#that’s my way of saying RAIN NNNNN

[bruh-changbin]

squeeeeeeeeeze!!! you've been given a hug! send this to all the people who deserve a hug and see how many you get back. now let the hugging begin! 🤍✨

watch me hug you back so hard I break your ribs 😻😸

[lowkeyrobin]

hello:))

been loving ur mcyt preferences, and was wondering if you would do one where reader has insomnia???

I take medication for it and i got took off it for a break UGHH. anyways luv ur writing and take ur time plz:))

ooooo okay!! ; and thank you thank you, I appreciate it 🫶🫶🫶

MCYT ; insomniac/night owl

includes ; tommyinnit, ranboo, badlinu, nihachu, & quackity

warnings ; language, sleep paralysis, jokes about OD'ing (melatonin)

masterlist

TOMMYINNIT

genuinley feels so bad bc the second he closes his eyes, he's passed the hell out

he'll try and stay awake with you though and wait for the melatonin or just sleep in general to kick in

"if you're too tired to work, then don't. go back to sleep, don't worry about it"

compares you to tubbo 24/7

will bring you cherries and some milk because natural melatonin ❗️❗️

sometimes he'll try and stay awake with you and turn a movie on and he'll just pass out on your shoulder

you'll walk into his stream after sleeping until like 5 in the evening and quietly wave with a groggy look on your face

he laughs (in a very lighthearted way dw)

"y/nnnnn I know you're tired but we gotta go before we miss it"

"I'm coming, I'm coming"

you're basically just a night owl, like his personal guard dog lmao

he'll joke about it a bit too, how you're protecting him in the dark from the monsters 😭

RANBOO

he can and will stay up all night with you

mostly plays video games with you in hopes you'll get tired that way

which works a bit

does insane amounts of research, gets you eating all sorts of natural melatonin before bed and even gets you like children's melatonin gummies 💀💀

"do you have a sleep paralysis demon? are you just scared to sleep?"

"I just cannot sleep, I just toss and turn all night, I swear to god"

one of those people to do endless amounts of research to try and help

"do you wanna go to the doctor and get a prescription or something? maybe it'll help"

tweeting/posting about dumb shit you do at night

"y/n made a whole loaf of bread overnight someone send help"

"tell me why I woke up this morning to my partner staring into my soul holy shit"

FREDDIE BADLINU

also feels rlly bad that he can't help you

also brings you cherries, bananas and milk for natural melatonin in hopes it'll help a bit

will genuinley take you to a doctor to get you a prescription or something

also tweets about the shit you do while he's asleep overnight

"guys y/n picked up crocheting overnight wth"

"love when my partner wakes me up at 5am for breakfast because it was going cold 🥰 (they started cooking at 3:30am)

he can't stay up too late most days, he's a busy man

he feels so bad if you're sleeping through the whole day, he barely ever wakes you up bc he knows you're tired

"love, go back to sleep, you were up all night, I'll call you in sick, don't worry about it"

he strays away from od jokes when you're taking melatonin gummies/pills but sometimes he just has to say it

if you have a sleep paralysis demon as well, yk damn well he'll find his way into your dreams and beat the bitch up

if you can't sleep but he can, he'll just hold you and hope that you'll sleep soon

you'll usually sit there and play with his hair and admire him til you gotta get up and do something

NIKI NIHACHU

like ranboo, she puts in endless research of just trying to find things that might help you

she feels so bad

especially when you're sleeping all through the day and feel groggy as hell 24/7

if you have a paralysis demon she always reassures you that she'll beat it up for you next time it comes around

anything to make you smile bro

she's so sweet about it, if you're sleeping she makes sure to keep it quiet because this is one of the rare chances when you're sleeping

if you go multiple days without sleep and start tweaking out, she'll comfort you to sleep, doesn't matter how long it'll take

"It's okay, honey. it's okay, just focus on the rain sounds outside"

dedicated a whole kinda calm music playlist to help you sleep/relax yourself

finds it so funny when you do shit during the night to try and entertain yourself and it's the most random shit

like you'll go out and feed stray cats, accidently steal a shopping cart, fight the air and record it, etc

sleepy on stream hugs >>>

"well good morning, sunshine. its seven pm"

ALEX QUACKITY

"bro how do you not sleep"

if you got a sleep paralysis demon.... oh it's over for that mf

tweets about the dumb exhausted shit you do

"how do I turn y/n off at bedtime? I'm tired of waking up to see them staring into my soul"

"I love waking up to breakfast (I've been woken up at 4am for the past 2 weeks help me rn)"

thinks it's funny and sad at the same time when you start tweaking after not sleeping

"bro, go to sleep, cmon, it's okay, you're fine" as he's trying not to laugh at you

literally stuffs you with melatonin around 7:30 to see if it'll help LMAO

even talks on stream about how he's gonna fight the demons and pretends whoever he's fighting w is one LMAO

loves when you walk into stream all groggy and tired because he can finally spend a little time w you

[faela404]

Hello, I saw that you are open for some requests. May I request some platonic drabble for Dazai, in a story where Dazai and reader taking care of a stray kitten, reader is Dazai younger sibling

That is all, thank you and I hope you have a lovely day 💖

ahhh this is such a cute idea omg-

dazai x gn! sibling! reader (platonic !)

☆ light & love ☆

☆ during his time in the port mafia, dazai had never really been apart of your life. i mean sure you knew your brother existed, you had spent some time together but, since joining the port mafia you had barely seen him.

☆ recently however, dazai had been reaching out, something to do with a ‘new job’. it was weird to see your older brother after so long but it wasn’t unwelcome.

☆ over the course of a few weeks dazai and you had become a lot closer, similarly to how you were as children but, it was clear he had changed. you may not be as close as you used too but, you could still tell when he was hiding behind his fake joy.

“y/nnnnn! look! i got you and i some of the finest coffee this cafe has to offer” the taller man offered a smile to you before placing the cup of steaming coffee infront of you.

“did you actually pay for this osamu? or did you steal your coworker’s card again?” you asked inquisitively, raising an eyebrow towards your ‘dear’ brother.

he let out a loud gasp at the notion. he always did have such a flair for the dramatic huh?

“how dare you assume i would do such a thing” he raised a hand to his chest in mock offence, “this is an outrage, my own sibling, my own flesh and blood, doesn’t believe i’d do something so nice for them” he stared up at you, “just for that, you’re paying next time”

“…”

“so you did take his card then, yeah?”

☆ while you and dazai had definitely become closer, you didn’t trust eachother fully.

☆ however, that all changed one stormy night.

☆ you had never enjoyed walking down the streets of yokohama, after all this city was extremely dangerous, especially at night

☆ that’s when you heard it.

☆ a soft ‘pitter’ ‘patter’ behind you, at first you thought it was the rain until, you felt a small prickly feeling across your legs

☆ there, by your feet, stood the cutest, smallest little kitten you’d ever seen.

☆ her fur was soaked from all the rain and her little eyes were big and rounded as they stared right up at you, almost begging

☆ how could you refuse?

☆ carefully you scooped up the seemingly stray kitten and began towards your apartment until you remembered..

☆ your landlord doesn’t allow pets-

☆ you’d be kicked out in an instant if he ever saw the little guy

☆ you couldn’t just leave her here, i mean she could get hurt really bad or get sick from the cold, it’d be cruel! but, you had no where to take her-

☆ now wait a damn minute. didn’t dazai say his neighbours dog had been ‘screaming bloody murder all fucking night’? if his neighbour had a loud dog, then..

☆ his building allows pets!!

☆ but, would he even want to help you with this? i mean he is the one who lives there, he might not want a kitten running around

☆ it was too late now though, the poor baby was gonna get a cold and you were already on your way to his apartment building

☆ if only you knew what you was getting yourself into..

“‘SAMU! NO! SHE CANT EAT THAT!” you had said that line atleast 80 times in this past week. osamu had been more than happy to help you out with your new little friend, turns out your ex-mafiaso brother had a big soft spot for cats. how purrfect!

(i’m sorry, i couldn’t resist🥲)

that night, ‘samu and you had bathed and dried that little kitten along with feeding her until she passed out on osamu’s futon.

you had then proceeded to spend the next 2 hours arguing about what to call her and trying to convince ‘samu that “suicide”, “poison” & “noose” were not appropriate names for a kitten.

☆ you had never felt so happy before

☆ you had your brother back, even if you refused to admit it, you had missed him tremendously

☆ your trust in eachother had strengthened over the years as you two continued to take care of your little kitten

☆ dazai still housed her in his apartment but pretty soon you’d move to his building to be closer to her (and your brother but, you’d never admit that to him)

☆ ya’ll had become a happy little family

☆ you, dazai and himari

a/n ! - this was adorable omgnskskwkodow, thank you so much for the request this was a lot of fun to write! it was just what i needed after my test so yk-

also from what i found (on google lol) himari means sun or light and love (hence the name of the story) i just thought it was cute considering how dazai doesn’t really think he’s truly deserving of love and how light/ the sun is usually related to good and kind people which dazai would definitely not see himself as (cause he isnt #dazaislander) - anyway i just wanted to add that cause i thought is was cute!

[travellvogue]

“C’mon, give me a mistletoe kiss”- Ruben Loftus-Cheek

12 Days of Christmas- Day 8:

“Hurry please” you whine down the phone as he tells you he’s getting in the car to leave training now. You’d been waiting all day for him to get back, since he’d woken you up at eight this morning, and now it was two in the afternoon and you were quite frankly growing bored of waiting for him. You’d tried to busy yourself by making gingerbread men, icing them in little football shirts with the number fifteen on them. But that only brought you to 10 o’clock. Watching the Grinch took you to midday, looking through the boxes of Christmas decorations- not actually opening them- took you half an hour if you went slow. 

Admittedly you were going stir crazy, trying to entertain yourself, desperately trying not to reach into the boxes and just start decorating now. But Ruben had given you strict rules that you had to wait for him to get home so the two of you could do it together. Little did you know ‘waiting for him’ meant seven long hours. But finally, he was on his way home. 

“Babyyyy” you leap off the sofa when you hear him push the front door open and call for you. “Where’s my impatient girl?” he coos with a teasing smirk, opening his free arm as you come bounding towards him. “I got you a present for being so patient” he whispers gently, pulling you into his body and kissing your head, inhaling the scent of you. The same as it is every day- white rose and vanilla- but he could never get bored of it, you smell like home. 

“These are beautiful!” pouting whilst he hands you over the most stunning bouquet of white roses, fitting, since ‘they’re you as a flower’ as he’d say. “Thank you baby” he leans in to kiss your lips this time, humming against them as a silent ‘you’re welcome’. “Look I made you these” you take his larger hand into your own, leading him into the kitchen to show him your baking masterpiece… well, the last remaining biscuits that hadn’t been eaten yet. 

“Only three?” he smirks, knowing you’ve helped yourself to the rest of them. “They’re cute baby, even got my jersey on” he smiles. Watching you wiggle around impatiently as you stand next to him. “Got something in ya pants?” he smirks, knowing full well you’ve only got one thing on your mind.

“Can we decorate now?” you grin, your toothy smile making him chuckle. 

“Been waiting all day aint ya” he pulls you against his chest, reaching over to grab a gingerbread man before mumbling a ‘c’mon then’ through a mouthful of biscuit. 

You’re quick to sprint into the living room, open the boxes of decorations and pulling them out one by one. Instructing Ruben on what jobs he has in order to make the house look perfect. He’d lost count of the amount of fake trees you had around the house, he thought the real one in the living room was enough, but apparently you needed one in the bedroom, in the guest rooms, in the cinema room- every corner he turned he was met with another tree. 

“Where d’ya wanna start?” he asks, pulling the stockings out one by one, smiling at the fact that the dogs have their own ones. 

“Let’s do the stairs” you beam. 

He’s dripping in sweat by the time the two of you are finished, who knew decorating the house could be such a workout. But it was certainly worth it. Despite cutting himself on fake tree branches and nearly falling down the stairs whilst you wrapped foliage and fairy lights around the banister. The house looked amazing, it felt so warm and welcoming, and so festive. The wreath on the front door was currently getting splattered with rain but it didn’t matter, if anything the dreary weather made it even more cozy inside, plus it was a perfect excuse to get changed into your matching Christmas pyjamas, giggling at Ruben’s flapping around his ankles due to him being too tall for any of the sizes to properly fit his leg length. 

The scent of oranges wafted through the house, you’d sliced up the fruit and put it in the oven to air dry, claiming it’ll make a great addition to the dining room table decorations. He’d sucked on one too many candy canes and eaten more gingerbread men then what could be deemed healthy. But the whole afternoon was perfect, it didn’t matter that the large amount of treats consumed meant he felt sick, or how his throat was sore from belting Christmas tunes at the top of his lungs, and did it really matter that he didn’t rest like the gaffer had told him, who could resist dancing around the living room with the love of their life whilst wearing silly Santa hats.

But there’s one thing he hadn’t taken full advantage of yet. The small sprig of mistletoe hanging above the entrance to the living room, strategically placed above the door frame ready to work it’s magic on whoever walks through the door.  

“Y/NNNNN” he grins, standing directly under the plant, leaning his muscular body against the door frame as you spin around from hanging the stockings up to look over at him, hearing the teasing tone in his voice. So it doesn’t take a genius to put two and two together. “C’mon, give me a mistletoe kiss” he pokes his lips out in a dramatic pout. Chuckling when you don’t hesitate to skip over to him, wrapping your arms around his neck and pushing your fingers into his hair, pulling his head closer to yours and pushing your lips against him, humming in delight at the taste of his lips- peppermint with a hint of spicy ginger. 

“Imma put more of this around the house if that’s how you’re gonna kiss me” he mumbles against your lips, pecking you once more before lifting you up and taking you to the sofa to deepen the kiss once again.

[godrics]

Oblivious

pairing park jisung x gender neutral reader

summary jisung is oblivious to everything, including your feelings to him.

genre & theme fluff, angst.

warnings none

requested [✔️]

Jisung and you had been best friends for years, so how in the hell did you suddenly gain feelings for him? Was it because he dyed his hair to blue? Or was it because he got a girlfriend and didn’t pay much attention to you like he used to?

“Y/N!” Jisung ran to you as you were about to sit at your usual table, “Do you mind if I sit with Yeeun today?” His eyes were bright and hopeful.

You frown slightly, “Why are you asking me? Just go sit with her,” you nod your head her way, “It’s not like I don’t have any other friends..”

His eyes widen, shaking his head, “No, no, that’s not what I meant! I’m just asking becau-”

You shake your head, “I know what you meant, Jisung, I’m just playing. Go,” he smiles sheepishly before rushing off to her table.

You turn to your best friend, Heejin, and the two of you share a look.

“He’s so oblivious,” she sighs, sticking a fork into her salad and shoving a mouthful into her mouth.

“Tell me about it,” you grumble, taking a bite of your pizza.

“Are you going to tell him any time soon?” Heejin asks, wiping her mouth with a napkin.

“What? No!” You refuse, shaking your head, “He has a girlfriend!”

“So?” She shrugs and you slap her arm lightly. “Hey! I’m just saying.”

“I’m not stealing another girl’s boyfriend,” you tell her.

“But he’s your best friend,” she reminds you, glancing your way, “You’ve known each other since grade one. I would like to think the best friend you’ve known for more than a decade matters more than a girlfriend you just got together with.”

You shrug, sighing, “I don’t know. He obviously doesn’t like me back, Heejin. If he did, he wouldn’t be with her, he’d be with me,” you remind her, taking another bite of your pizza. “And, I don’t want to ruin our friendship.”

She sighs, lowering her head, “Dude, I just said you’ve been friends for more than a decade, a crush will not ruin your friendship when you’ve been friends for that long.”

“Still,” you murmur, staring over your shoulder at them. Jisung had his arm thrown around her shoulder, and you found yourself wondering how he had the confidence to do that, when he didn’t like public display of affection at all. You frown and turn back to her, “Maybe if I distance myself away from him for a while, the feelings will go away. Right?”

You don’t give her time to respond before nodding to yourself, “Good idea. I’ll do that until they go away!” You turn to her, pushing your pizza to her, “Finish that, I’m going to history early today.”

“But-” she tries to stop you, but you continue walking away anyway. She huffs, shoving her salad away and taking a big bite of your pizza, “They’re both idiots.”

8:02pm jisung♡ y/nnnnn want to hang out at the park tonight?

8:03pm jisung♡ i’ll buy you chicken wings~

8:15pm jisung♡ y/n, hello??

8:20pm you sorry, i’ve been busy. u know, studying for finals. rain check?

8:21pm jisung♡ that’s okay!! we can do it another time. good luck studying!! i’ll be cheering for you

8:26pm you thanks

8:27pm heejinnie so ur really avoiding jisung, huh?

8:27pm you how do u even know

8:28pm heejinnie he texted me and said u did a rain check bc ur studying for finals

8:29pm heejinnie ur lucky he’s oblivious and doesnt know ur avoiding him bc then he’d know finals are 5 weeks away

8:30pm you i just.. i want these feelings to go away so i can hang out with him like normal

8:30pm heejinnie ever thought of embracing them and telling him?

8:30pm you ... yes

8:31pm you but that thoughts gone now. he’s with her. it doesnt matter anymore

8:31pm heejinnie im just saying.. u never know until u try

Two weeks later of successfully avoiding Jisung, the poor boy finally caught on after his hyungs gave him hints, and basically had to spell it out for him.

After school, when everyone was gone, he finally caught you, “Y/N,” he grabs your arm to make sure you can’t just walk away.

You frown when you turn to him, your heart slightly beating faster at the intense way he was looking at you. “Hey, Jisung,” you greet him quietly, “What’s up? Haven’t seen you lately.”

“‘I wonder why,” he frowns, stepping closer, “Why have you been avoiding me?”

“W-what?” you stutter, avoiding his eyes, “I haven’t been avoiding you, Jisung.”

“Yes, you have,” he nods firmly, “My hyungs had to spell it out for me, but I realized you had. When you said you were studying for finals, it was five weeks away at the time, and you don’t start studying until a week before.”

You stay silent and Jisung sighs, “Why?”

You shake your head, “Don’t you have a girlfriend to attend to?”

“No,” he says, “We broke up this morning. You would know if you answered my texts.”

You look surprised, “What? Why?”

He shrugs, “It was mutual, she has feelings for someone else, I have feelings for someone else.”

Your heart sinks, again? “Oh,” you manage to say, “That’s good, I mean, that it was mutual.  No hard feelings.”

He shakes his head, “No hard feelings.” He hesitates before continuing, “You know, when Taeyong hyung told me you were avoiding me earlier, he also told me something else.”

“Oh?”  You murmur, picking at a stray thread on your jeans, “What was that?”

“That you were avoiding me to get rid of your feelings,” he says non-chantly, even though he was freaking out inside. He couldn’t believe he just said that.

“What?” You look up, your eyes wide.

Jisung nods, “Yeah, Heejin told Mark hyung, who told Johnny hyung, who told Ten hyung, who told Taeyong hyung, who told me.”

You stay silent and he smiles slightly, “You haven’t asked yet.”

“Asked what?” You ask quietly, staring behind him so you wouldn’t have to look at him.

“If I liked you back,” he says, and you look at him, finally being able to see the nervousness in his eyes.

You smile, getting confident again, having a feeling what he would respond with from the way he was acting. “Oh, right, well, do you like me back, Jisung?”

“... Yes,” he mutters, looking at the floor shyly, a red tint to his cheeks.

You smile and lean forward, sneaking a quick kiss on his cheek. “Good, because I like you too, obviously.”

Jisung’s eyes were wide from your sneaky cheek kiss, “W-what-”

“Come on, let’s go to the park,” you lightly grab his hand, not so tightly to make sure he could pull apart if he wanted to. But he didn’t. You smile, intertwining your fingers and pulling him, “Come on, slow poke, it’ll be dark soon!”

a/n: my writing is getting more horrible by the day

masterlist

[fictionallyinparadise]

Love love sugar, newlove, and inlove, for 47

- just-another-self-shipper

@just-another-self-shipper AAA THANK YOU!!!!!

I'll save the gush one for last pshdjsjdhd I am (not) sorry for how incoherent it will definitely become heh-

Newlove: How did it feel like for you to love your F/O at first?

A mix of humor and just...pure joy. Like, it was funny to me because his source material is absolutely RIDICULOUS at times. Both of 'em, the game and movie version! But I started playing Hitman in,,,I think either mid or late quarantine so it was just something that made me happy. Something that I looked forward to. And he was a part of that, he became like...a fast comfort to me. Like yeah, world's fucked, but there's this badass bald asexual that you control with a silly controller and make him do silly things. Overall it was just...it's like eating your favorite flavor of ice cream after not having it in forever.

inlove: How does it feel now to love your F/O?

I had a brief disconnect from him (and Diana) from seeing content s//xulizing him a lot, so I'll be answering this for both before and after that disconnect!

Before: It was just...really nice! Having a strong boyfriend who can kick ass? Having a strong boyfriend that is absolutely an amazing hugger? It was just,,,it's like the first day of spring weather!! It's warm, it's soft, it's sweet.

After: It feels like going to a familiar and warm place after being caught in the rain. It feels like...home? It's just...so nice. Because he's still absolutely that same comfort I felt when I first fell for him, but with...Idk, a new warmth? A soft blanket, a fluffy pillow, the first bite into a soft cookie. That's how it feels. Not to get poetic but pshcjsjf-

Love Love Sugar: Just gush, but in the most over-the-top yearning way you possibly can. Please overuse the heart emojis if possible.

AHEMHSHDHS. Okay. His arms. I just want to be held in his arms. He looks so?? So fucking safe!!! Like!!! Gahhhh. Like I think if I could just be held in his arms for an hour I would. I would be so good in life. AND HIS EYES OUGHHFHHDHSJD HSI EYES ARE SO FUCKING GORGEOUS I GET LOST IN THEM SO OFTEN. like oh my GOD those eyes. I can't even describe them they're so fucking beautiful. Just so blue and....gahdjsjdj. like. Also also his eyes are like the most expressive part of him (headcanon go brrr) so like??!?! Oh my god. His eyes softening when he sees me??? SEEING FHE LOVE IN HIS EYES WHEN HE KOOKS AT ME????? MSHDHSJJZ,NNNNN!!!!!!!!!! J'd lose it. I'd literally lose it 🥺🥺🥺🥺❤️❤️❤️. Oh my god. ALSO HIS VOIXE???, he's so awkward but it's so fucking cute like oh my god. He simply is an awkward big man!!! ANYWAY BUT HIS VOICE!!! HIS VOICE IS SO?!!! ITS SO GOOOODDD!!!! AND HE CAN SPEAK OTHER LANGUAGES!!!!!!! Like. I don't care how ridiculous the line in the game is IT WILL MAKE MY SILLY LITTLE SELF BLUSH!!!! it could literally be like saying an agent's name during the Berlin map but I'd lose my mIND.💞💞💕💕💖💖 ALSO!!!! he's built like a fucking brick wall and that's just. So good. He also has the most kissable face. And I will absolutely cover his handsome goddamn face with kissy marks I WILL DOO ITTT!!!!!!!! <3333 also and this is very important but he is both a big and little spoon so I get the best of both worlds. I get to hold a big strong man and I also get to be held. It's so perfect. Also seeing him in game doing hitman™ things??!?!?! Oh my gOOODDD. I lose my mind over the animations of him putting a sniper rifle together it's so ridiculous. Seeing him do the blending in things like oh my god babe you look ridiculous I love you. Seeing him climb things (AS MUCH AS IT MAKES MY HEIGHT FEARING ASS QUAKE) is so!!!!! Seeing him just fucking waLK. I could stare at him all day at not regret it. I have stared at him all day and not regretted it. ALSO HIS FASHION SENSE!!!!! SUITS!!!!!!! SUITSSSS!!!!!!!! He's so handsome. Oh my god. 🥺💞💞💞. I have learnt to tie a tie for two reasons. Cosplay and to tie my boyfriend's tie before he goes off to destroy a capitalist. I literally just want to be held. Bury my face in his chest or neck. Hold his hand or arm. Be carried by him. Just being near him would be so fucking nice,,,,like. Words cannot even express how much I adore him. He's badass and yet so full of love for so many things!!!!! Also the way he looks in a turtleneck,,,,mmmmshshhshd.

[shapeshifting-arch-mage]

5/15/2019

...I knew it. I knew there was someone else here with us! As our paws continue groping at the nonexistent head vise, we look up... and begin shuddering uncontrollably when we see who it is. Of course, he's not actually anyone we recognize, but in our mushroom-induced stupor, we mistake him for someone we do. Or, someone I do, at least.

"n... n-n-n-nonono... nonono... no, please... no, im s-sorry..." We mutter as we stare him in the face, our eyes somehow looking both spaced-out and fearful at the same time, "i-i didnt mean to run away, im sorry, im sorry, im sorry...!!" We then squeeze our eyes shut and resume grabbing at the air around our head.

[Kaneis] Oh dear this was such a wonderful reaction. It really was rather like waving a piece of bacon in front of a dog's nose. How could he just ignore it? "Kehkekekeke, Are you sorry? I don't know. You don't look very sorry," he purred walking closer to them. "I don't like it when someone runs from me." He had no idea who this person was and clearly they thought he was someone else, but that didn't bother him in the slightest. It was rather wonderful actually.

[Rave Witch Temmie] Of course... the giant head vise is his way of punishing us for snapping out of his mind control earlier. "im sorry! im sorry!!1" We whine, "i didnt no youd be mad at me!1!1! IM SORRYYYYYY!1!!!1!"

Why is he here. Why did he come find us. Why did he have to follow us here?!? Why is everything purple?!?! Stupid purple fog. Stupid purple sky. Stupid evil handsome mind controlling guy with his stupid purple cape.

Except, of course, he isn't that guy, and in fact Kaneis' cape (technically Finnegan's cape, but whatever) is a much lighter shade of purple than the shade we're seeing it as. We're seeing his hair all wrong, too- it looks... spiky. We open our eyes and look at him again, and his hair looks even bigger and spikier than it did when we last looked.

"p-please, it h-hurts... nnnnn-no more, please... owowoww, my hedddd..." We hold our paws out to each side and mime trying to pull something away from our head.

[Kaneis] Kaneis was smiling like a kid who had been given a lifetime's worth of free candy. He walks up and pats the Temmie fusion's hair. "Of course it hurts. Disobedience is pain. If you want it to stop you must be good. Will you be good? Will you obey me properly?" He was making this up on the fly but this was just so much fun. How could he not see how far he could push it?

[Rave Witch Temmie] Obey him? No... no, we can't do that. He's a bad guy. We won't do what he says. No more obeying. No more mind controlling. No more. It's bad. Bad. Bad bad bad bad.

...We just noticed that he doesn't have his fancy golden mind controlling stick with him. We stand to our feet and push his hand off our head.

"n-no... no more... no more obeyin... no more... not again... no..." We trip and fall backwards from the phantom weight of the imaginary vise. Now laying on the ground with our wide-eyed stare facing the sky, our whole body begins to vibrate. We vibrate harder, harder, harder...

This is perfectly normal for a Temmie, of course, but this time, there's nothing comedic about our convulsions. We look less like a funny joke character in an indie game and more like a possessed person in a horror movie. Then our face begins to detach. Again, not unusual for a Temmie, but in this situation, it just looks eerie.

[Kaneis] Kaneis is just amused. He gazes down at them in obvious delight. "Well then your head is just going to keep hurting like that until it explodes. It'll burst right open. Like a watermelon. Have you ever seen a watermelon burst open? All the gooey contents and juices fly everywhere. It's rather spectacular. Maybe you'd be happier that way? Hmm? What do you think? Can you live without your head?"

[Rave Witch Temmie] Little does he know that Temmies probably don't even have blood. As we continue shivering and shaking on the ground, our detached face rises up above us, leaving our poor, sore head faceless... until a pair of holes open up on it. A pair of holes that look a lot like the eye sockets of a skeleton. A pair of holes with a pair of little white eyelights in them. While our face floats in the air, we reach inside one of the eye sockets that's just opened up where our face is supposed to be, and pull out the eyelight.

...Yes, we pulled out a glowing, white ball from a hole in our face. Gee, I didn't know those things were solid! "...i got it..." Our floating face mutters, "i got da key... got da key..." Our vibrating calms slightly as we move our paw to the side of our head and mime pressing the eyelight into something. "come on... come on..." Says our mouth, even though our face is facing upwards, away from the rest of our body.

[Kaneis] Kaneis is rather fascinated by this. His host had met Temmies before so he wasn't thrown by the oddness of the physical behavior. Mostly it made him wonder if he could mess with them even more. "Oh? What key is that?" He moved close enough that Temmie would be under his large umbrella. No more rain interfearance. He could cast some magic on this one and see if he could add to this amusing set of reactions from the drug now...

[Rave Witch Temmie] "its da KEY!1! im puttin da KEY in!1!!1" Our face cries out to the sky. We jam our detached eyelight into the nothing on our head, twist our paw, and mime pushing that nothing off our head, after which the pain stops getting worse. Then we shove our eyelight back into our eye socket, the eye sockets shrink shut, and our Temmie face slowly descends back towards its rightful place on our head.

"no more..." We mutter, as we push ourself upright, "no more... o yer dumb mind games, Mario!1!1" Wait, that's not his name. Mario doesn't have a head full of spiky hair. Neither does Kaneis, really, but y'know...

"...Marlin?? Mary...??" We're still a bit too delirious to think of the name of the guy we're mistaking him for, so we settle on Mary for now. We stand to our feet, point at him and say, "no more, Mary Itchbar!!1! im drawin da line here!!1" We stretch our arm out and try to snake it around behind his back, underneath his cape, to see if he's hiding anything back there...

[Kaneis] Kaneis grabs the arm trying to slip around him and starts twisting it in a way arms aren't meant to twist. At least not normal arms. The hand holding onto Rave seems to be heating up as well. "I'll play all the mind games I feel like." He declared his voice full of calm menace. "If you think otherwise I'll have to disabuse you of that notion immediately."

[Rave Witch Temmie] Our stretchy arm coils like a noodle as Kaneis twists it. Crud... I think I know what he's about to do now. We stretch our other arm towards our hat, which got left on the ground when we stood up, and pull our wand out of it. We retract our paw that's holding the wand and point it at Kaneis. "nnnnnNNNO!1!!1 i kno wat yur gonna do!1!" We take a few steps back, keeping our wand pointed at him, while the arm that he's holding stretches further as we back away. "no hugs!!11!"

[Kaneis] Kaneis arches an eyebrow at the wand. "Are you threatening me with that? Kehkekeke that's so adorable I could just rip you into tiny pieces!" Kaneis is a little annoyed though. By pulling away most of Temmie was now in the rain. The only part of her he could work direct magic on was the arm he was still holding. Still that wasn't much of a problem. He clenched the arm harder. Maybe he'd just rip it off.

[Rave Witch Temmie] "how yu gonna do dat?? yu dont even got yur wand wit yu!!1!" We reply, as a colorful puff of frost begins to swirl around our wand. Our other paw, meanwhile, begins to get chilly... or at least, it's trying to. It's still uncomfortably warm, but it feels as though it's trying to get cold even as Kaneis heats it up. "yu let go 'a me, Yammy Mary, or imma have to use hoomans magic!1!!1!"

"Yammy?" Really, Temmie? Yammy? Like... a yam? ...It's Yami. Like... the Japanese word for dark. Sheesh.

[Kaneis] Kaneis laughed. "A wand? Please! I don't need some puny stick to work my magic. For example..." Her arm might be getting cold on the inside but it was going to ignite on the outside as Kaneis' hand burst into flames. He might have been able to do so much more if it wasn't for the rain. He really should consider retreating if this was going to come to blows since he was in a vulnerable position but he didn't feel like it. Not just yet.

[Rave Witch Temmie] "owowowOWOWOWOWWWW1!!1!" Geez Louise, since when has he been able to do that?! Gaaaaah, our poor paaaawww!!

That's it. That is it. This creepwad's getting an ICICLE TO THE FACE. The wand's colorful, frosty sparkles coalesce into a big rainbow icicle, about the size of our hat, and the icicle shoots forward right at that stupid smile of his. As for our paw, even if he does burn it to a crisp, we will certainly have the last laugh, since a human holding a Temmie's paw for that long is probably going to get a rash in his hand at some point. I am extremely doubtful that a sadist like him has a high opinion of cute things.

[Kaneis] Two points of order Temmie probably hadn't taken into account. First of all, Kaneis wears gloves. In fact about the only piece of exposed skin Kaneis has is his aforementioned face. Since Temmie allergic reactions rely on physical contact to the skin Kaneis is perfectly fine without even bringing into debate his status as an actual human or not. Second, the icicle flies straight and true right through Kaneis' face or so it seems. There's none of that expected blood splatter and injury or anything else you'd normally associate with an icicle striking someone in the face at speed. The violent cold projectile just goes straight through like there's nothing even there. Which there isn't as what with the really obvious telegraph of the wand waving and stuff Kaneis set up an illusion and had walked to Temmie's left letting go of the firey limb. Of course a few second exposed to the rain and the illusion starts to flicker and melt away into nothing. The real Kaneis yawns. "I'm sorry was that supposed to hit me? Youre aim is terrible."

[Rave Witch Temmie] As a matter of fact, we didn't notice his gloves. Because we think he's wearing golden armbands instead. Which he isn't. And our icicle just... oh god it phased through him he's a GHOOOOOST!!

Gaaaah, we need to get out of here! The purple realm is gonna eat us! Mer... Mal... Marvin? Marlon? Mark? ...Yeah, I guess Mark's close enough. We're not letting, uh... Yam Mark... eat our souls, or whatever he was going to do to them. Not here. Not now. No more purple. No more Yam Mark. We retract our singed paw and begin walking away. Power walking, that is. We're still too delirious to notice that we're soaking wet from the rain by this point. The glowsticks we've been storing in our hat would probably do a better job of lighting the way than our glow necklace- oh crud, our hat!! We totally forgot that we left it on the ground! We turn around and reluctantly walk back towards where "Mark" was...

[Kaneis] Kaneis chuckled loving the reaction. He was content to let them walk away. There was only so much he could do out here in the rain. It was better to not fight out here in the rain. Moreover if this wand user could summon ice well that was only one step away from the element he didn't want to face in a magic fight. However he couldn't keep himself from plucking up the hat that Temmie was reluctantly coming back for. He smirked and twirled it in his hands. He knew enough about Temmie's not to plop the hat on his head. "Drop something?"

[Rave Witch Temmie] "awawa... wawawaWAWA DATS MY HAT!!!1! MARKS GOT MY HAAAAAT!1!11 gimme dat back1!11" We yell, as the rain continues to soak our hair and fur, "dats my hat!1! gimme my hat!1! bad Mark, bad!1!"

[Kaneis] "Alright," Kaneis says casually. He crumples the hat as best he can into a ball. The balled up hat then catches on fire. Finally Kanein grins and throws it as hard as he can in the opposite direction from Temmie. "Fetch!" And with that he vanishes from sight. For reference despite any logic on the aerodynamics of throwing a fiery hat, the hat was flung a fair distance away enough that if Temmie want's it before it burns up they might want to run after it now.

[Rave Witch Temmie] "awawawaWAWAWAWANONONONONONOOOOOO!!1!1!1"

We begin to run in the direction of our hat, slip and fall in a puddle, then get back up and continue running after it on all fours. We squeeze our eyes shut as rain falls in our face, and continue to run until we eventually step on our hat and burn our paws. "owowowowwww!1!" That probably would have hurt more if the rain hadn't doused some of the fire. Either way, we frantically wave our wand up and down to summon icicles that slam onto the hat and put out the rest of the fire. After that's done, we pick up the hat with our free paw, finding it difficult to recognize as a hat due to the fact that the hallucinogenic mushrooms haven't quite worn off yet, plus the hat is charred.

"hooman... yu sure dis is our hat...??"

"i think so... it got all burnt an' stuff..."

"now wat do we do???"

"i think we shoud go... jus so we dont run into Mark again..." If this burnt piece of fabric really is our hat, then we should be able to reach into it and... voila! Our broomstick is inside! It looks a bit singed... but not anywhere near as bad as the hat. We put our wand back in the hat, place the hat on the broomstick, and sit on it so it doesn't blow away. It feels uncomfortably warm, but we're too delirious to think of anything else to do with it. And with that, we fly off into the rain... until we leave Port Town, that is, as the rain was only falling here...

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Trouble Magnet Gambit Ch5

~Chapter 5: Red String of Fate~

After they listened to karaoke and Gambit feasted on cheesy corn, potato chips, and snow pea snacks, the duo had gone to the beach. It felt like an eternity since Netalina last saw the ocean. To see it shimmering gently in the moonlight...it was truly moving. Though Gambit had once again gone quiet on their outing, he was now scouring the sand and water for something. As he flitted here and there, Netalina did her best to keep up with him.

“Gambit...what are you looking for, rina?” He continued to search without answering her. He was very deeply involved in his endeavor. After several minutes, it seemed like he finally found what he was looking for.

Gambit reached down into the water to try and pull something out, but recoiled back as a tiny crab had pinched his finger. Netalina giggled as he removed the small crustacean and put it back in the water, finally pulling out what he had found. He rubbed on it to dry it up and held it out to Netalina, a bright smile on his face.

“What’s this...huh?” Netalina got a better look at the shell, which shone brightly with all seven colors of the rainbow. “It’s...it’s so pretty, rina...y-you’re just giving it to me, rina?”

Gambit nodded, his smile growing wider. That was the exact reaction he wanted. He still had his doubts, but at this precise moment, they were far away in his mind.

“It’s an abalone,” he replied. “I might not look it, but I actually like to collect shells. I mostly find simple clam shells, though.”

“It’s lovely, rina...” Netalina was blushing. Everything was going well, Gambit though. His confidence was beginning to return.

“That’s a pretty big cloud, rina...are you sure it won’t rain or anything, rina?” The duo was now in Blossom Heights, standing in front of Shoten Temple. A sudden influx of clouds had blocked out the moon, but Gambit had wanted to take Netalina stargazing. At least, he was trying to.

“Sure I’m sure!” Gambit piped up happily. He wasn’t sure at all. He’d never invested in getting a Weather App of his own, so it was possible everything would cloud over and his plan would be thwarted. He had to play it cool, though. “C’mon, I can fly you to the top.”

“To the roof, rina? Uri loves to do that when he stargazes, rina...” She yelped as Gambit picked her up bridal style without further provocation and flew up to the top of the temple. He set her down and sat next to her, blushing and smiling.

“Don’t worry, it’ll work out great!” Hopefully, he thought to himself. They waited and waited, and after what seemed like forever, Gambit was starting to give up hope. Netalina looked up at him with a blank expression, which he returned with a nervous glance.

Right when he was about to call it quits, the clouds had finally parted, letting rays of moonlight descend to the earth below. Netalina let out a small gasp as she gazed upwards. Soon enough, the stars were once again visible, twinkling softly against the black blanket of night. The moon acted as the centerpiece, its light beaming down onto the remaining clouds and giving them silver linings which contoured their dark bodies.

“It looks like you were right, rina!” Netalina responded happily. Gambit was once again blushing, his smile so wide it practically split his face. There was a bit of a bumpy start, but overall everything went according to plan. His first date ever, and it had gone without a hitch. It was a victory in his book.

The two Yokai sat in silence as they watched the sky, the quiet sounds of nightlife below them. Gambit had butterflies in his stomach. True, he had only met Netalina today, but he wanted to be with her. In a way, he was a bit desperate. It’d been so long since other Yokai had accepted his presence, and it was the first time he wasn’t spurned by a female Yokai. It was probably too soon, but he was so lonely. At this point, he’d be happy if Netalina considered it at all.

Gambit looked over at Netalina and tried to say something, but cat got his tongue. Netalina looked at him after a second.

“It might almost be time to go home, rina. I’m not sure what time it is, rina...” Her words caused Gambit to freeze up. He sighed in defeat and lifted her up to set her back on the ground. Gambit offered to at least take her back to the Anywhere Door, and she took him up on it. They went up Moonlight Pass when Netalina noticed the tunnel. Tilting her head, she headed towards it. It took Gambit a minute, but when he noticed she was straying away, he bolted after her.

“What are you doing?! You aren’t going through that tunnel, are you?!” Gambit cried out.

“Oh. Yes, I am, rina. I wanted to see how the field looked in the moonlight, rina.”

“Nnnnn! You can’t do that! Don’t you know what’s out there?! The entrance to the Infinite Inferno?! It’s dangerous!” Netalina gave him an unamused look and continued past him. Gambit attempted to pull her back. “I won’t let you! Please just come back with me! I’m sorry.”

“I’m not turning back, rina. You can either wait outside, or come with me, rina.”

The whole situation was driving Gambit crazy and he growled as he bared his fangs at Netalina...who still looked unamused. It didn’t take long for Gambit to give up, seeing as she wasn’t going to budge. He sighed and looked at her sadly.

“OK, fine. I’m coming with you, though.” Netalina gave him a smile and giggled, which only served to annoy him further. “Give me your hand.”

They were in Amida Paradise. Gambit had agreed to let Netalina go through the tunnel to see the field on the other side, but somehow, he got roped into going through the Inferno and into Amida Paradise. He got up in front of Netalina any time a Yokai approached them, though none of them had outright attacked them. In fact, a few of them greeted the two as they passed. But, she was his date, and all he wanted was to keep her safe.

Reaching the top was rather easy, though. Once they had made it, Netalina was once more greeted with the familiar yellow clouds with glowing blue thread strewn all about. And, she was once more greeted by the giant figure in the middle of it all.

Naturally and unsurprisingly, Gambit flew into a panic upon seeing Ayatori-sama and once again got in front of Netalina.

“D-don’t worry! I got this! I won’t let him hurt you!” Gambit called out.

“He’s my friend, rina,” Netalina responded simply.

“Wait, what did you say?”

Naturally and unsurprisingly, yet again, it took Ayatori-sama a while to notice the two Yokai before him. At least this time, he seemed to be doing his job.

“Fufufu...hello, Netalina. You have come to see me again~? My, you must like me a lot~ Fufufu...~” He glanced over at Gambit, only to realize that he was not Smile. He grinned and lowered himself to their level once he understood the situation. “My, my, my...and who might this be~? Are you two on a date~? Fufufu~”

Both of their faces flushed upon hearing that, though Gambit was quite happy with the assumption and Netalina was a bit panicked with it. Ayatori-sama giggled.

“We’re not a couple, rina!” Netalina cried out in disbelief. She covered her face in embarrassment while Gambit was still amused. “I...I...ooh!!”

“Ah...are you sure, Netalina~? You seem to be connected...by a red thread...~” Netalina continued to cry out and began to squirm, while Gambit just got happier and happier. “Fufu~ Your friend seems to be very glad about that~”

“Stop, stop, STOP, rina! I wanna go home, rina!” Netalina began to cry a bit, which concerned Gambit. At the same time, knowing they were apparently connected by the red string of fate didn’t really allow him to get too upset.

“Alright, alright, I’ll take you home. OK?” Gambit gently touched her shoulder. Netalina was still extremely flustered. The Ittangomen gave a light sigh. “I’ll wait for you, OK? Come along when you feel better!”

Gambit lowered himself down on the spider’s thread, leaving Netalina alone with the gigantic string-pulling spirit. Ayatori-sama very gently took his finger and rubbed the top of Netalina’s head.

“I’m sorry, Netalina~ I didn’t mean to fluster you~ I simply love seeing young people on dates~” She was still crying, and Ayatori-sama was growing a bit uneasy. “You know...you can fight fate. If there is someone you would rather be with, then go ahead~ My word is not final...unless you want it to be~ And...if it helps at all...he’s not the only one you’re connected to...~”

Netalina sniffled and looked up at the spider deity. His expression had not changed at all, it was still soft and gentle. All five of his eyes were focused on her.

She began to think about it. All this time, she had wanted to be Urien, ever since they were both very young...it didn’t seem like Urien had any clue that she liked him in that way, though. She had hoped that he’d one day figure it out on his own. But now, Gambit was around. She realized...she didn’t know what she wanted. Netalina wasn’t sure anymore. Before today, she would still wait for Urien. But now...well...Ayatori-sama had said it himself. She was connected to Gambit, and it made Gambit very happy to know that.

She needed more time.

Once she had stopped crying, she went down and joined Gambit; together, they left Amida Paradise and Infinite Inferno behind.