#oh wow the third time im using this tag

[notecapn]

"Suppose you make it easy to love you"

there are two ways to carry one's spouse

uh, @raccoonwithacoffeeproblem, thank you!

[maplesyrupsainz]

you know that fic that was like logan x baker reader CAN YOH DO A PT2 WHERE WE ARE THE BFF AND WE GET WITH DANIEL BECAUSE WE MET THROUGH THEM

ahh omg i love this idea tysm for requesting 🥹 i hope it's all that u wanted it to be ! <3

˖⁺｡˚⋆˙we couldnt help it | DR3˖⁺｡˚⋆˙

pairing: daniel ricciardo x faceless y/n reader (she/her)

genre: social media au, whirlwind romance

warnings: mainly fluff but some obvious sexual innuendo but brief & no smut or anything

summary: in which her best friend's new relationship led to something good for her

a/n: omg i love this request so much hehe u dnt rly need to read pt1 but it maybe give context to some things😊 (for context y/n = yourbff from pt1, & yourbff = y/n from pt1)

fc: various blonde girls from pinterest

song

my masterlist

part 1!!!

instagram ->

yourbff

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yourbff i like shiny things but i'd marry u with paper rings 🩷🪽

tagged: logansargeant

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logansargeant i love you

yourbff i love u 🍰

yourusername this could be me & daniel ricciardo but u insist on keeping us apart for some reason

danielricciardo are we being cock blocked?

yourusername AM I BEING PRANKED RIGHT NOW

logansargeant you're welcome

whatsapp ->

instagram ->

yourusername

liked by danielricciardo, yourbff, and 3,924 others

yourusername yes i finally committed to blonde hair full time 👱‍♀️

tagged: yourbff, friend1, friend2

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yourbff omg i fancy u so much

yourusername wow being blonde is so powerful got you confessing your love for me already

friend1 think it's ur boobs in that corset over the blonde hair but whatever helps u sleep at night xoxo

yourbff LOL no comment!!

logansargeant who are u trying to impress

logansargeant daniel ricciardo?

yourusername shut ur mouth u swine

yourusername i miss y/bff/n's ex

yourbff too far

logansargeant i am wounded

yourusername good

danielricciardo heyy

liked by yourbff, logansargeant

yourusername good bye

whatsapp ->

instagram ->

yourusername

liked by danielricciardo, landonorris, and 1,593 others

yourusername professional third wheel

tagged: logansargeant, yourbff

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logansargeant i just laughed out loud at this

yourusername i know im in ur kitchen i heard u

yourbff u couldn't think of a less creepy way to word that

landonorris i could be ur fourth wheel

logansargeant there's no way

yourbff STAY AWAY FROM HER

danielricciardo spot taken

landonorris oh my bad

yourusername no it isnt the spot isnt taken

yourusername u can come back

user1 what have i just stumbled upon

yourusername i beg u close ur eyes

twitter ->

whatsapp ->

instagram ->

yourusername posted a story

liked by danielricciardo, yourbff, alex_albon, and 872 others

yourbff ur being wooed arent u

yourusername i want to say no

yourusername but i would be lying

yourbff me & logan are shrieking & yelling

yourusername CALM DOWN

landonorris damn it

yourusername LOL

danielricciardo

liked by yourusername, landonorris, and 66,904 others

danielricciardo friday nights 💤

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landonorris this is the girliest post u've ever made

danielricciardo dont blame me for knowing the female gaze

yourusername this is shocking

danielricciardo when u know u know

user4 what is happening

user5 danny got himself a rebound or what

user6 she looks so trashy😭

yourbff giggling & kicking my feet over this

whatsapp—

twitter ->

instagram ->

yourusername posted a story

liked by yourbff, friend1, and 1,002 others

yourbff speechless

yourusername look away!!! thts my man

yourbff UR MAN??? Y/N??

yourusername

liked by danielricciardo, yourbff, and 9,284 others

yourusername vibess 😐

tagged: danielricciardo, yourbff

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danielricciardo why the long face

yourusername kind of rude dont u think?

danielricciardo no i dont 😐 do you? 😐

user7 no way

user8 hard launching already

user9 this feels fake

yourbff i am being so casual about this

logansargeant no she isnt

user10 i love that y/bff/n is a fangirl like us😭

logansargeant im taking credit for whatever this is

danielricciardo whatever this is? this is clearly 'vibess 😐'

yourusername danny are you really upset by my emoji choice?

danielricciardo no

logansargeant he is

THE END 🤍

[81folklore]

helpless - RUSSELL

pairings: george russell x hamilton!ensemble!reader (fc: ella kora)

summary: george ends his softlaunch with a cast member of hamilton on the westend

authors note: sorry for not posting in forever but ive had no motivation and i cant find the want to finish some of my drafts so have a brand new smau thats been BREWING in my brain ever since i saw hamilton the other week. its literally one my favorite musicals so you know i had to incorporate my two interests, you dont need to have seen hamilton or know about the story for this!

important: rg63 is george’s private instagram

masterlist

georgerussell63

liked by alex_albon, yourusername and 366,450 others

water, sports and sunsets☀️

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user7 shirtless george is back!!

user10 hes so…

user45 THE SOFTLAUNCH HAS TO END SOON RIGHT😭😭

user12 i miss when george wouldnt make me feel single every post😔

yourusername oh myyy🫠

yourusername

liked by jakeh_j, lilymhe and 235 others

smiles (mostly) all round this summer☀️

tagged: rg63 and jakeh_j

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rg63 miss you darling🤍

yourusername miss you too love💜

jakeh_j dinner soon?

yourusername yes!! g is coming to a show soon so we can do it then :)

jakeh_j sounds good👍

user6 cant wait to see you in hamilton!

yourfriend cutie🫶

georgerussell63 and alex_albon have added to their stories

yourusername ahhh cant wait to see you all💜

f1updates

liked by user72, user1 and 2367 others

george, alex and lily with fans today in london

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user1 im the one in the third photo, they were in a rush as they had to go to the theatre but they were all so sweet and took the time to sign a hat i had!

user10 was anyone else with them?

user1 there wasnt! i dont think george was with his girlfriend but she could’ve been waiting for them somewhere else☺️

user72 idk why them going to the theatre together is funny but it is😭

user5 right?? it feels so random😭

user53 i can’t believe they watched hamilton before me

georgerussell63

liked by alex_albon, yourusername and 872,426 others

i have been with you since the beginning of your incredible journey of living out your dream of being in the west end. i know how much getting this part in hamilton meant to you and getting to see you on stage brings me so much joy, forever proud of you darling🤍

tagged yourusername

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yourusername george☹️i will love you forever and ever thank you soso much for being by my side💜

yourusername you have no idea how happy it makes me to know you are in the crowd

alex_albon thanks for being my friend so lily can see her favorite musical😁

georgerussell63 yeah no worries man👊

yourusername alex i hope you know its me she loves to see, not hamilton🤨

alex_albon your wrong.

lilymhe shes very much correct🫶

user7 WHAT IS HAPPENING

user5 HARD LAUNCH HARD LAUNCH

user25 WAKE UP GEORGE POSTED HER AHHHH user6

user6 OMG I LITERALLY SAW HER THE OTHER DAY😭

user10 this is so cute (im sobbing)

user8 wow the highway is such a good place to stargaze!!

user83 i cannot cope why is this so🫠🫠

lewishamilton 💜💜

yourusername

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i look into your eyes and the skys the limit. georgie my love for you is timeless, each day i think about how lucky i am to have you by my side and how lucky i am to get to be the one to love you. you have changed the way i view the world and myself and my life will always be better now youve entered it, and no matter what this chapter in our lives will stick with me forever and always💜

tagged georgerussell63

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georgerussell63 i am so grateful you have come into my life

georgerussell63 i love you so much darling

yourusername i will never stop loving you🫶

lilymhe when will i get posts like this☹️

yourusername yours is next lovely🤭

alex_albon babe?? i post you all the time

lilymhe and yet you havent used a lyric from hamilton🤨

user16 oh i love them so much😭

user45 my😭love😭for😭you😭is😭timeless😭

user12 hahhaa im so happy for you😭😭

jakej_h i hate people in love

yourusername you love us really😁

user9 MY HEART CANNOT TAKE THIS

user7 OH MY GOD GEORGE LOOKS SO GOOD🫠

liked by yourusername and others

user101 george is so boyfriend🤭

user62 that first picture😮‍💨

user99 they are so in love😭

[youredreamingofroo]

On Repeat

// Click for HQ

Whew,,, I finally finished these! Thank you @elderwisp / @elksun / @living-undead / @dejasenti99 AND @yukikocloud FOR THE TAGS!!!! Holy wow :0

Tagging :

@circusjuney / @butteredfrogs / @mmonetsims / @flovoid

@birdietrait / @venriliz / @retrotrait / @mattodore

plus anyone else who wants to do this! Also feel free to ignore esp if you've alr done this, idk who has and hasn't im sorry 😭😭

// Extras under the cut - below is very long, so open w/ caution if you don't wanna scroll a lot 😭

This has taken the piss outta me (albeit fun), so i'm kinda just gonna explain how I think the featured line in particular is akin to the OC/Ship and not the entire song... as much as I'd love to 😭 Also it's just SUPER hard (for me) to find songs that I relate to my OCs, lyrics as well so skdjhnsjk

Roo's Song Oil & Water by Origami Button "When did I become like the ones I never thought I'd welcome in my home"

The above line in particular is quite literally Roo in the current story/character arc- He's looking at himself from a third person view and going "Oh. I am what I hate." He's looking at his old self, in college, and how he treated Leo, to now, looking at his present self and seeing the way he creeps on Leo, how he clings to him despite being several states over. Roo looks at the progression of his stalker-ish behavior, his obsession, how it went from just general clinginess that Leo could bear, to something completely unbearable after 7 years of no contact, it saddens him. So taking it quite literally, if he was at his own door and he knew how awful he was, he would slam the door on himself. A painful self reflection for him :')

Leo's Song Truth or Dare by Ricky Montgomery "Hiding in the closet, trying not to vomit, didn't even want it"

The entire first verse for this song can be applicable to Leo. As a teenager (15-16), Leo went HEAVY on drugs as a form of escapism from his parents, of course they'd always find him and get on his ass HARD for doing that shit. After a while of being sober, Leo started going to house parties, great idea- Flash forward to his third house party, and he finally cut his year long sober streak for drugs. as many as he could fit in his body. He had terrible influences around him so they encouraged him to do this shit, it didn't take long for his body to feel the god awful effects of taking so many drugs, so he ended up in the bathroom for a while- He tried to hold back the vomit because he was,,, partially enjoying his high, but he couldn't hold it back for long and ended up passing out, but not before nearly gutting himself from vomiting so much. Cut forward in time, and people got worried, bashed open the bathroom door and found Leo's unconscious body slumped over the toilet 🙃 Obv he came out fine, but it's a major moment in his life, because looking back on it, he realizes that wasn't what he wanted, he just wanted attention, he wanted to be cool, he wanted to be rebellious, but he didn't want to (nearly) kill himself. The render isn't one-to-one with the situation, but the lyrics are accurate so :3

Onia's Song Bloodstream by Soccer Mommy Scene used in render "Now a river runs red from my knuckles into the sink and there's a pale girl staring through the mirror at me"

Overall, the song talks about how the artist (Soccer Mommy) has lost her childhood innocence and how she wants to go back to her childhood and putting Onia's Sheep in Wolf's clothing motif aside, Onia misses being a child, and misses not knowing the pain and burden of being the complete opposite of what her parents wanted, so she spirals over this a lot, and like the lyrics say, "a river runs red from my knuckles into the sink," She tends to lean towards harming herself, in this case, her hands, and her knuckles- I can't draw or simulate blood in either blender or GIMP, so the red light is supposed to simulate the blood-sodden sink that she's standing over, and of course, "pale girl," is Onia, she's staring at herself, but additionally I like to think she's staring past the mirror, or staring through it (wink wink), she's spacing out and thinking about who she should've been, or who she could've been.

Hero's Song Following Eyes by Soccer Mommy "An awful feeling started creeping over me and what I saw was like no horror I had seen"

I'm keeping this short and sweet. It's not easy to find a song (that I like) that's about being haunted or cursed so. I had to re-use her song from her intro post, which isn't bad, but I did hope to find a new song kdsjhnsjk Anyways. Hero's cursed, pretty much anywhere she goes, she is forced to perceive ~the horrors~, sometimes she's forced into a blank space, a void (SOMETIMES,,, not a lot,,, rarely moreso), where she'll be tormented for who even knows how long, this moment in particular, she was walking along this catwalk in the dark, she eventually felt something that felt similar to someone dragging their fingers up your spine, in a moment of fear, she turned around and just. saw. She looked onto this,,, being, what she saw was "like no horror I had seen,,," Although to be fair, the creature isn't all that horrifying (which in my defense.. I'm a blender novice so </333)

The Hiraeth Song Nomu by Good Kid "Four eyes entwined draw four separate lines and none of them point to you"

I think this song overall is a perfect example of Roo and Leo's relationship both after Leo's confession and after Roo tried to reconnect with Leo. After Leo confessed, he tried to keep their relationship going, but it didn't work out, so he gave up (Roo didn't realize Leo was pulling such a weight and he just let their friendship fall out) After Roo tried to reconnect (aka the CURRENT storyline), Roo has been trying to keep things together and has been trying to make things work, but Leo has long-since given up on their friendship as a whole. Now in terms of the lyric above; Post-Confession, every conversation they had together would not be the same, they couldn't look each other in the eyes, their eyes would connect momentarily and separate almost immediately; Nowadays, if they WERE to be living together or near each other, they just would NOT be able to talk to each other, because Leo would be fed up with Roo and trying to avoid as much eye contact and general verbal+physical contact as possible with him. Roo, on the other hand, is just terrible with eye contact so he would have a terrible time trying to engage in eye contact with Leo.

The Ithanel / It's All Wrong Song From Eden by Hozier "Babe there's something broken about this but I might be hoping about this oh what a sin"

Ithuriel and Nanel's entire relationship is inherently toxic, they are not toxic to each other, but the underlying (or moreso, the OVERWHELMING OVERLYING) dangers of this relationship makes it toxic, broken in a way. Nanel risks her life going to see Ithuriel outside of work-related interactions and Ithuriel risks her life by just. seeing, talking to and loving Nanel. Whether they know (they do) or care (they dont) about these dangers, they still want this relationship, they live on, literal, prayers that they are not caught and that they can continue to love each other in peace, but overall, their relationship, in the eyes of the heavenly council (ehhh W.I.P term for IAW lore stuff), is a sin, and nothing but a sin.

Ithuriel's Song What You Mean by Rome Hero Foxes "Cause every little god damn thing you do makes me wanna get close to you"

The lyrics speak for themselves... Ithuriel is very dedicated to Nanel, and literally every waking moment of seeing and knowing Nanel drives Ithuriel up the walls because she loves her so much.

Nanel's Song Future Me Hates Me by The Beths "It's getting dangerous, I could get hurt, I know, I've counted up the cons, they far outweight the pros."

This is semi-foreshadowing, but Nanel knows that her and Ithuriel's relationship is forbidden, wrong (not cuz its gay necessarily,, 😭), and the way Ithuriel's heavenly role works means that their relationship status and every interaction outside of a required interaction is a risky game of one or both of them being punished and sentenced to death. But ! Nanel loves Ithuriel wayyyy too much to let how insanely dangerous their relationship is to get in the way of them loving and being with e/o.

Nirvana's Song 1999 by Beabadoobee "And I'm not wasting time again, closure instead of s^x, and I'm not wasting time again" Idk if I need to censor s^x but i am justttt in case...

Oof, Nirvana... Nirvana has always been sxually active, she's always had one-night-stands with other men, she's tried to continue things after that ONS, but it never works, she's tried to have relationships with women, but they just use her for s^x. She's tired of wasting time with people who just want her for her body, she's tired of s^x, she just wants, well, closure, she wants someone who will love her for her, she wants a relationship without s^x, or at least isn't s^x-focused, she just wants to know someone will love her past her body. Although aforementioned is all just a habit so she will unfortunately end up right back where she started and continue this uncomfortable and sad spiral.

[whatthebodygraspsnot]

Do you still think you’d share how to comment on explicit fics? 👉🏻👈🏻 I just think that would be so great and helpful! Either way, I love the way you write so much!

ah yeah! okay Disclaimer: this is not universal or exhaustive and no one has to do any of this shit at all if it's not their vibe. this is just what i found works for me when im leaving a comment, and also the kinds of things i eat up with a spoon when other people comment on my stuff.

it can feel a little iffy and vulnerable sometimes when you're trying to comment on explicit fic, especially if it's extra juicy and especially if the author is someone you might not interact with. so i'm gonna break this up into two categories. Commenting On SFW But Still Sexy Aspects, and Commenting on NSFW Aspects. then i'll break down some options and give examples :) you can pick and choose however many works for you on a fic-to-fic basis.

SFW But Still Sexy Aspects

Character Behavior Changes - Example: i find it so interesting how A starts out so cocky and like he's about to lead everything, and then the second B starts touching him, he gets all nervous.

Setting/Atmosphere - Example: the fact that this is all happening in an alleyway adds to the grittiness in such an effective way - i love it! - Example: you described the mansion's details so well that i felt like i was there having a drink with them, watching them make eyes at each other! super hot!

Juicy Plot Points/Motivations - Example: knowing there's years of sexual tension between them makes this so yummy to read. glad you included the buildup! i was reading as fast as i could so i could get to the satisfaction of them finally getting together <3 and you did not disappoint!

Pointing Out Callbacks To Previous Chapters (If Chaptered) - Example: "line copy/pasted from this chapter" ah! okay i guess there was a reason for him doing XYZ in the last chapter lol - Example: i love that we're here now. i never would have guessed this would be happening between them when i started reading but damn does it feel so good.

NSFW Aspects

Pro Tip: use quotes from the fic! it helps you! it shows the author exact parts that worked! it's fun for everyone :D

Dialogue - Example: "dialogue copy/pasted from fic" oh my god i can hear this in their voice so clearly! - Example: "dialogue copy/pasted from fic" okay tbh i never thought i'd hear them say something like this, but the way you framed it and built up to it works so well! - Example: "dialogue copy/pasted from fic" this would've worked on me too tbh

A Particular Move/Position - Example (mild): B flipping A over and taking control was soooo hot - Example (medium): B going down on A was so hot - i love how into it they both were - Example (hot): B going down on A was so hot - i love how A couldn't help but cum so quickly with how nasty B was being <3

Anything That Got A Physical Reaction Out Of You - Example: "line copy/pasted from fic" wow this made my tummy swoop! - Example: the overall build up in this scene is so good i was sweating! / i'm fanning myself! / omg i need a cold shower lol

Kinks/Tropes - Example: i've never read this kink/trope before but i love your other work so i decided to give it a shot! - Example: i lovvve this kink/trope and you nailed it! especially the parts with XYZ.

Just Kidding Here's A Third Category: Miscellaneous

Excitement About New Fic - Example: omg i saw the notification and came RUNNING - Example: when i read the tags i started sweating. knew immediately that you were going to put me on my ass

Relating Back To Other Works From The Author - Example: This reminds me of your other fic 'Fic Title'! really loved the tension in that one too - i'm glad we get to see some more!

Hit Em With The Ol' Emojis + Gratitude - Example: 🥵🥵🥵 thank you for sharing!

What Happens After You Close The Tab? - Example: i'll be thinking about this one for a long long time wow! - Example: i've been thinking about the last chapter since i read it. this fic has me in a chokehold! - Example: reading this for a second time! just as hot as the first!

in summary, most authors i know cherish comments like you wouldn't fucking believe! so follow your horny little heart and know that they're ecstatic that you took the time to leave one <3

and if all else fails, you can never go wrong with a good copy/paste of a line that you specifically liked + why you liked it!

[bright-and-burning]

FIC WRITER INTERVIEW

tagged by the beloved darlingsest dearest @vroombeams

How many works do you have on AO3?

12 (10 for f1)

What's your total AO3 word count? 49,323... oh wow. that's. more words than i realized.

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

not gonna include non-f1 fics for this lol (but if 8 people wanna go give begging hands knees please kudos to bump it above my old ted lasso fic...)

begging hands knees please (394)

but my tracks are better (341)

dive down deeper still (330)

the light between the lines (308)

relax and catch the manic rhapsody (222)

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

yes absolutelyyyyy i fiend for responding. i guess the first like. mildly successful fic i wrote (said ted lasso fic lol) got a LOOOT of comments, many of which kind of lent themselves to discussion post vibes? like, asking questions, noting foreshadowing, that kind of thing. not sure if that's a ted lasso thing, a multichapter fic in progress thing, a not pwp thing, or just the specific people who got invested in that fic thing, but i was sooo spoiled. got very used to people like picking out their favorite quotes and asking questions and inevitably having like, 4 or 5 comment long threads going back and forth. glorious. all that to say i always respond to comments bc so many of the first comments i got were engaging like that. and now there's less of that kind of comment (though i promise i appreciate all the comments i get!!!) but the habit stuck with me lol

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

that's been posted? none of them. lmfao. actually the three angst-bombs in my docs also have happy endings, i think. well i know for two of them; the third is like, essentially vent fic. so who knows how that ends. not me. it hurts Me too bad to write things that don't end very well. i just can't do it. i gotta put bandaids on the blorbos before the end or i'll die

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

i am the sappiest mf alive . this is like asking me to pick what's heavier, 10 pounds of rocks or 10 pounds of feathers. the light between the lines has the highest end point in comparison to the start point? but yeah. looking at all of these like ok u end in them getting together, u end in them getting together, u end ambiguously but they're cuddling, ur just soppy established relationship fucking nasty. etc etc

Do you write crossovers?

i haven't ever! well not according to what i think of a crossover, which has to heavily involve characters from said other universe, rather than just putting characters in an au. im not opposed but i have no idea what it'd be

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

i.... don't think so?? possibly on something long-orphaned from the early days of me writing i guess. but nothing i've noticed.

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

fsdjfal yes. what does what kind mean... "dumbasses accidentally stumbling in a little too deep" is probably the blatant theme actually. oh fuck i probably should've added the under negotiated kink tag to my newest fic.

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

not that i know of??? would be baffled honestly if i did

Have you ever had a fic translated?

nope!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

no i haven't!! or not in the technical definition of that. a lot of my fic comes out of messaging other people and playing around w ideas collaboratively via kind of chat fic . and then turning that into prose. but that's the closest i've gotten. i'm not opposed tho

What's your all-time favorite ship?

all-time... i have been reading fic since i was like 9 years old . and i am incapable of living anywhere but the present, in terms of taste. so. god. all-time... they all serve such different purposes tho...... if we go on statistics i've posted nearly 30k of landoscar and like 20k of everything else combined so.

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

runners au... such a good fucking set of ideas. interweaving stories... unfortunately, i'm not really into maxiel a whole bunch anymore (even tho THEMATICALLY. it would fuck even harder now). and i think i went too hard on world building and lost the spark for writing it. which is super unfortunate. bc i do think it would fuck.

What are your writing strengths?

oh dear fucking god. atmosphere, maybe? ppl compliment that sometimes. paying really strict attention to the like. grounding of what's happening in the physical world???? squeezing in lots of detail without being overbearing, maybe?? (hopefully???)

What are your writing weaknesses?

prior to this month i would've said writing with any kind of speed. and then i wrote an 11k fic in a week and a 3k fic in a day. so im working on it. is it going to sound horribly narcissistic to say i can't think of any. wait that's a lie actually i just needed to think. i feel like my POV characters tend to all sound the same. in general i feel like there's not a whole lot of variety in my fic fjlsdjfals. also probably the aforementioned inability to not put bandaids on the blorbos by the end; i dont think im very good at like deep emotional complexity

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

ehhh. i don't do it. for a lot of the reasons kee said actually jfdlsajf.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

ok so i THOUGHT . it was . ahem. maze runner rpf. which is very funny on its own bc i dont think i ever read the books or watched the movies. i was just really really really into the BTS clips of thomas brodie sangster and . his name is NOT conan obrien. fuck. DYLAN. oh wait that's also a lie i watched the first one with a bunch of 20 year old boys while drinking pink whitney in college . my point still stands; i wrote it like 7 years before i watched the movie. it's still up on ao3 it's just very much so orphaned and also Really Really Really Terrible. and i don't remember the title. i was like 13 ok.

none of which matters bc i recently experienced extreme flashbacks to the fact that i wrote 5sos rpf first. and i was into reading the gay shit (and wanted to get into writing it) but i entered a fic exchange and got a Y/N girlie. so i wrote Y/N fic. for someone else. i think that was posted on wattpad??? i couldn't even tell you which 5sos guy y/n was going on a date with. that was ten years ago 😭

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

soooo many except lando n oscar's voices come so easily to me now that every time i try to write something else im like jesus christ this is so fucking hard and for what. i have a r63 (the BOTH of EM) markoscar fic that would be nice to finish. someday. if i can figure out mark webber's fuckass voice. or that ancient 2019 rookies wip that actually i think was the first thing i ever talked to m @glasscushion about. i want to exploreeeeeeee. but im scared it'll be bad 😔

What's your favorite fic you've written?

the light between the lines for suresies. even when i hate everything i've ever made and want to like, delete my blog and tear down my ao3 and set fire to my laptop. im still proud of it? it's a very weird dichotomy when that feeling hits, lemme tell u. it's just so different from everything else i've ever finished/posted. it accomplishes everything i set out to do w it, and it came together like it already existed in the world, and someone just needed to commit it to paper. it made people CRY. i've never done that before! (well i have but not. in a 'i wrote something cool' way.) there's real growth, and a real world behind it... idk. also some people really liked it and said such nice things abt it that EYE cried. so . <3 (god fucking willing it someday passes that ted lasso fic in kudos. please.)

zero pressure (like so zero pressure it's negative pressure. i've created a vacuum.) tagging @foggieststars @leclercenjoyer @wewentcarracing @userkritaaay @its-all-papaya and @mecachrome <3333

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Fixer Upper

Part 14

Perv!Kurapika x Fem!Reader

part 13

part 15

warnings: THIS CHAPTER IS HEAVY!!! mentions of SH(no actual self harm, just Leorio being paranoid) reader being suicidal and writing a suicide note

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After the three ate dinner, they decided on moving campsites.

“It’s in our best interest to not stay in one place for two long. We’ll walk across the island and scout out a different place to make camp for the night.” Kurapika said, packing up his satchel. (Name) nodded, Leorio carrying her backpack for her.

“Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. But…”

She held onto Leorio’s sleeve. “Won’t it be harder to see where we’re going in the dark? What if someone stalks us under the cover of night?”

Kurapika stood, brushing off his tabard. “It’s better than getting ambushed as we sleep. Someone has been here, I saw footprints near our shelter.”

(Name)’s eyes widened. “I see. Well, lead the way then, Pika.”

He walked ahead of her, occasionally glancing back to stare at Leorio’s hand in hers. Kurapika had begrudgingly accepted that Leorio was in fact warmer than him, and if she stayed near Leorio, she wouldn’t get too cold.

It didn’t stop him from feeling jealous, though.

——————

The three walked for a while, until they came across a certain magician.

“Hisoka.”

Kurapika pushed (Name) behind him, eyes trained on the man. Leorio laughed humorously. “Haha, what a coincidence.”

“Hi Hisoka.”

(Name) waved to the man, earning a sly smile in return. “(Name), what a pleasure to see you. I see you’re still…”

He gestured to the butterflies flying around her hips.

“Hmm?”

Leorio quickly changed the subject. “Do you think you’re his target?”

“It’s possible…” Kurapika responded, glancing back at (Name). They jumped when Hisoka began to laugh.

“There’s no need to be so jumpy. I only came here to ask you all a favor. You see, I only need two more points to pass this faze. How about two of you give me your badges?”

“Are you serious!?” Leorio exclaimed, reaching for his weapon.

“Of course.”

“There’s no way in hell, forget I-“

“I’ll give you my badge.”

Leorio stopped, eyes going wide when (Name) stepped forward, holding out her badge. “(Name), don’t-“

She continued to walk, but was stopped when her badge was snatched from her hand.

“Pika, why did you take my badge?“

He didn’t answer, instead turning to Hisoka. “You say you only need two more points, which means we aren’t your targets, isn’t that correct?”

“I’m the one asking questions around here, so are you going to give me your badges or not?”

Kurapika stayed calm. “So what happens if we refuse?”

Hisoka smirked. “I think you know the answer to that.”

He glanced to (Name), licking his lips. The two immediately moved closer to shield her from his view. “Hisoka…” Kurapika warned, his eyes bordering on turning red.

“I’ll ask you one more time. Are you going to give me your badges, or aren’t you?”

(Name) glanced between her two friends, pulling out her dagger.

“Wait, what if we make a deal?”

“Oh?”

Both Leorio and (Name) stared at the blonde in confusion.

“I’ll tell you right now, all together we are carrying five badges. The first one is my own, and the second is the one I captured from my target from a battle earlier today. We got the third badge from my targets ally, but it’s only worth one point to either of us. The fourth badge belongs to (Name), and the fifth-“

“That belongs to me!” Leorio said.

“Ahh, so the man in the white button up dress shirt and (Name) don’t have enough to pass.” Hisoka said.

“What’s it to ya!?”

(Name) patted Leorio’s back. ‘Sorry Leorio, but I can’t say that I already have enough points to pass.’

Kurapika explained why some of the badges could only be worth one point to Hisoka, because they were other peoples targets.

“Very impressive, you’re quite right I didn’t pick either of those numbers. Anything else?”

He advanced forward, Kurapika reaching a hand to push (Name) back further. “There’s still two badges we haven’t ruled out.”

He took them out. “Here they are. One badge that’s only worth a single point to us, and my own badge. If you want the badge that’s only worth one point to us, you can have it, but that’s all I’m going to give you, nothing more.”

He dropped his satchel to the ground, picking up his weapons. “If you’d rather settle this by force, I promise it won’t be like last time.”

He used his teeth to unsheathe his weapons, exposing double swords. “This time, I will fight you.”

Leorio pulled out his own dagger, (Name) stepping between them, much to Kurapika’s dismay.

“If you two are fighting, I will as well!”

As the three stood before him, Hisoka began laughing. “Just what is yours and (Name)’s number by the way?”

“#404 and #406.”

It was quiet for a moment before Hisoka spoke again. “Hmm. That’s not what I picked, so neither of you are my targets. You’ve got a deal, I’ll take that extra badge. Who knows, it just might be the one I need.”

Kurapika slowly lowered his weapons, Leorio stepping closer to (Name) as the blonde walked over to a tree, placing the badge in a hole.

“I’ll leave it right here.”

“There’s no need to worry. I’ll stand right here until you’re long gone.”

Before they could leave, Hisoka held up a hand. “Wait.”

They paused, Kurapika holding onto (Name)’s hand.

“I was asked to give these to you, (Name).”

A cloth sack was tossed to her, smacking her in the face. “OH! Um… thank… you?”

Hisoka shrugged, shooing them away with his hand.

The two grunted as they grabbed their belongings, pulling (Name) along with them as they walked backwards into the brush.

She peeked into the bag as they walked, face heating up.

“What is it?” Kurapika asked, attempting to look over her shoulder. She closed the sack tightly, shooing him away.

“Nothing you need to see!”

———————

(Name) pouted as the two scolded her while she tended to the fire.

“You can’t just give up your badge like it’s nothing! Don’t you want to pass?” Leorio flicked her forehand before scowling.

“He’s right, (Name). What if Hisoka took your badge? We’re already trying to find Leorio’s target, we wouldn’t have time to find six badges for you.”

She nodded. “I know. I would have probably just failed.”

They stared at her, Kurapika placing a hand on her shoulder. “(Name). Why did you decide to take the Hunter Exam? It’s like you’re not taking this seriously, but not like Killua.”

The air grew tense, (Name) staring into the flames. “I told you already, I took the exam because I didn’t have any other options.”

Kurapika sighed. “I’m sure you had at least some other options, (Name). So tell us-“

“Kurapika.”

He froze. It was the first time she’d used his full name since she’d given him a nickname days ago.

“I don’t want to talk about it. I’ll be more careful, just…”

He pulled away when he saw tears begin to bead at the corners of her eyes. “Please, don’t ask me again.”

The blonde stared wide eyed as tears ran down her cheeks, hands trembling. ‘Did I… did I make her cry?’

Leorio walked over, plopping down beside her. “Come on, (Name). Let’s get you to bed. You took your medicine?”

She nodded, using her sleeve to wipe away her tears. Leorio helped her up and crawled into their shelter with her, pulling her into his chest. “Sleep. You’ll feel better in the morning.”

Once she was asleep, Kurapika crawled in as well, lying next to her on the opposite side.

“Don’t beat yourself up over her crying earlier, she’s hormonal. She’ll cry easier than she usually would.”

The blonde sighed. “But I was still the reason for her tears. I’ll apologize in the morning. But for now…”

He pulled her towards him, glaring at Leorio. “You can keep her warm, but keep your hands to yourself.”

Leorio huffed. “You’re acting like an overprotective boyfriend. I’m only holding onto her so she’s protected from the cold. Don’t be selfish.”

Kurapika looked down, seeing her stop shivering when Leorio wrapped his arms around her. He sighed, snuggling into her back. “Fine, but just until this phase is over.”

———————

Three days passed by, the three having no luck with finding Ponzu. The two were waiting by a tree for (Name) to come back from using the bathroom.

“She sure is taking forever. (NAME)! HURRY UP!” Leorio shouted, the blonde smacking him over the head.

“You shouldn’t rush a lady. She’s still… you know. She could be… changing her hygiene products.”

“You mean her pad? Maybe, but it shouldn’t TAKE THAT LONG!”

The bush rustled next to them, (Name) appearing with an irritated expression. “Sure just announce to the world I’m using the bathroom, that’s not embarrassing at all.”

She dried her wet hands on her shirt. “I wash my hands after I use the bathroom, shocker I know. Took me a minute to find a stream.”

Leorio rolled his eyes. “Okay, (Name). Let’s get going.”

They searched for another hour before Kurapika stopped. “Let’s take a break and eat some lunch.” He said this while looking to (Name) who looked tired.

“Our last day on the island is almost over, and I still haven’t found my pretty little princess with the funny hat.”

“Your princess?” Kurapika repeated, snickering.

“Maybe I should go back to the beach where we started. If she’s already got enough points, she might be waiting there with the others.”

Kurapika shook his head, taking a piece of fruit (Name) offered him. “I sincerely doubt that. An important factor in this phase is that even if you’ve had your badge stolen you can always try and steal it back. Even if you’ve collected the six points necessary to pass, you still have to protect them until the time is up. We all finish this phase at the same time.”

He took a bite of the fruit, giving (Name) a smile. Leorio sighed. “Good point.”

“It still might be worth it to take a look. There are only 20 hours left, so anyone who has already obtained the six points to pass this phase would be smart to stay as close as possible to the rallying point. At least, that’s what I would do.”

Leorio stood up. “Alright then, what are we waiting for?”

(Name) pouted. “For me and Kurapika to finish our lunch.”

She leaned against the blonde, cooing. “Right, Pika? Need your strength, huh?”

“Yeah…”

He leaned his head against hers, nuzzling her gently. “Thank you for the extra food, (Name).”

Leorio rolled his eyes. ‘Gross.’

The three made their way to the rallying point, peeking out of a bush. (Name) was taking a short nap on the ground, using Kurapika’s lap as a pillow. She had been a bit lethargic lately, the two allowing her to rest as much as possible.

“Hmm, well, if she is around here she’s doing a good job at hiding.”

Kurapika sighed, absentmindedly rubbing his hand over (Name)’s hair. “Yeah, but she’s going to have to show herself sooner or later. Our chances of finding her are going to be better if we split up, so why don’t we agree on a time and meet back right here?”

“And what if four of us went looking?”

“Gon!?”

(Name) shot awake when she felt something hit the ground around her, Kurapika keeping her steady as she stood up. “Did I hear Gon?”

The boy smiled, walking over to the group. “This is great, I guess we all had the same idea. I’ve been up there for a while, watching a lot of people go by.”

Leorio gasped. “Aw man! I should have been watching from up in a tree.”

“Yeah, right, just leave the tree climbing to Gon.”

Leorio huffed at the blonde. “So, did you ever manage to get the badge you were after?”

“Well… kind of.”

(Name) took a moment to wake up as they talked, blinking sleepily until she could see Gon, and his swollen cheek.

“Gon!”

She stumbled forward, pulling him into a hug. “Aww, I’m so glad you’re okay. Wait, who hurt you?”

“That sure was a delayed response.”

Kurapika elbowed Leorio, gesturing to Gon. His reaction to (Name)’s question concerned the two.

She had him sit down, using a wet cloth to clean off his face before applying a bandage. “Do you need me to carry you? You must be so tired. I did promise you that piggyback ride, yeah?”

Gon sighed, leaning his head against her shoulder. “No, I’ll have to take you up on that later. You’re tired too, (Name).”

There was something about the way she doted on Gon, being so gentle and motherly that made Kurapika’s heart swell. She really was a sweet girl. There was nothing to gain by tending to the boy, but she did anyways, even offering to carry him despite her own aching body.

(Name) reminded Gon of Aunt Mito, the boy relaxing as she ran her fingers through his hair. “Ponzu smells like chemicals huh? That means you’ll be able to track her.”

He nodded. The last few days had been hell for him, the nights spent freezing as he thought of his Aunt Mito. Now (Name) was here, wrapping her cardigan around his shoulders as she fed him fruit and let him drink from her canteen.

“We should get going. Gon, you ready?”

He nodded, standing up. “Yeah, let’s go.”

The boy proudly wore (Name)’s pink cardigan as he tracked Ponzus scent.

——————

They were led to a cave, where Ponzu was supposedly hiding in.

“She’s in there?” Kurapika asked, the boy nodding.

“So my little princess is playing hide and seek? Alright.”

He began walking forward.

“Wait, Leorio, you’re not going in there alone, are you?”

“Why shouldn’t I? Ponzus my target, isn’t she? You guys wait here, I’ll be right back.”

Kurapika shook his head. “That’s a bad idea. You said before that she likes setting traps for her enemies. Going alone is too risky.”

“So what, you want to put us all in danger? Look, I’m the one who needs the points here. I’ll handle this myself.” Leorio replied, turning away.

“Leorio, please don’t!” (Name) called after him, the man hesitating slightly before continuing.

“Leorio!”

“Alright, how about this, we’ll give you 30 minutes. If you’re not back in 30 minutes, we’re coming in after you.” Kurapika offered.

Leorio shook his head. “No forget it. If I don’t come out, you should head back to the rallying point.”

“Then tell me, what was the point of us all teaming up together!?”

Leorio growled. “Fine, we’re disbanding the team!”

“What if I don’t want to?”

“I’m not leaving you, Leorio!”

Gon and (Name) stared at the man, determination in their eyes. “What’s wrong with you guys? I told you not to come with me, didn’t I? Why won’t you listen?!”

“I’m staying no matter what! If you want me to leave, you’re gonna have to make me!” Gon exclaimed.

Leorio sighed, the blonde smiling. “Well? What is it going to be?”

Leorio groaned, glancing between the three. “Okay, whatever. Hang on to this for me.”

He threw his briefcase to (Name). “Oh, sure.”

They watched as Leorio entered the cave, Kurapika sitting down. “Come, (Name). It’s time to rest.”

Gon watched as (Name) beamed at the blonde before leaning her head against his lap to take a little nap.

“It’s only 30 minutes, is that enough time for-“ Gon went quiet when he heard (Name) snore, snuggling into Kurapika’s tabard.

“For her? It’s plenty of time for a nap.”

Kurapika spent the next 20 minutes running his hand over her hair, humming a lullaby he was taught as a child.

“Kurapika, is (Name) important to you?”

The blonde blinked, looking up in surprise. “She.. she is. Very.”

Gon hummed, scooting over to pat her head too. “It’s nice having someone you want to protect, right?”

Kurapika looked down at the girl, who looked perfectly content on his lap. “… yes. It is.”

Gon smiled. “Will you protect her forever?”

Kurapika stayed silent for a moment, his hand cupping her cheek. “I will.”

For the next 10 minutes, Kurapika was absolutely enamored with (Name). Her sweet sleeping face, the way her hand gripped his tabard as she slept, her occasional sleep talk, it all made him smile.

“KURAPIKA, GON, (NAME), STAY BACK! SNAKES!”

“Leorio!”

(Name) squeaked when she felt her head hit the ground, but had no time to react. She was being picked up and thrown over someone’s shoulder, her moment of vision gone after she was thrust into darkness.

‘I’m getting tired of being picked up and carried around…’ (Name) thought, before she was sat down on the cold, rocky ground.

When she was able to look around, she blinked. “Leorio? Ponzu? What happened while I was asleep?”

She received no answer, her two friends kneeling at Leorio’s side. “What happened?”

“Are you okay?”

(Name) stretched before crawling over. “Leorio?”

“You stupid idiots… I told you not to come in here…” Leorio groaned out.

“This is bad, he has snake bites covering most of his body. I only hope they’re not venomous.” Kurapika said, looking over Leorio’s body. (Name) lifted his head, setting it in her lap to keep him comfortable.

“I’m pretty sure these snakes are vipers! I don’t think they have enough venom to kill someone!” Gon explained, holding up a dead snake.

“Ew, put that down! Good think I carry hand sanitizer. Could catch a disease…”

She grabbed his hands, spraying them with her hand sanitizer. The boy pouted, but let her clean his hands.

“Yeah, but most people don’t get this many bites. We better administer first aid. I’ll need some light.”

Gon took Ponzus light, (Name) staring in disgust as he lowered his mouth onto one of Leorio’s bites.

“Gon. You are not about to-“

He spit out of of Leorio’s blood, (Name) gagging. “Gon!”

She pulled him away. “I know you’re trying to help, but if you have even a tiny cut in your mouth, the venom could travel through your blood stream!”

“She’s right…” Leorio grumbled.

“Plus you have no idea if Leorio is carrying any diseases.”

“HEY!”

“I agree with (Name), it would be unwise to even drink after him.”

“Kurapika if I could move right now I would kick your ass for that one.”

(Name) patted his head. “Oh, come on Leorio. What if I had some kind of disease?”

“I’d still tap it.”

“Leorio there are children present. And Kurapika.”

The blonde’s eyebrow twitched, slamming Leorio’s briefcase a bit harder than necessary. “We’re going to have to give him an antidote right away. I would feel bad hitting an injured man.”

(Name) applied bandages to his wounds, before feeling his forehead. “He’s coming down with a fever…”

“I can’t find anything that looks like an antidote in here! We have to take him to a doctor, or he won’t survive.” Kurapika said, running his hand through his hair.

The two lifted him up, (Name) following behind them carrying his briefcase. “We’ll have to carry him all the way back to the rallying point.”

“(Name), I wouldn’t do that. Believe me, you don’t want to take another step towards the exit of this cave.”

She stopped, turning to the green haired girl. Ponzu looked… concerned?

“Yeah, why not?” Kurapika asked, keeping an eye on the girl.

“Because of the snakes. Can’t you hear them? Those are Bourbon’s snakes. He set a trap.” Ponzu replied.

“A trap?”

“That’s right, it’s been set for anyone that tries to leave this cave. A thousand snakes will attack at the same time. And you’re right, a single bite won’t kill you, but if you’re bitten by this many of them you’ll end up just like Leorio. You’ll be paralyzed and eventually die. It’s exactly what the snake charmer wanted. We’re all stuck in here together. There’s no way for us to leave.”

(Name) nodded, gesturing for them to lay Leorio back down. They did, and she placed a wet rag on his head.

“Bourbon, you’re after our number badges aren’t you? If that’s what you want, they’re yours!” Kurapika called out, holding his badge. Gon nodded in agreement.

“You can have all the badges I’ve got too, but you have to let us leave now!”

“Bourbon, say something!”

Ponzu sighed, joining (Name) and placing a hand on her back comfortingly.

“It’s no use, he’s not going to remove his trap no matter how many badges you offer him.”

“But why not?”

Kurapika’s eyes narrowed, watching Ponzu, not liking that she was touching (Name).

“Yeah, how can you be so sure?”

“Well, because…”

“He’s already dead.”

(Name) finished Ponzu’s sentence, staring at the corpse of Bourbon.

“Huh?”

All three of them stared at her, Ponzu’s eyes wide. “How did you know?”

(Name) looked between the three. “He uh… he just doesn’t feel alive, ya know?”

Silence.

“And he hasn’t blinked the whole time we’ve been here.”

“Ohhh!”

(Name) rolled her eyes. ‘Guess… it’s not normal to feel if someone is dead or alive just by their vibe. Hmm…’

She let the three talk as she took care of Leorio.

“That’s right, it was me. I was the one who killed him. How I did it will be my little secret.”

‘Okay, go Ponzu! I support women’s rights and wrongs.’

She didn’t say this aloud though, because Kurapika would scold her.

(Name) did however, stand up and begin approaching Bourbons body while they were distracted. ‘There must be an antidote on his body somewhere. If he uses poison as a method of attack, he’d need an antidote to bargain with.’

“(Name), wait!”

She felt her sleeve being pulled, saving her just before snakes leaped out to protect their masters corpse.

Ponzu sighed, pulling the girl closer to her. “I could have told you that wasn’t going to work. He’s their master, and even though he’s dead they’re still trying to protect him. So it doesn’t matter if you want to leave this place or go near him. If you try to do either of these two things, all the snakes will instantly attack you.”

Kurapika grabbed (Name)’s arm, pulling her away from Ponzu. “(Name), are you alright?”

Ponzu raised an eyebrow at the blonde, but stayed quiet. ‘Was she telling the truth about them not dating? He’s weirdly protective.’

(Name) nodded, patting his shoulder. “I’m fine, Pika. Not a single bite!”

He nodded slowly, cupping both of her cheeks, squishing them. “You need to be careful, you reckless girl. Do I need to hold your hand through the entire exam?”

She pouted. “I wouldn’t mind if you did…”

Kurapika blinked, his cheeks turning pink. He let go of her cheeks, crossing them over his chest. “Well, perhaps I will.”

Ponzu tried to hold back a laugh. ‘He’s way too obvious.’

Gon pulled on (Name)’s sleeve then pointed to Leorio. “Oh, yes, I’ll look after him. Don’t worry!”

Kurapika watched as she scurried away, sitting back down to take care of Leorio.

The three continued to talk, (Name) not paying any attention. She continued to bandage his injuries, occasionally feeling his head to check if his fever had gone down. ‘No luck…’

(Name) watched as Ponzu revealed she had bees in her hat. ‘Wow, Girlboss.’

Ponzu explained that each badge had a tracker, so they’d know where the applicants were at all times.

When Ponzu said she had been stuck in the cave for several days before they’d shown up, (Name) immediately began to rummage through her backpack.

“Ponzu, here.”

She placed a few granola bars and a canteen of water in front of her. “(Name)…”

The green haired girl scooped up the food and water, taking off the wrappers and shoving it into her mouth. Kurapika smiled warmly from across the room as (Name) patted her back. “Easy, you’ll choke.”

“Hasn’t she been saving those for emergencies?” Gon whispered to Kurapika. The blonde sighed.

“I guess to her, helping someone she barely knows is an emergency.”

(Name) continued to care for Leorio as Ponzu explained she had tried to help, but Leorio wouldn’t listen.

‘Sounds like Leorio.’ (Name) thought as she ran her fingers through his hair.

“I still can’t believe that, he knew they were going to attack. All we can do is hope he has enough strength to relax until the morning. That’s the only chance he’s got.”

Kurapika stood, turning to Bourbon. “Pika? What are you thinking?”

He placed a hand on the top of her head, about to move when Gon stood. “Kurapika, take care of Leorio for me. I’m sure it’s there.”

(Name) raised an eyebrow. ‘There’s no way this 12 year old gets to risk his life and not be stopped, but I get scolded for it.’

And that’s exactly what happened. She watched as Gon was attacked by the snakes, in both awe and anger.

“Oh my god it bit his ear! What assholes!”

Kurapika ignored her comment, grabbing the antidote. (Name) snatched the antidote and injected it into Leorio’s arm. “Sorry, I keep forgetting you have medical experiences.”

She didn’t answer, quickly moving onto Gon. (Name) didn’t pay attention to the other two, focusing on her injured friends.

“You feeling okay, sweetheart?”

Kurapika’s eyebrow twitched. Leorio held onto her hand. “I’d feel even better… with a kiss…”

“If he can make jokes he should be fine.”

Kurapika pushed (Name) away a bit, creating some space between the two. “Pikaa! Don’t get between us, I gotta take care of him!”

He pouted, but moved out of the way. “Hmph…”

“Ponzu, I have a question.”

“Yeah, what is it?”

“Do you have any of that sleeping gas left?”

“Hmm? A little, how come?”

“Cuz I thought you might trade some of it… for this!” Gon pulled out Bourbons badge.

(Name) continued to care for Leorio as they talked.

“Are you absolutely sure you can do this?”

“9 minutes, that’s my personal record for the longest time I’ve held my breath.”

“Yeah, but I’m sure that’s when you were totally healthy. Your body still hasn’t recovered from all that venom yet!”

‘Wait, 9 minutes? Is that possible? Is Gon human? I’ll ask him later.’ (Name) thought, packing her bag.

Kurapika and Leorio placed their trust in Gon. “Oh, I trust him too.” (Name) said, giving a thumbs up.

Ponzu released the sleeping gas after Gon took a deep breath. Before they fell asleep, Kurapika kneeled down and pulled (Name) into his arms.

———————

(Name) awoke to the feeling of someone gently running her hand over her hair. “Hmm..?”

“(Name), you’re awake.”

Kurapika smiled down at her. (Name) couldn’t remember a time when he wasn’t smiling when looking at her.

“How long was I asleep for?”

He pushed some of her hair out of her face. “Long enough for the phase to finish.”

“What!?”

(Name) looked around, seeing that they were no longer on the island, but an airship. “Pikaa, why didn’t you wake me up?”

He laughed, pulling her into a hug. “Would you believe it if I said you were too cute to wake up?”

She gasped, the blonde able to feel her cheeks warming up against his shoulder. “Cute?”

“Yes, very.”

She stayed quiet, wrapping her arms around him. “Don’t tease me, Pika.”

He didn’t answer, but smiled. Leorio watched from across them with a raised eyebrow. “Can you two not, I just ate breakfast.”

(Name) pulled away, cheeks hot. “Oh… sorry.”

She sat a few feet away from Kurapika, sneaking glances at him.

“Did… did Gon and Killua pass?”

Kurapika nodded. “Yes, they did. Would you like to see them?”

“Yes please!”

Kurapika led her out of the room by the hand, Leorio falling back asleep.

They spotted Gon and Killua talking by the window, (Name) dropping Kurapika’s hand to run towards them.

“Gon! Killua!”

They turned their heads just in time to see her tackle them into a hug, kissing the tops of their heads. “You guys passed, I’m so proud! I knew you could do it!”

Gon beamed, Killua half heartedly swatting her arms away. “Hey!”

But anyone could tell he wasn’t actually trying to push her away, just by the content look on his face.

“Aww, I love you too, Killua. You too, Gon.”

Kurapika had been smiling at her sweet gesture, but it dropped the moment she said those words.

‘She… she loves… them?’

A realization dawned on him. She’d never specified that she was IN love with him, just that she loved him. He had just assumed that was what she meant.

Why did he feel so disappointed?

After cooing over the two boys and giving them candy for their hard work, Kurapika softly announced that there was a meeting for the remaining applicants.

“Pika?”

She offered her hand to him, and he took it. ‘Even if… even if she’s not in love with me, I still… I still want to be by her side… why is that?’

They stood next to each other, hand in hand as Netero walked in.

“I’d like to welcome you all here. Congratulations to all nine of you for making it to the final phase. I’m delighted and surprised to discover that seven of you are rookies. On average, one rookie passes the exam every 3 years or so. I think it’s actually been 10 years now since a rookie passed the exam, and suddenly this year we have so many talented new applicants.”

(Name) looked around the room, disappointed to not see Ponzu there. Pokkle was, though, and he was giving her a knowing smile.

“The final phase will be taking place in 3 days time at the Hunters Association Hotel. Until then, get some rest, you’re going to need it.”

“Just one question, what’s the final phase going to be?” Leorio asked.

“It’s a secret!”

“Secret!?”

“Gives you something to look forward to.”

Netero left, leaving the group of ten alone.

(Name), Kurapika, Gon, Killua, Leorio, Pokkle, Bodoro, and Ponzu sat in a circle. (Name) had her head in Kurapika’s lap, his hand resting on her head.

“Last time we were on this airship it was completely packed, now with only 10 of us on board, it sure feels empty.” Hanzo said, glancing at (Name) and Kurapika.

“What the old man was saying before I sure don’t like the sound of. I wonder what he has planned for us.”

Kurapika hummed. “Whatever it is, worrying about it now won’t make any difference.”

“Would you stop being such a downer? Everyone here’s tense, so the least you could do is lighten the mood!”

Kurapika glanced around the circle, then down at (Name) who held onto his tabard which a frown on her lips.

“Oh… I didn’t realize.”

Leorio sighed. “You know guys, we’ve all worked so hard. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could all pass together?”

Killua snickered. “Seriously? Back when we were in trick tower you said you’d do anything to pass, even fight your friends.”

“So what? That was then, this is now!”

“You know, it’s kind of pointless for rookies to lead this discussion, we should be asking for information from whoever has the most experience.”

They glanced at Pokkle. “Hey, don’t look at me guys! I failed the fourth phase three years ago! I’ve never made it to the final phase before.”

“Well that was useless, thanks for nothing.”

(Name) sat up. “Hey, don’t be mean to Pokkle!”

She threw her shoe at the ninja, the man catching it and placing it behind him. Kurapika raised an eyebrow at this, causing Hanzo to sigh and throw it back.

(Name) pouted as Kurapika put her shoe back on, retying it for her. She ignored Bodoro’s explanation, cuddling into Kurapika’s tabard. He didn’t mind, even enjoying the fuzzy feelings she gave him.

She rubbed her eyes. (Name) was getting sleepy again.

“What’s that? Are you going to tell us or not?”

“What’s left is the wide range of knowledge required of all Hunters! Prepare yourself for a written exam!”

(Name) jumped at the sound of the entire room gasping, scowling. ‘Can’t they let a lady have her beauty sleep? Hmph…’

“Come on, (Name). You can be my study buddy.” Kurapika hoisted her onto his back, carrying her to the library.

“Hey, I haven’t agreed yet!”

He glanced back at her. “Oh? Are you going to study with someone else?”

She giggled. “No, of course not.”

——————

(Name) and Leorio sat in the library after Kurapika left. The taller man had just been scolded for trying to cheat by Pokkle, and begged (Name) to help him.

“I’ll be right back, (Name). I need to… use the bathroom.”

“Oh, okay! Wash your hands!”

He sighed. “I’m not a child you know.”

Leorio left, after he closed the door, he smirked.

‘Now that she’s distracted, I can go through her bag and get some of her snacks…’

The tall man snuck down the hallway, feeling a little guilty. ‘Well, it’s just for now. After the exam I’ll pay her back with as many snacks as she wants…’

Leorio walked into the room they would be sleeping in, spotting (Name)’s backpack leaning against Kurapika’s satchel. He crouched down, picking it up.

Leorio opened the bag, beginning to rummage through it. He pulled out various items of clothing, quickly noticing that none of the things he pulled out were pairs on underwear.

Although Leorio hadn’t come looking for panties, he now couldn’t stop thinking about it. ‘Where is she hiding them?’

He unzipped a pouch, immediately smirking. ‘There they are.’

Leorio had found where she kept her panties, pulling out pair after pair. ‘She wouldn’t notice if I took a pair or two… there’s plenty of them, I can pick whichever pair I want.’

He continued to pull out pairs, humming as he looked over them. ‘Hmm… should I do the pair with the red hearts, or the pink ones with polka dots?”

He paused, seeing something white peeking out of the pouch. ‘Hmm? Did I miss a pair?’

He reached into the pouch, but instead of pulling out another pair of panties, it was a white envelope.

‘Oh!’

A grin spread across his face. ‘Is this a love letter or something? Juicy!’

The envelope was unsealed, the man easily able to get access to the letter within.

He unfolded it, and as his eyes scanned over the letter, his face fell.

‘Oh… oh my god…’

—————

Kurapika glanced at Netero as he explained that all the applicants were being interviewed. “Who are you interested in, and who would you prefer not to fight?”

Kurapika pointed to (Name), Gon, and Hisoka.

“Gon and (Name) for positive reasons, Hisoka for negative ones. Given the right reason, I’d fight anyone. But without good reason, I won’t fight at all. However…”

Kurapika glanced at (Name)’s picture again, his eyes softening. “I would have the most trouble fighting her.”

Netero nodded. “Alright, you’re dismissed.”

Kurapika walked out of the interview, spotting (Name) waiting for him. “Pika!”

She ran towards him, smiling. “Did it go well?”

He nodded, patting her shoulder. “Yes, it did. After Killua, you’re up. You haven’t gone yet, correct?”

He nodded, Kurapika promising to wait outside for her.

“#406!”

(Name) sighed. “I’ll be back in a moment, Pika. Will you miss me?”

She was teasing, but he nodded without hesitation. “I will.”

She turned away quickly so she couldn’t see her flustered face.

(Name) sat in front of Netero, still a little giddy from Kurapika’s comment.

“Hello, #406. Congratulations on making it this far. I have a few questions for you, then you’ll be free to go.”

She nodded, looking over the pictures.

“First, who out of your fellow applicants are you most interested in?”

She blushed, her eyes immediately drawn to Kurapika. “Him, #404.”

Netero smiled. “Your boyfriend, correct?”

(Name)’s jaw dropped. “Boyfriend!? No, no we aren’t dating. Who told you that?”

Netero blinked. From the information he’d heard from several people, they seemed to be inseparable, constantly holding hands, occasionally giving each other pecks on the cheeks and forehead.

“Oh, um… next question. Out of the applicants, who would you least likely want to fight?”

She looked over the applicants. “I wouldn’t want to fight any of these 4, or #44, Hisoka.”

She pointed to her friends and Hisoka.

“(Name), I ask that you be completely honest. I’m using this information to make the final phase.”

(Name) played with her skirt. “Well… I was lying about #44. If I had to, I would fight him.”

Netero seemed intrigued by this. “Really? What would be a reason to fight him?”

She tilted her head. “If it mean saving my friends, I would throw my life away to distract Hisoka in a heartbeat.”

This seemed to slightly surprise the old man, who quickly recovered. “I see, so you’re aware of how dangerous Hisoka is.”

She nodded.

“I see, you’re dismissed.”

(Name) left the room, Kurapika looking up from the book he’s borrowed from the library. “Would you like to go eat dinner?”

(Name) nodded, taking his hand. “That sounds like a great idea, Pika.”

Kurapika sat across from her at a booth as they ate, (Name) kicking her feet happily. For the past week neither of them had been eating enough, and now they were catching up on their lost meals.

“Mmm, I never knew plain chicken noodle soup could taste so good!”

She drank the broth, before sighing contentedly. “I thought the food you made for us was delicious, (Name).”

She giggled, waving her hand. “Oh, you’re such a sweet talker. Gonna make me blush, Pika!”

He laughed, leaning his head against his hand. “It’s the truth. I could eat anything you make, forever.”

She did feel her face heat up at that. “Well… I would do that. If… you wanted.”

Kurapika’s cheeks turned pink at the implication that to make food for him forever, they’d have to stay together. “I… I would really like that.”

He reached out to hold her hand, eyes a pretty shade of red.

“(Name), I…”

He was about to say something, but stopped when Killua and Gon walked up. “(Name), can we have some candy? All of the cafeteria food is laaame!”

(Name) laughed. “You can have some candy after you eat dinner.”

Killua pouted, but didn’t disagree.

She stood up, patting Kurapika’s arm. “I’ll be right back, I’m gonna go grab my bag real quick!”

He sighed, watching as she walked away with lovesick eyes. Killua raised an eyebrow, but ignored him to get dinner with Gon.

(Name) walked down the hallway, humming to herself. ‘Hmm, wonder what I should do during the next phase…’

Before she could think about the next phase anymore, she crashed into someone’s chest. “Eek! Sorry, I- oh, hey Leorio!”

She smiled up at him, her happy expression faltering when she spotted his tears. “Leorio? Are you o-“

He pulled her into his arms, squeezing her so tight that she had to smack his arm to let her go. “L-Leorio, can’t! Breathe!”

He let her go slightly, silent as he grabbed her arm and pulled up her sleeve. He said nothing as he examined her other arm as well, moving on to kneel down and check her thighs.

“L-Leorio, what’s gotten into you!?”

She pulled away, covering herself. The man breathed a sigh of relief, but his relief didn’t last long. Leorio stood up and rushed to the bathroom, leaving (Name) confused.

‘Is he alright?’

———————

Leorio kneeled down in front of the toilet, vomiting up whatever had been on his stomach.

‘God… oh god…’

He heaved, leaning away to think back to the contents of that letter.

‘To whomever finds this letter,

My name is (Name) (Last Name). I am the first born daughter to (Father) and (Mother). I have two younger siblings, Mint and Pepper. As I write this, I am 18 years of age.

Soon, I will be taking the Hunter Exam. I have been disowned by my family, and have no other options. If I am being honest, I do not expect to survive, and I do not want to.

If this letter is found on my dead body, please do not blame the killer. This is what I wanted, I am not angry. I knew what I was getting into.

Regards, (Name)’

If that wasn’t enough, written on the back in a different colored pen was another message.

‘To my new friends,

I’m sorry for constantly worrying you all. I came here to die, and though that is still what I want, you four have made my time during this exam a little more bearable. When I say that I love each of you dearly, I mean it from the bottom of my heart.

Gon, you are the incarnation of kindness and I hope you never lose your smile. You mean so much to so many people, even if you don’t know that sometimes. Weakness is just an opportunity to become stronger, so remember you have friends to rely on.

Leorio, you may not know it, but you are kind as well. I have left the location of my old textbooks and notes below. I wish you the best, and hope you become an amazing doctor. I believe in you, even in death I am rooting for you!

Killua, you are more than your blood ties. Being an assassin may be what you were trained to be, but I know you can be so much more. You’re intelligent, strong, and most importantly you have a good heart. Despite everything, you still smile at the ones you care about. That’s what makes you human.

Kurapika, how do I even start? You are the only person I’ve ever fallen in love with. Your gentle kindness and compassion won me over immediately. I’m sure it’s obvious how much I care for you, and I almost don’t want you to feel the same way. I want you to know that I love you, and if you love me too, please forget me and live your life to the fullest. You deserve happiness, and I wish I could have given that to you.

I’m sorry I wasn’t strong enough to continue this journey with you all. I’m just so tired, and if I’m dead, it’ll mean a burden off of many peoples shoulders. Please, never blame yourselves. This decision was made far before I met any of you.

With the utmost love, (Name).’

Leorio held his stomach, tears streaming down his face. (Name), the girl who gave all of them nothing but kindness and love, had been suffering so much in silence.

Even in her suicide note, she’d done nothing but try to reassure and comfort them. She genuinely, truly loved them.

“(Name)… why… why would you do this?”

He wiped the vomit from his mouth with a paper towel, stumbling over to the sink to wash his face.

Leorio was terrified. There was still one phase left of the exam, and it was possible it could end in her death. She’d made it obvious she didn’t want to survive the exam, and he wasn’t sure when she’d updated her letter.

When he checked her arms, he’d found no evidence of self harm, only a few scars and scratches she’d received during the exam.

‘But being reckless with her life is a form of self harm, all on it’s own.’

The puzzles were clicking into place. The look on her face while sitting on the edge of the platform and betting her life during Trick Tower, her throwing herself in front of Killua even when she knew he could dodge, her offering her badge to Hisoka just a few days ago, it all pointed to her disregard for her life.

‘How didn’t I realize sooner? She’s been suffering in silence this entire time… I…’

He stumbled out of the bathroom and back to (Name) who was handing out candy to the two boys. He watched her from a distance for a moment, trying to see if he could see any trace of sadness that would have clued him in.

But (Name) was no stranger to hiding her pain. She expertly smiled, Leorio now barely able to notice how she looked almost tired afterwards, like smiling was a chore.

‘(Name)…’

But when Kurapika looked at her, it’s like her face lit up, eyes sparkling with a light they didn’t have when she wasn’t being looked at.

‘She… she’s in love with him.’

Leorio left the cafeteria, eyes red from crying. He wasn’t sure what to do. He couldn’t confront her about the letter now, it would only stress her out. All he could do was watch over her, and try his best to keep her from getting herself hurt.

He didn’t yet know how hard that would be.

———————

Kurapika sighed contentedly, planting a kiss on top of (Name)’s head. She was asleep in his arms, face pressed against his chest.

They’d spent nearly all day catching up on sleep, taking Netero’s advice to rest.

(Name) had insisted on cuddling, though Kurapika didn’t need much convincing. He was growing addicted to her touch, never feeling quite right unless she was nearby. ‘So pretty…’

He pulled away slightly so he could see her face, cupping her cheek gently. The blonde wanted to stay like this forever, gazing at her sleeping face while her arms were wrapped around him, keeping him warm.

“Pikaaa!”

He barely held back a chuckle when her eyes slowly blinked open. “Yes, (Name)?”

“I’m starving. Wanna eat with me?”

He sighed, pulling her close. “Five more minutes.”

She whined. “Ughh, Pika…”

But she didn’t try to move out of his grasp, in fact she sighed and cuddled closer. “I like when you hold me, Pika. Makes me feel safe…”

He felt his heart thump against his chest, face burning red. “I… I will hold you whenever you want, (Name). I’ll never deny you.”

“Really? Do you really mean that, Pika?”

She was looking up at him with those sparkling (e/c) eyes. He could feel her grip on his tabard tighten, her tone almost desperate.

“Yes, yes I promise.”

He held onto her hands, leaning his forehead against hers. Kurapika’s eyes shot open when he felt something wet against fall onto his hands.

She was crying.

“(Name)? (Name) are you alright?”

He cupped her cheeks, thumbs swiping at her tears. He was panicked, eyes gone wide at the sight of her tears.

“No, no I’m alright. I’m just… I’m just so happy.”

She gave him the prettiest smile he’d ever seen, laughing as he desperately wiped at his tears. “Sorry for worrying you, Pika.”

She held his hand on her cheek, moving her lips to kiss his palm. “Thank you, thank you for caring for me. I… it’s really saved me.”

He didn’t understand how he saved her, and he was barely listening. The feeling of her lips on his palm had his mind and heart racing.

“Let’s go get some lunch, okay?”

He could only nod as she led him to the cafeteria, eyes half lidded.

Gon and Killua were already there, eating lunch. (Name) and Kurapika sat next to them after getting their food, the blonde leaning against her shoulder as they ate.

“(Name)! Have you seen Leorio today?”

She tilted her head. “This morning, yeah, but he’s been off studying since then.”

Gon sighed. “I’m worried. Last night he seemed so anxious, and his face was pale.”

(Name) thought back to his strange behavior, munching on her sandwich. “… I’m worried too. After lunch, I’ll go check on him.”

Kurapika nodded, (Name) feeding him a grape. “I’ll come with- oh, thank you.”

Killua gagged. “Gross. Go be lovey-dovey somewhere else, I’m gonna puke.”

(Name) laughed. “I can feed you grapes too if you want, Killua.”

He pouted, but didn’t protest when she slid into the booth next to him and fed him grapes. Kurapika scowled, but didn’t do anything about it.

After lunch, (Name) walked over to the library, where Pokkle and Leorio were cramming.

“Leorio, Pokkle, I brought some snacks for you.”

Pokkle looked up, smiling at the girl. “Oh, (Name), thank you! When I get so focused on something I forget to eat.”

He munched on the plate of food, Leorio setting his book down to glance at her.

“… you feeling alright, (Name)?”

She tilted her head. “Yeah, why do you ask?”

Pokkle stopped. “Oh, is it because of…”

He gestured around her stomach area. “You know?”

(Name) stared at him for a moment. “You’d better clarify, Pokkle.”

The boy panicked, waving his hands in the air.

“Your… your period?”

He seemed nervous, playing with his food. She snickered. “You and Pika are so awkward. Yeah, I’m okay, besides some cramps.”

That hadn’t been what Leorio was talking about. He was worried about her mental health, but sighed. “Im glad you’re doing better, then.”

Pokkle glanced at Leorio before scooting towards her to whisper. “Did you get the package?”

“Package?” She blinked, also whispering.

“The… the menstrual products. Hisoka was supposed to give them to you.”

“THAT WAS YOU?!”

Leorio jumped when she yelled, being even more surprised when she gave the brown haired boy a hug. “Pokkle you’re a life saver! I thought I was going to run out b-“

He pulled away, cheeks a little pink as he shook his head. “No, I don’t deserve any credit for that. Ponzu, my girlfriend is the one that arranged it.”

(Name) nodded, standing up. “Really? That’s so sweet of her!”

Pokkle looked down at his lap. “(Name), I really appreciate you giving Ponzu food and overall just being nice to her. I couldn’t find her the whole fourth phase, I was scared she…”

He cleared his throat. “Anyways, doctors said that because she was able to eat something before they found her, that she was going to be okay. She… wanted me to say she’s grateful for your help.”

(Name) waves her hands. “No, it was nothing I promise. I’m sure she would have done the same.”

But she wouldn’t have. Pokkle was beginning to realize that (Name) highly overestimated the kindness of others, and because of that he understood why Ponzu had asked him that favor.

“Pokkle, I want you to keep an eye on (Name). She’s kind of reckless, and I’m… worried about her.”

Pokkle sighed, patting her shoulder. “If you need anything (Name), I’ll be willing to help.”

She smiled before leaving, waving to the two. Leorio glanced at Pokkle, noticing the worried look in his eyes.

‘So I’m not the only one that has caught on.’

———————

The next morning, (Name) walked with the other five into the site for the Final Phase. They stood in front of Chairman Netero.

“The final phase will be a 1v1 fighting tournament. I’ve made a chart that shows who will be fighting who in the tournament.”

The sheet fell from the chart, earning gasps from the 10 applicants. “It can’t be…” Kurapika said, his grip on (Name)’s arm tightening.

“Is that thing right?” Leorio asked.

“At the end of this tournament…”

“Only one of us passes?” Killua finished for Gon.

(Name) followed Kurapika’s gaze, seeing that he was pitted against Hisoka. She made a distressed noise, tugging on his sleeve. The blonde pulled her a little closer, soothing rubbing her arm.

“Oh man, are you up against Hisoka in the first match?”

He nodded at Leorio’s question. “Hey, do whatever you can to beat this guy, don’t let him advance to the next round.”

“I’ll win, no matter what.”

(Name) jumped when Netero laughed.

“I know this might look daunting, but here’s the thing. In order to pass the final, all you have to do is win one match.”

The applicants gasped.

“You see, in this tournament it isn’t the winners who move up, the losers of each match are the ones that advance to the next round. So whoever reaches the end and loses will be the or that fails.”

Leorio sighed. “What a relief, he should of told us sooner, this isn’t going to be hard at all.”

He gasped. “Kurapika, I changed my mind, you gotta lose.”

“Be quiet and let me think! I have a feeling there’s more to it than that, but there’s no way to be sure until we’re done fighting.”

(Name) looked at the board, spotting who she’d be fighting against. “#301, that’s…”

She glanced over to the man with the purple Mohawk and needles coming out of his face. Leorio looked to the chart, then followed her gaze.

‘That’s who she’s fighting? He looks terrifying. I’m sure he’d have no problem killing her…’

Leorio scowled, looking down at his shorter friend. She stood no chance against the man, Leorio was sure of it.

“Alright then! If you have any questions, we’ll have time to address it later! Before we do that, I’d like to announce the matches for the first round of the tournament. Please listen for your name and your opponent.”

The man took a deep breath before announcing the round. “The first match will be, applicant #44 and applicant number #404. Hisoka vs Kurapika!”

Kurapika relaxed slightly when he felt (Name)’s fingers interlock with his. She snuck a glance at him, finding him also sneaking a glance. When they’d eyes met, they smiled, both internally wishing the other good luck.

——————

“The rules for the matches are very simple. There are no restrictions, you can use any weapons you like. In order to win, your opponent must forfeit by admitting defeat. However, if you kill your opponent during the match, you will immediately be disqualified. And as there can be only on loser, the rest of the group will automatically pass, and the test will be over. Is that clear?”

(Name) tensed slightly, her grip on Kurapika’s hand tightening. Leorio noticed this, both relieved and nervous.

‘She’s probably upset that she likely will not be killed during this phase the final one. If my theory is correct…’

His thoughts trailed off as Chairman Netero continued.

“It’s a great accomplishment to have made it here, to the final phase. And as the chairman of the exam committee, I’d like to say how proud I am of each and every one of you. You are now only one win away from becoming fully lisvensed members of a society of Hunters. I wish you all the best of luck in your matches. Now, let the first round of the final phse begin.”

(Name) squeezed Kurapika’s hand before she let go, allowing him to walk forward, but the blonde turned around last second, pulling her into a quick hug.

“I’ll come back to you a winner, okay? I promise.”

She felt his lips brush against her cheek in a secret kiss before he turned back around and marched into the ring.

“You can do it!” Gon yelled, the blonde turning his head.

“That’s right, and I will.”

Leorio groaned. “What are you talking about? I told you to lose!”

“Hmph. I live only for one reason. As long as I hear the voices of my people calling to me, as long as their eyes are in the hands of thieves and murderers, I won’t stop until I gain vengeance. And that is why I have to become a hunter.”

But even as he said this, the first thing that popped up into his mind was (Name). When he tilted his head to give her one last smile before his match, he paused for just a moment.

She didn’t look scared, or excited for him. She looked… sad. He’d never seen such a look on her face before, it looked almost… empty. If he didn’t have his match, he would have rushed to ask her what was wrong.

But he didn’t. Becoming a Hunter came first, even before (Name).

He scolded himself. ‘What am I thinking, ‘even before (Name)’, of course my mission comes before her…’

His heart thumped against his chest painfully though, when he remembered her face.

‘Just focus on the match. Don’t think about her for now.’

He took in a deep breath.

“Ready? Begin!”

(Name) couldn’t watch past Kurapika unsheathing his swords. She hid her face in Leorio’s chest, the man sighing.

“I’ll tell you when it’s over, okay?”

She listened to the others occasionally cheer him on or gasp in shock.

“KURAPIKA!”

“Damn you Hisoka! What the hell do you think you’re doing!? You can’t kill you opponent or else you’ll be disqualified!”

(Name)’s eyes went wide, the girl turning to look. Kurapika was on the ground, his white undershirt torn and bloody.

“Pika?”

Leorio watched as her lip quivered, tears entering her eyes. Kurapika stood, immediately swinging his sword to attack Hisoka, you kicked him in the stomach and sent him flying across the room.

“Kurapika… you’ve had enough, stay down. Don’t get up, you’ll get another match.”

Leorio put his hand on (Name)’s shoulder. He was worried for Kurapika, but he was worried for (Name) as well. She looked terrified, like her entire world was crashing down around her.

The blonde stood again, wielding his sword.

Killua grabbed (Name)’s hand. “Nothing we can say will make him quit, all we can do is stand back and watch him fight.”

(Name) watched as Kurapika’s eyes turned red, but not the pretty shade of scarlet she was used to. No, those were the color of anger, hot, fiery red.

“HISOKA!”

He attacked Hisoka, landing a good hit on him. (Name) looking away again when she saw Hisokas expression.

“I forfeit. I’d rather wait for the next round. I can do that, can’t I?”

(Name) gasped, immediately rushing into the ring to pull Kurapika into her arms.

“Hey-ouch!”

He gasped when she squeezed him, the girl pulling away. “Oh, sorry Pika! You’re hurt…”

The blonde smiled at her, the harsh red of his eyes fading to that scarlet color that only she got to see. “I told you I’d win, (Name).”

This time he wrapped his arms around her, the other contestants and examiners watching curiously. He used his thumbs to swipe away her tears. “Don’t cry, (Name). I’m alright, so dry up those tears, okay?”

She nodded, resting her head against his shoulder.

“Come on, Pika. Let’s get you fixed up, okay?”

She led him away by the hand, still sniffling.

“Can I have your attention please? The second match will begin 30 minutes from now. All applicants meet back up at that time. You’re dismissed.

——————

(Name) bandaged Kurapika’s injuries as him and Leorio talked. He leaned his head against her shoulder, his shirt sitting in her lap.

“While I’m glad you may be getting some information from Hisoka about the spiders, I’m still upset that you kept going, even after getting hurt.”

She was pouting as she bandaged his side, the blonde chuckling aginst his shoulder. “I apologize for worrying you, (Name). Will you forgive me?”

He looked up at her through his blonde lashes, the girl sighing. “Of course I will, especially when you’re giving me those puppy dog eyes.”

He smiled, cupping her cheek. “Your match is after Gon’s. I’m…”

He looked down, a frown on his lips. She reached up, brushing a stand of hair out of his face. “No matter what happens, just know that this has been the highlight of my life. And hey, on the bright side, if he kills me then all of our other friends will p-“

He looked up, eyes burning red. “What are you talking about? There would be no bright side to your death. I…”

The image of her corpse filled his mind, making him groan. “No… no I can’t lose you too. Not you.”

Leorio’s eyes softened. “She’ll be alright, Kurapika. She…”

(Name) wrapped her arms around Kurapika, holding onto him so tight he winced. “I… I’ll try my best, Kurapika. So please, don’t worry about me.”

He pulled away slightly slightly to look her in the eye. “I think I’ll worry regardless. You’re… you’re very important to me, (Name). If you died, I wouldn’t know what to do with myself.”

She felt tears well up in her eyes, the blonde unable to keep his own eyes dry. “Pika…”

Leorio pulled the both of them into a hug. “Let’s not talk about the possibility of anyone dying, alright? We’ll just wish (Name) luck.”

The three stayed like that for a minute, Kurapika taking in (Name)’s warmth and sweet scent before they broke apart. Leorio helped (Name) to her feet as Kurapika began walking into the building to watch Gon’s match.

“It’s time for the second match of the final phase! Hanzo vs Gon!”

(Name) sat down on the floor, beginning to stitch up Kurapika’s torn shirt. Although she wasn’t as talented at sewing as she was at knitting, she could at least make his shirt wearable again.

She glanced up to watch Gon and Hanzos match begin.

“Ready? Begin!”

Gon attempted to outrun Hanzo several times, only for the ninja to instantly catch up to him.

She gasped when the ninja chop him on his neck, sending him to the floor.

“If this was a regular fight this would be over now, but it’s not. So you’re going to have to wake up.”

(Name) watched as he sat Gon up. “I bet you’re feeling a little woozy, huh? That’s because I struck a blow to your brain stem. Now you get it, right? My skills and strength are far superior to yours, your better quit while you’re ahead.”

“No way!”

The ninja struck him upside the head, causing him to heave. “You don’t want to reconsider? If you quit now, you’ll still be able to fight in the next round. There’s really no point in being so stubborn about it, come on and say the word.”

“No I won’t!”

He struck him again, holding him up by his hair. “Are you positive?”

“I’ll never surrender!”

Hanzo slammed his head into the ground, (Name) dropping her supplies on the ground. “Gon!”

She had to be held back by Kurapika when she began to walk forward.

“Gon, don’t be a fool! Give up now while you still have a chance!” Leorio yelled out, his face tense.

“(Name), Leorio, suppose you were in his position. Would you be willing to say I give up?”

(Name) went quiet at Kurapika’s words. He pulled her closer, his hold on her moving from her shoulders to hand.

She sighed, squeezing his hand lightly before sitting back down to work on his shirt again.

As the fight continued, Leorio and Kurapika slowly moved to stand in front of her so she didn’t have to see.

It had been over three hours. At this point, her hands were too shaky to continue her work, and the tears in her eyes made it much too hard to see.

“You still aren’t taking me seriously yet! I’ll tell you one last time, there’s no way you can win!”

The sound of Gon’s scream made (Name) sob, Kurapika instantly turning to comfort her. But this was the wrong move, because now that he was crouching down, holding onto her, she could see the scene in front of her.

Hanzo kicked the boy in the stomach, causing him to cough up blood. She gasped, eyes wide as saucers as they made eye contact with Gon’s.

He was hurting, she could tell. (Name) wanted nothing more than to run into the ring and pull him into her arms, to help him.

But she couldn’t do a single thing. Not whne his eyes looked that determined.

“Alright that’s enough, you bastard I’ll kill you! Let me stand in for him, I’ll fight you!” Leorio exclaimed, his lip bleeding from biting down on it.

“If you don’t have the stomach, then leave. It’s going to get a whole lot worse.”

“WHAT WAS THAT!?”

Kurapika stood up to prevent Leorio from charging forward, the referees explaining that if he interfered Gon would be disqualified.

(Name) placed her hands over her ears, squeezing her eyes shut so she wouldn’t have to see what was happening to the young boy.

CRACK!

She looked back up, anger replacing her sadness. Gon’s arm was twisted unnaturally, the ninja still joking it in his grasp.

The crack had been so loud she could feel it in her bones, shivering.

Her group of friends stared on in shock as he groaned in pain, holding onto his bow broken arm. She stood, holding onto Kurapika’s arm.

The two were angry, she could tell from their faces alone.

“If that guy lands one more hand on him, I won’t be able to stop myself. And you better not get in my way either, Kurapika.”

“Stop you? I wouldn’t think of it. Rest assured, I feel the same.”

He glanced at (Name), heart thumping against his chest when he saw the tears running down her cheeks.

Kurapika placed his hand over hers, keeping his eyes on the match.

———————

After Gon won, turning the tables on Hanzo and getting everyone to laugh at his innocent determination, it was (Name)’s turn.

“The next fight is between #301 Gittarackur vs #406 (Name)!”

(Name) handed Kurapika his stitched up shirt, leaving her backpack with Leorio as she entered the ring, dagger in hand.

“(Name).”

She looked back to see Kurapika, the smile on his face not quite reaching his eyes. “… good luck.”

(Name) gave him a thumbs up before facing her opponent.

“Ready? Begin!”

She wasted no time, getting into a fighting stance as the(honestly kind of creepy)man stared at her from his corner of the ring.

“You got this (Name)! Beat his scary looking ass!” Leorio yelled out. Kurapika glanced between the two in the ring, his heart thumping against his chest.

Gittarackur seemed to observe her for a moment before walking forward calmly.

“If you give up now, I will not have to hurt you. I’d prefer to win quickly.”

(Name) faltered for a second, a look of confusion crossing over her face. “Why would I give up so quickly? I’m here for a r-“

He didn’t give her the chance to finish her sentence, he was already pinning her to the ground. His hand squeezed her throat as she clawed at them, Kurapika’s eyes flashing red.

“Ah, I can’t kill you, can I? Hmm…”

He pulled his hand back just before she was about to pass out, tapping her on the head with a bit too much force. “Come on, breathe in. Can’t have you dying on me.”

Kurapika felt a hand on his arm, his eyes darting to the left to see Leorio. “Kurapika, you’re moving forward.”

The blonde blinked before looking down to see he’d taken several steps forward before Leorio had stopped him. He hadn’t even noticed that his body had begun to move on his own.

“I know it’s hard to watch, but we can’t interfere. Not yet.”

Kurapika scoffed, but his eyes remained on (Name) softening slightly when he saw her take in big breaths of air. ‘Come on, (Name), you can’t beat him. Please, I don’t want to lose you…’

“I’ll say it again, now that you’ve gotten a taste of what’s to come. Give up, and you’ll leave without any permanent damage.”

Kurapika bit his lip, the metallic taste of blood filling his mouth as he watched (Name) struggle underneath Gittarackur.

“I’m… im not giving up… anytime soon.”

The man’s face didn’t change, he only moved his hand down her body slowly until his palm rested against her leg.

“Last chance.”

The two stared at each other, (Name) not saying a word. If Gon could could withstand Hanzos beating, there was no reason she couldn’t take this.

The sound of bones breaking filled the air, along with (Name)’s anguished scream. “(NAME)!”

Kurapika rushed forward, having to be physically restrained by Killua and Leorio. The two other boys were barely able to hold themselves back at the sight of (Name)’s pained expression. Tears were falling from Kurapika’s scarlet eyes, the blonde struggling against them.

“This could have been avoided, you know. I did warn you.”

He tapped his finger against the broken limb, humming to himself. Each tapped caused the girl to gasp out, holding a hand over her mouth to prevent herself from throwing up.

“Mmm… should we move on to the next leg? Or are you ready to go-“

(Name) used her unbroken leg to slam into the side of his face, rolling onto her stomach. She gritted her teeth as she struggled to her feet, wielding her dagger.

“(Name), just stop! Please!”

It was Killua this time, his cries surprising Leorio and Kurapika. The white haired boy clutched the fabric of his shirt as (Name) struggled in vain to get up.

“I didn’t think you had any fight left in you. Interesting.”

The kick had done little to no damage to Gittarackur’s face. The man crouched back down in front of the struggling girl. He pulled her up by her hair and looked into her hazy (e/c) eyes.

“I can’t kill you, and you won’t give up. How annoying, will I have to beat you into submission?”

He held her up easily, as if she were just a porcelain doll. “I won’t be giving up, so you’ll have to kill me.”

She lifted her hands to dig her nails into his skin, baring her teeth at him like a wild animal.

The man tilted his head before dropping her onto the floor. “Oh dear, I don’t think we will be meeting eye to eye. I guess I’ll just forfeit and try again.”

For good measure, he stepped on her broken leg as he left the ring, causing the girl to scream. Kurapika ran to her side, Leorio close behind. “(Name), you idiot, look at you…”

The tall man checked her pulse, sighing. Killua appeared next to her, crouching down to look at her leg.

She gave them a weak smile. “Still… won…”

She sat up quickly, and Leorio had to hold her hair back as she vomited. Kurapika watched on in anger and concern, gently patting her back.

Once she finished she passed out, a medical team then rushed over and placed her on a stretcher. Although Kurapika wanted to watch the next few fights, he didn’t want her to be alone.

He followed them into an infirmary, where (Name) was placed on a bed as they assessed her for damage.

“Broken leg, some bruising on her neck…”

Kurapika sat next to her, holding her hand as she slept. “(Name)…”

——————

Something warm enveloped her hand, something fuzzy tickling her cheek causing her eyes to blink open.

Kurapika was leaning against her shoulder, the sound of his steady breathing telling her he’d fallen asleep. His hand was in hers, and his pretty blonde hair grazed her cheek. ‘So that’s what that was…’

It was dark in the infirmary, and she spotted Leorio sleeping in an empty bed across from her. She wasn’t sure what time it was, or how long she’d been asleep, but judging by the sky, it had at least been half a day.

(Name) winced at the pain in her leg and neck, noticing that it had dulled enough to be tolerable. Judging by her sluggish reactions, they’d put her on some intense pain medication.

She placed a hand on Kurapika’s head, running it over his hair. ‘I wonder how long he’s been here.’

She felt a little guilty that he only had her shoulder to sleep on, so she tried her best to soothe him before falling back asleep. Her eyelids were way too heavy, her body much too tired to stay awake any longer.

When she awoke again, it was to the sound of her two friends talking.

“Yeah, I’ll go grab lunch in a minute.”

“Thank you, Leorio. I can’t leave h-“

They stopped when they heard her groan, eyes fluttering open to see Kurapika and Leorio staring.

“Pika? Leorio?”

She didn’t have time to think, Kurapika had moved foward, pulling her into his arms. “(Name)!”

She felt his cool hands on her back, rubbing it soothingly. “You’re awake!”

Leorio grinned, sitting on her bed. She nodded, hugging Kurapika back and squeezing her eyes shut. “Sorry for worrying you, Pika. I’m awake now.”

He pulled away, only to lie his head in her lap as he sat by her bed. She played with his hair as Leorio began to explain the events of the final phase.

“Killua… killua failed?”

Kurapika grumbled softly when her hands lifted from his head to place over her mouth. “And he killed someone?”

“I don’t think it was because he wanted to, that brother of his, the same man that broke your leg was actually Illumi. Killua’s brother, and the eldest son of the Zoldyck family.” Leorio said, clenching his fist.

She sighed, placing a hand back on Kurapika’s head, which seemed to satisfy him by the noise of contentment he made. “Yes, that sounds likely. I don’t Killua would kill anyone without a good reason.”

Leorio held onto her other hand, the girl tearing up. “And Gon? Is he okay?”

The tall man nodded frantically, quickly leaning forward to wipe away her tears. “He’s alright, he’s actually in one of the hotel rooms sleeping right now. They said his arm should heal pretty quick, considering how clean the break was. And apparently it will even heal back stronger.”

She sniffled, the wound causing Kurapika to look up. “What’s wrong?”

Her lip quivered as the blonde sat up, joining Leorio in wiping her tears away. “I… I…”

She began to sob, her hands covering her face. “I can’t believe… I can’t believe I passed…”

The two smile softly as she cried, both wrapping her up in a group hug.

———————

(Name) grumbled as she practiced walking with her crutches, Kurapika occasionally catching her when she slipped. “Careful, (Name).”

“I know it’s a lot to get get used to, but you’ll get it eventually.” Leorio said, bringing in their lunch.

Kurapika guided her to her bed, helping to lift her leg, now covered in cast onto the bed.

(Name) munched on her sandwich, a pout on her face.

“What are you pouting about, sunshine?”

Leorio placed his fruit cup on her plate, the girls face lighting up a little. “Well… it just sucks having to deal with a broken leg.”

Kurapika blinked, before handing her his fruit cup as well after seeing her face brighten up. She giggled.

And that was worth it for him.

“Yeah, I get what you mean. At least the exam is over. It would suck having to go through another phase with a broken leg, huh?”

The three laughed.

“Hey, has there been any news on Gon or Killua? It’s been nearly a day since I woke up…”

The two glanced at each other. “No news on Gon, but… Illumi said he ‘went home’.” Leorio grumbled after swallowing the rest of his lunch.

(Name) sighed, playing with her hair. “I see…”

“But there is some good news! We’re getting our hunters licenses today, after a quick briefing.”

She seemed to perk up a bit, beginning on her second fruit cup.

After lunch, the two escorted her to the meeting, each sitting on either side of the girl. Kurapika kept a watchful eye on Illumi, his grip tightening on (Name)’s hand when the dark haired assassin turned to look at her.

His gaze didn’t seem… right. Kurapika couldn’t quiet place it, but the way Illumi was looking at her made left deeply unsettled.

When Illumi looked away, Kurapika was able to give (Name) a smile as she gushed over her hunters license. “Pika, Pika look! It even has my name on it!”

She handed it to the blonde, who held it up to the light. “Yes, it does. You earned this, (Name). I’m proud of you.”

He handed it back before turning his attention back to Chairman Netero. As the chairman spoke, he felt (Name) lean against his shoulder, the blonde resting his head on top of hers.

Kurapika and Leorio had just brought up the fact that failing Killua was unfair when the door opened.

It was Gon, (Name) attempting to stand to talk to him but being pulled back into her seat by Kurapika.

The young boy spared her a glance, eyes softening when he saw her injury. Killua wasn’t the only one Illumi had hurt.

He continued until he was standing right in front of Illumi.

“Apologize. Apologize to Killua.”

“Apologize? For what?”

“You don’t even know what you did wrong?”

“No.”

“Then you’re not qualified to be his brother.”

“Hmm, are there qualifications to be someone’s brother?”

The boy lifted Illumi up by his arm, the sound of bones cracking filling the air. (Name) winced, her hand moving to her cast. Kurapika caught this, quickly covering her ears so she didn’t have to hear the awful sound.

(Name) closed her eyes, holding a hand over her mouth as she began to feel nauseous. Kurapika didn’t move his hands until Gon let go of the assassins arm.

“During the match against Gittarackur, or should I say Illumi, it became clear to us that Killua was not himself. I believe he was under the influence of hypnosis, therefore his actions were not his own. Typically, a person can’t be forced to kill, even under the deepest hypnosis. But to Killua, that wouldn’t be the case. Killing is normal to him, he thinks nothing of it.”

(Name) looked to her left as Leorio spoke up. “The situation gets complicated because it happened during my match with Bodoro. So I’m pretty sure some of you must be thinking he was trying to help me pass the exam. But then guess what? The one that disqualifies would be me, not Killua!”

The blonde nodded in agreement. “In any case, if he was under someone else’s influence, he shouldn’t be held responsible for his actions. Therefore, failing him would be unjustifiable.”

As the three continued to talk, (Name) looked down at Gon. He clenched his jaw, his grip on Illumi’s arm tightening again.

“There’s something else we should go over. I’m really curious to know what happened between you and Hisoka during the first round, what did he say to you? You both still had energy left to fight, and then he leaned in and whispered something in your ear. Next thing you know, he surrenders. Weird huh? If someone receives a threat, then it makes sense that they may admit defeat. That’s what happened between me and Hanzo. It’s also what happened between Bodoro and Hisoka. But in your situation, it’s exactly the opposite, which makes me think that you and Hisoka reached some kind of secret agreement. So I figure, if we’re going to sit here debating what is suspicious, then we should also start looking at the way you won your match. Therefore if you have nothing to hide, all you have to do is tell you what Hisoka said before he decided to forfeit the match.” Pokkle said, crossing his arms.

Kurapika frowned. “I don’t hav wto answer that.”

“I think we have a right to know!”

“I don’t. If you’re unhappy by the way I passed, then you must feel terrible about passing by default.”

(Name) gasped, lightly smacking Kurapika’s arm for his comment. He glanced at her, pouting slightly.

“WHAT DID YOU SAY!?”

Gon sighed. “There’s no point in arguing. We’ve all passed the exam, it doesn’t matter how or why. If you don’t feel like you deserve it, then it’s up to you to change that.”

(Name) smiled. ‘That’s right, Gon.’

“I know for a fact Killua can pass this exam if he tries again. It’s too bad he got disqualified this time around, but that’s okay.”

His grip tightened again, Illumi not reacting at all. “Illumi, you made your little brother into an assassin and you made him kill even though he didn’t want to! I’ll never forgive you for that!”

“You won’t forgive me, really? So, what will you do?” Illumi asked, tilting his head.

“I’ll do nothing to you, I’ll just make sure Killua has nothing to do with you or your family every again.”

The assassin reached out his arm, Gon jumping back.

Netero continued talking, (Name) getting up to follow after Gon once it was over. She stood next to him with Kurapika and Leorio as Illumi stared down at him.

“I want you to tell me where to find Killua!”

——————

(Name) let out a squeak when she was hugged from behind, Kurapika turning quickly at the sound.

“(Name)~ you should come to town with me! I’m going to get a dress for the party tonight!”

Menchi had her arms wrapped around (Name)’s waist, keeping her steady when her crutches fell. The blonde’s eyes narrowed at this.

“Into… town?”

She glanced at Kurapika and Leorio, who were standing close by in case they needed to catch her or interfere.

“Yeah! You coming? It’ll be just you and me!”

(Name) twiddled her thumbs. Menchi, a gorgeous woman was inviting her to go dress shopping with her. “Oh, I would but…”

She opened her wallet, the blue haired girl peeking over (Name)’s shoulder to look in. “I don’t have any money.”

Menchi laughed. “Money, oh (Name), don’t worry about that! I’ll buy you anything you want…”

Menchi pulled (Name) in closer by her hips, giggling when she squeaked again.

“Hey, she’s injured, be careful!”

Kurapika rushed forward, pulling (Name) into his chest. Menchi scowled at this, putting her hands on his hips.

‘Oh yeah, forgot about the twink guarding her.’

“Pika, it’s alright.”

Leorio picked up her crutches for her, handing them back as Kurapika held her steady. “Menchi, are you sure that would be okay? I’m sure it won’t be easy to find something inexpensive in my size…”

Kurapika raised an eyebrow at this. ‘In her size? Is it harder to find clothes in her size or something?’

He watched as Menchi grinned, not liking the way her eyes scanned down (Name)’s body. “Don’t worry about that, sweetheart. I hate shopping alone, so consider your dress a thank you for accompanying me.”

(Name) waved her hands. “No, no I couldn’t accept that! Going shopping with you would be no problem at all!”

Was… was Menchi blushing? Kurapika pulled (Name) a little closer.

“You sure are as sweet as you are stubborn, aren’t you? Tell you what, I’ll give you my number, and once you become an accomplished Hunter, you can pay me back with a favor.”

“Deal!”

Kurapika watched as they exchanged numbers, quickly pulling out his phone. “(Name), here’s my number. If anything happens while you’re in town, don’t hesitate to call me.”

“Oh, me too!”

She laughed as she typed both Leorio and Kurapika’s numbers into her phone.

“Alright, when are we leaving?” (Name) asked. Menchi smiled.

“Right now!”

The blondes eyes widened when Menchi picked up (Name) and ran away, carrying her bridal style.

For the two hours they were gone, all Kurapika did was pout. Leorio attempted to cheer him up by offering his fruit cup when they grabbed a snack, but Kurapika wasn’t want easy to cheer up as (Name) was.

The two sat in the hotel lobby, Leorio drinking coffee, and Kurapika sipping on some orange juice. The blonde would sigh every once in a while, glancing towards the door.

“You sighing and whining isn’t going to make her come back any sooner.” Leorio said, flipping through the pages of that days newspaper. Kurapika huffed.

“I’m not sighing.”

Leorio looked at him over his newspaper, raising and eyebrow. “Really? Then what is that noise your making every time you look at the door?”

Kurapika didn’t answer, going back to sipping on his drink. Another 15 minutes passed, Kurapika growing more irritated by the second.

“Pikaaa!”

Kurapika jumped out of his seat, turning in every direction until he spotted (Name).

He felt his heart begin to thump against his chest again. She was wearing a cute pair of shirt, jean overalls over a pastel tshirt. There was a pocket over her chest, a sunflower decorating it.

“(Name), you look… adorable.”

He looked her up and down, seeing she was wearing a pair of back leggings underneath her short overalls, along with a new pair of sneakers.

“Pika, I’m gonna blush. Menchi saw most of the clothes I brought were battered and torn, so she bought me a few things to tide me over until I…”

She paused, seemingly realizing something. ‘Wait, what am I going to do next?’

Leorio noticed this, stepping in. “(Name), you should get some rest. You seem tired.”

He began leading her towards the room her, Leorio, and Kurapika were staying in. The blonde followed behind them, carrying a container with a piece of chocolate cake which he’d saved it for (Name).

“Hey, I wanted to explore the hotel!” She said, stopping in front of him. Leorio raised an eyebrow.

“You can do that later. For now you sh-“

“GET BACK HERE, GITTARACKUR!”

Leorio and Kurapika ran to catch Gon before he attacked Illumi. (Name)’s eye twitched slightly before she began her journey to catch up with them. By the time she got there, Gon was already running away.

“Thats got to be the most stubborn kid that’s ever lived. Ahhh, I’m throwing in the bucket.” Leorio said with a sigh.

“I think you mean ‘throw in the towel’.” Kurapika corrected.

(Name) huffed as she reached the two, pouting. “Tell me I need to rest one second, go sprinting off the next.”

Leorio rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, the blonde putting a hand on her shoulder. “Sorry, (Name).”

“Never mind, let’s go.”

She began walking in the direction Gon had. “Go? Go where?”

She grinned. “Let’s go make sure Gon doesn’t get himself into any unnecessary trouble.”

They got there just in time to watch Gon fight against Illumi. Suddenly, the assassin stopped, (Name) walking forward after he explained where Killua was.

“Hey!”

The man stopped, turning back to look at her. Kurapika attempted to pull her back, but she pushed his arm away.

“I know Killua, he’s a really sweet boy, and I know he wouldn’t just kill someone without good reason.”

She squared up to the man, scowling up at him. Illumi peered down at her, dark eyes narrowing as they stared into hers. “A sweet boy, huh? That’s new.”

The girl pushed a finger into his chest, Kurapika and Leorio gasping. “I swear to god Illumi, if I find out you did something to him, I’m going to beat the shit out of you. Got me?”

He tilted his head, his eyes unblinking. “Really? I’ll hold you to it, then.”

He turned and began to walk away, waving. “See you then, (Name). I hope you’ll fair better than you did in the final exam.”

She huffed, flipping him off before turning to Gon. “Sweetheart, don’t ever do what I just did. That man is dangerous and isn’t scared to hurt a woman or child. You’ll steer clear of him, understood?”

He fidgeted with his shirt. “I’ll try.”

(Name) sighed, then ruffled his hair. “Good enough.”

After this, (Name) was escorted to their room before they left to search up some information on the internet.

———————

(Name) looked over herself in the mirror of Menchi’s room, sighing softly.

Menchi had been hellbent on helping her with her makeup and hair, which (Name) was hesitant to allow. She wanted to look pretty, especially because she wasn’t sure if this was the last night she’d get to spend with Kurapika, but didn’t know how good Menchi was with her hair type, which was (hair type).

She was good, almost too good.

(Name) looked again after she was finished, jaw dropped. She almost looked like a different person, almost.

Her hair was in a different style than usual, and makeup done expertly, suiting her face perfectly. The knee length forest green dress was gorgeous on her, Menchi placing a gold necklace around her neck to compliment it.

“You look stunning, hun. You ready to wow the pants off that cute blonde?”

(Name)’s face heated up, the girl stuttering. “I-I’m not-“

Menchi rolled her eyes. “Oh, anyone can see you like him. And from what I’ve seen, I think he likes you too.”

‘After all, even the referees assumed they were dating…’ Menchi thought as she had (Name) turn in a circle slowly to make sure her dress was even.

She escorted (Name) to the party, walking arm in arm with her.

“Great to see you all, please enjoy yourselves tonight, you’ve certainly earned it!”

Menchi left her side to sit with Buhara, (Name) feeling something collide with her back. “(Name)! Come take pictures with us!”

She looked down to see him lightly pulling on her dress, the other two waiting nearby.

When she made eye contact with Kurapika, she could of sworn there were hearts in his eyes by the way he was looking at her.

“(Name)…”

As she came closer, she could see his cheeks turn red, eyes half lidded when she stopped in front of him.

“Yes?”

It’s like time froze around the two when they made stared into each others eyes. He lifted a hand to cup her cheek, and for a second, she thought he might kiss her.

“You’re gorgeous.”

She blushed, but the moment was interrupted. “Come on, it’s time to take a picture!”

The two were dragged away by Gon, who had them all stand together as someone took their picture.

Right before they took it, (Name) pulled Kurapika towards her and kissed his cheek right as the camera flashed.

The blonde stuttered as she took a copy of the picture, face red as a tomato. “(N-Name), you-“

She smiled at him, handing him his own copy. “I have you a little kiss. Did you dislike it?”

He shook his head quickly, almost too quickly. She giggled, licking her thumb and wiping his cheek. “Sorry, hun. I’m wearing lipstick.”

His heart beat against his ribs painfully as she wiped the lipstick mark away, almost pouting. Kurapika wouldn’t have minded having her mark on him, and was a little disappointed she was wiping it away.

“Ahh, im so happy I got a picture with you all! Though, it would be better with Killua…”

Both her and Gon sighed, before she sighed. “Gon, are you going to bring back Killua alone?”

He nodded, looking down. (Name) ruffled his hair, the boy looking up to see her grinning. “Not anymore, im coming with you.”

“Really?” Gon exclaimed, beaming up at her.

“(Name)!” Both Kuraoika and Leorio yelled.

“You can’t be serious. You know it’s dangerous right? Even if your leg wasn’t broken, which it is, going would be a suicide mission.”

(Name) brushed of Kurapika’s words. “I can’t let Gon go alone, he’s twelve! After all, he’ll need someone to cook for him.”

She pinched the boys cheek, but he didn’t mind, he was too happy he got to spend a little more time with her.

Kurapika and Leorio on the other hand, seemed worried.

“You’re kidding me. You mean the four of you are finally going your separate ways?” Pokkle asked, raising an eyebrow at Leorio and Kurapika. They sat together while Gon and (Name) wandered around.

“I’m going back to med school. I want to become a doctor, and now that I’ve got my hunters license, I won’t have to pay the tuition fees.” Leorio answered.

“What about you?”

“I’m going to find a job where I can gain some experience, and work my way up to becoming a blacklist hunter.” Kurapika said, smoothing out his tabard.

“Then I guess this might be the last time you four ever see each other.”

The two looked to Gon and (Name), who were chatting on the balcony. Kurapika felt physically I’ll at the thought of never seeing her again, clutching his tabard tightly.

When Pokkle and Kurapika were left alone, the brown haired man sighed. “You know, (Name) is pretty smitten with you, according to Ponzu.”

This wasn’t the first time he’d heard of (Name) having feelings for him, but it was the first time it had been from someone other than Leorio.

“…”

Ponzu stood, walking past him. “She’s got a lot of people that care about her, so it would be in your best interest to treat her kindly.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Kurapika looked up when he heard the click of (Name)’s crutches. “Pika, Leorio’s being chased by Menchi again!”

The blonde snickered. “Oh this I’ve got to see.”

—————

“Okay then. Once you step out of those doors, you’ll no longer be considered applicants, you’ll be hunters. You’ll be our friends as well as our rivals. I wish you luck, and hope that our paths will cross again. That’s all, and now you’re dismissed.”

(Name) exchanged numbers with Pokkle, who also gave her Ponzus number. “If you need anything, just send me or Ponzu a text.”

“Same with me, if either of you need help I’ll be on my way!”

She gave him a hug, Pokkle returning it this time. Kuraoika allowed this with the knowledge Pokkle wasn’t single, but did stare at him.

She ignored Hanzo trying to give her his number, the ninja stuffing his business card into her bag. “Just take it.. damn tease..”

“What was that?”

The ninja was already running off.

(Name) shrugged before joining Gon as they walked towards their destination.

“I guess this is it, huh? We don’t wanna miss our flight, so we’re gonna go now.”

(Name) smiled, giving the two one last hug. “Truly, meeting you all has made my life that much brighter. I hope you two are able to find happiness, in whatever way you need.”

Gon turned back before they left. “Thanks for everything, you guys! I’m really happy that I met both of you!”

(Name) squeaked when the boy dragged her away, having to keep hold of her crutches so she wouldn’t fall.

Before they could get too far, they heard Kurapika and Leorio call after them.

“Gon, (Name), wait for us!”

They pulled the two into their arms, the four laughing as they hugged each other.

“I guess we’re destined to be together.” Kurapika said, sitting next to (Name).

“Yeah, Gon, (Name), I’ll stick with you to Padokea and beyond.” Leorio agreed, crossing his legs.

She giggled, holding her bag to her chest.

‘I’m so happy to be alive.’

[thelunadiviner]

i was tagged by @renegadeem DAYS ago (sowwy for how late this is!) so... it is time!

"9 people you want to get to know better"

3 ships:

valenwind--i mean... come on LOL this one has been with me since i was 11 or 12 (over a decade now!). extremely foundational and, even when i wasn't actively into FF7, has been on my mind ever since i played the game years ago. something something red and blue gays, something something dark hair and blonde hair, something something short and tall. they just fulfill so many good "tropes" and also god i just like these characters SO much its unbelievable. i cannot wait for (what i hope is) the sheer amount of screenshots and screen records of the third part of FF7:R when they are PLAYABLE. the party banter... oh lord...

VKaz--ok... so i am actually a massive Metal Gear Solid fan. i got into it around-ish the same time as i got into FF7 and wow did it change my brain chemistry. there are a few MGS ships that are bone deep in me, but VKaz does something else to me. its blinding. its visceral. its like... wow. it doesn't help that Kaz is probably my favorite character in the game and Venom is sooooo. yeah. cute... idk! but i could probably talk about these guys for literally hours. and it would be incomprehensible. ik this is my squeenix blog but if anyone ever wants to talk MGS with me...

tie (sorry LOL) between akusai and stakhemy--those are so so so different but whatever LOL. akusai is also ages old, one of my first ships. i actually used to be much more into xemsai but akusai has taken the reins. KH is also a decade+ interest of mine (my late childhood/early teen trifecta was KH, FF7, and MGS) so i have so much to say... also i think i am in love with Saix lowkey. now, stakhemy is a new one and much more niche (any Pathologic fans?). i made one of the best character/ship spotify playlists ever for those guys. whenever i think of Rubin i become a little ill. i just find them so fascinating (Patho is super interesting on its own anyways).

first ship: whoooo boy. probably Link/Sheik? LoZ was like. my first ever THING i got into. i used to play pretend in my yard wearing a green tunic and a green santa hat i cut the puff off of to live out my Twilight Princess Link dreams. if not Link/Sheik, then probably xemsai.

last song: Respite On The Spitalfields by Ghost (on a massive Ghost kick because of a friend, its all ive been listening to... my favorite by them is Twenties and/or I Believe)

last TV show: i just watched the 5th episode of Interview with the Vampire this morning with a bestie, but the last show i finished was True Detective season 1 (for the 2nd time... i'm obsessed.. i have a sideblog...)

currently reading: i have been trying to finish Between Two Fires by Christopher Buehlman for over a year atp but 1. i am a slow ass reader, 2. i started it over already, 3. something sad happened so i got discouraged, 4. im so busy and am trying to learn to get better about reading (ADHD moment)

currently eating: nothing atm but i did have a creme brulee cream puff from one of my fav bakeries (shouldn't have spent the money but my name change court hearing was a success so i celebrated <3)

currently craving: im always craving something i love food LOL honestly the first thing that came into my head was a smoothie... but i also love all Asian cuisine and there's this amazing place nearby that has a bomb Pad See-Ew

thank you sm for tagging me!! i cannot think of anyone really to tag atm so i'll probably come back and do that later when i'm less busy.

[kingprinceleo]

Okay so, warning, this is gonna be super long cus I love your AUs and wanna understand them. They seem *very* complicated and I am *very* confused.

Okay first off, I saw that in 1000 Years Bound Sonic is dead young around like 40, but I see that he’s hundreds of years old all the time in posts tagged with the same AU? And Shadow was a king and Sonic was one too in both AUs? And for Tails, in both 1000 Years Bound and Happy Auau he seems to be a kitsune because he lives long and has four tails, but how old is he and at what year did he grow the two extra tails? Oh and, for the post where Sonic was like “yo ur like 500 years old why u still scared of thunder” how come Sonic is alive?? Did he only die in 1000 Years Bound (also does that mean he is also immortal?? If so, how?) or is Tails older than him? Where are the other characters? I see Silver in 1000 Years Bound, but where is he in Happy Auau and where is everyone else (i.e. Knuckles and Amy)? For the Happy Auau existence itself,, I notice it’s called “happy auau” and not just “happy au”. Is this because it in itself it is an AU of your AU, 1000 Years Bound? Is Shadow immortal in both AUs? Are both AUs the same universe but just take place at different timelines?? If so, I have SO many more questions that I don’t even know how to ask cus I’m so confused and things seem to contradict each other if they’re the same universe. What is the third eye on Shadow’s head? Was he born on the Ark and sent to Mobius with no memories and then gets them about him and Maria and stuff, or is he born into royalty? If he wasn’t born into it, I think it would be pretty funny that Shadow was like “uhhh I have a third eye and can kill you all and I’m your king now lol” but ik it’s most likely not that simple. I also saw a post where Sonic had a bond thingie or something (in idk what AU) with Shadow and had powers he used sometimes too, what’s up with that? For both AUs, are Sonic and Shadow’s history just like the games and is just set in the future, or different?

Honestly, I prolly have more questions that I just can’t think of rn, this is just a big braindump. I hope I’m not bothering you or seem like I’m hastily interrogating you or something, I’m just genuinely very confused. Please let me know if it’s okay to ask more questions in the future, haha. By the way, I think you are incredibly creative—you are one of my biggest art and story-making inspirations. You manage to invoke so much emotion in your work it’s,, wow. The 1000 Years Bound AU actually makes me really sad sometimes and affects my mood snsjsjdbs, BUT IN A GOOD WAY;; the fact that you can do that in the first place just shows how good u are at… story-ing. Anyway as u can probably tell I ramble a lot so uh, love ya keep on doing what ur doing :D 👍

oh god oh fuck /lh and tysm for the questions!!!! i love answering questions n rambling so im always open to them!!!! i would love more, it doesnt bother me in the slightest, also WAHHHHHH TYYYYYYYYY, sobbing and crying and rolling on the floor like a rotisserie chicken /pos i tried to break it down as coherently as i could!! v

if you have more questions im always excited to respond to them! ty for the ask!

[myhaikyuuthings]

Soulmates

where the first words your soulmate says to you are tattooed on your body w/ Bokuto, Asahi and Tanaka (note the words have to be spoken directly to you)

Bokuto: 

‘Fuck watch out’ your soulmate was either a total dick, or a hero

you weren’t sure which and honestly, that being tattooed on your body forever didn’t make either option okay

it was right above your bathing  suit line so you always wore a shirt/one piece at the beach just so you didn’t have to get stares

which isn’t a big deal but you liked bikinis

today your team was going to the annual training camp and for the first time, you got to tag along 

being a manager for Nekoma was hectic to put it simply but you loved them and loved being around them

when you all arrived Kuroo said he wanted to show your tattoo to his friend, thinking he’d get a kick out of it

you’d always had trouble saying no to the taller male so you reluctantly agreed

he lead you to one of the gyms and you could tell people were already practicing

you noticed a loud boy with two toned hair, who Kuroo helpfully identified as Bokuto, glancing at you

he messed up his spike

you watched as the ball flew at you, too stunned by the speed to react 

“FUCK WATCH OUT” before you could see Who said your words, you caught the ball with your face

you blinked as your vision came back into focus as Kuroo yelled at Bokuto while trying to check on you and Bokuto just sobbed over your body while apologizing

you sat up, doing a quick headcount of how many people were in the gym

“which one of you assholes is my soulmate?” you asked, cradling your nose as it bled

silence

“OH MY GOD I SPIKED A BALL INTO MY SOULMATES FACE IM A HORRIBLE PERSON” 

ah

not a dick. but damn if he can’t hit a ball hard

“i’ve had ‘fuck watch out’ on my body my whole life.. and i hated it.. and i just called my soulmate an asshole.. as my first words” you tried to process through the throbbing

Kuroo lost it, laughing his classic hyena laugh, earning a punch to the arm from you

“i deserved it, I am so sorry,” bokuto said through tears, trying to hold them back

you sighed, opening you free arm for a hug but he only looked confused

‘damn i really do have to do it all myself’ you thought, grabbing his arm and pulling him into a one armed hug

“sorry if i get blood on your shirt,” you mumbled, petting his head with your free hand as he laid his head in the crook of your neck

“it’s okay, it’s just a shirt,” he sniffed, “i hope i didn’t break your nose” 

you removed your hand, trying to twitch your nose

“it seems to move fine, i think it’s gonna bruise though”

aaaaand theres a new round of tears

by the time you had been checked out and he had calmed down, the two of you sat outside to talk

“Y/N Y/L/N, nice to meet you,”

“Kotaro Bokuto, nice to meet you too, I am  really sorry about your face” 

“stop apologizing, you were so stunned by my beauty you couldn’t focus on the  ball” you teased

“yeah you’re right,” he admitted, causing you to choke on your rice ball

in one day you had met your soulmate, almost broke your nose, and learned your soulmate is indeed a Sweetheart and one of the best in the country (which explains the power behind that hit) now it was just trying to survive the rest of camp

Asahi: 

‘i’m not a threat!’ 

did your soulmate break in?? try to rob you?? what kind of mark is That

your family moved from Tokyo to the Miyagi prefecture during your third year, so now you were spending your last year of highschool surrounded by people you didn’t know

you decided to sit outside for lunch, not wanting to look like the odd one out, plus it is nice outside

before you could even take a bite, you noticed someone looking at you

you turned to fully look at him, your jaw dropping a bit at how tall he was

‘i think that’s the guy someone said was in his 20′s and still a student’ 

while you were trying  to figure out if he was actually 20 or not, you didn’t realize how long you had been staring, or that you had dropped your food

“i’m not  a threat!” he tried to assure you, walking closer with his hands up, “everyone’s kind of scared of me because of the rumors but they’re not true”

he was pouting. cute

“yknow, if you weren’t my soulmate i might not believe that” 

his jaw dropped, his cheeks a bright pink

his friend with silver hair came walking up

“Hi, you must be Asahi heres soulmate, yknow That’s a rather long sentence to have tattooed on your leg forever” he smiled

this seemed to break Asahi out of his stupour

“No it’s okay! You had to walk around with That on your body, this is fair,” he assured, lifting his pants leg to show your words wrapped like an anklet

you smiled up at him, pulling your uniform collar to the side a bit to show your tattoo under your collar bone

“they picked a bad place for yours, wow im sorry” he apologized, sitting down in the grass with you. “Asahi Azumane, it’s great to finally meet you”

“Y/N Y/L/N, the pleasure’s all mine, call me Y/N.”

you sat talking for the rest of the lunch period, not realizing his friend has disappeared sometime during your conversation

“You should come to volleyball practice, I can introduce you to Kiyoko, I think you two share some classes she can help show you around” he offered

“why can’t you help show me around?” you asked, smiling softly as he blushed again

“ i mean like, i am your soulmate but I get it if I make you uncomfortable or scare you or anything, so I don’t want to just assume-”

“Azumane, it’s okay. you don’t scare nor make me uncomfortable. I’ll come, it’d be great to meet her and your team, but I would really like it if you were the one to show me around” 

“yeah okay, I can do that” 

it seems your tattoo was right, he’s definitely not a threat

Tanaka: TW SLIGHT HARASSMENT MENTION

“I’ll beat them up” 

in one way, the placement was easy to hide (upper inner thigh)

but it was concerning nonetheless 

why did your soulmate offer to beat someone up for you? this question had bugged you for years

now you’re in your second year of high school and decided to go to the Miyagi Prefectures volleyball qualifiers

well your friend dragged you along to watch his soulmate play, claiming he’s the best setter in the prefecture and you Have to see him at work

he had left you alone in the hall to go see his soulmate in the locker rooms before the game so you were just standing around minding your own business

you watched the crowd slowly thin out, assuming a game was starting soon

‘nows a good time to get snacks, no line!’ you thought, starting your look for a food stand

you ended up just a little bit lost when two boys approached you

“hi there, what’re you doing out here alone?” one asked, smiling politely at you

“my friend’s soulmate is playing today, he’s just wishing him good luck” you explain, making a move to walk past them

“what’s the rush?” the other asks, placing a hand on the wall beside you effectively blocking your  way

you sigh, turning fully to face him

“neither of those phrases is my soulmate mark, and I’m actively staying single until i meet them okay? so can you just let me move?”

they exchanged a look, irritation obvious on their faces

“well show us your mark then, because I don’t believe you” 

“idiot, you don’t have to see My mark to know those aren’t Your words” you scoff, trying to walk around them the other way

you end up caged against the wall, putting your fists up ready to defend yourself

“hey, i think they said to leave them alone,” a new guy spoke from somewhere behind them, but you were unable to see him due to the two infront of you

“yeah, what he said” you snap, raising your fists a little higher

when the two turn around to face the new boy, you take that chance to dash out from behind them

you stand beside the new guy, glaring sharply 

“didn’t your mother ever teach you what ‘no’ means or did she fail every other human being out there to spare your feelings?” you growl, subconsciously standing behind your saviour 

“you’re lucky i don’t beat you up,” the man growls as well before turning to you, “I’ll beat them up.”

“I’ll help,” you snort, cracking your knuckles before realizing the words he said, “I’m sorry did you say ‘I’ll beat them up’”

He smiles broadly at you, holding his hand out, “Ryuunosuke Tanaka, and who might you be dear soulmate?”

“Y/N Y/L/N, thanks for stepping in soulmate,” you grin back

the two men had tried to step away as you and Tanaka made your introductions but Tanaka threw his arm out, catching their sleeves

“No no you’re not getting off that easy, not only were you Harassing a person, you were harassing my soulmate, lets get you to your coach why don’t we.” 

“Y/N I’ll find you after my match, make sure to cheer for me! Karasuno!! See you soon” he smiled, dragging the two men behind him 

[ispyspookymansion]

tagged by lucas @connorswhisk MWAH !!

1. why did you choose your url?

i looooved the ispy spooky mansion computer game as a kid and i felt tht it fit my horror emo vibe :-) also my old url was the one i started tumblr with and it was a reference that was so outdated i needed a change

2. any side blogs?

several! i think there are 6 that you could consider active, 2 that are basically abandoned, and many saved urls

3. how long have you been on tumblr?

since 2013 iirc

4. do you have a queue tag?

i dont use the queue feature, so no

5. why did you start your blog in the first place?

who knows! i think i started it after i got into supernatural, i probably knew this was where all that was centered

6. why did you choose your icon/pfp?

diego is just a little guy and i like him (hes emo and fits my color aes)

7. why did you choose your header?

bc i like adam my friend adam and the red/black is my vibe

8. what’s your post with the most notes?

probably this post i made about the third wave, a social experiment about fascism. but now it says sam winchester is trans

9. how many mutuals do you have?

is this something most people know???? many. i make new mutuals all the time

10. how many followers do you have?

1,389

11. how many people do you follow?

1,364 (wow, i had no idea my ratio was so close to 1)

12. have you ever made a shit post?

yes???? what? havent we all?

13. how often do you use tumblr a day?

lmao…..too many times. i wouldnt even be able to guess. i check it upwards of 10 times a day, probably

14. did you ever have a fight/argument with another blog?

oh absolutely,,i was an ace discourse warrior when i was like 15. ive also gotten into fights with inc*st shippers, people vagueing me for No reason, and alt right freaks

15. how do you feel about need to reblog posts?

dont guilt me into reblogging things i wont do it

16. do you like tag games?

i do!! theyre so fun sometimes i forget to do them but i like them

17. do you like ask games?

yeas <3

18. which if your mutuals do you think is tumblr famous?

definitely my beloved chloe @fairycosmos tops that list !! im not sure who else would be considered “tumblr famous”…..i probably have a few mutuals with upwards of 10k followers

19. do you have a crush on a mutual?

not right now

20. tags

i’ll tag ummmm @cactusbaseball @abigailswound @boytoyofficial @woundthatswallows @flamejob and @transfagadam if any of u wanna play. mwah!!

[vixenpen]

Neighbors (Bakugo x Miku x Hawks)

(With some other people because they are all some scandalous hoes)

Pt.8 I Fucked Your Man (and you can’t do anything about it)

The hero charity ball was one of the biggest events of the year in Japan. This was Miku’s first time singing at the event, as the headlining performer no less, and as excited as she was, she was also relieved that it was almost over. She had one more set to perform before the event wrapped up and she was spending it trying to soothe her tired throat by holding cold water in her mouth and warming it on her tongue before swallowing.

The trick was helping, but She hoped none of the heroes or organizers would approach her to have a conversation while she was holding luke warm water in her mouth like a guppy.

Miku felt a tap on her bare shoulder.

So much for that.

“Try this.” A gruff voice spoke up from behind her.

Swallowing awkwardly, Miku turned. She immediately recognized the handsome, broad shouldered blonde as the hero Ground Zero aka Bakugo Katsuki. The man held a small cup of tea with a silver spoon in front of her wearing an open smile. Miku stared at it blankly.

“For your throat.” He explained slowly with an amused smirk.

“Oh? Oh! Thank you!” Miku grabbed the teacup with a surprised smile.

“Tch. Well, It was cute watching you try to be discreet with the whole water trick at first..then it just started getting sad.”

“Oh god. You noticed?” Miku’s cheeks burned. “Everyone must think I look like an idiot.” She chuckled nervously before taking a sip of the tea. It tasted like ginger and honey.

As she drank, Bakugo settled into the seat beside her, propping his chin on his fist With a lazy little smirk.

“I have a friend whose a singer. I know all the tricks, but I doubt any of these dumb asses realized what was going on. Is it good?” He nodded towards the tea.

“It’s delicious, thank you.” Miku replied, pleasantly.

“I didn’t know how you would like it so I told them not to make it too bland or too sweet.”

Miku gave him an impresses look.

“A true hero even off duty, huh?” She laid a hand on his bicep, and then choked in surprise. “Oh, Wow you’re jacked.” She squeezed his arm.

Bakugo laughed. It was rough, but warm and genuine and made her smile.

“But seriously,” Miku giggled, “Thanks a lot, I owe you one.”

“Oh?” Bakugo cocked a brow. “Well, if you really want to repay me, how ‘bout dinner next weekend?”

Miku’s smile widened. “Deal.”

The man’s expression softened. “Good. Now where’s your dumb ass management? Clearly they need their ass whooped for not having tea and water available for their star.”

She laughed.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Miku set the microphone back on the stand on the final note, eyes still fixed on her boyfriend who was sitting at one of the empty tables front row and center.

“That’s a wrap! Sounded great, Shiro-san.”

“Thank you.” Miku held a thumbs up to the sound and stage crew before stepping off and heading towards her boyfriend.

“Who let you in here during my rehearsals?” She teased.

“Considering the fat check I cut these fuckers every year for this damn event, they better let me in here.” He shot back with a grin, passing her a venti cup of steaming tea.

“Mmm.” She sighed contentedly as she sipped. “Seeing you sitting there reminded me of the first time we met.”

Katsuki looped an arm around Miku’s shoulders as she waved good bye to the team.

He chuckled.

“It was at this same venue four years ago at the hero charity ball. You were performing in that sexy ass gold dress and you were trying warm up water in-“

“In my mouth!” They finished at the same time with a laugh. “And then you cursed out my management for not having tea ready for me after my set.”

“Those idiots deserved it,” Bakugo scowled. “You were their star. The hell do you look like having to hold water in your mouth like an amateur?”

The woman chuckled.

Katsuki squeezed Miku’s shoulders, pulling her closer. “It’s one of the best memories of my life.” He planted a kiss on her forehead.

“You’ve been awfully sweet lately. What’s gotten into you?”

“The hell do you mean?” Katsuki asked, leading her out to the Lamborghini parked at the back entrance.

“I meeean, I’m wondering what you want.”

He opened the car door to let her inside before slipping into the drivers seat.

“Alright, the jig is up. I wanted to talk.”

“About..?”

“About us.”

“Uh oh.” Miku frowned. “Are you breaking up with me?”

“What? Hell no!” Katsuki balked, side eying his girlfriend. “Why would you go for the worst case scenario? It’s about the charity ball.”

“The charity ball? What about it?”

He let out a troubled sigh that grabbed Miku’s attention. She frowned.

“It’s Eijirou. You remember the guy he was seeing?”

“Jean, The little cutie that worked in support at Endeavor’s agency?”

“Yeah,” Katsuki’s brow furrowed, “Jean broke up with him.”

“What?!”

“Yup.”

“Oh my god. They seemed so good together. Poor Eiji.”

“Yeah, he’s pretty hurt about it.”

Miku pouted. “I hate that for him.” She whined.

“Yeah,” Bakugo sighed, “babe, I know that night is kind of special to us, but I was wondering if you’d be cool with him tagging along with us to the ball? If you don’t want a third wheel, I totally—“

“Are you kidding? Kiriboo could never be a third wheel! Of course he can come with us. Y’all can hang out while I perform my sets, then the three of us will have fun together.” She squeezed her boyfriend’s arm affectionately. “We’ll make him forget all about his shitty ex, right babe?”

Katsuki shot her a grin.

“Hell yeah, Dove.”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

“So your master plan of making me seem too sad to handle going to a party by myself actually worked?”

“She agreed didn’t she?”

“But you didn’t tell her the real motive behind it?”

“I don’t have to tell her, Miku’s a freak. She’ll be down for it.”

“I don’t know, bro. I‘d feel more comfortable knowing she knows what’s going on.”

Katsuki shook his head.

“You dumb ass, if I bring up the threesome to her by myself, she’ll freak out and start thinkin’ im trying to be on some cheating shit, but if the three of us are just chilling and having a good time together...” he trailed off, grabbing Kirishima’s collar, tugging the man forward until they were nose to nose. “It’ll be more organic.”

“So, it will seems like it was more her idea?”

“Exactly. Look, I know my baby girl, and the only thing she likes more than attention is being catered to. We’ll put all our effort into making this all about her. She’ll love it, and eventually, it’ll be the three of us.”

Kirishima’s eyes darted to his lover’s lips.

“Keep talking like that, and you’re gonna have a problem on your hands, Katsu~” he teased.

Bakugo scoffed.

“You could never a problem, babe.”

He closed the space between them for a kiss.

Neither man saw or heard the door click shut.

[janegrey9]

play the role of anyone but me, ii

haha since im making the most of motivation, here's chapter 2 already! tag list at the end :) also yes this chapters title is from an ariana grande song. get used to it.

warnings: cursing

word count: 1,408

chapter ii: fight our energy

English, math, and chemistry were excruciating. Julie was a good student, of course, but going over the same syllabus in each class over and over again was not her thing. Luckily, fourth period was music class, and then she had lunch. Unluckily, Patterson, Peters, and Mercer were in her music class.

Julie, Flynn, and Carrie all had third period and fourth together, so they walked together to music class, and when they got there, it was practically empty. The three girls, who had long since ditched their coffees and teas, chose seats together in the middle of the room.

Not long after the girls had settled into their seats, the bell rang and Mrs. Harrison, the music teacher, moved to close the door. As she reached for the handle, three boys slid into the classroom. Peters and Patterson raced to the last empty seats in the back of the room, Peters practically falling out of his seat and Patterson unable to contain his laughter. Mercer just stood in front of Mrs. Harrison with a tired expression on his face.

“Hi, Alex.” the teacher said with a raised eyebrow.

“Hi, Mrs. Harrison. Sorry about them.” He gestured vaguely towards the two others.

“It's alright. At least they’re amusing.” She said with a slight smile. Mercer chuckled before going to take the last available seat. Coincidentally next to Carrie. Julie, Carrie, and Flynn all rolled their eyes at each other.

“Okay class. I’m sure you’ve tuned out all your other teachers when they read through the syllabus, so I’ll let you all do that in your own time. I expect you will all turn it in on Friday signed by at least one parent.” Mrs. Harrison said to the class. “Now. Onto the interesting stuff; to kick off the year, I have decided to host a songwriting contest!” Murmurs rippled through the class, kids sitting up in their seats and glancing at each other. “Just one catch - you must work with a partner, and it must be the partner I assign for you.”

Everyone groaned.

“Oh c’mon Mrs. H, can’t we just write alone?” Patterson called out.

“No, this is meant to be a team exercise. You will be graded on how smoothly your song flows and the incorporation of different instruments in your song, as well as a subjective grade from each of your peers. Which means you will perform for the class.”

Another groan from the students.

“God, I hope we get paired together.” Julie leaned over and whispered to Flynn. All three girls wrote music, but Carrie always wrote alone. Flynn and Julie had written together before, and both girls were crossing their fingers that they'd get paired together.

“Okay, I'm going to read out your partners now. No trading. Kravet and Keller. Adams and Hill.” Julie glanced around at the rest of the class. She could do this, it wouldn't be horrible to get paired with someone who wasn't Flynn. As long as it wasn't-

“Molina and Patterson.” Mrs. Harrison called out to the class.

“Shit.” Julie whispered. Carrie and Flynn's heads whipped around to Julie with sympathetic expressions. “Shit, fuck, shit. Fucking hell.” Clearly, the only words in Julie’s vocabulary at the moment were curse words.

“Jones and Wilson.” was the next duo to leave Mrs. Harrison's mouth.

Great. Her two best friends were paired together and she got stuck with Mr. McBiceps Electric Guitar. Just Julie’s luck.

“Peters and Danforth-Evans. Evans-McKessie and Mercer. And finally, Jacobs and Barry. You have the rest of today’s class to get to know your partner and start brainstorming. You'll get one class every week to work on your song, but other than that I expect each of you to meet outside of school. The song is due next Friday. Now get to work!” Mrs. Harrison called before starting to make the rounds around the class.

Julie glanced behind her and locked eyes with Patterson. He looked smug. She turned back around and sighed loudly before grabbing her back and standing from her seat.

“Wish me luck ladies. If you hear any screams from the back of the classroom, it's just me strangling him with his guitar strap. No big deal.” She joked.

Carrie and Flynn laughed before both hugging her.

“Good luck, babe.” Flynn said.

“Yeah, and maybe try not to kill them. I'll never hear the end of it from Bobby if my best friend killed his.” Carrie joked.

Julie half smiled, but it felt like a wince. She slowly made her way to the back of the classroom, where Patterson was. Fortunately, Kayla Evans-McKessie, Mercer’s partner, was back there too. She and Patterson were in the middle of a heated argument when Julie got to the empty seat next to Patterson.

“Wow, Patterson. Is it natural instinct for you to annoy every girl you interact with?” Julie asked mock-sympathetically. Kayla laughed.

“Definitely seems like it. Sorry you got stuck with him.”

“Hey!” Patterson exclaimed. “I’m right here.”

Kayla and Julie looked at each other and then back at the boy. “We know.” they said in unison before laughing.

“Kayla!” Mercer called. “C’mon, we have to get started.”

Kayla smiled at Julie quickly before going back to her seat next to Mercer.

“Julie Molina.” Patterson said with an appreciative smile. “Damn, I got lucky. Second best songwriter in the class!”

Julie raised an eyebrow at him. “Second best?”

“Second to me, obviously. You aren't better than me, princess, no matter how pretty your voice is.” Julie scowled at his words.

“First off, don’t call me that. Second, if anyone in this class is better at songwriting than me it's Carrie, not you.” She snapped.

“Sure thing, princess. Whatever you say.” Patterson said, grinning that stupid smile of his.

“Ugh. Look, we have to write this song and I am not losing.”

“Good to hear, because neither am I.”

“I thought maybe we could build upon a song I already started. I have a basic melody line - for the piano, obviously - and it would just need layering and lyrics.” Julie pulled her journal out of her bag and handed it to Patterson, the book already open to the song she had started the day before.

“Hm…” Patterson said as he looked over what she had. “It’s nice, but kind of boring. What if during the chorus we add something like this?” He grabbed a pencil from the small pocket of his backpack and started writing over what she had.

When he handed it back to Julie, she read over what he had written humming along.

“This is… actually really good. You came up with it just now?” she asked.

“No, I had been working on it last week. Couldn't figure out what it was missing until you handed me what you had. Your cute little melody had everything my rockin’ idea needed, princess.” Patterson said with a wink. Julie rolled her eyes, fighting a smile.

She was not allowed to find that cute.

“We should meet after school. I want to get this over with as quickly as possible. My place?” Julie said, glancing at the clock. The bell was going to ring in a minute, the class having moved faster than she anticipated.

“Sure. But I’m gonna need your address, princess.” God, that smirk was going to drive Julie crazy, only if the dumb nickname didn't do so first.

“How about you just put your number in my phone and I’ll text it to you?” Julie asked. She wanted this to take as little time as possible and if the agonizing boy had to have her phone number for that to happen, then so be it. Reaching into her back pocket, Julie pulled her phone out and opened a new contact. Patterson plucked her phone out of her hand, a shit-eating grin spreading on his face.

“Y’know, if you wanted my number, princess, you could’ve just asked.” He said before handing her phone back. Julie pursed her lips and shot him a glance before looking down at the name he had entered as his contact.

Luke ;) 💕

Julie was almost ready to make good on her statement to Flynn and Carrie and strangle the boy when the bell rang, saving him. Patterson pulled his bag onto his shoulder and started walking backwards out of the classroom, his eyes trained on Julie the whole time.

“No booty calls!” He yelled from the doorway.

Julie turned pink. As if.

tag list: @lydias--stiles 

[vocalyunho]

Sorry

pairing — Hongjoong x reader (fem).

genre — angst, smut

word count — 2.6k

warnings & tags — jealous! Hongjoong, hard language, explicit unprotected angsty sex, choking, finger sucking, overstimulation, multiple orgasms.

synopsis — it all started with an argument, a drunk guy and a party you didn’t want to attend in the first place.

This is the first time I’m writing something THIS angsty...idk if it’s good, but I was really in the mood for angst and this request fit it well.

You and Hongjoong had decided not to make your relationship known yet, but when you had to attend a friend’s party separately you knew this would be a problem. You didn’t want to go in the first place but there was no other choice..now, you’re stuck there in the middle of your friend group with a guy that you barely know, being all over you the entire night.

San isn’t a friend of yours, you only know him through your friends and you’ve met him quite some times, but you still consider him kind of a stranger to you. The fact that he’s drunk tonight doesn’t help the situation, nor does the fact that Hongjoong and you had a fight before going to the party. It was a small misunderstanding and you knew he’d get over it sooner or later, but for now he uses the silent treatment which gets into your nerves.

You could play with his feelings and get him jealous, especially now that San is drunk and trying his best to get in your pants, but that’d be too harsh. You ignore San as much as you can, however he’s being too much...he tries to dance with you with your bodies as close to each other’s as possible making you feel his bulge on your thighs...this boy is too hard, he could get off in a minute with just a handjob. You’ve been trying not to make a big deal out of it...after all, he’s drunk, he’ll probably text you a million times tomorrow apologising for what he’s doing right now. Hongjoong doesn’t know that though, and his look on you from the other side of the room is burning you. He hasn’t stopped checking on you and San the entire night, he probably thinks you like what San’s doing and when you get a text from him, your thought gets confirmed.

2:14 am

From Hongjoong ❤️

“meet me in the bathroom in 2 minutes.”

“Be there.”

no emojis, just fullstops on both messages.

You see him making his way towards the toilet, but you take your time to follow after him and for your own good, it doesn’t get unnoticed. 2 minutes later you get a third message from him.

2:16am

From Hongjoong ❤️

“are you coming or should I make you come?”

In any other situation this message could be translated completely differently, but you know he’s mad now. So, instead of acting immature you head to the toilet to solve the, probably, new misunderstanding.

“oh, so you’re talking to me now. wow that’s progress” you say loudly entering the toilet, but he’s not there. Feeling a burn in your stomach, you turn around to leave. Did he really play that game to you? What’s the need?

“follow me” he stands at the door. His face is more serious than ever before and his lips straight, like a line.

“You can’t just move me around the house like a fucking toy, tell me what you want here” you say and he stops dead in his tracks.

He comes close to you, his eyes on yours and his expression strong “I said follow me to the room down the hall”.

Why is he so serious and...most importantly, why’s he so scary? You’ve seen him mad before, many times...and the last time was literally just before you came to the party, but right now he acts like you’ve made the worst mistake of your life.

You follow him silent, ready to snap anytime if needed. If he tries to blame you for anything, you won’t play along with his game. You’re not the perpetrator, you’re the victim.

You both enter the room down the hall, him first, you last and the moment you’re both in, he turns around and slams the door behind you locking it afterwards.

“Who was he?”

“who?”

“don’t act stupid and tell who the fucker that was all over you was”

It’s not visible, but you’re sure smoke is coming out of his ears and, maybe, nostrils too. His eyes are red and the veins on his neck have popped out for the effort not to yell.

“ANSWER ME”

“no one”

If he acts like this, you’ll act like this too.

“I’m sorry, do you think I’m blind?” he comes closer to you “I saw you and him in there acting hideously...last time I checked you were in a relationship with ME, do you think I’m some naive asshole?”

“you are because you don’t fucking trust me” you do the same and the space between you gets small.

“HE WAS ABOUT TO FUCK YOU, IM GLAD I PREVENTED IT” his breath smells like alcohol, but so does yours probably. He isn’t drunk though, at least he doesn’t look like it.

“HE WAS NOWHERE NEAR THAT, BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER LET HIM DO IT”

“OH, LIKE YOU WOULDN’T LIKE THAT”

He really said that, right into your face...like he doesn’t know you, like he doesn’t know how much he means to you, how much you care about him, how much you love him.

“you know what FUCK YOU, HONGJOONG” you point every last word to his chest. Your eyes are filled with tears but you don’t blink to clear your vision, you look at him dead in his own and move to get to the door as soon as possible.

Once you reach for the handle he turns and traps you between the door and his body so fast, you felt dizzy. Your hands are against the door, but his left on your hip and his right on the door next to your face.

“Don’t you dare leave this room, before we solve this” his eyes are on your lips as he speaks.

“We’ll never do that because you’re an asshole and you NEVER listen”.

He distances his face from yours to take all your features in “DON’T YOU FUCKING GET IT?” he slams his hand on the door and you felt a knot in your stomach “DON’T YOU UNDERSTAND HOW JEALOUS YOU MADE ME?”

“I did nothing” he tilts his head.

do you understand who you belong to?”

Your walls clenched and your breathing got faster. His face is on the crook of your neck as he speaks now, his lips slightly touching your skin as they move.

“I belong to no one” you spoke softly and he breathed out loudly and a chuckle left his lips. You want him right here, right now.

“you’re mine, do you get that?” you can feel him poking through his pants.

“fuck me so I can” he instantly felt his dick twitch.

His hand went around your neck and forced you to look up at him. He pressed his body on yours and collided your lips with force. He’s kissing you roughly and you tag on his shirt to keep yourself up, but at the same time your knees feel like no strength is in them anymore. He’s cutting your air influx just a bit, but this with his tongue in your mouth are making your head dizzy.

You part gasping for air and he drives you on the bed with his hand still around your neck. The mattress is firm under you as he’s taking away the obstacle that your clothes are and then he does the same with his own. You’re glad he took responsibility of that because you really needed to calm down and catch your breath. You still feel light headed, probably not only from the lack of oxygen, but also from the anger inside you. How dare he?

“look at me” Hongjoong says hovering above you, he comes closer enough for his lips to touch yours as he speaks “the only thing you’ll be able to say after tonight is my name”

“and everyone will know who you belong to, baby” he licks a stripe along your neck and bites hard onto it with no warning. Your mouth dropped open at the sudden attack, but his words got stuck in your head and the gush of wetness from your core increased. He’s taken his job on marking your neck seriously with his left hand under your chin keeping your head up to have the entire canvas on his view while his right caresses your thigh.

It took him a while to stop and position himself in your entrance, but he slid in so fast, you flinched and the concentration you had on your neck, instantly moved to the feeling between your legs. He bottomed out easily and your eyes rolled at the back of your head. “I said look at me”, he grabbed your chin and made you face him. He managed to stay still for a bit, but your walls are asking for friction so when you started moving your hips against him, he becalmed you with his free hand and his other squeezed your cheeks to lock eyes with him “beg for it”.

“no”

“such a brat” he laughed, “be a good girl and beg for it”

“I said NO”

By the way he looks at you, you know he doesn’t mind the begging that much. He only wants to see your reaction to it and you didn’t let him down at all, so when he pulled out and snapped his hips against you, a smile formed on your lips as a whimper found its way out of your mouth.

“you fucking-” he thrusts hard and slow.

“who the fuck do you think you are to tell me what to do?” you laugh as he picks up the pace. You’re making him angrier. He’s always the leader, the one to be in charge and have everything around him as he wants it, except for when it comes to you. You’ve come in terms with it, it’s hot. It’s hot when he pins you down and fucks the living lights out of you, but you don’t play along with it. You love to make him so hard to the point he can’t keep himself in, even on a friend’s house, like right now. These are the consequences of being in a relationship with you, he asked for it and he’s loving it.

His hold on your waist is so tight, but not enough. You keep bouncing on his dick because of the force of his thrusts and you know he’s thinking the same because his other hand wrapped around your throat again. The headboard starts knocking on the wall and you’re glad the music on the speakers is loud. The curve of his cock and your walls parting for him so easily, helps him hit just the right spot.

“shiit- ffuuuckkk- mee-” you say through greeted teeth and your back arches to feel him deeper.

“watch your fucking mouth” he groans.

“wh-what are you g-gonna do about it-?” you looked at him with a smirk on your lips and his pupils dilated when he looked back at you. “You’ll be begging me to stop” he said and kept fucking back into you, a groan accompanying each thrust. Something felt different on how you felt him inside you this time...he fills you up better, the feeling between your legs is stronger and your mind is messier, but you couldn’t bring yourself to realise the reason, until he accidentally slipped out before a thrust.

His dick hit his stomach hard, but he didn’t mind it and buried himself inside you again. Your body twitched at the sudden stretch again and a groan left your lips. That’s it. He feels different because he pulls out completely every time, not just halfway like always. He pulls out his entire length and backs it in harder.

“so- fucking tight”.

Your mouth has formed into a silent scream as occasional moans or cries make their way out of it, until he puts two fingers in it.

“suck”, he groans it. He can’t speak properly anymore and when you started sucking on his fingers, he dropped his head as a low “fuck Y/N” found its way out of him. He’s pounding into you, yet his fingers stay still in your mouth. Your mind is all over the place, you’re sweating and you can feel the blood running hot through your brain.

“ffuuuck that’s it THAT’S IT” you cry it out, but push yourself down on his dick as he took his hand away from your mouth.

“you’re such a dirty brat” he half laughs, half groans.

“fuck me harder, you coward” Your hands reach for the sheets under you, not really making a difference, but this gave him the opportunity to hold on your thigh. “how fucking- dare you assume t-that I’d like someone else fucking me?” you’re shamelessly grinding against him and tears start to form on the corners of your eyes. Your walls clench and sparks appear in front of you, you’re close. You instinctively try to close your legs, but he pushed them wider than before.

“Give me your all” he started drawing circles on your clit and, now, your legs tremble too.

“Hongjoonggg-” all your senses have left you and the only thing you’re feeling is the pleasurable abuse of your clit and hole.

“HONGJOONG IM-” you didn’t get to finish your phrase, not that you could anyways, and you came around him with loud cries mixed with louder moans and curses. He’s groaning and his dick’s throbbing inside you but he doesn’t stop. He falls on top of you, keeping himself up with one hand as the sound between your legs gets squelchy.

You’re crying and you can’t stop your chords from letting all types of sounds out. You’re bouncing, but he synchronised your movements and collided your lips. He’s kissing you hungrily and your eyes are wetting his cheeks. He bit onto your lower lip and let his words fill your mouth “fuck, I’m sorry” he groaned heavily against you. He shoved himself inside you once again and kept pounding mercilessly, like you hadn’t just come. You can’t take it anymore, the feeling is too much, but he still hits your g-spot.

“Hongjoong- please”

“come again” he says and slips his tongue inside your mouth. Your moans get mixed and he’s breathing so heavily, you know he’s holding back his climax. Every ridge of his cock gets dragged along your walls and, fuck, you’re clenching again.

“Hongjoong please, PLEASE-” it hurts but you feel the burn in your stomach again.

“come on, come for me again” he’s looking at you but you shut your eyes and he touched your foreheads. You feel numb and you didn’t realise but your legs started trembling again.

“fuck I’ll come- you’re so tight again-” his hips stutter.

“shiiiit” he pulled out fast and came in spurts on your stomach as you let your hot spill out for the second time tonight. He’s groaning as he’s pumping himself and his hot liquid lands everywhere. You’re heaving and you can’t feel your lower part at all.

“You needed a good fuck, didn’t you?” he’s sitting on his heals, trying to catch his breath as his member softens. He’s so beautiful like this...his hair’s gotten all fucked up and his lips are red and swollen and you heard his “I’m sorry” damn well a while ago.

“shut up” you say, your heart’s beating so fast. You needed this, indeed.

“watch your mouth”

“shut up and help me up, I can’t feel my legs”

“......I didn’t mean what I said earlier”

“we’re not gonna talk about this here”

“are you kidding? We just fucked in here”

“I don’t care. We’ll talk at home with clear minds and without this damn loud music”.

[lilikags]

Dedication (Kita x reader) | Chapter 6

ೃ‧₊› a b o u t  t h i s  p o s t° ➮ Pairing: Kita Shinsuke x reader ➮ series ➮ Tags: fluff ➮ Word Count: 579

“(Y/N), I’m staying over for the night,” (b/f/n) stated, a smile forming on her face.

“Sure,” you agreed. This was pretty normal; you’d known each other ever since you could remember and (b/f/n) spontaneously coming over had been happening since forever. It used to happen all the time when you were kids. She’d come over to play and end up staying the night, and your mom would have to end up calling her mom about it. It happened so often that neither of them got surprised anymore; it became the norm.

Lots of people mistaken you as sisters. After all, the two of you acted like them. You fought, you made up, you shared secrets, and you poked into each other's lives. You always did your homework together, and you were study buddies. (But also professional distractions) 

(b/f/n) loved hearing stories. She loved writing them too. She loved peeking into other people’s lives, saying, “This is research for the story ‘m writin’, shush.” You figured that watching people be people was the best way to learn about how people work, but human decency also existed- maybe not for (b/f/n) sometimes. At least she didn’t expose what people did outside their school life. 

“Hey, (Y/N), I’ve got a serious question for ya.”

“Hm?” you went back to looking at your phone. The two of you were on your bed, scrolling through (site) and laughing about the things you found funny. These were quality times, just chilling with (b/f/n). 

“Okay, context. Once I start it, yer going to know what I’m talkin’ about.” 

“Mhm.”

“I saw you walkin’ with the boy’s volleyball captain yesterday.” 

“Uhhhh, it’s really not-” You knew what she was implying. 

“I haven't finished yet, shush.”

“And, what’s your relationship with him?”

“Uh, he’s my helper?” 

“Helper. Helper. (Y/N), you’re the helper.”

“I know, I know. Just that he’s been helping me a lot.”

“Oh? Why? I thought that it was the Miyas that caused yer injury. If anyone, thought it’d be them.”

“They’re too irresponsible. Kita feels responsible for them, so he’s been taking care of me.”

“Oh, okay…”

“You’re getting ideas.”

“No, I’m not, I didn’t say anythin’.”

“Nah, but I know you are.”

“(b/f/n), can you get the door for me?” you heard your mom yell from downstairs. She was cooking dinner, so it was understandable that she couldn’t get the door. You were still injured, so it was best that you didn’t move so much. So, (b/f/n) it was. Your mom didn’t like having guests do what she would have to do, but (b/f/n) practically lived there a third of her life, so she could hardly be considered a guest at this point. 

“Hi, who’s this- oh! You’re Kita, right, from the volleyball team?”

“Yes,” he looked around, presumably for (Y/N). “Is (Y/N) alright?” “Yeah, she’s fine! And those are for her, right? I’ll give them to her.”

“Thanks. Have a good evening.”

“You too! Cya at school!” (b/f/n) waved goodbye, and Kita returned it.

“(Y/N), this man’s a literal keeper.” “Huh?”

“He came by and brought snacks. If he didn’t like you so obviously, then I would totally try to go for him.”

“I-”

“And like, they’re your favorites too, wow. Must’ve asked uncle.”

“Mhm, he’s just being nice.”

“This is why I say you’re oblivious, (Y/N).”

“Shut.”  

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[tangerinefluff]

before i can freely dive back in on tumblr after being gone for a long time, i just wanted to address some asks i got during my inactivity: 

where do I start lmao. so i’m not sure if I understood the asks the way the anons intended to communicate them. could be because of a little language barrier? and im actually having trouble deciphering hate or disrespect because i have almost never in my life been hated or received serious hate in any form (i was THE good girl, on the outside that is, my entire life no one messed with bc i dont really do anything hateful like it’s just not in my nature to respond in that way 😅 anw very besides the point) so you may talk to me again if that’s not what you (anon) intended.

to the first one who said this: 

hi! i get ur suggestion but maybe word it differently? bc that was kinda rude. first off, this one (garbage) writing is for you too. second, i appreciate the cute hearts at the end to go with the insult in the beginning 😅 (but also) third, you’re on MY blog. i mean,,, with the first words i agree? LMAO. i apologize i don’t have the best thoughts but no i won’t change things. this is literally my own space and im sharing a little of what’s on my mind and they don’t have to be useful and significant and a WOW moment kind of post to everyone lmao. fourth, you can locate the unfollow/mute button yourself. im not actually sure what writings you meant, if it’s the unrelated or personal posts/asks, or the blog-related shitty posts. and i’m not very tidy with my tags either so i’ll try harder on that! will tag unrelated texts as “garbage.text” and blog-related texts as “hq.text”. fifth, that’s what i keep my following tabs open for actually. i follow a lot of even betterrr blogs with content like mine and esppp amazing artists you should check out yk instead of sending people ask like that..haha. lastly, i hope you don’t go around sending blogs asks like this one and just filter out the stuff you want to consume yourself. let’s be careful with words bestie! (edit: also my blog now is 90% reblogged art so.... why the big issue).

candidate #2 who quoted a tag on my post and said: 

aah what i meant there is that i am actually having a hard time remembering.. in general. (cue the victim card script) yes dramatic but i feel like my memory’s deteriorating. can’t remember names of people i just met or friends from a long time. things i just did or the phone i just put down 30 secs ago. conversations and with whom. read somewhere that it could be due to mental health problems. and i cant keep track of all the interactions here so i mess things up sometimes which is why i’m less active. and its not bc my friends here are insignificant!!! lmao. dw i remember, i have my close friends’ UNs and names listed on my notes too :D

yk i wanna bite harder than this bc im a real B on the inside and i wanted to make light of this (somehow funny to me because ik i shouldn’t respond bc it feels like twitter behavior) &&& i wanted to show off my clean record that i haven’t ever been hated before lmao until this moment that is. im just super shocked cause i’m 22 and JUST realizing, oh so this is the dangerous stuff on the internet! like i thought i could’ve avoided them because im.... literally... nice that i’m almost boring here and unproblematic and trying my best and just talking about stuff i like. bestie is not special over here.

to those who have been following me from the first (cringe) days, would know i post reallyyyy randomly. it was more original posts rather than reblogs. and i minimized on that when my following increased. there’s 4.4k amazing people following this blog in just a little over a year. so i toned down the personal stuff right away. honestly got conscious and i didn’t like it because the blog started to feel less like it’s mine. i can’t openly switch to a different content/media or just scream nonsense. i can’t answer personal asks freely. can’t interact with mutuals. then i just decided that i won’t mind anymore. as long as my post isn’t offensive and/or rude, i will post as i wish. i don’t normally engage in hateful posts because it bums me out. like a minute into reading these asks they really upset me then writing my response and letting this sit in the drafts made me think i won’t bother anymore because i could just let the asks get lost into the void and it’s not like i did anything wrong, but i guess i had a little energy today. and yes, will be turning off anon asks from here on out.

i hope this one won’t get dragged out and i’m not expecting any interactions from this because i just wanna talk about stuff i’ve been getting into lately, back to regular programming.. AAAAHHHHH!!! not sure if this will reach the anons (expected they unfollowed because that’s the smart thing to do) but I still wish them a good day/night and a peaceful tumblr experience! (^^)