#my beautiful muse who gets into fights with high schoolers

[cranbytes]

ARE WE STILL HAVING FUN? ARE YOU HOLDING THE GUN? TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, WE'LL NEVER GO HOME!!!!

[sankyeom]

this one ends in a bit of a cliff hanger, reader be warned...

𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎? // 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢

𝚙𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐: 𝚋𝚊𝚍 𝚋𝚘𝚢!𝚓𝚎𝚗𝚘 𝚡 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕!𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

𝚜𝚢𝚗𝚘𝚙𝚜𝚒𝚜: 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞’𝚛𝚎 𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚎𝚗𝚘 𝚒𝚜 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚎’𝚜 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞.

𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎? 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 // 𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚝 // 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝

When Y/n and Jaemin exited school, the usual crowd of high schoolers surrounded them as they all tried to get home. Amongst the crowd of school uniforms, a black leather jacket stood out as the body inside it leaned against a motorcycle with a small smile. Y/n bit her bottom lip to fight back a smile as she led Jaemin over to where Jeno was waiting for her.

As people realised who Jeno was waiting for, people stopped where they were going to stare and whisper amongst each other. Y/n ignored them, unbothered at the sudden attention since she knew they weren’t worth her time.

“Hey,” Y/n greeted. “Thanks for coming,” she added.

“Of course,” Jeno replied, eyes creasing as his smile grew. “Wouldn’t miss it,” he added before nodding over at Jaemin. Jaemin nodded back, making Y/n raise an eyebrow in surprise at their polite actions.

“I’ve got to get to dance team,” Jaemin reminded Y/n, wrapping his arms around her in a tight goodbye hug. “We miss you on the team. Don’t get in trouble again, okay? Wouldn’t want you to miss too many practices,” he said to Jeno, who thanked him and gave him a small smile.

“Bye Nana,” Y/n said her farewell before turning to face Jeno in surprise. “I think I’m going crazy,” she joked, making Jeno whine.

“Stop,” he said. “Don’t make fun of me.”

“You’re being nice to each other!” Y/n exclaimed. “How can I not be surprised?” Y/n stood on the tops of her toes to press her hand against Jeno’s forehead. “Are you sick? Are you feverish? Is that why you’re behaving out of the ordinary?” she frowned, standing normally and tapping her forehead as if she was thinking. “But that doesn’t explain Jaemin’s behaviour…”

“Okay, very funny,” Jeno rolled his eyes and Y/n laughed. “We just… Agreed to be neutral instead of always at odds with each other,” he said vaguely.

Y/n grinned. “Well, I’m glad,” she stated, looking genuinely relieved that Jeno and Jaemin were getting along.

“Here,” Jeno passed Y/n a helmet and took off his leather jacket for her to wear. She thanked him, taking both and putting them on as their peers watched in complete awe and surprise. It wasn’t everyday that the resident bad boy who had just gotten suspended and the school’s top student got onto a motorcycle together.

“Haeunnie, I’m home!” Y/n called out for her little sister as she and Jeno entered the house.

“Y/n!” she called back. Y/n and Jeno heard a small crash followed by the tiny thumping sounds of childish feet running across the hall until Haeun came into view with a large beam. “I missed you!” she declared, throwing herself at Y/n.

“I missed you too,” Y/n assured, hugging Haeun back just as tightly. “Do you remember Jeno?” she asked, motioning over to the boy next to her. “He helped me go pick you up a month ago.”

“Hello,” Haeun greeted politely, her large eyes shining with mirth. “Did you give Y/n a ride on your motorcycle again?”

“I did,” Jeno confirmed with a nod.

“That’s romantic,” Haeun said, making Y/n lightly nudge her sister to warn her. “It happens in all the movies! And in Suho’s drama,” she added, thinking of her favourite idol. “I wish I could have a ride…”

Y/n laughed. “She’s really into Suho from EXO these days,” she told Jeno. “When you’re my age, you can have a ride on a motorcycle too. But you’re too small now and I want you to be safe, okay?” Haeun frowned, but eventually agreed. “What was all that crashing in your room?”

“I knocked over my chair but I’m okay,” Haeun promised. “Are you going to watch a movie?”

“You’re not allowed to watch movies right after school, remember? Jeno and I won’t either, we’re doing homework,” Y/n corrected, making Haeun pout.

“Fine. I’ll go do my homework, too,” she sighed, giving Jeno one last winning smile before trudging back to her room.

“She’s cute,” Jeno laughed when Y/n glanced at him, amused about Haeun’s antics.

“She’s a troublemaker,” Y/n corrected. “She gets it from my dad,” she added with a grin. “Do you want anything to eat or drink?” Y/n offered. “Why don’t you help yourself to whatever’s in the fridge while I go get changed,” she motioned to her school uniform.

“I’ll just sit and wait for you,” he suggested, motioning to the barstools by the kitchen counter where Y/n had put her school bag down.

Y/n made her way upstairs and quickly changed into a soft blue sweater and grey sweatpants in order to be as comfortable as possible. She paused at the mirror hanging on the back of her room door, observing the way she looked. Then, Y/n scolded herself. She knew that she didn’t have to dress to impress anybody, but somehow she felt embarrassed knowing that Jeno would see her in such comfortable, informal clothes.

Ignoring the feeling growing in her stomach, Y/n made her way back downstairs and smiled at Jeno. His feet were dangling from the bar stools by the counter and for some reason, this image was unusually cute for what Y/n had seen from Jeno.

“Okay, what are we eating?” Y/n asked, making her way into the kitchen and rummaging through the pantry. “Sweet or salty?”

“Sweet for sure,” Jeno said.

“How sweet?” Y/n asked, turning around to face him. “Do you need me to get the brown sugar out like Jaemin?”

Jeno burst out laughing. “He still does that?” he asked, delighted at the image of Jaemin still snacking on brown sugar in his free time due to his extreme taste.

“Yeah! It’s a wonder that kid doesn’t have cavities everywhere,” Y/n mused to herself. “Well, I love him so I guess I can’t complain too much.”

Jeno’s laughter ceased and he cleared his throat. “So, is it true?” he asked suddenly as Y/n pulled out a packet of gummy bears for them to eat. “Are you guys really dating?”

“No,” Y/n denied, taking the seat next to him. “Do people really think that?” she asked, surprised. “I thought my friends just said that to make fun of us.”

“People really think that,” Jeno confirmed. “I always thought that was why guys never approached you to flirt with you. They think you’re already dating Jaemin so they just ask you to pass on gifts to Ryujin, Yeri, and Somi.”

The idea startled Y/n. “I never even thought about it like that,” she admitted. “I always just thought that I was, I don’t know, ugly or unlikeable,” Y/n laughed awkwardly, trying to play it off as if she didn’t really care what other people thought about her.

“Well it’s the only thing that makes sense to me,” Jeno retorted. “I mean, you’re incredibly smart and funny and caring, and you’re really beautiful so I don’t see why people wouldn’t flirt with you. That’s the only reason I can think of. Your friends never really had boyfriends or showed interest in specific boys, whereas you and Jaemin have been attached at the hip since the first day of high school.”

Y/n smiled at Jeno, making him feel nervous. “What?” he asked.

“You think I’m smart,” she commented. “And funny and caring and beautiful,” Y/n beamed.

Jeno tried to fight the blood from rushing to his cheeks but he knew it was too late. “So what?” he asked, coughing. “Aren’t I allowed to think that you’re all of those things?”

“You are,” Y/n agreed. “You’re just the first boy to ever tell me that. Apart from Jaemin, but that’s different.”

“Why’s that different?” Jeno asked.

Y/n shrugged. “He’s my best friend. He just means it platonically, the way you’d tell your sister she’s beautiful.”

“Maybe that’s how I mean it,” Jeno argued.

“Maybe,” Y/n hummed. “But Jaemin never blushes when he tells me I’m beautiful.”

Jeno knew he had been caught, which only proceeded to make him blush even more. “Do your homework,” he mumbled, embarassed to have been caught like that.

Y/n laughed, passing him a red gummy bear. “Here, to match your cheeks,” she teased. Jeno grabbed it and threw it back at her, making Y/n’s giggling increase and intensify more as she knew he was trying to hide his red, blushing cheeks from her.

“So what if I’m blushing?” Jeno challenged, placing his hands on his cheeks in an attempt to cool them. “I’m allowed to blush, especially since I’ve liked you since middle school,” he boldly admitted.

Y/n’s laughter died down and she stared at Jeno in shock.

What did he just say?

[ranmanjuu]

Can i request an ikesen hc, how would warlords react to a mc which is a physics major like sasuke and since they are both nerdy they spend a lot of time together and talk a lot about theories and all that science stuff. I think they'll get a bit jealous that mc is spending time with sasuke and confused as to ehat they're talking about lol

as stated before i have absolutely no idea of how physics is, much less of being a physics major. so like,,,,,,, all theories are ambiguous. they don’t exist other than that word. what are they talking about? the one who asked knows not more than the asker.

—shingen:

the first time of him seeing you talk with both such seriousness yet a twinkle lights in your eye, he can’t help but a chuckle let through.

“so, has sasuke finally found someone for himself?”

at first he plays up a bit of, “us mortals cannot understand what you’re speaking, my beloved deity, for you speak the language of the gods!” (”but sasuke can understand them though—”)

would absolutely, and constantly tease you for anything and everything. you could be talking about the inner workings of geophysics with sasuke and you’d hear the faint sound of wiggling eyebrows and metaphorical saxophone playing.

but of course, this won’t stop shingen from trying to win you over.

he does it his own style, the classical flirting with his sexy stature. yet, you always quip back in the jargon language he knows nothing about—and his several seconds of confoundment proves to be a good strategy as you flee the scene.

prior to you telling him that you were from the future, he did find it suspicious how you have so, so many “things that came from your hometown” that was painfully specific. and he’s shingen takeda, he’s known for being well-informed, so why hadn’t he heard of this before? some villages have their own tradition, yes, but it’s usually not enough to write at least twenty dictionaries about.

and even if he wants to find it, where would he go? the only two people who’ve learnt it are you and sasuke.

although he begins to pick up basic things whenever you talk to either him or the ninja. just small references that a high schooler can pick up.

for the sake of it, shingen’d probably try to do a physics pick-up line on you. but due to the lack of knowledge he has, it ends up with you on the floor laughing until you’re clenching your sides.

you can’t help it! it’s so wrong on so many levels it’s insanely hilarious while also painful.

after the laughter dies down, shingen takes it upon himself and pins you to the wall, his sultry eyes burning into yours, “well, it seems my goddess can do a bit of fixing on those, hm? please, my muse, do demonstrate how you do it properly.”

—kenshin:

(honorable mention hc: if you ever use terminology before the affectionate part of him comes in he’ll practically frown at you in deep confusion, “what are you talking about, you fool?”)

if his ninja had met you before he did, he probably wouldn’t have much of a problem. sasuke talks to someone, all he does is frown and just doesn’t care. but hoo boy you managed to slither into his heart without him even noticing it.

he’s just looking around the market for you, until he sees the sight of you chattering so brightly and passionately,,, with sasuke.

phase one: pouty mode. it lasts only for a few second, but his lips form a very strong scowl as it processes in his mind.

(phase one and a half: it’s where he glances at you and notice how you twinkle so brightly in his eyes—like a star beaming at him. except it isn’t at him. and so this honorary phase ends)

phase two: in a split second of his braincells barely managing together, he unsheathes his sword and begins to fish sasuke away from you. (”let’s duel, sasuke.”  /  “i’m afraid i was having a conversation with—”  /  “fight or i kill you this second.”)

phase three: usually it’s where you pull him away and lightly scold him, thus ending his bloodlust.

phase four: usually happens after the other party has left. pouty mode two: electric boogaloo; as he sulks like a child in envy and jealousy and you’re forced to cuddle with him and give him lots of kisses so he Functions properl after that.

of course, you can’t just let it repeat. you had a talk after some time, entailing that, kenshin, please stop chasing your vassals because they say one (1) word to me. with a lot of grumbling and reluctance, he agrees to it.

it won’t stop his lips forming into a scowl at the sight of it though.

he curses the oldened knowledge of the sengoku—he wanted you to talk to him about those big brained things. but alas, there wasn’t much he could do.

(”no, kenshin, you can’t go to the future just cause you wanna learn everything i learnt! the wormhole is gone and it takes at least 4 years—”)

—yukimura:

yukimura meets you the second time while talking to sasuke down in the market. and the decision to rebrand you from a wild boar to a witch casting spells were made in the flick of a second, just like that.

“hey, are you trying to hex my fried, enchantress?!”  /  “yukimura, they’re a friend from my hometown, it’s alright.”  /  “oh.”

as he says, a friend of sasuke is a friend of his! though he still doesn’t understand at all each time you make a physics reference, and still isn’t partly convinced you at least know an ancient language.

he doesn’t exactly buy into the whole ‘hometown-specific’ thing either, but hey. it’s sasuke and you, if you’re lying, he thinks, he’ll let you tell him in your own time.

but in the meantime, the fact you know terminology to references he doesn’t understand makes your daily bickering a lot funnier. what’s an atom and is his brain really smaller than that as you said? fun thing is he’ll probably never know if you and sasuke withhold such information.

if he ever sees you experimenting with something to examine the components, as long as it isn’t dangerous, he’d look at you in mild amusement and confusion, “what are you doing, silly?”

but if it dangerous (like guns, fireworks, etc.) he scolds you with a scowl, one born from pure worry.

once you two got together, you started going to dorky science puns. once again, yukimura doesn’t understand it, but the stupid grin you have on your face is just enough for him.

(he does ask sasuke about it later, resulting in a bright faced yuki, muttering a small “idiot,,” under his breath.)

—sasuke:

the moment you saw him at honno-ji, present day, you felt there was something familiar to him. like it’s a face you’ve passed through in the bustling streets. and the moment you saw his lab coat, you just assumed he somewhat came from the same college as you.

and just after he corrected you referring to him as “that college student” being an astrophysicist, your eyes brightened a thousand times, but tried to stifle it considering you were more or less being chased. 

you listened into his explanation of the wormhole closely, processing each word in fascination and curiosity. you had enough experience to know what he’s talking about—and it gave you so much euphoria from just simply listening in.

you hope to meet him again as he disappears in the shadows.

you do, to your delight. the very first day you went out to town, you encountered him at a stall. conversation immediately took off once you re-mentioned his degree, along with yours. from there, the wormhole was the center topic again, mostly talking about how he found where it would be and when it would be. you’d never heard of such a research back then.

and slowly, you grow an admiration to sasuke’s high intelligence. all the research he’s done, he’ll definitely show a fellow enthusiast, and you’re practically beaming at the chance.

so much so that you don’t notice the weirdened stares of the ones around you.

there nights when you’d sneak into his room just to ask him about something, or propose to him a theory since he’s the only person who’d get it.

and on some sleepless nights, you find yourself lying about with sasuke beneath the stars, peering into his telescope once in a while and geeking out about the small dots in the sky.

a part of you wished you met him sooner—but you feel like you couldn’t ever ask for more.

—yoshimoto:

truth be told, he didn’t care much at first.

his somewhat apathy towards people and more towards art becomes just ever so slightly apparent; as he lets you rant your heart out to sasuke while he admires some cloth in the background. you have your preferred friends, it isn’t his place to be opposed to it.

well, that’s what he thought of it—until you slowly got closer to him.

through talks of art and the different medias from your “hometown”, he learnt more and more about you. and his heart grew fonder and fonder.

until—for whatever reason—he found himself,,, feeling some kind of upset by the sight of you talking to sasuke so brightly like that? it’s like a part of him doesn’t sit well with it.

while he isn’t quite sure what he’s feeling, he’ll try to fish you away regardless. his good looks aren’t for nothing, even still having its charming effects on you.

putting up somewhat of an airheaded act, he mindlessly pulls you out of the conversation to look at some beautiful fabric, catching you off-guard for a moment. if you try to mention your talk with sasuke, it’s as if he doesn’t hear it as he whisks you off to another store. and another, another—until you’ve gotten some distance from the ninja.

even with all that effort, he doesn’t think much into the feeling inside his heart. what then felt like a storm, was now a welcoming, warm spring breeze in him.

he’ll figure it out, one day.

[britishassistant]

Old Maid

The beautiful images of Cell 6 in Building Three had busy schedules. Even outside of entertaining the attentions of their fanclub, there were photo shoots and promotional materials to pose for, quizzes on beauty and general education to take, ammo ranges to clean, and mechanical projects to help out with.

But whenever the beautiful inmates did have some downtime, they tended to spend it playing card games to sharpen their wits and poker faces.

Well, Inmates 0303 and 0382 did. Inmate 0307 just hoped that he would not lose as badly as he normally did.

His lack of familiarity with the game strongly suggested that these hopes were soon to be dashed.

“So...the Joker is...bad?” Nana asked, staring at his hand of cards like they contained the secrets of the universe.

“For the fortieth time, yes.” Hani groaned. “Have you been listening at all?!”

“I have!” The young inmate flushed. “It’s just—it’s difficult.”

“How?!”

“Be nice, Hani-kun.” Trois laid a concilatory hand on his cellmate’s shoulder. “It is his first time after all. Nana-chan needs a bit of guidance so he can properly gain experience after all.”

“This stuff is basic intuition though!” Hani griped, shaking his cards for emphasis. “Not knowing it is as stupid as not knowing you have five toes!!”

“Jyugo-san has six toes. Nico-san told me he told him he lost one of them to a piranha.”

The two paused and looked at Nana. Trois reached out, carefully keeping his cards hidden, and pressed a hand to the boy’s shoulder. “Nana-chan, do you remember what we talked about the other day?”

Nana’s brow furrowed. “...That Jyugo-san shouldn’t be consulted about anything that isn't jailbreaking?”

“Yes. This is an example of one of those times.”

“Ah, that lockpick is seriously useless. Who the hell doesn’t know the number of toes humans have?! Did he sleep through goddamn school or something?” Hani complained, rolling his shoulders.

“...Did Jyugo-San go to school?” Nana asked, looking up from choosing a card from Hani’s deck.

There was a pause as the trio considered this.

“...Well, he must’ve! It’s not like the emotionless brat was born in jail— even if he was in juvie, he had to have a life before this��� goddamn elementary schooling at least.” Hani proclaimed, rubbing the back of his neck doubtfully.

“Although, he and the rest of Cell 13 always say he’s in here for ‘jailbreaking’. There’s no mention of an original crime which lead to that like there is for Uno-kun and the others. And if he even drowns in the bathtub...” Trois mused.

Another, more dour silence as the implications sunk in.

“I-it’s kinda amazing that Jyugo-San functions as well as he does, isn’t it?” Nana asked shakily. “If he really was born in a prison, like Bane...”

“Bane?” Trois asked, raising a perfectly sculpted eyebrow as he placed the pair he’d just made with Nana’s card down.

“American comic book villain.” Hani informed him curtly. “Big guy on steroids, fights Batman. He was part of the inspiration for the bandit boss Yama in Winds and Clouds Chronicle Ninja Kamikaze that—”

“Wow, Hani-kun looks cool even when he’s oversharing about his favorite movie~” Trois steamrolled, leaving Hani to glare mutinously down at his cards.

“I-I’d like to hear more about it, Hani-senpai.” Nana tentatively volunteered, quailing slightly under Trois’ dry stare. “I-if it’s not too much trouble...”

“Hah!” Hani pointed a finger at Trois in smug glee. “Don’t worry Nana, we can do a movie marathon later.”

“Ah, okay! I’ll look forward to it!” The youngest member perked up again, turning back to his cards. The flash of panic on his face made it clear who had the Joker.

The mechanic sighed. “There go my hopes for having any cellmates with taste.”

“TROIS, YOU BAAAASTAAARD!!”

“Trois-senpai is mean!” The youngest inmate stuck out his tongue.

“Sorry, sorry. I’m just joking.” Trois held up a conciliatory hand. “Still, going back to the previous topic at hand, it is amazing that Jyugo-san is able to interact as a fairly stable and compassionate person, even given his...areas for growth.”

“How the hell does anyone get mugged by a grade schooler?” Hani sighed, taking a card from Trois’ deck. “And then get tricked into buying a weird vase in the same day, too?”

“...Jyugo-san was what now?” Nana asked, a look of incredulity crossing his face.

Trois chuckled. “Ah, you weren’t here for that story, were you? You’ll have to ask Uno-kun for the full version later.”

Nana went dark red for some reason, and began fidgeting with his cards. “A-ah, n-no, I’ll, I’ll just ask for i-it from Ni-Nico-san.”

Trois chuckled again, while Hani looked between them in confusion.

“Anyway,” The bespectacled inmate continued serenely, waiting for his cellmates to take their turns. “Maybe someone should provide Jyugo-san with some life advice, so his naïveté is not taken advantage of if he’s ever released.”

Hani scoffed as the smallest inmate’s fingers hovered indecisively over his hand. “As if that’d even help. It’d go in one of the lockpick’s ears and out the other.”

“Be nice, senpai.” Nana admonished gently, finally picking a card and holding his hand out to Trois.

“That’s right Hani-kun.” Trois added. “After all, Jyugo-san is just an unfortunate who couldn’t even guess the brand of underwear a woman wears, let alone the color.”

Hani’s expression became pensive and thoughtful, almost pitying.

By contrast, Nana’s face twisted in exasperation and disgust. “Why. Why do you two always do this?”

Both of the older inmates ignored him.

“Huh...” Hani closed his eyes and crossed his arms, keeping his cards pressed against his chest. “Life advice...like the fact that women who are wearing skirts without anything underneath are more likely to wear sexy or plain panties rather than anything patterned, just in case. And that white pants or bottoms usual mean white or pale pastel underwear, unless the material is thick enough that color wouldn’t show through.”

“How is that life advice?!” Nana squeaked, cheeks a vibrant red.

“That’s right Hani-kun.” Trois nodded seriously. “It’d be much better to advise him that the best laundry lines to get bras from are those on apartment buildings in big cities that are close in proximity to another building or roof. Those don’t tend to have the space inside to hang laundry, and it’s much easier to avoid a trespassing charge if you lean over and swipe it than if you’re caught climbing into someone’s garden, even if those have less security cameras.”

“That’s not any better!!” Nana shrieked. “In fact, it’s kinda worse! That’s seriously sexual harrassment at least! You’re gonna turn Jyugo-san into a deviant with advice like that!!”

“He’s in jail. He’s already a deviant.” Trois pouted.

“What the hell would you say then, if you’re so wise about how the outside world works?” Hani sneered, eyebrow twitching.

“I never said that! But...hm...life advice for Jyugo-san...” Nana pressed a knuckle to his mouth, frowning in concentration while his other hand flopped into his lap and showed off the faces of his cards. “Ah!”

He sat up straighter and gestured with an index finger. “Ryphenol makes your drink taste really salty, and you can fight the effects for about 20 minutes to get attention before the drug makes you pass out. Additionally, if you’re being followed by a scary person, go up to a building and yell ‘fire!’ while banging on the door, because that will make people come out rather than ignore you.”

There was a moment of stunned silence as the two beautiful inmates absorbed this.

“...Do you mean Rohypnol, Nana-chan?” Trois asked with a slightly strained smile.

“Um...Ah, yeah, that’s the one!” The child smiled, looking pleased with himself. “Plus, if you ever get taken somewhere against your will, do whatever you can to escape before you get taken to a second location, because your chances of survival go down drastically once that happens!”

“Why the hell is all your advice an anti-abduction PSA?!” Hani demanded.

“W-Well, Jyugo-san is clearly the type of guy who gets into trouble easily!” Nana countered, puffing out his cheeks. “It’ll be of more use to him to know that the police can find him easier with forsonics if he leaves hair or blood behind than how to guess a woman’s underwear color!”

“You take that back!!” Hani roared. “And what the fuck are forsonics?!”

“Forsonics! Forsonic science! The stuff police use to identify DNA and fingerprints and clothing fibers!” Nana yelled back.

“THAT’S FORENSICS, YOU LITTLE IDIOT!!”

“Is not!”

“IS!”

“Is NOT!”

“Nana-chan, I think Hani-kun is unusually correct about the pronunciation.” Trois intervened, finally finished with examining the content of the arrow head’s deck.

“HAH!” Hani cheered, sticking a finger in Nana’s face. “Wait, thE HELL DO YOU MEAN, ‘UNUSUALLY’?!”

Nana’s cheeks went red and he stared sullenly down at his cards, tears beading at the corners of his eyes.

“Ah, Nana-chan, don’t cry.”

“‘M not.” He rubbed his face on his shoulder.

“Seriously?” Hani quirked an eyebrow. “If that’s enough to start the waterworks, maybe you’re the one who needs life advice.”

Nana dropped his cards, bright red spots high in his puffed cheeks, lips pressed together sharply.

The boy stood, strode back over to his bunk, and crawled underneath it.

“Now you’ve done it.” Trois sighed, picking up the scattered cards and using them to discreetly make pairs

“Oh for fuck’s sake—“ Hani shot a glare towards the bunk. “Come out, brat.”

“Don’t wanna.” Came the stroppy reply.

“Don’t be stupid, Kiji’ll get pissy if you get dust on your clothes again.” Hani barked, fuse rapidly burning short. “Come out from under there already.”

“Take it back.” Nana demanded, the pout audible in his voice.

“Like hell!”

“Ah, I win again.” Trois said, satisfied.

Hani started down at all the “miraculously” formed pairs of cards in front of his innocently-beaming cellmate. Then at his own hand, where the Joker which most certainly hadn’t been there a minute ago was surreptitiously nestled into his grip.

“TROIS, YOU BAAAASTAAARD!!”

(In Cell 13, Inmate 1315 finally gets over his compulsive sneezing fit.)

(“Maybe it was girls talking about you!” Nico volunteers optimistically.)

(“What, him and his pink nipples?” Uno jokes. “Get real, it was probably Hajime complaining again.”)

(Jyugo throws a cushion at the braided asshole.)

(He misses.)

[surprisebitch]

My 10 All-time Fave Anime

I first wanna get it out there that there is still a lot of anime I plan to watch and have yet to finish. This current top 10 all-time fave list is based from anime I have completed. I am currently watching a lot of anime, so this list could potentially change!

Each synopsis comes from MyAnimeList. Here’s my profile if you’re interested, and feel free to send a friend request!

Anyway, onto the list! This is not in order btw, just 10 titles!

My 10 All-time Fave Anime

1. Given (2019)

Tightly clutching his Gibson guitar, Mafuyu Satou steps out of his dark apartment to begin another day of his high school life. While taking a nap in a quiet spot on the gymnasium staircase, he has a chance encounter with fellow student Ritsuka Uenoyama, who berates him for letting his guitar’s strings rust and break. Noticing Uenoyama’s knowledge of the instrument, Satou pleads for him to fix it and to teach him how to play. Uenoyama eventually agrees and invites him to sit in on a jam session with his two band mates: bassist Haruki Nakayama and drummer Akihiko Kaji.

Satou’s voice is strikingly beautiful, filling Uenoyama with the determination to make Satou the lead singer of the band. Though reticent at first, Satou takes the offer after an emotional meeting with an old friend. With the support of his new friends, Satou must not only learn how to play guitar, but also come to terms with the mysterious circumstances that led him to be its owner.

2. Rurouni Kenshin (1996)

In the final years of the Bakumatsu era lived a legendary assassin known as Hitokiri Battousai. Feared as a merciless killer, he was unmatched throughout the country, but mysteriously disappeared at the peak of the Japanese Revolution. It has been ten peaceful years since then, but the very mention of Battousai still strikes terror into the hearts of war veterans.

Unbeknownst to them, Battousai has abandoned his bloodstained lifestyle in an effort to repent for his sins, now living as Kenshin Himura, a wandering swordsman with a cheerful attitude and a strong will. Vowing never to kill again, Kenshin dedicates himself to protecting the weak. One day, he stumbles across Kaoru Kamiya at her kendo dojo, which is being threatened by an impostor claiming to be Battousai. After receiving help from Kenshin, Kaoru allows him to stay at the dojo, and so the former assassin temporarily ceases his travels.

Rurouni Kenshin: Meiji Kenkaku Romantan tells the story of Kenshin as he strives to save those in need of saving. However, as enemies from both past and present begin to emerge, will the reformed killer be able to uphold his new ideals?

3. Assassination Classroom (2015)

When a mysterious creature chops the moon down to a permanent crescent, the students of class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Middle School find themselves confronted with an enormous task: assassinate the creature responsible for the disaster before Earth suffers a similar fate. However, the monster, dubbed Koro-sensei (the indestructible teacher), is able to fly at speeds of up to Mach 20, which he demonstrates freely, leaving any attempt to subdue him in his extraterrestrial dust. Furthermore, the misfits of 3-E soon find that the strange, tentacled beast is more than just indomitable—he is the best teacher they have ever had.

Adapted from the humorous hit manga by Yuusei Matsui, Ansatsu Kyoushitsu tells the story of these junior high pupils as they polish their assassination skills and grow in order to stand strong against the oppressive school system, their own life problems, and one day, Koro-sensei.

4. My Hero Academia (2016)

The appearance of “quirks,” newly discovered super powers, has been steadily increasing over the years, with 80 percent of humanity possessing various abilities from manipulation of elements to shapeshifting. This leaves the remainder of the world completely powerless, and Izuku Midoriya is one such individual.

Since he was a child, the ambitious middle schooler has wanted nothing more than to be a hero. Izuku’s unfair fate leaves him admiring heroes and taking notes on them whenever he can. But it seems that his persistence has borne some fruit: Izuku meets the number one hero and his personal idol, All Might. All Might’s quirk is a unique ability that can be inherited, and he has chosen Izuku to be his successor!

Enduring many months of grueling training, Izuku enrolls in UA High, a prestigious high school famous for its excellent hero training program, and this year’s freshmen look especially promising. With his bizarre but talented classmates and the looming threat of a villainous organization, Izuku will soon learn what it really means to be a hero.

5. Attack on Titan (2013)

Centuries ago, mankind was slaughtered to near extinction by monstrous humanoid creatures called titans, forcing humans to hide in fear behind enormous concentric walls. What makes these giants truly terrifying is that their taste for human flesh is not born out of hunger but what appears to be out of pleasure. To ensure their survival, the remnants of humanity began living within defensive barriers, resulting in one hundred years without a single titan encounter. However, that fragile calm is soon shattered when a colossal titan manages to breach the supposedly impregnable outer wall, reigniting the fight for survival against the man-eating abominations.

After witnessing a horrific personal loss at the hands of the invading creatures, Eren Yeager dedicates his life to their eradication by enlisting into the Survey Corps, an elite military unit that combats the merciless humanoids outside the protection of the walls. Based on Hajime Isayama’s award-winning manga, Shingeki no Kyojin follows Eren, along with his adopted sister Mikasa Ackerman and his childhood friend Armin Arlert, as they join the brutal war against the titans and race to discover a way of defeating them before the last walls are breached.

6. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica (2011)

Madoka Kaname and Sayaka Miki are regular middle school girls with regular lives, but all that changes when they encounter Kyuubey, a cat-like magical familiar, and Homura Akemi, the new transfer student.

Kyuubey offers them a proposition: he will grant any one of their wishes and in exchange, they will each become a magical girl, gaining enough power to fulfill their dreams. However, Homura Akemi, a magical girl herself, urges them not to accept the offer, stating that everything is not what it seems.

A story of hope, despair, and friendship, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica deals with the difficulties of being a magical girl and the price one has to pay to make a dream come true.

7. Hunter X Hunter (2011)

Hunter x Hunter is set in a world where Hunters exist to perform all manner of dangerous tasks like capturing criminals and bravely searching for lost treasures in uncharted territories. Twelve-year-old Gon Freecss is determined to become the best Hunter possible in hopes of finding his father, who was a Hunter himself and had long ago abandoned his young son. However, Gon soon realizes the path to achieving his goals is far more challenging than he could have ever imagined.

Along the way to becoming an official Hunter, Gon befriends the lively doctor-in-training Leorio, vengeful Kurapika, and rebellious ex-assassin Killua. To attain their own goals and desires, together the four of them take the Hunter Exam, notorious for its low success rate and high probability of death. Throughout their journey, Gon and his friends embark on an adventure that puts them through many hardships and struggles. They will meet a plethora of monsters, creatures, and characters—all while learning what being a Hunter truly means.

8. Ranma ½ (1989)

Ranma Saotome is a top-class martial artist and prodigy at the Saotome “Anything-Goes” school of martial arts. While training in China, he and his father meet a terrible fate when they accidentally fall into a cursed spring. Now, Ranma is cursed to turn into a girl when splashed with cold water, and only hot water can turn him back into a boy.

Things are only complicated further when Ranma discovers that his father has arranged for him to marry one of Soun Tendo’s three daughters in order to secure the future of the Tendo dojo. Though Soun learns of Ranma’s predicament, he is still determined to go ahead with the engagement, and chooses his youngest daughter Akane, who happens to be a skilled martial artist herself and is notorious for hating men.

Ranma ½ follows the hilarious adventures of Ranma and Akane as they encounter various opponents, meet new love interests, and find different ways to make each other angry, all while their engagement hangs over their head.

9. Love Live! School Idol Project (2013)

Otonokizaka High School is in a crisis! With the number of enrolling students dropping lower and lower every year, the school is set to shut down after its current first years graduate. However, second year Honoka Kousaka refuses to let it go without a fight. Searching for a solution, she comes across popular school idol group A-RISE and sets out to create a school idol group of her own. With the help of her childhood friends Umi Sonoda and Kotori Minami, Honoka forms μ’s (pronounced “muse”) to boost awareness and popularity of her school.

Unfortunately, it’s all easier said than done. Student council president Eri Ayase vehemently opposes the establishment of a school idol group and will do anything in her power to prevent its creation. Moreover, Honoka and her friends have trouble attracting any additional members. But the Love Live, a competition to determine the best and most beloved school idol groups in Japan, can help them gain the attention they desperately need. With the contest fast approaching, Honoka must act quickly and diligently to try and bring together a school idol group and win the Love Live in order to save Otonokizaka High School.

10. Demon Slayer (2019)

Ever since the death of his father, the burden of supporting the family has fallen upon Tanjirou Kamado’s shoulders. Though living impoverished on a remote mountain, the Kamado family are able to enjoy a relatively peaceful and happy life. One day, Tanjirou decides to go down to the local village to make a little money selling charcoal. On his way back, night falls, forcing Tanjirou to take shelter in the house of a strange man, who warns him of the existence of flesh-eating demons that lurk in the woods at night.

When he finally arrives back home the next day, he is met with a horrifying sight—his whole family has been slaughtered. Worse still, the sole survivor is his sister Nezuko, who has been turned into a bloodthirsty demon. Consumed by rage and hatred, Tanjirou swears to avenge his family and stay by his only remaining sibling. Alongside the mysterious group calling themselves the Demon Slayer Corps, Tanjirou will do whatever it takes to slay the demons and protect the remnants of his beloved sister’s humanity.

I hope you find something you like here and will check some of my faves out!! ❤️ Let me know if you do and what you think!!! x

[hzcleski]

hello friends! you probs know who i am already but if not hello! i’m sam aaand this is my newish muse! i played hal here for a minute one time but i’ve decided to give him a huuuuge revamp so character info is under the cut! lmk if you wanna plot! messaging me @ellvie​ is probably easiest!

╰☆╮ DYLAN O'BRIEN ─ HAL ZALESKI identifies as CIS MALE and uses HE/HIM pronouns. they’re a FORMER OLYMPIAN/NHL PLAYER, and they’re only TWENTY THREE ! they’re said to be CAPABLE, but also TURBULENT. i guess that’s why they’re known as THE LEGACY in the tabloids.

quick disclaimer that this is a sideblog so i might post to the wrong account sometimes

other disclaimer a lot of my hockey information is from google ok

nathan harold zaleski jr was practically born with a pair of skates on, which makes sense considering his family is hockey royalty. his father is nathan harold zaleski sr, aka a legend and one of the biggest names in sports to this very day. olympic gold medalist several times over, beloved longtime defenseman for the toronto maple leafs, at the very peak of his career and married to a beautiful wealthy socialite when his only child was born.

listen...this is an au where the maple leafs are good or like, had one genuinely good star player in nathan sr. okay thanks for coming to my ted talk!

he’s got dual citizenship because he was born in canada even though he hasn’t lived there since he was ten, but his parents were us citizens, which doesn’t seem important but WAIT FOR IT

nathan jr, who would begin going by the nickname of hal early on in life, probably learned how to skate before he even learned how to walk because of course he did. his father’s intention was always to have another him. i mean for fuck’s sake they have the exact same name. hal’s purpose in life has never been in question, not by him or anyone who’s ever seen him play.

his natural talent for hockey became apparent from a very young age, which didn’t surprise anyone ofc. his father saw it as a sign and began pushing him even harder, hiring the very best trainers and coaches to help perfect his game while nathan sr focused on his own career.

except that he was running out of steam and fast. nothing happened like there was no huge scandal or career ending injury. nathan sr was just...getting old. fans were simply losing interest in him as newer and younger players joined the league and there was nothing he could really do about it except make sure his legacy lived on.

hal was ten years old when everything seemed to finally fall apart. his dad was hanging on to the very last threads of his career, let go from the maple leafs and almost certainly picked up by the new york rangers purely out of pity. meanwhile, hal’s parents finally divorced which he took almost alarmingly well for a ten year old, but it’s not like his parents were ever a shining example of a deep, loving marriage. they spent years settling the divorce, fighting back and forth while suing the shit out of each other across whole fuckin countries. lowkey they almost wound up being more famous for the legal drama than they were for hockey.

hal’s dad finally retired when he was twelve, won sole custody of him when he was fourteen, and pulled enough strings to get him a spot on the canadian hockey team dual citizenship! going to the 2010 vancouver winter olympics when he was just a teenager, making him one of the youngest players to ever compete in the games.

and canada won gold that year so hal was making history again in no time, being one of the youngest players to ever become a gold medalist in the winter olympics. now he didn’t actually see a lot of playing time that year. his skill was undeniable, but no one seemed to think that he was ready for the big time rush. tbh they probably weren’t wrong, but nevertheless his name and his win made an impression on everyone.

up until that point hal was homeschooled bc ofc education came second to hockey, but he always wanted to attend an actual school and he did! after his first olympics his dad finally sent him to the same private school in the city as all the other rich kids and it was...weird! he started in the middle of the year and was instantly an outsider among his classmates. everyone else had known each other all their lives so hal immediately at a disadvantage. it didn’t help that he’d never really...had a single friend before. tbh his peers were probably intimidated by him. he was just a high schooler and already an olympic gold medalist like...ofc no one wanted to be the person to go approach him and say hi.

played for canada again dual citizenship! at the 2014 winter olympics in sochi when he was eighteen and this time HE WAS THE STAR. absolutely at the top of his game. anyone who still thought that he was a joke before the games started shut up real quick when he won his second gold medal.

he got home and was eventually drafted into the nhl, so he sorta ditched school oops. technically he finished but like...barely since he went back to being tutored for the last few months.

several teams wanted him and tried to throw a shit ton of money at him, but hal settled on the new york rangers with a huge multi million dollar deal

he quickly stole hearts on and off the ice. whether fans admired his skill or followed him during the olympics or remembered his father, for one reason or another he was winning people over left and right. unsurprisingly he’d go on to win the 2014-2015 rookie of the year award, presented to him by the president of the nhl and everything.

he did not attend the 2018 winter olympics in pyeongchang as the nhl famously refused to release their players. hal himself was a major part of the uproar. the whole country of canada dual citizenship! practically threw a fucking fit bc the nhl was disqualifying their star player from winning them their third gold medal in a row and hey big surprise...canada didn’t win gold in 2018 :)

hal’s in the middle of his fifth i think? year of pro hockey rn and so far his career has been solid. his dad is really pushing him to sign with a “better team” and he has gotten offers, but he isn’t really interested. he likes playing for new york & he likes living in new york. maybe someday....maybeeee....but for right now he’s happy with where he is.

okay now for some fast facts!

literally always looks like he just got into a fight, probably bc he just did during his last game. is usually sporting some injury like a black eye or split lip or cut cheek. fortunately hasn’t completely given in to the hockey player stereotype by getting all of his fuckin teeth knocked out...yet

notice that i hardly mentioned his mom? that about sums up their relationship tbh. hal was practically raised by nannies and trainers. his mom always had some brunch or gala or public appearance she was far more invested in. literally she didn’t even really...want custody of him when she divorced his dad, but she claimed to just to be petty and give nathan sr an even more difficult time. yeah they kinda hate each other now and since hal has always been closer to his dad, his mom isn’t even really that interested in seeing him lmao. she’ll call like once a month and invites him to brunch if she happens to be in the city, but ngl hal probably hasn’t seen her in like...a couple years at the least. he’s not really broken up about it either.

right so...walking talking endless pit of daddy issues? you bet! just because hal prefers his dad doesn’t mean that they get along or that his dad is a good person. he still has his perfect public image and he isn’t complete garbage but...yeah their relationship is extremely toxic. he’s always been very harsh with hal, pushing him and pushing him to be the best bc nothing he accomplishes is ever good enough.

so what if he's won two olympic gold medals? so what if he was rookie of the year? so what if he’s considered one of the best and most beloved players in the nhl? he can do more, he can be even better. his dad is a constant voice in his head even though he’s always around anyway. he never misses a game or an opportunity to point out hal’s every flaw.

ofc as a result hal’s always been very hard on himself. every single day of his entire life has been spent basing his self worth off what his father thinks of him. it was awful for his self esteem bc no fucking duh.

HOWEVER. it isn’t public knowledge at this time, but as of right now? hal’s relationship with his father is falling apart faster and faster by the moment. they’re a ticking time bomb & it’s literally only a matter of time before they explode yikes!

fortunately hal could sorta sense the direction things were heading and did something about it. he finally moved out when the hockey season started back in october and he’s been feeling better ever since. like he has more control over his life even though his dad is still WAY too involved.

personality: a douchebag who means no harm, mostly because he's never really trying to be a jerk. tends to come across as a typical meathead jock for good reason bc that’s exactly who he is. in conversation he's usually very blunt and a little awkward bc he’s still learning how to socialize with others. hockey is basically his whole life so it’s all he knows how to talk about, which can either be endearing or annoying. a genius hockey player, but a ditz in every other area. very short - tempered and impulsive. always means well and wants the best for those he cares about, but might go about expressing those feelings in a weird way bc he was never taught how to properly deal with his emotions.

CONNECTIONS

family

step sibling he grew up with - sabrina miller

paternal cousins - warren daily and wren daily

cousin by marriage - rosalind cox

maternal cousin - open. his mom is polish for reference!

romantic

girlfriend - genesis iver

ex fiancée - ginny baker

ex on good terms - margo massey

ex who cheated on him - isla thompson

former fwb - amethyst armenta, open to more.

former toxic on / off relationship - reese monroe

exes, open to more.

hal has a ton of other exes and i don’t feel like listing them tbh all so i’m just gonna assume that y’all know who you are ok

platonic

best friend 5ever - marialena goldstein

confidant - open.

family friends - sullivan ramsey, open to more.

childhood friends - open to more.

close friends - open to more.

friends - mia kauri, chance kauri, theo cannon, angel almeida, open to more.

bickering friends - open to more.

workout buddy - open.

negative

on bad terms - kennedy drakos, jay weston, open to more.

these are just a few plot ideas! i’m most definitely open to other stuff so if you have any ideas please free to share! i think that’s enough from me soooo yeah! mssg me if you wanna plot & as always i’m super excited to write with everyone!

[carolinemillerbooks]

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They're Either Too Young Or Too Old

A U. S. voter isn’t surprised that Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, New York Congresswoman woman from New York and a democratic liberal, fails to see eye to eye with Joe Manchin, a conservative democratic Senator from West Virginia.  But a public dustup over age is surprising. Manchin at 74 attempts to diminish his opponent, age 31, by referring to her as a “young Lady.” Ocasio-Cortez responds. …I usually know my questions of power are getting somewhere when the powerful stop referring to me as ‘Congresswoman’ and start referring to me as ‘young lady instead.  An insult, is an insult, is an insult.  If Manchin referred to me, age 85, as a young lady, I’d do cartwheels. Even so, I understand a gulf sometimes exists between the young and old.  Amid the pandemic Pop idol, Nicki Minaj (38) tells a mindboggling story that got her into trouble with her elders.  She insists a friend of her cousin in Trinidad swears his testicles became swollen after taking the vaccine. Dr. Anthony Faucci (81), who leads the fight against Covid-19 and the Delta variant, counters her misinformation with facts. “…there is no mechanistic reason to imagine this could happen.” Facts are good if a person can handle them. For the rest, laughter is better. Late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert tells Manaji, “See, that’s why I made sure to got my shot in the shoulder.”   As a teenager, I was positive adults misunderstood the young because they were born old.  I was offended by  Our Miss Brooks, a television program where Richard Crenna played a gormless, pimply high schooler who uttered inanities in a squeaky voice.  Flip the coin and several years later, Tim Conway’s skits on the Carol Burnett Show that mocked the elderly struck me as insensitive and annoying.   Clint Eastwood (90) probably wouldn’t have laughed. An Academy Award winner many times over, he’s released his latest film, Cry Macho, and hints another is in the works. “It’s…nice to have a paying job,” he quips. Whether Carmen Diaz (49) and Drew Barrymore (46) will be working at 90 remains to be seen.  Women actors don’t have as long a shelf life as men in this country. Even so, neither performer expresses an interest in medical procedures to enhance a youthful appearance.   Says Diaz, “I’d rather see my face aging than a face that doesn’t belong to me.“  Adie MacDowell (63) sums up her philosophy this way.  “I think women are tired of the idea that you can’t get old and be beautiful.” Adie’s sentiment sounds uplifting but reveals how young she is.  Beautiful to me (85) means enjoying good health, having a reason to get up in the morning, and enjoying life without pain. Let’s face it, discrimination hurts the old and young alike.  I suppose that’s why no one seems to be happy with their age. Well… at 16 I was happy. At 16, I knew everything. The truth is, we all share the same birthdate: TODAY.  So let’s celebrate and be kind to one another. *Theme from 1943 movie “Thank Your Lucky Stars”  

[namirotraeu]

Online Relationships

I just can’t let go of writing this fic. Originally, this was a one-shot but the LawNa muse sent me angels who read  the first chapter and urged me to write again. So, I thank everyone who read my fic. It means so much to me.

“Personalities and relationships tend to differ offline. “

(Part 1)

Title: Online Relationships- Part 2

Pairing:Trafalgar Law X Nami

Genre: Romance/ AU

Rating: T

Word Count: 2286

Disclaimer: I do not own One Piece, they rightfully belong to Oda Eiichiro.

"Captain! Look it's your Nami-ya." Shachi pointed out to his best friend.

Nami's beauty stood out among her group of friends while they are eating merrily in Baratie's Food Joint. It's been months since Law and Nami started sending messages to one another. He regretted that he told his best buddies on how they were talking online. It was something they tease him a lot whenever she was around. This made him awkward to approach her even though he was normally blunt in nature.

"Quiet down. If Strawhat-ya hears you, he'll tease me like you do." He grumpily said.

"Oh come on! From what you told us, you and Nami were chatting till 3 am. No girl would be able to keep up with your insomniac routine." Penguin added.

"Nami-ya is also busy with her studies that time. We talk just to keep each other awake." He explained not wanting them to push further.

True enough, they had been messaging one another since the day Luffy introduced them. He finds her very alluring which is why he added her then started messaging her. At first, he thought he was just attracted to her beauty, but he realized that she was more that. She was witty, fun and sometimes flirty but she owns herself more than anyone else does. He respected how much she was dedicated when it comes to studying which is why he likes to keep her company online on her late-night study sessions.

"It's obvious that you like her with that occasional glances that you've been giving her." Shachi stated.

"You even told us to use Baratie's Food Joint as a study hall when Nami told you they often hang out here." Penguin spilled earning a chuckle from their quiet companion, Jean Bart.

"Why are you even ganging up on me? I thought you were my friends." Law said defeatedly.

"That is why. We are your friends and were pushing your laid-back attitude to make a move on Nami. "

"You can't be so laid back with Nami, a lot of guys want to be Ms. Weatheria's boyfriend."

Ever since Nami joined the beauty pageant and was crowned Ms. Weatheria, the competition for being her man became tough. He saw Eustass Kid, engineering student, inviting her over for lunch, which was politely declined by the girl. He also saw Zoro, a good friend of her and criminology student, hanging out more time with her than the usual. Then, there's Sanji that had been showering her the attention she deserves, following every order she have. These events made him back away since he felt Nami has a lot of guys to handle in her plate.

"I did confess to her even before she joined that pageant, but she didn't take it seriously."

Nami-ya, I like you.

Mou Law, stop messing around. We've never seen each other again since Camie's Open Mic.

Do I look like I'm joking around? Ugh, fine. I'll just study for my exam.

"That was because all you do is message her online. Your timing was always messed up." Shachi lectured.

"She barely knew you that time. It was only 3 months since you started chatting and you didn't see her again personally till the 4th month." Penguin added.

Four months after they first met, Law and Jean Bart run into Nami in the university lagoon. She was alone that time sketching something. He mustered up all the courage to say hi at her which was greeted back with her beautiful smile. He didn't stay to make a conversation because he was too shy when it comes to her. There was something about her that makes the laid back, straightforward and blunt him go away.

That thing urged him to start over again. Snapping a picture of her in the lagoon, then sending it to her with the caption 'Take a break when you need it.' helped him to start again their online conversations.

Loud clanking of barbells, sweaty people huffing, words of encouragement from instructors and feet jogging through Bepo's Training Gym envelop the whole place. Motivated people to change and be healthier keeps the flame lit up the essence of the gym.

Law and a colleague of him, X-Drake, often go to the gym to let off stress. Despite their age difference, they knew each other way back when Law was still ten. Their guardians were good friends, which is why they met often in their childhood. Being friends was one thing both do not like to admit. Law delights in annoying Drake, giving the older man a lot of headaches. So, when he saw him around the neighborhood, Law took the opportunity on intimidating him pushing the two of them have a spar in the gym.

While getting the boxing gloves for the two of them, Law saw two familiar faces. Zoro and Sanji was in the midst of their workout routine. They have been acting like a bodyguard to Nami warding off most of her suitors, which delights Law. However, they were the reasons why his moves on Nami gets destroyed or spoiled. Despite that they were still Nami's friends so he decided to greet them.

Law grunted as he made eye contact Zoro earning a grunt in return. He turned to acknowledge Sanji, but the cook gave him an irritated look.

"Ever heard of greeting the normal way, Shitty Doctor?" Sanji glared.

He knew that the cook was good to all the ladies but he was taken aback at how he was trying to pick a fight with him.

"I'm sure Zoro-ya didn't mind how I greeted."

"It's because you two are barbarians who doesn't even know how to treat a lady."

"Oi cook, you picking a fight." Zoro boiled his anger to the cook.

"Shut up, Moss Head. I'm doing this for Nami-swan." Then he turned again to Law. "I don't know what kind of love potion you gave to Nami-swan but you don’t have the right to mess up her feelings."

Law became silent due to what Sanji said. He didn't know that her friends knew something about them. He thought she was pretty picky on telling others about her personal life.

"Leave him alone, Cook. It is Nami's business after all, she's a grown up woman. We'll just beat anyone's ass if she got hurt." Zoro said seriously.

"I just don't know what Nami-swan liked about him." Sanji sighed. "Go away Trafalgar before I change my mind and beat you up. I'm Nami-swan wouldn't like it."

Law walked away from them while trying to decipher what her friends has said. She rejected her not quite too long ago, so why would her friends say such things. He needed to blow off the steam. Boxing with Drake is a good idea.

"So the cat thief, huh?" Drake mused.

He calls Nami, cat thief, because there was one time his wallet was taken by the said girl paying all the tabs of her friends then returning the wallet to him. He was enraged when he realized what happened. Luckily for her, Nico Robin intellectually settled the incident, saying Nami was just a high schooler that was very much curious. Being a marine, he never forgets the cat thief. Most of the time when the two of them are in the same established, he ensures that Nami wouldn't give into the temptation of stealing. Because of this he became a brother figure to the girl.

"You overheard my conversation with her friends?" Law was shocked.

"It was taking you too long, so I decided to check if you’re still alive. Though, I hope you’re not." Drake said sarcastically.

"If you wanted me dead, you could just try to kill me. Tell me Drake-ya how many have you killed?" Law darkly humored him.

Drake sighed at the question. "Back to Nami, so what would you do about it?"

"I didn't know you’re the type who would meddle in such things."

"It is rare to see you like this and I find it amusing. I never knew you would be so dork and sheepish on making moves on girls." Drake chuckled.

Law landed a hard blow on Drake's face. He settled on boxing, not talking.

"Heh, finally fired up." Drake nursed his cheek to check for blood.

Their session ended with Drake winning the spar. The older man had an upper hand being taller and consistent training. But that day Drake knew something's bothering Law.

The hospital where Law was having his internship was a grand hospital. Donquixote Hospital was the largest medical facility in the country. From the soft and comfortable hospital bed to sophisticated surgical devices, they have it all. Law and his friends used his uncle’s authority to be able to train in this hospital. Since Law’s uncle was the owner of the hospital, he obliged happily and gave them a special room where they conduct their checkups.

Finals week is starting and students are busy completing requirements, they were given this semester. Being an academic scholar, Law knew how stressful these days to Nami. He already had a lot of things to do due to his on the job training in the hospital so he barely sees her at school. Though, quite uncertain of what her friends told him he messages her. Hi.

"Yo Captain!" Shachi and Penguin chorused while they both slap Law's back, causing him to drop his phone in the aquarium in front of them.

The three of them panicked to get the already soak smart phone. As much as Law's dismay, the phone didn't open again when he turned it on.

"I just messaged Nami-ya and this happened." Law glared at his two scared friends.

The two men apologized pleadingly to their friend. "We'll just take it to the repair center." Shachi said.

"You can just message Nami on my phone. So, that she'll not wait." Penguin suggested.

Law sighed. "I'll just message her when my phone is fixed."

The finals week was already done when Law got his phone back. A message from Nami occupied his notification bar. Hello Law. It was dated the same day he messaged her.

A pang of guilt showered him. He should have informed her that his phone was dead.

How are you? He felt stupid after he sent that. He should have started with an explanation, but he wasn't thinking.

I'm so happy right now~

Professor Haredas just gave me my grades and I was 1 out of the 8 students who passed his subject!

Law so thrilled!

Really? That's nice Nami-ya.

Day by day they continued to chat with each other even when Law was busy working in his uncle's hospital as an understudy. Short conversations completed their days.

Their communication continued till one conversation with Nami made two of them distant for the rest of the summer break. She got mad at him because he didn't reply due to playing video games. Originally, he planned to just talk to her, but, Shachi and Penguin infiltrate his apartment and dragged him into playing video games with them. Nami told him it was okay; she's lying on his face and that made him so upset. It was obvious she's mad, he wanted her to act like a girlfriend and tell him she wanted the attention. But that didn't happen. They just repelled each other.

At the start of the new semester, Law decided things would change. He'll leave all his unanswered questions, doubts and everything that has been pulling him backwards.

When he saw her in the school canteen for the first time this semester, he saw his chance. As usual, they greeted each other, but he knew it didn't need to end there. Jean Bart wanted to go back to their department, but when he glanced to Nami's table, she hadn't come back from buying food. They were already out of the cafeteria doors when a spark of determination rush into his body.

He ran back towards Nami's table. To his relief, she's already seated there.

"Nami-ya." He said while trying to look calm.

She looked quite confused on why he was there. Summoning up all the courage in front of her he opened his mouth and said. "I'll be going now. See you around."

Her reply was a soft "Bye bye" with her cheeks starting to be redder than usual. That sight made his heart beat faster and he felt his own cheeks were heating up too. He quickly retreated before he could do something stupid.

All the courage he mustered up was worth it. He really did hope every turn out fine.

That hope became a roller coaster ride at the start of the third week of the semester. The students of the Grand Line University, their school, will merge with a nearby special college, the Mink College. The Mink College suffered because of a great fire accident that occurred. Different races became more evident in their university. His polar bear friend, Bepo, was in the same department as Nami. While Nami's reindeer friend, Chopper, was his classmate in Pharmacology. Due to this, their chances of bumping into one another increased.

There was a time he even accompanied Bepo in his study sessions with Nami. He still feels awkward around her, but with his fluffy friend, he was able to converse with her in some ways. Bepo informed him that Nami asked for his cell phone number a few days after he joined them, but he is not sure why she needed it. She hasn't even contacted him.

His phone rang. It was an unknown number.

"Hello. Who's this?" He answered.

"Law! It’s me, Nami. I need your help."

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Peter's Spring Anime 2018 Premiere Recommendations

It’s that time again. This article comes a bit late, but we had an extended set of premieres that just finished up the end of last week. Spring 2018 is an absolute monster with some of the biggest anime making their returns in new seasons and side-stories. Your time budget is probably tight by now so even a 3-episode test is a big ask. With that in mind, here are my Top 5 (plus a few shoutouts) recommendations for the season!

My Hero Academia

THE KIDS ARE BACK! Although this is a premiere recommendation and My Hero Academia got a bit of a slow start, I have to put this up for the few remaining who haven’t starting watching this yet. You’ve probably caught onto the hype and it’s absolutely real. I honestly couldn’t be more excited since this season is when things start to get real. If season 2 was comparable to Naruto’s chunnin exam, then season 3 might as well be the Sasuke retrieval arc. The part of the story that really cements its position in the pantheon of shonen. BONES have proven they know what their doing after two sterling seasons so I have no doubts they deliver a spot-on adaptation with animation highlights we’ll never forget.

Golden Kamuy

My expected #1 coming into the season. I picked up the Golden Kamuy manga last year and have been eating up volumes as fast as it comes out. This series is unbelievably good and has fantastic execution on multiple levels. I’ve already written about its horrific violence and creative culinary focus but the series is also an intensely researched historical fiction on a period of Japanese that isn’t often portrayed and including the indigenous Ainu population which don’t show up often in anime.

It’s also ridiculously funny, with great character chemistry and some of the best face warping I’ve seen since Konosuba as each member of the central group tries to choke down the unfamiliar cuisine of the others culture. Golden Kamuy basically does everything and it does it all really well. I didn’t catch anything alarming in the first episode and so far I’m digging the voice acting, so at this point I’m just early anticipating the show rolling out some of the early plot beats.

HINAMATSURI

The biggest surprise for this season defies definition. Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid but swap dragon maids for psychokinetic daughters? Mob Psycho 100 except, in this case, the mob is the literal mafia? Yakuza member Nitta suddenly finds himself taking care of the mysterious Hina, a psychic girl who emerges from a portal in his living room and lands directly on his head. What starts as coercive caretaking through the threat of the psychic destruction of Nitta's prized antique collection becomes a more equal relationship as Hina discovers that Nitta is actually an pretty decent guy.

Where this is going, I have no idea, but this show is ridiculously funny with some of the best comedic timing and voice acting I’ve seen in maybe a year. The animation is also shockingly good, with psychic powers and kung fu fights that are fluid and smeary with lots of hand-drawn special effects. I can already tell this anime is going to be the one I most look forward to every week. Whether it becomes more goofy or keeps its nice slice of life tone, this series has already shown a deft hand and I’m ready to follow.

MEGALOBOX

I think we all had high hopes for MEGALOBOX and its premiere delivered. It’s one of those anime you just have to experience to really understand, but it doesn’t feel like it should be a hard sell, taking boxing to the highest possible stakes by strapping metal arms onto the combatants capable of allowing their fists to break the sound barrier. It’s a crazy production from backgrounds to character designs to voice acting, everything feels carefully crafted. Even aspects of the show I may not be as onboard with like the forced low resolution (I guess to give it a classical feel) make it clear this anime has a defined aesthetic vision.

There is a lot of material out there talking about its connection to Ashita no Joe and recurring themes, which is great, but, if you haven’t seen or even heard of Ashia no Joe, don’t worry about it. This story absolutely stands on its own and looks to be carefully modernizing many of the major themes of the original work so that it will feel fresh. Instead of Joe, I’m experiencing Cowboy Bebop flashbacks after two episodes, with the hard luck main character Junk Dog and the dead on bohemian dystopia aesthetic and half jazz/half hiphop soundtrack.. This anime is gonna brutal and beautiful.

Caligula

I have high hopes for this series after the first two episodes. It’s still building up the mystery but, safe to say, it involves some high schoolers caught in a digital world created by a beneficent vocaloid named “muse” who seems to either lack an understanding of what she is doing or is being manipulated by a third party. It’s also done some interesting things with audio, upping muses’s music to an oppressive volume as her minions close in and then dropping it for dramatic effect. Following three different groups of students who have awakened to their situation makes me think it has something planned.

Comparisons to PERSONA5 are natural, both for the content and the fact that the anime is based on another JRPG with a story written by Tadashi Satomi, the author of Persona and Persona 2. At least at this early point, I’ve found Caligula more engaging than P5, of course that may be because I already know what happens in the later. If it keeps its current pace it could be the sleeper hit of a very busy season. Just the fact that it managed to stand out at all is pretty exceptional.

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It feels absurd putting some of these down here, but even in a season with so many flagship series, the studios in Japan have found a way to pack even more quality anime around the seams. If you’re into action, Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online and FULL METAL PANIC! Invisible Victory have shown promising premieres, Steins;Gate 0 has already delivered some suspenseful twists in its first two episodes, and both PERSONA5 the Animation and Last Period: the journey to the end of the despair have shown up with great game adaptations. Also, Food Wars! The Third Plate… Good luck, everyone.

  This season is jam-packed with blockbuster titles, so take care of yourselves and enjoy all the good content. If you’ve discovered any other hidden gems that didn’t make the list then give it some love in the comments!

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Peter Fobian is Features and Reviews Editor for Crunchyroll, author of Monthly Mangaka Spotlight, writer for Anime Academy, and contributor at Anime Feminist. You can follow him on Twitter @PeterFobian.

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