#ur really cool btw

[shitty-short-stories-anonymous]

Jesus Crist darling. I can't read the extra fun stuff... anyway, just sending something from one of my accounts. We will see which one when you respond. But more or less keeping this for later.

I changed the color a bit so it should be legible now

I’ve been messing around with the colors for a while

Also I got really excited when you followed this blog ngl

[inkskinned]

we were sitting on the floor and i was cutting out tiny pictures to make a collage for a friend's birthday. you were on your phone and you laughed about something, and i was still in love with you then, so i asked what had you giggling.

"sorry. i was just..." you took a moment and went back to texting. "i was telling someone about how you're afraid of the dark."

i'm afraid of the dark because something bad happened. "oh." i felt a little slinky of shame crawl down my throat.

you glanced up, and maybe it showed on my face, because you rolled your eyes and held the phone to the side casually so i could see the group chat. "what? was it a secret?"

i looked down to the scissors in my hand. "i just..." no, it's not a secret. it just felt like something private, something serious. saying why would you tell someone that just feels like an accusation. it's unfair. i honestly am not even ashamed of it, it's just a fact about my person that i don't usually share.

what a strange experience. is this a human thing or a generational thing? for our grandparents: did they need to worry about how quickly someone can just... share your personal information? again, i didn't even really have a true objection. what could i say? i want any person in my life to feel they can be honest with their friends. it's not like i said don't tell anyone this.

i cut out another letter to complete the rainbow happy birthday, started hunting for the exclamation mark. i heard you sigh dramatically.

"don't make a big deal about this," you said.

this entire conversation was a pattern for us, and this was when we got to my least favorite part of the pattern. i would get my feelings hurt in some oblique not-technically-terrible way, and then it would be making a big deal about something. you'd get frustrated for me for being soft, but i was born soft. you knew i was soft when you pierced me. it's one of the things that made controlling me so easy.

"i'm not," i felt my voice crack. the question came without my wanting. "why are you guys talking about me?" and why are you saying that thing? why not like - i'm telling them how you're generous and kind and pretty.

you let out this low, tragic groan. "oh my god." you tossed the phone away from your body. "there, see? i just won't talk to them if you don't like it."

the rest of the hour went the way it always went, between us: i said i don't actually mind if you talk to your friends but -, you found a way to call my minor expression of discomfort "being dramatic." you got upset that i had been offended. i ended up apologizing, even though i hadn't actually done anything.

afterwards, you picked up the phone again. after texting for a little bit, you snorted. "okay," you said, "but it is kind of funny you're afraid of the dark. i mean, when you think about it."

[yayswag]

rlly silly doodles based off of a post the hc goat @tegr1dy made about stan and kyle adult braces that had me laying awake at night 😭😭😭

[mushroominaforest]

I am fighting with this humanized Arti wip lmao

I wanted draw her wearing her combat gear, but its kinda tricky lol.

So, basically she's got this bandanna which she uses if when she starts blowing things up (for the smoke and dust). because she sometimes yeets herself around using explosives (don't try this at home) she's got an impact vest (it protects your ribs from breaking if you land hard) as well as knee pads and elbow pads. her wrists and hands are wrapped for hand to hand fighting and to protect her palms from falls, and she's got some heavy combat boots for stomping lol. i gave her some little bags for grenades or whatever she carries around. Like every single humanization i've ever made for Arti, she has emo hair.

Anyways, I really wanted to draw a character decked out in an epic I'm-about-to-beat-you-up fit, so even if it isnt really like canon Arti that much, she looks cool and that's all that matters lmfao.

Like with the Saint design (which was a lot more finished lol) PLZ GIVE ME FEEDBACK I don't know what I'm doing

[gamchawizzy]

psst btw guys i think ur all neato :3

[newtscamandersbf]

’hikaru’ & yoshiki but theyre nennetti

cishet boy best friends behavior nothing to see here 🙈

[aroaessidhe]

2024 reads / storygraph

The Sword of Kaigen

standalone fantasy set in a rural mountain village at the edge of an empire that still holds traditional values, with families of powerful water/ice magic warriors

follows a powerful young heir who begins to question his beliefs about the empire when a new boy comes to his village from the city

and his mother, a housewife who has tried to forget her youth as a warrior and vigilante in the city since she moved back home to a loveless marriage

when there’s a violent attack on their village that they’re unprepared for, everything changes, and she has to embrace her old skills to protect her family and people

[neko-naruto]

until the evening gets late / and i'm alone with you

summary: they're nuisances, that's what Naruto was sure of for years until he actually got to know them for a night, then he finds them stuck in his head

tags: oblivious naruto, pining, mild tension, happy ending :D

authors note: got inspired by that piece of narusasusaku art by @ksntoast where Sasuke and Sakura are what i assume to be incubi/succubi and then this was in my docs, so i hope it's not too much of a bother to tag ya. regardless! i hope the narusasusaku fans enjoy it, consider checkin' the Ao3 port if ya do

https://archiveofourown.org/works/60257614

Naruto is familiar with the sight of these two, they've come to pester him before.

Although, they usually look a little bit more well disguised as human.

Instead they've simply come to him laid bare of all human extras.

They're simple creatures. Skin a light hue of blue or pink that darkens at their hands and their feet. Hair voluminous to try and hide short horns that never go away. No clothing in sight, it reveals that their anatomy lacks compared to a humans. Whip like barbed tails as long as they are tall and probably prehensile, he's not quite sure.

He's just looking at them right now, taking in their appearance despite the dim light of his apartment. He's seated at the edge of his bed, they're just sort of lounged on his furniture. The blue one, Sasuke, is splayed across his couch, his lankiness taking up nearly the entire length of it. The pink one, Sakura, is politely seated on top of his glass tube tv instead, her presence puts it on a static fritz of so many more colours then just black and white.

Naruto stands up and walks directly to his kitchenette, completely bypassing the two.

He just has to live with this forever, doesn't he?

Someone decided to curse him, and now he has two demons forever flitting around him. They take so many forms he's lost count. But their favourite forms are just regular people, usually holding the similar aspects of what he assumes to be their true form. He's not so sure, if he knew what exactly they were he could do research, but they refuse to tell him.

Sasuke perks up, "You're ignoring us?" There's a heady whine to his tone as he switches the end of the couch his head rests at. He crosses his arms over the armrest and lets his chin sit on them.

"Yep, I'm ignoring you," Naruto answered with curtly.

"C'mon." It was Sakura speaking this time, he could see her come ever closer in the reflection of the dark window. They never actually let their feet touch the ground like this, they merely floated. "You really want to ignore us?"

Naruto nodded as dark pink hands came to rest on the counter, clawed fingertips drumming along the marble edge. He just buttered his toast and started walking back to his bed. He swallowed a bite of toast before speaking, "I don't even know why you're here."

"For fun."

"To pass the time."

"Because you're cute."

"We can keep going, if you'd like."

Naruto scooted aside Sasuke before taking a seat on the armrest of the couch. As fast as he had sat down the lithe demon was resting on his thigh as Sakura rested at his shoulders, floating with bent knees and an arm across his collar bones to rest at his shoulder. They weren't cold, they weren't scorching either, they were just comfortably room temperature.

Sasuke and Sakura don't continue, they just smile at him. Lovely smiles. They're almost sultry, but not quite.

"I didn't, I didn't tell you to stop," Naruto said roughly, a blunt embarrassment to his tone.

Sasuke gives a hum of laughter, "If we said anymore you might faint with all the blood rushing to your face."

"And elsewhere," Sakura teased.

"Knock it off, Sakura," Sasuke snapped.

"You're no fun, Sasuke," Sakura said with a bit of a pout. The disappointment quickly faded away as nothing more than a farce.

Naruto swallowed thickly, "So what even are you guys?"

"One incubus."

"And a succubus."

"If that's what you are then you sure have done an awful job of seducing me and like, killing me," Naruto answered with.

"You're too adorable to kill," Sakura said.

"It'd be awful for our conscience if we did," Sasuke tacked on.

"So, who sent you? People can do that, right?" Naruto asked.

Sasuke rolled to rest on his back, looking up at Naruto instead. He didn't answer. He just sort of, looked. Maybe he wanted to lie, maybe he wanted to be honest.

Sakura also goes uncharacteristically quiet. Her grip on Naruto loosens up and she unbends her knees, and her feet hit the ground. It's a jarring detail for Naruto.

"We were supposed to kill you a long time ago," Sasuke said bluntly, "Do the whole routine, I'm sure you're aware of how it goes."

Naruto suspected as much, they are demons, "But you didn't?"

"It's more fun to pester you all the time, even if we were supposed to keep it short," Sakura said, "Usually we can get someone in a singular night- but you, you were too dense for anything to get through your head."

"Your obliviousness saved your life," Sasuke said, "It's unheard of, really."

Naruto isn't sure if he should feel complimented or insulted. It feels like a compliment and an insult at the same time. He doesn't answer.

"Besides, even if we did seduce you, you could probably survive the night," Sasuke said, "You're an abnormality."

"An abnormality?" Naruto asked, his voice was a little bit quieter.

Sakura nodded, "You have a lot of life force. Usually one night with an incubi or a succubi would drain all of it, you have enough to last a night with two."

"And we never fucked because...?"

Sasuke groaned before sitting up and gripping Naruto's face, "Because you're an oblivious fox who can't understand any of the flirts we threw at you!"

Sakura was quick to slide her hands over Sasuke's, he retracted his. She turned Naruto to face her, reveling in the bright red hue on his face. She hadn't taken note of the fact she was floating again, but it felt proper for Naruto to have one of her knees almost knock against him with proximity. She smiled, one that showed how sharp her teeth were, "Why? Do you want to?"

"Maybe," Naruto answered with. His voice wasn't much louder then a whisper, "I wasn't sure if it'd be worth it."

"Even this much contact would leave the average human feeling drunk, Naruto," Sasuke said, hand sliding up Naruto's torso to rest at the nape of his neck, "You're different, you're special."

-/-/-/-

Naruto expects them to be gone in the morning, they even hadn't done much more then make out. He just felt lightheaded after long enough, after the tension had built too high. And they retracted.

Which is odd.

They're demons.

They could've just killed him.

But they didn't.

His head still aches a bit as his eyes come to focus on the ceiling above him. Sasuke and Sakura are laid around him. One hand up his shirt, one at the small of his back. A head pressed to the back of his shoulders and one at the base of his ribs. The reality of the situation snaps him awake and jolts him upright, clutching the blanket high to his chest.

"Woke up?" Sasuke asked.

"You were awake?!"

"We both were," Sakura corrected.

"You didn't leave?" The shock has faded out near entirely from his voice, leaving only an air of honest inquiry.

"Do you want us too?" Sasuke asked as he sat up. One hand raised to rub his arm as he spoke. He still looked the same as last night, skin almost aglow in the slowly yielding darkness of sunrise.

"We can if we're a bother," Sakura offered. She was still laid out on the bed.

"Don't you usually... Leave?" Naruto asked.

"Usually there's a corpse in bed," Sasuke answered with, "Incubi and succubi alike tend to consider being caught with a dead body a bad look."

"You fell asleep instead of dying," Sakura said, "It's new, we were never told what to do if that happened."

"So we stuck around."

"And waited."

Naruto swallowed thickly, "What were you waiting for?"

"For you to die."

"But you didn't- not even once did your heartbeat falter."

"And then you woke up."

"It's unheard of."

Silence.

"So do you guys, like, eat food?" Naruto asked, his tone was somewhat stilted, "Human food."

Sasuke and Sakura shared a brief glance, it was Sakura who spoke, "Sometimes, yes."

"It's not poisonous right?" Naruto asked.

"No, just doesn't do enough for it to be worth eating all the time," Sasuke said.

"Do you guys want some eggs? Or like, cereal?" Naruto asked, throwing aside the blanket and awkwardly shuffling to the edge of the bed. A heady yawn worked its way through him as he stretched his arms over his head. It's still too early to be awake on a Saturday.

"You're not kicking us out?"

"Nope."

"Why not?"

"I don't know how demons work, but until you two kill me you're failures to the others I'd assume- but, eggs?"

"Scrambled please," Sakura chirped amidst the questioning.

"Me too- but really, what are your actual intentions for not kicking us out? Nobody just trusts a demon."

"I guess I do," Naruto answered with bluntly.

"Do you have any drive for survival?"

"Apparently I have enough 'life force' to survive you two, so that counts for something."

"You're so annoying."

"It'll only get worse the longer you stick around."

"Then maybe we'll leave!"

"But isn't killing me your job?" There's a smugness to Naruto's tone as he looks back at them.

Sasuke looks like he might tear out his own hair at the somewhat loophole-esque situation they're in. Sakura merely looks amused at Naruto's attempts to find cracks in the way they work.

"We don't need to kill you," Sakura said, "It'd just make us stronger."

"So that's how it works."

"Did you not know that?" Sasuke asked.

Naruto shrugged, "I don't do much demon research, you're supposed to just be myth and legend."

-/-/-/-

There was an addictive substance in the way they kissed, Naruto decides after the seventh day without them.

They were already living in his head constantly, but now it's just gotten so much worse.

He sees pink and blue every time he blinks, like they got seared into the back of his eyelids. He never should've agreed to it. He never should've even so much as humoured them- they're demons for gods sake.

But here he is.

Still waiting for them.

It's like a gaping wound. The sudden lack. They're usually around the corner, usually somewhere around, usually they're looking for him. He had something to look forward to, even if he did classify them as nuisances.

He doesn't know why he's so fond all of a sudden.

He should do research when he gets home, see if there's a cure. If there isn't a way to cure this itch that rests on the inside of his skin then he doesn't know what he'll do.

His ankles knock against each other as he tries to eat. His overall appetite hasn't been proper lately. Even a bowl of ramen in front of him doesn't spark hunger as much as it should. He wonders if they're to blame. He wonders if they can fix it.

Two people sit across from him.

He knows.

"Hi," Naruto got out, lacking his usual exuberance. He struggled to take a bite of ramen before Sakura or Sasuke spoke, the flavor was decadent but something wasn't right. It was lacking of some sort of spice. He'd like to lie and tell himself it's because they got a new cook who wasn't quite right, he fears it's something worse.

"Sorry for disappearing," Sakura said.

Naruto shrugged, "It's fine- where were you anyways?"

"Doing business," Sasuke said, "Are we still allowed to crash at your place?"

"Did you get kicked out of being demons?" There's a snort of laughter on Naruto's voice as he spoke.

"No, we just need somewhere to stay," Sakura said.

"Why don't you go find someone else to kill, it'd do you some good," Naruto said, "You both look kind of..."

He squints a bit as he stares at them.

"Starved."

"Apparently that's because of you," Sasuke said.

Naruto went ramrod straight, "Because of me?"

"You ooze life force all the time, so much that we just pick it up without even realizing it. It's enough to keep us from withering without killing every other night," Sakura explained, "It probably has something to do with those whiskers on your face." In truth, both Sasuke and Sakura were heavily aware of the fact they were also eating up Kurama's chakra alongside Naruto's. But again, that's also a name that's been lost to the track of time. Only the essence of the monster passed down from person to person for eons as nothing more than a curse- one with visual tells that can be covered with makeup these days.

"Is that a compliment...?"

"A very high compliment," Sasuke assured, "So we need you."

"What? Too much effort to go have fun?" Naruto asked.

"We like you."

"You already know this."

"You're delicious to be frank."

"Why waste our time out there when we could be with you instead?"

"It's free food and an adorable partner."

"A two for one deal like none other."

"We'd be fools to pass up the chance."

Red was slowly rising to Naruto's face the entire time they took turns speaking, "Partner?"

"Or friend," Sasuke offered, "We'd understand if you don't want to partner with demons."

"What? No- hell no, that was just. I'm flattered," Naruto said, trying to recover, horribly fumbling his words as he did so, "I didn't think demons could love."

Sakura laughs a little bit, "That's a common misconception."

"Nobody thinks animals can love either," Sasuke said, "But they can, and so can we."

"So do you?" Naruto asked. He didn't mean to. Not really. Words formed in his head and as fast as he thought them up they were falling out of his mouth and dead in the air.

Neither Sasuke nor Sakura speak.

"If you don't you can keep being parasites, I don't mind," Naruto said.

Sasuke laughs. It's a quiet and subtle sound really, but entirely earnest. One that's near completely foreign to Naruto. "You're so fucking dense, Naruto."

Sakura has the guts to lean over the table and grab his face. She presses a kiss to his check that's almost dizzying after the absence of them for so long. "You're oblivious as hell."

"I'll take that as a yes then."

[yurki-posts]

Knock knock!

Trick or Treat?

Treat!!! :P

Have some of my childhood-favorite candy :3

[valleyyofthemoonnn]

thank u beloved mutual @hillcrypt for the tag !!!!! -RULES: answer and tag 9 people who you want to get to know or just catch up with! favorite color: pink. i am pink's bitch. And proud of it last song: anthems for a seventeen year-old girl by broken social scene (shocker)

currently reading: tbh ive been so depressed ive stopped reading entirely which makes me sad :(. i want to read Piranesi though, because of the Laika movie news and a friend said i'd like it. i might get it soon currently watching: been rewatching adventure time and columbo and also continuing new girl ! it makes me laugh currently craving: mmmmmm big sandwich..... coffee or tea: both but i prefer coffee (iced spanish) hobbies to try: duude tbh i really wanna try to play a ttrpg <- is so scared of doing improv but also i wish i had the motivation to do more sewing.. i made a little mouse girl plushie earlier this summer and shes my fav thing ever current au: i have literally no clue how to answer this But i do want to say that ive been thinking a lot about the locked tomb college au. Objectively hilarious au given the everything about that series. i love it tags: @cowboys1million @bacap07 @slytheo @lip-scrub @theworldlookswhite @quantumxwoody @end-of--the-line @dragonpoof17 @lunarblazes woe tag game be upon ye

[warchord]

ivkai i gave up on! doodles under the cut!!!

one day ill have something more finished to post but today is not that day <//3

[bread-that-draws]

Internets obsession with Sans Undertale will always be famous 2 me bc 11 year old me was there in 2015 watching blue lightsaber penis happen in real time and then I play the actual game and it’s like. He’s truly just some guy. He’s just there to troll his brother and then drops “i met ur adoptive mother in the woods and she asked me to protect you and if she didn’t oh boy your ass would be grass”. and goes back to just being a guy. Finish pacifist and he goes “I’m gonna go keep an eye on my insane brother” and walks in the opposite direction. Then 11 year old me is like ok what is the hype about. Why do we want this man so bad. Then I play geno and he’s like OUR STUDiES HAVE SHOWN OUR TIMELINE IS BEING FUCKED. UR ASS IS GRASS. GET FUCKED and like. 11 year old me thought it was kinda cool I guess but sure the entire internet wants to fuck this guy. Whatever. Fingers in his ass Sunday

[inkskinned]

before you know about women, you hear that you do not need to love the man, just that you need to love him through his manhood. which is to say you have seen the future painted in lamb's blood over your eyes - how your mother shoots you a look about your father's inability to cook right. how your aunt holds her wineglass and says i'm gonna kill em. men, right! how your best friend bickers with her boyfriend, how she says i can't help it. i come back to him.

you learn: men are gonna cheat. men aren't going to listen when you're talking, because you're nagging. men think emotions are stupid. they think your life is vapid and your hobbies are embarrassing. men will slam things, but that's because men are allowed to be angry. if you get loud, you're hysterical. if a man gets loud - well, men are animals, men are dogs, men can't control their hands or their eyes or their bodies. they're going to make a snide comment about you in the locker room, about your body, about how you're so fucking annoying. you're going to give him kids, and he will give you the money for the kids, and you're going to be running the house 24/7 - but he gets to relax after a long day, because his job is stressful. the man is on stage, and is a comedian, and says "women!"

and you are supposed to love that. you are supposed to love men through how horrible they are to you - because that's what women do. that's what good women do. wife material. your father even told you once - it'll make sense when you're older. it was like staring down a very lonely tunnel.

it feels like something's caught in your throat, but it's all you know, so. it's okay that you see sex as a necessary tool, a sort of okay-enough ritual to keep him happy, even though he doesn't seem to care about happiness as-applied-to you. it is relationship upkeep. it is kissing him and smiling even though he didn't brush his teeth. it is getting on your knees and looking up and holding back a sigh because he barely holds you as you panic through the night. it's not like the sex is bad and you do like feeling wanted. and besides! he's a man! like... they're another species. you'll never be able to actually communicate, right. he isn't listening.

you just don't get it. you don't feel that sense of i'm gonna climb him like a tree. mostly it just feels fucking exhausting. you play the part perfectly. you smile and nod and are "effortlessly" charming. and it's fine! it's alright! you even love him, if you're looking. you could have good life, and a good family, and perfectly happy.

in the late night you google: am i broken. you google i'm not attracted to my husband. you google i get turned on by books but not by him. you google how to get better in bed.

the first time he yells at you, it almost feels like blankness. like - of course this is happening. this is always how it was going to end up. men get angry, and they yell, and you sit there in silence.

you mention it to your friend - just the once - while you're drunk. she shrugs and says it's like that with me too, i just try to forget and move on. men are always gonna hear what they want to. pick your battles and say sorry even though he's in the wrong. you play solitaire online for a month. you go to your therapist appointment and preach about how you're both so in love.

after all, you have a future to want. nobody lied about it - how many instagram posts say marriage is hard. say real love takes work. say we fight like cats and dogs but the best part is that we always make up. how many of your friends say happy anniversary to the best and worst thing to ever happen to me. if you really loved him - loved yourself too - you'd accept that men are just different from you.

the first time she kisses you, it's on a dare at a party. something large and terrifying whips through your body. you wake up sweating from dreams where her mouth is encrusted with pearls and you pick them off one by one with your teeth. fuck. you sit at the computer and your almost-finished game of sim city. you think about your potential perfect life and your potential future family. you google am i gay quiz with your little hands shaking.

you delete each letter slowly. you don't need to love him. you just need to keep going.

[ninathekillerzblog]

@jeffthekillerzblog wants a jeff x y/n fic

if u want fanfics u should probably go check out @tic-toc-clock77 , they're AWESOME at writing and im not genuinely upset over the requests....

[kakusboyfriend]

oh the character i see as very aromantic has a love interest? and it was a "love at first sight" type deal you say?

haha oh thats so funny and cute. no its fine. im fine.

[whos-norman]

@littlesliceofimmortality has interacted with me a few times, we are now best friends. this goes for everyone who has interacted with me at LEAST one time