#obviously didn't work but at least they tried

[kittynugg]

stan and ford highschool thoughts

-Stan always tried to convince Ford to do absurd shit because nobody would suspect him what with him being a teacher's pet. His magnum opus was trying (and failing) to convince Ford to shit in the urinal. Ford still thinks about this and wonders how Stan even came up with it.

-I personally headcanon Ford to be aroace but obviously he'd have no idea about that in highschool of the 1970s. He asked three girls out in his life and failed miserably every. Single. Time. One that keeps him up at night is when he asked someone to homecoming and she just said "why?" He promptly had a small meltdown and walked away. (very inspired by the Illymations video about dating with autism)

-Stan had an actual friend group, they'd hang out on the weekends when Ford was busy studying and even include him most of the time. Ford didn't actually like being included that much.

-Ford had a summer job in junior year, he worked at a café and vowed to never work customer service again afterward.

-Stan probably liked men or something. Just a thought. He thinks everyone does in highschool and called it the "boykisser phase" until he mentioned it to someone and the other person was like what the fuck.

-Ford started a homework racket with the help of Stan, he'd get paid to do other people's homework and split it 50/50 with Stan for coming up with the idea. (Ford fucking loved doing homework and Stan is a natural born conman so it worked out well.)

-Stan could do a backflip, the kind you do off a wall, and became the coolest motherfucker in the school for approximately four minutes because of it.

-In the yearbook's superlatives section, Ford got "Future President" and Stan got "Least Likely to Live Until 25". Stan is more proud of his than Ford's.

-Ford nearly killed Stan trying to cook for him when he got sick. This is a canon event for both of them and Stan is a pretty good cook now when he actually feels like trying. (I.e.. when someone's sick.)

-They had real plans to run away and join the circus if sailing didn't work out. Stan is pretty good at juggling.

-Ford said goodnight to Stan's empty bunk every night for a month after he was kicked out

[pseudoquiddity]

(New) Dybowsky Allegations 20/12/24

This time, in a single DTF post created by his wife. I don't want to smother happy P3 news, but this should be shared to the English community as well, and it casts doubts on his involvement with P3 and possibly the later stages of P2.

The DTF post is in Russian, but here's a summary:

(allegedly) Dybowsky is a bad-off alcoholic and has been since 2020 at the very least. In April of this year, while drunk, he hit his wife Renata, so she left to Crimea with their son. Since then, he's been visiting and they've been getting along. But things broke down in divorce proceedings when he couldn't get them to move back to Moscow on his specific terms. So just recently, he tried to take his son with the help of another woman but didn't get far because Renata and her father stopped him. There was a bad fight, enough to hospitalize the father for a week and for papers to be handed over to police.

A few students/people who studied with Dybowsky/worked with him are corroborating in the comments that he is, bare minimum, deeply afflicted by addiction.

The good news is that, aside from Dybowsky being a potential danger to himself and others, Renata has her son and appears to have the support of her family and friends in Crimea. She's not dependent on Dybowsky in any way.

An aside: I'm just posting the news. Obviously, more information may come to light and this is "only" from one poster on a gaming website, however, it comes with a lot of receipts. There were whisperings about this days before the post and since this is a very personal situation, many people have been affected and have experiences with both Dybowsky and Renata. I would say, don't start brawling in IPL's comment section, but do spread the information. It's possible that Dybowsky has cruised through the past five years drunk and isn't as involved in the company as we think, or some sort of opposite is also possible. I've pasted the link below.

[tea-and-secrets]

I am cishet man (unfortunately), and due to a combination of circumstances I tried to sort of develop bisexuality. Mostly just to feel like I am more open-minded than most. I know that it's weird and borderline disrespectful, but I am stupid. At the very least I want to be able to give my hypothetical girlfriend threesome experience or some other show. Unsurprisingly, it didn't work because sexuality is immutable. What I mean by "it didn't work" is that the fantasy of being sexual with a (cis, obviously) man feels neutral at best and repulsive at worst, and penises feel repulsive as well. I gave up some months ago because politics are not identity and not being able to satisfy this particular fantasy doesn't make a boyfriend completely worthless. But I think that I could have conditioned myself to find m/m scenarios arousing? Like, I wouldn't like being intimate with a man, but sometimes when during masturbation I imagine either some hot guy in erotic pose or two hot guys being intimate it makes me orgasm. Obviously it doesn't make me bi because come on, but it's funny. And I don't mean that I can emphasize with men loving each other, which is normal, I mean that it sometimes leads to me orgasming. Not like I never heard stories like this, but still. Also shows how trying to condition yourself can mess your brain in strange ways. But now my horizons of enjoyable erotic fanfics and artworks have expanded dramatically, so W I guess?

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[drcomttheo]

Slytherin Boy oneshots—ML

𝘌𝘕𝘡𝘖- 𝘗𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 (Slow burn fluff)

"Today, we will be brewing Amortentia." Slughorn stated.

Amortentia is the most powerful love potion in the world.

You immediately put your head on your desk.

Potions was your least favorite class; you liked hands-on magic, and you were already well advanced in most of the potions you were learning.

"Can anyone tell me what this potion is? Come on! Why don't you give it a try, Ms/Mr..."

Please don't say it.

"Y/L/N," you sighed inwardly, knowing that was coming considering you were the only one that paid attention.

"It's the most powerful love potion in the world." you said. "It's rumored to smell different to each person, according to what attracts them." Slughorn nodded appreciatively.

"Correct, Ms/Mr. Y/L/N, well done." Slughorn said, lifting up a vial as to cheers. "Now, everyone find a partner and turn to page seven."

You turned to Hermione, but Ron had already grabbed her arm and was pulling her towards the supply cabinet.

Sighing, you glanced around the room, which was pure chaos; everyone was rushing around to grab their friends and soon, everyone had a partner.

Everyone except...

"Mr. Berkshire, why don't you work with Ms/Mr. Y/L/N?" Slughorn put a hand on the boy's shoulder, pushing him towards you.

You raised an eyebrow. "I assume you expect me to do all the work?"

He laughed. Leaning back, he put his feet on the desk. "Absolutely not, Berkshire," you said as you shoved his feet off of the desk.

Skimming through the instructions on the page, you started gathering everything you needed to execute the position correctly.

"Two Lionfish spines, please..." You turned to him and thought for a few moments, "And a rose petal." Enzo smirked while getting up "Coming right up, your majesty," you glared at him and continued to read.

The process wasn't too bad since Enzo was a smart guy and actually put in a decent amount of effort. You figured you would be finished rather quickly.

As you continued to mix all the ingredients as stated in the pages, you finally had a bubbling potion.

You tried not to get too close, since you were scared of what you were going to smell.

"Time's up!" Slughorn said, "Books down everyone. Now, I'm going to call your names, and when I do, I want you and your partner to take a whiff and tell us what your amortentia smells like. That way we'll know if you've done it correctly."

Your heart skipped a beat.

Oh no.

You knew exactly what you were going to smell.

Enzo elbowed me, "Do you want to go first or shall I?" He asked.

"You go," you said, shaking your head, turning it away from him and scooting the potion closer to his side.

Enzo paused for a moment. "I smell... (Y/N scent), (Y/N scent),

(Y/N scent) and (Y/N scent)? You don't think Parkinson smells like (Y/N scent)...

and..." he hesitated, "peacocks." You looked over at him and scoffed.

"Peacocks?"

He had to be lying. You didn't smell remotely close to peacocks—(Y/N scent) was obviously you.

"Yes. White ones, to be exact. Is something wrong with them, Y/L/N?"

Yes.

"No." you said shortly. "Shall we continue?" Enzo asked with a smirk. It was your turn.

Should you try to lie?

"I smell..." you breathed in, trying to come up with the easiest lie, but you couldn't.

"...peppermint, hot tea, and citrus." You quickly pushed the cauldron away and sat down quickly.

Slughorn then cleared his throat to push the awkwardness out of the air. "Well, uh, done, class. Tomorrow we will be learning about the principles of potions; please read chapters four through six. You may be dismissed."

You quickly gathered your things and rushed out of class. When suddenly, you heard the sound of footsteps following close behind me:

"Peppermint and tea? Really, Y/L/N, that's obviously me."

"No, it is not Berkshire." You scowled, "Why on Earth would you smell someone as vial as you?" You retorted and Enzo laughed.

"Sure, it's not?" He said, running his hand through his hair and walking backwards for a few steps until turning and heading back down the corridor.

[crouch-jr]

I was told if I had nothing nice to say don't say anything at all. Too fucking bad I don't care.

THATS FUCKING STUPID MARLENE, ARE YOU AN IDIOT?? Your girlfriend has been suffering for years, and everyone knows it except you? That's fucking idiotic and bloody pathetic. How can you even sit here and call yourself her girlfriend when you seem to know nothing important about her?? What kind of shitty girlfriend doesn't know that? When literally EVERYONE ELSE can see it! Gods, yeah I get you're suffering too, but she was there for you, or at least tried to be wasn't she? Or did you not notice because you were too caught up in yourself? I understand you tried to help by sending cas to therapy, but obviously that didn't fucking work did it? Maybe you should've used it on yourself so you could actually be a competent partner to her.

You didn't know she had a brother? Did you ever think to ask? To ask why she burned stuff? What use is it to say you love her and are worried when you obviously weren't worried enough to look beneath the surface.

@five-not-less @y0urg1rlvendetta @crouch-jr @as-goodas-dead @r0ss-s1n-cla1re @enchantingexperimenters @m1ndfuck3r @b0rn-dr0wn3d @billionareprettyboy

Cas is gone

Idk how long shell be gone for but shes not here rn

Shes not in the country either

I have security fottage of her boarding a plane but no idea where it was going. The footage was defo intentional so ik shes gonna be okay

[emacrow]

Danny has an aggressive secret admirer and that Admirer is Damian wayne.

How this all started was during the Gotham exchange program where Danny had accidentally enrolled in as a joke but didn't think he actually get picked.

Luckily his rogues decided to give him some peace for once since they didn't want to go anywhere near Gotham because she a scary lady, but she actually a very misunderstood lady who just want companion..

Just have a odd way of expressing.. but she allow him in her city until the program is over but has hinted very cryptic if he want to stay then Her Knights have ways.

On his first day of gotham high, everyone so far kept whispered about the new wayne bait?

He didn't really listen but he was mostly asleep in the classes because he already have the whole class homework down already and he using this entire program as a vacation to sleep for once since he first became a halfa.

How he met Damian was pure accident.. literally, as he had accidentally body flipped him so hard to the ground due to Damian grabbing his shoulder and he really didn't meant it but his body instinctly grab his hand.

Which lead to his now peaceful vacation becoming a bit problematic.. as Damian will not leave him alone..

Unknownly to danny. He had gained admirer..

His locker filled with letters that would make Dora blush with how old fashioned they were written in. The occasion and daily weapon gift giving left in his own dorm.( he thought it was skulker leaving him weapons to try out on their next fight) The chocolates he kept receiving thought it was from the other girls from the other class room. Some of his clothes were missing but he thought it was his roommate.

Meanwhile Damian is at his wits end to the point of nearly putting cameras in Danny's room if it weren't for Tim catching on rather quickly on his 'too far gone deep obsession' with the new kid. He had been benched several times because he had been caught on several occasions trying to sneak into Danny's apartment, his locker, his gym locker. To the point they now trying to distract him from approaching danny.

He is just doing the courting rituals that he had learned so far from Talia.. he didn't even get to try the kidnapped and held hostage ritual yet :(

[d8tl55c]

oh boy !! ! ! ! !!! ! thANK y0u all for the kind words on my last art posts. you all get it and i was/still am so happy about it

as promised, here's some close-ups of the comic for image quality's sake, and other screenshots i rescued from the community whiteboard (and something else)

first up another sketch of mystery gender-ambiguous being. (please send me more name ideas for them if you got one- i like to hear em! (reminder it's the side character that appeared for <10 seconds in AvM Ep. 30))

a few fav scenes

emotional support cwab

they weren't meant for this purpose exactly, but i do have countless "fluffy sticks" loose in my notes and homework sheets from the school years.

papery critter.

even when i wasn't confident in fur or feathers, they helped me practice posing and create some satisfying gradients/flowing poses. (im a sucker for good tail poses) (oh yay! i found a good pic...)

and finally, little sneak peak for you for reading so far ;3

i realized that whiteboardfox is pretty great for my working needs. simple and to the point and all. feels nice with the mouse and the tablet.

so i started hashing out a big project idea just to see if it holds up and

[

several hours later ...

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oh

oh man

it's a little bigger than i expected

<next>

[imerian]

My (very old) loscar brooch (?) that i just now made doodles for

More pictures under cut

[starlabsspeedster]

@ofbrainsofsteel

[I gave a brief nod of understanding while regret filled my face when I heard just how much I had hurt Patty. Never in a million years did I think she wanted me to ask her to stay here in Central City. From what I could tell, this opportunity in National City was a dream come true for her... One she worked hard to get. I knew how much it meant to her, so as much as I wanted to, I couldn't in good conscience ask her to stay. That felt selfish of me] I didn't know, Patty... I'm sorry... [I started to quietly say. I knew she said she wanted to focus on work, which was code for her making it clear she wanted to drop the conversation, but I couldn't just let this go without at least acknowledging her feelings and to apologize] I wanted to ask you to stay with me... Obviously. I was in love with you. The last thing I wanted was for you to leave Central City. It's just when you told me how excited you were for this opportunity, I felt like it would have been selfish of me to ask you to stay. I'm sorry, Patty. I know that probably doesn't mean much to you since so much time has passed now, but I am sorry. Believe it or not, letting you go was one of the hardest decisions I ever had to make... [I said as I trailed off. Realizing Patty probably just wanted me to stop talking since knowing me, I was only managing to make it worse, so I did as she requested and tried to focus on work] Look at the PH levels in both of these samples... Both are uncharacteristically high, which meant whatever killed them I'm guessing it contributed to these PH levels... [I pointed out. Knowing it wasn't a big clue, but it was a start at least. Something we could delve further into if Patty agreed that this was a useless clue]

@starlabsspeedster

Leaving; it was the only way to be okay. To heal the pain Patty felt. When she left Central City over two years ago she never could’ve anticipated the day she’d be forced to return. Don’t get her wrong she enjoyed the city; she enjoyed working at NYPD; she was smart. She knew the how to cracking a case. That’s not why she was nervous. It was the who she knew she’d have an awkward run in with. Patty left and took the Program in Midway City it was far enough from the thought of getting kidnapped again. It was far enough from the day to day lies. Patty was witty; she was smart she knew when to fall into excuses and when the truth was right in front of her. 

And Barry Allen the CSI; the guy that helped her find footing in Central City; who helped her get on Joe West’s good side. He was full of mystery. He was someone I was keen on; he was smart; he was that dorky cute. He knew how to make a lame joke to force a smile. He would stare at me as if I was the only girl in the world. I felt special; I felt those bangs of flutter each time I thought of him. He was a good guy; but he also was full of shit. I stopped believing his day to day lies way before I left town. Except he had no idea I had put the dots together. How was he always present right after a kidnapping? A robbery just you name it right after the flash had finished saving the day? I remembered the moment I figured it all; it was the night of the gala. The night we were dancing on the dance floor his arm wrapped around me; and my own arm around his neck dancing; melting away within each other. I didn’t want to be anywhere else but with him. And then someone threatened the night; and Barry got squirmy; he made his lame excuse of having to go check on Joe. Which would’ve been believable if the flash hadn’t appeared seconds later. 

I knew; and I tried to hint to him to trust me, to let me in. And each time I got told “ It’s okay.” And he’d look at me with those dreamy eyes of his and all my thoughts melted away. I left for myself; for my career but a piece of me was always in Central City; with him. Not that Barry ever thought of me because come on; he was brilliant, he was handsome, he was also the hero of the city. I admired him even if it stung that the trust between us was never reciprocated. I healed; I moved on with my life. I spent my time talking to new people, I worked my ass off in the courses; at the lab to be the new upcoming CSI. I had my own kit now; which was thrilling I felt the excitement inside of me when I packed up my las clothing into my suitcase. 

I remembered when I got the phone call an hour ago from Joe West himself. I answered with a polite Hello. Small talk as he said he needed help and heard I passed with flying colors here at midway. I was honored; considering our rocky relationship when I was living in Central City. He told me there’s been a sting of murders; each one left a hat behind; each time same kind different color. I asked why Barry couldn’t handle it because I’m sassy like that. He made a quip that Barry asked for an extra hand but he was quite busy. I rolled my eyes with an “ Sure” Mumbled more to myself. I said I’d be there. 

Back to the place I ran from, the person I ran from. I kept tabs on Flash; I wanted to hold onto the clippings; I wanted to be proud of Barry even if he never felt he could be honest with me. A simper over bare lips as I closed my suitcase. Patty was close to the train station; she had bag in one hand; and ticket in the other as she stepped outside. The train would be here within an hour. A fast track; hearts come running home. Gripping her suitcase tightly she wheeled herself to the station; it was small. Benches on the pavement; the ringing to indicate when a train was approaching. Patty lowered herself to a bench as she sat comfortably. 

An hour close to passing; when she saw the star train approach, exhaling lowly the female stood to her feet and stepped aboard the train. Leather seats as she placed her bag on top above her. Heels hit the carpet as she lowered down into the window seat. Her preferred seating. I wonder how he is.. Will it be okay I’m coming back? I hoped Joe told him. Leaning my head against the window eyes fluttered shut; heart pounding against my chest. 

How? How does one act fine? When the truth was all I could think about? It was easy to pretend in Midway; but did I have the will power now to lie to Barry?

[fromtheseventhhell]

It's crazy that people still uphold show!Sansa as a well-written character and pretend that liking her is the pinnacle of feminism when it would be infinitely more impactful to acknowledge her terrible and misogynistic writing. This is the same character who, while written by two men, was thankful for the abuse she suffered because it allowed her to grow. The same character who we had to be told was smart because the writers were too lazy to develop or show her intelligence. The same character who had to rely heavily on the men surrounding her and ended up accomplishing nothing on her own merit ( and no, thinking that she deserved to be Queen doesn't mean that she earned it). She is not well-written, she is not complex, and she is not a feminist character. Which is fine! If you enjoy her then good on you, but please stop pretending that she's something she isn't just because you feel the need to justify liking her character

[peppermintack]

show tempe gang crossover with the morris islanders would actually have been the best episode of bones ever. btw

[tis-the-marmot]

Stuck in a very bad place both mentally and physically

When will things get better. will i get better

[multishipper-baby]

Now I'm thinking more about... Ray and how he feels about Owynn's music...

[girlitfeelsgood]

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[bravewolfvesperia]

/ Since I mention in my pinned post that this blog has some changes from canon, I'm going to make a rundown post that I'll be linking in my muse info on my blog. My timeline post covers some of this too and has other things canon to my muse that aren't here because they're timeline based and not direct changes based. I'll update this as needed.

Repede had another owner before Yuri got him in the game. I'm combining this with FS. Thus, Repede would have been basically an infant when he and Lambert ended up with the knights. From there he took to Yuri as he did in the FS drama CD so Yuri was primarily in charge of Repede during his stay with the knights, but he and Flynn raised Repede together as is in line with the game. This means they continued raising him together even after Yuri left.

In the JP version of the game, Yuri says he was with the knights for a short time but doesn't specify how long that time was, so I'm completely yeeting the "three months" dub aspect from this blog. I can't reasonably assume he signed up, took the exams, went into training, went from errand boy to battle status, then went on normal missions and left in the span of three months. So as usual, we're following the JP timeline. Generally anything the dub makes up or actively changes from the original context/tone gets yeeted here.

In the FS drama CD, Flynn is extremely repetitive about Yuri quitting the knights and with his nagging. At least with @mistralxsoul and anyone else who prefers it the following way in threads with my muse, we're toning it down because it just feels absolutely batshit to us how bad it is in the drama CD (it's worse than even the movie itself).

Since the timeline for Yuri and Flynn's knighthood conflicts super horrendously between the novel, FS/FS drama CD and the game, I'm mixing all of it together (primarily because I consider the novel more canon than the FS drama CD). Basically (for my muse), they signed their names and didn't take the exams immediately, but when they eventually did it was at least a couple years later, due to Yuri still having his teen appearance when he signed his name to join in the novel. This is because otherwise, if I average my muse's teen age out to be fifteen/sixteen and his age to be about eighteen/nineteen in the knights, it would mean he'd been with the knights (including training, etc) anywhere from 2-4 years if his sign up was immediately after the novel's events. If they were to sign up and join immediately after the novel timeline, it also makes even less sense because Flynn's attitude in FS and his relationship with Yuri (and remember, the FS drama CD comes before the movie's timeline and Flynn was even worse about Yuri's attitude in the CD) would seem like it literally 180'd overnight.

So basically, to avoid all this insanity, a short summarized timeline for my muse would be: they signed up but didn't join right away, Flynn moved away and was gone for a couple years or so after the events of the novel, both of them changed in personality/behavior drastically in that time, they met up at the exams, they went into training, they got sent to Niren's squad, they were more errand boys than actual knights when they were still super fresh newbies and Yuri was extremely annoyed with that, they were actual knights for a while (I'm going to say Yuri was a knight for at least six months or more, especially if I consider the trajectory of Flynn's behavior toward him in the drama CD through the end of FS), the events of FS were not one straight timeline and things happened between the days etc etc, then Yuri left.

Following the game's drama CDs, Yuri hesitated a lot more when Flynn was injured at Zaude. If not for Flynn nudging him to go after Alexei even while wounded, Yuri wouldn't have left him there.

Following the same drama CDs, it's Raven and Repede who find and look after Yuri when he wakes up after Zaude. That is to say, Repede was already with Raven and lunged when he sniffed out Yuri in his room (super doggo powers). Raven followed Repede in a panic, who ran to Yuri's room upon realizing Yuri was there, and Raven finds Yuri awake but right in the middle of passing back out (the sound is basically Raven's voice being distant with some ringing, so it's from Yuri's point of view that Raven is trying to get him to steady himself but he passes back out). Raven takes care of him from there until he's recovered properly enough to go back. In this time, Rita did investigating and eventually, with the others minus Raven, went to Zopheir after deciding they couldn't dawdle and just wait in their grief. While they're there, Yuri and Raven have headed out after them and show up together and reunite with the rest of the group. Raven has already been updated on what Yuri knows from Duke at this point (Duke saved him as usual, but the drama CD changes come in after that), so the two of them update everyone else.

In the game, there's a skit with Yuri, Flynn and Karol where Yuri mentions "playing in a river", but in the novel, they were actually getting water at the river and the other kids were playing in the river when they got attacked by a monster, fell into the river (Yuri also mentions (I thiiiink in another unrelated skit) that just falling into "a river" was enough to panic him), and Flynn grabbed onto a merman. For my muse, I'm just going with Yuri simplifying the situation to Karol while keeping the novel's event as my muse's canon.

[chuluoyi]

✎ mission: baby steps !

- gojo satoru x reader

the three times gojo tried to make his baby love him (and how he miserably fails)

genre: full crack, dad!gojo being a sore loser, your baby being mean (he only wants peace, really), and obviously, fluff !!

note: a little thing for father's day ehe <3 i know i said i'll work on smut in the polls next but uhhh, this comes first ok?! :') i just love the idea of gojo vs baby don't mind me *sobs* and all the scenario here come from the tiktok/reels you've sent me!

a part of gojo's love entries

general masterlist

There are many things that come with being a jujutsu sorcerer, and when you are Gojo Satoru, those things seem to be multiplying like bunnies.

This essentially means less time with his wife and baby. Look, he could finish missions fast, but when sent to other cities, even he couldn't abuse his teleportation powers all the time to return to Tokyo.

And so, as much as he hated it, he couldn't fault his baby boy for forgetting him.

"Look, it's papa," you rocked your son with a smile, consoling him as he wailed right after Satoru held him. "Don't cry, don't cry! Papa just got back from a long mission, he's not scary!"

"Is he scared of me?" Ouch. The thought prickled him. It somehow felt sourer than seeing Principal Gakuganji's face.

You hummed, seemingly (or comically?) deep in thought. "Hmm, in baby's point of view: a big, bad man suddenly picks him up, of course he's scared."

"I'm not a bad man!"

Okay, he wasn't having this. Satoru adored his baby to bits and he would want him to at least know it. It's settled then—he would be taking paid leave just to spend some time with his baby.

This would be his mission for the next three days!

DAY ONE

The day started off great. Baby Gojo was relatively calm, a bit fussy here and there but Satoru could definitely handle him.

"Look, a plane is coming!" he said playfully, moving the spoon in the air to attract his baby's attention. "Open your mouth wide!"

Baby blinked at him with the straightest face ever. His two blue orbs were the very same as his father, and yet they held disinterest so great that it was a wonder Satoru didn't notice.

He then playfully smooched baby's face, but he scrunched up, cringing in response.

And later, another achievement unlocked: Satoru successfully got his son to sleep for his afternoon nap!

"You're so cute, sigh." Satoru poked his baby's cheek lightly. "You look like me, but when you sleep, you totally look like your mama..."

He might not say it out loud, but one of his favorite sights lately was seeing you sleep next to your son. Both of you looked so precious and vulnerable, so alike, and it made him warm.

And whenever he looked at this little creation between you and him, he also got the urge to poke him so bad.

So he did. Only this time, he poked him a little too hard.

And how wrong that move was.

His son immediately cracked his eyes open, his lips quivered, and then his whole face scrunched up, followed by—

"WAAA!"

"Oof! Wait— I'm sorry!"

Long story short, he refused to be held in Satoru's arms, so you took over and your husband could only watch you with dissatisfaction.

"Won't you let me hold you?" he asked despondently, pulling up a pitiful face and batting his eyelashes. "I have the warmest hugs! Mama can vouch for that!"

"Satoru, he doesn't want you."

DAY ONE RESULT : FAILED

DAY TWO

Okay, his baby would love him today. Satoru was sure of it.

He had ordered this baby ride-on toy via home shopping and not only that, he would play with him!

"Here we goo~! Honk! Honk!" Satoru steered the little vehicle with his son at the backseat, hyping him up and even made a weird sound that was supposed to resemble a... train?

You watched them both, giggling. Your husband looked positively ridiculous as he was too big for the small vehicle, but still persisted in entertaining your clueless baby behind him. "Oh my, Satoru, you're trying way too hard."

"I have to!" he retorted, sending pout and a glare at the same time. "You can't hog him all the time, he's my son too!"

"Well, good luck~ as it happens, your spawn isn't easy to impress."

"Just so you wait—!" Satoru begrudgingly shot you a look, eaten up by your taunts, not noticing the wall in front of him. "By the end of today, he'll— whoaaa!"

He was about to crash into the said wall, and you were prepared to jump to save your baby first. But then, Satoru did the next best thing to stop it—jumping out of the ride-on, rolling onto the floor... and crashing into the bookshelf that some of the things fell. "Ow!"

"Are you okay!?" you immediately picked up your baby before checking him over. However, Satoru's eyes were transfixed on your shared munchkin.

"Meh heh~"

And you too when you heard it— your baby was wiggling, all smiles, seemingly amused by the sight of his papa lying there pitifully. Satoru was aghast.

"Y-you have no filial piety!"

DAY TWO RESULT : FAILED

DAY THREE

Today, Satoru had gotten inside the playpen and brought a bunch of toys, planning to entertain his son with all of them.

"C'mon, don't throw that!" he pursed his lips when his kid flung the lego away. "Don't you want to play together with me?"

No. As if saying that, the baby crawled away from him. He seemed to have a target in mind though.

"Oi, what are you doing?" Satoru was puzzled, but he was in for a surprise when the child rose slowly.

"Oh, you're pushing yourself up..." he stated, observing how the baby, still wobbly, clutched on the edge of his playpen for support.

A huge grin spread across his face then. "Aww, look at you!" he gushed with pride. "You can stand already! Ooh!"

And suddenly, the sight tugged at his heartstrings. This was the first time he had ever witnessed such a milestone. He wasn't here when he first started teething or crawling, and now that he was here when his son was standing... he wanted to see more of this.

"Now, can you take a step?" Satoru moved closer to him, and the kid turned to him with those clear blue eyes and a little frown, seemingly unsure. "Go! Go! Come to me!"

He didn't think he would actually try to walk. But he did as baby let go of the support, alas suddenly he slipped—

And fell flat on his face.

"—! Are you hurt?!" Satoru immediately plucked him off the floor, horrified, and pulled him close when the baby started to sniffle. Soon, he began to wail inconsolably.

"Oh no, I'm sorry, I'm sorry—!" he didn't even know why he was apologizing, but seeing his baby so frightened made his chest tighten. "Stop crying, oh wait—let's find mama!"

You were engrossed in your evening TV series when Satoru came barging to the living room with your poor son while being hysterical. "Help him!"

"What happened?!"

"He fell! He fell!"

Of course, your main concern was to comfort your baby, and so you reached out to take him from your husband's arms, only that...

"Huh...?" even Satoru was stunned when his son clutched onto his shirt, continuing to cry but refusing to let go, burying his little face into him.

Suddenly, he felt warm, he felt needed, and most of all, his desire to protect him was so overwhelming that he couldn't help but squeeze him closer.

You looked between the father and son, feeling giddy at the sight.

"He wants you," you finally smiled, patting baby's back. Satoru glanced between you and his precious pumpkin, seemingly taken aback as he blinked several times. When the fact sank in, he felt like a mush and pressed a kiss on his head.

The clown was convinced that his kid hates him and you are the savior. So, the fact that this little innocent being wanted him to comfort him... it made his heart flutter.

"Sorry, kid," he sighed into him, smushing his face to his little one's. "Don't cry, yeah? You're making me sad too."

"Satoru... are you getting glassy-eyed?"

"...am not!"

DAY THREE RESULT : DUBIOUS OUTCOME

"He's asleep..." you placed your baby between you and Satoru on the bed later that night, he was now so peaceful, out like a light.

Satoru turned to face you and the baby, looking at both of you with a yawn, but a soft smile lit his face when he saw how you pecked his son's cheek lightly.

These three days made him almost forget that curses still existed out there. Spending time with his son blurred that fine line between reality and a perfect daydream.

"He is still so little, but he screams so loud," he mused, poking the baby's cheek gently. You swatted his hand away, worried he might poke too hard again.

"You keep teasing him, that's why."

"—? He keeps playing me, is why!"

You two burst into quiet giggles then, and you couldn't help but reminiscing about the journey from when you first found out you were expecting, through the first ultrasound, and all the way to delivering your son.

And it seemed like Satoru had an inkling of what you were thinking when he suddenly blurted:

"Thank you, for everything you do," he whispered then, his eyes crinkled so softly at you.

You playfully huffed to hide your misty eyes, and in that moment, Satoru knew, that you too were glad for this life you two shared.

. . .

And that, in and of itself, was enough for him to thank all the stars for bringing him to meet you in that most beautiful spring of 2006.

Epilogue

It was morning, and baby was awoken by... sounds.

He looked to the side to find his mama there— your hand on his tummy to prevent him from rolling.

And then he turned to the other side to find his papa... who is perfectly still, but emanating this low sounds with each breath he took.

The longer he heard it, the more irritated your munchkin felt. So he rose, put his fists together, and came down on him—

Whack!

"—?!" Satoru groaned when something hit his face, and he opened his eyes only to see his son readying his punch again—

"W-why are you hitting me!" he was mortified. "H-help! Sweets, wake up! He’ll murder me!”

OVERALL MISSION RESULT : FAILED