#here vash kitty

[nightlytrash]

#trigun

“Vasheetah”

Or… Kind of a cheetah.

“Van Helsing” AU idea, where Vash is a winged feline creature hunted down due his magical powers, and Wolfwood is a famous monster hunter that well.. Turns into a werewolf and will be learning to deal with his transformations alongside Vash ~

Or… Just an excuse to explore some toonish/stylized artwork

[orcelito]

I am Not used to being in a fandom that trends Just Because

There's literally nothing going on rn with trigun, and yet there we are

[ekashuu]

Vashwood drawings😚💕

I love them SOOOOOO MUCH and I always want to draw them so here you have my Vashwood brainrot😭🤲🏻 I’ve also done a lot of comics about them and I’ll post them later!

98 Wolfwood meets 23 Vash and he can’t handle his cuteness😌

That’s the 98 Vash and 23 Wolfwood version but it’s reaaaaally old

Maintenance day!!🖐🏻 malewife wolfwood is taking care of his mimir Vash🥹

The silliessssss

For this drawing I took inspiration by Chaoticneutralcosplay’s cosplay😚

Vash is such a kitty😌

Page for a trigun Zine🥹✨

Valentine’s Day collaboration with my sister Bakenora (Vash is mine and Wolfwood is hers)💕

Thank you for your attention and enjoy😚💕

[rencupid]

I miss trigun. Here's a cute kitty vash! There's gonna be a con soon- hope I still have the energy to cosplay meryl!!

[beesinspades]

Title: laughter lines

Pairing: Vash the Stampede/Nicholas D. Wolfwood

Rated: Explicit

Word Count: 21.2k

Summary:

Five years ago, Vash Saverem ran away from his brother Millions Knives’ criminal organization. Tasked to bring him back, Wolfwood doesn’t know what he expected when he finds Vash living peacefully in a small house with his garden, his cat, and the stubborn hope to never have to return. Can Wolfwood resist the call of the life he’s always longed for—and feelings he has never acted upon?

with gorgeous art by the wonderful @ohohge 💜

READ ON AO3

Written for the Vashwood Reverse Bang~

Full list of tags under the cut:

Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Organized Crime, but whatever you think about when I say mafia au this isn't it, Handyman Vash, Wolfwood gets dragged along, Character Injury, Fluff and Angst, Banter, Resolved Sexual Tension, kitty!, Happy Ending, Sexual Content, Oral Sex, implied vers vashwood, Asexual Vash The Stampede, Greyace Nicholas D. Wolfwood, Not the focus but it's there, this might sound plotty but we're mainly here for the vibes tbh, Content Warning: French

[sobanvallion]

Hello everyone!! Today is a important day !! HAPPY BIRTHDAY VASH AND KNIVES. GREETINGSSS All the Discord Trigun FR worked on this drawing !! Did you like the result?! So much talents :D

Here the talented artists : Amaki Fyteen ┼Wolfwood┼ Orish Mimille Kitty Nari Cosmos Lio Flo and me ♥

[drunkenlionwrites]

dialing in to ur call for more Trigun content! we always need more!!

im thinking a vash x reader where both are clubbing together? drunk vash from trigun98 seems so fun to be around,,, but also fun to get drunk and nasty with 😏

please and thank you! i love ur writing <33

Okay anon, thank you so so much for this request! I had toooooooons of fun writing it and was compltely ingrossed in the process, so it's lacking of pretty metaphores or deaper meaning. Just 1000w of exposition + around 500w of spicy scenes. Also, as you suggested clubbing, the reader here is not a naive and shy one, but a slut regular girlie feeling a bit out of her element in the beginning. Also it's kinda a cyberpunk AU (not game or cartoon, just a genre) and oh lord. I am dead for it. Warnings: fem! reader, pretty mild actually, some touching by unfamiliar people, grinding, kissing, NOT PROOFREAD

It all started with the innocent revelation that you’ve never been to a club, except for dingy dancing nights in local tiny pubs in nearby cities, so once your company hit July city, Vash took it upon himself to introduce you to a clubbing culture. “It’ll be fun” he said with a pure enthusiasm and a signature kitty smile. You’ve been very reluctant, but even Meryl and Milly went clubbing a few times in student years, besides with a little pocket Cerberus which was Meryl you weren’t feeling like it would be any kind of dangerous endeavor.

Even out on the night streets you’ve felt so out of place, as Vash has been navigating the narrow alleyways as if he’s just been here. All kinds of people passed your company – hair dyed in acidic colors, clothes looking like something you’ve seen in barely survived old superhero comic books, visible parts of body infused with ancient technology. Perhaps that’s what living near the biggest parts of fallen ships and an abundant quantity of pants provides you with.

As you’ve been walking at the end of your group, mouth agape, you suddenly hit Meryl’s back as you’ve heard Vash’s upbeat “Here we are” as he has been opening a pretty unsuspicious looking grey door. Once you entered it, a strong smell of alcohol, sweat and something else completely indescribable hit your nose, as well as muffled sounds of music (you were not sure what it was) filling in all your sensory perceptions. You’ve also been made to strip of your outer clothing and searched through for any prohibited items – such as guns, your own alcohol, and narcotics (what in the hell?).

While you’ve been reluctantly putting your belongings away in the security box, feeling completely out of place wearing a basic black tank top and worn-out cargo pants. “Don’t worry, sweet cheeks, a few ‘Aunt Robertas’ and you’ll be going to have sooo much fun, I promise. This night is all about you” Vash leaned down to loudly proclaim next to your ear. Ang God, darting your face up to him you’ve noticed how much in place he looked in here without his coat on: all clad in leather, his toned shoulders and abs are now on full display and you thanked the dim lightning that your lovestruck eyes were not so obvious. Wolfwood has been approached by a cute half-naked boy right at the entrance and with a quick smirk and a wave of his hand he left your bunch to your own devices.

Vash ushered the tree of you to the glassy elevator, which seemed to be taking you to the top floor of the building. “Don’t worry girls, the bartender here is an old friend of mine, so he will keep an eye on your drinks”. As soon as you left the elevator, you’ve been greeted with a view of what seemed to be hundreds of people, moving almost in sink, bodies next to bodies, all smiles, and lewd eyes, grinding against each other, while loud chaotic music has been playing deafening you almost completely. The same unseen before neon-colored lights feeling the room, the smell of sweat and something sweet filling the huge space before you.

While you’ve been walking towards what you assumed was a bar stand, Vash’s hair, and face, and his body has been caressed sensually by what you assumed were dozens of people you’ve passed through. You’ve noticed a few interested faces measuring you too, but with Meryl’s scowls no one dared to approach you. You’ve felt a bit out of your element, but it’s not like you’ve been an actual wallflower, so you were sure that a few drinks and you’ll be somewhere among the dancing crowd, but as of now you carefully treaded next to Milly and Meryl as Vash paved the way with his broad figure. Damn, what a difference made the lack of his usual coat. Uhm. But you’re not here for this. Totally not for this. You definitely wanted to feel yourself after all the craziness that was trailing behind the most wanted man on the planted, and oh you will.

With your newly found resolve, you’ve emptied cocktail after cocktail the bartender so generously offered you, disregarding Meryl’s cautionary words. The knowledge that all people in here were presumably weaponless, bartender was Vash’s acquaintance and the man in question himself has been lurking out there somewhere your inebriated brain has been completely relaxed and empty of any thoughts except the desire to go out there and join the crowd that now felt like a singular moving and breathing organism to you. You briefly felt someone else’s hands clinging to your waist as you moved with the rhythm, eyes close and head held high.

You’ve lost count of how many songs have changed, so you barely noticed Vash pocking your shoulder and opening your eyes, you noticed your friend with two extremely pretty girls leaning onto him as he beamed at you. If his damned striped necktie hadn’t been left somewhere in the pocket of his red jacket now tucked securely in a box on the ground level, you were sure he would be wearing it like a fool he always is at the public gatherings. His cheeks and forehead glistening each time the lightning in the club changed to the lighter one, he leaned closer to you and screamed into your ear: “Seems like someone enjoying herself too much!” pointing with his chin to some guy’s hand caressing your side.

You stood on tiptoes and grabbed Vash’s shoulder to make him lean closer to you: “Oh yeah? And who’s telling me this? You’ve got yourself quite good company” at which he chuckled and said something to the girls, smiling brightly and took your hand, intending to tug you away from the dance floor. As you were leaving, one of the beauties patted your shoulder and poutily said “You go girl, enjoy the night” which you didn’t really get at the time, so just you shrugged, and followed Vash to whatever place he wanted to show you. You happened to stop somewhere on the darker corner further away from the dancefloor, where the music was less loud, and the projector lights barely reached. “Didn’t know you have such a party animal hidden beside your façade” Vash chuckled in your ear, now much more clearly audible. His hot alcohol smelling breathing fanning the side of your neck and ear. You shivered at the sensation, eyes darting anywhere except his pretty face, noticing only kissing couples hidden in the dark corners of the alleyway. “Uhm. So, what did you want to show me here, Vash?” At which he granted you one more of his cat-like smirks. Clubbing is not clubbing if you haven been making out with a stranger somewhere out in the dim light of the back of the dancefloor. Did you know it?” “Hmmm so should I go find him?” you retorted. Vash pouted cutely. “Don’t you think I’ll do for the part?” and moved closer to your face, as he was murmuring this almost into your lips, and oh fuck, now you have no place to hide from his piercing playful gaze. “We can at least try” you responded with the same intonation and it was all it took for him to swiftly turn you so that your back was pressed to the wall and on of his hand caging you, as the other fisted the thin fabric of your tank top, moving you closer to him. Closer and more desperate as his wet and warm lips were enveloping yours, his tongue entering you without meeting any resistance. Closer, until you’ve felt the tent in his leather pants prodding somewhere against your lower stomach which caused you to moan sinfully into his mouth, gaining you the same emotional response. You completely lost himself in his heated kisses and the feeling of almost all of his sweaty body pressing int yours, so once you separated from him, you’ve felt the lack of oxygen inside your system.“Vash…oh God. I need to breathe.” You murmured.

“Good that I know a place” he winked and once again led you by the hand somewhere. You have used to this so much at this point that you would’ve had let him lead you anywhere, even to your demise. Fortunately, it was only an open balcony with a bunch of patrons occupying it here and there. Vash easily placed you upon the balcony railing and you’ve felt that apart your backside occupying it you’ve been completely vulnerable to falling from it, but the hot and strong arms granted you with an overwhelming sense of security. Vash placed his long legs around yours and hugged your waist, pressing his face into your chest, desperately grinding into you as your pelvises were now exactly on the same level. “Oh God..I want you so much, you know that, Mayfly? Can you feel what you’re doing to me?” and he looked up at you, assaulting your lips again and again, using all his arsenal – puffy lips, tongue, his sharp canines, and the burning desire. “Blue curaçao, I see?” he cocked his head, licking his lips and looking at you oh so lewdly.

[anachronistic-falsehood]

Make a poll with five of your all time favourite characters and tag 5 people to do the same!!

ohhh i don’t often do tag games but this looks so fun <3 ty @pixiecaps for the tag :3

BLORBO FIGHT TO THE DEATH ‼️‼️‼️

i’m going 2 tag a few ppl to do this but no pressure u can ignore this if u want <3 @stuck-in-the-ghost-zone @intertexts @finntaur

and here r my blorbos <3 my beautiful wives vash arthur and logan and my murderous blood soaked silly kitty cats cellbit and nepeta <3

[disabilityshowdown]

Disability Showdown Full Bracket

Alright! No more mystery, we've got our list for the tournament!

For people new to this tournament, how this works is this: We narrowed our character list down from about 600 to 131 (it was gonna be 128 but we had three ties, so those have been reworked into three-character polls). The top 64 have been seeded into the bracket by number of nominations. The bottom 67 however, all got roughly the same amount of nominations, so those have been assigned places via random number generator, to remove any bias that I the poll runner may have about which characters I want to succeed

(I am so sorry if your obscure blorbo ends up against a super popular kid in round one, that's unfortunately the luck of the draw here, but I am keeping a record of characters that lose but whose fans fight the hardest for them, and we may do something with those kids later, so it's still worth campaigning for your faves!)

I will make an image for the bracket once we get past the first round or two, but right now I have no idea how to make a visual bracket containing 131 characters, upload it to tumblr, and still have it be at all useful

So for the first round, I'll just give the matchups by name, in a list under the cut. We'll be working through this list 8 polls at a time (my pinned post will stay updated with the current 8 once the tournament starts), and good luck everyone!

Eda Clawthorne (Owl House) vs Cassandra Cain (DC)

Hiccup and Toothless (How to Train Your Dragon) vs Peppermint (Hi-Fi Rush)

Barbara Gordon (DC) vs Demoman (Team Fortress 2)

Toph Beifong (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs Finn Tidestrider (Just Roll With It)

Edward Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Red (Pokemon)

Ashton Greymoore (Critical Role) vs Walter White Jr (Breaking Bad)

Finn Mertens (Adventure Time) vs Wade Wilson (Marvel)

Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots) vs Jean Havoc (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Matt Murdock (Marvel) vs Ellen (The Witch's House)

Clint Barton (Marvel) vs Maedhros (The Silmarillion)

Nicholas Benedict (The Mysterious Benedict Society) vs Jancy True (Drawtectives)

Donatello (TMNT: Rise, IDW) vs Black Raisin Cookie (Cookie Run)

Octavio Silva (Apex Legends) vs Dr Carmilla (The Mechanisms)

Crutchie (Newsies) vs Nemo (Finding Nemo)

Anakin Skywalker (Star Wars) vs Renarin Kholin (Stormlight Archives)

Amaya (The Dragon Prince) vs Long John Silver (Treasure Planet)

Charles Xavier (Marvel) vs Dagen Underthorn (Critical Role)

Viktor (Arcane) vs Cecil Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale)

Taimi (Guild Wars 2) vs Eli Vance (Half Life)

Johnny Joestar (JJBA) vs Floofty Fizzlebean (Bugsnax)

Vash the Stampede (Trigun Stampede) vs Sunny (OMORI)

Drey Ferin (Just Roll With It) vs Kizuna Chieda (AI: The Somnium Files)

Geordi LaForge (Star Trek) vs Phosphophyllite (Houseki No Kuni)

Kaz Brekker (Six of Crows) vs Zuko (Avatar: the Last Airbender)

Melanie King (The Magnus Archives) vs Eugenides (Queen's Thief)

Snake (Zero Escape) vs Malenia (Elden Ring)

Future Leo (ROTTMNT) vs Edgar Jomfru (Metalocalypse)

Janice Palmer (Welcome to Night Vale) vs Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)

Luke Skywalker (Star Wars) vs Wylan Van Eck (Six of Crows) vs Linh Cinder (Lunar Chronicles)

Alphonse Elric (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Peter Sqloint (Just Roll With It)

Bucky Barnes (Marvel) vs All Might (Boku No Hero Academia)

Della Duck (Ducktales) vs Maya Lopez (Marvel)

Jayfeather (Warrior Cats) vs Isabella Paretti (ValorPUNK)

Shouko Nishimiya (A Silent Voice) vs Gary Goodspeed (Final Space)

Violet Evergarden (Violet Evergarden) vs Brightheart (Warrior Cats)

Briarlight (Warrior Cats) vs Jinx (Arcane)

Ticket Jerry (Dialtown) vs Darth Maul (Star Wars)

Yang Xiao Long (RWBY) vs Dulcinea Septimus (Locked Tomb)

Ricky Potts (Ride the Cyclone) vs Helena Adams (Identity V) vs Antonio (Identity V)

Jimmy Valmer (South Park) vs Vanellope (Wreck-It Ralph)

Terezi Pyrope (Homestuck) vs Sam Vimes (Discworld)

Bruno Madrigal (Encanto) vs Custas (Witch Hat Atelier)

Gregory House (House MD) vs Gunthrie Miggles-Rashbax (Dimension 20)

Moon Knight (Marvel) vs Splinter (TMNT)

Shanks (One Piece) vs Goro Majima (Yakuza)

Chai (Hi-Fi Rush) vs Maria Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Kazuhira Miller (Metal Gear Solid) vs Sir Marc (Penumbra Podcast)

Izaya Orihara (Durarara) vs Hermann Gottlieb (Pacific Rim)

Finnegan Wake (Monster High) vs Heinz Doofenshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb)

Frankie Stein (Monster High) vs Charlotte Webber (Marvel)

Sage Beldaruit (Witch Hat Atelier) vs Susie (Flight Rising)

Urakawa Mamoru (Mega Man) vs Undyne (Undertale)

Teo (Avatar: the Last Airbender) vs Gazelle (Kingsman)

Tavros Nitram (Homestuck) vs Dunban (Xenoblade Chronicles)

Hearthstone (Magnus Chase) vs Gabriella (Little Mermaid)

Tony Stark (Marvel) vs Mera Salamin (Epithet Erased)

Rani (Pixie Hollow) vs Haruka Sakurai (MILGRAM)

Wilt (Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends) vs Handy (Happy Tree Friends)

Izumi Curtis (Fullmetal Alchemist) vs Nog (Star Trek: DS9) vs Spock (Star Trek: Discovery)

Juno Steel (Penumbra Podcast) vs Merle Highchurch (The Adventure Zone)

Furiosa (Mad Max) vs Massimo (Luca)

Bentley (Sly Cooper) vs Symmetra (Overwatch)

Quasimodo (Hunchback of Notre Dame) vs Cyborg (Teen Titans)

Nagito Komaeda (Dangan Ronpa) vs Link (Legend of Zelda)

[silly4sillypoll]

HERE IS THE OFFICIAL SILLY BRACKET 2023!!

(I’m aware this is kinda a mess but I promise it’ll get neater as time goes on)

please let me know if anyone is either misspelled or goes by a different name than what I put down

And please send any pictures you may have of your sillies here! It not only makes my job much easier but it also spreads propaganda >:)

Polls will begin Afternoon 4/19

vvv Lineup in text form underneath here vvv

SIDE 1

Sweet Cap’n Cakes (DELTARUNE) VS Sans x Toriel (UNDERTALE)

Jevil x Spamton (DELTARUNE) VS papyrus x Mettaton (UNDERTALE)

Sonic x Espio VS Sonic x Knuckles (Sonic the Hedgehog)

Doctor Robotnik x Agent Stone (Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Vanessa Carlyle x Wade Wilson (Deadpool)

Roger x Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit) VS Daffy Duck x Bugs Bunny (Looney Tunes)

The Joker x Batman (LEGO Batman Movie) VS The Joker x Pinkie Pie x Rainbow Dash (mlp)

Spider-Ham x Spider Noir (Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse) VS Pinkie Pie x Cheese Sandwich (My Little Pony)

Troy Bolton x Sharpay Evans (Highschool Musical) VS Junkrat x Roadhog (Overwatch)

King Bowser x Luigi VS Princess Daisy x Princess Peach (Mario)

Lord Zuko x Sokka (Avatar: The Last Airbender) VS Bolin x Korra (Legend of Korra)

Kamishiro Rui x Tenma Tsukasa (Project Sekai) VS Normal Oak x Harmie Unworthy (Dungeons and Daddies) 

Questionette x Borbra Luddington (Smile For Me) VS You x Your Blorbo(s) (Your Shows)

Diamond x Pearl (Pokemon Adventures) VS Ethan/Hibiki x Lyra/Kotone (Pokemon Heartgold and Soulsilver)

Luz Noceda x Amity Blight VS Edalyn Clawthorne x Raine Whispers (The Owl House)

Dave x Jack (Dayshift at Freddy’s) VS Dr Bubby x Dr Harold Coomer (Half-Life: but the AI is Self-aware) 

4 x X (Battle for BFDI) VS Light bulb x Test tube (Inanimate Insanity)

SIDE 2 

Sportacus x Robbie Rotten (Lazytown) VS Bill and Ted (‘s Excellent Adventure)

Monkey D. Luffy x Zoro (One Piece) VS Seahawk x Mermista (She-ra)

Harry Du Bois x Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elysium) VS Link x Prince Sidon (LOZ: Breath of the Wild)

Puss x Kitty Softpaws (Puss in Boots) VS Scar x Grian (3rd Life SMP) 

Jessie x James (Pokemon) VS Puyo Puyo x Tetris (Real life???) 

Fubuki Tenjoin x Jun Manjoume (Yugioh GX) VS Kakashi Hatake x Maito Gai (Naruto)

Josuke x Okuyasu VS Jolyne x Foo Fighters (Jojo's Bizarre Adventure)

Soldier x Zhanna (Team Fortress 2) VS Vash the Stampede x Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)

Koichi Zenigata x Lupin III VS Daisuke Jigen x Lupin III (Lupin III)

Redson x Mei Dragon x MK (LEGO Monkie Kid) VS Spongebob x Patrick (Spongebob)

Zagreus x Hypnos (Hades) VS Aziraphale x Crowley (Good Omens)

Shiver x Frye x Bigman (Splatoon) VS Apollo Justice x Klavier Gavin (Ace Attorney)

Kim Wexler x Jimmy Mcgill (Better Call Saul) VS Dr. Gregory House x James Wilson (House)

Tom Wambsgans x Greg Hirsch (Succession) VS Troy Barnes x Abed Nadir (Community)

Terezi Pyrope x Vriska Serket VS Dave Strider x Karkat Vantas (Homestuck) 

Equius Zahhak x Nepeta Leijon VS Gamzee Makara x Tavros Nitram (Homestuck) 

Last edited 4/19

[flowercitti]

love love love your take on vash's physical characterizations of being a plant. i like to think under the sun his skin turns red in patches or maybe another color the way plants irl do when they are kept in good lighting. also that his pupils dilate more like cats do, ranging from very wide to super small. lastly, in much the same way you talk about him buzzing like a generator at times, i like to think he purrs in a way thats like a cross between the usual type and that generator rumbling. suffice to say: is there anything about vash Being a plant that you haven't gotten to input into your fics/want to share? you have my favorite characterization of him so id love to hear. 💕& ☮️ !!

This is such a cool ask thank you sm!! And I probably can’t think of everything but here’s just a list of random headcanons I have abt vash and him being a plant, some I’ve added into fics already and some I haven’t. 🌸🤍

- Vash has eidetic memory. There’s a lot of pain to be had in Vash remembering everything, and it being out of his control. I’m working on a fic that focuses a bit on this and I’ll post it… one day.

- Vash’s moods being able to influence the electricity/power. I love this hc so much it’s very self-indulgent. And… blowing the power under certain circumstances.

- Vash purrs, in both a kitty type of way and in a “he’s an electrical outlet” kind of buzzing way. In addition to this, his skin always kinda feels like the thrum of energy, like a radiator.

- He has fangs. Obviously.

- He runs insanely hot and is always warm to the touch. If it drops it means very very bad things.

- He doesn’t sweat unless he’s really sick. Also he doesn’t often smell bad bc of that, and smells flowery/earthy. (This is contradicted in canon but shshshshs)

- Stamp verse vash wears his glasses because the markings in his eyes are visible under some lightings. So he hides them.

- Vash isn’t effected by the sun/doesn’t become sunburned. So his skin is very soft and healthy where it isn’t scarred.

- Vash’s feathers popping out whenever he experiences extreme emotions/adrenaline when he’s trying to protect himself or others.

- Vash can see perfectly in the dark.

- Vash can see farther than a human, as well as having advanced and sensitive hearing/smell.

I’m sure there’s more, but I feel like this is some basic stuff I include most times when I write about him, whether it’s a focus or implied. 🫶🌸

[myuminji]

Hi I'm uh. The uh. The shelters main. Thank you for the kind words. I'm usually v shy so i rarely talk unless poked but I'm glad the outfit swap thing has resonated with you because i swear that vash is. Haunting me. Makes me understand why people self-ship i literally cannot. Boo boo the fool made up a guy to be unwell about.

Anyways also wanted to. Tell you that your mini wolfwoods are the forbidden delight and a special treat always, they are literally so. I want to squish them like stress toys. 100% stampede wolfwood is a kitty cat.

In general i really love your art style, it looks so round and dynamic. Absolutely floored by how you can make shapes pop with minimal amount of lines............ Learning each day how to draw from the masters. Thank you for posting such hardcore posts they replenish my stamina in these trying times.

HH H HHI? I can't believe you'd even be around here im so honoured hello!?@#$?! hi! I relate so well about the talking part so thank you so much for dropping the ask im so!! I need to confess when I saw your ww outfit swap I kinda scrambled and doodled vw in it as well bcs i was internally dying the whole time (i was shy tho so i posted it on my priv HHSFDG) i humbly present my poor attempts...!! 🤲

(I completely forgot to spike his hair up, they ran out of gel)

And I could say the same to you about your art honestly?! opening tumblr going to your page immediately and getting floored when I saw smth new you posted like!!!??!?!?!!

Idk this make sense but i cannot stress enough how I lovee the way you draw anatomy. like bodies. they look solid. there is matter atoms in that. nice. I love the way you draw faces so much too gawdd those expressions using simple strokes, and they're super distinctive too!! like i can immediately recognise which is who, but wait have i talked about how i love your expressions? i actually have a tab open at your silly drunk vash THE WAY HE STARES IT'S SO. OURGH.

and your inking?? immaculate, stunning, show-stopping, out of this world, I cant stop observing how you built the shapes just with the use of contrast shading, your lines are so clean and confident! efficient! super shaped!

lastly thank you so much for liking my miniwood series!! I couldn't be more happy to see ppl enjoying this silly thing (gives me excuse to draw them more tbh HAHAHA)

[rmorde]

Trigun Manga Reaction

Now unto Volume 1 - Chapter 4

Meryl sums up Vash so well. He gave the bounty to the people that hunted him.

AND he also gave food to Kuroneko.

I must say tho. How did they get salmon? I get that the Plants can produce them. But... how? Do the Plants produce them as raw whole fish? Live fish? Neatly sliced fish? The production of water and energy is really easy to imagine. However, specific stuff like this bewilders me.

Also, I like the '98 a little better because the townspeople are more involved - showing remorse and gratitude at the same time.

Another incredible double spread. I like the massive scale of the ship is drawn. But I'm distracted by Meryl and Milly's hands here. It's so funny how to communicates so much fury and incredulity.

WAIT. WHAT?!

So, the tracking device stuff happened way earlier?!

It's interesting how these sequence of events were re-arranged in the '98 with minor changes. Yet even with that, the "spirit" of the characters stayed true.

Meryl and Milly are competent with their jobs. It's just that Vash is a bit "very much" and they constantly have to adapt to the string of unfortunate events shenanigans he always inevitably get involved in.

LMAO!!! This never gets old. But why is the other kitty not here too?! I guess the reddish brown one is a'98 original.

Another interesting double page that makes me wonder... How does it look in a book format? Wouldn't there be some warping in the middle that may affect the full picture?

I'm curious because I'm reading the Overhaul version atm since the official English release, apparently, is not exactly stellar with the translation (Hopefully not John Werry level). Anyway, the pages are cleaned up so the art is great for the double page spreads.

Oh. I like the composition of the info dump in here. Have the travel route arrow on the map connect Text Box 1 to Text Box 2 is quite clever.

Wasn't able to say it before but Tristamp Tonis broke my heart. Compared to his '98 and manga counterparts... It's not fair! Plus his ruined relationship with Vash...

AHAHAHAHA. So silly! Poor Vash.

After coming off from Tristamp, seeing this in the manga and remembering how it was in '98... holy fucking shit Tristamp Vash had it worse. So so much worse. That poor iteration of Vash didn't even got the chance to breathe or be appreciated like this by the people on screen. It was just one long trauma conga line.

Or maybe it was a problem in pacing? Tristamp went hard and fast with its story pace (practically JJK style) unlike here in the manga and most definitely unlike '98. The latest Trigun adaptation left no room for filler-y stuff like this... I wish they did tho.

But augh... thinking about it, maybe it's for the best that Studio Orange didn't because Roberto would definitely feel like a Milly replacement and earn more fan ire (which would totally be understandable imho). The production will be tougher too since it means more animation to do especially "anime physics" character acting which, as I mentioned before, is rough to do in 3D.

However... Vash deserved a lot more comfort in Tristamp not to mention even more character dynamics between Meryl, Wolfwood, and Roberto. Sigh. It's the JJK Pacing Dilemma all over again for me.

I remember this too from '98! And it is still funny. I can still hear the VA's "drunk" voice.

AHAhaha...Ha... One of the things that flew over my head as a kid and then finally understood as an adult.

But I wonder if there are ulterior motives here too? Like trying to tie Vash down more to the town - perhaps a good night with a woman would make him hesitate to leave? Not that he ever would as obviously seen in the panel and the next.

Idk. Maybe I'm reading too much into it now.

Sigh... Another sweet Tonis moment. Tristamp Vash was robbed!

I shouldn't laugh but AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA!!!!

OMFG AND VASH PULLED A NIGHTMARE FACE BECAUSE OF IT TOO!!!

Idk. '98 faithfully animated this but the manga seems funnier to me. Can't explain why.

The kid has more spunk in his intro on '98 tho with his backtalking to Vash.

Really really good shadowing...

I'M SORRY WHAT?! WAS INTO SODO- Wait wait wait.... Let me check something...

So, in the OG JP Dub it was implied. Maybe. Who knows if the translation was accurate?! However, in the ENG Dub it was not. Just a general "He always trying to get at me!"... I always thought that he just meant that the "Uncle" is physically abusive and not sexual.

OKAY! Now it makes sense why this kid was worried that his story was "too impossible" to be believed. He straight up used the term "sodomy". Children suffering from such threats or abuse won't usually say it so formally (?) like that (or as I believe but I'm not knowledgeable on this). It was a red flag of a lie. Hmm... small change but quite an impact.

Huh... If you ask me, I think dish duty is much better than the cashier. Customer service gives me the hives.

However, '98 I think made the right call to have Meryl and Milly work the cashier. It suits them especially since they used it as an opportunity to bully Vash!

[takeshitakyuuto]

Trigun Book Club reading update volume one

This is my first full experience with Trigun, and I am participating due to my civic duty as a tihylttw fan. よろしく～

What I know about the series already:

Space western! (+)

Vash is a twin? with someone named Knives?

Something about gods that I don’t understand and don’t want to

Kitty :3

I am infamous far and wide for my loquacious book club participations, so from here on out will be under read more. Spoilers for volume one of Trigun only

My usual file reader was glitching out so I had to find a new one to read this volume and oh my god the text is so tiny. why. thank god for zoom (and furigana)

Ch 1. Okay Vash’s fit is fire. Fashion icon

I really like the world building we get right off the bat. The little sign showing the day’s crimes was funny, clever, and really establishes what we’re dealing with.

Vash’s “death” chapter one? oooooo I really like where we’re heading with him...

He gave a child a pistol?!?!?!? childcare king tbh

So far my favorite character is the blonde lady with the huge gun (Milly?)

Ch 2. The appearance of The Cat!

Are these... human cars?

Freckles asking the questions I’ve had all along! I’m excited to see what Vash’s “quest” is and why it would put such a big bounty on his head, especially since he seems like a guy with strong morals.

*Gets “KISS MY ASS” tattooed on my hand* no you don’t understand, its a Trigun reference. So you know the genre space western? Hey, why are you walking away, I’m not done yet!

Ch 3. Does this place have a government???

Jack pot!!

Yaoi proportioned Vash

Oh the lesbians are from the government

I love Vash realizing the power of lesbians

Ch. 4 Vash the Stampede: impervious to bullets, but not to grate corners

Is this chapter 5 now? Bad Lads Group is an absolute top tier name for a terrorist organization

Oh boy the introduction of Rem. What a great introduction, I can’t wait to see what relationship she had/(has?) to Vash. Based on that little dream of his, I don’t think she’s alive anymore or at the very least has no contact with Vash

Ch 6. チビスケｗｗｗｗ

I might just be because they’re both space westerns but this is also giving me more and more Cowboy Bebop vibes in the way of I never know who’s going to be a recurring character or just in it for the chapter. I’m sure as the series goes on though we’ll start seeing more overarching plot and less “Vash Gets Himself Into Sticky Situations”

Also, this dude loves jumping out of windows

Ch 7. A Chapter called Rem? Excitingggggg

Ya’ll weren’t kidding when you said that the art could be a little hard to understand... I thought Vash got shot but it was someone else’s blood 🥵

Vash calling the group understaffed and then immediately opening a door to see a horde of grunts... the comedic timing in this series is impeccable

Oh look, おわり！

Final thoughts: I thought this was a solid first volume! It’s very out of my element- I don’t read much shounen and I read even less action series. It took me a while to get used to the shounen style of Japanese (unexpected yet happens every blue moon that I decide to pick one up) and the action vocabulary was also difficult, as I never see any of it. Okay enough about language learning, we’re all here for the plot. I still feel like I’m not completely sure about what the plot is, but I also know that that’s fairly typical with manga. I liked the recurring characters that we were introduced to and it opened up plenty of questions to be answered later. As for Rem, she seems like some sort of God character (as opposed to a god character). As for my favorite characters from the volume, it stays Milly and ohmygodijustforgothername Meryl. Let’s see if I stay on track with the reading or if I decide to read ahead :3c

[soulsxng]

@arcxnumvitae replied to your post:

Yeah, you know what, I’m going to make it even harder for me to forget my fae are here too, Eilidh’s winking at both Io and Fisette

"A'right, kitty cat, spit it out. Why're we gettin' word tha' Elyki's causin' trouble in Ahnia, huh? 'Parently, they caught a few 'a yer fellows there, so there's no point tryin' t' deny it. Quicker ya fess up, the quicker we can clean up the mess."

"Like I already told Pythius and the other Vash leaders, I d'nno what that was. Do you really think I'd just be hangin' around here like this if I did? Zahine went to talk to Mattias, and called all the others to come home, and that's all I know so far."

Fisette's brow furrows, and though her mouth opens to retort, no sound leaves her. Instead, the manticore Aifaen watches as the smaller woman's face reddens, tentacles stiffening, and then scrunching forward. As if Fisette wanted to hide herself with them, only to stop short.

Io in turn looks over his shoulder, just in time for the apparent cause of Fisette's sudden embarrassment to wink at him, as well. He couldn't help the knowing grin that curved at his lips as he spoke again.

"A beautiful woman winks at you, an' you get that badly sidetracked? That's a surprise for someone that's usually so collected."

"Sh-shut it! 'N don't look so pleased with yerself; I ain't done with ya, yet! Sorry, m'lady, you're one'a the visitin' fae, ain'tcha? Did'ja need help wi' somethin'?"

[dexlexia]

atomic gold - a vashwood fan fic

chapter 1/3: atomic pairing: vashwood (vash x nicholas) rating: 18+ summary: Nicholas swore this was the last fight, but it was never the case. He always ended up in the projector room in the east wing of the university’s main building being patched up by Vash. Vash was a good guy, a little goofy at times. And had a habit of causing more trouble than helping, but he and Nicholas were rather close since they both became the only two members of the dying film club.  tags: college au, internalized homophobia, smut, nicholas is bad at feelings, film club au, minor violence, mentions of blood, trans!vash, needle mentions, jealousy, background relationships, catholicism, slow burn, eventual smut, reference to abuse, controlling knives a/n: this fic will be updated on June 11th (today), June 18th & June 25th. read it on ao3 !

Nicholas swore this was the last fight, but it was never the case. He always ended up in the projector room in the east wing of the university’s main building being patched up by Vash.

Vash was a good guy, a little goofy at times. And had a habit of causing more trouble than helping, but he and Nicholas were rather close since they both became the only two members of the dying film club. 

  “Aw c’mon big guy.” Vash said, “It doesn’t hurt that bad.” He dabbed a cotton ball covered in disinfectant onto Nicholas’ eyebrow, there was a small gash there from where he got punched. 

Nicholas hissed through his teeth and gripped the torn knees of his jeans. He was fighting a few guys from the athletics department. They kept coming to the projector room and bothering Vash. They wanted him to play their shitty movies on the big screen of the auditorium, and Nicholas had enough and beat up most of them before they went scurrying. 

  “Don’t be such a big baby.” Vash chuckled. 

  "I'm not being a huge baby." Nicholas responded as he relaxed his grip on his jeans and threw his arm over the back of the cramped couch. His legs kicked up on the falling apart table they took from the garbage of another club on campus. The local university was known as the "rumble"  or the "badlands' ', it was a desert that surrounded this college town.  It was also known from the amount of delinquents that would visit the campus from neighboring small towns and cause problems. 

Nicholas has lived in the university town his whole life, there was an orphanage and church where he grew up. So he had never strayed too far away from home. If he wanted the walk, he could get from the university to the church.  He closed his eyes as Vash placed a Hello Kitty bandage on top of his bleeding eyebrow. 

  "Is there anything else I should know about?" He started to zip up the bag of medical supplies. making sure that Nicholas was okay. He reached out for a moment and almost patted Nicholas on the knee, but decided against it. Nicholas wasn't big on physical touch, Vash chalked it up to a life of prayer. It's not like being raised by nuns and priests was known to be a hugging and kissing kind of upbringing. 

  "Everything else is fine, I promise I'm alright." Nicholas' dark eyes met Vash's.

  "You know I worry, you're like my best friend here.  Who else is going to watch  Children of the Plants or Forsaken God with me?" Vash pulled two of the DVDs out from the cramped  shelf that lined the far wall of the room. Stuffed with almost every DVD one could think of., "You know, I might have a hook up at the library who says that they're getting some archival footage, I might be able to get it for free." 

  "Is it from that Millie girl?" Nicholas asked. 

  "Not this time, it's another girl from the library." 

  "Which one is that?  Amelia Anne?  Or that other really tall girl Patricia." Nicholas asked as he leaned over to his bag and took out some nicotine gum and started chewing. He always wanted a smoke after a good fight,  but Vash barred all smoking from the projection room.  He said it ruined the forms of film they kept in the room. 

  "Patricia doesn't even go here anymore.  I think she works with her family a few states over. Her name is Meryl, she seems keen on preserving the film and having it readily available for students.  I'm wondering if I should invite the two of them to the club, it would be good to have more members on the list." 

Nicholas frowned, "We don't need anymore members." 

Vash pouted, "C'mon, Nicholas. It's only us, what's going to happen when we graduate? We need more members so the club can go after next year." He really was like a puppy dog,  those big blue eyes that looked to the other man. 

Nicholas sighed, "I'll think about it. This room is cramped with just the two of us, we don't need more bodies in this hot ass room." He rested his temple on his knuckle and looked at the blonde, "I don't want a repeat of what happened when you tried to join the group." 

Vash grimaced, "Knives isn't that bad, he just worries."

Their eyes met, without words Vash knew what Nicholas was thinking. He hated Knives with a passion. There was something about that science major, member of the student union, asshole that Nicholas couldn't stand. But Vash cared for his brother, it was the only family he had left, and Nicholas could empathize with the feeling of not having much family to turn to. 

Nicholas just wished that Vash could admit that his brother had faults. 

Vash's phone rang and he reached for it on the table. He saw it was a message from his brother and got up, "Well I have to head out now, Knives is here. I'll see you Thursday okay? Remember to lock the door on the way out." He grabbed his bag and waved over his shoulder as he exited the room. 

Nicholas sunk into his seat a little more.  He groaned and ran fingers through his dark hair.  He felt like a mess,  anytime Vash was around, Nicholas couldn't think of much else besides the blonde himself. He had to tell him to stop touching him so he could get a semblance of control over himself.  Nicholas didn't know what to call these feelings, they were a jumbled mess of wires that sat in his chest. Most not connected to any rational thought. 

Vash was a humanoid typhoon, he left as quickly as he came rolling in. He was a disaster and Nicholas wanted him so badly. But there was something deep inside of Nicholas that scoffed at these feelings. They were almost disgusting in nature.  These feelings could only be akin to lust, because being gay in Nicholas' eyes was being someone who could never be loved. Love was reserved for God's creations, not a sinner like Nicholas. 

He spat the gum out into the wastebin and got up.  He put the DVDs that Vash took out back and left the room.  This felt like something that Nicholas needed to pray about. 

-

Nicholas didn't see Vash on Wednesday, but he did see Knives putting up posters for a talk with one of the professors from another university within the state. The two locked eyes, as Nicholas passed by.  Knives gave a small nod of acknowledgment while Nicholas gave him a partial wave. 

The dark haired man ran his tongue across his molars as he passed in an effort to keep it civil.  When his back was turned to the blonde, he heard him say, "Nice cut you got there."  And Nicholas looked over his shoulder. 

  "Yeah, your brother fixed me up." 

Knives shrugged,  "Vash always loved fixing broken things." Then the sound of tape being peeled filled the space between them. It was like nothing was  around them, even though the reality was that there were multiple students trying to get around them. 

  "Yeah, I guess." 

  "Heads up, by the way. A little birdie told me they're cracking down on fights. I'd hate to see you go before you could graduate, Wolfwood."

  "Isn't that sweet."

  "Yeah, so keep Vash out of your little brawls. I'd hate for us to have problems."  Knives then flashed the smile that got him elected in the first place. before he tore the strip of tape with his teeth and went back to putting up posters. 

Nicholas sighed and continued walking. He bit the inside of his mouth to keep himself from mouthing off to the vice president of the student union. That's the last thing he needed on his rep sheet right now, he was already down there with the delinquents that enjoyed a good fight. Classes went by in a blur, his main focus was on history but.dabbled in other classes for electives. He knew people looked at him when he sat in the front of the lecture hall, especially when they saw the dried gash in his eyebrow. 

A good Catholic boy who loved a good fight. And protecting the hyperactive stringbean he called a club partner. 

Classes weren't so bad at the university, the rooms were often un-airconditioned which left Nichola unbuttoning the first few buttons of his crisp shirt.  During one lecture this afternoon, he saw a meek girl a few seats down with large bottle glasses getting a small peek of his chest, especially the curly hairs that laid there. 

Nicholas chuckled briefly into his fist. He should be attracted to girls like that, the kind that were sweet and smart. But the vibration of his phone in his pocket had the dark haired man at the beck and call to the chaos that was Vash. 

He briefly looked at his phone, what he saw in the text were pictures of cats drawn as different tarot cards and Vash captioned it with "This is how I want my cards to be read., lol." 

Vash texted him through most of the day as he usually did. The blonde didn't have many friends, he was friendly with the workers at the library but he wasn't going out every night. It wasn't like Knives would let him anyway. Nicholas' head was in his phone, going through the memes that Vash found when he heard his name. 

  "Wolfwood!" A gruff voice got him out of his trance. 

Well, if it wasn't the idiots from the athletic department.  Nicholas put his bag down, "I don't have all day. I got places to be." His bag hit the floor with a 'thump'.  He rolled up his sleeves. 

One of the members stepped forward and Nicholas did the same, even though his eyebrow still stung from being hit the day before.  He grit his teeth and pulled back his arm. Before he could punch forward, someone cleared their throat from the top of the staircase.  The men looked over and saw a young woman with black hair and gray-lilac eyes. 

  "Excuse me." She said with her arms crossed, "If you're going to fight, take it outside."

  "Meryl what are you- oh hi Nicholas." A taller woman came down the stairs and stopped where the other one was. Nicholas knew her as Millie, she often "rented" movies from the club. She worked at the library and was taller than most of the guys on campus.

  "Hey Millie." Nicholas dropped his arm and looked at her. And the second of looking away, the dark haired man's vision went dark and a sharp pain shot through his temple. 

-

When Nicholas woke up he was in the infirmary. He was laid out on a cot with a cold press against the side of his head.  There were three people sitting  at the other end of the room,  Nicholas couldn't make them out until he blinked himself awake. Millie, that Meryl girl and Vash were there.  The women were sitting on the uncomfortable chairs and Vash was propped up against the wall, his long legs crossed. 

Nicholas groaned as he tried to sit up but the sharp pain kept him down. He exhaled deeply and kept his right eye shut as it hurt to even keep it open. The noises he made attracted the attention of the others in the room. Vash was the first to be at Nicholas' side. 

   "Hey buddy."  He said, "Nasty bruise you got there." 

  "Why are you here, you have today off." 

  "Ah well, I got a text from Millie that you got knocked out so I had to come as fast as possible.  You missed your three o'clock class though. "

  "It's fine." Nicholas sighed,  "It's just critical thinking about poetry." 

Meryl stifled a laugh and Nicholas shot her a look with his good eye.  She said, "Sorry, sorry. I just never pictured you as a poetry guy is all. Everything I've heard from you has been about fighting or movies." 

Nicholas frowned as he turned back to Vash.  Oh how he wanted to reach out and touch the man above him. How he wanted to run his fingers through that undercut. But instead the throb in his head kept him from doing much else besides staring. He asked, "How long do I have to stay here?"

  "Just until the nurse checks up on you. Then we can go." Vash smiled, "Do you want to come over tonight, Knives is out for the evening?"

  "I don't want to be a bother." 

  "Don't worry about it,  I'd feel better knowing you were safe. Just in case you had a concussion, that's all.  C'mon Wolfwood." 

Nicholas exhaled, "Fine, if it makes you feel better I'll do it." He slowly sat up and could see the hesitation that Vash had to help him sit up. His hands ghosted his body just in case he  fell back down on the thin pillow.  He sort of regretted telling Vash to not touch him. 

Millie went to go get the nurse, Nicholas was checked out. It was suggested he wore sunglasses until the bruising around his eye healed. It would be sensitive to light for a few weeks. Thankfully it wasn't something worth going to the hospital for, but the nurse told him that if his condition gets worse to go to the ER as soon as possible.

  "It's good you have a friend like Vash." Said the nurse, "Those brothers are always there to lend a helping hand." 

Nicholas nodded, "Uh, yeah." He wouldn't consider Knives to be nice. Millie helped him back to his feet and he took the ice pack with him. The cool ice felt nice against his bruised skin.  It was dark by the time they left the nurse's office.  He could still feel Vash's hand ghosting his back for support.  He turned to the blonde, "If you want to drag me home, feel free."

Vash gave a reassuring smile, "I don't want you to feel uncomfortable."

  "I'm going to be feeling discomfort for a few weeks." Nicholas responded. 

They crossed campus together, Vash carried Nicholas' bag  that he had dropped prior to getting hit. They eventually got to the rows of townhouses that made up part of the residence. Vash and Knives lived together in the corner near the back of the lot. The light from the streetlamp made Nicholas' sore eye throb. 

  "A little bright isn't it." Vash remarked,  "Don't worry I'll protect you!"  And took off the orange glasses he always wore and put them over Nicholas' eyes, "Won't be perfect, but I think I have a pair at home." He flashed a beaming smile. 

Nicholas smiled at the blonde, "Thanks, Vash. I owe you one."

The townhouse was dark when they entered, it wasn't as modern as the apartments at the other end of the campus but it made do. It had a better heating and cooling system compared to the university buildings themselves.  Vash put Nicholas' bag down, "Do you want me to go to your dorm and pick up some things. Or do you want to wear my clothes tomorrow." 

  "Hate to break it to you, blondie. I'll stretch out all your clothes. I have bigger tits than you do." Nicholas laughed. 

  "Well of course you do, I got mine removed six months ago." Vash replied, he then held out his hand, "Keys, and the code is still 2455?" 

  "Always." Nicholas handed over his keys, "Just grab whatever, a clean pair of boxers would be nice too." He smiled as Vash turned away from him to go to the residence apartments where Nicholas lived.  The dark haired man closed the door, took off his shoes and turned on some lights before he  headed to the  living room.  He placed Vash's glasses on the coffee table. 

The brothers got lucky with this townhouse,  it only had two bedrooms in the entire place. Usually they had four to six, but the brothers had their own rooms. Usually when Nicholas slept over he usually crashed on the overused leather couch.  Vash usually dumped a bunch of pillows and blankets on top of him to help him get comfortable. 

He took off his jacket  and dropped onto the couch then draped his coat over the arm of where he sat. He unbuttoned more of his shirt and relaxed.  He gingerly touched the bruise around his right eye.  The pain could be felt in his teeth. It was so bad. He knew he'd have to take a look at it in the morning. 

He stared up at the ceiling, applying the melting ice ever so often until he walked to the fridge and found the star shaped ice cubes that Vash kept in the freezer. He wrapped up a few pieces in some paper towels and threw out the old ice. His ass once more found the couch and he remained quiet in the townhouse until Vash returned.  The door opened and Nicholas looked down the hall to see Vash with a plastic bag full of Nicholas' stuff. 

  "Hey!" Vash chirped, "I got some extra clothes, tomorrow's going to be a scorcher so I got you some shorts. Your roommate was gone so it wasn't a hassle to get everything. Your toothbrush is the orange one right?"

  "You know me too well, blondie." Nicholas chuckled.

  "Anything for you, Nicky." 

Nicholas rolled his good eye, "I told you to never call me that." 

Vash stuck his tongue out playfully, "Well I told you to never call me blondie."  Then dropped the bag on the coffee table beside his glasses.  He put his hands on his hips, "We should probably get comfortable." Then turned to head upstairs to the bedrooms. 

Vash's was on the right while Knives' was on the left. They were separated by a short hallway and the bathroom they shared.  As the two men climbed the stairs, Nicholas asked Vash where his brother went. "Oh you know, he's taking the astronomy class this semester so class runs late. Then he said he had something to do for the student union so he wasn't coming home tonight." 

  "Maybe he finally got a girlfriend." 

Vash laughed, "Oh, I'd know if he had a girlfriend.  Knives don't keep secrets from me." He opened the door to his bedroom. The two men got undressed in the spacious room. Nicholas always tensed up with how casual Vash was to show off his body. 

Nicholas knew the act of changing wasn't sexual. He didn't really see anything aside from the thick scar lines. Most jagged and cut in weird places. Nicholas didn't know much about Vash's childhood, but he knew it wasn't easy.  He knew his mother died, he and his brother were shipped around the country in foster care, and some of those homes were ideal. And then Vash lost his arm at sixteen in an accident. 

The only scars that had any precision to them were what Vash called the "anchor" scars from his top surgery.  Vash admitted those were the only scars that didn't carry hurt, but rather euphoria. 

  "Why do you always change in front of me, but you've told me you were scared of showing girls your body." Nicholas asked as he tugged on the t-shirt Vash brought him. He kept his eyes on the blonde's back as he stepped into his shorts. 

Vash chuckled to himself, "You don't find it all gross, Nicholas. You don't look at it all and find me disgusting. " He looked at the prosthetic arm he had, "You make me feel like a real man." 

Nicholas wanted to hug Vash in that moment, feel the blonde's back against his chest. But he restrained himself, instead clenching his fists and quickly loosening the grip. "Well, you're more of a man than I'll ever be.  Anyone who tells you otherwise is going to hear from me." 

Vash smiled as he turned around, still shirtless.  "Yeah well, I have the advantage of the top surgery scars blending into all the other ones." He put his hands on his hips and put on his best smile. That's what he always did when he was vulnerable to Nicholas, he'd laugh it off and move on. It pained Nicholas to see him do that. 

The men got dressed and Vash suggested they put on a movie while they made dinner. He explained that he was cooking up something for him and his brother before he got the text to come to the nurse's office. "I mean the ground beef was going to go bad soon, so I had to cook it tonight."

  "What were you doing with it?" 

  "Making me infamous cheeseburger pasta." Vash beamed.

  "Didn't you get the recipe from the internet like the second week living on campus?" 

  "Yes, but it doesn't call for chili powder,  so therefore it makes it my special recipe. "

Nicholas chuckled, "Whatever you say, I could go for anything right now." The two began to restart dinner. Thankfully Vash had only prepped most of the items.  Vash cooked the beef while Nicholas watched the noodles. It was almost domestic. Something that Nicholas craved. It made his heart yearn. 

Is this really something he could have? Was he allowed to be this domestic? He was taught that most gay love came from the sin of lust. But Nicholas didn't want to jump Vash's bones, he wanted to do this. He wanted to share meals, watch films. Was that still the sin of lust? In his anxious state, Nicholas tugged on the cross he wore around his neck. He couldn't  seek guidance tonight, he'd have to sit in his worry of sin.

But as he watched Vash chatter away with him, pushing the meat around the old skillet.  He laughed at his own jokes, he however noticed that Nicholas was lost in thought. He waved his hand in front of the other man's face, "Are you okay there, Nicholas? Do you want me to take over?"

  "No, no. I'm fine, just thinking about something." 

  "Oooh, what is it? Something important?" Vash tilted his head to the side briefly. 

Nicholas shrugged, "I promise I'm not thinking about anything special right now." Then he grabbed a serving spoon from the drawer to check if the noodles were done. It wasn't that important, even if the emotion was strangling him. Nothing that Vash needed to worry his blonde head about. 

-

The pair finished dinner.  And ended up on the couch,  Vash yawned as he grabbed one of the crochet blankets he made in second year over his lap. "How are you feeling?" He asked.

  "Good, good." 

Vash ran his hand through his blonde hair before dropping it down on the couch, his prosthetic fingers so close to Nicholas' own. The dark haired man swallowed and kept his composure.  He buried those feelings deep, he wasn't going to throw caution to the wind and fuck up the foundation of their friendship. 

Nicholas knew that Vash was bisexual and transgender. He said what was the point of picking one. Nicholas never told him that he was gay, resorting to just smiling at the blonde's freedom to express his gender and sexuality. To Vash, Nicholas was just a very good ally.  Afterall he was one of the people to take care of Vash when he took a semester off to recover from top surgery since Knives was often busy with his own affairs.  But no matter how strong Nicholas' resolve was, he reached out a pinky finger and brushed it alongside Vash's own. 

He wondered if the blonde could feel it, he never asked for the schematics of Vash's prosthetic. He thought it was a little too invasive, it was honestly none of his business and knew it would strike a nerve if asked poorly.  So he rubbed his pinky against his and prayed to God that Vash couldn't feel anything. But quickly pulled his hand away when Vash coughed into his other elbow. 

Stupid, stupid, sinful. Was all that Nicholas thought. 

  "Hey Nicholas?" Vash asked. 

  "Uh yeah?" He responded

  "I know your face is all busted in, but can you do me a favor?"

Nicholas nodded. The pair ended up in the bathroom upstairs.  Vash took off his sweatpants, and sat on top of the toilet lid and lined up his supplies. The packaged needle and the bottle of testosterone. Vash had the option to take the gel but there was a familiarity to take the needle. But sometimes he needed a little help getting the job done.  He took the needle out, got the testosterone into it at the right dose and held it out for Nicholas to administer it. 

  "Got the Band-Aid?" Nicholas asked.

Vash held out the heart shaped bandages that he bought especially for the testosterone shots, "peace and love, baby!"

Nicholas smiled, even though the swelling in his face made it hurt.  He reached out and held Vash's thigh and slowly inserted the needle into the top of Vash's thigh. "1, 2, 3. There. Relax. Tensing it up will make it hurt later." 

  "Okay, okay." Vash turned his head to not look at the needle in his skin. He felt the prick and before he knew it, Nicholas was finished. He felt the bandage be taken from his hand and stuck on his thigh. Vash turned back to look at Nicholas on his knees in front of him. The blonde then smacked his thigh to "help" the testerone get into his bloodstream.

  "Does that help?"

Vash shrugged, "Maybe, no idea. "

Nicholas got up slowly, "I'm glad I could help you. I think you can help me get some more ice for this bruise."  He pointed to his eye that was swelling up a little bit. 

The blonde got up and pulled his sweatpants back up, tightening the waistband around his waist.  "Of course! Anything for my Nicky." He slapped Nicholas on the shoulder and exited the bathroom. 

Nicholas caught himself in the mirror as he passed by to exit the bathroom. His eye looked like a mess, the bruise was a deep red on the verge of purple. At least his face wasn't broken.  It was just a nasty bruise for the next month or so. He stretched his arms above his head, his shirt rolled up to show a bit of his happy trail. He then exited the bathroom. 

The two eventually put on a movie, and Nicholas felt the best he had felt in the last few days. He felt almost a peace surrounded by Vash's warmth. He was like the golden rays  of the afternoon light.  Vash handed him another paper towel full of ice and carefully patted it onto Nicholas' skin. 

  "Is it okay?" He asked.

  "Yeah, I don't mind." He exhaled through his nose, "Thank you." 

Vash  continued to press the ice on the other's face, "You better sleep on your other side tonight. Why don't you take my room?" 

  "I couldn't, I'll be fine on the couch." 

  "No, no. You need a nice place to sleep, where I can keep an eye on you. I don't want you dying in your sleep." Vash frowned at him, "I'm not explaining to the  cops why there's a dead man in my house." 

  "I promise I'll be fine."

  "No, no. How about this, we both share the bed. Dudes do that right?" Vash cocked his head to the side. 

  "I promise you they do not." Nicholas replied, the idea of sharing a bed with Vash made his heart race.  The bed wasn't big enough to fit two people but not huge. He would survive on the couch.

  "No way! Well tonight we're making an exception. I need to keep an eye on you in case your condition gets worse. That's what the nurse said to me, so I must follow by it! Who cares what regular dudes do anyway, desperate times call for desperate measures!" Vash puffed out his chest and put his hands on his hips.

Nicholas couldn't help but laugh. "Whatever you say, Vash." He shook his head, "Why don't you pull something from that DVD collection of yours and let's watch something." He watched the blonde perk up and go get something from his prized DVD collection. Nicholas held the ice to his head and watched him pick something out. His heart hammered in his chest.  Times like these made Nicholas question his loyalty to his faith. That there was something more to be devoted to.