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Ocean Deep Ch20 Love Will Always Come Back

(Hey everyone. I just wanted to thank everyone who read this far and liked my story enough to read it to it's end. I had a lot of fun writing it and it makes me happy knowing some people loved it enough to read it fully. If you liked this consider checking out my other works. Thanks to everyone for reading this, faving it, or leaving a nice comment. And thank you to Koyoharu Gotouge for creating such wonderful characters and giving me the opportunity to make this wonderful story.)

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Everyone whipped around wide eyed at the raged filled voice and even more at the death glare that wine red eyes gave you all.

"T-Tengen?!"

He snapped his angry eyes towards you as his name toppled from your lips. His eyes lane with deep hurt under the angry present. The head of white hair and eye bags stared at you for a long moment before strong hands pulled the boat back towards him and away from the rocks jolting the the others in the boat.

"NO!!" Kanae screamed out looking panicked as the land was pulled away from her. "Nononono!!" Loud splashes echoed throughout the night air as she slapped the oar in her hands down and pushing forward to no avail. Tengen was just too strong for a single woman with an oar.

"Stop freaking out! Do you know how dangerous it is out here at night by yourselves?!" He continued to pull the boat back farther and farther before pausing to start swimming around the side, running a hand along as he made his way towards the front of the boat facing the land, the bracelets on his wrist jingling as he stationed himself there in place to start pushing the boat back where it came from.

"You all  could've been carried out by the current and starved to death! Or a siren could've eaten you!!," he continued to shout all along the way as he did so. "Or what if the boat sank and all of you drowned?! Or a rouge mer decided to snatch you up for his harem!?" That last sentence really made him angry as he hissed to himself. "WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU ALL THINKING?!"

"Tengen, stop!," you shouted holding up your hands. "What are you doing?!"

"I'm taking you all home! What does it look like I'm doing?!"

"NO! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!!," Kanae straight up yelled up at him in panic. 

"OF COURSE I CAN!! IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S A BIG DEAL ANYWAYS!! YOU CAN'T BE THAT DESPERATE TO RISK YOUR LIFE OVER A STUPID HUMAN VILLAGE!!" 

There was silence as everyone stared at him or Kanae as her face matched his own rage. Before you all watched as she stood, the boat creaking under her weight and the oar thudding as she harshly threw it to her feet. Her pink eyes glared hard at Tengen before turning sideways, spreading her arms forward, and then with a deep inhale launched herself forward-

"KANAE!!," Koyuki squealed out as you all watched her dive into the dark water.

There was a very loud splash as her body disappeared into the water, casting ripples from where she disappeared under before three seconds later the surface broke. With a splash and loud gasp a head of black hair pushed itself up from the water coughing and bobbing in and out of the small waves. Her long black hair stuck to her face and flowed out behind her as she turned and started swimming towards the land. Tengen only watched shocked too stunned to speak-

SPLASH!!

Before another splash made him look over and a moment later Shinobu's head bobbed up spitting water and slowly following her sister. ...Kanao stood up, tightened the belt around her waist before pinching her nose and mouth, and throwing herself off after her sisters another person following behind her.

"C'mon, Yuki!"

Koyuki let out a loud squeak of surprise when she was just suddenly thrown onto Mitsuri's back and without warning the pink haired girl jumped off the boat in a cannonball that let out the biggest splash of all. Sending a cascade of water over Tengen finally snapping him out of any shocked staring shaking his head and sending droplets everywhere to clear his vision and allowing him to watch the six girls swimming away from the now empty boat and reaching the rocks slowly grabbing onto the flat surfaces and hauling their soaked bodies up and onto the ledges. The ones who climbed up first turning around to reach out to help the others up followed by the two playing piggy back through the water and being the slowest swimmers. The four already on land hauling up the last two like desperate sailors on a sinking ship. 

"Run! GO!"

Kanae shouted at you all pushing Shinobu's back towards the trail of rocks towards the solid sand bank and the woods beyond. Wet footsteps thudded down the rocks as everyone just RAN. Bare feet slapping against rocks. Wet shoes squishing loudly with each desperate step everyone ran across!! Running and running and running- Until sand squished on your feet. Nice DRY sand! Hearts pounded as you all ran through the sand, kicking it up as you desperately clawed through. Shinobu slipped and fell into the sand at one point only for Mitsuri to scoop her up and just keep on running like it was nothing. 

Kanae collapsed first onto the grass. Falling onto hands and knees and letting out a sobbing wail that was held back for so long crying and clinging to the blades of green plants under her feet like it was her only lifeline. Forehead pressed into the ground and nearly worshipping its soft embrace. The long exhaustion of bodies followed around, collapsing in one way or another around her exhausted and tired. They'd done it..they were finally home! Stage Four of the plan had been successful at last. At last you felt like you could rest, laid out on the sand and catching your breath in the soft grass. Breathing heavily but being at peace...

Until a strange dragging sound caused you to look up from where you laid  and felt yourself freeze as Tengen began crawling out of the water and crawling his way across the sand towards you all. His jewelry jingling wildly as he approached.

"Hell no! Not again!" You swore that it was Shinobu who shouted at everyone as she yelled out. "RUN!!"

Footsteps moved. Shouts were heard. Hands grabbed at each other and pulled each other up quickly as the group collectively and instinctively ran for the thick treeline away from the beach with determination. Including you. You had that determination. But you looked back...And you saw red eyes. Wide hurt red eyes. Filling up with tears and letting them run down the length of his cheeks and collecting of his chin only to fall off in large drops. ..you feet slowed down and you stopped just outside the treeline. Staring at you with hurt that ran old and deep. 

"Y/N!! Y/N, C'MON!! WE HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE SHOWS UP! ESPECIALLY OBANAI!!" You didn't move. "...Y/n, what are you doing?! Come on!" Someone called out from the treeline.

You didn't move continuing to stare at the merman for a long moment. "... I'll be right back." 

"WHAT?! ARE YOU CRAZY?!" The voice continued to yell out as you slowly approached the merman again. "YOU'RE GONNA GET DRAGGED BACK TO THAT HELL SPACE!!"

Footsteps slowly approached the crying mess of a man that looked one step away from straight up sobbing. He watched wide eyed, hopeful with each step she took towards him until she stopped just outside of reach. If he wanted to be could easily just grab her and easily take her back but the thought didn't cross his mind at the moment. She silently just stared at him neutrally and unusually calm. Silent 

"How did you find us?"

....He sniff. Reaching up an arm to wipe at those eyes. "I-I can hear you.."

Ah right. You forgot about that. It's not surprising that he ended up being here. Your eyes looked to the side before you sighed and looked back to him. "Tengen, I'm not going back. Realistically I can't just live on an island in the middle of nowhere with no one else."

"That's not true!" He shouted back but you didn't flinch. "You-You got m-my wives and K-Kyo and ME! "

"I need to see more people than just you guys all the time."

"You'll have the others!"

"TENGEN!!" ...You groaned again hand rubbing at your wet face. "*Sigh* I already went over this with you. No one wants to stay there because none of us had a say in it!" You frowned hard at him. "It has nothing to do with liking or disliking you. We all have families and friends and our own homes that we haven't been allowed to see. If we're desperate enough to sneak away in the middle of the night shouldn't that tell you SOMETHING about how we feel?!"

He opened his mouth-....But couldn't find the words to say anything.

You sighed again. "We're tired. And we're going home. Can you understand that?"

"I don't want to lose you." You blinked surprised at the way he shakily reached out to you. New tears coming out. "Please. Don't you.."

Love me. Didn't you love love me?

He choked and nearly sobbed when a hand cupped his cheek. "I do like you guys..but I'm not ready for a relationship yet. So it's not a never. It's a not now, and right now is not a good time for anyone. You need to heal before I come in the picture, and I need to figure myself out. When we're both ready I'll come back."

"How do I know you'll come back?!" His hands suddenly grabbed yours. "What if you just run off and never come back?! What if you marry someone else?! WHAT IF SOMETHING TAKES YOU AND I CAN'T STOP IT BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT HERE?!"

"I'll come back because I promised you." A thumb swiped over the bottom of his eyes delicately. "And I promise you Id give you a chance to convince me to be a Mrs. Uzui." Her hands slowly left his face. "But right now we have to go home..Our home. You need to go home too and be with your family too. Alright?"

No. NO! He didn't want her to go!! She can't go! She's was safer with him!! And yet.. Something made him say yes. Nod yes. But shakily still reached out as she began backing up and turning with a sad frown. Choking and finally starting to sob as you walked away from him back towards the treeline. A weight felt heavier in your guts as you returned to where everyone was waiting for you wide eyed until Shinobu grabbed your front. 

"What were you thinking?! You could've been kidnapped again!!"

"I-"

"Nevermind." She started dragging you forward into the woods. "We're loosing time and they already know we're gone! We need to leave before Obanai catches on!"

You blinked looking back to Tengen as she continued to drag you deeper into the woods, until the trees blocked him from view and the echoes of his loud crying could no longer be heard as you were dragged along further and further behind the group. She caught you up with everyone else. All of you were tired, sore, and all soaked but you made it. You were finally going home. But now the problem was that you didn't know exactly where you were, so you all just began walking. Leaves crunching under your feet and sticks cracking. Just walking and walking and walking. Walking still when the first rays of light shines up on the world and you all were yawning tiredly. Koyuki had once again be carried by Mitsuri because her weakened body had taken a toll with the stressful night. She snored away softly on the pink haired girl's shoulders without a care in the world. Lucky.

"LOOK!!" You jumped as Shinobu stopped. And then pointed ahead at the treeline. "A ROAD!!" She ran!

You blinked looking up at where she looked. A ROAD!! A DIRT ROAD!! RIGHT PAST A FEW TREES!! In awe you followed everyone as you crashed through the woods until your feet hit the soft dirt of the road..Or should I say roads!

"I know this place!" You exclaimed looking at the form in the road and the familiar weird looking rock, before pointing up the left way. "THE TOWN IS THAT WAY!!"

"You sure?"

You nodded. "I had to come this way when I brought them back to the ocean! Home is definitely that way!"

"Then what are we waiting for!? Let's get going!"

Walking. There was SO MUCH walking. You all walked until you had no choice due to your bodies' exhaustion and soreness and because the sun was setting. Bedding down behind some tall bushes for camouflage before awaking the next morning and walking again. Two weeks you all walked and walked. Stopping at small berry bushes and small streams for food and water but otherwise still tired and walking.

Until you came across the river. Ah! This was the river you found Kyojuro in! That means the town was merely a few hours away. However the sisters and Mitsuri froze seeing it. Oh..right. This is where the sisters were abducted and near where Mitsuri was taken so of course they'd be reluctant to go near it.

"Let's all just run across the bridge and keep running until we're long gone from it!" You suggested.

There was an immediate agreement. The bridge thudded with many loud thinks as you all ran across it. Ran and never looked back. Ran and didn't look at the water. Just run and run until you were long past it and you couldn't run anymore. And then after a short rest you all continued to walk on. So close to home..And then you saw it. The first house you all needed to pass. 

The Henya house.

You stared at it for a long time before you began walking again. It looked abandoned and empty. Good riddance. You were expecting the sight before you but it was a shocked to the girls looking around in shock at abandoned buildings empty and boarded up. No one to be found on the once busy streets. Nothing but cold silence echoing throughout the entire town as you slowly walked through staring at the buildings. And then Kanao looked forward. Her pink eyes going wide.

"DADDY!!"

Like a shooting star, the teenager shot off from your group and ran from the main road and down the right on another. The look of surprise on everyone's faces at the scene you saw. At WHO you saw. A man with black hair and pink eyes was carrying a small crate out of a house and towards a wagon attached to a mule mindlessly pawing at the dirt road. He looked tired and miserable and sad, but he stopped and looked up at the sudden yell. Pink eyes widened. The crate fell out of his hands and crashed onto the ground with a clatter, toppling over and spilling dishes all over the dirt. But that didn't matter to him. None of that mattered to him. As his wide eyes took in the sight of the teenage girl ran towards him. 

"Kanao...Oh my gods. KANAO!!"

Dishes kicked aside by feet racing towards her. Arms open wide and tears starting up as a taller man ran to her, and caught the shooting star as she collided into his arms with enough force to knock the wind outta him. But he didn't care as the two gripped onto each other. Tight enough to be afraid that someone would take her away again. Soft wails echoed out from the two hugging tightly in the middle of the abandoned road. 

"DAD!!" "FATHER!!"

Two more blurs rushed past your forms and two more crying girls raced down the road only to collide with the older man still clutched onto the first one. All sobbing in one big pile only for one more to be added. Ms. Kocho must've heard all the shouting and took a break from packing to come investigate the noise, only to freeze and in a similar fashion to her husband run over to clutch onto the three girls. Crying out something along the lines of 'MY BABIES' before joining them. Both parents crying and clutching for dear life onto the three children of theirs. You three stood there awkwardly before Mitsuri suddenly gasped out and ran off up the streets more startling both yourself and Koyuki.

"BROTHER!!"

A young boy still young enough to be your younger brother but a few years older than Kanao looked up boredly from carrying a burlap sack but looked absolutely surprised when a pink and green braided hair girl came charging towards him. "MITSURI?! GAH!!"

"I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!!," she cried out grabbing him up into her arms as soon as she got close enough and began twirling him around braids swinging around wildly. 

"AHH AHH AHH!" Her brother cried out as she twirled him around and around. "Mitsi, stop! I'm gonna be sick!"

It wasn't long before her parents akso came out hearing the commotion. Both shocked to see her but absolutely ecstatic to see her back. Leaving both yourself and Koyuki awkwardly standing there and watching the scenes happening around you both. After a moment she looked at you and smiled hopefully if not still a bit sad.

"Y/n. Aren't you going to see your family? I'm sure they'd be happy to see you too!"

You flinched. "...Yeah. I bet they would've been too."

You knew she didn't mean too hurt you. She probably didn't know but it still stung. She must've senses something was upsetting you because she didn't say anything else.

"What about you? Don't you have a father?"

"He's in the next town over. It's a many days travel right up the bay."

Ah. That made more sense.

"You're such a mess!" Mitsuri's mother fretted over her. To be fair all of you were pretty much a mess. Two weeks soaked from seawater, running through woods and on dirt roads, sleeping in bushes and behind trees. You all weren't exactly prime presentable. "All of you look like you've been through hell." Well she wasn't wrong. Mrs. Kanroji beckoned for you and Koyuki to come towards her. "You girls come inside. Well get you all cleaned up and put some food in your stomachs."

Food? You perked up. Something that wasn't fish based or coconuts or wild berries from walking all the way here?! Sign you up!! You both gladly took the Kanrojis up on their offer. Getting a nice warm bath that felt like it melted away five layers of skin off, and was served beef. ACTUALLY BEEF!! AND PICKLED VEGETABLES!! You never thought you'd eat more than Mitsuri but you just might've that night. Mitsuri was even nice enough to lend both of you a few of her dresses her family thankfully kept. You felt so much better!

"What happened?! Where have you been?! How did you get back?! And who're these girls?!"

Mitsuri and you supposed the Kocho sisters must've explained everything but you didn't pay too much attention. Too busy wolfing down the delicious seasoned beef that Mrs. Kanroji had given you. IT WAS SO GOOD AFTER NEARLY THREE WEEKS OF FISH BROTH SOUP AND COCONUTS!! Well turns out they did explain everything to them. Including how Koyuki's father actually lived the next town over which was a few days journey, and coincidentally the place the Kanrojis and Kochos were moving too. After waiting so long and literally everyone else leaving, they had given up on ever seeing their daughters again and were in the middle of moving to be with other distant family. It was only by luck you all happened to come by just on time as they were packing to leave the very next day.

"You're free to come with us, Koyuki," Mr. Kanroji offered with a smile. "We'd be happy to help you get home after you helped our daughter."

"Really?!" She beamed at them with big eyes. "Thank you! I don't know what to say!"

"Of course! We leave first thing in the morning so be sure to get plenty of rest." He then turned to you. "You're free to travel with us too, Y/n."

"Hm?" You looked up at him blinking.

"Well the last few people here were all of us, and the Henyas and Satoshis. But Mrs. Henya left a long time ago. Just slung a bag over her shoulder one day and left. And the Satoshis all left after their horse went missing and they couldn't keep up the farm without it."......Oops. You suddenly felt bad. But at least you knew they left town to somewhere safer. "You're free to come with us as well. A young girl alone in this abandoned town .. Doesn't sound right."

Yeah alone 

"I-I'll think about it. Thanks for the food, Mrs. Kanroji. But I think I'd better go check my home."

Your home was rather empty when you opened the door. Dust seemed to have settled on everything and it looked the same as the other buildings did. Abandoned. Empty. You stood there for a long time and turned. Footsteps echoed throughout the hallway as you stopped in front of the bathroom door still open from when you left here. The cold room devoid of Life and bathtub completely empty of both water and Mermaids. Any moment you were expecting to hear Suma's voice shouting your name and Makio yelling at her to shut up again. Hearing Kyojuro's loud booming laughter and Hinatsuru calming everyone down with her soothing voice. You can just picture what Tengen would say about all of this.

"Ah! My flamboyant family is thriving once again I see. But you're forgetting to add me!"

You couldn't help but chuckle at the idea continuing to walk through the house. Huh...Did you always have such little furniture? And was the house always this big and empty? It felt so much bigger. So much emptier. So much more space. So little anything really. It made you feel small in your own home...Funny how you were so desperate before to get back here and now..it felt so lonely.

You did lay down in your old bed, but it felt different from before. Nothing like the warmth you shared when you took naps with them....

"Ah. Ms. L/n! Have you decided to come along after all?"

You stood there, bag slung over your shoulder and staring at Mr. Kanroji. You caught both families in the act of leaving just in the nick of time too. "It depends. Where's this town you're going to located at?"

"It's a much bigger fishing town up the coast. My wife's family lives there so it'd be a good idea to stay with them until we get resettled especially since it's not safe here anymore."

"Is it along the West Coast?"

"Yes! A beautiful view! You can even spot some islands in the distance a bit aways from the shoreline."

Tengen's territory. You smiled. "Well if that's the case I'd love to travel with you."

He smiled. "Go right ahead and hop in with the other girls. We're leaving as soon as Mitsuri gets her cat in a crate."

It was ironic really. Leaving home after you worked so hard to get back. Traveling the same path you did when you came back. The families hurrying their carts over that cursed bridge and getting as far away from the place where it happened as possible. Going back through towards the form in the road, but turning down the way you never went before slowly watching as the pathway back towards the beach where you left Tengen crying and begging for you to come back to him. 

Just wait a bit longer. You'll be back. You smiled. You'd be back real soon.

*****

The water was warm today. Very nice as they sat on the rocks. Of course there was always the occasional human gawker gazing out and pointing out them but they knew better than to try and approach them by now. The rocks surface was smooth obviously smoothed out by the sea water waves rolling over them for so long. It made for a perfect spot for him to just lay there and stare at the blue sky. Well that was before a pouting face leaned over him to stare down at him.

"Tengen! Makio pushed me off again!"

"Well then stop that obnoxious snoring! You sound like a walrus with a headache and bad tooth!" 

"I do not! Wwaah! Tengen, tell her to stop being so mean to me!"

He couldn't help but chuckle and dawn a smile before going back to close his eyes. "You know it's Kyo's day to stop the disputes today. I'm taking my time napping."

"Wwwaaahhh!! That's not fair!"

"What's not fair is you snoring my ears off!!"

"LET'S NOT FIGHT NOW!! Suma! Come here! You can cuddle up with me right now!"

"Kyooojurooo!! So considerate!"

He sighed happily settling down back against the warm rock. Listening to the loud sloshing of waves giving their lullaby. The breeze dusting over them. The sweet smells of salts and distant plants from land.

"Tengen!" 

He paused. Body going rigid at the voice calling out distantly over the wind....Nah. He must be hearing things. He slowly relaxed back.

"TENGEN!!"

Red eyes popped open. His partners jumping as he shot upright and paused.. before his head snapped around. And his eyes widened at a woman figure on the beach far away waving a full arm at him. You stood there having spotted him from afar and waved your arms at him. It took a few days constantly scouting out the coast until you could find them again and by luck spotted them just off the coast laying on some rocks. You knew it was them by their colors even if you couldn't see them too good from far away. Like you suspected, Tengen's hearing had caught onto your voice and the white blue pushed up from the rocks. Head turning to you...And then you saw the white blur quickly dive into the water. 

Here he comes. 

Smiling widely you watched and waited right in the water as a massive white blur approached. And then a body breached the water with a massive splash sending water droplets all over yourself as something large crawling up to you with the distinct sounds of jingling jewelry. Red Wine eyes wide and a wide smile on his face.

"Well..looks like I was right and my incredibly flamboyant fiance couldn't stay away.~"

You only smiled wider. "Try your wife."

His eyes blinked confused. "My wife?.." Before an even larger grin came over him. "Even better.~"

[britt-kageryuu]

A stream is starting with Leo hosting, his starting soon screen is him snoozing whole laying on a pool float in the water, with some turtle shaped toys floating around him.

The scene switches over to Leo's model dressed in a royal blue yukata with scattered white rabbits, his bandana in an fancy bow with a 'hair ornament' that has the Hamato clan symbol hanging down, black tabi, and blue zori. His model is sitting in the same background of a traditional Japanese home with the shrine to Gram Gram, that Donnie used. River and Shelldon are seen sleeping in the shrine room.

Lots of cheering in the chat, and appreciation for the outfit.

"Hey guys! Sorry for not posting anything in 2 weeks. I think Dee already covered were we went, and some stories, but I can fill you guys in on things they may have not mentioned." Leo smiles, and grabs a tablet to read off some Notes, and questions.

"Okay first off, 'Why didn't we post anything on our Socials?'... do you take us for fools? We're very aware of the fact people would try to track us down based on what we post, I've heard of other content creators who heard from fans 'Hey based on that photo you just posted you're 15 minutes from me! LOL!' Really... Why?" Leo has a disappointed look as he says this. "It would be more weird with an UwU, or OwO, but hey some people are different."

"Second, 'Why didn't you mention a family emergency, or vacation?' We didn't want to accidentally mention where we were headed, but we also kinda forgot to post anything, and didn't think it counted as an emergency." Leo pauses and looks to the side while thinking over the 'drama' that happened, he says some quietly but it's still picked up by the mic, "Pretty sure some random Aunt throwing a fit over her son not wanting to follow a long dead tradition doesn't even count as a family emergency anyway."

Those is chat who heard and understood what he said are spamming for clarification.

"Third, 'Did you have any problems during your trip?' Well, yeah. Red is pretty big, and he had to duck down and squeeze through places alot when we went just about anywhere." Leo brings up a chibi cartoon of Raph deside a door much shorter and thinner than him, and Chibi Raph trying to squeeze through, "I don't know how much Dee went over, but Red was very sad he couldn't fit into some places, and couldn't go on alot of rides. We made up for it by going to some really awesome outdoor locations. We even found some local Wrestling league that were very excited to have Red join them for a couple short notice events."

Leo grabs his drink, and shifts his position. He takes a drink as he looks at the next question, chokes, and starts coughing.

For the next minute chat is asking what's wrong, is he okay, and asking if they should message one of the others.

Leo gets his breathing under control, takes a couple deep breaths, turns his head to the side, and "WHY DID YOU IMPLY I WAS ASKING FOR HIS HAND IN MARRIAGE!?!?!?!" He yelled at the audience could only assume is Dee.

Faintly you could hear "I didn't~ They just assumed~"

Leo still annoyed continued, "ugh, 'Did you ask your boyfriend's family if they will let you marry him?' No, we haven't been together, what we think, is a long enough time to get married. Plus my Samurai hasn't even asked Pops yet... I think." Leo's model now has a look of suspicion, and he thinks it over.

Chat is going nuts with Rabbit, Turtle, and Blue Heart emojis. And some ring emoji being snuck in, and hidden.

He shakes off the idea, reads over the next few questions or notes. " 'Who are the other turtles in the opening screen?' Those are two cousins of ours Cass and CJ, they live nearby and also have their own space here. Though CJ is currently planning to travel the country and further, so He isn't going to show up very much. They didn't really ask to be turtles, we just figured Cass is a common Snapper, and CJ is a Map, and Mandarin drew it up for us. 'And is the other Girl, April?' Yeah, she has changed up her personal style, but we draw her how she looked in years ago with some changes. She has some ideas for her full online persona. Her current picture is just a placeholder."

Leo scrolls through the list with little nope, no, too personal, and why did they bother? After a minute or so he just puts the tablet down with a sigh.

"Well, I don't want to go over any more questions, so let's start a poll on what we do next. Everyone ready here's your choices!!"

The stream continues with Leo playing a couple small games, and alot of small talk, and avoiding questions.

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Masterpost

[lynnthefrenchtoast]

HEY YOU!!!

YES, YOU!!!

WHATS A GIRL GOTTA GET YOU TO READ HER KAZUSCARA ROMANCE DRAMA!?!?

not convinced?? WELL HEAR ME OUT

• enemies to lovers. CMON!!!! DONT YOU LOVE ENEMIES TO LOVERS!?????

• marriage of convenience. BECAUSE I DONT MAKE YOU WAIT LIKE THOSE SLOWBURN AUTHORS!!!! THE WEDDING LITERALLY HAPPENS IN CHAPTER ONE.

• historical au. DO YOU LIKE BRIDGERTON??? DO YOU WATCH PERIOD DRAMAS??? DO YOU WANNA FEEL LIKE A 4TH CENTURY SAMURAIS WIFE???

• crossdressing. WE ARE THE GENSHIN COMMUNITY!!!! IS THIS NOT WHO WE ARE!????

• noble and commoner. do you wanna EAT THE RICH (IN BOTH WAYS????) do you like tales of rags to riches?

• average level of psycho scaramouche. ARENT WE TIRED OF THE UWU SCARAMOUCHE REPRESENTATION??? DO YOU WANT TO SEE CANON, BATSHIT INSANE SCARAMOUCHE KILLING BIRDS AND MANIPULATING THE WORLD TO GET HIS WAY??? do you like smart, calculative protagonists who work for what they want and steal it from whoever has it?

• happy endings. NO NOT IN THAT WAY GET YOUR FILTHY MINDS OUT OF THE GUTTER AIYAIYAI.

IN CONCLUSION, if ANY of this has appealed to you, or EVEN IF IT HASNT!!! you should read "Break It Buy It" by lynnthefrenchtoast on ao3.

summary: when poor man scaramouche gets scared right on the eye by noble man kaedehara kazuha, he sees a golden opportunity to rise up the ranks, and takes it.

or: scara pretends to be a woman for kazuhas hand in marriage. ironically, kazuha is the furthest thing from into women

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Today, I've turned my fav character from Samurai Jack season 1 into adorable babies.

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21 notes - Posted September 3, 2022

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2 days ago at night:

My brain: Hey, are you sleeping?

Me: Yes, now shut up.

My brain: But it would be funny if you draw the interaction between Aku and the Triseraquins after @teacupballerina followed you.

Me: *Open my eyes and began to chuckle from that*

(And yes it's a gift from me to you fwiend uwu)

25 notes - Posted October 10, 2022

#3

The real reason why Triseraquins were banished underwater by Aku:

Based on @teacupballerina 's headcanon lore of the connection between triseraquins' isolation by Aku, and the Jewel of Neptune.

34 notes - Posted December 1, 2022

#2

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37 notes - Posted July 8, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

The world's tiniest Snom has returned, and look, there's the world's tiniest joltik.

Let's take a closer look with the magnifying glass. Hope they get along as budd-

Oh dear =_=;;

✨✨✨reblog = appreciation✨✨✨

Without magnifying glass:

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56 notes - Posted November 19, 2022

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[daeva-agas]

In Nightshade case, they mentioned the Iga massacre that occurred 17 years ago with the survivors joining the Koga, but I can see why this is a dealbreaker for you because I roll my eyes everytime they make a romance of the three kingdoms adaptation where Liu Bei is the good guy and Cao Cao is the bad guy. I am disappointed with SLBP though, because I was expecting a loyal ninja for Nobu like with every lord instead of "I hate ninjas!" :').

Power of tradition for ya.

If I'm being generous, I can say that it's just a misstep on the HQ staff's part (and/or the writer). The stories that get released first sometimes suffer from being the "trial and error" for what Voltage wanted to do, and it ended up being really lame or boring. Doesn't mean I would not be mad about it, though. FFFssss. I wonder if Voltage has beta-readers (picked from casual readers/players and not their own staff).

With the event routes, Saku seem to be serving Nobu just fine and the MC is also living at Nobu's place normally. It's just like... the main story it's the one that's always gonna be there, while events rotate. Main routes would be the ones people see first.

Anyway, yeah. The only dealbreaker is only any mention of "Nobu hate ninja", but the invasion happening per se is historical fact so I'm not mad about it. There's this one book where the protag is even an Iga ninja, but I actually like it because Nobu don't actually give a damn about Iga, and it's the ninja guy who was like "hey, you know, I'm just here to warn you, destroy Iga or you might be targeted eventually".

I honestly also disdain the "uwu ninjer wowo woo" because it just gets in the way attempts of researching the historical facts. It's like...Iga is not just some tiny little village of secret assassins in the mountains somewhere. But figuring out what the real situation in the province is hard because the sekrit ninjers nonsense is everywhere. 

I once saw an article claiming there's actually still the Iga province samurai government official who were there during the invasion. This clan lost their power and the Iga citizens became independent, but they didn’t leave. They still live there. I wouldn't be surprised if this entire clan are the so-called "insiders", and after the war they just regain their control of the province.

[normal-horoscopes]

hey im a leo how do i protect my love life from the imagawa clans invasion of kyoto? i offer a white crystal lamp, a really sweet-smelling rose, some bunny fur, and a clock that drives me insane.

Alright tumblypoos sit down because I'm gonna learn you a thing: Just because the Imagawa formed formed an epic ot3 with the hōjō and Takeda clans, that doesn't mean they can lay siege to the entire town of Okehazama. Remember, they are using the Mikawa vanguard to make their army appear larger than it actually is. If Imagawa Yoshimoto says that he has 40,000 troops? Call. His. Ass. Out. He only has 25,000 troops. If you use the Oda clan samurai to attack (**hint hint use the thunderstorm to move unseen UwU**) while they are drunk and celebrating, their forces will rout, their senior officers will be executed, and their warriors will defect to your side.

[reilliane]

✤ — Universe: Sister! ✤ — Concept: They're at it again—worse, they're not even hiding it anymore! ✤ — Characters: Aether, Beidou, Kazuha, Ningguang (mentioned)

In truth, he wasn't expecting them to return to Inazuma so quickly after clashing against Ei—but here they are again, only this time, they've managed to abolish the Sakoku Decree.

The nation of thunder and change is now on the course back to 'normal'. Or, well, as normal as it can possibly be after going through a lot of things.

Now, the pair of Travelers are either charting back to Liyue, Mondstadt, or Sumeru. At least, that's the plan.

But some have different mindsets.

Aether can only squirm in mild discomfort as he chugs his mug of alcohol—a drink he normally wouldn't indulge in because one, he's not the kind to drink, and two, people think he's underaged.

But celebrations call for feasts, so here he is, drinking the night away with a clear head, eyes twitching, with Paimon already sprawled asleep on the table.

Oh, he really shouldn't feel this way when the Captain was more than willing to give them a ride back to Liyue for free. He cannot help it, though—because it seems that the pirate has more than one reason behind the free ride.

"The wind speaks of your displeasure, why dwell in it in a night as peaceful as this one?"

The samurai slips on the seat next to the blond, voice a little slurred from the sake. Compared to the rest of the sailors, however, his head remains in the game.

Aware that a lie will not work, the Traveler opts to be silent instead, and lets his eyes speak.

When his line of sight is followed, Kazuha laughs, "I see."

Near the ship's prow, a pair of individuals are conversing—or at least, one is speaking and the other is being a listener.

It will appear to anyone else that they are simply engaged in lighthearted chatters, but not to Aether. Heavens, no, his eyes are well trained in these situations.

Although he mustn't worry since he knows that his sister has her priorities set... he cannot help the churn in his stomach.

Shoulders brushing, eye contact lasting, oh he's dreading it.

Captain Beidou's smile of interest has various undertones that point to a desire to engage further.

Normally, Aether won't think much of it, but after overhearing her conversation with the Tianquan about [Name], he hasn't brought his guard down ever since.

Not when even Ningguang seems to be interested—a huge understatement—in his older sibling.

The only thing stopping him from butting in his sister's conversation with the Captain is the fear of upsetting her. Oh, he really shouldn't worry... he really shouldn't.

Besides, it's not like any of them stand a chance. Though it does nothing to abate his worry.

"I'm sure the Captain means well. She was saved by [Name] during the skirmish against the water beast days ago, no?"

Ah—yes, yes, that's probably the reason why the pirate is getting a little too bold tonight and-

"Although... I can see the reason why she's so fascinated with her."

Eyes snapping towards his right, he wallows in his disbelief when he registers the timid hue of pink on Kazuha's cheeks.

Aether drags his hand over his face as he mutters,

"You've got to be kidding me."

Liyue just can't get any closer, can it?

a/n: we had a sight of mc saving aether from a confession, now watch him be stumped over how there's not one, but two people crushing on mc lmao

also also, i plan to write a short about how mc came to teyvat, sometime!

@cherryflushz @e7t3 @scarlet-halos @lordbugs @nebulaera @annoying-and-upset @hanniejji @applepi1415 @tjjjrsj @azirajane @hey-comrade-hold-stil @uwu-dreams @yvechu

[genshinarchives]

Thoma pesters ninja! Reader on teaching him ninjutsu, ninja! Reader got annoyed and decided to teach him so that he will stop bothering her, while teaching him about the technique's in ninjutsu as cliche it is he ended up tripping and his face ended up in ninja! Reader's breast: bonus point if her attire is revealing (since majority of ninja anime girls clothing are revealing lmao) or Thoma accidentally touch ninja! Reader's breast while they were sparring.

Also I could see itto,kazuha and ayato in this situation.

Mel presenting us with one of the best ninja!reader concepts *chef’s kiss* I bet she was wearing a revealing kimono like the ones worn by Tengen’s wives while teaching Thoma~

Itto would definitely be the rowdy student who unintentionally touches her in inappropriate places because he’s so pumped up about learning ninjutsu and sparring with a real ninja. Just an enthusiastic oni who’s determined to do his best and to make her proud, so she can’t bring herself to be mad at him whenever he faceplants in her breasts or grabs her thigh uwu)

Kazuha is a modest but difficult student to teach. Because he’s been trained in the way of the samurai since he was young, it’s hard for him to temporarily abandon bushido so he could embrace ninniku. Regardless, he tries to absorb her lessons to the best of his ability... and he seems to find his eyes wandering to places where they shouldn’t be as well - and during those moments of distraction, he’d find himself in awkward positions with her.

Ayato strikes me as the mischievous type. Probably the cheekiest of the four, and he would definitely abuse his position and power as her superior to play around. He would stand really close to her, and she may find herself in intimate positions with him as well, instigated by yours truly. She can’t snap at him when he has her back pinned against his chest with his arm wrapped around her tightly because hey... to win by any means necessary is one of the ninja’s tactics, right~?

[ducknotinarow]

"n'awwww, c'mon, Usagi-sama." Pinches his cheeks playfully. "You were adorable! I mean, you still are adorable, but watching you get jealous was pretty hot. I didn't know you swore like that!" ( sjefhfhekjfldk; offers you a teasing bf who doesn't know when to shut up uwu )

|Muse interaction [contuined from here] Usagi was simply looking at Leo as they clearly seemed to have been enjoying Usagi's current reaction. He huffed a little but gave a slight stomp of his foot. Samurai were meant to be better controlled of thier emotions after all. Yeah, sure Usagi kept his cool but in truth? He was holding back a part of him. Near wanting that Yokai to just try and hit him. Kind of wondering if Leo would have enjoyed that? That's when he went and slightly scratched at his cheek. Leo was also the reason he tended to let his full personality show, a slight hint of red to the rabbit's face as he turned away from Leo a moment. "You act like it's some big deal I could tell you weren't okay with so I." he starts to mumble under his breath "Picked a fight and sent a threat to that guy." Yeah, Usagi certainly would have swung his sword at the other yokai. Eyeing the chair beside him that the yokai was in he went and gave it a firm kick sliding it across the floor as he went and pulled over a different chair, before sitting back down himself. Clearly, the rabbit was still streamed over it. "I'm not sitting in the same seat as that asshole." and the swears were still coming. Chewing on his bottom lip a bit now a bit of worry over how he reacted all they did was flirt with Leo it's not like Leo flirted back or anything right? he was being stupid uh? "Hey uh Leonardo-san I uh didn't overstep or anything did I?" Turning to look at the turtle now. "n'awwww, c'mon, Usagi-sama."

Met with Leo's fringers taking hold of his face, pinching his cheeks playfully as they spoke to him. Their face got a little flushed over the action as he sat and let them play with his cheeks like so.

"You were adorable! I mean, you still are adorable, but watching you get jealous was pretty hot. I didn't know you swore like that!"

The rabbit tilted his head a little at the last bit, well he did like being told he was hot. But the fact of the swearing stood out. "I've sworn before? I think?" Eyes looking up to the ceiling now as if it would hold the answer for the rabbit. Reaching up to take hold of thier hands and pull them off his face for now. Offering a slight chuckle Leo's way over the gesture "Alright alright, noted my dork of a boyfriend seems to enjoy when I'm the one making a fool of myself for a change." he joked, poking fun at the turtle now. "And in the spirit of doing as such because I'm stuff fucking pissed off right now." Hey, Leo said he should let loose more often.

Smirking at them as he leaned in a bit taking a firm hold on the turtle's waist, he pulled them back swiftly tugging Leo out from his own chair and onto thier new one. Usagi's lap, arms moving to warp around them and hold them close as he let his chin rest on the turtle's shoulder now. "I'm just going to keep you right here so everyone knows you are taken. And if that's not enough well Willow Branch could always make my point too." He mentioned as he shifts his hip a bit to point out he meant his katana.

[knybits]

WASSUP ily but i am here to request our one and only SANEMI SHINAZUGAWA! per usual so how about sanemi and his s/o i’m a soulmate au because i just love soulmate aus! take your time love you 💗💖💕💕💝💝💓💓

YES!!! SANEMI SOULMATE AU!!!! ngl this was such a gd joy to write im :,,) im soft :,,) 

the au is that soulmates can see eachother when theyre standing in front of a reflective window! they cant talk tho :( 

i hope you like this mari!! i made it extra crackhead for you uwu 💞💞💓💓💕💕

Soulmate!Au  Sanemi x reader 

Sanemi has… the perfect soulmate. 

Why, you may be asking? 

They have a fucking dog. 

“C’mon Tama, c’mere!” You coo at your new puppy, crouching down to try and beckon it forth. 

Small tongue hanging and a button tail wagging, Tama bounds over to you and leaps into your arms in pure joy, yapping excitedly as you nuzzle your nose into hits face. 

“You’re too cute Tama!! I love you, awww you’re so cute!” A sudden idea hits you and your eyes widen. 

“You’ve never seen your reflection, huh? Oh boy, this is gonna be fun!” You boop your dog’s nose and they bark again. 

You stare down at your little pup, cradling it like a baby and scratching it’s tummy with a laugh. Tama continues to live in pure bliss and you finally make it to the window. 

“Alright, ready Tama? Here we go-!” You raise Tama by their front legs, body hanging before seeing something in the window that you shouldn't see. Out of pure shock, you drop Tama, who lands unharmed and starts to roll on the ground, dirtying their fur coat. 

The random person in the window starts to yell at you, thoroughly pissed and you can only assume it’s because you just dropped the cutest thing in the world. 

Or, well, second cutest. 

The man in your window is… hot to say the least. His bare chest is openly displaying the plethora of scars that he has and his face is littered with scars too. There’s a katana by his side and his hair is as white as Tama’s fur coat. 

You blink at him owlishly before rushing to the front door, glancing outside only to see no one there.

Which means…

When you rush back to the window, you breathe hot air onto the glass and write some words out. 

“You’re my soulmate?” 

He stares at it, having to read backwards, but shrugs then nods his head. 

“I guess so. Show me your dog.” He writes back, and you rolls your eyes. He looks at you, annoyed by your response, but you comply and reach down to pick Tama’s tiny fluffy body up. 

Never have you ever seen such a soft smile… 

Over time, you find out that your soulmate’s name is Shinazugawa Sanemi. He doesn’t divulge into himself, mainly standing by the window to just look at your dog. 

Sometimes, he shows up in your window with blood on his body, exhaustion overtaking his features. But one look at your dog and he’s back to his normal, kinda angry self. 

“I think you’re using me for my dog,” you write on the glass to him. 

He smirks, writing back, “You’re right,” and you nearly throw a fist through the glass. 

But he always comes back, finding time to walk through a town and weirdly stand in front of someone else’s window to look at you. He likes to watch you take care of Tama, sure, but he also loves to watch you live a normal life.

A normal life he can’t have nor give you. But he’s fine with killing demons and protecting you from the dangers of the night. 

In his own way, he has someone to come home to every night. 

You and your dog. 

Sometimes you ask him what he does, or if he’s a samurai. Which is weird considering the advancing times, but Sanemi would roll his eyes and write for you to not worry about it. 

Then you’d hide Tama away and he bangs on the glass before having to run away, most likely getting yelled at by the actual residents of the house that he’s looking through. 

And then he’d return, this time looking through someone else’s window, and flip you off. 

True love at its finest. 

A year passes by and Tama gets big. 

No like. 

Big big. 

Size of a sack of potatoes big. 

You write a joke to Sanemi, telling him that it’s almost as if you two are the parents of Tama, considering Sanemi showed up around the time you picked a newborn Tama out of a shrub. 

“You’re crazy,” he writes furiously, but you laugh at his blush and he starts to pound on the glass again. 

“I wonder what your voice sounds like,” you write to him. 

“Funny that I don’t.” 

Yeah so he didn’t get to see Tama for a solid two days after that. 

You even slapped a paper onto the window stating that Tama is within your custody for the rest of the week and that he doesn’t have the right to see Tama till the weekend. 

Sanemi goes apeshit, but you couldn’t care less. 

“Let me see my son,” he writes, and you stick your tongue out at him. 

He’s tearing at his hair now as you write, “Tama is sleeping at my feet loser. Get on my level.” 

“WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN?!” 

You turn your head, arms crossed as Sanemi continues to write on the window, a mess of cursing and vulgar language that you don’t care too much to read. 

“Let’s go Tama,” you whisper as you crouch down, and Tama perks awake. 

But instead of hopping into your arms, Tama yaps and bounds out the door. 

“Hey! Wait-!” 

Oh my fucking god your soulmate is actually writing on your window. 

His eyes widen when he sees Tama and out of instinct, Sanemi crouches down with his arms open wide as if he’s welcoming his child back from their first day of school. He’s even smiling to boot, and your heart seizes. 

“What the hell are you doing outside my house,” you breath out. 

Sanemi snaps his head up to you, still petting Tama’s head before realization dawns on him. 

“hEY YOU TRIED TO TAKE TAMA AWAY FROM ME!” 

“YOU WERE BEING A DICK!!” 

“THEN DON’T ASK SHITTY QUESTIONS!!” 

“I JUST WANTED TO LISTEN TO YOUR VOICE!” You finally huff out, and Tama barks to break the angry tension. 

You frown, suddenly sad that your son had to witness their parents fight, and you swipe Tama out of Sanemi’s arms, cooing and apologizing. Sanemi yells for Tama back, but you roll your eyes and saunter back into the house. 

“If you want to hold him so badly then stay for dinner!” 

Sanemi stops, blinks twice, then shuffles in with a soft smile on his face. 

He has someone to come home to every night now. 

[echantedtoon]

Ocean Deep Ch16 Miscommunications And Escape Plans

(Warnings: Mentioning of Yn's wounds and Koyuki's illness.

I bring food to all you Tengen simps. Also a quick recap of the Mers fish tails because someone asked me to add them as they forgot. I also included the other boys so everyone's caught up.

Kyojuro is a lionfish mer such as the one drawn by yuki2sksksk linked below.

Tengen would be a white butterfly koi fish mer.

Makio is a Golden Dragon Koi mer

Suma is a (all blue) Halfmoon Betta Fish mer

Hinatsuru is a Strawberry Peacock Cichlid mer

Giyuu is a Demanson's Cichlid mer purely because I think the colors match him perfectly.

Sanemi and his family are bullshark mers and look like the link below. Same artist who drew the Mer Kyojuro.

Akaza is a Betta Fish mer also by the same artist linked below.

And Finally Obanai is a Coral Reef Snake mer specially the black and white version.

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Remember if you want to be added to the tag list lemme know.

Your eyes widened. 

A pair of puckered lips came at you-

And warmth hot your face as your hands quickly covered your mouth and Tengen ended up kissing the back of your hands. The feeling of something that wasn't your lips caused him to blink his eyes back open and blinked just inches away from your wife eyed red face.

He blinked before pulling away and giving you an annoyed pout. "Hey! What gives?! I caught you fair n's square!"

You could only stare up red faced and blushing. "W-What the heck is wrong with you?!" You stuttered out muffled by your hands still firmly clasped over your mouth. 

"Me? You're the one who decided to tease me and ran away! Now I caught you and now you I kiss you then you chase me..Or I can just chase you again if you prefer.~" You did NOT find the playful smirk he wore handsome and you did not squeak when he growled out. Rubbing his nose into your hands and letting out a content sigh. 

In the distance behind you somewhere, there was a loud splash like someone hit the water in anger before cursing. "FOR FUCKS SAKE!! FIRST THE BETTA THEN THE FLASHY FUCKER!! HOW THE HELL ARE THEY HAVING MORE LUCK THAN I AM?!"

You could barely make out the angry shouting. You couldn't see anything past the giant torso- HOLY SHIT HIS MUSCLES WERE HUGE!! You were terrified of his size and build before because of all the damage he proved he could do but now-

"My eyes are up here, Darling.~ My chest doesn't talk..Well not in same way my mouth does.~" You could've fainted right then and there when he intentionally made his muscles flex.

She gave the most attractive squeak as a strong hand found itself suddenly holding her hand, strong enough to pull it was Your mouth as his other arm had no problem holding you bridal style against him. A deep hum escaped the man as he pressed a closed eyed kiss to the delicate skin. Strong calloused fingers slipping between smaller delicate ones. Warm breath sending goosebumps along the soft flesh giving way to a shiver as he smiled wider against the flesh. Again. Again. His lips were pressed against the hand until eyes opened and found himself sighing in content. Goosebumps spread under his touch as a hand gently placed itself under her chin, claws gently dragging along the skin as he directed her head too him. A shiver from her body, warmth caressing her face as orbs shrouded by deepened desire and half lidded by a want. 

Warmth spread across her face and a moment later lips melted into a kiss. He made no comment back. Embracing the woman against his chest tightly and deepening the kiss, his embrace increasing slightly. Smaller hands found themselves gripping the front of his haori. Everything blurring and unimportant, the only thing that mattered was this woman in his grip. Her everything. His everything.

T H E I R    E V E R Y T H I N G.

Suma's. Hinatsuru's. Makio's. Kyojuro's. All thiers. Her sweet lips. Her beautiful smile. Her shining eyes. Her soft touch- A shiver ran through her under his hands when one hand found the side of her cheek, a rumble from his chest showed amusement much to her embarrassment. He had her right where she was supposed to be, in his arms and his own-

Until a distant woman's scream sounded out.

"UZUI!!"

You turned away from the warmth slightly to peer up startled at the surroundings although that didn't deter the merman who continued trailing kisses from the corner of your lips to the bottom of your left cheek, white hair tickling the left side of your face. The form of a highly concerned pink eyed woman rushing towards you both.

"K-Kanae-"

"Eh. Ignore her."  A hand gently tugged your face back towards him and once again your lips met-

Until another scream pierced the air making you turn away from him again as he trailed after you but stopped when you placed a hand over his mouth. "S-S-STOP!!"

He blinked as you pushed his head away from his own flushed worse than a school girl getting kissed by her crush for the very first time. ..Until his free hand reached out to gently touch yours and kissed the inside of your palm gently. Making you jump.

"TENGEN, PUT HER DOWN!!", Kanae shouted almost panicked as she rushed over towards you both. Picking up the hem of her dress and kicking up sand as she skidded to a stop in front of you both. "BAD MERMAID!! PUT HER DOWN!!" 

You squeaked out loudly when you were suddenly grabbed by Kanae and yanked free from Tengen's grasp and you stumbled onto your feet, nearly falling over on your stomach if Kanae hadn't pulled you back upright. Her face twisted to an angry scowl to Tengen before snapping a concerned look at you.

"Y/n, are you alright?," she asked as you clutched at your chest.

Your heart was hammering like a herd of wild horses stampeding, and your face burnt like a fire was lit under your skin. And you were pretty sure you were shaking because your legs felt like jelly you canned. "....I t-think m-m-my life flashed before my eyes."

"Ah! I'd expect nothing but that kinda reaction from my flamboyant kisses." Kanae shot the merman another scowl as he winked. "I'm a very well experienced lover- HEY!!" He sputtered and leaned back down on his belly to avoid the wave of sand cascading over his head from a woman's foot. "What gives?!"

"SHOO!! ALL OF YOU GET!!" Kanae shooed her arms at Tengen giving him another kick of sand when he didn't get moving. "Go on! You scared her half to death chasing her down the beach like that! Shoo!"

He gave a small cat like hiss when the sand hit his scales. "Hey! Lay off! She initiated courtship first- AH! ALRIGHT WOMAN!! You sure enjoy taking the fun outta love y'know that?"

Tengen gave another puppy dog kicked look at you..but turned and started dragging himself back across the sand and towards the water. She held her annoyed frown watching him until he slipped into the water his tail giving a few snacks to the surface before her gaze then turned towards the left and narrowed at the other mers around her.

"That goes for the rest of you too! I won't have anymore trouble from you today." More shooing motions from her hands were made towards. "Go on. Shoo, shoo, shoo! Back to the ocean with you."

You shakily looked up from where you stood, and froze as at least three other mers besides Tengen were staring at you all. THERE WAS MORE OF THEM!? You jumped as the long snake creature hisses lowly but turned and disappeared slithering behind the large rocks he laid on. The second one who had white hair and large pointed ears gave her a look of pure hurt, as if he actually was physically hurt by her words.

"But..Kanae, I-"

"Sanemi, just-..!" Her head turned away from him and her eyes closed refusing to look at him. "Just go home! Go away and leave me alone already! Y-You've done enough!"

There was a silence as the mer in the Water's eyes widened and.. became slightly watery. Before he let out a growl and with a loud THUNK disappeared back under the blue surface. You could vaguely make out his greyish form quickly swimming away towards the south before he vanished completely. Another splash made you look further away and saw Shinobu waving a hand at the water as ripples temporarily distorted the rolling waves. There was nothing but silence for a moment until something suddenly appeared in front of you making you jump as Kanae's frowning face appeared before you annoyed.

"Where were you this morning?", she demanded in a tone harsher than her soft face executed,arms crossed. "You worried Koyuki sick with pulling a stunt like that! It's very dangerous here if you aren't careful!" She gazed over your nightgown as you still clutched it. "And you're all soaked! Did Tengen do this?"

"N-No!" You quickly held up your hands in the merman's defense. "I fell in myself. I-It's a long story. A-Actually he's the one who helped me get back up. "

"Well don't you run off again! You're in enough trouble as it is-" She stopped noticing a familiar white haired jewel covered head bobbing in the water suddenly being joined by a head of firey hair and three ladies.. She grabbed you hand with a jump and pulled you quickly towards the large house. "Inside quickly."

"Y/N'S BETTER!! LOOK!! Y/N! Y/N! Y/N!," You heard Suma's unmistakable voice calling behind you but surprisingly Kanae was quite strong for a petite girl.

You were quickly pulled across the beach, up the few steps, and straight through the open door by Kanae as her sister calmly followed behind you both much slower. You were stopped only when you were pulled into the room Koyuki was still in, only this time Mitsuri and Kanao was there too. By their position you guessed they were watching the skirmish outside from the window. 

"This is serious." Kanae let go of your hand matching back into the hallway muttering to herself as Shinobu finally walked in with her slow pace. Watching calmly as her sister walked by and stuck her head out the door to make sure no one was there before sliding the door back shut licking it in the process. "At this rate none of us will be able to go home, and all of our hard work will be jeopardized."

Her footfalls came back up towards the hallway and once again reappeared. Everyone watched as she stepped to the window and locked it as well before drawing the curtains dosing most of the light just as Shinobu walked in too.

"Kanae, calm yourself."

"I am calm. I'm also just really worried!", she frowned at Shinobu who hummed before looking towards you.

Her eyes looked you up and down raising a brow at how soaked and covered in sand you were. "Let me guess. She tried running off the island."

You blinked. "How'd you know?"

"We did that the first day we were brought here." Another hum. "..I think we should explain it to her. It's obvious she's involved like us so it'd save everyone else the headaches."

Kanae slowly sighed and nodded in agreement. "You're right but first let us get her cleaned up and into some warm clothes."

Twenty minutes later you were happily seated in a circle on the floor, in a normal dress, and had your hair wrapped up in a towel as everyone else sat still. Mitsuri was nice enough to make everyone some tea and handed you a cup after Shinobu looked over your wounds again to make sure you were still alright.

"Thank you." She smiled at you brightly as you took the cup of green tea from her. "I didn't know that tea leaves grew on the island." 

"They don't. We just found a few sealed tins of it in the back," Mitsuri clarified.

"Well we should be getting back on topic." Kanae gave a glance from where she stood out into the hallway. It must've been noon by now. She closed the door and locked it too, nevermind the front door was also locked and turned back towards you all. "Alright. Straight to business then." Her look could cut diamonds as she looked at you. "How'd you come to be here?"

You blinked. "Didn't they already tell you? I was attacked by a crazy stalker and they apparently brought me here. I don't even know exactly where here is from the coast still."

"How'd you meet those mers out there?," she pressed harder.

You frowned now. Didn't they tell them that too? Maybe they just told Tengen? "I found them by accident in someone's barn except for Kyojuro. I found him washed up along the river while fishing."

Shinobu turned to her sister with a smile. "That matches up with what we were told. She's alright to talk to."

Kanae nodded still not looking away from you. Instead she slowly sat down by Kanao. "That's good. Then we won't bother you with anymore unnecessary questions." Thank goodness for that at least. "Y/n what happened between you and Tengen while you were gone?"

You paused raising the warm cup to your lips to blink at her. "Oh that?" You shrugged. "To be honest I don't exactly know. He kinda just went crazy and started chasing me down the beach like I was a full course meal or something! By the way-" You pointed at her giving a deadpanned look. "-nothing with a fish tail should be allowed to crawl that fast on land. It's a freak of nature!" Mitsuri giggled at your response and you shot her a frown.

"Well what were you doing before he did that? What did he say? It's important."

You hummed slowly removing your stink eye from Mitsuri who still looked amused. "Well, I fell in the water and he was nice enough to get me out. And then we mostly talked. He's very braggy that one."

"That definitely sounds like the fish. All glitter no brains."

You resisted laughing at Shinobu's description of Tengen and just nodded. "Yep. That's him. He said he just wanted to apologize and make sure I wasn't dead and thank me for helping them." You shrugged again making sure to take a long sip of your drink before continuing. "Oh. I also got him to promise not to sink anymore ships so that's something."

"What happened just before he started chasing you?" Shinobu rose a brow. "You must've done something to get him excited."

You thought about it for a long moment. "...Nothing really. He joked about me using CPR as kissing so I told him I'd never kiss him if he was going to be like that but im different words." It was then the five other girls gave each other wide eyed looks. "...What?"

"Y/n. Did you tell him that in a normal way ..or were you teasing him?"

You blinked. "We were joking around. He's the one that got in over his head."

"Oh..Ooh no."

"Oh no what? What's going on?"

They slowly looked at one another before Shinobu inhaled. "I'll just come right out and break the ice!" She clasped her hands and turned back to you with a strained smile. "Y/n. Mermaids play chase with each other when they're romantically interested."

There was silence in the air as everyone looked between Shinobu and you.

You stared widely. "...What?"

"And his teasing you was in actuality his way of flirting with you. In his point of view you were totally flirting back."

"WHAT?!" The cup nearly tumbled from your hands.

"Did any of the others try any certain behaviors when they were with you?" Shinobu continued casually as if you weren't in total shock. "Grooming behaviors such as combing hair? Or maybe they tried to feed you something?"

"I-...W-Wait! What the heck was that last bit you dumped on me?!"

"Answer the questions please."

"Y-Yeah..All of that actually but what has that have to do with me?!" 

"Did any of them try giving you anything? Like maybe seashells or fish or even something valuable?"

"I-"...You paused. Eyes going wide when you remembered a certain fire haired merman and his ring. "Oh gods... Kyojuro tried proposing to me- B-BUT I GAVE HIM BACK THE RING AND TOLD HIM NO!!"

"Well good news! They don't think you're married! However they probably think you're most definitely interested."

"What? But how?! I clearly didn't want anything and I told them that!"

"You see that's the problem. They don't have the same understanding as we do. I think you should take a look at the book we found. It explains everything!"

"Book? What? You were so confused right now. First you were talking about Mermaid coupling and now a book?

You didn't get much of a say before you were just handed over a book. A blue covered book by Koyuki who practically waved it in front of your face. You blinked before leaning back to take in the faded words carved and then inked into the cover. ..'A Researcher's Guide To Magical Creatures And How To Avoid Them Vol. 1.' ... You rose a brow and turned to Koyuki and then back to the two sisters.

"We found it on one of the shelves while we were looking around. We think a researcher left it here on the island while studying them. It's been really helpful in guiding us around this trouble. Opening it to chapter five."

You still didn't know what to think about this, but decided that you had nothing to lose, so the half empty cup was slowly placed down onto the floor next to you and your hands slowly took the book from Koyuki giving her a small thanks. ..F/c eyes looked at the book, then at the girls, then back to the book.. Before hands slowly opened it and started flipping through the pages. Chapter one centaurs. Chapter two elves. Wow. This was a pretty thick book. Every chapter must've been at last a thousand pages each. Chapter three- Ah. Here we go. Mermaids and Sirens. Apparently there was a difference??

"Skip to like fifty pages in." Koyuki pointed out to you.

..Ok. If it'll get you answers faster. You flipped through about that much until bold words on top of one page in particular caught your eye. 'Courtships And Pod Units.' You gave another glance at Koyuki to confirm this was the page she wanted you to read, and began reading once her smile confirmed it.

'In all my years of studying these water dwelling beings and their habits and habitats, it was very difficult to study something that lived somewhere where no human could really go. Luckily the individuals of this isle were able to trade certain items for certain favors from the local population. Intrigued by this strange ordeal, I traveled to the smallest of these isles and brought gifts of simple jewelry and exotic foods such as jerkied elk meat and raw steak that usually they are unable to get their hands on.

I was extremely lucky and found a rather unpleasant large great white mer and his eight wives. Two of which seemed to be koi fish in origin with their tails while the others varied from other shark based mers to more tropical colorful coral reef fish. The male seemed rather hostile to me at first and refused contact until I offered the gifts in trade for info.

It seems like the rarity of the meats intrigued him enough to change his mind and agreed to answer some of my more difficulty answered questioned.'

EIGHT WIVES?! Wow. And you thought Uzui had a lot of partners. You briefly wondered if this merman was the one Tengen was referring to when he mentioned taking over this territory before reading more.

'While he himself was unpleasant, his wives were all very polite and sweet women who gladly answered my various inquiries while trying on the simple bronze jewelry and passed around the meat. I've noticed first in behavior between pods are different. The last pod I interacted with was a small pod of two husband and their wife whom was the pod leader and had at least two children present.

The female accepted my last gift of delicious ribs in exchange for a few of their lose scales to study. The order she fed her family was her children first, her husbands second, and then herself as leader last. I thought this order applied to all pods until I met this unpleasant fellow. Instead of feeding his wives first, he snapped and hugged most of it to himself. Gluttonous man to say the least. So it seems while the heirchy system is the same, not all pod leaders are generous to their spouses.'

Talk about rude and selfish!

'While not in depth I've managed to get a very good chunk of information that I'm sure will help future generations navigate the waters surrounding these fantastic creatures. The main bulletins are certainly good to keep in mind especially for wondering maidens getting close to the shoreline.

-If a mermaid/merman wishes to court another then they usually do things to show their worth. Example being bringing back big game like a seal or shark to prove they can provide food or gifts of polished shells or jewelry to show off wealth. Sometimes they'll even spare with a love interests' family member to show off strength.

-The type of courting habits depends on the type of mer or water creature they are. For example:

Seal mers, or selkies as they're called, will offer their potential partner an opportunity to touch their seal skin while in human form as a sign of trust and interest.

Shark mers will often show off scars and bring back large prey to present to a potential mate to show how fiercely they can protect.

Crustacean mers will offer dances being crab/lobster mers.

Sea dragons might offer a piece of their treasure hoard or recite poetry or knowledge.

However the most common signs of courting is offering valuable resources/objects. But again it varies from water creature to mer.

-Mers don't really have a concept of monogamy or polygamy. Some just prefer one life partner while others sometimes have multiple partners. It's not uncommon for them to have more than one partner. To them it's really just normal.'

Well that explains a lot about Tengen and his family of mers. And why Rengoku tried giving you a ring. And why Suma tried feeding you that catfish a long time ago.

'-It's more common for the women to take the last name of the males but again this isn't always the case.

-Pods are usually categorized by two: Family Pods and Neutral Pods.

FAMILY PODS: Usually the most common and very big varying on the mers. These are usually made up of just family members. Usually a pair of parents and their partners, and their children. Sometimes a family pod will be very big with grandparents, along with uncles and aunts and the main partners' siblings but it's less common.

-There is always one leader in every family pod, usually it's the father of the children. They are in charge of leading the pod and have the final say on things.

-The children are referred to as guppies or pups.

-Ever heard of sharks having a nursery for their pups? Well mers have a nursery for their children too. It's usually hidden and guarded to avoid predators or hostile mers.

-Usually a mer doesn't leave on their own until they're anywhere about sixteen to twenty years old.

NEUTRAL PODS: These are just pods made up of three or more random mers. Sometimes it's a trio or more of romantic partners but most commonly it's just a group of random mers. Neutral Pods can be made up of family members but more often than not it's just random mers who decided they liked each other enough to hunt together, partners without children, or they're made up of mers who just decided to hunt together as they live in the same area.

-If you encounter a neutral pod made up of romantic partners it'll be very easy to tell who's the leader of said partners. The leader will be decorated in the most jewelry. Usually this jewelry is made of home made seashells and stolen trinkets. However if they're in contact with a lot of valuables like gold, jewels, etc then they will have most of it decorating their body however they will also adore their partners in said jewelry as a form of wealthy status and it's sort of like their version of a wedding ring.

-The main leader of said partners is usually the one that gives out the jewelry or gifts amongst his or her partners.

-a neutral pod isn't considered a family pod unless made up of family members or if a neutral pod of partners has children.'

Actually...That explains why Tengen is absolutely covered in jewels and jewelry. WAY more than Kyojuro or the girls. Does that mean that Tengen was the one who gifted them all of that stuff?

'-Mers are highly territorial. Not that an area can't be shared by multiple mers but usually a lone mer or pod has a specific amount of territory they own over.

-Because of their highly territorial nature, male mers will often be covered in scars from fights over territory, fights over a mate, or fights over treasure. LOTS of times fights between them often result in scars, severe injuries, and even death.

-Physical grooming like combing each other's hair, helping to remove loose scales, or just physical touch in general is seen as an intimate act on the same level of a romantic kiss on the cheek so usually it's only reserved for romantic partners or family members.'

A very large glass sound went off in your mind. Eyes going wide open like an owl. ...Say what?

'-Mermaids mate for life like swans do. Unless the other partners/partner dies then they won't really take on another partner.

-THIS is why humans must be very careful when interacting with mermaids/men of any kind. If you do encounter one the following rules Must be kept in mind.

1. If you encounter one of these fantastic creatures be sure to mention a present partner casually. Even if you do not have a significant other, the mere mentions of a partner will detour most interest from yourself.  

2. Keep your interactions platonic. You must never insinuate romantic interest to one. Even the slightest hint of possible interest will make them pursue.

3. Avoid talking about romance or future goals outside of mentioning your partner. Never mention children to them. Talking about children with them insinuates the interest of finding them potential parents to have children with.

4. Keep your distance. Allowing touch is a huge sign of trust and interest of physical contact. Keep as physical far away as possible if you can and do not allow contact to be initiated.

5. Absolutely above all else NEVER accept gifts. Gifts are usually only given out as a proposal of interest. If accepted then consider yourself doomed because any outside romantic interest will result in retaliation and usually does not end well. 

-Mers who're able to keep a human partner are usually seen in higher regard as not everyone can keep one. This is why steps must be taken to ensure the human doesn't end up in hot water. And why many young mers are attracted to the aspects of having a human spouse, not really taking into consideration the blatant difficulties of a relationship like this.

-Mers will also play chase and fight with each other as a display of playful behavior. Reminds me of behavior I've also encountered when I spoke to the Beastmen tribe of the Southern Kokkori Forest. They display a similar playful behavior with their own mates and children.

All the information I gathered was limited but very useful! I'll try bringing back some gold and silver coins and more meats in two weeks time to see if I can get a better description of their underwater homes.'

The book was quickly closed with a loud thud sound and you just stared at nothing really. There was quiet for a long while before Shinobu bluntly asked-

"So how much did you mess up?" Both her sisters shot her a look but you groaned raising the book to your head.

"A lot! Kyojuro asked me about having kids once!" You felt so embarrassed pressing your blushing face deeper into the book. "How was I supposed to know that letting them brush my hair was flirting?!"

"Yep. She's screwed."

"You're not helping any!"

"Let's not argue right now." Kanae gave a worrying glance at the window looking for movement..but sighed when she saw nothing. "There's more serious matters to be dealt with right now. Like getting home."

Your body stiffened before you slowly looked up from the book to poke at eye at her. "Wait. You've actually been trying to get back?"

Kanae nodded. "For nearly the entire time we've been here. You see we weren't the first ones here." Kanae turned to the girl right next to you. "Koyuki was actually here the longest. Kanao was taken here as they've seen her gathering common healing herbs. When she couldn't help her, we were next."

"But why would they need three healers?"

"I get sick often." Koyuki looked embarrassed and shameful almost looking away from the others around her, shuffling deeper into the blanket around her shoulders. "That's why they're here."

"They promised they'd let us go once Koyuki's condition got better, but.."

"Let me guess. Those other mermen got attached and decided to change their minds?"

Kanae sighed. "Yes. Exactly. Unfortunately the only one who seems to understand that we don't want anything to do with them is Giyuu."

"Giyuu?"

"The merman you saw with Shinobu earlier. He's actually very understanding and let's my sister study him without trying to court her. He's the one who's tail looks like a demanson's cichlid fish. Unfortunately he's still unwilling to help Shinobu or ourselves off the isle."

"But if you two two can't leave-" You glanced at Kanao who blinked at you. "-then why hasn't she gone home? She doesn't have anything to do with them, and Mitsuri doesn't either."

"Because if she went back then she could just tell someone where we are, and unfortunately its Obanai who likes her. He's the sea snake you saw." Kanae shook her head. "But we've been coming up with an idea. You just happened to arrive just in time too."

You blinked and looked over at her. "You mean an escape plan?" She nodded. "What kind of plan?" 

Before she even said a word, she made a 'shush' motion with her finger to her lips before getting up. Going to the already closed window to pull the curtains back just enough to peek out, sighing when she saw nothing. Then going to the door to quietly open it before peeking into the stil locked home before quietly closing and locking the door back.

"What are you doing?"

"Making sure Obanai wasn't inside with us, or Tengen was still lurking about." She half whispered turning back to you. "Obanai can go on land and actually lives on the island with us, and Tengen has incredible hearing even more powerful than a normal mer's. Sometimes Obanai will come inside without telling us just to talk to Mitsuri."

"I don't mean to put out plans in trouble!," Mitsuri shuffled still holding onto the tray she brought the cups on. "H-He just likes to talk I-Is all."

"We're not taking any chances after what happened last time."

"Last time?" There was a last time? What happened last time?

"There's an old shed that was attached to one of the damaged homes that's still hear. Kanao found a boat that we could've used to escape with, but Obanai caught us talking about it. The boat not escaping with it." Her expression saddened. "The next night when we went to get it, we found it smashed to nothing but splinters." Your eyes widened. He smashed a whole boat to keep them here?! No wonder they were taking precautions. "But we have a plan! Can we trust you to help us?"

You blinked but nodded. "Anything! I want to go home too!"

She smiled widely. "There's a full moon at the end of the week. Every full moon there's a rapid power of a current right near where we currently are. It brings up a bunch of fish and so they all either go out hunting or sleep. If we can get a boat to that current, it'll take us near a piece of land we can leave through within a few hours."

"Uh. There's a problem. I thought you said the boat was destroyed."

She smiled wider. "It was but we found another perfectly usable under some old debry. It's big enough for all of us if we squeeze in. So what do you say? Will you help us?"

You nodded. "I'm in!"

She nodded. "Alright good. Here's what we still need. I found about three oars but we need to see if we can find some more, and a good bucket in case there's a sudden leak. Until then everyone needs to act as they usually do and don't mention anything about-"

"KANAE!!"

All six of you jumped up as a rather gruff and powerful voice called out the name of one of you. What was-?

"KOYUKI!! I'VE RETURNED! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" A different but still loud male voice called out to another one of you.

What the-?

"Y/N!!" "MITSURI!!" "SHINOBU!!"

What in the world?!

A whole chorus of voices were calling your names minus Kanao who got up and went to the very large window. Throwing the curtain open, unlocking it, and pushing it open to peer out. 

"Kanao! Hey! Can you tell the girls to come out? By the way, have you met my brother?! He thinks you're really cute!!"

"SANEMI DON'T SAY STUFF LIKE THAT!!"

"It's true!" 

"NO IT'S NOT!!"

You all looked at one another.. before slowly getting up and walking to the window too. The book forgotten about as you helped Koyuki up and along with everyone else gathered by the window. It was large enough for all six of you to stand there and look out only to pause at what you saw.

They were back! 

All of the mermen you previously saw plus your friends and two new ones. One was right next to the shark mer. They looked similar enough to be related only his hair was more black and he looked young, around the same age as Kanao. He took one look at all the pretty ladies looking out- His face turned an immediate red before he dunked his head back underwater. Aw. He was actually adorable! The other one though-

Whoa.

He was actually very colorful and unusual looking compared to the others. Pink hair. Greyish skin. Weird blue stripes. He was certainly a strange looking one. He brightly absolutely happy at Koyuki and raised a hand to wave at her.

"Koyuki, we're all gonna practice spare! I'm so happy to see you again!," he called out making the girl pushed the bottom half of her face into the blanket.

"KANAE, WATCH ME KICK THIS LOSER'S ASS!! YOU'LL LOVE THIS MORE THAN THE JEWELS!!"

You all turned to Kanae who turned red and turned her head away from your prying eyes. You guessed that one was Sanemi. 

"GO TENGEN!! GO KYOJURO!! GO TENGEN!! GO KYOJURO!!"

Hey. That voice you definitely knew! You leaned out more and looked up the beach towards the right. A cluster of rocks was there sticking out of the water and on those rocks were three female mermaids you knew all too well. Sitting aside and happily watching the spectacle their husbands made towards the pumped up males. Suma loudly waving and cheering on the two men sitting there. 

"Been a while, Akaza! I thought you were never going to come visit again!," Kyojuro greeted the man before him. 

"HA! You wish! Like I'd let you think I'd let you claim my winning streak!"

"Never the less, suggesting we all spare is a great idea! It's been so long since I tussled!"

A loud smack noise sounded off next to Kyojuro as Tengen smacked his fist into his other hand. "Kyo and I verses you and Obanai?! HA! Neither of you two stand a chance!"

 Obanai hissed in response and Akaza shot an annoyed look at Tengen. "Big talk for a guy who can only fight puny humans and their ships!"

"Ooh! I'm so scared. You're still butthurt over Kyojuro rejecting your flirting to get with me instead. And can you blame him? Look at me!~" His muscles tensed making them flex and his wives give off a few loud squeals. Kyojuro not to subtly also turned his head toward his torso. "Who could resist this flamboyant body?~ Can't cry because my chest is bigger than yours.~"

"OH YOU SON OF A BITCH!!"

You stared as Tengen sent a wink at you- Only to get tackled backwards onto the water by a pink blur and a loud splash. ....Well, no one could be more embarrassed that Tengen right now. 

"Giyuu, don't be so mean to him!"

You looked over. A black haired merman was laying on top of the shark Merman, holding him in a choke hold while his upper half was under water. The shark guy thrashed about flailing his arms to try and get a hold on the one on top of him, bubbles cascading up around his head as it was held underneath the water screaming profanities you were sure shouldn't be said around Kanao.

"...Whelp. I stand corrected."

[cherrysweather]

Omg if u wanna do a black quill one shot 😳... ill request one of a date pre UR1.. BUT IF YOU DONT DO HIM its ok

Of course I’m going to write for Blackquill!! I missed writing for him uwu I tried to write something the least boring possible but I need to thank you for giving me an opportunity to write for pre-UR1 Simon because I found interesting how he matured, he changed from how we imagine him pre-prison to how he is after it and I really enjoyed writing about it So thank you so much again and I hope you’ll like this >-< (I’m so sorry for the long wait, I hope you’re reading this even after all these days Anon, I’m sorry :( --------------------------------------

Laugh with me [Simon Blackquill x Reader]

"He’s coming!" as they heard an acute voice coming towards them, they turned their head and saw an orange ponytail moving as a little girl approached them

"Hey sweet orange" they knelt down to meet Athena’s height "How are you?" they hugged her as soon as she was enough close

"I’m feeling good today!" she moved the hair from their face to place a kiss on their cheek

"I’m happy to hear it" they passed a hand on Athena’s thin back

"Where are you and Simon going today?" she asked curiously as she dragged them to sit to a table

"I found two tickets for a traditional show at the theater near the seafront and then he offered to choose where to dine" they smiled while speaking "Don’t worry, tomorrow I’ll completely leave him to you" they softly patted her hair, laughing at her face

"It’s ok if you spend time with him too! The hearts of you both sing songs of happiness whenever you two are together; even now I can hear that you’re happy!" Athena smiled in such a pure way that the blush on their cheeks could only increase

"Don’t say these things loudly!" they tried to keep Athena’s mouth closed

"Why? Did I say something bad?"

"Just don’t" they looked around to be sure that no one heard Athena, and luckily no one was close enough "…H-His heart too- He’s happy when he’s with me?" they asked after a moment of silence that seemed endless, not looking Athena in the eyes for the embarrassment

"Yes! Every time he speaks about you to my mom or me he seems like he drunk two liters of energy drinks" she kept that smile on her lips as she spoke

"Thanks" they poked her nose and sighed softly, thinking about what that meant, sensing a feeling of satisfaction, happiness, knowing that Simon was happy with them; not that they doubted it, but hearing it so directly, has its effect. They began to tap their fingers on the table, waiting for “His Holiness” to come down from heaven. And, he actually arrived!  

"Did I kept you waiting too long?" when that deep and calm voice came to their ear and a heavy hand rested on their shoulder, they turned towards him and pulled his body toward them from his wrist into a hug

"Oh no no, it just seemed that I was waiting for you to finish an interrogation" they smiled and kissed his cheek

"At least appreciate that I asked Athena to warn you"

"You’re always overworking this poor girl" they pushed him to get up, sticking their nose to his but moving the moment he leaned over to kiss them "Say sorry to Athena first" they looked in his eyes, teasing him but receiving a sigh as an answer.

"See you tomorrow Athena, go to your mother and eat something" he caressed her cheek with his finger and giving her a smile before turning toward the exit. "Where are you going!" they stopped before going after him, kissing Athena’s forehead and waving at her while running to reach Simon. "Stop right here!" She jumped on his back, holding him tight

"Do you want to arrest me?" he grabbed their thighs and took them on his back

"I’ll probably lose against you, so I won’t even try" they hugged his neck and kissed the back of his head

"A good choice indeed" once they were out the space center, he let them down his back, wrapping their shoulders with his arm to hold them close

"How were your lessons today?" they took his hand and looked up at him

"Pretty good, I always manage to learn something new"

"I’ll wait for this samurai to master the emotions and psyche of others patiently" they leaned on him on purpose with all the weight

"Do you want me to become a psychological manipulator?" he held their weight, amused by their childish behavior

"I’m saying it for you too! It could be useful for you as a prosecutor; like when they put you in charge of questioning suspects and you take ages to finish" they tried to convince him of what they were saying

"You have a point on that but, my teacher isn’t a manipulator herself"

"You’ll learn from yourself, you’re intelligent so you can do it" when he didn’t reply for nearly a minute, they turned to his face and laughed softly seeing the contrasting blush on his pale face, hugging his arm but avoiding teasing him.

"You still haven’t told me where we’re going" he said as they stopped to check the shortest way to get to the theater

"I’ll tell you once we’ll be there" they looked up from the phone and smiled at him "You also have to tell me where are we going tonight" they returned to search on the phone

"You’ll see" he answered with their own coin, accepting their challenge when they placed their gaze on his eyes, staring into theirs and nearly into their soul, forcing them to look away

"Stop it"

"You started" he smirked and looked around them, getting closer to them when too many people started to walk near

"There’s no need to protect me" they smiled seeing a shadow in front of them, resting their head on his chest

"Too many people" he wrapped their hips with his arms and tried to see something on the screen of the phone

"Don’t worry, I found it" they tried to reach his lips "You still have to give me a kiss"

"You’re the one who walked away when I tried to give you one"

"Stop being a douchebag" they tried to pull him down by his jacket

"But that’s how I am" He stayed where he was, not giving them victory even when they tried with all their strength

"I’ll climb on you if you don’t bend over" they pouted at him sighing but when they pulled one last time, he “softened” and his forehead slammed against theirs, and when they bent on their knees holding their forehead, it seemed that they were stuck to the ground

"I’m sorry" he reached down to help, trying to contain his laughter

"You could have just told me you didn’t want to instead of head-butting me" they tried to hit his arm with the same strength as his head, not being able to hold their laughter too as she looked at him

"I didn’t want to" he pulled them up, pressing his lips on their head "Do you need some ice?" he passed softly his hand on their head

"I need new neurons, and perhaps a new skull" they squeezed their jacket to avoid beating him, waiting for the pain to pass

"Oh? Did you have any neurons in there?" he pretended to be shocked, putting a finger under their chin when she looked up

"I think I had at least two healthy" they punched his shoulder and looked in his eyes, offended

"They’re still there, don’t worry" he pinched their nose with that amused smirk still on his lips, leaning towards them to try to make amends by resting his lips on theirs "Will you forgive me?"

"I’ll see" they didn’t even give him time to finish the question, pulling him to walk again.

He took that one gesture as an answer that only strengthened the provocative smile on his face.

"Ok, are we going to the park, that bar, or do you want to make a new building appear from the ground?" he asked when they sat on the edge of a fountain

"You called them all except the one where we’re going" they patted the spot beside them, taking the two tickets from their pocket as he sat down "Guess what’s this" they covered the name of the show, leaving uncovered only the Japanese print that was on them

"That’s a print of Meguro since there’s the Fuji in the background, so probably it’s a show set in Meguro? Or?"

"Better, a Rakugo show of which one of the many stories is set in Meguro" they handed him one of the two tickets to show him "I remembered you once said that a friend of yours knew a Rakugo crew and that you would like to go see one, so I searched for the first show that would be held nearby; happy?" they slipped under his arm and looked up at him, seeing an expression full of surprise and happiness

"You don’t forget anything uh? I think I told you that thing at least one year ago" he pulled them to him, kissing their head repeatedly, suddenly moving his lips to theirs "Thank you" he held their hand in his, cuddling it with his finger

"It’s nothiing" they laughed at his reaction, squeezing his hand and getting closer to him "But we have to wait about fifteen minutes before we can enter" they took their small bag, searching something in it

"We can talk or do something in the meanwhile"

"Yeah, about that; did you have lunch?" they pulled out of the bag a box covered with a colorful cloth "I brought you something to eat if you haven’t yet"

"You didn’t have to" "Knowing that someone uses the excuse of working until night to eat nothing all day, I definitely had to" they hit his arm weakly "So eat, I did it with all my love".

He sighed and opened the box, finding in it three onigiri, some vegetables, and other side dishes

"There are both the chopsticks and a fork in the box" they waited for him to taste something and get his opinion "How’s that?"

"Mh, it’s edible, nothing special" he waited to see their sad face before laughing "I’m joking, this is delicious" he hit them with his shoulder "Thanks again" he passed them something with his chopsticks, taking his hand away when they tried to bite his finger too "Beast"

"Rude. And evil".

When the minutes passed, the two of them entered the theater and they gave the two tickets to the staff to certify them before entering the hall "Wait wait! I know how these kinds of stages are called!" They sat down in their seats as they thought about it "They’re called yose, right? Or koza?"

"The yose is the traditional rakugo theater, the koza is the stage" he corrected them "Study better next time" he laughed softly at their face

"At least I try"

"And I couldn’t be happier, I’m glad you try to share my interests" If Athena were here, she would only jump all over the place from how Simon’s heart is full of happiness and relief from all the busy days before this, grateful to be able to spend it with them.

Since they were seeing a Rakugo show, some Japanese Rakugo-ka took turns to tell a different story both in English and in Japanese, that then an interpreter translated, sometimes interrupted by the laughter of the audience.

- “When the Lord saw the dish in front of him he was very surprised As far as he knows fish is supposed to be red and flat like sea breeze, he's never seen anything like sanma before. At first, he can't believe that these long black things are really fish; what's more, they're still covered with smoking cinders, which make a sizzling sound "They're crying" "No Master, they're not. Please try some" - "Delicious! Sanma is the best. Farmers are lucky, they eat better food than I do! From now on I'm going to eat sanma at every meal" - - One day, the lord is invited to the home of his cousin "Thank you for coming to my home, I'd like to serve your favorite dish so, what can I ask my cook to prepare for you?" "I'd like the sanma" "Huh? Sanma? You want Anma?" "No no, you can't eat Anma, I said Sanma; it's long and black, and smokes and sizzles. You can't stop eating it, I'm dying for Sanma!" "Oh okay, I'll go talk to the cook" "Huh? A cheap common fish?" - "Oh okay, I'll rush out to the nearest market and get some" "Wait wait wait! Don't go to our usual place, buying it there will give us a bad name, you better go to Nihombashi" "Ok, I'll go" - - After he buys the fish, he thinks how to prepare it in the best way for the Lord; he knows the best way to cook the Sanma is to grill it and serve it with grated radish and soy sauce but, he thinks he'd better remove the fat by steaming the fish so that the lord doesn't get indigestion and that he'd better remove the bones so they don't scratch the lord's throat. So the freshest Sanma in all of Edo is served to the lord as soup; without fat and bones and in a very fancy bowl with a lid on it. - "What's this? Sanma should be long and black; are you sure this is Sanma?" "Yes yes, it's Sanma" The Rakugo-ka mimed the moment to eat that soup, spitting it out immediately afterwards "Yuck! Where did you get this- this Sanma?" "My cook went to the fish market in Nihombashi that has the best Sanma in all of Edo" "Huh? This isn't the best Sanma, everyone know that the best Sanma comes from Meguro!"” - "This was my first time at a Rakugo show, but I’m already waiting to go to another one"

"I'm happy you liked it" he took their arm and walked away with them.                                                                       He took them toward one of the great streets of the city, keeping them close as they walked

"So? So? Where are we going?" they asked, pulling his shirt like a child

"You’ll see" he didn’t even look down the face they were making for him to change his mind "I'll say just that a friend of mine runs it, so you'll eat well"

"So you're bringing me at a romantic dinner"

"Not in a super fancy and expensive restaurant, so I hope you'll like it anyway"

"If you like it so much you want to take me, I’m sure it will be one of the best I’ve ever tried; today I understood that your tastes are very reliable" they followed him, arriving at some point on a road near the river that was empty "This place is pretty isolated" they looked around them, noticing also that the sky darkened as the sun went down

"That’s one of the things that makes me love this place" he stopped for a second, looking up to the sky and moving away from them for a moment "What time is it?" he looked at them"

"Um, it’s almost eight o’clock; why?"

"Someone has to eat too, you know" he then whistled into the air, making as much noise as possible to be sure of an answer "We can go in the meantime"

"What did you do?" they asked looking back

"Wait some seconds and you’ll see" they pouted at him, tired of always being kept on the edge, understanding what-, or better, who Simon called when she heard a scream, a screech, approaching them but stopped once that two sharp “paws” landed on Simon’s shoulder

"Taka!" they smiled but took a few steps away from him as they know he still doesn’t really like them "You gave him a new bandana! He’s so cute" they greeted him with her hand

"I thought he deserved a change of style" he scratched the back of his head and under his beak, taking then a packet of pieces of dried meat from his jacket’s pocket

"Can I try to feed him?" they said hesitantly

"If you want to try it’s ok, he’s still a chick, so he should stay calm" he patted his head with his finger, passing the packet to them and stopping from walking

"If he bites me, I’ll cry" they said laughing, taking a piece of meat and bringing it close to him, trembling with their hand, breathing a sigh of relief when he took the dried meat and not their skin.

"See? It’s easy" he let him fly free again moving his shoulder suddenly, noting that the sky was now only a single cloud

"You do it every day, easy to say that" fortunately they arrived shortly after it started to rain. They remained behind his back, looking around and waiting for him to lead the way

"Heyo Simey!" a short boy approached them and Simon walked to greet him

"Hey pillock" he patted him on the back as a greeting

"Stop calling me like that" he punched his arm and his eyes fell on the other person with him "Oh, you're that friend of his? Nice to meet you! I’m Bucky!" he took their hand and shook it

"It’s nice to meet you too" they approached as if pulled by him

"Every time Simey comes here to eat, he always talks about you. He’s completely in l- Ouch!" he stopped when Simon’s hand hit his head

"Silence, that’s enough." He sighed and didn’t even look at them

"You can use your words instead of your hands; they’re harsher but lighter" Bucky looked at him badly and passed before him "Take a seat and let him eat so maybe he calms down" he said in a low voice, looking at them

"I can hear you, you know"  he made Bucky run straight into the kitchen as he spoke

"You’re unbearable" they pinched his hand looking at him

"He’s used to it" he laughed softly at their face, moving his eyes to the window after a thunder

"Shouldn’t you call Taka back? It’s dangerous for him to fly around with thunders"

"I was thinking about it" he got up and went out, whistling immediately after a thunder to prevent Taka from not hearing him, coming back inside with a soaked chick in his arms

"Aww wait a second" they took a jacket from their bag, opening it and wrapping Taka in it

"Is he alright?" Bucky returned with two menus and some water, looking at Taka

"He’s just wet, nothing hurt him" Simon answered, patting Taka’s wing

"He’s strong" they adjusted her jacket like a nest to keep Taka warm as soon as the orders, kindly advised by Simon, arrived "Anyway, thank you for bringing me here" they smiled at him, separating the two chopsticks

"If it hadn’t started raining, it would have been a perfect day, but we have to settle" he moved the soba in the broth, adding some soy sauce to it

"But I enjoyed it and I’m still doing it! Hearing you laugh at the theatre was the best part of course" they smiled and imitated him in mixing the soba

"That’s why you chose a Rakugo show instead of any other kind of show?"

"I chose it because you wanted to go see one, and because it was comic, so I could hear you laugh" they blew on the soba to cool it and make it edible before tasting it.

He just smiled as an answer, having some blush in his cheeks, trying to hide it eating. When Taka recovered, he started to hop around their table, searching for food "He can eat this meat right?" they took a piece of meat from their bowl, blowing on it so as not to burn Taka’s mouth

"He prefers it raw, but even if boiled it shouldn’t disgust him" they gave it to him with the chopsticks once it was cool, happy that Taka ate it willingly, like the rest of their leftover

"And with that, he dined too" Simon said as he stretched himself, hitting his belly "Did you enjoy?" he looked for a second outside the window, seeing the rain still falling

"Yes! We should come here more often now that I know how good this food is" they stood up to stretch too "Now we need a good run in the rain to digest" they took Taka and put him back in their jacket, going then to pay with Simon

"I can’t pay for myself right?"

"You paid for both the theatre tickets, so no, you can’t" he patted Taka’s head, thinking about how to go back home without drowning in the rain "This rain isn’t going to stop soon, so we’ll have to get wet" he took off his jacket and covered them when they approached him

"And you?" they looked at him, trying to cover at least his head too

"Don’t worry about me, think about Taka" he patted their head laughing, saying goodbye to Bucky before going out.

After nearly half an hour, they found repair at Simon’s house, running inside at the speed of light "Go take a hot shower or you’ll get a cold"

"Can you please stop worrying about me as if I’m a kid?" they released Taka from their chest, placing their jacket on a chair

"Because you are a kid to me; or at least, a kid definitely dressed lighter than me and who might freeze faster than me" he touched their forehead, sighing and going toward his bedroom

"Go in the shower, I’ll bring you some clothes". He returned then in the bathroom with some of his clothes "These clothes should fit you, tell me if you want something else"

"They're ok, thanks" they smiled, but in the meantime, they pushed him out of the bathroom

"As if there’s a problem with seeing you undress" he rested his back on a wall next to the door "I already seen everything there’s to see; you thin back and every detail of your thighs. Oh and, I already saw also your-" he was interrupted when they suddenly opened the door, red like a tomato "-Embarrassed face as I admired it all" they were so close to punching him, but all they could do was lock themself into the bathroom to ignore him. When they came out, they kept their gaze away from him, still embarrassed by his words

"A tiny lion entered the room" he passed a hand on their still warm hair, kissing them quickly before taking his turn in the shower.

They just sat on the carpet, sighing and trying to get Taka’s attention from where he was. They patted him slowly, still scared, since they knew they weren’t too appreciated by the raptor, but strangely he was accepting their attention; he started it. They were interrupted by the sound of the entrance door opening, and Aura entering "Hello Ms. Aura!"

"Now I’m a miss? What are you doing here? And where’s that weeb?" she threw her stuff on the table, hugging them as if they were her younger sibiling

"I’m here because we were out together and since it started raining I took refuge here; he’s under the shower now"

"Oh great, I hope he made you eat" she went to her room, slamming her hand on the bathroom door in the meantime "Don’t even think about letting them sleep with you tonight, I forbid it; and hurry up in there!" He actually came out minutes after, still drying his hair with a towel "Aura came back?" he sat on the sofa, keeping a hand on his head

"Oh yes, you heard her?" they laughed, showing in the meanwhile Taka to Simon

"W-What have you done to him?" he laughed as soon as he saw him

"He trusted me so I made him beautiful! I dried all of his feathers, I combed them and I changed his bandana with a dried one; you like him?" they laughed too when Taka flew on Simon’s leg

"He’s handsome, like his owner"

"Oh please" they took a pillow from the sofa and threw it to him

"You’re saying I’m not handsome?" he threw it back to them

"Probably" they approached him and rested their chin on his knee, smiling innocently, managing to receive a kiss from him like that, a gentle and slow one, which was however interrupted when he hit their forehead with his finger

"Rude"

"Me?! You’re the one who just hit me!"

"Revenge" he was so calm, but deep inside he was laughing like a devil

"Treat them well you emo weeb!" Aura’s voice thundered from the hallway, scaring both of them that then ended up laughing like two idiots.

  "Choose; Samurai or Ninja?" he looked at them, taking the remote control in hand

"For?"

"Choose." They saw the remote in his hand, so they understood

"Samurai I guess"

"And samurai it is" he grabbed their arm and pulled her on the sofa with him, putting an episode of the Steel Samurai "We can do the entire rewatch of it if you want"

"I already like the theme, so I’m completely ok!" they nestled in his arms and after a while, Taka joined them, as if he too, was interested

"Don’t turn them in a weeb too, please" Aura sighed before that scene, shaking her head

"At least they try to look into what I like, ignorant’ Simon looked into her eyes as if to challenge her, but it took Aura less than a second to turn her heels and walk away, surrendered. 

------------------------------- Just here for a useless thought but, the UR-1 Incident will take place on the 7th of October this year! Probably someone at Nasa will be killed or something OwO In doubt, I’ll mark it on the calendar XD Maybe an irl Simon will appear, who knows ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯

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Can I get uhhhh Kazan/Oni and a reader who’s also a killer? 🥺

this is my first official piece between killer and killer and I was rather excited to write it. There are a lot more variables to consider when doing a killer x killer thing so apologies if this seems vague

but I’ll do anything for Kazan UwU. The reader will be gender-neutral. THANK YOU for the ask! hope this is okay

also, sorry if this seems smaller than my other pieces, i’m trying to refine my works so that i don’t have to write so much

HeadCanons for The Oni (Kazan Yamaoka) with a Killer! S/O

Kazan would regard you with the utmost respect and maybe even view you as a worthy equal. You’d just have to first earn it. Normally, when he would encounter the other killers in the Fog, he would scoff and turn his nose up at them. All were below him, weak dogs, not warriors of great battles or heads of respectable family names. He, of course, regarded you the same way when he first met you. To him, you were smaller and “less threatening” and that to him was enough to justify his feeling of superiority over you. But you proved him wrong. Over time you would demonstrate your capableness to inflict pain and death upon others, you would rack up the most kills pleasing your master the most out of all Its little pets. You were the Entity’s lapdog, your name always being brought up in Kazan’s conversations with the Entity.  He was constantly being compared to you and it boiled his blood. But eventually, he caved and began to take interest in you.

Kazan would come to you seeking advice, his chest fuming with shame and anger. The Entity was upset with him and he was confused. He did what he thought he had to, he killed them all with no hesitation, gave the survivors no chance to try and escape his wrath. You would chuckle at his ignorance and explain to him that his method was not what the boss wanted. You would have to teach Kazan that he wasn’t just a butcher anymore, he was a concertmaster, an artist, a conductor of suffering and hope. It wasn't just about end results, it was about the build-up to the end. Kazan would look at you with eyes of confusion and a mixed brain, you were speaking tongues to him. You would spend the next few nights consistently instructing him on what to do, drilling it into his thick skull that hey, maybe letting them go and prolonging chases will make the Entity happy. When you were at your wits-end, the task of teaching the samurai ogre making you wish you were dead, Kazan stomped up to you. He crossed his large arms over his bloated chest and without saying it, bragged about his merciless victory. You had done it, the impossible. This was when Kazan really began to respect you as a warrior. He viewed you through the eyes of not a war-machine but of a cunning and effective killer.

You two would have your bad days. The angry and all-consuming fire which the Entity feasted upon would grow and expand, consuming your common sense and reason until you were left with nothing but undesirable rage. The two of you would become inconsolable, burning beasts of destruction and death, and when your fires would reach their peak Kazan and you could not stand to be together. It was a mutual decision, better to stay away than to allow your fires to expand and consume one another. But after the Entity had Its way with you both you would find your back to each other with your tails between your legs. It had drained you so completely that now you were just tired and embarrassed by how easily you were manipulated by your boss. You greet each other with soft grunts or distant looks and you would stumble off to a spot where you both could just sit together and recoup some lost energy. During this time of fatigue, Kazan would allow you to sit extra close to him and maybe even allow you to lay your head on his shoulder. He didn’t see these actions as signs of weakness because, in those moments of quiet and exhaustion, Kazan craved your touch and comfort.

You both are killers, and in essence, both of you are beings who have lost a part of themselves that makes up the human condition. Now imagine, a stonewall desperate for the softness and comfort they lack and seeking it in the only other being present, which just happens to also be a stonewall. Affection is an odd topic when it comes to you and Kazan, neither of you knowing how to take that first step to being kind, slow and gentle. But what makes up for your initial deficiency in human contact is your ability to relearn it together. Hand in hand you and Kazan can learn to experience all those sweet little nothings that makes people happy and content, a journey of rediscovering the joys of the human condition.

Some days you will have to be the one initiating affection, reaching out to hold his hand or snaking your arms cautiously around his waist. He never pushes you away, secretly wanting physical contact as much as you do but being too prideful to act on his own urges. If you pull away from him prematurely expect him to grunt with dissatisfaction before following your retreating hands and replacing them back onto his body. It was his way of saying to stay with him and to not let go.

On the odd occasion that Kazan was the one to ask for affection, he would simply hover over you, drowning you in his shadow. He wasn’t going to use words to convey his intentions rather relying on you to pick up when he demanded attention. His favorite thing to do, something you would have to always watch out for, was as you walked past him while he was sitting he would grab you and swiftly pull you onto his lap. It was a humiliating position but one you would ease into. He was warm and big and he would suffocate you with his sheer size and weight. He was your wall, keeping out all the little voices that would otherwise want to hurt you. And you were his core, calm and collected, giving him gravity and sense.

!NSFW! Kazan is a huge man and is obviously a top. Even if, by some miracle, you were bigger than the mountain himself, he would still insist that he would be the one giving you pleasure rather than receiving; it’s an ego thing. He would be amazed by the size difference between you two and would often find himself hesitating when you would present yourself to him. His large, clawed hands would hover unsure and nervous about touching and possibly hurting your smaller body. Take his hands and guide them to your exposed flesh, welcome him to explore your body and he will be forever grateful. When the motions get going and things start to get more wild and rough, Kazan will still wait for clarification from you. He’d slow his pace and annoyed by the disruption you would growl, “What are you waiting for?” That was enough to send him on a mad frenzy, going into you at a relentless pace. You weren’t weak, he remembered, you were a warrior like him. And you could take whatever he dished out.

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Snow anon here, uwooo I love Yuki with every ounce of my soul.. she makes me feel so soft !! 🥺💖💖 I'd love to see HCs of her & Kyojurou if you're cool with it hehe, their dynamic seems funny but really endearing 👉🏻👈🏻

Hey hey, bby! Thank you soooo much for loving her. UwU And yes, it’s totally fine. Hope you like them tho.

Also, I do apologize but I still have your other req on queue. Sorry about that! :( I’ll get to it soon. I promise!

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Kyōjurō with Yuki (My OC) (SFW HCs):

There is never a day when those two don’t argue about something.

Lovingly, of course.

Their arguments go like...

“Are you serious? Like, seriously, Kyōjurō? SERIOUSLY?” Yuki would say incredulously, with her hands constantly flying through the air.

“How many ‘seriously’s does one person need in a sentence, my love? And what are you talking about?” Kyōjurō would answer with a laugh.

And that would just irritate Yuki for no reason; except that he was still happy while she wasn’t.

So she would answer with, “You used up my shampoo. Again. I told you I had that specially made.”

“We can just go back there”

“Well then good luck hiking your ass through the snow. I mean, seriously!”

But Kyōjurō would just chuckle and keep on reading his book, all while snacking on some peanuts. “I know you’re being serious, my love.”

An unholy screech would just fly out of her mouth at that, and she would clench her hands into fists and angrily wave them at her lover.

“You- you little-!”

“Have I ever told you how cute you look when you’re on the verge of killing me?” Rengoku would compliment so smoothly, as if her anger was nothing to cower from.

A brave, brave man indeed.

“SHUT UP! Ugh! I really don’t like you right now!”

Then she would stomp off like a petulant child, which would prompt Kyōjurō to start laughing at his victory.

“You’re acting like a child, (Y/n)!” He would yell at her retreating figure.

“Shut up before I strangle you!” The irate woman would shoot over her shoulder, all while flipping him the finger.

But, no matter how bratty she was, he still loved her.

So. Freaking. Much.

Because even though she acted like that with him, she still had the softest heart.

She would cry at the smallest of things— like a child tripping.

She would already have tears in her eyes at that.

Or if she saw someone being maltreated on the street; she would immediately come to their aid and protect them.

And Kyōjurō especially loved her for practically adopting Senjurō as her own brother.

They were so close, in fact, that Senjurō was often mistaken as her son.

Forget Tuesdays with Morrie; it’s now Sundays with Senjurō.

Since the Rengoku brothers weren’t allowed to have pets while growing up, they were skittish around Yuki’s pet dogs and foxes at first.

She even made a passing joke at Kyōjurō that they would tear him apart on command if he ever pissed her off.

And he ate that up like a bee to a flower.

At least, for a while.

However, her eloquence and ladylike elegance only really shone through when she was at the Hashira meetings.

Yuki can trade insults with Sanemi like a pro, all while making it sound polite.

One of them went like: “I do apologize, Shinazugawa, but I don’t have anymore brain cells to waste for today. So, if you’ll please let me pass through...”

Also, there was one time when she was talking to her mother’s shop hands, and they mentioned a former employee’s intention to transfer to being a samurai...

“Last I checked, they didn’t let thieves become samurai.”

And whenever she and Kyōjurō were within Shinjurō’s presence, the Flame Hashira would always have to make a conscious effort to keep her from insulting his father from the tips of his hair to the very ends of his toes.

She never raised a weapon to any human being, but she seriously considered raising her naginata to Shinjurō.

As she’d told her lover once, “Why would I feel bad about hurting him? He’s not even worthy of being classified as human.”

And lowkey, that made Kyōjurō love her all the more.

Bc she was willing to stand up for him, when he couldn’t do it himself.

While their time with his father was always borderline unpleasant, he immensely enjoyed their visits to her parents.

Bc they had the best food, and the warmest welcome always reserved for him.

“Okaa-san! Why are you happier when Kyōjurō’s around? Don’t you miss me? You should miss me more! I’m your daughter!” Yuki would whine as she clung to her mother like a child.

And for that, her father would always offer his sincerest apologies and thanks to him for putting up with his daughter.

The Mizuguchi patriarch would always tell him, “We understand completely if you want to return her to us. She’s quite the handful.”

To that Kyōjurō would respond with, “No, sir. I love your daughter very much. She always manages to brighten up my days, so I would never want to hurt her like that. If you would allow it, I’d like to take care of her forever...”

Because really, Kyōjurō loved that crazy woman so much.

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• Halwyn • 20 • Wales • ♂ • He / Him • LGBTQ+ •

Hewwo y’all! Welcome to my blog (ᵃⁿᵈ ᵗʰᵉ ᶜʰᵃᵒˢ) This is my main blog, I do have a few others but this is by far my most active. Feel free to message me, I don’t bite! I hope you enjoy shitposts, because that’s what you’ll be getting here. My other blogs are more orderly..

Feral, Cursed, Angerey ...

🍴😋🍴 I CAN and WILL eat the Rich 🍴😋🍴

Hobbies;

🌿 Art

🌿 Reading

🌿 Writing

🌿 Natural history

🌿 History

🌿 Nature

🌿 Vulture Culture

I’m probably in the middle of a mental breakdown or ongoing crisis tbh, but I’m ..

☆. 。.:*・° vibing°   ・ *:.  。. ☆

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Hey, wanna delve a little deeper? 👀

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I am a Pagan and been plant-based since 2017, relating to my practice. I care very deeply for nature, I love being in nature, being around animals and admiring plants, mushrooms are also incredibly cool. I also think rocks and crystals are rad. I like to make an active part in being eco friendly, and hope to one day be self sufficient on a plot of land with a Mule.

I grew up in a working class family and will always be working class, and have often struggled with money. Although I do have the fortune of never being homeless, we have come close in our difficult times. I care very deeply about helping those struggling as I have gone through it myself.

I am on the autism spectrum, and I also deal with high levels of stress, anxiety and depression. I have got better with them recently but they like to show up whenever. I don't know at points if I've gotten past them, or if they've just gotten so normalised at this point that I just deal with it without realising, oof. I'm also prone to nerve pain (Sciatica & Neuralgia) and joint pain, namely in my knees and lower back.

I have also recently been diagnosed with IIH, a condition that mean I have and produce too much cerebrospinal fluid, putting excess pressure in my skull. The symptoms for me are headaches, temporary loss of vision, double vision, tinnitus, trouble focusing, fatigue, balancing issues and short term memory loss. It's not great, but I'm thankful my symptoms are mild compared to others with it, as in some cases it can lead to blindness :(

I was actually diagnosed with CVST. It's a rare form of stroke where rather than being starved of blood in the brain, there's too much blood, leading to a bleed. I have IH alongside this, but the main difference between IH and IIH is that IH has a cause where IIH doesnt. The cause being the stroke. The symptoms are the same though so 🤷‍♂️

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Not to be edgy but they're important parts to me as a person, so I thought they'd be important to mention uwu

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Also some fun trivia! (If y'all even care sksk)

•Terrified of Baboons, Pelicans, Moths/Butterflies

•I adore the holy trinity of cursed animated animal movies (Watership Down, Plague Dogs & Felidae)

•I love the Moomins, Beatrix Potter and the similar aesthetic uwu

•I sleep in a hammock

•I dabble with harmonica (it's awful lmao)

•I have some weird water phobia thing going on?? I don't know what's happening with that, it's complicated

•I have a dog (Bella, Bedlinton/Springer), cat (Skitty/Scibby/Squid/Skit/Skid/Squeek, black longhair), Degu (Bruno/LittleMan), Cornsnake (Ramen) and a Shrimp tank UwU

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Favourite colour; Mustard

Favourite animal; Pigeon (Mules close second)

Favourite flower; Gypsum

Favourite book; War of the Worlds

Favourite band; Breaking Benjamin

Favourite movie(s); District 9, Planet of the Apes (All original series and the new) Prince of Egypt, Watership Down, Predator, Brother Bear, Shape of Water

Favourite shows; Moomins, Invader Zim, Samurai Jack, BoJack Horseman

Favourite anime; Beastars, The Promised Neverland, Devilman Crybaby, One Punch Man, Hetalia, Attack on Titan (I'm way behind though)

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Time to go feral, be gay and do crimes UwU

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Klance Redemption Headcanon bc I’m desperate

i’m not good at these, so forgive me for the shite quality

Season 8 starts, Allura and Lance are exploring their feelings for eachother

Axca confesses her feelings for Keith in some way or another(”we make a good team” possibly? parellel?), but Keith is like???? I don’t even know you???

axca: keith senpai uwu ur so cool~~~ i like your knife~~ i think we work really well together

keith: .. r u sure about that?

There’s some Axca pining, but eventually “Mr.Hothead” Keith is like, “can u not?!?!”

he basically ends up pushing her away? 

Meanwhile, Mr. and Mrs.Blue Lion are bonding and working together on missions and shite, but Allura is kind of like, “This doesn’t feel right..”

She recognizes her feelings for Lance, but also realizes that it doesn’t feel the same as when she was with Lotor? She doesn’t get the same feeling she did with Lotor as she does with Lance.

Allura ends up telling Lance this and he gets kind of emotional, but accepts her feelings.

“It’s okay, I’m always the second choice..”

Lance ends up going to Keith for support with this, just like in Season 3, because he knows that Keith is someone he can trust with these feelings.

“Hey man..”

There’s a pretty emotional scene between Keith and Lance

we get a hug!!!

i won’t ellaborate too much bc like i said, i’m shite at this, but Keith and Lance end up bonding through their insecurities?

Lance and Keith end up falling back into their groove like they had in Season 3 and such

Lance supports Keith fully and is a great right hand man

They hang out a lot together and get to go on cute little missions and shit

The timeline ends up a little somewhere around Keith’s birthday

we get a whole filler episode dedicated to it, seeing as how much the vld crew loves to stick their head up Keith's ass.

Lance wants to get Keith a gift, but he’s unsure of how to go about it.

Was thinking of writing a funny card, but thinks it’s not good enough.

Was thinking of getting him a new knife, but thinks it’s too predictable.

Lance sees the rest of the paladins and crew gathering up presents for Keith quite easily, and ends up feeling really insecure about their friendship.

“Maybe I don’t know him as well as I thought I did...”

Lance ends up confiding in Shiro about it and asking him for ideas about a gift.

Shiro kind of laughs it off, because it reminds him of the first time he went shopping for Adam’s birthday.

Lance blushes and shrugs it off because, “it’s not like that.”

Shiro and Lance talk for a bit about Lance’s friendship with Keith and how close they are, and by the end you can see that Lance’s faith in the friendship is restored and he finally has an idea for the gift. Yet Shiro’s comparison still lingers in the back of his mind..

The Paladins end up throwing Keith a birthday party at the house(shack) they first gathered in.

I like to think it was so insignificant that it wasn’t destroyed in the attack on Earth?

But then again, what do I know.

The party is cute, we see little games like “Pin the tail on the Kaltenecker” and “Where’s Cosmo?”

The party starts to come to a close and Keith decides to go outside for some fresh air.

us introverts need alone time to recharge

Lance ends up following Keith outside, because he still hasn’t given him his present yet.

“Hey Samurai, what’cha up to?”

“Nothing, just needed some time alone, thanks for ruining that.”

They both chuckle, knowing that it’s only a joke.

“Wanna sit with me for a minute, I’m not ready to go back to the party just yet?”

Lance hands Keith his present, which ends up being a little photo album of the time they shared together while Keith was Black Paladin.

Inside are photos Lance took of Keith and the team while they were off guard, exploring the galaxy.

We get some A+ selfies Lance tried to take with Keith, in which all of them Keith uses the same pissed of “covering the camera with my hand” maneuver. 

Not to be a softie or anything, but we get a prime ass photo of Keith giving Lance the fondest smile ever, while simultaneously trying to knock the camera out of his hand.

On the back cover, Lance attached a little note for Keith to read.

Lance’s letter includes how he admires Keith as a leader and is honored to be his right-hand man, and ends up hinting at his romantic feelings for Keith.

WE GET KEITH BLUSHING!!1

Lance starts to stutter, afraid of what Keith will say, “Sorry if that was too forward, I know you don’t really like affection or anything, so sorry if I made you uncomfo-”

Keith cuts Lance off with an ON-SCREEN MLM KISS

We get a shot of them slowly pulling away from each other and smiling softly as the stars twinkle above them, and for once everything is alright.

For the rest of the series, we get the cutest little flirting one liners between Keith and Lance.

And at the very end, when all of the Paladins are being awarded their medals and dubbed the “Legendary Defenders,” we see Keith and Lance holding hands, smiling to the crowd, knowing that because of them and the rest of the Voltron Coalition, the universe is a safe place for everyone to live freely. 

Sorry if this was kind of cheesy, I’m a bit rusty with my writing and I’ve never made one of these before lol...

ALSO!! This wasn’t mean to disregard Allur*nce! I like Allur*nce, but was disappointed in the romantic scenes we got. I was going to make a hc post for them too, but I haven’t come up with any ideas yet. but someday!!