#uuuuhhhh your mom

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Demon Bride Ch56 Demon's Are Strange P2

(Warnings: Douma IS his own warning. Possibly some innuendos. Mentioning of him being poisoned. Mentioning of death.

Alternate chapter name being 'Y/n Becomes Babysitter To Douma, A Mother To Three Children, And A Big Sister All In One Day'. Also Kokushibo needs reading glasses cuz I said so.

Author's Note: I don't know when Rui was turned into a demon in the original canon so for all I know he could've been way older than Tanjiro. Just for this story I'm going to say that Rui atm is 10 years old about to turn eleven and the twins are both currently 11 almost 12. Muichiro retains his optimistic personality since the traumatic incident in cannon with the demon does not happen in this particular au/timeline and Yuichiro is alive because I say so. So the ages of all the kiddos are-

Rui: 10 yrs old

Muichiro and Yuichiro: 11 yrs old 

Zohakuten: 14 yrs old)

Jade.

Older sister to Sakura and ex-possible lover of Douma. She became the head woman of the family since their mother ran away with another man seventy four years ago. Since Sakura was arrested and confined to prison nearly two months ago, their family has faced harsh ridicule and Jade and their father has tried to arrange a meeting with Douma to most likely try to talk him into releasing Sakura or at least probably lessen her punishment. But Douma refused any and all attempts at contact with them and Akaza (for his short few days of ruling in Douma's place-) had also refused after learning what happened between you and Sakura. 

And Douma had blatantly said Jade was the one responsible for your murder attempt.

Or at least he believed so. Which you had to admit, made a bit of sense. Jade was Sakura's sister and that was motive enough right there. But you also were technically engaged to Douma which was the person Jade attempted to seduce in order to gain more power, and that was the reason Sakura attempted to get rid of you in the first place. However Akaza was not going to make any accusations against her just yet. You didn't know if it was because Jade was a woman or because there technically wasn't any proof of her doing it yet, but there wasn't anything really too much to worry about. Kokushibo would be returning tomorrow and he would decide what to do about both Sakura and Jade.

There was nothing you could do about it either other than to wait and see what would happen tomorrow when Kokushibo arrived. It was only a matter of-

"MOTHER!!"

Something big jumped on your stomach and in an instant you both woke up and wheezed as all the air left your lungs. Rui excitedly jumped up and down on your futon while harshly shaking your shoulder.

"Mother! Mother! Mom, Mom, Mom!! Mother! Wake up, Mother! Wake up!!" Purple eyes blinked tiredly before a head emerged from the blankets hair all a mess as Rui smiled widely down at you. "Father's coming! Get up! Get up!"

...You groaned before flopping your head back making Rui shake you again. "Ok. Ok. I'm up."

"No you're not! You're still lying down!! Stand up!"

"Uuuuhhhh. Alright!" A hand smooshed against Rui's cheek and moved him away as you sat up. "Give me a chance to get ready."

"Hurry up! We don't have all day!" 

He crawled off your futon and headed towards his own room leaving you there... before groaning and tossing the blankets aside. Another day, another parenting Rui adventure. Sigh. With no other choice you dragged yourself out of bed and into the bathroom. A cold bath and half an hour later, you were straightening out your hair when Rui tugged on your sleeve.

"Why are you taking so lllooong?," he whined Arachnid sleeping in his arms. "I wanna go now. "

You sighed. "Rui, your whining isn't going to make Akaza show up any faster-"

KNOCK, KNOCK,KNOCK!!

Both of you turned to the door-

"Father!" You winced at how loud Rui was. The door was thrown open and Rui's excited face gasped at the figure on the other side throwing his arms up! "FATHER!! YOU'RE BACK!!"

You turned just in time to see Rui get lifted off the ground and into the air by blue fingered hands. "You've gotten bigger since the last time I saw you!" Akaza smiled at the laughing boy he held. "How old are you now?"

"I'm going to be eleven in two more months!'

"Well then. I'll have to take you hunting for your birthday. We'll catch a really big buck!"

"Yes! Look!" The STILL sleeping puppy was held up to him. "I GOT A PUPPY!! SHE'S GOING TO HELP ME HUNT TIGERS!!" The puppy only yawned before flopping her head over in boredom again.

Akaza chuckled. "I'm sure she'll be a great hunting dog when she gets older. But right now you and your mother have to come with me to an important meeting today, so I'm afraid your puppy is going to have to wait here."

"Ah. Ok." Rui gave a small pout as he was out back down and looked at his puppy. "Sorry Arachnid. But Father seems to be very serious about this. You stay here and guard my toys from the maid." The pup yawned. "I knew I could count on you."

You both chuckled before Akaza looked at you with a smile. "I'm sorry for coming like this so early but Kokushibo requested both yourself and Rui comes to the meeting he's holding."

At this you looked confused. "Rui? I understand if he wants to see me, but why does Rui need to go?"

Akaza shrugged. "I'm not sure myself but if it's important enough to warrant his presence then I think he should come. Besides this will be a good chance for Rui to experience what Kizuki work is! Very educational. Education is good for children!"

You chuckled at him and nodded. "Sure. I guess that'll be good for him as long as he behaves himself."

Long story short Akaza escorted both yourself and Rui down a few hallways to a part of the Dwell you've never been to or seen before but it was certainly just as cleanly, polished, and fancy looking as the rest of the Dwell. A few servants were already walking around working and bowed as you both walked past them all. You still weren't used to that along with your new royalty status but you couldn't help that now. Rui happily was walking between you two although his face was went back to that serious blank stare he always had while looking at everyone. Probably trying to mirror Akaza's serious face as he also walked briskly. He lead you this way and that before eventually stopped in a place that..Was completely empty. Literally. It was eerily quiet and silent as you three were the only ones standing there.  No servants or anyone else in sight. Although for some reason you smelt the heavy scents of...food? Like smoked pork and sweet cakes and freshly baked bread being a few of them. Was someone cooking around here? You looked at Akaza for an answer. Akaza then held up a hand and knocked on the sliding door in front of him. For a moment there was silence and then someone on the other side spoke.

"Enter."

You recognized the deep voice instantly. The door was pushed open widely as you looked inside and Rui leaned over to peer from behind Akaza's legs. A rather large polished oak table sat there in the center of a beautifully decorated room. Fluffy pillows were stationed all around it and you found the source of the smells as you saw a large amount of food sat on top of the wooden surface. At the head of the table sat a demon with his back towards you, a purple and black coat drapped over his shoulders and a deadly katana set to his side. The head turned waving a waterfall of cascading mahogany hair and thee half lidded eyes looked at the three of you.

"I have been... expecting you all."

"Kokushibo," you politely greeted with a small bow. "It's certainly been awhile since I last saw you."

His eyes momentarily closed as he nodded his head back to you. "Yes. It has. It also seems to be.... that you have been up to.....things as well..from what I've heard." His eyes opened back up and stared at you. "Attacking Kizuki....and making quite a... ruckus of... yourself." You froze staring at him. "I will let it...all slide this...once as you didn't mean...to cause trouble...but further trouble won't be... tolerated."

"Uh..Good to know. Thanks I guess?"

"Come sit. We have much to discuss."

It was only then as you all were walking in did you notice that Kokushibo wasn't alone in the room. There was five other people in here with him. You stared at Mr. Hantengu and Zohakuten of all demons also looking confused your way, Douma sat propped up in some kind of chair pillow combo at the very end of the table away from you and waved at you. Oh. That's why you weren't annoyed by Douma's yelling from his room this morning, he still looked completely sick however. And then there was two figures that were both sat on Kokushibo's right side. You stopped cold. Purple eyes widened. 

THERE WAS TWO HUMANS SITTING AT THE TABLE.

Two very young humans. CHILDREN. Kokushibo had CHILDREN sitting next to him. They also stared at you with bright turquoise eyes and looked like they had been stuffing their faces with the food before you all walked in.  They both looked so young. They couldn't have been older than twelve tops. You three just stood there staring at one another in surprise before one of the boys scowled and turned away sharply. What were human children doing here in the Infinity Castle? You hadn't seen any other children here except for Ms. Rei. 

"Now we...shall begin this meeting." You were gently tugged into sitting down the closest to Kokushibo by Akaza right across from the two boys, and you were very aware of the way Akaza was glaring down both  Kokushibo and Douma with anger- "Akaza..You shall refrain from violence....in front of the children..'' 

Said pink demon looked angry but just scoffed again. "If we're speaking of matters that needs to be taken cared of, then who's going to be undoing everything Douma put his hands on?"

"Douma has done adequately...in running the castle...in our absence." Kokushibo paid Akaza no mind as the pink haired demon paused and Douma chuckled from the far end of the table, and picked up a few pieces of papers. All six eyes reading over the ink scribbled on them. "However...there are some concerns... with budget expenses..." his top pair of eyes looked right up to Douma and squinted. "Daily trips...to the spa? Dresses. Jewelry...Daki had unlimited access to that money."

Douma chuckled and Akaza gave a facepalm loud enough to make the children jump. "W-What can I say? I've got a weak spot f-for my favorite pupils."

"This is why I said NOT to leave him in charge," Akaza hissed with a growl straining from his mouth through clenched fangs.

Kokushibo's brow rose higher. "Amongst the expenses are...also toys, books, and other items...that you personally purchased for...a certain woman." His eyes clicked to you as you quickly turned your eyes away. "...From now on..no one but myself will have access to the Kizuki budget... unless given permission. I expect..you all to follow that. Douma..you shall fork over.. some of your own money..from your cult to make up for the full amount...Daki and yourself spent so carelessly on."

"Oh. You all are so mean to me-*COUGH COUGH*" Douma turned his head to cough his lungs out and Akaza smirked at the sight.

"On the subject of your cult...Your head priest has been informed about the.. situation and will continue to...take care of things until you are able again... However you shall remain here, until you get better...Akaza." Said demon looked at Kokushibo. "I don't like leaving my fiance...alone considering the circumstances...So for now...you will also remain in the.. Infinity Castle until our investigation is..concluded and..Douma can resume his place."

"What about our regular duties?"

"I will...split them up between the...other upper moons. Sekido and Urogi...shall assume your regular duties amongst the humans...while I dispatch Gyutaro to...keep a monitoring eye within ...the Eternal Paradise compound..."

"Ooh! What a wonderful idea! I know Gyutaro won't l-let me down!"

Kokushibo only hummed and removed the first paper to read the next. "Very well then...As for the obvious problem in the room...The investigation of the poisoning is under way...Jade has been imprisoned and held..until proven innocent."

"Don't you think you should prove she's guilty first before she's arrested?"

"She's not arrested.. she's simply being held on suspicion...Until evidence is provided then they both...shall stay there." All six eyes narrowed at Akaza. "Or would you rather risk...HER life?" Akaza froze. Looking from Kokushibo to you and giving you a long frightened look.. before deflating in defeat. "Thought as much...Now if no one else has anymore grievances about ...that particular situation...I will be addressing the reason I called the chikdren all here."

You were wondering that too. It made sense for Douma and Akaza to be here and you to an extent. But why were so many other people here? Why Rui? Why Mr. Hantengu and Zohakuten? And why these two strange young boys? Human boys at that! None of it made any sense.

"The main reason I have... called them here is because there...are important changes that will be made concerning their livelihoods." 

You then watched as his left hand left the papers to reach into his hoari coat and pull out a pair of... glasses. No. Three pairs of glasses?  No. One pair of glasses that when he nudged it, popped up a second and third pair to easily fit over his face as he simply kept staring at the papers. You've never seen such a contraption before. 

"SRK?!"

Your head turned to one of the human boys, the one whom scowled at you before, had snorted before turning his face aside. His snort was followed by a look from his brother and his shoulders lightly shaking.

"Yuichiro. Is there... something you want to say?" Kokushibo's eyes glanced at them but the boy shook his head without looking at him. "Hmm...Then let us begin." The paper was held up for him to look at closer. "The first order of business...is to address the new noble titles three of you...have gotten."

"Who?"

"He's referring to Rui." You looked at Akaza. "As you obtained a noble title by the defeat of Sakura, that title also applies to any children or spouse you have. So that would make Rui a young Lord."

Immediately Rui looked at Akaza starry eyed. "I'm royalty now?"

"That also applies to the two in front of you, but only because of their adoption by a lord-"

"Akaza...I can surely explain myself."  Akaza went silent as Kokushibo stared at him harshly. "As I was saying...There shall be two permanent... residents to the Dwell. The two before you...Are My children."

You whipped back to Kokushibo wife eyed. Children? Did he say HIS children?! But they didn't look demon at all- Oh wait. Akaza mentioned adoption right? You turned back to the boys as the older demon quickly gestured at them both before moving on.

"They'll be... staying in the Dwell until adulthood... Starting next week..They start school." Your held tilted at the boy whom still didn't look at anyone. "Grade Rank Two...Treat them as such. Zohakuten-"

"What's your name?" 

Everything. Fell. Silent 

Akaza sharply turned to you wife eyed as you DARED to interrupt Kokushibo. Hantengu whimpered ducking his head and covering his face. Douma tilted his head interested- Before coughing again. Kokushibo himself had gone eerily silent. Lowering the papers and slowly turning to stare as you happily smiled at the boys. 

"My name's Y/n," you said gesturing to yourself with a smile. "What's your name?" You asked smiling sweetly and gesturing to the boys.

The one boy whom still looked away didn't look at you but the other one did, blinking widely before speaking. " Muichiro..T-Tokito."

"Muichiro?" You giggled making him flinched as you smiled. "What a cute name! And you both have such pretty eyes!" 

"H-HUH?!" His face spotted an embarrassed pink as whom you assumed was his brother finally bothered to peek at you.

"I've never seen someone with eyes like yours. They're so pretty and they match your hair so nicely!" Both boys just...stared. Muichiro red in seeming embarrassment and his identical brother with narrowed eyes. 

"U-Um...T-Thank you. I-I've never seen someone quite look like you too. You're very pretty."

"Muichiro." The boy jumped and snapped to the other that scowled at him. "You don't even know her! Stop saying useless flatteries!" 

"I don't think they're useless." Both looked back to you and you rose a brow at the scowling one. "And you shouldn't be so rude to your brother like that." The other seemed taken aback when you called him out so bluntly. "Don't do that again. Now...What's your name?"

He gave you a frown and you were reminded of Rui whenever he pouted. "... Yuichiro. Not that it's any of your business-"

"Yuichiro."  Said boy froze as Kokushibo addressed him. "You forget your place....I brought you here to...better yourself...Do not show disrespect to my kindness...by acting disobedient and spoiled."

Yuichiro clenched his fists on his knees and frowned hard at the table but didn't say anything more. Muichiro gave his brother a worried look before he also looked down. You looked at them before at Kokushibo.

"Don't be so hard on them. They're new here, so They'll be needing some time to adjust. Children need guidance sometimes that's more than just scolding."

Kokushibo continued to stare at you half lidded thinking of something behind those eyes, before slowly nodding. "I will take your words...into consideration going forward." Both twins looked surprised at him then at one another. "As I was saying... Zohakuten. Your results from school are severely slipping... Your rank shall be stripped later this day."

"WHAT?!", the loud voice of the teenager raged as he stared at the top moon slamming his hands down on the table. "THAT'S UNREASONABLE AND YOU KNOW THAT!!"

"You are currently yelling...at someone whom could easily...defeat you. Obviously...you are not mature enough to realize that....If you can't keep up simple grades like...other children your age and showing... constant disrespect to your superiors....Then you are unfit for the position. And .. proving you are nothing but a... disgrace to not only the entire Kizuki but your family and even... yourself." The teenager instantly looked like someone slapped him...his body going limp. "Is there anything else you...want to say and shame yourself further?".... Zohakuten silently sat down and stared at the table. "At last you learn something...Douma..You shall stay stationed in the room you are in. I ...do not want anyone... getting any ideas.. while you're sickened."

You stared at Kokushibo and then at Zohakuten whom just stared at the table hard enough to almost burst it into flames. ... Before you looked back to Kokushibo. And an idea formed in your mind.

"Kokushibo." He hummed but didn't look up from the papers. "I have a question concerning the Kizuki."

"Ask."

"Will you and Akaza and...Douma have your chance to court me soon? So far you three are the only ones that haven't done so yet." 

Akaza immediately looked like he wanted to smack himself and Douma looked interested tilting his head at you. However Kokushibo nodded again without looking up still.

"Of course...Those two may do so... while they're here. I...have much work to do and ...will do it when I have time."

"Agreed! But...you promised you'd give me a proper courting gift once you got back." He paused looking up at you. Ok. You had his full attention now. "For my gift, I don't want anything physical. I want you to grant Zohakuten a second chance to prove himself." This time EVERYONE looked at you in some form of shock but you only smiled. "If he's having trouble then he needs suitable tutors. Get him some."

He continued to stare at you... before humming. "Interesting...You seem to believe my ruling is wrong."

"There's a place for discipline. But there's also a place for understanding and guidance. You can't grow a tree by just planting the seed, they need help from the rain and sun to grow a strong trunk. I doubt yourself was a natural born Kizuki without someone that helped you."

He continued to stare at you with lidded eyes before just looking back at the papers. You frowned. Did it not work-

"A few months.." You blinked. "He has until the very end of the year...to show improvement in BOTH...his attitude and schooling....And it must be both. Not just one....If he meets my expectations..by the end of the year....then he may keep his Kizuki position. Your gift....is granted."

You blinked at him.. before smiling widely and clasping your hands. "Oh thank you!!" And before Akaza could stop you, you leaned up and easily threw your arms around Kokushibo whom froze completely off guard as you hugged him tightly. AKAZA held up his hands but didn't touch you as you pressed a kiss into the multi-eyed demon's cheek. "MWAH!! YOU'RE THE BEST!!" You then let go of him and sat back and smiled.

He sat there looking at nothing in the silence as everyone else stared in shock... before he slowly reached up a hand and fixed his crooked glasses and ignored the lipstick kiss marks on his face. "Now...As I was saying...Akaza...I was informed by Rui's tutors that they want ....to have him skip a grade Rank...and settle into Rank Four next year...as he is rather intelligent for...his age...Do you and the mother wish...to do that?"

"Uh...."Golden blue eyes continued to stare at the lipstick on his cheek before slowly nodding. "Sure. That sounds great. He'll get a great bump to his education."

"Well...Sure. Only if Rui' thinks he can handle it."

"I can!" Rui threw a hand up and puffed up his chest. "I can handle anything."

Kokushibo nodded. "Then the arrangements will be made...The children and Douma will be mostly in care of the one...whom can handle them best. ...I will also make...those arrangements in the Dwell..."

You smiled proudly at yourself and patted Rui's head. Things WERE starting to look up for you all. 

Douma coughed again. "I-Is there anything else W-We need to discuss while we're here, Kokushibo-dono?"

Kokushibo turned to the last page. "Ah yes...The new system in place ...for keeping out anymore...human brides from the Eastern mountain border."

....This might be a long night after all.

The meeting went on for another two and a half hours as you sat there and ate until Kokushibo FINALLY called the meeting to an end going on about some kind of system to distribute water to a certain irrigation system on the human plain. Something about farmers needing it in some drought? You weren't sure. The first thing Akaza did was pick up Rui whom laughed and held him with one arm.

"Now that I'm off work, what do you wanna do?"

"Come play with me!," Rui excited tugged on him, "I can show you my new toys!"

"Ah. So that's where the toy expenses went." You embarrassly covered your face as a strong arm wrapped around your shoulders. "Come on. It'll be nice to have you both around me once more."

"Akaza-dono!! Don't I get to come too!?"

"You're only going back where Nakime sends you!! The last thing I need is you giving Rui any ideas!'

"Boo. You wound me so- *COUGH COUGH*"

You sighed as Akaza steered you away from the room and could only wonder if Akaza remembered that Douma was literally right across from you. With the day coming to a close Akaza spent what was left of it just sitting down and allowing Rui to babble on and show him the multiple toys he'd gotten overtime before insisting on Rui go to bed and just leaving but not before praising you and in turning you giving him a massive kiss leaving him with a red lips and lovestruck smile as he left making you giggle. However there was some sort of peace now. Only now there was a few more problems loomed in the background which you wouldn't find out until the next morning-

"YYYYYYY/NNNNNNN!!!!!" Purple eyes blinked open as a shrill cry left the air. "HEEEEELP MEEEE!! I CAN'T GET ANY FOOOOD!!!"

And so on and so forth until you dragged yourself out of bed and out into the hall where you found a tray with a large amount of food just left in front of Douma's door...which you opened and found Douma sitting there 'happily' smiled at you. 

"My darling! Thank goodness you answered my pleas for help! I was helplessly sitting here without anything else to eat." He pressed a hand to his forehead. "How tragic."

"Why didn't they just bring it in to you?," you asked annoyed leaning down to pick up the slightly heavy tray, "You're too weak to walk still."

"Oh. Well they're afraid to catch my illness so they made arrangements for you to care for me.~" he smirked and you blinked... before scowling.

"What?! I didn't agree to this!'' You marched in and just harshly sat the tray down in the blonde Demon's lap as he chuckled. "When did everyone decide I would be your sitter?!"

"Since Kokushibo assured them it would be alright to have you help if they or I needed it.". 

Your eyes widened before they narrowed. "Of course he would. Ugh!" You facepalmed and grumbled. "I'll need to have a talk with him later."

"Well he did say we'd be able to court you while we're here." A book was shoved at you and he smiled wider. "Why don't you read to me some more while you're here? After all we're going to spend a lot of time together."

You deadpanned before grabbing the book from his hand and pointed it at him. "I'll make sure you regret this."

He chuckled- Which turned into another round of coughing and him pounding his chest. This was going to be a long day.

"Also I've noticed that out of everyone that's courting you, I-Im the only one who hasn't gotten a kiss." A glass shattering sound went off in your head. "So may I kiss you?"

"...What?!"

"May I kiss you please?"

You deadpanned again. "Oh. Of cccoooouurrsse."

"Really?!"

"No!" You firmly say down just outside of his reach and opened the book. "Now be silent and keep your voice down or I'll leave. Eat your food and be quiet."

"Feisty this morning aren't we?"

"Only when you're involved. Now where was I?" Your eyes scanned the pages until you reached where you last left off. "Oh yes. The darkness of the night hugged her close as she-"

BANG!!

You yelped and fell over in fright as the sliding door slammed open with a woman and man standing there panting and teary eyed and clinging to the door hard enough to leave claw marks in the wood. 

The woman stared right at Douma... before letting her eyes go more teary and whining louder. "DDDOOOOUUUMMMAAAA!!!"

"Oh Daki. My sweet, beautiful child." He smiled at the two visitors he received and held his arms out. "Aw. Don't cry. I'm alright." Daki's response was to whine louder and instantly go to hug the older demon. Douma patting her back as she messily sniffled and ugly cried into his shoulder. "Oh Gyutaro. You're here too! I always knew you had a soft spot for dear old men.~"

"Uh...Yeah. Here." A random handful of flowers was just dropped on Douma's legs. "Get better soon...and stuff." It was then that a familiar green haired demon looked at your deadpanned face staring at the ceiling. "What the hell are you doing on the floor?"

"Admiring the ceiling." You then sat up onto your elbows to look at Gyutaro. "What are you two doing here? I thought you guys were doing stuff for Kokushibo."

Gyutaro grunted. "Was. Came as soon as someone told us someone was sick." He must've been referring to Kokushibo telling Gyutaro what to do with Douma sick. "Didn't know you'd be here too."

"Yeah. Someone has to look after the giant baby. Nice of you to drop by though."

"We're not staying for long. Too much work to do. I'll wait until my sister's done crying."

You glanced at Douma half hugging half patting Daki's crying head. "How long will that take?"

"No idea."

It was a long day after all. It was almost forever waiting for Daki to stop crying and eventually Gyutaro had to rip off his sister and throw her over his shoulder to leave as work couldn't wait, and they only stopped by briefly to make sure Douma would be alright. It was actually kinda sweet of them. However Douma would not be less annoying. Half the time he babbled your head off with useless topics and half the other time he just dead ass stared at you and no where else. It was creepy. You were finally able to leave with the excuse Rui would be home from school soon.

"YYYY/NNNN!!! I'M BBBBOOOORRRDDD!!", He whined as you stood in the doorway with a blank face. "I'm sorry I called you my little wife. I just wanted attention!"

"And how many times did you call me your wife despite us barely being engaged?"

"Twenty seven!," he happily chirped. Your answer was to just close the door in his face. "Y/N?!" 

''JUST READ ONE OF THE BOOKS I GAVE YOU!!"

'YYYYY/NNNNN-"

"WHAT?!"

"You didn't say good night!~"

"UUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH!!!" You glared at the door as he laughed before starting another coughing fit before turning around and stamping off across the hall to your room. Not even bothering to knock on it, you just threw it open. And paused as four pairs of eyes stared back at you. "...Akaza?"

Said linked haired demon stared at you from his criss crossed position on the floor and surrounding him was Rui and the two twins you had seen just the other day. In their hands were papers and books. And what looked like the remains of a dinner. All of them stared at you and Akaza raised a hand in the middle of drinking something.

"Hey. Was wondering when you would get back. How's the baby?"

"Um... Douma's fine. What are all of you doing here?"

"Watching the children as they study. I would've gone to fetch you.." A few veins popped up along his arm as he restrained himself not to outright rage in front of the young children. "But Kokushibo said that I'm not to interfere with Douma's courting of you. He wants you to chose without outside persuasion."

"Oh. Well that's kind of him." Speaking of Kokushibo, you needed to have a talk with him later. "How's the studying going?...And why are Kokushibo's children here?"

"Fine. All three children are rather clever.  Kokushibo is unable to tend to them right now and is tending to things in the Master's place, so I took the liberty of looking out for them while I remain here."

You smiled at him. Aw! That was so cute of him! "That's so nice of you!" You then tilted your head at Muichiro. "And how are you two doing?"

He smiled and nodded. He looked so sweet smiling. "Your son showed us his puppy! She's very sweet!"

"Just you wait! Once Arachnid is old enough to not need anymore puppy naps, Father and I are going to train her to be a hunting dog!," Rui exclaimed with a determined face, "I plan on getting lots of big game! Aren't we father?"

Akaza chuckled as Rui looked at him. "Absolutely. But not until you're a little stronger. Next year I'm going to start training you. You'll learn how to fight and use your demon arts with perfection."

"Wow." Muichiro was practically staring starry eyed at them both. "We train too!" He happily exclaimed holding up his hands. "He's been training us on how to use swords since we were seven! He says soon we'll be able to learn a breathing technique like him or another one of his students!"

Breathing technique?...Does he mean like the one Kaigaku was able to weild? Did Kokushibo also posses the ability to use breathing techniques? You've only seen a few people able to use the special abilities some warriors use to fight against one another and others. Kaigaku was the only demon you knew that could utilize such a skill. You'd definitely have to speak to Kokushibo.

"Hmph. He spends so much time with his duties and training us, that we barely get to do anything else with our lives," Yuichiro spoke with a sour expression. "The only reason why we're even here is because he said we need an education on top of training!  As is we don't have enough to worry about!"

You gave Yuichiro a curious look as he just scowled down at his books.. before an idea popped into your mind. "Hm. Well ...You all get a day off in three days from school, and I know a really cool looking toy store nearby." Both boys looked at you although Yuichiro was slower to turn his head to you. "Or a bookstore if you'd rather read, and this a few places outside the Infinity Castle like a big meadow with a pond or an entire mountain side of cherry blossoms. If you boys can keep your grades up and behave then I'll start taking you both and Rui there with me! What do you think?"

Both twins stared at you then at each other but Rui was instant in his reaction. "Yes! I want to go fishing again without that green eyed pervert bothering us!!"

"I've always wanted to visit one of those places!" Muichiro practically lit up like a bright candle. 

"Hmph. ...Fine. But it's not like I asked." Yuichiro mumbled nudging a page over. 

"Then it's settled. I'll take you all to see some cherry blossoms soon!"

"This is going to be great!" Muichiro looked at you brightly. "I knew I was right when you'd be a great mother!"

"*CHOKE* PFFFFTTTT?!"

"That's disgusting!!," Yuichiro yelled out as Akaza choked and spat out his drink.

Akaza proceeded to pound his fist against his chest and went into a coughing fit. You stared jaw dropped in shock. Douma loudly laughed from a room over. Yuichiro stared in disgust where Akaza spat as Muichiro stared happily. And Rui stared in awe at Muichiro before throwing his hands up.

"I FINALLY HAVE BROTHERS!!"

*********************************************************************************

The air was getting oddly warmer and he wasn't sure he liked that or not. He often didn't even feel warm just a dull numbing cold. The cold usually didn't bother him either. In fact he relished it very much. His senses were also dulled to a very uncomfortable degree. He couldn't sense figures from fair away anymore and he often felt his ears and nose was clogged like being underwater only not and being light headed. And he discovered a very good observation.

BEING SICK SUCKED!! 

And even his best friend wouldn't visit him. Boo. At least his little prodigies were so kind enough to visit him. Speaking of visitors-

"My senses might be dulled, but I can still sense you.~" Rainbow irises turned to stare at six eyes and smiled widely. "Im so happy you decided to visit me, Kokushibo-dono."

"Still your tongue." A menacing figure walked from around his left and into view beside him. "Your body is.... starting to recover already."

"Oh yes! Two days ago I couldn't feel my legs, but now not only can I feel them I can also move them now..*cough cough cough*....Oh. Excuse me. My lungs still burn when I breathe."

"Hmm...Do not... attempt to walk just yet. You need to still... heal a great deal."

"Will do!" He held a hand up. "But what brings you to visit me so late at night? Akaza-dono mentioned that you were very busy."

"I'm contemplating something but need....your confirmation on a few details...to make a decision." Douma tilted his head with a curious 'oh' leaving his mouth as he stared at him as glassy eyed as a goldfish. "What did the woman do to warrant....you visiting her that first time?"

"Oh you must mean Sakura!" He happily nodded. "Well for whatever reason she had gotten it into her pretty head that it would be a good idea to challenge our darling little lotus and not only that, but attacked my sweet little Daki as well. *sigh* You should've seen the poor dear so distressed. Of course I only let Sakura off with a warning!  After all girls will be girls and petty arguments happen, but then she tried to off our darling when she confronted her. Naturally as the caring person I am, I was going to let her go find her own eternal paradise... Bbbbuuutt Darling convinced me to arrest her instead and leave her to you to deal with."

"And of her...sister?"

"Oh now THAT'S a much more boring tale." Douma waved him off with a few coughs. "Didn't show much emotion. Very cold woman that one. Never would've worked between us as she insulted my sweet Daki's capabilities. That is all I needs to know to make my decision. Why do you ask me of the sisters?"

"The one whom had those....flowers delivered to the Dwell...was a human florist on the surface...A servant of their...house placed the order thinking it... wouldn't be traced to them...If not directly by them."

"Oh I see. Jade paid off a servant to deliver the poison from an outside source. Very clever."

"Could she be... capable of doing that?"

"Jade? Without a doubt. She's definitely clever enough and would definitely do that on her sister's behalf." His head tilted more. "What are you thinking about now?"

"....Treason... attempted murder of someone whom is...off limits....Attacks on the Kizuki...poisoning.... Illegal possession of wysteria and a love potion... destruction of the Infinity Castle....My choice is clear...I shall contact Lower Moon Three and inform Hairou that...they shall both be executed immediately."

Douma hummed brows rising. "Would that be for the crimes they committed? Or... because of a certain lady?~"

"....My statement stands....Get well and back to your duties."

[koreanbibliophilegirl]

Can I see your oshi no kono but happier au?

!!!! HELLO I ONLY JUST SAW THIS ASK, YES OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE IT :DDDD It's still in WIP jail for now, but I can give you a basic rundown! I'll put it under a cut:

So, Tommy is the main character because I'm an unapologetic Inniter, lol. He is both Aqua and Ruby, and maybe Ai too a little bit!

Originally, he was Tommy Innis, a sick orphan who'd spent nearly his whole life in hospital under the care of Doctors Sam and Ponk(they both have the role of Goro, though not Aqua).

He dies right before his 16th birthday, and on the same day is reborn as Tommy Craft, the son of superstar actress Kristin Trix and famous artist/sculptor Philza Craft. Tommy's a huge fan of both, but he didn't know they were married bc it was kept under wraps. He's really happy he gets a second chance at life though! He wanted to be an actor/singer/whatever-involves-artistic-talent, but he was too sick to do any of it properly- except maybe writing.

Also, Technoblade Craft is his teenage(?) uncle who's already making a name for himself in writing & various sports. Tommy is a fan of him too. Hehe👍

So anyway, Innis!Tommy used to be online friends with this one guy, idk which guy it's gonna be yet. Let's call him Guy for now.

Guy was an aspiring movie director, he* and Tommy often talked about how Tommy would appear in Guy's movie, and they'd both be super successful, and stuff like that- but Tommy died before any of it could happen...

(*: I'm assuming he's gonna end up being a he? Niki, Hannah and Tina all have roles already, and I'm pretty sure Puffy's gonna be Foolish's mom or something, so yeah.)

But!!! He follows Kristin to one of her movie sets, and lo and behold, the director's his old online best friend!

Guy, being 21(?) now, is rising fast in the movie industry. He has Purpled on set as a child actor, but he makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to have Tommy appear with him. Purpled, who's been acting for a while now, understandably isn't too happy at having to act with a complete newbie.

But turns out, Tommy's a natural! Purpled is kinda jealous, though he's also impressed. (You can probably tell by now, but Purpled is Kana. Kekw) Then Tommy teaches Purpled a bunch of new swear words, much to Kristin's amusement and Guy's exasperation. They become friends-for-the-day after that👍

Uuuuhhhh not entirely sure how things are gonna go from here, but something about Techno nearly getting stabbed? He's fine though DW, it's called Oshi No Ko But Happier AU for a reason! :D

Guy dies though.

.......Yeah.😬

BUT that will come later, for now Tommy's gained quite a reputation as a child actor with tons of potential! Under a pseudonym of course, bc he can't really announce himself as the son of two of the most influential artists of the century, not to mention the nephew of one. He gets to learn how to play a bunch of instruments too! (Innis!Tommy, being a sick orphan, had only gotten to learn a few that were easy/cheap to learn, and could fit in a hospital room.) Techno nearly getting killed puts the family on edge though, so they all agree to keep the acting jobs to a minimum until Tommy's older.

Fast forward to 13 years old, Tommy's just started to attend a super-prestigious school specializing in the arts. Turns out Purpled is here too! But Purpled's changed a lot during the time they didn't see each other. He's a lot less expressive- it reminds Tommy that all of Purpled's roles, during the last few years, have been apathetic acts. Tommy's a bit concerned, but Purpled is in the year above his so Tommy can't really catch him in school.

He makes a friend in writing class though! Their name is Ranboo, he's pretty cool! Ranboo introduces him to Tubbo, who's attending a technology-centered school.

Turns out, Ranboo's older sister, Niki, is friends with Techno. She & her queerplatonic partner, Jack Manifold, are co-leaders of the dance team 'Rocket'. Tommy's been calling them Team Rocket as a joke.

Shenanigans happen! Oh and Tommy's family is still searching for the person that ordered a hit on Techno, because what the f*ck.

Around this time Tommy's accidentally gotten super SUPER famous, and he starts to see that a lot of murders have been happening in the entertainment industry for years. The family lawyers & the authorities hadn't made the connection bc of different methods/seemingly different motives/different culprits, some of whom have been caught- but Tommy thinks there might be a connection. It's kinda irrational, he has no evidence, but murders/murder attempts HAVE been happening more often in the last decade or so than before.

Oh yeah!! I haven't drawn any concept art yet, but I have a list of "star pupils". (no pun intended, I genuinely did not expect that to sound like a pun, what the heck.😅)

If I do get around to drawing some characters for Oshi No Ko But Happier AU, I'll be changing the Star Pupil rules from the original manga/anime.

I'm thinking talent in creation- drawing, painting, writing, etc. - would be four points, shaped like a + sign, while performance- acting, singing, playing instruments, etc. - would be four points, but shaped like an x. Talent in only one aspect of each category- ex. Good at writing but bad at drawing, Good at dancing but average at singing- would be a single line or thin shape.

Additionally, the center of the star would get bigger according to your confidence!

So, Phil and Kristin have four-point stars, with Phil's being a + shape and Kristin's being an x shape. Purpled also has an x-shaped four-point star, but his stars have a big center in childhood and grow small in teenage years- and then grow big again, bc as I keep saying, it's Oshi No Ko But Happier AU. Ranboo has a cat's eye pupil-shaped pupil, while Niki and Jack both have lightning bolt-shaped pupils.

Techno has six-point stars, and Tommy has eight-point stars :) Hopefully I can avoid making them too OP by nerfing them in other aspects lol.

Uh, I think that's all for right now! Thank you for the ask, hope you enjoyed my ramblings haha😅

-Lilly xx

[arrowstike-bunn]

How gay is the color of the island south of your mom true or false, answer with a letter from 69-420

Uuuuhhhh Starburst

[atbussysparks]

MORE SCOUT HEADCANONS???? THIS MUTHAFUCKER OUT OF CONTROL!!!!

YALL THOUGHT I WAS DONE⁉️⁉️⁉️BACK WITH IT AGAIN YALL KNOW THE DRILL 🗣️🗣️

He tries to swim in the air if he's held by the waist

He died on December 4th 1987 because he finally listened to something other than Tom Jones for the first time in seven years and melted into a hot radioactive waste full of uranium, radium, graphite, zirconium, titanium magnesium and silicone dioxide. The song was "Walk Like an Egyptian" by The Bangles.

The only facial hair he ever had has a fu manchu

He has ridiculously big earlobes that he gauges when he's 30

He and spy once tricked a bunch of oysters on a beach to come back home with them but spy are them all before scout could even get the seasonings.

SIKE BITCH!!! THESE ARE TOKI HEADCANONS 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Toki Wartooth 🔛🔝❗❗❗

He also has giant earlobes, but every cat he's ever has sucks on them so he can't gauge them

He'd like to be under the sea in an octopus' garden, in the shade.

He hates everything to do with whipping. Or caning. If he hears a belt snap he starts chewing on his hand until it bleeds.

He was hyperdontia, and his canines are spiked because they're chipped!

He can sew very well, and has a pimp hat with Garfield embroidered on it.

The first American song he ever heard in America was "nasty bxtch" by bustdown.

He claims that the Norse god Loki appears in his room on occasion and leaves him peppers and sweets. This actually DOES happen. but every single time, Toki has been microdosing datura so even he has no idea if it's true.

He Stole a lobster and named it Björk. He's also stolen both hands from a mannequin in a jc Penny's when he was 17 in America.

He came to America when he was 16 years old, very close to 17, and had his 17th birthday in a thrift shop with an old couple.

Got high and called Dr rockso up and said "yous a bitch. Your mom ams a bitch. Your hair ams wack. Yo gear ams wack. Uuuuhhhh, Kafkaesque. Fuckins' pogo the clown bitch.... Okay, loves you rockzo, bye! *+꒰⁠⑅⁠ᵕ⁠༚⁠ᵕ⁠꒱⁠˖⁠♡"

Rockzo was sitting right next to him egging him on.

A fan drove his car over a bridge with his wife inside over him but Charles made sure he never found out.

He listens to music while coloring and Murderface heard him listening to power metal, glam rock, 1980s pop, and death metal. In the midst of it all, pain loomed over them when ave maria began playing. Murderface brought him some garlic pickles after that.

His favorite pony is rainbow dash.

Anthrax doesn't affect him for whatever reason

He has a very faint scar that wraps from one end of his face, over the nose, and across to the other side (I'm not just projecting bro trust 🙏🏼)

His second favorite drink is pineapple fanta he WILL tear that shit up. Put a grocery store clerk outta house and home. Give the landfills somethin to cry about. Nathan walked into his room vaguely frightened and witnessed him surrounded by pineapple sody pop. It dripped from his his hands and walls n shit like a crime scene involving a mace.

Nathan quells his rage with pineapple slices. Pickles carbonated pineapple juice for him in secret and says "hehe quick get in there lil fucker." Skwisgarr lost an eyebrow to this event.

Goes to the Everglades and straight up harasses nature

[spaceofentropy]

Tagged for tag Tuesday Thursday by @surviving-maybe (Thank you, Jay!) so here are my slightly tipsy answers

Name: Marina

First fandom you became a part of? Uuuuhhhh... probably Sailor Moon? 🤔

What was the first tv show fandom you joined? Uuuuhhhh... either Sailor Moon or Why R U?

How old were you? Either in middle school, or 37? 36? Something like that.

Latest tv/movie fandom you became a part of? Stranger Things

A tv/movie fandom you haven't joined but like to creep on? Teen Wolf

Your favorite fandom? It's a tie between the Gallavich and the Harringrove niches, there are so many lovely and talented and insightful people in both! ❤️

The tv show that gives you the most brainrot? It varies, I think

The fictional couple that gives you the most brainrot? Probably Harringrove 🤔

Guilty pleasure fictional couple? Life is too short and shitty as is to feel guilt about things that make me happy.

Guilty pleasure tv show? Same as with the previous question.

And finally, something that made you happy this week? Tea and gossip with my mom after not seeing her for the past 3 weeks. I'm a simple gal.

I'm tagging @dragonflylady77 @bidonica @destroya2005 @salthat @bigdumbbambieyes and @thediktatortot; feel free to totally ignore this! ❤️

[sansloii]

Rules, tag 10 followers  you want to get to know better!

Tagged by: @fanaticist​​ Tagging: @skxrbrand @celestialspitfire @dcviated @hhemeraa @nezumivc103221 @soulsxng @feraecor @soraeia @fatestouch @desiderium-eden + and anyone else that wants to share deep dark personal lore

Name: marshy, morsh, mushy, marshabelle, whatever mispelling you want of "marshy" because i will respond to it all

Star Sign: gemini (sun) + scorpio (moon) + aquarius (rising)

Height: 5'6/5'7-ish

Middle name: that's between me and the fbi agent in my laptop

Put your itunes/spotify/youtube on shuffle. What are the first 6 songs that popped up? ( my youtube playlist is a fucking mess do not judge me )

hated by life itself by Iori Kanzaki

blessed messiah and the tower of ai by Hitoshizuku-P × Yama△

Ressurections by lena raine

don't threaten a bitch! ( mashup of panic at the disco & marina and the diamonds )

last remote piano arrange by nana takahashi

use me by diplo ( feat. dove cameron + johnny blue skies

Ever had a poem or song written about you: nnnnope!

When was the last time you played air guitar: god i don't even know when the last time i did that was djfsdfs

i'm more the type that will dance in my seat or in place when i'm feeling a song

Who is your celebrity crush?: don't have one. i'm boring sorryyy and if i do, i don't remember it right now

What’s a sound you hate; sound you love?: you know those obnoxious pricks that refuse to get a muffler or whatever for their car? so when they're driving really really fast in their super nice "fuck you" car, the exhaust or engine pops just as obnoxiously loud?? that. i hate that. I personally think that i should get to kick you down the stairs if your car does that.

as for a sound that i love, i like rain noises and ambiance. often times, i use it to write or do coding tasks at work. it lets me block things out and really focus on what i need to do, because i'm prone to getting distracted.

Do you believe in ghosts?: not really? all the spooky shit is already happening and this world is scary enough without the addition of spectres from the beyond

How about aliens: kinda? but more in the sense that there is no way in hell this planet is the only planet with sentient life because there is so much of space that we haven't even touched. that said, can they pop up after i exit this mortal coil because i will not have my life be derailed by an alien invasion. no ma'am

Do you drive?: nnnnope. but i live in a city where i don't have to yet

if so have you ever crashed: n/a

What was the last book you read?: i literally never read anymore so i couldn't even tell you.

Do you like the smell of gasoline: no. it fucking stinks

What was the last movie you saw?: uuuuhhhh by the time this posts, i'll have watched the super mario bros movie. but if not, I watched lights out ( thank you @hhemeraa )

What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had?:  when i was in middle school, i ran face first into a glass door at home and it shattered. a large chunk of glass landed on my shoulder and i had to get stitches for it at like... 11pm on a school night. mom was a nurse tho so she got me in and out of the emergency room relatively quickly because she took me to the hospital she worked at. i was Not a happy camper, regardless, tho and after i got back home, i avoided that part of the house for a solid month. i also only got to stay home for like. a day or two before i was told to go back to school

it didn't help that i kept hearing that with the way it landed ( the scar is just shy of the junction of my neck and shoulder ), it could've been potentially fatal. and i was really lucky. so that was nice.

Do you have any obsessions right now?: tears of the kingdom!!!! i got it day one and have been OBSESSED with it. i haven't been able to play it as much as i would like but!!! i'm having fun with it--especially when the game lets me make a large ass bridge of logs so i can scale something i don't have enough stamina to climb.

[zenlesszonezero]

You feelin' fired up now? Make way for the undefeated Champion! —Welcome to New Eridu!— PS5™/iOS/Android/PC | Version 1.3 "Virtual Revenge" of Zenless Zone Zero, HoYoverse's urban fantasy ARPG, is out now

[highonthought]

Everyone drives me fucking nuts

Just my mother in general. I never had a yelling at my mother phase. I always understood that she was sensitive. This of course lead to odd boundries. I feel like her therapist at times and i want to scream at her shut the fuck up. that listening to her plays through my ears as i try to get things and work done throughout the day. That I feel like i have to help her knowing that there is no solution to her grief other than idk, i feel like violence towards veryone who has hurt her. And it drives me nuts. It gives me migrains. And she wants help but i cant give it to her. my time or my money. I dont have money.

Oh hey! Speaking of money, I dont have any, and its all going to my brother! Not all of it. What i had saved up went mostly to school and the rest that i had the sanity to keep, I gave to my brother who lost his job. I dont mind this. I know he would do the same

And when my mom wants something, I do go out and get it. This just leaves me with 0 income. And ill get reprimanded later for not having any money saved up. Money that I need to buy a fucking car. I feel crazy.

I have a friend who pissed tf off too. We talked and discussed a misunderstanding that had us ignoring eachother for a while. Though, i was avoiding her actively for a while before. I just dontt feel happy when im with her. Shes a fine person. But people can grow apart. Anyway, we chatted and she said she wanted to see me. Iisted the reasons i really wasnt able to, see above. I have school, more than ever before. Im helping my brother, so i dont have exrta money to spend right now. Im tired, i dont want to see people. I dont want to drive that far to see u; she doesnt have her license.

she responded with "fuck your brother" "ill pay for you" "just take the bus here", and she complained about when she would see me. She mocked me "oh i have so much school work uuuuhhhh". God I could give less of a fuck, you just said fuck off about my brother? Dont ever talk about my family you selfish bitch. Im tired of driving you around places and never receiving a cent in gas money. Do you know what 20 miles round trip every other day is on 13mi/gallon for 5 fucking years is? Its im tired of your shit, thats how much it is. You're rude to strangers. You dont like my any of my other friends. You want me to cook for you because shocker! you cant even make fucking pasta. Im tired of your little girl act, "this bottle is too tight can you open it for me?" Im not your fucking boyfriend, or your chauffeur, and at this point im hardly your friend. At least not until youve become more independent.

God. And it really pisses me off that ypu wont just fucking listen. NO. NO NO NO. I DONT WANT TO BE AROUND YOU.

[safety-pin-punk]

Venus and descendent!

Lol idk just felt like these were interesting

venus ⇢ describe your ideal type

Im assuming this refers to the type of people I’m attracted to. Oh boy. So *theoretically* I typically gravitate towards the tall dark bad boy type in media. BUT. In real life. This somehow translates to falling hard for blond and funny guys. At least appearance wise.

descendant ⇢ what kind of people do you usually attract?

Romantically? None 😂. But actually when I read this I think of something that my mom and I have both experienced a lot of. People often come to me in crisis. I dont know why, and its normal not people I know well. But I can’t express to you the amount of people who will come up to me at the most random moments in life and confide in me about some abuse that they have gone through. Soo uuuuhhhh take that as you will. And I’m a 5w6 on the enneagram so I am HORRIBLE at helping people with their problems.

[butterflies-and-bumble-bees]

* What’s your favorite color?

Purple blue green and orange

* How long have you been on Tumblr for?

since birth

* A place you’ve always wanted to travel to?

Europe, someplace you can see the northern lights, the vatican

* Favorite clothing brands?

Uhhhhh thrift store?

* Favorite singer/bands?

Skillet, the oh hellos, lynyrd Skynyrd, the Doobie brothers, aurora

* Current phone lockscreen?

cyber green circuit gif

* Most recent hyperfixation?

Labyrinth was there for a hot second but it's been eclipsed by the fact that the play I'm stage managing is coming up a week from today

* Relationship status?

Single and debating if I wanna change that

* Dream job?

Homeschooling mom or time traveler

* Favorite social media other than Tumblr?

uuuuhhhh youtube?

* Do you have pets?

Yes!

* If yes, what kind and how many?

these fools:

* Tea or coffee?

Both pls though I drink coffee more often

* Favorite ice cream flavor?

Coffee Oreo

@thelegendofsqam @thebluehoursofmorning @cursedchildofchaos @youjustfeelthemforever

i was tagged by @jumpsuit-jumpsuitcoverme to answer these random questions (thank you sm violet!). sorry for making a brand new post for this. anyway:

questions:

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur fav color

: ̗̀➛ how long have u been on tumblr for

: ̗̀➛ wheres a place u always wanted to travel to

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur fav clothing brand(s)

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur fav singer/band(s)

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur current phone lockscreen

: ̗̀➛ most recent/current hyperfixation

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur relationship status

: ̗̀➛ what’s ur dream job

: ̗̀➛ outside of tumblr, fav social app

: ̗̀➛ do u have pets

: ̗̀➛ if u do have pets, what kind/how many

: ̗̀➛ do u prefer tea or coffee

: ̗̀➛ whats ur fav ice cream flavor

: ̗̀➛ tag at least three other tumblr accounts

answers:

pink and black

five years i think

the usa (especially new york), iceland, india, australia

don't have one, as long as it's oversized or black it's good lmao (my sister always says i look like a gangster)

twenty one pilots (everybody shocked), but i also listen to a lot of musicals (especially lmm and dave malloy) and some pop girlies (right now mostly gracie abrams), my music taste is amazing as you can see

current lockscreen: happy boys (i change it so often tho i just have too many pics that i love)

twenty one pilots and right now also warriors i'm afraid (new lmm's album)

have you seen my blog single

broadway actress but i have no talent lmao

probably insta but i am mostly just lurking and discord if that counts

nope :( my apartment is too small to have a pet

again, i do not, but i want a cat (i would name him clancy)

coffee, but i drink a lot of tea now that it's autumn here

chocolate or mint with chocolate

npt: @wagingmywarsbehindmyface @thepaladinstrait @xproskeith @redwidow616 @mymuses-acquiredlikebruises @noproof-youjustknow @anixknowsnothin @soupiiiie @missmultipleaffairs @reverseblackholeofwords @phantaloon @thefootnotes @the-paladin-gay (that's more than three i'm sorry)

[wink-wonk]

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[elsanna-shenanigans]

June Contest Submission #9: Amongst the Stars

Words:  ca. 10,000 Setting: 60s mAU Lemon: no Content:  Blood, Abduction  Image: Link

“And that was Paul & Paula’s hit, Paula. The is Ricky Rick with Montana’s best radio station KFBB, home of your favorite hits. Now, the top headlines for February 22nd, 1963…”

Anna’s attention wandered from the radio and she adjusted her grip on the steering wheel. Thankfully the repetition of the same boring headlines gave her a break from the deluge of love songs. She couldn’t complain since it was Elsa’s turn to pick the station. Eyes peered over to the passenger seat.

It wasn’t fair.

Being attracted to women was hard enough to ignore but why did her heart settle on her sister? Blonde hair, blue eyes, and a figure men drooled over and women coveted, all topped with the kindest, warmest soul on earth. This woman just had to be born her sister? Couldn’t she have just a friend or even a cousin, anyone else to lessen the guilt. It took an ever increasing amount of willpower not to show Elsa exactly what she dreamed of every night.

Soft singing floated over.

Even the fact that Elsa couldn’t carry a tune in a bucket, even if her life depended on it, was adorable. Maybe she should move to Alaska. President Eisenhower officially made it a state four years ago. She could move to Alaska now.

“Anna?” Elsa’s voice broke through her spiraling thoughts.

“Yes?” She focused on driving, not the hand on her thigh or the heat pooling in her stomach at the touch.

“Are you all right?”

“Of course!” A bright, hopefully convincing, carefree smile.

“Then what was that frown for?” Hand still on her thigh, driving her to distraction with gentle stroking movements.

“Just… ummm… concentrating on the road. I don’t want to miss any black ice.” Night fell heavily in winter and even though it stopped snowing that morning, the seldom-used road going back home tended to ice over turning a normal thirty-minute drive into a cautious hour.

“Okay.” The hand on Anna’s thigh disappeared and Elsa’s nimble fingers tucked a stray lock of red hair behind her ear. “I’m still not used to your short hair.”

“Me neither.” When the hairdresser suggested trying a bob cut, Anna’s first reaction had been to decline until the lady mentioned it would give her a more mature look. She hadn’t anticipated Elsa’s constant need to fuss with it.

“Did mom tell you about-“

BOOM!

The sound of a loud mechanical noise filled the car. Bright lights blinded Anna and the car’s engine died just as they hit a patch of black ice. Around and around they spun, the lights getting brighter, the deafening roar vibrating in her chest. Elsa’s frightened scream scared her more than the out of control car.

Suddenly, everything stopped when her side of the car slammed into a tree. 

No light. 

No roar. 

No screaming.

“Elsa!” Anna’s head whipped to the side. Panic rose. Blood trickled down from a gash at Elsa’s temple, her eyes closed, head lolling limply to the side. Only the noticeable rise and fall of breathing stopped her from falling into hysterics. Numb fingers released her seatbelt and she slid across the seat. A vague recollection about not moving crash victims in case of spinal injuries came back to Anna. It could be true or not but she wasn’t going to chance hurting her sister. “Elsa? Come on, honey, wake up. Open your eyes, Elsa.”

“Uuuuhhhh…”

“That’s it. Let me see those pretty blues.” Tears of relief filled Anna’s eyes. Never had a sight been more perfect than watching Elsa lift her head and blink slowly. “There we go. Keep those eyes open.”

“Anna?” Elsa struggled to focus on her. “What happened?”

“Some asshole ran us off the road. Can you move? Wiggle all your fingers and toes?” Whoever it was had better be miles away now if they valued their life or she would personally wipe their existence from the Earth. Grabbing her purse from the floorboard, Anna pulled out a clean handkerchief and gently started wiping the blood off Elsa’s face.

“Yes, everything seems AAHHH!” Elsa’s eyes slammed shut and clutched her right arm.

“What’s wrong? Talk to me. What hurts?” A strange calm settled over Anna. Find out where Elsa is hurt. Get back to town. Find help. Murder the asshole. 

“My-my sh-shoulder.” Gasping breaths filled the car as Elsa stammered through the pain.

“Hold on. I’ll get you to a hospital right… No. no, no, no.” Anna turned the key again. Nothing, not even a click. Cars were mysterious things to her and she had no idea how to fix it. If only their mom, who served as a mechanic during the war, was there. She’d know exactly what to do. “The car won’t start.”

A whimper of pain from Elsa.

“Stay right there.” Anna tried to open the car door but it refused to move. Of course it did with the tree right there. Not bothering to try forcing the door open, she rolled down the window and slipped into the freezing night air. Elsa’s door opened easily and Anna kneeled down in the snow. “Hey, can I look at your shoulder?”

Eyes still squeezed shut tightly, Elsa nodded silently and whimpered in pain again.

Anna unbuttoned the top three buttons. The shoulder looked dislocated but, thankfully, no tears in the already bruising skin. “Do you think you can walk?”

“Y-yes.” 

“Okay. Good.” Anna’s pants and flats were only slightly better than Elsa’s skirt and kitten heel though neither even closely suited to go traipsing in the snow. They didn’t have much say in the matter, the car wouldn’t even start to turn on the heater. Her dad’s suggestion to skip the family dinner that week had caused her to laugh, saying she was twenty-six and a little snow didn’t bother her. 

She wasn’t laughing now.

After draping Elsa’s winter jacket and scarf over her shoulders, Anna slipped her own on and stuffed their purses in the oversized pockets. They slowly walked the short distance to the road; every whimper of pain breaking her heart. 

“I think we should keep going towards mom and dad’s, I’m pretty sure it’s closer.” Maybe. In all honesty, she had spent so much time stealing glances at Elsa and she hadn’t noticed how far they traveled.

“Okay.” Elsa shivered and turned to the direction they’d been driving. “Hopefully a car… will drive by… soon.”

“Do you see that?” Anna hadn’t intended to ignore her sister, she had just been looking up to the narrow strip of sky visible through the dense forest.

“See what?”

“That.” She pointed to a dot in the sky brighter than any star. But it wasn’t a star. It moved rapidly in a zigzag pattern, stopped, sped over their heads, then zigzagged again. “What is that?”

“I don’t know. A helicopter?” Doubt laced Elsa’s words.

“Can they move that fast?” 

The light stopped again, holding still for several seconds. It started rapidly growing larger.

“Shit! It’s getting closer!” With no time to flee, Anna flung herself between Elsa and whatever was barreling towards them.

Everything went white.

* * * * *  Day 1

The scent of cinnamon filled Elsa’s senses and she instantly knew it had to be her sister pressed up against her side. They didn’t share a bed often in their old room, she treasured every morning like this. She shifted, intending to wrap an arm around Anna, but pain flared through her right shoulder. Memories of the night came flooding back. The car crash. The pain. The cold snow.

The bright light.

Eyes flew open in fright and Elsa quickly, but carefully, sat up and looked around. The small, gray metal room had just enough space for the full bed they were on, with just three feet between it and the wall, no windows or doors, and at the end of the bed sat a pile of neatly folded clothes. Only then did she realize they were wearing soft, white gowns. Sort of gowns. They were really just oversized sacks with holes.

“Elsa, go back to sleep.” Anna snuggled closer into her side. 

“No, no, no.” Of all the times for her early bird sister to be sleepy. Elsa shook Anna gently. “You need to wake up.”

“Fine,” grumbled Anna while sitting up and blinking sleepily. She could tell the exact moment it registered they weren’t back home. “Where are we? What happened? Why are we in these gowns? How did we get here?”

“You forgot to ask ‘who.’”

“Not funny.” A glare.

Well, she thought it was.

“What’s going on?”

“What do you remember?” Elsa had a guess where they were but Anna would not like it.

“I remember the accident and the car not starting again… oh my god, your shoulder!” Turning to face her, Anna started to reach out for her then stopped and instead scanned Elsa up and down.

“It’s fine. Someone set it.” Painful throbbing had replaced red hot burning. Uncomfortable but she could at least think clearly now. “Do you remember the light?”

“It’s the last thing I remember before waking up here. Where are we?”

“I have a theory.”

“What is it?”

“You aren’t going to like it.” Elsa bit her lip nervously and silently debated whether to actually say it out loud or just lie.

“We’re in a tiny metal box, I already don’t like this.”

“I think we’ve been taken.”

“I figured out that much.” Anna rolled her eyes. “The question is by whom.”

“Aliens.”

Silence.

“Listen, Elsa,” an annoyed sigh then Anna continued, “there is a logical explanation for this that doesn’t involve beings from outer space. Like we’re in a hospital or kidnapped by a pervert.”

“Have you ever seen a hospital room like this?”

“No but-“

“And do you really think a pervert would build a room like this?” interrupted Elsa. 

“No. But what in hell makes you think we were taken by aliens?” Anna crossed her arms and frowned.

“Our car suddenly stopped working, the bright light, no memories of what happened, and this room. What else could it be?” Elsa waited for the next argument.

“Not that.” Anna looked as exasperated as she felt. “There is a reasonable explanation.” 

Beeping then a loud hiss from one end of the room drew their attention and the indented panel slid to the side. 

Elsa instinctively shifted to place herself between Anna and two intruders entering their room, it took several moments before her mind fully registered what she was seeing. 

The two beings were both well over seven feet tall, skinny to the point Elsa wondered if they had any bones, unsettling bright yellow eyes with pitch black irises, a barely noticeable nose, and not a single hair graced their shiny heads.

“Don’t come any closer! Who are you?” It took a great effort to keep her voice from shaking.

“You talk Englissh?”

“Uhhh… yes.” Elsa didn’t know what was more disconcerting, the fact that this alien spoke English or that it spoke English with a heavy Southern accent. 

“Follow usss. Red one with Griicksss, yellow with I.” The thing gestured to the open door.

“No.” Elsa did not want to find out what these things planned to do.

“Yesss. We sstudy then return you.” It motioned again to the door.

“Study us? You mean hurt us.” Now she really didn’t want to follow them. Unwelcome visions of what could happen to two women flashed before her.

“No pain. We promisse no pain. You are ssafe.” Both of the aliens focused their disturbing yellow eyes on her. “We talk now and do tesstsss later but no pain. You ssafe.”

Now that it talked a little more, Elsa detected a faint hint of a hiss in some of their words.

The second one, Griicksss, made a few hissing and clicking noises before speaking English in that same thick Southern accent. “You and bond mate will not be attacked. More we tesst, more fasst return you to people.”

“Elsa.” Anna’s soft voice stopped her from responding. “Let’s go with them. I want to go home.”

“They’re going to split us up,” whispered Elsa, fear of what they might do to her sister kept her firmly between Anna and the aliens. “I don’t trust them.”

“We don’t have much of a choice.” Anna placed a hand on her side and addressed the aliens. “You’ll return us here, right? Together?”

“Yesss. We never sseparate bond matesss.” Griicksss tilted their head side to side, their ears (were they ears?) touching their shoulders.

“‘Bond mates’?” Anna’s whisper in Elsa’s ear caused her to shiver.

“Probably means family.” Probably. She prayed it meant family.

“If you promise our safety, we’ll go with you.” Even with her voice shaking, Anna scooted off the bed and faced them head on.

Pride filled Elsa at her sister’s bravery. It never ceased to amaze her how Anna faced difficult situations.

They followed the aliens down a metallic hall, the cold floor chilling their bare feet. Before Anna followed Griicksss through one of the open doors, she whispered ‘I love you’ and Elsa instantly felt ready to face the unknown.

* * * * * 

Anna sat down on the padded stool across from Griicksss, a large metal table separating them. More like jumped up onto the high stool, her feet dangling a few inches off the floor. Beeps from buttons being pressed on the table’s surface caught her attention and the stool lowered until her feet touched the ground.

“Thank you.” The manners their mom ingrained refused to let her be rude even to unknown creatures. 

Aliens.

Part of her still secretly hoped that they were unconscious in their car and not traveling in outer space in a big metal can. Later, she’d have to ask Elsa if any of the books she read talked about these beings.

Griicksss placed a metal cube about the size of her fist in the middle of the table, pressed a few spots on the table then began talking in that strange language of hisses and clicks.

“Hello.”

“Oh! Ummm… hi.” Anna blinked, startled by the unexpected greeting.

“Name?”

“Anna Mathews.”

“Age?”

“Twenty-six.”

“Gendersss?”

“Female.”

“Ssick?”

“Besides some cuts and bruises from the car crash, no. Did you set Elsa’s shoulder?”

“Another on sship did. Is ‘Elssa’ name of bond mate?”

“What is a bond mate?” Anna had a sneaking suspicion what it meant and shifted uncomfortably.

“A dessignation for the onesss you sshare life and mating.”

“We’re not bond mates! Elsa’s my sister!” Eyes wide with alarm, Anna rushed to correct this creature’s assumption. “And we’re both women!”

“What isss ‘ssisster’?”

“Siblings. We have the same parents.” She hoped against hope that cleared things up, as her heart continued to race.

“What isss ‘parentsss’?”

“Ummm… the ones who give you life. They have s-s-sex and have a child.” Not her though. Anna would forever believe a stork brought them to mom and dad. End of story.

“Ssissterss not allowed mating?”

“Of course not!” This alien, Griicksss Anna reminded herself, did not need to know her deepest, darkest, secret. She intended to marry a man their parents approved of, they’d have three children, host big family brunches after church, and she’d let that secret die with her.

“Why?” The clinical sounding tone from before almost sounded confused.

“We are related and relationships are only allowed between one man and one woman, it can’t be between two men or two women.” A hollow feeling in Anna’s chest threatened to swallow her whole. Not only could she not be with who truly held her heart but not even someone who captured her attention. Marrying her best friend was the best case scenario.

“You know only two gendersss. Why?”

“Because there are only two.” The automatic answer came before Anna could wonder about the question. “Isn’t there?”

“No. All bond matesss only one and one?”

“Of course?” Her mind whirled at Griicksss‘ answer. There had to be something lost in translation. Half remembered whispers in dark, smoke filled bars had Anna questioning herself.

“No.” Griicksss answered concisely.

From there on, Anna answered questions automatically, her mind constantly turning over their conversation and how even unknown creatures caught on to her feelings. Hissing of the door to their original room opening pulled her back to the present. 

“Where’s Elsa?” The empty room with their clothes neatly folded felt too big without her sister.

“Sstill with Herssic.” Griicksss lifted their hand and tapped the metal cuff around their wrist. 

Anna nearly fell over when up popped a video of Elsa holding her right arm and talking with the other alien. Not only did it appear out of thin air but she could see Griicksss through the image.

“You’re filming us?”

“Yesss.” Another tap. Now six squares floated between them. Three held other people, two were empty, and one showed her in that room.

“There are other people?” Anna glanced up to where the camera should be and saw nothing.

Griicksss pointed to the far right square with a person sleeping in their bed. “Ronald found living on sstreet.” Next square held two men sleeping head to toe. “Bill and Keith on boat fisshing.” Last square had Anna quickly averting her eyes as it showed a very naked man and woman decidedly not sleeping. “Kim and Logan found in car no clothesss.”

“D-do they know you’re filming?” Certainly not or why would they be doing that?

“Yesss. They assk to ssee after.”

“Oh.” Disbelief had Anna’s jaw dropping and she briefly peeked once more at the image. They certainly looked like they were having fun. “Why do you film everyone?”

“Sstudy.”

“Wait, does that mean there’s sound, too?” If the creatures used it to study them, it would make sense they were recording that, too.

“Yesss.” Suddenly, the room filled with cries of pleasure and the slapping of skin against skin.

“Turn it off! Turn it off!” 

Silence filled the room once more.

“They mate often.”

Anna nearly died from embarrassment.

* * * * *

“Thank you,” offered Elsa tiredly as she walked into their room. Painful throbbing in her shoulder made focusing on anything else nearly impossible.

“Elsa! You’re back!” Anna smiled brightly before frowning in concern. “What’s wrong?” 

“My shoulder.” Being with her sister didn’t stop the pain but she found it more bearable with her around.

“You need a sling… wait, I have an idea.” It took mere seconds for Anna to retrieve her blue scarf from their pile of clothes and make a sling. “There. How does that feel?”

“Better. Thank you.” The sharp pain eased to just a painful throbbing in time with her heartbeat. “Are you all right? They didn’t hurt you?”

“I’m fine. They just asked a lot of questions.” A blush dusted Anna’s cheeks. “A lot of personal questions.”

“Same.” Elsa could not meet Anna’s eyes. Those personal questions about her sex life, or lack thereof, had been extremely uncomfortable though not as much as the questions about them. Herssic assumed they were lovers and could not be persuaded otherwise. Apparently her feelings could be seen even by aliens from outer space.

“Did your alien tell you there’s five other people here?”

“There are?” Elsa sat on the edge of the bed, more tired than she could ever remember being. “Can we meet them?”

“No.” The bed dipped slightly when Anna sat down. “Something about not wanting to alter their findings. Did your creature say how long they plan to keep us?”

“Herssic. No, they didn’t. I guess they didn’t tell you either.” Damn. Her bakery could maybe stay unexpectedly closed a day or two, anything more would cause a lot of problems.

“No. Shit. My boss is going to fire me.”

“You hate the typing pool.”

“But I love the paycheck.”

“Come work for me in the bakery.” Just the idea of getting to spend more time with Anna brought a smile to her face. 

“I am, to quote you, ‘a curse in the kitchen.’ It would be faster to set the place on fire.”

“I need a new cashier and I’ll bring out the trays to keep my kitchen safe from you.” Elsa nudged her with an elbow. 

“Oomf. Don’t do that.” A wince and Anna shifted uncomfortably.

“What’s wrong? Are you hurt?” Concern washed over Elsa and she sat up straighter, ready to help any way she could.

“No. I need to use the restroom. Any ideas how get the creature’s attention?” Anna shifted again. “Hopefully quickly.”

“I can actually help with that.” She stood and walked to the other end of their room. It took a few seconds to find the thin silver outline of a square on the side wall. If Elsa hadn’t known to look, she never would have seen it. “Hope this works.” Her good hand pushed against the square. A hiss and part of the back wall moved to reveal an extremely small room with a toilet and shower. 

“Is that a restroom?”

“That’s what Herssic said it was.” Though it didn’t look like any she had seen before.

“Oh, thank goodness.”

Elsa moved to let Anna rush by. The door shut with a hiss.

“There should be a silver square on the wall to open the door!” Very faintly she heard an ‘okay’ from the door. Stifling a yawn, Elsa wondered about the time and dug through their belongings for her watch. It stopped at 6:13. She pulled out Anna’s watch.

It also stopped at 6:13.

Neither watch started again after being wound up so she dropped them both back onto the pile of clothes and tiredly sat down. It must have been fairly late since her eyes were getting harder and harder to keep open.

“That bathroom is really odd.”

“Hmm?” Elsa could barely keep from dozing off from where she sat.

“There’s no water. It’s all high pitched noises and blue lights. I feel clean at least.”

“That’s good.” Trying to form a longer response required more thinking than she currently was capable of at the moment.

“Let’s go to bed.” Anna crawled up the bed, under the blankets, then held them up for her.

“Come here.” Once settled, Elsa tugged at her sister’s sleeve, wanting her sister to snuggle.

“Good night.”

The last thing Elsa remembered was a warm body snuggling into her and a gentle kiss on her shoulder.

* * * * * 

Day 4

“Oh, yum. Another feast again today.” Anna sighed and brought the plastic tray with breakfast over to their bed. Four days, at least she thought it had been four days, of meals consisting of water and grainy, dense, tasteless squares had her dreaming at night of Thanksgiving dinners with all the trimmings. The fact they were filling were their only redeeming quality.

“Be thankful they’re tasteless.” Elsa plucked a square off the tray, stared at it for a long moment, then unenthusiastically began eating.

“Why?” One large canteen of water each and she settled down to eat her own food.

“Herssic said they tried twice. May Ellen told them the first try tasted like dirt then the second was so spicy she had to drink two canteens of water after one bite.”

“Yuck. I’ll keep my complaints to a minimum.” Who knew she’d be happy for these versions. “May Ellen? The one who taught them English?”

“Yes.” One last bite and Elsa finished her food. “I wouldn’t be surprised if they had a statue of that woman somewhere.”

“They do idolize her.” Unable to stomach another bite, Anna offered the last bit to her sister who declined the offer. In a barely audible voice she asked, “Do you think they’ll come today?”

“Maybe.”

They sat quietly, remembering. 

Two days ago they were taken from their room for the second time. It hadn’t been nearly as pleasant as their first but at least they had been together. Blood had been painfully drawn, hair samples from all over taken, swabs from various areas (thankfully they were allowed to do that themselves if not privately), and a physical examination done. Only the creature’s monotone clinical touches kept Anna calm while she stood naked in that cold room.

“I want to go home.” 

“I do, too.” Elsa used her left arm to pull her close.

Anna basked in the comfort she found snuggling. How could she not be head over heels in love with this woman? They both were in the same horrible situation yet Elsa kept offering comfort and love. As any sister would. It didn’t stop her from imagining the impossible.

“What’s the first thing you’re going to do when we get back? After hugging mom and dad.” Elsa’s question broke her silly daydreams of a life lived differently.

“I’m going to have the biggest waffle cone of strawberry ice cream I can buy and once I’m done with that I’ll get a banana split.” Bobby’s Ice Cream Parlor didn’t exactly have the best ice cream, but she still planned to devour all she could.

“You’ll make yourself sick.” Restrained laughter laced her admonishment.

“I’ll save you a seat next to me. I’m not sharing though.”

“You can have your strawberry, I’m getting chocolate, the only ice cream worth eating.”

“Just for that, I’m not sharing my banana split.”

“Oh, yeah?” 

Fingers tickled her side until she breathlessly begged for mercy.

“I’ll leave you the cherry.” Elsa pulled her in to continue snuggling. “I thought you’d see Kristoff.”

Truth be told, he hadn’t crossed her mind once since this began and she did not miss him.

“Anna? Did the date not go well?”

“It was fine.” Their first, and only, date. She had forgotten about that. 

“And?” Elsa coaxed her to say more.

“That’s it. It was just fine. We had a good time but all I could see was my best friend who had an imaginary pet until he was eight.” It didn’t help that her mind kept suggesting ways it would be better with Elsa. “Maybe a second date would be better. I was a little distracted.”

“You don’t have to date him if you don’t want to.” Elsa’s fingers ran through her hair. “You can stay friends, it doesn’t need to be something more.”

“But mom and dad like him.” Constant nudging from their parents over the years had finally worn her down. 

“So? It’s your life and if Kristoff isn’t the one for you, keep looking until you find them.”

“I’m not strong like you Elsa. I can’t keep ignoring everyone asking me when I’m finally getting married.” Anna sat up and scooted over, putting a little distance between them. “You have your bakery,” she continued ignoring the little voice reminding her she had already found The One, “you live alone, you don’t let anyone tell you what to do.”

“But you are strong.” Elsa gently lifted Anna’s chin and stared into her eyes. “You got a job and moved into your apartment despite mom and dad’s objections, you went on that road trip to the Grand Canyon by yourself after your friends decided the day before not to go, last year you learned to swim even though you’re terrified of water. Please don’t start believing that you have to live a certain way.”

“But-“

“You are strong.”

“I don’t feel like I am,” Anna whispered, feelings she’d been ignoring for the past few years weighing her down.

“I’ll keep reminding you until you do.”

A lump formed in Anna’s throat at Elsa’s unwavering conviction in her. For some reason this time, in this place, she believed. Could she be strong a little bit more and risk everything? 

Unable to meet Elsa’s eyes, she stared at the floor and mumbled her confession.

“What was that?” She leaned closer.

“I don’t like men.” Not exactly what she had confessed moments ago but repeating she was in love with her sister failed to make it past her lips a second time.

“Do you prefer women instead?” Asked tenderly without a hint of scorn. 

“Yes.” Anna waited anxiously.

“Okay.”

“Okay? You don’t think I’m gross?” This felt too good to be true. She had heard their parents talk about ‘disgusting perverts’ and part of her still took it to heart, and had assumed her sister might too.

“Never.” Elsa pulled her close, tucking Anna into her side. “I love you and if you want a girlfriend, we’ll find a place for you to meet other women.”

“You… you love me that much?” Meeting a different woman and letting them into her life didn’t hold any appeal for Anna, but the offer floored her.

“Even more than that.”

“I love you, too.” Anna didn’t bother trying to stop the relieved tears, she just let them flow and snuggled closer to Elsa who tightened her hold. In no way would she risk this acceptance with a confession that would go nowhere. She could live with hiding half her heart.

The door hissed open.

* * * * *

Day 4

Elsa rubbed her aching shoulder and wished for an aspirin. Or vodka. Anything to dull the pain. 

This round of testing had not been kind to the hurt joint. Herssic had strapped her down to a cold metal slab until she could only move her fingers then left the room. Lights dimmed and a machine descended from the ceiling, loud bangs and buzzing filled the room for what felt like hours. Eventually that part ended and she was given water and time to use the restroom. Then she was instructed to remove her gown and stand in the middle of the room for more scans. She nearly refused before remembering these alien’s infinite patience to wait for their demands to be met and she wanted to get back before Anna. 

Now here she was waiting for her sister whose modesty wouldn’t even let her come down for breakfast in pajamas. 

The door hissed open and in walked Anna looking shaken.

Standing quietly, Elsa held back, giving her sister the space to decide what she needed. Steps didn’t pause and Anna walked right into her waiting arms.

The door hissed closed, leaving them alone in their room.

Silence filled the room.

“Do you want to take a shower?” The high pitched noise it used to clean set Elsa’s back teeth on edge but it did the trick in getting them clean without water. 

“No.” Anna clutched at her a little tighter. “Can we lay down?”

“Of course.” Feeling helpless not being able to protect her sister, Elsa jumped at the chance to offer comfort. She held Anna best she could with one arm and felt her slowly relax. 

Time slowly ticked by and she let her mind wonder to that morning’s confession. When Anna mumbled about  liking women, Elsa had first thought she heard ‘I’m in love with you’ and her heart stuttered to a stop. Joy nearly caused her to make a mistake by confessing also. She wouldn’t lie to herself about being disappointed she heard wrong but that didn’t mean Elsa wasn’t happy Anna felt comfortable talking with her. Reminders that liking women didn’t mean liking her kept repeating in her head.

“Are you feeling better?” Seemingly no tension was at all present in body pressed against her.

“Much.” A shaky sigh. “I wasn’t ready for that.”

“I know. Maybe I can convince them not to do things like that to you?” Nothing came to mind for what she could offer in exchange.

“No. You heard them, the more we don’t let them study us, the longer we’ll have to stay.” 

“I just hate that you’re going through this.” 

“But if it gets us home faster I can handle being uncomfortable.” Anna sounded resigned and that irritated Elsa.

“Well, I can’t.”

A soft hiss and the bottom section of the door opened, in slid the tray with their evening meal and full canteens.

“Do you want to eat?” Bad enough that their food had no flavor, but did it need to be the same consistency day after day too? A little variety would make having to stomach it easier.

“In a minute.” Anna nuzzled her shoulder. “I’m comfortable.”

“Okay. Hmm. I bet,” Elsa mused aloud, “if I can recreate the recipe, those things will sell really well in my bakery.”

“What?” Head tilted back to look incredulously at her.

“It could be the newest craze to sweep the nation, everyone will want them. We can call them Nutritional Object Squares.”

“N.O.S.?” Anna placed a hand on her forehead as if checking for a fever. “Honey, I think the only people who’d buy them are frazzled mothers needing to punish their kids.”

“See? They will definitely sell out everyday then.” She good naturally swatted the hand still checking her temperature.

“There will be a Sunrise Bakery in every city and you’ll travel the world drinking champagne.” Giggles from her sister brought a smile to Elsa’s face. 

“Only if you travel with me.” Daydreams of romantic dinners all over the world filled her mind’s eye.

“Of course. Someone has to keep you on schedule.”

“I can keep a schedule.” So much for romance.

“Elsa, I always tell you dinner is thirty minutes earlier than we need to leave so you’ll be on time.”

“…you can keep my schedule.” Even without glancing down, Elsa knew Anna had to be looking smug.

“You never said what you would do.” Fingers rubbed her stomach in slow circles.

“If you keep doing that I’m going to fall asleep.” She might anyway.

“Well?”

“Well what?” The evil woman parading around as her beloved sister continued rubbing and somehow expected her to think.

“What is the first thing you will do when we get back?”

“After I steal half your ice cream-“

“Hey!”

“I want to go dancing.” She couldn’t contain the wishful sigh. “I haven’t been since starting the bakery.”

“You haven’t?” Anna sat up and looked down at her in disbelief.

“With the early mornings and constant paperwork, there hasn’t been any time.” Not to mention being so tired every night she sometimes didn’t bother getting up to go to bed and would sleep on the couch. Elsa kept an extra alarm clock on the coffee table just for those nights.

“Why didn’t you say anything?” Several pokes to her side. “I could have helped.”

“You just started your job.” More poking and Elsa’s sleepiness vanished. “You had just moved into your apartment.”

“I still would have liked to help. That settles it,” Anna went back to snuggling. “Even before ice cream, we are going dancing when we get back.”

“But you hate dancing. The one time I suggested we go, you asked why did you need to leave the house to have men step on your feet all night when you could stay home.”

“Can’t have some random guy order you drinks.” Elsa was close enough to hear Anna mutter, “you’re my date.”

“Will you save a dance for me?” One place two towns over always had many more ladies than men so seeing two women dancing together would be normal. 

“I expect more than one dance.”

“As many as you want.” Elsa smiled and hoped Anna claimed them all.

* * * * * 

Day 7

Anna rubbed her abdomen and grimaced. Phantom pain radiating from the spot where they had used one of their machines on her. When the first long metal needle entered, she couldn’t hold back the cry of pain and was only vaguely aware of a click above her head. All pain stopped. Even her bruises and scrapes from the accident felt better. The odd sensation of something moving inside made her skin crawl. Three silvery pale dots and a two inch line were all that remained from the session.

“I hate that thing.” Elsa walked out of bathroom frowning.

“Would you rather not have a way to get clean?” She knew quite well how much her sister hated the vibrating shower.

“You love me right?” 

“Not that much.” The creatures would probably toss them out into space if they stopped using the shower.

“Damn.” Sitting on the bed, Elsa carefully scooted back only using one arm.

“Hey, we’ve been here a week now, why do you think we haven’t healed at all?” Little scrapes from the accident were still as prominent as the day they woke here in the room. 

“Maybe because we’re in space?” Elsa shrugged one shoulder. “That’s just a guess, I don’t really know.”

“Some alien expert you are.”

“Who said I’m an expert?”

“I did.” She cuddled close and laid her head on Elsa’s good shoulder. It had only taken two days for Anna to give in to the constant need to be touching. The creatures referred to them as bond mates already and she doubted they’d kidnap their parents just to question them. 

“None of my books mention anything like this.”

Anna blinked in confusion having been lost in thought.

“Sorry I’m not more helpful.” Elsa laced their fingers together and any hope Anna had of remembering their previous conversation was lost.

“I’m glad we’re together.” She gave in to temptation to bring their joined hands up to place a kiss on the back of Elsa’s hand.

“I am too.” Elsa’s soft whisper.

Why she had to keep her distance became harder to remember with each caring word, each affectionate touch, each tender action. Having been given unwavering support immediately after admitting to liking women had been amazing, having your own sister confessing to also being in love with you would not garner the same response. Wanting it otherwise made no difference.

“Anna?” From Elsa’s worried look this had not been the first time she called her name.

“It’s okay I was just…” Thinking about confessing? Daydreaming about kissing you? Wishing you felt the same? “It’s nothing. Did you say something?”

“I asked if you also have scars on your abdomen now, too.”

“Yes.” Her free hand grabbed Elsa’s again. “Do you know what they were doing?”

“Are you scared to talk with them?” Only curiosity, without an ounce of judgement, filled her gaze.

“No? Yes? I don’t know. I get so uncomfortable just thinking about talking with Griicksss.” Every time she opened her mouth, no sound would come out, ever since it scanned her body while she was completely naked. The creature didn’t seem to care if she spoke beyond answering its questions.

“It’s okay. I did ask and they were taking samples to test.”

“Samples?” Alarm filled her.

“Very small samples of fluids, cells, and eggs. Herssic showed me.”

“Why?” Since Elsa seemed unconcerned, she would try to be too even though knowing they had some of her eggs greatly disturbed her.

“They haven’t had a chance to study siblings before and want to compare how we’re similar and different. Come here.” Elsa let go of her hand and pulled Anna closer. “Relax. We’ll talk about something different before dinner arrives.”

“Talk about what?” 

“Did you hear that Aunt Linda is getting married?”

“What?!” Anna sat up and stared in shock. “I thought she vowed to never get married. Where did you hear that?”

“Mom told me.” Grinning, Elsa leaned closer to whisper. “And we’re going to have a baby cousin.”

Anna gasped. “Tell me everything.”

* * * * *

Day 10

Elsa didn’t think her blush could get any worse until it did when she saw Anna. 

Her sister stopped pacing their tiny room and rushed to her side, hugging her tightly. “Finally! I was so worried!”

“I’m sorry. Herssic had a lot of questions for me.” The door closed behind her with a hiss.

“About what?” Anna pulled her to the bed to sit.

The blush staining her cheeks did not lessen and she debated the merits of lying. On one hand, she would avoid an extremely uncomfortable conversation. On the other hand, she was so tired of constantly lying to her sister. Anna had opened up to her and risked being hurt while Elsa spent the week since avoiding sharing her own truths. 

“Elsa?” A familiar hand cupped her cheek. “Are you okay?”

“Yes.” No, she was not okay. Not when she was seriously contemplating risking everything. “They were asking questions about my love life.”

“Same here but I didn’t have much to say. I… I guess you did.” Anna’s weak smile tugged on her heart.

“Not really.” She shrugged and tried to sound nonchalant. “Herssic wanted to know what my relationship was like with my ex-girlfriend Lisa and wouldn’t let me go until I answered their more intimate details.”

“You and Lisa?” Eyes darted back and forth as if looking through her memories searching for missed signs.

“We were only together for a year.” One secret down, only one more to go. Maybe. 

“A year is a long time.” The words sounded hurt and Anna’s eyes refused to meet hers.

“Not that long.” Knowing beforehand that her sister would probably be upset for being kept in the dark did not make experiencing it any easier.

“Not that long,” Anna scoffed.

Elsa sat quietly, not knowing how to respond.

“She was really pretty.”

“She was.” If it had been anyone else but her sister saying that, Elsa would say say she sounded jealous.

“Why did you two break up?” She still refused to meet her eyes.

“We were using each other and it didn’t work out.” This was it. Her last chance to back out or take the leap. Ignore the subtle looks, ignore the constant touches, ignore her racing heart, and spend the rest of her life wondering ‘what if.’

“Using?”

“I wasn’t her ex.” Elsa’s hand reached out and guided Anna to look at her. She was going to do this looking head on into her future, however it may play out. “And she wasn’t you.”

“Wasn’t me?” Eyes widening, Anna stilled and held her breath.

“I’m in love with you.” No turning back now. No explaining that away. No more hiding.

Slowly, bit by bit, Anna’s face split into a wide smile. 

“You love me.”

There was no mistaking the joy radiating from her and Elsa basked in it. Unable to tear her gaze away, she caught the flicker of movement when Anna glanced at her lips and blushed. A voice inside encouraged her to take another, bigger, chance. And why not? It had worked so far.

Fingers wandered from Anna’s cheek to the back of her neck, holding her firmly. She tugged with enough pressure to make it clear what Elsa wanted but not force her unwillingly forward. 

That was all the encouragement Anna needed.

Lips crashed together in an awkward first kiss. They continued trading kisses back and forth until Elsa pulled back, intending to check in with Anna to see if she was alright. Words caught in her throat seeing the deliciously swollen lips and understandably dazed look. Those kisses had been perfect.

Elsa felt a tug on the back of her own neck and their foreheads pressed together.

“I love you, too.”

* * * * *

Day 15

Anna woke, as she did every morning, in Elsa’s arms but now it had the added bonus of little kisses peppering her neck. 

“I changed my mind. The first thing I’m doing when we get back is to take you on a date.”

“Where will you take me?” It took a bit of willpower to not complain about Elsa talking and not continuing the kisses.

“Someplace nice. Someplace close.”

“Someplace close? To where?” Anna felt herself being pushed flat on her back and Elsa leaned over her, pinning her bodily to the bed.

“My apartment.” The whisper low and deliciously rough.

“Not my apartment?” 

“Then I can bring you breakfast in bed.”

Hands clenched at Elsa’s waist, desire burning her alive.

“Or maybe,” Elsa nuzzled her ear, “you’ll be breakfast in bed.”

“Don’t say things like that.” Anna’s head fell back onto her pillow. They agreed to not go beyond kissing until they had the privacy of being back home and not filmed. No amount of asking from the creatures would change her mind. Though Elsa might change it if she kept whispering in her ear.

“No tests today. Whatever shall we do to pass the time.” Kisses once again were pressed against her neck.

“Wait,” Anna moaned.

Elsa immediately stopped and propped herself up on her good arm.

The sight of Elsa above her, hair wild, eyes dark, and lips swollen caused Anna’s stomach to flip pleasantly. 

“Yes?” Elsa panted, eyes focused below her neck.

“I need… I need…” Swallow. Anna couldn’t remember what she intended to say.

“What do you need?” Blue eyes dark with desire focused on hers.

“Slow… Down?” Reasons why she wanted to slow down escaped Anna. There had been a reason. She hoped it had been good because stopping did not sound good.

“Okay.” She pressed their foreheads together, still panting. “Okay.” Elsa slid to the side and carefully laid her arm over Anna, trying not to strain her injured shoulder.

“Thank you.” Pushing any further and she really wouldn’t have cared where they were. She wanted their first time to be just them.

“Want to play ‘I Spy’?”

“What?” Anna laughed. “What a horrible game! ‘I Spy something gray?’”

“I Spy two things poking up through fabric.”

“ELSA!” Embarrassment set her aflame.

* * * * * 

Day 20

Eyes sleepily fluttered open then slammed shut again when the sun tried to blind Elsa. A breeze ruffled her bangs and birdsong reach her ears. When the sensation of grass tickling the back her neck registered, Elsa’s eyes flew open and she sat up, grabbing her shoulder when pain spiked in the joint.

“Where am I?” Looking around she saw that snow no longer blanketed the ground, the once bare trees sprouted bright green leaves. A pained moan caught her attention. “Anna!”  She used her good arm to help her sit up.

“What happened?” Anna rubbed her face, smearing dirt on her cheek then with a confused expression looked around. “Where’s the car? Why is it light out?”

“I don’t know. The last thing I remember is the accident.” The feeling of lost time, beyond the obvious changes in her surroundings, nagged at her. Something important was missing.

“Oh my god, your shoulder!” Hands quickly unbuttoned the top two buttons on her dress and moved the fabric over. “It’s no longer dislocated?”

“I-it still h-hurts.” Electricity sparked under where fingertips brushed her skin. A blush bloomed across her cheeks as Elsa fought to keep from leaning down to kiss Anna.

“Where’s your scarf?” Anna looked around and found it next to their feet. “Hold your arm up and I’ll make a sling.”

Deja vu struck Elsa. No memory surfaced of her sister doing this before but it didn’t stop the sensation this had happened before.

“There. Let’s get to the road. I hear a car.”  Before Elsa could thank her, Anna had helped her up and was already hurrying up the small embankment.

The police cruiser rolled to a stop and the officer rolled down his window. “Where’s your vehicle? Do you two ladies need help to get into town?”

“Yes, please, officer. I honestly don’t know how we got here.” Anna smiled gratefully and pulled Elsa closer, the tiny space between them disappearing.

“Wait, are you two the Mathews sisters?” Wide eyes stared in disbelief.

“Yes?” Elsa frowned and looked at Anna in confusion.

“Get in the back seat ladies and I’ll get you too the hospital.” He switched on the lights and siren. “No one is going to believe this.”

* * * * * 

Anna shifted uncomfortably on her hospital bed, unable to lay still while her sister was gone. Her own examination had felt routine and unremarkable until she noticed the not-so-subtle glances coupled with the odd questions from the officer asking what she remembered and where they’d been, left her as a bundle of panicky anxiety. On the brink of climbing out of bed to find her sister, the door opened and a nurse escorted Elsa into the bed next to her. Hands gripped the bed railings tightly to stay still and not rush over to kiss her. Anna barely stopped herself earlier from kissing her once the scarf had been tied.

“Now ladies, you rest. Your parents will be here shortly.” But before she had the chance to leave the room, their mom and dad burst through the door.

“Anna!” Her mom hugged her tightly. “Praise the lord you’re safe.”

A flurry of motion and her dad held Anna tightly while their mom went to Elsa, then they switched again. Back and forth they went until they ran out of steam.

“We love you, too.” Elsa’s amusement at their antics was clear.

“We weren’t gone that long.” One would think they hadn’t talked the day before. 

“Honey,” their dad’s bewildered voice filled the silent room, “you both were gone for over five years.”

Shocked silence.

“What?” That couldn’t be possible. It didn’t feel possible. 

“There wasn’t any snow…” Elsa’s whispered words reached her ears.

Anna finally really looked at their parents. Where a few strands of gray hair were mixed in, it now fully colored their heads and deep lines from constant sorrow overwrote the once subtle laugh lines.

“Girls, do you remember what happened?” Their mom didn’t exactly look like she wanted to know.

“All I remember is crashing the car into a tree then waking up outside.” The feeling of a memory just out of reach nagged at her.

“I don’t remember either.” Elsa’s shocked look matched her own. “What happened?”

“When you didn’t show up for dinner, your mom and I looked for you.” Their dad took a shaky breath. “We found the car but you were nowhere to be found.”

“Volunteers helped us search the forrest. After a year the police…” Tears fell steadily. “It doesn’t matter now. Our girls are home.”

“What happened to my apartment? Elsa’s bakery?” Anna’s mind spun, unable to fully grasp that they were missing for three years.

“We had to let go of your apartment.” He hesitated before briefly. “And sell the bakery.”

“Oh. It’s gone.” Elsa looked devastated.

Every cell in her body urged her to hold Elsa and kiss the pain away but Anna resisted. They were sisters and offering a hand or hug for comfort was normal, not the embrace and kiss of a lover. Those feelings, so much stronger than before, ate at her.

“Kristoff and his wife helped us move everything we could box up into the attic.” Mom sounded tentative, as though worried how they would react to them.

“Kristoff’s married?” Tears filled Anna’s eyes.

“I’m sorry, baby.” The calloused hand of their father held hers. “He and Lily married last year.”

Tears continued to fall. Happiness that Kristoff found someone special enough to spend his life with filled her but so did regret at not being there to see it. 

“Hello, ladies. Glad to see you’re finally- oh I’m so sorry to interrupt.” A gray-haired lady pushing a cart with trays full of food apologized and took a step back to leave.

“No, please stay. I’m sure my babies are hungry.” Their mother waved the lady in and turned back. “Your father and I will have a quick lunch in the cafeteria and be right back. Oh, I’m so happy.”

More hugs and tears from both their parents before they reluctantly left the room with  promises not to dawdle. 

Anna ignored the pleasant chatter from the nurse and looked over at Elsa who looked as shocked as she felt.

They’d been missing for five years.

* * * * *

Elsa ignored the radio playing song after song she didn’t know. No one spoke since their parents picked them up from the hospital besides the occasional question about how they felt. Two days of tests in the hospital showed them both to be in perfect health despite having no memories from the passing years. Before she felt ready to faced the outside world, the car slowed to its final stop.

“Here we are.” Dad’s low rumble soothing on frayed nerves.

Neither of them moved.

Fears that this was all a dream and they’d wake back in the small metal room Elsa saw in her dreams enveloped her. 

“We should exit the car.”

“Yeah,” Anna replied, yet didn’t move.

Right. She could be the brave one her sister needed.

The click of her heels on the cement sidewalk sounded foreign to her ears. A faint memory of bare feet thudding against a metal path came and went, leaving Elsa feeling even more confused by her surroundings.

She stood in front of their childhood home. Nothing changed in the five years since she last saw it. The ranch style house still sported cream colored siding, a brick fireplace, and multiple large windows letting in an abundance of natural light.  Even the brown curtains in the windows was the same. Many different colored flowers dominated the front yard, spilling over the white picket fence that normally contained the flower bed. The house looked bright and unchanged. Looking side to side, Elsa saw subtle differences in the houses up and down the block.  Trims painted a different color, newly planted trees, and even kids who were once toddlers playing in the yards. 

“We should go inside.” The press of curious eyes made Elsa jumpy.

Once they were inside and in their childhood room (where they planned to stay for the foreseeable future), she let herself relax and stopped pushing aside the uncomfortable feeling of things seeming off. 

Their parents had hurried into the kitchen to pull out the already prepared meal from the refrigerator.

“Are you okay, Elsa?” Anna pulled at her dress collar with a grimace.

“Yes.” Not really alright, everything felt wrong, like a perfectly cut dress in a half-size too small. The hospital gowns had felt oddly comfortable in a way that their clothes didn’t, the bland food familiar, and even the scars on their abdomen seemed ordinary.

“Really? I’m not.”

Without a second thought, Elsa pulled Anna into her arms and held her. This was the first thing that felt right in days. She felt them both relax. 

“Better?”

“Yes.” She tightened her hold.

“Good.” Memories of dreams in the hospital of them kissing, long deep kisses that were anything but chaste, filled Elsa’s head and made her itch, made her yearn, made her question why she kept holding back.

“Elsa?”

She turned her head and saw Anna staring at her with a hooded gaze, teal eyes dark with want. Elsa’s breath caught. The expression of want felt achingly familiar but it couldn’t be. A flash of maybe a memory of Anna underneath her, hair wild, in an unfamiliar bed staring at her just like that.

One kiss couldn’t hurt. She could explain away one kiss. Just one kiss.

“Girls! Time for dinner!” Their mom’s call broke the thick haze.

“We should go.” Elsa continued fighting the urge to lean in, her arms still around Anna.

“Yeah.” Neither moved. 

“Girls?” The knock on the bedroom door finally broke them apart. “Time for dinner.”

“Okay, mom.” Anna’s voice shook and avoided her eyes.

Without a word, blushes bright on their faces, they left to go to dinner.

* * * * * 

Anna finished washing the breakfast dishes and stared, unseeing, out the widow into their backyard. They’d been home five very long days, each one filled with flashes of what had to be dreams of a small room and weird looking people. 

That had been the easy thing to handle.

Each night while they slept in separate beds, feeling uncomfortably lonely, dreams filled the night of heated touches and equally passionate kisses. Each morning she woke up aching and wanting. If she didn’t get a handle on these damn dreams, she was bound to do something incredibly stupid. 

Even now, just thinking about it sent a bolt of pleasure through her.

“Stop it.” Anna closed her eyes and gripped the sink’s edge. “She’s your sister. Just your sister. Stop it.”

There were only so many cold showers one could stand. She needed to get out of the house. A long walk sounded safe and would get her out of the house for a little while. The purses from that night sat on the far end of the counter, dirty and untouched, with everything still inside. Grab her house keys, tell Elsa she was heading out, then stay away until her heart stopped shouting at her to go for it.

Unable to find her keys, Anna turned the bag upside down, emptying all its contents onto the counter. Wallet, random assortment of coins, a couple of badly wrinkled movie tickets, a watch, and her keys. She snatched the keys up and paused. The watch had been a high school graduation gift, a match to the one given Elsa years earlier. Picking it up, she turned it to look at the cracked glass.

It read 6:13.

Instinctively Anna knew that winding it wouldn’t do anything. A bright light filled her vision and the hazy film coating her dreams lifted. No, not dreams, half-remembered memories. Odd looking creatures, shapeless gowns, food with no taste, interviews, testing, kissing.

Kissing!

Anna dropped everything and rushed across the house to burst into their bedroom, startling Elsa who was curled up on the rocking chair reading.

“Anna?”

 Shame, so prevalent in her life, disappeared to almost nothing as she strode purposefully towards her future. She didn’t pause to ask for permission, she didn’t stop to think it through, didn’t hesitate to let doubt control her.

This was it. The point of no return. 

Her hand cradled the back of Elsa’s head and slowly pulled her forward. Anticipation of feeling those lips against hers again sent her heart racing. Lips, even better than she remembered, pressed against hers and it only took a moment before her kiss was enthusiastically returned. Pressure from a hand on her sternum and suddenly Anna found herself laying on the floor with an enthusiastic Elsa draped over her.

Very enthusiastic.

The kiss deepened, tongues caressed, hips rocked, and the missing pieces of her life fell into place.

“Elsa, your shoulder.”

“I don’t care.” 

Kisses traveled along Anna’s neck, chasing away even the tiniest thoughts of fleeing. She surrendered herself to pleasure.

* * * * * 

Epilogue 

Four Years later

Elsa locked the door behind the last employee after wishing them a good evening. One last check that all the tables where wiped down and display cases cleaned, she walked to the back room of the bakery to the small office Anna used. 

She leaned against the doorway and watched her sister pour over sheets of never ending paperwork. They opened Star Bakery together a year ago with decent success that only picked up as time passed. First, people came to see the mysteriously disappearing, and reappearing, Mathews sisters, some people still came to gawk at them, but all left with a few baked items. A sale was a sale. Now, most came solely for the baked goods.

Together they had decided to keep what little they remembered from their abduction silent, afraid the story would cause unwanted scrutiny into their lives. It turned out to be the right decision as Barney and Betty Hill from New Hampshire became bigger and bigger media darlings.

“Anna? It’s time to go home.” Their shared apartment upstairs might not be the most spacious or luxurious of places, but it was their home. 

“Just five more minutes.” Anna didn’t look up from the writing front of her.

“Oh, no you don’t.” Elsa fell into that trap before, five minutes always turned into an hour and found her practically dragging Anna upstairs. She pushed off the door frame and walked over.“It’s time for dinner.”

“Really, I just need five-“

A long, slow kiss interrupted Anna. 

“It’s time for dinner,” whispered Elsa as she caressed Anna’s cheek. “And perhaps dessert afterwards.”

“I like dessert.” Glazed over eyes stared at her lips.

“So do I.” Elsa straightened up and walked out of the office, putting a little more sway into her hips. Sounds from behind her of Anna quickly cleaning up and scrambling to follow brought a smile to her face.

[cookietroop]

Rando stories from mah mind

Imagine if the divine creator but in her regular world she is a caretaker of penguins in the zoo she works in, so imagine the divine creator is being followed by a whole ass army of penguins!

The penguins are going to be jealous of the people of mondstadt trying to get their caretaker’s attention so they peck em!

“NOOT NOOT!” Screech a penguin as he sat on the caretaker’s feet like they were a baby penguin again. He was being a little brat trying to get their moms attention.

Venti would’ve overall wowed by the fact they do not fly and they look so cute! Venti is all up in their business.

Zhongli would be amazed by their abilities, being able to slide through the city and being protective of the divine creator. But he would also be kind of jealous because of the penguins always being able to get their caretaker’s attention.

I am just laughing about the fact that when female penguins fight they just slap eachother with their flippers.

So just imagine the female penguins slapping the legs of people trying to get their caretaker’s attention.

I can just imagine The divine creator laughing hard at that but picks up a female penguin and petting her to make them happy.

But when they get abroad the crux fleet things are going down.

LOUD PINGU NOISES INTENSIFIES*

Just imagine them swarming the boat on their way to inazuma not letting their caretaker out of their sights.

Just imagine the shogun being swarmed by penguins and they are just all over their caretaker.

Ei would just be in love with them and try to hold one like a little child seeing a plushy.

“Your grace what are they called?” Asked Ei.

“They are penguins. Be careful! They bite when they get threatened!” Said Y/n.

“I shall call you dango and together we shall rule together for inazuma.” Declared Ei as she picked up a penguin chick.

“Ei that’s a baby penguin, she still needs her parents.” Said Y/n.

“That can be arranged.” Said Ei as she picked out the mom and dad penguin.

“Uuuuhhhh, do you want to see their baby photos-“ asked Y/n.

“Their what?!” Asked Ei.

I can just imagine how Ei is fan girl-ing about their baby photos and the penguins are like the embarrassed child.

Like here is some funny head cannons about the penguins!

1. A Penguin name Charlie is a hopeless romantic trying to get Rosaria’s attention but rosaria is like ‘I don’t know what to think but it’s cute and I’m in awe’

2. A horde of penguins tried to get diluc’s grapes and they ended up with Kaeya as the leader penguin, so yeah the title Calvary captain is not in vain.

3 they are so spoiled by the creator that when they see a kid receiving a candy from their caretaker they go full Karen on them.

4 Childe’s younger bro mistaken a penguin chick for a toy and he ended up with the momma penguin letting off with a glare.

5 Scaramouche is not trying to get attached to the penguins but when he saw a father penguin caring for an egg he’s immediately in love. He ended up with the chick that hatched.

6 Kazuha was swarmed by female penguins and he was followed everywhere it got to the point where Y/n had to give them fish to give kazuha a clean getaway.

7 Xiao once took care of an egg when a father trusted it with him so he could feed the newborn chick. Xiao was careful around the egg and he had a panic attack when the egg cracked. But luckily for him father had them father senses and the penguin father had returned to feed the chick. The chick imprinted on Xiao and follows him everywhere and it also makes the father follow him so now he’s stuck with the duo.

8 Cloud Retainer couldn’t help herself when a chick was lost and she ended up adopting it and now Shenhe and Ganyu are spared from cloud retainer’s embarrassing stories about them. But another problem cloud retainer is back to being a total mom.

9 Kujou is saddened by the fact that she never knew her parents because of the penguin parents being good parents but a grieving mother was there to adopt her. Kujou has a bond with the momma penguin.

10. Itto got chased by the horde of penguins when he tried to make a penguin fight his beetle but then the chick called out to his parents and you know the rest.

11 Ayato and Ayaka loves seeing the penguin chicks making funny and cute sounds and their adorable faces! They are ready to have a cuddle pile.

12 Yae is Jealous by Dango with Ei.

13 Y/n knows how spoiled they are but she doesn’t mind it but one penguin being bullied is enough for her turning into an intimidating character.

[mintytrifecta]

Ahgvkhgv hell yeah lets do it!! L + Ratio + *Unevils your demo mode buzz* + your mom - Starstruck - Void In Fugue - HEY BUZZ LOOK YOUR REPRESSED MEMORIES (what??) B A H- - Codename: Lenore - Gather Ye Rosebuds some of these are WIPS I haven’t touched in a while or plan to redo alltogether but uuuuhhhh yeah lmao tbh idk who to tag so uuhhh any friends who write feel free to hop on >:))

WIP title game!

I was tagged by my beloved @girlscience

Rules: post the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! and then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

My WIPs usually aren't named anything fun... It's usually just the title of the fic, or just "untitled document" until I can think up the title of the fic lmao but here's what I've got!! (and it's honestly probably less than some people are expecting)

demon muichiro fic - eternal everchanging - everyone bleeds red outlines/notes - everything i gave - gates of heaven - here kitty kitty - how to hollowfy your human - kitten nip - last sunrise - outlines - shadow of sunlight - sparks - wind-blown lilies

Ummm for tagging, I def don't have this many people to tag lmao but I'll go with @leggy-grimm @enevera @jaci-serigala @charlottewritesall @girlbossminerva if yall would like! As always, no pressure, and if anyone else would like to do it, here's your honorary tag

[royai]

as the only sibling that doesn’t share a mom AND dad with my other 5 i do kinda hate how connor roy is treated as not a part of the, uh, family? siblings? cause for me and i’m sure many like me who grew up in houses where 1 parent was mostly a stranger and your siblings didn’t know you were their sibling because you didn’t share one of their mom or dad it kinda sucks to uuuuhhhh have a show confirm the uuuhhh insecurities you’ve had your entire life but that’s a me problem not a succession problem (:

[iynnn]

- why you follow me

EASY PEASY YOURE MY BESTIE AYO UP TOP

- what’s on your mind/what you’re thinking about

IM THINKING ABOUT STARTING PHP TOMORROW BUT IM ALSO THINKING ABOUT MY DOG

- a compliment

GIRLIE YOURE SO PRETTY IT HURTS AND FUNNY AND EVERYTHINF

- make me choose between two things

ME AND GOD

- ask for advice

BRO HOW DO U TALK TO GIRLS AND ALSO HOW DO YOU MAKE A CAKE IM REALLY BORED

- tell me a secret

YOUR MOM

- things you associate me with

CADENCE BLACKBURN AND ALSO UUUUHHHH THAT ONE UHHH FUCK I FORGOT

you b4 god

are you high rn?

thanks <33

ill text you a good cake recipe but make browneis bc they are good