#i need like five consecutive vacations

[abitterberryblog]

this is kinda simple because i got burnt out like midway into this drawing but 🙏🙏 here is the queen!! and also bonus old sketches under the cut

lanistia in full color!! ok i swear i'll redraw it in detail when i can...but right now my brain is just fuzzy white noise and occasionally blank buzzing sounds. still, here is my girlie. one of my fav characters fr.

bonus: here are the original sketches i made of her so you can see them in one little post !!

[silentmajesticfox]

Bellyache

Chapter I: coming home

A/N: its been so long since ive wrote something, and in my drunk brain i felt i could start a series. if its ass, please let me know. i will always take the criticism and also- i just needed to push myself and think maybe its worth it., Gojo is always worth it. i hope whoever reads this enjoys, and t6hank you. <3

Y/N was finally back in Tokyo, coming all the way from Europe, as she had went on a vacation in a sense, it was mainly to learn more techniques around the world and to clear her mind, finally doing some things she dreamed of, she never thought this day would come where she would allow herself to be back here. A lot of people were crowded, conversations buzzing, and car horns going off in the sunset as she crossed the street to go to the bar and food place she had liked going with Shoko for years. She was quite nervous to see her best-friend, though they had kept in close contact.

 It has been about a year since Suguru Geto died, and a little less than a year since she saw that white haired, he-who-shall-not-be-named, asshole. It was like loosing a best friend, and a lover all in one consecutive week.. y/n and Satoru had had an on and off relationship for the past 11 years, from puppy love all the way to a more serious relationship at certain points, even marriage and children had been considered. But what honestly made her leave, was there last interaction and most recent break-up..

*flashback, one year ago*

                Satoru and y/n were sitting on the stairs outside of the school, they had been sitting in silence for about ten minutes, staring off into the trees and the sky, and avoiding looking at eachother. She clears her throat, knowing it is out of character for Satoru not to say anything for even five minutes, his whole demeanor had changed and he was deep in thought, she felt like she wasn’t even there.

His blue eyes dart over to her, he didn’t need the six eyes to see she was struggling and having internal conflict with herself. However, with everything that had transpired, he really didn’t care anymore, having lost the only best friend he ever had, it was like a chunk of his life essence was stripped from him all over again. “Hm…?” Was all he could muster up, still staring at her. Y/n kind of looked shocked as her eyes met his beautiful blue ones, she mustered up a fake smile that lightly graced her lips, before pondering what to say to him.

“You know... you can talk to me, right?... I know he was your best friend, but it’s been years, Toru’… He chose that path…” Y/n treated lightly, not even doing small talk and just getting what was in her mind off. He scoffed in response, his white brows crinkling as he shook his head, looking away as he felt anger bottling up and threatening to explode any second. “Stop acting like you know everything, y/n. It doesn’t concern you, especially because you weren’t close to him like I was... So, stop prying and acting like you care, because I know you fucking don’t.” The venomous words leaving his mouth, he knew it wasn’t her fault, but he was just so angry. At Suguru, at himself.

Y/n was taken aback, she stared at him, something about the way she was watching him slowly loose himself all over again would make her tear up on spot. She had to stand her ground at least, knowing how stubborn he could be. “I’m not saying that, Satoru… I’m just saying I don’t want a repeat of what happened years ago.. and that you have me to talk to or vent to, its okay to be upset.. You don’t have to take it out on me-“ With that his eyes roll, pushing up his glasses and almost instantly coming back at her. “Repeat what happened years ago? Like it was a chore for you? Are you serious? Like it was you going through that? How about you just leave me alone, you’re honestly just making it worse and I’m done entertaining this conversation..” His words were dark.

“If that’s how you fucking feel, Gojo. I’m not going to sit here and be a verbal punching bag you you while I’m trying to fucking help-. You know I didn’t mean it like that, so get your head out of your ass.” She spit back, adjusting herself and standing up and crossing her arms, a stern look with watery eyes threatened to spill. Much to his dismay, he kept going, saying the words that would end them forever. “You honestly have ruined my life in every way possible, I wish it was you instead of Suguru that left back then, I wish it was you who I had to kill and not him… So do me a favor and fucking leave for good.” And that was final. Tears started streaming as she reached out to smack him, much to her dismay due to his limitless being active almost 24/7. His ocean orbs stared up at her, almost in shock, as she spoke one last time to him. “Fine, wish you would have told me sooner, so I didn’t waste years on you… Have fun with your dead best friend, Gojo. Never speak to me again.” And with that, her heels turned as she stormed off to her dorm. He sat there in silence, even the birds stopped chirping. He then realized that was the worst decision of his life.

*end flashback*

Y/n opened the door to the bar, and the bell jingled. Her weary eyes searched around, until they finally met Brown ones she was desperately searching for. Excitement and Nervousness spread through her, emitting something like a squeal as she practically ran to her best friend, who was standing up from her seat, before crashing into her and almost making both of them fall. “Y/n calm down… We’re too old for this shit..” Shoko said as y/n hugged her so tight, she could barely choke out those words. After almost a full minute, y/n let go giggling to herself and sitting down. “I really can’t help myself, I mean look at you, you’re hair is so long, Shoko!!” Shoko smiled before flipping her hair, a waiter on his way looking at y/n before greeting her. “Long time so see, Y/n!!! Glad to have you back, do you want the usual for both of you?” He asked and she nodded excitingly. “Can you actually make that a double shot for me?” He nods before walking off and Shoko eying y/n.

“A double? y/n its barely 6?” She judged, before they both started laughing. “Never leave me for that long again or I swear I will kill you myself.” Shoko stated, lighting a cigarette and handing one to y/n and lighting both of theres with her lighter.

[purplesurveys]

1906

Are any of your friendships on a fine line? No, I feel very secure with the circle I have, as much smaller as it's gotten over the years.

If I search your room will I find birth control? No but from my room you will hear my neighbors who for some reason seem to have 10 fucking kids under one roof just screeching all day, which also works as birth control.

Do you expect any of your ex’s to call or text you? Her, setting her pride down to reach out first? Not in this lifetime.

Have you ever witnessed a birth? Nope.

Where’s your favorite place to be when you feel depressed? I like being either in my bed, in my car parked somewhere away, or in a coffee shop.

Are you currently looking forward to tomorrow? Only because it'll still be the weekend then, but we don't necessarily have any plan set for tomorrow.

When was the last time you held someone’s hand? Maybe a few weeks ago when I held Angela's hand.

Have you ever faked sick? Sure but very sparingly. I hate lying, and since I don't file many leaves anyway I usually just use my normal vacation leaves.

Do you wear hoodies to bed? Absolutely never, unless it's Jan/Feb.

Are you currently wearing jeans? No. The weather here is constantly hot and humid so after a day of wearing jeans I usually want them off of me as soon as possible lol.

Do you buy eggnog around the holidays? I've never had eggnog and it's not at all a staple in this part of the world. I personally find it appetizing though and would like to try it at least once.

Have you gone to a coffee shop within the past week? [i.e. Starbucks] Yes, I was just in one a couple of hours ago.

Would you like to be able to read thoughts? It would be terrible if it ran 24/7 lmao, but it would be convenient to have that ability when I need to understand someone better.

Are you often the last one to understand a joke? Hehehe, sometimes yeah...

Your first black eye: Did you give it or get it? What's with black eyes and why is this the second consecutive survey to mention them lol? Anyway, I've never had it and I've never given it.

Do you think baseball is a dying professional sport in America? I don't think so? Isn't the Ohtani guy still huge over there? In any case, at least in the eyes of a foreigner, American sports still scream baseball and American football to me.

Does playing the guitar make a guy more attractive? Not to me.

Have you ever slept in a tent, indoors or out? I've slept in a tent outdoors but it was super tame. It wasn't in the middle of the forest or anything like that, and it was just held in school as an overnight activity lmao.

What does your hair look like at the moment? Acceptable.

Are you mad right now? No, just tired.

Who did you spend your summer with last year? My work.

Did you eat a cookie today? Not today but yesterday.

Have you heard of wreck this journal? Yes. I so wanted one when I was a teenager, but I never got one because I knew I was nowhere near creative enough to make something artsy out of it.

Do you know any one who lives in California? That's like one of the migration hotspot states for Filipinos lmao. I know tons of people who've moved there or who vacation there.

Have you ever been told you were a good writer? Yes.

What do you put on your baked potatoes? Uh, just bacon and cheese. I don't have baked potatoes much.

Have you ever been on a farm? Sure.

Last three texts on your phone are from? All related to work as I don't use text for much else.

What are you listening to? I can hear my fan whirring and birds chirping while taking refuge on my aircon. :)

Are you one to take naps? No. I find sleeping to be a waste of time looooool; my free time is very very precious to me and I want to spend as much of it as possible catching up on the things I like doing the most.

Did you ever have braces? I had them but didn't wear my retainers frequently enough so they got crooked again, so I currently have them again for round two lol.

Have you kissed anyone in the last five days? Nope.

Are you afraid of flying? No. I like being on airplanes. Of course watching videos of plane crashes makes me feel terrible, but I try not to think of the possibility when I do fly.

Do you have freckles? I don't.

Do you have plans for today? Just this and maybe playing my game. I just want to do nothing for as long as I can hahaha.

Would you rather date someone five years older or five years younger than you? Older. I don't know if I can manage a 21 year old...

Why aren’t you texting the last person you kissed? We haven't talked in nearly four hours; we just don't need to anymore.

If you had to live off one type of fruit, which would you pick? Probably avocado.

What were you doing at 7:45AM this morning? Fast asleep.

What was the last thing you drank? Coffee that was way too strong haha. My chest was on overdrive for a while but fortunately it's mellowed down a bit now.

Where did you get the shirt your wearing? Zara.

Do you plan on sleeping in tomorrow? No. 

How often do you drink Monster? I've never had it.

Are you easy to get along with? I try to be, but I understand how I could be difficult to crack at first. I've just learned to be more guarded with my boundaries, that's all.

Are you short? 5'1".

Can you ever get enough of mac ‘n’ cheese? The taste does get tiring eventually, especially if I got a big serving; but it's great while I'm still enjoying it haha.

Are you allergic to nuts or dairy products? Not allergic, but I am lactose intolerant so I always need to get alternatives for my milk.

Do you have trust issues? Yes.

Is there someone you want to let go of? Nobody. I've never had a problem cutting off who needs to be cut off.

Do you think age matters in relationships?  Personally, it does.

Do you have any regrets? Sure.

Has anyone ever called the cops on you? Nope.

How old are you? 26.

Did you talk to someone until you fell asleep last night? Nah.

Do you go to church every Sunday? I do with my family. I don't really have a choice until I'm able to move out. I never pay attention though and just use the hour to daydream.

Can you recall the last time you liked someone? I guess, yeah. It was four years ago since I last had feelings like that.

Do you like your height? It'll be cool to be a little taller, but it's not something I'm actively conscious about.

Is the last person of the opposite sex you texted single? Discounting work texts, the last guy I talked to isn't.

Could you go a week without brushing your teeth? Absolutely not.

What day is it? Saturday.

Are you usually awake at midnight? I am, yeah.

Does it get really cold where you live? Maybe in like January or February, but that's it.

When you get home from school / work do you change into your pjs right away? Not always right away, because sometimes I'm too tired to do anything else. Those times, I'd just change right before I go to bed.

Have you ever been peer pressured to smoke pot? There was never any peer pressure; me trying it once was my own decision.

Have you ever played the game Sims 3? I don't think I have.

What is the temperature currently in the town you live in? 29C.

Do you ever actually drink milk alone? Nope.

If you don’t have one already, would you consider getting an iPhone? Yeah, it's what I've had since high school.

What year were you born in? 1998.

[tahitiwoke]

032.   a quiet hospital room  👀

ACN: THIS IS BREAKING NEWS COMING OUT OF DALLAS, TEXAS WHERE MULTIPLE SOURCES ARE REPORTING THAT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN SHOT. WE GO LIVE TO OUR MAN ON THE GROUND, STEVE, WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?

he had been in a meeting. the mounted television on the wall had been running a ticker tape of some twitter stream about a plane crash in the indian ocean; the meeting had been boring, something that really could have been an email, with a congressman who wanted face time with the president and when she couldn't get that, settled for face time with veep and when she couldn't get that? well. here's phil. doing the work of his deputy and -- the tv had caught his attention.

ACN: IT'S CHAOS HERE RIGHT NOW, ELLIOT, THE PRESIDENT WAS ABOUT TO GIVE A SPEECH ON THE NEW GUN CONTROL MEASURES AND A SHOOTER CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. NO INFORMATION HAS BEEN GIVEN AS OF YET, THE SECRET SERVICE ARE UNCLEAR IF IT WAS A SNIPER OR SOMEONE IN THE CROWD.

it takes eleven days for him to make it to dallas. the schedule is incredibly tight; there is so much to do and say about the twenty-fifth, there's a lot that needs to be parsed out, a lot that needs to be changed over. to his credit, carroll march does a stellar job at pretending like he is in any way equipped to be the president of the united states and provides as stable look to the resolute desk; don't get comfortable, motherfucker. the news is in frenzy, trading on the stock exchange is suspended for two days until claire wakes up, and phil doesn't text or call. at least, not claire. he calls chris.

their first conversation is very short and the ones following over the next ten days are shorter; it's updates, work, professional. phil cannot tell if this is something he prefers or not but he'd like to think over the course of the little while they've known one another, they have built some sort of rapport. maybe. or maybe not.

phil pointedly asks how is the president not claire. if he thinks too hard about her in personal terms, he'll go insane, he'll drive to fucking texas if he has to, and he can't afford that sort of weakness. he's got to be the good man in the storm right now and he'd rather get shot in the face than let her down.

so it takes eleven days.

( you ever leave this place? march asks one night. it's the fifth consecutive evening phil has slept on his couch. he showers in the white house locker room; his suit is wrinkled, his shirt is one he borrowed from the back of a door in chris's currently vacated office, too small in the cuffs and the shoulders. go home, pal. sleep in a bed. we'll still be here tomorrow. )

the nurse argues with him for fifteen minutes, threatens him with security after another five when he tells her to just fucking google me! the yelling attracts the attention of the secret service; of meechum, of scott. phil is only a little smug when they let him through. gets less smug when he sees the state of chris. they stand out in the hallway, both unwilling to make the first move inside where they know she's asleep.

ACN: PRESS SECRETARY CHRIS BRADY SPOKE TO REPORTERS EARLIER TODAY WEARING THE PRESIDENT'S BLOOD - DOCTORS ARE CURRENTLY OPERATING AND EARLY REPORTS SUGGEST PRESIDENT HALE IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY. FROM ALL OF US AT ACN, MA'AM, GODSPEED.

chris looks worn to the bone. hunched and empty and small when the man has never been small, not for as long as phil has known him; he looked stretched thin. have you slept at all? he asks and chris just shrugs, the answer obvious. have you eaten? another noncommittal movement. i can stay here for a while if you want to go and sort yourself out. you should really get a shower and try to calm down a little. it's advice a million and one people have given him in the past, when emotions are high and every action feels like a reaction to something else, when running on autopilot is starting to falter.

after the longest time, chris does eventually nod and shake phil's hand and isn't there when phil emerges a few hours later.

[purlturtle]

you don't even need to go full socialism for that, tbh. A lot of this can already be helped by decent labor protection laws; I live in Germany that has quite a few of them, and *still* has a pretty strong economy. (I'll put them under the readmore, if you're interested.) Sure, employers will always try to circumvent these laws. They always do, and that is definitely a capitalism problem; that's what gives them the incentive to. But still, a lot of the untenable workplace situations, job insecurity, feeling like a pawn/subhuman, that is the norm in the US, I non-existent or way milder here, due to those laws.

after your probationary period (the duration of which is regulated and can be at most, and only for unlimited contracts, 2 years) you can't be fired without a solid reason, that must be stated, and can be contested.

contractual work time for a full contract max 40h; if you habitually work more than that, and have no clause about overtime in your contract, you have the right to compensation. Clauses about overtime are also regulated.

I don't have much knowledge of minimum work hours/mini-job contracts, but they are regulated, so you can't be hired and then given no shifts and paid nothing, AFAIK

no such thing as sick days, or a prescribed number for them. When you're sick, you call in, you don't work, you still get compensation. Some companies require a doctor's note from the first day of sickness, most of them from the third consecutive. That note only says "unable to work" not the reason, and can be obtained from your GP or other doctors.

guaranteed 4 weeks minimum of vacation, of which 2 weeks minimum need to be taken in a row at least once a year, because only 2 weeks or more guarantee that the employee recuperates from work. You can sue over that.

Speaking of, if and when you sue, the lawyer that you hire is compensated out of the results of the lawsuit. (and if you're union, the union will provide legal counsel before a lawsuit, and a lawyer during.)

Speaking of, you cannot, CANNOT, be fired for starting an election for a workers' council, and there are laws that in any company of five (5!!) employees or more, the employees have the right to have a workers' council. Plenty more legal protection around that, too.

All of these laws are federal laws by the way.

there are plenty more of them too; this is just a non-exhaustive list of examples.

A lot of these laws are topped, sometimes massively, by trade agreements between unions and employer representation. Here unions work differently in Germany than in the US, in that for example the union of metalworkers can, and has, work out agreements that apply to *any* metalworker, union or not, at any metalworking company. For example a 35h week with full compensation, a good deal more vacation days than 4 weeks (total of 6, I believe), automatic pay rises etc. Also, union members get comp from the union when that union calls for a strike - and you cannot get fired for partaking in a strike, even if you're not a union member!

of course socialism would eliminate a lot of shitty jobs that do nothing good for anybody but it would also make a lot of existing shitty jobs so much more bearable. i don't know anyone who works in retail or data entry who wouldn't be ten times happier doing the exact same tasks but knowing that their labour results in an actual benefit to society and not extra profit for the corporation they work for. and also maybe not being treated like subhumans by their bosses who can decide if they live or starve

[bizknnect]

5 Essential Tips for Staying Energized at Work

Summer vacation is still in the back of our minds as we head back to work. For most people, getting back into the rhythm of work takes some getting used to. How can I get through the workday without excessive snacking? What is the best thing to drink? How to avoid the lunch slump? Whether you work in an office full-time or work from home (part-time), this article will help you stay energized at work. Here are 5 tips. 

1. Drink Enough

Is your desk full of empty cups and mugs at the end of the day? You're not alone; most office workers drink an average of four cups of coffee a day, and sometimes more. Not to mention the energy drinks that sometimes get pushed back. Caffeine boosts your energy, but it lowers it just as quickly. Additionally, you may experience restlessness, headaches, and palpitations. It's no surprise that water and tea are good for your health. Drinking enough water can help you concentrate and keep your energy levels high.

2. Watch what you eat

Do you regularly eat greasy snacks from the canteen or do you prefer to have long lunches? And you know the infamous after-lunch dip? Probably. A good way to deal with this is to eat several small meals a day. This keeps your digestion busy and doesn't have to do too much at once. Choose healthy snacks and lunches consisting of fruit, yogurt, nuts, and vegetables. Additionally, homemade food is generally better than buying something straight from a vending machine. It can be a pain, but it's worth preparing your meals the night before. Eventually, you will have enough common sense to know what to eat and what not to eat. Having five consecutive birthdays at the office? Then it might make sense to hold back on a few pieces of cake.

3. Keep moving!

Research shows that office workers don't move around much during work. It is advisable to remain seated, especially in the morning (when everyone is still full of energy). Still, exercising every 30 minutes is good for your digestion and circulation. It is best for our bodies to regularly repeat standing, walking, and sitting. This may seem like a lot of work, but it's easier than you think. For example, you can offer your department drinks from time to time. Don't forget to replenish water regularly. Move the trash can and printer away from your workspace. Plus, you can walk to your colleague's desk for short meetings. This is usually more efficient than sending an email or chatting.

4. Maintain a Quiet Environment

Make sure your office attire is sharp before you go out. However, this is not necessarily the case when it comes to the workplace. From scattered office supplies to a growing collection of empty cups. In fact, the better organized your workplace is, the more productive you will be. Ultimately, there will be less confusion from distracting stimuli. There are many ways to organize your desk. For example, working digitally as much as possible saves on paperwork. Plus, a to-do list is much easier to manage than a bunch of drafts or sticky notes. Remember, this is different for everyone. For example, some people are more creative in chaotic environments. Do you find it difficult to keep your workplace clean? Next, schedule time each week to get everything properly organized.

5. Take frequent breaks

I need to talk to this colleague about a project quickly. I really need to call the customer. lunch? Please do not worry. This is done behind the scenes on your computer because the email needs to be sent as quickly as possible. In a dynamic job with fast-approaching deadlines, it's tempting to keep working in between. But that's mentally exhausting! No matter how organized you are, no one can work efficiently for eight hours straight. Rest gives your brain a healthy reset. Clearing your mind also gives you a new perspective on your work. Grab your jacket or coat and take a walk around your neighbourhood during your lunch break. You can also invite colleagues to join. Are you having a busy day at work? Plan to take frequent breaks.

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May 17th, 2024

I am pissed off that my fyp on tiktok and as well as on instagram a bit is slowly letting eating disorder content in. Or maybe its not outwardly eating disorder content but it trickles in and makes me think and be inspired about disordered eating.

Heres been my past little bit:

Sideplots:

Rhodes Scholarship

Circus School (full time away from the office)

Mo Keps

I've been coming to work (in the office) like baloney? every week and I'm convinced that nobody has noticed but also maybe they have and I am the idiot?

Artem invited me to a cottage with his friends this upcoming weekend. And I don't know how the fuck I should have played that. Whatever I"ve done though has been wrong and incorrect.

I don't like how I feel like I'm an idiot when I'm around him: he makes you think about him because he doesn't think about you at all. He is not emotionally available and look at what happened to Hadrian and look at what happened to me last time *emotional unavailability* was in the chat.

I want to go to circus school and work full time tee hee hee, I need to call the union and figure some stuff out.

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I'm reading the collective agreement for my job rn, here are some highlights:

An employee shall earn vacation leave credits at the following rate for each calendar month during which the employee receives pay for at least seventy-five (75) hours:

75 hours is 2 weeks. meaning I will get credit for june and july however if I didn't split them over months, I might not have

I get 9.375 hours of vacation time a month until my 5th year of service occurs

An employee is entitled to vacation leave with pay to the extent of the employee’s earned credits but an employee who has completed six (6) months of continuous service shall receive an advance of credits equivalent to the anticipated credits for the current vacation year.

Where in any vacation year all of the vacation leave credited to an employee has not been scheduled, the unused portion of the vacation leave up to a maximum of two hundred and sixty-two decimal five (262.5) hours credit shall be carried over into the following vacation year. All vacation leave credits in excess of two hundred and sixty-two decimal five (262.5) hours will be paid at the employee’s hourly rate of pay as calculated from the classification prescribed in the employee’s certificate of appointment of the employee’s substantive position on the last day of the vacation year.

30.09 When a medical certificate is requested by the Employer, the employee will be reimbursed for the cost of the certificate, to a maximum of thirty-five dollars ($35.00), upon provision of acceptable proof, for periods of absence of three (3) consecutive days or less.

36.03 Subject to clause 36.02 and operational requirements, an employee may be granted leave without pay for the care of immediate family in accordance with the following conditions:

an employee shall notify the Employer in writing as far in advance as possible but not less than four (4) weeks in advance of the commencement date of such leave, unless, because of urgent or unforeseeable circumstances, such notice cannot be given;

leave granted under this clause shall be for a minimum period of three (3) weeks;

the total leave granted under this article shall not exceed five (5) years during an employee’s total period of employment in the public service;

leave granted for a period of one (1) year or less shall be scheduled in a manner which ensures continued service delivery.

Article 38: leave without pay for personal needs

38.01 Leave without pay will be granted for personal needs in the following manner:

subject to operational requirements, leave without pay for a period of up to three (3) months will be granted to an employee for personal needs;

subject to operational requirements, leave without pay for more than three (3) months but not exceeding one (1) year will be granted to an employee for personal needs;

an employee is entitled to leave without pay for personal needs twice (2) under each of paragraphs (a) and (b) during the employee’s total period of employment in the public service. Leave can only be granted for a second (2nd) time under each of (a) and (b) of this clause ten (10) years after the first leave was granted. Leave without pay granted under this clause may not be used in combination with maternity or parental leave without the consent of the Employer.

It feels fake that I have a government job with benefits?

I applied for some free training just now,

I just looked in HRMS and I have 24.375 hours of sick leave (3.25 days of work) and 93.75 hours of vacation time (12.5 days). also a 7.5 hours from Wednesday May 8th that I worked. altogether thats

June 14th: work from home, travel to montreal with Gianna,

June 17 - 21 is 5 days (37.5)

June 24 is Jean Baptiste day

June 25 - 28 is 4 days (30 hours)

July 1 is a holiday

July 2 - July 5 - 4 days (30 hours)

all together that 97.5, less the 7.5 hours I already worked, for a total of 90 hours requested off.

Should I ask if I should use sick days?

Also isn't there leave each year that isn't carried over?

ok Matthieu just came to my office and asked if I could do some overtime work this weekend. I asked to be compensated in vacation days (1.5 times the hours) however I am wondering if I should have taken the cash... like $300? 64,221 / 251 (average amount of working days) = $255 a day * 1.5 = $382.5 for a day of overtime.

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As an amateur, Janibek won Gold at the 2013 World and Asian Championships. In October 2016, he made his professional debut in October 2016 with a first-round TKO against Milton Nunez. In May 2022, Janibek viciously KO’d Danny Dignum with a huge uppercut in the second round to win the WBO interim title. The WBO subsequently ordered Demetrius Andrade, the full WBO champion at the time, to defend against interim titlist Janibek. Andrade vacated his title and moved up to super middleweight, and Janibek was upgraded to official WBO middleweight champion.

In his first title defense and most recent outing, Alimkhanuly defeated Britain’s Denzel Bentley via unanimous decision.

Entering his second consecutive title defense, Janibek has aspirations beyond this fight. Speaking at the final press conference through a translator, Janibek said: “I don’t want to defend my title every time. I want to unify my titles. I think it’s going to be an easy win for me.”

Janibek is a massive favorite entering this fight and is expected to prevail and move on to bigger and better things. With the likes of Gennady Golovkin, Liam Smith, Jaime Munguia, and Felix Cash all ranked in the top five of the WBO’s rankings, if Janibek is unable to secure a desired unification against the likes of WBA champion Erislandy Lara or WBC champ Jermall Charlo, Janibek has options. With Lara defending his title against Danny Garcia and Charlo dealing with personal issues at the moment, Alimkhanuly may have to wait a bit longer to unify titles.

Butler made his professional debut in March 2014, a first-round TKO victory against Jean Francois Plourde. Butler challenged Ryota Murata for the WBA middleweight title in December 2019, losing via 5th-round TKO. Butler is now on a four-fight winning streak, with all four fights in 2022. The NABF middleweight champion’s most recent outing was a unanimous decision victory against Joshua Conley in December 2022.

Butler appears confident he can beat the man perceived by some as the middleweight division’s avoided man.

“To be honest, when the fight was mentioned to me, my first question was “The champion is Janibek? Who is this guy,” Butler said to BoxingScene.com. “Then they explained how Andrade vacated his title, and Janibek upgraded their little belt (the interim WBO middleweight title) for the big one.

“So after that, I became familiar with him before I took the fight. I believe Janibek has a really good style for me.”

Janibek has recently been perceived as the heir to the throne of his fellow Kazakh, Golovkin. When Golovkin vacated his belts, Janibek announced it was now his time to collect all the belts. If Janibek is indeed intending to take over the reins from his great idol, he needs to start dispatching opponents in a more emphatic fashion than he has against the likes of Hassan N’Dam and Bentley and really seek the biggest fights. The historically revered middleweight division appears to be going through a weak era at the moment. If the Kazakh wishes to be a great champion of any substance, this is his opportunity to grab the 160lbs division by the jugular.

For now, Butler is a worthy opponent. He can certainly crack, with the power to cause an upset, albeit with a leaky defense that calls for caution against the hard-hitting champion.

[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 18/03/2023 (Calvin Harris/Ellie Goulding, Miley Cyrus’ ‘Endless Summer Vacation’, Digga D)

Well, as you’d expect with her album dropping, Miley Cyrus reigns at the top of the UK Singles Chart for a ninth consecutive week with “Flowers”, and it’s a pretty busy week. Welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

As always, we start our week with the notable dropouts – songs exiting the UK Top 75, which is what I cover, after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week, the list includes “on the street” by j-hope and J. Cole, “Glue Song” by beabadoobee (seems like that was kind of a fluke), “I’m Not Here to Make Friends” by Sam Smith featuring Calvin Harris and Jessie Reyez, “Rumble” by Skrillex, Fred again.. and Flowdan featuring uncredited vocals from Elley Duhé and BEAM, “Ready to Fly” by Sub Focus and Dimension featuring uncredited vocals from Jo Hill, “Pointless” by Lewis Capaldi and “Just Wanna Rock” by Lil Uzi Vert. Now that I think about it, that is a list of songs exiting the chart wherein I’m pretty much positive on every single one of them, which is a damn shame – a lot of these songs are actually great, but who’s filling those voids?

Well, to find that out, we need to seek out our notable gains, which is kind of a strangely small batch this week. We have “Shivers” by Ed Sheeran at #63, sure, but the rest are in our top 40, and they’re... questionable, I suppose, with way less than you’d actually expect but this week’s activity is largely concentrated in its new arrivals. Those top 40 boosts go to “REACT” by Switch Disco featuring Ella Henderson and the late Robert Miles at #40, and Strandz taking his first top 10 – thanks in part to a Digga D remix – with “Us Against the World” at #10. It is still a busy week, but mostly because of big dropouts and big new entries, with a lot of the movement within the chart being more minimal.

This week’s top five on the UK Singles Chart starts with “Calm Down” by Rema at #5, thanks in part due to a remix with Selena Gomez, followed by “Die for You” by The Weeknd at #4 (thanks in part to Ariana Grande). At #3 we have our highest debut, with Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding reaching their highest-ever peaking collaboration as “Miracle” lands at #3. At #2, of course, is PinkPantheress with “Boy’s a liar” (thanks in part to Ice Spice – a lot of remixes in this top five) and at the very top, once again, is “Flowers”. Now we have quite a few interesting stories to cover in our new arrivals, and because this country has some kind of vendetta against me, we start with...

NEW ARRIVALS

#73 – “MOTTO” – NF

Produced by NF

I... don’t think NF understands why he’s famous, or why his fanbase likes him. He starts off his first verse saying that he could have wrote a record full of radio hits, do features for hype, hire a board room to write for them, et cetera, but decided not to because he doesn’t want to since it sounds like a nightmare. See, the issue is: he couldn’t. If he wrote an album full of radio songs, his fans would still listen and buy for the first album, but when he continues, they’re going to lose hope. It happened to Logic, it’d happen to him too, and considering this guy is one of the few rappers whose pure sales are pretty great, that fanbase is directly tied to him in a way that is pretty personal and vocal. “Let You Down” was a radio hit for sure, and also a pretty okay song, but NF fans would not want to hear more of that. He couldn’t still be successful doing that, or at least he’d be successful in a different way, and he should know that so saying that he just denies doing it because he doesn’t want to may also be true but is kind of misleading, potentially inaccurate, because without the weird orchestral motif and awkward self-reflection that seems obsessed with his own career, NF is just Macklemore... and I doubt you even know or care he released a new album this month. It’s particularly frustrating given that this is a great beat, with the plosive percussion fitting NF’s aggressive, over-the-top delivery, but he continues to be completely lacking in self-awareness for a guy who raps solely about himself. I like what he’s saying about independence in the industry and the decreasing value of music, but if he has to say “no hate”, he ends up coming off as really irrational and defensive, which I don’t think was intentional by the anthemic chorus and boom-bap production. At some point, he’s just straight-up classist, somehow using the logic that someone who is unemployed can be on their high horse when talking to self-made millionaire “Christian rapper” NF. One point I do enjoy is when he speaks about the music industry, and as someone who follows charts, I kind of like when the charts get all meta on me – as they will continue to do later on for some reason – and the fact that he points out that in showbiz, it’s not about how big you are, it’s about how big you seem, is a great point and the distinguishing line between fame and success becomes starker in the streaming era. Speaking of someone who exemplifies that...

#72 – “Last Night” – Morgan Wallen

Produced by Joey Moi and Charlie Handsome

If you’re in the UK and you’re not a music nerd, you probably don’t know who Morgan Wallen is, but the guy sells millions stateside and I suppose his latest #1 hit in the US is now a vaguely viral hit in the UK. Ironically enough, I did say a couple weeks ago that I’m glad Luke Combs is the country crossover of choice for the UK instead of Morgan Wallen but to be completely honest, I don’t mind much of Wallen’s output considering that my taste in country is genuinely terrible and country-trap does not bother me nearly as much as anyone else. His more organic material also has a lot of heart to it, but I can never bring myself to listen to a full album, especially if they’re going to be 36 tracks long. The biggest of those 36 however is a song I actually like quite a bit, even if I’m pretty aware that it isn’t that unique. It’s a pretty solid pop song though, and that’s what matters: the guitars are clean, Wallen’s rasp adds a slight gruffness but still meshes, and the cheesy punchline of the “last night” title feels like a joke he and his writers wanted to get out for ages, especially with how long it takes for the bass and percussion to fully kick in. It’s a slick, fun slow burn which doesn’t particularly do anything interesting with its toxic relationship concept but given Wallen’s charisma, the great production from Joey Moi (who is usually NOT a great producer for pop-country) and how damned infectious it is, it’s kind of hard to be all that disappointed. If more country charts, you’ll see how much I go to bat for horrific pop-country, but for now, I feel like I can justify this one, right?

#60 – “Trance” – Metro Boomin, Travis Scott and Young Thug

Produced by Metro Boomin, Allen Ritter and Peter Lee Johnson

So this is an oddball – months after the album was released, a stray album cut that didn’t pose of much interest at first ends up charting. Now part of me thinks this has to do with the fact that Drake was supposed to be featured on the track, but was cut last minute, and his verse leaked and made the track go a bit viral. It does sound like a beat Drake would hop on too, which has me kind of conflicted about the song as a whole. I love what Metro did with this beat, as the synth bass rubs against the drying pool of eerie synths, providing some genuine intensity with the deeper bass and more electronic production, and the distortion added to Travis’ vocals during that first intro verse further adds to the atmosphere. With that said, Metro then returns to a trap beat that of course is good �� it’s Metro – but it’s particularly standard when it had such an interesting foundation, and Travis as always is particularly boring on it, not even finishing his bars and basically mumbling a repetitious reference vocal instead of going back and adding in some grain of substance. I’m asking for at least one interesting lyrical decision or funny punchline, Travis, especially if you’re going to be such a drone. Thugger brings a lot more melodic variation and his rasp adds much more depth to his verse, with him giving the beat just enough space to develop strings under him. Sure, there’s not much in the content but his vocal riffing is really compelling against the pulsating bass and his harmonies with Travis develop into a great neo-psychedelic bridge, which seems like it’s going somewhere with the violins that vaguely crash against the otherwise streamlined production whilst also preparing some orchestral swell... before it just stops, and even with that build-up Travis just rambles over it. It’s a really promising song with good elements, but it’s also pressed right up against “Around Me” with Don Toliver in the tracklisting which goes for the same bassy, eerie intensity and is much more successful, whilst not rejecting any of Metro’s typical trap beats. It’s honestly fascinating how “Around Me” isn’t the hit – it’s even catchier, partly because “Trance” doesn’t even have a chorus. I doubt this will last that long in the charts but I’m just frustrated with the promise this track shows and fails to realise, and yes, mostly because of Travis Scott.

#48 – “1 on 1” – D-Block Europe

Produced by Dirtbike LB

Huh, I didn’t know Dirtbike LB was a producer. This is the newest loosie from DBE, a UK rap duo I find increasingly tiring with the sheer amount they release, especially given they’re not exactly as comical as they used to be, probably because that was never truly on purpose. Once again, it’s a lot of flexing, crime and girls, but Young Adz sounds particularly... broken here. Like, he’s malfunctioning. To be fair, the beat is a bizarrely-mastered clash of guitars and flutes, but it’s not unsalvageable, he’s just interrupting his own bars with exclamations and adding echoing ad-libs that make his nonsensical flow even more slippery and incoherent. Typically, Adz is the more understandable one, but Dirtbike... kind of freaking kills this. This is what I was saying when I said the beat isn’t unsalvageable: Dirtbike doesn’t sacrifice any of the dejected melody he usually brings when he amps up the energy and intensity just a tad for a fast-paced, great flow that plays with the beat and seems pretty singular. I really want to hear Dirtbike go this hard more often, even if there’s little wordplay or interesting conceits, there’s a cohesion to the flexing due to a repeated lyric opener, it makes his busy life of decadence actually sound both busy and enjoyable – it’s about as good as a verse on a DBE song should be. It’s a shame that the rest of the song just doesn’t live up.

#42 – “Mother” – Meghan Trainor

Produced by Gian Stone and Justin Trainor

So, Meghan Trainor seems to actively be trying to release the worst song she can possibly create, featuring a Goddamn Kardashian cameo in the video which just reeks of... pre-pandemic. I suppose this must be in solidarity with the UK, so that our Eurovision entry this year – which we will get to – sounds like “Bohemian Rhapsody” in comparison, with Ivor Novello-level lyrics. Thank you, Meghan Trainor, for having the interests of the British public in your heart. We appreciate it. On “Mother” itself... I have no further comment.

#35 – “Home for My Heart” – ArrDee and Cat Burns

Produced by Jake Gosling, LiTek, WhYJay and AoD

Ah, the Nelly and Kelly Rowland of 2023 London. I actually could be snarky about this being a useless sappy pop-rap throwaway but I think this is a decent, homely feeling song with a slick albeit uninteresting acoustic guitar lick and an interesting dichotomy between Cat Burns’ exhausted, soulful hook and ArrDee’s stoic voice that delivers some honest bars on a beat that has some vague Afrobeats influences but with all the layers of streaming-service-nothingness in the chorus, it feels more like one of those classic “thugs need love too” tracks. With that said, lyrically, it’s actually a vast improvement over them, as whilst Cat Burns’ parts are written like a love song, the mantra of “Please don’t give up on us” may actually refer to a general motive of self-improvement, as ArrDee’s verses are all about struggling to find the ever-coveted “me time”, something that I can definitely resonate with and I love how the verses recontextualise the hook like that, even if it’s not fully intentional. Like Morgan Wallen before them, this is not a particularly interesting song when it comes to how it sounds and the topics it tackles, but it does it pretty well in my opinion and services as a pop song I can appreciate. That is not the case for our next track.

#30 – “I Wrote a Song” – Mae Muller

Produced by Alfred Parx and Lewis Thompson

Eurovision season will be in full effect soon, and it’s in Liverpool this year so there’s a lot of hype behind the UK’s entry to the annual Song Contest. Personally, I think I’d give it nul points: the meta conceit isn’t bad, with Muller writing a cathartic song in response to a breakup instead of acting irrational and unproductive. At no point is it shown that it’s also very much okay to do that as well, which falls out of line with the fact that Muller criticises this guy for covering up his cheating with his mental health issues. Oh, and the song she wrote was utter garbage: the cheap bubbly synths sound straight out of 2014, the melodies are as non-descript and easy as possible and it relies on cheap vocalisations that are deathly annoying. The production adds random vocal and acoustic guitar riffs to make its vaguely tropical sound seem anything but radio fluff, but fails since the chorus is watered down and lacks any punch, and the compressed mix seems like it’s actively against you trying to distinguish instruments from each other. Her vocals are nondescript when they’re not irritating, and the bridge is a cheap, ugly switch-up with an awful mix and absolutely no payoff. Given our performance last year, you’d think we’d try and step it up because for once, we have something to lose, but alas, maybe we should sink the island and try participating in the underwater song contest. Hey, it’s a 50/50 chance: the only other contestant would be the Maldives.

#27 – “Jaded” – Miley Cyrus

Produced by Greg Kurstin

So, Miley released her new album, Endless Summer Vacation and whilst nothing from it is smashing as hard as “Flowers”, it got her the #1 record in the country and we have two debuts from it here. I wasn’t a fan of the big #1 so I didn’t have high hopes but I actually love this. The synths and watery bedroom pop guitars cascade over the lackadaisical groove as Miley coats her nostalgia about this past relationship with a regret that is a real shame, especially since she’s aware that they’ve grown, both apart but also as people, yet they still can’t make things work. There’s a lot of frustration that comes with that feeling, which explains the way the drums stumble over each other in the pre-chorus and how forceful her delivery of the chorus is. I just love the synthwork too, and especially Miley’s delivery: her rasp gives the impression that she’s just as jaded, and makes the incompatibility just that more frustrating given that they’re kind of in the same place. Her voice is rich and impassioned, and the way the chorus just shatters through mix like crystal on those second and final choruses hit like a brick. I do think the jealous bridge is a tad clunky, but it’s worth it for that crashing final chorus, full of great backing vocal riffs and an instrumental that sounded way more organic than where we started. The synths sound much more rubbery and prominent in that first chorus but by the end, it sounds a lot more natural, almost like she’s willing to just suck it up and accept what’s lost is lost. I know it’s not the single, but this is an excellent track. Please give it a try if you have yet to hear the album.

#19 – “Energy” – Digga D

Produced by X10 and HARGO

Welp, we’re back to Digga D releasing, and I didn’t realise how exhaustingly dull I found his brand of drill until he came back and released a song with yet another great beat – or at least great idea for a beat, as the vintage chipmunk soul sample sours on me as the song goes on to do... very little of anything to change and keep interesting – but ruined by Digga D, who is just boring. He constantly stops the beat for out-of-place ad-libs, and whilst he brings much more energy than say, Central Cee, he is void of charisma and just ends up unlikeable in all his flexing and posturing. The flow in the second verse is pretty good, I’ll admit: in fact, I like the verse quite a bit, but that momentum just doesn’t carry into the final chorus, and he doesn’t deliver upon some of the promising ideas proposed, like questioning his relationship with God and faith as a whole due to the crimes he’s committed. Come on, man, the thesis is right there and this is the beat to deliver that kind of content: just go for it, man. Maybe he’s writing from the heart on his album tracks, but as for now, this is just another underwhelming single and it’s a shame because there is a lot here that could result in something great.

#16 – “River” – Miley Cyrus

Produced by Kid Harpoon and Tyler Johnson

This is the track that got the single push and the music video – does it deserve the push over “Jaded”? Well, the glassy synths sound particularly cheaper here, and when placed against the rubbery bass, it reminds me of electroclash in a way that I really did not expect from an older Miley, if I’m honest. It doesn’t necessarily fall flat with the Space Invaders synths bleeping in the background of the chorus and Miley’s sing-songy half-spoken melody, but it’s also not particularly sexy for a sex song. The whole “river” metaphor is a well run dry – pun very much intended – and the mix feels pretty awkward in the way that it tries to balance Miley’s layers of vocal effects over a beat that really should sound grimier. The main crime, however, may be the fact that such a weird song gives me so little to talk about, and it definitely does not sound like the second single from a smash album. That’s all I have on this one.

#3 – “Miracle” – Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding

Produced by Calvin Harris and BURNS

You know, even with a weak chart, I did not expect the hype for a new Calvin Harris track to be this high. After all, his disco efforts were met with underwhelming results, and Ellie Goulding hasn’t had a hit of her own in years, so this collaboration being as immediate of a smash as it was kind of took me aback. I do like that Harris can experiment now and step his foot into different passions for both singles and albums markets, even if the British public clearly prefers one over the other, and with BURNS on co-production, I think I’m predisposed to as well. Ellie Goulding sings about a relationship that gives her a heavenly euphoria and begs her partner to take the chance to go further, and I could not think of a better instrumental for that young-love energy, as spiralling keys and synths surround her cooing. Once she gets into her falsetto, the plummeting hardcore bass arrives and picks up the pace, allowing for the rickety drums to clash through. Instead of a drop after that, though, we get an – admittedly cheap but charmingly so – piano breakdown that then builds itself up through a simple emotional force. It’s a basic piano melody that then hides itself back under the catchy hardcore beat for another verse, until her falsetto once again rubs itself against a deeper bass fuzz, except this time the escalation is immediate and grandiose, with fluttering percussion reflecting their accelerating heartbeats. It never fully locks into a groove either, because their love going further, whilst possible, is still a “miracle” – only starting to feel real. My only real complaint is that it fades out for radio purposes, when I want to hear this go further and further because it deserves an even higher level of detail, I want to hear this narrative pushed through, I want to hear what happens next, and that’s the most frustrating thing. Maybe a remix will give me more closure, but an extended edit would be great, or even just hearing how this is used in a DJ mix. The fact that Calvin Harris and BURNS have me gripped into the sonic theming of this track should be telling of how well they’ve constructed it though, and if Harris is going to briefly dip back into EDM tunes, I absolutely want to hear more where this came from.

Conclusion

With all that said, I think Best of the Week goes to Miley Cyrus for “Jaded”, and whilst I like the songs from Morgan Wallen, ArrDee and even Metro Boomin partly, Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding are on another level with “Miracle” which is just edged out for the Honourable Mention. The worst song this week clearly is “Mother” by Meghan Trainor, which is handed the Worst of the Week fully with no hesitation, but again, she’s in healthy competition with our Dishonourable Mention, which goes to “I Wrote a Song” by Mae Muller. Again, I appreciate your help, Meghan. We’ll see in the coming weeks how Eurovision affects the chart, but for now, thank you for reading and I’ll see you next week!

[hi-im-aiii]

Just Us (Choi Yeonjun x Celebrity Reader)

Chapter 1:  Off we go

You boarded the airplane and found your seat in first class, by the window on the last row. You sat down comfortably on your spot.

Your eyes are fixed on the screen in front of you. The in-flight safety video is already playing, showing where the exits are, how to fasten your seatbelt, when portable electronics can and can’t be used, etc.

Then you heard the pre-flight announcement from the speaker.

“Mabuhay! Welcome to Philippine Airlines! This is the pre-flight announcement for flight PR75 to South Korea. We are currently second in line for take-off and are expected to be in the air in approximately five minutes time. We ask that you please fasten your seatbelts at this time and secure all baggage underneath your seat or in the overhead compartments. We also ask that your seats and table trays are in the upright position for take-off. Please turn off all personal electronic devices, including laptops and cell phones. Smoking is prohibited for the duration of the flight. Thank you for choosing Philippine Airlines. Enjoy your flight.”

You feel that the plane is slowly moving in the ground, preparing to take off. Few minutes later, you feel that the plane is gradually ascending. You can feel your ears popping as the altitude increases.

After some time, you heard the captain’s announcement.

“Good morning passengers. This is your captain speaking. First, I'd like to welcome everyone on flight PR75 to South Korea. We are currently cruising at an altitude of 33,000 feet at an airspeed of 400 miles per hour. The time is 8:15 am. The weather looks good and with the tailwind on our side we are expecting to land in Seoul approximately fifteen minutes ahead of schedule. The weather in Seoul is clear and sunny, with a high of 25 degrees for this afternoon. If the weather cooperates, we should get a great view of the city as we descend. The cabin crew will be coming around in about twenty minutes time to offer you a light snack and beverage, and the inflight movie will begin shortly after that. I'll talk to you again before we reach our destination. Until then, sit back, relax and enjoy the rest of the flight.”

You opened the screen and started checking the movie lists.

You saw a number of movies that you are in, either as the female lead or supporting actress.

You sighed deeply, “I don’t know if I’ll be happy or not seeing these.” You told yourself.

Then you heard a knock on your small door. The door slide opened. “Good afternoon, Ms. Y/N, sorry for interrupting you.” A female flight attendant appeared by your cabin door entrance.

“Good afternoon. What can I do for you?” You asked.

“I’m the senior flight attendant of this flight. We saw your name on our passenger list and we would just like to welcome you personally on boarding our flight. If you need anything don’t hesitate to call any of us here. Again, welcome to Philippine Airlines and enjoy your flight with us,” She bowed.

“You really don’t have to greet me personally. But thank you, anyways. I’ll let you know if I need anything,” you smiled warmly at the attendant.

You are expecting for the attendant to take her exit, but she is not moving on her spot and just keep staring at you.

You are confused and asked her, “Is there any problem?”

“If it’s just okay for you, Ms. Y/N,” the female attendant started saying, fidgeting on her spot. “Can I have a photo with you? I am a really big fan of yours!”

“No worries, come near and let’s take selfies.” You gestured to the female to come near your seat. “But please don’t expose to social medias my flight itinerary. I’m travelling solo for a vacation right now.”

The lady nodded. You took a number of selfies and the female flight attendant happily exited your cabin.

Closing your eyes, you thought of the things which had recently happened to you. It’s been a really hectic and tiring year for you. You have been busy on filming consecutive dramas. Being a celebrity is no joke. Specially, if you are really popular and have been receiving a number of offers. After the successful airing of your recent drama. You decided to take a vacation on your own. Away from the cameras, from social medias and if possible, from people who know you as celebrity.

Most of the people might think that having wealth, fame and notoriety can bring you the feeling of happiness and contentment associated with being a celebrity. However, from what you are experiencing as a famous celebrity in the Philippines who is highly visible in the media, it is taking a tremendous toll on your psychological functioning.  No privacy. Everything you do is publicized for the world to see, discuss, and mock.

But the one that you are dealing the most difficult is the “Lost sense of self”. Like other celebrities, you are feeling that you are unable to assert your individuality in a media world fraught with stereotypes.  As the media and fans develop a false perception of you as a celebrity, you begin to lose track of the multi-faceted aspects of your own personality.  This causes you to make choices that no longer reflect your true self, which further compromises your sense of identity. 

Feeling like this, you want to break free, even just for a while from your drama roles, from the fans, haters, media, from the fame. You just want to even with some small time find your true self. You are now taking a risk alone to have a vacation to a foreign place that you hope that no one will notice you as a celebrity.

You felt so tired and had slept for most of the time during the flight. You did not even have the chance to have your meal. You are woken up by hearing the flight pre landing announcement.

“Ladies & Gentlemen, now we're approaching Seoul where the local time is 12:00 nn.  At this stage you should be in your seat with your seatbelt firmly, fastened.  Personal television screens, footrests and seat tables must be stowed away and all hand luggage stored either in the overhead lockers or under the seat in front.  Please ensure all electronic devices including laptop computers and computer games are turned off.”

You sat up and fastened your seat belt. You felt that the plane is gradually descending. After some time, the plane reached the ground.

You heard the landing announcement from the speaker.

“Ladies and gentlemen, we just landed at Incheon International Airport. Welcome to Seoul. Please remain seated and fasten your seatbelt until our plane has come to a complete stop. On behalf of Philippine Airlines, we thank you for your patronage. We look forward to seeing you again. Thank you very much.”

You started tidying up. You packed your phone and ipad to your carry-on bag. You straighten up the creases on your clothes and put on a black face mask to cover your nose and mouth area. Aside from there is still a pandemic going on, you’re still in the plane and in a city, you will never know there might still be fans around the place. It is better to be cautious than be sorry later on.

The people started disembarking the plane. You quietly exited with the crowd, with your dark sunglasses on and hoodie up. You successfully passed the immigration and picked your luggage in the conveyer belt.

Your staff had already arranged everything you need for this vacation, you believed. You already have your Korean sim card for internet connectivity and loaded T-money on your hand.

“So I am in terminal 1, I just need to ….what????” You are shocked on what you read on the notes that your staff prepared for you.

“Is this for real?! Are they telling me to ride 2 buses and 2 trains for more than 7 hours just to reach Damyang-gun?” You shrieked in disbelief.

“This won’t do,” you told yourself. You have searched online how to go to Damyang-gun efficiently. Car hire is the fastest with around 3 hours straight drive. But you doubt that you can easily and safely hire a car to go to your destination. The next option is to fly there from Seoul Gimpo airport to Gwanju and take a 30-minute bus to Damyang-gun.

“Okay, that’s it.  I’ll take this flight.” You headed to the commuter rail as you read on the map. You need to take the AREX and pass 6 stops to reach Seoul Gimpo Airport.  There you will buy the plane ticket and take the earliest flight.

Walking towards the commuter rail you saw a lot of posters and advertisements of Korean pop idols. They are everywhere. Because you are extremely busy with your career you are not really familiar with the k-pop idols. You watch Korean dramas as reference and you love to read manhwas (Korean comics) as a hobby. Before being a famous celebrity, you were a total anime geek, you love anime so much, you read a lot of mangas. But because of your popularity rise you don’t have enough time to really watch anime series. Your hobby shifted more on reading colorful version of Korean comics which was the manhwa and also some light novels. Even when you are busy, you still find time to read even a chapter or some few pages of manhwas. In fact, you have learned how to read and write Hangul because some chapters of manhwa’s you read are in Korean and the are no available translations for recent chapters.

Such a nerd. You though to yourself. But this is one of the things that makes you stay sane. Retaining your identity as an individual. For this trip, you want to dwell more on the things that keeps you YOU.

And Indeed that hobby of yours are helping you, big time now.

You understand all the Korean signages you saw and somehow a little bit of what the people around you are saying.

You reached the Seoul Gimpo station after a 30-minute ride to AREX. You hurriedly walked to the front desk of a local airlines.

“안녕하세�� (annyeonghaseyo),” you greeted the lady in the front desk politely in Korean.

“Can I book the earliest flight going to Gwanju?”

“광주가는 가장 빠른 비행기를 예약할 수 있나요? (Can I book the earliest flight going to Gwanju?)”

You spoke at the same time with someone but he is speaking in Korean. Yet, you understood that person is also asking for an earliest flight to Gwanju. Your hardwork self-studying hangul is really paying off. You silently thank your manhwa collection and light novels. There was a paused from the lady. The front desk lady smile at both of you and the person beside you. You sneakily take a look at the person beside you. He was tall and slim. A Korean indeed. He was wearing a black mask and black hoodie as well. Somehow your outfit seem to be like a couple’s one. You are also wearing a black mas and black hoodie. The only different is that he is wearing a black pants and you are wearing a black skirt.

The front desk lady speaks in Korean first and talked to the man beside you. Then she started to speak to you in English, when you interrupted “I understand that the only available seats are in economy class and there are just two seats available and the plane will depart in 30 minutes. I will avail one seat for this flight. 감사합니다 (Thank you).”

The front desk lady smiled at you and proceed to process the tickets. She handed one ticket to you and to the guy beside you.

You took the ticket and bowed thankfully to the lady. You hurriedly run to the boarding gate.

You boarded the plane and found your seat in the economy class on the end part of the plane. Your seat is on the right side of the wing. There are three seats adjacent together. Your seat is on the middle. There was already an old woman sitting on the isle seat.

You greeted the old woman “안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo)”. The old woman smiled at you.

You tried to reach the overhead compartment to put in your carry-on bag. It is a bit high so you tiptoed and just pushed in your bad. But suddenly, you slightly trip on your right foot and lost balance. You thought you will drop on the floor, but you unexpectedly felt arms supporting your right shoulder and back. You open your eyes. You saw a pair of attractive eyes. Monolids. Eyes that are sort of cat-like. He was wearing a facemask and his hair was hidden beneath his hoodie. You remembered that he was the guy on the front desk earlier.

“Miss, are you okay?” He spoke in English.

You were in dazed but you tried to snap back in reality. “Y-yeah. I am okay. Thank you very much.”

You immediately sat down on your seat. It was a bit cramped. You are not used to take economy class flight. But you don’t have choice since you want to reach your destination immediately.

“Miss, can you make some space? I will be seating there by the window,” the monolid guy said pointing on the empty window seat.

“I’m sorry. Okay. Go ahead”. You folded your knees to make some space. The guy passed in front of you and sat down beside you, by the window.

The plane started to take off. You are really hungry since you were not able to have your breakfast meal from the earlier flight. You heard a wrapper being open. You looked beside you. The monolid guy is opening a biscuit. You watched how he opened the big box and the wrapper for each biscuit. It was Lotte Chocolate Binch Biscuits, one of you most favorite Korean snacks. You gulped as you watched him eat.

Then suddenly your stomach loudly growled.

The guy stopped eating and turned his head in your direction. He saw you staring at his biscuit.

“Um, do you want some?” he offered his biscuits to you.

“This is so embarrassing. I’m so sorry” you apologized. “But I will not be declining. As you’ve heard my growling stomach. I will accept the offer.” You got the box and got a few biscuits. You are about to return it to the guy.

“No worries. You can have it all. I am still full. I think you need it more,” he smiled.

“Nooooo, you take this. This is a big box. We will share,” you got his hand and put the box over it. “Thank you very much,” You smiled at him.

He got the box of biscuit and continue eating. You also proceed in opening the wrapper and eating the biscuits. Such a life saver.

You were busy chewing, when the monolid guy spoke. “You’re here for a vacation?”

You looked at him and nodded while still chewing on your chocolate biscuit.

He chuckled.

You’re confused as if to why he chuckled.

He pointed on his cheek, “you have some chocolate in your face”.

“Ehhhhhhh,” you tried to remove the chocolate stain on your face. But when you touched your face. You heard him chuckled more.

“What now?” you asked him.

“You smeared more chocolate than cleaning it up,” he was laughing hard now. You can see some tears in his eyes. “I’m sorry for laughing at you. It’s just that…it’s really funny.”

You keep trying to clean it but to no avail he just keeps laughing more.

You pouted. He noticed your pout and he tried his best to stop laughing.

“I’m sorry again. Okay let me help you.” He got some napkins and carefully wipe the chocolate stains on your face. “Honestly, how old are you? You still eat like a kid. Don’t be offended please. It’s not that bad. Rather, I find it cute.”

He accidentally touched your lips with his fingers. And you stared with each other’s eyes.

Now, you can properly see his facial features. With his hoodie down and facemask removed. His lips sort of form a triangle. He has a lot of piercings and he has chubby cheeks. He also has black hair. He looks like a desert fox.

“Aigooooo, such a young and loving couple.” You heard the old woman seating at the isle spoke in korean.

You immediately moved backwards and the monolid guy also did the same.

“아니. 할머니. 우리는 커플이 아닙니다. (No. Grandma, we are not a couple),” you tried to politely reply in korean.

“Wow you speak Korean?” the guy asked. As if he was trying to remove the awkward situation.

“I know some phrases and I understand somehow,” you replied.

“대박 (Daebak),” he exclaimed.

“You’re also good at speaking english,” you told him.

“Oh. I lived in California for 2 years. That’s why.” He explained. “So where are you from?”

“I’m from the Philippines. I’m here for a solo vacation,” you told him grinning.

“I see from the Philippines. Uhm, are you into K-pop? There are a lot of kpop idols fans there, I think.” he asked you; he seems to be nervous.

“Korean pop music? I’m sorry. I’m not really familiar with kpop moreso with kpop idols. But I watched a bit, just a bit of Korean dramas for reference” you admitted.

“Oh that’s good to hear,” he sighed, somehow he seemed relief.

“By the way, we’re talking for a bit already. But I still don’t know your name. My name is Y/N. and you are?” You asked for his name.

“I’m Yeonjun.”

“So, Yeonjun why are you going to Gwanju?” you asked him nonchalantly.

“Oh, for a vacation too,” he responded immediately.

“Alone too?” you inquired.

“Yes. I want some time alone,” he responded.

“I kinda understand that,” you grinned at him.

After talking for a bit, Yeonjun and you decided to rest for the remaining time of the flight. Your eyes are closed trying to relax, when you heard a soft thudding sound. You opened your eyes and saw Yeonjun’s heads intermittently hitting the window. Yet he is still sleeping. He seemed so tired. You felt that you should not wake him up and let him rest. But you are worried that he might hurt himself. You tried to find something soft to put between his head and the window but to no avail there is nothing around. You are just in a short flight, so pillows and blankets are not provided. You put your hand over Yeonjun’s head to straighten his posture for his head not to bump on the window. But to your surprise, he shifted towards your direction and put his head over your shoulder.

You are thankful that you have your face mask on, or people can easily see your face red as tomato. You want to wake him up, but he seemed to be deep on his sleep.

“Yeonjun,” you tried to call his name. But he is not waking up.

Then you felt your eyes are becoming heavy. You yawned. “I guess, I’ll just let you sleep like this. Rest well,” then you also drifted to sleep.

Yeonjun’s POV

I slowly opened my eyes. It seems that I fell asleep. I was so tired. We practiced until late at night yesterday just for me to have this week off. I was about to rub my eyes, when I felt something warm in my hand. I looked down and saw that Y/N’s hand was over my hand. I was about to panic, then I felt that my head was resting on her shoulder and her head was resting on mine. I panicked more.

“Yeonjun, why are you so shameless,” I thought to myself.

I slowly and carefully put her hand away, on her lap. With my left hand, I carefully lifted her head, so I can straighten my head up. I slowly put her head on my right shoulder. Now that I’m close to her like this, I can see that she has really long eye lashes. Though, she has her facemask on, I saw that she is really pretty when she was eating the biscuit earlier.

I saw her fringes covering her face and my hand unknowingly moved her fringes on the side of her face. I am so close with a stranger, and a female one at that. But it does not feel uncomfortable. It’s more of the opposite. I feel so relaxed and I was in deep sleep earlier.

“It seems that you really like your girlfriend,” the old woman sitting on the isle seat said to me. “It seems that she really like you as well. She saw your head bumping on the window and immediately put your head on her shoulder. Such a sweet girl. You two suit each other well,” she smiled.

I can feel that my ears are turning red just hearing what happened. But she is not my girlfriend. I am about to tell to the old woman that she is not my girlfriend. When the landing announcement is heard on the speaker. You felt that Y/N’s head tilted. She opened her eyes and she immediately raised her head, away from your shoulder.

“I’m sorry. It seems like I fell asleep too.” She apologized.

“No worries. I think I was the one who fell asleep first. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable,” I also apologized.

The plane landed. I can still feel that it is still a bit awkward between me and Y/N. The people started to stand up from their seats and disembarked the plane. I was about to stand up too, when I saw Y/N. She was assisting the old woman sitting on isle seat. She helped her stand up and got her baggage on the overhead compartment for her.

I smiled at the scene. She was a nice person. So polite and helpful. So pretty and attractive. I was in dazed thinking of these things about her, when I snapped back in reality. I saw her waving her hand on my face.

“Hey, Yeonjun!” she called me.

“Y-yes,” you looked at her.

“I just want to say bye. And it was really nice meeting you. I’ll be off now. See you when I see you!” she smiled at me.

Such a warm and genuine smile.

“Y-yes. Nice meeting you Y/N. Enjoy your stay in Korea.” I smiled back.

She turned around and walked away.

“See you when I see you,” I whispered on yourself.

[mateovac]

howdy y’all, name’s chai, and i’m suupper excited to be here! i’ve brought u my bb, mateo, matty if he likes ur muse enough, and havoc in the ring ( he’s a professional fighter ). under the cut i have some facts and bg on him, as well as some wanted plots. if u wanna plot, pls leave me a like and i’ll come annoy u in ur inbox. love y’all already !!

*  ──  (  emilio sakraya  ,  twenty four  ,  cis male  ,  he/him  )  welcome  to  hilton  hills  ,  mateo “havoc” kovac  !  as  a  well  -  known  UFC fighter  ,  we  can’t  believe  you  traveled  all  the  way  from  rio de janeiro, brazil  in  order  to  spend  a  few  months  here  .  you’ve  made  quite  the  name  for  yourself  in  the  tabloids  as  being  -  nonchalant  and  -  stubborn  ,  but  all  we  have  seen  is  how  +  ambitious  and  +  dependable  you  are  since  you  arrived  a  few  days  ago  .  if  we  were  to  compare  you  to  anything  ,  it  would  be  the crackle of the wood as the flame dies out, the silent buzz in your ears amidst a stadium of deafening cheers, and the sound created by the union of turbulent waves and cliff side stone on a stormy night  .  make  sure  to  unpack  in  time  to  make  it  to  the  bonfire  tonight  !  i  hear  they  are  going  to  play  loyalty by kendrick lamar  just  for  you  !  [  chai  ,  21+  ,  they/them  ,  est  ]

name: mateo kovac nicknames: matt, matty gender: cis man pronouns: he/him age: 24 occupation: UFC fighter height: 185 cm eye color: hazel hair color: dark brown

tidbits

mateo is the second oldest of five siblings ( older sister, two younger brothers, and youngest is a sister as well — his parents really wanted another daughter ).

didn’t start off rich, but they found luck in the restaurant business and now they own at least 10 different restaurants across the country.

grew up in the hilton’s but moved to brazil around 19 to start his training. he’s been back and forth ever since then.

got into fighting pretty much right out of high school and didn’t bother with college. nickname is “havoc” bc his coaches thought it was funny that it was similar to his last name kovac, and bc once he sees an opening, he creates havoc with his swings.

currently in the lightweight division, with 6 fights under his belt, 4 wins and 2 losses, though last three have consecutively been wins.

doesn’t come off as very personable during interviews, and that’s because he’s not. he’s in the UFC for the love of fighting, not for the fame of it.

a cat daddy. has three cats, two rescues and one he took from his friend. it’s not odd for him to be spotted with a stray cat on his heels; he seems to attract them for whatever reason.

personality wise, he can come off as cold and aloof at most times, especially if he doesn’t like you ( he’s not one to hide his dislike ). with his friends, however, he can flip a switch almost completely and become a different person.

not really a party animal. tends to be the old man of the group, going home early and getting in his hours of sleep so he can wake up early and work out in the morning,

an excellent cook. tends to happen when you live alone and you need to shovel in a certain amount of calories. at one point, it becomes tiring eating just plain chicken for protein all the time.

wanted plots

the bad influence. mateo lives a very healthy life-style, due to his job. he has to keep his body in the best shape, so that means barely any drinking, absolutely no drugs, and no late nights out because of his strict schedule. well, he did come back to visit for a little vacation, and this friend did always have a way with their words. he finds himself being dragged out to places he doesn’t ever frequent against his better judgement. 

childhood friend. someone he grew up with and knows him better than he knows himself. someone his siblings consider as another addition to the family.

the ex. also happens to be his first love. their rls lasted a while, with him completely head over heels for her, before he finds out that he’s been cheated on, and he breaks it off with her. however, that never stopped her from calling him on her nights out drinking, and it always ended with him picking her up from the club. it’s been a while, but he can’t seem to shake the hold she has over him, though he knows he won’t ever call her his again.

the love interest. okay so i would kinda love for his love interest to be the best friend of his ex? it would be a slow burn type of situation, with discreet glances and secret touches here and there. there’s this immense tension but they don’t ever cross it ( they will down the line tho hehe ) bc they know that it’s wrong. would be slow burn type shi bc im a slvt for that stuff skdjfnsdf

maybe someone he likes to spar with for fun. he needs his exercise on vacation still.

[yoificfinder]

Hi! I was wondering if you would be able to find some time travel/time loop AUs where Victor and Yuuri (and other members of the YoI cast) are thrown around in time please? Thank you so much!

Hi! These are some time travel fics (mix of both canonverse and AUs) I read and enjoyed:

Previous rec of time travel fics where they meet their other self in the other timeline

a great desire to love by lily_winterwood / @omgkatsudonplease [T, 22K]

For some strange, inexplicable, fantastic reason, Yuuri Katsuki and Viktor Nikiforov are trading places. Kimi no Na wa AU.

All Our Yesterdays by @kitsunebi-uk [E, 102K]

York, England, 2120: Yuuri Katsuki is a dime-a-dozen techie, spending his days doing routine repairs at the university. He hangs out with his friend Phichit, goes for a drink, watches holograms. It’s an existence – but is it a life?

Crowood Castle, Yorkshire, 1392: As the son of a baron, Sir Victor Nikiforov makes judgements where lives hang in the balance. As a knight, he must sometimes end them. It’s what he was born to do – but what of the heavy burden on his soul? Death is all too commonplace, while life and love remain elusive.

When a brilliant scientist goes rogue, journeying to the Middle Ages with the world’s first time machine, Yuuri is stunned to be called on as the last hope of preventing her from changing history. After an abrupt departure, he lands at Crowood Castle disguised as an enemy of the Nikiforovs, Sir Justin le Savage – and will need to act the part if he is to survive. It’s a tall order for someone who can barely tell the back end of a horse from the front. But if Ailis, in her own disguise, discovers who he is, his mission will end in a blaze of laser-gun fire. He must not give his real identity away, even to the beguiling knight he’s falling in love with…

Elevators Out of Order by mtothedestiel [E, 31K] *WIP

A Kate and Leopold AU. In 1876, Victor Nikiforov is a handsome duke with an inventive imagination and a dwindling fortune. The search for a wealthy bride brings him to America, and the capital of progress, New York City. Can an encounter with a mysterious stranger offer Victor a future he never dreamed of?

Meanwhile in 2017, physicist turned paper-pusher Yuuri Katsuki is just trying to get through the day, which is tough enough without surprise phone calls from his roommate announcing he has a 19th-century aristocrat out cold on their sofa.

To top things off, it would seem every elevator in Manhattan is suddenly out of order. What a coincidence.

Here Once and Back Again by Cbear2470 [E, 77K] *WIP *Major Character Death

“What?” was all Yuuri could say as a numbness froze over his body.

Something—something wasn’t right. It was then he realized he couldn’t remember getting to the rink. He couldn’t remember even stepping on the ice to start his program.

He couldn’t remember.

He tried to remember.

*

As Yuuri is skating his free skate, he knows something is off. But, he brushes it aside, too focused on executing the program flawlessly.

It isn't until after it's all over that Yuuri comes to discover that he just skated his gold-medal winning, record-breaking program at the 2014-15 Grand Prix Final in Sochi. The very same final Yuuri had once upon a time placed last in over two years ago.

here's to the glory still to be by @foxfireflamequeen [Not Rated, 12K]

“Hi,” says Viktor, smile bright and camera-ready. His hand, when he extends it, is small and delicate. “I think you know who I am, but we haven’t met.”

His accent is very thick, very Russian in a way Yuri has never heard before. He looks from the offered hand to Viktor’s face, barely an inch higher, and tracks his hair, long and pale and spilling over his shoulders. He can’t be older than, well, Yuri.

“No,” says Yuri. “We haven’t.”

in another dimension series by @alykapediaaa [T, 8K]

Summary of first fic in the series

Entertainment >> Celebrity News

Viktor Nikiforov: Finally Found!

SOMERSET – Russian model Viktor Nikiforov, 27, who has been declared missing last May of this year was finally found earlier today. Nikiforov, known as the face of luxury brand Stammi Vicino, was vacationing at Bath, Somerset after a successful season when he suddenly disappeared, leaving all of his belongings, as well as his poodle, behind. Yakov Feltsman, Nikiforov’s manager, has yet to release a statement. Read More.

Life Unwoven by ayn2390 [M, 23K] *Indefinite Hiatus

Five-Time Consecutive Grand Prix Final Winner Katsuki Yuuri meets Five-Time Consecutive Grand Prix Final Winner Victor Nikiforov.

or,

In which things are tangled, and untangled, and tangled again. And Victor will always be there to save Yuuri.

Maelstrom by @feels-like-fire [E, 44K]

Victor Nikiforov is poised to win gold in his fifth consecutive Grand Prix Final. He has the world at his feet, is unparalleled in the sport--right up until a snowstorm blows into Sochi, and he finds himself repeating the same day over and over and over. He stumbles over Yuuri Katsuki, and everything changes.

(Or, the time loop au. Loosely based on Groundhog Day.)

On My Love by RikoJasmine [T, 73K] *WIP

For the second time, the Sochi Grand Prix Finals arrive, and with it a reborn Yuuri Katsuki. “Viktor,” Yuuri thinks over the pounding of his heart, the crowd going silent as the music begins. “I’ll show the world what you meant to me.”

Yuuri often thinks of his life as Before and After Viktor Nikiforov, the marking point being the day Viktor swept into his life and turned his world upside-down. After many years together, an accident leads to Yuuri suddenly waking up in the Before—back in Detroit, before the GPF, before he ever knew Viktor as anything other than his childhood idol.

As if it had all been just a dream.

paso doble by @cafecliche [G, 4K]

"Long before skating, or even ballet, Yuuri would hear about it at festivals, in the boiling humidity of Hasetsu summers dancing the Bon Odori in the streets. He remembered years where Mari would take him home alone, while their parents comforted lingering, distraught dancers. Sometimes, Mari had explained, they were crying because they’d seen lost loved ones. Some cried because they didn’t see who they’d hoped, but a stranger. And some cried because they hadn’t seen anyone at all.

Because it’s not just the steps. The dancers need, even for a second, to feel the exact same thing."

(Or: days before Hot Springs on Ice, Yuuri receives a visitor from another time.)

The League of the Green Carnation by @abarero [M, 62K]

There was one golden rule to being a Time Scientist: do not bring home anything that was a fixed point in history. This meant most artifacts, extinct animals and the like were permissible. Historical figures? Not so much.

But what about an author? Namely, Yuuri’s favorite author, who was murdered in 1887. Could he be saved?

Well. Yuuri was sure as hell about to find out.

Turn Back the Clock by IronScript [T, 59K] *WIP

When Yuuri and Viktor wake up over thirty years in the past, they don't know what to do. Does the other remember?

Luckily that particular question is quickly answered and they can relax slightly, but what about afterwards? Viktor was brought back to right before his first Olympics, and Yuuri isn’t even old enough to compete in Seniors’!

Then there's the fact that they're still very much in love, but a physical relationship would be illegal (and would gross them both out considering Yuuri's age), and they can't count on anyone to just trust them not to do anything age inappropriate. So maybe being long-distance (with as many in-person meetings as possible) would be better until Yuuri becomes a legal adult physically, never mind his actual age.

But it's hard to behave and act naturally when you're forced to be apart from your husband of twenty years, especially during one of the most stressful parts of anyone's life, so Yuuri and Viktor have to distract themselves somehow, right?

Right.

And if everyone around them ends up completely confused and blindsided at their sudden changes (though admittedly they seem to have changed for the better), then so be it!

[maraudingforflesh]

SakuAtsu

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29129124/chapters/71509197

again, like this (55,735 words); they hook up for the first time after they’ve both lost at nationals during their last year of high school and then they keep hooking up even when kiyoomi is in college and atsumu is in the pro league

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29004675/chapters/71185563

安心 (Peace of Mind) (84,717 words); this behemoth of a fic is a straight up masterpiece centered on kiyoomi as he grows up and thinks about volleyball and atsumu

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27206239/chapters/66454693

Stick With You (99,365 words); at the start of the pandemic kiyoomi and atsumu end up stuck on an island in the Philippines after the rest of the team manages to

make it home to Japan without them

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29473077/chapters/72398289

ATSU101: how to fall in love with your fake boyfriend (110,679 words); college!au in which atsumu needs a fake date to a party and kiyoomi needs a fake boyfriend to scare off a suitor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30823448

Uncover (3,928 words); 5 times the team realizes kiyoomi and atsumu are closer than they thought +1 time they get an explanation

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26645923

Through the Years (14,376 words); au where they’re high school sweethearts who broke up before kiyoomi joined the jackals but a team trip and a blizzard might help them reconcile

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28938666

No Hard Feelings (9,313 words); they’re fwb but they’re also much more than that even if feelings are hard and kiyoomi takes a while to figure it out

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29260299/chapters/71852220

but we're not, like, in love (17,303 words); the team makes them share a room since they’re both so keen on random hookups during away games and they start hooking up with each other but they’re not like in love or whatever

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25394974

lay it on me (no, really) (4,261 words); atsumu volunteers to be kiyoomi’s body pillow during away game hotel stays

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27976293/chapters/68521347

as long as you’re drunk (43,739 words); inunaki tells the team about an article he read that says people who sleep together five consecutive times always fall in love and kiyoomi and atsumu figure their current count of 13 times is really only 4 when you eliminate the times they were drunk so as long as one or both of them is drunk they can keep having sex without falling in love

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30624719

When I say I love you, only you know what I mean (20,778 words); they’re best friends and roommates and they’re going through shit in their own ways and atsumu brings kiyoomi on vacation with him

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26250040/chapters/63894739

Dysfunctional (27,175 words); their love story starts in high school, but they need some time to grow up and really be able to make this thing work

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27443362/chapters/67088767

Within Sight, Within Mind (25,954 words); when kiyoomi heads to college and atsumu heads to the pro league they start Skyping to stream volleyball matches together and things progress from there

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30528402

lovin' you is a gift (in and of itself) (17,270 words); kiyoomi showers atsumu with gifts but atsumu doesn’t need to have his love bought

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30654398/chapters/75630854

didnt see this comin (6,072 words); teammates, best friends, and now roommates

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28666158/chapters/70272810

Smoke and Mirrors (48,713 words); a photo of them making out at a charity event goes viral - cue fake dating and complicated feelings

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28675323

habits shaped like you (5,314 words); domestic roommates content is the shit y’all (also I’m a sucker for atsumu being soft)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/31431962/chapters/77739170

The Dos and Don’ts of Loving Sakusa Kiyoomi (15,076 words); the team has a competition to see who can get kiyoomi to smile or laugh the most and atsumu really wants to win

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27843829

two pump chumps (12,646 words); kiyoomi throws their competition for most service aces leading to this very sweet fic that is mostly just porn

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25760554

every action has an equal and opposite reaction (10,485 words); it takes a Calvin Klein ad for kiyoomi to realize he’s in love with atsumu

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30744863

Roll On, Seventh Wheel (8,857 words); atsumu is finally kiyoomi’s best friend but now apparently every member of their team wants to be kiyoomi’s boyfriend

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26703058

Clipped To You (8,174 words); kiyoomi starts wearing hair clips and it’s kind of ruining atsumu’s life

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25675576

I Promise To Show Up (24,169 words); soulmates!au in which kiyoomi can see the red string of fate but he wishes he couldn’t

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29512401

Love Like This (12,433 words); in which kiyoomi is a college student who doesn’t want to go to a party and atsumu is his best friend who’s already gone pro and makes him go to the party

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29607435

laid bare, right there (26,690 words); 5 times they tell each other what to do +1 time they don’t need to - a love story told using alcohol as an extended metaphor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25637944/chapters/62238292

Some Memories, We May Keep (31,552 words); moments missing from the canon in which they fall in love and atsumu contemplates the value of memories

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26609455

the affective presence of our black and white reruns (19,550 words); atsumu and kiyoomi meet at the youth training camp and atsumu wants him and they keeps meeting and seeing each other and atsumu keeps wanting even when they’re on the same team even when they’re sleeping together

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25748848/chapters/62528731

parallax error: angle of inclination (10,986 words); the story of their relationship from the time kiyoomi joins the black jackals to their first kiss as told by atsumu

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26213260/chapters/63796210

parallax error: line of sight (11,642 words); companion piece for the above fic telling the story from kiyoomi’s pov

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25525333/chapters/61930975

Tale as old as time (14,448 words); taking pictures of somebody just bc you like being around them and watch to capture the moment so you can post it and brag about getting to be part of that is so intimate y’all the onsen trip in this fic took me out

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26529025

golden ties, fluffy pillows and plastic wraps (14,862 words); atsumu convinces kiyoomi to attend a gala dinner with him and even gets him to coordinate their outfits so they match (y’all the other fics in this series are also so good pls read)

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1911892

know you better & related stories (series); they don’t click when kiyoomi first joins the black jackals but they make an effort to get to know each other for the sake of volleyball

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28847175

my first kiss (went a little like this) (6,384 words); atsumu offers to teach kiyoomi how to kiss

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1883938

we call everything on the ice, "love" (series); figure skating!au in which they start as a pair then move to singles skating then fall back together eventually

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23589403

three roses and a smile (19,768 words); academia!au in which kiyoomi is a surgeon and atsumu is a microbiology researcher

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25849213/chapters/62802427

Above Average. (27,498 words); kiyoomi brings atsumu home to meet his family and it doesn’t exactly go well

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28736619

gold rush (18,053 words); atsumu makes it his mission to befriend kiyoomi once he joins the jackals and he’s nothing if not persistent

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1864450

This love isn’t crazy (series); their relationship chronicled by vlogs

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30734699

2AM Solace (8,999 words); running into atsumu in the laundry room in the middle of the night became part of kiyoomi’s routine

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22859008

Notice (7,034 words); atsumu is the third person to find out about his own crush on kiyoomi

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25444576

The Jacket In Your Closet (8,681 words); atsumu gives kiyoomi his jacket when he’s having a panic attack and kiyoomi holds onto it for years

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27190837

Confessions of a V-League Setter (3,309 words); kiyoomi has never been confessed to and atsumu intends to fix that

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27637051

Intertwined (25,886 words) soulmates!au in which you body swap with your soulmate

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27028369/chapters/65984323

Better Together (17,004 words); atsumu proposes with a Twinkie while he’s drunk and kiyoomi still says yes

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27912220

The Love Language of Hair Toner (6,369 words); soulmates!au in which you have a strip of hair the same color as your soulmate’s

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28464351

intervention fer yer weird obsession (5,186 words); atsumu is a little obsessed with kiyoomi’s moles

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24599536/chapters/59422036

Who Could Have Seen This Coming? (16,706 words); kiyoomi invites atsumu over on impulse bc atsumu is having a bad day and it turns out kiyoomi maybe likes him and his company

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28423044/chapters/69648837

confessions (9,587 words); kiyoomi was an atsumu fanboy through high school and university and now that he’s atsumu’s irl boyfriend he can never let atsumu know his secret

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27811675

People Will Say We’re in Love (9,576 words); Twitter thinks they’re together so they try their best to disprove that without much success

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28558275

Notice (5,450 words); atsumu having dyslexia is one of my favorite things and I like this very sweet fic about it

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27074200/chapters/66106201

A Liar’s Truth (49,668 words); kiyoomi is raised to believe that gay people go to hell but atsumu’s thighs might be worth the risk

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1983235

commit to memory (series); domestic fics in which they figure out intimacy with one another

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29350110

On Love and Onigiri (20,595 words); au in which atsumu is an author who really wants to impress book critic kiyoomi

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27757792

i’ll do anything you say (if you say it with your hands) (7,612 words); atsumu draws words and shapes on kiyoomi while they do partner stretches at practice

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27386530

I wish to live in a world (24,835 words); story from komori’s POV centered on how he sees his cousin fall in love and grow up

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29106117

Touch (8,815 words); abo fic in which kiyoomi hates alphas but never really manages to hate atsumu

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28437999

The Self-Inflicted Torment of Loving Miya Atsumu (28,847 words); atsumu keeps flirting with iwaizumi despite oikawa’s return and kiyoomi is suffering (also the first fic in the series is the same story covering the iwaoi perspective and it is also v good and cute)

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29869011

liked and subscribed (26,470 words); kiyoomi is a camboy as a side hustle and he starts sexting one of his subscribers

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30228108/chapters/74488023

Stuck in the Sunshine (73,925 words); atsumu is a virgin with a bucket list of firsts and kiyoomi offers to help him check them off

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28620252/chapters/70148025

The Story of Us (98,234 words); after a car accident and a traumatic brain injury kiyoomi is left with amnesia and atsumu is left the only person who still remembers that they were secretly in love with each other

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24419953

liminal spaces (25,969 words); atsumu becomes fixated on his interactions with kiyoomi and has a hard time processing his emotions and

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26996737/chapters/65899813

Accidentally in Lust (40,483 words); atsumu accidentally sends kiyoomi a dick pic and things spiral from there

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29303172

let me be the unspoken letters on your lips (5,975 words); college!au - they’re very open about their relationship and it isn’t their fault if no one believes them - and they were roommates!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29601684

Nails, Hair, Hips, Heels (8,638 words); look they’re both hot and painfully aware of how attractive each other are

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23393830

Brushing my fingers through those silky locks (10,452 words); washing someone’s hair to calm them down from a panic attack is a love language

https://archiveofourown.org/works/27377815/chapters/66904276

today of all days (13,760 words); kiyoomi struggles with mental health and misdiagnoses but he also heals

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25397929

Miscommunicating (4,773 words); they have a fwb deal and atsumu doesn’t realize he’s in love until osamu calls him out for carrying wet wipes

https://archiveofourown.org/series/2049654

Carnaval des Animaux (Carnival of Animals) (series); au in which kiyoomi is an Olympic figure skater

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29935584

two slow dancers (6,250 words); “shut up” “make me” the fic

https://archiveofourown.org/works/24225535

ink blossoms (8,186 words); tattoo artist/florist!au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29175837

The Devil’s Trill (9,262 words); orchestra!au

https://archiveofourown.org/works/23517244

Orientations in Planetary Orbits (3,813 words); atsumu and kiyoomi accidentally swap sweatshirts after practice and it sends kiyoomi into a bit of a crisis

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29318220

sakusa kiyoomi's boyfriend is who? (8,463 words); apparently kiyoomi has a boyfriend but atsumu doesn’t know that he’s the boyfriend

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28814007/chapters/70667205

Pulling Gravity (30,346 words); their relationship through the years - atsumu has a pull like the sun moving kiyoomi and drawing him into orbit

https://archiveofourown.org/works/29025777

Let The Ground Rumble And Shake (2,411 words); atsumu suffers a head injury during practice

https://archiveofourown.org/works/25694983

four leaf clover (5,973 words); hyper mobility is a curse that kiyoomi has worked to turn into a weapon for volleyball

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28582266/chapters/70049214

Here Is Your Verse (15,556 words); atsumu ends their FWB deal and kiyoomi shouldn’t care but absolutely does

https://archiveofourown.org/works/26044960

halcyon (2,223 words); atsumu isn’t sleeping well but kiyoomi helps with that

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28671468

alliance (3,354 words); their fake relationship is just a mutually-beneficial arrangement until it is definitely more than that

https://archiveofourown.org/works/30406824

WHAT IN CARNATION (10,661 words); atsumu has hanahaki

https://archiveofourown.org/works/28061016

too busy being yours (9,026 words); kiyoomi has hanahaki

https://archiveofourown.org/series/1921516

Terminal Curiosity (series); obviously these are porn and centered on BDSM but damn if they aren’t also character-driven masterpieces

[joi-in-the-tardis]

Thing #1: Yesterday I got a text from my stepbrother (stepmom's son) saying "Mom finally gave me your number after 3 years of pestering..." And then he went on about the Bengals and football.

It's not that I don't like him. And I do consider him one of my brothers, even if we aren't blood related. But, I had asked my stepmom not to give him my number. I remember one such conversation about it (there were a few):

Her: *stepbrother* keeps asking for your phone number. Me: Don't give it to him. Her: He just wants to talk to you. Me: If he calls, I won't answer. Her: Maybe sometimes you will. Me: I won't. I won't answer. I don't answer phone calls.

Firstly, I think this is another example of someone I make an exception for thinking I treat everyone else the same way. This happens a fair bit in my life... Most people don't see me interact with other people so they don't know that they are special to me and I make exceptions for them. I talk to my stepmom on the phone. I answer her calls. However, she's on a list of three people that I talk to on the phone with any kind of regularity (it expands to maybe five for emergencies). Outside those three exceptions, I hate talking on the phone. I've hated it since I was a kid. Chit-chat is not my forte. (As an aside: I remember one year my mom made me call all the kids I was inviting to my birthday party-on a rotary phone no less- and I started every phone conversation with "hello, who is this?" which got her increasingly upset... but I remember being so confused because how was I supposed to address the person on the other end of the phone if I didn't know who they were? She never made me do that again.)

Secondly, I have been witness to and been on the other end of phone conversations with my stepbrother (for example, back when we had house phones and anyone in the house had to answer them with no caller ID). He does this constant stream of muttering. Half of which I can't understand. And it goes on and on and on. It's like being trapped in a social expectation hell. No, I will not answer the phone for that.

I'm sure she just got tired of him asking and finally gave it to him. I'm trying not to be mad at her. But I am irritated because I told her not to. Admittedly, I go out of my way a little to keep the people who contact me through my phone kinda small. I remember just a couple years ago I avoided my phone so much of the time because someone used it to constantly dump her drama on me and that was stressful af.

Thing #2: My supervisor texted me yesterday to say that the store manager is probably going to ask me to work on Thursday. Which, first off, she's the one that mangled our schedule so that I only had 35.5 hours this week. So, I'm not feeling very generous. She made this schedule knowing full well that this weekend is both Valentine's Day weekend and Bengals at the Superbowl. It's not my fault she's an idiot, nor is it my obligation to give up my day off to fix it.

Secondly, I put in to have next weekend off to visit my girlfriend. If I work tomorrow that means I will be working 9 consecutive days leading up to driving 8 hours. Uh, no thank you. I would like to point out that I purposefully chose the weekend after the holiday so as to disrupt the department the least amount.

So, my plan is to tell her no unless she's willing to swap it for Friday or Saturday. I don't think she'll do that, either. Do I need the money? Sure. Would I rather be home? Absolutely.

All last year whenever we had someone on vacation (that's 9 times!) we were told we couldn't work a 6th day to make up for the missing person. Which means I baked twice as much before there was no baker and then had to clean up the mess the day after, each time. And now it's suddenly perfectly fine to have us all work 6 days in one week. No. Nuh-uh.

Everyone else seems to roll with this better than I do. But, if you're constantly an abusive asshole to me (and my co-workers) and then you turn around and want something? I have no desire to deliver.

[cheri-translates]

[CN] Idle Chat with Gavin

🍒 Warning: This post contains detailed spoilers for a feature which has not been released in English servers! 🍒

The CN server was recently graced with a new feature called 随便聊聊 (“Idle Chat”), where you can select a mood and talk to the love interests about work, life, and studies :>

Idle Chat with: Kiro / Lucien / Shaw / Victor

[ WORK - Topic 1: Overtime ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: Yay! I don’t have to work overtime today! Want to have a sumptuous meal together?

Gavin: Good timing. I’m off shift today

Gavin: Apart from eating

Gavin: We can find other things to do.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: I’m sorry I’m sorry. I might reach an hour late today. I have to work overtime suddenly to handle something...

Gavin: It’s okay

Gavin: I’ll come over to accompany you during that one hour. That way, you won’t be considered late.

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: I really don’t want to work overtime any longer. I’ve been sleeping right after getting home for so many consecutive days, and have absolutely no personal time...

Gavin: Have you been sleeping well?

Gavin: Once you’re done with this busy period, let’s go for a long vacation together.

-

[ WORK - Topic 2: Income ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: I had a shock when I checked the accounts. Without realising it, I’ve saved so much money! It shows that persevering in financial management is very useful!

Gavin: I find it very useful too.

Gavin: When I was young, I’d put my future into a savings box

Gavin: Now, I’ll put my future into our hands.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: Why is it always so easy to spend money, but so difficult to earn it

Gavin: Mm, I also wonder about this question...

Gavin: Want to do up a plan to save money together?

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: Barely ten minutes after being happy about payday, several notification messages for arrears arrived! I shouldn’t have purchased so many things last month!

Gavin: This month, I’ll be your shopping supervisor.

Gavin: If there’s anything you want to buy, let me know.

-

[ WORK - Topic 3: Program Progress ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: Do you still remember the program I talked to you about before? After persistent hard work, we managed to secure a partnership!

Gavin: I remember

Gavin: Back then, you said you wouldn’t give up

Gavin: I’m also very happy to see that you didn’t give up.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: There hasn’t been any progress in the recent program... All inspiration has been expended, and our operations have also been exhausted...

Gavin: Want to go for a short trip with me over the weekend?

Gavin: To refresh your inspiration and motivation. 

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: The data provided by the partner is absurd! If I were to go along with them, nothing would be done! 

Gavin: In that case, give them an absurd proposal

Gavin: They’ll know where they’ve gone wrong.

-

[ WORK - Topic 4: Program Results ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: This program was successfully approved! I think my incredibly~ superb proposal was one of the contributory factors! We can officially start working on it tomorrow!

Gavin: Will you be busy from tomorrow onwards then?

Gavin: If you need to work overtime during this period

Gavin: Remember to call me.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: Is the work produced for the other party really okay... Even if it gets approved, there still seems to be something missing

Gavin: The MC I know is a persistent and confident girl

Gavin: No one can deny your accomplishments.

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: When will the program finally get approved! There are seventeen versions stuffed in my file!!!

Gavin: A senior from the Task Force once told me a technique to examining clues

Gavin: List down the mistakes made in the previous seventeen versions

Gavin: And you’ll have new inspiration.

💙

[ LIFE - Topic 1: Losing Weight ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: Did you notice anything different about me today? I’ll give you three seconds to think about it! Forget it, I think you might not have been able to see it...

Gavin: Cough, I could tell. You’ve lost weight.

Gavin: But it wasn’t because of what I saw. I used another method to determine it.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: Should I reach a compromise with my weight? I’ve been losing weight then gaining weight - it feels like a waste of time.

Gavin: There’s no need to lose weight

Gavin: No matter what, you’ll always be the best-looking in my eyes

Gavin: ...mm, but exercise is still needed. 

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: I shouldn’t have gone for the dinner party yesterday! When I weighed myself today, I really became heavier by 1kg!

Gavin: It shows that you’ve gained 1kg of happiness yesterday

Gavin: Let it get absorbed into your body.

-

[ LIFE - Topic 2: Meals ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: I accidentally bought too much... I don’t think I need so many vegetables since I’m cooking for myself...

Gavin: In that case, could you leave me a share?

Gavin: I’ll pay for the food expenses

Gavin: Mm, and I’ll also be responsible for washing the dishes and being an assistant.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: I bought the snack which is especially popular on the internet. But when I ate it, I didn’t think it was great. Has my taste become disconnected with the masses?

Gavin: Taste is something personal

Gavin: Want to head out together today?

Gavin: We’ll find snacks that you and I both find delicious

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: I made an absolutely perfect bento for lunch at work, but my hand slipped when taking it out of the microwave and it all fell out!

Gavin: Did you scald your hand?

Gavin: Let’s have dinner together.

Gavin: To make up for the regret of not being able to eat your absolutely perfect bento.

-

[ LIFE - Topic 3: Reading ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: The science fiction book I read today is really interesting! It’s also especially rich in imagination. I think you’ll like the style as well!

Gavin: All right.

Gavin: But I’ve been busy with missions these days, so I might not have time to read

Gavin: I’ve noted down the name of the book. I’ll tell you my thoughts after reading it.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: I was looking for spiritual comfort when I came across a book on philosophy. In the end, I think I’ve become even more perplexed by the world... Have you felt this way too?

Gavin: Mm, there are times I’m perplexed by the world too

Gavin: But once I think about you, I’ll feel calmer.

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: Today, I borrowed a murder mystery novel from the library. Some unreasonable reader wrote the name of the murderer directly on the first page!! 

Gavin: ...

Gavin: That’s really going overboard. 

Gavin: Try treating it as backwards reasoning, and observe the process. 

-

[ LIFE - Topic 4: Games]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: I’ve finally defeated that difficult boss! I was even thinking that if I failed again, I’d refer to the guide. I didn’t expect to beat it!

Gavin: That level is really difficult

Gavin: I only managed to defeat it after reading the guide

Gavin: You’re very strong - a first-rate gamer.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: I think I’ve outgrown the age of game addiction. I just feel like leaving once I go online. I can’t find anything interesting...

Gavin: Maybe you just temporarily lack motivation towards this game

Gavin: Want to try a new game?

Gavin: Minor recommended a multi-player game involving solving riddles

Gavin: I think you should like it.

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: I met a cheater in the game again! People who ruin the experience of the game are so annoying! It makes me feel like giving up on the game...

Gavin: Report him.

Gavin: People who contravene the rules are being played by the game

Gavin: And not playing the game.

💙

[ SCHOOL - Topic 1: Progress ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: The method you taught me is really effective! Today, I finally overcame the temptation to slack off, and successfully completed my task!

Gavin: There are many methods

Gavin: You don’t necessarily have to use the one I taught you

Gavin: But if you can get used to it, it shows that you have a lot of potential.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: I’d rather doodle on paper or stare into space than look at the textbook... I’m a girl who’s tired of studying T-T

Gavin: It’s already late - don’t force yourself to read the textbook

Gavin: The girl who’s tired of studying should become a girl who sleeps early

Gavin: That way, she can become a diligent girl tomorrow.

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: There are only ten more days till the end of the course, and my learning progress has just begun...

Gavin: There are still ten days

Gavin: Which means there are 240 hours, 14400 minutes

Gavin: If you look at it this way, there’s still time.

-

[ SCHOOL - Topic 2: Homework ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: The teacher actually complimented me today. Even though all she said was that my work is neat... I’m still very happy!

Gavin: Even back then, your handwriting was always delicate and neat

Gavin: Just like you as a person.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: I can’t help but find excuses to slack off whenever I scan through the questions. I just scanned through five minutes worth of video clips...

Gavin: And now you’ve slacked off by sending me 25 words.

Gavin: Be a little more focused.

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: Even though there isn’t much homework in each course, when you put them together, it’s basically WAY. TOO. MUCH.

Gavin: When I was in school, I also felt that there was a lot of homework

Gavin: So I would prioritise the easier questions first...

Gavin: It isn’t a special method, but you can try it.

-

[ SCHOOL - Topic 3: Pre-exam Revision ]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: Today, I memorised all the examinable points. Tomorrow, I’ll be entering the battlefield. Everything has been prepared - all I’m missing is a little bit of courage from you!

Gavin: All right, give me your hand.

Gavin: I have a lot of courage,

Gavin: And I can give it all to you, the one stepping into the battlefield tomorrow.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: Although I’ve looked through all the examinable points, I still feel unsure and uneasy...

Gavin: Don’t be anxious. Since you’re done with revision, rest early

Gavin: Tomorrow, I’ll send you to the examination venue.

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: It’s too difficult, it’s way too difficult. I really shouldn’t have registered for this class. I still can’t memorise anything when it’s almost the exam...

Gavin: I’ll bring you out for a ride in a while

Gavin: You can share all your grievances and stress with the wind.

-

[ SCHOOL - Topic 4: Post-exam celebration]

1. Mood: Happy

MC: My exam is over! I’ve been freed! And my results were much better than expected!

Gavin: You know your results immediately?

Gavin: Congratulations

Gavin: I’m outside the exam venue. Sparky and I are waiting for you.

-

2. Mood: Upset

MC: A weight has been lifted off my shoulders since the exam is over. Even though I planned so many celebratory activities, I don’t feel like doing them now...

Gavin: If you don’t have any ideas

Gavin: Leave the planning to me.

Gavin: Wait for me at the entrance of the examination venue. I’ll be there soon.

-

3. Mood: Angry

MC: I’m so angry! I shouldn’t have compared answers with other people! I feel unwell after doing that...

Gavin: Did you get many answers wrong?

Gavin: Since the examination is already over

Gavin: You could alleviate your anger and hunger with me.

[canonicallysoulmates]

🎃Halloween themed wincest fic rec🎃

This fic rec is, primarily, Halloween themed but you’ll also find some horror as well as just in general autumn themed fics all to, hopefully, get y’all in the spirit of the spooky season!

There’s all sorts of ratings, some weecest, a non-related Hocus Pocus AU, hopefully you’ll find something to your liking among all of these fics.

As always please head all warnings and tags as some of these fics do contain graphic and heavy topics. 

Happy reading, and Happy Halloween my fellow wincest shippers! 🎃

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃

Halloween 

Eight-Legged Freaks. by anniespinkhouse

Sam/Dean (Wincest) Outsider POV. Takes place early in season 8 but no particular spoilers except for Sam’s hair. Biddy owns a candy store. She also talks to spiders. When FBI agents Sam Smith and Dean Jones investigate a possible haunting, on Halloween evening, the consequence of Dean eating too much candy is disturbing. It’s a race against time for Sam to find a way to return Dean to normal.

The Rocky Horror Sam Show by RockSaltandCherryPie *

Sam goes to a Halloween party and dresses up like Frank N. Furter but ends up looking more like a girl than anything else.

the one that lives behind his heart by Addie_D_123 *

Dean is the spark, Sam is the fire.

The Witch's Dance by brimstonegold and virtualpersonal *

It's either coincidence, or irony, but Sam and Dean find themselves hunting for a witch at The Witch's Dance, a party being given at the local haunted mansion on Halloween. What they find is not the kind of dance they expected.

hell is empty; all the little brothers are here by bellaaanovak

Dean just wants to make the rundown house they’re squatting in look cool for Halloween, but Sam isn’t so excited about strangers in corny costumes knocking on the door for candy. Not when there’s a gang of ghouls wreaking havoc in the neighborhood, anyways.

Greaspaint and Fairy Dust by Syls Darkplace (sylsdarkplace)

It’s Halloween. Sam’s least favorite holiday, and what should be the investigation of a simple salt and burn goes awry when Dean gets caught with his hand in the candy cauldron.

Here is where you’ll stay by belyste

Sam, Dean, and haunted hayride. Halloween!fic. 

A Winchester Halloween by ello_kitty *

 A short story about how the brothers spend the holiday.

Triple XY Or The Hunter, His Bitch And Their Offspring by mpregloveranon

This is the answer to this Halloween!Prompt over at the spnkink_meme. Without reveal to much already I’ll just keep the summary really short. After being cursed Sam is knocked up by his brother. On Halloween he is heavily pregnant with triplets and completely miserable. Dean feels sorry for his baby brother, especially because he pissed the witch off who cursed Sam, and takes good care of him.   Throw in raging hormones, some schmoop, some angst and cute little kids and you’ll get the idea what this fic is about. ;)

Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) by Ignited *

It’s Halloween, and the locals aren’t clued in to the fact that those things going bump in the night are much more than fabric and latex. Sam and Dean learn this fact the hard way as the clock winds down and a town’s about to be overrun by monsters.

The Witches of Salem by Revenant 

There's a legend in Salem, of three sisters accused and hung for the crime of witchcraft, but not before they had killed several of the local children and placed another under a terrible curse. It is said that on Hallowe'en night, when the moon is full, the witches will rise again when a virgin lights the Black Flame Candle.

A little over three hundred years later, Sam Winchester is passing through town trying out his newly awarded independence on what he suspects will be a simple salt-and-burn; why can’t things ever go like he plans?

Why not stay and be caught? by deirdre_c *

Sam wishes to go to The Palace.

Pretty Princess by orphan_account *

Sam is excited to go to a Halloween Party… And then his first heat hits.

Take a Good Look by BewareTheIdes15 *

Sam, Dean, and a haunted house with a mirror maze - sounds like pwp to me!

Kids These Days by Magz (sparklepocalypse) *

Halloween parties are never simple when there are Winchesters involved.

Thy Back to the Forest (and Thy Front to Us) by PetraPan *

For the last three years in Stillwater, Oklahoma, children have disappeared—always five young girls, always on consecutive days, and always during the week of Halloween. By the day the Winchester's pull into town, Sam is enrolled for school, he’s stuck once more on research duty, and Dean already has a date. Sam juggles his new schoolwork, the case, and the ever-growing bitterness at the desire he feels for Dean as best as he can, but at some point he can no longer manage all three. With their father constantly absent and a nasty time constraint, Sam and Dean struggle to figure out who—or what—is taking young girls, just as they struggle to find the balance between brothers and something more.

Sugar Sweet by fallingintodivinity

“What’s all this stuff?” Sam asks warily. He gingerly picks up a bottle of red fluid and squints at it.

“Fake blood!” Dean says cheerfully. “It’s cherry-flavored,” he adds helpfully.

“But why,” Sam says, bewildered.

“Dunno,” Dean says. “It was on sale. Tastes pretty good, actually. Here, lemme show you.”

Halloween by EasyTiga *

Sam and Dean go to a Halloween party for a case and at least one of them can't keep their mind on the mission because of the outfit choice.

Hush Little Baby by hellhoundsprey *

Together with his friends, Sam visits a haunted house. It's Halloween. (Sam is 16, Dean is 20.)

Halloween and High Schoolers by onesillygoose *

I'm realizing how bad my summaries are. Anyway... Sam gets invited to a Halloween party. Dean tags along. Things never go as they should for the Winchesters.

Pumpkin Patch by KissingWinchesters

It's Halloween and Dean decides to steal a giant pumpkin.

VII - One candy left by KissingWinchesters

There’s a piece of melting, sticky caramel pressed into the centre of Sam’s back.

Candy, Pumpkin Spice, And Orgasms by KissingWinchesters

Dean takes Sam to a quaint town on Halloween. Their relationship develops.

He Never Saw the Look by orphan_account

Sam's got a secret. He's in love with his big brother. Little does he know, Dean shares the same dirty little secret.

Pretty Little Thing by Miss_Lv *

Teenager Dean goes to a Halloween party for some fun, he spots a pretty little thing and chases her all evening, flirting, and eventually cornering her. Once his got his hands on her though he realizes she is actually a he, but he's fine with that. Sam snuck out after Dean just because he could, he picked a costume he knew Dean would never recognize him in. After spending the evening being chased by his brother Sam ends up in a semi public place with Dean all over him. Sam's stupid crush on his own brother is not helping matters either.

this way comes by estrella30 *

Written for spn_halloween based on prompt #127: Sam goes to a Halloween party his first year at Stanford and gets dragged off by a guy in a mask who makes out with him. He discovers it's Dean, and the making-out continues with a vengeance.

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Horror

Diamond Dogs by kassidy *

Prompt: Supernatural, Sam/Dean, werewolfism - one turns and takes the other down (interpret as you will) for dark_fest LJ comm

A Silent, Creeping Killer by lily rose (annabeth) *

Not long after Dean picks Sam up from Stanford, Sam and Dean go undercover as an engaged couple to investigate the murder of a lesbian hockey player in small-town Connecticut. Along the way, they meet dedicated lovers, frightening ghosts, and the possibility that their ruse might be becoming all too real. How will they handle their changing feelings for each other? Who will protect the lovers and tenants of the Windsor boarding house? And what does all this have to do with the play 'Arsenic and Old Lace'?

darling by allwellandgood 

Dean is dead. Sam has a theory that nothing will ever hurt again.

I Wonder as I Wander by dollylux

Bobby sends Sam and Dean to investigate a strange town.

Let Me Take You Far Away by orphan_account *

Season 10. It's exactly what they need. A vacation. That's how Dean can make everything else go away. Cas was right. That's all they need. A nice, little vacation.

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Fall/Autumn themed

Death of the Petals by doctor__idiot

Dean has always thought that fall held some sort of magic.

Where You Are [Is Where I Belong] by non_tiembo_mala

Sam is stuck in class on a beautiful fall day. His mind wanders and it always ends up on Dean.

Hazy Hunter's Moon by GhostlyVoid *

Sam saves a hunter who got attacked by a werewolf, knowing exactly what trouble he's inviting into his home. The hunter, Dean, is predictably less than thrilled owing his life to a witch.

Delicious Autumn by sammichgirl

Dean just wants to give Sam a great day full of some favorite things.

Autumn Leaves by dragonspell *

In the weak light of early morning, the autumn leaves are starting to paint the woods in reds and golds and a burning orange. On some level or another, Dean knows that it’s beautiful; he does. He's just got to find Sam first.