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grimalkinmessor · 2 years ago

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Do you have any headcanons about either of Kira's biggest fans, Misa and Mikami?

To be completely honest with you, I only originally came up with headcanons for Light, Near, Ryuk, Mello, and Beyond—BUT so far I've been good at coming up with shit on the fly so HERE WE GO! :D

✂️ -Misa and her parents were on vacation in France when her parents were killed, but because of them being tourists and Misa not speaking French very well, her witness testimony was heavily compromised. That's why the man who killed her parents was almost let go before Kira killed him. BUT, given that Misa was stuck in a different country with no parents, no translator, and no idea how to access her parents money, she couldn't get back to Japan afterwards, so she was stuck in France. That's where she was supposed to die—attacked by some random stalker in a foreign country—before Gelus saved her.

✂️ -Connected to the one above: Misa dyed her hair blonde because, while in France, someone approached her about becoming a model for their brand, and Misa, low on money at that point, said yes. This introduced Misa to the modelling industry, and she quickly discovers how fucking cutthroat it is. She finishes the first job but has the second snatched from her by an uppity French girl. Blonde hair and blue eyes are all the rage nowadays, you know? And sex is what sells, not generic prudish goth bitches, doesn't she know? Misa takes that to heart, dyes her hair, takes a pair of scissors to her wardrobe and comes back on scene looking like sex and death on legs. Needless to say, she steals her gig back fairly quickly. AND proceeds to rub it in that French bitch's face :) Fuck you Yves.

✂️ -After a guy dies right in front of her, Misa dives deeper into the occult. She already had a taste for witchy aesthetics, but she kept it to a minimum for her parent's sake. But when Kira comes to light and people start dying all around Misa, she decides that now is very much a time to buy all those voodoo and spell books that she always made herself walk past. She starts looking into Kira and trying to find him through tracking spells, but that doesn't work because she doesn't have anything concrete. She curses several of her modelling rivals just for fun, but she doesn't get into anything really nasty becauuuuse Rem shows up :3 With a murder notebook :3 And so Misa abruptly loses all interest in regular magic.

✂️ -Misa is bisexual, but she is so fucking repressed about it man, it's insane. She keeps telling herself that the burning feeling in her gut she feels every time she gets a glimpse of a fellow model's naked shoulder, her long neck, the curves of her legs, is rage. Obviously. This is begrudging jealousy brewing in her chest, maybe even hatred or competitiveness, definitely not attraction. Even though it may feel similar to the attraction she has for pretty men, it's totally not the same thing. Totally not. (Imagine the 'Starting Fights Because The Guy Girl is Hot And I Want Her On Me' meme and picture Misa starting shit with her fellow models).

✂️ -Misa is your stereotypical yandere. She and Light are similar in the way that they both are used to everyone falling in love with them, wanting to be with them, even trying to force themselves upon them, but neither of them are very used to rejection. But where Light has been taught by his father to take rejection (not humiliation, there's a difference) with grace, Misa has quite literally never been rejected before. You cannot reject her. She has learned to fight viciously for what she wants, and she can and will do anything to get whatever and/or whoever she decides that she wants. If that means killing someone, then she's laying out a tarp and selecting her sharpest knife. If that means locking you in her basement, she's putting tranqs in your tea and tying you up. Light's manipulation and lies are the only thing keeping him from being chained to the radiator in Misa's apartment. Though, being kidnapped by Misa and having her handfeed you in an alluring maid dress to try and Stockholm you into loving her doesn't sound so bad to me 👀 (Yes I'm a simp for hot villains leave me alone).

⚖️ -Mikami is canonically incredibly smart, but I picture him as less intrinsically smart and more as someone who worked extremely hard to get where they are. Mikami has very rigid societal views, and he's had them from a very young age, so it makes sense for him to have practically planned out his whole life in the way that he's always known exactly what he wanted to do. He was a very studious student, more so even than Light, because even Light made it a point to be social. Mikami's smarts are hard earned, but still incredibly impressive.

⚖️ -Mikami is known for going to the gym routinely and being strong (being jacked in a profession where you don't need to be jacked) but what you DON'T know is that Mikami took up body building so he could beat the absolute fuck out of people. In Mikami's backstory, we see him defend people from bullies repeatedly, even to the point where his other classmates abandoned him. I imagine getting beat up all the time doesn't feel good, so once Mikami realized that no one was gonna side with him anymore, he took up a rigorous exercise routine in his late teens. He even enrolled himself in a martial arts class to learn how to fight. Mikami got into ONE (1) more fight after that, and he fucked the other guy up so bad that no one else even wanted to get near him. If you're bullying someone in the hallway and Mikami Teru rolls up, you fucking sprint the other away.

⚖️ -After his mother died, Mikami was moved in with an estranged Uncle. The Uncle was fairly neglectful but Mikami enjoyed the freedom—it was certainly a better alternative to his mother always scolding him and punishing him for coming home with bruises and scrapes. Mikami was basically taking care of himself at fifteen and he liked it that way. He moved out at eighteen, and when his Uncle was arrested for drunk driving and tax evasion two years later, Mikami was the prosecutor that put him in prison. Not because he resented him, but because he was just another filthy criminal on trial.

⚖️ -Due to all the time he spends studying and living for the Grind™ (Jesus Christ someone knock this man out and take him on vacation) Mikami is a coffee fiend. He is feral for it. He has to brew his own coffee at home because the one time he got to the office and the coffee pot was empty he broke it. Maybe by accident, maybe on purpose; he doesn't really remember because the pre-coffee fog is fucking REAL. Mikami will fist fight you over coffee. But usually he doesn't have to because if someone gets to the pot before him he can just,,,,pick them up and move them (very gently) out of the way. However, every six months he has this whole health crisis where he goes on a coffee detox and becomes a tea drinker instead—like a werewolf but for tea. Teawolf 🍵—and he feels really good for a while... BUT then he eventually has to take another all nighter and the coffee demon Reawakens™.

⚖️ -Mikami has mild sociopathy. And I don't mean in the "Oh my God he's insane run!!!" type of way—I literally mean the actual disorder. Mikami has lowered emotional responses and empathy. It makes it really hard for him to connect with people, especially if they don't share a common interest, which means that even though Mikami is successful and fit and pretty—he has no friends. He occasionally goes out to bars whenever the loneliness gets to be too much, but he always leaves vaguely unsettled and frustrated because he just can't connect with people properly. He's had a few girlfriends before, but they all dumped him eventually because he puts his work first. (Of course, when you're Mikami's God boss this is the opposite of a problem ♥️). Given Japan's godawful stance on mental health, Mikami's never been diagnosed, and honestly he most likely wouldn't want to be, even to get help with it. It would hurt his reputation too badly.

#asks #anonymous #death note #amane misa #mikami teru #death note headcanons #headcanons #character headcanons #for how much i love them you'd think id have more for them 😭

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hoziersrealhusband · 2 months ago

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my top five albums of the year

im writing an article for my radio station for my top 10s of the year (songs, albums, tv and movies) but i want to post this first. so get excited for that article! here are those albums though, im only going to give you five for now and some hints for 6-10 so you go read my article soon!!!!

also idgaf about my grammar in this im not back in class yet!

eternal sunshine by ariana grande

to anyone who knows me, this is probably a huge surprise considering an album that'll be at #3. ariana grande though has released some music that i will forever hold near and deep to my heart. this album is insanely massive growth for her lyrically and vocally. when she released sweetener in 2018, i saw that as her peak album; it had changed my entire life, and came when i needed it most. i really do see sweetener, thank u, next and eternal sunshine as sisters. eternal sunshine immediately topped her discography for me and made me love arianas music more than i already do.

2. cosmic by red velvet

this was my most anticipated album of the entire year. you could literally go to my twitter and look up "red velvet summer comeback" and i had been tweeting about it since summer 2023. cosmic is the perfect k-pop track to me and red velvet's best title track. the music video is beautiful and the b-sides on the album are just absolutely magical. the album celebrates the group's ten year anniversary and the groups love for their fans, and they couldn't have done it any better.

3. brat by charli xcx

going back to what i said under ariana's section. its probably going to be a surprise to MANY that this isn't #1 for me. im honestly surprised that it's not going at #1. BUT, to actually talk about the album. brat was a cultural phenomenon. the brat wall, the brat shade of green that was everywhere, the ROLLOUT. this album was perfect and launched charli into her much deserved mainstream fame. this is an album that i hope sweeps awards because the work and love charli put into this album is incredible and very much shows.

4. lana by sza

yes, we only got this deluxe version of the album not even a month ago. but thats how good it is! even though it is a deluxe for SOS, im gonna look at it as its own album. it is such a perfect reflection to her previous album. my favorite songs from this bmf, scorsese baby dady, crybaby and saturn are absolutely gonna be songs i play on REPEAT when thinking of and talking to/about [REDACTED]. i also love the sample in the interlude. GREAT ALBUM!

5. i did by yves

it would absolutely not be my top five if someone from loona wasnt here. out of all of the solo/group work from the loona members, im the most shocked by yves. even though i knew that the style of music she does is something she really likes from the artists she listens to, i am so happy with the direction her artistry is going! her music is so catchy and the production is amazing. although, the way loona abruptly had to take a break from promoting as a group was very heartbreaking, it has been so amazing seeing the work all the members have been able to do in the past two years. every single member of loona has shown sides of themselves artistically that we may have never been able to see under [REDACTED BAD TERRIBLE AWFUL COMPANY. cough. bbc. cough.] im very excited to see whats next from yves.

thanks for reading! now take a look at whos going to be in 6-10, its out of order so try and guess whos gonna be where

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bingobongobonko · 2 years ago

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4 hour sleep gang but sooo worth it.. lancer rpg. blinks wildly. im. 3-session long bossfight, fucking INSANE. hardest fucking fight we've ever dealt with, surrounded by webs of bombs and mines, and the Fool is a literal stand user and she fucking summoned it to kick our asses. actual hell on earth.

became this at some fucking point 😭 EVERYONE WAS SO FUCKING TIRED OF HERRRRRRRRR SHE WAS DOING SOME MIND GAMES SHIT WITH INVISIBLE MINES ANDIT WAS GRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOURE DONE!!!!! YOURE OVER! such a good fucking battle though, albeit.. [TREASURE] and kuruushi got really fucked up throughout, im pretty sure more than half of us structured at some point. i fended off a bit better cuz i kept a distance, since my balor's a long distance mf. i love my superheavies. but yeah it was. bad. because even after we kill her stand basically, she's still puttin up mines and shit, and we realize. Oh we have to do a systems check.. we have to see the mines. and WOW its bad. its bad. we're completely and utterly surrounded. one fucking step in any direction, and either the Fool or [TREASURE] is getting blown to BITS. so we're freaking out... eventually though, [TREASURE]'s got rapid jet system or summat like dat, and he fucking bolts the shit out of there, but he's STILL NOT SAFE!!! BECAUSE SHE KEEPS TARGETING HIM.. THOUGH now she realizes the mines aren't gonna work (except on kuru, who at this point has exploded on those mines and structured like 30437498494 times now... it was miserable), so she hops out of the mines and right into us and we're like AHA YOU ARE SO SURROUNDED. AND WE DO. for [TREASURE] unfortunately, she's permainvisible and so a GOOD portion, if not all of his hits, don't land :( shitty fuckin rolls, it happens though tbh. im able to get a shot in at her regardless of missing, cuz cyclone has reliability tag of 5, and tellius basically grabs a spear and forces it into her mech, making her immobile and slowed. and THEN, i ram right into her mech and slam it into a nearby pylon, and force her prone. we're all fucking dogpiling her - but then we realize, thats WHAT she wants, because she grabs her grenade launcher and points it at the ground beneath all of us, knocking back the party a good amount and im pretty sure someone NEARLY structured from that. i dont get pushback thankfully, but im not the one who does the killing blow either. tellius rams himself back into the fight and fucking grabs his drills and forces it right into where he thinks the cockpit is, and lo and behold, there is a gaping hole in the thing. and it just keels over. and in the rubble and the dust thrown about, she's still alive. she's crawling out her mech pit, barely alive, bleeding from her midsection. this is *new.* we. won? i guess. the party, particularly skink and tellius get their words in, i know it gets revealed where the people who fucked telly over are, so thats OUGHG. thats. not good is it....... we will see.. but. the fool looks up at yves and is like. "Well? What are you waiting for? Do it." and yves does not need to be asked twice. he crushes and mangles her body under the heel of his mech, like he's killing a bug. and he.. doesn't feel anything. it's not satisfying. at all. and god it makes me so sad. when all of it is said and done, [TREASURE] picks up the parts of whats left of her, and just. holds them gingerly. it barely looks like anything. its so fucked. ooc i feel so bad abt it.. we really could have saved her. if we wanted to. we could have. but i know yves wouldn't let that happen. he has no reason to. yk. the military comes in, and they just kinda cat_blink.gif at us cuz like. ermmm are you guys okay lol. No. Not really. and the party's tryin to ease the tension, and make jokes and shit, but yves is like. Shut the Fuck Up. Shut the Fuck Up. and getting riled up and upset, because he just. doesn't feel anything. and its not funny anymore. none of this is funny. and elias kinda pipes in from the back like... hey man maybe we should calm down. yk? and i wont lie to you, yves's first instinct was to start screaming and kicking his cockpit, but realizing it's elias saying this, its kinda like. You Know. and they have a whole scene and... oh :(. well. yeah. i. well. yeah. its bittersweet. he's able to calm yves down, and it's just. really sweet.

im like.

its fucking over man. hes not wrong. but also, like i was telling flore, yves is a ticking time bomb, and the fear far outweighs anything but at this very moment, its fine. its fine. he's not wrong. shit is changing. it has to mean something. even if its doing this forever and ever and ever and ever. and dont get me wrong, he loves elias a lot, but he CAN'T do this forever. not anything personal with elias, elias is. more than he ever thought he could have, just. vague hand moments. all of this. if he could get away from all of this with just elias, he would. he'll do this forever if thats whats gonna happen, but it's not preferred, even having elias there. thats the bitter part. you can love someone, but it doesnt change the horrors. but the love makes it easier. if anything. yeah. nothing changes, the horror is still lingering, but the love is there

#cigarette emoji #its. yeah

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camuslittlesister · 2 years ago

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Summer of Smut 2023 - 3

I am sorry. That's all I will say. Blame my friend.

Riskyな彼女

Prompt Bonded by the Bikini Top Otome Ikemen Prince (Modern AU) Ship Yves x female OC Warning The ship was a request so enjoy reading a rare domme that may or may not be based on me. It spoils Rio's route so if you never read it, bookmark this page and come back later.

昨日のこと君の名前を思い出す (I remember your name from the things we did yesterday) - Ryunosuke Tsunashi (CV: Takuya Sato)

Clavis had done it again. A family group trip to a villa near the border with Obsidian, and because my brothers were not bad enough, my cousin Gilbert was there too. "I saw Clavis drive out in the town with an open roof so I knew I was being summoned" he said when I glared at him. "Whatever" I said, turning my back as if I had a cape flowing behind me to flaunt, beckoning Licht to come along with me to unpack. There was no point in picking up a fight, Gilbert would have loved that. Thankfully Licht didn't mind my ranting at him as I put away my wardrobe. He sat on the edge of the bed, nodding at times, but mostly like he was in his own world until my phone vibrated next to him.

"It's a text from Keith..." he told me. I rushed to pick up the phone. "Have you arrived at the villa yet? Can you ping me the location? Silvio and I are stranded at the petrol station just out the motorway exit" SILVIO??!! SILVIO AND I??!! This holiday couldn't get any worse and it had barely started. I took a deep breath and replied. It didn't matter if the jerk was with him, Keith was my friend and I rarely got to see him since he lived in Jade. I was puzzled by him travelling with Silvio, though, but that was soon explained. They happened to have been stopping at the same petrol station looking for the right road, Silvio had come in the car with Rio and Emma. At least something positive in this cursed plan.

"Get your hands off my future wife" Rio shouted from afar, as I practically dragged her with me to the kitchen. I needed to hear everything about her engagement and the wedding plans, so that I could just take them over and fix them for her. I knew Rio wouldn't spare any expense, after all he and Silvio weren't nicknamed the princes of Benitoite for no reason. They were the sons of the president of the country, and one of the richest men in his own right to boot.

I was busy baking treats for a first day party when I overheard two of my older brothers bringing in cases of alcohol from the car. When did they even go out? I could see Chev reading in one of the far away corners of the garden as if nothing was going on around him, while Clavis hung lanterns all around the pool area. I could not have expected what was going to happen a few hours later, as the sun began to give an orange hue as it set. Although, I should have expected it, because it was just the thing my womaniser younger brother Nokto would do.

How was he even able to find that many girls for a party in 2 hours? No, forget that, I bet he already knew all of them on social media or something. I carried the last plate of treats with Emma and Clavis came up to us, far too close for comfort, smelling like a fruity cocktail of dubious taste, ordering us to go get change for the pool party.

"What if I don't want to?" I replied, perhaps more brattily than I should've. "Well, suit yourself, but you will ruin your clothes when we throw you in the pool" I knew better than to test whether he meant it, so I followed Emma upstairs. Even Chev was in a swimsuit, although he was still reading by the pool as if nothing was going on around him, and I knew nobody would have dared to pick him up and throw him in the pool. Unlike me.

I met Keith in the corridor and he came to my room while I changed, looking out of the window so I could have some privacy even if we're both guys and we all had to change in the same changing rooms at boarding school. "I have to give it to Nokto, the girls he knows are insanely pretty. It'd be nice to meet someone lovely tonight..." I didn't reply, although I felt the same way. I would never have admitted it, not even to my friend.

"Oh, everyone's here. Let's play a game" Clavis announced with way too much glee as a circle formed around the area near Chev. To my surprise, my elder brother put away his book, a smirk on his lips: "This will be fun to watch."

"No watching. You're playing too" Gilbert was the only one who dared to say what everyone was thinking. I looked around me. Leon and Jin already had a girl in their arms, and Nokto had one per side. Of course. Aside from Rio and Emma, who had Clavis on her other side, the rest of us were sitting guys with guys and girls with girls. It was decided that we should play truth or dare, and a bottle was placed in the middle even if I wanted to protest that we weren't in school anymore. The rounds went by as one would expect of a bunch of adults trying to play as teenagers. Too much to drink, boys kissing boys and girls kissing girls, stripping. I'm not entirely sure Nokto and his girl stopped at kissing even if they were still within sight of everyone else. I just don't want to think about it.

My luck soon ran out, though, as the bottle landed on me. The smile on Gilbert's face was beyond predatory as he waited expectantly for my pick. Few people had been brave enough (or foolish enough) to choose truth, so I did it. The last thing I needed was being asked to kiss Silvio, who had appeared to enjoy kissing everyone else already. I had no idea what a big mistake that was, not until I found myself flustered as I tried to play it cool when asked for my kink, which was not "none" as I claimed.

A few more rounds went by before my turn again. Clavis had by then had to puke, twice, and even Chev had been seen drinking which nobody ever had, but of course his tolerance for alcohol seemed divinely granted. "I dare him to be someone's rope bunny tonight" Gilbert missed no beat being the one to dish out the punishment, although a few others made noises of approval at his suggestion "any volunteers?" he turned himself towards one of the girls, as if he knew he could just volunteer her.

"I didn't realise you travelled with your kit, Gil" she replied. Just who was she, and who was she to my cousin?! "I don't. I'm sure you can figure something out" his smile was too placid for the conversation they were having. I must have looked terrified despite my best attempts as she knelt in front of me and leaned in to whisper: "Don't worry, I'm not going to do something that'll make the rest of the night hard on you" and the next thing I knew she had undone her bikini top and taken my hands in front of me, the dexterity with which she bound them a clear sign she had done it before.

I don't know if it was the thrill of something taboo or seeing her breasts so close to me but it was getting hard to keep myself from showing I was turned on. I had do distract myself from her figure, a perfect hourglass that was both soft and perky in the right places.

I couldn't help but imagine what it would have been like if she had done it alone, in my bedroom, where she could have just sat on top of me while I was unable to do anything but be at her mercy. I looked up at her face, and the symmetry of her features, but the plump lips of a natural shade of red had the opposite effect. What I would have given to kiss them. She smiled in a way that made me suspect she knew that, and then declared her job done.

I was still able to use my hands to drink from a straw, but I would need help eating and it still looked like I was her sub. She swapped places with the girl next to me, holding on to the other end of the bikini strap she had not used while looking at Gilbert with a challenging look in her eyes.

Once we all had two turns at the game we decided to bring it to an end for the time being, and Silvio jumped at the opportunity to pick the music for some dancing, the sun now fully set and the stars and lanterns giving a romantic glow to the garden. Some of my brothers disappeared as soon as the circle broke, to an area that appeared to have been set up for the purpose of encouraging romance.

The girl moved to undo my bound hands, but Gilbert's hand was soon on hers to stop her. "Gil, dear, don't you think you're taking it too far?" she said, softly. How did she manage to speak to that menace like an equal? Just who was this young woman? I had too much pride to ask her to undo them, so I tried to act nonchalant: "Do you like to dance? We should if you do..."

"I'd love to. I'll be right back" she went inside and returned with a top so fast it must have been in the living room prepared for the eventuality. It wasn't any less enticing than her half-naked body, as she had appeared surprisingly comfortable being topless for as long as she had. "It's getting a bit chilly..." she said, as if she knew what I was thinking. I couldn't tell for how long we danced, but slowly the party had started to dwindle as people headed for the rooms upstairs.

"I guess it's time I take my bra back..." she said, a smile that seemed almost wistful in the light of dawn "I had a lot of fun tonight, Yves. You make a very beautiful rope bunny". Gilbert had long been nowhere to be found.

I could feel myself blush: "Why don't you stay longer?" I don't know what led me to ask. It was a pull that had no rhyme or reason, and I hated the idea of being so honest about my feelings. "If you'll have me..." she replied, still making for undoing the tie. "No, leave it" I told her, like an order even though I was asking to remain in her care. She didn't say anything as we headed to my room.

"Did you enjoy it? I was worried Gil had taken it way too far forcing this on you..." "I don't know. It's a new experience. You've been gentle with me, though...I wasn't sure what to expect of someone who stands up to my cousin like that" "Gil and I have known each other for so long we're practically a married couple..." "Should you be here if you're his girlfriend tho?" "Oh. I'm not. It's complicated. And if I was, I bet he'd be all over the idea. He'd probably be knocking on the door next so he can watch...well, that's assuming there'd be something he could watch. For all I know you were just being kind giving me a place to crash so I wouldn't have to drive after drinking and not sleeping..." I could feel my blush get even deeper and I averted my eyes as I knew my body was betraying the thoughts I could not express. "You really are so cute. Although that's probably not what you would want to hear...this is your firs time with a woman topping, isn't it?" I subtly nodded. I was embarrassed to admit to it, I had barely managed for it not to be my first time full stop as I had a girlfriend at university. I wasn't particularly popular with people at school, even though I knew I was considered among the most handsome out there.

She kissed me, her hands getting rid of my swimsuit and right away caressing me gently until she was satisfied I was fully hard. She guided me to the bed and help me set against the pillows, my hands raised up above my head. I was positively trembling with the anticipation, not sure what her move would be. To my surprise, she began kissing my neck and chest all the way down to my erection.

She was toying with me like a cat with her prey, her tongue sliding the full length and back up to where I was most sensitive, before wrapping me in her lips. It didn't take long for me to let out needy moans I wished I could muffle but she would not let me move my hands to my face. Suddenly, as I began to feel my orgasm coming, she stopped and came to sit on my lap, kissing my lips: "How are you feeling? Do you want me to free you?" My throat was so dry I couldn't even manage a reply, shaking my head no.

"Would you like to try being a sub beyond the ropes? It's okay if you don't. It has to be a good time for both" I swallowed and nodded. I had no idea what she meant but I felt I was in too deep not to. She kissed me again and leaned back on one of her arms, the curve of her back against my penis making it impossible not to feel all her movements, while not enough to benefit from it. She undid the bows that held her bikini bottom together, a challenge in her smile. It was torture to have a full view of her touching herself like that, and I was increasingly flustered as her moans intensified.

"Please, stop" I blurted out. She looked at me with a look I couldn't make out, but stopped: "You need to learn to be honest about what you want, little kitten..." she resumed touching herself, but more slowly and deliberate, like she was testing me. It took me a while, but as she started picking up the pace I blurted out to stop again. "Please, let me feel me inside you" I said, taking everything I had in me to find the strength to ask. She smiled: "You're such a good kitten. Normally I'd need a bit more begging, but you've done well for your first time so I can give you a reward".

She adjusted her position so I would be inside her, and the feeling was something I could have felt forever. It wasn't long before I was near climax again, and she stopped. I panicked, was she going to leave me hanging again? But to my surprise she simply reached to undo the tie on my hands so I could hold her as we came, almost exactly together.

We fell asleep in each other's arms, and I woke up with the late morning sun risen high, a bikini neatly folded on top of a note with a kiss in red lipstick that only said "Thank you for a beautiful night".

CC: @voltage-vixen 🖤 @xxsycamore 🖤

#summer of smut #summer of smut writing challenge

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rryeongchaes · 2 months ago

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no need to apologize for your works being the cause of my breakdowns, it’s a pleasure actually :’) i enjoy finding any call backs and reading developments from previous entries, because even if there’s no major updates or new info, i still find enjoyment in seeing how much each ship (ryury, ryeji, chaerji, catz line) has grown and how they’re all so unique to each other.

i will join you and dlc ryujin in not being ready for whatever chaerji have in store… i don’t know why chaeryeong possibly putting a collar on yeji has piqued my interest so much, i guess i learned something about myself—

out of curiosity, what would a jealous dlc ryeji look like? i saw that ryeong did the viola challenge with yves (so happy for more yves/chaer), and it got me wondering how her gfs handle others showing interest in their omega. since ryeong is a purebred omega, does she attract alphas the same way yeji does with omegas?

also looking forward to the angels au! black-winged yeji sounds mysterious yet beautiful // 🦇

thank you so much, they are really special to me and it's weird to admit this but i feel like i've only just gotten a grasp on, not only how each each pair works but also catz as a trouple, to think it would take 10+ entries to get here, idc i love them :)

oh that.. yeah chaerji learn a lot about themselves from each other, glad they're opening your eyes to the possibilities lol

ah yes jealous ryeji, they've been a thing i've tried to write and have answered a few asks (i think?) but i just haven't quite gotten it right yet, so i'm taking a bit more time to think about and construct it.

it's kinda hard for me to give you a very concrete answer re: what jealous ryeji looks like, but at this point in dlc, i highly doubt anyone would be brave enough to try anything with chaeryeong. Because she's the only omega, in theory she soaks up both their scents, so if anyone were to sense all that and still decide to try and pester chaeryeong then ryeji aren't going to take it too kindly, nothing violent but def a "back off" if they get too close/touchy or shoving them back if they straight up cross the line. so they'll still be protective of her but not as possessive as ryeong is if that makes sense.

but yves and chaeryeong. just an insane combo when you think about them, when that first pic of them dropped, i think every single midzy pulled a ??what?? lol.

if we're strictly talking about attraction, then yes ryeong does, and frankly i think all of them would, they're all hot and attractive women, if they weren't together, i'm certain there would be no shortage of people lining up for a chance.

heheh thank you, that fic is still in it's early days, we shall see where it goes, thanks and hope you have a good week!

#🦇 anon #dlc #thank you :)#jealousy is hard to write!

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revasserium · 1 year ago

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omfg my moment has FINALLY come

here are some market perfumes that will smell similar to each of the boys + fragrance analysis (from someone who proudly works at the largest fragrance house in the world u_u):

disclaimer: no, i haven't smelled any of the actual scently products, this is purely based on the tmd (top, mid, dry) that we're given; and no, i haven't smelled all (tho i do try to rec ones that i have smelled before) of the suggestions listed, so i can't say definitively how similar they will/won't be to the actual scently frags; this is all for fun and games and based off my own fragrance training and industry knowledge <3

leon:

eau d'hermes

massimo dutti

guess men (original)

olfactive family: aromatic fougere

breakdown: so what's interesting is that the structure of leon's perfume is really classic -- like truly, if you look at the stuff that it'll smell similar to, all those are from like the late 90's, bc leon's frag looks like a super classical aromatic fougere composition, which is something that was popularized in the 1880's in france, basically with a lavender/citrus top and dries down to a warmer, dark woody/mossy base. we don't really see the dark woody base specifically in the notes called out on leon's frag, but jasmine tends to have a darker, almost leather-like animalic note in it (indole). a few interesting things i wanted to point out is that linalool is not usually listed as a "note", it's usually listed as a potential allergen, but it has a citrusy floral kind of smell and is wildly popular in anything fragranced, from perfume to like lysol wipes; jasmine, clove, thyme are more popularly listed/used as mid/heart notes, but they can definitely be used as base notes depending on how they're used. overall, i think leon's fragrance will be super duper "vintage men's" fragrance, which. kinda fits with his persona.

chevalier:

giorgio

overdose

eudora royal

olfactive family: fruity floral... chypre?

breakdown: bro. wtf. lmao okay no but srsly, these ingredients gave me a bit of pause and also trouble, mostly because wintergreen is so not a "traditional" perfumery ingredient, but it is way more common in east asia and it has an almost... pine-y freshness to it which would contrast nicely with the green apple and the sweet orange (lmfao wat on earth), so i get it -- i see the vision here (hence the chypre? classification). setting that aside, just looking at the notes here, this almost skews into a traditionally feminine perfume, mostly because of the insane amount of white flowers -- jasmine, lily, gardenia, ylang/ilang, like this is a true white flower bouquet with like... a fruity sweet top and some cool, aromatic spices folded in. idk if they were really considering what the fragrance would smell like or if they were just like "lets use exclusively white-colored ingredients" but... lmao. this frag would most likely be super super floral and sweet, and last not that long, bc literally where are the base notes LOL. which. is fascinating considering chev's character (or at least what i know of it???) cause... they could've gotten really interesting with some darker/harsher base notes or with something with a bit more contrast. also, whiterose is not a real perfumery ingredient, but there are such things as "fantasy" ingredients, which is just an accord that is inspired by the thing, so in this case, the vibe of the white rose lmao.

yves:

escada 2005

humor no ar

tresor (1990)

olfactive family: fruity floral amber

breakdown: finally some base notes!! and a super classic combo at that! musk, vanilla, sandalwood -- we love to fucking see it. so the makeup of this fragrance is actually pretty commercial, we've got some fruity freshness at the top with that apple, underlined by the cassis (which is just a fancy way of saying black currant, and then a pretty solid fruity-floral mid, to one of my all time favorite base combos of all time u__u. this frag is gonna smell like a cashmere sweater, soft and nuzzly, and will prob sit pretty close to the skin. the powderiness of the iris is gonna pair super well with the creamy sandalwood, and the apricot + rose combo just sounds fantastic. this is also a pretty "young" fragrance, i'd like to say, since the rise of "skin scents" is a pretty recent thing, what with the boom of glossier you and le labo another 13 (both were made by my company, and by my fav perfumer!!!), it really brought on this concept of wearing fragrance not to attract a partner, but for yourself and your own comfort/happiness. i don't know much about yves cause i haven't read his route, but the fact that his animal is a cat makes sense with this fragrance for sure LOL

nokto:

pengaligon's gardenia

semi-bespoke no. 25

classique (1993)

olfactive classification: floral amber

breakdown: another win for the base notes!! lmao can u tell i'm a big fan of musk-sandalwood perfumes, can you. okay, but this is quite interesting, bc we have yet another quite white-flower centric fragrance with some spices and light woods thrown in. the entire "top" is just... white flowers (white flowers is actually an olfactive family of ingredients of... well, white... flowers!), and there's 1 spice in the middle, with a very similar base to the one we saw in yves's perfume -- sandalwood, musk, and heliotrope, which is often used to enhance longevity in fragrances. i think overall, this fragrance would be quite "warm" and pretty creamy, and very, very floral. again, don't know much about nokto other than that he's got the reputation of a womanizer, so it makes sense to me that he'd just smell like flowers. probably like a mix of all the different floral perfumes of the women he's slept with or something like that.

licht:

fleur de frangipanier

women of earth

could be interesting:

night

cafe intenso

olfactive classification: floral fruity

breakdown: this also gave me a bit of trouble looking for stuff that would smell similar, tbh. but again, it's got that vanilla sandalwood base + nemesia, which is literally just a flower that smells like vanilla. so the base of this frag is gonna be... vanilla-heavy for sure. the rest is quite... simple? fruity top with that wintergreen note again, plus the lily, sweet pea, orchid heart, which is going to be quite petally and light. i included night and cafe intenso, purely because i think that they're interesting choices for anyone who wants like a licht fragrance + a bit more depth. i get that they're leaning into the licht = light thing with the frag cause they really did pick a lot of light-smelling ingredients, but i would've loved to see like... a vetiver/patchouli/dark woods base or even something more jammy and resinous, just for that contrast in his character, ykno?

clavis:

michael sheer

l'eau d'issey

senza fine

olfactive classification: floral aquatic

breakdown: first of all, byakudan is literally just the jpn for "sandalwood" so i'm not sure why they decided to make it sound all schmancy for clavis but... maybe that's just in character lmfao. but!!! his frag would thus far probably be my personal fav? mainly because of the use of "sea salt" or "marine" notes, which is one of my fav families of notes mainly bc it smells like... well, the ocean! the zesty citrus top paired with sea salt/marine notes is a super classic combo, floral heart (fyi, muguet is just the fancy french name for "lily of the valley"), and a base of -- you guessed it, musk and sandalwood and heliotrope. but while i think this fragrance would nice and refreshing, it's very... inoffensive. which, i feel like is kind of missing clavis as a character? or maybe they want to highlight how "refreshing" he is? but either way im glad that i get to plug one of my fav fragrances l'eau d'issey -- like pls it smells so good so... light and pretty, just like clavis LOL.

jin:

quasar 2019

mj man

vetiver pour homme cologne

olfactive classification: woody aromatic fougere

breakdown: woof -- this is such a quintessentially "man" fragrance sldkfjsdlkdf. though, galbanum is not usually a top note, so take that with a grain of salt. also, "ho leaf" is a kind of eucalyptus-type green ingredient, hence the aromatic classification. but again, the structure with the citrus top, spicy/sweet middle, and a super duper warm/dark base of oakmoss, rosewood, and amber, you're going to have a very classic "male" fragrance. it's not quite sauvage by dior or bleu de chanel but the core is there -- citrus top, white flower/spice heart, amber/woods base. i think of all the ones we've done so far, this is by far the most currently commercial masculine fragrance. you can probably walk into any department store, ask for their best selling "male" fragrance, smell it, and it'll smell vaguely like this. and, based on what i know about jin... makes sense, no?

luke:

madamoiselle rochas edt

peonypop

romance edp intense

olfactive classification: floral fruity

breakdown: this one is actually quite interesting bc like chev, these are all traditionally feminine coded perfumes, but i do think that this has the potential to smell pretty unisex. so the lychee at the top is interesting, mostly bc rose notes usually have a lychee facet to them -- they're sweet and a little metallic on the nose, so highlighting that at the top could be "divisive" on that some people love that kind of sharp top, and some ppl freaking HATE it. violet leaf is pretty "ozonic" so it also has that "toppy" fresh kind of vibe, and some say that it smells kinda like cucumbers, and i'd imagine that pairs pretty well with the rosey, jammy blackcurrant and apple heart, though it has the potential to lean fruity-sweet. i think this one is a big hit or miss -- you either love it or you hate it, there's very little in between.

sariel:

la nuit de l'homme edt

bugatti homme

epices

olfactive classification: woody spicy

breakdown: wOOf that's a lot of spice LMFAO. and finally! some dark woods!!! vetiver and patchouli are both gonna give that freshly turned earth, hiking on an early morning kind of smell, while the tonka bean is gonna make this very faintly sweet at the end. we've got some nice, "sparkling" top notes with that bergamot and pink pepper, the mint is gonna give it great "lift", and the heart notes are literally all warm spices. this actually has all the makings of a very oud-y kind of fragrance, even without oud in it, and it's gonna appeal to people who are huge fans super super spicy fragrances that are very big and enveloping and warm, but with a lot of "base", like this is gonna last so freaking long on the skin and will probably discolor your lighter colored clothes... good thing sariel mainly wears blaCK LOL

rio:

aqua di gio

mandarine sultane

neroli portofino

olfactive classification: floral citrus

breakdown: YALL. who would've thunk that RIO is the boy to bring both aqua di gio AND neroli portofino HOME LOL. we are at that tried and true citrus + white flowers + amber/musk base. and i think for rio that makes so much sense cause he's the iconique golden retriever bf right like. he's there, he's steady, you know he's always gonna be batting those hundreds when you need him. and maybe its bc i work for the house that created aqua di gio and it's breakdown has been carved into my bones, but i got halfway through the mid notes and was like AYE YO??? is this nOT ??? THE ONE? and honestly, don't knock it till you've tried it. i know a lot of people tend to turn their noses up at the uber popular/well known frags bc "everyone uses it" or it's "cliche" but aqua di gio? slaps! it does super well on blind tests, it's light, it's zesty, it's just floral enough to be enticing, but not so much that it gets overwhelming, and the amber/musk base sits so well on the skin i CRY. anyway, i think it fits rio's character so much, and i'm stoked about it.

gilbert:

obsession

orlo

???? help wtf gilbert i give up

olfactive classification: ambery spicy?

breakdown: sir. sit. this was insane to try and find, and honestly like... we get it. ur *special* LMAO. like sweet basil, fennel, WINTER DAPHNE, specifically BLACK tea, aND ALSO rum? okay, so let's break it down, literally -- basil and fennel are both gonna be like green, herbacious, and slightly spicy, it'll have a pretty herby/green opening with a bit of kick. neroli is... well neroli, and jasmine is also. jasmine. winter daphne, is a kind of flowering plant in east asia that's well known for having a biggg fragrance and like little bunches of flowers. they usually smell pretty floral/sweet, but they've also got like a bit of a spicy kick to them. i honestly don't know how the black tea would sit in this, i think unless it's a huge overdose of black tea, it's gonna get lost in all the other super strong, overwhelming ingredients, not the least of which... is rum. and trust me, i've toyed with the rum accord that we have in our office, you put a single drop of that in anything and it immediately smells like rum. pair that with amber and vanilla at the bottom, and you've got a fragrance that'll prob open to be kind of green and toppy, but immediately veer into a sweeter, almost "stickier" fragrance. i truthfully think that this frag has the high potential to be like "sickeningly" sweet or syrupy, like if you mix spiced rum with like elderflower liqueur and nothing else... but i mean, it's gilbert, so... maybe that's what they're going for? and no, it was not intentional that the first frag suggestion is obession by calvin klein though it did make me laff at the IRONY

keith:

eau sauvage extreme 2010

dkny men summer 2012

uomo

olfactive classification: citrus aromatic fougere

breakdown: the fact that we start with sauvage extreme... just honestly *chefs kiss* bc like. i feel like extreme describes keith pretty well. otherwise, this is a pretty standard "masculine" fragrance, but in a very different way than jin and leon... bc leon was like classic men's fragrance from the 80's, there was still very much a warmth there (chivalry, perhaps? lol) while jin's is so much the early 2000's hyper masculinity everything is blue bottles and sexy manly men, this is very much... kinda both and kinda neither? we don't need to talk about the citrus top, cause... we've talked about it plenty already (though specifically including yuzu in keith's is a Move TM bc yuzu is not as sharp as bitter orange, not as sweet as orange or mandarin, its got a very specific freshness that's super great in "softer" fragrances). the heart notes is where it gets interesting -- elemi is actually a gorgeous woody/resinous ingredient that is derived from tree sap, and it's got a very sharp lemon and pine fragrance, so it's perfect for male fragrances. basil and clove leaf -- both green, herby, aromatic ingredients, so at first glance, this sounds like it's gonna be pretty chill, but I feel like the vetiver + the elemni is going to make this stronger than you think it is. which, again, fits doesn't it.

silvio:

hypnose homme

lavin l'homme

sean john

olfactive classification: amber spicy

breakdown: ambrette seed, ey? LMAO no but rly, this is very... true to form for silvio, i think. like, this smells like a rich european man. and guess what silvio is.... a rich. european. man. again, lots of warm spice in that mid section with an amber-musk base for warmth and long-lastingness. i do like the lime at the top, bc it'll give this a bit more of a zing that some of the other fragrances won't have at the top, but the citruses at the top usually flash off pretty quick. maybe it's cause i'm tired, but i was rly hoping that silvio's would be a bit more unhinged -- i do think it'll smell very quintessentially man, but like a bit more zesty LOL.

Ikemen Prince perfumes from the Ikepri x Scently collab

#ikemen series #ikepri #holy shit yall i cannot believe i just did that #i'm SUPER curious as to what the actual fragrances smell like...#i'm gonna reach out to scently from my company email... and see what's up LOL #bc like fucking insane frag house took on this project i wanna know #bUT anyway. i hope yall had fun reading this and i hope that if it helps??? all the overseas fans who can't buy the scently perfumes!!!#if you walk into any like giant department store's perfume floor you should be able to find at least ONE from each of the lists #i tried to make sure that there was at least ONE semi well known fragrance in each so that it's not totally ???#inaccessible and just niche as fuck #ANYWAY i love perfume i can talk about it forever <3 #pls come talk to me about fragrance HAHAH

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god-infected · 2 years ago

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Perfumes & Kate Bush's The Dreaming

Sat In Your Lap: "I see the people happy / So can it happen for me?" It seems that you don't know how to live, it seems that you need guidance even when pouring your tea. almond blossom, benzoin, jasmine; Cinéma by Yves Saint Laurent

There Goes A Tenner: "I've been here all day / A star in strange ways." In every relationship you feel like you're stealing love, will your facade keep up with your ways? saffron, leather, peach, caramel; La Capitale by Xerjoff

Pull Out The Pin: "Just one thing in it / Me or him, I love life." The soldier keeps the name of a German boy inscribed to his palm, and he has to kiss his palm every night so he could go to sleep. aldehydes, carnation, amber, vetiver; L'Air du Temps by Nina Ricci

Suspended In Gaffa: "Suddenly my feet are feet of mud / It all goes slow-mo / I don't know why I'm crying." The light moves the dust, the dust is never the same nor the light, in an ever changing life how can a miracle repeat itself? mimosa, rose, ylang-ylang, amber; Apres l'Ondee by Guerlain

Leave It Open: "Harm in us, but power to arm" If you drop the act, they might not love you, but will the love received be enough when you keep staring behind a curtain? rose, patchouli; Rouge Nocturne by Terry de Gunzburg

The Dreaming: "Dangle devils in a bottle and push them from the pull of the bush." The delight you feel holding a leaf shaped like a hand. sweet pea, vanilla, resins; Deci Dela by Nina Ricci

Night Of The Swallow: "Would you break even my wings, like a swallow. Let me, let me go" You're hugging him thighter, because you know he'll leave you in the morning. lilac, wisteria, powder, musk; Love by Chloe

All The Love: "Only tragedy allows the release / of love and grief never normally seen." Like a warm glove of love that could protect you from the coldness of tragedy. ylang-ylang, musk, incense; Ciara by Revlon

Houdini: "With your life / the only thing in my mind / we pull you from the water." How the body of dead is the heaviest yet how the skin feels lighter than ever. muted rainwater, lily, incense; Passage d'Enfer by L'Artisan Parfumeur layered over Thunderstorm by Demeter

Get Out Of My House: "I am the concierge chez-moi, honey / Won't let ya in for love, nor money." The insanity of loneliness is easier to bear than the sanity of a company you're not very sure of. violet, patchouli, musk; John Galliano by John Galliano

#kate bush #perfume

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scorchieart · 2 years ago

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AAAAAAHHHHH I'm so excited! I love the prompts so much!! I hope these aren't taken but can you do Yves & Chevalier/ prompt 1 / angst / 1st pov Yves? A story where Yves has to stand up to Chevalier but he's so scared, but he does it anyway. I'm typing this so fast in case it's gone. Thank you writer!!!💕💕

Characters: Yves Kloss & Chevalier Michel

POV: 1st person (Yves) Genre: Angst

Prompt #1: "What are you waiting for?" "That, I cannot say."

Wordcount: 1047

A/N: This was my reaction when I read the request: 🤩😲😢 Yes, I am aware I went over my own imposed wordcount limit, but shhhhhh....Angst and adventure tied in the poll, so strap your boots for next time!

He will arrive at twilight — the man whose reputation preceded him, yet I only understand fragments. The man who held his quarry captive with silken threads bound by mystique and promises. The man whose name alone evoked despair. Like a pestilence. Like a curse. Like me.

I run my thumbs across the braided handle of the basket in my lap to keep my hands occupied, but my tapping heel ruins all hope of maintaining covertness. The sound ricochets off the crumbling soot-stained walls like crows accosting one another, and though it’s slowly driving me insane, I don’t stop. At the very least, I feel a little less alone.

Aside from my horse, I truly am alone here. I arrived mid-afternoon to scope out the place, though I was ill-prepared for the actual size. The way Clavis described it, the castle ruins were a broken shell of supposed former glory. A motley of derelict pillars and archways encircling rotting rooms picked clean of treasures and life. Yet I could still spot its majestic ramparts on my approach, saluting me as the dying sun pressed me forward.

Clavis said we would meet in the throne room, and even though I could tell where it was the moment I stepped inside, the first room to the right, I saved it for last. I wanted to make sure we would not be interrupted, yes, but more so I was curious to learn of a people who coexisted on a land undivided by borders. My search yielded naught; those bandits left no decrepit corner unsullied.

Sunset blares deceptive crimson through the glassless windows as I wrap my riding cloak more tightly around myself. We are not yet in the thralls of winter. Could I even survive in the land beyond the ruins? I hear my horse whinnying sadly, and I open my basket, produce the sack of sugar cubes, and cross to the exit, still swaddling the cloak around my body. A fresh set of apologies wets my freezing lips as I round the corner to the castle entrance, but both the “sorry”s and my legs stop short when two horses come into view over the threshold.

I release the cloak and reach for my saber, but I already know it’s too late. The twisted solace I find in the moment is the icy tip on my nape is familiar.

“What are you waiting for?” Chevalier’s voice and his sword release a new chill down my spine that paralyzes me so firmly the sugar sack slips out my grasp.

“Th-that… I cannot say,” I whisper, my racing heart doing nothing to bring back my senses. I can’t turn to face him, but it doesn’t take a genius to tell he’s not pleased.

“You cannot by choice or coercion?” he growls, pushing the sword harder against my neck, but I know he hasn’t broken skin; I would have felt the warmth of blood.

“Did Clavis tell you?” I ask. Somehow, the thought of Clavis watching, turncoat smirk and all, brings me a sickening sense of comfort. It would mean I’m not alone with Chevalier.

“He didn’t need to,” says Chevalier, maintaining the same pressure on my neck. “You are more aloof than usual, barely speaking at mealtimes and retiring earlier in the evenings. Not a single tea party was held this past week, and you were almost always absent from the kitchens. Sure enough, your horse was missing in the morning.”

I swallow my breath, and it lands in my stomach like a hunk of lead. “You have been watching me?”

“Don’t act so surprised. The movements of every person entering and exiting the palace are under my purview. Especially those who wish not to be seen. Ah —” He lowers his sword, but I am no less tense as he passes me into the throne room. He reappears with the basket, inspecting the contents like he’s just got his hands on a limited edition book series.

“A worthy effort. Though poisons will not suffice on him,” he says, holding a gingersnap biscuit to the horizon.

“They’re not poisoned!” I blurt out, swiping the basket and hugging it to my chest. “You can eat that one to check.”

“Then you do not deny they are meant for someone else?” he says, tossing the cookie at me. I take my time catching and replacing it in the basket to avert my eyes.

“I will not contradict you, Prince Chevalier,” I say, pretending to rearrange fudge squares, “but this is a matter beyond your purview. Kindly leave.”

“You are aware you speak with the leader of Rhodolite’s foreign affairs faction while standing on the border with our greatest adversary?” His voice is level and without malice, yet my toes still curl reflexively.

“Yes,” I say.

“Then I ask once more, and pray I do not repeat a third time,” he steps directly in front of me. “What are you waiting for?”

I bite my lip to stop my jaw from trembling. My eyes sting with the woes I’ve locked away for decades. The ones Clavis weaseled out of me when he discovered my correspondence last week. The ones I will not compromise even for the Brutal Beast.

I inhale deeply, raise my head, and glare back at Chevalier. “For you to leave… please,” I hastily add on.

He regards me in silence, like a hunter watching a dying animal, contemplating whether it would be kinder to end my misery than watch me suffer.

“He cannot give you what you seek. He was a child himself when she came to Rhodolite,” he says morosely.

I grip the basket so tightly splinters dig into my palms. “Even still, I must know what he can tell me. It is more than you or your books ever could.”

He breaks eye contact first, opening the basket and picking a gingersnap. “I’d like to know, too,” he says, biting down brusquely. He then retrieves the fallen sugar sack and walks off, and I catch my breath as warmth refills my senses.

“What are you waiting for?” he calls to me from the dilapidated doorway. His blade gleams under the rising moon as he produces it once more, and it is only then that I notice the navy tinge of evening has enveloped us all. What he says next makes me immensely relieved I am not alone.

“He is here.”

Mark my words, the day when I properly write Gilbert into a fic is approaching. It's just not today.

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ythmir-writes · 3 years ago

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Be My Valentine Content Creation Challenge 2022 - Day 01

prompt #01: "Of course I figured it out. You were always giving me that love-struck gaze."

fandom: Ikemen Prince feat: Chevalier Michel 6.6k words

tags: swearing, physical injuries, fighting, the fact that this is -not- the valentine themed piece you may have expected but it is not angst, i promise quick summary: Narrator tries very hard to punch Chev, nuff said

“It’s really happening.”

I had only just raised the fork to my mouth when Clavis Lelouch stood to my right, Yves Kloss just behind him, and my first thoughts were that it would definitely be a waste to let the cake hanging in the air like that. So I took the bite and chewed. “I did say after three.”

“This is madness.” Yves said for the umpteenth time, waving a hand at the rack of weapons south of us. “The lot of you are insane.”

I chewed on more cake and Clavis winked at him. “Aren’t we all?”

Yves ignored him. “Do you have your second – wait, no, I shouldn’t have asked.” He was looking behind me. I turned and there was Rio, right on time and making a beeline to where we stood. I could not tell if his smile was genuine. Probably genuinely murderous. He would’ve heard how things ended up like this and he would definitely be giving me an earful for it too.

“Luke’s filled in the other spot.” Clavis informed us, looking at the other end of the training grounds. He waved and Luke waved back.

“Sure you don’t want to be over there and be second?” I asked Clavis.

“Ha!” Clavis’s eyes gleamed with an almost unnatural shine, amusement dripping from him. Soon enough, he’d be bouncing on the balls of his feet. “He didn’t want me.”

Yves huffed. “I thought Sariel would’ve put a stop to it but apparently – and I’m quoting you on this – it’s happening with his blessing.”

“It is.” I answered, truthfully. Because of course none of this could happen without Sariel knowing. I thought back to just how quickly Sariel had known my little stunt and a quiet shiver went down my spine. I would have told him, really. Eventually. With results. But when they said the walls had ears, they probably were thinking of Sariel and his network. Anything that happened inside Rhodolite’s palace, the King’s Regent knew. And it always had something in it for him to boot.

I should know, I was in on one.

“You asked for a duel.” Sariel had said the moment I was in his office. It had not been a question; I knew enough of Sariel’s tones to know that he did not expect to be answered. But I replied anyway.

“I was – am angry.” I had said, which had been untrue at that exact moment, because the burning anger I had felt was then only a smoldering ember.

Sariel steepled his fingers and gave me a long look. He caught the lie and I hung my head in shame. When I could no longer take his silence I had asked, “Do you want me to explain?”

“I think I already understand why things came to be the way they are.” Sariel then laid out my plans and he hit every point with an accuracy that would have sent me reeling if he wasn’t the King Regent.

“Don’t do anything reckless.” Sariel had said when he finished, and I could remember the look on his face that told me no outcome other than the one in his head was acceptable. I had nodded and sworn. And that was that.

“He asked Licht to oversee.” I continued, forking over another mouthful of cake.

“It doesn’t help.” Yves said.

“You couldn’t ask for a better judge.” Clavis countered.

That was true. Licht acting as judge meant two things. First, things would be fair. Too fair even; no one could be more impartial. Second, things were pretty serious since Licht’s entire division could possibly stay to watch.

Already the training yard was filling with soldiers. I could make out the Rhodolitian rose crests, Leon’s with the forward facing lions, and of course Licht’s wolves. I didn’t want the audience but you don’t throw the words challenge and duel against Chevalier Michel and expect the infantry to pretend not to hear.

“You could always just call it off.” Yves was relentless. “Chevalier won’t go easy on you just because you’re you.”

I frowned. “He better not.”

“He’s going to beat you to a pulp!”

“I do promise to look away when Chev cleaves you in half,” chimed Clavis. “Better to make sure my last memory of you is here scarfing down cake before your imminent death.”

I rolled my eyes at Clavis before turning to Yves. “It’s going to be fine.”

Yves still looked ready to implode. “How in the Monarch’s name is all this going to end up fine? You have the entire Rhodolite army as witness! You challenged him! Chevalier isn’t called the Bloody Tiger because he likes to wear red!”

I chewed on more cake, looking at Yves and Clavis. I had half my mind to tell them the reason because it was all going to be in everyone’s face in the next few minutes but Sariel’s warning held me back. Don’t do anything reckless. I wanted to argue – if challenging the second prince to a sword fight wasn’t reckless, then was everything else a free pass?

I frowned again. Was that what Sariel was telling me? No, I shouldn’t try to put words into his mouth again. If Chevalier doesn’t end me, that definitely will.

I caught Clavis smiling at me and I wondered for how long I had been lost in thought. I looked down at my empty plate. Settled for something easier to explain. “Prince Chevalier is royalty and technically since a commoner challenged him, we’re fighting under the Code of Duels. Under the rules, as a royal who’s had the better education, he’s bound to let me choose the weapon and how the match will be scored, among other things. There’s also the rule on leniency. He’s not going to charge in there like he usually does. We’re not battling to the death.”

“I know the damn duelling code. It’s archaic.” Yves glowered. “You’re much too naive if you think the word lenient can’t be so arbitrarily defined.”

“It’s fine.” I shrugged, but that was the wrong move to placate Yves because he looked ready give another earful. But Rio was there, placing a hand on Yves’ shoulder as if to pat the prince into calmness.

“It’s going to be fine.” He echoed.

“And what makes you say that?” Yves challenged him, poking Rio on the chest. “Shouldn’t you be her first line of defense? I expected you to talk some sense into her!”

“Please calm down, Prince Yves.” Rio continued smiling and patted Yves on the head.

As Yves sputtered, shocked and indignant, I watched Rio carefully, ready to intervene if he would over explain anything.

Clavis watched me watching Rio. I glared. Clavis’s replying grin was sly. Why was it so hard to stand before the man and not think I was slowly being trapped?

“You know, Yves,” Clavis spoke slowly, his eyes never leaving me. “For all us being worried, haven’t you wondered if our Belle can fight?”

“But Belle isn’t –! How could –?”

“Whoops, look at the time!” I ducked out of the makeshift tent, walking away from the sound of Clavis’s laughter. Don’t do anything reckless, Sariel said. But couldn’t punching a prince in the gut because he scared you with his intuition be considered as self-defense?

In all honesty, I shared Yves’s apprehension. I knew the Code would be of little help to me – or to any other challenger, for that matter. Prince Chevalier was a force in the battlefield. A storm in and of himself. We’d all heard the stories. Gossip in the Commons about him had always been rampant, but was now resurging exponentially with Obsidian baying at our borders. How he would charge headlong into enemy lines without fear. How he would decimate entire platoons without suffering any injury. How he would bathe in red.

You can outrun the Lion’s roar but you will never see the Tiger until it was too late. We held the Bloody Tiger in awe and in fear and I had always thought the title of Beast befitting him the most out of all his brothers.

And my experience with him did little to change his reputation.

Rio trotted behind me and instantly the smile he had dropped. He gave me a look, that one look reserved for when things were veering completely out of his control; eyes narrowed, lips thin.

“I know.” I rubbed the back of my neck.

“Couldn’t you have tried a game of chess instead?”

“Strategy’s not my forte.”

“Knowing that perhaps you could have come to me first.”

I grimaced, more guilty that Rio was worried than I was at picking a fight I could have avoided. The thought did occur to me – except only after the gauntlet had been figuratively thrown down and I had no more choice but to move forward. Chevalier hadn’t even tried to talk me down or let me take it back. The moment the challenge escaped my lips he’d accepted, catching the glove I’d thrown before it could hit him.

“When?” Chevalier had said.

“Tomorrow, after three. Training grounds.” I’d spat back. “Bring a second.”

“I don’t need one against you.”

Well I was going to prove him wrong. I placed a hand on Rio’s shoulder, felt even guiltier at how tense he felt.

“You’ll really fight, then?” He asked, voice as serious as I’ve ever heard it.

“Yes.” I answered. “Sariel agreed. I got this.”

“I can always take your place.” Rio’s eyes shone with a pleading look. “Please let me take your place.”

“No. This is between him and me.” I said firmly and Rio relented, pouting.

Someone cheered from the crowd. Rio and I turned to see none other than Chevalier Michel, emerging from the northern gate. Despite wearing only a simple shirt as were the duelling standards, his every step drew all eyes towards him. Nokto Klein was just behind him. He smiled as he saw me, and said something to Chevalier.

Chevalier turned his head and even with the distance, he instantly found me, zeroing in where Rio and I stood, and not taking his eyes away. Rio reflexively tried to shield me but I took hold of his arm gently, stopping him. Meeting Chevalier’s piercing stare, I reminded myself to keep breathing. In and out through gritted teeth.

Of all the Princes, Chevalier was the hardest to crack. Though Leon’s ferocity was something we equally feared, his charm and easy-going nature made him approachable and conversations with him felt sincere, genuine. It felt like you were talking to someone who actually cared, someone who would see to it that your concerns as an ordinary citizen were heard and acted upon. You entered his court and felt the warm glow of his presence. He pulled you in to be friends.

Chevalier pulled you in only so his blade could kill you faster. His mercy was unknown to friends and foe alike. I could still remember the time I’d accompanied him at a ball and a young noble lady had been introduced to him, who could play the violin and was up to be a member of the Rhodolitian Royal Orchestra at the tender age of sixteen.

I smelled the hints of favor being curried the moment the girl’s father had spoken and expected the rebuke from Chevalier to come easily. The arts were under Yves, sometimes even Nokto and Clavis. The baron had approached the wrong prince to ask for patronage.

What I hadn’t expected was for Chevalier to cut father and child down with the first sentence that left his mouth, asking them what use was the girl to him and to his court. The girl had frozen up, petrified, and the baron had gaped like a fish out of water.

They had meant well. Whether Chevalier cared they had approached him because they genuinely thought he might be interested in the girl’s talents, I didn’t know and couldn’t tell. He was already dismissing them from his presence before they could even squeeze a word in.

I hadn’t been able to help myself even then. I scooped up the fragments of conversation, turned it into something that allowed for Chevalier to address them again and put a balm on the sting of his words. If he wanted.

He’d glared at me but had at least made vague promises to attend the next concert or other if his schedule allowed. The father and daughter had looked relieved and had thanked us both profusely. Before I could personally thank Chevalier for letting me do what I had done – because of course even I knew the dangers of overstepping – he had turned away and left, declaring he was wasting his time and was no longer interested in mingling.

That was not the last time I had seen the legendary cruelty of the second prince. He refused to parley with criminals. He stamped out opposition at the slightest hint. He hunted down traitors and made sure to bleed whoever sponsored them dry. I would not put it past him to do it literally, even. And it was no secret that his goal was to ultimately take the war Obsidian so obviously wanted to it first. Bring the fight to them when they least expected it, crush them, force Obsidian into a state of impotency as a military force – and only then will Rhodolite be at peace.

It was insane, a sure-fire way to bury Rhodolite in ruins, and Leon had declared as much. But that was Chevalier’s trademark. External Affairs looked out towards the world and protected its citizens from dangers without. To do this, it had to make sure it kept a wary eye on anything and everything that might be a danger, especially from shared borders. Once a threat was identified, it was but the duty of those in power to make cuts as precisely or as deeply as possible, to make sure the body as a whole did not suffer. Chevalier would never hesitate to brandish his blade at anyone – anyone at all – who so much as thinks they could harm the kingdom.

Two months in as Belle and I was ashamed to admit I only had a rudimentary understanding of Chevalier or his politics. Sure, I’ve read the books but if I wanted to do my duty, it was not enough to only learn it academically. I needed to know more, to understand more why Chevalier was doing the things he did.

But the goddamn prince was so hard to pin down and even my position as Belle could only do so much. Most attempts I had to speak with him would often lead to me having to wrestle with Clavis and Nokto, and the few times I’d been able to corner Chevalier, he’d be out and about because of problems at the borders with Obsidian, if not Jade. It was more than obvious the prince was avoiding me. He never did believe in the Belle system so why give me even the time of the day?

I tried to decipher the man through the books he read, pulling out the titles I’ve seen on his desk and trying to puzzle out what was going through his head. However, Chevalier was a voracious reader and it was hard to keep with his pace. A few times, I’d tried to sneak books of my own choosing into the piles he read, inserting novels I liked here and there. Every time, I’d find the book almost immediately back in my chambers, too fast for anyone to have properly read them. The only proof I had that Chevalier even bothered to open them were the bookmarks he’d left behind with notes at how atrocious the protagonist was, or how the plot moved at a snail’s pace, or some other comment he had. I’d expected this to bridge whatever gap remained between us but Chevalier remained elusive and before long, I’d given up. I wasn’t going to let him continue to needle on my books. Thrice, I’d accidentally chanced upon him at the library, sat on his favorite armchair. But those were the only times Chevalier looked human and I could not find it in myself to steal what little reprieve he had for himself.

At the last round table meeting, the issue of the Anti-War Faction had come up once again. The Klein twins had sniffed out that the rumors of a group of nobles rallying against Chevalier were true and were too good at slipping through their traps. That told us that though the group was tight-lipped, it was thankfully, small. However, Nokto suspected it would only be a matter of time before the group’s ideals got traction and if it did, it could possibly undermine Chevalier’s efforts to keep Obsidian at bay.

The tension that day had been palpable. Chevalier had been glaring at Leon as if the anti-war sentiments were from Internal Affairs. Leon had been pointedly not looking at his brother and was saying it was only but obvious that people did not want to subject themselves to war.

“We all still remember the Bloody Rose.” Leon had said. “It was not so long ago that Rhodolite has had a taste of a fraction of the damage war could bring.”

“Bloody Rose will only be but the beginning if we don’t move to root out this dissent before it goes out of hand.”

“The welfare of the people, I think, should be considered the most important. What good is a kingdom without its people?”

I had gritted my teeth, squeezed into the conversation. “I agree with Prince Leon. The Commons know what it’s like to be at war. If they are the ones being influenced by whatever philosophy this group has, they’ll easily agree.”

“Sheep swayed by a single piper are hardly worth considering.” Clavis interjected.

“Who do you think suffered the most after the Bloody Rose? Countless knights lost their lives yes but the citizens suffered too! Do you remember the pillaging? The mercenaries? Or were your walls to high you didn’t even hear them crying out?”

“Inevitable but temporary state of things in war.” Chevalier had answered. “We all must sacrifice something for the kingdom."

“Life and limb, yeah? Tell that to the family who’s lost a father, a mother, a child! Who lost entire families and homes they’ve had for generations! We all know in this room, you princes carry the burden of your decisions. Noblesse oblige is the duty you all carry out to try to tip the scales. But there is no need for war now – why are you insisting it’s the only course of action?”

“The people don’t know how to think for themselves.”

Wow. “We can think for ourselves, thank you very much.”

“If you are any example, I’d really beg to differ.” Chevalier levelled me a look. “But I don’t beg.”

And that had been it. Before I understood what I was doing, I had moved, I had grabbed my glove and thrown it at Chevalier with all the frustration I had for him and his infuriating evasiveness and his belittling, and his refusal to meet me whichever way.

I glared as Chevalier reached us. He looked impassive, as if I was a scheduled appointment he’d rather do without and that just angered me all over again. I was trying to understand him! Monarch’s light, was that so bad?

Rio squeezed my arm. “Be careful.”

I nodded at him and saw Chevalier’s eyes slide towards Rio, at his hand on my arm, before dismissing him too.

Licht appeared, seemingly out of nowhere. At least he had the right to look bored. He glanced at me and I nodded to him in silent thanks. . He was the only one from Internal Affairs who had supported me to go for a duel that day. Or at least, he didn’t try to stop me.

Licht recited the relevant rules of the Code of Duels to us, even adding in the formal oaths and prayers, and when he finished, he angled his head and let us to it.

“Terms?” Chevalier asked me.

Even at our almost similar heights, I felt like he was looking down on me. I wanted to say full contact, yield. But I was not insane. This much, the Code could protect me. “First blood. Best of three.”

“First blood. Best of three.” Chevalier repeated in agreement without reaction. “Weapon?”

I waved to the display. “Free choice.” And I turned and did not wait for him. Free Choice meant Chevalier and I could use any weapon we wanted from what’s available. And there were plenty. The training grounds boasted six racks of different weapons from all over the world. I recognized blades from Obsidian, Jade and Benitoite. Great swords, rapiers, a halberd as tall as me, and even some curved blades from the kingdoms in the South East. Axes. Spears. Sabers. Falchions – a broad sword that looked like only Luke could swing it with one hand. It was almost dizzying to be in front of so many weapons but it struck me that they were too beautiful, too well-made.

“Your personal collection?”

“It seemed like a special occasion.” Chevalier answered from where he was surveying the racks.

Great. So the rumors were true that the second prince knew to handle any piece of weaponry. I turned back to the weapons, considering my options. I had not touched live steel since being Belle. I would have loved to test a schiavona but I could not risk the fancy hand guard getting in the way. Chevalier was built like a warrior, only just slightly leaner. I still remember seeing Licht helping him dress a wound he could not quite reach on his back. I glanced over at him. He had power, speed, and strength on his side. But I had speed too and I needed something to match him.

I stopped in front of the same rack as Chevalier. Twin swords lay before us and as I watched him watch me, it seemed we had the same pick. The swords were unadorned, probably thirty-two inches long, classic cross-guard. The hilt was around four inches, wrapped in simple leather and ending with an equally plain pommel. The sword screamed simplicity and efficiency and out of all Chevalier’s weapons, their lacklustre appearance made them stand out.

I grabbed one. Chevalier took the other. If I squinted, I could tell you Chevalier’s smile was approving and warm.

We walked away from each other to give us space. I tested the sword in both hands. It was a good sword and most importantly it felt good. Lighter than I thought but balanced. Rio nodded at me. I pretended not to hear Yves’ gasp or the approval from Leon. The Fourth Prince grinned as my eyes singled him out and returned to having some sort of hushed conversation with Clavis and Jin.

Chevalier looked unsurprised. I wondered how much of this he was able to anticipate. I did not take him to be so blind to me as he let on, but I could not deny the empty feeling in me to not at least get some reaction from him.

Yes, Princes. Your Belle is a fighter so why doesn’t Chevalier even look a little bit surprised?

“You look disappointed.” Chevalier said.

What was it with the princes and reading moods? “Thought you’d be fighting me with a fancy rapier, is all.”

“And miss the opportunity to teach you a lesson?” He carried the sword as if it was the most natural thing in the world, an extension of him. “You will lose.”

“I won’t.”

Chevalier moved, a swing across the chest. I saw through the test and felt almost offended. I parried, the flat of my blade deflecting his and pushing back. He whirled, too much exaggeration in movement, and I took half a step back, blocking and countering.

I could play along. I mimicked his last move but at the last minute shot out like a coiled spring. Chevalier narrowed his eyes as he blocked with his sword. Any slower and he would have lost an ear. I sliced again, right to left, left to right, right to left. Chevalier dodged, parried – he was planning to trap me with his left arm.

I closed my fist and swung. It grazed more than hurt Chevalier but if he was thinking I was planning to fight with him like a good knight, he was going to be in for a hell of a surprise.

Someone whooped – I bet an arm it was Clavis – and cheering rumbled through our audience.

I smirked at him. “What does the winner get?”

“A bad idea!” Yves called out with worry.

“You won’t win.” Chevalier said.

“Afraid?” I goaded him. “If I win, you get to answer any questions I have from here on out.”

Chevalier took a moment to consider. “And if I win?”

“You won’t.”

“You’ll agree to join me in a full excursion to Obsidian borders.”

I frowned. That was unexpected. But also unsurprising. Did Chevalier want me to see the ‘horrors’ of war first hand? Is this an effort to make me balk and surrender meekly to him? He’d be disappointed. I was no stranger to death. “Deal.”

Chevalier considered me. “So that’s how it is.”

That I could not guess what he was getting at worried me. Slightly. “Finally figured me out, huh.”

“Of course, I figured it out.” he said, beginning to move.

“Oh?” I matched him and we slowly circled one another.

“You were always looking at me with a love-struck gaze.”

“You were!” Clavis shouted and I scowled – because how in the Monarch’s name could he have possibly heard that? Was the wind carrying over everything we were saying?

“Murderous, you mean?” I growled.

“In your book, isn’t that the same thing?” Chevalier huffed – in amusement? scorn? – I didn’t want to think too much into it because such a soft sound as Chevalier chuckling should not be preceding his opening attack.

And yet here he were.

He struck first again, faster, closing the distance without hesitation. Pure reflex from years of experience was the only thing that saved me. I managed to block the strike, raising my sword with both hands to stop Chevalier’s cut. The force of the blow jarred me, the sound like claws unsheathing. Prove the point already that you were really playing with me just now!My arms tingled with the fierceness of his strike but Chevalier did not relent. A growl came from him and in that moment, I felt a stab of mind-numbing fear. He took the opportunity and attacked again and again. I dodged, parried. I sprang back, narrowly escaping as Chevalier pressed the advantage, looking as if he intended to cleave through me just like Clavis had warned. Stinging pain on my left arm told me I took a misstep, not completely blocking Chevalier’s strike.

“Point!”

“Had enough already?” Chevalier frowned at me from where he stood. Rules forced challengers to step back after contact. But when had he gotten there? “Wasting my time even with this?”

When was the last time I took a cut like that? None since being Belle. Only occasionally since starting the bookshop. I’d forgotten how much I loathed the pain and how intolerant I was of the inconvenience of even a minor cut. I made a poor enough mercenary, shuddering at the thought of going back to the hard life. And I was no knight meant to carry on with a hundred wounds in the battlefield either.

I grimaced in pain and stopped just shy of touching my wound. I didn’t need the disadvantage of a slippery hilt.

“Didn’t you want answers?”

I did. And I had a point to make. So, I took hold of my anger and used it to push through the pain, push through the fear.

This time, I was prepared to receive him. Chevalier’s blows were quick, quicker than anything I’ve ever encountered but I refused to acknowledge the creeping insecurity – was I fast enough, was I trained enough – and cast aside the ifs or what coulds, focusing solely on the man in front of me looking to tear me apart. I reminded myself of why I was here and matched him in that desire; I was going to tear him open a new one if it meant he would finally take me seriously. I met Chevalier head-on, parrying when I could, pressing into his left where he was at a very slight disadvantage, and entering his striking distance to catch him off guard. It was a risk – the arc where a sword swung was always lethal – but it paid off. Chevalier only barely expected me to lunge and it let me cut him on the shoulder.

“Point.”

Leave it to Licht to see even from this distance. I stepped back, grinning, swinging my sword in a lazy arc.

A minute and a half in – a lifetime in a fight – and Chevalier and I had a point each. And oh he was going to really bleed with that one.

“Even.” Licht’s voice seemed to be the only sound. “First one to land the next –”

We didn’t let Licht finish. I went in, moving as fast as I could the moment I saw Chevalier take a step. I swiped once, twice, forcing Chevalier to react to me. There were only so many ways to make sure your opponent stayed on the defensive. Strike as fast as you could, aim for even the slightest openings, and never ever relent. Don’t let the aches and pains stop your movements, push through it and focus only on your opponent. I was not interested in Chevalier leading the dance a second time. Strike. Strike. Strike. Quick and fluid; the sword is in my hand, is my arm and moving it was like breathing.

Don’t do anything reckless – I realize now it was meant not just to warn me but to caution me. Don’t put yourself at risk, Sariel had wanted to say. Don’t fight like the way you’ve fought before.

But what kind of life would we all have, if a little risk wasn’t part of the equation?

I was the Belle with a sword, making sure the Tiger saw.

Because how could I expect Chevalier to open up to me if I was not willing to risk being seen first? Really fully seen? If he would not listen when it came to his policies, then maybe maybewe had something else in which we could converse. Weeks of trying and agonizing and being frustrated – and all it took was a well-timed remark, a glove, and a challenge declared.

Look at me Bloody Tiger! I am here and we are fighting – No. No, we weren’t fighting. Semantics be damned – we were having a conversation.

I knew Chevalier also saw nothing else, no one else. As we traded blows, as steel rang through the training yard, the ice in Chevalier’s eyes was replaced with a fire that I would have turned away from if I was not so sure doing so would cost me my head. He was answering me blow for goddamn blow. And my heart soared at the thought. Even as a particularly forceful cut jarred me again, even as I grunted in frustration for my arms practically shaking in my attempt to block him, I could not help but feel elated. In this, we were almost equals.

Almost.

Chevalier parried, then his sword came over his head, slicing down. I dodged and too late realized he had expected me to, because as I moved his sword continued on to follow me. Time slowed, my movements felt like I was underwater. Chevalier put all of his momentum into the swing and I barely had time to thrust my blade in the way. The blow knocked me back and I felt like I flew a hundred feet. Chevalier kept coming at me with methodical strikes. It was all I could do to keep up my blocks and finally was half a moment too slow. Pain lashed through me and I shouted as I grabbed Chevalier by the arm and aimed to strike at his nose. I missed by a hair and I jumped back, touching my stomach.

No blood.

Not a point!

Chevalier let out a laugh. It was short. A burst, nothing more. I would have wanted to hear it again but Chevalier twisted into a Jadean manuever and I dodged while guarding my legs. I kicked out, an effort to force him back, and he stepped away, chest heaving.

But it was so painfully obvious that Chevalier was at ease.

“You’re laughing!” I said, unable to stop the bubble of laughter coming from me either. “We’re here to settle a score and you’re laughing?” I couldn’t think; the sight of him looking so pleased was bringing a strange feeling in my chest. It was not fair the way Chevalier could immobilize me like that, struck dumb at the sight of him sweaty and laughing, a bleeding shoulder besides.

“Don’t get distracted.”

Sure, but maybe he should know it was not fair how he could be so unhesitant in taking advantage of that single instance of vulnerability and turn it into a win for himself.

I swore as I parried. Swore again as our blades met. It was as if something flipped and Chevalier’s movements were more fluid, more precise, and yet seemingly all the more relaxed. The Second Prince was having fun and not even getting sloppy for it. He was precise but by the Monarchs the strength of his blows felt like I was being hit by a heavy axe.

Whatever it was that switched the mood, I was at a loss to stop it. We clashed and danced across the clearing, a flurry of strikes exchanged. If Chevalier had been pure strength, now he had lightning and thunder to him I could only dream to match. He slashed diagonally, left to right then down and I could only barely move and parry. His next swing caught me, forcing me back and back and back. Despite best efforts, I felt myself melt into his rhythm. I was fast. But I had to accept that Chevalier was faster.

I swung from top downwards and to the right and my sword screeched against Chevalier’s. He parried, using my momentum to pull away my sword. Reacting quickly, I dug my heel and elbowed him on the stomach. He gave out a satisfactory oof. I grabbed his arm and tried to shock his wrist into letting go with my palm. Before it could connect, Chevalier had looped his arm around mine, and whatever force I had in my swing was not enough to make him drop his sword. I tried to kick him, tried to force him back with –

All of a sudden, the sky met the ground and my legs were in the air and I was placed unceremoniously flat on my back. Chevalier had me pinned down, hand on my chest, the blade just barely nicking my neck.

“Point.”

“Fuck.”

“How eloquent.” Chevalier muttered.

“That’s me.” I pushed hair out of my face.

“For Chevalier.” I heard Licht say.

Cheers from the knights erupted and it sounded much like the roaring of tigers. I hid my face behind my hands and hoped no one placed a bet on me and lost. They shouldn’t have and – no, who would have, really? I was just another Belle barely moments ago. And now? Well. We’ll all hear the rumors tomorrow.

My ass on the ground regardless, things had gone well. “Still my win.”

“Explain.”

I froze. I had not intended to say that out loud. I peeked at Chevalier through my fingers. It was hard to refuse with him pinning me down and his sword practically kissing my neck. If he moved even a little, he could choke me or let me bleed. “I made you take me seriously, King Highness.”

Chevalier levelled me with a look. I could only guess at what could possibly be going on in his head at the moment. His eyes were menacing still, the fight in him not having bled out yet and that piercing stare pinned me down more than his blade. I thought he would scoff. His mouth had moved, an upturn to his lips that I anticipated would end in smirk.

“Or maybe, I made you take me seriously, idiot.” His face mellowed into a smile I was too shocked at seeing it to completely comprehend what was happening. And then he moved and the moment was gone and he was standing and putting away his sword.

Don’t do anything reckless. Don’t do anything reckless. Would asking him to smile again be considered reckless? Would catching him with a surprise punch to his gut for confusing me land me in prison?

I opted for the saner option and let Chevalier help me up.

He pulled me close. “If your intention has always been just for us to talk, all you had to do was to approach me and stand your ground the way you did.” Chevalier was not finished admonishing me though. “I’ve always seen you, you idiot.” He leaned in closer. “So, don’t emulate Clavis or the clown.”

All warm thoughts shattered and I scowled. “That is the worst thing you could say to me.”

“I’m sure I could think of a few more.”

“I’m sure you could. Remind me again when it was best to approach you in all those times you weren’t at the castle and were busy snubbing me and making sure our paths never crossed. Busy with this. Busy with that. Oh no, Belle, Obsidian’s coming and I absolutely cannot make time. Absolutely available.”

I had not intended the bitter rebuke to meet its mark but Chevalier’s hesitating to reply told me it did. I was about to take some of it back but then he said, “Your tenacity unnerves me.”

“What?” I wasn’t quite sure I heard right.

Chevalier was suddenly very interested on the gash he left on my neck. “Give me some credit. Not my fault you never took the opportunities when I’m alone at the library.”

I pressed my lips together, unsure how to untangle the various emotions his touch or his little revelation was making me feel. “I will take all that as the compliment it was never intended to be.”

“Bring me better novels next time.”

“Hey!” I would have taken real offense if I hadn’t purposely chosen the sappiest ones for him to read. “They sell well for a reason. Your lack of taste is to blame.”

Chevalier sigh was almost resigned, almost tender. “If I read more of those flops I will be physically incapacitated.”

I made mental list of even worse ones to give him. “I’ll try.”

“Do better than try.” Chevalier’s gaze slipped past me and I saw the moment his gaze hardened and he was just the Second Prince again. I turned to look and saw Rio and the rest moving to meet us. “We depart for Obsidian three days from now. Make sure you’re ready.”

I’d forgotten about that; I juggled obligations in my head. “Hang on – that’s on the Feast of Valentines.”

“Your point?”

Nothing more romantic than scouting borders for acts of Obsidian aggression. “Are we going to finally be talking or are we just going to have another tête-à-tête with swords?”

“I can’t see why we cannot do both.” Then Chevalier left with a look that made me reconsider who exactly challenged whom in this fight.

#be my valentine content creation challenge #ikemen prince #chevalier michel #purely induglent? purely indulgent #am i here again to start content themed writings with a piece barely containing the theme? yep #this was really really fun to write i hope it showed!#inspired by a fight scene i read in a book hehe if you know come gush with please :>#ythmir fanfics

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neocrush · 4 years ago

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— the girl groups enhypen’s gfs are in !

genre: fluff (angst on jungwon’s part) + established relationship (eventually lol)

pairings: idol!enhypen x fem!idol!reader

note: idk how to title this pls i thought of it while showering

tagging: @jeminiepabo @strwberrydinosaur

you just finished performing and your members were in need of water bottles

but fucking mnet didn’t provide any inside of your dressing room??

so yves told you to ask for some from the artist in the dressing room next to yours

you knocked on the door without looking at the sign that showed who was in there

you asked for some water bottles and heeseung went “i’ll go get it!” and ran off to go get get them

jungwon just chuckled and went “hyung’s a really huge fan of your group, he kept on singing star on the way here”

you nodded at the younger one, impressed at the fact that you were popular among idols

the tall boy came back with a whole box full of water bottles

“there’s 12 of you here right now so i figured why not get a whole box” he chuckled nervously

you giggled and smiled at the nervous boy

“thank you heeseung-ssi, i’ll take this to my members” you took the box in your hands but was taken aback on how heavy it was

“don’t worry i’ll carry it for you”

long after that you started hanging out and boom you became his gf

you couldn’t resist the charms of lee heeseung

once it was revealed that you were a couple, orbits and engenes went INSANE (in a good way ofc)

“wait so y/n DOESNT hate men????”

★ jay - aespa

OMG OMG LEMME TELL YOU ABOUT THIS BBY

you both met at school after you both debuted

everyone was gossiping around about how you were in the same class with the enhas

so like... monster rookies class

usually idols aren’t seated together but the teacher seated you and jay next to each other

causing a bunch of “oooohhhs” from your classmates

there were times were you and the enhas would leave school early due to practice or schedules

and on the way to the school gate, jay would always spark up a conversation with you

you assumed he was just very friendly

long story short he had a massive crush on you

so a few months into your friendship (which the both of you were very open about with your fans), he confesses

you were like “WAIT SO IT WASNT ONE SIDED THE WHOLE TIME”

y’all were just really blind lol pls read between the lines

anyways on to ur lovely bf !!

he’s so bold and brave around you but so shy around your members and seniors

we all know how he really respects nct (along with other sm artists) bc he covered the 7th sense with sunghoon on iland

so one day you were like “oh btw i showed taeyong sunbae you and hoon’s t7s cover”

he was like 😟 to 😧 to 😯

got all shy and was like “oh what did he say..”

you don’t know why he was acting as if he didn’t body that whole performance ????

anyway you told him that taeyong said that he and hoon did really well and that he liked how jay did his part

hid his face on the crook of your neck

“baby we should come say hi to them next time you go to sm”

“NO i will make a fool out of myself”

speaks english and japanese with giselle a lot when he isn’t occupied with you

sometimes you’d even have to ask nct’s shotaro to translate

your seniors (especially exo’s kai) adore him so so much pls protect the boy at all costs

★ jake - everglow

he was an active viewer of produce 48 and (like me) was really attached to the yuehua trainees

especially you

so when you got eliminated just before the last episode, he was devastated to say the least

he awaited your debut and when the time came he supported everglow !!!!

LOVED BON BON CHOCOLAT SO MUCH

does the killing part choreo in his room when no one’s watching lol

dies everytime you do the little “everglow” in songs

right so when he debuted in enha, he looked forward to meeting you as an idol and not a fan

when you shared a dressing room at kcontact, he couldn’t help but introduce himself to you

he mentioned he was a big fan and your heart warmed

cute boy is a fan of you? omg heart go brr brr

your members tease you and you just shake it off

that day when you got back to the dorms, you watched a bunch of enhypen videos bc you were interested in jake

you weren’t aware of how popular you were among people - let alone idols so you were surprised

you fell in love with his personality and started saying hi to him whenever you meet backstage at music shows

not long after, you develop feelings for him

you thought it was just a puppy crush but as you saw him even more, it got serious

you never actually confessed but aisha accidentally spilled the beans when he was passing by

“cmon y/n just tell him you like him because he clearly feels the same !!”

“you like me?”

“AISHA”

“that’s my queue to leave”

so she leaves you two to pour your hearts out to each other

you two become a couple and forevergenes (such a cute name omg) LOVE you two

you’re both the puppies of your group so that makes your relationship 103892x cuter

you met his parents and they adore you and even asked for your autograph

“jake used to talk about how great you are after every produce 48 episode”

“okayyyy i think that’s enough embarassing me mom”

his parents love you like their own daughter but does layla love you?

you were so nervous to meet her and was actually scared she might not like you - knowing how important layla is to jake

at first layla ignored you and jake was like “she’ll come around”

you were convinced she just doesn’t like you, until this one time you were cuddling with jake on the couch and layla comes in

you expected her to snuggle up with jake but she came to you :D

now layla is super fond of you and mrs sim would even send you pictures and videos of layla getting excited whenever you were on tv 🥺

★ sunghoon - itzy

you and the girls were at isac

the six of you were just waving at your fans and making heart signs with your hearts

on your left you saw yeji making hearts with ryujin so you wanted to do that with another member too

you felt a presence next to you and assumed it was someone from your group

spoiler alert: it wasn’t

sunghoon and sunoo were waving at engenes who just happened to be seated next to midzys

so you turned to who you thought was an itzy member, making half a heart with your hand

until you realized it wasn’t 💀

you bowed and apologized when you both looked at each other, you were scared you crossed a boundary

you bowed and apologized to the engenes who were there too

sunghoon and sunoo reassured you it was all good

after that, sunghoon couldn’t help but keep his eyes on you the entire event

when the day was coming to an end, he pulled some strings and ended up having some alone time with you ...in stray kids’ dressing room

don’t ask

ofc skz already left so it was just you two there

fast forward, you both hit it off and he became your bf <3

midzys and engenes love you both sm and love bragging about you two to other fandoms

you two were even named the king and queen of 4th gen kpop

oh also

you already know where this is going

“SUNGHOON HOW COULD YOU NOT KNOW NOT SHY’S PROPER TITLE IT’S YOUR GIRLFRIEND’S SONG” - jay

brags about how he can do the shoulder dance in wannabe

ofc it’s bc you personally taught him

sends you pics of jyp as reaction pics

so you send pics of bang pdnim to him

every once in a while he reminds you of that video of jay why pee trying to hit a high note

“lmao that’s your boss”

PLS you always get super embarrassed so ofc you bring up that vid of hitman bang

“rAp dAncE-“

★ sunoo - stayc

you were his seatmate at school predebut

you came from the same town, same school, same neighborhood, etc

the two of you were extremely close and both shared the same dream

when highup entertainment accepted you, the both of you were over the moon

he was so happy for you

but sad too bc that meant you had to move to seoul :(

you promised him to do your best and that you hoped to see him again but as an idol

and hopefully when he’s an idol too

well what you hoped for came true !!

although you couldn’t see him much as a trainee - which made you quite sad - you got to follow his journey on i-land

you even asked your fellow trainees to vote for him

anyways now that you both debuted, you became close again and became really open with your fans on how close you were

you recommended his songs to swiths and he did the same to engenes

he even memorized the choreo to so bad and asap and lemme tell you this

he BEGGED you to teach him those choreos

“sunoo you can watch the practice on youtube”

“but i want to learn it from you”

he never really realized his feelings until he saw you getting shipped with his other members

you were both on weekly idol and the hosts really seemed to like how you and jake looked next to each other and they just teased you both the whole episode

that made sunoo feel uneasy and he thought it was only bc he was an overprotective best friend

turns out he had feelings for you (wow shocker)

so one day he asks you to come to hybe

after slightly getting lost, you meet up with him in a practice room

he confesses bc he felt like not telling you about his feelings would put a wall between you two

you appreciate his honesty and tell him you’ve felt the same way every since you were classmates

he scolds himself for not seeing it all those years but you just laugh it off bc you were pretty good at hiding your crush

you both agree to secretly date, until you both announce it on your five month anniversary

fans were really shocked at first... but they support you !!!!

engenes will not hesitate to come at anyone who talks bad about you and swiths feels the same way about jungwon

he gushes about you every single time you’re brought up

and you can’t help but love your adorable boyfriend

★ jungwon - iz*one

okay so

he was just an average high schooler when you were introduced on produce 48

his deskmate was watching your audition video and it was the part where you were doing this freestyle

he was SO amazed and he secretly followed your journey on produce 48

always made sure to vote on time and watch the episodes live

once the debut evaluation came around, he asked everyone he knew to vote for you and even bought tickets to see the show live

almost cried when he saw that you were center

ACTUALLY CRIED when you got into the top 13 😭

fast forward to him debuting in enha

he wasn’t able to catch up on you since he was busy with trainee life, then i-land, then debut preparations

but somehow in the middle of promotions he ran into you and BOOM love at first sight

fast forward to you finally dating, he couldn’t believe he was dating the y/n of iz*one

wizones make those “ladies and gentlemen, y/n’s man” edits and engenes make those “ladies and gentlemen, jungwon’s woman” edits

both fandoms love you two so dearly that the only hate you two got were from the delusional ones (who clearly aren’t actual fans)

when your last concert came around, he couldn’t bare seeing you cry when you said “this has been iz*one’s y/n, thank you everyone!”

he got flashbacks from when you cried during the final episode of produce 48 and he’s just.. sobbing bc he couldn’t be there to hold you

so the next day he rushed to your dorms with snacks and emotional support bc you were emotionally exhausted from accepting the fact that your journey with iz*one is finally ending

you felt extremely lucky to be in his arms and he felt extremely lucky too that he’s able to make you feel a little better

★ riki - weeekly

you were both on weekly weeekly idol together

and both you and riki being main dancers, you were asked to do random dance together

a few popular songs played and the both of you did the choreos

until after school started playing and the boy did the chorus’ choreo and you were like “woah???”

bc he was so INTO ITTTT

the song was basically made for him to cover it

and the mcs saw your reaction so they asked him to do it once again but this time with the whole group

after filming, he came up to you and was like “i’m a huge fan of yours” and you’re just like ):&/£]>\**_£]

“woah really???? i rooted for you on i-land”

and his face just lights up bc his huge crush on you developed even more

you became besties since then but he didn’t ask you out until your birthday

he took you out to a puppy café, knowing you were obsessed with dogs

you’d ask him to show you pictures and videos of bisco

“i better meet bisco once we go to japan together”

melted at the thought of traveling to his hometown with you

anyways

once you left the café, he kissed you in front of your dorms

and somehow he became your boyfriend <3

riki as a bf isn’t really a very public person

he’s the “this is our relationship, not the public’s” type of person

he doesn’t wanna risk companies wanting to exploit your relationship

although he doesn’t talk about you two much, he loves to brag about you when given the chance

whenever variety show hosts would fawn over you he’d just look them in the eyes dead and go “she’s mine”

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littlewitty · 2 years ago

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Alairie Persu

Chapter Seven

“Here, aren’t these Jadian?” Yves said as he laid out items of clothing in front of me. Sariel had pushed me out of my cell into a wardrobe with Yves. All the clothes were very different. Clearly, no one did their homework. Jade was somewhat known for their arts. Fashion was counted among these values. However, fashion differed widely depending on personal taste and region of Jade. The north wore more modest clothing, built for the cooler climate. The South wore more revealing clothing, made for the hotter atmosphere. Jade’s climate was insanely diverse for the size of the country.

“I’m South-Jadian. These clothes are actually more from the East.” The clothes had jewels on them. They resemble metal tassels. “That trend of fashion originated in Benitoite as they loved gold bedazzles and low hanging jewellery. Jade shared a border on the East. In the past, Benitoite was the hangout for ‘pirates’. It had a vast access to the ocean therefore it was dominated by them. They would walk around wearing their jewels and treasures, which would normally jangle about. From there, the fashion trend took off. It was a show of bravery, adventure and riches. The traders on the East-Jadian border soon adopted this dress code as well, bringing on yet another district trend.”

“What does South-Jadian clothing look like?”

“‘Revealing’ as you would call it. Light, airy and usually with basic repeat-patterns and light colours. Quite simple in design as well.”

“Do you have any to show me?”

“Nope. Gonna tell me why I need to be in Jadian clothing?” I demanded. Yves stopped and looked at me. He seemed almost in surprise and confusion.

“Wait, they haven’t told you yet?” Blondie blurted out. Clearly, it was something important and not a simple fashion show. The door creaked open as Clavis strode in.

“Come on now, Yves, you don’t want to give anything away. That ruins the fun!”

“Stop playing with her Clavis, tell her what you and she should do.” Those words were a death sentence. Instantly, fear creeped in. I was going to do something with Clavis. The joker of all jokes. The most annoying person in the whole country. Someone who had, regretfully, started to make me smile.

“Clavis, tell me.” I threw a thousand daggers at him with my glare. He seemed to miss all of them. “Fine, Blondie? What am I going to be doing?”

“Wha-?! Don’t you ever call me ‘Blondie’ again! My name is Yves!” He chanted loudly. “Anyway, since you must know, you’re going to… infiltrate Jade.”

“No I am not.”

Yves continued, “...with Clavis. You’re going to be investigating a certain drug ring. You two will be going undercover as… regretfully… Clavis insisted a-”

“We will be going undercover as husband and wife.” Clavis cheerfully proclaimed.

Silence.

You could have heard a needle drop. My heart was pounding and strangling itself. “Excuse me..? I’m going to be playing the role of that wanker’s wife?!”

“Alairie, don’t swear!” Yves preached before he looked away, “but yes that’s the general idea.”

“And I assume it has something to do with that ‘Scheme’ thing that I was questioned on?” They didn’t answer me, both finding the decorations on the wall more interesting. Fine. “And when do we leave?”

“We need to get to the Inn tonight.” Clavis imputed. He was having way too much fun. “So dress up in clothes that look more natural for North Jadian. I’ll be with you every step of the way with a dagger piercing your leg, so don’t even think about trying anything. I will kill you on sight.” His eyes were cold. They bore no emotion but somehow I believed that it wasn’t true. Clavis wasn’t a killer from what I could tell. Maybe a maniac, but not a futile murderer. He seemed like the person to value life. Maybe he is just proving his acting skills.

“Your plan is all good and fine, however these are all commoner clothes, like, my social class clothes. You sound way too posh to be a commoner… Do you ever speak Jadian?” Clavis wore that smile. That god-forsaking smile.

“Well, the story goes that we met in Rhodolite. We were both working at a manor. We both talk in Rhodolitian because my Jadian isn’t very confident yet. Understood? If you help me succeed then you will be rewarded tenfold.” Clavis affirmed. I wasn’t afraid of him, however, I was curious to see how it would play out. I kept thinking about the prospect and soon came to the conclusion that I quite liked the idea of playing along. I was naturally a very curious being.

“Fine. This one. This one is more North-Jadian. And Clavis should wear one of those.” I pointed to another bench with male clothing on. I was going to wait this one out. I wanted to see the scandal, the drama for myself.

“How do you put this on?” Clavis poked his head out of the side of the partition. He raised up the top. It wasn’t a very difficult top to put on however to a foreign noble, it would be highly confusing.

“You put it on by passing your head in the triangle of the three pie- no not like that, I- come here… my loving husband.” I sneered at him as I got up and held the top out in a way he could easily put it on.

“Ah, my darling wife, shouldn’t you be stripping it off me?” He retorted back, equally smug. He was having way too much fun.

“.. you’re the worst.” He merely laughed. When he was finally in his outfit a scowl moulded onto his face. “What now?” I demanded as he wrapped a cloak around his figure.

“You’re showing… way too much.” A small blush brushed onto his clear face. If he thought my outfit was revealing he was going to have heart palpitations when he got to Jade. “Anyway, we should be heading out soon. Bring the books Sariel gave yo-”

“Really? After that whole scene from the other day? I cannot read Clavis.”

“You will soon.” Threat or not, he flicked his hood over and grabbed my wrist. He dragged me out of the room and down to the dungeon to gather the books before handing me an all-too familiar satchel. Within the hour we were in a carriage, with my ankles and wrists bound, and on the road.

“That was yours right? This is South Jadian design?” Clavis asked, gesturing to the satchel.

“It is mine and no, it’s not. It’s a Tanzanite design.” My grandmother had made it for me a long time ago, it was the perfect size with the perfect amount of pockets. To that day, it was the best bag I had ever owned.

“Isn’t that the country below Jade? Why does a commoner like you have a bag from another country?”

“My grandmother made it for me. My father’s side comes from Tanzanite. Onto the real issue at hand, I need to use the ladies room. I wasn’t allowed to go before we lef-”

“There’s a bucket in the storage under your seat.” A bucket? Was he really being serious? My face had apparently said all as he uttered a single laugh. “We are commoners now, remember?”

“What are you talking about? I’ve always been a commoner. So anyway, what name should I call you by? I mean I would call my real husband ‘my love’ or something.” Clavis simply turned to gaze out the window. He wasn’t in the right mood to tease. He seemed off in the way he was talking through gritted teeth and stony faces. “Oh come on, pretending to be a commoner cannot be that bad.”

“Don’t talk to me. Go to sleep or something.”

“Scary!”

He stayed silent.

“... Of course.” I mean, I loved being a dick however even I knew that people had an end to their tether. Last thing I wanted was to be in a compromising position with my captor. His eyes had black linings underneath them. He looked extremely fatigued. “Can I have one of the books? The purple one had pictures in them.” He barely looked at me before reaching into the satchel next to him and pulling out the book, handing it to me. And with that, I started tracing the pictures with my fingers, movement restricted with the bounds. It was a diagram to show the proper layout of cutlery and crockery in terms of royal etiquette. The gentle rocking of the carriage pacified me as we trundled on into the night.

*So, this is obviously all my headcanons, haha. But the prince of Benitoite, Silvio, wears an abundance of jewels and bangles of all sorts. Someone mentioned how he would definitely jingle when he walks, hence my attempt to make it a part of the culture of Benitoite as I love theory-making and development which will never be useful. :)

#cybird #otome game #Ikemen prince #Ikepri #Ikepri clavis #Ikepri yves #Ikepri sariel #alairie persu

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