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veltana · 3 months
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Mafia AU prequels - Bucky's break-up
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✦ Pairing: Stucky/Fem!Reader ✦ Word count: ~1.7k ✦ Rating: Mature ✦ Warnings/tags: hurt/comfort, mild swearing, angst, mentions of alcohol consumption, lots of fluff and feels, platonic cuddling, sharing a bed, Bucky is a dramatic drunk, unrequited love/crush, mention of loki/reader. ✦ Summary: The thing with roommates is that you will hear them during sex occasionally, it can’t be avoided with thin walls in an old building. But since that Wednesday Bucky never once slept alone and the rest of the time he was hardly in the apartment. ✦ Note: This is a prequel to No one as sweet as you set while they were living together in college, which focuses on their growing relationship and how Bucky and Steve started to develop feelings for Sweets as more than just their best friend. You don't need to read No one as sweet as you to get this but I recommend it. (Also posted on AO3)
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Bucky and Dot broke up on a Wednesday around lunch. On Wednesday night Bucky had a new girl in his bed and you and Steve shrugged, put on your headphones, and waited for it to blow over.
The thing with roommates is that you will hear them during sex occasionally, it can’t be avoided with thin walls in an old building. But since that Wednesday Bucky never once slept alone and the rest of the time he was hardly in the apartment.
With your room right in between Steve and Bucky’s, you took the brunt of the sounds and on Friday morning you decided to take shelter in Steve’s room because the girl was a screamer and you had barely slept for two days.
Now it’s Tuesday, around one am and both Steve and you are awake, listening to the moans and sounds making their way through your room and into Steve’s.
"How does he even do it?" Steve sounds a little amazed as you both lay in bed and stare at the ceiling. "Drugs?" you ask. "Honestly, it has to be, how else is he going at it all the time like that?" "Maybe they're all faking it?" you suggest.
"I've never heard anyone complain about him," Steve shrugs. "But I mean statistically he can’t get it right for everyone every time." "If he does, he is one of a kind," you decide. "Tempted to go for a ride?" You hear the smile in Steve's voice without even looking. "No, not really," you grimace. "We should do something, I’m not sure it’s healthy anymore."
"Yeah I know, Sweets, but if I try and grab him like he did with me when I was sad about Peggy he is probably going to punch me," Steve sounds concerned too.
Sweets, that dorky nickname they both have decided to call you because you happen to like all things sweet. Somehow it had stuck, even though you protested. "I can try and talk to him," you pause before continuing. "If he is ever alone again."
Suddenly the front door slams and you realize that the sounds have stopped. Sharing a look both of you rush out of bed, finding Bucky in the kitchen, downing a gallon of juice.
"Want some?" He holds it out when he sees you. The smell of alcohol on his breath is strong, even when you’re a few feet away, pulling out a chair to sit down across from where he’s standing. "No thank you," you answer while Steve leans against the fridge. "So, who was that?" you ask.
Bucky shrugs. "Don't know, met her at a bar." "Are you using protection?" Steve asks with a raised eyebrow. Bucky straightens up, putting the open juice jug down hard on the counter, making liquid slosh out, looking at Steve with black eyes that you’ve never seen before.
"Of course I am, do you think I'm fucking dumb or somethin'," he snarls. Bucky tends to be a little dramatic when he's drunk. In an effort to calm him down you reach out to him. "Hey, Bucky, it's okay, he wasn't-" The moment your fingers touch his arm, he turns and moves his hand. "Don't fucking touch me," he says and the palm of his hand connects with your underarm.
Out of surprise and not because it hurts, you yelp and look up at Bucky, a little confused because he’s never reacted like that before. He stares back at you with horrified eyes, realization dawning on him. Slowly, without another word, he backs away and hurries over to his room, slamming the door behind him like a teenager in a fit.
Steve moves forward and grabs your arm, turning it over to see if you’re hurt. "What the fuck is wrong with him," he murmurs. "It's nothing, I was just surprised," you shrug. "I've hurt myself worse by bumping into tables." "That is no fucking excuse." Steve lets go and starts towards Bucky's door. Before he can knock, Bucky opens it with a bag over his shoulder. He's changed into new clothes and his cap is pulled down low over his eyes.
Steve blocks the doorway and crosses his arms, asking "Where the fuck are you going?" "Heading out, move," Bucky mumbles and tries to duck past Steve but the other won't let him. "The fuck your not, you're gonna stay here and face whatever it is that you’re feeling," Steve's voice is laced with restrained anger. "And you're gonna apologize to Sweets."
You’re about to protest that you're not really hurt, but Steve shoots a look over his shoulder and you clamp your mouth shut. "We understand that you're sad about Dot," Steve is softer now and he leans on the doorframe, giving Bucky a way out but he doesn't take it, he just stands there, looking at the ground.
"You don't understand shit, Steve," Bucky mutter. "Have you even cried?" Steve asks and that makes Bucky’s head snap up, his mouth a thin line. "Real men don't fucking cry," he hisses. They stare at each other for a long while, then Steve points to you. "Can real men apologize when they're being a fucking ass?" Steve asks with poorly hidden disdain.
This is a sore spot for both of them and has been the grounds for arguments before. Bucky has some views on what it means to be a man that neither Steve nor you share. It has gotten better over the years according to Steve but you have not seen Bucky cry once, not to sad movies or when he’s been injured, or even had his heart broken. It's concerning, but maybe you and Steve can help him with that one day.
The bag lands on the floor with a thump and he walks past Steve to where you're sitting on the chair. Without a word he gets down on his knees in front of you and gently grabs your arm, pressing his lips against your skin murmuring "I'm sorry," repeatedly.
Steve has turned to look at you and you meet his eyes that are still hard and annoyed. You use your free hand to remove the cap and run your fingers through Bucky's hair, whispering, "It's okay."
When you do, Bucky stiffens and stops moving for a moment, then he lets go of your arm and buries his face in your pajama-clad lap, his voice trembling when he says, "I'll move out, I swear. I'm so sorry! I'm sorry, Sweets! I didn’t mean to hurt you! I love you so much."
Steve softens immediately and pushes off the door to settle on the floor beside him, rubbing his back. “No need for that Buck,” he says softly and you echo him. “I don’t want you to leave Bucky,” you grab one of his hands and gently press a kiss to the top of it before placing it back again.
After several minutes of silence, Bucky asks angrily into your legs, "Why the fuck does it have to hurt this much.” "I don't know," you answer truthfully. "I wish I never met her, never fucked her, never fucking loved her,” Bucky continues. "No, you don't," Steve argues. "I know it might feel like you will never be happy again but it will get better." Bucky lifts his head and Steve cups his face and brushes his cheeks, even though there are no tears there.
"We love you, and we will help you with anything you need," you promise. Bucky nods and lays his head down against your legs again with Steve's hand still on his cheek.
Eventually, Steve stands up and Bucky looks at him a little worried. "Not leaving, just gonna get another blanket for the bed," he reassures him. While Steve is gone Bucky says, "I'm sorry I hurt you, I love you, Sweets, more than you could ever know." And you smile because even though you know he’s exaggerating, it’s still nice to hear him say it. "I know Bucky, I know," you whisper.
When Steve comes back he pulls Bucky to his feet and guides him into the bedroom. You check the front door before turning all the lights out, then padding over to Steve's room too. They're cuddled together, Bucky's head pressed into Steve's shoulder and you move to slide in behind Bucky, but he grabs you around the waist and pulls you down between them. It makes you giggle and there is a weak smile answering on Bucky's face before you all settle in.
There is not even a light bruise left behind on your arm the next day, but you've never seen Bucky so remorseful. In the following weeks, he accompanies you around to classes, carries your stuff, and has sworn off drinking. Both you and Steve are skeptical because Bucky is famous for his partying but in the months that follow he often goes out but always comes home sober.
One day when you're having lunch at home together on the couch, you ask him about it.
First, he puts his food down before taking hold of your utensils and placing them on the table. Then he grabs you and pulls you into his lap, hugging you so tightly you can hardly breathe.
"I never want to put you in that situation again," he explains. "What if I get angry and do something worse, to you, or Steve, or anyone else." Hugging him back as best you can you say "Maybe you should talk to a professional about it?" "I'm on a waiting list," he replies.
You cuddle into him, really trying to show him that you mean it when you say, "Bucky I'm not afraid of you, I know you didn't mean to hurt me." "Don't make excuses for me," he says and picks up a strand of your hair, twirling it between his fingers.
The moment is cut off by your phone chiming and you wiggle out of his hold. When you pull it out a smile splits your face. "Have to go," you grab another spoonful of fried rice then get up. "Who was that?" Bucky asks.
Since you’re halfway to the door you don't pick up on his tone. "Just someone I've been seeing," "What's his name?" "Loki, he's from Europe!" You turn around with a smile and throw him a kiss before you're out the door.
Bucky feels his heart break, again, only this time he has no excuse to be sad about it because you aren't his.
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angelrari · 6 months
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gossip girl · pt. iii
based on the tv series gossip girl
max verstappen / charles leclerc x socialité!reader fc: elsa hosk (y/n) · taylor hill (léa) · barbara palvin (jolie)
a/n: hi! i wanted to update earlier, but this week i've been super busy. once again thank you for commenting and supporting this. hope you enjoy this part!!! (i just realized i wanted to make this as a smau, but i just can't stop writting lmao)
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gossip girl here, your one and only source into the scandalous lives of monaco's elite.
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caption: it's padel time 🎾
10 am and the café was already packed. jolie sat in front of you, cappuccino in hand and eyeing the pain au chocolat she had ordered that was placed on the table.
"is this enough for you to forgive me for leaving your party early?". you asked starring at your sister.
"no, but it's a good start". she answered and she shrugged her shoulders. "i not going to let you win today".
"you never let me win when we play padel, jolie. i win because i am better". you replicated and she starred at you pretending to be offended. you chuckled. "come on, we're gonna be late and i can't wait to beat you".
"we will see".
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the padel courts were almost empty, you spotted a team of men on their 50s who jolie told you that they were always here. padel is theoretically played with two teams of two players each, but jolie and you usually bent the rules for singles play. jolie had booked the court number 3 and from afar you could spot two guys who were standing there.
"oh, there's somebody there". you said. "maybe they are finishing their practice".
"i actually invited them". jolie answered. "i guess it's my payback for you leaving early".
"you can't be serious". you said.
as soon as your sister said those words you rapidly connected the dots and stopped dead in your tracks. years ago, you would play with the youngest leclerc brothers whenever they had a free weekend, so it had to be them. jolie smiled at you while she grabbed your hand you make you continue walking.
"come on, y/n. charles asked about you yesterday like a hundred times, you two need to talk again".
you were very aware of the fact that charles and you needed to fix the awkward situation between the two of you. you had loved him to bits and nowadays this love still remained. whenever you thought of him, only good thoughts would come to your mind.
you kept moving, following your sister from behind. the leclerc brothers stood there watching you approach them. jolie rushed to hug arthur, who easily lifted her up while holding her tight in his arms. charles smiled at you and came closer to you. he opened his arms for you to hug him. and you did.
"i missed you". charles said as he moved his hands up and down your back.
"i did too". you admitted.
his masculine scent filled your lungs as you breathed in. it was the same as always. he look good, a bit more mature than the last time you had seen him and his body was bigger, stronger. after a few seconds, you broke the hug and starred at him with a smile of your face. one thing was clear: nothing couldn't break the friendship you'd built for twenty-six years.
"how have you been?". he asked, but before you could answer arthur hugged you from behind, resting his arms on your shoulders.
"hi sister". he said. he always had called you that way, even before charles and you started dating. he always said he felt like you were a part of his family. "you left early yesterday".
"not you too". you replied chuckling. "jolie keeps bringing it up every two minutes".
"you'll have to live with it". your sister said. "how are we gonna split into teams?".
"as always, right?". arhur suggested as he separated from you.
"are you okay with this?" charles asked looking at you.
"yeah, for the old times sake". you responded. "let's crush them again".
charles and you were one team while jolie and arthur were the other. your sister and your so-called brother walked towards the other side of the court, chatting with each other. charles, who had left your side a few seconds ago, walked to you and handed you the padel racket.
"thank you, charles".
"it's nothing". he said. "wanna do something afterwards? i was thinking we could go hiking for a bit".
"yeah, let's do it".
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the match had been so much fun. you had won, as always. jolie and arthur had left after it ended, leaving you and charles alone. outside the sports center, there was a hiking route charles and you had done a few times and you decided to take it.
charles knew he owed you an explanation. he hated seeing you with your guard up. last night, he had caught you a few times pretending to not see him and it hurt him. you had been (and still were) someone important in his life and he did not want this uncomfortable situation to last any longer. he had asked you about your studies abroad, about these two years you had barely spoken to each other and your future plans in monaco, but now the conversation had taken a turn and léa was the main topic of it.
"is it awkard for you? that i'm dating your best friend?". charles asked, looking at you. you could sense he was worried of your answer.
"it is". you confessed. "i just- i think being away from home and watching all of this happen from afar made things a bit more dramatic".
"what do you mean?".
"that if i had seen the process maybe i wouldn't have so many questions".
"well you can ask now and i'll gladly answer". charles said.
"when did it all start?". you asked. "the relationship with léa, i mean".
"it was earlier this year". he answered. "if i'm honest, we hadn't seen each other in months, but she was invited to the gp here and that's when things started to change".
"right".
"she came to the after party, you must already know that, i'm sure jolie had told you".
"she didn't actually, but i did get the gossip girl notification". you confessed. "you know you can't escape it even if you try".
"yeah". he agreed. "well, that night was when we started talking more. you know i don't have much time and i wasn't trying to meet anyone new, you know, to date. so, since i knew her from before, it kinda happened naturally. we kept seeing each other more and more and one night she told me she wanted us to try, to go on a date and see if it worked. obviously léa is pretty and she's fun".
"she is". you nodded. "she's charming".
"exactly, so i agreed and we realized we had good chemistry. and three months later, we are still together".
"i am happy for you". you said. "i mean it, i wish you both the best".
"thank you, y/n". he said, looking straight into your eyes. "many years have passed since we broke up, but i always think of you fondly".
"i feel the same way. i don't know how to put in words, but the memories are so beautiful i don't think i could ever dislike you".
"yeah". he said chuckling. "we were the greatest team".
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sserajeans · 8 months
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you are in love | 4. sob sesh? (written)
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hanni was outside y/n's house by 6:30 on the dot. the shorter sent a text instead of honking the horn and potentially disturbing the household's dinner, but the windows in the living room made the car's headlights visible to hyein who was on her phone inside the house.
hyein was familiar with hanni's car and took a deep inhale before yelling, her voice echoing throughout every corner of the house.
"Y/N-UNNIE! HANNI-UNNIE'S OUTSIDE!"
"I KNOW!"
y/n ran down the stairs in a crop top and loose jeans, stuffing her phone and wallet in her pockets while shoving her feet in her sneakers.
"wow... what's the rush?"
"it's bad to keep people waiting, hyein." y/n replied back in a snarky tone, referencing a time a few months ago where the younger lee made y/n wait in the car for a solid 30 minutes, causing the two to receive tardy slips in school.
"well move on unnie omg?” hyein shrugged and headed to the kitchen. "you'll be gone for dinner?"
"yeah. are there leftovers in the fridge or do you want me to bring home takeout?" y/n opened the front door, one foot in and the other out as she waited for her sister's response. "i'll be back in like 2 hours though."
"i can probably cook something don’t worry."
"you're cooking? okay, yeah no, now i'm worried."
"shut up?"
"lock the front!" y/n chuckled as she skipped down the three steps connected to the house’s porch.
she hopped in the passenger seat of hanni’s car, reaching for the seatbelt before finally greeting her friend. "look at you reaching the pedals and all!”
"i could just drop you in the middle of the road.”
"nevermind… don’t do that..”
a comfortable silence filled the car, only the soft music from the radio playing as the two passed by the familiar houses in their neighborhood.
“hey… do you know where you’re going for university?
"no not really.. but kaist is on top for me. i’ve gotten a few recruitment offers as well but i haven’t thought much about them... i’m kinda more focused on the aquatic games so my rank gets a good chance to try out for the national team."
"the national team? that's huge y/n! don't forget me when you get an olympic gold."
"hm.. maybe i might.. never know how bu- OUCH?" hanni swiftly delivered a sharp pinch on y/n’s side, causing the latter to bend over with her arms around her waist.
"deserved.” hanni let out an evil laugh before braking at the red traffic light.
"but yeah even if i move to the national training center i'll still be attending whatever university, but for minimum attendance and whatnot.”
"i see... isn’t the NTC far from here?"
"5 hour plane, yeah. we’re still thinking about who’s gonna be staying with hyein while my parents and i are away.” y/n turned to her right, noticing the lit logo of the diner meters away. “what about you? any plans?”
"probably knua for music? still trying to convince my dad it's a good idea and that i won't starve with a music degree."
“that's very in-character for mr. pham... you’ll have zuha around too though, right?"
"yeah!” hanni sighed as she pulled the car over to one of the diner’s diagonal parking spaces. she switched off the engine and unbuckled her seatbelt before looking over in y/n's direction. "we’re getting old.”
"well if you call 19 old.." the two shared a quick laugh, hanni playfully punching y/n’s shoulder, y/n muttering a quick “ow there goes my career.”
"you know what i mean. it's like it was yesterday when i moved down the street, now we're all going off?" hanni took a deep breath before opening the car door on her side. “okay we can’t sit here all night.”
y/n spoke nothing of the glistening that formed in hanni's eyes, and instead followed the shorter out of the car.
hanni was right, things will be different this year. kazuha's getting busier and the 04ers have college to worry about. it saddened y/n to imagine what jiwoo could possibly be feeling on that note.
the two entered the diner, hanni first with y/n poking her shoulders right behind.
"there they are!"
"took you guys long enough."
"there wasn't even any traffic on the way!"
y/n slid in one of the booth's couches beside jiwoo and minji, kazuha and hanni across her. "sorry guys, hanni was having a sob session."
"I WAS NOT!"
y/n started giggling as she gave minji a high five, kazuha on the other hand, was busy holding hanni back from beating the lee up.
"my god how did you guys not kill each other in the car?" jiwoo shook her head as she reached passed down menus that sat on her side of the table. hanni and kazuha shared one, minji and y/n shared another, and jiwoo had the last for herself.
y/n and minji frowned at the sight of a large vegetable dish on the front page and immediately flipped the menu to the next page. "like i said, sob sesh."
minji chuckled, taking note of a burger set she was thinking of ordering.
"what's so funny, kim?"
jiwoo, unfazed (knowing it wasn't her anyways), showed kazuha the menu page and pointed at an appetizer platter, to which the eldest nodded in agreement.
"nothing..." minji softly elbowed the girl on her right as they flipped through another page of the menu. "maybe you should tone it down y/n, our pham hanni is seeing red."
y/n rolled her eyes as they reached the end of the menu and closed it, placing it down on the table. "we all ready to order?"
a chorus of "yeah" and "yup" was heard from the girls as kazuha waved down a waiter. the eldest of the five accurately dictated each one's order before jiwoo brought up her latest piece of gossip.
"so the new student, i think his name was sungjin..."
the girls shared laughter and stories they experienced during the summer when the others weren't present. an irreplaceable warmth surrounds their booth, and if it had a color, perhaps it'd be golden.
things will be different this year.
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dayseedrawz2 · 2 months
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Okokok, Its time to stop mentally preparing... (for Pomni AND me in this case cuz I sorta regret doing this-) this part is probably gonna be longer than the first
[also tagging @sm-baby again. I'm sorry if I'm infiltrating you notifications but if I tagged you in the first it makes sense to tag you in the rest of the parts]
Here is part one of the Fic:
Okay now here we go again...
PART 2 OF:
☆Settings for two☆
Pomni, not having much to do while waiting for Caine and the others, just sat on the floor on the stage. Letting herself stare off into space, with the thought of escape still circling her head.
Caine was gone for a bit longer than she thought he'd be. She thought he would just snap his fingers and bring the cast out against their will. Ya know, like the oblivous AI that he is. Or at least he appeard to be to her... Then she heard the distant bustling and chatting of the others getting closer:
"Do we really have to do this for her??"
"I guess so. But I don't quite mind."
"Yeah, whatever. I just think it's stupid that he's involving us..."
"The only thing stupid about it is that he's involving you, Jax."
"Oh, settle down, guys! I think it's really sweet of him!"
"Shut up, Dollface!"
"C-can you guys stop arguing..?"
"Oh! Of course! Sorry, Gangle."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever..."
"Let's just get the day over with..."
Pomni got up as they all lined up side by side in the center of the room. But She was still a bit confused...
"What on earth were they talking about..?"
The thought lingerd with her, but it didn't invade her mind as much as the inevitable effect of her plan. But her train of thought again was interrupted by the voice of Caine bursting into their muffled conversations:
"Good morning again, my superstars!"
He swooped around the corner, approaching from the direction of the hallway.
"I hope you all are excited for today's adventure! This one is sure to be a doozy!"
He began to explain the rules of the adventure. "Something Something, the grounds, blah blah blah, Something about the Carnival? Or perhaps it was the Lake?" Not like she would know. She wasn't paying much attention. Again, all that was on her mind was the idea of leaving. When finally she tuned back in to Caine as he wrapped up his speach:
"Alright everyone! I hope you all enjoy the adventure! Stay safe and have fun!"
*Snap!*
And POOF! Caine and the others was teleported to who knows where.
Execpt, for Pomni?
She started to panic a bit:
"Im still here!? Should've known not to get my hopes up... Maybe he set that door there as a trap like the others..."
Well, at least she was alone...
*Poof!*
"Pomni!? What're you still doing here!?"
"Oh God..."
He snapped in attempt to fix what he thought was some sort of bug on his end.
Nothing happened.
Another snap.
Nothing.
He began to grow visibly frustrated, continually snapping as he spoke:
"M-my apologies, dear! There seems to be something wrong with-"
He turned to see the blue door slightly open. Pomni grew worried:
"Oh god... Did he see me in there?? Is he gonna do something to me??"
To her surprise, upon connecting the dots, he simply laughed it off:
"Haha! It appears someone got into the old settings room!"
"..."
"I told Bubble to quit messing with code without permission! I'll be giving him a stern talking to later..."
Though still tense, she let out a releived sigh:
"Sorry again, my dear! I guess this means you'll have to sit out of today's adventure!"
"I-it's fine, Caine. If that's all, I'll just head back to my room now-"
"W-wait!"
His response was a bit more panicked than usual:
"I-I'm afraid you can not go to your room at this time..."
This, of course, alarmed her:
"Wh- I- why not..?"
"You should be in the adventure right now, so even if you tried, the place would glitch like crazy!"
"Oh... well, uh- now what?"
"I... I'm not sure. This hasn't really happened before..."
"Mhmm..."
"Yup..."
It was a bit off-putting seeing Caine this quiet. Normally, he's always bugging her and the others with his antics. Not that she would prefer if he did, just- it didn't feel right that he wasn't.
Caine to must have realized just how akward it felt. He attempted to continue the conversation:
"Ya know, lately a lot of things have happened here that haven't happened before since you got here! It's pretty funny now that I think about it!"
"R-really? Like what..?"
"Well, if I knew, I would tell you! Haha!"
She wasn't quite sure what he was implying. "Was it some sorta joke? A reference?"
"S-sorry, what? I don't quite get it..."
"Well, as a not human being, I have been trying to learn as much as I can from you humans! I want to make sure that this place is as normal and comfortable as it can be!"
As he continued, he seemed more down to earth than he usually was:
"I tried to ask everyone for information about the human world, but either they say they don't remember or they just don't answer me at all."
This answer from Caine caught Pomni very off guard. She didn't expect him to open up to something like this. Especially to her.
"Gee, well- I-"
"But the feedback you gave me this morning, It made me realize. Perhaps I have been asking the wrong questions?"
She wasn't sure how to answer. Never has she been good at giving good feedback, but still she decided to give her best- "advice" You could say.
"You mean you should ask more about their personal issues with the place? Well- it might be different for everyone, but it might give you at least a few of the answers you're looking for? I-"
She was cut off by Caine rapidly shaking her hand:
"Why thank you again, my dear, for your feedback! Hopefully, this will improve everyone's stay!"
The rapid hand-shaking continued:
"Y-you're welcome?"
The shaking finally stopped, making Pomni almost fall forward:
"Well then, I suppose we should wait for the others' return."
"Yeah... I guess we'll be here for a while, heh."
He checked his WackyWatchTM:
"My! It's already almost over! They will be here any minute now!"
"Wait, really?"
"If my WackyWatchTM is right! It's as if it only started not even 5 minutes ago! Ha! That's one more odd thing that's happened since you've been here! Care to explain that one?"
Pomni had to think about that one for a moment. She hadn't had this sort of experience for a while:
"Well, if i remember, humans usually are unaware of time when doing something fun or being around someone that they enjoy being around."
This answer seemed to peak his interest even more:
"I am surprised that you are even willing to share this information with me! Is there anything else?"
As their conversation continued, Pomni thought:
"Huh... maybe this guy really does have good intentions..."
And there! Cut! End part! I can't write anymore-
Stay tuned for the third and final part!
(It is 1 am for me rn and I started at like 10 or 11 oh my goodness)
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steddieas-shegoes · 8 months
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My top three headcannons for you to pick from:
1) Eddie is an excellent seamstress.
2) Steve thinks the kids still believe in Santa (they don't) and is very protective of maintaining that piece of childhood innocence.
3) I think that if Corroded Coffin made it big, Steve would pride himself on picking out the strangest (read coolest) formal wear pieces for Eddie like a Chainmail tie (a real thing my dads roommate has) or shark tooth cufflinks
Number 2 because I’m in my feelings about Liam believing in Santa 😩
Steve stopped believing in Santa when he was four years old.
He woke up to two presents under the tree: one from his nanny and one from his grandmother he’d never even met.
When he asked his mom on the phone why Santa didn’t come to their house, she said that Santa didn’t have time and had to be away on business.
Steve was a smart kid and connected the dots.
His nanny tried to find the magic for him every year, baked cookies with him and made him his favorite dinner.
But it didn’t make him suddenly believe.
So when Christmas with the kids came around, he went all out.
Decorations inside and outside, baking cookies in ugly sweaters, a holiday movie marathon followed by making snowmen.
Everyone loved it, and their parents loved that they had time to prepare for the holidays without the kids running around.
Eddie was currently watching Steve frantically wrapping presents, an hour behind his perfectly planned schedule.
“I can help, Stevie,” Eddie said from his spot on the couch.
“No, it all has to look exactly the same!”
“Why?”
Steve sighed and looked up at him, his hair ruffled and cheeks flushed.
“Because Santa would wrap them all the same.”
Eddie snorted.
“Yeah, but they don’t actually think Santa is the one who wrapped them.”
Steve’s face fell, his hands pulling away from the gift he was wrapping.
“You’re right. Yeah. Okay. You can wrap some,” Steve’s voice was wrong.
“Stevie…”
“No, you’re right. I know they don’t believe in Santa anymore. Don’t know why I was doing all this.”
Eddie shook his head and slipped down to the floor next to Steve.
“Look, they may not believe in Santa anymore, but they believe in you. They’re so excited to come over and celebrate Christmas Eve with us. They may act too cool for all this, but I know for a fact it’s all Dustin’s been talking about for a week. Even Erica is excited,” Eddie wrapped his arm around Steve and pulled him into his side. “Now show me how to wrap like Santa.”
Steve kissed his cheek and started showing him how to wrap.
He certainly didn’t wrap like Santa, but the kids were just as excited about it, and Steve got to keep it up for another year.
And maybe it was good to practice for the future.
Just in case they managed to have a couple nuggets themselves.
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missjashin · 11 months
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Not letting go of this Steve calls Eddie Teddy thing so easily because I can also connect it to my “they met at summer camp as kids” and it would make kinda perfect excuse why they never connected the dots that they met each other.
First thing being that they were really young, like 8-9 years olds or so. Never really forgot each other but the memories are kinda hazy on some things. Like you cannot remember exactly what the other looked like so it’d be hard to recognize each other after both have grown up.
The second thing being that they never really learned each others names. And how is that possible? Well they were kids. And because Steve heard Eddie’s mom call him Teddy so he started calling him that as well. Eddie told him that’s not his real name but for some unexplainable kid reason refuses to tell Steve his actual name. And he also gives Steve a nickname before he can even introduce himself. So to each other they’re Teddy and whatever (possibly weird) nickname Steve got. Like he was wearing a Looney Tunes shirt and now Eddie calls him ‘Bugs’ or ‘Bunny’. Or he had a dog on his shirt so now he is ‘Lassie’. Or idk whatever kids’ things they had in the 70s.
And it’s summer time now after all that Vecna shit and the kids for some reason talk about summer camps. Maybe Dustin is telling about the camp he met Suzie at or something. And because of Eddie also starts to reminisce this one summer camp he went as a kid. The one and only he is ever been to and he tells the group about that camp and it doesn’t take that long for someone to notice the way Steve is staring at Eddie, like he is not believing what he’s hearing. And they start to question it like “Hello, Steve? Is something wrong?” and even Eddie is, although smiling, asking “you okay there Stevie?” Steve stares for a little while longer until he practically whispers with wavering voice “Teddy?”
And now Eddie freezes too, the smile dropping as the two are now staring at each other. Because there has only been two people who have called Eddie ‘Teddy’ and that’s his mother and the kid from summer camp. Eddie would call out to Steve with the nickname he was given at the camp(you know, the one we didn’t decide yet).
The kids are confused because why are these two now just staring like they’re seeing each other for the first time and wait who the hell is Teddy? And. Yeah.. This is as far I'm able to write it.
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TW: Suggestive conversation. Hints at sex. Language. 
SUMMARY: The pogues try to figure just who it is you’ve been dating this last summer that’s made you this happy…
WORD COUNT: 900
REQUESTED Anonymous asked:
Can I request pls JJ x Reader, where the pogues guess the new guy that the reader is seeing because they are bored. The reader gives lies and key details to throw them off. Even Sarah joins in, plus including JJ, himself too to just spice things up.. asking you questions about this mystery person. Until they finally connect the dots.. looking back at how they couldn’t see it. Thank you so much, love your writing.
Guessing Game
"Okay, seriously? Ever since the beginning of this summer, you're walking around like you have tacs under your feet, smiling-obviously it's about a boy...spill..." Sarah asked you as you hid your phone from view, a flirtatious text shielded from any prying eyes. But also a text that made you flash a look of warning to its sender, a blonde hair boy, all to pleased with himself for the dirty promise made from his eager fingertips, sitting directly across from you.  
"Why does it have to be about a boy?" Kiara shot back. "Maybe she is just enjoying summer..." 
"No.. that blush...the giddiness...the hiding the phone...and don't think I haven't noticed you showing up in clothes two days old..." 
"I don't think he'd like me to say-" 
"Well now we have to know." JJ teased, as if to challenge you to a silent game. 
"Is he from The Outer Banks?" 
"Born and raised." You answered as the girls narrowed their eyes. 
"Kook or pogue?" 
"Complete pogue...Although he wouldn’t mind going ‘full kook’, I’m sure…" 
"Can't be half bad then..." JJ added. 
"Oh, he's bad..." The girls giggled as Pope and John B silenced their soured expressions, adding their own questions out of boredom. 
"Brunette?" Pope inquired.
"No." 
"Can he surf?" John B added. 
"He thinks he can." You answered. 
"Better than me?" 
"Isn't everyone?" You purposely teased despite the fact that JJ was a master against the waves. Controlled motions of his hips, something you knew well. 
"Is he the best you've ever had?" 
You paused. "He likes to think so..." The narrow of JJ's eyes were caught in your peripheral vision as you continued to smirk. 
"Does his name start with a vowel?" Pope asked a carefully curated question as this continued for the better part of the hour as JJ had his eyes more narrowed then they had been their usual wide expression from your veiled teasing. But going on the second hour, the girls were now more intrigued as the boys lost interest as the conversation turned more erotic. 
"Is he big?" Sarah asked with a raised brow. 
You shrugged, hiding a wide grin before he smirked in the way your eyes flashed to him. 
"Better question...does he know how to use it?" JJ added as you looked him dead in the eye. 
"Doesn't even need to. I could come with just his kiss if he willed it..." 
"Jesus..." JJ gripped the chair at the thought, shifting his shorts to hide his erection, as your bold words brought a blush on every expression also on earshot. You licked your lips with pride, doing so slowly to remind him just what he was in for the second those doors came to a close.
“Okay, so he’s from here…” The girls began to accumulate all of the clues as you kept your eyes to JJ, your lustful irises lowering and coming back to a rise with the same come hither look while ignoring the words circling you. His brow cocked as you bit your bottom lip when looking to his seam, his eyes now cementing on your thighs as you uncrossed and reconnected your legs as he scoffed. 
“They better hurry the fuck up or they’re gonna know who’s making you act like this, princess…” He texted as Kiara suddenly noticed the way you looked at each other. 
“Oh my God, it’s JJ!”
Sarah’s mouth fell open before her eyes squeezed nearly closed. “But he didn’t go to The Kook Academy…”
“Yeah…or have a tattoo…” Kiara added. 
“I couldn’t be honest, you’d know and I didn’t know if he wanted you to…” You confessed as he shrugged. 
“Well how long has it been happening?”
“Enough with the inquisition!”John B groaned, “It’s time to eat…” He pulled everyone towards Pope’s summer salad as you waited at the counter, feeling a familiar set of hands make their way to your hips. 
“JJ…”
“They know now, princess…Might as well prove all those dirty little answers of yours true…” You were suddenly wrapped around him, thighs beneath his hands, before you were taken into the bedroom. 
Meanwhile, Sarah, John B, Pope, Kiara, and Cleo all looked at each other in complete bewilderment. 
“How the hell did we miss that?”
“Doesn’t help she lied at the answers…” Pope shrugged. 
“But the way they’ve always looked at each other should have been our first indication!” Sarah berated herself for being ‘oblivious’ as you would go on to prove one of the answers true over all others. 
He was the best you ever had, something validated as he endorsed you to speak those very words from behind that bedroom door, sending everyone to blush while you and JJ relished in the fact you no longer had to be quiet or secret as there was nothing else left to guess…
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ch3wytzuyu · 11 months
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༄ؘ ؘ୨☁️ɞ﹒₊˚synopsis: jeonghan and y/n become best friends after she moves in with her aunt and uncle due to her parents being distant, and as life changes, life comes around to a full circle for the two of them
༄ؘ ୨☁️ɞ﹒₊˚warnings: sex jokes, profanity, castration jokes, y/n gets called a puppy (teasing by cheol and seri, bullying by areum)
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CHAPTER 1: CAUGHT THE FEELS
THE ATMOSPHERE AT SCHOOL TODAY WAS weird even for y/n’s standards, she and nayeon were the first ones there despite usually being the very last one of their friends to show up at the last minute
y/n walked around the school campus to see if anyone she knew was there still or if she and nayeon were truly early
after circling the entire school three times, she deducted that it was the latter, and wondered where her friends were
jeonghan was always at school at eight o clock on the dot and as of now, it’s eight ten and no signs of him, or the twelve others were there
she circled back to the cafeteria to look for nayeon and once she couldn’t find her either, she panicked
what if she was living a real life horror movie and she was next to go missing? what if they did something terrible to jeonghan? what it jeonghan was missing?
at the thought of that, y/n ran into the courtyard and almost screamed at the large “boo” that had to only come from jeonghan
“what the fuck hannie” the boy giggled and told everyone to stop hiding and to come out “wow, what was the reason” i crossed my arms and feigned anger but the small smile on my face gave away my true feelings
“we just wanted to scare you that’s all, don’t be to mad y/n” i turned my head to cheol after he said that and flipped him off which caused him to gasp “how come i get the bird and jeonghan gets a smile”
jeonghan chuckled and pulled me into a close hug and i melt into it “don’t scare me like that again hannie” “can’t promise not to but okay” “your reaction was hilarious lowkey y/n” “shut the fuck up joshua”
joshua gasped and him and cheol whispered something to each other causing them to both laugh “yeah yeah, come on let’s go to class” i looked at my cousin and flipped her off too
“Y/N ME TOO?? YOUR OWN COUSIN?” i giggled and squeezed jeonghan tighter
“of course nayeon, you know i love you though” nayeon rolled her eyes and giggled before she came up with a reply
“not more than jeonghan” “of course not, i’m the yoon jeonghan, no one is loved more than me”
i pulled away from him and placed my finger on my chin to pretend as if i was thinking “sorry hannie, ima have to disagree, i love cats more than you”
“and when you’re 30 with seven cats ima laugh” “shut the fuck up jeonghan” “finish puberty than talk”
i gasped and pushed the boy away causing our friends to giggle “i’ll have you know, i am done with puberty, bitch” “yeah yeah yeah, come on y/n let’s walk around before we go to class”
i rolled my eyes and took his right hand in my left and walked off towards wherever he wanted to go
y/n’s palms began to feel sweaty and she tried to find the reason as to why, she knew that she wasn’t nervous, she wasn’t hot either, so why?
she looked down at their connected hands and her mind exploded
no way it was because of jeonghan, was it?
oh no, her palms are sweaty because of her best friend
jeonghan seemed to notice the quietness of the younger girl so he nudged her with his shoulder “hey baby you okay?” “yeah i’m okay, why you ask?” “because your hands went from being ice cold to being sweaty as hell”
“i don’t know why, maybe i’m nervous” “about” y/n didn’t want to say ‘you’ so she settled on the first thing her mind came up with “i’m not sure, probably deez nuts”
jeonghan pinched me on my shoulder, causing me to yelp in surprise “deez nuts jokes are so old y/n and they aren’t funny” “yes they are!!”
jeonghan rolled his eyes and held onto y/n’s hand again “speaking of which, why are your hands so cold” i semi shrugged and swung our connected hands back and forth “i’m anemic”
jeonghan ‘ahed’ at this and i smiled “make sure you take your medication, we can’t have you feeling bad”
i smiled and hugged jeonghan while still keeping our hands locked “of course hannie, anything for you”
my heart started thumping harder against my chest and i wish it listened to my head when i said to stop, but the heart what the heart wants and mine wants to thump for jeonghan
JEONGHAN AND I CIRCLED SCHOOL UNTIL the bell rung at eight thirty to signal that first block was about to start
i walked into first block overthinking all of my encounters with jeonghan up to this one and none of them felt like this, and i unintentionally let out a melodic sigh
“what’s wrong y/n?” the sound of a chair being pulled out and the touch of someone’s hands on mine brought me out of my thinking “seri, i think i like jeonghan”
seri- aka my best friend other than jeonghan, was one of my favorite people, she would be there for me no matter what and give me the best advice she could at our young age
“you think? you’ve only been friends for twelve years it was bound to happen” i groaned and laid my head across the desk and seri laughed
“jeonghan and y/n kissing inna tree, k- i- s- s- i- n- g, first comes sex then a bae aye bee” “seri that isn’t the song what the fuck”
seri shrugged and giggled and mumbled a small ‘if the shoe fits, then wear it’ causing me to roll my eyes
“what do i do seri? if i like jeonghan like really really” seri was quiet for a moment until she thought of a response
“figure out how you feel about him then make a move y/n, don’t make a move if you aren’t sure”
i nodded and thanked seri for her advice and thought about if i liked jeonghan like that or if i was being delusional cause false crushes that last no longer than a week happen, and i sorta hope that it’s the case with me
“hey when i said think about it i didn’t mean now, focus on me instead” i giggled and told seri i would which caused the older girl to giggle and gossip until the bell rung indicating that second period was about to start
seri and i began to pack up our bags debating on what we wanted to do for the summer and i told her hang out with jeonghan and her face started to look suspicious
“what does that face mean” “oh nothing my y/n pie, except wear protection- can’t have you with kids this young” i gasped and began to hit seri on her shoulder
“seri what the hell? i can’t even be a mom right now, i’m taking all sophomore classes”
seri snorted and then punched my arm “how the hell are you taking sophomore classes y/n if me, cheol, nayeon, and jeonghan are all older than you if we’re still in freshman classes”
i stuck out my tongue at the girl and smiled “im too advanced and since i can’t just graduate at fourteen-
-they put me in advanced classes when i was in fifth and ever since i’ve even in classes for the other grade so, junior year i’ma graduate” seri’s jaw dropped and i shrugged
“that is so lucky? what do you even do with- no for a job being that smart” i shrugged at seri and she started listing jobs that were honestly stereotypical for someone to say to me, lawyer, doctor, politician, but i didn’t want to do that
“good options, but i want to be a designer seri, i’m going to major in fashion design and minor in business”
seri stopped and thought about it and smiled “you’re amazing at making clothes, so go for it, honestly y/n, i support it”
seri’s comment brought a smile to my face and i hugged the girl, because without knowing she made me feel alot better about myself “well you know if- jeonghan stop i was speaking”
before i could ask her why she said that, the pull of my backpack into someone caused me to let out a small yelp and then stumble
seri crossed her arms and jeonghan chuckled “i was talking to y/n ya know” “i do, but i do not care either, i had to ask my love a question”
at the pet name and my recent revelation that i liked jeonghan, my brain stopped functioning and seri noticed “
whatever, also, y/n remember to be safe” after that she let out a devious laugh and walked the opposite way
“i don’t like seri, but y/n, are you staying over my house for the summer?” “i got permission from my parents so, yeah, ima be living with y’all this summer”
jeonghan side hugged me and thanked me “you wanna come over today for dinner? my parents will drop you off”
i pretended to think about it and jeonghan let out a faux exasperated sigh “i asked nayeon to text your parent and they said it was okay”
“in that case no, byeee” jeonghan rolled his eyes and i smiled “is mama making stew?”
“shes asked you to come because she’s making it” “see you tonight jeonghan” “you better”
I STOOD IN NAYEON’S CLOSET FREAKING out over what to wear to jeonghan’s house, and she felt like i was trying too hard but i felt like i wasn’t trying hard enough
“why don’t you just wear your uniform over to his house?” “because why the fuck would i do that?” nayeon rolled her eyes and went into my room to grab an outfit
“here, pajamas that are comfy and cute y/n, but i don’t understand why you-” nayeon stopped and her grin grew wider until i saw her bunny teeth and i sighed
“YOU LIKE HIM” i shushed her until she was nothing but giggled and once she was quiet i admitted
“only took you a little bit to admit it but it’s okay y/n, have fun but not too much fun ya know” “i hate you with so much hatred, the fiery depths of hell can’t contain it”
nayeon waved her hand to indicate that i should be going because a car just pulled up in the drive way
“your mother in law is here! bye sis i love you” i placed a kiss onto nayeon’s cheek and walked downstairs to see my aunt and mrs. lee talking
“jeonghan is waiting in the car for you darling” “thank you mama” i hugged her and ran out to the car where jeonghan was and slid in beside him
“joshua and cheol are coming over too, i didn’t want them too, but they begged my mom and she said why not”
i giggled and asked if mrs. lee was gonna pick them up and he nodded “cheol is next, then shua’s, then my mom has to go to the store and then we’ll eat”
i nodded and smiled at jeonghan who appeared sleepy “you wanna sleep on my shoulder? i can wake you up when we’re at cheols house?” “y/n i love you”
i scooted over and buckled myself in the middle seat and let jeonghan rest his head on my shoulder
twenty minutes has passed and i began to get sleepy too, especially since his mom wasn’t in the car, i let out a small yawn and rested my head against his for a small second
but i still didn’t fall asleep because i wanted to stick true to what i told han, and i would stick through with it until i did it
a little while later, she came back to the car and saw the two passed out teenagers and smiled as she took a picture
she already loved the two of them way more than her heart could take, so she let the duo sleep in her car as she went and picked the rest of their friends up
telling the two boys to let the kids sleep
she had a good feeling about those two
CHAPTER 2: WHAT DOES LOVE FEEL LIKE
I EXCITEDLY WATCHED AS THE CLOCK WAS one minute away from dismissal time and i would finally be granted to go over the house i am so accustomed to
nayeon giggled at me as i gave her a hug and told her to call mrs. lee anytime she needs me and she rolled her eyes and scoffed at it and told me she loves and will miss me
next person to see was seri and i hugged her tightly until we decided to let go and she ruffled my hair and told me to have fun at the toons house, and told me if i needed a condom to call her
i smacked her head in retaliation
after saying goodbye to all of my close friends, i walked to jeonghan’s classroom and waited for him to come out, but instead his two friends did
“jeonghan’s pup is here” i rolled my eyes at seungcheols remark and flipped him off “yeah yeah but you’re the bitch though so”
cheol rolled his eyes at my rebuttal and i took that as a sign of me winning the petty name battle and joshua laughed and fist bumped me
“your boyfriend is talking to the teacher about advanced placement classes for next year” “thank you joshie” “you know he said your boyfriend right?”
i looked at cheol and shrugged which he raised his eyebrow at “you so do like him” “do not” “do too” “do not” “do not” “i know thank you cheol”
cheol rolled his eyes and i stuck out my tongue at his failed attempt to get me to admit my feelings out loud even if he was right “you do like him though, you dote on hannie as if he was a helpless little baby”
i smirked and before i said something, made sure he was still in his class “he is my helpless little baby”
joshua and cheol chuckelr and before either of them said anything, jeonghan was there taking my hand a muttering goodbyes
while at the same time my heart was thumping against my chest
AFTER I GOT TO JEONGHAN’S HOUSE I RAN straight for the kitchen so that jeonghan and i could make cookies based off of a recipe i had learned in culinary the other day
jeonghan being jeonghan was being a fucking menace with the flour and was throwing it at me anytime he got the chance to
rinsing off a bowl? flour on me
mixing in chocolate? flour on me
hugging jeonghan? flour on me
cleaning the previous flour up? flour on me
i frowned at the most recent time jeonghan got flour at me and hit him with the wooden spoon i was mixing with which caused him to let out a loud yelp
“you’re so mean y/n” “shut the fuck up and clean up the flour, you got it in your hair” the boy rolled his eyes and i giggled “matter of fact i’ll get you hair hannie”
“good, cause you were going to anyway baby, you know that right?” i smiled and finished up mixing the dough
“i do”
AFTER I FINISHED CLEANING THE KITCHEN i took a shower to get all of the flour off, while i was showering in jeonghan’s bathroom, he took the guest bathroom
i dried my hair and styled it into a long braid and threw one jeonghan’s tshirt and a pair of shorts i packed
as i applied my nighttime face cream, my heart thumped at the interaction i had with jeonghan earlier, and i sighed dreamily
he had no idea what he did to me
i chuckled at the memory of me describing how i felt to seri and she called it “coochie tingles” which caused nayeon and i to fail miserably at holding our laughs back
a knock to the door brought me out of my little thought and i replied a ‘come in’ because i knew jeonghan’s knocking by heart
“hurry up i want you to do my hair, also, cheol and shua came over, i hid the cookies” i rolled my eyes and told jeonghan to grab my hair care stuff and i’d help him and he did just that
i walked into jeonghan’s room and noticed how cheol was sitting on the floor and joshua was on my bed which caused me to roll my eyes
“jeonghan sit down at your desk chair hon” at my instruction he pulled the chair out to face his friends i situated behind him
jeonghan hasn’t gotten a haircut in over two years i believe so that caused his hair to be past his shoulders and idly resting on his upper back
“don’t tell me that jeonghan is about to get pampered” “you’re just jealous that you don’t have a y/n like me”
i stood behind him as i gently ran my fingers through his damp hair “did you use the daeng gi meo ri like i asked?” “of course baby”
i smiled at jeonghan’s pet name and began to comb through his hair and moisturize it since it had the tendency to get dry during this time
“not gonna lie, i’m jealous of you y/n, jeonghan doesn’t even let me touch his hair and i’m his bestie”
i raised my brow to joshua and he rolled his eyes “boy bestie” i smiled and began to part jeonghan’s hair to make sure i rubbed his scalp with some anti-dandruff serum
“i just love jeonghan that’s all” “we can tell” i shot cheol a dirty look from behind the chair and began to braid hannie’s hair
“y/n i’ll literally pay you to do that for me” “no, y/n’s only allowed to do it for me” “you heard him” “of course she listened to him, she’s like his puppy”
“shut up cheol”
and that’s how calling y/n jeonghan’s puppy started
CHAPTER 3: A FOOL FOR LOVE
SUMMER WENT BY IN A FLASH AND NOW IT was time for birthday season, seri starts it off with hers since her birthday is in late july, then cheol, then nayeon, then jeonghan, then me, and finally joshua
but now we made new friends with the first years and added them to the line up so it’s no longer just us ninety five liners
we have jinhui and soonyoung with june, some other kid named wonwoo with july and woozi with november so birthday season was packed
this year me and jeonghan we’re gonna have separate bdays since it’s our sweet sixteen and to be honest i’m glad, because being honest we had eighteen days in between our birthdays
and i really wanted a halloween themed party while jeonghan wanted to have a huge party with anyone and everyone from school
and he did, jeonghan’s sweet sixteen was the talk of the school for the next few weeks and being honest it should’ve been for the rest of the month
jeonghan had lights, seven tiered cake, a literal expensive home chef, and gift bags with gifts around $10 each and easily over 200 people came to celebrate it
and that’s what my family was going for too
the day of my sixteenth i wasn’t going to school much to jeonghan’s sadness, because my aunt was taking me to get a piercing, tattoo, and my hair dyed
for my party, jeonghan wanted to match and of course i couldn’t say no to the boy i was in love with so i told him yes
we settled on ariel and eric, and to make the costume more legit, i was actually dyeing my hair
my aunt didn’t want me to get a tattoo but i’ve only been begging since she known me so she agreed to let me get a small playboy bunny on my lower back
and as for the piercing, i got my left nostril, i eas terrified of needles and didn’t want to see it, so it was my best bet
THE MUSIC WAS VERY LOUD AT MY PARTY and i knew we were gonna have complaints from our neighbors and while i was walking all through out my party i saw someone i didn’t want there and frowned
areum, ever since seri let it drop to her cousin about my feelings for jeonghan, she would call me every name under the sun
from shaming me, to calling me a dog, to even stooping as low as to call my mom an alcoholic which she could only know from seri
i frowned and went to find seri who was talking to jeonghan, and her demeanor was lot more different and i frowned
“seri can i talk to you?” seri turned back and on her face formed a scowl and told me hurry up and she led me to a closet so no one would interrupt
“why did you tell areum that” “why not, it’s true y/n” “but that’s private seri? why?” “because i like jeonghan and she does too so why not talk shit about the main one who likes him”
a mix between a gasp and a sob escaped my lips and seri smirked “i thought we were friends seri” “correction we were, until you became a fucking yes dog for jeonghan when he clearly doesn’t want you”
“it’s a pity how you get attached anytime shows you a lock of attention, tag wagging bitch”
seri didn’t stop there and if she did, i probably the wouldve still talked to the friend group but she didn’t, she brought up my history of eating disorders and my lack of parents and it boiled over
boiled over to the point i punched her in the face causing her to scream and run out the closet
at the noise, our friend group ran over and went to tend to seri without even noticing me which caused me to scoff
the only one who came to my aid was joseph who i later learned to be joshua’s older brother and he heard me out
instead of everyone else who told me to leave because i caused seri’s nose to bleed and she was crying, even nayeon and jeonghan
i scoffed at the fact i was kicked out of my own birthday party and tears welled up in my eyes
that would be the last time i interacted with any of them
CHAPTER FOUR: BLAME IT ON ME
THAT MONDAY WHEN WE WENT BACK TO school, the entire friend group kicked me out without even listening to my side
my heart broke at the feeling of isolation and the only person who was there to console it was joseph
i tried not to get close, anytime i felt we were, seri’s words ranged through my mind and then i would cry
“it’s a pity how you get attached anytime shows you a lock of attention”
joseph didn’t mind though, and slowly but surely he developed feelings for me and since i was trying to get over jeonghan, who simply broke my heart with no regard i went for it
and i’m glad i did, because i felt happiness that i haven’t felt since i was friends with everyone, but the dirty looks, the bullying, and the way i would see nayeon and jeonghan leave when i come into the room broke my heart and i fell into my old eating habits
joseph and i talked about how i should just leave but i wanted to graduate first, so i settled on the next best thing
graduating early and moving to france
i tried to get in one last goodbye but no one would hear me out so i scowled and my love for the former friends started to boil into hatred
CHAPTER FIVE: GHOSTING
ITS BEEN EIGHTEEN YEARS SINCE ALL OF that, and i don’t even think about it, in that time i had graduated college at twenty and me and joseph gotten married shortly after
plus two years later i gave birth to our second daughter, sunhye, who proved the second kid stereotype to be nothing but true
life was looking up for me more than ever, my fashion business was taking off, i was happily married, had two beautiful daughters, and i was pregnant again
(some part of me believes that joseph has a pregnancy kink but i never plan on bringing it up)
life was good
until i realized i didn’t love joseph anymore, it was a terrible realization, my oldest was seventeen, sunhye was eleven, and the twins were ten and to top it all off i was pregnant again, much to my displeasure i wanted three kids but now i’m that plus four thanks to this baby making machine of a man
i came to the realization after driving home from a long day at work and i didnt even feel the urge to see joseph, i just wanted to eat and sleep, and joseph didn’t say anything either
i felt terrible, i was pregnant with the most lovely man’s kids, and here i was thinking of leaving him
but unfortunately minduelle noticed it too, and being the wise girl she was, she told me that we should divorce
so i put my big girl pants on and told joseph
me and joseph peacefully divorced and thanks to the prenuptial agreement we had in place i kept my millions and he kept his, and we became even better friends being honest
me and joseph were closer than ever and he even told me he met someone new, much to my delight and that lead us to our current situation
me and his girlfriend planning his 36th birthday while he was away at work, and our older kids playing together
michelle was a little older than me but still younger than joseph, and she had five kids to my knowledge and they ranged from 7-20, i didn’t mind, joseph still took care of our seven even if it meant driving an hour to fix a baby bottle
and it was better this way, i could focus all my time into being a mother, and when they were over his house, i would hold meetings with other company, making even more money, boosting my already high net worth to over 750 million dollars due to my fashion brand
i was in my home office when my soon to be 18 knocked and let herself in “mom i have to ask you something” i didn’t look up from my paper but i nodded and told her to continue
“what was the name of your first love because i think i just saw him” i put my papers down and peered at her over my glasses
“yoon jeonghan and where” “dads restaurant, i went to help and a man named joshua came in there and dad said he’s my uncle and when he came in he introduced his friend to”
i sighed and cursed at myself, i knew coming back to korea before the triplets were born was a terrible idea but my daughters begged me
i sighed again as i patted my chair next to me as minduelle sighed “i’m sorry mom” i raised my eyebrow to the girl and asked her why
“dad invited them to his party”
CHAPTER SIX: BRAVE FOR YOU
MINDUELLE AND JOSEPH’S BIRTHDAY WAS huge, their family was there to support my ex and our first born
what i didn’t expect was for my friend group from over 18 years ago to be there, i was over the incident, but i still didn’t want to converse with them
so i hid myself in my master bedroom with my three newborns until my twins and sunhye came into my room and begged to show me the dance they learned
i sighed, but not wanting to turn my daughters request down, i told them to grab their sisters so i could change into something that wasn’t my breastfeeding pajamas
i changed intro an outfit that i felt comfortable but also acceptable and i finally stepped out which caused my four daughters to run out and say mom finally joined the party
at this mention, i saw nayeon and her jaw was slacked and she got up and minduelle stood in front of me protectively which caused me to giggle 
“cleope, come here sweetie” my oldest twin ran over and i asked her to go ahead and show me the dance so i could go ahead and sing happy birthday to joseph and minduelle
my ex- aunt in law came towards me holding onto my youngest child and smiled “you look absolutely stunning y/n, postpartum treating you okay?”
i smiled and nodded and heard the telltale song of my daughters dance routine which i later learned were made by three of my former friends
apparently the song is called cheers and my daughters are obsessed with it and as the lead rapper came on, i watched as cleope stepped up then, sunhye , then finally cleope
towards the end of the wind i watched sunhye twerk a bit and i called out to her which caused everyone to giggle
after the performance, everyone clapped and i ran up to my girls “good job! i’m so proud of you girls, you did amazing”
before i could dote on my girls any longer i heard cleope shriek and turned around to see cheol, soonyoung, and jihoon who seemingly gotten permission from joseph to hug the girls
i rolled my eyes but let it slide because my girls did love their music and didn’t know that their mom had a notorious history with the three
but when sunhye dragged me over to meet her idols i sighed
the enthusiastic 12 year old introduced me to ‘s. coups’ ‘hoshi’ and ‘woozi’ and i felt as my face scrunched at the stage names
“i know them sweetie, i went to high school with them” sunhye gasped and asked if we ever were friends and i told her i would tell her later which caused nervous looks on the faces of ‘svt’
“lets sing happy birthday to your sister and father now love bear”
i gathered everyone into my kitchen which was very spacious and began to light the cakes that i spent a good amount of money on for the duo
i had a sparkler in my hand and screamed as it was lit by an ecstatic joseph and i screamed as i held it away from my body as it was lit
“fuck you, y- fucking fuck i wanna divorce hoe” “we already are” “i know i want another hoe” only then did i remember my kids were there and apologized as my daughter blew out her ‘18’ candles
CHAPTER SEVEN: BACK TO THE BASICS
AFTER THE PARTY, I WAS APPROACHED BY nayeon and i immediately turned her down and when she pulled the ‘we’re cousins card’ i told her she ditched me for someone who wasn’t
“two weeks after you left areum and seri began arguing and areum told us what happened, im sorry”
i scoffed at the apology she looked down “you listened to the bitches cousin, instead of your own, pathetic to be honest”
“i’m sorry y/n i know it’s late but-” “drop it, why would you bring this up at my kids party nayeon please drop it” nayeon dropped and walked away and i sighed
“y/n you look well how are you” i turned back and saw jeonghan and frowned “i am well, but please don’t speak to me, i didn’t even know you would be in my house”
“joshua invited us, joseph let joshua handle the invit-” “i know, i didn’t know you were coming though, i would’ve said otherwise then”
after i cut off jeonghan, minduelle came back into the kitchen and stared at the interaction “mom dad says you have a gift for me where is it”
i raised my eyebrow and told her it was on my dresser and she squealed while asking me if it was the mercedes keys “what the fuck you had snooped already?”
“of course i did, you go big with presents i had to, suck my toe if you’re offended” “i’ll break your toe minduelle”
“understood have a lovely night mom” at the interaction, jeonghan smiled fondly and asked y/n if they could talk
“why, you had the option to, 18 years ago, why at my daughters party” “because i don’t know if i’ll ever see you again” “that’s the point, i don’t want you to”
jeonghan sighed and i walked out of the kitchen and i sighed as well “if you see me in public, i’ll talk to you then”
jeonghan brightly smiled at this and i roll my eyes and scowl “don’t go looking for me either jeonghan” the male smiled and i walked out feeling worried about the possible interaction
CHAPTER EIGHT: I DONT UNDERSTAND BUT I LOVE YOU
i cursed as i seen jeonghan walking in the park along with two young kids with one of them being no older than two years old and the other being around seven
i tried to turn my back but the notorious triplet baby carriage gave it away and jeonghan had seen me much to my dissatisfaction
“hey y/n” “yoon” “can we talk now” “no” the look on his face was indescribable and i sighed “yes, only because i want my daughters to learn about communication” jeonghan thanked me and i hummed in acknowledgement
“staring off from your birthday party, i went to tend to seri because her nose was broken, i was gonna talk to you after, but everyone told me not to because they saw you as a attempted murderer”
“i see, but why didn’t you call?” “because of joseph telling us to let you go since we already hurt you, and maybe it for the best because i see that the two of you have a lot of kids”
i smiled and nodded and looked down to the three newborns who were all sleeping in the stroller
“so two weeks when areum and seri fought, areum confessed as to what happened and every one felt bad and tried to apologize, but then your aunt told us you left for good”
i nodded and smiled at the memory of first living in paris “and did, the only reason i came back is so that joseph’s parents can see the kids more”
jeonghan nodded and i sighed “i forgive you for what happened in the past, hell i hated you and the others, but after having kids i realized i just prefer forgiving and forgetting then moving on with my life”
“what if i don’t want you to move on y/n” my face was a mixture of different emotions and i asked jeonghan to clarify
“when areum and seri fought, seri said you had attacked her because she was going to set me up with areum and you loved me, and i asked every one if you loved me and they said it was true”
“back then i didn’t think about it, but i called you baby for a reason, and i may not have understood it, but i love you, and some part of me still does”
i frowned and asked jeonghan what was i gonna do with the info and he shrugged “give me the chance hopefully”
CHAPTER NINE: LOVE ME LIKE THIS
IT WOULD BE TWO YEARS BEFORE I GAVE jeonghan the time of day and took the fact that he might actually love me seriously
i invited our former friends back into my life, but kept them at an olive branch distance and being honest i don’t think that’ll ever change
but the way i started to see jeonghan did, he warmed up to my kids, and they loved him, even minduelle said she wouldn’t mind seeing us getting married, and that idea scared me
marrying jeonghan? fifteen year old me would have an aneurysm if she knew that he wanted to marry me, even if i didn’t even indicate that i seen him as more than an acquaintance
the thought of getting romantically involved with jeonghan terrified me, but the fact he’s been trying for over two years quelled my worries and i thought the possibility of being intimate with him wasn’t so bad, just as long as he treats me right
and he did, to the point his kids adored me and called me mama, jeonghan was serious about loving me and in the end, i gave him a chance
if he ruined that chance, then this time kids would be involved and i would honestly kill him but that’s neither here nor there
i fell in love with him again
CHAPTER TEN: LOVE YOU AGAIN
I AGREED TO MARRY HIM AN ENTIRE YEAR later and everyone was involved, from my three year olds, to my twenty one year old
my already big family went from seven kids in the age range of 3 to 21 to the range of ten kids between 3 to 21 and it was never a dull moment
minduelle graduated from college and met a girl whom she’s now dating
jeonghan’s son, junghyun is in his third year of high school and plans on going to a trade school
sunhye joined a dance group let by hoshi and is one of the top dancers in her age range
while cleope and clementine are waiting to do the same
jeonghan’s second son hyunjae is an absolute sweetheart and doesn’t give me a second to be alone much to his fathers annoyance
jeonghan’s youngest child eunbi, is learning new ways to focus because due to my prodding and encouragement, we found out she’s on the autism spectrum, so we’re finding alternatives for her
and my triplets aureliana, arielle, and aurora call him dad, with joseph’s encouragement
my household and heart feels complete and some part of of me hurts at the journey that lead me here, but would i change it?
hell to the no
because life became a full circle for me, and i for the opportunity to love jeonghan twice
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This week for my @magireco-minibang fic, I grant you a tiny peek into Touka's childhood. If you notice that these teasers have been a lot less descriptive than most of my works... heh. That may or may not be on purpose.
Project partner: @karinmisono
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“Touka, are you sure you can read all of this?”
Small Touka looked up into her older sister’s concerned red eyes. “Of course I can! Just hold those books for me, okay?”
“I thought you were going to paint or sew today…”
Touka groaned. “I’d much rather continue learning. These books are about the sky, I think, and I really want to know more about it. And they’re Father’s books, right?”
“Well, yes…”
“Then I’m also learning more about him through reading his collection!”
She stood on her tiptoes to try and grab the last book she needed from the shelf, but it was too high up for her to reach. One of her more silent sisters took it and handed it down to her.
“Thank you,” she said politely, setting the tome on top of the other two she’d been carrying. She had to remember her manners. She found her way to the white sofa rested against the wall and tucked her layered skirt beneath her to sit down. “Okay, this one is about… constellations.”
Her red-eyed sister loomed over her shoulder, brown bangs covering one eye when she did. “Are you sure this is a good idea? You know you can’t go outside. Wouldn’t it be better not to know?”
“And die of boredom? Nope! Besides, it’s my birthday, isn’t it? I should get to do whatever I want. No, I should get to do… how old am I?”
“Nine years today,” her sister mumbled, sorrow dimming her eyes.
“Yeah, so I should get to do nine things I want today! You all have to do whatever I say until I run out.”
“That reminds me, you wanted to come here today… Normally, you’d prefer to stay in your room.”
Touka sighed. “My room makes me want to throw myself into a paper shredder lately. I wish we could renovate my entire wing of our home, at least. It’s so…” she opened the dictionary she’d taken to keeping at her side and sought out the word she was thinking of to make sure the meaning was the right one. “Dreary. Are you gonna let me read?”
“Sorry. You’re a smart girl, Touka. I didn’t mean to imply you can’t handle the knowledge. We all know how much you love to learn. Go ahead.”
She let out a proud huff at the praise and started looking through the book.
“‘A constellation is a group of stars that appear to form a recognizable shape or pattern in the sky.’ Like giant connect-the-dots puzzles? We have those at home. ‘They are formally defined regions of the celestial sphere. Imagine the sky as a giant dome surrounding the Earth. Constellations are like countries drawn on that dome, outlining specific areas. While individual stars move through space, the stars within a constellation tend to maintain the same relative positions over long stretches of time. However, it’s important to remember that the stars within a constellation are rarely related to each other in space; they simply appear close together from our vantage point on Earth.’ Do they…? ‘Beyond their cultural significance, constellations were vital navigational tools. Sailors at sea used the stars to determine their location and direction, while farmers would track the constellations to know the changing seasons. For example, the rise of the constellation we know as Orion (the Hunter) signaled the arrival of winter in many cultures . Even today, stargazers and astronomers alike rely on constellations as signposts in the night sky.’ So they also serve as compasses or maps… I’ve never gotten lost here, but it’s pretty massive, maybe I could try cartography?”
The book went on to talk about the eighty-eight constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Touka realized as she read that she didn’t know much about the state of the world, its countries and governments. She frowned. That felt like an important gap in her knowledge.
“Big Sis, did Father have stuff I could read to learn about the countries of the world?”
Her sister put down the books she’d been holding and scratched her head. “I believe he had an atlas somewhere, and statistical reports about Japan as well as other countries. Say the word and we’ll look for it.”
Touka smiled. “Yay!”
Her attention was drawn back to the pictures of the night sky, white dots connected to form different shapes. Delicate fingertips traced over the lines, longing, but for what? Even if she could go outside, it wasn’t like she could fly, and she was pretty sure she’d die if she tried to go into space. Not that her life mattered very much to her. It hadn’t been enjoyable like in the stories she’d read, at all.
Maybe she was too young to say that for certain. Maybe all she had to do was wait. And wait, and wait, and wait… Touka didn’t remember a time where she’d done anything but waiting. Had she not taken matters into her own hands, she was almost sure her soul would have wasted away with how little there was to do at home. Her thoughts drifted to an incident the prior month, where two of her brothers had dragged her away from the basement.
“The walls were black, like my room… I didn’t think it was off-limits. I’d never been there before. Everyone was so worried… They told me the basement is dangerous. Why would the basement be dangerous…? No one said anything, but they’d never handled me so roughly before, and they looked genuinely upset that something terrible could’ve happened to me…”
Touka was going to need to investigate the basement more.
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Candy’s Gift Boxes
Spinel got up and stretched, sighing and savoring the refreshing feeling in its likely last moments. He was tempted to make tea or mix some crystal wine first, and even glanced at the shelf he kept it a moment before giving a heavy groan and pulling the ear piece from the suit he'd removed earlier. He held it out to Randy, then levitated the box over, the same one that was connected to the dogs as well. He flicked the switch, and to his horror it seemed they were already in range because Candy's voice came through loud and clear as he was rambling quickly.
"--so yeah basically really excited over this, big big big, but I mean it's really big, bigger than I thought so if you could pretty pretty please? The sooner the better, and with you helping it'll be done in no time and we can spend the rest of the day having fun!"
Sugar's voice came next, more timid, "Well yeah, that makes sense, that really is a lot you have there, wow... So just this area...?"
"Yeeeep, I messed up a bit, silly me, and wound up having things cleeeear on the other side of Canterlot and there's just no way I can deliver it all at once. Sorry...! Hehe..."
“S- Sounds like they’re talking about an- another delivery. A- And a pretty b- big one at that.” Randy frowned as he heard Candy’s voice. Poor Sugar… even though he had told them Candy didn’t talk about business when they were together, there that bastard was asking him for a favor. He looked over at Spinel and swallowed nervously. What could be so big that it would take multiple trips to deliver?
Spinel's eyes were locked forward, and he was breathing a little heavier with a slight hiss in his breaths, ears alert.
Sugar's voice again, the shifting of what sounded like different types of packages with different objects, "Okay sooo... Well it's not so bad for this area... Yeah, yeah I should have it done in no time! The boxes are really cute this time, special occasion?"
"Presents!" Candy exclaimed cheerfully, "Mementos mostly, for old time's sake. Ah ah, right, since it's pretty different this time, just leave them on the doorsteps. Should be fine, wont they be surprised!" he squealed, hooves clacking. "Okay so no more time wasting, I better bounce, theeeen meet back here in an hour? Hour sounds good."
"I can do an hour, sure." Sugar anxiously replied.
"An hour it is! See you then, Sugs! Smile!" Hooves clacking away and fading out, and then a long sigh from Sugar, packages shifting.
"Okay let's see... mmm this one's just a block away, I'll start there then..."
Spinel's ears were flat by now, and he was definitely grinding his teeth.
Randy cocked his head to one side. “I- If Sugar’s close.. m- maybe we can tail him and find out wh- where he’s going?” he got up and went over to Spinel’s suite window. Obviously he wouldn’t be able to see anything super well from this high up. But, he found himself staring down at the streets below anyways. “Pr- Presents.. f- for who I w- wonder."
"Hopefully for the ones that are gonna rat him out when I punch their teeth in." Spinel spat angrily, following Randy.
He may not have been able to see things too well, but the two specks of pink in the distance just a few blocks down were hard to miss. One was bounding away quickly, and the other seemed to be walking the other direction, coming their way with a cart full of wrapped gift boxes.
Spinel backed up and cursed loudly.
Randy had also spied the pink dots in the distance, narrowing his eyes to get a better look. These new glasses were amazing. He could just barely make out the tiny curls in Sugar’s mane. When he saw the direction he was walking, he looked over at Spinel, panic slowly building up inside him. “Y- You don’t th- think… Sugar’s not coming-” He looked back out and at the cart. “O- Oh Celestia on high…”
Spinel was pacing, looking angrier and angrier as he did. "That fucking BASTARD knows where I am, what the HELL is he trying to pull now?!" He wasn't just angry, he was scared, and there was sweat starting to form on his forehead. And if he wasn't already on edge enough, when a knock came on the door he jumped a few feet in the air and shrieked, then stood still as a deer in the headlights as he hyperventilated at stared at the door pensively. There was no way Sugar could get up there that fast, in fact he was still walking from what could be seen out the window.
He was about to go over to Spinel and try to get him to calm down when he heart the knock at the door. He froze as still as a statue and stared at the door in panic. There was no way in hell that Sugar had gotten here that fast.. he was afraid to find out who that was behind the door. But, inside him a small boost of courage came, and he looked over at Spinel. “I- I’ll get it,” he said as calmly as he could, and went over to the door cautiously. He reached for the door handle, hesitated a moment, then unlocked it and opened it up slowly.
Spinel whined softly. Actually whined. And tried to reach a hoof after Randy a moment before retreating, waiting, and then cautiously slinking behind him so he could get a view.
When the door opened just a little, it was suddenly pushed open harder. "CHIEF!" came a winded, panicked voice, Whistle's face squeezing through the door frantically as his wings flapped and flopped around. "Lemme in, lemme in...!"
Spinel jumped again when the door was suddenly pushed like that, but seeing Whistle his frightened demeanor dropped to something more serious and alert. "Whistle...?"
Randy closed the door behind Whistle and he locked it quickly. He leaned his back against the door, as if he was trying to keep the fear out, and stared at Whistle. “Wh- What are you d- doing here b- bud?” He looked through the door’s peephole, still listening to the young pegasus.
It was just Jade out there, along with the usual guard. The guard however looked a little more alert and cautious now, keeping a close eye on the elevator.
Whistle paced a bit, "I was- I was comin- I w--" he breathed heavily, picking up his whistle and blowing a few times, then dropped it and tugged Spinel's leg, "I-I--I-I saw him- I saw-- I ran here as fast as I could- I--I don't think he saw bb-b-b-u--"
One of Spinel's hooves lifted up to pop Whistle's mouth shut under the chin, and then he shoved the whistle back in his mouth. "Yeah. I saw too."
Whistle stared in fear, but nodded, seeming at least comforted that he wasn't going out of his mind. He blew the whistle softly a few times in a row.
Randy sighed with relief and came over to the two of them, nervously tapping his hind hoof. “O- Okay, w- we’re in the cl- clear for now…” He looked at Spinel in confusion. “D- Do.. do you think my ex broke a- and told Candy where w- we are?”
Spinel was about to talk, looking angry and alarmed at this notion, but Whistle spat out the whistle and quickly piped in.
"No, because he already knows, how else would he have sent that filly here to set up that slipping scandal? You- you didn't think of that--?"
Spinel's lip curled, and he looked more anxious, brows furrowing."..Slipped my mind for a bit..."
“S- Same here…” Randy pinched the bridge of his nose. “R- Right so… th- then our r- real concern is… wh- what’s the present?” He looked at Whistle and Spinel. “Y- You two kn- know him m- more than I do.. an- any ideas? Sh- Should we expect l- like a bomb or something?” His hoof tapped a bit faster and he rubbed the back of his head.
Whistle blinked, "Present...?" He looked at Spinel in confusion.
Spinel scowled and nodded, "He has a brother. A fucking idiot, but he's heading here right now with a cart-load of 'presents' that Candy's having delivered all over Canterlot. Saying it's 'big' and to 'leave them as a surprise'."
At first, Whistle was horrified to hear about Candy having a brother, but his ears went alert as more information was given. He quickly processed it, eyes darting around as he did so. "Can't be a bomb, wouldn't put his brother with a bomb, even if he doesn't care about him it would be too risky especially if he's known to be absent minded. And the relation too, much too suspicious right? But it can't be drugs either because nopony just leaves drugs on a doorstep. That would be stupid."
“Th- This ‘present…’ it m- might be something th- that has the p- purpose of sending some k- kind of message.” He rubbed his templed and began to pace. “B- But, wh- why now? Wh- Why send us s- something now? I- Is it because w- we’re getting too cl- close? No no, w- we still don’t r- really know too much.. Why i- is he doing this?”
"For fun." Whistle said plainly, staring off with a vacant expression. "'Cuz he wants to see how much he can get away with. Nuthin' else matters. Guess he got bored hiding out." Whistle paused, then slowly his eyes widened, "But if he's bringing one here, then... Who's getting the rest of 'em...?"
Spinel narrowed his eyes, at first thinking that was a dumb question. "More of his 'friends' probabl---" he stopped talking. No. That didn't make sense at all. Spinel wasn't a 'friend' and yet it looked like he was heading this direction. His expression became confused.
“N- No no.. i- if he’s sending you a present th- then maybe his en- enemies? Th- The ponies he…” He shook his head. “N- No, he pr- probably doesn’t have v- very many e- enemies. S- Sugar did s- say ponies l- liked him. So then wh- what’s the conec-..” His voice trailed off and his eyes grew wide open. “… Sp- Spinel? D- Do any of the other O- Osiris foals l- live here in C- Canterlot?”
Whistle held his hoof up, looking scared, "Well I do..."
The color in Spinel's face drained a bit. "...Canterlot was the first section of Osiris to be taken out... There were three other locations but Canterlot was the biggest..."
Whistle hesitantly spoke, "There are at least 10 foals if not more still here living with Canterlot families, and some of 'em never really... recovered... so they're in special care homes..."
“Shit,” Randy said as he paced over towards the window and stared out at the street, panicking as soon as he didn’t see the pink dot in the distance any more. “Th- That fucking b- bastard…” He looked back at Whistle and Spinel. “I- It looks like we’re first on th- the list of deliveries. S- So once we g- get your ‘presents,’ we should g- go check in on the other Osiris f- foals and see what they r- received.”
".. I'm scared..." Whistle admitted, shaking with his ears flat. He moved closer to Spinel, pressed close to his side.
Spinel didn't move much at fist, but steadied himself with a deep breath. "We're in this together. Like last time."
Whistle bit his lip, then closed his eyes and nodded anxiously.
There was some silence, other than the distant humming of Sugar coming from the box. The cart wheels stopped. Hoof steps. The creek of the mail slot. "Theeere's one!" he praised, and the humming continued as the cart joined.
The sweetness of his voice gave Randy a stomach cramp. As he heard the mail slot creak, his hoof stopped tapping, and he stared over at it for a moment, his breath held. After Sugar had delivered the present, he looked over at the two of them and took a deep breath. “… I- I’ll get it,” he said grimly. He made his way towards the door, anxiety feeling him to the brim. As he opened the door and made his way down the hall, he nodded at Jade and the security guard.
Jade stood up a moment in concern, "Is everything alright?" She started to follow him, giving the guard a nod as well before keeping to Randy's side now. "This is seeming pretty serious."
“I- It’s… It’s Candy. He’s got his br- brother delivering s- some kind of present t- to all the Osiris k- kids.” He called the elevator and waited for the doors to open. “C- Can you sh- show me wh- where the m- mail room is? I n- need to pick up th- their presents…” he stepped in when the doors opened, stared at the carpeted floor of the elevator, staring in concentration.
Jade's expression looked more serious, and she nodded, pushing the button to go to the first floor. "If it gets any worse, we could be looking at relocating... Oh but he'd never want to do that." She chewed her lip, "... I have numbers... But only if Mr. Spinel approves. Please consider it and think about it." She stepped from the elevator after that, not waiting for a response as she began to walk to the back of the store.
Randy followed her and stayed by her side. “.. O- Once we figure o- out what’s in these th- things, w- we should contact the other kids right a- away. Th- This could be bad…” He looked around the back of the store, not having really explored it at all. Come to think of it, he had never really looked around the store… ever. It was strange some of the things that came to mind before something horrible was about to happen.
The crystal pony lead him past the stock shelves and janitorial area, stopping at a big bin that was placed in front of a large mail slot. In the bin were a few typical delivery packages, but on the top was a present that was about the size of a cereal box. It was wrapped up in purple with a gold ribbon and a blue to and from tag, but there were no names, just a doodle of Spinel's cutie mark with a glittery gel pen and a few hearts.
“… how can s- something so i- innocent looking strike s- so much fear into y- your heart…” he said bleakly. He almost didn’t want to touch it, and it showed when his hooves retracted when he reached for it. It took him a couple more tries before picking it up and holding out in front of him like it was made of a disgusting wet ball of garbage. He made his way back to the elevator, grimacing at how beautifully wrapped the package was.
Jade examined it carefully as he was picking it up, and she followed in concern. "Looking like a birthday present makes it creepier. What would a pony like that be sending...?" She shook her head and brought him back up to the 4th floor.
The box was light, and definitely seemed to have tiny bits of... Something in it moving around easily whenever it was moved. Something that felt familiar in fact.
“I d- don’t know.. b- but that s- sick bastard s- sent Spinel a l- lot of l- little somethings…” he shook it softly, than shivered as he stepped back into the apartment with Whistle and Spinel. He placed the present down on a nearby coffee table and sat in a nearby arm chair. “… Wh- Whistle’s is p- probably being d- delivered t- to his parent’s house…” Oh his poor parents. The fact that this horrible, shitty thing from the past was coming back to haunt their son… He rubbed his temple and stared at the box.
Jade gave a small "Good luck." of concern before shutting the door and sitting back down in the office to think.
Whistle's ears went flat as he stared at the box, gulping and then giving an awkward little winning smile, "I'm sure they'll be fine, and if it's somethin' bad I can get back to 'em asap. So. Let's get it over with."
Spinel was sickened by this box that bore his colors and reminded him that he never had a name in the past, and he pulled the two of them away from the box as he backed up. His horn lit up, and slowly, the ribbon came undone, followed by the wrapping paper. It was a box of maple and brown sugar oatmeal with a cute card attatched to it with an illistration of an adorable puppy and words in big bold black, "I'm so proud of you."
Both ponies couldn't move, just staring in horror. Spinel couldn't read bigger words, but he could read those alright, and he was in too much shock to react.
Silence. Uncomfortable, unnerving, unrelenting silence. Randy stared in disbelief at the box, and furrowed his brow. After a few more moments of the long silence, Randy got up and came over to Spinel and Whistle, and stared at the box, whispering, “…. I g- guess I kn- know now wh- why you don’t l- like oatm- meal…” He looked at the words on the card, and he felt his jaw slack open slightly. What the fuck did he mean by that? He didn’t look at Spinel or Whistle… he continued to stare at the box.
It was Whistle who finally stepped forward, snatching the card and shoving the box over in disgust before he opened it. It made a loud 'POP' noise. He yelped and jumped back, dropping it with his wings puffed up, and Spinel was about to rush forward to get him away from the letter, but stopped in place to see what it was.
There was glitter, confetti, and party strings strewn about, apparently a small party popper was placed inside and with that same glittery gel pen was loopy, fancy hoofwriting.
'Keep up the good work!
Kisses and hugs!
-Uncle'
Next to 'Uncle' was a a piece of candy taped down.
Spinel couldn't stand to look at it any more. His breathing grew heavier until it became grunting growls, and then an angry shout as he started stomping and scraping the letter to pieces.
Whistle slowly retreated away, a solemn and lost expression on his face, wings limp and ears low.
Randy jumped at the burst, and nervously watched as Spinel tore the letter to bits. He looked over at Whistle and whispered softly, “Y- You might want to h- head on home… b- be with your folks. I’ll t- take it from h- here sport….” his eyes darted towards the door and then back to him. “.. I- I’ll call you l- later. G- Go on now.” He gave Whistle a strange look, not sure if he would leave or not, then very slowly approached Spinel from the front, his eyes trying to meet his. When he got within reaching distance, he waited for him to calm down so they could talk about what to do next.
Whistle gulped and nodded, slowly backing out of the suite and turning only when his butt hit the door. He left quietly, but once he was out, he was running as fast as his legs could carry him.
Spinel just kept tearing and tearing until the paper was nothing but tiny little bits, and then he stamped the candy over and over. He grabbed the oatmeal box, giving Randy a glare for one moment when their eyes did meet. He didn't stamp it or throw it, instead storming out to the patio where he placed it on the ground, backed up, and lit it on fire with a small pack of matches. He stared at the flames coldly in silence.
Randy watched him leave, and stared at him through the glass. He was tempted to follow him outside, but he knew that Spinel probably wanted to be alone. Quietly, Randy went to the kitchen and picked up the land line, where he called a Chinese place and asked for delivery. He didn’t know why he was doing this… but he felt like he should be doing something instead of just sitting around. He felt weird about ordering it, he honestly did. But, the circumstances were already bizarre. Once the order had been placed, he got himself a glass of water and sat at kitchen counter, sipping it nervously.
As the fire was finally dying down, Spinel rubbed his eyes and his face. He let out a long, deep sigh, and tiredly walked back inside, looking at Randy with an expression that honestly looked dead and broken.
Randy set the water down on the counter, and got off his stool. He came over to Spinel, and stood in front of him, staring back with concern. He reached out and touched his shoulder. “… y- you gonna b- be okay?” he asked softly, not breaking his gaze.
Spinel looked sickened by the touch, not by Randy but by himself, and he tensed himself away just slightly. "I never hated myself more before in my life."
Randy’s hoof followed him none-the-less, and he stepped a step closer. “.. Wh- Why’s that?” he asked, his brow furrowed slightly. “I- Is it b- because… h- he’s trying to m- make you feel like y- you’re becoming m- more and more like him?"
"I--I don't know! I don't know how to take it I just--" he choked up, losing that cold apathy and moving on to lost desperation as he stumbled to sit down. "All at once I just-- I felt-- Ashamed, and then a moment I felt my heart stop and I felt fucking excited and h-happy and then even more disgusted with myself and I don't know what it means!!!"
Randy rushed to his side and helped him sit down on a nearby couch, sitting beside him, his hooves together in his lap. He stared in silent confusion, and listened intently. He didn’t want to interrupt his chain of thought, so he let Spinel talk. And as he did, he kept feeling more and more angry towards Candy; wanting nothing more than to rip each bone from that sick bastard’s body out through his skin one by one.
He clung to Randy, speaking in panic and pain and sounding so much more vulnerable than he usually let on. "M-my whole life I just didn't want to disappoint him and then I got out and I - I made something of myself and it's like I've been waiting to hear that just o-one more time j--just-- but it feels DISGUSTING!!" He started scratching and rubbing himself where he could, then buried himself more to Randy's body as he shook. "I don't want him to be proud of me!!!"
Randy held him and rocked him, his eyes wide open in horror. He stared ahead, that anger now fuming and boiling, and it took every ounce of his strength to keep it manageable. He gently stroked Spinel’s mane, and nodded. “I kn- know…” he whispered, unable to think of anything else to say. This was heart breaking… but there was nothing he could do except hold him and comfort him. And it made him upset because he wished there was something- well no… actually there was something he could do. And that was catch this filthy, disgusting, bastard. He pressed his lips to the top of Spinel’s head, and stared into his mane.
The unicorn kept himself close, shaking, quiet, letting thoughts settle and sort themselves out since they ere a conflicting whirlwind at the moment. And when he didn't know what else to do, when he felt too ashamed to cry and too hurt to scream, he did the only thing he knew how to do when confronted with an unfamiliar and frightening situation. He started laughing. Clinging tighter, laughing harder but with a strain in his throat. "All this time... hahah, imagining him angry, ahahahaha! For sure, for sure he'd be mad...!"
Confused by the laughter, Randy furrowed his brow but didn’t say anything. He only rocked him softly, and gently rubbed his back. And suddenly, the gravity of just how terrifying this whole situation was hit him like a falling safe. This guy wasn’t.. malicious. He wasn’t cruel, or abusive. He gave gifts, taught the kids songs, encouraged them to be positive. A stallion capable of so much damage… and so much confusion; and yet he was these kids only comfort. Their protector and their role-model. And that just made Randy feel that much more sick and angry.
Spinel's laughter took some time to die down, and by the time he was done he looked just about as exhausted as someone who spent the whole night wailing and sobbing. After some silence, his head nuzzling where it could on Randy, he broke that silence with a deep sigh and then spoke. "If this gets any bigger... I'm going to have to get The Queen Bee involved again…"
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writing-funsies · 2 years
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Soulmate Series P.1
p.1 | p.2 | p.3 | p.4 | p.5 | p.6 | p.7
pairing: Luffy x reader
warnings: none
word count: 805
notes: switch bodies au; when soulmates are within a certain distance of each other, they switch bodies until they're able to find one another
You weren't prepared for the weird turn your life was about to take. How could you be? It happened on a day you'll never forget. Everything about the situation was hilarious, but it was terrifying in the beginning. 
        The summer heat had been unrelenting. You were convinced that the sun had a personal vendetta against you and wanted to melt you where you stood. The only things on your mind were shade and water.
        A certain someone wanted those things as well, but he was also craving some food. Any food would've done. He'd probably clean a seagull from its bones if it came down to it. Unfortunately, or maybe, fortunately, he and his crew dropped anchor at the same town you did. 
        The moment Captain Monkey D. Luffy stepped into town, both of your worlds changed.
        One second, you're lounging inside a nice cool bar and the next you're standing outside in the sweltering heat wearing a red vest and a straw hat. 
        His crew was dumbfounded when they realized that their captain was no longer their captain. After spending an appropriate amount of time freaking out, cause you were 1: back under the sun, and 2: in someone else's body, you found yourself dreading the next few hours. And the rest of your life. 
        You had never been one to really buy into all the soulmate crap, but life always found new ways to surprise you. You thought all of it was just crap that old people spouted because they had led successful lives with somewhat meaningful relationships, or it was just what love-sick fools said when they thought they had found the one. Standing as you were, it wasn't a far leap in logic to come to the conclusion that this barely dressed rubber boy was your future forever and always. 
        Luffy didn't realize at first that anything was different. He was out of the heat, sitting in a bar, and excited to finally be able to eat. He didn't waste his time wondering how he had gotten there. He just started ordering whatever food looked and sounded the tastiest, which was pretty much all of it. 
        He didn't care about soulmates. It was inconsequential to him. So what if he had someone that was supposed to be just for him? All he wanted was to be King of the Pirates. If he ever found his soulmate and they didn't want to be a pirate, that was okay! He had his friends, his crew, to spend his days with. If his soulmate did want to be a pirate then he would invite them to join his crew. (Maybe not really an invitation, but Luffy's version of an invitation). Either way, he would happily continue on with his life. 
        It wasn't until you came storming into the bar, his friends in tow, that he even began connecting the dots. You walked right up to him, who was chowing down on a feast in your body, which was not very good for your mental state, and you grabbed his shoulder. He turned to look at you. Seeing his friends, he flashed a smile. He started to say how good the food was when it hit him. He was standing in front of himself. That's when he looked down and realized he was no longer in his own body.  
        The two of you switched back. Your mouth was still full of food, so you spit it out onto a plate and cleaned yourself up. Luffy quickly went back to enjoying the food he had ordered. 
        ''So, you're my soulmate?'' You nodded. His smile widened. ''Cool! Want to join my crew?'' Shock ran through you.
        ''You just met me.'' He shrugged.
        ''So?''
        ''You don't even know my name.'' A laugh followed your words.
        ''Oh yeah! So, what is it? Is it something cool? Or is it something weird like Hammock?'' You shook your head, stealing a glance at his crew to try and see if he was serious. None of them seemed to be weirded out by the question. Or shocked by him asking you to join them. This must be normal for them. 
        ''I'm Y/n. What's your name?'' He swallowed the food in his mouth.
        ''I'm Monkey D Luffy, and I'm gonna be King of the Pirates.'' 
        Just like that, you were united with your soulmate and your new family, and your journey with the Straw Hat Pirates began. The crew took a liking to you almost instantly. You balanced out their captain's impulsiveness. Life was never dull with them around. It was exactly what you had been yearning for. Plus, now you got the honor of becoming Queen of the Pirates. 
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m1d-45 · 8 months
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oh Shit it is august huh. oh goddamn what the fuck. um. i’ve been mia for a while as i try to refill my brain ideas tank and i finally have a Thing
so for context: for some reason i have this reoccurring nightmare about a zombie apocalypse not sure why. could be bc of my very old anxiety about zombies but who knows. so my first thought was obviously “how do i connect this to sagau” and here is how i connected it. i’m connecting the dots.
SO for starters. you’re probably immune to the virus bc of your divinity, but zombies are still assholes who will try to get your blood outside of your body for regular zombie reasons. okay now that’s out of the way, my first thought was “oh imposter au where reader is honestly fine with this bc yeah you’re being hunted down but at least you’re being hunted down by people” BUT THEN. i had another thought called “reverse isekai au where suddenly there’s real actual stakes for if the people back on teyvat can’t get their wayward acolyte and you back home in time”
i’ll elaborate more later bc i am trying to space out my thoughts. let them marinate a little y’know (also good luck with school everyone! let’s see stay in school don’t do drugs always bring two extra pencils to class don’t use ai to write your essays trust me if your schedule leaves you with a free period either have it in place of your first class so you can arrive late or your last class so you can leave early. some wisdom from yours truly) - teddy anon
hello teddy, welcome back !
now, the standard isekai is fine if a bit plain, but the reverse…
they’d all be horrified off rip, really. at first they think it’s just “disease that makes ppl go rabid” and maybe you have a bite on your arm or something you’re mid-treatment for that corroborates this. and then maybe they take you out for a supply run or something and see someone get turned, and that’s when the true Terror of the situation sets in.
could they be infected? what if it was brought back to teyvat? could it be cured? how? what if there was no cure? what if your entire world collapsed? oh, they had to bring you back to teyvat now, and thank goodness they came when they did! what if they were a few months too late and you’d died under the strain?
i don’t know much about the biology of zombies, but i imagine their mouths are even more full of bacteria than humans’, and more dangerous. even if you aren’t given the zombie virus, there’s still worry of infection, so they’ll stress about that the literal entire time (you’ve never gotten seriously sick, but they insist). depending on the flavor of zombie you have—speed, intelligence, activity during daytime, all those details—it could be easy to grab whatever they need to make the portal back, or take a solid few months. i imagine they’d expect elemental energy to be abundant in our world, which is correct, but depending on their vision “anemo-blessed leaves” and “pyro-infused stones” could be hard to find.
oh, and watch out for them too. the last thing you’d want is for them to bring the virus back to teyvat.
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eatabubble · 2 years
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Short
Vance x reader
Reader is like an inch taller idk
Summary - you and Vance are online friends but you ended up taking a trip to his hometown, however you can't quite get over his height
Word count: 944
I read somewhere that Tristan (Bruces actor) is like 5'5 so like since Brady (Vances actor) is almost the same height as him so I'd like to assume Vance is pretty much is the same height maybe shorter so here's this lmao
Social media and I guess advanced technology is a thing already👌🏼
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"Holy cow your short Vance"
"Shut up,"
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Vance and you have been friends through social media because of some cocky thing he had said on an app and when it found you, you decided to say something though it had nothing to do with you, you decided it would be funny to see how he'd respond.
So from then on you two continued to "bully" eachother or just tease a little but after around two weeks of nonsense you added eachother, both not going a day without talking since then. Due to you guys living in different states though, you've never seen one another in real life, but as soon as you got your first vehicle at 17 you decided your first big trip should be to Denver where your good, old dear pal, Vance was at, you didn't tell him though and truth be told you didn't know what to expect he never wanted to face time you, you knew he was your age though, because what type of weird middle aged man say they're 5'5? And he would show you pictures of him beating his personal high scores in pinball, but you did add him not knowing he was the school "bully" however he seemed to be nice to you, plus you'd stay there too short of a time to really know the reputation he built in his hometown.
So as you got closer to your designated spot you began to ask Vance a tad bit too many personal questions about where he hangs out the most at, and where he lives so he soon got suspicious and began connecting the dots from when you told him 3 weeks ago that you got your driver's license to when you said your parents got you a car as to when you said what his reaction would be if you drove to Denver to meet him and to now when you wouldn't stop spamming him questions along the lines of "do you live in a big neighborhood or?". So yeah your surprise was a bit of a fail but here you were now at a convenient store with a worn out logo up front, 'grab n go' and surprisingly to anyone else but you he bought all the stuff you picked out.
You couldn't lie about the fact that you felt people staring at you two inside the store, you thought maybe he was popular here, maybe that explains why they're staring at him, but if he was popular why would everybody shuffle a little further away from the both of you each step yo- he took. You didn't care too much to dig into it further as you guys left but you did end up asking him.
"Are you popular here or something Vance, because you never told me that."
"Eh, I suppose it's something like that"
"Huh?" "Doesn't matter here lets go up that hill over there" "okay!"
As you made your way up the hill he pointed at earlier, you asked if he could show you the pinball machine he always uses or if he could show you how to play, you already know to play but you wanted him to show you how he plays because if he could best his high score every time he must be doing something very right. "we already passed it y/n"
"what, where we only went to that old store down there- oh, oh was it over at the corner crowded by everybody" "mhmm"
"so I assume it's hard to get a chance to play, right?"
"Not necessarily a problem for me, I mean it basically has my name all over it but maybe for other people" "wow"
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"You know I expected you to be a bit taller Vance, yeah you told me your height but I thought maybe you were exaggerating like you knew you were short but wanted to get the point across so you lowered the numbers a bit,"
"That makes no sense y/n, literally, what part of that was logical to you" he rolled his eyes at you.
"Hey, you don't get to make fun of me, atleast I can reach the top shelf at libraries" you knew you were exaggerating he most likely could reach it just fine but just like the first time you both talked to eachother you wanted to see how he'd respond.
"I so can reach the top shelf we're legit the same size" he replied feigning offense in his voice or maybe he was offended you couldn't really tell "you probably wouldn't know if you could or not, it's not like you've ever touched a book anyway." As he was about to snap back you grabbed one of his candies, stood up and held it high standing on your tippy toes and extending your arm as far as it can go, you knew he could pretty much reach it if he really tried because as mentioned you were pretty much the same height but he seemed to be struggling
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"Holy cow your short Vance"
"Shut up stop saying that, I just don't want to hurt you, stop making my height a bigger deal than it is"
"Ill pray for you to grow Vance, don't you worry" you gave him his wrapped candy back.
"Geez so generous thank you, humble friend" he had a sarcastic tone to it while letting out an annoyed sigh as he finished. "You're so welcomed, Vance" you said having the biggest smile on your face. You wanted to enjoy the few days you'll be staying and what other way to do that than to annoy good ol' Vance Hopper.
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zeiru · 2 years
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Ahh!! Ur stuff is so cute!!!!!! anyways can I ask forr little Gus and Big sis luz hcs?? Please???:]
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💫 Regressor Gus & Big Sis Luz Headcanons ! <3
Outside of his dad, his illusionist professor, & Willow, no one knew about Gus age regressing. Not because he was ashamed of it, mainly because he didn’t have that many close connections outside those three. He was actually very open about it once he felt like he could fully trust someone ! When he met Luz, he felt very comfy with her right away ! Okay, maybe it was because she was human and he loved learning about the human world - but she turned out to be a great friend ! She even gave him a ‘human’ nickname !
Now Gus has trouble explaining his age regression, usually covering up his awkwardness with jokes and such. Outside of that though he tries to be direct as possible ! When Luz, Willow, & Gus get expelled from Hexside, Gus decides to tell his human friend about his age regression whilst they had the time. “Hey Luz, do you know what age regression is ?” Gus would casually ask her. Luz’s eyes lit up at the question and she met Gus with a smile. “Yeah ! Found out about it when I was about your age.” She gleefully spoke as she sketched out a drawing of Principal Bump. Gus had a hunch she knew somehow, “oh cool ! Well in that case—“ Gus grinned and dug around in his backpack, taking out a blue & white pacifier - immediately sticking it in his mouth.
“Ah, age dreaming too, huh ?” Luz smirked and gave the younger boy a pat on the head. Gus giggled and clapped his hands. “Mmmhmm ! You’re okay with me regressing around you right ?” Gus fiddled with his thumbs as Luz aggressively pulled him into a hug. “Of course !” She would reassure him enthusiastically, it’d been a while since she’d regressed herself - so it was comforting to have a regressor friend !
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💫 Here ends the rather short introductory headcanons ! Most of this is going to be simple ‘n sweet sibling headcanons <3
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Gus’ regression range tends to stay on the small side, mostly 2 - 3 years old but it can fluctuate to being from 2 - 6 years old instead !
As stated before, Gus’ main caregivers are his dad Perry Porter, Willow, his illusionist professor ( I’ve decided to call her Suzie Mirage ), and now Luz ! Let’s focus on Luz for now !
Luz absolutely adores Gus ! When she was growing up she had always wanted a younger sibling to look after or talk about her interests and she definitely views Gus as the little brother she never had !
It doesn’t take long for Gus to start fully slipping into his headspace with Luz around. For the first few times, Willow was usually there in case Luz needed help, and because she was a tad bit protective of Gus. That protectiveness starts to wear down though as Willow grows more fond of Luz
Luz knows how much Gus loves learning about the human world and she’s more than happy to indulge him with his interests ! Showing him movies, toys, and anything appealing about the human world that Gus finds ! Two cartoon characters Gus ends up falling in love with are Polka Dots from Blue’s Clues and Lilo & Stitch !
When they’re not talking about the human world, they’ll be roaming around the isles ! Running around playing games like hide and seek, messing around in the little kids’ section of the library, or just running errands for their parents ! Both are adventurous so it’s enjoyable for both of them ! Although Gus tends to get tired more often, Luz of course is happy to give her little bro a piggyback ride !
Gus is a very curious regressor, and often his curiosity gets the best of him. Luckily Luz knows all about that and makes sure to keep a watchful eye. There have been a couple of close calls, but they always manage to make it out of the situations they get in !
Gus loves sensory toys / videos ! Especially visual ones, things filled to the brim with color, lights that dance around. He loves it ! Luz will often color with the little guy and they’ll use as many colors as possible !! Not without coloring on each other of course !
Even with the bundle of energy inside Gus he gets sleepy easily. Night lights are a must with this boy ! Luz will often turn off all the lights and make a bunch of light glyphs for a soft and soothing light source. Blankets ? This little guy gets all of the blankets in the world ! He loves the blanket nests that Luz makes him. She’s always making sure he’s all cosy and comfy before snuggling in the pile herself. Big sister & little brother naps are the best <3
Similar to Eda & Lilith’s dynamic, Gus & Luz love to bake ! Gus’ favourite thing to make is cookies ! All kinds, it’s a hobby that got passed down from Perry and his grandma ! The two troublemakers think of all kinds of weird and wacky flavor combinations for the cookies. They like to be little pranksters and give the cookies out to their friends without saying what the flavors are. The quality of the cookies will go 50/50 so nobody really knows what to expect when they’re offered some ! Sure sometimes it gets messy and Eda’s oven blew up one time - but that’s the fun part of baking with family !
Gus is a bit of a biter as well, Luz learned that the hard way when the tiny tot started teething on her sleeves ! So she always makes sure to have plenty of pacifiers / chewelry around ! He also earned the nickname ‘ankle biter’ from Hunter - don’t ask how
Gus loves human world animals ! Luz teaches him all about them ! They found this little felt baby book that Eda was trying to sell that contains a bunch of farm animals and the sounds they make ! Cue Willow walking in on the two siblings just yelling at the top of their lungs ‘MOO’ or ‘OINK’ - she promptly gets tackled to the ground in a hug <3
Gus’ favourite human animals are chinchillas ! Perry made him a little chinchilla plushie for his 10th birthday <3
Once the gang gets sent to the human realm, things obviously aren’t easy. Everyone is distraught in some shape or form. You’d think the self-proclaimed human expert would be ecstatic to finally be in the human realm but no. Gus misses his dad, his friend Matt - everyone.
When they first settle in Gus tries his hardest not to regress, he doesn’t want to burden the others and especially not Luz, having seemingly lost her entire found family to who knows what. As badly as Gus wanted to be comforted by them he couldn’t bring himself because of guilt - he’s 12 years old he can handle himself ! Or so he thought. He was wrong
Him restricting himself from his coping mechanism and one of the only things that felt familiar backfired terribly. He’d already cried so much but now here he was having a complete meltdown, hiding in Luz’s closet and very deep in headspace. Hunter is the first one to hear him and he tries his best to comfort him like usual. Hunter gets confused though because Gus asks for his sister, he thought Gus didn’t have siblings ? The poor baby’s wailing ends up waking everyone up though and Luz is very quick to envelop Gus in her arms
Luz wanted to take care of Gus, it gave her a sense of responsibility of normalcy she gained from the Boiling Isles. It reminded her of her loved ones. And yeah, Luz & Willow’s hearts broke when they found out Gus had been bottling his emotions up when they got stranded in Connecticut
After that little accident, Luz takes Gus shopping for some agere gear - having all of his lost at home. Luz wanted Gus to feel better and needed to get her mind off of what happened so she coaxes Gus into regressing and it works luckily. At least he could enjoy going to a human supermarket for the first time. Oh, how joyful he was when he saw how different aisles were organized, riding in a shopping cart - how cute the shopping carts for little kids were ! It was normal for Luz but an adventure for Gus. They were just happy to still have each other
Luz makes a promise to herself that once everything is sorted out, they’ll keep having those little moments of happiness and adventure <3
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💫 You’ve made it to the end of the post ! Thank you so much to @ahaclownnoises for requesting these headcanons ! <3
I love Luz & Gus’ dynamic so much AUGHHH - these babies deserve the world !! <3 these headcanons definitely ended on a rather bittersweet note but I hope y’all enjoyed them !
💫 Thank you so much for reading if you made it this far ! <3
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Chapter 4- Part 9
I reset again because I am not dealing with another random battle right now. Before anything, before rebattling Jimmy and before going up that other street, we are catching that Surskit!
So let’s go- back to that fountain!
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AND THE SURSKIT TRANSITIONED!! Congratulations to her, actually.
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Now, I’m actually not too worried? Like, there’s Summer with Grasswhistle and Whiskers with Sing, so we can put the Surskit to sleep once its health is down low enough. 
Three problems with that, though. First- it’s a matter of getting its health down low enough without accidentally knocking it out (yeah, I can reset, but…I’d rather not do that again). Second- with Rain in effect, Surskit’s Water-types moves (mainly Bubble, it seems) are boosted in addition to STAB, so I need to make sure my own Pokémon don’t get blasted too hard. Third- this Surskit has its Hidden Ability, Rain Dish, which heals it a little bit every turn due to the Rain.
In the end, I use Streak to lower its Accuracy and pivoting Glare in for Intimidate Attack drops before keeping her in to Bite Surskit’s HP down. The healing from Rain Dish actually does work a little in our favor here; after putting it to sleep, I can just wait a few turns for Surskit’s HP to be restored to where Glare can Bite again to get it into the red. 
At red HP and inflicted with Sleep, the Poké Ball should be a slam dunk, right?
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And it is! After those, er…tribulations, we’ve caught the Surskit!
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And what better of a name to give her than to reference the rainstorm Xera caught her in (and the weather that gives her Rain Dish Ability and Water-type moves their best uses)?
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So- with Rain in the PC and the party healed up yet again, let’s move forward with this. There are houses to wander into, and likely more NPCs to talk to!
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Ah-!? Alright, alright lady, cool yourself, Xera’s gonna leave, yeesh…
But now I’m wondering- that one guy who wanted Bibarel mentioned not wanting to raise a pink Pokémon (or “pink thing”, as he called it), right? And if this lady already had one of her Pokémon stolen, and she’s got an Igglybuff right there (which is very much another pink Pokémon)...hmmm…
Maybe I’m overthinking stuff and connecting dots where there aren’t, but now I’m thinking we ought to do that Bibarel trade sooner rather than later after all.
Back outside, let’s head up that one street again- avoiding the side where that Trainer was!
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You…this time, Xera will battle you, this time on her (and my) own terms…after we read this street sign.
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More new streets to add the collection!
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Oh, this shouldn’t be a problem at all. Glare’s nice and reliable strategy: Leer, Wrap, Bite, let’s do this.
This Spinarak not only uses String Shot to mess with Glare’s Speed, but it's got its own damager-over-time move in the form of Infestation. This becomes a battle of Wrap vs. Infestation, bit of a war of attrition…but Glare’s just built different.
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Hah- gonna take more than just String Shot and Bug moves to take down this snake!
Trill’s next Pokémon is Cutiefly, which is even better for Glare. As a Fairy-type, Cutiefly’s particularly vulnerable to Poison Sting.
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Especially with Leer, Poison Sting should be enough. Sure, Glare’s still slowed down by the previous String Shot and Cutiefly here keeps spamming Fairy Wind, but Glare does more damage to it than it can do back to Glare.
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Oh, is that what that “West Side!” thing was about? Is there some kinda like gang war going on over here? Considering the state of Reborn City, I wouldn’t be shocked if there was a gang war or two happening somewhere.
But now, let’s keep going down Cinderton Street to see what else we can find.
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Welp- if my map ‘discovery’ from earlier didn’t spell it out, this certainly confirms Peridot Ward’s proximity to Jasper Ward. Still, I’m not gonna bother going in there- according to that one old lady, Jasper Ward’s closed off anyways.
So instead, let’s see what’s in this other house back over here-
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Okay, reinforcement of the idea that there’s a lockdown on Jasper Ward, lots of confusion, fear and worry from loved ones, understandable.
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Oh, this is where Crystal Street led! Which means we’re about to make a full circle back down to the PokéMart, very good! After we visit that one building right over there, of course.
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OMG!!!!!! I'M GENUINELY SO HAPPY FOR YOU RIGHT NOW!!!!!! 😭😭😭🤩🤩🤩🎉🎉🎉
I can't believe itttttt
❤️❤️❤️
P.S appreciate future Scotland love!🥰 and I swear I saw somewhere that H was a cricket/sports coach at their old school so maybe he was there in an official capacity??
*okay I've just this second watched it*
Am I crazy or does he sound SO POSH in this?!! 😧
Also he sounds soooooo apologetic! but like genuinely! (I think he knows he fucked up a little)
And he's looking forward to seeing you at WR next season and loves his presents 😭😭😭💕
And the fanpage!!! 🥺 *its clearly boosting his confidence*
When he started mentioning Italy and your own summer, I felt like I was intruding on a personal conversation between the two of you 😂😂😜😅
Omg I'm so so happy for you!!!!! 😭💕What a happy day! 🤩💕xxx
Everyone is so happy for me and my dad said I should be proud he took some bit of his time in Italy for me. I think what I love the most is the fact he really took care of it, he is calm alone in his room (you wonder who he kicked out of it to do this) he settled all and tries very hard not to forget any points of the brief.
I just cannot help to wonder what triggered it you know? So I feel a bit guilty you see? To have moved earth and sun to make him deliver it, it was my right to do so, but I'm scared I was at one point only interested in the result and along the way didn't care enough about the "how" I will get it but only the let me get it. A bit scared I have been too much "pushy" but he seems genuinely annoyed he made me wait this long so I will never know what messed up so bad?
Everyone mentioned "how sweet" that video is and "how cute" he is looking. His hair are growing up so I agree, also he is so close to the phone, a real film director at this point !
He sounds like a bit of formal and casual which looks exactly how we talked last time at Sale when he asked about my Christmas the way he asked about my summer?
I think he finally connected the dots because of the " see you AGAIN" x 2 so I think the connection is established in his mind with giftbag girl and the fanpage and video girl.
The mention of how he said he loved the content on the page, mentioning the videos??? I was like YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT not only stories looking uh ... "doing an amazing job with that " "very impressive" ( I love him, your honor ? ) it relieves me a lot ? The acknowledgment and the gratitude I just feel boosted that I'm not in the wrong? Or annoying him?
you are the third person telling me that at some points it feels really personal and makes the person watching uncomfortable as it is not for you to watch normally but happiness is made to be shared and I couldn't let you all have a look when you were all involved in the SAGA of jack video
I had a lot of laughs as the only thing I personally asked him to nail was my first name and it is a total fail.... twice...
the Bonjour he is enjoying himself too much saying it you can see it
and it is the only part I replayed a lot because it is so funny to me it makes me think to Beauty and the Beast and the moment Beauty is in the street and everyone is telling her BONJOUR haha
and the "in Welford road I assume" with deep voice I reply " you assume right"
Do I want to tattoo myself the "hope to see you there" and "looking forward to see you again" or something approaching as it is his first and last words to me ? YES?
in general the tone of his voice is so different from the usual very cosy and deep <3 the room adds a bit to the charm of intimacy and close-up on hands :D hehe so yeah it is really "special" not as I expected not better or worse just different ! ! So happy he mentions Belgium and the other charities and the personal support, no really he did super good and it is a lovely message !! so cute he mentions how he works super hard haha and enjoying the sun , he is my suuuuunshine my very sunshiiiine . Sorry a bit fangirling but !!! pffffiouuuu so relieved and did have a massive crycry in the train back home as the main character of a drama because it has been the climax of so many expectations/waits/doubts/fears and it was just too much in one shot? so yeah feel emptied from something and now achieving something new? just mission accomplished
I will look for Harry I think so because he is a lot featuring with their cricket account , and for Scotland I really will try but only during RWC
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