#only like close friends i can respond a bit faster to... and thats a stretch

[marurumai]

hi sorry i never respond i just have no fucking idea what to say back

[reid-me-a-story]

I Need a Doctor

Based on the song “Doctor” by Jack Stauber

Synopsis: Reader is pining after her best friend, but after a drunken night and a failed attempt at seduction things start to look up for her

A/N: This is my first ever fan-fiction and WOOF was it a beast! This is based off a song that reminded me of Spencer some how, see the lyrics below!

Although this is a self insert one-shot, reader is never introduced as (y/n), I personally find it distracting in fan fiction to have to skip over that so instead of (y/n) there is use of pet names when needed. Any defining features such as height , hair colour, etc. is not specified including weight - however Spencer does pick reader up. Smut is included but if you aren’t comfortable reading it then feel free to stop about halfway through when there’s a little breaker in the story!

Couple: Spencer Reid/Fem!reader* (please read content warnings!)

Category: Angst/smut[18+] (and a little bit of fluff, all around a pretty wholesome story)

Content warning: Idiots in love, unrequited love (happy ending I promise!), drinking, unprotected sex, breeding kink, oral (male and female receiving), Fingering, Swearing, use of pet names (baby, princess, Little girl), teensy bit of degradation. *Let me know if I missed any!!*

Word count: 4.2k

Lyrics: Verse: Sarah Vanessa, Jack Stauber]

I need a doctor, oh

I'm not a doctor but I think I might be able to help

It's not a simple symptom, no

My diagnosis is that no one has been treating you well

[Chorus: Sarah Vanessa, Jack Stauber]

So, what do you prescribe?

Love's the only medicine

Is this a lie?

No, take three of these a da-ay

Oh, I think I'm cured

Cool, are you alright on your own?

No, I'm not sure...

Okay

[Outro: Sarah Vanessa]

Oh, I think I'm sick again...

*gasp

After three years of pining after your co-worker and best friend you decided to try to fill the void caused but the unrequited love.

You knew you wanted to be with Spencer since your first day, however it seemed that all he wanted was a friend. You guys were close and spent a lot of time together but it never seemed to progress. You once thought about taking the reins and asking him out, thinking that maybe he was just nervous. You grossly misread that situation and thank god you didn’t ask because the next day you over heard him telling Derek about a girl he wanted to ask out.

After that you started to isolate yourself from Spencer. You loved him but he didn’t feel the same. Garcia and JJ tried to make you feel better by telling you that it would never last with this new girl. You wanted to believe it but actions speak louder than words. Not only were you keeping a bit more distance from Spencer but he seemed to be cancelling plans left and right.

While you never made any new plans you would always spend every Saturday together when you weren’t on a case. Sometimes you guys would do something as extravagant as a play or spending the day touring a museum exhibit - something you wouldn’t nearly be as interested in if Spencer wasn’t your tour guide. Other times your days would be spent watching old reruns of your favourite shows or having Spencer read to you. Those days were your favourite because listening to Spencer’s smooth melodic voice always seemed to calm you down even at your most stressed out.

Since you over heard Spencer tell Derek about this girl he wanted to ask out he’s been cancelling your Saturday plans. It didn’t bother you at first but it’s been almost 5 weeks and you’re getting quite hurt by it. He still talks to you at work or spends time with you when you are on cases and dismissed for the day but it’s not the same.

Today is Friday and Garcia came skipping through the glass doors straight for you. “Hello, my beautiful human! Since we have no case do you want to have a Girls night tonight? JJ and Emily are coming! Please come!” She begs.

You debated declining so you can spend your weekend in solitude, sulking over your best friend but the look in Garcia’s eyes made you reconsider. “Okay sure, where are we going?”

Penelope squealed “Ahh! Okay awesome! We’re going to be going to this cute little Italian restaurant and then heading next door to this bar! It has really good Yelp reviews and - OOH maybe we can get you a hunk to take home tonight and-“

That got Spencer’s attention and his head whipped up to look at Penelope. While his eyes darted over to you to gauge your reaction to Penelope’s comment, you both locked eyes. You thought you saw him silently beg you not to go out tonight but you ignored it and stood up.

Penelope was still chattering away while you were packing up so you can go home to freshen up. You really didn’t want to get set up with some random guy but it might fill the void that is still there. Once Penelope gives you an opening you ask her what time to be ready for. She tells you that she will pick you up at 7. You thank her and head home.

Once you pass the barrier to your apartment you relax your shoulders, not realizing how tense you had been all day. The dread of going out tonight started to really sink in. If you were being honest with yourself you would have loved to have spent the night sitting in silence reading a book that reminded you of anything except Spencer but instead you agreed to go out and get drunk with your co-workers. Great.

You hop into the shower and take your time drying your hair. Just as you finish putting your makeup on and getting dressed Garcia texts you that she’s outside. You throw on your jacket and slip your heels on and walk outside.

After a really nice dinner you found yourself 6 shots in at the bar next door. You were fending off a really persistent guy when your phone goes off. You notice that it’s Spencer and you’re able to use it as an excuse to get away from the guy thats hitting on you. Despite how much you want to fill the emptiness that you feel without him you don’t want to just sleep around to do it.

You step outside into the cool air and answer your phone. “Hello, Doctor” you slur

“Hey... I - I uh...” Spencer stutters. You can tell he wants to say something but instead of waiting your tipsy mind forced the words out of your mouth

“I need a Doctor” you were attempting to be seductive but based on Spencer’s reaction you figured it didn’t come across right away

“Oh my god, stay where you are I’m going now” then the call drops.

“Shit” you say to yourself. You head back in to the girls. This is the last thing you wanted. Or is it? You’ve been dying to spend time with him outside of work for weeks. It sucks that you’re drunk for it but by the time he shows up and comes inside you are absolutely buzzing with excitement.

Spencer looks around the bar quickly for you. Before he locks eyes with you, you try to take in his appearance. He looks worried, his hair is messy and his curls look like they’ve been stretched by his hands running through them. Once he looks at you his shoulders relax and he lets out a deep breath.

“Hi” he breathes once he reaches you, he looks relieved to see you look physically okay.

“Hi Dr. Reid, fancy seeing you here” you slur and reach out to touch his arm. Before you make contact though you pull back; knowing how he is about touch. He ignores that and pulls you in for a bone crushing hug.

“I was worried about you” he whispers into your hair. Your heart starts beating faster the longer he holds onto you and you bury your face in his chest, inhaling his scent. He always smells good to you, like old paper and coffee. He smells like home and you start to tear up.

He feels you shudder and pulls back and notices your tears. “Hey, hey, what’s going on are you okay? Didn’t you say you needed a Doctor?”

“Oh yea,” you whisper “ typical drunk girl crying, it’s no big deal. Aren’t you a Doctor? I just need you”

“Do you want me to drive you home?”

You shake your head “Can I stay over at your place instead?”

He looks hesitant but agrees nonetheless. You both wave goodbye to the girls and he leads you out to his car by the small of your back. When you get to the car Spencer opens the door for you and makes sure you’re buckled in before going and sliding into the drivers seat. You turn on the radio at a low volume so you don’t have to sit in the awkward silence.

Once you get to his apartment he gets out and walks around to open your door. You get out and he leads the way upstairs. You make your way inside and as soon as you pass the threshold of his front door you don’t know what to say. He’s the first to break the silence. “Do you want some water? Maybe some Tylenol? If might help you feel better”

“O-okay” you stutter. You follow him into his kitchen and take the glass filled with water from him. You take a huge sip and put the glass down.

Just when he opens his mouth to say something you blurt out the question that’s been burning in your mind since it happened, “Spencer, why did you call me?”

He opens and closes his mouth a few times before saying “It’s stupid really, don’t worry about it,” and before you’re able to respond he asks “ Do you want some clothes to change into? Might be more comfortable than what you have on”

You nod and he leaves, he comes back in a few minutes with a button up Pyjama shirt with little dinosaurs on them with matching pants. You go to walk away but he grabs your hand. You turn to look at him when he pulls you into a hug again. “I miss you” he whispers.

The admission makes your eyes prick with tears. Instead of saying anything through your scratchy throat you just nod and hug him tighter. You both stand like that for a few moments before you pull away. Your skin is on fire from his touch and you can’t stand it anymore. You advert yourself eyes from him so you don’t have to look at him trying to read your thoughts through your eyes. You’re afraid he would hear the truth in your thoughts about how much you love him.

You slip into the bathroom to change quickly and when you emerge you find Spencer standing by the bed waiting for you. When he hears the door open he looks at you and you can hear him take a deep breath. “I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it” he whispers under his breath.

Trying not to break the silence too much you whisper back, “Get used to what?”

All the time in the world could not have given you the preparation to hear the next words that he chose to say.

“How effortless beautiful you look.”

“WHAT?” Your inner voice screams. Tears prick the corners of your eyes for the third time that night. “Please don’t Spencer.”

“Don’t what?”

“Don’t say things like that and expect me not to love you”, You say just barely above a whisper.

Spencer closes the distance between you and gently pushes a few loose strands of your hair behind your ear. You try to keep your eyes on your hands that you hold between you and Spencer but he pulls your attention to his eyes. “What if that’s what I want?”

Before you can respond he closes the final distance between you two. His lips are soft and full against yours. His hands move to your hair and yours gravitate to his shoulders. He tastes like coffee and mints and the taste is almost as intoxicating as the liquor you drank earlier in the night.

You push him back towards the bed and he sits on the end. You go to straddle him but he stops you with a hand in your waist. “We shouldn’t..”

“Oh.. y-yea, I understand” you say defeated.

“Oh god, no. Trust me. I want to- I want to so bad but you’re drunk and you’re not thinking clearly. I’ve wanted this for so long you don’t understand but I’d don’t want you to wake up and regret anything-“

You cut his rambling off with a kiss and he immediately relaxes. You pull back with a sigh and a tiny smile while nodding in understanding.

Spencer stands up, kissing your forehead before disappearing into the bathroom. You start to head out into the living room when you hear him call out “Where are you going?”

“To sleep on the couch, I don’t want to intrude.”

“The beds big enough for the both of us,” he states before quickly adding with a small blush, “I- uh- unless you aren’t comfortable with that”

You blush in return and slowly pad your way over to Spencer’s bed. You pull back the covers off your side and slide in, Spencer stretches out his long legs, reaching over and pulling you into him by your waist. You rest your head in his chest and start dozing off to the sound of his heart beating.

Just before you succumb to your sleep you hear him whisper into your head “I love you”

———

You wake up to the smell of coffee and the Saturday morning sun beaming through the windows. You go to stretch out and realize that you’re not at home but instead at Spencer’s, in his bedroom, in his clothes. Last nights confessions flood your memory and you smile to yourself. He loves you. Spencer Reid loves you.

Despite your pounding headache you can’t help but jump out of bed and pad into the kitchen. You see Spencer standing by his coffee maker. As soon as he spots you his eyes fill with something you just can’t quite place, and a small smile lights his face. You slowly step towards him and jump onto the counter, sitting right next to the coffee maker.

“Good morning” you say as softly as possible, as to not disturb the peacefulness of the morning.

Instead of answering in words, Spencer laces his fingers into your hair and pulls you forward to kiss you softly. When you both break away to replace the air in your lungs he finally speaks, “Good morning, beautiful. How do you feel? How’s your head?”

“No complaints” You joke, while winking at him.

The innuendo is lost on him for a few seconds before he laughs and says “No you dork! Your headache!”

“Ah, I’ll manage. Is there enough coffee there for me?”

“Always, anything for you”

You two drink your coffee in silence; with you playing with Spencer’s free hand, and him trying to memorize every second of this morning. Spencer finishes his coffee first and places his cup down on the counter. With his now empty hand, he starts playing with your hair, running his hands through the soft locks.

You soon finish your cup and pull him to stand in between your legs. “I think,” you say sneakily “I think I need a doctor”

“What do you mean?” Spencer asks

“Hmmm well I think you might be able to help me, Doctor” you whisper in his ear while running your hands up and down his chest. You hear his breathing start to get heavy. When your nails get close to the waistband of his sweats his breath catches in his throat and a soft moan escapes instead.

“What seems to be the problem?” He says, voice low and husky.

“Mmmm” you sigh “Well Doctor, my symptoms aren’t simple, think you can handle it?”

“I don’t think anyone has been treating you right.” He moans softly again as one of your hands start to play with the hairs at the nape of his neck.

“So what do you prescribe, Dr. Reid?”

“Me.” He claims before slamming his mouth against yours. The kiss is hungry and Spencer quickly dominates it. His hand move from your hair down to you waist and the other hand moves to the front of your borrowed sleepwear, pulling at the drawstrings. You feel heat bloom between your thighs. You never expected him to be so aggressive but you loved it. You loved him, and you wanted him- now.

“Mm Spencer, please..” you moan between heated kisses.

Spencer chuckles and starts kissing down your jaw and neck “What baby? What do you need” he mumbles against your skin.

“You.” You moan breathlessly. He growls against the skin of your neck while slowly sliding his hand into your pyjamas. Once he reaches the waistband of your underwear he pulls back to look into your eyes - silently asking for consent.

“Please, Spencer. I need you! Please!” He smiles and reaches into your underwear and is fingers slide past your folds feeling the wetness from how turned on you were.

He moans when he feels you. “Oh wow baby, you’re so wet. Is this all for me?”

“Yes Spence, all for you.” You breathe out between a soft moan.

“Good. You’re mine, baby” he finally sides one of his long fingers between your folds and starts pumping his hand slowly- curling a finger up to press against that sweet spot inside of you, causing a guttural moan to leave your throat. He withdraws his hand and you whine at the loss. He gives you a look and its intensity stops any sounds from escaping except for soft pants.

He signalled for you to lift your hips and he pulled you towards the edge of the counter. He pushed your knees apart and kneeled down. The sight of Spencer looking up at you between your legs almost made you finish right there and then - you let out a low groan. He chuckles and moves forwarded starts nipping at your inner thigh, never taking his eyes off you.

He kisses everywhere except where you want him. Whines escape your mouth before you can stop them and you can feel him smile against your leg. Finally showing you a little bit of mercy and finally licked a thick stripe up in between your folds. Spencer lean out a low moan against your sex, “You taste so good, baby”

Your back arches and you throw your head back. Your breathing picks up and one of your hands grip his hair. You tug on his Chestnut curls - hard “Spencer, please! more… fuck - please!”

“What do you need princess?”

“You, Spence! Pl - uhh - Please!” You scream at him.

“Anything for you,” he adds, before adding two fingers in the mix. He thrusts his fingers in and up towards that spot inside you while flicking his tongue over your clit. Your eyes roll back and you let out a deep moan. You never thought that your best friend, the man who is perpetually awkward around women would be this good. Looking down towards him you see that his eyes haven’t left you - its like he’s trying to memorize every movement your body makes. The knowledge of Spencer watching you come undone combined with the pleasure coursing through your veins sends a wave of euphoria crashing over you.

“Fuck!” You scream out as you ride out your orgasm, one of the most intense of your life if you’re being honest. When you finally come down and try to catch your breath you look down towards where Spencer is and his eyes are wide while staring at you.

“Fuck, you’re so beautiful, baby” He jumps up and crashes his lips on yours and you can taste yourself on his lips and tongue. You moan into his mouth and reach down towards the waistband of his sweats pulling them down with his boxers. You watch his cock spring up and slightly gawk at the size of him. He’s bigger than anyone you’ve been with and you tell him as much. Before he can respond you jump down off the counter while pushing him towards the wall beside you so he has some sort of support.

You lick a thick stripe from the base of his shaft before leaving a small kiss to the tip, tasting the salty pre-cum. You take the head into your mouth and hollow out your cheeks while taking more in. What you can’t fit in your mouth you pump with your hand.

You look up at Spencer through your lashes; he’s looking back down at you, with his hand balled into a fist pressed up against his mouth. You hate that he’s silencing himself from you so you reach up and grab his hand to place it at the back of your head - giving him permission to fuck your face at his pace. He’s trying to be gentle but after a few strokes with you hollowing your cheeks he can’t help but buck his hips further into your mouth - causing you to gag. You swallow around him and he slides deeper. Your nails are digging into his thighs leaving ten, small angry red crescent moon indents behind. He thrusts slightly deeper causing you to gag and tears to slide down your face, “come on baby, I know you can take me deeper”

At the sound of his voice you hum, causing his hips to buck into your mouth again. “Fuck!” He pulls out and continues “Don't wanna cum there. I wanna fill you up baby. Do you want that? Do you want me to fill that tight little cunt up?”

You moan and nod excitedly and Spencer grips the back of your thighs, signalling you to jump. He carries you into the bedroom with you laying kisses and leaving marks over his jaw and neck. You find a sensitive spot just below his ear that causes his breath to get caught in his throat. Once you both enter the room he places you gently on the bed, climbing in-between your legs and kissing your lips and down towards your neck. He starts to unbutton your pyjama shirt while leaving small red and purple love bites over your neck and chest. Once he finally removed the last article of clothing on you he takes a step back to admire your body. Usually this would cause you to be self-conscious; meaning you would usually cover yourself with your hands or a blanket. Something in Spencers eyes calmed you and made you relax. He made you feel beautiful just by the look in his eyes - and he said so in just as many words, “ You’re so beautiful baby, do you know that?”

“Please Spence, I need you inside me! I need you to fuck me right now or else I might die…” You whine

“Well, we can’t have that” He chuckles. Spencer pulls off his t-shirt and kneels in-between your legs, pulling one over his shoulder, one hand on your thigh and the other on your waist, He thrusts in and bottoms out completely - causing you to yell out in surprise. “You make such pretty noises baby… how many more can I get out of you, huh?”

Spencer sets a brutal pace, thrusting into you deeper than you thought was possible. Your hands desperately try to grab anything to hold on to. One settles on the hand gripping your waist tightly, surely leaving bruises that you could only hope would last. Your other hand reaches forward - scratching your nails down his chest and leaving red welts behind in its wake - causing Spencer to let out a guttural moan. He leans forward, dropping your leg to his elbow to relieve the pressure, and kisses you deeply. His hand leaves your waist and he presses his thumb to your bundle of nerves, pressing slightly and rubbing small circles over it. “ I want you to come for me baby. come on little girl, you can do it”

You couldn’t defy him even if you wanted to. Your body gave into his wishes and crashed into the wall at full speed. Spencer kept the same pace as he fucked you though your orgasm. “Oh what a good girl. come on baby, one more for me…”

“One mo-ore? Spenc-! Fuck!”

“Yes, one more beautiful. Fuck- I know you can do it baby. One more and I’ll fill you up with my cum. You’d - fuck!- like that, huh? You’d like - ugh - to be my dirty… little …cum-slut… wouldn’t you?”

Your eyes rolled back at his words. You could barely believe what you were hearing. His words sent you over the edge for your third and final time. Your entire body shuddered from overstimulation and pleasure. Spencer moaned loudly and you felt him twitch inside you, his cock painting your walls with his cum. Just as he starts to pull out you reach forward and beg with wide eyes “No! Stay! I want you to keep it in me, please Spence, please! I need-“

He cuts you off with a kiss and presses back into you, holding you as close as he can - trying to follow your wishes. After a few minutes he started to soften, he slowly pulled out of you despite your protests. He shushed you with a few quick kisses to your lips and quickly ran to the washroom to get a damp washcloth. He wiped between your legs as gently as he could without overstimulating you too much.

Spencer flopped down beside you, grabbing you and pulling you into his side. He starts slowly kissing your lips, cheeks, forehead - really anywhere his lips could reach without having to let go of you. You giggle a little bit as he gets to a ticklish spot on your neck. “Well Doctor, I think I’m cured. I guess you were right, I just needed you”

“And three orgasms,” he deadpanned.

You both laugh a little at that. You look at him and that same look is in his eyes from before. You’re finally able to place it. “I love you, Spence.”

His eyes shine a little brighter and he leans forward to rest his forehead against yours. “I love you more, beautiful girl”

[maybe-its-micheal]

Like an Orange Spark...

/rp /dsmp

Ghostbur watched as Dream, Tommy, and Techno talked. He was sure he had just known what they were discussing, but now the context seemed to slip through his fingers... he was used to the feeling, though, and shrugged it off. He tried for a few minutes to pay attention, but kept forgetting what everyone was talking about, amd decided to do something else. He turned his back to them, and let his eyes wonder across the snowy landscape.

It was really was a lovely day, the leaves of the spruce trees swayed slightly in the chill breeze, leaving shadows dancing on the ground. A few small bushes peaked up over the snow, dotted with red berries, and the sun sat in the center of the cloudless sky. Ghostbur heard a slight rustle from a near by bush, and spotted a hint of blue from behind it.

"Listen, Techno, you owe me. Im calling in that fav-"

"Friend!" Ghostbur yelled, interrupting whatever it was Dream was on about.

Techno's expression, a mix between anger and concern, shifted to pity as he looked over at the ghost. It was odd seeing the man who he'd once fought alongside like this... he was a capable leader, and a dangerous enemy. But that was in another life...

Tommy was tense, and flinched as Dream snapped his head around to glare at Ghostbur. He grumbled something under his breath before turning back to Technoblade. "Look. I dont want to make this a big thing-" Techno put a hand up to interrupt as he gave Dream a serious look. He turned to Ghostbur, handing him a lead.

"Hey, Ghostbur. Me and Tommy need to talk to Dream, but I saw a patch of blue flowers on the other side of the village. How about you take Friend and see if you can find them?" He asked.

"Ok!" He responded excitedly. Blue was his favorite, he was always looking for more. "You guys have fun!"

He tied the lead to Friend and ran his grey fingers through the soft wool. He turned to go, hearing a few hushed sentences as he walked off.

"He shouldn't have to watch something like this," Technoblade whispered.

Dream scoffed. "Not like he'd remember anyway. But now that he's gone, I want Tommy to..."

And the voices trailed off. Wilbur decided to fill the quiet by talking to friend- that always cheered him up! "Today I've been spending lots of time with Technoblade!" he told the sheep. "We brewed a whole bunch of invisibility potions together, it was lovely. You know, I think they may be his favorite kind of potion, he kept going on about how much he wanted to share them with Tommy." He gave a slight chuckle, then stopped walking. He turned around to look back at the group. "Technoblade seems to really like Tommy. I cant imagine why..." he said with a jokey smile, eyes fixed on Tommy. He was a bit hunched over, still looking at the ground. Every so often he looked up, nervously glancing to Dream with big, glossy eyes, and then looking back down. Ghostbur frowned. "Maybe that was a bit mean to say. I was only joking," he clarified to Friend. "Tommy isn't all bad."

Ghostbur turned back around and kept walking. On his way to the village he got to thinking about Tommy... he could be really annoying, there's no denying that, but he also had a lot of good qualities. He remembered when they were first making L'manburg together; those were good times. Tommy had been very brave, then, and determined too. No matter how grim a situation looked he never seemed to be afraid of Dream, he just kept going. Maybe he was just a naive child, but in the end... the details were fuzzy, but Ghostbur was sure that in the end it was Tommy who did something to secure the future of their nation.

In the quiet he couldn't help but overhear some of the conversation taking place back over the hill. Their voices were getting louder, maybe they were all excited about something. A smile dawned on Ghostbur's face- maybe they'd sent him away because they're planning a surprise party! He stopped walking again, and did his best to listen.

"I am not handing him over to-" Techno's voice yelled.

"... control over... give it to me! Him. Give him to me!" Dream responded.

"You've done enough dam..."

"... never should have trusted..."

"I dont want to kill you."

It was hard to keep track of who was saying what, but it didn't sound much like party planning. Ghostbur went back to walking- he could see the wooden roofs of buildings in the distance, which meant he was getting close to the village.

In all the yelling he wondered why he couldn't hear Tommy's voice. Maybe he just hadn't listened hard enough- that was probably it. Being quiet is quite unlike Tommy, Wilbur thought.

"Come on, Techno... favor... my..."

"I dont want... can't betray him agai..."

"...Im sorry."

"Theseus."

Theseus... he wasn't sure why, but that name lit something up in the back of his mind. It was only there for a moment, like a flickering spark. A memory. Phil had told him and Techno about Theseus when they were kids... it was a bedtime story, he thought. He pinched the bridge of his nose, and shut his eyes, trying to focus on it, and see if he could get the spark to come back. Friend looked at him with a tilted head and bah'ed, as if to ask why they stopped walking.

"... can make a deal..."

"Hand him over... want..."

"I'll never fall for..."

"He's just a kid, Dream. He..."

Wilbur could see the spark in his mind- a little glowing dot of orange bouncing around in an infinite void of grey and blue darkness. Then, all at once, the spark lit up, erupting into a flame that filled his entire mind. Ghostbur jumped backwards with surprise, falling into the snow.

His mind took him back to another time; another life, when he was another person. The war was still going on, the first one with Tommy, Tubbo and Fundy. Eret had already betrayed them.

In his mind, he saw Wilbur- himself- no, Wilbur- standing on the banks of a lake back in Dream SMP territory. An oak path stretched over the water like a bridge, and Dream stood to one side, Tommy on the other. They both held a bow and a few arrows.

Fundy and Tubbo were there with him, and so were George and Sapnap. Everyone was deadly silent, except for Wilbur. He was counting, loud and clear, his voice echoing over the scene.

"...in it for me..."

"...give you... ever want..."

"Fine, its a deal."

"...I'm sorry, Tommy..."

"... Theseus... cliff... the person he took refuge f..."

"...faster."

"... seen it coming."

The talk was drowning out the memory... the firelight was flickering, and peices of the scene were covered with grey darkness and splotches of blue again. Ghostbur was desperate to hold on, he held his head in his hands and pushed his eyes shut tight. "No no no no no," he muttered to himself, hoping for it to stay just a few moments longer. Through the fading light he heard his past self reach the number 10 amd stop counting... Tommy and Dream turned around to face eachother.

"Please, Techno, I dont want to go," Ghostbur heard from back in reality. Tommy's voice was breaking through his memory... it was all falling apart.

"Come on, Tommy. Take off the armor, don't make me do this the hard way," Dream replied.

"I dont want to, Techno. Hes going to kill me, please!"

"I'm not going to kill you if you cooperate. Hurry up," Dream barked.

The memory was almost gone. There was no more Fundy, or Sapnap, or oak path. It was only water as a heap of bubbles disturbed the surface. When they cleared Ghostbur could see Tommy struggling in the water. He was about to reach the air again, but then-

An arrow plunged itself through Tommy's heart, killing him instantly, and it all came flooding back.

He was snapped back to present day, and running back to the three. Friend was left behind in the snow. Dream shot Tommy. That was the memory, how Tommy lost his second life. Dream shot him. "You BASTARD!' He shouted at the top of his lungs as he sprinted back the way he came. "You fucking BASTARD!"

Then the darkness started to come back... Ghostbur balled his hand into a fist. Dream let out a yell... and it all went grey.

Next thing he knew, he was seated with Technoblade in the house. He looked around. "Oooh! You're brewing! Are you making invisibility? Thats your favorite potion," he told the pig. Techno looked up.

"No, its... harming." He replied. "I thought- you know since you're undead it would work kind of like skeletons and zombies."

"Aww, it's for me? Thanks! But why would I need to heal?" He paused, feeling a bit cold. There was a draft- maybe a window was opened upstairs.

"Because-" Techno stopped and looked at the ghost. "Do you not remember?"

Ghostbur paused. "Hmmm... well I know Dream came to visit. And then... something about an arrow? No, that wasn't it... I guess I dont really remember. What happened?"

Technoblade sighed, and set the potion down. "Nothing big. Im just glad youre ok."

Ghostbur laughed, "well yeah! It's not like I could die again!" That draft was getting big- he looked down.

"Oh." He said. There was a massive hole in his yellow sweater, but the grey akin underneath was left unharmed. "How did..?"

"Dont worry about it. Phil is already working on making you a new one, too, by the way. It'll be blue."

Ghostbur gasped. "Oh my god!" He exclaimed with a smile, "thats my favorite color!"

Technoblade chuckled. "I know, Ghostbur. I know."

"I should tell Tommy," the ghost decided. "Where is he?"

Techno's face fell. "He... had to leave."

Ghostbur shrugged. "I don't remember that, when?"

"Just a few minutes ago... he went with Dream."

Ghostbur smiled pleasantly. "Thats nice, they really are such good friends."

"Yeah..." Technoblade replied. "Friends."

[is-that-another-soulmate-au]

Zukka Soulmate AU part 9

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@angrylittleintrovert

Kurt was only out for about 15 minutes but that was long enough for Tarren and Fin to get him to the back on one of the spare cots. The gaang besides Iroh and Jee stayed to see how things went down, all gathered in the room reading maps and planning their trip while Lily paced back and forth muttering to herself before she threw her hands in the air

"Why wouldnt he tell us!?" She shouted

"I dont know Lily" Tarren said while he dabbed a cold towel on Kurt's forhead

"I mean, he could see the scars the three of us share! Why... why wouldnt he say anything!?"

"I'm sure he had a good reason Lily, I mean, how did you guys even know you had a third soulmate?" Katara asked with a small tilt to her head.

The duo both placed their hands to their chests instinctively. "Well, we didn't always know, but one day we both collapsed in the middle of a shift,"

[Flashback when? Flashback now!]

"Of course Miss Jin, Grey with honey and two sugars at 3 pm sharp just like every other Friday" Lily smiled while handing the girl her cup of tea she made for her at the exact same time every single friday evening. Jin was a favorite.

"How are you and Tarren?" Jin asked with a smile which made Lily blush

"Hah. We're doing alr-" suddenly Lily lost her breath from a blunt pain in her chest. "Tarren" she wheeled out just before letting out a yelp and clutching her chest "Tarren!"

"Lily!" Tarren's voice called out from the other sid of the Library followed by the sound of scrolls falling to the ground

The two scrambled to eachother with Jin following Lily and Fin rushing out from the back with paperwork to see what was happening. The pair crashed into eachother and held onto the others arms "what happened?" Lily cried out "whats going on. It burns, oh Gods it burns Tarren"

"I- I dont know" Tarren when to unclip his uniform, shucking off the top shirt before ripping the underdress to reveal painful bubbling skin in the shape of a hand and spreading across his chest and up to his neck down past where he managed to rip down to.

"There's a third" Jin said with a gasp

"Whoever they are theyre in trouble" Fin said bluntly while turning to Jin "Jin do you mind running to get the medic? I have to stay with them and they can't move" he gestured to their shivering crying forms.

"Are they dying?" Lily managed to wheeze out between sobs of pain

"No, this isnt direct, its just an- oh right" he nearly forgot that Lily watched her parents killed in a similar way "Lily, trust me, the third in the trio is not dying, they're being hurt, but they aren't dying"

Lily nodded, the pain lasted for a good 20 minutes before slowly dying down and feeling like it was being treated on all ends.

[Flashback over]

Katara gave a small frown "I wonder what happened to him"

"Ill tell you if you help me sit up" Kurt said with a small cough. Sokka who had been sitting near him but was lost in a map with Zuko looked up

"Oh, the munchkin awakens!"

"The... what?" Kurt laughed out

"Ignore him, he's stupid sometimes" Katara said as she helped Kurt sit up and put a pillow behind his back. "How did you get burned if you dont mind me asking?

Kurt gave a sigh and looked to Sokka and Zuko "well, honestly its probably a similar story to mr princey over there"

Zuko tensed "how do you know who I am... and you don't know how I got this"

"I do" Aang said with his hand raised "well, kinda, I think it was your da- mphf!" Zuko shut Aang up with his hands on his mouth

"Shut up, now is not about me or how I got my scar, its about short stack over there"

"Shortstack!? Okay, now that was just rude. But I got this burn from my dad, he wasn't great and had no position to even justify his abuse against me and my mom." He brought his hand to his necklace with a small frown

"He caught me hanging out by a small pond with an earth boy named Haru and was convinced I was a traitor for doing so. He lectured be when he got me home by slamming me against the door and burning me"

he looked up to Tarren and Lily "I didn't tell you, and I always hid my scar because I'm scared hes going to find me again, after he left for the war my mom fell ill and died, so I ran away to my Pappy and he's sick right now so I don't know how long I have with his protection." He gave a sigh "I dont want him to find me and know that you two are my soulmates because he'll hurt you to get to me. And I cant let you get hurt..."

Lily put her hand on her chest with a frown "I'm sorry Kurt, I had no idea. But now that we know I hope you understand we won't let anyone hurt you or us."

"And that includes me" Fin said from the doorway "you've got two master earthbenders and a vigilante assassin on your side now"

"Woah, woah, vigilante assassin?" Toph piped up "Lily is an assassin!? That's so cool!" She marched right up to her and jabbed her finger in her direction "I dont know you too much but I do know that I like you!"

Lily flushed a bright red and rubbed the back of her neck awkwardly "hah, thanks? Wait are you a beifong?"

"Sure am!"

"I didnt know the beifongs had a daughter, let alone a daughter teaching the avatar earthbending" Lily said with a smile

"Yeah, well they didn't think I was strong enough because I cant read" Toph gave a shrug

"I could teach you sometime" Lily offered

"Im blind missy" Toph said with a cackle

"I know" Lily giggled "We have Braille books, I can teach you to read braille if you want to"

"Braille?"

"Instead of ink on the pages there are raised dots in patterns to make the letters, numbers and words, Fin and his wife managed to invent it ten years ago because Fin's best friend is blind and he wanted to send him letters, but it isn't too popular yet sadly"

Toph stood there for a moment before saying anything "wait... are you telling me there's a way I can read?"

"Yeah! Its more commonly on paper but Tarren and Fin use earthbending to write it out much faster on stone tablets, its much less wasteful. But for nonbenders like myself thats not really an option, so I write with the paper and the pressing tools."

Sokka piped into the conversation with a quick jump to his feet "can you teach me too? I want to know how to write in a way that she can read" he had a determined look on his face and sound in his voice that caught everyone off guard

"I... didnt realize you cared?" Katara said with a confused look

"Of course I care Katara! I probably care too much sometimes, I care about every single one of you," he looked around "did... did you really think I didnt care?"

Aang looked at Katara and then at Sokka "she probably only thought that because you show care differently than her, I know you care, I mean you've managed to keep us all together and solve our problems, youre a uh... solve it kinda care... if thats a type"

Everyone looked at Aang befote Lily gave a small laugh "you sound like Fin, he's really caring for sure but you have to understand him to notice his love language." Lily paused "but teaching you both will take a while, even just teaching Toph here, who I assume has never been taught anything about letters and words on pages. I'm guessing you lot are traveling to stop the war?"

"You bet!" Aang said with a cheeky grin

"Well you could easily travel with them and teach them all, you and Tarren both" Kurt suggested

"Im not going anywhere without you" Lily said whil jabbing a finger towards him and leaning down close to him "I promised to protect you, and I will"

"Then how about you all come with us! We can all learn braille! I mean I'm already teaching Aang waterbending, Toph is teaching Aang earthbending. And hopefully Zuko and Iroh will teach him firebending so a new writing language should be good for all of us!" Katara said with excitement clear in her voice

It only took a bit of convincing to have Kurt join but it took a good 20 minutes worth of convincing Fin to let Tarren and Lily travel around while Fin ran the library with the help of Jin who stepped up to take over the pairs roles in the library.

But before leaving Lily showed Sokka the braille pressing tools so he could get a quick idea of the way they worked before packing up a good amount of paper and tools so she could teach them. On the road. Tarren would help Toph with hers for stone given they're both earthbenders.

Once they started packing up their own belongings Toph walked into Lily's room with a small knock "hey, you almost ready petty steps?"

"Pretty steps? Uh, yeah I just have to find a good place to put this" she moved her hand a bit with a wooden mask facing up

"What is that?"

"Its my assassin mask, its got a white base, think warm wind. Two black marks, think of cold night ponds stretching from the side tips of her nose, above the brow bone and getting much thicker before going up and becoming two horns. The eye holes and the lips are both dark red, think of the warmth of a summer evening sunset."

Toph stood in the doorway "I didnt need the description but that kind of makes colors interesting"

"Really?"

"No"

The two laughed at the bluntness but then Lily shrugged "I guess your right, I didnt need to describe it, but I wanted to anyways" she held the mask for a second before packing it away "it's from my sisters favorite spirit fable. 'Lady of the sunset pond' she had my mama read it to us every night" Lily reached to her necklace and held the roght ash stone.

"Sounds like they hold a special place to you"

"Yeah, they do"

"What happened to them?" Toph asked while leaning against the wall

"We don't have the time to unwrap another story today" Lily gave a small laugh while she set her bag down "besides I need to change before we go, can't leave in a work uniform you know, not really meant for traveling" she moved towards Toph and gave a small bow "thank you for accepting to learn braille from me"

Toph smiled shortly but then punched Lily's arm earning a confused 'ow' to which she responded "thats how I show affection"

"Ah, thats an interesting way to show it" Lily laughed "now I best be getting changed, mind stepping out? I know you see with earthbending, I've seen Tarren train without sight before so I can recognize it"

Toph laughed and stepped out "whatever Pretty steps"

Once everyone was changed and packed they all let on loading up Appa and preparing to fly to the next place. The ragtag group of 4 traumatized kids was suddenly a ragtag group of 8 traumatized kids and 2 wise old men traveling on a flying bison with a small mischievous lemur. What a busy two days huh?

[houseisekai]

House Isekai: A Realm Reborn - Part 2, Through the Maelstrom (3 of 3)

House Isekai ARR Masterlist Here

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Client: Hilda Valentin Goneril

Refusing to work with the newly reformed House Isekai due to Class VII, Duvalie takes her orders and storms off to Goneril territory, trying to get home faster. Not wanting to leave Duvalie completely alone, Raelyn and Fireteam Alpha-Nine accompany her.

Reports indicate of a giant serpent-like beast terrorizing the ocean trade routes near Goneril territory, and an unknown entity accompanying it…

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[Respite and Sunlight - Fire Emblem: Three Houses OST]

The carriage carried a group of knights as it made its way towards the fishing town.

As the horses leisurely drew the carriage forth, the dirt kicking up on the path, the driver turned his head and shouted out.

(Driver) "We're almost there, milady."

Hilda sighed as she stretched, putting her head back onto the carriage.

(Hilda) "Finally. That took forever."

She looked around and noticed the two knights accompanying her were calmly sitting still, not saying a word.

(Hilda) "Am I seriously the only one who noticed?!"

(Knight 1) "No milady, we feel the same. Now isn't the time to be lax, however."

(Hilda) "Percy, I remember you being the one telling me that this town wasn't anything to be concerned about!"

(Knight 2) "It was, until that letter came in. We only put the request out three days ago, how could mercenaries possibly have responded that fast? And I do not like the descriptions of them either..."

(Percy) "I agree with Jonas. Tech that looks too advanced for random mercenaries to have? This seems like it's a trap..."

(Hilda) "I sincerely doubt the Separatists would cause any trouble for the Alliance. And what strategic importance would a fishing town like this have?"

(Jonas) "I think that's all the more reason to be wary, milady. Besides, orders from Lord Holst were specifically to-"

(Hilda) "Yeah yeah, I know, make sure I'm safe and everything. It's when we get out to the ocean, you guys can start doing your jobs properly."

Jonas looked at Percy, in which his response was just a shrug.

(Percy) "Hmph. I wonder what those mercenaries are like..."

...

Duvalie woke up and quickly looked around before her shoulders relaxed. They were still inside the building the Class VII members led them to.

Duvalie noticed the ODST's were already awake.

Dutch was near the window, looking at the small blue device curiously.

(Dutch) "Hell is this thing?"

It was making a small static noise, Dutch poked at it until Mickey came close and examined it himself.

(Mickey) "Looks like a jamming device of some kind."

(Buck) "Yeah, it's messing with my helmet's visor a little. You think a fishing town like this would have something that'd warrant a jammer?"

(Romeo) "Oh, you're finally awake."

The ODST's turned to Duvalie who picked up her sword and shield.

(Duvalie) "No one bothered to wake me up?"

(Mickey) "Hey, Fie's orders. Not ours."

Duvalie rolled her eyes and noticed Raelyn and Class VII were gone.

(Buck) "They said they were going out to patrol the area, wanted us to stay in here in case someone tried snooping around."

(Duvalie) "Guess that's fair enough."

Duvalie stood next to Buck, both of them not saying a word while Romeo cleaned his sniper and Mickey and Dutch were still examining the supposed jammer.

(Buck) "So...what exactly is your problem with those kids? If you don't mind me asking."

(Duvalie) "Ugh, we were enemies during a war, then we fought alongside each other and thats IT. Don't wanna talk about it. And we're NOT friends."

(Buck) "Alright, I believe ya. Dunno why you have to say it so forcefully."

(Duvalie) "Because it doesn't go through THEIR thick skulls! I DON'T LIKE REAN EITHER!"

(Buck) "Listen, Duvalie. I am right next to you. Stop frickin' screaming."

(Dutch) "Plus, you're making it harder to figure out what this is."

Duvalie and Buck turned to Mickey and Dutch who were still staring.

(Duvalie) "What in the hell is so fascinating about it that you two are still looking at it?!"

(Mickey) "Because, I don't think it's just a jammer. It's something else..."

That caught everyone's attention.

(Romeo) "...What makes you say that?"

(Dutch) "It's making some static noise, and it's sticky too. What kind of jammer is this small?"

(Duvalie) "Huh. I don't think we had anything like that in our world, so where did those brats...?"

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

(Raelyn's voice) "We have returned."

The door opened with the members of Class VII and Raelyn.

(Fie) "Coast looks clear, and looks like we already got someone to help out with the Serpent problem."

(Buck) "Damn, that was fast."

(Raelyn) "I recommend we hurry, lest we make the townsfolk angry again."

Everyone grabbed their equipment and left the house, Class VII leading the way.

(Mickey) "Hey, so those blue things you put in the house, what exactly are those?"

(Laura) "It's best we not say just yet."

(Dutch) "That's...reassuring."

(Elliot) "Anyways, we visited the tavern from yesterday and he said someone wants to see us there."

(Fie) "And you can leave your weapons down, it won't be a fight."

(Duvalie) "What makes you say that?"

As they were walking to the tavern, Hilda and her two knights exited and saw them.

[Musica Universalis - Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers OST]

(Hilda) "Oh my gosh!"

(Elliot) "Ha, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"

(Laura) "It's been quite a bit hasn't it, Hilda?"

(Fie) "Yo."

Hilda smiled as she ran up and grabbed all three of them into a hug.

(Hilda) "It's so good to see you guys again!"

(Percy) "Hey...you were with the professor when you came to Derdriu all those years back!"

(Jonas) "Don't think we've seen their friends though."

Hilda noticed the new group behind Class VII and raised an eyebrow.

(Hilda) "These your friends?"

(Raelyn) "Raelyn Amuto, at your service."

(Duvalie) "...Duvalie."

(Buck) "Call me Buck. Squad behind me is Mickey, Dutch, and Romeo."

(Elliot) "Hopefully, we just got here super recently ourselves. Though, Rean and the others can watch over them."

(Hilda) "Wait, everyone else is here?"

(Raelyn) "Not exactly."

Raelyn quickly caught Hilda and her knights up to speed.

(Hilda) "I see...So it's happening again?"

(Laura) "That's what we're here to investigate. Originally we came here to see what was blocking communications from Sitri to us, and find out what teleported this group here."

(Elliot) "After a day of investigating, we think it may actually have to do with the serpent problem you're having."

(Buck) "Huh, isn't that convenient."

(Duvalie) "When exactly did this problem pop up anyway? We only got here three days ago."

(Hilda) "Hm...I think it was about a week ago. Same time Claude let us know something was coming from the Tower, actually."

(Romeo) "...Too convenient."

[Briefing Time - Trails of Cold Steel 3 OST]

(Raelyn) "It seems to line up with our arrival. Has there been anything in the past House Isekai and your Houses have fought that can cause this amount of trouble?"

(Hilda) "Too much to count..."

(Laura) "It wouldn't be the first time for us."

(Fie) "I think we can kill two birds with one stone here then. We can investigate that Serpent and determine if it has anything to do with our problems."

(Hilda) "Sounds good to me."

(Dutch) "So...how exactly are we going to fight a giant water monster? Our gear isn't equipped for aquatic fights."

(Percy) "We have that taken care of. We're going to use a boat and investigate it the old fashioned way."

(Duvalie) "...That is the worst idea I've ever heard."

(Buck) "Inclined to agree with the lady. That seems a good way for our asses to get eaten out there."

(Elliot) "I'm kinda drawing a blank on what else to do. It's not like they have any high tech boats."

(Jonas) "Unfortunately, he's right. All of our efforts on expanding our sea travel has been fruitless, or its too early to tell. It only has been two years before we began these projects."

(Raelyn) "Us Space Marines are engineered to breathe underwater."

(Romeo) "Damn, is there anything you guys can't do?"

(Raelyn) "Have good luck."

(Duvalie) "Was that a joke?"

Raelyn's head slowly turned to Duvalie.

(Raelyn) "It is the last thing I would joke about. You all being near me already carries a risk of a violent death, including myself."

(Dutch) "What, your gun malfunction on you in battle a lot or something?"

(Raelyn) "It is a curse our Chapter seems to suffer. For one reason or another, something unfortunate happens, and I guarantee you it will happen when we attempt to hunt this beast."

(Hilda) "Jeez, quit that downer talk, we'll be fine! We've survived plenty worse than just some monster. Heck, it's not even our first monster we've fought!"

(Laura) "If that is the case, where is this boat?"

(Percy) "This way."

Percy and Jonas led the way to the docks, everyone following them.

Fie looked behind them and saw a small boy and girl staring at them. Specifically Raelyn.

She noticed an older girl walk up to them, she couldn't be older than 15. Fie put a mental pin on them and quickly followed along.

The older girl knelt down to get on their eye level.

(Older girl) "Hey, why are you staring at them so intensely, they didn't say something to you, did they?"

(Young girl) "Nuh uh, Mila! The big yellow man was super nice!"

(Young boy) "Yeah, he helped her out and everything!"

Mila had short brown hair and a small stature, carrying two daggers on her back.

(Mila) "Did he now...?"

...

The group took an Alliance controlled ship out into the coast, being helmed by the local garrison.

They set out to the last known location to where this Serpent had been reported, which fortunately was only an hour away from the town.

The day was bright and the winds were strong, and not a cloud in sight.

They skipped across the waters with relatively little trouble.

Hilda stood next to Class VII while everyone else was scattered.

(Elliot) "Man, I can't remember the last time we've been out by the sea."

(Laura) "A shame it wasn't for a more pleasant reason."

(Fie) "Oh, hey Buck."

Buck walked up to Hilda, followed by Raelyn and Duvalie.

(Buck) "Mind if we ask you something, miss Hilda?"

(Hilda) "What's up?"

(Buck) "Who exactly are these Separatists your townsfolk are so quick to anger about? An insurrection?"

(Laura) "I remember hearing about it while we were investigating the area as well."

Hilda frowned and looked back out to the sea.

(Hilda) "After House Isekai left Fodlan, our three nations decided to form a temporary pact in order to fix the damages done by Those Who Slither and the Church. It...hasn't been easy.

For the first two years, the Empire and Kingdom were at war, until it suddenly stopped with the Church to be the ones on the offensive.

The Battle of Gronder had all our blood shed, and its nothing that everyone can easily forgive with how recent it was.

So when news that we'd all be fighting as one, it made our citizens outraged. The only people who knew the truth about Zanado and Byleth was our militaries..."

(Elliot) "So, these Separatists...-"

(Hilda) "They've been wanting us to split up and leave each other be, just like it's always been. The Alliance has a mixture of Imperial and Kingdom Separatists, and Claude has been doing his best to keep the neutrality. It hasn't been easy, in addition to the Zanado Tower acting up again."

(Raelyn) "Which is why you sent this letter of the Serpent to Garreg Mach, correct?"

Hilda nodded.

(Hilda) "And if it requires House Isekai's help again, I fear the worst..."

(Laura) "Rest assured, we will do everything in our power to help Fodlan."

(Buck) "Not sure how long we'll be staying but, might as well. It's either that or be stuck here."

(Duvalie) "Wait a second, if you guys were stuck here before and got out, then how did you get in?"

(Fie) "Teleportation with the help of the Doom Slayer."

(Hilda) "Wait, he was the one that set you guys up with that?!"

(Raelyn) "I am not sure who he is, but perhaps he can teleport us out of here."

(Buck) "With how troublesome everything sounds, I sort of doubt it'd be that easy to get out of here."

(Fie) "Only one way to try."

Fie reached out a small crest of House Isekai's logo and pressed the center.

...Nothing happened.

(Fie) "Uh oh."

(Duvalie) "W-What does that mean?"

(Elliot) "Huh? That's how we were able to teleport from our world to the base! Why isn't it working?"

(Hilda) "Does that mean you're stuck here too?"

(Buck) "Well, that's fantastic..."

Dutch, Mickey, and Romeo were listening into the conversation.

(Dutch) "They got Insurrectionists to deal with too?"

(Romeo) "Great, that means we'll be here even longer."

(Mickey) "Their teleportation isn't working, so what is the cause of-"

(Percy) "Hey, we need everyone up here!"

[Dark Clouds Gather - Fire Emblem: Three Houses OST]

The groups looked up and went to the top deck where the wheel was. Percy and Jonas stood near the captain.

(Hilda) "What's the problem?"

(Jonas) "The skies in front of us are suddenly starting to darken."

(Captain) "The weather the way it was, this was too fast for it to suddenly darken! Something's about to happen!"

(Buck) "...Motion tracker's picking up something!"

The ODST's turned on their visors, blocking out their faces while Raelyn silently looked at his tactical display.

(Raelyn) "I am detecting something as well."

(Romeo) "Hey, remember that conversation about your luck from earlier? Suddenly beginning to believe it..."

Everyone drew their weapons as the crew of the ship shouted, readying cannons and bows.

Hilda drew out her relic axe and looked in the water.

(Hilda) "Where exactly are you sensing this thing?"

The ODST's had their weapons drawn, slowly looking to their left. The movement was quickly circling around them.

(Elliot) "U-Um, how big is this Serpent, exactly?"

(Percy) "Not sure, reports are inconsistent."

(Raelyn) "If it is as big as we expect it to be, what's stopping it from tearing this boat in half?"

Raelyn readied his Bolter and quickly turned around to the back of the ship, finally seeing a shadow.

(Buck) "ON OUR SIX!"

Only the ODST's and Raelyn turned to the back at first.

It took everyone else a second to realize what Buck meant, turning around and facing the same direction.

[Wreck to the Seaman - Final Fantasy XIV OST]

The shadow quickly vanished underneath the ship, making everyone nervous of what its about to do.

The ODST's and Raelyn paid attention to their motion tracker, and realized it was suddenly in place.

(Romeo) "Why the hell's it stopping?"

(Raelyn) ...!!! "It's not! CAPTAIN, TURN YOUR SHIP TO THE RIGHT, NOW!"

The captain quickly got on the wheel and steered right, the wind forcing the ship to make a hard right.

From the waters emerged a massive serpent, the water splashing onto the ship and blowing back some of the crew members.

The waves rocked the ship violently, almost tipping it over.

(Elliot) "AGH!"

Elliot lost his footing and was about to go overboard before Dutch grabbed his arm.

(Dutch) "Hang on kid!"

The ship barely managed to balance itself, throwing itself back with a force that made everyone lose footing again.

Duvalie was the first to stabilize herself when she realized the serpent was staring at them.

As the serpent opened its mouth, it was about to strike before Duvalie leapt forward and hit its face with her shield, making it stagger back and roar in anger.

Duvalie used the force of her attack to launch herself back onto the ship, twirling her sword.

(Duvalie) "Little help?!"

(Percy) "FIRE THE CANNONS!"

Crew mates rushed to the cannons and lit the matches.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The cannons opened fire, most of them missing their mark while only one managed to hit the torso of the beast.

Raelyn and the ODSTs rushed to the side and held the triggers of their guns, the bullets rushing towards the head.

The serpent dove underwater to dodge the gunfire.

(Crew) "IT'S COMING AROUND THE OTHER SIDE!"

Its head emerged from the water on the opposite side of the ship, its head about to strike into the heart of the ship before Laura ran to the middle and swung her sword upwards, the blow knocking it away.

Fie used her gunblades to fire at its head as well, but the bullets deflected off the scales and it dove back underwater, this time no one being able to see where it went.

(Buck) "Dutch, Mickey! Heavy weapons, NOW! Romeo, crow's nest and snipe that son of a bitch!"

The ODST's nodded and quickly did as they were told, Raelyn going to Duvalie with his Bolter still raised.

(Duvalie) "Hey, Amuto, got any ideas?"

(Raelyn) "One, but with my luck-"

(Duvalie) "Grr, SHUT UP ABOUT YOUR BAD LUCK! It's either that, or we let the ship get torn in half!"

(Raelyn) "If that is the case, please hold onto this."

(Duvalie) "...Wha-"

Raelyn put his bolter into Duvalie's arm, almost making her tip over from the weight.

(Duvalie) "HUARGH!? H-HEY...W-WHAT TH HELL?!"

(Raelyn) "I will be right back."

Raelyn pulled out a knife and looked over to the side.

(Hilda) "H-Hey, what's the yellow guy doing?!"

(Elliot) "Huh?"

Elliot, Fie and Laura turned around and saw Raelyn peeking over the edge.

(Fie) "What is he...?"

(Laura) ?! "WAIT, ARE YOU GOING TO?!-"

(Raelyn) "BROTHERS, SISTERS! PREPARE FOR ITS RESURFACING!"

[Through the Maelstrom - Final Fantasy XIV OST]

Raelyn hopped over the ship's edge and dove straight into the water.

He quickly looked around, and noticing a shadow emerging from the depths as it was rushing upwards at him.

He did everything in his power to swim away from the ship and-

(Buck) "The hell is he-"

Everyone saw Raelyn shoot upwards as the Serpent's mouth grabbed him, the Space Marine now in its teeth.

Although it tried to devour him, the armor's weight and size made it extremely difficult to do so.

(Elliot) "OH AIDIOS!"

(Percy) "Is he insane?!"

(Romeo) "QUIT STARING AND FIRE DAMN IT!"

Romeo cocked his sniper's handle back and pulled the trigger, the shot ringing out across the air as the bullet attempted to hit the wildly flailing serpent.

Raelyn was being thrashed around, the teeth unable to go through his armor. He swung his knife into the beast several times to no effect despite it piercing the scales.

(Raelyn) "INCOMING!"

Having no option, he grabbed the beast's upper jaw and slammed his fist onto it, the force of the blow knocking the beast's head onto the ship.

The ship almost submerged itself into the water from the sheer weight of the serpent's head.

Everyone managed to keep their footing, letting Duvalie, Hilda, and Laura strike fast.

Duvalie dropped the Bolter and let it slide onto the floor as she stuck her sword into the teeth, breaking a few off and letting Raelyn awkwardly roll out of it's grasp.

Hilda smashed it's skull with her axe overhead, Laura swinging her sword sideways to strike at its mouth.

It recoiled back in pain, tipping the ship over again.

Raelyn was about to get on his feet before the cannons from the right side slid over and hit him back into the water.

(Hilda) "Wow, he wasn't kidding!"

The Bolter slid over into the water and landed near Raelyn, which he quickly grabbed and looked for the serpent again.

It was coming through the other side, but it was only now he realized how huge it was.

The tail was coming near him, and he rushed over to grab it as the tail violently dragged him along the water.

Dutch grabbed a Spartan Laser while Mickey had a rocket launcher, both of them checking their motion trackers.

(Buck) "Right side!"

Romeo reloaded his sniper and quickly spun around, being the first one to see the serpent emerge and fly towards the boat.

(Romeo) "It's gonna ram us!"

(Dutch) "Like hell it is!"

Dutch's Spartan Laser began to form a red line as it whirred up making a high pitched activation noise.

Mickey fired first, the rockets flying off and trying to lock onto the serpent. They went into the water as it nimbly swerved to the left and right, the waters catching the explosion.

Raelyn held on as the water's currents fought against him, using one hand at a time to climb up the serpent until he got near the eyes.

The pupil looked directly at Raelyn and widened, realizing he was there.

Raelyn's hand with the knife stabbed directly into the eye, making the serpent thrust upwards into the air, roaring and shaking into the air.

(Dutch) "GOTCHA!"

With another second passing, the Spartan Laser shot out a force even stronger than the cannon, a burning red beam of death searing through the Serpent's skin, making it drop into the water dead.

(Buck) "Good work, gentlemen."

(Elliot) "Whew, is everyone okay?"

(Percy) "Check on the equipment and for any wounded!"

(Jonas) "Captain, get us closer to the body we need to-"

Jonas stopped midsentence when he looked up.

Percy noticed it and turned around, seeing what he was staring at.

[Blinding Indigo - Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers OST]

"An assassin from our homeland? Or a foolish trespasser upon these waters?"

(Jonas) "What in the hell?!"

(Percy) "SOMETHING'S UP HERE!"

(Buck) "OPEN FIRE!"

Fie and Buck pointed their guns and pulled the triggers, the bullets passing through the aquatic creature's body, letting them drop onto the floor, water splashing from the impact.

"Very well. Then Her power shall crush the miscreant that dares pollute these waters."

The creature began glowing, making the clouds above them start pouring rain and the water glow as well.

The Serpent Raelyn was still attached to started glowing a pale blue, the wound quickly regenerating. He was quick to aim his bolter and open fire on it, but had no effect.

Hilda and Laura ran up to it with their weapons swinging overhead, it quickly teleporting away as it vacantly stared at them.

Elliot was about to cast a spell with his staff until he realized the rain was forming puddles on the ship, slowly bubbling.

(Elliot) "Uh, guys?!"

Birds made of water emerged from the puddles and flew at Elliot, the force of the impact making him fall onto the floor.

Romeo immediately turned his attention to the bird and pulled the trigger.

The bird exploded into water, it calmly splashing down onto the ship.

Hearing something behind him, he reached for his pistol and spun around, pulling the trigger.

The bird exploded, and it was then he realized a puddle was beneath him.

From the puddle emerged a wolf-like creature that leapt up, knocking Romeo off the tower.

Before he could land, Duvalie caught him and set him down to the floor and raising her shield as the wolf leapt on top of her.

Its teeth was made of water as well, but Duvalie didn't want to find out if it hurt just as bad as a real wolf, so she plunged her sword into its body making it explode.

Mickey switched to an SMG and opened fire on the other puddles before anything else could show up, Buck and Fie joining in while Hilda, Laura, Jonas, and Percy fought other wolves.

Dutch was about to switch weapons before hearing the water explode behind him.

The Serpent was glowing the same blue as the winged creature, Raelyn still on top of it, stabbing it with his knife.

(Dutch) "Oh for the love of-"

He aimed his Spartan Laser at the Serpent again, only for the shot to be taken and hitting birds that flew in the way.

Elliot rushed over and healed Romeo of any injuries, making him push away the staff.

(Romeo) "Stop healing me and get to killing these things!"

Romeo reloaded his pistol while Duvalie dispatched of another wolf that was trying to attack from behind.

(Duvalie) "They just keep coming!"

Meanwhile, Raelyn lost count of how many times he stabbed the head of this beast, it would not stop moving.

It tried ferociously to be rid of Raelyn, eventually dunking its head back underwater and using the tail to swipe him off.

Raelyn flipped several times underwater, trying to steady himself as the Serpent bit Raelyn again, this time half his body inside it's mouth.

He said nothing as he remained calm, putting his bolter into the mouth before he was thrown out of the water and into the air.

Raelyn broke through the top deck and landed onto the bottom, creating a massive hole on the top part of the ship.

The Serpent's tail slammed onto the side of the ship as it wrapped its head around to the front deck of the ship.

Dutch aimed the laser at the head, until realizing it was too close to the ship.

(Dutch) "Damn it, I'd just rip this ship apart if I took the shot!"

Fie hopped onto the Serpent's back with both her gunblades anchoring her onto it, making it twitch only a little.

She pulled the triggers several times as the bullets went into its body.

It loosened up its grip on the ship, Laura using her sword to chop off part of the tail, making it roll over and tripping some of the crew and water-formed creatures.

Buck picked off one target after the other, struggling to reload.

A wolf jumped onto him, the teeth scraping against his helmet's visor as he grabbed his knife and plunged it straight into its neck, making it disappear.

As he got up, he noticed that the winged creature only staring at them.

(Buck) "The hell is this thing?!"

Elliot tried to heal any injured crew member he could while Hilda, Percy, and Jonas covered him.

Slamming his spear into a wolf, Jonas turned to HIlda.

(Jonas) "What do we do?! There are too many of them!"

The ship slowly began to crack loudly as the serpent's grip refused to let go.

(Captain) "At this rate, the ship is going break!"

(Percy) "Wait, wheres your yellow friend?!"

(Duvalie) "Think we saw him make a hole into the lower decks!"

(Dutch) "Then what is he-"

Cannons fired onto the serpent's side that was directly next to the ports, before an entire cannon was thrown out, a rope attached to it making the serpent drop from the weight.

It finally loosened its grip and struggled to get the attached cannons off of it.

(Raelyn) "The rope will not hold, TAKE THE SHOT BROTHER DUTCH!"

(Dutch) "GOTCHA!"

Dutch grabbed his Spartan Laser and charged it, aiming at the head.

Multiple puddles formed around Dutch before the others rushed to it and stuck their weapons inside.

As several birds were about to fly into the shot again, Raelyn emerged from the lower decks and opened fire with the bolter, the shots thundering out and completely shattering them into droplets.

Dutch's Spartan Laser kicked back as the beam hit his target, its head being completely blown off, making the serpent's body go limp and dissolve into the water.

The winged creature suddenly stopped glowing, making the ODST's spin around and open fire, the bullets going into the creature.

Hilda, Fie, Laura, and Duvalie swung their weapons at it, the streaks of their weapons severing it.

Elliot's staff formed into a violin-like shape as he casted a spell that formed a circle of light, blasting upwards and making the creature finally dissipate into the air.

[End Song]

The weather finally began to clear above them, everyone now trying to catch their breath.

(Dutch) "Lord, can you please get us out of this ocean now?"

The ship began to making an uncomfortably loud screeching noise before crewmates were on it, trying to fix the damages.

(Dutch) "...So was that a yes or no?"

An explosion occured where the serpent's body was, a mixture of the rain and saltwater pouring down onto them. A tiny rainbow formed from the storm in sight of the direction back to the town.

(Dutch) "...Amen."

(Fie) "Ugh, finally."

(Elliot) "That wasn't like anything we fought before..."

(Hilda) "Whew...to be fair, don't think we ever had to fight in the ocean."

(Duvalie) "So, do any of us have an idea of-AAAAAGH!"

Duvalie suddenly fell to one knee, grabbing her head.

(Buck) "H-Hey, what's-URGH!"

Buck quickly followed suit, then the ODST's fell to one knee as well, mimicking her action.

The members of Class VII and Raelyn were soon to follow, their heads pounding as their vision suddenly faded to white.

...

...

It was an empty lake with a strange platform in the middle, the sun was bright and the skies only had a few clouds.

And going towards that platform was a blonde-braided man and a small floating companion.

(Paimon) "Hm...Is it a good idea to mess with this?"

(Aether) "It's where the villagers told us that this...thing was, so it's not going to get rid of itself.

(Paimon) "Yeah, but still-"

Before they could continue their conversation, they heard something appear behind them.

It was a small floating creature with a staff, laughing maniacally.

(Aether) "Damn it, why now?"

Aether's sword materialized into his hand and was about to swing before a bright light appeared in front of them, catching the both of them off guard.

(Abyss Mage) "Eh?"

(Aether) "What the?-"

The bright light made the both of them step back, Aether accidentally triggering the platform, and the weather suddenly clouded up.

(Paimon) "Uh oh!"

(Aether) "Damn, now we have to deal with this-"

Before he could finish, the bright light exploded and made the air push them back, before slowly pulling them in.

The Abyss Mage and whatever was summoned with the platform was sucked into the light.

Aether and Paimon came dangerously close to before he shot a powerful gust of wind out of his hand, making him fly further back as the light quickly disappeared.

The weather returned to normal as he got up trying to catch his breath.

(Paimon) "What the heck was that?!"

(Aether) "I...I have no idea..."

Everything started to turn into a static mess as Aether and Paimon slowly faded out of view...

...

(Hilda's voice) "Hey...HEY!"

Everyone's vision returned to them as they looked around confused.

(Percy) "What was that about?"

(Buck) "Alright...we all saw that too right?"

(Duvalie) "Agh...you mean that lake platform thing...?"

(Laura) "I...saw it too!"

(Raelyn) "As did I...None of us possess any psychic abilities I am unaware of, correct?"

(Mickey) "If I had the ability do that crap, I would've in that fight!"

(Hilda) "What are you guys talking about?!"

Everyone turned to Hilda and her knights. It seemed they were unaffected.

(Fie) "You...didn't see that?"

(Hilda) "No, you guys just all reached for your head at the same time!"

They all looked at each other now.

(Elliot) "Was that some kind of dream?"

(Dutch) "Looked more like a memory to me."

(Romeo) "Memory of what? Who the hell were they? And what was that winged bastard we were just fighting having to do with that?"

(Jonas) "Captain, take us back to port."

(Captain) "No need to tell me again. RAISE THE SAILS, LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!"

Everyone slowly rose up, with Raelyn helping Duvalie up.

They all remained quiet on the ride back.

An hour passed as they finally reached the shore, reaching for their heads.

(Laura) "If we go to another ocean, it will be too soon..."

(Fie) "Let's go head back to the building and-..."

Fie frowned as her ARCUS unit was now beeping.

(Fie) "...Someone's been inside."

They all reached for their weapons and slowly approached it, including the door.

Percy and Jonas quickly scattered the townsfolk, Hilda drawing her axe and joining them.

The ODST's went near the door and silently held up their weapons, turning to the others and nodding.

Duvalie raised her shield and was the first one in, kicking down the door and drawing her sword.

(Duvalie) "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!"

(Mila) "AAAAAGH!"

The young girl fell backwards, completely terrified of all the weapons suddenly pointing at her.

Romeo and Raelyn looked around the room to make sure no one else was present.

(Fie) "Hey...you're that girl who was talking to those kids."

(Mila) "I-I'M SORRY! I DIDN'T MEAN TO MAKE YOU ANGRY! I WAS JUST CURIOUS!"'

Fie turned to the blue devices she stuck on the walls and back to the girl.

(Mila) "U-Uh, I was just wanting to talk to the big yellow guy!"

Everyone turned to Raelyn, who looked back at the girl.

(Raelyn) "...What is it?"

(Mila) "I-I was just wanting to thank you for helping those kids? From yesterday?"

(Raelyn) "...Ah. I do not believe she means us harm."

Everyone slowly put away their weapons while Raelyn took off his helmet and knelt down.

(Raelyn) "Why did you break in here?"

(Mila) "The door was open, promise! At first I checked to see if you were home and...well, then I got curious."

(Elliot) "You could've gotten hurt! You're lucky it was just us, I don't think other mercenaries would be nice enough to let you go unscathed!"

Mila was about to say something before noticing Hilda.

(Mila) "M-MILADY!"

She quickly scrambled to get on one knee before Hilda sighed.

(Hilda) "Hey, come on kiddo. Get up, no need for that around me."

(Mila) "Are...are you guys just mercenaries?"

Raelyn cleared his throat to catch her attention.

(Raelyn) "Yes, we are. Do not mistake our intentions, we were just for the coin. But...give the children my regards. My name is Raelyn. Yours?"

(Mila) "M...Mila."

Raelyn nodded.

(Raelyn) "Then I will see you home. Everyone else we should prepare to get moving."

(Buck) "Right. Pack it up ladies, let's get ready to move."

(Dutch) "On it."

Mickey and Romeo nodded and checked around the house for leftover equipment.

Duvalie shrugged and stood in the corner with the members of Class VII. Hilda stayed with them as Raelyn walked out with Mila.

Fie activated her ARCUS unit and checked the screen.

The blue devices started to beep rapidly, making everyone turn around to see what the noise was.

(Mickey) "So...now can we know what that is?"

(Fie) "Yup. First we just gotta get away. No evidence and all that."

(Mickey) "...Oh, that explains why it looked familliar."

(Duvalie) "Huh? W-What is it?"

(Buck) "...Are we safe-"

(Fie) "I gotta push the button first. We're fine. We put these here last night in case we had to leave early."

(Elliot) "We made sure this building was abandoned and out of the way of everyone."

(Hilda) "Uh...what are they talking about?"

(Laura) "We have our things, let us get moving."

...

Raelyn walked alongside the girl, his helmet underneath his arm.

(Raelyn) "Mila, do your parents know you like to snoop around like this?"

(Mila) "Hah...y-yeah. It wasn't for anything bad, I promise!"

(Raelyn) "Hmph. Those children, who are they to you? Siblings?"

(Mila) "Nah, they're orphans. From the war..."

(Raelyn) "War?"

(Mila) "You know...the Five-year war? The one with the Church and Empire?"

(Raelyn) "Ah. My apologies, it seems I forgot."

(Mila) "Are you really mercenaries? Figured you would've remembered that at least."

(Raelyn) "...I am. My age is getting the better of me is all."

Mila raised an eyebrow at Raelyn's half assed excuse.

(Raelyn) "Regardless, you did not answer my question."

(Mila) "Oh, right. Well they were kids that were on the streets for a while. None of us really knew what to do, so I became friends with them! They ended up following me around everywhere for the past three years."

(Raelyn) "Then you have a good heart it seems. What are their names?"

(Mila) "The boy is Emil, and the girl is Lena."

(Raelyn) "Well then, take care of Emil and Lena. They are going to need you for the coming times."

(Mila) "Yeah..."

Raelyn stopped following when Mila approached a door, assuming it to be her house.

(Raelyn) "Take care then, Mila."

(Mila) "W-Wait, where will you guys go?"

(Raelyn) "I cannot say. Wherever the wind takes us I suppose."

(Mila) "Will...we see you again?"

Raelyn put on his helmet and turned to her.

(Raelyn) "If the Emperor wills it, then yes."

(Mila) "Emperor? Like, Emperor Edelgard?"

(Raelyn) "Er...different one."

KABOOM!

Raelyn turned to the source of the explosion, seeing his group semi-casually walking away from it.

(Mila) "What the?!"

(Raelyn) "Get inside. I will investigate."

Mila nodded and quickly went inside while Raelyn walked over to the group.

(Citizen) "Good goddess, the building collapsed on itself?!"

(Citizen 2) "No one was hurt, were they?"

(Citizen 3) "N-No, just-" cough cough "Some dust!"

(Fie) "Aaaand that's your answer to what they were."

(Duvalie) "Bombs?!"

(Laura) "We wanted to cover our tracks."

(Raelyn) "Would that not make them suspicious of us even more?"

(Elliot) "No more than they already were."

Buck's visor picked up signatures to their side, quietly watching them.

(Fie) "There's been people watching us ever since we arrived."

(Dutch) "Think it's those insurrectionists?"

(Hilda) "Too early to tell. We'll investigate things from our end."

(Mickey) "Well, good luck to ya then, ma'am."

Hilda nodded and went joined Percy and Jonas who were looking at the collapsed building.

(Buck) "Well then, mission accomplished on our end. Wonder how the other kids are doing."

(Duvalie) "More importantly, I want answers to whatever the hell's going on with this talk of separatists and that vision thing."

As they walked away from the town, Mila watched from the window.

(Mila) "Just who are you...?"

PART 2: ENDED

TO BE CONTINUED…

[Lost in Paradise - ALI]

Gotta get it homie gotta move it If you gonna do it then, push everything to the side Everybody just talk nobody really do it You should keep a secret until you actually do it No need to double check with someone Use your judgement only, break the walls Let’s do flashy fake More Cool, keep it low, prove them wrong I won’t give up the fight in my life 'Cause my life is living for love I won’t give up the fight in my life Stand off and groove on time Tokyo prison Going to relight your feelings When times get too rough Night and day are fading Going to relight your feelings There’s no time to explain Gimme your love Access to your love Oh yeah Lost in paradise Night and day are fading out When times getting rough Access to your love Lost in paradise Night and day are fading out Keep on dancing now Hеy hey hеy hey heyeah

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Timeless

Bokuto x Reader

Warnings: none! fluffy fluffy fluffy

I blink, my eyes wandering the foreign landscape.

Where am I?

More important question,

When am I?

I stretch my arms and look around some more.

“OUCH!” A voice says, right as I get thrown to the hard ground. “Hey hey heeeeyyy are you okay dude?”

I look up to see a tall guy hovering over me, eyes wide. “Y-yeah?” I ask, rubbing my head.

He offers a hand to help me up and I gratefully accept it. “I don’t think I’ve seen you before. Where are you from?”

“I-uh, don’t know,” I look down. “What year is this?”

“Uhhh, 2021,” he says, looking at me funny. Rightfully so.

“I know I’m from 2117. So, there’s that.” I blink, eyebrows furrowed.

“THATS A YEAR!?” He shouts. “You must be an alien or something!” He gapes.

“I’m human, I can tell you that. Just, from another time I guess. You’re not just messing with me?”

“Swear on my life.” He says, crossing his hands over his chest. “My name’s Bokuto, by the way.”

I narrow my eyes at him and nod.“Mmmmm. Okay. I’m Y/n, and uh, where am I?”

“You’re at my school. Japan.”

“Japan?” I ask, my eyes wide.

“Yeah, what of it?” He asks nonchalantly.

“Nothing.” I blurt, turning my face away. He can’t know what happened to Japan. Or America or Madagascar for that reason. “It’s beautiful, I never thought I’d be able to see it in person.” I say. Technically the truth.

“It’s all right.” He shrugs. “Come on! Wanna come see me play volleyball?”

“I’ve heard of that.” I say, nodding my head. “There’s a variation of it, it’s only a little bit different from my time.”

“What’s different?” He asks, tilting his head as I follow him to I assume the gym.

“Uh, gravity.” I laugh, scratching the back of my neck.

“THERE’S GONNA BE ZERO GRAVITY VOLLEYBALL SOMEDAY?!” He shouts, shaking my shoulders, making me laugh.

“Yeah, yeah!” I say, trying to push his big ol hands away from me, but no luck.

“Dude. That’s crazy.” He grins, starting to walk again. “Did you play?!”

“Yeah!” I grin.

“But you’re so short!” He exclaims.

“Thanks.” I joke. “Yeah. Zero gravity. Height doesn’t matter as much, doofus.”

“That makes sense.” He says, tapping his chin. “Well, we’re practicing with another school today, you should watch and play some. It’ll be fun!” He grins.

I raise my eyebrows. “Hmm, fine. Not like I have anything else to do.”

()()()

“Akaashiiiii!” Bokuto yells.

“What, Bokuto?” The dark haired male sighs, cutting his eyes to the energetic one.

“Meet this cool girl I found!” He says, shoving me towards him.

“Uh, hi.” I say awkwardly, making him laugh.

“Hi, I’m Akaashi in case you couldn’t tell.” He sighs, extending his hand.

“I’m Y/n.” I say, looking at his hand. I seem to recall reading that an old greeting was handshaking, so I stick mine out too to be polite. He looks at me and grabs it, moving it up and down.

“Nice to meet you.” He says, turning away to fiddle with the net.

“So you’re a setter?” Bokuto asks me.

I furrow my eyebrows. “Yeah, how’d you know?”

“Instincts.” He says, winking at me.

“He always guesses setter first.” Akaashi pipes up, making me laugh.

“You weren’t supposed to say that!!!” Bokuto gripes at his friend, making me laugh.

“Here, you set for him.” Akaashi offers, “I’ll toss it to you.”

“Thanks.” I smile, walking into the court. Once the ball is sent my way, my instincts kick in and I set it for him, and the ball slams down to the ground with crazy strength, making my jaw drop. “Woah! You’re strong!”

Bokuto blushes, before beginning to boast, making Akaashi sigh and roll his eyes (with a small smile on his face, but don’t let Bokuto know that).

“Wow.” I say, walking up to him and squeezing his bicep, making him fumble over his words, but ramble faster.

Glancing back at Akaashi, he raises his eyebrows, as if asking, “Seriously?! That’ll only make him worse!”

I wink at him jokingly, making him click his tongue and shake his head with a grin, walking away with his arms folded.

“Uh, ya know what? Let’s ditch and get some ramen.” Bokuto whispers after finally catching his breath (or talking himself out, who knows).

“Can you do that?” I whisper back, even though nobody’s nearby.

“Psshh,” he scoffs, “I’m like the best player, I can miss a practice once in a while. Plus, I’ve got you to show around and stuff! You’re waaaay cooler than volleyball practice, even though that’s pretty cool, so that’s saying something!”

I laugh, nodding my head towards the door. “Thank you!”

He grins and we not so sneakily leave, running as soon as we got out the door.

()()()

“So, what’re you gonna do now?” Bokuto asks, elbows on table, slurping ramen.

I shrug. “No idea honestly. I was just plopped here.”

“I, uh, you could stay at my house for a while? If you want to? I could talk to my parents and.. uh, yeah,” he rambles.

“That’d be great, thank you. I’ll find a way to repay you somehow.” I say gratefully.

()()()

“Here, you take my bed for the night.” Bokuto says, setting up a little pallet on the ground.

“R-really?” I blink.

He nods.

“Thank you.” I say, standing awkwardly at the foot. He gave me some clean clothes for me to wear, and his parents were just so kind to me.

“You good?” He asks from the ground. I look back and blink at him, shaking my head. “What’s the matter?” He asks, instantly sitting up, concern on his face.

“I’ve never slept in a bed like this. They’re different from my time, so I don’t really know what to do.” I admit, blushing.

Bokuto’s brain stopped for a second, wondering what could possibly replace beds. Pods? Floating? Chairs? The floor? He snaps himself out of it and stands up. “I’ll show you.”

He pulls back the covers and wiggles himself underneath. He pulls the other side back and pats the empty spot, so I mirror his actions.

“Oooh, this is comfortable.” I comment, wiggling around and pulling the blanket up to my chin.

Bokuto smiles at me, laughing a bit under his breath.

“Hey, Bokuto,” I say quietly.

“Hey, Y/n.” He says, making the air lighter.

“Thank you. For everything, I’m so grateful.”

“Of course.” He says genuinely.

“And uh, you can stay here, if you want to, with me, it’s cold and I’m worn out from everything that happened, and,” great. I’m the one rambling now.

“I’d love to.” He smiles, settling in and turning out the lamp. The moon gently lights the room in a cool light, instantly making my heavy chest feel a little lighter.

Bokuto scoots a little closer to me, commenting how he was halfway off the bed and didn’t wanna fall off, making me nod and laugh a bit.

“Hey, I think I might know how you can repay me.” He says quietly after a few minutes of comfortable silence.

“What is it?”

“If you’re comfortable and want to... you...” he takes a breath, “could kiss me.”

I smile, moving my hand to gently hold his face, scooting closer. I rub my thumb on his cheek and lean in, closing the gap between us. His lips are soft and warm against mine. His hand moves to the one that’s on his cheek, resting on top of mine.

I pull away a bit, feeling the lingering warmth of him, his soft breath fanning my lips.

“Ya know, I was hoping to do that anyway.” I whisper. Not letting him respond, I kiss him again, making him hum a bit. His hand wanders to my waist and pulls me closer.

“Thank you.” He whispers after he pulls back. He turns me around so I’m facing away from him, then puts his arm around my waist and pulls me to his chest.

I hum in comfort, closing my eyes and enjoying his warmth.

“Good night, Bokuto.”

“Good night, my time traveler.” He says, holding me closer.

I close my eyes and enjoy the moment to the fullest, praying to anything that will listen to keep me in this time with this boy.

[eagesoldartblog]

Hello everyone~ Ive decided to take on a new schedule which involves simply combining the whole weekend prompts into one disasters that describe my take on how Lewis realized he was dea d

Muffled Screaming, Asphyxiation, Trembling

Lewis.

There's nothing but darkness, mind for a few spots of light that seemed to pour in from some place, bathing the jagged rocks with a green hue. 

He blinks slowly, not even processing the action, nor the fact that he was on his feet. 

Strange. Didn't he roll out of bed?

What else could explain his racing heart, or the ache in his stomach.

He fell. That much was clear. 

But this isn't his room, this isn't the cave. 

Lewis doesn't recognize this place.

He stares a few moments longer, gaze drifting from the moving shadows- surely formed from his own mind. 

Even more peculiar, 

He fell, from somewhere. 

But he has absolutely no recollection of when.

Or why. 

Did he have a nightmare...? 

Maybe he should investigate that first. 

Even more peculiar, was that Lewis didn't even notice he was holding something. Not until he shifted his head, and his eyes glance across his own his arm - why was his clothing ripped..? - and to his hand. The fingers curled around something. 

Whatever it was, he couldn't feel it.

If he did, then he simply didn't notice it. 

It felt empty. 

Like nothingness surrounded him everywhere.

Lewis's fingers twitch, and with it, a flicker of a glow shines under his skin, quickly spreading up his arms and shoulder, along with an intense, buzzing- burning sensation. 

And just like that, Lewis was awake.

Feeling comes back to him in an instant, slowly warming his skin, and then bursting all throughout him, warming his chest and his stomach, his legs and face. And with it came feeling. His clothes are stiff and scratchy, and his skin feels sticky- as if he had showered in weeks. 

Lewis grimaces, choking  on the stank of his own breath. His brain is heavy, it burns, and yet he still shakes his head, forcing his mind to pay attention to the rest of himself. 

He felt stiff. Hungry. 

Angry. 

Why anger?

The thoughts echo in his scalp, echo through the space. But even though he had no idea what the cause was, his limbs shook, teeth grit, hes filled with a painful wave that makes it hard for him to even move. 

”You were with others- friends," He reminds himself, failing to notice the inconsistency of his breathless voice, instead, turning up his head to the green hues, he calls, "...Guys? Wh-... where are you?"

Lewis’s lifts his gaze upon the green edges. Each one seemingly glowing, shining with a brilliant edge.

Something tickles his nose. Scrunching his face with disgust, Lewis sniffs the air, unable to distinguish what the scent was. It’s... pungent. Similar to rotting food, with a trace of something strong and even more metallic. 

He could hear a drip. Somewhere. 

But nothing else, in fact, there’s an unusual dampness to the air, and yet he couldn’t make out rushing water, or the trickle of a creak. 

So where was the dripping..?

Feeling around the... whatever he was touching, Lewis started forward. But another set of questions simply bloom in his mind.

Each step his tool felt unnatural, as if he was stepping on a soft material he could easily sink into, like he was walking on air. 

He couldn’t see his feet, but the second option was out of the question. Walking on air was simply ridiculous! And didn’t make any sense whatsoever.

So the thought of what the former was a tad more worrying. 

Plush carpet wouldn’t be in the middle of a dank cave (assuming, that is), nor a comforter. 

“Stop thinking like that,” Lewis interrupts, sighing roughly, reminding himself, “Its probably mud.” 

It didn’t feel wet. But it’s the only option that makes sense.

Had to be. 

It had to.

“Guys!” He tries again, taking another step- and this time feeling cool ground beneath his foot. Much steadier too, but he didn’t spend too much time celebrating. 

A shiver courses up his spine. 

And a tap. 

Jolting, Lewis twists around, arm swinging out to hopefully catch someone’s hand- Vivi, most likely with how she loved to spook them.

It wasn’t. His hand phased right through them. 

A small, faintly glowing orb. It’s white and translucent. Emitting just enough light for Lewis to see indications of stone behind it. 

A ghost. A scared one at that. 

Blinking rapidly, Lewis sucks in his breath, contemplating how dangerous this tiny ball of energy may be. 

“Hello..” He whispers, stiff fingers stretching out to the curled form. With a flutter of noise it threatens it recoils. “My mistake. I didn’t mean to hurt you...” The small form returns, and upon closer inspection (and his ability to properly see returning) Lewis notices they smallest hints of a facial expression.

It’s... sad.

“Are you alone?”

The small spirit lifts its tiny head, and Lewis’s eyes drift from its glowing yellow eyes to the dull, near grey yellowed heart directly under its head. Lewis purses his lips and reaches his hand out again, smiling a tad bit and holding his palm outs hoping it would trust him a little bit more. 

And much to his surprise, it does. With a gentle, echoing purr noise, the ghost nuzzles against his palm.

“Aw, are you scared, little one?” Lewis chuckles fondly, appreciating such a cute distraction in this.. dreadful atmosphere, which grew so heavy it sank on him like a wet rug. Giving him all the more reason to scratch its chin, hoping to incite another purr. It Leans into the pets for a small moment, until it glides it’s form across his arm, and it’s translucent body shifted from white to pink, which glowed brilliantly. Eyes widening, Lewis was mesmerized. It turned the same color his body had just moments before. It clings to his wrist, with small hubby arms wrapping around his biceps- and unintentionally bringing Lewis’s attention to his tattered clothes. 

“Are you trapped here too?” He asks the small creature, patting its head more, “My friends and I got separated, but for now, let’s stay together, okay?”

The small spirit looks up at him, before miserably sighing and flopping against his arm again. 

“I’ll take that as a yes.” Lewis sighs. 

And for that one moment, he’s content.

”Oh, there you are Lewis. I was wondering when you’d finally decide to wake up.”

Lewis’s eyes shoot wide, turning around faster than he meant to- he nearly trips- and because of the jolt he doesn’t notice the way his new companion stiffens. 

“Arthur-? Is that you?”

The dim light from before is back, now shining brighter than before. Just barely enough to make the outline of more stalagmites noticeable, and Arthur in the mix of it. 

Lewis almost runs straight to him. But something stops him. Something indescribable. But ... he can’t go near him. 

Why that was is beyond him currently.

Maybe it’s the way Arthur said that, or the paranoia of the cavern getting to him, but something felt so.. wrong. Like Lewis was on trial for a crime he didn’t remember. 

Arthur’s too far away to tell the expression of, the darkness not providing much else to go on. 

Perhaps it’s just his imagination. But that doesn’t feel like Arthur. Not in any sense. Maybe they were kidnapped? This one trying to lure him away from the others.

They tilt their head, eyes boring into Lewis uncomfortably, stepping from side to side in an odd saunter. Something so unlike Arthur, it screamed danger. 

He takes a step back. 

”Where ya’ going, buddy? It’s too dark to run, you know.”

The hairs on Lewis’s neck stands. 

”I won’t hurt ya’, not too bad at least. We both know I can’t do much more harm to you physically.” His stomach churns at the sing in his voice. Mimicking Arthur almost perfectly.

That is definitely not Arthur. 

He’s in big trouble. 

Frowning tightly, Lewis glares. 

“Who are you? What have you done with my friends.” 

It throws its head back, laughing, ”I think they ran. Took off. Ain’t it sad? They couldn’t even take the time to see if you were gone.”

“Excuse me?” Lewis growls, reaching up for the spirit, holding a protective stance, “They wouldn’t leave me.”

”And I bet they’d never kill you.”

His head feels like it’s been dunked under water. Lewis’s chest rags. 

He takes his silence as an answer, and with a sick chuckle, he goes on, slipping closer, ”Sorry, did I hit a sore subject? I was only playing~”

“Who are you?” Lewis says, slow and steady, breathing through his nose. 

”Who am I? Well, I suppose that’s up to you to decide!”

And in the blink of an eye, Arthur's face is far too close and lit up by nothing but green. A large, ghastly grin stretched over his face like his lips had been carved into his cheeks. The ghost on his arm shrieks and zips behind Lewis’s back.

Something tight rings his neck. Breath catching. The pain shooting. Lewis’s mind stalls for a response and instead he tries to squirm away. 

He can’t. 

His entire body is paralyzed. 

”Oho~ would you look at that! Turns out I can still hurt you!” It laughs, the gleeful expression he had seen many times before now appearing nothing short of sadistic.

Something's burning, encasing his bones and bursting through the tissue of muscle, Lewis trembles. 

He could have easily grabbed away Arthur's hand- or whatever it could have been. He didn't care. The only thing he paid mind to was the dreadful expression coating Arthur's eyes. 

Squinting, Arthur hums a small chuckle, and the tightness around Lewis's neck doubles. Whisps of black fog rise up before his chin. Unable to tear his eyes away. 

"Oh c'mon now, surely you're stronger than that!" Arthur teases, "You can very easily pin me down, even when I did have the upper hand! So unless im wrong, be a dear and help prove my point."

His fingers grip, tremble and shake, and yet he still couldn't move. 

The Arthur mimicks face falls, scrunching up just as fast. 

"Hmmm... If my memory serves me right, you're a pacifist, am I correct? You'd never raise your hand against anyone? Is that right?"

Lewis doesn't respond. Growing mad. 

"Ooh~ Thats right! You do have the capabilities in getting pissed, right? In fact-" Arthur lifts his hand, his short fingers have now become elongated, with darkened nails so long they resembled needles. 

A piercing,  horrible scratch  digs deep into his cranium. He wishes he could scream. 

"Aha! You have anger issues~ you don't like being disrespected! Nor having your friends be in danger. How sweet." Arthur sings, teeth rotted and disgusting, resembling stones. 

Their face goes serious, and with a small whisper, they say- "How would you feel If I told you, one of your best friends hated you?"

It burns, even more so now. How dare he? Who is this person to twist knots in his head- make him turn on his friends!

The grip loosened, Lewis coughs and gasps for air, not realizing just how much his lungs burned and ached for that comfort. 

"Don't believe me?"

"N- no! Of course n-" Lewis chokes on the raw rip in his throat, "They woul-n't! You-"

The mimik spins Lewis roughly by his head, forcing the rest of him to go with it. 

A beam of light casted from above- a hole high up. 

A landing. 

"Just look~"

Lewis's head snaps up even if he didn't want it to, his stomach dropping. 

The light shines down on himself. 

His bloodied, broken self. Impaled on a stalagmite so much that his ribs had popped out and opened like a claw. 

He cant breath, but not because of the mimic holding his throat.

But just behind him, the figure resembling his friend jerks and twists in front of him, once again in his face with a smile splitting his face in half. "Frightening ain't it! Who knew he had it in him." They say, all Lewis can do it stare. Switching between the corpse- with real blood dripping from it - and the mimic. A sense of familiarity striking Lewis in a way that's all too horrifying. 

Blossoming pain erupts in his back, spreading far too quickly for him to process. His knees buckle. 

He doesn't fall. 

The spirit behind him whimpers, and zips in front of Lewis's face. Small, beady tears rolling down its face as it tried to wave away the image. 

"Of course, you know it was me, right?"

He was simply sitting there, and then in the next moment, he wasn't.

"Maybe you should look a bit closer, I think you'll find something. Grab it, before I do."

With Arthur's distorted voice fading, the mimic flashes out of his sight.

Lewis gets closer. He isn't walking. 

He hears the drips again. 

He wants to cry. 

His anger- for a single moment- is muted, hushed away by the agony deeply settling in his chest. 

"It can't.. be..." Lewis didn't notice the echo in his voice, but the startling realization doesn't hold a candle to the fear and sorrow this grotesque scene paints.

He doesn't stop, until he is staring directly up at the battered body that- that was his.

Is it real..? It's far too high for him to reach. 

Prove the mimic wrong, prove himself wrong. 

It had to be a dol-

Clink

Lewis freezes, the chime drawing his attention to his feet. He didn't notice how high up he was at first, but he's not touching the floor anymore, he's floating. Beneath him, was a faintly beating, faintly glowing object. 

It's a locket. His locket specifically. Inside has two pictures, one with Vivi, one with Arthur. 

Lewis's breath catches in his throat. The spirit dives down for it, unearthing it from the mud- from a puddle of his own blood and presenting it to him. Lewis's hands are far too shaky, but he holds out a trembling hand and lets the ball set it gingerly in his grasp. 

It feels like nothing. Pressing his thumb to the bloody surface, he tried to ignore how his eyes gleam in the reflection. 

It cracks open. 

Showing him exactly what he expected.

Two pictures, one with Vivi, one with Arthur. 

Arthurs picture, was drenched in blood. Staining it entirely. 

The anger is back. Crescendoing into an ugly, twisted mess of heat.

His grip tightens, the edges of the locket digging into his fingers. His veins popping. Teeth grit.

"Arthur.."

That's right, he didn't just fall. He didn't trip. Didn't stumble.

He was pushed. Wasn’t he?

That nasty heat spirals, pinpricks speckling his body, a glow emitting. 

Before his entire body erupts. 

Fire cycloning around him, enveloping his arms, legs, his face and body all in one swoop. Red hot anger personified in a mass of explosion and pain. The shadows stretch threatening throughout the cave. 

The spirit shoots away from him, diving behind a stalagmite and pressing its small hands to its ears. As if curling up will block them from the screams echoing against every surface. Louder and louder. 

So  thunderous the stalactites shook and the cavern begins to crumble.

So deafening.

Not even Lewis could notice how his locke- anchor dies in its color, and a spiderwebbed crack splintering across it.

[fanfictionsfortheheart]

You Will Never Be Alone [Yandere! Killua Zoldyck x Gon Freecss] Chapter 1

Rating: Mature

Warning: Violence, Language

Pairings: KilluGon, LeoPika

Killua sat quietly with Gon on a grassy hill. It was a momentary break after the Hunter Exam. He watched the green clad boy out of the corner of his eye.

His heart thumped harshly in his chest. It had been this way for a while. He was afraid though, that Gon would be weirded out and would leave him.

This thought made his heart hurt. He raised his hand to his chest, trying to make the pain stop. This caught the other male's attention.

"Killua?" Gon asked softly. "You alright?"

He forced happiness into the blue hue, almost malong his eyes shine. "I am fine, Gon. Don't worry!"

Gon smiled, reassured of his friends health and stability. This hurt Killua even more.

They stared off into the horizon again, not saying a word. Killua's thoughts raced with his heart and he looked down at his hand.

At that moment, he made a decision. His hands had been stained with blood before. And they would be again. Gon would be his, and his alone.

He looked to Gon, a dark, murderous look in his eyes, that also mixed with passion and love.

Gon didn't notice right away but when he did, he was startled by the intensity in those deep pools.

Killua didn't speak. He feared what would come out. Gon relaxed after a second and smiled sympathetically.

"Killua, is something wrong?"

The white haired male blinked a few times then the light came back and the assassin watched his best friend and crush relax.

"I am fine. It's getting dark, we should head to the hotel."

It sank in deep suddenly the Hisoka was there, and that he knew where Gon's room was. Killua stood, his brows furrowing.

Gon stood as well and stretched. "Yeah, lets head back! Then we can get some food."

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They made it back without much trouble and checked in. They chatted as they made their way to the room and only Gon was surprised when sure enough, leaning against the door was Hisoka.

The jester grinned.

"Gon~ I have missed you! Why not come down to my room for a bit? Things may get wild but you will love it- I promise~."

Killua felt ready to hurl but Gon agreed with a certain level of airheadedness that was unmatched.

Before they could speak, Gon was hauled off by Hisoka, leaving Killua speechless and enraged in the hallway.

He waited a moment then followed far enough behind to not get caught. He saw them enter a room and made a note of the number on the door, 287. As he turned to go back to his own room, he was startled by Kurapika.

"Killua, what are you doing?" The blonde asked. After Killua hesitated, Kurapika spoke again. "Tell me the truth, Killua. Where is Gon?"

Killua sighed. "In Hisoka's room. They are hanging out for a bit."

The older male didn't soften.

"And you were stalking them?"

Killua's face hardened. "Yes, in fact, I was. I have my reasons."

Kurapika took Killua's hand and led him back to their room. When they arrived, he sat on Gon and Killua's bed.

"Tell me you reasoning, Killua. You are Gon's best friend but its going a bit far to stalk him."

Without missing a beat, Killua responded in a way that shook Kurapika to the core.

"It isn't stalking, it's loving. Its the only way for me. I love him, Kurapika. He doesn't know it yet but he loves me and I love him the same. One day we'll come together and I'll be his everything. We will be together forever, and we will never ever part. I will kill ANYONE who gets in the way."

Kurapika shuddered a bit. "K-Killua... thats... not ok!" Killua looked Kurapika in his eyes, but for the Kurta Clan memberx it was like he was staring into his very soul. "Are you getting in my way?"

The blonde stood up. "Yes. Killua, just tell him. You don't need to kill for him. You don't need to stalk him."

Killua gritted his teeth. "You wouldn't understand, Kurapika! Stay out of my way or your head will roll!" He shouted. Kurapika glared at him.

"Killua, listen to me. This isn't healthy for you or Gon!"

As Killua went to retort, the door opened and Leorio came in. "What is going on in here?"

Kurapika explained before Killua could stop him.

Leorio stared at Killua for a moment. "What the fuck?"

Killua was at the males throat in a moment, his sharp nails barely pressing against the skin. "Are you going to get in my way too? Because both of you will be dead and disposed of before Gon is done in Hisoka's room. Then it will be that fucking clowns turn."

Kurapika gasped a bit. "Leorio!" He wanted to attack but he ran the risk of Killua killing his lover.

Leorio gulped. "No, we aren't in your way. Isn't that right, Kurapika?"

Killua glanced back at the blonde male, whose eyes glowed crimson now. The gears were turning in Kurapika's mind.

Finally, he relaxed. "Fine, I wont tell Gon, I wont interfere either." He didn't like saying that. Killua's nails returned to normal and he stepped away from Leorio. He watched the shakey man walk over to Kurapika slowly and cautiously.

Kurapika hugged him, clearly pissed that his hand was forced but Killua didn't care. Mere seconds later, Gon came into the room.

Gon wasn't the smartest for sure, but even he could feel the murderous feeling in the room. The air was tense and he didn't know why.

"Guys, whats wrong?" He asked.

Killua smirked and moved closer to him. He leaned close and whispered in his ear. "You'll never find anyone better than me." Then he grabbed the boy's hand and pulled him out of the room.

Kurapika came out to follow them to their next destination but they were gone. "Dammit! Leorio! Get out here, we need to get Gon and protect him from Killua!"

The blonde turned around and Leorio was shaking his head. "We shouldn't get in the way. If Gon wants to get away from Killua, he will."

Kurapika furrowed his brows. "What if Killua kills him?!"

Leorio shook his head again and sat on his bed. "He won't. He's had feelings for him since the second part of the exam, Kurapika. Its unnecessary to get between them."

Kurapika relaxed a bit. "How do you know that he loved him?"

"He told me. You never once have trusted him, Kurapika. I have always had faith in him. He talks to me because I am not stern with him. Now come back in here and come cuddle with me."

After a minute of hesitation, the Kurta boy listened and tackled Leorio onto the bed.

Killua and Gon were nnext door at a cafe.

"Why was it so tense?"

"Just an arguement between Kurapika and I."

Gon nodded in understanding. "I see."

Killua smiled and ordered his food and drink with Gon. Then he looked to the sweet boy. "I will be back."

Gon watched him leave the restaurant quickly after paying. He caught a glimpse of his friends face and shuddered. It was that look from earlier. This time, Gon was no fool. Killua could hide alot from him but not that much pure murderous lust.

Gon gulped and took their food and drinks back to a table and sat.

Killua went to the door of the awful clown and pounded. Hisoka opened the door and smiled.

"For what reason do I recieve your presence?" He asked slyly.

"Stay away from Gon. This is your only warning. He is MINE and I don't like sharing."

With that, he went back to the cafe. He sat with Gon, smiling softly. "Im back-"

"What did you do, Killua?!"

Killua was startled by Gon's tone. "Nothing, I just went to ask Hisoka for a favor."

Gon relaxed a bit. "Oh... sorry I rose my voice... I just... got a bad feeling a few minutes ago."

The rest of their meal was silent.

After they finished eating, they went for a walk. On their way back to the hotel, they heard a voice calling for them.

It was Kurapika.

Gon pulled Killua's hand to run to the motherly male.

"We are here, Kurapika!"

Kurapika relaxed. "I was worried about you two." He said as he pulled them into an embrace. He led them to their room and Gon laid down, pulling Killua with him.

"I am sleepy, Killua." He mumbled.

Killua hesitated then smiled. "Lets sleep then..."

They fell asleep to each other's heartbeats, though Killua's was so much faster than Gon's.

-End-

[julmar123]

Home sweat home

My first Naruto Universe imagine: this is going to be long one Kakashix reader

Your finally back at the hidden leaf village. You left on a secret mission many years ago leaving your friends and family behind. You knew that being a part of the anbu was tough, but leaving your home was tougher. You couldn't wait to see just how everyone and everything had changed over the years.would they remember you? You were gone for such a long time.And of course you were excited to see him captain Kakashi. Although before you where sent on your mission he was assigned to a different team leading and teaching genin. After the attack on the village you were sent on your mission to find and track down Orochimaru and later your mission changed to tracking down the Akatsuki you were always good at reconnaissance, so thats why this mission was given to you. Your mission quickly changed to finding Kabuto and the white zetsu. And after that you were chosen again to clean up any left over mess from the war. You had missed a lot over the year but now you were finally home.

You walk through the gates looking at the village. Things had definitely changed a lot. As you look around you see him, well his stone face. "So he did become the Hokage."You smile to yourself as you walk through the village. People don't seem to take much interest in you as you walk towards the Hokage's office. "Y/n?? Is that you?" you quickly turn to see a familiar face. "Hello Gai sensei" you say with a wide smile. "Well look at you all grown up and your hair so long, its good to have you back at the village" he says excited. "This is Lee he is my subordinate" he says the young man not that much younger than you was beside him and wearing the same training outfit. "Hello miss y/n welcome back to the village." he says excitedly but very polite. "Hello Lee so very nice to finally meet you and thank you but i have to make my way to the Hokage's office." you say nicely before waving them goodbye and making your way towards the office.

"You must be y/n we heard you were making your return today" says a young man again not much younger than you his hair tied in a ponytail. "Ah... Yes im here to see lord Hokage" you respond he nods and walks you towards his office. "Lord kakashi, y/n has arrived." he says before you enter. Your heart suddenly skips a beat. There he was, you had always admired Kakashi he was older than you but you always thaught he was a catch of course you wouldnt dare tell him that, he probably just saw you as an annoyance. "Lord Hokage, heres the report on the mission, sir" you manage to say clearly putting the scroll on the table. He looks at you and you could see the corner of his eyes he was smiling under the mask. "Thats great, hey Shikamaru would you mind getting Naruto in here please" he says. The young man leaves the room. "If there is nothing else you need lord Hokage i would like to take some time off if thats possible. I would like to retire from the anbu " you say while looking at the ground. "Y/n you can just call me Kakashi no need to be formal. " he says. You take a deep breath and look at him he hadnt changed, not one bit he as still so calm. "Well then if you'd like to retire we can make that happen but i have a other thing to ask of you." you look up him excited and confused. "I could really use an assistant" he says pointing at the stacks of paper in the corner. "You want me to file papers for you?" you ask confused. "Well yes, but only because your faster than anyone i know" he adds obviously noticing your confusion. "Hmm...very well sir ill start right away." you add as you sit down on the floor next to the iles of paper. "You know i knew you would say yes...that's why i know i can count on you." he adds. "Yeah i bet... You know it wouldn't matter what you asked of me sir i would do anything except....leave" you add in a whisper hoping he didn't hear you but of course he heard you he was a skilled shinobi after all. "Hey..we can talk about that later right now id like for you to stay on the ground" he says sternly. You look at him his face he looked cold ready for a fight. You take out a kunai from you back pocket. And toss it to him. "Kakashi!" he takes it and suddenly there is glass all over he floor. Three men, rouge shinobi surrounding you both. You get up off your knees and stand in front of Kakashi a kunai in our hand. "Lord Kakashi, please stand down ill gladly take care of this sir. " you say keeping your eyes on the men. "No, lets do this like old times." You can sense his lightning blade behind you. "Very well then hope you can keep up" you tease him.

"Enough chatter we are here to take over the hidden leaf village" says one of them he was towering over the other two had a scar from the corner of his mouth that stretched down to his ear. "As if" you say jumping behind Kakashi as he take a strike towards the man. You throw your kunai directly at one of the other guys the one with the gas mask he was big lots of muscle. The kunai were useless. Kakashi was fighting the other two like, always he was better at fighting hand to hand. You decide to get your fans from your pocket. You opened them holding one on each hand you can send chakra through the air like small blades. You cut him on his chest but he comes for you full speed the door opens and you can see shikamaru using some kind of jutsu. Suddenly they all stop in their tracks. You look down surprised. "Shadow possession?" you ask yourself. "Your from the Nara clan? nice thanks for the assist." you tell him he continues to focus on the attackers. "Lord kakashi are you alright?" you ask him he dusts himself off and straightens his robe. "Yeah im okay. Shikamaru?" he asks "yeah Naruto has clones cleaning up and taking care of the rest" he answers.

Ambu members take them into custody. "You knew?" you ask him once they are alone again. "Yes" he says then begins to pick up the glass. "Why didnt you tell me." you ask him confused. "You didnt need me to help file papers did you?" you ask. "No, you were a great distraction." he says you look at him confused. "What?" you ask. "I needed to look like i was distracted i knew that having you here would help me, and i knew you would be down for a fight" he adds. "You are going to be my guest for the new Kage summit." he says. "You were just attacked Kakashi.....oh you want me to pretend to be your" you say unable to finish the sentence. "Yes" he says. "Think of this as your last mission" he adds. "I will be the bate, if they want to get to you they will target your lover first." you say to yourself. "They have been targeting the leaf for sometime and i know i can trust you" he says. You smile to yourself you always were the bate but only because you were capable of many things and saving yourself was one of them. "Very well in that case come here" you say grabbing his arm that was cut. And standing in front of the open windows. You heal him. "Thank you" he says you smile at him."i guess ill stay here and help clean this place up. I wouldn't want my...boyfriend to have a messy office." you say with a smile followed by giggle. "Alright now who all knows about us?" you ask him getting serious. "No one this is just between us two" he says while helping you clean up. "Okay so after this we are going to lunch." you say excited but not enough to raise suspicion. "What?" he asks confused. "Our first date" you say using air quotes. "Ooh yes, see i knew you were the right person for this" he says making you blush.

You both walk through the village you could tell he was nervous. You grab his wrist He looks down at you "calm down relax “you say to him in a whisper. "Here" you say as you lead him to the bench at the park. And sit down signaling for him to sit next to you. He does what he is told you turn to him. “Hey I know it’s a bit strange for you, I know this isn't really your thing and it strange for me too I've been gone for such a long time” you say "its okay your the perfect peron for this" you look at him unsure of what to say next. When you met Kakashi he was different he was kind to you but he kept his distance from everyone in the team and that included you, you never got to have a long meaningful conversation with him because you never wanted to bother him. You knew he was consumed by darkness but you never cared all you wanted to do was protect him putting yourself at harms way to keep him safe on many occasions." you know you've changed a lot captain." you say. You can sense him start to relax. "Yeah how so?" he asks. "Well for starters, you don't seem so gaurded" you say he nods "also the old you was....angry" you say. He looks at his hands then at you. "But you still liked me, even back then" he says making you blush. "What?" you ask him embarrassed and shove him. "Hey hey is that anyway to treat your boyfriend." he says laughing. Again you blush at this point you looked as red as tomatoes but start to laugh along with him. "So that's why you chose me, because i already liked you." you say. He nods in agreement. "So you knew? Who told you? Was it Gai sensei?" you ask him. He holds his hands up in defense. "Hey i already knew." he says.

"Good afternoon lord Kakashi" says two girls who both really beautiful one had short pink hair and the other had long blond they looked at you and Kakashi a bit suspicious. "Sakura Ino please drop the lord im still bot used to it." he says "Are you two out on an afternoon walk?" says the girl with the blond hair clearly hinting at something else Kakashi looks at you and you could tell he was smiling. "This is y/n shes a close friend" he says introducing you to the girls. "Hello im Sakura and this is Ino." says the girl with the short pink hair. "Hi are you new to the village or just visiting?" says the blond. You smile at them "its a pleasure meeting you both and im actually back i was on a long mission. "Oh no wonder, we haven't seen you around, we will leave you two, to enjoy some alone time. You smile at then and they leave you and Kakashi can hear Their giggles as the walk away.

“They are cute” you say to him as you see them walk away. “Sakura was my subordinate” he says. You look back at him. “Well you seemed to calm down a bit how about some ramen for lunch?” You suggest. “That would be nice” he says getting up front the bench and extending his hand for you to grab. You look at him and then at his hand. He looks at you confused. He realizes that you are hesitant to hold his hand. “Are you coming?” He asks confused. You take his hand “yes of course” you say getting up his hand gently holding yours both your fingers interlocked. It felt normal like you were meant to hold hands with him, before you could slip into a day dream you told yourself “ this is just for a mission don’t get caught up in the lie” you both walk up to Itchiraku and sit down. “Well lord Kakashi welcome back..y/n is that you?” Ayame asks surprised. “Hello I’m back” you say waving at her. “Oh... no way you did it!! You finally got him.” She says excited at the fact that you were holding hands with Kakashi. She Was one of your friends she was older than you but you and her shared a lot of similarities. You even cover for her at Ichiraku a couple of times when ever they needed extra help. You smiles and held up your hand that was holding Kakashis hand She smiles wide. “Oh how wonderful. Today is a good day indeed ramen on the house.” She says while clapping her hands. You smile at her and thank her. You both eat in silence and after thanked her for the food. You walk out and Kakashi looks at you. “I really need to head back how about we catch up later I’ll come by after work....is that okay?” He asks holding your hand in his. “I’m....yeah sounds good, go do your job Lord Kakashi” you tease him and let go of his hand slowly as he walks away. You turn around and head towards your home.

You cleaned your house took a shower and were just laying there in your pajamas waiting for the food you had ordered for dinner you ordered enough for the both of you unsure when Kakashi was going to come over but you wanted to make sure you had food. You had to keep reminding yourself that he was probably coming over to discuss the mission not to play house. You waited for a while and then the food arrived you paid and thanked them for the food and not a minute later your door bell rang. You got scared because of the sudden sound but sensed his chakra right away. You opened the door and he was there hands in his pockets. “Oh hey come on in.” You says with a smile. “I got us some dinner while we talk about the mission.” You say leading him inside “Ah Thanks” he says taking a seat. “So what’s the plan?” You ask giving him his food. He thanks you and says “ for you to be you” he says before taking a bite. “Ah Ha but look this would be easy if we had some rules. You are a Hokage, and if I remember correctly you were always very private” you say raising an eyebrow. “What do you mean.” He asks confused. “Look, I’m very good at my job I will most definitely be believable but you sir, I think you need to let me know what you need from me, what are your expectations for this mission sir what are some things that you are not comfortable with?” You ask him. He sits there and you could see he was thinking. “Do whatever you think will help us, I trust you” he says. You look at him and furrow your eyebrows. “Okay I just don’t want to come off as a creep” you says before taking a bite. He laughs, “what?” You ask him confused. “Oh it’s just that you haven’t changed a bit?” He says. “Really? What does that mean?” You ask a bit hurt. “Don’t get me wrong, you are obviously more mature but your still worried about me and not trying to come on to strong yet here you are treating me like a delicate flower it’s very much like when you where younger” he says. “Well excuse me for worrying about you” you say teasing him. “You know it’s strang we never really interacted like this before” you tell him.

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First Date

Natsu and Lucy go on a date! Wait... Why is Gray here?! Fluffy fluff. This is SFW! This is actually one of the first fanfics I ever wrote. Or you can read it here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11532487/1/NaLu-s-First-Date-xoxo 

“Wow, Luce. You look great.” Natsu checked Lucy out from head to toe. She was wearing a slim fitting black dress. Tiny jewels lined the under crease of her breasts. She was showing a moderate amount of cleavage. Her hair was down and straight. The tips of her blonde hair stretched down over her shoulders. The dress was short and stopped about three inches above her knees. Her high heels laced up around her ankles. Although she looked amazing, her eyes are what he loved about her the most. Natsu gave a tiny blush and scratched the back of his head nervously.

“You look pretty handsome yourself.” Lucy replied with a smile. Natsu was wearing a white button up shirt with the sleeves rolled back. In place of a tie, his scarf dangled around his neck. He wore black pants and black shoes, nothing too fancy. After all, this was their first date. Lucy hooked her arm in Natsu's as he lead them to the door of the restaurant. A man in a black tuxedo greeted the couple as they walked through the door.

“Will it be just you two tonight?” The man spoke politely.

“Yes.” Lucy was excited.

“Right this way.” The host lead them to a nice secluded booth. There was a tiny tea candle in the middle of the table. Natsu took his seat across from Lucy.

“Ooooh! Appetizers already!” Natsu's eyes widened as he reached for the little flickering flame.

“Natsu, stop it!” Lucy slapped his hand.

“Don't eat that! This is supposed to be a date!” She nagged. Natsu was dumbfounded. They hadn't realized it, but the host was staring at them the whole time.

“Sorry, he doesn't get out much.” Lucy apologized. The host raised his eyebrows but didn't say another word. He placed menus in front of them both and promptly walked off with his nose stuck in the air. The menu was surprisingly short. It listed about ten items consisting of Miso Soup with Mussels, Tofu with Crab Sauce, Chirashi Sushi, Miso Glazed Black Cod with Sautéed Broccoli, and a few others. For dessert there were only two options, Yuzu Crème Brulee and Mochi Coconut Ice Cream. Natsu gleamed over the list. He was practically drooling on the table. Lucy was staring at him with a “are you kidding me right now?” face. The waiter approached the table. Natsu was still drooling and didn't bother acknowledging him. Lucy gave the waiter her full attention. To her surprise, it was a very familiar face.

“Hey Lucy, and uhh.... Natsu.” The waiter said with a smile. Natsu looked up and noticed his familiar black hair.

“What the hell, Gray?!” Natsu yelled in the middle of the restaurant. Lucy felt like crawling under the table.

“Shhh! Keep your voice down...” Gray leaned down toward the table. “You'll get me in trouble. They'll kick me out if you keep yelling and I really need the money. Not to mention you'll ruin your first date in history.” Gray sneered. Natsu curled his hand into a fist. He really felt like punching that smug punk.

“Oh calm down Flame Brain, just order something already.” Gray straightened back up and started to act like a prude to fit in to the surroundings.

“Cram it Ice Princess, I'll order when I'm ready!” Natsu glared back at his menu. Lucy felt like slapping them both.

“Shut the hell up, both of you! This is MY date!!!” Lucy almost whispered loudly. The two toddlers straightened up quickly. Lucy looked down at her menu.

“Waiter, I'll have the Miso Soup with Mussels.” Lucy said calmly.

“And I'll have one of everything.” Natsu gave Gray his biggest smile.

“I'll have that right out for you.” His voice sounded sarcastic and fake. Gray rolled his eyes as he picked up their menus. Lucy leaned back against the booth and crossed her arms. She was pissed. She could understand Gray, but Natsu just seriously had to ruin this for them. She often wondered why they never went out on a date before this, but it was obvious to her now. She couldn't take him anywhere. Natsu noticed her reaction to the situation and lowered his head.

“I'm sorry.” He spoke softly. Lucy sat up straight and looked at Natsu. He was slumped over in a pit of shame. His hands were curled in a fist resting on the table. He couldn't believe he had acted like a fool on his first date with Lucy.

“This was supposed to be a nice date, if you want to leave, I'll understand.” Natsu spoke just above a whisper. He felt ashamed. Lucy's face softened and she reached across the table. She let her hand rest on top of Natsu's fist. He glanced up at his date.

“I'm not going any where. Besides, you'll have to try a lot harder than that to get rid of me.” Lucy's voice was so bright. Natsu relaxed. He was lucky that she was so understanding. This made him blush with a smile. Lucy grinned with him. Natsu rolled his fist open and grabbed Lucy's hand in his. They stayed like this for a few moments, just staring deeply into each other's eyes. Of course, Gray had to spoil the mood. He arrived at the table with two trays full of food. He placed one plate in front of Lucy and stacked the other plates in front of Natsu. He yanked his hand from Lucy's in excitement and chowed down. Lucy sat across the table in amazement. He was like a tornado, food flying everywhere. She wasn't sure he was actually getting any food in his mouth. One plate after another he shoveled it all. Lucy was a bit annoyed but it reminded her of the fist day they had met. Lucy smiled and properly ate her dinner. Not surprisingly, Natsu was done before Lucy.

“Are you gonna eat that?” Natsu spoke with half of his mouth full.

“No, you can have it.” She pushed the bowl over to Natsu. He didn't waste a second before slurping it all down. When the check came, the bill was long. Natsu actually paid for the meal this time which was a surprise to his date. Lucy examined Natsu. He was slumped back in his seat with his belly sticking out. He let out a long loud burp. Lucy just watched him, stared at him. She imagined what it would be like if she had brought him home to her father and shared a meal there, how disgusted her father would have been. This was one of the many reasons Lucy liked Natsu. He wasn't a prince charming and he had no manners. He was everything she wanted. She wanted so much more than that life, it was refreshing and entertaining to be around Natsu. Lucy sighed but it was a happy sigh. She was so glad to not have any part of that life any more. Lucy and Natsu left the restaurant and Natsu walked her to her house, holding her hand. They hadn't really said anything since they left the restaurant, but it was a comfortable silence. As they walked through her front door Natsu broke the silent moment.

“Well, this was an interesting first date...” He sounded a little embarrassed.

“I wouldn't have it any other way.” Lucy smiled. Natsu gleamed at her. He had the sudden urge to kiss her. He couldn't help but blush.

“What is it?” Lucy acknowledged his pinkness.

“Can I kiss you?” Natsu looked at the floor, afraid of rejection. There was a bashful pause in the room.

“I mean... Thats what you're supposed to do on a date right?” Natsu had never been on a date, nor had he really bothered with the details. He asked Happy for advice before he had left. Happy told him he was supposed to kiss her, because thats what people do on dates. Lucy felt a flash of heat in her cheeks. She had had more experience with dates than Natsu but she never really considered them “dates”. She had no idea how to respond. She didn't know weather or not she wanted to kiss Natsu or if she was even ready for that yet. This was something she had not expected.

“Ummm...” Lucy tried to say anything but the words weren't coming out. Lucy let her body fall against the door. She just stood there wandering what to do next. Natsu was already standing adjacent to her. He leaned over her and placed one of his hands against the door. Lucy pressed her self against the door more, as to put more space between them. Natsu was close to her now. He had an arm on either side of her head and there was no escape for her. Lucy's eyes widened. She was so nervous, Natsu could hear her heart throbbing. In a blink of an eye, Lucy leaned in and pressed her lips against his. Natsu was so shocked. Neither one had any idea how to react, it just happened. He pulled his face away from hers, allowing her to breathe. Lucy placed her hand on her heart, it was almost beating out of her chest. Her mind was racing and she was trying to keep up with what had just occurred.

“Did I do it right?” Natsu asked, his voice was shy. Without answering, Lucy grabbed the neck of his scarf and pulled him in for another kiss. This time their lips didn't just lock, but their tongues collided as well. Natsu relaxed his arm off of the wall and placed his hands around Lucy's lower back. He pulled her in close so that their body's were touching. Lucy could feel Natsu's warm body pressing against hers. She placed her hand over Natsu's heart as to feel his heart beat. His heart was pounding faster than hers. Lucy broke the kiss. She looked deep into Natsu's eyes before pulling away from his arms. She walked a few feet away from Natsu and stared at her feet. Her thoughts racing.

“I...” She didn't know where to begin. “I like you a lot Natsu... But... I'm just not ready yet.” Natsu lowered his head. He felt like he had betrayed his dear friend. He didn't know what to do or what to think. Was it because he moved too fast? Did this mean their friendship was over? He was clueless. Natsu was very dramatic and an excellent fighter, but he sucked at relationships. This was a whole new world for him. He thought it'd be best if he just left, so without a word he lowered his head in defeat and pivoted around to head home. 

“Wait Natsu... Don't leave.” 

[fandomscollective]

i wrote a thing

it’s not really edited and probably full of tense issues and passive voice or what ever, but i’m excited damn it. It’s a potential scene in the book i’m writing, inspired by that post about sci-fi/fantasy with minorities that is not ABOUT the minorities... I’m only just getting started, i don’t even have a real plot yet but it’s getting there, anywho, have a thing: 

It’s three twelve a.m. when Davin Kahye is drawn from the near trance like state he often enters when writing. He blinks strained green eyes as he tries to shift mental gears. The sound of a wailing babe is punctuated by a rapping at the door and some clarity bleeds into Davin’s awareness. *Someone’s at the door, and they have noisy brat in tow*

Davin mumbles “thank you captain obvious” as he slips from his chair, grabs his precious hat, and pads down the hall. Eric pops his head from their bedroom at the far end.

“It’s after three, you should have been in bed.” His glare is as ineffective on Davin as it is on his more rambunctious students.

“I was writing,” Davin says, as though that was all the explanation he need give.

Eric’s responding sigh and motion to open the door seemed to say it was. Davin does as told and tugs the door open to reveal a young woman with large frightened eyes, clutching a squalling infant in her arms. She pushes into the hall and slams the door closed behind her. Her breathing is so fast that Davin worries she will hyperventilate.

“Trish, what are you doing here? Why do you have a baby?”

“I didn’t know where else to go, Professor Douglas!” The womans head tips forward and tears begin to trace her cheeks. “It’s all so unreal! I never thought anything like this would happen! Not to me!” She begins to sob in earnest. Davin and Eric exchange a the kind of look only two who have been inseparable for years could decipher.

“Here, lets go sit down, we’ll get something warm in you and figure out what’s going on then shall we” Davin says taking her elbow gently and guiding her to the kitchen. “Eric, maybe you could see if the little one needs changing or something,” Davin gives a pointed look at his husband.

“Ah, yes, perhaps…” Trish release her hold on the child easily and covers her face with both hands as she visibly attempts to force calm.

Davin busies himself with the ritual of making tea for a guest, to long with Eric’s unapologetic British-ness, he supposes. He listens to the kettle bubble as well as Trish’s quieting gasps. As soon as the water is boiled he pours three cups and sits them on the table. “Sugar?”

“Please.” After sorting the tea things Davin sits in silence. He’s always found it best to let others talk, often the need to fill a silence will reveal more than any questioning ever could. He sees the small intake of air, the tiny wrinkle in her forehead, that will proceed a proclamation just as Eric steps into the room. As quickly as it began, the moment of discovery is over. *How disappointing* “What’s going on Trish?” Eric picks up his mug with decidedly more force than necessary, spilling it on the table.

Trish looks up at the dark haired man with no small amount of fear. He notices, of course he does, it’s always a risk, he’s intense. Davin watches as Eric consciously controls his features, the wrinkles on his brow smoothing and the tightness pulling the corners of his mouth down eases a bit.

Trish takes a deep breath and looks at the floor. “I didn’t know. I just thought… I’ve always been irregular and I’ve cycled at least once in the last few months. I didn’t even know it was possible.” She pauses to sip her tea and hold the mug close as if to chase off a chill the early summer air couldn’t banish. “I met him at this bar. He was so handsome, and kind. He treated me like a person, like he wasn’t expecting anything from me. We talked, we danced, we made plans. I saw him a couple times after. He was always nice to me but sometimes he’d get this look. Like he was seeing something else. He’d be looking right at some one but you could tell he was seeing something else. But I liked him so much, you know?”

Davin knew. Oh, how he knew. He watches the eddies of milk in his tea with undeserved concentration. *Well. This just got interesting* -Shut up- Eric slips into a chair beside his husband. “Please go on, as I tell all my students, I’m not going to judge you. I’m here to help, in whatever way I can. Davin too.”

Davin tries for a reassuring smile, he’s sure he fails terribly. He has a feeling he knows where this is going. -How could I have missed a Descendant, here in New York-

Visibly stealing herself, fingers white on her mug, Trish throws herself into the rest of her tale, as if to get it away from her as quickly as possible. “Long story short, I apparently got pregnant. I haven’t seen him in months, but the last time, the last time was so surreal. I almost think I must have been drugged or something. I went to his place, like we had planned, but there were people there. Like a bunch of FEDs or something, all dressed in black suits. I thought, you know, maybe they were there for something else, but they wouldn’t let me in, kept asking who I was there to see. I told them it was my boyfriend but they wanted a name. So I told them. All of a sudden they pushed me into the back of this van and took off! I didn’t know what was going on, I told them I didn’t know Mike that well but they just ignored me. They took me to some warehouse and tied me up, like some cliche movie hostage. I don’t know how long I was there but after a while I heard fighting. A lot of noise like somebody throwing things. A bright light under the door then everything went all quiet. Then he was there, like he just appeared right in front of me. He was all scratched up and bruised and stuff. He told me he was sorry and he’d make it all better. Then I woke up in my room, the next morning. When I went back to his place, it was as if he’d never existed. None of his neighbors knew him, the landlord said nobody had lived in that apartment. I thought I was going crazy except my best friend remembered him, and how much time I’d been spending with him.”

*well that was unexpected*

“OK, so why come to us, I mean, we’ll do whatever we can to help but, why us and not a friend or family member?”

“Because,” a surprisingly loud wail interrupted the conversation, “her.” Eric leapt from his chair and was half way down the hall before Davin gathered his wits enough to ask, “what about her?”

“You won’t believe me.” Trish rubbed the pad of her forefinger with her thumb. She straightened her shoulders and looked directly into Davin’s eyes. “She’s not human. Not fully at least, I mean. She glows, Mr. Kahye, and she hasn’t stopped crying for more than a few minutes all day. And she looks at me like he did. Like she’s not seeing me at all, I know babies don’t see well but this is something other. Something not right. I can’t… I’m just so scared! What if he was a demon or something, what if she’s, like, the anti Christ!?” Trish is back to the wide eyed hyperventilating look.

*Lets get a look at the babe, we’ll know.*

“I don’t think thats it. Demons don’t usually care to be ‘nice’ or make things better. Besides the fact hat they are extremely rare. But it may be that she’s something else. Why don’t you get some sleep, Eric and I can watch her for what’s left of the night, then, tomorrow, we’ll see, hmm?”

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After settling Trish in the guest room Davin finds Eric in their bed, stroking the soft brown fuzz atop the once more sleeping head of a tiny red infant.

*Nope, definitely not a demon*

“Good news, baby is NOT a demon. Bad news, not entirely human either.” Davin approaches with no little caution, as good as Eric is with babies Davin is terrible. He sits with care at the very corner of the bed, as far away as possible. Eric graces him with a fond smile and tiny denying shake of his head. “You can’t be afraid of them, they can sense fear.”

“Are we talking about babies or…”

Eric huffs a laugh, “I suppose you’d prefer we were discussing some predator? Well, I guess we aren’t sleeping tonight?”

“Seems unlikely. Trish thinks the baby is the anti-Christ or something.” Davin stretches a finger toward the sleeping child.

“But she’s not, you just said she isn’t a demon.”

“True, but I also said I don’t know WHAT she is.” He runs a careful finger across her brow and then down her forehead to the tip of her nose.

“Davin!” Eric’s familiar scowl reappears.

“What? I was just checking.”

“You are awful.”

Davin shrugs but his soft smile says he knows Eric is only teasing. “I’ll get the chair from the living room, I have a feeling that’s where you’ll be spending the night.”

Eric nods, attention already on the tiny body stirring under his hand.

Davin creeps to the living room and drags the big leather armchair back to the bedroom where Eric has somehow manifested a bottle of formula or something for the baby. He wiggles the chair into position near the bed and grabs a blanket then motions for Eric to sit. As soon as he’s in position Davin tucks the blanket around him and fetches the hand towel from the bathroom for his shoulder. He takes off his hat and leans over to kiss Eric’s forehead.

The baby giggles.

“I didn’t know they could do that that young,” Davin stares wide eyed, he’s not used to laughter being a child’s response to him.

“They can’t. Not usually. Maybe what ever she actually is, is something that matures faster than average for human.” The baby has closed her eyes and stopped sucking on the bottle, off to dreamland again.

“I didn’t even think to ask what her name is…”

“I somehow don’t think Trish has given her one yet. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that she hasn’t even been to the hospital. She was terrified. Probably had the baby at home some time this morning, no idea what to do, finally got herself together enough to come here. You said she thinks the babe ids the anti-Christ? You know I talk about you a lot, how you investigate the occult in your free time. She probably thought we’d be the only ones to give any credence to her.”

*That’s cause she bat shit*

“Oh my god…”

“What does the nuisance have to say?”

“Nothing useful, I assure you.” Davin sits his hat in it’s place on the bedside table then scrubs the tips of his fingers through the short hair on the sides of his head before brushing the longer hair from his face. He flops backward onto the bed and flips the lamp on then clicks his fingers and the overhead light goes out.

The two men watch each other in the dim light.

“I love you, you know that right?” Davin says after several minutes.

“Yes, you only tell me everyday. At least. I love you, too.”