#to be fair though; middle school just be like that
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dreamsteddie Ā· 1 day ago
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Steve and Eddie childhood friends au where Eddie's mom, Elizabeth Munson, is hired on as Steve's nanny when Steve turns four.
Elizabeth may not have the best reputation in town, but she went to school with Linda Harrington before she threw her life and money away on Al. She was young and foolish and thought he loved her like she loved him. It hurt to be proven wrong, that he loved her modest saving account more than he could ever love her, but at the end of the day, he gave her Eddie, so she carries on.
Linda had known her from before she met Al. They weren't ever friends, but Elizabeth was from a nice lower middle-class family and had long black curls that the other girls could admire. Not popular by any means, but someone who could be partnered up with Queen Linda for a history project without heads turning. Linda also knew from health class that Elizabeth was good with kids, so it's not a complete surprise when she gets a call asking if she'd like to nanny her 4-year-old son, Steve, for the foreseeable future so she can return to work with her husband.
The Harrintons are a wealthy couple, for Hawkins Indiana at least. In the grand scheme of things Richard's position as one of many property realtors in a major corporation keeps them comfortably in the upper middle classes, but the dollar stretches almost twice as far in the sleepy parts of Indiana.
Still, to Elizabeth who has never known more than a modest three bedroom and little Eddie who has never lived outside the tin walls of the trailer park, the Harrington home seems like a mansion fit for a king.
Or in this case, a little prince.
Steve is a sweet little boy, if a little bratty the first few times Elizabeth has to tell him no. When she first comes to the house to be briefed on all Steve's needs and how the house runs, he clings to his mother's perfectly pressed skirts and looks up at him with big brown eyes that remind her so much of Eddie's, full of barely contained curiosity. It doesn't take long after she introduces himself to him, stooping down to say hi and shake his little hand, for him to lose all that shyness and start, trying, to ask her questions. He's not at a place where he can use full sentences, but he makes do with pointing and the words he does have.
It's easy to see that Linda doesn't know how to interact with Steve, telling him more than once to let the grownups talk and to stop holding her skirt. Elizabeth doesn't say anything though, it's not her place and she could really use the job. Edde is sprouting up like a weed, and her previous income from the diner wasn't enough to get him all the things he needed. The Harringtons, for all their faults, are offering her more than a fair salary to look after their son.
The next week, she brings her and Eddie bright and early to make sure they get there just as the Harringtons head off to work. Elizabeth knows Richard wasn't keen on Eddie coming with her, probably not wanting his son to associate with a child he sees as lesser, but Elizabeth quickly realized that matters of the home like childcare were left to Linda's discretion, and she hadn't seen a problem with it.
Steve is waiting for his mother on the front porch, clutching her hand as hard as he can. When Linda pries his hand away he starts to snivel and cry, but to Elizaeth's surprise, he doesn't start to wail and scream. The first time she had to leave for work Eddie just about had a complete meltdown, not understanding where his mom was going or why he had to stay with his Uncle Wayne. Steve stays quiet, muffing his cries in a way that tugs at her heartstrings.
She takes his hand and guides him inside, holding back from scooping him up in her arms like she would Eddie to sing him a song and dry his tears. Something tells him the Harringtons wouldn't appreciate that.
So he waits, watches their car depart from the open doorway, and once she's sure they're completely out of sight she swoops down to hold him in her arms. The act opens the floodgates. Steve starts really crying and wailing into her arms, asking for his mama and clutching hard at the sleeves of Elizabeth's blouse.
That's when Eddie steps in, placing his hand on Steve's shirt and rubbing clumsy circles on the younger boy's shoulder. Eddie's not five quite yet, has about four more moths to go, but he's talking much more than Steve is and seems to relish in the use of his voice. Right now he's using it to soothe Steve, telling him it's going to be ok and his mama will come back and that they can share his mama until she does.
Then he does the damnedest thing.
He starts singing.
It's the same thing she's always done for him. Every time Al comes home and leaves again, when he falls off the jungle gym at the park, when one of the kids in town points out that his shoes have holes in them and that he must be poor. She holds him close, rubs his tiny shoulder, and sings her favorite Patsy Cline song into his ear.
The three of them stay in the Harrington's entryway for as long as it takes for Steve's tears to dry out, starting this new phase of their lives to the tune of Sweet Dreams.
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bee-devilling Ā· 3 days ago
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Nope! In fact I have very thoroughly thought out Misha's middle name and the lore behind it (partially because I headcanon him as trans, so his name is obviously an important decision to him)
Middle names are patronymic in Ukraine, he's going to get his father's name, despite the fucker being better fit as a sperm donor than an actual father.
But Misha has a rebellious attitude, and a forged birth certificate, so he can fix this.
So while his mother puts in ŠœŠøхŠ°Š¹Š»Š¾ (Mykhailo) on the birth cert, and asks about changing the suffix of his middle name (because it's gendered, translates to son/daughter of ___) he's like "actually, I've a better idea"
Because this is the fake one, and his adoptive parents will have no concept of Ukrainian naming customs. It's also the one the government will never find, so he doesn't have to stick to Ukrainian naming customs if he doesn't want to (and he doesn't, because his dad sucks).
Everyone but him and his mother will be none the wiser. But they know what his birth cert says, and they are the only people who need to know that at least on a sentimental and not-quite-legal level, that his name is ŠœŠøхŠ°Š¹Š»Š¾ Š¢Š°Š¼Š°Ń€Š°Š²Šøч Š‘Š°Ń‡ŠøŠ½ŃŃŒŠŗŠøŠ¹, Mykhailo (Misha) Tamaravych Bachynsky.
According to the government though, his name is Š¢ŠµŃ‚яŠ½Š° ŠžŠ»ŠµŠŗсŠ°Š½Š“ріŠ²Š½Š° Š‘Š°Ń‡ŠøŠ½ŃŃŒŠŗŠøŠ¹, Tetyana Oleksandrivna Bachynsky
Also, to add to the choir name headcanons:
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Also also for the rest of the choir's middle names:
Constance Eleanor Blackwood (canon)
Ocean Faythe Justice O'Connell Rosenberg
Persephone Jennifer Lamb (listen I know that odds are, Penny's name is Penelope. Maybe it's mentioned in Legoland, idk, haven't read it. But I don't care, you can pry this name headcanon from my cold, dead hands)
Richard Keenan Potts
For other characters names/personalities (probably way too detailed but eh) (also I don't have these for everyone but hopefully I will soon I'd love to add to this):
Noel Dorian Casimir Gruber
I think Constance's brothers (I hc there's two of them, fraternal twin boys) would have classic names like Constance does, but they can have cute nicknames like Connie. I've named them Matthew/Mattie and Alexander/Lex. Lex has a very similar personality to Constance, he tends to stick by her or his brother, and is extremely shy. He's not very vocal about his wants or needs, but Mattie was always ready to speak up for him if he needed it. Mattie is a complete social butterfly, and has enough energy and enthusiasm to make up for the timidness of his two older siblings. The second he learned to talk, he did not shut up.
Noel's mom is Roxanne, and to put it simply, she would lay down her life for her son (in fact she basically already has, if we're going by my idea of what happened with Noel's dad. And she'd fucking do it again) and sure, maybe she didn't deal with his coming out in the best way possible, but she does care about him and she just wants him to be safe above all else, and unfortunately in the situation they're in that means they have to barricade the metaphorical closet door just a little. I also headcanon that Noel has an older sister named Camille, she's about 7 years older than him and moved out without any indication of where she was going or where she might be now.
Misha's mother is Tamara, obviously, she's named in the musical. She was the coolest mom ever. She never cared about his grades in school (thought to be fair to him, he was a great student when he lived in Ukraine), she was always encouraging about his hobbies, and she was definitely the first follower of BagEgg on YouTube. She wanted to raise him to be as independent of her as he could be, and she realised once she got sicker that it was the best possible thing she could have done. She was very accepting of him when he came out as trans; well it wasn't coming out as such, it was 6-year-old Misha insisting he wasn't a girl and that he didn't want to be Tetyana anymore. She tried to help him as much as she could, and when she had to forge his birth certificate to get him out of the country she happily changed his name on it, if it meant he could live a safer life in Canada without any judgement based on what he was or wasn't born as. I also think Misha has a little sister, Lyuba. She also emigrated to Canada with Misha, but they went to different homes at opposite ends of Saskatchewan, and he hasn't seen her since.
Would it be stupid to have middle name headcanons for the choir?
And name headcanons/very light personality trait ideas for their family and friends (if they have any)?
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pink-lighter Ā· 1 year ago
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was anyone going to tell me that ā€œoh no!ā€ by marina is, in fact, satire, and not, in fact, a guideline on how to live? or was i just supposed to figure that out at age 20 after derailing and sabotaging my life and dealing with crippling burn out?
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imbeingtauntedbyachild Ā· 25 days ago
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Alicia explorations and an attempt at project sekais 2d models
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deus-ex-mona Ā· 1 year ago
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dealing with assigned reading like
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deer-with-a-stick Ā· 1 year ago
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Oh shit I forgot how dark this series was. And yet, middle school me did not bat a single eye
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pepprs Ā· 2 years ago
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you will never be too old to find someone for you. society puts a lot of emphasis on dating in high school or right after but in reality the number of people who stay in those relationships untill marriage is low. real life doesnt prioritize those years! you are never done meeting people who will love you and you will love too. there is no timer ticking down. 24 is not too old, i promise.
i know youā€™re right šŸ˜žšŸ˜žšŸ˜ž idk why i have issues abt this bc most of the ppl i spend time w / follow on inst*gram (where i saw that post šŸ„“) / etc are at least a couple yrs older than me if not decades and also in most cases didnā€™t meet their person until they were around my age or older so itā€™s like why not enjoy the ride and just trust that itā€™ll all fall into place bc ur teens and 20s are definitely not as stable or happy or whatever as theyā€™re made out to be sometimes. i think i just need to stop looking at social media that isnā€™t tumblr and find a different counselor and learn how to drive šŸ˜­
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variantoutcast Ā· 2 years ago
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Not sure how to insert a read more on mobile so this post about my personal experiences with transphobia and ableisn will be in the tags only šŸ‘
#there was this teacher in middle school who I had for two days due to like a station rotation activity with my actual teacher#and when i was in middle school i mostly passed as a boy#but im afab and was just using she her pronouns. essentially presenting myself to the world as a gender nonconforming cis girl.#i was aware and comfortable with the fact that my gender was more fucked up than that but i wasnt out for a variety of reasons anyways#i digress#this teacher refused to call me by my name (the name my parents gave me. on my birth certificate) or use she/her pronouns for me#she called me he and it and told me i wasn't fooling anyone with this nonsense#multiple students - one of which consistently bullied me - corrected her on my gender and pronouns and she wouldn't listen#she even complained to my actual teacher in front of me and referred to me as 'that thing'#and this was humiliating and it was scary but more than anything it was exhausting bc by this point I was very accustomed#to being misgendered and dehumanized by my peers it didnt even strike me as particularly concerning that this person in authority was#so blatantly bent on this path#and to be fair i was dehumanized by other people in authority but usually for my autism not my gender. that was more my peers#anyways. i just found she died last August#and I'm like really struggling with feelings of guilt because I'm honestly a little glad she's dear#dead*#even though I only had those few interactions with her#anyways#i was in the same year as her grandaughter. and i know what its like to lose a family member you love#who is deeply flawed#and i know she was important to a lot of disadvantaged kids#whatever. it doesn't matter really how I feel. it's not like I have to talk to anybody who knew her ever again#tw ableism#tw transphobia#if you read all that you deserve some kind of award
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sescoups Ā· 7 months ago
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on my knees - choi seungcheol
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summary: your best friend and roommate is out of the country, and you come home to find nothing short of a disaster. who else would you have called but her brother?
word count: ~9k oops
a/n: I have no fucking clue what happened to me, but I just started writing and then didn't stop for like 4 hours so. here you go. you're welcome and also I'm sorry.
18+ MDNI!! warnings under the cut!
warnings: heavy kissing, seungcheol is the epitome of a Simp, p in v sex, unprotected sex (don't), oral sex (f receiving), slight size kink, let me know if I missed something!
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You had been best friends with Sua since you were both six years old. One of the older boys had pushed you onto the ground, wanting to be ahead of you in the line for the slide. Most of the other kids had laughed as tears started pouring down your cheeks, your knee rubbed red and raw and your pretty dress covered in dust and gravel.
ā€œAre you really so immature you canā€™t even wait your turn?ā€ a small voice had piped up.
Through the haze of your tears, you had seen a pretty black-haired girl kneel down to help you out. She had brushed away the worst of the dirt from your dress, and leaned in to look at your knee.
ā€œI donā€™t know much about scrapes,ā€ she said thoughtfully, ā€œbut I think you should clean it. Thatā€™s what my mom always says to me and my brother.ā€ Then she smiled before standing up and glaring at the boy again. ā€œYouā€™re a poopyhead, and I will never play with you.ā€
Thinking back on it as adults, you always laughed at her phrasing; even more amusing was the way the little boy had taken Suaā€™s comment way too seriously and tried to fight her in the playground. Before any of the adults had been able to intervene, Suaā€™s older brother had stepped between the two of them menacingly, arms crossed across his chest. He was three years older, so the other boy quickly back-tracked when faced with Seungcheolā€™s nine-year old frame. After the little boy had run away out of fear, crying, the two siblings had helped you off the ground and to your parents.
The rest was history; playdates as children, study dates in middle and high school, and spending every single summer vacation together. You had gone from climbing trees to shopping at the mall, and from learning the alphabet to crying your way through chemistry together. Well, you more than her, but still. The suffering was mutual.
Your dynamic remained largely unchanged throughout the years. You were the crier, and Sua was the fixer. You hated the way you cried at the smallest inconveniences, and often felt bad for Sua for having to fix it, but she always said it was cute. She said you were just like that, and that was okay. Sua had her own quirks, mainly being quick to anger - you reassured her that you didnā€™t mind holding her back from fights and silencing her before she could yell insults at undeserving people, so really, you were the same. Just, you know, in a different way.
Another thing that never really changed was the way Seungcheol took care of the both of you. He helped out with homework when he could, taught Sua how to fight (truly a dubious decision considering her anger, but that was his business and not yours), and scared away any icky boys that were mean to you.
It was a very different dynamic to how other siblings seemed to act, but since you were an only child, you wouldnā€™t really know. Though, to be fair, he seldom held back the snarky comments when the opportunity presented itself. He would roll his eyes whenever you cried, call Sua an idiot when she didnā€™t understand a math problem, and generally be a dick when you played games together. It was all in good fun, you supposed.
Now, being 24 years old and two years out of college, Sua was your roommate and your rock. She was the one who put up with your generally messy habits and lack of cooking acumen, and she only complained once a month or so. In return, you were the one to make sure bills were paid on time and keep the freezer stocked with ice cream during the hot summer months. A symbiotic relationship, if youā€™d ever seen one.
You saw significantly less of Seungcheol, though he was far from an uncommon fixture in your household. He knew the code for the keypad on the door, so sometimes he just showed up unannounced to raid your kitchen and take a nap on your couch, but you didnā€™t mind. He did tend to fix anything that was broken and clean up whatever you couldnā€™t be bothered to, so the transaction was fair in your opinion.
One fateful Tuesday, you received a call during your lunch break at work. Usually, you wouldnā€™t answer, preferring to take your 45 minutes to scroll down your social media feeds aimlessly while eating your food, but Sua had always had special privileges, so you picked up anyway.
ā€œHey, sorry, I know Iā€™m interrupting your scheduled vegetable time,ā€ she started, and you snorted in response.
ā€œI am not eating anything with vegetables in it, and I think you know it.ā€ You were opening the store-bought lunchbox while speaking, your phone tucked between your elbow and your cheek.
ā€œIf I didnā€™t cook you dinner every day, you would have scurvy,ā€ she shot back without a secondā€™s hesitation. ā€œNo, dumbass, I meant your own brain-turning-to-vegetable time. Duh.ā€
ā€œOh, that,ā€ you replied, unphased by her insults and generally snarky tone. You were used to it. And also kind of deserved it.
ā€œYeah. Well anyway, something came up at work and Iā€™m gonna have to take an unscheduled work trip.ā€
ā€œCool. Where to?ā€
ā€œTokyo, so not that far,ā€ she sighed, and you could picture her running her fingers through her hair. She never did well with unexpected travel plans. ā€œI have to leave tonight. I just thought Iā€™d let you know, so you can make plans to get takeout tonight.ā€
You scoffed down the line, placing a forkful of bulgogi in your mouth and chewing quickly. God bless convenience store lunchboxes. ā€œI know how to take care of myself, mom.ā€
ā€œDonā€™t talk with your mouth full, you slob.ā€ Again, you could picture Suaā€™s nose crinkling in disgust. ā€œIā€™m kidding, by the way. I know you can take care of yourself. Just letting you know Iā€™m leaving so you donā€™t think Iā€™ve been kidnapped or killed or something.ā€
ā€œThank God I donā€™t have to deal with the paperwork for a missing person,ā€ you deadpanned and took a drink of your Sprite. ā€œNo but for real, enjoy the trip. Iā€™ll be fine, and so will you.ā€
ā€œThanks,ā€ your best friend sighed back. ā€œIā€™ll be back in a week or so. Iā€™m gonna go home and pack now, so if anythingā€™s a mess when you get home- actually, nevermind. That doesnā€™t bother you at all. Bye.ā€
ā€œHey-ā€ you started to protest, but the line went dead and you rolled your eyes.
Well. At least now you could have sushi for dinner without having to listen to Sua complain about the smell of raw fish.
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You were so ready to become a couch potato as soon as you came home. One of the new employees at work, Jun, had screwed up a pretty important document, so youā€™d had to stay late and help him fix it. It wasnā€™t his fault, he was still new, but you were tired nonetheless. You took your shoes off by the door and turned the lights on in the kitchen, placing the bag of takeout on the counter before you heard it.
The water.
You had never had any issues with the pipes in your apartment, but something had obviously gone wrong with the pipes under the bathroom sink, because the floor was absolutely flooded. You gasped and shut your eyes tightly for a second, willing the problem to be miraculously gone as soon as you opened them again. Alas, no such luck.
The tears pressed behind your eyes, begging to make their escape. You tried to hold them back as you thought about what to do to solve the problem. The faucet wasnā€™t on, so it was definitely the pipes. Damn. You thought about calling the apartment management and asking for help, but their turnover time was two days at the best of times, and the office was already closed for the day. You heaved a deep sigh as you settled on the best option you could think of. You pressed the name in your contacts and begged the universe that he would pick up.
ā€œWhatā€™s up?ā€
Seungcheol sounded relaxed and unbothered, and you could hear the chatter of a TV in the background. You hated to bother him, but hey, it was his little sisterā€™s apartment too. You cleared your throat to try and get rid of the thickness in your throat brought on by the tears.
ā€œHey, Cheol,ā€ you began, and you heard him sit up immediately and pause whatever was playing on the TV.
ā€œWhatā€™s wrong, sweetheart?ā€
He sounded worried; he usually only called you an endearment when he was worried or teasing you. Clearing your throat had evidently not been enough to get rid of the tears in your voice. Some of them finally escaped in tracks down your cheeks, and you swore, leaning your forehead against the doorframe.
ā€œSo uh, I just got home, and Sua isnā€™t here because sheā€™s in Tokyo and I-ā€
ā€œY/N, I donā€™t care about Sua right now. I know sheā€™s fine, she landed half an hour ago. Whatā€™s going on with you?ā€
ā€œThe guest bathroom is flooded, like completely, and I donā€™t know what to do.ā€
You heard the rustling of clothes and what sounded like keys jingling through the phone. ā€œJesus Christ, I thought you were fucking dying,ā€ Seungcheol scolded, and you hiccupped a little, apologizing. ā€œNo, donā€™t worry darling, Iā€™m coming over to help, okay?ā€
ā€œOkay.ā€
You were sniffling, and you heard him curse under his breath. You hung up after a quick goodbye, and then you were left alone with the mess again. Looking closer, you realized that the bath mat was soaked along with a towel left on the floor. You sighed and took your socks off, deciding to do something productive while waiting for your knight in shining armor.
You took a picture and sent it to Sua, who replied immediately with a bunch of question marks and swear words directed to the apartment management. She also realized they would be no help at this hour. Great.
Once the soaked bath mat and towel were hung up and dripping into the tub as opposed to the flooded floor, you started clearing out some of the decorations that were taking up floor space. There was a giant plant, two laundry baskets, and a really heavy wooden dresser that held all your clean towels - you didnā€™t want the wood to rot.
You heard the door open while you were in the process of moving the plant. Honestly, you should have waited for Seungcheol to move this one; the plant was heavy as fuck and really awkward to carry, and you could feel your back protesting before you had even gotten it outside of the bathroom.
ā€œWhat the hell, Y/N.ā€
The voice was closely followed by a pair of hands grabbing the plant from you and heaving it outside of the door in mere seconds. Showoff.
ā€œAre you okay?ā€ Seungcheol asked after placing the plant down on a towel, grabbing your upper arm gently. You nodded, and he sighed, squeezing your arm. ā€œLetā€™s see the- oh fuck.ā€
You couldnā€™t help it, you started laughing. Hysterically. The bathroom floor was covered in two inches of water, and the sound of more spraying out was echoing off the walls. Your best friendā€™s brother glared at you for two seconds before he started laughing too. It wasnā€™t funny, but it kind of was. How had this even happened? And how had Sua not seen anything when she was home to pack?
ā€œSorry, Cheol,ā€ you giggled, wiping under your eyes to get rid of the tears that were still falling. Typical. ā€œI, uh, wanted to move the plant and the dresser to make more room and-ā€
ā€œDarling, that plant was almost heavier than you are. Not to mention that dresser. What were you thinking?ā€
His voice soothed your panic. He had been solving your problems for the past eighteen years, after all; this was nothing he couldnā€™t handle. He looked ruffled, you realized. He had been relaxing after a long day at work when you called, and had gotten to your apartment as fast as he could just to help you. And now he was here, being all nice and caring and calling you sweet names. You felt like a stupid child.
ā€œI-Iā€™m sorry. For calling you, I shouldnā€™t have, I-ā€
ā€œAbsolutely not. You can call me about anything at any time, you got that?ā€ he asked sternly, gazing directly into your eyes. You swallowed, but nodded. His words gave you unwelcome butterflies, the intensity of his gaze making you look away.
ā€œGot it,ā€ you replied when a nod didnā€™t seem to be enough for him. ā€œUhm, so how do we deal with this?ā€
For a moment, the only sound you could hear was the steady spray of water coming from under the sink. You realized that all the products underneath would be useless now, and you would probably have to change out the entire cabinet housing the pipes. You felt a migraine start a steady throb against your temples, and you deflated even more, resting against the doorway.
ā€œItā€™s okay, Iā€™ll fix it for you, darling,ā€ Seungcheol said softly, pulling you in for a hug. Your stomach erupted in butterflies again. You seriously needed some psychological help.Ā  ā€œJust go change, okay? You must be exhausted.ā€
You shook your head, but relented when he lifted an eyebrow at you. You went to your room and closed the door. For a moment, you just stood there, staring at nothing. Your bathroom was flooded. And your best friendā€™s brother was helping you fix it, calling you sweet nicknames and saying shit straight out of a romance novel - as if your dumb crush on him needed any more encouragement. You sunk onto the edge of your bed for a moment, just breathing deeply and blinking back more tears. Enough was enough.
When you were fourteen or so, youā€™d had a crush on Seungcheol. Who wouldnā€™t? He was tall, pretty, smelled good, and helped you with your homework. Ever since then, it would come and go, usually at the most inopportune times. You appreciated his looks pretty often, particularly when he came over to fix stuff for you and Sua, but you tried not to think about it much - mostly out of self preservation. He was still pretty, still nice, still smelled good, and whenever you let your mind wander for more than five seconds, you knew you were in danger.
You definitely should get it under control. First of all, he had known you since you were six. He had seen all your weird phases, watched you find your own identity, and that came with some really cringy stuff. Additionally, you were his little sisterā€™s best friend. You had some loyalty to her, sure, but more than anything you were sure that he saw you as an extra sister or something. Considering the amount of time you had spent at their house growing up, that would only be logical.
Armed with the reminder of why he would never be into you, you shook it all off. You located your regular home attire - bike shorts and a big t-shirt which origins you forgot - and put your hair up and out of your face. Then you steeled yourself again, vowing not to cry at the sight of the water, and walked back towards the accursed bathroom.
You found Seungcheol on his knees in front of the open cabinet from where the water came. He was hunched over, hand in front of him to block some of the water and seemingly looking for something. His white t-shirt had been sprayed with water, and it was sticking to his chest. You gulped at the sight, repeating that he saw you as an annoying crybaby to yourself in order to stop the stupid butterflies that had seemingly taken up permanent residence in your guts.
ā€œDo you need a flashlight or something?ā€ you asked timidly, making him look up at you. He paused and blinked at you once, twice, before clearing his throat and nodding. You got out your phone and turned the flashlight on, carefully stepping in behind him so as not to splash him.
ā€œI, uh, think we need to remove this middle shelf from the cabinet,ā€ he said, having positioned himself to shield you from the spray.
ā€œAlright,ā€ you replied, placing your phone to the side and leaning to grab the shelf before being stopped by one of his hands. He had placed it carefully on bare skin so as not to get your clothes wet. Damn him. ā€œWhat? Iā€™ll just grab it and get it out of the way for you.ā€
He scoffed. ā€œYouā€™ll get wet.ā€
Now it was your turn to blink at him stupidly, eyes wide and questioning. You could feel your cheeks burning, as did your arm where his hand was resting. This stupid, stupid man was going to make you fall in love with him, and that just couldnā€™t happen. At all.
ā€œWho cares, Cheol? Itā€™s just water. Let me get it out of your way, and Iā€™ll hold the flashlight again, okay?ā€
He grimaced, but let go of your arm. You grabbed both sides of the shelf and lifted it. It took a bit of pressure, but eventually it came loose. You backed up slowly and brought the shelf over the tub with the soaked bath mat and dirty towel. Gross.
Even though you had been fast, Seungcheol had been right; your entire torso was soaked with water. You decided that you could do something about it after the leak was dealt with, and so you just ignored it and grabbed your phone again. Your friend was staring at your front with a wrinkle between his brows, mouth open a little, and you rolled your eyes affectionately.
ā€œCheol.ā€ He looked up at you. ā€œItā€™s fine. I know you wanted to shield me or whatever, but itā€™s just a shirt. Now please, help me solve this?ā€
He nodded wordlessly and turned back to the considerably more spacious cabinet, taking a deep breath. His pout was cute, and you hated your heart for beating faster at the sight of him.
Seungcheol seemed to finally have found what he was looking for, and reached into the cabinet. You altered the angle of the light to make sure he could still see what he was doing despite the shadow of his arm. He grabbed ahold of something and started tugging, his biceps flexing distractingly and his eyebrows screwing up in effort. You were definitely not holding the flashlight in a particularly helpful way anymore, but thankfully your helper didnā€™t seem to mind.
After a second or two the water slowed before stopping completely, and you cheered out loud. The sound had somehow become grating after only an hour, and the silence was very much welcome. Seungcheol stood up with a wince, holding a hand to his back like an old man. Without thinking, you pulled him into you and gave him a bear hug. You felt tears prick at your eyes again, but held them back. You were just so grateful to have him.
ā€œThank you, thank you, thank you!ā€
You felt him laugh against you before he wrapped an arm gently around you and returned the hug. You pressed your cheek to his chest, just standing there and enjoying the embrace for a while before your brain would inevitably come back online. You felt his chin press against the top of your head for a second before he pulled away suddenly.
ā€œShit, sorry, Iā€™m all-ā€
ā€œI said I donā€™t care, stupid,ā€ you scoffed, but your cheeks were definitely getting red now. How could you have just grabbed him like that? And embraced him? You would have cried if you hadnā€™t been so tired your head felt like it was full of cotton.
Now that you thought about it, you were extremely tired. It felt like a movie effect, the way your blood pressure just suddenly dropped and you swayed to the side. You were expecting a splash and a very uncomfortable kiss with the tile floor, but instead you found yourself back in Seungcheolā€™s arms. Oh.
Again with the stupid romance novel shit. The universe was testing you for sure. How were you supposed to resist him, really? You were doomed. Even the thought of your infatuation with him being one-sided could no longer bring you back down to the ground. You were simply fucked.
ā€œWhen was the last time you ate anything?ā€
And he cares? Fuck the universe, seriously.
ā€œUhm, I think it was lunch. I stayed pretty late at work, so-ā€
ā€œPlease tell me you have food.ā€
ā€œY-Yeah. Itā€™s uh, itā€™s on the counter in the kitchen.ā€
Without hesitation, the man picked you up and carried you into the kitchen. Your heart was going crazy, as were the butterflies in your stomach. You were at a loss for words, just going limp in his arms as he brought you to the dining table and placed you on one of the chairs gingerly. You continued to simply blink at him as he disappeared back into the hallway and came back with his hoodie, pulling it over your head before disappearing into the kitchen.
You wanted to scream and kick your feet, because was this man even real? You had no idea how you had deluded yourself into thinking your feelings toward him were sisterly, because currently, your pussy was screaming for him to come ruin you. And honestly? Both your heart and your head kind of agreed at this moment. You were so screwed.
When he came back with your sushi all plated and a glass for the drink you had bought, you couldnā€™t help but let the tears come back. You hated that you were so weepy, especially in front of a man you apparently were head over heels for, but it was just who you were. You were sad? You cried. Happy? Cried. Angry? Waterworks. You were helpless to it, and apparently to him, too.
ā€œGood job picking up food on the way back home,ā€ he teased, placing the plate in front of you. Then he poured your drink into your glass for you, promptly ignoring the way you were wiping your cheeks with the sleeve of his hoodie.
ā€œShut up, Iā€™m an adult,ā€ you pouted back. He snorted loudly and sank into the chair opposite you, looking at you as you picked up your chopsticks and got ready to eat.
ā€œSometimes, maybe,ā€ he drawled with a smirk. You glared at him, but your teary eyes had little to no effect, and you knew it. ā€œIā€™m kidding, baby. I know.ā€
He was still studying your face as you placed the first piece of heaven into your mouth, sighing happily and smiling in delight. It made him smile, too, and you could have died at the sight of his dimples. At this point, you had just accepted the butterflies and their claim to your stomach; doing anything else seemed futile.
ā€œIā€™m sorry Iā€™m so weepy, Cheol,ā€ you said between bites, pouting a little. He shook his head but you interrupted him before he could speak. ā€œNo, really. There was no reason to cry so much, or so many times, but I just- I donā€™t know. I literally got home right before I called you, and that was, what? At around-ā€
ā€œ9.30.ā€
ā€œYeah,ā€ you sighed, leaning back in your chair and tilting your head back in exhaustion. ā€œ9.30. Iā€™m just tired, is what Iā€™m trying to say.ā€ You sat back up and huffed, sending him an embarrassed smile.
ā€œAnd what Iā€™m trying to say,ā€ Seungcheol said while you readjusted the sleeves of his hoodie, ā€œis to not worry about it. I know youā€™re an emotional person, but thatā€™s okay.ā€ He paused for a second, smiling when you almost dropped your sushi into the soy sauce. ā€œBeing emotional is just a tiny part of who you are. You excel at so much; itā€™s okay to have a few flaws. We all do, I promise. Besides, being emotional isnā€™t really a flaw, itā€™s just part of being human.ā€
At this, you couldnā€™t help but laugh a little. First of all, he was way too well-spoken to be a man in his twenties. Second of all, if he was implying that he, of all people, had any flaws, he was dead wrong. You had never seen him fail at anything, had never seen him do something awkward, even as a child. God, you wished he had, because maybe then he could have remained the brother of your best friend instead of becoming so incredibly meaningful to you.
ā€œAs if you have any flaws,ā€ you mumbled, sticking another piece of food in your mouth. At least the sushi was good.
ā€œOh please, sweetheart. Iā€™m twenty-seven and single. Thereā€™s plenty wrong with me.ā€
You shook your head vehemently. ā€œBeing single is not a flaw, you dummy. Itā€™s just a relationship status. Who cares.ā€
ā€œAs if thatā€™s all it is,ā€ he laughed back.
ā€œOkay, so the fact that Iā€™m single reflects badly on me? ā€ you asked, raising an eyebrow. ā€œGood to know.ā€
Your plate was empty, and your chopsticks were resting on the edge of it. The only sound in the apartment was a steady, slow drip from the drying bath mat in the bathroom. You were staring at one another from across the table. Why the tension suddenly was so thick was anyoneā€™s guess. All you knew was that the air in your little kitchen suddenly felt suffocating.
ā€œYouā€™re single?ā€ he asked after a while, and you laughed a little.
ā€œYeah, Cheol.ā€
ā€œWhat about that dude, what was his nameā€¦ Mingyu?ā€
ā€œEw,ā€ you said, wrinkling your nose. ā€œGod no. We went on like, one date and then decided it was weird to be anything other than friends. He feels more like a brother than anything.ā€
ā€œWhat about Chan?ā€
ā€œWh- Chan? That was four years ago,ā€ you laughed, shaking your head. At the curious tilt of his head, you kept going: ā€œHe was fine, we just got stressed during college and broke up. It happens.ā€
Something about this line of questioning felt momentous, for a few reasons. One, he was inquiring about your dating life, a topic the two of you generally never talked about. Two, he remembered the name of potential partners that had been in your life, even ones that hadnā€™t stuck around for long (or at all, in Mingyuā€™s case). And threeā€¦ the way he looked at you was different. There was something in his gaze that you couldnā€™t place, something you didnā€™t know if you dared hope for.
ā€œWell heā€™s obviously an idiot,ā€ Seungcheol said under his breath. You were probably not supposed to hear it, but you did. Your heart stuttered in your chest as he looked at you guiltily, as if he had done something wrong. ā€œI just meant that- uhm.ā€
A few seconds passed in silence. You barely dared to breathe. You were hoping he would keep going, hoping he would clarify before your thoughts went way too far again. The tension was so thick it could have been cut with a knife. Finally, he let out the heaviest sigh youā€™d ever heard.
ā€œNo, you know what, I meant it. He was an idiot for breaking up with you, because anyone would be lucky to have you.ā€
Time stopped. What do you say after that? You wanted to scream with joy and jump his bones, of course, but you couldnā€™t exactly do that. What if he didnā€™t mean it like that? If he didnā€™t feel the way you hoped he was implying? Because he, or more specifically his sister, was such a huge part of your life, and awkwardness was just not an option.
ā€œAre-ā€ you started, but blinked and started over. ā€œAre youā€¦ serious?ā€
ā€œOf course I am, Y/N.ā€ He sounded almost exasperated. He ran a hand through his slightly damp hair, making it fall over his forehead in the most attractive way you had ever seen. Fucking. Unfair. ā€œIā€™m not- I mean. I get it if you donā€™t feel the same or anything, but-ā€
ā€œFeel what, exactly?ā€ When he stared at you in confusion, you elaborated. ā€œPlease be clear with me, Cheol. I donā€™t want to keep guessing.ā€
It had come out as a whisper, but he had heard you. His expression softened, and the wrinkle between his brows disappeared. His mouth was slightly open as he seemingly looked for the right words. Your heart was beating out of your chest, and you almost felt it in your throat.
ā€œBaby,ā€ he started, and it made your breath hitch. ā€œI donā€™t think Iā€™ve ever met someone as dense as you are.ā€
ā€œHey!ā€
ā€œNo, seriously,ā€ he kept going, not a single trace of evidence that he was joking, ā€œdo you actually mean to tell me you donā€™t know how I feel about you?ā€
ā€œLook, I donā€™t-ā€
ā€œI guess you donā€™t, and in that case, thatā€™s my bad.ā€ He got up from his chair and rounded the table, crouching next to your chair and grabbing your hand. ā€œI am so ridiculously into you, itā€™s not even funny. Sua literally wonā€™t stop teasing me about it, neither will my parents or my friends. No matter how hard I try I canā€™t stop thinking about you, but Iā€™m honestly not sure I would want to even if I could. You mean so much to me, Y/N, and I really donā€™t want to be overbearing but I- fuck, I canā€™t-ā€ he shuts his eyes in an attempt to collect himself, ā€œI love you, baby, and if you donā€™t feel the same thatā€™s fine, but I at least need you to know that Iā€™m on my goddamn knees for you.ā€
Your glass, still containing some of your soda, toppled over from the force with which you left your chair. The way you threw yourself at Seungcheol forced him back, but you took the opportunity and placed yourself in his lap as you kissed him deeply. It took him half a second to respond, but then he was kissing you so ardently that you never wanted him to stop.
His arm wrapped around you from behind and pressed you to his chest. You could not give less of a shit that he was sprawled on your kitchen floor, or that you were down there with him, because you were kissing him. You were kissing the man that you most definitely had been in love with since you were a teenager, and fuck did it feel good.
ā€œI, uh, take it you feel the same, then?ā€ he asked after having reluctantly pulled away. You pressed your forehead to his.
ā€œI bet that I have loved you longer.ā€ You were breathing heavily, already missing the feeling of his lips on yours.
ā€œAbsolutely not,ā€ he replied before kissing you again.
This time, you couldnā€™t hold back. You nibbled gently on his lower lip before soothing it over with your tongue. Seungcheol groaned deep in his chest and brought his left hand into your hair, pressing you even closer to him. He opened his mouth, letting your tongue tangle with his, and you felt the way he became jelly underneath you. You were not faring much better, your panties hot and sticky and your hands shaking. Despite this, you snaked one hand into his hair and tugged on it; his hips jumped in response, the action seemingly completely involuntary. You didnā€™t think youā€™d ever experienced anything hotter.
ā€œPlease, baby,ā€ he heaved as you trailed your lips down his neck, ā€œI canā€™t take it.ā€
You rolled your hips against his slowly, and that seemed to be his breaking point. He rolled you underneath him before standing up and taking you with him, carrying you into your bedroom while you followed the shape of his jaw up to his ear with your mouth. A shudder streaked through him as you sucked on the spot behind his left ear, his arms tightening around you and a hoarse moan leaving him.
You barely noticed him closing your bedroom door, only brought back to reality by the sensation of falling when he dropped you on your bed. You whined at the loss of contact, which made him smile; he loved the way you craved him, because honestly, he felt the exact same way about you. So he was quick to cover your body with his, his lips back on yours with a shuddered sigh from the both of you.
He felt so big above you, and yet you felt so safe. Not once had he done anything to hurt you. In fact, he had always been the one to take care of you and prevent you from being hurt. (Along with Sua, but you didnā€™t really want to think about her at that moment). His weight on top of you made you shudder in delight, your hands starting to wander. You played with the hem of his white t-shirt, still damp from the earlier bathroom catastrophe, but you didnā€™t care at all. All you wanted was to feel his skin against yours.
He was breathing as if he had run a marathon when he pulled away from your lips. He stared into your eyes, looking for any sign of reluctance, but not finding any.
ā€œAre you sure, darling?ā€ he asked, and your heart swelled about three sizes.
ā€œIā€™m so sure, Cheol. Please, please, I need you.ā€ You were properly whining now, but you were far past caring.
ā€œOkay baby, okay,ā€ he breathed, pulling away to get his shirt up and over his head. He was about to lay back over you, but froze and let his eyes wander your body. He shut his eyes, his forehead wrinkling once again as he took a few deep breaths. ā€œYou in my hoodie and underneath me, I canā€™t- Y/N, baby, I need a second, Iā€™m so-ā€
You giggled a little before grabbing the hem of said hoodie, pulling it up and over your head. Apparently, that didnā€™t help, as Seungcheolā€™s grip on the sheets tightened and he cursed under his breath.
ā€œI thought this would be better,ā€ you said in confusion, blinking up at him.
ā€œIā€™m actually going to die,ā€ he gritted out, sounding as if he was genuinely in pain. ā€œI donā€™t think you realize what seeing you in a wet t-shirt did to me earlier, sweetheart. What itā€™s doing to me now is just torture.ā€ You flushed at his words, having forgotten that little detail. ā€œWait. Is that my shirt?ā€ You glanced down and flushed even more when you realized it must be. ā€œFuck, gonna be the death of me, gonna fucking-ā€
He cut himself off by pressing his lips against yours again. Your head immediately got fuzzy again, the only thought you could formulate being that of his dick inside of you. When he ground his hips against yours and you felt the outline of it, you let out the most sinful moan Seungcheol has ever heard, which caused his hips to keep grinding into you without his brainā€™s permission. You disconnected your lips from his for just long enough to pull your wet shirt off your alarmingly hot body, and the man on top of you didnā€™t even have the strength to look at you without a shirt. He might actually have came in his pants if he did.
You didnā€™t even mind, because you finally had his skin pressed against yours. The heat of him poured over you, driving you absolutely insane and making you whimper against his lips. If he didnā€™t do something in the next minute, you would just have to take care of yourself.
ā€œCheol-ā€
ā€œPlease say it again,ā€ he begged, his lips trailing down your neck toward your breasts.
ā€œCheol,ā€ you sighed, and he moaned against your skin, his dick grinding perfectly against your clit even through four layers of fabric. You barely recognized your own sounds even as you felt them leave your lips, so high on his proximity you couldnā€™t have produced a thought if you tried.
When you repeated his name one more time he finally closed his lips around your right nipple, his deft fingers playing with the other and his cock still pressing deliciously against your pussy. Your hips lifted to grind back on him, and he actually whined for you.
ā€œSeungcheol,ā€ you whined, and his only response was a harsh thrust of his hips and another whine. ā€œPlease, take my shorts off, I need you to fuck me so bad.ā€
He let go of your nipple, chuckling as he looked into your eyes and dragged his hands down to rest on your hips. ā€œWant these off?ā€ he asked, flicking the elastic of your bike shorts against your skin. You nodded frantically, pressing your hips up into his again. He looked like he wanted to protest, so you decided to do the only logical thing and beg for his cock.
ā€œCheol, please please please, take my shorts off? I need it, please,ā€ you begged, your eyes big and innocent as you stared into his. ā€œI want your cock, baby, want it inside me, please.ā€
Honestly, it was no surprise that his confident facade crumbled along with his will to tease you any longer. If he was telling the truth, and you had no reason not to believe him, he had been in love with you for a long time. You had played dirty by begging him for his cock when he had already been on the verge of losing his mind - especially with those big, innocent eyes of yours. How was he supposed to say no to you?
ā€œEvil, evil woman, fuck,ā€ he muttered to himself as he all but tore the shorts down your legs along with your panties.
The sight of you, his absolute dream, naked beneath him made him believe in God for two whole seconds, for who could have accomplished something like you but an almighty deity? He must have shaped you with his own two hands, he thought, before coming back to his senses and thinking that no, you were a creation of your own. No one but you could have accomplished something like you.
With very little preamble, Seungcheol lowered himself between your thighs, kissing up the inside of each thigh as he went. He looked up and met your gaze, and you had never seen a more erotic sight. Sure, other people had gone down on you before, but none of them had been Seungcheol; none of them had been the one that counted. His big brown eyes met yours, and you swore you saw raw hunger in them.
ā€œMay I, baby? Please?ā€
ā€œYou- Youā€™re begging to eat me out?ā€ you asked, in complete and utter shock. You had figured this was somewhat of a chore to him, something that needed to be done both to woo you and to prep you for his cock. One look at his glazed eyes had you changing your mind.
ā€œYes,ā€ he said without hesitation. His voice was hoarse and his eyes desperate, that simple look giving you enough material for many fantasies in the future. ā€œPlease, let me eat you out?ā€
What were you supposed to do, say no? Absolutely not. You simply nodded at him, and he fucking dove for it. His tongue explored your folds gently but firmly, and as soon as the flavor of you met his taste buds, he was in heaven. His hips ground into the mattress of their own volition as he was lapping at you, his tongue mapping you out and figuring out what brought you the most pleasure.
Seungcheolā€™s eyes were shut in pleasure, your juices covering his chin all the way up to his nose, but he couldnā€™t think of anything better. He wanted to drown in you, on his stomach between your legs, or - if he was allowed to dream - underneath you while you were grinding all over his face, taking all the pleasure you could from him.
You werenā€™t exactly complaining, either. His tongue felt divine, moving to gently circle your clit before he sucked it into his mouth. When your fingers tangled in his hair, tugging in pleasure, your lover let out a grunt that sent vibrations traveling through your entire body.
ā€œF-Fingers, Cheol, please-ā€
He just grunted an affirmative and pressed his middle finger into you slowly. The warmth surrounding his finger drove him insane, making his hips press harder against the mattress and his eyes squeeze tighter. Having something to clench down on brought your pleasure to even greater heights, and you started to feel the familiar tightening signaling your release. You had felt the outline of his dick earlier, and you knew you would need another finger to make him fit.
ā€œAnother, I need you to fit later, baby.ā€
Your voice came out shaky, but the man consuming your pussy like it was the best meal heā€™d ever had didnā€™t seem to mind. He simply let his ring finger join his other inside you, grunting when he felt how tight you were around him. The tightening in your lower belly grew more and more intense by the second, the filthy noises of Seungcheol devouring you bringing you that much closer to the edge. You let out a mewl that sounded like it came straight from a porno, and felt his grip tighten on your thigh.
ā€œIā€™m so close, baby, so close, please-ā€
ā€œCome for me,ā€ he growled hoarsely before resuming his delicious torture of your clit.
You followed his request a second later, moaning loudly and squirming around on the bed. His free hand pressed down over your hips to keep you still as he coaxed you through it, and he didnā€™t stop until the overstimulation almost hurt.
His fingers left your pussy gently, absolutely covered in your slick. You blushed as he put them in his mouth, moaning at the flavor as if you were the best thing heā€™d ever tasted. And to him, you were. He would remember the flavor of you until the day he died.
Your chest was rising and falling as you gulped down air. The way Seungcheol couldnā€™t help but grind into the mattress again made you want to cry, because how could he be so perfect? And how could he want you, of all people?
When he kissed you again, you could taste yourself on his lips and tongue, and you loved it. It was a reminder of just how voraciously he had just eaten you out, and you took the opportunity to reach down and cup him over his underwear. He hissed and pulled his hips back, panting already.
ā€œI- you canā€™t.ā€
ā€œBut, baby I just want to return the favor-ā€
ā€œMy love, if you touch me again I canā€™t guarantee that I will have faculties to be inside you.ā€
His words made you laugh, both because of how ridiculous his phrasing was, but also because of the effect you seemed to have on him. Had he really been driven so far by making out with you and making you cum? It seemed like it.
ā€œI love you so much,ā€ you ended up breathing out. He gazed into your eyes so adoringly you felt like time stopped again.
ā€œI love you more, Y/N.ā€
His response prompted you to kiss him, and he deflated on top of you. As he sunk further into your embrace, his still-covered dick brushed against your wet core, and the whine he let out was almost pathetic.
ā€œI hate to ruin the moment, but please, let me be inside you now. I think Iā€™ll die if I canā€™t,ā€ he confessed. You laughed out loud again before nodding, kissing and sucking a trail down his neck while he removed his boxers. ā€œCondom?ā€
ā€œI donā€™t have any, but I have an IUD and Iā€™m clean.ā€ You could practically see Seungcheolā€™s brain grind to a halt. ā€œBut, I mean, if you donā€™t want to we can just wai-ā€
ā€œNo!ā€ he almost yelled, his entire face flushing pink. ā€œNo, Iā€™m clean too, and I- fuck, I would love to be inside you without a condom.ā€
You nodded, and he took a deep breath. The thought of having him inside you without a barrier excited you to no end, and it seemed he felt the same. You kissed him passionately again while he lined himself up with your core, and moaned through a sigh as he pushed into you. He didnā€™t have a monster cock or anything, but it was still bigger than what you were used to taking.
As he bottomed out, he let out a punched out sigh. You could feel him shaking on top of you, and did your best not to move or clench down on him. Unfortunately, your pussy didnā€™t exactly obey you and clenched down anyway. It made Seungcheolā€™s breath hitch, and he squeezed his eyes shut tight so as not to look at you while he was trying not to cum.
ā€œI swear,ā€ he wheezed, ā€œyou are going to kill me.ā€
His words made you chuckle, which in turn made him groan and bury his face in the crook of your neck. You were ready for him to move, and told him as much, but he still needed a second. You could feel tears sting the corners of your eyes, as per usual feeling weepy as soon as you felt a big wave of emotion. To distract yourself, you locked your lips with his and kissed him with all the passion you had left to give.
As your tongue tangled with his he groaned low in his throat, and his hips thrust into you of their own accord. Once he had started, he couldnā€™t stop, and you didnā€™t want him to. He started out fairly slow, taking his time to make sure you werenā€™t hurting at all. Then you accidentally clenched down on him, and he could no longer hold back.
He started pounding into you, his cock reaching the deepest parts of you and making you dizzy. You moaned out every time the tip of him hit the spongy spot inside you, and you couldnā€™t help the way you were clenching around him. You were hurtling toward your end so fast it was almost alarming. He filled you up so perfectly, so perfectly thick and long, it was as if you were made for one another.
Seungcheol was mumbling an endless stream of praise, grunting every time your cunt squeezed him a bit tighter. He felt like he was in heaven, your slick walls molded around him in a way that made him mourn the time spent doing anything other than this. He wanted to keep you like this, impaled on his cock and making you feel as good as you ever had.
Sadly, he was so wound up he wouldnā€™t be able to last as long as he usually did. While he didnā€™t blow immediately as he had been worried he would, he started feeling his balls drawing up around five minutes in. The way your nails were scratching down his back wasnā€™t helping his situation.
In an effort to save himself from cumming before you, he lowered a hand to circle the nub of your clit gently. The extra stimulation was exactly what you needed to build the rest of the way to the edge, and you tangled your hands in his hair as your thighs shook.
ā€œPlease, Cheol, baby, Iā€™m gonna-ā€
ā€œOh thank God, please cum around me, baby, wanna feel it,ā€ he begged, and it did the trick.
Your orgasm was spectacular, your entire body feeling like it was on fire as you exploded around him. You were moaning his name, clawing at his back and arching your back to the high heavens. Your toes actually curled. It was the orgasm of orgasms.
Seeing you like that, your eyes rolled to the back of your head as he brought you pleasure was enough for Seungcheol to follow you over the edge. He came so hard he saw nothing but white, his hips stuttering as he spilled himself into you. His face was pressed into your neck, but his moans could not be concealed even if he tried.
You both lay there, panting and soaked in sweat, for a pretty long time before he finally pulled out and rolled off of you. He sprawled on his back and stayed like that, his eyes shut in complete and utter bliss and his heart beating out of his chest. Your hair was an absolute birdā€™s nest around you, and there were tear tracks running down your cheeks and into your hairline.
You clumsily flopped over to rest against his side, and he pulled you in until your head was resting right over his heart. You slung your bare leg over his waist, and he groaned in what sounded like agony.
ā€œYou canā€™t do this to me,ā€ he whined, and you giggled lightly at him.
ā€œI just put my leg on you, baby,ā€ you said, looking up at him innocently, and he had to shut his eyes for a second and remind himself he wasnā€™t dreaming. You, yourself werenā€™t entirely convinced all this wasnā€™t a dream; and if it was, you never wanted to wake up.
ā€œOkay, well youā€™ve just seen what seeing you in a hoodie and bike shorts does to me, so,ā€ he reminded you, and you bit back a grin. It was good to know you could tease him easily.
You laid in silence for a while, just listening to his heart beating against his ribcage. Every once in a while it would slow down, and then he would look down at you and it would speed back up. Your heart seemed to match the pace of his, and you found that you loved it that way.
ā€œSo, ā€œ Seungcheol started, and you pulled yourself up on your elbow to look at him as he talked. ā€œThatā€¦ just happened.ā€ You snorted into a laugh, and he joined you, flicking your forehead gently. ā€œI uh, Iā€™m going to a work thing on Friday. I usually donā€™t bring a date because, well, because Iā€™m usually single, but maybe, this time, I could bring you?ā€
You blinked at him slowly, admiring him in the light from your bedside lamp. He was pretty no matter what, but with his cheeks glowing and his eyes glittering, he was beyond what was natural, in your opinion. You stroked a bit of his hair behind his ear and hummed.
ā€œI mean, are you not single anymore?ā€ you asked with a raised eyebrow.
ā€œUhhhh-ā€ he was interrupted by your laughter, and he pouted at you jokingly. ā€œDonā€™t do that! I get scared I fucked up,ā€ he said and rolled over to wrap his arms around you.
ā€œIā€™m sorry,ā€ you giggled, ā€œI just donā€™t know either.ā€ You paused. ā€œHey Cheol?ā€
ā€œYeah?ā€
ā€œDo you want to be my boyfriend?ā€
At your words, his entire face lit up. He started giggling and buried his face in your hair, trying to hide from view. Even still, you knew he would be blushing. His arms squeezed tighter around you as he pulled you even closer, and you didnā€™t even mind that you couldnā€™t breathe.
ā€œI was going to ask,ā€ he ended up whining once brain function had returned to him. ā€œCan I?ā€
ā€œI mean, sure?ā€ you answered, trying your hardest not to just lean in and kiss away his pout. Your willpower sucked, so you did it anyway.
ā€œGreat! Hey, Y/N, would you be my girlfriend?ā€
You bit your lip to hold in your laughter, but all it did was summon your boyfriendā€™s gaze to your mouth. You released it and broke out into a huge grin, nodding.
ā€œI would love nothing more.ā€
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ā€œSo what youā€™re saying is,ā€ Sua said thoughtfully, ā€œyou finally put him out of his misery?ā€
It was a week later, and you were sitting on your balcony with Sua and drinking coffee. The bathroom floor was now dry, and while the stupid bath mat had been unsalvageable, everything else had been fine. The apartment management had gotten the leak fixed after five days, proving that calling Seungcheol had been the right choice for more reasons than one.
Even thinking about him, you couldnā€™t help but smile. Your boyfriend. The one who had brought you to a work function as your first date, and the one who had gotten jealous because you had greeted a coworker of his when he was getting you a drink. The one that had helped you save your apartment from water damage. The one you had loved for the past decade.
ā€œOkay but how could I have put him through misery if I didnā€™t know he liked me, hm?ā€ you asked, raising an eyebrow at your friend. She had her eyes closed, face turned toward the sun like an old lady.
ā€œYou cannot be serious,ā€ she said incredulously, turning toward you and opening her eyes wide to show her shock. ā€œYouā€™re telling me you didnā€™t know Cheol was in love with you? He has been so down bad for you since we were like fourteen, man. He bought you flowers for your graduation. He reminded you to take your allergy pills before going to a dog cafĆ©.ā€ You flushed a little at your own blindness, but Sua just sighed and turned back toward the sun, her eyes closed again. ā€œAt least it will be easy to kill him if he hurts you.ā€
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SINCERITY
Flirting with Suo is never a good ideaā€”you can never tell whether he means to charm you or make fun of you when you do it. Sometimes it feels like both. Occasionally it feels mean. More often than not, you like to entertain it. But you can't right now, not when his blood is all over the washroom sink. Your manager will be furious about the mess, and also about the fact that you're giving first aid to three delinquents while you're on the clock. If Suo makes one more joke about marrying you, you'll probably throw up and cry. (Or: Suo, Nirei, and Sakura get into a fight in the red light district and go to you to get patched up. Suo takes the opportunity to tease you mercilessly.)
4.5k words, suo x reader with implied one-sided sakura x reader, sfw with mature themes. set post-canon (they are all 18-19 years old), non-canon backstory details for suo and sakura (speculative as of ch. 146). fem reader ā€“ references to gendered professions, e.g. hostessing; reader wears a dress for her job in a girlsā€™ bar. warning for inaccurate depictions of first aid! dividers by @/cafekitsune.
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Suoā€™s never liked your job.
You suppose this is fair. The feeling is mutual. Youā€™ve never liked the fact that Suo chose to go to a delinquent school rather than a proper high school, and heā€™s never liked the fact that you chose to drop out of your proper high school to go work in the red light districtā€”first at a kyabakura, and now at a girlsā€™ bar. His master, who also happens to be your master, has always told you that this was a natural reaction on his part. Having a secondary school certificate is important, after all. But Suoā€™s disapproval of your income sources, no matter how politely or subtly phrased, has always felt like it runs deeper than simple concern for your education.
Still, this has never stopped him from visiting you at your place of work, though he only tends to come by under the worst possible circumstancesā€”tonight worse than any other.
When you see the three of them limping through the clamour and heat of the red light districtā€”the neon glow of the street making the blood smeared across Suoā€™s face shine vibrantlyā€”you entirely forget that you're on the clock. You chuck your sign onto the ground (3000Ā„ per hour! it reads) as you cut a path toward them, almost tripping in your stiletto heels. Your customer service voice gives way to your regular one, which is so outraged that it startles everyone around you.
ā€œSuo, you motherfuckerā€”are you trying to lose the only eye you have left?!ā€
Suo is unbothered. His smile is calm and deeply shameless as you approach him. Itā€™s nothing like Nirei, who cringes at the furious look you give him, or Sakura, who looks like a deer caught in headlights when you round on him instead. Like he doesnā€™t know what to do at the fact that someone is worrying over him, and especially not when that person is wearing an extremely revealing evening gown. For a minute, you think he's going to bolt.
But Suo keeps him there, grip tight on his arm.
ā€œHi,ā€ he says brightly, like there isn't blood all over his face and shoulder. ā€œAre you busy? We might need to trouble you.ā€
ā€œOf course I'm busy! I'm in the middle of a shift!ā€ you fume at him. But you still extract Sakura from him, scruffing him by the neck before he can clam up and run. You pull him in the direction of your bar, and gesture for the other two to follow. ā€œHurry up before my manager sees you.ā€
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Smuggling three delinquents into the washroom of a girlsā€™ bar is not a skill you thought you'd ever need, but it is one that you've become an expert in. This is at least the third time you've done it. The Furin trio rarely ever loses fights, but they occasionally slip up in the part of the red light district that isn't controlled by Roppo-Ichiza. This is somewhat unavoidable, as Keyaki Street is a different beast from Keisei Street. It isn't just delinquents here, but bona fide criminals. ā€œLike, actual fucking Yakuza,ā€ you grouse at Suo for the millionth time. You wipe at the blood remaining on his faceā€”most of it you've already rinsed off, staining the melamine sink with ironā€”and the paper towel in your hand blooms red.
ā€œBut these guys weren't Yakuza,ā€ he says cheerfully.
ā€œThey still pulled weapons on you! Bladed weapons!ā€
ā€œMmā€¦ well, that's true. I'm sorry.ā€
You scowl at him. ā€œNo, you're not.ā€
ā€œNo, I'm not.ā€ Heā€™s still smiling. ā€œIn our defense, we didn't have much of a choice. They were about to do something terrible to an innocent person,ā€ he says, and you deflate a little, because you know Suo can't stand to see injustice. This is something you love very dearly about him, and also a quality of his that constantly raises your blood pressure. But then you roll your eyes when he happily adds, ā€œAnd in my defense, itā€™s all our Captainā€™s fault!ā€
ā€œOi!ā€ Sakura yells from one of the stalls, where heā€™s sitting and holding a bag of ice to a knot on his head. ā€œWasnā€™t my fault we ended up fighting. They were practically begginā€™ to have their asses kicked.ā€
ā€œYou did provoke them, Sakura,ā€ Nirei says. He's in the other stall, trying to stay off his sprained ankle.
ā€œWell, they were dangerous! Not like you wanted to just leave them alone either,ā€ Sakura grumbles, and Nirei apologises, though Suo accurately points out there is no need for him to. After hearing this story, you can't help but agree, and you suppose you shouldn't have expected any differently. After three years at Furin, Sakura is no longer the type to pick fights for no reason. Whatever those guys were up to must have been pretty bad for him to start shit in unfamiliar territory.
Still. The red light district is what it is. Touts, street gangs, and Yakuza are constantly causing problems here, with violence of a scale and nature that Bofurin simply don't see on their own turf. Your street in particular makes someone like Endo look like a joke. ā€œYou should still learn to exercise some restraint,ā€ you say to Sakura. ā€œAnd youā€ā€”you give Suo a miserable lookā€”ā€œyou know the area. You should have known better. At the very least, you should have called me for backup.ā€
ā€œBut you were on the clock,ā€ Suo points out, and you frown. Despite having absolutely no need, you take out an alcohol wipe and swipe it over his cut. He winces.
ā€œI'm still on the clock now,ā€ you reply, voice dry, ā€œand here you are, distracting me anyway. My boss is going to be on my ass about it if I don't bring in any customers tonight, you know.ā€
ā€œWe can be your customers,ā€ Suo offers.
ā€œYou aren't old enough to drink!ā€
ā€œNeither are you, yet you work here.ā€ His gaze has turned a little sharp. His voice too. You blink, suddenly mollified.
ā€œ...okay. If each of you buys a drink after this, Iā€™ll call us even.ā€ Then you glance down at his changshan, which is sliced through, the pearly silk stained red at the shoulder. Heā€™s insisted that the wound is unserious and said that he'd rather clean up his face first, and you're starting to question his priorities. ā€œThat is, if you don't have to go to the hospital after this.ā€
ā€œI don't.ā€
ā€œI don't know if I believe you.ā€ You pull out some polysporin. ā€œCome closer.ā€
Suo could do this on his own. His hands aren't incapacitated. But he humours you, as he's always humoured you, and allows you dab his cut with the antibiotic. You feel a little sentimental as you do it, and almost a little sad. Doing this reminds you of when he was a kid who had just started learning martial arts. Granted, he never got any real cuts back then, but sometimes heā€™d scrape his knees or his elbows orā€”god forbidā€”his face, and you would plaster bandaids all over him when he did. But none of those were real injuries.
More than anything, doing this reminds you of when he lost his eye. The state that he was in after the accident. The way his face was bandaged after the surgery. The texture of the gauze against your fingers when you asked to try swapping out the dressings for him.
If Suo notices the way your lip is trembling, he doesn't comment on it.
ā€œYouā€™re so meanā€”how come you never believe anything I say?ā€ he asks. You press the gauze to his cut with more pressure than necessary, and he blinks. He opens his mouth again, but then the door rattles violently.
ā€œSorry!ā€ you yell. ā€œWashroomā€™s closed for cleaning!ā€ You wince as you hear complaints in replyā€”youā€™ve been closed for half an hour!ā€”and shoot Suo a sour look as the customer leaves. ā€œIā€™m really risking it all for you three,ā€ you remark.
ā€œI'll make it up to you,ā€ Suo says. ā€œI'll stick around the whole night and buy as many drinks as you want. Your manager won't be able to hassle you about anything then.ā€
ā€œNo way. You're not wasting that much money on the red light district.ā€ You frown. ā€œMaster will kill me if I let you piss away your inheritance like that.ā€
ā€œIā€™m not wasting my money on the red light district. I'm wasting it on you.ā€
ā€œWell, I'm employed at a girlsā€™ bar, so when you waste money on me, you are in fact spending it on the red light district.ā€
ā€œThen you should quit so I can spend as much money on you as I want.ā€
ā€œQuit and then live on what income?ā€ You set aside the first aid kit and grab some more paper towel. ā€œTake off your shirt.ā€
ā€œOh? Right here? Right now?ā€ His eye goes wide. ā€œHow forward.ā€
Sakura coughs very, very loudly from the stall. If you weren't so used to Suo saying this kind of thing just to mess with you, you'd probably do the same. In fact, you'd probably choke on your spit and die on the spot. But as it is, you only sigh and start unbuttoning Suoā€™s changshan, starting at the high collar. Any sentimentality or concern you previously felt is quickly drowned out by annoyance.
ā€œSuo.ā€
ā€œDonā€™t worryā€”I don't mind,ā€ he adds. ā€œI thought you'd never ask. I just didn't think itā€™d happen here. And so suddenly.ā€
ā€œDonā€™t do that. I can't do this today.ā€
ā€œDonā€™t do what?ā€ he says innocently. He lets you slip his changshan off one shoulder. To your relief, the cut does look very shallowā€”heā€™s too quick for anything other than a bullet to land a serious hit on him, you guessā€”but you still swallow when you see it. It looks like he's bled a lot more than he probably actually has.
Or you hope so, anyway.
ā€œJoke like that,ā€ you reply after a moment. ā€œIt's very mean.ā€
ā€œIā€™m not joking about anything.ā€ You feel his eye on you as you start dabbing at all the red on his skin, the paper towel in your hands blotting crimson as if with ink. Your breath shakes as you study the wound. He lifts his hand, his knuckle brushing against your cheek. You smack it away, but he doesn't seem bothered. ā€œI was being very serious,ā€ he continues. ā€œQuit working in the red light district and let me support you instead.ā€
ā€œSuo,ā€ you say, your voice flat, ā€œthere is no job you could qualify for on this planet that will let you earn more than what I'm making now. If anything, you should let me support you.ā€
ā€œAh,ā€ he says brightly. ā€œI get it nowā€”you want me to be your trophy husband!ā€
Now you are choking on your spit and you do think you're dying. Sakura sounds like he's not doing much betterā€”something bangs loudly against the washroom stall, and you assume itā€™s his forehead. Even Nirei is affected, not-so-subtly clearing his throat.
ā€œI do not want you to be my trophy husband.ā€
ā€œJust a regular husband, then?ā€ he asks. ā€œThatā€™s alright. If I joined the Yakuza, I could make plenty of money. You could even stay at home if you wanted.ā€
ā€œSuo you motherfucker you are not joining the fucking Yakuza! And I wouldn't be a stay at home wife!ā€
ā€œOh? You wouldn't want to be?ā€
ā€œNo, god! Do you know how much I could make if I scored a hostess gig at a high-end place? Why would I ever turn down that kind of money?!ā€
ā€œAh, so you want us to be dual income?ā€
ā€œOf course I would want us to be dual income!ā€
ā€œYou could get a different job and we could still be dual income.ā€
ā€œThereā€™s no other job that would pay as well.ā€
Suo sighs, and your brow twitches. You've always been suspicious about why he disapproves of your choice in career. Itā€™s not in his disposition to judge people, but sometimes you still worry that he's doing it to you.
ā€œWhat,ā€ you ask, ā€œwould you be so against marrying a hostess?ā€
ā€œNo, not at all. But I'd be worried if my spouse worked somewhere unsafe. What if you end up at a Yakuza-owned club?ā€
You pause, startled at the abruptly earnest tone of his voice. Suddenly you feel guilty.
ā€œOhā€¦ well, I wouldnā€™t work at a Yakuza-owned club.ā€
ā€œHmā€¦ then I guess it's fine.ā€ Suo nods, as if arriving at a decision. ā€œWeā€™ll get married, weā€™ll be dual income, and neither of us will work for the Yakuza.ā€
ā€œYes, exactly. Weā€™ll get married, weā€™ll be dual income, and neither of usā€”ā€ Your eyes go wide as you realize what you're saying. You feel yourself flushing. ā€œWait.ā€
ā€œWhat? Is there a problem?ā€
ā€œSuo.ā€
ā€œDonā€™t tell me you're going to change your mind now. That would just be mean.ā€
ā€œI'm being mean?ā€ you ask, flabbergasted.
ā€œWell, yes. You don't think it would hurt if you changed your mind about marrying me? And so soon after agreeing, too.ā€
You stare at him in disbelief. You have a number of possible retorts that cross your mind, and somehow you pick the least relevant one: ā€œYou can't trick someone into marrying you.ā€
ā€œThen can I trick you into dating me?ā€
ā€œSuo! I said don't do that!ā€
ā€œDonā€™t do what?ā€
ā€œJoke about that kind of thing!ā€
ā€œI'm not joking about anything.ā€
ā€œYes you are? You don't actually want to date me. Stop saying that you do!ā€
Suo leans in. He stares at you, his gaze distinctly vulpine. It's very attractive, and also intimidating, and you should be used to it by now, but your heart rate ticks up anyway. You swallow thickly as his thumb glides along your cheek again, your skin scorching beneath his fingertips. You forget to bat his hand away this time.
ā€œYouā€™re so mean,ā€ he repeats, voice lilting, ā€œhow come you never believe anything I say?ā€
He's baiting you. He's obviously baiting you, and you consider for a moment whether you want to bite.
Flirting with Suo is never a good ideaā€”you can never tell whether he means to charm you or make fun of you when you do it. Sometimes it feels like both. Occasionally it feels mean. More often than not, you like to entertain it. But you can't right now. His shirtā€™s stained with such a bright red that it keeps distracting you, just like the blood he's left all over the washroom sink. Your manager will be furious about the mess, and also about the fact that you're giving first aid to three delinquents while you're on the clock. You think they'd go broke before they could spend enough money here to appease her, were she to discover the four of you. You might even lose your job. Then you wouldn't be able to support yourself anymore, let alone Suo, who cracks jokes as easily about being your trophy husband as he does about being Leonardo DiCaprio.
If he makes one more joke about marrying you, you'll probably throw up and cry.
ā€œYou're not being very gentlemanly right now,ā€ you finally point out. He raises a brow.
ā€œNo?ā€
ā€œNo. I'd even say you're being a menace, actually. Doing a very bad job ofā€ā€”you almost laugh as you say this, because you've heard this speech so many timesā€”ā€œengaging with my feelings. Not being supportive at all. Really falling off the staircase to adulthood, you know.ā€
Suo studies you. Something complicated passes through his eye before he pulls away, his expression now back to normal. It's deceptive how innocent he looks.
ā€œSorry,ā€ he says. ā€œYouā€™re right. Iā€™ll play nice.ā€
ā€œNo, you won't,ā€ you retort, and Suo smiles at you, not replying. But he does give you a break. You finish cleaning up the cut without incident, although you do get flecks of blood on your evening gown, which you hope won't be too noticeable against the black satin. You bemoan the lost cause of Suo's changshan tooā€”made of Suzhou silk, a gift from your masterā€”and silently make a note to buy him a replacement sometime.
You're in the middle of buttoning up his shirt when the door clicks and swings open. Met face to face with your coworker, you freeze up.
Your stage name leaves her mouth in an angry bark. ā€œWhat are you doing? I told you you're not supposed to be having sex with customers here, you should be doing that someplaceā€”ā€ She stops, evidently spotting the blood on Suoā€™s shirt, and then the other two individuals locked up in here with you, one of whom is blushing violently and looks to be on the verge of dying from embarrassment. Beneath your hands, you feel Suoā€™s body go stiff too.
ā€œOh,ā€ she says before either of them can comment. ā€œItā€™s just your delinquent boyfriend and his buddies.ā€ Suo waves at her, and she nods back before squinting at the sink. ā€œAre you going to clean that up?ā€
ā€œYes,ā€ you say quickly. ā€œPlease don't tell our boss.ā€
ā€œHave I ever ratted you out?ā€ she asks. ā€œJust get out of here soon. People do have to piss, you know.ā€ Then she stops, looking at Suo with a dubious expression. ā€œAnd make sure your boyfriend doesn't die.ā€
You're too tired to correct her on the nature of your relationship. ā€œI've been trying,ā€ you say, and she gives you a sympathetic look before retreating. You hear her laughing with a customer about people fooling around in the washroom, and I'm so sorry for the inconvenience, sir, and could you please go downstairs while I clean up. Youā€™re so relieved, you nearly fall to your knees. A calloused hand touches your back as you rub your temples.
ā€œIā€™m sorry for worrying you,ā€ Suo says quietlyā€”sincerelyā€”and instead of saying no, you're not, you reply, ā€œI know. Iā€™m sorry too.ā€
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Suoā€™s always hated your job.
Heā€™s always hated your job, your boyfriends, your apartment, and a lot of other things about your life that Sakura doesnā€™t have any business prying into. And it's just as well. Sakura also hates your shitty job, and your shitty boyfriends, and considering that you live in the same shitty building as him, he isn't a fan of your rental situation either. Nireiā€™s too polite to say anything about it, but Sakura can tell that he disapproves as well. Itā€™s not like any of them are living the most comfortable lives eitherā€”Sakura has personally been living from shithole to shithole, mostly alone, ever since his parents passedā€”but your lifestyle does make them all feel poorly.
You're just a very easy person to like. And it's very easy to want nice things for you. So Sakura gets it, how Suo feels about you.
What he doesn't quite get is how Suo acts about you.
One thing heā€™s learned over the years is that Suo is very good at reading people. Sometimes he understands Sakura better than Sakura understands himself, and he can convince Sakura to do things which he himself didn't think were possible for him to do. He's done the same with Nirei, and about half the other people in their grade, and at least a third of the guys in Bofurin. Itā€™s frankly a terrifying skill. But Suo never uses it with youā€”not to get you to change jobs, or boyfriends, or even apartments.
At first Sakura thought that you were just immune to Suoā€™s tactics, but he's recently come to realise that Suo simply gets too emotional about you to know how to convince you of anything. Heā€™s even emotional enough to get kind of petty and a little mean with you, which is something that Sakura has only witnessed from Suo during fights. Really bad fights.
Itā€™s terribly uncomfortable, especially when youā€™re clearly head over heels for Suo.
Sakura doesn't have any business prying into your personal problems. Though truthfully, heā€™d be happy to thrash some random assholes for you anyway, if that would fix your heartbreak. (He's already done this to at least one of your exes, and it worked shockingly well.) The problem is, Suo is not a random asshole and Sakura isn't sure that you'd want him thrashed in the first place. But it's just fucking painful watching the two of you act like this around each other, so he ends up pulling Suo aside after you kick them out of the girlsā€™ bar, scowling.
Suo looks at him, surprised. ā€œSakura? What's the matter?ā€
He doesn't mince words. ā€œHow come you were being such a dick to your friend?ā€
Nirei goes stiff. ā€œSakura,ā€ he says in his panicked ā€˜why are you trying to pick a fight nowā€™ voice, ā€œwhere is this coming from? I don't think Suo was being rudeā€¦ā€ But Sakura can tell, as Nireiā€™s finishing his own sentence, that he's second-guessing himself.
ā€œNo,ā€ Suo replies. ā€œI was being a bit terrible, wasn't I?ā€ Thereā€™s no humour in either his words or his face, but the corner of his mouth lifts. He actually looks endeared. ā€œI'm surprised you noticed, Sakura.ā€
ā€œI meanā€ā€”Sakura feels himself going red, embarrassed at just the memory of how you looked at Suo; first so worried, then painfully fond, and then like you were going to burst into tears right there in the washroom and ask him to hold you, as if you were in a horrible getsuku dramaā€”ā€œit was kinda hard not to.ā€
Suo nods. ā€œI suppose itā€™s natural to be sensitive to the feelings of someone you like.ā€
Heat floods his face. ā€œI don't like her!ā€
ā€œDid I say you did?ā€ Suoā€™s mouth curls when Sakura can't answer. ā€œDonā€™t be embarrassed. She's a very easy person to like.ā€
Sakura tries his hardest to ignore Suoā€”which should be easy, because Suo lies randomly and pointlessly all the time, whenever he thinks it's funnyā€”and says, ā€œIf she's an easy person to like, how come you act like you don't like her at all?ā€
ā€œWas I acting like that? Or was she acting like it was impossible for someone to like her?ā€ Sakura stops. Suo gives him a long look, then smiles. ā€œYou would know how difficult it can be to accept being liked, Sakura. And how long it can take to understand that there are people who want to support you unconditionally.ā€
Sakura opens his mouth once, twice. A third time. Nirei sighs. The two of them watch as Suoā€”rather than walking in the direction of the subwayā€”steps over to a vending machine and buys a bottle of oolong tea.
ā€œAre you going to wait for her shift to finish?ā€ Nirei asks.
ā€œMm, I think so.ā€ Suo glances down at his ankle. ā€œBut you should go home, Nire-kun. You canā€™t fight like that. In case those guys come back here, I mean.ā€ He opens the bottle, takes a sip. ā€œThey had bladed weapons. It would be bad if you risked it.ā€
Nirei glances at the entrance to your bar, worried. ā€œButā€¦ā€
Sakura understands without Nirei finishing his sentence. The security at your bar is terrible, and plenty of people like to exploit that. It was Nirei who noticed a group men eyeing you before anyone else did, following you all the way from Keisei Street to your place of work. And sure, Suo kicked the shit out of them in the end, did much worse to them than vice versaā€”but who knows if there aren't more of them.
Suo hates your job. All three of them do.
ā€œItā€™s okay,ā€ Sakura says. ā€œI'm sure the two of us will be enough.ā€
ā€œ...I'll ask Tsubaki if he's free,ā€ Nirei finally relents. ā€œAnd I'll text Kiryu and Tsugeura too.ā€
ā€œThanks, Nire-kun.ā€
Suo gets a bottle of ramune after Nirei leaves, passes it to Sakura. Tsubaki comes by later, still in his pole outfit, with several pieces of taiyaki for them to shareā€”Iā€™m always snacky after dancing, he explainsā€”and the three of them loiter in front of your bar until four in the morning. Tsubaki asks questions about you in a tone that has Sakura wanting to crawl into an alleyway just to hide, and Suo deflects masterfully with questions about Tsubakiā€™s new boyfriend. The guys from earlier don't show up. Maybe the sight of Roppo-Ichizaā€™s top fighter scares them off.
You're surprised to see them there when you emerge a little later. You give Tsubaki a happy but perplexed look as he hugs you.
ā€œTsubaki? What are you doing here?ā€
ā€œKeeping these two company,ā€ he replies. ā€œAnd I wanted to say hi, of course. You should come by the club sometime, you know! I haven't seen you in forever.ā€
ā€œSure! That would be nice, butā€¦ā€ You turn to Sakura and Suo, puzzled. ā€œWhy are you guys still here?ā€
Sakura, on instinct, nearly recounts the whole evening to youā€”about the men tailing you, about how they got into a fight, about the kind of things they said they'd do once they caught youā€”but Suo answers first.
ā€œTroubling you again,ā€ is all he says. ā€œItā€™s fine since your shift is over now, right?ā€
You give the two of them a long, curious look. For a moment, you look worried, but you're eventually disarmed by Suoā€™s expression.
ā€œI guess it's fine,ā€ you reply. You sound so happy. Suoā€™s gaze goes soft, and Sakura has to force himself not to look away. ā€œLet's hurry up and go home.ā€
You smile at them, and it's the kind of smile that makes it very easy to like you. The kind of smile that makes it natural to want nice things for you. The kind of smile that would make anyone emotional, even if they're normally very controlled. It makes something in Sakura squeeze tightly, all knotted up and painful.
Heā€™s starting to understand why Suo acts the way he does around you.
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this wasn't meant to be a love triangle, my apologiesā€¦
this was also meant to be a very short piece (like 500w lol), but I kept thinking about what suoā€™s backstory might be, and why he was so comfortable in the red light district in the manga, and what these guys might realistically act like in an aged up, romantic context. that all coalesced into this very bizarre fic LOL. I'm not sure how it'll land, but I hope someone out here enjoyed it! I would like to write more about this triangle (+ nirei) but I'm not sure what the level of interest would be, or if it'll even make sense with the manga. I guess weā€™ll see eventually!
in any case, thank you for reading!! <3
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writingouthere Ā· 11 months ago
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friendswithbenefits!Sukuna x reader. Your friend Yuuji sets you up on a date with his co-worker to help you get over your recent slump, not knowing that his dear older brother had ended it months ago.
cw: none really, some possessive behavior
"He's really great though, I swear!"
"What does 'really great' entail, exactly?"
"Well he's nice! Like, super nice."
You waited to see if there was any more information and when there didn't appear to be any forthcoming, pushed your friend. "Yuuji, I'm going to need a little bit more than that."
Yuuji seemed to think about this for a second and as he did you snuck some dumplings off his plate. He'd taken more than his fair share of the take out anyway.
You loved Yuuji, he was one of the most genuinely kind people you'd ever met. He just happened to have terrible taste in men, aside from his own boyfriend.
"Well, when I got lost the other day, he gave me directions and they were super helpful!"
"Wait, did you find this guy on the street? Are you setting me up with a stranger?" It wouldn't surprise you, Yuuji tended to adopt human beings the way a normal person might adopt stray cats. You couldn't complain too much since it's how the two of you had ended up being friends, but it didn't necessarily mean that whoever he'd picked up off the side of the road this time was your one true love.
"No, no, he works in the school too. He teaches like history or something. He just teaches in the upperclassmen building, so I don't see him that much."
"So he gave you directions after you got lost in your own place of work?"
Yuuji either doesn't hear your tone or he chooses to ignore it. "Yeah, really nice dude. He's also good friends with Maki, so you know he must respect women."
That was actually pretty persuasive. Maki would never put up with any man who was a piece of shit, maybe there was something here.
"Is he cute?"
Yuuji scratched his head and tried to take some dumplings off your plate while you blocked him with your chopsticks.
"I mean I guess, he always looks kind of sad but you're into that right?" You blocked his attempts at stealing your dumplings with a little more aggression than necessary at that.
"I am not!"
Yuuji hummed unimpressed, chewing on the dumpling he'd managed to snatch away while you argued. Thief.
"He's like a little taller than me, pretty eyes and he's stronger than he looks. He actually beat me in some sparring matches last year when the teachers competed." You listened even as you scowled at the way Yuuji said all this with his mouth still full of stolen food. He swallowed and gave you a mischievous smirk. "He has really nice hands too."
"Yuuji!"
"They're big and his fingers are long but not too skinny, they kind of remind me of Megumi's-"
"Who the fuck are you talking about?"
You stiffened as Yuuji's older brother walked in, scratching his bare midriff since he seemed to have once again forgot that wearing shirts was an expected human behavior. Even though he was only a few years older than you and Yuuji, he always seemed larger than life. Maybe because you had known him for so long.
"Yuuta, this guy I work with," Yuuji said, pouting when his brother stole some of the food off his plate. Served him right. "Hey! I asked you if you wanted anything before I ordered it."
"And I told you, I don't want any of this garbage. I'm just sampling," Sukuna said as he popped another piece of chicken in his mouth.
"Go eat your stupid healthy food then and leave our garbage alone," Yuuji protested pushing the plate out of Sukuna's reach. Naturally, this led to Sukuna shoving Yuuji's head into the table as he reached over and stole more food off the tray in the middle.
"So why are you talking about Yuuta's hands anyway. You and Fushiguro finally call it quits?" Sukuna's tone was casual but you had once seen him knock out a guy for groping Megumi in a club. If the day came where Yuuji and Megumi actually broke up, you think he might take turns knocking sense into both of them.
"Mnat mor me."
"Huh," Sukuna said even as he kept Yuuji's face pressed to the table. You rolled your eyes.
"He's saying that he's not the one interested, he's trying to set me up with him." You tried to push down the guilt you felt as you spoke after all you had nothing to be guilty about.
There was a flash of something in Sukuna's eyes but it was gone before you could identify it and with one last shove that had Yuuji groaning, he let him up.
"That hurt, you bastard!"
"Not an insult, I'm literally a bastard," Sukuna said and Yuuji rolled his eyes.
"Whatever, anyway, back to helping you get laid-"
"Hey!"
"-I'll let Yuuta know you'll meet him at six?"
"Can you make it eight, only old people eat at six." Yuuji nods and goes to type something in his phone. There's an awkward silence that he doesn't seem to notice and you can't help but look at Sukuna who hasn't taken his eyes off you.
"Didn't realize you were so desperate," Sukuna says and Yuuji doesn't look up from his phone before throwing a punch at him. Sukuna dodges, his eyes still on you.
"There's nothing wrong with going on a date," you say and you wonder who you're convincing. "It has been a while since a nice guy took me out."
"Ah right, I forgot you liked nice guys." His tone is too knowing and you feel yourself flush.
"Stop picking on her, Sukuna. Don't you need to be going to the gym, anyway?" Yuuji asks, finally putting down his phone. He seems to attribute the current tension for you and Sukuna's usual animosity. You wonder if that's all there is to it. Sukuna scoffs and walks back to his room. You still weren't sure why he'd even come out in the first place.
"Whatever, you two have fun planning the wedding," he says, his tone making your hackles rise.
"Say hi to Uraume for me," Yuuji calls back, oblivious. "Tell them I still want a rematch after last week."
Sukuna waves a hand before shutting the door to his room. Yuuji turns back to you and the two of you talk about other topics while your mind wanders.
You weren't doing anything wrong. Were you?
You and Yuuji decide to meet up with Megumi and Nobara for a movie before you need to get ready for your date. While Yuuji goes to his room to change, you head to the kitchen to clean up the remains of lunch.
You're putting some glasses in the sink when you feel a warm presence at your back. You can't hold back your sigh as a familiar pair of thick arms comes to wrap around your waist and a pair of lips presses gently against your neck.
"I haven't seen you in forever," Sukuna murmurs, the movement of his lips against your neck sending a familiar pulse of want to your core. You tell yourself not to let the soft gesture get to you. He never did shit like this without a purpose and his usual purpose isn't going to be fulfilled with Yuuji in the next room.
"You saw me last week, Sukuna," you remind him before leaning away from him to close the dishwasher. His hands slip down to your hips and you just know he's staring at your ass. You roll your eyes even as he pulls you back to him once you're standing. His hands pressing into the curve of your hips, putting pressure on them in that way that makes you melt.
"That's too long, princess. I was getting lonely," he teases and you feel him smirk against your cheek. "You must be lonely too."
"Actually I'm just fine," you tell him but you tilt your head so he can kiss the skin of your face, your neck, the parts of your shoulders revealed by the stretched collar of your old t-shirt. You let him lull you into a false sense of security before he reminds you why that's a bad idea.
"Really? I just assumed you felt lonely and that's why you were agreeing to go on dates with losers you've never even met."
There it was. This was why you couldn't let Sukuna get soft with you. He never did it without returning your vulnerability with malice.
"Sukuna," you say and you go to pull his arms off you but he pushes you into the counter, you wince as the cold stone presses against your body. "Let go of me." Your tone is calm even as emotions band their way across your throat.
"I would, but you seem to get lost when I let you out of my sights. I mean you're going to go on a date with some high school teacher?"
"Your brother literally has the same job?"
"Well, are you going to fuck my brother too?"
"For fuck's sake, Sukuna, get off me!"
Sukuna does let you go but only so he can turn you to face him.
Sukuna doesn't get mad the way normal people do. Usually he's just amused, maybe even mildly annoyed, but blatant rage isn't his thing. After your years of-acquaintanceship? light antagonism?-friendship, you recognized this as the stage where he was about to make his insults increasingly personal until you needed to go cry in the bathroom later.
"We are not dating," you tell him and he rolls his eyes.
"Obviously."
"Therefore, I can go on dates with other people."
"I don't give a fuck if you go on dates with other people."
"Great, because I'm going to go on this date tonight."
"Good for you."
"Yes, yes it is good for me!"
"You seem really happy with your choices," Sukuna goads in that tone of his. You hate that tone.
"I am. I don't plan on just accepting whatever scraps some loser will throw me when there are actually decent guys who want a real relationship."
Sukuna narrows his eyes at you. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"I wasn't being subtle," you tell him before leaning back against the counter. Going for casual, knowing you're not quite hitting it. "Don't worry, I don't hold it against you. You can't give what you don't have, you know?"
"No, I don't know," Sukuna bites out and if he was anyone else, you would think you'd hurt his feelings but this wasn't anyone else and there was no way something you said bother him.
"You're just not a relationship person and that's-that's fine, I knew that before we started this thing. It's just, sometimes I want more." You soften your tone from earlier but it doesn't do anything to relieve the tension between the two of you.
"And this, Yuka is going to give you that?" He sounds bitter and he's not touching you. You'd been the one to tell him to back off but you couldn't remember the last time he hadn't had his hands on you in some way when it was just the two of you.
"I think his name was Yuuta," you correct before his expression tells you this is the wrong step.
"Right, okay. You know what, you go on your date and have the best time with Yuuta. I got places to be."
He brushes past you and goes back to his room just as Yuuji opens the door to his.
"Geez, what's his problem?" He asks as he makes his way over to you. You shrug your shoulders and he takes your lack of response as just your normal discontent with his brother and wraps his arm around your shoulder. "Don't let him get to you, he's just a dick."
"I know," you tell him and you do. You know Sukuna's true nature better than most.
You two make your way out of the apartment so you can make your movie and you try to ignore the guilt you feel as Yuuji talks to you.
"You know, he's actually been in a better mood the past few months. I think he might actually be seeing someone. Can you imagine who would be crazy enough to actually date that asshole?"
new series? wrote this to get the rust off so we'll see.
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jinxificada Ā· 9 months ago
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something to relax
dealer!jinx x fem!reader
summary: you deserve a rest, so you turn to the infamous jinx for help.
notes: nsfw, modern au, wc 4k !! inaccurate drug dealing.
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"i'm telling you, you're insanely overworking yourself. i don't even understand where'd you get all the time to do everything you do." your friend scolds you jokingly, though you can tell she's honestly worried for you.
"nonsense." you roll your eyes in denial, "i'm alright, we take the same classes."
"i'm not in any club doing extracurricular stuff, nor am i tutoring any dumb kid." she discusses, walking with you through the crowded hallway towards your next class.
"well i don't really have a choice, it's for the-"
"the scholarship, i know." she sighs, finally arriving. "just... please take a moment to relax."
you both take your seats almost in the middle of the classroom, by the windows. she always sat in front of you, so she would turn around and chat whenever she wanted without you being able to ignore her.
"what about we go to that party on saturday?" she proposes and you already bite your lip with an hesitant expression, "please! we don't have to stay the whole time, just an hour or two."
"i don't know... i don't have a car and itā€™ll be too late to take the bus." you poorly excuse, not wanting to fully reject her.
"i can drive you! or you can just stay at mine." she happily resolves and you just nod with a sigh.
it's not that you didn't like hanging out with your friend, nor she's always so insistent. she usually is very understanding and gives you space. but the exams were getting close and you needed to higher your grades in a couple of classes, so you've been paying extra attention in classes, speaking with a couple of teachers on how to improve your grades and busying yourself with the usual assignments, the extra assignments, and tutoring this one kid below your year for some extra money.
unlike most of the students here, your family isn't able to properly pay for your education. you've done your previous years in the public school your small town, your teachers were so amazed with your capabilities that they recommended your parents to send you somewhere... better. they all collaborated on writing a recommendation letter for your acceptance. and you got the full scholarship! congrats, now you have to work harder than your classmates in order to keep it.
it wasn't fair, and your friend knew it. she felt so bad that she couldn't help you with money or your studies, but she can help you to ease your mind a bit.
so, you could only frown while making a mental list of all the valuable things you could be doing instead of this, standing in a big kitchen full of intoxicated teenagers. your friend was trying to talk with you while mixing alcohol in disposable cups for each one of you.
"and tomy was sticking his tongue inside of mary's mouth in front of her father, ew! you should've seen their faces when they realized, her father was burning red, i don't know if from embarrasment or anger." she rambled with a loud laugh.
you chuckle, mostly because her laugh was contagious. "who was tomy, again?"
"shh, he's coming." she suddenly leans in to whisper before pulling back wearing her social smile, "tomyy!"
a rather scrawny tall boy comes from behind you saying your friend's name in the same way, "fancy seeing you here!" ah, he had a high pitched voice.
"i didn't want you to miss me!" she quickly jokes, "nice party!"
"i'm guessing you're having a good time." he chuckles. at this point he's set himself right next to you and still hadn't acknoledge you. "have you already found jinx?" he asks curiously with a supposedly mischeavous smile.
"damn, she's here already?"
"yeah, just bought from her in the second garden."
'what the hell is a second garden?' you thought with a weirded out glance.
they chat a bit more and you think you know the kitchen from memory after rolling your eyes around as they talked. the boy soon moves to another guest and your friend turns back to you.
"the funniest thing is that they were sent to the principal's office was for sucking their faces off in the middle of class." she continues the conversation she was having with you as if you've never been interrupted, it was a talent of hers.
'is this what she thinks of a relaxing night...?' you mentally complained. you had your friend talk you ear off 5 days a week, but that didn't seem enough for her. at some point you muted her voice from your head and only listened to the loud pop music and different people talking over each other. your eyes were fixed on the next room through the kitchen's door, the flashing lights barely illuminated the crowd. blondes, brunettes and redheads, they all stay in the background when a blue head pushes through them to your way.
you physically react with a quiet sigh when you can see her face. a pretty girl, with the softest features you've ever seen, decorated with a messy dark makeup and intense eyes. curious to see how her full style looked like your gaze lowers on her body, she was wearing a white laced corset gripping her chest for life and low wasted black denim shorts, along with the biggest boots you've ever seen.
the girl who caught your eye walked into the room with loud, confident steps. people quickle recognized her, some greeted, some lowered their eyes to the floor. she only smiled briefly before grabbing two closed bottles of vodka like she owned the place and left.
"who was that?" you breath out, realizing you've been holding it the whole time.
"jinx," your friend shrugged, "local dealer, mental problems and rich daddy." she summarized, fixing her lipstick and soon changing the topic.
the night ended up being a boomer. your friend got a stoner to share his blunt with you both and that, mixed with the alcohol you had been drinking since the night started, made you both pretty tired and sleepy. luckily, your friend's house was about two streets down from the party, allowing you to arrive sound and safe while intoxicated.
you couldn't deny that you slept like a baby.
but the week started again a day after, along with your responsabilities. and it seemed that it's gonna be a shitty one.
for your extracurricular activity, you had the job to take decent pictures for the school's paper. they were all rejected by the president in charge. you scored a negative B in a practically easy test because you were too distracted noticing that the so named jinx was in the same class as you. 'she looks very pretty in the dark blue uniform.' was your constant thought. and the cherry on top, you didn't have your extra money of the week because the parents of your student were late with the payment.
they were showered in wealth, why won't they give you your 50 dollars? now theyā€™ll have to pay $100 next week.
but for nowā€¦ you had to survive with the remaining money you had left for the rest of the week. and it was only monday.
you thought you could handle this particularly difficult week, but all this tension build up only to blow up on your face. and the face of the teacher who was telling you why you had to rewrite the essay you just submitted.
you were use to cry over stress, you thought it was a healthy way of letting it out. just not in the public eye.
tears and sobs were comming out of you as you walked down the halls, feeling like millions of eyes were judging you. how embarrasing, right? but that was only your mind playing you, the only person who looked at you twice was tomy who recognized you but couldn't recall from where.
it was friday and the classes already ended, the club was about to start in ten minutes but you were debating whether test your luck and see if it can all get shittier or just call it a day and go home.
but a loud yell of your name from behind you interrupted this final decision, your friend throted her way up to you and worriedly wiped your tears.
"are you okay? what happened?"
"i'm fucked up! i'm gonna fail all my exams and get kicked out from this stupid school!" you dramatically cried in the comfort of your friend's arms. you knew she was fighting demons to not roll her eyes and say 'i told you'.
she listened to your whines for a couple more minutes until she had an idea.
"okay stop, shush." you frowned but stayed quiet anyways, "listen, i know jinx stays in club hours to sell, she must be in that shitty bathroom from the second floor. why don't you go buy some weed and relax this weekend?"
your frown deepened and even a light blush appeared on your wet cheeks, "uhm, i don't know... why don't you just stay at my house to hangout, please?"
"oh hun, i would love to but my parents are taking me to visit my grandma." who lived far far away, you nodded. "just, try what i'm telling you, okay?"
"okay..." you hesitantly say, your friend seemed in a rush because just when you were about to ask her how much it would probably cost and how many grams you should buy, she pecked both of your cheeks in goodbye and left you standing in an almost empty hallway.
you were on your own now, hoping the 15 dollars you had left from this long week would be enough, but you doubted it.
you hesitantly pushed the door of the supposedly shitty bathroom (it didn't have a mirror, nor the renovated cubicle doors the other's had, though it was perfectly functional). welcomed by the sight of jinx sitting on top of the counter sink, ciggarette in hand and an amused smile on her face while she talked with another girl.
they quickly shut up at your presence. you purse your lips awkwardly at them, you were about to greet them when this other girl just scoffed as if you ruined something and leaned to whisper in the bluehaired's ear. jinx only chuckled in what you thought was a very flirty manner and the girl left, leaving you alone with her.
it was a good moment to say something, jinx was looking at you expectantly but you were too busy checking her out.
the school uniform itself is rather conservative, but it was usual for students to fix it to their liking as long as it isn't too inappropiate. jinx seemed to be an exception, because you didn't know how was she allowed to move around with the skirt so short. you weren't complaining, not at all. with the way she crossed her legs you could easily appreciate her pale legs, noticing a few marks and bruises which fed your curiosity.
she cleared her throat, "so? you came all the way here to stare at me?"
"no- no, sorry." you quickly apologized and presented yourself, taking a few steps closer, your voices echoing in the bathroom,
"rightā€¦ what can i offer you?"
though her words were friendly enough, her tone was playful and given that you had a breakdown just minutes ago, you couldn't help but feel like she was mocking you. she probably was.
"i, uh, i was wondering what's your cheapest relaxing item?" you hesitantly ask, seeing the corner of her lips rising the slightest bit in a smirk.
"are you familiar with drugs?"
"no... not really."
"then i have the perfect discount for you!" jinx smiles brightly and you get even more closer, interested. "weed is ideal for begginers, and i can give you 15g for 100 bucks, whatcha say?"
"oh." you instantly gloom. "and... h-how much for 2 or 3g?"
"3 grams? you can barely make a blunt with that." she mocks raising an eyebrow, studying you for a second before smirking again. it was hard to read her, but you could sense she had something in mind as it seemed rather mischeavous. "for 3g... 20 bucks."
you sighed, looking away in embarrasment. you heard that her prices were high, but this... what did she need so much money for, anyways?
"okay, um... i don't have enough money with me right now. thank you." you sheepeshly said, ready to turn around and go back home to keep crying.
"wait!" she suddenly says, decrossing her legs to shift in her spot, "don't give up so easily... we can arrange something..."
"arrange...?" you repeated, confused. jinx motioned with her fingers to approach her and you did, mantaining a respectable distance before she could reach your arm and pull you even closer, caresing the lenght of it along with your hand. you were stunned, feeling your ears and chest warm up. "how come?" you murmured, trying to grasp on the situation.
"i'm feelin' nice..." she hummed, "i can give you 5g... if you give me head."
"e-excuse me?" that was your first reaction, pulling the hand she was holding away and to your chest, "what...? are you serious?"
"oh don't be such a prude!" she chuckles, giving you a knowing look, "d'ya think i'm dumb? i've seen you staring, i know you want me."
her bluntness made you blush, damn, her mere presence made you blush. she was exposing you while offering her body in change of some weed. you've never been in this kind of situation before, your mouth opening and closing as you tried to think of something to say.
she kept distracting you though, with that pretty smirk of hers. since you didn't instantly ran away, jinx knew her guess was correct. reaching for your hand again and rounding your hips with her long legs to pull you closer, till your body hit the counter she was sitting on.
"i know you want me." she repeated in a low tone, "and i know you need it, toots." you unconsciously lean into her touch as she caress your cheek, right where the dried tears rested on.
"i don't want to t-take advantage of you..." you dumbly say, jinx almost pouted at how adorable you were. you thought it was you who was taking advantage of this?
"you're not, silly!" she giggled raspily, "this is business."
"i'm- i don't.... i'm not sure..." you rambled, and before you could make a point -if you were ever going to make it-, jinx pulled you into her for a kiss. a hungry, intense kiss.
and you instantly melted, your hands traveled to hug her waist as you reciprocated. she tasted like that ciggarette she was smoking a moment ago, mixed with the flavour of some candy.
you thought it was hot.
her body shifted closer, sitting by the edge of the counter to easily push her hips into you. the heated make-out was interrupted by her own heavy breaths.
"see, toots?" she rasped, "you can do it."
"okay." you hummed, leaning in to kiss her again. it was ridiculous really, how easily you gave in. specially after she dodged your attempt with an evil smirk.
"uh-uh." she pushed you by the shoulders, "i asked you to eat me out."
you almost scoffed in complain, before realizing that maybeā€¦ this was even better.
"but i have a condition." jinx called for your attention with an amused chuckle. "you have to make me squirt."
"fuck." you sighed, "really...? are you-?"
"i know i can, yeah." she nods, spreading her legs for you, "but it won't be easy..."
you certainly wouldn't mind trying, you weren't exactly up close to her pussy and you could already feel the smell of her arousal, inviting you to taste her. jinx lifted up her skirt to expose her lingerie, a furious pink with a wet spot on her center that watered your mouth.
soon enough you were kneeling down, it was a bit uncomfortable given the height of the sink. hesitantly, you licked your lips and looked up at her, in search of confirmation. in response, jinx flashed you a playful smile, leaning back to rest her weight on her hands.
satisfied, you concentrated on her pussy, carefully pressing down your thumb as if testing the waters. her hips twitched at the contact, moving towards your hand. you let out a hum, 'sensitive?'. experimentally, you sticked your tongue out to lap over her underwear, the wet spot growing as it mixed with your saliva. you were contently taking things slow, against jinx own desires.
she aggresively gripped your hair to push your head into her pussy, "don't tease me, nerd." she husked.
and you couldn't bring yourself to mind, rushing to move her panties to the side to finally taste her. you wanted to impress her, you wanted her to like you, and give her the best head she'd ever have. your lips hugged her clit, quickly working on her pussy, sucking and lapping. you were rewarded with quiet sighs and trembling legs, occasionally a moan. but it seemed that jinx was trying not to crumble, silencing her sounds by pressing her lips together, though it barely did the job. you didn't mind, not when you were making out with her pussy so fervently.
your hands gripped her plushy thighs as you put them on your shoulders, helping her to stay still. her hips twitched towards you every now and then, when you would suck particularly hard on her throbbing clit. and you? you were having the time of your life.
as busy as you always were, itā€™s been quite long since you had some fun like this.
jinx looked down at you with furrowed eyebrows and flushed cheeks, meowing softly as she felt herself coming undone at your enthusiastic work on her pussy. her hand pulled at your hair and you opened your eyes to meet hers, but her head was thrown back in pleasure. you didnā€™t stop, instead you moved your hand to furiously rub her center until she looked at you again, biting her lower lip to muffle her moan. she came against your mouth, rocking her hips lazily against you.
you licked her clean a few times before realizing you didn't accomplished your task, she didn't squirt.
"well well, toots," she said accompanied with a breathless and amused chuckle, "i told you it would be- mhm!" her mocking words were interrupted by your actions, you decided that you'll just try harder.
you went back at it, this time focusing more on her unattended hole. when your tongue explored a little more inside, your nose hit her clit sending shivers through her back as she arched. her initial surprise was overpowered with pleasure, she didn't care anymore about not showing how much she was enjoying herself.
after the previous stimulation, this time she reached her limit much quicker. you really wanted to make her squirt, so you put all your effort on your fingers, which you carefully put inside her. jinx cursed above you, letting you do whatever you wanted with your body as everything felt just so good for her.
and the reward came along her relief, her cum fell all over your lower face, though you shamelessly tried to drink all you could.
"mkay, stop-" jinx whined lowly as you kept your mouth attached to her pussy, against her own words her legs squeezed your head tightly.
you pulled back a few seconds later, wiping your chin with the back of your hand only to smudge all her fluids to your cheek, making her giggle. she motioned at you to get closer, opening the flush of water on the sink by her side.
"thanks." you smiled quietly as she cleaned your face with water, "your thighs..." you pointed out at the wet mess on her inner thighs.
"i know."
jinx took a deep breath before making an effort to get down the counter, barely struggling to make her way inside a cubicle. you shyly stayed put, fixing your hair looking to anywhere else to give her some privacy as she cleaned herself up.
"i didn't know you were that stubborn." the bluehaired girl mocked you, suddenly she was by your side again. this time cornering you.
"you- you asked me to do it."
"yeah..."
there was something so mesmerizing in her blushed cheeks, her darkened blue eyes. your breath got caught in your throat when you felt her slim fingers sneaking under your skirt uniform to playfully pull on the edge of your underwear.
you only looked at her with little hesitance before you tried to lean in and kiss her. she dodge your attempt for the second time, not letting you time to react when she forcefully turned you around, pushing her chest on your back.
"i can give you the 15g, if you let me play a little bit." she whispered against your ear, nibbling at the earring you were wearing, "hmm? will ya let me?"
"yeah," you quickly agreed with a pleading voice, hitching up your own skirt and resting your hand on top of hers while pushing your hips, your movements were hurried and desperate, there was a pulsing desiring waiting to be attended. jinx was overly amused, rubbing your center over your underwear. "yes..." you sighed, throwing your head back to her side, leaving you neck exposed for her to keep her lips busy with.
breathless moans left your mouth, relaxing your body against her touch when loud steps startled you. it was impossible for you to ignore them because there was a chance that someone could caught you both. though jinx didn't seem to care, mindlessly biting your skin.
"did you hear that?" you mumbled, your body tensed in anticipation.
"yeah," she giggled in response, capturing your attention by getting her hands under you panties which got a squeak sound out of you. "imagine if they find us here."
"not funny-" you grumbled, unable to push her away but your eyes fixed on the closed door.
"c'mon baby, must be the janitor. he's not allowed to come here." she reassured, her other hand moving your head to her, kissing your lips messily.
you gave in, sighing into her as she pump her fingers in and out of you. you already felt so stimulated that a few minutes later you were already cumming on her hand. she doesn't stops till you ride out of your high.
jinx loudly pecks your cheek, pulling her fingers out and up to her mouth, sucking off your cum.
"god." your voice trembled at the sight.
she only smirked at you, walking to her bag which was laying on the floor. your eyes were closed while you fixed yourself again, anxious to get home and change your dirty underwear as you can uncomfortably feel the stickness.
when you opened them, jinx left on the counter a small ziploc bag.
"a deal is a deal." she shrugs, "enjoy."
you slowly reached to the bag, a bit conflicted by how the situation was ending.
ā€œi- iā€™m not even sure i needed it now.ā€
jinx raised her eyebrows at your murmur, you came to her with those desperate and anxious eyes, only for you to not accept it?
but she knew better, with her signature mischievous smirk she approached you once again, puts the bag in your hands and let her fingers linger a bit more on top of them.
ā€œhow about this? take ā€˜em home, use it tonight and touch yourself thinking ā€˜bout me.ā€
your eyes open slightly, and you blush like you didnā€™t just fuck her a couple of minutes ago. either she always caught you out of guard, or youā€™re simply not used to beingā€¦ so vulgar.
ā€œso? will you do that fā€™me?ā€ she stares at you expectantly with those big blue eyes, amused by your reactions.
ā€œy-yeah, yes iā€™ll do it.ā€
ā€œcute.ā€ she sighs, leaning to peck your cheek once again before going to grab her bag and walk towards the exit. ā€œi want proof! text me later!ā€ she chuckles loudly by the door and just as loudly smacks it closed.
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wolfiesmoon Ā· 1 year ago
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A rare ingredient
Inumaki x gn!reader
sometimes only being able to say onigiri ingredients gets a little tough on our boy :(
@kairiscorner just tagging you since you wanted to read this!!
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The upside of having a crush is, well... everything good that comes along with having a crush. Your smile is the most beautiful thing ever to him. He feels oddly happy most of the time and especially happy when you're by his side. He wants to share everything with you, every minute detail of his life.
The issue is, however, that you've only transferred to Jujutsu High recently and can't understand anything he says. Unlike his other classmates who reply with "thanks" and a grateful smile to "spicy cod roe" as is intended, you simply give him a confused smile every time.
And that doesn't even cover the fact that he doesn't have any words to describe his love for you. He wouldn't have them even if he were able to talk normally like everyone else.
"Kelp." he greeted you, waving.
"Ah, hello!" you inferred that he was greeting you, waving back to him. He swears you look better every day and help but gaze upon your amazing face.
He is eternally grateful for the uniform that covers the lower part of his face, because he doesn't think he would have gotten away with blushing so much around you otherwise.
Normally he would surprise you by sneaking up on you from behind but after you told him that freaks you out he stopped. You're the one person he's willing to make that exception for. Maki isn't as lucky, unfortunately.
"...Tuna mayo." he never knows what to tell you, and considering his limited vocabulary, that would be kind of hard to do anyways. It's fair to say that you do most of the talking when alone with him.
"Uhhh, I met up with my non-sorcerer friends today." you always assume the role of storyteller with Toge. He's a good listener. Though you don't know why he always insists on staying by your side.
"I didn't tell them what I've been up to, of course. They wouldn't believe it anyways. But aside from that, we went to our favourite cafƩ that we frequented all the time in middle school." you smiled fondly at the memories that flooded your mind at that moment.
"Salmon." he wants to be invited to that cafƩ, too. Prefferably just the two of you. On a date.
You smiled awkwardly at him, nodding. You never know what in the world he's trying to tell you so you just "smile and wave" most of the time.
He furrowed his brows slightly, then looked off, seemingly thinking really hard about something. You raised an eyebrow in question.
"...Prawns." ("...I love you.")
His eyes met yours, and your eyes slightly widened. Did it finally get through to you?! Did you somehow understand his little confession?!
"You've never used that one before..." your expression returned to normal, still smiling at him, atlhough a bit intrigued by the rare ingredient now.
"By the way, are you alright? You're making a weird face." you moved closer to him, inspecting the upper half of his face.
"Caviar." he covered his face with his hands.
You're going to be the death of him.
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deus-ex-mona Ā· 2 years ago
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little brothers and their will to #slay, man </3
#while yes yes this post technically does apply to the simp bros i wanna cry about my own bro in the tags so you have been warned~?#so to start off my monthly existential crisis rant i just wanna say thatā€¦ iā€™m so so soo envious of my bro. like to a really unhealthy extent#heā€™s tall enough to reach the top shelves. i can barely touch them if i jump. he has so many friends and even a gf. i have 0 irl friends.#he is able to sit in one spot and focus on his studies. i canā€™t even sit down for a full half hour to *eat* without getting up to take a nap#heā€™s learning how to drive. i canā€™t. he was admitted into university. i wasnā€™t. heā€™s able to find what he likes and stick to it. i canā€™t.#like mannn. he thrived in the course he chose in tertiary education while i lost my passion for it in the middle of my first year.#heā€™s good at picking up everything he tries (puzzle cubes; bball; you name it heā€™s good at it) while iā€™m just. bad at everything i try lol#heā€™s very good at his studies (aside from languages) and sports. iā€™m not good at anything at all.#he gets told that he has a great sense of humour. iā€™m just. boring and annoying. lolllll#heā€™s super sociable and he has good relations with pretty much every single family member (sans me). iā€™m not in contsct with most of the fam#heck he was pretty much the favourite from the moment he was born. his baby pics still get brought up from time to time bc of how cute he is#(granted itā€™s bc he looks like a bby m*ch*l*n man (like the tire company mascot) and heā€™s super cute in them but still)#and heā€™s also a guy and content with being a guy which is justā€¦ not fair yā€™knowwww~~~ asian family boy biases and all (cries)#our father pretty much cast me aside once my bro was old enough to hang with him. and even before then the bias was as clear as day. >:(((((#i make the dude mad? i get screamed at and whaccced. bro gets the dude mad? he gets a lesson on how to throw punches instead!!! like wow!!!!#heā€™s the only one who got to escape any direct physical harm from the guy and yet!!!! he was the 1st one to be singled out for trauma focus#idk if itā€™s bc of his age back then or whattttt but i canā€™t believe i had to frigginā€™ ask my therapist back then for a trauma assessment :(#2015 was a different timeā€¦ my bro managed to succeed in school while i was rejected from the drama club for being too depressed :((((#but iā€™m sure my bro has his own share of strugglesā€¦ and iā€™m glad that he has a few groups of friends to chill with. really.#but i just canā€™t help feeling extremely envious of him. i could never tell him any of this though we hardly talk at home lol#and he pretends not to know me when i approach him in public lmfaoooo. i donā€™t blame him though; iā€™d do the same if i were to approach me#so yeah. if you read this iā€™m sorry for being cringefail and bad at everything~~ am i still allowed to pollute your dash~? <3#and also. idk if iā€™ll be able to continue sischange over this week bc iā€™ll be handling 2 workstations by meself :( and idk how tired iā€™ll be#but weā€™ll see ok~? sorry for having zero time management skills am i still qualified to be a legit adult~?#sundayā€™s šŸ§‚saltfestšŸ§‚
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whorekneecentral Ā· 1 year ago
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A Sandy Christmas
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Sugar Daddy!Jenson Button x Fem!Reader
Warnings:Ā the iconic sugar daddy JB, college aged reader (over 20), expensive vacations, gift giving is his love language, you're both soooo all up on each other, the use of daddy both in a sexual and non sexual context, thanking him in good way ;), oral (m!receiving), penetrative sex (p in v), hair pulling, some old man teasing at the end.
Word Count:Ā 1,714
Author's Note:Ā this is for my og jenson girlies that were here from the start, dedicated to the anon that sent in the first sd!jb ask cause you started all of this pookie!!
merry smutmas series
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Jenson takes you on a dream vacation over the holidays but still makes sure youā€™ve got a gift to open come Christmas morning.
Exam season is killing you, mentally and physically.
Every bone in your body hurt from being hunched over at your desk for 18 hours a day and your brain felt like it was going to explode if you kept it up for much longer.
Jenson knew as much and he also knew your exam schedule; he couldn't bear to see his girl like that so he did the one thing he did best.
He whisked you away the moment your final exam was over. He knew it'd be a welcomed distraction given that you'd be returning home for the new years; your obnoxious sister was getting married to her high school sweetheart - you'd rather fall down the stairs than attend the wedding but Jenson promised to take you in to trade your car for a new one if you went.
To be fair, he did just get you the car 2 years ago but he figured he needed some sort of reward to get you to go. If he could join you at the wedding, he would but alas he can't.
Sunny Bora Bora was a welcomed distraction; the sunshine, the beaches, the endless cocktails and cock, were keeping you happy.
The first few days were you and Jenson rolling around in bed, lazing and eating whenever, barely getting dressed and spending sun up to sun down on the beach. You had everything you needed right there.
Despite it just being you and Jenson, he rented a whole villa. All the privacy in the world for you two; it was more so, so he could fuck you anywhere he liked but I digress.
Christmas morning and you're woken not by the sunshine but the feeling of Jenson's stubble on your neck.
"Merry Christmas, pretty girl."
You hum, a hand on his jaw. "Merry Christmas, Jense."
"C'mon, I have something to show you." He whispers in your ear, not giving you a moment to gather yourself. Instead he pulls you out of bed, his hand in yours as you sleepily follow him though the villa.
There's a massive Christmas tree by the windows, right in the middle but that was there when you arrived. What wasn't there before were all the gifts surrounding the tree.
"Jenson," you stop, looking at him. There's a grin on his face. "You didn't."
"I couldn't let Christmas pass without giving you a gift." He smiles, kissing your temple as he sits on the couch.
"We agreed that this trip was my Christmas gift."
"But the trip is for me too, so it can't count. Loophole baby," he raises his eyebrows, almost as high as his ego. You huff, "this is more than a gift, Jenson."
"You're a good girl, I'd buy you the world if I could." He tells you, smiling as you kiss him.
"I don't need the world, Jenson." You tell him, sitting in front of the tree. There are at least 20 bags and boxes neatly wrapped and set under the tree.
"I'd still buy it for you, princess." He smiles, taking a sip of his coffee as you unwrapped your gifts one by one; Gucci, Prada, Van Clef, Louis Vuitton - you name it, it was under the tree.
You had no idea how you'd get it all back home.
You thank him, doing a little try on haul as you unwrap the gifts. Jenson smiles, sitting comfortable as he watches you model your gifts for him.
"Happy?" He asks, patting his thigh. You sit yourself on his lap, an arm over his shoulder as you lean into him.
"Beyond happy," you whispered against his lips. "Thank you daddy."
"Anything for you, baby."
The two of you go about your day, you'll be leaving your little paradise tomorrow and returning to reality so you were trying to soak up the last of the sunshine. Lazing by the water, you watched as Jenson attempted to surf, gave up and decided on a swim instead, the man came back to kiss you, dripping the sea water all over you.
You push him away, giggling as he tries to grab at you. You rolled away, getting up and running from him; Jenson chased you down the beach right back to the villa.
Jenson planned dinner for the two of you, a little restaurant not too far from your villa. You wined and dined, chatting about his work and your plans not to strangle your sister with her veil. He assured you that you'd be fine and that as soon as the wedding was over, you could return home to him.
Upon returning, you decide to pack. This way you two could spend more time in bed in the morning rather than having to rush and pack then.
Jenson's back is to you as you bring in the last of your presents from the living room. He'd manage to fold what you had brought with you into the one suitcase opposed to the two it was in originally and had been trying to fix your gifts into the empty one.
He feels your arm wrap around his waist, fingers drumming against his midriff as you watch him put the boxes into the suitcase.
You're on your tiptoes, a kiss pressed to his jaw; Jenson thinks it's innocent enough and yet, he feels your lips drop lower. From his jaw to his neck and your fingers are pulling at his shirt collar, trying to expose more skin.
"Sweetheart," he whispers, swatting away your wandering hands. "We need to pack."
"Mhm hm," you turn him to face you, your hand on his jaw when you kiss him. Jenson leans on the edge of the bed, his arms wrapping around your waist, pulling you into him
He was easy like that, a kiss from you and he's like putty in your hands.
He watches as your fingers trail down the front of his shirt, sliding under the hem of it. Jenson takes that as his hint to take it off, tossing it on the floor somewhere. Your hand wanders further down, brushing over the cold metal of his belt.Ā 
Jenson smiles, pecking your lips softly. "Let me thank you," you whispered against his lips. His brows furrow, "what for?"
"Everything," you tell him, sinking down onto your knees in front of him.
Jenson undoes his belt and the button,Ā ā€œopen.ā€Ā 
Without hesitation, your mouth opens and youā€™re looking up at him once again. He slaps your tongue with his cock softly, waiting for a reaction. The slight curve of your lips was enough for him to know it was okay. A hand tangled in your hair, pulling and pushing you, setting the pace.Ā 
The stifled gag was enough for him to pull back, giving you a moment to catch your breath.Ā 
His eyes fixed on you as your lips wrap around his cock, his chest dropping and raising with each breath.
He canā€™t help but notice the lipstick on the base of his cock, your head bobbing up and down. Jenson's hand pulls your hair away from your face, letting you set the pace.
His hand turns over and you feel his knuckles brush along your cheek.Ā ā€œLike being on your knees for me, hm? My good girl.ā€Ā 
The praise hits you straight in the core, only making you go faster. Your cheeks hollow as you bob your head up and down.Ā Jenson's hips buck, your nose brushing against him.Ā 
His head falls back against the couch, breathing out a string of explicits as you hollow your cheeks. ā€œCā€™mere.ā€ He pulls you off him slowly, savouring the feeling of your tongue sliding up the underside of his cock.
You kiss him, the moan slipping from your lips as he manhandles you.
ā€œTurn around,ā€ he whispers against your lips, a hand on your hip as he turns you around to face the bed.Ā 
Your arms are propped on the mattress, holding yourself up. He pushes your dress up, bunching over your hips. His hand slips between your thighs, fingers brushing over your panties and your head drops forward.Ā 
Panties pushed to the side and Jenson reached forward, a hand tangled in your hair to pull you up, forcing you to look at the reflection in the window. His other hand holds your hip once he pushes into you.Ā 
ā€œSee,ā€ he mumbles to himself, glancing down between the two of you before his eyes meet yours in the reflection. ā€œLook how pretty you are,ā€ he whispers, kissing along the back of your shoulder as his hips dig into your ass.Ā 
The knot in your stomach tightens when his hand on your hip slips down between your legs, reaching for your clit. He barely moves his fingers before your own hand reaches down to rest on his.Ā The feeling of his fingers pulls your attention.
"Please daddy-" you're cut off by a moan and by Jenson pushing you down onto the bed.
You prop yourself up on your forearms once again, eyes fixed on anything but what he was doing.Ā 
He could feel you clenching around him, pushing back into him for more.
ā€œShh, itā€™s okay baby, I know.ā€ He tells you, thrusts getting sloppier by the second.
The two of you in sync, Jenson'sĀ chest pressed to your back as you came down from your orgasm.Ā He peppered kisses all over your back, rubbing your side softly.Ā He leans to press a kiss to your neck before pulling out slowly.Ā 
You can feel Jenson wiping your thighs and between your legs, cleaning you up before fixing your dress. You're still facedown in the mattress, too fucked out to even think about moving at the moment. He senses as much, giving you a push by the ass and up onto the bed you went.
The clink of his belt comes from behind you, the man fixing his pants - you assumed he'd be joining you in bed but instead, you heard some sort of shuffling behind you.
Rolling you, you see that Jenson had resumed his packing from before.
"You know," you start, sitting up. "Most men your age are dead to the world after a fuck like that."
Jenson laughs, walking over to you. His hand cups your jaw, "I'm not like most guys my age."
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buggachat Ā· 1 year ago
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Honestly I think my take on the "Chat Noir was not there in the final battle" comes down to the fact that I kind of just don't think a satisfying final battle between Chat Noir and Monarch was actually possible.
I read a lot of fic, for example, and I've read the scenario play out a lot of times in a ton of ways and I've never been fully convinced of it tbh (and not because they weren't great fic!!). It seems just completely traumatic for Adrien in a way that the scenario inherently cannot properly focus on, because it's all happening in the middle of an action scene and Adrien is too busy being Mid-Battle to properly have a cathartic breakdown about it all. I mean, Chat Blanc already showed us what would happen if he did have a breakdown mid-battle (and why wouldn't he?). And though it'd be fun to have a big triumphant moment of him defeating his abusive father, Adrien simply isn't a character who would find that scenario triumphant, or cathartic, or anything other than viscerally traumatic.
Also, I agree that it's unfair that Chat Noir was not presentā€” like it was unfairly tilted in Ladybug's favorā€” but I don't think it'd be fair if he was present, either. Because Marinette is, in fact, the main character. The main character whose character arc is primarily focused on her finding her footing as a hero and discovering all the responsibilities that come with that power (as opposed to Adrien, whose character arc is moreso about freedom and identity). And let's face it, in a fight between Ladybug and Chat Noir and Monarch, nobody would be focused on Ladybug at all. It's not about her. It's not her fight. She'd just be there as moral support and an extra set of hands, which really doesn't work for her character arc at all and is completely unfair to her!
Basically, it would just be Chat Noir temporarily acting as the main character and having the worst time of his life in the most un-cathartic battle for him possible left completely traumatized with Ladybug in the background awkwardly trying to comfort him after the fact? And then the season ends? And then the next season presumably goes back to Ladybug being the main character? After a time-skip to the new school year? It's just an ending that I feel like is a lot better in theory than actually on paper. And you can probably make an argument for ways that it could be made to work, where it would enhance Ladybug's story in a meaningful way where she still feels like the main character, and would somehow be triumphant for Chat Noir despite it probably being the worst moment of his life, and somehow not make the rest of the series following feel like bonus content as opposed to a continuation of the story...... but, I dunno. I think it's a lot easier said than done.
The fact of the matter is, I've always been waaayyyy more interested in how the aftermath of Gabriel's defeat affects Adrien than the battle itself. Post-Hawkmoth defeat is one of my favorite types of fic for a reason, and it's because the aftermath can be so juicy, especially for Adrien as a character. I think whether or not Adrien is actually there in the battle itself has always been kind of irrelevant to me, because no matter how Gabriel is defeated, his defeat will have immense repercussions on Adrien's life going forward. And the way they did it, Marinette is now a part of it in a more active way, too. Which is good for her character!
( Also, if he was there to triumphantly defeat Gabriel, would that mean he would just.... watch his father die? of cataclysm? a-and.... nathalie would just.... die, too? so he'd have three dead parents after all that? who he watched all die (or, in emilie's case, saw her corpse)? or is this a scenario where MONARCH BEATS CHAT NOIR and still makes the wish? is that cathartic? for Adrien to lose to Gabriel? Frankly, I loved seeing Gimmi and The Wish, it's been teased for so long that I was expecting it, and I loved the fact that Nathalie got to live as her narrative reward for coming to her senses and trying to murder Gabriel with a crossbow. I like that we got to watch a full season of Gabriel painfully dying to a cataclysmā€” poetically inflicted on him by Adrien, but of Gabriel's own doing. I like that Nathalie has presumably adopted Adrien after having an arc of her trying to be a parent to him once she realized nobody else would, that's so much more interesting than any other alternative. I just don't see how all of these things, some of my favorite things that season 5 gave, can still all exist at once with Chat Noir present in the final battle in any way that's satisfying. )
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