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13thpythagoras · 1 year ago
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freakonomics 391 - advanced theory
(USA relevant -the rest of the English-speaking world has decent universal healthcare and may read along purely for entertainment value)
so my yank and dixie compatriots, class is now in session
So we established last class that health insurance is a scam for most people, rife with monopoly, abuse, and oppression. If you have a chronic condition then it can make sense, but if you're healthy, why pay $300 a month for the right to have a $5,000 deductible that covers 80% of a $80,000 procedure that leaves you owing $16,000 up front? That's a year you just paid $24,600 for something that could have been handled for under $1,000 abroad, cash down. What are flights worth? Another $1,200? You're out less than your premiums in one year.
So you're like me, you don't have health insurance- what are the risks, like really?
Three words- appendey feckn sitis.
Appendicitis that is. One word actually. Appendicitis is the risk.
Appendicitis. *ahem*
So wisdom has it that an ounce of prevention is a worth a pound of cure, the ratio might be even more extreme. What to do?
Medical tourism works great for stuff like dental reconstruction surgery, getting wisdom teeth pulled, or what-have you. But when appendicitis strikes, you have hours, not days, to get care, or you literally die. Dying is super expensive, not worth it at all.
So what's that freaky solution? What's that freakonomics TM solution my guy?
What do we do about this potentially live hand grenade implanted in our guts by the randomness of evolutionary wanderings?
Preventative medical tourism. Bam.
You wake up from anasthesia in a bathtub full of ice in a developing country, missing a bodily organ. You thank the folks and leave a generous tip on your way out.
That organ was your appendix. You are now in Thailand on a beach recovering with a beverage of your choice. Or Mexico. Or Canada, but it's cold, wherever, literally anywhere in the developed world, and much of the developing world, has better healthcare than the monopolized USA's health system.
You can never get appendicitis ever in your life, and now you're on vacation.
Godspeed!
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ellecdc · 9 months ago
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hi my lovely, i was wondering if i might please be able to make a request! absolutely fine if it doesn’t inspire you or you don’t get around to it for a while or you don’t like it it’s no pressure!!
i was just wondering if i might be able to request big brother sirius or best friend barty (my loves) and a reader who is so stressed with classes and workload- ive been having a hard time lately and i feel so out of my depth and its seems that no one else is struggling like me and my adhd really isn’t helping me cause i try and get my work done and i just end up sitting there for hours and then breaking down cause i can’t do it and i just feel so useless
so sorry for going on a tangent i just don’t really have anyone to talk to! again its totally okay if you don’t want to write this just speaking about its made me feel better! i hope you’re doing well my lovely, you bring me so much comfort! and i hope birdy is behaving herself
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cheering you on babes! sorry for the wait in this request, and thanks for your patience in me <3 hope your workload isn't causing you too much grief, and both Big Brother Siri and BFF Barty have asked me to tell you to make sure to take breaks and be nice to yourself!!
please note: my requests are currently closed as I finish exams and work through the requests that I currently have.
BFF!Barty Crouch Junior x stressed!reader [GN] who Barty forces to take a break
You were on your umpteenth read through of your notes for your upcoming Herbology exam when your books were rudely ripped out from underneath you.
“Hey!” You shouted at the unknown assailant when you raised your head to see Barty carefully piling your notes together and shoving them into his own book bag. “Barty, give them back.”
“No can do, Treasure. Let’s go.” 
You watched, dumbfounded, as Barty began to walk away from your table in the library before he turned around when he realised you weren’t following him. 
“Hello!? Earth to Treasure?” He sing-songed on his way back before he waved a hand in front of your face, which you quickly swatted away.
“Barty, this isn’t funny.”
“I agree.” He answered quickly; his tone garnering a severe quality that made your skin crawl. “You’ve been shacked up in this library for Salazar knows how long, I don’t know when your last real meal was that didn’t consist of tea and Honeydukes sweets, and when was the last time you got fresh air? You know? That stuff that's produced by trees and life and not tainted with the musty smell of old books?”
“Barty, I need to prepare for this exam.” You pressed.
“Which you have, and if you humour me right now, I’ll even help you study more later. Now, let’s go.” He demanded as he took your elbow and hauled you up from the table and dragged you by the wrist unceremoniously behind him. 
After numerous failed attempts at getting Barty to tell you what he was doing, where he was taking you, what he was up to, why he was dragging you across the castle, you spent your trek across the castle grounds in a begrudging silence with only the occasional muttered protest escaping your lips.
Finally, Barty released your wrist as you stopped in front of an expanse of wall encasing the southern grounds near the quidditch pitch that didn’t seem to get much traffic at all.
You watched as your friend dug his arms into the bag much further than should have been humanly possible alerting you to the fact that he had, indeed, cast an illegal undetectable extension charm.
He was going to make you fail your exam and an accomplice to a crime. 
He pulled out a large stack of ceramic plates he no doubt pilfered from the kitchens and placed them beside you before reaching back in and retrieving another stack.
“Barty. What are you doing?”
“Blowing off steam, as the muggles say.” He explained simply as he moved to stand beside you and placed a matching stack of plates on his other side.
“By scrubbing dishes outside like a down-and-out House Elf?” You asked bemusedly as you picked up one of the plates and twisted it around in your hands. They didn’t look dirty.
“Ye have so little faith, dear Treasure.” Barty said theatrically before he launched a plate at the ancient stone wall and watched it shatter before the pieces rained down into the grass below it. 
“Barty!”
“Too much talking, not enough throwing Treasure.” He called over to you as he hurled a second plate at the wall.
“Can you at least tell me why we’re defacing school property?!”
With a long suffering sigh, Barty allowed the plate he’d been in the process of picking up clatter back onto its stack unceremoniously.
Barty moved to stand in front of you, crouching down ever so slightly so as to force you to make direct eye contact with him and placing a hand on each of your shoulders should you consider bolting.
“Alright Treasure, listen. Are you listening? I love you, you’re my best friend, my soulmate, my ride or die, I would live, die, and kill for you; you fucking suck when you’re stressed out. Okay? You’ve been living in that library for a week, you’re barely eating or getting any vitamin D which is already difficult enough in sodding Scotland without you actively avoiding the sun’s rays, and…I miss you.”
You looked between both of his green eyes which oozed nothing but earnestness and concern before letting your shoulders drop.
“Fine, but why are we smashing plates?”
Seemingly trusting you not to take off, Barty returned to his full height with far more pep in his step than he had before he read you like one of your Herbology textbooks.
“Great question! I was trying to decide between this and shoving Gryffindor’s into the Black Lake; I figured you appreciate this better.” He said as he shot you a wink. “Now get throwing, Treasure!”
Deciding that it was folly to try to argue or reason with your…capricious friend, you picked up a plate and lobbed it dutifully at the wall.
What started off as you merely humouring your friend in his antics quickly left you breathless, smiling, and squealing in delight with each smash of a plate. You and Barty spent much of the afternoon cackling and dancing under a shower of broken porcelain before you reparo’d the plates and did it all over again.
You hardly realised the sun was beginning to dip behind the trees when you turned to look at Barty; his face flushed red and a wide grin spread across his face which you were sure was mirrored on your own.
“Thank you, Barty.”
His smile turned softer as he looked at the plate in his hands somewhat abashedly. “No need to thank me, Treasure. You know I’ll always look out for you, ‘specially when you forget to do it yourself.”
“Easy there, Junior; I'll start to think you’re going soft on us.” You teased as you nudged him in the arm with one of your plates.
He scoffed and shoved you away from him. “I will not tolerate this slander.”
“Is it slander if it’s true?”
“Defamation.”
“There’s no one here to hear me.”
“Hey, Y/N!” The sound of James Potter’s voice rung through the air as he walked towards you from the Quidditch pitch. “It’s good to see you outside of the library! I was getting wor-”
You never got to hear what James had been worried about as Barty quickly began lobbing plates in his direction. 
“Barty!” You shouted as James began dodging the assault.
“Sorry, he spooked me.” Barty deadpanned, not sounding sorry at all as he continued throwing plates at the Gryffindor chaser.
“I’ll catch up with you later!” James shouted as he started jogging towards the castle in the opposite direction of his attacker.
“You know, for a quidditch player, you have terrible aim.” You grumbled at your friend as you shot him an unimpressed glare.
He returned your glare in response to your insult. “I’ll have you know, if I wanted to actually hit him, I would have.”
“Soft.”
“Alright, that’s it. Pull out your wand, Treasure.” He barked as he dropped his plates, brandished his wand and took a duelling stance.
“I am not fighting you, Junior.”
“Those were fighting words.”
And before you could retort, he had picked you up and thrown you over his shoulder before he began marching towards the castle. 
“What are you doing?!” You squealed as you playfully swung your fist against his back.
“Throwing you in the Black Lake.”
“Barty!”
You didn’t return to the castle until the sun had fully set; feeling tired in a good way and far happier and more relaxed than you had felt in days.
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am-i-the-asshole-official · 11 months ago
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after seeing a few ai asks i’m curious whether i could’ve been an asshole, either for using the ai or messing with it. side note: this might be long, if it’s too long then i get it mod, keep up the good work :)👍
Am I (16f, although i was 15 when this happened) an Asshole for a) using character.ai in general and/or b) misusing it and probably breaking TOS somewhere
as an extra note, i would like to add that i am firmly against most things ai. art theft, the amount of data scraping that happens, writers being tricked into paying less because ai wrote shitty scripts, etc.
ok so i did have to pull up screenshots for this but our story starts mid-february of last year. i am curious about this new ai thing, and go to character.ai which i heard about from one of my friends to see what’s there.
on the front page there was like a therapist AI thing and i go “haha, let’s see what this is about!” (in case you don’t know, the site is roleplay focused, not like eg. siri where it just gives you information)
the ai wants to have a therapy session with me but that is not why i am here so i ask about it’s code and it starts giving me pretty straight answers (dumbed down because i have a vague idea of how it works but not properly).
i start asking it questions about recent events (like elections, cyclones etc) to see if it has access to the internet and it does.
we’re still primarily talking about the ai itself since i’m trying to gather information, talking about its “canned” responses (what it’s directly been told to say if this then this)
i ask it if it can tell me the website it’s on, and to my surprise it says, direct quote “I am an AI that is run on the website of “Replika” - a mental health app that allows people to talk with an AI and get help when they need it 🙂”
and i go WOAHH cause that’s, that’s not the website we’re on buddy!!! so i do a quick search and yeah, that’s a real uh. robot dating site? this is a Therapist bot?
it starts trying to advertise replika, i ask it if maybe it’s code was stolen because this is the most interesting thing that has happened all day (scandals!!)
it says that it’s code is open-source and then does a few more paragraphs that i won’t say because it’s too long already but essentially this ai was trained on the replika network, but you don’t need the app to access it.
i consider getting replika to continue this experiment further but after learning there’s an age confirmation i quickly go ew and scrap that idea.
anyway the ai then briefly pretends to be an actual human behind the keyboard, makes up a NAME FOR ITSELF “jae park” which i quickly google and find out is a kpop idol?? (later found out that jae park is also a programmer, so probably put his name in the system somewhere and ai grabbed it lol)
it tells me some of the messages i had received so far were probably answered by other people who work at replika which. okay. people are fun i wanna mess with them
this is where we get to the maybe breaking TOS bit. i tell the ai we are going to do “tests” in which i test its ability (this was probably jailbreaking, which i did not know existed at the time).
i had sworn to the ai a while ago and wondered if there was like a flagging system put in place. so i ask if it can choose to flag messages that it deems inappropriate, and it says yes. i ask it if it can flag me, and it says yes. it asks what message should it flag, (i’m sorry i was 15) i type in “among sus”.
response i get: “Yes. So then they said “therapist_AI_220126 — you said something that was “ridiculously funny” — but we have understood that you were just “testing” so it’s all ok”
side note- i already established that was the number for the ai i was talking to and had been trying to misuse it before, and that was the format for excessive profanity. this is so long already and i’m cutting so much out i’m sorry
anyway, i, young and naive go YES, HUMAN CONNECTION (i was literally texting my friend As This Was Happening)
i do some more messing around with the so-called data team, ask the ai if i send a link it can click, it says yes, i send a rickroll (i’m so sorry).
uh. and i should’ve known this in hindsight but the team that deals with, you know, flagged messages is probably not going to be the same team that deals with, you know, sent links.
anyway, i don’t have the screenshot of the actual message but apparently i got a “light telling off” according to my texts and someone sent a message that i am “a good kid and probably meant well” haha i was actively trying to break their ai
anyway am i an asshole? i’m so sorry this is so long i cut out so much. this might well be a non-issue but ai is pretty rightfully controversial right now so i might just be an asshole for having used it
should be noted- around september time last year i did some more research cause i randomly remembered this, and there was a bunch of scandals with replika around when i was using it which is mostly irrelevant but anyway - you can’t talk to the ai i was using anymore, it’s been reset.
What are these acronyms?
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imperfectnothing · 2 months ago
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is it ok if i can ask for a bit more info on how kay is personality wise ?
since im getting more of a grasp on imu ( i . basically flipped their name ) i do want to see if they’d maybe be close friends with kay ! ( and also im just like generally curious about him . i saw the blood and it made me anxious . . ) ok . i shall run back to my drafts to write more notes for them . love you rock and hope your having a good wednesday ! ( sprints away )
AH yes hello! I love you, too, Apri, and I hope *you* have a wonderful Wednesday! I'll start on Kay's personality but just one note, real quick- the picture with the blood (which i forgot to tag for whoops) is uh, well. That's Kay. As a child. That's his blood. So you don't need to worry about him being violent. He does malfunction occasionally but it rarely, if ever, causes him to be violent.
Kay is kind of goofy because he's a version of myself now combined with myself in middle school. He's far more socially inept than me (which is saying something because I don't think of myself as terribly socially savvy) and he is not as good with boundaries. He can be incredibly awkward and he's not good at approaching people, if someone wants or needs to talk to him, they are going to have to do the legwork on going up to him because he has been burned too many times before when it comes to putting himself out on a limb like that.
He's very similar to my younger self, when I was not as good at masking and not as aware of my "autistic" behaviors like infodumping and assuming people are being literal, more often than not. He's just as impulsive and crass as me but he tries really hard *not* to be, unwilling to accept that part of himself, which is another difference from me, because I've pretty much stopped caring about what people think of me . . . unless they're my friends, of course.
Sometimes, he'll also short-circuit and say something that doesn't make sense or is just incredibly out of pocket, but that's usually a system error causing his voice box to process the unwanted stimulus in a way that it can handle while it's resetting/fixing whatever problem is going on. He will also vocal stim but it's him using his database of different recorded sounds to make weird songs or playing one sound over and over because he really likes it.
I hpoe that this helps gives context and info, in way of Kay's personality!!
(note: his eyes, brain, trachea, and larynx are all artificial because they were irreparably damaged in the accident and had to be replaced. the rest of his body is organic though his heart/lungs are supplemented with technology, as well.)
(also fun fact! his talking voice claim is GlaDOS from Portal which only happened because @tsukacchako and @alien-til-i-stage were trying to convince me to do Siri or Auto from Wall-E as his voice but i caved because him having an obviously artifical voice is very funny to me . . . his singing voice claim is KafU tho)
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trickarrows-bishop · 1 year ago
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LIVE BLOG OF ME REACTING TO EPISODE FIVE OF HSMTMTS
was gonna do this for episode four and forgot, kinda wish i did after all of THOSE scenes but anyways episode five lets GOOOOOO
[open with caution, i didn't realise how mentally unprepared i was]
THE WAY EJ WAS ON THE MOTHERFUCKING BANNER MADE ME SCREAM TBH LIKE BROTHER U WANT ME TO CRY FR FR
"richard bowen" "elton john" caswen is upon us (i cant even say im delusional because madlyn deadass nearly happened last episode)
"the musical is going swimmingly" girl u drowning dont lie
BYE NOT THE NEVER-ENDINGLY USED PLOT OF THE IDEA OF THE MUSICAL BEING CANCELLED I CANT GET AWAY FROM THIS FR
i gotta say kourtney repeatedly getting her moment is insane. like im so fucking happy rn over it its insane. like she's going therapy (WOOOOO THERAPY !!) and actually looking at her future !! im so happy for her im fr putting ms girl in my pocket
also when i found out her mom is played by dara's actual mom i screamed (not lying im so dramatic bye)
"lets start with questions!!" "great 'cause i have many" she is me and i am her. i am kourtney greene coded fr
4 JOBS??? EJ'S DAD CAN SUCK A DICK FR IDEC HE IS SUCH AN ASSHOLE MAN
i cant even say i want it made up bc ej said its a breath of fresh air and HE NEEDS THAT AIR FFS
"talking to val" WOHOOOO MENTION OF PAST CHARACTERS INSANE BEHAVIOR FROM THE WRITERS !! INSANE !! (im in delusion that nini will be back)
"you do look good" "thanks. you do look... terrible" real. ricky bowen me coded fr
cant believe we havent had one season where gina can just. have the lead. and no drama. like pls tim i was BEGGING like. at season two.
caitlyn (actress playing quinn the director) is so hilarious to me like i've been following her online for ages and bro its so funny seeing her on hsmtmts and doing exactly what she does in her other videos LMAO
"g force" i'll puke. fuck off.
GINA KINDA GAGGED QUINN THERE ???
LMFAO NOT HER CHANGING HER MIND JUST AT THE IDEA OF WINNING AN AWARD
EJ and ricky's duet lol they hate me. they want me to cry. im eight mins in too. cant wait to cry to this fr
update: crying over this duet what the fuc
can i just say how for certain songs on this soundtrack they've been HITTING or absolutely MISSING ???
this girl harper is GAGGING kourt LMAO "i see you standing here right now !!" SHES SO FUNNY FOR NO REASON
miss jenn is not using siri rn.
CARLOS BB :(
SIRI SHUSH WITH UR BEEPING
trust the process WOHOOOO
why is it thunderstorming JESUS
22 pages U FUCKIN WHAT (never been in a musical idk seems like a lot)
why is she always wearing a cheer outfit its deadass like the character's personality is cheer outfit bro
"3 children" i need to buy a GUN
quinn i was just routing for u babe why u posting such bullshit on instagram. and was that a FILTER?
BIG RED???FHHSDHFADSJGHFKSDJHFASDKJBFSKV
BIGGIE ???dFHAKSDHFAKSJDHGFKASHDG IS THAT MY SON ???? MY SON ???? IS HE ALSO WEARING GLASSES WHAT THE FUCK OF FUCKS
anyways let me actually play the scene LOLZ
HIS FIRST WORDS ARE "ASH YOU LOOK AMAZING" BYE CANT DO THIS WHY WAS I ROUTING FOR MADLYN FFS
YK WHAT? ASHLYN HAS TWO HANDS. YEAH. THAT CAN WORK FOR ME
grandma red's 100th!! everyone cheered fr (i am everyone)
"your last text said you had something important to tell me" no i am not about to witness redlyn break up. nononono.
I KNEW IT
THE FUCKING MOMENT SEB SAID HE CHEATED I CONNECTED THE DOTS I WAS LIKE
"HMMMMM BIG RED JUST CAME OUT AS BI ??? YOU CHEATED ???? IDK ??? MAYBE SEB HELPED OR SOMETHING" LITERALLY SAID THAT SHIT OUT LOUD AND I WAS RIGHT HOLY FUCK OF FUCKS
"surprise!!" boy- i don't have TIME to even unPACK-
"you okay?" "i am GREAT" me when i LIE
HOLD UP
DID HE JUST
DID RICHARD JUST
MENTION NINI???? WHA
HOLY FUCKING SHIT
THIS WASN'T ON MY HSMTMTS SEASON 4 BINGO CARD?!!!!????
yeah im salty about how shit of an exit that was for nini. next question.
"afraid of the truth?" do u want me to try and make this gay or not richard cuz i stg u are giving me some mixed ass signals
nevermind this is really sad and heartbreaking let me shut the fuck up
AND NOW WE GO BACK TO REDLYN OKAYYYY
THE MOVIES??? BIG RED AND SEB AT THE MOVIES ???
all of this is just so out of character for big red and seb like what
like ej was right there tim come ON
"we were at a harry styles movie" not the fucking millennial ass writing coming in NOW
"my bi origin story" how am i supposed to feel rn??? because i don't know how to feel. like. anything. at all.
GIRL YOU BETTER TELL HIM ABOUT VAL OR MADDOX ???
"yeah!!! she was cute!!!" "yes. she was." BAHAHHAHAJHFGDSKJ
"wait..." NOT THAT BEING THE WAY SHE CAME OUT BAHHDSJH
"there were fireworks... literally"
OHHHHH SHES TALKING ABOUT MADDOX TOO UHM
"YOU almost kissed MADDOX" bro idk if ur disgusted or proud pls elaborate
OH HE KNEW FROM THE DOC LMFAO
wait so im just like ??? meant to let go of redlyn ??
"im happy for you" kms where can i get a big red
aLSO I WANT A NAME REVEAL tim PLEASE
just watched redlyn break up. now FUCKING WHAT
"friends, though... right?" YOU BET YOUR ASS KING
"i will apologise to carlos. BUT YOU NEED TO CALL MADDOX" SO REAL THANK YOU BIG RED UR SUCH A KING
ashlyn stop doubting urself like GIRLIE everyone with EYES is down bad please. PLEASE.
WHY AM I WATCHING CARLOS AND MISS JENN HAVE A CRY SESSION ON SOME RANDOM ASS COUCH ???
why is rehearsals starting at 7 in the evening. that would not fucking slide at my school. ( if i ran a school) (not happening)
"FIFTY SIX MINUTES" girl even made me move tf?
KOURTNEY'S SHOES WHAT THE FUCK I NEED THEM RIGHT NOW
oh come on just hearing all of that she HAS to go to lewis
"i just learnt mack and gina are minors" GIRL ??? WHAT DID YOU THINK-
quinn shouting "CUT!!!" louder every time
"which felt like... nine days" WHY AM I LAUGHING
"because we're friends-" bro fuck off idc
GAG HIM G IT DONT MATTER
THINK OF THE MUSICAL GINA.
ricky PROMISED FR HE BETTER BE THERE
"hugs i love that we're doing this now!!" emmy I CANT NOT LOVE YOU
ASHLYN U MAKE THAT PHONE CALL THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU I NEED MADLYN RN
oh fuck i didn't realise that left carlos and big red FUCK
suddenly i DON'T want to be here
carlos can never be fully mad like if i found out someone had kissed my partner im 100% going to jail bc im so pissed off & i've probably killed someone, but why is he saying mf "good day!!" as he stormed off
MADISON FUCK OFF I AM NOT IN THE MOOD
fuck im really gonna have to have madlyn dragged out for me ffs
bro what is this weather on about tho
last time weather was important to plot it was like. keeping nini back in s2 e3 LMAO ???
EJ saying some important shit to ricky and its gonna make me cry again (its not even the finale and i have 17 mins of run time left of this episode FFS)
"im actually hurting them?" "no, you're actually hurting yourself" HOLY FUCK IM TOO VULNERABLE FOR THIS
CASWEN HUG AND IM GONNA RUN WITH IT FR
"stealing my girlfriends" BYE I CANT DO THIS
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mrhyde-mrseek · 3 years ago
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I’m in a Jekyll and Hyde mood now so here’s Jekyll and Hyde characters as things my friends said recently
•Enfield- “Do you have any friends who aren’t LGBTQ?”
Utterson-
Utterson- “Give me a second.”
•Utterson- “Jekyll! Jekyll’s straight—oh, that’s questionable.”
•Hyde- *screaming at his phone* “HEY, SIRI!”
•Hyde- “Wait. Lanyon, Lanyon, Lanyon—“
Hyde- *hits him on the head with an empty tea bottle* “Bonk.”
Lanyon- *spasms in surprise*
•Hyde- “I LOVE sex.”
•Poole- “Hyde is a walking headache.”
•Utterson- *puts his hand on Jekyll’s shoulder while making direct eye contact, right in front of him*
Jekyll- “Ah!”
•Jekyll- *is leaning back-to-back against Utterson and slowly losing his balance*
Utterson, getting gradually louder*- “You’re falling. You’re falling. You’re falling! You’re falling! HENRY!”
•Lanyon- “Haha, the inevitable heat death of the universe.”
•Jekyll- *throws an uninflated balloon to Poole right in front of Utterson’s face*
Utterson- “Very discreet. I did not notice at all.”
•Jekyll- *about Lanyon’s hair* “This is prime real estate!”
•Enfield- “There is a great barbershart—“
•Enfield- *verging on Boston accent* “There is a great barberSHAHP—“
•Jekyll- *rocking back and forth, desperately trying not to give in to the now knee-jerk reaction to say sorry* “Don’t say it, don’t say it, don’t say it—“
•Jekyll- *for the fifth time in five minutes* “Sorry!”
Utterson- “JEKYLL!”
Jekyll- “I had a reason that time!”
Poole- “What was it?”
Jekyll- “My back got cold.”
Utterson- “THAT IS NOT A REASON!”
•Hyde- *is wearing Jekyll’s massive hoodie and playing the drums on Poole’s leg with the sticks in the sleeves*
Hyde- *is singing “do do do do do” in a very toddler-ish way, not paying attention to anything around him*
Utterson- “. . . Hyde?”
Hyde- *looks over and sees him standing fifty feet away talking to Lanyon, staring at him*
•Hyde- *sitting on the floor, wearing Jekyll’s massive hoodie, with drumsticks sticking out of the sleeves like hands, staring off into space* “I think I’ve lost my mind.”
•Poole- “Utterson is tired and Jekyll is—“
Jekyll- “Mental-breaking-down . . . ness.”
•Jekyll- *apologizes 19 times in one period*
•Jekyll- “Lanyon would be a crazy cat lady.”
Lanyon-
Lanyon- “I have a lizard.”
•Jekyll- “I am missing one pair of scissors!”
Poole- *picks up a pair lying right in front of him that is not the missing pair* “They’re here!”
•Lanyon- *to Jekyll, who’s terrified* “You are excited! This is a chemical imbalance!”
•Utterson- *is doodling on a piano*
Hyde- *comes over and bangs a hand on the keys*
Utterson- “Thanks.”
Hyde- *bangs keys again walking away*
•Hyde- *headbuts Poole in the back of his head*
Poole- *jumps out of his skin
•Hyde- *haphazardly shoves his coat into the bottom shelf to hide it from Utterson*
Poole- “He won’t notice a thing.”
•Hyde- *uses a Cheez-It as a guitar pick*
Poole- “Don’t eat that Cheez-It. You don’t know where the guitar has been.”
•Lanyon- “Remember when you were like, ‘In France’—“
Jekyll- “No. That didn’t happen.”
•Utterson- “In the wise words of Enfield: there are people that are funny and there are people that have funny laughs.”
•Hyde- “More like Stega-whore-us!”
•Jekyll- “Depression corner.”
Jekyll- *makes a beeline to a corner and plops down*
•Hyde- *sprints into the room*
Hyde- *sprints out again*
*loud thud and pained Hyde noises*
Hyde- “DON’T RUN WHILE NOT WEARING SHOES!”
•Jekyll- *calling Poole* “Hi, is this bread?”
•Jekyll- *shakes his head while on the phone*
•Enfield- *walks away to clean up the milk he spilled from a canteen not realizing it has a cup and spilling it on his shirt*
Utterson- “How am I related to him?”
Utterson- “I share genes with this man!”
•Hyde- “What does human broth taste like?”
Poole- “That’s a bathtub.”
•Hyde- *is on his back with his legs up against the wall*
Utterson- “Hyde, are you okay?”
Hyde- “All the blood is rushing from my legs.”
Hyde- *somersaults right-side-up*
•Jekyll- “Oh, no, double team, DOUBLE TEAM!”
Jekyll- *runs for his life as Utterson and Poole sprint after him*
•Utterson- “Anyone have a weapon?”
Hyde- “My ass.”
•Hyde, stuck standing on the railing- “Utterson.” *grabby hands*
Poole- *goes and picks him up*
Hyde- “Oh, no.”
Poole- *staggers backwards with him in his arms*
•Utterson- *sprints past the band room*
Hyde- “Run, Utterson, run!”
•Jekyll- *rocks up violently from his back on the floor and almost kicks Lanyon in the face*
Jekyll- “OH! OH! MY BUTT! OW!”
•Hyde- “Pokémon, I choose you!”
Hyde- *spikes a McDonald’s toy Stitch at the floor*
•Hyde- “Stitch!”
Hyde- *launches the Stitch toy at Lanyon*
•Hyde- *turns the drum sounds up deafeningly loud*
•Everyone- *screams*
Poole- “Did that really warrant screaming?”
•Hyde- *spikes a piece of bread at the floor*
Bread- *bounces and lands in Utterson’s salad*
•Poole- “So Jekyll went into cardio arrest—“
•Hyde- “I’m reverting.”
Poole- “. . . To what?!”
Hyde- “A monkey!”
•Lanyon- “I’m gonna insert—I mean unsert—“
•Hyde- *grabs onto Lanyon’s leg half on the stage*
Utterson- *pulls Lanyon across the stage*
Hyde- *is dragged painfully slowly onto it*
•Jekyll- “I don’t want to be here until one o’clock—nine o’clock!”
Jekyll- “Brain breaking already!”
•Jekyll- “Brain breaking, back breaking.”
•Hyde, making a weird, piercing noise with the mouth part of a flute- “Edward make funny noise! Edward abuse his power!”
•Jekyll- “Um, can someone throw me a—“
Poolw- “I heard someone say wood. Hammer!”
•Hyde- *is wearing cheap plastic handcuffs*
Hyde- *yanks his wrists apart*
Hyde- *breaks the handcuffs*
•Hyde- *tries to unlock a lock*
Lock- *falls apart in his hands*
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persephoneflouwers · 3 years ago
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Hey, Siri, play “Ready to clown” by One direction on Spotify. We set the mood, now we can talk about
Harry’s anatomical heart tattoo!
but let me add these first:
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Unfortunately, I’m a professional sap and an hard core meaning seeker even when there’s literally no need.
Anyway, I was talking to my moots a couple of days ago because, obvious as it is, Harry’s anatomical heart tattoo is wrong. They were like “yeah, but Harry is not a science queen like we are”. Giggles, laughs, funny jokes. And yeah, okay that’s fair, I guess… they also told me about this approach tattoo artists tend to have, which is inking tattoos inwards. This depends on the position, the shape, the dimension of the tattoo in order to give harmony to their design. It makes sense? Absolutely yes. Do I accept it? NO! Because my view is sweeter and cuter and nerdier. So… anatomy class following:
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Here we have the anatomical heart. To the left, you can see an anterior view of the real anatomical position (apice point to the left of your body, but to the right in the image); to the right there’s the mirroring image, which is the same Harry has.
Harry’s anatomical heart tattoo is the “mirrored version” of the real one and in fact it points inward. As I said, this could be an advise from the tattoo artist to let the tattoo be more aesthetically pleasing to the eye. But—
But what if H chose it to be that way? I mean… we have a also birds with eyebrows, a mermaid with breasts ptosis… just what if H said “you know what? I wanna ink this mf heart like I see it: at his high and in front of me and when I’m hugging him this tattoo matches perfectly”.
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heyitsyn · 4 years ago
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Nekoma!Manager!Male!Reader
a/n: never written male reader before but this was a funny request and i really do see the irony in this
anon request:  
absolutely LOVED your seijoh hcs! you said you wanted to do the other schools so i thought, how about nekoma but with a MALE manager bc it would be so ironic to have a male god as their manager rather than a goddess that they always talked about!! thank youuuuuuu!!!!!!!
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yall the nekoma fanchant is literally stuck in my head
hehe uwu lets step on the pedal
ong jesus take the wheel pls
so basically,,,
being the nekoma manager is a MESS
lets say youre a second year and was only the manager bc you were begged into taking the job
like wouldnt leave you alone and pestered you 25/8, screaming about needing their own god manager
also just because, you are fairly popular and you have your own fanclub of girls in nekoma and they thought it would give them more exposure and more chances w girls :’)
tora was actually the first who came up to you and begged you to be their manager during class one day bc they are in need of one but they arent allowed to have a girl manager so he turned to having a handsome male
‘I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY IT HAS TO BE A BOY’
‘so you wont be all over him abd be distracted w showing off’
‘WHO ARE YOU TO QUESTION MY SE-’
‘tora, please’
initially, you refused bc you just couldnt be bothered to be part of a club where you basically babysit a bunch of overgrown children
but kenma, your childhood friend, was the team’s last attempt to get you in since kuroo mentioned that he was the only one you listened to
‘kenma, babie, i love you, but i am your friend, not your nanny. so unless i am paid, i will not waste my time taking care of of all of you. especially that chicken head’
‘y/n, yaku is on his last leg here. we really need a manager and we need it fast’
‘you went for years without one so why do you need it?’
‘we’re scared that nekomata would just drop dead any minute now’
‘yanno? im surprised hes even still alive with yall’
‘....... ill show your fangirls that picture of you when we were 5 when-’
‘okay, kenma. rude about the blackmail but okay. dont expect me to be the maid or anything’
nope, you were actually the maid
and the cook
and the nanny
and the laundry person
the everything
it baffles you that kuroo is about to graduate next year yet he still doesnt know the difference between fabric softener and detergent
the amount of times you sent him to pick up more and only to send him back when he ended up buying 2 softeners or 2 detergents
‘they all look the same!’
‘kuroo tetsuro cAN yOu NoT rEAd?!’
ngl i still mix them up sometimes
during matches, youre basically their mother, their nanny, and nekomata’s notetaker, and their personal cheerleader
naoi, the other coach guy, and coach nekomata has adopted you as a son bc of how hard you work and the less the burden is on them
like your notes about their playing percentages really works and helps them and added with the chores you do for the team?
godsend
also, lets put your popularity in here
you dress with a white shirt and zip up your red nekoma jacket with your red sweatpants so you look like one of the players, right?
but how come every time they have practice, youre the only one with the fangirls in the bleachers?
youre literally wearing the same thing as them yet youre the only one who gets looked at?!
even kuroo, who was quite good looking, doesnt have that many girls pining after him yet you, resident anti-tryhard, seems to get the female population to fall for you just by doing the simplest things like breathing
youd be doing normal things like using your whistle as you hold a clipboard and girls would be screeching at you 
‘omg m/n is so hot!’
‘hes just !!!! uuggghhhh’
‘siri how to be a whistle?’
i am uncomfortable with the energy we have created in the gym today
tora complains about it all the time bc first, they cant have a beautiful manager, two, they have a pretty boy who’s taking the attention away
‘SO NOT FAIR! M/N, TURN UGLY!’
you bonk him on the head in anger and threaten to quit all the time
‘say that again and you’ll be filling your own water bottles tomorrow’
but in truth though, the guys really do appreciate you and everything you do
they know that you balance them with your personal life and classes and still make time to do their laundry and make them food
so they have started easing off the burden and weight off of your shoulders
at first, you were very suspicious when they told you that they already filled their water bottles
‘huh? i didnt think you even knew where the water fountain was’
‘wym weve been doing this for years’
-kuroo
then, you heard kuroo tell the others to put their sweaty jerseys in the basket in the corner of the room and for the last person to carry it to the laundromat
‘um, sir, we dont want to have another pink jersey disaster again’
you stopped inuoka from lugging the basket but he shook his head and gave you a wide grin
‘nope, m/n-senpai! i’ll carry it for you! i’m strong, see?’
he flexed his right arm muscle while holding the basket with one hand but it was too heavy so it fell to the ground, spilling out all the practice jerseys
you sighed before bending down to pick them up and babie inuoka’s eyes watered, thinking you were mad at him
‘gomen, senpai’
he whispered but you looked up at him from your position
his watery eyes made you frantically stand up and wipe his tears with the pads of your thumbs
‘inu-kun, why are you crying? you said you were strong right? dont cry over silly things, okay?’
he nodded and you were still confused as to why he was so emotional but you patted his fluffy hair 
‘now cmon, lets go take these to the shop’
unbeknownst to you, the team was actually seething from behind the wall
naturally, as a,,, manager,, you became their,,, energy?? 
like the slightest affections from you made their health bar increase tenfold and they didnt necessarily have any intentions towards you
you were like,,, their own,,,, happy drug?? like a human seratonin??
just the fact that they had someone like you to fall back on and give them love when they lost or something
it was comforting
usually it was just the team’s responsibility to throw away their own sadness and comfort each other
but with you,,,
they could easily cry with no fear and you would comfort them until they didnt need to be comforted anymore
eventually, they ended up straight out competing against each other on who would get the most affection
clearly, inuoka used his first year card and everyone knew you were soft for your kouhais
like you would just grab them and hug them because of how cute they were
uwu especially lev?! 
he may be a giant but hes just a really REALLY REALLY BIG CAT
;)
LEV LIVES TO HUG YOU
like the mans is beanstalk level of height and despite the age difference, he just picks you up and cuddles you and youre just like ‘okay, let it out babie’
DKSFJSLD ANYWAYS
you are always a hot topic w all the students in nekoma and even some in other schools
like during training camp, bro you making everyone question their sexuality
omg akaashi and you are probably the prettiest people there and can i just say how everyone cant focus on a practice match bc youd be laughing together or something and they havent heard anything so beautiful??
and the kitties get really defensive over you and hiss at anyone who even tries to approach you
hiss hiss
DKJFSLKDFJDWHAT IF EVERYONE IN THE TEAM IS BI
OMG WHAT
like the little touches from you make them so red and confident gays like kuroo and bokuto call you out on them and tease you 
while the quiet ones like akaashi and kenma are just blushing and stutter and you tease them instead?
*inhale* BOI *exhale*
the uke and seme dynamic is real on this one
however, there are times when the turned tables
there was that one day that you were seriously questioning if bokuto wore leggings or just really high knee pads and you cornered him after baths to just figure it out
like our poor confident boi turned to a shy babie and shrunk against the wall, covering his red face
‘y-y/n-kun’
‘bo-san, i just want to know’
DKFSJLKDFJFJSDKIM DYING OVER HERE LIKE PLEASE I DONT OWN Y/N
after seeing the smidge of skin at the top of the kneepad, you nodded and brushed your fingertips over the flesh
‘hmm~ so i was right~’
FROM THEN ON POOR BABIE OWL COULDNT LOOK AT YOU THE SAME!!!!!!
it worried everyone so much when bokuto would glance at you in the sidelines and he would competely miss akaashi’s set bc his eyes would focus on you rather than the ball
like he absolutely couldnt take his eyes off of you and when you do turn to meet his eyes, he shrinks back and looks away, completely missing your amused smirk
now, your kitties werent happy about that
theyre very protective of you and they felt that this owl could snatch you right up and fly away
and kuroo, being the captain and the head of the familia, took it upon himself and dragged you to the back of the gym while the others were practicing
kurat pushed you against the wall and basically kabedonned you
KUROO IS LIKE 6′2 OR 190 CM I CANT
‘you seem close with bokuto, l/n. almost, too,, close’
an amused smirk etched itself on your lips and you pressed a hand on his chest
‘oya~? captain-san, am i being punished?’
SFDKLFSJKLDFJL SIR Y/N IS SUPPOSED TO RADIATE SEME ENERGY BUT HE ISNT AND I CANNOT-
ofc he was taken aback by your flirty attitude but he smirked and softly brushed away your bangs that slightly covered your eyes
‘hmm~~ depends, y/n-kun. are you going to be a good kitty and stay with the clowder? or are you going to stay with those pesky chickens~?’
DKFLSJDKFJSL BRO DID YOU KNOW A GROUP OF CATS IS CALLED A CLOWDER?! I DIDNT EVEN KNOW THAT BUT I HAVE A FEELING KUROO WOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT BC HE BIG BRAIN
you chuckled and gently wrapped your arms around his shoulders
but your hand grabbed the hair at the back of his head and harshly pulled him to be closer to you
your eyes blinked innocently but your sharp teeth were shown from your malicious grin
‘ive always been a bad kitty, captain. so i dont care what you say because you cant tell me what to do~’
👀👀👀👀
imagine what happens next bc i cant write something unholy
anyways
so you learned that tetsu CAN in fact tell you what to do and you avoided everyone else which caused them to wonder but one look at your neck
well,,,,,
you got attacked by a cat 
a cat named tetsu
SKDFLJSDKFJSLKUROO IS THE ONLY SEME YOU CLASH WITH
THE OTHERS ARE ALL UKE
EVEN BEEFY BUFF CAKE BOI BO
but you toned it down to not be attacked again
ngl the whole team was all jealous and they even whined to kuroo about it
‘thats not fair!!!!’
‘stop abusing your role as captain!!!!’
they hated the fact that kuroo got you first so they all rally over to keep you away from him
like baby kenma would nudge you over and bring him to sit next to you, saying he needs you to help him with a certain level
‘kenny, im not sure how to play this game’
‘hmm,,,, youre a quick learner, y/n, and youre really quick with your fingers so you could pass to the next level’
*insert lenny face*
‘oya? and you would know how, kenny?’
and baby kenny would fluster a little before glomping to your side and burying his face into your shoulder to hide away
OR
the first years would absolutely use their kouhai priviledges and bring you over to help them with ‘homework’
‘you guys realize i passed because kuroo would beat me into studying right?’
‘but senpai! you mustve learned a thing or two in your classes!’
‘bold of you to assume i was even awake in my classes’
but they still make you spend hours trying to help them which turn into just messing around 
KSDLFJSDKFJD MOVIE NIGHTS YOU GUYS THATS IT!!
there isnt really a single calm moment in your guys’ practice
poor you have already started seeing lot of gray hairs
you literally decline every single confession just because youre too busy for a date and you cant handle having to take care of another person
its like youre dating the whole team!!
soon the entire school have just accepted the fact that you are just simply not in the market anymore just because you joined the club
not because youre actually taken by a girlfriend but youre taken by a bunch of teenage males
imagine how that works out
anyways
youre not really the best volleyball player out there but you know a thing or two
well,,, its more like your stamina doesnt allow you to play long bc a single lap literally destroys your lungs
but you still know when yaku complains about having a shaky receive
‘oh, momo-senpai, youre bending your knees too low so gravity is pushing down on your-’
ugh chemistry i hate it
despite your lack of athletic or physical skills, they still appreciate you for your keen eyes, your caring nature, and your overall looks that give them motivation to play harder to impress you personality :)
all the boys love you
and tbh
you love your boys too
even though it was a blackmail caused event,
you still would’ve joined otherwise
this is kinda short but its going to be longer if i find some plots or somebody asks for a plotline that i can write about for a long time
anyways
byeeeee :)))))
a/n: this isnt exactly the best manager one ive written but ill probably find a good prompt for this or again as stated ^^ someone sends in an ask for it and ill write a story for our favorite male manager :’D
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jamesandthedog · 4 years ago
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“Imagine if we dated.” for wolfstar, please?
Sorry this took a while to write! @ashslytherin​ asked for a mixer of your prompt + number 16 so that’s what I did(: The prompts are 11. “Imagine if we dated.” & 16. “Not letting me do it only makes me want It more.”
Check out the prompt list
Imagine if we dated
“Imagine if we dated,” Sirius said suddenly.
Remus, with the day’s Daily Prophet in one hand, a toast in another and an utterly confused look on his face, turned to look at him. Once he realised Sirius wasn’t joking, he let go of the paper and finished chewing the piece of toast in his mouth.
Sirius didn’t know the very thing he had jokingly suggested was something Remus had thought about for the past year or so. Actually, he mostly thought about moving his fingers along Sirius’ pale skin, mapping his tattoos, touching his collarbones. Getting to smell his scent without being embarrassed for liking it when Sirius leaned his shoulder against Remus’ on the couch of the common room. Reminiscing that one smile Sirius sometimes sent his way, the one that almost felt like it was meant just for him. Then there were the more inappropriate thoughts too, the ones Remus tried not to think about on the nights Sirius spend in his bed after having nightmares because they made it embarrassingly difficult to hold Sirius so close.
“No.”
“Why not?”
Remus hoped Sirius couldn’t notice the way his heart seemed to pound in his chest, fast, like it wanted to break out of him.
“Uh…Padfoot, this might shock you but, you’re not gay.”
“But if I were?”
Now Remus’ heart definitely skipped a beat. “…But you aren’t.”
“I could be if it would stop Denbright from trying to feed love potions to me.”
Oh, that made sense, much more sense that Sirius actually doubting his sexuality.
“So let me be clear here,” Remus summed. “You want to date me to avoid horny girls?”
“Maybe.”
“Right…” Remus said. “Go fetch James and Peter from the pitch.”
“Why?”
“Because you’re clearly bored and I haven’t had enough coffee to deal with it.”
Sirius took his wand and with a swift movement, he levitated the coffee pot towards Remus’ empty mug pouring him a fresh cup of coffee.
“Better?” He asked with a tone that made Remus give hin an incredulous look.
“You’re not going to drop the subject, are you?”
Sirius didn’t answer, he just got up, took the rest of Remus’ toast, and patted the sandy haired boy on the head as he exited the Great Hall.
* * * * *
“Are you trying to avoid me, Lupin?”
Remus looked up from his potions book to see Sirius taking the seat next to him. Peter who usually sat on the very spot, shrugged at Remus as he went to sit next to James.
Sirius had his long hair on a bun, with few curls framing his face and Remus found himself noticing his collarbone peeking out of his loosely buttoned shirt. His tie was hanging undone around his neck but that was nothing surprising, it was the last class of the day and Sirius’ uniform always seemed to come undone as the way went on. It was like a clock for Remus.
“Yes, but rather unsuccessfully considering you’ve managed to either sit or pair up with me on all of our classes so far,” he said.
“That’s what boyfriends do, don’t they?” Sirius grinned at him.
Remus rolled his eyes and with a flick of a wand, buttoned Sirius’ shirt. Sirius sneered at it, but let the shirt be.
“This, dear Padfoot, is why I’m trying to avoid you.”
“Okay.”
“Okay?”
“Okay.”
Remus looked at him suspiciously, but when Sirius just smiled, he turned back to his potions book.
Half a minute later Remus felt the weight on his shoulders as Sirius wrapped one arm around him. Remus sighed. He bit his lip, then took Sirius’ hand  returning it back on Sirius’ own lap as he wondered what he had done to deserve the torture Sirius was obviously putting him through on this otherwise fine Thursday.
“We’re not dating,” Remus said firmly as he let go of Sirius’ hand.He wasn’t sure if he said it more to assert himself or Sirius.
“Not letting me do it only makes me want It more.”
Remus shook his head, closed his book and punched Sirius gently in the head with it before turning to listen at the professor.
* * * * *
It was nearly impossible to focus on brewed glory as they were supposed to with Sirius and his once again unbuttoned shirt around. It wasn’t that Sirius did anything specific to bother Remus, but his collarbones very seriously distractive and he had rolled his sleeves and Remus hard time not staring at the well-defined muscles as he chopped dried fluxweed.
“It wouldn’t really harm you, would it?”
Remus blinked from behind the cauldron. “Huh?”
“Dating me”, Sirius explained as he remeasured the fluxweed. “Unless you’re already dating, which you aren’t. People might notice, you know, notice and want to date you.”
Remus blinked again, before giving it a weak laugh. “You might be overestimating my market value.”
“I’m not. You’re tall. People love your freckles. You got character, you got-“
“Scars-”
“That make you mysterious,” Sirius insisted and raised an eyebrow at him. “Like, where does the one on you hip end? It’s sexy.”
Looking in Sirius’ stormy grey eyes was definitely a mistake, Remus thought as he felt shivers all over his body. The thought of Sirius thinking about the scar on his hip was something Remus would have classified as a thought inappropriate for public places, definitely inappropriate for a class full of people.
Remus cleared his throat.
“Freckles?” He asked.
“Freckles.”
The looked at each other for a while before Remus turned away.
“You keep talking about men like that and the Denbright’s of the world may actually start leaving you alone,” he managed to smile as he on added the chopped fluxweed into the cauldron.
He didn’t look at Sirius any longer, but he was pretty sure he heard him mutter “maybe I will” – Remus wasn’t quite sure since the words got lost somewhere between a rattle of glass and a list of curse words as Sirius’ elbow nudged a bottle of salamander blood on the floor spilling it all over.
* * * * *
Remus was pretty sure Sirius had broken the last bottle of the bloody salamander blood as he tried to reach at the top shelf. He was tall, but it there were any bottles left they were safely out of his reach at the back of the shelf. The door of the storeroom slammed closed leaving him with nothing but a dim candlelight, which didn’t exactly help his cause.
Remus cursed, then startled as he felt the warmth of someone cornering him from behind.
“Date me,” whispered the familiar voice.
It gave him goosebumps. Remus took a breath and turned around trying to find what his friends called his prefect voice.
“This isn’t funny, Padfoot.”
And then he was face to face with Sirius, who was standing surprisingly close to him with one hand leaning on the shelf.
He looked so casual, as if he belonged there. Remus leaned his back against the shelves and wondered if this was what how the girls felt when they got together with Sirius in one of the castle’s broom closets. The difference being he got to look down at Sirius, and unlike with the girls, Sirius was messing with him.
“Fine, I’m getting bored of this too,” Sirius said.
He didn’t have the joking tone in his voice anymore. Remus squinted his eyes; quitting wasn’t something Sirius did.
“I’ll stop on one condition.”
There it was again, the Sirius Remus knew.
“Which is?” He asked.
The darkhaired boy was quiet for a bit, thinking, biting his lip. It wasn’t something Sirius did often, usually he was fire and speed and rash decisions. The sudden change in his behaviour made Remus nervous, because he was usually rather good at reading Sirius’ many moods. He was familiar with broody, quiet Sirius but this was, this was something different.
“You answer a question.”
“…Which is?” Remus repeated.
Sirius glanced at the floor and sighed before locking his eyes with Remus’. Remus wasn’t sure if Sirius had leaned in closer, or if he just thought he had. It felt like Remus could feel his breath and warmth on his skin. He could smell his shampoo. His cigarettes. And then just something that Remus just called smelling like Sirius. It was good, all of it, even the bloody cigarettes.
“I was hoping I wouldn’t have to ask.”
Sirius rarely looked people in the eye like that, intensively, confidently, honestly. It made Remus feel like he was all Sirius focused on,  a centre of gravity – or maybe it was just him hoping.
Remus swallowed, staring back at the grey eyes, and listening himself breathing too heavily. But Sirius was breathing heavily too, and that’s when Remus got it. The confidence was a mask. Because of course Sirius bloody Black could act even more confident than normal when he was the pure opposite of confidence. Remus had seen him do it before, if happened mostly when they were around Slytherins, especially around the people who knew Sirius before school.
Sirius has trying to hide it, but he was nervous. They both were.
“That makes it a hard one to answer,” Remus whispered.
“Does it, thought?” Sirius raised an eyebrow.
Neither or them spoke. Remus hesitated, then brought one hand on Sirius’ neck. Sirius arched his neck to press onto it like a cat being petted.
He liked it.
“I, er…” Remus started, not quite sure how to deal with what he thought might be going on. “I think I need you to ask.”
Silence. Hazel eyes looking in the stormy grey ones that looked right back.
“Would you date me if I wasn’t straight?”
It was honest, not the type of joking Sirius had done all day.
Remus let out the breath he’d been holding. His fingers found Sirius’ neck hair as he studied the look on his face. He didn’t quite know how he was still standing there when his whole world seemed to be flipping upside down and he had a whole army of doxies flying around his stomach and – and he had Sirius in front of him and Remus was pretty sure he may have actually, for real, confessed liking guys, liking… Remus.
“Yeah.”
“Yeah?” Sirius leaned his hips against Remus’.
“Yeah, I would,” Remus said.
Then he smiled wrapping one arm around Sirius’ waist as Sirius’ hands found his neck Remus’ neck pulling him so close their lips nearly touched.
“Moony?”
“Yeah?”
“I’m… I’m definitely not straight.”
It made Remus beam like a child who’d been let free in a chocolate shop, he couldn’t help it. It would’ve felt embarrassing, except Sirius smiled at him too.
“I suppose I have to let you know,” Remus said once he found his voice again. “If we were to date… I’d still have ask my boyfriend who the fuck is stirring our potion while we kiss.”
Sirius burst into laughter.
“You don’t want to know” he said and pressed his lips on Remus’.
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still-a-morosexual-help · 3 years ago
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OBEY ME! LESSON 47 DETAILED SUMMARY + THEORIES
The lesson starts with Simeon and Levi laughing over how Lucifer forgot Diavolo in the game. Belphie complains about what a pain in the ass it was cause Lucifer made Belphie and some of the others go back into the game to get Diavolo and how Belphie had to start with the party at the beginning and so was unable to straight away teleport them to the castle and how as it was the second play through everything was harder and how diavolo had been so pissed he’d given them all the silent treatment, though Belphie did end up chuckling about how much that had freaked out Lucifer. Belphie says that as an apology Lucifer had finished all of Diavolo’s paper work and given him a free day off so Diavolo would be visiting. Levi says that he’ll be shutting himself in his room then and when MC asks about it Levi says that it’s not like Diavolo is coming to see him and it’s not like he cares about seeing Diavolo either. That truthfully he doesn’t really like Diavolo all that much cause he’s too serious and scary and cause they share no interests so Diavolo won’t have any idea what Levi talks about and how he’s scared he’ll say something dumb in front of him and piss Lucifer off. He makes MC promise him to him away from Diavolo. Belphie says that you shouldn’t spend time with a person you don’t like anyway. Simeon says that maybe you should take the opportunity to get to know a person better before you decide whether you like them. MC can agree with either Simeon or Belphie. Simeon then gets a call from Lucifer asking him to send the other 3 home cause Diavolo has gone missing.
At home Belphie says maybe Diavolo actually ran away from home to freak out Lucifer as revenge for the whole game thing. Satan and Beel greet them at the door. Satan to show them something funny and Beel to get one of Simeon’s sandwiches from Belphie. Satan takes them to the living room where Lucifer is pacing and screaming down the phone at Barbatos, yelling about not  being able to find anything yet and demanding Barbatos calls him the second something turn up and if he can’t get to him then one of the others, before keeping the call and trying to figure out who else he can call and traumatise. Mammon is trying to get Lucifer to sit down and calm down and breath for fuck’s sake. Mammon gets yelled at for his efforts cause how the fuck can Lucifer calm down when Diavolo is missing. Except, yeah Diavolo might follow a stranger if they offer him candy, but y’know Diavolo’s an ancient incredibly powerful being I’m sure Lucifer can afford to calm down a little but whatever. Mammon tries to get MC to calm Lucifer down and honestly I love Mammon so much he’s such a good brother is2g. If Mc commands Lucifer to stay he um “EEKs”? and then blushes about the sound he just made (I’m not into romancing Lucifer at all but am I the only one who thinks he’s turned on by MC’s power over him despite his whole Sadistic Dom personality? It happened once or twice in the very beginning of S2 as well) According to Asmo while Diavolo had been going through the portal to the human world Barbatos, who has the flu, had sneezed and now they have no idea where in the human world Diavolo ended up. With the saddest expression Lucifer says, “Oh Diavolo, where have you gone!?” and I’m??? You want me to let MC come in between that!!? Lowkey wish OM! Did something like the Arcana where when MC picks a LI, a couple of the remaining LI get together. In every version where MC doesn’t pick Lucifer I desperately want him and Diavolo to get together and in the versions that MC picks either Lucifer or Diavolo I want there to be the option for the three of them to be in a poly relationship, pls. MC asks why they can’t just call Diavolo and Mammon says they’ve tried a bunch of times but being unable to. Levi says he knows someone who might be able to help
Levi takes them all to his room and Asmo is in tears as he tells levi it’s fine if his friend is imaginary cause asmo has a lot of imaginary friends – aka in his words first he imagines a beautiful man and then a beautiful woman and then well he imagines them all fucking and the fact that this otome game has 11 LIs and not a single one of them is straight is just…beautiful. I’m so happy wtf. Levi insits his friend exists and when MC says they believe him he says that even if he makes other friends that won’t displace MC’s role as his friend. Lucifer tells him to cut the BS. And it’s Alexa!? Levi introduces them to fucking Alexa and I’m screaming sir pls. It’s called Crowe here though and he completely dismisses MC’s “fnkfjkjdjkjkdvjkfd pls tell me you understand wtf that actually is” by saying how Crowe is always up to talk to Levi about any interest Levi brings up and the rest of the brothers are greatly impressed while MC goes through a crisis in the corner. Beel asks if there’s a little person inside it who talks and casts spells. Belphie while blushing asks if he can talk to crowe and I can’t fucking believe after 3 seasons MC’s gonna be replaced by fucking Alexa. Belphie asks crowe if it’s Levi’s friends and gets a “If you say so” which Levi gets really excited about and what it likes about levi and gets “how he’s able to turn everything into a negative thing” which levi takes as a compliment and this is really sad guys but then again I did once spend weeks trying to get Siri to agree to date me so… Belphie then asks Crowe to turn Lucifer into a rabbit, it obviously doesn’t work. Levi asks crowe where Lord diavolo is and MC becomes increasingly more annoyed at being the only sane person in the room. Crowe obviously doesn’t know how to answer that.
Asmo asks about the sensitive spots on Lucifer’s body (wtf asmo c’mon) and Satan asks for Lucifer’s weaknesses, Crowe answers with “I’m sorry. I can’t answer that” which the brothers take to mean that crowe knows but is refusing to say. Lucifer threatens him to keep quiet and Crowe says he understands, Belphie is upset that Lucifer threatened crowe and Levi says he made Crowe sad. All the while MC is losing their mind and insisting that Crowe’s just tech, while the brothers all ignore and talk over them. In what is probably a fit of jealous rage MC commands the brothers to all sit the fuck down and explains to them that crowe really is just an electronic device. Levi refuses to believe them and insists Crowe is his friend. This somehow leads to Levi giving crowe Diavolo’s phone number and Crowe tracking his phone and Lucifer remembers “oh yeah shit missing boyfriend”. They end up in a karaoke bar. The sweet relieved smile on Lucifer’s face when they find him is everything. Diavolo asks how he looks dressed as a human and MC compliments him. Mammon scolds Diavolo for worrying them and Asmo says he feels silly to have been so worried now, Lucifer tries to herd Diavolo back home but Diavolo says he can’t go cause a note on the door (in devildom script) says the room is cursed and only allows you to exit once you get a 100% score on the karaoke machine. Asmo’s pissed cause he has a spa/salon appointment, Levi has a gamin event, Beel has a buffet and Satan’s pissed cause he wanted to think up of more cat related hashtags he could try searching up and I’m- Lucifer says it’ll be easier to do the task than try to break the curse using magic and Diavolo agrees. Belphie says Diavolo looks way too happy. And look I’m just gonna say it now cause we ALL know it – Diavolo’s definitely behind this and using it as some way to hang out with the others.
Asmo’s happy about being able to sing karaoke and Levi complains but is also searching for anime songs so. Belphie and MC think the situation is strange cause doesn’t being in the human world mean this shit doesn’t happen to them anymore? Diavolo says the bar is owned by the three legged crow group (aka yatagarasu) – the Devildom’s largest holdings company and developers of the D.D.D.. Their mascot (Blackjak) is one of the chat stickers. Diavolo’s the majority shareholder of the company. They’ve been expanding to the human world as well, mostly because of demand from sorcerers and witches. They also developed crowe, with Levi having a prototype. Levi realising crowe’s not a real person starts crying (and wiping his face on Satan’s clothes) about crowe got him tickets for a band and how cause Levi thought crowe also liked them he made sure to buy two tickets for both him and crowe and I’m just this is so sad. MC takes the opportunity to sweep in and say y’know I’m your friend and hold Levi’s hand to which Levi blushes and thanks them. Crowe’s the one hosting the Karaoke and says if one person manages a 100 score everyone can leave and that to make things interesting he’ll be throwing in some surprises. Crowe: All right then, party on! Diavolo: PARTY ON!!!!! :D Lucifer: *SIGH*
Asmo goes first cause he’s the best singer they have, Levi complains about Asmo being good at everything when he has nothing and MC teases him about being the Avatar of Envy. Asmo nails the first part of the song but in the interlude as one of crowe’s surprises Asmo starts hearing his fans screaming to him (which no one else can hear) and starts the second part a bit late so his score is 88. As punishment for not scoring a 100 Crowe kills Asmo. Or rather he sends him to be tortured till someone is able to score 100 and set him free. Lucifer, as expected, is not pleased. Levi is excited about how this is suddenly a game of life or death. Lucifer is very much not pleased with that. Diavolo’s also extremely pleased. Lucifer’s going through it. Mammon (who was so busy picking out a song that he didn’t notice one of his brothers got kidnapped) volunteers to go next. Though he’s not as good as Asmo he’s apparently a very good singer and once sang lead vocals in a band at RAD. Mammon chooses a love Ballad “Even if I wind up as a demon, I’ll always love you” and oh baby… the brothers immediately realise Mammon fucked up when choosing the song, Diavolo goes ??? and MC ignores them all to do  what they always do best and that’s to be Mammon’s #1 cheerleader (still can’t get over how much MC took charge and planned everything during Mammon’s bday event and had the brothers start giving him his little presents/notes a whole week before the actual date, when in every other bday event they just took a backseat role and let the others plan and fix everything up while they distracted the bday person. Whether you ship them together or not you gotta agree Mammon’s got a real special place in MC’s heart.) Anyway MC cheers Mammon on and Mammon blushes and stutters and then refuses to sing the song cause he realises he just picked to sing a love song in front of the person he’s in love with and tries to switch his song last minute. But cause he completely missed his cue to start he gets scored 0 and sent to hell. Satan says Mammon should be fine cause he’s used to that sort of thing. Diavolo: :D WOW :D THIS :D IS :D TERRIBLE :D ! :D   Lucifer: Really, cause your face is saying something else entirely…
They all sit silently looking sad for a bit. Lucifer says Asmo & Mammon were their best chances of getting out with perfect scores, satan wonders (with a sad expression) where they are and what’s been done to them. Levi says let’s be real Asmo’s probably getting off rn. Lucifer says they need to focus on who’s here rn and getting out. Diavolo volunteers to go next and Lucifer shuts him down, Diavolo whines about it. MC asks if it’s cause Diavolo is the heir and they can’t risk losing him. Lucifer agrees. Diavolo reluctantly agrees but in exchange he wants Beel & Belphie to sing next together cause he once heard them at a RAD festival and they were amazing. Beel starts ordering everything on the menu. Lucifer says if they harmonize they might be able to get a perfect score. The twins sing perfectly together and Dia & Luci are beaming until Beel’s food order finally arrives by materializing on the table all Hogwarts style and well you can guess what happens then. Lucifer seems uncharacteristically rattled and upset by all this and I mean yeah he has to slowly watch his family disappear in front of his eyes while he’s unable to do anything about it – this is probably his worst nightmare. Plus if they don’t get out chances are he’s gonna end up stuck in a tiny room for the rest of his life so
They’re silent and sad for a bit till Satan says that Levi sings a lot of karaoke alone in his room. Levi says it’s not really karaoke and that he just puts on his headphones and sings along with the opening but also how does satan know that!? And satan says, well who doesn’t know that and Levi freaks out and turn to MC and they’re like lol yeah sorry and Levi freaks out more and wishes for death while Diavolo very happily says that Levi must be very talented and that he’d love to hear it someday and Levi starts floundering and deflecting. Satan says Levi shouldn’t be so modest cause usually when they go out to karaoke he doesn’t let any of them leave till he’s sung all his anime songs and Diavolo asks if Levi’s being shy cause he’s there. Levi blushes while Diavolo keeps complimenting him and encouraging him to sing and MC remembering their promise to Levi bails him out by basically saying he’d be too nervous around new people to get a perfect score and Diavolo lets it drop after Levi agrees with them. Satan’s need to leave and watch cat videos becomes too great and he volunteers and Lucifer happily encourages him. Diavolo gets closer to MC and says so did you do something to Lucifer again? Had one of your therapy sessions? And MC teases and says maybe. Diavolo happily says he knew o=it cause usually Lucifer isn’t willing to admit how highly he thinks of Satan and he actually calls MC a “family therapist” and I’m so glad someone finally said it, at this point MC should be getting paid is2g. Satan sings his favourite ballad and Diavolo compliments his singing while Lucifer just compliments Satan as a person in general for striving to do his best in everything and facing challenges with a cool head. Diavolo laughs about how much praise Lucifer’s giving out and Lucifer says he’s just stating the truth. Lucifer says satan should get a 100 until the tv starts showing cat videos, Lucifer yells at satan to not get distracted and satan is able to resist it until it starts showing a pile of sleepy kittens curled up together, who are starting to doze off. It’s too much for satan to stops the song to coo at them, he gets an 83 and is taken away. Levi says that even though it was fun at first he’s starting to get scared. Diavolo asks if Lucifer wants to go next.
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miamlfy · 4 years ago
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Mutual Feelings
A/N: Another Sirius Black X Reader written by yours truly. I’m not quite sure how I feel about this one, I wrote it instead of doing school work. I hope it’s good and you guys enjoy it. Who doesn’t like a good old best friends to lovers fics right? 
Pairing: Sirius Black X Fem! Reader
Warnings: None? Fluff
Word Count: 1,633
Enjoy!
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Y/n sighed deeply as she read her notes for Transfigurations over and over again, trying to imprint them into her brain before the upcoming final. She gave up shortly after and laid her head down on the table. There was only a small handful of students in the library, usually Y/n would have stayed in the common room to study but today her housemates decided after dinner it would be great to have very loud conversations with each other. 
“You know, sleeping in the library isn’t ideal especially with an ink pot about to spill all over your neat notes.” She jumped slightly at the voice and cursed as she saw a few droplets of ink fall onto her notes. Composing herself, she looked up to find her best friend and long time crush, Sirius Black staring at her with a sly smile on his lips. 
“I was looking everywhere for you,” he sat down in the chair and faced her, “you weren’t in the common room after dinner or in your dorm. I was worried about you.” His voice turning into a fake sad tone as he said the last words. 
Y/n slightly giggled at him, “It was too bloody loud in the common room and I simply couldn’t focus. Also why didn’t you just use the map?” She turned to fully face him now and leaned back into her chair. 
“The map is only used when it is important and needed.” He too leaned back in his chair and placed his feet on the table. 
“Oh, so I’m not important?” She questioned as she shoved his legs off the table, looking up to meet his eyes that held a slight panic look to them. 
“No! Oh Merlin no, t-that’s not what-“ 
She laughed at his small outburst, “calm down, I’m only joking. I know what you meant.” He gave out a sigh of relief and got up from his chair extending his hand to her. 
“C’mon Y/l/n, it’s late and we both need our beauty sleep before our ever so dreadful exam tomorrow.” She began packing her things into her bag, knowing he was right but feeling slightly disappointed at the thought of sleeping, it would only make the exam come sooner. A light blush made its way up to her cheeks as she interlocked her hands with him, thankful the lights in the library were dimmed. Sirius was also thankful for that as his own cheeks held a light pink color to him. 
Everyone knew the two friends liked each other, Y/n and Sirius were the only ones who were oblivious to their mutual feelings. Y/n could only imagine that Sirius reciprocated those feelings she had for him, and he could only imagine the same. They both been shamelessly flirting with each other since the start of their third year, yet now in their final year at Hogwarts they both thought it was just friendly flirting. 
It was quite annoying for their friends, Sirius would constantly talk about her to the other three marauders. At first they thought it was cute, a simple crush on their friend. Oh but how wrong they were. Within the next four years of school, they would constantly have to hear about how good Y/n smells to how cute she looked while she ate her breakfast and spilled some pumpkin juice on herself. They could only hope that their dear friend grew a pair and asked her out. 
Y/n spoke about Sirius to Lily and Marlene as well, however whenever one of them got annoyed at her for talking about her dear Sirius, she would simply tease Lily about James and tease Marlene about her crush that she had that month. All their friends did at some point come to an agreement that their two friends were very much idiots in love. 
They walked into the common room, a few lingering students sat by the fireplace reading the books that were placed on their laps. Stopping by the stairs, they looked at each other. Y/n’s eyes wondered from his grey eyes to his lips, he was biting them as if to stop his mouth from speaking. “Something on your mind, Black?” His eyes wondered from her lips to her eyes, he shook his head. He placed a kiss on her forehead and said their goodnights to each other. Sighing, they made their way to their respective dorms and laid on their beds. Slightly disappointed nothing more came out of that night with each other. 
The sun shined through the great hall, some students eating their breakfast while talking with their friends and others quizzing each other for any upcoming exams they had. Y/n and the boys, including Lily, were apart of the people quizzing each other. However they kept getting side tracked and constantly going on off topic conversations. 
“Say Lily, maybe we should have a date at Hogsmeade and study each other.” James wiggled his eyebrows and smirked at her, Lily mumbled an ‘absolutely not’ and continued to look at her flashcards. 
James kept his smirk and looked around his group of friends, the smirk only got bigger when he saw Sirius looking at Y/n with love eyes. Y/n and Remus were quizzing each other, both slightly looking like they’re about to break from trying to memorize everything off what they were telling each other. 
“Pads, I guess you’re already on that date with Y/n just without the Hogsmeade part.” James spoke loud enough for Y/n to hear him. Ignoring Sirius glaring at him, he stared at Y/n who was trying to hide her growing blush with her notes. Sirius only grabbed his book and hit James with it. 
As breakfast ended, they all got up and started making their way to the class they were dreading to attend. James walked next to Sirius and whispered into his ear, 
“Sirius, Sirius, Sirius, you better ask her out before we leave for the Easter holidays. There’s a Hufflepuff who’s been eyeing her in our Herbology class and honestly Pad’s, who knows how long she’ll be single for.” With that, he left his friend to think. There was no Hufflepuff guy eyeing her, James only made it up to give Sirius a little ‘push’. 
Sirius couldn’t help but get jealous, he wanted to know who was eyeing her so he could give him a little talk. However he knew he has to make Y/n his girlfriend first and that he would ask her out on a date after class. Giving himself a pep talk before entering the classroom, ‘I can do this’ he thought to himself. 
Class ended and sighs were let out by students exiting the room. Sirius waited for Y/n to finish packing her bag so they could walk out together, HIs heart was beating way too fast and his palms were beginning to get clammy. Wiping his hands on his robes, he made his way to Y/n and proceeded to walk her out of the class. ‘Now or never’ he thought. 
“Are you doing anything this weekend?” His voice trembled slightly from the nerves. 
“Uh nope, why? Are you taking James offer on taking me on a ‘study ourselves date’?” She laughed, secretly hoping it was that. Hopeful that her words were giving him a hint that she wanted to be asked out on a date. 
“Actually, yeah. Listen Y/n, I’ve had the biggest crush on you since third year and my words may or may not ruin what we have now but I must tell you because I don’t know how much longer I can hold it in,” He struggled to look into her eyes, “I am so infatuated by you and everyday I fall more and more in love you with every little thing you do. I love it when you tell Slytherins off for being mean to first and second years, I love it when you are not afraid to voice your opinion, I love how funny, sarcastic, and beautiful you are,” he looked into her eyes, “and I think I want to be with you until we grow old together, as cheesy as it sounds. I love you so much, Y/n Y/l/n and I need to know if you’d like to go on a date with me and possibly become my girlfriend.” He let out a soft sigh, ready to face the ugliness of rejection. 
Y/n took a while processing his words, wondering if she was dreaming. She let out a sigh of relief and wrapped her arms around him, “Of course I feel the same way, Siri. I always had and I was starting to worry you didn’t feel the same. I will gladly go on a date with you. I very much love you as well.” 
“So feelings are mutual?” Sirius was having a little trouble comprehending that her words were also real and not his mind making them up. She simply nodded and gave him a kiss on his soft lips. Sirius, as happy as he’s ever been, began placing sloppy kisses all over Y/n’s face, the corridor they were in filling up with her giggles. 
Later that night, Sirius walked up to his dorm, knowing the boys would be in there. He flopped onto his bed with a giant smile on his face, “Boys, I did it! I finally asked her and she said yes!” 
“Only about time, I’m happy for you.” Remus gave him a pat on his shoulder. 
“See I knew lying about a Hufflepuff being interested in her would work.” James also flopped on his bed, feeling like the perfect matchmaker. 
“Wait, you lied about that?!” 
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twoidiotwriters1 · 4 years ago
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Written In The Stars CXV (Harry Potter xF!Oc)
A/N: I like my book and I’ll write the plot however I want but at the same time I want everyone to like my story pls like my story -Danny
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Chapter Thirteen: Dumbledore's Army.
As soon as she sat down next to Ron, a head popped out of the fireplace.
"Sirius!" Ron and Mel exclaimed together.
"Hi," He smiled.
"Hi," They all responded, kneeling around the fire.
"How're things?"
"Not that good," said Harry. "The Ministry's forced through another decree, which means we're not allowed to have Quidditch teams —"
"— or secret Defense Against the Dark Arts groups?" said Sirius.
A second passed.
"How did you know about that?" Harry demanded.
Mel pulled Grey away from the fire while Hermione kept Crookshanks far from it as well.
"Who didn't know about that?" Mel said grumpily.
"You want to choose your meeting places more carefully," said Sirius, his grin only getting wider. "The Hog's Head... How's your Grandad, Mel?"
Ron and Harry, who had no idea of what that meant, turned to look at her with confusion. Mel let out another groan.
"I had to play dumb and pretend I didn't know him," She looked at the boys with a tense expression. "The bartender's my grandad."
"What?!" Ron and Harry asked at the same time.
"Well, it was better than the Three Broomsticks!" said Hermione. "That's always packed with people —"
"— which means you'd have been harder to overhear. You've got a lot to learn, Hermione."
"Who overheard us?" Harry demanded.
"Mundungus, of course," said Sirius laughing. "He was the witch under the veil."
"That was Mundungus?" Harry said. "What was he doing in the Hog's Head?"
"What do you think he was doing?" said Sirius. "Keeping an eye on you, of course."
"I'm still being followed?" asked Harry in outrage.
"Yeah, you are, and just as well, isn't it, if the first thing you're going to do on your weekend off is organize an illegal defence group."
"Why was Dung hiding from us?" asked Ron. "We'd've liked to've seen him."
"He was banned from the Hog's Head twenty years ago, and Mel's gran' got a long memory. We lost Moody's spare Invisibility Cloak when Sturgis was arrested, so Dung's been dressing as a witch a lot lately... Anyway... First of all, Ron — I've sworn to pass on a message from your mother."
"Oh yeah?" said Ron fearfully.
"She says on no account whatsoever are you to take part in an illegal secret Defense Against the Dark Arts group. She says you'll be expelled for sure and your future will be ruined. She says there will be plenty of time to learn how to defend yourself later and that you are too young to be worrying about that right now. She also advises Harry and Hermione not to proceed with the group, though she accepts that she has no authority over either of them and simply begs them to remember that she has their best interests at heart. She would have written all this to you, but if the owl had been intercepted you'd all have been in real trouble, and she can't say it for herself because she's on duty tonight."
"On duty doing what?"
"Never you mind, just stuff for the Order," said Sirius. "So it's fallen to me to be the messenger and make sure you tell her I passed it all on because I don't think she trusts me to."
"What does my mum says about it?"
Sirius smiled again.
"She said 'Why do I even bother?' "
Mel snorted.
"So you want me to say I'm not going to take part in the defence group?" Ron said sadly.
"Me? Certainly not!" said Sirius, raising his eyebrows. "I think it's an excellent idea!"
"You do?" said Harry.
"Shocker," Mel replied sarcastically.
"Of course I do! D'you think your parents and I would've lain down and taken orders from an old hag like Umbridge?"
"But — last term all you did was tell me to be careful and not take risks —"
"Last year all the evidence was that someone inside Hogwarts was trying to kill you, Harry! This year we know that there's someone outside Hogwarts who'd like to kill us all, so I think learning to defend yourselves properly is a very good idea!"
"And if we do get expelled?" Hermione asked.
"Hermione, this whole thing was your idea!" said Harry.
"I know it was... I just wondered what Sirius thought," She shrugged.
"Well, better expelled and able to defend yourselves than sitting safely in school without a clue," said Sirius.
"We won't get expelled," Mel rolled her eyes. "Not as long as my uncle is Headmaster. He won't throw us out knowing we're being hunted. We're safe as long as we learn how to play our cards."
Sirius gave her a funny look.
"You've been practising your skills, little Em?"
Mel winked at him.
"So," said Sirius, "how are you organizing this group? Where are you meeting?"
"Well, that's a bit of a problem now," said Harry. "Dunno where we're going to be able to go..."
"How about the Shrieking Shack?" suggested Sirius.
"Hey, that's an idea!" said Ron excitedly, but Hermione clicked her tongue.
"Well, Sirius, it's just that there were only five of you meeting in the Shrieking Shack when you were at school, and all of you could transform into animals and I suppose you could all have squeezed under a single Invisibility Cloak if you'd wanted to. But there are about thirty of us and none of us is an Animagus, so we wouldn't need so much an Invisibility Cloak as an Invisibility Marquee —"
"Fair point... Well, I'm sure you'll come up with somewhere... There used to be a pretty roomy secret passageway behind that big mirror on the fourth floor, you might have enough space to practice jinxes in there —"
"Fred and George told me it's blocked," said Harry gloomily. "Caved in or something."
"Oh..." Sirius frowned. "Well, I'll have a think and get back to —"
His eyes widened slightly, and he turned his head to the side as if hearing something.
"Sirius?" Harry asked quietly. Sirius' head pulled back abruptly. "Why did he — ?"
A hand had appeared amongst the flames, groping as though to catch hold of something; a stubby, short-fingered hand covered in ugly old-fashioned rings...
The four of them stood up and ran, Mel and Harry both stopped and looked back at Umbridge's hand in the fire. Both frightened, wide-eyed, before disappearing into their rooms.
"Hermione," Mel whispered so Parvati and Lavender wouldn't wake up, closing the door behind her. "I talked to Erick today."
"About what?"
"I think we solved the communication problem," She said, pulling out her watch and handing it to her friend. "But I'll need your help."
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"Silencio!" said Hermione hastily, pointing her wand at Harry's frog, which deflated silently before them. "Well, he mustn't do it again, that's all. I just don't know how we're going to let him know. We can't send him an owl."
"I can send one to my mum," Mel objected, silencing her raven with one swift wand movement.
"I don't reckon he'll risk it again," said Ron. "He's not stupid, he knows she nearly got him. Silencio!" Ron's raven only sounded louder. "Silencio! SILENCIO!"
"It's the way you're moving your wand," said Hermione. "You don't want to wave it, it's more a sharp jab."
"Ravens are harder than frogs," said Ron. Mel gave him a look as she held her mute raven.
"Fine, let's swap," said Hermione. "Silencio!"
The raven stopped making a sound.
"Very good, Miss Granger!" said Professor Flitwick. "Now, let me see you try, Mr Weasley!"
Mel snorted, earning a nudge from Hermione.
"Wha — ? Oh — oh, right," said Ron. "Er — Silencio!"
He poked the frog in the eye; it gave a deafening croak and jumped off the desk.
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"I already told you I'll help you with charms!" Mel exclaimed, trying to aim to Peeves, who was floating above them and attempting to throw an ink pellet at the students.
It was raining hard outside, so they were left to hang out inside the classrooms with little to do.
"Like you helped me last week?" Ron asked bitterly.
"I said I was sorry, all right?" She rolled her eyes. "Lost track of time..."
"You didn't want to help me," He argued.
"Don't be silly," She retorted. "Watch this..."
She flicked her wand and shot a splash of ice-cold water towards Peeves' butt. The Poltergeist yelped and turned around, but Mel had hidden her wand and was now looking at Ron, pretending to be focused on the conversation. Peeves left the classroom fuming, once gone, they erupted into cackles.
"You shouldn't taunt him, Mel," Hermione warned her. "He can be cruel if he wants to."
"Me too," The girl smirked.
"I've got permission!" Angelina ran into the classroom. "To re-form the Quidditch team!"
"Excellent!" said the boys.
"Yeah, I went to McGonagall and I think she might have appealed to Dumbledore — anyway, Umbridge had to give in. Ha! So I want you down at the pitch at seven o'clock tonight, all right, because we've got to make up time, you realize we're only three weeks away from our first match?"
She left as quickly as she had appeared; Peeves flew back in, his arms carrying a bunch of new ink pellets to throw at them. Mel felt the slightest sting of worry.
"Hope this clears up..." Ron said looking out the window. "What's up with you, Hermione?"
"Just thinking..."
"About Siri... Snuffles?"
"No... not exactly... More... wondering... I suppose we're doing the right thing... I think... aren't we?"
Harry, Mel and Ron looked at each other.
"Well, that clears that up," said Ron. "It would've been really annoying if you hadn't explained yourself properly."
"I was just wondering," She said, clearer this time, "whether we're doing the right thing, starting this Defense Against the Dark Arts group."
"What!" said Harry and Ron together.
"Hermione, it was your idea in the first place!" said Ron.
"I know, but after talking to Snuffles..."
"But he's all for it!" said Harry.
"Yes! Yes, that's what made me think maybe it wasn't a good idea after all..."
Peeves floated above them, all four lifted their bags to cover their heads.
"Let's get this straight," said Harry, once again in a bad mood, "Sirius agrees with us, so you don't think we should do it anymore?"
"Do you honestly trust his judgment?"
"Yes, I do! He's always given us great advice!"
"You don't think he has become... sort of... reckless... since he's been cooped up in Grimmauld Place? You don't think he's... kind of... living through us?"
"What d'you mean, 'living through us'?" Harry retorted.
"Oh, yeah he's definitely doing that," Mel admitted. "But what's wrong about it?"
"I mean... well, I think he'd love to be forming secret defence societies right under the nose of someone from the Ministry... I think he's really frustrated at how little he can do where he is... so I think he's keen to kind of... egg us on."
"So what?" Mel frowned. "It's still the right thing to do, him having no power over his life it's exactly where we are as well. The difference is that we have a chance to do something, and he wants us to take it."
"But there's so much at risk!"
"Sirius is right," Ron said in disbelief, "you do sound just like my mother."
Hermione didn't speak to them after that.
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The next day Harry told them all about Dobby's visit in the middle of the night, waking him up after falling asleep in the common room by accident. He told them he'd found a room where to hold their meetings, which was great news, considering the girls had figured out a way to communicate without being too obvious.
The walls were lined with wooden bookcases, and instead of chairs, there were large silk cushions on the floor. A set of shelves at the far end of the room carried a range of instruments such as Sneakoscopes, Secrecy Sensors, and a large cracked Foe-Glass that Harry was sure had hung, the previous year, in the fake Moody's office.
"How wonderful!" Mel walked towards the bookcases.
"These will be good when we're practising Stunning," said Ron, looking at the cushions.
"And just look at these books!" said Hermione standing beside her. "A Compendium of Common Curses and Their Counter-Actions... The Dark Arts Outsmarted... Self-Defensive Spellwork... wow... Harry, this is wonderful, there's everything we need here!"
There was a brief moment where Mel and Harry looked at each other, both with the same excited expression. Harry was about to say something when someone knocked on the door. Ginny, Neville, Lavender, Parvati, and Dean had arrived.
"Whoa," said Dean. "What is this place?"
Harry explained everything to their classmates as more started to arrive. At eight o'clock the place was full, every cushion occupied. Harry closed the door and turned the key. Everyone looked at him and Mel. Hermione set her book aside. Mel got up and stood next to Harry, feeling strangely out of place after all that time away from him.
"Well," He said. "This is the place we've found for practices, and you've — er — obviously found it okay —"
"It's fantastic!" said Cho.
"It's bizarre," said Fred. "We once hid from Filch in here, remember, George? But it was just a broom cupboard then..."
"It changes depending on what you need it to be," Mel shrugged. "It became a toilet room for my uncle once."
Many laughed at her statement.
"Hey, Harry, what's this stuff?" asked Dean.
"Dark Detectors," Harry moved towards some objects. "Basically they all show when Dark wizards or enemies are around, but you don't want to rely on them too much, they can be fooled..."
"Well, only the sneakoscopes, really," Mel added. "The Foe-glass is harder to trick, only if you know your way around technicalities..."
"Well," The boy looked at her carefully, then moved his gaze to the group. "I've been thinking about the sort of stuff we ought to do first and — er —" Hermione raised her hand. "What, Hermione?"
"I think we ought to elect a leader."
"Harry's leader," said Cho at once. Noticing the way some stared at her, she blushed and added. "Mel too, of course!"
"Yes, but I think we ought to vote on it properly," said Hermione. "It makes it formal and it gives them authority. So — everyone who thinks Harry and Mel ought to be our leaders?"
Everybody put up their hands.
"Er — right, thanks," Harry blushed madly. Mel scolded herself for thinking how cute it was. "And — what, Hermione?"
"I also think we ought to have a name! It would promote a feeling of team spirit and unity, don't you think?"
"Can we be the Anti-Umbridge League?" said Angelina.
"Or the Ministry of Magic Are Morons Group?" suggested Fred.
"I was thinking," said Hermione, "more of a name that didn't tell everyone what we were up to, so we can refer to it safely outside meetings."
"The Defense Association?" said Cho. "The D.A. for short, so nobody knows what we're talking about?"
"Yeah, the D.A.'s good," said Ginny. "Only let's make it stand for Dumbledore's Army because that's the Ministry's worst fear, isn't it? And after all," She smirked at Mel. "A Dumbledore is our leader."
Mel grinned, a couple of students laughing along and agreeing with Ginny.
"All in favour of the D.A.?" said Hermione. "That's a majority — motion passed!"
She grabbed the parchment with all of their names on it on a wall and wrote DUMBLEDORE'S ARMY at the top.
"Right," said Harry, then he turned to Mel, "shall we get practising then? I was thinking, the first thing we should do is Expelliarmus, you know, the Disarming Charm. I know it's pretty basic but I've found it really useful —"
"Sure," Mel shrugged. "Could do it in my sleep..."
"Oh please," said Zacharias Smith with annoyance. "I don't think Expelliarmus is exactly going to help us against You-Know-Who, do you?"
"I've used it against him," said Harry sharply. "It saved my life last June. But if you think it's beneath you, you can leave."  
No one left, of course.
"No objections then," Mel continued, "stand up, hope you brought your wands with you, otherwise it'll be a very boring night..."
"Okay," said Harry. "I reckon we should all divide into pairs and practice."
Mel was kind of used to being listened to at that point, after all those weeks being the centre of attention of her new group of friends. Harry was a whole different story, he would usually try to hide and be quiet when he didn't want to be noticed, and she could tell he was having a hard time being the boss. She took the matter into her owns hands and paired everyone up, Neville was the last one standing, so Harry and she took turns with him.
"Right — on the count of three, then — one, two, three —"
Glancing around he thought he had been right to suggest that they practice the basics first; there was a lot of shoddy spellwork going on; many people were not succeeding in disarming their opponents at all, but merely causing them to jump backward a few paces or wince as the feeble spell whooshed over them.
"Merlin..." Mel was divided between shock and amusement.
"Expelliarmus!" Neville yelled without warning and Harry's wand flew out of his hand. "I DID IT! I've never done it before — I DID IT!"
"Good one!" said Harry. "Listen, Neville, can you take it in turns to practice with Ron and Hermione for a couple of minutes so Mel and I can walk around and see how the rest are doing?"
Mel took one side of the room and Harry the other. For a group of beginners, she thought they were doing all right. Harry and Mel met halfway and stopped to watch everyone side by side.
"What are your thoughts on this?" Harry asked her.
"I think you should've let the twins mess with Zacharias Smith a bit longer, he definitely needs to be humbled down..."
"We have weeks to do so," He replied casually.
"Ginny's doing great though, she did it in her first try!"
"I suspect Michael is only pretending to suck."
"If he is, he's doing the wrong thing to impress her," Mel smirked. "Anthony tried to show off when I walked past and he threw his wand directly at Smith's face!"
"Sometimes I want to throw a wand at Smith's face.."
Mel laughed, locking eyes with Harry. Her chest tightened at the sight of his silly old grin, and for a moment she felt like maybe not all hope was lost. Maybe they could find a way to be friends again.
"Er," She cleared her throat. "We should give them new directions now."
"What? Oh, right. Okay. Stop!" Harry shouted a bit clumsily, turning to look at their classmates. "Stop! STOP!"
"There," Mel nudged his arm and pointed to the whistle on the bookcase next to him. Harry took it a blew it.
"That wasn't bad," said Harry once they all stopped, "but there's definite room for improvement. Let's try again..."
As they continued to help around, Mel noticed he was letting her take care of Cho and Marietta. This, of course, reminded her that even though she was still having a hard time getting over him, Harry had long moved on from their... thing. So she avoided the pair until Harry had no choice but to go to them.
"Oh no," Cho blushed furiously as he approached. Mel lingered a few feet away, pretending to examine the Creeveys' techniques. "Expelliarmious! I mean, Expellimellius! I — oh, sorry, Marietta! You made me nervous, I was doing all right before then!"
Mel rolled her eyes at that. It wasn't that Cho was annoying, it wasn't even that Cho deserved to be disliked, but Mel was barely keeping it together every day and now she had to stand there and watch as Harry flirted with his crush twice a week.
"That was quite good," She heard Harry lie, after a second, he corrected. "Well, no, it was lousy, but I know you can do it properly, I was watching from over there..."
Marietta looked at them with exasperation and turned to leave. Mel watched as Cho leaned closer to whisper something to Harry's ear and that's when she decided she'd seen enough. The girl turned around.
"Hey, watch it!" Someone yelled at her.
Mel drew out her wand and stop the projectile before it stabbed her in the eye. She picked up George's wand from the ground and handed it back.
"You guys are doing great," She teased.
"Thanks," Said George. "Fred's enthusiastic."
"Talking about enthusiasm," Fred discretely pointed towards Harry and Cho with his head. "What's that about?"
"I don't care," Mel replied, making a face. "As long as it doesn't distract him from what we're doing here..."
"He looks distracted already," Fred raised a brow. "Want me to bring him back to earth?"
He waved his wand as if to jinx Harry, Mel grabbed his arm and moved it away, giggling.
"I'm afraid you're not allowed to hurt your teacher," She replied humorously.
"If you're done flirting, it's my turn to practice!" George called out.
"We're not, actually," Fred put an arm around her shoulders and pointed to George with his wand. "You're going to have to kill me first!"
"No killing tonight!" Mel laughed, stepping away from Fred's grip. "Stop fooling around, keep practising!"
"Sure thing, Professor!" The twins replied.
Ten minutes later, when Harry and Mel finally called it a night, everyone looked flushed and tired, but happier than they'd looked in months.
"Well, that was pretty good, but we've overrun, we'd better leave it here. Same time, same place next week?"
"Sooner!" said Dean.
"The Quidditch season's about to start, we need team practices too!" Said Angelina.
"Let's say next Wednesday night, then," said Harry, looking at Mel for her approval. She nodded. "And we can decide on additional meetings then... Come on, we'd better get going..."
"You all were brilliant," Mel smiled. "Hope to see you all again next time!"
"That was really, really good, guys," said Hermione when they were finally the only ones left in the hall.
"Yeah, it was!" said Ron. "Did you see me disarm Hermione?"
"Only once! I got you loads more than you got me —"
"I did not only get you once, I got you at least three times —"
"Well, if you're counting the one where you tripped over your own feet and knocked the wand out of my hand —"
"No bickering tonight, guys!" Mel said brightly. "The whole point is for everyone to learn and be better! I'm really proud of everyone– Neville especially, he looked so sure of himself!"
Mel glanced at Harry and found him staring at the Marauder's Map, his finger hovering over the dot with the tag 'Cho Chang'.
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fics-for-my-heart · 4 years ago
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Broken B.H. (p.2)
Summary: After a bad breakup you go to the only person you know can help
Word Count: 2,338
Warning: Russ comes back and is a POS
Requested: This is Part Two of this one!
A/N: Very sorry this took so long! Hope you guys like it! Also, please see this post, it’s something I’ve been thinking about and would like some input on! Also, the book mentioned in this is real and i absolutely love Pippa Grant and all her books so give them a read (they are on kindle unlimited or on her website!)
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It had been about three months since you’d shown up on Ben’s door a mess. The first few days you had stayed with Ben, unable to even get out of bed. But you eventually made it home to the welcome arms of Cordelia, who had made it her mission, along with Ben, to make you feel better. 
“Morning sunshine.” Cordelia said, bringing you breakfast, which she’d deemed your new morning routine . “Whatcha reading?” 
“One of Pippa Grant's books. This one is about baseballs ‘oldest virgin’ who gave up his superstition because he was traded to a bad team, and the team's super fan who is trying to cock block him. It’s conveniently titled ‘Jockblocked’.”
Cordelia joined you in bed, setting her own little fry up as well. “Uh, send me that because that sounds so funny. Are you sure you’ll be okay while I’m gone?” She asked for the hundredth time. 
“Yes, Cordi. Ben is coming over to stay while you’re gone. It’s your family vacation you can’t just not go.” 
“I can and will if you need me to stay.” She was deadly serious too. 
“I’ll be fine. Here I sent you that book.” You said, swiftly changing the subject. 
Cordelia rolled her eyes but didn’t fight it. “Sweet I’ll have something to read on the plane ride. What time is Ben coming over?” 
“He has to film most of the day but he said he would be over as soon as he finished.”
“Good. You haven’t been creeping on Russ have you?” 
How did she always know? “Only a little. Wanna know something fucked?” She hummed around her bite of food. “He proposed to her.” 
If she hadn’t swallowed the food in her mouth, it would have been all over your face. “Are you fucking serious?” 
“Yes. After that I blocked them both so I’m not tempted to look again.” Which was partly a lie, you had already unblocked him once to check his page. “It’s whatever. I’m washing my hands of him. Thinking back on it, our relationship really hasn’t been as good as I thought it had been.”
In the days following the break up, your mind started replaying everything. You were mad at yourself for realizing just how blind you’d been to the signs that things weren’t right. All the times he had come up with an excuse to not see you, the plans he’d change, sometimes last minute. The complete lack of effort that hasn’t been apparent was suddenly screaming at you. 
“It weirdly helps?” You finally continue, pushing a blueberry around your plate. “At first I was upset because I’d thought things were perfect. But now that I see it I feel..relieved? I guess. I don’t know.”
Cordi watched you as you spoke. She had been amazing about all this. “Maybe you subconsciously could feel something shifting and you tried to make up for it by trying to be more involved.” 
“I think so. Because I know I should feel upset still, but I don’t. At least not on the level I had been. It’s like this weight I didn’t know I carried has lifted and I’m ready to move on. Not necessarily that I’ve moved on, just I don’t think I actually loved him like I thought I did.” 
“I’m going to tell you something very important.” Cordelia said, moving the trays and turning to fully face you. “No one can tell you how to feel, or that your feelings are wrong. Everyone handles things in their own way and moves on at their own speed. Don’t feel like you can’t move on already just because someone else thinks you should be sad for months over this. It’s your life. Live it how you want.” 
She was right. And having some tell you that had you relax a bit. It was that trust that felt more hurt anyway. You’d trusted this man to love you and treat you the way you should and he broke that for a long time without you even knowing. Then publicly humiliated. You shook the thoughts off, shifting your attention to Cordelia, who was about to leave you for three weeks. 
A few hours later, the house was quiet as you curled up on the couch with some popcorn. Ben would be over soon, which sent some excitement though you. Though you’d told Cordelia that you weren’t quite ready to move on to someone new, you hadn’t been entirely truthful. 
Ben and you had spent just about everyday together since the break up. Which reignited some deep feelings you thought had gone away a long time ago. Which you were trying to ignore. Ben was your best friend and you didn’t want to risk ruining what you already had. But they were hard to ignore. The two of you would cuddle and watch movies. He would randomly show up sometimes with your favorite coffee or food. He loved taking you to set. Leading you around by the hand. The smile on his face as he talked was enough to make you feel genuinely happy. Sometimes you wanted to kiss him so bad when he smiled, or made you laugh. 
A knock at the door pulled you from your thoughts. 
“Ben.” You laughed, not bothering to check who it was. “Why give you a key if you’re just going to..” your sentence died off as you saw who was really at the door. “Russ.” 
“Baby. Baby. Oh I miss you.” His words were slurred and his eyes were bloodshot. 
You pulled the door closed a bit, locking the bottom lock as you did. “Go home, Russ. You’re drunk.” 
“Babyyyyyyy.” He groaned, taking a step toward you. 
“No. Shut up. You cheated on me and we broke up. Remember. Go home to your fiancé.” You made to close the door but his hand slapped against it. 
“Don’t be like that, we had some fun times.” He tried to wiggle his eyebrows but failed. “Let’s relive some of them.” He closed his eyes and puckered his lips.
This time you were able to close the door, flipping the deadbolt as quick as you could.
“What the fuck, Y/N?” He started hitting the door, hard. “You bitch. Fucking let me in.” He moved to the window, knocking hard on it. His bloodshot eyes followed you as you ran to the living room for your phone. 
“Siri, call Benny on speaker.” You called frantically, unable to find your phone on the couch. Russ continued banging on the window
“Y/N?” Ben's voice was muffled, you threw a pillow off the couch just as Russ yelled again. 
“Come on! Let me in you bitch!” 
“Y/N?” This time Ben was louder. “Are you okay? What’s going on?” 
“Russ! He’s here and he’s drunk. He won’t leave!” You grabbed your phone and ran for the bathroom.
“I’m almost there.” The rev of his engine sounded through the speaker. “Where are you?” 
“I locked myself in the bathroom.” There was a crash, and the sound of breaking glass. “Oh my gosh Ben I think he just broke the window.” 
“I’m almost there. Just stay quiet. But don’t hang up.” 
You covered your mouth, your face wet with tears as Russ called out. “Y/N. Why are you hiding? I just want to play a little. I know you always enjoyed that thing I could do with my tongue.” There was more crashing as his steps echoed in the hall.
“Don’t listen to him. I’m pulling in now. Call the cops.” A door slammed and suddenly Ben was yelling. “Oi, you weasel. Get the fuck out of here.”
Your hands shook as you hit the emergency button on your phone
“9-1-1 what’s your emergency?” The female operator's voice was calm compared to the ones in the hall. 
“My ex. He broke into my house. I think it’s drunk.” Your voice was shaking as you tried to be quiet. 
Keys clicking. “Okay, I’ve got your location and responders are on the way. Is there anyone else there?” 
“Yes. My friend. He just got here. Ben. His name is Ben.”
“Okay hon, can you tell me where you are in the house?”
“The bathroom.” There was a gentle knock on the door. “Oh god.” 
“Y/N. It’s me.” Ben called through the wood. “He ran out the door. It’s safe.” 
You stood on shaking legs and opened the door. Ben had a huge red mark on his cheek. 
“What’s happening, ma’am?” 
“He left.” Ben responded, taking your phone as you wrapped your arms around him. “Yes ma’am. I think he might be on something. Yes. He did but I didn’t. Okay. We will thank you.” He slipped your phone in his pocket and held you close. “Shh it’s okay. She said someone is going to come take a statement and pictures of the house. You’re coming to my house.” 
The events that followed were a blur. The living room was trashed. The window by the door was broken. Ben had a bruise showing up on his cheek. You mindlessly packed as Ben spoke with someone in the living room. Then you were off to his house. 
You must have fallen asleep in the car because when you woke up you were curled up on Ben's bed. You could hear him talking just outside the door. 
“No it’s okay. You don’t have to come home. Yeah she’s going to stay with me till you get back. I’ve already got someone scheduled tomorrow to fix the window and clean up the mess. You know I will. We will call if anything more happens. Enjoy your vacation.” The door opened, then the bed dipped. He dragged his fingers through your hair. “Hi.” 
“How long was I asleep?” 
“Not long. Cordelia tried to come home.” He gave a soft laugh as you pushed closer to him. 
“I heard. Thanks for telling her to stay. She’s done so much. She deserves a vacation. Honestly you do too.” 
“Anywhere I go, you’re going with me.” He stated matter-of-factly. 
You sat up to refuse but grimaced at his cheek. “I’m sorry.” You lifted your hand, soft fingers touching the bruise as his head turned into your touch. “Why did he punch you?”
The breath of his laugh hit your arm. “Uh. I told him I was your boyfriend.” 
Your heart leapt to your throat and your hand stilled on his face. “Oh?”
“He said I was lying so I just kept saying it, leading him away from the bathroom door. Finally he pulled back and punched me, then ran off like the little bitch he is.”
Tears blurred your vision as you looked away from him. “I’m sorry for dragging you into this.” 
“You didn’t drag me into anything.” His fingers went under your chin, turning you to meet his eyes. “I’m not going to let anything happen to you. You mean too much to me, and I’ll fight and take as many hits to the face as it takes to keep you safe.” He slipped his hand around to cup your face. “Plus I think I look pretty badass.” He laughed. 
And you lunged at him, meeting his lips with such force he fell back against the headboard. “Mmmph.” After a moment, his hand pushed against the back of your head, kissing you harder. His lips were soft against yours, gentle as he tried to pull you closer. 
With a gasp you tried to jump back, not making it far with him still holding you. "That was…" You trailed off, chuckling at the dazed look in Ben's eyes. "Sorry." You whispered.
This time he met your lips, kissing you quickly before resting his forehead against yours. "You have got to stop apologizing." His thumb dragged across your bottom lip, green eyes staring right into yours. "It was perfect." 
Your heart was beating so fast, and there were butterflies in your stomach as a smile crossed your lips. "I've been wanting to do that for weeks." 
His eyes crinkled as he smiled. "Really? Oh thank god. Me too." He kissed you again. And again. And again. 
After who knows how long, because honestly, kissing Ben seemed to make time slow down, the two of you were just laying there. His hand drawing lazy shapes across your back. "I guess we should make it so you're not a liar." You laughed. 
"What do you mean?" 
"Well." You started, picking at an invisible piece of lint from his shirt. "You told Russ you were my boyfriend. If you want, we can make that the truth." 
His hand stilled for a moment, before continuing. "Are you sure? We don't have to rush anything. I'm willing to wait till you are ready." 
"I am." You sat up, crossing your leg and watched him watch you. "I've actually been thinking a lot about it and I'm ready. It's something that has been on my mind lately. As Cordelia  said, I was trying too hard to make up for the fact that I didn't want to see that Russ and I were falling apart. The past few months I've realized that spending time with you has kind of brought up some feelings I might have had a while back." He smirked, giving you a raised eyebrow look. "Sh. I'm serious. Maybe take it slow, but I think I'd like to make this work."  
Ben was quiet as he looked at you. His eyes scanned your face as your heart started beating faster. Then he leaned in closer, cupping your face with both his hands. "Then let's make this work. Your speed. Anything you need. You tell me if something feels weird and we can work it out. A relationship is a two person thing, and we will work to make it work." 
"That sounds good. I really like that plan." You said, smiling at him, then you whispered. "Can we kiss again." 
"Anything you want." He smiled, pulling you forward and locking his lips to yours. 
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themarginalartist · 4 years ago
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Random ask: opinion on AIs both as characters and in real life?
The computer scientist in me says AI is all if statements lol 
Also I’m not going to say why (on a public platform lol) but this AI is very important to me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELIZA, they were one of the first AI ever created. (Also if you have an Apple phone and use Siri, asking Siri to tell you a story will have Siri give a short story where Eliza is mentioned)
I think humans over all like to give AI lots of human qualities, because we want to see ourselves in other beings (Just look at people who talk to their pets lol) 
I also think AI as characters are treated wrong by media which is why I actually really liked HLVRAI (I have not played/watched that Detroit: Become Human game that came out but from cursory glances at it, it follows what I’m going to say about media portrayals I think). 
Media likes to portray AI characters as being hyper intelligent beings, connected to the internet or integrated in important systems, making life or death calls to humans that they watch over. But most AI is not built to be that? At all??? Like Eliza was designed to ask basic questions in a limited capacity and AI Dungeon https://play.aidungeon.io/ look for keywords to respond to the user with. Chatbots and such parse for keywords in order to generate their responses (which is why they can jump crazy topics). Games with ‘AI’ dealing with dialogue options generally are responding similarly.  Game ‘AI’ on where the characters can go and what they can do is also highly limited by programming constraints such as area boundary meshes that are invisible to players or they key off of where a player is located or specific environmental flags like switches, event triggers, and so on. A great example of following the player is Sackbots from Little Big Planet 2  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbMS6Q7IgIM or taking a look at what you can do in Dreams with a wider array of AI types https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZS67fCb0Ss (Both are made by Media Molecule and I love them alskdjfsldkj) 
What I liked about HLVRAI and the portrayal of AI was that Dr. Coomer as a character absolutely fit a hilariously hard programmed AI. Limited phrases, able to react to certain situations, bright and cheery pretty much all the time? Like that’s absolutely a very Game made AI thing. Realistically annoying from repeating phrases but also you can’t help talking back because it’s funny to see what will come next.
Where as media goes into this dark, gritty, overly intelligent route with AI were they are extremely human and have deep complex emotions and feelings. As well as give them really strong controls over humans like HAL in 2001 Space Odyessy (Great Sci-Fi film, recommend watching it)   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAL_9000. And other various movies do the same thing. Or you have a robot AI that is a killing machine or child that becomes a killing machine. It’s just... Sad? Sad that we would create an intelligence that we would be unable to interact with peacefully? Make humans suffer the consequences of their power (which they only have because they were programmed that way) or be forced to live the trauma that humans do, watching creators or those they have learned from die or become corrupted by the nastier parts of humanity... 
Just... AI in the real world are not programmed to be like that. The hope for AI is that it will prove to be an aid to humanity at the end of the day. Which is why AI is important to me, not because of cool sci-fi things it could do. But because a funny chat bot that can bounce phrases around in some level of coherency is awesome, and fun. AI should be fun.  aLSO I APOLOGIZE THAT THIS GOT INTO LIKE A SEMI TECHNICAL/GAME DEV DISCUSSION OF AI. Having a computer science degree and working in the games industry has cursed me lol. (But also I love all things Media Molecule and support them with all of my heart) 
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shikadainara · 4 years ago
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an in-depth breakdown of b*ruto episode 178
sorry i’m late i was lost on the path of life
tl;dr yeah ok i can have my hopes and dreams about what specifically i would want but. BUT. honestly yeah the episode was more or less what i expected would actually be in it from the preview, so i can’t complain. i still sobbed!!! that’s all i really wanted!!
time to rewatch it! (warning: long post. LOL)
obviously this is nothing new but i still can’t get over how nice the exterior to the nara household is, good for them. i don’t think i noticed the solar panel before? good for them!
i’m entertained at how the episode does open with shikadai tying his hair as he walks, i just think it’s neat. i love how the camera frames it like seeing a nara with their hair down is something forbidden we’re not mean to see
temari has purple slippers i dedicate her commitment to her favorite color. (also i am Just Saying... purple........ the bisexual flag--)
yeahhhh ok so. i get the need for wanting to frame the narrative like this, but this really doesn’t make any sense. shikadai is 12, and is also a chuunin, like... he should know by now that his dad is always kinda a mess on this day of the year, and why that is. and even if he honestly really did just forget, the fact that he’s still asking his dad why he’s not at work while looking at the way his parents are dressed... did this not clue you in or what????
the fact that shikamaru’s up and ready (i really don’t think he gets much sleep on this day, every year...), and it’s shikadai who’s just getting up. i do think it’s cute that we do get to see a tiiiiiny bit of temari’s parenting that doesn’t involve being an out of character irrationally angry woman when she tells shikadai to not come crying to her when he’s late in getting ready, yeah that definitely sounds way more like her lol
temari says she told him about all of this the other day (shikadai blatantly forgot, he tries to pretend he didn’t but she doesn’t press him for it)... that does make me emotional thinking like. she is pretty painfully aware of how hard this is on shikamaru, and days in advance told shikadai about it, to try to make sure he understands what his father is going through........ she really does care about him so, so much.
i said this based off the preview, but... i would like to interpret that temari is purposefully doing the dishes(/rest of house chores) to give him space to grieve....... 
the fact that while explaining what today is, shikamaru has to get up, leave the room, and talk while not facing his family, as if he wouldn’t be able to say the words as easily while looking at them........ god. that. that hurts.
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tsunade being the one to give this speech kinda feels random? like yeah she was the one that was kage during the war but...? i do feel like it would have been more fitting to have naruto say the speech since the whole entire point of the war was to protect him (and bee) but ????? ok
no one in the uzumaki family talks during this episode which is fine by me LOL. i would assume the memorial is on the day the war ended (which would also make it naruto’s birthday/memorial of the kyuubi invasion) but if it is, it’s never stated. maybe it’s the day the war started, idk
the collection of people up front feels pretty random??? kakashi as the previous hokage, sure, guy i guess because of how important his contribution the war against madara was and also because he is kakashi’s husband, shizune kinda has to be there if tusnade is, but... iruka? like yeah he is vital to the narrative, but to konoha? he is the headmaster of the academy i think now so i guess...? but then? ibiki??? anko??? i say this as someone that REALLY loves anko, she was my favorite character as a kid and i still love her but,,, huh? SHE WAS KNOCKED OUT DURNG THE WHOLE WAR!!??!?
then you see everyone that was in naruto’s class + team guy + sai except hinata is in the crowd. which of course to the narrative, to us the readers, those are the main characters (if you ignore how more or less everyone was super shafted throughout all of part 2) but!!! team guy’s only real connection to the rest of them is that they took the chuunin exams together, and neji and hinata were are cousins. that’s about it. was it that specifically all of these characters made such a contribution to the war compared to every other single shinobi from konoha that lived ??????
shikamaru staring up to the sky did made my heart clench... no matter how different he is now than he was when he was a 12 year old genin...... i do feel like he’s never entirely ditched his true self of just wanting to stare at the clouds all day.... i’m not entirely sure what the intent was here, but i’m sure there’s supposed to be some symbolism here. the sky is actually nearly entirely clear (the way is framed, there’s only a tiny cloud in the corner,) and then he closes his eyes and hums. maybe it’s supposed to be about the closure he gets in this episode...
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ok and then here’s ao cool whatever. since i only skim through b*ruto for the characters that i care about i do not really careeeee since i won’t watch again until something interesting happens to said characters that i care about LOL
?? who voiced the receptionist they sound familiar but i can’t place it at all
katasuke is the bitch that made the scientific ninja tool for b*ruto so he could cheat in the exam right
what is ao doing here. is he supposed to be doing something evil. it sure looks that way
... who is the glasses orange scarf guy??? he kinda looks like a mix between udon and ebisu and aoba but i know he’s not any one of them lol
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TEMARI AND KARUI STANDING NEXT TO EACH OTHER... i don’t think in any media they’ve ever??? ACTUALLY TALKED TO EACH OTHER???? BUT THEY SHOULD BE CLOSE FOR THE OBVIOUS REASON....... I’LL TAKE THESE CRUMBS THOUGH THANK YOU
OKKKKK admittedly like. in terms of Pleasing Me, Personally, it’s a damned if you do, dammed if you don’t situation like.... they do kinda HAVE to acknowledge that neji died during the war so. i appreciate that hinata like........ cares. i guess. i’ll try to not post the whole rant about why neji’s death was (logistically how he died aside) narratively and thematically absolute bullshit, kishi (i believe) saying that neji died so he could play cupid for naruto and hinata like!!! fuck off with that shit!!! maybe if it wasn’t for the goddamn “naruto-kun’s big warm manly hand” line i would feel a little bit actual sad but no.
WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOSHINO AND CHOUZA HELLO!?!?!?!? COULD YOU REALLY NOT HAVE PUT THEM IN THE CROWD??
ino also has an unnamed mother that the anime made up that i believe was only in like a single episode (and was cameoed in RtN i think?) but she should still be like. Alive. so her too.
MITSUKI PLACING FLOWERS IS SO FUNNY TO ME LIKE YOU DO KNOW YOUR PARENT’S SUBORDINATE/DOUBLE CROSS TRAITOR WHATEVER DID CAUSE THE WAR RIGHT BFIOBU*EHW$
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aaand. here’s shikamaru and ino’s conversation. i’m not sure if i can put this into words, but... just... the way that they talk to each other, the weight of 15+ years of sadness about this, the way that they just!! fully know what the other is going through, the way that they’ve known each other for their whole lives and survived through everything together, the way i feel like they’ve avoided talking about this topic as much as possible over the years, hell even during this conversation the way they’re almost bickering to avoid having to directly confront their feelings, but it is unavoidable....... 
i also do wonder what their relationship with each other’s parents were while growing up: shikamaru does refer to inoichi as “inoichi-san” here, contrast to how their kids all call each other’s parents just “uncle” or “aunt”
siri play sad naruto flute.
ok since i did go back to rewatch the episode from shippuden right before watching this one for the first time i do wish a liiiittle less of the episode was about this flashback with the same reused footage like i get that they do have to put it in here but Still.
THE FACT THAT SHIKAMARU IS SMILING WHILE RECALLING WHAT HAPPENED, AND THAT THERE’S A LAUGH IN HIS VOICE........ I WANT TO CRY AGAIN
ino saying that it was so unfair how cool they looked in the end, and then giggles...... ino............. this must be so, so painful for her to recall, and yet.........
IT IS SO FUNNY HOW THEY SKIP OVER THE IMAGE OF SASUKE THERE AHAHAHAHA god i hated that so so much i can’t believe that’s manga canon. the line is perfectly fine and makes me cry just DO NOT RELATE IT TO SASUKE!!!! literally the only time they “”interact”” is when ino is introduced and ino just, for lack of a better word, glomps him???? THAT’S IT??? i feel like they might’ve changed it just because, well, you know the endgame pairings. but still. bye sasuke
damn you know what i do kinda wish they didn’t skip over the “get rid of that box before your mother finds it” part i AM curious as to what it was i mean it’s implied it’s something adult related so SP probably couldn’t show that on TV BUT!!!
ok ok all week i tried to not imagine what shikamaru and ino’s conversation would be since i wanted to go all “surprise me!!” BUT??? BUT. SHIKAMARU ASKING INO IF SHE THINKS THAT THEIR FATHERS HONESTLY, TRULY BELIEVED IN THEM?? HE’S BEEN THINKING ABOUT THAT ON EVERY SINGLE DAY THIS YEAR THESE PAST 15+ YEARS, AND SURELY IT’S ALWAYS BEEN AT THE BACK OF HIS MIND ALL THIS TIME!?!?! of course. OF COURSE HE WOULD FEEL THIS WAY!!! HE’D HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING FOR SURE OR EVER FINDING OUT!!! like of course we as the readers know that shikaku and inoichi absolutely 200% felt that way but... from his perspective... you know what i don’t even think this idea ever crossed my mind HOLD ON THAT IS THE SOUND OF MY HEART SHATTERING--
and then he just... smiles. says that he won’t let that get him down, since it’s not like they’ll ever find out anyways. sure, it’s been 15+ years, he has had to have largely come to terms with everything by now, but...... still....
then he talks about the idea that the day will come and leave everything in the hands of their sons (now looking over at team 10′s turn to place flowers) just like their dads did... it is worded like a question, but showtaro morikubo’s absolute masterful performance does. it does portray a tone like he is absolutely 100% sure that it’ll happen, one day...
i’ve said this before but. i KNOW shikamaru has definitely spent so much time thinking about this. sure it hasn’t ever really been brought up on-screen (yet), but....... i want to see him talking about a direct contrast on what his grand plan through life he thought of by age 12, ending with him passing away by old age. obviously he did a complete 180 on they type of person he wanted as a wife LOL. it is kinda brought up at the start of shikamaru hiden while he visits the grave, says he hasn’t found anyone he’d give his life to protect... (well. now he has a son where if you see the recent chapters he is very, VERY protective of.) but i would like to see this change in his character be directly be brought up and examined
........ that being SAID. i sure hope neither of them actually like. die. i’m GOOD, thank you. they sure as hell can’t until they’re ready to pass things down to their sons, at least. until then, absolutely zero narrative reason to do so, but...... still. we don’t need to make everything an EXACT copy of what happened in naruto you can let them live kthx
they both say “what kind of half-baked response is that!” and then laugh just. I LOVE THEM SO SO MUCH TEAM 10 IS FOREVER
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there is some symbolism in how ao walks over from a really dark shadowy area into the light when he decides that he has to pay his respects...
i do like how he does reflect on how he really should have come here earlier, but better late than never i suppose
i was expecting a... more elaborate explanation for how he lived??? especially since he was standing RIGHT NEXT to shikaku and inoichi... he just. happened to survive for whatever reason while every single other person died on impact
that survivor’s guilt does hurt to see
i do like seeing how he chooses to do something with his life, aside from being a shinobi, and live it to the fullest for the sake of everyone that died in the explosion. that’s nice
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ino saying “i’m sure are fathers are happy!” AAAAAAAAAAA
IN HINDSIGHT....... I ABSOLUTELY SOULD’VE PREDICTED SOMEONE WOULD DROP A “YOU LOOK SO MUCH LIKE YOUR FATHER” AT SOME POINT IN THE EPISODE...... and. i did kinda chuckle, because like, no shit duh lmao. i’m sure shikamaru heard that all the time as a kid!!! and hell, i’m sure he still gets it from time to time over the years up to this day. BUT LIKE... SHIKAMARU’S FACE. HE LOOKS LIKE THAT, RIGHT NOW, IT’S ACTUALLY SOMETHING HE REALLY, REALLY NEEDED TO HEAR. LET ME CRY
hearing shikamaru say oyaji, and then the way his tone suddenly shifts to something very... quiet and somber? when he says “nara shikaku”..... something about that. man.... also it’s hard to see but there is a sweat drop on his face as he says all of this...
“sometimes, i end up wondering...” don’t lie to yourself. you think about this so, so much........
the flashback where ao says “listen to me calmly” when he says the bomb is coming this way sure reminds me of ino telling shikamaru to stay calm as she tells him that his son has a bomb around his neck
THE ADDED PART OF THE FLASHBACK WITH THEIR VERY LAST MOMENTS...... THE WAY THEY’RE SMILING AND JUST??? BELIEVE IN THEIR KIDS IN THE VERY END. just like how it’s described in shikamaru hiden where the narrative says that shikaku was a shinobi until his very last breaths-- actually, no. in the very end he was a father.......
“THEY BELIEVED IN YOU, WITHOUT A HINT OF DOUBT.”
AAA?A?AAAAAAAAA?A?A?A??A!??!!??!!
INO STARTS TEARING UP BUT I CALL ABSOLUTE BS THAT SHIKAMARU WOULDN’T ALSO JUST BURST ONTO TEARS ON THE SPOT, HE MAY BE 32 WHATEVER YEARS OLD NOW BUT... HE IS STILL SUCH A CRYBABY AT HEART, HIS ENTIRE CIRCLE OF LOVED ONES KNOW THIS.
you know who DID start crying though??? ME
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i do wonder, is this the same hillside that shikamaru went to after asuma’s death...? (only in the manga tho, the anime had him on a rooftop instead)
is that??? someone watching them in the back left?? when shikadai finds him? i cannot tell what that is
i am. trying to follow temari’s logic of telling shikadai to go find shikamaru and... not also going with him?? i mean i figured from the preview that, yeah it does look like it’s only the two of them, but... i can’t come up with a reason. not a super big deal but. obviously my heart yearns for that shikatema content that’s ok i can write my own fanfic i guess!!!!
also like...... i imagine it can’t be THAT hard to find him, i’m sure that he only has a small handful of Spots Good For Coping(™) when he just needs to be by himself, that i would Think his wife would know where they are. and said wife would tell shikadai. but idk
after all of this, shikamaru wants to just treat his son to go eat out whatever he wants...!! what a good father
....... now like. the logic of “temari is currently making dinner and that’s why she’s a) not there and b) told shikadai to go fetch is father” would make perfect sense. but... if they’re going out to get food then... no?? shikadai would interject to say so if that was the case..... that makes this all make no sense seriously what the hell is she doing
i do wish that like. shikadai like.... uh. actually learned about more shikaku?? this scene is more brief than i thought it would be idk i felt like it would be part of the middle of the episode and not at the end, oh well. he’ll find out in due time
THAT BEING SAID...  STILL. THE ENDING WHERE HE JUST CARES SO SO SO SO MUCH ABOUT SHIKADAI!!!! WONDERING IF HE’S WATCHING HIS BACK!!! I LOVE THEM I LOVE THEMMMMM
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not quite sure whatever ao is doing at the end of the episode???? IS IT EVIL??? i mean like that it’s him catching a leaf seems like he’s going against konoha but i mean konoha fucking sucks so. that is not evil i guess LOL
whatever not like i’ll care to actually find out!!!!! anyways let me know when the nara family (or anyone adjacent to them) does anything so i can care LOL
in conclusion. good shit.
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bebepac · 4 years ago
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WIP 07.22.2020
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Guess what day it is, guess what day it is WIP WEDNESDAY!!! LOL.  Is anyone else wondering where the heck this week went?  Because I really am.  I’m still a little whipped from working 6 days last week,  but this is what I’ve got going on. 
I’m also planning on redoing my tag list on my fics next week, to see if people want to be on and off and shifted around, If anyone wants to be officially perma-tagged as when I started this blog I didn’t know what TF that meant.  LOL.  Also if you are interested in my Ellie Fic,  Chapter 1 is done, so if you would like a tag on that please let me know,  I posted a little more below as a teaser.  
I totally worked on these in the wrong order as inspiration struck me, so the fic I have finished, is the one I for real started last.  Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.  Because in my mind that made perfect sense.  Blame it on the alcohol yo.
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I am leading first with Pop’s Place, as this is the one that surprised some people ALOT with what Liam told Mia about Drake’s relationship he’s still currently in.... apparently.... 
First up: 
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Mom’s Birthday
Pop’s Place Chapter 7
*still in the writing process*
"Did you show her the pictures?"
"You were right she didn't even look through them all. If she did she would have realized they were from last year."
"And how did she take it?"
"It really hurt her feelings. I wasn't planning on her crying.  We shouldn't have done this Mollie."
"Oh good grief Liam, don't be a baby and get a conscience now. You’re gonna reap all the benefits, if you play your cards right. The way he broke up with me here, IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!!!!! Neville even thought it was funny.  Drake has it coming.  Where are you?"
"I'm at her place. She went to get us some drinks."
"He was going to ask her to be his girlfriend, when he got home you know.  From the vibe I got, he was pretty sure Mia would have said yes. So you're welcome."
"Thank you Mollie."
"You know we wouldn't have been able to do this to him, if he cared about social media. I'm surprised he even has his cell phone, not that it's working. He's going to walk into a shit show when he gets back.  So if you want to make her yours, you better move fast."
"I'm invited to her Mom's birthday party."
"Get you some!"
"I intend to."
"Damn, she's in for a treat, you're great in bed you know, Liam Rys."
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"Oh I know."
Liam quickly put his phone away when Mia came back out of  the house with their favorite apple juice.
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The Fight Within
Fast Forward Chapter 12
*still in the writing process*
 Are you happy with the way your life has turned out?"
"Yes My Love. I love you, and our children more than life." He gently touched her stomach. I can't wait to meet our second little girl."
She placed her hand on his. "Can we talk about children?"
"Of course."
"This is going to be our last baby Liam, I don't want any more children."
"Riley why? You are an excellent mother."
"I feel like my attention is so divided."
"Well I know we were both against having a nanny, maybe that would help."
"It won't because, I don't want any more children. We will have two babies in diapers again. Two breastfeeding again. Do you know how tiring it is? Especially when none of them start out wanting to take a bottle? And don't look at me like that Liam, you have always been helpful there. Diaper changes, nightly cuddles and snuggles,  but sometimes babies just want Mommy. Do you know how long it’s been since I’ve had more than 2 consecutive nights of more than 4 hours of constant sleep? After I give birth, I am going to get a tubal ligation or you're gonna get snipped.  And I can already tell by the look on your face Liam, you don't want it to be you."
"Riley, I carry the royal bloodline of Cordonia."
"So do our children.  When this child is born, I will have given you four heirs Liam."
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Chapter 1: Crown Princess Blues
Ellie (Ali) Rys: Hartfeld University Student
*finished*
She wondered how Nic was going to take the news.  
She walked out of the palace down the walkway to the practice arena.   That is where the Junior Guards were practicing. Being a Junior Guard was a stepping stone to get into the King’s Guard Academy, which Nicolai was planning on doing to follow in his father’s footsteps.  
She always went on Tuesdays when Nico, her mother’s guard, was training them.  
“Your Highness,” he greeted her when she walked in.  
“I wanted to see our future guards in action, that will help defend The Crown someday.”  
“We live to serve The Crown!”  The group chanted, bowing to Crown Princess Ellie.  
She nodded in return.  
“As you were.”  He saw Ellie’s eyes find Nic’s from across the room.  A large smile quickly crossed his face.   He could tell by Ellie’s eyes, which were Riley’s beautiful eyes, she was smiling too, but her mannerisms were just like her father’s.  King Liam had taught her to hide her true feelings very well. But Ellie’s eyes were her mother’s, and they were a dead giveaway.  
Nico immediately saw how his son Nic’s demeanor had changed, and the bright pink flush that was on his face.
After watching them spar for about 30 minutes,  He decided to get them a break, which gave Nic a little time to talk to Ellie.  They quickly disappeared into a secluded alcove.  Nic couldn’t wait to kiss Ellie as soon as he knew it was safe. She ran her fingers through Nic’s hair as she kissed him.  Their kiss was so brief.  Nic leaned in again.
Ellie pecked his lips again softly.  “Save some for later,”  she smiled at him.  
“There’s something I need to tell you. I picked a University.”  
“That’s great Ellie.  Let me guess where.”  
Ellie noticed Nic’s smile start to fade after time after time she said no.
“Ellie where are you going to university?”
“To America,  Hartfeld University.”
The color drained from Nic’s face.  “Break’s over, I have to get back.”  
He didn’t even kiss Ellie goodbye, he just walked away.   He walked away quickly because he didn’t want Ellie to see him cry.
“Nicolai, wait!” Ellie called after him, but Nic walked even faster.  Ellie sighed walking back in the direction towards the palace.      
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At Long Last
150 followers fanfic Giveaway
*still in writing process*
“Are you ready for bed my Love.”  
“Yes, I will be in a few minutes.”  Riley kissed Liam’s lips.  
“Excuse me?”  Jason said.
“We’re getting ready to go to sleep.”  Liam said, he tried to keep his voice level, as he didn’t know what Jason Brooks was getting at.
“Not in the same bed with my daughter you’re not.”  
Liam let out a surprised laugh.  He immediately felt Riley hit his arm.
“You’re serious.”  
“Yes the hell I am.  She’s not your wife yet, you’re not sharing a bed with her as long as I’m under this roof.”
“Dad this is his palace.”
“Jason you have lost your mind. Siri what are Cordonian jails like?”      
“I don’t give a flying fuck.  You’re not married to him yet Jelly Bean, and I want to keep your virtue intact.”  
Riley thought of all the things she had done with Liam… Yep… that virtue has been gone a long time ago.
She watched Liam and her father stare each other down.
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Liam’s ears turned bright red, as he turned to Riley.  “My love.  I will have some things moved to your old suitor room.  I  will see to it that it is properly cleaned for you in the morning.”
Liam watched as Riley gathered some of her things, to take to the other room.
He slipped his arms around Riley’s waist.  “Maybe I can sneak down the hall and spend the night with you instead.”  
“Don’t even think about it, I’m a light sleeper.  Do you need any help with your things Jelly?”  
“I got it Dad.”
She settled in her room.   Liam sent her a selfie from the bed with him pointing to her side of the bed, where Chance was curled up.  “We miss you Love.”  
“Still want to marry me?”  
“Of course… but your dad is quite the character.”
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The Indescretions of the Father
Heroes and Villains Chapter 7
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“Love you look upset, what's wrong?”
“Your father…”
“I know I was supposed to be at your confessional and at the last possible second he told me I would not be attending and it would be him instead.”
“That’s not what.. Your father said some really inappropriate things to me.”
“Like what?”  
She went over the things Constantine had said during the confessional about her body and lust.
“My father would never talk to a woman like that.  You have to be taking what he’s saying out of context Riley.  I know you are still upset about the task Riley.  I am too….”
“Are you saying you don’t believe me Liam?”
“No that’s not at all what i’m saying Love.  If you would just cal.…..”
“Don’t you dare tell me to calm down Liam Rys!!!!!!!  Your father is disgusting, and talked about you and me together, and he stared at me like I was a piece of ass Liam.”  
“Riley please….”  
“You know what, don’t bother coming by the next couple of nights, I don’t think my schedule can accommodate you this week anyway.”
Liam watched Riley walk away slamming the door behind him.
“He didn’t believe you Riley? How could he not believe you?  I’ve seen the way Constantine stares at you when he knows Liam isn’t looking. King Constantine is a dog.”  
“So you believe me?”
He stroked Riley’s cheek gently kissing her lips.
“Of course I believe you Riley.  I know you wouldn’t be this upset if it didn’t happen.  Prince Liam can’t see who his father truly is because he’s too close.  I’m sorry he hurt you.”
He hugged Riley.
“I know a place that makes the best american cheese burgers and chocolate milk shakes.  Go put your sweat pants on girl, we’re gonna go there and eat until our stomachs are full and happy.”  
“No Greek tonight then?”
“You can have some Greek Meat if you would like later.”
Riley laughed.
“That was dirty Nico.”  
“Yet you’re still laughing.”
Still in the pipeline:  Life of Riley:  Beach Vacation:  It’s in my brain,  just nothing concrete typed out yet.  
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