#the writing is hella sus i gotta say LMAO

[eiseryn]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VAIL!!!

And HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! AS WELL~

Today is not only the first day of 2024, but also the the birthday to best boi Vail. I drew him some soft uwu art because he is a soft uwu boy. Well, he is to Lei LOL. I would not say he's soft and uwu to anyone he has killed.

This outfit is based off the one I designed for Lei and her friends way back! I'm planning to redesign it XD cuz it's concept art for a series of illustrations I want to draw... I have so many WIPs both in sketches and in my brain it's kind of painful... cri... Anyways this outfit is more modern and I didn't change too much for Vail's design but I did add some patterns into his parka -- the cat face and some of his signature V's! The blue plaid inner lining is actually one of my fave parts of his whole outfit! :3 Cuz the theme in that series was their theme colour + plaid... man I really like that series 🥺🥺🥺 I want to draw that concept art so bad.

I think he turned out pretty cute here! I especially like how his hair turned out~ His blue gradient hair is one of my fave parts of his design, after all!

So what did he receive on his birthday as gifts? In my headcanons, not sure what Lexi would have given him tbh... but she's a rich girl so I imagine a previous gift was the red bike he uses XD Zoey's gift to him would be some nice alcohol or maybe one of the masks from her stash. Keeper's gift to him would definitely be something SHE personally finds cool... which probably happened to be a shiny holographic card from her personal collection. Possibly of a cat because they both like cats. Rose's gift? I'm not really sure. In my headcanons, Rose usually is the one who buys Vail cake since Rose knows of Vail's sweet tooth (specifically strawberry shortcake!). For dad vibes I imagine Rose often gets Vail some clothing as well xD Maybe fuzzy socks this year? :3 Maybe accessories some years? (Ex: like those silver chains he's wearing. In my design of Rose I gave him gold chains XD #drip).

As for Lei? Oh boy buckle up. It went something like this (this may be copium delulu and not canon but that's okay):

After already seeing his friends throughout the day, Vail sat on the couch of his apartment and waited for Lei to come home. She had asked him specifically to wait toward the evening as she apparently had a special surprise for him.

He was petting their cat Meng, a cat he had technically got for her during her last birthday, when he heard the sound of the door being unlocked. Meng let out a loud meow and leapt out of his lap and ran toward the door, being the loyal and affectionate cat she was. Vail followed suit.

Lei scooped Meng into her arms and gave the cat little pets and scratches on the chin and head. Meng purred as she always did, flopping over in Lei's arms and wiggling around.

She then turned to Vail with a smile and kissed his cheek, while still holding Meng in her arms. "I'm home~ Did you miss me?"

"Yeah." Vail replied honestly. He kissed her back. "I did."

Lei hummed happily and went to the kitchen table, placing the cat on there as she began to rummage through the multiple bags she had brought home.

"I heard Rose already got you a cake but I had already placed the order so you'll get two." She was saying, as she pulled out a cake box and placed it into the fridge. There was already a strawberry shortcake sitting in the fridge, so she seemed to struggle to place it on another shelf. Ever since she had moved in with him, there was considerably more food in the fridge.

"Do you want to have dinner first or are we having cake for dinner today?" She asked as she turned back to face him.

Vail smiled at her cheekily. "Depends on what kind of cake."

It seemed to take her some time to process his words because she first furrowed her eyebrow, looking at him with confusion, before a blush crept on her face. But she leaned in anyways to whisper, her breath hot in his ear, "You can have whatever cake you desire~ You're the birthday boy, after all~"

He barely resisted the urge to throw her over his shoulder and do as he pleased with her, but luckily she stepped back to the table to go through her other bags so this thought passed.

"Before that, though, let me give you your gift." Lei said, as she pulled out what looked to be a leather collar. It was dyed a light blue, similar to the colour of his hair and had a silver buckle. There was a silver tag on it, and when he flipped it over, the words "Belongs to Lei" were inscribed in the back. "Since you've been a good boy and all." She smiled mischeviously at him.

Looking at such a cute smile, he felt like there was no choice but to take the collar, which was soft and supple, and he started to put it around his neck, right above the turtleneck underlayer he always wore.

Lei seemed to be much more hesitant and less confident now. "You don't have to actually wear it..." She said, her voice trailing off. "This one was actually a joke and your real gift is in this other bag." She tapped another bag and there was a solid knocking sound.

"Of course I do." He said with a smile, showing off the sharp canine teeth she liked so much. "It's a gift from you, after all."

She looked at him then, biting her lip a little, as she raised the green eyes he liked so much to meet his. "I do have to say, it's a good look for you~" She reached out and slid a finger under the collar, gently pulling him closer to her. "I have good taste, if I do say so myself~"

He went with her willingly, as he always did. It was near impossible for him to resist what she wanted. "Is part of my gift the same as the one from Christmas?" He asked with a little smile.

She smiled back at him. "But of course~ You can take that part of your gift whenever you'd like."

"I'm looking forward to that~" He said. "After we have dinner. You're going to need the energy."

But he couldn't help but give her a few hungry kisses. They were appetizers for the main course after all.

[insert suspicious line break]

Later, when she had fallen asleep, he gently twirled a piece of her hair in his fingers. It had gotten longer and the green underdye had shifted in position. She had asked him once if he preferred long hair or short hair, but he had told her honestly that he would like whatever length of hair she had. It wasn't so much the hair that mattered, but the person who that hair belonged to.

Months before if you had asked him if he planned to find a lover he would have scoffed and said no. It would be a bad choice for any runner who could die at any moment. And at the time, there was no one he could imagine liking him in such a way. Although there was someone who came into mind when Rose had asked him. The smug bastard probably already knew what was in store for him.

When that same person he had thought about at the time asked him if they could be more than friends... he couldn't help but give into such a dream. The dream of being loved and loving someone.

He was already relatively content with what he had: He was good at his job as a runner if you could call it that; he had people who he could talk to and understood him as they had gone through the same things as he did. They had taken away his ability to dream at night, but it didn't stop him from daydreaming. As his parents had told him -- or perhaps warned him -- long ago, he was a dreamer who always wanted to dream of more.

He still dreamed for himself. But he now also dreamed for others; wanting others to have their dreams fulfilled. It was only fair, when some of his dreams had come true.

He took the sedative he needed to fall asleep. Lei always looked so sad when she saw him take sleeping pills, so now he always waited until she was asleep before he did. After all, he needed to sleep, as there would be another day he'd have to get through when the morning broke again.

Wrapping his arm around her, he let himself daydream a little longer, thinking of sunshine and a future where his friends and loved ones were safe and happy. He was still thinking of these happy things when the sleeping pill took affect and darkness claimed him.

AUTHOR'S NOTES

Yeah so the collar was a gag gift but u know I write these two as very horny so uhmm... things had to happen.

The actual gift she got him was a bike helmet that is made of out of sturdier material which matches his red bike! He broke the last helmet he had in the campaign LOL + I imagine the bike helmet she got was a cat eared one! Also hopefully from the same vendor / store Maric buys his helmets from cuz that shark boy has never revealed his face XD

BUT I MEAN I THINK THE ENDING IS KINDA GOOD XD Soft hours and some hurt with comfort thoughts you know

I love them so much 🥺🥺🥺 My OC OTP.

[sinukiyo]

Reading A Thousand and One Lifetimes Be Like:

*Jean punches Eren in the face*

Me: whoa... that just happened 😳

*Erbody holding Jean back and telling him to chill until Jean punches Eren again but Eren takes it like it's nothing and focuses on Mikasa*

Me: this guy is that whipped to take a second punch like it's nothing when his girl is around. Gadamn 😳

Eren (cupping Mikasa's face): are you okay?

Me: ayo dude. That's going to look hella sus especially when you're supposed to be Historia's boyfriend 👁👁

Mikasa: I'm fine (says this while brushing past Sasha to take her paint gun like a pro)

Jean: you're a crazy bastard, Eren.

Me: wbk Jean. Wbk 💅🏼

Eren: next time you raise those hands at me, imma break em

Connie: come on guys. Let's not fight. We're supposed to be having fun-

*Mikasa proceeds to shoot Eren in the back with a paint gun*

Eren: 👁👄👁

Armin: 👁👄👁

Jean: 👁👄👁

Sasha: 👁👄👁

Connie: 👁👄👁

Mikasa: checkmate bitch 🙂

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after the game ended.

*Mikasa watching Eren and Historia together*

Mikasa's thoughts: why does it bother me so much.

Mikasa's actual thoughts (probably):

*Eren leaves for the forest. Mikasa follows him. Insert the Eren Kabedoning Mikasa against the tree and shameless flirting with her*

Mikasa: hey Eren.... you said that you didn't want to lose me again. What did you mean by that

Eren:.... I didn't say that.

Mikasa: uh... I'm pretty sure I did

Eren: nope. Didn't say a single word about not wanting to lose you.

Mikasa: are you... are you gaslighting me?

Eren: oh would you look at that. My "obviously" straight girlfriend is calling me. Gotta go. (Okay I know that’s not what he said in the actual story but it would have been funny if he did)

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*Zaddy- I mean Erwin gives Eren a rusty key*

Erwin: alrighty. Everything is ready. I'll make sure no one asks questions about where you and Historia are

Eren: thanks man

*notices Historia staring at Ymir*

Eren: trouble in paradise

Historia: fuck off

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*insert Eren and Historia road trip until they make it to a church and start investigating. Insert woman screaming.*

Historia: what was that

Me: that would be a woman screaming

???: hello travelers. Welcome

Me: and that's my black ass's cue to leave

Priest guy: why are y'all here?

Eren: oh nothing. We're just some travellers finding somewhere to rest and happened to stumble across this place.

Priest guy: that so?

Eren: mhmm.

Historia: we heard screaming. What's that's about.

Me: girl if you've watched horror movies you know better than to ask questions like that 😀

Priest guy: probably just the wind

Me:

Historia: no I'm pretty sure we heard-

Eren: we're just gonna leave

*cue goons surrounding them*

Me: welp. They're screwed.

*insert fight scene and doing John wick shit here until they find the priest*

Priest guy: don't move of this guy gets it

*put a knife to Armin’s neck*

Eren: ARMIN?!

Me:

Hours before

*Armin hiding in the truck*

Me: of course he followed them 🤦🏽‍♀️

Armin’s thoughts: okay I know I shouldn't be doing this but if I don't at least understand what Eren's doing or at least see it for myself, it will eat me up

Me: Armin, baby. Sometimes not knowing anything can be a good way of protecting yo peace, m'kay 😀

Goon 1: what about the girls.

Goon 2: we'll have to move em

Me: oh so these mofos are human traffickers 👁👄👁

*Armin finds one of the girls and tries to free her only to get the Killing Stalking treatment *

Me:.... well at least thar explains why he got captured

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That's it for this week's recap. See you in the next one

Now everytime I write a scene where Mikasa sees Eren and Historia together, I’m going to be playing this song 😭

Also, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN FUNNY IF EREN SAID THAT LMAO

See you next week! Pray for Armin and Eren🫶🏽