#tho he nice to have steak made not by mom

[miss-floral-thief]

Going to the cafe let’s

Hope they didn’t remove too many menu items

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So what’s gaming pastas favorite food, aesthetic fashion style be like?

Now before I answer I wanna get a few things clear:

I don't know much about fashion or aesthetics, I will use what I know to explain as well as what I believe fits the most-

I will not do every Gamingpasta, because otherwise I may lose my mind, I'll just use the “Big 8” for now.

I don't want these to overshadow what this blog is for, aka my self-indulgent need to show my creations due to my ships and AUs. But obviously this doesn't mean I dislike answering Gamingpastas related questions or ramble about my made up “lore” or headcanons. Just be aware that this blog is for many things, mainly self-indulgence. It's more I don't want you to get disappointed due to believing this blog is promising smth different.

Okay, enough of that, let's go ahead.

Ben: Honestly, given his years long imprisonment and abuse, the act of someone making food for him, especially sweets or something warm mean more to him than a favorite food in general. Tho if he had to pinpoint, prolly like doughnuts, pudding and chocolate. He also used to be weary of meat dishes when he still lived in the mansion due to EJ and Liu mainly looking after him, even though EJ of course never fed them human meat. His fashion style is honestly whatever he wants to wear, casual, emo, crazy 90s, even crossdressing. In fact he has a whole closet with clothes he wanted to get cause he simply liked them but never wears, he prefers stealing from Silver or alike lol. But if he had a specific style I guess Scene fits him quite well. The mix of punk or emo with many colours like the 90s, just noice.

Silver: I headcanon him to be a pescatarian , aka he doesn't eat meat, but still eats fish. He likes nearly everything that warms one up or is well cooked, as he enjoys cooking himself (Don't ask why I have that hc I just do). A food coming to his mind quickly is muffins or ramen. He also loves hot drinks, like coco, tea or coffee. He prolly prefers baggy, comfortable casual clothing, not really a whole aesthetic, tho I can see him pull of most alternative styles.

Steven: He likes to share, as he's what most would call a bro or buddy type. Some also like calling him the mom friend despite not seeming like it at first. So he is basic and likes pizza, nearly all variants. I guess his style is similar to Silver, though he doesn't mind if the casual clothes aren't as baggy, big, comfortable. He also likes them being a tad more sporty, in order to walk and move around better.

Glitchy: Glitchy is full vegetarian. There isn't really much to add here, he does like curry. Especially those formed to look like Pikachu. His style is pretty similar to Steven, tho he can prolly pull of like academia vibe if he were to feel like it, but prefers more casual or sporty clothing, once again to move around better.

Sonic.Exe: I'll be easy and basic. He likes hot dogs, especially chili dogs and very sporty clothing.

Tails Doll: Doll never bothered much with interests, due to insecurities as he is a doll and was abandoned. But he is often seen drinking like tea and coffee. Perhaps someday he'll allow himself to fully try out life and try things to find a favourite food. As for clothing, I think whatever fits best at the moment, tho he is very interested in steampunk. Lots of gears, perfect for mechanics, suits and like to still look fancy, nice fall colours, it seems made for him.

Dark: Don't tell anyone, but Dark secretly really likes candy, especially the Japanese star candy. He used to often bring it to Ben and would eat some by pretending to only do it, so Ben won't eat all as that's unhealthy for a growing boy. He also likes most meat dishes. Fashion style is definitely goth. Black always, lol. Except for the rainbow friendship bracelets Ben gave him.

Brine: Also pretty basic, he likes meat dishes, mainly steak and very casual clothing. Never really cared to find out his style of choice.

Oof, I hope you're satisfied, anon. Plz let me know via some love ^^

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okay. im bored. here’s ! my thoughts on people! from genshin!! as in! how i remebr them! (ppl im not familiar w wont be here) (theres so much writing fuck

kaeya - he had major character development . called me a Rookie a lot and was pretty bad at his job (imo) and he made me upset a few times but i think once we were both on our way to scout stuff maybe at liyue and he was like ‘u dont like me very much do you...’ and i said YEAH and then he sincerely apologized and as time went on he went from friend to. basically my big brother!. i love him a lot n i feel safe around him. n i sleep on him a lot too because this guys got beefy arms 

jean - jean was like 2-3 years older than me but shes like the mom i never had bro. she was easy on me when i got upset she was just such a kindred soul. but she works!! too!! much!! it takes a lot of convincing to get her to turn in for the night. and i usually bring her coffee and stuff when she needs it....

albedo - see now albedo is like a chief alchemist and like he’s very smart and says a lot of things i dont understand but he cannot take care of himself for the life of him. He Gets Angry at things and then i go ‘did you sleep/eat’ and he goes “Oh, very sweet to me though... hanging out w him and klee is the best actually

diluc - i dont remember much of him other than when it was strictly business but i remember once i was having a difficult night and he came and sat with me and talked to me for a bit. n he empathizes with me a lot (his own words) and he gave me free grape juice one time. but often times hes Very scary

noelle - noelle is literally. ok i cant shes so SWEET and she knows like most of my secrets LMAO and she’s so resilient as well and so determined and brave and i. i love noelle a lot and i try not to ask too much of her because shes still young . if its late and im awake i’ll usually finish some stuff for her

klee - i start crying klee was so sweet to me. i think the first few days klee was in the knights custody she was pretty adamant with me but then one night she crawled onto my bed and we sang some songs and i told her a story about my grandfather. and then we’ve been besties ever since .. shes so adorable

sucrose - i barely met sucrose but again Just like albedo she has such a bad habit of not taking care of herself. i had to carry her down dragonspine once because of how badly she was shaking from not eating. she was very sweet tho and i gave her some tips on handling anxiety i consider her a friend :3

eula - eula was so cold at first and it made me kinda sad but she warmed up to me and i warmed up to her and she’s one of the sweetest peolpe ive ever met shes so nice and caring and hogghgh it wasonly like at dinnertime n i was Laughing and she started laughing too i was like oh shit im in love. 10/10

lisa - miss lisa was very nice to me even tho she made me run allll her errands LOL she was very touchy and liked to give me hugs /pos ... i think one time i blurted something along hte lines of ‘okay but shes pretty so shes excused’ in referring to Lisa and ive never recovered

barbara - BARBIE I loved barbara she was the bestie ever . once she invited me on stage and we sung something together. we both tag team jean when shes not resting. n i usually helped her w some of her duties... i also like stopped a lot of Crowds around her . she made me food :]

bennett - bennett was so so nice and he would help me if i got any injuries.. but also he worried me  a FUCK ton one day he’d just go ‘im on an adventure!” AND JUST NOT COME BACK FOR DAYS. He’d scare the hell outta me but he was so cool actually

razor - i do not know too much about razor actually. all i know is thta no matterhow badly i make my outrider steak he’ll still eat it <3

xiangling - Ok she poisoned me (not really i just did notknow i was allergic to jueyen chillies and she fed me some) but xiangling was so nice and adorable . she was such a good cook and everytime i came to liyue she’d drop what she was doing and give me a huuuge hug i miss her

xinyan - xinyan is BAasically my best friend . We were both filthy lesbians . she gave me a lot of side hugs and she wld hold my hand and run thru liyue with me so full of energy. seh was so COOL too we sung together sometimes and she has such a lovely voice

hu tao - Very cute but also very unpredictable. i could not tell if she was going to give me a hug or if she was going to tickle me. scared me a lot... but but when it came down to it she was relaly cool 

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Interview

BB: welcome back everyone! So good to see you all here today! We're back for a 3rd time here on BB Channel! Like before we're joined by the lil cuties of Ed and Mari. But this time their parents have come to join!

Rex: hello...

Quetz: Hola!

BB: that wasn't a very strong greeting Rex!

Rex: I'm tired right now. Can't this wait?

BB: time waits for no one and neither does BB!

Mari: already this is super annoying! *sigh* so why'd you decide to bring them into this anyways?

BB: the people who follow this blog need to see how they're doing so long after Chaldea too! You two have had the spotlight for a while, so now you should share.

Ed: I mean... guess that's fair.

Mari: should anyone be dealing with this?

Rex: I'd rather not be here either.

BB: aaaww, don't be like that! This will be fun!

Quetz: that's a very hard sell BB.

BB: just humor me at least.

Rex: ...fine

Quetz: what are we even doing anyways?

BB: some of your interdimensional buds have sent in questions about how you guys are doing, and I'm here to get those answers for them!

Quetz: that actually sounds nice...

BB: what'd I tell ya!?

Rex: yeah yeah, pls get started.

BB: fine. First few are from my precious bombardier beetle! First one she asks: do you have any pets?

Mari: oof! Do we!

Rex: currently we have four dogs: 1 German Shepherd named King, a Pitbull named Sparks, a Dogo Argentino named Duke, and a Corgi named Marshmallow.

Quetz: but also we have a habit of adopting older dogs who aren't likely to get a home because of their age or rescues to give them a nice place to stay.

BB: aaawww, well ain't that wholesome?

Mari: we also have mom's bigass pterosaur!

BB: less wholesome. Next one from my dear yellowjacket: favorite foods?

Rex: PIZZA!

Mari: CAKE!

BB: whoa! Pump the brakes you two! No need to get too excited!

Quetz: ...honestly? I don't really have a favorite food. Just a bunch I like to eat and some I don't. If I had to choose, I'd say chocolate.

Ed: I'm a steak man myself.

BB: 2 sweets, and 2 savories. Next up! Who wakes up earliest?

Rex: Quetz

Ed and Mari: Mom

Quetz: ...I guess it's me... hehehe.

BB: honestly I'm not surprised. She's so damn athletic and even used to be a professional.

BB: next! Where do you all like to go for vacations and such?

Ed: mom and dad have a vacation home in Alaska.

BB: Alaska?! Why?

Mari: when warm weather is the norm for you it's nice to go to the cold to change things up.

Rex: yeah, it's actually very nice. Not too many people and beautiful nature sights.

BB: well to each their own. Another from my dear antlion: how long does it take to pick a movie or TV show to watch?

Quetz: hehehe, we're all so indecisive it takes ages to pick. It's not uncommon for us to give up after taking so long.

BB: you should work on that. This next one's interesting. My precious army ant also suggests a round of common household jobs and the like from each member.

Rex: hmmm

BB: she gave an example of like, who does the cooking?

Quetz: well it's both me and mi amor in that case. The kids aren't very creative.

Ed: hey! We're plenty creative!

Mari: no we're not, don't lie.

Rex: we only really ask that the kids clean their rooms and any messes they make. We handle most everything else.

BB: they should really show some independence tho. Can't coddle them forever.

BB: in the next one, Cadence asks about a house tour and if there's a jacuzzi.

Quetz: a house tour feels like it should be it's own thing.

Rex: yeah, but we do have a jacuzzi dude, so don't worry.

BB: next one's from Reen: she asks what would life be if you weren't in chaldea,

Rex: y'mean like now? I mean... it's a relatively normalish domestic life? With less work tho.

Quetz: si, I've made plenty from my lucha career before retirement we don't have to worry about money much. But mi amof still makes money just in case.

BB: well after that she asks: how was your life before and after meeting each other?

Rex: ...kinda sad. Aside from chaldea and saving the world, I was kinda just... stagnant. Go to work, go home and so on. Not much to my life before then.

Quetz: ...honestly, for me it was the same. After the age of Gods ended we didn't do much of anything. We mostly watched over humanity, I've been summoned in modern day before but that was rare and infrequent.

Rex: ...after I met Quetz tho... I dunno things felt... better? She kinda forced her way into my life after I summoned her and... I was more then ok to accept her... before long we had something beautiful...

Quetz: aww, mi amor! I'm so happy to hear that!

BB: ain't that sweet? Like me and my dear centipede. Final one from Reen: if you could build a dream home then where? (Can be in fantasy)

Rex: I mean... where we are now is good.

Mari: yeah, right at the border of a huge rainforest in the Yucatan sounds fine.

Ed: but what about the fantasy bit?

Quetz: hmmm... we don't really look at fantasy much. But maybe a castle of some kind?

Rex: or a Mayan temple? But with electricity and Wi-Fi.

BB: that's fair. Need those memes in your life. Now some from Kaz! First she asks: what kind of gifts do you give each other?

Rex: uuhh, well I like getting mi corazon custom things. Like some personal clothes, or even a portrait of the two of us.

Quetz: ehehehe, I like to spoil mi amor with extravagant things! Golden treasure and the like!

Mari: concerning...

BB: next, how would you spend the day if it's raining outside?

Rex: I actually enjoy rainy weather, so I like to chill near a window or even on the porch listening to the rain.

Mari: it's very soothing.

BB: how quaint. Last one from Kaz: whose good at cooking and baking?

Quetz: hehehe, that'd be me. Tho it might be considered cheating since I use my goddess power to help.

Mari: well no one else is the greatest normally so it's fine.

BB: a good 'ol better then nothing kinda attitude! Now we're back to Cadence but with more relaxed questions: what's the current house look like?

Rex: ....big.

Mari: like three stories tall with a DEEP basement.

Ed: like... 5 rooms too many.

Quetz: we also have an indoor pool.

Rex: the outside looks almost gothic, but partially taken over by nature.

BB: all this near a rainforest?

Quetz: si! Despite the size, all the nearby trees still tower over it.

BB: nature can get scary. I've seen worse and have been worse but still. Another one: how do family events function? Any specific holidays?

Quetz: ...most family events are just us... going somewhere nice to eat nice food...

Rex: do they mean bringing extended family? My family lives too far to visit often

Quetz: ...and I'd rather not speak of mine... things have gotten rocky as of late.

Mari: right, well for holidays we celebrate most standard one, like Easter and valentine's and such. For October we kinda try to combine Halloween and Day of the dead.

Ed: but Christmas is the most important for us! Mom and Dad always make the biggest celebrations for Christmas!

BB: gotta love the holidays! Especially when your mom is santa... still weird to say that. Next one! Any plans for the future?

Rex: eh... not really? I mean I want to prepare Maria to continue the family magecraft, since Ed has no interest.

Mari: someone has to continue on this lost practice.

BB: good to know it won't be lost to time like we thought. Next one! Daily life?

Rex: I wake up, eat, work on magecraft, spend family time, spend time with Quetz, go to bed.

Quetz: I wake up, workout, eat, workout, spend time with mi familia, lovely time with mi amor and then I sleep.

Ed: I wake up, take a walk, eat, practice soccer, spend family time, sleep.

Mari: sleep, sleep again, dragged to breakfast by mom, eat, eat again, mess with magecraft, eat, sit with everyone else, scroll thru my phone for hours, sleep.

Quetz: *sigh* mija, you need to change your priorities.

Mari: mmmmm... No.

BB: bad habits there Mari. Next they'd like to know if your in contact with anyone from chaldea? Other then me!

Rex: here's a real quick list: Marie, Mash, Kiara, Penth, Astraea, Martha, Ishtar, Gorgon, Jalter, The twins, your kids BB, etc etc.

Quetz: too many to list...

BB: nice you haven't lost contact! Next! About that Wedding?

Rex: well... it was eventful to say the least. Not long after completing the china LB. Most of the servants were invited, and most of Quetz's family showed up.

Quetz: si, Martha officiated it for us. Most of my family were so nice at the time... too bad that hasn't lasted.

Rex: let's not mention that...

BB: it was such a nice wedding! You two were so "nervous" you had trouble with your vows! How adorable!

Mari: why the quotes?

BB: no reason... now we're at the home stretch! Good 'ol Ash has some for stuff that technically hasn't happened yet, but you should still be able to answer! What responsibilities will Rex take on when he joins the pantheon?

Quetz: ...well he'll be largely a guardian of life on earth. Authority over things like the jungle itself, volcanos, and even snow... for some reason.

Rex: well it still snows in mexico... occasionally.

Quetz: and we'll be sharing authority over Venus! I wanted to share it with mi amor!

BB: cute! Hmmm, not sure if you cananswer this one just yet? Adjusting to God hood?

Rex: well I got to try it out a bit. Summoning lava and snow is... interesting. But also... my mind felt... odd... but also clearer? Not sure how to put it...

BB: I'm sure when you get there you'll get it... took me a bit after servant fest. And how did the other divinities react?

BB: actually I have some recordings of that to answer, so play the clip!

A screen appears showing recordings of some servants, one at a time.

Ishtar: eh! She's turning you into a god!? ...I guess you've earned it master...

Eresh: what!? Can you do that?! ...guess I won't see you in Kur... then again I don't think you have any link to Kur anyways.

Kama: do you really think your cut out for it? I mean... if it's just for you two to be together then I guess it's fine.

Astraea: godhood is a very big responsibility master. Are you certain you're up to it? Saving humanity is also a big task but at least that has an end point. This is... eternal.

Qin: oh! So you have decided to go for immortality after all?! Tho not the same as my methods, it is still good to see you two will be happy together!

Scathach: immortality? I've strived for death for so long... to see you go for immortality... Hopefully you'll find happiness, where I couldn't...

The screen turns off.

BB: very interesting! Most seem hesitant of it all... I for one think it's cute! Imagine in a thousand years you guys have a double date with me and my dear stag beetle!

Rex: ...a thousand years...

Quetz: still having trouble processing it all?

Rex: yeah... maybe when I get there... it'll be easier.

BB: now for today's final one! A scenario! One of you two goes berserk! What does the other do to calm them down?

Rex: well that has happened before... usually a nice hug is more then good enough.

Quetz: si! I've almost destroyed a few servants a few times until mi amor caught me in a hug! I can't bring myself to harm him... so I stop!

BB: sounds too easy... but I've seen that before so... I'll let it slide.

BB: well that's all the time we have for now! Hopefully you all are satisfied by the answers! We'll be doing this again, seeya!

Screen cuts out, the show's over.

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✰ 099 | no takesies backsies

la vie en rose ━ in which lee aera, a girl who has been crushing on choi soobin for a long, long time, is starting her junior year and her friends decide that its time for her to make her move.

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A/N: whoop! one more update + the epilogue and we’re donezo!!

“I can’t believe it’s really red—,” He flipped and shuffled his hands through her hair as he said this.

“So bright, so pretty,” Soobin muttered to himself, going as far as to bend down and push his nose into her scalp, taking a long, dramatic sniff. “Oh, it doesn’t smell like strawberries.”

Aera laughed at this, shoving her not-boyfriend away from her softly. “Of course not. That’s like me saying your hair should smell like chocolates.”

Soobin had recently dyed his hair back to brown--well, dark brown, and as much as it made Aera sad to see the purple gone from his hair, it was well past due. His roots had grown out terribly, meaning that he was either going to have to redo his roots or retreat back to his natural brown. Also, the purple was less purple and more of a faded ash gray, from all the washing Soobin did to his hair.

For a while, he was set on just letting his hair grow out, then cutting it at the brown once the ash gray was to the tips of his hair but Aera told him he would look crazy. They debated about it for a few days, but one day Aera showed up at his house with a kit with brown hair dye and a few hours later his chocolate brown locks were back. 

“Well, if you used strawberry shampoo it would smell like strawberries.”

“I will when you use chocolate shampoo.”

Soobin pouted. “I bet Ariel’s hair smells like strawberries.”

“Go sniff her head then,” the red-head quipped. “And I actually highly doubt that is true. She lives in the ocean, you know. The place where fish pee--that ocean.”

“Is there another ocean that I should be thinking of?”

“Yeah,” There was a teasing lilt in Aera’s voice. “The one I’m going to toss you in if you keep sassing me.”

The two were currently sitting in Soobin’s living room on Saturday morning, Soobin having asked Aera on Friday night if she wanted to spend the next day with him. Of course, without hesitation, Aera agreed, telling him that she would be there by ten, and now they were there.

Soobin had suggested watching YouTube in his living room until his mom got home from the gym, and Aera found no issue with the idea. During the past hour and a half, they had watched way too many Girls’ Generation music videos, and even attempted to learn the choreography to Catch Me If You Can. After forty minutes of them attempting to get past the first verse, they called it quits. Soobin claimed that he was too talented in girl group choreography to continue and further embarrass Aera with her lackluster movements.

But if you asked Aera, Soobin just didn’t want to have a dance battle, because he knew he was going to lose.

At noon, Ruha walked through the front door, her arms loaded with three market bags, filled to the brim with groceries.

“Soobin-ah,” Ruha yelled, a little too loud since she hadn’t realized he was right there in the living room. “Come help me with my bags!”

Both Soobin and Aera rushed to help Ruha, the older woman being slightly startled by Aera being there but she quickly perked up and said, “Oh good, Ae Ae is here. More hands to help!”

Everything felt so natural with Soobin and his family. Aera had spent a lot of time at his house since the picnic, and his parents seemed to love her. Soobin’s dad was obsessed when he saw how small Aera was, often leaning his elbow on her head whenever he stood beside her as a way to ridicule and tease her about her height. Then when she turned up with red hair, he almost had a better reaction than Soobin, dubbing her Strawberry Shortcake and hasn’t stopped calling her that since.

Aera had also gotten Soobin’s parents’ phone numbers, Ruha often texting Aera at random times throughout the day whenever Soobin talked about her.

ruha-ssi

he said you brought him lunch to school today. says that he loves how much you care about him

i’m sure he cares about me way more than i do him

ruha-ssi 

does he show it well?

that he cares for you.

wouldnt ask for him to treat me any better than he already

does ruha-ssi.

Or the time Ruha told her that Soobin was sleep talking and had muttered her name.

ruha-ssi

he’s napping.

[picture attached]

ruha-ssi

he just grumbled your name and had the biggest smile

aw that’s so cute

ruha-ssi

i know :)))

Soobin was aware that Aera had his mother’s number, but he didn’t know that his mother was revealing just how lovestruck he was. Aera didn’t plan on mentioning it to him either, thinking that Ruha is godsent for giving her so much dirt and content to tease Soobin with whenever he decided to get too sassy with her.

Plus, Soobin has had Dongmin’s phone number much longer than Aera has had Ruha’s, and she is one-thousand percent positive that her mother lived to embarrass her, so Soobin for sure had some dirt on her.

 It’s a win-win situation, all is fair in love and war.

“So, Soobin-ah,” Ruha spoke as she walked into the kitchen. “What time do you want to head out?”

Aera was busy placing things where they belonged from the market bags (yes, she knows where their groceries belonged—she’s been over there that much), but she raised an eyebrow at Ruha’s question.

“Head out where?” she asked.

“Soobin wanted to take you to an early dinner today,” Ruha paused, with a nervous expression on her face. “I-I don’t know if it was supposed to be a surprise or not-”

“No, mom, it’s fine,” Soobin waved it off. “It wasn’t really a surprise, I was gonna mention it to you later, Pouts.”

Aera walked out of the pantry, an excited glint in her eyes. “Will there be steak at this dinner?”

“Do you want there to be steak?”

“Yes.”

“Then there will be steak.”

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The restaurant Soobin had chosen was very dark, Aera noted. The only light that was supplied was from a single candle lit in the center of the table, which left everything as shadows and tinted orange.

It seemed super expensive, and once Aera picked up the menu, her suspicions were confirmed.

“Soobi,” her voice seemed hesitant. “How are you affording any of this?”

She should’ve realized that the meal was going to be an expensive one when Ruha had offered Aera one of her old dresses, seeing as Aera had came over to their house in a pair of ripped jeans and a tattered t-shirt. The dress Ruha lent her was a dark blue, high-necked dress, where the waist tapered in and then flowed out to mid-thigh. Luckily, Aera had worn black flats that day, those being the shoes closest to her front door when she left for Soobin’s house.

Soobin was dressed in a simple button up and black slacks. His sleeves were rolled up to his elbows, and the top button of his shirt was undone—if Aera hadn’t known better, she would’ve thought Soobin was a young adult that worked a nine-to-five office job and not a sixteen year old boy taking his not-girlfriend out for an early dinner.

Everything was fancy, and the two of them were tucked into a corner booth where once they sat down the hostess had wished ‘Mister and Missus Choi’ a nice evening. 

“Months of allowance that I’ve saved up,” Soobin lifted his gaze from the menu and once he saw how worried Aera was, he rushed to reassure her. “Plus, I work a summer job! Don’t worry, Pouts, I promise it’s not too much.”

“You don’t have to spend your allowance on me, Soobi,” she spoke softly. “You should spend it on something you really want-something to make you happy.”

“Seeing you happy makes me happy.”

Aera blushed. “Don’t try to flatter me into running your pockets dry.”

“Ae Ae, seriously,” Soobin put down his menu and reached his hands across the table to touch her hands, which laid on the table. He tugged her index fingers once, attempting to soothe her and get her to not worry. “It’s fine. If it makes you feel better we can just split something, so that way I won’t have to spend much.”

The crease in her eyebrows gradually faded and she nodded in agreement. “Are you okay with splitting a steak?”

“Yeah, yeah,” he nodded. “Just order whatever, I’ll eat anything.”

Aera looked over the menu, her eyes skipping over the more expensive items but honestly the cheapest things were the hor d'oeuvres and even those weren’t cheaper than 74,000 won. 

“How about I choose one, you choose one, then we pick something together?” she suggested. “That way we can both enjoy something.”

By the time the waiter came to the table, they had decided on their personal picks and their combined choice, and once the food came to the table, Aera knew it was more than enough. The steak she had chosen ended up being as big as her face and had the both of them gasping in surprise once it was set on the table. Soobin decided on a rose pasta, in a dish large enough that it could feed a family of five. And their combined choice was a large platter of American-style french fries, but the way the menu phrased it made it seem like they were ordering a fancy potato.

Soobin offered to have the kitchen take it back, but Aera refused to give back french fries--she’d be crazy to ever turn down french fries (plus it came with a gravy boat filled with a white sauce that Aera could literally guzzle down in one go, so she was more than happy to keep it).

The moment the waiter told them to enjoy, Aera was shoving her fork into the steak, which was thankfully pre-cut, and the second she bit into it, juice ran down her chin and she had to squeeze every muscle in her throat to not let out a moan.

Soobin noticed her expression, the way her eyes fell close and she paused mid-bite. “Is it good, Pouts?”

“Tho goof,” she attempted to speak around her bite but she just gave up and nodded enthusiastically. 

“It’s so juicy,” she said once she swallowed. 

When they were ordering, she wanted to get the steak cooked well-done, but Soobin had told her to get it medium preaching something about it being more tender and juicer as if he knew everything and anything about steak. Aera argued and said she didn’t want to cut into her steak and hear it mooing back at her, and Soobin chuckled but promised if it was too raw for her when it came out, they could just send it back and she obliged.

She most definitely was not sending back this beautiful piece of heaven, and shoved another piece into her mouth. The scene from Ratatouille when the rat fused together strawberry and cheese and had color swirling around his head played inside Aera’s head the second she took another bite of the steak. Her eyes were closed, her head lolled from side to side as she swayed euphorically to the warmth of the steak and the flavor on her tongue.

Once she noticed what she was doing, she sat up stark straight and opened her eyes, watching as Soobin recorded her and laughed silently at her actions.

“You seemed to be enjoying yourself alot there,” Soobin ended the recording and set his phone on the table.

“Delete that.”

“I won’t. Here,” Soobin held out his fork where some of his pasta was twirled on the end. “Try it.”

Aera opened her mouth, letting him guide the fork inside and once she closed her mouth around the fork, the Ratatouille scene played again. She pulled away from the fork, her hand shooting over her mouth as she chewed and her eyes shot wide.

“Good?” Soobin asked, stabbing his fork in a piece of steak and eating it, much less dramatically than Aera had. 

“Is amayshin,” Aera muttered. “Why ish ev-wee-shing hwere sho amayshin?”

Soobin swallowed and laughed. “It better be with these ridiculous prices.”

“Oh, yeah,” she nodded and swallowed her bite. “It’s so worth it.”

“I’m glad you like it.”

“I’m glad I like you,” Aera giggled, shoving some fries into her mouth. “You buy me expensive steak.”

“Only because of the steak?”

She nonchalantly shrugged. “Pretty much.”

Soobin faked a scoff, halfway knowing she was joking, but once he watched her pick up another piece of steak, and then kiss it before she ate it, he wasn’t so sure if she was joking anymore.

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Thirty-five minutes and an entire steak later, Aera and Soobin were slouched over, bellies full, with their plates cleared.

“I am going to sleep so well tonight,” Aera grumbled as she rubbed her stomach. “This was so amazing.”

The waiter came to give the receipt and return Soobin’s card, wishing ‘Mister and Missus Choi’ a good night, and left them to their vices. Aera chuckled at being called Missus Choi, because did she look old enough to be married?

Did married people dye their hair red? She didn’t know but did she look married? Did her and Soobin resemble a married couple? Oh god, that just fueled her fantasy of marrying Soobin and she knew that she would never let this go.

“Alright,” Soobin groaned, shoving the receipt and card into his pocket as he stood and rounded the table, reaching his hand out to help Aera up from her chair. “You okay?”

Aera blew out a breath. “I’m stuffed.”

They both stood in place, Aera swaying a bit from standing up too quickly and Soobin attempted to stabilize her by setting a hand on her waist. “Careful.”

“I’m fine,” she tapped his hand on her waist. “I’m okay, just stood up a little too fast. Let’s go.”

They walked out of the restaurant hand-in-hand, Soobin somewhat leading Aera as she momentarily closed her eyes as a way to wheeze out air around her full belly. This was the best meal she has had in entire life, one that she never imagined having unless she was filthy rich and drank gold for breakfast, lunch, and dinner but here Soobin was taking her on a date just because he wanted to see her happy.

When they made it outside, Aera tugged his hand, causing him to stop and turn to her. She eased her arms around his waist, resting her head on his shoulder as she softly hugged him. He returned the gesture immediately, cuddling his head on top of hers and they just existed in the moment, in each other’s arms.

“Thank you for this, Soobin,” Aera squeezed him tightly, nuzzling her head further into his shoulder. “You made me really happy by doing this—you make me happy always.”

“I’m happy to make you happy,” Soobin chuckled, pulling away from the hug. “But the night isn’t over, we have one more stop!”

“Is  it far?”

Soobin nodded. “My mom is going to take us there. She’s on her way here now.”

“Where is it?”

“The beach.”

“The beach?”

Soobin nodded again. “The beach.”

“The beach,” Aera said flatly. “I like the beach.”

“That’s why we’re going.”

“Hm,” Aera sighed happily. “The beach.”

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Upon their arrival, Aera realized that when Soobin said the beach, he actually meant the boat dock by the beach. Well more like the yacht dock by the beach, because as they made their way to the end of the dock, they passed massive yachts, the type that only rich people could afford. Ones with balconies and two-stories that have some corny name etched onto the side that were either named after an important woman in their life or something like Old Betsy.

“What are we doing on a dock,” Aera giggled, swinging her and Soobin’s hands where they were connected. “I’m almost positive we aren’t supposed to be here.”

Soobin laughed as they came to stop in front of one of the smaller yachts, which wasn’t exactly small (but in comparison to the other yachts it was more compact), where a man was waiting for them.

“Choi Soobin?”

“Yes sir,” Soobin nodded, then gestured behind him. “And this is my mother, Ruha.”

The man extended his hand to Ruha, giving it a firm shake. “Yes, we spoke on the phone. Everything is set, if you guys want to climb on in, we’ll head out in about ten minutes.”

“Thank you,” Ruha said as the man helped her onto the yacht by her hand. 

The man then lent his hand to Aera, but instead of grabbing it, she took a step back, a conflicted look on her face.

“Wait,” Soobin placed his free hand on Aera’s wasit, causing her to look up at him. “You aren’t afraid of water, right? Boats or anything? Because I was just trying to surprise you, that’s why I didn’t as-”

“No, no,” Aera shook her head. “That’s not it, but Soobin how much was this?”

Soobin raised an eyebrow at the question, confused as to why she was asking this. “What?”

“It’s just—” she sighed. “You’re spending a lot of money today, and I don’t want you to think you have to blow a bunch of money just to make me happy. You could’ve just given me a bottle of water and I’d be happy that it came from you, so I don’t get why you are taking me to all these expensive places and things.”

“I just want to spoil you,” he softly replied. “Even if it’s just for a day. I want you to have some of the best experiences with me, so I don’t mind spending a lot of money on you.”

“But, Soob-”

“And plus,” Soobin smiled wide. “My friends chipped in to help, they wanted to make us both happy so they offered to help. You don’t have to pay them back, I don’t have to pay them back, they were just doing it out of the goodness of their hearts. Me as well.”

Aera stood there frozen.

“I just want you to be happy.”

“But I’m already happy with you.”

Soobin leaned down to rest his forehead on Aera’s. “Yes, but you’d be even more happy on the boat, so let’s go!”

Aera laughed as she reached out for the man’s hand, him having stood there and watched that whole sappy ordeal, and he pulled her into the boat. Soobin followed and guided Aera to the very front of the yacht, where Ruha sat with a blanket over her legs.

“Choi Soobin, this will be the last time you spend a shit ton of money on me, do you understand?” Aera scolded, her finger pointed at Soobin but a smile was on her face.

“Yes, ma’am, never again,” Soobin spoke jokingly, totally not meaning a word of what he just said. 

“You’re not going to listen to me are you?”

“Nope.”

The yacht got moving a few moments later, things feeling a bit shaky for a few minutes, but Aera acclimated to it quite fast. She and Soobin had taken to roleplaying the scene from Titanic that nearly everyone does when they are at the frontmost point on a boat.

Soobin held her waist as Aera held her arms out to her side, feeling the wind whip on her face and the smell of salt infiltrate her nose.

“The ocean is kind of stinky,” her nose scrunched up as she said this. “Smells like raw fish and high cholesterol.”

Soobin cackled, tightly wrapping his arms around Aera’s waist as he pulled her into his chest, her back to her front. “You ruined such a good moment.”

She giggled, placing her hands over his arms and squeezed. “I was just telling the truth.”

“Kids!” Ruha called out. “Come sit down for a few minutes, you’re making me nervous by the ledge.”

They obliged, walking to sit across from Ruha and they talked amongst themselves for a few minutes, playing a few rounds of rock paper scissors to pass the time.

“So are we just going to cruise around the ocean for a few hours or what?” Aera asked, peering over the side of the boat to look down into the water. “Because no offense to the ocean or anything, but this is a bit boring.”

Soobin pulled out his phone, checking the time before he answered, “Actually, no. Just seven minutes until what we came here for happens.”

Aera looked intrigued now, “Oh, is it fireworks? Are we looking at fireworks?”

“I don’t think lighting explosives on a yacht would be smart.”

“A yacht,” Aera chuckled. “Never thought I’d see one of these in my entire lifetime.”

“Well, there’s a first time for everything.”

“I’m glad my first time was with you,” she softly spoke, her voice almost a whisper.

“Me too,” Soobin smiled. “We’ll have many firsts together, hopefully.”

“Hopefully.”

At the moment, they were sitting side-by-side with their waist turned to face one another, but Soobin pointed behind Aera as he muttered, “Look.”

Aera turned her body around, to face the ocean, a gasp leaving her mouth as she absorbed the breathtaking scene in front of her. She watched as the sun burned a hypnotizing orange and pink hue, reflecting on the ocean’s surface. Slowly, the orb lowered to meet the horizon line, kissing it softly as the glares glittered across the rippling water.

She had seen nothing like this, ever. Mother nature and the Earth’s natural occurrences never appealed to Aera, they were never something she found interesting or attention-catching, but this—this was so worth it.

Her awestruck trance was broken when Soobin rested his chin on her shoulder, whispering, “It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”

“It’s-I-” Aera searched for the right words but there were none that could accurately describe exactly what she was witnessing. It made her speechless, her jaw going slack as she once again watched the sun move lower and lower.

They sat in silence, taking in the scenic view before them. Ruha sat opposite of them, snapping pictures of the sunset as she oh’ed and aw’ed at the scene.

“Pouts,” Soobin muttered into her ear, keeping his voice low so as to not ruin the moment. “I, uh-”

“Hm, Soobi?”

“Please, be my girlfriend.”

All of Aera’s breath left her body, all of her blood seemed to run cold. Was she hallucinating? Was she hearing things?

“Huh-” Oh god, she sounded so stupid. Who responds to the boy of their dreams asking them to be their girlfriend with ‘huh’.

“I-” Soobin sat up straighter, Aera being able to feel so behind her. “I really like you-no, love you, and I want to be with you. Officially. For a very long time.”

Aera eased her way around, turning to face Soobin who looked like he was going to pass out any second if she didn’t give him an answer within the next millisecond. So she carefully raised her hands to his cheeks, cupping his face softly.

“I’d love to be your girlfriend, Choi Soobin,” she breathed. “I’d kind of be an asshole if I said no after all of this, am I right?”

Soobin held onto her wrists. “I hope that isn’t the sole reason you are saying yes.”

“Lucky for you, it is not. It’s probably one of the lower list reasons.”

“There’s a list?”

She giggled. “There has always been a list.”

The sound of her giggle seemed to have him smitten, his eyes zoning in on her lips which caused her heart to skip a beat. She wasn’t dumb, she knew what he was thinking of, what his eyes were asking for, and for some reason, she had no qualms about complying.

Her first kiss was always something Aera fretted about, thinking about how awful it was going to be, how she was going to mess everything up. But for some reason, right here, right now, with Soobin, she knew for a fact it was going to be amazing. This is maybe the first and only decision Aera didn’t hesitate to make, and so she leaned in.

The touch of their lips was soft. Simple. A measly, quick peck.

When they pulled back, both of their cheeks were colored rose, a look of fondness between the two of them and Aera leaned in to kiss the the corner of Soobin’s mouth before pulling away and dropping her hands from his face.

“No takesies backsies, Choi Soobin.”

“I wouldn’t dream of it, Lee Aera.”

[koushisun]

Haikyuu boys as food I had my first year of college

— I truly don’t know why i’m writing this i’m just so bored —

DAICHI: spaghetti and homemade meatballs. it’s a classic dish, and it’s not too hard to make if you have a good recipe! just seems like a responsible person meal

SUGA: homemade cannolis!! cannolis are so delicious, the filling is sweet and light, which reminds me of suga. but the actual process of making cannolis, especially as a broke college student??? hectic. i burned myself while trying to fry the shells bc i’m a dummy

ASAHI: a soup that my mom taught me how to make :) it warms you up and tastes awesome! reminded me of home 🥰

TANAKA: cookie bars!! they’re so good and so easy to make!!! i love them🤩

NOYA: chicken nuggets and curly fries (at midnight) yeah.... i don’t think this one really needs an explanation

TSUKKI: chicken soup with rice. idk it just seems like something he would enjoy, but also i loved this as a kid (and still do!) and tsukki as a kid seems like someone i might have been friends with idk

YAMAGUCHI: graham cracker ice cream,, it’s literally so delicious y’all will just have to trust me on this one

HINATA: plain spaghetti, with a little bit of butter.

KAGEYAMA: my school’s chocolate milk. ok next person

KUROO: salmon with white rice!!! i love salmon so much it’s so good

KENMA: rice with scrambled egg. it’s actually pretty good and doesn’t cost a lot of money, very good for broke college life

YAKU: a really cheap version of shepherds pie (though i’m not sure i could even really call it that,,, it was good tho)

LEV: my mom’s homemade granola!! with strawberry yogurt!!

OIKAWA: yellow cake with homemade whipped cream and strawberries!! very sweet but the tartness of the strawberries balances nicely!

IWAIZUMI: i made myself some steak once. it was good! idk iwa just gives off steak vibes

BOKUTO: ramen noodles (the packet kind; chicken)

AKAASHI: teriyaki chicken and rice. i ate this a lot and it was a comforting, routine thing i could make. always made me feel good when i ate it

OSAMU: i made a full dinner of empanadas, rice, salsa, and beans... so yeah, that

ATSUMU: an apple at midnight bc i forgot to eat dinner🤡 (i love atsumu tho sksjsk)

[koeiasequoia]

These are for each of your babies: favorite thing to eat. If they had the money to throw away and no fucks to give how would they dress. One thing they REALLY wanna do but haven't been able to for whatever reason. And this one for you: favorite sweet or dessert.

Ok WOW this took ages, lmao sorry bout that

favorite thing to eat.

Luka, Gawain - being fursonas they like what I like, namely Fettuccine Alfredo(mostly Luka), and Steak/Shrimp/general meats(mostly Gawain)

Antoinette - Breakfast foods, just like, in general, but especially waffles tbh

Damien - specifically gas station cup noodles(and also anything Harper makes but shhhh don't tell them)

Harper - is a vegetarian, and honestly just enjoys a lot of veggies and rice, they grow their own veggies too!

Mikhail - his mom being from Japan, made a lot of Japanese dishes for him growing up, and while he loves them all, he's particularly fond of Sukiyaki

If they had the money to throw away and no fucks to give how would they dress. (This'll probably mostly he how they already dress lol)

Luka - actually HAS the money to do that, partially thanks to their husband, and uhh, they have a very wide assortment of clothing if all the art ive got is anything to go by lmaooooo

Gawain - you think this man cares already? He's like constantly wearing tank tops and jeans and thats just how it is pfffft

Antoinette - fancy dresses mostly, and also cute witchy clothes, so long as a dress/skirt is involved

Damien - lots of baggy shirts he can tie up into crop tops, and lots if shorts

Harper - lots of loose clothing! Things like shirts that hang off one/both shoulders, skirts or shorts, stuff thats light basically

Mikhail - lots more like, dress shirts and pants than he has tbh, he looks good in a nice button up and vest and he knows it

One thing they REALLY wanna do but haven't been able to for whatever reason.

Luka -

Gawain - has not been able to bring himself to go back to that one magic school in the arm story, despite that accident being like, 11 years ago at the current point, both because of just, anxiety, and because he wants to more prove himself in his magic combination so its not seen as a fluke or smth

Antoinette -

Damien -

Harper - wants to open a garden/flower shop(they work at a flower place already but they wanna be in charge and also have a garden section), but, yknow, money

Mikhail -

Unfortunately I am just, unable to think of something for some of them, thats why this has taken so damn long lmaoooooooo, if I do think up something I'll absolutely update this tho!

My favorite sweet or dessert.

Hmmmm, well that probably depends on how I'm feeling on any given day, I enjoy lots of different sweets, but the most constant one would be Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream!

[bop-y]

Heyy. So first day in Estonia is over. It was really fun! Tho I did get seasick for the first time. =w=”)

We ate a buffet breakfast on the ship which was really nice. But well you can guess what happened later. xd I bought some ruby chocolate from the ship and I love it so muuuch. The hotel is really comfy. The spa was alright. Not the best I’ve been to. =w=”)

Then we went out to eat pretty late. Walked through the old part of Tallinn and it was real nice and pretty. The restaurant we went to was small and cozy. It’s called Rataskaevu 16 I think. I definitely recommend it. The food is really good and the staff is supeeer nice. I had a really fun time. owo)

Here’s some pics of the food. The waiter also left me this cute note with the latte I got. owo He was also cute ngl. =w=

I had a steak with some veggies, red wine sauce and some kind of mushroom sauce. And some home made bread. They both were so gooood. But the bread pudding. Oh man. It was such a nostalgia trip. My mom used to make bread pudding when we were kids and I loved it. I haven’t had it in years so it was really nice to eat it in such a long time. TwT)

Anyway I’m gonna head to bed now! Hope you all have a good day/night!❤️

[stonerbughead]

Maria watches friday night lights (#15)

It’s homecoming~ 4x04

here we gooo, under the cut:

Julie: Did you hear that Brown used to make you hand write your essays? Matt: That’s to weed out the serial killers. Amazing. Also I feel like FNL truly has the kids have much more realistic conversations about the college process than a lot of other teen dramas

I love a good Riggins and Saracen scene! Omg the way Tim’s eyes lit up when Matt suggested they go hunting together, I’m dead

Devin is my favorite!! The most relatable teen on this show tbh

Okay Becky is a pageant girl this does seem like a so-far untapped part of southern culture for this show. So yikes that she’s bonding with her mom the most we’ve seen so far bc of her pageantry success. Poor girl :(

Julie why would you be Devin’s type?! this is not about you, she wants her friend to support her! But also I’m kind of so excited to see what the outskirts of Dillon gay bar looks like!!

“Oh, so you mean people are angry because i told Luke Cafferty that he had to go to the correct school for his district? That’s why we’re not gonna get our library?” Tell them Tami! They’re really blaming her for the lack of a library. AND they defaced her car? Over football?! I can’t.

OMG Matt and Julie are playing scrabble?! I’m dead this is so cute

Ooooop Julie is anti hunting, that tracks. She sounds like everyone in my very blue town growing up but this does seem like an unpopular opinion in Dillon

Landry giving all these beautiful Black girls a ride to a party is fucking hilarious. “You guys ready for some good old fashioned...revelry?”

Omg Jess is dancing with Landry, what a night for him 😂

I SHRIEKED WITH LAUGHTER AT THIS BUDDY GARRITY LINE: “You can’t fake boosterism, okay Eric? It comes from the heart.”

This is definitely the most diverse group of people to ever be in the Taylor home lol

Omg yesss tho to these East Dillon guys telling them like it is with gentrification

Dying that Buddy ended up somehow saving the night

Oh noooo Julie saw one of Eric’s coworkers at the gay club. Texas queer problems

“Don’t thank me, thank Buddy Garrity.” “Buddy Garrity ate all my steak.” Tami and Eric cuddling on the couch after dinner cute af.

Eric really just used his (and Luke’s) white ass privilege and made Luke tell a story to ensure Vince wouldn’t go to juvie. Go off, Eric!

AH and he’s gonna make Vince and Luke walk home like he did to Riggins?!?! Nice callback. This also reminds me of the One Tree Hill scene in season 1 where Lucas and Nathan get into a fight at an away game and have to walk home.

Omg Matt sucks at hunting?! “7! Stop! What was it?” “I don’t know. I thought I saw something.” “What do you mean, you don’t know? Gimme that! No gun. No gun.” I’m dead, I’m laughing.

I’m glad Saracen is talking this out with Riggins and realizing it was his decision to stay here (that Julie never asked him to stay for her and explicitly said the opposite) so taking it out on Jules isn’t right. Such a healthy fireside chat and it ended with a classic “Texas forever.”

This East Dillon Lions pep rally has way more character than any Dillon Panthers pep rally ever did

Damn Landry went for it with Jess! Get it boy! Even knowing he’s competing with Michael B. Jordan in the love triangle he went for it? Left her speechless too, that’s really growth for Landry lol

Oh NOOOO Matt’s dad is dead? He just had such a good trip with Riggins too

Omg nooooo it really *sucks* that he went to apologize to Julie and therefore she had to be the messenger of that news

[gloriousprofessorhan]

muffin

in which you’re bestfriend with Kyungsoo, and he called you muffin

(re-upload, ‘Muffin’, on AFF 2018)

“Have a nice day.” You said.

“I won’t.” he coldly replied.

You rolled your eyes and left his side to walk with Chen. “If only he could be nicer.” You mumbled and Chen chuckling beside you.

“Then what? You gonna date him if he’s nicer to you, muffin?” Chen teased you with the nickname you got from him.

“Shut up.”

“Ah, sorry, you have a boyfriend.”

Chen continue laughing while you grumbling. You’re waving your hand to your friend, “Wendy! Wait!”

You semi run towards Wendy leaving Chen and your grumpy childhood bestfriend, Kyungsoo.

“How’s the exam?” Wendy asked while sipping her slushie.

“Surprisingly good!” you grabbed her slushie and sip it. “Can’t believe I answered all the question.”

“Hey, ladies.” Wendy’s classmate, Suji greet you and her. You’re not very close to Suji but she’s a pretty and nice girl, “wanna go grab lunch?”

You remember you promised Kyungsoo to have lunch with him after he handed the paper, “I’ll skip, I’m going to have lunch with Kyungsoo later.”

“He’s your boyfriend? I’m in the same science class with him.” Suji said.

“No, no,” you gestured your hands like an X, “we’re just childhood friends.”

“She has a boyfriend.” Wendy pointed at you, “Lay, from Art major.”

“Oh, I see… and Lay’s gonna join you for lunch later?” Suji asked.

“Uhm, no… he got another paperworks… so…”

“And he’s fine with your relationship with Kyungsoo?” 

“Of course,” you laughs, “they’re friends… I know Lay from Kyungsoo.”

-

You’re waiting for Kyungsoo at the College park and you saw him walking with Chen and Kai, “Dyo!” you called him by the nickname you gave him, it’s from his surename, Doh.

He turned to see you and nod, “what?”

“So what are we having for lunch?”

He raised his eyebrows a bit, “lunch? I just had lunch with them.” He pointed the two other boys.

“What???”

“Well, I’m hungry after finishing the paper.” He said it calmly, “you haven’t eat? It’s almost 3 pm.” 

“Because you—“ you harshly inhaled air and finally said, “yeah I haven’t eat, I’m just gonna grab whatever in the convinience store and eat it while walking home.”

You turned around and fished your cellphone from your bag and call your boyfriend.

“Hey, babe.” He answered.

“Where are you? I’m hungry, wanna go grab lunch?”

“I had one, you haven’t eat?”

“Not yet…” you sighs.

“I can’t go anywhere now, I’m still working on my final project.” He said. “You good?”

“Yeah, I’m fine… bye…” you hung up and walking towards your house, it’s not close from the Campus but you feel like enjoying the nice weather.

“Muffin!!”

You knew who’s voice it was but you keep walking.

“Where’s your lunch?” Kyungsoo jabbed your shoulders while panting after he ran after you.

“I haven’t buy one.”

“Let’s go.”

“Huh?” he pull you to a small market and next thing you know you’re sitting in front of bibimbap stall and Kyungsoo already order one for you.

“Even tho I told you to have lunch with me, if you’re hungry then go eat by yourself first.” He said while mixing the rice for you.

“I’m unlike you,” you said, “if I promised something to someone, I’ll keep it.”

He laughs, showing his cute gummy, “good girl,” he patted you head, “now eat.” 

You shove the spoon to your mouth and you know he’s watching you.

“Where’s Lay?” he asked.

“Busy with final project.” You shortly replied.

“Neglected again~” he sang the last part just to make you pout.

You scoffed while busy chewing your food.

“Hey, I saw you talked to Suji before.”

You turned to see him with squinting eyes. Kyungsoo never asked about a girl like this before. “Yeah.”

“She’s pretty like cupcakes.” He said.

You rolled your eyes, you have a history about you nickname that related to Kyungsoo and cupcake.

“We’re at a same class.” He murmured.

“Yeah, she told me that—“

“What if you set me up with her?’

You almost choked on your food, “you… w-what? You like her??”

“Well,” he shrugged his shoulders, “she’s cute.”

“You don’t like cute girls!”

“And who are you deciding what kind of girls I like?” he mocked.

You munch your food slower, “so… you like Suji?”

“I don’t know yet… but I think she’s cute.” Kyungsoo chuckles.

-

it wasn’t a double date since you were on a date with Lay and you told Suji if she wants to join, and you saw a brighter smile when you mentioned that Kyungsoo might be there too.

Lay and Kyungsoo talked about games they were playing and Suji seems to enjoying the conversation and you can’t help but observing how Kyungsoo being gentle to Suji. He likes the girl. You knew.

Moreover when Kyungsoo offering to walk her home.

He likes her.

You knew.

-

“How is it with her?” you asked Kyungsoo when you met him in front of your Campus gate.

“Huh?”

“Come onn… you know whom I was talking about.” You took the cola from his hand.

“We talked a lot on the way home.”

“And?”

He’s turning to see you, “I like her.”

You stop walking.

“Muffin?” he stopped and turned his heels and stretched his arms out, “my cola.”

-

The following week you saw Suji’s social media when he posted her picture with Kyungsoo and the caption was: love.

“Oohh~ my Kyungsoo have a girlfriend~” you teased him when you met him later on at the subway station.

He smiles widely, something he rarely done. “we went out just us few more times before I told her if she wants to be my girl.”

“Tell me the details!!” you asked when he pull you to the train and he found you both seats.

“What details? We went out for a meal and on the way home I told her that I like her, she said yes.” He plug the earphones on his phone and scroll the music directory, press play to a song and offer the other end of the earphone to you.

You took it without saying anything, “you happy?”

He nodded, “told you, I like her.”

-

“Valentine’s coming, do we have plans?” you asked Lay.

“Of course.” He kissed your hair, “dinner?”

You nodded while looking at him designing something on his computer tablet, “I hate your projects.” You murmured.

Lay laughing, “why?”

“I’m jealous that you put more attention to them than to me.”

Lay clicked ‘save’ and put it down on the table, then he joined you on the bed, his bed, “you missed me, aren’t you?”

“I’ve told you that million times but you always said: my final project this, my final project that.” You pouts and he kiss the pout away.

“Let’s go on a date on val’s day. I’ll book a place for us.”

-

He said that but he was the one coming to you asking, “have you book a restaurant for us?”

You can’t  help but furrowing your eyebrows.

“Hey, Soo.” Lay greets Kyungsoo who walks with you towards your class together.

“Me? Do I have to book it for us?” You raised your voice.

Lay looks confused, “yeah, no?”

“No.” You replied, “you said you’re gonna book a place for us, you told me that! Oh my God, Lay, I can’t believe—“

“You guys can join me and Suji.” Kyungso cuts you before you explode.

“Why would us??” you shout at him.

“Hey, babe, come on, we can join Kyungsoo and Suji… come on…” Lay tried to hug you.

“Yeah, me and Suji is gonna celebrate val’s day at the french restaurant down the street, it’s new, the place’s nice and the price is good, not gonna robbed us as student.” Kyungsoo explained.

“Let me go!” you escaped yourself from Lay and left them.

“Book another table for us, please.” Lay said to Kyungsoo and go after you.

-

You know you should’ve been mad to your boyfriend when he called you saying that he couldn’t make it to the val’s day dinner, but you really can’t because he said he’s stuck on train from Seokchon to Seoul due to heavy snow.

Then Kyungsoo came to your house. Alone.

“Where’s Suji?”

“She has to go to the hospital.” He said.

“Everything’s okay??”

He nods, “her little sister fell from bike and she has to be with her mom because her father is out of town.”

“Why don’t you come with her?” you asked.

Kyungsoo shook his head, “I haven’t being introduced formally to her parents.”

“Isn’t it the good time to be introduced to her mom at least?”

He shrugged his shoulders, “she said otherwise.”

You didn’t say anything for a while, looking at the bright winter afternoon, you two just sitting side by side on your house’s patio.

“Cold.” Kyungsoo murmured.

“Let’s get inside.” 

“Let’s just go to the restaurant.” Kyungsoo suggested, “I already made reservation, my reputation is at stake.”

You crinkle your nose, “you made two reservations, right?”

“Yeah, but the other one is under Lay’s name… just let the restaurant thinks that guy is irresponsible.”

-

It’s a set menu you got, pretty appetizers for each, steaks as the main course and one nice vanilla cake and ice cream as dessert for both of you to share.

Kyungsoo read a table tent that said something about special menu.

“Have you ever tried caviar?” he asked.

“Not yet, but I really want to try one… people said it’s amazing.”

“Who’s that people?” Kyungsoo raised one eyebrow.

“Uhm, some people on TV.”

He scoffed, “they give it for free as special val’s day menu.”

“Realllyy??”

Kyungsoo showed you the promotion then you raised your hand to call a waiter.

“Can I help you, miss?”

“Yes, uhm, can I have one sweet potato crème fraiche caviar?” you said, and Kyungsoo silently cooing at how you pronounce a hard name.

“Oh that special menu?”

“Yes,” You said, “it’s free, right?”

“Correct! It only have one super easy requirement to get that menu.”

You both raised your eyebrows, “requirement?”

“Just kiss your partner.”

“You don’t really want that caviar…” he said.

“I’m curious, and this actually a good chance I can taste that expensive shit…” you murmured, “but… well, damn you Lay Zhang!!” you cursed your MIA boyfriend, “where are you when I need you.”

“Okay let’s call that waiter and claim the caviar.” Kyungsoo said.

“What??” You saw him staring at you. “but the req—“

“Don’t act like we’re not each other’s first kiss.” He said just above whispers, and you’ll lie to yourself if you said you didn’t feel that bubble inside your chest.

“But that was…” you didn’t continue because hell, you were friends for ever with him and there’s no way you feel this way, and there’s no way he’s involving any extended feeling when he pick up that first kiss topic again.

Yes, you were each other’s first kiss, but that was because the 12 years old you and him were curious about how it feels when lips meet other lips, and it happened after you two watching a foreign TV series where the heroine kissing the love of her life.

“Have you ever kissed someone?” Kyungsoo asked one day when you both walked home after a piano lesson.

“Yeah.” You murmured.

“Liar.”

“Okay, never, but I know how to kiss.” You said.

Kyungsoo scoffed. “how?”

You gestured your fingers, putting it together, “pout your lips and go forward and stick it to—“

“Stick it???” Kyungsoo flinched, “stick??”

You sulked and walked away while he was laughing.

“Muffin!”

“Stop calling me that!” you walked faster.

He ran after you and pull your shoulder, “let’s try.”

“Try what?”

“Kissing.” He said.

“Gross!!”

“Okay then be a lip-virgin forever.” Kyungsoo walked passing you.

“Huh?” you started to worry, will someone kissed you later? or you will be a lip-virgin forever. “Dyo! Wait!”

“Stop calling me that!”

“Kiss me!”

he turned around, “huh…?”

you stood right in front of him, and your height was similar to him, it was years before he suddenly grew much taller than you. 

He was staring at you, and you can’t help but lowering your gaze. And when you’re looking at him again, he immediately avoiding you.

“So, w-what should I do first?” he asked.

“Just… uh…” you really can’t lift your gaze, suddenly he put his palm on your shoulder, and his feet move forward.

“look at me…” he said.

You lift your face and realised how close you were. Then you saw him started to close his eyes, and so do you, and after a long excruciating second, you’re finally feel something soft touching your lips.

His lips stayed there for another few second before detached them from yours. It was just a long innocent peck. But you and him were walking home in silence after that.

And no one talking about it again.

Until today.

“Are we really… gonna…” you search for Kyungsoo’s ‘I’m just kidding’ but you saw his flat face.

“Yeah, why not.” He shrugged, “I never had caviar, you too, and the requirement is only kissing you… easy.”

“Easy?” you scoffed, “kissing me is easy?”

“Lay knew better I bet, but, come on, nothing to lose, we would only gain two crème fraiche caviar in roasted sweet potato.” He made a yummy gesture by kissing his thumb and index finger together.

Yeah, what would be so hard with kissing him, right?

“Okay.” You said and Kyungsoo casually raised his hand to call a waiter.

“Can I help you, sir?”

“Can we get the caviar?”

“Of course, just show me your love to your girl, sir.” The waiter smiles.

And Kyungsoo reached out to palmed your jaw, briefly caressing your cheek before lift his gaze to meet yours, and your brain start telling you that this isn’t right. You should stop him, you shouls say no, you should—

His face is getting closer, and closer, and he tilt his head.

You hold your breath.

He stop for one milisecond before capture your lips.

You gulp when he touches your lips.

And he kissed you.

And you kissed him back.

And he move his lips between yours.

And you don’t know when and how but your hand is on his nape.

Shit.

You pulled away and he’s startled. The waiter didn’t seem to notice because he’s smiling happily while preparing the caviar for both of you.

You couldn’t focus on whatever happened after the kiss. And the caviar that served tasted bland.

-

“You haven’t forgive me.” Lay sat across you in a fast food stall near your college.

“For?”

“For stuck inside the train in the middle of the snow storm that made me unable to spent val’s day with you.”

“That was two weeks a go.” You continue your meal.

“Yeah, and you act so cold since then.” He tried to get you feed him.

“I’m fine, I’m always fine… even if you’re never there for me, I’m fine.” You fake a smile.

“See… you’re mad at me.” He sighs.

“Do you love me?” you stopped eating.

“Uh-hum.”

“Uh-hum?”

Lay stop trying to steal your food and looking at you instead, “that’s another way to say yes.”

“A lazy way to say yes.” You corrected him.

Lay shrugged his shoulder.

“You never said you love me, you choose lazy way to answer me when I asked if you ever love me. God…”

“Are you on period?”

“This has nothing to do with my period, Lay, you’ve been so insensitive and deserting me a lot! And I’m tired of trying to understand you!”

“Whoa-whoa… wait, babe, when did I—“

“When? When, huh? It was when you always put you final project whatsoever first.”

“But that’s for my future!” he said.

You stopped.

“You’re being selfish.” Lay said.

“Oh…” you paused, “am I?”

Lay nodded.

“Okay, let’s put your future first…” you said, “go focus on your future first… and if we meant to be together, let’s meet in the future.”

“W-what do you mean?”

“Let’s not see each other again as couple… let’s just be friends.”

“You break up with me?”

You nodded, “I’m sorry for disturbing you from focusing on your future.”

“But babe…”

“Stop calling me that.”

“You’re just mad, babe…”

You stood up and Lay also standing up, “I’m not kidding, Lay, I’m tired of this relationship where I was the only one trying to hold on the thin thread that connect us… I’m sorry, but I really can’t continue this.”

-

You didn’t cry on the first day you broke up with him, but cried the day after. However, it was a year full of him. Something is definitely missing.

And Kyungsoo, someone who suppose to be your bestfriend is busy with his girl, you knew they’re get along well when Wendy told you that Suji introduced Kyungsoo to her family.

“So… now the family already know you?” you match Kyungsoo’s pace on the way to subway station.

He was a little startled but then he look straight ahead again without giving you any answer.

“I texted you yesterday.” You said.

“Oh, I haven’t replied?”

he hasn’t even read it.

“I called you few days a go.”

“I saw the missed call but I was out with Suji.”

You just nodded while glue your lips together. There was stung in your heart to find out that Kyungsoo doesn’t even know that you broke up with Lay. He didn’t even give you a chance to tell him.

He stepped inside the train. Without pulling you in.

He stand in the corner, the train wasn’t packed but he didn’t go finding a seat either. So you stand beside him.

“Sit there if you want.” He said pointing at an empty seat.

“No, i—uh, I wanna talk to you.”

He pull out his cellphone and plug the earphone. You were lowkey waiting for him to give you one earphone but the hope crumbled when he said,

“Hello, hey, I’m at the train right now… you’re already at campus?”

He’s calling Suji and left you awkwardly standing next to him.

Two stops later you find an empty seat near you, and you left Kyungsoo to sit down, didn’t realised that Kyungsoo finished the phonecall and staring at your sad face.

Next day kyungsoo waited for the subway but he didn’t find you, and the next day, also the day after. You weren’t avoiding him, you just went to Pohang because one of your older cousin’s getting married.

At the fourth day, you were already at the station waiting for the train when Kyungsoo appear beside you.

“Where were you?” he asked but the train coming and the pulled you inside and found seats for you, then he pulled his cellphone, you looked away, trying not to care if he’s going to call Suji again, but then you feel him slip the earphone into your ear.

“Listen, new song I discovered.” He said.

You didn’t say anything, keep your face away of him, and slowly release took the earphone off and give it back to him.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“Nothing.” You stood up and standing near the door even tho your destination is still three stops away.

Somehow you couldn’t understand what you feel about him, is it about the kiss? Or your disappointment towards him because he wasn’t there when you’re down after broke up with Lay.

“Why you’re sulking?” he asked when you both get off at your stop and walking towards the campus.

“Me? When?”

“Now.” He said.

“Oh, since when you know me that well till you know that I’m sulking?”

“Well, it doesn’t need to be genius to see how you fold that face into an ugly frown.” He shrugged.

“Don’t talk to me as if we’re close.” You walk faster.

“Huh? What do you mean? We are close.”

“You think so?” you turned to him, “are we still close now? Because as far as I remember, I didn’t neglect you when I have a boyfriend but look at you! You didn’t even reply my messages, you didn’t pick up my calls, you didn’t talk to me!”

“I didn’t ask you to do all of that to me while you have boyfriend.”

“Oh, so you think if you’re dating someone, you could just throw away your friends??” you raised your voice.

“I never threw you away! I’m just being a normal me, and I’m sorry if my girlfriend is actually paying attention to me, unlike your—“

“I broke up with Lay.” You said, “more than a week a go. And I’m trying to tell you this, I need you but you’re busy with your life!”

Kyungsoo called you but you runaway.

-

“Muffin…” 

you murmured the nickname he gave you. Muffin. It was from the incident of your birthday years a go, when you had your 11 birthday, when you specifically asking for a cupcake for your birthday and Kyungsoo gave you muffin instead, telling you that they looked similar. You sulked for day and he teased you by calling you that, until now.

And as the courtesy of how Kyungsoo love to get you on the edge, he always giving you muffin in your birthday and told you to eat the cupcake.

You told him it’s a fake cupcake, muffin is not pretty like cupcake, muffin is ugly and by him calling you muffin, you knew he lowkey telling you that you’re ugly like muffin.

“Kyungsoo’s here.” Your mom knocked on your door.

You sat on your bed when he’s get into your room.

“Hey muffin…” he said.

“Stop calling me that!”

he smiles and gave you a cute box.

“If you dare buying me another dozen of muffin, I’m gonna hit y—“ you opened the box and found cupcakes inside.

He sat beside you and took one of the prettiest cupcake and feed you.

“How’s it?” he asked while you munch.

You only responds with a hum.

“Do you like this better?”

you never care about how it taste but actually it tastes like a birthday cake, a classic vanilla with overly sweet icing.

“Do you know why I prefer to call you muffin than cupcake?” he asked.

“Because I’m not pretty enough like cupcake?”

He shook his head, “because muffin tastes a lot better than cupcake.”

You didn’t say anything, just let him continue.

“muffins has various flavour inside, could be banana muffin, choco chips mufin, blueberry… and all flavour is inside the cake… unlike cupcake, cupcake is just a vanilla cake with icing. A plain cake with over decorating outside. And for me, you’re pretty inside, not outside.”

“So, I’m not pretty?”

“Hm, of course you’re gonna take it wrong.” He sighs, “who says muffin is not pretty? Muffin is honest… do you think cupcake is pretty without all the icings?”

“You mean cupcake is like girls with thick make up?”

“Exactly.”

You tried to hold your smile. “I’m gonna tell Suji you said her make up is too thick.”

“When did I said that?”

“Hey! Remember you told me Suji is cute like cupcake?”

“When did I??”

“You did!”

Kyungsoo waved at you in dismissal. “Anyway, I’m sorry about you and Lay…” he caress your back.

“It’s fine… it’s time… I’ve been very patient for too long.” You said, “and you’re right, my boyfriend is not paying attention to me like your girl…”

He chuckled, “you’ll find someone who deserves you soon, muffin.”

You talked to him for another hour before he bid himself goodbye, and when you walked him outside, you realised you want to see him longer.

“Kyungsoo.”

 He startled when he heard you calling him with that name, not Dyo.

“Have you ever think of not being friends with me anymore?” you asked.

He shook his head, “when you were mad at me yesterday, I thought I lost you as my friend, and I don’t want that.”

And that brought you back to your place. He doesn’t want you and him to be more than this. “w-what about something else… other than being enemy.”

He stopped, but his gaze linger, he was staring at you and from his eyes, you knew he get what you mean. You saw the complication in his eyes.

“Sorry, I mean—“

“I have a girlfriend.” He said.

-

And so time flies, spring’s here, the flowers bloom and the weather getting warmer. Kyungsoo still remind friends with you, only he’s few feet farther than before. Many things changed after the whole blurry confession you told him, and you never blame him.

Lay finished his final project and he called you, he even went to see you several times, telling you that he’s sorry and if there’s another chance for him but you haven’t give him answer.

It’s still breezy but you decided to drive yourself to the beach at the city side. Suddenly you saw someone walked towards you, someone very familiar.

“Muffin…” he smiles.

“How did you know I’m here?”

“Your mom.”

You made an ‘O’ with your mouth.

“All good?” he asked.

“Lay wants to reconcile.” You told him.

“Oh…” he walks beside you, “and?”

You just shrugged your shoulders.

“You don’t love him anymore?” he asked.

“I don’t know if I could love him again when I have someone else occupied my mind…” at this point, you don’t care. You knew you like Kyungsoo and if he can’t like you back, and he feels disturbed by your confession, he can leave and you two can stop being friends.

“Oh…” he still walking beside you. “I broke up with Suji.”

You stops, letting him leaving you behind. But after few steps he turned around, “I can’t stay being his boyfriend while my mind is occupied by someone else.”

You can’t help but asking, “who?”

“A friend a kissed on valentine’s day.” He murmured.

“You choose a muffin instead of a cupcake?”

He nodded, “always choose a muffin, because it tastes better.” He smiles.

You scoffed.

“Soo…” he stepped closer, “instead of just thinking about each other… why don’t we date each other?”

“Since when did you like me?” you asked when he come even closer to you.

“Since I called you muffin for the first time.” He put a strain of your hair behind your ear.

“That long?”

“Hmm… but I’m afraid to ruin what we had…” he whispers.

“What about now? You’re not afraid to ruin what we have?”

Kyungsoo pull you into a hug, “being with or without you ruining me in different ways, and I choose to live the present, to show you how much I want you more than a friends do…” he kissed your hair, “muffin… I want to be with you for the longest time.”

You snugged deeper in his chest, “me too…”

He pull away a bit just to tild his head, “be my girl…” he said before leaned down to kiss you before you could say yes.

But you knew, he knew you’d say yes, because you kissed him back.

-end-

[fandima-moved-read-pinned]

Aven, all the numbers :)

1- Animated character that was your gay awakening? : I mean my gay awakening was an irl person so I don't know? I can't think of any rn 

2- Grilled cheese or PB&J? : Grilled cheese bc PB&J is gross just peanut butter and jelly are both good on their own but I don't like the way they taste combined 

3- What show/YouTube video(s) do you put on in the background when you when you don’t have anything to watch but you want something on? : Baking videos! Particularly the ones that have no voicover or any voice and you have to turn on the subtitles to know what ingredients they're using bc the words on the screen are in ankther language 

4- Your go-to bar order, if you drink? : chocolate milkshake no alcohol (the only time I've been to a bar that's what I ordered) 

5- What’s your favorite pair of shoes that you own? : My black tennis shoes, but they're really old and worn and I need new ones but I've been telling my parents for god knows how long and they don't give a shit 

6- Top three cuisines? : pfft cuisines I love that word its funny to me just I can't say it out loud without smiling or laughing anyway I guess shrimp fettuccine alfredo, medium rare steak, and fuggin uhhhhhh Danny Kids Cuisines

7- What was your first word as a child (that wasn’t a variation of “Mom” or “Dad”)?: I have no clue, I think my dad once said it was car or cat but they couldn't tell which 

8- What’s a job that you’ve had that people might be surprised to find out you’ve had?: I've never had a job really, I mean I volunteered at the library one summer but I think that's it 

9- Look up. What’s directly across from you? : A large bowl of pancake batter (I'm making pancakes rn) 

10- Do you own any signed books/memorabilia in general?: I've got an Air Force flag signed by the Air Force basketball team from that one time we went to a game. I've also got a really old shirt with the sifnirure of a country singer who I've never heard of (I don't think she made it big) 

11- Preferred way to spend a rainy day? : Drawing. Raining tends to make me want to draw more! Also watching the Great British Baking Show 

12- What do you get on your bagels? What WOULD you get if you had access to anything you wanted?: normally I don't eat bagels. But Nutella and almonds and bananas on a plain bagel is really good! Also does it mean like anything I want on a bagel? Because I will order $1M on a bagel and only eat the bagel and bam I'm rich it said ANYTHING so heck yeah it never said it has to be food 

13- Brunch or midnight snacks?: Ooh brunch! I love brunch. I've never had a midnight snack tho so I can't really say for sure. 

14- Favorite mug you own: my Coffee Mug 

Also say hi to Emrys he's helping me make dinner 

15- What coffee drink would you describe yourself as? : 3% coffee 96% sugar 1% baked beans 

16- Pick a song lyric to describe your current mood (and drop the name and artist!): "I've grown tired of this body" Body by Mother Mother 

17- Fruity or herbal teas? : Fruity I guess? I'm not a big fan of tea, but I've had this watermelon mint tea and added ice and a bunch of sugar and it was pretty good 

18- What’s that one TV show that you’re a little bit embarrassed to watch but you still like nonetheless?:.... Sonic X (it was part of my childhood and I just really like the theme and I like it in general don't judge pls) 

19- That book you were forced to read for class but actually ended up enjoying?: It wasn't a book we read as a glass but I think it was called the dragonfly something I dunno it was a while ago but it was really interesting 

20- Do you match your socks? Nope 

21- Have you ever been horseback riding?: I don't think so? 

22- What was your “phase” when you were younger? (i.e., Mythology Nerd, Horse Girl, Space Geek, etc)- creepypasta everything. Every single thing. 

23- Have you ever been to jail?: nope

24- What’s your opinion on Lazy Susan’s (the spinning tray in the middle of tables)?: I don't have an opinion on them? Is there Lazy Susan discourse I don't know about 

25- Puzzles?: no hate them they can burn 

26- You can only have one juice for the rest of your life, what is it?: Apple juice I suppose? I don't drink much juice (I only really drink water, a little bit of coffee, and milk) 

27- What section do you immediately head for when you walk into a bookstore?: Fiction/Fantasy 

28- What’s one thing you’re trying to learn/relearn in your downtime right now?: I'm trying to start sewing again! 

29- Who’s your go-to musical artist when you’re feeling upbeat?: none, I only listen to music at night and I'm not really upbeat then. 

30- Where could someone find you in a museum?: the exit (sorry I've never really enjoyed myself at museums) 

31- What’s that one outfit in your closet you never get the chance to wear but want to?: None. I don't likem my clothes. All my dresses are too small minus like one. 

32- Rainbows, stars, or sunset colored clouds?: Stars! I rarely get to see them. 

33- If you could own any non-traditional pet (dogs, cats, fish, rodents, etc), what would it be?: Are ferrets rodents? I'd like a ferret I'd name it Malfoy

34- Do you have more art on your walls or more photographs?: Art for sure. I have no photographs on my walls, only my own paintings. 

35- You have to get one meme tattooed on your body, what meme is it and where does it go?: "Yeet" in cursive on my shoulder is area place thing 

36- Pick a superhero sidekick to hang out with: none sorry I don't like superheros 

36- Lakes, rivers, or oceans?: Oceans!!!!!!!!! They're so pretty and blue and filled with fish and pretty and fun to swim in and salty and cold and nice and amazing I love the ocean I miss it 

38- Favorite mid-2000s song: I'm not sure, I don't keep track of when songs were released ;-;

39- How do you dress when you’re home alone?: Just my normal clothes. T-shirt and leggings or shorts. 

40- Where do you sit in the living room (we all have a preferred spot, and you know it)?: The Corner Spot. My my brother keeps stealing it. 

41- Knives or swords?: Knives bc you can cut bread with them 

42- A song you didn’t think you’d enjoy but ended up loving:  Body by Mother Mother. Also Burning Pile. 

43- Pick an old-school Disney Channel Original Movie: None we didn't have Djnsye when I was a kid 

44- Are you a “Quote that relates to the photos” caption-er, an “explanation of where I took the photos” caption-er, or a no caption kinda person when you post pictures online?: Quote that relates to the photos? 

44- Name a classic Vine: Why you got a twelve car garage when you only got FIFTEEN CATS CUZ WE ALL JUST WANNA BE BIG RJCJSTARS 

46- What’s the freezer food that you stock up on when you go to the grocery store?: I don't go to the store but probably ice cream 

47- How do you top your ice cream?: More Ice Cream 

48- Do you like Jello?: it's okay it's a bit odd tho 

49- What’s something that you don’t have a picture of that you wish you did?: the time I slapped a guy in the face multiple times 

50- How are you at climbing trees?: I'm pretty good at it, I climbed trees a lot as a kid and I climbed one a few weeks ago and was like "woah I'm still good at this?" 

[dolphin-enthusiast]

Matchup? Thanks. I'm a short, straight, cis, white, female from America. I'm a lil bit chunky, well, half of it's chub and the other half is muscle. I enjoy going to the gym and working out, it's pretty great. I started going to lose weight because I used to be obese but I decided to make the change I wanted to see in myself. Yeah, I lost 60 pounds. I'm pretty proud of myself. I'm very confident in myself and show myself a lot of self care because I used to have a lot of self-esteem issues. 🐉

"But now I'm proud of the young woman I've become. I'm 23 and a half and in college. I'm trying to become a clinical psychologist. When I was a kid I wanted to be a psychologist because I have (and have had) ADHD, depression, anxiety, and chronic insomnia. I work at Starbucks, my favorite thing is drawing things on customer's cups, they think it's really cool. I enjoy art, but I still love psychology the most. It's my favorite thing. Most days, I'm a generally nice person. 🐉

I'm laid back and willing to go with the flow. Other days I'm a McGremlin with Mean Hoe Fries on the side. When I don't get along with people, I tend to try to ignore them, but my fuse is shorter than I am. And I am really short. I get aggressive and it is NOT a pleasant sight. When I was in middle school I slapped a kid and told him to tell his mother she was a beautiful woman because he was telling me and a few of our shared friends (he was an acquaintance, my beat friend was his friend) 🐉

how he called his mom a bitch and I slapped him and told him to apologize. I've always respected people who earned it. Even then, I still respect people's lives, but there are some people that only get the bare minimum of my respect. Those tough single moms have all of my respect tho... Another thing about me is that I prefer having male friends than female friends. Why? Some girls like to cause drama. I have a lot of guy friends because I have a really Tom-boyish personality. I love running. 🐉

I do it a lot. I did track in highschool and I still enjoy watching it on the Olympics. I also enjoy martial arts, karate, judo, jujitsu, taekwondo, boxing, and kung fu. I do all of those please help I have a martial arts addiction. I am obsessed about learning. It's amazing. I enjoy learning about new cultures and trying new things. I love books too. I'm currently reading a really good detective one at the moment. I also love the TV show Sherlock, with Benedict Cumberbatch. 🐉

I always try to be the best human I can be??? I'm very bold. Oh! I'm an ENTP Gemini, but did you know, some scientists believe that the MBTI test might be faulty- 🅱️lz don't listen to me I'm annoying. Anyway, my friends describe me as: laid back but energetic at the same time, smart but also lacking in common sense, reckless, brave, caring, hardworking and ready to fight for the people I care about. I guess I would say I'm like that. 🐉

I describe myself as: ambiverted, fun-loving, and indecisive. In a partner, I look for someone who can make me smile, someone who will have my back while I have his. Ya know? Mutual trust and communication, any kind, is valued in a relationship to me. Whether it's sign language, talking, or leaving notes, I need communication to know what he wants. My favorite animals are cats. My favorite color is red. My favorite shows are JoJo and Sherlock. My favorite book is probably the Lord of the Rings.

My favorite band/singer are Lord Huron and Hozier. My favorite character in Sherlock is the man himself because of how blunt and straightforward he is. My favorite JoJo character is Iggy, not because I am a dog person I am a cat person, but because he has an attitude and when I'm grumpy I understand hating everyone. I like rainy weather, but only when I'm inside. I enjoy children, but I will decimate brats with my viper tongue if needed. 🐉 (last time I forgot the dragon!)

My favorite foods are fried chicken and chicken fried steak. Who do you match me with Father Morgyorgy? Pt. 1, 2, or 3 plz."

I match you with...

JOSEPH!

Where do I even begin...your vibes and overall energy instantly attracted him to you. The fact that you're so fun loving and have a strong sense of justice made him be absolutely smitten. He l o v e s energetic people that aren't afraid to stand their ground and that also stand up for others when needed. The fact that you're willing to kill for those that are close to you is something that he can also relate to. When you told him about the efforts that you made to lose weight he was extremely proud of you and told you that you're always beautiful no matter what of course. He's only glad that you're now happy with yourself though.

Just like you he is usually a go with the flow person and is normally chill but he also has his more meaner days and a rather short temper (and much like you when he does pop off for real then it's fucking O N.) While he is a very determined and hardworking person he too can be reckless and lack common sense sometimes. As for what you look in a partner don't worry for he will ALWAYS have your back and will never fail at making you smile. Mutual trust is included too since it's like you two have a language of your own and understand eachother at all times.

He really LOVES your tomboyish personality and actually admires the reasons behind you wanting to become a psychologist. The fact that you also practice so many martial arts is pretty damn amazing to him and he'd often be joking around that you could easily yeet him over your shoulder or immobilize him in two moves.

[shane-lafleur]

“Stall Monitor” & “A Pimple Plan” - Dual Episode Review

Now, we’re up to the latest set of episodes..one featuring Lincoln and his friends (and their parents) at school and the other is about Luan on her first date with Benny.

First up is “Stall Monitor”..how does this latest Lincoln and friends episode at school fare? Let’s take a look..

Was interesting to see Lincoln be the nervous one for once instead of Clyde when Mrs. Johnson said she had something important to tell his parents..poor guy. Nice to see Clyde helping him out. 

Got a good laugh at seeing Lincoln trying to stall Lynn Sr. and Rita by repeatedly messing up trying to get dressed. Looks like they’re the last ones to get there.

Already loving Zach’s conspiracy minded parents..now we see he gets it from..hehe. Anyways, the plan is in motion starting with Rusty, who’s dad we’ve met before..who’s idea for fresh new clothes for Mrs. J gets immediately rejected..

Next up is Zach’s parents who’s scene with the teach got a lot of good laughs from me. The comes the McBrides with their safety concerns for Clyde..a long list..hehe. The Liam’s Mee-Maw who bought the family’s pregnant pet goat..hehe. One spicy sandwich later and there’s two new baby goats..aww. :) Looks like Lincoln’s in the clear because of Stella..until her mom comes in and they have to leave early due to her dad getting hurt by the goat..now Lincoln has to come up with another plan..and fast..luckily most of his friends are still there to lend a hand.

Clyde keeps Mrs. J away with a ‘grammar emergency’ while Rusty dresses up as her to try and fool the the Louds. Which seems to go well for a while. Was funny seeing Rusty try to explain about the book to Rita and to see him try and do yoga with Lynn Sr...hehe. And they almost got away with it..

I liked that Lincoln owned up to what he was trying to do and gladly accepted his punishment both from Mrs J and from his parents. And we find out the important thing the teacher had to say was that he was..resourceful and creative..which was proven by what he was trying to do the whole time..hehe. Got a good laugh at the end with Rusty’s punishment..having to take Mrs. Johnson’s spot at yoga with her mom..which he didn’t seem to mind doing..hehe.

This was a pretty decent episode with a lot of laughs throughout. It was fun seeing the parents of Lincoln’s friends (especially Zach’s..hehe) and the part near the end was fun as well. I still think Mrs. Johnson shouldn’t have made it seem like it was something that important to tell the Loud parents..could’ve avoided the whole thing. Overall another fairly solid episode with only some minor nitpicks. :)

Rating: 85 / 100

Next up is “A Pimple Plan”.. how did Luan’s first date with Benny fare? Let’s take a look. 

So cute to see how peppy Luan is waking up and being extra excited about her date with Benny. Got a good laugh at her sudden freak out over seeing the pimple..then hiding in her blankets..aww. Always fun to see her interact with Mr. Coconuts..not helping with the pimple comment tho..hehe. 

Loved Lori trying to make her feel better and telling her it’s no big deal and that Benny will like her no matter what..then Luna steps in and gets grossed out by the pimple which makes Lana come in with a net trying to catch the ‘monster’ hehe. That hug Luan gave Lori when she agreed to help along with most of her siblings was so sweet.

Loved seeing the siblings try to help her get rid of the pimple..Lisa’s was particularly funny with the misfiring laser that zapped Luan’s scrunchie, leaving her hair down for a brief moment. Then Lynn trying to help her sweat it out only to make it bigger..then Lucy with the spirits and the cookie..hehe. The other big lauguh was with Lincoln having her use a cold steak to bring it down only for Charles to chase after her..hehe

Loved Leni’s idea to have her friend and co-worker Miguel help Luan by cover up the pimple by working his magic with makeup (while Lola watches..hehe) Looks like a success..for now with some samples for later just in case. 

Another good laugh in Vanzilla with Lola and the perfume on the way to the park..hehe

Finally the date.. loved how supportive the siblings were wishing Luan luck on her date..aww. :)

There’s the handsome boy.. loved seeing Luan’s adorable reactions to him throughout. Looks like thing are going well so far. :) Until she sweats the makeup off. Was funny seeing her swim away with Mr. Coconuts in tow to call Leni..hehe. Also funny to see Lola using up the rest of the makeup on her teddy bear..time for plan B..hehe. 

Another good laugh with Lincoln and the comedy bag..opening it to get a pie in the face. More sweetness from Benny and then Luan’s off again thanks to her clown costume attracting the attention of some kids..hehe.. then it;s Lincoln again using some cotton candy to hide her face..which attract bees..not good. 

Got another good laugh with her wearing a unicorn head..which attracts the park ranger’s horse (who takes off leaving a hilarious horse shaped cloud behind..hehe)..so off again..and into a hole in a tree she has to get out of. Loud siblings to the rescue! :)

Was funny seeing the Loud kids using a defensive maneuver to hide Luan (and her pimple) from Benny. I loved that she came clean however and confessed why she kept hiding.

Was sweet when Benny told her that he really liked her no matter what she looked like (Lori was right..hehe) then complimented her..and Luan’s adorable reaction..aww. One more good laugh with Lola asking if he had a younger brother and Lori pushing them all away to leave the two alone, giving Luan a wink. 

Was sweet seeing the two take some fun pictures at the photo booth (which Mr. Coconuts had suggested earlier)..and ending on a good laugh seeing pics of Mr. Coconuts and Mrs. Appleblossom with photos taken in the booth as well..hehe. 

This was a wonderful episode. Luan was so adorable throughout and I loved how helpful her siblings were in trying to deal with the pimple and with helping her on her date. Benny was wonderful as well and so sweet..definitely a keeper. Like that Lori was right the whole time. The date was so sweet and there were so many hilarious moment. The ending was especially adorable. 

Definitely ranks up there with “Leader Of The Rack” as my favorite episodes so far this season. :) Overall a wonderful way to wrap up the first half of season 4! :)

Rating: 100 / 100

Next up is a pair of episodes focusing on Lynn Jr (with Mr Grouse) and Lisa (with Pop Pop)..How will “Good Sports” and “Geri-Antics” fare? Tune in next time to find out! And as always, stay tuned for more Loud House and other cartoon related content on this page. 

Previous Review: https://shane-lafleur.tumblr.com/post/188862101300/love-birds-rocket-men-dual-episode-review

[firegrilled]

Mommas’ Boys - Part 7

@erejeanweek2k19​ Prompt: Roommates

Summary: Celine Kirschtein knew of Eren’s tendencies to be bold in his decisions once he made up his mind, but she never expected to be ont eh receiving end of it when he decides he wants to marry Jean. Thankfully Carla is there to help guide her son in the right direction :D

Part 1 | Part 8 End

“So tell me, what are your plans once you graduate?” Celine dared to ask, causing Jean and Eren to pale. She poked her fork around the remnants of her salad in a vain attempt to scrape up another mouthful. “You graduate from Sina University in a semester, surely either of you have something lined up. You can’t stay in that terrible apartment together forever.”

“Uh… I’m still applying to potential jobs but I kind of want to take a break to spread my wings before I get chained down,” Jean answered, earning a frown from his mom.

“That’s all well and good but it’s important to get a few practice interviews in there,” Carla advised. “I’d be a hypocrite if I didn’t say I did something similar before I married Eren’s father.”

Eren paused briefly before shoving a large piece of steak into his mouth.

Jean gave him a deadpan stare.

“Seriously? What part of don’t bite off more than you can chew don’t you get? I know it’s all you’ve ever done but get a grip,” Jean chastised Eren in front of their mothers.

Eren growled back while he chewed his food.

“Thank you, Jean. I’m glad you’ve been trying to be such a good influence on him,” Carla smiled fondly. “Also thank you treating us to such a nice dinner.”

Blushing at the compliment, Jean scratched the back of his head. “It’s the least we could do for our two biggest supporters.”

“Oh hush,” Celine giggled, waving her hand in front of her. “We’re your mothers, it’s what we do.”

“Even if we never expected you two to make it four years as a couple,” Carla shrugged.

“Mom!” Eren whined, his cheeks reddening.

“What? When you two always fought as kids I just never would’ve guessed-”

“Please stop,” Eren practically begged his mom, earning another chuckle from Celine.

Before he could be embarrassed, Jean stood up.

“If you would excuse me, I’m going to the bathroom. Be right back,” Jean stated as he pushed his chair in. He leaned over Eren and tousled his hair quickly before running off, just as Eren tried to grab his arm.

“What did I say about touching my head?” Eren called after him in a huff, crossing his arms when he got a playful smirk from his boyfriend.

“You two are adorable,” Celine commented, laughing at the display with Carla.

“Yeah, I’m gonna marry him,” Eren declared, grinning.

Carla and Celine both stopped, dropping their cutlery. They blinked a few times until Eren noticed their change in demeanor.

“Excuse me?” Celine asked, a bit flabbergasted by the sudden statement.

Carla pinched the bridge of her nose, shaking her head.

“Eren, honey, did you just now decide this?” Carla wondered, a bit more versed in her son’s habits.

“Yeah, why?” Eren faced his mom wearing a puzzled expression.

“Then please don’t ask him when he returns.”

Furrowing his brow, an offended look made its way onto Eren’s face. “Why?”

“For starters you need a ring, but also because you should make the proposal special. Oh and you need to ask Celine for permission first, you are trying to wed her son after all,” Carla advised, counting with her fingers as she stated each fact.

Eren turned to face Celine, his face suddenly serious.

“Ms. Kirschtein, can I please marry your son?” Eren asked.

“No, not like that!” Carla sighed. “Don’t ask like you wanna go on a date with him. Tell her why!”

Celine bit back a smile at Carla’s commentary. She knew of Eren’s rather straightforward yet blunt way of speaking but Celine never anticipated being on the receiving end of it.

“Jean has made me so happy over the last few years and I know I want to spend the rest of my life with him. I’d like to have your approval,” Eren tried again, leaning forward over the table to get loser to Celine.

Fighting back some tears, Celine nodded. In a quiet voice she replied, “Yes, you definitely have my permission.”

Celine fanned herself with her hands while Eren fell back into his chair and cheered.

“Hell yeah!” Eren all but shouted in the restaurant, drawing the attention of everyone around them.

When they noticed all eyes on them, Celine and Eren tried to regain their composure in time for Jean to return. He quirked an eyebrow as he sat down, wary of all the eyes on them.

“Why is everyone staring at us?”

---

“Thank you and have a wonderful day,” Celine replied in her best saccharine sweet tone as the camera on her laptop turned off. She quickly hung up the phone before sinking into her leather chair and letting out a deep breath. “God I hate Monday meetings. Carla, how many do I have left?!”

A familiar head poked into her office, wearing a tiny smile. “Another three hours, Ms. Kirschtein.”

“I’m getting too old for this,” Celine said, tilting her head back in exasperation. She winced when her ringtone suddenly went off. Almost chucking her phone into the nearby trashcan, she paused when she recognized the caller id. “Erwin?”

“Hey Celine, it’s time. Can you and Carla hurry to my office?” Erwin asked.

Celine’s eyes widened as a mixture of nervousness and joy shot through her body. She looked at her calendar and confirmed the date. “Yes! Of course, we’re on our way. Carla, cancel the rest of my meetings. It’s time!”

Carla’s eyes widened before an emotional smile spread over her face. “Sure, I’ll do it on the way.”

The two woman practically sprinted out of the bank towards Celine’s newer BMW. Carla started calling a flurry of customers while Celine sped along an old but not forgotten route. Her car arrived at Trost Prep but she parked it under a tree in the back away from prying eyes. The two mothers smiled upon seeing Celine’s old Honda parked near the entrance.

“Yo, this way,” Levi called out to the women, already waiting for them by the entrance.

“Thank you, Levi,” Carla greeted him.

Levi led them down the nostalgic corridors, though this time for a much different purpose. They passed familiar faces and teachers that waved to them. The two women returned the gestures but kept quiet on the journey to the principal’s office. They barely made it two steps in before Hanji looked and them with the biggest grin.

“Congratulations you two!”

“Not yet, Hanji. And save it for the real stars of the show today,” Celine dismissed but shared the receptionist’s enthusiasm.

Levi ushered them into Erwin’s office. Inside the principal was missing but there were already a small crowd gathered. Against one wall stood several younger adults that Celine recognized from stories that Jean told of college but she didn’t recall their names. She did recognize Marco and Armin standing next to each other holding hands, as well as Mikasa and Annie across the room from them. Both couples already wore rings.

“Alright that covers everyone. Children on the wall and moms to their station. Oh and give your best angry mom expression,” Levi advised, a tiny smile crossing his face.

Celine and Carla walked towards the desk and turned to face the door. They leaned against the desk, Celine crossing her arms while Carla rested her hands on her hips. Their eyes fell to the lone tiny blue chair in the room. A hard plastic chair meant for a first grader sat facing the desk with a tiny velvet box on it. Carla felt goosebumps crawl down her neck at the memory of this chair, or at least one like it. How many years had it been since these two mothers were first called into this office to reprimand their sons for fighting?

The fond memories faded as the sound of a ruckus and the faint roar of Erwin’s deep voice echoed outside the door.

“…coming back to this old school for what? Do you even know what the crime for trespassing is?” Erwin’s deep voice came could be heard.

“We’re sorry, we were just having a trip down memory lane! No need to call the cops, Erwin!” Jean’s pleading could be heard, earning a snort from some of his friends.

“That’s Principal Ackerman to you. Oh don’t worry, I already contacted something much worse,” Erwin warned as the knob turned.

Celine and Carla put on their best angry but also disappointed expressions as the door opened to reveal a rather flustered Jean, a disapproving Erwin, and a stoic yet defiant Eren.

Jean’s eyes widened and his mouth dropped upon seeing the two parents. “Maman? Ms. Jaeger?”

“Jean Alexandre Kirschtein, really? Breaking into your old school? I thought I raised you better!” Celine narrowed her eyes, clicking her tongue.

Jean paled at her chastisement, shrinking visibly at her words.

“Eren Jaeger, I know I raised you better,” Carla feigned anger, almost cracking a smile at her son who merely smirked at her words.

It took Jean a moment to notice the others hugging the side of the room before his head snapped from side to side to take everyone in.

“Wait, what the hell?” Jean spoke, confusion in his tone.

Eren took a few steps forward before bending down and picking up the tiny box and sitting down in the comically small chair.

“This all seemed rather fitting considering its where spent the most time together in school,” Eren briefly stated. “Jean, we’ve fought more than anyone I know yet became the best of friends and more. Every day with you has been such a fun experience and it’s not something I want to give up when we graduate. In fact, I want to experience this for the rest of my days with you if you’ll have me.”

Eren cracked open the velvet box to reveal a shiny silver band with a band of tiny blue gems inlaid around half the ring.

Taking a step back, Jean covered his mouth with both of his hands. His eyes widened as his blood ran cold, the gravity of the situation falling on his shoulders. The room stayed silent while he trembled. His hands slowly fell to show a fragile smile on his face. If any water tried to form at the edges of his eyes Jean restrained them.

“Yes, you magnificent asshole, a thousand times yes,” Jean managed to squeak a reply before dropping to his knees to embrace his new fiancé.

Their friends let out a small cheer while their mothers exchanged hugs.

Celine sniffed as she witnessed one of the happiest moments of both her’s and Jean’s life unfold.

Levi walked behind Erwin’s desk while everyone celebrated, bending down to rummage through his drawers. When he found what he was looking for he cleared his throat.

“Oi, for the new love birds,” Levi caught everyone’s attention as he slammed a bottle of Chardonnay on the desk.

Even though most of the kids exchanged confused glances, Celine and Carla were doubling over from laughter. A story to tell their sons at a later date.

To Be Continued in the Final Part

[were-cheetah-stiles]

The Recruit (Chapter 15) - Mitch Rapp

Author: @were-cheetah-stiles

Title: “Day 75, Part III”

Characters: Mitch Rapp, Steven Rapp & Reader/OFC

Warnings: Fluff and family bonding, a littttttle bit of smut at the very end.

A.N.: Mitch and Steven Rapp tho... and YES. I split one day into three separate chapters. sue me. they had a good day. :’)

Summary: Mitch and Y/n meet up with Mitch's brother, Steven, and finish out their first day in Manhattan.

Additional Note: I will literally never write a single DOB character as anything less than a rabid Mets fan.

Chapter Fourteen - Chapter Fifteen - Chapter Sixteen

"Mitch?! Holy shit, is that you?" A handsome, light brown haired man approached the couple. He looked like Mitch, but with less moles and his hair was gelled and parted to the side. He wore a well-fitting black suit and was about the same height as his brother. His smile lit up his entire face when he saw his long-lost brother.

"Steve." Mitch wrapped his brother up in a bear hug in the lobby of the lavishly decorated restaurant.

"I barely recognized you, man. You're... you're fucking swoll." Steven looked stunned. "And that's a great fucking suit. Where'd you get it?"

"Y/n literally had it made for me and they were finishing tailoring it less than fifteen minutes ago down at Brooks Brother's by your apartment. That's why we're a little late. I didn't have anything to wear." Mitch pulled you in front of him, in between him and his brother.

"Y/n.. holy sh-" Mitch gave Steven a look, and Steven grinned. "You are triple the amount of beauty that Mitch described you to be, and you whipped him up real nice too. It's really nice to meet you." Steven gave you a quick hug and a genuine smile.

"It's nice to meet you. I almost feel like we've met before," You grinned up at Mitch, letting him recall the time that he stole his brother's identity to use as his own when the recruits infiltrated a college reunion. Mitch smirked and dug his hands into his pockets sheepishly. "Mitch has told me so much about you."

"Mr. Rapp, your table is ready. Follow me please." The hostess eyed Steven and Mitch. They were both ridiculously handsome and well put together. Steven gestured for you to go first, and Mitch rested his hand in the small of your back, letting you lead the way.

You all sat down and placed your orders, making casual small talk until your drinks came. The table was small enough that you were all close together but instead of reaching over to hold your hand under the table, Mitch hooked his foot around your ankle, not playing footsie, just pressing his limbs against yours, wanting to always be touching you. You smiled at him and blushed as he kept his foot against yours. Your moment broken when Steven raised his glass for a toast.

"To my big brother, Mitch. I am so happy to see you and I am so happy that you have found someone with such obviously good taste in men and suits and who puts such an obviously huge smile on your face. To Mitch."Mitch smiled and shook his head. 

"To Mitch." You echoed his sentiments and the three of you clinked your glasses. Mitch leaning over to peck you on the cheek, as you raised your champagne flute to your lips.

"So Y/n, is this your first time in New York?" Steven asked as he placed his whiskey neat back on the table. You smirked at the question and the fact that the brothers were drinking the same thing. "I was actually born and raised here, moved to Williamsburg, Virginia when I was about nine, and came back here for college."

"Oh did you go to NYU or FIT or something?" Steven asked, and then turned as Mitch snickered into his glass. “What?”

"Columbia, actually."

"Holy shit, you're Ivy." He glanced at Mitch who raised his eyebrows and took another sip, trying to downplay his pride in his girlfriend.

"Steve went to 'Cuse like me and studied finance and business." Mitch interjected.

"What'd you study at Columbia?" Steven asked.

"Uh... I double majored in History and Middle Eastern Studies, and double minored in Political Science and Arabic."

"Holy shit, she's smarter than the two of us put together." Steven glanced at his brother, who had closed his eyes and was gently nodding, a permanent smirk resting on his face.

"Oh come on, maybe smarter than Mitch, but you're like some financial wunderkind from what I've heard." You ribbed on Mitch.

"Oh she's got jokes! I like her. So how did you two meet? I was kind of stunned when Mitch told me he was bringing someone with him this week. Did you meet while you were traveling?" He looked at his brother.

"I actually, finally took that job at the State Department about three months ago. I've been down in D.C. and Y/n works in my department and we just hit it off."

"............You've been stateside for three months?" Steven's face lost its happy luster.

"Yea, but I was getting settled in and... I'm sorry, Steve, you know where my head was at the last time you saw me." Mitch leaned forward, wresting his elbows on the crisp, clean white table cloth.

Steven didn't want to dwell on the subject at dinner. "Yea... well, so you met at the State Department. What are you both doing there?"

"The same as what my original position was, we're both Foreign Service Officers, this time for the Middle East."

"That's a much more terrifying place than Europe, Mitch." Steven worried about his only surviving family member.

"It's not bad, we're mostly just on diplomatic missions or back here advising." You tried to reassure the young man, even though he should be worried because their actual jobs were ten times more dangerous than those of a Foreign Service Officer.

"Well have you met any cool world leaders or been anywhere good yet?" Steven asked.

"You know we can't tell you anything, Steve." Mitch leaned back as the servers reached in front of him and placed their dinners down on the table.

"It's so stupid, you have the coolest jobs in the world, you have definitely met like Obama or someone awesome, and you can't even talk about it if you did." Steven whined as he cut into his steak. Mitch shrugged. He just wanted to Steven to drop it. He was thrilled when he heard you changing the subject.

"So Steven, you really have a stunning apartment, what is it that you do exactly?" You asked as you cut your lamb chops apart.

"It’s sick, right? I love that place. And, uh, I started as a hedge fund manager at Morgan Stanley, but got kind of bored of it. It wasn't challenging enough, ya'know? And so I opened a small capital investments firm with one of my buddies from undergrad, and we've actually done really well for ourselves so far." 

"My parent's were in capital investments too actually." You commented.

"Crap, ‘were’? Did they get hit by the recession in '08?" Steven asked.

"Steven.." Mitch growled under his breath.

"No, it's okay." You reassured Mitch. "My parents were both VP's for Cantor Fitzgerald and I lost them on 9/11 in the Towers." You told him, a soft smile remaining on your face, not wanting to worry Steven.

"Oh shit, I'm so sorry. That's really.. that's just awful."

"Thank you. It's okay."

Mitch piped up. "Speaking of Y/n’s Dad.."

"Oh right, uh, so my Dad was huge into vintage cars, and well, I inherited all of them, and they just sort of sit in a hangar in Brooklyn, near JFK, and I wanted to know if you both wanted to come with me tomorrow and check them out. Maybe drive a few..."

Steven's eyes bugged out. "Like what?"

"Well, my favorite is the Aston Martin DB5 or the Rolls Royce VI or the Maserati 3500 GT. Probably the Aston Martin though, but there are about 12 more cars in there for you two to play around with tomorrow, if you want."

"I don't care how long you've been dating, I'm going to marry her if you don't. You can watch from the Rolls-Royce VI that we'll give you as a consolation prize." Steven stared at Mitch, who just sat there shaking his head at his goofy little brother. He knew that that would seal the deal on whether or not Steven liked Y/n.

"Steve loved cars growing up, if you couldn't tell.."

"Yea, if finance didn't work out, I probably would've become an engineer and built race car engines or something."

"Then I think you're going to enjoy yourself tomorrow."

The waiters brought over your third round of drinks and the dessert menus and the laughter from the table roared through the room. The alcohol had loosened all three of you up and you were swapping stories from your childhoods.

"I can't believe you're a Yankees fan! That's just disgraceful." Steven yelled and laughed, garnering glares from the patrons around them over how loud he was.

"I am not apologizing for loving the greatest team in baseball. And shouldn't the both of you be Nationals fans anyway? I mean, you grew up near D.C."

"No, I mean, yes, we went to Nationals games as kids but didn't really care about baseball then. We really got into the Mets when we were both at Syracuse and one summer all of our friends were renting houses in the Hamptons because everyone had jobs or internships in Manhattan, and instead, Mitch and I rented a one bedroom apartment in Queens and literally worked at Citifield all summer long."

"We saw so many games that year." Mitch said with an amused smirk.

"The only other summer that beat that one was when we were kids and Mom and Dad got season passes to Hershey Park and we went like every fucking weekend." Steven recalled.

"They hated that place by the end of that summer." Mitch shook his head.

"I don't think Mom ate chocolate for like a year after that." Mitch and Steven burst into a fit of laughter thinking back on their happy childhood.

You grinned watching the two young men reconnecting. The three of you wrapped up dinner and all drunkenly stumbled home.

Mitch leaned his back against the brick wall of the balcony connected to Steven's twelfth story apartment. He watched as you stood in the bathroom, with the door open, and scrubbed the makeup off of your face with a disposable towelette. He took a sip of his Jameson and smiled as he saw you pull your hair up into a top bun, and then carefully hang his new suit jacket and tie up on a hook near the front door. 

You walked around the apartment, doing small nighttime tasks in a long-sleeved white crew neck and a pair of purple cotton boxers. It was such a difference from your look earlier in that evening but he thought you looked beautiful and sexy all the same. He was watching you finally slip into the covers on the pull-out sofa in Steven's living room, sipping your glass of ice water and snuggling into the book you were reading, when he heard Steven's voice from next to him.

He turned to see Steven, leaning against the balcony staring out at the  South Street Seaport a few blocks away. He looked pensive. "You missed graduation." He glanced over at his big brother.

Mitch grimaced. He had missed a lot of things. "I know. I'm sorry. Just everything that had happened.." Mitch turned around, rolling the sleeves up on his brand new white dress shirt, and pressing his elbows into the rough brick. He clutched his cold glass in both of his large, muscular hands and looked down at the large ice cube floating in the brown liquid.

"I know... I know everything with Katrina was fucked up, but I really thought you'd make it back for graduation, Mitch." Steven couldn't hide the hurt in his voice. All he wanted was for his only living family member to be there to celebrate his big day. "You missed a lot. You missed Mike and I opening the company, me getting to buy this place, Stephanie and I breaking up..."

"You and Steph broke up?" Mitch was surprised, and watched his brother gently nod.

"Yea, apparently she had been cheating on me with Liam for like, an entire year."

"Liam Connelly?"

"Yep, and apparently they moved in together and he knocked her up." Steven said, a slight grin spreading over his lips.

"Didn't you guys used to fight because you wanted kids and she basically wanted to get her tubes tied?" Mitch asked, watching his brother slowly nod and take a sip of his own Jameson on the rocks. Mitch laughed. "Good, fuck her. Serves her right for cheating on you."

Steven turned to Mitch, leaning on just one elbow and his side against the balcony, his long legs crossed over each other. "I can't tell you how surprised I was when you told me you were dating someone new. I literally never thought you were going to get over Katrina."

Mitch stayed looking ahead, and took a drink. He hadn't thought about her all day. He was grateful because he didn't have much in the way of memories with his dead fiancee in New York City. They had only been there together once in college and they ended up getting into a huge argument on the street in the Meatpacking District after a night of drinking with friends. He was grateful because it meant that he could be present in the moment with you while in Manhattan and not be sucked back into his past by a familiar sight or memory that was attached to her.

"I mean, I'm still not over Katrina. I'll always love her, and I'll always think about how good our lives could have been together, but I genuinely think Y/n has saved me from a life of.... just fucking misery, honestly."

"I like Y/n. She's cool, and I swear I almost wet myself over that story with her trying to climb out of the moving rollercoaster at Hershey because of the spider. She's really funny." Steven said and watched Mitch's face light up.

"She's actually really funny. She cracks me up all the time... There was this one time.. actually, no. Never mind"

"No, what was it?"

"It's.... it's a sex story, sort of.." Mitch blushed, and tried to remember how many drinks he had had that night that got him so talkative.

"Come on, bro, we're both adults now. I like a good funny sort of sex story."

Mitch nodded and sipped his nightcap. "This morning, we were on the train and Y/n had said a few things previously, never whispering by the way, and she finally just got really whiney and was like 'Let me just give you a blowjob now.' and the woman in front of us had just fucking had enough and turned around and glared at Y/n, and Y/n, so straight faced and quick was like, 'Not now now, obviously. God turn around. You're so dirty.' And the woman's mouth just gaped open like she couldn't believe that it had gotten turned around onto her. I laughed so fucking hard. It was hilarious. She's constantly doing shit like that. Just small comments or whatever here and there." Mitch had turned half way through the story and was watching you sleeping, the light above you still on and the book closed over your hand. He radiated when he watched you.

"Have you told her you love her yet?" Steven asked, watching his big brother.

Mitch contorted his mouth slightly and took another sip, feeling the slowly melting ice cube bump against his nose as he began to reach the last tastes of his whiskey. "Not yet. I mean it's barely been two months. I don't want to rush her. She's been through a lot lately."

Steven nodded and glanced at his watch. "Times a ticking, big brother. You should know that better than anyone..." He downed the rest of his drink, patted his brother on the shoulder and headed for the door. "I'm gonna go knock out. I'll see you guys in the morning."

"Night, Steve." Mitch watched as you stirred at the sound of the balcony door closing, and he finished his drink.

He placed his drink on the kitchen counter and filled up a clean glass full of cold water. He downed it and filled it up again. The last thing in the world that he wanted was a hangover the next morning. He sat in a black leather club chair pushed away from the foot of the bed and began untying his shoes. Steven had come out of the bathroom and closed the door to his room, and woke you. 

You sat up in bed, and got a bearing on your surroundings. You dogeared the corner of Bram Stoker's Dracula and placed it on the table next to the couch. You then laid back in your original position, head resting on your arm and the edge of the pillow, and watched him untying his other shoe. You knew that you loved him because watching him doing something as simple and mundane as leaning over to take off his shoes made your heart flutter.

"Did Steven go to bed?"

"Yea." Mitch stood to unbutton his shirt, and watched as you got up on your knees and crawled across the bed towards him. He smiled as your tiny, delicate fingers pushed his fingers out of the way, and unbuttoned his shirt for him. You carefully unrolled his cuffs and got off the bed, standing in front of him. He leaned down, cupping your cheek as you moved down to unbutton his pants, and kissed you softly. You smiled into his embrace and he felt butterflies fill his stomach. You walked away and grabbed the hanger that his suit jacket and tie were hanging on.

"Pants." You gave him your best 'gimme' hands and waited with a smirk.

Mitch chuckled and took off his pants, suddenly standing in front of you in nothing but his boxer briefs. Steven's apartment was cold. Mitch recalled how Steve would leave his window cracked open even in the chill of February, growing up. He walked over to his bag and grabbed a pair of dark blue plaid sweatpants and pulled them on. You folded his pants in half and carefully hung them on the bottom of the metal hanger. You draped his shirt, then his jacket, then his tie over the top of the hanger and went to place it back on the hook by the door. You turned around to see his perfectly pink lips turned up.

"What?" You whispered, as you walked back over to the bed.

Mitch scratched at the scruff on his jaw and shook his head. "I just like the way you take care of me."

You smiled, and then looked at your feet. "Of course I'm going to take care of you. I love you." was what you wanted to say. "I like taking care of you." was what you said instead, as you headed back to the bed.

Mitch followed you to the bed, and climbed on top of you. He nipped at your neck and jaw and ears as you pawed at his bare and muscular back. Mitch slid down and hovered over your stomach, pulling your shirt up so he could leave kisses on your torso. He watched as you grinned and panted over his touch. He pulled gently at your shorts and began leaving long, wet, sucking kisses on your hips and pelvis. You squirmed under him.

"Okay, okay, no, stop." You said a little over a whisper.

Mitch felt your hands yank his head up by his hair. He winced and looked at you. "What'd I do?"

"I'm too drunk to be quiet if we do this. I think your brother likes me so far and I really don't want him to hate me because I kept him up with my moaning and bullshit." You shook your head as you spoke.

Mitch collapsed on the bed next to you. All he wanted was to eat you out. He had been thinking about it all day and the desire was only intensified by the alcohol, but he knew you were right. He would have been enthusiastic and you would have been loud. "We need a god damn hotel room." He muttered, adjusting his semi-erect penis in his pants.

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What did you eat at home for meals growing up at home? Is it pasta every day? Foreigner marrying an American man and stressed about cooking !!! Help!!! #Traditional American cuisine. #Internet Doesn't help.

while we did have pasta sometimes, i certainly ate other things growing up! i’ll try my best to list some options for each meal, hopefully i can help 😅

breakfast:

honestly i usually skipped breakfast because eating so early in the morning made me feel sick. and by early i mean like, 7:00 am when i had to get up for school. if my dad was around to cook breakfast (my mom usually did dinner, my dad usually did breakfast) like on holidays or weekends, we had:

- biscuits and jam/butter/honey

- lots of eggs! scrambled eggs, poached eggs, baked eggs, fried eggs, omelettes! eggs go awesome with toast

- bacon for sure. sausage is good too.

- pancakes and waffles are super common breakfast foods. syrup and butter goes great with them, as well as fresh fruit and jam.

- we also had hot peppers and cheese with toast and scrambled eggs, but that’s because it’s something my mom ate growing up and we had a garden to grow our own peppers. i don’t know if i’d call this one american, but it’s yummy

- the most american breakfast i can think of is pancakes, bacon, and fried eggs with a nice glass of milk or orange juice.

- cereal and milk is a classic too. this is really what i had/have most often for breakfast. i love cheerios and rice krispies! and then for the more sugary stuff froot loops and lucky charms.

lunch:

for lunch, i was mostly on my own to feed myself, either due to school or my mom telling my to.

- sandwiches. i’m talking pb&j, pb and honey, cheese and meats, grilled cheese, tuna fish. if somebody asked me what i thought a classic lunch was i would say a big sandwich. chips are a good side, as well as vegetables or fruit. carrot sticks, celery (if you like it), apple slices, orange, berries, etc.

- because i was feeding myself, this is when i’d have top ramen or kraft mac and cheese. sometimes canned tomato soup. easy to make and tastes good

- leftovers from dinner is good here too. cereal if you’re feeling super lazy.

dinner:

okay so my mom was a stay at home mom, and she cooked dinner nearly every single night. she also made some weird things that i didn’t like, so i’m gonna stick to dinners that i think are yummy.

- yes, pasta. spaghetti and meatballs, homemade mac and cheese, fettuccine alfredo, steak stroganoff, pasta salads, lasagna. i love pasta so damn much, and would be pretty happy eating it all the time! but there are other common dinners lol

- tacos or taco salad. we had this a lot, and it’s not too hard to prepare. lots of veggies, some meat, some hot sauce *chefs kiss*

- if we’re talking american cuisine, hamburgers and hotdogs. i mean that’s about as classic as it gets. other barbecue as well. my dad liked making barbecue chicken.

- if you’re grilling/barbecueing things you can make some killer sides. grilled corn is amazing, along with other grilled veggies! we had squash and zucchini. grilled pineapple and peaches are also tasty.

- on sundays, my dad would sometimes make a pot roast. he did most of the meat cooking, like steak or pork chops or chicken or turkey.

- lots of soups. chicken dumpling soup is a favorite of mine, but we also had tomato, borchst, minestrone. rolls are a good side for soups!

- we’d have stir fry and fried rice sometimes, always yummy.

- pizza. oh god did i eat pizza growing up. mostly because my parents seemed obsessed with making their own, but a good homemade pizza is to die for!

- baked potatoes. easy to make! throw some potatoes in the oven, prepare toppings: cheese, butter, chives, bacon, sour cream.

- quesadillas and/or nachos with homemade salsa. mmmmmm 

- fish. i really hate fish, but my family likes it so. we would have salmon a lot, tilapia sometimes too. tuna steaks on occasion. not my thing tho :/

- for sides, my mom would make us eat healthy things. salads, vegetables, fruits. i mean i love vegetables! i also prefer them raw, so it’s really easy for me to prepare them lol. but you can roast them in the oven, that’s also really good! fruit salads are pretty classic. my favorite fruit salad is grapefruit and orange in a honey-cardamom sauce 🤤. rolls or french bread are common sides too. i think french bread dipped in olive oil and balsamic vinegar is super yummy. sometimes we’d open a bag of chips.

dessert:

kinda a meal, kinda not but still important! i’m not actually a huge dessert person, but i can tell you the popular ones.

- ice cream. there’s so many options at the store, and it’s common to buy a pint or quart, keep it in the freezer, and eat it.

- cookies. there are so many kinds. chocolate chip, oatmeal, snickerdoodle, gingersnaps, sugar, pumpkin chocolate, peanut butter. choco chip is the most classic one tho

- pies. pumpkin pie is usually a fall thing, but you can have it any time. other common flavors are apple, blueberry, lemon meringue, cherry, banana cream, chocolate, pecan.

- cake. i hate cake. most people like it tho! chocolate, vanilla, carrot, red velvet. i mean there’s a billion flavors and frosting combos. cupcakes too.

- brownies. a good, fudgy, chocolatey brownie is amazing.

- jello? i guess? idk i feel like people enjoy the idea of jello more than jello itself. i may not be a good judge of that tho. my mom feed me jello when i had a stomach bug cause i would actually eat it and it wouldn’t hurt too bad to puke up, so jello is a sick person food in my mind.

i hope you get some meal ideas from this! and don’t be afraid to cook from your own culture! i love eating other cultures foods, and i kinda think of american cuisine as incorporating other kinds of food as well.