#rainwatershipping

[merryfortune]

Snow Angels

Written for 12 Days of Yuri-mas

Dec 26th: Gift Shopping

Title: Snow Angels

Ship: Rainwatershipping | Aqua/Aoi/Miyu

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains

Rating: T

Word Count: 2,018

Warnings: None 

Tags: Post-Canon, Polyamory, Fluff

   Aqua pondered the time of year with much seriousness and consideration. Hand curled in against her rounded chin, eyes bent deep in thought and glowing as she weighed pros and cons. It was to her understanding that at this time of the year, humans gave each other gifts.

   They even went so far, with these gifts, to wrap them in pretty, colourful paper and tie with them with bows. These gifts were then placed under a Christmas Tree or in other hiding spots until just the right time. They gave these gifts to their loved ones and Aqua wanted to do the same for Aoi and Miyu.

   It had been a tumultuous past six months.

   And a wondrous six months, too. Highs and lows. Aqua had literally died but through the hard work and determination of Blue Maiden coupled with her allies like Playmaker and Ghost Girl, she was able to aid in the return of all the Ignis. 

   Miyu, meanwhile, had come out of coma, hale and hearty as ever, and to the dream come true of reuniting with her most precious childhood friend. Aoi at her bedside, a bouquet of flowers, tears running down her cheeks as they hugged for the first time in ten years… It was very emotional.

   Aoi informed Miyu of everything that had evaded her grasp as someone who tried to knuckle down, go back to school, pretend everything was normal because that’s what her parents had wanted from her. Armed with such knowledge of the Lost Incident, of how it intertwined with occurrences such as the Ignis, the Tower of Hanoi, and the Neuron Network, Miyu did her best to cheer from the sidelines until that special day when she was finally able to meet Aqua.

   That, too, had been a day of many emotions. Most of them were bittersweet. Resurrection and missed connection were such tragic circumstances to meet under, it would seem. Aqua felt she had failed to protect Miyu but Miyu was gladdened that her suffering as a child had resulted in such a veracious and kind-hearted Ignis who embodied integrity. She accepted Aqua without qualm, held her dear - and Aoi too.

   All three couldn’t help but think, this was how it was meant to be. Aoi had inspired Miyu’s resilience, Miyu’s resilience had crystallized into the form of the Water Ignis, and now Aoi was inspired by Aqua to reconnect with Miyu. From here on out they were all partners, blurring the duality of Ignis and Origin that the others of Aqua’s kin had with their humans. 

   After that, the remaining months brought much normalcy. Amazingly, enough. Aoi and Miyu were able to go back to school, not having to worry about the fate of humanity or the destruction of the city. Aqua was able to rebuild the Cyberse World with her fellow Ignis. Then, in between assignments and construction, they spent time together, went on dates and shared meals and beds and whatever else that those in love did.

   Hence culminating in Aqua’s conundrum. She wanted to get both Aoi and Miyu some gifts to celebrate all which had transpired the last six months - and wish them well into the New Year, for many more happy memories to come. But every thought, she dismissed for one reason or another. She had no currency to which to buy a gift, and twee things like flower bouquets weren’t exactly special so there was no point gathering one up. She could gift their decks new Cyberse cards to support the Marincess archetype but surely that was gauche.

   Around her, as Aqua enmeshed herself in these endless thoughts, the Cyberse World was a peaceful haven. A Datastorm swirled innocuously in the distance. Rivers rushes, brooks babbled, and creeks trickled, making for a harmony of water-based sounds. Seaweed and other underwater grasses bent and swayed in the currents. The blue sky overhead was calm and cloudless. 

   It felt good to be immersed in her element and, more importantly, her home. Her heart was soothed by the recreation and the hope that it embodied as they remade, for better this time. Or so she steadfastly believed, sharpened by determination to keep it safe this time.

   Amid her reverie, as she enjoyed her environment, Aqua wished she could let Aoi and Miyu experience such serenity.

   Wait, that was it!

   Aqua felt so silly for not having this realisation sooner. She couldn’t give a material good but she could give an ephemeral one. An experience, as it were, and research did point to say that memories were cherished more than clutter so Aqua took inspiration from her reverie.

   She would gift Aoi and Miyu the only thing she could, a welcome into her personal paradise. A place that humans had only desecrated thus far but she knew that she could trust her beloved partners with this place and an experience of it.

   So, Aqua put herself to work and began some preparations. She thought - or perhaps more accurately, worried - that a visitation to her realm within the Cyberse World would be dull if it wasn’t dressed up at least a little bit. Luckily, Aqua had an additional idea which would make for a beautiful decoration that could melt away at a later date. 

   Once satisfied with her work, all that was to invite Aoi and Miyu over. She waited a day or so, to confirm that she truly was ready to have her guests before bringing it up during another of their hangouts backdropped against the clear, weekend afternoon at Aoi’s.

   “For a small celebration of our time together,” Aqua began, nervous, “I would like to invite you to my humble abode in the Cyberse World. If you would like.”

   “Are you sure?” Aoi gasped.

   “This sounds so fun, I can’t wait.” Miyu exclaimed with a grin.

   “Yes, I’m sure and I hope you both enjoy.” Aqua replied demurely.

   “Right now?” Miyu asked.

   “If that suits.” Aqua said.

   “Then we would love to, Aqua.” Aoi smiled.

   The three of them shifted around, set up again as hanging out and lazing around Aoi’s room was markedly different to a plunge into the digital world. Miyu readied her Duel Disc, Aqua joined them and then it was just a singular chant away. With some complications here and there.

   The Cyberse World was hidden away, sequestered to a blip that could not be accessed without the assistance of an Ignis - or an intense understanding of Ignis Code. It took some rigamarole to squeeze out of the confines of the Link VRAINS and into what was essentially a cosmic ether but Blue Maiden and Miyu were able to travel it just fine with Aqua, in her Abomination Form, holding their hands before a second transformation to enter.

   Given that Revolver’s anonymity had been as much of his weapon as his Cracking Dragon, the Ignis had decided that the second-coming of the Cyberse World would have a mechanism to nullify Link VRAINS avatars. So, Aoi became Aoi again and Miyu was dressed in her ordinary clothes, too.

   Which would prove quite incongruent as they stepped not into the Cyberse World they had built up in their minds, into Narnia instead.

   “Do you like it?” Aqua asked, her voice a whisper as she returned to a more jelly bean-like form and size.

   Aoi and Miyu marvelled at the winterland wonderland that they had stepped into. Their delighted smiles gave way to visible puffs of fog from their breath as they admired the surroundings. Though it was cold on the outside, in the real and human world, their layers seemed insufficient for how the forest was blanketed with snow. 

   The snow around them was sparkling, pristine and pure. It covered fir trees and the sandy banks of the river. The river was mostly untouched by ice but the snow appeared to enhance the clear blue of the water that flowed swiftly through it. And all of the scene was made yet more surreal by size.

   Aoi and Miyu were almost giants in this miniature world which was scaled for the relatively tiny bodies of the Ignis. That, too, an element that they were enjoying as part of a memory to etch into their hearts. They were full with awe and honour as they stepped carefully through the snow covered grass.

   “This is not usually what my domain within the Cyberse World looks like,” Aqua began to explain, “but it occurred to me, as it rarely snows in Den City due to being on the sea, I thought a snow day would be an appropriate gift for this time of year. Do you like it?”

   “Like it…?” Aoi breathed in disbelief.

   “We love it!” Miyu squealed to finish her girlfriend’s sentence.

   “I’m glad.” Aqua replied.

   She hovered and swirled around them, free as a sugar plum fairy in her glee. Aqua couldn’t have looked cuter to either Aoi or Miyu as she was so happy to have her partners here with her. She twirled and giggled, neither Aoi nor Miyu had ever seen Aqua quite so happy as right now wherein she could share all her favourite things about her domain within the Cyberse World with them.

   She guided them through the forest, past the river and over frosted creeks, explaining how she had generated the snow down to the last flake of it. It was all her design, her art, and Aoi and Miyu listened intently as they trod with care across Aqua’s hard work. 

   After an hour of exploring, the trio circled back around to where Aoi and Miyu had arrived. Their footprints were deep and had sunk into the snow.

   “Well, there you have it.” Aqua said. “Thank you for indulging this gift of mine.” She held her hands and bowed.

   “Aw, nonsense, this was really special thank you for having us.” Miyu assured Aqua.

   She reached out and caressed the side of Aqua’s small, round face with her index finger. Miyu smiled and Aoi nodded encouragingly.

   “I want to stay a little longer.” Aoi confessed. “I want to enjoy the snow a little bit longer.” 

   She sat down and patted the snow. It was cold but it also wasn’t real. The illusion of it being cold, the zenith of winter, was enough to make their skin prickle and bottoms cold but once settled, it was fine. Miyu plopped down next to Aoi and Aqua came closer.

   With the flick of her hands, like a conductor in an orchestra, Aqua generated more snow to fill in the footprints. Aoi and Miyu watched as it fell not from a cloud but from thin air. It was breath-taking in its beauty, each flake an individual crafted by Aqua.

   Aoi caught one on her fingertip and admired it. Even if it made the pad of her fingertip ruddy. She gave it a blown kiss to allow it to leave. It danced through the air and then settled somewhere amid the rest of the snow.

   Miyu, meanwhile, flopped down. She sank into the snow with a smile.

   “Join me!” Miyu demanded playfully. “Let’s make snow angels.”

   Faced out to the sky, arms and legs outspread in the snow, Miyu began going through the motions of making a snow angel. Aoi watched, giggled, and decided to do the same. Aqua watched, a little confused, but the way humans played and enjoyed the world…

   It was slightly further out of the bounds the Ignis were meant to understand the world, Aqua figured. So, with her eyes glittering and squishing into an Ignis smile, Aqua did the same. She descended and placed herself in between Aoi and Miyu’s heads.

   It was cold but it was lots of fun, too. Snow got in their hair or smeared across the backs of their necks. But it was fun to make the flurrying motion that left the impression of an angel within the snow. Aqua was just relieved - and over the moon - that Aoi and Miyu loved her gift of experience so much. She, too, wanted to stay a little bit longer like this with them in the snow.

[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

(It’s been so long I totally still know how to send an ask)

For the bingo ask game, I’d like Aqua/Miyu/Aoi please! And if you don’t feel like it, maybe JinLight?

Well fuck it, imma do both cuz I love both these ships!

First the water throuple, aka Aoi/Miyu/Aqua, aka Rainwatershipping, aka, I think it might just be me and MerryFortune shipping this

For a while before I rewatched season 2, I was back and forth on whether or not I liked this as a throuple or just as Aoi/Miyu (which I've shipped for a while) having shared custody of Aqua. Now I'm more on the side of it being a throuple. I just think it would be really sweet, and Aoi's inability to social and Aqua's lack of knowledge of humans would definitely lead to them getting in some dumb situations. Definitely a cute dynamic that I want to write more of in the future.

And now one of my OTPs (and by that I mean "one of the ships I've written the most on AO3") JinLight:

Okay I might be stretching a little for this bingo. "I like it in very specific scenarios" definitely applied when I was first starting to ship it and there wasn't as much... post canon content for them because I obviously... don't ship it in canon. I think the category still applies for that reason but I do enjoy most fanon content of it now. My preferred dynamic for them is "Lightning is an insecure grump, Jin is a ball of sunshine who smothers them with attention/pets, which drives Lightning insane because they secretly like it" but I have read other dynamics for them that I do like.

[vrains-shiplist]

hii i'm hoping to coin Rainwatershipping for Aoi/Aqua/Miyu - Rain for Aoi and Miyu as they were taking shelter during the rain as children whilst they discussed Miyu being Aoi's first friend & of course the reference to water for Aqua. Proof of ship can be found here: https://merryfortune.tumblr.com/post/183350991360/sometimes-a-relationship-is-two-childhood-friends

Accepted. It’ll be added shortly to the list.

-Mod Akira

[incorrect-vrains-quotes]

are non vr ships allowed for the headcanon requests? for now could I request Aoi x Miyu x Aqua?

I think it would depend on the ship, I might be pickier about non-vr ships but I tend to be pretty people please-y so your more likely than not, gonna get something even if its through the skin of my teeth.

That being said, I love these three so here's a selection of things from off the top of my head:

Aqua tries to spend time with both girls equally by switching up who she's staying with for a couple days at a time

I think Miyu is the biggest mover and shaker between them, organising dates, getting them there, so on and so forth. Aoi is low maintainence in that she prefers to keep things lowkey and Aqua is more or less experiencing it for the first time, at least from a "human" perspective

Aqua loves to take care of her girls! She's learning cooking for them; or at least baking because I think Miyu is a huuuuuuge sweet tooth and Aoi likes the occassional treat of cake or biscuits fairly regularly too, just not as openly/making it a personality trait as Miyu

I like thinking about three way kisses between them, ngl, i just think its cute no matter who you put in the middle (ignis!Aqua is especially cute in my opinion, getting kissed from either side by her two big human girls is a favourite but I also really love Aoi and Miyu in the middle, I just love how reciprocal these three are, or can be)

I love the idea that Aoi and Miyu helped Aqua a lot with creating an avatar/appearance for her SOLtiS body and the final product was basically Ever After High Doll but Make Her Yu-Gi-Oh!

leaping off that point, there is a parallel in my mind that I choose to invent about Miyu sharing her dolls with Aoi as a child and then this as teens/young adults and what is a robot if not a grown man's dolly?

- Mod Playmaker

[merryfortune]

Prayerful Wishes Reborn After Loss

Amnesty Prompt Fill for the Rarest of Rare Pairs Fic-a-Thon on Dreamwidth

Prompt: Any: Any/Any(/Any+) - Losing everything that mattered except…

Title: Prayerful Wishes Reborn After Loss

Ship: Rainwatershipping | Aoi/Aqua/Miyu 

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS 

Word Count: 2,600

Rating: T

Warning: None 

Tags: Post-Canon, Minor Character Death, Happy Ending, Getting Together, Reunions, Polyamory

   The tidal wave had come and gone. Left her in the seafoam, defeated, and utterly soaked with despair. She had lost.

   Time and time again, she had fought so hard and it only got her so far. She felt as flimsy as a sandcastle on the cusp of the wave’s edge.

   It was humiliating. It was humbling. 

   Whether it was as a childhood character long since outgrown or as the person she wished to become in adulthood, Aoi had lost. Her life points had been reduced to zero and in turn, her actual life became the spoils of the victor to do what he pleased with. Turning her into data or forcing her to watch her brother disappear before her eyes.

   The sting of loss was exacerbated by the literal life and death stakes.

   She didn't know what to do. She had lost. Everything. Except…

   “Miyu!”

   “Aoi!”

   The exchange was customary at this point. Always tinted so rosily with disbelief. Like neither could believe that they had found each other again after ten long years and what years they were.

   For Aoi, it was riches to rags to riches again. Her saviour pulled into work, deeper and further into unsavoury workplace politics and then her own wings spread. She had found her calling within a show stopping persona.

   Then, for Miyu, it had been the Incident with all its traumas followed by becoming a child of divorce. That, too, having its horrors as she was weaponised by either parent to inflict the worst on the other, believing they were responsible for her kidnapping. She was in particular used by her now smothering mother, made paranoid by her disappearance and her father increasingly distant with no wedding ring to be committed to.

   For them both, the paths that had taken them to the present day had been arduous. Full of ups and downs, lonely nights and vivacious days. Yet it had reunited them nonetheless. 

   Yet there was still something missing.

   It wasn't an apology from Miyu's Mother. Aoi knew she would never get that. She knew she would always be a dirty street urchin to that overly critical woman. So she let that go as if she had learned anything in the past year, it was how to pick her battles.

   Nor was it approval from her brother. Akira was very happy that his younger sister had found her dearest friend again. Even if it did have to be under such regrettable circumstances as the lingering connections of the Incident.

   But that was it.

   Aqua.

   They were missing Aqua.

   She was perhaps the most important thing that either of them had lost. If that was possible.

   Aoi had been Aqua's partner for a short amount of time. Sort of a replacement goldfish until she could get back to Miyu, though Aqua was a sweetheart. She would never want Aoi to worry that she perceived her in such a way but Aoi did wonder. 

   After all, she had seen first hand how intense the Ignis-Origin bonds could be. Both the depths of depravity and the highs of passion. She couldn’t help but wonder if Aqua wanted something akin to what Flame had with Takeru. Why wouldn’t she? Though she had done her admirable best to adhere to the rules their little Ignis society came up with in vain to keep them safe, surely she had pined. Yearned, even.

   Aoi had, after all, done that for Miyu. Part of it was out of regret, that she couldn’t go back and change the past and so, that event with her playmate and getting in trouble became both bitter and distant. And then again when it felt like fate. She wanted to meet her friend again so, so bad. She, an interloper once again, became a pivotal connection to her sweet, cheeky Miyu.

   Yet Miyu didn't even know that Aqua had existed until Aoi explained secrets about her own kidnapping that she never knew. Nor been previously curious about due to her overbearing mother and aversion to duelling. 

   But bizarrely, per that very bond that Aoi had observed, Miyu still felt as though she knew Aqua. Deeply. She had sensed her somehow,  during her coma and it manifested as a very brief blue filled dream of a little fairy wishing for her safety through her harrowing yet dreamless stassis.

  Now those prayerful wishes of Aqua’s could come true though.

  Aoi bounded into Miyu’s hospital room with more energy than she usually had. Her footsteps echoed up the hall and her bright expression was met with small but placid smiles whenever she encountered staff or another resident.

   Miyu didn’t mind if Aoi made a racket or if she came as quiet as a mouse. Nor did any other residents along her hallway at the private institution. It was a completely open secret that Miyu had no business being here with them, the long-term and the terminal but her mother insisted and she had the money and clout to have her way adhered to. So, seeing such cheerful young girls enraptured by the bliss of youth and each other’s company, they were smiled upon by patients, doctors, and nurses alike.

   But when she stood in the threshold, not with flowers or fast food takeaway, just her blithe expression, Miyu knew this was something different and so, began to hold her breath as Aoi was all but fit to burst with what she had to say.

   “I have some special news for you today, Miyu.” Aoi said.

   Her heart was full and glad. She smiled and held onto her handbag tighter. Miyu looked up at her curiously.

   “What is it?” she asked.

   “Aqua.” Aoi replied.

   “Aqua?!” Miyu exclaimed, she jumped to her feet.

   She sprang from her bed and pounced on Aoi. Their fingers entwined, Miyu’s face alight with the biggest grin. All day every day it was so dreary to miss out on school work and the mundane when she knew she was fine and yet, here she was. Confined to her hospital room six months later from what had put her under that spell. She felt like Sleeping Beauty or Rapunzel but now she had her guardian angel to bring her such wonderful things from the outside world.

   “Tell me everything!” Miyu demanded.

   Aoi nodded, tongue-tied but she eventually found her speech once Miyu settled down. They sat on the bed together and Miyu hung onto every word that Aoi spoke. Her knapsack conspicuously placed in her lap whilst Miyu huddled up, chin over her knees and hugged her legs as she listened intently.

   Aoi regaled the tales of her most recent duels. She set the scene of how their friends and allies had gotten to where they were with regards to bringing back the Ignis. After all, on the internet, nothing is really gone for good, even their lost souls. It was a lot of hard work and a lot of it was far above Aoi’s head but she had done her best to help and assist where she could, taking on further mentorship not just from Ema but even Yusaku and Shoichi.

   With that. The stage was set to talk about the exciting parts. The daring adventures and other escapades, scrapes close to death and more. All of it culminating with her most recent win, even, and against one of the very ghouls who had hurt her the most.

   Spectre.

   He tried to stand in their way. A tantrum. His goal was to impede the process of bringing back the other Ignis so Ai was no longer alone. He would not have it. The Knights’ fulfilled purpose of permanently eliminating the Ignis would be intact and better yet, he would never have to face Earth and explain his actions to him.

   This time… Aoi did it. She won. 

   It still gave her a satisfying thrill to simply recall it and revel in it. That duel, even, the last key that was necessary to unlock the Ignis from the hallowed tombs so deep beneath the Link VRAINS.

  And now, she had her reward for her hard work.

   “Tada.” Aoi said as she opened up her bag.

   Miyu peered inside, insatiably curious.

   At first, Miyu blinked, disappointed. She wasn't sure what she was expecting but not this. It seemed like junk to her. Then Aoi pulled out the Duel Disc and dusted it off.

   “Aqua, are you still tired from your journey?” Aoi asked in a small, soothing voice.

   The Duel Disc looked ancient. It was bulky and scratched, having seen better days and then. It lit up. It turned in seemingly by itself and then, from underneath the glass, an eye opened: blue and pink.

   She sighed wearily as she rambled, “This is much more comfortable compared to these modern Duel Discs…” and then Aqua awoke properly as she realised who was staring right at her.

   Mouth agape. Eyes wide. Heart racing.

   “Miyu!” Aqua exclaimed. She bolted out of the Duel Disc. She fluidly transformed from an eye to her Ignis form: ankles deep in the glass. Her pigtails quivered with surprise. “Aoi! Why didn't you say something sooner? Oh my goodness, Miyu…”

   Aqua's eyes began to tear up. They glimmered, also, with overwhelming emotions. She clasped her hands together and her whole.upper body began to shudder. She couldn't keep it in. Her sobs, her gratefulness. 

   “It's good to finally meet you, Aqua.” Miyu said gently through a warm smile. 

  Aqua's expression faltered for half a moment. She thought there would be more need for explanation or exposition, somehow.

   “Aoi, uh, filled me in a few things about the Incident, by the way, and lots about you, too.” Miyu clarified awkwardly, scratching behind her head.

   Aqua nodded. Her initial confusion was palpable yet it was reaffirming to hear it from Miyu. There had been so little time for her to get caught up after how exhausted she was from coming back from the dead but still. This made certain things easier. Like how and why Miyu knew her name, that she wasn't something to be scared of like an ill omen.

   Miyu reached out, hand first and Aqua grabbed her after this moment of repose between them: the calm before the emotional storm as it were. Aqua hugged her tight and nuzzled against her hand: she savoured the feeling of Miyu’s akin and the bumps of her knuckles. She was so warm, so alive, Aqua was more overjoyed by this than her own miraculous resurrection.

   “Oh… how long I have wanted to do this.” Aqua cried. “I have wanted to hold you for so long, ever since you were a little girl but I couldn't. I still couldn't even when I found you again so briefly… but now… I can.” 

   Aqua let go. At least slightly. Her hand slid down Miyu’s fingers and she held onto her fingertips for grounding. She turned and faced Aoi.

   “Thank you, Aoi, you have and always will be our guiding angel, huh?” Aqua hiccuped. 

   Aoi blushed, “I-I don't know about that.” she denied humbly.

   “If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have had the strength to get through the Incident. I had to apologise, so bad, no matter what.” Miyu reminded her. “So thank you.”

   “Deeply.” Aqua agreed.

   “Back then,” Miyu confessed, misty eyed, “I thought I lost everything. My Mum, my Dad, the whole wide world but now… I have everything and more.” 

   “Miyu…” Aoi breathed her name and it seemed she couldn’t escape the swell of emotions either as her eyes welled up in tears. It was a good feeling though, even as they streaked down her cheeks so swiftly in rivalry of her quickly beating heart.

   Aoi took a breath that centred her. She offered Miyu Aqua’s Duel Disc gently, so as to not give Aqua motion sickness.

   “So, um, we found this for you and Aqua. You said you didn’t duel anymore - because of the Incident - but do you want it?” Aoi said.

   She felt silly because not only was she offering custody of an inanimate object but also Aqua, too. They were tied together. 

   “Is that what you want, Aqua?” Miyu asked.

   “Yes, exactly.” Aqua replied decisively. She looked up at both Miyu and Aoi with starry data in her eyes. “I… I want to be shared between you both, Miyu, thought you are my Origin, I see Aoi as my partner in equal measure as we faced Lightning together as well as many other ordeals such as Earth’s slaying and escaping Blood Shepherd together.”

   “I-I see.” Miyu became choked up. 

   Not with jealousy. Merely the realisation that there was plenty to catch up on and accommodate. They would figure it out together, she was sure. She nodded, just like Aqua with a determined gleam in her eye.

   “I would be honoured, Aqua.” Miyu replied.

   “Then let me help you.” Aoi said. “If you don’t mind, Aqua.”

   “Not at all.” Aqua said. “In fact, allow me.” She ducked back down into the pool of the Duel Disc, hiding underneath the surface of the glass in the form of an eyeball.

   Aoi smiled and Miyu offered her wrist to her. For a fleeting second, Miyu felt as though she were being proposed to. A ring and a duel disc both inhabiting the same part of her mind when it came to things that really could have gone better but now… A blank slate as it was now home and host to Aqua.

   Aoi strapped Miyu up and secured the band around her dainty wrist. Her fingers were delicate and caring as she made sure it wasn’t too tight nor too lose.

   “Is that good?” Aoi asked.

   Miyu moved her hand slightly, to prove it wouldn’t fall off, “Mmhm,” she hummed, bright-eyed, “it's perfect.”

   “I’m glad.” Aoi said. “And what about you, Aqua?”

   Miyu turned her wrist over so the Duel Disc faced upwards. She was a bit rougher than Aoi - not yet used to it or maybe a symptom of her rash personality. Either way, Aqua was a little shaky as she rose up out of it but found her land legs regardless.

   “I think it's perfect, too.” Aqua said.

   “I’m glad.” Aoi said.

   “To us!” Miyu cheered now that everything was in order. “Together for the first time! But definitely not the last time because good things come in three’s, hehe.”

   Aoi giggled but Aqua took upon a more stern countenance. 

   “Thank you.” Aqua said again. “I’m so thankful for this, I… I hope we can be partners, forever and ever, if- if I am allowed to be so selfish.”

   “Not selfish at all!” Miyu interjected. “There’s plenty of us all to go around.” She laughed through her silly grin.

   Aqua nodded, assured. Aqua smiled a little Ignis smile, herself. Her eyes squinted and she simply overflowed with how joyous she was at being able to have such a wonderful reunion with both of her partners.

   But for Aoi…

   Aoi smiled in agreement, also. Heartened to see rapport build and the bond coming to them both effortlessly.

   She savoured it all. This was proof of her hard work, of all her losses not amounting to nothing but something. Now that she had them both in her life again, she wasn’t going to forget it nor take it for granted. Though water was infamous for running through fingers, slipping away, she would keep her hands cupped with Aqua and Miyu held close. She would hold tight and defend her and her partners’ happiness to the last breath - or last life point if need be. 

[number-1-kuaidul-fanboy]

Water’s Gentle Caress

YGO Rarepairs Week Submission

Day 2: Rain, Hurt/Comfort (Started as the first one, ended up being both)

Pairing: Aoi/Miyu/Aqua

Description: Aoi and Aqua help Miyu cope with her fear of thunder.

Word Count: 515

Shutting the door behind them, Aoi heaved a sigh of relief. She and Miyu, with the newly revived Aqua in Miyu’s duel disk, had somehow managed to beat the storm just before it started, taking shelter in their dorm room. Thunder rumbled from outside, making Miyu flinch and squeal in alarm.

“Miyu?” Aqua’s response was immediate: turning to her origin and taking her finger in her tiny hands. “Are you okay?”

Aoi rested her hands on her girlfriend’s shoulders. “Do you want your noise-cancelling headphones?”

Trembling, Miyu took Aoi’s hands and nodded. “Y-yes, please.”

Aoi instantly went to their bedroom, spotting the headphones in their usual spot on the dresser. She headed back to the living room. Miyu was on the couch, her legs pulled into her chest as Aqua stroked her trembling hands. Aoi slid in beside her and placed the headphones on. Miyu’s trembling slowed. Shifting closer, she pressed her cheek against Aoi’s shoulder.

“Thank you, Aoi,” her voice was small.

Aoi nodded, knowing Miyu couldn’t hear her: the only sound she could hear now was the soothing music Aoi had put on for her in the headphones.

“Is she okay?” Aqua asked, turning to Aoi.

She nodded. “She is now.”

Aoi wrapped an arm around Miyu’s shoulder as her gaze shifted to the window. Rain was pouring now. It thumped against the glass and slid down the window in small drops as the occasional bolt of lightning flashed across the sky. Miyu's eyes remained closed, relaxing little by little as she leaned on Aoi.

“Is it the loud noise of the thunder causing her this distress?” Aqua’s voice was small as she held Miyu’s finger.

“The sight of lightning or thunder reminds her of the Lost Incident,” Aoi explained in a low voice.

“O-oh… So… this helps her? Wearing headphones and closing her eyes?”

Aoi nodded.

Aqua brushed her cheek against the back of Miyu’s hand, wrapping her arms around more of her Origin’s fingers.

“I still sense so much distress within her. May I… use my powers to ease her mind?”

Aoi blinked. “Your powers can do that?”

Aqua nodded, meeting Aoi’s gaze with tiny pink eyes. “I can have a slight influence on human emotions if I focus hard enough. I promise I won’t do anything more than relax her.”

“Okay…”

It sounded a bit strange but Aoi saw no reason to distrust the Ignis she’d once fought alongside. Aoi slid her hand onto Aqua’s head. The Water Ignis leaned further into the touch, as she suddenly emitted a small light blue glow: her powers beginning to take effect. The glow swirled like water from Aqua’s body and up Miyu’s arm.

The last of the tension in Miyu’s body washed away with a sigh and she fully leaned into Aoi, her breaths now deep and steady. Aqua pressed her face against Miyu’s finger, as though giving her a kiss. Then released her origin’s finger. Aoi smiled.

“Well…” Aoi stroked the top of Aqua’s head, as though petting a cat. “Whatever you did, it worked.”

Aqua hummed softly at the touch.

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mermaid 🧜‍♀️ ignis 👼 angel

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Why can't I see, All the colors, That you see?

Written for the Ladies Bingo on Dreamwidth

Prompt: Electromagnetic Waves

Title: Why can't I see, All the colors, That you see?

Ship: Rainwatershipping | Aqua/Aoi/Miyu

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS

Rating: T

Word Count: 1,944

Warnings: Major Character Death

Tags: Pre-Polyamory, Angst, Reunions, Getting To Know Each Other, Artistic Licence - Biology, Artistic Licence - Computer Science, Hopeful Ending

   All Aoi could hear was the thrum of the air conditioning and she tapped her foot to the rhythm of it. She held herself tight and regretful, biting her tongue and furrowing her brow as she hid in Ema’s guest room with Aqua.

   There was so much to say but… where to start?

   Would it be rude if she pried too much into Aqua’s affairs but she was her lifeline to her childhood friend and into the mysterious event known as the Lost Incident, there was so much to ask, to know. 

   “Do you see in colour, Aoi?” Aqua asked.

   Aoi blinked.

   She was more thankful than she ought to be that Aqua had broken the ice first. Beyond the small talk of, “Wow, nice room we have here,” and other such awkwardness but that wasn’t exactly the question that Aoi thought they would start with. She wasn’t even sure what to make of it.

   “Uh… yes?” Aoi replied.

   “I see. I’m glad.” Aqua said. “Colour is such a wonderful thing after all.”

   “It is.” Aoi agreed quietly, nodding her head.

   She glanced at Aqua and started to wonder: what could a computer see? How did she interpret the electromagnetic waves that made up the prismatic spectrum known as colour? Aqua had such big eyes of pink, they glittered and glowed. 

   “Us Ignis…” Aqua’s voice trailed off as she thought of her companions, how they hurt each other and befriended each other. “We don’t see in colour. Well, we do but not in the way that I believe humans do. We read everything as its hexadecimal code rather than the colour itself. For example, I look at you and can deduce you have brown hair based on the fact my eyes tag you with the code #8F6843 makes up the bulk of your hair colour.”

   “Oh, that’s interesting.” Aoi hummed.

   She tried to imagine it. A world of black and white and yet, anything she looked at, she would know the precise colour of it as a string of seemingly random numbers and letters. It seemed tiresome, somehow, and inefficient yet kind of perfect for the little alien artificial intelligence in front of her who seemed quite content to keep speaking at large on this topic. Aqua continued.

   “It is. It gets more interesting, too, I promise. I don’t mean to bore you with this idle curiosity of mine but, you see, and I’m not sure why myself and stranger still…” Aqua rambled as she turned her head to face Aoi and her expression was reminiscent of a dead fish, quite frankly. She tilted her head and seemed precisely analytical. “I can now see in colour now.”

   “What do you mean?” Aoi replied.

   “I can see in colour like a human can now,” Aqua said and she laughed a jaded laugh, “there’s one colour that I can’t see. Do you want to guess what colour that is?”

   “Uhh, sure.” Aoi replied and she shrugged. Probably not brown if Aqua was going to use her hair colour as an example so she picked at random, something not obvious, maybe, hence why Aqua wanted to play with her via a guessing game. “Green?”

   “No, blue.” Aqua said. She admired her hands with a sorry expression causing her eyes to crease. “I know, based on the tagging system, I am blue yet blue is the only colour I can’t see like a human can.”

   “How ironic.” Aoi commented.

   “It is, isn’t it?” Aqua murmured. “I wonder if it’s the same for them… Ai, Flame… Possibly, even Lightning and Windy. We’ll never know with Earth, however, because the impetus for this change, for myself anyway, was… Meeting Miyu.”

   “Oh.” Aoi gulped.

   “Oh, indeed.” Aqua agreed. “She wasn’t even conscious, and it was for a precious few minutes as I tried to awaken her with my own power of healing yet she changed me. Again. When she duelled, she changed me over and over again so I could be my best self who best embodied the values of truth and justice that she yearned for as an imprisoned child. How peculiar.”

   Aqua looked up at Aoi again, fully straight and scried her. Aoi’s mouth dried. She could feel all her soul bare to Aqua and there was nothing she could do to stop it. It was invasive and personal. A good trust exercise, clearly, as Aqua’s expression changed. Lightened. She squinted in a way that seemed to Aoi like a smile so clearly, she liked what she found - but whatever it was, Aoi had no idea. 

   “Thank you for having me, Aoi. I appreciate it.” Aqua said after she digested the conclusions that she had scried from Aoi’s face.

   Aoi smiled a small smile, happy to see that the ice had broken, “I should be the one thanking you.” Aoi sheepishly replied.

   But neither had any idea as to what would happen in the near future.

   Those thanks they wanted to give, that gratitude they wanted to receive, the reunion they both wanted so badly would not culminate in the form that they wanted. The ice had broken but the ceiling had not. Bohman was an all powerful threat who eliminated his foes with a serene efficiency.

    Blue Maiden had fought on her own two feet. Her wings had spread once more and she took flight against insurmountable odds and could be proud of how she had defended humanity on her own terms and caused a tidal wave to rise. Unfortunately the tide of victory was not on her side. Her greatest efforts were not enough in front of Bohman’s stern face and style of duel.

   Yet afterwards…

   There was still a second chance and Aoi grasped onto it with both hands. Her heart swelled within her chest as she arrived at the cleanly little hospital room with pastel blue sheets on the bed and Miyu underneath them. Her face was elated, ecstatic even as she recognised Aoi ten years later.

  “Oh, Aoi, thank goodness you're here.” Miyu said breathlessly into the crook of her neck and shoulders.

   “It’s so good to see you.” Aoi replied, her voice cracking.

   There were tears in the corners of her eyes. It didn’t feel real but it was. The sunshine on her back, the softness of the doona underneath her as they shared the bed as much as they shared this embrace. Miyu was warm and she smelt like oceanic laundry soap. She hugged Aoi around her upper body, hands locked at the nape of Aoi’s neck, they were chest to chest and entwined terribly close. Miyu practically trembled.

   With Miyu, there was no ice to break. Instead, it was a floodgate and the levee had broken as soon as they had made eye contact.

   Miyu hugged Aoi tighter, “There’s so much I need to tell you.” Miyu said, her voice dropped an octave. She was scared. In turn, Aoi became scared. Miyu clung onto her desperately. “I think I can only tell you.”

   “Wh-What’s happening?” Aoi reared back - or tried to.

   Miyu wasn’t letting go. Her grip was only getting harder on Aoi.

   “I can’t tell the doctors this, and I sure as hell can’t tell my Mother this either,” Miyu confessed, “but I can’t see in colour anymore.”

   “Huh?” Aoi stiffened.

   Her ears pricked in disbelief and yet in her heart, she had already drawn the connection.

   She thought she would be the one with so much to say. So many life changing things to say and yet here she was. One-upping Aoi before she even got a chance to reveal and explain all these little mysteries that had Miyu had unknowingly been in the centre of as a victim of the Lost Incident.

   “I can… I can only see the colour blue. Everything else is black and white, or maybe grey.” Miyu said.

   “Oh.” Aoi swallowed, afraid.

   Miyu began to let go. Not entirely but it appeared to occur to her that her intensity was maybe a little bit too much. She didn’t want to fully let go but instead of strangling Aoi with this hug, she settled on holding hands. Their hands just fit together somehow.

   “How can this be?” Miyu asked. “What does it mean? Why are you here… how did you know I would be?” Her gaze turned distant with confusion.

   Aoi licked her lips. “Aqua.”

   “Aqua?” Miyu echoed.

   “Aqua could see in colours but not blue.” Aoi said. “Ugh, sorry, context. Duh, context would be helpful. Aqua is… She’s your-”

   “Guardian angel?” Miyu finished her sentence for her.

   Aoi laughed awkwardly, “Kind of?”

   “The angel who visited me. I felt it. In my coma, a presence. I didn’t feel the doctors or my family or my friends but I felt this… this otherworldly presence and she tried to heal me.” Miyu explained.

   “Yes, that was Aqua but Aqua is… very much of this world. M-Made by human hands… Miyu, have you ever wondered? Why you were kidnapped?”

   Miyu reacted as though she were slapped. Her eyes widened. Her face turned white as a ghost.

   “Aoi.” Miyu said. Very seriously. “How in the world do you know all this?” Her brows furrowed.

   “I-It’s a long story but, um, I know other victims of that Incident.” Aoi said. She explained slowly. Softly. “I’ve even met some of the doctors who had kidnapped you. A-And my brother… I’m sorry but he’s now president of the company who financed this affair.”

   Miyu listened. Her expression was blank. Absorbing it all in as Aoi used only her kindest, most understanding tones as Miyu was told more than she had ever been told by the police. By therapists and doctors. It was unbelievable but she did believe. 

   “Your duelling was what taught artificial intelligence free will, to come to life, develop their own personalities and values. Your Ignis, the Water Ignis, was given the name Aqua but… She’s no longer with us. There was a massive duel, did you hear about it? On the news? About the Neuron Network affecting the Link VRAINS?”

   “So it’s all connected. The Lost Incident. The Tower of Hanoi. And now this.” Miyu said. “Th-That’s crazy. Wow.”

   “I imagine it's a lot to take in. I’m so sorry if that was too much.” Aoi replied.

   “It’s fine, I’m a big girl, I’m handling it.” Miyu assured her then she took a breath. Determination gleamed in the steely blue of her eyes as she put on a brave face. “And since it's all connected. The answer’s obvious. We need to bring Aqua back. I want to - no, I need to meet her.”

   Aoi was taken aback by the strength of Miyu’s conviction.

   It seemed that some things didn't change. Once Miyu decided something, it may as well be set in stone regardless of risk or if she had truly thought it through.

   Still, Aoi had seen it happen: the Ignis coming back. Ai had done it twice, after all. Surely all hope wasn’t lost. Even if it felt like it was, the atmosphere after that final duel seemed different but that difference was inarticulable to relay to someone who wasn’t there.

   Even so… Aoi went along with it. Something else that didn’t change, quite clearly.

   She nodded her head and replied, “Let’s try.”

   Aqua would want to be fought for, Aoi was sure. It simply had to happen: the meeting between Aqua and Miyu. They were two halves of the same heart and soul. Why else would it be the colour blue which either eluded them or was all they could see?

   And why else would she, Aoi, an emissary clad in blue, by the connective thread?

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Day 5 / Ritual

Fandom: YuGiOh Vrains

Ship: Aoi/Aqua/Miyu

Word Count: 707

Rating: T

Tags: Canon Divergent, Fluff, Humour

  “Hm,” Miyu murmured, “so this is how Ai-chan sees you?”

  Her voice was musing as she continued to look over the card that Aqua had procured for her to admire. Or analyse. Likely only admire as Miyu didn’t have much interest in the game, anymore. Not totally surprising to Aqua given the baggage that it had caused her, but it was slightly disappointing. She had wanted to be battle partners with her Origin after all but at least she had Aoi to sate that side of her.

  Still, Aqua was embarrassed by how playful Miyu sounded. “It’s not very flattering, is it?” she said, squirming where she stood.

  “Ayup. It’s a huge-ass scary monster.” Miyu chirruped.

  Aqua hid her face in her hands.

  Aoi pouted. “Miyu.” she scolded her girlfriend.

  “Aw, Aqua, I didn’t mean it like that. I just so happen to think that huge-ass scary monsters are kind of cool.”

  Again, that did little to quell Aqua’s anxiety over being perceived as such. It also didn’t help that she very much did not approve of Miyu’s vulgar language.

  The card in question was Ai’s Ritual Monster, his Water Levithan. He had loaned it to Aqua because she had mentioned in passing that her girls were curious about it. Well, Miyu was curious about. Aoi had seen it in action, full throttled, when she and her brother had duelled Ai in the Link VRAINS. But, when it was just a card, it wasn’t so scary, and she couldn’t blame Miyu for being curious about it. Whilst Miyu was, currently, on the sidelines, she was inching closer to returning to the game as her confidence was very much bolstered by having Aoi and Aqua around.

  Since Miyu was being unproductive, and densely so, Aoi thought that she would attempt at cheering Aqua up.

  “Leviathans are very powerful monsters from biblical mythology. They rule the seas and often represent a form of order or triumph. I think there’s a beauty in that.” Aoi said, piping up.

  But Aoi’s words didn’t exactly work either. Whilst she meant them to ring kind, and she had embellished them to exemplify her intentions, they did not. If anything, it made Aqua feel worse because, curious to verify Aoi’s word, in an instant, Aqua discovered all sorts of hellish things across the various, biblical mythologies.

  “I think Hiyari is a better reflection of your relationship with Ai. Despite everything, you’re still friends and that’s the main thing, I think.” Aoi said.

  “I don’t think Hiyari is that much of an improvement...” Aqua mumbled. She had been standing before, ankles deep in Miyu’s Duel Disc, but now she had finally sunk down so she could keel inwards on herself in her self-inflicted despair.

  “Hiyari...” Miyu murmured aloud, eyes wandering to the sky. “Which one is Hiyari again?”

  “The blue one.” Aqua said stupidly. “Her name is an onomatopoeia referencing the word ‘chilly’. Does Ai perceive me as cold?”

  “The cute blue one.” Aoi piped up, once more.

  “But nowhere near as cute as you, I’m sure.” Miyu added, setting her hand, the card, down on the plasticky surface of the table.

  Both girls reached across the table and went to pet Aqua’s diminutive little head at once. Miyu giggled as she bumped Aoi’s fingers with her own. She stroked Aqua’s floating antennae whilst Aoi gently prodded along the curve of Aqua’s spine. She reacted positively to that, shoulders rolling out and her eyes were no longer squished with misery. She cooed, slightly, at that.

  “I don’t think you should concern yourself too much with others and their perceptions,” Aoi said with the wisdom of someone who knew all too well what such horrible pitfalls are, “and content yourself with your own perceptions.”

  “You’re cute, and kind, and caring.” Miyu said, almost immediately ruining Aoi’s advice. “You’re our one of a kind little Aqua and we both love you very much for it, I’m sure Ai does too. Just not the same way and that’s okay.”

  “Thank you, girls, both of you.” Aqua said, holding her own hands as she allowed herself to be fondly preened by both her partners.

  Hearing the genuine appreciation for their assurance in her voice, warmed Aoi and Miyu’s hearts.

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sometimes a relationship is two childhood friends and a big funky tentacle monster

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Restless Water

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains

Ship: Aqua/Miyu/Aoi

Word Count: 3.5

Synopsis:  Miyu can't sleep and because she can't sleep, she refuses to let Aoi either due to her selfishness and because they can't sleep, Aqua can't sleep as well.

  “Aoi…” Miyu mumbled, staring at the ceiling and she nudged her girlfriend. “Aoi…” Her voice was a little louder this time.

  Aoi nattered to herself, her hands clutching onto her doona cover and she rolled over.

  “Aoi!” Miyu huffed and she ripped herself up from the comfortable dent in the bed. She loomed over Aoi’s body and poked her side, feeling up the rolls of Aoi’s fat through her silky pyjamas and tracing along where her ribs could be vaguely felt underneath her clothes and flesh.

  “What?” Aoi groaned, she rolled over again; her face all but landing in Miyu’s lap. She groggily opened her eyes, eyelashes fluttering, as she looked up at Miyu. “It’s so dark, Miyu, go to sleep.”

  “I’m just restless, is all.” Miyu replied, not as quiet as she ought to have been.

  “I know, I know.” Aoi yawned. “Let me guess, you want some sort of midnight snack? Warm milk with honey and ginger, maybe? Or some chocolate? Either sounds nice to me.”

  Miyu licked her lips. “That does sound nice…” she murmured, eyes glittering with gluttony.

  Aoi yawned again and this time, she pulled herself up. The doona pooled over her laps with a revelling excess of softness and fabric. She was warm and comfortable.

  “Let’s raid the kitchen then.” Aoi suggested.

  “I have an even tastier – and sweeter – treat in mind.” Miyu mumbled.

  She scooted in a little closer to Aoi and stole a kiss from her lips. Aoi blushed and that incited Miyu further. Miyu placed a hand on Aoi’s lap and she kissed her again. This time, Aoi had the opportunity to kiss back and she did with a muted, tired passion.

  “Somehow…” Aoi murmured between quick kisses. “I have a feeling… we don’t have to go to the kitchen… after all.”

  “Mmhm.” Miyu hummed, oh so innocently with her voice reverberating on Aoi’s lips.

  Aoi attempted to twist around, but Miyu was quicker. She straddled Aoi, hands on both hips, and kissed her. Aoi wanted to half laugh, the noise even making its way through her throat, but never escaped as she kissed back. Miyu tasted faintly of tooth-paste and faintly of morning breath, maybe a hint of the dessert that they had shared after dinner too; of chocolates and cherries. It was a nice taste though, one that Aoi could get addicted to as it emboldened her to slip past Miyu’s dainty lips.

  Aoi’s technique had little finesse; she was chaste and bumbling but Miyu didn’t mind. She considered herself the wilder one, more experienced one in the relationship; particularly when it skirted carnality. But she liked to see Aoi try and feel the exchange; of Aoi’s tongue shyly meeting her own, touching along her teeth and gums. She was cute. So very cute and Miyu adored it, the melding of saliva and more.

  Miyu held onto Aoi’s shoulders as she allowed herself to be kissed and tongued as she was. For Aoi, it was deep but for Miyu, it felt almost shallow, but she didn’t mind. She closed her eyes to Aoi and let herself absorb fleeting warmth from her and her bed. Aoi’s hands trailed from Miyu’s hips and she pulled blankets closer to them, keeping them warm in the cold night-morning.

  “I love you, Aoi…” Miyu murmured as Aoi tried to get her warm.

  “I love you too, Miyu.” Aoi replied, voice almost cracking as she was overwhelmed with sincerity and affection.

  Their kiss ensued. This time, Miyu took the more domineering role. Aoi thought it suited her. After all, she had always led the charge in the games that they had played as children and as teenagers, she was the more aggressive and extraverted one. Her duelling, for instance, was vicious – even when using such pretty and playful cards like the Marincess ones that Aqua had gifted her. Though, perhaps, it made sense given her background. The other victims of the Lost Incident, Playmaker, Spectre, and even Soulburner, were vicious in their duelling as well because it was how they had survived. Still, Aoi liked taking on Miyu’s toll.

  Her tongue trespassed upon her mouth. Poking and prodding, mapping the inner of it with calculated curiosity. She did not close her eyes to Aoi, instead, she took relish in seeing how Aoi reacted. The little twitches upon her cheeks as she elicited noises from Aoi using her tongue. She was quiet, almost repressed, in the moans that Miyu could bring forth from her. The way her eyes behaved behind the guise of their lids delighted Miyu as Aoi held on tighter to her and the blankets around them.

  The bed was kindly unmoving beneath them, after all, neither girl particularly wanted to rouse and attract the attention of Akira. But, as they kissed, demure in their noises in blanketing darkness, they had partially forgotten about the other person they may wake. It was her voice, not the twinkling blue light she brought with her, that reminded them that they weren’t wholly alone in Aoi’s bedroom.

  “O-Oh!” a small squeak. Aqua pawed at her eyes with her hands, bleary with the artificial sleep that she could take as an AI but, as she saw Miyu in Aoi’s lap and their mouths connected, she roused quicker in embarrassment. “I thought I heard commotion I see I was wrong. I hope I’m not – I hope I’m not interrupting anything.” Her hands flailed in embarrassment but neither girl appeared particularly or, overtly miffed regarding her interruption.

  Aoi ceased kissing Miyu as she was. She broke off the kiss and breathed funnily; not quite panting but it was obvious by the grey – what would have been red in better lightning – in her cheeks that she was feeling laboured by what she had done. Miyu turned her head.

  “You’re not interrupting anything at all, Aqua.” Miyu replied, a closed-eyed smile which was almost impish. “In fact, you can join us, if you like. We’re getting pretty hot we need something to cool us down.”

  “Miyu…” Aoi murmured, not quite scoldingly but close.

  It was difficult to ascertain how Aqua figured into their relationship. After all, she was the catalyst for their late adolescent reconnection and she certainly never left, even though she could choose to. In fact, she found a wonderful home in both their Duel Discs, though she spent more time over at Miyu’s place than Aoi’s, nowadays but she enjoyed flitting between them for a variety of reasons. And both girls held Aqua as near and dear to their hearts; experiencing all sorts of affections towards her. Some platonic and some romantic. Regardless, Aqua was certainly not excluded from the intricacies and inner-workings of Aoi and Miyu’s relationship, unlike others who were not even permitted to pry.

  Really, the only issue was the fact that it was difficult to date a creature barely the size of their forearms and was supposed to stay a secret.

  “I shouldn’t…” Aqua replied, shifting awkwardly where she stood in the pooling digitality of Miyu’s Duel Disc.

  “Please?” Miyu asked and then she turned her focus onto Aoi. “Don’t you think it would be nice to let Aqua join us?”

  Aoi made an awkward expression. Miyu was far too forward about these sorts of things. She blushed and her gaze darted towards Aqua who seemed to be going through similar motions of bashfulness.

  “I mean I love, love, love Aoi and I love, love, love Aqua. So, I would love, love, love it if I could love the both of you at once.” Miyu giggled, she tilted her head to left and her ruddy-auburn hair went tumbling with her movement.

  She could be such a child at times, Aoi thought. But she wasn’t necessarily adverse, to the idea. She glanced once more towards Aqua.

  “I’m… I’m okay with it, if Aqua is okay with it.” Aoi replied; her voice a little shaky but there was a budding certainty to it.

  Aqua nodded; her pigtails bobbing up and down. “I love you both as well. I want to kiss and touch you, as well. I’m curious of that sort of thing, admittedly.”

  “Excellent.” Miyu replied, proud as punch.

  “Do you, uh, do you need someone to bring you closer? Or are you right?” Aoi asked.

  “I’m quite right, thank you.” Aqua replied and upon her reply, she lurched forward and transformed.

  Aoi and Miyu had seen Aqua transform a few times before but it never got any less magnificent – or disconcerting, for that matter. The tiny humanoid shape that Aqua occupied on the day-to-day gave way to something far bigger and grander. She became neuron in shape with big, unfurling arms which ended in broad, rounded flats which were unlike fingers or hands. And her markings slightly changed, she donned new ones upon her breast which mimicked her face: big, pink eyes laced with the bright blue looping markings that she normally wore upon her synthetic, pale cyan skin.

  Aqua reached out across the space between Aoi’s desk and the double bed. Her tail trailed long and thin yet seemed to span forever as she was able to comfortably curl and wind around them. She plopped down softly over them both, getting comfortable in the loops, bringing them closer with a tight bind.

  Aoi’s heart pounded fiercely in the vaguely moist caress of Aqua’s doing. Miyu beamed at her, enjoying how close the embrace was gently – yet forcibly – bringing them. She laughed.

  “This is nice.” she said, and she rested her hands on Aoi’s shoulders, fingers fidgeting behind Aoi’s head. She kissed Aoi. “I like it.”

  “I like it too.” Aoi kissed back.

  “I want to be kissed also.” Aqua piped up and she placed her bulbous, raindrop-shaped head between the girls, breaking up their delicate kiss.

  “Of course.” Miyu replied. “Aqua deserves all the kisses.”

  Miyu let her hand which was closer to Aqua slip from Aoi’s shoulder. She caressed Aqua’s cheek with it, manoeuvring it awkwardly and then she pressed a kiss onto the corner of Aqua’s deep and wide mouth. Aoi mimicked. She kissed Aqua at the other end.

  Aqua was filmy. Her skin was completely different to that of organic matter, yet she still remained soft. It was nice though. Wet, perhaps, but nice.

  Aqua smiled as both girls kissed the corners of her mouth. She licked her lips, her navy-blue tongue running along them. She bumped up against the corners of the girls’ mouths, trying to edge them onto something more. Aoi blushed, feeling a prick at the coldness and wetness of Aqua’s tongue but Miyu took it as a challenge.

  Aoi continued to meekly kiss the corner of Aqua’s mouth but Miyu dared onwards. Her hand caressed the bottom of Aqua’s face, along the round of Aqua’s chin and coerced her to veer closer to her than Aoi. Miyu kissed directly onto the middle of Aqua’s mouth. Aqua found the kiss to be a strange sensation; vaguely ticklish and incredibly silky thanks to how human Miyu was. Humans were so soft and unguarded in their appearance, as compared to the substance the synthetic material offered the Ignis, coating them thickly to hide their plasticky vulnerabilities beneath.

  “Please,” Miyu murmured into the kiss, “open your mouth.”

  Aqua swallowed but ultimately obeyed. She widened the kiss slightly. Aoi dropped back, watching because she was fascinated by the cavity inside Aqua’s head; the jagged teeth, the drool, the lolling tongue, all of it perfectly honed to annihilate anything in her path but she was so gentle with them both, not even daring to hint towards the capacity for destruction and ravaging like her male cohort were prone to.

  Miyu opened her own mouth in good gesture. She pressed her tongue against Aqua’s, iniating her own domineering stance against the more submissive Ignis. Aqua widened her mouth slightly and Miyu’s steely-coloured eyes keened as she licked at Aqua’s tongue and the fluids dripped at it. Aoi watched, far too intently, and Miyu was flattered by the stare she could feel emanate from her girlfriend.

  “Aoi, don’t be jealous…” she murmured, breaking off from her strange kiss with Aqua. She turned to Aqua, pulled her in tighter and Aqua’s coil gave an extra embrace as well. She caressed Aoi’s cheek, tucking a curl of brunette hair behind her ear as well.

  “I’m not jealous…” Aoi murmured.

  “I know, but I can kiss you as well, if you like.” Miyu purred. “So Aqua, if she so pleases.

  She kissed Aoi and Aqua joined in as well. Miyu’s kiss was precise whereas Aqua’s tended to something clumsier. Though, given how small Miyu was in proximity to Aqua, it made sense that the lover of Aoi’s with the tinier tongue would be defter at using it upon her. Aoi didn’t mind. She liked how her heart fluttered and her body grew hot and wet with sweat as they both kissed her. With Miyu upon her lips with a gentle kiss which did not trespass further and with Aqua nuzzling against her, licking upon her cheeks and being as careful as she could.

  Aqua revelled in the awkward sensory experience. Licking at Aoi, she could taste everything about her; her hormones and her joy over it. Aqua could even taste the soaps that she had used to clean herself; milk and honey and something floral-scented too, Aqua analysed idly somewhere in the back of her mind as she was more absorbed by the kiss than of the things that she could glean of it.

  “This feels good right, Aoi?” Miyu asked.

  “V-Very…” Aoi panted.

  “And you like it too, right, Aqua?” Miyu asked again.

  “Yes, I like it a lot.” Aqua purred, her voice reverberating between both her human lovers.

  “Good.” Miyu hummed and she smiled to herself, so smug and self-assured in her childlike way of being as such. “Because now,” she continued, “it’s my turn.”

  Even in the post-midnight darkness of Aoi’s dimly lit bedroom, the shine in her eyes was more than apparent. She tapped her cheek; a wordless demand for attention. Aoi half-laughed; a stifled noise because she was more bemused than anything else regarding her girlfriend’s orders.

  “Very well then.” Aqua replied. “I see no issue in it, my selfish darling girl.”

  “Hey… don’t call me selfish. It’s totally my turn, I’m just pointing out the obvious.” Miyu whined.

  A smile twitched upon Aoi’s lips as she leaned in closer to Miyu. She tangled her hands in Miyu’s thick tresses of shiny hair. She initiated a chaste kiss which left Miyu wanting more but Aoi pulled back, she glanced at Aqua. She paused and then understood that Aoi was giving her space so, she swooped in.

  Her head butted between the girls and Aoi kissed the back of Aqua’s head, her hands clutching onto either side of the crest in the middle of it and admiring how silky-smooth Aqua was to the touch, whilst Aqua kissed Miyu. Aqua was a touch bolder than she had, perhaps, been before. Her tongue scissored open Miyu’s open and she kissed hard and deep. Her tongue inching towards the back of Miyu’s throat. Aqua’s many limbs fluttered as she kissed Miyu.

  Fluid, not unlike human saliva, dripped from Aqua’s mouth as she kissed Miyu. Miyu didn’t mind getting wet; in all honesty, it turned her on as she kissed messily and sloppily into the Ignis’ mouth. Drool slid down her chin, even pooling in her lap. Aqua’s presence in the bed causing it to grow wetter seeming yet not quite; the doona and sheets and blankets never truly absorbing some sort of liquid, just acquiring an almost damp quality about them. Not to mention, they were still trapping and helping spread the warmth between them as they clung to one another, getting all hot and somewhat bothered in their kissing.

  In this close proximity, Aqua realised just how similar humans smelt. Her sensory processing functions were not as fine-tuned as a human’s thanks to the technological limits that the Hanoi Project had sprung from in those six months of creation, but she was still quite keen. Here, as she kissed Miyu so passionately, she realised just how much Miyu had in common with Aoi – or maybe it was because they had spent so many hours swaddled up together in this bed. Regardless, Aqua noted the scents of flowery laundry liquid and the smells of sweet foods. It was a nice though, she liked it as she kissed Miyu.

  And Miyu loved being kissed as she was. Her hands fumbled around Aqua’s waist, not unlike the axon of a neuron. She slipped past the gaps between Aqua’s limbs and found Aoi on the other side. Aoi lifted her head from where she rested against the back of Aqua. She struggled against Aqua’s complicated and trailing embrace; Aqua noticing and giving her reprieve from it.

  Aoi slipped beneath it and she came closer to Miyu. Miyu pulled her into her lap once more, all whilst shoddily kissing Aqua who didn’t mind because she loved to accommodate her human partners more than anything.

  “I want you to kiss me as well, Aoi. I’m selfish, remember.” Miyu mumbled; a pout to both her voice and expression.

  “I know, but we love you for it.” Aoi replied.

  She pecked Miyu’s cheek, nuzzling against Aqua’s in the process as Aqua’s mouth remained on Miyu’s. But Aqua gave her a glance, with her dazzling, glimmering pink eye which was not unlike a downward-curving crescent moon with how it was situated upon her face, and then allowed them to switch. Aoi was now the one kissing Miyu and Aqua was playing the complementary. Miyu loved it though. She loved having so much attention and affection being lavished upon her – it was even better since it was on her whim.

  Miyu broke off the kiss with a lazy yawn. She attempted to initiate another kiss, but Aqua stroked the sides of her arms. She made a soothing noise.

  “You seem tired, Miyu…” she murmured.

  “Only a little.” Miyu replied.

  “I’m a little tired as well.” Aoi piped up. She reached out to Miyu and tugged on the sleeve of her pyjamas. “Maybe we should call it off from here. I’m tired.”

  “Fiiine.” Miyu whined.

  Aqua released her embracive coil on the girls. Aoi breathed a sigh of relief. She liked having a bit more personal space as they all fell apart awkwardly from one another. Miyu groaned as she stretched herself out. Her groan soon fizzled out into another yawn.

  “I’m glad you enjoyed yourself.” Aoi murmured.

  “I did.” Miyu replied.

  “Good night, Aoi, good night, Miyu.” Aqua said and she retracted herself from Aoi’s bed.

  Her tail pulled the rest of her body back, she drifted almost floatingly through the air and reverted back to her usual self with her bipedalism and large, rounded hips. She smiled her Ignis smile – mouthless yet grateful – and placed her hand on her flat breast. Her eyes simpered slightly yet were still quite bright in the darkness surrounding her, despite the Duel Disc’s feeble attempts of lighting up the room in shades of blue.

  “Very well then, good night.” Aqua added again; her voice was sweet in the silence. She began to sink into the depths of the Duel Disc.

  Miyu thrust out her hand, towards Aqua and all but shouted: “Wait!”

  “Yes?” Aqua blinked and she raised herself to her full height again.

  “Do you want to join us? We could all cuddle together…” Miyu murmured. She glanced at Aoi who nodded.

  “It would be much warmer than just staying by yourself… or do Ignis not get cold?” Aoi offered; her words, gentle but slightly mumbled.

  “Very well then.” Aqua replied and she curtseyed.

  Miyu scrambled off of the bed. It moved and bent silently beneath her. Aoi fixed the sheets in her fumbled and messy wake. Miyu smiled as she picked up the Duel Disc and rescued Aqua from the frigidity of Aoi’s desk. She crawled back under the covers, moving her pillow closer to Aoi and they both laid themselves back to rest.

  The girls’ legs intertwined whilst Miyu stuck her Duel Disc between them both. One hand rested on the Duel Disc and Aoi joined; their thin wrists crisscrossing over the hard armour of the device. Aqua blinked slowly; the light of her eyeball-like form something of a night-light but it was nice. Soothing, but not smothering as she got comfortable.

  “Good night, Aoi, good night Aqua.” Miyu mumbled and she pecked the Duel Disc and then Aoi.

  “Good night, Miyu,” Aoi murmured and she pecked Miyu back, “good night, Aqua,” and she gave a curt kiss to Aqua as well.

  “Good night, my loves… my dear and precious partners…” Aqua sleepily nattered with a voice saturated with a cherished love.

  Miyu’s heart skipped a beat and Aoi felt flushed. Aqua had never felt more serene and content than in this moment with her precious partners. They all nestled in together just that bit more, even though it was unnecessary. Still, it was warm and wonderful. A lovely sort of bliss so early in the morning and so late in the night as darkness settled once more; stars and street lights twinkling outside, just a little further in the distance and just beyond the gossamer sheen of Aoi’s curtains.

[merryfortune]

Vrains edition Triad Thursday blathering:

Rainwatershipping | Aoi/Aqua/Miyu

I truly think this is the ideal combination for all three of them. I love, love, love Ignis/Origin ships and Aoi is so precious to both Aqua and Miyu that it just feels right to have all three of them together like this 🥺

(also yes, that’s just what I’ve dubbed them, don’t @ me)

My favourite headcanon for this ship is the slumber parties they absolutely host together. Aqua typically has to stay over at Aoi’s because Miyu’s mother doesn’t approve of the Ignis but having their own sort of space together, even if its just Aoi’s bedroom, makes them so happy.

Saviorshipping | Ryoken/Spectre/Yusaku

I just think it would be superb character development on all sides. My favourite dynamic is Spectre and Yusaku getting along in any capacity and Ryoken getting the doki-dokis for it. They’re both so special to him and he’s so special to them. I adore this ship. Yusaku deserves two reformed/redeemed supervillain boyfriends and I will die on this hill.

My favourite headcanon for this ship is that Yusaku starts to absorb Spectre’s mannerisms - namely the gesture he makes before duels - and it delights Ryoken to no end. And also that Spectre loves being middle spoon.