#you experience the things it symbolizes in ur waking life and when u go to sleep u do not rest. u experience it all but so much worse.
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i think perhaps nightmares should not be allowed to be terrifying in both the surface level experience of it as well as the symbolism of the experience. it should only be scary one way or the other, not both.
#mother killing my brothers and acting like it was no big deal and somewhat hiding it from me while being very casual about it#and my sister and i are expected to act as though this is normal and fine#while knowing that if we act as if it is frightening or in any way abnormal then we may be killed too#and my sister of course being very good at this because she is always so good at behaving and doing what is ''right''#and me wondering if she does not even realize this is Wrong of our mother to do. and being unable to talk to her about it#because if i talk to her about it and ask if she is frightened then maybe she will tell mother and i will be killed#and knowing that if my sister does not realize this is wrong then she may behave in the same way as my mother#wanting to help her wanting to save her wanting to comfort her but i cannot because it is not safe to#and being afraid of her and not knowing if i can trust her but wanting her to be safe and loved all the same#all while being terrified for my own life and yet somehow when she is around then my own well-being takes a backseat in my mind#there is nothing like a sibling bond in an abusive environment truly. this will tear you apart like nothing else. it hurts.#the nightmare is all so blatantly obvious in its ''symbolism'' and it is so so so tiring#you experience the things it symbolizes in ur waking life and when u go to sleep u do not rest. u experience it all but so much worse.#and of course when u wake up it is nowhere near time to be awake yet so u have to force urself to sleep again and return to More nightmares#it is amazing to me that there are people who do not live this way. they feel safe in their awake life and they do not feel afraid of sleep#death tw#murder tw#abuse tw#pippen needs 2nd breakfast
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Decided to do one of these & modified some alphabet templates Iāve seen
Not all, but some letters are NSFW
Iām thinking of a male S/O but Iāll try to keep it gender neutral
This is before Stede/ an alternative timeline where he and Stede never got together
Affection
Of course! Heās spent so long w/o a purpose, now that he has a partner he want to spend his life with, youāre gonna know just how thankful he is for you! Heās not naturally a heavy PDA person, but he does more casual things like hugs, pecks, and kissing the top of your head w/o really caring about the crew seeing
Body Part (yours and theirs)
His: tattoos
Itās taken a long time to get them all and they have a lot of meaning for him. They added to his intimidation when he was younger and now theyāre a symbol of all the pain heās survived: emotional and physical
Yours: chest
Regardless of gender, he thinks your chest is the most comfortable place to lay his head, bonus points bc he can hear your heart beat, so he knows your safe
Cuddles
Not in front of others, but when youāre alone & having downtime, heās all for it. Curling up in bed, face in your neck while you talk. Heās ok with being the big spoon, but prefers the little spoon, either way he faces towards you with his hands around your waist. If someone walks into the room he wonāt pull away unless they donāt leave soon.
He also likes when you come sit on his lap in a chair and vice versa. Heāll just melt if you play with his hair and read to him.
On nights when the weather is good, youāll lay in each others arms on deck, not caring if the crew sees
Dirty Secret
He gets kind of turned on when you teach him something new. Just confidently knowing what youāre doing in an area heās unfamiliar with is attractive, though he feels a bit embarrassed. thinks being a captain means he should be in charge & teaching others.
Experience
Are you kidding? Heās Captain Blackbeard! Many people want a piece of him and before you, he was happy to provide. Can and will probably show you things youāve never even heard of
Flirting
Doesnāt play hard to get at all, very friendly and touchy. Nothing too big until youāre dating: shoulder squeezes/holds, hugs, and when teaching you how to do something he takes every opportunity to touch you, even if itās not necessary. When it gets to actual romantic moments, he is a little quieter, but more genuine with his feelings while still keeping a light tone
Gentle (emotional and physical)
Emotional: Hell yeah! heāll anything & everything to meet your needs, but if he canāt get you something Ed finds the next best thing
Physical: in the beginning & in quiet moments/first times yes, but mostly rough afterwards. He just gets so excited and turned on he canāt help it. King of aftercare tho
Hand Holding
Yeah heās good with it! Youāre not gonna do it all day or most of it, but heāll come by and do a quick squeeze of ur hand or hold it if ur anxious telling him something. He also likes to hold hands a bit during and after sex
Injury
Patches you up and makes sure youāre ok, if he hasnāt already he sends someone to kill or punish the person who did it depending on how bad you got hurt. Sit by ur bed until uāre conscious and checks in on u every couple hours until you can move around again.
Jealousy
Unless youāre showing interest back, he doesnāt mind. He loves you & thinks ur awesome so of course other ppl will too! He does get jealous of things that take your time away from him, only bc he misses you
Kink they like
Light bondage; nothing to extreme but someoneās hands tied up & a blindfold does wonders for him
Love Yous
First: I feel like heād want you to say it first, but gets impatient and/or blurts it out before you have the chance
How Often: at least once a day. A good night love you is a nightly occurrence, usually a morning one if you wake up at similar times. If u impress him or if youāre gonna be separated for more than a couple hours -a day heās going to say it then as well
Multiple Relationships
I feel like Ed would want an exclusive relationship, but every now and then heād be down for a threesome with a random person if youāre both attracted to them. As long as neither of you have feelings or genuine attachments to the person, and you hook up with them together, heāll have a good time. NEVER someone you guys have a decent chance of seeing again, bc then he gets awkward due to him thinking that that person will be awkward & the whole interaction is uncomfortable.
Nickname
Heāll typically call you your name, or a shortened version of it, but occasionally heāll throw in a ābabeā or āhon/honeyā
He also calls most ppl mate so expect that
Oddity
Just that heās VERY different than how most people expect him to be
Position
Whoever is receiving sits on a table w/ the other person restraining their hands & standing
Quiet
In downtimes u guys are cuddled together in the captainās quarters or doing independent task in the same room
Risk (how experimental they are)
Heās down for almost anything baby! Just no feces or piss
Fr heās probably the one wanting to try more things
Stamina
Heās gonna want to do multiple rounds when you two get in the mood. Iād say a normal amount for him is 2-3, but if heās experiencing a strong emotion that day it goes up to 4-6, provided with some 5-10 minute breaks when needed
Turn Offs
Ppl who donāt let him express his emotions cough Izzy cough or when a person has a genuinely negative view on most things. Iām not talking about sarcasm, heās ok with that, Iām talking about ppl who scoff and make fun of things that others around them get excited for constantly. The type of person who sees a group laughing and having a good time and actively tries to bring down the mood.
He wants to have a good time in life and just canāt find ppl who spend their time ruining that attractive
Unfair (do they tease/are they selfish)
He doesnāt tease unless you ask for that kind of thing, and even then itās only a bit before he feels bad. He wants all parties involved in sex to have a great time and I donāt see him making fun of a partner for neediness, in fact, I think heād love to see how much you want him and would eagerly oblige. MAYBE light hearted off hand comments when you pass by each other walking on the ship
Volume
He starts off trying to muffle moans and stay quiet, but he ends up enjoying himself and throws any restraint overboard. Ppl on passing ships can probably hear him. The crew knows every single time you have sex and have begrudgingly learned to just ignore it. Lucius will still make small comments hinting at him to stfu without actually saying it
Warrior (would they fight for you?)
Obviously
When Ed loves you, he loves you with every fiber of his being and will gladly take a stab to the gut in order to save you or defend you
X-ray (how well can they read you)
I think when Ed truest loves something or someone he does his best to learn all about them. He knows every tell you have, every emotional shift, sometimes istg it feels like he knows your thoughts before you do
Yearning (how much they miss you)
Heās riddled with separation anxiety and constantly thinks of you when youāre away
Even if itās only for a few hours
His mood perks up when you reunite and dips when you leave
Zealous
Heās not gonna ask every second of the day, but if you offer sex heāll say yes 9/10 times. The time he says no is when there is something EXTREMELY important he needs to do. Like only life or death situations
#OFMD#alphabet#blackbeard#ofmd blackbeard#ed teach#our flag means death#edward teach born on a beach#Blackbeard alphabet#our flag means death ed#blackbeard our flag means death#ofmd edward teach#ofmd ed teach#edward teach our flag means death#glb ofmd
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disability in the Six Of Crows Duology; an analysis of Kaz Brekker, Wylan Van Eck, and the fandomās treatment of them.
****Note: I originally wrote this for a tiktok series, which im still going to do, but i wanted to post here as well bc tumblr is major contributor to what im going to talk about
CW: ableism, filicide, abuse
In the Six of Crows duology, Leigh Bardugo delicately subverts and melds harmful disability tropes into her narrative, unpacking them in a way that I, as a disabled person, found immensely refreshing andā¦. just brilliant.Ā
But what did you all do with that? Well, you fucked it up. Instead of critically looking at the characters, yāall just chose to be ableist.Ā
For the next few videos paragraphs im going to unpack disability theory (largely the stuff surrounding media, for obvious reasons) and how it relates to Six Of Crows and the characterization of Kaz Brekker and Wylan Van Eck, then how, despite their brilliant writing, yāall completely overlooked the actual text and continuously revert them to ableist cariactures.
Disclaimer: 1. Shocker - i am disabled. I have also extensively researched disability theory and am very active in the disabled community. Basically, I know my shit. 2. im going to be mad in these videos this analysis. Because the way yāall have been acting has been going on for a long ass time and im fuckin sick of it. I donāt give a shit about non-disabled feelings, die mad
Firstly, Iām going to discuss Kaz, his play on the stereotypical āmean crippleā trope and how Bardugo subverts it, his cane, and disabled rage. Then, I am going to discuss Wylan, the āinspiration pornā stereotype, caregivers / parents, and the social model of disability. Finally, I will then explain the problems in the fandom from my perspective as a disabled person, largely when it comes to wylan, bc yall cant leave that boy tf alone.
Kaz Brekker
Think of a character who uses a cane (obviously not Kaz). Now, are they evil, dubiously moral, or just an asshole in general? Because nearly example I can think of is: whether it be LotsāO from Toy Story, Lucius Malfoy, or even Scrooge and Mr.Gold from Once Upon A Time all have canes (the last two even having their canes appear less and less as they become better people)
The mean/evil cripple trope is far more common than you would think. Villains with different bodies are confined to the role of āevilā. To quote TV Tropes, who I think did a brilliant job on explaining it āThe first is rooted in eugenics-based ideas linking disability or other physical deformities with a "natural" predisposition towards madness, criminality, vice, etc. The Rule of Symbolism is often at work here, since a "crippled" body can be used to represent a "crippled" soul ā and indeed, a disabled villain is usually put in contrast to a morally upright and physically "perfect" hero. Whether consciously on the part of the writer or not, this can reinforce cultural ideas of disability making a person inherently inferior or negative, much in the same way the Sissy Villain or Depraved Homosexual trope associate sexual and gender nonconformity with evil. ā
Our introduction to Kaz affirms this notion of him being bad or morally bankrupt, with āKaz Brekker didnāt need a reasonā, etc. This mythologized version of himself, the ābastard of the barrelā actively fed into this misconception. But, as we the audience are privy to his inner thoughts, know that he is just a teenager like every other Crow. He is complex, his disability isnāt this tragic backstory, he just fell off a roof. Itās not his main motivation, nor does he curse revenge for making him a cripple - it is just another part of who he is.Ā
His cane (though the shows version fills me with rage but-) is an extension of Kaz - he fights with it, but it has a purpose. Another common thing in media is for canes to be simply accessories, but while Kazā cane is fashionable, it has purpose.
The quote āThere was no part of him that was not broken, that had not healed wrong and there was no part of him that was not stronger for having been broken.ā is so fucking powerful. Kaz does not want nor need a cure - its said in Crooked Kingdom that his leg could most likely be healed, but he chooses not to. Abled-bodied people tend to dismiss this thought as Kaz being stubborn but it shows a reality of acceptance of his disability that is just, so refreshing.
In chapter 22 of SOC, we see disabled rage done right - when he is called a cripple by the Fjerdan inmate, Kaz is pissed - the important detail being that he is pissed at the Fjerdan, at society for ableism, not blaming it on being disabled or wishing he could be normal. He takes action, dislocating the assholeās shoulder and proving to him, and to a lesser extent, himself, that he is just as capable as anyone else, not in spite of, but because he is disabled. And that is the point of Kaz, harking back to the line that āthere was no part of him that was not stronger for having been brokenā.Ā
I cried on numerous occasions while reading the SOC duology, but the parts I highlighted in this section especially so. I, as many other disabled people do, have had a long and tumultuous relationship with our disability/es, and for many still struggle. But Kaz Brekker gave me an empowered disabled character who accepts themselves, and that means the world to me.Ā
Keeping that in mind, I hope you can understand why it hurts so much to disabled people when you either erase Kazās disability (whether through cosplay or fanfiction), or portray him as a ābroken boy uwuā, especially implying that he would want a cure. That flies in the face of canon and is inherently fucking ableist. (if u think im mad wait until the next section)
Next, we have Wylan.Ā Ā
Oh fucking boy.Ā
I love Wylan so fucking much, and yāall just do not seem to understand his character? Like at all? Since this is disability-centric, Iām not going to discuss how the intersection of his queerness also contributes to these issues, but trust me when I say itās a contributing factor to what i'm going to say.
Wylan, motherfucking Van Eck. If you ableist pricks donāt take ur fucking hands off him right now im going to fight you. I see Wylan as a subversion another, and in my opinion more insidious stereotype pf disabled people - inspiration porn.
Cara Liebowitz in a 2015 article on the blog The Body Is Not An Apology explains in greater detail how inspiration porn is impactful in real life, but media is a major contributing factor to this reality. The technical definition is āthe portrayal of people with disabilities as inspirational solely or in part on the basis of their disabilityā - but that does not cover it fully.Ā
Inspiration porn does lasting damage on the disabled community as it implies that disability is a negative that you need to āovercomeā or ātriumphā instead of something one can feel proud of. It exploits disabled people for the development of non-disabled people, and in media often the white male protagonist. Framing disability as inherently negative perpetuates ideals of eugenics and cures - see Autism $peaksā āI Am Autismā ad. Inspiration porn is also incredibly patronizing as it implies that we cannot take care of ourselves, or do things like non-disabled people do. Because i stg some of you tend to think that we just sit around all day wishing we werenāt disabled.Ā
Another important theory ideal that is necessary when thinking about Wylan is the experience of feeling like a burden simply for needing help or accommodations. This is especially true when it comes to familial relationships, and internalized ableism.
The rhetoric that Wylanās father drilled into his head, that he is ādefectiveā, āa mistakeā, and āneeds to be correctedā, that he (Jan) was ācursed with a moron for a childā is a long held belief that disabled people hear relentlessly. And while many see Van Eckās attempted murder of Wylan as āpreposturousā and overall something that you would never think happens today - filicide (a parent murdering their child) is more common than you would like to believe. Without even mentioning the countless and often unreported deaths of disabled people due to lack of / insufficient / neglectful medical care, in a study on children who died from the result of household abuse, 40 of 42 of them (95%) were diagnosed with disabilities. Van Eck is not some caricature of ableist ideals - he is a real reflection on how many people and family members view disability.Ā
Circling back to how Wylan unpacks the inspiration porn trope - he is 3 dimensional, he is not only used to develop the other characters, he is just *chefs kiss* Leigh, imo, put so much love and care into the creation of Wylan and his story and character growth that is representative of a larger feeling in the disabled community.Ā
That being said, what you non-disabled motherfuckers have done to him.
The āhaha Wylan canāt readā jokes arenāt and were not funny. Yāall literally boiled down everything Wylan is to him being dyslexic. And itās like,,,, the only thing you can say about him. You ignore every other part of him other than his disability, and then mock him for it. Thereās so much you can say about Wylan - simping for Jesper, being band kid and playing the fuckin flute, literally anything else. But no, you just chose to mock his disability, excellent fucking job!
Next up on āableds stfuā - infantilization! yāall are so fucking condescending to Wylan, and treat him like a fucking toddler. And while partly it is due to his sexuality i think a larger portion is him being disabled. Its in the same vein of people who think that Wylan and Jesper are romantically one sided, and that Jesper only kind of liked Wylan, despite the canon evidence of him loving Wylan just as much. You all view him as a āsmol beanā, who needs protecting, and care, when Wylan is the opposite of that. He is a fucking demolitions expert who suggested waking up sleeping men to kill them - what about that says āuwuā. You are treating Wylan as a burden to Jesper and the other Crows when he is an immensely valuable, fully autonomous disabled person - you all just view him as damaged.Ā
And before I get a comment saying that āuhhh Wylan isnāt real why do you careā while Wylan may not be real, how you all view him and treat him has real fucking impacts and informs how you treat people like me. If someone called me an āuwu baby boyā theyād get a fist square in the fucking jaw. Fiction informs how we perceive the world and yāall are making it super fucking clear how you see disabled people.Ā
Finally, I wanted to talk about how the social model of disability is portrayed through Wylan. For those who are unaware, the social model of disability contrasts the medical model, that views the disability itself as the problem, that needs to be cured, whereas the social model essentially boils down to creating an accommodating society, where disability acceptance and pride is the goal. And we see this with Wylan - he is able to manage his fatherās estate, with Jesperās assistance to help him read documents. And this is not out of pity or charity, but an act of love. It is not portrayed as this almighty act for Jesper to play saviour, just a given, which is incredibly important to show, especially for someone who has been abused by family for his disability like Wylan, that he is accepted.Ā
Yet, I still see people hold up Jesper on a pedestal for āputting up withā Wylan, as if loving a disabled person deserves a fucking pat on the back. Itās genuinely exhausting trying to engage with a work I love so much with a fandom that thinks so little of me and my community. It fucking shows.Ā
Overall, Leigh Bardugo as a disabled person wrote two incredibly meticulous and empowered disabled characters, and due to either lack of reading comprehension, ableism, or a quirky mix of both, the fandom has ignored canon and the experiences of disabled people forā¦. shits and giggles i guess. And yes, there are issues with the Grishaverse and disability representation - while I havenāt finished them yet so I do not have an opinion on it, people have been discussing issues in the KOS duology with ableist ideals. This mini series was no way indicative of the entire disabled experience, nor does it represent my entire view on the representation as a whole. These things need to be met critically in our community, and talked about with disabled voices at the forefront. For example, the limited perspective we get of Wylan and Kaz being both white men, does not account for a large portion of the disabled community and the intersection of multiple identities.
All-in-all, Critique media, but do not forget to also critique fandom spaces. Alternatively, just shut the fuck up :)
happy fucking disability pride month, ig
#soc#six of crows#kaz brekker#soc kaz#kaz talk tag#kanej#grisha#grishaverse#ketterdam#leigh bardugo#bardugo#crooked kingdom#ck#wylan#wylan van sunshine#wylan supremacy#jesper x wylan#wesper#jesper fahey#shadow and bone#wylan van eck#jan van eck#ableism#ableist bullshit#ableist slurs#disability#disability pride month#i will punch you in the face#el oh el#laugh out loud
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Fruits Basket,Se03, Ep 9 (part 1)
āppl & feelings canāt be bound downā~
What an ep for my girl tohru! She completed her growth thanks to kyoās rejection. really, It was so hard, cruel, understandable but above all so necessary for her to reach a logical realistic conclusion that āI can love/want things from the bottom of my heart, but at the end I canāt force or bound them to me, I wonāt regret loving/wanting them, but Iāll move forward regardless, no more standing stillā.
-The fear of being alone:
Arenāt we all? Weāre scared to face the word after breaking bonds, changing, not getting what we want, having to start over. Such feelings run deeper into us all. Both tohru & akito were scared to face the word without the old comfortable bond that they got used to:
Tohru realized today, that she cant keep talking to a cold photo, canāt live according to her momās expectations, to fulfill her momās wishes, canāt narrate her daily life to her mom & fill her life with other pplās own issues to distract her self from facing her own loneliness & from looking deeper into what should she do with her life. As she fell in love with kyo, tohru started talking to him! forgetting to inform her mom abt her lifeās details, thinking abt what will she do āafter graduation?ā. As kyo asked in se02, ep2. Graduating highschool is ur momās wish, What would u wanna do after?ā Tohru didnt have a response of āan afterācuz her mom wasnt there to tell her! Tohru has to choose āthe afterā herself!!!! āThe afterā was being with kyo & starting life together! figuring what to do next together! She no longer alone! she found her most precious person!
Except: he cant be with her. Again tohru is scared. What to do now! she wanted a bond but is forced to leave it. Loving kyo was stage 1 to be free from her grief. Moving forward without kyo is stage 2 to learn not to repeat the painful journey again! She didnt let go of her mom & kyo easily. It was hard, scary but she must do it. You must respect their wishes & move on. As scared as she is, there will be sadness & happiness ahead.
Akito realized she cant keep an empty box, cant keep fulfilling her dadās wishes to ābe loved & specialā cant bound the zodiacs to her for good. They may love her or not, it doesn't matter, if they wish to leave for whatever reason, she cant force them to stay.
Except now that the zodiacs are leaving, what does she have to live for? who will be with her? she isnt good with strangers? she never met anyone who wasnt forced to obey her & be grateful for her. Strangers cant be forced to love her! what will she do now? stretch you hand for a greeting. Tohru told her, make a friend, they might refuse you, but hey might accept u too, Iāll make it easy, Hi, I;m tohru, whats ur name?
The power of true love: ( reality vs fiction)
In fairy tales, the princess fix the prince. the prince save the princess. The prince kiss the princess, she wakes up & they be happy ever after. Except real life has no prince & princess, You cant always be saved, you cant always save others, pure intense true love cant always be the answer!
Yuki was first when tohru needed physical saving. he saved her twice! Yukiās nickname in school āthe princeā. Yuki is always cool, thoughtful & kind. Yuki always knew what to say & do! he deserves tohruās romantic love more than kyo, right? But āppl & feelings canāt be bound downā~ . Yuki didn't feel this way towards tohru, granted no one (excepts kakeru) knows the reason why he loves her fondly (sheās his mom figure). The officialā prince isnt the one for her. Real life isnāt a fairy tale. Yuki has someone who sees he isnāt cool, perfect or a prince ā granted no one knows abt machi, yet! ) XD
In tohru monologue: she didnt think abt saving, that's not why she loves kyo. She stated normal, silly, mundane things! a shy smile, awkward kindness & the likes. Stuff ppl love abt each other in real life. You dont say, I love my husband cuz he saved me from a burning building in the 7th floor! lol. But fiction is so full of this. Princes saving princesses.
Tohru didnt fix kyo, too! as much as her love helped him greatly to find hope, the best writing choice is that tohruās love also brought despair to kyo! To him, sheās the symbol of hope, peace & comfort! sheās also, the symbol of despair, torment & unease! EPIC! The kyo whoās stuck in the past cant be with her, the kyo who will move beyond trauma, abuse & broken soul will be with her. The duality is all on kyoās shoulder: what will he choose? Can he choose in his state now?
In fairy tales the princess wakes up after the kiss. In real life, we don't. Tohru didnāt. Regardless if she fainted during or after the kiss. The kiss fixed nothing. Kyoās despair in seeing near-dead tohru in a not-so-subtle mimic to his nightmare, has manifested itself into the sweetest kiss upon seeing her conscious & talking. Kyo isnt good with words, his actions are his words. When heās scared, sad, in trauma: running away. when heāsĀ fond of her, grateful for her existence: head knock, head pats, hand holding & a kiss. Still the kiss fixed nothing. Kyo is still traumatized more than ever now. Tohru still feels rejected āeven if Iām not with you, plz liveā.
Talking fixes everything. It didnāt here, kyo & tohru talked & showed their most vulnerable side to the other, but still didnāt meet half ways, regardless of all the love. Thatās cuz they keep missing each otherās best timing. Kyo is stuck in the past while tohru has moved forward. even if in her mind sheās the one who stood & he moved. this shows they arenāt on the same wave yet. Before meeting each other again, kyo must learn from his mistake like tohru did. He must face his ultimate demon: his dad. The one who created the current broken kyo.
Rebelling against parents: ( sign of growth & freedom of choice):
Rebelling against parentsĀ is a sign of a desire to choose oneās path, decide oneās own future. Away to express an oppressed desire.
Yuki rebelled against his mom in se02. he told her Iām not going to the college you chose. Iāll chose my path. Iām not staying away from Ayame. My bro is good in my book. I chose who I want to be with. He told her what he needed, turned his back & moved forward.
Tohru rebelled against her mom today. told her Iām not wasting myself doing only what you I think youāll approve off. You might bot forhet kyo, thats ur choice, But I DO. I love him even if you might not approve of him, Even if he rejected me, my feelings wont change, but Iāll move forward from the grief & pain. mother. She told her what he needed, turned his back & moved forward.
Kyo WILL rebelled against his disgusting dad. He MUST. It is his turn now. Heāll tell him Iām not wasting myself being locked in a cage. I have a future! Iām not a monster. I am LOVED! I might not 100% sure why Iām loved, but the truth cant be hidden. I have ppl who love me! cheer for me! I want to live! enough of death! mom & kyoko died, tohru nearly did, but Iām not gonna die! Iām not killing ME! Iāāll do what MOM didnt do! Iāll do what YOU couldn't do! Iāll live! Heāll tell him what he needed, turned his back & moved forward.Ā I cant wait! Iām in tears just thinking abt it! Kyo was punished enough! time for happiness!
Side Notes:
While Iām impressed with tohruās growth, as they did her justice in this ep, this doesnāt erase that the buildup for tohruās own journey & trauma was mediocre. There is a reason ppl commented ā omg tohru, you can love your mom AND kyo!. ā Grief is illogical, long process & it sucks that we werenāt allowed to experience tohruās grief & her momās role in tohruās abandonment issues. Huge lost opportunity that a good conclusion ep cant erase! but like tohru, Iām moving on ~
The path of growth for kyo will start by rejecting the demon: his dad. No. other. option. Hold abusers accountable for their crimes. Stop their madness. Tell them off.
We know kyo is baka! thatās his trade mark, the endearing baka! a lot of characters in the show think so! I love it, but Iām craving baka-yuki! XD! really, yuki is cool, level-headed & smart, but let him be baka too! this only shows up in tiny microscopic doses, but theyāre my fave doses of yuki! it humanizes the āperfect princeā, the āgifted high status ratā! Thus him not seeing kyo running the other side, is my fave look on him! XD.
I appreciate that kyo & yuki put their differences aside when theyāre with tohru. You cant tell yuki is hella pissed off with kyo, but he restrained himself. His gaze while full of anger is also full of sympathy as he heard/saw kyoās panic upon the thought of loosing tohru. He understand they both only mean the best for each other, but also tried they both keep missing each other & not meeting half way! Also, yuki being the only one in the hospital is realistic & endearing. No need for them all to be there & yuki lives with her & is so close to her.
kyo not being the hospital is fantastic! thank you writer-San! why would kyo go to the hospital after thinking his nightmare came true? kyoko /his mom warned him, youāll hurt another person.. he did.. he didn't cause her fall... but caused her sadness & hurt.
Momijiās reprimanding gaze is my fave look on him! Also, the best response to what akito did. Akito isnt used to such judgemental gaze. Kureno grabbed her cheeks, gently told her you shouldn't do that, the old maid told her you are right, Dr. Hatori erased her mistakes from ppl heads & bodies, shigure being either cold or kissing her ass, coxing her to yet torment another zodiac in his grand scheme to break the curse as happened in the beach arc.
You bet hana & arisa will be there next ep! Arisa will meet kureno & akito for sure. To path the way for their romance as seen in the ED.
Shigureās āremorseā is a whole can of worms. Playing with pplās hearts & feelings to gain someoneās affection is no laughing matter. Each time blood is shed, he contributed somehow. he didnt force anyone to hurt the other, but he played with matches & never got hurt.
Shigure must be glad akito stabbed kureno. Not cuz heās sadistic or bad person. He isnāt, but cuz akito stabbing kureno is akito cutting her bond with him. Go shigure, your girl removed her lover with blood. Kureno is punished for sleeping with ur girl by blood! so, when is ur punishment for sleeping with ur loverās mom? none? ok.
The animation is good. They didnt villinize akito by drawing extra manic features like se02. Kyoās broken & tormented face once again epicly drawn. However, akitoās slaps on tohruās face were comedic, unnecessary & such bad taste! Stop using violence for extra drama, furuba!
Also, tohru, I love you, I understand you are broken but charging at a person, who has a history of violence & physical abuse & holding a knife, is stupid. No other description. Iām glad she didnt accidentally kill you in her initial rage.
Everything akitoās redemption, kureno & shigure are part 2 in my review.
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Hey š„ŗ If ur not busy? Can i request a ateez reaction to them asking you to move in with them? But like u feel hesitant because thats a huge step and like damn thats commitment šš -RRSš
ateez reactions ; requested (f)
ćććateez asking you to move in with them ( kind of made me soft, highly recommend listening to euphoria by jk the joonpiter version, skip to 1:20 )
āā kim hongjoong :Ā
when hongjoong told you that he would love it if you would want to move in with him, in a new house that the two of you owned and lived in.
you were a bit hesitant, itās not like you didnāt want to live with him. he is the love of your life and it wouldnāt hurt for you both to live together in a small little house.
but it was a huge commitment, moving in together was kind of . . scary?
ājoong, w-what if we canāt pay the rent? what if we run out of grocery and donāt have enough money to get them? wha-ā
hongjoong smiled fondly, stepping to place his hands on your shoulders and leaning down to match your level.
āweāll figure it out together. . . there will be bad days but there will a lot of better days.ā he says, you smile. āweāll be in this together, you got me, i got you.ā
your eyes softened at his words, reaching your hands to cup his face. āyou got me,ā you whispered leaning in to place your lips on his.
āi got you.ā
āā park seonghwa :Ā
the two of you were standing on the wooden flooring covered with plastic wrapping with paint sprinkled over, your faces looking at the empty apartment waiting for you both to lighten it up with your souls.
āso we really doing this?ā you broke the silence, squeezing seonghwaās hand lightly while looking around the empty house.
seonghwaās lips tugged up in a soft smile, looking down at your uncertain face. he knew you were hesitant of moving in together because it was a very big commitment, it was scary.
he removed his hand from your hand and moved to stand in front of you, you looked at him with wide eyes, putting your weight on him and leaning on his chest. pressing the side of your face in his chest, his one hand wrapped around you while the other around your head.
āweāll do it together, i know itās scary. . . so many what ifās and to doās and to not.ā he says and you pressed your lips in a firm line, nodding.
āwhat if we canāt handle it?ā you asked lowly, making seonghwa chuckle.
āyou can fight goons but canāt handle living with me?ā he teased, ācanāt handle a fine man like me?ā you pulled back, eyeing him with disbelief.
āthis isnāt funny hwa, this is our future, weāre living together.ā
āi know, and weāll be great at it. trust me.ā
āā jeong yunho :Ā
you watched your stuff get moved from the living room of your house to the big moving truck by uniformed men.
āah, yes that should be enough, weāll see you there.ā your boyfriend yunhoās voice could be heard very well from the entrance.
you took a seat on your bubble wrapped couch, hearing it make a crinkly noise. you hid your face with your hands, leaning your elbows on your thighs. a sigh escaped your lips, were you really ready to move in with yunho?
what if the two of you break up for some unexpected reason? the two of you would have to live with each other until one of you move out.
āwhatās wrong,ā yunho crouched in front of you, taking your hands in his and looking at you with soft eyes and you faced him.
āiām scared. . yu what if we have a really big fight and we donāt want to live together any more? thereās so many possibilities of us going wrong-ā
ānothing will go wrong,ā he chuckles, āweāre literally engaged, unless you have someone else that youāre cheating on me with?ā he teased and you smacked his shoulder lightly while he laughed.
āmr. jeong, are we taking these too?ā you heard one of the truck drivers call out for yunho.
āiāll be back,ā he taps your cheek and leaves for the exit. you sit back on the seat, wondering of all possibilities and over thinking everything, but then you paused.
eyeing the engagement ring on your ring finger, you fiddled with the stone with your fingers. you and yunho were each otherās support, this ring symbolized your bond with him, you were the yin and yang to each other.
āyou ready, baby?ā you looked up to see yunho leaning on the doorframe, raking a hand through this mint hair.
this was a big step, yes youāll have difficulties but there would be many great days.
āyeah,ā you looked at him with a smile, āletās do it.ā
āā kang yeosang :Ā
the two of you were sitting on yeosangās parents couch in their house, hands intertwined together as the two of you listened to what his parents said.
the two of you had been thinking about moving in together, so seeking his parents advice was something you both wanted to to hear desperately.
āwe know it will be hard at first, thatās how yeosangās mother and i had it.ā you smiled listening to his dad. āyouāll have thoughts about leaving, or even feeling overwhelmed. . ā he continued and you squeezed yeosangās hand slightly.
his dad was describing how you were feeling, how you were thinking and the unexpected possibilities the two of you could have.
āyouāll overcome them together,ā
the nerve wracking experience of being independent and living together, something you had never thought that could come to you at any point in your life, thinking youād be single all your life.
āit will be hard, but the two of you will do it.ā
but when yeosang came into your life, your entire life changed. it was as if he was your missing puzzle piece, he completed you.
āso what do you think?ā
you looked up at his dad, a firm smile on your lips. āwe both are ready, weāll do it,ā you looked at yeosang who mirrors your expression.
and as if he heard what you were about to say, the two of you said it at the same time. ātogether.ā
āā choi san :Ā
āiāll leave you both to look around,ā you and san bowed slightly and watched the landlady walk away.
you faced san, an uneasy feeling pooling inyour stomach. the two of you wanted to move in together, the day san asked you, you were kind of terrified.
you kept asking yourself if you were ready for this next step in your life, if the two of you were ready for this.
san even told you that he would fine with whatever your answer would be, he was ecstatic when you said okay. because you felt that you both were ready, itāll be okay.
but now when you took a step in your maybe future house together, you couldnāt help but feel anxious, feeling unsure of your thoughts and overthinking everything.
āwe donāt have to this if youāre not okay with it baby, i know, i understand. but if you do change your answer, or not, remember iāll be there with you, okay?ā you nodded, and san pulled away to go lool around.
leaving you in more doubts, the look on sanās face brought to much happiness to you. when you told him you would love to move in with him, he picked you up in his embrace and twirled your around as you threw your head back laughing.
you didnāt even realize it had been so long that you stood there staring into nothing that the landlady has to shake you out of your trance.
āmaāam, will you be considering to buy this house?ā she asked you, gripping on her metal keys in hand.
you swallowed, looking over to see sanās back who explored the house. when you walked in the room after bidding goodbye to the lady, san turned around with his stunning smile.
ādid she leave?ā you nodded, āthen we should go-ā before he completed his sentence, you ran up and hugged him, burying your face in his crook.
āwe bought it, i said yes.ā
āā song mingi :Ā
āletās move in together,ā
you and mingi laid beside each other on his bed, both your breathingās matching with the others. the chill breeze in his apartment from the cold rain pouring outside.
āwhat?ā you asked, moving a bit to face him, and he shifted in the same position.
āi want to live with you,ā he takes your hand in his and you swallowed, āb-but mingi, isnāt this too early? donāt get me wrong-ā
āi know it maybe early for you, but for me iāve been thinking about this for so long. i want to be in the same place as you, wake up to see your beautiful face laying beside me.ā
āyou see i-ā
āsmell your scent on my clothes, having your food for dinner every night, have you in my arms every night and wake up in the same position.ā he whispered out, your mouth parted and a little gasp flees your lips.
āi want you by my side, everyday.ā you felt a tear drop down your cheek, hearing his low voice making your lips quiver as more tears roll down.
immediately wrapping your hands around his neck, you pulled him impossibly closer to you. small sniffles leaving your mouth and you nodded against his neck, āi love you,ā you said, his larger hand caressing your back a soft smile on his lips and water brimming on his waterline.
āi would love to move in with you.ā
āā jung wooyoung :
you gasped when wooyoung suggested to move in together, āyou what?ā
you watched him take a sip from his orange juice carton, āwell. . do you wanna move in with. . me?ā
āare you serious?ā you asked, and his face morph into panic mode. immediately standing up with his arms in the air as if the police had caught him for doing something bad.
āw-well, iām not forcing you! please donāt think that, i just wanted you to come live with me-ā
āi mean i already kinda do.ā
ā-because i believe that weāve being dating for so long now, itās only right for us to move in together in a small little house.ā he continues and you narrow your eyes at him.
āwooyoung, you know living together is a huge step. so many things to do and so much changes around us, a-and what if it doesnāt work out?ā
he sighed, running a hand through his hair before sitting down. āyouāre right, maybe we shouldnāt.ā he says it so lowly that you wanna engulf him in a hug and tell him you would love to move in with him.
āif we do move in together. . ā he looked up, āthen youāre throwing the garbage away.ā
ād-done.ā
āyouāll help me clean the house from time to time.ā
ādeal.ā
āyouāll help me cook,ā you tapped your chin, and he nodded frantically.
āthen we should be okay to move in together.ā you said and wooyoungās eyes flew wide open. āreally?ā he screeched and you nodded.
āokay, so preplanning , i ordered a bunch of stuff on. . ā
āā choi jongho :
you didnāt know if you were more afraid to move in with jongho or was he.
āso, are you sure about this?ā you asked, craning your head to the right to look at him. his red locks falling over his forehead and a pout on his lips.
āhm, i thought a lot about it, and i wanted your opinion on it.ā he says, and you nodded, taking in his hand and linking fingers with his.
āi think i would like that too,ā you replied, and he jumped.
āreally?ā
āweāre you expecting a different answer?ā you scanned his face.
āno no, itās just that the other hyungās said that their significant other was kinda shocked, so i thought you would be too,ā
āuhuh.ā
āand i even made a power point presentation on why we should move together, so that i could show you.ā you threw your head back laughing.
āy-you made-e a powerpoint?ā you spoke between your laughs, āhey hey, stop laughing!ā he pouted and you laughed even more.
when you finally relaxed down, you asked him to show the presentation to you. āa-are you going to change your answer?ā
you pretended to think, and jongho looked at you with concern. when you leaned closer to him, he thought he was done for.
ānope.ā
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SWEET SEPTEMBER.
a @periminkleāāā and @dewykthāāā collaboration.
synopsis. for many, september symbolizes new beginnings. but for namjoon, this month never fails to send him back into the past. though this time, something seems different.
pairing. kim namjoon | female reader contains. fluff, angst, slice of life au, ballet instructor!reader, single dad!njĀ word count. 7.5k+Ā warnings. death mentions, mature audience
daeās note. surprise !!! this fic is dedicated to my favourite virgo karla @guklvrāāāā !! happy birthday bae i hope you enjoy this lil thing me n vira whipped up for u!! (i stress wrote a lot of this ha.) also sry for lying & keeping you up but hopefully this makes u forgive me. but i hope ur day goes amazing ILYSM DUDE !!! <333 and a huge thank you to vira for hopping on board for this idea bc i cld not have done this without her !!! pls give her all the love !!!
viraās note.Ā KARLAAAA!!! i always gotta scream ur name itās mandatory to start with a good scream ykno? bUT HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRL š„³ Ā i already told u this too many times today but ILYSM !! like that full day without saying a single word to u felt so weird and i kept going into our chat and rereading our mssgs and wishing I was talking to u??? which is weird to admit?? but that literally how much i missed u idk how but im addicted to u so if you leave me I will literally die :))) aNYWAY have the bestestestest day ever and i hope u love the fic bc I ignored all my uni work to finish this !!! (also i feel reallyreallyreally bad about last night sO IM SORRY AGAIN BUT I HOPE THIS IS WORTH IT) š
Despite the papers carelessly stuffed into his leather briefcase, the dark coffee stain on his black slacks, and his unkempt locks resembling that of a birdās nest, Namjoonās become accustomed to the hectic nature of his mornings.
The kitchen table is practically buried under stacks of files, yet he brushes them aside to allow one corner of the glass surface to peek through. He plops the toddler in his arms onto a high chair before racing to the counter and sloppily pouring some honey nut cheerios into a small bowl, handing it off to his daughter.Ā
āDaddy?ā her voice squeaks, a patient smile stretching across her lips. Her brown strands are tied up into pigtails at the crown of her head with pink ribbons that flutter with the movement of her tiny head.Ā
āYes, angel?ā He scurries around to their bedroom, peeling the stained fabric off his body and threading one leg through another pair of slacks fresh from the laundry.Ā
With Namjoonās focus pinned on checking off the mental to-do list in his head, he misses the gentle, reassuring smile that stretches across her rosy lips. The adoration for her father is clear in her gaze. āYou forgot to pour the milk.ā
At the reminder, he squawks and hops back to the kitchen on one foot as he maneuvers his other leg through the pant hole. Swinging the fridge door open, he grabs the carton and sloppily pours the milk into her bowlāwhite droplets leaping out with their newfound freedom and forming perfect domes on the glass tabletop.
Cleaning the mess falls to the bottom of his priorities at the moment, and so he speeds off to the bathroom to ensure that his appearance is presentable for work while Dasom reaches over to pluck a tissue from the box, swiping the milky beads away before diving into her breakfast. She shoves as many cheerios into her small mouth as she can, rushing because she refuses to finish her meal in the car with their wild driver behind the wheel.Ā
Despite her mere four years of age, she knows from experience that a bowl of cereal and a shaky vehicle is a recipe for disaster.
Namjoon races over to his briefcase with most of his hair sleeked back, only the locks of his bangs hanging out to frame his forehead. As he slips his dark blazer on to complete his form-fitting suit, Dasom scoops the last few brown rings into her mouth and slurps the remainder of the liquid.
āDid you finish your milk?ā he questions while cramming the edges of the loose leaves that peek past the seam of his briefcase, hurriedly zipping it up and turning to face her.
Dasom flips the edge of the bowl up to display its empty contents, gulping the last of her breakfast down her throat. As per routine, she scans her father for any inconsistencies in his attire, landing on his odd fitting bottoms.
āDaddy, your pants are on backwards.ā
His eyes nearly bulge out of their sockets, glancing down to affirm that the pockets at his sides are no longer at the front of his hips. Hastily, he shimmies out of his slacks once more and twists the fabric around to the proper orientation.Ā
Dasom hops off her chair, her bowl and wet kleenex in hand as she waddles over to the sink and waits for him to deposit the dirty dish into the sink and the sullied tissue into the trash. Although her short arms couldnāt reach over the countertop just yet, sheāll diligently drink every last drop of her milk in hopes of growing tall enough to take some of the load off of her fatherās back.
He hoists Dasom up at the sight of the red car pulling up to the driveway, squeezing into the back seat. Namjoon doesnāt have to tell the driver to book it, as the calm man in front has learned to keep his foot pressed on the pedal. The car weaves through the morning traffic with concerning speed, snaking through the other vehicles littering the road as if they were no more than stationary pylons, simply there for practice.
Dasom remains on her fatherās lap with his arms looped protectively around the seatbelt over her torso. She sinks into his embrace, fiddling around with his long, slender fingers as she watches the blurs of colour speeding past the window.
āDid you put your ballet shoes into your backpack, angel?ā Namjoon loosens his grip on her, unhooking one hand to rummage through his own briefcase in order to confirm that he had indeed slid his laptop within the chaos inside. To keep her entertained, he playfully extends his digits out of her reach.
āOf course!ā she chirps, a wide grin revealing the gaps between her teeth. The pads of her fingertips brush against his palm and tickle the sensitive skin there when she realizes that her arms lack the length required to latch onto his hand. āI canāt wait for class, weāve got a new teacher coming in today!ā
Humming absentmindedly, he sighs in relief at the sight of the silver device and packs the crumpled papers back in. āWhat happened to Ms. Kim?ā
āSheās teaching the older class now.ā The pout on her lips can be heard within the muffled lilt of her voice when she continues, āI asked her to stay until my birthday next week b-but she didnāt.ā
Namjoonās breath hitches at the reminder, but attempts to compose himself for his daughterās sake. āItās out of her control, angel, plus sheāll probably swing by anyway.ā
His mind starts to fog up with the emotions he thought he buried last yearāthey swarm his every thought and nibble away at his sanity. He knows better than to believe that they would ever disappear. September will always be an insurmountable month for him.
āI might be a bit late to pick you up later, just sit tight and wait for Daddy, okay?ā
She eagerly nods in response, noticing the dull red bricks of her school coming into view. āOkay, bye Daddy!ā
Namjoon unlocks the seatbelt, wistfully watching his toddler bounce out of his arms and onto the asphalt below. No matter how many times he drops her off, itās always difficult to be separated from her bright smile, but he reminds himself that itās all for her; it makes things a little easier to bear.
āHave a good day at school.ā He reciprocates her frantic waving through the window, craning his neck to watch her adorable form become smaller and smaller with the increased distance. Her full cheeks and crinkled eyes are engraved into the back of his mind.
Before long, Namjoon finds himself rushing into his office after an earful from his surly boss about everything from the late hour to the long list of meetings scheduled to all the work heās got piled up. With his lips pursed and his head bowed, he somehow manages to make it past another lively morning.
Namjoon has a habit of overthinking. He figures itās normal when you have a stressful job and a four year old full of energy to balance all by yourself. Not that overthinking about his daughter does him any good, because that is far from the reality. If anything, it just makes him, what youād call, a bit... overprotective (over worrisome if you asked Jin). But itās something he canāt really help. Even when she had just entered his life, so small and so blissfully unaware of the awful and evil things in the world, all he wanted to do was hold her in his arms and shield her from it all as long as he could.
Though heās very aware of the fact that it wonāt be much longer, that wonāt stop him from going over every single little thing that could go wrong in the meantime.
So, of course, when Namjoonās asshole of a boss makes him stay two hours over his shift, all Namjoon can think about is Dasom. Is she okay? Has she eaten anything? Did she drink enough water today? Sheās always dehydrated after her classes too. He usually calls Ms. Kim to check up on her, but his calls went straight to voicemail, which definitely wasnāt helping his hectic mind. Perhaps something had happened to her?
Oh god, maybe someone broke in and had injured Dasom?
The doors are thrown open, the sound of the doorknob hitting the wall reverberating through the room. The receptionist wearing her usual polka-dot dress jumps in her seat, eyes lifting from the intense scene on her phone to the entrance of the building. An unsure smile stretches across her ruby red lips at the familiar figure, though a bit disheveled and breathless. But before the customary āhelloā can even form on her tongue, the figure is rushing past her, leaving only a gust of air in his wake. The papers on her desk fall to the ground, and she sighs.
Namjoon is prepared to fight the (fictional) person who thinks breaking into a toddler ballet class is a good idea, but the scene in front of him once he pushes past the doors of the studio is one he is wholly unprepared for.
He sees Dasom first, and the relief that fills his body is indescribable. Itās far from the usual sight heās greeted with when he picks her up late. Sheās not sitting on one of the chairs in the far corner of the room. His heart doesnāt feel heavy, which comes with seeing his daughter so glum. This time itās her laughter that greets him, not one provoked by him but by the figure standing in the middle of the room with her.
Dasom doesnāt seem to be aware of the presence of her dad yet, but the figure twirling her around turns, and her eyes land on Namjoon.
The reaction is immediate. The carefree smile that had been on your face slips off, a look of embarrassment and surprise overcoming your features. Namjoon only catches a glimpse, and somehow finds himself wishing that wonāt be the last time he sees it. You let go of Dasomās hand, quickly making your way to the stereo on the other side of the room. And thatās when-
āDaddy!ā
Dasom wastes no time running into her fatherās open arms, and Namjoon suddenly canāt remember why he was so worried in the first place. āHi, angel.ā he says, just loud enough for her to hear. She pulls back. āIām so sorry for getting here so late. I promise i wonāt do it again.ā
But of course, Dasom holds nothing but forgiveness in her heart for her hard-working father. She does love teasing him, though. āDon't say sorry to me, say sorry to her.ā she giggles, pointing behind her and Namjoon furrows his brow until he remembers theyāre not the only ones in the room.
His eyes immediately move to where you stand awkwardly near the stereo, eyes moving around the room as if you hadnāt been watching the whole exchange. Namjoon sighs, realizing he definitely canāt avoid talking to you now. He stands straight, holding onto Dasomās hand as he makes his way over to you. You only seem to grow more nervous as he nears, and Namjoon distantly recalls Jin telling him he came off as intimidating to most people. Something about his ābeefyā arms, in his own words. (āAnd that stupid and unfairly attractive face!ā) He goes for a smile because it's not like he can control his physique.
āHi, Iām so sorry aboutā¦ā
Namjoon stops.
Maybe it was the overwhelming distress before, or the really shitty lighting of the studio, but he hadnāt realized how pretty you were before. But now heās standing right in front of you and he canāt seem to form a coherent thought. Pretty canāt be the right word. He realizes how creepy he probably looks, running in here like a madman and then downright staring at the (very beautiful) woman who looked after his daughter? Not cool, man.
You clear your throat, before extending a hand to him. āHi, Iām ____, the new ballet instructor.ā
Your voice sounds just like honey.
Namjoon stares at your hand dumbly, before the sound of Dasom snickering (very discreetly) behind him snaps him out of it. But instead of introducing himself, or apologizing, or just taking your fucking hand, he says-
āWhat happened to Ms. Kim?ā
He mentally face-palms.
Not. Cool. Man.
Your face falls, and Namjoon has never wanted the ground to open up and swallow him whole more than he does now. āUh, sheās instructing the teen class now.ā you chuckle awkwardly, dropping your hand.
āOh-ā
āDaaaad,ā Dasom's voice sounds annoyed, and perhaps itās a bit silly of Namjoon to feel like heās being scolded, but that is exactly how he feels right now. āI told you this. In the morning. Remember?ā
He doesnāt. āAh, right of course,ā Namjoon scratches the back of his neck. It wasnāt like he meant to forget, he had just been too busy thinking about the other things every September would bring. āSorry, Iām Kim Namjoon. Dasomās dad.ā
This time he offers his hand, and he thanks the skies above that you donāt seem to hate him because you fit your hand against his. Warm, like honey. How long had it been since he last made a fool of himself in front of a pretty girl?
Too long.
āIām terribly sorry for arriving so late itās just that my boss, whoās a huge-ā Namjoon glances at Dasom, who is now in her own world, singing some song she learned in school, ājerk, decided to assign these reports last minute and the printer would just not work and then traffic hour-ā
Your hand comes up to cover your mouth, but Namjoon can see the amusement bubbling in your eyes. He flushes a deep red, eyes falling to the floor, realizing he started ranting.
āItās okay. Really.ā
When he looks back up, thereās a smile on your face. Not like the one before, this one was more reserved, but genuine, reassuring. And just like that, heās sure you donāt hate him.
Namjoonās not sure he likes this feeling though.
āStraighten your arms out, girls!ā you belt over the classical music that floods the studioās walls, scanning your army of toddlers in tutus whose arms immediately tense at your command. Making your way through the row, you poke and prod everywhere from their shoulders to their ankles. āArch your back more, Somin.ā
Their muscles violently tremble in response to the strenuous routine youāve introduced, facial features scrunched in concentration and a resolute will to uphold their positions despite the hyperextension of their limbs. A mix of pity and pride swells in your chest at their effort. āKeep your chins up, the annual recital is only a couple of days away.ā
Cheers erupt throughout the small room, disrupting the focus and spoiling their perfect form, yet you refuse to quiet excitement because of the renewed vigour buzzing throughout the room. The next hour depletes all of their built-up energy with demi-piles, pirouettes and sautƩs.
A glance at the analog clock in the corner informs you of the five minutes remaining before the end of class, so you pause the speakers and instruct the girls to stretch themselves out as they wait for their guardians to trickle in. They collectively sigh in relief before dropping to the floor like flies.
You snort at their dramatics with an amused smile playing at your lips. āI said to stretch, not to lay down and nap.ā
āCanāt we nap and stretch at the same time?ā
Strolling over to the source of the voice, you cluck your tongue at her limp form sprawled across the wooden floor and cross your arms, struggling to keep your giggles from breaking your angered facade. āAnd how do you suppose we do that, little Miss Dasom?ā
She flashes her toothless grin up at you. āLike this!ā With one leg bent over the other and her hands looping around to hold her twisted limbs to her torso, she shuts her eyes and exaggerates her snores.
At this point, itās nearly impossible to withhold your snickers, and the rest of the class joins in your laughter. You pick up on Dasomās tinkling giggles between each of her heavy breaths. The lighthearted jokes continue as kids are signed out with bright grins on each of their faces.
You wait for the rest of the toddlers to file out one by one, waving goodbye and checking them off your list until, as usual, Dasom is the only toddler left. Her tiny feet still clad in her faded ballet shoes waddle up to you, tugging on your blouse.
āYour pirouette was a bit wobbly today, do you want to go overāā
āāM tired,ā she interrupts, slouching her shoulders with an adorable frown marring her lips. Her exhaustion is justified, since the routine is rather exhausting, and with their recital right around the corner, you worked them to the bone today.
The odd timing of the switch between you and Ms. Kim left you with a little under a week to tweak and perfect their current choreography. A sloppy routine is not the way you want to present your skills to their parents for the first time, thus you were stricter with the kids than normal.
Your sympathy wins out, and so you gather Dasomās lithe figure into your arms as you head to the closest wall. With your back supported, you spread out your legs and place her in your lap.
āMy birthday is this Thursday.ā
āMhm,ā you hum, bobbing your head to signal for her to continue her train of thought.
Her back faces you, but when her head tips down to stare at her hands, you know sheās contemplating her words carefully. Rather than encouraging her to speak freely, you wait for her to feel comfortable enough to reveal her thoughts; and surely enough, her shell cracks open just enough for you to peep through. āDo you wanna come?ā
āI would be honoured.ā A giddy smile splits across your lips. āIs Daddy picking you up again today?ā
She flips around in your hold, wrapping her arms around your waist and snuggling her head to your chest. Her words are muffled into the fabric of your thin shirt, but her tone indicates her affirmation.
Suddenly self-conscious of your heartbeatāthat Dasom can definitely hear with her ear pressed up against youāpicking up pace at the mention of her father, you suppress your thoughts with a guilty conscience. You internally chide yourself for harbouring feelings for the charming, taken, man, defying arguably one of the most important fundamental rules of becoming an instructor.
Do not develop silly crushes on your studentās parents.
āMs. ____?ā her faint question snaps you out of your reverie, attention brought back to the present moment. While preoccupied, your hand took on a mind of its own, gingerly patting the space between the little girlās shoulder blades at a slow rhythm.
She gazes up at you when you halt your rhythmic movements, sharp eyes boring into yours. āAre you gonna ask Daddy to come see me dance?ā
The edges of your lips flip up in what you hope to be an encouraging smile as you nod your head. Subconsciously, you begin to stress over another encounter with Namjoon, formulating a script to hopefully avoid the stiff, tense atmosphere that lingered throughout all your previous interactions.
āDaddyās always really busy,ā she slurs, drowsiness coating her words and weighing down on her lids. Grumbling under her breath about her numb legs, Dasom crawls onto the floor beside you with her head resting on your thigh. āHeās always working hard for me.ā
Your eyes soften at the fetal position sheās taken up on the ground; not only was Dasom lucky to have such a dedicated father, but Namjoon was also blessed with a caring daughter. āYou donāt think he can make it?ā
āItās okay,ā she whispers and you have to crane your ears to listen. You stroke the strands littering her forehead, gingerly caressing the crown of her head. āItās okay if Daddy canāt come. I know him, heās trying to do it all because Mommyās not with us anymore, but itās okay. I still love him even if I canāt see him lots.ā
A knot forms between your eyebrows, a bittersweet ache forming within the creases of your heart. The painful constriction of your chest ebbs and flows with your shallow breaths that canāt seem to make it past your throat. You bite your lip to subdue the plentiful liquid gathering at your waterline.
No more than a croak escapes your lips before the door to the studio flies open, meeting the adjacent wall with a bang!
āIām so sorry, my meeting ran late and I couldnātāā the rest of his speech gets stuck in his windpipe at the sight of you, eyes rimmed red and sniffling, with Dasom, ostensibly dead asleep, on your thigh. āDid sheā¦?ā
You blink away your incoming tears, although your dignity has been completely thrown out the window, seeing as he believes that his four-year-old kid made a grown woman, who just so happens to be her ballet teacher, bawl her eyes out.
As you go to gently shake Dasom awake, she sluggishly lifts her head off of your lap and starts to scale your torso like a koala on a tree. Your confusion is vocalized through the high-pitched hum in your throat, but your efforts to pry off her limbs, tightly wound around the small of your waist, are futile.
āUh, Dasom? Itās time to go home now, angel.ā Despite his firm words, Namjoonās tone is unsure and shaky; he can feel cold sweat build up in the lines of his palms. He knows his daughter, and she can be periodically stubborn and insistent the way children are at her age, thus even as you come to stand, sheās stuck to you like glue. āWould you, uh, did you need a ride?ā
You mimic the sheepish smile on his face, hoping the flaming blush you feel on your cheeks isnāt as visible as it seems. āSure.ā
With Dasom latched onto you, both of you make your way to the red car outside after you lock up the studio. Namjoon courteously opens the car door for you, what with your arms supporting his clingy toddler; although, with the brute force he uses, you worry for the state of the hinges. Thankfully, they stay intact and heās able to slip into the backseat after you.
Before an awkward silence can settle, you clear your throat and prepare to ask him about his day, but youāre interjected by Namjoonās sudden stammering, āD-drivingās such a hassle for me so Jin drives us everywhere. Jin knows how to drive though, so, donāt worry.ā He finishes with a deep chuckle that dies off nearly as quickly as it began. Oh, thatās unexpected.
āYou donāt to drive yourself?ā Rather than being processed in your brain and logically thought through, the question immediately enters your mouth without any prior scanning for dumbass-content. You instantly regret it, feeling as though itās much too invasive. āYou donāt have to answer that, Iāā
The hearty laughter that meets your ears is āNo, I do. Sometimes. But its easier raising this one like this.ā His tone turns sweet at the mention of Dasom as he reaches over to pat her head, and youāre overcome with an intense desire to prod more into his personal life. Why does he have to work so much? Which shirt in his closet is his favourite? How does he like his eggs in the morning?
āIām not sure if you already knew about the annual recital on Saturday, but Dasomās been practicing really hard for weeks and the kids are all really talented, so it would definitely be worth your time...ā
As heās gazing at his daughter, galaxies of devotion and longing swirl within his cocoa irises. The cool light of the moon shines through the windows of the car, illuminating his sharp jawline and strong brows. Youāre absolutely mesmerized by the sight in front of you. āYou must be really busy, huh?ā
āMore than Iād like to be.ā
You rip your entranced gaze away from Namjoon, willing yourself to steady your frantic breaths.
The remainder of the ride still drips with awkward tension, although with a definite lighter tone than before. Jin pulls up to your apartment with your direction and you dislodge a sleepy Dasom from your torso, which is much easier now that her limbs have gone slack with sleep. Handing her off to Namjoon, who practically engulfs her tiny form with his broad chest, you rush out of the vehicle with a quick, āSee you!ā
You slam the door closed before he can say anything, racing into the comfort of your home with your heart in your throat.
The last thing you had expected to do on a Thursday evening was to go to a birthday dinner. Thursdays are your days off, your in-days. The ones you spend lounging on your couch with a face mask and some wine. And yet, here you are.
When you received a text this morning, the last person you had expected it to be was Namjoon. Much less Namjoon asking you to come over for Dasomās birthday. You werenāt going to say yes, hell, you had thought of downright ignoring it. It was weird, wasnāt it? But Dasom had quickly carved a toddler-shaped hole into your heart. Truly, you had said yes before the message was even typed out.
And so now you stare at the tall apartment building in front of you, definitely feeling more nervous than before. You knew that Namjoon had to be well-off to afford a weekday chauffeur, but damn did you not expect him to be this well-off.
It seemed today was the day to expect absolutely anything.
You enter the opulent building, signing in at the front desk before entering the large, mirrored elevator. The beating of your heart picks up the more floors you pass, and you canāt help but fidget with your appearance. Namjoon had said it would only be you three, which you guessed was supposed to calm your nerves but really, it did anything but that. The mere thought of eating dinner with Namjoon was nerve-wracking. But now you were about to eat dinner and enter his home; you had no fucking clue what you were getting yourself into.
The doors slide open, and you step into the hallway. A single door could be seen at the end of the hallway, so you quickly make your way over. You stop right in front, taking a deep breath in before pushing the doorbell. A beat, a crash, another beat, then-
The door swings open, and your breath catches in your throat.
Namjoon looks heavenly as always, but seeing him in clothes other than his usual black slacks makes your heart do a cartwheel. God, this is dangerous.
āMs. ____!ā
Before Namjoon can form a hello, Dasom is running past him and wrapping her small arms around your legs. āYou came! See daddy! I told you sheād come.ā her tongue pokes out of her mouth, aimed straight at her father and you stifle a laugh.
āDid he think I wouldnāt?ā you ask, eyebrow arched as you glance at Namjoon, who seems to have a permanent pink hue on his face.
āHe said you wouldnāt!ā
āOh, really? What else did he say?ā
āHe said I had to help him clean either way!ā
āAlright, Dasom. Thatās enough.ā He says firmly, clearing his throat and trying to act as unaffected as possible. His eyes shift to meet yours. āWhy donāt you come inside?ā
As much as this day really sucked for Namjoon, today had beenā¦ different. Not all too much. Of course, getting up was the hardest part, but he had decided to make Dasom her favourite breakfast meal instead of her usual cereal. He had also made sure to get her all the toys she had been wanting, and planned their day out to do Dasomās favourite things. Namjoon just wanted this day to be special for her. That was all he cared about.
But when Dasom had asked him to invite you, he had hesitated.
Dasom had never spent her birthdays with anyone else but Namjoon. Not that it was intentional, but Namjoon liked to have this day just for the both of them. Because thatās how itās always been. He didnāt know what it was about you that made his daughter talk about you all the time. Or why she wanted to spend a birthday with you. But how could he deny her? And so, the text was sent.
And now, as Namjoon puts away the dishes while you sit on his couch, he realizes he hadnāt thought of her today. Not as much as the years before. Dinner had been so... nice. It felt nice to have someone else around. Namjoon loves Dasom, but he hadnāt realized how distant he had gotten from everything that had once seemed to be the centre of his life.
Namjoon closes the dishwasher, exiting the kitchen and making his way to the living room. He places the two glasses on the table before pouring the dark red liquid.
āI hope you like Merlot.ā
āOh, please. Anythingās fine.ā
You take the wine glass, sending him a thank you before taking a drink. āSo,ā you lean back, āremind me how to play this again.ā
āMs.____ I told you. You have to take a block without knocking the tower over,ā Dasom shows you by pushing a middle wooden block out, āthen you have to place it on top, like this.'' She places the same block on top of the tower.
āAh, right! I just need to make sure if I want to win.ā
āYou canāt! Iām the best!ā
āOh really? And what about you?ā you turn, brow raised and eyes playful.
āPshh,ā he scoffs, leaning forward. āWho do you think she takes after?ā
He doesnāt think heās ever lost a game so quickly.
Namjoon watches as you close Dasomās door quietly from the hallway before you make your way back to the family room. āSheās out like a light. I guess all that tower building got to her.ā
Namjoon snorts. He feels oddly disappointed as he watches you gather your things to go. Was it weird that he wanted you to stay? āDo you need me to get you a ride? I can call Jin to drive you home.ā
āNo, itās fine! Really! I already ordered an Uber anyway.ā You grab your coat near the door. Before Namjoon can unlock the door, you touch his shoulder. āListen, thank you for inviting me today. I know you probably wanted to spend this day together instead, but I... ā you inhale, because you arenāt sure of what you want to actually say āthank you.ā
Would it be weird to say how much better you made today? Probably. āYou donātā¦ have to thank me. I think I should be the one doing the thanking. I really wanted this day to be special for Dasom and youā¦ you definitely helped. So, thank you.ā
The door opens, and the light of the hallway fills his dim flat. āGuess weāre even then.ā you smile before turning, making your way to the elevator. Namjoon shuts the door once the sight of you is gone, but the smile on his face remains
āGuess we are.ā he whispers wistfully
Perhaps stopping at a flower vendor when youāre already running late was a bad idea, but Namjoon wasnāt thinking about time. He had seen the bouquet of flowers and imagined the huge smile that would stretch across Dasomās face, and that was all he needed to swerve into the left lane.
Now, though, as he anxiously watches the cars in front of him move a foot forward after thirty minutes, heās sure he should have just left the fucking flowers alone.
Namjoon doesnāt know how long heās been shifting his eyes from the traffic to the watch ticking around his wrist, but by a miracle, the cars start moving. Slowly, then heās speeding down the highway, praying to the skies above heāll make it in time. Even if he arrives in the midst of the dance, he canāt miss this recital. He wonāt.
He sighs in relief when he sees the familiar glass building, though itās cut short when he sees the parking lot. No available place in sight. Fuck. Namjoon is sure he looks insane right now, swerving around the parking lot in search for an empty spot, or really just any fucking spot that looks like it could fit his monster of a car.
Then the clouds seem to open up, and right near the entrance is a vacant spot. Namjoon swears his mouth almost waters at the sight. Quickly speeding around the lot, he parks, but not before flipping off the angry parent who tries to beat him to it. Namjoon exits his car, quickly grabbing his coat and the large bouquets of flowers from the backseat. He runs to the entrance, practically throwing the shriveled paper at the ticket clerk.
Namjoon slows as he nears the theatre doors, taking a deep breath before calmly opening it. He had completely forgotten to book seats in advance, so heās not surprised to see the velvet seats filled to the brim. When he looks to the stage, heās relieved to see that thereās still time until Dasom comes on.
Now, Namjoon knows heās not the mostā¦ balanced person. Itās common knowledge that he trips over his feet and knocks things over sometimes. (Oh, but definitely more than the average person.) Now, if you were to ask Namjoon if he pays attention to his surroundings, he'd say yes.
But if you were to ask Namjoon what he tripped over, he wouldnāt know. It doesnāt matter, because now thereās a furious mother with a horrendous bob cut glaring at him, and what he thinks to be a broken camcorder on the floor. The only thing he can manage is an awkward smile and an even more awkward apology. Namjoon offers to give her the cost for repairs, hell, even offers to buy her a new one. The woman snatches the bills from his hands but she doesnāt go back to minding her business like he thought she would. No, instead she starts to argue with him, in the middle of her childās recital, no less!
Namjoon canāt do anything but stare at her as she blabbers on about how horrible he is for throwing her camcorder on the floor. (Not like it had much life left, that thing looked like it was from 2007.) Sheās damn near spitting on his face, and causing other parents to turn around and glare at them. As if it was his fault. Who knew she had such an attachment to the damn thing!
A hand lands on his shoulder, and for a second heās sure itās security ready to escort him out of the building. But when he turns, heās surprised to see itās you. Like an angel had ascended from the clouds to save Namjoon from the wrath of a ballet mom. And just like that, youāre leading him away, taking a seat two rows before the stage. Namjoonās eyes widen at the sight of the empty seat beside you.
Itās that feeling again, and Namjoonās palms start to get sweaty as he takes a seat. āJesus, thank you for that,ā he whispers, relishing your quiet laughter that follows.
āOf course. She was probably a blink away from going full-blown Karen on you.ā you tease.
āOh, and that wasnāt?ā
āOh, Joon, you havenāt seen how angry ballet moms can get.ā you both laugh, huddled together as if youāre sharing a special secret. It seems so natural. As if this is where heās supposed to be. So much that Namjoon almost doesnāt catch the nickname, but how could he miss it when you say it just like she used to?
The stage lights darken, and Namjoon is grateful for the excuse to look elsewhere. Heās sure if he would have stared at you for just a bit longer, he would have done something completely and utterly stupid. āThis is her.ā you whisper, and Namjoon buries the thought away.
A blue hue shines across the stage before the soft melody begins to play, filling the room with the sounds of strings and keys. One by one, tiny swans begin to come into view, prancing around the stage. Namjoon catches sight of Dasom, looking adorable in her white tutu and he canāt help the proud smile that makes its way onto his face. He watches with adoration as she does her pirouettes, and maybe thereās some water overflowing in his eyes as they finish their dance, bowing towards the audience.
You both stand, clapping and cheering the loudest, uncaring of the stares from the snobby rich parents because youāre both too damn proud of Dasom to care. For a moment, Namjoon pretends that itās different, simpler. That itās not only his child on stage but yours. Ours. He thinks he likes the sound of that too much.
Once the show ends, you lead Namjoon backstage where the buzz of dozens of girls talking fills the air. You tell him that you need to check in on the other kids and disappear through a hallway. He spots Dasom quickly, or rather, she spots him.
āDaddy! You came!ā
Namjoon lifts Dasom with his free arm, twirling her around before placing a big kiss on her forehead. Her giggles fill him with delight, and he doesnāt care that his cheeks hurt from how hard heās been smiling. āOf course I came, angel. I wouldnāt miss it for the world.ā
He places her on the ground before he grabs the bouquet of sunflowers from his other arm. The sight of her favourite flower makes Dasom jump with joy. She takes the flowers, and Namjoon silently coos at how much smaller they make her look. Then she spots the other bouquet of flowers in his arm. She scrunches her brows together, about to ask who those are for before her eyes catch something behind Namjoon.
āMs. ____!ā
āDasom!ā
Dasom jumps into your arms, and you laugh at her enthusiasm. āYou did so well! Iām so proud of that pirouette!ā You twirl her around once her feet hit the ground, smiling as you watch her stumble slightly. Namjoon canāt help but smile too.
āLook what daddy got me, Ms. ____! Look!ā Dasom lifts the flowers up, almost shoving them into your face.
āWow, these are very beautiful, Dasom!ā
āLook! He got you some too!ā she giggles, and you look at her confusedly then at Namjoon. He sighs, looking pointedly at Dasom despite the cherry hue making its way across his cheeks. She giggles once again before running to her friends. āDasom!ā but it's futile.
If it werenāt for the consistent chatter, Namjoonās sure there would be an agonizing silence to fill the space between you. You walk closer to him, looking down at your shoes bashfully. āAh, these-ā he takes the bouquet from his arm, āthese are for you.ā
You looked surprised to say the least. Eyes wide and glassy, your mouth falling ajar. āWow, uh, really?ā you ask, glancing up from the bouquet. He nods shyly.
Listen, he had only planned to buy Dasom her favourite flowers. But then he caught sight of these beautiful yellow roses, tips painted a light amber orange. Somehow they reminded him of you. And the way you had left him with his heart feeling lighter for the first time in years the other night. Maybe it was a way of saying thank you. Heāll admit, he didnāt think it all the way through, but the way youāre smiling at him right now makes him think it wouldnāt have mattered anyway.
Thereās a moment where it seems to just be you and him, despite the tons of parents and children running around. Heās only focused on you, and the way your eyes drop to his lips, if only for a millisecond. Namjoon wants to say it. God, he wants to say it so badly. āListen Iā¦ Iāve been meaning to ask you,ā his voice fades away as his eyes catch yours. Hopeful. Beautiful. Glimmering.
Just like hers.
āDo you, uh, need a ride home?ā
And the bubble bursts.
You step away, looking at anything but him and he hates it. He despises it. He wants you to look at him like that again. He wants nothing more than to pull you back and kiss you senselessly, like his mind is screaming for him to do. But he canāt. He canāt do it for some fucking reason and he almost wants to cry in frustration because why canāt this just be easier? Why is it so hard to move on? You donāt deserve this. You deserve so much better than what he can offer you. And that thought keeps him still.
āUh, sure.ā
Quiet.
Say something, idiot! Tell her what youāve been dying to say! Just fucking say it!
Namjoon hates himself for the next words that tumble out of his mouth.
āLetās find Dasom.ā
The drive to your house is just like it was before, except this time thereās no chatter to fill the emptiness. Dasom is sound asleep in the backseat. You've never seemed more distant than now, facing the window, body pressed against the door. You had almost begged to go in the back with Dasom, and Namjoon doesnāt know why he didnāt just let you.
How did it come to this? This wasnāt what he wanted. This night wasnāt supposed to go like this. Everything should have gone differently.
He doesnāt know how heāll ever fix this. If things will go back to normal. If he completely ruined it. But heās too afraid to ask. Too afraid to know.
Namjoon has never hated the quiet more.
The sight of your apartment complex fills him with dread. All he can think about is all he wants to say, all he should have said, all he wants to take back. God, Namjoon wishes he could take it back. If only there was a way to turn back the time. Why had he been so afraid to make a move? Why did it hurt so much? But he knows going back wouldnāt help. Not when he doesnāt know if he would have done it differently.
His car comes to a stop, and the doors unlock. He faintly catches the small thank you before the passenger door slams shut. Namjoon watches as you make your way up the pathway, feet moving briskly and it feels like heās watching you walk away from him.
Youāre shuffling through your bag, looking for your key. And fuck, is he really just going to this go? Ā Is he that stubborn that he canāt see past himself? He canāt. He canāt let you go. Not like this.
Well do something, dumbass!
The door of his car is thrown open, and before he can overthink it-
ā____!ā
You still. You turn.
Namjoon shuts the door. He walks up the steps and stops a few feet away from you, but he feels like heās miles away. You look up at him, questioning. Your eyes arenāt the same ones. Not like you looked at him before. Yet theyāre still warm. Inviting. Namjoon is tongue-tied, and all those words he wanted to say are gone now.
āAre weā¦ good?ā
āWhy wouldnāt we be?ā
āI justā¦ā he scratches the back of his neck. āThat moment back at the recital. Iā¦ Iām sorry.ā
āDonāt be.ā you say, simply. When he looks at you, he canāt tell what youāre feeling. Youāve blocked him off. āNamjoon, really. Itās fine.ā
But is it really? He wants to ask. But he doesnāt. Itās quiet again, this time the sound of the wind rustling the browning leaves above filling the space. Still.
āIā¦ god, I donāt know why this is so hard. Ever since, you know,ā you donāt. āIā¦ I didnāt think I'd ever get an opportunity toā¦ā he inhales, unsure of what he wants to say first.
āI just feel like I ruined it so carelessly.ā
You donāt say anything for a few moments. You only stare at him, really stare at him. Like you can see through his mirage, through the walls heās spent so long building up. Youāre taking it all, but thereās nothing he can take back from you.
āYou didnāt.ā you whisper it so quietly, Namjoon would have thought his mind had taken pity on him. But a smile slips onto your face. Unlike the other ones. It doesnāt fill him with joy. It doesnāt give him butterflies. This one hurts.
And he knows youāre telling the truth.
āThisā¦ It might take a while.ā
The wind picks up. The leaves rustle. The cold, biting.
āThatās ok. Iāll wait as long as you need me to.ā
Your lips are bittersweet on his tongue.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN TO KARLA !! ILYYYY <3
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1, 6, 16, 22, and 26!! For the ask meme
tysm!!! ill put em under a cut so it doesnt take up half the dashboard dgfjkdfgj i write a LOT SORRY GKFLHG
1. if you were to have Hanahaki disease, what flowers would you cough up?
oughā¦ ok i love. flowers. i love all flowers. but my absolute favs are speedwells? and i guess id also cough up flowers for the person im coughing them up For so id throw in some bloodroot and dogwood..Ā Ā does this disease work if the love Is requited. EITHER WAY GDHKFLH
6. name five iconic quotes that make you feel things.omg ok the whole experience of all of these movies imma list is like. tremendous. these movies (and show) got a great impact that one or two quotes for the life o them cannot cover the scale of emotion it gave me soā¦ just gdfkh the source is more important than any of the actual quotes i write here tbh. theyre amazing they All made me cry.
1. Sing Street - āLook at her. She races home every evening just to catch that last little bit of sun, have a cigarette and read her papers. Sheās always talking about going on a holiday to Spain, but he never takes her. Thatās all she gets. Then that tall tree blocks it, and she comes in. I often wonder what sheās thinking about.ā
2. Garden State -Ā āWe may not be as happy as you always dreamed we would be, but, for for the first time letās just allow ourselves to be whatever it is that we are.āĀ
3. Good Will Hunting -Ā āNo. No, no no no. Fuck you, you donāt owe it to yourself man, you owe it to me. Cuz tomorrow Iām gonna wake up and Iāll be 50, and Iāll still be doinā this shit. And thatās all right. Thatās fine. I mean, youāre sittinā on a winninā lottery ticket. And youāre too much of a pussy to cash it in, and thatās bullshit. āCause Iād do fuckinā anything to have what you got. So would any of these fuckinā guys. Itād be an insult to us if youāre still here in 20 years. Hanginā around here is a fuckinā waste of your time.ā
4.Ā The End of the Fucking World -Ā āItās strange. A lot of the time you donāt register the important moments as they happen. You only see that they were important when you look back.ā
5. A Monster Calls -Ā āItās okay that youāre angry. Iām angry too, and if you need to break things, by god you break them. I wish I had 100 years, 100 years I could give to you.ā
ok those are all masterpieces if ur ever stuck on smth to watch i recommend these SDFGHFGJ
16. describe your ideal fantasy outfitaa honESTLY. big chunky ass boots. big chunky ass jacket. big chunky ass bag or belt with weapons and cute little satchels of herbs and whatnot. and a big fuckin floofy dress that is SUPER fancy almost like a wedding dress but it can be like a different colour than plain white. hell yeah !!
22. tell us, in detail, about a curse a witch would put on you.i guess a curse references something i Dont want to happen? bc a lot of the things that ppl might view as curses id actually love (dont mind me im still dying @ thatĀ āmay your womb be barrenā thing). but in terms of smth i dont want i guess an easy one would be that id never experience true content. true satisfaction. true peace.
26. tell us about an experience youāve had that seemed unreal or supernatural. (doesnāt have to be scary)i didnt have a Lot happen to me? i guess every time i have a recurring dream, or like. dreaming about something and then experiencing it irl? i think i rly believe in dream symbolism idk how it works at All but i rly do think its got like.. some reflection onto your own personal state. the only thing i can think of rn is when once i had a dream that i wasnt myself, and i kept changing parts of myself, like cutting my hair or later turning into some weird mermaid creature (sfhfgj) but like. in that dream there was a lot of children. children in school around me. children on a beach. a baby drowning. a child curled up in a fridge. and these two children, one of whom came up to me with a fuckin Horse of all things and wentĀ ādo u want penis?ā and im likeĀ āwhatā and shes likeĀ āmy horse :) this is my horse, penisā and im like Odd name but ok and i didnt reply to the kid. anyway that morning i woke up and looked into dream symbolism and children and babies stand for a part of yourself youre neglecting, and horses stand for hm. āĀ male sexual energy and masculinityā. anyway thats how i found out i was trans GDFHJGH
SORRY FOR WRITING SO MUCH IM RLY EXCITED AND I LOVE TALKING!! THANKS !
#I THINK I WRITE WAY TOO MUCH FOR THESE THIGNS BUT I HAVE FUN SO GDFH#THANK U!!!! <333#kolo emerges#long post#strawberrydoctor#ask
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Thanks @watduidu ily but I hate u rn
1.Is a kiss considered cheating?
Yeahhh
2.Have you ever faked orgasm?
Nah
3.If you could have one superpower, what would it be?
My gf asked me this and then called my answer (power to manipulate probability) boring and said sheād want a superpower where she would be able to make someone orgasm with her mind so that if she didnāt like someone she could embarrass them publicly
4.Do you think you are going to be rich in 7-8-9 years?
Nah but Iāll be more rich than I am rn
5.Tell us some funny drunk story.
One time four of us danced to high school musical as two of our other friends basically shagged on the floor it was a fun night
6.Why are you no longer together with your ex?
Uh it just wasnāt right for us I guess
7.If you had to choose one way to die, what would it be?
Lauren Jauregui choking me to death
8.What are your current goals?
Get the grades to go to a good uni for psychology and also not to die in London since me and Robyn are going alone
9.Do you like someone?
I like my gf
10.Who was the last person to disappoint you?
Myself
11.Do you like your body? Sometimes and sometimes I hate it
12.Can you keep a diet?
Nope
13.If the whole world listened to you right now, what would you say?
Be nice to people n stop breaking hearts
14.Do you work?
Not ATM
15.If you could choose only one food to eat to the rest of your life, what would it be?
Tofu katsu curry šÆšÆ Iām obsessed
16.Would you get a tattoo?
Yeaaaah I want a few
17.Something you donāt mind spending all your money on?
Poetry books
18.Can you drive?
Sorta
19.When was the last time someone told you you were beautiful?
A couple days ago I think
20.What was the last thing you cried for?
I cried last night reading a story about a dog who went to live with a family for the last few weeks of his life and the kids threw him a party
21.Do you keep a journal?
My drawer is filled with themmmm I currently have 3 ongoing ones
22.Is life fun?
This is vague but lmao yea
23.Is farting in front of people irrelevant?
Wtf is this question
24.Whatās your dream car?
I donāt really have one??
25.Are grades in school important?
Yeaaah
26.Describe your crush.
Sheās beautiful, kind, caring, intelligent, passionate and i love her a lot
27.What was the last book/movie that really impressed you?
The last book was āOur Numbered Daysā by Neil Hilborn and the last movie was 'Everything, Everythingā bc my wife is in it (and once the overpowering heterosexual storyline laid back a bit it was actually pretty good)
28.What was your last lie?
I have no idea I donāt remember the last time I lied
29.Dumbest lie you ever told?
Again idk I never really lie
30.Is crying in front of people embarrassing?
Oh god yeah
31.Something you did and you are proud of?
Iām proud of how I managed to get out of the dark place I was in like September/November/December last year
32.Whatās your favourite cocktail?
I donāt remember itās full name but the sunrise one is nice
33.Something you are good at?
Helping ppl
34.Do you like small kids?
Depends how annoying they are
35.How are you feeling right now?
Nervous and excited
36.What would you name your daughter/son?
Honestly I have no idea but I like the name Dylan
37.What do you need to be happy?
My dog
38.Is there some you want to punch in the face right now?
Trump
39.What was the last gift you received?
@ma-ma-chete bought me a cactus mug and a cat purse šš
40.What was the last gift you gave?
I gave my gf a mochi ball lmao
41.What was the last concert you went to?
Not rlly a concert but I saw Neil Hilborn a couple weeks ago
42.Favourite place to shop at?
Idk tbh I like shopping online
43.Who inspires you?
Lauren Jauregui & Sasha Velour
44.How old were you when you first got drunk?
15 I think
45.How old were you when you first got high?
Iāve never been high
46.How old were you when you first had sex?
16
47.When was your first kiss?
It was last year
48.Something you want to do until the end of this year?
Be happy
49.Is there something in the past you wish you hadnāt done?
There are a lot of things
50.Post a selfie.
I will soon
51.Who are you most comfortable around?
My gf and my best friends
52.Name one thing that terrifies you.
Parasites š¤¢š¤¢
53.What kind of books do you read?
Poetry books
54.What would you tell your 12 year old self?
Ur body isnāt too much of anything itās totally fine
55.What is your favourite flower?
White Rose
56.Any bad habits you have?
Does laziness count
57.What kind of people are you attracted to?
Passionate, intelligent, artistic people
58.What was the last thing you cried for?
A dog
59.Is there something you donāt eat? Some food that truly disgust you?
I donāt eat meat, & raw fish disgusts me
60.Are you in love?
Yes
61.Something you find romantic?
Really long cute messages out of nowhere, calling just bc they miss your voice, random 'i love youāsā
62.How long was your longest relationship?
Itās been 8 months
63.What are 3 things that irritate you about the same sex?
This is generalised lmao
64.What are 3 things that irritate you about the opposite sex?
^^
65.What are you saving money for?
London
66.How would you describe your bad side?
V anxious and uncontrolled and snappy
67.Are you actually a good person? Why?
I think so? I insist on helping people even when I shouldnāt even talk to them
68.What are you living for?
Life
69.Have you ever done anything illegal?
I drink underage
70.Do you like your body?
Havenāt I answered this??
71.Have you ever made someone feel bad about themselves intentionally?
Nope never
72.Ever sent nudes?
Yea boi
73.Have you ever cheated on someone?
Nope thatās disgusting
74.Favourite candy?
Ooh idk
75.Is there a blog you visit every day, or almost every day? Tag it!
Not really
76.Do you play any computer games? What is your favourite game?
I do! And atm itās The Last Guardian bc itās just so aesthetically pleasing and calming
77.Favourite TV series?
The Bold Type, Rupaulās Drag Race
78.Are you religious? Does God exist?
Nope and who knows
79.What was the last book you read? Did it impress you and why?
The Chaos of Longing and it did because k.y.robinsonās writing is beautiful
80.What do you think about vegetarianism/veganism?
Itās healthier both for our bodies and the world
81.How long have you been on Tumblr?
Ā¾ years??
82.Do you like Chineese food?
Yeaaa
83.McDonalds or Subway?
McDonalds
84.Vodka or whiskey?
Vodka
85.Alcohol or drugs?
Alcohol
86.Ever been out of your province/state/country?
Yesss many times
87.Meaning behind your blog name?
Iām like obsessed with roses and idk I like the symbolism of fire
88.What are you scared of?
P sure Iāve answered this too but Iāll say more things; anything being inside me, the ocean, squids, spiders
89.Last time you were insulted?
I donāt remember
90.Most traumatic experience ?
My parents breaking up n all the arguments n shit
91.Perfect date idea?
Going to an abandoned place tbh like itās just such a nice place to talk
92.Favourite app on your phone?
Music
93.What colour are the walls in your room?
3 are white and one is grey
94.Do you watch Youtube? Who is your favourite youtuber?
Not often but I used to love Yogscast Hannah
95.Share your favourite quote.
'Sunrise will come. All you have to do is wake up.ā
96.What is the meaning of life?
ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
97.Do you like horror movies?
Not really
98.Have you ever made your mum cry? What happened?
Nope I havenāt
99.Do you feel lucky or special in a way?
Sometimes
100.Can you keep a secret?
Yesssss
@watduidu you have to do all 100 now !!
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im honestly so much better than i thought i was.Ā
like you have no idea whats going on when ur in the war. you dont know who youre shooting at, what the fuck is happening, who you are - you have no idea. and in this war you go through shit that is like unbearable in some ways and you do it and you dont know how and at the end of the day when its all over youre just left with this massive action that formed every thought you now have and you dont know what any of it really meant.Ā
but like i have beat myself up for time for not being super amazing totally together. like i dont have a job. my work experience is small. my depression is heavy, heavy, heavy.Ā
but what i needed to see was someone else who has felt this same loss. i needed a comparison to know that i wasnt as fucked up. even though i lived through all the shit i lived through, even though my mother was dead by the time i was 20, even though my dad died 5 years later - iāve never been on such levels.Ā
does that mean im heartless? i dont think so. clearly i am very bothered by these deaths and massive losses in my life. its something i think about everyday all day. but i have dealt with serious ptsd for like.. a decade.Ā
and i never cracked.
and then on top of this i continued to take huge abuse after the intial trauma stopped about my trauma. and i never cracked.Ā
no. listen.Ā
i have no idea how i am here today. i have no idea how there is a man downstairs on heroin kicking the walls and thats not me. how is that not me. i have felt such pain. i have felt such sorrow. but never have i been such a person. literally my worst moments the deepest darkest moments last maybe 10 hours. not because im not prone or i dont feel it as strongly. i feel it so strongly. ive felt all the worst feelings. i feel like im 50 years old bro. its not even just like dead ppl. i saw toooooooooooooooooooooooo much. i know tooooooooooooooo much.Ā
what is it inside of me that has kept me from making this worse for myself. I COULDVE HAD A BABY. do you know how easy it is to do THAT. its easier to make a baby than buy drugs, really. i couldve had like.. multiple babies. like i look at people and im like omg that couldve been me. and not even like.. oh im better than them its like omg if it wasnt for this like one fucking difference between me an them, i would be that. i would be them. i would have children and do meth an like ...
how in the helllllllll did i do this? this man within two months of a death is so distraught by his grief he cannot function as human towards other. yall i didnt even get drunk. i didnt have time to get drunk. i had real life responsibilities towards myself and other people. while living with a total piece of shit who put holes in my wall. okay. my father dies and im living alone now with a man who put holes in my fathers walls. i try to break up like a week before and i cant because my dad is still in the hospital and everything is so crazy because like we know this man is dieing.Ā
have you ever watched a man die? have you ever WATCHED a man die? have you ever in your life watched a grown ass man choose to die in human excrement in diapers cant stand cant walk - have you ever in your life watched that?
my ex did. twice. and i had to have that man arrested and to this day i feel guilt about having to do that because he had to experience this trauma as well and he had to handle it however he was going to handle it and he couldnt handle it either.Ā
i imagine its like the same when you watch someone die of cancer in some ways. like not the exact because theres no choice with cancer. but i guess the question why remains. why did cancer have to befall you. why does cancer exist. why does cancer have to kill you.Ā
depression killed both of my parents and both of my parents lived with it for AT LEAST 40 years (my father probably longer).both of my parents chose not to do hard drugs. my dad was a very light alcoholic if you could call him one at all - he drank sincerely recreationally but it became a crutch to deal with everything else.
and i even get having the most important person you knew die. and do you understand that i know this so well that i even understand that right now you think that no one elseĀ āgetsā how important this person was to you. how mighty an great they were because when a very important and beloved person to you dies there is so little room for the negative even though it can rear its head.Ā
my parents shaped everything i am to this day. they are dead and i absolutely live in the exact EXACt same lifestyle i lived in when they were alive. i changed absolutely nothing about myself in my grief. it has only been literally this year where i have been like okay. its time. and with my mother ... i dint. i i kept a giant GIANT wooden piece of shit box for these people as a symbol of respect when sometimes i really hate them sooo much and i am soooooo angry with them.Ā
sometimes i forget that im about to be 30 because i feel 15. i feel like when i woke up at 15 except now i am living my nightmares. everyday. and i still wake up everyday, i still try and instead of going batshit insane i took the time to truly explore how i felt about these people and the things that happened to me. instead of just crying about it and being sad and oh no hes dead it was like i knew there was a solution. and i think in some ways its true about my inplanted addiction to instant gratification. an i say this because i did it to myself by using the internet and other things (weed) to instantly satisfy boredom and anger an sadness. what i wanted at the time was to instantly solve how i felt. both times. and not like just make it go away but toĀ āovercomeā grief. like i would be enlightened by the grief and oh you know - my mother, shes found her peace now. my father, no longer suffering. its all supposed to happen its all alright.Ā
and i guess i also in this moment dont want to lie to myself - at 19 i was really unenlightened. at 19 i think i acted ... u know, im having a moment. and its not lke a deep one but i think for like.. maybe 8 years or so i kind of disregarded my exās feelings at the time. everything i felt overshadowed it and i kind of gloss over how i cheated on him butĀ ādidnt cheatā because iĀ ābroke up with him before i di anythingā even though i 100% cheated on him. like i spoke the words of breaking up to him before i physically involved myself but it was like a plan between me and this fucking dude sooooooooo its really low and this is like so much shame in my life. i hold so much shame an regret over my actions that i just quickly tell this part of the story of my ex but its pretty bad. and then questionably bad things happened afterwards due to both of our immaturity and insecurities. my life was fucked before she died but i cannot fully say i never hurt someone. i cant say that. thats such a lie to myself. in my grief i did in fact hurt someone else. i disregarded another person and like its soooooooooooooooo hard for me to give any leverage to my mother. like she never made me feel or do anything fuck her. but my main abuser in life died. a person i saw like.. everyday of my life until i was 16. she was soooo important to everything i am today and to be really fair - iām probably still fucked up because i absolutely refuse to deal with what she did. like i dont want to relive it any more than i already do even though you have to through it to overcome it.Ā
i smoke weed uner the influence of my father and i think i smoke weed for the same reason he drank - my mother is the reason i smoke weed. for the most part. like im really haunted by my father sometimes but i became so accustomed to this weird life with him that i mostly have like a culture shock where i realize other people didnt do this and then i get over it. sometimes i think about what he looked like when he slept and how it looked like he was dead. sometimes i picture the foot rotting off his body. recently ive pictured the blackheads on his back. they were really bad but not in like im traumatized way - my mother picked at his blackheads and i started doing it an its just a weird gross probably semi normal thing so like even though i have these images sometimes of my fathers illness what i am most haunted by is the words my mother put into my brain. i was brainwashed. i feel brainwashed. and sometimes i repeat scenarios she did. sometimes i do things she did and not like a nostalgic oh i have my mothers traits but like sometimes i lie. sometimes i tell lies. sometimes i have told lies to be able to get someones attention or pity. like not often at all. not even a handful of times in my life have i done this. very spread out. its not common. and its so shameful but i saw my mother do it and she did it pretty well and people would feel sorry for her and give her attention and it wasnt good or deserved in anyway but it worked.
sometimes. sometimes i have exaggerated illnesses. sometimes i have downplayed symptoms i am having. and i do this i think because i was trained to do this. my mother told me i was sick, she told me the symptoms and it was all repeated from there. i have been extremely lucky to have like no major medical issues since i was a child. i have never had to deal with anything happening because im actually pretty physically healthy outside of the toll depression takes on my body. i coud of course quit smoking but i dont have lung issues. i was told i had asthma for 13 years. we had to move. we had to fucking move bro because i hadĀ āasthmaā and i had to take the inhalers and of course man of course it wasnt ust inhalers it was the fucking plastic tube that somehow made it better you held between the inahler and your mouth.Ā
to bare it all - i dont even know if im allergic to pine. my mother said i was allergic to pine so no more real christmas trees but what if this bitch was doing it to me. ive never had like extensive exposure to these trees since then. who the fuck knows.
why is it - okay. when i go to the hospital they ask me allergies and i repeat verbatim the same thing my mother said to every doctor i ever met,Ā āsulpha, pencillion, amoxicillin and codieneāĀ
tell me why as a child i frequently had penicillin and at no point in my memory was there like some reaction upon taking this. and everyone remembers it. we all know the banana flavoured medience. and i remember taking it so many times an then suddenly i didntĀ and suddenly it was apart of this list and like maybe i developed an allergy but what if she just decided? how did she find out i was allergic to these other things? i am REPEATING A MANTRA by a woman who nearly killed me using prescription drugs.Ā
i make alot of excuses. im probably lazy more than depressed because if i was sooo scared i could get tested for my allergies and know for myself.Ā
do you know how upsetting my birth certificate was? and it wasnt even my mothers fault, it was more my fathers fault. but all these little dumb things and its not like ths is crazy never heard of its small things that other people experience too but they hold so much weight like can someone tell me why my mother stopped spelling her name right? like shortly after my birth she no longer spelt it theresa and spelled it teresa. and i had such a moment at her funeral when i saw her name spelled right and asked why it was wrong. that she had spelled it without an h. her parents were like .. confused and appalled that i suggested she had done this an like of course her name was with an h. and fair enough guys. you are the people who named her. which means it was in my lifetime that it changed. and on legal documents even though she maintained her first real name (mary) she spelled it teresa. but these old documents and the way my father spelled it was theresa. whats in an H? like maybe im crazy right. maybe im just making a big deal out of something small but usually when something lke this occurs its because ssomeone else made the mistake and usually youre a foreigner. like someone wrote your name on an official document wrong and now thats just it. but this woman .. she went to private school like she had to have had official document before 1990. this woman made a concious choice to drop the H in her name. why? was it a choice? did she just like slip up one time and went with it for 19 years after? like did she fuck it up so majorly in some public way that she had to convince other people this is how she spelled her name.
and like its been a really long time. and i dont have a lot of these documents anymore. to be fair, i have like 7 remaining objects of my mothers. i dont even know if i have documents with her writing outside of a wedding guest book from 1980. so sometimes - sometimes she wins. sometimes i think that maybe im wrong. maybe i just think she stopped doing it but like why would i notice this? why would i think about it so much?Ā
sometimes i try to think really hard about her but i did such a job at blocking her out and smoking away these memories i literally cant remember more than like 10 - 20 memories of her. i spent half of my life with her. closely. and like.. i remember when i was in like grade 3 - 5 because i was walking to a certain school and i remember this is like.. no you know what. i have atleast 5 seperate memories of this and thsi in itself says something - faking sick. i faked sick religiously. and like i knew this bitch would buy it because at this point im a clever angry bitter child with no true subconcious yet. im like i know my mother will buy into sickness - thats who she is- and i wont have to go to school.
so i start the day before at bed. im coughing. im coughing really hard because of my asthma right but im not sick at all im good but im forcing these dog coughs at 2am and she wakes up and its like oh well i guess youre sick and im doing this so often i have a memory of her frustration like she almost almost knew but this was her job and now im playing games. and its like man you trained me to do this but your power was taken and now im using your training against you and all you really wanted was a sick kid. so im giving you all you wanted and none of it is real. and like im aware of this complexity at this point. even really early my father is now pissed at her and they dont trust each other. and theyre fighting about me and shes saying look at this and hes saying this is what you did. this was what my mother did to me. he knew that like i was turning cold because she was cold towards me and he knew it and he was telling her youre doing this to her stop doing this to her and she didnt so it just kept going.
in grade 10 i faked a heart problem. i freely admit this because i feel like itsĀ āokayā because it coincides with dropping out of school. but now im desperate. like im so desperate in this depression and my first year was her trying to kill herself and getting kicked out of the house and im like omg i cant do this anymore im not going to school something is going to give even though school isĀ a relief from home, i was starting to have all these expectations at school academically and socially and i couldnt keep up and something had to give and i couldnt get rid of my parents so i was done.
my father wanted me toĀ āget a jobā but it was like... you know. someday youre going to have to get a job. and in my own volition, once my mother had left for a year, i got a job. i was semi comfortable. on my first day of this important job my father became gravelly ill and spent like .. a month in the hospital. and im still going to work. im like 17 years old, everything has gone to shit and im still going to work. and im on the bus everyday crying to my friend that its all so fucking awful and i just want to like party and get high.Ā
so i started. and i spent all of my earnings on partying and getting high on mdma and k and weed. in one summer. it was like 3 grand or something which is alot of money for me in any time of my life thus far. thats the only time i ever earned a significant amount of money.Ā
but then i stopped. because within me i knew especially the hard drugs were beginning to do their damage to my body and i was drinking too much and i did carry it on for like a year before my ex put his foot down and i decided i didnt want to be a person in a relationship on drugs like that. we smoked weed and it was fine.Ā
and like on paper seperately - bratty attitude filled choices. i lied and faked an illness to get out of school, partied while my father was ill. and like i knew this. and in my early 20s i frequently reflected on these choices and actively knew i had to choose other things. was it fun? yes. was i with close loving friends? yes. was i safe? yes. was it the right thing to do? no. and i feel like if i dint make that choice back then i couldve set myself on a better path. but i gave up. i gave up and i give in for this moment and i never fully recovered, i just choose to smoke a shit ton of weed instead. i couldve learned real coping skills but i chose not to and now im almost 30 and i suck, utterly suck, at life. but it could be worse and i could be him.Ā
we finally spoke - no he answered the call and spoke whatever he wanted to to me still. that he couldnt deal with this and blah blah but its funny i guess as i told a friend i had said my last word were that i was not going to speak to him again. she said he mustve replied because that usually gets him. and its sad i have to resort to feeling like im not going to speak to him again to get any response. and im not being crazy and needy or whatever like you signed up to take care of someone who has major trauma surrounding this issue and you knew this. like in june im crying about how this was my parents fault. i have a whole process i have to go through over the course of my life because like i cant decide randomly one day to face this fear and anxiety. this type of issue has to come up as it will and it may not be a good time for me or anyone else but i now have to face and overcome this issue that is not just a medical problem but DIRECTLY related to my parents neglect. like every time a doctor asks how this happened how many times why has this happened this way i have to explain just the bare bones of how my parents how TWO GROWN PEOPLE thought this was okay TOGETHER and let it go. leaking blood and pus. this is like ... what this cyst has caused me in emotion and mental damage is sooo much morre than the cyst itself. the cyst is simple. knowing the neglect of it caused it to come to such a point that it has to be surgically deal with is painful. how did they fuck this up for me? and its like i couldnt just get surgery at 18. at 18 i didnt have a flare up. i have to wait for the flare up to deal and im like just dealing with it as it comes you know because its normal and i guess every few years i have to get this thing lanced thas just who i am now? i guess? but could be worse. could be wayyyy worse. like it coul be on my face, first of all. it could be like in my labia and i would have ppl touching my labia and doing things. it cou be on my actual butthole. it could reoccur every week. every month.Ā
eventually i got a few moments to speak a full thought and i told him it was extremely important to me to have someone capable of dealing with the worst of my anxieties and traumas before during and after this incredibly important moment i am about to face and optimistically overcome. i just know i will be very not okay about it. i know this, i did this by myself its not even like im playing it up for others like im by myself in public sobbing soo hard they cannot take proper vitals. thats how much this is for me. i will not have someone be neglectful or judgemental or take away my right to feel the way i have to feel in order to break through this. like im not taking away anything from anyone else, iām just laying out what is require and if you can do that, then fine, but if you cant then no im not going through with this.
he made a weak argument and i explained that the last time i had to deal with major medical hospital things was my mother. so i am not okay with this and i am freaking out and this instability hes displaying completely on his own makes me question what im doing. and he continued to rattle off these excuses and started intoĀ āyou want to talk about traumas, what about ...ā and i just turned the phone away and waited until he was finished because you cannot tell me that im not allowed to feel any sort of ways about anything or talk about my mental illness or the things ive gone through and immediately launch into your own. there is give and take and youve already taken everything im willing to give now. he says i have to give him a straight answer because he needs stability and to figure out what hes going to do.Ā
.......
to live with this, i have every right to feel depressed and uncomfortable and unhappy.Ā
i need to begin the process of mentally letting him go. i want to feel free to talk to random people and open myself up to random people and experiences and i dont want to even think about anything with him. like honestly, there is no future with him or associated with him. he cant fix some of these things, its not going to happen. and im going to allow him and give him opportunities in the future to still be shitty to me. and future me needs to understand that this is just proof for why i have to let it go.Ā
and like im frustrated - in my perfect world ive abandoned this dream because ive found something better an more fulfilling to me. its so hard to abandon something without anything else. and like i get really aggravated when im in my i dont know what the fuck to do moments. and eventually i find something - anything - and i really try to put myself into it. like that becomes my new job because im trying out all these roles in life and maybe this one leads to something. like i enjoyed jewelry, a lot. but ike i wanted something bigger and grander and to be apart of something and like i guess build on the jewelry. like i went from collecting bones in a forest by myself to showing in an art gallery and going to receptions and making new friends - i like the beginning of my art career story. its glamorous and hopeful.Ā
and then i thought like i could be more than an artist. i could have a gallery or a studio, i could curate shows, do events - i could contribute to the arts and culture in the city and possibly resolve or find resolution for some of these issues. and i learned like.. a lot about art. i basically forced a semester of art history and basic art techniques down my throat and practiced daily. i wanted to feel knowledgable and professional and like prepared to take on the 1%
and i just lost that. like i built that for myself, by the way. thats not off the back of a man or relationship. amongst all my shit, i created a very minor artistic career. and i was / am well respected for my dedication and quality and like ... i really received a lot of praise. i got very little known hatred towards me. my shit was good enough it sort of overtook an ex friends venture an made her jealous. i was the first person in the city hands down to create a website dedicated to arts in the city. like maybe in 10 years there will be 50 more but i was the first. i was the one who knew how to do it. i left just a tiny make with my minor career. that i built. by myself. in the 5 years before and after my dads death.Ā
but its not that like i dontĀ āwantā to do that anymore. i think i do? but the city is not about it. the numbers to bring people out are small. the money is non existant. the quality of talent is not great. i think if i had entered a more viable scene i couldve graduated from what i was doing but as it stands its just not going to happen. and making money from art is really hard and no one respects a person who just paints unless theyre like the most amazing artist and i guess really i have nothing i want to say anymore. ive tried to express alot of things through art and things are left unfinished. im just ... not an artist like that.Ā
but im not even like mad at myself for it - 20s are your time to find yourself. im not an artist. and maybe i wont be a wildwoman land developer either. i know that if i could decide on something, if i could find something i actually cared about that i could achieve it. it would literally me be just saying 100% doing this and it being done soon after. no games. no waiting around. if i really wanted it i would invest everything i have into it. i know that.Ā
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