#(sorry i drew this kinda stuff i can't help it)

[kaiserouo]

Machines wearing clothes is another level of sexiness.

Bonus:

#gaybriel be thinking #machine with no shirt < machine pulling its shirt up #omg how did i draw it so seducing #i'll never know #i didn't come to ultrakill for v1 but i'm having second thoughts #ultrakill #ultrakill v1 #v1 ultrakill #ultrakill gabriel #gabriel ultrakill #gabv1el #my art #(sorry i drew this kinda stuff i can't help it) #suggestive #(i guess i should use that tag)

[imagines-all-day-everyday]

friends

summary: *yn* and damon are friends. good friends. just friends. nothing more, nothing less. until elena's eighteenth birthday party and the captain of the waterpolo team comes along, leaving damon wondering how much he really likes that term.

warnings: swearing, drinking, fluff, vampire stuff, cheating (kinda??)

"What do you think?"

"Give me a spin."

*yn* resisted the urge to roll her eyes as she complied, shuffling her body around in a circle.

"Oooh I really like this one." Caroline observed. She shifted on the small couch placed into the middle of the boutique as she took a few moments to run her eyes over *yn*'s body.

"I think this might be the one."

This time *yn* couldn't restrain herself as she threw her hands up in frustration and huffed.

"Care, you've said that about all of them."

"I'm sorry, it's not my fault you look good in everything!"

*yn* groaned in response as she shoved the curtain across the metal rod, concealing herself from Caroline once more.

"I give up." She exclaimed dramatically as she pulled the red dress over her head. "I'm just going to go with the blue one."

"If that's what it takes for you to stop whining." She heard Caroline mumble on the other side of the curtain.

"I heard that!"

The shrill ringtone of Caroline's phone rung out through the store.

"Oh sorry Elena's calling, be right back."

*yn* shook her head as she heard Caroline answer the phone and hurry out of the store. She slipped the blue dress back on over her head just as her shoulder bag began to vibrate.

She couldn't fight the small smile threatening to tug on her lips at the Caller ID.

"Well if it isn't my second favourite Salvatore brother."

"Ouch, why is it that you're always so mean to me?" Damon's amused voice slipped out through the speaker.

"Because being nice is boring." She answered as she slipped out of the change room.

"Using my own logic against me, I've taught you too well." She smiled at his words as she made her way over to the mirror.

"What are you up to? Down for a little road trip?"

"Can't sorry. Helping Caroline plan Elena's birthday party." *yn* twisted around in front of the mirror, scrutinising the dress from every angle.

"Ah yes the big eighteenth how could I forget."

"Why? Where are you going?" *yn* asked as she finally drew her attention away from the mirror.

"Tennessee."

Her brow furrowed at her answer. "Another potential Stefan victim?"

"Yep. The sheriff gave Elena another location."

"She's not going with-"

"No way. Told her I'd take it on myself."

There was a pause as *yn* glanced out the shop window to make sure Caroline was still out the front on the phone, her ears occupied and unable to listen in.

"They're going to be like the other victims, aren't they?"

"Probably."

She felt herself grow nauseous at the thought of what Damon would no doubt find in Tennessee. Even his verbal reports back to her had been enough to make her skin crawl. If there had been any doubts before if Stefan was a ripper, they were long gone by now.

"Are we ever going to tell her?"

There was a pause on the other end of the line. She heard Damon let out a sigh.

"If I find him and sort him out we won't ever have to."

"Alright just- just let me know how you go ok?" Despite her best efforts she couldn't hide the concern laced through her words.

"Always do. See you at the party."

"See you at the party."

"Oh *yln*-"

Damon's voice crackled through the speaker just as her finger hovered over the button to end the call.

"Yeah?" She pressed the phone to her ear once more.

There was a pause on the other end of the line.

"Wear the red one." *yn* swore she could practically hear his smirk through the phone before he hung up.

*yn* whirled around, the phone still pressed to her ear. Her eyes darted around the store and then out through the windows that revealed the main street of Mystic Falls.

Her heart was thumping in her chest and a blush was creeping up onto her cheeks. Damon was no where to be seen.

"Ugh god Elena is still complaining about this party, I swear it's like no one wants to have fun in this town anymore- are you ok?"

*yn* turned to see Caroline staring at her, brow raised when she noticed her flushed complexion.

"Uh- yeah fine." *yn* lied, swallowing as she turned to go back into the change room.

"Ok..." Caroline studied her before turning her attention back to her phone.

She glanced up once more after a few moments to see *yn* emerging from the change room, back in her jeans and tank top. Her brow furrowed.

"I thought you were getting the blue one?"

"Yeah I um-"

*yn* glanced down at the red material clutched in her arms.

"I changed my mind."

The bass felt like it was pounding against her skull. Sweaty bodies were brushing against her on all sides. She could already feel the back of her knees start to slick with sweat as she weaved through the crowd.

Apparently this was Caroline's definition of a 'small' party. Bodies occupied every square inch of the Salvatore boarding house. Her eyes slid over the hundred or so faces. Some she recognised from school. Others she had never seen before in her life.

She smoothed down the front of her short dress as she stepped around a couple making out at the bottom of the staircase. She could feel multiple sets of eyes on her as she moved deeper into the house. The waterpolo team bunched in the corner didn't even make an attempt to look away as she walked past.

She smirked to herself. She'd shown up with the intention of looking hot, so far it seemed to be going according to plan. She surveyed the crowd once more. A flash of blonde hair caught her eye, which she instantly made a beeline for.

"Care!"

Caroline swung around at *yn*'s voice, a grin spreading across her lips as she looked her up and down.

"Oh my freaking god you look so hot." She squealed as she lurched forward and wrapped her arms her shoulders.

*yn* laughed and squeezed her tightly back. "So do you."

"Who the hell are these people?"

"Friends of friends." Caroline shrugged. *yn* raised a brow at her before turning to survey the room. Her eyes involuntarily searching for one person in particular.

"C'mon, I need a shot." Caroline announced as she grabbed *yn*'s hand and tugged her towards the drinks table.

*yn* grinned as she let Caroline lead her through the crowd.

"Is everyone here?" *yn* shouted over the thumping bass.

"I think so." Caroline shouted back, her eyes gleaming as she spotted a bottle of tequila.

*yn* turned around, her eyes scanning the crowd once more.

"Oh actually I haven't seen that reporter girl yet, what's her name - Andrea or-"

"What?" *yn*'s neck snapped back around to look at Caroline.

"Andie's coming?"

Caroline paused and glanced up at her. She had just been about to pour the clear liquid into a shot glass.

"Yeah, Damon insisted on inviting her. Poor girl probably didn't have a choice knowing him." Caroline remarked as she turned her attention back to the bottle in her hand.

"Right." *yn* swallowed. She pressed her lips into a hard line. "Yeah."

She felt sick as she glanced down at the tight red dress covering her body. She suddenly felt incredibly stupid. That for even a moment she had let herself divulge in suppressed fantasies, that she'd let herself get hopeful that something might happen with the vampire that was supposed to be nothing more than one of her good friends.

That she had let herself indulge those feelings that she had always worked so hard to deny and ignore.

"Ok here-" Caroline cut herself off, the shot in her hand for *yn* to take suspended in midair.

She studied her friend for a moment. She withheld a sigh when she saw the tears threatening to pool in *yn*'s eyes.

"Ok no." She announced, slamming the shots back onto the table. The sound made *yn* jump, her eyes focusing back on her friend.

"We are so not doing this tonight."

"Wha-"

"You are not letting your night get ruined by Damon Salvatore of all people."

"Care-" *yn* began, glancing over her shoulder quickly to make sure Damon wasn't in sight before turning back to her. "He's my friend."

"Oh please." Caroline scoffed as she folded her arms in front of her chest. "You don't think I can tell when my best friend is crushing on a guy?"

*yn* felt her cheeks redden.

"Although I've been trying to ignore it given it is Damon-"

She ignored the glare *yn* gave her. "- and I've been hoping it was just a little phase, but clearly that was wishful thinking." She sighed as she gestured to *yn* who had opened her mouth to respond.

"I've known for months, so don't even try and deny it."

*yn* clamped her mouth shut. She felt her resolve weaken under Caroline's stare.

"If you tell a soul-"

"-you'll stake me I know. Your secret's safe with me." Caroline insisted.

With that *yn* felt her shoulders slump in defeat as her barriers finally crumbled down.

"I like him. A lot." She admitted.

"I think I always knew there was something there, but I don't think I realised how much until-" She cut herself off and bit her lip as she felt her eyes begin to water.

Caroline's hard gaze softened at the sight. "Hey, it's ok." Caroline comforted her, running a hand down her arm. "Do you want to go somewhere and talk about it?"

"No." *yn* shook her head as she sniffed. "No, like you said. I don't want this to ruin my night. It's been so long since we've actually had fun."

It was true. Before Damon and Stefan returned to Mystic Falls, *yn* was the life of the party, drinking almost every weekend and staying out way past curfew - much to her parents chagrin. But now, she could barely even remember what it felt like to be drunk and let loose.

Her answer made Caroline's eyes brighten. "Exactly, and you look way too hot right now to be crying over a guy."

*yn* followed Caroline's gaze to look around the room of warm bodies. Her eyes flitted over a few guys, her confidence sparking once more when she saw their eyes were already on her.

"You could have literally anyone you want in here."

She could have anyone she wanted, except for Damon. Almost as if she could read her mind, Caroline grabbed her hand.

"Ok, in my opinion you have two options right now." Caroline continued.

"You can go and tell Damon how you feel and let it out, or-" She paused as she raised the cup up to *yn*'s face. "You can get trashed with me and forget all about stupid boys."

*yn* raised a brow, not missing the hint of bitterness in Caroline's voice. It sounded a little bit too personal to just be about Damon. She decided to let it go however, as her eyes flickered down to the red solo cup and then back at Caroline.

"Make it a double."

Caroline's grin widened, "now you're sounding like my best friend."

*yn* watched as she eagerly poured extra into her cup, internally wincing at how free handed she was being with the liquor.

"To being hot and getting drunk." Caroline toasted once she'd handed *yn* her drink.

"To being hot and getting drunk." *yn* echoed, clinking their cups together before pressing it to her lips. She winced as the liquor burned her throat. She definitely had not missed that feeling.

"Ugh, speak of the devil."

*yn* followed Caroline's gaze behind her shoulder. She twisted around to see Elena and Damon making their way down the stairs.

Damon was dressed in black jeans and a blue button down with the sleeves rolled up his forearms. He looked annoyingly hot, as usual.

The pair hadn't spotted them yet as Caroline and *yn* made their way through the crowd towards them.

"Happy birthday!" Her and Caroline chorused as they reached them.

"You look amazing." *yn* grinned as she pulled her other best friend in for a tight hug.

"Thank you, so do you. The red is hot." Elena chuckled as they pulled away from each other.

*yn* could feel Damon's eyes on her but kept her focus on Elena.

"You like?" Caroline asked her, gesturing to the party around them.

"I-" Elena cut herself off as she glanced around the room. "This is keeping it small?"

Caroline didn't answer her, instead shooting her an innocent smile.

Elena couldn't fight the grin spreading across her lips as she let out a dramatic and defeated huff, "what are we drinking?"

Caroline giggled and gripped Elena's arm and tugged her towards the drinks table.

*yn* watched them go, feeling Damon's eyes still on her. Caroline's words echoed in her head. She was right. Just because she had feelings doesn't mean she had to act weird or let it get to her. He was still her friend, first and foremost. There was no reason to change how she was around him.

She took a breath and made sure her face was the perfect picture of normalcy before turning around to meet his gaze.

"Hey."

"Hey yourself." He answered, his eyes dragging down her front before flicking up to her face.

"Nice dress."

"Thanks, I had help picking it out."

A smirk twitched up onto his lips. "Well, they've got excellent taste. They're a good friend."

Friend. The word stung more than it usually did.

She forced a smile onto her lips, "that they are."

"*yn*! Get over here we're doing birthday shots!" Elena called out to her.

*yn* glanced over her shoulder and nodded before looking back up at Damon.

"Sorry, duty calls." She shrugged innocently.

"Please." He gestured for her to go. It was then that she noticed the bottle of bourbon in his hand. "Don't let me stop you."

She shot him one last grin before making her way towards Elena and Caroline.

Damon's eyes followed her the whole way there.

"I am every parents worst nightmare." Alaric sighed. "I am the chaperone teacher from hell."

"I love high school parties." Damon grinned as he jumped up onto the ledge.

"Isn't Andie supposed to be coming?"

"10 o'clock broadcast, she'll be here in a little bit."

"Uh huh." Ric remarked as he took a deep drink. Damon's brow furrowed as he glanced up from his glass.

"What is that supposed to mean?"

"What is what supposed to mean?"

"That little face you just made. Something wrong with Andie?"

"With your fake compelled girlfriend? No not at all." Ric drawled sarcastically.

"Hey it's a complicated dynamic ok."

"Or it's a distraction."

Damon's eyes narrowed even further. "Distraction from what exactly Ric?"

"Hey Mr Saltzman!" A loud voice prevented Ric from answering.

They both glanced up to see a tall, muscular guy approaching them through the door that led into the party. He was wearing a Mystic Falls High varsity jacket.

Damon frowned when he saw a flash of red behind him. He froze mid sip when he saw that flash of red belonged to *yn*'s dress.

"Jake." Alaric nodded in greeting.

Jake came to a stand still in front of them, a wide grin on his face. "*yn* told me you were chaperoning."

Then all eyes were on *yn*, who was now standing beside him. Jake's arm wrapped around her shoulders to pull her against him.

Damon felt something twist inside him.

"Had to see it for myself."

"Here I am." Alaric chuckled awkwardly.

"See I told you!" She giggled as she swayed against him. Her eyes were glassy and cheeks were flushed. A bottle in her hand.

"Badass Mr Saltzman." Jake complimented. It was then that his eyes landed on Damon. Confusion flashed across his features as he tried to place him.

"Oh Jake this is my friend." *yn* introduced, "Damon Salvatore."

Friend. It was what he was to her, the correct title to describe their relationship. But tonight, in front of this guy, it prodded something inside him. Unfurling inside him like a wasp injecting its barbed stinger into his veins.

"Salvatore... oh shit so you own this place?" Jake's eyes lit up in recognition.

"Home sweet home." Damon remarked, unable to hide the annoyance in his voice as he took a deep sip of his bourbon.

"It's dope. Sickest party location for sure." Jake complimented.

"Oi Masters!"

The group turned around to see another boy standing at the precipice of the home. "We're about to start another round, get your ass in here!"

"Beer pong." Jake explained to the group. "I'm the reigning champion." He boasted proudly. Damon rolled his eyes when Jake glanced down at *yn* for a reaction who giggled and patted his chest.

"I didn't realise we were in the presence of such a high performance athlete." He remarked earning a snort from Ric.

The liquor swishing around in Jake's stomach seemed to hinder his ability to pick up on Damon's sarcasm as he looked up and shot him another grin.

"Alright, it was nice meeting you Damon. See you in school Mr Saltzman."

Ric tilted his head in acknowledgement and Damon simply shot him a tight lipped smile.

"See you guys later." *yn* waved before bursting into a fit of giggles as Jake eagerly pulled her back inside.

Damon glanced down. His grip on his glass tightened. Jake's hand was entwined with hers.

Ric glanced between the disappearing couple and Damon.

"Careful buddy, you might break that glass."

"I hate high school jocks." Was all Damon responded with as he drained his drink and immediately reached for the bottle.

"What's his deal anyway?"

"Who? Jake Masters?" Alaric queried. He let out a scoff when Damon inclined his head.

"Uh I don't know, he's the captain of the waterpolo team. Not the greatest at history, thinks he's gods gift to women, the usual." Alaric shrugged.

Damon hummed in response. He swirled his drink in his hand absentmindedly as his eyes fixed on the doorway that *yn* and Jake had disappeared through.

"What time is Andie getting here again?" Ric asked him.

"Damon." Ric repeated after a few moments.

"What?"

Ric tried to hide his amused smirk as he studied his friend. "I said what time is Andie getting here again?"

"Oh uh-" Damon's eyes shifted back to the doorway. "11 or something." He spoke dismissively.

Almost as if they had a mind of his own, his legs pulled him up onto his feet. Unable to fight the pull to head inside anymore, he slammed his glass down. "I'm just going to go grab another drink."

Ric raised a brow and glanced at the nearly full bottle of bourbon placed between them. He smirked in amusement.

"You do that buddy."

"Oops sorry!"

Damon glared as another drunk teenager fumbled into him. He pressed the bottle to his lips and tilted his head back. His brow furrowed when the taste of bourbon didn't reach his tastebuds.

He glanced down and cursed under his breath when he saw it was empty. He tossed it to the ground before promptly plucking another bottle out of the hands of a girl passing him who looked like she was about to puke.

"No no, trust me you don't want this." He stared into her eyes, "you want to go outside and puke your guts out on the grass, not on my expensive leather couch."

He rolled his eyes as she nodded numbly and walked past him. He pressed his body against the wooden support beam, his eyes drifting over the unfamiliar faces.

"If you're looking for *yn*, I last saw her in the stoner den."

He glanced to his left to see Elena standing beside him.

"I wasn't. But thanks for the update." He answered as he pressed the new bottle to his lips.

Elena didn't need to know that he'd spent the last twenty minutes trying to find her and had now given up and decided to sulk in the corner.

"Whatever you say."

His eyes narrowed as he glared down at her. She met his gaze with an innocent smile. He resisted the urge to ask her what she meant by that, because a part of him knew exactly what she was hinting at - which had been exactly what Ric had been hinting at - and that was a conversation he wasn't exactly ready to face.

"Have fun sulking." She patted his shoulder and disappeared into the crowd. He watched her go as he took another gulp. What had started out as a fun night was quickly becoming a chore.

He stiffened when his ears detected a laugh that he knew like the back of his hand. Sure enough, it wasn't long until his eyes fell on *yn*.

He clenched his jaw when he saw that she was following after Jake Masters. He was still holding her hand, and was now leading her towards the centre of the room where a dance floor had formed.

Jake turned to *yn* and leant down, whispering in her ear as he encircled his arms around her waist. She laughed and wrapped her arms around his neck as the two began to move to the heavy bass.

As Jake moved, a vein in his neck pulsed out. Damon felt the veins stir under his eyes. All he needed was to sink his teeth into that vein and he could rip his head clean-

"Hasn't anyone ever taught you it's rude to stare?"

Damon ripped his eyes away from the couple, turning his steely gaze to Caroline.

"What do you want blondie." He muttered as he turned his attention back to the dance floor.

"Nothing. Just here to remind you that you are in front of hundreds of people so now is not really the time to get your dracula on."

He rolled his eyes, "I'm fine."

"Really? Because to me it looks like you're about to go rip Jake Masters head off."

Damon's gums ached at he mention of his name.

"Don't you have other things to be worried about blondie?" He sneered.

"Not really."

"Not even your little wolf boy getting it on with a leggier version of you over there?"

Caroline followed his gaze to see Tyler and none other than slutty Sophie of all people grinding on each other in the middle of the room. Caroline ground her teeth and crossed her arms in front of her chest.

"Doesn't bother me." Her voice raised an octave.

"You sure about that? I think that bottle is suffocating." Caroline glanced down and huffed as she loosened the grip on the wine bottle.

"This isn't about me." Caroline hissed as she turned to face him.

"This is about you admitting that seeing Jake and *yn* together is driving you crazy."

"Why would it?"

"Uh gee Damon, I don't know let me think, maybe because you have feelings for her?"

Her words were like a slap in the face. It was the first time anyone had said it out loud. Had dared to voice what they had all been thinking. All of a sudden it felt very real. Very much a possibility that Damon did indeed have feelings for his friend. He felt like the room was closing in on him.

Damon shook his head and forced a chuckle out past his lips, "sorry blondie, but you don't know what you're talking about."

"Really?" She raised her brow, "so that doesn't bother you in the slightest?"

He turned his head and his eyes found *yn*'s figure instantly. His jaw clenched and he pursed his lips.

She had turned around to press her back against Jake's. His hands were roaming her side, brushing the red fabric higher up her thighs. He was placing kisses along her neck and muttering into her ear which was making her giggle.

That single wasp inside him had now spawned into a hive, stinging him from the inside out. Right then and there, he could have ripped the heads off every single person in this room. Tear them limb from limb. Anything to get rid of this sick feeling in his stomach.

A feeling he hadn't felt in a long time, perhaps ever.

A feeling you most definitely did not have towards a friend.

"Oh is that Jake Masters with *yn*?" Elena had reappeared beside him.

"Good for her, he's so hot-"

Damon didn't hear anything else after that, because in that moment Jake had leant in and whispered into her ear once more.

"What do you say we go find somewhere quieter to talk?"

His pulse was ringing in his ears, Jake's smarmy voice slithering around in his head. His legs had moved before he had even decided to. Making a beeline for *yn*.

He had no idea what his plan was. All he knew was that if he didn't get her away from his guy, he was going to murder someone. Jealousy had never agreed with him. It made him even uglier than usual.

"I need to talk to you."

*yn* twisted around in Jake's arms, her eyes widening in surprise at the sight of Damon standing in front of her.

"I'm a little busy."

Damon glared at Jake behind her before his eyes flickered down to her.

"It's important."

"I'm sure it can wait." She shot back.

Jake glanced between them, his brow furrowing as he tried to understand what was going on.

"Jake-" Damon began as he locked eyes with the teenager. "Why don't you go do us proud and win another beer pong championship." He cocked his head and grinned, "and don't come back."

Jake's eyes clouded over momentarily, before he blinked and his eyes focused on *yn*.

"Will do!" Jake grinned.

"Damon!" *yn* protested. It was futile as Jake's hands slipped from around her waist. They watched as he marched towards the kitchen with a determined pace.

"What the hell." She growled as she glared up at him. "I was having fun."

"Of course you were, who wouldn't be with the reigning beer pong champion of Mystic Falls." Damon drawled as he gripped her elbow and dragged her through the crowd.

"I wasn't planning on marrying the guy." She snapped back as he led her up the stairs. "He's hot, it's a party. You do the math."

He gritted his teeth at her answer as he guided her into his bedroom.

"You're drunk."

She huffed as she stormed into the centre of the room.

He shut the door. The noise from the party underneath them was immediately dampened. Now only a dull roar, background noise that occasionally seeped in through the floorboards.

"I don't want you making a decision you'll regret tomorrow."

She inhaled sharply before swivelling around to face him. Her fists clenched at her sides.

"That's not your decision to make."

"You're right. It's not." He nodded as he stalked towards her, "but I'm the one who's going to have to pick up the pieces if you get hurt."

She let out a bark of laughter. "Get hurt? I was dancing with him not running off to get eloped."

"Well we all know where it was heading."

Her eyes narrowed at his response.

"Last time I checked you're my friend, not my parent."

Friend. There it was again. That one little noun that was causing so much heartache. So much turmoil inside him.

*yn* knew she should leave it at that. But anger and liquor never mixed well inside her. And she was hurt and confused. All she had wanted to do was distract herself from him and her feelings, yet now it seemed like she couldn't escape him.

Now she felt like she was going crazy because if she didn't know any better, she could have sworn he was jealous.

"Don't you have anything better to do? Isn't your girlfriend supposed to be here?"

Damon didn't miss the way her lips almost curled into a sneer as they formed the word.

"She's working late."

His answer made her stomach drop. Of course they were still together. How stupid could she be to even let herself think for one moment that they might have broken up, that he might-

"Right." She nodded. "Well, I appreciate the whole friend intervention thing or whatever this is." She gestured to him as she took a few steps forward. "But I'm going back to the party."

She had made it all the way past him when she felt his hand curl around her forearm, rooting her in place.

"You seem to be really enjoying using the word 'friend' tonight."

Silence fell over the pair. Her eyes fluttered shut as she inhaled shakily. She opened her eyes once more and stared at the closed door. She could feel Damon's eyes burning holes in the back of her head.

His hand was yet to leave her bare arm.

"Well that's what you are."

She remembered Caroline's words as she tried to control her nerves. She exhaled as she tried to calm her beating heart as she turned to face him.

"Right?"

She kept her gaze defiant and determined as they locked eyes. He searched her eyes, seemingly looking for something in particular.

"I don't know." He began as he took a step toward her.

His ring band was burning into her skin. Her heart hammered.

"Do friends get the urge to rip the heads off arrogant jocks who touch their other friends?"

*yn* swallowed as she held his gaze. Her mind was going at a million miles an hour. She could barely process what was happening.

"Do friends feel physically ill when they hear the word friend being used to describe their relationship?"

Another step forward. His piercing green eyes flickered down to her lips and then back to her eyes.

"Damon-"

She cut herself off as Damon's hand cradled the side of her face. His teeth captured his bottom lip as his eyes once again fell to her mouth. The pad of his thumb glided over her bottom lip.

"I don't think I want to be your friend anymore *yn*." He murmured, his voice causing goosebumps to rise on the back of her neck.

"In fact, I don't think I've hated the word as much as I do right now." He whispered as he pressed his forehead against hers.

The alcohol running through her veins was clouding her reasoning, not even giving her a chance to think about Andie or Jake, or what the implications of this in the morning would be.

But in that moment, she didn't care. All she could think about was the smell of his cologne invading her senses and the feeling of his fingers running along her hot skin. About how desperate she was to have his mouth on hers.

All it took was the slightest tilt of *yn*'s chin to connect their lips. Her eyes fluttered shut as he finally let go of her arm to bring his other hand up to her cheek, cupping her face in his hands.

Their lips moved in sync as she pressed herself against him, nearly letting out a moan at the feeling. Her hands threaded themselves through his hair as he moved one hand to ensnare her waist. His hand travelled down just as she-

"They're kissing!" The muffled voice on the other side of the door made them pull apart in surprise. She glanced over her shoulder.

"Caroline?" *yn* asked as Damon ran a hand over her lower back. Damon nodded.

"And Elena."

*yn* let out a breathy laugh as she turned back to look up at him.

"Moment ruined?" He asked, a rare smile spreading across his lips as he studied her.

"Kinda." She grinned back as she leant up to capture his lips in another kiss.

They pulled apart after a few moments, pressing their foreheads together as they caught their breaths.

"I have to say *yln*." Damon murmured, a smirk twisting up onto his lips.

"I love not being your friend."

I love this fic, it's been so long since I've just done a stand alone fic!!! As always, feedback is always appreciated. Please give it back here x

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[junktastic]

I had a drawing months back that went kinda viral I guess, and it getting out of my normal sphere of followers meant that I got to observe how folks far outside of my twitter sphere interact with twitter and others. For reference, I am talking about this image:

The context, besides getting to draw my friend Jenny, was that I saw a picture that was of an anime girl that said "lets be in our early 30s together" and I was like "haha, I will make my own version of this." Part of it was also that I think aging is fine, and we need to stop stressing so much over staying young. "Lets be in our mid-thirties together" is not a joke, I sincerely wanted this image to be warm and inviting, to maybe give people hope that there will be friends and people who love you once you get to that age. I never thought I was going to make it to 30, and I just turned 35 this year, and I'm the happiest I've ever been.

Some responses were obviously teens/early 20s people saying they don't want to get that old, which is whatever. When you're that young the dirty thirty sounds so ugly. No one cool is in their 30s! Well, if you ignore the people who make all the things they like. These responses I waved these off.

I saw the typical twitter experience replies of "this doesn't apply to me?" Ok bitch! Go make your own like I did! And show me when you do, I'd love to see it!

There was a handful of people who were saying "retweet to scare a twink" which I felt was kind of rude. Not to me, but to the twinks out there. Aging doesn't make you less of a twink.

Lots of people were sending it to their significant others or saying they hope to find someone to be in their mid-thirties with, which I love. :3 It makes me happy!

The one kind of response which is what I made this post for and I'm so sorry that I've been rambling, that I found weird was the people who will reply to just you. The OP. As if they are replying to everyone in the thread. I'm not talking about in QRTs, just straight in the replies. "Don't forget how tired she looks in this." Brother I drew the picture. I know. And ever since then I feel like, as someone who loves to read the replies on other people's tweets, I notice this a lot more often. Who are they talking to? Is this what people are referring to when they say "Main Character Syndrome?" Or should I be lumping these together with the "why isn't this about my exact personal life situation" people?

My fiancé says I'm thinking about this too hard (I got engaged last month btw), and he's probably right. I can't help but be curious about how other people choose to interact with the internet and images and people on it. And, I guess, am I supposed to reply? How should I feel about these. I guess I have to decide that on my own.

For the record, you are all very normal/understandable when it comes to what you guys tag my stuff with. That you love the girls (same!), that they're very gender (love this), or wow is this [insert fetish](not my intention but that's the internet). I feel like the slime girls get the "gender" comment the most and you are all so right for that. Every time I see people reblog my ocs I think "Thank you for loving [name]."

That's all! This was a pointless post but I'm unemployed right now so I have too much time to overthink things for no reason. How do YOU feel about how people interact with your posts? Are they weird? Or are they normal about it.

#bro what do i even tag this

[the-pobble-terrarium]

can I get an info dump on how you feel about princess celestia and or twilight

GIGGLES I'm glad to see interest in them !!! (assuming this is AU related)

I haven't fleshed out Twilight's and the Princesses backgrounds very much- mainly because I can't think of anything to change, but compared to in-show Twilight, the rewrite AU one is much more. quiet and threatening if you don't know her well- she's kinda got that thousand yard stare and she's more or less completely non-verbal. Her name also changes in the AU! From Twilight Sparkle to Meteor Strike!

(Here, have some old concept art!)

And as expected, Meteor- the socially awkward barely verbal anxiety horse is NOT happy when she's made a princess on the spot Speaking just off the top of my head, I think it would lead her to resent Celestia a bit for putting something so big on her without even asking, and she might begin to connect with Luna a bit more, sharing how it felt Celestia sort of just. Does stuff without asking- like she knows what’s best always. I think this would accumulate in them confronting Celestia and telling her “hey we know you think this is what's best but it’s actually not. Please ask before you make such big changes.” Celestia takes it hard at first but eventually understands sometimes she needs to take a step back and not assume.

If this where an actual MLP episode, it would probably go something along the lines of Celestia making assumptions on how to help without asking constantly, leading to a LOT of unhappy ponies confronting her on it and Celestia at the end writing what SHE learnt for once- "Sometimes you think you know what's best for somepony, but today I learnt it's important to ask before you make such big assumptions. A good friend always makes sure their friend is comfortable, rather than simply assuming they are."

Speaking of Luna and Celestia! These designs were originally made completely separate as a way to mess around with a "biblically accurate princesses" idea, but I think they could fit really nicely into this AU with a few minor tweaks!

(Sorry for such low quality, I had to pluck them from an old twitter post because I can't find the Sai file I drew them on)

That would also probably mean Meteor would gain "biblically accurate" qualities after her 'graduation' over time... Which would probably make her even freakier looking to outsiders LMAO

I also imagine the process of transformation is VERY painful for the immediate part of the spell (growing wings/a horn), and for the rest it takes time to form. What I mean by that is when a pony is made an alicorn via magic it's pulling magic from their body to form entirely new limbs, nervous systems, shifting magical components to specific parts- which is PAINFUL. And when these limbs are formed, they're small- over time they'll grow, like a butterfly emerging from a chrysalis! They've emerged from their cocoon, but it still takes time for them to pump fluids into their wings before they can fly! Which means Meteors wings are more or less useless for a few months...

(“Really? I don’t even get to use these things??”)

#POBthoughts #POBasks #POBart #rambling #infodump #mlp #mlp fim #my little pony #mlp au #mlp rewrite au #twilight mlp #celestia mlp #luna mlp #digital art #whiteboard fox

[electro-omen]

Cough cough, any of y'all heard about this guy?

The last couple of days have been filled with drawing practice for me. And let me tell you - when you're practising anyway, and a blog you ADORE posts a character design, you don't think twice.

With that said...

@emotionally-mature-mechanic

I'M SOOOO SORRY IF I GOT THE BODY TYPE WRONG-

Rambling about things + some specific layers under the cut

Okay so. I actually drew this yesterday but didn't manage to download it, which is why I had to wait until today to post it. AND YOU FOLLOWED ME YESTERDAY AFTER I DREW IT I THINK?? so I was like 'GIVE ME A SECOND PLEASE I HAVE. GIFT!!' lmao,,,

Am I proud of this?

Ah, not really. I mean, I'm happy with particular elements of the drawing... I'm still figuring out how to connect them together in a way where they're coherent, and I still suck at how lighting works. But hey! It was practice, anyway, so I can't be too hard on myself. There's always tommorow :].

This is how the piece looked on canvas,,,,,, I think it's a little silly which is why I wanna show it lmao. It is funny how it seems so carefully crafted, and then outside it's just brush strokes sticking out and all that stuff lmao.

THIS is how he looks without any lightning and colour manipulation!! Yes I just cut off his arm like that. I was going to fix it but I forgot about it until I was too deep into the drawing. No, those aren't blood stains. It's oil. I really really hope I got his design right and

I'M SORRY IF I DIDN'T I TRIED MY BEST

Oh yeah the accessories on his collar were on a different layer which is why they're- white. And also the colouring was double-layered, thus the white spots near the edges. Kinda looks like it was drawn in Paint. WHATEVER!!

I referenced this wonderful pose by @\mellon_soup on tiktok to place the shoulders and neck correctly!!

This is the background. I'm actually kind of proud of this, simply because I do backgrounds so rarely, not even talking about PERSPECTIVE. What's this place? I dunno lmao. That's up to your interpretation. Yeah I just thought it looked cool. I totally didn't shade each tile individually ahaha.

Aand that's it. Quite a lot of talking for a piece that's not even that good LOL. But hey. As long as you like it. Your blog is so, so awesome and your interactions with medibot are wholesome to say the least, though the disappearance arc has been breaking my heart.

Now I'm just going to take 15 minutes mustering up the courage to hit send. Help.

#my art #electro art #ofc tumblr ruined the quality #emotionally xyz mercs #emotionally mature mechanic #tf2 oc art #art

[kennyluvr]

#☕: main 4 — doing their eyeliner

synopsis/concept: doing eyeliner for the main 4

warnings: none

author's note: rough week but we 🆙🔥💯 the whole thing is kinda shitty but i just needed to post sorry 😭

kyle broflovski

kyle is so scared to agree for some reason?? he makes so many excuses, like he thinks you're going to kill him or stab him in the eye or something 😭

"kyle please, it won't take that long" "okay but what if i get an infection" "nothing's going to happen i swear, i just bought this one 😡😡"

reluctantly though, he agrees because he doesn't want to disappoint you.

when you sit on his lap to start he's blushing HARD. he's so nervous to be so close to you, he doesn't know where to put his hands. he just decides to settle them on your thighs or your waist

he's smiling so hard the whole time, his cheeks ache so much but he can't help it. he loves when you're like super super close to him but he's so shy about it

he moves so much. like like trying to adjust the way you're sitting to make sure you're comfortable, or he keeps blinking because it feels like there's something in his eye

and he keeps rubbing his eyes and smudging it, you get so annoyed

stan marsh

you two were about to hang out with some friends, and after you were done with your own makeup, you got the idea

stan is pretty unsure when you ask, he's not really the type to be into that kind of stuff, but he'd agree to it for you because you look so excited to do it

when you're done, he'll look in the mirror and make fun of himself. you try to tell him how good he looks but he keeps denying it 😒

"i look so weird. i literally look stupid, y/n" "you look so pretty though, i did an amazing job ☹️"

obviously he's just being humble, he's straight up beautiful and he's fully aware

he'll just sit in front of the mirror and admire your work for a couple minutes LMAO

and when he thinks you're not looking, he'll take a couple of pictures just for memory's sake, and also because he looks super good 🙏

he probably smudges it in like 30 minutes though??

eric cartman

cartman straight up REFUSES when you first asked, so you have to be persistent

"eyeliner?? that's so gay, absolutely fucking not"

it literally takes you days, but eventually he gives in because you bribed him

even after you've convinced him, it takes you a couple minutes to actually start because he keeps moving his head or telling you stuff

the whole time you're trying to work, he's squirming sm, you have to keep telling him to sit still

also he's constantly complaining about it. like seriously this man won't stfu no matter how many times you tell him to

it's the dumbest stuff too, like he thinks it's itchy or he thinks it's getting in his eyes

when you're done and he sees himself, he gets so dramatic too

it doesn't even look that bad and he's acting like you drew a massive penis all over his face or something

kenny mccormick

kenny has tried to do his own eyeliner on multiple occasions, it always turns out terrible. his hands are kinda shaky sometimes, so it looks like he scribbled all over his eyelids

when you asked him if you could do his eyeliner he got so excited, and he loved the idea. he agreed without any hesitation. he was grinning so eagerly 😭

"kenny, you should let me do your eyeliner" "YES PLEASE"

when you pushed him down to get on top of him he found it so hot LMAO

"damn i kinda like this position" "oh"

the whole time he'll just keep smiling and giggling omg

he just kinda stares and observes you, he thinks it's so cute how focused you are.

and he keep telling you how pretty you look as you work. he loves when you're this close to him, he just wants to finish so you two can make out or something

"shut UP. just relax your face" "omg i'm just trying to compliment you 😒"

also kenny probably gets distracted super easily, so he keeps turning his head to every single noise, so you mess up a couple times

"kenny stop moving mf" "but i thought it was an ice cream truck 😕"

when you finish though HE LOOKS SO GOOD and he def knows it

"damn i look hella fine with eyeliner, you should teach me" "you always looked hella fine kenny"

he'll probably just sit there for a few minutes taking selfies like stan, but he's definitely showing all his friends and everyone he knows 😭

[demonsteapot]

How do you do lighting in your art???

Yours always looks incredible, and it's an area I struggle with greatly. Any advice is appreaciated!

Okay. So.

The short answer is that I'm not actually that advanced or skilled with regards to lighting, and I hide it behind stylization. But I can explain some, like, entry level lighting information?

I put a cut because I wrote a bunch of stuff. Sorry if this is too basic, I don't know how much baseline stuff I should be going over ;-;

Also heads up I can't explain shit for fuck so it might be incomprehensible

This is not a shockingly interesting image in itself, but it illustrates some pretty key things I think?

First, and I guess most important, you need to know where your light is and what type of light it is. In this image, it's a directional light (the light rays are all more or less parallel), so the shadows will be very consistent. I can try to demonstrate other types (point lights, spot lights, area lights) at some point, but directional is more or less the simplest?

The second thing is establishing perspective, which I've illustrated with the four lines on the ground. I kinda hate doing perspective to be honest (and it shows in my work), but you want a good grasp on it to handle neat lighting. (I think I screwed it up here ;-; not so neat)

The third is the way I worked out the actual shadow, drawing lines from the light source (since it's directional, all of these lines are parallel) through features on Nova, and onto the ground (which is where the perspective comes in, or at least it would if I was using it right). If I'm uncertain how a feature maps onto its shadow, I draw another line, but I can extrapolate a lot of features just from knowing where the top of the shadow is cast. Here I drew additional lines through the bottom of her head and the edges (approximately) of her dress, and another one on the ground as a guideline. It's a bit messy but the idea is there I think?

Normally, I don't actually draw these lines, I just work them out in my head. (Which is why they're usually even more inaccurate.) Anyway, once you have some of those guidelines, you can work out the shape, and if you can't, draw more lines.

Okay that's all I really wanted to say; I have no idea if any of that is comprehensible or helpful lol

Also I just realized I forgot to draw the horns on the shadow. FUCK

I also made a thing about the way I shade some materials, if that's anything:

With regards to object shading, my artstyle doesn't use a lot of colours usually (typically it's two or three per material, except hair which is special), and I don't use gradients or soft brushes much (or, like, ever). Shadows on characters tend to be 'start with something vaguely accurate, then adjust until it looks nice.'

If you want me to tackle anything else, like colour or more specific lighting cases? Um. I don't know what I'm doing I'll get back to you eventually. Maybe.

Till then, I need to work on my freaking lighting skills! Toodles!

#ask #also i chopped off vivian's arm for one of those demo materials. fuck him in particular #okay the upshot of this one is that I need to work on my lighting

[savebatsartedition]

Second to last old Scratchcraft fanart dump! (I think.)

(These ones are three years old I think.)

Scratch link: X

(More notes under the cut.)

Ack this season was awesome, I explain why this wasn't posted earlier a bit further down in the instructions.

Technically the sixth one but you get the deal by now lol.

Click or space to progress through the art.

If you think anything in this project is inappropriate, please tell me and give me the chance to remove it, I don't think anything is, but I don't have the best track record of being correct in that area. I'm not trying to have anything bad in projects.

Alright then, explanation time, I can't really go on youtube anymore, or at least I couldn't for a few months, so this fanart is a bit… uh, later than was expected I guess? Oops, it's not my fault though. (Ack season two started and I'm just over here-) This is kind of rushed and there aren't many drawings in it, but that's because I wanted to seperate the season one stuff from the season two stuff.

I- I think Drawception might have seriously helped my drawing abilities in the terms of backgrounds.

Please don't steal my art!

Now I've decided to write something for each drawing: 1: Storm taking off lol

Kenpo flying.

Storm with a sword and a trident.

Hm… I could really use a trident.

Fools… (Hunted hiding in the grass ft. really weird lighting.) I lowkey dislike this one a lot but it was funny.

I kinda hate this one too but they are fighting over the egg.

Mallon calling Kenpo to help kill Hunted, fighting over Mallon's stuff.

Same people as last time fighting in the background and Storm annoyed about the side of his shop blowing up. (I was too lazy to draw a helmet.) ALSO I know it was in a desert, I forgot but was too lazy to change it, sorry!

Hunted in his base just trying to build when the creepers attack.

"How Distressing," Mallon is in prison lol.

He won. :)

Kenpo and Hunted sitting in a pool of lava together. (Hunted's base.)

Kenpo I doodled because I felt bad for not drawing him enough in this one.

Storm falling out of the world.

Bonus Meme! … and that's it because I really want to share this project.

(More season one fanart might be in the next one, but I started watching season two, and I don't want any of that fanart in this one, even though I really want to draw fanart for that one already lol. Hope that explains the utterly sad amount of art in this.)

The people who made the 24 different songs. Scratch bitmap is the place I drew stuff. The Scratchers in Scratchcraft. @savebats (me) for art.

The Scratchers in Scratchcraft are these people! Their episodes are all amazing, and though I haven't been able to regularly watch them, I wish I could, and hope I can soon. @huntedskelly: huntedskelly @unknownscratcher1234: KenpoViper @Haunted_Enderman: StormLordZeus @Mallonations: Mallonations

#scratchcraft #mcyt #stormlordzeus #huntedskelly #mallonations #kenpoviper #digital art #traditional art

[thatdeadaquarius]

i NEED to see more of your art !!!!!

*bats eyelashes* this is a threat.

AHFLALSDHA WHAT- STOP GET OUT NO U DONT PLEASE-

U WANNA SEE MY ART??!!

IVE BEEN WAITING FOR YEARRSSS FOR SOMEONE TO SEE MY ART-

For future standalone posts like Possession AU/actual Fanfics/Non-Asks I'll probably add some of my art as a fun visual, since it sucks the closest I can get is gifs to feeling more immersed! :/

These I drew over the past 2-3 weeks! They're my lovely OCS, left to right, Lucille, Mara and Sabrina! They're story is a big fat beautiful shit on JK Rowl*ng! Lucille is a black lesbian successful trans woman/future magic council-woman, Mara is a japanese-american hard-headed/bold sapphic woman/future professional magical athlete, and Sabrina is a plus-size queer woman/future professional magical plants necromancer! They're in my twist on Harry Potter universe, where they all go to magical university, and the point is that Mara and Lucille are infamous school rivals, but then fall in love/fall in love with Sabrina too! A magical gay polycule if u will, I've written 2 short stories about them for my fiction class so far!

SHEESH, DO ME A FAVOR AND CLICK FOR QUALITY!!

this was my last project for my illustration 2 class! I have a physical comic book/zine I'm making, but this is the summary TLDR digital piece lol, its actually a sort of isekai of myself into Percy Jackson and changing his fate for the better! (Yes ik his anatomy is ROUGH, dont look at him too hard- SOBS)

Here's an earlier project this year from Illustration 2, I got an article I had to make illustrations for, to help you understand it/add aesthetic to it! My subject was Cosmic Topology, pretty sick topic if u ever wanna look it up, it's about the shape of the universe! :0

^^^

And these-

are the gifs from that art exhibition I talked so much about the past couple weeks! It was my senior art exhibition (a requirement to display art in the uni gallery to graduate!)

irl photos under this text block!

These are actually being projected across pages in a fake photo album/prom guestbook thingy, fully interactive so u can turn the pages and it shows a new animation, like a magical storybook! Also, since it's prom themed, I made it a kinda guestbook/sign book so gallery viewers can get some glitter pens I left out to sign the end of it! I also have a playlist I made playing in the gallery along with it so it's like what they'd play at this prom! :) hope that made sense!

The content is that the girl you see walking around in white is getting social anxiety/stressed out, to the point of dissociating, as a way of doing my theme I've kept up for university of things appearing darker than they initially look (hence the colors + I love colors), and to bring awareness to mental health!

welp, didnt mean to include all that black space, but that's my artist statement too! (u cant see the prints in the pictures, that's just my interactive piece I was talking about!)

hope if u click on the statement it's readable lol

Just click on the Alt text, I pasted it there 😭 also the piece is called

"You're the Star of the Night (you're dissociating)!"

Tumblr hates me so I just made the gif of me actually turning the pages into a link/QR code thingy! feel free to check out if u want :)

Uh anyway, if you made it this far, thank you so much!

Can't wait to make more fanart tbh lol

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH AGAIN FOR ASKING ORAH!! (sorry it wasnt more genshin stuff whoops...) RLLY HOPE I DIDNT SPAM U TOO HARD-

Safe travels,

💀♒️

#my art #aquarius art #aquarius arts #ask box open #my asks #art post #lol nothing to tag rlly bc if i say 'not genshin' itll still register if u search #anyway thank u sm orah #my beloved ;-; #cant believe u asked omfg #i cant wait to draw more sagau stuff tho #i just havent had much time for it this year bc of school #which is also why the possession au art is bare bones linework too lmao

[a-s-levynn]

i was tagged by 🥹🫶🏻 @lovingache and @reveries-of-my-mind and edit: @absentviolet and @venomousiiserpent 🫶🏻🥹, i love this kinda stuff and it's been a while since i did one! thank you so much! <3

i'm tagging but no pressure, because i never know who to tag or not to tag so i'm sorry if i tagged you or did not tagged you.. if it's not your thing or just don't feel up to it rn, just ignore it happend it's totally fine: @hreog-like-frog @murderofcrow @moonchild-in-blue @foxgloveinspace @thejawsoffate ALSO if i haven't tagged you but you wan't to jump in on the fun, consider yourself tagged by me without a second thought

last song: Farewell by Bernth

last film: Scream VI, actually i was rewatching the entire franchise during the past week or so.. i like slashers and it's been a while so i might do it with the rest of the classics.

currently watching: i'm rewatching Prodigal son. I loved that show with all it's faults, and i'm still sad it did not got it's 3rd season.

currently reading: Starfall by Drew Harrison. I'm finally on my way to finish it, i kinda struggle with reading in general (i can't focus) but i got the audiobook version and it helps a lot. It's a really great sci-fy cyberpunk post-apocalyptic story with that classic noire-ish thing that fits so well with the neon distopias etc.. and it tackles really fun themes. i can only recommend either reading or listening to it.

current obsession: take a wild guess, i couldn't even hide it if i tried to, not that i'd want to anyway. yes it's sleep token. what a surprise, i know.. besides that.. something different basically every other day? currently it's over an extremely stupid idea i'm working into a drawing and so far it's not a complete disaster so here is to hope it get's finished before i fixate on something else

#i love these thank you guys again! 🫶🏻🥹 #levynn tries to think #tag game #tagging game #ask game #i don't remember what my tag was for these #i could check but when have i ever chose the smart option.. #also i should sleep because i need to hold a thesis information talk on the uni tomorrow because my library is a partner institution #and it would probably help if i wasn't exhausted by that time but alas sleep rarely agreed with me in a way i'd prefer #but at least i made a sketch so if i can i'll finish it tomorrow

[strawberrisoulmate]

oh, i see :0c yeah, i guess that makes sense. your world is a lot more dangerous than just something like color gangs, huh?

oh, but anyways! she's told me how you two met, but what drew you to her in the first place? and what eventually made you want to officially ask her out? owo

"Yeah. It is."

"Kids these days walk around the city showing off their color to everyone like they're hot shit. Pickin' fights — thinkin' nothing can happen to 'em as long as they've got their gang to back 'em up. But as soon as you take that away, they just stand there shakin' in their boots, staring at you like a deer in headlights. Half of 'em don't even know what real danger looks like until they've got themselves in some kinda deep shit they can't get out of. But by then, it's too late."

"Ah... anyways. Sorry, I got a bit off topic there. Back to the question."

"What drew me to Hana? Let me think..."

"At first, I was just helpin' her out. Saw she was in a bind with some punks bothering her and I stepped in to help, simple as that. There wasn't any kinda intention behind it or anything. She's older than she looks, for one — or maybe I'm just getting old... it's hard to tell these days — so I hadn't even considered looking at her in that way until we got to talkin'. Wasn't until later on, after spending more time together and gettin' to know each other a bit more, that I realized I just liked her company."

"She's sweet. Like, sugary sweet. But not in a way that make you feel like she's being fake or tryin' too hard to get you to like her. It's all genuine, ya know? And she cares a lot, too. Even about the stuff I wouldn't normally sweat. Like if I got a scratch or two from getting into it with a rival group, she'd still worry and ask if I'm okay. It's nice, havin' someone give a shit about you like that. It's not something I'm all that used to."

"There's lots of stuff I could say about her, honestly — that doesn't even break the surface of everything there is to like about her. But I've rambled enough for one day. I'll be here, though, if you want to listen to an old man monologue at you again sometime."

#(( this got way too fucking long i'm so sorry )) #(( he just had a lot to say this time i guess jkfdnfd )) #(( pov: a 30-something year old guy starts rambling like an old man in his 70s about The Youths of today or whatever )) #f/ovember #👹 #🌸 asks #🌸 mutuals | koda

[kitkatt0430]

Ah, the next What If? is the zombie episode. I'm really not a zombie fan, unless it's silly music like Re: Your Brains. Zombie stuff just tends to be gory and gross and kinda boring to me. But hopefully I'll enjoy the episode anyway.

Aww, poor Bruce lands in Zombie land. No one there to greet him. Well... Levi the cape is there.

Bruce is so pleased to see Tony and the others at first and then... they turn out to be zombies. Love that cape for saving Bruce. :D Bruce's "Don't eat me!" is pretty hilarious.

Alright, so this is erring on the side of zig-zagging across the line that it's actually pretty comedic.

The Watcher is looking more person shaped. A physical manifestation of his character development.

Peter's 'survive the apocalypse' video is so in character for him. And the part with Bucky is hilarious.

Okoye - We don't need horror movies, we have American reality tv.

She's got a point.

Happy saying "blam" when he shoots the gauntlet is adorable. And now he and Sharon are gonna die. I think that's the other thing I don't like about zombie movies and horror in general. All the character death.

Well, Sharon's doing pretty well for herself, but I'm still convinced she's gonna die. :( But her saying "blam"when she turns the gauntlet on the now Zombie!Happy? Priceless.

Back to Camp Lehigh (Le High?) which feels like a trap.

Hey, Sharon made it to the train. But there's a zombie about to kill her anyway. She came so close to surviving. Oooh, it's Steve. And of course Bucky has to face him next.

Okoye - The kid has hand sanitizer.

Crosses the line so many times.

Aww, Hope. And Peter trying to help her keep hope.

And now Hope is gonna be a giant zombie. :(

Vision showing up should be a good thing... but it feels ominous.

Scott is a head in a jar.

Okoye - Don't cry, you'll fog up your jar.

So Vision may have 'saved' Scott, it seems like he hasn't been able to save Wanda. ah, okay, so Vision can't save her 'cause she's too powerful. So instead of saving the rest of the world, he just feeds her instead.

Honestly? Don't like this version of Vision. Don't feel sorry for him either. This guy could not pick up Thor's hammer anymore, that's for sure.

Well, there goes Okoye. And Vision. And Bucky. And now Bruce is running into the zombie horde... I wonder if the Hulk can become a zombie.

I hope not.

Giant zombie Hope, I called it. Scott's so sad to see her that way.

So now they're headed to Wakanda. Supposedly a safe place. I'm assuming it's not.

oh. Yeah. Thanos. What's he doing in Wakanda? He's got the green time stone, so... maybe zombie strange was destroying Wakanda with the time stone and that drew Thanos there? About the only scenario that makes sense to me, anyway.

Yeah that was pretty funny. Enough that I enjoyed it, anyway. But probably not gonna be my favorite episode.

#kitkatt0430 watches #marvel's what if

[trickster-whim]

So, my sister and I had kind of an amazing trip to Goodwill!!

(Kind of long, so I'm gonna put it under a readmore. Also nothing at all explicit, but slightly adult for doujinshi and body pillow covers)

I'm going to go out of order but in the order I took pictures, so first up are these two Dungeon Tiles Master Set boxes! They're really cool, especially since we've been playing dungeons and dragons more lately. Also there were some people's printouts of dnd books, which is adorable. The only thing is that the sets were kinda mixed up, and they were the most expensive single items we got ($6.49, I think?), so we left one behind at the store and who knows what was in that one??

But I definitely want to try to use these sometime, and the boxes themselves are really cute, so ✅

The thing that drew us in and convinced us pretty quickly this was going to be a wild trip, though, was a stack of Japanese novels and doujinshi! This was the same goodwill that I once found a gay space furry retelling of Beauty and the Beast (which turned out to be v good, btw), so there's precedent for some choice smut, but I've never found doujinshi before!

Mostly it's things I'm not super familiar with, and it all appears to be in Japanese, so we can't completely read it (although my sister's kinda learning it in her free time), but it's still awesome.

The non-comic books were these three Gankutsuou novels. Of course I've never seen it, but I did read Count of Monte Cristo in high school! (I remember reading it during my welding class lmao. And I had the teacher who tested us when we got to school over minutia that wasn't in the abridged versions, so yes I read the whole book.)

Can't read it, still cool.

The doujinshi/fanbooks I'm having a harder time finding info about, despite the fact that most of them list an author/illustrator and date. Again, they're in Japanese, but these have (more) pictures 😎. And they're quite nice pictures too lmao.

Three of the books are fanbooks from Magi (I'm not sure if that's Magi the Labyrinth of Magic, but I've been reading that, so I guess I'll see within ~300 chapters), two are from Tiger and Bunny (which I wanted to watch but just haven't gotten around to it), and one from Heat Guy J (which I've never heard of, but it looks kind of great, but it's not available for streaming right now).

Again, I haven't seen any of the anime these are from, and they're in Japanese, so I've been using an online translator to translate (and the pictures help ngl), but I fucking love them. Some aren't 100% my style (I was literally talking the day before about how many fetish-y amputee mods there are for Fallout, and one book is about a character with amputated limbs in a way I'm not sure isn't fetish-y, but it's not, like, offensive I don't think), but I'm a big fan of smut idk ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (Also! I forgot to add that the art is very good. I'm going to keep looking up the artists to see if they've done anything else I might also like :p )

(I do have to say: these books are mostly censored [that is, no explicit shots of genitals without censor bars], but they are very adult, and they were just sitting out there for anyone to stumble on. Like when I found a Torchwood book in the kids section of Bookmans. Idk.)

Anyway! The next stuff is not smutty (sadly): Daisuki Magazine!

I hadn't heard of this magazine, but it's a mid-2000s German-language manga mag, so almost exactly a one-to-one match for my interests lol. My German is rusty, and some of the words are specific, so it's slow going reading it, but look! Fruits Basket! Which we called Frubba when we were kids because we had a million inside jokes!

(I also went back later and got Juni 2007. Also heatstroke because it is hot as all hell here.)

And lastly was another impulse purchase but also amazing: a Nightwing body pillow cover by soltian!!

Sorry for the terrible shot lmao. I wanted to put it on my pillowcase-less pillow immediately, so I had to wash it quickly.

I love this art (༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ)

I don't follow comics, but I read almost every DC (especially Batman) comic in our city's library system when I was in high school, so yeah. Also I really do like the art; it's very cute.

(Side note, all of soltion's art is cute. They have charms, and the digidestined are absolutely perfect and I love them. They also have the pillowcases in stock right now so, you know, support the artists! I'm really eyeing those keychains honestly!)

A better(?) picture of the pillowcase which also shows off the last thing I got while we were out: new bedclothes!

We stopped at Walmart because my mom had a gift card, and they had a nine-piece sheets and stuff set for $9, and I've been looking for a new blanket and pillowcases, so score! It was full size, and my bed's a twin, so it's very large, but who cares? I get almost all my bedclothes at goodwill, so I'm pleased :p

Anyway back to the goodwill trip. It was expensive, ha. Everything we got cost between $2 and $7, which is amazing but adds up, and I am so, so grateful that goodwill has a 20% off $20+ coupon and also that my sister who has a job bought this lot UwU

So it cost about $37 for a stack of doujinshi, manga mags, light novels, dnd tile sets, and a body pillow cover. So, um. Yeah. My sister and I were freaking out lmao. I don't know if we'll find such a good haul again, but I'm super happy with all this. Now I just need to make room on my packed shelves.

[catgirlforkaeya]

hello ,, can you do kaeya x gn reader – where the s/o is good at controlling their facial expressions ? wk that kaeya would love to tease his s/o, but the thing is he has never seen his s/o being flustered even after his "extreme" flirting. what would happen when one day kaeya sees his s/o's diary, where they ramble about how their heart is actually at the point of jumping out of its cage because of kaeya ? they also drew kaeya a lot in that book and wrote about how they always wanted to flirt back but can't because they know they can't flirt as good as kaeya . i hope this is ok :))

diary of a stone-faced lover

kaeya x gn!reader

fluff

warnings: all lowercase + swearing + not proofread

a/n: AAA oml i love this idea sm :,) i’m sorry i’m late to this, also it’s a little short and lowkey rushed </3. i hope it’s good enough!!

you were definitely a tough nut to crack when it came to showing certain expressions on your face

over your years of knowing kaeya you picked up very quickly that he was a flirt (who hadn’t tbh). even as friends he was flirty with you, but once you started dating that flirting level went up 100x more

no matter how hard kaeya tried he could never really get a reaction out of you. you’d laugh and gently punch his bicep but you’d never be flustered, not even a single dash of red on your cheeks

kaeya couldn’t tell if you were annoyed of his flirting sometimes or not. you just didn’t give any flustered reaction. everyone else he has ever flirted with has starry eyes and begins drooling while turning red. why weren’t you the same?

you did show emotions yes. nine times out of ten you’d always have some form of expression on your face. that one time would be whenever kaeya would be trying to get a reaction out of you. it was like your face would turn to stone

he tried to not let it bother him, but he couldn’t help it. when kaeya gets fixed on something unanswered he doesn’t stop thinking about it until he finds the answers. yes, it was kinda stupid to be worrying over something small like this but he just… couldn’t understand why you’d never show a reaction?? he knew that you loved him, you made it very clear that you did so that wasn’t even a doubt he had. he just couldn’t wrap his head around why you’d never get flustered

that was… until he found your diary

he didn’t mean to, really. he was just cleaning out some old stuff in the bedroom you shared and found it lodged in the back of the closet. he was checking everything before throwing it out to make sure it wasn’t something important, so of course he had to check what he had just found

—

when kaeya first opened the book he was a little confused. he opened to the middle of it and none of it really made sense. but when he flipped to the front and saw the words ‘diary’ it made a hell of a lot more sense.

he knew he shouldn’t read it. it was an invasion of your privacy and he knew that was wrong. diaries are meant to be private and kept to the owner only. but something deep down told him to read it. surely a little peek couldn’t reveal too much, right?

the first few pages didn’t hold that much interesting stuff. he did find some stuff from a few years ago not long from when you two had first met. you talked about how you had a love-hate relationship with him, wanted to smack him but also wanted to kiss him until your lungs gave out. a small chuckle escaped from him.

soon kaeya came across the more.. juicer stuff. stuff that made his heart leap up into his throat (in a good way).

this was more recent stuff, stuff from since you two started dating.

“9/24/20

i swear to god i love this man so so so SO much. whenever i’m with him i feel like my heart is about to burst. last night was the first night that we shared a bed with each other. not just sleeping next to each other, bodies pressed against each other with our limbs tangled up in each other’s. im not used to this kind of thing, but the whole time he kept rubbing small circles on my back while whispering sweet stuff into my ear. he told me how much he loved me, how much i meant to him, how beautiful i was, everything he loved about me, and a whole lot more. i cant make this shit up it literally felt like something out of a romance book.”

kaeya felt a smile growing. seeing you ramble about him was absolutely adorable. if only he knew this was just the beginning of the ramblings.

“2/15/21

yesterday was valentines. i honestly wasn’t expecting all that much. the night before was… exciting enough so i figured we would just lay around. but nope!! i woke up to breakfast in bed which was enough to make my heart already melt. the little note attached with it made my heart skip a bunch of beats. then kaeya took me to all of my favorite places, buying me a bunch of different things that i really did not need. the whole time he was constantly flirting with me too. i thought i was about to combust. the way he’d caress my cheek or my hand, whispering small comments into my ear as we walked around, playing with my hair as we watched the sunset. i was literally on cloud 9 oh my fucking gODDDD.”

it felt weird seeing stuff about how you felt whenever he’d do special things like that. it made kaeya happy though.

“10/3/21

lord it’s been awhile since i’ve wrote something long like this. i’ve been with kaeya for over a year now and it’s been the best time of my life. he’s genuinely the best thing that has ever happened to me. ever since he came into my life it’s been so much brighter. it’s probably too soon to say this but i honestly want to spend the rest of my life with this man. i want to wake up and fall asleep next to him everyday, i want to surprise him with meals after he comes home from a long day of work. he’s like my partner in crime now. we’re always there for each other no matter what. i just feel kinda bad about something though. whenever he flirts i never show any sign of being flustered. i don’t do it to be mean i just genuinely don’t know how to properly show that emotion. whenever he flirts i feel like my heart is about to bust out of its cage, it’s like his words have some form of drug in them. i feel like i make him upset but idfk and i just aaaAAAAA. i also don’t flirt back. again, i don’t do it to be mean i just don’t think i’m capable of being as good as he is??? it’s stupid yes but cmon this man is a god at flirting. i’ve barely even been shown any form of attraction in my life so i don’t know how to do whatever it is that he does. i’m so fucking inexperienced compared to this man. i love him though.”

kaeya felt his face begin to heat up while reading throughout all of this. he skipped through a lot of the pages but every single one he read made him feel more and more tingly inside. the way you’d freak out over every single thing he’d do made him chuckle. it felt weird seeing this side of you. it was something he had never seen before.

he also came across a bunch of drawings you did of him too. they were shockingly really fucking good??? every single one of them made him smile even bigger. some were just little scribbly doodles and the others were detailed.

seeing you say how you felt as if you’d never be as good as him made him a little sad though. it wasn’t his fault you felt this way but it felt like it was.

after reading through all of that made it much clearer as to why you were so stone faced. you didn’t know how to react half the time, and when you did you didn’t wanna do it for some reason that he wasn’t exactly sure of yet. it was obvious that you’d never been shown this much attention and you just weren’t used to it.

“whatcha reading?” you were leaning against the doorway, your arms crossed over your chest. kaeya’s gaze quickly shot up to you as he shut the book. it was obvious you knew what it was.

“i’m- i didn’t mean to i came across it while cleaning and-“ he was panicking. he couldn’t tell if you were upset or not.

you let out a puff of air through your nose as a sign of laughter. you walked over to your boyfriend, taking the book out of his hands. “it’s okay bub, i know you didn’t go looking intentionally. i guess you know all my secrets now though.”

“yeeaaahh,” kaeya let out a nervous chuckle, snaking his arms around your waist. “you’re very talented, y’know.”

“what?”

“those drawings of me,” he looked down at you, pulling you a bit closer. “they’re really fucking good.”

“o-oh, thank you,” there was a nervous tone in your voice, a tone you didn’t even realize was there. you held the book against your chest, trying to not impale kaeya with one of the corners.

kaeya noticed something on your face. something he’d never seen before. a small shade of red.

he brought a hand up to your cheek, running a thumb over it. he shot you a grin. you cocked an eyebrow at him, confused by what he was doing and why he was grinning so much. it took you a second to realize what he was smiling over. you felt your heart explode.

“you’re blushing, love.”

#genshin impact #genshin x reader #kaeya x reader #kaeya #genshin #kaeya x you #kaeya fluff #catgirlforkaeya

[oakskull]

Guess who finished this illustration set,,

MEEEEEEE!!!

It's Cogchamp fnf sprites!!! I would have made a mod but unfortunately I don't have the right software to do so

Featuring such characters as

Tutorial Fox

5up.xtml

Brother Dearest

Tub and Crumb

Prime Bell

Um sir.

and last but not least, Sammy wants murder

These are weeks 1-4, and week 5 will be in a separate post bc of image limit(derogatory) and I worked really hard on this!! (more thoughts and stuff under the cut, I got kind of rambly haha)

It was super fun to draw in this style and I feel like I learned a lot about shading and shapes (shoes especially) by trying to recreate the style of a professional artist. I think I'll do more exercises like this in the future, just to keep learning!! Also obligatory reminder that these drawings are referenced HEAVILY from the original game sprites. I was trying to draw the cog champers(and dream) like they would be a mod for the game, so the poses and style are extremely similar if not the same. If I were to redo these illustrations I might put more personality and originality into the poses, but I didn't actually study the style at all before creating the first illustration (fundy, the one I posted here is actually a redraw to make him higher quality, the original was too small)

So yeah, over all, this was super fun and I'd definitely do it again. Maybe I'll redraw some of these in the future to be more creative, you can tell which ones I drew later on bc of the variety in poses and expressions, I was a lot more comfortable with the style (tho I did keep my own eyes and mouth style bc expressions are something thats really important to my style and I didn't want to feel like I was just like,, tracing) Sorry for rambling so long, I'll put this under a cut for all the people who just want to see pretty art.

On a more art related note, you may have noticed that Dream is Pico, you may be thinking "but dream isn't on Cogchamp" and you're Right. I didn't know what else to do okay? He's fundy's Ex so it kind of fits??? I dunno man, I gave him a more steam punk mask but kept the majority of his design similar to my normal dream design, so as to keep the Dream vibe. Yknow where he's always just a green blob? It kinda slaps tbh, branding is important.

Also regarding Prime Bell, again, I didn't know what else to do, I was thinking of doing something with the egg, but that's not on cogchamp (thank goodness) so I needed something else. I decided that the only like, tangentially related thing I could do was make an Evil prime bell, based on how Sam steals it idk maybe in this world its always the demon thing and is kinda like the ring from lord of the rings, where once you have it you can't give it up. In any case designing Prime Bell took a while (plus some help from Yipcord and Chaos Crew thx guys ❤ and specifically @valpurgatory who is what inspired me to personify the Prime Bell in the first place with their turn everything into a women philosophy (I @ed him so you can check out his blog he slaps. She's like the go to for saving women from Wilbur Soot's dirty mits)) but drawing it was surprisingly quick, mostly due to the fact that I figured out how to easily recreate the texture on the Lemon Monster's body. I did no shading bc that's what the Lemon monster looks like, and it kind of hurt bc it just looks kind of unfinished to me,,, I had some trouble with the week 5 design for Prime Bell bc I didn't want to abandon my first idea. I probably should have and would have gotten a better result, but I can't be bothered tbh. This is the 3rd day I'm working on this project (these were surprisingly quick the churn out, probably bc I was having a blast) and I simply do not want to alter anything. My idea was good but the execution didn't pan out. What am I saying the week 5 prime bell design isn't even on this post sjjdjsks

Anyway, go check out fnf(Friday Night Funkin) it's a rhythm game, it's free and the OST Slaps. I'd also highly recommend listening to the Whitty mod songs and the Neo mod songs,,,, good good music.

#my art #fanart #oakskull art #mcyt #mcyt fanart #fundy #itsfundy #digital art #dreamwastaken #Dream #awesamdude #5up #5uppp #implied 5undy #crumb #tubbo #tubbo underscore #cogchamp #cogchamp smp #create smp #funboo #fnf #friday night funkin #oak rambles #<- i know this isnt a text post but I RAMBLED #i had so many thoughts #ranboo #ranboolive #the live brothers

[softxsuki]

Urgent request (but don’t feel bad if you can’t get to it)

Could I have bakugou from bnha comforting a reader (gender neutral is fine) that is struggling emotionally. I had a lot of friends die and most weren’t even 20 when it happened and most of the anniversaries fall around this time. I don’t want to do the stuff I need to and show a lot of sign of severe depression at this time. And bakugou supporting a reader struggling like that would be super nice.

I don’t know the difference between all the various formats so whatever is easier I guess. Thank you so much

Bakugou Comforting Reader Whose Friend's Death Anniversaries Are Coming Up

Pairing: Bakugou x Gn!Reader

Warnings: mentions of grieving, of death (of friends), depression, crying

Genre: Comfort

Post-Type: Oneshot

Word Count: 1.3k

Summary: In which the death anniversaries of your friends are coming up and it hits you hard. Bakugou happens to run into you and tries to comfort you as much as he can.

[A/N: Hi anon, thank you for coming to me with your urgent request, and sorry for the little delay. I was supposed to have this up last night, but I couldn't focus so I finished it and edited it for you today. I am incredibly sorry for your loss, I can't even begin to imagine what it feels like to lose a close friend, but you've lost so many--it must be very hard. I can kinda relate, my aunt's first death anniversary is coming up at the end of February and I'm already sort of feeling the sadness that comes with missing her. I hope Bakugou is able to provide you with some comfort through this oneshot. I tried making him do and say things that I felt would have helped me if I was going through something like this. You don't want someone down your throat asking you why you're crying or why you're sad, but I can imagine it would be nice to just have someone there with you so at least you aren't alone with your thoughts. My asks and DM's are open if you ever need to talk to someone. Feel better <3. PS: this can be read as platonic or romantic, I wasn't really sure what route you wanted me to go down, so I kept it vague!]

It was a normal day for the tons of people that zoomed past you on the street. Couples holding hands, children laughing with their parents, teenagers goofing around with their friends; everyone seemed so happy–everyone but you.

You stood there on the sidewalk, watching the world continue on without you as no one spared you a single glance. The sadness and emptiness inside you was too unbearable to handle on your own, you needed to see the world to feel something, but it wasn’t working. Why did you still feel so empty?

It took everything in you to get out of bed that morning and the reason why had just dawned on you. The faces of your friends who had passed away flashed in your mind…that’s right, it was January– that was around the time when most of their death anniversaries fell.

“Y/N?” you hear a faint voice in the distance–or as least what sounded distant but was actually coming from right beside you--which drew you out of your head

It was Bakugou, standing next to you with his hands stuffed in his pockets to protect them from the chilly air outside. A scarf was wrapped tightly around his neck, his whole face buried under it, but you could still the furrow or his eyebrows and the hardness of his glare directed right at you.

“What’re you doing standing in the middle of the sidewalk?” he asks while grabbing your arm and bringing you quickly to another area that wasn’t as crowded, a concerned look flashing across his features.

You stay quiet, having a moment to just take in that he was actually there in front of you, meaning you were no longer alone.

“Hello~? Anyone in there? What’re you staring at me like an idiot for?” He asks, waving a hand in front of your face, once again taking you away from your thoughts.

Too emotionally exhausted to try and deny that nothing was wrong, you just end up explaining everything to him, with an empty look on your face.

“I had a few friends that passed away around this time. A few of their death anniversaries are coming up. I guess I’m just trying to deal with that,” you shrug, though just talking about it made your heart sting with pain from losing so many people in your life.

“Dealing with it on your own? You should have called me,” he grumbles under his breath, then turns to you and gives your forehead a flick, “Stop thinking about stupid stuff like the past. I’m sure your friends wouldn’t want you feeling down like this whenever you think about them.”

You rub your forehead slightly from the flick, but kinda admire the sting of pain that remained, happy that you could still feel something after the numbness that had taken over your body.

“How can I not be depressed? They're not here anymore, I can never call them up to hang out, or see their face in person anymore. What if I eventually forget what they look like? What if I forget all the memories I have with them? What if they just disappear from my thoughts as quickly as they disappeared from my life? What do I do then, Katsuki?” You let out, the tears that you had worked hard to keep inside finally fell freely from your eyes, “Most of them didn’t even reach 20. Do you know what that is?! They hardly experienced life before the world so cruelly took them away. It’s not fair!”

His expression softens as your tears turn into full on sobs, not being able to hold back your sadness anymore. Warm hands awkwardly rub your back, but he remains silent, looking everywhere BUT at you, probably wanting to give you a little privacy without leaving you alone again.

After a few moments when your sobs die down, Bakugou takes your hand and pulls you along with him,“C’mon.”

Confused, you follow him, allowing his hands to bring warmth into your own freezing ones.

“Where’re we going?” You croak out, your voice now hoarse from crying.

“To your place. I don’t know where you were heading just now, but you’re not in any shape to just be wandering around the streets on your own. It’s a good thing you didn’t accidentally walk into traffic with how out of it you were.”

He continues to walk, dragging you along with him to your home, but you stop in your tracks and snatch your hand away from his grip.

“I don’t want to go home yet…it’s so lonely there. I’ll just end up getting consumed by my thoughts again…” you trail off, taking a few steps away from him.

He sighs, but nods his head, agreeing to not take you home as he once again grabs your hand, a little gentler than before. You both stop at a convenience store nearby, and Bakugou buys you a hot drink to keep you warm outside as the winter air surrounding you nips at your face. Noticing your shivering body, he takes the scarf around his neck and wraps it around your own neck.

“Won’t you get cold? I know you hate the winter,” you say in concern.

“It’s fine.”

You continue to walk pointlessly beside him, thankful that you were no longer alone and that he didn’t force you to go back home when you didn’t want to. He was quiet most of the walk, just giving you your space while still remaining by your side in case you needed him.

As it gets later and later, the streets grow emptier and the sky gets darker, the street lights kicking on once it’s significantly dark out. You look up at the sky and sigh, remembering all the moments you spent with your friends who were no longer around, hanging out with them similarly to how you were hanging out with Bakugou in that moment. You missed it desperately. You missed them desperately.

After being silent for so long, Bakugou finally speaks up for the first time in a while as he suddenly stops in his tracks and faces you, rubbing his neck while his other hand is stuffed inside his coat pocket.

“I know there’s nothing I can really do or say that can help you with your grieving,” he starts, staring up at the sky, “but just call me next time you start feeling like this. I can walk with you every day if you just need some company so you’re not alone with your thoughts.”

He clears his throat and finally looks at you for the first time since you explained your emotions about your loss to him. You look a lot better compared to the empty look you had in your eyes earlier when he first found you, which made him relax a little, relieved that you seemed to be coming back to yourself.

“You’ll be okay. You can grieve of course, since their death anniversaries are approaching and you’re remembering them and all that. No doubt you’ll feel sad, but just don’t do it alone. I’ll give you company from now on until this all passes. ‘Kay?”

You nod your head slowly, but can’t find it in you to smile yet, “Thanks. For finding me today and walking with me.”

“Yeah, yeah. Don’t mention it,” he mutters, kicking a few rocks with his feet before straightening up, “Anyway, my house is around the corner and I’m pretty sure that old hag has dinner ready, so why don’t you come over?”

“Sure,” you shrug your shoulders, knowing that if you went to your own home, you wouldn’t have the energy to prepare yourself any food and would most likely just fall asleep, “I could eat.”

“Great.”

He gently grabs your hand again and the two of you walk hand in hand to his house, luckily now feeling a little lighter than you did earlier on in the day.

REQUESTS ARE OPEN :D

Posted: 1/10/2022

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