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what's the best way to serve whale?
am hungee
Canât attestâI have not eaten whale.
Muktuk is a traditional Inuit food. Itâs skin and blubber usually from bowheads (but also beluga and narwhal) thatâs diced small and often eaten raw. It can also be prepared in other ways like frying or pickling. Very high in Vitamin D & C.
Turning to my 19th c. American whalers, it being my schtick and all, they tended to not be particularly interested in eating whale. Nor were whales hunted for meat. But sometimes the odd recipe comes out here and there. John Martin, whaler on the Lucy Ann, 1840s talked about âroasting the top of a whaleâs headâ that they were otherwise processing.
âThe top of a right whaleâs head is covered with barnacles & small crabs. When roasted they are good eating. They also take part of his lip and render it out in the hot oil. When eaten with pepper & vinegar it tastes very much like soused tripe.â
Mary Lawrence, whaling wife on the Addison, 1850s also mentioned eating whale up North:
âWe have been eating bowhead meat for several days, made with pork into sausage cakes, also fried, and it is really good eating, far before salt pork in my estimation.â
J.E. Haviland, greenhand on the Baltic 1850s shared a similar recipe for porpoise, which is similar enough.
âWe had it for Breakfast this morning. The way it is prepared at sea is to take + hash it up very fine seasoned with sage pepper + salt and then made in small balls + fried or baked in pork + I can say from experience it is proper good.â
William Tripp, boatsteerer on the John R. Manta, 1920s,
âThe meat was cooked as steaks, while some was ground and made into 'whalemeat balls.' It was eaten by all hands and much relished as the first frest meat since leaving port."
John Ross Browne, writer on an unnamed whaler in the 1840s, talked about snacks whilst trying out. In addition to frying saltwater-soaked sea biscuits and celebratory donuts in the whale oil, sometimes whalers would eat the leftover âcracklingsâ, i.e. crispy bits of whale skin left over after the process, as well as:
âSometimes, when on friendly terms with the steward, they make fritters of the brains of the whale mixed with flour, and cook them in the oil. These are considered a most sumptuous delicacy. Certain portions of the whale's flesh are also eaten with relish, though, to my thinking, not a very great luxury, being coarse and strong. Mixed with potatoes, however, like " porpoise balls," they answer very well for variety. A good appetite makes almost any kind of food palatable. I have eaten whale-flesh at sea with as much relish as I ever ate roast-beef ashore.â
Not everyoneâs into it, though. When John Langdon and other crew members aboard the St. Peter, 1840s, came to air grievances about the captain expecting them to be content with eating spoiled beef, the captain,
ârowse[d] up a little telling us how he had lived on whale and blackfish meat for a time on the Norâwest; but this would not go down with us and we demanded stateâs allowance. He saw we were in good earnest so after while concluded to give us good beef.â
And lastly, from Moby-Dick, Stubbâs preferred method of cooking whale steak which he berated the cook with:
âHold the steak in one hand, and show a live coal to it with the other; that done, dish it; dâye hear?â
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can u do the "i like you I said I like you" thing with any random blue lock boy if u don't know it just search it up and it will be there it's pretty cute and when you do or u already know can u make like a big misunderstanding and it's a happy ending ty!
 I like you - rin, yoichi, hiori
â In which the popular kid (you) asks them out and they can't believe it.
Note: I hope I find the right thing đ rin is longer bc i missed the happy ending part at first. reader really doesn't take 'no' for an answer. mia đ¤ writting only with her favs
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Rin isn't the type to make friends in the first place, so when he found a note on his desk asking him to meet up with an anonymous person his first reflexes was to put it in the trash. He had better things to do than to talk to someone he doesn't even know.
He never expected this note to be from you, his pretty seatmate that, surprisingly, liked to work on a few projects with him. Everyone has a crush on him, but only a few can actually manage his personality.Â
But here you were, hands on his desk before he could take his remaining papers before leaving for practice. He glared up at you to realize you were frowning at him too, obviously upset. Yet you weren't saying anything, stealing glances around to see if people would actually leave one day.
"You're waiting for a deluge of what ?!" You yelled at the duo whispering behind him and he heard them running out in a second
"What's your problem?" He asked about your behavior.
"What is your problem! You never came yesterday," you argued, cheeks flush red and he can't tell if it's from embarrassment or anger. "I've waited for a while you jerk."
"You should've signed then." He added while looking away from the small pour on your face, trying to pull away his papers beneath your hand. "Now I have to go so be quick."
Lifting your hand so he can organize his bag, you didn't wait for him to finish before talking.
"I like you." You said, a lower voice, less confident ; a voice that sounded nothing like yours. He scoffed at your face, getting up and putting his bag on his shoulder. As if someone like you could actually have feelings for him, ridiculous.
"I don't have time for your joke. Get lost." Without caring to look back at you, he left the classroom with a bothered face. It's not that he didn't like you, but everything sounded fake. Despite himself, he doesn't want to be the joke of your stupid friends' group.
"Wait Rin !" Your voice followed by footsteps suddenly sends shivers down his back. Couldn't you just leave him alone ?
But your hand grabbed his wrist in a hurry to try and stop him in his tracks. You couldn't bring yourself to look at him, already trying to hide the emotion in your voice.
"I wasn't kidding ! I really do â "
A million thoughts pass by his silly little brain in a second but he sadly didn't have time for this right now. Or he didn't want to think about it at all.
"If you do then let me go." He sounds sharp and uncaring but his heart is weak when you let go of him with a pitiful try to hide the disappointment written on your face. Yet the only thing he does is run away from you, already late for his schedule.
"We'll talk later."
He sent it out of guilt before starting, not liking how he left you like this. Yet the notification of his message fell in deaf ears as you were already crying, hiding yourself in the bathroom.
After crying your emotions out you still went and checked your face after â bad idea. Your eyes are red, cheeks flushed and you can't get rid off the mascara that fell below your eyes. Great.
You sighed, getting yourself together before leaving the building to go home. You've seen his message but honestly you don't think you'll ever have the strength to face him now. Ever. Tears are always on the verge of falling from your eyes and youâve never felt this shitty in your life. It was the worst day ever ! And your friends would tell you "I told you so." . You hated it.
Yet, without meaning to, you still passed by the football field and saw Rin was still there training, all sweaty and panting as he scored yet another goal. As you ponder if you should stop by and wait for him, since he told you youâll talk later, you stopped in your tracks right in front of the tribune. From where you stand, you staying or not wouldnât probably change a thing to your situation. No-oneâs waiting for you and you certainly donât wanna see your friends at that moment. So you decided to stop and take a seat in the front row, gazing at him as your head lay on your arms.Â
It doesnât take long for him to notice you, you can tell and even if you didnât expect much from him, he stopped and slowly made his way to you.
He feels like an asshole, for once in his life. Itâs like he really did something bad that he regrets.
âYouâre going to catch a cold.â was all he could think about to break the heavy silence between you two. He doesnât expect much either, knowing well that you might be upset.
âItâs summerâs end though, itâs still hotâŚâ you answered, muffled in your arms. He was right, the light breeze past nine was in fact colder than you thought but you never wanted to admit that. But you werenât dumb, you knew he'd notice the goosebumps on your arms.Â
Soon his jacket fell on your shoulders, making you blink a few times in a vain attempt to process what happened.
âTake this and go home. Donât forget it tomorrow.â he finally said before leaving you behind, flustered but with a small smile on your lips. At least he cared more than he looked like.
Putting it on properly, you took your bag and made your way to the exit, following his words â he made sure for you not to get cold, you could at least listen. You expected it to smell like him or some strong cologne he might wear, but instead it simply smells like detergent. And for some reason, it comforted you even more.Â
It was a good idea to stop by.Â
Hiori never was on the popular side, even if he was a good football player for his two years of high school, he never compared to some of his teammates that got way too much attention for their well being. Not that he ever minded, it was just like this. He prefers his routine to stick to what it is, meeting with his small group of friends, talk about games then go back to his training. It can be boring, but it was simply his life.
Or it was before you came into his life out of nowhere during his last year. Youâve always been in his class but for some reason you two never talked before, he knew your name and thatâs it. Until you started to come see him play and encourage him with everything youâve got.
After that, it seems like youâve never missed a game and always come to see him at the end of it to tell him how well he played and then proceed to talk with him. It was nothing particularly weird, anybody can start to like football at some point and tell themselves that itâs never too late to befriend someone â beside the fact that you were the prettiest person he had seen.
For some reason, all this happening out of nowhere seems way too suspicious but he never mentioned it to you and was still happy to talk to you and learn more about your interests. He was really awkward at first but as the days went by, turning into months and you never stopped being nice to him, he thought he may have had the wrong idea. Until that day.
âI like you,â you mumbled to him after catching his sleeve before he could leave. Time stopped and your words were echoing in his head endlessly â he couldn't come up with an answer. His mind went blank and all he could do was stare at your feet, trying to ground himself. But you pull on his sleeve once again, right when he feels able to answer.
âCome on, donât ignore me when I just said thatâŚâ He can see you chewing on the inside of your cheek and a disbelief scoffed escaped his mouth.
âLook, I know but itâs just not funny,â he answered lightly but he couldnât look into your eyes or else he wouldâve cried. Saying he didnât develop a crush on you would be a lie, but he knew it was one sided and was fine with it. But you joking about it wasnât funny.
âWhatâ No ! Iâm not kidding Hiori, listenââ
âIâm sure your friends are laughing a lot but you really should stop nowâŚâ he cut you out before you could explain yourself and it felt like it was now or never. You took a step closer to him who was still avoiding your gaze and left a peck on his cheek, close enough to the corner of his lips for him to realize you werenât lying. His cheeks heat up at your move and he backs down quickly, taking a few steps away from you.
You were the awkward one now, looking away from him. You didnât want to seem too much of a push over so you nodded to yourself before.
âJust because you donât like me back doesnât mean you have to say Iâm joking. With that,â you added before waving at him awkwardly and were about to leave but this time it was Hiori who stopped you. Leaving a quick peck on your lips, he smiled shyly at you who was now a blushing mess â trying to hide your face away but with nowhere to do so.
âIt just feels weird, because youâre the pretty one you know.â he giggled. âBut I like you too.â
When Yoichi discovered the letter in his locker this morning, his heart stopped. It seemed normal from the outside â and thank god for that â but the inside contained words about how the person felt for him but he felt like dying. Nobody ever confessed to him, even less with a letter.
Nothing helped that he knew who it was. It wasnât as anonymous as he wished it was, itâs always like this in the movie. He looked like his soul left his body, making his friends worry â even more when he never wanted to mention what was up. He couldn't just tell them, they'd ask to read it and he didn't want them to know who it was. While being asked a thousand questions about it, he secretly glanced your way, a blush on his cheeks.Â
You were looking their way, not catching his eyes but with a knowing smile on your lips and he prays for them not to look away from him. He needed to talk this through with you, even if he didn't want to.Â
You squeal when your arm is suddenly pulled to the opposite side. Yoichi shushed you down, panicked at the idea of you screaming all of sudden. You blinked a few times, flustered at the sudden proximity. He was only a few centimeters away, looking around to be sure nobody would come and annoyed you and your heart had a hard time following.Â
Out of nowhere, he took out the letter from his pocket and almost shoveled it into your face.Â
âWhat is this ?â he whispered as if everyone around was listening to him, making you giggle.Â
âA love letter ?â you said, trying to hide your trembling voice. You never expected him to face you like this, he was the kind you can easily forget and yet he was bold enough to ask you straight about it. It charmed you even more at first.Â
âYeah I can tell,â he scoffed. âBut that's not funny ok. Get it back and leave me alone.âÂ
The small shadow of a smile fell from your face in a second, horror rushing in your body when he gave you the letter back â more like pushing it in your hands â before leaving the other way. You have to compose yourself a second before gripping on the letter and run after him.
Stepping out of the corner he pulled you, you rushed after him before tugging on his sleeve. Once again, your letter flew away from your hand right to his face.
âI just told you I liked you ! You could at least keep it even if you donât feel the same !â you yelled in the middle of the highway, people were sending Yoichi weird looks and he couldnât control the blush on his cheeks. On the other hand, you never felt so dumb in your entire life. It wasnât because he seems the most normal boy that he would like you back, not when he didnât know anything about you, yet you really hoped he would at least treat it well.
âI thought you were joking !â he yelled back, not sure what to believe anymore. âyou can whoever you want⌠why me ?â he subtly asked, not daring to look you in the eyes.
âWhy not,â you argue with a pour on your lips. âYouâre cute, thatâs it. Youâre caring with your friends and your mom â I overheard you on the phone once.â your ramble started to get a bit creepy, so instead you got close to him and bump into his shoulder. âEven if you donât like me yet, we could at least, I donât know, hang out from time to time.â
A sweet smile formed on his lips. âIâd love to.â
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itoshi rin x reader. 2k wc. ďž fluff ďž college au ďž reader wears a skirt ďž mentions of an injury + a little blood
you arenât one to believe in silly superlatives, but the last few months have helped you understand why itoshi rin is regarded as the most unapproachable student on campus.
he works alone and during the moments when heâs required to collaborate, the man is incredibly blunt. outside of class, you rarely see him accompanied by anyone other than his team and even then he never seems thrilled to be around them. the aloof expression he constantly wears only solidifies everyoneâs perception of himâeveryoneâs but yours.
youâre a firm believer that people are more than they let on and rin is no different. beneath his frigid exterior, thereâs something more. at least, thatâs what youâve been telling yourself for the last several weeks. if you werenât convinced, how else would you explain your efforts of getting close to him?
youâre on a mission, one to see if you can chip away, thaw, the icy exterior that encases itoshi rin.
ârin!â you shout, but your call doesnât elicit any sort of responseâhe doesnât pause, doesnât turn his head, just keeps walking as though your voice is nothing more than a gust of wind. his disregard fails to deter you as you pick up your pace to catch up with rinâs long strides. it takes a bit but when you finally do, you smile and link your arm with his. you look up at him before asking, âhey, didnât you hear me calling your name?â
âi did. i was just ignoring you.â his teal eyes finally spare you a short glance before heâs shaking you off, pulling his arm out of your hold and stuffing his hand in the pocket of his long, beige coat. itâs you again, he thinks.
you remind him of somethingâa gnat, thatâs it. small and bothersome but easy to swat away. though, just like them, you always seem to make your way back. heâs grown used to your repeated appearances, even if he finds them slightly inconvenient.
âthis is why you donât have any friends, you know.â you sigh, the stream of air that leaves your mouth visible as a foggy cloud in front of you. you peer up at him through your eyelashes. âyouâre so cold.â
heâs silent in response to your statement and you expected as much. still, you send him a smile and continue talking. âiâm willing to look past that, though. what are you doing now?â
âgoing home.â rin hopes his answer is enough to dispel whatever thought is brewing in your head.
âperfect! so youâre free.â he turns to you with a frown. what part of âgoing homeâ gave you the impression that he had nothing else to do? âwanna go get sushi? itâs on campus so we wouldnât have to go far.â
âno thanks.â he looks away to finalize his answer.
âaw, come on, rin.â if youâre going to get anywhere, you canât keep letting him brush you off. âit doesnât have to be sushi,â you try to bargain, but he doesnât budge, only continues toward his destination.
maybe you should just drop it, try again another time, but your body has other ideas. you take a few quick steps forward so youâre standing in front of rin. youâre walking partially backward as your next words come out. âwe can get whatever you w-â
the ground beneath your feet doesnât feel as stable as it did a moment ago, itâs slippery now, enough to make you lose your balance. you slide forward on a patch of ice before the concrete is back under you. the bottoms of your shoes catch on the roughness of the ground, launching your forward. your knees and the heels of your palms skim the sidewalk, drawing a pained gasp from your lungs.
âshit, are you okay?â rinâs voice cuts through the air, and itâs closer than it was when you were upright. you turn your head to find his face right beside yours. his eyes are zoned in on your hands and you swear you can see a glint of concern pass over them.
âiâm fine,â you tell him, sitting back on your knees and painting on a smile to cover up the pain. you shake your hands at the wrist but the cool air only bites at your open wounds. âit just stings a little.â
youâre a lousy liar, rin thinks. did you think he wouldnât notice the breath of air you sucked in just now? blue-green irises scan over your hands and knees. the fall was enough to tear your tights and break the skin. thereâs blood slowly pooling from the surface of each scratch.
âcome on,â rin sighs, straightening up and shrugging his coat off his shoulders. you stare up at him with lips parted in confusion. he jerks his head in a silent gesture for you to stand up.
âwhere are we going?â you ask, carefully boosting yourself up from off the ground.
âto my apartment.â he glances at your outfit before holding out his coat to you. âput this on.â
you want to ask him why but you figure your constant questioning will put him off. you keep your lips sealed as you accept his coat, slinging it over your much thinner zip-up. your eyes dart back to where heâs standingâor where he was standing. heâs not there anymore but it only takes a tilt of your head to find him. heâs bent at the knee in front of you and his arm reaches over his shoulder to pat his back. âget on.â
your eyes widen in a mixture of surprise and triumph. the gesture itself catches you off guardâbefore now, it was hard to ever picture rin being so⌠helpful, chivalrous. on the other hand, this is the first of what you hope becomes many wins in your pursuit of melting away what you think is his frosty façade.
a quiet laugh pushes past your lips as you bend down to wrap your arms around rinâs neck. he hooks his hands under your knees, a low grunt rumbling in his chest as he rises up from his position.
you canât help but think it would be a lot colder if you werenât wearing rinâs coat. maybe you should have taken a look at the weather before you decided to put a skirt on this morning. itâs only then that it strikes youâhe didnât give you the jacket to keep you warm, he gave it to you to keep you covered. if the length of the outerwear wasnât draped over your legs, this piggyback ride would be a lot more compromising.
your cheeks and the tips of your ears are flaming hot compared to the nip of the cold air. you arenât sure if youâre flustered because of the close call or the fact that rin was attentive and considerate enough to protect your decency. heâs a lot more thoughtful than he puts on.
despite your fall being entirely unintentional, you have to say, the timing couldnât have been better. the walk to rinâs apartment isnât far at all and if you hadnât found a way to stop him, you wouldnât have gotten through to him today.
with you still on his back, rin fishes out his keys from his pocket, sticking one into the keyhole and twisting until a click signals that the front door is unlocked. you canât see far into the apartment over his shoulder, but the kitchen and the little glimpse of the living room are exactly what you expectedâneat. there are no dirty dishes littered about the counters and the blanket hanging over the back of the couch is tidily folded.
the bathroom is directly to the right of the entrance and rin nudges the door open with his foot to allow the both of you in. he kneels in front of the toilet, setting you down on the closed lid. you survey the scratches on your palms as rin washes his hands and grabs the first-aid kit he keeps under the sink. he kneels down in front of you to start treating the scrapes on your knees.
the process is a silent one, rinâs focus solely on cleaning your wounds. the silence makes you want to squirm but the thought of being reprimanded by rin keeps you glued to your spot. his presence is always overwhelming but much less so when itâs accompanied by conversation. so, you speak, âthis is your fault, you know.â
he stills for a split second before continuing, but you donât miss the way his eyebrows knit together. âhow is you slipping my fault?â
you bite your lip to hold back a laugh. the empty statement was merely a poor attempt at filling the silence, but youâre beginning to think that you can use this to your advantage. âi was just trying to be nice and invite you out. if you agreed to lunch with me, this all would have been avoidable.â
rin clicks his tongue. he knows what youâre doing; youâre trying to guilt trip him, make him feel bad. and he does, he recognizesâbut not for the reasons you think. heâs never been particularly benevolent but something drove him to act today, something he canât quite put his finger on. all he can say for sure is that he wouldnât be doing this for just anyone.
âdonât worry, though.â your voice brings rin back to reality from his thoughts. his teal gaze lands on your face and you smile. itâs pretty, the thinks, but thereâs a gleam in your eyes that isnât as sweet. âi know how you can make it up to me.â
âam i not doing that now?â he asks as he finishes bandaging your second knee.
you ignore his question, holding your palms up at rinâs nod toward them. âiâll forgive you if you take me up on my offer. going out for lunch, i mean.â
a gnat. persistent and pesky.
âwhat makes you think i want your forgiveness?â his words, the bluntness of them, starkly contrasts his touch. the lithe finger applying antibiotic ointment to your torn skin is gentle, tender even.
âmaybe you donât,â you hum curiously. you were sure he would have given in by now but his resolve was starting to seem unbreakable. thereâs one strategy you have left, one you were hoping you wouldnât have to turn to. although, you suppose you could always go back on your word. and rin didnât have to know that.
you clear your throat resolutely in hopes that your next statement comes out smoothly. âiâll leave you alone if you humor me this once.â
rin almost snorts. he highly doubts that will be the case with your track record and all. despite his skepticism, he doesnât immediately jump to rejecting you and the lack of a prompt ânoâ surprises you both.
rin sticks the last square band-aid to your hand while he contemplates your proposal. something about this unplanned interaction has surfaced unfamiliar feelings from the depths of his heart. he still doesnât understand why he decided to lend you a helping hand, but he figures there must have been a reasonâone that heâll come closer to finding out if he swallows his pride and agrees to your outing.
âfine.â he sits back on his heels, letting his hands rest on his thighs.
you blink at the one-word answer. âfine?â
âthatâs what i said.â rin stands up from his place on the floor and starts toward the door. he looks over his shoulder to see you still seated. âcome on before i change my mind.â
it would be dumb of you to miss this opportunityâthe one that you had sacrificed your physical well-being and a pair of cute tights forâall because youâre awestruck. so you quickly stand and scurry over to rin with a satisfied grin.
you can feel him tense beside you when you loop your arm through his once more. âi knew youâd warm up to me.â
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Delirium?
@lil-hun-bunâ , âRaph x fem!Reader where he's taking care of her because she's sick and they end up confessing their feelings for each other, perhaps?â
~xXx~
All it took was one word, and the red cladded ninja turtle was scaling across rooftops to your place of residence. Sick. Thatâs what you had texted him after rejecting his call to hang out. It had him notably concerned, as there had been times when even if you had a small cough youâd still at the very least enter a video chat with him. However, no interaction at all was very unlike you.Â
Raphael did his best to conceal his racing thoughts, picking the lock on your window before making his way in. He couldnât quite understand why he was so worried to begin with. It wasnât like you were in the hospital or anything else of a more serious level. Part of him was actually quite irritated by the his fretful emotions. Not at you of course, more of what you seemed to do him lately. Heâd never been this concerned over something so silly before. Even when one of his brothers or April would come down with a nasty cold, heâd just offer if they needed something from the store and leave it at that. In fact, in most cases heâd leave things to Donnie, unless it was said terrapin who had been ill. Yet when heâd received your message, the thought to ask Donnie or give his brother the heads up, didnât even cross his mind.Â
What was it about you in particular that made Raph of all people go out of his way, just by one simple text message?Â
The answer had struck him when, after giving you a quick heads up to his presence, he entered your room to find you in an unsightly state, his heart dropping in his plated chest.
Across the room, snuggled under a pile of blankets and surrounded by tissues, you lay as pale as your sheets and covered in sweat like on a hot summer afternoon. The weakness in just lifting your head to peer over at the larger turtle and the croak in your voice had Raphâs heart strings tugged.Â
âRaph? What are you doing here?â
It wasnât even a second after finishing your question that you fell into a fit of coughs, and Raphael was quick to make his way to your beside, taking off and opening the small backpack heâd brought with him. Inside were bottles of water and multiple types of medicine heâd dumped in his rush to get to you.
âWhat da ya think? You donât answer my call, send me a one worded text with no further explanation, and expect me to not show up?â
You gingerly reached for a water bottle heâd opened and offered you, sitting up as best you could to take a few sips and completely unware at Raphâs resistance to assist you.Â
âTo be honest, I would have expected Donnie, but youâre a nice surprise.â
Raph raised a brow ridge, sitting at your feet, the bed dipping with his weight and youâre feet resting against his thigh beneath the blankets.
âIâm not sure how to take that, so I choose to take it as a compliment.â
You giggled at his scowling face, eyes crinkling in the corner. Man, even when bed ridden, Raphael couldnât deny the way you caused a light flutter of butterflies in his stomach. However, the sweet moment hadnât lasted long when you suddenly erupted into another, heavier fit of coughs. Seeing you turn over to your side, nearly dropping and spilling the water in your hand had heâd not rushed to grab it for you with his quick reflexes, Raph felt a newfound type of panic.
âHey, donât go dyin on me now, doll. Tell me what I can do.â
His voice was softer than usual, you almost hadnât heard him, but you did, and could just about feel the deep worriment dripping from each word.Â
âGot any cough meds in that mystery bag of yours?â, you asked, laying back against your pillows, head pounding and body sore.
There was a minute of rummaging beside you, when your normally brutish friend procured a plastic bottle with red liquid within.Â
âUm, Iâve got this?â
You took a peak, too tired to sit up again.
âCough syrup. Thatâll work.â
Raphael said nothing in reply, simply working to get the lid off and pour the heavy cherry smelling liquid into the small cup it came with. No words were spoken or asked, as a large hand, one usually so fierce had cradled and lifted your head with the upmost care and gentleness. Raph watched as you slurped down the cough syrup, cringing at the sickly gag you let out once finished, before just as gently resting your head back down against your pillow.
âNeed anythinâ else?â, he questioned, hand resting on the dip of your side as you slowly rolled over to face him.
âYeah.â, you mumbled, snuggling into your covers but keeping your gaze tiredly focused on his, âFor you to know I mean it.â
A small chuckle left Raphâs beautiful lips.
âMean what?â
âWhat I said earlier.â, you murmured, reaching a shaky hand from your covers to reach for the wrapped hand resting by your pillow.Â
Even in such a weak state, the light caresses you made across Raphaels large hand was enough to cause his heart to skip a beat. He looked to the side, suddenly feeling pressure under your gaze, his cheeks tinting ever so lightly.
âPfft, sure. Youâre delirious.â
âRaphael.â
The full call of his name, as well as the light squeeze of his hand by your much smaller one, was enough to convince the ninja turtle to take a chance and look your way. Despite the bags under your exhausted eyes and the strands of hair sticking to your sweat clad face, you somehow managed to convey every bit of seriousness and truth to your next words.
âWhy is me enjoying having you here instead of anyone else that unbelievable? Youâre my closest friend. You know how much like being around you. . .how much I like you.â
The last words were said with your cheeks flushing a lovely red hue, and while you knew Raph was aware of the true cause, maybe, just maybe it could pass as due to being sick. Gently shaking your head, pushing aside the anxiousness in your own chest, you looked back up to offer a silent Raphael a gentle smile.
âAnd Iâm not delirious.â, you reached up to gentle boop his nose.Â
Raph grasped your hand in his, but didnât release it as he had started to copy the same soothing motions you had done with his hand a little earlier. His heart felt so full. Just as you caused him to fret so much over a single worded text, only you could make his heart do ninja flips while looking like the plague. Honestly, that somehow made him even more fond of you. Just like all those times you had gone out of your way to care for him, a mutant turtle who people only saw as a burly ball of anger and furry. Perhaps those times of your unique kindness towards him was also why heâd go out of his way to care for you in this moment as opposed to how he would for anyone else.Â
Maneuvering your hand, Raphael turned his face ever so slightly to place his lips softly against your palm, the feeling of a chaste kiss being left there as he spoke.
âYah, I know, doll.â
~xXx~
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Enhypen reaction to their gf's solo debut
The New Kard part 2, part 1 can be found ~ here ~
Pairing: Enhypen OT7 x idol! (Y/n)
Wordcount â 1.1k
Warnings: People sending some hate to (Y/n), a tiny bit of angst but mostly fluff
Summary: In a world where the Kard we know today doesnât exist, a new Kard is created. âThe new Kardâ = (Y/n) - 02 liner dating Enhypen, Keeho (P1harmony), Ricky (ZB1), & Yunjin (Lesserafim). After The New Kard made their debut with Cake, the promotions for the song were over. However, (Y/n) still had much to do as she prepared for her solo debut.Â
Authors note: Thank you for the request! I hope you enjoy it even if I couldnât fulfill everything in your request.Â
Request by đŽ - anon
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Third Person POV
The New Kardâs debut was quite a success. Everyone was talking about it. The MV received a lot of views and the rookie group even got a win on one of the music shows. Thousands of videos went viral of moments where the group hung out, performed, or joked around on variety shows. (Y/n) became particularly popular, netizens loving her stage presence and personality. Her group and her boyfriends were all so happy about their successful debut.Â
Once promotions were over for Cake, the company booked a meeting with (Y/n), telling her that she would be making her solo debut after they saw how popular she was. (Y/n) was incredibly happy, she decided that it should come as a surprise for everyone, they wouldnât find out until the info was posted. (Y/n)âs groupmates Keeho, Yunjin, and Ricky were all busy working as MCs or acting in a drama. Enhypen was busy preparing and then promoting their newest album, Dark Blood with the title track Bite Me.Â
(Y/n) was working hard and tried her best to hide the fact that she was preparing for her solo debut. Her title track was just her style, she loved it. The styling was top-tier, the MV shooting had been a lot of fun, and she truly hoped the song would be a hit. Her friends and boyfriends were so busy with their own work that they missed the post announcing that (Y/n) would be debuting as a soloist in 3 weeks. Her debut album became one of the most-bought debut albums of all time. The fans seemed super excited for (Y/n).Â
The day of her debut was finally here, (Y/n)âs MV was just posted, and thousands of views rolled in within seconds. It wasnât until that day when the MV was released, that Enhypen found out that their girlfriend was debuting as a soloist, or well she now was a soloist as well. They watched the MV, mesmerized by her dance moves and her beautiful voice. The second it was over they called (Y/n), who answered, expecting them to have found out by now. â(Y/n)! Youâre a soloist now!?! Why didnât you tell us?â Jake along with Sunoo exclaimed loudly. âSurprise!â (Y/n) chuckled, nervous to hear their opinions. âCan you come over or should we come to you?â Heesung asked, wanting to congratulate her in person and not just over the phone. âUh, hold on,â They heard a low mumble in the background, probably (Y/n) asking her manager when she could meet with her boyfriends. âI can head over to your place in 2 hours,â âSee you then, miss you, love youâ Sunghoon began saying goodbye, and as he came to the last part all the boys joined in.Â
2 hours later, (Y/n) was knocking on Enhypenâs door. Jungwon opened the door, a silly smile on his face as he basically threw himself on the girl, hugging her tightly. â(Y/n)!â Jay shouted happily from the living room. Jungwon released her from his hug after a minute, allowing her to step inside and close the door, they walked over to the living room. The other six boys stood there, with a cake and a banner that read âCongratulations honey,â Which they all also said once (Y/n) had noticed the banner behind them. âThank you,â Everyone was smiling as love-sick teenagers as they sat down together, eating some of the cake and talking about everything. The boys told (Y/n) about everything they loved about the song, the MV, and the dance.Â
A little later, (Y/n) opened up her Instagram, checking some of the comments people were posting under her latest post, the one with the announcement of the MVâs release. Many comments complimented her and congratulated her for her fast solo debut. However, her happy feelings and smile soon disappeared as she found hundreds of people writing their dismay and dislike of the song and the choreography, saying that (Y/n) should have done better. Her heart fell as she found people writing that they regretted buying her album. Niki noticed the way (Y/n)âs smile disappeared, he scooted closer to her, throwing an arm around her shoulders to comfort her. He glanced down at her phone, finding her reading comments. âHey, whatâs wrong?â The others noticed the scene once they heard the maknaeâs voice.Â
âPeople are disappointed, I should have done better,â âOh darling, no, you were amazing, theyâre just being haters for the hell of it,â Jay said, also coming over to comfort (Y/n). âThey hate the song and/or the choreo, saying itâs not my style and it was just a waste of money for the company,â âDo you like the song?â Jungwon asked, âOf course, I love it,â âDo you like the choreo?â He then asked, âYes, itâs something Iâve dreamt of doing,â âThatâs all that matters then. It wasnât a waste of money or a disappointment if you love it, then it was a success,â âWonnie,â âHey, look, weâre so proud of you, your members are so proud too! And real fans will love it too!â Sunoo said, giving (Y/n) a bright smile, his eyes crinkling up along with it, something (Y/n) loved about Sunoo, his true smile was cute and sweet.Â
âPlease teach me the dance? I want to be prepared for the dance challenges for tiktok,â Niki said, Sunghoon and Jake immediately stood up to learn the dance too. No matter what happens, as long as (Y/n) has Enhypen, she will continue to smile and be strong. Within seconds of standing up and trying to teach the boys her choreo, she was smiling and laughing. Completely forgetting about the hate she had received.Â
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hello !! can i request for newjeans where they react to their s/o looking good in glasses and their s/o being popular due to their nerdy look?
will do !! thanks anon for this request, enjoy~
notes : this will be in high school au :)
hcs and scenarios ahead !!
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â MINJI
the type of person to judge you a bit but soon to realize that you look even good with your glasses on. casually stealing glances from you during class, and one time in gym that a sport where a ball is included, you had to take off your glasses and you placed them by minji's seat. and almost everyone didn't seem to know you because you had your glasses off. and now you're known as 'pretty with glasses on, even prettier when off.' she's like, shocked, when you became popular because of it. she doesn't mind but the thought of someone crushing on you has been invading her mind recently.
â "hey, you look so funny." minji laughs, she hands you your glasses back after pe. and the both of you are outside, in the courtyard.
"how so? i just took off my glasses." you ask, rubbing your eyes before putting your glasses back on. minji doesn't answer as she stares at you, taking her time to admire your eyes.
"they're definitely right." she mumbles out of nowhere. and you don't know what she's referring to, you just spoke to each other just now, after all.
"what do you mean?" you tilt your head.
"that you look prettier with your glasses off."
â HANNI
doesn't mind at all! whether your glasses are on or not, she still sees you as her wonderful lover. but actually cares for yout eyesight, thought of something silly where you mistaken her as haerin. she just loves you and cares for you, but since you're getting a lot more attention and popularity, she was just happy for you. but still quite shocked because you weren't that popular when you first met. she loves to borrow your glasses, but she doesn't wear it over her eyes, but over her head. she has a lot of pictures of it on. and she sends them to you whenever she has one.
â "i love your glasses so much. it suits you the best." hanni spoke while sitting on her seat during break time.
"really? no one compliments my glasses, that's a first." you adjust your glasses so it doesn't fall off. hanni turns to you with a confused face.
"they don't?" she asks. not believing what you just said. how could they not compliment your glasses if you're this popular now?
"would you be mad if i tell you that they've been complimenting my face and not my glasses?" you ask, it's pretty much of what's happening everyday in school.
she shakes her head, "no, not at all. i actually agree with them." she smiles and nudged you playfully.
â DANIELLE
she has one herself! (i just see her with glasses in this high school au đ). would ask you to have matching glasses colors and stickers. she prefers your plain glasses though, dani jokes about being harry potter when she brought a stick with her so randomly when you both went to see more glasses designs đ she finds you cool like the others, even if with your nerdy look, she'll love you no matter what <3 she's not against with you being popular around the school, but like minji, she worries about other people admiring you.
â "hello my little intelligent bird~" danielle hops on your side while you were checking some books in the library.
"bird?" you ask, setting what you're doing aside and turned to look at her.
"just saw a picture of a bird in instagram wearing the same glasses as you! but i prefer your version, it's much cuter." danielle shares with such joy on her face.
"i'm not a bird." you chuckled.
"you are, let me give an example. i tried to stop you from studying, but all you did was say, 'wait, wait, wait!'." danielle explains, she looks at you with an expecting face that you don't get it.
"that doesn't make any sense."
she shakes her head and laughs, "what does a bird say? 'wait, wait, wait!'." (please tell me you get it đ)
â HAERIN
expect silence from this girl. she's just staring at you đ a wave of wows exit her mouth while she watches you work on a project. telling you how much your glasses looks good on you while you're busy and focused. she was honestly shocked when she found out that your source of popularity was from your glasses. she always believed that your pretty face was the cause of their attraction. since she sits far away from your during class, she seriously took this opportunity to stare at you the whole time.
â "haerin, you're staring again." you groan, you've been talking to her for a while now during lunch break.
"sorry, you're just so undeniably pretty." she admits with a sly smile.
"seriously?"
"seriously." she repeats, she raises her hand that you thought was gonna cup your cheek. but instead, she snatched your glasses and wore it.
"haerin." you sighed, she's been stealing your glasses whenever she can so she can use it for silly reasons.
"i love it. but i love you more." she says and pecks your cheek.
â HYEIN
like haerin, she likes to steal your glasses and take pictures with it just like hanni. one time she used it, she faked being dizzy so she can fall in your arms and pretend as a princess đ loves your popularity, she's popular herself. being the tall girl crush of the campus and dating the hot nerd. but feels jealous when her friends talk about you so much when it's her responsibility to brag about you. :( and absolutely loves to BRAG about you.
â "i love the glasses." said some girls passing by you.
hyein eyes them as they walk away, rolling her eyes in response.
"they don't know i only get to say that to you." hyein crosses her arms and pouts.
"forget about them, they don't have me but you do." you smile.
"i know. but still." hyein huffs and rolls her eyes at the girl's once again.
"there's nothing to worry about. you're much better than them." you reassure.
"i also and always love the glasses. by the way." she adds cutely.
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just saw that u r now accepting chessy prompts, ofc I'm gonna go send another crazy, SILLY one [đ] anw, here it goes đŤ´đźâ¨
So Annie and Hallie has a new personal music teacher, she's giving golden retriever vibes and a type of go with the flow person. Reason why the twins immediately liked and picked her as their music teacher. She goes to the twins' house every weekend for their piano lessons. First time she arrived in the house, it seemed like no one is there yet few doors are open so she let herself in to search. However, Chessy who wasn't informed about the teacher's arrival immediately sprung into the action because of the unknown woman who looks like sneaking around. The music teacher is about to go back when she bumped into someone [or rather been tackled to the floor by someone] and then the person started questioning her a strictly about who is she, why's is she there, what's she's doing inside and the likes. Turns out, chessy thought that r is a thief and r is like "really?! A thief?! I'm literally wearing a floral dress and I thought I look cute today :( ... yet you thought I'm a thief?!" and then chessy was like "yeah, you are cute but hey, looks can be deceiving, so now tell me who are you and why are you here?!! " r is about to answer when the twins and the parents gets inside because of the commotion and rather became flabbergasted especially the twins when they saw their dear nanny, chessy tackling their dear music teacher into the floor, altho shocked seeing the scene, the twins looked at each other with a knowing smile
Hi! I really loved this prompt you sent in for Chessy and Iâll be honest. I donât know what the fuck happened. I started writing it and then all of a sudden Iâm at 5000 words and the story gets completely carried away. Anyway as always, not edited in the slightest and I hope you like it!
On another note: Iâm still accepting Melissa and Chessy prompts! Send whatever you want, I do it all! Fluff, angst, smut. Although if you request a not happy ending then I will do that but then write a part 2 with a happy ending lol. This is my first Chessy prompt so let me know what you think!
Music Of Her Heart
Warnings: just lots of doubting, reader gets sick
Words: 5.15k
Annie and Hallie are 12 now, 4 months from turning 13, and have recently gotten into the piano and wanted piano lessons. Their parents immediately agreed and started looking at people who give at home piano lessons. They found you and met with you and the twins immediately liked you.
So that Saturday at noon you went over to their house for their first piano lesson. Youâll be giving a 4 hour lesson instead of 2 since thereâs 2 of them. You went up the path from the driveway to their house and saw the door was open. You stopped at the door and said a âhelloâ but no one answered. You stepped in the house and looked around for someone but didnât see anyone. You were walking backwards more into the house and looked at the house. When you turned around to look one more time before leaving you found yourself getting tackled to the ground with a âahhâ from you.
âWho are you and why are you here, you thief?â The person asked you and straddled your lap and pinned your arms to the floor. You look at them shocked.
âReally?! A thief?! Iâm literally wearing a floral dress and I thought I looked cute today.â You say and you frown. âYet you thought Iâm a thief?!â She looks at you surprised of your answer, not expecting that at all.
âYeah, you are cute but hey, looks can be deceiving. So now tell me who you are and why are you here?!!â She asks you.
You open your mouth to respond but then you hear footsteps running inside. You look and see the twins and their parents running inside upside down since youâre still pinned to the floor.
âWhatâs going on here?!? We heard yelling.â Nick said.
âHey guys, Iâm here for your piano lesson and got tackled by this strong but beautiful woman.â You said cheerfully. The twins looked at each then looked at Cheesy pinning you down and you calling her beautiful and they grin.
âPiano lesson?â Chessy says.
âYa itâs alright Chessy, sheâs our piano teacher and here for our lesson, sorry we forgot to tell you.â Hallie says.
You look up at her. âChessy? Oh youâre the nanny! Hi, Iâm y/n, I would reach out to shake your hand but theyâre kinda pinned down at the moment.â You tell her and she lets go of your hands, gets off of you and helps you up.
âSorry âbout that.â Chessy says, a bit embarrassed, you wave her off.
âDonât worry about it, good to know this house has a great bodyguard.â You tell her with a wink and her cheeks go pink. You see her wearing beige khakis, a pushed in pink shirt and a denim sweater. âYou look cute too by the way.â You tell her and she looks down at the ground a bit embarrassed and puts her hands in her pockets.
âMaybe I could make you a snack or something, as an apology.â She offers and you could tell she feels guilty.
âOh you donât have to make me anything, I already told you itâs fine. Itâs honestly been awhile since I was pinned down by a woman.â You say and she looks right up at you. âBut if you really want to make me something then I wonât say no.â You tell her and she smiles. You smile back at her then turn to the twins and clap your hands once. âSo whereâs your piano?â You ask them. They smiled at you then run up and grabbed one hand each and pull you to the living room with a âwoahâ from you.
âCareful girls, donât want to hurt her.â Elizabeth yelled after them. Chessy looked at the parents with an airy âokâ then went to the kitchen to make a snack for you and the twins.
An hour later, you were trying to teach Hallie the first part of âTwinkle twinkle little starâ, surprisingly Annie got it almost right away but Hallie was struggling a bit. You were sitting beside Hallie on the piano bench and she was finishing the first part of the song when Chessy came into the room. As soon as Hallie finished, both of them asked for a small break to which you gave them. They both ran off and you were alone with Chessy.
âHey Chessy.â You said to her happily.
âUh hiâ she replied nervously. You look at her with a confused expression.
âDo I make you nervous? Cause if I do then Iâm sorry, I donât want you to feel nervous around me.â You told her.
âNo no itâs not anything you did.â She said and you saw the food in her hand.
âIs this still about earlier? Cause I already told you that itâs alright, Iâm not mad or annoyed about it at all. I never was. More offended that you thought I was a thief in a dress. Cause honestly if you were a thief, it probably wouldnât be the best to wear a dress.â You said and she laughed.
âMaybe you could have been the pretty distraction, who knows.â She told you and walked over to you a bit.
âYou think Iâm pretty?â You asked with a quirked eyebrow and her cheeks turned pink.
âI⌠I- I brought food.â She said, changing the subject.
âIâm sure the twins will appreciate that when they come back.â You told her with a smile.
âOne of them is for you.â She said and you looked confused.
âYou brought me food?â
âI told you I would.â
âI guess you did.â You tell her with a giggle. She still looks nervous so you did something that might ease her. âCome here.â You told her and patted the spot next to you on the bench. She looked stunned but then put the plates on a small coffee table near the couch and joined you. âHave you ever played piano before?â You asked and she shook her head. âWell try this.â You said to her and played a few notes. She looked at the piano and didnât know where to start and you pointed to the first key to play. She tried to repeat it but she kept messing up. âHere.â You said and got up and went behind her and placed your hand on top of hers. You moved her hand over the keys to play and you felt her start to shake. âAre you ok?â You asked her. âI feel you shaking.â
âYa Iâm alright. Just, I heard you playing so beautifully and here I am messing up a few notes.â She said with a laugh.
You snorted. âChessy, it took me years to be where I am now. I started the same way, messing up a few notes. But then I got better.â
âCan you play a song? Just any song, just to hear you play more.â She asked nervously and you nodded.
âSure.â You said to her and started to play a song that you thought she might know. She smiled as you started to play and sing the song âmy heart will go onâ by Celine Dion. âNear, far, wherever you are, I believe that the heart does go on.â You sang and she looks at you with soft eyes and a warm smile. Everyone else seemed to hear and walked in to watch as well. Nick and Elizabeth came in from the backyard and the twins came from somewhere in the house. Not only did they watch you play but they saw how Chessy was looking at you and they knew that their nanny has a crush. âYou are safe in my heart and my heart will go on and on.â You finish and look at her with a smile only to find her already looking at you, neither one of you noticed the other people in the room.
Not until the twins started clapping and startled both of you. âI guess youâd want to continue your lesson.â Chessy said to you and the twins while getting up off the bench.
âIâm not sure, you looked pretty comfortable there.â Hallie said and Annie grinned beside her. Chessy rolled her eyes at them. âI made you guys some snacks.â Chessy said and showed the plates.
âWhoâs the third plate for?â Annie said.
âThe third one is for y/n.â Chessy said and they smiled. âDonât be saying anything, sheâs a guest here.â Chessy said, knowing they were about to say something that might expose her crush. The twins went back to their lesson while Chessy went back to the kitchen to make some tea. âDo you guys want tea?â Chessy asked Nick and Elizabeth.
âNo, I'm good.â Nick said and Elizabeth said the same thing before going back outside.
Chessy continued watching you give the twins a piano lesson from the couch, pretending to be reading a book, with her glasses on and everything. You kept looking back at her and every time you do, you see Chessy turning a page. You must have amazing timing, you thought. Every time you look, Chessy notices and turns a page to keep up her pretending.
After 2 hours, the twins asked for another small break and that again leaves you alone with Chessy. You decide to skip a bit to her, the few feet away that she is and lean on the back of the couch, right behind her.
âWhatcha reading?â You ask and she looks back at you then shows you the cover, she was reading the first Harry Potter book. âAh. That was a good book. Did you hear theyâre turning it into a movie?â You ask her and she shook her head. âYa I heard itâs coming out next year sometime.â You tell her and she smiles.
âWell maybe we could go see it together.â She says before she could stop herself.
âYa we could.â You tell her. âDo you still work on the weekends?â You ask her.
âYa, but I get a lot of breaks. Like right now, Iâm just reading, but I do have to start making supper in about 30 minutes.â She says and you go around the couch to sit beside her. Chessy places a bookmark, as if she was reading, then faces you. âSo what made you become a piano teacher?â She asks you.
âWell I love the piano and always felt like teaching it would be a lot more fun than being in an orchestra or a band or something like that.â You told her. âAnd I love watching the progress of people, itâs always amazing to watch how happy they get when they make progress.â You add and she smiles. âYouâre really pretty when you smile.â You say to her and she quickly frowns and cheeks go pink. âNot that youâre not pretty when you donât smile, cause you are.â You quickly add, thinking that was the reason for her quick facial expression change. âAnd, Iâll just stop talking now.â You say.
The twins enter at that moment and you hear Chessy take a breath, you think of relief and you think that maybe she doesnât like you being close to her or talking to her. And you think back to your conversation and realised that maybe when she said she had to make supper soon, was her telling you to leave her alone to read. On Chessyâs end, she breathed a sigh of relief cause she almost just admitted her crush to you. She has no idea if you even like women, sure youâve called her pretty and beautiful but it could just be who you are, she wants to get to know you more.
After the lesson was done, Chessy was in the kitchen, finishing up dinner, when you and the twins walked in.
âHey you two, did you like the lesson?â She asked the twins and they both nodded and grinned, then proceeded to tell her what they learned. She really tried to pay attention to them, but kept staring at you every so often. You were looking at the twins talking and caught Chessy staring at you a couple times. I guess it was your cue to go, you thought. Chessy on the other hand was wondering if youâd stay for dinner. Just then Nick and Elizabeth came into the kitchen.
âHey everyone, oh you made Chili, how wonderful.â Elizabeth said. âY/n are you staying for dinner?â She asked you.
âOh, I should probably get back home now actually.â In truth, you wanted to stay but kept thinking that Chessy didnât want you there. âBut Iâll see you 2 next Saturday.â You told the twins and they all said their goodbye to you.
A week passed by and you came to the house again for another lesson. You were greeted by Elizabeth and yelled at the twins to come down for their lesson. You entered the house and saw Nick on the couch next to the piano and didnât see Chessy anywhere. You began the lesson and about half an hour in, you hear the front door open and close and someone carrying bags to the kitchen. You carry on with the lesson then see Chessy cleaning up a bit a few minutes later. You continue on to try and ignore her presence since you still think she doesnât like you, but itâs hard when she looks so good. Her look you think is simple yet beautiful.
The twins asked for breaks a couple of times, and instead of talking to Chessy like you did last time. You continued with the song you were making in your notebook. Chessy noticed the change in you from last week and thought that maybe something happened but didnât want to pry. Or maybe you were writing something important and thatâs why you didnât talk to her. She got close enough to you to actually see what you were writing without being obvious. You were writing music notes and what looked like a music sheet, were you making your own music?
Once the lesson was over, you did the same thing as last time, pretty much left right away. Chessy didnât like that she couldnât talk to you as much but thought maybe next week she could. She was wrong. You did the same thing as last week, and she was starting to miss you, somehow even after only talking to you a hand full of times, she missed talking to you after you stopped talking to her.
On the fourth week she decided to say something. When the twins went to take a break, she approached you where you were writing in your notebook. âI couldnât help but notice that youâre writing music.â She says to you and you look up at her confused.
âUm ya, I write my own songs here and there. No big deal.â You tell her with a shrug.
âI think itâs cool.â She simply says and youâre wondering why sheâs talking to you.
âWell thank you.â You tell her then go back to your notebook. Chessy notices that you basically just tried to block her from conversation but she wants answers.
âWhy did you stop talking to me?â She asks and you freeze then look up at her.
âWhat?â You ask and she explains.
âThe first time you were here, you kept talking to me and then all of a sudden you stopped. You still talk to Nick or Elizabeth if you see them but not me. Whyâs that?â She says.
âBecause you donât like me.â You tell her with a shrug before going back to your notebook.
Chessy looks at you surprised. She begins to look back at your sudden change in behaviour towards her and when it started and what she could have possibly done to make you think that. But she couldnât think of anything.
âWhat makes you think that?â She asks you.
âBecause of the way you act towards me. You kept brushing me off that first day so I stopped talking to you. Then you didnât say anything to me after so I figured I was right to stop talking to you.â You tell her and look up at her surprised face. âItâs ok if you donât like me. Not everyone does, for some people I seem too happy or energetic.â You tell her and she looks at you confused.
âI never disliked you.â She told you, you donât really believe her. You think maybe sheâs just saying that to be nice. âIâm sorry if you thought that I did. I didnât mean to.â She told you and you could see she was being genuine. But she never said that she liked you, just that she didnât dislike you, so you guess that she tolerates you then..? She really confuses you. You donât really know how to respond to her so you just smile at her. Chessy sees you smile at her for the first time in 3 weeks and that makes her happy again and hope to finally get to know you now. âDid you want to stay for dinner tonight?â She asked you. âNick and Elizabeth wonât mind, theyâre always asking you to join us but you never do.â She tells you.
Chessy always wants you to join as well, she makes a bit extra every time but it always ends up being put into a container for whoever later. She sees the fight youâre having with yourself over the question and she thinks that you really did think that she didnât like you, then it clicked. She was the reason you never stayed, you thought that she didnât want you there. Which was the exact opposite, she wanted you there more.
âI would like it if you joined us for dinner tonight.â She told you and you froze.
âAre-are you sure?â You ask and she knew she was right in what you thought.
âOf course. I always make extra in case you decide to join.â She tells you and you look down and blush a bit.
âI just donât want to inconvenience anyone.â You tell her. She just waves you off.
âHun, I donât think you could do that even if you tried.â She tells you and you smile.
âWell alright then, I can stay tonight.â You tell her and she smiles at you.
âAlright then. Do you have any allergies?â She asks and you shake your head. Just then the twins come back. The twins were listening to the entire conversation and hoped you two would talk. They know about their nannyâs crush which is why they usually ask for breaks when Chessy is around the room or not doing anything.
After the lesson the twins get super excited that youâre staying for dinner and run to tell their parents. You are left alone in the kitchen with Chessy.
âHere, you should taste this.â She tells you and holds a spoon with some sort of spaghetti sauce on it. You wrap your mouth around the spoon and taste the sauce as you pull away from the spoon.
âWow, thatâs really good.â You tell her and she beams. You two talk for a couple minutes before the twins and their parents enter.
âHey, we heard youâre staying for dinner.â Nick says.
âUm ya, if thatâs ok with you.â You say to them.
âOf course, youâre always invited.â Elizabeth says. They also caught on to Chessyâs crush and thatâs why they always invite you to stay for dinner, so Chessy can spend more time with you and get to talk to you.
At the dinner table, the twins were on the ends of the table, Nick and Elizabeth on one side, you and Chessy on the other. You all dived into the spaghetti that Chessy made and you loved it.
âOmg Chessy, youâre an amazing cook.â You tell her and she blushes.
âThank you.â She says
âHey y/n, are you dating someone?â Hallie asks.
âNope, Iâm single.â
âAre you wanting to date?â Annie asks.
âYa, itâs just hard to date these days, especially if youâre someone like me who doesnât date men.â You say and Chessy immediately whips her head at you. Youâre single and into women??? She almost couldnât believe it.
âOh wow, what a coincidence, Chessy is also single. Since she stopped seeing Martin.â Annie says and everyone looks at her.
âWhoâs Martin?â You ask her.
âThe butler mom had for me, but he switched careers last year.â Annie says.
You think about what she just said, Chessy dated men. Of course, you always have a crush on the straight girls. You were starting to flirt with Chessy but then stopped right there, you didnât want to make a fool out of yourself.
After dinner you thanked them for letting you stay for dinner and thanked Chessy for the amazing food and then you left.
The next week, you woke up not feeling too great but just thought that your period was gonna start so and it was gonna be a bitch. You showed up at the house for the lesson as usual and Chessy could immediately tell that something was off. You didnât have your usual excitement behind your words and in your eyes, you still smiled but it seemed more forced right now. She decided to keep a close watch on you today. So she decided to read a book again on the couch while you give the lesson. She knew again you were off when you kept messing up the song. About an hour into the lesson, the twins had a break as usual and you took a deep breath and rubbed your eyes.
âYou ok?â Chessy asked from the couch. You turned around to face her.
âYa, I donât know whatâs wrong, I havenât messed up this much since I was learning.â You told her. Chessy closed her book and stood up and put the book down on the coffee table.
âMaybe you need something to drink or to eat.â She offers and you smile.
âMaybe.â You say and you get up and immediately get lightheaded. Chessy notices and walks up to you.
âYou sure youâre ok?â She says while grabbing your upper arms so you could look at her.
âYa, maybe I do need something to drink more than I thought.â You said, you attempt to take a step down and then immediately collapse. Chessy catches you since she was right there and shouts your name.
âY/n!!â She yells at everyone comes running in 10 seconds later and sees you on the ground in Chessyâs arms. âShe just fainted.â She tells them and feels your forehead. âSheâs hot, I think she has a fever.â She tells them.
âOh dear.â Elizabeth says.
âDo you need to take care of her Chessy?â Annie says. And Chessy looks at all of them conflicted. She wants to but doesnât know if Nick and Elizabeth will let her stay in the house if youâre sick and technically sheâs the nanny so she has a job to do as well.
And as Nick can sense the struggle inside of Chessy from knowing her for so long, puts her at ease. âWe can bring her to the guest bedroom and Chessy can take care of her there. If thatâs ok with you Chessy.â He says and looks at her, she immediately nods. Chessy picks you up bridal style and carries you to the guest bedroom. Hallie and Annie were surprised of her strength.
âIâm a nanny you guys. Iâm always picking up heavy stuff.â She tells them. After placing you on the bed, under the covers, she goes to get a thermometer, medicine and wets some face cloths with cold water. She immediately puts the thermometer in your mouth and has to hold it there so it doesnât fall out. After a minute she looks at it and itâs confirmed, you have a fever. She places a face cloth on your forehead then goes to get you a glass of water and some soup for when you wake up. The twins keep an eye on you and are instructed to let her know when you wake up.
20 minutes later, Chessy is almost done with the soup when you start to stir. You start waking up and then you open your eyes and Hallie immediately yells to Chessy that youâre awake.
The twins walk over to you and you look at them confused.
âWhat happened?â You ask them.
âYou fainted on Chessy! Apparently you have a fever.â Annie says and you look at them surprised.
âWhat?â
âYouâre sick.â Chessy says as she enters with a bowl of soup and kicks the twins out. âHere you go, I made you some soup and got a glass of water here for you, and youâll have to take some medicine.â She says and she can tell that youâre still not following whatâs being told to you. âYou got dizzy and fainted.â She starts and you nod. âLuckily I caught you and brought you up to take care of you.â She says.
âShouldnât I leave then? So I donât get anyone else sick.â You ask.
âNick and Elizabeth were pretty insistent that you should stay here until you get better.â She tells you and just then you start sneezing. âHmm, you might have more than just a fever.â She says as she brings you a box of Kleenex. After you blow your nose, Elizabeth comes in holding some clothes.
âHey dear, I brought you some comfier clothes that should fit you.â She tells you. âHow are you feeling?â
âNot great.â You tell her.
âI think she might have a cold instead of a fever.â Chessy says and you sneeze again.
âI see.â Elizabeth says.
âI should go so I donât get you guys sick.â You say and start to get up. Both Chessy and Elizabeth stop you.
âAre you crazy? You fainted and you immediately think you can drive?â Chessy says and pushes you back on the bed.
âYou should stay here until you get better.â Elizabeth says and then she leaves so Chessy can tend to you. âOh and Chessy.â She says and bops her head into the room and Chessy looks at her. âDonât worry about the rest of us, just focus on y/n ok?â She tells her.
âThank you.â Chessy says with a smile and Elizabeth winks at her then leaves.
Chessy gets you to eat the soup then drink some water, then tries to get you to take some medicine, to which you refuse.
âNoooo, thatâs the yucky stuff.â You say and then cough. You definitely sound congested now.
Chessy laughs at your reaction. âYou sound like the twins.â She says and you pout. âAwâ she says at your pout. âAre you going to continue to act like a 13 year old or like an adult?â She asks you and you cross your arms with a huff. âDonât make me force this down your throat.â She tells you and then leans in âIâve done that with Hailey many times so I know how to do it.â She says and you look at her unimpressed. She does actually force it down your throat as you kept refusing to take it. You give her a glare after but she just giggles. âI warned ya. Now get some rest.â
You do fall asleep about 5 minutes later and she just stares at you. They brought up a chair for her to sit on while you were sleeping to which you were grateful for. When you begin to wake up, you hear two people talking and decide to keep pretending youâre sleeping to not interrupt them.
âDo you plan on telling her how you feel?â Elizabeth says.
âNo.â Chessy says. âWhy would I?â
âBecause she might like you back.â
âBut she might not as well.â
âWhen Annie said you broke up with Martin, she looked disappointed.â Elizabeth states
âWhy would she be disappointed at that?â Chessy asks confused.
âBecause heâs a man. She probably thinks youâre straight.â Elizabeth points out. You donât get to hear Chessyâs reply as you start coughing. They get startled as they think you wake up coughing.
Chessy takes care of you over the next 3 days and you start to feel better. Chessy thought about telling you how she feels many times but kept to herself as you were falling in and out of consciousness and might not remember or not understand what youâre saying.
One time you did tell her âyou know you like just like this pretty girl I have a crush on but of course sheâs straight, every girl Iâve had a crush on is straight.â She just looks at you, not knowing what to say. She has no idea if what you admitted is true, cause if it says then you have a crush on her.
On the third day, youâre fever is gone, you coughing and sneezing is down to almost non existent, youâre not congested anymore and you stay conscious for the day.
âThank you for taking care of me.â You tell her and she smiles at you.
âYouâre welcome hun.â She tells you as she tucks a lock of hair behind your ear. You stare at her eyes and Chessy canât help but lean in and kiss you. You immediately kiss her back and Chessy smiles into the kiss. You suddenly pull back and look at her, with your hand on her chest.
âArenât you straight?â You ask her.
âNah, Iâve gone out with a couple men but women is what I prefer.â She says and you smile at her before kissing her again.
You and Chessy pull back after running out of air and then you look stunned while looking at the door. Chessy goes to look at what you are and sees why youâre stunned. At the door thereâs Nick, Elizabeth, Hallie and Annie all looking at you two and smiling. Then Sammy barges through and goes up to you and you pet him.
âYou attention seeker.â Chessy says to Sammy and you laugh. âDid all of you know that I liked y/n?â She asks everyone at the door and they all nod.
âIt was obvious.â Hallie says.
âIt really was.â Annie agrees.
âDid you really need all those breaks?â You asked them and they shake their heads.
âWe just thought you two would talk if we left you alone.â Hallie says and Chessy snorts.
âYou two sure like to meddle.â She tells them. âBut thank you.â She adds then looks at you and smiles.
âIâm just glad you found someone.â Nick says and Chessy looks at him and blushes. She holds your hand and smiles at you again.
âYa, Iâm happy I did too.â She says while looking at you and you smile at her.
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Listen, I know I have like 8008 wips right now but we donât need to talk about that. What we do need to talk about is Janny angst, and Iâm here to supply in the form of Jake confessing to Danny at a Halloween party and Danny not knowing how to respond. Hope you enjoy!
Pairings: Jake Kiszka X Danny Wagner *slasher
Warnings and tags: 18+ only! Please consider all of my work to not be suitable for minors at this point, unrequited love, angst, Halloween party, brief mentions of sexual activity (Sam and OC), drinking, making decisions while under the influence, sharing a bed, literally one singular kiss
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Iâm sorry Jake, but I donât think I can like you that way.
His response rattled around in his head for the rest of the evening while the rest of the party raged on around him. Why did he say that of all things? Honestly, it was the best excuse he could think of on the spot.
Jake had just caught him off guard. Didnât corner him or anything, didnât speak in a way that made Danny feel like this was actually a big deal or not. Danny couldnât help but keep replaying the interaction over in his mind, thinking of ways he could have responded differently. It got to the point he couldnât even decipher which memory was real anymore or which was just a scenario hoping for a better outcome.
It had been nearly three hours ago. Danny was the first one to arrive, having brought over some last minute things Sam had text him to pick up on his way. Jake answered the door, quickly offering to take some of the many shopping bags Danny held in his hands and brought them along to the kitchen.
âWhereâs Sam?â Danny asked immediately, not thinking anything of it.
Jakeâs brows furrowed for only a second, or had they? Danny wasnât exactly sure now that he tried to recall each detail.
âHe went to go pick up Cheyanneâ Jake answered as he started to dig into the bags.
âSo he expects us to just set up his own party for him?â Danny scoffed, and he did remember the way Jake cracked a smile. Jake always smiled when he said something snarky or witty.
It wasnât long after they finished setting everything out. They were just waiting around for more people to show up, or Sam and his girlfriend to make it back. Danny was on his phone leaning against the island in the kitchen when Jake slowly approached and placed his hands on top of the granite across from him.
He knew Jake didnât just come outright and say it, but how the conversation started exactly alluded him now. First Jake asked him if heâd been seeing anyone interesting lately, and Danny simply answered no without looking up from his phone. How could he when the band kept him so busy? He was surprised Josh and Sam found the time to date, but then again even though they put a lot of effort into it the band just didnât mean the same thing to them as it did him and Jake. Even when they werenât rehearsing they were constantly messaging each other, sending back and forth clips of chords they were working on together.
When Jake finally worked up the courage to ask him, Danny thought for a moment that he couldnât be serious.
âWould you want to hang out sometime? Go, I donât know, see a movie or something?â
âSure,â Danny finally locked his phone and stuffed it back into his pocket. âI thought you didnât like movie theaters though?â
Jake might have blushed at that point, his fingers idly poking at the flakes of quartz sealed into the countertop. âI mean, thatâs usually where you go when asking someone out on a date, soâ.
âOhâ. Danny stood up straight, blinking a few times as he watched Jake for any sort of indication that he was just joking. It was hard to take him seriously when he was standing there in his Halloween costume, dressed as a pirate with the flowy blouse exposing the chains that adorned his chest, and a bandana tied around his freshly trimmed shoulder length waves still a little damp from the shower. Danny felt silly himself when he left his house in his cowboy get up, almost forgetting his hat in the passenger seat of his car because he didnât want to wear it in the grocery store.
âCan we talk about this later?â That was one of the responses he could have given, but he knew that would have only made Jakeâs anxiety spike. He chose to ask him now, who knows how long he had already been waiting?
He watched as a few different expressions flashed across Jakeâs features before finally settling on something Danny was unable to read. âIs it Sam?â
âWhat?â Danny questioned a little defensively. âSam is with Cheyâ.
âI know he isâ Jake quickly continued, âbut just knowing someone is off limits doesnât stop you from feeling certain waysâ.
Danny got his double meaning. Jake mustâve known there was a lot riding on this, but he chose to ask anyway. It made Dannyâs heart pound even now as he thought back on it. If it were him in Jakeâs shoes, he didnât know if he would have been able to do it.
Jake finally accepted his answer and they awkwardly agreed that this didnât need to change anything between them, they could just go back to being close friends, band mates, until Sam and Josh bound through the front door.
The party only got more and more loud and unruly as more and more people showed up, crowding every room on the ground floor of the townhouse. Danny stood idly by in the living room, having been abandoned in his conversation with Sam as he made out with his girlfriend on the couch.
He sighed and left for the kitchen to make another drink, not really feeling the party after the whirlwind of emotions from earlier. Jake had made himself scarce, no doubt hiding out on the back patio where it had to be quieter. Going to find him drifted through his mind, but he figured that probably wasnât the best solution to his boredom considering the way theyâd left things. If only there was a way he could go back and say something else. Anything else.
The statement wasnât a lie, but it wasnât exactly the truth either. Danny didnât know if he could like Jake that way because he had never thought about it before. Now though, now that he knew how Jake felt it sparked a tingling inside him. Like the time when he played his first successful copy riff on the guitar, or when he was asked to join the band.
When he returned to the living room, Jake had emerged. His was the first presence Danny caught from across the room despite his small size. Jake quickly shifted his gaze to avoid eye contact, but he continued to smile softly as he listened to the person in front of him talking.
Danny wanted to make his way across, past the couch with the happy couple still on it, and join in on the conversation but instead he kept his distance. Continuously he found himself looking back in Jakeâs direction though, who didnât once glance his way again. Or if he did sneak a peak Danny didnât notice, but that seemed unlikely considering the amount of times he had his eyes on the other man.
Finally after midnight the house started to clear out and the familiar quiet of Samâs place returned. With the living room at least a little picked up Danny decided to call it a night and climbed the stairs to retrieve his change in clothes and toothbrush from Samâs room, but inches away from the door he heard what was inside. Soft moans, the repetitive squeaking of a mattress in motion.
âYouâve got to be fucking kidding meâ Danny whispered with a groan, leaning his head back against the far fall and staring at the door in frustration.
Seconds later, the door to the upstairs bathroom creaked open and out stepped Jake in his pajamas with rings of smeared eyeliner still clinging to his waterline.
âHeyâ Danny waved, trying not to scare him.
Jake jumped anyway, having expected everyone to have gone home by now.
âWhat ar-â
Danny cut him off with a finger to his lips, then pointed at Samâs door. âMy things are in thereâ.
Still clutching his chest, Jakeâs eyes darted over, then he heard it too. âOhâ.
His voice came out in a matching hushed tone now. âWere you supposed to be crashing here?â
âYeah, Iâm just going to sleep on the couch downstairs. Wouldâve liked to change and brush my teeth first thoughâ. Dannyâs tongue ran across the face of his teeth, feeling the sugary coating of all the mixed drinks heâd consumed throughout the night sticking to their surface. He pushed off the wall and started to walk towards Jake who instinctively backed away. âGuess Iâll just find some mouthwash in the bathroom or somethingâ.
Jake stepped aside and allowed him to pass, their shoulders bumping slightly in the narrow hallway. After swishing with a nearly empty bottle of Listerine and washing his face with some cool water from the sink, Danny shut off the light to the bathroom and gave up on trying to retrieve any of his items from Samâs room. For a brief moment he debated on just trying to go home, but he had definitely had a few too many âbeveragesâ as Josh liked to call it to believe it was safe. He snuck his way back down the hallway, trying not to disturb any of the roomsâ occupants, but when he reached the top of the stairs he heard a door creaking open.
âDannyâ a voice carried through the dark. It wasnât Sam, he usually preferred to use his full name for whatever reason.
Danny turned to see Jake standing in the hallway again, waiting until he had his attention to disappear back into his room again only to pop back out with a stack of clothes. âThese should work for the nightâ.
âThanksâ Danny graciously took the shirt and pants, examining them in his hands, they certainly looked comfier than his silly western jeans and button up.
âIâm sorry, the couch downstairs is really uncomfortableâ Jake folded one of his arms across his chest, his hand gripping just above his elbow.
Danny thought back on how Sam and his girlfriend had spent most of the night making out there before deciding to take it further in the bedroom. He shuddered at the thought of trying to stretch out in the same place, that paired with all the other thoughts he already had racing around up there meant it was likely to be a long night. âYeah, I donât really expect to get much sleepâ.
He could tell Jake was running through scenarios in his own head now, internally trying to calculate what his next move would be, until finally he spoke again. âYou donât have to, I wouldnât be hurt at all if you said no, but if you wanted, I mean I have a king size bed soâŚâ. His words came out in a stumbling slur, like every which way he had thought of asking jumbled together into one hardly coherent sentence.
âUmmâ Danny gathered enough to understand what it was Jake was offering, and usually he wouldnât think anything of sharing a bed with a friend, but after earlier he stopped to consider how that might translate.
âIt doesnât have to be weird or anythingâ Jake added, âIâll stay on one side. I have an extra blanket. Just donât want to see you suffering down thereâ.
It warmed Dannyâs heart to see how much Jake cared, even with the reveal of his hidden feelings, Jake was always a generous person. He liked caring for people, and Danny trusted that this was just another example of how Jake always looked out after him.
âYeah, alright, guess it would be nice to actually get some sleepâ.
Jake nodded and Danny followed him into his room. He hadnât been staying with Sam for long, ever since Josh and his partner got serious and he offered to move out so they could have a bit more privacy. For now he was living in Samâs spare bedroom because it didnât make sense to sign a lease anywhere right before they were about to go on another long stint of touring.
Danny looked around, even with the short amount of time heâd been here the space already felt unique to him. Guitars were scattered about, some on stands and some just propped up against the wall or dresser. He watched as Jake made his way back to his side of the bed, the covers pulled back like heâd been waiting to hear Danny emerge from the bathroom, and then he realized he still needed to change.
Jake picked up the book heâd turned over on the page he was at and stuffed his bookmark inside before setting it on his nightstand and clicking the small lamp off. He crawled back into bed but looked up to see Danny frozen in place staring down at the clothes in his arms.
Oh god. He doesnât feel comfortable around me anymore. Jake beat himself up, not exactly regretting trying to make his move, but still worried Danny might act differently around him now, and not in a good way. Trying to pretend like he didnât notice Dannyâs hesitance, Jake shifted down into a lying position, tucking his hand underneath his head and closing his eyes to try and feign sleep.
After a few minutes and the quiet rustling of clothing, the bed beside him dipped and he felt Danny lay down next to him.
It wasnât the first time they had shared a bed, more than likely wouldnât be close to the last either. Certainly, it also wasnât the first time Jake felt his heart fluttering at the thought of how close Danny was, yet still so far away.
Time passed slowly, Jake could feel the seconds ticking on with each thump against his chest. He squeezed his eyes closed tighter, trying to resist the urge to open them and check to see if Danny was still awake too. His answer came in the form of a warm hand sliding across the sheets, stopping just a mere centimeter from where his head rested on his pillow.
Jake dared a look, and when he did he was met with the overwhelming sight of Dannyâs radiant irises. Greens bursting from brown in a way that captivated anyone who got close enough to witness their magic first hand. And captivated Jake was.
âDanny I-â Jake attempted to correct whatever it was that had settled between them. He couldnât apologize for his feelings, but he could at least attempt to explain himself in a way that Danny might understand.
That was all cut short though, because Dannyâs hand reached further, coming to rest on Jakeâs cheek. Danny inched closer in the bed, waiting a moment for any signs of reservations from Jake who was caught frozen in his touch.
Without another word muttered between them Danny leaned in and pressed their lips together. It was an odd feeling at first. He had never kissed another man before, not that he had anything against it. But kissing Jake? Even he was shocked at his actions.
Jake parted his lips slightly to let out a content exhale and slotted Danny's bottom lip between his own. He took command of the kiss, knowing full well that Danny was probably still feeling lingering effects from the alcohol. Should he have instigated a more intense kiss in return? The answer was definitely not, but Jake feared this might be his only chance to feel what it was like to have his feelings reciprocated, so he greedily took all he could get.
In an instant Jake stole Dannyâs breath, and in the same aching heartbeat Danny pulled away.
They laid there in silence, staring at each other through the dark as they both searched each otherâs eyes for the answers to their unspoken questions.
Even if those answers were to remain shrouded in the darkness of this bedroom, they would always share this moment. Jake clung on to that sentiment as he closed his eyes again, forcing his breathing to steady out and for sleep to pull him under.
âGood night Jakeâ Danny whispered in the end, leaving it to fate to decide whether or not Jake heard him.
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JADE CITY.
â dialogue prompts from jade city by fonda lee.
âwhatâs going on? you seem out of sorts tonight.â
âsend me the bill for the damage. iâll take care of it.â
âtell me, my friend. have you had any other trouble around here lately?â
âsitting out here alone? something the matter?â
âhow am i still alive when theyâre all dead?â
âwhat did you come for at this hour, anyway? spit it out.â
âyou should have killed that man!â
âi fell asleep waiting for you, and in return you scare the shit out of me. where were you?â
âyouâre the most important thing in the world to me.â
âiâve forgotten the past. everythingâs forgiven, now that youâre back.â
âah, what to choose, pain or failure?â
âwhere are you taking me?â
âcancel the rest of the dayâs meetings. iâll be in my office.â
âwait here and donât move until youâre called.â
âiâm sure youâre wondering why youâve been brought here.â
âmay i⌠ask a candid question?â
âiâll wait for an answer, but not for long.â
âyou have to pay attention every fucking second because i canât always be there if thereâs trouble, understand?â
âsometimes the old ways are not without wisdom.â
âcan you drive? can you handle a gun?â
âi keep seeing you, but i donât know your name.â
âdo you have anything to drink? itâs still hot inside.â
âwhatever it is you decide to do, iâll support you. iâve told you that before, and it hasnât changed.â
âiâm afraid iâm paying you this visit out of a sense of great concern.â
âthere needs to be a balance of power.â
âwhat do they think we are? hired thugs?â
âwhy the fuck are you here?â
âi knocked but you must not have heard me.â
âyou look as if you could use a massage.â
âi visit here too often; itâs not safe for you.â
âi have a gun, and i know how to use it. i wonât be a burden. i can take care of myself.â
âweâll talk about this later.â
âfrom now on, iâll be sure to call out hello to you when iâm still well out of knife range.â
âwhat can i do to help?â
âif anyone tried to kill you, you deserved it.â
âwhat is wrong with you? you donât know who you are anymore.â
âgive me your blessing, or condemn me, but donât wash your hands of me.â
ânot ready to die yet. gonna quit while iâm ahead.â
âyou work for me now, you understand?â
âiâm disappointed you didnât accept my offer.â
âwe can plan a wedding, a big one. pick a date. i was thinking soonâspringtime, what do you think?â
âyou can do anything else you want, but not this.â
âitâs not that i think youâre boring. itâs just that keeping watch over you isnât all that exciting, you know.â
âand here i was, starting to think all our meetings were because you were working up to hitting on me.â
âwhere and how did you fuck up?â
ârisk your own life how you like, but leave me alone to live mine.â
âiâm not a coward.â
âiâve never asked you for anything, but iâm asking you now, to keep this secret.â
âyou do a good job, you make a big impression, show just how valuable you can beâthatâs when we talk for real.â
âyou were fantastic out there tonight.â
âdo you want to get something to eat? we can do it another time if youâd rather go out with your friends tonight.â
âplease donât kill him.â
âmust you leave so soon? come back to bed. stay the night.â
âheaven help me. iâm going to kill them all.â
âbetrayal, murder, and war have a way of ruining oneâs plans.â
âi could still kill him for you.â
âi can kill my ex-boyfriends myself.â
âdonât look like that. like you think iâm disappointed in you when iâm not.â
âi couldnât sleep and wondered if youâd be kind enough to join me for a cup of tea.â
âitâs been a long day, and i donât think iâd be very good company right now.â
âbut whatâs the value of silly pride compared to doing whatâs best for the people one loves?â
âexpectations are a funny thing. when youâre born with them, you resent them. when youâve never been given any, you feel the lack of them your whole life.â
âpeople are cruel. donât tempt them with arrogance.â
âso long as i live, iâll never turn my back on a friend.â
âget out of my sight! i never want to see you again!â
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Wherefore Art Thou My(stery) Lady
When a failed attempt to let Chat Noir down easy ends with Ladybug learning his name, she does what any lovesick teenager would do: teases him mercilessly. Ch 1Â Ch 2Â Ch 3Â Ch 4Â Ch 5 Ch 6
Chapter Seven (Final)
Adrien â Good morning. I love you.
After sending that message first thing every morning for a week, Adrien knew better than to expect an answer for another hour, probably two because it was a Saturday. No school to look forward to, but he did have a group brunch date. Nino and Alya had organized it and invited Adrien and Marinette along, and Adrien was left to wonder if that had been part of a plan to set the two of them up.Â
He took his time showering and getting ready. He knew it was silly, but he wanted to make sure he looked his best.
By the time he got back, Ladybug had sent him a text.Â
My Lady â Love you too. â¤ď¸ Figure me out yet? Adrien â Actually, maybe. My Lady â Really?! Adrien â It's still just a theory, but I know how I'm going to test it later. My Lady â I look forward to it!
If he was right, she would. It involved a lot of sappy staring at Marinette.Â
Brunch wasnât for another half hour, but he told Nathalie and the Gorilla to drop him off earlier than he needed to be there. It was something he often did, a way to get as much time out of the house as possible. They hadn't caught on yet. (Or if they had, they'd never said anything about it.)
The place they had chosen was small, but Alya swore they had the best pancakes this side of the Alps. Adrien planned on having everything with way too much syrup.Â
He found a good seat near the center of the room and texted Ladybug while he waited. Was she getting ready to come to the same spot? If she was, she gave no indication that she'd be seeing him later, just asked what his plans were for the day, as if she honestly had no idea. He leaned back in his chair as he waited for the others.Â
Waiters passed with steaming plates of eggs and croissants and coffee. People bustled in and out around him, saying good morning to friends, enjoying the weekend. Adrien hardly noticed any of them until one of them yanked the back of his chair, almost pulling him down.Â
âYou gotta be careful, dude. You could fall if you lean too far.â
Chairs scraped on the hardwood floors as Nino and Alya took the seats opposite him. It made sense that they would sit together, but was part of the reason to force Marinette to take the seat next to him?
âLean over a little bit in that chair, Nino.â Adrien reached across the table to grab his hat, but Nino jerked out of the way. âJust so I know how far back I can go. That's all. I promise I won't knock you over.â
âYou know, for some reason, I don't really trust you.â
âMarinette says she's coming.â Alya looked up from her phone.
âDid she sleep in or something?â Adrien asked. Knowing when she woke up would help him decide if he was right, though at this point he couldn't imagine how he could be wrong.
âNo, she told me she's been awake for a while.â
One hour, he guessed, based on when she had started texting him back. He drummed his fingers, waiting for her to arrive. He needed to see Marinette. Once he saw her, he was sure he would be able to tell for certain.Â
Their server came a few minutes later, taking orders. Alya placed for Marinette after getting an assurance over text that sheâd be there soon.
âSheâs really excited about this,â Alya continued. âLike, texting me nonstop about it since she got up.â
âMy condolences,â Nino said.
âDid she say what got her so excited?â Adrien asked.Â
âNo,â Alya said, eyeing him. âWhy? You think you know?â
Adrien just shrugged, pretending to look down to check his phone, though it was really to hide his face. Ladybug hadnât sent him anything in ages, and the agonizing wait until he knew who she was was even more unbearable now that he had hope it was almost over.Â
Marinette came in, pulling out the seat next to his and scooting in until, probably on purpose, her knee brushed his.
âGood morning!â she said, face shining with excitement. She didn't look directly at him, letting him study her profile. The style of her hair was just right. Her freckles were the same. The curve of her lips. (Heâd know those lips anywhere.) And he could see the corner of one blue eye. Exactly the right shade.
Marinette glanced over and caught him looking. The corner of her eye crinkled in amusement, then looked down as she slipped her phone into her coat pocket, her hand lingering out of view.
Adrienâs phone pinged with an incoming message. He looked at it reflexively as Marinette pulled her phone out again and laid it face up on the table in front of her.
âWhat's that, Adrien?â she asked. âAnother text from your mysterious girlfriend?â
It was another picture of him, sent by Ladybug, taken just seconds ago. He whipped around while Nino and Alya laughed at him. People were coming in and out of the doorway, but no one that looked like her. He kept looking anyway because it kept him from looking at Marinette. It had been a picture of him and his friends at the table. Marinette had been sitting next to him when the picture had been sent. Ladybug couldn't have been her.Â
He'd been so certain... He'd been hoping it was her. He'd had such a streak of luck lately that he'd actually believed that heâd been fortunate enough to be partnered with Marinette. For a moment, heâd been able to believe that the two best girls he knew were one, and she loved him. Disappointment tasted terrible.
Ladybug probably wasn't going to be in the shot, but he held up his phone and took a picture anyway. He glumly turned back to the table and sent it.Â
Marinette's phone buzzed enthusiastically, and she swept it out of sight before Adrien could get a good look at it. All he caught was a glimpse of a room, filled with people and tables and an empty doorway.Â
âWhat?â Marinette asked when he turned to look at her. Alya and Nino both waited quietly for once, eyes flicking back and forth between the two of them.
Pulling the picture Ladybug had just sent, Adrien looked over it carefully. He was sitting with his friends, but only two of them. Marinette's seat was still empty. The picture had been taken before she'd sat down. And really, there were hundreds of places to eat brunch in Paris. What were the chances Ladybug just happened to be going to the same one as him this morning?
Found you.
Adrien stared Marinette down. She stared back with the same practiced innocence Ladybug had given him a week ago when they'd first talked about the texting. There was no way they weren't the same person. Her mouth quirked the same way. Her eyes twinkled, whether in civilian clothes or in a red-spotted suit.Â
She was right. It was so obvious now that he knew what - who - he was looking at.Â
Marinette stayed silent through his whole examination, not raising a question until he pulled away and opened his texting app.
âWhat are you doing?â she asked. Her phone was face down on her lap.
Adrien â HiÂ
The buzz that Marinette's phone gave was much quieter, but he was still able to pick it out over the din of the crowd.Â
She clenched her hand around it but didn't look away from him.Â
Adrien â I Adrien â Love Adrien â You Adrien â My Adrien â Lady
With each message he sent, Marinette's phone buzzed again. The neutral look on her face started to crack.Â
âAren't you going to answer those?â
âNo.â
âWhy not?â he asked, grinning. âThey could be important. Could be from your boyfriend or something.â
âSeeing as I don't have a boyfriend, Adrien,â she put extra emphasis on his name, making sure he knew it was his fault that she didn't, âthat would be kind of impossible.â She pressed the phone into her leg to muffle the vibrations.
âMaybe we can fix that?â
He held up his phone right to her face and snapped a picture.Â
Another photo message flashed across her screen, and Adrien could see how it lit up the cloth around it.Â
âAdmit it,â he said. âI figured you out, My Lady.â
âYou did, Kitten. Good job.â Marinette held out her phone to him. The screen was full of a picture of her face. Sender: Future Husband.Â
Nino was offering his congratulations. Alya was sighing dramatically and saying âfinally!â over and over, but Adrien had all but tuned them out. Marinette was Ladybug. He knew who she was.Â
And he still couldnât kiss her. Not the way he wanted to with their friends watching.Â
Instead, he grabbed her hand and slowly turned it palm down, placing a long, slow kiss on the back, a promise of things to come.
When he looked up, Marinetteâs cheeks were tinged with pink, but she quirked her eyes with a questioning look. Thatâs it? she silently asked.
He winked at her, and her blush deepened. âLater,â he mouthed.Â
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âI have one question about all of this,â Adrien asked as they walked down the street. âWhat was the obvious hint that I missed? I know I talked to you a few times that day, and I can't figure out what it was. The offer of help?â
Nino and Alya had completely ditched them the moment brunch was over. Alya said normally theyâd make up some excuse to manipulate them into being alone together. Sheâd paused dramatically to look at their intertwined hands before claiming she didnât think sheâd be needing schemes anymore, then told them to take advantage of the alone time. Adrien had promised her he would, all while Marinette sputtered in embarrassment.
âI made a cat pun,â she said. âA terrible, awful, bad cat pun. And I am ashamed.â
âWhat was it?â
âNo way! I am not saying it again!â Her emphatic arm movements were hampered by his grip on her hand, but she didnât seem to mind.
âMarinette.â He slowed, and pulled on her arm until she stood facing him. Theyâd started their relationship hidden from everyone, with secrets and texts and masks coming between them. Now they were in public, where anyone could see them. âCan I kiss you?â
âI think Iâve waited long enough,â she said, tilting her head and closing her eyes.
âYou?â
Her eyes snapped back open, though her head remained at the perfect kissing angle. âYes, me. I didnât think it was going to take you that long. I was dying!â
He took a step back, grinning. âIâm not sure if I want to kiss you now after all. Middle of the sidewalkâs probably not the best place forââ
Marinette pulled him down and planted her mouth on his, and his teasing argument died. Adrien felt like he was melting, being molded into a shape that fit her better.Â
She pulled away too quickly, resting her forehead against his. People walked around them, just two regular teenagers kissing in public.
âTechnically,â he said after catching his breath, âI think that was just you kissing me again.â
âYou were kissing me back. It counts.â
âNo.â He let go of her waist to cup her face. âThis is me kissing you.â And he lowered himself to meet her.
The End
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ONE PROPOSITION.
Seungmin x reader. (s,f)
Synopsis: Not only you frown on love, you don't date nice guys and Seungmin is both a nice guy and don't want less than love. A proposition is offered to you to see if he can change your mind. (10,2k words)
Author's note: a fluffy smut for a change. Enjoy! :)
Love is patient, love is kind.
Pfft... more like love is slowly losing your mind.
Love makes it okay for people to dumb themselves down for someone else or do silly things in public and everyone would deem it romantic.
You don't do love anymore because it's nothing but a sack of vile and utter nonsense.
What you do is short-lived infatuation, physical attraction, one-night lovers then you're free to move on to the next one without any sort of attachment.
To put it simply, love gives you the stomachache. Love is just... yuck!
Also, it's easier that way, maybe you'll do love when you're old and bored or maybe...
"Let's go on a date!"
You don't expect this from the smartest student in class, Kim Seungmin.
You let out a dry laugh then pick up your bag from your chair, "sure, pick me up at 8?" You respond with a nonchalant shrug.
He doesn't seem to get the joke because he isn't laughing or responding to your words, he's just staring at you with his brown eyes.
Your laugh dies down instantly when you notice the serious face he puts on, "you're being serious?"
"I am," he shortly replies.
You scoff in a perplexed way then hoist your bag strap higher on your shoulder and start walking toward the exit, it's best to get out of this awkward scene.
When you think you're already losing him, you see him walking next to you and ask, "What do you think?"
"Think of what?"
"Going on a date with me?" He asks again.
You laugh again because it's the nicest response you can give to him, he's alright and he probably asked it for a social experiment or something.
"But why?"
He matches his pace to catch up with your half-jogging since you're going to be late for your part-time job at the bookstore.
"Because I like you," he simply answers like it's so obvious.
But you are so oblivious to it, you don't even know he's capable of having this kind of feeling. You always think of him as someone who knows nothing but being the smartest person in the room. You laugh again because you don't know how to properly respond to someone who admits that he likes you out of a blue.
"Seungmin, I can't play along. I'm going to be late for work," you tell him while keeps walking in the direction of the bus stop near campus.
"I can drive you there," he offers, taking the car keys out of his jacket and jiggling them in front of you.
You calculate it in your head, even after you make it to the bus stop, you still have to wait for the bus then there's probably traffic, taking his offer can save you from being late to work.
The only information you have on him is so little that you have no idea he's been driving his car to campus every day. It's neat in there, unlike any other guy's car you've been in that's littered with trash or their stuff. His car smells nice and he drives steadily with one hand on the steering wheel.
"You haven't done that assignment for Professor Park's class, don't you?" He suddenly asks.
Your eyes widen in shock because no one knows except that he was there when you were being scolded by Professor Park in his office.
"How did you know?"
It takes him a few seconds to finally give you an answer, "we met outside his office but I guess you were too upset to notice."
You weren't just upset, you cursed at Professor Park right after closing the door of his office then kicked the potted plant nearby, sending the soil scattered on the floor. You were furious but Seungmin was just being nice by saying you were just 'too upset'.
"I don't see why you still like me after seeing that," you say with an awkward laugh.
"I just do," he says ever so casually like he just didn't admit to having a feeling for you.
Aren't you glad you're not like any other girl? Imagine hearing that and your heart starts to flutter.
"That's why I ask you on a date," he says again.
You take a moment to look at him, observing him and trying to see if he has any ulterior motives. Who knows? It's usually the quiet ones that are unpredictable.
He turns his head at you and stops you from scanning him further, "Let's go on a date!"
You have no problem with him, he's alright. Kim Seungmin is nice and smart, but that's also the problem, you don't date nice guys.
"No," you flatly reject him.
He doesn't seem to mind being rejected, he rather seems like he already expected this answer from you.
"May I know why?" He calmly asks.
And you like how curious he sounded, he probably thinks this whole thing is a mathematical problem that he can't solve and will keep on trying until he does.
"I don't date guys like you," you answer.
"Guys like me?"
"Nice guys," you give him a clearer answer.
"Ah!" He exclaims and calmly makes a turn to the parking lot of the bookstore you're working in.
You take it that he gave up already on his quest to date you but as you unbuckle the safety belt, he stops you from getting out of the car.
"I have a proposition for you," he says.
And you never heard any man saying that to you, a proposition? What does he think it is? A business deal?
"I'll help you work on your assignment for Professor Park," he offers.
You know there's something to that, "but�"
He smiles at your word and it's the first time that you've ever seen on him, it surprised you that he has another expression apart from the serious and focused ones you always see on him
"But once the assignment is approved, I get to take you on a date," he finishes.
It's confusing already with him suddenly confessing that he fancies you, him of all people. Why would the smartest guy on campus like the most average student who only likes to fool around with guys?
But you must admit that he makes a good proposition, it's very tempting.
"Just a date? One date?" You ask.
He nods, "one date."
One date is not harmful, right? A nice guy like him is most likely to take you out on a dinner and perhaps a walk in the park after, a kiss or two at the end of the night. You can do that without having to involve any feelings whatsoever.
There's this tugging feeling though, maybe it's coming from your experiences with bad guys that always make you suspicious about everything they do.
Also, what if Seungmin is just playing with you?
"Can I answer this later? I'm late for work," you say.
"What time do you clock out?" He asks.
You act nonchalantly to not give him the impression that you will take his proposition that easily, "8 but I have to do some stuff beforehand. Maybe close to 9, I don't know."
He nods but not saying anything to you.
"Thanks for the ride, bye!" You abruptly end the conversation and get out of his car.
You forgot all about it when you have so many tasks waiting for you, there are just too many things to do that half shift of work ended so fast and you take one last lap around the bookstore to return the straying books to their shelves.
You clock out half an hour after eight and push through the back door, you just need to go to the bus stop and a fifteen-minute bus ride later, you'll be back at your small apartment and sleep and...
You hear a car honking at you from across the parking lot, you squint to see the car with the headlights shine right at you.
The car drives and stops right next to you, it's Seungmin.
"Come on, I'll drive you home," he says from his rolled-down window.
You lean down just enough to see him inside and lean closer to him, "Why are you still here?" You ask with pure shock.
"I'm waiting for your answer," he answers in the same deadpan manner.
So, Seungmin is serious about his proposition.
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You work on the assignment together after you get off work and Seungmin would already there, waiting in his car for you.
He doesn't mind spending hours in your shoebox of an apartment, squeezing yourselves into the worn-out couch while he patiently guides you as you work on your laptop. He never overstayed and leaves before midnight, despite none of you having a curfew and being of age to do anything.
When you're not working, you do the assignment at a cafe close to your apartment building.
"Do you always do that?"
"Huh?" You turn your head at him.
"Touching your nose," he points at your hand touching one of your ears.
You didn't even know you were scratching your nose until he pointed it out and you have to consciously put your hand down, "it's a habit, I guess."
He sheepishly smiles at you before looking down at the book he's reading, "that's cute."
And you can say the same about him.
Seungmin likes to wait by his car for your last class to end and his face would light up when he sees you.
"How are you?" He would ask, it's a simple question but you like his smile more when he asks that, a smile that somehow resembles a puppy's.
One night, when you had to work overtime at work, he came into the bookstore and brought you food because he knew you'll be skipping dinner.
Seungmin is nice and he's smart, he's great but love is just... yuck.
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You are back on your worn-out couch to work on the assignment for the last time.
Seungmin is intently checking your assignment while you quietly do the same to him. These past few days you have spent with him, make you notice things you haven't seen in him before. He used to wear his hair down, but tonight, he pushes his hair back which makes him look more attractive.
And when he's focusing hard like this, his stare is fierce and his jaws are clenched, he looks even more attractive because he's so unaware of it.
He wears a fitted shirt which only accentuates his slim figure and square shoulders.
"Do you play sports?" You blurt out because you're never the type to hold back when you're curious about something and most men like being asked about their physique.
"Baseball," he shorty replies without straying his eyes from the laptop screen.
"Let me guess, pitcher?"
He nods.
That explains the broad shoulders and your eyes lower to see his hands holding the laptops, he has nice hands and long fingers with evident veins on the back of his hands.
It's the first time you realize you have always been sitting in this proximity with him on your worn-out couch in your small apartment.
Tonight, the proximity feels exceptionally palpable and you start to notice the nice smell of his perfume.
Seungmin shifts on his seat to put the laptop down on the table.
"It's good," he says then takes a sip of his canned soda.
"Yeah?" You ask but your eyes watching his Adam's apple bob in his neck as he swallows his drink.
He nods.
"Do you think Professor Park will approve?" You ask but your eyes are looking at nowhere but his lips.
"Yes," he confidently says.
You swallow air and lean in close, a hand holds him by the shoulder as you press a kiss on his lips.
The kiss is fizzy and sweet like the orange soda that he just drank. His lips are soft and warm but you notice that he stiffens against your lips.
You hurriedly let go of the kiss, poor guy isn't ready when you hastily decided to kiss him.
"I'm sorry," you say. As much as you hate saying sorry for everything you do that you're not exactly sorry for, the words have to be said.
He stays quiet for a moment then lifts his hand to reach for your hair, putting it all away and putting it behind your ear.
"Can I kiss you back?" He asks.
You eagerly nod.
He slowly brings his face close to you and your eyes are closing out of reflex, you feel his soft kiss on your cheek. When you think he will stop there, he drags his lips to kiss you on each eyelid and your breath quickens as he continues sliding his lips down your cheek to your lips.
There, he kisses you again.
With his tongue, he cleverly parted your mouth open to deepen the kiss and you gasp as you let him taste you more.
Sensing that he wants this as much as you do, you get on his lap and he immediately sits back on the couch.
He curves his hand under your arm and splayed his hand on your back.
There's no way that Seungmin has never dated before, the way he twirls his tongue and brushes his lips over yours, it's impossible if he's this good at kissing and never dated anyone before.
And he knows his hand placement, heâs touching you in the places that usually make you uncomfortable but still, you like how he holds you in place and keeps you safe.
He's officially good at kissing and you wonder if he's good at other things too.
Keeping his mouth busy, your fingers working open the buttons of his shirt one by one but you ditch the plan altogether and decide to glide your hand down his front until you meet the waistband of his jeans.
He catches your hand before you can proceed and breaks the kiss, "not now," he mutters.
"Why not?" You ask and lean in to kiss him again.
He stops you there and smiles, "I haven't taken you on a date yet."
"Well, we can skip the date and just do it, you know?" You've never been shameless about being upfront about it. You know what they want and you know you have the same interest so what's the point of beating around the bush?
"That's not a part of the proposition," he says and he glances at the clock on your laptop screen, "and it's almost midnight, I have to go."
You scoff and reluctantly get off his lap, "this is why I don't date nice guys," you say with a heavy sigh.
Seungmin gathers his things and put everything back into his bag, he cracks a smile seeing your dissatisfied expression, "don't worry about the assignment, I'm sure it'll be approved," he says.
"Okay," you say with a shrug, feeling a tad bitter for being rejected by him.
He lowly chuckles seeing you pouting at the far end of the couch, "I'm going. See you at campus!" He says, waving his hand at you by the doorway before leaving.
Seungmin is nice and smart, he's great, he's a good kisser and has nice square shoulders but love is just... yuck.
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You let out a long sigh of relief once you got out of Professor Park's office, your assignment is approved and you feel like the thing that's been weighing down your chest disappeared into thin air.
Seungmin waits by his car and you come up to him to deliver the good news.
"He approved!" You say with a giddy smile.
"Told you, you don't have to worry so much," he says with such coy.
"Thank you," you sincerely say to him with a smile.
He smiles back and unlocks the car, "Get in! I'll drive you to work!"
Okay, you have to give him that, he looks so cool looking calm and confident like that.
"So, you've done your part in the proposition... when can I do mine?" You ask, trying to make it sound casual but it's unusual for you to get nervous talking about it to him.
He gets quiet and you can't help but think what if he has a second thought about the proposition after spending these past few days with you?
"I'll call you to tell you when," he says.
And his answer only makes you even more nervous because what if he really is just playing a social experiment on you? What if he doesn't like you anymore? What if, what if, what if.
"You're going to be late!" He says with a hand gently squeezing your forearm.
You didn't realize that you have arrived at the parking lot of the bookstore, "Yeah," you stutter and quickly gather your bag.
You push the car door open but not getting out yet, "you don't have to pick me up after work," you tell him.
"Yes, I was about to tell you I can't pick you up. I have something to do tonight," he adds.
"Thanks for the ride!" You say before getting out of the car.
It's kind of boring when you get back to your apartment and have nothing to do when it's usually you and Seungmin working on an assignment together. It's clear that you don't miss the assignment, you miss having Seungmin around and listening to his weird ideas out of his smart mouth.
But you have to be the nice girl and wait for the nice guy to call for the date.
How long would it take though?
You start to think that you're getting karma from making all those men wait for your call and you've been dreading a phone call for a week now.
You still meet him on campus but it looks like he's busy with something or he's just straight up wanting to give you hell.
Kim Seungmin is not a nice guy after all.
If this how's he is going to do it then why don't you shift your attention elsewhere but to the cute guy you met in the library.
You don't know why you like cute guys nowadays, but he has dimples on his cheeks so you guess that's why.
"I'm in my second year," he says.
"Oh?" So that means he's younger than you and not that you have problems with age it's just taken you by surprise, also, that explains why he's so cute.
Your phone rings in the middle of the conversation, you ignore it by shoving it inside your bag but it keeps on ringing.
"I'm sorry but I have to take this," you say to your cute date with an apologetic smile.
"Sure yeah," he replies.
You pick it up without seeing the contact name, "hello?"
"Hey, it's me," he says from the other end of the line.
And you recognize the voice, it's Seungmin.
"Yes?" You try to mimic his nonchalant way of talking.
"Just letting you know that the date is tonight," he says.
"Tonight?" You ask in surprise and almost make your date choke on his coffee.
"Yeah," he confirms.
You clear your voice and clear your throat before speaking, "but that's so sudden," you meekly say.
"So... you can't go?" He asks.
Isn't this what you've been waiting for? Doing your part on the proposition?
"No, let's do it tonight," you calmly answer.
"Okay then, I'll pick you up at 7," he says and hangs up.
You put your phone away and look at it, can't believe that he ends the phone call like that after making you wait for a whole week.
Then you see that it's fifteen past four in the afternoon which means you only have less than 3 hours to get ready. You get up from your chair and take your bag.
"Where are you going?"
For a second, you are forgetting your cute date and shoot him a smile, "I have to go somewhere," you say.
But he just looks at you wide-eyed and confused.
Maybe it's time that you stop fooling around and this cute guy deserves someone better than you. You look at him and smile, "you're really cute and nice, I had a fun time but I really have to go," you admit with a grimace.
No matter how much you hate apologizing but you do owe him an apology for abruptly leaving him on a date.
"I'm sorry," you sincerely say.
"That's okay," he responds with a dimpled smile.
The next thing that gets in the way is the outfits, you have zero ideas about where Seungmin may take you tonight. What would a nice guy do on a date? Where would he take you?
Probably candlelight dinner somewhere romantic, that's pretty much the standard of a nice guy. You decide on a simple black dress because it's always the safest choice. It's not too short, it's appropriate, and it's giving a nice girl look with all of your hair down.
A few spritzes of perfume and off you go.
Seungmin's car is already waiting not far from the entrance of your apartment building, you walk there and get inside without waiting for him to let you in first.
"Have you been waiting long?" You ask, hurriedly looking for the seatbelt to put on.
He looks at you rather wide-eyed, a bit confused.
It makes you suddenly feel so insecure about yourself, "Is there something wrong?"
He gets quiet for a few seconds before shaking his head, "You look nice!" He says.
That reminds you to look at his outfits and he wears something casual, a black shirt with blue jeans and a dark jacket.
Great, you're overdressed!
"Thanks," you meekly say.
You clear your throat while Seungmin turns the key in the ignition, "where are we going?" You ask and try to sound coy about it.
"We're going to see your favorite band!" He replies.
Turns out, Seungmin did his research very thoroughly and found out that your favorite band is busking at the park tonight.
They're still setting up band equipment when you arrived, you choose to sit on the steps facing the stage but you're struggling to cover your legs since you're wearing a dress.
Seungmin is considerate as he always does. He takes off his jacket and put it on your lap, "Here!"
"Chivalry is not dead after all!" You beam and fix his jacket to cover your legs.
The steps start to fill with more people as the time for the show is getting nearer, "How do you know my favorite band?"
Seungmin was rolling the sleeves of his shirt when you ask, "I see your records collection at your apartment," he simply answers like it doesn't take a math formula to know it.
"But I have a lot!" You point out.
"But I see that you have a lot of records of them," he replies.
"But that could also mean I only like the album covers," you hypothetically remark.
He jerks his head with a scrunched face, "that's impossible! You own one of their rare records!"
That caught you off guard, you didn't think that he would do such detailed research to your liking, you're low-key impressed by him.
"You know there's a much simpler way to know everything that I like," you tell him.
"Yeah?"
You nod and look at him, "you can ask the person yourself," you say with a sly smile.
He sheepishly smiles and places his hand on his knee, "Can I ask you something then?"
"Sure!â
"Do you like me now?"
He caught you off guard again but this time you burst out laughing as a reaction, "We're hardly an hour into our date here."
"So?" He asks with a shrug.
It's that hint of nonchalant attitude that makes him stand out from the other guys you met and mingled with, possibly the most interesting nice guy you've ever met and you're aware of how they contradict each other.
"Ask me again at the end of the date," you say with a sneaky smile.
At the end of the show, Seungmin helps you get up from the steps and you put his jacket on since the night is getting cool.
"Where are we going now?" You always hated being so nosy but Seungmin has been keeping you on your toes by not telling you what his plans for the date are. So far, all of your guesses are missed.
"I thought you were hungry," he says.
"I am!"
He holds your hand and leads you to the other side of the park, "I'm hungry too so I'm thinking we should get somewhere to eat."
You start guessing in your head again, maybe this once your guess will land on the mark, that he would take you somewhere romantic like you expected in your head.
He takes you on a stroll and not hesitates to keep holding your hand wherever you go, somehow you don't feel uncomfortable at all.
There are so many couples taking a stroll in the park so you're grateful that you're not alone among all of these lovey-dovey couples.
"The exit out of the park is this way," you tell him as he keeps going straight.
"There are a lot of food trucks by the river," he says while keeps pulling you with him.
You snort behind him since the park is crowded with people taking pictures of the cherry blossom in bloom.
He looks over his shoulder and sees you laughing, "What's so funny?"
"Nothing," you snort again, once again failing on your guess.
Seungmin is truly something.
"What do you want?" He asks as you stop at a food truck to order food.
"I want the cheeseburger but I also kind of want the bacon one," you answer, torn between the two.
"Then we'll order both," he concludes and orders it.
Sitting on the empty bench facing the river with your food in the space between you and him, you can't lie that you're getting hungry just from the sight of it.
"You want to try mine?" He offers.
You don't take the burger from him but take a bite out of it while he holds it, munching it with a grin on your face.
He lets out another smile, one that you like to see on him, the puppy one.
He doesn't wait to take a bite right after you and a dollop of ketchup gets on the corner of his mouth.
"You did that on purpose, don't you?" You say with squinted eyes.
"Huh? What?"
You take a napkin and wipe it clean for him, "there!" You hand the napkin to him after and continue eating your food.
"Did you do that on purpose too?" He suddenly asks.
You look up at him, "what?" You trace your mouth if you got anything on your mouth.
"You do this," he points out at how you always scratch your nose.
"I did?" You ask with eyes widened.
He nods.
Before you can explain, you unconsciously scratch your nose and stop when you're aware of what are you doing.
"I told you it's a habit," you persist and fight the urge to do it again.
"And I told you that it's cute," he says then shoves a few fries into his mouth.
You make another trip to the selections of food trucks and bought ice cream as dessert while taking a stroll back to the parking lot. The night is so warm the ice cream melts in your hand.
You throw the rest of the cone into the garbage bin before getting into the car, Seungmin pulls open the glove box in front of you and takes out a pack of wet wipes.
He pulls two at once and helps you clean your hands with them, he meticulously wipes the spaces between your fingers too. You smile looking at how he cares that much about your hygiene.
"I feel like a surgeon about to go into the operation room," you joke.
But he is unfazed by all of your fun takes on his treatments on you, "I guess we're going home?" he says.
You check the time on your phone screen, "but it's barely 10 pm," you say.
"Then... do you want to go somewhere else?" He asks.
You laugh because once you gave up guessing what he's going to do next, he runs out of plans for the date.
"Are you saying this is the end of the date?" You ask with disbelief.
He innocently nods.
You sit back and keep laughing, he did everything to get on a date with you but the date itself is... you wouldn't say lame, heâs just didn't prepare it well.
"Let's just go somewhere," you say before your laughs start to annoy him.
"Your place?"
"No!" You refuse rather too quickly.
If you went to your place then he would get to use the 'it's midnight time to go home' excuse on you.
"Let's go to your place," you say without looking at him, afraid that he would read your intentions.
He looks at you for a few seconds and you bravely look back at him, using all the force you have in you to remain calm.
"Okay!" He agrees then starts the car engine.
Seungmin lives quite far from the university while you live not very far, it's a mystery how he manages to always get there before you. Or it could be because you're just lazy.
His apartment building has an elevator that works and he lives on the eighth floor, can only imagine what kind of view he gets from his apartment.
"Come in!" He says as he pushes the apartment door open to let you in.
He doesn't have that much furniture in his place, everything is neatly placed and well organized. The door to his bedroom is slightly ajar, you can only take a little peek at what it looks like but you see his bed is made.
"Please, sit down!" He gestures to the long sofa that is unlike the worn-out couch you have at your place.
You sit in the middle and he hands you a blanket from the armrest of the sofa.
"Want to drink something?" He asks.
"Yes, please?"
"Water, juice or soda?"
"I'd like a glass of wine actually," you say in an attempt to tease him.
He turns around and heads to the kitchen, opening the cabinet to pull out a bottle of wine which surprises you that he really has one.
"I only have red wine, is that alright?"
"More than alright!" You reply with a smile.
You wait for him while taking off his jacket, gently placing it on the empty stool next to the sofa then unfolding the blanket to cover your legs with it.
Seungmin returns with the bottle of wine in one hand and two glasses in the other, you take them from him so he can open the bottle.
He carefully pours wine into both glasses and takes one from your hand, clinking your glass together to finally take a sip.
"Can I ask you the question again now?" he asks, putting his wine glass down on the table.
You finish your glass to make him wait for your answer, "but it's not the end of the date yet," you disagree with him.
You put down your glass and turn to face him on the sofa, "and you have to pass the basic interview first!"
"The basic interview?"
You shush him and think of a question to ask him, "first question: since when do you like me?"
He turns his head at you with an intrigued expression on his face, "ever since we took the same class together," he answers.
You trace back to the time you first met him in economy class and it was back to almost a year ago, you didn't know he's been liking you ever since.
"Second question: why do you like me?"
He takes his time to answer and turns at you to deliver it, "because you are smart but I'm obviously smarter," he begins.
"I'll take that as a compliment," you let out a snide comment at him.
"You're very honest in an almost rude way," he adds.
"I'll... also take that as a compliment," you comment.
"I said almost," he reminds you.
You roll your eyes at him in response.
"And you're very genuine, there's nothing fake about you," he concludes.
You raise an eyebrow at him, "maybe I do but you just don't know," you poke fun at him.
"I would have seen it if you had any," he says.
You chuckle at how confident he is of himself and move on to the next question, "What do you like about me then?"
"Everything!"
You groan at the typical answer, "how clichĂŠ!"
"You want me to name a specific part of you that I like?"
You nod.
"But I don't have any specific part of you that I like, I like every part of you that makes you, you," he explains and you hate to admit it but he did sound so cool when he said it.
Certainly not an answer you had in mind that you don't know how to properly react to that.
"I like you as a whole," he says with his doe eyes staring right at you.
You're not supposed to feel this way, right? But you feel the blood rushing to your cheeks as they start heating. You start to laugh because it's the only proper way you know to react to his words.
"Are you blushing?" He points out.
"No!" You deny his question rather too quickly again.
He chuckles at you and takes the bottle of wine to refill your glass.
"You know you don't have to say all that," you tell him.
"But you're asking," he coyly replies.
"I mean," you take the bottle of wine from him and put it away, taking his hand then taking the front of his shirt, "Just kiss me already!"
You pull him by the shirt you crumple in your hand and bring his face close to you, locking your lips with his, closer and closer until the gap is closing.
This is long overdue, you have zero patience left and Seungmin is a damn good kisser, you can't stop now, you're not letting it go.
You push him back against the sofa then gets on his lap, straddling him with your hands caging him in between, smirking as you're about to sink your mouth into his again.
Seungmin unexpectedly returns the kisses with such enthusiasm with his hands begin to touch you, tracing the curve of your body clothed in skin tight dress.
You keep kissing him, forcing his head to tilt upward, earning you access to deepen the kiss.
He lets out little whimpers every time you tugged his lips between your teeth like a little puppy.
He's probably running out of breath that he gently pushes you away, making a space between your faces yet he stays with his head resting back on the sofa.
His eyes easily find yours and stare at them, then put all of your hair away to take a better look at you.
His hands then trace the frame of your face, eyes, nose, and lips. He touches them so tenderly as if heâs touching flower petals.
It's the way his eyes light up when he looks into your eyes again that gets you, he brushes your hair to the side and softly smiles, then mutters, "you're really pretty."
You don't know how he did that but you believe that he's being genuine, Seungmin has been nothing but honest about what he says and does.
Then you feel something in your stomach, a feeling that was once familiar and only made you sick before. Your heart is beating faster and you start to think he could hear it so you kiss him again.
Seungmin slowly slumps down on his seat and the next thing you know both of your bodies are tangled on the sofa with his body weighing on top of you.
In the heat of the moment, he suddenly breaks the kiss and props his hand next to you.
"Why? What's wrong?" You ask because of how abruptly he stopped kissing you.
"It's getting late," he says.
You glance at the clock on the wall and the time shows it's 10 past midnight, you glare at him in disbelief, "don't tell me that you're going to send me home?" You wildly guess because it seems like the nice guy in him kicks in.
He lowly chuckles at you, "I'm saying we should take it to the bedroom," he says with a sly smile.
That means the nice guy in him is off for the night and that's exactly what you want, you want him bad.
He gets up first and holds out his hand at you which you eagerly take, walking behind him as he leads you to his room.
He turns around once you step into the room and says, "I have to check if you have something on you."
You tip your head to the side in confusion, "Huh?"
He lets go of you to put his hands on your shoulders, "do you carry anything dangerous with you?" He asks, patting the side of your body as if you're going through a security check.
You softly chuckle at him and hum while thinking of an answer, "not that I know of," you cheekily answer.
His hands stop at your waist then he slowly pushes you to the wall, "I have to do a full body check then," he utters to you with his body pins against yours.
He's so hot gleeful and sly like this, you're trapped in his gaze as he looks down on you and put your hands up, pins them above your head.
He presses his forehead on yours to softly kiss the tip of your nose and oh... these butterflies used to make you sick.
He drops your hands onto his shoulders and holds you close, burying his mouth in your neck, drinking in your scent.
Catching him off guard, you turn him around and have him pinned against the wall with your body, "what about you?" You ask with your finger hooks on the opening of his shirt.
"Do you have anything dangerous on you, sir?" You ask again with a loopy grin.
He slumps down just enough to be on the same eye level as you and throws his hands up, surrendering himself to you.
Your hands begin to pat around his body, feeling the firmness of his body against his shirt to eventually meet his stiff member inside its confine.
"Now, that's dangerous!" You lowly murmur to his ear.
Without warning, he wraps his hands around you to unzip your dress.
He doesn't wait to part it open and take it off you, until the piece of clothing pooling around your ankle. He keeps taking steps forward forcing you to walk backward until the back of your legs hit the bed frame.
Slowly, you sit on the edge of the bed and hold his hands before laying down, pulling him with you, sending him toppled on top of you.
With the room staying dimly lit with the only source of light coming from the bedside lamp, Seungmin's jaws appear firmer, prominent and he's just so fucking attractive.
There's no need to confirm how wet you are down there just from having his body on you.
His long fingers trace your jaw before lowering his mouth on you again, so slowly as if he's kissing something so fragile.
With the proximity, your hands work to open his shirt while he keeps your mouth busy with slow, deep kisses.
You impatiently rip his shirt open the second you succeed in opening the last button and Seungmin helps by taking it off of him, then throws it aside. You won't waste another second touching his body with your hands. He's not muscular but his body is firm and lean, and his skin is warm like the morning sun.
The hunger for him grows bigger as your hands go lower to unbutton his jeans open and Seungmin abruptly stops kissing you.
Your mouth is agape, panting and your eyes snap open to find his staring into you. You slightly got panicked thinking that you must've done something he's uncomfortable with, "Whaâ"
He buries his head in your neck again even before you can finish your question, kissing you there, tasting your skin with his tongue. You gasp when he softly bites your ear shell and he drags his mouth down your chest.
A shiver goes down your spine as he gently kisses your sternum and leaves a wet mark on the skin, funny that it feels like he just sets your body on fire.
He continues his trail of kisses and not stopping even though his mouth is getting closer to where you wanted him the most.
You mewl the moment his mouth lands on your clothed core, his breath feels heavy and hot between your legs.
He looks at you as his hands start pulling your underwear down your legs and off of you, kissing your inner thighs after.
With his big hands rubbing up and down your thighs, his mouth once again closing into your heating core, he hasn't touched it but you feel the tingle already.
It feels soft and warm that you let out a delightful sigh, his mouth on your delicate flesh and you're taking in all these delights with your eyes closed.
Everything he does with his mouth is so subtle and smooth yet he presses on the right spots rather intensely.
You have nothing to say but let him take you higher and drown you in pleasure.
Then he suddenly stops and lifts his head to look at you, "you're so quiet," he says.
You look down at him, at his head hanging between your legs with disheveled hair.
"You don't like it? Want me to stop?" He asks again.
You look him in the eyes and ask, "Did I tell you to stop?"
You prop an elbow and your other hand reaches for his head, "do you hear me telling you to stop?"
He stays still for a few seconds then places his mouth on you to continue the deed.
"That's what I'm saying," you say as he twirls his tongue on your clit ever so slowly like licking an ice cream and it slowly melts under his tongue.
Your hand tangles in his hair and tug at it every time the pleasure feels too intense, another way to tell him that your silence doesn't mean that you're not enjoying it. It's the opposite, it's too good that you can't find anything to say but enjoy every second of it.
Your moans grow louder as your breath quickens, and the knot inside you comes to the point that you can't hold it in anymore.
Seungmin seems to sense that you're coming close to your high and continues what brings you the most pleasure using his mouth.
Your back is arching as you seek more even though you're on the verge of exploding and when you finally do, you try so hard not to clamp Seungmin's head between your legs.
You pull him by the shoulder to hover above you, "A nice guy who knows how to eat me out, huh?"
With your hand on his neck, you pull him close to kiss him.
"I think that's my new ideal type," you add with your lips grazing his as you speak.
He gets flustered by your words then kisses you again while you use the opportunity to taste yourself on him.
And maybe he senses how needy you are for him that he puts a space between your bodies, slowly pulling away from the kiss.
"Just a second," he says and crawls over to the side, taking something out from a drawer.
You take the time to take off your bra and put it away, sitting on the bed while waiting for Seungmin.
"I can help you with that," you say with a sly grin since he takes quite a long time to put on a condom.
"Are you that impatient?" He asks without looking at you.
You laugh at his remark and find him crawling back at you, crashing his body on top of yours, kissing you ferociously that when he finally lets go, you gasp for air.
He then shifts his focus to enter you, wetting the tip with your essence to slowly push it in.
You spread your legs wider the deeper he goes and draw his body closer, he feels so good inside that you feel like going to climax one more time despite you just had it a few minutes ago.
In the midst of it, he looks at you for any signs of discomfort on you.
"I can take you well," you assure him with a grin.
He lowly chuckles and kisses you again, probably to shut you up from making another playful remark at him.
Seungmin thrusts deep and slow, everything about it so sensual, his hair that falls around his face and the way his jaws clench and unclench.
You usually never cared much about who wants to please or get pleased, tonight exceptionally, you want to do the former. Holding him by the shoulders, you turn him over and have him under you, you take a moment just to look at him, at how gorgeous he looks underneath you.
You place your hands on his chest and start slowly rolling your hips, letting him feel how good it feels being inside you.
Feeling mischievous, you intentionally clench around him and watch how his face contorted in pleasure.
"You like that?" You ask him.
He sighs before answering you, "I'll let you know later," he pokes fun.
You glare and clench around him again, your teeth faintly biting your lower lip.
He groans with his hands gripping each side of your waist, overwhelmed by the pleasure.
Seungmin doesn't want to play along anymore, so he gets up and wraps his hands around you, holding you still without stopping you from moving on top of him.
You manage to break your hands away from his confine and put them around his neck, bringing your mouth close to his ear you say, "cum for me like a nice guy you are," you say with a giggle.
He looks up at you with eyes wide and dark with lust, then without warning, he lowers you down to the space between his legs on the bed.
He has you trapped under and between his arms, he intensely stares into your eyes like there's something so intriguing happening in them.
A hand wraps around your neck to angle your head for a deep kiss, he starts thrusting into you again so slowly but each thrust sends him deeper into you.
He hits you right on the spot repeatedly but you want to play it fair, you want him to cum first before you do.
It seems like he's not going to last long as his movements are getting sloppy, his breathing is ragged and heavy. You clung to him, wrapping your legs around his waist, and let him ram into you, chasing his high.
"That feels so good," you breathlessly mutter into his ear, not letting the pleasure goes unnoticed this time around.
"Seungmin oh..." you mutter with a broken moan.
That seems to work since he starts to pick up the pace, tirelessly moving in and out of you. He rakes your hands from around his shoulders, intertwining his hands with yours and pinning them on each side of you
For a second, you dare to stare back and feel the warmth of his brown eyes.
And this is the closest you've ever seen of him.
"Seungmin..." you unconsciously call for him like you need the assurance that you didn't dream all of this.
He tenderly kisses you in response to your call, summoning the butterflies to start flying around in your stomach.
And these butterflies used to make you sick but now these butterflies make you fly away.
Seungmin lets out a raw groan and stifles a thrust as he finally hits his high. Little did you know that you were cumming as well a moment after him.
He kisses your open mouth for a sloppy kiss then buries his head in the crook of your neck, panting so close to your ear.
Your arms are wrapped around him as you also try to rearrange your breathing.
"So, do you like me now?" Seungmin suddenly asks.
You're too tired to even lift your hand but you can't help but laugh at his question, how he is still able to ask you that question in a moment like this.
You turn your head to the side to look at him, "ask me again when you're not inside me."
-
You wake up the next day to the smell of coffee wafting through the bedroom door left ajar, you're still too drowsy to put on something so you wrap yourself with a blanket and drag it with you.
Seungmin is brewing coffee in the kitchen, pouring hot water with utmost concentration like he was doing surgery rather than brewing a pot of coffee.
"Morning!" You greet with a sleepy smile and sit on the empty stool facing the kitchen island.
He looks up and there's a faint, wry smile on his face at the sight of you wrapped in his blanket.
"Coffee?" He offers.
"Yes, please!"
He turns around and opens the top cabinet to get a mug, places it in front of you then pours the hot steaming coffee. Even just the smell of it awakens you almost instantly and you inhale more of it before taking a small sip.
"Are you working today?" He asks.
You nod since you're too busy sipping your coffee to provide a verbal answer.
Seungmin pours himself a cup of coffee too and wraps his hands around it, "what time does your shift start?"
You clear your throat and answer, "later in the afternoon. I'm working full shift on the weekend."
He carefully sips his coffee, "want me to drive you there?"
"Just drive me home. I can get to work myself," you kindly refuse his offer and sip your coffee again.
He nods and puts down his mug on the countertop, he looks so calm like last night left no impression on him whatsoever.
Is it normal that you feel a little disappointed with that?
"I need to shower," you blurt out and hastily take a sip of your coffee.
"New toothbrush on the second drawer and clean towels on the top rack," he informs.
"What about you?" You ask while holding the mug close to your lips.
"Huh?"
"Don't you need to shower too?"
"I've already showered," he says.
You scoff and sip your coffee for one last time, "of course you are!"
Once you put down your mug, you stop clutching the blanket and let it drop onto the floor. You ignore the goosebumps raised on your skin from being exposed to the cool morning air.
You boldly look at him but he stays unfazed, sipping his coffee while looking back at you.
You scoff in disbelief and get up from the stool, standing in front of him only in your underwear.
"It's your loss!" You say to him before leaving for the bathroom with your attempt to lure him has come to a failure.
There's a knock on the door as you're putting on your dress from last night, "Come in!"
Seungmin comes in through the door and sees you struggling to zip up your dress, "let me help you," he says, coming to stand behind you.
You put all of your hair to the side and let him help you, "thanks!"
Seungmin then sits on the end of the bed, "Come here! I'll help you dry your hair," he pats the space next to him.
Instead of sitting there, you sit on his lap and put your hand around his shoulder.
He sighs and reaches for the towel in your hand, putting them around your head to gently dry your hair with it. His eyes are looking somewhere else, he looks into your eyes then at your lips, and back to your eyes again.
"Don't look at me like that if you're not going kiss me," you say with your fingers lazily scratching the hair on the back of his head.
He pauses and looks at you, "who says I'm not going to kiss you?"
He lowers his hand to the nape of your neck and holds you there as he presses a kiss on your lips, slowly at first but the moment he puts his other hand on your waist, he kisses you harder, deeper.
His slick tongue invades your mouth to taste you more while your hand fisted the collar of his shirt.
If only you didn't need to breathe, you wouldn't have to gently push him away and break the kiss. He smiles when he looks at you and continues drying your hair with the towel like nothing has happened.
Seungmin lends you one of his hoodies for you to put on over your dress, he helps by putting it on you like you donât know how to put it on yourself.
A grin rises on his face when your head pops through the opening of the hoodie, he is quick to fix your hair for you and put it behind your ear.
Something about it makes your heart pitter-patter, it's so unlike you to melt just from a simple gesture but you get the urge to peck his lips and so you did.
He stops the car by the entrance of your apartment building since you insist that you will get to work yourself.
"Want me to pick you up after work?"
You hate to ask him something and bother him with it but the idea of seeing him again makes it a little hard to resist, "I would love that," you beam.
He nods, "alright then!"
You unbuckle the safety belt and grab your bag, ready to leave.
"I'll see you later then," you say and reach for the lock of the car door.
He grabs you by the sleeve of your hoodie, "so, do you like me now?"
You stop on your track and burst into a laugh, he still won't stop asking you the question even though it's obvious what the answer is. You just know that he's merely curious and not faking it either.
You pull him by the front of his shirt and give him a long peck on the lips as an answer. He didn't expect that, that when you let go, his mouth hangs open.
"Bye!" You say, flashing him a smile before getting out of the car.
-
You're not supposed to feel this way, right?
Listening to love songs and they start to make sense. Nice weather makes you feel sentimental. You're mad when he keeps calling you on the phone but hates it when he doesn't. He looks at you all mushy and follows you like a puppy, strangely, you enjoy it.
Everything about it is so cute and you wonder how you didn't get sick in the stomach from all of that.
You get off work and Seungmin is waiting in his car, you break into a run like you can't wait to meet him again, at least you know that's a fact.
"How's work?" He asks the moment you sit on the passenger's side.
"Alright, I guess," you answer.
"Hungry?"
"Famished," you reply with a frown.
He takes something from the backseat of his car, and to your surprise, it's a bouquet of flowers. You can't help but smile, then burst out laughing when you realized that something like this would make you groan in disgust.
In reality, receiving flowers like this is kind of nice and they smell wonderful too.
"What is this?" You fake an annoyed pout at him, "I can't eat this!"
He chuckles and takes something else from the backseat of the car, a bag of food, and put it on your lap.
Your smile grows wider and you impatiently rummage inside to take out the food he bought for you.
"Eat well!" He says and turns the car engine on.
Every day for the past two weeks after the date is spent like this, apart from meeting you at the campus, he picks you up from work and stays over at your place after.
You both huddle on your small worn-out couch which will ultimately lead to a make-out session and time flies fast when you're spending it with someone you really like.
He slowly lets go of the kiss and pecks you on the lips. You take this as a cue that its midnight and he's going to leave soon, you heavily sigh before speaking.
"It's midnight and the nice guy has to go home?" You sneer at him with your hands fixing the collars of his shirt.
He hovers above you and brushes your hair to the side, you like it whenever he do that, you feel somehow admired and taken care of.
"It's midnight..." he pauses to peck your lips, "so it's time for bed."
Your ears perked up like hearing something so exciting, "huh?"
"We should go to bed and you must be tired too, right?"
You hesitate to ask but you need to know if he plans on spending the night with you, "Are you staying?"
"Or you prefer this nice guy to leave?" He asks back, getting back at you for all of your snarky comments about him.
You change into comfortable clothes, smirking when you catch Seungmin has been watching you through the reflection of the bathroom mirror.
You take a stand next to him and brush your teeth together facing the sink, you lend him the biggest t-shirt you have in your closet for him to wear to bed.
It feels nice when you finally lay down on the bed after a long day, it feels exceptionally nice that Seungmin is lying next to you.
Never in a million years, did you like having someone invading your private space like this but in the nicest way possible.
He kisses your forehead and says, "Goodnight!"
You turn to face him on the bed and pout, "We're just going to sleep and do nothing?"
He lowly chuckles with eyes closed, "yes."
You exhale a long breath while looking up at the ceiling, "this is so lame," you grumble.
"I am lame," Seungmin casually says.
"Very, very lame," you say but nuzzle your head into his neck.
As tired as you are, you can't fall asleep because your heart keeps beating fast like you just ran a mile instead of lying on the bed for the past hour.
You watch him sleep with his arm around you and you get to hold him close, smelling his musky scent that you like so much, and stare at his face as much as you want.
Love is some hocus pocus shit, got you completely bewitched.
Then you got reminded of something, you carefully get off the bed without waking Seungmin in the process and tiptoe to the kitchen.
The flower bouquet Seungmin gave to you is still lying on the kitchen counter, you hurriedly fill a pitcher with water and put the flowers in it.
They're so pretty, you touch the delicate petals and admire them, smell the floral scent that relaxes you.
You have a glass of water before returning to the bedroom, standing by the doorway to watch Seungmin sleeping so soundly in your bed and he's wearing your clothes, looking like he belongs there in the first place.
"Stop watching me sleep, creep!" He mutters without opening his eyes.
You giggle for being caught red-handed, rush to him to lie on top of him. He groans when you put all of your weight on him then pulls the duvet and put it over you.
"You know you're more attractive when you're quiet and still," you joke.
He puts your hands around you and holds you tight for a second, he manages to land a kiss on your head with his eyes closed.
"So.... do you like me now?" He asks.
Is that even a question? Here's an answer then.
Seungmin is smart, he's nice, and thoughtful. He can be mean but he's honest. He has a weird sense of humor. He not only has a puppy smile, but he acts like one too. He has nice square shoulders, is a good kisser, and knows how to eat you out. Seungmin is great and likes you so much but love is just...
Fuck! You think this is it. This is love.
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"Here comes Justice!"
"My name is Apollo Justice, and I'm an attorney with the infamous Wright Anything Agency. Up until recently, I've been on leave, but I'm ready to get back into action.
Answering questions, though? I'm less sure about that..."
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(* ooc *) ...finally. an Apollo rp/ask blog. Took me long enough... only been thinking about something like this for 5 years, no biggie.
Expect spoilers for aa456. I'll tag them (sometimes), but still...
If you're unsure about if sending an ask is fine or not, you can either message me pre-emptively or mark the ask as optional.
If you try to spoil future events to Apollo I am likely going to have him refuse to believe you, so don't do that unless you specifically want to see him deny it.
I also don't appreciate people trying to act haughty or all-knowing, past an understandable degree. Just keep general rp etiquette in mind, I guess.
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Info re: This Blog's Muse:
Uses he/him.
He's set mainly post-Dual Destinies but pre-Spirit of Justice (~Late December 2027), and asks will be answered with this in mind if nothing is specified. This timeline overlaps with the very end of Dual Destinies (5-4 and 5-5) and so if specified I can use that time period.
Ship-neutral, I'll answer asks with romance but he'll probably just give an exhausted or confused reaction in response.
Only ship considered canon to this verse is Klapollo, and the relationship hasn't even happened yet in this timeline. Mentioning other ships is fine but he will react with confusion and I will ignore you if you get pushy.
Overtly sexual asks will likely be ignored by default. Flirting is fine.
Spoilers fine, I've played all of Apollo's games twice over... goodbye ~400 hours of my life
For aus, check out @surging-eyes-seeing-au. Aus include Murderpollo, Supernova, and Stardust- more info available on the blog.
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Mun info:
Hello, I am Brody aka @brodorokihousuke (main blog), a nonbinary ace 23-yr old (he/him) who has been obsessed with this series for nearly ten years now. Apollo is and has been my favorite character for that entire time...
Directing asks at me specifically is fine, just clearly indicate it.
Asks don't need to be from AA characters. You can be goofy silly, but Apollo'll probably just react with confusion at that.
I can and am open to rp, however all my experience is on Discord so I might need guidance on how to do it here.
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#// ooc#// housekeeping#it makes the most sense to use a gif for the top thing but my mind's eye was stuck on that cutscene so cutscene still frame it is
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OMG I HAD A TERRIBLE MORNING, BUT THE MOMENT I SAW YOUR ANSWER I LITERALLY JUST STARTED SQUEAKING AND SCREAMING AND KICKING MY FEET. MY SISTER THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY đĽđĽđĽ
ahEM- hello again :3 no need to apologise â¤ď¸ I was thinking that tumblr just decided to eat my ask on dinner đ˝ď¸ glad that it's not!!! I actually planning to plunge myself in your inbox and live here rent free now tehee :3 so I think I need some nickname so you could recognise me... may I be a yapping shrimp anon đŚ ??? shrimps are silly AND I talk a lot, professional yapper at your service. also I made an OC for your game that is a funny cherry shrimp guy. would shrimp be an option for MC associated animal???? it's a shame that you can't send pictures as anon, I would love to show the dude to you. I think I got a bit of courage after all the time that have passed and your answer boosting it a lot!!!! be careful, I might send silly ask at any moment now đđđ I FINALLY DECIDED ON WHO IS MY FAVORITE. it's Nalis!! he's officially promoted to my babygirl now â¨â¨â¨ sorry Thaumo, you lost this battle. but I still love you pathetic little guy â¤ď¸
HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE MORNING/DAY/NIGHT IDK WHAT TIME IS IT IN YOUR COUNTRY RIGHT NOW!!! thank you so much for answering :"3 â¤ď¸â¨ you're my favourite developer!! ALSO I WITNESSED THIS WHOLE MADNESS WITH TAMPON JOKES AND I LAUGHED SO HARD AT IT. Thaumo have no shame it's crazy đđđ
That makes me so so happy to hear đđđ thank you!!!! Your first ask was so sweet it had me screaming & kicking my feet too đ¤đ¤đ¤đ¤
Iâm very happy to have you here as another rent-free & cherished resident of the inbox 𫶠& of course, yapping shrimp anon it is!
Someone else asked for a shrimp too so Iâm adding one!! I havenât decided what type of shrimp yet though, Iâm still deciding on specific types for shrimp & shark.
I wonder if thereâs a way for me to change the settings so people using anon can send images? Iâll look into it!! Seeing peopleâs different MCs makes me so happy, Iâd love to see your shrimp MC. Iâm also so happy to hear that youâve gained some courage!! ŕ´Śŕľŕ´Śŕ´ż ËÍĚęłËÍĚ )đđ Iâll look forward to hearing some silly asks from you in the future
Thank you for this ask as well, and I hope you have a wonderful day/evening/night too!! (ËśË áľ ËËś)đ⨠Being anyoneâs favorite developer is wild to me and not something I ever expected, but it truly means a lot to me đđđ
#symptoms of deceit asks#congrats to Nalis for being promoted to babygirl status by yapping shrimp anonâźď¸ đĽłđĽłđĽłđĽł
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12 Days of Christmas: Day 1 - Secret Santa
hello all! this is the first installment of @abiiors 's 12 Days of Christmas !!
NOTE: this is a continuation of Nothing's Changed, a oneshot I wrote a few months ago. i would say you should read it beforehand just so you know what's going on
You werenât nervous for the faculty secret santa, youâd seen a billion listicles of good generic gifts that could fit just about any of you coworkers.
It was only as you slyly opened the folded piece of paper you drew from the box and read the name, a shock went down your spine and you broke into a cold sweat. Ross.
You could argue it was silly to get so worried. You had your lists! But with RossâŚit has to be special. You had to get him something meaningfulâthis was your first Christmas together, and granted youâd already ordered him a stack of vintage records of albums he loved, but you knew you couldnât flake out and get himâŚa box of chocolates, for example.
But you had to be careful, anything too special could set off alarm bells in everyone elseâs heads. It was common knowledge that you were friends in uni, and when given the chance you would be glued to each otherâs sides, but there were policies about fraternisation between colleagues and you couldnât lose this job.
You wracked your brain from the Wednesday morning of the name draw, up until Friday afternoon trying to think of somethingâanythingâfor Ross.
âYou still here?â Lou said, popping her head through your doorway. âI thought Iâd be the last one out of here tonight!â
You laughedâyour neighbouring drama teacher was known for spending her evenings building set pieces and readying props and costumes for whatever performance her classes were doing next. âJustâŚmilling aroundâŚâ
âWhatâs up?â In the few months youâd known her, it seemed Lou always had the knack for sensing when someone was off; sheâd know to send a student to the school nurse just with one glance at them.
âItâs silly, reallyâŚâ You trailed off.
âItâs clearly bothering you, whatâs up?â She persisted, taking a seat on the desk closest to your work station at the front of the roomâwhere Ross would sit to eat lunch with you everyday for the past 2 months.
âI just donât know what to get my secret santaâI know itâs stupid to get all worried about itâjustâŚyou know, I need it to be perfect,â you answered.
Lou let out a sigh. âWhat are you doing tomorrow? We can go into town and Iâll help you find a gift.âÂ
You breathed a sigh of relief at the idea of help. Though, how would you go about with Louâs help without her cottoning on to the fact that the one reason you were so nervous was that you didnât want to toe the line of co-workers and romantic partners too much around the people that couldnât know.
âAnd maybe Iâll find something for my gift,â she continued. âWhat do you get Jimmy in Geography, anyway?â
âA map?â You joked.
âWell I imagine he probably has enough of those laying around,â Lou answered with a grin. âWho do you have anyway?â
âRoss.â
âAh, right, I get it nowâŚâ she commented before leaving, calling out a quick âIâll drop by at 10!â as she strolled out the door.
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It wasnât as cold as you expected the next morning. The sun had come out and there was a light layer of dew over the outside frames of the windows of your flat. You could even get away with just wearing your coat with a normal t-shirt for once.
You spoke to Ross the night beforeâhe had grading to do before the end of term so he was spending his whole Saturday in a hole in his living room, surrounded by four classes worth of history essays to read. You were grateful he didnât ask what your plans were, you just left it at a âthen Iâll leave you to itâ and he seemed satisfied with it.
And in a stroke of rare luck, Lou was at your doorstep at 10 on the dot, with two oat milk lattes in her hands. It was never her forte to be on time, but you were glad your morning wasnât full of anxiously waiting around for your coworkerâand now friend.Â
âSo what are you thinking?â Lou asked as you strolled through the crowded street mall you found yourself in. She pointed to a fancy cosmetics shop. âCologne or something maybe?â
âNot personal enough, I think,â you answered. âWhy couldnât I just get someone I donât know anything about?!â
Lou laughed. It made you realise you may have been overthinking it just a little. Youâd known Ross for years, you loved him⌠You just had to go with your gut.
âYou and Ross are close, huh?â Lou continued after a few moments of silent strolling.
âIn uniâŚwe were inseparable,â you replied. âLike really close.â
She gave you a look, wide eyes. It was a silent question. Just how close? You gave one curt nod in response, a sign that you couldnât talk about it, but it was clear what the answer would be.
Suddenly you felt like a weight had come off your chest. Finally you were honest to someone about Ross. You realised you didnât have to completely hide your relationship, you just had to be careful about it. You immediately caught onto the notion that by and large you didnât need to overthink this all; just go with your heart, and youâll find the perfect gift for the most perfect man.
Walking past a jeweller, a gold glint caught the corner of your eye. It was a display in the windowâa gold chain, not too delicate, but thick enough for you to see it immediately. You made a b-line for it without even looking to Lou. Every link interlocked with each other and laid so smoothly.Â
You remembered Ross wore a thin chain in universityâyou remembered it dangling over your face as he hovered above you, begging for him to drown you in kisses yet again. At some point over the years he must have either lost it or forgone it as a growing moment. You missed it tickling your face, hiding within his chest hair like a hidden treasure waiting to be unearthedâyou got butterflies just thinking about it.
Sure, it was a little out of the price range for the gift exchange, but you always took those sorts of things as just a guideline. You and Lou walked out of the little family-owned shop with a tiny navy blue bag in your hand and a spring in your step.
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You kept one eye on the small wrapped box under the tree in the staffroom during the staff party. Even though no one, bar Lou, knew what it contained, you were still worried someone would take it or misplace it or mistake it for their own gift. Through drinks and shallow conversations about your holiday plans and picking at the spread of potluck appetisers provided but almost everyone in the room, every so often you would just quickly glance to make sure it was still in itâs spot sitting atop a wrapped cylinder that you could only guess was a candleâit made you giggle to yourself to think that someone panicked and grabbed the first think they could think of, the most basic gift imaginable.
You spent most of your time glued next to Ross. He looked soâŚbeautiful in his knitted red sweater with his hair pulled back like usual. You just couldnât wait for him to open his gift. You couldnât help but stare at the glint in his eyes as he chuckled along with the group at Kerry from biologyâs story about her sonsâ antics.
After about an hour and a half of mingling, it was finally time for the gifts. You all sat in a big circle around the staff room as Principal Janine handed out the wrapped presents. You giggled at the gag gifts, smiled at the sweet gifts, and tried to hide your confusion at gifts that were clearly some kind of inside joke you werenât privy to.
Janine finally picked up the box for Ross. âAnd this oneâs forâŚRoss!â
You could barely contain your excitement as he began to tear at the corner of the wrapping. You could tell he was being gentle with it, trying to ignore the spurs of ârip it!â from the group. He looked inquisitively at the small velvet box once it was free from the paper.
âOpen it,â you whispered from beside him. You almost missed the glint in his eye as he slyly glanced at you. You knew youâd already given the game awayâhe knew it was from you.
The gold chain didnât sparkle as much as you hoped under the fluorescent lights of the staff room, but it still caused a mist in Rossâ eyes just the same.
âSo who do you think itâs from, then?â Lou asked with a grinâafter all, she was there with you when you bought it.
âIt can only be from one person, I reckon.â He smiled and placed a firm hand on the back of your shoulder.
You couldâve melted under his touch then and there. Even with all the private escapades you had gotten up to, nothing could compare to the adrenaline rush you felt at the tiniest amount of affection you could show each other in public.
âWell, I noticed you donât wear one anymore! I thought you could get a little nostalgia from it!â You were smiling so wide, it looked like someone had stuck a clothes hanger in your mouth.
You noticed that underneath the tree was beginning to get sparse. Only about half a dozen gifts were left, you wondered which one was yours.
Janine grabbed a bulky, square-shaped, wrapped box and read the nametag on it. She joyfully passed it to you.
You couldnât help but immediately tear the wrapping, making just an ounce of the mess you used to love making on Christmas morning when you were a kid.
It was a bottle of perfume. Not just any bottle. Britney Spearsâ Midnight Fantasy. You let out a deep chuckle once youâd registered what it wasâthe perfume you were just about addicted to in uni, you pretty much had a stockpile running of them for your full 3 years there.
You heard a laugh from beside you. Ross had a smile just as wide as yours, his cheeks had all bunched up and he got those little creases at the edges of his eyes that you loved so much.
âOf course!â You bellowed. You realised everyone else in the room looked confused, you thought itâd be kind to clue them in. âI was obsessed with this perfume in uni, like, I donât think I ever wore another perfume then.â
âNever! We knew youâd be coming when we could smell it while you were still a mile up the road!â
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Rossâ cheeks were lit but the LED tealights surrounding your flat. You set up a picnic of sortsâinside, of course, no one in their right mind would stay outside in the freezing temperatures for longer than necessaryâwith an Indian takeaway.
It was small moments like this, the intimacy, that made you appreciate Ross even more. Youâd thought it out and come to a conclusion; you didnât mind that you couldnât be all love-y with each other in public, it was the private times that counted, and with each interaction you could feel yourself falling further and further.
âI hope you like it,â you said, when discussing your secret Santa gifts��coincidentally to each other.
âAre you kidding, love? Youâll have to wrestle it off me now!â He smiled, a little wonky from the two bottles of wine youâd shared that evening.
You giggled. âIâm glad, and likewise with the perfume IâŚI canât believe you remembered the exact one.â
âOf course I did!â He replied. He placed his plate on the picnic blanket that was sprawled out on your living room floor. âI actually have something elseâto go along with itâŚâ
He shifted and turned to dig through his bag, normally filled with supplies for school and his laptop. He retrieved a brown paper binded scrapbook.
âThis was the-uh-second part of the gift,â he continued. âBut I couldnât quite give you this bit in front of everyone else.â
He handed you the book, and you finally got a good look at the cover. There was a picture of the two of you back from some university party back in the dayâprobably scoured from someoneâs Facebook memories. You tried to hide your cringe at your outfit, not quite something you would wear today.
You began to flip through the pages. Photos from your year together, tickets to the films you saw at the cinema, a concert ticket or two as well. Each page had a little paragraph written right onto it in Rossâ scribbly yet concise handwritingâsometimes explaining a memory of a day in the fall when you got excited to watch Hocus Pocus with him, or a poem about snow falling down on you and resting in your hair.
You flipped to the last page, there was a lengthy letter written.
My love,
If all is going as planned, Iâm watching you read this right now. I could stare at you forever, you know that?
You looked up to see Ross smiling at you, you couldnât help but let out a schoolgirl-like giggle.
Even though youâll vehemently deny it, the truth is you are the most beautiful sight in the world. Ever. I will never get sick of being graced by those eyes, the curve of your neck into your shoulders, your arms that you swear dangle just a little too far to be proportionate, and those hipsâmy word, those hips.
I could go on about your looks forever, but that is barely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the marvel that is you. Youâre always so kind, so caring, and youâre the smartest in most rooms youâre in.
For a long time I thought the only chance I had with you was gone when we split so long ago. I mustâve accrued some bloody good karma to give me a second chance at loving you. I know it hasnât been that long this time around yet, and I know weâre bound for a hassle the longer this goes on, but I want you to know that Iâm in it. Whatever it takes, you are staying in my life and thereâs not a chance Iâm letting you go again.
All of this to say, I love you.
Your Ross
P.S. Donât feel pressure to say it back or anything. Itâs just important that you know.
You couldnât stop the grin on your face. There was heat spreading all across your face and neck. You realised you hadnât looked back up at Ross yetâyou just couldnât help but re-read the last few lines of his letter. I love you. I love you. I love you.
When you finally looked back at him, you could see his smile had faltered just a little. He was worried about your response.
You tried to find the words to tell him how you felt. How perfect this all was.
âSorry if IâŚoverstepped,â he started. âI just had to get it out, you know? Like there was this-â
You cut him off with a kiss. A deep kiss. The kind that did all the talking for you. The kind where you didnât care that your teeth hit each other on impact and your neck was craning in an awkward position and all of Rossâ weight was settled on one hand leaning on the carpet and it was beginning to aggravate the skin on the palm of his hand.
In the end, none of that mattered. Because you loved each other, and after so long without one another that was the most important thing in your life.
#christmas75#ross macdonald x reader#ross macdonald imagine#ross macdonald fanfiction#ross macdonald fic#ross macdonald blurb
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Hi how are you? Iâm new to tumblr so I hope this isnât a problem anyway I was thinking if you could do hc or a scenarios with (any genshin character) or traveler separate tho where yn isnât in best shape(chubby yn lol) so when traveling with them they are behind schedule and the journey doesnât as planned. Yn might feel insecure or uncomfortable with traveling them next time but (who ever you decide to put) assures them that they are not a problem, and they shouldnât be ashamed of themselves
haha i hope this is alright, and I wish this seeâs in good times :D
Pls send help, I can't tell if this is fluff or angst. Both??
Traveler reassures chubby!reader
Character: Traveler (not specified as Lumine OR Aether)
Reader: Gn, implied chubby
Genre: Fluff, angst // Cw: Slight/implied self doubt, tiny misunderstanding
Tagging along with the Traveler wasn't quite how you'd expected it to be. From what you'd seen and heard, you thought that their commisions would most likely entail a few deliveries, getting some information from people, and maybe an escourt mission here or there. Not fighting all day and climbing mountains and cliffs.
Truthfully, you didn't think it'd be so bad! Even when things started to ramp up a bit, with a hilichurl ambush on the road, you'd been able to hold your own for a little while. But when that "one little ambush" turned to "seeking out every hilichurl camp in the nation"... Well. Safe to say, your stamina wasn't high enough to hold out for hours of fighting, especially when you hadn't been prepared for it in the first place.
So, when the Traveler insisted that they accompany you back home earlier than what was planned, (with at least 4 camps left to clear out) you couldn't help but feel as if you'd let them down. Even though they'd easily shut down your attempts at an apology, you still looked back on the day, thoughts telling you that they'd have been better off on their own.
You'd been so concentrated on your own thoughts, that you hadn't seen the bright smile and little wave that was thrown your way before the Traveler turned, leaving you at your door. Their promise of returning later in the week was muffled to your ears, and you only came to your senses to question what you'd heard a few seconds later, but left it at that, assuming it was just an average "goodbye".
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Safe to say, when the Traveler showed up at your door a few days later, asking if you'd want to join them for another adventure, you certainly weren't expecting it.
Just like the Traveler and Paimon were equally surprised when you hesitated to answer, compared to how excited you'd been the first time they offered. They shared a look, questioning your different behaviour; but unlike Paimon, who was ready to accept your messily thrown together excuse, the Traveler could tell that you were hiding something. Shooing their flying companion away briefly, they looked at you with an expression softer than you'd seen before, carefully asking why you weren't feeling up to it.
Regardless of how you answer, the Traveler can still tell that now would be a good time for some reassurance.
"If the work was too much for you, you're perfectly welcome to sit on the sidelines! I'm sure Paimon would like some extra help being a cheerleader..." they laugh at the image, the sound quickly fading when they have another thought, "But seriously though, what's most important is your safety. I wouldn't want to drag you along with us if you're not comfortable! After all, company is always the best when spirits are high, and you'd still be an important asset to our team without fighting," They look around then, whispering as if telling a secret, "not that I'd stop you if you ever wanted to join in..."
A few seconds of silence pass, before you burst into a small fit of laughter, not expecting the silly display. The Traveler joins in soon after, easing up after seeing you relinquish the worries you'd been holding.
When Paimon returns, curious about the laughter, you accept their invitation after a few more moments of contemplation. It's not like your lack of fighting would be much different than what they're used to, you rationalise. Paimon doesn't do much more than float around, anyway. You'd be doing more work than her just by walking!
Of course, even their little spiel can't completely dissolve everything you'd gotten worked up about; with time, you'd realise that the Traveler didn't need the help. But they sure did appreciate the friendly atmosphere that you brought along.
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Thank you for reading! đŠˇ
#genshin impact#genshin#genshin imagines#genshin impact imagines#genshin traveler#genshin aether#genshin lumine#genshin impact x reader#genshin angst#genshin fluff#genshin x chubby reader#genshin impact x chubby reader#Writing for an ask~đŠˇ
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Hi,.....if you don't mind me asking, can I ask your top 5 (or top 3) favorite characters from Moriarty the Patriot? And why you loved them? And your top 5 favorite moments from the series? Sorry if you've answered this question before....Thanks....
Ah, itâs never a bother to answer asks! If anything, feel free to send me more.
Top five charactersâŚ
First is probably Louis! I think his relationships with William and Albert are very compelling, and the disconnect between what people expect from him and what he does is also interesting. For example, in Baskerville William insists that he doesnât Louis to have to become a killer⌠and then Louis murders a guy in cold blood. I also have to say that his relationship with Sherlock is pretty funny. I can't wait to see where his arc goes in art two! I would really appreciate a chapter dedicated to his headspace during part one, like we got with Albert.
Second is James Bonde! And yes, I will always spell his name that way⌠the fact that they tried to get past copyright by just adding an âeâ to the end of Bond is hilarious and I will always honour that. I also just love the fact that they didnât make Irene Sherlock - or for that matter, Williamâs - love interest. Bonde is also just so fun, a really great mix funny and intelligent! And, the canon trans representation was unexpected but really delightful.
Third would probably be Albert! Honestly, I wasnât too interested in him until the very end, particularly that chapter of him in the tower. But rereading the story now, with all his trauma and backstory in mind, he is just so fascinating! I also think is relationship with his original sibling is interesting, even though we get to see so little of it.
Fourth is William himself! I swore to my friend that I would never feel sympathetic for someone who opened the series with a triple murder but⌠ah, heâs worked his way into my heart. His mindset throughout the series is so intriguing, and I particularly enjoyed reading through his breakdown during the Final Problem. We got a real insight into his head, and it was fascinating to see. And the way they balance the ACD Moriarty with their Moriarty is also so cool!
Fifth is Sherlock. I am a massive Sherlock Holmes fan - why I started reading in the first place - and their approach to Sherlock is delightful. Every other adaptation insists on making Sherlock very serious, and Moriarty the Patriot just has fun with him! Heâs silly and energetic, and I love his relationships with just about everybody- Mrs Hudson, John, and - of course - William.
And then, top five momentsâŚ
My first, most favorite, has to be the bridge scene. Ugh, the tension, William and Sherlock, the art⌠itâs so memorable, and just such a good conclusion to that part of the story. I really donât have words for how much I like this scene.
Secondly is, oddly enough, Sherliam after the Noahtic. When Sherlock deduces everything about the crime in front of William, who is visibly becoming more and more interested and/or worried? Classic. And of course, the iconic line- âWhen youâve eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, how improbable, must be the truthâ? Perfect.
Third is the time in A Study in S where Fred, dressed as an old lady, evades Sherlock. Just, imagine being a random passerby in London seeing a grandma parkour his way away from a detective- who is also an accused murderer. And the grandma wins. Iconic. A scene I frequently giggle about at random times throughout the day. Much sillier than the rest of the moments on this list, but still. Fourth, Louis and Fred going to Sherlock for help during The Final Problem. Itâs such an emotionally charged moment- Fred being nervous about betraying William, only for Louis to agree with him and then them both going to ask Sherlock for help. The relationships in this scene are so complicated, and I particularly love Louis and Sherlockâs relationship. Also, Louisâ visceral reaction to Sherlock and William being friends is priceless.
Fifth but not least, the train scene. Ah, the iconic train scene. I love this initial depiction of William and Sherlockâs relationship, and how this theme of William being the enigma and Sherlock trying to crack him that will continue to be explored throughout the series is introduced. Also, thereâs a certain hilarity to this scene. William, stop telling the detective you could be the criminal he could be looking for. What do you mean âcatch me if you canâ, heâs accusing you of murder. Your little brother is right there, stop flirting with this man. And Sherlockâs everything through this scene. A wonderful lack of interpersonal skills all around.
Notable runner ups include every scene Moniepeny is in, John and Sherlock's first meeting, William being reunited with everyone, and Louis and Fred mocking Moran in that one omake.
Seriously, I love answering asks! And any chance I get to talk about Moriarty the Patriot.
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