#the only time i schedule posts is when i think abt them late at night when no one else is on
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monstrsball · 2 years ago
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karasuno when oikawa crashes their practice to flirt with suga:
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disappearenceofsomeone · 2 months ago
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the small... the itty bitty.. the sad sniffles..
(hi guys!! needed a break to deal with something, but hopefully I can actually try a schedule for posting stuff soon :3 )
uhh I got designs + barely cohesive context right below:
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I love these SILLIES!!! don't mind how empty Winnie's page is, I didn't know what to do
decided that giving them school uniforms to match the surrounding this took place in was a ok decision so I did that!!
also here's the rlly confusing context I made in the middle of the night whilst accidentally pulling an all nighter at the same time:
(I have 0 experience in writing anything in general, I was spouting whatever made sense in my head so if you think this is ooc for them, it probably and most likely is lmaoo. sorry in advance to everyone who was curious ehough to read whatever... this is considered..)
anyways, prologue takes place in an elementary school where Winnie just finished his day at school, it didn't go that well but y'know, there's 10 more things to worry Abt then that. He gets to the bus stop, knowing well he was gonna have to stay there for awhile and planned on making himself comfortable. Upon arriving, he hears sad sniffles from across the seats and boom, sad lil meow meow auggie appears!! Very concerned Winnie approaches the kid, proceeds to get a very hot headed response from him as auggie pushes him away (he isn't having any of it today + he was kinda a punk when he was little like damn!!!) Winnie clearly sees that the dude needs ATLEAST *some* company so he just, sits by him awkwardly. Augustine over here doesn't have a clue why he's still not going away but accepts it nonetheless, albeit in a very tsun tsun way I guess. Winnie takes this as a small talk starter and tries to engage with him, to no avail as auggie seems to have a very reserved manner when alone. After a few minutes of trying, he decides to just be straightforward and ask him what's up, to which Augustine replies with a 'none of your business, why do you want to know?' type of response. He just tells him that moping around wasn't gonna do him any good and since they both seem to be going home late anyway, might as well kill time. (on second thought, they sound very adult for 7-12 yr olds, what. I will come back to reread this dw) Augustine now knows Winnie doesn't mean any harm and decides why not, got nothing else to do. He proceeds to tell him regarding how others seem to only want to be around him whenever he acts a certain way (ie, very bubbly, friendly, etc) and thinks about whether or not people actually do like him for himself. It also makes him feel like if people actually knew how he was, not many would stay (like a 'yeah I want people to stay, but I want them to stay for who I actually am' type thing). Winnie tells him that he should be himself, regardless of what anybody else thinks otherwise. Additionally, Winnie thinks that if nobody's willing to stay after seeing the truth, it's their loss honestly, he thinks Augustine should care about people who would actually be there for him, not for who he's trying to be. Augustine is somewhat stunned by this, asking if he's been through this before, to which Winnie remarks with a similar situation happening back in his previous school (Winnie's friends didn't stay in touch and never contacted him ever since he moved). They pretty much notice atp how similar they were and decided to spend to the entire time waiting just chatting, turns out they got along very well (cue scenes of them yelling at each other playing games, cat scratching as they yell something dumb at the other while simultaneously talking about how cute the cats walking around were). Time passes and bam! Winnie's mom finally comes over to pick them up!!
"Hey! I know that lady! She's my mom's neighbour! :O"
"Oh, it's my mom-- How do you know my mom???"
"Uh, duh!! >:/ I just said that she's my mom's neighbour--- she's your mom!?!?"
(Cue them getting inside the car and getting bits about how Augustine and his mom met. Apparently, he and his mom visited to send off some gifts for her, when in actuality, it was to send off some medicine for Winnie, who was sick during this time. Of course they got some gifts but the medicine was important. And the gifts were too.)
As they got closer towards their houses, Winnie was planning to just go back inside the house immediately since he's got no plans going on and assumes that was it. Augustine thinks otherwise, so when they both got out of the car, he immediately blurts out his name and introduces himself. Winnie, realizing this entire time they haven't even said their names towards each other, also introduces himself in response.
They both seem to connect easily and since no one else was willing to, they will instead. With a promise to stay by each other's side no matter what, they both spent their entire childhood together. They were practically two peas in a pod, nobody ever saw them apart, even if they were in a group of people. They stood out by a lot since then, the very loud and obnoxious kid was hanging around with someone who could chill him out in an instant. The two were inseparable
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yocioon · 1 year ago
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burning-sol · 1 year ago
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The tiny bit of feedback from this post and the one before it leading me to believe that maybe I'm not crazy. So here are just some things that crossed my mind while I was thinking very intensely last night. (also found that there is some talk abt the issue but it the vibes are very surface level and i can't be bothered to read much more)
If I had to put a label on it, I'd say we live in a daytime centric society. There is an expected amount of hours that people are meant to wake up at, be active, and then go to sleep at. Despite maybe up to 30% of the population not biologically conforming to this- it is a VERY rigid structure, as I'm sure you instinctively have this reaction where you can plot out what a day SHOULD look like down to the hour.. And when you think about it anymore deeply, you start seeing a lot of flaws.
Take for instance the "busy/rush hour" we've come to accept. This is incredibly inefficient and also creeps into being dangerous in cases like the pandemic, where people end up being in big groups together and having to spend long times waiting and the like for transport, for eating, for shopping, etc. If there were any more flexibility in the structure of what a day could look like, we probably wouldn't have as bad an issue of crowding, but it's something that we've been told all our lives is just normal.
There's also services that SHOULD be 24/7 when you think about it, but just aren't.
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If someone needs to shop late either because they have a different schedule or it's an emergency, you're out of luck!! Nothing is open!! I have to imagine there's many people you could try to explain this to. But, "why didn't you just plan ahead?" As if you don't spend your every waking hours constantly planning the day ahead.
If I have to go shopping late, nothing is open. If I have to go see a doctor for an issue asap, nothing is open. If you're hungry and can't cook yourself, nothing is open. If I have to take public transport late, there are no services past a certain hour, you're just fucked, you're stranded. Consider a hypothetical where I need to get home and it's deep in the night.. There's no public transport, shit. I could call an uber but that would take a dip into my savings I couldn't afford to make, shit. I could try to call someone I know but they don't pick up because they're asleep, shit. In this economy, I wouldn't hesitate this is a more probable scenario than you'd think, and there wouldn't be much you could do about this. If you at all exist at a time that doesn't fit the rigid standards, it's not just inconvenient to you, the daytime centric structure is HOSTILE to you.
Also, it's not just hostile in terms of a person who's only awake at night would live a needlessly worse life, but it's also DANGEROUS. A daytime centric society creates a nighttime that is prone to acts of crime. I don't really care about theft or other petty crime, but I do care about people getting harassed or hurt. People who exist at night are alone, there are no other people around and no establishments open they could take refuge in if something were to go wrong. We don't go out at night because it's dangerous, and this MAKES it dangerous. It's a feedback loop. We're so taken by the narrative that people should just stay indoors at night, we don't put any effort into making the nighttime a safe place for people.
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^^ And like with disabilities and mental illness and other issues, society cannot concieve itself as being the major fault in the equation, the blame is put in individuals. Again, these aren't SMALL populations, these are a large percent of people, but we patholigise them and call them disordered and seek to "fix" them. A person who fits society's ideal schedule will never have to think about how tiring it can be to have to maintain a sleep hygiene, to have to take medications, to have to constantly fight a body constantly screaming at you that it does or doesn't want to sleep. They would never understand why someone would go out at night, not realising that there are people who don't have a choice, or that people SHOULD have a choice.
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^^ When it comes to me personally, as soon as I left school I've found that I tend to want to sleep in later and stay up later. The only reason I try to get up early is because I have been constantly told that it makes me lazy and that I'm wasting my day.. Which I am, I AM wasting my day, but only because everybody else is keyed into a schedule that doesn't fit me, but I have to force myself to fit anyways, which inevitably doesn't work.
During the day I can't think, I can't work, I spend my days feeling.. Empty. But when it's late, I get ideas and I have energy and I want to DO things. But I CAN'T. I'm forced to waste my time when I could be resting, and forced to rest when I could be working. I've forced myself to fit the schedule and not only do I mentally feel like shit, but physically I also feel like shit. And I'm just expected to ignore something I think has just been engrained into me all my life.
Getting up past as early as 9am is too late for some, so heaven forbid you're someone like me who gets up past 12pm or as late as 3pm on occasions. If I can't sleep until 2am I'm made to feel like crap because, "you should go to bed earlier," as if I'm not literally prescribed medication to help sleep and it doesn't always help.
I feel ridiculous saying there's a systemic issue here because no matter how many things I could list that are wrong about the way we schedule things, I've been told since forever how my day is meant to look. I've been told since forever that I'm lazy for sleeping in and irresponsible for staying up late. I've been told that I'm disordered and that I just need to change the way I behave and take the right medications and fix myself so I can be normal. I've been told that preferring cooler nights to sunny days is something reserved for poets and outliers instead of something reserved for any regular person.
No matter how many things I can say are wrong, I feel like the thing broken. I feel the same amount of brokenness whenever I can't conform to any other normal standard either. I still can't tell if these are just stupid ramblings or not. If this is something I'm just imagining I want or a far off fantasy that's completely unrealistic.
Why is it impossible to find discussions about this?? Night owls ARE a thing, just something naturally occuring (there seems to be agreement over that), but I can't find shit about anyone discussing if there's something like.. Wrong with how we structure things as is, or how we percieve people who stay up late. There's so much obsession about FIXING people who stay up late, and nobody asking if we need to be doing fixing in the first place? Am I going fucking insane. Why is it that I suddenly feel I have the words to describe what's made me feel so worthless for so long.
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lesbiannancytruther · 2 years ago
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sapphic senate hcs <3
ok one last post before i go to bed- it’s sapphic senate hcs!! some of these apply to general sapphic senate (and i mean the giant version, including the core four + barb kali and eden (tho tbh knowing so little abt eden makes it difficult so there won’t be as much of her)) and also my mythical moment au sapphic senate
quick reminder for the mm au we got vampire!nancy, werewolf!robin, witch!chrissy and witch!kali, naturespirit!barb, and human gfs vicki and eden :)
being absolutely fr vicki is sooooo tired dealing with her cursed gfs. she loves them! but they r so much all the time she deserves a nap
vampire!nancy, when she found out wtf was going on, refused to feed on anyone close to her out of real fear that she wouldn’t know how to stop (even though a lot of them offered bc Nancy Please Don’t Starve) and that actually ended with nancy putting a very wrong place wrong time carol in critical condition after she ran into a struggling nancy outside of her house (possible max induced karmic punishment?? haven’t decided yet) but this freaks nancy tf out and now she has a schedule for feeding so she never does smth like that again
in all honesty i don’t know how kali would meet up w the sapphic senate UNLESS the core 4 + barb left hawkins for a night out and ended up running into kali who was like omg.... sapphics... and decided to see what was going on only for nancy to clock someone was following them in like 15 minutes
this leads to a “wtf r u doing” confrontation and everyone having the standard “oh no she’s hot” moment. im actually thinking kali creates an illusion to leave the situation without MORE confrontation but they end up seeing each other again afterwards and slowly absorb kali by osmosis
my general idea of the sapphic senate absolutely includes ronance + chricki being a sapphic friend group only to merge after one (1) night of wine and truth or dare (in an effort to recapture their stolen youth ofc).
they all got promoted from girlfriend in law to girlfriend eventually
listen i just think that wolf form ww robin and bat form vamp nancy r incredibly real (bat nancy napping on wolf robin’s head i think its true)
chrissy, being the upside down tuned medium, actually talks to a dead fred quite often, where he finds closure bc chrissy is real life nice and listens to him
the very small house that all of them temporarily share is daytime proof for nancy’s sake, who’d rather be able to get up and walk around during the day instead of hiding under a blanket in a dark room waiting for the sun to go down
they wish they could ww proof the house to keep robin inside and from getting into trouble during the full moon but it is Too Small and everything would break so nancy, kali, and barb have to act as herders as best they can to keep robin in a safe area.
nancy sits in the lap of whoever she’s feeding from in the moment im speaking MY truth
also think that if they all went out on a late night date and the sun started rising they’d have to carry bat nancy in a backpack to keep her from getting wicked sun burn (she complains the whole time ofc)
robin is who nancy feeds off of the most simply because she heals so fast and regenerates everything nancy took in a like an hour so she feels the least bad (robin insists it’s bc she tastes the best and nancy always vehemently denies it (kinda is true though)).
okay this is all for now i will return when the inspiration strikes >:)
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fuck-customers · 2 years ago
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Fuck coworkers/managers/etc
07/26/22, happened 07/24/22
(Tw animal death mid post)
I worked at an animal shelter for 3 weeks…or, technically less because it was 10 total days, only 4 hr shifts starting Tues. the 5th. Long post.
And they did not let me go until Sunday after my shift was nearly fucking over?? It was “at will employment” i guess? Where they can do that legally? I feel it’s insanely disrespectful how they approached it. No warning, no issues brought up. Nothing.
The woman (head of the org?) came over to me around 11:30 (when I’m done at 12)
& said that they can’t keep me as a reg employee
& she thinks I’m a great person
& I have a special connection with the cats.
The problem?? The fucking problem??
All she really said was sort of “It doesn’t seem like this is a good job for you, is it? We’re going to have a lot more animals coming in,
and it’s a lot to keep track of, and we wanted everyone to jump right in. You do things when for ex I say, this needs done, but you seem to be having a hard time. What do you think?”
I assume they chose to get rid of me due to financials and petty issues from this fucking lady that works there.
This job switched to smth completely different from what I signed up for.
We each applied to work with either cats or dogs, can work both but mostly we work separate and it’s individual responsibility.
They planned on scheduling training for us, but wanted to get us set up to work when the animals were planned for, and know basics. They knew I only had some volunteer experience & knowledge from keeping pets.
Ok so I’m there Tues night, Sat & Sun morning. A lot changes thru/out a week. No emails, no phone calls, no group communication. Fuuucck that.
We have reports we’re supposed to write for each shift, so each person coming in knows all the updated info. Apparently no one fucking reads it.
Apparently I don’t get credit for being caring & observant.
The day before I got let go was one of my worst shifts. I go in, and I’m the only one there.
Another big important rule when I first was fucking hired:
2 people are required to be there at 8 am. Me & whoever else, I was there at 8.
She was fucking not, then waited in parking lot for 15 mins knowing I was inside. Came in around 8:30
Okay so this lady.
I only met her once not even actually introduced,
and she was like “oh yeah btw we have this list in order of what needs done,” I’m like ok sure,, don’t fucking trust her word for it as 100% fact bc idk what her fucking role is
She’s not an authority over me, I do what Ik best
Well this day is a week later when she’s late. And I check the animals, turn on lights, read report, wait for second person.
Dogs are 1st priority but as 1 person I’m not taking dogs out of kennel to go outside:
what if they jump or bite or whatever?? Despite trust, that’s basic human decency/safety etc.
She walks in all “did you take dogs out??”
And I said no and she’s like
“You’ve got to take the dogs out first thing”
And I’m like “ok no one was here yet, and there were dead mice in the cats room I cleaned up”
And she said “idc abt dead mice I care abt the dogs”
O fucking k? The cats cld get sick eating mice or from whatever disease the mice had? Or if they are rat poison? Etc
And she said “the dogs are nice, you don’t even have to take them on leashes” ??? Yes you fucking do??? That was a major rule when I started,, they didn’t let me try to put a dog out w/out one??
And this lady lives 5 mins away so she runs home randomly thru out her shifts?? And she’s apparently in a high position in the org?? And runs the social media??
But she had all these “tik tok” ideas for animals yet didn’t know how to fucking use the app?? Why waste time on that shit then??
Later I was cleaning cat & kitten rooms, getting their food/water & I knew one was missing, could not figure out where it was.
Then I turned & saw one on the bottom part of one of their playpen type things??
And it had a collar on it to keep track of it compared to similar ones/potentially due to preparing for adoption?? So it was big & healthy seeming?? Mystery death?
It was lying there, attached to the fabric at the claws, I assumed sleeping, touched it, tried to wake it, realized it was still & dead.
It must’ve passed the night before due to it being stiff & colder to touch. I immediately took out the toy w/it attached & said “I think this kitten is dead??”
And the lady took it & ran to the other room. She exclaimed how she was sure it was “fading kitten syndrome,” like SIDS for kittens, and we had 2 kittens fr the same litter who might die soon too.
Ofc I was upset, lost my composure when returning to the kittens, and then I helped remove all the toys & other items & deep cleaned the room.
Later the staff threw out a file on the kitten & said smth like “we never had that kitten,” as if they were erasing it somehow??
we open 12-5 on weekends. people walked in and I assumed they knew the hours, I was busy filling out a report & such. Big signs outside the building advertise our open hours. They went thru sections & asked abt animals.
The head of the org.‘s husband asked me ‘what’s the deal w these people?’ As if it’s my responsibility when there were 5 of us nearby
So I said “here for adopting I think, or is it not noon yet?” & he was like “yeah it’s not noon”
he informed them of the hrs yet proceeded w allowing them to go thru the process
Later, I was almost done and in the office, a few staff were discussing the new dogs arriving Monday, so I waited, listened, and asked questions.
The head org./woman running the shelter ‘behind the scenes’ said, “no, there won’t be any new rules or anything, we’ll be here,’ meaning extra ppl wld be present to handle all the new animals
& I wouldn’t hv to figure out care on my own for my shift after they’d arrived (I assumed is it what was meant by the answer)
But everyone was already acting slightly suspicious or bemused by my presence/concerns??
And then the next day, mere hours before I was let go, I worked w this girl who was also quiet/kept to herself, so I assumed we were on the same page.
She was fast and got the dogs out, so I went to the cats & isolation room (away from the cats/dogs, w kittens who have health concerns)
In the cat area, she was rushing to get rooms done?? She handed me the litter scoop & said “here, these 2 rooms need done”
& then later was like “oh right that’s what I was going to have you do, spray, wipe off the windows”
O fucking k again why tf are you telling me wtf to do? I’m fine to do what needs done but why are you being this way??
(It seems they all had a group discussion abt me & decided to act/treat me this way??)
I do tasks sort of out of order/seemingly disorganized or scatterbrained bc if I try to get one task done, I hv to get back to another room to get all the fuckign tools I need.
Then I hv to find out where someone left smth,
handle animals who try to run out of rooms, give them attention, notice other issues, etc.
I was offended that she was rushing around and not communicating or seeing where I was/what I was up to
instead of assuming I wasn’t doing what needed done??
And she left the one dog in the indoor play area while she left the room, and he wanted to be let out? I assumed she was taking responsibility for the dogs.
And then he was audibly crying and I was running around the rooms doing other tasks, so again, idk why she fucking left him there ?
It was 11 smth when head org woman and her husband arrived, went into office, etc,
I got to finishing cleaning the windows, checking on things, they’d been there 20+ mins before she told me they were letting me go.
So I’m not sure if they had a discussion in the office and chose to do that that day???
And few mins before it seemed the other girl mentioned me to them??
I feel disrespected because
I was never approached to discuss problems,,
I’m assuming I was left out of group communication maybe unintentionally? What the fuck was I missing??
They changed their expectations and did not do anything to make that clear??
Most of the job includes cleaning up animal shit which is gross and difficult, and I was expected to know how to do everything properly with no fucking training??
I’m prob autistic and I ask several clarifying questions, try to ensure I’m keeping track of new info, but they were extremely disorganized.
As one of my friends said,
they did not set me up for success.
Fuck them, fuck that situation. I was passionate and kind and did my fucking best. They want to keep me as on call and for volunteering but…
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sscoutregimentss · 3 years ago
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I was gonna make a request based on your Eren x Gamer Reader post but then I saw you take poly requests... Erejean x Gamer Reader? (She/her pronouns btw ^_^)
sure thing anon! your brain is huge. i started a one shot which is now sitting in my drafts bc i literally dont know how to finish it. maybe i'll post it later but for now here you go headcanons woohoo
eren and jeans dynamic makes it look like its impossible for them to share a girlfriend but it actually? works surprisingly well?
arguing is kinda their love language in a very strange weird way. if theyre not fighting somethings wrong but their like constant bickering actually is rlly important to you three's relationship lmfaooo a lot of communicating is just eren and jean fighting and then you pick up on something they say and you three talk it out. plus its gets all their energy out at the end of the day... like when puppies run around in circles bc they didnt go on long enough walks
jean is the planner of the couple, always making sure you guys get tickets to see this that and whatever, always figures out how ur gonna get places and when everyone will be picked up, makes sure everyones schedules are free and that theres no big game release that you'll miss and eren doesnt have work and jean isnt volunteering
in terms of nerdiness jean is a decent middle ground between you (who says "ummm actually..." unironically) and eren (who thought dungeons and dragons was a kinky thing) because he lives with connie so he gets roped into playing stuff like rainbow six seige and watching battlestar galactica into late hours of the night. also he's an only child who was prone to boredom as a kid so he played video games like any other only child. that being said he has a more extroverted personality and aptitude for sports so he just never got as absorbed in it as you did
this kind of makes eren jealous tbh because he thinks jean has more to relate with you then him. but jealousy is like a natural feeling and despite his feigned reluctance jean is happy to share his knowledge with him.
plus eren realizes that what he lacks in video game and movie knowledge he makes up in anime bc jean is clueless on that front. once you went on this huge rant about how sailor moon would decimate goku in a fight and jean just goes "gokus the pirate with the fox spirit, right? hes trying to become number one pro hero right?"
speaking of eren eren and jean are on the same volleyball team (i hc they play volleyball bc theyre tall but i think theyd be cute on any sports team because im weak hearted) and you become their fave cheerleader <3 they look for you in the stands before each game and have their own little ritual for good luck. when he spots you jean jumps really high (despite the team captain, levi screams at him to save it for when the game starts) and makes a heart with his arms and blows you a kiss when he gets in the air and its so embarrassing so eren just dogpiles the embarassment but giving you an over exaggerated wink its the worst theyre gross
jean gets you into connie's discord server after you complain that people are really rude to you in online games and eren is quick to demand an invite too even though he literally plays nothing and has no idea how discord works. he will log in and ping you to show you a meme and even though connie's server is really chill with rules (like 10 ppl max, just some friends hanging out) he has always wanted to say "no memes in general" so he does it every time. you have to show eren how to use private messages once connie jokes abt eren being his discord kitten.
cuddle pile while watching movies... jean is a film buff so you three have movie nights rlly often. its usually you sandwiched in between them with jean behind you and eren in front of you so you can play with his hair. jean's movie taste is actually really broad and you and eren both find a ton of new favorites through him.
they both really like listening to you ramble. you can explain soooo much lore abt your fave series and theyre both really invested. eren is more invested in the characters while jean is more focused on what happens next, but theyre both listening rlly well and making sure you know they care. they kinda care in different ways though? while eren is just passionate and because he's so passionate he must know about all things you like, jean is either interested or just likes hearing your voice. of the two jean is more likely to give you short answers and he'll be more dozed off so he's good to go to when you just want to rant. eren is going to ask you more questions and get wayyy more confused so he's good to go to when you want to explain or flesh out your points.
jean finds eren's jealousy of fictional characters sooooo ridiculous. whenever eren is pouting about some new video game guy youre in love with jean is rolling his eyes because of course its eren jaeger he's just looking for things to get angry at. "what are they gonna do idiot, come out of the tv?" but then one day there's a character that looks a lot like eren and suddenly he understands everything. but he realizes you have a thing for guys with long hair. he'll keep the mullet around for a while
they both really like having you sat in their laps and (unbeknownst to you) in order to avoid conflict they created a system. cozy game? eren. reading? jean. watching anime? eren. watching something live action? jean. playing a game on your phone? eren. watching an analysis video for your favorite franchise? jean. just messing around on your computer? rock paper scissors, best of three. eren likes to hug you tight and rest his head on your shoulder while talking to you. when it gets quiet he'll nuzzle his face in your neck and give you small kisses there. while jean likes to put his hands under your shirt and rest it on your stomach while you two chat. he's puts his head on your head or throws it back depending on your height and kinda just likes letting his hands wander, like rubbing up and down your arms or tickling you lightly.
you: i hate this stupid game
eren: yeah babe that game fucking sucks (has never played it in his life)
jean: then stop playing it?
you and eren, at the same time: what? no.
all in all they are good boyfriends 10/10 would recommend.
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mariesocuniverse · 4 years ago
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Relationships: NCT DREAM
Look for Mark and Haechan: here
RenMae
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Okay RenMae is one of the top if not the #1 among NCT
fans are like almost 100% sure they’re soulmates
Like there was no awkward small talk when they first met they just talked and ended up each other’s best friend
You would think they’d be childhood friends or at least friends before they became trainees with the way they interact even though they met at SM
she did confess to him before debut that she had a crush on him but he thought she was joking and now none of them talk about of that
Whenever she has a hard time sleeping and wants to sleep with someone, the first option is renjun
she also steals his clothes a lot and renjun’s pretty sure half the clothes in Mae’s closet belong to him
he just stopped fighting her about it because of how stubborn she was and let her do what she wanted
there was this one time he ran out of shirts to wear so he just walked to Mae’s closet and took one out
there was also this one time Renjun was in China and Jaemin posted a pic of Mae taking a nap with Renjun’s sweater on saying that she missed him so much so she wore his sweater
yeaaaaah nct twt broke that day and Renjun’s phone was blowing up with notifications
they dressed as peter pan and tinkerbell for halloween and have each other as that for each other’s contact name uwu
okay enough with the corny stuff
just because they’re close doesnt mean they’ll hold back on each other when it comes to teasing each other
like you wouldnt want to get in their crossfire unless you want them to turn their attention on you instead
MaeNo
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you would think he’s older than her because of how protective he is of her
He has eyes like a damn hawk when they’re going somewhere
whenever they’re doing schedules you can see Jeno holding her hand as they make their way through all the crowd and glancing around to see if anyone has any bad intentions towards her
If it weren’t for his status as an idol you would think he was a bodyguard and he would beat up someone for Mae’s sake
whenever they record Jeno always waits for her to finish so they can go home together no matter how late at night it is
there was this one time sasaengs kept calling her phone during a live so he just grabbed her phone and turned it off and threw it too the side without saying a word
Second person Mae goes to when she has nightmares
they’re also have a really playful relationship
like there was this one time she wasn’t paying attention to him so he just lifted her and put her over his shoulder like a potato sack even though there was staff watching them Mae has tried and failed to do the same to jeno
You know how jeno says he likes being called no jam bc of how it makes him feel less burdened? Yeah she always throws him under the bus when it comes to variety shows
she has a samoyed plush on her bed when she bought when she went shopping with him bc it reminded her of jeno
Sometimes she hugs the plush instead of jeno just to annoy him lol
“I’m right here you know” “well the plushie is more huggable for you information”
Yes he did tackle her after that comment
MaeMin
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okay this man right here
you know how he melts at everything jisung does? yeah the same goes for Mae
only that she openly accepts his affection and lets him cling to her whenever he wants like his personal teddy bear
you know how at fansigns idols sometimes get gifted cute headbands and plushies? he openly yelled “i love you!” to her when he saw her with a cat ear headband surrounded by plushies
she’s also like really impressed by him
she never thought she’d meet someone who would do aegyo so willingly and so shamelessly
like that one episode of weekly idol where they did the ottoke song and jaemin did a duet with everyone? yeah she couldn’t believe someone like him existed
he basically acts as her parent if none of the 127 members aren’t near them
Whenever they’re on reality shows and the prize is food he always put someone on her plate regardless of whether she lost or not
third person mae goes to when she has nightmares
would not leave his side for a week when he was put on hiatus and couldnt perform with the rest of the dreamies
she didnt want him to feel lonely while everyone else went to promote without him :(
All in all, they’re very affectionate and if they’re together you’ll have to pry jaemin’s hands off her
ChenMae
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Mae’s child #1
he got lost in the company building and was too shy to ask the staff so mae approached him and brought him to wear he needed to be
accidentally called her hyung once when he was still learning korean but it ended up sticking so now he and jisung call her hyung instead of noona
When he first joined she helped him adjust with her broken Chinese and now they help each other with the language
one time she visited his house for dinner and his mom made her eat a lot of food because of how skinny she was chenle didnt stop her bc she needs sustenance >:(
wants to give her a personal tour of Shanghai when they’re given enough time for vacation
you know how chenle gave 00line watches when they became adults? he had to fight mae to get her to keep it bc she didnt want him spending money on her
legit he tried to buy her stuff but the only thing she accepted was the watch and this cute charm bracelet that says NCT on it
he put one of his photocards in her phone case (the WGU one with him by the water) and she hasn’t removed it since
he’s really smug abt it and brags to the others about it jisung retaliated by putting his photocard too so now she as to make both of them visible
fights jisung for favorite child position and he wins 50% of the time even though she says she doesnt have one
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Mae’s child #2
took one look at him and decided to protect him
she’s used to other people taking care of her so it was nice to take care of someone else for once
i said he also calls Mae hyung but it’s also because he forgets that she’s a girl?
sometimes he hears someone call Mae ‘noona’ and he just gets whiplash because he got reminded that his “hyung” is really a girl put in a boy group
they were honestly really awkward when they first met because Jisung didn’t know how to react to a girl joining the group and kinda avoided her until she cornered him
calls him a tree whenever he teases her about her height
mae when jisung tease/pranks her: i’ve fed and raised you and this is the treatment i get?!?
jisung: you’re only two years older than me….
he gets pouty when Mae doesn’t pay attention to him
theres this one video of Mae talking to another member during Resonance filming and you just see him pouting in the background before walking to her and giving her a back hug
definitely uses his status as a maknae to his advantage
she’s not even subtle about it she’ll buy or cook food for him or yield whenever he loses a game
whenever she’s not around he always brags that he’s her favorite nct member haechan and renjun get so salty abt it lmao
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perhapsthanatos · 4 years ago
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10:32 pm with yuta ♡
nct’s yuta x fem!reader (got inspired by a dream of mine & found the idea really cute)
alternate title: be the james dean to my audrey hepburn
genre: fluff. a pinch of angst. non idol au. badboy!yuta au.
word count: 1400~
playlist: chinatown by wild nothing, lover’s rock by tv girl & work this time by king gizzard and the lizard wizard.
warnings: featuring johnny (not a warning though). smoking cigarettes. cursing. lowercase intended. not proofread.
a/n: hi i was supposed to post a vampire!haechan fic but i really wasnt happy w it in general :( the plot or overall idea of the fic was really good, but i just felt as if i didnt do it justice so here we are :( but ngl, i kind of like this concept more? maybe bc i can see it more vividly? idk, i feel like my writings r getting repetitive & its getting on my nerves lmaoo this is getting long im sorry do u guys even read this part anyway? i would also like to apologize abt the amount of projecting im doing lmao ive been having some rough days & i love my sister but hate being compared to her so often so this is a way for me to rant abt it ig? also so sorry its coming out a little later bc i woke up late today (& procrastinated for the rest of it so here i am posting really late at night) & decided to go to the convenience store to get ice cream (& a ton of other bad shit pls dont do this its rlly unhealthy) for breakfast bc i can :) any who, enjoy lovelies <3
“oh my, y/n! you’ve grown up so well! just like your sister!”
“oh! i’m sorry i’ve almost mistaken you for your sister! y/n is your name, correct?”
“y/n, darling, you are looking so dashing! you really do resemble your sister, don’t you?”
“ah, you must be y/n! i’ve heard all about you and your sister from your father!”
you swear that your reddening cheeks are threatening to fall off any moment now from all the fake smiling. the hundreds of superficial compliments, the insincere flattery and the need for these people to constantly compare you to your godforsaken sister makes you feel even weaker than you are. it gets harder and harder to keep up with a big persona that isn’t at all you. as lucky as you are to live such a lavish lifestyle, you can’t help but hate how your family has to be so perfect. you hate how you have never fit in with them, even if you are so good at faking it. you hate how you have always been stuck in your sister’s shadow, constantly haunted with the reminder that you yourself aren’t good enough. you hate how you now have to entertain the rich and brainless guests at your parent’s gala because she’s gone for some stupid prodigy competition and everyone is only talking about her in front of your face. so what if she’s better the better sister? you still have the right to earn respect, right?
you’re exhausted from all the small talk. your facade gets more brittle by the second under all the pressure. your body feels as if it's gonna give out due to your brain shutting down after all that interacting. you try to keep on going with the night as it unravels itself by being the perfectly poised poster child, trying to make your parents proud. but alive yet almost completely devoid, you decide enough was enough. what if you left right now? no one would notice, would they?
after pulling up your phone discreetly to send a few text messages, you pass through lots of people dressed in gold and finery in a way that wouldn’t have you noticed right away. keep your head down and don’t you dare make eye contact with anyone. nearing the end of the room, grabbing the first glass of whatever alcohol you see and downing it in one gulp, you start walking away as quickly as possible from the ballroom. “ignorant privileged fucks,” you angrily whisper to no one in particular, setting the now empty glass on whatever surface and begin to head to the main exit where no one could spot you running away.
“and what do you think you’re doing here, miss?”
a voice interrupts you, looking up you see that it is your father’s head butler; johnny. he is dressed in a simple black suit that makes him appear taller than he is. his long brown hair is slicked back and his bowtie seems brand new. you have known the man since he started working in your household less than ten years back. you were a reckless child, often trying to find ways to sneak out, finding a way to escape from this life and he sympathized with you. after all, he could barely imagine living your life, never catching a break for yourself and always pretending to be someone you weren’t. he often helped planning when you would sneak out into the night, scheduling things like what time you should leave and what time you should be back, more specifically a time when no one would notice. he would take care of your form of transportation and have your location on at all times, just to be extra safe. as much as he wants you to have fun and have a bit of freedom, he still worries that something might happen to you. because of all this, you two have grown to have a very strong bond. you could confidently say that he is most definitely a parental figure in your life since your parents (and even your sister) are often overseas for work.
“what do you think i’m doing? you think i wanna be in a room with those half-baked bipeds? fuck no!”
“i know, i was just joking. you looked like you were about to explode in there, i wish i could help.” he laughs, pulling out his phone preparing what you might need. “so what will it be for today? the driver? we just need to pay him to keep his mouth shut. a taxi? it’s cheaper than paying the driver, but you still need to pay… not like that’s a problem for you though. maybe an uber would be good enough—“
“actually, i got myself covered. thanks.”
his jaw slightly drops and his eyebrows furrow. he looks straight at you in shock. “what do you mean you got yourself covered?”
you look down at your feet, a nervous habit. “i got myself a ride, you don’t need to help me. i’ll be back as soon as dawn comes.”
he raises his eyebrow. “who’s your ride?”
“doesn’t matter,” you glance down at your phone seeing a notification and wave a goodbye, leaving rather suddenly. “i gotta go, i’ll text you when you need to open the gates!”
“y/n! wait! who’s your ride— and she’s gone.” johnny sighs, watching as you run towards the front gates, tossing your stiletto heels away on the grass while you’re at it. he heads back inside, silently hoping you’ll be fine.
knocking the window of the old black mustang parked outside behind the big bushes, the driver rolls down his window and sends the most charming smile.
yuta in his black beanie, long blonde hair, worn out doc martens, signature leather jacket and black skinny jeans. it almost makes you laugh on how he wears the same thing almost everyday but still manages to look so good.
he is most notable for having a big bad boy reputation and you knew that he was the breath of fresh air you needed in your life. a person who can understand having the pressure of having to be or to fulfill your persona. a person you can completely be yourself around. a person who is full of warmth no matter how cold he may seem on the outside.
“get in, princess.”
and that was all you needed. you tiredly walked to the other door and sat yourself in the car. rolling his window back up, he looks at you. you are wearing a simple yet stunning black dress along with silver jewelry adorned on your neck and wrists. your makeup is perfectly done but still struggles to hide the fog in your eyes. he has the sudden urge to clear them away. he softens at the sight of you. no one is perfect, but he finds you being perfect enough without ever having to dress up.
“where to?” he asks as gently as he could. he knows that you are most vulnerable during these moments and that it is hard to finally break down your walls after a day full of stress, so he doesn’t pry immediately. all he wants to do is to keep you here, safe and away from your burdens and for you to stay comfortable with him, even if it couldn't be for long. but is that too selfish of him to ask? he hates how you hate your life and it is taking every bone in his body to not run away with you. but who is he to tell you what to do or what to change anyway? all he can do for now is try to find a way to make you genuinely smile.
“take me anywhere,” you whisper to the latter. “i just want to be as far from myself and my life as possible. miles away or the nearest convenience store, just take the long way home before dawn.”
you look down at the cup holders, spotting an open cigarette box. you tug one out of the nineteen and light it with the lighter you kept in your pocket. you lean back and close your eyes. he only admires as you bring the cigarette to your lips, exhaling a cloud of smoke afterwards. letting the radio play quietly, he starts the car and begins to drive away from the mansion. he can’t help but wonder how you (an elegant daughter) and him (a bad boy) are millions of worlds apart, but more similar than you think.
© perhapsthanatos (efa)
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luminousjellyfishy · 3 years ago
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My Top Posts in 2021
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Sleepy boi
Error belongs to: @loverofpiggies
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@zu-is-here WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?
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Thank you so much @comyet!
I love this so so very much!!
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#2
hc about ur fav ships that u need an excuse to ramble abt?
*inhales*
Ok, but just Errormare.
It is so amazing, like, two negatives make a positive? Yes they do. It is by far the best ship out there (in my opinion) and they just fit so well togetherrrrr. Errink just seems like an abusive relationship to me, so now that I think about it, it's never really made any sense. Those two are exact opposites (I mean there is the opposites attract trope that I ship things with, so who am I to judge).
Errormare just seems like the two are perfect for each other, just, they're in a battle with the Star Sanses and one of them gets hurt so they have to stop fighting and just hhhhhhh.
Oh wait this is supposed to be headcanons.
1. They'll snuggle up on the couch/bean bag whenever watching a movie.
2. They agree the horror movies are the best, but Error tends to get really scared.
3. Neither are cisgender, so non cis buddies.
4. Both have sleeping issues (hence why Ebon is narcoleptic)
4a. Error has a messed up sleeping schedule due to the Anti Void, so he’ll go to sleep for the night at 4 in the afternoon or something wake up for no reason at 2 in the morning for the sake. Nightmare is an insomniac.
5. Error loves candy, but Nightmare only likes dark chocolate so Night will go out of his way to secretly (so not to offend Cross) give any candy he gets to Error.
6. They'll stay up super late just to be stupid.
7. Error has a ton of Nightmare plushies in his Anti-Void, but Nightmare doesn't know.
8. Nightmare will sometimes doze off for no reason because he’s tired and when he wakes up he'll find Error curled up on his chest sleeping like a cat.
9. The whole relationship is just pure fluff.
10. Whenever Error gets really excited, Nightmare has to literally smother him in tentacles to calm him down.
11. They’ll sometimes switch between speaking English and Spanish because Error knows it’s easier for Nightmare, since it’s his first language.
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Book by: @letters-to-lgbt-kids
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nanasarea · 4 years ago
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Jung Jaehyun as your idol bf
Genre: fluff
Pairing: jaehyun x idol!reader
Request: Heyy!! It's been a minute! Could I request Jaehyun as your idol!bf ? ♡JJ
Word count: 1358
a/n: yall, i don’t proof read, this shouldn’t even come as a surprise.
Haechan /  Yuta / Mark / Jeno / Jaemin / Chenle / Renjun / Jisung 
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When you heard you were asked to be in an sm station with jaehyun
you freaked
and so did he (see gif for reference)
and so did all of your and his members
mainly because they could tease you afterwards
bc they’re little shits
i mean what
ANYWAY
you go in and are immediately a bit intimidated
he’s like 180 cm (5’11″) tall 
what do you expect
he’s barefaced
and he’s wearing this really cute hoodie
and a baseball cap
which for some reason makes him look even more attractive than usual
and he’s like “sorry I’m late, I overslept and rushed over”
and you’re asking yourself 
what kind of bullshit
he looked this good mere minutes after waking up??
this is witchcraft
you were sure of it
and yes, you were intimidated
but not for long
he turned into the nicest friendliest human you’d ever meet in your entire life 
not only 5 minutes after meeting
and you’re convinced sm actually made him in their basement
like what how is he such an angel
but like the next day,
and you realize he is actually a mad man
have you seen how he opens albums???
you try and stay calm and professional
but mr. troy bolton just had to drive you insane
he asks if you can look at each other while singing 
to make him less nervous
and you’re like 
aww that’s sweet but I will faint
Breaking Free 2.0 up in here
like your manager feels like a third wheel there
and everyone else in the studio
his manager even asks your manager how long they think you two will need to start dating
and so the bet began
you two knew of it
they were bad at hiding it 
and knowing his competitive ass, he probably placed a bet too
not like in a bad way
just how long he needed to ask you out
“I really want to get to know you better, would getting iced coffee at the cafe down the street be of any interest to you?” 
and of course you agreed
you’re not stupid
his manager ended up winning
which made jaehyun all sulky
we all know he is one of the most competitive human beings
but he chickened out one time 
because he was nervous
johnny doesn’t let him live 
like ever again
you end up going to the cafe 
and he shows up in all black
and a baseball cap
basically his outfit from when he went to the coffee shop with johnny from the relay cam
and he looks so boyfriend
and you almost melt
anyway
you talk a lot about music
obviously
mainly his LPs
his music taste is so attractive honestly ugh
time skip to when he asks you to be his girlfriend
which is before your station was released
because he was just so excited
about being with you so he didn’t bother waiting
so when your station was released,
your members knew and hinted of it
so did his
it’s not like they made it that obvious
but like if you read between the lines
it was there
the teasing tho omg
he would be so cocky don’t even
like I’m not saying he would just smile to himself abt it
but he would
“yeah, I got myself some, get on my level”
I know everyone is like 
omg prince charming in the flesh
he is 
but he’s also SO CHAOTIC
he obviously buys all your albums
and lightstick
all the merch
ends up breaking half of it
it’s okay, he has a black card, he can just buy more
almost exposed you two when you won your first win
he was the mc and when he gave you the award, 
he tried so hard not just lift you up in his arms and spin you around
don’t worry, he did that afterwards
behind the scenes
he ends up being no where to be seen in those backstage videos
because he’s always with you
but he’s so cautious about it
he doesn’t want you to get in trouble
so it takes so long for you two to make your relationship public
but when you do,
everyone feels like booboo the fool
like how did no one notice?
most of your dates are in his room
listening to music
and drinking wine
he classy like that
but like 3 minutes later, 
you’re watching high school music
he perfect cute like that
ends up serenading you with the songs
and haechan walks into his room
“can you two stfu, you’re too loud, and that’s coming from me”
you don’t shut up tho
you just sing louder to spite him
speaking of that,
jaehyun is a brat
you can’t convince me otherwise
not like all the time
but let’s say you tell him not to do something
or that he can’t
he will make sure that he does it
no matter what
ngl you find it attractive 
his competitiveness is so hot istg
you know how he’s like 
really into his IG?
you’re the only one he follows
he risked his perfect ratio of like a million to 0
for you and you only
and that’s when you knew he was the one
also you can’t tell me like half of his posts are now photos of you 
or you and him
candid couple photos
and whenever you post something
he hypes you up in the comments
like he knows how to flirt
we been knew
and just because ya’ll are official now
doesn’t stop him from flirting with you 24/7
does he care that you’re at an award show with a ton of fans looks at you all the time?
does he care that you’re trying to practice?
does he care that johnny and mark are dragging him away from you because they need to leave for another schedule?
hah no
and they’re sometimes really random
he loves you get all flustered
so you start doing the same
and you always tease him for how red his ears are
but don’t tease him too much
because he will make you regret it
if you know what I’m saying
sneaks into your dorms after his schedule ends
and just lays with you
while you talk about anything
and everything
also have i mentioned he catches you listening to one of his songs
and he goes all uwu
he’s so flustered
he ends up writing some lyrics for the new album
and when you listen to them 
he just randomly says
“oh, by the way, that’s about you”
and so you do the same
he has the song on repeat forever
his fave song now 
he can’t keep a straight face when listening to it
his go to answer for whenever anyone asks for song recs
also he keeps talking about you
like everywhere
he doesn’t even feel bad
one night, you tell him you can’t fall asleep
so he sings you to sleep on the phone
but he doesn’t have the heart to hang up 
even if he needs to
gets johnny to do it
johnny teases him for it
I’m not implying that you get into petty bets 
abt everything and anything
I’m saying it, not implying
i know i keep bringing it up, but he’s so competitive what do you expect
also you’re the only one he’s okay with winning at isac
like when you score highest at a certain sport
he just walks around like
“you see that? that’s mine!” 
all proud and shit
“yeah, that’s cool but did your s/o score  10 points 4 consecutive times during the archery tournament? didn’t think so”
don’t even get me started on how he’d be at your concert
waving 2 light sticks, has a banner, all y/n merch
johnny, mark and jungwoo swear they don’t know him after that
but it’s okay
you find it cute
which is all that matters to him
almost cries when you dedicate a song to him
and by almost i mean he did
and said that if anyone says anything, 
he will deny it
in conclusion: jaehyun best boy(friend)
and now I’m even more whipped for this man than I was before
Tag list (which i forgot, i apologize): @soleilchannie​
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briggsz · 4 years ago
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* LUCY BOYNTON, CIS WOMAN + SHE/HER  | you know DECIMA MARNIE BRIGGS, right? they’re TWENTY-SIX, and they’ve lived in irving for, like, THEIR WHOLE LIFE ON & OFF? well, their spotify wrapped says they listened to STARS ARE BLIND by PARIS HILTON like, a million times this year, which makes sense ‘cause they’ve got that whole MUFFLED SCREAMS INTO SILK PILLOWS, GOING NUMB AFTER ICE BATHS & THE BELLYACHE YOU FEEL COMING IN SECOND PLACE thing going on. i just checked and their birthday is SEPTEMBER 15TH, so they’re a VIRGO, which is unsurprising, all things considered. ( b, twenty-two, gmt +3, she/her )
hellur...im back with My second baby . do i hav the brain cells 2 write them both ? no <3 bt im delusional n sexy like tht . here’s her . awful pinterest board ! hmu here or on discord if you’d like to plot . u want to plot bc u love me n decima so much . ( gentle godmod )
the much needed update: basically decima is an ex Olympic athlete tryna change her whole life n become an influencer / youtuber bc it’s all she cn do at the moment. everything she does, she gives her 110% .. doesn’t mean she succeeds either. struggles w the change bc shes so used to Living one way ( waking up @ 4 am , practicing fr 8 hrs a day , etc. ) 
ok so decima’s a new muse n if i fuck up . no i don’t <3 i’ll figure her out eventually pls dnt leave skjdhfj i lit rally tried to write this intro 3 times n i hated it each time so this is probably the Worst out of 3 bt here u go.
inspo: rachel reid (the wilds), kendall roy (succession), astrid sloan (the politician), monica geller (friends), haley keller (crawl), kat baker (spinning out), gracie hart (miss congeniality)
ok mr briggs is an ex pro-athlete n he’s the coach fr the town’s .. sports team i dont know Shit abt sports so u nod n look away 
he n his wife, alana adopted decima when she was 13 . she has two younger siblings . always felt like she cldn’t be the Responsible older sister bc had Hard time adjusting to the briggs household. not because she wasn’t welcomed, no, because she was simply trying Too damn hard. 
her life before briggs fam .. she never talks abt it , involves a deadbeat father n a teenage mother. cried for three hrs when she first called alana mom . 
thought sports would be the best way to connect with her dad, so she joined every sports club until she settled on skating . 
juggling school work n such a consuming , competitive activity .. yea ... she started to crumble under the Pressure bt asking for help ? with Tht much virgo on her chart ? nt happening </3
isolated herself from her friends n peers bc the path 2 glory is lonely .. so she thot .. 
channelled her 110% to figure skating, but something was .. missing. she no longer enjoyed skating, only did it to prove herself she cld, because her family expected her to be perfect . delusional . her parents only wanted her to be happy bt she was blinded by her ambition rip .
21, no uni degree, still skating, she met archie while on nationals.
they hit it off , for a while decima ws doing really good bc it was healthy , she had a life outside her practices , made new friends .. didn’t last for long : ) 
the highs were high n the lows .. they were . bad . ABUSE TW: he was mentally n physically abusive , decima started 2 skate more bc she just needed an escape and didn’t think of breaking up . why wld she ? she loved him , and he loved her .  : /
stayed with archie for almost 3 years, on & off. anyone cld see the damage except her .. until their last argument before The most important night of her life . TW END
she made a rookie mistake and fell while performing a quad toe loop, which was her way to the olympics. 
ironically, the death of her dream opened her eyes. she broke up with archie while she was still at the hospital, recovering from her fall
still skates , got her teaching certificate bt irving isn’t the best place to do so sdhjfk
is an influencer / youtuber . posts abt literally nothing important bt she’s using her pretty priviledge so shush
UhMMmM high pitched screams i cnt write it anymore i hate it here This makes no sense im so sorry
PERSONALITY WISE.....ok so . shes the Opposite of frederica </3 hard 2 please. finicky. aloof bt like ??? actually really warm n welcoming jst doesn’t know how to Present herself the best way .
v disciplined n sometimes feels weird abt it . as a skater it ws necessary bt now she’s only vlogging herself n posting shit online so ?? ?? cant balance idk . omg miss congeniality vibes . 
volatile .. i think .. tries 2 be nice n calm bt one off remark n she loses her shit
extremely ambitious n feels like a failure 99.9% the time rip
wears elaborate make up looks .
my body is my temple <3 vibes .... my ass
the Mom friend
cnt hold her drink . one beer n shes out
has her schedule n doesn’t like being late .
p much in l*ve with the idea of l*ve
uhm
ok so basically shes a mixture of babydoll n the jock if tht makes any sense if it doesnt . same
i hate it here
bt love her song and yes she listens to it regularly . paris follows on her insta . her biggest achievement .
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key-slam · 3 years ago
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Late posting again bcos i was tired last night (sorry to my dear fans that were disappointed by not having a post to read yesterday)
July 18th 2021
Woke up without a headache, very thankful for that. Got ready for work. When I got there the computer i clocked in on said happy birthday but it used my deadname. It was really busy today. Mostly old people or people who were at pride or old people who were at pride. Met some deaf people which really made me wish that I had been able to learn sign language like my cousins did. Inner city schools never offer sign language. Ill learn it one day. We had another catering order but I wasn't there for when it was cooked. I just did some of the sides. I made myself a churro which absolutely fucked. When i clocked out the computer did the thing again and i yelled ew when i saw my deadname. When i got home my plans to play minecraft with my friends fell through. It was my fault though. I didnt express why I wanted to play with them plus i only let them know a few days before, and its not like I could change their schedule either. I mean it was fine, I can play minecraft with them any day. I guess it just hurt a little because it was my birthday lol. My grandma said she was gonna call me when i got off work but since my phones shitty i didnt get a notif. I just watched youtube alone for most of the day. My family went to menards without me. I would've loved to go but I was still under the impression that my friends were gonna play minecraft lol. They still got me a monster though. I started to get a headache which sucked but is was minor compared to the last couple i had. But i was very nauseous so that sucked. My dad got me a laptop, its not refurbished this time so thats good. Its way smaller than my current one but it looks like it has a better screen so hopefully I dont get washed out colours while drawing. Oh yeah i forgot to say that i finished my art on the phone w spike. I think its one of my best pieces. I may post it with some things blacked out. My sister didnt get me anything but thats my fault cause i never sent her a link to the flag i wanted. I dont even want a pride flag. Idk why i told her that. Maybe ill get a different flag, like for another musician. My bday cake sucked. Its okay but the frosting is too sweet for me. I dont like cake so idk why i got one. My mom called asking abt my grandma, apparently she did call but y'know because of my phone i didnt get it. She yelled at me. The whole time she was saying she wasnt but Sydney could here her through the phone. I dont know why shes like this. I cried. After that i just got a wave of depression and dysphoria. Dissociation started and lasted the rest of the night, sucked real bad. My night continued being shitty but several of my partners sent me nudes so that was banger. Horny dysphoria loophole lol. I called w kory but it was past midnight so we only texted. This wasn't necessarily the worst birthday ive had but y'know at this point i cant really rank them anymore. Especially after 2019. I guess this year really made me miss moss. I know we're still friends but i dont think theyd be comfortable hanging out with me. Idk, life just sucks lol.
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yourpreciouslilbub · 4 years ago
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park woo jin ft lee dae hwi pt. 1 (random imagines)
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member: park woo jin ft. lee dae hwi
genre: fluff, au
warnings: wrong grammar, cringiness (read at ur own risk)
summary: daydreaming about changing lives by imagining having swapping bodies with a celebrity
• y/n is so done with her life.
• online classes just make her behavior worst and tired than having face to face.
• tends to isolate herself from her main accounts not minding chats and notifications.
• it's not that you don't care or mind about other people, you just don't feel communicating lmao
• prefer spending time by spazzing, watching k-dramas, or playing.
• on a night with a full moon, hearing those unstoppable sounds of dogs in your neighborhood.
• y/n suddenly thinks of having a different kind of life she has.
• kinda corny but wishes to experience those (be careful what you wish for)
• being weird and an overthinker she just let it pass, finally decides to sleep.
• next morning came, y/n wakes up with a bright vivid light that comes from the window.
• slowly progressing what happened on the verge of 'your mind is still asleep'
• a loud 'bugsh' was heard when you fall from your bed
• white long curtains, teddy bears and other cute stuff, a mini piano with lots of music sheets scattered on it,
• colorful post-it that you also read, "you can do it" "well done." "fans are waiting for you" "love myself too" "music is hard but it's all worth it".
• and a sweet smell of vaporized candles lingers around the room.
• y/n is amused yet nervous especially when he heard the door opens.
• "daehwi-yah we will eat now, what are you doing there on the floor? still asleep?"
• woong said, questioning y/n then laugh before closing the door.
• ofc you know him. it's woong the main vocalist and fake maknae of the k-pop group that you've been stanning since their debut ab6ix.
• confused still half-awake y/n decided to check her face by looking at the mirror (more like a routine or habit daehwi does lol every morning)
• "oh my god" y/n said in Korean that made her more shocked.
• purple pajamas with messy hair but still looking handsome on it is the image that you saw in front of the mirror.
• "how did this happen?" eyes are both wide open checking if this is freaking real.
• still not syncing into reality you decided to pounder thoughts
• when you heard the other members yell daehwi's name
• so your feet take you to the familiar and at the same time unfamiliar kitchen of ab6ix.
• "why are you so weird today, daehwi-yah?" woojin asked sending his signature sparrow gaze into you.
• you suddenly feel the urge to curse bcs first you are star-struck, second, it's bared face ab6ix your idols, third park woo jin is freaking asking you why daehwi is weird, lastly, daehwi is your bias and you are in his body?
• can't process the whole information, so you just shrugged at woojin's question then sit on the empty chair beside donghyun.
• everyone is busy chit-chatting while you just eat your food silently.
• the next hours went by smoothly except those kakao messages that came from other celebrities that you know too (daehwi being a social butterfly)
• and when your manager calls you for dance and vocal practice today along with the other members
• ofc you are nervous you don't sing and dance, and daehwi's prob professional especially when writing songs how are you supposed to do that?
• with cold hands you and the other members enter the practice room.
• woojin leads it and play a warm-up song first.
• y/n is very nervous but amused at how daehwi's body moves along the beat.
• you enjoyed vocal lessons too as you kept making vibrations on the songs.
• little you did know that woojin is observing you since this morning (y'all know that park woojin is the member whose daehwi are most close with so)
• you let out a big sigh when the classes are finally over but immediately taken aback when manly arms wrapped around your shoulders.
• "we should talk," woojin murmured then drag you until you two reach his room.
• woojin's room is a combination of black and white a typical minimalist person would love this adding his collection of action figurines.
• he's so manly, you thought to yourself.
• "daehwi-yah, spill it," he said breaking the silence between the two of you.
• "i-uh is there something that i s-should spill?" you want to slap yourself for stammering in front of him.
• while he gave you his 'oh pls btch stop acting like you don't know anything at all'
• when he realized that you don't have any plans to answer his question
• "YAHHHH PARK WOO JIN"
• "see? daehwi is not like that," he said while crossing his arms in front of you.
• did park woo jin literally brought his face closer to the point that you two could kiss and thinking of it happened a few moments ago made your face red like a tomato.
• "daehwi's not minding it but you— who are you?"
• y/n's heart suddenly beats faster than normal, she wants to defend herself but no words would escape from her lips.
• "sweetie, don't be afraid it's just me park woo jin" he said smiling showing his snaggletooth.
• intimidated. that's what you're feeling right now. seeing him this close makes your heartbeat wild adding that he's interrogating you.
• you didn't have a choice it's now or never so you told woojin everything.
• at first he didn't believe it but when he challenged you to make simple sentences for lyrics he started to believe you.
• months past like that, woojin is there guiding you every time he sees that you prob gonna ruin smth
• y/n and woojin always spend time a lot together after rehearsals, practices, classes, gym, or even if you don't have anything scheduled for the day.
• you know him for being clingy with daehwi as you always watch their behind clips but damn having skinship with woojin really hits different
• it made your heart flutter every time he does it (but u only keep it to yourself)
• he kisses you sometimes on your cheek when you two are alone
• that's how park woo jin and y/n became close.
• today y/n is super hype bcs she saw the first snow
• woojin messaged you on kakao stating that he has a surprise so you two agreed to meet
• knowing him, maybe it's another prank or somehow something nice happen for him to celebrate it
• so you decided to wear daehwi's purple balenciaga sweater partnered with burberry coat and ofc his favorite dior bag that you can't forget to bring with
• you really like to dress up that's why you don't find it hard to style daehwi bcs daehwi already have a lot of designer clothes that made it easier for you
• before heading out, you sprayed daehwi's saint laurent perfume enjoying your personal favorite scent among his collection
• "y/n, you're late" woojin called as he waves at you.
• "i am not, you're just early" you rolled your eyes at him realizing that he wears his balenciaga pack again.
• others would find it weird but you call it 'pack' bcs his overall fashion is all balenciaga and it makes you roll your eyes more at him bcs you already know that he's freaking rich
• does he want to slap on my face that he could buy this entire house just for me to say that he's freaking rich? you thought.
• woojin pulled your wrist making you sit beside him
• it's not that you feel awkward with him, what's with the pulling and the intense gaze that he gives you right now
• y/n can't look straight at woojin bcs of her wildly beating heart.
• woojin held your chin so that you could have an eye to eye contact and when you two have—
• "woojin i—"
• "y/n i—"
• you both said at the same time.
• when you broke eye contact and decided to stand up woojin stop you but this time he held your hand.
• he stands up filling the gap between the two of you
• y/n stand there froze don't know what to do
• again woojin approach you, slowly, pulling you closer to him (tho there's not that much diff abt hwi and woojin's height)
• "i like you, y/n" he said while seriously looking into your eyes
• and like instructions that you follow to do, next thing you knew you found yourself closing your eyes waiting for his lips to touch with yours
• but you suddenly feel dizzy,
• then started to feel hot, mixed emotions.
• "y/n?" "y/n?"
• you open your eyes finding yourself in front of your monitor having online classes
• "y/n, show us your talent now"
• you don't know what to feel, felt crying bcs finally you are now back with your original body, happy bcs woojin confessed to you a while ago, sad bcs you can't see and bond with them now, and there's a big question mark on why and how you returned in the time of your online classes.
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yuthoe · 5 years ago
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Schedule Changes (PENTAGON: Adachi Yuto)
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HELLO, IT’S 12:48AM AND I COULDN’T HELP MYSELF.
I had to churn this out because it won’t leave my head. I’d like to thank my irl friend @shiiiiiiiiinwun for inspiring me to write this collection (yes, I’m gonna be doing one for all of ot9). And for someone who’s been watching anime since she figured out how to use the internet, you’d think I could’ve come up with better names, and faster.
EDIT (06/29/20): Hi! it’s my first time making an edit like this, so i’m kinda insecure abt it lol, i hope it’s okay. this is the 2nd yuto version i did, so it’s slightly better than the first one. tumblr rlly doesn’t want us to go overboard on image size huh
WARNINGS: n/a; some angst, maybe? who’s proofreading idk her. WORD COUNT: 3,314 it’s so fucking long.
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Minister Sakaguchi,
Unfortunately, Her Majesty will not be available for your meeting today at 3PM; urgent matters have arisen that need her immediate attention. If you would like to reschedule with her, please reply to this email.
Thank you very much for understanding.
Regards,
Y/N L/N
Secretary to the Queen
You sigh, wondering if the email you’ve typed is in the appropriate tone that won’t offend Minister Sakaguchi; in all the years you’ve been working for the royal family it doesn’t get easier writing and replying to the emails of government officials, invitations to interview Her Majesty for magazine features, requests to attend public functions like galas and balls. The ridiculous amount of mail she gets, that are automatically forwarded to you, is mind-boggling, in anyone else’s eyes. It doesn’t surprise you anymore, though.
The queen as a monarch takes the backseat to running the kingdom, to any foreigner that decides to take a look at articles from international news sources. Her name isn’t mentioned as much as the king’s when it comes to referencing big developments in the state. Rather, the local newspapers and online sites have her name and face on some article at least once a week. The queen takes care of the little things, smaller projects that delve more into social welfare than her husband’s institutional programs. She is a strong advocate for women’s and children’s rights, as well as a figure in health outreach programs for the poorer sectors of society. Her compassion and dedication to her job is what made you want to work for her; she was like a role model to you, along with her husband.
It was a stroke of pure luck that got you this job; your first day as the secretary for Minister Yamazaki turned into you being his substitute with only a day’s notice. He had gotten sick with the flu and you were immediately thrust into a role you knew almost nothing about. So you took all the files related to the subject of the meeting and studied up on them the night before, turning up the next day and pulling out opinions as if you yourself spearheaded the project. The queen, upon finding out that you were new, was so impressed and had talked to Minister Yamazaki (who was still in his sickbed) over the phone about enlisting you under her employ.
It’s been five years since then. Five fast-paced, fulfilling, exciting years working closely with the royal family. At this point, your relationship with the queen is more of a friendship than strictly professional, and you’re grateful for it. The people you interact with on a daily basis are mostly considerably older than you--ministers, program leaders, the palace staff--and the talk is all business. So you’re grateful for your weekend teatime with the queen, sometimes with her children joining you, who are some of the only people your age you talk to on a regular basis, apart from the younger maids and kitchen staff. The afternoons out in the garden are the queen’s time to unwind and review everything that happened the previous week, as well as scheduling the succeeding weeks. The stress of planning therefore comes to a head on Saturdays so the week can sail by calmly.
Today is one of those Saturdays. Minister Sakaguchi had scheduled a dinner meeting with the queen yesterday--something about the upcoming fair for disenfranchised women, although you suspect Minister Sakiguchi will try to sneak in pitches for other programs she has in mind. The queen had agreed, so you penciled in the meeting into your schedule. However, the queen seemed under the weather when she came out earlier, that you had advised her to cancel it, assuring her that Minister Sakiguchi would understand. 
The queen takes a sip of her favorite rosehip and lemon tea, fingers delicate on the porcelain, and you send the email, huffing out a sigh. You place your phone facedown on the glass table and take a sugar cookie from the plate. “Just sent the email, Your Majesty,” you say. “Now you can just focus on resting tonight.” You smile as you take a bite.
Your boss smiles as she replaces the teacup on its saucer. “Thank you,” she says, relaxing against the lounge chair. “To be honest, I didn’t think Minister Sakiguchi would talk so much about the fair anyway. She probably suggested a meeting to tell me more of her ideas for the women’s sector.” You smile. Bingo. “Is anything else scheduled for tomorrow?”
You glance at your open laptop, as well as the printed-out spreadsheet on your lap. It’s an organized mess of colors and times and places and people. “Just the charity gala tomorrow night. I’ve coordinated with Subaru and she said the king will be late by an hour. Will you go alone?”
She tilts her head in thought and hums. “I don’t want to be late. Is there anyone available?”
You click through the several pinned tabs on your laptop to the tab for the royal family’s shared schedule. “It seems Princess Akari is free, as well as Prince Yuto,” you say after a moment.
“Ah, Akari will be busy designing something for the fair, I think, so maybe she won’t want to go,” the queen muses.
“So you’ll just take the prince, then? I’ll contact Daiki and ask him to notify the prince.”
“No need,” a deep, disembodied voice comes in from somewhere in the hedges before Prince Yuto pops his head into view. He walks towards the table as you clear up a space for him, closing your binder and putting that on top of the clipboard among other printouts on one of the spare chairs between you and the queen.
The prince strides across the grass in his black dress pants and long-sleeved shirt, to greet his mother. He places his hands softly on her shoulders and leans down to give her a kiss on the cheek. The queen smiles and accepts the kiss, patting a hand over one of his; her mood instantly lifts, and her posture relaxes further. As the youngest son, she dotes on him a lot; he in turn always keeps his mother company and can rarely be seen in public not by her side or his father’s. You think their relationship is sweet, and so do the many news articles posted online about it.
Prince Yuto takes a seat on the only empty chair and fixes himself a cup of tea while saying, “What’s the gala for?”
“The orphanages in the farther provinces,” the queen says as she takes a saucer and stacks it high with dark chocolate-coated cookies, pushing the small plate at her son’s direction. “Some dignitaries from other kingdoms as well as celebrities will be attending. And I will announce the new scholarship program for our state schools. There’s a chance your father won’t make it, so I’d like a companion.”
“Of course I’ll go with you, Mother,” Prince Yuto says after swallowing a bite of cookie. He turns to you. “What time is it?”
“Call time for the royals and major government officials is 7PM, and the program starts at 7:30. I’ll contact Daiki with the details as well,” you say.
The prince shakes his head, but there’s a smile on his face as he turns to the queen. “It’s such a shame, I thought you two were talking about Y/N transferring to my office,” he jokes. It’s a bit that he’s brought up many times before, and both you and the queen take it as a joke since you figure he just wants someone closer to his age with more experience than Daiki, who is about four years older and has only been working with him for two years.
The queen lets out a laugh and takes her teacup again. “What’s the matter with Daiki? He seems to be doing a good job.” Her eyes meet yours as she takes another sip, glinting in amusement.
Prince Yuto is smiling his bright, beautiful smile that the camera loves as he looks fondly at his mother. He probably got wind of her feeling run-down and hurried here to try to distract her. You know the queen is the most important person to him, and the queen may not know it, but it’s obvious to everyone else. “Well, as you know, Y/N is better,” he continues, “and Daiki-san is a stick-in-the-mud.” The teasing makes you huff out a laugh, immediately raising a hand to cover your mouth; Daiki is truly a stick-in-the-mud, even more than you are.
The queen laughs boisterously, throwing her head back. “Oh, you’re such a jokester, Yuto.” She sighs, fully relieved, and you’re thankful he decided to stop by. The queen finishes her tea and says, “Well, this was a fun teatime. I have some paperwork I have to sign, so Y/N, you may go.” She turns to her son. “It’s so nice of you to stop by, sweetheart,” she says, and leans down to drop a kiss on the crown of his head. “I’ll be seeing you both.” The queen glides away, and you briefly wonder how she can walk that gracefully in heels over damp, unpaved grass--but then you remember she’s the queen and has been doing this for years. She turns around the corner of the hedge and disappears.
You sigh and shut down your laptop, gathering your stuff as you message Daiki about the charity gala. You slide the laptop in your bag, and put all the printouts in order into a folder, before slipping everything else inside. You’re just about to get up to leave before Prince Yuto���s voice stops you.
“You sure you won’t consider transferring to my office?” you hear the prince suddenly ask. He’s looking at you, piercing eyes that make everyone in the kingdom, young and old, swoon. And if you didn’t talk to him everyday and your self-control had been any less, you would probably give in to whatever he wanted.
So you try to mask your rapidly beating heart behind a fond, teasing smile. “Well, I don’t really have a say in it. Don’t think the queen wants to let me go, anyway,” you say, taking a proffered dark chocolate-covered cookie from the prince and biting into it. The rich, slightly bitter punch of the chocolate explodes on your tongue.
The prince looks at you with a small smile. “I was serious, you know,” he says simply. “I mean, you won’t be as busy so you’ll have more free time, and the stuff I do is just small, as a minister for cultural arts. I split it with another person.”
You’re already shaking your head. “I like my job. I love working for the queen and seeing the results of what she’s done. You know she’s been my role model since I was a teenager, so this is a dream for me. And as much as I want a break sometimes, I can’t let this opportunity go.” You sigh, heart heavy now, and stand. “I’m sorry, Your Highness.”
He stands with you. “I know I’ve told you to call me just ‘Yuto’ before, didn’t I?”
“But decorum--,”
“Yeah, fine, practice etiquette in public, but when we’re alone you can just call me by my name.” You don’t answer, and hesitantly purse your lips. And then the prince begins to pout. “Come on, if you don’t wanna work for me, at least call me Yuto.” He presses the tips of his index fingers together and says, “I miss you,” so cutely, with his big puppy dog eyes and hilariously deep voice that’s sorely out of place for the cutesy thing he’s trying to do.
You have to laugh, bending down at the waist and steadying yourself with the table as you cackle. “Fine, fine,” you relent. “I’ll call you Yuto in private from now on.” You heave your heavy bag up onto your shoulder with a smile. “I’ll see you tomorrow, then.”
***
“You look beautiful tonight,” someone says behind you. You turn carefully, eyes meeting Yuto, in another black ensemble: turtleneck under an overcoat with black dress pants and boots. His hair is slicked back artfully, apart from the stray locks of hair that insist on falling over his eyes. Simple, but very handsome; the paparazzi and journalists must be having a field day with that outfit.
And you look down at yourself: standard black satin-and-chiffon off-shoulder gown that you usually wear to these types of stuff. Your shoes are your everyday pair, and you’re thankful that the dress comes all the way to the floor because they are getting scuffed at the tip. Your hair is wavy, the result of sleeping in a braid through twelve hours, but you manage to tame it into a loose bun that’s mostly out of your face. The only accessory you have is the necklace you’ve worn since your mother passed down to you six or seven years ago. Makeup is minimal because you are here to assist, not be the center of attention. Everything you put into your appearance tonight is just to make sure you look clean and professional. And invisible.
You roll your eyes at the prince. “Your Highness, I look like this everytime the queen needs to go somewhere fancy. I don’t think ‘beautiful’ is the right word.” You know he means well, but you’re just plain, from your shoes to your face to your position in society, you’re just simple, unremarkable.
The prince furrows his brows and takes his place standing beside you. “You are, though. You may not see it, but I do.” He casts you a quick glance before turning his focus to the stage, where a popular singer is performing one of her new songs onstage as an opening act. “And those photographers over there see it, too.”
You whip your head at him before scanning the event hall for any cameras pointed at you, heart pounding hard in your chest. You don’t spot any, but you still say, “I think you had better take your seat, Your Highness. I bet those people just want to make a scandal out of nothing.” Prince Yuto may be the youngest out of the royal children, but that does not mean he is risk-free. He is being trained for the position of Minister of Culture and the Arts; he has a large following of young people who look up to him as a leader and as a person; he is one of the most important people in your life, and you can’t bear for anything bad to happen to him.
The work tablet you brought is getting crushed in your folded arms from how tight you’re clutching it. “I’m going to find Daiki--,” you say softly, making to leave, but getting stopped once again by the prince.
He’s holding one of your arms gently, but strong enough to pull you back beside him. “It’s okay,” he says. “Let them. It’s fine.”
You pull your arm away. “Your Highness, it’s not fine. You can’t risk a scandal blowing up on you right now. Everyone has eyes on you, even if you don’t think so.” You’re worried. The last thing you want is for him to get in trouble because of you.
The prince sighs. “Y/N, there’s not gonna be a scandal if we’re actually together.”
You take a moment to think. “What? You want us to pretend to be a couple? I don’t think it’s a good idea; people might get the misconception that you’re slacking off, or--,”
“No, I mean--,” he sighs frustrated, more at himself than at you, but he keeps his composure and his face remains stoic; you both are still in public, after all. “I’ve wanted to tell you this for a while now, but I just didn’t know how to say it, and I certainly didn’t plan on telling you at a charity event where hundreds of people could hear.” He’s rambling--a sign that he’s nervous, unprepared.
Prince Yuto takes a calming breath before fully facing you. “I like you, Y/N,” he says softly, aware of the number of ears that are possibly listening in. “I’ve liked you since the day you started working for my mom, and I liked you even more the longer you stayed. You’re a hard worker, you’re dedicated to your job, you genuinely care for the queen and the things she does for the people. And I’m thankful that I got close to you as much as I have because you do mean a lot to me. I know I don’t show it, because I’m not sure how to show it, and I don’t know how you would react to it. But I do like you. Very much.” He releases a breath and looks you in the eye. “So will you try? To be with me?”
All this you take in with wide eyes and a shocked-open mouth. You know the prince is not the most outgoing person; he’s most relaxed when he is with people he knows, which are limited to his family and their secretaries, along with some of the senior palace staff. You’ve never seen him in a pickle of trying to get someone’s attention, but you do remember him offering to carry your heavy work back once or twice and you insisting on carrying yourself; him telling you that you look beautiful even if you wear the same plain things all the time; him giving you a box of (really expensive) chocolate for Valentine’s Day on the excuse of “I gave all the royal family’s employees chocolates”; him giving you a piece of his favorite chocolate cookies, even though you’ve never seen him offer them to anyone else.
All this time he’s been telling you how he feels and you’ve never noticed. And you yourself can’t even tell him the same because you don’t want to risk the prince getting hurt, you getting hurt, the queen getting hurt because of your selfishness. Your work is important to you, and you can’t jeopardize it for your happiness.
But here he is, Prince Yuto. Being brave enough to know the uncertainty of what lies ahead and being prepared to face it, if you answer him; if you push aside your fear of messing up and tell him you like him back; if, for once, you look to your heart instead of thinking of your work.
He stands tall beside you, an imposing figure of grace and compassion. A man people look up to. A leader who is innovative, yet respects traditions. A role model for young people who are inspired by his music, his acts of service to everyone. A son that is loved by his parents, a brother that is loved by his siblings. A friend who listens and is always there, but always pushes you out of your comfort zone.
How can you not fall for him?
How can you say no, when everything around you points to yes?
You’re nodding your head before you know it, still too shocked to properly process the last five minutes. “Yes. Yes, I’ll try being with you.”
The blinding smile is back, and you can’t help but return it. The prince nods, unable to suppress the grin on his face and gestures to the audience, milling about finding their tables. “I’ll be on my way, then. Find my mother.” He clears his throat, fidgets about with his coat and pockets. “Good luck for the rest of the night,” he says with a nod, before leaving.
You just curtsy, still beaming and your heart is drumming in your chest like crazy, but it feels light. Like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders and you can take flight at any moment, straight into his arms.
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It’s Not a Date (Or Is It?)
“Why would I, of all people, ask the poor girl out on her birthday, of all days,” he said. “That sounds like the worst birthday gift ever.”
rating: T genre: romance, humour pairing: rinlen words:  5,141
Although they had been friends since they were in diapers, when it came to Rin’s birthday, Len always had no clue what to give her.
You see, the girl was difficult. She didn’t really like her birthday—she refused to celebrate it, even. She went so far as to threaten to blackmail him (with childhood photos of him half-naked, suction cups on his nipples; it was better not to ask, for childhood had been a strange time) if he so much as ever planned a surprise party behind her back. 
Whenever he’d try asking about what she’d want for her birthday, she’d scoff and roll her eyes and tell him something stupid like, “A will to live.” Yes, Rin, we all want a will to live, he’d think. But alas I need something a little more obtainable.
And, well, it wasn’t like Len could just not give her a gift—he had to. It was obligatory. While Rin’s blood curdled at the mention of her own birthday, whenever it came to anyone else’s, she would go ham. The previous birthday, she’d knitted Len a sweater. A whole, mcfucking sweater. And you can bet this simp wore it so much the armpits started permanently smelling like the inside of a men’s locker room. 
So he had to give her something back as equally as awesome. It was just an unwritten rule in his book of life. It was Len law.
Despite spending a good portion of the year listening out for any things she could want, this year around was particularly tough. Rin had mentioned, in the off-occasion, wanting several things; a television (he couldn’t afford that even if he wanted to), a boyfriend (well… maybe? Ahem. Just kidding), and a trip to the ISS (h… how).
For obvious reasons, such gifts were unobtainable. Which came to the dilemma he experienced almost every year: what in the ever loving fuck should he give to Rin this year?
It hit one week before her birthday when he started to grow desperate. So desperate, in fact, he consulted two of Rin’s closest female friends—Gumi and Miku, who seemed to be (sometimes, mostly) on the same wavelength as her. 
He didn’t like talking to them. They were painful to engage with. Insufferable. The human embodiment of gremlins. But desperate times called for desperate measures.
“A gift for Rin, huh,” Miku had echoed, when he’d planted himself at their desks one morning. Rin always came late, so, it wasn’t like he’d be caught in the act or anything anyway. 
Len nodded.
Gumi and Miku exchanged looks.
“How about you ask her out,” Miku suggested, a deadpan expression. Gumi, however, couldn’t do much to hide her amusement; bursting into a fit of giggles behind her hand.
He rolled his eyes. “A serious gift, Miku.”
“What?” She looked innocent. “It is serious.”
Gumi continued to snort-laugh off to the side.
“Well, what are you two giving her for her birthday?” he asked, deciding it wasn’t worth the effort arguing.
Miku tossed a pigtail behind one shoulder. “We’re going to have a sleepover, where we will forcibly sing happy birthday to her and make her eat a cake.”
Len frowned. “That sounds… nice. I guess.”
“You can’t steal our idea.” She jabbed a finger at his chest. “Like I said, just ask her out.”
“Why would I, of all people, ask the poor girl out on her birthday, of all days,” he said. “That sounds like the worst birthday gift ever.”
It was their turn to roll their eyes. “Maybe to you, banana brain,” Gumi said. “It’s pathetic that you’ve been friends with her the longest out of us three, and you still don’t know what gift to give her on her birthday. Talk about dumbass energy.” Then they high-fived each other.
Len bristled, his pride taking a hefty blow. “And? At least I’m trying to give her something she wants,” he reasoned, voice squeaking.
“If you used any of that big, big brain in that big, big head of yours, you would know what she wants,” Miku shot back, waggling a finger at his forehead. “Like I said: kissy kissy. Go on a date with me. Let’s get married or something and live happily ever after.”
But he was unconvinced. Rin? Living happily ever after? That girl couldn’t sit through any romance movie for the life of her. 
He decided this conversation was not worth having. He would figure this out on his own.
Maybe. Hopefully. Probably.
.
“A gift for your girlfriend,” Kaito mused aloud, looking distant as he hung over the fence separating him and Len. Kaito was his neighbour; an older, more experienced neighbour (he was a university student and proudly boasted about his experience having dated two girls and one guy).
It was T-minus three days until Rin’s birthday, and Len was still running in circles trying to figure out what to give her. It had come to asking his neighbour. Who, in all the times they’d interacted, always smelt like bong water and cigarettes.
Len winced. “She’s not my girlfriend,” he said—or, well, insisted.
Kaito ignored him. “How about a date,” he suggested. “Like, a really sweet date. You take her somewhere she likes to go and treat her. It doesn’t have to be grand or extravagant, or anything.”
Huh. Huh. The guy had a point. Not the date part, but the taking-her-out-and-paying-for-her part. It didn’t seem too bad of an idea, actually.
All of a sudden, Len had a great idea for what to do on Rin’s birthday. He quickly thanked Kaito for his advice and ran off, annoyed he hadn’t thought of it in the first place, but nevertheless plotting a master plan of where he could take her on her birthday.
First, of course, he had to check whether she was available that day.
Rin r u busy on Sunday, he texted her on LINE.
She replied two minutes later with, I’m at Miku’s in the morning, but I’m free in the afternoon. Why?
Okay, good. He didn’t need to rethink schedules or anything. Do u want to hang out? We could go 2 karaoke or smth.
Sure. What time?
Len paused to think, before responding, How abt one?
Rin’s reply came back almost immediately. Sounds good.
He was relieved. Okay. So. Now he just had to figure out what to do to make the whole thing, well, special. It was her birthday. Sure, going to karaoke was good and fun and all, but they already did that pretty regularly. It was part of the plan, but he needed something more. 
How about a nice restaurant? Or was that too, well, suggestive? Besides, he only had so much of his allowance he could spare. Hmm.
He pulled up the internet browser on his phone and began typing into the search function, Places to go on dat— Wait—delete delete delete. Places to go for birthdays. There we go.
Some articles popped up. He clicked on the first one, scanned the list. Restaurant. Cinema. Musical theatre. Park. Museum. Observation tower.
Observation tower?
Len thought for a moment. He knew he was too broke to take her somewhere exciting like, uh, Skytree or whatever. But then there was the Metropolitan Government Building in Shinjuku. And that was free. And they had a cafe at the top. 
Plus, it was sort of romantic— 
But the point of it was, it was for her birthday. Not a date. And it was something nice and unique, and he could totally imagine them sitting in the cafe watching the sunset over Tokyo's skyline.
So, that was decided. Karaoke. Observation tower. Maybe dinner if Rin was keen on getting something like Gusto because he didn't have the bank account for it. Man, Kaito was sort of a genius, in his own strange, Kaito way.
He reminded himself to buy the guy an ice cream sometime as a thank you gift.
.
Sunday finally came, and Len arranged to meet Rin out front of their usual go-to karaoke box. She was already there waiting when he arrived—which was strange, given the girl's notoriety for being fashionably late in most situations—looking bored and scrolling through her phone. She was dressed sort of cute; a mustard yellow overall dress and white collar shirt underneath, hair tied back by her signature white bow. 
He swept her up into an embrace, which she wriggled out of with a groan. "Happy birthday!"
Her cheeks flushed red and she rolled her eyes. "Shut up."
Len took no offence, steering her into the lobby of Joysound. "How was your sleepover with Gumi and Miku?" he asked.
Rin looked surprised. "You knew about that?"
"Oh. Yeah. I talked to them last week about it."
She blinked. "Huh." She seemed to brush it off as something minor, answering his question with a shrug of her shoulders. "You know. It's Miku and Gumi. We played monopoly before Miku got bored, and then they forced me to play truth or dare."
"Truth or dare, huh." Len had heard multiple horror stories about her previous experiences with the girls playing truth or dare. He grinned, glancing over at her. “So what did you do?”
“Dare, of course,” Rin said. She held up her wrist, showing an elaborate illustration of an erected penis. “What do you think?”
His eyebrows shot up. “That’s creative.”
She snickered. "Yeah. I think they were getting a bit frustrated with me. I kept saying pass on their dares, so the punishment was to drink a whole bottle of ketchup."
Len wondered what possible thing they were trying to get her to do that she would willingly drink ketchup over doing. "Did you?"
"Yeah. And then I threw up all over Miku's carpet, so they called it a night."
The way she said it so nonchalantly caught him off guard as they stepped up to the counter. He fumbled with his wallet, pulling out a membership card and scrambling to fill out the slip of paper the front counter clerk handed to him.
Rin was reading his writing over his shoulder. “Four hours? Really? I thought we would be going for like, eight hours.”
He handed the paper back to the staff and shot her his best, reassuring grin. "I've got other stuff planned after this, you know."
She quirked an eyebrow. "Other stuff?" she echoed. "Better not be a surprise party, or I will post those pictures of you all over—"
"It's not a surprise party. It's just you and I. Jeez."
The staff told him how much they owed, and he dished out the money before Rin could even get to her own purse. 
She frowned. "Hey. Tell me how much it was when we get to the room so I can pay you back."
"No," he said smoothly, pocketing the change and taking the receipt. "Today, it's on me."
Rin opened her mouth to argue as they started off down the corridor towards their allocated room number. "Are you sure? Four hours isn't cheap—"
"It's fine," he insisted. "It's your birthday. Think of it as part of the gift."
She wasn't impressed, but she knew better not to argue.
The room they were given wasn't huge—which was fine, not that they needed the space—so they sat next to each other bumping shoulders on the far side of the room, facing the television. Rin already had the remote in hand within moments of sitting down, queuing a ton of songs they usually defaulted to singing every time they went to karaoke.
When they cleared out what she had queued, she reached for the menu on the table in front of them and started looking through it. “I’m hungry. Can we get something?”
Len was trying to remember how much he had left in his wallet in terms of cash. "Uh. Sure."
She pointed at a picture of a plate of takoyaki. "Want to share some?"
They were only 600 yen. Not too bad. 
He nodded, before noticing a lack of drinks on their table, and the dry, scratchy feeling in his throat. He quickly checked the receipt they were given. "Shoot. I got us the drink bar. Want me to grab you something?"
"Oh." Rin thought for a moment, as if the decision was really tough, although the selection at the drink bar almost never changed. "Just get me some minute maid. The usual."
Right. Orange soda. The usual. As he got up from his seat, she reached over to unhook the phone from the wall.
"I'll order the food," she told him before he left.
Len poured himself a glass of calpis, grabbed Rin's soda. While waiting for the drink machine to finish, he acknowledged that he was feeling sort of nervous. His heart was beating hard against his ribcage, palms clammy. Why though? It wasn't like this was any different from any other karaoke venture him and Rin went on.
Well, besides the plans he had for the evening, but it was because of her birthday. Nothing else. No sinister thoughts here.
When he got back to the room, Rin had already queued another block of songs and was in the middle of singing something. He hadn’t even the chance to queue anything he wanted. 
God, she was such a remote hog, and he thought to tell her off, but reminded himself it was her birthday. Let her be the evil remote hog that she was for the day.
The food came when they were in the middle of a duet. Len almost missed his part of the song, because she hadn’t just ordered takoyaki, but also a plate of fries and a strawberry parfait. His eyes popped out of his head as the employee set down the food on the table.
Rin, he thought. Why are you like this. I love you, but why are you like this.
“Are you going to eat all of that?” he asked when the song finished.
She gave him a look. “No? We’re sharing.”
Len mumbled something along the lines of okay yeah whatever but I didn’t ask for this much food. He reached for a soggy fry, mourning his allowance.
.
Karaoke went by fast. In retrospect, it was probably better to have only spent four hours there, because his throat was raw by the third hour. Rin—the absolute madman—was still going somewhat strong, although her voice was a tad raspy by the end.
After Len paid for the food, they left and headed for the station nearby. On the way there, Rin asked, "So, where to next?"
"Shinjuku." He left it brief.
She screwed up her face. "Shinjuku? Ew. Why are we going there?"
"Because that's where I planned for us to go?" He gave her a hurt look, and she returned it, playful.
Admittedly, Len was a little worried, considering Rin had consumed almost all of the food they were supposed to share (not to forget that she also put another dint in his wallet). He was planning on them having cake or something at the cafe at the top of the north tower, because it was her birthday, but she probably wouldn't even be hungry.
The trains were starting to get a little busy—Sunday afternoon, everyone was going home—so they had to stand a little close together. Rin parked herself in the corner between the seats and the door, and Len right beside her, trying to avoid touching the other people around them but leaving enough space for Jesus between each other.
Normally Len wouldn't find himself so worked up over this situation, but today, his brain was like, stupid teenage boy mode or something because being so close to her was really bothering him. She seemed unaware of that, though, recounting some of the misadventures she'd had with Miku and Gumi the night before.
He listened, but didn't really listen, hyper aware of their hands and arms grazing with every jolt of the train, and eyes betraying him every few minutes by slipping down to her lips. Why, oh why, was he sexualising his best friend like this? On her birthday? Really, Len?
Eventually, they reached their destination station, and headed towards the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building.
Rin tried nagging him again about where they were going.
"You'll see in, like, five minutes," he told her.
She sulked. “Why is it some big secret?” she complained. “I hate secrets.”
“It’s not a secret. I just like seeing you suffer.”
“Len. Choke.”
He grinned as they turned a corner in the underground walkway leading them away from the station, reaching a set of long, long escalators. Rin peered up at the sign above, trying to catch a glimpse of what possible location they were heading to.
"Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building?" she read. "What's so special about that?"
Len feigned nonchalance, tossing a shoulder. "Oh, you know," he said. "There are observation decks at the top of each tower, and I heard it looks really nice at sunset, so I was just thinking of going there with you."
"Huh." Her expression went blank. "That's nice."
It was a short walk amongst the towering buildings of Shinjuku. This part of the city wasn't as busy or touristy; clean and pristine with wide, empty footpaths. A clear, blue sky peeked through the skyscrapers overhead. It was only five or so, so they still had a bit of time before sundown. Luckily, the weather and visibility were good that day, much to his relief.
The wait in line to reach the observation level was long, but admittedly, worth it. Rin seemed happy once they reached the top, running over to the closest window and pulling out her phone to snap pictures of the skyline. She ushered him over, made him squint into the distance to look for the ocean, and they spent a good half hour trying to spot landmarks amongst the sea of buildings below.
After walking the perimeter of the building, they settled down in the seats of the cafe. “Do you want anything?” Len asked.
Rin hummed, eyes skimming over the menu. “I think I’ll just get tea.”
He was a little disappointed she wasn’t interested in any of the sweets on display (the banana cake looked really good, okay), but decided in retrospect, he would’ve been terrified if that girl could fit anymore in after eating takoyaki, fries and almost all of the strawberry parfait.
After he came back with their drinks, they settled into a comfortable silence. Rin was responding to messages on her phone, and he was just happy to watch as her expression shifted with every thought.
Eventually, she set down her phone and stared down at the table between them. “So,” she began, in a tone that meant business.
He sat up in his chair, smiled at her, but it was nervous, because she—all of a sudden—seemed very serious. And serious Rin was not a common occurrence.
Her fingers curled into fists on her thighs, and her gaze flitted everywhere in the room but his face. “Is this, um, a date?”
At first, Len didn’t know how to respond. 
His mouth hung open, before he became aware of his expression, snapping it shut. Then he cleared his throat. “Um.” To be honest, he didn’t know. Was it a date? Well, maybe he lowkey wanted it to be but did Rin want it to be? By the looks of it, she didn’t seem very… impressed by the idea. “It’s, uh… whatever you want it to be, Rin.”
She blinked, eyes falling on him, then dropping back down to her knees. “Oh.”
Was that the right answer? Had he just made her uncomfortable? Had he just ruined her entire birthday?
He was too afraid to ask.
They sat in awkward silence, until the sky outside started to turn various shades of orange, and people began swarming the windows to watch the sunset.
Rin was kind of peering over, as if torn between getting up from the chair or staying seated.
“You want to go look?” Len asked, giving her a smile to try and ease the uncomfortable air between them.
She hesitated, the corners of her lips twitching. “I won’t even be able to see over everyone.”
He, with the intelligence of a mitochondria, said, “Well, I can just hold you up.”
Rin snorted. “Are you sure you can do that?”
He blew a raspberry, faking confidence. “Uh, yeah, sure I can.”
“Okay then, Mr Buff Arms. Prove it to me.”
She got up from her seat with a shit-eating grin, and he scrambled after her, crossing the floor in direction of one of the busiest windows. The reason why the crowds were gathering at that particular spot was not just because of the sunset, but because of the fact that you could see a beautifully clear silhouette of Mt Fuji in the distance.
He hadn’t even realised that; it was hiding behind the clouds before.
Len gestured for her to climb onto his back.
“Are you sure?” Rin looked uncertain, eyeing him like a venomous snake. “I’m like, almost the same weight as you, Len.”
“So?” he bluffed.
She stood there staring, before giving in with the roll of her eyes. “Don’t cry if I break something.”
Then she wrapped her arms around his neck, hiking one leg up his side, and he hooked his arms under her thighs to hoist her up. She was right. She was heavy. But he was willing to be crushed under the weight of her for her to have a nice birthday.
“Hold on to me,” she ordered, arms unlatching from his neck. “I want to take some pictures.”
Len gave a grunt as a reply. It was the best he could do.
After a while (probably like, two minutes or so), he felt like he was going to burst a blood vessel somewhere in his body, so he wheezed out, “Rin. Are you done? I gotta let you down now.”
“Oh, yeah. You can let me down.”
He released his grip on her legs and she dropped back down into standing position behind him. Grabbing his lower back in pain, he turned to her looking like a crippled old man.
Rin laughed in his face. “Feeling sorry for yourself now, huh? I told you.”
He waved his hand, straightening up with a groan. “Yeah, yeah. Did you get any nice pictures?”
“Hmm. Let’s see.” She looked at her phone, then moved in close to show him her screen. “They’re not too bad, besides the dozens of heads in the foreground.”
It was strange, oddly disproportionate, the way Mt Fuji loomed over the busy streets of Tokyo. The sky was a beautiful array of golds and oranges and yellows; a perfect sunset for a perfect birthday.
“They’re nice,” he said. He glanced up from her phone to look at her, becoming aware of their distance, and aware of her ogling up at him. The golden light coming through the windows lit up her face, brought out the highlights of her hair, accentuated the freckles on her cheeks. 
Wow, he thought, his breath getting caught in his throat. He was utterly in love with her.
Much to his surprise, Rin’s face seemed to be moving closer. And so was he, his body unconsciously moving forward, down to her like drawn to a magnet. 
Her eyes fluttered closed, head tilting. 
Their lips were about an inch away from touching when a child right beside them started screaming. Immediately, Len was drawn out of his strange daze, jumping away from Rin. She seemed to do the same thing, putting at least a metre space between them.
Her face was bright red, and she forced her fingers back through her hair with a nervous laugh. “You know, we should get going before everyone else gets the same idea,” she said, acting as if nothing ever happened.
Len blinked, unsure if he’d just imagined what happened thirty seconds prior, or if he was really just about to kiss his best friend in front of thirty or so strangers. He decided not to think about it. “Right. That’s a good idea.”
So they headed for the elevators and made a quick escape before the crowds followed. His head was still spinning as they walked down the footpath back towards the entrance to the underground walkway. The sky was now fading to a deep blue; bare remnants of the day clinging in streaks of orange above their heads.
Rin tugged on his sleeve, pointing a finger at something across the intersection they stood. “Hey. I want to check that out.”
It was a park—Shinjuku Chuo Park, to be exact. He’d seen it on the map when researching where to go with her, didn’t think much of it. There was a waterfall display and some flowerbeds, people lurking about. There were winding paths and a handful of trees lining them, a maze within the middle of the city.
He shrugged his shoulders.
It wasn’t like he was in a hurry or anything. They had time, still, to go for dinner, if Rin was keen on it. She seemed awfully pensive compared to before, though, as they crossed the road and made their way over to the park.
He wondered if he’d said or done something wrong. Or… if what had happened between them with the whole phone-and-faces-getting-close-like-they-were-going-to-kiss-or-something had like, offended her.
They strolled down the winding path of the park in silence. There was a playground, some monuments, and finally, a shrine.
Rin slowed to a stop, staring at the shrine. He halted beside her.
“You want to pray?” Len asked.
She was quiet, before shaking her head. “No. It’s alright.” She glanced up at him, a small smile. “I was thinking, let’s go sit down somewhere.”
He obeyed, and they set off again, finding a lone seat along the footpath nearby. There were still a few people out and about, but it was relatively quiet. It had long turned to night, the cityscape surrounding them lighting up like tetris blocks. 
Their shoulders bumped, and Rin eased herself against him, before bringing her head down to rest on his shoulder.
His heart hummed to life in his chest, but he tried to ignore it.
“This is really nice,” she said, her voice soft. “This was a really nice day, Len.”
After a moment of hesitation, he lowered his cheek against the top of her hair, taking in the familiar scent of her favourite shampoo. A hint of something floral, a hint of something citrus—and a hit of something Rin.
He hummed. “I’m glad.”
Rin was silent for a passing moment, before she spoke again. “Do you know what would make it even better?”
Len’s stomach growled. “Gusto?” he half-joked.
“No.” She pulled her head away to look at him, and the cool night air hit his cheek like a slap to the face. He stared back down at her, captured by her gaze.
It was happening again. The whole moving-in-close thing, that was. Her face was getting bigger, and he could feel her hot breath tickling the tip of his nose. His head ducked down to close the gap between them, catching her wet mouth with his own so suddenly that he pulled away, shocked at the boldness of his actions.
Rin didn’t seem to care, though. Her hand went up to the back of his head and pulled him back down to her lips. It was sloppy, kind of gross, but they didn’t care. It was their first time. It wasn’t supposed to be perfect.
She kept him in place, balling up the fabric of his t-shirt with her fists. He allowed himself to melt into the kiss, hands trailing down to hold her by the waist. He wasn’t expecting the day to really end with them sitting in the middle of a park in Shinjuku making out, but he wasn’t mad by the outcome, either.
When they pulled away to breathe, Rin smiled something nervous, her lips glistening under the glow of the city lights. Her hands unravelled themselves from his shirt. 
“Better,” she said.
Len was stunned silent, just stared at her. He wasn’t sure if what happened had just happened. So he went back in for another kiss; this time a little bit more tender, less wet. 
“So Gumi and Miku were right,” he thought aloud against her mouth.
Rin pulled back a bit to give him this horrified look. “What did they tell you.” It wasn’t even posed as a question. She’d already made the assumption they’d told him something awful.
He chuckled nervously. “Well, uh, I tried asking their opinion what to do for your birthday…”
She raised an eyebrow. “And?”
“They straight up told me to ask you out.”
Her eyes narrowed into slits. “Those bitches.”
His lips curled. “Well, I mean. It helped. Somewhat.”
“Yeah.” She frowned, reaching up to curl a strand of her hair around a finger. “I can’t believe they just—so blatantly did that, though. Even after I begged them not to say anything.”
She begged them? Wow. “I thought they were joking up until five minutes ago, Rin. You know I don’t take anything they say seriously.”
Rin sighed. “Yeah, but—” She paused, thinking, before tossing her shoulders. “Well, it doesn’t matter anymore anyway. I just want to know, Len— is this a date?”
Len pressed his forehead against hers. Gazed into her eyes. They were a dark blue; alluring, always drawing him in, keeping him in orbit around her like a planet to its star. He admitted, “Not my original intention, no, but I think the simp in me was projecting a bit much that it ended up being one anyway.”
She cracked a grin. “Simp, huh,” she said. She lifted a hand to his jaw, trailed her fingers along it until her palm was resting on the back of his head. He wanted to shudder into her touch. “Well, kiss me more. I’m not done making the most of my birthday privileges yet.”
He opened his mouth. “I can kiss you like this every day if you wan—”
She silenced him with her lips, closing the space between them once again.
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[epilogue]
The following weekend, Len knocked on Kaito’s door with a week’s worth of his favourite lemonade-flavoured popsicles in one hand.
Kaito’s eyebrows shot up into the ceiling upon spotting the bag of goodies. “What’s this?” he asked.
“A thank you gift,” Len said, handing it over.
“Huh.” Kaito took them, a confused expression on his face. “What for?”
“Your idea about the date? It worked. Rin and I are a thing now.”
A lengthy silence followed.
“You mean… you two weren’t dating before?”
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