#how is that not even the weirdest rhythm heaven thing

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i think the best wiki page is the characters page. idk why it exists honestly that's what categories are for but also it's hilarious to me like.

idk why this is so funny to me honestly but it is-

[youarejesting]

Hope in the Sheets.4

[Masterlist]

Beta: N/A Pairing: Hoseok x Reader Genre: Friendship, Comedy, Soft boy, Fluff, SMUT, Friends2Lovers,

Summary: You held many titles: his neighbor, colleague, wing-man… well, more likely a wing-woman, yet most importantly, you were his best friend. You had been friends since you were born. Between the two of you, you were younger; barely, but he never let you forget it. He always seemed to ruffle your hair and tease you, which could get rather annoying but he made up for it by treating you to things. What if a drunken one night stand between you and your best friend Hoseok leads to more complicated situations? Your reckless twenties are cut short as you find yourself suddenly responsible for something a little more.

Warning: Reference to a previous sexual encounter, pregnancy, Toxic Family.

You were sitting at the bar drinking your fourth glass of orange juice, the sweet citrus flavour was really hitting the spot. Laying your head onto the polished shiny wood you could see the dance floor lit completely. Jimin swept the floor and mopped it diligently, of course they cleaned up thoroughly when they closed the bar but Jimin prefers to clean again. 

You felt a fondness blooming in your chest watching Jimin dancing around with the mop in hand. Yoongi was setting up and testing each speaker individually and testing out his equipment.

There were two hours left before the bar opened and Seokjin began ordering some food, Jimin got a text as he was putting the mop and now empty bucket away. Yoongi leaned over to read it —That guy had no shame— “Hoseok is on his way over”

“Really?” You asked a little nervous to see Hoseok so soon, you hadn’t even figured things out, you weren’t ready to see him. 

“You sound surprised but we have pizza night every second friday” Namjoon smiled exiting the staff room, smelling clean and fresh his hair combed back. 

A part of you happy for the oncoming pizza boxes heading your way. Seokjin began by placing a container in front of you, you opened it excited. A large part of you hoping it was some fried chicken, only to see plainly seasoned roast chicken and vegetables. 

Seokjin had already started acting protective, reading the pamphlets and telling you, you can’t have barbeque, raw fish, deli meats or soft cheese. So you were enviable of their pepperoni cheese heaven.

“We haven’t had pizza night since before the renovations behind the bar, did you see the difference compare to last month when you had come in?” Namjoon added unmoving as Jimin gracefully spun around him heading towards the door unlocking it for Hoseok to come in when he arrived. 

“I don’t really remember much about that night and what I do know I have tried to repress” You couldn’t help but pout looking at the plate of beans, you could eat most veggies but beans were the worst. You pushed the plate away and Seokjin pushed it back and you looked up with puppy dog eyes and he shook his head.

“He could not have been that bad,” Yoongi said, missing the exchange between the two of you, especially the way you were making rude gestures to the manager. “I have danced with Hoseok, he knows how to grind.”

“What’s all this?” Namjoon said, sitting at the table and looking over the pamphlets Seokjin was reading. “Who is pregnant?”

“I didn’t want to tell you?” Seokjin looked at Namjoon his lips pursed the way they do when he tries to keep a straight face, “but I am pregnant”

“Haha, guys can’t get pregnant” A small voice chuckled and you saw a familiar face. He was freshly showered and looking well dressed in black boots pants and button up. 

“Oh everyone this is Jeon Jungkook, Seokjin and I hired him to help with the door and any rough housing” He gave a nervous smile, looking around. He opened his mouth to talk when the front door opened. Jungkook turned squaring his shoulders only to be deflated by Jimin carrying drinks “Jungkook sit down this is Hoseok”

You smiled pulling out your seat to the left and gesturing for Jungkook to sit. Hoseok faltered whilst removing his jacket for a moment, questioning why you had let Jungkook sit on your left. Genuinely sorry, you gave him an apologetic look. He laughed and walked across to the bar where he pulled out a pair of your spare shoes from his bag and placed them in the staff room. You found out last time that he was the one leaving your shoes at the bar but to actually see him do it was really sweet.

“Do you work here as well Noona?” The apprentice bouncer asked pulling your attention away from your neighbor and best friend.

“No, I just stop by every Friday for pizza night” 

“But you're not eating pizza?” He raised an eyebrow. 

“I will trade you some beans for a slice” you grinned and he nodded picking up a slice and turning to you and freezing “um… maybe not”

“No, you need to eat healthier,” Seokjin argued. 

“But they are disgusting!” You whined letting your head fall back. 

“Eat them or no ice cream” He stood up heading behind the bar for a tub of ice cream that was used for special cocktails. 

“ice cream?” You almost gave yourself whiplash with how fast your head lifted. 

“Eat the beans and you get ice cream!” He said sternly and Hoseok moved around the table and stole a bean. “And no help from Hoseok” huffing and putting them in your mouth grumbling as you chewed. 

“That wasn’t so bad was it?” He said

“I hate it, the texture is wrong, it’s not food”

“But you did it, so what ice cream would you like?”

“Cookie dough?”

“Can’t have raw egg, I got chocolate, vanilla and strawberry”

“We have coffee too…” Jimin’s voice died out with the glare Seokjin gave. 

“This house is a prison” you frowned, throwing a stray bean at Seokjin and he laughed handing you a bowl of chocolate ice cream. 

“Hey are we partying tonight?” Hoseok asked around a mouth full or pizza, how could he be so damn handsome even when he is doing the weirdest things. “Ah but you haven’t gotten changed from your work uniform”

“No, I am just having dinner and heading home, tonight” you sighed “doctors orders”

“Oh well I guess, we can go out another night or something” he said being polite and waiting for you to talk about your doctor's appointment, Hoseok never pried with things like this. Jungkook was a charming young man and Yoongi asked for a dance. 

It was Yoongi’s version of bonding, he held your waist and gently moved to the music and you laid your head on his chest. “You okay?” He asked the gravel in his voice was almost purr like and woke you from your daze. 

“Just tired” the words mumbled as you hugged his torso, his heart beating a steady rhythm. 

“You are thinking too much, no more thinking tonight, just go home and get some rest and think some more tomorrow” pulling away he looked you in the eyes taking your face in his hands he kissed your forehead. “I will support you and your body no matter the decision”

“Thanks Yoongi, I decided I’m not going to get the prescription. I think a part of me already loves them way too much” touching your lower belly, allowing yourself to be a little excited, if only for the moment. 

You were worried and you should be. This was a big deal, but something about the support the boys gave you made it almost exciting. You began to day dream about a baby just like Hobi running around your apartment and cringed, taking the child to school on the bus before going to work. 

Blanching at the thought, you needed to put the baby first and your life right now wasn’t good enough to support a family. It was time to stop thinking single and start thinking like a mother. 

Maybe Yoongi was right, it was time to stop thinking, get through the night and plan everything tomorrow. With you in tow Yoongi led you back to the other, he placed your hand in Hoseoks and told him to take you home. 

Hoseok nodded getting your coats and thanking them all for dinner, he reassured Jungkook he was in good hands and told him to relax. Hoseok helped you dutifully into your coat looking longingly at the bar you frowned feeling bad for him. 

He took your hand in his warm one and walked you to the door opening it for you like a gentleman. He noticed how miserable you seemed and took your hand racing down the sidewalk until he arrived at a small convenience store. 

“Wait here.” He turned to you and paused looking you over with a smile “you look really pretty today”

You visibly reddened a considerable amount enough so that Hoseok noticed grinning and ran into the shop. Watching his head pop up over the aisles as he ran back and forth, you had no clue what he was looking for but clearly he did as he raced back and forth not once appearing lost.

He emerged with a biodegradable bag filled with an assortment of midnight snacks. He opened the bag letting you peek inside. “I got all your favourites, we can go home and watch some late night telly or one of your favourite movies” 

Your mood skyrocketed. Grasping his hand, swinging it enthusiastically on the way home. Hoseok stepped between you and a group of men smoking and drinking on a bench. He gave them a curt but polite ‘good evening’ and continued guiding you along. 

The two of you made it to the door seeing the door had been pried open. “Again, I hate this stupid appartment, let’s hope they got bored before they reached our apartments.”

They got to their doors and thankfully noticed that they were not broken into. “We need to add a few more locks on the doors.”

“Or you know move” You laughed

“Come on the rent is almost nonexistent and the pizza shop is in sight, what else do two bachelors need in their lives.” He laughed flopping onto your couch and grinning at you upside down.

You placed the snacks into a bowl and placed it on the coffee table as Hoseok began flipping through the channels. “Knocked up is on you wanna watch that?”

The scene that happened to play was at the restaurant where Katherine Heigl announces she is pregnant and the father makes a witty clueless remark.

“No thank you,” Your tone was clipped and he thankfully changed the channel.

“Yeah it’s a bit overplayed. What about Juno, it just started?” He shrugged

“Nah,” You said, sitting beside Hoseok laying against him and closing your eyes to push back tears you were overwhelmed.

“Animation numbness?” He asked, turning on your Disney plus you laid there without opening your eyes “anything?’

“Yes” He put on his favourite ‘Peter Pan’ and pulled you up to lay against his chest sensing you were not quite alright. He sang cutely in your ear along to ‘We’re following the leader’ with the children on the television.

You got to the part where Wendy sings ‘You’re mother and mine’ before the tears started to fall. Hoseok noticed the way your chest shook against his and sat up. “Hey Little Darling, tell me what is wrong.”

“Everything.” You sniffed burying your face into his chest and he patted your head threading his hand through your hair soothing the raging emotions.

“Tell me little darling,” He whispered softly, trying to calm you and give the support you need. “Is it about the doctors, are you sick, is something wrong?”

“No nothing, it’s fine,” The finality in your voice made him go quiet, of course he was upset but he respected your decision and just held you. “I think... I might go to bed.”

The abruptness of your decision made him sit up, “Are you sure, I can stay and I won’t pry”

“I really should sleep, this is something I have to figure out by myself and then I can talk to you okay,” You said standing and he nodded standing grabbing his coat and heading to the door. Before you could shut the door he turned pulling you into a hug. 

“I am here for you okay, don’t try to do it on your own, not when I am here and willing to help you, okay” he looked at you grabbing your shoulder and making sure your eyes would meet his before he continued “I will be by your side no matter what, trust me okay. I love you sleep well”

You would be lying if that I love you didn’t hit a little different, you nodded “Thank you Hoseok let me process and then we can talk okay.” Shutting and locking the door you began taking a few deep breaths. There was undeniable comfort from Hoseok’s words and it made you believe everything was okay. 

Taking out your phone with shaky hands you searched for a name you hadn’t contacted in a long time, even their name in your phone was mocking you. You clicked ‘Mum’ followed by the small phone icon before placing the phone to your ear.

Your hands trembling, you didn’t know what to do. You heard your mother answer with her familiar underlying snobbish greeting. 

“Good evening?”

“Hey Mum,” You caught yourself before your voice cracked, never giving your mother the satisfaction, “What are you doing?”

“Nothing, what do you need?” Her voice clipped and you bit your lip trying not to fight, this wasn’t why you were calling. You journeyed into the bathroom feeling a little sick, your mother always brought your anxiety back ten fold.

“Nothing, I was just wanting to tell you…” You squared your shoulders and stared at yourself in the mirror. It was a challenge, you were telling yourself to be a proverbial man. “I am pregnant.”

“Of course you are, you wasted your college degree by becoming a carny and now you are pregnant. I was waiting for you to stuff your life up more. And what now you need money, to help get rid of the thing, come home and we will take care of it. Maybe this will be a reminder to keep your legs shut”

“What the fuck is wrong with you, I am an adult don’t ever contact me again, because I sure as hell am never going to” You hung up placing your phone down and the sickness faded like a weight off your shoulders your mother was not a part of the equation.

Walking to the kitchen you sat on the breakfast bar stool and pulled out a book and began writing out a plan. There were things you needed to do. Of course telling Hoseok was important but you were planning without him. Because if he rejected you and this baby well then you were on your own.

It was always best to plan for the worst case scenario. A better house; the baby cannot live in a broken down high theft studio apartment. A drivers license; you definitely couldn’t take the child to school on the bus everyday before going to work and as for work you needed a serious job. You paused; these were the first important things.

Opening your laptop you began looking at houses and loans, saving tabs and looking at a driving school, there was no time to party. Texting Seokjin ideas he told you he would help you with some of the lessons and you were grateful that he would help you.

[Jimin: Hey, I thought...] [Jimin: And feel free to stop me but...] [Y/n: Spit it out Jiminie] [Jimin: I might have a better job for you, I just thought that the theme park would be too physical and at somepoint you won’t be able to lift and such.] [Y/n: Oh wow, I hadn’t thought about the lifting and standing business but I did think I would need more money and a real job, what do you have in mind?] [Jimin: You are qualified for it and it is a desk job, that pays well.]

You kind of felt good about everything, Jimin gave you an application for the desk job and depending on what you heard back you would have to give your two weeks notice at the theme park.

[Jin: As tomorrow is Saturday, How about your first driving lesson?] [Y/n: I mean sure, I have booked in to see the Realestate and I have filled out papers for a home loan, I can’t live here, it isn’t safe for a child.] [Jin: I will be there in the morning and I will drop off some healthy meals...] [Jin: I am slaving away in this kitchen so you better eat them.] [Jin: We don’t want the little one getting hungry, okay?] [Y/n: Okay, I get it. We will drive and look at houses tomorrow don’t be late] [Jin: I am never late.]

Seokjin was really getting into his role as fake father. But it made you feel like you had some sort of support behind you and that made you happy. You were exhausted laying on your single bed and decided not to dwell on things any more that evening. 

The next morning Seokjin knocked on your door, upon opening he looked at you with horrified eyes, “Your front door has been smashed in, why do you still live here?” He huffed placing bags on the bench, “you better understand that I love you, look at all these dinners I prepared”

“Thank you Jin, for everything, I really can’t thank you enough right now” You hugged him and he held you a little longer than normal perhaps waiting for you to break down.

“Are you ready to go?” Seokjin said, opening the front door to reveal Hoseok standing there looking absolutely confused.

“Go where?” His voice croaked a little evidence of his recent rising.

“We are looking at houses” You said nonchalantly, “Do you want to come?”

“Sure let me get dressed,” He ran back inside and Seokjin looked at you cautiously and you nodded. The three of you got into the car and Seokjin began instructing you to drive and you were doing pretty well even Hoseok who is scared of almost everything was calm.

You all spent the day looking and discussing houses and your price range and the possibility of a home loan, Hoseok just listened. He seemed amazed by the length you were going to, just to get a home or at least that’s what it felt like.

You looked at different houses and you knew which one you could afford but you couldn’t help but dream about one of the more expensive ones that they had accidentally showed you. Even Seokjin and Hoseok saw you smile when you looked at the places.

The last house you looked at was overrun with grass weeds and trees, garbage in the yard, a broken window and everything needed fixing but it was the cheapest.

The neighbourhood wasn’t bad, but the plumbing was, there was no electricity either which meant you had a lot of work cut out for you. Nothing could compare to your dream house, it had french doors to a back porch and a large backyard with a neat garden.

After inspecting each property you went back to the real estate office and stood outside in the fresh breeze while the agent made a few calls about your loan flexibility. Seokjin went to get coffee from the Cafe just down the road and to enter the real estate office when Hoseok grabbed your arm gently and blushed apologetically, “Hey can we talk just really quick?”

“Sure Hobi,” Your eyes scanned his sheepish form and he opened his mouth but quickly shut it, “What is it?”

“Is it about the break in, I can totally understand if it is, We can find a new place together, something nicer, and with more space in a better neighbourhood.” He looked flustered he wanted to express so much he was fumbling over his words, “Just I don’t want it to be cause of something else, I don’t want it to be about me, or something I have done”

“Hoseok, I have something to tell you,” Your heart was beating out of your chest, “I got some news from the doctor and well I have to get my life in order because this is serious Hoseok”

“Oh god!” He clutched you in his arms, “Don’t say you are dying, please anything but that, I can’t live without you”

“No Hobi, I am pregnant, I have to get my life in order, I can’t raise a baby in a broken studio eating tinned food, I need a proper job and house and…” He pulled back to look at you in a mix of shock and relief “I am scared, and alone”

“You are pregnant, like really pregnant?”

“Yes, and I am pretty much disowned too, so I have no help from home and have I said I was scared because I am shaking” You sniffed tears falling and he held you

"I will be there for you" He smiled, “We can get a house together and raise a baby. Wait. Who did this?” 

“I got you a smoothie cause you can’t have Coffee” Seokjin smiled handing a coffee to Hoseok and a smoothie for you. You saw Hoseok’s eyes slid to Seokjin and flick back to yours.

“Him?”

It looked like Hoseok was about to punch him when the Agent stepped out and guided us back into the office, I spoke with the bank and they said you are only eligible for the broken down bomb site of a home.

But amongst the deadly glares of Hoseok and the disappointment on Seokin’s face at the bank’s refusal to lend any more he went to speak. “What about if I add a Ten thousand dollar deposit?”

“No, No deposit I will take it. I have some time to fix it and I intend to.”

“You can’t live there, it is creepy.” Hoseok said

“I can and I will, I have to make a safe environment for a baby Hobi, I can’t sit around in our apartment and wait for someone to stab me in my sleep, I have fate in my hands and I am taking it” You walked into the realtors office and signed the forms, the house was now yours.

You sighed stepping out of the realtors and Seokjin said, “the boys and I will help you clean up”

“I can get some of the guys from work” Hoseok said, appearing more like he was trying to outdo Seokjin, instead of genuinely helping. Either way you were thankful for their help.

The clean up was going to be a huge task and you needed all the help you could get.

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150: “I didn’t know I was allergic to coconut oil until I went to this one strip club and now look at me - in the emergency room of a hospital on the night of my bachelor/bachelorette party" Koushiro and Jou and no, I am not sorry

THIS WAS THE WEIRDEST PROMPT EVER LOL. I was a little conflicted between making it serious or comedy, but well, this came out.

As a note, this would be the prequel to this prompt here  :)  All of my drabbles happen in the same universe, so I follow my headcanons lol.

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I didn’t know I was allergic to coconut oil until I went to this one strip club and now look at me: in the ER of a hospital on the night of my Bachelor party

“Doctors always think anybody doing something they aren't is a quack; also they think all patients are idiots.”

― Flannery O'Connor

“Ah...you’re a blessing of the gods, Dr. Kido. If you ever feel lonely, don’t hesitate to call me. I am always free.” 

Jou smiled nervously as old grandma Fujita walked out of his examination room giving him a wink. A cold shudder ran down his spine, but he kept his professionalism and waved the old woman goodbye for the tenth time that week.

“Someone is popular” Hikari chuckled, covering her laughter with her hand.

“I prefer not to talk about it.” he replied, hiding his face behind his hand, in shame “Who’s next?”

“Mrs. Itou…” Hikari smirked “again…”

“What? What now?”

“She says her stomach hurts…” Hikari replied, checking the papers in her clipboard “She will run out of diseases...eventually.”

Jou clicked his tongue and pinched the bridge of his nose in disapproval. The emergency room was a serious place; Many lives were at stake and it was not a place for a group of older women with plenty of time to come and bother medical personnel with imaginary illnesses. Of course, Jou would never say anything, he was a gentleman and respectful of his elders,so he just examined the women and repeated that there was nothing wrong with them and sent them home with some vitamins.

“Should I call her in?”

Jou was about to respond when familiar screams made both Hikari and Jou's eyes widen. The pair rushed out of the office and to their surprise several familiar faces were in the middle of the room making a stir, while some of the other nurses tried to understand what was happening.

“Kidooo, find Dr. Kido!!! Or ….”Taichi screamed in the room.

“Taichi-san...lower your voice, Jou-san is probably busy!” Takeru said, pulling his arm and giving the nurse that attended them an apologetic smile.

“Then bring out my sister…” Taichi continued “My sister...do you know her?”

“Your...sister, sir?” the nurse asked, a little scared. 

“Yeah! My sister...baby sister. She married this...guy!” Taichi said, catching Takeru under his arm “Lucky boy this one, haha…”

“Onichan!” Hikari said, horrified. She rushed into the scene, apologized to the nurses and told them that she would take care of this.

As Hikari was busy calming down the rest of the nurses, Jou approached the group and took a look.

As Hikari tried to explain the situation and apologized for her brother's erratic behavior to the other nurses, Jou approached the group and looked around. Taichi was clearly intoxicated, judging by his goofy grin.

" You better have an explanation for this…” Jou said sternly “This IS a hospital.”

“Yeah, yeah…” Takeru apologised trying to pull away from Taichi’s uncomfortable hug “We do have a reason...for...Taichi-san, please stop it…”

“Good heaven” Jou said, pressing his temple “What did I say about drinking too much today?”

“JOOOUUUUU:...”Taichi said, smiling like an idiot.” Just the man I wanted to see. My good old friend! He’s my childhood friend! Did you all know that? He was a skittish neurotic boy...but now Look at him! A full on Doctor! I am SO proud of you my friend!”

He released Takeru and turned to Jou in a clumsy attempt to hug him, but this was not the first time that Jou had had to deal with a very drunk Taichi, so the doctor evaded him and looked at Takeru -who was, clearly, the sober one - asking for an explanation.

“Long story short…”Takeru sighed “something...bad happened in Koushiro’s party.”

“Ah...I knew it….” Jou groaned “That is why I said you should have done it on the day I could actually go!”

Jou made his way to a private room, where the rest of the group was supposed to be. Hikari had already gone ahead of him, and the doctor found her hovering over someone on the bed. Someone that was struggling to get up while making unintedibble sounds.  When Jou approached the bed, he was shocked to see that it was Koushiro. 

His friend showed the worst case of swelling that Jou had seen in his entire medical career so far and judging by Hikari's horrified look, the girl shared his thoughts. The boy was unrecognizable and judging by his incoherent and unintelligible mumbling, he -like Taichi- was awfully drunk.  Hikari and Jou managed to push him back down and keep him from moving, so that Jou could actually examine him to understand what had happened to his friend. 

Ignoring the fact that he was treating a friend, Jou began to look at Koushiro with a clinical eye and began to list up  his physical symptoms: swelling around the eyes, face, mouth and possibly other areas of the body covered by the clothes; the eyes were reddened , there were rashes and dermatitis on the arms, legs and necks; judging by his difficult breathing, there was possibly inflammation of the airways and his heart rhythm was abnormally fast . Koushiro was conscious, but it was clear that he was confused. Whether this was a symptom of what was happening to him, or simply because he had drunk too much, they would only know it with a toxicological examination.

“Pressure?” Jou said, checking on the boy's eyes.

“90/ 60…” Hikari said, scribbling in the clipboard “ A little too low. Saturation level is at 93…”

“Mild hypoxia…” Jou said “Koushiro...Koushiro...can you hear me?”

Koushiro didn’t answer, or more accurately he couldn’t. He had tried to speak, but the swelling was so severe that he couldn’t that he couldn’t articulate a word.

“Koushiro, if you can hear me blink twice.”  the boy blinked “Good, now...blink twice for yes and once for no, okay?”

Koushiro blinked twice.

“Are you in pain?”

Two blinks. 

“Does your chest hurt and is it difficult to breathe?”

Two blinks.

“Does anything else hurt?”

Another two winks.

“Your stomach?” 

Once again two blinks.

The conversation continued like this for  some minutes, while Hikari took note..

“His airways are swollen, he still can breathe, but until we find out what’s causing this, we need to avoid further sweelling.  Give him 50 mg of prednisolone on an IV with 50mg of tramadol for the pain. Keep an eye on him. I want a  full blood scan and thoracic plaque. I want to see whether there’s pleural effusion or not. Ask for a toxicology test. I want to know what’s running in his system...”

“Yes, doctor. What are you going to do  in the meantime?”

“Try to get the story about what on earth happened to see where this problem came out from...”

“Well, that’s going to be a challenge with how drunk my brother is.” Hikari said, looking at Taichi, who was sitting in a corner singing a foolish and very out of tone song as Takeru tried to keep him still.

“Well lucky for me, your husband has a knack for storytelling.” Jou gave her a meaningful look and Hikari chuckled.

Takeru was having troubles trying to keep his brother-in-law from making a fuss. Taichi was the kind of person who would turn into a childish and silly kid whenever he was drunk, and even though it was funny at first, it became very tiring later on. 

“Alright, that’s enough...Taichi-san Stop it!” Takeru growled sternly.

Taichi’s only response was a pout.  He then began to wave his arms in a bvery childish manner.

“Takeruuuu….meanieeeeee….you don’t treat your awesome….greatest brother-in-law in the world like thiiiiis….”

“Yeah...well, you’re acting more like a naughty kid than my “awesome” brother-in-law, though…” Takeru sighed “Stop moving already! And keep your voice low...this is a hospital.”

Taichi pouted again and looked at Takeru with a scolded kid look. He stuck out his tongue at him with “Hmph” and turned away, making Takuro sigh. 

“I don’t know if I should laugh or be concerned that your first parenting experience is taking care of your intoxicated brother-in-law, Takeru.”

Takeru laughed and rolled his eyes. 

“I hope for my mind health’s sake, that I never get kids as feisty as Taichi-san…” 

“With your genes and Hikari’s...I think the chances are low. I can’t speak of the potential nephews however” Jou nodded, and Takeru wasn’t sure whether it was a joke or not, since Jou had kept a serious look. “ Where’s Yamato?”

“Well, after trying to kiss his way all over the club, he was knocked out. He must be still sleeping in the car. Don’t worry, Gabumon and patamon are with him. Daisuke and the others must still be in the party, I’m not even sure if they noticed us leaving.”

“Right.” Jou said with a sighe “Ok, so...care to tell me the story?”

Takeru gave him an ironic look. A story? He could write a full short novel with the events from that day, but he took a deep breathe and began telling Jou all the things that had transceded that night. 

“Well, it was Daisuke’s idea and well, my brother and Taichi were foolish enough to follow it, I guess? Honestly, I just found out today when I arrived.” he explained “Somehow they thought that it would be a pity that Koushiro didn’t experience a little bit of a “bachelor’s life” before tying the knot and well...they dragged us to this...night club.”

A night club! Jou thought, horrified. Those were the kind of silly things that happened when he wasn’t there to keep an eye on those kids. That was the worst possible place to take a man days before his wedding, then again, the fact that this was Daisuke’s idea shouldn’t have surprised him.  That kid had been watching too many american movies. 

“Alright...I need to know everything,” Jou sighed, taking out his pen “Everything that Koushiro did. What did he drink, eat, touch...all of it.”

“Ehr...sure…” Takeru said, trying to recall all the things that had happened earlier. It was hard since what had not happened that day. 

Daisuke’s plan had totally taken Koushiro by surprise.  He had expected a causal night on some local bar drinking a couple beers with friends and telling stupid stories, before going home and sleeping until the next day. The computer genius was speechless when his friends had pulled him into this exotic night club in which, apparently, women danced and took off their clothes as they did. He didn’t even know those places existed in Japan. 

The night had started calm, all things considered. Koushiro was visibly feeling awkward and Takeru couldn’t blame him. Supposedly, Takeru was the one famous for his suave style and his ease dealing with girls, but even he had to admit, the whole place intimidated him.

Taichi and Yamato had been awkward at first too, but after several drinks they began to loosen up and their usual drunkish traits began to surface. Half an hour and many drinks later, all of his friends were pretty much drunk and  even Koushiro was much more relaxed.  Then it happened.  Daisuke had reserved some popular dancers or whatsoever to "assist" at his friend's bachelor party. The girls, who Takeru made sure to describe as absolutely not his type, just in case Jou decided to share the tale with Hikari, had given Koushiro a very...intense and provocative lap dance. Koushiro was so shocked that he had fainted on the chair. The pattern was repeated several times during the evening: a random dancer would come, give the bachelor a lap dance, Koushiro would faint, then wake up to drink another cup of liquor, and it would start all over again. 

“And you were the only one actually sober?”  Jou asked.

“I did have a beer…” Takeru admitted “but hey I am married, okay? Daisuke kept teasing me for being the grumpy married guy of the party whenever I said that I thought it was a bad idea. ”

“GRUMPY OLD MAN...hahaha…” Taichi laughed loudly pulling Takeru’s shirt. He slapped the older boy’s hand and glared. 

“Taichi-san ...quiet!”

“Well, at least someone had a cool head there. Embarrasing enough, it was the youngest of the group.” Jou said, rolling his eyes  and looking at Taichi disapprovingly “alright, lap dancing aside. What did Koushiro eat?”

“I think he had some of those peanuts on the table and some chips and a sandwich.”

“He ate those damn peanuts?” Jou said horrified “Do you have any idea of the sort of things you can find in those plates? Do you have any idea of how many people touch those things without washing their hands?”

“Believe me, I know…” Takeru sighed. His wife wouldn’t let him forget it whenever he went out for a drink with the guys “but I think Koushiro has his mind somewhere else to actually think of that detail. Do you think it caused this?”

“Well, no...that was just an outburst of indignation. Continue….” 

“He had several beers, then Daisuke suggested moving to stronger drinks. I think he had several margaritas and cocktails. Other than that...it was all good.”

“Any fruit in those cocktails, aside the lemons?”

“No, I don’t think so…” Takeru said “Why?”

“Just checking.” Jou said “Was he okay before...the party?”

“Yeah, he was fine. He was talking with Mimi before we left his office.” 

“So when did he begin to feel sick?”

“Eh...I’m not sure. After the twelfth lap dance maybe?”

“ Number twelve smelled niiiicce. Hawaian lotion smelled so good… made me want caaaaandy…” Taichi giggled “remember that coco candy? Hehehe…”

 The two men ignored Taichi’s incoherent comments and continued speaking. Takeru would have laughed if the situation wasn’t so serious right now.

“So he didn’t eat or drink anything unusual?”

“Not that I noticed…”

“Coco….Coco….cococoooo” Taichi sang sillily.

Jou ignored him and looked at the notes he had in his clipboard. 

“Huh...I guess I’ll need those results before I can do anything. This doesn’t tell me much...”

The good news was that the medication was helping Koushiro a little. The swelling was still there,  but it had gone down a little and he wasn’t in pain. He still couldn’t move, but it seemed to be a lot more conscious compared to how he had arrived.  About one hour later, Hikari came into the room with the lab results and Jou looked through the papers carefully. 

“Eosinophils count is high…” he said “he’s pretty intoxicated, however, it shouldn’t be enough to altere his white cell count. Aside from the drugs we gave him, he’s clean...so it wasn’t a case of accidental drugging or poisoning. Inflammatory indicators are high, as expected and no pleural effusion. Good. Let's keep on with the prednisone and the tramadol until we find out what's the cause. At least we know it is not Lupus… ' Jou said.

Hikari chuckled.

“Quating Dr. House there?”

“Just to break the tension” Jou smiled with a shrug " let's monitore these indicators just in case. I want to make a scrap of his rash to see what we find there." 

"Full test?" Hikari asked.  

Jou nodded and Hikari did as she was told. Considering how his friend had come in earlier, Koushiro was evolving really well. The steroids were helping with the inflammation and that was letting him breathe better. The question,now, was: what had caused it? 

"You sure had a hell of the night, huh Koushiro?" Jou said with a raised eyebrow. 

Two blinks and a pathetic look. Jou looked at him sympathetically , he was going to develop a trauma after tonight, that's for sure and he would have to thank Daisuke and his friends for it.

The results came in later that night. The blood test seemed better, so they continued with the treatment as it was. The skin scraping had come negative for fungi, parasites and bacteria. However the note from the analyst caught his attention. It read:  presence of oily substance. It was identified as vegetable oil, most likely coconut. 

Coconut?

 Suddenly, some of the  things he had heard that night  began to click. Taichi had sillily said something about someone smelling like a Hawaiian lotion that reminded him of the coconut sweets he liked. Now, the pathologist said there was coconut oil on the samples. It was as if a light bulb had been lit in his head and the answer became clear. 

Koushiro had had a bad allergic reaction to coconut oil. Coconut allergy was rare, but the chances were high, since he was allergic to walnuts and cross reaction with coconut were common. An hypersensibility reaction would explain the result of  eosinophils  in his blood test. His symptoms also pointed to a severe allergic reaction.How had he not seen it earlier? 

Poor Koushiro. Ending up in a hospital on his bachelor party night, just because one girl had danced on his lap after a skin treatment with coconut oil. He'd have to message Mimi and tell her to get rid of all her coconut skin products, or she would get a not very nice surprise on their wedding night. 

The whole thing was so ridiculous that Jou burst into a fit of laughter, just when Hikari stepped in to the office. The girl stared at him dumbfounded and the older man tried to compose himself, but looking at his friend’s face, he knew he'd already failed poorly. 

"Y-Yeah?" he said, smiling .

"Mimi is in the hall demanding to know what happened to her fiancé…" Hikari said shyly "I wasn't sure what to say…" 

"Right.” Now he had another problem. A feisty Mimi who wouldn’t be too happy about the way her fiancé had decided to spend his bachelor party “Leave it to me."

“ Good luck...she’s angry.”

Jou gave her an amused look as he fixed his doctor’s coat and stepped out of the office. This was probably the strangest night he’d ever had in the ER, but one way or another, he had saved his friend, and that, was enough to make him proud, even if it had only been a silly allergic reaction to coconut oil.

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Cold Blows the Wind

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So, guys :) Got the inspiration for this randomly during the afternoon. It’s a oneshot about Natasha & Tony meeting in the afterlife, post Endgame.

It doesn’t actually get romantic because in this case I’d like to respect Tony’s relationship with Pepper. But they are very close and intimate (in a non-romantic way) in this fic :)

Hope you guys enjoy it!

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ONESHOT: COLD BLOWS THE WIND

When Tony opens his eyes, he doesn’t feel anything. Not in a “not feeling pain” sense – he just doesn’t feel anything at all. He doesn’t feel cold, but doesn’t feel hot either. There’s no weight on his chest, on his head or anywhere else in his body. He doesn’t feel. The world seems so light and calm. Where was he just a minute ago?

Tony allows himself a few seconds to breathe in and get used to the feeling. He cannot actually remember the last time he felt so free. His brain was always cogitating something, magically trying to reach to some conclusion about the many problems he had to deal with during his entire life. Somehow, at the moment, he cannot even remember what problems used to keep him awake at night.

Only after realizing that he wants to cherish this moment forever does he try to look around him. He’s lying down in grass, the greener he’s ever seen, and above him, a blue sky welcomes him. There are no clouds, only a light breeze and a warm sun that illuminates his skin. Could he stay here forever?

Maybe there is no way things could get any better, but life has always a way of surprising you. So, when he tries to get up, he ears one of the only voices that could actually make him feel something.

             “Tinhead, you awake already?”

The voice of an angel would never sound this good. Tony turns around and sees her, wearing a taupe dress just a little below her knees, with flaming red hair moving to the rhythm of the wind. Natasha Romanoff. The last woman he would have expected to see in this so-close-to-paradise place. She sits, barefoot, on top of a rock.

            “Natasha-” he doesn’t know whether to run to her or stay in his place, or maybe even cry. Now he feels, but he can’t quite tell what.

            “Didn’t quite expect to see you so early.” she says, a smile on her lips. “Are you gonna just stand there or are you gonna give me a hug?”

Run to her, it is. He holds her tight when he reaches her, so tight that he thinks he might break one of her bones, but she doesn’t complain. On the contrary, she holds him just as tight, but he feels no pain. Only relief, to see her again. She feels like another beam of light in this place. Her warm skin embraces him and he buries his head on her shoulder, lets her hair him and suddenly there is the smell of cinnamon and rosemary. Did she always smell this good?

            “Did you smell me, Stark?”, she says, amused. He doesn’t back away from the hug, but eases on the strength he’s using to hold her.

            “Sorry. Didn’t realize I was even doing it.”, and then he looks at her, as if he had never seen her before. “Why are you here?”

            “I would guess for the same reason as you.”, he must have made a weird face, because she laughs. “You’re supposed to be a genius, Stark. Give it a minute, you’ll figure it out.”

            “Is this the afterlife? Are we dead? Is this supposed to be Heaven?”

Natasha looks around. Well, they are dead and this certainly is the afterlife. Can they call it heaven? She wouldn’t know. Natasha didn’t think she was worthy of a place called heaven, anyway.

            “We’re pretty dead. Don’t know if this is heaven, though. What do you see?”

Tony laughs. “Whatcha mean, Nat? What do I see? What do you see? Probably the same, I would say.”

            “I’ve been here a bit longer than you, unfortunately. Met a couple of old friends. We don’t all see the same. What do you see?”

            “I... what? The afterlife is different for everyone, uh?”, he barely registers it, but he has seen so much — this is definitely not the weirdest of the universe. “A blue sky. It’s sunny, and warm, and there’s a light breeze, enough so that you won’t feel the heat on your skin. The air smells good, not like the bullshit air you breathe on big cities. There’s green grass, like really green, and I can see some houses just over there. I dunno. Looks like the old house I had with Pepper on the countryside.”

            “You should go visit it. It probably has some nice surprises for you.”, she insisted.

            “What do you see?” A normal question, asked by one of the most curious men she has ever met.

Natasha closes her eyes, breathes in, and opens them again. The snow under her feet doesn’t make her feel cold. She’s dressed to the neck in warm clothes and heavy boots, and there’s no wind. The sky is dark and, above them, northern lights cover the sky in shades of green and pink. Right in front of them there is a house, small but enough for a family. A child plays outside and waves at her. Tony can’t see her, but Natasha can.

            “Life.”, she murmurs. “I feel more alive here than I ever did when I was alive, Tony. I don’t know how long it’s been since I died. Since I jumped off that cliff on Vormir. Time means nothing here. We’re eternal. There’s no weight on my chest. I remember all the things I’ve done, but it’s like - it’s like they don’t matter anymore. Like all has been forgiven.”

He touches her cheek and she leans into it.

            “I don’t have a damn clue what you’re talking about. But it sounds good.”, they both laugh and Natasha runs her fingers through his hair.

            “You’ll get it soon enough.” A moment of silence. She almost feels like she could kiss him, like they could become one and be here, forever, except that does not belong here. Love and hatred and happiness and sadness are things of the living world. Here, they just are – they exist, free of the weight of feeling and free of problems. They can have peace, at last. “Can you keep me company for a while? I’d like someone to talk to.”

Tony holds one of her hands and pulls towards the horizon (he sees endless grass and a beach just a few minutes away, she sees a quiet nice forest, filled with blooming flowers and trees old as time). “C’mon, Red. We have all the time in the world.” They do.

            “Do you think they will remember us?”, her voice doesn’t beak when she asks. It’s only a question, and the answer won’t bring her any closure. She just wants to know. “I mean, people will remember Tony Stark. But what we did for the world... will they remember?”

            “Does it matter?”, he asks. “No one could ever forget you, Nat. The strongest, most beautiful woman who ever lived. Second only to my wife, obviously.”, they laugh. “No, seriously. You’re amazing. All the ones who matter will remember.”

He is right, after all. Despite everything, she didn’t sacrifice herself to be remembered. She did so to atone for her sins.

And all has been forgiven, now

[chemicalbrew]

tagged

by @adellama-99 \ @lukas-dreemurr37 to post the first 15 songs that come on shuffle. i’m using being tagged twice as an excuse to shuffle my Brandish folder so beware

Beyond the Sunshine Forest from Mother 3 (ah yes a funky little tune, one of many)

The Way Back Home from Cave Story (I have a habit of getting OSTs of games I’m barely interested in, so I have no feelings about this... it’s neat though)

Victim from Brandish VT (I have not explored the soundtracks of 3 and 4 thoroughly enough yet, so this is my first time hearing this. can you blame me though? this is like the last thing I have left to explore here... I suppose this is pretty likeable, but not memorable out of context)

Illusionary World from Final Fantasy IV: Celtic Moon (oh this album is absolutely gorgeous, I should check it out properly one of these days)

Closing Credits from fucking Cuphead (forgot I have this OST! LMAO I only got it for like Floral Fury or whatever it was)

Radical Dreamers from To Far Away Times (oh here’s the punch)

Super Guitar Bros - Super Athletic (from Harmony of Heroes; the best Smash Bros. album to ever happen... I remember these guys contributing to a fan-made CT album too lol)

Skrillex - Pop Dance (my bet is everyone forgets this song exists and for good reason... the drop is nicer than I recall though) OH WAIT THIS IS A REJECTED DEMO AND THE VERSION I HAVE IS ACTUALLY FAKE??? MIND = BLOWN... the real thing sounds so much cooler too!

DJ School from DS Rhythm Heaven (probably the most fun game on there. I could never play this entry myself, however)

Geno’s introductory theme from Mario RPG, I think?

Monkey’s Love Song from Mother 3 (absolutely iconic, standing out, memorable, perfect, etc)

Norg - Antedecent (from Chronicles of Time; I think it’s a reimagining of CT’s Premonition? it’s so cool!)

Risk Everything on This Moment from Zwei II (awesome in context, meh otherwise. looking it up on YT led to finding three Zwei covers which is brilliant)

Brandy Hill from Zwei II (totally lovely, one of the nicest tunes in the duology!)

My Village is Number One from Xenogears\Shattered Memories (hey this song shows up again!)

ok now here comes the Brandish shuffle just cause!

VT - Enigma Tower −Mysterious− (starting off with a bang! i fucking love this simple ass melody and it alone got me curious about 4 FFS!!! this specific version reminds of how stressful two certain tests that I failed were though l o l)

TDR - Lobster (already talked about how this is one of the worst things the series has to offer so it’s ok)

Piano Collection - Shop (1/2) (very smooth and calming, like most of the album, I love it)

MIDI Collection - Tantoll (3) (the original melody is god damn fire tbh, but this arrangement ruins it... though the very end of it is good-ish)

1 SNES - Azitakaha (this is just a boss song that’s generic no matter how you cut it. Battle music is this series’ biggest fucking weakness, it seems)

2 - Battle Point Version A (same as above except this actually sounds decent! I remember being a little surprised by it when I played)

2 - Karl, You Are Shining (ok this was literally the best part of how 2 ended, don’t @ me. it’s not exactly in the ending sequence, but y’know, pretty close...)

VT - Another Door (have no idea what’s going on, of course, but the ambience is great tbh...)

Piano Collection - Tower (1) (this may be the best version of this song, even better than TDR)

1 PCE - Shop 2 (ok this is the Casino music actually, and it’s like the weirdest version out there, but I always liked it)

2 - Gadobistlle (i told you battle music sucks ;v; this is a fairly epic fight in context too...)

2 SNES - Tower (the original version is much better and a favorite)

TDR - Opening (Short) (a classic and kicks ass!)

1 - Azitakaha (sorry...)

4 Image Soundtrack - The Power of the Legend (SEE THIS IS WHY I LOVE THIS SERIES, NOT THE BATTLE MUSIC SMH)

[dailyaudiobible]

03/31/2020 DAB Transcript

Deuteronomy 16:1-17:20, Luke 9:7-27, Psalms 72:1-20, Proverbs 12:8-9

Today is the 31st day of March, welcome to the Daily Audio Bible, the last day of the third month of the year which means that we have completed, we are about to complete our first quarter of the year. So, and this is…this is…this is a big milestone. If you're still…you…if you made it here, you can make it. The rhythm has been established in life. Now this is what we do. And we can do this for the rest of the year. And the territory, I mean the stuff that we have out in front of us, as if the Bible hasn't been epic in its first quarter there's a lot of fascinating things for us to explore together as we continue the journey. So, this is the 90th day or actually this is a leap year so this is kinda like the 91st day that we've been here together in the year. And, so, we just mark that. It’s like a little pile of rocks. We see often in the Bible, these little memorial stones or things set up, so you don't forget, which is why we write things down. And, so, getting to this point the first quarter of the year, it’s just a little pile of rocks for this year. Well done. I am so glad we are on this journey together. So, let's dive into that journey and finish well this third month of the year. We’re reading from the New International Version this week. Deuteronomy chapters 16 and 17 today.

Commentary:

Okay. The last thing that Jesus said in our reading from the Gospel of Luke today was, “truly I tell you”, right? I’m telling you the truth. “Some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God.” It’s a big thing to say. Throughout so much of my life I read that phrase and thought, “well that's not…how can that be true because the kingdom of God isn't here? We’re like…we’re still waiting for Jesus return and then…and then whatever happens next, like somehow this is after what's happening now is when the kingdom will come.” But as we've seen so explicitly clear from Jesus own lips out of the Gospels, the kingdom is within us, is among us, is happening. And, so, in light of that Jesus is simply saying, “tell you the truth. Some of you will have eyes to see and ears to hear. Before you taste death, you will see the kingdom of God.” That is still possible friends. Before I taste death, I pray that I will have eyes to see and ears to hear and see the kingdom of God. And I’m not talking about like some mystical vision kind of thing, I’m talking about that I have eyes to see and ears to hear. Like, don't we all want this? And we’ve been kind of talking about this because one of the words over this year is…is “vision” and that means something specific. It is exactly what we've been talking about all year, eyes to see. Give me vision in this year of 2020 that I might see your kingdom and never be able to unsee it again. That is my prayer. But if it's in and among us, if it's sown in and Jesus uses a parable about a farmer planting his field, and then his enemies coming in and sewing all kinds of weeds in it and it all grows up together until the harvest. That's how Jesus describes the kingdom of heaven, that it's all mixed in. With all of the bad and the evil there is all of the good and light. If we want to see the kingdom of God, then we will be looking for the good and light in this world. And, so as we’re closing the first quarter of the year, like we are 25% through this year of 2020 already. And, as we know, it's going to fly by and be Christmas before we know it. I mean there will be patches that seem like they stretch on forever and there’ll be patches that seem like they flew by. That’s how a year goes. But will we…will we gain eyes to see and ears to hear in this year? Where are we even supposed to be looking? I guess there are many things that we could look for but what we are ultimately looking for is the good, the good that is sustaining the world. Wherever we find that it is evidence of the kingdom. But we can also turn to Scripture. We could do a whole big thing, I suppose, but we can just…we can just consider the fruit of the Spirit. The fruit of the Spirit will be the kingdom of heaven in this world. So, wherever there is love, wherever there is joy or peace or long-suffering or kindness or goodness or faithfulness or gentleness or self-control, the Bible says there’s no law against any of that. That is evidence of the kingdom. And while we’re looking for that, because that's really what we need to see, if we could have eyes to see, we would see God on the move. This planet would go dark. It would be done if it weren't sustained by God. We would've never been here. It would have been over a long time ago. Where is the good that sustains our world and our people? That is where God is at work and He will continue to be at work whether we notice it, whether we have eyes to see or and He will use whoever is willing whether we understand it or not. He is the most-high God. He can do whatever he chooses, but we are invited into that story, into that dance of life, that collaboration of revealing the kingdom as Jesus did, because we are His body in this world, the body of Christ. Man, what if we all got eyes to see and ears to hear? Everything changes at that point. This is what we are struggling toward, but we’re just trying to find eyes to see and ears to hear. And we also have to look in our own lives. Is the kingdom, is the evidence of the fruit of the Spirit, is good within us? Where is that? And what is false within us? What is the mask that we just keep wearing and trying to perfect? How do we get eyes to see and ears to hear inside of our own self, what God is doing in the transformation process of our own hearts? It's all happening. Like, this has always been happening. It's always been available for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. And it’s so fundamental to the message of Jesus.

Prayer:

Father as we go into the next quarter of the year, we have established a rhythm. We kind of know what's going on now. We’ve acclimated ourselves to the Scriptures. We’re moving through together. And now as we move into this second quarter of the year, we’re asking what we've been asking for all along, eyes to see and ears to hear. Open our eyes that we might see You at work everywhere. It's not hard to find. Our eyes have just been tuned in to find the evil and the things that might challenge us and make us uncomfortable. And yet, we can make up a life of our own and only lose it. And You’ve told us today in the Scriptures, but if we’ll give up all that, if we’ll give up all the façade, if we’ll give up our life, we’ll find ourself. You said, “what good is it for someone to gain the whole world and lose or forfeit their very self?” So, come Holy Spirit and give us eyes to see within and without what You are doing among and within us. We pray this in the name of Jesus. Amen.

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Sustained - Kai ( Kim Jongin )

A/N：I combined these requests because they were all so similar! Hope you guys enjoy.

“Ah. It’s nice to be adults and graduate high school.” Kai sighed as he walked beside you, returning to your shared neighborhood with you.

“I know right!” You sighed contently with him. “Watch out world, I can drink and I have a diploma.”

You two laughed together in excitement at your silly profession to the universe. You had both been waiting for this moment for a while now, looking forward to starting your universities in the fall. Although you and Kai didn’t get into the same university, luckily they were only two bus stops apart.

Having spent your entire childhoods together, ever since he accidentally pushed you off the swing and apologized for it the next day by giving you a flower he found on the sidewalk, you guys were inseparable best friends. You would talk about everything and anything together. You guys would watch movies in each other’s houses, and you both treated like part of each other’s family.

“Jongin-Ah, when you come back from America, bring me something cool and unexpected ok?” You smiled.

Yes, Jongin was leaving for America the next day for his summer vacation. He was staying overseas to practice his English and to perform with his University’s dance crew (which he was obviously already a member of because he’s amazing at dance, in fact he applied to his specific University because the dance crew captain had reached out to him for his talent).

“Of course!” He smiled. “A giant America spider sounds perfect.”

“Yah!” You hit him fairly roughly on the bicep. You were both all too familiar with your strong fear of spiders.

“I’ll see you in two months I guess!” You waved good bye to Jongin as you reached your doorstep and begin to walk towards your house.

“Wait.” He held your wrist and spun you around, landing a soft, fleeting kiss on your lips.

You stared at him in surprise as your cheeks pinked up. “Jongin...what are you doing?”

“Y/n...I think I like you. The thought of not being able to hug you for two months straight just scares me.” He shyly ruffled his hair, avoiding your intense, confused gaze.

“...I don’t know. Jongin I think you only ‘like’ me because you are worried about missing me.” You begin to laugh off the awkward tension between you two.

“Your probably right. Haha. Why would I like you now after all these years.” He laughed, almost too seriously, you thought. Did he really change his mind that quickly? “Well, see you in two months.”

“Bye!” You said cheerily, and entered into your house.

That night, your mind incessantly replayed your kiss with Jongin. Even though you wanted to sleep, the feeling of his soft lips perfectly fitting on yours would not escape your mind.

You looked at your phone to check the time, and you noticed Jongin’s text messages to you.

2:30am J: Boarding now! Talk to you on the other side.

It felt like your heart involuntarily drifting away from your body, flying away with Jongin.

How could it be after all these years, that you liked him now? No way, it must have just been that stupid kiss, it was your first kiss after all. You shook your head violently to get rid of thoughts of Jongin, but they persisted.

All those times that he would walk beside you and pretend to be your boyfriend to save you from creepy guys in public places. When he would order your favorite meal from your favorite restaurant and bring it to you when you were busy cramming for tests in the library. How he would eat with you as you perused through your notes, and he would ask dumb questions about what you were reviewing because he kinda just gave up on studying and committed all his time to dance. How you’d both end up confused about a concept because he’d ask the weirdest questions and you’d get mad at him for distracting you. And the times when you texted him late at night about drama with your girl friends and he would always respond with thoughtful advice to calm you down. The way he laughs wrinkling his nose, and the way he calls your name. Your mind was bombarded with thoughts of Jongin.

But you told yourself to forget about it. Your friendship with him was too valuable to be jeopardized for some momentary whimsy.

You two continued to chat over the summer, although you were both pretty busy and didn’t share the same time zone anymore. Eventually, the conversations got choppy and you weren’t talking as much as you would back at home in Korea.

Thankfully, the summer ended and Jongin was back by the first day of University. He had returned with his dance crew and had already situated himself on dorm. You had just begun unpacking at your school, baffled by the newness of being at University.

You finally got to meet each other after classes ended. Jongin had stood waiting for you in front of your school entrance.

“Oh my gosh, I didn’t think it was possible for our Jonginie to get any darker.” You teased him, nudging his arm playfully.

“Aish. Shut up. You freak.” He returned your playful nudge with a glare.

“Wow. What a burn.” You sarcastically responded.

“Let’s go eat somewhere! Your treat.” Jongin switched to his favorite topic and he had already begun walking towards a chicken place nearby.

“Yah. Why am I treating?” You trailed after him.

“Because you hurt my feelings, and I haven’t had proper korean chicken in two months and as my best friend I think you should welcome me back properly.” He smugly retorted with his back facing you.

“Can’t argue with that.” You smiled. You were glad that the two of you had returned to your usual selves.

As you were both munching on the chicken, you noticed his phone vibrating every once in a while.

“Shouldn’t you check that?” You pointed at his buzzing cell phone.

“Huh, oh yeah.” He picked up his phone and smiled while replying to the text.

“Does Jongin have a girlfriend?” You teased with a childish inflection.

“...” His tan face darkened with red.

“Oh my god. It’s true!” You tried to sound happy and surprised for him, masking your own disappointment.

“She’s really nice. She was in the dance crew and we got to spend a lot of time together over the summer.” He begin to babble in embarrassment.

“Her name is Haemi. Today is our first day.” He averted your gaze, looking out into the street shyly.

Today is our first day. Those words stunned you, as you mechanically put on a smile.

“I’m so proud of you! Quite the catch, our Jonginie.” You finally managed to force out.

The rest of the time you two chatted about his two months away, with him at times gushing about Haemi. How cute she looks in converse high tops, and how her short hair bobbed vivaciously when she does popping.

It was painful for you to sit through, but Jongin’s friendship meant more to you than anything else in the entire world. You clenched your fists beneath the table and sat there listening to him. Envious of the girl who could leave him with such a sweet expression on his face.

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One month had gone by and you had settled into a rhythm and your new school. You also got to meet and become friends with many people from Jongin’s dance crew, including Haemi, who you tried to hate but simply couldn’t because she wasn’t even remotely mean to you in any way.

It was a Saturday night and you guys were all in a karaoke place that you frequented as a group. For some reason, all of you felt bored after singing a few songs and you all sat quietly chatting with one another.

“Let’s play a game.” Chanyeol suddenly chirped, needing some kind of action and excitement, “How about seven minutes in heaven? We can pick names out of a hat.”

“That’s so childish.” One of your girl friends rolled her eyes.

“Whatever, it’ll be fun. I mean we aren’t doing much else anyway.” Another girl had chimed in, she had a huge crush on Chanyeol and was obviously hoping to get seven minutes with him.

“Guys? Consensus?” Chanyeol looked around the room, yearning for the group’s approval at his proposal.

“Eh.” You all shrugged, agreeing to his plan.

“Ok. Here we go.” Chanyeol wrote down all of your names and placed it inside his SnapBack.

“The first lucky couple is...Suho and Sehun!”

The group roared with laughter as you all eagerly left the two boys staring wide-eyed at each other in the karaoke room. The two of them just continued to talk for seven minutes, and when the time was up. You all returned into the room.

“Ok. Well that was a disappointing start, here’s our next couple...Jongin...” Chanyeol paused as he rummaged through his SnapBack for the next name.

“Y/n!” You laughed instinctively, finding it funny that you’d be paired with your boyfriend. But the rest of the group “oooh”ed in a suggestive tone.

You and Kai looked at each other and shrugged. Haemi simply smiled and left you two alone in the room.

“So...whats up?” Jongin attempted to start a conversation with you, sensing a weird tension in the room.

“Not much. Haha.” You chuckled nervously. Him sitting next to you in a dimly lit room was making you kind of nervous.

“Well. I’m out of things to talk about.” He laid back into the seat. Putting his hands behind his head.

His jaw line was extremely noticeable to you in this position, and somehow your mouth found it’s way to his.

His opened his eyes in surprise but maybe it was the lighting, and the situation you were in but he gave in to the kiss. Your mouths interlocked and your tongues wrestled each other. Finally after a good minute, you both separated from each other, looking at the other in shock.

“What was that?” He finally asked.

“I...I don’t know. I think it’s because I just always get so frustrated when I see you with her and I’m here alone with you in a room with such...sexy lighting?”

He chuckled at your hesitant but cute response.

“You’re cute when you’re jealous.” He leaned back in for another kiss, this time you guys were interrupted by Chanyeol’s fervent knocking.

“Time’s up, lovebirds!” The door begin to creak open and you two quickly shifted apart from each other.

But the damage was done. Haemi noticed the smudged lipstick on Jongin’s lips, and she turned and ran away and Jongin ran after her.

You left the karaoke room as well, feeling awkward amongst your friends even though they all thought you and Jongin were meant to be.

You begin to walk your way home, only finding Jongin sitting on your doorsteps waiting.

“What happened?” You asked carefully, afraid to hope.

“I broke up with her.” He stood up to face you. “Y/n, it had always been you. I know it seemed like I had moved on but I was just trying to get over you because I wanted you to be in my life forever. I didn’t want to push my feelings onto you because I was afraid we’d stop being friends and you’d leave my life.” He held your gaze. “And that thought scared me more than anything else, even the fact that I’ll have to continue loving you while watching you find happiness with someone else.”

“Oh you idiot. That’s what I was thinking.” You leaned into his embrace  and tilted your chin up to kiss his lips. This time you were locked in your embrace, not wanting to leave each other’s side. You were whole together.

[fang-dagger]

First chapter

I am a detective named Sherlock, who works at mystery inc. in New Jersey with my Friends to solve mysteries. Today is the day we are getting a big case to solve in a long time.

“Today we have some weird mystery down at the old warehouses in town.” Said Mr. McDagger, our boss.

“Sherlock, you go investigate it.” He said while pointing his finger at me.

“Sure thing boss,” I said but I didn’t know this mission would go so badly as it did. I headed out to the warehouse and got a call from my friend Katie,

“Hey we have gotten some odd energy sights coming from there so be careful okay,” with a worried tone in her voice.

“Oh when has anything gone wrong?.” I said with sarcastic voice.

“What about that one time with the soup?” She said right back.

“Hey I didn’t know they went bad two years ago!” I said and then we both laughed. As I approached the old warehouse I saw something that quickly disappeared.

“It must be a dog or something,” I thought to myself. Then I saw another one and I called my friends back at the office.

“Hey guys are there any stray dog packs I should be worried about?” I stopped walking.

“No, why do you ask?” They said.

“That's what I was worried about.”

I pulled out my gun and pointed it around.

“Why? Is there someone there?!” They said with a worried tone like earlier.

“Maybe, but it shouldn't be too hard to handle.”

 As I walked into the building I heard more feet

“This can’t be happening.” I whispered to myself.

And then like a moth to a flame, a voice started speaking.

“You have came Sherlock.” He said with a gravel voice with darkness covering him.

“Of course I did. Did you think I would miss the party?” I said with a joking tone.

He laughs, “I thought you would not miss it.“ It sent shivers down my spine and I was meant  to be fearless.

“So what do you want?” I asked him and looking up I felt something... no, someone I used to know.

“All I want is my revenge of the Mysteries Inc.” He said with a voice that rattled my bones in every direction not because it was scary; because of what will happen to my friends.

“So what will happened to them then and the company?” I ask the strange man.

“Well they will get what they deserve.” He said while looking the other direction.

“What will happen to me?” I asked him while looking into his snake-like  eyes.

“You will watch all of your friends and the company burn in fire and won’t be able to help.” As I gulped for air ,so worried I started to pull out my gun. Right when i pointed my gun towards him it went flying out of my hands. I just stood there in shock not knowing what had just happened.

”Don’t think you will get out of this so easily.” He said and with a slight movement of the hand, ten men came out and charged at me. I decided to stand my ground and charge right back at them. I tackled one of them to the ground and grabbed his gun as fast as i could, so i could point it at the others. “Very good, you are very strong and brave.” He said.

“why do you say that?!” I ask while reaching for my communicator on my earpiece in confusion. Right when i was about to hit the communicator he said “It's no use for that little girl.” I looked at him and I all i could feel was a shock running down my back. “What did you do?” I ask him with a stern face.

“I just used a EMP. Don’t you know what that is?” He ask with a chuckle at the end.

“Of course I do! Why though?” I ask and like a echo he responded.

“So you can’t call your little friends of course.” The group of men began to close in on me. I put the gun up shaking.

“Call off your men so they can go home to there families.”

“But they aren’t humans.” He said. The lights started to come on. The next thing i know, all i could see were robot parts and reddish eyes. I step back in shock, when all of a sudden one jumped at me. I pulled the trigger, “click” “Its empty!..Wait!”  I said while I threw the gun and hit the robot.  All the guns are empty.

“Oh, Wow you think I could kill you with a gun?!”He scoffs. “Well your wrong!” He said. I decided to make a break for it. The robots started chasing after me in a hot pursuit like a dog on a hunt for a rabbit. I ran really fast out of the complex and straight to the city area. The cars horns were honking in all directions, as the robots footsteps were getting stronger and louder not music but in rhythm. Right before I could react one jump in front of me and I ran the other way in to a alleyway. It’s was a dead end but I climbed into a fire escape and made my way into a old apartment building. The robots were right behind me and then I got out of the room I was in. The room had broken and moldy floorboards. When the robots came in the floor cracked and engulfed them, and they sparked like  fireworks and then a fire started and I ran out as fast as I could to the nearest exit. As soon as I got out the building it combusted with flames. “That was close” I said in a whisper because of all the running. But then I head robot feet clinging. I turned around and saw what I feared, they were fireproof. And I was too tired to run anymore. But I wasn’t going to give up without a fight. I got into a fighting pose and then all of a sudden I heard gunshots. I look to see it was my friends with FBI. The robots head fell like a apple off a tree. I walked over. “Hey there guys. What took you so long?” I asked them and they gave me the look that a bad joke would look like.

“What happened and what are those things!” Katie asked me.

“Well there some type of robots.” I said while kicking one of the heads.

“Why didn’t you call in when you were in trouble.” The boss ask me with the look of a father. “Well I was but then a EMP went off so.” I said while not making eye contact.

“Well you had us all worried sick were lucky we got here on time.” He said while look down on me.

“Hey I can help my self boss.” I said but so like a stupid person. He grumbled and walked away. And then my friends ask me so many questions so I said “I will tell you everything when we get back to the office.” Then it was one of the weirdest rides back the organization. And by the time we got back the FBI had cleaned it up and before the news channels showed up.

When we got there me and friends went into the sound proof room and talked. I explained what happened. “You see thats what happened and don’t tell the boss this but I think I knew the voice from somewhere but I don’t know where.” They all gasped at what I said.

“What don’t you tell him we could find out who he is!” They all said at me with shocked face. “Well I just don’t want him to look into my past because you know I did somethings I like to keep in the past.” I said while rubbing my shoulder.

“Yea we know that but we need to tell him.” Brandon while looking me in the eye.

“Yea I know but…. I just don’t what him to find out.”

I sighed. “Okay fine.” I left the room and went to the boss and told him everything and then he let me go home early and on my way home I heard the voice again. “You know if he looks into your past everything will be in jeopardy,” out from the lights and then i knew who it was.

“Jarrod? Is that you?” I was shocked.

“Yes it is honey but you don't want to turn me in don’t you?” He ask me.

"No I don’t but… Your a bad guy.” I stared at him that felt like forever.

“Oh am I, or are they bad guy?” He asked while walking to me.

“Well you attacked me!” I yelled at his face and kinda spitted on him too.

“But I never hurt you did I?” He wiped the spit off of his face.

“No…” But what about the robots and the guns…” I ask him calmly and kinda sadly.

“Aw don’t you remember what your husband does sweetie?” He said so calm likes it a normal conversation.

“You build robots….” I said.

“Yep I am not the enemy they are they have been tricking you into thinking I am, they are the bad  guys.” He said while pointing at my work.

I looked back. “How are they the bad guys. Show me then!” Then he took my hand and took me into the old warehouse and then took my earpiece off and smashed it on the ground.

“Why did you do that?” I asked

“So they can’t hear us or track us.” He said while sparks came off it. Then all the lights turn on and tv’s sparked with life. As one by one colors appeared and the streets outside my work appeared. “You have a camera in front of my work?” I said while looking at him.

“Yes I do. To make sure that anyone tries to hurt you.” He said while looking caring at me.

“So, do you know what happens to people that you capture?” He said while looking back on the screen.

“No the boss said it was over my pay grade.”

“Exactly my point, they never tell you anything, not what they do, what is there objective. This is what they do to the people they capture,”  he said. Then he snapped and the other screens burst to life and I what I saw made me think who would do such a thing. the basement of the building covered with blood. And in every corner and torture station.

“Who would do such a thing?” I had my mouth covered with my hand.

“Your company does. Now you see what I mean, they are murderers, liars, they care for no one other than themselves! ” He said while holding my shoulder and flipping through the slides of the horrible things they have done.

“ I believe you.” I said still in shock "my job and the people would do this to us.”   I said to him and he sat me down on a chair that was nearby. “Indeed, they would. I can't even bare the thought for losing you. So I ask you this, will you join me to stop these heavens ?” He said while he was holding out his hand to me. I hesitated and then what felt like forever I put out my hand and shook it. “I will join you.” I got up. He smiled and got up and we both shook our hands

“So glad to hear it. We better get you into your outfit.” He said while walking over to a wardrobe and opened it to a black silk suit, outfitted with some of his latest tech.

“Wow! this is what I going to wear?” I said in amazement. “Yep, isn't it amazing?” He said while smiling to me and seeing how happy I was.

“I am just.. I have no words what to say I mean I am going to betray my boss and friends.” I said worried about them.

“Don’t worry we can help them too. They just need to see what the company for what it really is.” He said while walking up to me and put his hand on my shoulder gently.

“Let's go home and get you some rest. You must be very tired from what  happened to day.” He said while we walked out. “Yea I am pretty tired, Lets go home.” I said while we walked out of the old warehouse.

The walk home was nice the birds and the stars were shining and singing. The night was calm and we both fell asleep just fine. No nightmares came, but the thought of the basement and how many people scared me. In the morning, Jarrod was up and making breakfast.

“Morning sleeping beauty .” He giggled.

“Mornin  to you to.” I smiled back at him.

“So are you ready for your first day?” He said while putting down a plate of bacon and pancakes.

“I guess so. I mean I am happy to know the truth but, what will I be doing?” I said while getting a fork and cutting pancakes.

“Well that's easy. your training with me of course.” He said with a smile on his face and sitting next to me and eating his breakfast too.

“Training? What do you mean?” I said with a piece of bacon sticking out of my mouth. He laugh at me

“Oh course you have to be fighting your so call FBI.” He said while I finished eating my pancakes. Then I looked at him

“What do you mean by that?”  I ask while putting up my plate in the sink.

“Well they aren’t the real FBI, there real name is the the BGC.”  He said while putting his plate up too.

“BGC? What’s that?” I ask while washing the dishes and running and cleaning the dishes.

“Bad Guy Corrupt. I know its a weird name. Don’t ask me why they named it that.” He said while we were getting to ours rooms to get dressed.

“I will go first, do you have my work outfit?” I said while having the door half open.

“Yea here.” He handed it to me and I put it on.

“Man this fits just nice.” I said while walking out of our room to show him. “Yep, it made with a nano filament, it forms to whatever shape its given, its tough as metal yet flexible like cotton.” He said while looking at me with a smile of glee.

“So are you going to get dressed or look at me?” I tossed him his work outfit. He laughed and he went in and got dressed and then in a few minutes we left the house and went to the old warehouse.

“So you will face the agents that you used to work for are now going to attack you okay. So in a few hours when you have to go to work I want to you to put this in the computers systems.” He said while handing me a little hard drive.

“So what will it do?” I put in my pocket.

“It will put a virus in there systems and it will send their info  all to my computer.” He said while I put my gun in my pocket.

“Cool.” We hugged and I went undercover to my old job. When I got there my boss glanced at me.

“What took you so long.” He said while I tensed up.

“ I slept in sir.” I said while I began to sweat.

“Okay but never do it again, get going to your office.”  He said while pointing to my office.

“Oh course sir.” I walked off.

“Hey can you hear me?” Said Jarrod out my old earpiece.

“Yeah, good idea to use this old one as my new one they won’t tell the difference.” I smiled while whispering loud enough for him to hear.

“Okay now take out the cameras in your office and you will find a way to get everyone out for a while so you can put it in. Got it?” He said.

“Yep I got it and I think i have away to do it.” I said with a smile of enjoyment about to happen. “What is it?” He said with a odd tone.

“Oh it's something I always wanted to do.” I said and then with a good throw I took out the cams with my computer mouse. And then I walked out and pulled the fire alarm and went back inside my office.

“Everyone get out of the building!” The voice said over the income. I heard the feet and when it stop I made my move.

“Okay you ready?” I asked him.

“Yep your ready to go.” Then I put the hard drive in the main server.

“You getting the stuff?” I asked him while I put my finger on my earpiece.

“Yeah, okay now get out of there.” He said.

“Okay.” And then I let it go. I ran out of the building and straight pass the agents and my old boss who yelled. “STOP YOU!” I kept on running. And then agents began to chase me too. “This can’t get any worse can it?” I whispers  to myself. Then the agents began to catch up.

“Me and my big mouth.” I said to myself again.

“Hey you have a little trouble?” I heard in my ear piece.

“Yea I kinda got caught. Right now I am being chased by three or four agents.” I said in between my breaths.

“Okay hold on a little more okay.” He said while I heard clicking in the background.

“Okay I will try but I think I can only go a little more.” I said while slowing down.

“Okay In three two one.NOW!” He said while I heard mechanical parts moving.

“What was that?” I said then I saw a little robot dog and three flying robots.

“Oh course.” I stopped and the one of the agents said

“Look out!” He tried to grab me but the dog got in his way.

“Come on I don’t think they will hurt you just walk over to us and we can help you.” said the second agent.

“No!” I said while a ran away and the little dog followed.

“Wait the dog is chasing you!” The last agent said and began to chase me aging. And he got pass the big robots and began to chase us.

“Quick! Tell Fido to protect you.” Jarrod said. “Fido help me!" I said while pointing my finger at the agent. Then the robot dog jumped at him and began to chase him. I managed to get  away and got back to the warehouse.

“Man that was a close one.” I said in between breaths. I was kneeling and breathing hard.

“You must be out of breath.” He said while turning around in his chair.

“You don’t say. I just ran about three blocks and two with three agents chasing me!” I said at him really mad.

“How about you do it?” I said at him.

“No thank you. I rather be behind a computer screen or fighting.”

 He said while standing up and tossing me a water bottle. I caught it.

“Thanks.” I drank it. “So did you get in?” I said while closing the cap of the water bottle. “Yep right into the main severs.” he said while pulling up the info.

“Now, lets see what we got.” He said while pulling up blueprints of big machines.

“Wow. What is that?” I said while leaning on his chair.

“I thought you would know that.” He said while looking at me.

“Nope not at all I haven’t seen that thing ever.” I said in amazement and scared what that thing could do. Jarrod typed away at the keyboard.

"Okay by the description it gives its some sort of ray. I can’t find anything more about it’s encrypted, it would take hours to decrypt it.” He said.

“Okay so what do we do to stop whatever this thing is?” And then my phone began to ring it was Brandon I picked it up and he said over the speaker.

“Hey what happened why did you run away agents and where did you go?” He said really worried about me.

“Um… I was going to get help. Yea I went to go get help.” I lied straight through my teeth if he could see them.

“Oh okay then why didn’t you come back?” He said I couldn’t think of anything to say about. “um… I don’t know why. How about you come to apple Mabel. I will explain everything to you then at eleven o’clock.”  And then I hung up.

“So what do you think going to happen when he finds out?” I asked him with a worried look. “Well I don’t know maybe he will tell them and we have to go on the run.” He said while the info was still downloading.

“Well find out.” For the rest of the day we sat and looked at the info we got.

“So I guess I will have to go to Apple Mabel now see you soon.” I said still in my work attire. “How about I come with you just encase something happens.” He said while getting his stealth suit ready.

“Sure.” So with that we both went to apple Mabel.

“Brandon you here.” I whispered. Then Jarrod stepped back into the shadows and I knew what he was doing. Classic hiding in the dark.

“Yea I am here.” He said while he walked up to the light.

“So what do you want to explain, and what are you wearing?” He said while looking at me with confusion.

“Well this is my work outfit.” I said with a smile.

“That doesn’t look like any work outfit for the Inc.. Something going on.” He said while looking around.

“Well I didn’t say it was for that work.” I said while bowing my head.

“What work is it then for. Your not going against us are you?” He said and my face told it all. “You are!” And with that he pulled out a gun. I put my hands up.

“Dude do you keep that on you all time?” I ask with my hands coming down slowly.

“Yes I do just in case someone try to jump or betrays me.” He said while putting the gun closer. “The first one I get but the second one is really just odd.” I said putting my hands down again. “Don’t even try it.” I put them back up really quick then Jarrod become to come out of the shadow and into the light.

“Don’t you even try.” He said like before when we fought in the warehouse.

“And why should I?” He said while putting it closer to my face I was worried but then I heard little paws on the ground my face lit up. He put out his arm and two germans shepherds appeared and with a flick of a hand and then he said. “Lucy, Shara. Sick him!” Brandon ran away as the dogs chased them.

“Thanks for that. So what's going to happen to him?” I asked while rubbing my neck.

“Well there going to bring him back to our bases and we going to meet him. What do you think I was going to do? Kill him?” He asked me and looked at me with a worried.

“Well for a second I thought you would have.” I chuckled. He looked at me and cupped my face. “If he was a real threat then yes I would have blown his head off. But he wasn’t so I didn’t.” we both began to walk back to the old warehouse.

Then a few hours latter Brandon was dragged in passed out but unharmed.

“Man I hope he is okay.” I said while looking for a pulse, it was a strong.

“Jeez I haven’t felt  a pulse this strong since I watch that horror movie.” I said while standing up. “What movie was that?” He said while putting in a different room.

“Oh you know the one that people say never go into I think it was room 327 or something like that.” I said and he had a shocked look.

“You mean you saw the Shining?” He said while Brandon was waking up.

“Um yea why?” I asked him while turning on to Brandon’s room.

“Well that's one of the classic scary movies ever! How did you watch and not get scared?” He said while walking over to me.

“Well didn’t you hear what I said my pulse was going as fast as his and he just ran 4 blocks while being chased by robot dogs! So no duh his is going fast!” I said and then his face lit up.

“Oh now I get it. I am such a idiot.” He said while face palming himself.

“Hey it's fine.” I said while smiling he rubbed back of his head he giggled.

“So what going to happen to him?” I asked while looking at the screen.

“Oh nothing much you know just show him what happened to people who he thinks are bad people, he would of even killed you for the company..” He said while he locked the door and we both walked home.

[geekade]

Geekade Top Ten: Unusual Video Game Hearts

It's Valentine's Day and there are hearts everywhere. They're at the store, in your office, on your Facebook wall, everywhere. You know where else they are? Video games. Sometimes they make sense, others, not so much, especially if you think about them for more than a few moments. Here are the top ten unusual video game hearts. 

#10. Popeye - Hearts represent love and life in video games a lot. It's when you start to think of said hearts as physical objects that things start to seem a little odd, especially when said hearts aren't an abstract powerup item. In Popeye, Olive Oil tosses these hearts down at you and there's always been somethign a little off-putting to me about the way they fall. It's like they're leaves or something. Why would these hearts have this kind of weight? What are they made of? Love? Is love made of feathers? I have so many questions!

#9. Love Lab from Rhythm Heaven - Here we see hearts representing love again, but this time it's through science! In this Rhythm Heaven minigame, you are charged with making a love potion by making hearts pop out of the top of your flask when you shake it the right way. If done correctly, the hearts combine with another scientist's hearts and then fall into a... heart bag? I don't even know what else to say. I mean, Rhythm Heaven is fantastic, and so is this particular minigame, but the tangible nature of those hearts again vexes me.

#8. Stage 13 in bubble Bobble - Bubble Bobble is adorable, and each single-screen stage has some sort of pattern on it, so a heart shouldn't seem out of place. The trouble is that everything in this stage is out to kill you! This is the pinnacle of things only getting weirder the more you think about it. If the story is to be believed, your cute little dinosaurs are traveling through the cave of monsters to save their loved ones, and there's a part of this cave that's made entirely out of hearts? And I'm on this lovely stage with the super-cute Bubble Bobble theme music playing in the background and then some flying whale monsters show up to try to murder me? What the hell? It's weird. Also, it's really hard to get inside the heart to kill the trapped whale monsters. Was that supposed to mean something? Like, it's hard to get inside someone's heart? Or maybe it's just a level in an adorable video game. Whatever. It's still weird. 

#7. The Companion Cube from Portal - This is still one of the most brilliant segments in the history of gaming, and partly because it's so bizarre. The game expects you to feel differently about this inatimate cube because they called it your companion cube and put hearts on it. BUT IT WORKED! When it came time for me to "euthinize" the cube, I kept looking for a way out of it. I didn't want to destroy my companion cube, it was myu friend! It loved me! See? It's got hearts on it! Really, one of the most remarkable game experiences I've ever had. The only reason it's not higher on the list is because I'm nto ranking best, I'm ranking unusual. 

#6. Kano Wins - So, let's think about this. This dude Kano not only has the ability to rip off Blanka from Street Fighter II by somehow levitating himself, curling into a ball, and spinning around like Sonic the Hedgehog except in a straight line, and a seemingly limitless supply of laser knives stashed away in his pocket-less outfit, but he can also just shove his hand into a person's chest and rip their heart out? Why the heck wouldn't you lead with that? Who cares about spinning around like a ball when you can just get close enough to end whatever fight you're in with some good old fashioned heart removal? Also, I've enver really been able to figure this out from looking at the animations, but does he take a bite out of the heart, or is it just animated weird? I would think he'd have blood on his face if he took a bite out of it, het he seems as clean as he was when he started the match. Of course, there should probably be blood all over him by this point anyway considering how much blood there is in teh game as is. Why would he wear white to an occasion like this? 

#5. Powerup hearts in Double Dragon for NES - So, this is weird. Hearts in games are usually tied to some sort of health or something, except here in Double Dragon they represent how many ways you can beat dudes up. The hearts are the basically the level-up structure. The more points you get from punching folks, the more hearts you get. The more hearts you get, the more effective ways you get to beat people up. I have no problem with a level-up system in my bean-em-up, but why hearts? Why not a simple number system? Who thought using hearts to show how high a level you were on and using a series of rectangles to show health made any sense at all? Crazy people, that's who. 

#4. This heart container in Zelda 2 - Like Olive Oil's hearts in Popeye, heart containers really seem weird the more you think about them. As a physical, tangible object you can pick up in Zelda games, the more you think on it the stranger that really seems. But at least they're usually only awarded in special circumstances. You beat a boss or find a secret cave or something. This one though, is just chilling next to some rocks in a field like someone just left it there. Like someone was just passing through and decided "I'm done with this thing" and tossed it. And there's this single Goriya there hanging out with it. Did he not think of picking it up and keeping it for himself? Is he just chilling in this field with the rocks all by himself guarding the heart container? What kind of life is that? And how exactly is the heart container standing up like that? Shouldn't it be laying on its side or something? Is it levitating? 

#3. The Fiend's Cauldron from Kid Icarus Uprising - Hearts as currency are just the way things are in the Kid Icarus universe. That alone is weird enough to earn it a high spot on my list, but when it came time for the 3rd entry int he Kid Icarus franchise, the powers tha be took things a step further with the Fiend's Cauldron. At the beginning of each stage you can toss your hearts in the blasted thing and basically bet on how well you'r egoing to do. The more hearts you throiw in the cauldron, the harder the diffuiculty is, but also the higher the reward if you beat the level. Why a cauldron? What good does cooking the hearts do? I get the betting system, but does cooking them make them taste better? Are we eating hearts now? I thought they were money. Are you trying to sacve the hearts from being buirned in the cauldron? If so, isn't there a better way to show betting with hearts? Couldn't there jsut be some sort of bank syustem? I know they have credit cards in Angel Land. Man, that's weird.

#2. Hearts in Castlevania - This is basically combining all the weirdest heart traits into one. They're not currency like in Kid Icarus though, ammunition for your weapons. As in the more hearts you have the more axes you can throw. I'm sorry, but what? What kind of sense does that make? Oh, and where do you get these hearts? Candles. That's right, if you take a whip to a candle, a heart might fall out. If it's a small heart it will fall like a feather just like in Popeye. If it's a big heart, it will just plop on the ground like a brick. It won't bounce though, it will just land on its pointy end and sit there looking all red and whatnot. So, they have relative weight? At half the size they're lighter than air, otherwise they fall like bags of fruit? And let's not foret just how weird it is to seee adorable, lovely hearts all over the place in the gothis setting of Castlevania. Dracula's got some weird stuff going on in his castle.

#1. Losing a life in City Connection - There are hearts all over this weird little game, but there is nothing more strange than what happens when you get into a car accident. Nothing. I... Just watch.

Nope, we're not getting any weirder than that. 

And there's my list. What did I forget? I'm sure there's something. There's no shortage of weird video games out there. 

Anyway, happy Valentine's Day!