#they kissed once and got immediatey caught

[oldtvandcomics]

At a guess, Dumas lived in a world where he was actually confronted with this kind of situation. Everyone at that time must have known at least a couple of women who were not happy (anymore) in their marriage, but couldn't leave. Meanwhile today, we have been living in a society with divorce as an existing concept just long enough that the only marriage someone can imagine being stuck in is the downright abusive one (and even there, there is A LOT of "why didn't she just leave" going on, even on social justice Tumblr). And we have been spoon-fed the whole "marriage is about True Love and nothing else" bullshit through books and movies for even longer than that. I also usually suspect Tumblr to be on the younger side. Arthuriana actually might be the first time that they get exposed to the idea of a marriage where both sides are decent people, who get along reasonably well, but also have no romantic interest in each other.

We NEED to somehow incorporate everyday interpersonal relationships into history lessons. Otherwise, you get this kind of situation, or the crowd who genuinely believes that girls were married off at the age of thirteen to men they didn't even know.

rereading the three musketeers and struck by the fact that dumas, guy from the 1800s, recognized that a woman in a marriage she cant leave with an all powerful jealous husband is morally justified to have all the affairs she wants, a concept that many on arthuriana tumblr fail to grasp

[happilychaengs]

Nayeon - Involved

warning: one swear word omg

im nayeon. the it girl of the school. she was the one crowned to be queen and no one could ever take that away from her. if she wanted something, she got it and there was no exception. though her personality was extremely obnoxious and pretentious so no one was truly her friend. except you.

here you were at the lunch table, sitting next to nayeon as you stabbed your food with the fork. looking over, she was staring over at another table before blurting out, "i want her."

"what?"

"you see that girl with the short hair?" she said as she kept signalling over to the table with her eyes.

it took you a while to spot her but you caught sight of her eventually, "uh... momo?" your tone unsure from if you were looking at the right girl. she was the runner up to nayeon. the only true competition she had.

"yes. her."

"are you sure?"

"yeah? why are you asking?" she asked as she looked at you quizzically. she wasn't used to you questioning her.

"doesn't she already have a significant other?"

"so?" she shrugged her shoulders as she looked back at her. "not like it matters. they broke up a week ago."

you stopped asking questions and just let her be as you took a bite of your food, occasionally sharing with nayeon. as the rest of the day went on, nayeon did her usual flirting with her girl of the week but this week was different. from the rumors already circling around, she was completely rejected. you had never seen her so angry when you were back at lunch the next day.

she slammed the table hard before looking at you with fury in her eyes, "how could that bitch do that to me?! she embarrassed me like that in front of everyone!"

you went back to your lunch before she shouted out your name, making you jump, "y/n!"

"huh?"

"i need you to help me do something to make her regret it."

"what are you going to do?"

"be mine."

"what?!" you shouted, completely taken off guard. with the heads turning to you, you immediatey apologized to the people nearby as you looked back to nayeon.

"i meant as in a fake couple." she corrected herself, "i need to show her what shes missing."

"ah..." you let out a sigh as you tried to calm your frantic heartbeat. "...what about anyone else? i think anyone would kill to be in a relationship with you. even if it was fake."

"that's exactly why. you wouldn't care but i know anyone else would come back to me on their knees once it's over. "

you really had to think about it but before you could say a word, you felt nayeon grab the back of your neck.

"she's looking over here. kiss me. quickly."

without a hint of approval from you, she immediately locked lips with you as you groaned into her mouth from the sudden movement. you saw everyone's heads turn back around as you heard murmurs surround you. you felt her bite your bottom lip, making you moan out loud for everyone to hear.

eventually she finally let go of you and backed off. your gaze was hazy but you could make out her eyes looking at you almost expectingly. "ill take that as a yes?"

you huffed out as you rubbed your lips with your fingers, "as if you'd let me choose anyway."

she let out a small giggle before smiling at you, "you know me too well."

as days passed by, you 'officially' became nayeon's. every moment momo passes by, she's always ready to kiss you again, your hip practically glued to hers. she even takes you out on dates insisting that "anyone could be watching any time. you have to make sure it looks real."

at the time, you didn't notice it but you were falling. falling in to the deep dark hole known as im nayeon. every kiss, every date, every intimate moment you shared. it was all piling up and you knew you were no where close to the bottom.

when she sprung on the sudden information that momo finally was interested, she was ecstatic. she kept on going on and on about how her plan finally worked and this and that but all you could hear was white noise when she said that your fake relationship was over.

for the next few days, all you could hear were the rumors about how nayeon broke your heart and moved on. in which your defense, wasn't far off from the truth but your stomach flipped when you saw her doing the exact same things with momo that she was doing with you. she was holding her how she used to with you. she kissed her like she did with you. was it all a game to her?

she eventually gave you a gift for helping her for so long to get with momo, your favorite book that you told her about a while back, but all you could think about was how long it would take for you to toss it in the nearest trash can. through every painstaking and heart-wrenching memory of her, you finally understood why.

why people said what they said.

"don't get involved with im nayeon."

i don't know if i should make a part 2 to this

this was originally a fluff but it morphed into whatever this was