#stay away from me Shio

[eorzeanflowers]

24. Was there something in the MSQ or even a side-questline, that inspired you to create them? Perhaps meeting the Sylphs or the Namazu? Or visiting the Unsundered World? Or even something to do with crafting or gathering?

For my original four; Lily, A'tyla, Benoit and the one who would become the Archeologist, nothing from the MSQ inspired them. I dipped into the FFXIV RP scene deep into Stormblood, and I was very against doing anything MSQ related. I barely remember side quests on a good day, so unlikely that those would be a source. You could say that A'tyla is just inspired by Seeker customs, but that's a stretch since she is a Hyur.

Past them however? Yasha and Tatiava are directly inspired by MSQ. They were actually the same character when I made them, but I couldn't decide if I liked the Middie or Thighlander more. So I split them, made one a gladiator turned WoL and the other a Garlean spy.

Lhei is directly tied to Sharlayan, but not necessarily inspired by some content there. Just a rogue scientist trying to figure something out.

Beat and Mai have nothing to do with FFXIV, they are purely pulled from my large roster of unplayed dnd characters. (forever dm here. I don't mind it, I like the role, but still have plenty of characters I would love to focus on!)

Myste is directly tied to MSQ with Dynamis being a thing. Jana is an old concept I had for Lily repurposed. So not really?

So its about half and half. Not bad, really. Maybe I should make a pixie or sylph tho....

[kokonoiis]

negai no astro characters as song lyrics ♡ ( but its biased to my music taste ) ♡

hibaru yotsurugi ﾉ

" cause if boys will be boys, we do the best that we can cover for our brothers while we suffer from our own hands boys will be boys, that's the way that this thing goes mothers lose their sons and their fathers watch them go fathers watch them go "

── boys will be boys | benny

kongo yotsurugi ﾉ

" you can play this at my funeral tell my sister don't cry and don't be sad i'm in paradise with dad close my eyes and then cross my arms put me in the dirt, let me dream with the stars throw me in a box with the oxygen off you gave me the key then you locked every lock when i can't breathe, i won't ask you to stop when i can't breathe, don't call for a cop "

── r.i.p to my youth | the neighbourhood

shio yotsurugi ﾉ

" the power keeps you feeling high, but how low do you sink into your bed at night anchored down with guilt? do you toss and turn from all the bridges you've burned? or are you proud of all the hatred you've earned? a conscience buried deep beneath a heart stuck in a skeleton of greed and eyes that can’t see that happiness is so far out of reach "

── dark storm | our last night

satsuki yotsurugi ﾉ

" here comes the debt collector seems you owe him again dollars and coins can't cut your cheque this time around here comes the debt collector and you owe him again kind words and lies won't save your head this time around, 'round, 'round "

── debt collector | jhariah

( jasper i hope you can see the vision in this one )

torazo yotsurugi ﾉ

" you gotta feel the courage embrace possession if it was easier to shatter everything that ever mattered but it's not, because it's your obsession be a fighter, backbone, desire complicated and it stings but we both know what it means and it's time to get real and inspired "

── cut the cord | shinedown

kuran yotsurugi ﾉ

" i wanna be your vacuum cleaner breathing in your dust i wanna be your ford cortina i will never rust if you like your coffee hot let me be your coffee pot you call the shots, babe i just wanna be yours "

── i wanna be yours | arctic monkeys

kou yotsurugi ﾉ

" 'cuz you see only what you want to your tunnel vision haunts you and you can't see what's wrong and you keep sleeping through the p.m. eyes wide open when you're dreaming you're sleepwalking, just keep talkin and maybe you can talk your way out of this deep end no b plan in your system just tell me what you're thinking i'm scared that you might fall but you're not "

── wake up | eden

terasu yotsurugi ﾉ

" i've dug two graves for us, my dear can't pretend that i was perfect, leavin' you in fear oh man, what a world, the things i hear if i could act on my revenge, no, would i ? some kill, some steal, some break your heart and you thought that i would let it go and let you walk well, broken hearts break bones, so break up fast and i don't wanna let it go, so in my grave, i'll rot "

── revenge | xxxtentacion

kiyochika gido ﾉ

" you're cold on the inside there's a dog in your heart and it tells you to tear everything apart you draw blood just to taste it you hold bones just to break them you ruin everything you touch and destroy anyone you love you're all over me "

── dog teeth | nicole doppleganger

botan ﾉ

" it's so hard to let go you can hear me but i'm invisible but if you dig out your eyes, maybe pain will subside the worst that could happen is you never see me again but the worst is yet to come, my friend "

── hickory creek | whitechapel

shunichiro fudo & kanjiro fudo ﾉ

" two birds of a feather say that they're always gonna stay together but one's never going to let go of that wire he says that he will but he's just a liar two birds on a wire one tries to fly away and the other watches him close from that wire he says he wants to as well, but he is a liar "

── two birds | regina spektor

kinpa yobana ﾉ

" scared of my own image scared of my own immaturity scared of my own ceiling scared i'll die of uncertainty fear might be the death of me fear leads to anxiety don't know what's inside of me "

── doubt | twenty one pilots

──kokonoiis 2024

[lizzy-calaxio]

Screenshot and writing snippet

MAJOR ENDWALKER SPOILERS BELOW (Characters mentioned in the piece belong to @the-littlest-kojin)

The sky becomes reddened, stars start falling. This is the end of days. People start turning into blasphemies around us, and the scions.

As the scions battle some of the blasphemies, I notice quickly that it’s people in a disturbed emotional state.

Disturbed...emotions…..

Vo! I gotta get to her!

I teleport away immediately, Shio can handle things here. I don’t even take the time to sign where I’m going.

I can’t hear myself speak, but I try speaking aloud to tell Feo Ul where I’m going, they’ll be able to tell Shio.

I pop into Reunion. Vovoca Voca is darting between others, I see her mouth moving quickly. I sprint up to her, and sign, “Vo! Why are you talking? Your curse!”

She starts speaking without signing, and I feel my own emotions flare out of control. I immediately use Iremia’s calming magicks on myself, and sign again, “I can’t hear you.”

Vo calms down slightly and signs, “If I keep speaking people won’t transform. Their emotions change too rapidly.”

I take a very deep breath.

And sign, “Ok, you may stop, I can handle this.”

The cacophony of voices in my ears fade away as I pull deeply from my Ancient counterpart.

A wave of emotion magic washes over reunion. The entire zone becomes a tranquil grove amid the desert.

I begin to sweat, and my stomach churns. My body does not like this. But I push on, trying to cover the entirety of the Steppe.

I cannot let harm come to this place. I will NOT let harm come to this place.

I keep pushing and feel my consciousness slip for a second, but refocus and pull deeply from Phoenix’s aether.

I sit on a crate so I don’t fall over, and Vo hops next to me, trying her best to comfort me as I definitely push my body further than I should.

I sign to Vo, “I’m ok. I can handle this. I won’t pass out. But can you fetch me as many cups of coffee as you can?”

She nods and runs off, darting between various merchants. She returns with several people, multiple carrying either pots, machines, or cups of coffee. I begin to down cup after cup to try and stay alert enough.

The sweat drops down my face, and down my back, like a river. My entire body throbs and aches from the exertion.

Please Shio, please handle it without me.

I grip my head in pain, as the prayers in my ears surge with the end of days, and I try my hardest to stay awake to keep the Steppe safe.

[angst-king]

For better or worse

(Disclaimer. This story is an Eijirou x physically disabled reader...I'm doing this based on my own experience, I'm going to be a lil vague about my other disability. Though if ya'll want a pt 2 I can include the name. The reader is still gender-neutral. CW will contain a description of being paralyzed, as well as having a seizure. Also brief mention of sex)

Eijirou Kirishima was the most caring hero anyone had ever met. Hell, he smiled more than Deku when it came to saving people! He knew how to make people feel safe, he knew how to make people laugh. He knew how to bolster people’s confidence in themselves. That especially was true for you, he always knew how to brighten up your day. He how to get you out of the house, he knew when to leave you be. He knew something was wrong but anytime he asked you wouldn’t say, you just told him it was fine.

Truth be told everything wasn’t fine, everything was a dumpster fire! You felt sick every day, you’d been having seizures on top of your other disabilities. The thing was due to Eijirou’s busy schedule he wasn’t home often enough to witness your seizures. They were new and started just over a month ago, you had already spoken to a doctor who diagnosed you with epilepsy but your medication was taking forever to get authorized. The seizures hurt, you’d hit your head several times though nothing too serious, and you’d end up mildly concussed but it was nothing! You could handle it! You could push through it, you’d been through worse right?

The seizures on top of your other disabilities didn’t make anything better. There were days you struggled to get out of bed, you’d feel too nauseated to make anything for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. There were days when your legs were too weak to hold you up so you’d have to use your crutches. There were many times when you’d just collapse to the floor as soon as you got out of bed. Eijirou didn’t know anything about this. Well, he knew about your prior disability, but it seemed stable until now. You didn’t need to tell him, once you got your medications things would be fine!

One night he came home early to surprise you with ingredients to make your favorite dinner. Shio Ramen, you wanted to help him make it. He noticed how you stumbled and stood on the edges of your feet, leaning against the counter.

“You okay babe?” He asked, you nodded as you continued cutting the green onions. You couldn’t tell if it was your epilepsy or your other disability making your legs feel weak. Until you start to feel short of breath, your insides start to shake, and the paralyzation creeps up your legs, through your back, out to your arms and fingers, and up your neck. You could feel as if you struggled to stay upright. Biting your lip and forcing your fingers to grip the knife tighter, hoping that if you ignored it long enough it would go away. Sadly for you, that wasn’t the case. You wobbled and quietly called out.

“E-Eijirou” Before you fell to the ground. Thankfully Eijirou was quick enough to grab you, wrapping his arms around your torso he gently lowered you to the floor and called your name worriedly. He gets up only to turn off the burner on the stove so nothing would burn then brings his attention back to you. Pulling you to his chest as he called out to you hoping to get a response out of you. This wasn’t the seizures you were having, this was just your main disability putting you in what you called physical overstimulation. You could feel everything if felt like your insides were on fire, as if someone put icy hot patches all over you but you were unable to move.

“Y/N can you hear me!?” He cried out worriedly, you looked up at him and gave the best nod you could. But then you felt another sensation, you could feel the world rocking like a giant boat that was riding all the highest waves. You felt a stiff feeling in the base of your neck before your head began to rock back and forth. Now your body went from limp to half ridgid in Eijirou’s arms. Your eyes rolled back into your head, this was the seizure. Although Eijirou had never seen you have one he’d been around plenty of times when your body had given out. He urgently pulled off his sweatshirt, balled it up, and placed it on the floor while your head was ramming against his thigh. Once that was done he shifted you onto your side laying your head on the sweatshirt. He watched anxiously as your body stiffened, flexed, jerked, and hit the floor. Even though it had only been seconds it felt like forever!

Once the convulsing slowed to a stop and your body went limp once again he started tapping on your shoulder to wake you. He was so happy to have retaken his first aid training, he wouldn’t know what to do without it! After another few seconds of silence, a small groan escaped you. Your hands reach out towards him. You couldn’t see him, your eyes hadn’t relaxed enough to reset yet. Though you could hear him, you tried to speak but your jaw trembled and barely a sound could come out. Eijirou’s hand reached yours gently as he reassured you that he hadn’t left.

He shifted you once again, now into a sitting position, and asked if he could check you over. Suddenly an intense fear washed over you. You tried to scurry away from him making a frightened muffled cry. Anxiety began to swallow you whole, hyperventilating and trembling. Your hands rush along your body pulling, yanking, tugging, and grabbing at yourself. Eijirou was alarmed, he’d never seen you like this! You’d never tried to crawl away from him, were you afraid of him? He lowered the volume of his voice to a much softer one as he called your name and grabbed you. Pulling you to his chest, you did everything but scream but he didn’t let go. He wrapped his arms around you in a soft yet first embrace that kept you from grabbing at yourself. He brought you to his chest and rocked his body in a soothing slow motion while humming.

He repeated many phrases such as

“(Y/n) Its me Eijriou” “I’m here now baby, I’ve got you” “Deep breaths for me, yeah?” “Just focus on my voice okay, baby.” “Keep breathing, I’m not going anywhere”

Neither of you knew how long you two had stayed like that, but it was working. Soon you were just holding onto his arms loosely leaning against his frame. You Eijirou ended up carrying you to bed and staying curled up with you until you fell asleep. He stayed awake, he wanted to make sure you’d sleep through the night, not to mention his mind was racing with his thoughts of what had happened. What did he just see? Should he have taken you to the hospital? Would you be okay? He was sure as hell not going in to work tomorrow!

The next day came and you woke up sore all over from your episode the other day. You looked over to see Eijirou wasn’t lying next to you, must’ve gone to work. You grabbed your phone and logged the seizure time and date in your notes app to keep track for medical record's sake. Just as you were going to get out of bed Eijirou came back with coffee.

“Morning sunshine!” You were surprised to see he was still home, you looked at the time and knew he’d usually be out on patrol by now! He handed you your cup of ice coffee, you almost forgot that Eijirou was even there when it happened until he brought it up.

“Babe, you okay?” “hm yeah I’m fine” You replied as you sipped on your coffee, he went over to you with a solemn look on his face as he continued.

“You….you scared me yesterday…what happened?” You couldn’t look him in the eyes, you didn’t want to tell him, you didn’t want him to leave you.

“It…it was nothing” You muttered, he shook his head and set down his drink.

“(Y/n) last night was not nothing, please, just tell me.” You could feel the tears welling up in your eyes, you tried turning away from him completely. You didn’t want him to see you cry, you hated crying…You always felt so vulnerable, so exposed…like injured prey ready to be devoured by a beast. Eijirou slid onto the bed beside you and huffed.

“You know you can tell me anything, I won't think less of you.” “H-how can you be so sure” You spoke up finally, Eijirou looked back over to you and pulled you back into him.

“Because there’s nothing that could make me love you less.” “What if I told you…I-I had epilepsy…and my other disability was getting worse again.” Eijirou’s eyes went wide, concern chilling his veins as he asked.

“H-how long has this been happening” “A-a month or so” There was a silence that lay so thick you could cut through it with a serrated knife. Eijirou’s head swam with thoughts, wondering why you waited so long. Did you not trust him? Did you think he’d leave you? Like before he wrapped his arms around you, this time he brought up his legs to keep you in his hold. Almost like a cage but you felt….safe? The warmth of his body, the way his fingers delicately hooked around you.

“(Y/n) I love you more than you could imagine, I’d hate for anything to happen to you all because I didn’t know. I love you so much it hurts me to know you felt like you couldn’t tell me. I will never just drop you because of something so out of your control. Pl-please, let me be there for you, it-it’s all I ask.” You heard the way his voice trembled as he spoke, you never wanted to upset him or make him feel that way.

“I-I’m sorry Eijirou…..I didn’t…I…” You didn’t know what to say, you have never met someone who cared for you this way. You grew up being neglected by your parents when it came to your medical problems. Made to feel as if you were weak for needed mobility assistance. You had been taught to push through pain because no one would come to help you. The countless times you had been left on the floor by those who said they loved you haunted you to your core. You couldn’t truly understand why Eijirou would want anything to do with you.

“I’m not easy to be with you know, doctor appointments, hospital trips, medications. I don’t even know how it's going to go sexually-.” “(Y/n)….I don’t care if it's a while before we can have sex again, I’ll live.” “You’ll get tired of it, you’ll get bored, you’ll see just how weak I am, and-” Suddenly a set of lips were pressed to yours shutting you up almost immediately. His grip on your body held firm but not painful, it was loving, it was gentle, it was Eijirou. When he pulled away he looked you in the eyes and spoke.

“I will love you now and forever, you are not useless, weak, boring, or whatever derogatory term you’ve been called. I won't let you call yourself those things either. You’ve made it this far, and I will do what I can to get you as far as possible. I’m not going any damn where. So please, don’t try and hide from me, I want to help.” Your hands weekly balled up into fists but loosened as you breathed.

“Why do you love someone who will keep you tied down, I’m like a weight that will limit you…That's how I feel, I don’t want to be the reason you don’t go and do things, or be the thing you worry about constantly. You don’t deserve that, Eijirou” “Sweetheart you are not weighing me down, yes I worry about you because I care what happens to you. I care that you are safe, that you are loved. You are not something You are someone, and you make me happy. Coming home to you is what makes me happy and I don’t care if I have to help you once I do. For better or for worse I-I’m going to be here.” He says kissing the top of your head, you nod quietly and just say.

“Okay then” It's not that you were purposefully ending the conversation for your own sake…It was because you could feel your boyfriend’s tears falling onto your shoulder. You both sat there, you still in Eijirou’s arms, drinking your coffee as you thought over everything he had said. You both stayed like this for over an hour, until you turned around to face him with a small smile.

“I love you too Eijirou.”

[greshricci]

Training Day

From the start, training with Dad is a … difficult thing. In the early days, he would just have one of his higher up goons beat me up. Once I got good at that, many bruises later, it was on to the next tier of opponent. Sometimes it was a bigger, bulkier person. Slow. Easy to take advantage of. Use their own size and strength against them to minimize damage dealt to you when possible. Once I got into that rhythm, magically potent monsters. Stay on your toes, identify their soul trait as soon as you can. That, along with a monster’s appearance tends to give away what their magic might entail. The more magical they are, the less fair you play. Never let a well trained caster play by their rules.

I could go on for a while. The point is, I had to fight my way through a lot of people to get to the point where I’m at now, personally sparring with Dad under the vigilant eyes of the gang’s best. It’s stressful. The pressure of those training sessions nearly broke me early on, but I’m slowly … very slowly, starting to get better. I’ve still yet to win against Dad, but I’m able to hold my own for longer now. I even managed to land a good strike on him about a week ago.

It’s kinda hard to believe that at some point in the future, I’ll have to be the one training the recruits, passing down my father’s lessons to make sure his gang doesn’t die when he does. This is all assuming I don’t die early, of course. I still prefer to be optimistic when possible, unlike most of the people in this weird family of mine. Except Tony, I guess … Dad’s previous friend, and at one point lover. Things are rocky now, but I won’t go too far into that. Tony always seemed to see a silver lining to things even when the frame was constructed from mud and feces, and a part of me respects it. With what we go through on an average basis, managing to at least attempt a smile as much as he does is bold; perhaps foolish, but bold nonetheless.

Speak of the devil, I think Tony’s just arriving now at our front doorstep. I should probably stand by, just to make sure Dad doesn’t murder him immediately.

*Arkhan’s dastudr ekess wux shio,*

G’resh Ricci

(Undertale-Ish is owned by @petra-creat0r. Crow Ricci is owned by @garbagemanblue)

[sunny-jade]

An Accord

Taking a breath and shoving down the primal fear from her childhood, Lett manages to make the foreign yet familiar words fall off her tongue.

{Feo Ul, O Loveliest of Branches, I wish to speak with you.}

Running her hands over the soft, pale cloth adorning her body, she feels strangely bare with none of her armour or weaponry, deliberately set aside to hopefully give her a better chance of this mad venture succeeding.

There is a scoff and a small bell-like noise that precedes the appearance of the King.

"Impetuous mortal, foolish mortal! You should know that only my [lovely sapling] is permitted to call me…"

The fae's voice trails off as they note the lack of iron on the viis in front of them.  Raising an eyebrow, they wait for Lett to explain herself.

Taking another breath, Lett manages to suppress the flinch as she meets Feo Ul's gaze.

"You know we both love Shio.  I would like to know if it is possible for us to not be at each other's throats any longer, if only for her sake?"

The pixie King's face softens slightly.

"True, we do both love the little thing."

The face clouds back up for a moment, wings fluttering as they seem to pace in the air.

The viis waits patiently, watching impassively as the fae makes a decision.

"No more iron in Shio's home!  I know you need a space to store it, so find a room for it or something, but no more wearing it at home.  As soon as you come in the door, it comes off and you stay dressed just like you are now."

Lett makes a face, but nods, knowing the King isn't finished.

"And! You need to accept that my lovely Shio is not just your mate. You're lucky that I'm contemplating sharing her at all with a mortal." Lett's face grows angry and she opens her mouth to answer.  "Oh stop that, silly thing. I know that she loves you and that she would be terribly distressed for me to demand her attention to myself."

As Feo Ul flutters in front of her, Lett takes a breath and lifts her hand, showing the offering of honey and sweet bread she'd brought for the occasion.

A little smirk grows on the tiny face.  "You came ready to bargain.  What do you ask of the Fae?"

Lett takes a breath and lowers her gaze for a moment.  "Listen for her.  Protect her when I can't.  You have…powers…that I do not."

When she raises her eyes again, she's taken aback by the softness on Feo Ul's face.  She watches warily as the King flutters closer to her, reaching out with a tiny hand to brush away a stray hair in her face.  "I will, Lett Fyth."

Placing the offering on the little table, Lett turns and heads back inside, intent on following her agreement with the King of the pixies.

Her wife's other love.

[millenialfanfictionaddiction]

Being MSBY's Manager

Polyship with the MSBY Senior Members

(Featuring Inunaki, Meian, Thomas and Barnes)

*Barnes isn't included in the team line up above so I added him because ILOVEHIM 🥰

Oriver Barnes, Adriah Thomas, Shugo Meian and Shion Inunaki x GN! Reader

Warnings: mentions of blood, YN gets hurt

A/N: This is an Anon request!

🏳️‍🌈 Please Like, Share, Comment to support my writing 🏳️‍🌈

😐😐😐

This is fine, I'm FINE

GAWD DO I WISH I WAS YN RIGHT NOW 🥲

But once again, this isn't about me

*angerly stomps ground, kicking dirt and crossing arms* 😤😒

Just another day in Paradise YN

Did I say Paradise?

Oh my bad, I mean just another day in hell as MSBY'S Manager 😅

Honestly idk how you put up with it

First you deal with Bokuto and Hinata every single day

Literally you walk in and it starts

"YN ATSUMU SAID HE WONT SET TO ME ANYMORE"- Bokuto 🥺

"Well if you wouldn't stop missing liners I'd set to ya more!"- Atsumu

Sakusa has yet another issue with the laundered jerseys

"YN the dry cleaners is slipping! I think it's time you find a new place"- Sakusa

Then there's the teeny tiny issue of dealing with the senior members

Which you also, coincidently, are dating 😬

Yep I said what I said-

Dating... all of them

As in libero Shion Inunaki

Brick house Shugo Meian

And resident trees Adriah Thomas and Oriver Barnes

Boy are you 5 a sight 😅

Your relationship didn't start out like most did

In fact, I fully believe those 4 fought over you at first

Like YN walked into the gym on their first day and it started-

"Hello there, I'm Meian Shugo, the captain and you must be YN. You are absolutely stunning"- he says, winking at you

Meanwhile, Barnes and Thomas are in the back rolling their eyes so hard they can see their brains 🙄

"Will you back off, you're scaring them! Hi I'm Inunaki Shio, the teams libero, it's so nice to meet you"- he says shaking your hand

Please Yn you haven't even met the feral children yet 🤚🏻

Barnes and Thomas come up, looming over you like freaking sky scrapers

"Wow you two are really tall!"- you say smiling up at them

"And you are so cute and tiny"- Barnes adds as you blush and smile

Please YN, do less ✋🏻😐

Suddenly the gates open, causing a wave of Bokuto and Hinata to erupt

Before the two crazies can even touch you, they are halted by the wall of MSBY seniors

"Back off you two, we just got this one, don't break them"- Barnes says

After some adjustment time, you start to get into a routine

Thomas and Barnes are always helping you set up the gym

Meian is always pulling you away for a "Captain/Manager meeting"

And Inunaki is always asking for you to stay late to help him with his receives

Please your time is so precious YN, everyone's scraping for an ounce of it

Meian, Barnes, Thomas and Inunaki are always giving each other death glares when one of them touches you

It could be as simple as one of them pushing your hair from your face and 👀

You develop a special relationship with all the boys, including the oldest idiots

DEATH GLARE 😑😑😑😑😑😑

You honestly aren't sure what you would do without them

It becomes even more difficult when they start asking you to spend time outside of the gym

Meian invites you for coffee

Inunaki is a lover of anime ✋🏻 *I'll die on this hill* and he loves bringing you to the local shops with him

Barnes is a frequent visitor of farmers markets and he invites you constantly

Thomas loves the movies and you guys go at least once a week

You truly love spending time with all of them

But you could never choose just one

I mean, big same YN 😅

So instead of choosing, you start to pull away from them

Because like that's gonna be SO EASY 😒

But like, if you can't choose one, choose none right?

And you don't want to hurt the team, so you start withdrawing from them

They instantly notice and hate it

Meian and Inunaki invite you places

"Uhhh sorry guys, I can't today"- you say walling away to avoid any weird interactions

You arrive earlier everyday to set up so you can avoid spending so much time with Barnes and Thomas

"Oh its all good guys! I got the gym set up myself"- you say running away as quickly as you can

Please they are all so confused and hurt YN 😔

But so are you 🥲

So one day, our 4 big bbys have had enough

"I'm sick of YN ignoring us!"- Inunaki says

"We need to confront them"- Barnes adds

"Alright let's go"- Meian says standing up as the four of them head to the gym

As they approach, they hear your laugher radiate from the gym

They literally RUN to see what the hell is going on

They see you smiling and laughing with Bokuto, Hinata, Atsumu and Sakusa

Oh HELL NAW

our big bbys are FUMING

"Hey YN watch me!"- Bokuto says as he hits a liner

"YN would rather watch me"- Hinata says as he pulls of his new quick with Atsumu

"I'm watching all of you"- you say as everyone looks on

Meian, Inunaki, Thomas and Barnes are about to say something when it happens

"YN look out!"- Sakusa yells as one of Bokutos cross court shots slams down, hitting you right in the face

Everything stops

"HOLY CRAP YN"- Meian says yelling as the guys take off running towards you

There is blood everywhere

Bokuto hit you right in the face

"OH MY GOD YN IM SO FREAKING SORRY"- Bokuto says as you pull your hands away from your face

Your eyes are watering and your nose is bleeding bad

"Come on baby let's get your cleaned up"- Barnes says grabbing you in his arms and hauling you away

Thomas, Meian and Inunaki follow

Bokuto tries to come but Meian glares daggers at him 😬

In the office, Inunaki helps clean your nose up as Thomas returns with an ice pack

"Yn are you ok?"- Meian says ad your eyes begin to well with tears again

"YN what's wrong?"- Thomas asks

"I-I'm so sorry!"- you cry out as the guys look at you confused

"YN, does this have something to do with why you've been ignoring us?"- Barnes adds

You nod your head

"I can't choose between you. I like you all and I don't want to hurt the team at all. So I've been staying away from you all"- you say, more tears falling

Barnes, Thomas, Inunaki and Meian all look at each other

Meian sighs "we all like you too YN and we don't want you to have to choose"

"So don't choose"- Thomas says

You look at him 🤨

"What do you mean?"- you asks

"Date all of us for a while. We can see how it goes"- Inunaki says

"Like a Poly relationship?"- you ask

"Sure! I mean we already spend a ridiculous amount of time together"- Barnes says

"Yeah and we can all still spend time alone with you"- Meian says

You 👉🏻🥺🥺🥺 really

Please all these boys smile at you and you legit die 💀

Back in the gym, there's pure chaos

Bokuto is lying face down on the floor

Bby thinks he killed you and ended his career in MSBY

When he sees you, he comes barreling at you

Brace yourself YN

Oh I forgot, no need ☺️

"Touch YN again and I'll personally see to it that you never play professional volleyball again"- Meian says stopping Bokuto

"Shugo knock it off! Bokuto I'm ok bby! It wasn't your fault"- you say as Bokuto stands there

Bokuto 👉🏻👁👄👁 uhh yeah ok-

"Listen up idiots, YN is now officially dating me, Barnes, Thomas and Inunaki. Mess with them and deal with us. Got it?"- Meian says as Bokuto, Sakusa, Atsumu and Hinata nodd

You 👉🏻😐🙄 really-

After that, your life settles into a chaotic routine

You spend your days practicing with your boys and your nights at home with them

Let's just say you should probably make sure you fridge is constantly full as well ad your cabinets YN 😅

Life is pretty interesting for you

But then again, it would be dating the MSBY Seniors 🥰

[books-and-catears]

So I had this little idea and immediately thought, only Shio can write this one. So in the classical situation where MC finds embarrassing baby photos of the characters. (For the brothers, maybe Dia/Mephisto/Raph provided them. For Dia it was Barbs & vice versa.) she is fawning over them, giggling at the embarrassing ones and cooing at the adorable ones. The person under the spotlight wants to die until she accidentally goes "if our kids aren't this cute, I want a refund." How would they react?

Awww you thought of me?! 🥺🥺🥺😭😭 Thank you that's such a honor to hear! Also this ask is so damn fluffy and hilarious I'm going to die ahahhahahaha I'll definitely have fun writing this one 🤣🤣🤣

"If our kids aren't this cute, I want a refund."*

Part 1: The Brothers

When you snuck into restricted section of the Royal library, this isn't exactly what you expected to find. All the cursed books were out in the open, but their old photo albums are here?

You picked out the one with his name. You sat yourself down in the chair next to the lamplight, flipping through the pages.

He was already looking for you when he heard your giggles echoing through the otherwise quiet library.

And of course he flipped out when he saw the album of his baby photos in your hands, rushing over to your side.

"You know", You smirked in his direction,"If our kids aren't this cute, I want a refund."

Lucifer

"MC, hand those over. That's highly inappropriate." He tries to snatch it away out of your grip but it seems to slip from his hand and go right back into yours.

But you click your tongue and hold it tight. "Diavolo gave me full permission to rummage through whatever I want."

Lucifer grumbles. He's going to kill Mammon for handing copies of their pictures back from the Celestial Realm just for some casino chips from Diavolo.

"Aww look at that smile, that's the purest smile I've ever seen! You look so happy just staring at your new wings! Look at you trying to hold them!" You giggle and your finger carressing his face on the photo.

After you say the line*, he gets shocked for just a moment before he breaks into a smirk. "Rest assured MC, we'll make a much cuter one. Especially since you'll be involved."

Mammon

"OI HUMAN! PUT THOSE DOWN! WHERE DID YOU FIND THOSE?!" Mammon and you wrestled for the photos for a while before you yelled "Stay!"

"This is Levi's collection and he gave me full authority to look at them. Even keep some if I want to." You waved around a photo cheekily.

Mammon struggles to move but he's glued in position. He can't even look away from your gleeful face. That's it, Levi has a storm coming now. "Damnit MC!"

"Look at you baby Mammon just clinging to Lucifer's arm I cannot!! And here's Lucifer giving in and carrying you. This is too cute please!" You squeal pressing kisses on the photo.

After you say the line*, watch him as he falls back on some shelves to steady himself, his face burning red. "Oi! Don't just go around saying things like that! And besides the Great Mammon is bound to create cute babies!"

Leviathan

"MC! WHY DO YOU HAVE THOSE! WHERE DID THEY EVEN COME FROM?! NO MC DON'T LOOK AT THOSE!" Levis howls echoed throughout the library.

"Mammon lost a game of cards and he lost this album in a bet. It's mine now, Levi. So I can look at it as much as I want." You smiled slyly.

Levi tried to get to you but it helped that he pulled away whenever your hands lingered on top of each other too long. He was definitely going to get his revenge on Mammon. Why would anyone place bets on these embarassing things?!!!

"Oh my god, little Admiral Levi in training?! Look how cute you look! Pretending to be fierce with a finger pointing forward like that!" You nuzzled the picture.

After you say the line*, Levi has an actual nosebleed. Of course, the first thing that comes to his mind is the baby making process. "Noooo I won't! I won't ruin Baby MC's looks using my genes absolutely not!"

Satan

"No. Absolutely not. MC, please doNOT look at those. What do you mean you've already seen more than half of the album?!" Satan was too late to salvage his embarassment.

"I'm sorry Satan, Asmo handed me these albums of him and his cute baby brothers so I couldn't resist." You smile cheekily and wave around a photo you decided to keep.

Satan slumped on the sofa next to you, pinching the agitated crease between his brows while his face flushed pink. He couldn't look you in the eye. Asmo, you're dead. You're dead cat food.

"Oh my word, is that baby Satan's first experience with a cat. Look how it's nuzzling you! Look how happy you look! My whole heart!" You cooed and hugged the picture to your heart.

After you say the line*,Satan looks at you wide eyed before he grins and moves closer to you. "Hmm I have to read up if humans and demons can even procreate but I willing to try again and again, MC."

Asmodeus

"Oooh are you looking at pictures of me? Want me to join you and tell you more about it?" Asmo unlike his brothers was over eager to share his memories with you.

"Yes absolutely please. Satan told me you might be willing." You smiled, scooting over so he could sit right next to you.

Asmo was having the time of his life. Getting to talk about himself to someone who actually cares. "This was when I finally become a cherub! Aren't my wings pretty, MC?"

"Flowers in your hair and garlands on your wings?! You did this all yourself!? A baby stylist you were! How adorable!" You said, pressing Asmo's cheeks cause you couldn't help it.

After you say the line*, he gasps and squeals in excitement. "MC darling with both of us combined? We'll have the cutest baby in all three realms!"

Beelzebub & Belphegor

"Oh it seems MC found our old pictures. Let's go see, Belphie!" Beel was more than happy to reminisce as he immediately sat down next to you.

"Ugh fine. But don't let anyone else find out. And no teasing allowed, MC. We couldn't exactly consent to our photos being taken back then." Belphie was more grumpy as he laid head on your lap.

"Well Lucifer said I'm allowed to use these for your birthday planning so I can do what I want hehehe." You grinned cheekily before snuggling in with both of them.

"That's when Belphie started falling asleep in random places. High up on the trees, by the windows using the curtains as blankets, in kitchen cupboards sometimes." Beel laughed as he pointed out.

"Aaah Beel that's only because you crept out of our room past bedtime. I only followed you into the kitchen to make sure you don't eat too much!" Belphie grumbled before breaking into a soft smile.

"And look that's the first time we went to the human realm and brought stuff back." Belphie pointed out.

"And that's Lilith in the back, trying to run away to the Human realm again. She loved it so much she was always sad to come back home." Beel said smiling. "I guess now we can see why, right Belphie?"

They both stared at you as you baby talked and cooed at a picture of them holding hands and posing awkwardly for the camera. "You both are simply too precious! I would have hugged you and never let go if I met you back then hahaha."

After you say the line*,

Beel stares at you wide eyed before looking away embarrased. "Any child of yours would be cute, MC."

Belphie just chuckles and nods. "Sure. We can keep trying until you get one cute enough to your liking."

[spideymarvelws]

Hi uh idk if like requests are open but if they are could you possibly do nihachu x fem reader where they’re both streamers and accidentally reveal something on stream (like one calls the other babe or something like that) and lots of teasing from the other smp members ensues? Only if you’re like comfortable :)

I tried lmaoo i’m not the best at writing for real people over fictional ones but i really liked the request so i did my best!

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Nihachu x Fem!Reader

Niki walked up behind you, wrapping her arms around your waist and burying her face in the crook of your neck. Instinctively, you put your hands on hers, leaning back into her embrace. You were busy making sure your stream setup was perfect for later and after an hour of testing and moving equipment, you were glad to be back in her arms.

“Ready for tonight?” she said sweetly into your ear, pulling away so you could turn and face her.

“More than ready,” you smiled, kissing the tip of her nose, “I just hope the audio is going to be okay,”

“I’m sure everything will be fine,” 

“Let’s hope so.”

With a light giggle, Niki stepped away, moving to the small desk you kept by the door and grabbed two mugs. 

“Thought we could just relax a bit before stream,” she shrugged, handing you your mug and taking a seat on the sofa towards the left of the room.

You sighed, walking over and taking a seat beside her. You let her lean into you, throwing your arm around her shoulder, squeezing her close. You put your head on hers, taking a sip of the tea she made for you.

“Yeah, we could stay like this for a bit babe,”

She giggled in response, turning to peck the side of your cheek, “Babe? That’s a new one,”

“Just trying out new things,” you bit your lip, trying to suppress the heat rising to your face.

She thought for a bit, letting the silence linger for a moment as she took a sip of her own tea, “I like it.”

“Oh really?”

“Yes really,”

You kissed the side of her forehead, pressing your lips firmly against her pink hair, making her face scrunch up cutely.

“Then I better start using it often then.”

…

You yawned, adjusting the headphones on your head after stretching in your chair. You leaned in once again, speaking into the mic.

“Okay, maybe we should’ve used dark oak…”

“Well no shit Y/n,” Wilbur scoffed, jumping down from the structure you were building and punching your character.

You crouched, tilting your head to the floor, “Well sorry for having faith in jungle.”

“That was your first mistake.” Tubbo butting in, hitting your character as well but with an iron axe.

You grunted, switching to your netherite sword and chasing the boy down prime path.

“YOU TAKE THAT BACK BEE BOY!”

“NEVER!”

Everyone else started to laugh in the call at your antics, the chat was enjoying it as well. Soon enough Tommy jumped in, chasing Tubbo along with you causing him to scream even louder.

“What the hell Tommy! You’re supposed to be on my side!”

“I’m always on a woman’s side Tubbo! Now get back here you son of a bitch and die for your crimes or I swear-”

“What do you mean crimes! What did I do!”

“You hit a woman Tubbo! Now you must lose a cannon life...”

“Since when was that a crime!”

“Since now big man! Since now!”

You noticed Niki’s character coming up in the distance. With a worn out sigh, you stopped sprinting and walked to where your girlfriend stood continuing to build her house.

“For the record, I think it looks great,” Niki said, giggling as you sneaked towards her.

You stopped in front of her, watching as the two boys kept on bickering and fighting. Passing a hand over your face you spoke tenderly, “Thanks babe.”

The call suddenly went quiet after your words. You chuckled nervously, looking around at everyone that started to surround you and Niki, all of them staring you down. In the other room, Niki was blushing. Looking at the chat in her second monitor, they began freaking out about your slip up and her reaction, making the red deepen on her cheeks even more.

“Uhhh-” you moved your arm, gesturing to the new audience, “Everyone alright?”

“What did you call Niki?” Sam asked, knowing fully well the answer.

You froze, eyes widening as you slammed your head on the desk, letting the mic pic up the loud bang. The laughs only amplified at your reaction so you decided to slide off your chair and hide under your desk, slapping your face into your hands to hide your flustered state.

“Aww, she’s embarrassed!” Wilbur snickered.

“Does this mean you both commit marriage fraud together?” Tommy cut in, laughing into his mic, “Because now i’m questioning this friendship Y/n… I can’t go to jail again.”

“Jail?! Again?” Sam exclaimed but was quickly interrupted by Tubbo

“Awwww, I think it’s sweet! Like honey from beeeeees,”

Niki laughed at everyone’s teasing, growing concerned that she wasn’t hearing your own giggles along with her. She looked at her chat again, all of them spamming to go check on you or asking if you were okay because your stream suddenly ended.

“Hold on guys, I’ll be right back,”

“Yeah, you should go check on lover girl, see if she’s doing alright,” Wilbur snickered.

“I will.” she said confidently, deafening herself on discord, switching to her waiting screen and playing ads, telling chat that she would be right back.

She walked into your room, cooing when she saw you under your desk. She walked up and kneeled beside you, gently placing her hands on yours and peeling them off your face.

“Baby?”

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say that- fuck, I just messed everything up didn’t I?”

“No, no, no, Y/n. You didn’t ruin anything!” She reassured you, squeezing your hands in hers, “I mean... we were going to let them know eventually, now you get to say it all the time!”

“Yeah, let twitter freak out for a bit… oh god they’re going to have a field day!”

“We’ll be fine Y/n, trust me,” she passed her hand down the side of your face, letting you nuzzle your nose into her palm, “there going to love us together just as much as I love you,”

You sniffed, “That’s a lot of love,”

“Yes, yes it is,”

You smiled softly up at her, “I bet I love you more though,”

She blushed at your words, “Oh really?”

“Yes, really.”

“I don’t think that’s true,”

“Well I think it is,”

“Prove it then.”

She leaned in, brushing her lips against yours, letting you close the small gap she created. The kiss was soft and tender, your lips slowly moving against one another. It wasn't long for the smile growing on your face to break the both of your apart, grinning at each other like it was your first kiss all over again.

“Ready to get back to it?” she questioned, carefully pulling you out from under the table.

You thought about it for a moment.

“Sure babe,” you pecked her forehead, “I’m going to love getting use to that.”

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Permanent Taglist (Dream SMP) : @ossinsworld @lunarinnit @chaosofsmarty @starstruckllamapuppy @shio-yuki @lovelychasbug @alice-blue-skies

Nihachu Taglist : @whenpugzfly

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Is it alright Pt. 2

(O_O), (O///O) - I believe these two emoticons are sufficient warning for this chapter or at least everyone's reaction.

If not, there’s a small portion of smut later in the story. So, 18 and below, yall be warned.

(Oh and spoilers for Hidden Inventory arc btw.)

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"I..want to love him..freely...without any fears, doubts..and not b-because I have to...b-but.."

Listening to your deadpanned wife's drunken ramblings about her feelings was a rare occurrence. So, how did he find himself in this situation? And why he did he felt his blood run cold?

It all started two hours ago when he found out Shion had a girl's night out to attend. Usually, he doesn't mind where she goes; she's her person. Yet, after two full weeks of not seeing his lovely wife and waking up to a cold bed, of course, he was going to cash in his patience with well-deserved rest and a date night. He did his best to prevent her from leaving their house.

  "Let go of me, Satoru!" Shion struggled to remove his arms from her right leg. "I'm gonna be fucking late!"  

  "Then tell them you can't come!" He whined as he tightened his hold on her leg. What he's doing right now is the last resort of his plan for the latter not to go to her meeting.

  Gojo turns down all of her promises of sweets and dates. His determination does falter a bit when she mentions he can get a hug from her. After all, it's a rare opportunity for him to be receiving her affection. Sounds tempting, but no thanks.  

  Shion took a deep breath before an exasperated sigh escaped from her lips. She's fucking close to deck this six-foot of a gremlin. "What can I make you to let me leave the house in peace?"  

  "Kiss me like it's your full-time job, Shio-chan~." Despite the stern look he has on, he meant this as a joke. He decided to be kind and let her go quickly if he witnessed his wife's tsundere side while her face became red like a tomato.  

  Instead of her voice, something heavy hit him hard on the top of his head as he went unconscious. However, he managed to hear the last few words from his wife.  

   "Ah Fuck!"  

  Later, Gojo woke up with a headache and to a cold bed again. Dammit, that meant his last resort didn't work at all.  

  The plan was to get Shion irritated at him so much that she hits him and pretends that it hurts. Once the deed's done, she ended up feeling guilty and had no choice but to stay and take care of him for the rest of the night. However, his infinity wasn't in his favour at that time.  

  As he pressed an ice-cold towel against his head, he began to contemplate whether or not to crash the gathering and pick up his wife. His question was answered when he received a text from Shoko about Shion is one mug away from getting wasted.

  It's been two hours since she left, yet she's about to be drunk? This is going to be fun. He might as well pick her up before something happens to her.

  If he's clingy drunk as Shion claims him to be, she's the tired drunk. The woman can pass out anytime and anywhere without worry for her own safety. In addition to this, if she's in the mood, she'd be missing throughout the night only to be waking up in someone's house.  

  After a quick change of clothes, he teleported to the bar that Shoko frequently visits if it's a Friday or Saturday night.  

  When he entered the place, he earned some stares from both women and men. Heck, even the bartender stops mixing drinks to see what's the commotion. Can he blame them, though? It's not his fault to be blessed with such looks that put Adonis to shame.  

And that's how he exactly got into this situation. However, that didn't explain the slight panic when those words came out from Shion's lips.

Was that a confession just now? Did Shoko intentionally set up for him to hear this?

The anticipation of what her following words would be disappear when he saw her chugged down a whole mug of beer. He immediately grabbed her by the wrist when she raised her hand for a refill.

"I believe that is enough drinks for tonight, Shio-chan."

Shion glared at him before she stood up from her seat, pulling her wrist away from his grasp. "No! It's not enough!" She puffed her cheeks, sharply turned her face to the side. "Don't stop me you furby looking ass!" Utahime covered her mouth to conceal her laughter while Shoko laughed out loud.

"I'm an adult! I'll drink whatever I want and I'll stop whenever I-Urgh!"  

And that's his cue to get her home before she made a mess. The couple went home after he said a quick goodbye to their colleagues and incite Utahime's anger as per usual.  

When they got back, the first thing he did was accompanying his wife to the bathroom. Only to rub her back as she vomits tonight's dinner and alcohol. After being married to her for five years, he kind of knew how to handle her drunken episodes. Once she's done, she looks at him in a daze.

"Why does it feel..so hot in here?" The woman began to unbutton the first three buttons of her dress shirt, revealing her bare flushed chest.

Gojo felt his eyes widened in surprise as the scene unfolded in front of him. This should not be included in her drunken routine. It should be her falling asleep on the bathroom floor. Just how much did she drink tonight?

"Why are you being quiet, Satoru?" She pouted at him before her lips curled into a smirk, and her index finger was on her chin. There's a certain glint in her eyes that made him feel excited on one part but wary on the other. "Oh? Is the great Satoru Gojo feeling shy? My, how cute of you~ I'll let you take a peek what's underneath only if you ask."

As much as he wanted to take her offer, Shion needs to be stopped. It feels wrong of him to take advantage of her current state. He preferred to have her remember that she had sex with him.

"You're drunk, let's get you change before you go to sleep."

"Make me, Sa-to-ru~"

That's the last straw.

Gojo brought two of his fingers to tap Shion on the forehead. His wife immediately fell into his arms, slipping into an unconscious state. He carried her to their shared bedroom before he put her down on her side of the bed. Finally, he released a sigh of relief as he sits next to her, looking at her sleeping face.

Tonight is really out of hand.

Right now, his mind was a fucking mess because of his wife's teasing. Gojo doesn't know how he feels right now. He's definitely surprised, that's for sure. Yet, he felt there's something awaken inside of him that he doesn't need to know what it is right now. It didn't even help that his mind begin to dwell in his imagination.

  "T-toru..p-please~"

  Gojo withdrew his lips and wet fingers from his wife's wet folds to take a good look at his masterpiece. Both of her wrists were above her head, bounded together by his bandages. Her pale neck was now adorned with his bites. Her dress shirt  was unbuttoned, revealing a glimpse of her white lace bra and a few of his marks on her toned stomach. Her legs were on his shoulders as she doesn't have the strength to lift them up after the numerous orgasms he had given her.  

  She looked at him with excitement and lust, but there's also a hint of shyness in them. He couldn't wait to hear the sounds she makes when he's fucking her senseless.  

  "What is it, Shion?" He licked his lips, savoring every drop of her sweet nectar. "I'm still hungry."  

 "I..c-can't take it a-anymore~" She panted as she tried to catch her breath. "Please, I need your-"  

A slap connects to his right cheek wakes him back to reality. Only to see his wife sleeping in their shared bed. Immediately, he pulled her blanket up to her shoulders when his eyes caught on the sight of her cleavage.

What the fuck happened? He admitted that sometimes, he had fantasize about Shion and forgot the scene the next day. But the one he had just now? It was too real for him that it made him remember every detail of it. He felt his pants tighten, and the sudden rise in his body's temperature turned his head all fuzzy. He shook it off to straighten himself with his lewd thoughts. All he could do was suppressed his desires and go to the bathroom.

It looked like he needs a cold shower, but it would be a long one this time.

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"Where the heck did she go?" Gojo mumbling, as he kept hearing his phone ringing on the other end. On his other hand was a bag of groceries that they bought for this afternoon's dessert. After his wife woke up with a headache, he annoyed her enough to respond to his request. The man knew his wife had to make it up for what she did to him yesterday.

After they did their shopping, he excused himself for a quick stop at the vending machine to grab a cold drink. However, he should have taken into account his wife's attention span. Why? Because when he got back, she's nowhere to be found. She hadn't picked up any of his calls for the past ten minutes, which made him feel a bit anxious.

Thanks to his tall height, he quickly recognized a familiar figure near a flower shop from a distance.

"Shio-chan!" This made the woman looked behind her only to see her husband approaching her. "Why weren't you picking up my calls?"

"Ah, I put my phone on silent before you pick me up," She looked away as she scratched her cheek. "Sorry about that. Anyways, give me your shades." She extended her hand out. In his response, Gojo crossed his arms as if he's expecting something from her. Shion blankly stared at him before let out an 'ah' as she realized what he meant.

"Please?" She rolled her eyes when he handed her his pair of sunglasses, making his blue hues revealed to the public.

"Perfect"

Hearing that word from Shion made his ego inflated. Yet, it increased tenfold when he realized she's taking pictures of him. He knew he's fucking perfect in every way in terms of looks, but when his wife said that? Of course, he's going to embarrass her in public.

"My my, Shio-chan~," He dramatically posed for her with a smug look on his face. "You could have just told me you want to capture the-Shion?"

Unfortunately for Gojo, she wasn't interested in being his photographer. Currently, her whole attention was on a fluffy white cat with his shades too big for it to fit. Not only he's disappointed that it's not him she's complimenting, but also annoyed at the cat. He doesn't know if it's just him or because of the summer heat; he felt the cat was taunting him with the shit-eating grin on its face.

Shion put her phone away before kneeling to its level, taking off the shades from the animal.

"You're such a handsome cat." She cooed, giving scratches underneath its chin.

It purred and leaned more into her palm. Despite the blank look on her face, Gojo could tell that she's trying her best not to squeal in public.

How could he tell? Well, he saw her lips slightly twitch upwards. How come she isn't like this to him?!

This was why he kept denying her request to get a cat or a dog.

"Milo!" The cat pulled itself away from Shion's touch before running towards an elderly couple. "There you are!"

"I hope he didn't cause any trouble." Milo rubbed its cheek at his owner's leg before it gets picked up by her. "He has a natural talent in mischief."

"Don't worry, he didn't cause any." She reassured her. "In fact, Milo is quite a photogenic cat."

"May I see photos of him, dear?" Shion pulled out her phone without a word and showed the owner the final product of the recent photoshoot with her pet.

As much as he wanted to go home now before the sun turns him into a puddle, he decided to be patient and wait for her to finish. He's feeling charitable today, that's why.

"How long have you two been married?" He hated small conversations about his marriage. He may loved flaunting it to his co-workers and students to annoy them. Though, anything related to his feelings towards their marriage is off the table.

"Five years and you?"

"Fourty years and counting."

Gojo doesn't know why but felt a slight sense of envy in the latter's answer. To cover this, he let out a small low whistle. "Any tips or secrets you can share to this newbie, gramps?" He jokingly asked.

"There's a lot of it, but I always say this to my children before they get married." With a smile, the lines on his face become more pronounced when he sees his wife. "As long as they stay true to each other, any problems they face in their marriage will overcome it."

Gojo did not expect those words will be in his mind throughout the afternoon. Because of it, he was assigned to cleaning duty after he used salt instead of sugar. For once, he didn't make a huge fuss about it. It earned him a couple of worried glances from Shion, which made his desire to finish his chore quickly. In the process, he gained band-aids for the base of his thumbs and a scolding from her.  

Why the fuck he's so fucking out of character today?

Right now, he's on the couch mindlessly scrolling through his phone. He needs something to distract him from his thoughts. Alas, those thoughts win him over when he finds himself smiling on his lock screen. There's nothing special about it. It's a picture of Shion's smiling face. However, it's not just any regular smile. She was grinning with her eyes closed while a splash of red painted on her cheeks. The angle of the sunlight from behind perfectly captures her the pure radiance of her-

Okay, this needs to be addressed before he gets more confused with his feelings for her.

First off, What are they? They were husband and wife on papers, but they're mutually benefitting from one another. He had her loyalty to fight alongside him to change their cursed world. In exchange, she gets to live another day until he called it off. They'll be fine as long as the line between them doesn't change.

But that line became blurry before he could comprehend it.

He didn't know when or how it started, but he knew something changed between them when they kissed for the second time. When he showed a bit of his vulnerable side three months ago, he became more aware of his true feelings towards his wife. He knew he couldn't use friendship as an excuse anymore to deny his feelings. Lastly, the drunken declaration he heard last night forced him to face them.

'So, she loves me because she has to?'   He thought. Understandable as he did save her from meeting with death early. However, there was something in her answer that doesn't make sense to him. The smiles, the laughter, and her words he find comfort in; Were all fake then? Because she had to keep up with a quota? Now, that's plain insulting to him and his pride. He wanted to call bullshit on her claim. If he divorced her on the spot, he knew she's going to accept it without any questions.  

But he doesn't want that outcome. Instead, he wanted Shion to fight against it, to show everyone she want to live. Not out of obligation, not for someone's dreams, but for herself.

Gojo had a feeling it has something to do with trust. Calling him by his given name doesn't mean she trusts him entirely with her emotions and problems. When they first got married, he thought minding their own businesses was for the best of both of them. No talks of how their day went; no affection or gifts were showered to her. In simple terms, they acted like strangers.

Now that he thinked about it, it's more like his selfish interest in not getting attached. If he didn't change back then, who knows? Maybe Shion would be the one who brought his own long-awaited demise or make the whole world bend over her will.

Despite that, he had no right to judge her for it. He's in the same position as her. He had confidence in their line of work. As for showing his vulnerable side? That's out of the question. What happened three months ago was by chance as he got anxious at the idea she had her eyes on someone else.

Now that he thinks about it, Why would he care if she did find someone? He should be relieved as it will be easy for them to part ways once that time comes. Yet, he knew how much of a selfish person he is.

How could he let go of someone who makes him feel this way? And why would he? He doesn't care that she ends up hating him. He'll have to manipulate her into not leaving him for someone else.

After what he has been through, is it alright for him to be this selfish? And if he disregarded her feelings into this matter, does that mean he failed her? Failed her in what exactly? She's not like Riko, who died under his watch. She's not similar to Suguru, who betrayed the cursed world they lived in as he became a hypocrite of his own past ideology.  

Then what?

"Is that my face on your lockscreen?" A soft yet confused voice made him snap from his thoughts.

"Yes and?" His phone lit up to show her the photo. "Just seeing your face before and after a mission makes my day a hundred times better than-"

"I've been calling your name for the past few minutes." She folded her arms and a worried look was on her face. "Are you sure you're okay? Does your head still hurts?   Did I said something weird last night?"

  "I..want to love him..freely...without any fears, doubts..and not b-because I have to...b-but.."  

"Shio-chan, sit on my lap." She raised her fist in response to his request. "I promise, I won't do anything weird."

"That's what you told me before you dropped me from the top of the Tokyo Tower back in highschool."

"And thanks to it, you're a special grade sorcerer like me, Shion." The smug look on his face doesn't help clear the doubt look on Shion's face. If anything, her brows furrowed, and that's a sign he needed to think about what he's going to say next. Testing the limit of her patience wasn't in his checklist for today. Maybe the next day, he will. Right now, he needed answers to his many questions about her.

"Just trust me on this one," A sigh escaped from her lips before she gave in to his request. His wife sat on his lap, but her back was facing him. This is not what he has in mind.

"No, not like that, Shion."

Gojo found himself with Shion straddling on him, her arms on his shoulders. Meanwhile, he had his arms around her waist. Gojo looked at her in amusement as she tried her best to keep up with the eye contact. It is the perfect opportunity that he cannot let go to waste.

"Oi, did no one told you that you should make eye contact to the person you're talking to, Shion?"

"H-How can I?!" She stuttered. "Y-You're a bit too close for my comfort."

"How is this any different when we're in bed?" He asked. His wife began to list down the differences between them in bed and their current position. While she's rambling, the man in front of her starting to take notes on her features.

Everyone, or at least those who have seen his wife, was quite taken aback by her cold beauty. If she went more of a refined look, there would be more suitors than usual. He does see the appeal of it, but that's not where she's the prettiest.  

In his own opinion, her beauty shone bright when her eyes become expressive. Call him a cheesy bastard, but it's true. He doesn't mind listening to her rant about her trashy shows when it brimmed with passion. He wanted to be the only one to comfort her as sadness was present in her eyes. Then, there were the doubts he had three months ago. It all disappeared as he found reassurance from the warmth he saw in her eyes.

Yet there's one emotion he hadn't see, and a tiny spark of hope wants it to be him as the main subject of it.

What does it look like when she truly loves someone?

The sound of the door slammed open activates Shion's flight-or-fight response. She pushes herself away from Gojo, only to fell hard on her back before hissing in pain. The man is a bit pissed at the sudden interruption of their moment. How can they forget about this?

Tsumiki was in a sleepover with her friends last night. Megumi forced himself to wake up early because he had to accompany someone to Akihabara. Gojo has the chance of meeting this someone, and oh boy, he cannot wait for the latter's reaction when he found out the truth about his friend.

"We're home!" Tsumiki's smile turns into a worried frown when she saw the older woman's state. "Are you alright Ito-san?!"

"I'm alright, I...accidentally...fall off from the couch while napping! That sounds about right." She muttered the last part, but Gojo heard it perfectly.  

Tsumiki seemed to bought her excuse while her brother caught on but chose not to bring it up. However, the young boy's expression scr"What's that smell?" Megumi asked. "Did you forget something in the oven again, Ito-san?"

Shion got up from the floor and dashed to the kitchen, with the siblings followed right behind her. Judging by the small happy cheer he heard from the older fushiguro, the cake turned out to be okay. Good for them.

This means he's left to his thoughts again, but this time, he's okay with it as now he knows.

  He's fucked.

[shioririn]

S-Shio-san, c-can I request for a Osamu Miya fluff where he gets all j-jealous🥺? And he gets all pouty and cute 😳👉👈 Thank youuuu♥️

- kuto

Of course! Please enjoy the story!~

[ 3 AM KISSES ]

Miya Osamu is restless.

There isn’t much that would bother the stoic man, but given that you’d been giving him less attention and more towards your phone - or whoever that’s on the other side - it almost felt as if you were growing distant from him despite being right next to him. Even so, you’d assure him that there’s no one else that you would run off to but him before landing a teasing kiss on his lips, one so chaste that he’d almost missed it.

He’s always been a patient man. But more than that, he trusted you to remain loyal as he is to you, so he’d painfully allow you to hang out with the senior from your old high school, even if it worried him. It isn’t so much as to you being the one he doesn’t trust in, but you’re beautiful, and that alone is enough to be a worrying factor that maybe your senior would take a liking to you.

“There’s no way senpai would like me in that way. He’s not the type of person to do so,” was what you told him. 

Rather reluctantly, Osamu ended up letting you go despite his own insecurities, for he couldn’t bear to see your excited expression drop at the prospect of not being able to meet up with someone whom you’d admired for years. But that didn’t mean that the five hours of the house being vacant of your presence, the mere lingering scent of your perfume on his sweater being the only proof that you’d been in his arms before leaving, was any easier to bear. It was torturous, but he remained patient.

And when you’d finally come stumbling through the front door of your shared apartment, red faced and all, he finally allowed himself to let out a sigh of relief that he wasn’t even aware that he’d been holding in. 

You were back home. You came back to him.

“You’re awfully clingy today,” you commented lightly, snuggling closer into his chest. “I like it.”

Humming distractedly, the ash haired male only responded by tightening his hold on you, chin resting comfortably on your shoulder. He wanted to ask about your outing, to know if you had fun, but part of him knew that it’s his selfishness talking, wanting to know if your senpai had treated as respectfully as you always told him. 

But most importantly, he’s jealous.

Osamu is jealous of how another man had your attention. He’s jealous of how easily you could smile at another man the same way you do to him, to make their hearts beat as fast as his does every time he laid eyes on you. 

During nights where you would stay up late, working on a big research of yours left the bed that you shared cold, empty, and incredibly lonely. For the same reason, Osamu would have a harder time falling asleep without the familiar warmth in his arms, craving for what little time that you could spare him. But during rare nights like this, where you’d fill the space that’s usually left vacant, to him, are treasured and savored slowly, knowing that you wouldn’t always be there.

Your outing that evening still left him a little winded, but as long as you’re here with him, he wouldn’t feel as agitated. Or at least, that’s what he’d mumbled out.

“So you are jealous.”

Shaking his head in denial, you could feel his hair tickling your neck as he shifted the position to one where you’re now facing him, an embarrassed whine escaping his lips when you laughed at his obvious refutation despite his red ears giving himself away. He wasn’t sure what he was thinking when he turned you around, but perhaps all he wanted is for you to see how desperate he is for your attention, and maybe - just maybe - you’d give him more.

“You know I only love you,” you murmured, delicate fingers tracing over his vulnerable features. “You and no one else.”

He knows. He always knows.

But having heard your verbal affirmation, he could finally unclench the knot that has been tying around his heart for the past few hours and allow himself the luxury of indulging in your addictive kisses. For all he knew, he could wake up to an empty bed, with you leaving for your morning commute before he’d gotten up like you always do, returning to the routine of work, only to catch a brief glimpse of you when you’d return late at night. So yes, he would do everything he could to relish in the blissful moment.

As the clock on your nightstand hit 3 a.m., you leaned in for a final kiss before sleep blanketed the both of you, an unspoken promise of a better tomorrow being the last thought on your mind.

“Good, because you’re mine.”

[studiobeebo]

~♡ Shio, Shoyu, Miso ♡~ [1/?]

Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen

Pairing: Megumi Fushiguro x Female (she/her) Reader

Warnings: None

Words: 1.9K

Genre: y’all already know it’s just gonna be fluff

A/N: so i made a lil thing sorta based off this cute thing i saw on reddit. idk what i’m doing pls don’t ask.

reblogs are greatly appreciated as they are the main way to get my works around so please consider doing so if you like it! enjoy!

When you had first met Megumi, you honestly didn’t think much of him.

Now, that’s not to say you didn’t find him attractive, but a cute guy around your age coming into the shop with a few of his friends just really wasn’t something very noteworthy in your life. You had only been helping your parents around your family owned ramen shop for about a year or so, but that was long enough to know that the general demographic was people who wanted a tasty, warm meal without having to blow too much money. Needless to say, teenagers fit that demographic fairly well. 

Your shop was well known in the area, but it was by no means fancy. In fact the building was a tad bit run down, you didn’t even have any decorations or anything hanging up on the walls and the entirety of it only seated maybe thirty people, so it was clear people didn’t frequent the place because of the ambiance. No, the reason you always seemed to have a steady stream of customers was that the food was simply so good that despite the lack of an enticing atmosphere or even many food options, people couldn’t help but be drawn to it. That mashed together with your friendly family and the decent prices made for a perfect little neighborhood place to eat. So again, when a group of three slightly noisy teenagers sat themselves down at one of the bar tables on the far side of the seating area, you didn’t really have any reason to bat an eye.

“Hey welcome guys!” You put on your usual cheery customer service voice as you filled their glasses with ice water, trying not to lean into any of their personal spaces. “Your options are salt, soy, or miso ramen, with or without beef and or pork. Do you need some time to think about it or do you think you’re ready to order now?” 

Like you said, there weren’t many options.

“Oh, can I get soy?! Or maybe- hm, maybe I’ll have miso…”

“You’re tasteless, miso is the worst kind.”

“I bet you’ve never even tried it, Kugisaki!”

“They’re going to need a minute to think. That bit’s hard for them.” 

The taller boy with dark hair and an apparently permanent scowl on his face groaned out in annoyance, his eyes only meeting yours for a moment before he turned to yell at the other two to lower their voices. You nodded with a smile, leaving them to decide and chuckling to yourself as you moved on to ask the customers at the other tables if they were doing ok.

“Ok! Excuse me- er....crap, what was her name again Fushiguro?”

“How am I supposed to know?”

“I don’t know, usually you remember to ask the important stuff like that!”

The not-so-subtle arguing was enough to catch your attention as you made your way back over to the trio, your smile being a bit more genuine this time around in response to their odd yet funny dynamic.

“It’s (Y/N), sorry about that guys! So, what can I get for ya?”

The three of them listed off their orders and after you repeated them back for confirmation, you gave them a quick thumbs up before going back to the kitchen to put their orders in with your dad. Within a moment of your absence, Itadori was turning to Fushiguro with that excited puppy look that adorned his face almost 24/7.

“She’s kind of pretty, don’t you think?”

Fushiguro’s eye twitched, but luckily Kugisaki was quick to butt in with an argument of ‘How come you’re only asking him what he thinks, huh?!’. It was a simple question, but what annoyed him was the added use of ‘kind of’. Itadori was extremely simple, so the thought that he only thought you were ‘kind of’ pretty irritated him because how could Fushiguro be here doing a double take just to get a better look at your features every time you spoke to them while Itadori just barely took note of it? It was uncharacteristic, but he couldn’t disagree. He could tell you definitely had a slight air of putting on a cheery showiness for the sake of good customer service, but either way, you were...cute, and he was insistent on leaving it at that without bothering to admit to it out loud.

“I hope you both know you’re paying for yourselves.” He interrupted, hoping their argument had moved on from their waitress so that he wouldn’t be asked about his thoughts on you again. 

“Eh?! Since when were you so cheap!”

“Ok guys!”

The three of them jumped slightly at the sound of your voice, simultaneously turning to see you holding up a tray with three steaming bowls of ramen sat atop of it. 

“Soy with beef, soy with pork..” You listed off while setting the bowls in front of the copper haired girl and the smiley boy respectively, “And miso with no topping.” You finished, eyes flicking up to meet the dark haired boys as you placed the final bowl in front of him. It was only for a moment, but you could have sworn your saw a speckle of pink dust his cheeks before he looked away from you with a short “Thanks.”.

“Mhm, no problem.” You hummed out, scanning your eyes around the restaurant to see if you were immediately needed elsewhere before deciding to continue and indulge your interest in the three, or more specifically, your interest in the cute boy with the black hair. “So... you guys are from that traditional religious high school, right?”

The pink haired one’s eyes lit up as he struggled to finish the noodles he was halfway through slurping up so that he could speak.

“Yeah, yeah! I guess our uniforms are a giveaway..”

You laughed, leaning your back against the empty seat that sat next to them at the bar. As if you needed any further confirmation, you could tell he was the energetic extrovert of the group.

“Yeah, you don’t really see many of them around. Though I’ve heard it’s kind of a hard school to get into.”

“Pfft, maybe for normal people, it was no sweat for us.” There was that copper haired girl again with a confident look on her face as she too stopped eating to interject, though you hardly took what she said in a bad way as she didn’t seem to mean any harm from it.

“That so? Guess I’ll have to call you guys next time I’m having trouble with my classes, I swear I can barely manage the workload I get.”

“Haha I feel that, I actually started school elsewhere but I just transferred a few months ago! Oh- I’m Itadori by the way! This is Kugisaki, and Fushiguro’s the sulking rude one!”

“Hey.” Fushiguro finally stopped his eavesdropping to join in, sending a glare Itadori’s way, but he just seemed to brush it off as if he’d been under his friends' scrutiny plenty of times before. After a moment though he turned back to you, though as much as he wanted to say something to you, he didn’t really know what to say. He wasn’t like Itadori or Kugisaki who could just strike up a conversation with anyone anywhere, but while he turned over his conversational options in his head, you pushed away from where you had previously been leaning and gave a sheepish, apologetic smile that easily brought his attention away from his thoughts. 

“No no you’re good- Sorry, I should be leavin’ you guys to eat anyway. Just call me over when you’re ready to pay or if you need anything, alright?” You spoke, your words being directed more towards who you now knew as ‘Fushiguro’, however it was his two friends who responded with an affirmation before going back to their meals.

Once again you were off to tend to other tables and do the other tidbits of your job, though this time your head was filled with questions galore. Did Jujutsu Tech students come into town often, or was this some special outing? What grades were the three of them in? And most importantly, you wondered if they would ever be coming back? You weren’t one to get flustered or form crushes easily, but you had to admit you were a bit taken by Fushiguro. He was cute, sure, but he had a cool, mature air about him that could make anyone be left wanting to know more about him, especially because most of the conversation you did have was with his friends and not him. However once again your mental flow was interrupted by Itadori waving you over, barely waiting for you to make your way by their side to start speaking while the three of them handed over their respective payments.

“That was crazy good, (Y/N), we’ll have to come by some time again if that’s ok!”

“It’s not like she’s the one making it, Itadori.”

“You realize that a restaurant’s whole goal is to get people to come back, right? Of course it’s ‘ok’..”

Despite Fushiguro’s matter-of-fact statement, his eyes still shifted to yours as if he secretly wanted to know if you wanted them to come back as well and the smile you gave him in return only solidified the fact that he wanted to return either way. Though of course he boiled that down to ‘The service was good and so was the food’, but part of him knew that was bullshit.

“I’d love to see you guys around again!” You said, collecting up their empty bowls as you spoke. “I work most weekends and some days after class so you should try to stop in while I’m here.”

“Hell yeah!” Itadori exclaimed as the three of them got up from their seats one after the other, Kugisaki and Itadori saying their goodbye’s as they pardoned their way through the tables and other customers to leave, though Fushiguro stayed behind for a moment, a hand rubbing at the back of his neck as he spoke.

“...Sorry about them, it’s practically like wrangling preschoolers whenever we aren’t on du- er, in class.” 

He knew the apology wasn’t necessary and that you didn’t seem all that bothered by either of his friends’ lively personalities, but he found himself feeling a bit...left out in the fact that he had yet to really speak to you. Why he even felt compelled to speak to you in the first place was a mystery, but he figured that was one question that didn’t really need an answer for right now.

“Oh, it’s no problem.” You laughed, giving another smile as you tried your hardest to not act as fidgety as you were feeling on the inside. “I mean- I’ve got friends like that too so I-“

“Excuse me?” 

A polite voice cut you off halfway through your sentence and you turned to see an older woman waving you over, clearly not wanting to be rude but wanting your attention nevertheless.

“Sorry-“

“You’re fine!” You sputtered out, maybe a bit too excited as you slowly backed away from him, “I’ll see you around if you guys stop by again, huh, Fushiguro?”

His eyes widened slightly, a bit surprised by that hopeful tone to your voice before he nodded, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips and a bit of slightly shameful excitement tugging at his heart. 

“Yeah, we’ll- I’ll see you around.”

[strawbeebo]

~♡ Shio, Shoyu, Miso ♡~ [1/3]

Fandom: Jujutsu Kaisen

Pairing: Megumi Fushiguro x Fem! (She/Her) Reader

Warnings: None

Words: 1.9K

Genre: Fluff

PART 2 | PART 3

When you had first met Megumi, you honestly didn’t think much of him.

Now, that’s not to say you didn’t find him attractive, but a cute guy around your age coming into the shop with a few of his friends just really wasn’t something very noteworthy in your life. You had only been helping your parents around your family owned ramen shop for about a year or so, but that was long enough to know that the general demographic was people who wanted a tasty, warm meal without having to blow too much money. Needless to say, teenagers fit that demographic fairly well.

Your shop was well known in the area, but it was by no means fancy. In fact the building was a tad bit run down, you didn’t even have any decorations or anything hanging up on the walls and the entirety of it only seated maybe thirty people, so it was clear people didn’t frequent the place because of the ambiance. No, the reason you always seemed to have a steady stream of customers was that the food was simply so good that despite the lack of an enticing atmosphere or even many food options, people couldn’t help but be drawn to it. That mashed together with your friendly family and the decent prices made for a perfect little neighborhood place to eat. So again, when a group of three slightly noisy teenagers sat themselves down at one of the bar tables on the far side of the seating area, you didn’t really have any reason to bat an eye.

“Hey welcome guys!” You put on your usual cheery customer service voice as you filled their glasses with ice water, trying not to lean into any of their personal spaces. “Your options are salt, soy, or miso ramen, with or without beef and or pork. Do you need some time to think about it or do you think you’re ready to order now?”

Like you said, there weren’t many options.

“Oh, can I get soy?! Or maybe- hm, maybe I’ll have miso…”

“You’re tasteless, miso is the worst kind.”

“I bet you’ve never even tried it, Kugisaki!”

“They’re going to need a minute to think. That bit’s hard for them.”

The taller boy with dark hair and an apparently permanent scowl on his face groaned out in annoyance, his eyes only meeting yours for a moment before he turned to yell at the other two to lower their voices. You nodded with a smile, leaving them to decide and chuckling to yourself as you moved on to ask the customers at the other tables if they were doing ok.

“Ok! Excuse me- er….crap, what was her name again Fushiguro?”

“How am I supposed to know?”

“I don’t know, usually you remember to ask the important stuff like that!”

The not-so-subtle arguing was enough to catch your attention as you made your way back over to the trio, your smile being a bit more genuine this time around in response to their odd yet funny dynamic.

“It’s (Y/N), sorry about that guys! So, what can I get for ya?”

The three of them listed off their orders and after you repeated them back for confirmation, you gave them a quick thumbs up before going back to the kitchen to put their orders in with your dad. Within a moment of your absence, Itadori was turning to Fushiguro with that excited puppy look that adorned his face almost 24/7.

“She’s kind of pretty, don’t you think?”

Fushiguro’s eye twitched, but luckily Kugisaki was quick to butt in with an argument of ‘How come you’re only asking him what he thinks, huh?!’. It was a simple question, but what annoyed him was the added use of ‘kind of’. Itadori was extremely simple, so the thought that he only thought you were ‘kind of’ pretty irritated him because how could Fushiguro be here doing a double take just to get a better look at your features every time you spoke to them while Itadori just barely took note of it? It was uncharacteristic, but he couldn’t disagree. He could tell you definitely had a slight air of putting on a cheery showiness for the sake of good customer service, but either way, you were…cute, and he was insistent on leaving it at that without bothering to admit to it out loud.

“I hope you both know you’re paying for yourselves.” He interrupted, hoping their argument had moved on from their waitress so that he wouldn’t be asked about his thoughts on you again.

“Eh?! Since when were you so cheap!”

“Ok guys!”

The three of them jumped slightly at the sound of your voice, simultaneously turning to see you holding up a tray with three steaming bowls of ramen sat atop of it.

“Soy with beef, soy with pork..” You listed off while setting the bowls in front of the copper haired girl and the smiley boy respectively, “And miso with no topping.” You finished, eyes flicking up to meet the dark haired boys as you placed the final bowl in front of him. It was only for a moment, but you could have sworn your saw a speckle of pink dust his cheeks before he looked away from you with a short “Thanks.”.

“Mhm, no problem.” You hummed out, scanning your eyes around the restaurant to see if you were immediately needed elsewhere before deciding to continue and indulge your interest in the three, or more specifically, your interest in the cute boy with the black hair. “So… you guys are from that traditional religious high school, right?”

The pink haired one’s eyes lit up as he struggled to finish the noodles he was halfway through slurping up so that he could speak.

“Yeah, yeah! I guess our uniforms are a giveaway..”

You laughed, leaning your back against the empty seat that sat next to them at the bar. As if you needed any further confirmation, you could tell he was the energetic extrovert of the group.

“Yeah, you don’t really see many of them around. Though I’ve heard it’s kind of a hard school to get into.”

“Pfft, maybe for normal people, it was no sweat for us.” There was that copper haired girl again with a confident look on her face as she too stopped eating to interject, though you hardly took what she said in a bad way as she didn’t seem to mean any harm from it.

“That so? Guess I’ll have to call you guys next time I’m having trouble with my classes, I swear I can barely manage the workload I get.”

“Haha I feel that, I actually started school elsewhere but I just transferred a few months ago! Oh- I’m Itadori by the way! This is Kugisaki, and Fushiguro’s the sulking rude one!”

“Hey.” Fushiguro finally stopped his eavesdropping to join in, sending a glare Itadori’s way, but he just seemed to brush it off as if he’d been under his friends’ scrutiny plenty of times before. After a moment though he turned back to you, though as much as he wanted to say something to you, he didn’t really know what to say. He wasn’t like Itadori or Kugisaki who could just strike up a conversation with anyone anywhere, but while he turned over his conversational options in his head, you pushed away from where you had previously been leaning and gave a sheepish, apologetic smile that easily brought his attention away from his thoughts.

“No no you’re good- Sorry, I should be leavin’ you guys to eat anyway. Just call me over when you’re ready to pay or if you need anything, alright?” You spoke, your words being directed more towards who you now knew as ‘Fushiguro’, however it was his two friends who responded with an affirmation before going back to their meals.

Once again you were off to tend to other tables and do the other tidbits of your job, though this time your head was filled with questions galore. Did Jujutsu Tech students come into town often, or was this some special outing? What grades were the three of them in? And most importantly, you wondered if they would ever be coming back? You weren’t one to get flustered or form crushes easily, but you had to admit you were a bit taken by Fushiguro. He was cute, sure, but he had a cool, mature air about him that could make anyone be left wanting to know more about him, especially because most of the conversation you did have was with his friends and not him. However once again your mental flow was interrupted by Itadori waving you over, barely waiting for you to make your way by their side to start speaking while the three of them handed over their respective payments.

“That was crazy good, (Y/N), we’ll have to come by some time again if that’s ok!”

“It’s not like she’s the one making it, Itadori.”

“You realize that a restaurant’s whole goal is to get people to come back, right? Of course it’s ‘ok’..”

Despite Fushiguro’s matter-of-fact statement, his eyes still shifted to yours as if he secretly wanted to know if you wanted them to come back as well and the smile you gave him in return only solidified the fact that he wanted to return either way. Though of course he boiled that down to ‘The service was good and so was the food’, but part of him knew that was bullshit.

“I’d love to see you guys around again!” You said, collecting up their empty bowls as you spoke. “I work most weekends and some days after class so you should try to stop in while I’m here.”

“Hell yeah!” Itadori exclaimed as the three of them got up from their seats one after the other, Kugisaki and Itadori saying their goodbye’s as they pardoned their way through the tables and other customers to leave, though Fushiguro stayed behind for a moment, a hand rubbing at the back of his neck as he spoke.

“…Sorry about them, it’s practically like wrangling preschoolers whenever we aren’t on du- er, in class.”

He knew the apology wasn’t necessary and that you didn’t seem all that bothered by either of his friends’ lively personalities, but he found himself feeling a bit…left out in the fact that he had yet to really speak to you. Why he even felt compelled to speak to you in the first place was a mystery, but he figured that was one question that didn’t really need an answer for right now.

“Oh, it’s no problem.” You laughed, giving another smile as you tried your hardest to not act as fidgety as you were feeling on the inside. “I mean- I’ve got friends like that too so I-“

“Excuse me?”

A polite voice cut you off halfway through your sentence and you turned to see an older woman waving you over, clearly not wanting to be rude but wanting your attention nevertheless.

“Sorry-“

“You’re fine!” You sputtered out, maybe a bit too excited as you slowly backed away from him, “I’ll see you around if you guys stop by again, huh, Fushiguro?”

His eyes widened slightly, a bit surprised by that hopeful tone to your voice before he nodded, a small smile tugging at the corner of his lips and a bit of slightly shameful excitement tugging at his heart.

“Yeah, we’ll- I’ll see you around.”

[theacevampire]

Of Dreams and Nightmares VII

Pairing: Genma x fem!Reader

Genre: romance, bit angsty

Wordcount: ~2.0k

Warnings: explicit sexual content, language

Track: Miley Cyrus – The Climb

Of Dreams and Nightmares masterlist

Travelling alone was different. Up until this point I had only travelled on missions and in teams of at least two. But now I was by myself. All on my own, with no one to watch my back, my senses were sharpened and my mind and body were in survival mode. I would jolt at every little noise and turn at every little movement in the edge of my vision.

Apparently, I must’ve looked really scared because the owner of the first inn I resided in – a lovely elderly lady, whose name was Shio – was all over me the second I entered through the door. Like one’s typical caring grandma, she sent who I assumed was her son to bring my backpack into my room, while she practically dragged me into her dining area and made me a huge portion of the best curry I had ever tasted. It had been around a week since I had left and I had barely slept well since then.

When the nightmares returned after a few nights I was determined to fight them on my own. Whenever I woke up from one, I reminded myself that it wasn’t real and that I would never get back to my ex. I took deep breaths to calm down my racing heart and started meditating. Shio had suggested to try meditation, after she caught me one morning after a particularly bad one. She seemed so concerned that I couldn’t dismiss her question of what happened to me. While I only told her I had nightmares, she wasn’t pushy about what kind of nightmares.

“The details are none of my business, sweetie. I just wanted to help a young lady. You seemed so distressed and I couldn’t stand there and do nothing.”, she said, before waddling into the kitchen again to get me something to eat. “And if my tips can help you, that’s enough for me.”

My first milestone was the first time I managed to get back to sleep after having one again. It was after a lighter one but after half an hour of meditating, I went back to bed and actually fell asleep again. While it wasn’t the best sleep, it was better than nothing and I was happy about this achievement.

“Shio?”, I approached her the next evening. “This may seem pointless since it’s your inn and your restaurant, but I wanna treat you to a dinner as a thank you, if you don’t mind.”

She smiled at me. “Oh, sweetie. What for? Your currently my only guest and I want you to have your best possible stay here.”

I laughed. “Okay, okay. May I then request some company for my dinner? I’d like to talk for a bit. Please?”

“Alright, I can’t say no.”, she laughed. “I’ll make us some ramen, alright?” Without waiting for my answer, she walked into the kitchen.

Soon enough the rattling of pots on a stove was heard and not too long after she placed two steamy bowls on the table in front of us. I thanked Shio for the food and dug right into it.

“You look better lately, darling.”, she spoke up after a few minutes. “Do you get better sleep? Are the nightmares going away?”

“Yeah, kind of.”, I answered, putting my chopsticks down. “Your advice was great. It helps a lot with calming down and last night I actually managed to fall asleep again. While it wasn’t that restful, I’m still happy. It’s something and kind of a big step. It’s better than my last method. I feel like I’m actually working through them now and not pushing them to the side.”

A questioning look appeared on her face. “Oh really? Now I’m curious, what your last method was.”

My face heated up and I suspected I turned red as a tomato. But I trusted her and I felt comfortable since she didn’t know me – unlike my friends in Konoha. Looking down on the bowl in front of me, I explained, “It’s complicated. My friend suggested I try sleeping with someone, not sexually, just spending the night in the same bed. But it was like a drug, I needed it more and more and at some point, I had sex with him. I didn’t care that I only pushed the problem away, ignoring it, instead of processing it. Then I found out, that he had developed feelings for me during our arrangement and continuing would be wrong.”

“You did the right thing.” She placed her hand on mine and smiled at me warmly. “I can imagine that it must be hard for you, but your decision shows your maturity. You can be proud of that.”

A sigh left my lips. “Thank you. And working through my problems actually feels better than just pushing them to the side. Maybe I’ll be able to get rid of them completely someday.”

“Maybe I know someone who can help you with that. There is a temple up in the mountains.” A little mischief crept into her smile. When I only looked at her confused, she explained, “The monks there are excellent with chakra control and meditation. And it is said, they know a sealing jutsu to seal certain parts of your mind. But they don’t use names there, it’s a little weird.”

I began to understand. “You think they could seal the nightmares?”

Shio nodded, the warm motherly smile still gracing her features. “I’m not entirely sure, it’s a rumor that goes around the villages here. But at least a visit won’t hurt, right?”

So, a month after I had left, my journey brought me to the temple high up between the mountains in the Land of Fire. The building wasn’t pompous, but still impressive. Its huge gates were made of dark, almost black wood, surrounded by once white walls which the weather had slowly turned a light grey. On top rested a heavy roof made of pitch-black tiles.

It was early in the morning when I arrived, just after sunrise, and the view from the gates was breathtaking. One could oversee the small villages on the ground, trees forming a forest, filling every little spot between the seams of the villages. The sun shone brightly, enlightening every spot on the ground.

A heavy creak interrupted my thoughts, when the old wooden gates were opened. A monk stepped through outside, greeting me with a warm smile. “What brings you here, young kunoichi?”

I got down on one knee, lowering my head. “I’m from Konohagakure and I’m interested in learning about the heritage of this temple, sage. I’ve heard you’re excellent at chakra control and know a sealing technique to seal certain parts of one’s mind.”

He motioned me to get up. “You’re welcome in our humble temple and we will gladly share our knowledge. But please don’t wonder, we are a temple without names. Please, follow me.”

The inside of the temple was just as simple as the facade. The walls were made of dark wood, just as the floor, and adorned with massive paintings. Thick columns braced the ceiling, leading the way up a wide flight of stairs.

“We don’t have much to offer, but I hope you will enjoy your stay anyway. The dining room is on this floor, just around the stairs. We have breakfast at sunrise and dinner at sunset, but feel free to eat whenever you like.” The monk led me up the stairs, before motioning down the hall. “The guest rooms are up here, just ahead, you can’t miss them, and our training ground is outside the door at the end of the hallway. Training starts at noon.”

I nodded. “If you start at noon, today’s training hasn’t started yet, has it? Would you mind me joining today?”

“No, no. Feel free to join us, when you’re ready. And your room is the second on the left, the one with the number 3. I’ll knock on your door, shortly before we start today’s training, if that’s alright with you.”

Smiling I nodded again. “Yes, that would be very kind. Thank you.”

“Then I will leave you alone. Enjoy your stay.” He bowed his head before retreating down the stairs and disappearing somewhere.

The room they let me stay in was small and cozy. The wall across the door was one huge window, which showed a beautiful view over the mountains behind the temple, with a small balcony. The only furniture were a bed, a wardrobe and a desk, but it was enough for me.

After putting away my stuff into the closet, I stepped out onto the balcony. Taking a breath of fresh air, I sat down and started meditating. I let my chakra flow through my body, suppressing it and concentrating it at every tenketsu, one after the other and releasing it in my hands and feet.

Time flew by and soon there was a faint knock on my door and I heard the monk’s voice. “We will be starting our training in a few minutes.”

“Thank you.” I got up and stretched my body. Sitting in the same position for hours was still a little challenge for my muscles and joints.

When I step onto the training ground, the monk who welcomed me and another one are already there. “I’ve noticed, you’re very skilled at chakra control. It’s very impressive, not everyone can concentrate their chakra at every point in the network. I’m sure mastering our jutsu will be easy for you.”, the unknown monk said.

My eyes widened in surprise. “How did you notice?”

“He’s an expert in sensing chakra. He can feel at which tenketsu someone will release their chakra.”, the monk explained. “I suppose, you’re familiar with the Byakugan? While members of the Hyuuga clan can see the network and chakra flow through the body, he can only feel the chakra concentrate on the specific tenketsu.”

The other monk nodded, a friendly smile on his face. “And I can’t say how much chakra someone’s concentrating or releasing at a tenketsu, only that they’re concentrating or releasing chakra there.”

“First, I’m going to tell you some things about the sealing jutsu.”, the first one spoke up again. “It is not very powerful in comparison to the skill that’s needed to master it. You can seal faint memories and smaller fears but no core memories or phobias. These are too powerful and break the seal easily because the emotions tied to these are too strong.” He sat down and motioned me to do the same thing.

The other rose to speak again, “I’m going to monitor your chakra concentration on the necessary tenketsu to help you. Since you have very good control over your chakra, I think we can skip the step of teaching you. The next step would be the meditation. There is no right or wrong way to meditate, just sit in a comfortable position and concentrate on your breathing and your chakra.”

I sat down in the lotus position, closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

“For the jutsu it’s important”, the first monk continued, “that you are able to sit absolutely still, otherwise you might seal a part you don’t want to seal. The jutsu isn’t irreversible, it’s a little bit of a hassle to release it. If you are fully focused, you concentrate your chakra at the tenketsu in your brain and think about the element of your mind you want to seal. When the element appears before your inner eye, you perform the hand seals Ox, Horse and Rat. If you want to release the seal, do the same thing for the sealing but instead of the Rat at the end, there’s a Tiger.”

Focused on the instructions I nodded.

Ox-Horse-Rat. Ox-Horse-Tiger.

Ushi-Uma-Ne. Ushi-Uma-Tora. Ushi-Uma-Ne. Ushi-Uma-Tora.

These words became my mantra for the next six weeks.

[goresuckerz]

Oh btw, if you actually genuinely ship Satou and Shio stay at least 50 feet away from me at all times thanks

[nomstellations]

With this taur talk, i decided to make a request: A snailtaur doctor was just going around. He eventually finds 2 people who seems to be in a bit of need of help, a naga who had some bruses on her, and a mermaid that seemed to slowly drying up. The good doctor, after gaining their trust, swallows them both and sends them to his 2nd belly located under his shell, here the mermaid would get the moisture she needs while the naga was healed. By the time the naga is healed, had the 2 fallen asleep.

Forest strolls were one of Shio’s favorite things, thankfully there were plenty of woods to traverse while they made their way to town. They could enjoy it as leisurely as they wanted, taking in the sounds and ambiance while staying out of the bright sun. There’s nothing wrong with taking things slow, you really got to savor things and enjoy them that way. Not that they could take things any other way, though. They’re a snail.

They slowly slither along the ground, leaving a trail of strangely glittering slime. The forest was shaded and comfortable, which left Shio with a gentle smile. They truly enjoyed nature, their trips between towns were always the best part of traveling in their opinion. They WERE feeling a bit hungry however...maybe it would be best to forage for some fruit? With this goal in mind their “horns” twitch, and they begin to scour the forest for something to eat. They eventually come across a berry bush, but before they could start to pick them their horns pick up on something else. Something bigger than the animals that lived here, and whatever it was it seemed hurt...was there someone here that needed their aid? Food could wait in that case, and they abandon the bush to investigate. It takes them a short while to find the source, which was a mermaid tangled up in a fishing net and a naga that looks like she’s gotten in a scrape. Upon their approach the naga hisses, wincing as she moves closer to the mermaid to protect her. “You stay back! I’m not letting you take her!”

Shio pauses, tilting their head as they seemingly stare at the naga. “Er...excuse me, but is everything alright? My horns picked up on someone injured in the area, and as a healer I cannot sit by when someone needs my help.” She squints at Shio, not quite trusting of them yet. “How do I know I can trust you? You might be with those hunters that tried to take Silene!” The mermaid coughed, giving her friend a look. “Please, Shanti...they don’t look harmful, and you’re hurt...” Shio frowns, already piecing together what happened to them both. Slithering a bit closer, they offer their hand to Shanti. “It is a noble thing to protect your friend, but you’re injured and I do not want you risking your health. Allow me to prove myself to you, may I see your hand?” There’s a pause as she weighs her options, and after a worried glance at Silene she offers a cut up hand to them. They gently take it, running a thumb over a cut on their hand and leaving glittery slime on it. Slowly, the cut starts to close and it’s as if she was never hurt. Her eyes go wide, they’re the real deal! “W-wow, you really are a healer! But...I’m banged up bad, it’d take a lot of that to heal all my injuries...and Silene! She’s going to dry out if we don’t act fast, and you’re a snail...what can you do?” Their horns wave a bit in thought, there is something they can do...but they’d have to earn their trust for it. “I have a plan, but...you may be opposed to it. Do you trust me?” Shanti gives them a bit of a confused look, what kind of plan was this that they needed to ask...? But she was desperate at this point, Silene needed all the help she could get...

“Yes! Please, save Silene first! I don’t know what I’d do without her...” Shio nods in understanding, slithering over to her and gently untangling her from the net. “What...are you going to do?” Silene wheezes out as Shio sets down their staff and lifts her up. “Please relax and don’t wriggle so much...you will be safer within me until I can bring you to safety.” Shanti looks on in shock as they open their maw wide and shove her face into it. Their insides are incredibly slimy and they’re working a bit quickly so she doesn’t dry out, so they start to hastily gulp her down. True to their instructions she doesn’t squirm or struggle, and they sigh and rest their hands on their chubby belly as they slurp up her tailfin. “Haah...she should be fine in my second stomach.” “Y-you ate her! I knew I couldn’t trust you!” Shanti cried out, to which Shio frowns. “Yes, my stomach has enough moisture to keep her safe until we can get to a body of water. As a snail I can only digest fruits and plant matter, so she won’t be harmed...and neither will you. My stomachs are coated in the same slime that healed you, keeping you there is a far better form of treatment than just coating you with it by hand. Please, do not worry.” They slither closer and she shrinks away a bit, but they don’t seem to be threatening... “If it helps, you may ask her yourself once you get inside. But please understand that I have to do this...it won’t be for too long, I promise.”

To ease her fears they’re gentle with handling her, and though she’s a bit scared of what’s coming she’s in no position to resist. Fending off those hunters wore her out and her body aches from her injuries, so she stays limp as they lift her up to their face. Their mouth opens wide and they close their eyes and flinch away, and rather than being bitten they’re met with the cool feeling of slime on their face. She opens her eyes to find that she’s unharmed, the inside of their mouth is glittery with slime and it seems as though the glowing parts on their body extend to their insides as well. She can feel the cuts on her face healing and she impulsively relaxes, allowing Shio to start swallowing her down. They’re taking their time now, slowly gulping her down so they don’t scare her more. The walls of their throat are soft and handle her with care as swallow after swallow brings the naga closer to their first stomach, and after a moment she spills out into a pool of slime. Their stomach is filled with a gentle blue glow, and she pushes around to get her bearings as the rest of her long tail is slurped up. Shio sighs, gently rubbing their very full belly that now sticks out from their robes. “See? Everything is fine, your injuries should begin healing. I apologize if it’s a bit cramped...I’ll bring you and your friend back to where you stay if you can tell me where it is.” Shanti squirms a bit to get herself situated among her coils, the gentle churning of the walls around her coats her in slime and she can already feel the pain vanishing. “Uhm, there’s a lake north of here....that’s where Silene lives. Can you take us there?” Shio simply hums in agreement, starting to slowly make their way north. Their time spent traveling is filled with chatter amongst the three, with Shanti finding that they’re both unharmed she really opened up and delighted in getting to know Shio. By the time the lake is reached night fell, and their two guests are asleep deep within them. Shio smiles and settles near a tree, they’re used to camping out due to their slow pace. They’ll let them out in the morning, and they doze off full and happy they were able to help.