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#I HOPE YOU GET TO EAT DURIAN ONE DAY
saltcheesecombo · 1 year
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Dear Happy,
Do you know that I always feel safe and loved whenever I put my arms around you.
Do you know I always feel loved every time you agree to go out with me, as simple as to go jogging, eat, or you allow me going with Oru
Do you know I feel loved when you agree for my impulsive idea, jogging in Semarang, shopping at groceries, make a breakfast for me, make a cup of coffee, eat durian when everyone knows that you don't like it
Actually, there are many moments that I want to hug you, but somehow I hold it because I'm afraid you'll be bothered about it. But I admit there are moments when I suddenly hug you and a few seconds after I actually feel stupid and a bit scared that you'll feel bothered even if you never tell. I can feel it that you always feel bothered when I put my arms around you if there's another person we know surrounding us.
If I can being honest, I never put my arms so tight with a feeling to anyone before. So, you are really the first one. I would say that so many the first time happened in my life with you.
I wish I knew how do you feel about me, so I don't live in uncertainty. I won't force you to do anything, or to be anything.
Good night Baezita! Wish you had a good day! Wish you will have a good week ahead. Hope you will get a lot of food order, I wish your warung project brings a lot of berkah, I wish you still have a lot of energy to enjoy life. Aamiin
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shanie · 8 months
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Shanie,
I just read your tags on the 'Food Poll' and I'm so curious - What is some of the strange food that you've eaten?
<3 - Mitch
Oh geez. Well, first of all, I'm on my phone so if there are any weird spelling stuff that's why.
Ok, so even as a kid I always wanted to eat the weird foods. Liver was one of my favorite meals. I once went to a restaurant in Arizona and immediately wanted the rattlesnake. (It tastes like chewy chicken.) I kept begging my parents for gator bites in Florida but that one they would never let me have. Still salty about that. They let me try oysters and I loved them and clams were a staple of my diet as a kid as were mussels and calamari
When I got older I still kept experimenting. I became addicted to sushi and some of my favorite types are squid, octopus, and eel. I have tried sea urchin and that one I don't like. I've tried many forms of fish eggs and honestly my liking them depends on the quality and size. I once tried a raw quail egg and while the flavor was fine I wasn't a fan of the texture and would rather try them again cooked.
I love exotic fruits. Dragonfruit is my favorite fruit but I prefer the white fleshed ones best. Horned melon is tasty but not my favorite. I love passion fruit and star fruit and I legit wanna try durian but you can't get it here. Also, I want to try Jackfruit but I don't know how to fix it.
One really interesting "food" I've had is sugarcane. Went to a sugarcane plantation once. They let us have some to chew on. It was pretty cool.
Let's see, what else. Uhh... I've started discourse before because my favorite type of pizza is chicken ranch with mushrooms and broccoli. Apparently people think that's weird. I have a friend who kept "tricking" me into eating weird foods and never understood when I told him I would have eaten them anyway. He fed me all sorts of stuff from squirrel to tongue. I've had soooo much venison, I've had bear, I've had elk, I've had turtle, I love lamb... I could never be vegan.
Speaking of that the only cheese I've ever met I didn't like was wensleydale. Everything else I will consume like a beast and one of these days I will try limburger, maybe at some point when my parents are on vacation and I can infect THEIR house with the smell.
Really I love trying wild foods, but my access has been limited to stuff that only a little off the beaten path. Someday I hope I can have the chance to try some truly wild foods, but until then, I'm just gonna enjoy what I do have access to.
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siodium · 2 years
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i’m back from my 5-day bangkok trip!! double firsts for me bc i’ve never gone on a non-escorted vacation nor have i gone overseas with frens before so this was all very new and exciting
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one of the highlights of the trip was the shopping so i’m gonna start with a haul post~
here’s a list of stuffs i got:
this isn’t something i got from bangkok but!! a halloween pumpkaboo from the pokecen at changi when i came back bc hOW COULD I RESIST... i love his derpy face and lil pumpkin wand aaaa
miniature pastries, pineapple fried rice (rip one part broke off but i glued it back already) and mango sticky rice from this stall at the indoor floating market at ICONSIAM!! they had so many miniature stuff and i regret not having enough to buy the whole stall ㅜㅜ i was actually gonna get some dessert platters but then i happened to find some thai specialties?? ofc i had to get those!! there were other food like chili shrimp rice and durian sticky rice?? but i didn’t get those cuz i don’t think chi would eat them hmm
snackos from 7-11s i haven’t tried any of them but they’re all seafood stuff?? except the miso butter instant noodles?? i hope they’re not spicy
seashells from pattaya beach :x i have no idea if this is allowed but ummMm no thoughts, just pretty conches
a little wooden fork!! got it from a store called PEYLAA that kinda looks like a miniso O: it was super cheap (like only a few cents??) and i wanted one to go with the wooden plate that i got from shopee~ the colour doesn’t match completely but i think it works
food print boxers from a stall at chatuchak!! they’re from a popular brand called toogton?? i’m so happy to own a pair of cheese shorts lmaoo
the most expensive purchase: nature of love shirt from gentlewoman (1790THB wew)~ i rly wasn’t expecting to buy anything from a luxury brand but this shirt caught my eye and it’s so cute slasjdklaj the candy-like colour scheme is rly my aesthetic and!! two functional pockets?? amazing
crochet beachwear from a stall near pattaya beach uwu the pastel tassels are so cute and the shorts remind me of a sheep
floral skirts from jodd fairs and chatuchak!! i’ve been wanting to get some floral skirts so i’m glad to find ones with nice prints during my trip
meep meep that we won from a shooting game at the pattaya sheep farm heheh i kinda wanna put it at my work desk bc i have no decor atm
forbidden candy beaded mask strap and necklace bc they look tasty oqo yes i know what you are thinking... this clown bought a mask strap when the government is lifting the mask mandate... well it’ll come in handy some day right??
i got a pair of black work pants and a pair of casual baggy khaki(??) pants at chatuchak i think they’re neat and pretty comfy but my only regret is not snapping a photo of how the model wore the brown pants with the tie string (not pictured) oof i have no idea how to tie it
blue checkered two-piece swimsuit!! i don’t even swim as often anymore cuz of covid rip but i wanted to get a new swimsuit bc my old one feels a bit tight :// i like the style of high waisted bottoms
last but not least a pair of fluffy shibe socks from rinrin~ very toastyy
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i exchanged 350SGD for 9000THB but i feel like i didn’t rly spend that much on shopping?? maybe like half the amount?? idk i was so sleep deprived throughout the entire trip my brain did not want to do any mental arithmetics
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i’m also gonna put up a list of Stuff I Regret Not Buying
yooO i always do the thing where i hesitate when i see something Nice bc i think that i’ll be able to find something better in the future?? and then i don’t find anything cheaper or better wehhh i need to stop doing that when i’m travelling bc there’s no guarantee we’ll go back for stuffs i’m “thinking about”
a colourful lobster fanny pack from kloset supermarket... i wanted to find a replacement for my current one that’s looking kinda gross but i hesitated when i saw this one on the first day bc it was on the pricier side and i didn’t wanna spend a huge chunk of my money on the first day :-((
ikea fanny pack that i saw at chatuchak?? was hoping to find it at another market for a cheaper price but i never did
a mint green lounge set from frank garcon :// this one is more of a price regret bc the set costed around 40SGD and the quality was rly nice but if u try to find something similar in sg it’d probably cost at least 60SGD??
the miniatures from the stall at ICONSIAM’s indoor floating market......
do i regret not getting a matching wooden spoon to go with my wooden plate and fork?? maybe
the many crop tops that i gave a miss bc i thought they were too expensive wehhh but the quality was pretty good?? the fabric was actually quite thicc sighh there was a sheep one and a croissant one )):
the Extra Salty Peanut pass case that i saw at daddy and the muscle academy?? it was like 16SGD tho
salasjldsaj i don’t wanna think about it anymore!! i had a gr8 time shopping and i don’t wanna think about my regrets!! i’m already salty enough!!! anyway i just wanted a list of things i missed out on so that if i get to go back in the near future i’d like to grab them then (hopefully with less hesitation)
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that’s all for now~
i can’t wait for this month’s paycheck bc i’m brOKE ;-)) still gotta get p5r at least when it releases at the end of this month oof
gonna take my time with editing and posting the rest of the pics bc i need to pay off my expensive sleep debt zzz i barely slept at all since the beginning of the trip ㅜㅜ never been so happy to see my bed again
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also guess whose youtrip card still hasn’t arrived?? the app still has the audacity to send me useless notifications >:-((
edit (09/10/2022):
i tried the seaweed fish roll and it tasted like the dried cuttlefish snack that came in either a sheet or strips!! couldn’t rly taste the seaweed flavour but i like it!! should’ve gotten more lol
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levi-supreme · 2 years
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MEMEMEMEM
Hi 姐 i MISS U IVE BEEN DYING OVER EXAMS but for the game….can you do 3, 6 and 12!!!!
Hiiii Suz MY DARLING SISTER!!!! Joining in the voice asks bandwagon ahhaha please don't mind my annoying Asian accent HAHHAHAHA
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3: And because I know we're all egocentric, have you ever made yourself laugh out loud or cry with a fic you wrote?
The answer is yes!!! Recently I wrote and posted this thirst drabble titled 'Making Out with Levi' as part of my Happy Birthday Levi event. It actually started out as a thirst brainrot about Levi getting cockblocked while making out with the reader and HAHA, I just found this idea to be really funny. So I ended up writing and posting this drabble and I really liked it a lot!!
6. What is your favourite sense to incorporate in your writing and why?
Okay so I'm dumb and I had to google this before I realised they were asking about the five senses HAHAHHA. And for this, my answer would probably be my sense of sight.
I feel like I write a lot of description and the things that I can see in my writing, so I may tend to overly describe the scenery and surroundings, and also what the characters and reader sees. I feel like if I don't describe the things around the characters well enough, it is hard for readers to understand the setting and I want everyone to visualise what I see and put into writing.
Also, not sure if this is a sense, but I find myself liking to write dialogues a lot. Sometimes half my writings are dialogues and it makes me feel like I can personally connect with the characters when you read their conversation. Is this writing with my sense of hearing? XD
12: What headcanon will you keep implementing in your fics, even if canon ends up contradicting it?
Hmm, maybe this isn't really a headcanon per se haha, but I feel like the Levi I write in my fics is always really soft and gentle instead of how he's being portrayed in canon. I feel like Levi is a really great example of 刀子嘴,豆腐心 (someone with a harsh mouth but a soft heart) and I think I always indirectly write him as such haha.
Thank you for sending me this Suz, I love you so much!!!!!! Please stay warm and drinks lots of tea!!! I hope you get to eat durian too <3
Fanfic writer asks!
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sugar-petals · 3 years
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SuperM as Boyfriends Headcanon
↪ caro’s note. extra long version because i miss ‘em. best boys, they’re all bf material to the moon and back ♡
5k words | bullet points
○ warnings ⚠️ 18+, dom/sub play, shibari, female reader, grinding, poly mentions, threesomes, face-sitting, femdom & vanilla, smut and fluff
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⌈ ten
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— motto: they won’t underestimate me for long.
most of your social environment is gonna be confused by ten at the beginning 
and don’t really get what he’s all about
or think he’s like whatever, some random guy in a tank top
acting peculiar
finding him kind of hard to gauge
some of your family and relatives might even think he’s totally unusual and a sneaky fuckboy making you mad 
they seriously wonder what you see in him
down the line that perception has turned by 180 degrees
as it should
ten becomes more irreplaceable, relatable, beautiful, perfect and impressive the more you know him
he’s not as mysterious and impossibly badass as everyone assumes
his personality is very approachable to you 
and you find him interesting in every aspect, looks to hobbies to background to personal habits
and also opinions because ten is a guy who really thinks stuff through
so you gotta be roughly on the same wavelength 
he likes discussing controversial and complicated stuff a lot for sure
being far wiser than his age suggests 
you are the first to share those things with him until the rest of the world catches up to this gem of a person
spending so much time with you
in the most personal way he can
he takes you to see the floating markets in bangkok, you spend the summer in thailand
wakeboarding and playing badminton
his entire family knows you inside out at some point this shit is serious
it’s very important to him to go back to the roots every now and then
and that you have been around his home city as well
getting to enjoy the area and time together eating the most savory delicacies
renting a boat and paddling you around to the important spots, he can explain any question you have
this kissing is gonna be so romantic 
who needs a vacation in venice when you can go to thailand with none other than ten himself as your ferryman let that sink in
except eating durian there he is, the boyfriend who can do anything!
with seemingly no effort
ten does little kind services of love for you throughout the day
he pours you herbal tea, fixes some furniture (he’s surprisingly good at tinkering), comes home from the bakery with your favorite pastry, does the laundry with your favorite fabric softener
he also goes on a huge shopping spree with you monthly because fashion is key in this household and it’s tremendous fun
you giggle when he puts on oversized shirts deliberately to look funny
everyone in the clothing store will think oh man what an adorable pair
ten will model the living hell out of the entire stock
and buy you the cape you really really want as a birthday present
said item turns out to be your favorite couple accessory
because you can sit next to each other on a bench at the river and wear it
what’s not to love about a portable blanket
of course he will take to instagram and make it such a cool thing, photographies of you wearing really cool coats and jackets
mirror bathroom selfies together as well, with a back hug, the classic
and not just for insta
you snuggle a lot generally
ten is always available for affection
and accepts all PDA
he’s a kitty after all, he loves the warmth of your body more than you know
remember how taemin said ten’s hands are always cold, newsflash not anymore since you stuff them into the pocket of your hoodie whenever you can
and hello sir your paws will be nice and cozy on my waist
or hand in hand when you waltz through your apartment
time for dance is a must
oh my god ten is so good at all of this
although say he’s definitely faster into latin than standard genres
tango argentino, he loves flamenco as well
don’t believe me? ten is a diehard rosalía stan!
vamos
so, no-brainer, expect a lot of dancy stuff 
that escalates into wild, passionate fucking
which probably looks like an aggressive form of couple exercises
you poor sore souls
ten’s lil kitty butt is falling apart from all the “i can handle a bigger one!”-level pegging and you have aching legs all over
favorite position? full nelson
if you ask me ten’s ass is probably so carved out by the end of this you could fit lucas and kai in there from head to toe
this is not for the faint of heart
sex with this guy is extra cardio
and if you’re into that a threesome is gonna go down sooner or later
with our girl lisa
there. i said it
miss manoban in those knee-high boots, grinding her thighs between yours and you finishing off on ten’s face? the fucking hottest thing ever i need a moment wow
i don’t have to tell you how orgasmic this is gonna be
steamy sex life with ten very recommended
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⌈ kai
— motto: you’re like a precious rose. i’ll protect you forever.
to be straightforward with you
he is in so heavily in demand it’s madness
to give you an idea of the scale
mark is basically occupied by yuta until the end of time 
but kai has an entire idol fanclub on top of all erigoms
those sharp moves did not go unnoticed
he gets an inkigayo sandwich every other day
jesus christ
if rent-a-sexy-bf.com was a thing kai would be the most requested
his phone would be blowing up with contracts like
and you also have to pass kyungsoo’s vibe check
and taemin’s
the road to being kai’s gf is indeed the way of the samurai
i mean honestly: kim jongin is without a doubt the hardest member to get a date with
this has got to be the most selective man of the entire industry or something
if he likes you he REALLY likes you
and he will be the one showing initiative
because he wants to make it clear he isn’t just spending time out of politeness or something
although it’s pretty logical that if kai was unable to reject someone he would no longer be an idol but a harem husband busy every hour of the day
seoul would be able to found its own village 
kai town
where like 70% of the population is pregnant
but since kai wants to keep on dancing obviously and he wants to lend his heart to only one person 
seoul has to settle with a singular nini family house instead of a kai district
where you and the man himself are a full-fledged household basically since kai’s nieces double as actual kids
if you wanna be a young ass ‘mom but not mom with kids’ and be married to kim kai this is it
does he have a thing for milfs or something
that thought just came to my mind
anyway you’re mommy anyway wink wink
fucking til’ dawn until even his muscles hurt
going raw at the gym together
him cooking the most random food with the infamous waffle maker
cuddling with an army of teddy bears surrounding you
walking the dogs with the sexiest dancer alive 
and the sexiness is only the tip of the iceberg 
we know he’s all-round amazing
kai is the king of figuring out ways to chill out with you anywhere anytime
and yes innocent chilling
...unless you’re in the mood for something else
up to you
anyway
sweet innocent chilling for now... with the stunner... just smooching at best things aren’t going raw or anything
on the couch in the kitchen in the car when it’s parked somewhere in nature
kai takes you very seriously and is a great listener
he’s literally so respectful and open-minded i can’t
he will keep your secrets and stand up for you if it’s ever needed
yes he is extremely caring and invested
kai does not tolerate others being shady towards you
if there’s an instance where you are hurt and unable to assert yourself don’t worry. he knows how to confront others with measure but a firm determination.
kai takes a lot of that responsibility but only to the degree where you are comfortable
i think you get what i mean by that
and he is diplomatic instead of plain patronizing
you have a right to be protected. it means he not only treats you well, but also makes sure your well-being isn’t disturbed in any other way outside of the relationships
outside influences aren’t to be underestimated
and since kai is a godly man you encounter a lot of jealousy from others
a matter he will take into his hands since he knows he’s the reason
standing up for you also means saying no 
to these jealous voices so this is an important boundary he has to draw
that all kinds of hellbent people want to get into his pants and take his stage image too literally is not up to you to fix
kai is there for you to enjoy and love not to defend
that’d be exhausting and beside the point 
kai prevents stress and negativity to come to you
i hope i explained this well he doesn’t do this to be bossed up or make you weak it’s because he wants to make life easier for you
guys being protective will be chalked up as chauvinistic these days. often rightfully so 
but what i mean is that kai support you in all regards so you won’t be at a disadvantage or feel terrible about something
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⌈ taeyong
— motto: we’ll take good care. enjoy the pleasure.
he’s the type of boyfriend who will ask you about things he missed out on while he was busy
things um from the internet
while mark literally knows that one by heart already taeyong will ask you things like what the wellerman song is
and you thought it would be something nsfw
i got you fooled
did we forget that the man literally watched nct memes on youtube
taeyong is both even more 18+ than you think but also even more innocent than you think it’s complicated
this man is just hard to describe he’s so different, i mean every person is unique but he’s an original it’s the extra mile you know
anyway
sea shanties
bopping to it all day since he just heard it 
singing it while he prepares dinner based on a youtube recipe video as he often does
he’s the most adorable person ever ever ever
asking you why shanties are back in fashion 
(good question, requires a deeper sociocultural analysis i reckon)
planning to remix one for his soundcloud lmao i kid you not
maybe your favorite shanty 
featuring fast-pace rap and all
creating his own previously unknown phrases and shit like that you know him
palazzo rocco lemon detox flashbacks
he’s hilarious i swear
taeyong will produce his own shanties for you can you imagine
as he says: my happiness is your happiness
watch out he will drop a shanty music video with extra krumping moves
taeyong is a never-ending source of pure crack
prepare to laugh a lot like, a lot lot
how can a man who seemingly has such a serious outlook on life and such a bonkers kinda face be so lighthearted
it’s like he’s peter pan or something
especially since he has to manage like over 20 brats in nct his cutesy behavior towards you as his gf will stand out to you
yeah so to be clear we all know he’s the cute one in the relationship
and guess who wears the pants
that’s always you ma’am don’t deny it
or wait 
not for long actually because they come off um physically
but not metaphorically
because who doesn’t wanna sit on his face tbh
your favorite reserved spot
he loves it
taeyong has such a thing for your body it’s ridiculous
mister lee got a sexy mama
and you have such a thing for the gloriousness that is him
but neither of you will not admit it as openly as other people would think
all there is... is being flustered
baekhyun probably has to play some cupid now and then
and give you some ideas
like gifting taeyong plushies and things like that
baekhyun knows what taeyong is all about so the advice is very welcome
but most things you find out for yourself
by being a little braver with him you know
you walking around naked in the apartment or basically fresh out the shower with nothing but a towel
will shake up taeyong so immensely, he will back himself against a wall without you even pinning him there lmao!
jeez he’s so deep into kinky stuff but easily shook anyway
i quote him again: “born to be cute, i dunno!”
you can imagine the overwhelm when you rub yourself against him like it’s nobody’s business
it’s so much fun to give taeyong a regular horny meltdown not gonna lie
this man was grinding his whole body all over the superm stage and now he’s basically freezing up and drooling
how many denied and ruined orgasms he’s gonna get, so much overstimulation all the way  
you’ll lose count of it
and just how wet you’re gonna be
is a thing for the history books
taeyong isn’t such a big deal in nct for no reason god gave him every talent 
so great sex is obviously in his repertoire
i think you’re gonna break some records for most fucks per week
you know... guys like lucas taemin kai and baekhyun spend more time wooing and teasing and flirting
but taeyong gets down to business
one glance is enough
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⌈ lucas
— motto: the hottest couple around.
ah, big boy
you really got this man’s attention
doing nothing much at all really
he probably just saw you walking around talking to friends
carrying an impossibly huge veggie burger munching and enjoying yourself after going on a jog
yeah boy that’s how you catch his eye
they say love begins in the stomach and that is the true meaning
or the nose, your food smells really good, lucas is going crazy, he’s seeing stars and shit
anyway
the towering burger isn’t the only thing he wants
lucas cannot get you out of his mind no matter how much he tries to distract himself 
with more good food, movies, games
fooling around with wayv or the superm maknaes, and working out
he’s admittedly... a little himbo head over himbo heels with you the feels got to him
he’s not gonna say it’s a date he’s just gonna invite you just because
to hang out in the kitchen while taeyong cooks and baekhyun comes up with the idea to play twister
imagine lucas with his long arms and legs bending himself all over the place
fighting with kai who almost crashed his shoulders into taemin who avoided the accident quickly
making you lose a round
obviously lucas will hustle until your team wins
mostly because he’s so tall and baekhyun is so small which is a huge advantage when stacking each other over the map
let’s just face it baekhyun only suggested this game to bite everyone’s butts and to see you have skinship with lucas
which is definitely a successful plan of the leader
yukhei is in paradise 
jumping around his room like an oversized bunny after you went home
don’t lie, you fell hard for him as well he’s just such a presence
emotionally, physically
a gentle but persistent giant
he’ll do anything to make your relationship happen once he knows you’re interested
if there’s someone meant to be a boyfriend it’s gotta be him come on
he will cave in after a while and admit he can’t just forget about you 
not gonna lie
your ex is gonna be shaking in his ratty boots
his poor eyes will literally jop from their unexpecting sockets
when he sees lucas hanging out with you
with his shining blonde hair and tall stature, that perfect shapely body, with great fashion on top of that
looking like your guardian angel
man, xuxi really does
pulling you out of your slump that’s been going on for months
and bringing back smiles and a good time he knows how to do that best
and big big hugs of course
you can imagine how soothing and grounded it feels with such huge arms around you
he will make sure that feeling is always there when you need it
because you deserve that treatment
which means he will come over very very often
yeah get ready for how yukhei is a lot more driven than you think just dial and he will be there
underneath the meme surface is someone very determined who really really wants you
yukhei is chaotic good incarnate but in that area he isn’t messing around
his brain is like: “gotta be with her”
on repeat
he must call you, he literally can’t sleep without tying loose ends together as quickly as possible
no second wasted with this guy, even far down the relationship timeline
i really pity your ex 
i mean someone dating any superm member would drive their former partner completely nuts 
but lucas is a special case
he has that kind of look and aura that makes other guys dig themselves into the ground like wiggling worms or cope by fanboying over him
i don’t wanna make this sound like a competition and yet — congrats on your noodly blondie boyfriend alright
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⌈ mark
— motto: two nerds in love.
how to explain this. mark is a perfect balance of a lover, a talker, and a shy bean
with a tendency toward bean
and flicking the bean
you know
cutting right to the chase are we
mark is very invested in pleasing you as good as he can
and defeating his awkwardness
because if we know one thing it’s that he always strives to become better and better like he can’t help it
and isn’t afraid of almost biting off more than he can chew
how many subunits is he part of at this point is it gonna be nct hollywood as well god dangit
back to the point mark doesn’t treat relationships and sex as something static which is a good and rare thing
he does his best and always looks for room to improve
while being very nervous, very bilingual, it takes two languages or more to express what he thinks about you let that sink in
that’s very shaky first date sex while being extremely in love with each other
lucky you
and an afterglow where he plays the guitar for you
that’s so nice 
he can play it while laying down and shit
while singing
not rapping, actual full-fledged serenading
we’ve heard how that sounds in the relay cam
are you dating some kind of teenage heartthrob or something huh
mark will make it very clear he’ll stick around, this bad bitch is here to stay
or actually, he’s a good bitch, don’t misunderstand
mark doesn’t have a lot of edgy in him unless rap is concerned
he’s the kinda guy to get lost in IKEA with 
having a good time 
as often as his schedule permits
you really have to make use of your time together 
this man might as well the busiest idol out there
and you are no different because birds of a feather
you’re both mr. and ms. independent 
out and about very often
so meeting up becomes something special during comeback season
or wait mark always has a comeback going on
which is a double-edged sword but something you both know you signed up for 
which is why you spend a lot of time around NCT dream, 127, and SuperM 
sm’s publicity agents have to work extra hard i’m telling you
a dating rumor is the last thing both of you would need
since you befriend several members you gotta stay on the low as well
but hey the rage of jealous people of the public is nothing compared to the force of nature that is yuta nakamoto
who seriously thinks himself threatened and robbed
in case you are feeling possessive as well...
...you might have to fistfight yuta
to be able to be with mark
who is basically property of osaka at this point
yuta is a scorpio that’s just the way it is
unlike taeyong who wishes his rap buddy the best, yuta kinda wants to be mark’s wingman and see him date, live his best life
but also have mark for himself to fawn over and to adore, to be fascinated by
we get it yuta. bisexual struggles. very understandable
you have to promise in person that mark doesn’t forget about the holy gaming nights with yuta 
which is hilarious since that’s not up to you but mark’s memory
bestie, yuta uses everyone as a scapegoat don’t sweat it too much
regardless you put a weekly reminder on the fridge
so the roaring lion yuta would be pacified
he doesn’t want to lose his sweetheart can you blame him
the ultimate but also most risky solution is obviously inviting yuta for movies 
which will be appreciated but also cause a storm
mark will definitely break a sweat when you start a popcorn war or try to prove who hugs mark the best 
caught in the middle of mayhem is mark lee’s specialty what did you expect
this either ends with murder or a chaotic open relationship down the line
yuta really is attached but who wouldn’t be
it could be worse mark has double the love you know 
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⌈ baekhyun
— motto: you wanna know why i’m your candy?
baby tell me are you ridin’?
in fair verona where we lay our scene...
that baekhyun always wants to woo you — his way, which proves to be very interesting to say the least — is never hard to miss
putting in effort is mochi default mode 
no matter what stage of the relationship you’re in
he might as well regularly serenade you under your balcony in the backyard just because
probably singing ‘baby we can stay up’ and wiggling his ass in all directions because he’s a dirty boy gone wild
yeah. nowadays romeo is twerking instead of feuding with tybalt
that’s good for him and everyone involved
you in particular because you get some very racy eye candy
you know how baekhyun is
at least nobody’s around seeing him put on an 18+ show like that
your little guy is one unhinged fella
if it starts pouring he will grind up and down the next lantern and belt out ‘singing in the rain’
you bet he can do some actual pole dance
he’s strong and bendy you know
and loves to gyrate his whole bag of bones like... he wants to hit you with all the body rolls
in the rain
what a freaky man
but hey you wanna stay up for sure 
doesn’t take long until you beckon him to come upstairs
where the only way to alleviate him of his wet clothes—
oh well he has those roger rabbit vibes and you can’t be mad at it
he will play off all his hormonal antics
baekhyun is hilarious
and so perverted, he can keep up with your spicy idea of playing patty-cake don’t worry
how do i know you’re an extra nsfw kinda person?
who else would like baekhyun
he says juicy things all the time
and does juicy things
yes. finally a couple on eye level indeed. 
when baekhyun asks are you ridin’ you ask how hard 
bruh
this is gonna be fun
and remember
beside handing you sacks of money
his priority is always to make you smile
i’m kidding about the bags but
baekhyun is so rich it’ll show in your relationship, but he’s more about the interactions with you rather than the lifestyle
baekhyun didn’t hustle for a bentley he hustled to sing and get out of sm alive alright
financial stability: important
luxury: very nice to have, he can make you the presents you want to have and travel a lot together
but smiles: baekhyun priority
because he so badly wants to know you love him and adore him, he sometimes feels so insecure
of course you do
you always reassure him with your reactions
it’s very important to him don’t underestimate it
baekhyun has always been talking about his ideal type in terms of how he can cheer her up
so even the naughtiest sexy time evenings are gonna be filled with all giggles
anyway other than that your pussy will be dripping
because this guy is as horny as all other members of super m combined
and you have your ways of leaving him tongue-tied and wrists-tied
taemin’s impact
superm isn’t short of bondage supplies we all know that
so yeah. shibari baekhyun is gonna happen
since he does pilates imagine what kinda shapes you can bend this lil guy into
and take some pictures
privé is in trouble 
bondage model baekhyun is bursting onto the scene
you might even run a risque blog that features cropped pictures with him
heh — you think people will recognize him by his body?
nope
first: you only upload HD pictures that aren’t whitewashed
baekhyun is basically never photographed like that
second: who expects baekhyun to be featured on a bdsm blog with his girlfriend
and this is the guy that drives you around in his expensive car with his big black shades on 
well what can i say
nothing is the way it seems
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⌈ taemin
— motto: i’ll unfold a whole new world for you.
taemin is cocky, he’s sensual, and: a very smiley person as we know
least boring relationship ever
he will prance toward you whenever he can to involve you in cuddles
touch-starved taemin is a thing
kkoong can tell you about it, he needs kisses and embraces so often
might as well pepper him with it no problem
and put him into your oversized sweaters when he eats ice cream on the sofa, watching movies, and you brush his ever-growing hair
he’s smol he’s gonna fit into them don’t worry
and on the other hand he likes a rough and tough girl who thinks of him like a boy toy
who acts tsundere or like his bodyguard
working out almost daily to the point of sweat all over
a gal probably able to pretzel minho lucas and chanyeol into one giant bundle
taemin truly has the taste of a divo
multi-layered as always
so you couldn’t say the relationship is always the same in sentiment, the vibe of the dynamic could be different every day
we love a complex man
what would be volatile to others is actually an advantage up close
because taemin understands every difficult facet of himself and his partner 
even if those facets might be contradictory
or something that’s felt shameful about
he will accept and listen anyway
the same goes for getting what drives you
taemin is like a walking psychology velvet couch with fancy swirls as arm rests
point is he isn’t fooled by the surface of the world
he knows what has to be known
which also means your looks aren’t the part he prioritizes
and not even outward personality and habit is what he’s drawn to
it’s the mentality and values underneath
that’s true compatibility to him and he can feel it
he’s really really smart
and also finds it important that you get along with shinee and superm, that you think they’re nice to be around and vice versa
especially kai as taemin’s absolute bearly bestie. if kai thinks you’re shady and you don’t like kai either
or if you’re permanently super awkward and taemin’s moodmaking doesn’t help
we have a problem
but fair enough
kai and taemin are basically one soul at this point so if taemin likes you jongin does anyway 
bff telepathy
in fact jongin was probably the one introducing you to taemin lmao!
because he knows you go well together instinctively and he is correct
so not to worry then
and it’s good on taemin to think longterm and not see you as a person outside of social interaction y’know
cough cough he thinks about marriage, you might be ms. lee one day
here he goes again taemin is just very mature seeing you as well-rounded in every aspect of life
without letting his dick make the important decisions at the detriment of making this a relationship of two lives not just two bodies only
but obviously don’t assume taemin is no horny devil. we all know he dreams of the freakiest scenarios and fantasies in this whole group
going kinda crazy about the thought of making you cum which he always wants to try with new methods
which occupies his mind more than a big bowl of super spicy noodles which is taemin’s favorite meal so
at the same time taemin junior is definitely the same clingy attention whore as his sparkly owner
limp wrists from all the handjobs on your side
and very swollen lips from giving all that head on his side
this is gonna be interesting
he puts the 6v6 in 69
equals 69v69 am i right
but i’m serious that’s gonna be a lot of oral action
you definitely ask each other about having sex very often, daily if you have the time and find a nice spot
and how on earth do both of you keep your hands off each other sleeping in one bed
taemin is touchy as hell with no shyness, and you squish squeeze and grope this guy like the mochi he is
ah when things go both ways
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ezdotjpg · 3 years
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Staying overnight at the hospital so i got a lot of time to sit around... So you mind if I kinda just, ask a few?
But also, must know: Do the links have any favorite foods?
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Okay unfortunately I can't do one for everyone at the moment or it'll take 1000 years but. here I go (Also tripletreebirb I hope you're alright, wishing you the best and here is a very long post to keep u company lol. Ask as many as you'd like!)
Loft
Favorite food: this is the easy answer but PUMPKIN SOUUP. I have literally no idea what else they eat on Skyloft. can they grow wheat? do they even have bread? slate gives him a loaf of wheat bread with butter on it once and he is near tears over it
Idea of a good time: doing highly dangerous stunts with his Loftwing. Not dangerous for the Loftwing, strictly just to him. Also minecarts. He fucking loves minecarts, the more rickety and broken the better
Favorite things in general: uhhh soft blankets. woodcarving. being unconscious. the way your stomach swoops when you fall from a great height safe in the knowledge you'll be caught. having his hair pet. making people cute beaded friendship bracelets. the mushrooms in faron. playing the harp even tho he SUCKS at it
Mask:
Favorite food: I want to say it is some sort of Kokiri dish that he remembers fondly and can't recreate bc you just can't find the right ingredients outside the forest. some sort of. nut and berry cake idk. He and Malon try and it never turns out right. other than that he really likes hot chocolate. I'm just going to assume there is chocolate in hyrule and u can use lon lon milk to make fukcing banger hot chocolate. that's not a food but u get me
Idea of a good time: Just like. chilling out with the cows in the pasture on a really nice day and playing music while Malon sings
Favorite things in general: doing anything with Malon. watching fairies get excited about the sugar water he puts out for them. FISHING. Climbing in really tall trees and just hanging out there. blowing stuff up with bombchus. solving problems for people. playing games with the kids in town. FROG CHOIR.
Slate
Favorite Food: Listen. Listen. I exclusively feed Link hearty ingredients when I play BOTW bc I am a coward who cannot rest peacefully without at least 10 extra hearts. My botw link is an absolute freak about radishes and durians. That being said. I like the idea of him really liking curry and extremely spicy food so. That too :-)
Idea of a good time: Just, climbing to the absolute highest peaks possible. And then shield surfing down them if feasible. Sometimes even if not feasible. Yes I do spend 90% of my time just rockclimbing to nowhere when I play botw these days.
Favorite things in general: SAND SEAL RACING. Similar to mask, hanging out in really tall trees. Catching bugs. Getting close enough to wild animals they let him pet them. sleeping outside and waking up at dawn to the morning dew and cool air. Visiting Terrytown. Listening to Zelda talk about stuff she loves. Haggling with merchants. Solving Korok puzzles. Fishing, but wrong lol. Gemstones and pretty earrings. Foraging in general. Sleeping in the bed the koroks made for him.
Wolf
Favorite Food: Probably just like. Good old fashioned bread and goat cheese and jam. Look, it's simple but it slaps okay. Also, like, raw meat, lately.
Idea of a good time: Hmm, idk, sitting somewhere warm and cozy and reading by firelight. Or running around in the forest as a wolf
Favorite things in general: Riding Epona. Sleeping curled up in a little loaf as a wolf. Making Midna laugh, when he could still do that. Wrestling. Playing with the kids in Ordon. Giving each and every goat on the ranch increasingly ridiculous names. In that vein, having conversations with the goats like they're people, even when he's a human and can't hear them talk. Holding Uli's new baby. Singing.
War
Favorite food: Okay, hear me out here, I have nothing to back this up except that I want this to be true: he has a massive sweet tooth. Just absolutely loves sweets of all kinds. Pretends that he doesn't. Would die the second anyone could tell. (Slate, who has a 6th sense about these things, slips him honey candy)
Idea of a good time: taking a really long warm bath and then getting very drunk by himself and not having anyone bother him
Favorite things in general: wrecking shit with his firerod. perfume, lotions, hair products. Freshly laundered clothes. Embroidery. Dancing. Parties where he doesn't have to play the role of the hero. Cuccos, much to everyone's horror.
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theji · 3 years
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Inspired by @rainbowsky's comment on my previous Mid-Autumn Festival post, I thought I'll do up a post to share a little more about the festival and mooncakes in general, since there are many non-Chinese fans in the fandom.
The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as Moon Festival or Mooncake Festival, is a traditional Chinese festival celebrated by many East and Southeast Asian countries and regions. It's always on the 15th day of the 8th month in the lunar calendar = usually a date in September. Always a full moon on this date. People usually celebrate it by getting together with family, eating mooncakes, drinking tea. The kids (or young at heart) will play with lanterns and candles.
I used to carry lanterns like these around the neighbourhood. And we'll also make lanterns in school during art lessons (mine was considerably much uglier) Of course there are the plasticky, battery operated ones which I used to think were cool, until I grew up and realised old is gold.
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The festival is based on the legend of Chang-e, the moon goddess who is believed to be residing on the moon with the jade rabbit. Her husband was Hou Yi, who once upon a time shot down nine suns (leaving just one, the one we have now). There's a whole story of her eating some pill that gives one longevity (evil husband wants it) and flew to the moon (that's why she lives there now). I won't elaborate but you can google if you're keen. There was also a little red little green rumour some months back that made reference to this legend - it's the one where GG was complaining about the heat. I'll link it if I can find it. GG also drew Chang-e in the bazaar drawing challenge.
Anyway, back to mooncakes. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes and fillings. The traditional 'old school' ones usually have baked skin with fillings like lotus paste, red bean paste, sometimes with a salted egg yolk inside, or mixed nuts. Then there's the snow skin (I would liken it to mochi but less chewy and less stretchy) mooncake which comes in many colours. But modern times call for innovation so basically now you can find whatever fillings possible out there - green tea, black sesame, cranberry, durian and other fruity ones, coffee, ice cream, etc. Recent years mooncakes with molten centres have gotten popular - lava chocolate, lava salted egg, custard etc. You can even make them in jelly form (for those who wants something lighter). There's even keto mooncake. I swear there are new flavours coming out every year it's like a KPI for manufacturers, hotels to become fancier with each year.
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My favourite is the teochew-style (my dialect) flaky skin yam mooncake, which is super sinful cos it's fried but damn yummy. Then there's also Shanghai mooncake, which looks more like a little ball. Suzhou mooncakes with pork filling, Hainanese mooncake which is nuttier and spicier. And many more that I'm not aware of. There are surely more variations in China, from the various cities and dialect groups.
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I'm not sure which type of mooncake GG featured in his weibo post today but it contains bamboo shoots and meat (according to the words printed). So yea, the World of Mooncake is vast and constantly expanding. Even pets eat mooncakes now. I made my own doggie mooncakes (picture in my previous post) because I refuse to pay for overpriced ones from the online sellers.
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I hope you enjoyed this post. It certainly made me hungry. Again, why are my mooncakes from Lyfen not here yet?!
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hqshine · 3 years
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Hello! Can I have a headcanon for the setters where their s/o is from China or Korea?
—when their s/o is from another country—
characters: Oikawa, Atsumu, Kenma
genre: fluff
type: headcanon
warnings: cursing in another language but not much
extras: hello @ivylilacs , this request was pretty special. i added in a singaporean s/o because i’m singaporean and yeah i thought it would be cool. Hope you don’t mind and i hope you like it ^^
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When the teacher announced a new transfer student in the middle of the year
everyone was surprised and curious
especially when you were moving from Singapore
this piques Oikawa’s attention
On your first day, you shyly greeted your new class and introduced yourself and your native country
Oikawa straightens up from his seat as he found his new “target”
the way you spoke and looked were different and this definitely attracted him
Oikawa would volunteer to show you around and be your seatmate
the girls around you glared at you slightly but it you didn’t care
At first his bubbly personality made you comfortable in the new environment
But soon you were getting annoyed, he would greet you everyday without fail
drag you to his friends and even introduce you to his volleyball club
You didn’t mind it, but soon it became more nerve racking and scary
the more he followed you, the more attention his fangirls were on you
Rumours were spreading about you and you didn’t like it all.
One morning Oikawa went up to you
“Y/n-channn” exaggerating at the end
You hid your face in your locker
“How’s your sleep?”
“Did you eat breakfast”
the more he asked, the more his fangirls crept closer and you could feel everyone looking at you
You were getting more nervous and frustrated that he wouldn’t leave you alone that you just cracked
“Oh my god, wah lao. Can’t you just leave me alone, for once la. Am i really asking that much? Your fangirls are freaking sian you know? Bruh so suey” you partially shouted as you slammed your locker
(Singlish isn’t that much different from english. Except we use different dialect words and slangs. This is a rough translation)
Translation: “Oh my god, for god sakes. Can’t you just leave me alone for this one time. Am i really asking for that much? Your fangirls are super annoying you know. Bruh i’m so unlucky”
Your eyes widened as you stared at Oikawa’s and his fangirls shocked faces. That was when you realised your native slang slipped out
he understood some bits because they studied english as well
He didn’t understand why but the way you ranted, although with slangs he didn’t understand, made you really hot
At that time, Oikawa was more attracted to you than ever before
Afterwards, you sat down with him and apologised for being mean
he even made his fangirls apologise to you and clarified all the rumours
Oikawa never really changed, he continued following you and kept asking you weird questions
You were really fascinating to him and for once, he felt like he was falling deep in love for a girl
you spent so much time with him, you got used to it and even started enjoying the time you had with him
Even after getting closer to iwaizumi-kun. You noticed small things about Oikawa you never saw before
The way he bought you extra food during lunch breaks, took note of the drinks you liked more, helping you with Japanese homework
After confessing to each other and dating, he would ask you to teach him more about the country you were born in
The cultures, your native language, slangs
Gains new respect for your country
imagine his face when he first tried Durian
So proud whenever he gets to introduce you as his girlfriend from a different country
loves when you curse in your native language
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A new transfer student wasn’t interesting to him so he didn’t pay much attention to you at first
It wasn’t until he saw you playing volleyball in the girls team for the first time
“One of the best teen players in China, moved here because of her family” one of his team players told him
He continued staring at you, your form.
It was, beautiful he had to say.
You were a setter like him and the way you set was—different
But very effective
He watched with interested eyes as his twin brother, Osamu stood beside him
He heard it was only your first month here and you’ve already adapted to all the styles of your other members
from then on, Atsumu would often watch you on breaks
sometimes it was unconsciously
but his eyes always wandered to you
he quickly developed feelings for you. The way you smiled, laughed with your teammates. You were always glowing he realised
He gets to know you from your teammates and him being in your class
in the beginning, Atsumu would tease you for having an accent because you were still familiarising yourself with the new language
he liked you, but had a very weird way of showing it
One day you got so annoyed you blew up. “你真的很烦人你知道吗?我好像在被你折磨一样.”
Translation: “You’re really annoying you know that? It’s like i’m being tortured by you”
it slipped out of you when he pestered you when you were in the middle of serving
Everyone stared at you as you blush in your spot
and Atsumu could only smirk at your adorable form
he didn’t understand what you said but he knew you were ranting
he chases you for a few weeks and you slowly fell for him as well
You become very close to him and his brother
even teaching Osamu how to cook some traditional chinese meals
Atsumu learns to tone down his teasing with you and also learns about your culture and traditions
because he wanted to feel closer to you and your way of life
sometimes his fangirls could be a problem, but he glares angrily at them if they ever crossed the line
but with you, he’s way way softer
loves it when you speak to him in chinese even though he doesn’t understand
but he quickly picks up a few phrases and uses them on his brother
“我是个笨蛋” he tells his brother to repeat after him
and secretly chuckles as he listens to his brother calling himself a dummy
will always be by your side
kenma
nothing really interests kenma so when he heard about you transferring from Korea it was no biggie
until you first introduced yourself and he realised how similar you looked to one of his favourite characters in his video game
that was the first time you caught his eye
the second time was when Kuroo nudged him and pointed at you
“Hey hey, new girl has a DS too” Kenma looked up for a while and stared at you before looking back down pretending not to care
but secretly hoping you would
the third time was during his break time on a match day
you climbed beside Kenma as he was playing on his DS
he hadn’t noticed you till you peeked over and watched him play
“Hey, you play this game too? i’ve been trying to find a friend who plays this as well” you spoke excitedly
Kenma’s heart started beating faster as you leaned closer to him
“oh, hi i’m Y/n, you’re Kenma-kun right?” he nodded slowly
he was getting abit nervous as you smiled brightly at him and took out your DS and asked him
“can i add you?”
Kuroo came back shortly to find the both of you playing in a match
but he and Kenma found out afterwards that you went to the game that day because you missed playing volleyball back in Korea
As you got closer to the two, especially Kenma, you’ve also developed feelings for the pudding boy
he was always willing to learn more about you and your cultural background
When the two of you start dating, he would try to find Korean restaurants to bring you to
knowing it would make you feel abit closer to home
would always be with you especially because the two of you were in the same class
Kenma would be very scary if anyone tried to criticise you because you were from a different country
would also invite you to all his volleyball matches or practice
you play with the team once in a while
and the team absolutely loves you too
Kenma gets jealous once in a while
quickly picks up korean phrases
when he tells you “Saranghae” softly for the first time, his face fully red
translation: “i love you”
dead imma tell you
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quirkwizard · 2 years
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I don't know if this has been asked or anything but can we get a quirk marriage between twin impact and manifest? I couldn't think of a good one for the life of me but you're good at things like this so give it a shot please. Hope you have a great day!
Why thank you for saying that. I do appreciate it and I hope you have a nice day as well.
New Quirk Name: Mean Cuisine
This Emitter type Quirk activates whenever the user strikes something. Once they do, they may implant a charge into what they strike. This charge is based around whatever the user eats, popping out of whatever they hit with violent force. For example, eating some octopus and punching a wall would allow the user to sprout out a tentacle or kicking a barrel could cause a giant chili pepper to pop out and spray everyone with it's spicy juice. The user can delay this addition effects if they so choose and apply it to themselves if they hit themselves. This gives the user a versatile combat power, letting them attack their foes with various foods. They can reinforce places with crab armor, make objects fly with chicken wings, blind opponents with squid ink, hide behind lays of cabbage, or just confuse people with a giant durian come out of nowhere. Though the user needs to strike something and eat the right foods in order to apply the Quirk. The applying the Quirk will chip away at the user's food supplies, requiring them to eat more than normal. The created parts will eventually fade, meaning they can't be used as actual food.
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leonameowzz · 4 years
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TW Boys vs Durians
So my dad just bought some durian puffs for the family & that’s what prompted me to write this 😂😂 I personally love durians but ik there are many who can’t stand the smell. Just curious dear readers, but how do you feel about durians?
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Scenario: G/N!MC feeling homesick and craving food from home asked Sam if he was able to obtain durians for them. The businessman was glad to oblige, for a decent price of course! How he gets them we will never know, but now MC has a whole bunch of these exotic fruit, so they set out to each dorm wanting to share some and feeling curious about everyone’s reactions.
*Bonus: Grim literally eats suspicious looking black rocks off the ground, so eating a durian is nothing special to him as he wolfs down the fruit hungrily. The Ramshackle dorm will definitely reek of said fruit for many days but neither of the occupants really mind~*
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Riddle wrinkles his nose after catching a whiff of the durians. Because of his strict upbringing, he never got to eat too many different types of food unless his mother told him to. However being the dorm leader, he knew he had to set a good example to his dorm members, so he bravely took the first bite. It was definitely a strange flavour but he didn’t seem to mind too much.
Trey has actually heard of durians before given that his family runs a bakery, although he has never tried them. He gets used to the strong smell pretty fast and asks MC if he could keep some to use in baking for the next Unbirthday party. MC happily agrees and recommends making puffs, crepes and even chocolates.
Cater probably has the worst reaction out of all the Heartslabyul guys. He immediately backs up after smelling the fruit, refusing to get closer even with ADeuce constantly teasing him. It’s only when MC remarks that it would make for a pretty popular Magicam post does Cater approach, quickly using his camera’s burst mode to snap multiple photos.
Ace being quite adaptable, also gets used to the strong smell easily. He’s usually up for a little challenge and doesn’t mind trying out this new fruit. It didn’t go as smoothly as he hoped due to the mushy consistency but he managed to swallow his bite by downing it with some water.
Deuce is not the most enthusiastic about trying out this foreign food and the smell definitely didn’t help, but he musters up the courage to try it anyway, since it was MC who brought it. Didn’t help that Ace definitely taunted him to eat it. He actually takes it pretty well (even better than Ace), shyly remarking that he had eaten some pretty nasty stuff during his delinquent days.
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Leona picks up on the foul scent of durian from a mile away, and it’s safe to say that this lion is definitely not eating whatever “fruit from hell” as he calls it, that MC had brought. He grumbles to them to remove it immediately as he doesn’t want to stink up the entire dorm, especially his room. MC had anticipated that reaction but comments slyly how lucky they were to be graced by the presence of two kings that day. (Durians are known as the king of fruits & Leona will always be king in my heart)
Jack initially thinks that MC had brewed a potion wrongly or something because they smelt weird. After explaining the situation, Jack apologetically declines trying some due to his sensitive nose and MC totally understands. Though they can’t help pouting slightly since they realized no one from this dorm would want to eat durians because of the off-putting smell.
Ruggie is the only Savanaclaw member who dares approach MC from the mention of food. Are they sure it’s not rotten? He can’t help feel suspicious because of the scent but decides to take MC’s word for it. With his deft hands, he swiftly takes some durian flesh and stuffs it into his mouth, while pinching his nose with his other hand. Secretly he willingly ate it knowing that he would be able to slack off on Leona’s duties since the scent would be stuck on him.
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Azul gingerly pokes at the soft durian flesh as it oddly reminds him of his squishy octo-form. This is certainly something you don’t see everyday and he’s contemplating if it would be able to sell well in Mostro Lounge. He urges MC to share their findings regarding everyone’s reactions with him, promising to sign a mutually beneficial contract with them should the majority response be positive.
Floyd exclaims loudly about the durian odour but doesn’t seem too put off by it. He is definitely intrigued and even tries chomping on it in an effort to see which is stronger: his sharp teeth or the durian spikes, much to MC’s horror. He remarks that the texture is similar to the shellfish that he eats, and probably the only reason he’ll eat more is to tease people who hate the smell.
Jade is also intrigued but has a more subdued reaction as compared to Floyd. He’s not one to shy away from questionable food being a mushroom collector. He politely accepts the piece offered to him, thanking them for letting him try something new. Like Trey, he asks MC to let him keep some so that he may try experimenting with it for a new menu item.
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Kalim is excited when MC cheerfully offers him some durian to eat as usually it’s the other way around where he throws a huge feast for them instead. He does comment on how it smells funky but doesn’t hesitate to taste it (at least after Jamil tried it first). Kalim has had his fair share of exotic foods so isn’t too bothered by the texture or smell. While the durian could never compare to his favourite coconut, he still enjoys it nonetheless.
Jamil isn’t too bothered by the smell either since he’s used to the scent of strong spices in their cooking. Besides he knows he will have to try it first regardless, since Kalim would be eating it. He is still thankful towards MC and even brews some refreshing tea to pair with the durian. Jamil chides Kalim who initially suggests throwing a durian party, but wouldn’t be against making some durian chips with MC since it was simple enough.
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Vil is surprisingly not bothered by the strong smell, though he does remind MC to stay outside the dorm so as not to frazzle the other students. As a dignified celebrity he must always keep his cool, though he is tempted to eat some after hearing that the fruit is rich in nutrients and promotes healthy skin. Unfortunately he can’t due to having a photoshoot later but he’s definitely down to try some on his off days.
Rook is caught off guard initially, both from the appearance and smell of durian. He’s quick to recover but declines trying some, mentioning how he has to refrain from standing out when stalking his prey. Also MC swears they heard Rook muttering something about turning the spiky shell into a hunting weapon of sorts, though they choose to brush it off for their own safety.
Epel brushes off the smell like it’s nothing, which makes sense given his upbringing (I mean he literally made his own fertilizer and wasn’t fazed by that stench at all!)  He’s eager to try some stating how manly it would make him since even the Savanaclaw people didn’t dare eat it, and ends up really enjoying it.
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Idia panics upon seeing MC approaching his room holding the durian, thinking he is about to be attacked. Is this revenge for him beating them during the recent gaming night? And wow the smell was definitely something... He sarcastically remarks that if the spikes weren’t enough to kill anyone, the smell would definitely finish them off. Not to worry though, Idia has a super air filtration system built into his room that nullifies the stench easily.
Ortho is busy scanning this fascinating fruit and updating his already extensive database. Even if he can’t actually taste or smell it, he does want to be knowledgeable about it since MC claimed that it was one of their favourite foods.
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Malleus is grateful that MC considers him a close enough friend to let him try something from their home. Humans certainly eat some interesting things don’t they? Still he feels some sort of kinship towards this fruit, perhaps it’s how the exterior seems intimidating to many, in contrast to its soft interior. He teases MC to be careful when handling the fruit so that they don’t prick their finger on the sharp spikes.
Lilia doesn’t hesitate to pluck a piece of durian from MC while hanging down from the ceiling and proceeds to munch on it, not fazed at all. He smugly states that it’s an acquired taste and thanks MC for letting him taste such exquisite food. His eyes twinkle in excitement when MC recounts how delicious durian ice cream is and volunteers to make some for the rest of dorm.
Silver is definitely woken up by the sudden pungent smell but relaxes after seeing his master and father calmly eating away. Lilia encourages him to try some which he accepts, although he falls asleep again not too long after. It is definitely a rare sight as no woodland animals gather near Silver that day, most likely avoiding him due to the smell.
Sebek almost screamed at MC for bringing something so foul-smelling into their dorm but held his tongue after seeing how excited they were. He would be spurred on to try some since Malleus had no problem eating it despite really not liking what he was about to put in his mouth. After all he couldn’t call himself a bodyguard if such a trivial fruit stumped him. 
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appendingfic · 4 years
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Sooo...
@c2ndy2c1d​ made a pretty fantastic comic, Rockababy (found here), which I would totally recommend reading. And if you can, bookmark and comment on it - good creator engagement can help them with further development on the comic, and I selfishly want to see more.
And I was really inspired and was in a place in my writing cycle that I wanted some (3,500 words worth of) shipping fic so.
I hope y’all enjoy!
Observation 
Rating: T
Fandom: Rockababy
Ship: Richie/Shifty
Summary: The facts are undeniable - Richie has been watching Shifty very closely. To what purpose, however, Shifty is determined to find out.
Shifty was sitting at his workbench, but unlike other times, there was no gadget or technology to work with at it. Just a notebook - identical to the dozens Richie kept in his room, observations on aliens - more detailed, now, that he had regular access to all the species that had found their way to Earth.
Identical in all respects except for one.
This notebook's contents were exclusively about <I>Shifty</I>. He steeled himself to open the book again, page through notes that were both more detailed and less focused than he was used to from Richie's writings.
"Not ticklish," was scratched out, bold letters next to it reading, "Ticklish at base of spine/tail - DO NOT TOUCH". Richie had inadvertently (Shifty hoped) discovered that fact during one of their photo sessions, documenting the regrowth of Shifty's tail. The memory almost brought a smile to Shifty's face - Richie had been mortified, blushing as he apologized fervently from across the room when Shifty had nearly bolted off the exam table at the touch.
"Has a sense of humor", another page read. "Not slapstick - not observational. Absurd? Smiled at a pun - denied it BUT I KNOW THE TRUTH". Shifty actually smiled at that.
Another was a list of foods, apparently random unless you had been studying Shifty's tastes. Next to the word "Chocolate" was a doodle of Shifty's natural face, frowning. The discovery Shifty didn't like chocolate had seemingly depressed Richie, and Shifty still wasn't certain if he'd disappointed Richie by failing to enjoy that particular human treat. The page after that was another apparently random list of foods, again, unless you'd been trying to determine what foods Shifty liked. Six fruits were circled, lines drawn from them to a margin where Richie had written "FRUIT", and, next to it, "even Durian?" There was a doodle of Shifty's face - natural, again - smiling next to the word "peanut butter", and a line drawn between that and "bananas", a wholly intriguing proposition Shifty vowed to explore later.
There was something crossed out with heavy lines next to the word "suckers" - the only letters Shifty could make out were "OR-" and "-IXA-", and the tail end of a question mark. As he had no idea what the note could have been, he left it alone.
Especially as there were other, more puzzling notes filling the notebook. A list of numbers which had been mystifying until Shifty recognized one as his normal body temperature, at which point, the others included a startlingly accurate indicator of at what temperature Shifty started feeling cold. There was a number underlined several times, which Shifty recognized as the temperature the fever he'd had two months ago had pushed him to, and a rambling series of notes that Shifty recognized as documenting Richie's frenzied attempts at treatment when Shifty had finally admitted he was sick (not that the NESB didn't have perfectly adequate medical care, but Richie had been adamant Shifty shouldn't have to recuperate in their medical lab or, as Shifty had suggested, handle it himself). 
Dozens of drawings - of the patterns on Shifty's skin, of his hands, of his tail. Detail of his face - or attempts, as Richie had scribbled over each one. Shifty stared at one such attempt for a moment before flipping to find the doodles next to the lists of Shifty's favorite and least favorite foods. Looking at those drawings, he couldn't pinpoint what had frustrated Richie about the others - the disappointed frown on drawn Shifty's face felt true to life, and while Shifty didn't see his own smile much, the delighted cartoon Shifty looked - much the way he felt when one of his friends drew a smile out of him.
The notes were clearly the work of months of observation - most, if not all, of the period of their...acquaintanceship (friendship. They were friends. The first people who'd seen his natural form and agreed to raid a corporate lab to rescue an infant alien were his friends). And Richie must have been keeping it with him most of the time, as Shifty had discovered the notebook on the couch when Richie had last visited.
So...months of observations. At first glance, somewhat scientific, unless you'd seen Richie's other work, and realized how little of the notebook's contents lacked the - objective veneer he maintained for other work. The notes he included with the photographs of Shifty he submitted to the NESB were professional, and rarely included any of the banter Shifty had to keep up to distract himself from the vague discomfort of being under such close examination.
This notebook was more of the same.
...Technically.
For all it didn't involve the complete suite of photographs sitting in an NESB lab somewhere, the notes were more intimate. They all touched on things that no one should know without having been close to Shifty. It wasn't that he suspected Riche were keeping the notes to - sell them to tabloids or something ("Aliens Love Peanut Butter" wouldn't sell papers, he guessed).
But not knowing what Richie was trying to accomplish with this left Shifty a little uneasy. They were supposed to hang out the next day, ostensibly to study for their calculus final, although both of them were far beyond needing the additional help, which meant it would be a perfect opportunity to get some answers.
Ms. Cunningham answered the door when Shifty arrived at their home, eyes brightening at the sight of him. "Blueberry!" she said, kissing him on both cheeks as she stepped around him to step outside, ignoring the flush on Shifty's cheeks (in human guise, it at least remained confined to his face). "I assume you're here to see Richie - he's in his lab, while I'm off to mine." She pulled Shifty in for a hug before letting go and stepping back to grin at him. "So you boys have fun, and make sure Richie eats."
"Oh - absolutely," Shifty replied, watching Ms. Cunningham drive away. He stepped inside; the Cunninghams had opened their home indiscriminately to Shifty, and he'd only recently become comfortable with it. He knew they had good reason not to worry about him wandering around their home, even if he was expected. He didn't have much reason to wander, of course, except, taking Ms Cunningham's comment into consideration, to bring Richie a sandwich (and experiment with the notion of peanut butter and bananas for himself). 
When Shifty descended the stairs into Richie's home lab (an examination table, a desk, and a couch that had migrated down there at some point in the last several months), Richie barely looked up from a notebook he was writing in, at least until Shifty set a plate down next to him.
He looked up and smiled at Shifty, an open, bright expression that made Shifty glad he hadn't let his human form drop, because his tail had developed a traitorous tendency to wag when Richie smiled at him.
"Your mother said you should eat," Shifty said as an explanation.
"Oh, yeah, thanks." Richie picked up his sandwich, took a bite, and set it down again. He twisted around to look up at Shifty, a frown almost taking over his mouth before his expression smoothed out. "Did you want to get started on studying?"
"Come on," Shifty replied, leaning against the desk so he could look down at Richie's notebook (neat, organized, nothing like the one in Shifty's bag). "You and me have studied enough. I'm just here to keep you from starving to death."
Richie looked back at his sandwich, and picked it up for another bite, apparently focused on it while he ate, although Shifty was certain Richie kept glancing sidelong at him.
"You're, uh. Just trying to keep me fed?" Richie asked. There was a tone to his voice, almost - lilting, and Shifty suspected he was being teased.
"Well, I also wanted to ask you about something you left at my place," Shifty replied. "It probably fell out of your backpack or something-"
"I'm sorry!" Richie blurted, holding up his sandwich between them like a shield.
Shifty, who hadn't expected such a violent reaction, stood, shocked, until he saw jam leaking from the bottom of Richie's sandwich. He caught the drop before it could hit the floor and licked it off his finger.
When he actually looked back at Richie, Richie was staring at him.
"What?" Shifty demanded.
"You...aren't mad?"
"I don't know," Shifty replied. "I'm not sure what you're apologizing for."
"O - oh." Richie's cheeks flushed as he looked away from Shifty. "I thought you found the. Uh. Pictures."
"The drawings?" Shifty asked, and somehow, Richie's cheeks went redder, his entire posture tensing into something that made it look like he was about to bolt.
"Richie?" Shifty asked, leaning forward, realizing only as he reached out to Richie that he'd dropped back to his natural form, pale, clawed fingers coming to rest on Richie's shoulder.
"I kept some of the photos," Richie said. "The ones you didn't really want the NESB to keep because they were a little…" He trailed off, and Shifty, remembering the discussion and in his natural form, felt his whole body blush, because.
Richie had tried to be professional when taking the pictures, requesting standard, clinical poses, but even so, some of them had ended up looking a little-
Well, like the pinups Boomer had implied Richie kept in his room.
"It just seemed a shame, because they're good pictures, and you look really - you look good in them. I haven't shown them to anybody or anything, but…" He trailed off, staring at his feet, and if Shifty were inclined to hugging anyone besides Buttons, he might have tried to hug Richie to calm him down.
Except while Richie had panicked over the photographs, the mention of drawings seemed to have freaked him out worse.
"Can you maybe tell me what you found?" Richie asked, voice a little reedy. "So I know what I'm freaking out about?"
"It was a notebook," Shifty replied, pulling the book out of his bag and handing it over. "At first I thought it was one of your alien data books, but it was - about me, and sort of...personal?"
"I'm sorry," Richie repeated, snatching the book out of Shifty's hands to clutch it against his chest. "I wasn't like - secretly trying to find a way to hurt you or anything. Obviously, I've been paying attention if there was anything you were allergic to because I wouldn't be able to forgive myself if I got you killed because you had a peanut allergy or something."
"You also appear to think it's a tragedy I don't like chocolate," Shifty pointed out, and Richie, who'd seemed to be calming down, flushed ducking his head to hide it behind his notebook.
"Sorry," he muttered.
"Don't be," Shifty said, settling against the desk so he could lean closer to Richie, squeeze his shoulder in a way he hoped was reassuring. "I mean, it's a little weird - and it's sort of driving me crazy trying to figure out what it's for-"
"I just wanted to figure you out," Richie said. When Shifty didn't respond immediately, he continued, knuckled still white from the strain of holding onto his notebook. "Like - I thought maybe I didn't understand you because you were an alien, so I started paying attention. Like if you were allergic to anything, or if you're ticklish or sensitive-"
"If I can get sick," Shifty interrupted, bringing Richie up short, quiet as he considered that.
"Yeah. And I didn't really have friends before, so I was also trying to figure out friend stuff, like what you liked, what you didn't-"
"I do like puns," Shifty said. At Richie's slightly shaky stare, he shrugged. "It's fun, playing around with words like that."
"I…" Richie's gaze drifted down to his notebook, one hand twitching; it was almost certain he was fighting the urge to document this new revelation immediately. 
"You can write it down," Shifty said gently. "Now that I know it's just you being - observant, I don't mind."
"Oh." Richie set the notebook down and flipped open to the page on which he'd mused on Shifty's sense of humor, making a few notations on it. "Thanks."
"Don't worry about it," Shifty allowed. He eyed his own sandwich, forgotten in Richie's panic, wondering if it was safe to start in on it again. Probably not; this conversation didn't feel over yet. "I liked the drawings of me in the notebook. They're - good." He paused a moment, trying to sort out his thoughts. "I liked the little cartoons."
Richie scowled. "They're dumb. I only drew them because I can't get your face right when I'm drawing it seriously."
"I don't think it's dumb. That smiling face looks like - how I feel when I'm smiling."
"...Oh." Richie closed the notebook, but didn't move after that. "I'm glad. That you aren't upset. I don't want to upset you."
"Hm," Shifty replied. "I don't think you would. Do anything that would upset me." And now that he was...observing, considering facts with an assessing eye, Shifty had a - hypothesis.
Richie had been watching Shifty <I>very</I> closely. He had in his possession photographs they had both decided were a little - much for the scientists at the NESB to see. And there were...drawings, somewhere, that Richie didn't want Shifty to see.
Without his conscious input, Shifty's tail began to swing behind him, a slow horizontal drag that Richie had probably been watching Shifty closely enough to interpret. Shifty leaned over Richie, finding he liked the idea of - testing his hypothesis.
"You've been watching me pretty closely, haven't you?" he asked. And Richie had taken his eyes off of Shifty, because when he looked up, his face paled and he licked his lips, a nervous swipe of his tongue.
"Yeah, but not in a creepy way-"
"It's a little creepy," Shifty pointed out. "I'm pretty sure there's a drawing of the marks just above my tail in there. And I don't have much chance to look at it, but it's a pretty good likeness."
Richie closed his eyes. "Sorry, I-"
"Where did I give you the impression I minded?" Shifty retorted, and Richie's eyes snapped open, jaw dropped, and he just...stared.
"Wha," he croaked out after a few quiet moments.
"It's a little creepy for - professional interest," Shifty continued, as he let his tail continue to sway behind him. "But if it's a more - personal interest." He paused, hoping he hadn't read this embarrassingly wrong, or he'd never be able to face either of the Cunninghams for the rest of his life. And then he leaned down just a little more, so the next words were spoken just next to Richie's ear. "That might be a project worth - exploring."
In Shifty's defense, everything he knew about flirting he'd learned from television, and the "bad boy" type he'd sought to emulate always acted this smooth.
In Richie's (as Shifty learned later), no one had ever hit on him before.
So Richie's startled flailing resulted in a bruised and slightly bloody nose on Shifty's part, and a possibly fatal case of embarrassment and remorse on Richie's, as he sat as far away from Shifty as the couch allowed while Shifty iced his nose.
With Richie licking his (metaphorical) wounds at giving Shifty literal ones, Shifty suspected he would have to speak up if he ever wanted to resolve this.
"I'd sort of like to know," Shifty said, at last. When Richie looked up, his eyes were almost looking wet, just on the edge of tears.
"What?"
"If you're just - looking, or if you. Want," Shifty concluded, finding the words awkward to force out. "Me," he clarified, and he probably shouldn't have, because his face was starting to flush again, which meant it was a matter of time until it encompassed his entire body. "Because if you do, I'd. Apparently, I like smart, sweet guys who care about. Snakes." He wasn't certain how he'd managed to make this sound more awkward than it already was, but. Here they were. Shifty with all of his cards on the table, and Richie.
Staring. 
He was used to Richie staring - Richie was the budding xenobiologist, and whether Shifty was in human guise or his natural form or somewhere in between, Richie wanted to see anything he did that was out of the ordinary. But he wasn't used to watching Richie staring, and Shifty suspected if he ever had, they might have had this conversation a while ago.
Because Richie's gaze dragged over Shifty, along the frills on his head and arms, the patterns along his skin, including the heart-shaped one on his forehead, the pointed, inhuman head, and his tail, from the tip to the base, where Richie knew Shifty was - sensitive.
Richie pressed his palm against the end of Shifty's tail, a feather-light touch. And then he trailed his palm along the frills, a lighter touch, if possible, and Shifty shivered. Richie's gaze shot up to meet Shifty's, eyes wavering, wide, afraid.
(Shifty dismissed the thought that Richie was worried what Shifty would do, but that left as the only possible conclusion that Richie was worried for Shifty.)
"Gentler treatment than I'm used to," Shifty said, winking at Richie. "Seeing as I live with a kid with grabby hands." When Richie didn't move, Shifty flicked his tail to brush the end against the back of Richie's hand. "You can keep going."
Richie's gaze shifted from his own hand back to the lazy waving of the tip of Shifty's tail. And the next touch was - firmer, more present, if still tentative. Shifty grinned and twisted around toward the back of the couch so he could provide Richie access to his tail without discomfort, even if he had to crane his neck slightly to watch Richie draw his hand along the frills of Shifty's tail. 
It was - intimate, if at the same time a step back from some of the - implications of what they'd been talking about. Still, the slightly dazed expression on Richie's face faded over the course of several minutes, and gave way to something more - analytical.
"So," Richie mused. "There's some. Stuff. We haven't talked about. About your species and. You. And." His voice rose throughout his stuttering statement, until Shifty decided any amusement he took from Richie's slowly-growing discomfort would be cruel and a diversion from Shifty's - well, not ultimate goal, but his most immediate one.
So Shifty tugged his tail from Richie's grip and crawled the short distance that separated their bodies, leaning up just enough to kiss Richie. Just a press of lips, more a statement of intent than anything.
Richie didn't jerk backward - but only just. His cheeks were red, and he was looking at anything but Shifty. "What-"
"You were working your way up to a question," Shifty replied. "I was giving you an answer. As for romance, that's a yes. As for kissing, that's a yes. As for - other concerns, I figure we can...explore that question in further detail if the rest seems to be working out." Shifty smiled, aware the slow, deliberate expression was likely one Richie hadn't seen before, a notion confirmed at the distant, glazed expression on Richie's face (either that or the promise that any forays into more complicated activities would come with the expectation of scientific inquiry and rigor, even if Richie and Shifty were the only people who ever benefited from it).
Shifty leaned back in toward Richie, pausing this time when he was almost close enough to touch. "Soo," he drawled, grinning. "What's the verdict?"
Richie crossed the few remaining inches to press his lips against Shifty's, and then press forward to - experiment, Shifty realized, to observe and detail his findings. Shifty grinned against Richie's mouth at the thought, surging forward to contribute to Richie's obvious desire to explore.
They passed an hour or so that way, before Shifty dropped his head onto Richie's lap, looking up as Richie traced along the marks on Shifty's face, face fixed in concentration, until that concentration faltered and Richie gave Shifty's mouth a strange look.
Shifty smirked. "What's that look for?"
"Your smile is - you're really pretty," Richie stammered.
And Shifty might have - suspected Richie thought that, but hearing it sent a thrill along his spine, and his smile widened. "I guessed," he replied, "seeing how you kept all those photos."
Richie ducked his head away, covering his face with his hands. "Oh god, please don't bring that up. It's embarrassing."
"Is it?" Shifty asked, stretching out (and not failing to notice how Richie's gaze darted toward Shifty's stomach as he did so). "Then maybe we could talk about the drawings that came up earlier."
It would take some time, Shifty suspected, before he got a straight answer about those (even if Richie's embarrassment was incredibly telling about the nature of said drawings). But Shifty was certain enough about his intentions, and Richie's own, not to worry overmuch about it. Richie had better things to occupy his time with, now, anyway.
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And So It Goes...
A/N: Hello I am back. Gahd, I had a rough week last week so might as well post the second chapter today. I hope you like it! Also, more Crispin and Basilio wingmen moments hfhdjd
CHAPTERS:
Chapter One: Kaibigan o Pag-ibig?
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CHAPTER TWO: Isang Tingin Mo lang
Before the sun rose, everyone met up at the Trese residence, ready for the trip. The twins helped them placed their bags at the back of the van. Once done, Hank closed the compartment of the van, and made his way to the driver’s seat. “Come on, slowpokes, let’s go!” Amie and Hannah got inside the van, then the twins. By the time Elena got into the van, Crispin was already beside Hannah, and beside him was Mal, and Basilio and Amie were sitting together with the bags beside them. “Elena!” Hannah called her, breaking her train of panicking thoughts. “Let’s go! We’re gonna be late to our summer vacation! The beach awaits us!” Elena sighed, and cautiously settled down beside Dominic, who was staring out the window. It was funny, honestly, that their only interaction was when he showed her around the campus. After that, they never looked at each other, nor spoken a word.
During the whole trip, everyone in the van already took pictures with every possible angle and pose, jammed to the songs played on the stereo, despite it being Hank’s favorites, and discussed the activities for the day. Elena of course joined at the conversation, and Dominic would nod every now and then, but the tense atmosphere was still present in between them. In the middle of the journey, most of them snoozed off, reserving their energy for the day. Elena plugged her earphones on her phone, and started to sleep. Dominic was the only one awake at the back of the van, still looking out the window. He can’t stand the fact that Elena was beside him, and he didn’t do anything nor talk to her. When he noticed that Elena’s head was falling off the head rest of the seat, he slowly pushed her head towards his shoulder.
The van came to a stop, and it awoken most of them. “We’re here!” Amie yelled, waking the rest of the group. Dominic perked his head up, and saw the group hopped off the van. He then looked at Elena, still sleeping. He gently shook her to wake her up, and her eyes fluttered open. Elena lifted her head, only to meet Dominic’s eyes, staring at her. “Ah, hey, Dom. I’m sorry if I fell asleep on your shoulder,” she quickly apologized, turning red in the process. Dominic smiled at her, and replied, “It’s alright, Lena.” Once they both got out of the van, Elena quickly ran towards Basilio. “Bas, I need to tell you something!” Basilio, who was still taking out the bags from the back of the van, chuckled. “What? You’re thirsty again?” He teased. Elena punched his arm and groaned. “Alright, alright, what is it?” He asked, taking out the last bag from the van and closing the compartment. Elena swung her bag on her shoulder, and they started to follow the others towards the resort. “Dominic smiled at me for the first time!” Elena said softly, still high on the idea that it actually happened. “Dom always smiles at you, you just don’t notice it.” Basilio replied, placing the bags on the floor. Alexandra was talking to the person behind the desk, while the others were taking selfies on every corner of the lobby. “You know I’m shy around him, that’s why I never notice the stuff that you notice,” she said. Just when Basilio was about to reply, he heard Hank calling his name, as well as the other guys’ names. “We’ll be in the same room, so you better watch your move around me,” Hank said as he led the way to their room. “I’ll chat you once we’re in the room,” Basilio whispered, and then walked away. “Alright, us girls will be in one room. Let’s go?” Alexandra said. Amie and Hannah squealed, excitedly discussing which swimwear to wear for today.
Elena walked out of the bathroom with her skin tone one-piece swimwear, and Amie gasped at the sighed of her. “You look amazing! Oh my god, I love how it fits you perfectly!” she squealed, hugging Elena. Elena laughed, and looked down on herself. “Well, it does look great. My flaws are overly exposed though, but the cover up would look great on this,” Elena replied, wrapping the cover up skirt around her waist.
Once everyone was done preparing with a ton of sunblock on their skin and big sunglasses on their eyes, they all met up on the resort’s lobby. Mal whistled at the sight of the girls approaching them, and Amie and Hannah certainly loved the attention. “So, what do you think, boys?” Hannah asked, posing in front of them. “You all look hot, especially Elena. What a transformation, babe!” Mal replied, fixing his gaze on Elena, who was already hiding her blushing face. “Thank you, Mal,” Elena replied. “Yeah, better enjoy looking at us while it lasts,” Amie added, giggling with Hannah. First activity on the list: island hopping and snorkeling. While on the boat, the girls were busy posing while the twins took their photos. “Come on, Elena, it’s your turn!” Amie called out. Elena smiled and politely shook her head. “Seriously, guys, I would be okay if we were in a group photo. I just think I don’t look great in a solo picture,” she said. Mal then laughed, and looked at Elena. “Nonsense, Lena. You look stunning in solo pictures. I still remember asking you to pose during the campus’ foundation day,” Mal said, scrolling through his phone. Once he found what he was looking for, he showed everyone the shot he was talking about. It was Elena in her college department shirt, smiling at the camera. “You’re right, Mal,” Crispin agreed, “Elena looks like she could charm everyone around her.” Everyone on the boat agreed, and Elena raised her hands, surrendering. “Alright, I give up. I’ll have my photos taken on this boat and everywhere if that makes all of you happy.” Amie and Hannah cheered, and Mal then raised his hand, silencing them. “I’ll take your photos, Elena. I’ll make you look amazing, babe,” Mal said, winking at her.
After the whole morning of harmless flirting, swimming, eating, and a hundred photos taken, the group decided to lounge around in their respective hotel rooms. The boys finally lied down on their beds after cleaning up, watching whatever was on the TV. “Hey Mal, you better be careful with flirting,” Dominic said out of the blue, silencing everyone in the room. “Why?” Mal asked. Dom shook his head, and smirked at him. “Just warning you,” he replied. Hank then groaned. “You teenagers and your warnings. When I was your age, I was a chick magnet. Everyone loved my style,” Hank boasted. Crispin was already holding back his laugh, and being his twin, Basilio replied, “Oh, they must’ve really loved your durian scented perfume.” The boys laughed at the remark, and Hank threw a pillow at the younger twin, annoyed.
Everyone met at the resort’s restaurant that evening. There was a seafood dinner buffet in the resort, and it was definitely a time to actually relax. Not only that, there will be unlimited beer, which Hank loved a lot. “Oh, good thing we’re all above the legal drinking age. We’ll definitely get drunk tonight!” Basilio cheered. They found a table that would fit everyone and they all lined up for the buffet. Laughing, singing, constant glancing from across the table, more flirting, and then happy hour came. When the singer on staged asked for a jammer, Crispin immediately made his way to the small stage. “Alright, our second jammer for tonight’s happy hour!” The singer said, gaining a cheer from the group. “What’s your name?” the singer asked, pointing the mic at Cris. “Crispin, but you can call me baby,” he replied, winking at her. The singer laughed at his remark. “Okay, that was smooth! What will you be singing tonight?” Crispin took the mic from the singer, and pointed at the group. “I know that someone likes someone in my barkada, and this song is for you so that you’ll get out of your shell and actually admit what you feel!” Everyone in their table cheered, and Elena’s cheeks reddened. Dominic lowered his head, and groaned at the Crispin’s stupidity. “It’s time, my dude. This is Kailan.” The guitarist played the intro on his guitar, and Crispin was thankful that the mic was wireless. As he sang the first verse of the song, he slowly walked towards the table. The gang was waving their hands in the air, even Hank who was enjoying everything because of the free beer.
“Kailan, kailan mo ba mapapansin ang aking lihim…” Cris sang, as he swung his arm around Dominic, who was frowning and blushing so hard. Then, Cris looked at Elena, who was also blushing. “Kahit ano’ng aking gawin, ‘di mo pa rin pansin…” Elena looked at Basilio, and he just nodded at her. “Come on, Dominic Villaceran, go get the girl!” Crispin yelled. Elena really doesn’t know how to decide at this point. Maybe because of the alcohol and the overwhelming feeling she has in her guts. She stood up, and everyone looked at her. Hannah and Amie were squealing again in the background, while Basilio was already recording the whole thing.
“Dominic Villaceran!” Elena called out loudly, and Dom looked up at her, confused. Elena looked at everyone in their table, and she took a deep breath. “I like you! I like you so much since the day I met you!” At this point, everyone was cheering, and Amie was already hugging her and congratulating her for being brave. She doesn’t seem to care if everyone already knew about her secret crush. Dominic, on the other hand, was still staring at Elena. He did hear that, right? That Elena actually likes him? Mal gave Dom a pat on the back, and told him to go get her, but before he could even move, Elena was already walking away from them, entering the resort.
Alexandra entered their hotel room, and saw Elena on their bed. “Lena?” Alex said softly, placing a hand on her back. Elena quickly wiped away her tear, and faced her Ate. “Ate Alex. What are you doing here?” she asked, sitting up. Alexandra tilted her head, and fixed Elena’s hair. “You were really brave out there. You should’ve seen Dominic’s face,” Alex chuckled, and Elena sighed at the thought. “Well, I did. He seems uninterested. He was just staring. I told myself that I’ll make a move this summer, but I didn’t expect it to be this disappointing,” Elena said. The whole event just made her want to go home. Alex scooted in and wrapped Elena in an embrace. “I know this is still embarrassing for both of you. Believe me, I’ve been through it, but let’s just treat it as a bad dream for now and enjoy our vacation, okay? I’m here whenever you need some girl talk.”
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snowe-zolynn-rogers · 3 years
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Avatar Zuko Rewrite
Pairings: Zukka (pre-romantic, unrequited)
Word Count: 1687 Words
Summary: Lee somehow manages to win Sokka's heart without even trying aka he feeds him. Sokka doesn't even know how to process how cute Lee is.
Warnings: Injury Mention, Food Mention, Half Blind Character, let me know if I should tag something else.
Chapter 7
When they finally consoled Aang, they led him back to where Lee was in the Avatar Chamber still. It seemed they’d all left him there to continue with his intrigued study of the statues.
Finding him collapsed in front of the Roku statue was definitely not something they’d anticipated. It looked like some debris had flown here too from Aang’s emotional breakdown. None of it looked to have hit Lee but they all guessed it had somehow hit him in the head and made him collapse with a concussion.
“Hey, Lee. Lee, wake up.” Sokka shook the raven’s shoulder.
He gave a groan, waking up and he held his left hip, apparently that had hit the ground first and taken the most of the brunt of the fall. Lee pushed himself to sit up, other hand holding his head, eyes shut still and refusing to look at them. Finally, his gold eyes opened and he gazed up at them.
“What happened? I’m so sorry if I hurt you, Lee!” Aang hugged him.
“No, it wasn’t you. The spiritual pressure is just really strong in here.” He rubbed his left scalp with soreness from the fall, but thankfully, he didn’t seem too injured.
“Well you are right. It does feel like the pressure is stronger here. Maybe it’s the statues.” Aang told him, helping him up on his left side while Sokka helped his right. Sokka felt protective of the airbender, he was obviously weak and a bit hurt, he needed someone to look after him.
He helped him from the chamber, all four leaving it to let Lee recover. The airbender seemed to be getting better, all but his hip, however. But that just seemed sore too, and was obviously better the more he moved it and used it and wasn’t overstressing the muscle he’d hurt. Aang and Katara played air ball this time, Lee and Sokka sitting on the grass, watching.
“Do you think they’d mind if I looked around?” Lee asked.
“Why?” He asked the airbender.
“Food. You’ve been complaining nonstop, I figure shut your mouth with some food.” Lee told him, smiling broadly but also nervously. He was getting comfortable around people but he wasn't sure how to act.
“Nah, they wouldn’t mind. Just don’t get lost. Come back here after or I'm sure Aang might freak out that I lost you.” The raven nodded and set off the path on the left, slowly retraining the sore but thankfully healthy muscle in his left hip. An hour later, Lee came back with several things in his arms. He threw something round at him and he immediately caught it out of instinct.
“Found the kitchens and the gardens. That’s a pomelo by the way. They grew firebender fruit here. Who would have thought Air Nomads could simulate different climates?” He was smiling.
“What the hell’s a pomelo?” Sokka asked, peeling it curiously.
“A fruit. It’s like an orange but better. Don’t complain. I could have made you eat the durian fruit.” He showed him a large yellow fruit as Sokka took a curious bite of the fruit in his hands.
“Hey, I’m not a quitter. Let me try the other one.”
“Don’t complain to me then, water-boy.” He tossed the yellowy fruit at him. Sokka caught it easily. He used his dagger to cut open the durian fruit to come face to face with the yellow flesh.
“What? Scared?” Lee smirked, eyes smiling and Sokka, to all that knew him, was absolutely not one to back down from a challenge.
If anything, a cute boy staring him down to eat a fruit that intimidated him, yeah that was a challenge. He cut the piece sunk his teeth into the yellow flesh and was met with a bitter, sour taste in his mouth and immediately spit it out, spitting saliva in hopes the taste would go away. Lee took one of the unbitten pieces and bit into it easily.
“I told you. Water Tribe Boys can’t eat durian.” Lee teased.
“Well, Fire Nation Boys can’t eat sudachi.”
“I’m Air Nomad. But just the same. I don’t like Water Tribe food.” Lee finished his demon fruit.
“Smartass.” Sokka mumbled.
“Takes one to know one.” Lee sat back on the grass watching the game going back and forth until Katara and Aang finally both tied in a stalemate.
“Lee found the kitchens and gardens while you two were on your supervised date.” Sokka told them.
“Where are they?” Katara asked, blatantly mad. And then Lee did the unexpected again. He pushed upward with his hands and landed on his feet with only mild difficulty from his hip.
For a second, Sokka was sure that he was becoming a true demon like the fruit Lee had eaten with the way he’d been moving until he realized he was just a showoff. Katara rolled her eyes at the display and Aang snorted laughter at Sokka’s terrified yet shocked expression.
Lee made a small chuckle at his shocked expression too, already him and Aang leading each other to the kitchens and gardens, leaving Katara and Sokka to run to catch up again.
“Oh Gods, the kitchens smell heavenly.” Sokka drooled.
“I figured we’d all be tired and hungry after all that’s happened today. I started dinner before I left. It should be done in a few minutes.”
“Cooking’s a girl thing! You can’t cook!” Sokka protested.
“Eat dinner or go try to make something yourself. The gardens are out the door, to the left, down a bit.” Lee walked away from him into the kitchens from where they were in the mess hall.
Sokka was impressed with how easy he seemed to act naturally around him and the others, like the three years on a Fire Navy ship had never changed his personality to the meek and scared boy he’d seen him the day prior. Though, it occurred to him that Lee could just be scared of his bending being destructive.
“He needs to get a handle on that talk of his!” Katara raged.
“He’s fine. I think he’s just getting comfortable around us.” Sokka told her as much. She growled at him to be quiet.
“I made extra.” And the two big bowls of first pasta then a black and lumpy mix got set on the table. Sokka poked it with his spoon.
“What is that?” He asked.
“Zhajiangmian. Fire nation food. Thankfully the not hot kind. Made vegetarian for our airbender.”
“Waterbenders need meat, Lee.” Sokka complained. Lee raised an eyebrow. He bit his tongue, Spirits dammit, why was that cute!? “But it smells good. I’m eating.” He put some of the noodles into his bowl. He looked at the dark saucey substance oddly as to what he should do with it.
“You put the zhajiang overtop of the noodles and mix them.” Lee spooned the mix over his own noodles, mixing it together with his chopsticks. Sokka mimicked what he’d done and brought a the chopsticks to his mouth, tasting the food.
“That’s pretty good actually.” His mouth was full but he felt the need to say it, wanted to see Lee's reaction. Lee laughed at his face that was obviously covered with the sauce. His heart melted a little bit, Lee laughing made his heart skip. Lee sounded happy.
“Wipe your face. You look like a rabid wolfbat.” He laughed, having to stop eating for a minute. Sokka wiped his mouth clean and continued eating, teeth crunching into what he assumed were vegetables.
“Ya know, that’s a good way to get Sokka to eat vegetables, Lee.” Aang told the other airbender.
“It’s better than him wandering off and maybe getting hurt trying to fend for himself.” Sokka was busy spooning the vegetables from his bowl to his mouth, too satisfied with the food to care much about the conversation.
“Katara, why aren’t you eating?” Aang asked. Indeed, Katara hadn't so much as touched her bowl, let alone fill it and eat anything.
“I won’t eat Fire Nation food.” She told them bluntly, eyes shooting daggers at Lee.
“Technically, this is the Earth Kingdom recipe. It’s not spicy like the Fire Nation makes it and there’s no meat added in.” Aang told her. Lee had folded in on himself when she’d made the comment, he was busy quietly eating, refusing to look up from his bowl. He wasn't going to defend himself, he probably felt he deserved it.
“'Tara, you’ve gotta try this. It’s so good.” Sokka urged her.
“I’m not hungry!” She snapped. Lee flinched at the tone but continued eating, seemingly unwilling to look up at her. Sokka could spot his eyes getting glossy with tears that the airbender was obviously forcing down.
“Katara, you’re being too hard on Lee. He’s not even Fire Nation, he’s an Air Nomad. Don’t you think he’s probably struggling through this war too? This war’s been hard on everyone.” Sokka told her. Lee was staring at him, wide eyed and looking a bit scared on his part.
Was he scared of something happening simply because he was defending him from his sister? Maybe it was justified, his sister was scary and it seemed a feasible fear from what he'd heard Lee say about his father. Being around that abuse so long, he probably learned not to defend himself for fear it would lead to him being beaten.
“Fine, I’ll eat. But you better not be pulling anything, Lee.” Katara told him, finally spooning noodles and zhajiang into her bowl and eating.
“Good, Katara?” Aang asked.
She simply grumbled what sounded like a 'yes’ past her food. Sokka smiled at Lee as the raven continued eating, eyes a bit awestruck toward him. It wasn’t a problem convincing his sister to eat, he would have had to make her eat eventually.
Aang went back for a second bowl, commenting that it was just like Xiu-Mei made it. Sokka had ended up having two and a half bowls while Lee only finished one and Katara finished two. Plus Sokka got to sit next to a cute boy he very much wanted to kiss.
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fightxxmexxshiggy · 3 years
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So idk if you have a rules list, if you do I must have read over it several times ( because your brain just..blocks sentences sometimes)
But I thought you'd have fun with this.
Essentially this is people trying the Durian fruit for the first time (and then some) it's a very nasty fruit that smells/tastes like rotting flesh. ( people gag and spit it out but you never see anyone like actually get sick, thought I'd give warning but the vid is funny)
I just wanted to hear your thoughts.
How would some of our pro heroes react to it?
Who's the one that brought it home
Who's the one that gets that traumatic flashback everytime Durian is brought up.
Particularly between Bakugou, Todoroki, and Deku ( if you wanna add more peeps that's cool, if not that's cool too)
Just thought it'd be a funny thing to think about, I hope it made you laugh at least.
Okay have a good day!
🤣🤣🤣🤣 this is gold. Yes you made me laugh thank you sweets.
So todoroki brought it home cause he was told it was good to use in making snacks and was wondering if BAKUGOU could somehow make it into a new type of soba noodle.
If you mention it to BAKUGOU he just gets really quiet and finds something else to do cause after a long conversation filled with "fuck yous" he admits that if he hears the name he can fucking smell it and he wants to escape it.
Deku tried to be optimistic about it but that plan absolutely failed and he spent that entire night trying to eat small pieces of the fruit as he gagged. He literally tried to use it as training but not even he was able to deal with it. And he doesn't really talk about it because he doesn't want to upset bakugou.
Kirishima he came over in the middle of them eating it or trying to and was intrigued about it and thought it would be manly to be able to eat a whole Fruit by himself. He did it he ate the whole Fruit by himself but he also spent the rest of the night on their couch covered in blankets begging anybody to get him more mouthwash and to pump his stomach because he could feel the smell inside.
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brotbrotbrotlamb · 3 years
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pocky
by breadandlamb
warnings: none
words: 1.6k
lamb, bread and their friends play the pocky game. meanwhile, xiaolongbao does not regret a single thing.
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in case you are confused, the food names are pseudonyms for actual people. you can tell i was (and still am) hungry.
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"what did you even have planned?" pudding asks xiaolongbao, raising her eyebrows. "you couldn't possibly have expected us to play mafia forever, could you?"
"dude, relax," xiaolongbao replies flippantly, disappearing from the room and reappearing with two boxes of chocolate pocky in her hands. she turns to the other nine people in the room and exclaims, "we're gonna play the pocky game now! aren't i such a genius, guys?"
there's a mixed response; half of the people, knowing what it was, either groaned loudly or demanded a change of game, while the other half just stared blankly at their host.
"what's," gelato finally asks, "the pocky game?"
"oh, it's like really simple—" "we're not playing that!" "shuddup, jalapeño!" "—spin the bottle—" "no way am i—" "—eat two ends of pocky—" "what the fuc—"
"what," gelato deadpans, before holding his hands out. "be quiet, you guys! i can't even hear xiaolongbao!"
"it's like spin the bottle but the two people chosen will have to eat a— eat a po— oh my god," jelly starts to explain, but doesn't get halfway through before facepalming hard. "xiaolongbao, must we really?"
"yes," xiaolongbao tells her, trying to hide the most devious smile on her face. "yes, we must. i am the host and you must listen to me, okay?"
"wait, so what happens after?"
"what do you mean?"
"what's the aim of the game?"
"whoever pulls away first will have to do a forfeit," xiaolongbao says, "which is decided by the other person." the room once again descends into chaos as the five boys and five girls attempt to talk over one another. "okay, guys, guys! if you can't stand it, we'll just play one round. one round, okay?"
"that doesn't really make it better, you know," durian narrows his eyes.
"xiaolongbao, i swear to god you have some trick up your sleeve!" lamb accuses, pointing an index finger at her friend. said friend's grin widens upon hearing her words, before she coughs conspicuously and denies it. "no, i really don't trust xiaolongbao."
"c'mon, guys, it's just one round," pudding persuades, "it won't hurt."
after three very loud minutes of arguing and talking over each other, they decide to play just one round by a majority vote.
(xiaolongbao is positively screaming on the inside.)
her lips trembling with the effort with which she's concealing her smile, she places the empty, opaque bottle down on the floor. resting her two hands on the opposite ends of the bottle, she pushes it in two different directions, sending it spinning wildly.
"oh my god, if it's me, i will leave this room."
"don't be a spoilsport, sorbet."
as the bottle slows down, the group of friends gathered in a circle tense noticeably, with some holding their breath as if awaiting a verdict. the tip of the bottle points at kimchi... at pudding... at durian... at bread...
it stops, pointing directly at bread.
said guy lets out a "WHAT THE FUCK" and slams his fist against the rug as the others around him either start cackling, patting his back while thanking god it wasn't them, or praying that the next one wouldn't be them.
"if the next one isn't lamb, i'm giving up on christianity."
"YOU'RE NOT EVEN CHRISTIAN."
"of course i'm not christian, i'm gelato."
"oh my god shut up."
"bread SPIN THE BOTTLE!"
all eyes are on the bottle as it turns, the atmosphere somehow tenser than before.
"bread, that was a really bad spin."
"what the—"
"oh my god oh my god it's nearing me!"
"shut up and watch!"
"fuck no make it move! don't stop! don't stop here!"
"wait, guys, it's moving to lamb!"
"no, it's not! it's going to stop at jelly!"
"daughter, stop lying!"
"you stop lying, mom!"
there's a moment in which the world itself seems to wait with bated breath as the bottle slows down, the tip pointing to a point right in the middle of jelly and lamb. then there's a small inch towards lamb— "NO, DON'T STOP AT ME! NO!"— another infinitesimal increment, before it finally halts, just a millimeter or two away from the centre. 
"HOLY SHIT, LEAD!"
"IT'S FATE!"
"KISS! KISS! KISS!"
"WHAT THE FUCK!"
"NO NO NO NO NO NO—"
"LEAD IS THE BEST SHIT— I MEAN SHIP—"
"LEAD!"
"I TOLD YOU I TOLD YOU!"
"i'm leaving the room," lamb announces, getting to her feet and making a run for the door, only to nearly trip after xiaolongbao grabs her ankles. "what the HELL, XIAOLONGBAO! I COULD HAVE FALLEN!"
"you have to keep your promise!" xiaolongbao finds it too hard to even attempt to hide her grin. handing the other girl, whose expression is a strange mix of fury, absolute mortification and excitement, the bag of pocky, xiaolongbao hoves her lightly in the direction of the middle of the circle, where bread's desperately trying to crawl away from. "lamb! it was fate! just hurry up!"
"do it already!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA," lamb lets out an almost guttural scream, silencing the entire room immediately. she looks surprised herself. "oh. i didn't mean that. i just needed to let out my emotions."
"YOUR LOVE FOR BREAD, YOU MEAN!"
"SHUT UP, KIMCHI, I WILL STAB YOU—"
it takes a few more minutes of screaming and shoving before the two chosen ones are finally standing opposite each other, both of their eyes averted. lamb's cheeks are flushed and completely red, as if she spread crimson matte lipstick all over her face and left it to dry, while bread— the author would like to add a disclaimer at this point that she has never seen bread in person except 4.11 so she has absolutely no idea how he would react under these circumstances, but we can all dream and hope that he is internally dying while trying to be stone-faced.
"uh, just saying, no awkward feelings later, rig—"
"THEY'RE SO CU—"
"shut UP AND DON'T INTERRUPT THEIR MOMENT!"
lamb's face grows steadily redder while bread sends his best death glare at the person who had dared disrupt them. 
"duh, no awkward feelings," he says, before motioning to the pocky between your fingers. "let's just hurry up. i can forfeit if you want."
"okay, i'll just give you an easy forfeit."
"THAT'S CHEATING—"
"SHUT UP MAN!"
lamb shakily places the coated end of the pocky into her mouth as bread moves forward and takes the other, uncoated end into his. the "spectators" observe every single miniscule movement, not wanting to miss a single moment. hell, three people even have their phones out and recording.
the first bite sends a shockwave through the room. then another. and another. and another, until their faces are mere centimetres apart and lamb and bread can both see the tiny imperfections on each other's skin. 
lamb's eyes widen slightly, as if to say to bread, "your turn. you can forfeit now." she even starts to tilt backwards a little, fully preparing for the moment bread lets go and declares that he has forfeited.
(however, there's a little gleam in his eye that she catches far too late.
"i lied," he suddenly says, before smiling and placing his hands on her waist. he captures her lips in a searing kiss, much to the thunderous applause in the room.
he then leans back, leaving lamb completely blown away and breathless. "you're so sweet, baby sheep—")
SIKE, YOU THIRSTY LEAD SHIPPERS! THEY MIGHT BE EIGHTEEN BUT I AM NOT ABOUT TO WRITE A KISS SCENE BECAUSE WHAT THE HECK THAT IS SO WEIRD :no: DO NOT CROSS THAT LINE
in reality, bread lets go and announces that he has forfeited.
"NOOOOOO!"
"BREAD YOU WEAK ASS—"
"YOU SHOULD HAVE KISSED!"
"LEAD! LEAD!"
"shut up, you all," lamb forces out, somehow looking shakier than she did before she started. xiaolongbao supposes it's because the events of the day are starting to truly sink in. "anyway, bread, your dare… uh… is to pick up the rug and roll it around yourself."
"that's such a boring dare—"
"duh, they're lovers, lamb wouldn't hurt bread!"
"too soft!"
ignoring the commentary, bread reaches down to lift the rug up. suddenly, he freezes, narrowing his eyes at where he sat before.
" xiaolongbao..." he says slowly, almost menacingly, "care to explain why there is a magnet exactly where i sat just now as well as where lamb sat just now?"
eight pairs of eyes turn to look at the ground, where two objects, obviously magnets with their red and blue poles, lie on the ground, previously covered by the mat.
"holy shit, is that why the bottle—"
"OH SHIT, BYE, GOTTA RUN!" xiaolongbao throws the door open and storms downstairs, her footsteps echoing throughout the corridor like a raging herd of buffalo.
“XIAOLONGBAO I WILL MURDER YOUR STUPID ASS!"
"XIAOLONGBAO GET THE FUCK BACK HERE—"
xiaolongbao cackles while she slips on her shoes. "YOU GUYS STILL FELL FOR IT THOUGH!"
she's mildly concerned, seeing the faces of lamb and bread, both distorted from extreme fury, rushing straight for her.
but you know what? though she might be murdered in a few more seconds by a pair of raging lovebirds, she doesn't regret her decision at all. not a single bit. especially because it's lead.
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captainillogical · 4 years
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Distant Lands Ch.3
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Stranded on a planet with toxic conditions and nothing but the clothes on your back, your only means of survival lies within the gem that got you here in the first place.
Spinel/Reader
collab with my lovely wife @firstofficertightpants​
(thanks for being patient! sorry im so slow sometimes lol)
You wake up several hours later with a migraine. You don't even want to open your eyes as you groan silently inside your head. Everything hurts terribly. You lay there for a few moments, and move your arms to massage your temples. The pressure against your skin helps, but you still feel quite a bit of the pressure inside your skull.
You don't even know what time it is. You look around you to realize there's a bit of light. Adjusting yourself slightly, you move your arms in front of you. You.. realize that Spinel is holding your center tightly, and you can’t move. You can’t even tell if she’s sleeping or not, so you lay there quietly for a moment to gauge her breathing. It’s.. steady enough, so you’re pretty sure she’s asleep. You try to move her arms away from you ever so slightly, and she tightens them and clears her throat. You freeze.
“Uhh,” You say out loud. “Can you stop touching me now? I kind of need to go to the bathroom.” “..you tryin’ to escape me?” She finally says after a few moments. You sigh aggravatedly out loud at her.
“No. How could I even get very far? You’re right here.” She makes a noncommittal grunt at that, but doesn’t make an effort to move. God you can't stand her. You don’t think you could even be friends with her under normal circumstances, nonetheless being forced into a friendship with a murderous clown against your will with no chances to escape. The sooner you can find a way off this miserable rock, the better. “I’m not joking. Let me go so I can pee.”
“Fine. I’m coming with you, though.” She replies, and moves her arms enough so you can fling her limbs off you and sit up. You turn around to see her staring at you, and you wonder if she watched you sleep. You fight off the shiver even though you’re a bit creeped out at the prospect.
“Please don’t tell me that you’re going to watch me.”  You shoot her a look, and she raises an eyebrow.
“Watch you what?” She asks, and you fight off another groan of frustration. Fuck all of this.
“Nothing.” You exhale, and get up to go outside to relieve yourself. Spinel follows you, of course. Cursed gem, this one. Why couldn’t you have been taken by a Pearl instead, you think to yourself. This entire ordeal would’ve been a lot easier to deal with.
It’s so bright outside once you actually walk out, you feel like you haven’t seen light in forever. It takes a second for your eyes to adjust, but once they actually do you nearly open your mouth in shock at the state of this sun. It's freaking huge, for one. Like, several sizes bigger than the sun you're used to seeing. This one is also red, and something about it doesn't sit right with you.
You really gotta get off this planet.
"You ever see a sun like this?" You turn to face her.
"No. This one's weird." She squints at it. Not very helpful, then.
"Okay well, don't watch. I'm serious." You say, and lean your side against a nearby tree. She turns her head slightly to not face you. Whatever, good enough you guess.
You slip your pants off, but fumble for a second due to an item being in your front pocket. You pull the small object out and your heart drops for a moment. And then it picks back up rapidly. It's blue and bird shaped, and tied to a keyring. It's.. it's the small tracking beacon that you have matching with Steven. You.. you can't believe your luck. You never have this on you anymore.
Many years ago when you started going out on missions with the crystal gems, Steven used to beg and cry about having you not come with. He was so worried constantly, even though you were extremely safe with the gems, so you promised him you'd get something to make him feel better. And you got both yourself and him matching beacon keychains. So if you ever got lost, or something went wrong, you always had a way for him to find you. You stopped carrying yours regularly years ago since Steven started joining in on the gem missions, and mainly had it on your keyring for decoration and sentimental reasons. It must've fell off and into your pocket somehow. Now to just find a high enough hill to place this upon without Spinel noticing..
You realize that you've been quiet for a decent amount of time, and finish up your business before Spinel realizes anything.
Well. You kind of have a tiny smidge of hope now. You walk over to the gem, and she turns to regard you.
"Did that lighten your mood? You look almost cheerful." She says to you, and raises her eyebrow in question. You clear your throat. Fuck, you forgot your face shows everything.
"No, I'm actually extremely hungry and miserable right now." You reply coldly. You hope she's not suspicious of anything. "I'm gonna try and find some food for myself. Since you know, I'm an organic being and I need sustenance to survive." You glare at her, and she's not even paying any attention to you. 
You try a different path this time since it's light out and you can actually see. Spinel's clinging to your arm of course, because why not. It's not like you can fly off this planet by yourself. You wander about for nearly twenty minutes before you find a tree with some long cylinder-like fruit? You hope it's a fruit. You pull one down and have to snap it off the tree, which was weirdly difficult. The outside feels strange, like there's a fine film of.. something similar to wax on the outside.
Spinel pulls one down as well, and turns it around in her hands. You bring it up to your face to sniff it, and it seems okay? The surface seems soft enough. You're about to bite into it when Spinel rips the one in her hands in half with a quick snap, and the weirdest looking slime pours out of it in a murky brown color. It's absolutely repugnant smelling.
"I wouldn't eat this." She says, and drops the fruit to the ground. "Doesn't smell great."
"No shit, really?" You reply sarcastically, rolling your eyes. "It looked delicious to me." 
"Was just trying to help. I don't want you vomiting again like last time." She regards you with a look that you can't interpret, and this instantly pisses you off. How dare she act like she's doing you any fucking favors.
"I don't need your help." You force out, seething. She looks like she's about to say something, but you storm off in a huff before she can start. You don't care. 
You need to find food and water today, otherwise your chances of getting home to Steven alive and in one piece are close to zero. Your body aches, but you keep moving forward. You're determined to stay alive.
Spinel is still following behind you, and she isn't holding your arm this time. You push a bunch of vines out of the way of what looks like an overgrown path elsewhere, and you spoke too soon. Or, thought too soon, because she's wrapped her hand around yours this time. Ugh.
You pass by a lot of different types of bushes with similar berries like the ones from before, but you aren't taking your chances with those. You risk faster dehydration if you vomit any more. Your stomach grumbles at the thought of sustenance, and you feel like you might start chomping on leaves soon. You.. realize something with that train of thought. You've only sought out plant-life as a food source so far, completely ignoring any kind of animal that you could possibly eat.
You realize that you haven't seen any animals at ALL on this planet so far. That's strange. I mean, obviously for a complicated ecosystem like this there has to be creatures of some sort around, right? You've really only been here for a day, so you can't really be sure, but.. you're lost in thought when Spinel tugs your arm, and you nearly trip forward.
"What the fuck?" You say out loud. 
"I think there's something edible over here." She says, nodding over to this area through the thick trees. You walk over to where Spinel is standing to see what she's looking at.
You can see trees with different fruit on it this time than the others, and you'll take your chances with this one. 
"Let's hope this one doesn't poison me." You say with a shrug, and make your way over to the couple of trees nearest to you.
Looking up, the lowest hanging fruit are close to 15ft off the ground. They're green and yellow colored, and shaped like some kind of eggplant/durian hybrid. You hope it smells better than the other 'foods' you have discovered so far. You walk around the tree with Spinel still holding your hand, trying to find an easy spot to climb. There isn't even a viable foot holding that you can reach with your hands. You look at the other trees nearby, and they're all shaped the same. Tall, with smooth trunks that are completely useless to climbing. Great. 
You look around you to see if you can find any rocks or sticks to knock some down with, and see a decent sized branch on a low enough tree to grab. Sweet. You grab it to break it off, and it snaps off the tree pretty easily. When you turn around, Spinel's already got several fruit in her arms, and is grabbing another down. Oh right. You forgot. She can stretch herself at will. Why the fuck didn't she say anything before? You're nearly seething with rage, but decide to push it down to deal with your hunger instead. You walk back over to Spinel, and she hands you a fruit. You turn it around in your hands, gauging it's feel and smell. It seems alright. Better than the others, anyway. 
It's soft to the touch, so you tear into it with your hands carefully, ripping the fleshy skin apart easily. It's ripe, and smells nice, and the flesh inside looks good enough to make your mouth water. But you're not a fool, so you pull out a small chunk and place it inside your mouth. It tastes good, actually. Kinda lacks flavor, but you don't really care at this point. It doesn't make you vomit immediately. You wait a minute or two, making sure your stomach isn't going to retch this, and continue eating it slowly to not upset your stomach.
You don't realize that Spinel has been watching you carefully through all of this, and it’s right then that you notice that she probably doesn't know a thing about humans or organic beings at all. With your stomach steadily being filled and you've now got a bit of energy, your anger from earlier returns. She brought you to this planet with the idea of keeping you trapped here but didn't even bother to see if you could even SURVIVE. Your attention is back on her, rage clear in your eyes. 
“Did you even think for one single, miserable second about how I was suppose to survive out here?” You say, voice nearly shaking in fury. “Do you even know what a human needs to live?” 
Spinel seems taken aback for only a second before her eyebrows furrow.
"What were you going to do if I couldn't find any food and died?” You're walking closer to her. "What if I ate something that poisoned me? What if I touched something and my skin melted off? What if something attacked me and I bled out? What would you have done!? Left my body to rot on this planet, leaving you alone with it?!" Her eyes flicker with emotion that quickly turns to anger, and at this point you're standing in front of the gem, glaring up at her. You jam a finger into her chest, just to the side of her gem. “Steven would never know what happened to me, my family would never get answers. Do you even know a single FUCKING thing about humans!?” 
Spinel has the nerve to look down at you with aggravation on her face as she jabs a finger back into your chest, pushing you backwards.
“Listen here, human,” Spinel says the last word with a sneer. “I searched through several planets to find you one with adequate shelter and food, because I'm a good friend.” She jams her finger into your chest again to make a point. “So if I were you, I would be a little more GRATEFUL.” 
You scoff at her, placing a hand over where her finger had hit. 
“OH! WOW! YOU'RE SO RIGHT!!" You throw your hands into the air dramatically. “Thank you SO MUCH for stranding me on this SHITHOLE planet with a HOMICIDAL MANIAC.” You pointedly look to her to emphasize that she's the maniac. “I am so ETERNALLY GRATE-” 
Her hand shoots out, slamming your torso against the tree behind you, cutting off your supply of air. Several pieces of fruit fall from the tree above, thunking against the jungle floor around you. 
“You know, you're not being a very good friend.” She draws out, holding you in place. With the wind knocked out of you and you being pressed into the tree behind you, you can barely gasp an intake of breath. 
"Clearly you know nothing about being friends with anyone." You manage to choke out. Her grip on you tightens, your ribs squeezing painfully. You blink, seeing spots in your vision, your heart beating ever so loudly.
“You don’t know me. I was MADE to be a friend. I WOULD know what I’m talking about.” She spits out at you.
“You were what?” You barely manage to say, and she loosens her grip on you slightly. You take in several gasps of air.
“Nothing. You wouldn’t know.” She hisses angrily.
“What do you mean, made to be a friend!” You question her, and she drops her hand from your torso.
“I'm not talking about this. We're done here.” She retorts, and spins around to storm off. Your jaw drops as you watch her stomp off into a pathway you’ve never been. 
Wow. Very mature.
You pat yourself down for a sec to make sure you’re okay, and honestly, your ribs really do hurt. You hope she didn’t fracture them, because booooy, that would suck. Your arms feel like they're starting to bruise already. You grab as many fruit your pockets and arms can hold, and set off to the pathway Spinel went through.
What the actual fuck was she talking about back there? Made to be a friend? You can barely manage to walk and carry the fruit in your arms, several keep jumping out already and you have to stop and pick them back up. You took note of where this area was, and you're pretty sure you're still within the vicinity of your shelter.
You don't make it very far when you walk directly into something, spilling your arms contents everywhere. It's.. Spinel.
"Uh.. the hell?" You say out loud and look up to see Spinel staring at something. You follow her line of sight to see a.. cave of some sort on the side of this cliff. "What is that?" 
"I don't know." She says in aggravation, and stalks off over to the opening. You follow suit.
It's a large entrance, about 11-12 feet tall if you could guess. The outer edges are weirdly smooth. This cave almost seems man-made in nature, but there's something about it that tells you not so much. You can't place it yet, though. The cave seems to be pretty deep, as well. You can't see much, other than rocks and dirt and some dead leaves.
"Weird. You think the gems that were here did this?" You question out loud, not really expecting an answer. 
“...No.” She says, almost hesitantly. “I don’t know what this is.” She looks like she’s about to walk into the cave, but second guessed herself and spins around to face you. “Gem stuff is different from this.”
“Hm, well.. whatever. It doesn’t matter. I still need to find water before dusk, and it’s mid afternoon, if I’m going by this sun’s position.” You say, and wipe your brow. It’s humid, and you feel gross. You don’t really want to stick around to figure out this planet’s mysteries, either.
You walk off, not caring if Spinel follows you or not. She can figure herself out. You’ve got shit to do, and she’s of no use to you other than her ability to stretch like earlier. You keep along the path you’ve been following, looking around occasionally to find any more food or something helpful. Most of the trees around you are the same type, other plantlife breaking it up here and there. There has to be a water source nearby, because you’ve been so parched you feel like a raisin. Ugh.
You pass by an area with a lot of rocks off to the side, and you can hear something. The closer you get to it, the more it sounds like running water. Just your luck!! You run over to it, and there’s a bit of a drop off, but the view is absolutely amazing. 
You spot a small waterfall off to the side, and a decent sized lake in this clearing. The plant life around the edges of the water look nearly ethereal with how the vines and flowers are floating on top of the water. This looks like an oasis. You carefully place all of your fruit down off to the side by a larger rock, and run down the side to get to the water.
You get up to it, and bend down to test it with your finger first. Gotta make sure it ain’t acid water, you know? Never know with this place. It feels fine and it isn’t burning your skin, so you’re taking it as a good sign. You cup some with your hands and bring it up to your face to take a quick sniff before drinking. It smells a bit off, but you’re sure it’s just because you’re on this strange planet.
You take several small gulps, making sure your stomach is okay with it. You sit at the edge of the lake, resting your feet for a second. You feel.. a bit relieved. Okay. You’ve got food, you’ve got water, you’ve got shelter.. and you have a possible way off this planet. Maybe. You still have to find a good place to deposit the tracker. You hope Steven remembers that his matching keychain exists in the back of his bedside drawer. You.. you hope that they’re trying to find you. It’s been more than a full day, and you logically KNOW that them getting to you would take a bit of time.. but you’re worried regardless. You’ve never been in a situation so hopeless before. You’ve camped a lot, sure, and you’ve been on planets not exactly suitable for human life. But not something like this, and not with an unfamiliar, wild, mood-volatile gem. 
Speaking of said gem. What she said earlier is still on your mind, and you still know nothing about her other than her name and how weirdly defensive she is about friendship. You don’t know about her age, what she was doing, why she was attacking Steven, how she KNOWS Steven.. none of it makes any sense. You’ll get your answers eventually, or you’ll get off this planet. Without her. She can stay here until that sun goes supernova for all you give a shit.
You’re lost in thought when you see ripples across the water, and you look up. There’s nothing in the water that you can see.. Ah. Off to the side.
There’s a little.. animal, drinking water a good 60 feet away from you. It’s hideous. It looks like a crossbreed of a platypus, a duck, and a goose. How unfortunate. You watch it for a few minutes, as it doesn’t see you sitting there and you can safely observe it. It doesn’t really do anything other than drink water and look around. It seems almost peaceful, with dusk setting in and the sun edging away over the trees. So there are small animals here, after all. Huh. Wonder why you hadn’t seen any before.
You’re sitting there quietly when something moves behind you, making the strange creature let out a squawk and run to hide in the underbrush. 
You see Spinel’s feet walk up to your side, and internally sigh. Couldn’t even get adequate alone time. You were kinda hoping you could sit here alone to zone out and plan a different way to get off this planet as a backup plan. Well, whatever. You’ll plot later. 
“We should head back. It’s getting dark, and I’d like to gather shit for a possible fire to keep myself warm tonight.” You say, and stand up. Ugh, everything hurts, and the heavier gravity is fucking with your knees. You lean down to brush off your clothes from any dirt left on you, and stretch your back. Spinel’s watching you quietly.
“Ya didn’t leave.” She states. You stare at her, a bit dumbfounded.
“Where would I honestly go, Spinel?” You sigh. “Also I’m not stupid enough to wander off right before it gets dark. I don’t know what’s out there.” You turn around to head to your ruins that you call a shelter, and gather your food back up. You’ll figure out a way to transport some water later.
Spinel gathers a couple of the fruit in her own arms, like she’s trying to be helpful. You glare daggers at the back of her head. You turn around before leaving to take in the scenery again, and burn it into your memory. You’ll be back tomorrow.
It takes nearly twenty minutes to get back to camp, it’s almost completely dark out now, and the cold is setting in. Once you’re back, you walk into the ruins to set down your food into a corner. You look to your makeshift bedding from last night, and figure you’ll try to grab more leaves once you’re done with your fire supply gathering.
You head back outside to see Spinel rummaging around in some bushes, doing who knows what. You roll your eyes, and walk back into the jungle line of trees to find some dry foliage to burn. There’s a tree you can see that’s half dead, so you peel some of its flaking bark off, as well as any of the dry looking branches. You spot a few branches on the ground as well, and gather those too. 
You come back and forth a few times to get enough of a stash going. You don’t know how long you’ll be on this planet, but you’re the type of person that likes to be prepared if possible.
You wipe your hands on your jeans, proud of the pile you’ve managed to build. Spinel comes into the ruins beside you, with something in her arms.
“Uhh, what’s that?” You ask her. She’s just holding a pile of twigs and moss.
“Kindling.” She says, and raises her eyebrows like it’s obvious. 
Huh. That’s.. helpful of her. You don’t know how you feel about this, so you just tell her to put it on the ground next to your pile.
“Thanks, I guess.” You say awkwardly. “I’m gonna go find leaves to make my bedding a bit better. I’m not running off, okay?” You head outside again, but not before you take a quick glance at Spinel standing there. Her expression was strange - one you haven’t seen her make before. But you have more pressing concerns right now, so you wave that out of your mind.
You can see your breath outside now. This weather is absolutely wild, you can’t believe the temperature would just drop so quickly like that. You’re shivering, so you work quickly to gather as many leaves as possible. You spot a couple of large ones, and catch yourself getting excited. You scoff out loud at yourself. Getting excited over leaves now? What’s next, getting excited when your food doesn’t make you vomit? Excited that Spinel hasn’t strangled you yet? How low will your standards go?
When you get back inside with your findings, you see Spinel over by your makeshift bed. Except it’s piled.. Comfortably high now. Like a foot off the ground, what the hell?
“Is this okay?” She finally speaks up.
“I was gone maybe five minutes, and you did all this?” You ask her, and she nods. The fuck, you’re almost touched. 
But then you remember she’s trapped you here and she doesn’t actually care about you at all. 
You set down your leaves in the pile, and grab the stuff you brought in to make a fire in the middle of this room. You place a couple rocks in a circle as Spinel watches you, putting sticks around in a cone-like formation. You put in the kindling as well, and grab the sticks you’re using to start the fire with.
You’ve made fires using this method before, but it’s been a while, and you’re rusty. You feel like you’ve got performance anxiety with Spinel watching you, but after a few tries (and a few expletives) you succeed in building a small fire. You sigh out loud in relief, and gather a few more sticks to build the fire with, placing them on the pile. It seems to be burning nicely. You sit by it for a few minutes, watching it to make sure it’ll be fine and not fall over, and to also get warm. Spinel sits beside you, much to your annoyance.
You gather your thoughts before succumbing to the heavy pull of sleep. If you can wake up in the middle of the night and sneak away from Spinel somehow, you can place the tracker on a hill nearby. You have a couple places in mind already. And then maybe you’ll be rescued, and you’ll never have to see this gem ever again, and you can sleep in a real bed. And take a shower. And eat real food. You sigh again, and Spinel glances at you.
She watches you for a considerable amount of time, enough for you to get irritated and get up.
“I’m gonna sleep.” You state, and walk over to plop on the bed. You feel like all these leaves don’t make any difference, comfort-wise. It isn’t as cold as before though.. so that’s a plus.
You hear a scuffle behind you, and you hope Spinel is getting up to leave. You feel a presence behind you, and reside to groaning inside your head. Ugh! Whatever! You’ll pass out soon anyway, weather she’s there or not.
You feel Spinel get in bed behind you, and she wraps her arm around your middle. 
“I’m not going to leave. I told you. You can stop touching me.” You say to the person behind you. She grunts in response.
“I’m not sure I trust you yet.” She mumbles. If you could scream right now, you would.
You lay there for several long moments, letting sleep drift to you. 
Your thoughts are heavy with yearning to escape, and your eyes close with the intention of waking up in just a few short hours.
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