#they’re both so aaaaaa

[starbrightscribbles]

my taste in anime men is concerningly consistent :’3

[lxnarphase]

i need bsf!toji and bsf!reader to ‘gaslight’ themselves into thinking that kissing each other is fine, it’s just practice for when either of you get into a relationship

and that includes when you are on your back, hands in toji’s hair as he kisses your pussy, sloppy and messy as he practically makes out with it, reassuring both of yourself by muttering ‘it’s just practice, ‘s just practice, right baby? gotta teach you how your pussy’s gotta be kissed’ and you agree, moaning as you whine back ‘mhn, mhmm, ‘s just practice, toj. gotta make sure y’can treat the pussy right’

[omelette-sandwich]

So I’m obsessing over this and I just had to share it

ok so recently I came up with this idea so let me ramble

so what if Infinity affected how Gojo ages? like, slowing down the rate at which he ages to be infinitely small, so he basically stays the same age forever? and if I use that for like, fix purposes it would start happening at like 17 because that’s when he really started getting super OP and became “the strongest”

so like, he just stays at 17 forever because it would basically take the amount of numbers between 0 and 1 in years for him to age one year, which is infinite because maths and stuff

this also has great potential for ANGST because like, all his friends are getting older and he’s still staying the same. and as a TEACHER his students are all about the same physical age as him but they’re eventually gonna be older (if they live long enough) than him (the sad bit applies ESPECIALLY to Megumi because Gojo basically raised the kid and now he’s getting older and aaaaaaaaaaa)

also, the way some people (cough cough Geto) would react when they see that he hasn’t aged in the past decade would be absolutely hilarious I think, cause like “hey bro how come you haven’t aged?” “oh yeah it’s because infinity or whatnot but anyways hi old man”

like it has so much potential as so much like it could be hella angsty but also kinda nice because BECAUSE he could keep teaching and helping to fix the system for basically forever but also THAT would be hella angsty too because he has to see all of his students die either from old age or because of curses so literally everyone he cares about will die while he just. stays alive. like, there’s so much potential for ANGST here and I love it

so yeah that’s all but if there are suggestions please comment them because I might actually make this into a fic and don’t you DARE steal this idea even though I don’t know if this has actually been thought about before but oh welp. but yeah I’m absolutely obsessed with this idea and I needed to share so hope the people like it.

[takeyourcyanide]

posting isn’t giving me any sort of sense of familiarity or stability in the foundation which makes sense given that everything has been replaced yet again but damn

[mimiswsirens]

MY FRIENDS ARE SO AWESOMEEEEEEEE I LOVE MY FRIENDS I LOVE MY FRIENDS THEY’RE SO COOL WAWAWA MY FRIENDSSSSSS OH GOSH I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR YOUUUUU MY BELOVED FRIENDS

[lovingseventeen]

Hiii hope you're well 🫶🏼

I really really loved the svt doing your make up 🥺 honestly getting make up done is so relaxing and it can be so intimate (me when lol)

I have a suggestion for a svt reaction bec you see I have a thing for hands, like the hands are one of the first thing I notice about a person so I wonder how svt would react to their s/o randomly grabbing their had and kissing it 🥹

randomly kissing svt’s hands 🫶🏽

a/n: HI ANON i LOVE this request omggg. i have so many things queued but i HAD to write this rn rn

edit: i’m literally biting my lip as i write this bc FAWK this is such a cute idea i need all of these men’s hands in marriage rn

seungcheol:

❥ he loves holding hands so he doesn’t question when you grab his hand

❥ he’s about to lace his fingers with yours when he feels you bringing his hand up to your face to kiss it

❥ but he does malfunction a little bit because his brain is thinking: wait i’m supposed to do that to you

jeonghan:

❥ you can hear his typical “ayy” as he watches you

❥ he won’t admit that he’s a little flustered

❥ you only find out that he is when he tucks his hair behind his ear and you notice that the tips of his ears are pink

joshua:

❥ watches you with the most endearing smile

❥ lets you do you what you want but still leans in close to your face and asks, “what’s this for pretty baby, hm?” AAAAAAAA

jun:

❥ so so confused but he doesn’t pull his hand from you (because he never would)

❥ “what’s this?” he asks as you’re bringing his hand up

❥ “mm, nothing babe” you hum, placing a light kiss to the back of his hand

❥ “oh, okay?” he replies, pink dusting his cheeks

hoshi:

❥ LOVES IT

❥ blushing so bad but he isn’t even embarrassed

❥ goes “oo” as your lips make contact with his skin

❥ “does this mean you have a crush on me?” he jokes, making you drop his hand and smack his arm

❥ but ofc he catches your wrist and pulls you into him so he can properly kiss you

wonwoo:

❥ you could do anything to him and he’d go with it

❥ smiles as you kiss his knuckles

❥ he might not comment on it but he’ll give you a few extra kisses that day

jihoon:

❥ you were chilling with him in the studio as he was going over his work

❥ without thinking about it too much, you took his hand to give it a little kiss which grabs his attention

❥ he hums in surprise and he’s so flustered that he’s immediately asking “am i not giving you enough attention today? i’m sorry baby give me a minute-” as he’s already starting to close some tabs on his desktop

❥ “oh, no! jihoon, i just felt like doing it!” you quickly explained, but he’s still closing off his things

❥ “i’ve done enough work today anyways” he decides, assuring you

minghao:

❥ so so giggly as the slight foreign feeling of your lips brushing against his hand

❥ so smiley even as he’s asking “what’s this? you don’t usually do this”

❥ hair ruffle right after you do it

mingyu:

❥ you tease him a little as you run your thumb over his knuckles

❥ he’s wondering what you’re doing but it’s also not entirely new

❥ it’s when you’re lifting his hand that he’s already blushing because there’s no way you’re about to do what he’s thinking

❥ “what’re you doing? baby, what’s this?” right as you hold eye contact and kiss his hand

❥ for a pretty big and buff man, he feels like putty in your touch, he’s covering his face with his free hand because he can’t even look at you with how pink he’s getting

❥ “so i can’t even kiss my boyfriend’s hand?” you tease

❥ “not when it makes me like this!” he whines (definitely do this to him again)

seokmin:

❥ you couldn’t help but kiss his hands god they’re so pretty AAAAAA

❥ for seokmin, you took both of his hands in yours, making him raise his eyebrows, “oh?”

❥ casually, you place on kiss to his left, then one to his right and his eyes follow your ministrations

❥ best believe his heart is hammering and he’s blushing madly

❥ “do you have any idea what you do to me?” he asks, swearing that he’s falling even harder when you coyly shake your head no

seungkwan:

❥ you kind of adored him when he was in a state of rambling about his day, even when he was tutting about the member teasing him but especially when you could tell that he felt like he did well. you were watching him from your couch as he paced your living room

❥ but there’s a moment when his eyebrows are furrowed because he’s talking about this dance move that he’s supposed to do on top of singing something quite difficult

❥ “it’s supposed to go something like this..” he murmurs slowly walking you through the dance steps, quirking his head as he wonders how he’ll do it

❥ he plops down onto the couch next to you when he’s finished walking you (and himself) through the whole chorus, leaning his head back. “i just don’t know how-”

❥ you take his hand because he’s so clearly stressed and place a kiss to it. his words stop as his face heats up from the sudden gesture

❥ “why all of a sudden?” he murmurs, looking away from you because you caught his so off guard

❥ “because my baby’s so stressed and i know you want to avoid getting wrinkles” you chuckle

vernon:

❥ also so chill with it — would also probably let you do anything to him

❥ a small smile as you randomly kiss his hand

❥ “this is new” he observes, smiling wider when you giggle

❥ “just felt like it, why, is it weird?”

❥ he shakes his head, “no, not at all”

chan:

❥ “w-what, what is this?” he’s mumbling as you unexpectedly take his hand and kiss it

❥ “just wanted to give you a kiss” you reply simply

❥ he’s so pink but he’s trying to quickly think of a way to recover

❥ “well, why don’t you give me a real one” he decides, surprising you by pulling you into him by your waist

[sevs-corner]

I had a dream last night with the Tf 141 boiyos being marines, being the type to party wherever they land, hook-up with girls and leave with promises of coming back or returning their letters once they get back to their own home town.

And the fact my thoughts instantly went to Soap and Price being so downtrodden that they have to leave you in the morning, soft kisses exchanged bathed in the rays of the sunrise— AAAAAA

Gaz, my guy, will make sure you both have the night of your life but is equally unable to leave your warm bed, the stress of the seas finally off his back with you carrying the weight off it

Ghost, may look like the uptight type, but he’s the first to be flirted with and end up awake in someone else bed. The only thing holding back from leaving that night was your afterglow, and finds that a sense of peace within himself- a grounding moment that he can still connect with people and not just fully focused on the job of to kill or not to kill.

Yeah, my dreams get too vivid- my demons like to play in my mindscape like its a playground while i’m that onlooker kid from the side wondering- what the fuck are they cooking???

Also link to that OG idea i also thought off on a whim:

[gr1an]

etho talking about how building in minecraft is similar to composing music made my heart want to burst i’m such a music nerd so him talking about how repetition can be good had me !!!!!!!!!! he’s so correct!!!!! motifs and choruses and rhyming schemes!!!!!!

ALSO JOEL SEGMENT, A BDUBS SEGMENT, AND A GEM SEGMENT AT THE VERY END? ETHO THIS EPISODE IS BEAUTIFUL.

i love the bickering between bdubs and etho it’s so fun bc they’re both audibly smiling ear to ear during the whole thing it honestly makes me want to gag from how adorable it is

and joel and etho’s mutual obsessions with calling the other obsessed with them and being just. the dumbest people ever about each other is so fun.

and that little clip of just. having fun with gem and him showing her the post office!!! and then having a silly moment where etho misread a sign and they both laughed about it was great aaaaaa

[mychlapci]

Ageswap ratchet definitely gets pregnant constantly. Maybe Drift thinks its his the first time it happens, you know since he was convinced ratchet is a pure little virgin. But ratchet just pops out bitty after bitty and theyre all different. Soon its just free advertising for how much of a whore ratchet is, his valve is free use for anyone to come and stuff full of transfluid and keep him nice and full. His belly is always huge and his tits leak constantly. Ageswap prowl soon is jealous of all the attention ratchet gets and starts getting ideas of his own....

Aaaaaa of course, Ratchet’s got plenty of baby daddies paying him child support, belly always fat with another bitty as proof of his whore ways. No one can resist though, he’s just so sexy when he’s pregnant and his titties are so huge. Prowl sees it all go down and gets soooo jealous that some of his sitters are letting Ratchet bounce on their spikes just so that they can touch his big belly and drink from his full tits. If Prowl got pregnant, though, then Ratchet would have some real competition. It takes a little birth control tampering that Sunny and Sides don’t know about and Prowl is quickly knocked up just in time to compete with Ratchet’s new baby bump.

Now they’re both tempting high command, and they almost can’t choose…. Which they don’t have to! The young mommies should play nice and let them take care of their needs. Prowl and Ratchet are so competitive that they hate it as first, but the heavier they get the more they mellow out. They’re still trying to one-up each other, but they wouldn’t want to stop their little competition, not when it involves seeing which one of them squirts harder or sucks spike better. And at the end of the day, they still end up frotting their baby bumps over someone’s spike, making out hungrily

[darby-rowe]

wait… modern throuple coryo, sejanus, and reader 🫠

ok OK ok. u know i love me a snowjanus x reader throuple situation. lemme cook real quick hold on

cw allusions to sex

so idk when these became a thing, but apparently public high schools — especially here in the US — have these anonymous confession pages on instagram thats run by a student/multiple students where other students can send in anonymous tips and ‘tea’ about ppl who attend the school

me? personally? i think that shit is mean as fuck but hey what do i know im just a bitter old woman (im only 22)

the reason i bring this up is bc i feel like you, sej, & coryo would be one of the many hot topics around school.

on the anon insta page there would be multiple posts like “am i the only one that thinks y/n is a major hoe? girly keeps homie hopping in between sej and coriolanus like pick a side babes 🤣”

little do they know you’re living your best life getting dicked down by two hot boys like CMONNNN

the “hoe allegations” only escalate after you post selfies of yourself on ur insta and both sej and coryo comment under them

“Pretty girl 😘” sej comments; “My girl” coryo comments

i also like to think that the two of them walk behind you in the hallways like they’re your guard dogs <3

and if you three are in the same classes together you ALWAYS group up for group projects

sej and coryo getting a little handsy with you during project presentations?? 👀

CAR QUICKIES IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT OH MY GOD OH MY GOD GUYS????? (disclaimer please dont have sex in cars while in public thats a surefire way to find yourself on the list)

“oh my god guys i totally saw y/n getting dicked down by coryo in her car this morning before school”

“wait i think i also saw sej in that car with coryo and y/n”

if you’re in theatre, band, etc sej & coryo come to every one of ur shows <33

i love this concept so much AAAAAA

[merakiui]

I know we categorize normal Rollo as a Victorian man who salivates over something as small as a hint of ankle, but I feel like that’s doubled for orca Rollo. The first time he saw you without shoes, he couldn’t help but curiously hyper fixate on them. Why don’t you have flippers? Where is your webbing, how do you swim decent without any? Why do your toes flex like that? And the longer he stares at them, his curiosity turns from something innocent to an unfamiliar feeling of heat in his lower belly. God forbid he touches them, he wouldn’t know what to do with himself.

tl;dr, orca Rollo has untapped potential for a foot fetish. (Tbh, normal Rollo has untapped potential for a foot fetish too-)

👁 👁 both versions of Rollo with a foot fetish is so *chef’s kiss* omg!!!! I think by default mers have a curiosity or attraction to feet/legs because it’s something so unusual to them, so orca mer Rollo being obsessed with your feet is absolutely perfect. orz aaaaaa once he gets past all of the logical questions in his head and fantasizes more to cure his curiosity,,, he gains an appreciation for your feet. They’re just so small in comparison to his fins. So fragile and dainty. He could probably break them as if they were nothing but mere sticks. ^^;;;

He’s an orca, so he has to be mindful of his strength whenever he’s around you and you’re close enough to be within touching distance. He seems almost…miserable on the days when your feet are covered. :( he likes being able to see your strange, finless, webless feet without the covering of shoes or your wetsuit. Sometimes he watches you from the water, his eyes tracking your feet as they carry you across the platform above his enclosure or beside his pool.

[toxicaltomb]

lotf ships best to worst + reasons

JUST MY OPINION!!!! U CAN LIKE/HATE THESE IDC

jalph…duh. very basic but i like it. interesting dynamic + sad + the fics are fire :3 very los campesinos coded also but im not gonna get into that

ralmon. SO CUTESY!!! one of the only somewhat not toxic lotf ships so they’re great for fluff + angst. sometimes a girl wants fluff without second guessing it as love bombing!! underrated also. edit post-manuscript-reading: THEYRE CANON FUCK YOU

rogermon BUT ONLY IN THE CONTEXT OF CREEPY QUIET KID/BATTY QUIET KID. i hate bad boy roger x soft boy simon,,, they’re both clinically insane and don’t talk much stop making roger bad boy alpha who kicks kittens plz

ralger. kinda a crackship but it’s so fun!!! kinda like rogermon but moreso creepy quiet kid/popular kid. similar dynamic to jalph, very fun :3

raliggy. AAAAAA. they upset me GREATLY😭😭 so angsty so angsty. also underrated!! i feel like ppl don’t ship piggy w ppl cuz he’s fat SOMEONE HAD TO SAY IT! im sick and tired of piggy erasure.

pigmon. now we’re down to ships i haven’t thought much abt! this is adorable tho they would work so well together. also dead boyfs!!! :333

jager. DONT KILL ME FOR HOW LOW IT IS it’s just never rlly been a fav of mine. i like it, esp one-sided jager cuz roger would definitely attach himself to jack cuz he’s never met someone similar to him in the sense of sadism and just UGH. 😭😭😭😭 i just haven’t thought of them much

raliggymon(???). could be cute fs but i haven’t thought abt it much😓 if anyone was gonna be poly it would be these three tho they’re so trio goals

jiggy. again, haven’t thought abt it and it’s almost never appeared on my feed so ive never considered what dynamic they could even have. can’t rlly complain abt it being toxic cuz…jalph…so i have nothing to say! also rlly funny name, they’re doin a jig!! :3

rogice(???). this is roger/maurice. def a crackship more than anything, but i read it in one fic that was rlly good so im including it! very cutesy and has a nice dynamic :3

allllll other ships. sorry guys, never thought of youse!

riggy(???). roger/piggy. no. sorry the murder was too targeted. it’s just….its too weird for me. dk what dynamic they’d even have. u can ship it idc it’s just TOOOO much hate and murder

jageriggy(???). MURDER SANDWICH!!!! again it’s just TOO much hate for me </3

AGAIN, U CAN HATE OR LOVE THESE SHIPS!!! IDC!!!!! BE YOURSELF!!!!!!!! DONT LET MY OPINION SWAY YOU!!!!!!!!!!

[thrashkink-coven]

okay I don’t love ranting about Christians on this page because I try to keep this space free of religious shenanigans but I need to rant about this because it’s actually SO irritating. This is coming steaming hot right off the top of the dome so excuse my grammar and all caps.

Lately my instagram page (thrashkink_art check me out I’m awesome) has been getting a lot of attention from Christians for some reason, and I’ve been getting dmd by people wanting desperately to debate and/ or convert me. They all come at me with the assumption that I’m either an extreme atheist that’s just super mad at God or a complete dumbass that’s simply never read the first few pages of Genesis. I must either be angry or stupid. There’s no way I could have read the Bible and known the story of Jesus without subscribing to it. Anyone who isn’t Christian must not know the story! “Have you heard about JESUS? DID YOU 🫵 KNOW He died for your sins? 😃” Whatever

The thing that is so frustrating is that, EVERY SINGLE TIME I share some information with them about the Bible or religion that they didn’t know, they immediately BLOCK ME. EVERY TIME. And it’s like??? If you want to have a debate and go bar for bar then I’ll humor you. Hey, who knows! Maybe I’ll even learn something new and convert! I’m always open to new information! I love learning about religion! But apparently it doesn’t go both ways because the second I present information they can’t grapple with, they IMMEDIATELY BLOCK ME. AAAAAA

Some Christian dude: If you read the Bible you’d know that doing witchcraft will land you in Hell!

Me: well if we’re really going based off of the Bible, the entire concept of Hell doesn’t originate in the Isrealite religion. Actually, there’s no mention of a Hell in the OT at all, Hell is a Greek concept and so is Lucifer.

Christian: What? No?? That can’t be true it completely distorts my worldview

Me: You… don’t have to believe me just look into it yourself

*You can no longer message this person*

LIKE WTF.

Some Christian dude: Women are just naturally subordinate to men, if they weren’t then we would have worshipped a female Goddess alongside YHWH.

Me: Well… They did. The Israelites worshiped Asherah alongside YHWH before her worship was abolished

Christian: This is blasphemy *you can no longer message this person*

RRRRRRRRAAAAAAAA. I have countless examples like this! A dude called me evil because I told him Jesus was Jewish. I’ve been called a degenerate for explaining how YHWH originated in Canaan. Im so tired of ignorant Christians shitting my pants because they’re too lazy to do any research on tHEIR OWN RELIGION!! IF YOU NEED TO HAVE AN EXISTENTIAL CRISIS BECAUSE YOU JUSG LEARNED ABOUT THE HISTOY OF YOUR RELIGION THEN THATS ON YOU BITCH! DONT GET MAD AT ME BC YOUVE BEEN FED A LIE !!!!!! THATS NOT MY PROBLEM !!!!!!!!!!

There have been so many times when I’ve taken the time to go through all this bullshit with people because I really don’t want to be close minded. But holy shit it’s like they’re allergic to conflicting information. They immediately accuse me of trying to push blasphemy onto them. and when i’m like hey dude don’t take my word for it, please I encourage you to do your own research, they’re immediately so offended and appalled. How dare I tell them something about the Bible that they didn’t know.

Listen bro, I’m fully supportive of your Christianity, live your life, worship your God, I honestly do not care. But if you’re going to try to convert me at least be somewhat prepared for an actual discussion. Don’t block me because you can’t handle the reality of the situation mother fucker.

LIKE LISTEN IM USUALLY NOT SO PRESSED AB SHIT LIKE THIS BUT THE THING THAT DRIVES ME UP THE WALL IS THAT I USUALLY TRY TO IGNORE THESE PEOPLE BUT THEN THEYRE ALL LIKE “Aha! 😌 You don’t want to hear me out because you know I’m right! You’re afraid of the truth!” SO THEN IM LIKE

*SIGGGGGHHHHHHH*

OKAY! Let’s go! Let’s hear it! We can debate because you’re so desperate to change my mind! ILL WASTE THREE HOURS OF MY LIFE GOING THROGH THIS SHIT WITH YOU SO YOU CAN JUST CALL ME A BLASPHEMOUS WHORE AND BLOCK ME. I LOVE WASTING MY TIME I LOVE GOING IN CIRCLES I LOVE POINTLESS DISCUSSIONS I LIVE FOR THEM

DO NOT!!! DM ME IF YOURE A CHRISTIAN !!!!YOU WILL NOT COME OUT THE SAME AFTER HEARING THE THOUGHTS FROM MY EXPANSIVE SEXY SLUTTY BRAIN YOU WILL NEVER BE THE SAME!!!!

RRRRRAAAAAAAAA

ok. I’m better now. Merry Venus Day! Ave Lucifer! 🔱 💀

[lustlovehart]

i love your monster twst au sm!!! i binged read every thing you write, drawn, and rambled 😈😻 I LOVE ITTTTT TGE WAY HOW THEIR OBSESSION BLENDS IN WITH HORROR AND SUBTLE GORE IN YIUR WRITING IM LOOKING FORWARD FOR MORE WORKS AAAAAA

-v

Me holding up this ask:

AHHHH!! I’m so grateful for all the monster!twst appreciation!! It makes me feel so bad for not adding anything new to the au for like 2 months now (ᗒᗣᗕ)՞. But still, thank you for spending valuable time consuming my content <3

I’m happy the way I wrote was able to live up to your expectations! Even my silly blurbs and doodles!! I love writing all the beasts in their moments of cluster, but I love writing their more possessive monster nature even more >:D. It’s my favorite thing to when a character and Reader are having a sweet tender moment, showcasing the possibility of normal love between a monster and human, only to prove that false hope wrong when their beastly characteristics come out and ruin the mood <33. It’s both scary and heartbreaking like, nooo you could’ve been an awesome sauce bf but now you’re just a douchey bf >:/ (who’s also a murdery but details details.)

Even though I made a promise for more monster Twst content this month I have failed to live up to it 😔 (Curse you life!!) even requests from a way back haven’t been answered and I feel so bad! I promise they’re still there!! But even then, i’m happy you can look forward to any further content!!

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

SUGURU AS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER 🔥🔥 he’d be so patient and gentle with the shy ones omdsss … 😭😭💖 i can totally see him staying behind at work to accompany the kids who havent got picked up yet he has my heart i love him ☹️☹️🙏💖

THROWS THIS AT YOUUUUUUUUUUUUU

ALEXIS AKA @/KISSXCORE OUR BELOVED HAS WRITTEN TWO FICS ABT THIS AND I LOVE THEM BOTH <33333 he is such . a silly little loser. a whipped whipped man. I HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM ANON!!!!!!!! alexis’ fics in general are sooooo so good, pls do check them out!!!!!!!!!!!

but aaaaaa ….. yeah. he would be so so good with all the kids, especially the shy ones 🥺🥺🥺 he wants to bring them out of their shells a little but not too much, he thinks they’re perfect just the way they are!!! gojo would be a great kindergarten teacher too but i do think he’d be a little too pushy with the quiet ones LMAO….. not sugu though :33 he sits and reads with them very quietly during recess. never pushes them into speaking but gently encourages them to take up more space…. he’s just so gentle and soothing. i need him.

[fuwahua]

Boo

Tktober Day 5 - Boo!

Tags: Shenhe/Yunjin, Halloween, trick or treating, flirting <3

“Trick or treat!”

“Boo.”

“A—AAAAAA!”

“Ah? Wait, you forgot your… candy…”

Yunjin muffles a giggle as the gaggle of children run sprinting from their doorstep, leaving a Shenhe with her arm still outstretched, a wrapped candy hung from her fingertips, alone.

“I don’t understand,” Shenhe says. “I was told by shifu that this behavior would delight children. I do not understand why they are screaming and running away.”

Oh my. Where to begin with this one?

“Why not shut the door first?”

Shenhe doesn’t seem to notice, lingering with the bowl of candy in her arm.

Yunjin was surprised at first when Shenhe returned home from a family visit with Xianyun with an armful full of orange, black, and purple fabrics. “For Halloween,” she’d explained, and then dove into a parsed down lecture of what her mentor had told her: that it was a tradition originating from Natlan, that it was growing in popularity amongst children overseas, and that the traveler wanted to host a Halloween celebration in Liyue. The city of commerce had no issues with a potentially booming candy and clothing trade opportunity and welcomed the new holiday with open arms.

Yunjin was no exception. The festive mood swept up everyone in it, but none more than the children who had taken to the idea of “new clothes” and “free candy” by storm; she’d ended up with matching witch outfits for Shenhe and her both to wear while distributing their sweets.

If only… the kids would stay long enough to receive them.

“Oh darling,” Yunjin sighs, rising from their sofa to retrieve the bowl and close the door. Shenhe glances at her, face unmoving, but she knows her girlfriend well enough to know the hurt reflecting in those eyes. “They’re just kids. They don’t know any better yet.”

“I know that.”

Even so, it doesn’t soothe the pain of rejection. Yunjin coaxes Shenhe back to the couch, placing the bowl on the table before wrapping her arms around the other. “It’s still early. All of Liyue will be knocking on our door later tonight, right?”

“And if they run?”

“More chocolate for us.”

“Ganyu shijie says that’s called gluttony.”

Shenhe’s mouth twitches as Yunjin titters. Her eyes slant, pleased, and Yunjin brushes back white hair with a hum. “Now that’s a face. Why not smile at the kids instead of scaring them?”

As though embarrassed, Shenhe’s face smooths. “What smile?”

“The smile you just had.”

“I wasn’t smiling.”

Really? Yunjin raises a brow, stretching Shenhe’s cheeks and lips into a makeshift smile. “How about this one?”

“Shiz nawt ah zmeele.”

“I have no idea what you just said.” Yunjin shakes her head, feeling a grin surface on her face instead. She pinches Shenhe’s cheek. “Mmm… I might have an idea on how to get you smiling.”

“Weelly?”

Oh, her sweet, gorgeous girlfriend. “Let’s give it a try.”

It’s a testament to Shenhe’s trust in her that she doesn’t so much as flinch when Yunjin gathers her arms and pulls them to the side, freeing one hand to poke at Shenhe’s stomach. Shenhe doesn’t so much as gasp.

A flutter to the sides. Nothing.

A skirt up the ribs. Nada.

A pinch to the armpits. Nope.

“Wait—are you not ticklish?” No fair! Yunjin digs in with intent now, both hands wriggling, tickling the way she knew would drive her crazy, but there’s no laughter. If anything, the amusement beginning to dawn in Shenhe’s eyes is dangerous, and Yunjin realizes too late the situation she’d placed herself in, squarely on her girlfriend’s lap. “Um—I’m just—eek!”

The poke on her side shouldn’t be a total surprise but Yunjin squeaks, erring back only to flop onto the sofa as Shenhe sits upright to straddle her instead. Heat rushes to her face at the position though it’s a little hard to focus when another series of jabs follows the first. “S-Shehenhe!”

“Like this?”

“W-whahaha do you meahahn?”

“Tickling,” Shenhe says, easy. “Am I doing it right?”

She squirms, caught between shaking her head and having Shenhe stop, or honestly nodding because her naïve, beautiful girlfriend has dreadfully perfect nails for going at her sides. At least Shenhe is slow, careful, and airy giggles bubble out of her when Shenhe’s hands crawl up her ribs in a mimicry of her own movements. “Y-you’rehehe doing okahahay!”

Shenhe frowns. “Just okay?”

Really, what is she meant to say? Yunjin’s smile widens in flustered endearment, hands rising to cover her face, arms shaking when Shenhe pinches the top of her ribs.

“You’re greahahahaat! N-nohoho, Shenhehehe!”

“No?” Shenhe’s frown softens, teasing, and Yunjin swears her heart drums louder than any opera she’d sung before. “Are you sure?”

She yelps as Shenhe digs into her underarms, hands immediately clamping to her sides in a failed attempt to protect them. The sofa creaks as she shifts, mouth wide in hapless giggles and shrieks when Shenhe moves just right, and it’s through squinty eyes that she realizes Shenhe’s hair has pooled around their faces and all she can see is the gentle smile pulling at pale lips. Beautiful.

“Y-YOUHOHA—!”

“Me?”

Yunjin whines, a low sort of noise no one would associate with the elegant singer, fingers trembling as they fail to dislodge Shenhe’s still wandering hands. Novice they may be, she’s sensitive enough that the attack is beginning to tire her out and Yunjin shakes her head in desperation. “Shenehehe, pleaheahahase!”

The plea is instantaneous; Shenhe removes her hands with ease, opting to lift Yunjin upright against her in a smooth motion that makes her giggles bashful. She always admired Shenhe’s strength but having it so cleanly demonstrated to her by her is… always a charming experience.

Even more so accompanied by the graceful curve of those lips.

“Really,” Yunjin chuckles, poking at Shenhe’s cheek. She sags against her, humming, as Shenhe’s smile remains soft. Achingly, wonderfully beautiful. “What a face.”

Shenhe blinks, lips parting. “Is there something wrong with it?”

“No, it’s perfect.” You’re perfect.

The smile that comment earns her truly is. She tilts her face upwards and the ghost of Shenhe’s breath on her is warm—

“Trick or treat!”

“Tch.”

Yunjin bursts into laughter at the pure irritation that crosses Shenhe’s gaze, yearning at once falling into barely restrained rage. Really, how could people call her girlfriend emotionless when she was so obvious? The knocking continues, a mini barrage of fists pounding on their doors with every passing second. Shenhe’s lips tremble and Yunjin bites down the urge to kiss it away as she pats Shenhe’s arm, shifting to the side so she may rise.

“Go on,” she says, gesturing to their still thumping door. “Don’t forget the candy!”

Shenhe pouts. “Can we ignore them?”

The banging almost seems to get louder. Yunjin’s lips twitch. “All the kids of Liyue?”

“None of them are as important as you.”

Oh, that does get her heart fluttering. Yunjin’s gaze softens, adoring, yet she doesn’t relent as she squeezes Shenhe’s hand. Eager as she is to spend the night trading treats and kisses with the other, Shenhe would be happier to report to Xianyun her success at reigning in her urges and appealing to the kids instead. “What will you tell your master?”

“There’s always next year?”

She laughs as Shenhe’s pout melts, loving, and it’s with a final squeeze of her fingers that her beloved rises to answer the door. The chatter of eager children spills in from the doorway, a chorus of pleas for candy and comments on the pretty jiejie, and Yunjin grins into the sofa. True to her words, the knocks continue for the next hour or two as every child makes sure to stop by their house for some sugary sweets. It’s almost a shame that no one’s noticed the best treat of them all.

Shenhe turns to her, smiling, and Yunjin smiles back.