#i don't know what was worse maybe i should have keep the close up gifset

[shinhye]

gif battle. @eonbin, @kimyoobean, @seraphicladies, @you-aholicmp3

↳ round 5 | most beautiful faces.

[yzkhr]

Love Language miniseries for Shinran!

I dedicate this corny and cringe worthy miniseries to @meitanteisachi for giving me inspiration through her gifset and her wonderful fanfictions.

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Acts of Service- a language that can best be described as doing something for your partner that you know they would like, such as filling up their gas, watering their plants, or cooking them a meal.

"Not sick, huh?"

Shinichi glared as Ran leaned back from the table, unamused. He was working on a difficult case in their—now only his— mansion, when she showed up unannounced after he forgot to attend school. He was wearing his school uniform but lost sense of time being too absorbed at the new case Inspector Megure gave him.

"I told you I'm fine." he avoided her scrutinizing gaze, being stubborn. Ran wouldn't have any of it however, bringing her left hand to her waist like a stressed mother.

"Fine? You're burning hot and your face is even redder than a traffic light!" she argued and his face produced an even darker shade, acknowledged.

He wanted to protest and retaliate how can it not be when she literally put her face in front of his without any sort of warning, brushing his unruly bangs upwards with her soft hand and letting their foreheads touch as he froze while she remained unbothered.

The detective restrained himself however, not wanting any further embarrassment to occur.

He heard a sigh from Ran, forcing him to turn around. She was now arranging the stack of messy papers and documents, bringing them to side.

"Oi, what are you doing?" he frowned as he stood up from the swivel chair and held Ran's hand to stop her. It didn't go unnoticed how Shinichi flinched at the coldness of her skin.

Ran eyed their physical contact before giving him a stern gaze.

"I'm fixing all of these so you can rest. You won't be touching files until your fever's gone." she effortlessly shook his hand away, continuing.

"Ran, I told you I'm fine. I have to end this case cause if I don't---"

"Then you can let Megure-keibu and the other officers to handle it until you're well again." she was consistent at putting all the paperwork aside, not even sparing a glance.

"I told you I'm fine didn't I? It's just a fever."

Finally done with her task, Ran faced him with an expression that resembled his mother way too much for his own comfort.

"You're not fine. You have a horrible fever and along with it is a terrible headache. You didn't actually expect to read all of these with those blurry eyes of yours, did you?"

She squinted, gesturing at more than fifty papers on the side. He opened his mouth to deny her claims but retreated seeing her eyes squint even more, as if challenging him to lie. Ran was right. He'd been trying to ignore the throbbing of his head and the haze in his vision while reading through the entire case.

He sighed as his misty eyes finally having the time to observe her. She was still wearing their uniform, which means she went here as soon as classes were over. He suddenly remembered an important thing.

"Wait, don't you have an upcoming Karate competition? You have training everyday after school right?" he smirked internally, finding out a plot hole.

But instead of seeing a look of panic and rushing out the of the doorway like Shinichi expected her to do, Ran simply grabbed his hand towards the door making his cheeks turn red out of surprise and something he would never dare name of.

"I'll just skip it for today. Besides, I have something more important to take care of." she squeezed his warm hand, hinting what—or who— important thing she meant.

Blushing even more at the implication certainly did not make his illness any better.

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After a few stumble here and there, they finally got to the bedroom in one piece. Minutes seemed like an eternity, with his headache feeling like he was being hammered. He was freezing and sweating at the same time not knowing if he should undress or add more layers. It was good thing that Ran immediately slumped Shinichi down the bed, and started removing his blazer.

Wait, what?

"Umm..." he spoke weakly, but still complying and accepting her help. He thought that she was done but she suddenly kneeled in front of him and leaned in, making Shinichi hyper aware of everything around him. Her hands went straight to his uniform which he did not predict. She was now untying his neck tie, making their faces inches apart. She was so close that he could feel her breathing at the open part of his longsleeve. Despite his mind telling him not to, Shinichi's eyes went directly to her face, which seemed too focused at her task, with her slightly furrowed eyebrows and violet orbs concentrated at undoing the knots. He would never admit it, but Ran looked too innocent and pure that it was killing him.

It didn't help that her scent was literally intoxicating him. A combination of honey and lemon, Shinichi noticed. Flustered and a bit shameful, he looked up,having butterflies in his stomach with his childhood friends' soft and nimble hands slowly removing the fabric from his neck.

He jolted awake when she begins unbuttoning his polo however. On instinct, Shinichi took a hold of her hands before they can go further. Shocked and confused, Ran looked up.

"I," he breathed heavily. "I think I can do this myself, Ran."

As if broken by a spell. Her face instantaneously turned crimson red at the realization that Shinichi might have thought she was the one with the fever. She stood up straight away, turning around and making a beeline to the door. She had been uptight all day that he was a bit glad the usual Ran came back.

He wanted to laugh at her reaction but was too tired to do so. Even slightly moving drained him, but it didn't mean he wasn't capable of undressing himself.

"I-I'm sorry! I got lost in my thoughts! I'm going downstairs!" she squeaked and left in an instant, closing the door with a loud thud.

Now alone, Shinichi struggled to move his shaking hands to undo the buttons. After a few more attempts, he was finally able to fully strip and drag himself to the closet. Nauseated and feeling like the world weighed on his shoulders, he randomly put on a white pajama and went straight to his bed, curling a bit like a kitten. His eyelids getting heavier and heavier, Shinichi closed his eyes, immediately falling asleep.

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"Shinichi? Shinichi?"

Hearing a faint voice from behind, Shinichi turned around languidly and opened his eyes, meeting a concerned Ran.

"Hmm?" he hummed, still sleep deprived.

She brought up a steaming hot bowl of food, smiling.

"I cooked you chicken soup. Sit up, you have to eat." she ordered gently.

Despite feeling pain all over his body, he obeyed, knowing that he needed energy. Sitting up groggily, Shinichi faced his caretaker.

Ran sat beside the empty space of his bed, chicken soup in her hand. He frowned at the sight of the food.

"You still cooked my favorite style? Even though you know I won't be able to taste it anyway?" she shrugged as a response, bringing a spoonful near her and blowing weakly.

"Well, you might not be able to taste it but your stomach will surely enjoy it, so why not?" something in his chest swelled after hearing such words. Still, he kept it to himself.

After a few more blows, Ran brought the spoon near his mouth, gesturing for him to eat it. Face flushing and coughing slightly, Shinichi took a bite at the soup. Albeit tasteless, he couldn't help but smile mildy, knowing the effort put in.

Ran laughed a little looking at him as well, but said nothing and continued feeding him.

After five minutes or so, the bowl was finally empty. She told him that he could have just ate half but Shinichi argued that he was hungry(he really wasn't but he would never stand having a food Ran cooked for him go to waste but he'll die before she even find that out).

He was now inclining back to the comfort of his own bed when Ran spoke.

"Seriously, don't overwork yourself Shinichi." she berated, masking her worry with exaggeration as she arranged the plate and the soup, slowly making her way outside.

"I wasn't, I just got a little busy that's all." her saw how Ran rolled her eyes at his excuse as she replied.

"A little busy? You rarely get sick. I was so close to believing you were invincible to fevers." he scoffed at her remark, being defeated with yet another fact. Maybe the pain he felt was a lot worse than he expected.

"Look, I'm glad that you're trying to save as many people as you can but you also can't forget about yourself." he winced at the obvious disappointment and seriousness of her scolding. Instead of meeting her gaze that bore holes into him, he averted his stare into the lamp.

"I'm fine."

"No you're not. And besides, if you don't take care of you, think of all the people that will need you but won't have you." he stayed quiet, getting her point. Shinichi knew it was irrational being stubborn and pushing himself to the limits but he just couldn't help it. He may be a cocky bastard as a lot of people call him, but he wasn't someone that can stand not being able to help when he clearly can.

He sighed, giving in.

"Fine. I promise I'll take better care of myself." his answer seemed to satisfy Ran as she smiled contently.

"Good." as he heard the creaking of the doorframe, Shinichi instinctively flipped his head towards the sound.

"You're leaving?"

He didn't know why, but an infallible amount of upset coursed through him at the thought of Ran leaving. She paused by the door and looked back, inclining her head to the side.

"You want me to stay?" she teased in a light-hearted manner, making Shinichi's cheeks flushed.

"N-no, just wondering.." he played it cool by keeping his voice even, now being reminded how pathetic he must have sounded like asking her if she was leaving.

"I'll stay. After all, someone has to make sure a certain mystery otaku doesn't go back to the library just because he's feeling a little better."

He glared at her jesting and turned to the other side, lying down.

"Barou, it's not like I can do that with my entire body in pain."

Ran laughed, knowing she annoyed him enough.

"Then that's more reason for me to stay right?"

Before he can even think of a reply, she already closed the door and all Shinichi could hear were the sound of her shoes walking downstairs and the erratical beating of his heart he hoped was a side effect of the fever and not..... entirely something else.

[ohkate]

I'm using this gifset to throw up some thoughts about Justin. Sorry OP. Lol.

I really loved this scene. It made me so happy to see Justin stand up to his father in a way that was very clear and direct. Earlier in the season he was just running away from telling them. And here he's like, 'this is who I am. You can't beat it out of me and you can't threaten it out of me. And in the end I'm just your son.'

I think we forget that he and his father seemed quite close. And, just like that, this very important relationship to him was gone. In a very short period of time he lost his father, a stable place to live, was in love with someone who didn't reciprocate it the same way (not that he realized, anyway), then got bashed, the basher not only got away with it but the judge made a point of talking about what a good kid Hobbs was (because apparently Justin wasn't 'good' enough to not deserve what happened to him), he lost the use of his hand and the ability to do something he loved to do.

Then he started having to dance in his underwear just to get by, started doing large(r) amounts of cocaine (after a brain injury, btw) to keep up with the work and school. And while Brian clearly didn't like it and tried to get him to stop, not a single person in his friend group took any real action or said hey, this 17-year-old has basically become a stripper and is shoveling coke up his nose and he's being led around and touched by a known scumbag and he's going to get addicted and maybe someone should step in.

Then he almost got raped and didn't tell anyone, and Brian- the one person he really cared about- started becoming more distant and gave him occasional hurtful reminders about how little he was valued (even though we know it wasn't true, but still).

I really don't think a lot of people in his life saw how much all of this probably affected his self-worth and contributed to him being influenced by a cancer like Ethan.

>more thoughts under the cut ...

Ethan was a one of the worst and best things that could happen to him. It was a good lesson for Justin to learn that being told your loved and actually being loved are two different things.

But for the first time in a while, someone came along who offered the hope of stability and no one really saw it for what it was.

Then, because Ethan was a douchebag, that stability was, once again, ripped away through no fault of his own. Ethan not only gave him false hope but also put his health and safety in jeopardy by cheating. How did this guy know Ethan's address? He could have been a psycho and he just showed up with roses. Did they use a condom? Ethan clearly would have hidden it from Justin.

But worse Ethan rolled over and agreed to play it straight. Like Daphne said "you almost died coming out. I didn't think you'd go back in again for anyone.' At the first chance to further his own goals and ambition, Ethan put Justin aside- once again showing him he's not worth standing up for. And when Justin goes to Babylon to confront Brian about his meddling, we get probably the most hostile conversation they ever have together, where Brian tells him that he shouldn't expect Ethan to put his own needs aside for "a piece of blonde boy ass." Again- devaluing Justin as nothing more than sex. And of course we know it's not true because WE see how Brian was without Justin. But JUSTIN never saw any of that.

This is actually why I really hated the reunion is season 3. Don't get me wrong, I loved it and was so happy they were back and of course we saw Brian pining for him most of the time and their scenes were so great together. But I just wish it had been something a little less 'I'm fine being your sex slave and not asking for more than that'.

On 'Elementary' there was a scene where Joan was talking about moving out and she said, 'You're like gravity; I'm so lucky I fell into your orbit. And it's an exciting way to live but if I stay living here that's all I'll ever be- orbiting you. ' Justin deserved to do more than just orbiting Brian and he wasn't wrong to want something more for himself. In fact, wanting to be in a more stable relationship was the first healthy thing he'd done in a while. But he ended up with someone who was completely not good for him and reinforced his bad self-worth. So it just felt like he crawled back to Brian forgetting what caused him to want to leave in the first place. He was just so happy to be back with him he didn't care.

If he'd played it smarter, Brian would have eventually made his way back to Justin once he knew he was single again. He wouldn't have been able to help himself. And Brian pursuing Justin would have gone a long way into making them equals. And Justin wouldn't have had to...basically beg for any crumbs Brian would give him. By doing that, it put Brian in this position of power to do anything he really wanted and if Justin wanted to be there, he'd have to learn to put up with it.

They eventually -kind of - figured it out. But I really hated that we never saw this poor kid get any kind of real acknowledgement for all that's happened to him, starting right here at this scene where he lost his father. It's a tv show so of course it was magically all fine. But... it did end up in season 4 with Justin putting a gun in someone's mouth and almost killing him and he never talked about it.

“It’s time you learn some discipline, how to be a man.”