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pof203 · 1 month

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A Summoner Birthday

Special Quest: Kyuma

This place is awesome, Lupin! I feels like a dream.

Well, this is a world in a computer. But it's still breathtaking. Even David's enjoying himself.

You brought Kyuma and David to the virtual fairytale world for some fun.

Kyuma: I heard about how you guys fought some dragons in that castle you were sleeping in. I'd like to see that, too.

Lupin: Okay. Let's go there.

Kyuma: (happy) Thanks. Let's get changed first.

So, you, Kyuma, and David go to Arachne's shop before going to the castle of the sleeping beauty.

Wow! This really looks like a fairytale castle. And I really like the clothes Arachne gave us. Mine's look just like the ones we wore at Valentines.

Lupin: (in princely regalia) She had a feeling you'd like it. Now come on, let's have a look around.

David moves around happily as if to say he's eager to see the castle as well.

You, Kyuma, and David look around the castle. Suddenly, you find some rouge wyverns flying around.

Kyuma: (readying his sword) I don't think they're happy to see us.

Lupin: (sword also at the ready) Well, this castle is pretty much their home. We just sort of walked in unannounced.

The wyverns all fly at you to attack.

After an almost long battle, the wyverns finally see you mean them no harm and let you into the castle.

Thanks! Sorry for just barging in!

Lupin: Don't worry, we won't be any trouble! Now come on, let's see the rest of the castle.

Kyuma: Okay.

David also seems to agree.

So, you, Kyuma, and David go into the castle to see what else is in there. After looking around, you find a place in the castle you never knew about.

Lupin: (surprised) Wow! I never knew about this place.

Kurogane's voice: It's new. I added it in case you want to see the castle again. You can even go swimming in it if you like.

Kyuma: I don't see why not. How about it, David?

David nods with excitement.

Lupin: I could use a dip. Let's go.

A little later, you and Kyuma get changed and go into the water.

Ahh! The water's great. Kurogane really outdid himself this time. What do you think, Kyuma, David?

Oh! Right. I guess it's nice.

Lupin: Is something wrong?

You notice that Kyuma looks jittery with David trying to comfort him.

Kyuma: Sorry. It's just... I think this is such a nice place. You and Wakan Tanka would love it.

Lupin: Yes, it would.

Kyuma: So... Why ask me to come here? You could have asked Wakan or the others to come here. But why just me and David?

You, wanting to assure him, goes to Kyuma and put your hands on his shoulders and therefore, David's arms.

Lupin: Because you are just as special to me, Wakan and the others just as we are special to you. I want you to know that. We all love you and want us all to be together. Though Wakan and I love each other the most, that doesn't mean we love you less.

Kyuma: Even though I'm almost always benched at every game?

Lupin: Even that.

Kyuma: I... I guess. Whenever I see you, Wakan, and the others, I just feel so happy. Not being able to play in games much doesn't seem that bad. Knowing that you all believe in me just warms my heart. It's a feeling I don't ever want to stop feeling. And I know David feels it, too.

David nods in agreement knowing that you and Kyuma love him, too.

In that moment, you three come close together, knowing that the future will be a happy when with this wamrth.

After enjoying the spring a little longer, you three get changed and begin to make your way back to Candyland to return home.

#my birthday #birthday #tokyo afterschool summoners #housamo #kyuma nakatsugi

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yououui · 2 years

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“ what am i supposed to do when i can’t even trust my own mind? ” kurofai please

Fai has come a long way since Kurogane first met him.

He has grown, he has changed, he has learned to open himself up to love and allow himself the vulnerability that comes with it. He has even been able to move on from his past, for the most part.

Kurogane knows that Fai will never let go of the trauma of his past, not completely. Kurogane is grateful that Fai at least tries now, that the mage focuses on the present and the life he's been gifted with.

Still, those dark whispers of a long lost civilization still lurk in the back of Fai's mind and creep forward when he is most vulnerable. Sometimes, something triggers them. Sometimes, they seem to come out of nowhere. Always, Kurogane knows that Fai needs a gentle hand to lead him back to the present.

Kurogane wakes and the first thing he notices is that the other side of the bed is empty. Next, he sees a figure at the window, pale as a ghost and still as a statue. Fai stares through the glass, eyes wide and fearful, hands trembling at his side.

Kurogane approaches him quietly. "Mage...? What's wrong?"

Fai gulps. He lifts one pale, scarred finger, and points outside. Wind howls and flurries of icy snow fall to the ground. The porch light of their rented little house reflects nearby snow, but beyond its reach is pitch black.

"I thought I saw—" Fai's eyes grow more wild, more frenzied. He licks dry lips and leans closer to the glass, his own reflection looking back at him.

Kurogane looks. He sees nothing.

He doesn't know what Fai thought he saw, though he has his guesses. He puts a hand on Fai's shoulder and tries to gently guide him away from the window.

"There's nothing there," He says softly.

"No, I saw him—!" Fai puts a hand to the glass, and perhaps its the cold or something else, but that seems to snap him out of it. Blue eyes flit around, like they're trying to catch a hummingbird or something more elusive, before finally lowering in resignation.

Kurogane leads Fai away from the window and Fai lets him. Kurogane sits the mage on the bed, turning for a moment to shut the curtain and hide the snowfall. There's a sliver where the curtains don't meet that allows a bit of light to fall into the room and illuminate Fai, who now holds his head in his hands.

"Hey," Kurogane kneels in front of him, places a steadying hand on Fai's knee to ground him to the present moment.

Fai's eyes, now looking exhausted, lift to glance at Kurogane. He shakes his head, pulls at his hair a bit and his eyes twist shut. "I swear," He says with a dry voice. "I thought—he was right there—"

"I know," Kurogane says reassuringly.

Fai blinks his eyes open to stare at his feet on the floor. "...But he wasn't there, was he?"

Kurogane doesn't answer, though that is answer enough.

Blue eyes lift to look once again at Kurogane, almost pleading. "Kuro-sama," He whispers, a good sign that he is returning to this time, this place. "What am I supposed to do when I can't even trust my own mind?"

Kurogane takes Fai's hands in his own and gently pries slender fingers from blond hair before they rip any strands out. "You don't have to," Kurogane says, now holding Fai's hands in his own. "I'll be here to bring you back."

Fai's lips twist in a wistful smile, trembling like he might cry. He holds it back though, and simply relishes in the feeling of his cold hands in Kurogane's warm hold. "I'm sorry," He whispers hoarsely. "For waking you."

"What're you apologizing for, idiot?" Kurogane asks. The teasing tone seems to lighten something in Fai's chest, some of the brightness of his eyes returning. "C'mon. Let's go back to sleep."

Fai nods. He lets Kurogane guide him, too weak—mentally—to do much of anything. Kurogane doesn't mind; he lies Fai down and tucks him under the covers. He lies down himself and opens his arms to Fai when the mage curls into him, seeking whatever warmth he can as his body remembers the bitter cold at the base of a tower.

And Kurogane gives him all that he can, as he always has and always will. He hopes that this will pass by morning, for Fai's sake. He also hopes that the next world they land in will be warm, a place where Fai can be warmed by sunshine almost as bright as he is.

#kurofai

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solarsavoy · 2 years

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Fandom Saturday, Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

For many years, this was my favorite anime of all time. It was created by Clamp and uses a lot of the characters from Cardcaptor Sakura. It also shares Mokona, which I didn't realize was actually from Magic Knight Rayearth until @tuulikannel brought it up and I watched the slideshow with the opening. (Fucking brilliant!)

Tsubasa is a tale of a princess with a special power. A man who desires this power sets things into motion to obtain it for himself. Syaoran, whom I absolutely adore - he is in my man harem and such a squish, is in love with Princess Sakura and when her power is awakened, her memories in the form of feathers disappear into other worlds and dimensions across the universe. If I had known about fanfiction at this point, I can't tell you how many stories I had of them visiting other anime and stories already in existence to collect said feathers. I'd visit Bleach, I'd visit Shinzo, I'd visit Vampire Diaries and Percy Jackson and Star Ocean and Chrono Cross and Final Fantasy VII and whatever else I happened to be into at the time. (Definitely not Higurashi. I'm okay not being in that world. 😅) I'd spend so many hours just daydreaming, which is why it was my favorite.

Honestly, it probably spawned my love of isekais. Well, I'd already come up with the basis of Krystar which is also an isekai, so it just strongly reaffirmed it, I guess.

And on top of that, it's just so tragic. It's one of the few animes I watched because I actually started the manga first. And it took me a while to collect the manga, so I finished the anime in the meantime, hated where it left off like, right in the middle of everything without touching any of the cool parts of the story, and then finished the manga. I guess they didn't have enough funding? But the fans were so outraged by this, Clamp made 2 OVAs of the biggest moments in the manga to satisfy them.

Anyway, here's a funny story about me for you, inspired by Tsubasa. My husband, whom I refer to as Deo online for future reference, took me out on our second first date (story for another day) and called ahead to get a giant cookie prepared. He checked on it at the mall without my noticing and the lady said "I hope you like how the feather came out, but what's a Fakura?". Phones weren't that good in 2009. 😆 So she had to fix it to say "Sakura" and it was a feather with the words "You are my Sakura" surrounding it, because I always wanted to be the princess that Syaoran did everything in his power to save, even at the cost of what was most precious to him.

Which is why Syaoran is in my very selective man harem. To put it into perspective, Karma is on the honorable mention list and Nagisa didn't even make it onto a list, and anyone that knows me knows I love these two. And I know I say man harem, but it's really more of a Celeste situation from Danganronpa where I want a huge mansion with these dudes in it and unlike for Celeste, they don't need to be vampires or to cater to my every need, I just want them there. Forever. With me.

Anyway, off topic.

I love Syaoran. And Tsubasa has shaped a lot of my creativity drives. It taught me to think in different ways and to be aware of different cultures (like Thera!) and to consider the motivations people can have. For love, for hunger, for fear. And sure, Assassination Classroom may view Irina and Karasuma as Mommy and Daddy, but the original Mommy and Daddy to me was always Fai and Kurogane (who surprisingly looks a lot like Karasuma now that I think about it.) And the anime is filled with quirks and good feels and discovery and learning and growing and found family. It's just so beautiful…

AND THE MUSIC!!! I totally forgot to mention the music. *Facepalm. Maaya Sakamoto and Yuki Kajiura have such beautiful voices and so many of the songs in the anime were left on repeat for years in my music library and even though it's been over a decade, I still frequently listen to them to this day. Aikoi, I talk to the rain, Dream Scape, You are my love, Kaze no Machi e, Loop, so many.

I feel like it deserved a much bigger fandom than it had. Like Bleach or Full Metal Alchemist. It's truly a work of art to me and it just blows my mind that they couldn't finish the anime because they lacked funding and fans. It just deserves so much.

Anyway, sorry to ramble. This one I feel really was more of a ramble than usual. Highly recommend. It wasn't my first anime, but in many ways, it did so much more for me than Sailor Moon did, and I don't say that lightly. I mean, I wouldn't even consider Tuxedo Mask for my man harem. He doesn't even deserve to be on a wait list. Helios was better than him in my opinion. I wouldn't even consider Helios either though. Seiya was close, and the genderbending made him more interesting, but he didn't make it in either.

I feel like I need to make a post of who's in my man harem now…

Anyway, thanks for reading. Love you all! *kiss

#daily delivery #Fandom Saturday #tsubasa reservoir chronicle #i love syaoran #yes i have a man harem #anime rec #manga rec #awesome music #ramblings

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freedthedark · 11 months

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"I know we don't really hang out that much, Freed, but I made ya somethin',"

Gajeel would hand Freed a small box inside the box would be something the Iron Slayer made using his own magic. He knew it was something the Run Wizard [and his husband] would appreciate. There were small things for both of the men in it.

"Most people ain't aware that I can make more than weapons with my magic, I figured that ya would appreciate somethin' like this." [You can decide what he made since I can't figure out what would work for both Freed and Laxus lol]

@kurogane-redfox

"Oh?" Freed had noticed the other man walking towards him, though he certainly hadn't expected to be receiving a gift during. His curiosity was definitely awakened as he accepted the box handed to him.

It was true that the two hadn't spent all too much time together. However, the Raijinshuu's captain had noted the other man down as very reliable and all in all a welcome company. Their attitudes may not always match, but they had their similarities in past mistakes, learned from them and used their strengths to protect those they loved nowadays. They had both become better men already, and it was an on-going work in progress. There was always more to learn.

When laying eyes on the self-made cutlery, Freed couldn't help but marvel at them for a moment, inspect it more closely. "These are fine pieces of craftsmanship." The engravings were especially impressive; a love for detail was shining through that he hadn't exactly gotten to witness from Gajeel before. His statement wasn't specifically one of surprise either - actually, it was not very surprising at all that the iron dragon slayer was able to create various shapes and items, and ones that were so beautiful, too.

Fingers ran over the engraved pattern and briefly, he got lost in loving thought of his yet to return husband. Both of them had taken separate missions, both designed to take a fairly long time and now it was simply coincidence that he was the one to return first. Wherever Laxus was right now, he was to get a warm welcome back for certain. And with this gift, too.

Freed gave a small nod of appreciation as he averted his gaze from the cutlery, closing the small box as he looked at Gajeel. A tinge of his thoughts had transferred to his facial expression, lips curved into the slightest of smiles. "A pleasant surprise. I will store them away until Laxus' return. I'm certain that he is going to appreciate the gift as well."

#kuroganeredfox #answer #this was precious we love it!!#and cutlery was the first thing that came to my mind haha #but it fits - lots of cooking and delicious dishes in this household!!#(when Freed is cooking - Laxus still gotta.. improve. but hes trying his best hahaha <3)

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bifca · 2 years

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For the 5+ headcanons for an AU: Leverage OT3 superpowers AU, Tsubasa Kurofai royalty AU, The Mummy OT3 Leverage AU :D

sorry that this took for-fucking-ever. hope you like it!

Leverage OT3 superpowers AU

Eliot is indestructible with a healing factor (and is now desensitized to pain, but he wasn’t always)

Parker can walk through walls, of course

Hardison can control tech and extend his senses through it

Knowing Eliot will come out unscathed does not make it less stressful for Parker or Hardison to see the situations he gets into

Parker being able to literally phase through anything has made her feel extra transient in her own life, and Eliot and Hardison (and Sophie) help her through it

Hardison learned control over his powers early, because the extension of his senses frequently got overwhelming

Sometimes Hardison does lose control though and Eliot or Parker hug him against their chest so he can focus on their pulse instead of everything else

Parker will hold Hardison’s or Eliot’s hand sometimes to feel more grounded, since sometimes touch is a little too much for her but she does want the grounding feeling

Eliot gets “tricked” into resting all the time (they all know what’s happening here) because Hardison or Parker will lure him into reclining or laying down and then play with his hair until he dozes

Tsubasa Kurofai royalty AU

It’s an arranged marriage of convenience at first

Ashura is functionally immortal, so he doesn’t technically need an heir (which Fai is regardless) and he wants Fai to have allies since his bio parents might try something

Some nearby kingdoms buy into the cursed twins superstition, but not in Suwa, and from all he’s heard the prince is gruff but not cruel, intelligent, and strong

Kurogane’s parents want him to have a partner he can depend on, and from what they’re heard Celes’ prince is clever, personable, and powerful

They still have several meetings to make sure they’re actually compatible

Kurogane and Fai bicker through the whole thing and their parents think it’s wonderful they get along so well (and they’re right, even if they both refuse to admit they like each other’s company)

They fall more into their canon dynamic later as the wedding preparations and courtship is happening

Fai realizes he’s fallen hard when an assassin comes for Kurogane and Fai goes berserk on them

There is no realization for Kurogane, he walked into love eyes open

Kurogane finds out about Fai’s bio family and that’s when Fai learns that Kurogane’s hatred is quiet and simmering

Fai is not used to being the short one but Kurogane is always dropping kisses on the top of his head/his forehead and he loves tucking himself under Kurogane’s chin, so he adjusts quickly

Fai still deeply fears losing his loved ones, so he sleeps facing the door with Kurogane behind him (Kurogane was shocked to find out Fai is an even lighter sleeper than him)

They mostly live in Suwa, since it’s further from Valeria than Celes is (although they visit often)

They tell each other their real names and use them in private (it’s the one time Fai doesn’t use a nickname)

Fai will suddenly come over and massage away the tension in Kurogane’s neck and that’s when Kurogane notices he was getting a headache

The Mummy OT3 Leverage AU

Rick is the thief, Evie is the hacker/mastermind, and Ardeth is the hitter (Jonathan is the grifter)

They had all worked in pairs before forming a team together

Rick was more of a general thief, but Evie and Ardeth pulled him into their whole “stealing back artifacts to give them to the countries/people they were stolen from”

Rick has a competency kink and watching Evie and Ardeth in their element? Very Distracting for him, you should feel sorry for him, they’re way too hot

Evie sometimes still expects people not to take her seriously, and she has to constantly remind herself she can go to Rick and Ardeth for help and they’ll listen

Ardeth sometimes gets extra upset about stolen artifacts, because it feels like a never ending battle to undo these thefts. Rick and Evie are good at helping him to unwind

They frequently switch off who’s married for the con, but in real life Evie has used a combination of legal loopholes and fraud to have them all married to each other

They’re all hot. This isn’t a headcanon, it just needed to be said

#nonesensed #i had to stop the kurofai one before i got carried away

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summonerscenarios · 3 years

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Hello... sorry for disturb, but there's a headcanon I would like to see if works...How the Kamata Crafters react when suddenly discover Hephaestus has a nice singing voice, but he kept that in secret because shyness, and Talos is a little jealous because neither him know that hidden talent from Papa Heph

ooooo I love this idea!! I definitely imagine that Heph probably hums a lot with his work so this definitely makes for a fun lil scenario~!

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Despite singing being a skill he’s particularly good at, it’s not a fact that Hephaestus shares willingly - if anything he’s incredibly embarrassed about his singing voice and genuinely believes that he’s no good at it. Perhaps it’s because of this that he only really sings when he’s by himself, which, more often than not, is when he’s holed away in his workshop. He can often stay down there for hours at a time whittling away at his work, sometimes even longer than that, and of course since he’s by himself it means that Heph’s a little more open to humming or singing while he passes the time.

The way the others find out is honestly due to pure chance. Usually, they wouldn’t check in on Heph unless something was up or they had a message to pass on, because when it comes to passing on info unless you go to Heph directly, chances are he’s not gonna hear it if you just yell down to him. And it’s because of that reason that Kurogane and Amatsumara end up having to stop by his workshop to pass on a message - it’s not as though they haven’t been down there before, Amatsumara more often than Kurogane, but usually any voices inside of the workshop are drowned out by the sound of machinery. However, this time is different, as with the lack of noise it makes it easier to hear what’s going on through the other side of the door.

Amatsumara hears it first, though he assumes that it’s Heph just talking to himself while he’s working, however, Kurogane’s the one who points out that it doesn’t sound like talking, it sounds more like...humming? And sure enough that’s exactly what it is - they can hear his voice through the door, humming along to some kind of tune without any music, and the two Crafters share a baffled look before curiosity gets the better of them and they crack open the door.

It’s like something out of a sit-com; they peer into the room through the gap in the door and immediately catch sight of Hephaestus. His back’s turned to them as he tinkers with something at his workbench, the baritone hum of his voice sifting through the room in something that sounds suspiciously like a lullaby as he fiddles with whatever’s in his hands.

Kurogane’s shocked - it’s never once come up before that Heph had a penchant for singing, but even if he’s just humming it’s clear that he’s got an impressive singing voice on him. It makes the guildmaster wonder why he’s never mentioned it or even shown them. He guesses that it’s because Hephaestus is so shy about opening up when it comes to himself, and gets pretty testy whenever Kurogane or the other crafters try to coax him to open up more - but the thought that he’s kept it a secret all this time does bum him out a bit. Amatsumara on the other hand is surprised, but not quite to the extent Kurogane is; he’s caught the end of Heph’s little humming moments before but only right at the very end, so to hear him now definitely takes him aback.

They stare for longer than they should, as the next moment is broken by the sound of Tvastar’s voice asking what’s wrong and the pair jump, whipping around to cover his mouth before he gets too loud. He’s about to ask what’s wrong when Tvastar hears Hephaestus’ voice, who at this point has upgraded from deep humming to the occasional lines of song lyrics dotted in-between, and just like that there’s now three of the crafters who are listening to Heph sing through the doorway. And of course it isn’t long before Takemaru notices them all crowded around the workshop door, because none of them are exactly subtle about what they’re doing.

With all four of them listening this goes down about as well as you’d expect, because all it takes is the wrong hand getting too close to the door and then it’s flying open - Kurogane and Tvastar go down with the door, yelling loud enough that even without the metal squeak Heph would have heard right away. Meanwhile, Tak tries to act as inconspicuous as possible and Amatsumara doesn’t even bother to save face, instead hoisting the two fallen crafters back onto their feet and greeting Hephaestus as he guides Kurogane and Tvastar to actually stand in the room. Hephaestus flounders between responses, switching between embarrassment and anger, then embarrassment again once he realizes that they caught him singing. His attempts to scold them for barging into his workshop are promptly cut off when the first words out of Kurogane’s mouth are excited questions about how long he’s been able to sing, and Heph finds himself getting flustered under the sudden slew of questions from both him and Tvastar quizzing him on what he was singing and how many songs he knows.

Talos, being a direct creation by Heph, does find himself disheartened to learn that his creator had such a wonderful ability and had never shared it with him. Granted, Talos has got quite a set of pipes on him as well, his voice having been constructed specifically to fit his ‘ideal’ persona, but it’s different from Heph’s given how he views his own voice, so he is upset to think that Hephaestus could possibly view his singing voice as imperfect. A part of him is also somewhat envious that he wasn’t the first one to learn about Hephaestus’ singing voice, as given that more times than not all of Talos’ time is spent around his creator, he’d assumed that he would have heard it at some point.

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veenoms · 3 years

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Any hcs for Zac and/or Count Nightfell?

COUNT NIGHT / NAITO KUROGANE

1: sexuality headcanon : Asexual

2: otp : don't ship him with anyone for now

3: brotp : oh Orochi ! i just think these two would get along very quickly !

4: notp : i will never get the image of that one fanart of him and aiger that traumatized me. NEVER

5: first headcanon that pops into my head : he usually helps Zac with when he has performances, clips ans stuff like this with his costumes and accessories etc

6: one way in which I relate to this character : i can't find one rn

7: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character: when he disguised as ranjiro and when he was asked what his fovourite food was he answered with sofisticated food while ranjiro just said : wtf no my jam is hamburgers. i can't get enough of this scene

8: cinnamon roll or problematic fave? : uhhhhhh idk ????

ZAC THE SUNSHINE / ZENKURO KUROGANE

1: sexuality headcanon : Pangender

2: otp : Zacander and Orozac, i love them both equally

3: brotp : Blidnt ! i really want these two to meet !

4: notp : idk ?

5: first headcanon that pops into my head : Zac's parents were actually first against the idea of him becoming a popstar, but thanks to the help of Naito ( who was actually very supportive towards Zac's wish ) he managed to convince them to let him achieve his dreams

6: one way in which I relate to this character : I'm a drama queen too sometimes lol

7: thing that gives me second hand embarrassment about this character : the fact that he basically insulted his public in front of their face and that they didn't noticed hvjjtyyv such a passive agressive king i love him 8: cinnamon roll or problematic fave? : ehh don't know tbh

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celesian · 3 years

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Fai, at what point did you realize you're in love with kurogane?

You know, I had to sit and think about this question for a while because I can't think of any particular one moment.

When I first met Kuro-sama, it was already pretty difficult to resist getting a rise out of him, just to see his adorable reactions... One could say I felt enamored by him from the start because of that.

I did a lot of doubling back on my own emotions back then, though. Enjoying his company carefree one moment, then resenting him for noticing things about me that made me uncomfortable in the next...

So, I suppose you could say that I truly fell in love with him when I learned to love that part of him, instead of fearing it. His confrontational nature used to bother me quite a lot, but now I appreciate it more and more each day. I even try to embody it myself, and tell him when he's being a silly self-reliant brute :)

I think this is what people mean when they say that you have to love yourself before you love someone else. At the very least, it's important to acknowledge that you're worthy of love from others. How could I truly love Kuro-sama for who he is as a whole person, if I couldn't even recognize the way he loves me?

I had to realize I wasn't a burden to him, or to Sakura-chan and Syaoran-kun (and Mokona of course!). I had to realize that my life was worth something before I could accept that others had an honest stake in keeping me around, rather than making a mistake by caring about me.

So... yes, you could say that I loved him from the start. But you could also say that after he saved me, I learned to love him for all that he is ♥

#ask

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olympusgenius · 3 years

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The perfect gift

Christmas was flooding the air in Tokyo, people making their last minute shoppings before celebrate the holidays, in the Kamata Crafters’ workshop, their members were having a good time while they were preparing everything to receive the Shinjuku Summoners to their Christmas party, mostly because Jutaro wanted to celebrate the holidays with both guilds, the crafters were enjoying the daytime before the party decorating the workshop...well...except for one crafter.

Hephaestus was in his lab having one of his ramblings about his insecurities, mostly for the Cristmas gift he made to his lover, at first he was happy with the gift, but now he became insecure and sad after some pondering about the gift...and himself.

“What I was thinking?!...I got carried away by my filthy feelings!!...Mama deserves only perfection!!...not something like this!!...not someone...like me...“

He kept like this until someone came, his android Talos was worried for his creator, wanting to help his father to light up his emotional weight.

“Creator, are you alright? do you need something, maybe some hot cocoa to calm yourself a little?...“

“Leave me alone! I don’t want your pity!“

“But...“

The android offers his hand to help him in some way, but Hephaestus rejected his help once again.

“I told you Leave Me Alone!!!“

after hear that order again, Talos obeys silently and closes the door, he leans his back against the wall and cries in silence while says some words quietly, words he wanted to tell to his creator.

“but Papa...today is Christmas...and is supposed to be a happy day to us...a happy day to you...“

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Nightime falls over Tokyo and the crafters finished with the necessary things to start the party, the only thing was missing were the guests that would come in some minutes, then someone knocks the workshop’s door, Talos opens it and welcomes the summoners to the party, the summoners greet them while they were holding some gifts and snacks for the party.

“Merry Christmas!“

after come in to the living room, the summoners and crafters were having a good time, the younger summoners and Salomon were playing with Vritra and petting the modified dragon, at change for the petting, Vritra was making some tricks to get snacks, Tvastar was getting Moritaka some nervous because he was asking to him if he could give him some genetic material to further investigations, Amatsumara was chatting with Kengo and Gullinbursti about how get more defined muscles while the old man was showing off his biceps and muscle gut, Kurogane and Shiro were chatting while Shiro was showing to him his D-Evils, the youngest crafter was amazed by such little creatures, Ryota and Talos were serving some eggnog to the guests and enjoying a conversation about why Ryota sings so messed up songs in Christmas, Toji and Takemaru were talking about invite Toji to his Oni’s reunions with Motosumi and Oniwaka, Talos was still a little sad for his father because of the earlier berating, meanwhile Jutaro and Hephaestus were having a time alone in the kitchen, Hephaestus was checking the timer in oven while the summoners’ guild master was admiring his profile in silence, he notices Heph was some sad.

“Heph, are you ok? you look a little gloom now“

“i-it’s ok Mama...nothing happens“

“Hephaestus...if there’s something wrong, please tell me, I’m always at your side when you need me...“

Hephaestus blushes when his lover takes his hand and tells him those gentle words...he stays silent until the oven’s timer chimes signaling the time to turn off the oven, Talos approaches to them to see if they need some help.

“Creator, you need help with the oven?“

“I’m Ok, I can handle this...“

Hephaestus answers plainly while he opens the oven to take out a tray with the main dish of the party... a honey-glazed ham, the crafter takes the tray with his bare hands shocking his lover and the android by that reckless act.

“C-creator!! what are you doing, that tray was at least 200 Celsius degrees! it could have caused a severe burn in your hands!“

“Hephaestus, are you crazy?! that was so reckless!! you could have hurt yourself!“

The crafter was leaving the ham in the kitchen’s bar without notice Talos or Jutaro were startled until he sees them face to face.

“eh?...s-sorry for that, but high temperatures doesn’t affect me at all, I’m used to it, see?“

Hephaestus shows his hands unscathed with just a slight reddish tone in his hands indicating it was a dim burn.

Jutaro asks Talos to bring something to cool down the burn and some bandages, after tie the bandages in Hephaestus’ hands, the summoner lectures his lover for his recklessness.

“Heph, that scared me a lot! did you ever thought how I would feel if you hurt yourself like that? “

“but M-Mama, I said I’m used to it, this is nothing to me!“

“even if you said so! I don’t like when you get hurt!, you should be more considerate with yourself!!“

their little discussion was heard by their friends making them feel some awkward, both lovers stay silent and blush because of shame, after that silence, Jutaro is the first one to break the ice.

“A-anyways, I only ask you to be more careful, at least do it for me...please?“

“O-ok, Mama...s-sorry for have scared you...and t-thanks for heal me...“

after their little quarrel, Hephaestus takes the ham to the table, having at his mind the idea he didn’t deserve the kindness and love from Jutaro.

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It was 10:00 pm, the dinner was hearty and hefty to the guests, to make the digestion lighter, the guests were playing some board games or charades between guilds, but the summoners splited in two teams: younger team and main team to keep it balanced with crafter team, Hephaestus retires to his lab for a moment to pick up the gift to put it under the christmas tree, he’s still insecure about it until his lover asks him something.

“Hephaestus, will you not going to play with us?“

“s-sorry, Mama, I’m not very good at charades, I’ll wait for another game, I guess...“

“ok...hey! is that my christmas gift?“

“DON’T LOOK AT IT! “

“sorry, I was just curious“

“excuse me for yelling you, Mama...I-“

Hephaestus was interrupted by Takemaru’s voice calling them aloud.

“Hey, you two, lovebirds! will both of you keep like that or you will come to play?“

“come, Heph! let’s play!“

“But...“

Jutaro takes his hand and pulls him to the rest of the guests to play, after a long charades’ round finishing in a draw between summoners’ younger team and crafters’ team, it was time to open the christmas presents.

“OK, boys! I think it’s time to open the presents! but we will do it with a raffle“

Amatsumara took a box filled with balls, every ball had a number, the idea was about who takes a ball with certain number, that would be its turn to give its present to its chosen person.

the first ones to give a present were Salomon, Agyo and Kurogane while last ones were Talos, Hephaestus and Jutaro, Salomon had chosen Talos to give him a book, a fantasy novel that was getting trendy in Tokyo, Agyo gave Shiro a kokeshi doll with Shiro's face and smaller dolls shaped like his D-Evils, Kurogane gave to his grandpa a new kettlebell weight, after almost all the guests had received their present, it was Hephaestus’ turn to give his gift.

the crafter was very nervous about his christmas gift, he felt it wasn’t the perfect gift he wanted to his lover.

“my c-christmas gift i-is to...“

his hands were trembling as his voice, his eyes were showing concern and his face was getting red, Talos approaches to him concerned.

“Creator, are you ok? you need something?“

“I CAN’T , IT’S NOT PERFECT!! I’M SORRY JUTARO, BUT I CAN’T GIVE YOU THIS TRASH AS YOUR GIFT!!“

Hephaestus runs with his christmas gift toward outside the workshop directing himself to the college, Talos and Jutaro tries to stop him but he dissappears from their sight, both guilds were looking for him while the younger summoner stayed at the workshop to don’t expose them to the snowstorm, after a half-hour, nobody could find him, even with his large physique, he was skilled in hide from others, meanwhile Hephaestus was still running until fall face down because of a hidden stone in the snow, the gift slips from his hands anf falls into the snow, he reaches his hand to take the box worried, but after some seconds pondering about why he made this gift and considered it trash, he curls up in the snow and cries under a tree in the college’s west courtyard.

after some time looking for him, Jutaro and Talos find him thanks to the flame in Hephaestus’ right eye as a signal, he was in fetal position holding the gift and crying.

“Hephaestus?“

“M-Mama?“

Hephaestus rise his torso from the snow to seat over his knees, Jutaro bends his knees to look at him face to face, then, he slaps him leaving a mark of his hand in the cheek to later berate him while sobbing.

“what did I told you?! I don’t like when you get reckless!! why did you do this?!“

Hephaestus looks at him crying, it made him feel bad with himself, and gives his answer ashamed.

“I- I got carried by my filthy feelings when I made this gift...I w-was afraid that you would reject it...because is a trash like me...you deserve only perfect gifts, because you give me your love and kindness, and I feel that I don’t deserve them!...you deserve a better me, like Talos!!”

after hear those words, Jutaro slaps him again

“I’m tired of that thing...do you know how I feel when you say you’re trash?! I feel so terrible because I feel I haven’t done anything to help you!!...I love you because I know you will be at my side always!! you’re not a trash as you say!! you’re gentle, noble, brave, a wonderful man to me!... you would never abandon me...and neither I would abandon you! I love you because you have a wonderful heart! you don’t have to do anything to deserve my love, because you already did it!...the only thing I ask you is to love yourself at least a little more to don’t say again you’re a trash!...you’re the only one I can call my lover, so please, don’t say you’re filthy again, your feelings are truly pure as your heart, you’re not filthy, you’re perfect to me...”

“J-Jutaro...I...“

the summoner hugs him tightly to make him feel better leaning his face in the crafter’s chest feeling it’s body warmth, a soothing warmth, Hephaestus feels surprised at first to then feel comfort leaning his face in his lovers’ hair, Talos watches them while he keeps them warm with his heat, after stay like this for some minutes, they proceed to come back to the workshop, but Jutaro slips and hurts his ankle because of a puddle made from melted snow when Talos was keeping them warm, the summoner almost falls to the ground but a pair of strong arms stops his fall, Hephaestus holds his lover like a princess, Jutaro observes him for some seconds admiring his manly features and his gentle golden eyes, the summoner blushes, uttering something in a quiet tone.

“you're so gallant...“

“w-what did you said?“

“n-nothing...“

Hephaestus carries Jutaro in his arms because of the hurt ankle, when they come back, Hephaestus was lectured by his guildmates while he attended Jutaro’s swollen ankle, after that, Hepheastus gives him his christmas gift shyly.

“M-Merry Christmas, Mama...“

Jutaro takes it and opens the box, there are two things inside, one was a tablet made by Hephaestus, the summoner was amazed when Heph told him he made it, but the other gift was getting the crafter more nervous.

“No! don’t turn it on!“

It was too late, Jutaro opens it and finds a small projector, he turns it on, the projector showed a virtual snowglobe with images of a mermaid holding a child in her hands in a hug, then the image changes to Hephaestus and Jutaro dancing like a couple while sounds a music box-like tune, Hephaestus blushes and hides behind a wall, but Jutaro goes with him with the projector still on.

“Hephaestus, did you really made this?“

“y-yes...“

“I love it...a lot...thank you“

Jutaro kisses him in his cheek and takes his hand to give him his present, Hephaestus opens the large box with care, inside there was a fine tailcoat tailored to his size, including a plegable top hat, a fine cape and a walking cane, Jutaro started to explain why he gave him a tailcoat.

“I-I thought you would look very handsome in a tailcoat...so I asked Arachne to design it for you as a payment for a favor I made to her before, but if you don’t like it...“

“N-No, I really like it...I mean it...thank you..“

both are silent until Amatsumara interrupts them

“If you really like it, wear it now, at least to please your boyfriend...“

“OLD MAN!! what are you saying?!“

Hephaestus blushes embarrassed until he notices his lover was blushing too to what Amatsumara said...after see him like that, in a sudden act of courage, he goes to his room with his gift in hands, after some minutes he comes back completely dressed with his new outfit.

“H-How do I look, Mama? you like it?“

Jutaro was astonished, looking to his lover with gleaming eyes and having a slight nose bleeding while smiles with excitement, Hephaestus looked so elegant and ravishing in his tailcoat, like a gentleman from past times.

“Could you please...stay like this for the rest of the party?“

when Hephaestus hear his request, he took Jutaro’s hand like a gentleman and kisses it delicately.

“A-As you wish...my lover..."

Takemaru grins and shouts a request to his brother a little drunk by the spiked eggnog.

“Hey, phantom of Kamata! sing for us!“

“you’re ruining the moment, Takemaru!!“

he keeps upset by the oni’s request until he feels a little pull from his lover to pay him attention and asking another thing quietly equally shy.

“at least one song, please?“

Hephaestus sighs and pleases his lover, he takes position and asks Talos to play an according tune to the season, the android plays “Silent Night” while Hephaestus takes some air to show again his hidden talent blushing, the guests were silent until he finished his song, Jutaro took his phone to record his lover's performance in video, then a round of applauses sound to his performance, Hephaestus bows to the guests still blushing, but glad that his little performance was liked by everybody.

The party is over and the summoners comes back to their dormitory, Jutaro stays a little longer because he was kissing his gentleman before say goodbye, Hephaestus says goodbye to him taking off his top hat and bowing to him courteously, the summoner blushes to his act and gives him a last kiss, the crafter goes to his room and looks to himself in the mirror admiring his new tailcoat and turning himself to see his cape move, Talos opens the door with a gift in his hands.

“Talos...what are you doing here?“

“I wanted to give you this, Creator“

Talos gives him the little box, the crafter opens it revealing a golden flame-shaped boutonniere made by the robot.

“you made it?“

“yes, creator...It may look a little rough because is my first craft...“

Hephaestus pins the boutonniere in the jacket’s lapel, complementing the outfit nicely.

“I like it...thank you...but...why you haven’t call me Papa during the day?“

Talos was surprised by that question, and responds ashamed.

“you looked very upset at daytime, and I believed if I called you Papa...that would make you angry...“

“I see...I’m very sorry, it wasn’t my intention to yell to you...I wasn’t aware how you felt before...you just wanted to help me...I'm truly sorry..."

Talos embrace him tightly and smiles again.

“It’s Ok, Papa! I know you would come back to be yourself again...the gentle and lovely papa you are...and I love... "

“Merry Christmas, Talos...and sorry for what I did before“

“Merry Christmas...Papa”

#housamo #tokyo afterschool summoners #summoners #Kamata Crafters #mc3 (jutaro)#Hephaestus #shinjuku summoners #christmas #christmas gifts #I know it's late #but i wanted to do it anyways

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completeoveranalysis · 10 months

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Oh!! I love this too! I was going to make a joke about Lava Lamp still sitting on the roof all by himself but Fai made it BETTER by physically coming over and checking on him. Which implies that at the end of the last chapter, when Fai finally looked away from the metaphors of his past and looked up at the sky, he probably saw Lava Lamp up here on his own and went over to try help him feel a bit better.

Which even on its own is such a great signal of Fai moving away from the things that used to chain him to his fate (ie, the things that he saw in his reflection), and instead actively moving towards this family he’s found and focusing on loving them instead.

And! And this is a GREAT echo of that moment in the Hanshin republic, where Syaoran was crying alone in the rain and Kurogane and Fai used their kudan to shield him from it in solidarity. But THIS time Fai notices Lava Lamp sadly sitting by himself and HE’S the shadow that falls across him as he PHYSICALLY comes here to help him instead.

OH THE GROWTH OF IT ALL.

Now that I think about it this might actually be the first private conversation we’ve seen between Lava Lamp and Fai, which is a bit wild, but also a bit less wild considering WHICH arcs they’ve been through together so far. Even in Infinity Fai was either cloistered with Sakura or Kurogane, so I could be wrong, but this might be their first onscreen bonding!

And it’s going pretty good so far. Fai starts off by expressing concern over his health and Lava Lamp immediately derails it by thanking him for helping Sakura. Which surprises Fai, but then again their devotion to Sakura is pretty much the biggest thing they have in common so far.

Oh and THIS is fantastic. Fai has a sad smile on his face as he says that being there for Sakura was pretty much the only thing he ended up doing for her in the end, and Lava Lamp (perhaps with a note of self-derision? Or regret?) says that Fai being there for her probably helped more than anything else at all.

Which I LOVE in the way that it visually uses Sakura in Infinity as their point of reference. Fai was constantly by Sakura’s side for those months, helping her through one of the hardest things she’s had to do, when she was forcing herself to be alone in order to save everyone else. But I ALSO love that their closeness is purely seen as a positive thing by both Lava Lamp AND Fai, showing that he doesn’t even think of the fact that “being by her side” is what technically let his curse kill her. It doesn’t even come up, he doesn’t even look conflicted about the wording.

Fai is HEALING and he DESERVES IT. He’s no longer seeing fault in everything he’s ever done, and isn’t blaming himself for the curse that wasn’t his fault or the choices that Sakura made without his knowledge. Now he only sees it as a time that they were close and supported each other and OH that’s so encouraging to see.

Meanwhile Fai gives him a bit of a hand hover in support, as he considers touching his shoulder

OH BUT HE DOESN’T COMMIT.

ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.

They haven’t really had the chance to personally grow close enough for that, with everything else happening. BUT they still look toward the future together, united in their goal to save Sakura, and Fai still stands protectively over him as they look in the same direction.

OOH I LOVE THIS ALSO.

#How LONELY Lava Lamp must be #To have watched his clone go on this journey with these people #And to FEEL that closeness #And then to BE here instead of him #And for the same people to not know him at all #Even though HE knows THEM #Oh the unspoken DISTANCE between them #The VISIBLE DISTANCE in this case #Liveblogging the reservoir chronicle #Tsubasa #VOl 182 #Lava Lamp Guy #Fai #And the hand hovering of ALMOST comfort #To ALMOST close that distance #To WANT to close that distance #But to not QUITE be close enough to actually do it

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A Summoner Birthday

Special Quest: Oscar

My, such a beautiful place... Though, it's not as beautiful as me... And you. It's not as beautiful as you.

Glad to know you're still trying... (laughing a bit)

You brought Oscar to the virtual fairytale world for some fun.

Oscar: I here there's a palace where a ball takes place. I would be happy if we could go there.

Lupin: Why not? Let's stop by Arachne's shop first.

Oscar: (grinning) That won't be necessary.

With a bang of his cane...

FLASH

Vuala!

Lupin: (surprised in princely regalia) I'll never fully understand how you do that.

Oscar: It's all part of being a showman.

Lupin: Okay, let's go.

With that, you and Oscar head off to the prince's palace.

You and Oscar made it to the ballroom of the prince's palace without fail. It seems that there is already a ball in progress.

Oscar: It looks like we came just in time.

Lupin: Looks like it.

Oscar: (extending his hand) So, shall we?

You take Oscar's hand and you both dance. You and him waltz almost like you were the only two in the room, your bodies perfectly synched with the music that is playing.

After what seemed like forever, you and Oscar decide to rest for a bit.

Oscar: Phew! That was fun. Did you enjoy yourself, Lupin?

Lupin: I did.

Oscar: I take it this was your first waltz.

Lupin: I don't really remember. You know I have very few memories of before coming to Tokyo.

Oscar: Indeed. But you seem like a natural.

You and Oscar sit and watch the dancers continue their dance.

Seeing these dancers here, I wonder if they are real or just more of Kurogane's or Boogeyman's creations.

Lupin: I'm not sure myself. They did a really good job creating this place. This place is just made to be something out of a dream.

Oscar: Indeed, it does.

As you and Oscar continue to watch the dancers, you notice that Oscar looks apathetic.

Lupin: Is something wrong, Oscar?

Oscar: Only that you won't admit it... You wish you came here with Wakan Tanka, did you?

Lupin: ... Maybe a little. Don't you wish he came with us?

Oscar: ... Maybe a little, as well. He's probably almost as handsome as me. But you like him more better than the rest of us. Why is that? Is it the muscles? The face? What does he have that I don't?

Lupin: Aside from those things... He has a big heart. And I know you have one, too, if you look hard enough.

Oscar: And... what makes you think I have one?

Lupin: ... You think you don't?

Oscar: ... You got me there. I'll admit, there are times I think that appearance alone showed a person who they are. But since meeting you, maybe that's not entirely true. Perhaps beauty is only skin deep if you are willing to see what's underneath... That rhymes, I'll have to write that down later. But I wonder... Why do you and Wakan like me?

Lupin: I don't know... I guess we're just suckers for the lost. We took in Wakan's other self. We even took in those like Boogeyman, Oniwaka, and Azathoth.

Oscar: And me, as well?

Lupin: You took us in, too. We never thought this would happen, but it did, and we're grateful for it. You have our love.

Oscar: (happy) And I have yours. Thank you for taking in a "lost" like me.

You both move closer together. You feel the warmth of each other's flesh as if you both are making a promise... A promise built to last forever.

After a time, the ball begins to thin. You both decide it is time to go back to Candyland t return home.

#my birthday #birthday #tokyo afterschool summoners #housamo #oscar (housamo)

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yououui · 2 years

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Hi! The “''you need to stop doing that.'' ''do what?'' ''that little eye thing you do when i walk into the room.''” Prompt for kurofai pretty please? (I love your writing!)

Fai was the last to return to their rented apartment at the end of the day, his temporary job releasing him the latest out of the three. By the time he walked through the door with a tired sigh, Syaoran, Kurogane, and Mokona had already eaten dinner and were lounging in the living area. A portion of food wrapped in plastic waited for him on the table.

"I'm back," Fai called weakly as he kicked off his shoes at the door.

In this world, he had gotten a job at a popular bar, and the owners felt it necessary for the bartenders to fit a certain... image. His boots had a slight heel and he was forced to wear a cropped black top that exposed his midriff paired with too-tight black pants. It wasn't that Fai disliked the clothes, necessarily, but after a long day of working they had become very uncomfortable. He wanted to change into the coziest clothes he owned right away.

The group in the living room looked up at him. Mokona gave a cheery cry of welcome, Syaoran offered a smile and politely informed Fai of the food waiting for him, and then there was Kurogane.

Kurogane's eyes scanned down the length of Fai's body, then back up, then back down once more. His brow quirked and there was the hint of a pleased smirk playing on the ninja's lips. Fai's face burned slightly under the attention. Really, for a trained ninja, Kurogane had no poker face. It was a good thing Syaoran and Mokona were faced away from him.

"Thank you, Syaoran-kun. I'm just going to change first," Fai told them as he walked towards his and Kurogane's room. He didn't miss the way Kurogane's eyes followed him, nor the feeling of that intense gaze falling to a certain area of his behind.

"Be right back," Fai heard Kurogane say to Syaoran and Mokona, followed by the sound of approaching steps.

The door clicked shut behind Kurogane.

"You know," Fai said as he pulled off his shirt. "You really need to stop doing that."

"Doing what?" Kurogane asked him.

"That little eye thing you do when I walk in the room," Fai explained. "It'll be awkward for all of us when Syaoran-kun notices. Think of how red he'll turn."

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Kurogane replied stubbornly.

Fai turned to face Kurogane, his new shirt half on, and saw that same expression from before on Kurogane's face; slightly pleased, obviously enjoying himself, his eyes narrowed as he soaked in the sight of Fai's body.

Fai let the shirt fall, hiding his body from Kurogane's prying eyes. "You're doing it right now!" He tried to sound angry, but he couldn't help from laughing. "Really, Kuro-sama, you can be such a lech sometimes."

He turned back around to find some loose-fitting pants, but strong arms wrapped around his middle from behind made him pause. "If I'm being completely honest," Kurogane's voice said lowly into Fai's ear. "I didn't even notice I was doing it."

Fai suppressed the shiver down his spine. It was always a treat to know that he, and he alone, could reduce Kurogane to such a state. The powerful ninja that could be alert at all times, even when asleep, could not even control his facial expressions when his husband walked in the room.

"Well," Fai said, turning his head to look back at Kurogane over his shoulder. "Do at least try to control yourself around Syaoran-kun and Mokona. Syaoran-kun will be polite about it, but you won't hear the end of it from Mokona until the day you die."

Kurogane's face fell, knowing Fai's words were true. "Damn that pork bun."

Fai laughed and pried himself from Kurogane's grasp. "Go, go," He said, patting Kurogane on the shoulder. "Stay any longer and they'll think we're really up to no good in here."

"Hmph. Fine," Kurogane relented as he walked back towards the door.

There was a pause as Fai pulled off his pants. He felt that gaze yet again.

"Kuro-sama!"

"What? We're alone, aren't we?"

#kurofai

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ellayuki · 4 years

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29.05.20

TRC Month Day 29 - Hitsuzen / Tsubasa Reservoir Chonicle / CLAMP / Fai POV / KuroFai

this dream of white flowers (make it come true)

"Do you think it was fate? Like Miss Witch was saying... That it was… inevitable?"

He doesn't look at Kurogane, preferring to keep his eyes on the pink, blooming flowers a few feet away. They're adorable, and they make him think of Sakura-chan.

Kurogane heaves out a breath, like he knows Fai is being an unreasonable idiot. It sounds terribly fond. Fai loves and fears it in equal measure. "What was?"

Fai lifts a hand, tugs lightly at a few locks of blond hair. "Everything," he says. "Everything that's happened in our lives, every choice we thought we made. Just…" He gesticulates vaguely with his arms. "All of it."

For a few minutes, there's only silence.

“No,” Kurogane says, eventually. “Not most of it.” And it’s not what Fai has been expecting.

“Most of it? Kuro-sama?” He asks, heart doing a summersault in his chest.

Kurogane sighs. “The Witch liked to say everything’s… hitsuzen, but.” A beat, like Kurogane’s choosing his words. Or at least thinking them over before letting them out.

“But?” Fai prompts.

“But truth is, none of us would have met, and traveled the way we have, if it hadn’t been for Fei Wang Reed’s machinations to change what was actually inevitable.”

Fai thinks about that, about all the lives Fei Wang’s choices touched and redirected. How many bright futures were snuffed prematurely. How many paths rerouted.

Maybe there is some merit to Kuro-sama’s words.

The thought makes something ugly squirm and wriggle its way to the core of him.

“Still,” he says, because he can’t give voice to that ugly thing just yet. “Even that might have been inevitable, beyond even what Miss Witch could tell. We can’t know.” He chances a glance at Kurogane. There’s a frown marring the ninja’s features. “For all we know, Kuro-sama, even this moment right now, right here, between you and me, has been fated, inescapable.”

He doesn’t like to think that maybe everything the man sacrificed for him was anything but his own choice. Somehow, the thought that it would have happened no matter what doesn’t sit well with Fai.

Kurogane snorts, amused, and it startles Fai. “Well,” the ninja says, turning to flick Fai’s temple lightly. “One thing was inevitable. Two, things, actually.” Fai looks up at him with wide eyes. This easy thing between them now will never not surprise him. “For one thing, you were always going to overthink everything.”

“Hey!” Indignation flares up, burning up the back of his neck and coloring Fai’s cheeks.

Kurogane flicks his temple again. Fai halfheartedly bats his hand away. “And second,” the ninja continues easily, carding his fingers through Fai’s hair, brushing it away from his face. “This, here, how you feel, how I feel, how the brats feel for each other.”

Fai’s breath gets stuck in his throat. That ugly little thing in his chest rears its head.

But it seems like Kurogane, as always, knows him, sees through him, more thoroughly than anyone ever has. “The feelings were bound to come,” he says, something unbearably gentle in his voice, in his red eyes. Fai bites the inside of his cheek to keep himself from saying, from doing something stupid.

Kurogane’s big warm hand cradles his cheek. “After that bastard changed our initial, intended paths, after we gathered at the Witch’s shop… I believe every choice we made was our own. The kid, the second one, deciding to throw wrenches into that guy’s plans, the princess plotting behind our backs to change our outcomes in Infinity. You, choosing to try and reseal the kid’s heart inside himself.” He takes a breath, the pause barely noticeable. “My giving my blood and my arm to keep you alive. Those have been our own choices, Mage. The Fates have nothing to do with them.”

And when he says it like that, with such conviction in his voice, with that fire in his eyes… Well, what can Fai do but believe him? The squirmy thing behind his ribs withers and dies, and Fai feels light like air, like the first rays of sunlight after a cold, dark, harsh winter.

He leans his head forward, touching his hand to the back of Kurogane’s still on his cheek. Touches his forehead to Kurogane’s shoulder.

And he just breathes around the warmth in his heart.

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over-roaming-waves · 4 years

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Preacher AU

Hey so I notice I have quite a few AUs that are not really all that well organized, so I’m making a series of posts where I list them in order, their overall idea and some of the smaller details I may or may not have written, and some more ideas for the future for them.

Next is one of the newer ones from this year, where Yugi’s a pastor and Atem’s an ex-stripper. I have no control over this AU and count it as part of knowing WAY too much about church politics for someone who’s not part of any counsle.

First is Prayer, where Yugi saves Atem and they agree to share the house.

Next there’s Heaven, where Atem tries to set Yugi up with Ryou, which fails, and he kisses Yugi to get back at an ex, which goes horribly because he realizes he’s falling for the pastor.

Then there’s Autumn, where we flash forward to Yugi and Atem being in love and out about it.

And coming out of left field is “Tell me how you like it.”, where we see who Ryou really is and Marik is having a good time.

Other ideas:

One is one that will most likely just stay in my head, but the essence is Joey’s a city boy marrying a country girl while they were both drunk. It wouldn’t be so bad... except he’s a Bisexual child care worker by day and a drag queen by night. They go to try to get it annulled, but they can’t because the officials are dick/believe that it is fate. THEN the country girl’s ex learns and she decide to play it up because she wants to show that she’s moved on. And in discussions of the differents between the two places, examining the pros and cons of cut vs uncut, and Joey’s friends playing the clip where he drunkenly promises to wear a wedding dress for his wedding day. The Characters that we’ll see include Kurogane as a fellow Drag queen who with Joey kick ass while wearing high heels, Tristan and Madison the disaster gay cousins, and Rin the sweet cook who has the strength of ten thousand men.

The next one is Hetalia focused, where Ludwig is a straight-laced gay man who has a crush on his disaster bi neighbor and has to deal with his pastor getting close to a stripper that his crush once saw as a club that has men and women.

Details: Atem’s a horse, a fact that horrifies Joey when he learns it.

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fizzingwizard · 3 years

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So I played Snowy Escape this week! It’s my cup of tea! I watched LGR’s review (and Plumbella’s too) and yeah, as usual, I agree with both of them. The pack doesn’t give us a lot that’s really new, especially in terms of gameplay, and I really wish there had been even small interactive moments aboard trains and ski lifts. However, I also agree that it’s a really aesthetically beautiful pack. The way tourists who haven’t gone to Japan yet think of Japan might be like Tokyo Shibuya area, or Osaka shopping streets... but uh, Tokyo and Osaka are only two cities in all of Japan, and pretty much the entire rest of the country isn’t like that. The majority of Japan’s tourist attractions are nature- and history-based, after all.

The big question for me was just how touristy “Mt Komorebi” was going to come across. Sims is pretty noticeably America-centric, and Western culture is the norm. They put out Jungle Adventure and it’s like stepping into a 90s action movie. The most progressive thing you can say about the locals in that pack is that, due to being governed by the same rules that apply to all Sims, they don’t come across “different” enough to be straight up othered. The area they live in, of course, is underdeveloped in spite of the “culture” skill, and very much is meant to be an exotic adventure for Indiana Jones.

Komorebi’s not that bad though. I was impressed at first by the amount of detail there seemed to be. I never expected we’d get space heaters and kotatsu and nabe in-game without downloading CC. Taking off your shoes to go inside, using chopsticks, sliding doors (which I’ve wanted more of for SO LONG), are all true to life as well as modern and also just nice to have. There’s some weird bits, like how when sims sit at the kotatsu they don’t sit on their knees, their legs just disappear into the floor... I guess we can assume there’s a hole underneath (which is the case with some kotatsu just not usually the at-home kind). I also would have liked more every day interactions, like doing homework at the kotatsu or watching TV or even taking a nap.

The patterns for yukata/kimono are pretty awful though. The more understated ones I can live with, but anything with a splash of color is a fashion disaster.

The look of the houses in the towns are really nice. The interiors, not so much, but that’s easier to fix than the facade and landscaping for most of us. The non-interactive backgrounds areas really do look like Japan. It’s a pity we can’t explore it at all. (I would have LOVED just one interactive conbini. That’s one Japan staple that it’s simply weird to leave out. They probably figured conbini wouldn’t have anything the vending machines don’t have, but personally I’d rather have conbini than vending machines. Unless they made it rabbit hole, in which case fuck it)

Also liked the snow festival and the lights festival. It’s true there’s not a lot to do at them, other than take pictures, and it was really hard to get good pictures with my sims in them... When I went to snow festivals, you could do things like light candles in little snow cubbies, or have a meal in a kamakura, etc. That would have been nice. Otherwise it’s just look at the pretty sights and make normal snowmen. Same with the lights festival - it’s gorgeous, but... They do have food stalls but the variety is limited. You can get four different kinds of yakisoba and ramen but no okonomiyaki, no ikayaki. There’s no festival games. I’m currently festival-starved due to covid-19 so my hopes were a bit higher. Still... like I said, I enjoyed them. I guess I just like pretty things. And I do spend an inordinate amount of time just taking pictures of my Sims doing things anyway xP

The Youth festival is pretty dull. It seems more like a not!Pokemon festival than anything else. The crepes, however, are great. Also it’s really WEIRD that the koinobori (the carp flags) are out all the time, like a normal decoration, in the city. That’s one culture thing that I think got confused.

So as far as it goes... it’s not as touristy as I expected it to be. I give it props for that. It’s definitely still got a vibe of “non-Japanese foreigner goes for a visit,” as in, I think if a Japanese company made a Sims game with Japanese players in mind, they’d have done a ton things differently. But we got a more robust cultural depiction than we ever have before, so, nice.

The winter sports are fun! I weirdly didn’t get bored even though like LGR says, it is just watching the Sims do the same thing over and over again without any player interaction. That does suck but is also par for the course with Sims 4. Since I play multiple Sims at a time, it’s easy for me to stick one on the bunny slope and just let them ski until they level up while I do something else with another Sim :P (Sims is more fun when you cheat!)

The onsen is a let down. It’s nice, sure. It’s just a spa though. And it’s WEIRD that you can have sex in the onsen while other people are in it, even children, and they are not freaked out, but you can’t skinny dip in front of children. All they get is an uncomfortable moodlet afterwards because now the onsen water is dirty x’D I wonder if that’s an oversight that will get tweaked in the future...

However, onsen is very pretty too. I would have liked a smaller building and better landscaping with two or three hot springs to pick from. Also, there are gendered entrance curtains, but they don’t actually divide Sims by gender and all lead to the same place... I guess it’s good to have for pictures at least. If you want to put in the ladies room and mens room doors you could easily make his and hers as well as a mixed hot spring baths. I think this is one we just have to let the Sim builder greats take on.

So HIKING is awesome! I loved it! It’s relaxing for me. Some might find it dull, but it’s really just so pretty, and for me brings back a lot of memories. Hiking in Japan is pretty much like that (although a lot more mountainous of course). It’s somewhat dependent on your graphics settings - mine aren’t that high so like the bamboo forest vanishes as I cam through it.. can’t get that sense of really being inside it. Also when I came across the cemetery I had my spellcaster try to Necrocall the one grave that has interactions, but it didn’t work, even though the option came up. ?? I was expecting some sort of cool ghost. Oh well.

I’m interested in climbing. I don’t have Fitness Stuff so I never did it before. It’s way more boring than leveling the winter sports though. But I think the mountain climb will be worth it.

There are little kodama and sprites you can come across and interact vaguely with. I’ll accept that as a Ghibli nod. It’s more cute than cultural but it’s also a bit of fun surprise, though I haven’t noticed any real effect beyond a moodlet. (Was told one gave me a present but I couldn’t find it in my inventory so I think it was just the moodlet.)

Also the bugs!! That’s very Japan! And you can buy insect repellent hahaha that’s a level of realism I didn’t ask for but will take

I’ll talk about lifestyles and sentiments too. I don’t need them personally. The sentiments are kind of nice to see, but they’re predictable. You get the same ones if you do certain things. They give you a moodlet when the Sim shows up, which I guess I do like, but... tbh it’s damn inconvenient sometimes. For ex, I played by Tsubasa family to explore Mt Komorebi, and I noticed many conversations were inexplicably becoming “awkward.” The reason was - even though no one was saying or doing anything flirty - Kurogane and Fai were getting in the mood by just looking at each other thanks to sentiments, and Sakura and Syaoran were like -___-; I mean, it’s hilarious, but also annoying!

Lifestyles... eh. So far all my Sims just get the same ones. They all seem to get Adrenaline Seeker just for playing winter sports. Also I find the pop-ups warning me when a Sim’s going to lose their lifestyle annoying, and if a Sim gets a lifestyle I don’t want for them, it’s annoying to watch their mood change for dumb reasons like “didn’t spend enough time outdoors today.” It’s the same concept as traits. It’s kind of nice that you can change them around by doing different things, and since we’re limited to three traits I won’t say no to more (for example, instead of giving a Sim the “Loves the Outdoors” trait, you can try to get the Outdoorsy lifestyle and use the trait slot for something that influences their personality more). But all in all I find my Sims still just act the same as usual and the gameplay is all in pop-ups, so it’s just not exciting for me.

Also had a glitch where Sakura would take off her shoes to go inside but when she went out, she put on a pair of snowboots that I never even equipped her with, and she wore them with every outfit. Editing in CAS didn’t help. A reboot did though.

So pretty much, I definitely think they could have done more with this pack, BUT that’s been the case with literally every pack since the base game. There are no expectations for me anymore, that’s why I really just genuinely like this one. I’m happy they picked North Japan rather than Tokyo or Osaka, I think we got a lot more detail because of that.

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