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[bookwormingparty]

[pridewon]

📜 ( ko.noha and aka.ashi :eyes: )

@taskfocused asked for incorrect quotes! (acc.)

Akaashi: Someone will die. Konoha: Of fun!

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Konoha: I’m gonna need a human skull and I can't have you ask any questions why. Akaashi: Only if you also don't ask why Akaashi: *Pulls out 7 pristine human skulls* Take your pick. Konoha: Akaashi: Konoha: This one is fine

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Konoha: I've already sent good vibes your way… they’re coming. There’s nothing you can do to stop them. Akaashi: This is the most threatening way I’ve ever been cheered up.

[scarlett978]

Sph kik sessions!

[mangher-a]

"Hey, Terushima-san. How do you know when the feeling you already have for someone is that of love?" ( itsuwari because we also need the ouchies :p )

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. 遊児 .

Yuuji looked up from the game he was playing on his DS, laying on his stomach on the floor, propped up slightly by a pillow. The question was a bit surprising, something he didn't think Akaashi really cared for, but the fact that he asked just had Terushima buzzing. Excitement, mainly, but also something like disappointment, something bittersweet.

Their love was after all fake.

Terushima sat up, pausing the game with a small chuckle. "You ask the right guy, Akaashi-kun! I'm an expert!" he gloats, laughing at his own words. His track record with relationships wasn't the greatest, but he had been in love before, and he might just be in love right now as well.

"But in all seriousness, I think it depends on the person. But the basics are that they make you happy. The thought of them, seeing them, spending time with them brings you joy," he lists off things one by one, "you might lose sleep because you just can't stop thinking about them, you see stuff around town or hear songs on the radio that remind you them."

Yuuji's expression softens, and he smiles a little to himself, looking at some random spot on the carpet, finger brushing over the edge of the console.

"It's warm and safe. It brings with it a sense of calm. It feels welcoming and like home."

It makes me love you more.

Yuuji then blinks and shakes his head, chuckling as his cheeks pinken slightly. "But it's different to everyone, though! Love does come in many forms after all!"

Sometimes it's painful.

"Why, have you started getting feelings for me~? Akaashi, you naughty boy~!" Terushima teases, to hide the cracks in his heart and soul, to hide the stutters his heart makes when he looks at the other. Laughs, because he knows he wouldn't have a chance outside of their little arrangement.

And sometimes love is built on lies.

"By the way, what do you want for dinner? I'm feeling lazy, so we could go get some take-out," he chirps, deciding to close the game for the evening.

Because sometimes, you can't have what your heart is yearning for.

[innosen]

chihiro when with the akaashi household 📚👓

@taskfocused​

[setternine-a]

dear grandfather (letter for best grandpa from current pro vb athlete tobio pls and i'm not sorry) :)

@taskfocused shai i’m going to gently strangle you,,,

[kirshd]

Creative Laptop

Put together a laptop recently, with the express purpose of being used for low level creative projects like writing or coding. The laptop in question is an Asus K60IJ, made in '09.

Nice little system that won't be running any games from before even 2002. From BIOS post to Windows desktop: The windows 7 logo only fully forms on battery, plugged in it barely forms. (Yes, that's right a laptop from '09 is booting into 7 quicker on SATA than 10 on NVMe...)

Simply put, this system isn't going to be playing high end games like my Asus RoG G750jx, it'll even struggle to play games that the Half-a-laptop I have could play without too much trouble (circa 2003-04). Hell, it struggles with Firefox, and would likely go thermonuclear with Chrome.

Making it perfect for a (mostly) distraction free environment.

Little extra thing I did: the desktop is the SD card slot. So if I need to sync files between it and my main laptop(s), I just pop the SD card and plug it in. Don't need to juggle flash drives, just pop, copy, pop, edit.

[msbyfukurou]

@taskfocused​ sent: [ MOONLIGHT ] ( ice verse - in that ice rink thingie idea you brought up hehe ) -- after going on a midnight stroll, our muses share a kiss under the moon.

It should have been cold -- it probably was, but he couldn't really focus on that -- not when he felt so impossibly warm.

Lying on his back on the ice as he caught his breath, gazing up at the night sky through the skylight, hyper aware of the warmth radiating from the body beside his.

They were hardly even touching. Their arms brushed against each other once in a while, but layers separated them.

His little finger twitched, all too eager to reach over and touch Akaashi's hand that was so close yet not close enough to his own.

This was something else -- sneaking into the rink at nights with the figure skater had somehow easily become his favourite pastime.

He was the one who had originally initiated it, had managed to talk Akaashi into joining him in the afterhours, when no one was supposed to be here. He doubted Akaashi would ever willingly break the rules like this on his own and that thought brought a grin to his face. Perhaps he was a bad influence, but he liked to think that he enriched Akaashi's life.

Besides, they had a lot of fun together. It was the only time the two of them got to share the ice. Him--local hockey star, and Akaashi--who radiated both beauty and grace so seemingly effortlessly.

Lying together on the ice under the beautiful night sky, Bokuto found himself thinking that the night sky had nothing on Akaashi himself. Akaashi, whose face, illuminated by the moonlight through the skylights, looked so pure, so lovely. His dark hair contrasted harshly with both the ice beneath them and the glow of his skin in the moonlight. Sweat should not have looked so mermerizing and yet... Bokuto decided that the figure skater was the most beautiful sight he had ever seen.

Quiet music played on the rink's speakers from Akaashi's phone--Bokuto had no idea what was playing, but it contributed to the romantic atmosphere that surrounded them now, with the lights turned down, surrounded by nothing but the notes, the ice, the starry sky. He wondered if he was the only one who noticed -- if he was the only one who wanted to act on the instincts that told him to go for it.

Their eyes met and that was when he realized how long he must have been watching Akaashi for. Their casual, lighthearted conversation had at some point died down into silence.

And oh--those eyes shined bright in the moonlight. Bokuto's hand had seemingly moved on its own accord, the backs of his fingers gently grazing the smooth skin of Akaashi's face--so beautiful. His fingers, with a little more sureness, traced the younger skater's cheek, his jaw, traveled to the back of his neck--

Their lips pressed together as Bokuto leaned in and closed the distance between them.

And oh--no stars could ever compare to this feeling.

[loversmeet]

@taskfocused​​ asked: For the rest of day, Keiji didn't really do much. It was just like any other day for the both of them. He could even sense restlessness and frustration from Banyan, but that was part of his so-called master plan. Before the clock struck midnight, he poked his boyfriend's back facing him. He simply handed out a small box as he did his best to hide a smile. Inside was a necklace with a gem that shared the same hue as Banyan's eyes, as well as representing his deep and endless love and adoration.

          of course banyan had a gift for the other.     ; ;     he had been waiting for the right time to give it to him but... he was almost certain keiji had forgotten about valentine’s day and banyan was a complain under his breathe and be mad in secret type. well, secret was a strange word for it. it wasn’t really a secret. anyone with eyes could tell he was mad. the way he stomped around, avoided eye contact, grumbled to himself. he didn’t mean to be a brat but, it did come naturally and he really did think keiji just didn’t care. so maybe it came from being hurt. so when bed time came around, he rolled over with a huff and faced opposite of his boyfriend. he loved him, more than anything, but right now he was upset with him and was going to try to sleep it off.

          the poke came soon after, earning a sigh. “ i’m not in the mood for --- ” but when he turned ready to go at him, all he saw was his boyfriend sitting there with a box in hand. he sat up without a word, taking it in his hands. banyan stared at it for a second before opening it. a lot of men wouldn’t wear something like this, maybe they would think it was to girly or something... but banyan wasn’t like that. he was pretty fashionable and always thought it had no gender. at first he didn’t say anything, eyes looking at the stone that matched.

          “ you are... ” he started, grinding his teeth together. he went into his bedside drawer grabbing his own small box. ( it held a locket with a picture of them both in high school. ) banyan literally threw it into his lap as he went on with the rest of his sentence. he was pretty much yelling it. “ such an idiot!!!! ” a hand came down on keiji’s shoulder, shoving him. “ i’ve been so pissed at you all day! i thought you forgot! what sort of idea was this? stupid, stupid stupid! ” but banyan’s cheeks were blushing as he unleashed on his boyfriend. he loved his gift.

[mcnyhearts]

@taskfocused​​ asked: “ i love you, every part of you. even the parts you don’t like. ” ( @banyan )

          THERE WERE A LOT OF PARTS OF HIMSELF THAT HE DIDN’T LIKE.     ---     banyan had a hard time being honest about that sometimes. he came across as this beautiful male with amazing fashion sense and never ending confidence but... that wasn’t really the case. he struggled with his looks, with finding himself appealing. it had been really hard before he started dating keiji, but the struggle wasn’t totally over. he often wondered what the other could possibly see in him.

          he was laying down beside the other, exhausted from another day of studying. his head was throbbing from staring at the tiny writing for so many hours, but finally resting his head helped, plus keiji was laying beside him in bed... that always made him feel better. “ yeah? ” his eyes were closed as the other spoke, trying to play it cool with a simple smile but... he was totally blushing. “ i guess someone has to love them. ” the blonde scooted closer to keiji in bed until he was pressed up right against him. “ i’m glad though... glad it’s you that decided to love every part of me. ” his arms wrapped around the other, bare skin against bare skin. “ i love you. ”

[kitamai]

✪ ( for bokuto ofc uwu )

Send ✪ for my character to reveal how they feel about yours.

❖   POSITIVE.

I think you’re awesome ║ I like you ║ I want to go on a date with you  ║  I love you  ║ You’re cute/handsome ║ I want to marry you  ║ You’re attractive  ║ I wish we could spend more time together!  ║ I’d like to get to know you better  ║  I admire you  ║ You’re someone that I look up to  ║ You’re very kind  ║ I consider us friends  ║ I secretly have a crush on you  ║ I have high respect for you  ║ We have common interests  ║ I’m happy that I met you

❖     NEGATIVE.

I feel uncomfortable around you   ║ You’re bothersome ║ I never want to speak to you again ║ I dislike you ║ I loathe you ║ I’m envious of you ║ I’m worried about you ║ We don’t get along well ║ You’re the worst kind of person ║ You get on my nerves ║ You’re annoying to me  ║ We have nothing in common  ║ I wish I had never met you  ║ I wouldn’t date you if you were the last person alive  ║ Not you again

[surissoul]

Task on Hand !

Fear of accomplishment !

A monk, blind since birth used to carry water across two monasteries, located high above two ridges that were interconnected by a long narrow rope & wood hanging bridge

He used to cheerfully play a tune and walk across unmindful of the howling wind or the swaying bridge

A month after the successful eye operation the monk resumed duty but he went all shaky the moment he stepped on the bridge

Fear of height replaced the tune on his lips due to vision of the narrow pass

His mind, all along free from the fear, had made him to accomplish the task on hand, fearlessly

But the moment his eye sight set on the deep gorge, fear replaced confidence

And the mind refused to allow him to stride further on the hanging bridge

The monk tried to close his eyes and walk ahead but the set vision blocked

The Abbot of the monastery instructed his rank abbess to initiate him in complete meditation and guide to regain self confidence

6 months later, the monk briskly walked across without even batting an eyelid since he had practiced & trained his mind to focus

On the entry point and exit point and not on the narrow pass

Accomplishing a task on hand is in focusing on the core rather to the circumference

And the mind should be on the matter and never the matter over mind 🙏

[pridewon]

@taskfocused​​ (starter call)

“Oya? What a pleasant surprise.” For one of them, at least. For the other, respite has come to an end; a volleyball under his arms, the sleeves of his shirt rolled up on his arms, Tetsurô forsakes the formalities of adult life for the day, reconciles with the highschooler he once was, whose greatest joys were to block impossible spikes and charmingly grate on the nerves of anyone in his immediate vicinity. The smile he offers Akaashi, though, really does let joy transpire - nostalgia really is getting the better of him, huh. This reunion around a barbecue and a few games of beach volley with most of their old friends had decidedly been a good idea.

“I wasn’t sure I’d see ya today, Akaashi. It’s been too long!” He exclaims, carefree as ever. “Eh? The owl captain’s not here yet?” Funny. All those years ago, you wouldn’t see one without the other; disappointment quickly etches itself onto his face, only to disappear just as hurriedly. Bokuto will probably join them later - if he doesn’t, well. His loss. “Nevermind him. Guess that means you’re stuck with me for now, poor you.” Lopsided grin stitched at the corner of his lips, he extends a hand and gives his companion a pat on the back. Poor Akaashi indeed. “How ‘bout we go grab a beer, and you tell me what you’ve been up to, these days?”

[samanthaivemey]

14th January 2021

Preparing evidence for the professional discussion assessment on HML's Organisational policies seems to be so in depth. I've been researching the policies and reading through them thoroughly to ensure I have a full understanding of the core principles and how it has proved effective.

[mangher-a]

"Yuuji-san, welcome back." Keiji's lips formed a warm smile as he did his best to hide the overwhelming feelings of seeing his husband after so long. ( i miss u and akaterus aaaaaaaa <33 )

@taskfocused

. 遊児 .

The voice of his beloved was enough to boost him with new energy. Where he originally had felt like nothing but an empty husk of his self, he now felt more rejuvenated. Yuuji smiled, eyes crlinkling at the corners as the bag he'd carried made a soft thud when hitting the floor. The items inside weren't important, or they were, but still nothing compared to Keiji.

To be greeted with such a warm smile, to be able to see the his husband again was a blessing.

Even if Keiji tried to hide his feelings, Yuuji did not. He openly looked relieved and happy, he openly showed the love he felt for Keiji, and he showed his eagerness to be close to him again with how his steps quickened during the small distance just enough to take him over to the love of his life faster.

He couldn't get to Keiji fast enough.

Arms wrapped around the other, pulling him closer to Yuuji. Feeling the solid warm form of Keiji against him brought him comfort, relief. Despite his long absence, Keiji was fine. Of course he would be, he was a strong trainer, after all, but that didn't mean Yuuji didn't worry.

Tilting his head back, his hand settled on Keiji's cheek, thumb brushing over the warm skin a few times softly. "I'm glad to be back," Yuuji murmured, leaning in to close the distance with a kiss.

He was so happy to be back home.

[innosen]

chihiro believes that keiji-nii is a whole school 😔✊

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