARENTS ARE YOU

sorry what?

Mina, Serena

Im glad she went with Rika, I like Mina, but Rika ive gotten used to it. Maybe she’ll go back to Mina one day?

Oh. Okay i dont like Rika/Mina/Serena’s Mother. and the pastor, no wonder she started a cult, i mena look at his outfit. WHAT KIND OF SHITTY PASTOR ARE YOU

NO WONDER SHE STARTED A FUCKING CULT, YOU ARE ALL DOUCHEBAGSSSSSSSS

“NEEDS ALOT OF PRAYERS” how about you shut up, man,  Pastor my fucking ass, Devil worshipper is more fucking likely.

excuse me pastor, your voice in my ears IS FUCKING CREEPY DO YOU MIND

UR LIKE A PERVERT

“ your body has grown, is it satan?” HOW ABOUT YOU MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS AND LEAVE HER ALONE

yep, i fully understamd now why she created a cult. okay im only on 3 of 8 but still

EXCUSE ME LADY, YOUR DAUGHTER CLEARLY SAID NOT O GOING WITH THE PASTOR LEARN SOME FUCKING MANNERS AND DONT BE A RUDE BITCH

I THOUGHT WE WERE LOOKING FOR HER FATHER?

WHY DID WE FIND MIKA IM SO CONFUSED

oh, her dads the head of the hospital, okay. all good.

YEAH YOU TELL HIM MIKA

YEAH THANK YOU NURSE KICK HIM OUT P[LEASE

WEEE THANKS NURSE

she just wnated to be free from hatred? 

BUT NOBODY WOULD ALLOW HER, THEY KEPT PUSHING HER FURTHER INTO THE DARKNESS

okay gone back to not liking Mika just abit

oh.

now i dont know?

Episode 4

THATS NOT WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR EITHER

Mika had cacner in her eyes.

Mika lived a while though, so her dad must have paid the bills.

MIKA LIED ABOUT THE PHONE NUMBER AND THE ADRESS THE FCUK

Did she really grow up at the orphange? PROBABLY FUCKING NOT

I was just feeling sad for her, but then she did that.

WAIT RIKA HONEY NO ITS NOT YOUR FAULT OF WHAT HAPPENED.

Oh.

so she made V blind because of that?

PUPPY

okay no, no new puppy then.

MS. HEAD OF THE RFA

no v, shes brainwashed him.

THE BOTANICAL GARDEN

No V you should focus on saeyoung because ive turned saeran into somebody i regret now.

Rika no.

you didnt have to shut everyone out, 

he asked you to leave?

Ugh im so confused?

WELL MIKA WAS RIGHT TEACHER THEY WERE BAD PARENTS

GROSS PASTOR PLEASE DONT SAY LITTLE LABM AROUND MINA, THATS CREEPY

Oh.

right yeah, she only separated saeran and saeyoung because of their parents.

Mika, why. 

she didnt have to lie about the orphanage, and then why you said you made Rika think it was all her fault, and then ugh

A FUCKING PUPPY 

WAIT SALLY

SHUT UP MOTHER, ITS A CUTE DOG AND WE BOTH LOVE IT

YEAH SALLY YOU GROWL AT HER

Oh.

I KNEW IT

the pastor is a creep, a pervert, child molester

EXCUSE ME MOTHER?

THATS THE FUCKING RITUAL TO GET SATAN OUT OF HER? 

EXCUSE ME THAT IS FUCKING ILLEGAL PASTOR OR NOT

dont fucking freak out, you told her to leave because you didnt want sally in the house and now your like THE FUCK YOU GOING SERENA HUH? ugh

Rika no, that isnt the right choice.

EXCUS ME MIKA DIED?

THEN WHO THE FUCK WAS THERE WHEN RIKA WAS OLDER

DID MIKA LIE ABOUT DYING?

SALLY UR SO CUTE

oh bad momesnt to mention sally being cute.

listen, all rika every wanted was to love someone.

defo a cult, Believer’s? This some sort of god cult.

WAIT NO SALLY DONT CRY

oh she was 16.

oh dear.

well that was a roller coaster

Episode 5

great she started working a church, and became a nun. even more fantastic

OH SWEET HER NAME IS FINALLY RIKA

I do like the names Mina and Serena but still Rika.

well wjat she thought she was doing was okay. Not wanting anyone to be abandoned?

she just uh turned it into something alot bigger than helping out at a church

She only treated people the way she did was because she didnt know how loving parents acted, so what she thought she was doing was right to her, since she didnt know anything else.

okay so shes 18.

and she wnated to shoe people her light instesd fo her darkness

AN THEN SHE MEETS V

OH THE CLOUD PHOTO, man when she looked at it she said Mother, because thats the first thing that came to mind. 

SHE JUST WNATED TO BE A SUN BUT DIDNT KNOW HOW

SAEYOUNG

WHY DOES TINY SAEYOUNG SOUND LIKE BIG SAEYOUNG

oh

yeah she thought that of she didnt protect saeyoung he’d rot just like Mika.

heh

Oh.

she could see her and mIka in him so she grew attached

she onyl wanted to do good

Rika the Angel but she thought of herself as Rika the Devil ok

Episode 6

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSUNG

okay so she didnt want yoosung to find out about her darkness

Rika honey, its okay. he still would ahve loved you.

Okay so Oh got it okay.

Yoosung is the son of rikas mothers sister,

SHE WAS SO WORRIED HE’D BE RUINED IF HE STAYED CLOSE

RIKA NO DONT OUT YOURSELF DOWN

YOU’RE EQUAL TO YOOSUNG D:

REUSING PHOTOS ARENT YOU CHERITZ OK

BUT HYE V

she couldnt feel anything? well V is both light and dark rika.

man v still doesnt know rikas real name BUT WE DOOOOO

episode 7

Man v ur kinda smooth with words but at the same time like you just met.

V MAKE UP UR FUCKING MIND

okay so she modelled for V and then when she was doing that they didnt talk much? man V atleast tell her she did good. how rude.

ZENNNN

v the fuck you didnt even say goodbye, just IM GONNA GO GRAB MY CAMERA AND THEN FCUKING WALK OFF

V no.

you didnt even compliment her or anything, you just said heres lets take pictures but we aint gonna talk and thn when your done, i aint gonna say you did well or anything like that.

V you kinda an asshole.

NO SALLY

okay shes fine.

V was just curious about me because im not like the rest”

kinda sounds like it,

YES RIKA YOU DO DESERVE THE SUN HONEY

YOU ARE THE SUN I THOUGHT WE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THIS

oh so it was Mina that wanted to be loved.

well shes still a prt of you rika, so that measn you wanted to be loved aswell.

okay so she stopped visiting V

V came to visit her

make up your fuckingmind V

“Heathen Cult”

well yeah basically.

JUMIN

V WHAT THE FUCK

“ can you show me how dark you are?”

HOW ABOUT A FUCKING NO

SHE CLEARLYT SAID NO V

YOU BETTER NOT FUCKING PUSH HER TO SHOW YOU

okay all good

she told V everything

and she scared she;ll end up like Mika.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ANOTHER V AND RIKA PHOTO

HUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGS

WAIT HONEY DONT CRY

MINA YEEE

LAST EPISODE 

wow thats fast.

okay so saeyoung went abroad and then she stopped disagreeing when saeren was saved

then she met Jumin a year later, sweet.

HAPPY ENDING

WELL YOU HAVE ONE NOW RIKA UR HAPPY AND YEEE

okay so then she got her aparement

and then she dint know if things to turn to the worst or the best

well id say the worst but you did save alot of people.

you may have brainwashed them but they would ahve probably died without her help.

MIKA UR STILL ALIVE

UR BLIND THO

OH

YUP OKAY GOT IT

MIKA DIDNT TURST V SO RIKA WAS LIKE OK YEAH I DONT EITHER BC UR ALWAYSSSSSS RIGHT

right.

Mina believed her.

so she agreed.

SO CUTE

WHAT

MIKA NO

USE SAERAN AND YRUN HIM INTO A HACKER

HOW ABOUT YOU SHUT UP MIKA

IM BACK TO NOT LIKING YOU

MINA 

YOU

YOU MANIPULATED MINA INTO DOING YOUR DIRTY WORK

SHE TRUSTED AND YOU

AND YOU USED HER

“I must not use that boy. I must save him”

WELL THANK YOU RIKA

what kind of bullshit is that.

WELL YOU SHOULD DEFIENTLY TELL V BUT WHEN MIKA SAY NO YOU GOTTA AGREE BECAUSE MINA TRUSTS HER

EXCUS EME RIKA

MINA WAS THE LIGHT

mika is the dark

mika just please shut up.

okay she died. thats sad but like

NOT AFTER WHAT YOU DID

CUTE PHOTO OF RIKA YES

Thoughts

thst was um

one crazy ride

AND I WAS THERE FOR IT

so glad i read it.

even if you dont like rika at all

please do

its worth it.

as you can see my thoughts were jumbled in the actual live reaction

but it makes alot of sense kind aof?

im to lazy to write a review so thats the best you’re gonna get.

Its really good, to actually understand why Rika/Mina/Serena turned out the way she was.

i mena i already forgave her in the V ending

but even though she did those bad things, if someone just loved her and didnt feeed her with horrible views of the world, she was still a caring girl even though the darkness took a hold of her,

Im not glad of what happened to her, but if it didnt we would have never even met anyone. so as mucha s i hate to say it, im glad of what happened, and 100% glad we could help her through with it.

Okay, well that was fun.

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Joyce Hughes Testimony: Deliverance and Healing.

Joyce Hughes Testimony

Talking with Joyce about who God is and what He has done in her life was fun! She was full of the joy of the Lord when I met with her and as we talked about the good things He has done. Joyce explained to me how she had always known the Lord because of her mom. She told me about how He was with her as a child, the years of isolation she went through living in the country, years of depression that led to abusing drugs and becoming addicted, but also of God pulling her out and bringing her into a good place with her family, friends and believers surrounding her.  Her testimony is of God bringing her out of all her troubles, she sees Him fulfilling His promises daily in her life. 

Q. When were you saved?

A. I was saved when I was a little girl, as long as I can remember I have loved Jesus. I do not know when I was saved, I just know that at the age of five I knew who Jesus was and I believed He was my savior.

Q. When were you baptised?

A. I was baptized when I was in my thirties at the Malin Swimming Pool in Malin California. I went to the community church in Macdoel, California. My pastor's name was Pastor Ken.

Q. How did you come to know about this church?

A. When my mom and I decided to move to Roseburg, Oregon. My mom was in Fresno, California waiting for me to find a place to live and she asked if I would find an assembly of God church close where our new home would be. So, I went on the search. There was not an assembly of God in Roseburg so I started looking in the out lying towns. One was in Sutherlin and one was in Winston. So I drove to Sutherlin and drove by that church drove into the parking lot and something just said no. Then I went to Winston, had no idea where it was and just had the address and asked God to guide me to where it was, so I made a left and drove to the top of the hill and the street and so I thought wow, this is the street, made a right and drove a few blocks and there it was. I  saw they had a sign with office hours. That was important to me. I went to Church the next Sunday and was welcomed by the most friendliest people who gave me hugs and smiles I was just so happy they had lots of songs to sing. Great worship! The sermon was great also. Everyone was just so inviting. So I continued to go until I found a house to rent , went and moved mom up here.  and mom and I are  very happy here.

Q. Was there anyone who influenced you the most in your faith in God?

A. My mom, mu uncle Eddie and my aunt Lula. My uncle Eddie was just heaven to be around. He was cozy, kind and gentle and He taught me the way Jesus would do it. He truly walked in Jesus' shoes. When he died I knew I was going to Heaven just so I could see him again! My aunt Lula was the same, the sweetest and most loving person I've ever met. She loved the Lord so much and he shone through her and her laughter all the time.

And of course, my mom. She has gone through a lot and has never given up on the LordHer relationship with Jesus in an inspiring testimony to me. Jesus listens to her and answers prayers and she never worries about outcomes that look dark because she knows she has Jesus on her side. She's a walking testament to thte love of God.

Q. You had told me you were healed of some stuff. What were you first healed of? How old were you?

When I was ten I remember I had warts all over my fingers on both hands. I  had them for a very long time. I was embarrassed to show my hands. I had moved to a new school and was just horribly tired of these ugly things on my hands. I prayed for a miracle one night. I remember praying all night with a lot of tears. The next morning they were goneand no sign that they were even ever there. It was truly a miracle and fifty-two years later I still remember the awe I felt at having received a miracle. And since then my life has many miracles. the biggest one is God gave me back my family after I became sober and clean. My life for fifteen years was controlled by hard liquor and meth. fifteen horrible years!I am still, to this day, making amends for the destruction I created. God has blessed me with forgiveness and a means to pay back all the bills I created and has given me the best family in the world to love me and invite me back into the folds of the family. I am ten years sober and clean and I know that God saved me. I do have physical ailments due to the lifestyle, but there will always be accountability in all we do. I humbly accept this and still pray for physical healing. I have had melanoma cancer on my leg, my back, my arms, my face and have had cancer on my uterus. God has healed me through the wonders of doctor's. i was born with only two heart valves. I now have a mechanical valve thanks to God and doctors. My mission on earth is not up!one of my amends is to my mama so we can take care of each other.

Q. What are some of the ways God speaks to you today?

One month ago my student loans were forgiven, a huge weight off my shoulder's. My ex-husband gave me a car I can pay back at very low payments. He and his wife are as a brother and sister in the Lord to me and as best friends. My kids get to see their mom and dad enjoying each others company once again. Truly a blessing. I also have a job that I  can do am not able to do much physically anymore, so I am a call center agent where I do customer service to people all over the united states. I hear stories from all over the world: Italy, Africa, China.some people are not too happy when they call. My challenge is to get them smiling again and their problem solved.

I also take catalog orders from here in the states. It's like shopping with money I don't have. Yeah, that's funny I know. I hear sad stories and am able to pray for them when I get off the phone. People have prayed for me  because they sense I'm a nice person. That's pretty cool. I have a new phone buddy and pen-pal who I met on the phone. she is friends with Pastor Dr. Charles Stanley. She had him call my mom over Christmas season to pray for her after her surgery. That was so nice. My heart is filled with so much love when I talk to some of these people. God reminds me He works through them for me. And then of course I am tested every day to love one another even if they are rude and nasty to me on the phone. Lord...forgive them for they know not what they do.

the biggest miracle in my life is that God saved me. I am adopted into His family and He is my all, my everything. He forgave me of horrendous things and my boys Solomon and Staley still love their mom.

One of my favorite stories she had shared with me was of her mother keeping the opportunity for communication open even as Joyce had been hiding in her addiction not responding for 15 years. she finally called her mother back one day. Her aunt was laying nearby in  bed, ill, when Joyce's mother answered the phone. Her aunt said that knowing Joyce had called her mother was an answer to prayer. Her aunt passed away soon after.  Joyce told me about the interesting believers who order at the call center she works at. One day as she was thinking about how God see's her as righteous, one man with a unique accent, a mix between Texas and New Orleans, had called to place an order and He had blessed her with the word she was created by God and is righteous in God's eyes. Throughout her telling me her testimony I heard so much about the unity we have in Christ as believers. I asked her what her favorite verses were. I was wondering what verses she might have clung to that would have helped take her from where she was to where she is now. They are: 'We love because He first loved us.' 1 John 4:19, and "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

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Da-iCE ARTICLE: [mu-mo Station] Da-iCE “Kumo o nuketa aozora” Release Special Feature [1/6] - “Even common words can be unique if combined accordingly” (11/19/18) | CGM

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Da-iCE “Kumo o nuketa aozora” Release Special Feature [1/6] - “Even common words can be unique if combined accordingly ”

Da-iCE “Kumo o nuketa aozora” Interview [pt.1]

Suitable to adorn the last of Da-iCE’s 5th anniversary, the warm mid-ballad “Kumo o nuketa aozora” will be released on November 21, 2018 (Wednesday). We thoroughly covered this work that was originally created under strong aspiration, “With our own words, we want to send a message to everyone who listens”! This is an interesting 6-part short series, in total.

--- The present piece “Kumo o nuketa aozora” is created under what theme?

Sota: When it was time to release the single, we discussed with everyone and we arrived at a certain concept. We wanted to release such songs that can be played in weddings.  And so, we did this song.

--- The lyrics of the single title track were written for the first time by the 3 members, Sota-kun, Taiki-kun, and Yudai-kun, right?

Sota: It was decided already that the song would be completed through the lyrics I’ve written, but on the way, they [the staff] said that I needed it to brush it up. And since I have no much time left when it was decided, I thought that I won’t be able to do it alone, and so I asked for Taiki-kun’s help. Taiki-kun brushed up the lyrics I gave him, and then, Yudai-kun entered. Together as three, we rewrote the lyrics from the top. The theme of the wedding song that I thought was “Blue sky through [behind] the clouds”. I decided it to be the title, itself, and started writing from there. When I first heard the song [the melody], I already thought that it was a ballad with a very positive bright tone, and so I thought, as much as possible, I wanted to make the lyrics positive as well.

--- What parts have changed when Taiki-san and Yudai-san joined?

Sota: I talked to them first [and foremost] that I didn’t want to change the concept of the verse 3, but when Yudai-kun explained his point of changing the verse 3, I took it and advanced from there since. Actually, the lyrics have changed, but I think it’s good because we were able to change it to a more meaningful one. I should not stop from thinking about the parts I don’t want to change, right? Although I already thought that “there’s no better idea that will come up this time”, as we went on to our discussion, better lyrics were coming up, and that led me to the conclusion that my fixed concept wasn’t that meaningful enough. There, I felt that it was better to keep on addressing the problem if there was any.

--- By the way, what are those words in verse 3 [line 3 of verse 3]?

Sota: The line is now “Shadowed heart, illuminating light” [light illuminating the shadowed heart] [Kageru kokoro, terasuhikari] but it was “Shadowed heart, a person that is close” [a close person with a shadowed heart] [Kageru kokoro, yorisou hito] before. But a “shadowed heart” has a little negative [minus] image. Also, it was a little bit hard to understand who it was singing to. The “person that is close” can be yourself or your opponent or another person. And so, we thought that if we turn those words to a more positive ones such as “illuminating light”, which can be applied to anything in the song, the negative image could be lessened. Also, it could be heard more as “positive”.

--- What are the others’ thoughts about this song?

Yudai: This time, I got the chance to see the lyrics made by different writers who joined in the competition. It was very interesting. There were many phrases such as “Woken Up”, “Morning” and “Curtain”. On melody A, there was this line “Your sleepy talks [usually nonsense] after waking up” [Megasametara, kimi no negoto]. Right there, it had a solid direction already. I think the reason why such words came out, it was because the perspective of the song’s melody and interpreter’s had aligned in agreement. Just like how it went to Sota, I also got inspired by the words “curtain” and “morning”, and so I think that part is strong.  There, the choreography also linked [matched], and so this phrase, I think, is also the most dramatic part of this song…

Taiki: For me, the theme that Sota had brought up at the beginning was very interesting. “Blue sky” and “clouds” are overly used words, but “Blue sky through [behind] the clouds” as a group – I think no one has ever used it yet. They are common words, yes, but they could also become unique if you would combine them accordingly.

Hayate: As soon as I heard the song, I imagined people crying with a smile on their faces as we perform it LIVE. Tears of happiness that is. Also I think, I would also cry while dancing to it. I like the intro very much.

Toru: Personally, when I first heard the melody, I felt great sadness and sorrow, but when the lyrics came in, the song became mild. It turned out to be gentle and bright. Even the choreography, itself, has deep and intense moves, making someone move to tears even by only watching the dance. I think it has become a dance, showing all the strengths of marriage and resolving the problem as a man determinedly.

--- So, what are your inner thoughts about having the last single installment for your 5th anniversary then?

Sota: When we were deciding about the theme, because it’s the last single for our 5th anniversary, the idea of releasing a Da-iCE “warm ballad that’s not heartbreaking”, which was frequently requested by fans, came out. Also, recently, I haven’t been singing Da-iCE’s so-called “heartbreaking ballads” and so, that kind of proposal came out. Moreover, since it seems like there had been no song with a title “Blue sky through [behind] the clouds” yet, I thought that it would be nice to write it. And since it’s the last of our 5th anniversary, we wanted to have a bright ending. Instinctively, I was like “go work on the 5th anniversary [single], since it’s indeed your 5th anniversary.” With that in mind, I wrote the lyrics.

--- The second song “Refrain” is a different ballad piece as compared to the title song, what was your thoughts when you first listened to it?

Yudai: I thought that it was really a good song. A sad and painful song it is, although I thought as well that it’s like those Da-iCE songs in the past with dramatic feelings on critical moments (laughs).

Sota: This song is actually a song that we recorded 4 years ago. It was from the same writer of the song “REASON”. Although the release date of it was not yet decided before, we ended up recording it until the summer of 2014, then left it there, thinking that we would release it someday. That’s why, in there, you would recognize some vibes from 4 years ago and so…

--- Haven’t your voice changed after all those years? Was there a particular problem came out from that?

Yudai: Well, I think the basics, such as the habit and the way of singing, haven’t changed. Although I think also that there’s still a subtle difference [nuance], which is a bit younger compared to now. The voice itself…

Sota: …sounds smoother now.

Yudai: Yes, I have the same opinion as that. But, of course, I can’t deny myself in the past. Now, if I listen to it, sometimes there are points I want to do now instead, as to what I did when I was singing it before. But, the works in those days are the works in those days. It’s just that, the right timing came for that song [Refrain] to be released this time.

--- Also included in this work is an acoustic version of “Kono kyoku no sei” that was released on 2015. Can you tell us why and how did you rearrange this piece?

Sota: Right from the start of this year, we’ve been attempting to sing our past songs in acoustic version or even in bossa version. This time, we chose “Kono kyoku no sei” which seems so popular to our fans. We decided to rearrange it because it’s a song that is being enjoyed LIVE [by everyone] mostly.

--- This acoustic version is sung by 5 members. What was it like singing altogether?

Sota: I really like singing together. It’s something new. Before, there was no instance where all members were singing and dancing together until this, and so, I like to try such things as well. Also, I like to hear the performers’ voices on the surface [upper]. Singing, together as five, a danceable song in full power is exciting, and I think that would give a wow effect or something.

--- We’ve been told that the two of you want to sing.

Hayate: If given the opportunity… (laughs). I always think… looking at the 2 vocals, I think it’s hard to sing while dancing, I don’t feel like I can do it (laughs).

Toru: “Kono kyoku no sei” was very fun to record. ‘Will sing if there’s a demand for it (laughs). Since it’s something for those who listen up to the last [song], yes, I want to respond if there’s a demand for it (laughs).

--- So… Speaking of your 5th anniversary, can you tell us what was your turning point, looking back over the past five years?

Sota: At the time of our major debut, I think the catchphrase “Face value 75” was a turning point (laughs). It seemed nice walking around and be called as that. I don’t want to deny that I felt like it, but I was very surprised at that time. At the time of our indies, as much as possible, we didn’t release our visuals, and we didn’t make anything like putting our faces and photos on jackets and other goods. We wanted the people to see us for real. We wanted to be known through our music and dance and not only through our appearance. But, when our major debut came, surprised by the change, I didn’t feel like showing my face. I was very surprised myself. I’m not sure if that was considered as a turning point but for me it was a turning point.

Yudai: At that time, I felt like I really don’t want to go outside. I hid my face and just started walking (laughs).

Hayate: That was surprising thing indeed. I didn’t expect that we would be selling so (laughs).

Sota: Yes, yes, when they show us the media materials before our debut, there was the phrase “Face value 75” written in small letters. When we asked, “What is this for?” They told us, “That’s okay. This won’t be visible anyway [will not take great attention].” But, on the day of our debut, when I looked through my cellphone in the dressing room, on the net news, there was an article written “Face value 75 Da-iCE debuts!” It was published something like that (laughs). It was also given as a cue on TV. Since, there were so many things, whether good or bad, that could be said to a group with “Face value 75”, it became our punchline. I observed around and concluded, that punchline was good.

Yudai: But, for us concerned [the one being called as “Face value 75”] … (laughs).

Sota: For us concerned, I guess we’ve been quite overly valued after all… I laughed though when we entered as “a group to compare with” (laughs).

Hayate: And so, at that time, I was always speechless whenever they say, “A group with a label of ‘Face value 75’…” (laughs).

Yudai: Other than that, there was also “All about romance, extreme masochist, tearjerker, heartbreaking song”.

All: (laughs out loud)

Sota: That’s “Mou ichido dake”, right?

Yudai: It’s a very good ballad.

Sota: When I was looking through the net news on the date of the release, the words “tearjerker heartbreaking song” came out. Actually, it was a catchphrase we didn’t expect to have. We didn’t imagine that phrase to be applied to that song. It was quite a nice ballad. It was truly surprising for us.

Hayate: The title was also different originally.

Sota: The title was really “to the last man”, but in order to sell and make the song more touching, we settled on making the title “Mou ichido dake [Just once more]”.

Taiki: It was time to put a lever on it.

--- Do you have any other comments?

Taiki: Anything else? I think that’s the best I have now (laughs).

--- That’s it? (laughs) Well then, can you tell us the things you want to do in the future?

Yudai: Because there had been no energetic songs for a while, I’d like to do a danceable song. Since there are lots of ballad songs in production now, which we have in stock, I want to go energetically all in even more.

Sota: Like “EVERYBODY”, “PARADIVE”, and “HUSH HUSH”, I think that is good since there are no recent loud songs that the audience can enjoy just by listening to it.

Taiki: Crazy songs you mean (laughs).

--- Da-iCE is currently on tour. Can you tell us what enthusiasm you have for the rest of your performances?

Yudai: We are already halfway through it. It’s happening so fast. There are basically other live shows during the tour. They even let us perform in school festivals this year. Since we are recording new songs, the time to delve into the music is long, I think. The delivery of the tour is also fulfilling. I am doing it while having fun. I want to run through from here at once.

Sota: Speaking of the tour, because we are trying new things this time, while adjusting to the “1 performance after the other” [back-to-back performances], I think the quality we are delivering is steadily improving every time we perform. And so, I am hoping for those who have seen the performance once to come again. We would be happy if you would go and see our improvement in a short period of time.

From: https://station.mu-mo.net/articles/AGkHp

Note: Woah! This is the longest interview I’ve translated so far. Please forgive me if there are errors.

[whipped-for-kpop-fics]

Forgotten Memories. 3

You never wanted new flatmates but yet here you are, sharing an apartment with Jeon Jungkook and Kim Yugyeom. Maybe landlord Taehyung had a reason for letting Jungkook and Yugyeom move into your apartment. You only hoped that they didn't mind living with a ghost.

Jungkook  roommate au ft BTS & Got7

Warnings; Supernatural stuff. Sad stuff. Ghost Y/N. Ghost Namjoon. Mentions of suicide. Mentions of death. Swearing. Harmful things.

Forgotten Memories Masterlist

The third day after Jungkook and Yugyeom moved in, they were fighting to force the other to answer the front door.

"I don't want to talk to the creepy landlord." Jungkook hissed.

"Neither do I!" Yugyeom shrieked back. The bell rang again.

"Rock, paper, scissors?" Jungkook suggested. Yugyeom nodded and they both put one hand behind their backs. "Rock."

"Paper."

"Scissors."

"Show." They pulled their hands forward. Yugyeom had paper. Jungkook had rock.   "Ha! I win!" Yugyeom beamed plopping down onto the couch.

Jungkook made a noise of mild annoyance as he dragged his body over to the door. He took the bolt off and unlocked the door to open it.

"Uh, hi." He greeted awkwardly.

"Hi, Jungkook." Taehyung smiled widely. "I'm throwing a welcome party for you and Yugyeom tonight on the roof."

"Oh?" Jungkook perked up. "For us?"

"Yep! I do it for all new tenants, so you can all meet and get to know each other! I want life in the building to be peaceful and friendly."

"Oh, that's cool," Jungkook answered honestly. "So will everyone be there?"

"Yep, you can invite some friends too, if you like just not too many though and only people who are respectable. I don't mind cleaning up but I don't want to have to pull litter from the pool."

"No, I understand, no-one wants to do that. The roof is really nice, I wouldn't invite anyone that would do anything disrespectful."

"Wonderful! See you then!" Taehyung grinned and turned to skip off to Jackson's door.

"Uh, hyung!" Jungkook called, stepping out of his door. Taehyung turned curiously. "You didn't tell me the time."

"It's 10:45." Taehyung muttered after checking his phone.

"No, not now." Jungkook chuckled. "For the party, what time does it start?"

"Oh, right!" Taehyung rubbed his neck as an embarrassed blush crept up his neck to decorate his tan cheeks. "8:30. We are all usually back in our apartments by midnight at the latest. The weather won't be the best for swimming but I'll turn on the heater in case you want to get in the pool."

"Okay, thanks."

"Oh and don't worry about bringing anything, I've got it all arranged."

"Okay. We'll see you at 8:30 then, hyung." Jungkook smiled and retreated into the apartment leaving Taehyung smiling dopily at the door.

"Well, you don't look weird." You sniggered so Taehyung looked over to find you stood outside Jackson's apartment, leaning against the wall. "What's the grin for?"

"Jungkook called me hyung, twice," Taehyung announced proudly while moving over to knock Jackson's door. "I like him."

"Hm." You simply responded, making an uncertain expression. Taehyung was about to question you about it but the door opened.

"Oh, Taehyung." Jackson greeted weakly. "What's up?"

"Welcome party for Jungkook and Yugyeom on the roof tonight," Taehyung announced with an excited smile. Jackson's expression didn't change and Taehyung frowned. "You know, they wouldn't want you to stay cooped up in here all day and night, Jackson."

"They don't know me." Jackson scoffed.

"I don't mean your new neighbours." Jackson's lips quivered as he fought to keep a straight face but he gave in and let his frown tug his lips down. "Y/N and Namjoon would only want the best for you. They wouldn't want you to grieve for this long."

"My best friends are dead, they died and I didn't even know they were hurting.If I had-"

"Slap him." You spoke and Taehyung did. He instantly stepped back in shock at his own actions.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think." Taehyung apologised. Jackson was too dumbstruck to even get angry. "Please don't be mad I just don't think they'd want to hear you talk like that, Jackson."

"They-they're not here." Jackson snapped back to reality.

"For the sake of their memory, don't act like this. Come to the party tonight, you can invite...Jaebum? Your friend that used to come around and use the laundry room all the time."

"I haven't seen him in a while." Jackson realised and slowly, he nodded. "Okay, we'll be there."

"It starts at 8:30." Taehyung smiled warmly before leaving to go up to the top floor. You followed him.

"Thank you, for being so persuasive." You spoke, giving Taehyung a grateful smile. "He deserves to have some fun."

"He does." Taehyung agreed and the two of you stepped out of the lift. He headed to the left door first and before he even managed to knock, it swung open and Jimin stood there, ready to go out.

"Oh, Taehyung, what brings you up here?" He greeted with a polite smile.

"Party for the new tenants," Taehyung replied with a soft smile. He had always had a soft spot for Jimin. They were the same age and Jimin was such a cute little angel always helping his neighbours and taking the time to talk to Taehyung. His roommate, on the other hand, the complete opposite. It was rare to see Yoongi around the building more than once a week and that once was only because he did their weekly grocery shop Thursday mornings. Otherwise, Taehyung was pretty certain he'd never see the man.

"Ah! That's so kind of you!" Jimin beamed. "Have you told Jungkookie already? I'm going to see him now actually, I could pass on the news."

"Ah no, I've already told him but thank you Jimin." Jimin just smiled wider.

"The usual time?"

"Yeah."

"Can we bring Hoseokie?"

"Of course, he's always the life of the party." Taehyung grinned back at Jimin. "Oh, I asked your friend Seokjin to do the catering so he will be there too."

"That's so kind of you, Taehyung. His business is so small, he has such a small client base. Thank you for hiring him."

"He's a great cook." Taehyung enthused. "I couldn't think of anyone better."

"Shut the damn door, it's cold!" Yoongi's voice suddenly bellowed out of the apartment. Jimin rolled his eyes before smiling sweetly at Taehyung.

"One second." He backed up and mostly closed the door. "Shut up! I'm talking to Taehyung!"

"I can hear that and I don't care, I'm cold and alone." Yoongi's voice turned sulky. "Come back." He whined and Jimin made a hushing sound.

Taehyung looked at you with raised eyebrows, confused at the silence that suddenly took over. "I got it." You stated. You entered the apartment to find Jimin pressed between Yoongi's body and the back of the couch. You slapped your hands over your mouth at the sight. It was clear the pair had a certain, connection, everyone in the building knew it but seeing them lip locked, Yoongi's hips grinding against Jimin's really put your assumptions in stone.

"Just stay," Yoongi mumbled, lips ghosting over Jimin's neck. "You can see the kid later."

"I've seen you all morning and all of yesterday, isn't one day spent in bed enough for you?" Jimin giggled.

"You know I can't get enough of your body." As if proving his point, Yoongi's hands smoothed down Jimin's sides and around to grope the younger male's backside roughly. "So fucking perfect."

"Ah, hyung," Jimin whined. "I have work today."

"Call in sick."

"I can't keep doing that, Hoseokie was upset last time." Yoongi groaned but gave in. "Thank you."

"You're lucky he's my best friend otherwise I'd be dragging you back to bed right now." Jimin giggled and pressed a final kiss to Yoongi's lips.

"I'll be back about 5."

"Don't be late again," Yoongi warned. "Or I'm never cooking for you ever again." He pointed a threatening finger at Jimin before sauntering off, adjusting his boxers as he went. Jimin watched Yoongi enter his room before turning to the door.

You finally returned to reality, the sight of the red lines scratched into Yoongi's back burned into your mind and you shuddered. You really had found out more about the pair than you ever wanted to. By the time you met with Taehyung again, he was just finishing talking to Jinyoung. You waited patiently then walked beside Taehyung into the lift.

"So, we were right." You announced. Taehyung looked at you curiously. "About Jimin and Yoongi."

"Oh, they are in a relationship."

"I don't know about that. I'm not sure if they're actually in a relationship or dating or anything romantic."

"Then what?" He looked confused. "How can we be right?" The two of you stepped out of the doors and made your way towards his apartment.

"I said they aren't up to anything romantic." You gave him a look but, he didn't understand. "They do the horizontal tango."

"I didn't know Yoongi can dance too. Do you think Jimin taught him?"

"I didn't mean dancing." Taehyung opened the front door and walked inside, even holding the door open for you despite the fact he didn't need to, you could literally walk through doors and walls. "Thank you." You skipped over and sat on the couch.

"Why did you say they were doing the tango is you didn't mean dance? Tango is a dance." He questioned as he walked over to the open kitchen.

"You've seriously never heard that saying before?" You turned to rest your chin on the back of the sofa to watch as he made himself tea. He shook his head. "They do the do."

"They do the what?"

"Wow, for a psychic you don't know a lot."

"I'm not psychic."

"Then what do you call someone that sees dead people?"

"...someone that sees dead people." Taehyung looked up at you with a cheeky smile that made you laugh. "I don't know. Grandma has a name for us but I can never remember it." He shrugged.

"Your grandma sees dead people too?"

"Yeah. She sees death too. She can just look at a photo of someone and know everything about how they will die."

"So, she's psychic." Taehyung gave you an unimpressed look but didn't answer you as he picked up his mug and joined you on the sofa. "Do you have that talent too? Seeing peoples deaths?" Taehyung frowned and placed his mug on the side table to let the contents cool down.

"No well, not entirely."

"Didn't you know I was going to die though?" You recalled him stating the fact the day you turned up without your body.

"I did." He confirmed. "But, I didn't know anything about it. I didn't know when or how. I just knew it'd be bad."

"Like suicide." You hummed. He nodded and looked at you with something akin to regret in his eyes but there was something else laced within that you couldn't put your finger on. "Did you know Namjoon would too?"

"Yes, but it was never as strong as the feeling I got with you. I asked Grandma one day, not long after you came back as spirits and she said that I must've been a lot closer to you then Namjoon-hyung."

"I'm your favourite." You grinned. He couldn't even deny it and just chuckled. "But anyway, back to Yoongi and Jimin."

"Right yes. What did you see in there?" He perked up and turned so his shoulder was against the back of the couch and he was facing you. You turned to mirror his position.

"Yoongi had Jimin against the couch and they were making out." Taehyung's jaw dropped. "I know right. And Yoongi had like, claw marks down his back and hickeys on his neck."

"They're having sex?"

"Yep." You nodded. "I hope they're dating too, it's clear they feel strongly for each other but I can only confirm as much as sex currently."

"They'd be a cute couple." A hum of agreement left your throat. "Maybe Jimin would rub off on Yoongi."

"I think they do enough rubbing as it is." Taehyung looked at you, his features giving away the fact that he couldn't believe the words that just left your lips. You cackled and got up. "You still have things to do for tonight so I'm going to go cuddle my boyfriend and pretend we're a normal couple."

"Hm okay, will you be at the party?"  You shrugged. "I say yes."

"Ah well in that case, I guess I will be. Psychics are always right." You teased. He only laughed softly and watched you walk through the door.

***

It was precisely 10:37 by the time you and Namjoon arrived on the roof.

"Hm, that's surprising, no-one new," Namjoon commented as you walked across the roof, hand in hand, eyeing all the faces only to find you recognised them all. "They were all at your place after the funeral."

"Didn't Jungkook and Yugyeom invite anyone?" You murmured bewildered. You had been certain they would bring at least one person each.

"Kookie!" You looked over to find BamBam yelling across the rooftop.

"What?!" Jungkook responded from the drinks table by the gym equipment.

"Come here! Hyung doesn't believe you're strong!" BamBam pointed to Jaebum who was stood with him. Jungkook looked a little awkward but walked over the pair all the same, wanting to hold up his reputation.

"Huh, guess they already know the guys," Namjoon commented. "Look." You followed his gaze to find he was watching Yugyeom, Jimin and Hoseok dancing to the music and laughing at each other's weird dance moves. "Oh, maybe Yugyeom works with them."

"I thought he works at a hardware store. But thinking about it, I have heard him mention the studio. Maybe he takes dance classes."

"Let's listen in and see what we can learn." Namjoon suggested and you really couldn't say no to that suggestion.

***

Your night ended curled up with Namjoon on Taehyung's couch, Taehyung laid across the love seat with a share sized bag of Doritos on the floor by his hand.

For a long while, the three of you sat in a comfortable silence. The only sound in the room was the rustle of the bag and the crunch as Taehyung ate slowly. The silence only ended when Taehyung rolled over and into an upright position to look at the pair of you with an expression on his face that screamed he wanted to ask something.

"What's the matter, Tae?" You questioned, your voice quiet as you didn't want to ruin the soft atmosphere the room held.

"There's something I've been wanting to ask you both for two weeks but I haven't felt like I could." He confessed.

"Well, you might as well ask." Namjoon encouraged. "The worst that could happen is we won't answer."

"How did you die?" Taehyung enquired quickly and you looked at him with raised eyebrows.

"You said we committed suicide." Namjoon responded, just as confused as you were.

"That's what it looked like but, you two were happy together." Taehyung frowned, concern evident on his features. "You had even asked me if you could both live in Y/N's apartment and if I would change names on contracts."

"W-we did?" You gasped then looked at Namjoon, the only person you truly remembered from your past but if he hadn't died with you, you doubted you would even know his face. "But, why would we chose to die if we were planning to live together?"

"That's the thing, I don't think you did chose to die."

[winstonassemblyofgod]

Testimony of Healing and Deliverance

Joyce Hughes Testimony

Talking with Joyce about who God is and what He has done in her life was fun! She was full of the joy of the Lord when I met with her and as we talked about the good things He has done. Joyce explained to me how she had always known the Lord because of her mom. She told me about how He was with her as a child, the years of isolation she went through living in the country, years of depression that led to abusing drugs and becoming addicted, but also of God pulling her out and bringing her into a good place with her family, friends and believers surrounding her.  Her testimony is of God bringing her out of all her troubles, she sees Him fulfilling His promises daily in her life. 

Q. When were you saved?

A. I was saved when I was a little girl, as long as I can remember I have loved Jesus. I do not know when I was saved, I just know that at the age of five I knew who Jesus was and I believed He was my savior.

Q. When were you baptised?

A. I was baptized when I was in my thirties at the Malin Swimming Pool in Malin, Oregon I went to the community church in Macdoel, California. My pastor's name was Pastor Ken.

Q. How did you come to know about this church?

A. When my mom and I decided to move to Roseburg, Oregon. My mom was in Fresno, California waiting for me to find a place to live and she asked if I would find an assembly of God church close where our new home would be. So, I went on the search. There was not an assembly of God in Roseburg so I started looking in the out lying towns. One was in Sutherlin and one was in Winston. So I drove to Sutherlin and drove by that church drove into the parking lot and something just said no. Then I went to Winston, had no idea where it was and just had the address and asked God to guide me to where it was, so I made a left and drove to the top of the hill and the street and so I thought wow, this is the street, made a right and drove a few blocks and there it was. I  saw they had a sign with office hours. That was important to me. I went to Church the next Sunday and was welcomed by the most friendliest people who gave me hugs and smiles I was just so happy they had lots of songs to sing. Great worship! The sermon was great also. Everyone was just so inviting. So I continued to go until I found a house to rent , went and moved mom up here.  and mom and I are  very happy here.

Q. Was there anyone who influenced you the most in your faith in God?

A. My mom, mu uncle Eddie and my aunt Lula. My uncle Eddie was just heaven to be around. He was cozy, kind and gentle and He taught me the way Jesus would do it. He truly walked in Jesus' shoes. When he died I knew I was going to Heaven just so I could see him again! My aunt Lula was the same, the sweetest and most loving person I've ever met. She loved the Lord so much and he shone through her and her laughter all the time.

And of course, my mom. She has gone through a lot and has never given up on the LordHer relationship with Jesus in an inspiring testimony to me. Jesus listens to her and answers prayers and she never worries about outcomes that look dark because she knows she has Jesus on her side. She's a walking testament to thte love of God.

Q. You had told me you were healed of some stuff. What were you first healed of? How old were you?

When I was ten I remember I had warts all over my fingers on both hands. I  had them for a very long time. I was embarrassed to show my hands. I had moved to a new school and was just horribly tired of these ugly things on my hands. I prayed for a miracle one night. I remember praying all night with a lot of tears. The next morning they were goneand no sign that they were even ever there. It was truly a miracle and fifty-two years later I still remember the awe I felt at having received a miracle. And since then my life has many miracles. the biggest one is God gave me back my family after I became sober and clean. My life for fifteen years was controlled by hard liquor and meth. fifteen horrible years!I am still, to this day, making amends for the destruction I created. God has blessed me with forgiveness and a means to pay back all the bills I created and has given me the best family in the world to love me and invite me back into the folds of the family. I am ten years sober and clean and I know that God saved me. I do have physical ailments due to the lifestyle, but there will always be accountability in all we do. I humbly accept this and still pray for physical healing. I have had melanoma cancer on my leg, my back, my arms, my face and have had cancer on my uterus. God has healed me through the wonders of doctor's. i was born with only two heart valves. I now have a mechanical valve thanks to God and doctors. My mission on earth is not up!one of my amends is to my mama so we can take care of each other.

Q. What are some of the ways God speaks to you today?

One month ago my student loans were forgiven, a huge weight off my shoulder's. My ex-husband gave me a car I can pay back at very low payments. He and his wife are as a brother and sister in the Lord to me and as best friends. My kids get to see their mom and dad enjoying each others company once again. Truly a blessing. I also have a job that I  can do am not able to do much physically anymore, so I am a call center agent where I do customer service to people all over the united states. I hear stories from all over the world: Italy, Africa, China.some people are not too happy when they call. My challenge is to get them smiling again and their problem solved.

I also take catalog orders from here in the states. It's like shopping with money I don't have. Yeah, that's funny I know. I hear sad stories and am able to pray for them when I get off the phone. People have prayed for me  because they sense I'm a nice person. That's pretty cool. I have a new phone buddy and pen-pal who I met on the phone. she is friends with Pastor Dr. Charles Stanley. She had him call my mom over Christmas season to pray for her after her surgery. That was so nice. My heart is filled with so much love when I talk to some of these people. God reminds me He works through them for me. And then of course I am tested every day to love one another even if they are rude and nasty to me on the phone. Lord...forgive them for they know not what they do.

the biggest miracle in my life is that God saved me. I am adopted into His family and He is my all, my everything. He forgave me of horrendous things and my boys Solomon and Staley still love their mom.

One of my favorite stories she had shared with me was of her mother keeping the opportunity for communication open even as Joyce had been hiding in her addiction not responding for 15 years. she finally called her mother back one day. Her aunt was laying nearby in  bed, ill, when Joyce's mother answered the phone. Her aunt said that knowing Joyce had called her mother was an answer to prayer. Her aunt passed away soon after.  Joyce told me about the interesting believers who order at the call center she works at. One day as she was thinking about how God see's her as righteous, one man with a unique accent, a mix between Texas and New Orleans, had called to place an order and He had blessed her with the word she was created by God and is righteous in God's eyes. Throughout her telling me her testimony I heard so much about the unity we have in Christ as believers. I asked her what her favorite verses were. I was wondering what verses she might have clung to that would have helped take her from where she was to where she is now. They are: 'We love because He first loved us.' 1 John 4:19, and "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

[r-o-se]

EXACTLY 101 comments over P101 S2E4 wow how did I manage that don’t ask me also sorry for the shit screencaps lmao NOTHING THAT CUTE OR COOL HAPPENED IT WAS JUST SAD

Yo those eps are getting subbed faster than they used to idk whats going on but I’m definitely not complaining lol lets get riiiiiiiiiight into the neeeeeeeeews

1.      Flashback scenes to Jisung and Jinwoo’s teams losing are not appreciated at all stop the MMO abuse

2.      ‘3000 votes is too many’ I AGREE the Be Mine team is training everywhere and all the time poor fucking kids

3.      Who edited this and thought that ‘wow a piano rendition of out song would be a great and dramatic choice’ newsflash it’s not I’m already done with this song lmao

4.      SHINEE SHINEE SHINEE REPLAY TEAMS YOOOOO

5.      Pink team Ren and Yuehua chinaliners vs green team Sanggyun  and MMO Jaehan and Taewoong

6.      The pink cutesy Ren team is…. Too aegyo-ish  I’m older than 80% of them yet I feel like a pedophile watching this SAVE ME SOMEONE

7.      Sanggyun and Justin are the centers and both fucking wreck their roles in the best way possible

8.      Justin is so overacting and cheesy I’m rotting lmao love my kid tho

9.      Lee Gunhee aka the (RBW?) kid whose intro vid was him singing while getting hit by shit to show how stabile he is keeps getting out of tune I’m sad and worried

10.   The vocals trainers in this show I stg their method is just singing the high notes and then looking at the trainee like ‘what u cant do this lol? Try harder’

11.   Ren is comforting the kid whos dying of self doubt u g h

12.   AND HERE WE GO LMAO THEIR SMILES ARE SO BRIGHT SOMEONE STOP THE PINK TEAM

13.   U get the most flowerboyish pretty boy that has ever lived (Ren) and u give him the ugliest haircut u can think of pretty sure this counts as a crime

14.   GUNHEE DID IT IT ONLY BROKE A BIT IN THE VERY VERY END HE PULLED IT OFFFFFF AND HE PULLS OFF ALL THE NOTES AFTER THAT TOO

15.   Zhu Zheng did a frontflip of course he did lmao also Jihoon is probs pissing his pants because everyone around keep winking lmao

16.   Team 1 is playing around and being cute w the camera but team 2 look a bit troubled also ugh they are too hardcore for this fucking god Zhu Zheng kiddo I love you but you put them into such a shitty position aaaaa

17.   Here we gooooooooooooo green team lookin cuter than I expected holy damn Sanggyun is SINGING and it’s SO GOOD FOR A RAPPER

18.   HE IS ALSO SHOWING HIS ABS LMAOOO THIS ISNT THAT SORT OF SONG AAHAHAH FUCK

19.   Their performance is really good? A Lot cuter than I predicted and the vocals are so goooood

20.   Why do all other trainees look so sour did u want them to fail or some shit just let the kids live they were forced into such an uncomfortable concept aaaaaaa I WANNA VOTEEEE

21.   Time for pain and results team 1 won with ~70 votes im SAD Sanggyun was the only one who took the position points win aaaahhhhhh  ngl I was rooting for #2 eventho #1 had Ren and Yuehua kiddos also 3000 votes is TOO FUCKING MUCHH I HATE P101

22.   Now its Mansae aka power vocals vs the leftovers rip

23.   Woodam is one of my fav vocals overall this season all of the shit he’s done his intro clip his evaluation and reeevaluation clips are all so golden I love that dude and obvs he’s SLAYING THIS SONG TOO AGH

24.   Team 1 Yoonsung left due to health problems this is what happens when u don’t give kids food and make them get stage ready within a week and rearrange within 2 days

25.   It stressed Woodam the fuck OUT and he messed up a looot during rehearsals, missing notes and whatnot

26.   Their rapper reminds me of cube Soyeon last season with his kinda small and cutesy looks yet super charismatic stage presence

27.   Woodams VOCAAAAAAAALSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

28.   Ok now the leftover group I really hope they will do alright they make me really sad ugh I really really really hope they’re okay u g h

29.   Theres this kid Hadon who is really salty about being in that team and leaves in the middle of practice and then won’t cooperate during trainers thing aahhh kid please

30.   Neverminddd they got nothing to show shit this is gonna be bad I am Very Worried

31.   Kahi is so nice I love her so much she’s so friendly and sweet and good truly the queen of this show without her it would be so much worse

32.   Hadon got his confidence back and their teamwork is so much better now and literally all of this got started by Kahi I LOVE KAHI SO MUCH BEST GIRL

33.   Their energy is a lot better than I expected I’m so glad they went through with their training and everything

34.   The Kim Youngjin kid has absolutely acceptable vocals I’m so glad they didn’t make any mistakes and just agh this team makes me sad

35.   Team 1 wins with overpowering 500 votes they got 500 votes MORE than team 2 it’s just so fucking sad dude 600+ vs 150

36.   But WOODAM ALONEGOT 207 VOTES WHICH IS MORE THAN ENTIRE TEAM 2 HOLY SHITTTTT THIS IS WHAT A POWER VOCAL DOES

37.   SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY

38.   I’ve waited for this stage for sooooooo long they got all of my fav kids in Minhyuns team and then Ha Minho and Seonho and Namhyung in the other team aaaaaaahhh I’ll call them red and black since that’s their suits Minho ‘s team is red and Minhyun’s is black. They all look so good truly nothing wrong with a nice suit

39.   Minho and Namhyung want to insert a self written rap since they’re both rappers and Sorry Sorry has no rapping parts

40.   Minho really really wants to rap but Seokhoon (the vocal coach) doesn’t want to let him and also is mad at him because he wants to rap instead of singing like wow what? A rapper wants to rap instead of singing?? Wow unbelievable

41.   CHEETAH CAME IN AND SAID HE WANTS TO HEAR THE RAP THANK U THANK U THANK U Minho kiddo looked like he’s gonna tear up when he saw her

42.   Seunho was chose to jump on other’s backs since hes so handsome and APPARENTLY ALSO A PIANO GENIUS WOW WHAT ON EARTH DID HE JUST PLAY

43.   I really hope this group will do good since their opponents are sooo strong

44.   Aaahahahha fuck their choreo is so good and the harmonizations I might be biased but the Sorry Sorry stages are literally The Best of this show so far

45.   Seunho is like what 16 yrs old who let him look so good go away his body build makes him look so much older

46.   DANCE BREAK IS SO GOOD DUDE WHAT AND SEUNHOS JUMP WAS SO GOOD HIS EXPRESSION AFTER THAT WAS SOO IMPACTFUL AAHAHAH FUCK DUDE some dude in the audience screamed like someone bit his leg off honestly same

47.   I’ve watched maybe 3 original SuJu sorry sorry versions yet I can sing almost the entire thing that’s what an impactful song means lmao

48.   TEAM 2 AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH THERE THEY ARE MY ULT KIDS

49.   JR is taking care of Hyunbin this is like Sejeong and Sohye last season honestly SO CUTE I LOVE JR SO MUCH THAT KID IS THE SOFTEST LEADER I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

50.   Their vocal coach tried to drag JR’s leadership uhh maybe kindly fuck off that kid doesn’t need your picking to hate himself when will he stop BLAMING HIMSELF

51.   Hyunbin is making mistakes and their dance coach keeps bullying JR like fuck no other leaders got this much shit even when their teammates couldn’t get it done right

52.   He takes all his time to take care of the others like help Hyunbin and Jaehwan with their dance and sleepy/sick Daniel

53.   JR finally broke when Hyunbin isn’t taking it seriously enough

54.   Sorry Sorry black team laughing together in deliriously sick sleep deprivation and choking stress is still probably the most beautiful ray of hope and sunshine in this ugly show I LOVE THIS TEAM SO MUCH

55.   There we go the best stage of this cursed show is here Seungwoos expressions are SO ON POINT ITS SO GOOD JUST DEBUT THEM NOW

56.   They all look so good I’m shook Daniel with a middle part was something I didn’t know I needed before I had it

57.   Lmao Jisung jokingly doing the moves along when Daniel appeared

58.   JAEHWANS VOCALS AND HARMONIES!!!!!!!! F U C K !!!!!!!

59.   I’m so biasaed towards this team if u decide to bring my follower count into single digits for this it’s understandable

60.   But I still really love team 1 too please don’t misunderstand Ha Minho is my lil kid with enough balls to speak his mind even if he gets fucked by rude coaches for it

61.   ‘Result is important but other team did well so I told them that too’ I love JR ok friendship is magic

62.   HYUNBIN GOT THE HIGHEST SCORE OF THEM ALL. WHAT THE HECK DUDE LIKE BRO FELLA BROTHER I LOVE HYUNBINN HAVE LOVED FOR A WHILE BUT. THE HIGHEST SCORE?? BRUH? HIS OPPONENT ONLY HAD 7 VOTES THIS IS SO SAD IM SAD THIS KID IS DEAD INSIDE

63.   Everyone in team 2 besides Seunho got really low votes I’m so sad…… bruh…. They’re so so so so SO talented but they went against the popular kids…

64.   Showing individual votes is so cruel and 3000 EXTRA VOTES IS TOO MUCH IM E M O THIS IS SO UNFAIR FUCK THIS SHOW!!! Team 1 looks so wrecked I’m so sad they have almost a 300 vote gap

65.    It is BEAST TIME ONE OF THE BOYS HAS A CRUTCH WHAT THE HELLLLLL

66.   The crutch boy is Dongmyeong and he’s in team 1 as well as Sunghyuk with thick lips and looks a bit like Shownu

67.   Team 1 has a loooot of problems distributing parts and practicing in general while team 2 was almost ready

68.   Sunghyuk is sadddddddd and crying bc he feels like they’re gonna lose but in the end the practice went better tho thank god

69.   They look great Dongmyeong’s hair looks like vanilla ice cream with strawberry swirls and he’s sitting in a chair and singing doing the choreo with his hands SO CUTEEE

70.   The second team is very vocally gifted and has AMAZING HARMONIES WOOOO their main vocal Jinhyung is AMAZING

71.   Dongsoo from S.How I think got forced into a rap position and has a leg injury but he’s covering it up from teachers

72.   DONGSOO DID SO WELLL SO MUCH BETTER THAN THEYE SHOWED IN PRACTICE THANK U MNET FOR SHOWING HIS PROGRESS

73.   EVERYDAY I CHUG (CHUG) EVERY NIGHT I CHUG (CHUG)

74.   Team 2 won by like 100 votes, all of the team 1 members are very hopeless, esp Sunghyuk,  Team 2 Park Heeseok only got 5 votes holy shitt POOR BABY THIS MUST FEEL SO BAD HE LITERALLY TAUGHT THEM THE DANCE

75.   BE MINE BE MINE WOOOOOOOOOOO FUCK THIS SONG WAS MY FIRST EVER KPOP FAVE

76.   Hwiseung already did his military service holy shit he looks so young

77.   I don’t even know who I am rooting for both those teams are great team 1 has great vocals and teamwork+FNC Hwiseung the power vocal. Team 2 has great dance, more popularity + the little Woojin, Takada Kenta, BNM alpaca Youngmin and oldie Sungwoo

78.   Team 1 has an injured ankle too, Yehyun, but he’s still dancing  without crutches or anything

79.   HWISEUNGS VOCALS SAVED MY LIFE I WANT HIM, JAEHWAN AND WOODAM IN A TRIO PLEASE

80.   They changed Sungyeol’s ‘Can you hear me?’ into ‘Pick me pick me’ im ded

81.   Kahi is the best teacher I love her so so so much she’s the best thing in this entire show

82.   I FORGOT TIPTOES WAS SUNGWOOS NICKNAME THIS IS AMAZING

83.   I’m so glad they’re doing Infinite honestly I love Infinite can we do B.A.P or Teen Top or VIXX next

84.   Team 2 wins almost exactly by one hundred and the votes are veeeeery equal and Youngmin barely got anything why are the dancers not appreaciated

85.   AVENGERS VS BAEKHOS TEAM YOOOOOOOO Baekho has also Sangbin and Guanlin and RBW Lee

86.   IM CHOKING THE AVENGERS ALL SOUND LIKE BABIES WHY DID THEY CHOOSES THIS SONG IM CHOKING

87.   They can’t really sing, the avengers, damn. They lay it all on Daehwi but like cmon hes 17 and just tryna survive with the popular kids lol

88.   AAahahahahah they’re just little kids this is so funny to watch I’m sorry all Avengers fans but like shit when they break into the chest pounding part I just start to laugh their voices are so high don’t get me wrong I looooooove Samuel and Sungwoon but fuck this is funny

89.   They should’ve gone with Seventeen or SHINee something with a morer fitting image

90.   The Real Fuckbois team is now up fuck I love this team so much aahahahah like no shit they will lose to all of those popular kids but still

91.   Oh nooooo Baekho pointed out that the Avengers were cheating and using a third vocal for thhe high note without telling anyone WHAT AN EVIL MAN anyways Baekho produces music and does vocal coaching he knows what he’s talking about lmao lmao

92.   THEY LOOK LIKE SUCH DIRTY FUCKBOIS HOLY SHITTTT THIS IS BEAUTIFULthis stage is SO LIT dude I love it they just carried Guanlin as if he was on a throne now both Cube kids get to sit/step on other trainees lmao

93.   SOMEONE DID A BACKFLIP WHOS THAT IT’S THE BLONDIE KID WITH A LOOSE TIE ITS LEE INSU

94.   Team 2: are fuckbois

Entire dressing room: stands up and claps

It’s true I was there, clapping

95.   Guanlin trumped Samuel, Baekho trumped Sungwoon, all other wins go to team 1

96.   Am I salty? Yes I am Team 1 won with abt 200 votes. They have more views and likes on YouTube though.

97.   Mansae first team got the most votes out of all teams and gets to go to MCountdown IM SO GLAD ALL OF THOSE KIDS WHO AREN’T ON SUCH HIGH RANKS GOT SAVED I’M SO GGLADD

98.   I’m SOOOOOOO FUCKING ANGRY SO MANY A AND B RANK TALENTED KIDS ARE IN SUCHHHHHH LOW RANKINGS THIS IS DEPRESSING

99.   Lbr for a moment this show really isn’t about talent it’s about popularity and visuals

100.  WOODAM GOT FIRST THO IM SO FUCKING AMAZED THIS KID DESERVES IT SO SO SO SO SO MUCH DUDEEEEE THAT KID IS SO TALENTED I’M SO GLAD PEOPLE RECIOGNIZED IT

101.   SANGBIN FELL TO LAST PLACE WHY ARE THEY GETTING SO SO MANY VOTES 3000 IS TOO FUCKING MUCH IM SO MAD ALSO THEY SHOWED JINWOO FOR A MOMENT AND SANGGYUN IS WORRIED IM SSO SO SADDDDD THE NEXT EP IS ONLY A FEW DAYS AWAY ITS RELEASING ON THE SAME DAY AS BAP ARE IN GERMANY

YOOOOOOOOO Sorry for the screencaps again also pls message or talk to me I am... So Emotional over this show I love everyone i will cry when this is over and I won’t see like 40 of my kidws ever again

[dontlookatmeitwashim]

Even The Gods Feared Them: Part Two

Boom! Part two!!! Thanks to @illustraice and her Sun/moon spirit au for giving me inspiration!

“Tikki! Plagg!” Marinette screamed, running to their sides; immediately healing them of their wounds. Bright orbs surrounded their battered, bruised and bloody bodies. “What happened? Who did this to you? Is Adrien alright?”

The redhead caught her mistress’ hand, her eyes half open. She was ready to just fall asleep, but she needed to tell her, needed to tell that the sun king was gone. “Hawkmoth… he has his head.” Tikki’s hand fell, surrendering to her needs.

Marinette’s body went rigid as she stood, her hands balling into fists. She could feel Anubis behind her, but she didn’t care. Nothing else mattered than her anger that was burning inside her. Her blue eyes turned red as she turned and the tips of her fingers turning black with her rage.

Turning around, she walked past Anubis and to her armory. The room held thousands of weapons, but there was only one that she had never been used...

It was a sword, her very first one. It was completely black and made completely out of shadows, some of the shadows wisping out of the weapon. It had the power to not only kill its opponent, but reduce them to nothing. No body, no soul, just completely gone.

The weapon was one of a pair, the second one belonged to Adrien. His was completely white and was completely blinding to anyone but Adrien and the young sun gods. It had been made from a piece from the sun, with the power to bring life to anything.

Marinette clutched the sword and nodded. He deserved this, he deserved to be taught a lesson that he will never forget. She turned and saw Anubis standing there, looking concerned and confused.

“What are you doing? And why do you have that sword?” The god had never seen that sword before, none of the gods have. His black eyes searched her face for any other emotion than anger.

She didn’t answer him, just walked past him once again and opened a portal to the only place that she knew Hawkmoth would be. It was a pocket in time, like her and Adrien’s realms, were gods from all different time periods could go and loiter around in; but they could never go into different time periods than their own. And sadly, even in that time pocket Adrien and Marinette could not meet one another…That is where Hawkmoth would go to gloat that his ‘great victory’ of the great sun king.

It had always been Adrien that adversaries targeted, always thinking that he was the strongest of the two and he would always play into it because he didn’t want to put Marinette at risk. Wouldn’t want her to revolt make to the ways before their friendship.

Entering the time pocket, no one had noticed that she walked in. The time pocket was more of a garden, trees and flowers everywhere; couches, chairs and tables placed for the young gods. She looked around and found that they were all praising Hawkmoth and partying; Adrien’s head on a pedestal. The scene made her blood boil, her blue skin turning completely black now. Raising her blade slightly, the moon spirit’s sword pierced the green grass; turning it black.  

The whole garden was black and dead before long, causing everyone to become panicked. Until Hawkmoth saw who it was that was causing the beautiful garden to die. “Ah, isn’t it the kind moon spirit! Come to congratulate me in my victory?”

“I’ve come to punish you.” Her voice was even despite the rage that filled her.  

This caused the whole garden to uproar in laughter, while Hawkmoth stood from the sofa he was sharing with the Greek love goddess; swaggering over to Marinette and smirked. “You? The great moon spirit that hides behind the sun king for every battle? The kind moon spirit who couldn’t protect her own friend?”

A sadistic smile spread across Marinette’s face, taking the sword out of the ground and took a step towards the purple man. “You think me weak?”

“Of course,”

She laughed, snapping her fingers and dozens of copies of her back sword had trapped all the gods and goddess in their chairs; the room becoming completely black with her shadows. Her red eyes the only thing they could see in the blackness. She grabbed Hawkmoth by his throat and forced him to his knees. “I wasn’t hiding behind the sun king… He was holding back and now? You will get to see the endless nothingness I was born into, you will become nothing.” Marinette pierced the sword in his chest, letting it slowly into his body; letting the shadow sword eat his soul with every inch she pressed into his body. “He held be back from becoming the moon spirit that was before our alliance. Back then, I was merciless and cold. There was a time when I would just snap my fingers… and destroy complete galaxies because I wished it so. Who are you to think that I would fear a lowly spirit like you.”

When the hilt of her sword was pressed against his chest, the purple spirit turned into dust. Marinette stood up tall, taking Adrien’s head from the pedestal before addressing the terrified gods. “Listen to me now! From this moment on, our realms are forbidden to all without invitation and those who trespass will suffer the same fate.”

And then she was gone… back in her palace, where Anubis had left and Tikki was pouring a cup of tea for Plagg. The moon spirit entered the tea room with a sigh, placing Adrien’s head on the table and sat down. Marinette’s sword returned to its cabinet as she made her way to the tea room.

She summoned her own cup a tea before glaring at the head, eyebrow arched. “You can stop pretending that your dead, Adrien, we are in my palace.”

The spirits of the sun and moon could not be killed by any normal blade. It took a weapon from their own armory to kill, really kill them. But there was also the fact the being in their full forms? Could kill one another. Adrien was too hot and bright for Marinette. Marinette was to dark and cold for Adrien; both would cancel each other out and seize to exist. That’s why they were only allowed to see one another during eclipses because it was only then that their power, their souls were one.

“Wow! I’ve never seen your home!” His green eyes sparkled as he looked around the room, taking in every detail before he looked to Marinette; his eyes growing dim as he thought about the earlier events. “Where is Anubis?”

Shrugging, the moon queen took a sip of her tea and leaned back on the sofa. “Today could have ended much different if Hawkmoth had gotten a hold of one of our weapons, he really could have killed you.” She ignored his question and he knew that she did. Marinette met his green eyes and smiled, she reached forward and tugged on one of his blonde hairs. “You’re lucky I love you because if I didn’t? I would have let you stay there.”

Adrien blinked a few times before grinning. “You love me?”

“I have ever since we met.”

“I’m head over heels for you, mu queen.” He grinned, wiggling his eyebrows at her.

Marinette made a face, but laughed and sat back once again. She let out a sigh and looked to Plagg, his black hair tied back. He met her eyes and immediately knew what she wanted, he nodded. Marinette stood up and made her way out of the room, stopping at the doorway; not daring to meet the blonde’s eyes. “I think it’s best to return you to your body… the longer you are away, the weaker you will become.

“Wait, Mari-” Plagg covered the sun king’s mouth, earning him a deathly glare as the queen left. As soon as Plagg knew that the moon spirit was no longer in ear shot, he let go of Adrien’s mouth. The sun king could only glare, it was the only thing he could do since he was only a head. “Why did you do that?”

The advisor arched an eyebrow, trying to decide if he should tell him or not. He chose not to and sat back down, sipping his tea. “If you haven’t figured it out now, then you truly are useless.”

“Plagg,” Tikki hit him over the head before turning to Adrien with a sigh. “Marinette may have finally confessed her feelings for you, but it doesn’t mean she wants to marry you… she still believes that it would be best to forget each other’s feelings and try to find someone they can have a normal relationship with.”

Adrien’s eye grew dim. He had thought she had changed her mind, he thought that they would be together. He felt like an idiot to think that she would agree to marry him. Tears formed in his eyes, he had confessed time and time again, all Marinette would do is nod and continue with business. He would send her gifts and she would merely put them away; he had given her countless jewelry and she never worn one. He should be angry, he should take back all his gifts and return home… but he couldn’t find it within himself to be angry with Marinette because he knew how she felt.

“Come on, let’s go home.” Adrien sighed. Plagg got up and picked up his head, but before he could leave. The sun king met Tikki’s eyes and gave a sad smile. “Tell Marinette that she doesn’t need to worry about me anymore… and that she and Anubis would make a great couple.”

The redhead nodded, watched them leaving the tea room Entering in the hall, Adrien’s eye caught the moon spirit’s armory and suddenly he thought of a plan. He explained to Plagg what his idea was and the advisor agreed.

Tikki sighed and took a sip of her tea, closing her eyes as she spoke. “So, your majesty, what will you do now?”

Appearing in the doorway, the moon spirit stared at the floor; her eyes mixed with so many emotions. “Nothing, it’s better this way, Tikki… come on, it’s already night.”

Standing, the two women walked outside with their weapons in hand. Marinette walked through her realm, not thinking of where they were going until she stumbled across not just one flower, but a whole meadow of beautiful flowers of gold and black. And there in the middle of the meadow was her shadowy sword and Adrien’s sun made sword; pierced into the ground.

She was sure that she had put away her sword and there was no one who could touch it but… Adrien. He must have Plagg grab it as they left., but what was the purpose of it? All it did was make the earth black around it while the golden sword brought it make to life; in an endless cycle.

“Now, these flowers? They will never wither.” The sun king grinned from the other side of the meadow, picking one of the blue flowers and smelling it. Marinette gawked at him. It was impossible for him to be here, but there he stood; in his white sleeveless shirt and pants. The white clothes had multiple delicate flowers sewn in gold. His blonde hair tied back in a braid and his cape the color of the sky.

The moon queen didn’t dare to move a single step, terrified that he would sending just vanish. “How, why are you here?”

Adrien grinned, stepping towards the two swords and place one hand on each of them. His green eyes shining brighter than normal. “While Plagg was carrying me out, I had the most brilliant idea… these swords, they are made from the very same things we are; equally as powerful as we are.” He put all his weight on his hands and lifted his legs over his head; showing off. “So, I thought; ‘since those two swords can be in the same realm, what if I used them to create a middle ground between ours’ and well… it’s bit complicated to explain, but the end? We finally have what we have always wanted; the ability to see one another any time we want.”

He pushed off the swords, flipped in the air and landed in front of Marinette. Tears were in her eyes, a void that was in her heart was filled and it was because of Adrien. She threw her arms around him, loving the warmth that he had given off. “Thank you, Adrien…”

“I would give you my very soul,” His fingers played with the ends of her hair, loving the way the stars moved as he did. Adrien pulled away slightly, still grinning as he cupped her face; fingers laced in her hair. “Marinette, I love you.”

“I love you.”

Their lips pressed together and stars started to fall from the sky in their enjoyment. His hands fell to her waist and pressed her cool body against his while her arms wrapped around his neck, kissing one another like it was going to be their last. But it wasn’t. In fact, the two spirits would share many kisses of their lifetime, get married, even have children. They would eventually hand down their throne to their children and live in endless happiness in that meadow, where they had built a palace the soon after the first time they had kissed.

(so if there are grammar mistakes? it because im only typing with one hand and/or something went wrong in uploading...)