#i still prefer the idea of them developing a best frienemies relationship though

[leopardskinundies]

Y’know. Edd gets a lot of-- very deserved-- props for being the first one to step forward and stand up against Bro. But it sticks in my craw that Lee is consistently ignored as the first person who tries. Her sisters have to physically restrain her from rushing Bro to save Eddy and it seems that only shock keeps her from jumping in after Edd gets flattened and their grip slacks.

[horansqueen]

New Angel - Chapter 20

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chapter 1  ☆ chapter 2  ☆ chapter 3  ☆ chapter 4  ☆ chapter 5  ☆ chapter 6  ☆ chapter 7  ☆ chapter 8 ☆ chapter 9 ☆ chapter 10 ☆ chapter 11 ☆ chapter 12 ☆ chapter 13 ☆ chapter 14 ☆ chapter 15 ☆ chapter 16 ☆ chapter 17 ☆ chapter 18 ☆ chapter 19

NOTES

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NIALL

I didn't expect Millie to bring me to the roof but she finally sat me down before walking to the small shed a bit further. She searched for a key and finally unlocked the door and it made me frown. Every single day, I found out something new about my best friend and it was amazing. I had known her for years but I actually didn't really know who she was.

"Hey, let me help you." I proposed, trying to get back up on my feet as she walked closer, bringing a mattress with her.

"Sit the fuck down, Horan." she quickly, replied, making me raise my nose up.

"Don't call me that." I mumbled, letting out a short groan and making her lips curl on the left.

She let the mattress fall on the ground and placed a blanket on it before walking back to me and bending down to my level, raising her eyebrows. The closeness of our faces made me smile and she rolled her eyes at me, smiling too.

"Do you think you can walk until the mattress or are you too drunk?"

"Drunk? Me?" I asked, raising my eyebrows. "I don't know what you're talking about."

Millie laughed when I tripped again but helped me find my balance back before bringing me to the mattress. Quickly, I lied down on my back and blinked a few times. My smile disappeared when I saw all the stars in the sky and I felt the mattress move a bit as Millie lied down next to me. We remained silent for a while, my eyes moving from one sparkling star to an other as I tried to watch all of them even if I knew it was impossible. I felt a bit dizzy but the fresh air made me feel less nauseous and after a while, I even felt better. I don't know how long we stayed in silence but I realized we couldn't hear the sound and the music coming from our apartment and I enjoyed the silence more than I thought I would.

"I come here quite often." Millie suddenly broke it softly, making me realize I enjoyed her voice even more than the silence. "Just to look at the stars and think."

"Did you ever bring Louis?"

"No, only you."

I turned my head her way but she was staring up at the sky and I didn't dare adding anything about that. I didn't want to make her sad by talking about Louis but sometimes, it was stronger than me.

"So, what happened?" she finally asked after licking her lips.

She finally turned her head my way to glance at me before looking back up at the stars as I tried to remember exactly what had happened only half an hour ago.

"Grace said she loved me, I told her it was over, then Summer called and heard Grace's voice. I don't know what it triggered in her but she decided to come. Then Grace thought I replaced her and got drunk, and she kissed me just as Summer walked in. She saw us and was pissed. I told her I didn't want a relationship now, and I got drunk."

"Amazing summary." Millie replied after about a minute, turning to look at me again with a smirk on her lips.

"I just don't know what I want." I admitted, shaking my head slightly, focusing on a specific star and staring at it, "I told Grace it was over but is it really? I told Summer I was not ready for a relationship but is that even true? Or am I just not ready for a relationship with her? Should I date Summer or Grace? Should I even date anyone?"

The more I talked, the angrier and more confused I was getting. I closed my eyes and let out a groan before bringing both my hands on my face, pressing my palms on my eyes.

"Maybe if you can't pick, it just means you don't really love or want to be with either of them."

I felt my heart jump in my chest and held my breath. I wanted to be mad at my best friend for throwing that at me, but the her words actually made sense and it annoyed me. Before I actually got to really know Millie, I would hate how forward she was and simply get pissed at her. This time, it was different. Yes, what she had said was bothering me, but I was realizing that it bothered me because she was right.

"That... actually makes sense." I admitted gently, letting my arms fall on each side of my body. "Maybe It's not that I'm not ready to date, maybe I just don't want to date them. Then again, I don't intend to ever fall in love again. Fuck love."

"Yea, I have to agree with you on that." Millie whispered before letting out a sigh.

"Oh, by the way, I promised I'd let you know if I ever refused head from a girl, so you need to know that tonight, I did."

Quickly, Millie turned her whole body my way and when I moved my head to look at her, a curious smile was gracing her lips and it made me chuckle.

"From Summer or from Grace?" she asked, raising her eyebrows.

I smiled at her with amusement and ended up turning my body her way too to face her. "Grace. I don't know what she was thinking about, and I was not sure if I'd regret it or not but I really don't."

"Mm, if Summer doesn't give blowjobs and you refused one from Grace, do you see the day where your dick will be in a girl's mouth again?"

"Summer and I aren't exclusive, remember?" I pointed out.

"Pretty sure those rules were made before she told you she had feelings for you. Maybe it changed..."

That thought made my heart jump in my chest but I just shrugged a shoulder.

"I'm gonna have to discuss it with her." I let out before sighing. "I didn't know having a friend with benefits was so complicated." Millie started laughing and I let my eyes roam on her face. "What's so funny?"

"Nothing it's just... a friend with benefit isn't complicated. Girls just tend to develop feelings for you and if you don't feel the same, then it can definitely get complicated."

"You're right, it's love that's complicated, which is cool with me because I'm not falling in love ever again. "I repeated for the third time on that night.

"I don't think we can really control that, but I don't want anything to do with love ever again either."

I was barely tipsy by then, enjoying the cool breeze on my skin and the time spent with my best friend. I didn't want to think about the party in our apartment and how we'd have to clean everything in the morning. I just hoped everyone would be gone when we'd go back inside, especially Grace, Summer, and Louis. It was insane how much trouble and mess they added to our lives and how peaceful and fun it was when it was only Millie and I.

"Why didn't I ever take the time to get to know you better before?" I asked in a whisper, sliding my hand on the blanket and leaning my cheek on it.

"You were probably too busy trying to find a good comeback to my teasing." she grinned and it made my lips curl into a fond smile. "We were like, frienemies or something."

"Naa, we just teased each other, we were never cruel or anything. We were friends, just a different kind of friends."

"I prefer what we have now."

"Me too." I breathed out before licking my lips. "I don't know what I'd do without you."

"Crash and burn." she quickly replied, her lips curling more as she chuckled, making me roll my eyes.

I knew we were there to watch the stars but instead, I kept staring in Millie's eyes for a few minutes in silence. There were so many things in my mind and it was tough to put everything back in place, probably because of the alcohol running in my veins and the tiredness making my eyelids so much heavier than normal. I didn't want to close my eyes, though. I didn't want this discussion to stop, and I started regretting all the drinks I swallowed. Perhaps I would be much more awake if I wasn't so tipsy.

"I have something to tell you, and I know you won't feel like it, but if you said yes it would be amazing."

I saw my best friend frown and pressed my lips together. I had to ask her now because I had no idea how long it would take me to convince her and I really feared her reaction.

"Spill, Niall."

"Yea, okay, so. I sort of told Louis we could spend the night with him tomorrow?" I pointed out, noticing her lips parting immediately. "I mean we were all friends, and you and I are even closer now! Imagine how great this friendship between the three of us could be!"

"It can never go back to how it used to be." she pointed out, as I nodded slowly.

"I know, but it's worth trying to save, yea?" I explained low, my eyebrows raised. "He won't bring his girlfriend, it'll only be the three of us. We can have one of our dare nights or something?"

I tried to decipher Millie's facial expressions as I looked at her but all I could see was pain in her eyes. I knew she still loved Louis and I knew it hurt her to be near him.

"If it hurts too much I promise to never bother you with that again."

Slowly, her traits softened and she nodded slowly.

"As long as you never leave Louis and I alone together."

"I promise. I'll even bring you to the bathroom with me when I need to go."

My best friend let out a loud laughter and it made me smile too. I loved knowing that I could make the pain in her stomach disappear the same way she did with me. I loved knowing that I could make her laugh that way.

"It's crazy that we had to have our hearts broken to finally get to know each other." I admitted, making her smile gently at me.

"It's the only good thing that came out of this heartbreak."

After a while, Millie curled up in a fetus position but her eyes never left mine. I hadn't felt this safe in a very long time and I was so thankful for the woman in front of me that I felt my heart twist in my chest. I couldn't find the right words to tell her how thankful I was to have her in my life, and how lucky I felt. I didn't know how to tell her how important she was for me.

"Thank you."

My lips parted at the words she murmured, and I felt ridiculous for not telling them before she did.

"What for?" I asked just as low when I really should have thanked her back.

"I don't have friends that really care. I didn't even know what it felt like. Besides Louis, all the friends I had never really tried to make me feel better." she admitted, looking down at her hands and licking her lips. "You're different. You care. I know it's cheesy, but you saved me, Niall."

I let my eyes roam on her face as my heartbeats accelerated. I did that? I thought she was the one who saved me, and not the other way around. I was such a pathetic excuse of a human after Grace broke my heart but Millie had taken care of me, she had helped me survive and then she gave me the strength to live again.

"Honestly, Mill, you're the one who saved me."

--

I woke up early and frowned as the sun hit my face. My eyes fluttered open only to see Millie still facing me and asleep. Her lips were slightly parted and she whimpered low, moving slightly on the mattress.

I thought I'd be nauseous and hangover but I was surprisingly not but I didn't dare moving at all, scared to wake my best friend up. She looked peaceful and I spent a few minutes just looking at her. I tried to remember the conversation we had the night before and moved gently closer to her when I saw her shiver.

I brought my hand to her face slowly and let two of my fingertips brush against her cheek. I had no idea why I was doing that, and I didn't even have the excuse to be drunk, all I knew was that I wanted to touch her and be close to her, as if being close to her mentally was not enough. We were close, it was true. In fact, I couldn't remember the last time I had a close friend like that, but I didn't feel close enough to her. I wanted to be closer, I wanted to be close to Millie in every single way possible, and that thought made my heart jump so high in my chest that I feared it would escape by my mouth.

"Mill..." I whispered, running my thumb on her bottom lip gently as her eyelids seemed to flutter. "Hey, are you awake?"

Her eyes finally opened but she shut them again suddenly and groaned low. "Fuck, we fell asleep on the roof." she mumbled, moving closer to me and hiding her face in my shirt.

I held my breath but after a few second, I wrapped my arm around her and chuckled. "You'll survive."

"I want my bed." she complained again, her voice muffled before of the fabric of my shirt.

"You can go now, I'll put the mattress and the blanket back where it belongs and join you in a few minutes."

She nodded against my chest and my lips curled on the right a bit but it took her a few more seconds to peel herself away from me and finally get up. When I walked back in the apartment, I noticed it was quiet but extremely messy. I walked by Louis' room and stopped, sticking my ear on the door to see if he was there but couldn't hear anything and finally just reached Millie's room, knocking gently on the door.

"It's open." she muttered.

I walked in and closed the door gently behind me before joining her in bed. I was awake and she was almost asleep but she still managed to talk despite slumber taking slowly possession of her body.

"Cuddle me, okay? I need it."

I felt my whole body throat at her request but held my breath when I moved closer, wrapping my arm around her and pulling her closer to me. I closed my eyes, inhaling the scent of candies in her hair and my heart twisted in my chest. Was it possible that Millie wanted to be close to me physically, too? Was it possible that we felt the exact same thing at the exact same time?

"I need it too."

[curaidh]

I thought it would help if I made a post about my shipping preferences. These are all strictly for my canon muses in their respective canons. I’m totally open to crossover ships and ships with OCs! Also these will lean more toward romantic but I absolutely adore platonic relationships. Friends who view one another as family, frienemies, brotps, give them all to me! Under the cut you will find my opinion (Please keep that in mind that these are my opinion and preference so no hate) on the ships I like. If you see any that catch your eye then please feel free to reach out about possibly plotting it! I’m also not going to mention ships that I’m exclusive with people already. 

Adam / the Beast: Adam x Belle - Like serious otp right there. He gave her a freaking library! 

Adrien: Adrien x Marinette (also there damn love square) - These dorks are just so cute together and I just groan over it and how dumb they are for not being together, I just love them okay. Adrien x Kagami - I need to plot them as I see the potential but I’m too deep in the ship of my awkward fashion designer and nerdy model. Adrien x Cleo - brotp at best because I like the idea that they have this strange sibling relationship. 

Bigby: Bigby x Snow - My otp! He’s so freaking whipped when it comes to Snow that I can’t really see him with anyone else, seriously the guy in his giant ass wolf form sulks when she scolds him, I just love it! So I’m mostly open to crossover ships with him as no one else in his canon can get his attention away from Snow.

Blue: Blue x Green - Yes please gimme these two, cause I love to think that the two of them just skate around their feelings for one another but they both secretly know their into one another. Blue x Red - I’m all for Blue having a secret crush on him but doesn’t really believe it until he’s over the fact that Red beat him, also him adoring his silent boyfriend is just adorable okay? I’m also game for basically any other Pokemon character being shipped with Blue as long as they are of an appropriate age given I play mine as a bit of a flirt.

Cullen: Cullen x Elf/Human Inquistors - (I know these are somewhat OCs but you can play them in game so I also somewhat consider them canon) Just gimme all of the feels for this romance option because I love it, especially if they’re mage because that just adds to the feels. Cullen x Dorian - Chess bros! Really I love these two getting past their differences and just being the best of friends. Cullen x Josie or Lelianna - They are like his sisters away from home and no one can tell me otherwise. Everything else either falls into a brotp or just needs to be plotted.

Cynthia: As long as they are of an appropriate age then I’m plotting to plotting any sort of relationship with Cynthia. Meaning- I really haven’t thought of it but I’m open to ideas.

Diluc: Honestly, I’m open to any sort of ship with him. Dliuc x Jean is a ship I’m really into but I’m also into Diluc x Kaeya as well. Diluc x Klee for parental ship is something I’m into as well (someone else needs to keep an on her other than Jean). But yes, so long as there is chemistry I’m down for shipping with anyone from the game.

Dimitri: Byleth (either gender) x Dimitri- Y E S GIMME THIS SHIP! This ship is just so pure and good! As for anyone else, I’m totally open to testing them out (and I literally mean any ship as my Dimitri is bisexual). My Notps are Eledgard x Dimitri (for reasons that I won’t mention due to possible spoilers) and any of the teachers besides Byleth (due to the obvious age gap).

Elesa: Like Cynthia, I haven’t really thought of this. I think Volknor x  Elesa would be cute. But I’m also open to plotting and testing any sort of ship as long as it’s age appropriate. 

Geralt: Triss x Geralt- Literal otp material right there and I’m not sorry. I’ve loved Triss since I played Witcher 2 and I just love their relationship. Yen x Geralt- I’m still down for doing this ship. I do have my issues with Yen but then I also acknowledge that Triss isn’t without her flaws either. So I’m down to try it out and seeing how it goes.

Gwen: Miles x Gwen- No one can tell me that these two cuties aren’t made for one another. Peter x Spider!Gwen- I’m also open to this one for the angst and the like it would cause.

Hapi: Hapi x Byleth- With how much support she gets from the Professor, I’m so down for this ship. Whether it’s with female or male Byleth, I’d love to develop this ship! Hapi x Dimitri- Yes please gimme this! I know there isn’t much in terms of romance with these two but I can also see it happening. I also just love the idea of Hapi being a close advisor to him after everything that happens and I can also seeing feeling indebted to him as he did the one thing she had longed for- having her curse broken. Hapi x Yuri- Love these two together. Their support is so wonderful! I’m totally up for doing other relationships with other Three Houses characters too!

Jean: Yet again, I’m totally open to any ship that can possibly come from pairing Jean up with other characters from the game. I’ve already stated how I’m fond of Diluc x Jean but I’m also into Jean x Lisa. Jean x Klee is already established in canon but I’d love to have threads involving it.

Momo: Shoto x Momo- I just love how supportive they are with one another and they’re so cute, so definite otp. I am open to shipping with other UA classmates though.

Mulan: Shang x Mulan- This one would need some development because I just see her getting a crush during the movie. But I still like them together. I’m also open to so many crossovers with other Disney movies.

Puck: Meghan x Puck- This honestly my otp (and should have happened in the books) for Puck. But really I’m more of Happiness x Puck, so I’m open to anything. Like Ariella x Puck may happen (if Dee indulges me again) and Ash x Puck will definitely happen within threads (with myself). 

Red: Red x Blue/Boxer/Bodyguard dude- Otp for Red and I’m not going into reasons because spoilers. But with this fandom being so small I honestly more interested in crossover ships.

Sylvain: Sylvain x Ingrid- I love the whole friends to romance thing. And the support between these two were just adorable, okay? Sylvain x Felix- I’m also down for grumpy boy gets with flirty boy. Their whole dynamic is great! Besides those two, I’m down for anything. But just be aware that if this does take place in his main verse, then it may take some work. It’s not you or your muse, it’s just how I see Sylvain given his own feelings about crests and his own past experience. 

Trunks: Mai x Trunks- Eh, this would need to be plotted really since I have slight issues with the ship (like the age difference they sort of gloss over). Marron x Trunks- Another one that would need to be plotted but I’m totally okay with doing. 

Yamato: Okay there are far too many ships with Yami. But so long as it isn’t a T.K. or Hikari then I’m on board. These kids are so freaking shippable with themselves that I’m down for anything (especially Taichi x Yamato, Mimi x Yamato, and Sora x Yamato).

Zagreus: Thantos x Zag- My OTP! They are too adorable in the game together that I just love them! Like the fact that Than basically mopes because Zagreus is trying to leave just makes me love them more. Other than them, I’m really open to anything. With other Greek Gods and Goddess, it will need to be plotted especially those who are related to him in some way.

Zhongli: Zhongli x Childe- Definitely a ship idea I love and totally want it. Otherwise, like my other Gen.shin muses, just throw ships with chemistry at me and I’m down. I can’t think of a single character that is in the game that I wouldn’t be turned off shipping Zhongli with.