#holiday yunaka

[thewisemankey]

SPECIAL DELIVERY.

Yunaka🎁

[juliakeyoto]

[owainbradys]

Yall can't do this to me I have NO ORBS

[real-fire-emblem-takes]

I keep seeing people suggest that Yunaka should get a ninja alt, and I feel like I need to send out a PSA that ninja are literally assassins. If she got a ninja alt, that would literally be regression and depression: the holiday for her. She should have silly fun alts instead!! Just like her Christmas one :)

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[mamaluigi2018-commsopen]

Etienaka: Holiday Cheers

Etie's giving her ever crush some gifts for the holidays. Yunaka really seemed to enjoy it! And Etie seems to really enjoy her thank you hug :3

[amitieos]

toa anniversary munday!

Celebrating TOA and the people who contribute to make our group what it is.

Repost, don't reblog. Only fill in what you feel comfortable sharing!

Happy anniversary, TOA! Here's to many more years spent together.

Name: Nic

Pronouns: they/them

Birthday (no year): 14th July

Where are you from? What is your time zone? UK, GMT (or BST but don't get me started on daylight savings I'll explode)

How long is your roleplay experience? Does playing A Bug's Life on the playground when I was 5 count? If not, I started with rping HP characters with my friends when I was like 11-12 over MSN after school and whilst there have been breaks it's something I've always found myself coming back to.

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? As above, I made a couple of friends on (unrelated) forums and we all just thought it'd be fun.

How were you introduced to TOA? I thought I missed rp and looked for an FE based rp.

Do you have any pets? Yes, all hail Catcat the Great.

What is your favorite time of year and why? (Season, holiday, general period) Summer. I hate the heat and humiditiy but once there's no daylight the seasonal affective disorder bass boosts my chronic mental health issues and it's just a bad time really.

What is your IRL occupation? I've gone back to uni to study Law :)

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? I love reading, I'm fascinated by linguistics and astrophysics, enjoy DnD and playing video games in my spare time. I'm a particular sucker for the Sims franchise.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Recently I've been playing BG3, Stardew Valley, The Sims & Fields of Mistria but I'm a big fan of the Persona series and really, really excited about Dragon Age The Veilguard

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: I don't really play Pokemon much anymore but I'll just say Sylveon I guess

Tell us some funfacts and trivia about yourself! I met the fourth Doctor when I was 11 and he complemented my vocabulary lmao. I once got published in a poetry anthology with a poem about Shadow the Hedgehog and my parents we so proud of me.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? I think I saw a review on TV

What Fire Emblem games have you played? I've attempted to play every game except 1/2/3/5/11, although I've really wanted to play Thracia I just *need* some QoL updates and controls. I haven't finished every single one because of lost/deleted saves and stuff but I've watched playthroughs and read up on scripts on everything I haven't actually played myself.

First & Favorite Fire Emblem games: My first was Fates but Jugdral, Magvel and 3 Houses are my favourite

List your 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters across the series! Elincia, Mercedes, Franz, Myrrh and ughhhh I can't choose between Chole/Yunaka/Sylvain so I'm cheating

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason! I saw Ryoma in all that red armour and it grabbed my attention.

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳 Miss Mercedes if you're free Thursday night

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? - Awakening: Chrom, originally be accident but now on purpose :D - Fates: My first was Takumi and I didn't know what an S support was and was very confused. Nowadays usually Kaze or Laslow if playing F!Corrin and Orochi, Nyx or Charlotte if playing M!Corrin. Niles for either. - Three Houses: Mercedes. She's still my go to ofc but I'm also fond of Dorothea, Dimitri and Sylvain. If I'm playing M!Byleth Yuri or Ingrid - Engage: Yunaka was my first and now it's either Yunaka, Diamant or Chloe. Or Mauvier maybe hahfsdgfsd

Favorite Fire Emblem class? I love Pegasus Knights!!!!!!!

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? Probably a reluctant recruit who accidentally gets involved. Weirdly magic based armoured character.

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? (Black Eagles, Blue Lions, Golden Deer, Church of Seiros, Those Who Slither in the Dark, unaffiliated civilian, other - for example Almyran) Either unaffiliated civilian or Blue Lions probably

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? Boons: Lance, Reason, Heavy Armour Banes: Bow, Faith Budding Talent: idk Axes or Flying?

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? (Firene, the Kingdom of Abundance; Brodia, the Kingdom of Might; Elusia, the Kingdom of Knowledge; Solm, the Queendom of Freedom; Lythos, the holy land of the Divine Dragon; Gradlon, the desolate land of the Fell Dragon) No idea! Probably Elusia or Firene. The Solm heat would literally kill me.

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔(separate letters, to-ah, other?) TOA ;) (like Noah)

Current TOA muses: Elincia & Mercedes

Past TOA muses? A lot but most memorable to me are Sylvain and Julia, though I'm so excited to see Sylvain in good hands <3

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? Elincia and I still have her.

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? White magic girlies though I'm trying to change things up.

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? Hm, I wish I felt I could write more of the male characters I enjoy effectively. In most other fandoms I've written in most of my muses have been men but it's just not so in FE. I'd also love to write a villain okay I once genuinely considered Hilda FE4 lmao

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) I like writing dialogue and characters bonding but I'm starting to like more action oriented scenes too.

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? For Mercedes in particular I get excited to write her steel and strength, especially when it's combined with her gentleness rather than opposed to it.

Favorite TOA-related memories? Every thread I've writen with Elincia and Rua's Byleth <3

Present or past tense? I tend to default to present in TOA but usually past tense. I'm flexible though and will try and match my partner.

Normal size text, small text, no preference? I actually find small text easier to focus in on and read (I can find normal a bit too cluttered and it can send my eyes wandering lmao) but I'm perfectly happy to use normal text, it just takes me a bit longer to comb through.

Got any potential muse delusions to share? 😉 I can't see a shake up happening soon but... Zephia or Chloe are probably forerunners. I've thought about Palla and Astrid too but I'm not sure if I can see the longevity. Also Neimi, Myrrh and Rodrigue have sparked.... ideas. For muses I've written before, Julia is the most likely but I think she's having a nice break right now :)

[verseandrhyme]

TOA Anniversary Munday

Thanks Neffi!

Name: Vivi

Pronouns: They/Them

Birthday (no year): December 22nd

Where are you from? What is your time zone? Canada, TOA Standard Time.

How long is your roleplay experience? I've been roleplaying on Tumblr specifically for about 9 years now, but on the internet as a whole since I was first let on here unsupervised so who knows. If I had friends to play with as a kid, probably a lot sooner irl too.

How were you introduced to roleplaying as a whole? I think it was first through Gaia Online roleplay forums for Kingdom Hearts, then later I moved to Quizilla where I was actually kinda semi-popular.

How were you introduced to TOA? Ree showed up in my dms and said "quit modding FERP. Join my new server." and then later that month I was there.

Do you have any pets? No, but I have two cats back home with my parents.

What is your favorite time of year and why? (Season, holiday, general period) Fall and early Spring, because most of my wardrobe is geared towards then.

What is your IRL occupation? Customer Support Specialist for a video game company, but I just transferred out of Quality Assurance.

Some interests and things you like/enjoy? Video games in general, musical theatre, mythology, fairy tales.

What non-Fire Emblem games do you play? Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Persona, Planet Zoo/Zoo Tycoon, Eiyuden Chronicles, In Stars and Time, I can go on forever.

Favorite Pokemon type & Pokemon: Fire and Vulpix.

Tell us some funfacts and trivia about yourself! (Optional bonus challenge: if you filled this out last year, try not to repeat what you said back then!)

I trained in theatre and studied sword fighting/stage combat.

I'm allergic to peanuts.

The doctor told my mom to avoid all nuts as a result, and aside from the Nutella they made me eat during my latest test, I have yet to eat any nuts willingly.

I have multiple scars on my right knee.

My mom lost me on a cruise ship when I was 4.

How did you get into Fire Emblem? My friend was playing Awakening and would let me try it, but not let me make any save files, so I played the first few maps over and over until I was able to eventually get my own copy and make it past the first three chapters.

What Fire Emblem games have you played? Tellius games, Awakening, Fates games, Shadows of Valentia, Warriors Games, Three Houses/Hopes, and Engage.

First & Favorite Fire Emblem games: First: Awakening! Favorite: Fates!

List your 5 favorite Fire Emblem characters across the series! Setsuna, Mitama, Saber, Reyson, Yunaka.

Who was the first character ever to make you go “ooh I like this one in particular” and why? Can be any context and reason! Gaius! It was on sight I completely abandoned my plans to S-rank Frederick for him. It's the VA, he keeps getting me like this.

Any Fire Emblem crushes? 😳 Crushes, no.

If you’ve played (or are familiar with) the following games, who was your first S support? Who would you S support nowadays? - Awakening: Gaius / probably still Gaius - Fates: Kaden/Laslow/Silas / Ryoma/Kaze/Setsuna - Three Houses: Ferdinand/Seteth/Sylvain(?)/Claude / idk probably the same - Engage: Pandreo / Still Pandreo but also Yunaka, Gregory, Diamant, Rafal, [...]

Favorite Fire Emblem class? Thief!

If you were a Fire Emblem character, what would be your class and stats? Would you be playable? I want to be one of those incredibly stupid villager units that you have to keep alive but keep running towards the enemy.

If you were a Three Houses character, what would be your affiliation? (Black Eagles, Blue Lions, Golden Deer, Church of Seiros, Those Who Slither in the Dark, unaffiliated civilian, other - for example Almyran) Black Eagles.

If you were an Officers Academy student, what would be your boons, banes and potential budding talent? Boons: Swords, Gauntlets. Bane: Heavy Armor, Flying.

If you were an Engage character, which nation would you originate from? (Firene, the Kingdom of Abundance; Brodia, the Kingdom of Might; Elusia, the Kingdom of Knowledge; Solm, the Queendom of Freedom; Lythos, the holy land of the Divine Dragon; Gradlon, the desolate land of the Fell Dragon) uuuuh Firene.

How do you pronounce TOA? 🤔(separate letters, to-ah, other?) Separate letters.

Current TOA muses: Mitama, Yunaka.

Past TOA muses? Bernadetta, Saber, Setsuna, Charlotte, Sylvain. I'm probably forgetting someone.

Who was your first TOA muse? If you no longer have them, can you see yourself picking them up again? Bernadetta! I think I'm satisfied with what I did with her, she can rest.

Do you believe you have a type of character you gravitate towards writing? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) People who say one thing but mean another and won't communicate their feelings clearly. This doesn't say anything about me as a person.

Do you have characters or types of characters you don’t think you can handle writing, but wish you could? I want to try an antagonist at some point but I lack the emotional willpower to go up to three muses for long. I also don't think I could handle writing a lord or someone important, I like my guys who don't matter.

What kind of scenes, situations etc do you believe you enjoy writing the most? (If you filled this out last year, has this changed in any way?) I don't know how to explain this because it's v vibe base. I like when there's emotional tension. I like seeing interactions between other characters weave together. I like building towards something bigger. Scenes where someone breaks and finally talks about something they've been holding back.

Do you have any scenario in mind for your muse(s) that gets you thinking “man I hope I get to write this one day”? I want to force Yunaka to talk about her past with people I want that shit to get dragged out to the open I want that shell cracked open to the meat baby.

Favorite TOA-related memories? Happyland2024 was a lot of fun and I'm glad that was my first lore event back, I had a great time with everyone. Team Justice will always be dear to me, as that was the moment that really got me hooked on TOA. Getting Nat's Innes' name in babe hunt just to beat Lilly's Cynthia and Lilly's reaction always makes me laugh.

Present or past tense? Lately I've been doing present more but the thing about me is that if I stop thinking for two seconds I change tense without noticing.

Normal size text, small text, no preference? Normal text, but lately I've just been matching whatever other people cook.

Got any potential muse delusions to share? 😉 Saber quieted back down, sorry guys. I still think about trying Peri one day, and I would like to try and see if Setsuna vibes again because I miss her. I thought about Louis out of nowhere the other day, that was weird.

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

i have very mixed feelings abt the holiday banner

oh god another houses banner

oh god another houses lords banner

they ACTUALLY just booted claude from a houses lords banner to randomly stick yunaka on it. they really just stuck yunaka on a houses lords banner and booted claude from it instead of making yunaka the free unit to make the banner make sense because sweet baby jesus oh no how could we have THREE men on a single banner (even if one is a duo, it doesn't count since the lead is male!!!)!!!

as i have said, intsys does not deserve claude and i will continue retaining custody of him

i am contractually obligated to pull for dimitri bc claude is free and i am sworn to gather all dimitris and claudes and s support them

i am contractually obligated to pull for dimitri anyway

no but they actually just booted claude from a houses lord banner bc they wanted another pair of tits and a nice giant crotch outline

they still have not given us yuletide's eyes and yuletide's ears. where are our santas, janaff and ulki? when will intsys realize what fools they've been and atone for their sins?

felix can be doubly grumpy now while he has to sit in that outfit miserable (i would be too) while dimitri sits in that outfit not miserable

i said dimitri, halloween, giving out candy to children, but this is technically the same idea but with gifts

dimitri and claude will once again be kissing as they always do when they get alts

dimitri and claude will be a happy gift giving couple

shinon will sit with felix in harmonic misery bc intsys said it's been seven years since launch and we still won't put janaff in this game

they actually seriously really truly honestly just booted claude from the houses lord banner to put a non houses character on it

intsys is not allowed to have claude they do not treat him kindly

are we ever getting matthias btw intsys (we don't even have miklan...)

just realized my 2023 heroes bingo aged terribly and i expected that wholeheartedly but i am still disappointed

very sick of houses lords banners but will always take new a mitri so internal conflict ensues

new year's ranulf??? please im begging you he needs an alt

new year's ranulf/ike duo??? please im begging you radiant dawn was the ranulf/ike game

but if not i'll take a janaff/shinon duo ANY FUCKING TIME INTSYS... hey... that was a lil hint u kno??? a nudge...??? yeah...??? hey... intsys...??? um... are u listening...?

gift giving happy mitri living his best life

they seriously really honestly and truly fucking kicked claude off the-

[gascon-en-exil]

Anon says as if FEH isn't using the few Male OCS to sell muscle. Bruno literaly became a meme and then there is the deer men of book VIII

Those are not remotely equivalent. Bruno hasn't been consistently relevant for years, and despite having been in the game since 2017 has all of two alts - neither of which are particularly sexy. The new deer guy is currently just background art; the internet only started thirsting after him so hard because we've been so starved of male OCs, especially after Book VII.

Further, the attempt to deflect from how female characters are objectified in FEH and similar properties by pointing out overly muscled male designs has always been a deeply flawed one. One exists for straight male titillation; the other exists as a straight male power fantasy. There is absolutely a point to be made about how hypermuscular bodies in media promote unhealthy ideas about what men should look like, but that's an entirely separate conversation from the one that frames characters as sex objects. Gay/bi men are best in a position to appreciate the issue from both sides, and the solution we most often pose when discussing such things is to show a wider variety of male bodies in states of (potentially eroticized) undress - a solution that I imagine would not go over well with the sorts of straight men who like to bring up muscular male characters as a gotcha.

The shirtless muscular guys of most media are never framed or positioned in the same way that even more modestly-dressed female characters often are when they're being marketed based on some kind of sex appeal. Gay porn games are the only type of animated media I've seen that treats male characters at all in the same way as female characters are handled on most of FEH's seasonal banners. As an example, let me revisit a point I made about a week ago, in reference to the new winter banner.

Here is Claude, wearing a reindeer-themed holiday outfit.

Now here is another character wearing a reindeer-themed holiday outfit, this time from the gay dating sim Camp Buddy: Scoutmaster Season.

A bit excessive? Yes, but I've got a point to make here. Let's talk about the differences. We've got

a crotch bulge, as well as a small treasure trail. Contrast summer Lorenz and his speedo with Ken doll anatomy.

extensive muscle definition, including pronounced tits pecs. Contrast summer Ephraim, summer Dimitri, and others.

visible nipples, something the internet also went crazy over when they randomly appeared on Fargus back in November. This isn't merely about being anatomically correct; nipples are an erogenous zone for some men, and to include them in a bare-chested design indicates that this character is not just a slab of muscle (as the power fantasy angle would prefer) but has potential erotic vulnerabilities.

a harness that greatly resembles bondage gear, and is in fact used in that way later on.

most obviously, about as much skin on display as the average female unit on summer banners

and while not apparent here, a willingness to commit to the inherent silliness of the bit in the subsequent sex scenes, which employ a flurry of intentionally bad holiday-themed puns and have the characters act out a reindeer-flavored variety of pony play.

But that's far too horny for a winter banner, you say? Don't tell that to Edelgard's thigh-highs and upskirt. Isn't that specific combination a fetish in its own right?

Or Yunaka with her cleavage and camel toe and strategically-placed bits of bare skin.

Or just look at the Byleths side-by-side. Only the female version is baring her shoulders and midriff in a form-fitting top...surely that's for entirely innocent reasons.

And again, check out any given summer banner and see just how far FEH will push its rating with its female cast.

Of course this is all from a gay male perspective; I can't speak to what women find attractive in animated male characters. Anecdotally the most popular options are characters who are already prominent and popular (so...not Bruno or the unnamed deer guy). Also, there are times when women in the fandom pick up on stuff about these guys' bodies that I wouldn't have even thought to eroticize at first, like Dimitri's proportionally small waist. Others can feel free to add onto this if they like.

TL;DR, if FEH truly wants to sell itself on sleaze (which of course it does, and already is), it seriously needs to step up its game with its male cast.

[kaedeichinose]

wow i cant believe all the three houses MCs got a holiday units in FEH. both byleths together, christmas edelgard, christmas claude. Yunaka.

[crescentmoonteas]

i dont want to spam the ask but ily2 guys (parasocially /j) - joker card guy (ɔ˘ ³(ˆ‿ˆc) i love this au a lot (i gushed about it in the asks b4). this isnt au related, but if u dont mind me asking, what r ur thoughts on fe engage, who r ur fave chars?? i saw u fe posting on twitter & i recently got into it as well!! (im a p big alfred, alcryst & kagetsu stan myself) ((to name only a few))

we love you too!!! seriously we're both super super aaaaaa (in a positive way) over the fact that people are enjoying our AU!! lots of just us screaming at each other whenever anyone says anything nice (〃ω〃)

also I'm only on chapter 6 (taking my sweet time playing while on holiday) but Louis is currently my little meow meow! I like Yunaka too but I've only known her for 0.5 minutes. the twins are adorable but also really weak so I'm having to give them the best Engage rings just so they don't die in one hit and I'm like c'mon!!! you guys are meant to be my besties and retainers!!!!

I also feel like I'm gonna like Kagetsu (they look like the Hinata/Oboro love child and I'm obsessed) and Griss is already my babygirl. my sweet cheese. whatever crimes he commits I'm already forgiving because he's hot

[museinmultitudes]

( 🫦 ) ❛ humor me, will you? let this be a secret if need be. ❜ ( from panette, to yunaka )

New Years Kiss | Accepting!

"H-huh?" Wait, what? Yunaka stares at the other girl with wide eyes. Yunaka had heard stories about the holiday tradition, but she never dreamed that someone like her would-

"H-hang on! You can't just drop a surprise like that and call it a secret!" Yunaka's face is definitely red. But wait...this wasn't good! Get it together, Yunaka!

"I mean! Wondefirous! Spectaculary! You know your buddy Yunaka absolutely loooooves games!"

[jothsdump]

It's kind of insane that Dimitri is here, dressed up for the holiday... and i just don't care. I dont hate the art. He's fine, a bit cute even. But I'm so fucking sick of 3h showing up on banners all the time

Why the fuck is Yunaka's debut in this game trapped on this shit show of a banner.

[owainbradys]

SHE'S HERE

[dcggersedge]

"Okay!" Yunaka says. "Good!"

...what is she supposed to do now? Her mind scrambles, trying to remember some sort of teacher or mentor or anyone she can imitate to try and get herself out of this. Her old master certainly never gave her talks like this before, what was she supposed to do!?

After an awkward pause, Yunaka lets go of his shoulders to pat them off. "Great. Okay. Happy...festival? Time? Holiday?" Kill her, she needed to get out of this, just kill her.

"See you in class then okay get back to your dorm safe, bye." Yunaka turns on her heel and very quickly walks away from him. Stupid. Idiot. Whatever. Whatever! If he thought harder next time and put himself at risk of dying less, that was all that mattered.

"Okay- hang on, I'm serious this time." Yunaka frowns as she catches Sylvain by the shoulders and forces him to look at her. Genuinely, incredibly serious.

"Do not drink random potions and stuff that people dressed up as literal devils leave out. That's how you die. Painfully. Do not do that again." Scared the shit out of her when he admitted to chugging it...

Out of all the people around him, he didn’t quite expect Yunaka to reach out to him like that. The grip on his shoulders and the intensity of her gaze brushed off any beginning of a joke or flirt attempt to weasel his way out of a scolding or earpull- not because she was his teacher and that he knew he needed to listen to her. While Sylvain treated all teachers with the expected respect a student should, he wouldn’t give anything more unless he felt like they earned it from him. He did skip some classes rather liberally, after all.

But this was worry. On her part.

Sylvain could only stare at her as she spoke, eyes mildly wide in a tinge of surprise, lips apart without any intention to utter a word to interrupt. It was so strange to be approached like this and given this treatment, when all this time others had mocked him or overlooked what he did. He was called stupid, snorted at, ignored. Most of the glances at the bruise on his cheek were met with mild judgment at best- not that he ever expected sympathy, though. He never does.

“...sorry about that, Professor.” Not the most elaborate response- because no matter how many times he tried to come up with something more, with a deflection, anything- it failed, and defaulted back to that sinking feeling. Sympathy wasn’t something he was good at processing. “You’re right, it was really reckless of me. Sorry.”

Thank you?

No, that would be a weird thing to say. Even if in the end, he was indeed thankful for her attention.

[persphonesorchid]

Sugar & Spice - KSJ x WOC!Reader

Notes: AAH--- I'm really nervous to post this for some reason?? lmaoo. Sorry this took so long, you won't believe how I s t r u g g l e d.

Oh, before I forget, yes I am a Caribbean girl (hailing all the way from Trinidad, hi there!) And also, reminding you guys that the boys' soulmates will be given names as I move along with other stories! Please enjoy and review!

Part of the Euphoria series -Masterlist

The sky was a brilliant blue, ill-shaped clouds long blown away by the soft wind that brought the heat of the yellow sun. The edges of the road caressed by swaying ferns and errant foliage that wrinkled and dried in the summer air. Sparse forests thinned evermore, giving way to wide fields teeming with high grass before the tree lines began again. In a bus, going at a careful speed down the main road, Seokjin sat behind the driver's seat trying to cover a yawn. He quietly went over the consent forms, making sure that all were present for each child: Lee Yunaka and her twin brother Junghee, Seo Daewoo, Timothy Gale, Kim Ara, and Kim Jiah.

He was almost falling asleep on the long drive, mind distracted by the passing scenery beyond the glass and trying to count just how many birds he could spot. He was grateful for the blast of the ac in the bus -- while it lasted -- but it only served to make him sleepy as he snuggled into the light jacket he brought with him. He was kept awake though, by the voices of his students trying to see who could sing a low enough note to rival Taehyung's baritone.

The man himself was sandwiched between two boys at the back of the bus, in a heated battle of rock-paper-scissors, letting them win just to hear their cheers. Taehyung was quick to bond with the children, keeping them occupied and active during the drive that would have driven them stir-crazy otherwise.

Seokjin was considerably tired this particular morning, having gotten up early to gather things for the trip, and the students whom he picked up himself. Everything was organized by him, he held a fun-raiser a week before school had let out so that he would be able to get supplies for their two-week recluse. Thankfully, the only thing he had to bring with him was clothes as everything else was dropped off the day before.

It was a long way to reach the summer beach house his parents left to him, and he was too busy trying to keep his eyes open to entertain his students. Luckily, they had Taehyung who was more than happy to do the hard stuff.

The jolt of the small bus shook Seokjin, and the driver apologizing for not seeing the dip in the road. Wiping a hand over his face, Seokjin sits up straight, looking over the back of his seat to check up on everyone. Taehyung was doing high notes now, and passing candy to anyone who could go past him, the children having the time of their lives.

Luckily his group was small, most of the others were either abroad or with their families for the holiday, and Seokjin found himself grateful for that. He doesn't think how he would handle more than the six he has with him outside of a school setting. Despite his fatigue, he was pretty excited. The year before, he had done an in-school camp, where the children would come in every day and they would have fun activities to do. Normally, he and the boys would go to the summer house for a least a weekend once everyone was free, but everyone had plans this summer, and Tae was the only one free and agreed to help out.

"Mr Kim?" A small finger poked his arm, and Seokjin recognized the voice before he turned to face the owner. Timothy was a foreign exchange student who moved to Seoul under extremely unfortunate circumstances. He's always kept a closer eye on the boy as his aunt had asked him. He's had a hard time connecting with his classmates, even after a year of being here, and Seokjin tried his best to spend as much time with the boy as possible. "Can I sit with you? Daewoo is being mean."

Daewoo was Seokjin's resident trouble maker, and as kids would always do, he would sometimes take his teasing too far. He'd have to talk with him once they're off the bus.

"Sure," Seokjin smiles as the boy plops down in the seat next to him, playing with his fingers. "You excited?" He nudges Timothy slightly, watching him carefully as he nodded, though it was barely the reaction Seokjin had wanted and he poked at the exposed skin of Timothy's neck. A smile lights the boy's freckled face as he quickly leaned his head to the side and his shoulder met his ear in an attempt to block Seokjin's advances.

He was grateful for the company, and it wasn't long before the vast trees that zoomed by just beyond the reach between glass had turned into soft beige sand. The bus had eventually slowed, parking a little off the road, and Seokjin and Taehyung both had their hands full trying to ease the children's' excitement enough for them to leave the bus without injury. When they had all gathered their things, and the bus driver was thanked and paid, Seokjin herded his students off the edge of the road as the bus pulled away.

Taehyung led the charge towards the beach house, running full speed with no warning and the children followed like a brood of chicks would follow their mother. Seokjin couldn't help but laugh, shaking his head as he followed in a more leisured pace, taking his time to admire the view. He didn't come to the beach house often, only during the summer, and even then it's for a short time. He's always loved the beach, and as a child, his parents' beach house was a home away from home.

He could see the side of the house from his spot, just around the edge of another beach house belonging to Mrs Han, a sweet elderly widow who's lived there for as long as he could remember. His house was still a shade of pastel blue his mother hated that was now fading, paint weathered by the elements. He'd always said he'd paint it another colour but never had the time, and now that he thought about it; it needed a touch-up.

Stopping for a minute, Seokjin looks out at the ocean, admiring the way the sun shone off the brochure-blue waves. The salt in the air that had already found home on his skin, the squawking of seagulls looking for their next meal as they braved the crashing waves.

"Hyung!" Taehyung called, standing on the wooden staircase, waving his arm in the air, "Come on!"

Seokjin jogged the way over, instantly regretting his decision as the fine white sand had quickly weaseled its way into his trainers.

[❦]

"Alright, Alright," Seokjin puts his palms up placidly, "Just as long as you all stay close to each other, I don't want anyone going out too far."

Cheers erupted from the small group, as they all raced outside in their swimwear, Taehyung following in blue trunks and a tee-shirt a size or two larger than his frame. It was just pushing mid-day, and with the sun high enough in the sky to make the beach house feel like a sauna, the kids were more than ready enough to go swimming. After making sure that they were all covered in copious amounts of sunscreen, and armed to the teeth with their floaties, Seokjin followed them out the front door.

He sat on the wooden stairs, watching with a careful eye as they played, not quite ready to breach the thirty-minute rule before he goes in himself after brunch. The children, left to their own devices fanned out, but still stayed very close to each other as Seokjin had told them. The boys swam in the shallows while the girls buried Taehyung in the sand.

The creaking of the front door of Mrs Han's house being pushed open drew Seokjin's attention, and not moments after the woman herself stepped out. He was glad to see that some things remained constant in an ever-changing world; Mrs Han's favorite colour was still a deep blue, the lengthy skirt she wore shimmed with sequins and went well with the beige shirt she coupled it with. She always wore something blue, the colour was calming she used to tell him.

"Oh! Good afternoon Mrs Han!" Seokjin greets, waving as she hobbled down her stairs and over to him with a smile, long grey hair kept together in a tight bun at the base of her neck. She walked with a cane she didn't have the summer before and Seokjin couldn't help but worry. She was a grandmother to everyone in the area, but the bond was greater between her and Seokjin as he practically grew up here. When he and the boys would come for their weekend getaway, she would always be over with sweet treats and the justification that she couldn't possibly eat it all by herself, and Seokjin was always so happy to indulge her.

"How many times, Seokjin-ah? Halmoni." When she was close enough to him she pinches his cheek lightly, footsteps made nearly silent by the sand. Seokjin made room for her next to him on his steps, and they talked about all kinds of things. She said that her leg gave her such trouble these days it was hard to walk without using the cane, and she asked about his bunch of students, telling him that she'd bring some cookies over later.

Taehyung was off now, looking for shells while telling the kids one story or another, and they were too busy hanging off his every word to realize they were shivering.

"Anyone coming by this summer?" Seokjin asks, toeing at the sand, and Mrs Han hummed lightly.

"Hyunki is supposed to be coming, he was supposed to be here an hour ago," At the mention of her grandson, Seokjin perked up a little. He remembers Hyunki, as a thin child with glasses too big for his face, blue coloured braces and dark hair as wild as the sea itself. During the summers of his childhood, he and Hyunki would play together often, looking for shells on the edge of the waves. He went abroad when he was twelve, and Seokjin hasn't seen him since.

"Halmoni!" Seokjin looks across to the main road, spotting a man with blonde hair waving his arms wildly, shouting at the top of his lungs as he stepped out of a black car. A duffle bag slung over his shoulder as he turned and spoke to someone who was still in the car. 

"Is that Hyunki?" Seokjin squints, and Mrs Han chortles. It wasn't at all what he was expecting, even from when Seokjin sat he could see that the younger man had gotten taller, he was probably taller than Namjoon if they stood side by side. And the blonde hair was a bit of a shock, considering that Hyunki regarded it as his best feature when they were children.

He came jogging over as quickly as his bags would allow, almost tripping in the sand. Seokjin helped Mrs Han up as her grandson came nearer, and Hyunki greeted her with a tight hug while he squinted at Seokjin for a moment. Brown eyes searching Seokjin's face before recognition crossed his.

"Jin-Hyung! Oh my God, it's been ages!" He says loudly, stepping away from his grandmother to pull him into a hug as well, Seokjin hugs him just as tightly, glad to see an old friend. "How have you been?"

"I've been great!" Hyunki smiles, lone dimple flashing, as he pulled away. He leaned down briefly to unfold the cuff of his white jeans, dusting out the sand that had gotten in from his jog before standing straight again.

"I have so much to tell you!"

Seokjin nods diligently as Hyunki launched into a story about his time abroad, almost as though he'd only upped and left a day ago. He was halfway through his story about getting accepted for a modelling agency when a voice was calling his name from the car. Seokjin was startled at the firm smack Mrs. Han delivered to Hyunki's arm.

"You left Y/n to bring all her things by herself?"

"Halmoni, she's got two legs and two arms for a reas- ow!" Moments later, Hyunki left rubbing his arm, a displeased pout on his bottom lip as he left to help his friend. He watched as Hyunki and a woman he hadn't noticed - you - standing by the car with your hands on your hips before playfully smacking each other. And Seokjin wondered why he hadn't noticed you before, too busy catching up he supposed.

He noticed the length of your legs first and how they seemed to go on for miles, and dark jean shorts that complimented the sun-kissed cinnamon tone of your skin. The white tank top you wore wasn't enough to hide the flicker of something more colourful dancing against the skin of your neck and shoulder. Your face was partially hidden by the large sun hat on your head, and you and Hyunki laughed about something on the way over.

When Seokjin caught Hyunki's gaze, he looked away, embarrassment flushing his cheeks at being caught staring. At some point, Taehyung snuck over to press a kiss to Mrs Han's cheek, mindful of the sand that was all over him. Both Seokjin and Taehyung stepped back as you hugged Mrs Han, with the latter asking how the trip from the city was. You were introduced as Hyunki's best friend, whom he had met and spent most of his time with whilst aboard as a child.

The fourth thing Seokjin noticed, was the way you spoke; though your Korean was perfect, your syllables were a bit rounded off. He got the gist, you were a foreigner.

The fifth thing, however, was something that Taehyung had noticed and tugged on the back of Seokjin's shirt to draw his attention. With a slight point of his chin, Seokjin eyes were once again drawn to the splay of colours that moved all on their own against your skin. For a small moment, Seokjin's heart could have stopped before he realised - this isn't anything new.

The Aurora soul mark was quite common, and it wasn't strange to find someone whose soul mark looked the same; an aurora of colours that changed depending on the emotions of your other half that bared the same aurora.

It wasn't impossible to find your soulmate if you had such mark, but it was difficult because everyone experienced it differently, there was no actual thesis on how it worked. And with people's emotions being as similar as they are, Seokjin didn't find himself surprised by the flicker of blue that swirled and branched outward on her neck or the sense of calm that washed over him that very moment.

"We should get inside," Mrs Han says, turning to wish Seokjin and Taehyung goodbye, and reminding Seokjin that she would be by later on in the day.

"Nice meeting you," You smile, leaving with Hyunki throwing an arm over your shoulders and whispering something that had you pushing him away. A few comments passed between you both, with Seokjin left staring after you, a tad awestruck, only pulled from his reverie at Taehyung's nudging his arm.

"You should take a photo."

After the sun had set, and the waves of the ocean calmed some, Seokjin and Taehyung helped the kids set up their mini-camp in the living room after a fulling dinner of Jajangmyeon and cookies courtesy of Mrs Han. With all the chairs pushed back against the wall and sleeping bags placed haphazardly next to each other, the six took turns going through their nightly routine.

Even though the beach house had three bedrooms - Tae and Seokjin were totally okay with sharing to give the boys and the girls separate rooms - they all agreed to sleep on the floor. Taehyung was sitting on the floor outside the closed bathroom door, listening to Yunaka sing her little heart out as she showered. Junghi, her brother, was sitting next to Taehyung, asking if dyeing his hair green would cause his hair to fall out.

Seokjin shuffles by with Daewoo and Timothy talking a mile a minute about the cool things they found in the sand at lunch, and Ara dragging him by the hand and swinging her favourite hairbrush in the other.

Once they were all ready for bed and under the warmth of their sleeping bags - Taehyung included - Seokjin turned off the lights and got into his own sleeping bag. After the events of the day, he was quick to fall asleep.

[❦]

The days at the beach house went by incredibly fast, and when the Thursday of the first week rolled in, Seokjin was handing out paintbrushes. Each of the kids tasked with painting the outside of the house in whatever colour they saw fit. Cans of different coloured paint littered the stairs, paint-splattered every which way on and around them. Seokjin was trying not to be outdone by Taehyung who was painting a skyline on the door.

"Oh, that looks pretty good,"

Seokjin's head while around at the sound of the voice, not at all missing Taehyung's shy blush reddening his cheeks. You had been over quite a few times since Seokjin had met you the past Saturday, determined to get acquainted with everyone since you were spending the summer at Mrs Han's. The children loved you and so they easily dropped their brushes to greet you, and you handed them juice boxes from the plastic bag you brought.

Taehyung shoots Seokjin a look and tilts his head, making a slight jerking motion with his head in your direction which Seokjin pointedly ignores. Of course, you'd been the focus of their conversation over the week, with Taehyung always being the one to bring you up either before or after your visits. He told Seokjin that he should take his own advice when he had woke this morning, repeating the same words he had said to Hobi a couple of weeks ago when he suspected that Nari was his soulmate.

Though Seokjin hadn't felt the pull, and he still doesn't feel it even as he watched you now. It's easy enough to give it the benefit of the doubt, maybe it's too soon for the pull to make itself known. He hasn't gotten anything else that comes with the territory either, all he did manage to do was get flustered and make a fool of himself whenever you're looking at him, or even dared to utter his name. Oh, the mortification he felt when he had accidentally slipped that your skin looked really nice when the sun was setting yesterday. Taehyung was still laughing about it just fifteen minutes ago, much to Seokjin's annoyance.

"Can I help?" Seokjin startled a bit at the sound of your voice being so near, you were smiling at him like you always do when you saw him. You were wearing shorts again, pale blue and cotton - Seokjin tried his best not to be rude by staring - and a shirt too large to be yours. He suspected that it was Hyunki's.

He knows that you two were close, and of course, it's none of his business. You two were best friends, as Hyunki had expressed sneakily in Jin's ear two days ago when he caught him staring at you again. He couldn't help it though, you're beautiful and Seokjin would be damned if he didn't appreciate that whenever he was allowed. He also couldn't help the burn of something in his chest whenever Hyunki made you laugh or wrapped his arms around your waist in a way that seemed a little more than best friends.

At the surprising surge of jealousy and the dark green that swirled against your pretty skin, Seokjin turned away to find you a brush. Once again paying no mind to the colour that matched his emotion, people feel that way all the time. "Sure,"

Of course, when he handed you the brush, the way your aurora snaked down your arm to meet where his fingers brushed yours was completely unnoticed.

Halfway through painting one side of the house in a bright pink that you had chosen, Hyunki came outside, stuffing his face full of one thing or another and a small plastic bowl in his free hand.

"So this is where you've disappeared to," he comments from a good distance away, he raises his eyebrows at the different splotches of colour on the house, "Child abandonment, Queenie."

Seokjin watches as you roll your eyes, pointing your paint-covered brush at Hyunki, "I hope you left some of those accras for Halmoni, don't go eating it all."

"But it tastes so good," Hyunki whines, "Hyung, you should try it!" He offers the bowl to Seokjin, jostling the contents lightly with a smile, "Queenie's a great cook, you'll love it." The man's eyes twinkled with something akin to mischief that reminded Seokjin too much of Jimin when he was up to no good, coupled with the smirk on his lips that had Seokjin glancing at you.

You say something to Hyunki in English that Seokjin barely caught - he's pretty sure you said you were going to kill him - before he took one with a clean hand that didn't have paint on it. It was fried, though he wasn't sure exactly what was in it, and small enough that it can fit in his mouth without trouble. He takes an experimental nibble, before humming and biting into it, "Oh, wow.."

"It's good, right?"

"Yeah, what is it?" Seokjin turns to you, still chewing.

"Oh...uh. Well, my mother's from Trinidad so she taught me a lot about cooking her way. Some people call it fishcake some people call it a fritter...But mum's always called it Accra. It's mainly flour, but there's a bunch of seasoning in there and saltfish, too."

Seokjin didn't exactly miss Hyunki looking between the both of you like an excited child on Christmas, a growing smile on his face. "It's really good,"

"She can show you how to make all types of things, right, Queenie?" Hyunki was wiggling his eyebrows, a strange suggestive look in his eyes that went completely over Seokjin's head.

[❦]

Sleep had evaded Seokjin a couple of days later, and he stood wiggling his toes in the wet sand where the sea met the earth. He supposed that there were too many thoughts in his head, with Taehyung's words before he went to bed bouncing around his mind. Words whispered between lowly as the children settled; "She looks at you all heart-eyed, Hyung." Seokjin had denied that; "You're blind."

Though, those words earned Taehyung a light smack, because of course he noticed, just because he wasn't paying attention meant he was unaware. He's pretty certain he looks at you the same way, even though at first, he wasn't aware that he was doing so. Taehyung said it's because he was trying so hard not to, which is why he didn't pick up on it. It took a while, but he did, and he caught himself in the act quite a few times, enough to be embarrassed by it.

But what sold him was his aurora.

With the placement of his soul mark, it's way more difficult than you think to see any changes; it spans the with of his shoulders - on his back. So Taehyung noticing it first wasn't a surprise. He poked him in the shoulder after he had walked in on him changing in his room, eyes wide and eyebrows hidden in his hair. "Your soul marks growing..."

Seokjin was confused about it of course, because again, people's aurora's react differently when their soulmate is met, so he wasn't exactly sure about it. Confused still, he rubs his right forearm, where one end of his aurora had made its way down under the sleeve of his long sleeve shirt.

"Would you stop that?" When the harsh whisper met Seokjin's ears, even over the gentle sway of the waves, he turns to face the owner. His heart almost stopped before it pounded wildly against his ribcage. Hyunki was dragging you - who looked half asleep and tripping over your own feet, trying to pull away - by your hand towards him.

"We're not going back inside until you two idiots talk because this tension is actually going to kill me." It was clear to Seokjin, that a conversation had been had between you both, based on the way Hyunki plopped you in front of him and stared at you expectantly. He waved a hand at you, "If you don't tell him I will."

"Tell me what?" Seokjin asks, noticing your immediate reaction; looking like a deer caught in headlights, and for the first time since he's met you, you stumble over your words.

"What? N-nothing. There's nothing to tell." You not so subtly smack Hyunki's arm, giving him a side glance. "He's being stupid."

"Oh, I'm being stupid?" Hyunki looks affronted, turning his head to face you so fast Seokjin worried. "I did not just listen to you moan about this for two hours for you to say that. And why'd you put the sweater on?" The man groans.

"Because it's cold out here!" You smack his arm, "It's not my fault you decided to do this at two in the damn morning!"

Seokjin felt caught in the middle, and awkward to boot. The kind of awkward you felt when your parents argued about something at a family gathering. He could see your rising temper the longer Hyunki prodded, trying to get you to tell him whatever it was you both talked about. He decided to be your saving grace and speak up; "Hyunki, if she doesn't want to talk about it that's fine," He tried to placate, giving you a smile for good measure, "We can just talk about it later?"

Hyunki groans again, his hand meeting his forehead in an overly dramatic gesture, he leaned his head back to stare at the dark sky, as though it could give him what he was looking for. "Don't say that, or she'll never bring it up. And you'll be long gone by the time she's ready to talk about it." He turns to you again, placing his hands on your shoulders, a pleading look in his eyes, "Queenie, please."

You stared at him for a long moment, nothing but the sound of the waves between you all. A minute passed before you sighed, reaching for the hem of your sweater. A nervous chuckle leaves Seokjin as he took a couple of steps back, "Woah, what are you doing?"

You pull the sweater over your head, shoving it against Hyunki's chest. The man took it with a smile, waving a hand at you as if you say 'Go on.'. With the sweater now gone, you were left in matching sweatpants and a tank top, and it was easy to see what Hyunki was so adamant about showing Seokjin. Your aurora had done just what his had - it stretched its way down your left arm, stopping at the crook of your elbow, pulsing with a colour Seokjin could barely make out under the dim moonlight.

You extended your hand for a moment - while Seokjin just stared at you in stunned silence - before heaving a sigh and dropping your arm lamely at your side. You gave Hyunki a pained look, "This isn't gonna work." You huff, crossing your arms, "Can we go back inside?"

"Well of course it's not gonna work." Hyunki sounds equally annoyed, "Not if you two do nothing but stare at each other! Hyung, can I see your arm?"

He takes his hand anyway, not at all waiting for Seokjin to answer, pushing up the sleeve of his tee-shirt, quickly followed by grabbing your hand as well. He presses both your palms together, and you all watched with bated breath and an equal amount of awe as the auroras continue their downward path towards your joined hands. The colour burned out as it moved, wrapping around Seokjin's wrist and yours did the same, meeting at the tip of his index finger.

They glowed brightly then, a bright red with the softest of pink undertones, and with the colours came a tingling heat that made Seokjin drop your hand and shaking his trying to be rid of the odd sensation.

"See? I told you." Hyunki's words fell on deft ears as Seokjin stepped to you, a stupid smile growing on his face. Hyunki was then rolling his eyes, stomping off in the sand muttering something about them being ungrateful after all his hard work. But Seokjin couldn't be bothered as he only saw you, felt the sudden rush of adoration and excitement through his mark when you smiled.

"Hi..."

"Hi..."

::

"I'm sorry this happened when?" Taehyung was looking between Seokjin and you, his hair spiked every which way and brows furrowed in confusion. Eyes are eventually drawn down the length of Seokjin's arm linked with yours and the matching patterns of your auroras. He'd just woken up and found you both sitting on the beach laughing about something.

You had refused to go back to bed when Seokjin had asked you to, so he stayed up the rest of the night, talking about anything and everything with you, and you both watched the sunrise.

"No really...when?"

Seokjin simply watched Taehyung, and he couldn't help the laugh that left him.

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