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#and we know he touched the catgirl but still had to shoot her!!!!! so!!!
daz4i · 1 year
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HELLO. HI. WHAT IS THIS IMPLYING.
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dire, m | jjk
pairing(s): jungkook x reader
summary: One fateful night. That was all it took for Jeon Jungkook’s world to turn upside down. One mistake, one lick to the face, and something between biology? a spell? and now he’s horny as fuck for a Dire Wolf. Who needs catgirls when you have doggirls, right? 
warnings: rated M (18+) for language, world building, mentions of death, blood; eating raw meat; mentions of (species) discrimination and prejudice; violence; smut (fem reader, too much m-masturbation, m-receiving oral (ish?); saliva everywhere lol); non-idol!AU - werewolfAU; werewolf!reader x blond, human!Jungkook; switches between Jungkook’s POV and your POV; is JK a furry? you decide
tried to keep it fast paced during the world building, hopefully it doesn’t feel as long as it is haha and yes there’s a rap line cameo slipped in there hehe inspired by YOASOBI - 怪物 (Kaibutsu)
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He shouldn't be out so late at night. He had lost track of time, stayed out too late, and now he was paying for it, running, trying to stay swift and quiet, keeping out of the streetlights. The sky was pitch black, oppressively towering over the city. The moon was high above him, thick and full. 
A howl tore through the darkness.
The hair on the back of his neck raised. His breathing shallowed and he tried to move quicker, hiking to the tips of his sneakers, trying to avoid the fallen leaves. There was no one walking around. No one else would be crazy enough to be out this night. The wind swirled around him, as if it too was afraid, hurrying him along. Another howl followed. 
And then another. 
And another. 
Panic rose within him, breaking out into a full out run, not caring anymore about being silent because there was scraping now, claws on asphalt, insatiable huffs mixing with growls. 
This was why they had curfew on the nights of the full moon. 
He was going to die. 
Anyone in their homes was off limits. But he wasn't in his apartment, he wasn't home, and he was going to die, he was going to die, he was going to–
Strong arms grabbed his body from the air, dragging him into an alleyway. He almost screamed, but a hand clamped over his mouth, grip like iron.
A human hand. 
He was slammed against the alley wall, brick cutting into his thick hoodie, pain shooting up his back, tearing it up as he was thrown down onto the dirty sidewalk. The body followed, flattening over his. For such a strong grip, the weight was not as heavy as he expected. The stranger was wearing a dark hoodie as well, incredibly oversized, similar black jeans to his, but it was obvious they were several sizes too big, swamping the legs inside. 
He whimpered as his head was pushed into the brick. 
"Silence, human."
The hand was still over his mouth but his eyes widened. The voice was low, grating, yet distinctly female. The other hand, her left, popped up and he saw the tattoo on the back of her hand, a number below a wolf symbol.
Stay away from the Dire.
The Dire were the reason he was running. The Dire were the reason he was going to die. The Dire were the wolf people that lived among them, too many to not be members of society, but hated for what they were. Essentially werewolves, but not as romantic as the folktales like to make them. 
She reached up and lowered the face mask.
He could smell it on her breath. 
Blood.
He was going to die. 
He started at her teeth, sharp, pointed, a true carnivore, almost too big for her mouth. Still, he was surprised to see her mouth was mostly human, full lips, smooth skin. He thought all the Dire were forced into wolf form during the full moon. 
"Stay still."
She licked him.
His eyes went wide, unexpectedly seeing her lean over, long tongue extended, slobbering on his cheek, all the way to his temple. It coated his face, the scent of blood and something else – thick, intense, and heady, unlike anything else he had ever felt in his life. His eyes rolled back in his head, entire body shuddering at the touch, thighs quivering. Her hand pressed harder against his mouth and she drew back, turning her head, waiting. 
The snarls neared, then stopped. 
"I swore I smelled human here."
Heavy, thudding steps. His eyes snapped back to see the shadows dancing on the wall. Huge, misshapen shadows. Multiple ones. The fear rose within him, but she pressed her hand down on his lips, shaking her head just barely. Her body was still on top of his, covering it. He was very aware of her weight now, firm, solid. He heard more noises. Rustling. Harsh sniffing. 
"Ugh, let's get out of here. I smell a claim," came a deep, disgruntled grumble.
"We can take them." Higher pitched, a little annoying.
"Smell it, you fool."
A snorting whiff.
"Fuck, you're right. Let's get out."
Then the heavy steps bounded away, claws clacking on the concrete. 
She waited until the night was silent for a full minute before removing her hand from his mouth. His face was still covered in her saliva. He raised his hand to wipe it off, but she growled deep in her chest. The sound tingled throughout his nerves, igniting them. 
"Do you want to die, human?"
He froze at her cold tone. She backed up, hood falling.
Suddenly, he forgot how to breathe.
She had tall, pointed ears, fur silvery in the moonlight, with black tips. Her hair was wild, the strands probably thickened from the full moon. Whatever her usual eye color was replaced with bright yellow, flashing as she scanned the area outside the alleyway. She had a mole underneath her right eye, near the inner corner. 
She sighed, standing up. A bushy silver and black tail poked out from under the hoodie. Despite her smaller frame, there was sheer power in her stance, an unmistakable predator. 
"W-Why aren't you in wolf form?" he wondered out loud, breathless in awe.
She turned her head to look down at him. Something flitted in her eyes. Then her gaze hardened. 
"How close is your home?"
He swallowed, shakily standing up, aching all over. He pointed. "A block from here."
She stepped back, ticking her head. Her silvery ears were straight up, tufts of white hair sticking out of them. They looked soft, pretty. 
"Go home, human. The world will be yours when the sun rises."
She left quickly, light steps in her wake. 
-
You shadowed him until he entered his home. 
He didn't notice. 
Dumb human, almost getting himself killed.
-
The Dire wolf people lived among them. Some had good jobs, worked hard, and even had respect from human society. But most had low-paying jobs, poor reputations, and were behind bars. Because at the end of the day, they were carnivores. They hunted. They ate meat. Most of the time they hunted animals in the forest, with one exception. Any human out during the full moon was free game, no reprimand. Any other time was considered murder, but the full moon was theirs. That was the deal between the Dire Alpha and the nation. 
It was not a great deal, but that was the deal. 
Even though the Dire looked human most days, a few things gave them away. The ears, the fluffy tail, the teeth. Some Dire had them removed, clipped, or filed, for style, in shame, whichever. But every Dire had the tattoo on their left hand, complete with the identification number. If you didn't have a left hand, the national government put it wherever it could be visibly seen. 
That was also part of the deal between the Dire Alpha and the nation.
If you asked Jeon Jungkook, he tell you this deal was absolute shit, but there really wasn't anything anyone could do about it. 
No one except the Dire Alpha and the government.
We all know the old ones are set in their ways. 
-
"How much?"
Jeon Jungkook raised his head at the familiar voice. It wasn't as grating or rough as before, but it had a distinctive raspy huskiness to it that he recognized instantly. 
It was the middle of the day, at the local butcher's shop. The air was frigid, mostly to help keep the meat fresh. The prices were cheap here, definitely cheaper than the supermarket chain. 
He looked up to the counter to see a huge bag of meat sitting on the scale. Raw, red, bloody. The figure was wearing a dirty oversized black hoodie and jeans that were about four sizes too big, swamping the legs. Not that imposing, but there was something about that voice that made it imposing. 
The left hand slid out of the hoodie and sat on the counter. Wolf tattoo, numbers. Nails painted black, a wolf ring on her middle finger with glittering, opalescent stones for eyes. Her pinky had a simple silver band. She hasn't been wearing those rings on that night.
The butcher curled his lip and stated the price. 
Jungkook could see the weight from here. He did a quick calculation and furrowed his brows, marching up to the counter. 
"That's twice as much as you charge me."
The butcher looked startled that Jungkook had cut in. The hooded figure was wearing a face mask but there was no mistaking the mole under the inner corner of the right eye, even if she had her normal eye color now. 
"It's... it's higher quality meat!" the butcher sputtered, alarm rising in his throat. 
"Oh, shut up," the woman spat, reaching into her hoodie and dumping bills onto the counter. "There's no need to lie. Dires can do math as well as you, human." She grabbed the bag from the counter, growling. The butcher crawled back in fear, hand fumbling for the knife behind him. 
"Keep the change."
She yanked the bag off the counter and stalked away. Jungkook stared at the bills and shot the terrified butcher one last glare before he rushed out to follow. She wasn't that hard to find. The bag of meat was huge. It bulged against the thin plastic, almost breaking. Jungkook ran up to her, skidding on his sneakers and grabbed the bag from below, hoisting it up. 
The Dire turned her head, raising an eyebrow. 
"It'll fall," he explained, swallowing. She released her hand from the bag. The black face mask covered her expression but her eyes were visible. Careful, intense, not to be messed with. 
"Do you want it, human? Is that why you're bothering me?" she asked. Her tone wasn't condescending or rude, mostly impartial. 
"Uh, what? No, no, I was worried that the bag would break and the meat would fall to the ground and then you wouldn't be able to eat it..." Jungkook trailed off in his explanation. His nerves felt like they were on fire when she looked at him, even if they weren’t the same yellow color as that night.
Those eyes sparked with something unknown, squinting in amusement. There was a single bark of laughter, her chin lifting and hood sliding back a little, revealing some of her hair. 
"Silly human, everyone knows dogs can eat off the floor."
She said it lightheartedly, but there was bitterness, piercing like venom.
Jungkook frowned. 
"You're not a dog."
She raised an eyebrow. Reached up with her left hand, lowering the face mask. The wolf hand tattoo gleamed, dark despite probably having it for most of her life. The government probably forced her to touch it up every so often. His eyes widened as her face was revealed, nose, lips, chin. He remembered the intoxicating feeling of her tongue on his face. The way his whole body reacted, falling into it. Her mouth opened, white teeth sharp and pointed, but not as large as they were during the full moon. 
"Are you sure?" she growled.
It was the middle of the day. Lunchtime. Her right hand lifted, reaching into to the bag. Jungkook's eyes grew wider as her fingers closed around a hunk of meat, blood seeping onto the silver rings she wore on this hand, an intricate skull with a snake coming out of its mouth on her index and a silver band with script on it on her ring finger.
It read...
FEED.
She gripped the slippery meat and pulled it out of the bag. Brought it to her lips and sank her teeth in, tearing at it. She even turned her head sharply to the side, ripping the uncooked muscle to shreds.
Chewed. 
FEED.
Chewed slowly, staring. 
"Best stay away from the Dire, human. They are not nice like me."
"Thank you," Jungkook blurted. 
He did not know why he said it now. Now, as she was literally eating a chunk of raw meat in the middle of the fucking street, blood dropping down and seeping into the face mask on her chin. She was eating like an animal, probably on purpose to scare him, but all he could remember was arriving home and looking at himself in the mirror, her saliva stuck to his cheek and temple. 
She blinked, slowly. 
"Thank you for saving me."
She shoved the last bit of meat in between her lips. She looked thoughtful as she swallowed. Something seemed to be different now. 
"You're welcome, human. I'm glad you're safe."
She held her bloody hand out. 
"I need to feed. I would like to do so in peace, if you don't mind."
He jumped, holding out the bag of meat. She gripped it from the top and placed her left hand under it, supporting it as she took it from him. 
"Um."
He lowered his hands. She looked at him with impassioned eyes. 
"My name is Jeon Jungkook."
She tilted her head, a curious puppy gaze. 
"What... what's yours?"
-
You told the human your name.
Not your full name. Just your given name.
Part of you still wanted to refer to him as the dumb human.
But he did say you weren’t a dog.
That was nice of him to say.
-
Maybe he should have been disgusted, watching her eat raw meat like that.
Then again, maybe he was desensitized, because many Dire ate raw meat out in public. At restaurants and such. Usually with some sort of utensil though, and not with their hands.
Jungkook wasn’t sure what came over him to be honest. He just kept thinking about her tongue. The smell. The saliva. The two Dires hunting him had called it a claim. He wondered what that meant. He took to the internet.
The internet scared him.
He put down the internet.
He stared at his phone, reading the words that he had looked up in the web browser. What is a claim? That didn’t work. What is a Dire claim? Jungkook found the answer on a communal website that defined slang words.
A claim is when a Dire wolf claims a piece of property as theirs via marking them with their scent. Usually, that property is a mate or a human used as a sex slave.
The internet was scaring him. That can’t be right. She didn’t have sex with him. She didn’t even attempt to or try when they met again afterward. She had spent the time eating raw meat in front of his face. She didn’t even give him a phone number.  
“I don’t have a phone,” she said. “Such things are of no use to me.”
Who didn’t have a phone these days? He thought that was weird.
“If you want to find me, I can smell it off you. I will come. Or I will not.”
That was also weird.
But she was a wolf. So. Maybe not?
Jungkook did not have many interactions with the Dire. He met a banker once when he was withdrawing some money. Saw them went he bought groceries or went to amusement parks. The Dire didn’t really interact with humans. The Dire even went to different schools than the humans, so he wasn’t exposed to their customs. The education system didn’t focus much on Dre history or culture.
Also.
Sex slave???
Jungkook couldn’t stop thinking about it.
They must have been mistaken.
-
You could smell the human. He was thinking about you.
What was his name again?
Jungkook.
He was horny.
You snorted and went back to your shower.
 -
Jungkook was in the middle of gripping his dick when he realized.
If you want to find me, I can smell it off you.
Was there a radius? A limit?
The words sex slave kept flashing in his head.
Could she smell him now?
He stroked his cock, slowly.
Maybe?
He kept going.
-
You were in the middle of drying off when you smelled it.
You raised your eyebrows.
You went back to drying yourself off.
Your tail was drenched with water. Sigh. Perhaps you would have to blow dry it before sleeping.
 Oh dear.
He made a mess.
Could she... smell it?
No way, right?
-
“I can smell it, you know.”
Jungkook shot up out of his bed. He was shirtless. Fuck that, he was pants less too. He only had his underwear on, and the female Dire was standing in his bedroom, hood down, head cocked. His window was wide open, curtains flapping in the wind. Her fluffy silver ears were ruffling in the breeze.
It was nearly noon.
The next day.
After, well, the night he jacked off to thinking about her tongue.
She was fully clothed, in a giant gray hoodie and loose black pants, far too big for her. They looked clean, compared to last time they met. There was a black face mask under her chin, squishing her cheeks a little. As usual, her voice was a little raspy and husky, if not monotone.
“H-How did you… g-get in?” he sputtered, grabbing his covers and yanking them over him.
She raised an eyebrow. “This window, obviously.”
He stared at the window. How…? He was on the fifth floor.
“O-oh…?”
Her ears twitched, up and down. He watched them with fascination.
“Well. I just came to tell you that. That’s all.”
She turned around and placed her hands on the sides of his window.
“What are you–”
She turned back, lifting the hood up and over her head and ears.
“Good afternoon, by the way.”
And she launched herself out the window.
Jungkook’s eyes widened and he bolted out of the bed, scrambling to the window. He stuck his head out, looking down. Her sneakers deftly tapped windowsill after windowsill and she dropped down, landing on the sidewalk. She seemed to feel his gaze and looked up.
Tilted her head.
Then pulled the face mask up her nose and walked away as if nothing had happened.
I can smell it, you know.
He turned fifty shades of red and yanked his window closed, locking it, and drew the curtains.
-
The human had a clean bedroom. Shades of navy and dark wood. Pretty. A lot of speakers. Records. Did he actually play them or did he only have them for aesthetics? You knew humans these days loved aesthetics.  It was trendy. That’s all they cared about, really.
So, why did the human do that last night?
You wondered.
Maybe he was desperate or something.
No.
He wasn’t that ugly. And, even ugly humans these days could attract mates. With personality. And such.
Maybe he was a freak or something.
Ah.
Yes.
Sexualizing the Dire.
There were people like that.
You nodded, accepting this as your answer and went on your way.
-
Jungkook stood at the counter of the records store.
He worked here most days as the cashier. The manager was rarely here. At this point, it was basically Jungkook’s store without the actual responsibility of paying the rent for it. Jungkook was fine with that. He liked talking about music, not fighting with landlords about the raising rent prices.
There were a few people in the store. A guy with dark hair and cat-like eyes, frowning as he looked even though he probably wasn’t upset by anything. He was probably just frowning because that was his default expression. Another guy with colorful clothes and an equally brilliant smile was browsing through the ’80s section. He looked quite cheerful. There was another tall guy with an inquisitive face that was inspecting the artwork on every single record. He nearly dropped them six times.
Jungkook was a little worried about him.
Also, he couldn’t stop thinking about how the Dire said she could smell his orgasm.
Or rather, his orgasm as he thought about her.
Maybe if he just…
Did it without thinking about her.
But that was impossible.
If he tried not thinking about her, then he would end up thinking about her. That was how ‘The Game’ worked and, fuck, now he just lost that too.
Sigh.
“Could I buy this?”
Oh, thank God, please don’t drop it again, Jungkook thought as he pleasantly rang up Kim Namjoon.
-
Should you eat the cheese?
You ate the cheese.
It was very delicious.
Maybe you should buy more cheese. You father did not like you eating human food. Every meal was only raw meat. It was fine, but boring. You could digest human food, but only in small portions, and still had to eat meat. You didn’t really have much chance to eat human food anyway. But you had bought this cheese out of curiosity. It had smelled interesting.
So, you ate it.
And it was good.
The human was horny again.
The human really needed to stop this.
You rubbed your chin. Perhaps it was the claiming. Still, he shouldn’t have noticed what it was. Humans couldn’t smell it like other wolves could. Maybe he was starved for intimacy. Maybe no other human had licked him like that. You frowned. Why not? He seemed attractive. Long, ashy bleached hair with strong features and pouty lips. He had moles too, one under his lip, one on his nose, and one on his cheek. You only had one on your face, the one under your right eye. He had tattoos, an entire right sleeve, all the way up to his shoulder. You liked the red eyeball one. That was interesting.
You ate another piece of cheese.
You wouldn’t have marked your scent on him, but it was meant to mask his human one. He was going to die if you hadn’t. You didn’t need to do anything other than the simple lick. You had a strong scent, only outdone by the Dire Alpha.
Your father.
You ate another piece of cheese.
The human was really wanting you.
Should you have saved him? You had saved humans before. You did it often, on full moon nights. You never had to mark a claim though. Every other time, all you needed to do was drag them to safety. They sometimes thanked you and sometimes screamed in fear before slamming their doors in your face. Odd. Some thought about you afterwards, but not like this. You father would not like you saving the humans, but you didn’t really care. You father was an ass to the humans.
He was kind of an ass to you too, but he was less of an ass to you than to everyone else, so you accepted it. You were his only daughter, after all.
The human was having a good time.
You raised an eyebrow and ate another piece of cheese.
Let him be.
-
What if he just…
“This is the third time this week.”
Jungkook jumped, throwing himself into the wall. He was standing in his kitchen, and the window was opening, the female Dire sliding in, hands first, then legs, too much fabric. She must have had a smaller body than her clothes showed, because the window was not that big. The hood of her blue hoodie fell back, revealing her silvery pointed ears. She was still wearing her black face mask. Dark brown pants. Dirty white sneakers all over his countertop.
“H-Hey!”
“Stop jacking off thinking about me.”
“What?”
She slumped down on the counter, legs hanging off the edge. Her ears flickered back and forth. It was early evening. He had been trying to decide on whether to make dinner first or, well.
The other thing.
Her tail slid out of the bunched up blue hoodie, slapping against the gray countertop. Silvery fur, tipped black. It looked really soft. He kind of wanted to pet it. No, he very much wanted to pet it.
“Human.”
Jungkook snapped to attention. He did not really know how to feel about her breaking into his apartment like this. He wasn’t mad at it. Just didn’t understand how or why she kept doing it. He could have opened the front door for her. She didn’t lower her face mask.
“You are distracting me with your constant masturbating, so I would appreciate it if you watched some other porn and did it to that.”
“E-eh?” He swallowed. “H-How would you know?”
She rolled her eyes. “Of course, I know. I told you, if you want to find me, I can smell it. What more want is there than sex?”
Jungkook blinked at her.
“Are all Dires like that?”
She tilted her head.
“No.”
Finally, she reached up and lowered the mask. Her voice was now less muffled, still husky though.
“Only strong Dires can discern who desires them. And most can only smell it when it’s sexual desire, driven by the need to mate. My nose is a little more sensitive.” Her fluffy tail thumped. “I can smell you if you are simply wanting my presence.”
She didn’t move from the counter. Just kept talking to him as if this was normal.
“Humans do not usually desire Dires. It is typically the other way around.”
Sex slave???
“And Dires frequently simply use humans for fun.”
Jungkook’s brain was still fixated on that weird definition he had found on the internet.
“But, in any case, pheromones are usually not compatible, so therefore most humans don’t even realize they’re not physically attracted to Dires. Which is probably why the segregation is so strong, even now.”
She was giving him a biology lesson and his dick was wondering is he was going to get any action.
“Anyway,” she finally said, raising one of her sneakers to place it on his counter. Jungkook winced. So dirty. He would have to deep clean that counter the second she left. “Go get laid or something.”
“I tried.”
She looked like she was about to get up and paused. Her head turned; wolf ears perked.
Jungkook’s cheeks burned hot as he shifted his eyes. “I tried earlier this week. I wasn’t… masturbating.”
No expression.
She raised her face mask to cover her nose and stood up.
“Human.”
Jungkook looked up at her.
“That’s weird.”
And she slithered out his kitchen window.
He didn’t even bother to see if she made it safely. He could hear her deft sneakers touching the wall before the heavy sound of her dropping down to the sidewalk.
-
From now on, you ignored it.
Humans were peculiar.
-
Maybe he was just… weird?
Jungkook leaned against the at the counter of the records shop, hand on his chin tapping his cheek. No one was in the store.
He never really thought about his sexuality much. He just did stuff when the opportunity arose, mostly because he was horny and the chance was there. He never noticed that everyone who was interested in him was human or even those he had a minor interest in were human. Why was that? Why didn’t he think about Dires sexually until that female one licked him like that?
And now she was all he could think about, which was weird because he never really thought about them like that at all.
The wolf people weren’t well liked by society and Jungkook, while not going along with it mindlessly, was definitely influenced by popular opinion. He stayed out of their way, took more care when he noticed a group of them congregating at the sidewalk, and did not have idle chat with them like he would with a human.
He bit his lip thinking about it. He did not like that he only noticed this now.
It took lust for him to realize that he had innate prejudice.
That was a little fucked up.
But better than never noticing?
Jungkook slumped onto the counter. Maybe she could tell. Maybe that’s why she acted so aloof and indifferent. Could she discern his emotions when they were close? He didn’t really know what was fact or fiction when it came to the Dire wolf people. He knew the Dire couldn’t turn humans like the stories. That was just a fable. They could eat them though. That wasn’t a fable.
He wondered how genetics worked. Could they have children?
Was he seriously speculating if be could have children with the silvery female Dire right now?
Jungkook blinked slowly.
Oh, fuck, what if he was weird?
-
You slipped your silver rings onto your aching fingers.
The wolf one.
The silver band.
The skull with the snake.
The FEED ring.
And now, a large opalescent gem inlaid with a star design around the stone, onto your right thumb.
Around your neck was a medium-weight silver chain, carrying the symbol of the family of the Alpha. The jagged diamond shaped like the full moon with a platinum plum flower pressed into the center. The pendant was over ten centimeters wide and hung like a weight under your collarbones.
This was a stupid tradition.
Still, you put it all on because your father insisted. You were proud to be his daughter, but this shit was unnecessary in your opinion.
You licked the back of your forearm, sighing. You were cleaning the blood off. The gash was deep, but it would heal. It was clotting quickly.
Unlike the other times you were outside, you had been previously dressed in a tight, short, sleeveless robe. Silver, with a black sash, and black shorts. Your tail out and proud, not hidden. Ears up and well brushed, hair braided back. There wasn’t much other clothing, because it all immediately got ripped off.
That’s what happened when you changed into wolf form.
You always wondered why the wolf form was always such a contrast to your human form. It made life somewhat inconvenient.
This tradition was stupid, but it was what your father wanted, so you did as you were told. And besides, you hadn’t wanted to marry the other Dire anyway.
You looked down at the silver rings.
The symbols of each family that had tried to present their suitors to your father. Five in total you father accepted to the ritualistic arena. And all five you defeated, now adorned on your hands. They were all different, from rich to poor. The simpler ones were from the poorer families. Your father didn’t care about family background, at least. He wasn’t classiest. Was that a good point?
Your father only cared about one thing.
Power.
If you were to be Alpha, then you needed to have a strong husband.
The point of the ritual wasn’t for you to be defeated. It was for you to be matched. If you didn’t want the match, you had to defeat your opponent.
Which usually meant kill, but you infuriated your father by only breaking bones until the other Dire begged for the ritual to end. He really hated that, but you didn’t care. The Alpha tried to kill them himself, but you always pinned him down, stopping him.
Your father never told you he loved you. You only knew he did because he let you pin him down and stop him, even though he could probably fight you tooth and nail and win. But not without killing his own daughter and he would never.
“They are strong, Father. You let them in this arena. The pack needs strength.”
It was fucking stupid to kill the strongest men in your pack on the sole basis that they wanted to marry you. Again, why this ritual was stupid. Your father saw reason, but not without losing his temper first and trying to kill them.
Again, why your father was an ass.
You checked the gashes on your naked body. They were clotting fast, a result of your Dire blood and Alpha family strength. They were nothing more than flesh wounds. The other Dire male was strong, but slow. He hadn’t been able to get a good hit on you and make you submit.
One day, you might have to kill your opponents.
You had killed before, executions for those that transgressed the Dire law. If a Dire broke human law, they were tried by the humans. But if they broke Dire law, they were tried by the Dire. And trial by Dire usually meant death. Your father made your carry out the executions, because you didn’t like killing. You felt a little less bad about it because those Dire were seriously twisted.
But once you were Alpha, you would have to fight those who challenged your rule.
Would you kill them?
Or would you let them live and allow them to keep challenging you?
You sighed. That would be very tiring.
It would be much easier if the Dire could listen to reason, but they mostly only listened to strength.
Why couldn’t you be courted like humans? Clumsily falling in love, doing silly romantic actions, nervously picking out gifts. Actually, most Dires were like that too. You were the exception because you were the Alpha’s child. It wouldn’t have mattered if you were male or female. The difference in strength was negligible when it came to the Dire. Your people were not like the humans.
You sat on your bed. Your room was black, with accents of silver. Black furniture with carved images of wolves everywhere. A high canopy bed, with velvet curtains tied back with silver rope. You had never untied them in your entire life. What was the point of them? Too ornate and too frivolous for your taste, but you didn’t pick out this décor. The Alpha did. You didn’t have much interest in interior design anyway. The velvet duvet underneath you warmed your naked body.
You settled down, resting your chin on your hands, legs curled around you.
You did not hate being your father’s daughter, but sometimes you wished your biggest problem was being horny and constantly annoying a Dire with your insatiable lust.
You breathed out and your head tipped over, slowly falling into sleep.
The human was still going at it.
-
Jungkook was pretty sure he was going to die.
Last time he thought he was going to die, he was saved.
But this time, it was not the night of the full moon and he was already ganged up by five Dire males who decided mugging him and kicking his ass was a great idea on this random Tuesday night.
Should Jungkook have given them the money outright? Yeah, maybe, but he had a bad day, snapped at the first guy and told him to fuck off, only for two guys to grab him by the armpits and drag him into the alley where two more were waiting and they were currently beating the shit out of him. He was fighting back, kicking and twisting, but it was still five guys and he was rapidly losing strength despite the adrenaline. He was a good fighter and he got a couple of good hits, but a couple kicks to the solar plexus and he was seeing stars, gasping, pain all over.
“Stupid human,” one of them cackled. “You should have listened like the weak species you are.”
Fucking shit. Was a rib broken? He didn’t know. His vision was clouding and his lungs were on fire. Why was no one helping him? No one could help him. He was going to die in this dirty back alley.
Don’t let her see me like this.
The roar tore through the night.
Like bowling pins, the Dire males were scattered, flung aside suddenly by a strong force. Jungkook crumpled, unexpectedly let go. A pained shriek left his throat as he hit the floor, his battered body further injured by the concrete. He could barely see, hazed by pain. The only thing he could see was a huge silver blur. He could hear better.
The sounds.
Gashing of teeth, vicious growling, the sound of ripping flesh as claws tore in, violent smacks of bodies being thrown around. Cries of immense pain as the five were thrown around like rag dolls by the massive silver figure. The voice, booming and intense, with the distinctive huskiness.
“Weak, pathetic creatures,” came the snarl, pure authority to the whimpers of the beaten. “Do you think you are strong, ganging up five against one? You insecure imbeciles, I will show you what true strength is.”
“P-please, it’s just a human!”
Another roar and there were the sounds of a slap and a yelp.
“You embarrass the name of the Dire. Get out of my sight or your families will have one less member to feed.”
Teeth snapped savagely and the five males scrambled away, whimpering and sobbing as they rushed out of the alley on all fours. Jungkook could hear the large form letting out huffs of rage and exertion. He blinked, trying to clear his vision. Silver fur tipped with black. Obvious, rippling muscle underneath the layers of fur, down to a bushy tail and canine legs, far too large for a domestic dog. There was a pattern on the wolf’s back. Some of the fur was white, creating the shape of a large crescent moon that went from the shoulder blades to the small of the wolf’s back.
The wolf turned around.
Large silver ears with black tips, elongated snout. A black nose, far too many teeth, and yellow eyes, with a tiny patch of black under the right one, disturbing the otherwise perfectly silver fur. Anthropomorphic, but with long, wicked black claws tipping each finger. Around the neck was a necklace with a circular pendant, jagged diamond with a platinum plum flower pressed in the center, five rings slipped onto the chain. A wolf with opalescent eyes. A silver band. A skull with a snake. A script one that read, FEED. A large opalescent gem with stars. The pendant and rings looked small on the furry chest, but Jungkook suspected it was because the wolf was huge.
He had never seen a fully transformed Dire in real life before.
The wolf bent down, breathing out. Hot, heavy, intense.
“Human,” the wolf said, voice deep but still recognizable.
Jungkook whispered her name, pain overtaking him.
“You should have called for me.”
-
He woke up.
Everything hurt.
He was in the hospital.
He tried to lift his head and look around, but he couldn’t focus on anything. It was like his eyes hadn’t been opened in years and they no longer knew how to process light. All he saw was a black blob at the end of the bed, furry silver splotches twitching at his movement.
Unconsciousness took over once again.
-
“You’re free to go.”
His parents picked him up from the hospital. They asked him so many questions, and Jungkook struggled to answer with his limited memory. He was worried for them too, asking about the medical bill, wishing he hadn’t been so stupid and put such a burden on them, but they blinked at him, confused.
“The nurses said everything was paid for already.”
What?
“They said someone brought you to the hospital and an anonymous donor paid for everything.”
-
You father found out you saved the human.
The five wolves had babbled, the little shits.
He was angry at you, but also proud you smacked around the five Dires like the bitches they were.
Still, you used his money to pay for the medical bills.
So.
He had you kill each one in front of their parents.
It was very unpleasant.
You told him that wouldn’t earn you much favor with the pack if you were killing them over a simple human. Your father told you that was your problem for saving the human. You could have let the five Dires kill the human and let them be persecuted by the humans instead of saving him and letting the Alpha decide the fate of the Dires.
“But then the human would be dead.”
“So?”
Your father was an ass.
-
“How are you, human?”
Jungkook mumbled in his sleep. He squinted and blinked as he heard the raspy voice. It felt a little cold. He could feel a slight breeze. He turned his head and opened his eyes.
The female Dire was looking down at him.
He jumped, but she pressed a hand to his chest, steadying him. Pain shot up his torso from the sudden movement. Her black hood was pushed back, revealing her hair and her large wolf ears. Face mask taken off, hanging by one ear. The hand on his chest was her right. Three rings. Gem on the thumb, skull on the middle, FEED script on the ring finger.
“I wouldn’t do that.”
His window was open. Of course.
She looked solemn. Worried. Tired.
“Are you okay?” Jungkook asked.
She removed her hand and brushed his hair away from his face. He hadn’t been able to upkeep the blond well because of his injuries. It was getting a little brassy. His mom came over every week for a few hours to help him out with house chores, but he bathed alone. He could still do it, slowly. His parents lived in a different province, after all.
“I am a bit disappointed you didn’t think of me immediately,” she said quietly with a small smile. “Am I only interesting to you when you’re jacking off?”
His cheeks heated. “U-uh…”
She lowered her hand to the bed. “Then again, you were probably too busy thinking about survival.”
She looked sad for some reason. Jungkook frowned, watching her look around his room.
“Have you been getting by well? Do you need monetary help?”
“Was it you?” he questioned.
She turned back. She seemed to know what he was referring to. “It was me.”
“Are you rich?”
She tilted her head. “Something like that.” Amusement flitted in her eyes. “Is that it, human? You want money?”
Jungkook looked into her eyes.
“Why do you always think you know what I want?”
The female Dire paused. Jungkook had been thinking about this for a while now. She seemed to have a fixed opinion of who he was, not bothering to learn more. She came and went as she pleased, as if she owned the place. She was not without some sense of entitlement. He didn’t know why that was, but he had accepted it because of his initial attraction that was still very much there. But he too, was disappointed. He was disappointed that she didn’t try to get to know him and simply observed him and assumed things.
She smiled a little. “I suppose it is because of the way I grew up.”
“That’s not an excuse.”
She chuckled. “No, human, it is not.”
“I have a name, you know,” he pouted.
Her smile widened. It was pleasant, not teasing or mean.
“Yes, Jungkook, I remember.”
-
“Why do you only come through the window?” Jungkook complained.
She crawled through the opening, hands touching the floor first before swinging her legs in, removing her sneakers and placing them on the towel next to the window.
“Because,” she said, patting down her gray hoodie. “I don’t like the door.”
“Why not?”
“The humans will see me enter.”
Jungkook pursed his lips. “It’s the same.”
“It is not,” she retorted. “If I enter by the door, your neighbors will have reason to question you, judge you, hate you. If I enter by the window, then they will only find out by being nosy and they cannot display this obvious prejudice to your face.”
“Someone will think you’re breaking and entering and call the police.”
“I will handle it then.”
Jungkook frowned. “Who cares if they hate me?”
“I do.”
She pushed her hood back and made eye contact with him.
“I care.”
She looked down at the laundry he was attempting to fold.
“You are terrible at that.”
-
“You have another ring.”
“Yes.”
It was a black stone with a bone pressed into it as the silver band.
“What do they mean?”
You looked down at it. It was on your left index finger. You were wiping the blood of the gash above your left eyebrow in his bathroom. He looked much better now, the human. Fuller, less broken than the last time you saw him. You saw some bruising on his ribcage, but he was mostly healed now. In contrast, you ached all over, wrapped up underneath the large blue hoodie you wore. The gash on your eyebrow had reopened when the girl in his bedroom had thrown one of his Bluetooth speakers at you when you entered from his window.
Well, to be fair, you had thought he was masturbating.
He made this confusing sometimes.
“I think I scared her.”
Jungkook laughed. “You did. She fucking ran.”
“Are you going to explain?”
Jungkook shrugged. “I could, but she was pretty drunk when she got on top of me, so I don’t even know if she will remember.”
He was naked at first, but he yanked on some underwear after you appeared. The first couple times you visited him, he cared more about his appearance, but as time went on, he seemed to care less and less. He was more worried about your cut that was already clotting.
“What do they mean?” Jungkook asked again, pointing to the rings.
“They’re trophies,” you replied, flecking away from dried blood into his sink. “From defeating the suitors trying to woo me.”
“Huh.” Jungkook watched you rinse off your eyebrow. “You can’t just get drunk and fuck?”
“I can. I just have to viciously beat the living shit out of them if they want to marry me.”
“Damn, every Dire has to do that?”
You lifted your head, water dripping down your face.
“No.”
You suddenly felt very heavy.
“Just me.”
Jungkook stared at you through the mirror. His blond hair was more well-kept now, ashy and light.
“Why?”
You wiped the water off, shaking your hand onto the sink bowl.
“Because of tradition.”
Jungkook raised his eyebrows. “Sounds like that tradition sucks ass.”
You chuckled. “It does.”
He scratched his nose. “Uh, so… Why did you come?”
You stared at the drain of the sink.
“Because you wanted me.”
You could hear the embarrassment in his voice. “But you, uh… never come during the act.”
You kept staring at the drain.
“You have a nice life, Jungkook.”
“Huh?”
You lifted your head, exhaling tiredly. You were aware he was watching you, but you were looking at yourself, at the cut above your eyebrow, at your own eyes, hours before bloodthirsty and violently gold, at the pointed teeth and the furry ears and the everything, the fucking everything and for some reason you hated it all, you hated it and wanted to be human, just like Jungkook, just be human and do dumb shit like have drunk sex with a stranger, but instead you had just competed in some primitive combat ritual with some male Dire who thought he was hot shit and wanted to be the Alpha’s partner.
You wanted to scream.
“I wish I could just get drunk and fuck.”
Jungkook blinked at you.
“Well, uh… I have some soju… and a dick, so…?”
He was relentless. Why? Was he even aware of it? You suddenly narrowed your eyes.
“Why are you turned on by me?”
Jungkook blinked faster, cheeks flushing pink.
“Uh… I don’t know?”
You frowned. “It shouldn’t be possible.” You turned around and tilted your head at him, inspecting his anxious, self-conscious expression. “All this, since that night. Since the claim.” Jungkook stiffened, but you figured it was because you were verbally analyzing the situation. “But the claim is my scent painted on you. It is a possessive action and should have no effect on the way you feel about me.” You placed a hand on your chin and walked out of his bathroom, still thinking. “Unless for some reason you reacted to my scent. But how could that be? You’re human. Sure, humans sexualize Dires, but it is more of a fetishization in most cases.”
You spun around, standing in his bedroom, where, ten minutes before, he had been in the middle of getting head from a stranger.
“Did you react to my scent?”
Jungkook’s eyes darted from side to side. “Uh.”
You waited.
“I don’t know what that means.”
You waved a hand impatiently. “The scent of the saliva. Is that what you think about when you’re getting off?”
Jungkook shoved his hands in front of his boxer briefs. Your eyes darted down at the action. Then you lifted your gaze.
“You reacted.”
“Uh…”
You moved your tongue in your mouth, producing the saliva enriched your scent. Then you opened your mouth and breathed out, tongue extended and glistening.
Jungkook crossed the room instantly like he was pulled on a string.
You shoved your tongue back in your mouth, startled.
“You do react.”
His body collided into yours and his hands gripped your arms, pushing your body into his. He was breathing hard, right into your face, eyes glazed, lower lip quivering.
“Wha… what happened?” he gasped.
You frowned a little, cocking your head. No one had ever reacted so strongly to your scent before. Sure, all the male Dires were supposedly attracted to you, but that was because you were the Alpha’s daughter and all of them wanted to be the Alpha’s partner. But Jungkook’s reaction was completely pure, because he had no such external desires that drove his attraction.
Just one weird night where you licked him in the face.
-
She was so close.
So fucking close.
And Jungkook could smell it, feel it, needed it.
“Uh… I know you’re trying to break down the science of this, but I’m really fucking horny right now.”
Her silvery ears flicked upwards and she raised her head to make eye contact with him. Was it his imagination or did her irises become flecked with gold?
"Oh, right. I suppose you are."
He frowned at that. She seemed to be contemplating something. Then she removed her arms from his hands. He let go, but the feeling in the pit of his stomach remained. Like he was possessed, like all of his blood was calling him to the Dire. 
"Jungkook," she said slowly in that husky voice of hers. "Today is not a good day to see my body."
I beg to differ, he wanted to say, but she cracked her neck, holding up her left hand, the black stone on the index finger gleaming.
"I had a fight today, so I've got some cuts," she clarified. "Don't want to bleed all over your sheets and stuff."
"Oh." Right. He wondered how bad it was. "Are you in pain?"
She tilted her head, one ear flattening. Fuck. She looked so cute.
"No. Well, I am, but it's familiar so it doesn't seem too bad."
The ear raised again and she breathed in, eyes on him once more. No, he wasn't going crazy. There was definitely gold laced in her iris color. 
"Let me smell you, Jungkook."
"Uh... sure?"
She leaned in, sniffing his neck. Jungkook was suddenly aware that he was mostly naked, but there was no time to think about that as her breath wafted against his collarbone, her silvery wolf ear brushing his jaw. Oh! It was furry. Well, yeah, duh, it was obviously furry, but he hadn't expected the contact. He stiffened as she bent down, sniffing his chest, tilting her head this way and that, not touching him except for the soft huffs of breath on his skin. It was not making him any less horny. In fact, it was making it worse. Hopefully she didn't–
She dropped to her knees and took a huge whiff his crotch. 
Oooooookay, now that wasn't what Jungkook thought was going to happen, but he wasn't exactly complaining, but also it was kind of embarrassing because he was pretty damn hard now–
She shoved her nose into his clothed cock and inhaled. 
He moaned. 
What?
He couldn't help it! He was already horny, was midway in getting a blowjob from some random girl he picked up at a bar but spent the entire said blowjob thinking about her tongue, and then the female DIre interrupted by arriving, and after that she did that weird breathing thing that made his body all hot and bothered, and now her face was all up in his dick! 
She nuzzled around, either ignoring or not caring about how he was grimacing, trying to muffle his lustful groans behind closed lips. Did he maybe have a preference for blowjobs over pussy now because of the whole lick-on-the-face thing? Maybe. Okay, yes, absolutely. Was this probably turning him on too much? 
Yes. Yes, it was. 
Jungkook looked down. Oh, fuck. It made him harder, seeing her face pressed into his crotch, eyes closed, nose buried in the crook of his cock and balls, silvery ears perked with interest. Her bushy tail poked out of her hoodie, swaying from side to side.
Was her tall... wagging?
She inhaled sharply and one of his balls pressed against the fabric, right to her soft lips.
His hips bucked into her face. 
She made a disgruntled noise and pulled back, rubbing her nose. 
"Sorry! S-sorry, it's too... a-are you okay?" Jungkook sputtered, very disappointed in himself.
She made a strange noise, hurrrmph, and sat down on the floor, pushing her sleeves up. He saw the scratches on her arms, cut up and slashed, but all clotted and dark. Did she heal quicker than a human? Her hands glinted with the various silver rings. 
"You smell different than a regular human," she murmured. "Do you have wolf blood in your family?"
"Uh... no? At least, I don't think so?" Jungkook scrunched up his face. He didn’t remember any Dire present at his family reunions.
She pursed her lips. "Maybe it's a genetic mutation."
He wished she would address the fact that she had made a giant tent in his boxer briefs instead of trying to break down the biology of his desire for her. 
"Maybe I'm attracted to you too? Maybe that’s why you smell different," she pondered. "But I can't really tell until I smell your orgasm."
Please, you're driving me crazy. 
"Well, uh, that could be arranged... in probably less than a few minutes..."
She raised her eyebrows and looked up at him. 
"Okay."
She placed her hands on her lap and sat up, opening her mouth. Pink tongue sliding out, white pointed teeth visible. Wicked, sharp, definitely capable of chewing on flesh.
Oh.
No.
This wasn't turning him off. 
"Um... should I just...?"
"Onto my tongue, mhm," she said with her mouth open. 
What?
"Er... this is kinda awkward..." he said, even though his dick was screaming at him to fucking do it. 
She closed her mouth. "Do you need encouragement?"
Jungkook felt his face heat. "Uh..." He watched her tail sway slowly. "Maybe?"
"You seem hard enough."
He swallowed. 
"You also have casual sex with strangers."
Yeah, his face was definitely on fire.
"So, what's the difference?"
I don't know, maybe because... the reason I have casual sex with strangers is because I can't stop thinking about your tongue and saliva???
Then it hit him again. 
The feeling, the need, rising, all encompassing, like a flurry of desire overtaking him. Jungkook snapped his head back to see her tongue trace her teeth, coating them with saliva, the scent, the scent. He could smell it and rousing him instantly, suffocating the embarrassment.
"Y-You're cheating..." he moaned, his fingertips touching the waistband of his underwear, cock throbbing uncomfortably.
A single eyebrow raised. Playful. Ears perked, tall rising, eyes flecked with gold, the mole underneath her right inner corner a little scrunched from her smile. Mouth open, tongue glistening.
She breathed out. 
Jungkook had a split second of – how weird does this make me? – before he realized he didn't give a shit and shoved his underwear down, right hand clasping his stiff length. Oh, fuck, it felt so good, even if he was only touching himself, because he could see her, her face, her tongue, smell the scent that had covered him that night. He stroked himself right in front of her face, grasping his cock firmly and pumping it, wincing at the lack of lubrication. 
"C... closer, please..."
Her eyes traveled down. She slid closer, hot breath on his hand and the swollen head.
"Move your hand," she rasped. 
He whimpered and lowered his hand to the base of his cock, holding it in place.
"A-are you going to...?" 
Her eyes flickered upward. Smirk on her lips. 
"You look like you need some assistance."
Then she collected the saliva on her tongue and let out drip down onto his swollen cock. 
Ho-o-oly shit.
Warm, wet, thick, saturated with her scent, so erotic that his hand slid up to catch it and spread it all over him, his length, his balls, fucking everywhere. His head was clouded, his core was on fire, his cock was slippery, and her eyes were on him, blazing gold.
"Better?"
The scorching rasp faded on his equally hot skin. 
Jungkook was gone. 
His hand was moving automatically, closing around him and pumping fast and hard, breathy gasps leaking from his lungs, instinct taking over and consuming him, completely focused on chasing his release, staring into gold and peeled back lips exposing sharp teeth and strings of saliva clinging to the insides of her dark pink mouth and tongue. He whimpered in desperation, her name drifting out of his lips like smoke. 
Her tongue lowered, dripping spit onto his bedroom floor.
"Jungkook."
Like a rumble, deep in her chest, a command.
The fire inside him exploded and he gasped, grabbing her head and shooting straight into her open mouth, coating her tongue, teeth, and lips. The force was so strong that his entire body shook, fingers grasping one of her silvery ears, pleasure shooting up his spine like lightning, racking his ribs. She growled low, tongue scooping it in, swallowing in large gulps, voracious grunts as she leaned forward, swiping her tongue on the head to collect the last bits dribbling from the tip. 
O-oh, fuck, it was pure elation and ecstasy.
The high was so high that Jungkook momentarily forgot he was standing and fell, tanged from his underwear still around his knees, yelping as strong arms caught him and brought his shaking body to her chest. Almost possessive. Her breathing was coming out in harsh puffs, tongue still licking her lips. 
She reached up and brushed his blond hair out of his eyes. The gold streaks in her irises still seemed so strong. 
"Are you okay?" she chuckled. "People don't usually fall over."
"Uh... yeah..." His face heated at their closeness but, somehow, he didn't want her to let him go. He was much too large to fit in her lap, but she held him easily as if this wasn't awkward for her at all. "I don't usually, uh... fall over."
She hummed. Jungkook started as her fluffy tail brushed against his legs. So soft. 
Silence.
Her breathing calmed, the gold fading. Her left hand on his leg raised and she swept back her hair, rubbing the ear he had yanked at. 
"Oh, sorry... sorry about that..." 
Her right hand was around his back and upper arm. She turned her head, face right next to his. He gulped. She lowered her left hand, placing it on his chest. 
"Don't worry. I doubt you could do any real physical damage to me," she chuckled, caressing his skin. 
Their faces were so close. If he just...
"So, uh... what are the results?" Jungkook whispered.
Her eyes weren't giving him any hints. He kept staring at the mole underneath the inner corner of her right eye.
"Hm?"
"Uh." Mole. Eyes. Mole. Eyes. An amused spark as she noticed. His eyes dropped down to her lips. "Are you... attracted to me?"
Wait. 
She tilted her head. 
The lips were getting closer. 
"Unfortunately for you," she whispered. "I am."
And then she kissed him, soft and warm, a resigned sigh in her chest, her hand holding him close. She still tasted a little bit like his cum, but he could also taste the unique flavor of her, sensual and addictive. His hands found her hoodie and he righted himself, pressing back into her lips. She smiled, backing up a little. He whined, tugging her back, but she was stronger, unmoving. 
"Jungkook," she said gently. "Maybe calm your insatiable hormones for a second and think about what I am."
He opened his eyes, gazing at her through his lashes. 
"You're a fucking tease, that's what you are," he hissed, grip on her hoodie tightening. "You can't just give me a taste and not expect me to want more."
Her smile was frisky, but also rueful. 
"Ah, I admit I probably shouldn't have done that." She placed her hands on his, silver rings cool in his hot skin. Prying his fingers open one by one, releasing his grip on her. "Perhaps my curiosity got the best of me."
Jungkook frowned. "You're not a cat."
She laughed. It was like a bark, a little husky, but lovely, full of life. It sounded genuinely happy, fading into light chuckles.
"Not tonight, alright? I'm all beaten up." She pointed to the cut above her brow. "It's worse under these clothes, believe me."
"I can be the judge of that."
She flicked his chest. He winced, rubbing the sore spot. Damn. She had a mean flick. 
"Give me some time." She stood up, looking troubled.
"Okay."
He yanked his underwear back up as she went over to her sneakers, slipping into them. 
"But don't take too long or I'm going to relentlessly jack off thinking about you now that I have more material."
She was halfway out the window but stopped, looking back at him with a raised brow. 
"Jungkook."
She pulled up her hood.
"You're weird."
And then she jumped down. 
"Yeah, yeah, don't keep reminding me," he mumbled, shoving the window closed and drawing the curtains. 
-
part ii
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For the Bryan/Mariah I was thinking like a cute date sort of thing. Like they go for coffee or get ice cream in the park and walk. Like he's not sure why people do these things but he was told this is the type of things you do with a girl you like. Hope that helps! So excited
This sounds SO CUTE. I have been thinking about this for a few days… and I think you’re going to enjoy this :) Anyways, it’s 2AM here, and I sorta ship them now lmao.
“It’s the end of the tournament, and you’re springing this one me now?” Tala sighed. 
Bryan knew he shouldn’t have said anything to his team captain, but he was desperate, after all, in a few weeks, he wouldn’t be able to see her again. 
“Y- Yeah, it has to be now. Because soon- I won’t be able to see her.” 
Tala raised an eyebrow, “she better not be one of the girls from the competition.”
Bryan didn’t make eye contact, Tala rolled his eyes, “Seriously?” 
Bryan nodded. 
“Well then? Spit it out.” 
Bryan looked at him quizzically.
“Who is it?” Turns out, Tala is a bit of a gossip queen. 
“I’m not telling you.” Bryan put up his defense, the truth was, he really wanted him to know, he needed advice. Bryan had no clue how to deal with a crush. 
“There’s only so many girls in the tournament I can easily guess.” 
Bryan rolled his eyes. 
“Hilary?”
“Are you nuts?” Bryan smirked. 
“J- Julia?” 
“Naw man, plus I know you think she’s hot-”
Bryan was surprised to see Tala blush a bit, Tala shook his head and continued.
“Oliver?” 
“Not a girl-”
“Oh, right.” 
“Oh.” Tala’s eyes grew wide, “Don’t tell me- Miriah?” 
Bryan felt his face heat up in red hot waves. 
“Oh my god, Bryan.” Tala began to laugh, “you know, Ray will be pissed.” 
“I know-”
Tala kept laughing.
“What!?” Bryan asked aggressively. 
“I didn’t know you were into big titty catgirls.” 
“Shut up- it's not like that- I actually do like her. I don’t just think she’s pretty. 
“Really?” Tala was taken back, his friend’s first real crush, it was hilarious, but strangely- cute. 
“Yes! So what do I do?” Bryan begged for answers, when it came to the realm of love, he was completely lost. 
“You think I know about girls?” Tala scoffed, “me?” 
Bryan shrugged.
“I don’t know Bryan. Just ask her out, what do girls like? Coffee? Movies? Dinner? She seems like she would like those.” 
“Not a bad idea… I’ve seen her drink… Tea.” 
“Do it, ask her out.”
Bryan knew the best time to ask her out would be after her practice with the white tigers. She always stayed a bit longer to practice and clean up, so she left alone. 
He approached her confidently, with a note Tala told him to bring in his hand. 
“Um.” He walked up to her adjusting his collar. 
Miriah turned her pink-haired head to stare at him, she blinked, “Um, can I help you?” 
“Hi, it’s me, Bryan- um” His face started to flush, he was really out of his comfort zone. 
“I know who you are Bryan,” she smiled. 
Her pretty smile just made him more nervous, his eyes darted side to side, “Uh, do you think, you would be interested in an- arrangement- I mean.” 
He held the note tighter. 
She put her hands on her hips, “what kind of arrangement?” 
“Um- Coffee- and a movie? Kind-of-Arrangement..” 
Miriah gave him a surprised expression, he got nervous, suddenly he felt the overwhelming fear of possible rejection. 
“Ugh- here!” He threw the note towards her, she grabbed it suddenly. 
“Bryan?” She asked, but he had already started running away from her. 
He was gone, and she was left holding a note. She opened it, it had directions to a coffee place and a time. 
The next day Bryan wore his nicest casual pair of clothes he had. He waited in front of the coffee place. He was positive she would be a no-show, but she showed up, five minutes early, in a summer dress, with her hair tied up. 
“Hello, Bryan!” She grinned standing in front of him. 
The sun shone down and reflected off her pink hair. He was baffled by her beauty, that was of course, not the only reason he liked her. Her personality was great, he saw her battle, and he admired her courage and determination- 
“Bryan?” She looked up into his eyes to try to kick him out of his daze. 
“Huh? Oh, um- Hi.” 
She blinked a few times, but still wore her playful expression. 
“Do you want- a drink? I’ll buy it for you.” Bryan accidentally sounded overly friendly, but she didn’t seem to mind.
“Sure!” 
Inside the coffee shop, it was pretty busy, they had to stand close to each other to fit in line. Bryan could smell a dash of sweet perfume when he got close to her, or maybe it was her shampoo? Would it be weird to ask? 
“What are you getting Bryan?” He was much taller than her, it was especially noticeable when they stood this close. 
He stared down at her, “Um- I’m not sure. What are you getting?” 
“It’s hot- I think I’ll get a cold drink. I’m going to get a tea-lemonade.” 
“Tea-lemonade, that is so cute.”
And he realized he said that out loud. 
“Really, you think it’s cute?” She teased him.
He blushed, his mind swirled, was she really… Teasing him right now? 
“Are you getting coffee? Or something sweet?” 
“Coffee?” By a miracle, he managed to use words, only one, but it was a start. 
“Cold? Or hot?”
“Cold?” He guessed.
“Do you want me to order for you?” 
He nodded. 
She ordered for him, he handed her some cash from his wallet. He worried maybe he wasn’t being assertive enough, but to be honest, he kind of liked her taking control. 
They walked along a beach boardwalk sipping on their drinks. Bryan became aware that he didn’t like coffee as much as he thought he did. He kept drinking it because she ordered it for him, and he loved that. 
“Did you want to see that movie you mentioned?” She asked while rearranging the straw in her drink. 
“Yeah, of course.”
When they got there, Miriah looked at the cheesy romance movie that was advertised. 
“Are you sure you want to see a movie like this?” Her face kind of scrunched up. 
“Don’t girls like movies like this?” He was worried, did he make a bad choice?
“Hmmm, I do, but I’d rather we do something we would both enjoy… I saw an arcade on the way here?”
Bryan grinned, his kind of girl, “That’s not a bad idea.” 
At the arcade he got a bunch of change and gave her a handful, when he dropped it in her open palm, he touched her fingers with his, this sent a shock through his body, he tried to play it off. 
“What kind of games do you want to play?” 
She thought for a moment, “You’re good with guns right? Can you show me a shooter?” 
“You want to watch me play a shooting game?” He didn’t understand. 
“Yeah!” She clapped her hands together with glee, “Can you show me how?” 
Bryan had guided her to some kind of zombie shooting game. He put some change in the machine and picked up the fake gun. 
“This is easy to use, you see the guides?” 
She tried to angle herself so she could see over his shoulder, “Not really…” She admitted. 
“I guess your angle is off… Um- here.” 
He held out the gun to her, she hopped on the small stage and accepted it. He was close enough to smell her sweet scent again, this time mixed with tea-lemonade. 
“Okay, hold this part to your shoulder, and now look through these two holes- you need to line them up- there,” he stood back a bit, he watched her form, “perfect.” 
“You think so? I’m still not sure how to line up the holes…” 
“Here…” He leaned into her, he reached for her hands, she nodded to say it was alright. He places his hands on hers and leaned his head on her shoulder, “like… This.”
“Oh! I get it. Thank you.” 
He was jealous, she didn’t even stutter, she was so confident, he felt so small. He needed to show her he could be confident too. 
He stayed in the position he was in, he didn’t want to move, he wanted to stay like this. He could feel the sleeve of her dress against his cheek, he savoured every moment. 
Then he felt her whole body move, she had started shooting, and he was thrown away from her. 
“Sorry, Bryan! These zombies just started appearing!” 
He laughed, his kind of girl. 
They played different games for hours. Until they were comfortable making casual conversation, and the arcade started to die down. No one was around this secluded corner. 
“Oh my god, DDR!” 
“That dancing game?” 
“Can we play?” She sounded so excited, she was already putting coins into the machine. 
“Dancing? Me? That stage is so small, I’m afraid I’ll break it.” 
“You’ll be fine,” she leaned over the bars, matching his height. Her hair was now undone and dangled over her shoulders, her face was uncomfortably close to his. 
“Okay, I will. You’ve convinced me.” 
“Yay!” She squealed, and put more coins into the machine. 
Bryan stepped onto the adjacent side of the stage, the old metal squeaked a bit under his weight. He knew how to play, the rules were simple, but he wasn't prepared. 
When the arrows came down Miriah moved expertly, he was more like an elephant lost in a thrift store. 
“Ah!” He complained, but she just giggled. 
He joined in laughing with her, until he lost his balance.
“Bryan!” She held out her arms helping him regain his posture, but she was- holding him. 
 The light from the machine illuminated the arcade, the announcer kept yelling about their low score, but they didn’t move. He got himself upright, but they still held each other’s arms.
“Why did you ask me out Bryan?” She asked just above a whisper. 
“I think- I think you're remarkable.” He admitted and managed to keep eye contact with her. “I think- you’re really cool.” He grinned. “What do you think about me?” 
Miriah gently pulled a hand away from his grip, she let it fall down his cheek. The feeling was foreign, and he felt his body melt in euphoria. 
“At first I thought you were just another angry demolition boy- but- After today.” She let her thumb glide down to his chin, just barely grazing his lower lip. “I think you’re really cool too.” 
He let out a singular laugh, air got caught in his throat, he decided to go for it before he made himself overthink. 
He leaned into her, angling his head just a bit, so their lips touched. 
He wasn’t sure exactly how to do it- but it felt nice. They pulled apart for a moment, he angled his head a different way, and they did it again. 
She giggled, “You have really soft lips actually…” 
“Actually? How dare you-” He teased her, bending down to do it again
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Random She-Ra Season 5 Thoughts: THE FINAL RAMBLING
Yep. I finally got all my crazy absurd thoughts about this gay adventure-romance-drama cartoon summarized into one incoherent yet fun to read computer document/article! ...four months after the show itself ended. Oh well, no one’s perfect. Anyways, there are a whole lot more insane observations than ever before, so I had to put it below a link so this thing didn’t back up my blog or any of yours. Hope you enjoy reading through these as much I enjoyed spouting them for no discernible reason other than I felt like it!
-I feel that since is the last season, I ought to talk about an important part of the show that I’ve been putting off: the animation. It’s… okay. It’s definitely smoother than what the original 80’s show and it’s brother series (heheh) looked like, but at the same time it still seems to suffer from similar limitations which causes some distracting moments of stiffness. But other than that, it’s pretty good. It’s no Titmouse or Studio Mir but it looks good and it gets the job done.
         -After all, let’s not forget: “Imperfection is beautiful!”
-Even when things are at their lowest, Adora is a jock with a heart of gold.
-Horde Prime and the Galactic Horde’s aesthetic feels like a mixture of Catholicism, Scientology, Heaven’s Gate, and modern Microsoft, and honestly, that just makes him creepier.
-Speaking of Horde Prime, he didn’t waste any time with destroying Bright Moon. …apparently.
-Furthermore, on the topic of his giant holographic messages, WAS THAT A FREAKING MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE MOVIE REFERENCE?!
-Boy, Glimmer and Catra sure got along quickly! It’s almost like they magically understand each other because they both assumed leadership roles and screwed up big time! …I guess.
         -Either that or this season is going to be a speedrun.
-Wow, the Rebellion sure got used to having a once-thought-dead king as well as a known enemy general/abuser running around their camp awful fast, didn’t they?
-Mara’s got a spaceship, a cyber girlfriend, a magic grandma, a dragon, a tragic backstory, AND a force ghost?! Dang, even in death, the girl’s got it all. No wonder everyone likes her!
-(*me looking at the TV rating at the start of episode*) “Why is language in there? Is there surprise cuss words or something in this season?” (*sees Horde Prime seize control of a clone for the first time*) “HOLY FREAKING SH—oh that’s why.”
-Applause to the crew for making the “dinner with Prime” scene for making a meal between a sparkly princess, a catgirl, and alien cult leader feel even more uncomfortable than it had a right to.
-(*me throughout the season whenever a clone was onscreen*) Is that Hordak? Is that him? Is that him? Is that him right there? Oh it is—oh no wait. … Is that h—
-Extra applause for having Glimmer learn from her grey-area wetwipe phase and refusing to sell out her friends again whilst telling the imperialist cult leader where to stick it.
-I would pay a sizeable portion of my life savings to hear what a Scorpia and Swift Wind duet would sound like.
         -In fact, I’d double it if it was just Scorpia singing.
         -Ah what the heck. I would triple it for an entire She-Ra musical!
-As happy as I am to see to see Entrapta interacting with the other princesses again, I have to say that their big reunion left me with some mixed feelings. Here’s a quick rundown:
         -Entrapta, a grown autistic woman, being led around on a leash by non-neurodivergent teenagers—again: that’s bad.
         -The Princesses confronting Entrapta about joining the Horde: that’s good!
         -The Princesses blaming all their problems with the Horde bots on Entrapta’s actions and her hyper fixations alone: that’s bad.
         -Entrapta explaining herself, admitting that she regrets her mistakes, and getting the Princesses to understand that she thinks and communicates differently, but in spite of that, she really does want help find Glimmer: that’s good!
         -Entrapta never gets to call out the Princesses for how poorly they treated her: that’s bad.
         -Entrapta saves the day and goes to space: that’s good!
         -Scorpia and Entrapta still haven’t interacted even though the former is with the Rebellion in the first place because she went to look for her because she is her best friend: …can I go home now?
-How nice! Michah finally got to shapeshift!
         -And he’s rocking that She-Ra outfit to boot!
-So is Darla a back up of Light Hope or do they just run on the same operating system and have the same voice?
-I could watch an entire season of Adora, Bow, and Entrapta going on space adventure in a rundown ship with their custom-made spacesuits, tbh.
-Is anyone else weirded out that Catra’s younger self looked at her in her flashback(?).
         -Actually what WAS happening there, anyhow?
-(*watching Bow’s spacewalk to save Glimmer*) “Is that a Gravity reference?” asked the man who never saw Gravity.
-Speaking of spacewalks, how did Glimmer survive those precious few seconds in space? Does the teleporter teleport a breathable atmosphere too?
         -Also, Catra, WHY did you think it would be a good idea to teleport Glimmer into space? I know you had a plan and the ship was right there but… Ah, never mind.
-Not that I’m complaining but Glimmer’s apology to the rest of the friend squad for her HORRIBLE plan last season went… surprisingly quickly.
-You know as cool as The Star Siblings are, being a quirky band of space-travelling siblings with cool powers and some trans rep to boot, I only have one small problem with them: weren’t there already Star Sisters on Etheria back in season 1?
         -That doesn’t sound right, but I don’t know enough about Masters of the Universe characters to dispute it.
-Entrapta confirmed pan, objectum, AND horny on main. Dang girl, you’re gonna have fun whether you got Hordak back or not…
-“The Velvet Glove” is both a menacing and stupid name for a decadent overlord’s mothership.
         -Wait, it’s from the 80’s canon? Oh. That kind of explains it, actually.
-Goshdangit, I wanted Catra to face punishment for her crimes, but I didn’t think that would involve going to evil alien conversion therapy!
         -Nor did I want her to die! For a second. Actually, since it obviously wasn’t going to last I was… weirdly okay with that part???
-Horde Prime seems awfully okay with Catradora. I mean he’s still super creepy and manipulative about it, but also oddly progressive for an evil brainwashing cult leader.
-(*Adora transforms into a She-Ra through seer will*) First of all, called it. Second of all, WOAH MAMA now that’s a glow up!
-Wrong Hordak did not have to be a thing, and yet, I’m glad that he is.
-Hordak remembers the LUVD crystal and Entrapta… Hordak remembers Entrap—! It’s happening! Oh my gosh, it’s happening! Everybody stay calm!
-Wow, Entrapta didn’t have to be so forgiving of Catra for everything she’s done to her but she did. Only I’m not sure if that was Entrapta taking the high road or the low road.
         -Or which road the crew took for that matter.
-I remember when I thought those “Chipped AUs” floating around here on tumblr were just something the fans came up with and that chipping people was not an actual despicable thing Prime does in canon. I miss those days.
-I know it’s not the same as before or the original design, but True She-Ra’s designs and powers? I think they slappin’.
-Hooray, Adora and Catra are finally making up! And it only took four and half seasons worth of communication failures, toxic villainous behaviour, and physical violence for Catra to snap out of it!
         -…We can go back to Entrapdak now, right?
-Poor Elberon. First they unknowingly adopt a double agent then get invaded by the Horde and now they’re getting brainwashed and chipped by the Galactic Horde. They might be a cute village, but they got some pretty lousy security.
-You know it’s cute that Micah is doing his best to be friends with Frosta and get back in touch with his dad-side, but look I can’t be the only one worried about how the local King is a less proactive leader than the princesses or the known war criminal/abuser, right?
-“The Perils of Peekablue” or as I like to call it, “You Thought ‘Boys Night Out’ Caught You Emotionally Off-guard? Hah! Watch This.”
-You know I didn’t think Scorpfuma would be a thing aside that one moment of flirting near the end of season 4, but they really pushed for it to be a thing! This is… actually pretty great! Perfuma’s not perfect, and I would have appreciated giving them a little more time to bond and form some real chemistry, but at least she reciprocates Scorpia’s sweetness instead of rebuffing it in increasingly aggressive fashion.
-I’m not sure what’s more concerning: that Mermista set a boat on fire, that it’s worded like she had a fling as part of some experimental phase, or that Sea Hawk is turned on by this.
-Peekablue might not be real, (I think?) but he is one dapper dude! Female-to-male redesigns could learn a thing or two from him.
-It involved them getting stung and seizuring, but that was a heck of a way to reintroduce Double Trouble! I swear I got watching them cycle through their transformations in some sort of physical reaction.
         -Or maybe that was just me worrying about their wellbeing…
-Okay, I get the Chips are huge, and actually rather clever threat, but how do these characters get chipped in the first place? I get there are chipped people who spread the chips throught the population but where do they get those from???
         -Do one of those Horde Prime drones just sneak behind someone, slap a chip on their nape then hand them a whole bagfull and say, “Beep boop beep, Horde Prime’s Light, blah blah blah. Alright have fun, kiddo”?
         -Or is it some sort of Alien: Covenant deal where they’re just floating around and Lord help you if one sticks to you?
-HOLY CRAP THEY ACTUALLY GOT SCORPIA TO SING! AND SHE WAS GREAT!
         -Oh shoot. Guess I owe the crew twice my life savings now…
-Entrapdak might be what got me into this show, but it’s Double Trouble that kept me around, so you can imagine how happy I was to see them make their grand reappearance!
-Conversly, you can imagine my disappointment when they just disappeared until the finale.
         -And on that note: HOW DID YOU GUYS LOSE DOUBLE TROUBLE?!
                  -You forgot to cherish them, didn’t you?
-So, Scorpia sacrifices herself just after finding a new girlfriend and gaining some newfound confidence, Mermista and Sea Hawk are split up,and Double Trouble didn’t join the main cast. Why can’t you just have fun like a normal cartoon, show?
-Gosh, I love me some shifting title cards!
-Is it just me or did they sneak in some more Annihilation references on Krytis?
         (-Said the guy who was too chicken to watch the movie and just read about it and watched a few clips online.)
-(*audibly sighs*) FINE. I guess I like Catradora now. Are you happy now, SPOP Crew? ARE YOU?!
-Hooray, Catra’s got a emotional support animal! And they’re a shapeshifting magic alien cat. Those are the best kind!
-Is it weird that I knew that weird glowing stuff on Krytis was just magic all along, or was it just not hidden very well. Anyways, I like Krytis. I like that we got to see a truly alien world with its own form of magic.
-Plus, we got a logical advancement of the magic versus science subtheme with magic being Horde Prime’s weakness! Neato!
-Getting back on the “which is worse?” wagon for a second, I don’t know what feels less right: that Wrong Hordak’s big revelation and his resolution to free himself and his brothers and friends from Horde Prime’s control is played humorously, or that Real Hordak should be the one having this moment.
-That bit with Castaspella and Shadow Weaver where she tells Casta about Etheria being a living thing with inherent magical property, or whatever, while we got a peaceful shot of some boar creatures sleeping was actually kind of nice. It would have been nicer though if it wasn’t part of a power hungry abuser’s obvious scheme. If only there was a kindly old witch lady character who was in touch with nature and knew just what to say when someone was feeling downOH WAIT.
-Furthermore… Why did Shadow Weaver and Castaspella need to have romantic tension?
-Seriously though, where’s our Madame Razz quota this season? Where’s my supportive magic grandma timelord at, yo?
-Yup, they speedran this season.
-I’m actually really disappointed we didn’t see more of an intergalactic new rebellion rising up to fight Horde Prime’s forces across the universe. Especially if it meant we got to see more Star Sibling action!
-Again, I adore Wrong Hordak but I keep wondering what was keeping the crew from just bringing in Original Flavour Hordak. (You know, aside from teasing us Entrapdak fans and trying to distract us with a loveable new character in the meantime.) I mean he could have done the whole infiltrating the clone squads and tricking them bit, too.
         -Heck, he could have done the wink, too!
-I’d gleefully point out Loo-Kee’s cameo this season but apparently, they already made some several seasons ago. That’s what I get for not rewatching the 80’s show and training my eyes first.
-(*sees Erelandians*) Are those freaking Toads and Toadettes?
-So, what’s keeping them from just hitting Spinerella’s chip again? Besides emotional baggage and gale force winds, I mean.
-Perfuma coming out of a cave scared out of her wits, demanding to know who’s there, clinging to her friends as soon as they come back, and balling her eyes out is a big, BIG mood.
-Frosta absolutely decking Catra in the face was nestled somewhere between cathartic and excessive.
         -Netossa spraying her with a bottle of water on the other hand…
-Oh, so Greyskull was the name of a Rebel Squad! I think. Meh, the important thing is we got an explanation and it still sounds cool.
-Leave it to a couple of dads to make a secret message out of a dad joke.
-You know I made fun of Light Hope for being creepy, but I swear that avatar from the Spire is even creepier. I don’t know if it’s her face—those dang blank eyes, man—or just that it she’s less animated than the real thing, but it just felt… off.
-Aww, Noelle made Netossa’s princess weakness illustrations! So cute!
-Forget episodes that deserves Emmys, Keston John deserves one for voicing Hordak, Horde Prime, all the clones, and several minor villains and giving each and every single one a distinct voice! Where my king’s respect, eh?
-Yes, Catra you had a small disagreement with Hordak. …Over sending his girlfriend and your “friend” to DIE IN A LITERAL LIVING HELL.
         -Sorry, I just had to get that out of my system.
-Why does Perfuma get pressured to get angry and go wild when Entrapta’s the one who’s had it the worst out of all them? Why can’t my gamer girl go berserk, dammit!?
-Okay, but really, how do these fricking chips work??? Are they parasite devices who store Horde Prime’s Baptizing Dew then slowly pump it into their host’s bodies? Do they have their own nervous systems? Are they technorganic? Also, how and why do we need to make these chips are bigger threat then they need to be?
-Horde Prime showing up on Hordak’s throne in grand Killing Joke style and casually throwing shades at his brother’s overblown attempts to impress him is pretty awesome, but it feels strangely underdeveloped. Hordak’s not there to have his hard work insulted and we never got to see Adora have any similar encounter with Hordak here before, so unless you look at it from the perspective of someone who has been here before in the Horde story like Catra it lacks the dramatic weight it should have had.
-Scorpia resisting the chip to save her new friends was pretty great, though.
-I swear, when they got to the scene where Adora and the others figured out that Shadow Weaver was grooming her so she could use her to get to the Heart of Etheria, I was mouthing “You B***H” through the whole thing.
-They really brought back Etherian deep magic just so they had something to make Micah threatening. …okay.
-Okay, the rest of “Failsafe” messed me up, so here’s a rundown on all the other messy thoughts I had while the show ripped my heart and ground it to dog food:
         -Entrapta and Hordak reuniting: Yay!
         -Swift Wind yanking her away before she can get through to him: Boo.
         -Catra encouraging Adora to try and take care of herself for a change: Yay!
         -Adora hurts Catra and she runs away: Boo.
         -Adora finally calling out Shadow Weaver on what an utterly horrible person she is: Yay!
         -Adora resolves to risk sacrificing herself to save the world: Bo—okay, seriously, was all this suffering really necessary, show?
-I know I mentioned in my previous She-Ra random thoughts that I supported Glimmadora, but I am okay with Catradora and Glimbow ending up canon. The only problem I have is how rushed they feel—moreso with Glimbow. With Catradora, the crew had an entire season to make it work again and they took it. Glimbow it feels like they were down to the last few episodes and went, “Oh right, we were gonna do something with these two!” then did their darndest to fit in some chemistry in between all the other stuff going down.
-As ominous as it was, the music where Horde Prime starts hacking Etheria honestly SLAPS.
-Okay, I know everyone is magic or something, but I am legit surprised getting electrocuted in water didn’t kill the heroes right then and there.
-Sea Hawk tries to flirt with his girl even as she’s trying to kill him. Truly, he is a man of taste.
-What do you know, Shadow Weaver can only do good when she’s (canonically!) punch drunk.
-You know a whole lot of this could have been avoided if Holo-Mara was Adora’s mentor instead of Light Hope.
-When I think about it, it was actually really clever to make Horde Prime the final villain for Adora to face: a domineering decadent man who’s been in power forever against a humble emotionally vulnerable compassionate young woman.
         -Not to mention the divide between cult-like oppression and progressive freedom. Or something.
-Holy crap, did the First Ones get a great freaking a Great Old One for a guard dog?!
-So, you guys seriously didn’t bring Angella back to reunite with her family OR mention her all season after the impact her death had on everyone all last season until Glimmer needs a power-up at the last possible minute and then you never bring her up again. That is absolutely a dick move in bird culture.
-Entrapta’s hacker sticker gives me life. Gamer girl gremlin princess forever!
-On the one hand, I’m disappointed that Adora and Catra don’t get to have an awesome couple battle against the security monster and win. On the other hand, Shadow Weaver is finally dead. YAY!
         -With apologies to the writers and especially Lorraine Toussaint. She did splendidly bringing this character to life and even if I hated Shadow Weaver, I adored the effort she put into making her one of the most emotionally complex villains I’ve ever seen.
-Words cannot, will not, and will never describe the pure joy that I experienced when I first saw Hordak’s big scene: standing up to and disowning his tyrant brother, saving Entrapta, declaring his love to her (albeit in a nicely lowkey fashion), and then throwing Horde Prime to his apparent doom Disney style with Entrapta cheering him with sheer glee. GOSH, it was everything I could have hoped for from this season!
         -Now if only they kept the deleted scene where they got a moment to themselves before Prime body-jacked him again like the creepy sonuvabich he is.
-Horde Prime just wouldn’t be a religious villain if he didn’t tell everyone to burn.
         -Bonus points for actually trying to burn the frigging planet.
-Aside from the idea of Adora switching to wearing a She-Ra themed dress everywhere in the future, the future vision was really quite sweet, and seeing Prime step in to ruin it made it all the more impactful.
-Can I just say that it’s absolutely wonderful that the show, for all it’s flaws, said  “**** senseless heroic sacrifices”?
-BREAKING: Lesbian cat finally makes up with her jock ex, has a canon kiss so pure it saves the world!
         -In other news, Catradora fans are still spoiled rotten.
-Wow, look at all those character comebacks they skipped through! Look, there’s the chefs from Dryl, Double Trouble, Huntara, the Horde Trio, Imp, Madame Razz—are you kidding me?!
-Grumbling aside, I actually find the idea of the Horde Trio and Imp getting involved in a G-rated science-fantasy version of the first Hangover movie quite amusing.
-Oh dang, they pulled a Castle in the Sky with the Velvet Glove!
-As nice as it was to see Aodra save Hordak from Horde Prime and destroy the latter through exorcism via sheer compassion, I’m rather disappointed we never got to see She-Ra go full Metal Gear Solid Rising: Revengence on any creepy old cult leaders.
         -Yeah, it would have gone against the “love conquers all” set up, but love takes on many forms, does it not? So, why can it not manifest as cleaving your mortal enemies with extreme prejudice to save your loved ones?
-Furthermore, in addition to Holo-Mara being a better mentor, Hordak raising Adora instead Shadow Weaver could have prevented a lot of similar problems. Maybe. Possibly.
         -Eh whatever, he has a lifetime’s worth of fanfiction to make up for it.
-ENTRAPDAK IS CANON, ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD.
-And so is Catradora and Glimbow! That’s nice, too.
-Aww, how sweet of them to skip through Catra and Scorpia, and Glimmer and Micah’s big reunions! It’s not like we’ve been waiting forever for this stuff or anything. HahahahAHAHAHDHAHAHFHAFHKSADJHFKAJHDfine.
-And so it all ends with everyone either friends, in love, or both, as heroes decide to make up for it all with a grandiose sequel promising more exciting space adventures we probably won’t see! HOORAY!
-All snarky ranting aside, I actually really enjoyed the finale. It was exciting, heartwarming, and above all it ended on happy, hopeful note without leaving too many frustrating questions unanswered. (*glares with utmost contempt at Voltron and Star vs. The Forces of Evil*)
-You know, this wasn’t bad for a final season, but I think this might have worked better as two seasons. Not in Netflix’s cheap “split a regular 13-episode season in two 6-7 episode long seasons” strategy, but I mean two full seasons with their own storylines leading up to the grand finale:
         -First, one that starts out with Horde Prime’s arrival the downfall of Etheria, focuses on the space adventures, ends with their return to Etheria and gives the characters time to recuperate from season 4.
         -Then, we have one final season that focuses on the Best Friend Squad’s Return to Etheria, Horde Prime’s plan, gives everyone more time to properly reconcile before ¾ of the entire cast gets chipped, sets up a new Rebellion made up of Princess Alliance and former Etherian Horde members, maybe even set up a proper Hordak redemption arc or something, and then our big happy ending.
-On a mostly unrelated note, I also feel that the whole show could have turned out even better if it had been either a dedicated science-fantasy war drama with some levity (like the good Star Wars shows or Avatar: The Last Airbender) or a lighthearted yet empowering slice-of-life action-adventure romcom (i.e. basically a well-made remake of the original show in the style of Adventure Time and Parks and Rec or something).
-My final random thought for this whole thing: we really could have used a triumphant end credits song or something. Aside from obviously recommending Fabulous Secret Powers, I would have also recommended the original 4 Non Blondes “What’s Going On,” a reprise of “Warriors,” Gorillaz’s “We Got the Power,” or (my favourite) Talking Head’s “(Nothing But) Flowers” since the ending scenes remind me of it.
Thanks again to the crew for giving me something to live for and/or complain about!
Now, let’s hope the He-Man reboots do as well...
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BNHA HACKER AU - CHAPTER 5
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Mirko x F!Reader
Warnings: i got carried away. umm a little blood. a little fighting. 
WC: 2.2k
(A/N: this one is dedicated to @sushi044123 thank you for the little message, things like that always make me wanna write more <3)
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I went to sleep quickly. I woke up early. I slept well. The next day started fine. I made coffee and pondered over the empty desk once more. I was ignorant.
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             I would have never suspected any change when I stepped out into the halls and began walking to class. While on my way there, I met with Mirko, who was wearing casual yoga pants and a loose tank top. Along with that was a black bomber jacket that adorned her shoulders Her long, flawless platinum hair was pulled into a long brain. Even when put up, her hair reached her waist.
             The hood of the jacket was once again, over her head, and… once again… seemed to be hiding something. Eh never mind maybe shes a catgirl. You can never really judge.
             Soon every student had congregated in the classroom. It was a stark contrast to the nice elegant theme of the main room. Instead, we were in the penthouse at the top of the large building we entered on the first day. The elegant and crisp post-sunrise glow filled the room which was almost fully surrounded glass windows. Maybe only four other skyscrapers challenged the height of the one we were in.
             I walked up to one of the windows, noticing a slight mature difference as the glass was icy cold and on the other side, was covered in a thin layer of mist. Even as someone who isn't afraid of heights, looking down at the world below which was engulfed in a thin layer of grey fog, overcame me with fear. To think that this thin layer of glass would protect me from the bustling world below.
             How strange. We were hidden from society. The outcasts who preferred to be anonymous robin hoods than gaudy and fake heroes. But with 3 of the four walls in this room window, I felt as though I was on display to the whole world. A steel pedestal specially made for all of us.
             After admiring the view, I stole a glance at Mirko. Unlike me, she didn't look at the ground below, but above, up to the clouds which we so very close. They never looked that large from the city floor.
             “Students! You’re finally here!” A chipper and high squeaky voice alerted me. My footsteps were short as I stepped back from the side of the room. The students turned to the short little mouse. Small groups had formed, mostly of 2-3 people awkwardly standing next to each other from a partial distance…
              for that one wooden guy and the blonde. They were standing pretty close-
             “You can all remove your masks now! They were a temporary thing, now that new have completely erased all traces of who you were previous to this school, you are perfectly safe from outsides and other students. As far as the world knows, you currently don't exist.”
             His sweet attitude didn’t deter me from the almost translucent threat in his voice. Hesitantly, people began to take them off and reveal their faces. After about half the classroom had removed theirs, I undid the ribbon that held it to my head and let it fall into my hand. A tingle of cool metal spread on my skin. I placed it on the ground next to my feet and glanced up at my peers.
             Most fit what I expected, they were still strangers, but now I had a chance at remembering them.
             A rush of embarrassment coursed up into my brain when I took the liberty to Look up at Mirko, I traced my gaze over her face and her perfect features while she took me in as well. Our eyes met for a second too long while I drowned in a crimson abyss. My cheeks almost flushed the same shade as her eyes. I turned away and heard her quietly chuckle:
             “cute”
             Now I was red.
             “Now that we have had time to familiarize ourselves to the minimum, I would also like to say the same for quirks!”
             Mirko’s flashed a wide grin, canines showing.
             “You are all now safe to show quirks, as that has also been cleaned from reality.”
             In my peripheral vision was a quick flash of dirty blonde. When I glanced over, Hawks turned his head away, a distant look. I didn’t look away though, and if he was as smart as he acted, he noticed. The daggers I was shooting from my eyes aimed at the briefcase in his hand.
            ��“So, my little criminal prodigies, though many of you are already masters in your main craft, we want to reach past those horizons-”
             He cleared his throat and redirected my attention to his short stature. With a sigh he continued;
             “Those horizons being combat, tactical, hardware engineering, and friendship! Within the combat course, we will be going over-” I felt a short soft tap on my shoulder. It was Mirko.
             “in tactical we want to utilize your current stren-”
             “Hey, pssst”
             She whispered, but when I turned to her she was still looking ahead to Nezu. Ruby eyes glowing in the ethereal morning light.
             “engineering will be taught for obvious rea-”
             Her hand brushed across mine and my heartbeat quickly spiked. The ghost of her touch remained on the back of my wrist even when she moved. Mirko’s gaze was still stagnant, but in a hushed tone she quietly mumbled,
             “This was in your jacket’s hood”
             Her knuckles bumped into mine once more, though they were more demanding, silently telling me to open my hand. There was a moment of confusion when something extremely soft was placed in my hand. It was light, and there was no weight to it. Soft and light. Closing my fingers around it, I brought it up and looked at it while I was cupped in my grasp.
             A single red feather and a tiny one as that sat in my palm; soft and warm. Hawks. Whatever emotion I was feeling numb all my other senses. Was it fear? Anger? A little confusion. There was some kind of shuffling around me that was dulled by my thoughts. Nezu probably gave the class some kind of directions, as they were talking among themselves. In short sentences and simple words. Surface level stuff.
             Across the classroom, Hawks moved to chat with a tall guy with white hair that fell over his shoulders. He seemed knowingly more anxious now. His hand was fidgeting at his side. He knew I had the feather, but he wasn’t looking at me? Could he feel through them? It would make sense, seeing as he could control them at will.
             Turning the feather in my hand I saw him physically tense up a little bit. Brushing the vane (the soft part of a feather) with one of my fingers, his hand stilled, his actions were choppy as he laughed with the other guy. Oh, he knew what I was doing. I dropped it to the ground and turned to Mirko, a little smile on my face, she had one too. I was about to talk about the feather with her when she shot me a knowing look and a curt shake of her head.
             “What are we doing again?” I sheepishly asked, having zoned out the whole assembly.
             “Pairing up for combat assessments, you're with me.” She playfully nudged my shoulder when I groaned, annoyed.
             When I looked down at my shoes distraughtly I could see the little feather blowing softly away from me in Hawk’s direction. For good measure I stepped on it and crushed it beneath my feet, relishing in the wince I could see him make as he as stretching for warm-ups.
             Mirko at the least seemed amused at what I was doing with Hawks but still wanted to begin training. She was practically bouncing on the balls of her feet in excitement.
             “So basically, we get five minutes to spar with any technique we want, no biting, clawing, hair pulling, dirty plays- and then we fight there.”
             She motioned over her shoulder to black mats in the center of the room. The borderline feral look in her eyes makes me feel way to arou-scared to fight her. (Woah there Clarissa this is a family-friendly account).
             “Wait are you s-serious? Fight each other?” I stumbled out. She was a foot taller than me and more fit.
             “Aww c’mon, I’ll go easy on you, whoever is immobile first wins?”
             “I guess.”
             ‘You can do this (y/n)’ I had to say to myself, though it wasn’t that convincing. I've done kickboxing before, so I readied myself into a prep stance. My legs were a little farther apart than my shoulders, and my hands were loose fists in front of my torse. I instinctively bent my knees and began swaying a little to prepare. I wasn’t going to throw the first fight.
             Mirko was turned around, removing her jacket to reveal toned arms that flexed as she placed it on the ground. I gulped.
             “Are you ready Bunny?” She inquired, calmly, even relaxed.
             “Whenever you are” I replied with confidence. I can do this.
             Her hand reached up to the beanie that was sat atop her head. Before touching it though she looked over her shoulder to stare me down. “Are quirks on the table?”
             This was a variable I hadn’t expected, but I wasn’t going to let that phase me.
             “Bet.” I softly smiled and she aggressively smirked.
             “Okay Bunny,” She paused, turning towards me and throwing the hat to the ground,
             “Lets fight”
             Ears sprang up from her perfect hair and she lunged at me with incredible power, her leg aimed right towards my torso. I was shocked by the ears. A rabbit quirk? I didn’t have time to think when she landed a solid kick on the side of my hip.
             Ouch
             Her style of fighting was low and she probably intended to wipe me out, so I would have to aim for her upper body to counter.
             “Oh shiiii-” I quickly dodged to the left, using my arm to block her leg and push it the other direction.
             I tried to get closer and close the gap as she seemed like a mid-distance fighter. Ducking under her swinging leg that was in a circular high kick I tried knocking her to the ground with a punch to her shoulder, that should send her off balance, but she caught my hand and kicked out the back of my legs. My knees hit the floor and I was temporarily stunned. I recovered with a quick little roll the hopped up.
             I faked out a right hook and grabbed her blocking arm, and attempted to get her in a headlock. She was ahead of me though. Once I tried to wrap my arm about her neck-
             A firm grasp settled on my wrist and pried back my hand at an excruciatingly painful angle. I hissed through my teeth and let go, holding my hand which was sharply stinging with pain. A little bit harder and I would have tapped out and forfeited the match.
              Just as I looked back up to attempt to cut my losses and aim for her head, she was running towards me. My legs were thrown out from beneath me and the breath was knocked out of my lungs, making breathing difficult. She sat on my stomach, effectively weighing me down, I couldn't get up anymore. I blindly swung a punch, hoping it would hit something that would give me leverage.
             My fist connected with her upper lip. She didn’t budge from above me though, in fact, she pressed down harder as she sat on my stomach. Each breathe getting more and more labored.
              She pinned me to the ground, one hand holding my arms above me, the other reaching up towards her lip. Red came back on her fingers.
             “Fuck (y/n) that hurt like a bitch.”
             Her grip on my hands tightened to a bruising hold that pushed my wrists together and dug them into the sparring mat. The previous sprain I suffered roared by to life and a groan resonated in my chest. That drew a dry laugh from her, obviously it was painful though. Her hand slammed next to my head, lowering herself a little closer to me. We were both tired and panting. My entire back was throbbing from being so aggressively pushed to the ground.
             She gazed at my face with indistinguishable emotion. Her teeth were barred in a mix between a grimace and a smile. The blood that was smeared beneath her mouth where I had injured her; the red blood matched her wild eyes.
“I win,” She said quietly...
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‘Nice Things Are Nice and Bad Things Are Bad’
H'OKAY! SO! For context, I'm wearing my Bobs' Burgers T-shirt, and I've been thinking of a RWBY and Bob's crossover for some time, SO HERE WE GO!!! \/\/\/\/\/
"That was the worst amusement park I've ever been to, guys!" Ruby complained, sighing aloud again. The so-called 'Wonder Wharf' had been drastically less than wonderful. The only thing the four ladies had been able to wonder about was where the fun had gone.
The decaying amusement park in this seaside city was its main attraction, but the girls had not been attracted by it enough to actually go into the park. Even if the gentleman with the eyepatch tried diligently to get them to enter the park, there was no way any of them were going. The Scream-i-Cane roller coaster was noticeably falling to pieces, and most of the other rides were being replaced so they were inaccessible.
"Yeah, it was pretty horrible. Are there any decent eats around here?" Blake wondered aloud, her stomach growling loudly.
"Looks like there's an Italian place across the street! Jimmy Pesto's Pizzeria!" Yang noticed. She eyed the place through the front window. "There's a bar. They probably card, and I don't have my Scroll." She mused. Ruby noticed the vacant building next to them.
"Hey, check this place out! Bob's Burgers! A burger sounds awesome right now!" She suggested, pointing to the place next to the vacant building. The four of them decided on this place.
"Welcome to Bob's Burgers! Can I interest you in my buns?" A boy with bushy black hair who was dressed as a burger asked them.
"GENE!" A man yelled from the window to the kitchen. "Keep the double entendres a little less obvious! Make them have to think about it, at least." The man suggested. He must be the boss.
"Welcome to Bob's Burgers! What can I get you today?" A small girl wearing a hat with pink rabbit ears asked, approaching the booth the girls had chosen. She passed the four of them menus.
"Today's special is the Red, White, Black and Yellowfin Burger! It's a tuna melt with ketchup, a bit of horseradish, and our signature black garlic mayonnaise!" The tiny girl told them, Blake's upper ears perking up at the word 'tuna'.
"I'll have that!" She answered without further thought. Another worker, a girl bussing tables, widened her eyes at Blake's ears.
"Woah, are you a catgirl?!" She asked. Blake laughed.
"Yeah, I'm a faunus! We all have a certain animal trait." The girl smiled at that.
"Do you know any horse faunus? Like with a mane or a tail? Any trait below the waist will be fine, really..."
"TINA! We appreciate the weird stuff you enjoy, but please don't ask the customers about their horse friends!" A woman with a sharp voice told the bus girl. "Let Louise take their order."
"I'll have the 'Bet it All on Black Garlic burger. It says it won a contest?" Weiss asked.
"Well, it placed Second, but the winner came here right after to eat one! Also, it beat that idiot across the street!"
"Jimmy Pesto? He makes Italian food! Why was he in a burger contest?" Yang queried.
"Because he's an idiot!" Louise answered.
"I'd high-five you for that, honey, but I'm manning the grill!" The man mentioned. The boss must be these kids' father. So he was the Bob in Bob's Burgers.
"I'll take the New Bacon-ings burger! Bacon fries sound epic!" Yang ordered. Ruby perused the menu a bit longer.
"I'm torn between 'Baby You Can Chive My Car' and 'Pickle my Funny Bone'..." She finally mentioned. "I'll have both! I'm pretty hungry, and I can share one if I don't like it that much." Louise nodded and ran the girls' order back to the kitchen.
Two ginger kids appeared at the door. "We want to take the cat girl home!" One of them said.
"How do you know she's not a dog girl?" The other weird kid asked. Yang's eyes flashed red.
"You kids won't be taking my girlfriend anywhere!" She told them.
"Yeah! Especially since she's our customer! And she's supposed to introduce me to a horse boy!" Tina added. Blake didn't remember saying anything of the sort, nor did she see the harm in these weird kids' fascination. They wouldn't be taking her anywhere, though.
"What about our brother, Tina?"
"Jimmy Jr. is fine, but if I could meet a horse boy with a great butt, I wouldn't pass him up!"
"LITTLE PESTOS! Go back home and cause trouble for your dad, please!" The lady poking her head out the door to the kitchen told them.
"Our dad sent us with a joke for Mr. Belcher! Ollie has it!"
"I thought you had it, Andy!"
"OH NO WE LOST THE JOKE!!" The two boys went into a frenzy, digging in their pockets and banging their heads together in a chorus of OW sounds. The two strange boys ran out the door.
"Thanks, Linda!" Bob thanked her.
"Don't mention it, honey! They weren't gonna crack jokes at my big burger boy!" She replied, trying to sound seductive. It didn't work that well, it seemed. Bob was still manning the grill. They could see his impressive mustache through the window.
"So Mr. Bob!" Yang began.
"Please, just call me Bob! Mr. Bob was my father! Well, he preferred Big Bob, but whatever. You were saying, Ma'am?"
"Ooh, Ma'am. I like that. So respectful. Anyway, do you give discounts for heroes and heroines?"
"Um, we comp meals for cops. Are you guys cops?" Bob asked.
"Not exactly. I mean, we fight crime and junk, when we aren't fighting monsters. Okay, how about discounts for people with awesome, technologically advanced weapons?"
"I don't think--"
"KEEP TALKING!" Gene and Louise answered simultaneously, cutting off their dad as Louise brought their food to them.
"I have an energy sword that can fire blasts of elements!" Weiss bragged, producing Myrtenaster.
"Really shiny!" Tina answered.
"PFFFT! I've got a katana that I can also use as a grappling hook, in tandem with the ribbons tied around my wrists!" Blake cheered as she took out he Gambol Shroud.
"Practical!" Gene responded, definitely intrigued.
"I used to have two gauntlets that fired like shotguns. Now I have one of those AND a cybernetic arm that fires like a shotgun!" Yang bragged loudly, showing off her arm and remaining Ember Celica.
"That's incredible! Where can I get one of those?" Bob asked her. Linda rolled her eyes.
"What are you gonna shoot at, Jimmy Pesto?"
"Maybe! He's not even really Italian, Lin! Poplopovich? That can't be Italian!" A crashing noise called their attention back to the girls. Ruby stood, poised for attack with Crescent Rose behind her back.
"WHOA! IS THAT A SCYTHE?!?!?!" Louise exclaimed. She had never seen such a weapon.
"Yes! It's also a compact, bolt action sniper rifle! Yes, it's also my husband! No, you CANNOT TOUCH IT!" Ruby delivered swiftly, morphing the scythe into its 'storage' form and placing it inside the holster on her back.
"Wait, you MARRIED a SCYTHE? Is that even LEGAL?" Tina questioned.
"This is the screwiest fanfiction I've ever starred in, by far..." Gene mused.
"I don't think we're the stars, Gene," Tina corrected.
"I'm not even a star, kids, and it's taking place in MY restaurant!" Bob complained. He would have to take that up with the writer later. Does ZweI really want to fight a dude that looks like Tom Selleck?
No, Bob, ZweI doesn't! I'd rather set a good example for the kids and settle it like gentlemen. Anyway, the readers don't care about that, so ON WITH THE FANFICTION!
"You'll never be stars, at least not with that attitude! I'm TAKING OVER THIS FANFICTION!" Louise claimed, punching at the fourth wall. Luckily, I'm just out of her reach. NOT TODAY, YOU WONDERFUL LITTLE PSYCHOPATH!!!
Anyway, so Ruby won the contest, obviously, and Bob gave her half off her meal. Basically, she got a free burger since she had ordered two. The food was incredible, the environment was really homey, and the staff was a riot, of course. The ladies of Team RWBY left their new favorite restaurant a monumental tip. Don't forget to tip your wait staff, folks. They have to eat, too.
"That place was really great!" Yang mused as they walked out the door.
"Yep, that Bob makes a tasty burger!" Weiss chimed in, licking her fingers that still held traces of black garlic mayo.
"Makes up for that positively awful theme park!" Blake added with a grin. Ruby was too busy stuffing her face with leftovers to pay a compliment, but she made an agreeable sound between bites.
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So yeah, that was a thing!
Sorry, not sorry! WAHAHAHAH!!! \/\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/
Day Fifteen: A Character Dressed in What You’re Currently Wearing
Team RWBY eating at Bob’s Burgers was a random idea I had some time back, and I happened to be wearing my Bob’s T-shirt today, so yeah.
Not much else to say about this one, other than that it does NOT count as a Crossover Day fic, it’s just a coincidence that it’s a crossover.
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