#had to take a break and start another matchup while thinking

[okkalo]

hi!! congrats on 1k! ive been following you for a while on my main and i saw your event here on my writing acc:3 could i get a genshin matchup? heres my info!!

basics: hi my name’s aki!! im transmasc, have been since i was like, 11.im also gay.  i listen to vkei, punk and silly rock bands(ex. weezer). i love dogs and seals like sm i cant explain. my clothing style is kinda like..idk how to explain.

personality: intp-t gemini and PROUD💪💪 im very silly online but kinda introverted f2f. i take shelter in my online self a lot. i have ocd and am a BIG perfectionist and overachiever. required amount of sentences is 15? watch me do 30+. you want “just a few” artist recommendations? here have 10 with descriptions and song recs. i live off academic praise. i can switch to “straight A kid” to burnt out emo on tumblr. im def a quality time, phys touch and gifts kiddo. i crochet so like 70% of the gifts i give out are silly keychains. i tend to bottle up my feelings and sometimes just burst out like crazy. i used to do muay thai to help w that but my coach disappeared(literally)

appearance: im around 5’10, proud filipino but so many people say i look japanese☹️. i have light brown skin and eyebags. im kinda skinny but i play basketball and workout so im kinda like,, idk..i got arm muscles, just a lump though. i have black hair, like in the appearance above. i usually wear vkei makeup, not too much though sometimes it makes me look fem. i have fairly long eyelashes(i hate them). i dont have piercings, sadly, but i swear ill get some soon(its been 6 years since i first said “im gonna get piercings”) i also have those bayonetta glasses. 

music and interests: i listen to artists like the gazette, dir en grey, kamijo, mejibray nd more!! i also listen to bands like smashing pumpkins, le tigre, foo fighters, deftones, mcr, radiohead, alice in chains, misfits and weezer(so weezy) i had a BIG grunge phase. i love rainy sundays!! i am literally the biggest halloween fanatic ever. once me and my old lover pulled up in a matching viktor and corpse bride costume i loved it. as mentioned earlier i play basketball and crochet, i also play the guitar!

clothing style: very vkei vampirey stuff..kinda punk too but idk. i live in the philipines so layering is like throwing myself in a desert. some people call me a goth and i js stare at them like “nuh uh”. i wear a lot of accessories nd stuff. bat hairpins<33 

thanks!! sorry if this was a pain to read,, :<

hi aki! thanks for following me even through my hiatuses 🫶 and no worries ur matchup was fun to read!! u did have me very confused who would be a good matchup for u, however, so i hope u like who u got 🫶🫶 thank you for the request

ps. i have also been wanting more peircings on my ears (maybe a nose one too) but also haven’t gotten any so u are not alone

𝗶 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮 𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲 𝗮 𝗳𝗮𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲 ₊˙♡﹗

𝗸𝗮𝗹𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 : tighnari from genshin

tighnari is an overachiever just like you! though, he knows when to draw the line so that he doesn’t get too exhausted. he would definitely try to draw a line for you, as well! that, and he knows how to give praise when it’s needed! he’ll always try to make sure you know how well you’re doing while also trying to keep you safe from a burnout!

he once considered handing out your crochet keychains to fellow forest rangers. he thought it would be an additional nifty way to scout out fellow forest rangers. though, whether he went through with it all decided on how you responded!

whenever someone misidentifies you as japanese or any other race you will always see tighnari’s ears twitching from annoyance. he’ll oftentimes be able to hold himself back from correcting the person right away, though not all the time. when it comes to your style, however, he’ll always go on a tangent about how you are not goth to provide you support as well.

tighnari is also very introverted as well and lives for his alone time, which he still considers to be with you on some occasions. he’ll love to hear your guitar during these times. i also head canon that he would be so interested in learning crochet for himself as well! so, if you would, please teach him!

[naraven]

Dear Stray Dog Anon,

Your matchup has been complete! After some deliberation, Doctor, we think you would best have this person as your next assistant:

THORNS

cw // she/her doctor (anon goes by she/her), slight yandere, drugging, slightly obsessive, slightly possessive

A most reliable operator and pharmacologist, I can see the two of you getting along well on the battlefield and in a lab together!

Thorns will be the first to tell you that he's not a very likeable person at first. Not that he cares, but you're... likeable in a way that he's never seen before.

You command him well. Almost every time you depart with him on the team, everything seems to be well timed and perfectly placed. You know how he works in combat to a T. You celebrate by giving him an awkward thumbs up, despite the confidence in your voice while coldly dropping him down into the fight not even half and hour ago.

And off the field, he notices more and more the oddity that you are. For some reason you despise any gifts you've been given. Any present or surprise gift has you smiling shakily, giving the impression that you're just a bit shy, yet reel back in what looks like fear the moment you think you're alone.

When Thorns met you for for the first time, he tested the waters. He offered you a drink, mixed in with his newest concoction, and found himself secretly pleased with the curt rejection.

"It's not for you. I want to see the effects of my creation."

And he's even more pleased when you bring it to your lips hesitantly, and then gulp it all down in three large swallows. Soon enough, he had you testing out his more... adventurous ideas under the guise of research.

On a rare moment where you have some free time, you go to see what he's up to in his lab. As usual, he's cooking up something that results in what he thinks is a rather mild explosion.

When he sees you running up to him, he mentally prepares himself for a scolding from the Doctor herself. Turning, he opens his mouth to defend himself, before-

"What was that? Are you okay- wow, you smell like a barbecue, haha!"

He pushes you away when you start smelling the soot in his hair. Tussling his hair to shake out the dust, he pushes you back when you get closer to him again.

As The Doctor of Rhodes Island, he gives and takes knowledge. Granted, he isn't an Infected, but hearing you give mini lectures between breaks in your office had him learning more about Originium that he had ever expected. The visuals on your tiny whiteboard served to further help him grasp certain topics.

Both of your favorite activities to do together is to wake up a bit early, go up to the roof of the landship, and feel the wind blowing back in silence. The clouds passing by, the cool breeze, and the nostalgia of it all. You only return back inside when the sun becomes too bright and work has to be finished.

"Doctor? It's the Doctor!"

Thorns turns around when he hears a bright, high voice call your moniker. A group of young, Infected patients come running as the two of you were walking around the Rhodes Island landship for a quick break from paperwork and the droning of the radio.

"Doctor! I haven't seen you in so long!"

"Who's this, Doctor?"

"Doctor, that candy you gave me the other day got stolen by my sister, can I have another one?"

He sees you wobble as one of the kids tugs at your overcoat. Throwing up your hands in mock surrender, you get down on a knee to approach them at an equal level.

"Alright, one at a time. Sorry, I've been busy with a lot of work. This is Operator Thorns, say hi! He's super smart and cool, so be sure to treat him well! And here, a piece of candy for all of you."

The children cheer, only for a Medic operator to turn the corner and bring them all back to their rooms. They all complain and whine, all of them wailing to have you come back with them.

"Doctor? Sorry about them, they all just underwent a couple tests. I'll get them off your back."

She seems really tired. Thorns remains standing off to the side, combing through his choppy hair.

"Well, I would love to, guys, but Thorns and I have a lot to get done. Maybe if you kids are good, I can drop by later, okay?"

A chorus of "okay!" echo back, and they all burst into excited chatter, leaving you and Thorns to continue your little walk.

"I didn't know you had such high opinion about me."

"Haha, well, we've been working together for how long? Shouldn't some kind of mutual respect be forming between us?"

You elbow him playfully, and he fiddles around with some test potions.

"Here. Catch."

"Woah!"

Carelessly, he tosses you a small vial. Instead of the usual yellow thick liquid, this one is purple and seems a lot thinner.

"And... this is?"

He straightens out his cuffed sleeve. Raising your brows, you throw your head back and belch at the taste.

"Ew. That might be the worst one you've given me yet."

Thorns is quiet. "Is it?"

"Yeah? Why, is it not... supposed to be?"

"No, I wouldn't know what it would taste like."

Scrunching your nose, you sniff the leftover content of the liquid inside. It smells... kind of burnt.

"Did you mess this one up? It stinks. Funky."

Thorns gestures for you to pass him the vial, and he takes a sniff himself.

"Hm. It was perfect."

Huh?

"Then... What even is that?"

He pops the vial shut, and suddenly you feel a surge of vertigo.

"Thorns, what the f-"

You can't even finish your sentence before he opens his arms. You fill into the gaps between his body, and you panic when you feel your fingertips getting numb.

"Operator Thorns, what do you think you're doing."

He sets you down. Strangely, you stay fully conscious, and the dizzy spell a moment ago is gone. Only the numbing sensation spreads, and soon your entire arms lose feeling.

"Don't worry. This feeling won't last long. I suspect the numbness to be gone within three or four hours, and nothing else will happen."

You struggle to feel... anything.

"I... don't even know what to tell you."

"Then don't. You keep your words brief during operations."

"That's because it's necessary." You snap. "I'm losing my patience here. Get me back to my office or something."

"I can't do that."

"Why?"

Because... I need you for just a couple hours more, he wants to say. You've been busy doing work without engaging with him, and you sleep in more and more. I want to be with you for just a little longer, where you can't run, where we can just talk.

I need you away from other people. I need you to stay with me. I want you, I need you, I crave more of you.

"Because." He starts. "You need me."

[sugutoad]

Matchup for @uzxotic

╰┈➤ Thank you for doing Matchups at Sugutoad

╰┈➤ Toji Zenin ‘I don’t know what happened, but my body is special’

Toji is an ISTP. ISTP and ISTJs are both opposites yet so similar. They are both introverts and thinkers but that’s where the similarities stop. You are a sensor and perceiver while he is a judge and intuition. But that’s what makes it so beautiful. You understand each other's comfort zones yet are willing to break each other's boundaries slowly and accept different challenges. Communication is so clear between the two of you. When he is angry, your simple words calm him down. And when you are upset, the touch of his fingers grazing your cheek makes you happy.

You mentioned you wanted someone opposite of you? Well luckily even you zodiacs are opposite. He is a Capricorn which is known to be stoic and level headed while Libra’s are sweet social butterflies. Romance will take time between you but who doesn’t love slow burn? Because that would be the two of you. You are so opposite of him, so sweet. And he thinks he doesn’t deserve you. 

He loves when you cling on to him. You feel so fragile and similar to a statue of glass, beautiful yet so breakable. He tries to be mean around but when you bat those brown eyes at him, he melts under your gaze. 

He always bullies you when you're sick though. Always rambling on how you act like a child and how you should grow up. But in reality, he cares so much. Even with the bare money he has, he goes to the store and buys different products to make sure you stay healthy. But after you get better, he brings up how he helped you so much and how amazing he is only for you to scoff at how much of a show off he is.  

Though the both of you are quiet, he is certainly more energetic than you. But not in the sense of being more outgoing but rather more stamina (oops for you in bed ig?) He knows he isn’t kind at all but he tries so much. Only when he is with you though, everyone else could disappear off the planet and he wouldn’t care as long as you were by his side. 

But he is muscular like you mentioned. Like he has such a nice chest though I doubt he has any soft muscles on him but c’mon this is Toji. His hair isn’t really fluffy but I do imagine it to be soft. His head on your lap as you lock your fingers in his hair, attempting to do a small ponytail that he later takes off :(

He is so touchy to a point it’s really clingy. You are his girlfriend and people should know that. Even when you are in public, he has arm around your waist or hands locked tightly to one another. When you wake up in the morning, he usually wakes up before you. But he doesn’t leave and holds on to you. Just taking in that small moment as you look so much more calmer and relaxed. Like an angel. His angel. 

Expect some bickering between the two of you. He is an angry fella at times and that results in him getting in arguments a lot. But he doesn’t like arguing with you so it’s just some old married couple bantering. He has so many nicknames for you but his favourite one is ‘baby’. I don’t know, it just seems like him.

He finds you so beautiful. Always showing you off to Shiu by showing a picture of you. ‘That’s my girl’ is something Shiu hears at least twenty times a day. Your messy hair, your brown eyes and beautiful body are just some of the things he loves about you. You could randomly justify minding your own business when he wraps his arms around your waist or holds your hips. Then out of nowhere he starts kissing your neck, he is so touch-starved. Though he says it’s because you look so beautiful, it’s mainly because as a kid everyone sort of shunned him away, he never received proper physical touch until you came into his life. 

You were a blessing in Toji’s life. After his wife’s death and Megumi’s birth, he had given up everything. But in his times of darkness, you gave him a hand. He was so in love with you but never admitted to you. He was scared in a way you would leave him but when he told you how he truly felt, he never felt so happy. You are his sole shining star in his darkest on nights when he was lost.

[fritzes]

quarterfinals!!

wta:

sabalenka v krejcikova: purely in terms of tennis ability and current level, aryna should win this. barbora has only beaten her once, and it was in dubai where she was in the form of her life and beat everybody (aryna has beaten her three times since then). that being said, I wouldn't be surprised if aryna starts to feel the pressure of defending her title since this is the first time she's ever defending a grand slam title and once you're in the quarterfinals it definitely starts to feel more real. again, she should win, and I think overcoming her own mentality will be more important than overcoming barbora's tennis

gauff v kostyuk: coco is looking really great right now. she hasn't dropped a set, and her closest set was a tiebreak that she won 7-2. I don't think marta will be able to beat her, but I do think she can challenge her and I honestly think that's a good thing. part of the reason why coco was so resilient in the us open final was because she played a lot of tough matches leading up to it (the opening match against siegemund, the three-setter with wozniacki, the semifinal with muchova) and if she does play aryna in the semifinals, having a tougher match under her belt will help her

noskova v yastremska: well, no one was expecting this one. really great runs from both of them at this tournament. noskova is in a bit of a strange place here because she's coming off of that insane win over iga and then the walkover over elina. she'll definitely be well-rested, but she also didn't really get the chance to play off her post-upset nerves so I think that could definitely be a factor here. yastremska looked really good in the match against azarenka, keeping her cool whenever she was down and she had some really clutch points. I don't think I know enough about either player to make a prediction about who will win, but I'm excited to see who will make their first grand slam semifinal

zheng v kalinskaya: both of them have been really dominant in their matches so far, with qinwen even handing out a bagel in her last match. I watched kalinskaya against stephens, and while she was playing great I don’t think she’s quite at qinwen’s level. if qinwen serves well and maintains her consistent groundstrokes, this is her match to lose

atp:

djokovic v fritz: not much to say here, unfortunately. even if taylor plays like he did against tsitsipas, his chances are really slim. he's 0-8 against novak, and this is the quarterfinals at what is undoubtedly novak's best tournament. he would have to pull off a miracle to win this match

sinner v rublev: so, apparently andrey has never beaten jannik in a full match (he retired twice against him). I think that says all you really need to know about this matchup: if jannik is at full strength, he's just a better player. they have the same weapons in their powerful groundstrokes, but where jannik is just a bit better is the placement and variety. andrey doesn't really play strategic tennis, but jannik does and he can and will take advantage of that. and, going into this, andrey is definitely thinking about his 0-9 record in grand slam quarterfinals which definitely won't help his mentality. another interesting this about this match - the balls are gonna get really fluffy really fast. some of the players have commented on the balls fluffing up, and in a match where both players hit as hard as they do, that's just gonna accelerate it. I'm not sure if this is gonna affect either of them, just something worth noting

medvedev v hurkacz: of all the matches on this list, I think this one will be the closest. with hubi’s serve and daniil’s return, I just don’t see daniil going up a break at all and I do expect this to be a tiebreak-heavy match. that being said, if daniil serves like he did in his last match, he will lose. the double-faulting is unacceptable against hubi, who will consolidate any break he gets to win the set. this could be an upset, but if daniil finds his serve again he can definitely win

and I don’t want to talk about the last men’s match because one of the players shouldn’t be allowed to play. I hope carlos kills him

[splatsvilles-fashionista]

Writing an enormous analysis of the patch is all well and good, but what do the balance changes actually mean for the meta?

Well, for one, I don't think any of the top tiers are going anywhere despite their nerfs, not even Sloshing Machine. Splash, Machine and Stamper all just have too much to recommend them. That said I think Neo Splash is probably leaving the top tiers, as with the paint and points for special nerfs it'll have a tough time competing with the Tentatek Splattershot for the short-range Triple Inkstrike Shooter niche (as a reminder, Ttek's Tri-Strike only costs 190p!)

The big, big winner this patch, however, is Ballpoint Splatling. It is the top tier weapon that got hit the least by a significant margin, only gaining another 10 points for its Inkjet, which only really undoes a buff it got in 3.0. Ballpoint was already considered a contender for the single best weapon in the game by a lot of pro players, and now it is no competition at all. Double Ballpoint is probably gonna become a pretty popular competitive team setup, and that would be bad for Splatana Stamper in particular, as it doesn't have a great matchup against Ballpoint (good lucking try to use Zipcaster while a Splatling is looking directly at you!). If Stamper exits the meta then this would be the reason, not the nerfs it got, though they hardly help.

In response to the rising stocks of Ballpoint and Inkjet, people will start looking for an answer, and the newly buffed Big Bubbler might just be what they're looking for. It remains to be seen for sure, but after the buffs it takes an Inkjet four shots, basically half its duration, to break the bubbler shield, and that's when hitting the weak point. It still gets torn apart by Crab pretty fast, but Crab in turn is very weak to Inkjet, and hey, would you look at that, we've got a bit of a rock-papers-scissors thing going on.

The fun thing about the weapons with Big Bubbler is that I could see people going to any one of them for their Bubble needs. Jr is always a good go-to option, though it lacks punch in the fighting department. Blaster, Splat Roller, and Zink Mini Splatling are good alternatives if you want to scrap, though none of them have a lethal bomb, and that's broadly speaking a downside in competitive play. Finally, there's Squiffer and the new H-3D for long-range options, and I know some competitive players, like ThatSRB2Dude, were eying the latter even before the Big Bubbler buffs.

Another good thing about Big Bubbler is its new resistance to Tenta Missiles, and that might genuinely matter in the face of Wiper Deco (or Diper, as some people are rather condescendingly calling it), with its 190p(?!) Missiles. I really don't know why they cost that little, and I don't expect them to stay at that cost for very long. Missiles have always been very strong, but so far none of the weapons that have them, except Flingza, have had any meaningful impact on competitive play, and Flingza has been very heavily nerfed as a result. Wiper Deco does not just have the lowest points for special out of all Missiles weapon, it also the only one of them that can really fire off its Missiles and then go in to fight the people that are being targeted. This is a big reason why the Kensa Splattershot in 2 was as good as it was, and we've never had a weapon that could really replicate it, until now.

While Wiper Deco is looking threatening on the surface, it remains to be seen if it works out in practice. Without a bomb it will likely have a hard time dealing with Ballpoint, lacking the range and DPS to fight it effectively, and Ballpoint is looking to step up in a big way.

Speaking of unknown factors, there's also the S-Blast '92 and the Painbrush. S-Blast's kit is largely seen as underwhelming, but datamining has shown that the weapon itself is looking incredibly solid, a mix of many of the best traits of other Blasters with very few of their downsides, and that might be enough to carry it into competitive play. Painbrush is looking like it will have excellent range, damage and paint, but absolutely atrocious ink efficiency, some of the worst in the game, in fact. Inkbrush and Octobrush have both seen competitive success, though the former a lot more than the latter, and Painbrush might find a niche as well, especially in Splat Zones, though it remains to be seen.

But all of this is just speculation, though. All we can know for sure is that competitive play will very likely revolve heavily around Ballpoint for the foreseeable future, and that is going to be shaping the meta until the next patch. By hitting all of the top tiers with nerfs, some of them very hard, Nintendo more or less uprooted the status quo of competitive play even before you consider the new weapons, and I'll be very interested to see how things go from here.

[imjustabeanie]

Matchups for @averagetoyakinnie

Your Hazbin hotel match is...Lucifer!

Hi hi hi! For your rematch I bet you thought of him didn’t you? Yeah after more thinking I believe you fit more with Lucifer. You’re quite energetic and dabbles in a lot of hobbies. You need someone who can keep up with you and either hype you up or calm you down. Lucifer is a nice fit for this.

Now this may sound as the to go to scenario but you two met at the hotel. Unless you provide another scenario I don’t have another one that won’t break your character….Due to your initial shy and distant character at first, Lucifer didn’t pay much mind. But when he saw other having fun with you and praising how nice you are he got curious. Perhaps even worried because most hell sinners have hidden intentions. But with time he realized that you had good intentions and is the funny dad friend everyone needs. Even him. He felt comfortable enough with you to let his guard down little by little. It was shown in how he always showed you his new inventions or got you your favorite snacks when you had a bad mood. Heck you two even had weekly gossip sessions lol. He realized his feelings when Charlie pointed out how much time you two spent together and how close you got. He had an oups moment and confessed during a weekly meeting you two had.

Lucifer is someone who adapts to his lover and does his best to make them happy. Even if it ends relatively bad like we saw with Lilith. He’s rather clumsy while talking at the start but will feel confident rather soon. He always hypes you up in your endeavors even if it involves rules breaking. Your weekly meetings turn into daily meetings where you two ramble about your day before going to sleep. He gives you good advices as he’s rather knowledgeable in many fields. Nights where you two go into deep discussions slowly become his favorites because he discovers a new side of you. He eventually opens up about his past but it takes him many years to acknowledge with you his own mistakes.

Your independence is rather nice because he tends to isolate and needs his me time. But he wants you to talk to him about your problems. The only time he’ll get angry at you is if you somehow get yourself in danger. He’ll get angry, deal with the problem and go to cool off. He’ll apologize for his behavior later and spoils you as an apology. He’ll try to make you laugh because he loves your laugh, it always puts him in a good mood. He once got you plushies every week, but once he knew you didn’t like plushies that much (totally not because he is jealous of the kisses they get) he stopped and instead got you art material and instruments. You get monthly ducks too. He has one that looks exactly like you and probably rehearsed some conversations with it lol.

Lucifer loves how attentive and caring you are, even to strangers. He lets you do what you want and even encourages you while he stands back to make sure they don’t have negative intentions towards you. Something he likes is how you never take anything for granted. It makes him feel appreciated because his love language is mainly acts of service and gift giving. It’ll take time for him to get used to physical affection but soon you’ll notice that he always holds your hand in public and refused to let you out of his embrace when sleeping. Speaking of domestic things, you two adopted 3 pets of your choice. He had to put a stop to it because you were gonna adopt all animals in hell and he’s already jealous of your three companions. When he was having a bad day and you took care of him, he believed he felt a new kind of love. He was so grateful for it. You can notice it because he became more vulnerable around you, even letting you touch his wings and horns.

Lucifer plays many instruments and would adore to play with you! He’d teach you many tricks and shortcuts (he’d rig the game cuz he’s the ref. Sorry not sorry). He also collects things and would be happy to feed your own collections.  You can also find Lucifer at all your plays if you let him. He’s just proud of you okay? In general, you two are a couple that know how to have fun.

Your JJK match is....Geto!

Now Suguru is a complex character and it’s actually the first time I write for him so forgive me if I mess up lol. Suguru is someone with a black and white ideology. He despises non sorcerers but cares deeply for sorcerers. In the end he just wants to create a perfect world for his loved ones. Thus, I believe he is a very devoted lover who’d give it all for your happiness. Truly selfless love.

You and Geto were classmates. You two got along with your similar taste of music and you introduced him to video games. You were here for him during his darkest hours this is why he fell for you. How caring, attentionate, grateful and optimistic you are truly made him see you in a positive and loving light. He asked you out after you both came back from a dangerous mission. Life is too short to be indecisive.

Geto is a boyfriend that always has your back if he believes you are right. He’s always here to keep your feet to the ground and save you from making reckless decisions. Yeah he’s also a dad friend, perhaps even more of a dad friend than you are. He shares his inner thoughts with you but it’d take him time to share his darker thoughts. He just doesn’t want to drag you into the rabbit hole he fell into. He also tends to overthink and you noticed that. That’s why you two have a mandatory funny/goofy talk each day. You two share gossips, jokes, snacks and thoughts. It really helped in getting closer. He likes these moments a lot because it makes him feel at ease, forgetting all his other troubles. Communication is key in a relationship but for someone like him it’s gonna take a lot of time. He’s a ticking bomb. Your opiniated self helps him keep his head on his shoulders.

Geto is reluctant to break some rules to have adventures but can’t resist joining you lol. He’s always up for a fun time, often taking you to explore some abandoned places together and enjoy the view. He’s also very attentive and always gets you your favorite snacks to save your days. If you’re having a bad day he’ll pick you up, head home, roll you into a burrito and cuddle with you over a movie waiting for your take out to arrive. While you’re nice and want to help out everyone you meet, he is not. He only helps specific people and often made it known that most people you help don’t deserve it. This sparked some arguments between the two of you. While he doesn’t fully agree (sometimes he is jealous of these strangers) he now keeps his mouth shut. He still has a heart and sometimes help you out. After these debates he takes you out on a date to a concert, arcade, park or even some nice restaurants if he can reserve it. Geto can also cook rather well and often prepares bentos for both of you every day.

He finds your habbit of kissing your plushies rather cute and he teases you for it. He sometimes lay on them and demands attention. Geto also likes getting you trinkets when he’s on a solo mission. Especially if it’s something you collect. His love language is acts of service and quality time. He also enjoys physical touch and likes holding your hand or hugging you at home. He’d accept to get an animal but only one because of your schedules. And no, no amount of begging or puppy eyes will melt his heart on this matter. Sometimes your cat sides with him which makes him laugh. He really enjoys your interest for arts and likes taking you on museum dates or concerts so he can see you ramble about those topics you love so much. He doesn’t play an instrument in the manga but I headcanon him playing the guitar. Your house is always filled with music which makes him happy. Sometimes he just lays down and enjoys your music. He encourages your hobbies and even gifted you an expensive camera for your birthday! He’s into sports himself and likes playing with you.

Overall this relationship is one where he learns to progress and heal while giving the best of himself to you. It does get rocky when he starts to stray but I believe he’d do his best to stay clean because he found a new reason to figth.

Your obey me match is...Solomon!

The sly and funny sorcerer. This man is charismatic and flirty, he generally gets along with everyone (and more if affinity ahem-). I choose him because he’s versatile and caring if it makes sense.

How you met: Let’s follow the plot shall we? (date. Okay sorry I’ll stop). Solomon always has a comeback when you’re being sassy with him and just seems to know what people are thinking. He’d be the one to show you around and would encourage you to break the rules if it’s not too dangerous. Seems casual right? Yeah and it would’ve stayed that way if it wasn’t for…asmodeus! Come on, in the house of lamentation both of you would easily get along. He’d be the type to drag his two favorite humans along to his shenaningans (idk how it’s pronounced). The trouble trio lol. It would prompt you and Solomon to spend more time together and get to know each other. He is into anime/manga and gaming as we saw with Levi. The fact that you’re also dad friend but also fun and entertaining would put him more at ease with you because he doesn’t have to pick up slacks or worry about you getting in serious trouble lol. I think you’d be the one to fall first. Or that asmodeus would notice the tension between both of you and will try to pair both of you together until he succeeds. Now I also thought that it could start as a FWB type of thing if you feel up to it. Because Solomon has these kind of friendships and it’s highly possible that Asmodeus would propose it

In a relationship: Something nice with you and Solomon is that you have a lot in common and he’s also a very curious individual in general so this definitely won’t be a problem as I can see you two enjoying the same hobbies and having fun. He’s a tease so when you give him words of affirmation you can expect him to act all flirty as a thank you, or very soft in rare moments lol. He’s an intellectual and can definitely keep up with all your conversations. He’s also the type who knows when in a bad mood and somehow manage to lift if up. You act feminine? So what? He’s gonna enjoy it with you he doesn’t care. I mean….he is good friend with asmodeus. He likes it. He’s also gossipy lol (you see these videos with a partner coming home and saying I got the tea? Yeah it’s the two of you). You two acted like an old married couple rather quickly lol. Solomon love language seems to be more in acts of service to be honest. But if he notices that you prefer words of affirmation he will switch to it. I can also see him bringing you a small gift each time he goes out. The biggest problems in the relationship is, as you guessed it, his immortality and ability to open up that are linked. It will always be here unfortunately unless he manages to break the curse or you somehow get cursed which he might be against because it’s not something you’d appreciate (personally I don’t mind but I can understand why some would). Also, I see him as someone who would take time to become exclusive. As we saw in obey me, most of the cast doesn’t mind the mc having multiple lovers so yeah it could be an issue.

Your JJBA match is...Ceasar!

*proceed to throw a big cross at the post. Sorry not sorry lol*

Yeah a Zepelli. Considering who the second options were, you shouldn’t be surprised that you got the casanova lol. Ceasar is a big romantic and also a loyal friend. He’s determined, brave and willing to sacrifice himself for his goals.

How you met: Okay let me cook. I see both of you being childhood friends. Perhaps you grew up and joined him in his adventure to learn Hamon or you two met again years later when he was back (I had an idea that you were a model and he saw you in a magazine and that’s how he knew where you were but don’t know if you’d accept it lol. In short he saw the magazine when he came back and looked for you again). You two had lots of adventures together and often flirted with each other. It’s not uncommon to find you both enjoying yourselves and talking loudly without a care in the world. He definitely broke more rules after you met again. He always protects you in fights and you patch him up in exchange lol. If anyone were to insult you or your style they can expect one hell of a beating. I think he’d ask you out after a dangerous mission where he saw how scared he was of losing you.

In a relationship: Not much would change, he’d just be more romantic just as you like it because his love language is words of affirmation and gift giving. It’s giving la boheme vibes. He might not be able to keep up with you if you get into deep conversations but he will validate you and ask about it. He’s curious to know how you think and eager to make you happy. You two being so sarcastic and able to finish each other insults would be soooo funny. I can see him enjoying music with you and taking you to fairs to dance together. He might not be much into mystery or board games but he is competitive enough to participate and enjoy his time with you. Ohhh imagine you both laying under the stars and he makes you a flower crown. Personal headcanon, he doesn’t handle spicy food. Now for the bad parts here…he is too goal oriented and also won’t hesitate to leave you behind if it’s to protect you or accomplish his goal. Just as we saw with joseph unfortunately….better be able to calm him down from his reckless behavior.

Your Tokyo Revengers match is...Mitsuya!

He’s more stable than Kakucho. That’s literally the only reason lol.

How you met: Since you wanted future setup we’re gonna follow that. And thankfully, mitsuya usually shares the same future. You were his model, his first official model if you know what I meant. He always called you when he had your style in mind or an outfit that could fit you. Heck I can even see both of you having photoshoots together because he works with you a lot and you get along with his little sisters (he started working young so it’s to be expected that you met them before). As much as he tried to keep it professional, it’s difficult to do so with someone you see that often so you two are bound to talk and befriend each other. He always makes sure your favorite beverages are present and when he receives invitations to events like dinner he found himself thinking about you and eventually kept inviting you. He appreciates your sarcasm and independence when working with you because he knows you mean well and you’re honest too! This basically went from work to lovers in the span of many years. After perhaps many relationships you two found comfort in each other’s and it just clicked. He was always embarrassed if you started acting flirty with him but in the end he reciprocated and you asked him out.

In a relationship: He tries to keep it private so the paparazzi would leave you alone. He’s more open with you and often surprised you with dates at homes as well as flowers every week. If you get along with kids and like them (contrary to me), it won’t be unusual to find you playing with his sisters some board games and he’d join you. I think he low key sucks in video games. He will try for you but still…You two would definitely bond over art. You’re like his muse after all. He’d encourage you to draw and do music and in the future I can definitely see him dedicating a room for your hobbies. He’s more of an introvert so when you’re overactive he sometimes struggle to keep up, thankfully you’re willing to help him out lol. You’d definitely be the reason why he goes out more. Both of you being the therapist friends would make for a healthy relationship because you both have no issues sharing your problems. Be prepared to be surprised if you didn’t know he was in a gang. His friends will definitely be very curious about it. I can’t see much issues because he is such a green flag….

Your helluva boss match is....Stolas!

You two met at a party where he was bored out of his mind. He engaged in little talks and when he saw you two got along and you weren’t double faced he invited you to meet up for other little talks. He finds you to be easy to talk to and get along with. He is a young soul at heart and would gladly rebel with you lol. Stolas loves that you’re very independent because he is often busy with his princely duties. He is someone who would enjoy debating with you and just sharing his deepest thoughts. He is nice (when he wants) and also protective of you, if he felt like anyone was trying to take advantage of you they’re gonna pay dearly. He is also overactive! INVITE HIM TO ESCAPE GAMES OR ANY MYSTERY GAMES! He would love it! Stolas is a sweet lover who has a lot of flaws but would give it all up for happiness. His only problems in the relationship is his wife and trust issues lol. I can see both of you either getting in trouble together or him getting in trouble and you taking care of this drama queen. His love language is definitely gifts, affection and words.

Your genshin match is...Ayato!

You were a friend of Thoma that he got to know and enjoyed. You two went to many festivals together and he became interested in you. Your relationship is quite secret because he wants to avoid drama on both sides and make you comfortable (but everyone can see that he is softer with you). Ayato is mischievous and would sometimes engage in breaking rules with you (to the disbelief of both thoma and ayaka. What did you do lol). At least Thoma knows you have ayato best interest in mind and would never let him get hurt. Ayato is very busy, so he treasures every moment spent with you and plan as many dates as he can into his schedule. He often sends you gifts to apologize if he is too busy. You two are the biggest boba tea lovers, if you’re into that I can imagine both of you trying to make boba tea. He loves that you’re independent, confident and straightforward. He also engages in all your talks with his own teasing remarks or, if it’s a deep conversation, his inner thoughts. While you are openly sarcastic, he makes backhanded comments, what a dangerous duo. He doesn’t care that you act feminine at all. And if he can, he would love to match outfits with you or even lets you dress him up. He will always defend dogs unfortunately…He loves playing chess with you and I believe he has a personal art collection that you can observe (he’d even gift you some pieces later on). Overall, ayato is a nice and calm lover. His busy schedule and teasing remarks can be too much for some people (try to flirt with him and you’ll end up as red as a tomato) but he tries his best to make up for it

Your HSR match is...Ruan Mei!

Now I know you weren’t expecting her but I think both of you would fit well together. She is reserved, smart and spends a lot of time in her lab. Please teach her how to socialize lol (it’s what happened at first. It started like the MC but she liked you more and spent more time with you). She is an emotionally aloof and distant girlfriend because I think she doesn’t know how to act in those situations. Ruan Mei would happily ramble about her ideas and experiments to you while sharing her troubles and guilt over what she is doing. She loves that you’re interested in music and the arts! She finds them to be relaxing to look at so she often invites you to come with her and discuss them. She sometimes isolate when she is working and hope you don’t mind that. Lmao the duo of the scientist at work and her lover barging in all angry because she is not taking care of herself. You’re a rule breaker? Good. Cuz she is messing with life here. Your flirty nature surprises her and makes her all shy lol. She loves spending time with you watching movies and anime (im sure she loves all mystery related things). I think she is very good at board games even though she doesn’t plan them often….If one of her creations looked like you, she would keep it lol. In general Ruan Mei would learn how to be in a relationship with you, she can be distant and aloof without meaning it so just go and bring her back down to earth with us.

Your black butler match is....William!

Poor forgotten William…how dare you do him wrong like that sniff sniff. I admit that the most difficult part of William…Is just befriending this man. Cuz once he befriends you, it’s easier for him to fall in love and ask you out. He is a very traditional boyfriend who would prepare a whole dinner date (perhaps he cooked) and invite you before asking you out at the end of it. In a relationship, there is a mandatory tea break with you that he would never miss. He has to bitch about his work to someone and if you have any issues he would be glad to take care of it. He may enjoy a calm environment but he will do his best to keep up with all your energy (give this old man a break). But he’d ask you on his worst days if he can just…lay down in your arms and enjoy your presence (aaawwwww). You being the dad friend is good for him. He is also the dad friend so having someone like that near him who will also take care of him would help him out greatly. With you around, he would start enjoying life more and would become less of a workaholic. He loves going to museums and concerts/opera with you. He tries to get tickets at least twice a week for these kind of events. His love language is mostly spending time together and helping you out. He may be rather brutally honest but he is softer with you. If you pester him enough, you can get a cat. Board games that rely on intelligence would be something he enjoys doing. You’re definitely the only one who can make him blush, he fails often lol. He always makes it a point to have your favorite beverage nearby. Beware of Grelle, she might try to murder you in the start. He is not feminine but would respect your style.

Your twst match is...Trey!

He’s the therapist’s therapist, the dad of the dad. And yet he finds it in himself to be mischievous. Trey would ask you out on valentine day or with a special cake just for you. I believe you two were classmates and he asked you out at the end of the third or second year. Trey likes that you’re responsible, independent but still a rule breaker lol. At least you know how to have fun. Both of you would definitely cook together, he would even show you some family secret! Trey is understanding and can handle all your moods (he handled riddle after all) and he always seems to know how to make you feel better. I headcanon that he knows a lot of tea due to Cater and Rook…these two are very gossipy. He is not very good at games but would try. If you think he is not competitive….think again because he knows how to have fun and enjoys friendly debates. He likes it when you introduce him to new musics and forms of art (he would try to plan these dates when you two can). In general, Trey is a loving and calm boyfriend that can still keep you on your toes. He knows how to have fun while keeping the both of you safe. And he is curious, just like you which keeps the relationship lively.

[mysteriawrites]

Matchup for @rosieshiyo

hihi thankie for the request now it’s matchup time DRUMROLL PLZ!!!

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VER VERMILLION!!!

Tw: brief graphic violence and implications unintentional murder

I think you and Ver would be a very soft couple. You’re both very soft spoken and shy so it would take a bit of time for you two to get together, but once you do you’ve found a partner for life.

You both met when you joined the XSOLIEL Institute of Infinity. All your life you had been shy and quiet which made you very prone to bullying at your old school. They would leave mean notes on your locker, steal your stuff, and trip you in the hall. One fateful day however it had gone too far…and you had had enough.

When you we’re getting ready to go home that day the bullies had dragged you into the empty gym, and started beating you. They scratched, punched, kicked, and stomped on you. You weren’t one to speak up when something was wrong, you had always kept things bottled up. This time you had reached your breaking point.

One minute you were pleading and begging for them to stop, and the next their leader had been flung across the room and hit the wall with the leader’s head making a sickening thud and slid down the wall leaving a trail of blood. As the the lackies went to go check on them, and finding they were unresponsive, they turned to you with a look of horror. Their leader was dead.

You ran all the way home from school that day, terrified, and locked yourself in your room. The next day you got a knock on your door and were greeted by a shady looking old man. He hadn’t said much he just left you a envelope with a strange seal and left. Inside was an acceptance letter to the XSOLIEL Institute of Infinity.

A few months later and you were now an official XSOLIEL student. During your time there you had made some new friends, including the student council president Ver Vermillion. You two had gotten close during your early days at the institute when he was tasked with showing you around. Since then you had fallen for one another, and you had fallen hard.

Over the months you two had spent together there had been a lot of (not so subtle) mutual pinning (yes you two were those kind of friends) and everyone could tell, well except for the two of you. Getting fed up with this Ver’s best fried and fellow council member Kotoka Torahime had devised a plan (with the assistance of Meloco Koran and Hex Haywire).

She decided to throw a small party with the council and your friends, and one of the games just so happened to be 7 minutes in heaven (bet you can see where this is going *evil writer laugh). You and Ver tried to back out of it but they were insistant, and guess which two people the bottle had chosen.

Next thing you know you and Ver are awkwardly squished together in a small dorm closet with Doppio and Hex sitting in front of the door so you can’t leave (unless Hex’s empath abilities could tell if you guys were getting really uncomfortable and it had gone to far).

7 minutes had passed and they had you two had gone quiet. Although Hex couldn’t sense any distress from you guys, the eerie silence concerned them and you hadn’t responded when they called your names. The group rushed to open the closet, however what they found was you two cuddled up together sleeping (aka author chan couldn’t come up with anything for the confession scene but it was very drunken and awkward).

Since then you two had been everyone’s favorite couple. Sharing shy glances, blushing, and holding hands when in public and in private you two would be absolute cuddle bugs.

When you guys didn’t have school or council dates your dates would consist of cuddling while playing stardew valley or mable story together.

Ver was very observant so he can always tell when you’re holding something in (plus he can tell if your soul is heavy when something is weighing on you) and though he won’t pry he’ll encourage you to talk it out with him and that it’s ok to express your needs and feelings. Likewise you help him whenever he fears he’s not enough for the council or his alter ego comes to play.

10/10 Ver-y (heh pun) sweet and supportive couple.

Man this got a bit long, but i hope you like it!

Runners Up: Ike Eveland, Shu Yamino

Disclaimer for anyone else reading this: all of my nijien writing and fics are fictional and don’t pertain at all to the streamers behind the model. Please respect them and others in the community thank you.

[mushroom-madness]

This may be cheating, but could I ask you ALL of the questions in the "mid-way brackets questions" post you reblogged, all at once?

(Also, on a related side note, thank you for running this - I'm having fun with it!)

Haha sure! Just took me a while to have the stamina to put the post together!

🐬 Which character(s) did you originally have in mind when making this tournament?

The characters I had in the examples during submission were Moonshine Cybin (Not Another DnD Podcast), Toad (Mario), Stanley (Spiritfarer), Todd from Mario (Drawfee), Apothecary Gary (Amphibia), and Danielle Barkstock (Dimension 20). I continued to think of more characters myself as submissions went on and submitted them, but I of course got one submission per character just like anyone else. Rip Morphean Mushroom.

🧢 Were there any characters you predicted would win that actually ended up loosing?

Most of the characters that were defeated by underdogs! I expected there to be a few campaigns to bring underdogs up but there were several who just won without any propaganda! Poison Mushroom Cookie, one of the first characters with multiple submissions, getting beat out by Shumi, a character with one short submission that I added pictures off of google to pad out their description was NOT something I expected!

🧊 Are you running/have you ran any other tournaments? If so, which ones?

@selfindulgentcompetition ! (The Finale is actually up Right Now!)

🛝 Which, if any, was your favorite matchup and why?

I don’t know if I can pick a favorite, but one that stood out to me while making the polls was Jade Leech VS Night Cap (PvZ). Pre-Competition they were the two contestants that I actually did some research on cause they interested me and I was so sad one had to go Round 1. Rest In Peace Jade, your fans still love you. (He got so much propaganda too! I was expecting a more even final count.)

💎 Are there any fandoms you found out existed via this tournament that you'd now be interested in checking out?

No new fandoms that have pulled me in all the way, but it did get me to start replaying some Plants VS Zombies!

💙 What's your favorite part about running this tournament?

Getting interaction from followers! Propaganda, asks, comments in the reblogs, it all makes me feel nice! ❤️🍄❤️

🚿 Which character(s) sweeps took you most by surprise?

We All Know. The incredible Shrub Berry VS Toad tie. The Saga. (They have a tag now. #toad berry saga)

📫 Do you plan on running any other different tournaments after this one?

Not currently! A bit worn out on polls at the moment actually! So going to at the least take a break once I’m done here. See if polls are still a thing by the time the poll running bug bites me again!

🩻 What's the best piece of propaganda you've gotten from this tourney?

Gah it’s so hard to pick! I don’t want to play favorites lmao. I’ve already hyped up Jade Leech enough because he got so much support but still lost. I love the Apothecary Gary propaganda because I love Amphibia. Toad Berry. Honestly it might still be just the submitted descriptions for Muttshroom.. I had never heard of this lad before he was submitted but I’m in love now and was heartbroken when he lost.

🗽 Favorite image(s) you've used in a poll?

Maybe it seems like I’m playing favorites but he’s already lost, but I was truly amazed to find that Jade Leech, the sexy anime boy version of Jetsam from the Little Mermaid (I assume Jetsam anyway, since he starts with J and his brother Floyd is F for Flotsam. One of Ursula’s eels), has not one, but TWO different pieces of official art of him surrounded by and admiring mushrooms. Jade Leech propagandists you had it right he truly HAS the Mushroom Madness.

[connorbarritos]

Tournament Report. Riley's Retro #8 (PRC-EV0) 1st/17

Hey y'all, yesterday I played in an online tournament hosted by one of my favorite twitch streamers, RileyWrenTCG, and ended up winning with Volcanion! I had a lot of fun in this tournament, and I want to talk about the deck and what lead me to play it. But first, we need to discuss the format. I will also provide links for cards and decks.

The Format (PRC-EVO)

This particular format took place after the 2016 World Championships, containing the sets Primal Clash and everything up to Evolutions (the last XY set). The most notable tournament using this format was the 2016 European International Championships where Yveltal/Garbodor ran through the competition, and the last tournament being Fortaleza Regionals in Brazil, Feb. 2017, where Darkrai Dragons took the win with Volcanion taking 3 out of the top 4 spots. Other decks that were prominent in this era are Vespiquen/Zebstrika, Mega Gardevoir STS, and Mega Mewtwo. Now, let's take a look at the deck that I played and the following matchups throughout the tournament.

Volcanion

I ended up playing Volcanion as a last minute decision more than anything. I was actually going to play a Mega Altaria deck, but after some playtesting I decided not to. I ended up going with something I never had the opportunity to play within the era this tournament was set in. Now, I do have experience playing Volcanion, it just came a bit later when Gardevoir GX was out and about. Anyways, Volcanion the deck is another one of these fast and aggressive decks that populate this format. Volcanion EX has an amazing ability in Steam Up, which allows you to discard a Fire energy from your hand so your BASIC Fire type Pokemon do 30 more damage. This ability stacks, which means you can use the ability per Volcanion EX you have in play. You can power Volcanion EX up easily with both Max Elixir, look at the top 6 cards in your deck and attack a basic energy you find to one of your benched basic Pokemon, and with baby Volcanion with the Power heater attack, choose two bench Pokémon and attach one Fire energy to both of those Pokémon. Eventually, you will have Volcanion EX dealing lots of damage while also having a hefty 180 HP. However, this list is not optimal. I'd personally cut two Float Stone to add two Fighting Fury Belt, which gives you 40 more HP AND lets you deal 10 more damage. I'd also cut Pokémon Catcher entirely and add a second Lysandre and three Escape Rope. Overall, the deck worked phenomenally regardless of what I think was missing as stated just earlier. I mean, I literally won the tournament with it. Anyways, time for matchups!

Matchups

R1: Mega Ray W. Should've lost this one, but my opponent threw away all of their Sky Fields, which lets them do more damage, and their Float Stones, so I literally used Lysandre to stall until I know I could take the win late game.

R2: Raikou/Electrode W. This matchup is tricky since they also played a Jolteon EX, but I was able to get rid of it early and just ko everything afterword.

R3: Turbo Dark W. They couldn't hit Max Elixirs or set up any relevant attackers, so it just a landslide victory.

R4: Yveltal/Garb ID. We decided to intentionally draw so we could guarantee a top 4 berth for the both of us since we were both 3-0 going into this round. We did not play and took a needed break.

Top 4: Vespiquen/Zebstrika LWW. This was definitely the toughest matchup of the night. Without Fighting Fury Belt, I didn't have the health to keep the bees from one-shotting everything. It was very apperent in game 1. Games 2 and 3, however, my opponent couldn't keep up with the prize trade; whether it be them not being able to find the pieces to keep up, or me being able to knock out a Shaymin EX to further my lead. On to finals.

Finals: Raikou/Electrode LWW. Game one I started Hoopa EX and couldn't really find ways to knock anything out, so I scooped it up early and went to game 2. During game 2, I was able to knock out Jolteon EX by flipping heads on Pokemon Catcher twice in a row, the first one taking it out of the active to reset its effect, and the second one to bring it back to the active. They couldn't recover after that, so on to game 3! In the last game of the series, I start with a rough Sycamore discarding 3 out my 4 Max Elixir, but I find a Volcanion and an energy to start building up a Volcanion EX. Towards the end of the game, my opponent made the mistake to break their Jolteon EX lock they had going, while I had ZERO cards in hand, to use Shaymin EX's Sky Return attack to put itself back into the hand so I wouldn't be able to Lysandre it and knock it out. During my turn I top decked a VS Seeker, which allowed me to grab a supporter card from my discard pile and put it into my hand. I, of course, grabbed Sycamore to draw 7 seven cards and found a Pokémon Catcher. On their turn they promoted Raikou instead of Jolteon EX after Sky Return, I'm assuming to prevent Jolteon EX from getting knocked out. All I needed to do was to flip heads on Pokemon Catcher to win. I shook the card in game, as a way to find luck, and played the Catcher. And to my surprise, I flipped heads! I immediatly brought up Jolteon EX, used Volcanion EX's Steam Up ability, and took the knock out to go to one last prize card! My opponent then just passed the turn back to me, and it was all over--I had won.

After the tournament was over, I was so happy. I jumped from my desk chair and did a silent pop-off in my room. Even though it was a small event compared to others, I'm still really proud of myself! I had an amazing time playing, and I'm really excited for the next Riley's Retro event! Also, thank y'all for reading. If you want to see me in action from this tournament, my games were streamed on Riley's twitch channel here (please check her out she's cool). Huge shout out to Alex Wilson for providing the list I used tonight from PTCG Legends, his website has a ton of decks from throughout the ages of Pokémon TCG, even with streams of past World Championships. Please check it out! You can play in tournaments like the one I played in HERE on PlayLimitless, a website the hosts online Pokémon TCG, Pokémon VGC, and Digimon TCG tournaments every day of the week!

Thank y'all so much for reading,

-Connor B.

[purplekoop]

HOOOOOOOOOOH ALRIGHT in respective order:

Box art was a question I haven't asked myself because my running expectation for a release is like, 20 bucks on Steam and that's it, not trying to worry about the headache of a multiplatform release at least at this point. Ignoring that and/or modifying the question to also account for whatever you'd say the equivalent to a digital box art is, personally I'd like to imagine it's something that shows the team assembled together, either standing in cool dramatic fashion or working together to fight off plantoids.

Maps are something I definitely need to think about more, but I'd like to have a good variety that shows off different parts of the setting. Maps set in civilized bot areas, more open natural areas with only sparse signs of civilization, and then of course some maps set in human ruins. Theme park in particular though, didn't consider that one at all yet. It's a hard thing for me to visualize though, map design is something I don't have any experience in whatsoever (even if just compared to character visual/gameplay design), so it's hard to imagine what exactly I'd want from maps or what would work well with the character abilities. Definitely something that'll be a learning process.

See my official statement is still that the PvP is non-canon "what-if" matchups, but obviously any headcanons can be headcanons. That's a fun explanation though!

(And yeah, I gotcha! I didn't wanna sound like an ass about it either, totally get it.)

Now trailers I do actually have a solid idea for. One of my friends who I talk about the project to in private brought up the idea of the trailers kind of like the Portal 2 Cave Johnson official videos, but for each of the individual bots. My idea to expand on that was to have an in-universe commercial made for the model of each bot, and then cutting to a scene showing who the individual character is like. Easy example: an upbeat commercial for a model of simple little service bots, and then cut to one of those little bots in the present day, now with a cowboy hat, strolling up to a western-style bar shortly before a bar room brawl breaks out. Not necessarily all action scenes, like Calber's starts as a military propaganda commercial before cutting to him sitting down to give an interview while he looks tired and exhausted. Not sure if this format would work for every character, but it's definitely an idea I really like, contrasting what these bots were made to do with what they ended up becoming as individuals. Obviously a more general action-showcase trailer makes sense too, and could definitely really cool, but these are the special "Meet the Team" sorts of things that I think would really get across what I think makes this cast interesting.

And you would in fact be correct in Wilderoad being the face! I do think I said before that they were the first character conceptualized, though for a different project that was very bloated on characters and ideas at the time, with them being merely an antagonistic side character who'd only be playable in a DLC side story. It wasn't until much later where I had the idea for War Bots and needed a character to act as a starting point, and then I finally drew them out with their new role as a hero in mind. Wilderoad did very much inform a lot of my initial ideas for what the cast and world would be, to the point where the main story taking place in America is because Wilderoad biased my view on what the setting and aesthetic would be like so much that it's more Old West themed than it should be given the overall cast. I still like the vague idea of limiting the scope to just the Americas for a while, but I feel like I'd hit a wall trying to not make too many american southwestern desert maps without feeling like it's just early TF2.

Cosmetics! Great question! This is another thing I've thought about, especially in terms of monetization, though I do have to acknowledge it's easier to act noble about things when you're just one person not committed to running anything at all yet compared to a massive company with shareholders and all that junk. The ideal intention though is that, again, the game itself is just 20 bucks, and microtransactions will be either minimal or nonexistent. The idea is that you earn in-game currency simply by playing games, and then use it to buy cosmetics you want from a list. That's it. PvP modes have a pretty average payout but you can get bigger rewards for harder PvE missions. I don't think people would mind an option to buy the currency directly using real money, but that's meant as a shortcut for what's intended to be readily accessible just by playing a few rounds of the game. I think Bloons TD6 strikes a respectable balance for a paid game with entirely optional microtransactions, with the only things you can buy being currency you earn plenty of just by playing the game or cheats to make the game easier except on its more "competitive" modes. Also do note I only specified cosmetics as unlockable. Characters are all unlocked from the start, but functional alternate weapons and gear are locked behind a separate XP system, where playing the character progresses their individual experience points, which can be spent if you have enough to unlock their alternate kit pieces. The idea is that you get a feel for the basic character before you get to play with the alternate playstyle options and not overload them with choices from the start, but in a way that's all determined by player choice and progress. Once you have every kit piece a character has to offer, XP is then just used to show much larger milestones to unlock unique cosmetics, like get a billion Xenir XP or something and you get the "Engineering Maniac" badge to wear as them or something. Unlike the cosmetic currency, there's no plans to pay your way past the XP system for unlocking anything, it's all legit.

Now, boring money talk aside, actually playing dress up with the funny robots. As much as I like some of the fantastic things that full model swap skins like Overwatch can provide, I think a more interchangeable cosmetic system sounds more potentially interesting, and fits with the loadout system for the weapons and abilities. Just... y'know, without the insane price tags from TF2's economy-based system. Plus, full fancy outfits can still be a thing, but now each individual piece can be paired with any other parts without too many limitations. There are some weird caveats though with how the functional equipment sometimes clashes with the cosmetic outfits, like how Sorsier's "body" loadout slot is their scarf, so no cosmetics can change it for the sake of it being visually clear to other players what your scarf of choice is. Not a huge deal, but something I've had to think about. I have also considered a paint system as another layer of customization to costume pieces, though somehow didn't realize that they could also just paint their bodies and have it not be weird. Unlike model swaps, I do think this actually can work for customizing weapons, since as long as the piece has a unique shape to distinguish it from the others then it's fine to retexture it. Plus who doesn't love gold weapon recolors?

Okay now the real fun part about cosmetics, yes I absolutely have reference skins in mind. Sorsier and Martinet in particular I find fun to come up with ideas for. The former having costume sets like "Bothersome Witch", "Epic Apprentice", or "Titan Dweller", and the latter having options including "Family Man" (featuring the "Forged Cut" hair piece) and "Internationally Mysterious" (complete with more voice lines ending in "baby!" if you have the full set on). I think some legitimate crossover skins would be fun to do eventually, either with outside projects of a similar scope or internal references to other projects of mine. With the penguin outfit I can't help but imagine Velenna wearing a goofy pajama-like suit just to contrast how serious she is normally. I'd also love to do other beta throwback skins, considering how long the development process has left to go I can only imagine several characters are gonna get some visual overhauls, so cosmetics based on earlier designs would be a neat compromise.

god I love the idea of theorycrafting memes in advance. Nekross definitely seems like the tryhard edgelord character who'd be the annoying one in the voice chat (sorry in advance Nekross mains), but I feel like Burnett would end up being the character people try to play as a battle medic. The perils of giving a healer such freeform mobility, but perils I'm willing to risk because it'd be funny if it works anyways. One specific joke I've already made in private is based on one of Poppett's alt accessories, the Repair Kit Satchel, which lets her pick up and throw health packs to allies. The joke is that I'd expect people would RP as a pizza delivery girl mid-match, just delivering health packs to allies for the funny instead of shooting enemies. Complete with a joke skin that actually dresses her up as a pizza delivery girl.

Character select! Not sure on the exact layout yet, that friend I mentioned before is a pretty solid graphic designer so it might be the kind of thing I'd ask him for input on, but while I think a simple single row could work for a cast of 20-25 max, I'd also want to see how a grid-based layout would look. Each role is a column, then going down in release/development order. Row 1 is, Wilderoad, Calber, and Poppett from top to bottom, Row 2 is Yanno, Velenna, and Martinet, etc. This is actually how I have the roster laid out in my notes, so it's already the layout I'm used to. Actual visual style for the UI is something that I need to sort out in general, so if there's a cool theme going then the character select might change accordingly.

And last is- Oh. Oh you KNEW this would get me raving with joy, predicting the drool and all. Full disclosure is that, either subconsciously or consciously, I already draw the characters like they're designed to be action figures. I mean robots already work great for figures, you don't have to worry as much about hiding articulation points or other seams in the production that might "break the illusion" for other kinds of characters. Aside from that though, even stuff like the general proportions of characters are made to they'd balance easily as physical freestanding objects, with the Mega Man style big "boot feet" to help with that. There's a couple weird outliers, like Sorsier balances on a little orb they roll around on to move, and Ezela literally floats, but that's nothing some tasteful transparent plastic stands (included in the box of course) can't fix. But also of course, Sorsier's orb foot, Poppett's roller blades, and Burnett's three-wheeled lower body would all actually be able to roll... well at least Burnett's wheels, those seem pretty easy to make practical without compromising stability. Shoot, if I could make it so you could pop out Martinet's wheels he uses for his slide ability, I would. Also you wouldn't have to worry as much about facial expressions since most characters literally don't have mouths anyways, so the only issue is the eyes. Er, eye, in a few cases. Sometimes just a flat screen. And even for the one guy with a mouth, Formann, it's a big simple jaw you could actually make work in the figure. Shoot, if you want really goofy play features, then what about Calber actually having a mechanism in his arm to shoot it for his grappling arm trick? Though maybe make this a swappable piece so you don't have a spring-primed arm waiting to go off on your shelf.

There's also just all the accessories possible, both in the conventional sense and in the War Bots specific definition. Not just all the default kit items as tangible props, but have them be interchangeable with the other loadout options. Literally be able to equip your toy of the character with the same weapons you use in the game, come on how am I not supposed to be irrationally giddy about that. Maybe the alts are a separate thing you can order separately if you really want. Even the more basic stuff though, like Xenir coming with a full set of their buildings, or Arber coming with his plantoid companion. aw and then now I can't help but imagining the plantoids as bonus figures, maybe even some of the more advanced ones getting full-on figures like the playable cast.

Again, maybe unsurprising how shameless I am about this, but legitimately I'd be ecstatic to have all these guys on my desk, more than any of my other characters even. If there's one far-flung merch idea I'd actually want to pursue it's this, obvious logistical issues aside. But hey, if I'm already planning on making a full-fledged live service multiplayer online game then I might as well shoot as high as I can. Maybe don't expect to find them at Target, but if there was a way to make them available for online order without insane prices or limited supply, then I'd absolutely go for it.

closing thoughts, dear god this response took over 2 hours, but I don't regret a second of it. It genuinely means more than I can accurately convey to have someone as excited as I am for what this project can be. It's something I both think I can make and really want to, because I think it has the potential to really be special and get people excited again about a subgenre that's certainly been through the wringer. But to know I even just have one person already behind me on it is already giving me so much push to believe in it more myself. Thank you, genuinely. Seeing this definitely turned around my sour mood this evening. And thanks to anyone else who managed to sit through both of us rambling so far, or otherwise in the present or future even just has an ounce of interest in the project.

And no rush on the Gardeners, seriously! Don't try to burden yourself with something that can wait when you're already worrying about something else. I've learned from experience that trying to make imaginary expectations for this sort of thing based on what you think others expect from you is just a shortcut to sucking the joy out of what you'd otherwise have fun working on. It's what killed Role Requeue along with the massive ActiBlizz layoffs, and it's what's severely dampened the mood on other projects of mine in the past. Take your time, and take care of yourself.

Dear, @purplekoop

GRRRR RAHH War Bots is consuming me! I keep finding myself thinking about the far off hypotheticals and all the little extraneous details:

What would box art look like? So far I can see Wilderoad and Calber staring at each other from the corners of the art. A random map from the game is the background. Other bots from the game are all rushing towards each other ready for a fight.

What kinds of PvP maps will there be? One idea I had is an abandoned amusement park based on a once-beloved-but-now-forsaken gaming company that is now being used for training.

Also I had the potential* headcanon that the PvP gameplay is the War Bots** training.

*(I say potential because i don't know if you already had that idea. I don't want to assume.)

**(Not to be annoying myself. But I know that War Bots is not the final name of the game nor the team. I just wanted to make that clear real quick. Sorry if this sounds rude. I genuinely don't know how to phrase this without sounding like an asshole.)

What will the trailer look like? I can see a rough draft. A little rendered animation of showing Wilderoad walking onto a PVP map. Chaos is everywhere. We then get quick clips of gameplay footage of characters using their abilities. The obligatory pop song playing in my head bounces between "Cut Off" by Set It Off and "Magic 8" also by Set It Off. (I listened to the album these songs were in recently while I had War Bots on the brain)

By the way, I see Wilderoad as the face of War Bots mainly because they were literally the introduction to it, and if I remembered correctly, they were also one of the first characters made. And if i'm remembering REALLY correctly, I believe you yourself said they were the face.

What will the cosmetics be like? This question really started when you mentioned the quickly scrapped penguin's moveset being given to Velenna. I instantly thought "Alright, Velenna should be given a penguin skin then." Then i realized that I don't recall you ever mentioning cosmetics. Would it be more TF2-esque with a loadout system? Or would it be more Overwatch 2-esque with a simple complete skin system? Speaking of Overwatch, I couldn't help but think of an "Ancient Heroes" skinline that gives our favorite bots a familiar look. Some mappings are rather cut and dry, while some really get you to think (Poppett in particular: Tracer? Lucio? D.va? Kiriko????). I also briefly imagined a "Coat" mechanic of sorts. Where you could merely change the color of the bots bodies. Like putting on a new coat of paint. (As you can see, I'm kinda using War Bots as a cope and a way to wean me off of Overwatch. Or at least attempting to.)

What would the community jokes and memes be like? What would be our nerf Genji? I can already see a meme about Necross, but I won't since I plan to make that one a reality eventually.

Bot Select? I want to see all the bots lined up in rows and columns.

Of course. What game would be complete without your favorite thing: figures! Not to make you drool, but imagine if a Wilderoad figure was right there on your desk. Or Formann? Or Poppett? Or Velenna? Or Navea? Or etc etc etc.

It's all so just- GRRRrrr OHHHhhh, so enticing, so magical, so beautiful. I'm proud to say that I'm on the ground floor of War Bots. I love being a part of this. I can't wait for what comes next.

Sincerely, G

PS: I have absolutely no idea when the rest of The Gardeners posts will be finished. I have solid ideas on all of them (minus one). I just haven't had the time to write them. This week I'm focusing on a big midterm and have the usual load of homework. I'm trying to get a lot done this week so Spring Break I can truly relax and write to my hearts content. Of course, the biggest roadblock to my writing is that I'm busy writing a script for my university's comedy skit program club. And that has a deadline of the week after Spring Break. So yeah. Sometime after that I suppose. I will let you know that the next Gardener I'll be going over is the one with blades.

Thanks for listening to my ramblings!

[dustofthedailylife]

*slides in with sunglasses on* 😎 Well hello there.

I hope you can share some time with me. *wiggles eyebrows* You know that a 'professional', 'fandom approaved' matchmaker needed to be matched with somebody too. XD

Alright, I'll stop with the tomfoolery. Maybe.

💫

✨ I changed my name to Erlando no, it's still Polly. I am 21 years old. *looks down* I think I am still a girl.

✨ My hobbies include: writing things that will never happen to me, drawing people that will never be real, listening to music in order to travel to a paralel world, watching videos that rot my brain and playing the game that lets me control other people (aka. Genshin Impact).

✨ My personality... Oh, boy. Alright. Time to expose myself. XD

I'm actually very strict in real life. When I am with my little sister, people often think that I am her mother because of how nurturing I am. It doesn't mean that I don't like to goof around, I actually enjoy it a lot! I am not very good at joking and I prefer to laugh at people's jokes rather than make my own (because they are Cyno level bad).

I have my own principles and I follow them. There are times I am very skeptical of everything and it shows on my face. Some people get scared of it, hence they run away before I can say a judging speech.

But this happens very rarely. If I am surrounded by good people (and there are a lot of them where I live), then there's no need for me to be skeptical.

I act calm if the person prefers to have calm conversations, and I can be silly if it's what my interlocutor is more comfortable with. Although, I get very loud when I make myself a fool.

✨I want to marry and have children, so, obviously, I want a man who values his family and wants to start one too. He has to be good with money (because I am bad at it) and he has to be very initiative to keep my attention on my goals instead of doing something else. He has to have a kind heart too!

✨I dislike it when people are indecisive. I hate this trait in myself, so I can't tolerate it in other people. I don't like it when people don't make sense and are greedy, money-grabbing. I prefer it if people are more humble. I like people who are very creative and think outside of the box. I like people who purposefully break stereotypes. I get along with shy people and I love them.

✨ My favorite romance tropes would be 'shy person x confident, sly person', 'huge man x little girl', and I love it when two characters are slowly falling in love while doing something together. And I ADORE it when a man acts like hopeless romantic while the woman is oblivious to his sincere affections and obvious pining — this trope is GOLD!

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I hope this helps, Dust. :D If your requests are closed by the time send it in, oh well, that's alright! I will still have fun reading your matchups!

Hehe! ~ Hiii, let's see what one matchmaker has in store for another matchmaker... well then:

Your Perfect Match is...

Diluc Ragnvindr

The first time you stumbled into you was at the town square in Mondstadt, you were taking care of your sister who had been pushed on the cobblestone by Timmie and was now crying.

He went over to you and inquired if you needed help with anything, which you at first declined but eventually asked him if it would be a bother if he could go fetch some ice for your sister's knee.

He gladly obliged and was quick to bring you some ice. That was where your first interaction ended and you didn't see him for a good amount of time until your paths crossed again a few weeks later.

You wanted to thank him for helping you with your sister's injury back then and thought about how you could repay him for it so you offered to buy him a drink. He agreed to it.

The longer you talked over your drinks the more you realized there was some chemistry between you two, which he too noticed. As the evening ended you both agreed that you should meet up again. Which you did.

He was the one to make the first move eventually, telling you that he has started to develop feelings for you and would like to pursure something more serious with you if you're willing (of course you agreed!).

You two would be perfect for each other not only because your horrible jokes actually crack him up (let's be real, Cyno level bad means that they're so bad they're funny again. An artform in itsself, so to speak).

He loves both your silly and your calm and serious side - you're basically the whole package and everyday feels like an adventure with you.

Like you he would like to have a family one day and would love to marry and have children.

Good with money? I mean, yeah. He's leading an entire wine empire, of course he is good with money.

He would be very supportive of you and your goals as well and would definitely make sure you don't get sidetracked.

Bonus points for you: he is very easy to fluster, you just love seeing him all blushy and shy (don't push it too much though, give him a break sometimes, hehe ~).

"Polly, I've really enjoyed our time together in the last couple of months and have been meaning to ask for a while if you can imagine something more serious between us?"

[chronic-claire-universe]

hi claire, u alr know that i'm gonna send this whekhewksj but i really wanted to join your event so here i am. <3

aly, she/her, nineteen

i'm a type two enfj hehe def a people pleaser (u can figure that out with my mbti 😭), vv clingy (i will kiss and hug u every chance i get, only if u're comfortable tho), and a bit sarcastic at times (affectionate hehe)—that's all i can think of i hope that's enough hhhh

the kind of ppl i like—who can take care of me and will understand me, and like dominate me too idk + who's fun, can keep up with what i like, i want someone who is spontaneous hehe

my favorite drink is tequila ;)

so... uhm, i have a daddy kink? HEJSHSJ + praise and degrading kink, they're v contradicting but they can go together if u really look at it hsjshaka😔, impact play too aaaand bondage :>

my fandom is tokrev <3

ily, claire! happy 1k 🤍

Alyyy my darling, sorry but when I do matchup I need to be really inspired and that's why you had to wait a lot before your shift in the Savant Claire Brothel, enjoy your night with my your favourite guest:

Warnings: Smut, Daddy Kink, Alcohol Consumption, Drunk Sex, Praise Kink, Oral (receiving), Minors DNI, 18+

Tokyo Revengers: Chifuyu Matsuno

A.N: The pic isn't related to the age, Chifuyu is so cute with the pompadour and I wanted to post it, but he actually is 20 years old and he attends college.

"Ahhh aly!!!" you hear a blondie saying and waving happily to you as soon his sharp blue eyes catch you, "Marry Christmas Chifuyu!" you say with a kind smile huggin him, "Mmm well, marry christmas to you too" he says scrathing his neck and giving you a gift, "Well you hadn't to do it!" you say giving him a cheek kiss, "Tonight we're going to drink something! My treat!" you say to him and running to the bar with his hand linked to yours you put his gift on the counter and start to open it while your colleagues smirk at you and prepares different shots of tequila, "Wh-what this?" he says with wide eyes but he distractes himself as soon as he sess your dreamy eyes "Chifuyu! I searched for them a lot of time! How? Thanks!" you say and kiss him on the cheeks, "It took some time but when I found them in my favourite manga store I knew I had to buy them. It's a rarity!" he says pointing to the bar code signaling the first press edition. Chifuyu and you knew each other at college and discovered to have the same passion, that's why instead of being at home for Christmas night, he's here for you at the brothel, he loves staying with you and giving you break time from assholes clients.

"I can't -ugh- aly no more!" Chifuyu says with dusted pinks completely wasted and feeling like throwin up as soon as you near the nth shot of tequila, "Cmon Chifuyu! Just another one, I will give you something you will not regret!" you say passing your index through his torso, "Mm, mh aly what are you doing?" he says suddenly feeling his pants too tight from your teasing, "Pussy!" is the last word he hears before he throws a punch directly in the nose of the unfortunate who decided to insult him, "If being a pussy it means that I'm not going to fuck my cock as soon as I enter here, then I'm a pussy!" he says proud but wobbling, "Chifuyu let's go" you say with a sad smile taking his arm and support yourself in your drunk state.

Pinks cheeks on both of you, Chifuyu stares intensely at you and seeing your teary eyes he says huggin you, "Woah aly I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you! you kno- it's jus-" he can't complete the sentence because he feels ashamed but as soon as he stops speaking you say, "Chifuyu? It's real? I thought you liked me and now you say that" you say with tears in your eyes, "Wh-what? Is this because of what I said to that guy before?" he says while caressing your cheeks, cleaning from your tears, "So you want to fuck me?" you say while bending yourself towards his body, "You don't want this?" you say while nearing to his face, whispering these words "Brat girl, of course I want, I need you, it's not everyday I give gift to someone else!" he says while caressing your body and tighting the grip on your ass at the same time. Alcohol still flowing in both your bodies, lust eyes stare at each other, Chifuyu can't take it anymore and starts to kiss you hungrily, desperate to taste everything from you. "I want you, all of you" he says while ripping apart your dress and kissing your boobs and nipples, his fingers travelling down making you feel even more hot, "Oh oh Chifuyu!" you say as soon his fingers enters your pussy, "Daddy, it's daddy tonight give me this gift brat girl" he says while stopping the kiss and nearing your pussy he starts to lick it, "Ah yes daddy!" you shout when his tongue meets your clit making you squirm under his ministrations, "What? Do you need daddy to cum? Aren't you satisfied from all the cocks you took before me?" he says smirking, tears on your eyes, the pleasure is overwhelming and you can't formulate a simple sentence "Nn- no daddy - no cocks, people can't have this" you say in between moans, "Is this brat's pussy all for me? Relax I got you" he says strangely so bold from the alcohol he drank, "Fuck" it's the only words that comes out from your mouth before the coil in your stomach snaps, making you squirt all over him. "Woaah no one ever did that before aly!" he says before kissing you passionately, "M-more, daddy more!" you say in between pants, "As my bratty girl wish" he says before taking a condom and putting it into his erect cock, "Thanks!" it's what he says before sinking in your cunt shutting his eyes as soon as you engulfe him in your warm walls, "Oh shit, this is so tight, pretty" he says, a moan is what he ears before you take his ass and try to push him, "You better stop darling if you don't want to regret later" he says with a smirk before biting your blade shoulder, "M-more" you say as a beg before he snaps himself out, "F-fuck so greedy" he says as soon as he starts to move, "Ahh I love this!" you moand and putting your legs around his waist you start to move to meet his thrust "You love this? You love the only cock who gets to fuck you?" he says while taking both your legs on his shoulders and letting you admire him with his sweated forehead and blonde hairs, "M-more!" you repeat with doe eyes caressing his arms and chest, "More? You want more angel?" he says with a smirk, you look so vulnerable and submissive under him that's why he slows down, cock almost out making you whinier "You're so cute, here more for you!" he says before slamming his cock inside again and hitting your ass cheek with his hand, he feels your walls tightening him, he can't help but feel again the orgasm approaching, "More - oh fuck -is this the more you want?" he says while rutting his hips faster and hitting your ass from time to time, "Yes daddy like this! I'm going to cum!" a groan leaves his mouth as soon as the impact let you tighten around his cock, "Then you're going to cum with me angel!" he says taking both your legs and touching your clit, he gives some thrusts filling the rubber with spurts of cum, making him fall under while he moans your name unraveled by pleasure.

In the morning, you wake up seeing a painkiller on your nightstand, "Claire got you free, today go out with him got it?" you see in the note left beside the pills, "Mmm Aly" Chifuyu says still drowsy, "Oh fuck!" he shouts noticing he is naked, "Mmm I think everyone heard us, no one is ever going to call you pussy I think" you say with a smile, "Wanna go out for breakfast?" you say while snuggling into his warm body, "Ok but tell me something before getting up" "Spit it" you say smiling, "Was I too rude?" he says with concerned eyes, "Cute! Don't worry Chifuyu, I liked it, just a bit surprised I always thought of you as a vanilla boy" you say looking at him, "Oh so you did thought about it?" he says with a smirk, "LET'S GO FOR BREAKFAST BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND!" you shout before he takes you in between his arms, "Thanks Aly this was a good gift".

[uswntxfootball]

all smiles here (jackie groenen x photographer!reader)

focusing on your new job turns out to be a hundred times harder after seeing the smiley dutch midfielder..

word count: 2343 ish

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today was the day.

here you were, 22, fresh out of college and about to step foot onto the dutch training pitch for the first time and start your new job.

last night you had spent hours fretting over tiny details, making sure your cameras were charged and ready, your lenses were wiped clean, and that everything was nice and tidy.

you had planned to wake up extra early, making sure you had time to get everything situated and set before practice began.

that was the plan.

that’s.. unfortunately not what happened.

in your excitement, you had forgotten to set an alarm, which led to your current predicament, biking as fast as you can, racing through the dutch streets.

you glance down at your watch, narrowly missing a parked car as you do so.

you arrive at 7:58, just in the nick of time.

seeing that the team was already out stretching, you throw your bike down with a crash and run onto the field.

the crash of your bike hitting the pavement caused a few heads to turn your way, with a certain number 14 taking particular interest in your entrance.

blind to the commotion you caused, you laid your camera bag gently down along the side of the field (amongst the other photographers), then bend over unceremoniously, trying hard to catch your breath.

considering you had biked 5 miles in 10 minutes, you were spent, forgetting all your excitement in the process.

when your heart rate had somewhat slowed, you began setting up your equipment, and quickly the nerves and excitement arose once again.

you picked up your camera and took a photo of the closest player to test lighting (that player being sari van veenendaal), all the while internally screaming that that was the fifa 2019 best goalkeeper while doing so.

disregarding how much of a mess your morning was, the next hour went splendidly.

you managed to get a few shots of miedema with gorgeous lighting, photos that your manager undoubtedly would want to publish later on.

few photos were “unusable” (you were pretty damn good at your craft), and your camera roll was soon flooded with a wide variety of individual and group pictures.

at this point you had almost gotten all the players individually, your task being to get each of them by the end of practice, which was coming up shortly.

you snapped a few pictures of wilms, grinning widely when you see how well they turned out.

scanning quickly through the list of players, you sigh with relief when you realize you only have one more player to take photos of, #14.

you scan the field with your camera quickly and your breath promptly catches in your throat.

jackie was laughing at something daan was saying, her smile gorgeously on display.

you couldn’t help but stare, your hand lowering the camera as you forget the task at hand.

but how could anyone blame you?

she was, without a doubt one of the most gorgeous people you had ever seen.

her gaze meets yours suddenly, you let out a squeak of surprise in response and fumble your camera, breaking eye contact as you lunge forward to catch it.

you let out a sigh of relief when you grasp it, cheeks blood red at your actions, the older photographer next to you letting out a chuckle as he shook his head.

“kid you gotta be more careful.”

you nodded and smiled at him kindly, before shaking your head quickly and resuming to the task at hand.

with the ten minutes before the end of practice, you took, in total, one photo of jackie.

this was a disaster.

you just kept getting lost staring at her, this time through the lens of your camera, so starstruck that you forgot to actually take pictures.

you let out a sigh as you began thinking of an excuse for your boss later.

~~

walking into the locker room, jackie rolled her eyes at jill’s words.

“but did you see her jacks? that new camera girl is..” jill letting out a low whistle to finish her statement.

“i mean i’m taken but i have to agree she is pretty cute” daan said, popping into the conversation.

soon whole the locker room began chatting about this “new camera girl”, and jackie couldn’t help but blush.

she had to agree with everyone, you were absolutely adorable, and watching you almost drop your camera upon seeing her only solidified that.

jackie was brought out of her thoughts by jill who, very loudly, pointed at her and said:

“oh. my. god. you like her.”

jackie swatted jill’s hand away.

“shut up no i don’t.”

“oh my god she’s blushing she totally does,” daan squealed.

the locker room was soon buzzing with excitement over jackie’s new crush, filling the air with:

a lot of “omg jackie!”

and

even more “ask her out!!”

with jackie of course very adamantly denying such a proposition.

even through all of the teasing, jackie couldn’t help but hope that she would see you again tomorrow.

~~

you arrived earlier the following day, much much earlier, so much so that no other photographers had arrived yet.

you set your bike nicely against the rack this time, taking your time to admire the nice day as you lay your bag along the edge of the field.

you take a quick look at your watch, 7:17, and upon seeing that no one was around, picked up a soccer ball you found in the corner of the field.

having played a little bit of high school and college soccer, you juggled the ball around a little bit and then attempted to score from midfield.

you hit the ball right into the corner of the net on your second try, jumping up in excitement, when you hear someone speak behind you.

“for a sports photographer, that wasn’t all that bad.”

you turn around abruptly and let out a small squeak of surprise when you’re greeted by the very girl who had enchanted you the day before.

she lets out a dazzling grin before putting out her hand and saying:

“hi i’m jackie.”

“i- uhm y/n” you mumble, eliciting a giggle from the dutch girl before you.

you wipe your palms against your jeans quickly and take her hand, trying to desperately ignore the sparks that shot up your arm from the contact.

an awkward silence followed for the next few seconds, until jackie spoke.

“so, y/n, do you want to kick a ball around with me before people get here?”

“i’m, uh i’m not that good i mean i played a little in high school and college but like just for rec teams and i mean you’re on the national level so like i’m i don’t know i should probably just stick to photography i hope i didn’t offend you i’m just not that great and i yeah.”

you stop your rambling and blush, hoping she can decipher your message through your jumble of words.

jackie just lets out a laugh and your heart melts a little at the sound.

“i can take a few pictures of you though if you’d like?” you offer, hoping to spend a little bit more time with the midfielder.

“i would love that.” jackie says, letting out an even larger smile if possible.

for the next fifteen minutes you took dozens of photos of jackie, all the while learning about her life in manchester and belgium, how she broke a bike on the way to practice once, her dogs, and other snippets of her life.

you honestly couldn’t believe that this girl, this incredibly attractive and funny and just stupidly gorgeous girl was talking to you.

it was 7:50 when the other players arrived, jill letting out a whistle and yell when she saw who was already on the pitch.

“get it jackie!”

the other players cheered as well, letting out wolf whistles when they saw the two of you.

jackie got up but before she left she turned and gave you a hug then saying:

“sorry about them. they’re quite an obnoxious bunch.”

you let out a laugh and the two of you parted ways as practice was about to begin, your heart beating so fast you were afraid it would burst.

~~

“y/n.”

your boss let out a sigh as he took his glasses off.

“why are there 864 photos of jackie groenen in your camera roll?”

“i- i dont know” you stammer.

“this isn’t what i meant when i said you took too little of her yesterday.”

you flushed a deeper shade of red in utter embarrassment.

if your conversation with your boss was any indicator, practice was a disaster.

it wasn’t the players or practice itself.

it was you. your gay mess of a self.

but you just couldn’t help but trail the midfielder for the entire practice, your lens (and eyes) never leaving her.

it was only at the end of practice when you looked through your camera roll when you’d truly realized just how many photos you had taken of her.

each and every page filled with pictures of the number 14, her smile as bright as the day.

in your defense, you had taken quite a few fantastic photos of her, though there was one that was your favorite in particular, with the sun shining at the midfielder at just the right angle, illuminating her eyes and leaving her smile with its signature glow.

and of course that was the photo that caught your boss’s eye, despite his disappointment of today’s “turnout”.

and of course he wanted to publish it immediately.

and of course jackie saw it. and posted it. and tagged you in it.

where did she even get your handle from?

~~

it was sort of an unspoken agreement between the two of you, with both arriving early each practice to spend time with one another.

each time there’s jackie, always smiling and always gorgeous, and each time there’s you, always bumbling and always blushing and always tripping over your words.

and occasionally your feet.

but jackie only saw it as endearing, and continued to talk to you even when you were making a fool out of yourself.

eventually came the time for the netherland’s first matchup against a team, that team being estonia for the euro qualifiers.

you were brimming with the excitement at attending your first match as a photographer, and you arrived extra early match day to set up and get a good spot on the field.

“well if it isn’t my favorite photographer.”

you spun around quickly to spot jackie in her full kit, a blush promptly forming on your cheeks and your heart skipping a beat upon seeing her.

somehow you managed to reply:

“well if it isn’t my favorite player.”

this was your first time saying something that remotely resembled flirting with her, clearly catching the midfielder in surprise, as her face flushed a bright red a second later.

“i’m offended. i thought i was your favorite player.” daan said, appearing behind jackie, who stood frozen.  

you rolled your eyes.

“hate to break up the love fest though, but we’ve got a game to play.” daan said, tugging on the arm of an even redder jackie groenen.

after they left, you continued setting up your equipment, checking lighting and just making sure everything was all set and ready for the game to start.

and boy was it a game. 

in short,

the netherlands absolutely destroyed estonia.

in a huge 7-0 victory for the netherlands, there were an abundance of great photo opportunities, and you got them all.

goal scoring shots and celebration shots, everything.

you however, did let out two very loud cheers when jackie scored, once in the 26th minute and again when she completed her brace.

you had forgotten how empty the stadium was in your excitement.

each time you shouted the dutch girl, blushed, met your eyes and grinned before being pulled away by a teammate, who said something that sounded a lot like:

“your girlfriend’s here cheering for you.”

but in general,

you had expected the dutch to win.

you had expected daan, jackie, sherida, aniek, and katja to score as much and as well as they did.

you had even expected that you would embarrass yourself in some way during the match.

what you didn’t expect however, was for jackie groenen to come running at you after the match.

you were packing up your equipment when you saw the dutch girl approaching, and you opened your mouth to congratulate her on the brace and win.

but before you could get a word out,

she pulled you in by the camera straps around your neck and kissed you.

you stood, frozen, as if you couldn’t believe what was happening (because you really couldn’t).

jackie had started to realize you weren’t reciprocating and began to pull back when you came to your senses.

you kissed her back, hands moving to her waist to steady the two of you.

it was everything you wanted a first kiss to be, passion fueled and full of sparks, her hands moving from your chest to cup your cheek.

jackie was the one who pulled away first, a smile plastered on her face much like the one that had drawn you to her that very first day at practice.

you pulled her in to kiss her again, forgetting that your camera was still looped in front of your chest, only noticing it when it was in the way of getting her closer to you.

you pull back with an annoyed huff and gently take the camera off, turning to drop it on the bench behind you.

“go out with me sometime” you say when you turn around again.

jackie’s face just splits into a sparkling smile.

“i thought you’d never ask.”

[primergon]

Hello! May I ask for a TFP matchup?

I go by she/they, I am a biromantic asexual, and I have high-functioning autism. I love to read and write, and go stargazing and swimming. I love animals, especially cats, pitbulls, ravens and crows, and I’m very into astronomy and psychology. I tend to get stressed pretty quickly and usually need to take a break to help myself calm down, but I’m usually a very easy going person and can adapt pretty quickly to situations. One of my favorite things to do when I’m at home is sitting outside and listening to music just to pass the time. I have a hard time falling asleep, and I’m not at all a morning person.

A/N : Hello Anon ! Thanks for sending this in, I think I'll pair you up with Optimus!

The war has taken a toll on everyone, even Optimus. He seeks comfort in his life, a slice of peace he gets to keep for himself - and he finds that in you. In the beginning, he warns himself to not get too attached, but he was drawn to your kindness. Smiling to himself whenever you would bend down to pet the stray animals seen on patrol.

The two of you started growing close through your interest in astronomy. Optimus had shared his own stories as well, but he was more than happy to just sit back and listen to you talk about the stars, sipping on his Energon cube with fondness in his eyes. He helps you relax at night, promising to sit outside your home in his alt-form until you feel safe enough to sleep. This routine allowed him to catch a glimpse of your bedhead from time to time, and he can't tell anyone just how cute he finds it.

Your interest in psychology is one of the reasons why Optimus was willing to confide his worries to you. Through some coaxing and the constant reminder that it's okay to admit you're going through a hard time, the Prime eventually opens up to you. In no time, the two of you have developed a habit of learning from one another: with you giving insights on how Optimus can learn to take care of himself better while he helps you destress whenever you feel overwhelmed. He appreciates your quick thinking, remembering the times you would often save him and his team through your quick thinking.

Optimus worries for you. He worries for your future together, knowing that he'll do anything to keep you safe. For now, however, he is content in just sitting under the setting sun with you. Listening to the way you were humming to the soft music playing from your phone. I hope you enjoyed this xx

[ookami-tsun]

A trick into making someone help with paperwork

Before I forget~ Ookami say that she will only be free like around August? Means that soon we can continue on the Matchup requests, while I am still struggling with my work, my project designs have been rejected by the lecturer and I would have to come up with more ideas that can be shown and discussed before showing the final design with the mockup by next week T_T

"Y/N, are you giving up right now?"

"...No... No more..." I exclaimed as I feel my hands getting tired, how can someone do this to me!

"There are still some more to do, don't slack..." that person sigh as he hands me another stack of paper to do.

"Come on! I have been doing this since morning and I declare to have a break!" placing down the pen, I grabbed onto his sleeves and tried my best to show my puppy eye, something that I always do whenever I want something to go my way "I am new at this! You can't expect me to adapt to this huge workload on the first day of working in the office!"

I had a long staring battle with Kaeya before the winner soon came out.

He glanced at me for awhile and placed the stack of papers on the table "Fine, but just for 10 minutes, you still have more to do"

I look at the pile of paper that is on his worktable and glanced back at mine.

This is despicable!

"You are pushing some of your work onto me secretly aren't you!"

"Oh, you caught me haha"

"I should have thought twice before I agree to working as your secretary! Even if it is just for one day" I massaged my arms as I stretch my legs from sitting for too long "I did not signed up for this... You promised me that I can take a breather while helping out with your work!"

I have been tricked! This liar told me that it will be very relaxing and I do not have to work under the sun on such a hot day!

Glancing at him as I started thinking of what I could do if I was not tricked by this guy into doing work with him together rather than going out with the other knights for patrolling.

"Well.... Since you helped me a lot by coming and settling most of my work, I shall fulfill one of your request, what would you like to do?"

I froze as my mind started to process at the fastest speed that my single braincell could: He owes me a favor! There are many things that I can do to get back at him!

"Maybe I should use this to make you stay away from alcohol for 1 week or talking in a serious manner for 1 month..." I said out loud as I plot on how to get my revenge on him

"Hey... Don't you think that that is going overboard? I can't live without my grape wine" Kaeya retorted as soon as I gave my half serious ideas. "Why don't you ask for something that you can benefit from rather just looking at my pain when I try to fulfill that type of requests"

I laughed as I find his pouting face cute despite him being a man, who says that man cannot be cute? There is one in front of me

To be honest, I have so much things that I want him to do and it is definitely not able to fulfill the one request one... Should I tell him that I want "10 requests" using the 1 request?

I thought for a long time and suddenly, an idea popped out of my mind... What if...

"Kaeya, I am hoping that you will be willing to have a date with me tomorrow? It have been a long time since you were able to spend time with me... With any other things like work distracting us"

That is right... I decided to choose the most normal request out of all the options that I have

I will never admit, but both of us need to have some time off away from our work, simply just us. I mean... Looking at each other at work all day can be dull, especially when we should act professional and not get distracted by each other. This is a double edge sword that we have right here.

"Are you sure?" Kaeya look at me in doubt as this is out of the norm whenever he said that I can ask him to do something once in awhile. "You look sussy asking for a normal date out of all your strange requests..."

"Oi! Who are you calling "sussy"? Be careful because I will have my vengeance!" I talked back as we started bantering again. Well, I did take someone's iconic sentence for this moment exactly as I always find this sentence cool.

"Well then... If you want to have a date with me tomorrow, how about going back to work so that we can complete everything by today and leave tomorrow free?"

I glanced at my watch as I furrow my eyebrows thinking about what I should work on soon "I still hate you for cheating me into doing all this paper work"

"I will definitely make you pay for all this hard work you are putting me through"

I said it out as I knew that only Kaeya is around to hear me scolding him while I walk back to my area. Unlike how I act outside, I behave like a spoiled child whenever it is just me and Kaeya. Others will probably get annoyed at the way I act.

I got this nagging feeling that I kind of lost out for helping with Kaeya... I wonder what it is. Well... I should get back into working rather than thinking this much.

[spookyhalloweennights]

The Patterns of You (Artaruk: SFW)

First place fic for @featherednutcase featuring a minotaur doctor! I hope you love it! <3 If you like my work and want to read more, check out my Masterlist! As always, requests and matchups are open!

You had just moved into your own house, excited to have finally been out on your own in the world. The job you had snagged provided you with enough income to live comfortably, and the city that you were in was practically perfect. As your friends would say to you, you had everything going right and it seemed as though nothing could tear you down. However it had seemed that your good luck had run out, after moving completely into the house, you had gotten sick which had forced you to take a day off of work which was something you hated doing. 

After taking some over the counter medication, you had felt good enough to return to your job the next day. Only for you to wind up in bed again with the sniffles and a raging headache, you had called the doctor’s office that was closest to your home while idly drawing patterns on your skin with a pen cap. The small flower disappearing quickly as you did so, which made a smile tug at the corner of your lips. Your friends had spoken positively of their soulmates, each one having already found their partner after scribbling down where they had lived on their skin. But you, you had received nothing back when it came to the drawings, not even an inkling as to if you actually had a soulmate. If you did, they may not have cared as much about the drawings as what you did. 

The thought caused a frown to cross your features and for a moment you didn’t hear the receptionist speaking on the other end of the line. When a long sigh came from the other end of the phone, you were jolted back into reality. Apologizing quickly, you had scheduled an appointment for later that evening with a relatively new doctor. You hadn’t paid close enough attention to what his name was, you just wanted to take a nap before the appointment. Once everything was scheduled, you hung up the phone and curled up under your blanket with a box of tissues next to you. 

When the alarm on your phone went off a couple hours later, you shut it off with a quiet groan, almost annoyed that you had been disturbed from such a peaceful sleep. For a brief moment you could’ve sworn you saw something written on the back of your hand but you dismissed it for the time being as you got up. Making yourself at least somewhat presentable in a pair of sweatpants and a loose fitting shirt you grabbed your keys and headed out to your car. 

The drive to the doctors office was a short one, about ten minutes at tops and you had managed to find a parking spot close to the door. After you had checked in, you had waited in their waiting room, idly messing with different games on your phone. You paused in your game, getting an idea as you began to draw little flowers all over your arm, hoping for some sort of response from your soulmate as the image you had drawn with your nail lightly disappeared in the blink of an eye. When nothing came back, you sighed softly and returned to your game until your arm had become itchy, you glanced down at your arm with a smile. Finally you were getting a response. 

“They’re beautiful.” Was the simple phrase scrawled in sloppy cursive read. You couldn’t help but giggle at the words on your skin. 

“Thank you, it took you long enough to respond.” You wrote back, adding a small smiley face at the end of the statement. It only took a few moments before another phrase was beginning to rise up on your arm.

“I’ve been busy… I love the little notes you give me, my name is Artaruk. I may not be able to respond back, I have an appointment coming up. The work never ends.”  Was the reply, you laughed quietly, looking up as the nurse had come out into the waiting room and called your name. You stood, stuffing your phone back into your pocket as you followed the nurse back into one of the exam rooms. 

She had gone over the basic information before jotting down the symptoms you described to her. After promising the doctor would be in shortly, you began to trace little patterns along your arm, something to amuse yourself in the meantime. Finding out that you did in fact have a soulmate made your day about a thousand times better. 

There was a gentle knock on the door before the doctor had walked in, you had nearly gasped in surprise. He was a huge black and white Minotaur with small horns, smiling at you, he greeted you warmly. 

“Good evening, I am Doctor Trevino.” His voice was soothing with the hint of an accent that you couldn’t quite place your finger on. “I see you have been having symptoms akin to a cold, no?” He questioned as he looked over your file and the notes the nurse had written down. 

“Correct, it’s been going on for awhile now, I just want to get better so I figured it was time I came in.” You answered honestly, watching as he typed on the too small keyboard carefully as if he was going to break it if he pressed down on the keys any harder. 

“Since it’s been going on for awhile now, I’ll send some medications over for the pharmacy to fulfill, you should be better in no time.” He gave you a charming smile that no doubt would have other girls melting. But not you, you were just grateful that whatever it was you had going on would go away soon. 

“Thank you doctor!” You chimed, slipping off of the table that you had been sitting on in the exam room and making your way to the receptionist desk to pay for the visit before you drove to the pharmacy. 

The medication that the doctor had prescribed had worked for a short while before it went right back to square one. And the process had repeated itself several times before Dr. Trevino had made a suggestion during one of your visits. 

“Have you had the house you moved into fully inspected? Sometimes things are hidden and aren’t caught right away, like mold, if you have allergies that could be what’s making this cold linger so long.” He had mentioned to you offhand, the more you had thought about it the more it had almost made sense. 

You had called an inspector out, and it had turned out that the house did in fact have mold in it. It had put a damper on things and your wallet would take a hit with the removal fees, but that was all worth it once the house was cleared. 

In the meantime, you had finally managed to get a number out of your soulmate, finding yourself texting them at all hours of the night when they had gotten off of their shift. While you had drawn them flowers and little notes throughout the day, they had hastily scribbled down reminders that made you laugh. Your soulmate had even gone as far as to ask you to text them every so often to make sure they had indeed done the thing they needed to. 

You had asked them several times to meet up with you, and each one had been blown off as they couldn’t get off of work and you were starting to think you’d never meet them. Until they had texted you out of the blue one evening asking if you had wanted to go on a date with them the following day as they had a day off from work. You had eagerly agreed to it and he had suggested a nice café in town that you swore had the best drinks on the menu. 

What you hadn’t expected was to see Doctor Trevino sitting in a booth. You had glanced around before texting your soulmate, asking where they were sitting. When you heard Doctor Trevino’s phone go off, you grinned as he responded back to the text you had sent him. Shortly after your phone had vibrated with the new text, you walked over and slid into the booth seat across from him. A look of surprise had crossed his features momentarily before he smiled at you sheepishly. 

“I didn’t expect it to be you but this is a pleasant surprise.” He began with a quiet laugh, you nodded in agreement. 

“Well, it’s nice to finally meet you Doctor Trevino, or should I call you Artaruk?” You asked teasingly, the waitress swinging by your table to take your orders. 

“Artaruk please.” He answered with a smile. The waitress appeared a few moments later with both of your drinks in hand. 

The date had gone over really well, and you had left the café in high spirits. You had talked about everything and anything that had come to mind. But the main thing had been why he hadn’t bothered to respond to any of your other questions that you had written on your skin for your soulmate to, he had soothed your worries, explaining that he had seen each and every question. But he was a bit of a scatterbrain and would forget to write an answer back, or at times he was too busy to respond. He was a doctor that traveled from one practice to another, wherever they needed him he went.

Enough so that you had eventually agreed to go out with him a second time, and then a third. But eventually, you had managed to get yourself sick again. Catching a cold from one of your coworkers had you bed-ridden for a week. Artaruk had even used some of his days off to come take care of you despite you being rather needy at times. It was worse this time around, and it almost seemed as though as soon as you had started to feel the slightest bit better, it immediately got worse again. Artaruk had scolded you multiple times as you would do things that you shouldn’t be while you were sick. 

“It’s still not going down.” He huffed, checked your temperature for the tenth time that day, a deep frown covering his features as he retrieved the bowl of soup he had made you. You hadn’t been able to keep much down other than the soup and saltine crackers that he had crushed up and mixed into the soup. 

“I’ll be fine, nothing I haven’t dealt with before.” You croaked out, your throat sore from all the coughing you had been doing, the cough drops he had gotten you weren’t helping much either. You had figured that all you would need to do was ride the storm out. 

You had propped yourself up enough that you could take the bowl from his hands, shooting him a thankful smile as you began to eat it. While you didn’t eat much, it was enough to satisfy the minotaur when you had said that you were done. 

“I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have you making me food.” You sniffed, the Minotaur playfully rolling his eyes at you.

“Probably not make it through these trying times.” He huffed a laugh before reaching down to ruffle your hair lovingly. 

You smiled and shifted, scooting over in your bed so that he could join you. “Snuggle me?” You asked innocently.

For a moment it had seemed as though he was debating on if he should or not before he finally sighed in defeat. Climbing into the bed next to you, he held open his arms and you had instantly snuggled right against his chest. His fur was short but still really soft and you never got tired of messing with it when you could. He had pressed a kiss to your forehead as you finally began to drift off to sleep, the first time you had felt comfortable since getting this sick. 

With Artaruk taking care of you, considering that he was a doctor after all, you were feeling better in no time. A couple of days after he had started taking care of you, you finally felt well enough to go back to work which was something you were grateful for. Although a couple of nights after you had started going back to work, you had come home one evening to find your minotaur sprawled out on the couch with a dozen tissues scattered around the floor. He had glanced up at the sound of the door opening and merely gave you a half-hearted wave before laying back down with a groan.

“Not feeling so well?” You asked almost teasingly, setting your bag down by the door as you walked over to him and placed your hand against his forehead. He felt warmer than he normally did, so you had begun to set to work. “I told you to take the day off, call in sick and rest up but no, you didn’t want to listen to me and instead had gone into work to help them out.” You huffed at the bull who had dismissed it with a wave of his hand. 

“At least I wasn’t interacting with patients, it was just organizing the files and stuff that day since they heard me sniffing.” He sighed, reaching for a bottle of water that was on the coffee table right beside him. You could only laugh in response to his excuse. Remembering how the two of you had bickered about whether or not he should go to work, you walked into the kitchen and began to make soup for him. 

As the smell drifted throughout the small house, he gave a quiet chuckle. “Thank you.” He hummed, climbing up off the couch and walking into the kitchen, only to rest his chin on your shoulder. You laughed in response and playfully nudged him. 

“Hey now, back up there mister, I don’t need to be getting sick again, I just got better and one of us needs to be bringing in the money for this house.” You teased, Artaruk merely huffed in response before sitting down at the table. It wasn’t long before you felt the familiar itching of your arm, glancing down you noticed there was a little heart and all you could do was smile in response to it. 

“I love you too, but I think you need to listen to me better next time. Especially since I’m the one who gets sick the most.” You chided, the bull laughing in response to the statement before coughing. 

Plopping a bowl of soup down in front of him, you sat across from him at the kitchen table. He eyed the bowl warily before taking a spoonful of soup. You were going to treat him exactly how he treated you when you were sick, and you were going to enjoy  every second of it. When he was done and you had felt he ate enough, you had cleaned up before motioning to the shared bedroom. 

Once inside, he had plopped down on the bed before tugging the covers up over him. Closing his eyes and drifting off into a light sleep, you ran your fingers through his soft fur. “Sleep well Doctor, I hope this passes quickly for you.”