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loudmole · 2 years ago
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Yes, I am finally able to write my lovely body horror again 🙏
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hauntingblue · 11 months ago
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Sengoku asking ace what is wrong. WHAT DO YOU THINK
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botched1up1brain · 1 month ago
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Short story i made inspired by @meo-eiru 's yandere one eyed monster oc Theo
This is how my oc Zia meets Theo.
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*click*
"My name is Zia Atreya, paranormal investigator. The date and time is September 18 20XX, 2203 hours. I'm on the trail of the creature who's been following me for the past few months, possibly longer. The last time I got a glimpse of the creature it seemed to be 5'8, was wearing a large raincoat, and had one. huge. glowing eye. I have salt, silver, a cross, and a knife, cause who knows what will hurt this thing if I must defend myself. I will be back when I have an update"
*click*
*click*
*sigh*
"My name is Zia, paranormal investigator. The date is September 19 20XX, about 0010 hours.. I've lost the trail, im tired, and I forgot water. I think I need to abandon this mission and resume when I'm *yawn* more awake-"
*leaves rustles amd footsteps*
"..that wasn't me.."
*silence*
*loud running steps, leaves crunching*
"..Oh my god, its right there!"
*more running steps, gasping breathes*
"I saw it's eye! Oh my god I found it! Oh shit- Oof!"
*thump on the ground*
"Fuck! Oww.."
*silence*
"um.. I.. I've lost the creature again.. and my foots- uh! stuck in this tree root.."
*sounds of this girlboss trying to get her foot unstuck from the tree root and failing*
"..Aw man.. okay uh hopefully I'll get unstuck and be back with an update.."
*thud*
".. of course, you dropped the recorder, stupid.. ugh.."
*footsteps getting closer*
"Oh shit.. its coming.."
*girlboss panicking noises*
*closer footsteps*
"Uhm.. can I help..?"
*silence*
*click*
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I was handed the recorder by a pale hand belonging to the figure. It was like time froze.
I stared at the figure, his face becoming clearer by the second. His eye really did glow in the darkness. His pretty golden iris was surrounded by long lashes and had a round wide nose sitting below, light freckles sprinkled on it.
I recognized that nose. It's usually peeking below a face covered with reddish brown hair, the same hair that frame the unique face of this creature.
I was so lost in his face that I barely noticed he grabbed my foot to pull it out of the thick coiled tree roots. I slowly found my footing despite my right foot aching in pain.
He seemed frozen too, but his face was in a more panicked state. My flashlight bathed us both in a yellow light for a moment, before the boy turned around and ran away.
I didn't chase him this time.
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*click*
"Um, this is Zia Atreya, paranormal investigator. The date is September 19 20XX, it's 7am. So I did.. technically, succeed in my mission, and I now know who was following me. It's the quiet loner that sits behind me who covers his face, uh Theodore, i think it was? I'm going to hopefully confront him at school today. My foot still aches, but it's not that bad. And my parents didn't hear me sneak back in the house, so yay me. Okay, uh, be back with my update, bye."
*click*
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pixelatedraindrops · 10 months ago
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RAINCODE COMIC COLLAB~☔️
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BEHOLD THE FRUITS OF MY LABOR!!
3 full weeks of work and its finally completed!
So @kazinsblog and I did another raincode art collab together but this one was a HUGE project! This one's a full 18 page comic!
Idk if you all remember the comic idea that Kazin was planning to do that involved Yuma overworking himself until he gets sick and then gets tended to by everyone else. But when I saw it, I decided to ask her if she was willing to possibly collaborate on it, remaking it where she sketched it and I colored it.
Kazin's Beta images: 1 2 3 4
So here's the results of all that work. We've been at this since December 17th so this has been an almost full month collaboration. And of course mine's a bit more altered to my own style as well as adding my own touches and making it a little more whumpy/extreme... X'D I also freehand drew shinigami in my version as well.
Both our versions look pretty different! The only thing that are the same are the poses. So feel free to check out Kazin's traditional version as well!
Since its an 18 page comic, I decided to put it under a keep reading so it won't clutter everyone's timelines. Also, I will be narrating the pages because I love narrating sick filler type stories. So brace yourself for a VERY LOOONG post!! Def need time to read this one! (and no purple tinted filters here this time!)
Also note: If the writing is blue, it means the character is thinking, just like in the game! :)
And I apologize on the inconsistency of Yuma's bangs... I thought it was one way before so half of the comic he looks like he has square bangs... oof XD I fix it around page 10
ANYWAY, hope you enjoy this soft buffet, Raincode Community! 🌡️💕
(Page 1)
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Our story begins on an ordinary day in Kanai Ward. Rainy gloomy and depressing as ever. Our little victim... wait... XD I mean protagonist Yuma decides to go out to investigate more about Kanai Ward to try to track down it's supposed ultimate secret. Yakou sets him off wishes him well and tells him to be careful. However, as he's out, he finds out a lot of people in the city need help. Because of his good nature and unable to turn down someone in need, he decides to help whoever he can. (the ultimate side-questing lol) Before he knows it, he's soaking wet and he had helped 10 people in total. Time passed and it was almost evening so he returns to the submarine. Yuma was completely unphased by this. (and he didn't dry himself off for 4 hours due to being occupied with tasks)
(Page 2)
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Yuma returns to the Agency's submarine to greet his chief holding his meatbun order. (that also got wet) But Yakou notices that the trainee is sopping wet to the core and shivering. He immediately loudly demands that he sit down so he can tend to him. Yuma does as he's told and sits on the checkered sofa. Yakou rushes to the shower room to grab some small towels to help him dry off. But because Yakou is so panicked, he ends up being very rough in drying Yuma, pulling his hair and causing the small boy pain. After he dries him off, he tells Yuma he isn't allowed to leave anymore for the rest of the day and demands him to rest. Yuma tries to retaliate using puppy eyes, but it doesn't work. Yakou is immune.
(Page 3)
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The next day Yuma asks Yakou if he can go out to work after he finishes his morning chores around the place looking very eager. Yakou still looks a little concerned by how tired Yuma looks, so he tells him to not go out alone. He assigns him a partner to go with the rest of the week.
On the first day he's paired with Halara. The two of them are asked to investigate the art gallery of Ginma. (maybe after the nail man case) But over time, Yuma starts developing a lingering cough that persists for quite some time. Halara asks Yuma is he's okay, to which Yuma lies saying that it's due to the dust of the room. But of course being sharp, Halara isn't buying it. But they decide to not persist him further.
On the second day, he's paired with Desuhiko. They're asked to go help out at the Aetheria Academy with another case (not murder related this time) However on the way to the school and in Ginma, Yuma starts slowing down, he's shaking and is a little wobbly. Desuhiko notices this and asks if he wants to go to the cafe for a drink. Yuma nods and as they go to the cafe and order some coffee, Yuma takes off his hat and coat and Desuhiko finally realizes how pale he looks. He's even slower at replying to him as he speaks, as if he's in a daze. Desuhiko decides to take Yuma back to the agency after this.
(Page 4)
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On Day three, he's paired with Fubuki. But he doesn't even make it to the case as when he goes to the sun and moon hotel to meet with her, Fubuki notices and points out that Yuma's face looks red. The boy clearly had a fever building. Yuma argues with her but Fubuki persists. The two of them try to go to the case but Yuma nearly collapses. So Fubuki returns him to the agency.
On the fourth day where he's supposed to be paired with Vivia he spends a majority of the day passed out. Vivia decides to watch over him using his forte to not disturb him. During the night while he's asleep, his breathing gets more labored and he's completely restless. Vivia looks at him deeply worried for his dear friend's well being.
The next morning Yuma somehow finds the strength to get himself up. Maybe that one day of rest was enough. But Yakou insists that he stays put today. Angrily yelling at him to be still and take today off as well.
Meanwhile, a certain two seem to notice each other...
(Page 5)
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Vivia's spirit notices Shinigami and decides to give her a warning. Make sure Yuma listens to Yakou and doesn't leave. Giving her the iciest glare, Shinigami fearfully agrees.
But this effort would be for naught, despite how he feels, Yuma's relentless determination forces himself up, putting on his rain attire and heads up the steps of the sub to the outside when Yakou isn't looking. Shinigami does what she can to stop him, but he doesn't listen...and Shinigami being a ghost, there was nothing she could do to physically hold him back. All she could do was follow, and prepare for the inevitable.
By some miracle he makes it to the church, up the stairs to speak to the nun. Who tells him to play therapy again for the townsfolk. He nods and heads to his first client. But when he returns to kamasaki to speak to him, he can barely make out what he's saying as he lets out a few more coughs.
Once he leaves the client, before long, Yuma could hear something in his body snap.
(Note: I direct most of the story, but Vivia conversing with Shinigami in spirit mode was actually Kazin's idea! So credit to her for that, So silly and fun! ^^)
(Page 6)
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Yuma's body had finally reached it's limit. All the fatigue, chills and body aches had hit him all at once at full force like armed weaponry. His head began throbbing, he was shaking violently and uncontrollably, he felt nauseated by the rain's smell, and his body heat and the lingering dizziness was unbearable. He found a safe corner in the alleyway of Kamasaki to collapse. Telling Shinigami she was right and he should have listened to her, while the burning fever and cold rain wrecked his delicate frame even further. His voice was hardly audible, but Shinigami still heard and practically tells him to go back. But Yuma had no strength left...
Then like clockwork as they finish speaking, he could hear his name called. At first it sounded kind and questionable. But that rapidly changed, the voice now angrily yelling out his full name. As he looked up this voice belonged to...Yakou. He looks down at the boy in pure disappointment and anger.
Turns out a certain someone was tailing him. And alerted Yakou what happened just in time.
(Note: I make the red darker the more extreme the temperature and lighter the less extreme. I got to experiment with all sorts of new ways to color fevers hehe~ >w<)
(Page 7)
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Yuma shockingly looks up at Yakou. Oh no, he was so BUSTED! Shinigami even says as much. Yakou practically scoops Yuma in his arms carrying him back to the agency. As he was lifted Yuma's world begun spinning. He could barely hear the chief nagging him in a panicked tone. It was all distorted and it was making his head hurt more. Yakou placed a hand to his cheek and was shocked by how hot it felt. All Yuma could do was apologize and hope his world stops spinning and that Yakou eventually stops yelling... (also I put numbers for the order to read the speech bubbles in)
Upon returning to the agency, Yakou dries Yuma off, asks Desuhiko to give him a warm set of clothes to borrow and put him to his own bed. Grabbing a basin of very cold water, washcloths and a digital thermometer. He placed one of the wet cold cloths under his bangs and upon reading the boy's temperature, it was high. Almost high enough to visit the ER. Yakou was even more mad, but speaks in a non yelling tone. Giving Yuma another stern warning to not leave the bed. To which Yuma weakly agrees to.
But Yakou's back to yelling again, feeling paranoid Yuma would be missing by the time he gets back from getting the supplies. So he drills that message right into the boy's already throbbing head once more. Everyone else in the office awkwardly listen in as the sick trainee gets scolded.
(Note: Just an FYI, Yuma's speech bubbles being wavy is a sign his voice is raspy and the text being a bit hard to read means his voice is hardly audible)
(Page 8)
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Yakou leaves Yuma alone and walks into the office in his raincoat telling the other detectives that he'll be leaving soon and to watch over Yuma in his absence and NOT let him leave. He is so full of anger and anxiety that he yells at all of them too.
Everyone agrees and as Yakou leaves, they all discuss among themselves Yuma's state the days they were partners with him. He was in bad shape. And he only got worse as the days went by. They all knew.
(Page 9)
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Meanwhile back in Yakou's quarters, Yuma was getting lectured yet again. This time by his death god partner, Shinigami. The poor trainee only wanted peace and quiet to make the pain in his head go away, using what little energy he has remaining speaking in his head he tried telling her to stop.
But the aggravated spirit persisted, saying that as his mentor she had the right to scold him just as much as Yakou. She continued her rant, until an abrupt sound from her master shut her up.
The few coughs that came from Yuma eventually erupted into a full blown coughing fit. The coughs sounding more wet, rough and serious. After coughing 10 to 15 times in a row Yuma was exhausted. Shinigami looked down at him panting with concern and pity in her eyes. She decided to stop the lecture for his sake.
After the fit, Yuma was left raggedly breathing. As Shinigami gave him her permission to rest and take it easy, he didn't answer. He couldn't. That fit completely mangled his throat. He was not able to speak vocally or in thought process anymore due to his head being in too much pain. As was the rest of his body, aching and burning. So he didn't answer her. All he could do was hope sleep would eventually take hold of him to make all this awful heat and pain stop even if for a just moment.
(Note: That's the penalty Yuma... x'D Sorry I gotta make him suffer lol. Also this is the only page that’s actually read left to right. I messed that up, sorry!!)
(Page 10)
After some time passed it was time for the Master Detectives to all take part in taking care of Yuma. The whole agency had a day off to do this. So upon his return, Yakou instructs everyone to look after Yuma in 2 hour shifts through the day. Even if it was just to watch him sleep. He couldn't be left alone.
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Halara was first. Their task was to help Yuma take the medicine that was bought. There were three types of medicine for him to take. Antibiotics (white pills) for the general illness symptoms, painkillers (red and white pills) for the headache/fever, and finally...cough syrup. (aka his least favorite... XD) Halara made sure to be very gentle with Yuma propping him upward as his whole body was burning and he was very shaky. He even had trouble drinking the water, so Halara had to get a mug instead so they could help him drink it by holding the handle, and using the other hand to support his back. Despite the struggle, Halara worked diligently to complete their task as a caretaker in full. (as for who paid them to do this...idk I'll leave that to your imagination XD)
(The cough syrup idea was inspired by this fic :3)
Desuhiko had the second shift and the whole time he was waiting for his turn, he was writing a song for Yuma. Having the delusion that his angelic voice would lul the sick boy to sleep, he played his guitar and began singing. Yuma's headache did improve enough to speak in his head now, but that wouldn't last, as the loud noises from the guitar made his head pound even further with every strum. Shinigami begs for the noise to cease fire on her poor eardrums, but Yuma doesn't have it in him to stop Desuhiko. The gesture was kind so he decided to try to listen to the whole song, despite the noise. He does eventually tell him to stop though (using hand gestures) when another song comes afterward. So then the two spend their time conversing for a bit, (though desuhiko does more of the talking as yuma just nods or makes small noises/hand gestures due to his throat still hurting too much to talk) Desuhiko even telling him he could keep the sweater and shorts he had lent to him. To which Yuma softly smiles at him as a thank you before he eventually falls asleep again.
Fubuki has the third shift, and her task was to feed Yuma the warm vegetable soup that was bought earlier and that Halara had just finished making, along with Fubuki's help. She volunteers to feed him as she remembers a time she was ill as a child in the clockford mansion and one of her servants tended to her, feeding her soup just the same. Unfortunately, because this was a memory of her early childhood, she repeats similar phrases as the servant did when she was feeding Yuma, who was clearly not a small child. Yuma's fever had dropped enough to where he could find a bit of strength to try and sit up on his own now, and his once mangled throat’s condition had improved for him to speak a little bit. As he listened to Fubuki's rambling he tries to play along with her despite the whole thing being a bit embarrassing for someone his age. At least the soup was nice and warm. It felt good going down his very sore throat.
(Funny Fact: The order that Yuma is both partnered and tended to by each detective, is the same order as the chapters in game he's partnered with them LOL)
(Page 11)
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It was evening, and now it was Vivia's turn to take the fourth and final shift. At first he was just going to sit and watch Yuma while he read his book quietly, but Yakou suggested that he read one of his books out loud to Yuma to help him relax better like a bedtime story. Vivia was unsure at first, as he's never read to anyone before. But he decided to give it a try. He asks Yuma what his preference in literature is before he starts, and Yuma tells him he enjoys detective novels the most. So he pulls out the novel that was in his reading list and begins to read it out loud to him. Turns out he was quite a natural at narrating, and his slow voice was very soothing. Yuma felt so relaxed that he felt like he would fall asleep any minute, but he tries to stay awake to listen to the story a bit more. Shinigami however, conks out immediately. (fyi: yes this is the novel Vivia talks about in his final gumshoe gab. I tried to make up stuff based on it.. X'D)
Once the clock strikes 9pm and night falls, the Master Detectives all wish Yuma well and leave to return to the hotel to retire for the night. It was just Yakou and Yuma now. Yakou, who had just come back from another errand, walks over to Yuma who was now fast asleep. He looked a little better so Yakou removed the towel from his forehead and places his hand onto it. It still felt warm but no longer as hot as it did hours ago. Meaning he was out of the danger zone, much to Yakou's relief. He places the towel back in the water basin wringing it out and re-applying it to his forehead. Then he lets out a yawn. He was pretty tired. He decides that instead of sleeping in the office on one of the sofas, he'd stay by Yuma's side. His removes his jacket, goes and turns off the overhead lights, sits down and places his head down on his desk. Then after telling the sleeping trainee goodnight he turns off the small light by his desk.
OKAY FUN FACT: The comic WAS going to end here going on to the final page... Buuut~ We were STARVING for some good ol' Yakou Fathero :3 So... Enjoy these bonus 6 pages of Yakou having a shift of his own to look after Yuma in the middle of the night. And its the longest shift.
This ones for you Yakou Fathero fans! Eat your fill!
(I know we sure did :3)
Also I apologize if the lighting here is inaccurate ;w; I tried my best I'm no pro LOL
(Page 12)
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A little past midnight, Yuma was stirring in his sleep. Making all sorts of groaning sounds as if he was in pain. He was likely having a nightmare. This is confirmed by his eyes suddenly opening and him violently flinging himself up screaming, and the cold cloth flying off his forehead.
This sound wakes Yakou up immediately as he puts his glasses back on asking Yuma if he's okay. He flicks the light by his desk on to check on him. Yuma's found shaking with tears in his eyes stating quietly that it was just a dream. Yakou sympathizes with Yuma as fever dreams were usually not fun, but a fever NIGHTMARE was always bad. The chief offers the shaking trainee some water to try to help him settle down.
(FYI: Shinigami is going to be absent from this part of the story because I think her banter and antics would ruin the fluff, so she'll just be lurking above in the shelf like a cat the whole time.)
(Page 13)
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Yuma accepts the water practically snatching it from Yakou's hands and quickly gulping it down. Yakou tells him to pace himself not wanting him to choke. Once he exhales from the water drink, Yuma sheepishly apologizes for waking Yakou up with his scream, feeling like a burden. Yakou reassures him it's okay and decides to ask him the question of why he pushed himself this far while he was still awake. Hard enough to make himself sick. Why did he do it?
Yuma was surprised by this but decides to try to tell him. He hands the water glass back and began talking. Under his raspy voice and somewhat heavy breathing, he says that he wanted to be useful as he felt like a burden to everyone since he lost his memory. He also says that he likes helping others and that it feels familiar to him. Determined to try to unlock a core memory of his past he kept doing this, even to the point of pushing his limits.
Then he suddenly stopped speaking...
(Page 14)
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...aaand cue the coughing fit. Yuma's throat got scratchy and irritated after his long explanation, causing him to cough about 5/8 times in a row. Not as bad as his previous fit but it was more than enough to startle and worry Yakou.
Yakou quickly hands Yuma the water glass he had just taken from him hoping it would soothe his throat. He tells him that helping others is a good thing but he shouldn't push himself to the point that his health gets affected. Yuma quietly nods and as he sips the water still shaking, Yakou feels bad and decides to apologize to him for being harsh before. Stating that he only lost his temper because he was scared and worried for him. He also places his hand to Yuma's cheek in both comfort and to check his temperature. It felt slightly warmer than a few hours ago.
Yuma quietly apologizes to Yakou for worrying him, still holding the water glass. Yakou forgives him. Then he takes the glass from him and then the towel that fell off Yuma's forehead. He grabs a fresh one and soaks it in the basin wringing it out and places it back on the trainee’s forehead unintentionally a bit roughly. Yuma groans and shivers a little from the cold of it.
Yakou then lies Yuma back down, tucking him back in trying to make him comfortable. But his actions were a bit too comforting. He was not meaning to in any way and he wasn't sure what came over him, but he was treating Yuma like a little kid. Yuma notices and feels a little embarrassed by it, but decides to only say it in his head.
Yakou decides to do one more thing before he lets him go back to sleep.
(Note: Hey far as anyone's concerned Yuma, you are practically his BABY when you are having a sick day, so deal with it hehehe :3c)
(Page 15)
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Temperature taking page time :D (my favorite, teehee! I know some cultures and in anime they take the temperature under the arm, but there's just something so endearing and adorable about a sickie with a thermometer in their mouth <3 OKAY MY RAMBLING ASIDE...)
Yakou is now a bit concerned that Yuma's fever spiked again after that little harsh coughing fit so he decides to take his temperature one more time before letting Yuma go to sleep again. Yuma obliges and goes along with it opening his mouth as the device is inserted.
After 15 seconds the device beeps and Yakou takes it out. Yuma shyly pulls the duvet up to his face and hides as he meekly asks if its any better feeling a little nervous. Yakou responds that it is better than it was the first time, where it was a dangerous degree.
However, he still wasn't out of the woods yet. The fever was still there and although it went down, it was still in the red. Yakou states that he's still feverish to which Yuma just apologizes. Poor thing just wants this to be over, he really doesn't want to trouble anyone anymore.
(sorry yuma I can't let you off that easily hehe 😈)
(also yes I put an instruction manual for how the thermometer works, I am so obsessed that I even give the thermometer lore LMAO. Sorry if I'm inaccurate in any of those readings. I used google... ^^;)
(Page 16)
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Yakou places the thermometer back on the desk and tells Yuma to go to sleep. Saying the fever will likely break by morning. To which Yuma states that he's in Yakou's bed and that he should return to the checkered sofa so his boss could sleep, attempting to try getting up. But Yakou puts a hand on his shoulder stopping him and denies this and says his desk is fine and that Yuma needed the bed more than him.
He also says that if Yuma had another bad dream that he would be there for him. Yuma smiles at Yakou quietly thanking him as he's tucked back into the duvet. Yakou pats it gently telling the trainee to close his eyes.
It isn't long before Yuma is back to being fast asleep. (and shinigami too)
Yakou monologues to himself for a bit groaning at how much trouble this small detective has been for him since he showed up. But then he switches his tune and places a hand to Yuma's head petting it softly. He says he's happy he's working hard for the sake of his memories but right now he needs to work on getting better. Saying it would help everyone in the agency if he wanted to help people.
He wishes him well continuing to pet his head for a bit longer to soothe him before going back to sleep himself turning the light off again.
(Page 17)
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2 hours later, Yuma was stirring and whining in his sleep once again. Yakou groggily wakes up wiping his tired eyes upon hearing the soft noises the small trainee was uttering. And he was crying again. Can only be one thing: Another nightmare.
Instead of turning the light on to wake him up, Yakou moves his chair close to him sitting at his side. Not saying a single word. (cept in his head lol) He reaches his hand for Yuma's as it twitches and he takes hold of it gently.
Yakou eventually leans on the bed as he does so and falls asleep sitting up again. Yuma's groaning and and heavy breathing begin to settle down a little as he felt Yakou's presence close by.
Then he smiles as he closes his hand in his sleep holding Yakou's hand back, leaning a bit close to it. He felt safe again... <3
(Note: This poor thing has way too much trauma... ;w; I headcanon that he's prone to night terrors on occasion, but when he gets a fever, its even WORSE. Fevers do be messing with your head... x3)
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The next morning when Yakou wakes up, he checks on Yuma. He still felt slightly warm but he looked much better. Seemed the worst was over and it would likely last just one more day.
When he's fully awake and at his desk, Desuhiko shows up asking Yakou if Yuma's okay and offered to wake him up. Yakou denies it saying Yuma needed one more day of rest, the fever may have been only slight now, but in the rain it would rise again easily.
Desuhiko agrees and declares that he's going to work hard today. Likely to make up for Yuma's absence. Yakou teases him and the two have a bit of a banter.
Yuma meanwhile is asleep peacefully. Still having a slight red tint to his cheeks, but he's able to sleep a lot easier now. His fever was slowly but surely breaking. (now in the yellow) Shinigami sleeps beside him, making sure she protects him from any nightmares in yakou's absence. (after all only SHE can give her master nightmares)
He wakes up fully recovered the following morning thanking everyone for taking such good care of him, and he makes sure to not push himself anymore. And continues searching for the city's ultimate secret while pacing himself to help others from now on.
THE END ❤️
(I practically made this into a sickfic in its own right... XD)
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Thanks for reading!! Hope you enjoyed!! This is just a little artist credit page I made for Kazin and I c: Also art semi-face reveal?? xD Kinda?? Idk lol (we just two gals that like our sick comfort haha x3)
Anyway thank you again Kazin for doing this with me!! It was hard work but it was a blast and the final result came out amazing. Its surely a project I will cherish forever~ 💜🩷✨🌡️
A wholesome story to start 2024 on a good note.
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fazedlight · 1 year ago
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“IT’S OKAY, SPIKE!” Kara shouted, flying alongside the panicked dragon. “Easy, easy boy- OOF.”
An unwitting thrash of the dragon’s tail sideswept Kara in the air, causing her to tumble as he continued to rip ahead. 
“Supergirl,” came Lena’s voice in her ear. “Are you still there?”
“Yep,” Kara said, halting her fall to the Earth, surging back up into the sky and heading again towards the dragon. “Have you figured out why he’s upset yet?”
“We detected a disruption in spacetime. If he freaked out during Crisis last year, he may be sensitive to-”
“Another crisis?!” Kara said, nearly caught up to the dragon.
“Unlikely, Brainy is investigating the cause.”
Kara didn’t respond as she finally flanked Spike’s side, shouting words at him in an attempt to soothe - not that it was working all that well.
“Have you tried beef jerky?” came an amused voice behind her.
Kara startled, rotating in the air to see another figure, flying just a few yards away. In the dark sky, she could make out a… woman, a white supersuit, a red cape, short-cropped light hair. It was mid-turn that Kara realized there was a small bag hurling in her direction. Kara instinctively reached out to grab it, seeing Original Beef Jerky on the label. 
“Who are you?” Kara shouted, glancing back up.
“You don’t recognize me?” the stranger smirked.
“Should I?”
“My name,” the blonde said, “Is Kara Zor-L.”
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It didn’t take long for Spike to calm down after that. A couple of bites of jerky, and the dragon amiably landed on the ground, seeming to physically shake off his nerves before shrinking back down into a peaceful iguana. Alana was relieved to have her pet back.
Kara eyed the new blonde warily, but this other Kara didn’t seem concerned. “I’ve been dealing with a brainwashed Legion member,” the other woman explained. “He threw me out of my universe. I need to get back there.”
“So the multiverse is back,” Lena said over comms, listening on to Kara’s conversation with… Kara. “Bring her to the Tower, Brainy and I can try to help her.”
Kara looked up. “Alright… Kara,” she said awkwardly-
“My Earth name is Karen,” the blonde responded.
Kara nodded. Thank Rao, this’ll be less confusing. “Alright, Karen. Let’s get you back to the team.”
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“So you’re… Power Girl,” Lena said, eyeing the much older kryptonian. “And you were able to grow up on Krypton?”
“It’s a long story,” Karen said with a shrug. “When do you think you’ll be able to send me back to my Earth?”
“Just a few hours,” Lena said. “Brainy’s making some equipment modifications.”
“Looking forward to getting home,” Karen said. “Cat will be annoyed.”
“Wow,” Kara said with a laugh. “Different timelines, but somehow we both work for Cat Grant.”
Karen tilted her head towards Kara as her brow crinkled - Lena couldn’t help but think of how strangely familiar her expression was. “I suppose she would be a little old for you,” Karen mulled.
“Old?” Kara asked.
Karen smirked. “Cat is my wife.”
“Oh,” Kara squeaked, as Lena's heart skipped a beat.
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“That’s not suspicious to the press at all?” Lena said. “You and Cat living on opposite sides of the country?”
Conversation had wandered - from Karen’s Starrware Labs and her development of environmental nanobot technology, to her superhero antics as Power Girl, to her marriage. Lena hadn’t missed how Kara’s cheeks turned bright pink with the mention of Karen’s love life, and how she took every excuse to duck out of the room to check on Brainy’s progress. 
But now Kara was back, and pacing, and nervous - and somehow that only seemed to amuse Karen.
“We’re good at privacy,” Karen said. “Though I’m opening a branch of Starrware Labs in National City, so soon this’ll be less of a pain in the ass anyway. It’ll be nice to be able to attend Carter’s baseball games without suspicion.”
“Carter?” Lena asked. “I guess Cat was previously married on your Earth, too.”
“The media went nuts when we started dating,” Karen smirked. “America’s Power Bisexuals. Ironic headlines, considering they don’t know I’m Power Girl.”
“You’re bi,” Lena asked curiously, noting again how Kara seemed flushed.
Karen shrugged. “Bi, pan, whatever. Sexuality in Krypton’s society was considered fluid.”
“What?” Kara said, confusion overriding her new shyness. “That sounds like Daxam, not Krypton.”
“What’s Daxam?” Karen asked.
Kara stared at Karen for a moment. “I’m… going to check on Brainy again,” she said, making her way out the room. 
Lena curiously watched after her, before turning back to Karen - who seemed to be far too amused at what was transpiring. Lena shifted in her seat, another curiosity coming to mind. “What’s my life like on your Earth?”
Karen shrugged. “You’re a powerhouse. Married to another tech genius, some Jack guy. It’s rumored you’re in an open relationship, you spend a lot of time with the Obsidian CEO.”
“Oh,” Lena said.
“Is something going on between you two?” Karen asked Lena, gesturing at where Kara went through to the door.
“No.”
“Do you want something to be going on?”
Lena was going to rebuff, the words of course not ready to fall from her lips. But something stopped her. Maybe the familiar crinkle in the stranger’s brow, maybe the fact that the blonde was imminently about to leave the universe entirely. “I don’t think that’s a possibility,” Lena said regretfully.
“Why not?”
Lena shrugged. “Kara’s straight in this world.”
“Are you sure?” Karen said, her eyes seeming to dance with the almost familiar smile, last observed when Kara convinced Lena to buy an entire tub of ice cream. Lena couldn’t help but laugh, as much as the reality of the situation made her heart ache. 
But before she could formulate a response, they could hear the patter of footsteps coming back. “It’s ready,” Kara said, nodding in Karen’s direction. “Brainy says you can go home.”
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Karen departed for her Earth - and normalcy resumed, as Lena and Kara crashed on Lena’s couch, consuming their late dinner from Chinese takeout containers.
Lena looked over at the blonde, who seemed… still unusually quiet, seemingly pensive. “Is it odd?” Lena asked gently. “Hearing about a different Krypton?”
“Yeah,” Kara said, pulling her legs up onto the couch. “It makes me wonder…”
“Wonder?”
“She’s just… very confident,” Kara murmured, staring down at her chopsticks.
“She’s older,” Lena shrugged. “Seen more.”
“I think even if I were a decade or two older, Cat would still eat me alive,” Kara smiled.
“Maybe,” Lena laughed.
A pause. “We’re… similar in other ways,” Kara said softly.
“Oh?” Lena said, her heart skipping a beat.
Kara shifted awkwardly, finally glancing up at Lena. “I overheard something she said. Her talking about you and Jack. And… Andrea.”
“It wasn’t that surprising,” Lena replied slowly, her heart pattering as she realized that Kara might be… trying to assess the situation. Which gave her the bravery to be a bit more forthcoming. “Andrea and I were together in high school.”
“Oh,” Kara said. And for a moment, silence fell again.
“Lena-” “Kara-”
The two looked up, each noting that the other had a blush crawling across her face, each feeling the vibration of possibility flowing between them. “Could we…” Kara started. “Could we be more?”
“If you want us to be,” Lena said, a small smile growing on her face.
Kara’s eyes widened, before a grin crossed her own face. “I’d like that,” she said.
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A month later, a small portal temporarily opened up in Karen Starr’s office. She didn’t notice at the time - she was far too busy making out with her wife - but she did find the note left behind: 
“You were right. Thank you. - LL”
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juppl · 2 months ago
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𝕳𝖔𝖒𝖊𝖜𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝕭𝖔𝖚𝖓𝖉
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A Silver x F!Reader Tale (High Fantasy AU) |Prologue| |Part 1| |Part 2|
What if… the boy in your dreams became the princess that needed saving.
Prologue
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Another hot summer’s night graced the Queendom of Roses as a bustling street of music and laughter filled the air in celebration of a wealthy merchant’s return. A loud booming laugh rung through the tavern walls as men and women clinked glasses after just finishing another round of booze. “A good haul—best haul if I do say so myself!” A drunken man cheered as I he wrapped his arm around a tavern girl’s waist. “Aye! How could you call it that, this is an absolute blessing. After this trade, our descendants will be knee deep in our own riches to come!” A rowdy woman chimed in as she playfully nudged the man.
“Exactly! That’s why we can’t just stop here, we’ll travel even further! To the Shaftlands even!” A large bearded man exclaimed as he excitedly pointed to his map that had been laid crossed the table. The group of merchants and townsfolk cheered happily at the thought of even more possible wealth to come their way.
“YEAH!!”
“Yeah..!” A small shout interrupted their celebration causing them to glance around for the source. “Think of all the treasure we could find at the Coral Sea too—!” The childlike voice chimed again, small hands desperately reaching towards the top of the table to help the young girl up, this drawing the attention of the now surprised drunken folk. “(Y-Y/n)?!” The bearded man yelped before hastily scooping the little girl up and away from any drops of alcohol.
“Hey! I wanna look too!” You fussed as you began to repetitively beat at the old man’s arms and chest. A string of groans and laughs could be heard from behind as you were carried away up the tavern stairs. “Learn to keep her away from the adults.” “Be a better father why don’t’ya and keep a better eye on her!” They laughed and teased before returning back to their drinking and crude activities.
“Damn it (Y/n) what did I tell you about leaving your room past your bedtime—why aren’t you sleeping at your bedtime?!”
“I wanna be a pirate just like you! Argh Argh Argh!” You laughed maniacally as you jumped onto your bed while throwing your pillow at your father. He only sighed tiredly in response as he shoved the pillow back your way, knocking your small frame down easily. “I’m not a pirate I told you. I’m a merchant, they’re two different things little one.” “Nope!” You bounced back up again. “Daddy! I wanna go travel with you and get rich too! I wanna see the worldddd with you daddy!” You outstretched your arms to exaggerate the subject, causing you to fall back onto the bed.
The large man could only laugh at your antics, scooping you back up to toss you in the air. “Is that right? My strong little girl wants to become a merchant just like her father!” He happily shouted as he brought you back down to hug tightly. “But being a merchant is hard work, why not stay here at the tavern and help your mother. She needs her little knight to protect her from all the bad men when I’m gone for work.” He sighed as he began to tuck you in for bed for the second time tonight. But to his dismay, you jumped up again, banging your head against his in annoyance. “Oof—!!”
“I don’t wanna be a knight!! I’m not a boy! I wanna be a rich princess in a big castle with lots of food!” You exclaimed as your hands shot up assertively. Your father only hissed in pain, before trying to calm your restless attitude once again. “Not all knights are men you know, some are really strong women as well—“ “But I want to be a princess!” You shot back angrily before being forcefully tucked back into bed… again. “Yes yes, a princess. My strong, beautiful, princess. But to be a strong and beautiful princess, you’ll need all of your energy for the days to come. So, why don’t you head to bed so you can wake up in time for your mother’s big breakfast okay?” You simply nodded, growing a bit more tired as your eyes were feeling heavier with each passing second that went by.
This was alright, you’d get to see that pretty girl in your dreams anyways so it was a win-win in your opinion. Going to bed to see your best friend then waking up to be a rich princess was all you could ask for. Soon, you allowed your consciousness to drift away into your familiar dreamland. “Goodnight little one.”
.・゜゜・  ・゜゜・.
“Princess!” You shouted as you ran towards the young (girl?) inside your dreams. Your small hands took hers in their own. “I missed you! Today my daddy got a lot of money from his work so now we’re gonna be rich!” You exclaimed as you basically bounced in joy. The other little child could only smile awkwardly at your rather eccentric behavior. “Um, that’s nice I suppose. B-But why am I princess?” They asked in a soft tone that seemed a bit shy. You only blinked in response momentarily before clasping their hands tightly.
“Because you’re as pretty as one! And all girls should be princesses because they all deserve to be happy and rich. Especially you, because you’re my best friend!” You happily shouted as you danced with their hands in your own still. A small rosy tint enveloped their cheeks at your explanation as they tried to keep up with your movements. “I-I’m not a girl though…” They whimpered out shyly almost seeming to be embarrassed by admitting the fact of their gender. This leaving you stunned and absolutely shell shocked.
“You’re not a girl!? B-But you’re so pretty! Look at your pretty long silver hair! And your pretty eyes! And you’re shorter than me too!” You frantically tried to make reason of the situation, mostly to yourself. Now knowing that your dream friend that you’ve been seeing for a while was in fact NOT another little girl left you embarrassed yourself. The little boy huffed at your reasonings and swatted your hands away, “my hair isn’t that much longer than yours, a-and my father says that I’ll grow up to be a strong young man that’ll be taller than him!” You scoffed at his claims, thinking it impossible on how this short boy could ever surpass your own height now. “Yeah right! You’re as dainty as a girl, calling you princess wouldn’t be a stretch even if you are a boy.” You teased which cause him to flare his cheeks up a bit. “Yeah well at least I’m closer to being one than you! You look and act even more like a boy than me! No way you could be a princess.” He huffed in response, little to his knowledge this shattered your world and sent you into a downwards spiral…
.・゜゜・  ・゜゜・.
“(Y/n)!! Come down and help me, stop hiding away in your room so late in the morning!” Your mother called out for you as she tried to handle the busy tavern’s morning rush. You begrudgingly dragged your feet down the steps, earning a few laughs and teasing comments at your drowsy state. “If it isn’t sleeping beauty, or might I say sleeping burly with how much of a man you’re looking today.” Your older aunt Rosemary cackled at her own joke, as if finding herself the most amusing thing around here. “Leave her be, you’re just going to upset her already tired mood.” Your mother frowned as she bumped her sister with her hip while she passed by. “Yeah when are you going to stop with the man jokes, don’t you know they get old after the first three times?” You grumbled back as you grabbed at any random booze you spotted first.
“Really?! Drinking this early? You haven’t even eaten anything yet!” Your mother howled in disbelief, clutching her heart as if she were in pain. She was always one for the dramatics, but caring nonetheless. “It’s fine, I’m just a little hot. Need something to cool me off.” But to your dismay, the bottle was snatched right from your fingertips leading to a long sigh. “Alright alright, I’m eating see. Bread, in my hands.” You said tiredly as you grabbed at a slice of toast from your aunt’s plate. “Good, then help me take some orders. Customers are coming in by the minute.” You responded with a hum as you took more off of your aunt’s plate, not as if it mattered to how she paid more attention to her mug of booze. “Best get to cleaning too, I’ve seen that one hogging that table as a bed for quite some time.” Aunt Rose gestured towards a small table that was surprisingly occupied by only one man. Poor thing probably already got robbed by now.
After scarfing down one last egg, you tied your apron tighter around your waist before making your way towards him. “Hey we don’t give naps for free, you want a bed you gotta pay for one.” You scoffed as you nudged him with the end of a broom. To no avail did he seem to wake up or stir though, weird, was he dead? Curious, you gently rolled him to the side a bit before jumping back from a startled yelp. The cloaked man that was once sleeping jolted violently from his slumber and yelped in surprise from being moved so suddenly. His shocked aurora eyes meeting yours in the process. You thought they were… pretty?
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amelia-acero · 5 months ago
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Hi, my name is Amelia and this my first time writing in very long minute, but I got inspired by the lovely @thefallennightmare , she’s become my favorite writers on this app, with all that being said, someone requested a head canon of the reader having a cryptic pregnancy, she wrote out the head canon and it reminded me so much of my best friend going through that too. I got inspired by it and decided to put my spin in it. So without further ado, please enjoy. I’m gonna use character names, but please feel free to use your own preferred names.
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“Oof, damn it that hurt.” Anya whispered to herself, rubbing her back from the most recent cramp out of many for the day.
She was folding up the merch table and boxes of unsold merch from the most recent Bad Omens concert, they were currently in their last show of the tour in Sacramento and we’re all getting ready to head back to their homes. Half in Los Angeles, including her and the other half in Virginia.
“Is your back still hurting darling?” she heard a familiar voice ask. She turned around and saw Noah standing there, looking at her with concern in his eyes.
“Yeah, but this time it felt stronger than the others and now it’s coming every 30 minutes and lasts about five minutes.”
”Would you listen to me if I told you to head to urgent care and get yourself checked out?”
She shook her head while folding up the last box of tshirts.
”I already know what they’re going to say, ‘You have irregular periods, ma’am, It’s just probably your period coming in again.’”
Noah just nodded, after working with them and being on tour with them since their album Finding God, Before God Finds Me came out, they had gotten to know each other and began to really know each other after being in a relationship for almost two years. Noah took the box that Anya was holding and helped put it in the truck where their equipment and merch was being held.
“Come on, let’s get back inside and I’ll make you chamomile tea to soothe your cramps. When did they start?” Noah took off the jacket that he was wearing and put it around Anya’s shoulders, knowing that when she had cramps the cold never did her any favors.
Anya nodded and pulled his jacket closer to her body, while slightly admiring Noah’s body. Something about Noah after a concert always made her want him, but sadly tonight was not going to be one of those nights.
”They started around noon, but only recently they started coming in slightly quicker.”
They reached the door of the tour bus and went inside where the rest of the band was waiting for them.
“We ready to head home?” Matt asked.
Everyone on the bus cheered and loud music began to play from hip-hop to rap to country anything the boys could use to celebrate going home after a long 11 months of back to back tours across North America, South America, Europe and Japan with Bring Me The Horizon, Sleep Token, and Dayseeker. Everyone was more than ready to be back home, none more than Anya; she wanted nothing more to sleep off her cramps and just get enough rest before going through festival season all through California. Noah went to the kitchen part of the bus and poured a water bottle into the kettle, and turned it on. Once the water was ready, he poured the water in a mug and put the tea bag in the mug, and carefully handed it to Anya. She let the boys enjoy festivities and went to the back of the bus and closed the door to get some peace and quiet, drinking the tea Noah had made. After about 3 hours into the drive, she woke up and found that the rest of the bus had quieted down and possibly had fallen asleep. She however was not feeling anymore peaceful and in fact was feeling worse.
“Ahh fuck.” She whispered to herself.
She tried to stand up and sat back down again, the pain being worse than before. She was no longer able to fully stand on her own. Another cramp passed through her and unlike the ones before, this was intense. Anya wrapped her arms around herself and the pain caused her to groan, she tried her best to be quiet to not disturb the guys in case they were asleep. After what felt like forever, she felt someone else’s presence, Anya looked up and saw Noah look at her with concern and fear. He knelt down and tried to sit her up, but instead she just slumped her head on his shoulder.
“Ok, for once this time can you please listen to me when I tell you that I’m going to tell Matt to stop the bus so we can go to the ER. This is way past urgent care at this point.” He said, cradling her head in his hand
”Noah, I promise that I’m fine. It’s just my period about to start.” She said, trying not to worry him.
He gave her a look that clearly said he didn’t believe her for one minute.
“Darling, I’ve seen you on your period, this is way beyond that. Stay here , I’m going to check if Matt or Bryan are awake to help us.”
Noah got up and left the back, after about a long 10 minutes, he came back with Matt, if he was asleep before, he clearly wasn’t anymore after taking one look at Anya.
“Holy Fuck, how long have you been like this?” Matt asked
”I’ve been feeling shitty all day, but it just started feeling worse about almost two hours ago.” Anya said.
Matt knelt down and to get his arm around her.
”Alright man, let’s get her up.” Matt said.
Noah and Matt stood on either side of her and put her arms around their shoulders. As soon as she was up, Anya gasped and felt something warm and wet trickling down her legs. She looked down and saw that her sweats were soaked. Whatever pain she felt was now intensified by tenfold. She bent over and fell back on the floor when the next cramp started again, this one almost causing her to yell out loud.
“Oh fuck, I’ll go tell the driver to drive to the closest hospital, I think were in Fresno right now.” Matt said.
Everyone started to look out their bunks and saw Anya laying on the floor with Noah right at her side. After that everyone immediately woke up and began to help in any way they could.
The bus stopped and without hesitating, Noah picked up Anya and carried her in his arms. He carried her out the bus and through the hospital doors.
”Can we get some help here?” Jolly yelled out
In an instant two nurses, one male and one female came up, and another nurse brought a gurney. Anya could no longer and started yelling out at the pain. Noah placed her on the gurney and was hesitant to let go of her hand.
“Sir, we got her and we’ll get her situated and figure out what’s going on.”
Noah nodded, but was slow to let go of her hand. Anya was wheeled into a private room, and immediately her shirt was raised exposing her abdomen.
“Ma’am we need you to stay still just long enough to see what is going on.”
Anya was writhing around in pain and screamed at the pain, but something felt different, something hard coming out of her.
”I can’t, I feel something coming out.”
The nurses looked up at each other, grabbed a scissor and cut Anya free from her sweats and underwear. The sight astonished them, they looked and saw a head crowning. From that they got a hospital gown on her and immediately moved her into a different room.
“What’s your name sweetie?” The nurse asked.
”Anastasia Mendoza, but I go by Anya.”
“Anya sweetie, I need you to listen to me very carefully, you’re having a baby sweetie and the baby is coming out now sweetie.”
At those words, the world felt like it stopped and Anya looked up at the nurse.
“That’s not possible, I’m not pregnant.”
”Sweetie, unless my eyes deceive me, this baby is ready to come out, whether you like it or not. Now, do you know who the father is and where he is?”
Anya remembered all the times she slept with Noah and realized the possibility of her being pregnant was true, they weren’t truly safe in their sexual activities, but because of her irregular periods, she thought the possibility of her getting pregnant would be slim. She looked at the nurse.
”He’s the one who carried me in the waiting room. His name is Noah Sebastian.”
She nodded and told the male nurse and began to hook her up to machines and heart rate monitors for both her and the baby, and put her feet in the stirrups.
Outside in the waiting room, Noah, Jolly, Nicholas, Folio, Matt and Bryan were all waiting on news, Noah was walking back and forth. Not knowing made his anxiety skyrocket.
”Noah, she’s getting checked out, she’ll be fine, now stop walking back and forth, because I’m getting dizzy watching you.” Folio said.
”Don’t ask me to stop man, Anya’s back there and I don’t know what’s going on with her.”
The male nurse helping Anya came out.
”Noah Sebastian?”
Noah looked and immediately went up to him, along with the rest of the guys.”
“How is Anya doing? Is she alright?”
“Relax sir, everything is fine, both her and the baby are alright. Now if you can follow me, I need you to put on a hospital gown. Right now gentleman, I just need Mr. Sebastian, we can let you know when they can accept visitors.”
In his anxiety induced haze he didn’t catch his mention of the baby. Noah followed behind the nurse and Nicholas stood there thinking over what the nurse just said.
“Did he just say what I think he said?” Nicholas asked.
”If you’re thinking he said baby, then yes, I heard him too.” Bryan said.
Everyone was thinking about the signs they could’ve missed and all the signs that could’ve given away her being pregnant.
“I didn’t even know Anya was pregnant, why didn’t she tell us?” Folio asked
”Man, I don’t think Anya even knew herself.” Matt said.
”I think we should create a baby basket and start ordering what they're definitely going to need now.” Jolly said.
They all left the hospital and began to head to the nearest Target.
”Wait, what about Noah? I don’t think he heard about the part with the baby.” Nicholas asked.
“I think he’ll figure it out when he sees the baby come out dude. Come on.” Matt said
Noah walked to the room while putting on the hospital issued scrub gown and looked up and saw the sign reading ‘MATERNITY WARD’.
“Are you sure I’m in the right place? My girlfriend isn’t pregnant.”
”You’ll see sir.”
He reached the room and saw Anya on the bed and immediately rushed to her side. Anya screaming her head off from the pain and white knuckling the bed rails. She saw him and immediately held on to his hand.
”What is going on?” Noah asked.
”Sir, you're aware that your girlfriend is having a baby right?”
Noah’s eyes widened and realized that this was happening right now, from the bassinet on the side of the bed to everything included in having a baby. At his delayed response, one of the nurses looked at him.
”Sir, if you’re going to faint, just know that we’ll ignore you, because right now we're focused on mom and baby.”
Noah focused on what was going on and gripped Anya’s hand just as hard.
”It’s ok darling, I’m here. Let's do this, you can do this.”
Anya nodded and cried out.
”Ok sweetie, on three you’ll push and push for 10 seconds. One, Two. Three. Push!”
Anya gripped Noah’s hand and began to push.
”Push, Push, Push, Push, Push.” One of the nurses said. After 10 seconds of pushing, Anya couldn’t push anymore.
”Ok, take a quick breather sweetie and then we’ll start again.”
Anya shook her head.
”I can’t, it’s too much. It hurts so bad.”
Noah kissed Anya’s forehead.
”Darling, I’m here. Whatever you need, I’m here. You want to break my hand holding it? Do it. Scream my ear off? Scream.” Noah said.
Anya looked up at him.
”Oh my god, we’re actually having a baby right now.” Anya breathed in, sweat sliding down her forehead and her hair clinging onto her head. “Oh my god, we’re having a baby and we have nothing prepared, no clothes, no diapers, no food, nothing.” Anya said, the heart monitor picking up the increase in her heart rate.
”We can worry about that later darling, right now let’s just focus on you and the baby.” Noah said.
”All right sweetie, let’s get ready to push again.” The nurse said.
”On three sweetie, One. Two. Three. Push!”
Anya pushed and pushed the pain becoming unbearable by the second.
“Alright, the head is out, come on sweetie, just a little bit more.”
Anya pushed even harder, Noah looked over and saw the baby’s head and shoulders come out and eventually it’s whole body, the cold in the room making the baby cry out.
“It’s a boy!” The doctor announced.
“Nurse, Date of birth is September 3rd, 2023 and time of birth is 3:23am.”
They took the baby to clean him up and wrapped him up. The baby was crying loudly and when the baby touched Anya’s chest, the baby immediately stopped crying. Afterwards the placenta came and they took it away to ensure that nothing was missing.
“Alright sweetie, you’re going to feel a slight pinch, you tore a little bit, so we’re gonna get you stitched up.”
Anya and Noah both focused on the baby, just absentmindedly nodded. Anya didn’t realize until she felt the prick of the needle. Afterwards it felt like nothing.
“A baby boy Noah, what should we name him?” Anya said, looking up at Noah.
”I don’t know? I’m still trying to reel in from the fact that we became parents without realizing we were becoming parents.”
”Did you notice anything?”
”I mean, I noticed that your breasts were becoming slightly bigger than normal, but I didn’t think twice about it.”
”I also thought my bras and pants were slightly tighter than normal, but I didn’t think about it either, and you know how my periods are at this point, pregnancy was the last possibility on my mind.”
After about 30 minutes of cleaning up Anya, Noah took off his shirt to do skin to skin contact with the baby. Noah held the baby and fed him some formula, while Anya took a well deserved nap. About two hours passed before a flash caught his attention. It was Bryan and Matt, they came in with a diaper bag, filled to the brim and Bryan had his camera on him, ready to take the next picture.
”Hey man, congratulations!!” They yelled out, but Noah was ready to shut them up to not wake up Anya or the baby. Matt put the baby bag in another guest chair.
“Congratulations!” They whispered.
“How’s Anya doing?” Matt asked. Walking over to look at the baby.
Noah looked at her and smiled warmly, that sight was enough to get another picture out of Bryan.
“She did amazing, terrified, but amazing.”
”Yeah, no shit.” Matt said. “Oh fuck! Can I curse around the baby? Oh fuck it, the baby won’t remember this.”
“The baby might not, but I will, so no cursing around my baby.” A sleepy voice joined in. All three men joined to look at Anya. Noah quickly walked to her side, helping her sit up.
”How are you feeling darling?”
”Like a baby I didn’t know I was pregnant with came out of me.” She joked. The baby began fussing at his mother’s voice and Anya began to reach for the baby. Noah helped with handing the baby to her and put his shirt back on.
”Watch his head.”
”I know.”
Once the baby was safely in Anya’s arms. The baby began to settle, Anya looked up at Noah and gave him a loving look.
”I love you so much.” Anya said.
”I love you more.” Noah said. “Please let’s not find out you’re pregnant like this again.” He joked.
Anya giggled, another flash went off and Bryan looked at the camera.
”Speak for yourself, I thought I was going to die.”
”Ha! That shit was terrifying, so please don’t do it again.” Matt said.
Everyone in the room laughed.
“Hey where’s the guys?” Noah asked.
”I’m pretty sure they’re all looking at baby stuff, Matt and I were in charge of the baby bag, and last we saw, Folio and Jolly were arguing about which crib looked cooler and Nick was getting all the stuff you guys actually needed for right now. He’s getting you guys a car seat, he said he’ll rent a car to get you back to LA, while the rest of us go back on the bus.” Bryan said. “We also brought you guys some extra clothes too.”
“ Thank you guys.” Noah said.
“That’s amazing of Nick, I actually didn’t think of it.” Anya said.
”Have you thought of a name yet?” Bryan said.
”To be honest, nothing on my end. Anything on your end love?” Anya asked.
“Nothing on my end either.” Noah said.
Matt and Bryan both got a chance to hold the baby and Bryan got more photos, eventually Nick, Jolly, and Folio came and wished their congratulations, they all brought their own gifts. After a long argument with each other, Jolly finally explained the crib that he chose for the baby and that it was going to be delivered to Noah’s house. Everyone got a chance to also hold the baby as well and a few more pictures were taken by Bryan, afterwards everyone left the new happy family to enjoy their time together.
Anya was holding the baby while she was breastfeeding him. She looked up at Noah and gave him a deep kiss. She looked back at the baby and stared at him with a new found maternal love.
“Do you think we’re ready or will ever be with our new roles as parents?” Anya asked.
“Absolutely not, but as long as I have you and him by my side, we can figure it out together.”
”We really should come up with a name though, I don’t know how much longer I can go with calling our son ‘Baby Boy Sebastian’” Anya chuckled.
”I think I have one in mind.”
She looked down and caressed his hands that held a very special name.
“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” Noah asked.
”Mhmm.”
“I just wish he was here to see this.”
”I think he is, why else would our son be born on his birthday.”
“I think he would get a kick out of knowing he’d be sharing his birthday with a baby.”
The baby began to cry and to keep her from getting up, Noah took Baby Keaton from her and began to change his soiled diaper and change him into a different onesie. Little began to move his hand back to mouth in an attempt to eat something. Noah wrapped him up slightly and picked up his son and kissed his nose.
“I think our son is hungry again. Should I get a formula bottle or do you want to breastfeed him?”
”I’ll do the bottle this time, just so we can get him accustomed to both. Especially if we decide to take him with us on tour.”
Noah carefully placed Keaton in Anya’s arms and while adjusting his shirt she noticed some writing on the shirt with a sharpie, she moved his blanket and saw the words written on his shirt.
’WILL YOU MARRY MY DADDY?’
”Noah what -
She turned and saw Noah kneeling by her bed with a velvet ring box, a beautiful emerald ring surrounded by diamonds and with a white gold band. A little tongue tied, Anya couldn’t find the words to speak.
”I did have reservations for my proposal to you at La Boucherie in about two weeks, not going to lie, before I found you last night, I was looking at the ring in my bunk and practicing on how to propose. If you ask the guys, they’ll tell you that I had each of them practice and pretend to be you to get an idea of your reaction, but this is a lot better. Our son being here with us was very unexpected, but a welcome surprise. So now that I have both of you here, I wanted to ask.”
”Oh Noah…”
”Anastasia Mendoza, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?”
”oooh.” A little coo-like sound came from baby Keaton.
Noah chuckled.
”I think our son said yes for you.” He whispered.
”Lucky for him, mama can speak for herself and her response is yes. With all my heart. Yes, I’ll marry you Noah.”
Noah placed the ring on her finger and kissed her again. It was all overwhelming, but they both knew that as long as they had each other, it wasn’t bound to be perfect, but it can be easier with each other. They don’t know what the future holds, but each day will bring a new surprise and hopefully they can be prepared.
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ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕡𝕥𝕖𝕣 𝟞: 𝕎𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕠𝕞 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕁𝕖𝕣𝕣𝕪 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕤?
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[Third Person]:
'This is not good'
Hurried footsteps resounded in the halls and were increasing by the moment. Our protagonist was sprinting around in the hallway trying to find her class 1D. It was 10:30 am in the morning and it was not good. [Y/n] was beyond pissed that she missed not one but two of her first classes of the day. She absolutely hated being tardy to any of her classes. (She had tutors at the palace that taught her.)
'I just need to go to gym class and check in to my class.....now where the hell is it.....'
This wouldn't have happened if Ace DIDN'T piss off Grim, and she DIDN'T wake up late. Partially it was her fault but she chose to ignore it due to her panic and anger. 
As she ran without a care ignoring her surroundings she rushed to find a door labeled 1D.
Yes, that was the name of her class.
What was supposed to be a 5 minute search turned in to a 20 minute scavenger hunt, she was getting tired by the second and her pace was slowing down.
She was giving up .
Dragging her feet across the floor, she sulked at her own misery. 
'Why is this happening! I didn't do anything wrong, I was just trying to find my class. Why did I have too meet those idiots anyway?! I could have just ignored them and I could have gotten to class earlier. I even got in trouble......I hate this......I HATE THIS.'
Tears welled up in her eyes as she was lost in her thoughts. Just as she reached the end of the hallway [Y/n] wiped her tears turning to the next corner to check. 
Wait what-
Huh....HUH?????
'Oh thank the heavens!'
The door labeled 1D. [Y/n] couldn't be even happier in her life. Not even waiting for a second she starts to speed-walk towards the door with accelerating speeds finding it hard to stop due to her adrenaline.
'I PRAISE THE GREATER LORD WHO HELPED ME FIND THIS DOOR. Thank you, thank you, thank you-'
Then she bumped into something hard-
"Oof-"
"UuAugh-" an unknown voice grumbled.
"Dammit what's with me and bumping into things nowadays…." [Y/n] mumbled as she rubbed her head as it slightly throbbed in pain.
[Y/n] looked up at the man she had bumped in to. 
'Damn he hot-'
The guy [Y/n] had bumped in to had light green hair which was slicked back making a clean look. He had fair and pale skin. His eyes were also a beautiful yellow-green with vertical-slit pupils and pointed eyelashes. (Thank Twisted wonderland wiki for this description 😭)
He wore a green armband contrasting her own. The color defining him as a student from the dorm of Diasomania. The boy had his head down, causing a shadow to cover his face and making it hard for her to see his facial expression. 
As soon as she started to apologize. "Excuse me sir I am very sor-"
"YOU DARE BUMP INTO ME FOOLISH MORTAL" bellowed the green haired man interrupting her in the middle of her sentence. He drew closer to [Y/n]'s face with every word.
[Y/n] stepped back at the sudden proximity between them and, physically tensed at his insult.
"Well I'm sorry! I was just trying to get to my class!" retorted back [y/n] in rising anger. "I was ALSO trying to apologize to you idiot!" Jabbing his chest at every word she had spoken.
'To THINK I thought this guy was HOT'
"WELL I AM PRETTY SURE YOU WERE NOT TRYING TO" said the green haired man flinging her hand away from his chest in great momentum. The guy was fuming and so was she. 
"I WAS"
"YOU WEREN'T"
"I WAS"
"YOU WERE-"
"Ehhm......" A voice interrupted the angry green haired boy.
Both the teens snapped their heads towards the man with fury. 
The man was nonetheless shocked at the amount of fury the duo had in their but choose to ignore that.
"Stop this nonsense at once!" The man commanded in a demanding tone, causing both of them to back away from each other and face him.
The man looked quite unique at first sight. He had hair which was partitioned with 2 colors: black and white. He wore a suit and tie also partitioned with black and white matching his hair. He also wore a very fluffy looking black and white overcoat.
'Bro is the obsessed with black and white I see'
"What are you children doing here at this time, shouldn't you both be in classes?" Asked the man, as he looked at them suspiciously. He looked at them with the eyes of a predator, staring them down and examining them cautiously. 
Then his eyes widened.
"You aren't doing any funny business are you?" Questioned the man looking even more suspicious and concerned than before.
'Funny business 😨, I can't imagine doing anything with this bastard!' [Y/n] grimaced at thought
"SIR I AM SORRY BUT I WOULD NEVER DO ANY FUNNY BUSINESS WITH THIS CREATURE" Shouted the green haired boy with displeasure at the thought of [Y/n]
'I can feel all the spit coming out of his mouth right now.'
"Hey! That's not nice" [Y/n] screamed as she slapped his arm as hard as she could in retaliation to his statement.
"Well children-" interrupting the chaos they were creating again the man said. "-I am Divius Crewel teacher of potionology in this school-" towering over them as he stated "-once again I must ask why are you two out right now and not in your classes?" ending his statement, looking at us judgmentally waiting for our answer.
"SIR I  AM FROM CLASS 1D AND I WAS GOING TO THE FIELD FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION BEFORE I BUMPED IN TO THIS CREATURE" answered the green haired boy screaming in the teachers face.
'HE'S IN MY CLASS????? Can't my luck get even worse.....'
Crewel then wiped his face looking disgusted, looked at the green haired boy again and asked another question.
"What is your name boy"
"MY NAME IS SEBEK ZIGVOLT SIR" The green haired boy now known as Sebek replied.
"Boy, will you stop with the SCREAMING?" bellowed Crewel angrily.
Sebek, startled by the scolding, just huffed and nodded at Mr.Crewel.
*Huff*
"Well now young lady......what class might you be from and where are you planning to go?"
'I was so not ready for this'
"Well sir......I am also from class 1D and I am also searching for the field for physical education....."
*Cue Sebek with the offended gasp*
"I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M IN THE SAME CLASS AS YOU-"
"WELL ME NEITHER NIT-WIT"
"This is why I will never have children..." mumbled Crewel.
"NOW NOW CHILDREN-" raising his voice as he spoke.
"-I will not tolerate this behavior anymore-" If looks could kill [Y/n] and Sebek would have been in their graves right now.
"-now follow me quickly, I will lead you to your classes." He swiftly turned around as if signaling them to follow him.
[Y/n] mockingly pushing Sebek to the side quickly started to follow Crewel Leaving the poor boy in the dust.
"This bit**" mumbled Sebek as he ran towards them quickly to reach them.
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They were walking through the same halls [Y/n] had been running through a while ago. It felt like she was backtracking back the way she had ran away from.
'How could I be so stupid?'
The halls looked like the halls [Y/n] had walked through in the beginning of her time here. Green flames spewing out of fire holders. The same wooden carved doors, and the same bricks that towered over them creating walls. Though this experience was not as pleasant as the previous.
She could already feel the dread piling up inside of herself. Not only had she gotten in trouble with the headmaster but she had also gotten in trouble with another teacher that would possibly teach her. 
Oh lets not forget about the brat.
[Y/n] could feel Sebek's furious gaze on her as they walked down the hall in silence. It showed how much he resented her right now. He's probably mad because they got in trouble. She was getting kind of annoyed by his stare, so she turned around to acknowledge Sebek's stare.
To say the least, he was quite surprised at the fact that [Y/n] had turned around to look at him, but nonetheless his anger returned and he once again started to look at me angrily.
'Heh lets see who wins this staring contest.'
As they continued to stare at each other the tension grew between them. If a bystander had looked at them they would have thought they were in love, but nonetheless the contest went on. 
As the duo kept on staring at each other, Sebek couldn't help but notice how beautiful [Y/n] looked at the moment. Her [e/c] eyes were glowing in the sunlight from the window with confidence he had never seen before. The strands of her [h/c] hair framed her face. Her face looked like a sculpture sculpted by Michelangelo. Her face was alluring, and Sebek couldn't deny it at all.
Sebek stuck in a trance couldn't help but blink in reflex looking at [Y/n].
'Hah! I knew I would win.' thought [y/n] as she smirked unknowing of the boy's thoughts.
[Y/n] came closer to Sebek. Snapping him out his trance, and confusing him at the action. At the moment they were so close that if either one of them had moved an inch would kiss immediately. 
As [Y/n] drew closer she turned her head a little left reaching his ear and whispering "I won~"
Sebek quickly drew back as quickly as he could, flustered by the girl's action. Turned his head toward the side as he blushed like crazy. [Y/n] being as oblivious as she is giggled in glee not noticing him blush.
Crewel just walked in front of them oblivious of the fact that they were both having a staring contest at the back. Not that he cared enough to notice.
As they walked further down the hall. Some doors ahead there was a ray of light passing through an opened door at the front. When they reached the door, Professor Crewel opened the door with great force, causing a slam to be heard throughout the hallway. 
The sound shocked both Sebek and [Y/n] to the core.
As they went out into the field, their eyes stung as the sun contrasted the dark and gloomy nature of the hallways inside the building.
'My eyes.....'
The sounds of students chattering and running throughout the fields could be heard.
"Well pups, here's your class."
"Thank you so much Professor Crewel" replied [Y/n] with utmost gratefulness.
"THANK YOU SIR" 
"Now now, your welcome pups, and I should see no more fights between you pups." he stated pointing at both of them individually before turning to leave to go back into the building. Leaving both Sebek and [Y/n] in the sun.
"Well brat you ready to go face P.E.?"
"YOU'RE LUCKY YOU'RE A GIRL OR I WOULD I PUNCH YOU RIGHT HERE AND NOW."
'Heh....but ya can't'
Sebek kept on spewing threats to [Y/n] as they walked to the instructor. 
The teacher looked basically like a knock-off version of hulk. He had bulking muscles, and he ALSO wore a tight shirt making it look like he wanted to emphasize muscles. He also wore TIGHT pants, she swore to god that she would not specify what she just saw..... (R.I.P. [Y/n] 💀)
The teacher then noticed the duo walking to him and grinned like a maniac.
"Hello children. I am Ashton Vargas, the teacher  for P.E. what may I help you with today?" asked in an enthusiastic tone.
"Well Professor Vargas we were supposed to come to this class, but somehow got lost and reached now! What are we supposed to do for the class.....?"
"YES PROFESSOR VARGAS WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO?"
Professor Vargas sweatdropped as he replied "Well children you have come at the wrong time. Since the class-"
*Ring, Ring*
"-has ended"
Shocked at the revelation both Sebek and [Y/n] stood there mouth wide open and confused.
"Well now I need to go and dismiss my class. Now run along to lunch now."
[Y/n] snapping out of her daze looked at Sebek and asked "Do you know where the cafeteria is?" Feeling embarrassed that she did not know where the cafeteria was. 
Scoffing, Sebek smirked at [Y/n] raising his eyebrow trying to tease the poor girl.
'Why the fuck is this guy so annoying 😭'
"WELL I GUESS I COULD HELP. Though you have to repay the favor when I do need help." replied to [Y/n]in a normal tone for the first time.
"WOAH? Sebek talking in a classroom voice, that's so rare!"
"SHUT UP!"
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So basically what happened next was that Sebek being a nice brat helped [Y/n] get to the cafeteria with no issues. Then ditched her to go sit with his friends on the Diasomania dorm table at the farthest end of the cafeteria.
'Then again I thought we were friends for a sec'
As she went to the line to get her lunch. She remembered something.
'Oh shit I forgot to take my purse from my box didn't I......'
Welp, I guess that meant no lunch for her. So she went towards the hallway to walk around and explore. It was quite interesting I must say all the paintings and every-
'OH SHIT I FORGOT I HAVE TO GO HELP CLEAN WINDOWS WITH YUU TODAY!'
As if she was sonic she turned around and ran as fast she could to the place where she was supposed to meet Yuu.  As she reached the empty area of the hallway she noticed two people in the distance. A human and a small pet looking thing- that was probably Grim. So she ran to them to meet them.
"Hi Yuu!"
Startled by her sudden appearance the poor boy stuttered his response "O-oh Hi [Y-[Y/n]"
"Gah! Took you long enough to come! We were waiting for ages." complained Grim as he was tired of staying in one spot the whole time.
"How about I carry you so you don't have to feel tired, Grim?" [Y/n] asked Grim with a big smile on her face.
Grim stunned by the innocent gesture and smile couldn't help but feel giddy. "W-well I mean sure..."
So [Y/n] picked him up and in to her arms. As if on instinct Grim snuggled up in to [Y/n]'s arms like a baby would do in a mothers. Grim had never felt so happy in his life.
"Well then [Y/n] now that you are here we are just waiting for Ace." Yuu exclaimed.
"Well then we just wait then."
"What's buggin' me is, Ace ain't even here yet! To make us wait, after what he did... Grrr!"
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*15 minutes later*
".........."
".........."
"..............And now he's super late! I bet he up and bailed on us!" Grim exclaimed in anger while punching the air in anger. 
"I didn't actually think he would bail out of it...." [Y/n] mumbled as she thought of the boy's behavior. "At second thought he probably would" She said once again, sweat dropping.
"We should look for him." said Yuu calmly as he gestured to us to follow him around the hall.
As we walked around. Once again plenty of paintings were hung on the wall but there was a specific painting that caught [Y/n]’s eye. It was a picture of a beautiful soldier on top of a snow white horse in a meadow. It looked beautiful.
As she went closer to the painting-
"Hey! Ace! Get over here! Try to hide from me, will ya! Huh... Maybe there's really no one here?" Grim shouted out trying to catch the attention of the redhead who was nowhere to be seen. Startling the girl.
"Oh, I wouldn't say that, I'm here." Another voice rang out from somewhere. It came from the painting [Y/n] was looking at.
The three of them looked quite confused from where it came. Then [Y/n] spoke up announcing something.
"Guys.....I think the painting I was looking at just talked....." 
"Yes girl, indeed it was me who talked." Once again the same painting on the wall spoke in a confident voice.
"Bwaaah! That painting just talked!" Grim exclaimed in fear as he dropped out of [Y/n]'s arms to hide behind Yuu's legs.
"Yes, and...? (Slay arianna grande) Is a talking painting really such an oddity at this school?"
"Well I mean......" Yuu muttered in awe.
"The lady in the portrait on that wall talks too. As does the gentleman in the portrait on this one."
"But we haven't heard a single one of them talk!" exclaimed [Y/n] in disbelief
'Are all these paintings able to talk too 😨'
"As long as a painting has a mouth, why wouldn't it be able to talk? Is that really so strange?"
"Of course it's so strange! You don't see paintings talkin' around here man!" Grim said to the painting on the wall.
"In fact, yes. Paintings don't usually talk." Yuu also stated backing up Grim's statement.
"Well, your "usual" and my "usual" clearly differ. Shall we agree to disagree on the matter?"
"Sure.....?" [Y/n] said unsure of the answer she had said.
'Can this end already we need to find Ace!' [Y/n] thought while getting impatient.
"Now, you seem to be searching for someone." Finally asked the painting to them. 
"So we're looking for a guy-" As Yuu started to explain the situation and tell who we were searching for.
"We're lookin' for this guy called Ace. He's got messy hair and a heart drawn on his face." Grim interrupted Yuu clearly annoyed of how slow this conversation was going on.
"Ah, I know the one. A new student, I believe? Today was his first day at school. I think he went back to his dorm a while ago." Sated the painting making Grim even more fidgety and impatient than before. 
"Myaaah! So it's true! He's tryin' to ditch us! Do you know which way he went?"
"Well then let's go quick before we miss the guy totally!" exclaimed [Y/n] as she started to walk towards the mirror hall gesturing for the duo to follow her.
"The door to the dorms is in the eastern building." stated the painting.
"Let's chase after him, [Y/n], Yuu!"
"Let's go! Let's go!" said Yuu, pushing both [Y/n] and Grim forward. To increase their speed.
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"Yeah right, like I'm gonna have a hundred windows. I'm just gonna go back and—" Said Ace gleefully skipping towards his dorms, happy he got out of cleaning the windows, unknowing of the danger following him.
"AHA! GOTCHA, PUNK!" Exclaimed Grim catching the redhead's attention.
"Oh no! They saw me!"
"Stop right there, pal! No fair gettin' a head start! Wait!" Grim exclaimed trying to make Ace stop.
"Stop ditching your responsibilities and actually do something good for once!" said Yuu, getting annoyed at the boy's antiques.
"Who in their right mind would ever wait?! See ya!" Ace shouted at the trio before running away at full speed.
Then of course they had to run after him. 
'How many fu**ing times do I have to actually run today....'
They ran and ran and ran. Ace however did not stop. It seemed very determined to get them off his tail and get out of cleaning the windows.
"Eh..?" Suddenly an unfamiliar voice resounded in the halls as they ran.
"Outta my way!" Ace screeched out pushing the poor boy to the side with great force as he continued to run foward with speeds she didn't think he could run. 
"Hey! What gives?!" said the stranger.
The boy that she saw had blue hair and shining blue eyes. He wore the same dorm band and uniform as Ace signifying that he was from the same dorm as him. He also had shining blue eyes the matched his hair. On his face was drawn a spade, just like how Ace had a heart drawn under his eye.
"Help us!"
"Please, stop him!"
"Myah! Get him now"
All three of them screamed at the poor boy startling him.
"You want me to cast a spell to stop him?" asked the blue haired boy curiously as he also started running with the trio following after Ace.
"YES! PLEASE DO IT QUICK!" exclaimed [Y/n] as she was starting to huff and puff from the exhaustion of running too much.
"Like, freeze his legs? Or bind them with a rope? Or maybe I could... Hmm... No..."
"I don't care how! Just do something! Anything!" Grim screamed at him in annoyance.
'Just do it quickly-'
"Anything?! Anything, huh... Alright! Here goes anything! I summon thee... something heavy!"
*Poof*
There was a black object falling from the sky and was falling towards Ace as he ran ahead confidently. The black thing fell on Ace with great force falling on his back causing him to fall on to the ground with a heavy thud.
"Bwaaah?! Wha?! A pot?!" Ace shrieked in pain as he glanced at the object that had fallen on him.
As the four of them reached Ace. [Y/n] couldn't help but wince at the sight of the object that had fallen on Ace.
'Wtf bro is that a fucking cauldron.....?'
One question rang through each of their heads.....how did this guy not break his back?
"Ah ha ha ha ha! Look, [Y/n], look!-" Grim cackled as he pointed to Ace on the floor. "That Ace guy got crushed beneath a giant cauldron! It squashed him flat! Aha ha ha! That's what you get!" He stated completely unconcerned that, it could have broken his back.
'Never back down, never what.....'
"A cauldron?! I wasn't expecting that. I may have overdone it this time..." The stranger was clearly shocked at what he had manifested with his magic at the moment of panic.
"Well, we weren't either." mumbled Yuu under his breath.
As Ace sat up with great pain, his face grimaced and he shouted out in pain. "Owwww! What are you bothering me for? You guys coulda just banged out the work yourself!"
"You did this to yourself, you must face the consequences." [Y/n] said sternly ignoring any whines of pain Ace made.
"There's no "banging out" a hundred windows!" Yuu exclaimed, backing up her statement.
"So why do you have to wash a hundred windows as punishment? What the heck did you do?!? asked Deuce in a concerned voice. 
"So basically-" 
"I was just screwing with that furball a little." Side-eyeing Grim meticulously. "...Okay, and the statue of the Queen of Hearts got a teeny bit charred. Sue me." Ace stated cutting of Yuu once again.
'How many times is the poor boy going to get interrupted....'
Yuu, disheartened at the interruption, had sadness etched on his face. [Y/n] being a nice person she patted his shoulders to make him feel better.
"You charred and set fire on one of the statues of the great seven!??" exclaimed the boy in pure horror. " No wonder he flew off the handle at you!"
"Oh, shut up." yelled Ace angriliy and really annoyed with the boy. "Who are you, anyway?"
"My name is Deuce. Deuce Spade." Said the boy glancing at Ace with a questioning gaze. "Don't you remember your own classmate?"
"You don't remember my name either, do you?" Ace started smirking at the fact that even Deuce did not know his name.
"That's not the point!" Deuce yelled at Ace, flustered at his question. "You shouldn't try to shirk an order from the headmage!"
"Okay- So since we're all introducing ourselves-" Yuu said smiling at Deuce. "-my name's Enma Yuuken, but you can call me Yuu."
"Ah! I'm [Y/n], by the way!" 
"Yeah, yeah, message received... Fine, let's bang out the windows already. Huh...?" Ace scoffed as he turned around to look at us.
'Uh, oh......where the hell is Grim????'
"The furball! He's gone!"
"Ah ha ha ha! I'll let you three handle the rest! See ya, suckers!" exclaimed Grim before running again.
"Didn't we just get Ace to listen!" exclaimed Yuu in annoyance. "Grim, come back here now!" 
'What in the fucking tom and jerry is this....'
"You caught me so YOU could run away yourself?!" Ace said clearly annoyed at the running Grim. "Hey uh- Juice!"
"It's Deuce! With a D!" yelled ast Ace. "It's not Juice!"
"This is partially your responsibility, you know!" he screamed at Deuce while running. "So help me catch that little furball!"
"Why is it my responsibility!??"
"Oh just run Deuce!" Yuu exclaimed, clearly irritated.
"Grim's useless janitor friend can't use magic-"
"Oh but you haven't seen me run-" exclaimed [Y/n] before speeding up and running faster than she ever could leaving the three in the dust.
Yuu, Deuce, and Ace, shocked at the girl's speed, tried to follow her matching her speed but failed at their attempts.
Grim was up ahead running to get out of trouble but as he started to slow down he heard increasing footsteps behind him. He was not prepared for what he saw next.
A furious [Y/n] sprinting across the hallway towards him at great speeds. He then once again turned around and ran. He was totally not ready for this. Behind both of the trio were also running, trying to gain enough momentum and speed to reach them.
As they reached the cafeteria, Grim somehow climbed up the chandelier above the cafeteria to find solace from the 4 humans.
As all of them gathered around the bottom , [Y/n] couldn't help but scream in annoyance at the arrogance Grim was showing.
"GRIM ENOUGH WITH THIS NONSENSE!" Shrieked [y/n] shocking the people around her. "GET DOWN HERE AT ONCE!"
"How about we think of some ideas to get him down from there." Yuu said trying to calm the situation down.
"What could I summon to hold onto him...?" pondered Deuce as he put his hands below his chin. "Hmmm... Oh! That's it!"
"Did you come up with somethi- Oh, hey!" Squeaked Ace in surprise as he saw what Deuce was doing. "Stop! What are you doing?! Why are you pointing your pen at me?!" Yelled in panic.
"Hey Deuce let's calm down and not do something reckless- '' [Y/n] said, getting in between the pen and Ace.
"I'm going to launch you." stated Deuce calmly as he pushed [Y/n] aside with a small shove, aiming once again at Ace.
"Bwaaah! Put me down!" screeched Ace as he started to float mid-air as Deuce got ready to launch him. "Deuce plan Abort! ABORT!"
"I've got him in my sights, and... Go!" completely ignoring Ace's pleas he launched him towards the chandelier at great speeds. 
"BWAAAAAAAH!"
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*BOOM*
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The three below the chandelier watched in horror as the magnificent chandelier fell from the top of the roof towards them. In panic they spread out quickly away from its landing spot and hid behind anything they could find. As they looked back they saw the chandelier fall down in front of them with fear reflecting in their eyes. 
'I can't believe that just happened.....'
"ACE, GRIM!" Both [Y/n] and Yuu ran forwards in to the wreckage to get the two out of the debris. Leaving Deuce to flounder at the scene like a fish.
"Deuce! How could you be so stupid!" exclaimed Yuu trying to pull Ace out of the Debris.
"I cannot believe you just did that!" grumbled Ace as he got pulled out by Yuu. "You could have killed us!"
"Myaaah..." Grim mumbled as [Y/n] pulled Grim from the debris and in to her arms. Then he fainted.
" I probably should have come up with a way to soften your landing" stated Deuce uncaringly.
Ace suddenly got up and dash toward Deuce grabbing Deuce's collar. "You complete and total moron!" Ace screamed in Deuce's face. "We got Grim, but we broke the chandelier! If the headmage finds out about this-"
Suddenly Crowley out of nowhere appeared in the room. "If I find out about... what, dear Ace?"
"Gah! Headmaster Crowley!" Gasped Yuu in disbelief.
"You children again!" Crowley exclaimed as he saw the wreckage created by the group of students. "What did you do?"
"So uhh basically-" Yuu started to speak but was shut down by [Y/n]
"We broke the chandelier"
'I am so sorry Yuu-'
"I can see that but how???" exclaimed Crowley in displeasure. "I can't believe you did this! Burning a statue wasn't enough for you? Now you've destroyed a chandelier?!"
They all synchronized their voices as they said. "We are so sorry-"
Then Crowley dropped the bomb. "You all are expelled."
"EXPELLED?!!!" Both Ace and Deuce screeched in disbelief.
"Headmage, please!" pleaded Deuce as Crowley looked at him with pity. "Give me a second chance! I can't get expelled from this school!"
'I kinda feel sorry for him...' thought [y/n] as she saw the scene displayed before her.
"Then blame yourself for your own foolish behavior." Crowley replied unsympathetically.
"Sir! We'll try to pay for the expenses sir pls!"
"This chandelier is made of magic, created by a legendary artificer." stated crowley in a stern voice. "Its candles are powered by a magical energy source, enchanted so that they will burn for eternity."
“How much would it cost then?” Yuu asked with curiosity and impatience.
“A Billion Thaumarks.” stated Crowley
“A BILLION THAUMARKS?!” screamed Deuce. He looked as if someone showed him his worst nightmare…….you know what? This probably is his worst nightmare.
“Sir, will you not be able to fix it, sir?” Asked Ace with hope in his tone.
"I'm afraid I can't do that young man.." said Crowley. "Even magic has its limits." 
‘This world is so freaky af.’
"A magestone cannot easily be replaced. I fear the candles of this majestic chandelier will never burn again."
"This is bad...." Ace mumbled under his breath, but it was loud enough for everyone else to hear.
"No Ace this is really bad!" Yuu exclaimed.
"What am I going to do?! How am I going to tell my mother...?" Deuce looked like he was punched in the gut by an elephant. His expression looked so grave, it looked like he just came from a funeral. Bro is not having a good day.
"Ah...! But there may be on way."
"Really!" exclaimed the group of students altogether.
"The magestone that powered this chandelier was mined from the Dwarfs' Mine," said Crowley. "If you get the stone with the same properties, we might be able to fix it."
"Sir if I with your permission, can go to the dwarf's mine?" Deuce asked sincerely ready to face the consequences.
"Me too sir!" Ace followed Deuces lead.
"Me three" So did Yuu.
"I guess me too....." Then grudgingly so did [Y/n].
"I must warn you it is highly likely that the magestones have already been mined a long time ago." stated the headmage waiting for their reactions.
"I will do anything to avoid expulsion, sir!" Deuce exclaimed, as everyone nodded at his statement.
"Hmmm... Very well, then. I will suspend your expulsion for a single night."
"Thank you very much sir!" said the group in synchronization.
As the Headmage heard their 'Thank you's' he left the cafeteria in a hurry. Before leaving fully he screamed to them "You should be able to reach the Dwarfs' Mine instantly by using one of the gates in the Mirror Chamber." and slammed the doors behind him as he left with flare.
"Yes sir!"
Then grim woke up from his little nap due to the loud noise made by the door. "Myah! Wh-? Where am I?!"
"Hah.....let's go guys we don't want to get expelled....." Yuu commanded in a tired tone.
Ace rubbed his head in annoyance. "Maaan... How did I end up in this mess? I swear, I have the worst luck."
"Dude look at my luck....I just wanted to get to class." mumbled [Y/n]. 
"We don't have time to complain. Let's go. Dark Mirror! Take us to the Dwarfs' Mine!" Deuce exclaimed with enthusiasm getting ready to walk out the door.
'I choose the worst time to come to this school....'
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Author's Note:
Hi guys! Sorry for the delay I had like 30 writers blocks on Thursday and had no idea what to write.
Hope you guys like this chapter! Have a nice day or night.
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skyloftian-nutcase · 1 month ago
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Wait wait wait, in relation to that other ask—
Dad squad, but hero of power Ganondorf is along for the ride. The Yiga would be very very very dead
-Sky Floor
HAHA
Oh my gosh what a dynamic that would be 😂 Rusl would be very weirded out even after Ganondorf explains that he’s technically not the guy Rusl knows (I mean, he is, but he decided not to go down that route, at least… but he’s not telling Rusl that). Gan’s not happy that his boy’s been kidnapped, oof, depending on when this is that would be wild. I think best case scenario for a harmonious Dad Squad without diving into one of my AUs of my AU (lol) would be just before he tries to steal the Triforce, so his baby boy’s just turned 15 and he’s finally admitted he loves him and this is not how his day was supposed to go, ok, he was just sending the boy off after Link and Hemisi had their little moment and suddenly these freaks show up out of nowhere and Gan and Link can fight them off but then a portal appears and throws them both for a loop and Gan just woke up and WHERE IS HIS KID AND WHERE IS HE—
The Yiga would be very screwed, yes. But also Ganondorf and Abel would probably get along in their exasperation over literally everything 🤣 Abel, after all, has no idea that there’s a connection between Ganondorf and Ganon. Obviously he’s leery of the guy if their most trusting and sociable Dad had a rough start with him, but he also logically deduced that given they’re from different eras, and their sons share the same name, it isn’t too far fetched to assume the same applies to others.
Fierce, on the other hand, is strangely quiet around this new guy. He can sense something’s up, but he can also sense that Gan’s used a piece of the Triforce, which should be a sign that he isn’t a bad guy, right? But he definitely has some dark magic, and when he uses it the fierce deity mask reacts to it and tends to cause Fierce some pain.
(side note, Gan is super skeptical and curious about the fact that they’re traveling with a supposed literal war god)
I think the Dads would rub off on Gan, though. ☺️ Whenever he catches up to his kid he might have a better outcome.
But oof, if we’re going with my recent remarks about who the main Dad Squad villain is… Power Link is in for a heck of a time.
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yoinkschief · 5 months ago
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What’s your general HCs for the fellas ? (Identity, race, sexuality etc)
Whooaagh, that's gonna be a long list, I have a ton of like small headcanons for them that mean like absolutely nothing, but I'll try to keep it to a simple list
Just quickly though:
I HC them all to be generally around 27/28 and in their late 30's/early 40's during WTFuture/in the future,, there was no real way to put that in a good list with them lol
And they're all best friends - just cause they're a group of people doesn't mean they only get to have one bestie yk, they're all super close
Also Ellsworld is canon alongside Eddsworld, they co-exist with each other
Tom - Mixed Race (Black/Irish from his mom, White/American-Hawaiian from his father - Trans Masc-Nonbinary (AMAB) He/They/(sometimes)It (It/Its depends on who it is) - Bisexual (massive masculine lean) (worst taste in men EVER) - Styles his hair to look like his fathers (otherwise his hair is usually textured around the 3's,,, like 3A/3B) - Very pear shaped like his father, and hairy too lol, the alcohol certainly doesn't help with that - Wears reading glasses (later this turns into him genuinely needing a prescription,, another thing he gets from his father - he looks very similar to his mother in terms of facial features and skin tone, but has a lot of his father's aspects) - Fear of eye contact (has gotten a lot better about it now that he's an adult, but still struggles with it with people he does not like/does not know) - Autistic - 5'5" (the shortest of the ensemble) - Works at a diner while part-timing music independently - "Monster" form is man made and extremely painful to turn into (there is no way he could control it,,, in some iterations of my headcanons like in different stories there are ways that he can have like a pact with it,,, like in my Mattsworld AU (WHICH I NEED TO POST ABOUT AUGH) he's "controlled" it a bit by making a deal with it,,, of what I haven't quite figured out yet oof) - Has quite a few tattoos on him,,, (Polynesian shark teeth on his left upper arm, cyan colored harpoon tattoos on his left side, a pinup mermaid girl on his right side, and the Nordic rune for "Wolf" on his right outer thigh) - Also he inherited his anger issues from his father as well, forgot to add that earlier with the list of things he's inherited from his old man lol - Momma's boy (/affectionately, not like he can't do anything without his mom, moreso like he really loves her a lot and obviously they're very close since they both lost Tom's father that day so for a while they were all the other had to remember him by) - Tamara is his cousin from his mother's side of the family - His first friend was Edd - His mother died when he was in highschool - father when he was in elementary, it really hit him hard (it was just before his senior year and had he not done so well the years prior he would've failed HS because of it) - Diesss ???? It's like the whole "OMG they killed Kenny" bit more than anything - like if I had to describe it, he has the Loony Toons death curse, where he dies on screen but in the next panel he's fine cause no one can actually die on a kid's show, yk ? - Tons of piercings,, mostly on his face but also in other places on his body too, though it's more like two other places other than his face area - Loves Ska music obviously, but also punk and rock, thinks artists like Destroy Boys, GRLWood,
Edd - British,,, and probably has some Italian in him somewhere, y'know like family rumors/talk of like "well I'm 1/4 Italian" or "your some odd greats grandma was Italian" that kinda thing,,, not quite sure, not curious enough to care to get some DNA test kit - Homophobic (/j) Gay, man kisser, masculine hug enjoyer, he holds hands with other boysss - On the AroAce spectrum, not really a hard no on either, just more of something he doesn't think about on a day to day basis nor really care about unless the thought is put in his head - Moles scattered across his body (not many, just one or two here and there - and none that are particularly bad or harmful) - Wears reading glasses (more specifically blue light glasses cause he's looking at a screen all day every day) - The only one of the gang that doesn't have any genuine mental disorder,,, he's got his problems sure but he's neurotypical through and through - His problems being main character and plot armor - More seriously though he has a raging hero/savior complex that gets him into a lot of trouble at times - 6' even, second tallest of the group - Very apple shaped,,, when I draw him I think very round thoughts if that makes sense - Had a major emo phase in highschool,,, he kinda snapped out of it during Senior year, or rather the summer leading up to it, but man it was wretched LOL - A child of divorce (they still made it work for him - it wasn't like they fought or it was a domestic abuse thing, they just fell out of love with each other and couldn't stand being in the same house anymore, but they love Edd so they made it work for him the best they could) - Works as an animator - professionally and freelancing ! Hard fucking order but he LOVES they process of creating art, seeing the end result is so gratifying to him and being able to see all the love and attention he put into it - Has a Youtube channel where sometimes he reviews animated movies/shows/shorts - he doesn't update it a lot, it's like a "if I feel like it" cause he only does Youtube as a hobby and as a place to hold his animation portfolio - His first friend was Matt, they've been friends since like diapers - REALLY really good friends with Tord - doesn't really know why but they are like bound by the hip - He's only got ear gauges - he doesn't try and stretch them a ton like Tom does, he's fine with just normal sized gauges that don't stretch his lobes all that much - Has a VERY BROAD music taste, anything from Lemon Demon to Oingo Boingo, to PinkPantheress, to Joey Valence & Brae, to Weird Al,,, anything under the rainbow of music genres he's probably heard one song from each - PowerEdd is canon still !! Not the superhero, but the powers he and Eduardo now suffer with lol,, but they're not really potent, his body chemistry is just kinda fucky now cause of it,,, bro glows in blacklight and sometimes just in general
Matt - British/French,,, basically he's incredibly white - Pansexual (he used to also be GenderFluid in my headcanons,,, but in the past year or so I've decided against it - he's more of just a guy who likes makeup and to wear dresses more than anything else) - Ginger with freckles, they cover his body in splotches mostly, but he's got a few individual ones here and there on his body as well (they've clustered around his face, hands, elbows, shoulders, hips, knees and like two separate patches on his back) - His hairstyle has changed so much with me over the years and it's my own damn fault lol, I don't draw him enough but that most comes with the "I don't wanna draw him wrong" thing but if I don't ever draw him how will I draw him right ?? It's a cycle is what it is - The only one with prescription glasses since middle school - he just wears contacts instead, he HATES how he looks in glasses - his parents had him get LASIK surgery to correct his vision,,, since then - His personal account where no one (except like the gang) knows it's him is very unhinged, he says some devious shit on there (it's a public Twitter account) - Also Autistic, but in a DRASTICALLY different way than Tom is, they're like opposite sides of the spectrum (Tom doesn't mask often, Matt masks like all day every day, Tom can't make eye contact, Matt makes intense eye contact, that kinda thing yk,,, even despite the fact they both have texture issues they have very different issues with textures - also Tom was very early diagnosed and Matt only got diagnosed after Tom kept pestering him to do so) - He's some kind of narcissist, just haven't been able to really pin point it down yet,, I need to do some more research on it - this could change in the future because of that so this is like a maybe canon - His father left him when he was very young like maybe 5-8 range, and his mother married his step father WAY too soon after, him and Matilda is his step sister (He HATED her at first, she tried to be very kind to him cause they're the same age and everything, and this is the first time she's had a sibling, but every time Matt looked at her all he could see was his father leaving him,,, it took until after college for them to actually grow closer as siblings and friends) -6'1" just an inch above Edd - Edd was his first friend - they've been through thick and thin together, they comforted each other when both their parents divorced, so obviously they've got a bit of a trauma bond through that, and are really the only ones who understand that kind of issue - at least in their eyes - Twink. Through and through. Despite being partially French he's got very back luck with growing hair on his body, and when he does it's thin and very lightly colored - Works as a model and "social media influencer",,, basically he's a walking propaganda poster - Has earrings, mostly wears a lot of gold - Doesn't like listening to music often,,, this hurts me to write as someone who can't NOT listen to music, but he just doesn't have a music taste,, I've mentioned before how he listens to some female rappers and other song artists like Mitski and Girl in Red, but that's only because he's listened to them on like the radio or had someone else recommend them to him, he doesn't actively listen/search for music - Still a vampire,,, er, really just half vampire ?? I'd like to think they lads did a séance of some sort on him and for the most part it worked but like Edd his chemistry is still a little fucked cause of it, y'know ? Like he's still got pointed ears and teeth, can't really do much about that, and a BIG craving for red meat and the like, but he can survive without a constant need for blood, and his skin was already sensitive to the sun anyway so there's nothing really new there
Tord - Just a Norwegian fool - Trans Masculine (AFAB) He/Him - Bisexual (with a MASSIVE fem lean,,, he IS the bad taste in men) - His hair ? Yeah that's natural - he's got some WICKED cowlicks,,, when he was younger his mom would try to brush them back to make him look more normal, but even when his hair was longer it didn't really do much for him - ADHD haver, VERY late diagnosis and still doesn't really believe it, but that's a whole lot to do with misinformation of negative dumb jargon shoved down his throat - Narcissistic Personality TRAITS, not the disorder, but TRAITS of the disorder (as in he doesn't actively have the mind set and intentions of people with NPD, but he does have the mannerisms and habits of one,, but that's because of how he was raised by two Narcissists - it's a damn miracle he doesn't have the disorder, but either way he's gotta go to therapy about it,,, and he will,,,,,, eventually,,,,,,,,, after you drag him there by his hair but I mean he'll be there) - Tattoos on him as well (Left shoulder to a half sleeve of a snake, tramp stamp of Ouroboros, and between his shoulder blades beneath the back of his neck is Jason Voorhees' mask) - Can not regulate or understand his emotions,,, the only way he really knows how to deal with intense emotions of any kind is through very physical and aggressive means,, it's why him and Tom get into so many spats, but mostly cause Tom doesn't put up with his bullshit as someone who is very good at reading and understanding his own and others' emotions - Bro's got a very broad chest,, he's like incredibly male passing, even before having gone on Testosterone - Redditor. Sorry I don't make the rules except I do and he's a Redditor. - Also has an Instagram account and it's all thirst traps,,, and I'm torn between how much interaction he'd get on them,,, like I wanna say he gets none because he's a damn loser weebcell dorklord, but I've also seen how EW fandom craves him and that makes me think that this would be no different, ykwim ?,, sigh,, realistically speaking he would get a lot of interaction with his posts and I hate that for him I hope something bad happens to him - Technically Tom was his first friend (??) in the sense that Tom was the first person he met in highschool and was the one he talked to the most during then,, at least when Tom's life was stable, it gets kinda iffy after Tom's mom died and that's where the first part of their rift really started - But him and Edd and SUPER close, despite Tom being his first friend, Edd and him just click REALLY well - Has a similar death thing like Tom, except his is more of like the anime death curse - if he dies off screen, no the fuck he did not, he is coming back as the villain - LOVES Twenty One Pilots, favorite band of all time, usually he's not a die hard for a lot of things, but TOP is one of them, he also likes poprock/poppunk, things like that, think like Imagine Dragons and Mindless Self Indulgence (YES THEY'RE TERRIBLE I KNOW, LOOK AT WHO'S LISTENING TO THEM AND GET BACK TO ME ABOUT IT) but he also listens to hyperpop like S3RL and Machine Girl, but that's just cause of all the base it usually has - that's like background music for him to work to
That's pretty much all I can think of off the top of my head of just general thoughts for them,,, I'm sure I could think of more specific ones but then we'd be here all day
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Everlark (Mockingjay, Ch. 6-9)
when the group are going around thinking of moments from katniss that moved them, "love for peeta" is one of them. important because the list of things are all things where katniss was herself. her choices, her decisions, herself shining through. and loving peeta is one of them.
something so completely heart-wrenching about katniss and haymitch blaming both each other and their own selves for not saving peeta. him not rescuing peeta and her letting him out of her sight that night. it's one of my favourite moments between them, even though it is so painful. them teaming up again, to save peeta.
(an aside, how poor ill finnick can still make katniss laugh)
i cackle every time at "gale does look striking in the uniform, i guess" - katniss you were so wrong for that
just gonna go back to what i said in this post about katniss in CF thinking of gale as rebellion and peeta as the capitol's design and failing to fundamentally understand how actually her and peeta's love for each other is a driving force in the rebellion because we see it here in this chapter. the people of 8 ask about peeta, assure her that they know he was asking for a ceasefire under duress, ask about the baby, about their future. and this time katniss knows that to tell them all it was a lie now would damage "the cause." because people in the districts believe in them and their relationship. it means just as much to the people in the districts as it is entertainment for the capitol.
katniss's shock at seeing peeta damaged. she looks so intently at him. searching his face for clues and answers every time she sees him now
finnick protecting katniss and peeta. he's such a big brother
i'm guessing katniss's "unspeakable nightmares" are mostly about what's happening to peeta
she knows gale is keeping things from her. the cracks in their friendship continue to widen. the frostiness between them is a lot. katniss is actually furious with him
katniss just clutching the pearl during the night when she can't sleep. trying to hold onto the boy that drives away her nightmares
she feels so much distress and guilt over peeta. like that is so much for her to take on herself. her feeling like she's failing to protect him and racking her brains on how she could is too much
"i do feel sick. heartsick" - another instance of katniss telling us she loves peeta without saying it outright
her remembering peeta telling her when he first 'fell' for her when she sang and the birds stopped to listen (and how this makes her just like her dad) is a cute, heartbreaking little detail.
i'm gonna make a separate post about what she says about her relationship to gale in chapter 8 because oof
it's crazy that while all this is going on and while peeta is literally being tortured in the capitol, gale is like 'still waiting on an answer from you' - my guy, people are dying, peeta is suffering! now is not the time
ugh, he makes her feel so horrible.
finnick holding katniss's hand when they see peeta again. finnick is really the friend that katniss thinks gale is.
the way everyone else is cheering but katniss, finnick and haymitch are frozen in fear and pain. chosen family for real
the fact that they've clearly started hijacking peeta and it's taking effect but he is still able to break out of it to try to save her by giving her that warning. i can't. that boy fought so much for her.
peeta's cry of pain and his blood splattering on the camera lens is actually horror material. horror.
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rvllybllply2014 · 4 months ago
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Aww thank you so much!! 
You're so sweet too! <3
Oh I see! Sorry for the mix up ;w;
Oh I did notice how quick Willem is to anger as a child! Sure he was otherwise handling the rejection well but it really only took one insult and he snaps to brutality killing Jerrell?
He didn't even look worried that he'd be punished for it either, which could easily play into him not expecting anger from the other Riverlords after his attack on the Bracken's..
And I agree he likely learned his anger issues & pride from his own father, with how aggressive Davos was as well, it seems to be a thing for their house!
Oof that Willem had hope for their future children marrying is just heartbreaking in a way, do you think it made him resent Raylon?
Amos's boy reminding him that hope would never come true? And being proof Amos had moved on from him?
Oh and the heartbreak Amos would feel, not just that Willem believes he could kill him, but knowing he killed his brother! How could anyone ever forgive that? Or even if he could eventually forgive, to still be in a relationship with the person..yeah I completely understand why Amos would brake it off.
(And why he'd hope aeron & Davos would brake up, cause what's stopping Davos from killing someone Aeron loves & putting him through the same pain?).
Poor Raylon! He'd fear so much for his father I bet, and who knows how the Blackwood guards Willem would assign him would treat him! :(
Ooh Amos being kept in Willem's tent is such a good idea! Especially considering he'd likely rather be in a dungeon than anywhere close to Willem.
And Willem trying to convince Amos to get back together..while wishing to inflict as much psychological trauma as possible, I can't help but to imagine some unwanted touching & kissing at least, if not full on sex in that tent..
And I love how just how obsessed & possessive Willem comes off here, like such a darker version of Davron! Which is fun for me cause there are somethings I don't like to imagine much for Davos & Aeron, like a darker side of being taken captive, abuse, rape, all that rough stuff.
Somehow it's easier to imagine with Willem & Amos, maybe because Willem just feels more brutal than Davos and Amos feels stronger than Aeron, like he could handle the dark roughness better, if that makes sense?
Thank you so much for answering my questions btw!! I really appreciate it! :'3
And sorry for sending this through another ask!
Not much room to reply in the comments ;w;
It’s totally fine I love getting asks or dms what ever makes you comfortable.
Yeah I feel like the Riverlords are just used to all the Bracken/Blackwood fights, and the fact that Rhaenyra just leaves without telling anyone to seize Willem so they’ll just not ignore it but not take it upon themselves to arrest Willem.
I honestly think house Blackwood has a trait of anger, being too prideful and just general instability. Just look at Blood Raven he called Aenys Blackfyre to a great council only to have him arrested and beheaded. That just doesn’t scream the most mentally stable person.
He definitely resented Raylon, it’s the missed opportunity for their houses and an also maybe a reminder of their youth. He’s the living breathing proof that Amos has moved on, and loved someone enough to produce an heir. He might even see something of a young Amos in him.
Amos always knew that Willem blindly follows whatever his father tells him to do. So if the order came down that he needs to kill Amos, Willem would not question it or hesitate. The point is really driven into Amos when Willem brags to him about killing Jerrell, he hadn’t known that he was Amos’s brother, all he knew was that Jerrell was a Bracken who hurt his pride.
Amos always warned Aeron about how his relationship with Davos will end in heartbreak. If Davos is even a fraction of Willem then he also won’t hesitate to kill Aeron if he’s ordered to. Once Willem finds out about Davos and Aeron, he tells Davos that he needs to kill Aeron. It’s why Davos was yelling about the boundary stones and also looked so heartbroken while doing it. He knows that Aeron will be forced to answer with a battle, and Davos knows that he’ll kill Aeron during the battle.
Raylon would got beat exactly once, it was the first night that they were captured. The guards tell him it’s because Amos defied Willem. And to drive the point home that Willem won’t hesitate to hurt Raylon for Amos’s actions, he has Amos stand out side Raylons cell to listen to his screams.
Amos would beg to be in the dungeons while at Raven Tree hall, instead of being in Willems room. Willem would also keep Amos chained to his bed. He won’t touch Amos until Amos is begging him to, but Amos never does, so Willem does what used he knows used to turn Amos on, it still works and soon he’s back inside Amos where he belongs. On the road Amos thinks he’ll get a reprieve from Willem. But Willem gleefully tells Amos that they be sharing a tent, no Amos will not be sleeping outside like his son nor will be sleeping with the horses. Amos belongs to him.
Willem is darker than Davos for sure, he embraces the darkness especially after he looses Amos, Amos was the light of his life. 20 years of embracing darkness will result in someone like Willem. Amos was raised harsher than he raised Aeron, especially after Jerrell was killed. Amos now has more responsibilities to his house. So he vowed to let Aeron embrace the softer sides of himself. Aeron still has nerves of steel but not as strong as Amos.
This is a lot of word vomit sorry. But I always have thoughts about Brackens and Blackwoods. They’re in the washing machine part of my brain on the most violent shaking part.
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geneeste · 20 days ago
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🎶 when you get this, put 5 songs you actually listen to, then publish. Send this ask to 10 of your followers (positivity is cool) 🎶
This is a fantastic ask, and because I love music so much I'm giving you way more than you asked for. XD (I used to do music dumps on LJ, boy I miss that.)
Here's my top five most played, according to iTunes:
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Fortress by Bear's Den And a coward might call it a conscience / and a liar might call it the truth / nothing could ever make me more frightened / than the thought of hurting you / how could I hurt you?
This one because I listened to it nonstop while I was writing Reclaim (I really should have called it The Fortress Remix).
Which Witch by Florence + The Machine I'm not beaten by this yet / you can't tell me to regret / been in the dark since the day we met / fire, help me to forget
This is is just so good, reminds me of Sam/Jack, and is (along with two other songs on this list) seminal songs on my playlist for the sequel to A Goddamn Blaze in the Dark. (A lot of these are going to be about that series, because I'm trying desperately to finish writing it.)
Wild Roses by Of Monsters and Men A serpent on a bed of leaves / in the month of May / what do you want me to say? / you keep me still when all I feel / is an aimless direction / when I think I'm losin' connection / I see you
One of the seminal songs for the sequel to AGDBITD. Also just very good.
No Light, No Light by Florence + The Machine No light, no light / in your bright blue eyes / I never knew daylight could be so violent / a revelation in the light of day / you can't choose what stays and what fades away / and I'd do anything to make you stay
This one I was surprised by because I don't think I ever put it on specifically, so if it's played a lot it's just by chance. Having said that, it is on my playlist for the sequel to AGDBITD, my Sam/Jack playlist, and my Faves playlist.
If U Love Me Now by MUNA There's me in the corner / throwing a fit, making a mess of it / don't you love me now? / there's me under the table / hiding from my lovers and my allies / don't you love me now? / it's just a hypothesis or test / that I should not exist / don't you love me now? / there's me in the doorway telling you, please / you should just let me leave / if you love me now
Oof, this one is just pure Sam from AGDBITD. But like, later. You'll see.
These are the last five songs I added to my Sam/Jack playlist (which often doubles as my AGDBITD playlist when I don't want to include the 90s songs, LOL):
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Face Down In The Moment by Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats You keep waiting on the night / you keep waiting on your pain / and every moment that you wait now / is a moment slipped away / I think you're gonna have to come out and face / all the fear you can't explain / and all your life, you've been face down / now it's time for you to see
Okay, so there are actually, in total, 3 sequels to AGDBITD and I'm working on them all simultaneously (because of course I am). This song reminds me deeply of the third sequel, for reasons I can't tell you. XD
God Needs The Devil by Jonah Kagen Mm, mm, I'm in love / in a nightmare, please don't wake me up / got a bad case of making bad love / it's who I am, not who I was / but that's life, boy, what can you do? / I need someone, and I need 'em soon / I called the doc and got new shoes / but all roads still lead back to you
Another one that reminds me of the last AGDBITD sequel. For reasons.
(midnight) by Lewis Watson We ran to the border line / where the northern lights flew over us / another cold midnight / but I could lay right here forever / and in distant skies / beyond the trees and rolling hills / we watched the city die / but I could lay right here forever
Just a good, solid Sam/Jack song.
Destroy Destroy Destroy by Transviolet I didn't come here to beg you for what is mine / gun to my head, we've been here a thousand times / and you're scared to death 'cause I'm seeing red / with eyes known to set fires / and I didn't come here to beg you for what is mine
This one reminds of the second sequel to AGDBITD. Again, for reasons. I'm so mean. It's also just a banger.
Your Design by Grace Mitchell Keep calm, color in the lines / no grey, only black and white / big eyes little appetite / long run on a short line / I've been pushed into overtime / it all turned on me on a dime / kind heart with a filthy mind / somebody tell me this is real life
I'm sorry to keep doing this to you, but it's a great song for the second AGDBITD sequel. And of course it's just a excellent song.
Finally, the last five songs I added to my Faves playlist:
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Here & Now (Alternative Version) by clay pigeon I could have been your victory, I'll probably be your loss Could have been everything you wished I was not Or every grave detail running through your head Could have been that picture you keep above your bed But I'm here and now
I love a melancholy breakup song.
Heal by Sleeping At Last As I grow older, I hold tighter to a world hell-bent on change / I'd be lyin' if I told you that I wasn't afraid / in the currency of memory, nothing costs more than pain / but you remind me fourteen thousand days or so I'm still okay / you remind me that my body was born to heal / you remind me that my body was born to heal over time / you remind me that my body was born to heal before it dies / you remind me
In the grand tradition of Ryan O'Neal ripping one's heart from one's chest, putting it back better, and making it as though nothing happened, there's this song.
You (feat. Hermanos Gutiérrez) by RY X I woke up falling / and press into your side / your body's an ocean / pull me into your tides
RX Y is a really interesting band in that their songs are often more about the actual instrumentals than the lyrics. This is one of those.
Gone With Your Ghost by Black Match Did I make you happy / or was it pretend? / you know that you had me / but you jumped the fence / did I make you happy / or was it pretend? / 'cause all that we had just / slipped through my hands / gone with your ghost
Another fantastic breakup song. Also a good one for the third sequel to AGDBITD. Oops! Forget I said that.
Cover To Cover by Nathan Ball Take your time / turn back to the lie where I'm hoping to find you / if only to feel bad / there's no need to feel bad / see your eyes, two stars in the night / and my mind's taking over / time is a healer / this time it's hurting
Yet another fabulous breakup song. A companion to Gone With Your Ghost, if you will. Ahem.
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spahhzy · 10 months ago
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A Bunny, Bike, Widow, and a Deadman. 1(?)
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It's the John Wick parody nobody asked for, but me!
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A video camera fired up revealing a nice large living room and moved forward around a corner as some banging could be heard, followed by an 'ouch'. The camera suddenly caught sight of one tall blonde haired man, with some defined muscle dressed in black shorts and a plain white tee as he had a tool bag around his waist. He was currently putting together a small table.
Jaune: Just a few more hammers annnnnd done!
Jaune set the hammer down and admired his handy work, unaware that a video recorder was catching every moment until he, of course, turned around.
Jaune: Eh!? Trivia, are you recording me!?
A woman with pink and brown hair just silently giggled as she kept video taping a blushing Jaune.
Jaune: Trivia, how much did you see? The blisters on my fingers!? I'm a handyman, I swea-Oof!
Jaune had tripped over the table. A small ow escaped him as Trivia looked like she could burst into tears from laughing.
Jaune whined but had a silly smile on his face before he just wrapped his arms around her pulling her into bed amidst the fall he grabbed her scroll and smirked as he flipped the camera around this time to take a photo of both of them. Trivia, her head nestled into the crook of Jaune's neck with Jaune head rested onto of hers.
Happiness radiating from both their eyes. A click was heard from her scroll as the little photo was taken.
Warmth filled Trivia as she looked up into her husband eyes, feeling very tired but happy. Nonetheless.
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Trivia blinked from inside her helmet as she looked up to see a 'Gas station next left'. She checked her left side rear mirror before taking the next exit off the freeway, as her hair fluttered wildly behind her as the motorcycle exhaust echoed off the city walls.
She pulled into the gas station, parking at a pump before killing the engine and finally taking off her helmet.
Her pink and brown eyes adjusting back to the light before she sat her helmet back on the handlebars.
She admired the motorcycle, a nice bike that her husband had gotten for her and on occasions Jaune would bring out his bike and they would ride together down the riding twists and turns that Vales backroads and outskirts had to offer but often then not, she would ride shot gun if she was nit feeling up to driving, still she admired and loved her bike dearly non-the less because it was from the man who was her world and also thanks to clear recommendation from one Yang Xiao Long. She has a taste for motorcycles she did.
She thought it hilarious, that she ,a city girl, wouldn't like anything like this... but boy, did Jaune prove her wrong. He was right when he said it was almost the 'free' someone can be.
She casted her eyes onto the floor as she suddenly felt a crushing sadness begin to eat at her.
Numbly she took off her riding gloves and thumbed the wedding ring tenderly.
While she was feeling sad, something was inside her backpack, that she had carried with her on the ride, wiggling around before a set of tall ears popped out, and suddenly, a rabbit head sprang out of the pink backpack.
It shook its head softly, floopy ears hitting the back of Trivia's head, causing her to turn around and look at her bunny.
The sadness vanished a little bit as she looked at the last gift Jaune had given her before he passed.
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'I know the pain will be great...and that i will leave a hole but please take this last gift from me to help comfrot you. Her name is Juniper, please take care of her as I know she will take care of you'
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Reaching behind her Trivia gently petted the bunny's head to which the small white rabbit leaned into the hand and after a few seconds she, with Juniper In the bag, walked inside to put some gas.
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Coming out of the gas station with a small bag containing water, lettuce, and small baby carrots. She took off her backpack and placed it on the back seat, opening it up a smidge to give Juniper a little more room. The little rabbit looked up at her as Trivia just smiled softly as she reached in and grabbed some lettuce into her hand before guiding it over to the hungry rabbit who had stars in her eyes and chomped away at the green.
At the same time, Trivia had begun to pump gas into her bike, and both enjoyed a brief moment of silence.
Or they would have if a large HUV, blasting loud music, didn't pull into the gas station. It pulled into a pump directly across from Trivia as four young men jumped out.
Sky: I'm gonna go pay for the gas. Does anyone want anything before we hit up the strip club?
Russel: Nothin from me.
Dove: Same.
Cardin: Will one of you get out and go pump gas!
Dove gout out laughing, while Cardin got out, too, finding it a good time to smoke before the night began. Lighting up his cigarette, he took notice of a woman with pink and brown hair feeding her rabbit while sitting on a very nice-looking bike.
Clicking his hair back, he had a very staunce collection of bikes sitting home in one of his MANY garages, but that one in particular? He must have it.
Cardin: Nice Bike!
The woman stopped feeding the rabbit and looked at him before nodding and turning her attention back to the gas pump.
Cardin: Marauder! 70?
The girl just turned her head to him and shook it before fishing out a scroll and typing the words 69 before showing it too him.
Cardin: Oh, even rarer... I asked one of my 'friends' she had one just like this but would never sell it to me...
The woman shrugged as she finished pumping the gas as the bunny sat on the seat, still nibbling away.
Cardin: Alright, how much?
The woman stopped in her tracks and looked at Cardin with an eyebrow raised.
Cardin: Come on, how much for the bike! I'll pay you any amount and a little extra~
A look of disgust flashed briefly across the young woman's face, but she shook her head and flashed her scroll to his face quickly that said.
'Not For Sale'.
She got Juniper back inside her backpack and was about to grab her helmet before a hand stopped her.
Cardin: Aww, look at the cute rabbit.
He roughly pets the bunny's head, who just hides inside the backpack, then he turns his gaze back to the woman speaking in Atleasian foreign tongue.
Cardin: 'Everybody's gotta price, bitch'
Trivia could only just look at the man unimpressed but not before typing into her scroll and showing it to him.
'Not this bitch'
Cardin's eyes widened as he stepped back, allowing Trivia to finally grab her helmet. Cardin looked like he was about to escalate things before Russell stepped in with a look that said 'back off'. He looked back at Trivia and nodded.
Russel: You have a good day ma'am.
Trivia nodded slightly before firing up her bike, putting on her helmet and setting off back home.
Cardin just watched as bad thoughts enveloped his head.
Not for sale huh?
Then he'll just have to acquire it the old-fashioned Winchester way.
That fucking weirdo-nobody bunny lady will regret saying 'no' to Cardin Winchester!
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thoughtfullyrainynightmare · 7 months ago
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Yuno Grinberryal
4. Favourite part of their spouse
He would claim that his favourite part of his spouse is their eyes. And it is very high on the list of things he likes about them, however… his absolute favourite thing, if he had to name something, are their hands. Because he can reach for them, hold them… have his hands inch closer to theirs as they sit side by side. Their hands can reach towards his. And eyes can be confrontational. In his youth, Yuno also didn’t like looking people in the eye; back when he was shy. Maybe that’s one of the reasons why eyes are not at the absolute top of the list. Hands can hold a person, hold onto a person. Even if he needs to keep an eye on the surroundings, he can reach out for them. Eyes are for observing, hands are for holding.
6. Their characteristic song
Oof, if we go just by canon, Yuno doesn’t have a lot of… personality (and I say this with all my love), which is why I prefer his fanon self a lot more. I mean… canon Yuno is kinda of a golden boy. And most of him is simply about becoming the next WK, so… I’d like to suggest “Ready set let’s go” by SamTinnesz.
“No pain, no victory
Your reign is history
'Cause we're not stoppin' 'til we break through
So take your best shot, make your move
Oh, step right up, who's next?
You're messin' with the best” It’s kinda about the rivalry he has with Asta, but also about the Final Arc.
15. Their weakness
I think his weakness is in his inability, or unwillingness, to process his emotions for the most part. Sure, he might be performing well as of now, because he has good mana pool and two grimoires and so on, but... how is he dealing with everything that is going on? Finding out who his parents are, that he is a prince, maybe a King, and that his life goal might be impossible just because of who he is by birth? Since he might need to go to Spade and become a King. Who does he talk to? Mimosa? Klaus? Would he be able to really talk to them? We don't see a lot of his weaknesses in canon, but I think that his weakness as a person (and maybe as a character too) is his inability to show and process his emotions.
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miyuhpapayuh · 2 years ago
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“Welcome to Mimosa Grill, did you have a reservation?” The receptionist asks Leon, his sister and mother.
“Yes, it's under Hunt.”
“Oh, the table full of beauties, yes! And they're adding three more!” She claps, making them laugh as she leads them towards the middle of the restaurant.
Zora stands once they make it to the table, smiling softly as the introductions start.
“Hello, ladies.” Leon greets with a smile that sends them all swooning.
“Hey, Leon,” they sing in unison, making Zora playfully roll her eyes as he laughs.
“This is my sister Eryn and my mama Tara.” He introduces, as they wave.
“And these are my sisters Neoma and Lovita, and my mama Pam,” Zora introduces, turning her attention to his mom, “I'm Zora, it's so nice to meet you.”
Pulling away from their mom's side to shake her sisters’ hands, she and Zora do the same. A warm handshake and smile eases Zora's nerves.
“It's a pleasure to meet you, Zora. You are breathtaking. You all are!”
“Thank you!” Pam proudly says, standing to shake her hand, as well as Leon’s.
“A firm hand! I like you, already.” Pam says, earning another smile from him.
“The pressure's on,” he says. “A pleasure to finally meet you.”
“Likewise, dear. I've heard great things! And you,” she turns to Eryn, “aren't you just adorable!”
“Been getting that my whole life,” her twang makes Zora giggle, “thank you! It's nice to meet such beautiful people!”
Once they're all acquainted, they sit and fall into conversation.
“So, tell me Leon. What do you do for a living?” Pam asks.
“I work at a warehouse in Midland. We outsource from many retail outlets, it's pretty much like Amazon but a little wider in range.”
“Oh, okay! Keeps you busy?”
“Yes ma'am,” he chuckles. “It can be trying and tiring like any job, but I get my work done.”
“And Zora, what about you dear?” Tara asks.
“I work at a restaurant in Matthews. It's a quaint, family owned business. Delicious food, terrible customers… the usual.” She laughs, making them do the same.
“Working in food service can definitely be trying. I worked as a line cook for about five years, so I understand.” She says.
“Really? Oof, they put me back there for a day and I'm ready to burn the place down.” Zora shakes her head.
“That was the first thought on my brain for five years, honey.” She agrees, making Zora laugh again.
Leon smiles at the sight.
“She's also got a friend like the one that used to hang around you, ma.” He speaks.
“Oh— oh, you got a lil weasel followin’ you around?” She asks, making her mama look over at her as well.
“Zora, that boy's still bothering you?”
“I told you to let me kick his ass,” Lovita adds.
“Yeah, he still thinks he's being charming,” she snorts, “but man is he a pain in my side. And put your guns down, sis. Leon gave him the glare of a lifetime, so he's been keeping his distance as of late. Not sure how long it'll last but..”
“A non-verbal threat is new for you.” Eryn laughs, patting her brother's shoulder.
“Turning over new leaves, Eryn.” He responds. “Plus, as long as he keeps his distance, we have no issue. I wouldn't jeopardize Zora's job, either.”
“See? Blazing guns aren't always the answer.” Zora looks at her sisters, who just wave her off.
“Leon might be turning over a new leaf, but you're my littlest sister. I carry and he better relax.”
“She's a spitfire, too! I love it!” Tara smiles. “And, it's commendable that you've taken this off this pretty girl's hands, cause she shouldn't have to worry about some fool tryna push up on her at work.”
“Leon's a sweetheart. Plus he wouldn't let it go until I said he could choke him if need be.” Zora giggles, making both of their mothers shake their heads.
“Kids, am I right?” Pam looks at Tara, who nods wholeheartedly.
“This is why I'm graying, now.”
Good food and even better conversation continued, as the two got to share stories of childhood, family and everything in between.
Zora learned that Leon played baseball for a brief period in high school, until he started getting into fights and eventually got kicked off the team.
Leon had learned that Zora's artwork used to be posted on the walls and in the library of her elementary, middle and high school. She was somewhat of a celebrity.
“So, where did writing start for you?” Zora asks Leon.
“Well, I had gotten thrown out of most social clubs, due to my smart mouth and my mama suggested that I find other ways to get my feelings out, cause she was tired of getting calls from the school.” He looks over at her, catching her stare and choking.
“Gray, baby. Gray.”
“Anyway,” he shakes his head and turns back to Zora. “Eryn bought me a journal with her allowance because she wanted me to do better. I stalled for a while, because what was I supposed to write about? My angry teenager self wasn't with it, at all. But, I eventually came back to it with an open mind, and it's been like a dear friend to me ever since.”
Zora, as well as her sisters and mama, were chin-in-palm, listening to his every word.
“Wow…Tell me you paid Eryn back.” Neoma speaks, making Eryn giggle.
“He sure did! He's not the only ass kicker around here.” She innocently smiles.
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The next week and a half was filled with more sharing from Zora and more earnest listening from Leon, a few more dates and a sorta surprise visit to her job.
They'd started sharing their work schedules, due to Leon falling in love with the food like Zora told him he would, as well as Zora feeling herself become safe in his presence.
Like he said he would be, he came strolling through the restaurant’s doors with an extra dip in his walk, making Zora’s mouth twist up, fighting off her smirk.
The flowers in his hand definitely made her jaw drop, her hand not being fast enough to catch it.
Leon being the teaser he is, he decides to poke a little fun once he makes his way to her.
“I thought you said brown girls don't blush! You look a lil red, baby.”
“Shut up,” she laughs, her eyes dropping to the orange poppies in his hand. The slight pout that forms on her glossed lips letting him know he'd chosen right between those and yellow lillies.
“For you,” he holds them out for her, leaning on the counter so she wouldn't have to look up at him too much. Plus he was crowding her space like she secretly wanted him to.
“They're beautiful!” She all but squeals, welcoming the flowers and kiss he placed on her lips. “Thank you.”
“My pleasure. That was cute, you were tryna hide your face.” He laughs, sneaking another kiss.
“Stop it,” she playfully mushes him away. “I was shocked to see you with flowers. I'm so used to us picking them out together when we hit the shoppe, I wasn't expecting this.”
“Expecting the unexpected is something you're gonna get used to. Don't worry.” He assures her with a wink, making her turn away from him as her face continues to burn.
“Go away,” she drags out her words, earning a deep chuckle in return. His hand latches onto her free one, linking their fingers.
“I like your hair, like always.” He compliments the high, wild ponytail she was sporting today, pulling her gaze back to his.
“Thank you. It took me way too long to get it up like this, it better be cute.” She huffs, sitting the flowers on the counter behind her.
“Put your guns down, it's cute.” He jokes, earning an eye-roll.
“You're a little early. I've got about five minutes left.”
“I know. They let us out a bit earlier than usual, so I thought I'd come on this way to see you, since this was the plan anyway.”
“Makes sense. Was today any better?” She asks, referring to him and his coworker.
“A little. We spoke briefly, which is a start.” He shrugs, leaning up from the counter. “I'm gonna head to the bathroom right quick.”
“Okay,” she gives a soft smile, which he returns before walking down and around the corner.
Zora's expression quickly sours as Cory slides into Leon's place, leaning on the counter at the same time she moves away from it.
“Come on. Why we gotta be like this?” He asks, eyeing the flowers behind her.
“It's like you think I'm joking or something. Staying away from me didn't last long, like it knew it wouldn't.” She says, shaking her head.
“Who bought you those beauties?” He asks, ignoring her.
“Someone that's actually worth my time, Cory. No more questions.” She firms, shooing him away but of course his persistence keeps him planted.
“Damn, I'm not worth your time?”
“What did I just say??” She throws her hands up.
“For real, Zora?”
“Dude! I've spent the better part of my time here, warding you off like you're a demon. You're unbelievable.” She laughs.
“You know you can't resist this, baby.”
“See? It's like there's a blockage in your brain.”
“Ain't nothing wrong with me, girl.”
“I'm not your girl.” She snaps.
“You could be, though.” He says without missing a beat.
“No thanks,” she says with a shake of her head, just as Leon reappears, catching Cory way too close to where he shouldn't be.
“Look who we got here,” he says, causing Cory to break his neck to look in his direction, his cockiness about to turn on him.
“Oh, the one with the staring problem. Wassup flower boy.” He points, glancing back at Zora, whose stare could turn him to stone, had this been Percy Jackson and friends.
“You got two seconds to remove yourself.” Leon calmly says, watching the smug smile grow on Cory's face as he looks back at him.
“Ain't nobo—” the rest of his sentence got jerked up, right along with his collar, as Leon stares him dead in the eyes, definitely putting fear in his heart.
“I'm bein’ real nice. You don't want that ass whoopin’, I promise you.” He warns, keeping his collar in his tight grip.
Zora's eyes widen at the sight, and she's able to get her hand over her mouth to catch the laugh that threatens to kill their intense stare down.
“Leave Zora alone or it's gonna be way worse than this.” Leon's unwavering stare definitely did damage to Cory's self esteem, but he kept up the facade.
“Aight.” He holds hands up in surrender, that usual smug smile being replaced with a mean mug, little did he know it made him look just as pathetic.
“Apologize.”
Cory turns his head toward Zora, offering an equally pathetic apology, to which she nods in response.
Releasing his collar just as roughly as he yanked it up, Leon pushes him back towards the other side of the bar, away from them altogether.
“Go do your job.” He points, watching him disappear around the corner before he looks over at a very amused Zora.
“That boy relentless ain't he?” He laughs, back to leaning on the counter.
“Yeah! You bout pulled that boy out his shoes!” She lets her giggles run free.
“He was where he shouldn't have been. Had to come do damage control and save you from that fool.” He chuckles.
“My hero,” she hums, punching her number in the computer, finally clocking out for the day.
“Told you I got you.”
“You did. So whose place tonight?”
“Mine?” He suggests, and she agrees.
She lifts the counter’s side flap up, grabs her flowers and heads into the side room, grabs her bag off the hanger, and moves back in front of him.
“Alright, we can go now.”
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“When's the last time someone bought you flowers?” Leon asks, sitting his takeout container on his coffee table.
“Are we counting the ones Cory has bought me?” She asks.
“No.” He answers quickly, making her laugh.
“It's been a couple years, then.”
“Really?”
“Yeah, besides the few dates I'd been on after I left my ex. And the last date I'd been on til you came along was… about two years ago, yeah.” She laughs, again.
“Wow. That makes no sense.”
“Well, in my defense, I am always walking around with my own flowers.” She jokes.
“You got me there,” he laughs, “but someone can always add to those, right?”
“You're right. It's a really sweet gesture.” She smiles, reaching for a fortune cookie.
“I'm glad you liked them. I wasn't sure what to get, but they jumped out at me. Plus, orange looks really good on you.”
“Thank you, and you did good. Orange's my favorite color.”
The amused expression spreads across his handsome face, making her laugh for the umpteenth time.
“I won't pat myself on the back, but..” he jokes, sliding a little closer to her, “you can't say I don't pay attention.”
“You're right, again. And now I kinda feel bad, cause I don't think I've got your favorite color right in my head… did that make sense?”
“It did,” he nods, “what do you think it is?”
“Green.”
“Correct.” He smiles.
“Really?” She asks.
“Yeah, I'm a hunter green kinda guy.”
“I knew it!” She smiles, pulling the plastic away from the cookie to crack it open. “Green looks really good on you.”
“Thank you, beautiful.”
She nods, looking down at the small piece of paper, softly shaking her head at what it says, folding it up.
“The love of your life will appear in front of you unexpectedly!”
Yeah, I sure hope so.
“What does it say?” He asks.
“You're not supposed to share what it says,” she says, popping half of the cookie into her mouth.
“There's rules?”
She nods, covering her mouth as she chews. “You're also supposed to burn it so it can come true.”
“Wow, you learn something new every day.” He chuckles.
“You're welcome!” She cheerily says, earning another laugh out of him as they settle back against the couch to watch another movie.
A couple chick-flicks later, Leon was reluctantly standing up to walk a sleepy Zora out to her car.
“If I didn't have to work in the morning, I'd crash on your couch,” she snorts, fumbling inside her bag for her keys.
“Hey, you still can. I could take you to work before I go in, you can come back and get your car after work. You get off at the same time tomorrow?” He asks.
“Yeah, I do. But I don't have any extra clothes.”
“You can borrow something of mine. What you need, a t-shirt? Shorts? I got you.”
“You really want me to stay, huh?”
“Hell yeah,” he answers enthusiastically, making her giggle. “I love your company.”
“Yeah, you're growing on me too.” She smirks, following him right back inside his apartment.
Ch 7
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