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[rutinkacis12]

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[crystalsnow95z]

your allergy fics are so good! would you be able to write one with jungkook? any caretaker, with jungkook coming into contact with something he's terribly allergic to but he wants to enjoy (like a bouquet of flowers or a cute kitten idk) and it sets him off sneezing a ton, with a super itchy nose. thank you!

I have plenty of mostly finished projects, but I can't bring myself to post them, so I keep working on new ones, and after months, I finally made one I like!

"Jaykay...Jungkook-ah.. wake up.. we're landing.." Hoseok shakes the mankae when his gentle approach doesn't work. "Jaykay your face is so puffy.." Hoseok smiles fondly, grabbing Jungkook's face and smooshing his face in between his fingers.

Jungkook moans in complaint, his eyes fluttering open to look at Hoseok. "Hyung..what time is it?" he grabs Hoseok's wrist to get him to stop attacking his cheeks, rubbing at his eyes. "It's morning still?"

"It is..Good morning Junggukkie." Hoseok smiles, feeling pride in successfully getting him to start moving. "It's because of the time difference. Remember?"

Jungkook studies his surroundings perplexed before his eyes widen with recognition when the sleep that fogged his memory dissipates, replaced with excitement. "Oh! I know! We're filming a music video!I'm so excited! We're going to be filming by a real waterfall and going to a garden with hundreds of different flowers and we're going to work with birds!" The memory of the meeting floods over him.

"We're going to get amazing photos. I wonder if we'll get to see a real toucan." Taehyung adds in his own excitement, leaning forward to talk to Jungkook.

"Toucan? Do you really think we can see a real one? I've seen videos of them and they don't look real." Hoseok adds in.

"Everyone, please return to your seats and buckle up." The boys hear the announcement, gathering up their things.

"Namjoon-ah do you have everything?" Yoongi asks, placing his tablet into his bag.

"Of course. You gifted me a holder for my passport after that incident in japan.." Namjoon pulls out the passport that was tucked into his shirt.

"That's because we almost couldn't perform.. you're lucky that man found it in the bathroom for you.. What about your headphones?"

Namjoon opens his airpod case, ears reddening when he sees there's only one inside, feeling around his seat until he finds it. "You knew i lost one didn't you hyung.."

"It fell out when you were sleeping." Yoongi smiles, then gasps in surprise when the turbulence hits, clutching onto the armrest, his stomach churning uncomfortably.

"You okay Yoongi?" Jin asks, taking out his headphones when he feels Yoongi's hand brush against his arm.

"I'm okay, my stomach just fluttered.." Yoongi swallows the saliva that filled his mouth, taking a deep breath. "It'll pass.."

"We're almost on the ground, and we'll have a few hours to rest." Jin reassures the daegu rapper, taking his hand.

"Thanks hyungie.." Yoongi speaks softly, squeezing Jin's hand.

"You don't have to thank me. Just take it easy until the shoot okay?" Jin gently runs his thumb across Yoongi's knuckles.

"We landed!" Jungkook says excitedly, unbuckling himself, but Hoseok puts his hand on Jungkook's thigh.

"Let's wait a bit to get off Kook-ah." Hoseok orders gently side eyeing Yoongi, who still hadn't regained the color in his cheeks.

"Yes hyung..." Jungkook settles back in, eyes sparkling. It doesn't matter if I have to wait. I'll be able to film with the birds and see the waterfall and take pretty photos for army.

"Is everyone finished changing?" Namjoon asks, looking over his team, frowning when he notices Jungkook's darker outfit in comparison to everyone else's vibrant colors."Jungkook, that's the wrong outfit..that's for the garden shoot.."

"Aish..I'm sorry Hyung.." Jungkook quickly starts stripping to switch outfits. "Everything looks so pretty from the carride and the hotel view..I got excited.." he casts his eyes down guiltily. I'm not some teenager anymore.. I need to concentrate and not make such rookie mistakes.. I should've noticed I didn't match..

"It's okay, just pay attention from now on, alright? We need to focus on filming. We only have so much daylight with outside shoots." Namjoon rubs Jungkook's back, helping him get changed to make it quicker.

"I'll pay attention from now on.." Jungkook promises shyly looking away from Namjoon. After switching to match the others in the mankae line, the seven boys leave the dressing room, Jungkook fighting the urge to run towards the sound of the waterfall.

Hoseok and Jimin links arms with Jungkook, keeping him at pace with the others. "Calm down Jaykay you don't want to risk getting hurt on this uneven ground before we even get there." Hoseok scolds him gently, leading him around a tree root.

"I'll be careful, sorry hyung.." Jungkook watches his feet carefully stepping over branches and stones that made it on the path. Taehyung and Namjoon walk ahead of them, taking photos of the scenery in front of them. "Why can't I run free with Rapmonie hyung and Taehyungie-hyungie?"

"What? You don't want to walk with me?" Jimin pouts, letting go of Jungkook. "Fine, go play with them."

"I didn't mean it like that Jimin-shii.. I just wanted to go ahead too.." Jungkook relinks his arm with Jimin pulling him and Hoseok to walk ahead with the others.

"Look Hyung! That tree.. it's filled with birds." Jungkook points our, his voice scaring the birds into fleeing in several directions.

"Kook-ah you scared them away." Namjoon frowns, watching them go with disappointment.

"I'm sor..ah..ah.." Jungkook puts his hand over his nose with an itch forms, breath hitching. "Ah..heygifh!"

"[Bless you]" Jimin speaks in English. "You okay? Not catching a cold are you? You did sleep the whole plane ride.."

"No, no I'm okay..my nose just had a bad itch.."Jungkook sniffles, wiping his nose with the side of his hand. "A feather must've tickled my nose or something..I haven't felt sick today."

"I can see the waterfall!" Jin announces, everyone looking forward, trying to spot it through the trees.

"Oh wow, it's bigger than I thought it would be.." Yoongi's eyes widen when he sees it, the boys rushing to get closer.

Jungkook bends down to take a photo of a cluster of flowers,trying to ignore the itch that annoyed the tip of his nose.

"Don't get too close to the water, Jungkook-ah. You need to stay dry for the shoot."

"I won't hyung..I'm just looking at the flowers.." Jungkook's breath hitches when another sneeze builds up, but he gently rubs it away. I can't be getting sick now.. we're spending four days in a tropical paradise.

"Did you get water in your nose Gukkie?" Taehyung asks when he approaches Jungkook, the younger jumping when he sees Taehyung next to him.

"Aish, Hyung you scared me.. I didn't hear you coming over the water. I don't know what's wrong with me, but .ah..agh..heh'ticgish!" Jungkook quickly covers his face, Taehyung grabbing the back of his shirt to keep him balanced. "Ugh. Thanks Taehyungie-hyung. I was fine earlier..I don't know why I'm sneezing all of a sudden.."

"Maybe it's all the flowers.. maybe you should take some medicine just in case.." Taehyung suggests, pulling Jungkook away from them.

"But I want to get some good shots for Army to see." Jungkook whines, but makes no attempt to pull away.

"We have to work now. We can take photos together later, and I can take photos for you if you can't get close." Taehyung promises leading him back to the others. "Is there any way we can get allergy medicine for Jungkook? His nose is getting red and stuffy.."

"I'm sorry, but we would have to go back to the resort for that.. I'll send someone to go get some. Do you think you can film until then Jungkook-sii?" The manager asks.

"Yes, I'll be okay. It's not that bad. It's just an annoyance.. I can still film.." Jungkook replies politely.

A female staff member digs in her purse, handing him a small packet of tissues. "Here Jungkook. Blowing your nose might help."

"Thanks Noona.." he bows, turning away from the others to try to clear his nose of the clear goo. "That's much better.."

As soon as the seven members get their makeup redone and the director gives them their directions, the boys get right to work going through the scenes and choreography.

"Jimin-ah..you weren't looking in the same direction as the others and you led on the wrong foot.." Hoseok scolds him when they were reviewing the clips, noticing Jimin was looking at Jungkook who couldn't stop sniffling, fighting off the urge to sneeze.

"I'm sorry.. can we do it one more time? I'll get it right this time." Jimin bows in apology to his members, looking at Jungkook when he does it. Jungkookie looks uncomfortable..I need to get it right the first time so he can get some time to rest.

Jungkook tries to hold back another sneeze when he sees Jimin's worried gaze staring back at him, but Jimin could see his nose twitching as the itch builds up.

"Noona will be back soon.." Jimin gently uses his thumb to wipe the tear that formed in Jungkook's tear duct. "You don't have to be tough for us, okay?"

"I'm not crying..my eyes are just watering because of my allergies.." Jungkook sniffles. "I'm okay..it's just irrita..ah..itdgitch! Heh'itchu!"

"Bless you.." Hoseok frowns, hugging Jungkook from behind. "My poor baby.."

"Jungkook-sii I got..you the medicine." The staff member who ran to the resort calls to him, out of breath from running back.

Taehyung rushes over to get the medicine from her, popping the blister pack to get the round pink pill for Jungkook, bringing it back to him. "Here Jungkookie, I got it."

"Thanks Hyung." Jungkook swallows the pill Taehyung gives him, Jimin getting him water to help it go down quicker. "Let's do the shoot again."

"You don't want time for it to kick in?” Jin asks, fretting over the youngest.

Jungkook shakes his head."No, I already got us behind schedule with all the touch ups.. I can do it.."

Jungkook and Taehyung rush ahead of the other members despite the older members calling to them,unable to hear them over the sound of the birds.

"Oh wow.. it's so pretty!" Jungkook's pupils take over his irises, his eyes becoming to round black discs, taking in the special guests for their music video. "Oh wow..This one's purple..I never seen a purple bird before!'

"This is [purple honeycreeper.] This one rescue. I thought he would be perfect for you ." The bird handler smiles when he sees the boys look surprised at his Korean skills.

"[Purple honeycreeper..]" Jungkook repeats the name in English. "[What's bird name?]"

"[Ah, right introductions...] I'm Gary and this bird here is Viola."

"Can I touch?" Jungkook asks, ignoring his body's warning. The medicine helped him yesterday, but at the moment he felt just as bad as he did the first day they were filming.

"Hold out finger." Gary tells him, showing Taehyung what to do by getting Viola to go on his finger. "[Step up Viola.]" He gives the command, letting her climb onto his finger.

The other members catch up, taking in the sights of the colorful birds surrounding them.

Jungkook holds his to Viola, gasping when he feels the bird use its beak to balance herself while she climbs onto his finger. "Look Hyung..i'm holding a bird!" Jungkook sniffles, turning to the man. "Can i pet?"

"As long as you only touch her head and neck." Gary gently ordered.

"You can't touch a bird anywhere else or it will think you want to mate." Yoongi tells Jungkook.

Jungkook turns to the handler, who blushes."Ah, that's true. It.. excites them if you touch its wings or chest too much.."

Jungkook nods, gently touching Viola's head, gently ruffling the feathers. Oh no.. not now..

Jungkook quickly places his hand on Taehyung's shoulder, hoping the bird would have a safe escape from the sneezes he could feel coming despite his efforts to hold them back. "Heh'heh..heygifh! Heh'itchu! Higtcvhsgh!"

Viola screeches, flapping her wings in fear jumping off of Jungkook's hand and jumping onto Taehyung's head, trying to get farther from the sound that startled her.

The other birds go into panic at the sound of viola, Hoseok clinging to Namjoon when they take flight.

Jungkook covers his face,trying to muffle the sound, but when the birds take flight the feeling only worsens. "Hehtichih!"

"[Woah, Woah. It's okay Viola.. it's okay..]" Taehyung tries to speak English for the frightened bird, Gary trying to calm his other pets down.

"Somethings wrong you need to get away.." Jin starts leading Jungkook away from the chaos, his heart racing in fear.

I can't breathe..I need to calm down..

Jungkook staggered away from the others, Jin keeping a tight grip on the mankae"Woah Jungkook I got you.."

"Heh..hehitxgh! Heh'itchu! Hey'itchi!" Jungkook let out another flurry of sneezes, holding Jin tightly. It wasn't the flowers..

"Here Jungkookie, look at me.." Jin gently leads his chin up, taking a nasal spray from the bag he was given as an accessory. "I got this just in case.."

"Thanks hyung.." Jungkook sniffles, taking it from Jin. "Heh'itchii! Hey'itchi!" He sneezes as soon as he puts it near his nose only amplifying the itch that plagued his sinuses.

"Here let hyung do it." Jin gently grabs Jungkook's chin, tilting his head upwards. "Try to sit still for me. I'll make it quick..okay?"

Jungkook nods, holding his breath to try to avoid sneezing on Jin as he swiftly sprays the medicine into one nostril than the other.

"Hei' etfhitch! Heh'itchu!" Jungkook's eyes water as he sneezes. "I'm sorry Hyung.."

"It's okay baby.. I know you aren't feeling well." Jin rubs the back of Jungkook's neck. "I think your allergic to birds Jungkookie.."

"I was around birds before..I was fine.." Jungkook sniffles, rubbing at his nose to try to ease the itch that threatened to cause more sneezes to erupt from him.

"You can develop new allergies Kook-ah.. I know how excited you were to play with them, but outside of filming I think you should avoid them." Jin tells him solemnly.

Yoongi goes up to them with a small packet of tissues,giving it to Jungkook. "They got the birds under control, but they want to give them time to fully calm down."

"That's good. I was worried I ruined the...heh..heh.." Jungkook felt the sneeze building, but it was only a false start. "Ruined the music shoot.." he finishes, his voice coming out as a nasally whisper, trying to clear his nose to see if that would ease the discomfort that was making him miserable.

"It's not your fault, Jungkookie. We could always make changes. What's important is that you don't suffer for the shoot. Even if you push through it, army will be able to see how much you're suffering." Yoongi puts his arm around Jungkook, pulling him close.

"I'll go get the others so we can see what our next move is. We'll figure this out together, okay Kookie?" Jin leaves to the filming site.

"Hyung I really wanted to play with the birds.." Jungkook sighs, knowing that all the members would agree with Jin.

"I know. Life sucks.. now you and Jiminie can suffer together." Yoongi teases him lightly, getting a small smile out of Jungkook.

[disabled-dragoon]

Disability Picture Books #1

[ID: A poster reading "Disability Picture Books" in black writing in the centre. A small, circular logo is in the top right corner. It is red with an open book in the middle, white leaves around the book, and the word "The Disability Archive" across the bottom. In the lower left corner, cartoonish clipart of children climbing a colourful stack of books. All of this is overlayed onto the disability pride flag. /end]

[ID: The same poster, edited. The writing has been removed and replaced by four book covers, and the images in both corners have been shrunken slightly. The book covers, from top to bottom, are: "Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster", "Ali and the Sea Stars", "Can Bears Ski?", and "I Talk Like A River". /end]

[ID: The same poster, with different book covers. The four books, from top to bottom, are: "Rescue and Jessica", "All the Way to the Top", "What Happened to You?", and "Just Ask!". /end]

[ID: The same poster, with different book covers. The four books, from top to bottom, are: "Different--A Great Thing to Be!", "Everyone Belongs", "A Friend for Henry", and "We're Different, We're the Same, and We're All Wonderful!" /end]

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A collection of picture books featuring disabled characters and/or discussions of disability!

Thank you to @creativiteaa for providing the list!

I'm making it two parts at least because there's a lot to get through 😅 [grinning face with sweat emoji]

Book List:

'Small Knight and the Anxiety Monster' by Manka Kasha- Anxiety

'Ali and the Sea Stars' by Ali Stroker, Illustrated by Gillian Reid- Wheelchair User

'Can Bears Ski?' by Raymond Antrobus, Illustrated by Polly Dunbar- Hard of Hearing

'I Talk Like a River' by Jordan Scott, Illustrated by Sydney Smith- Stutter

'Rescue & Jessica: A Life-Changing Friendship' by Jessica Kensky and Patrick Downes, Illustrated by Scott Magoon- Service Dog User

'What Happened to You?' by James Catchpole, Illustrated by Karen George- Missing Limb

'All the Way to the Top' by Annette Bay Pimentel and Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, Illustrated by Nabi Ali

'Just Ask!' by Sonia Sotomayor, Illustrated by Rafael López- Numerous

'Different -- A Great Thing to Be!' by Heather Alvis, Illustrated by Sarah Mensinga- Down Syndrome

'Everyone Belongs' by Heather Alvis, Illustrated by Sarah Mensinga- Numerous

'A Friend for Henry' by Jenn Bailey, Illustrated by Mika Song- Autism

'We're Different, We're the Same, and We're All Wonderful!' by Bobbi Jane Kates, Illustrated by Joe Mathieu

[suga-kookiemonster]

You probably don’t remember me because I dragged myself back onto this hell site after almost two years just to check in on your account 😭

I just read the last chapter of Satisfy (if that tells you how long I’ve been MIA) and it made me remember exactly why I was regularly redownload this cursed app to read what you put out! I’m glad you still enjoy doing this! And remember the mankae line +yoongi (because I 100% subscribe to Namjoon is a Mankae propaganda) will be back soon!

i unfortunately don't remember you for the simple fact that you're on anon, but omg, thank you for checking on me! 🥹💜 i've been kind of sporadic here for the past couple years as well, so i get it. i'm touched you still thought of me, though 💜 and that you came back to finish satisfy 😈 hope that series was worth the wait--i had a ball writing it, so i hope you guys enjoyed~

[saucedlx]

Edit: Download the newest versions here (original translation) and here (additional localizations [i prefer this one])

So about that sitelen pona font I made.

It's a musi Manka resource pack now.

Download it here It's a janky discord upload for now but someday I might put it someplace better.

I think mostly everything should work? It's taken straight from the existing sitelen Lasin pi toki pona localization, so anything that doesn't cover won't be here either.

Anyways I'm actually pretty proud of this even though I made it in a few hours and it's kinda janky. The characters themselves overwrite the initial batch of "nonenglish" characters, which includes a lot of basic Cyrillic and Greek. There's later parts of that font that could be replaced, but I didn't think of it at the time and now it would be a lot of effort for a problem that would at most waste a bit of time if you want to play the game in both sitelen pona and a language that uses those writing systems

More samples below

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This Day In Manka Bros. History - June 25, 1942

During World War II, studio chief Harry Manka orders his least talented writers to stop writing and make hand grenades.

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[queenaeducan]

There's plenty out there! It may be harder to find but it does exist.

For Solas/Cadash I know @crackinglamb has written stuff! @manka-on-main is no longer active, but their AO3 cartadwarfwithaheartofgold has Solas/Cadash.

For Solas/Trevelyan I know there's actually a fair amount out there but I know @plisuu specifically has an M!Tevelyan/Solas ship.

@shaykai has Solas/Adaar stuff

As for non-f!Solavellan ships! There's @oxygenforthewicked and @neonteeth, I love both of their works and their create for non-binary!Solavellan and m!Solavellan, respectively. @ringneckedpheasant creates for other fandoms now, but has some great m!Solavellan, too. Also, there's me. You can find my non-binary!Solavellan easier over on @queenaeducan-writes.

This isn't a comprehensive list btw, but somewhere to start for anyone who is reading the notes and is interested!

I am kinda surprised that on tumblr people stick with straight Solas x cisfem Lavellan and nothing else.

Like it's tumblr! It doesn't matter if it isn't canon, I'm just surprised people aren't interested in any other race, in exploring Solas's knowledge and his impact on those races too.

[sinsbymanka]

I'm out here googling the important questions for author research.

[manka-on-main]

To Everyone Asking if I’m Okay

The story in my hands is mine. I’m my own favorite author  because I know how heroines break. I know love stitches them together again.

My body carried me here  even if it protested along the way. My tea is bitter, but the honey is sweet, and the ducks begging for food don’t bother me.

Time has left scars I cannot erase  and today they are easy to ignore. I’ll ache with hopeless dreams tomorrow and forgotten memories tonight.

To everyone asking if I’m okay: I want you to know I am strong. and I want you to know I am fragile.  Today, I am loved for both. 

[crystalsnow95z]

can you write a sickfic about jimin coming down with a cold while shooting run bts?

Hopefully this is acceptable to you. I don't have the spare time to rewrite it.. I just wrote without planning ahead. The ending sucks. If you don't like it I'll write a new one

Tw: IV used so needle meantion?

"Jiminie, choose a paper." J-Hope gently nudges Jimin to get his attention.

"Huh? Oh, right. Sorry." Jimin takes a piece of paper from the cup. "I got-"

"No, no don't tell them Jimin-sii. It's a scavenger hunt. You need to find the item. Telling the others will make it harder." Staff warns him.

"Ah, right. Thank you." He bows, fighting off the urge to cough.

"Are you feeling okay Jiminah? Your voice sounds off." Yoongi places a hand on his shoulder, worry flashing in his eyes.

"Yeah, yeah I'm fine. Its just a little tickle in my throat. I'll rest when I get home. It's no big deal." Jimin smiles, trying to sound convincing even with another cough following his words.

"Are you sure Jimin? You could sit this one out and be an MC if you aren't feeling well." Namjoon frets as well, placing his hand on the back if Jimin's neck, checking for warmth.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. It's just a little cold. It's just annoying." Jimin moves away from Namjoon, checking his objects again before folding up the paper, putting it in his jeans pocket."Okay, I'm ready."

The boys are led to a giant warehouse, where they must find their seven items and return to staff everyone given a bag to put their items in.

"You can team up if you like, but that means you have to find each item on every players list. If one finishes all seven, they must wait for their teammates to find all seven as well." Staff explains the rules once more when they reach the destination.

"So it's a gamble.." Yoongi weighs his options of working with someone or working on his own.

"Taehyungie-Hyungie team up with me!" Jungkook jumps onto the back of Taehyung, almost making both men topple forward.

"Aiish Jungkook-ah give me warning before you jump on me.." Taehyung scolds in fear, adjusting the mankae so he doesn't fall, heart racing. "You almost made us fall.."

"Sorry Hyungie. I just think it'll be more fun in a group and you're pretty good at these types of things." Jungkook apologizes, leaning into Taehyung’s cheek.

"Alright Koo. Let's do this together!" Taehyung quickly recovers his cheerfulness, forgiving him instantly.

"If they're teaming together, will you team up with me hyung?"J-Hope asks Yoongi.

"Allright..alright.." Yoongi gives in istantly.

Jimin thought about asking someone to team up with him, but thought against it. It would be easier to hide how awful he felt if he didn't have a team mate.

"Anyone else teaming up?" Staff asks.

"Do we have to decide now?" Jin asks.

"No. You can decide to team up in game but once you agree to be on a team you can't back out."

"Okay, okay. I got it. I'll decide later." Jin replied politely.

"Me too." Jimin adds in and with that, the game begins.

Jungkook gets off Taehyungs back, pulling him into the building.

"They're gonna burn out quickly if they plan to run around.." Yoongi smiles.

"And they might pass up ah item.." Namjoon adds in.

Jimin waits for the others to go in, pretending to adjust his head cam before sneezing into his hands. "Hehitgzh!"

"Bless you." Staff says sympathically.

"Thanks.." Jimin smiles politely, going inside the building. It was a lot bigger on the inside, making him feel worried about finding his items.

Mang toy, snow globe, purple bouncy ball, army headband, red mic, stuffed cat, and a heart.. I wonder if anyone has the same items on their list..

Jimin repeated the list over and over in his head, coughing into his elbow. He could hear the sound of J-hope happily squealing, so he could only assume he already found an item.

"The faster I do this, the sooner I can sit and rest.." Jimin mutters to himself, going through the building. The more he walked, the more tired he became.

"What if we collect things not on our list?" Jimin hears the voice of Jungkook in the hallway head.

"You want to sabotage the other teams?" Taehyung questions.

"What if they have the same idea? Or we can use the items as a trade off if they do!" Jungkook says excitedly.

Jimin covered his face, trying to fight off the urge to sneeze, but even with managing to stop himself, a cough escapes, his sinuses draining into his throat. He tried to muffle it while he runs, but it slowed him down, making him feel dizzy.

"Was that Minnie?" Taehyung questions, quickly turning the corner to find him.

Jimin tries to quickly go into a room to avoid him, not wanting to be caught eavesdropping, but Taehyung grabs onto the back of his shirt before he could get away.

"I'm sorry, I wasn't-"

"Are you okay Jimin-ah?" Taehyung shows no interest in blaming him for spying, only having concern in his big brown eyes.

"Huh..? That's what you followed me for?" Jimin blinks, dumbfounded.

"Of course. The game isn't important if you're unwell." Taehyung says in a serious tone, using his sleeve to wipe Jimin's nose.

"Don't do that you could get sick." Jimin backs up, quickly pulling out the face mask from his pocket, putting it on to protect his fellow 95er.

"It'll be easier on you if you had a teammate, they can help find things with you."

"But you already have Jungkook-ah. That's 21 things to find."

"We don't care about that Hyung." Jungkook adds in, finding the room they slipped into. "We can find 21 things together! We already have two!" Jungkook proudly presents a golden mic charm and a Koya plush.

"But that'll be.." Jimin's words get cut off by another bout of coughs. Jungkook takes this as an opportunity to take Jimin's paper from his back pocket as Taehyung strokes Jimin's back.

"More Minnie, it sounds like you're getting worse.." Taehyung frowns, taking Jimin's hand. "Don't worry. We'll find all your items plus our own!"

"But I said-"

"Too late! I already took your note. That means you gotta team with me!" Jungkook waves the red sheet of paper he pick pocketed. "We already got an item from this list!" Jungkook says excitedly, digging a bouncy ball from his pocket.

"See? It was destiny for us to work together! That makes one item each!" Taehyung smiles brightly.

"Oh alright.." Jimin didn't care if he won or lost right now. They still had to spin the penalty wheel and some of the things listed weren't so bad.

"We gotta hurry though. Do you want me to carry you Hyung?" Jungkook offers, getting down for Jimin to get on his back.

Jimin shakes his head, afraid if he spoke he'd cough.

"Oh alright.. the offers always there.." Jungkook straightens up, giving the paper to Taehyung to look over. The mankae line walks down the hallway together, Jimin staying a couple steps behind, surpressing another sneeze.

"Where should we go next.. the hallway goes in three different directions.." Jungkooks eyes dart from one hall to the other, trying to decide which is the best option.

"should we split up and meet up back here in 10 minutes, but let me see your lists first." Jimin had to get away, his head pounding from the pressure.

"You can take mine, I memorized it." Taehyung gives up his purple paper.

"Take mine too." Jungkook gives up his pink one.

Jimin nods, going right.

"Is it okay to let him go alone?" Jungkook watches him go. "He's looking pale.."

"He's gonna try to hide how he feels. It's better to let him go and let it out instead of him holding it to stop us from worrying.." Taehyung knew his friend very well.

Jimin slipped into a room, releasing the sneezes he was trying to hold in. "Hehtichih! Hehitch! He'iychiugh.." he whines, feeling the snot soak into the cloth mask. "Uuh.." he takes it off with a sigh, trying to clean it off with a crumpled up tissue.

"Here Jiminie." Jin offers him a new tissue. "Blow your nose for hyung."

"Aiish! Hyung you scared me!" Jimin jumps at the sudden new voice, accepting the tissue, turning away to try to clear his nose.

"Sorry Jimin. I didn't mean to." Jin says gently. "Namjoon-Ah was looking for you. He wanted to team up with you, but seeing those papers in your hand you already got a team."

"Oh, yeah.. they bullied me into it.." Jimin smiles fondly.

"I'm glad." Jin smiles. "I'll let you look in this room then. I found something already."

He waves a Tata doll proudly. "Take it easy okay? Do you want me to get staff for you?"

"No. Im fine. Its just a little cold. I can do this."

Jin gives him a small packet of tissues from his bag. "Please tell staff if it becomes too much okay?" He plants a kiss on top of Jimin's head before leaving.

"Thanks hyung.." jimin searches the room, looking at the papers over and over. He couldn't focus on the words, only taking a minute to forget half the list.

This is not good.. I'm gonna hold them back..

Jimin runs a hand through his hair, the stress of disappointing his team, only making his headache worsen. He buries his head in his hands, trying to take a deep breath to calm himself, but when he tries to fill his lungs, a hacking cough comes.

I don't feel well at all.. I'll just rest for a minute..

Jimin lays on his side, taking deep breaths to try to calm his nerves, closing his eyes. He only got a few minutes to rest before the itch returned to his throat,coughing up phlegm, sitting up again. "Wait.. a snow globe!"

Jimin rushes to underneath the table, relieved when he picks up the small globe. "Oh wow.. it's got the BTS logo inside with BT21 playing around it.."

"What does?" Jungkook asks, rushing to Jimin's side.

"This.." He shows him the snow globe. "Has it been ten minutes already?"

"No.. I just got worried about you.." Jungkook admits with a bashful smile. "Jinnie-hyung said you were sneezing a lot, so I went to check on you.."

"Thanks Jungkook-ah. I'm feeling better now that I found something. I was worried I'd only be dead weight.."

"Even if you were, its okay. If you want you can just rest in this room as me and Taehyungie will do it!"

"No. No, i can help." Jimin makes it to his feet. "I just don't think I can run without burning out."

"You don't have to run. I'll do all the running! When we find all 21 items I'll carry you to the entrance on my back!" Jungkook says confidently.

"Even if we find the last item all the way at the far end of the building?" Jimin teases.

"Mm.. I'll ask Taehyungie to help if that happens."

Jimin giggles, but it quickly turns into a cough.

"Let's go meet up with Taehyungie.." He quickly pulls Jungkook trying to not give him time to worry.

"Alright..." Jungkook doesn't stop him, meeting in the fork in the hallway for Taehyung.

"I found a heart!" Taehyung approaches proudly. "And a Stuffed puppy. It kinda looks like rapmon!" He shows the white dog. "Isn't it cute?"

"A heart was on my paper too.. does that mean we gotta find two?" Jungkook asks curiously.

"We should look for one just in case.. Jiminie how are you holding up? This room I found has a couch in it. You can lay down for a bit."

"Oh! I forgot! I found a rubber duck. That was on your list wasn't it Taehyungie?"

"Yes! We're doing good! So good!" Taehyung smiles. "Also I saw Namjoonie-hyung and Jinnie-hyung together. I think they formed a team. That means they'll have to find 14 items."

"That's good.. that doesn't put us at too much of a disadvantage." Jungkook smiles. "We could still avoid last place!"

Jimin relaxes, feeding off of their positive energy. He pulls out the snow globe from his bag, trying to show his contribution."Oh Tete look at this snowglo.." he nearly drops it when he starts coughing. Taehyung hugs him from behind, placing his hands on Jimin's to steady them.

"Are you okay Jimin-sii?" Jungkook takes the snow globe from Jimin, looking at him with wide panicked eyes. "Maybe you should lay down.."

Jimin gives in. He couldn't keep pretending he was okay. It was starting to hurt to breathe and he felt chills run down his spine. "Okay.."

Jungkook picks him up before he can argue, letting Taehyung lead the way to the room with a nice plush couch. "Here you go, Jiminie, nice and comfy.." He places him down, taking off his jacket for Jimin to use as a blanket.

"Thanks, Jungkook-ah.. I'll just lay down for a little bit, then I'll help.." Jimin curls up on his side, coughing into his fist.

"Don't worry about it, Minnie. Rest well, okay?" Taehyung gently moves Jimin's hair out of his face. "I'll come back to check on you soon. Okay?"

"Okay.. I'm sorry.." Jimin yawns, exhaustion hitting hard when his body starts relaxing.

Taehyung and Jungkook go to the door, but instead of Taehyung leaving, the two boys silently play rock, paper scissors, Taehyung hiding in the room, and Jungkook leaving.

Taehyung waited until he heard Jimin's nasally snore to come out of hiding, sitting on the floor in front of the couch gently stroking . "My poor Minnie, Jk is gonna get staff.."

Jimin wakes up laying in J-hope's lap. "Huh? When did i.." His voice comes out hoarsely, getting quieter as he tried to speak, trying to sit up to look around.

"Shh..don't talk baby and be careful.. you have an IV in." J-hope pushes him back down.

"What about the game?" Jimin disobeyed J-hope wanting his questions answered.

"Me and Yoongi finished, so I decided to come sit with you."

"Did..we lose?" Jimin asks.

"No. Everyone else is still in the game. Yoongi-hyung is watching the others still playing.

Jimin relaxes a little. "Who's winning?"

"Right now, it's Junggukkie and Tae. They got 2 more to find to Joonie and hyungs 4. It's a really close game." J-hope smiles. "You don't have to worry about not being there, so just take it easy. Can you drink some water for me?"

Jimin nods, sitting up slowly. J-hope opens the water bottle for him. The cool water felt nice on his sore throat.

"Jiminie is up? That's great." Yoongi's shoulders slump in relief when he comes over. "How are you feeling Jimin?"

"I'm feeling a little better now.." Jimin sniffles.

Yoongi looks for a tissue when he hears him. "Guess what Jiminie?" He asks wiping Jimin's nose.

"Huh?"

"Taehyungie and Kook got second. Namjoon-ah and hyung will be getting the penalty." Yoongi tells him with a smile. If they got last place, he was willing to take Jimin's for him feeling relieved he didn't have to.

Taehyung and Jungkook run up to Jimin. "We did it! We did it! We didn't get last place!" Jungkook cheers loudly.

"I'm sorry I wasn't much help." Jimin says guilt weighing in his chest.

"The thing Namjoonie-hyung and Seokjinnie hyung couldn't find was the snowglobe. There were only two in the whole warehouse. We probably wouldn't have won without you." Jungkook comforts Jimin, getting a smile.

"And with second place we get to keep the things we found, but I gave the dog to Namjoonie." Taehyung gives Jimin his bag from the game, it holding all seven treasures on his list.

"Thanks Tete. I'll treasure the snowglobe as our winning trophy." Jimin smiles, stifling another sneeze. He didn't want to ruin the mood.

"We decided we'll do the punishment in the next episode. We want to get you home.." J-hope squeezes Jimin's hand, watching staff remove the IV.

Jimin winces, staff quickly putting a bandaid over it. "Thank you.." he bows his head to staff. "I'm sorry, I worried everyone.."

"Don't worry..you can help it when you're sick. I'll make you some tea and jook when we get home." Jin ruffles his hair lovingly. "Hyung will take care of you. Let's do the outro and get home."

[crystalsnow95z]

It's time to write some long drabble without any thought! It actually like two stories in one, but since I'm on mobile, I can not separate them..sorry. One of 11 drafts I've been sitting on that I'm not proud of.

Sickie-jin and J-hope for a hot minute.(skip to past the green lines if you don't like vomit)

Caretaker- ot7

"Is everyone ready?" Namjoon yells over the sound of the ocean waves and the humming of the boat engine. Everyone nodded after checking their life jackets to be sure they were properly secure.

They took a mini vacation in between their current world tour, a day to themselves before their flight to japan, choosing to unwind after eight back to back concerts in the US.

The boys all took turns jumping into the water, jungkook flipping into the water first. "Did you see Hyng?"

Jimin follows after seeing Jungkook safely move out of the way.

"Is it cold?" Jin asks.

"No. It's not that cold. It feels nice with how hot it is!"Jungkook replies, slicking his hair back. "Come on hyungie!"

Jin doesn't believe the mischievous mankae, but jumped in anyway, screaming. "Jungkook-ah! It's so cold!"

Jungkook laughs. "You'll get used to it."

Soon everyone was in, Namjoon jumping in with a beach ball, the seven members trying their best to keep it from touching the water.

"Look, hyung, jet skiis. I wonder if there's a place to rent them." Jungkook lets the ball fly right past him, eyes sparkling with excitement.

"I can ask if they can find a place we can rent them." Namjoon smiles, finding Jungkook's doe eyes expression cute.

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It didn't take long for the staff to fulfill Namjoons request to rent jet skiis only taking a ten minute boat ride to go to a rental shop, but there were only four left making the boys have to ride in pairs.

The boys count to three before taking off on the jet skis, Taehyung riding with Jungkook, j-hope riding with Jimin and Yoongi riding with Jin.

Namjoon got to ride on his own jet ski after being victorious in rock, paper, scissors. Jungkook managed to talk the others into a race, and the boys take off racing from the dock to the water buoy. J-Hope wraps his arms tighter around Jimin's waist, letting out a squeal with the waves start bouncing the jet ski. "Ugh, why did I agree to this.."

Taehyung and Jungkook scream happily, taking the lead when Jimin slows down to talk to J-hope. "You okay Hobi-hyung?"

"I'll be okay. Just keep going." J-hope says, ignoring his stomach flutters, not wanting to ruin the fun.

Jimin speeds up, trying to catch up with the others, but Namjoon continues to move in front of him not letting him pass, the two fighting for last place.

Up ahead, Yoongi and Jungkook were neck and neck, both fighting for first.

"You can do it Yoongi!" Jin cheers for him.

"Jungukkie you got this!" Taehyung joins in.

Yoongi makes the turn around the buoy, but takes it sharper than he intended, him losing his balance and sending both him and Jin into the water, the key tied around his wrist coming out of the jet ski.

"Hyung! Hyung are you okay!?" Jungkook and the others stop their jet skis to check on them, Taehyung jumping off of Jungkooks to go to them.

"I'm fine. I just got a mouthful of salt water. Don't worry. Are you okay hyungie?" Yoongi says while trying to get the saltwater from his eyes.

"I'm okay too.." Jin says, coughing up salt water.

"I'm sorry. I should've been more careful." Yoongi helps Jin get his hair out of his face.

"It's okay. It was an accident. Don't worry." Jin tries to comfort Yoongi, patting his shoulder. "We're both fine that's all that matters.."

"Are you sure? You hit the water pretty hard.." Jimin says with a worried expression.

"I'm fine, really. I just took it a bit of water. Don't worry." Jin tries to shake the water out of his ear. "Let's ride without racing, though. Hoba looks a little seasick already.."

J-hope was leaning his head on Jimin's shoulder, wishing for his stomach to settle. Jimin nuzzles into his cheek. "I'm sorry hyung.. I'll take you back to land so you can lay down."

"No I'll be okay once I'm back on the boat.."

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"Hyung, I don't feel good.." J-hope says, leaning into Jin on the way home from the beach, a wet burp escaping. (I wish I took up Jimin's offer to go wait on land...)

"I know Hoba, hyung will take care of you. Do you need to throw up?" Jin softly runs his hand over J-hopes' stomach in little circles, trying to help soothe the pain. "We can find a bag for you.."

"I'm okay.." J-hope swallows the saliva that pooled in his mouth. "I can make it to the hotel.."

"I'm sorry Hobi-hyung.. I shouldn't have talked you into racing.." Jungkook twists his hands in his lap, feeling guilty that his suggestion made the usually cheerful J-hope hardly able to fake a smile to comfort him.

"It's okay, JK. It's not that bad." J-hope reaches to squeeze Jungkook's hand. "Your hand is freezing. Jungkook, you need to get in the shower when we get home..Jiminah and Taehyungie too.. You both have purple lips.."

"Okay Hobi-hyung.. I purple you." Taehyung smiles making a heart with his fingers placing it by his lips, getting a bigger smile out of the motion sick rapper.

"I purple you too Tae.." J-hope's stomach gurgled, trying to force up the korean barbecue they had for lunch.

"We're almost there Hoba. Just a few more minutes." Jin kisses the top of J-hopes' head when he hears a soft whimper from J-hope. "Hyung will order you some soup and get a bath ready."

The van turns into the hotel building, Jin letting J-hope lean on his broad shoulder as they walk to J-hope's room, leading J-hope to the bathroom, lifting up the seat.

J-hope kneels on the bathroom tiles, his mouth filling with saliva once more, his stomach pushing up his dinner, ejecting it into the porcelain bowl. His stomach muscles tightened as they pushed up everything it had in it.

Jin rubs J-hope's back. "It's okay Hoba, hyung is here. It'll be over soon.." He tries to soothe J-hope, whispering sweet nothings.

J-hope retches, bile rising up to his throat, spraying into the toliet."It..it hurts.." He says in a hoarse whimper. J-hope reaches for Jin's hand, holding it tightly as another ripple of pain rolls over his belly, sick spewing out once more.

"I know baby, I know.." Jin coos sympathetically, ignoring his own stomach churning at the sound of J-hope's violent retching. He squeezes J-hopes clammy hand. "If I could be sick for you I would. It hurts my heart to see you this way.."

Thankfully, it ended quickly for J-hope but even though it only lasted a few minutes, it left him feeling exhausted, leaning into Jin who holds him until he could catch his breath again. "It's over..." He sighs in relief reaching to flush.

"Here, lean against the bath, I'll get you some water. Okay?" Jin gently moves from underneath J-hope. "I'll be back in a minute okay?" Jin goes to the mini fridge of the hotel, bringing back two water bottles. "Little sips, okay Hoba?"

J-hope nods, sipping on the water, washing the taste from his mouth.

"You feeling any better now, Hoba?" Jin speaks softly, stroking J-hopes damp hair behind his ear.

"A little.. I don't feel like I need to throw up anymore.. I'm sorry, Hyung.."

"Don't be sorry for being sick. Let's get you washed up. Do you think you can stand?"

J-hope nods, letting Jin help him to his feet. "Okay hyung.."J-hope slips off his wet clothes, not realizing how much he was shaking until he was standing without Jin's support, feeling weak in the knees.

"Here, let hyung help." Jin helps get the skin tight top off of J-hope, then gets in him in shower, keeping a hand on his waist. Jin gets some soap, putting it on a cloth, then runs it over J-hopes skin. The warm water and gentle strokes of Jin washing his abdomen soothe the tightness in his stomach. "Thanks Hyung..I'm feeling a little better now.. I can do it myself.. you can go wash up yourself.."

"You're shaking still. I'll sit in here until you finished, then I'll go." Jin closes the toliet lid and takes a seat, chatting with J-hope until he finished, wrapping J-hope in a towel and leading him to the main room.

"I'm feeling a lot better now. Don't worry about me, go wash up. I'll be okay. Seriously." J-hope gets up to get clothes, trying to prove he could move without his help.

"Okay, I'll shower really quick then come back, okay? I'll order us something to eat. Call me if you need me, okay?"

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"Hyung. Hyung it's time to get up.." jungkook knocks softly on the door to Jin's room.

Jin slept through his first two alarms feeling groggy, his voice coming out hoarse when he calls back to Jungkook. "I'm up.." he quickly gathers his bags, going to the door. "What time is it?"

"Hyung you sound congested..are you feeling okay?" Jungkook takes Jin's bags along with his own, leading him to where the others were waiting. "It's 9:05. I went to look for you when i saw you weren't there at nine like we agreed. Do you have everything?"

"I'm okay, just think I'm catching a cold. I'll take some medicine before we fly." Jin checks his little bag, being sure he put his phone and charger inside it.

"Hyung do you want some water?" Jimin offers, worried about how rough Jin's voice sounded. Jin takes it, the cool water giving some relief from the scratchy feeling in his throat.

Jin takes the mask out of his bag, putting it on and following Jimin, Taehyung, and Yoongi to one of the cars, the other members getting into the other.

Jin sniffles, feeling the drainage enter his throat, making him cough. "Ah, I can't believe I'm getting sick.. we have four more concerts.." He sighs with annoyance.

"Maybe swimming was a bad idea." Jimin looks down, feeling guilt gnawing at him. It was his idea to go swimming.

"I had a lot of fun, it was a great idea. I don't think swimming was the cause." Jin puts his hand on Jimin's knee. "Don't worry about it. It's not even bad. Just a throat tickle and a runny nose that's a bit annoying. I just wish I could get the rest of the water out of my ear.. it still kinda hurts.."

"Me too, me too. I'm tempted to try a cotton swab even though they say they're not good for use anymore." Taehyung says tilting his head to the side.

"Did you try The Valsalva Maneuver?" Yoongi asks.

"No, I don't even know what that is." Taehyung says looking confused.

"It's when you close your mouth, pinch your nose shut, and try to blow out. Don't try to blow too hard, though. You could hurt your ears." Yoongi demonstrates for them and both boys try it.

Taehyung's eyes grow wide. "Woah..it worked hyung! I felt the water come out!" He smiles brightly. Jin didn't have such luck. It made his ear hurt more than it did before. (I hope I didn't do it wrong...)

"Did it work for you Hyungie?" Jimin asks.

Jin touches his ear, feeling the moisture on his fingertip."I think I got it all too. Thanks, Yoongi. Your random knowledge helped."

"Hyung, hyung, we landed. Wake up.." Jimin gently shakes Jin awake. Jin wakes up feeling worse than before. The little relief he felt from getting the water out was back again, worse than before. Jin went to talk, but a cough came out instead.

"Don't talk if it hurts Hyungie. They prepared medicine in the car for you to take. You'll feel better soon." J-hope takes Jin's carry on bag for him while Jungkook and Jimin lead Jin off the plane, the six members surrounding him to keep the cameras off of him.

Army welcomed them back, screaming their names and words of endearment, and Jin would usually smile and blow kisses, but right now, he felt drained even though he slept for 11 hours on the plane.

They quickly get into their cars, a staff member passing Jin some medicine for his cough. "Thank you.." Jin bows politely with a smile, taking it with some water.

"Are we going right to the venue to see the stage still?" Namjoon asks.

"Yes, we got it all set up." The manager replies. "We got a couple hours."

"Great. I was worried we wouldn't have enough time to get the stage positions. It'll be enough time to do at least one run through ." Namjoon and J-hope talk business, but Jin doesn't join the conversation. (I'll ask for an IV and take some pain medicine. I'll be fine.) Jin closes his eyes, resting his cheek on the window.

By the time they reached the venue his voice had returned to normal, only a dull pain left, but it felt like his ear was burning, the pressure of his inear making it worse. (If i can't use my inear i can't perform well..) Jin bites his lip anxiously and sneaks away to take something for the pain.

"Jin-Hyungie, where are you?" Namjoon calls when he notices the empty spot in their formation.

"I'm here. Sorry I had to use the bathroom." Jin gets in his spot. (I'll tell them after practice. We don't have time to waste..)

Jin tries to get through the routine, but he felt off balance. When he was trying to spin for Save me he accidentally smacked into Yoongi, knocking the smaller man to the floor.

"I'm sorry Yoongi. I'm sorry!" Jin rushed to pull Yoongi to his feet, quickly looking over Yoongi for any injury. "Are you okay?"

"I'm fine, hyung. Just a sore bottom." Yoongi says, rubbing his sore tail bone.

"Hyung, you weren't in your position at all." J-hope uses his serious tone, leading Jin to his spot. "Even if you got the timing wrong, you wouldn't run into Yoongi-hyung."

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'll get it right this time." Jin bows.

J-hope nods, signaling them to start the track over again. Jin concentrated on staying in his spot, making it through the practice without any issues.

When it was time for the real thing that night, though the pain was becoming unbearable. They had just finished the sound check, and the whole time, he had to stop himself from touching the earpiece, not wanting to worry his fans. As soon as he was out of sight he took the inear out.

Jin went to his bag, digging the pain pills out of his bag to try ease his suffering.

"Hyung what's wrong? Why do you need those? Did you get hurt when we collided?" Yoongi's voice made him jump with a short scream. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"Ah, yoongi.. it's you.. I don't know..my ear..it really hurts.." Jin couldn't lie to his members, he knew they would see right through him.

Yoongi starts trying to find the problem, noticing the little bit of yellow pus and redness in his ear. "Hyung, your ear looks infected.."

"What?" Namjoon overhears. "Jinnie-hyung has an ear infection?"

"I think so.. hyung when did this start?" Yoongi asks

"It was hurting since yesterday, but I thought it was just water in my ear from swimming.." Jin answers honestly.

Namjoon leaves to get a doctor, them easily confirming Yoongi's diagnosis. "Is it serious?"

"Since he's not experiencing any hearing complications I wouldn't worry. It should go away in a few days." The doctor answers honestly. "But if it gets worse we will need to get him on antibiotics."

Jin felt freezing even underneath all the lights. A fever started setting in making his body ache and his energy drain, the only thing keeping him going was pure adrenaline, army chanting for him and his team and cheering loudly between songs keeping him going.

It wasn't until he stopped performing to allow the rapline to do their performances that the fatigue hit him like a truck. If jungkook wasn't standing in front of him, he would've fallen down the steps.

Jin felt his vision fading, everything going hazey. All the strength in his body drained, growing too heavy for him to hold, his knees buckling from underneath him. "jung..kook..ah.." His voice comes out slowly in a soft whisper, but jungkook felt Jin reaching for him, quickly turning just barely catching him, almost sending the oldest and youngest member down the steps but Jungkook urgently calling. "Help hyungs" alerted Taehyung and Jimin to be able to quickly support the mankae, Jimin placing a hand on his back and Taehyung running up the steps to steady them.

"What happened?" Taehyung helps Jungkook get Jin down the steps and safely on the floor.

"Jinnie-hyung..he fainted..and he's burning up.." Jungkook felt his heart racing. "He's really sick.."

Staff took over putting ice packs on Jin's body, sending the members away to try to help the oldest vocalist regain consciousness, but they didn't go far.

Taehyung hugged Jungkook to his chest when he notices the golden mankaes eyes swell up with tears. "He'll be okay. They know what to do.."Taehyung tries soothing him, stroking his hair.

"You guys need to..to get ready.." Jin's eyes flutter open. "Don't worry..." His voice isn't heard by anyone except the medical staff.

"He wants you to focus on the show..you only have two more songs before you go on.." staff warns them.

"We can't go without Jinnie-hyung.." jungkook sniffles.

"Jungkookie please don't cry. We can do this for him. He'll be very upset if we stop the concert.." jimin hugs into his back. "It'll be okay.."

"Okay.." Jungkook wiggles free from the 95 liners, running to get ready the other two following suit.

"Jin-shii.. I don't think you should go on again.." The staff member warned him, but Jin sits up.

"I just need a little rest.. I can do this.. please help me.." Jin presses his hands together to beg. "Please help.."

The youngest three go out on stage without him, performing pied piper and the truth untold without Jin, army and the other members taking turns singing Jin's parts.

(I need to be out there..) Jin clenched his fist in frustration, his body refusing to stand.

The rapline quickly go looking for Jin when they hear Jin's parts being distributed by the other members.

"Where's Jin?" Namjoon asks staff.

"He fainted so we're treating him. He's running a fever.." the staff member replies, the three members quickly searching for him.

"Jin-hyung is gonna be really upset." J-hope says sympathetically, the others nodding in agreement.

Jin was lying on his back on the floor, an IV drip in his left arm, and a cooling patch across his forehead.

"Is he going to the hospital?" Namjoon asks.

J-hope lets go of the breath he didn't realize he was holding when he sees Jin pick up his head to look at him.

"Please, please Namjoon let me finish the show while sitting.." Jin sits up with the help of the staff member.

"Hyung, you should rest here. Army will understand, they'll want you to take care of your health.." Namjoon starts, but Jin is already making it to his feet shaking his head.

"I'm feeling better now, I can do this..please? I'll take it easy.." Jin pulls away from staff's grip on his shoulder to stand on his own, trying his best to hide the pain he still felt. He couldn't disappoint army. "It's only six more songs. I can do this."

Namjoon didn't have time to argue with him. He could hear the youngest members finishing up the last song. "Sh*t.. we're running out of time."

The three rapliners quickly change clothes getting their mic packs safely secured in their back pocket, unaware that Jin was doing the same.

All seven men join together on stage, Namjoon and the others staring in horror when he hears Jin's voice.

"Army!!" He greets them yelling into the mic, sitting in the middle of the stage. The crowd screams when they see Jin back on stage. "I'm sorry I can't give it my all.. my condition isn't the best right now, but I really want to spend time with you. I can't dance, but I'll sing for you.."

The crowd awes at Jin's sudden confession, cheering his name. "Kim seokjin. Kim seokjin!"

Jin puts a finger to his lips to calm the crowd, the stadium growing silent.

(I'll make it through this.. with army behind me I can do anything.)

Category: Sickfic 

Sickie: Seokjin

Caretakers: any/author’s choice

Prompt: Seokjin comes down with a mild cold, but then one of the other members notice he’s starting to take a lot of pain relievers after a few days. It turns out he has developed an ear infection.

[noire-pandora]

This is the story of Elluin Lavellan, a Dalish woman who spent her days wandering the world under the protection of the Merchant Guild, and her rise from a simple elf to the Herald of Thedas' fate. Witness her journey and transformation from an anonymous fire mage to a shepherd of the people and a protector of their souls and spirits.

Here it is! Finally, the first chapter of my Inquisition long fic is here. Many many thanks for @cartadwarfwithaheartofgold​ for being my beta and making my work better. I appreciate your help so much! You are brilliant.. 

The wonderful Andarateia (you can find her on Twitter) made this gorgeous banner for me and I can’t stop staring at it. 

Chapter one: The Assignment.

The shadows of the setting sun lengthened over Kirkwall, while a heavy silence enveloped its streets. As the light left the city to darkness, only the powerful and the wicked dared to walk its paths.

The powerful and the stupid . Elluin Lavellan counted herself among the stupid while she rushed forward toward her goal.

"What a shithole," Elluin muttered through her teeth as she tried to dodge the debris that lay scattered throughout Hightown.

The streets turned into a chaotic maze with bits of Chantry everywhere, threatening to injure the legs of those who did not pay enough attention to the path in front of them.

"A dangerous, creepy, fucking shithole." Her eyes glittered under the hood of her cloak like two green pearls as she scanned the horizon for any Templars.

The Templar Order was one of the many reasons Elluin despised Kirkwall more than any other place in Thedas. Every time she visited it, the sight of the Templars marching through the streets, their flames and swords on their breastplates, reminded her of the shadow that haunted her. Of the magic that flowed through her veins, and the hatred that came with it. Kirkwall was a shithole, a Templar shithole, and she loathed it.

Arriving in Kirkwall one month after the mage wiped out the Chantry made her doubt her sanity, but the letter calling her to the Merchant’s Guild left her little choice. When the dwarves called for their workers, there was no refusing.

The small, neat script on yellow parchment had brought a cold whiff of suspicion to her mind; why would the well-connected dwarves of the Guild call her to Kirkwall? She ranked beneath their notice, a fact the majority of the dwarves were happy to remind her of. She was a common labourer, a disposable tool to be discarded at will.

But Elluin could not care less about their opinions. With the Guild's help, she wandered the world, guarding their caravans against burglars and wild beasts. They mocked her for being an elf and she didn’t mind, as long as they paid her. For fifteen years she tricked the Chantry, wandering from town to town, avoiding the Templars and their Circles.

Many of them thought she was only there because of her adoptive father's legacy, but the truth was clear in her mind; her superiors were quick to admire her work ethic. Quick, calm, and never complaining. As long as the pay was reasonable, she would do her job, no matter how long the journey and how far away it would take her.

"Oh for fuck's sake," Elluin cursed as her dracolisk leather boot sank into a puddle. Lost in her hatred of the city, she had failed to avoid it. Debris from the blasted Chantry floated in the water-filled hole, scratching the hard-earned maroon leather. "Damn you, Kirkwall."

The sight of the ruined Chantry made her stop in her tracks. The symbol of the corrupt and powerful lay crumbled at her feet, the ash had settled over the debris, but the scent of smoke still lingered in the air Dark blood mingled with mud and dirt. Elluin stared at it, nibbling the inside of her cheek.

Her mind told her that what the mage had done brought a long-deserved justice for the mages, a revenge that her brethren deserved. Yet her soul mourned for all the lives lost in the blast, for all the innocent blood spilled in the quest for justice. The line between justice and revenge was thin as a spider’s silk.

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[crackinglamb]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Dragon Age: Inquisition, Dragon Age (Video Games) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Female Cadash & Solas (Dragon Age) Additional Tags: Pre-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Solas Wakes to Find Himself With Company, A Carta Dwarf Who's Really a Shaper, Made Up Lore From House Cadash, Touch-Starved, Canon? There's No Canon Here, Ambiguous/Open Ending Summary:

Don't go into the ruins, the Elders had told her. She'd never listened.

She should have.

  Beta'd by Iron_Angel.

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“Aneth ara, stranger,” she said.

The elf stared at her for a long while before answering.  In Dwarvish, no less. “Greetings, Child of the Stone.”

Hearing her mother tongue from the mouth of an elf should have surprised her.  But she had guessed what this place was, and his archaic dialect flowed seamlessly into the observations she'd already made.  He was more ancient than the ruins they sat in, obviously.  He held more knowledge than any Shaperate.

“How long have you slept?” she asked, switching to the Trade tongue, just to see if he knew it.

He looked around the ruin as if it might give him answers.  Finally, he looked back at her.  “Too long.”

His accent was all sharp edges and clipped sounds, but it was clear he knew the language.  Had he dreamed it?  Had he listened in on conversations from the other side?  How did that even work?

“You have a name, stranger?”

Again, he stared. Then he spoke.  Just a single word.  “Pride.”

[mankabrosstudios]

This Date In Manka Bros. History - March 20, 1965:

Pope Paul VI visits Manka Bros., has lunch with studio head Harry Manka and pitches him a story about a talking dog who becomes Pope. The movie was never made but Harry Manka assigned novelist Graham Greene to write a draft.

[sinsbymanka]

My dear friend @ashalle-art​‘s beautiful art inspired this tiny drabblelet. Thank you so much for gifting us such expressive, vibrant art and I’m so glad you liked this enough to want to share it! 

Garrus hears Shepard before he sees her. Footsteps echo in the silent hallways. This time of night, nobody's up on the Normandy unless they've got to be. 

But Shepard is working. And Garrus is hiding in the bathroom like an adolescent not yet grown into his mandibles. 

He checks his reflection critically. Adjusts his fringe. It wouldn't do to come on too strong. Just the right amount of flirtatious volume. 

Then he ducks out of the restroom just in time to intercept Shepard. She's got a datapad in one hand,  but she looks up and smiles when she sees him. 

Then her eyes land on his fringe and begin to sparkle. Garrus has just enough time to pat himself on the back. 

 "Turian bedhead?" Shepard asks, reaching up to smooth it down with a casual sort of intimacy. 

"Oh." Garrus tries not to wilt. Shepard giggles. 

"I won't tell a soul, Garrus." She winks and continues walking. 

The doors shut behind her and Garrus slaps his hand over his face. 

So much for Turian flirting. He's an idiot. And Shepard is adorable. 

This is fast becoming a problem.

I just had to do Turian "puff your fringe" flirting 🤣🙈 Not that Shepard gets it, but it still worked (somehow xD)