#slave-kun

[ramuneempiremtl]

Slave-kun’s Happy Life in Another World: Chapter 40

The master clapped his hands together in front of the forest.

What's going on?

"Alright, everyone line up. I'm going to hand out weapons."

"Hulk, I'd like the shorter one, please."

"We're in the forest, so I understand."

He took out weapons from somewhere and handed them out to everyone. A short sword for the leader, two daggers for Aki, a club-like thing for Nove, and a shield for Daine. Finally, he took out a short spear and held it himself.

The master has started a weapon shop…!

I'm the one with the storage bag, but where did all these weapons come from?

"Hulk has 'Special Storage'."

Special Storage… Is it different from a storage bag?

"Special Storage is a type of magic that allows you to have a 'different dimension that can hold an infinite number of specific items'. In Hulk's case, he can put in as many 'weapons' as he wants. It's a type of spatial magic, but if you limit the items you can put in, it hardly uses any magical power, so even Hulk, who has low magical power, can use it."

"He has magic letters engraved somewhere on his body."

"It sounds painful, and I don't want to be called a 'walking armory', so I'll pass."

"But you're always helping us. Thank you, Hulk."

The master is helping everyone! …Is this really helping?

I wondered why the master and everyone else didn't have weapons with them.

Everyone is armed, which means…

There might be a battle in the forest. I'd like to avoid it if possible, but everyone looks strong, so I'll do my best not to hold everyone back.

By the way, Nove, are you going to hit things with that club, or mace? What about magic?

We walk in a loose vertical line through the forest.

The air changed distinctly as we entered the forest.

The air we breathe is fresh and delicious, but it makes us feel somewhat uneasy. It's like trespassing on someone else's property.

We proceed in the following order: Aki at the front, followed by the leader and Nove, then me, Daine, and the master.

Aki is scouting, and the master is the rearguard.

I use body strengthening as I follow everyone.

However.

I was walking while looking down to avoid tripping over tree roots when a branch hit me in the face with a snap, or I slipped and fell with a thud. It was quite difficult.

I wonder how many times I've been taken care of with purification and recovery.

I've been vaguely aware of it. This body doesn't have very good reflexes…?

It's pitiful to blame my body, but I think I was pretty good at running and exercising in my other world.

I'm just not used to exercising, so I need to train.

In such a state, I'm so focused on walking that I have no time for scouting or exploring.

Combat? No way. I feel like I would die in a few minutes if I entered the forest alone. The forest is not to be trifled with.

Everyone is chatting casually, being alert, and moving forward with ease. They are matching my pace, so they are rather relaxed. Nove is even collecting various plants along the way.

This is the difference in rank and skill….

"Owl, are you tired?"

"Relax more, walking in the forest is easy because Daine is here."

It's easy because Daine is here. He doesn't seem to be doing anything.

I tilted my head while drinking water during a short break.

"Daine has an 'Authority', so we can walk safely through the forest."

'Authority'.

Here comes another new one.

"Owl may already know, but Daine has been bestowed with a skill called 'Authority' that allows him to read people's minds."

That cheat skill is called 'Authority', huh?

The leader says the 'Authority' is a powerful being who protects the forest, sharing its abilities with humans. It's a pretty rare skill in this country.

It seems the type of Authority that manifests varies from person to person, but what they all have in common is that they are 'welcomed by the forest'.

When walking through the forest, it becomes much easier to walk than for ordinary people, and they are less likely to be attacked by insects or monsters.

In other words, it's a highly coveted ability for adventurers.

Since the surrounding area also benefits, Daine is literally like a mosquito coil that repels monsters just by standing there.

On top of that, he's a shield, a healer, and can read minds.

The convenience of having one in every home!

"It's gotten a lot easier since Daine joined the party, hasn't it? Hunting, gathering, and exploration requests."

"The quality of the ingredients we get has also improved."

"Yeah, yeah, I'm amazing for bringing Daine along."

"…………Humph."

Uwah, being praised so much is making him embarrassed.

So Daine was active as a walking monster repellent, not as a healer.

Isn't he a little too high-functioning? Just by standing there.

Let's stay close to Daine in the forest.

[mokke-often]

With a face like that who wouldn’t be putty in his hands (HELP US HELP US HEL)

[narutoblogiguess]

Remember the only time hinata acknowledged the caged bird seal issue was when she told neji it didn't matter to her.

[chokifandom]

—☆ 11. hint

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tw: mentions of kidnapping? but not serious, videogame violence, v*lorant

note: tumblr keeps screwing with my post formats im so sorry! anyway just some context if you missed reading the intro chapters (lunchly ambassadors and mikage corporate slaves)— nagi and hiori happen to be online friends on discord but don’t know each other's real identities (until this chapter, anyway) (also nagi's discord username is a sekiro reference 🤭) also expect a few more written chapters i think because we're lowkey nearing the end...

wc: 745

seikiro today at 8:45 pm

valo?

bluesadist today at 8:47 pm

ooh someone’s back from the dead

sure, be there in two

———

the light from nagi’s pc is the only source of illumination in the dark room. a half-eaten cup of instant noodles sits on the side, long gone cold. he aims and shoots, seemingly effortlessly. the kill counter goes up by one, and he swears can hear you talk about how you’ve always hated shooter games as you look over his shoulder at the game he’s playing.

but you’re not there.

it’s been a few days since you’ve been over at his place— well, since he’s even seen you, actually. he’s expectantly glancing at his phone, waiting for it to light up with a barrage of notifications from you, but it never comes. in that one second window of distraction, blood splatters all over his screen and the words ‘you died!’ flash in big red text. he groans and leans back into his chair. what am i doing wrong?

“i dunno, you seem pretty distracted today,” an airy voice rings through nagi’s headphones. had he said that out loud? nagi switches to spectator mode, choosing the point of view of his teammate bluesadist. “we finally play again after what feels like forever and you’ve devolved to this? i’m hurt.”

“huh?”

“are you okay?” bluesadist asks. “you keep dying, that’s very unlike the pro-gamer seikiro i know.” he adds, a tease to his words. nagi thinks about how his online friend’s accent sounds very much like yours, and he’s missing your presence all over again.

“i don’t know, sadist-kun.” he emphasises the nickname as a retort. he always thought bluesadist’s username was hilariously edgy, and never held back on expressing his feelings regarding the same.

“you don’t know how you feel? alright, this is definitely not the seikiro i know.”

“no, no, i do,” nagi answers after thinking for a moment. “i just don’t know what to do about it.”

“do you wanna uh… talk about it?”

“eh, it’s not that big of a deal… there’s this girl in uni i’ve been playing stardew with but lately she’s been ignoring me. i don’t know if it’s something i did but i wish she would tell me.”

“oh, so THAT’S what you’ve been doing all the while you were away!” bluesadist laughs. his laugh is just as airy as his voice, nagi thinks. “never thought i’d see the day you’d get hung up over a girl, sei-kun. she must be pretty cool.”

“she is.”

“well, i don’t really have much advice but i do have a friend who tends to get pretty avoidant. there’s a good chance it’s got nothing to do with you at all, so you could just wait until she gets out of that phase,” he pauses for a bit. “or you could just be straight up with it— sometimes they just need a little push.”

‘ynniechan is online!’ a steam notification pops up on the corner of nagi’s screen. he clicks it without hesitation, and it takes him to her profile page. ‘now playing: minecraft.’

“speak of the devil, she just came online—”

“oh, she’s online—”

“eh? you know my friend?” bluesadist jokes again. nagi thinks about how you’d have a similar response.

“sorry, what were you saying?”

a pit of doubt churns in nagi’s stomach. he momentarily wonders if bluesadist is— nah, incredibly low chance. he knew that bluesadist was from the same city as you… but that doesn’t mean anything. “well, i promised her i’d play minecraft with her tonight so i guess i gotta go.”

“wait a sec, sadist-kun.” it was a pretty baseless conclusion— a hunch at best— but nagi clicks on the mutual friends tab on your profile. and sure enough, there was only one profile on the list, and it was none other than bluesadist. “ynniechan.”

“huh? what are you…”

“check her mutual friends.” nagi’s smirking. hiori does, and the pieces finally click in his head. a light gasp resounds in nagi’s headphones.

“so YOU’RE —!”

the sound of laughter finally fills nagi’s room for the first time in a week. maybe you’re not so out of reach at all.

“don’t worry about it at all, nagi-kun! wait, can i call you that?”

“well, i don’t really care, whatever’s fine,”

“well… all i’ll say is, you gotta corner her down somehow to actually make progress. good luck, nagi-kun! i’ll be leaving now.”

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[nottheeconomy]

Cue the 30 year old washed up detective duo ready to turn against yet another old classmate for fridge money hahahahahhahahahha

AU idea below the read more!

Imagine if Shuichi gradually lost all contact with his old Hope’s Peak classmates after graduation except for Kaede (who had to settle for being a piano teacher after reality didn’t turn out as she hoped) so he hasn’t heard from the rest in a decade.

Shuichi, now 30 and down in the dumps as a failed detective, slaves away at his day job as a journalist for a gossip rag.

But one day as he nurses his sorrows, an old clown enters the scene, accuses an ex classmate of being a serial murderer and proposes that they track him down together all the while describing in depressing detail how everybody else in their old class never managed to fulfil their dreams

Would Shuichi take his words for the truth? Assume they’re all lies because he really doesn’t want to believe that everybody succumbed to booze and cigarettes to get by? Well, he can only find out if he reaches out to their old classmates himself to know for certain :) (Which may or may not be Ouma’s plan in the first place)

Ouma: You should’ve seen him Saihara chan! Drunk in broad day light and harassing little girls for money! How far has our resident astronaut fallen~

Shuichi: I see you never really changed at all have you Ouma kun? I suppose lying is a life-long habit for you.

Ouma: You say I’m lying? Prove it.

Shuichi: This is Kaito we’re talking about.

Ouma: But when’s the last time you’ve seen him? Accusing me of lying without evidence? No wonder you couldn’t make it as a detective!

Shuichi: …sigh.

[romeolucci]

What the ghouls from the same house think about each other

It’s one of the questions that appeared in the latest B’s-log magazine issue. I decided to share this one because it’s fun.

DISCLAIMER: I’m not a translator, so please take this with a huge grain of salt because I don’t speak let alone read Japanese very well. I mostly used machine translation and some of the little knowledge I have to get through this. I added the original Japanese script if you wanna read that on your own.

Jin, Tohma, Ren and Subaru didn’t receive the question unfortunately

Frostheim

Lucas: “Ever since I transferred to this school, Kaito has been my first friend and has always been very kind to me. I'm also grateful to Ishibashi-san for all his help. As for Kamurai-san, I hope he'll just fulfill his duties...”

「この学園へ転校してきた日から、魁斗は俺の初め ての友人として、ずっと仲良くしてくれている。そ れに磴さんにも、とてもお世話になっているよ。あ とは、冠氷さんが責務さえ果たしてくれれば良いん だけど･･････」

Kaito: “Hmm... To be honest, the captain and vice-captain seem like people way above the clouds... Rumor has it that the two of them are in collusion with the school and are doing terrible things. What? Luca? ...I've never heard of such a faceless bastard.”

「ん~………………寮長と副寮長は、正直雲の上の人って感 じだしな〜………………噂では、ふたりとも学園と癒着して、 えげつないことやってるって聞いたことあるけど。え? ルカ? ………………あんな顔面無双野郎なんか知らね」

*I’m really not sure what あんな顔面無双野郎 means.

Vagastorm

Alan: “We're just half-baked people who happened to have powers. But they're willing to die and crawl back up... they have the potential.”

「俺たちは、たまたま力を持っただけの半端もんだ。 だが、死ぬ気で這い上がる･･････あいつらには、その 素質がある」

Leo: “No matter how you look at it, our captain is a complete loser. As for Sho-chan... I guess he's my slave♡”

「誰がどう見ても、うちの寮長サマはポンコツでし ○よ。え~、翔ちゃんはね･･････オレの奴隷、かな♡」

Sho: “Ahh... Leo and I are just old friends. We've been hanging out since middle school. Mido-senpai... I don't really know what he's thinking. He's a man of few words, right?”

「あー…………………玲音とはただの腐れ縁な。中坊の頃か ら、なんとなくつるんでるっつうか。御堂センパイ は･･････何考えてっかよくわかんねぇわ。あいつ、言 葉が足りねぇタイプじゃん?」

Jabberwock

Haru: “Both Ren and Towa have good bodies, so if they could put that into use and work, they'd be a lot more reliable than they are now...huh? What's that sound...Hey Towa! Wait a sec!!”

「蓮も叶空も、せっかくええガタイ持っとるけぇ、 そいつ���かして働いてくれりゃ、今よりずっと頼も しいんじゃがのう･･････ん?この音は･･････おい叶空! ちょ~~~待て~~~~~~~!!」

Towa: ~~~~♪~~~~!!

Sinostra

Taiga: “That Lulu gets so angry every day, I don't know how he never gets tired of it... Ah? Shinjo? Who’s that?”

「ルルのやつ、毎日あんなキレまくって、よく飽き ねぇよな~･･･････あ〜? シンジョ? 誰だそれ」

Romeo: “I’m disgusted by my boss. No matter how many times I say the same thing, it's WEFCP. What? It's "waste of effort", "fist-clenching" and "pressing". As for Shinjo, I'm going to give him a thorough training from now on, and we'll see how he turns out.”

「うちのボスには呆れる。なんべん同じこと言った って、N・U・Oだからさぁ。は?「暖簾に」「腕」「押し」 だよ。まぁ針条に関しては、これからみっちり教育して、 どう化けるかってとこだねぇ」

*I tried my best to translate Romeo’s abbreviation but it’s still bad I’m sorry…

Ritsu: "I have concluded that it is futile to try to change the tyrannical behavior of our Sinostra’s captain, Taiga Hoshibami, and vice-captain, Romeo Scorpius Lucci. From now on, I will defend them and definitely obtain the 'Laurel Crown'."

「我がシノストラ寮長の星喰大我、および副寮長 のロミオ・スコーピウス・ルッチについて、その横暴 な素行を改めることは不毛という結論です。今後は、 私が彼らを弁護することで、必ず『栄冠賞』を手に入 れてみせます」

Hotarubi

Haku: “Another difficult question. Hmm... Subaru-san is simply great. However, his tendency to take on too much is his only flaw. Zenji-san... Well, you see, being with him makes me feel energized. I'm grateful for that.”

「また難しい質問ですこと。うーん･･････昴流さんは とにかく出来が良い。ただ、何かと抱え込みすぎる のが玉に瑕だな。善治さんは･･････まあ、あれだ、一 緒にいると元気になる。ありがたいことですよ」

Zenji: “If I had to describe Subaru-kun in one word, it would be...heart of glass...but in contrast, I can't help but worry about Haku-kun's lack of enthusiasm. As my manager, I would say he should be a bit more considerate.”

「昴流クンを一言で表すならば･･････ハート・オブ・グ ラス･･････それに引き替え、伯玖クンのスコドンぶり には気を揉まずにはいられないよ。ボクのマネージ ャーならば、もう少し気が利くべきだと言っている のだがねえ」

*Zenji says “hāto obu gurasu”, I’m not sure, but I think he means to say heart of gold? lmao

Obscuary

Edward: These two are young and strong, I'm so envious of them. When I was their age... Oops, it was so long ago that I’ve completely forgotten."

「ふたりとも、若くて体力もあって羨ましい限りだよ。 俺があの子たちと同じ年頃の時は･･････おっと。もう 随分昔のことだから、すっかり忘れてしまったな」

Rui: “Ed-san has no ability to live on his own, so he's really a pain to look after. At this point, I’m in charge of nursing care... and then what about Lyca-kun... Huh? I'm taking care of the kids... What do those two think of me!?”

「エドさんは生活力なさすぎて、ほんと世話が焼け るんよね。もはや介護っしょあれ･･････そんでライカ くんは~･･･････あれ? こっちは子供の世話だ･･････あ のふたり、俺ちゃんをなんだと思ってんの!?」

Lyca: “They're that moth-eaten Casanova and that blond gigolo. I'm human, so why am I not in the same place as Suba-kun and the others!!”

「色魔ジジイと金髪ジゴロだろ。おれは人間なのに、 なんでスバくんたちと同じとこじゃねーんだよ!!」

Mortkranken

Yuri: “You're talking about Jiro-kun, who is both Yuri Isami's assistant and patient? He's still in training. He still lacks knowledge, skills, experience, and culture. It'll probably take another 100 years for him to become a doctor at my level.”

「この衣佐美佑理の助手であり、患者でもある次郎 くんのことです? 彼は研修中の身ですからね。ま だまだ、知識も技術も経験も教養も足りていません。 僕レベルの医師になるまで、あと100年は必要でしょう」

Jiro: “Oh, the only ghoul in my house is Yuri. He's my doctor. If it weren't for Yuri, I'd probably be dead by now. Well, I'm grateful.”

「はあ、同じ寮のグールは、佑理しかいませんけど。 俺の主治医ですね。佑理がいなければ、俺、今頃死 ���でるらしいんで。まあ、感謝してます」

If a professional sees this, feel free to translate it yourself

[nanaosaki3940]

TokRev in Final Timeline (Kazushi Yamagishi's Wikipedia)

Credit: Marin (@RanHaruchiyo) on Twitter. The original Twitter post - Link

Toman's Commander - Manjiro Sano aka Mikey

I asked Mikey-kun if he had ever lost a fight and he said, "Only once. To a guy with a regent head who would never give up."

Toman's 2nd Commander - Takemichi Hanagaki

He sometimes makes eye contact with Mikey-kun and gives him a distant look like he's lived twice his life. Feel irritated, even though he’s Takemichi!!

Toman's Vice-Commander - Ken Ryuguji aka Draken

He fights with Hanma once a week. Seems like he had 48 victories out of 52 fights.

Toman's 1st Division Captain - Keisuke Baji

He and Chifuyu sometimes talk about the old vice-captain (Ryusei Satou). "He was very flirtatious and a jerk." Both of them laugh.

Toman's 1st Division Vice-Captain - Chifuyu Matsuno

He’s close with Takemichi even though he's not in the same squad and don't have much contact with him.

Toman's 2nd Division Captain - Takashi Mitsuya

I said, "Mitsuya-kun, you get along with everyone, don't you?" and he said, "Except you." Maybe he is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Toman's 2nd Division Vice-Captain - Hakkai Shiba

He often gets into fistfights with his big bro, Taiju. How can you defy a monster like that?

Toman's 3rd Division Captain - Haruki Hayashida aka Pah-chin

The first squad has a lot of strong fighters. One of them, Osanai, who’s cared about by Pah-chin, is said to be strong at the captain level.

Toman's 3rd Division Vice-Captain - Ryohei Hayashi aka Peh-yan

He has an alliance with Senju and Kazutora who want to win Mikey-kun. Senju’s the only one who seems to be taking this alliance seriously, even though he’s the one who made it.

Toman's 4th Division Captain - Kazutora Hanemiya

He and Akkun have been together every day since the Mizochu Incident when they had a one-on-one fight, and I'm a little bit jealous.

Toman's 4th Division Vice-Captain - Atsushi Sendo aka Akkun

The vice-captain of the fourth squad, Sendo Atsushi!! He’s the savior who put us in the fourth squad.

Toman's 5th Division Captain - Haruchiyo Akashi

Mikey believer. He is often banned from meetings because of his bad character. NOTE: the person to watch out for When I followed him, I found that he often meets with Mucho, one of the big four of Tenjiku. He is a traitor definitely!!

Toman's 5th Division Vice-Captain - Senju Akashi

The captain of the 5th squad substantially Finally I witnessed his cheating!! They were both eating chocolate mint ice cream from Seventeen Ice, and Takemichi looked good as he said, "We finally made good on our promise.” I have to report this to Hina-chan!!!

Toman's 6th Division Captain - Nahoya Kawata aka Smiley

He recently changed her hair color from apricot to nasturtium orange. He was angry that no one noticed.

Toman's 6th Division Vice-Captain - Souya Kawata aka Angry

Apparently, there is a band and he is the leader. The vocalist is Mitsuya, the guitarist is Kazutora, the bassist is Akkun, and the drummer is Angry.

Toman's Strategist - Tetta Kisaki

BAKAmichi’s partner. I wonder what it is about each other that attracts them even though he’s so smart like that?

Toman's Assistant - Shuji Hanma

He's still growing in height, apparently.

Black Dragon's 10th Generation Leader - Taiju Shiba

He's so strong in fights that he's like a wild gorilla, but he gets top grades in school apparently.

Black Dragon's Elite Guard Captain - Hajime Kokonoi

I was following him to try to get some information about Koko-kun, but on the contrary, he took advantage of my weakness.

Black Dragon's Attack Squad Captain - Seishu Inui

Inupi-kun apparently always keeps Koko-kun's wallet, who is careless with money. My fave from BD! He looks like me somehow huh?

Tenjiku's Boss - Izana Kurokawa

Unlike BD and Toman, Tenjiku is under his dictatorship. Apparently, he considers his members slaves.

Tenjiku's 1st Heavenly King - Kakucho

A prodigy in fights. He can compete with Mikey or Shiba Taiju in a one-on-one fight He is my fave from Tenjiku! Perfect! I strive to be like him in the future.

Tenjiku's 2nd Heavenly King - Yasuhiro Muto aka Mucho

The most “personable person” in Tenjiku.

Tenjiku's 3rd Heavenly King - Ran Haitani

When he talks to someone, he immediately starts talking at a distance of one centimeter. As a matter of fact, he seems to be very short-sighted.

Tenjiku's 4th Heavenly King - Kanji Mochizuki aka Mocchi

He seem to like Yukimi Daifuku.

Tenjiku's Executive - Rindo Haitani

I watched him all day long. In the morning, he drank in the park. In the afternoon, he drank with the homeless. In the evening, he drank with people in the off-site betting office. Finally, he drank in the nightclub at night!!

Tenjiku's Executive - Shion Madarame

He often gets sick to his stomach.

[nin-deer]

while i have ur attention consider: transmigrator!shl

read pidw out of boredom

overworked corporate slave

died via truck-kun

trying to be as unappealing as possible to avoid marrying and papapaing lbh

[snowywolf1005]

ASL X MOTHER READER

Sabo finds out his mother death.

Two years ago, Sabo and Koala came back from their trip, and they're returning to Baltigo. When they went inside, they saw people running in the hallways.

Sabo doesn't know what's going on. "Oh, chief of staff! You came at the right time!"

"Come to the situation room now!"

"The Paramount War between the Navy and the whitebeard pirate has ended!" Everyone was reading about the outcome of the Summit War of Marineford.

"A kaiju was Paramount War?!" Everyone was shocked, "it says shin godzilla, use atomic breath, and blast the war before dapeare"

"The navy has a lot of casualties, too. Seems like it was a hard battle as expected."

"What about ivan-san?! Is she alright?!"

"It doesn't say she died or anything"

"The one who died in the war is..."

"(L/N)... (Y/N)..."

Sabo heart dropped when he heard that name.

"What?! (Y/N) the devil child?! Nobody heard from her!"

"Yeah, it said... she died from protecting fire fist ace and Straw Hat luffy."

"But more importantly, Dragon-san, look..."

"Is it true?! Is straw hat luffy your son?!"

"Hm? Yes, he is." Said dragon, everyone was shocked. Sabo picked up the newspaper and saw her face, her smiling face. Sabo eyes went wide, and he began to remember.

"I'm gonna become a pirate... and defeat others and become infamous! It'll be the only proof of my life! It doesn't matter if all people in the world reject me or despise me!"

Sabo started to remember ace voice.

"A boy would be the son of royal. But you, sabo. Shall be mine."

He rember his mother voice, and rember how she sang him lullaby. Sabo slams the desk as he begins to tear up. "Sabo-kun, what's wrong?! You're acting strange!" Koala asks.

"I can't believe that Ace was Gold' Roger's son... and (Y/N) was his step mom..."

"It says that luffy was also his (Y/N) stepmother..."

"Did you guys know?! They say Akainu punched a hole right through her body! (Y/N) was the government want a hands-on."

Sabo cries and cries when he remembers another memory.

"We can become brothers if we exchange this cup of sake!" Said ace.

"Brothers?! Really?!" Luffy asks.

"When we become pirates, we might not be on the same ship, but our brotherhood will always be with us! So, from now on, we're brothers!"

"Yeah!"

"Are you alright, sabo?!" Hack asks, sabo still tearing up, then he let out a scream, yelling.

"MAMA!!!!!"

"Sabo-kun!"

"Sabo!"

'Now I know... the one who died wasn't some unknown person... she wasn't just a threat in the pirate era that needed to be eliminated! Or be the world government slave!' Sabo thought, remembering all the memories of his mother.

"Sabo, welcome home!"

"(Y/N) is my... mother!"

A few years passed, and sabo went his mother grave, with much flowers and notes on them.

"I finally... managed to get here... mom." sabo put the flower down, then he took out some newspaper. " Look at this. Luffy started to make his way to become the king of the pirate again. And ace join in, too."

"It's so ironic. Since you've been gone, the old memories keep recurring to me vividly. I now belong to the Revolutionary Army."

"My colleague, ivankov, told me what happened in marineford in detail. And... how... you sacrifice yourself."

"I guess you, luffy, and Ace are mad at me." Sabo started to cry, "I couldn't go save you... I'm sorry! I wish... I wish I could've seen you again while you were alive! I'm gonna inherit your will!" He said.

"Luffy and ace is our family!" Sabo, stand up and walk out.

Now, sabo knows about his mother past and her home. His goal is to find her home before the government finds it.

[ramuneempiremtl]

Slave-kun's Happy Life in Another World: Chapter 14

"The air is delicious…"

"…………"

Nove spreads his arms and takes a deep breath, while Daine watches him with damp eyes.

Of course it is, it's sparkling.

Sparkling is not a metaphor, but rather the result of the magic being broken down by 'purification' and appearing to sparkle.

The leader and Aki enter from behind the two. Welcome back.

"It's become quite beautiful."

"I'm sorry for leaving you alone. You did a great job, Owl."

The leader smiled and patted my head. If the leader is not angry, then it must be okay.

"No, it's our fault for leaving you alone, but… wow, the bed and my underwear are cleaner than the ones in the high-class inn…"

"…… Did you do all this with magic? You're using too much magic. You're not feeling sick, are you?"

I'm only using about a third of the magic I used when I was in the guild. I never thought I was using too much magic when I was in the guild.

The guy with the shield, who is still as rude as ever, ignores me as I puff out my chest and starts to check my body. That's what a healer is like. But isn't it unrelated to my health to squish my face?

By the way, where is the master?

"I'm back… huh, was it this clean?"

As I was thinking, I heard a voice.

Welcome back. Wow….

"Ah, Hulk. We just got back too… whoa, you're filthy!"

The muddy master came in with a tired face.

After all the hard work I put into cleaning it!

I have been given a new task.

It is the task of thoroughly washing the muddy master who was immediately thrown into the bath.

…………

"Why are you covered in mud?"

"I was supposed to go on a hunting quest alone in disguise… I skipped out for a day… When I finished and ran back at full speed, I got mud all over me… I didn't realize until I got into town…"

"You must be exhausted."

Ah, it can't be helped.

After making plenty of bubbles and rinsing thoroughly, I throw the master into the bathtub.

Before I knew it, I was in the bath too, and the master and I were sitting side by side in the bathtub. Two days in a row. This is the ultimate luxury.

By the way, Nove can instantly provide hot water at the perfect temperature, so boiling water is a snap. Magic is amazing.

I stick my hand out of the bathtub a little and use magic to swish the master's muddy clothes around in a ball of water. This dirt won't come off with just 'purification'.

The water gets dirtier and dirtier. I change the water ball several times to rinse it, and after 'purification', I drain the water and it's done. I've done this set several times today. Magic is amazing.

"Wow, that's some pretty good magic manipulation."

"Is that so?"

"If you can use it that freely, that's enough. It seems like you have a lot of magic power, so you have a promising future."

Hmm, am I good? I don't know what the future holds, but I'll work harder on my magic!

We enjoy our bath time while talking about what happened today.

"Were you okay by yourself today?"

"The master's book of monsters was interesting."

"Oh, you could tell that was a monster? It was pretty easy to understand, wasn't it? That's a handout that the Adventurer's Guild is distributing. Some adventurers can't read, so they've been distributing them with illustrations like that lately. You'll probably encounter the real thing eventually."

"Have you met all of them, master?"

"Hmm, probably?"

So it was a handout. I thought it was an expensive book.

"I wish I could read more."

"I guess so, why don't you ask the leader to teach you?"

"Is that okay?"

"I'd like to teach you, but I'm not very good at it. Okay, when we get back to the royal capital, I'll ask the leader to teach you."

"Please do."

"When you learn, let's go to the library together. The library in the royal capital is huge!"

"Library!"

I have something to look forward to. This will bring me one step closer to being an excellent slave.

The conversation with the master is endless.

Was I always this talkative? Maybe I was a little lonely after all.

[yourlocalstranger123]

welcome to demon school! iruma kun

♥︎Yandere Asmodeus♥︎ × Reader

♥︎Yandere Iruma-kun♥︎ × Reader

♥︎Yandere Kirio♥︎ × Reader

◆Advanced apologies; sorry, some of the pictures I do not know◆

Bold is reader

1st important note; I know their age. But in this setting, the school is college. And all of them are high school age; 18 college age; 19

2nd Important note; if you want a gerne like angst, smut, etc. For a specific person, ask/request me.

A friend asked me to do this and also they didn't know their age so ima change the settings that they are 18-19 and the story plot a bit

!¡Warning⚠️!¡; a bit nwfs

Asmodeus

1 Manga 'welcome to demon school iruma kun

2 Tumblr artist: @cromahi

3 Danbooru artist: shigatsuchichi

4 ????

Setting; senior year, high-school

You two met before he was with Iruma - kun of course, he wanted to challenge you because rumor says you could be stronger than the demon king. You were stiff, but somehow he didn't land a hit at all! He even used a fire sword to attack you. You just maybe flicked his forehead and tripped him to make him lose.

Well, he may or may have not made a deal to be your devoted slave...well of course you declined but it was awkward when he kept following you around, getting what you needed or want. You were getting annoyed a bit. It was rather cute and nice to have someone to stick around, getting you what you want. He kept his distance too, but why is he keeping looking at you like that? An expression you have never seen before.

"...Asmodeus, come here." His eyes perked, it was the first time you asked him to come close to you! The only contact he and you had was handing over things. He was so grateful! If he had a tail, it would've been aggressively wagging right now. "Ah, yes master [name]? Do you need something— eek!" Was he....on your lap right now?! Oh no, he needs to calm down, his face is going bright red!

"First, call me by something casual like just my name, not some 'master' thing...second as I said, you can be casual. No need to be so stiff and lastly, I am grateful for your company. Truly, I am but I think I need you to—" he turned his body around to face you, hugging you. "N- no! I'm not gonna leave! I can do anything for you, no I will! So please don't leave me!"

He snuggles closer as you rub his back in circles. "I meant to say to maybe hang out with some other people."

"So..your not leaving me, right?"

"Yes. I promise"

It got a little better, although he still calls you master...you will just fix that later.

Setting; College

1 year later. Now you both are in the same school/college. Honestly, you didn't need to since you have already proved your capabilities. But he would cry if you didn't come with him. 'What? But you promised to stay with me!'

"Hey, did you hear? The old grandpa, grandson is coming here."

"Ah, yes master. I heard about it. Although, is he perhaps bothering you?"

"No, just curious. You know, having some new people to hang out with is pretty fun. Isn't it?"

*later*

You watched in the background as the student called 'Iruma' is fighting Asmodeus. You were surprised that Asmodeus lost. The good thing is that they became so-called 'friends' but the bad thing is he kept crying on his knees, apologizing that he lost. But you assured him it was fine. Back to the present...this moment with him is quite uhh..troublesome you would say.

Currently, Asmodeus is in his evil cycle. He had already told you about his true power but physically and mentally dealing with it? Uhm... how can I explain this. Iruma was apologetic to you since now you have a clingy demon snuggling you, and sending glares at anyone who looks at you besides Iruma. At least it was funny when you experimented on him with a random demon. Asking the demon to talk about you. It was quite amusing to see him go back to his normal self and then back to the evil cycle self.

Warning; slight nwfs!

"A- AhH! Hngh..t- too much! Please!" He doesn't even know what he's begging for. He moans as you played with his chest. Trying to grab something to keep him stable. You let him put his arms over your neck and his legs wrapped around your waist as he sits on your lap. You tried to pull back but he pulled you closer, whining at the loss of contact. He tugged your sleeve, quietly asking for more.

Hmm...Now, now. What are you gonna do? Hmm?

(If you actually want a full smut then comment and I'll make a part 2 specifically for this one)

Part 2 (smut)

Iruma–kun

1 manga

2 ????

3 Tumblr artist: @neeeee69

4 anime

When you heard of this student, you became interested....is he perhaps fierce, scary, menacing?

No. He was an absolute cutie. He looked absolutely different from what you thought he was to be. This guy defeated Asmodeus?

Hanging out with him, Asmodeus, and Clara was quite fun. Although you like to tease him by lifting him up in the air and calling him a shortie.

No offense to you short people :)

Although you always find yourself seeing him staring at you. At first, it was concerning. But later you thought he was just curious about you or something.

You confronted him about it. He was flustered to say at least, turns out he just wondered what hugging you feel like. You let him sit on your lap, snuggling onto your neck when you two are alone. He was always happy to have moments like this with you. When you heard that he learned how to use a bow, you wanted to learn it too. You have tried many kinds of weapons but not a bow. So he teaches you how to use it.

"Hey! I'm over here. I—"

He tripped on a rock while running, you caught him but didn't keep steady so you fell too. He opened his eyes and found himself on top of you.

"Sorry, I'm really am sorry! I didn't mean to."

He began panicking, you reassured him it was alright. Although it was cute seeing him flustered. He was even more flustered since he was so close to you when he was teaching you how to correctly hold a bow and shoot it.

When his evil cycle came, it was....ok. just some more private time than usual and more touchy too. And was he flirting? Surely not, he's too innocent. He just put a rose in your hair, and just called you beautiful/handsome/pretty

*later*

He pulled you down by the collar of your shirt. Kissing you, you were taken aback. Before you could even move away he slithered his arms to your waist, making you stay with him.

"Who said you could leave? Stay put."

He grabbed your hand, putting it on his chest. As your other hand, he kissed the palm of your hand. "Alright, I'll stay put. I'll make this enjoyable for us."

This is gonna be quite a night.

Part 2 (smut)

Kirio

1 manga

2 anime

You were in iruma group for the festival. You guys weren't really talking to each other that much but he began talking to you more when you two had to get some materials for the fireworks.

He was interesting, but you noticed his horns. You kinda wanted to touch them, when you asked him about it he agreed. Although you did notice that his horns were sensitive since he kept flinching and his breath hitched whenever you touch his horns. Maybe ruffle his hair too.

Although sometimes you see him staring at you. One time he began salivating, he apologized but you thought he must've been hungry so you gave him your food.

"Oh. Thank you for giving me your food." He was hungry for you.

Warning; slight nwfs

"HGNH! Wait— ahh~!"

"Oh dear. I didn't know you were such a masochist."

You grabbed his horn and pulled it as you bit his neck. He moaned, gripping the sheets. He couldn't take it anymore!

He tugged on your shirt.

"I want more...please.." he whined. Whimpering at the contact of pleasure.

What would you do? Hmm?

Edit; I'm sorry.....I JUST CAN'T ANYMORE. I FEEL ILLEGAL WRITING THIS 😭

[willow-p012]

I've seen people say that Muu doesn't care for Haruka, and that line of thought has always confused me. It's probably because of that whole "slave and queen" line, but still. Muu wouldn't be trying to keep him fed, or giving him her things, or telling him to leave, if she didn't care.

Muu: Haruka-kun, I brought your food. Are you still alive? Has any mould started growing?

Haruka: ……ah, thank you very much.Mu-san. Sorry, um…… I……

Muu: You shouldn’t just lock yourself in your room all day. You have to eat your food properly. Hm, well…… I do understand why you’re feeling down. It feels bad. The atmosphere recently

Bringing him food and saying he should leave.

Muu: You mean Haruka-kun? Hmm. Yeah, probably. I’ve been bringing all his meals to him so he should be fine. Isn’t that great of me?

Talking about how she brought him food.

Maybe it's because of how she didn't try to interfere with Haruka's plans to commit? But then again her attitude about it is.... Weird.

Muu: Yeah. Haruka-kun told me. So I could rest easy, according to him. That made me happy… It made me really feel our friendship!

Es: You know about it and you're not trying to stop him? Haruka, that is?

Muu: Why would I? Haruka-kun says he wants to do it, so there's nothing I can do, right?

And,

Muu: Isn't it exactly because he's my friend? Isn't friendship about letting your friends do the things they want?

But, like, while people seem to take this as her taking advantage of Haruka that's... Not what it is? It's Muu having a deeply messed up veiw of friendship, and her veiw of what it means to commit in this context is to assure her of their friendship.

This, this here, her messed up veiw of friendship, is what the problem probably is. People mistake this strange way of interacting with someone she cares about as proof she does not care. Also, Muu sees friendship in a favours-for-favours sort of way, she gives things to those she wants to prove she likes and we can see in It's Not My Fault that she also expects something, be it devotion or something literal.

Exploitation…? Um, I don't really understand, but…I do help him pick out clothes in return, and I recently gave him a hairpin I didn't need anymore as a hand-me-down!

Favours-for-favours. In return for his devotion, she gives him her things; and helps him pick clothes; she seems to be helping him learn to write; he wears shoes that need to be tied, indicating she's also trying to teach him that. She marks her friendships by what they can give, and to some degree marks her own worth by what she can give.

Rather than using each other for something, we just get along because we're comfortable around each other. That's all.

Mhm, yeah, that's totally why we constantly see your friendships marked with favours and gifts and not typically hangouts (apart from the bullying).

[whtybsshe]

For me, there is a lot of significance on why Hinata addresses Neji as “older brother”. Figuring that out, completely demolishes any attempt to argue that Hinata is comfortable with the slave system in the Hyugas.

And it isn’t just to get “closer to him” or because she’s just so “kind and warm”. Well, she is kind and warm and gentle and loves her brother and her sister. But that honorific alone crosses the bounds of it.

In every culture the elders hold importance and respect, but this especially goes in East Asian culture, particularly rooted in Confucianism. In Japan, it is also known as senpai-kohai (senior-junior). As its name suggests, it describes hierarchical structures, the younger must respect the elder and the elder must guide the younger. This works mainly in institutions and social groups (-san, -sama, -chan, -kun etc) , but this moral code more or less, has naturally reflected into homes and families as well. But even without mentioning senpai-kohai, we’re all pretty much informed about how in Japan, there are honorifics used for elders, how “you should listen to your elders.” Again, this isn’t just exclusive to Japan or Asia, so not only we are knowledgeable in it, we also relate to it to some degree.

We know hierarchy is an already established tradition within the Hyugas. Hiashi became the head just because he was minutes older than Hizashi, not to mention the main and the branch family themselves is based on, maybe a little more complicated than age differences, but still is based on one.

What this all means, is that Hinata isn’t just referring Neji as an actual family member rather than a servant. Hinata is giving him a degree of authority over her to him. She, a member of the main family, is putting him,a member of the branch family, above her in some way, hence the honorific she uses. Hinata, my insane girl, does not give a shit 👆😍🫶

We don’t have any other proof whether younger main members refer to older branch members with honorifics. Another testimony is Hanabi who also refers Neji as older brother, however it’s not a strong antithesis as firstly, this was done in a filler episode (390, Naruto shippuden) Secondly, even if the filler episode holds validity, Hanabi is then again, Hinatas younger sister which has most likely influenced her to address Neji the same way. Additionally, main branch members lead the lower with fear (the caged bird curse), in heavy contrast with Hinatas anti confrontational nature. I doubt there’s anyone else who does the same thing as Hinata and possibly Hanabi.

I don’t think this is a bare minimum in any way, I think for a girl who has never had a choice , is a hell of a way to express disapproval with what is happening and it’s really a shame Kishimoto just dumped it aside or off screened the development of Neji, Hinata, Hanabi and the Hyugas in general.

PS: My view and my interpretation of senpai kohai isn’t entirely correct but rather on what I’ve read and observed. This is based over my opinion and I would love to hear yours!!!

[tojifile]

@Dazai Osamu . . . ( ﾉ´ヮ`) ﾉ

Tags: ada!dazai, camgirl!reader, mentions of sex, suggestive, pining, cursing

A/N: Since a lot of people liked the first part I’m going to write chapter two. No, they don’t have sex. And Yes, the chapter title is a Taylor Swift reference. No, I am not a swiftie, I am a casual enjoyer. (December Mo: Hi guys, this will be my LAST post with the old style and probably the last time I’ll be doing a long, drawn-out fic. The old title was ‘Whiskey on Ice’ so that explains what I said before.)

Inspo: Mingwa’s BJ Alex. Links: Part 1 , Masterlist

Camgirl’s Crush – 💋

“I was wondering if you wanted to go to a bar with me tonight, since you did say I was such a good boy today.” Dazai whispered seductively in your ear. You felt the heat of his breath on your neck, “O- okay..” you nervously spoke. Dazai had a way of making you feel nervous at times, especially when his moves are sensual.

You’ve experienced teasing and flirting before, but when he whispers in your ear, when he pays attention to your idiosyncrasies, when he takes you out on little dates; only to disguise it as “work lunch” you feel—special.

Dazai was still holding you by the waist as you walked back to the agency to clock out. You told him that the both of you had to do it before going to the bar to which Dazai reluctantly agreed; he just wanted to make you happy. “Osamu-kun, people might make up stories if they see us together like this..”

Like he cared anyways. He chuckled at your worries, “Ah darling! You don’t need to worry about that! Pretty soon, those rumors would be true anyways, yeah?” Without thinking, you immediately respond, “yeah!”

You then realized what you just said. Your face turned red and you looked away from Dazai. “I- ‘m.. sorry.” You nervously mumbled. Dazai found your actions adorable! You were just so cute, he wanted to keep you all to himself.

Once you got to the agency, Dazai hurriedly clocked the both of you out while you waited for him downstairs. While he was upstairs, you thought of your moments with Dazai, you wanted him so bad. You’d fantasize about him during your streams and sometimes—at work. You were definitely not proud of that.

“Darling!” Dazai’s words snapped you back into reality. He ran to you then scooped you up into his arms, carrying you roughly to the bar. “Osamu!! Put me down!” You huffed.

But he didn’t, and you were happy. He almost makes you want to quit streaming. You just want to be his and you hope he wants to be yours. You just held onto him tightly, silently hoping he liked you back.

Dazai smiled softly as you held onto him tightly. He liked you like this, sweet and vulnerable. If there was one thing on his mind, it’d be if there was someone else or not, if you heard of him—IU, and if you could hear the love in him, waiting to burst.

His touchiness with you didn’t stop when you got to the bar. Not that you expected it to, but it was quite the opposite. He placed you on top of him, with your back to his chest as his bandaged arms encircled your waist.

He bought you drinks, obviously, he wanted you drunk. Dazai wanted to take advantage of his cute little coworker who may or may not be his favorite cam girl, not that he watches any other.

“Darling..” he whispered in a deep, sultry voice. “Wanna go home to my place? I’ll take care of you, I promise.” You only nodded in response. You knew you shouldn’t, you knew this couldn’t be. But you were only human, a slave to your urges. And right now, what you want is Dazai Osamu.

He gently laid you on his bed once you got to his apartment. Can you believe he carried you all the way there? It was his fault anyways, he got you so drunk!

“So cute..” he whispered underneath his breath. “‘Samu..” you called out softly. You then put your arms up, opening and closing your fists, wanting him to give you a hug. God! If you were sober this would’ve been embarrassing, acting like a fucking baby?!

“Hold me!!” You whined, to which Dazai chuckled. But he still happily complied. Taking off your shoes and sitting beside you on his bed, pulling you closer to his body. “Such a cute girl..” he whispered as he gave you a kiss on the cheek.

As the clock struck 10PM he saw that there was no new livestream, but there was an announcement. But he knew you had typed this out when you were waiting for him downstairs as he clocked the both of you out. Such a sneaky girl.

There was no going back now that Dazai knew that his adorable, seemingly innocent coworker was a cam girl.

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[zoro-chwaan]

“I love you”

(A/n): I made this story when I was 15/16 years old (a few years ago), so if it’s cringey that’s why. If you felt like you read this somewhere that’s because I posted this on Wattpad :/, this is just something while I try to work on the Dazai fic🗿👍

Word count: 0.6k

Cw: Gender dysphoria, cringe writing of a 15 y/o, fluff, sfw, reasurrance (?), pov switches

(Y/n)’s pov

When we finally arrived back to our base, it was late. Everyone on the Revolutionary army knew that I'm trans and they gladly accepted me, and made me feel like I wasn't a freak or a weirdo that has something wrong with them.

I walked to my room and got everything that was necessary for me to take a shower, and went to the bathroom. Once I got in I took off my clothes and looked at the mirror (most trans people worst enemy I swear 😭🖐️), I felt a slight pain in my heart. Why do I look like this... What can I do to improve myself and feel happy? 'Why can't I be happy the way I am... Am I faking it?...' I thought to myself. I felt like I was going to puke if I kept on looking at myself any more.

I shook my head and got into the shower and tried to ignore my overwhelming thoughts and try to have a peaceful shower. ' I wonder what Sabo is doing'

Sabo's pov

After I finished the needed work from my office I stood and stretched. I walked outside and was met by my best friend Koala (cutie she is).

"Hey Sabo~kun!" Koala said

"Hey Koala, so you guys are finally back?"

"Yep! We just got back not too long ago" Koala responded

"Ah okay, where's (y/n)?"

"Oh he said was going to take a shower so some of the soreness could take off. He did a pretty amazing job as well! He actually manage to make a curve when we were almost about to get caught trying to rescue the slaves. Your lucky to have an amazing partner, Sabo~kun" she said with a sly smirk. I blushed at her comment. "Yeah I really am lucky to have him."

I went off my own way after we chatted for a few more minutes. Now looking back, I really am thankful for having (y/n). Whenever I was down, he would always be at my side to comfort me. He would always treat me well. And whenever we had a disagreement, he would try to find a way so that both of our opinions matter.

I went up to his room and knocked. " Hey (y/n), I'm going to enter if that is fine with you." "Alright" I heard (y/n) said with a muffle. I entered the room and took of my shoes on the side of the bed and belly flopped onto the bed. ' Ahh the comfort is so much enjoyable'

*Time skip brought to you by Luffy stealing Usopp's food*

(Y/n)'s pov

I got out of the shower and changed before going outside. Once I was done I stepped out of the bathroom to see Sabo happily sleeping soundly 'Cute~' I thought. I walked up to him and gave a kiss on the forehead. With that I felt his hand on my wrist. "Come sleep with me" Sabo said drowsily. "But I-" before I could finish my sentence he pulled me in the bed with him and felt his warm embrace.

"Have I ever told you how handsome you are?" Sabo said out of the blue, and made me blush. "Huh?" "Well I don't get to say it as much as I want to, and I could tell that you needed that. (Y/n), I want let you know that no matter what happens, I love you no matter what, got it?" He said with sincere in his voice. I laid there in silence 'he knows me too well...' "And I am proud to call you my boyfriend!" He added. "Sabo... I love you too..." I looked up at him

He smiled and gave me a kiss. "And I'm proud to have you as a lover, Sabo."

[queengiuliettafirstlady]

A storm in the memory

A storm in the memory

Fandom: Ikemen Prince

Pairing:  Leon x MC

Part of : Leon Dompteur Sequel Route Release hosted by @aquagirl1978

Prompt : 1. Love

Tag: Angst Hurt/Comfort Fluff          

Word Count : 1.443

Author’s Note: A stormy night no less fierce than one inside gives way the perfect occasion for two lovebirds to discover more about one another, memories of a past believed forgotten came to the surface as scars never healed burn on his skin promptly patched up by of the only girl who ever saw past his facade, showing him to be worthy of that feeling he always yearned, always spread to everyone, craved with all his being but never obtained, for who he truly was, the magical emotion of love. 🥰

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True love, for someone like me, it’s nothing more than an illusion.

It was a stormy night in Rhodolite, harsh winds howling through the country rattling the windows shaken by the sheer force of the rain heavily batting against the glass like the drum roll of a battle, one every prince was fighting alone against their demons surrounded by the sheer darkness of the night keeping them company during that long cold winter nights spent secluded in their rooms.

Memories of a past he looked back at each time he had to face a choice, appeared in his mind tormenting his dreams.

All was dark and muddy before his eyes his hand clawing the field collecting mud under his nails, but he did not cared, for the only thing he felt was the wish of whip in the air landing brutally on his bruised back, tears swelled up in his eyes he raised pleadingly at the sky shivering as few drops of rain washed over him, making the field smell like copper. 

Small noiseless whimper left his lips, he was sinking his teeth in to muffle any kind of yell that may have erupted from it, a few drops of blood rolled down his throat to his empty stomach.

No more than an average punishment for falling behind in the morning shift.

Something warm and wet trickled down his bare torso, soaking the grass underneath him, his hand splashed in the sticky liquid as he lowered it to clutch on his stomach to tame its painful growl, protesting for lack of food.

He slumped wearily in the grass, caressing his sweaty skin with their fresh blades, as tiredness washed over him while his eyes fluttered softly as he stared listlessly to his arm curled around his head.

He knew that whether awake or not the manager would have continued to beat him, and maybe if he was unconscious he wouldn’t have felt the hurt.

Tears trickled down his cheeks, polishing his cheeks from the mud caking on it, as he clawed on the field, his voice a barely audible whisper covered by the wind beginning to whistle on the field. 

“Please … stop.”

He knew it was not enough to stop the bulking man whipping him … and yet he couldn’t help but hope it would, right when he was to give up his silly thought and resign himself to the punishment, on the edge of his hazy mind, he heard a noise.

“Stop it. He is bleeding too much.” The weak voice of the head slave reached his ears as he looked at him through misty eyes, grateful for the light of kindness of what he always considered almost like a father, the only person he felt he could rely on in the lonely and selfish world he lived in.

“That's what he got to slack off on work.” He whimpered slowly as the land of the whip hit his back once more, with a heavy sigh he resigned to his fate, he bowed his head on the mud not caring about it sticking to his hair clinging to his forehead damp with sweat.

“He had enough.” Another voice joined him, followed by a few brave ones, he almost hoped they were enough to stop him … but they didn’t, or so he thought.

In fact, some minutes after he heard the heavy footsteps of the manager walking away, he sighed softly, nuzzling in the pleasant warmth of a pair of arms taking him up.

He slumped tiredly on the hay he was placed on, while someone else placed a worn out blanket on him, he opened his eyes slowly looking at them forcing himself to speak

“Thank … you.” He knew far too well that the comforts offered him were taken away from someone else and wanted to protest, but he was too weak to do it and so he drifted in a deep dreamless sleep as soon as his head hit the pillow, made with the only change of clothes he had.

Something soft and fluffy tickled his nose, smelling like … chocolate, it was so good, way too good be true in fact it must have been a dream, one he wished to live in forever, too scared to open his eyes to see the slimy smirk of the manager and the weary faces of the slaves.

And so he did his best to resume his dream, ignoring the light shining bright on his face as he pulled the blankets over his head.

In that moment he felt something soft snuggle to his side and a sweet voice calling him.

This was by far the best dream he had of all nights and so he didn’t reply, yet the gentle kiss of a soft pair of lips on his cheek pulled him away from his slumber.

“Leon.”

A light amidst the darkness a kind helping hand leaned toward him amidst the dull grey of the slavery worlds he lived in.

At least he managed to collect enough courage to crack open one eye, meeting one as warm as the sun and ten fold as warm.

He plastered a smile on his face, genuine he knew that even though not fully hearty for the shackles of his past were heavy to shake off even after so long.

“Leon, you don’t have to smile for me.”

The truth of her words hit the target in his heart, making him almost ashamed to have become so easy to read.

“You were whimpering, it must have been a pretty awful nightmare.”

“It was nothing much in reality. It was only a memory of my past.”

He looked down, unable to face her eyes, so pure and trustworthy like he never had the privilege to be, his childhood stolen by slave masters, his adolescence robbed by the royalty not a moment where he could really be himself … but in her arms, behind closed doors no one ever dared to pry.

“Oh Leon.”

There was no contempt, nor mocking in her words but the deep heartbreak of such a truth inevitably caused on a gentle, emphatic heart as hers. She cupped his face in her hands ever so softly, her gaze sweeter than any candy could have been as she looked at him.

“Whenever you feel ready and want to talk about it I am here.”

Her tiny arms slide to hug him, embracing the vulnerability in him as he nuzzles in her shoulder.

“I love you so much, thank you for accepting me.”

He raised his head once more, a proud lion strengthen by her affection glimmering in his warm amber gaze as he looked straight into her eyes before melting his lips on hers, a soft kiss she didn't shied away from deepening letting him entwining his tongue with her, clawing his shirt to keep steady amidst the waves of passion as she landed on her back on the bed.

Reluctantly he broke off the kiss, wrapping his arms around her, holding her close as she nuzzled in his chest gently sliding her fingers on the little white scars visible from his dishevelled shirt.

She felt his body tense underneath her, at every caress of her digit, his breath hitched in his throat as she placed a gentle kiss on his heart, amidst the bads hardened by labor and fight, many more than she could imagine.

Resolution flickered in  her eyes as she slid to cup his face in his hand, a glimpse of wound in his usually warm eyes she looked into, letting her heart take charge of her words as she brushed her fingers delicately on his cheek.

“I love you as you are Leon, nothing will change that.”

“Ever ?”

The vulnerability of a child wandering in the dark, alone and unloved as he ever was, her heart tugged in two as she shifted closer to him, brushing her lips on his in an heartbreaking tender kiss, she reluctantly  broke off staring straight into his eyes, smiling at the sight of the sun returning to them, warm as they ever was at hearing her heart spoken words.

“Ever. I am here to stay Leon with you, to love you so much you will forget about anything else.”

“You already do.”

She smiled at him, blissfully cuddling in his embrace as he held her close, adjusting the blankets around them.

The soft sound of the rain pit patting against the window was enough of a gentle melody to lull them both to sleep, safe and loved in each other embrace, they drifted asleep, warmed up by that feeling he always yearned for and now he finally had found, with her … Love.