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Ok thoughts RE the sad Simpsons post.
It's a good post. I like it. The poem is great and the art is pretty. However.
It made me think about certain tropes and stuff common to a lot of WLW plots in media that I just. Feel weird about? I guess? I mean I love milfs as much as the next butch with daddy issues but I just. Have never really Vibed with the depiction of lesbian relationships where it's all quiet ennui and secretly fingerblasting each other in the bathroom at your neighbour's barbecue.
You know the thing, where the theoretical happy ending is both parties leaving their husbands and families to start a new life under assumed names in a small town in bumfuck nowhere? But realistically what's going to happen is they both stay unhappily married and eventually one of them sticks her head in the oven?
And I think my issue with the trope is actually twofold.
Firstly, it just feels, like, distant? Divorced from reality? Idk the right term but there's something about it that strikes me as being more about the abstract Tragedy of the concept than about the actual relationship. These women are barely people. Even their rebellion is defined and contained by their status as Suburban Housewives. Fundamentally, these stories aren't romances- they're cautionary tales about the patriarchy.
Secondly, the men in these stories are always such a constant, looming Prescence. Like even when they're not even named and basically exist only so the women can homoerotically tend to each other's Abusive Spouse Bruises, so much of the story ends up being about their impact and influence over their wives.
I guess I'm just kind of sick of lesbian media being a byword for feminist media. Don't get me wrong, I like plenty of feminist media, it definitely is a good thing that should exist, but I'd like more lesbian romances that are just- romances, you know?
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Se fue en la volaita el amigo.
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Review Of My 2021 New Year’s Resolutions/2022 Resolutions
Welp. This is going to be embarrassing. I don’t know what I thought 2021 was going to be, but I think I was expecting, maybe an end to the trauma? Here goes nothing.
* Reduce “Want To Read” list down to 75. Mild Fail. Technically I got it to 76. In all honesty, I had a really hard time reading anything until the last few weeks. I was such an emotional mess this year that I couldn’t focus on books for most of it. I foresee this being an even bigger problem next year because I went to the NCTE conference and that gave me an enormous list of potential books to read. I’m going to shoot a little lower.
* Watch all the important movies of 2020 and keep that movie list under control. Pass. I usually get this one done by March of every year. * Watch “Peaky Blinders.” Fail. I’m starting to wonder if it’s even worth keeping this one since it’s been on my list for years, and I know I really only have the mental real estate for miniseries most of the time. Looking back I did watch “The Act,” “Chernobyl,” “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” “Fleabag,” “The Good Place,” “The People Vs. OJ Simpson,” “Squid Game,” all of “Twin Peaks,” and the first two seasons of “Ted Lasso” (I won’t be continuing but season one was excellent). Maybe I just shouldn’t set specific television goals at all. * Listen to 50 albums I already own. Fail. Not only did I not listen to 50 albums, I don’t think I listened to anything new outside of the “Animal Wisdom” soundtrack and Neutral Milk Hotel. I just went through and culled my list of albums I should listen to down to a total of 60. * Run at least four times a week. Preferably five. Fail. This one is laughable. I ran twice in the last week and it’s the first time I’ve run in like, a year. The pandemic threw me all the way off this path.
* Go to at least two new places within pandemic restrictions. Pass. I went to Washington and Oregon. * Do that ocean painting for the dining room. Pass. I really like the specificity of this goal honestly. A simple three hour task that I just needed to get done. Both my paintings are on the wall now. * Make another step forward with my book. Fail. Instead I wrote a bunch of sad poems and started working on a sad play? * Get okay. Soft Fail. I mean, I’m definitely in a better place than I was a year ago, but I’m still not okay.
2022 RESOLUTIONS
*Reduce “Want To Read” list down to 60. Reread a book. *Watch all the important movies of 2021 and keep that movie list under control. *Listen to 20 albums I already own. *Play 10 new games. *Run at least three times a week. Preferably four. *Go to at least two new places within pandemic restrictions. *Make a new flower crown. *Finish writing something you’re proud of. *Be better than last year.
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TL;DR I want Chris Farley to stand outside my window with a jukebox :/
Okay… not to fantasize or anything, but I WISH my life were a teen movie shot in the mid90’s, and I was the fashionable, cute main character that everyone who watched my movie thought was a real, charming, heartthrob (guys in the 2010’s would be like, “Yeah, she was, like… my first crush. Lol.” Which would make everyone a little uncomfortable to hear, but they’d agree. Why do guys always say that sort of thing like that? Like you know it’s implicitly sexual in their mind, but why. It wasn’t for me. I don’t want to know about your eleven-year-old lusts. Anyways…) Pretentious, stuffy people would say my character was a “““manic pixie dream girl”””” ignoring the fact that such a term is being grossly misused to describe any woman who doesn’t fit in a box. Besides. I’m the main character. That’s not even possible.
And my love interest is played by Chris Farley (so the movie probably would’ve been shot in, like? ‘93? Or 92?) there’s, like, this scene. The Scene. Where my character is Going Through it. She’s in her Stylishly Cluttered, Scrapbooky Teen 90’s Room (see: Ghost World, etc.) crying misty tears that turn angelic and dayglo in the turquoisey quality of the old cameras (I miss that), and then she hears faint music. It’s most definitely Ana Ng by They Might Be Giants. And she goes to her window. This window is large, too large and too beautiful for the house her and her shitfucked awful family live in, as is her room, but it’s symbolic you see, as she makes her own beauty, her own meaning where she is, but like 30 years later no one will pick up on this the way everyone now-a-days thinks the Simpsons house is worldbreakingly adequate and they’re all snide about it, but they’re Missing the Point, and My Room + large back window will be a *ding* on a Cinema Shits video.
SO she goes to the window, and looks out, and standing under the moonlight is Chris Farley’s character holding up one of those chunky boomboxes (like in Say Anything…) and though at first she just stares at him, she realizes that seeing him there is all she’s ever wanted, and without meaning to, she starts to smile, and then to laugh. Chris’ eyes are bright and holding an empathetic sadness that makes them shine as if he is about to shed tears as well (this is not in the script, Chris is just like that. But it adds something. It makes it all the clearer that he feels for her. That he loves her in the same way she loves him. And that is hard to find.)
He goes on a speech about how he loves her, and how he’ll always be there for her, yelling it up to her window, like Romeo and Juliet, his characteristic stutter and the stumbling way he says the most serious things only making it all so much more earnest. His face gently flushed, speaking directly to her, meaning every word - and she (I) start crying (also not in the script. The director exasperatedly says ‘we’ll need to edit around that.’) I deliver my lines just fine, despite the swell in emotions - both totally jubilant and strikingly relieved - but this makes Chris start to uncontrollably smile as well, knowing the dialogue I speak, written for my character about how she knows, how she’s always known, how she’ll always love him, or whatever; I am saying it just as honestly, just as open-heartedly to him, and he starts crying, too. Crying and smiling and holding the now silent jukebox above his head. The director gets pissed off and later declares we’ll have to do a reshoot, but we never do, because the producers eat it up.
Then in a scene mimicking the romantic poem, The Highway Man, by Alfred Noyes, Chris tries to ascend the space to my window, though his over exaggerated clumsiness is shed out of real need to get closer. He kisses my extended hand, and we look longing at each other.
Anyways the filming thing is kind of a metaphor?? Because I want the actual movie to be my life? But I’d take being an actor with Chris Farley and having a secret fling that gets less and less secret until the whole world knows, and somehow it all works out, and we’re happy, and in love, and history is forever changed in many small and wonderful ways.
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Stolen kiss – Wally West
Synopsis: You are Wally's tutor of English literature, because you were in need of money to buy a dress. Iris would buy the dress if you helped Wally get a B+ in school. Wally realizes he has a crush on you and decides to steal a kiss from you
Characters: Wally West, Barry Allen, Íris West and Reader [Touch]
Warnings: None.
A / N: Sorry for the mistakes in English, I wrote this in a few minutes and I didn't have time to correct the words. I'm a Latin girl and I'm still learning English. Sorry.
I'm watching YJ and I'm completely in love with Wally's cuteness and how he becomes an idiot around girls. Lol. I hope you like my fic.
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[I imagine Wally is like that. Ginger, beautiful and cute.]
Wally West was never good at English literature. He always got C- or D, and that wasn't pleasing Batman or Aunt Iris. Batman decided that all members of Youth Justice should do well at school and get at least one B- at school to stay at YJ.
Your mother is best friend of Iris West and she commented to Iris about how you got A + in every class. Iris offered you $ 400 to teach her nephew and you agreed, since you needed $ 400 to buy a dress for your sister's wedding.
You went to Iris' house and Barry opened the door, a handsome blond man who was trying to be funny. You struggled to laugh after he told the third boring joke.
Iris called you to introduce Wally. You smiled when you saw the red-haired boy with pink cheeks and freckles on his face. He seemed to be cute and funny. Wally stammered when greeting you and you smiled at the scene. Wally wondered if you could hear his heart beat as fast as he could run.
— Wally, this is Y / N. She's my friend's daughter and will be your tutor. — Iris said, with a beautiful smile. She was so beautiful with red hair and bright eyes. Barry, her husband was a very lucky man.
— Hi, Wally. - You said, placing your backpack on the kitchen chair. You approached the boy and held out the hand that was taken by Wally's hand. He squeezed your hand slightly and you could have sworn he vibrated with the contact. — In the coming weeks, I will make you love English Literature.
— Ahh... — He said, trying to find words. — I'm good in other classes but I don't see anything interesting in English Literature.
— When we study Shakespeare, you will be confused at first but then you will love every word and poetry. - You said, trying to sound sweet and sincere.
— Y / N, do you want to have a drink or do you want to go to Wally's room to study? — Barry asked, entering the kitchen holding a shopping bag.
— Thank you, Mr. Allen, but I already had lunch. If Wally wants, we can start now. — You questioned Wally, who was looking at you as if you were a goddess and did not hear what you said. — Wally?
— What? — He asked, looking scared to you.
— Do you want to drink something or do you want to go to your room to study?
— To my room? — He said, it seemed that you spoke Greek. You giggled, grabbing your backpack from the chair and walking over to the redhead.
You put your hand on Wally's shoulder and squeezed it lightly. He was even more ashamed.
— Can you show me where your room is? My backpack is heavy and I have to be home before 7 pm.
— Of course. My room is upstairs. — He said, finally leaving the kitchen and heading towards the house stairs.
You followed the redhead, with your backpack on your back. Iris's house was large and there were several rooms. You followed Wally into a room with the blue door, that was full of band stickers and a big “DO NOT ENTER”.
The inside of the room was gray and had a double bed with a Simpsons sheet. A bookcase was full of comic books and teen books.
A black desk had an expensive computer and a gaming chair. You thought he spends the day playing video games. He turned on his bedroom television on a cartoon channel.
— Wally, I came to teach you English Literature and not to watch cartoons. — Your voice was in a high tone, showing that you were angry. Your body sat on the redhead's bed and started taking some books out of his bag. Wally also sat on the bed and you started teaching him some things about poetry.
(...)
It had been three weeks since you went to Wally's house every day to be his tutor. He was very hardworking and always looked at you with bright eyes. You were lying on Wally's bed while he read a poem he wrote about his favorite video game. As soon as he finished quoting the poem, you applauded him. He was learning fast.
— It's great, Wally. You'll get an A. — You celebrated, getting up from the bed and giving the redhead a hug. He stood and did not return the hug. He was always blushed next to you.
Did you ever hear Barry make a joke when Wally blushed when you said the boy was cute. You were so embarrassed by Barry's comment that you stopped looking at Wally's uncle.
It was only a week before Wally's grades arrived and you stopped being Wally's tutor. He looked sad that you wouldn't be going to his house anymore.
— Wally, I can come here to spend time with you, if you want. Can we be friends. — You said, still hugging the boy.
— I don't want to be your friend.
— Did I do something you didn't like? It's okay if you don't like me. If you get an A in English Literature I will be very happy.
Wally looked you in the eye for a few seconds. Your mouth opened to say something but you were stopped. Wally's lips beat against your lips. The redhead's hands went so quickly to your waist that you wondered if it was human speed.
You looked scared at the boy when he stopped kissing you. His cheeks were as red as his red hair. You let out a breath before you speak again
— Wally, what did you do?
— I like you, Y / N. You are so beautiful and cool, when you smiled at me, I felt my legs shake and it was like in the movies when a beautiful girl walks into the room. — He said, with his hands shaking in an odd way, they seemed to be vibrating. He was smiling like a fool and his lips had a bit of your MAC gloss.
— I don't know what to say, Wally. You are so cute and kind, I thought you were just being nice to me.
— Y / N, you are so amazing that all the guys in the world wanted to go on a date with you. - He said, still with the stupid smile on his face.
— And do you want to be the guy who is going on a date with me? I heard that an ice cream shop opened near my house, I think it would be a good idea to have an ice cream in the afternoon. — You said, running a hand through your hair while looking at the floor in Wally's room.
— Of course, it will be an honor to eat ice cream with you. — The red-haired boy said, taking your hand.
— I will let Iris know that you are taking me home. I bet your Uncle Barry is going to make a joke about it. — You said, ashamed. You picked up your bag and collected the books with Wally's help.
You went down the stairs, listening to Iris talking to Barry about putting a sprinter in the garden. When she saw you and the boy coming down the stairs, she smiled.
— Have you finished studying? Wally's teacher said he was doing great. Thank you, Y/N.
- Wally worked hard to learn. He will get a good grade. - You said, adjusting the bag strap on the shoulder.
— I will take Y / N home. - Wally said. Did you hear Barry hold a smile.
— It's a great idea, Wally. It is dangerous for a pretty girl to walk alone after 5 pm. — Iris spoke, while mixing a cake batter. — If you want to wait, I'll make a delicious banana cake.
— Sure, Mrs. Allen. All the cakes you make are incredible.
— Thanks for the compliment, dear. — Iris asked you to butter a cake pan so that she could bake the cake batter. — You are such a sweet and kind girl. I'd love I would love it if you and Wally were together.
You blushed and looked at the floor. Barry laughed and squeezed Wally's shoulder.
You helped Iris make the icing on the cake and make coffee. After you had a piece of cake and watched Wally and Barry eat 6 pieces each, you decided it was time to go home.
After you said goodbye to Iris and Barry, Wally walked beside you to your home. He looked nervous and he had a beautiful smile that made your stomach full of butterflies.
At some point along the way, you decided to hold Wally's hand. The red-haired boy was shaking and sweating. He was so cute.
As soon as you got home, you smiled at the boy.
— Thank you for accompanying me home. — You said, still holding Wally's hand. The boy looked at you intently and seemed to want to tell you something. Before he said anything, you leaned over and placed a small kiss on the redhead's soft lips.
Wally returned the kiss quickly. His hands went to his waist and his hands went to the boy's red hair. The kiss was so good.
As soon as his lips came off, he stroked your hair and gave you a bright smile. You gave the redhead a hug before walking to your front door.
— Come pick me up at 7:30 pm to have the ice cream.
Wally waited for you go into your house to do a victory dance. He checked that no one was looking and used his speedster speed to get home.
That was the beginning of your love story with Wally West.
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Me cagan los Simpson, pero this hits really hard...
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4,5 and 6!
4. a song you haven’t heard in years
oof last night i read a poem by cody simpson and i first thought of summer shade 🤧 i do be missing the old him
5. a song you can relate to
not to be a sad b*tch but motion sickness by phoebe bridges
6. a song that reminds you of your favorite book
not my favorite book, but safe and sound reminds me of thg which is my second favorite
#thank u!! i tried to not use taylor or halsey but the last one sjfmfks theres only so much i can do#new-romantism#ask
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Thoughts on Grasses of Remembrance (The Tale of Genji through its poetry)
Finally had some time this weekend to sit down with A Waka Anthology, Volume 2: Grasses of Remembrance Part B by Edwin A. Cranston. This book is the last in an impressive and intimidating collection translating a number of major classical poetry anthologies. It’s basically a speedrun through Tale of Genji (if such a thing were possible) filtered through all 795 waka poems written or uttered by the characters over the course of the novel.
Poetry was a Really Big Deal during the Heian era. If you were an aristocrat, not only were you expected to compose decent poetry, you had to be able to do it off-the-cuff appropriate to the occasion. AND to do this properly, you were expected to be able to recognize and respond cleverly to references to a ton of other existing classic poems from memory that people would just mention casually in conversation or writing (kinda like how people quote the Simpsons today lol). This was a prime marker of how intelligent/competent and - no joke - how sexy you were. So not surprisingly, these poems are extremely important to the development of character interactions and themes in the Tale of Genji which has a lot of romance and relationship plotlines.
However. Translating Heian era Japanese into modern Japanese is already challenging. Rendering Heian era Japanese waka poetry into modern English is, as you might imagine, harder for a bunch of reasons. Considering how dense the actual novel already is, it’s super easy to gloss over the poetry, and some modern translations simply integrate the basic intent of the poems right into the main text/dialogue.
I was really interested in finding something specifically focusing on and analyzing the poetry, and this book appeared to fit the bill.
Short review: IT TOTALLY DOES. If you’re into Tale of Genji, Heian era, classical Japanese history, classical Japanese literature, Japanese poetry, or just love reading translators articulating eloquently while sassing characters or flailing through linguistic complexities, I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK
Long review: blah blah blah thoughts follows, including some quotes/poem for reference.
The book starts with a quick 2 page intro setting the context of the Tale of Genji, then goes straight into the poems. TBH I personally found it more flowery and redundant than necessary (it repeats a few poems that are then explained later). But it’s only 2 pages, we’ll live.
Then, the poems. For every poem (or poems, in the case of an exchange - sometimes a flurry of them with multiple characters speaking or dashing letters off to each other) there’s an intro and summary of context followed by an analysis, including notes on meaning, narrator and character intent, structure, symbols and wordplay. The original Japanese is included in romaji alongside the English translation. The commentary also flags known references to other classic poems (WITH those poems in-line! This is awesome because I don’t have the rest of these books!), and even mentions poem and folk song quotations from the rest of the novel where the characters have not composed new poetry, but are reciting other existing known pieces.
Overall, I have only three real “warnings” about Grasses of Remembrance Vol 2b:
1) It’s very academic and flowery in tone. If you’re not used to it, it can be hard to read. But then again, if you’re not willing to get past that, how are you reading Tale of Genji? lol. In any case, I personally thought the commentary was a lot of fun. Cranston definitely has opinions and can get pretty sarcastic in places, which I found hilarious. Here are a few sample quotes:
“Tamakazura has remarked to herself how superior the Emperor [Reizei] was in looks to all the courtiers in his train (It is a principle with this author that superior people be dashingly handsome or ravishingly beautiful).”
“The ruefully witty poems exchanged between Yugiri and To no Naishi [Koremitsu’s daughter, the Gosechi Dancer] are rather more to my taste than the soggy ones Yugiri and Kumoi no Kari exchanged on their wedding night. Might it be the case that a totally sanctioned relationship is literarily uninspiring?”
“The old lady reaches for the melodramatic ultimate and dies just as Yugiri’s letter arrives.”
The overall effect is like an exceedingly well-educated, gossipy and sassy ride through the entire novel hahaha.
2) Minor typos. I noticed some speckled throughout the text every so often (e.g., Tamakazura being rendered Takakazura, Akashi as Asashi, instances of accidental extra letters, etc.). It was pretty clear what the correct spelling was supposed to be, and TBH considering this is the last of a huge-ass series of over 1300 pages I think it’s forgiveable. Maybe a few that spell-check should have caught, but oh well.
3) This book is NOT CHEAP. As I mentioned in a previous post, not only did I not buy the entire collection, I didn’t even buy a complete Volume 2 - I only bought the last half of the second volume lmao. And the Tale of Genji translations are only HALF of this half of a book. The rest is actually the footnotes, appendices, notes to poems, glossary, bibliography and indices (including indices for every poem by author and by first line) for this beast of a translation/compilation project. This includes a lot of additional commentary and other poems and makes for pretty interesting reading itself, even without the rest of the volumes/parts. The price can definitely be scary and an issue for a lot of people, so if you’re interested in it, I suggest try checking it out at your library or on Google Books first. (In fact, Google Books is how I learned of this book in the first place.)
For me, the depth of insight for the poems was fantastic. It gave me a lot more appreciation for the scenes, including the mental state of the characters, plus a million more symbols, metaphors and ideas for my own creative works like the Genjimonogatari illustration series, North Bound and other original stuff.
It also clarified several fuzzy translation questions I had that relied on specific knowledge of Heian culture and history/evolution of the use of the language and wasn’t easily found in Google searches or online language resources. And even if you’re already familiar with common allusions, metaphors and puns/homophones in Japanese poetry, it’s still helpful to see them all summarized. And sometimes lamented by the book’s author too. SO MANY PONIES EATING GRASS. SO MANY PINES. Especially the pines. (It IS an amazing pun though, especially because it works in both English and Japanese. Pine [tree] -> to pine, matsu/pine tree -> matsu/to wait)
In term of the actual translations themselves, you may still find them coming off a bit roundabout in some cases when comparing to the original Japanese. But overall I find Cranston’s translations more direct/flavourful than how they were rendered in the Tyler translation, partly because of how Tyler chose to juggle his set of translator’s challenges for rendering not only meaning but also more technical aspects of the poetic form. So the imagery ends up being, to me, a lot more vivid. The overall effect usually ends up more colourful, more emotional, more erotic, more cutting, more entertaining, and whatnot.
For example, Kashiwagi’s suitor’s poem in the Kocho/Butterflies chapter. When reading the novel, I was like, uh-huh, yah, OK. When I read it here, I was like whoa, dude, that’s a little intense lol. Cranston’s translation amps up the connotation of the heat of the water based on the rest of the line. For comparison:
(The original non-romaji Japanese in the samples following are thanks to the Japanese Text Initiative from the University of Virginia Library Etext Centre and the University of Pittsburgh East Asian Library. Their Tale of Genji page has a FREAKING AMAZING side-by-side comparison of the novel in original Japanese, modern Japanese and romaji. Bless them and the people who had to organize and wrangle that text together.)
Original Japanese: 思ふとも君は知らじなわきかへり 岩漏る水に色し見えねば Omou to mo / Kimi wa shiraji na / Wakikaeri Iwa moru misu ni / Iro shi mieneba
Tyler version: You can hardly know that my thoughts are all of you, for the stealthy spring welling from the rocks leaves no colour to be seen.
Cranston version: Hardly can you know / Of the longing that I feel, / For the boiling wave / Is merely colorless water / As it drains away from the rock.
Here’s another example. Oigimi (Agemaki in the book, as Cranston used Wayley’s names for the sisters) telling Kaoru that he’s the only one who’s been actually visiting them and Kaoru is like all riiiight :Db! From Shii ga Moto / Beneath the Oak chapter:
Oigimi’s poem 雪深き山のかけはし君ならで またふみかよふ跡を見ぬかな Yuki fukaki / Yama no kakehashi / Kimi narade Mata fumikayou / Ato o minu kana
Tyler: No brush but your own has marked the steep mountain trails buried deep in snow / with footprints, while back and forth letters go across the hills.
Cranston: Over the bridges / Clinging to the cliffs along / Our deep-snow mountains / No letter-bearer leaves his trace: / Those footprints are yours alone.
Kaoru’s reply つららとぢ駒ふみしだく山川を しるべしがてらまづや渡らむ Tsurara toji / Koma fumishidaku / Yamakawa o Shirube shigatera / Mazu ya wataramu
Tyler: Then let it be I who firsts ride across these hills, though on his mission, / where ice under my horse’s hooves crackles along frozen streams.
Cranston: In the sheets of ice / Covering the mountain streams / My steed crushes / Such letters as form my reason, / My first, to cross as a guide.
In other examples, Genji’s “*throws hands in the air* I give up” poetic reply to Suetsumuhana about how she keeps using Robes of Cathay/Chinese cloak imagery in her poems in the original Japanese alongside the translation cracked me up even more. And one of my favourites is a pair of poems between the future Akashi Empress (as a child) and her birth-mother the Akashi lady. It’s really sad, sweet and cute all at the same time and completely flew under my radar when I read the novel originally.
The poetry analysis for the Uji chapters is especially intriguing. The plot pointedly pits Niou against Kaoru as opposing personalities with particular similarities and contrasts that drive their relationship with each other and with the woman they’re competing for. Especially in the latter half of the story, a lot of their poems, even ones written independently (i.e., to Ukifune), are specifically composed to highlight those attributes and play off of each other.
Finally, it’s also super interesting to see my experience with the narrative changes through the lens of the poems. Obviously, as I mentioned, some things I easily missed without paying as much attention to the poems in between the rest of the story. But also, some prominent characters have very few poems, so the narrative shifts away from them. Meanwhile, a number of otherwise very minor or usually overlooked characters stand out even more, thanks to the fineness, loveliness, resonance, and sometimes just sheer consistent presence of their poetry. This book definitely gave me a lot of additional perspective on the Tale of Genji, and enhanced my appreciation of the novel and the skill behind its crafting!
#tale of genji#genji monogatary#waka poetry#a waka anthology#grasses of remembrance#edwin a. cranston#royall tyler#japanese#translation#japanese tranlation#heian period#kaoru chujo#oigimi#agemaki#kashiwagi
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Whatever You Want Princess (M)
Rated M for mature themes and language.
A/N: HEY GUYS!! this isn’t the next part of Blood Relations, I know I know please bear with me, but it’s a Jaebum oneshot! All the fluff in here and some of the smut too! Y’all should thank the gorgeous @chanyeolandthebananas for being my inspiration provider! thank you for giving me fluff ideas that turn into filth xD
Words: 6357
Pairing: Jaebum/Reader
Summary: A casual movie night at your best friend’s only not so “casual”...
“How about I pick the movie for once?”
Jaebum scoffs at your words, his eyes still glued to his laptop screen, searching through his IMDb list.
It’s not the first time you’ve had this conversation. Every time you visit your best friend for the usual Friday movie night instead of going out, you always manage to fight over the movie. Jaebum always wants to watch some low-budget, independent indie movie with a deep meaning, the ending of which provokes more questions than it answers. And while you liked that kind of movies, there was only some amount of them you could see, before you got sick of them. Now, you want something more light-hearted, more comical, to leave you with a pleasant feeling afterward, not food for thought.
And that’s been happening for 8 years.
Since you discovered movies, you both spent your Friday nights, one week on your place and the next on his. When you were kids it was easier, seeing as your houses were next to each other. All you had to do was tell your mother you were going next door and everything would have been fine.
Now, as both of you have moved on to university, you have to take the bus from your dorms to reach Jaebum’s apartment at the other side of the town.
So it’s only fair for you to get to decide which movie you’ll see since he has a car to help him in his transportation in contrast with the dirty seats of the bus you’re taking.
“How about no?” he replies, cocking one eyebrow, as he continues his hunt for a movie, through his watchlist.
You groan in irritation, letting your hands fall to your sides. “Why not? You’re always picking the movie, it’s not fair!” you protest, grabbing one of his pillows to bring it to your lap.
Jaebum chuckles. “Yeah, because I’m the only one with a good taste” he says, nonchalantly, and the way he says it makes you wanna punch him.
You pout, as you hug the pillow closer to your body. That brat. “That’s not true”
“Is to”
“Is not!”
Jaebum turns to look at you with a smile on his face and an endearing glint in his eyes. You find yourself smiling back; it’s one of the effects he has on you, you can’t stay mad at him for long.
He returns his attention back to his laptop. “Whatever you say, princess” he says with a teasing grin.
Your breath catches in your throat for a second, at the nickname, but you conceal it like you’ve managed to conceal all your reactions after all this time.
Damn Jaebum and the ungodly crush you have on him.
Yeah, you like your best friend. Such a paradox huh?
I mean who doesn’t like Jaebum? He is all a girl could dream of, even from when he was a little kid. He is sweet and caring. Protective of you every time something shady happens, but not too much. He is arrogant but only when he’s teasing you, otherwise he’s one of the most humble people you’ve met. And even though he isn’t exactly talkative or open with other people, the moment he wishes to talk, it’s like everyone stops talking out of respect. He evokes this aura of maturity. One that lets him be heard above numerous other people. He is respected.
And let’s not mention the fact, all girls swoon after him because he’s a writer.
And dammit he’s good.
He writes from novels to poems to even songs. Personally, you adore his songs. There seems to be a stronger connection between his words and his music, even though he refuses to admit it. They are bold, demanding to be heard, to be listened to. And listen you do, since you’re the only person he ever showed his songs to.
He’s quite bashful of his songs and even though he has no reason to, you find it endearing. Every time he gets shy, he does his signature move of joining his hands on his lap, meaning he is anxious about your opinion.
But each time, you feel nothing but amazement in the sound of his songs. And each time you find yourself falling harder, with no way to stop the impending fall. Making it more difficult to say no to him. And that’s what happens today too, as you let him choose the movie again.
Which you regret the moment you see the movie is about two best friends falling in love with each other.
It’s going to be a long night.
Throughout the entirety of the movie, you feel more self-conscious by the second.
Again it’s one of these movies, with silent pauses, sad indie music, meaningful shots of fields and long, intense stares. The plot easily reminds you of your relationship with Jaebum, even though the only real similarity is that the two protagonists are best friends. In regards to everything else, the girl isn’t at all similar to you, nor the guy to Jaebum. But despite that, your heartbeat begins rising and your cheeks redden in every possible chance.
The fact you’re both laying on Jaebum’s bed with his arm leisurely hanging around your shoulders isn’t helping either. You’re hyper aware of all the spots his skin touches yours, of all his movements. Your pulse quickens every single one of the times his head turns slightly your way, even if he’s not looking at you, and your palms begin sweating.
And the highlight of it all comes with the confession scene, where the girl reveals to the guy how she truly feels. You can’t take it anymore.
You immediately drag your body further from Jaebum, distancing yourself and you stand up in an instant. You turn to look at him and he’s watching you with furrowed eyebrows, confusion etched into his features. You gulp nervously, as you bite your lower lip.
You need a moment.
“I… I need to pee” you say, quickly and you make your escape to his bathroom, leaving him no time to react.
As soon as the closed door of the bathroom serves as a threshold between you, you let out a long exhale. Great, what are you going to do now? How are you gonna explain yourself to him? You take a look at yourself in the mirror, noticing a permanent expression of panic on your face and you silently curse.
God, I hope he hasn’t noticed.
You open the tap and splash some water on your face to get rid of the redness. You’re thankful Jaebum hasn’t come over to check on you and you hope the confession scene will be done, by the moment you return to his bed.
But, alas, when you step out of your ‘sanctuary’ you realize Jaebum has paused the movie, in the middle of that exact scene. Waiting for you.
Well, fuck.
“Are you okay?”
You frown at the worry in his voice. You really hoped he wouldn’t pick on anything, but it seems your hopes were futile. You look at him, the concern hiding in his eyes is almost tangible and you walk over to him. Resuming your previous spot but with more distance between the two of you.
Jaebum cocks an eyebrow as he waits for your response.
You just shrug your shoulders, defensively. You need to throw him off, so he doesn’t suspect anything. It is the first time you are so awkward around him, so he’s bound to feel that something is wrong.
You stare at the laptop, deliberately ignoring his gaze. “I’m just a bit tired, that’s all…” you say indifferently, hoping to throw him off.
Jaebum stares at you with an unreadable expression and for a moment you’re afraid he won’t let it drop. You swear he can hear your heart beating like a drum inside your chest.
Then he nods softly. “Okay…” he moves his hand to unpause the movie and you feel yourself panicking again. You won’t be able to go through the movie at this rate. So you do the only logical thing that comes to mind.
Yell.
“NO!”
Jaebum jumps at the volume of your voice, his hand stopping mid-air, just above the space button. His eyes are wide with surprise and confusion as he stares at you in disbelief.
You press your lips together, sensing the situation becoming more awkward than you expected. Maybe you shouldn’t have yelled.
You laugh nervously. “... I’m really sleepy right now, so can we pass the movie and fall asleep instead?”
Jaebum’s baffled expression seems knitted to his face and it worries you that you might fucked up worse than you think.
“Um, okay…” he replies hesitantly, as he takes his fingers away from the button to move his laptop to his desk.
You stand on your feet and move to your bag to take out your pajamas. And as you go through your stuff, a memory flushes in front of your eyes, the image of your pjs laying on your bed, before you took off for Jaebum.
“Shit” you curse under your breath. You can’t wear your clothes to bed, you have classes tomorrow.
“What is it now?” you hear Jaebum exhale, tiredly.
“I forgot my pajamas at my place…” you sigh in annoyance, as you continue to look for them hopelessly, inside your bag in case you haven’t seen them. But nope. The pajamas are still missing.
Jaebum straightens up, in silent surprise, a wave of realization passing through his features.
“Oh… you can wear one of my t-shirts…”
You freeze when you hear his words, turning your head to his direction, faster than light. The last thing you want is his smell clinging to you for the next day. “Um, no, no, no, it’s okay, I’ll just wear my-”
“You have classes tomorrow, you can’t wear your clothes to sleep. Unless you wanna look like an old, wrinkled newspaper…” Jaebum cuts you off, with a wicked grin to match his teasing words.
Damn, he’s right, you can’t argue with that. Although you secretly indulge in his scent. It’s comforting and addicting.
You look at him doe-eyed before responding. “Um, okay then…”
Jaebum throws you one of his shirts and you catch it mid-air. You know this one well. It’s one of his favorites, if not his favorite. It’s black and its sleeves reach your elbows and a print of Bart Simpson’s face is on it. It’s practically a part of him now. He wears it almost every single day.
Although it’s recently washed, Jaebum’s scent is distinct all over it.
You silently curse yourself again, as you realize the smell will most likely follow you for the entirety of the next day. But simultaneously you can’t get enough of it.
Does that make you a pervert? Cause you, sure as hell, feel like one.
You walk out of the bathroom, after changing. At least, the shirt is long enough to cover you mid-thigh, so any unwanted revelations are avoided.
You contemplated on leaving your bra on or taking it off, since you always get rid of it when sleeping, even when you were sleeping over at Jaebum’s. But this time, you can’t neglect that nervous feeling that settles at the pit of your stomach at the thought of you being braless in the same room as Jaebum.
Finally, you decide to take it off, in a futile attempt to make this night as normal as it can be. Jaebum has seen you without a bra before so it shouldn't matter.
Of course, that was when you were a lot younger, but you try to convince yourself it’s okay. Friends don’t feel awkward about this kind of stuff.
Right?
As you walk back into the room, you’re met with a sight that used to be a routine for you, but lately, it has become a constant nightmare.
Jaebum has only prepared his bed for the night. Which means you will be sleeping next to each other. And that is normal for you, you think, or at least it was.
You gulp nervously. The last time this happened, was over two weeks ago when you had stayed here for the night. Everything was going smoothly, just another Friday night watching movies and talking until 3 am, falling asleep peacefully next to each other.
But when you woke up the next morning, for the first time before Jaebum, another sight served to remind you that Jaebum was also a man, besides your best friend.
His shirt had ridden up, revealing that small patch of skin below his belly button, where his happy trail was. The muscles and veins there were tensed and visible, and for a moment you felt your mouth water.
That was before you saw the tent in his pants.
At that moment you panicked, your cheeks flushing red. Your eyes stayed glued there like you were trapped in some sort of spell. And you hate to admit it, but beyond the panic and embarrassment, another familiar feeling started building inside you, and more specifically between your legs.
In a matter of seconds, you were wet because of your best friend’s morning wood.
And as Jaebum stirred in his sleep, you quickly turned your back at him and hid under the covers. As the time passed by and Jaebum woke up and walked to the bathroom you felt more and more like a pervert. That’s why you are so afraid of tonight.
It wasn’t your fault, okay? He just is too damn handsome.
You’re too lost in your own thoughts to hear Jaebum coughing to get your attention.
“Hey, earth calling Y/N” he says louder and suddenly you see a hand waving in front of your eyes to wake you up.
You jump, slightly startled and you see Jaebum standing in front of you with an unreadable expression. His eyes move for a fraction of a second to his t-shirt you’re wearing and then they become weirdly fixed to your face. A shiver runs down your spine, at the feeling of his eyes on you.
“What?” you reply, quietly, remembering he talked to you.
“I said get into bed” his voice booms through the room and you turn your eyes to said bed. You gulp again, feeling your stomach tightening with anxiety.
This is stupid. You have never been like this before. It’s just Jaebum.
Just Jaebum. It sounds so ironic when he’s the main reason you’re like this.
You nod and walk straight to bed. You crawl under the covers and Jaebum follows you, laying on the bed. You turn your back to him to face the wall, immediately after. You know you’re making things even weirder, but you have to do this for the sake of your heart, or else you are going to die from a heart attack.
“Goodnight!” you swiftly say, as you switch off the bedside lamp on your side. Like this, with the lights closed and your back turned to him, it gives him no chance to engage in conversation. It’s better this way.
Jaebum stands still, sitting on the bed. Looking at you with blank eyes, confused beyond his wits. Usually, you two wouldn’t go straight to sleep. You would talk for hours until one of you fell asleep or until the sun came out. What has gotten into you?
He mumbles a quiet ‘goodnight’ back before he turns his light off too and he dives under the covers.
When you hear Jaebum’s movements, meaning he’s going to sleep as well, you let out a silent exhale of relief, while mentally slapping yourself. Why did you have to make things so weird?
Well, you guess there’s no going back now. Maybe you can settle things over in the morning. And by settle things you don’t mean telling him the truth, but rather finding an excuse that will satisfy his curiosity.
Once again you’re too lost in your thoughts trying to find the perfect excuse.
So when Jaebum’s hand circle around your waist to push your back against his chest, you yelp in surprise.
Jaebum laughs quietly, the sound dangerously close to your ears. “Calm down, it’s just me…” he whispers to your hair, making you shiver.
If only he knew he’s the reason you can’t calm down at all.
When he realizes you’re still too tense in his arms he speaks again.
“What’s up with you today?” you hear his curious voice reverberating on our neck and another chill comes over you.
Why are you so nervous? You have cuddled before and you were okay with it.
Damn, you can’t get the image of last time out of your head.
“N-n-nothing… Nothing is up” you reply, trying to convince him. God, why does your voice sound so shaky? He’s definitely onto something.
Jaebum chuckles against your shoulder, his skin barely touching yours. “Really? Is that why you’ve been acting so strange today?”
Fuck. You nervously swallow, suddenly feeling your neck going dry. “I told you I’m fine…” you mumble, not very convincingly.
Jaebum scoffs this time. “I’m not stupid. There is obviously something bothering you”
When you don’t reply yet again, he continues. “I’m your best friend. You’re supposed to tell me when something’s bothering you, Y/N”
You frown at the ‘best friend’ part. You know that already, he doesn’t have to remind you.
You sigh, resigned. “I know I just… Can we not talk about this now?” you say trying to buy a little more time to think of an appropriate answer. You slowly begin to relax against him and this seems more and more like your usual nights. You’re happy this situation slowly returns back to normal. You’re not willing to ruin this yet.
Jaebum lets out a breath as he nods behind you. “Okay, whatever you want… Let’s go to sleep…”. Although you’re quite surprised he lets it go that easily, you’re relieved. So you mumble a silent ‘thank you’ before you close your eyes, ready to fall asleep.
Only Jaebum has different plans, as he swiftly turns you on your back and he hovers above you.
The air is getting sucked out of your lungs and you lose your words at the back of your throat out of pure shock. You look at him dumbstruck, his black hair falling in front of his eyes, which stare at you intensely.
Again, all relaxation and comfort fly out the window and you’re too self-aware of the way his t-shirt has ridden up your thighs, barely covering your underwear. Your heart beats miraculously fast inside your chest, so much you think you’re gonna pass out.
Jaebum breathes heavily above you, and for a moment he gets distracted by something. You see his eyes focus and unfocus on you repeatedly before his gaze returns to your face.
This time it’s his turn to gulp.
“So are you gonna tell me the truth or do I have to get it out of you?”
Shit.
Shit, shit, shit.
Your pulse quickens at his words. Your face flushes red.
It seems like you’re officially and royally fucked.
“Jaebum what are you-”
“Well, seems to me like you have chosen the second option…” he whispers, his voice gruff, giving you no time to actually reply. He lowers himself on top of you, his chest barely against yours.
Your mind goes into overdrive. What the hell is going on? Is this a dream?
“Do you really think I haven’t noticed the way you act around me lately? You lose your words almost every day…”
“Th-th-that’s not true-” you try to defend yourself. But who are you kidding? This time it’s obvious.
“You refuse to look me in the eyes when I talk to you-”
“I-I don’t know what you mean-” you reply, as your eyes rest on the ceiling instead of him.
“You’re all tense and uncomfortable around me even in situations where you weren’t before-”
“Okay, okay I get it!” you claim loudly as you try to push him away. Unsuccessfully that is.
Jaebum tilts his head curiously, his eyes burning yours. Shallow breaths leave your lips at the image of him above you. There is a subtle dark glint in his eyes, which causes chills to come through you. He looks dark and addicting, like a deep, dark river that calls you to lose yourself in it, and you do even though you’ll ultimately drown.
“So?” he whispers lowly.
You huff. “Since you have it all figured out, why don’t you tell me instead?” you cross your hands defensively on your chest trying to play it cool when in reality you’re one step away from going completely mad.
But you feel your confidence slowly building up in time. His reactions make it so. It’s as if he’s testing you and he wants you to react this way. You realize there’s more to the situation you haven’t seen before.
Maybe he likes you back.
Jaebum gives you a dark smirk, as his hand pushes some strands of hair behind your ear. “Let me propose something else…” he mutters in thought.
“What about I do something and I figure it out from your reaction to it?” his mystical words confuse you even more, as he waits for your response. The air is thick with unsaid emotions as you continue to stare into each other's eyes.
When you nod it only takes him a second to smirk again, and then you feel his lips softly brush yours, unsure, testing. But when your lips start moving against him, a sense of confidence rushes through him and he presses himself closer to you. You tangle your hands in his locks to encourage him.
It feels like your heart just exploded. Jaebum is kissing you and you’re kissing him back. What you wanted for so long is finally happening and you can barely wrap your head around it.
This is not a dream. It’s real. It’s really happening.
You feel like you’re flying.
Soon the kiss becomes more heated and you find it difficult to breathe, so you break the kiss to regain your breath. Your faces stay pretty close to each other even though you’re not kissing, and your heavy breaths mingle, as you stare into each other’s lips.
God, you really hope this isn’t a dream.
“Well, I guess I was right then. You like me” he speaks breathlessly. And then you see the warmest, most sincere smile taking over his lips. Your eyes move to his and you see them full of excitement and hope. They are sparking. His face, a face of pure joy. He looks more beautiful than ever.
You feel your cheeks heat again, as you can do nothing but stare dreamily at his eyes.
Jaebum chuckles, the sound perfect to your ears. “God look at you, you’re blushing” he whispers in a teasing but affectionate tone.
At his words, you blush even harder and lose your train of thought, which result in you, opening and closing your mouth like a fish. How does he have that effect on you?
“Well, what did you expect me to do? Dance naked around the house?” you protest.
Jaebum pretends to think about it for a second. “Hmm, I wouldn’t say no to that”
You huff, feeling the atmosphere going back to normal. “Jerk…” you mumble teasingly with a smile. Jaebum smiles back and your heartbeat begins rising again.
“You love it though”
At this you freeze, your smile gradually disappearing from your face, while you stare at him with wide eyes. Was he..?
No. No, it couldn’t be.
As soon as Jaebum sees your reaction, his smile falters as he realizes his choice of words.
“Um, no, I - I didn’t mean it like that!” he says quickly and he struggles to continue. “It’s way too soon! Not that I mind or anything, I mean if you do that’s fine by me! Wait no that didn’t come out right, I mean I’ve been waiting for this since high school so if you do, god please tell me that you do, I’d like to know, why am I talking this much-”
You silence his ongoing rant with a kiss, and this time you’re the one that’s taken him by surprise.
When you move away to see his reaction, he’s still frozen with an expression of panic, only now his eyes are glued to you. God, he’s so cute.
“I do, by the way…” you mutter shyly, smiling softly at him.
He blinks at you and then his face reddens. He’s embarrassed. Oh my god, Jaebum is embarrassed because of you.
Are we sure this is not a dream? Cause if it is, I don’t wanna wake up.
“Oh, um…” he replies, shyly, looking anywhere but you as he rubs the back of his neck. “I-I-I do too…” he whispers while hiding his face in the crook of your neck.
You feel like you’re gonna burst with happiness. Jaebum likes you back. No, he loves you too. And he even said he’s been waiting since high school. Is this what bliss feels like? You find it impossible to keep a straight face and you smile.
You giggle softly, as your fingers stroke his hair in tender motions.
“Why are you laughing…?” he mumbles against your neck and you can almost see his pouty face in your mind.
You bite your lower lip to refrain from laughing again, but you can’t help the smile that seems glued to your face by now.
“Nothing, I just… It feels surreal…” you whisper to his ear, as you keep on brushing your fingers through his hair.
He snorts lightly. “Tell me about it. It feels like my high school self is gonna have a heart attack”
There it is again.
You move to the side slightly to look at him better.
“What do you mean by that?” you ask, suddenly anxious but excited for his answer.
His eyes find yours and he gulps. His face looks like that of a child when it’s confessing to its crush, a similar situation to yours.
It’s adorable.
“I mean… I’ve - I’ve liked you since high school…”
Your smile widens even more.
“Then I think we’re both stupid for waiting that long since I’ve liked you since high school too”
When you say that, the brightness in his eyes can rival that of the sun.
And his smile is the most beautiful thing you’ve seen.
You ended up talking till 3 am and it wasn’t at all weird. It felt natural like it did before, only now both of you know about the feelings each other has and embracing them.
Jaebum explained to you, that he always wakes up before you, due to his situation down there, cause he didn’t want to make you feel uncomfortable. But when that event took place two weeks ago, he was slightly awake when he realized you had hidden under the covers. That’s why he decided to act now. Even though he never was completely certain you felt the same, he could only hope. And when he saw your reaction to him, today, it was like a gentle push for him to act.
After some time you began feeling sleepy so you fell asleep having Jaebum’s arms secured around you.
It is one of the best nights of sleep you ever had.
You wake up the next morning, by the soft rays of sunshine that peek through the blinds.
You blink slowly, as you take in the picture of Jaebum’s room, bathing into the soft morning light, a feeling of coziness and softness floating in the air.
And when you turn around and see Jaebum peacefully sleeping next to you, with his hands around your waist, you’re sure you know what bliss is.
You smile at yourself as you brush your fingers through his hair that fall in front of his eyes.
Jaebum stirs in his sleep and then he’s waking up with a yawn. His eyes are dazed by sleep but then they focus on you and he smiles drowsily.
“Hey…” he mumbles, his voice rough from sleep. Did he have to sound so sultry first thing in the morning?
“Hey…” you shift closer to him and kiss his cheek gently.
He’s still a little sleepy but he smiles wider when your lips touch his skin.
“How did you sleep?” he asks.
“Great. And you?”
He smiles again. “Perfect. Like a baby”
You exhale through your nose, as one side of your lips quirks up.
You lay there, side by side, blissfully staring into each other's eyes, basking in each other’s presence.
Jaebum brushes your hair behind your ear lovingly then he moves closer to plant a soft kiss on your lips.
You keep him there, as your hands travel to his neck to push him against you. His lips lazily caress yours, as he slowly turns you on your back and he hovers above you.
Your hands move to the nape of his neck, tangling through his locks, as he languidly opens your mouth with his tongue. You let him taste you, as you let a soft moan escape your lips.
Then his mouth moves to the skin of your neck, planting kisses and soft bites, while his hands begin wandering up your thighs and they reach the hem of your shirt.
When he delivers a particularly rough bite on your neck, you gasp at the sensation.
“Jaebum…” you sigh in pleasure.
“God, I could hear you say my name every day for the rest of my life…” he whispers against your neck and he resumes in leaving blue and purple marks all over your skin.
“Do you know how difficult it was not to kiss you right then and there when you walked out of the bathroom, wearing my t-shirt?” he demands, as his fingers slowly push the fabric upwards.
You don’t answer, too absorbed on the feeling of his lips his fingers on your body.
“Jaebum…” you moan again.
He continues leaving soft kisses on your skin while he answers. “What is it?”
You take a breath. “Take your shirt off…”
You feel him smirking against you and then he moves to obey your command.
He takes off his white t-shirt and while he throws it on the other side of the room, leaving him with a pair of black shorts on, your eyes pry on his upper body. His muscles are well defined but not in a buff kind of way, but just enough to have your thighs rubbing together.
Then he lowers himself on top of you once more, his hands resting on either side of your body. “What next, princess?”
Again that nickname has a special effect on you and you feel your panties getting damper.
“Take off my shirt”
At your words, he smirks again and he lowers his head to the area above your panties, where a small patch of skin is visible. He pushes again the fabric upwards, but slowly, as he leaves tender kisses on your skin, and you breathe heavily.
He takes his time. This isn’t about rushing. He wants to do this right.
When the hem of your shirt reaches the skin before your breasts, Jaebum takes it off at once and throws it to the other side of the room, to keep company with his shirt.
And the moment he looks down at your chest he curses.
“Fuck” he grumbles. “Were you not wearing a bra? Do you want to kill me?” he says before lowering his mouth to your breast and taking one nipple into his lips.
You gasp again at the sensation, while his tongue leaves a wet trail around the buds, making you shiver every time he blows on it.
His hand begins moving downward to your tummy and then follow the line of your underwear. You suck in a breath, waiting for the moment his fingers will touch you and when he caresses your folds through the fabric, even though the motion is minuscule, you clench.
And when his fingers finally take off your underwear and he places one finger inside you, you almost cry out loud.
His lips find yours in a lazy kiss, as his finger moves inside you slowly. God, this is too much, you think as he adds a second finger.
You moan his name against his lips as the pleasure begins to build. He continues pushing his digits in and out of you, in a leisured fashion, but that’s only showing he’s taking his time with you. A thought that weirdly turns you on even more.
“Jaebum, I… I’m gonna-” you say through short, shallow breaths as you feel your orgasm nearing. But then Jaebum retracts his fingers from you while kissing you again.
“No, not like this… I want to be inside you…” he whispers, the sound sensual to your ears and then he moves to take off his shorts. When he’s left only with his boxers on, you notice the obvious tent in his briefs and your mouth waters.
You move your fingers to his hips, to help him get rid of them and when he’s finally free from his confinements, his cock springs out, resting against his stomach. He’s so hard it almost looks painful, a drop of precum leaking from the tip.
You begin reaching for his cock when he stops you again. “No… We’ll have plenty of time… Right now I need to feel you…” he says softly and he reaches for a condom from his drawers.
As soon as he brings it out, you take it from his hands, ripping the foil wrapper off. You roll it on his length carefully, and as you stroke him slowly, Jaebum sighs in content, his head hang low above yours.
He moves closer to you, his chest barely touching yours, as you guide his tip to your entrance.
And with a deep breath, Jaebum suddenly moves, stretching you as he’s buried deep inside you.
You gasp loudly, as your hands grab on his shoulders, and unsteady breaths leave your lips, at the feeling of him filling you up.
Jaebum breathes against the crook of your neck before speaking.
“Are you okay?”
You nod quickly, with eyes closed, as your hands clutch harder at his skin.
“Yes. Just move please” you whisper weakly.
Then Jaebum starts rolling his hips lazily, as one of his hands rest on one side of you for support while the other intertwines with your fingers.
The pleasure is too much. You’re feeling it building inside you with every move, every lazy thrust, every adoring look, every breathy moan. Never in your wildest dreams have you imagined this would happen, but now that it is you can’t be more content. More complete.
As Jaebum continues thrusting lazily into you, his groans match to your moans of pleasure. And the sounds he makes in combination with his tip brushing your g-spot over and over again, make you feel as you’re about to explode, digging your nails deeper into his skin.
He never picks up the pace, and that doesn’t bother you at all. The way he moves, the way he looks at you with an intimate passion are enough for you to feel satisfied.
And after a while, when his thrusts have turned sloppier, one last thrust has you unraveling before him.
You orgasm with a loud cry of his name, as your nails graze his back, roughly, marks surely left behind. Jaebum hisses at the feeling but it only adds to his own pleasure and soon after he cums with a loud moan.
Then he stops moving, as the two of you breathe heavily against each other. You lay there for a moment trying to catch your breaths before Jaebum places a kiss on your forehead. Then he gets up to throw away the condom and he returns with a wet towel to clean you up.
All the while asking how you’re doing.
“Are you okay?” he asks again, as he leaves the towel on the floor and he climbs back to the bed.
You laugh lightly at his concern. “I’m more than okay…” you say, tiredly as his arms wrap around your frame to push you to him, both of you laying on your sides.
“Can we go back to sleep for another hour?” you mumble, sleepily as you look at him through your eyelashes.
The look Jaebum gives you is nothing short of loving and he smiles again.
That stunning smile that makes you weak and serves as a reminder of why you fell in love with him.
“Whatever you want princess” he says, repeating his teasing words from before.
And, while before you kept thinking this might be a dream, you’re sure now it isn’t.
No dream can bring you this much happiness.
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