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omaano · 1 year
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... and then Fennec got to make exagerated funny faces at the baby while Boba and Din figured themselves out after the exhibit.
I'd thought I was going to miss the deadline for the @bobadinweek's AU bingo with this one since it got away from me a little, but with the extension I'm more than on time! So here is the Soulmate sqaure fill for my card - I know it's pushing more of a 'reincarnation AU' possibility, but I don't have that on my card, and those two are related anyway. So technically I doubled down on it 😌
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willowser · 9 months
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wait no but dad!bakugo finally coming home, and as soon as he pulls up to his house he see's his little girl waiting for him with her face pressed up against the window, all starry eyed and sleepy but so so so excited to see her daddy that she stayed up way past her bedtime just to be there when he walks through the door. 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺 his heart probably melts at the sight of her, so he completely ignores the stuff he needs to unpack from the car, doesn't bother with anything else cuz all he wants is to hold her and press a million kisses to her chubby cheeks, tell her how much he missed her and how sorry he is that he was gone for so long 🥺 🥺 🥺 🥺
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of course he missed you both, and of course he's excited to see you both, to finally come home. but there's something about sitting in the driveway, jet-lagged and overtired, running on fumes. he turns the car off and just. sits there, for a long while, mind numb. it's been an exhausting week and all he's gotta do is pull himself out of the vehicle and lug all his things inside; his baby is probably safely tucked into her blankets, fast asleep — and that does warm his heart quite a bit — and you. he can't wait to just crawl in bed beside you, content just to have the warmth of your body, your familiar smell.
and while he's gearing himself up to do all this, a flash of his curtains catches his attention, and when he looks, he's surprised to find his teeny tiny angel standing against the window, chupie in her mouth, slapping her hands against the glass way harder than she should be.
and maybe it's because he's exhausted and maybe it's because this was his first stint away since she's been born and maybe he is just still getting used to being loved so openly, so wholly — but his frown is so strong and his eyes sting so bad. and he feels like such a huge crybaby, but then he sees you peeking out the curtain, looking just as sleepy and safe, wearing the same smile you gave your daughter — and then he doesn't care about the stuff in the car, doesn't care about anything other than rubbing at his eyes before coming inside, to you both 🥺🩷✨️
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arcadianico · 7 months
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one thing about me is that i’m always thinking about the elrics being the last survivors of a dead people, born after the destruction of their civilisation. do you ever think about how they are so severed from xerxian culture, and they have no ability to reconnect with it because the people are gone? all that is left is the sand, and the desert is so cold at night
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seaglassdinosaur · 2 months
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I know we collectively agree that Hiccup isn’t romantically inclined, and his getting married and having kids didn’t make sense in the epilogue, but consider: Hiccup getting married for political reasons.
It’s a marriage of alliance, which is recognized both by him and his partner, and they enter it without expectations of romantic involvement. Since they’re now married, they live in the same castle, spend time together, and Hiccup finds he really likes his spouse. They’re funny, get along with his friends, and has the same interests and values. They both probably speak multiple languages. She understands why Hiccup is so dedicated to making the Wilderwest better, and holds similar views. She’s a good politician (her job after all, was to be an ambassador). Hiccup likes spending time with them, and the feeling is mutual. They’re not in love, they have their own lives, but they’re dedicated to each other and eventually decide to raise children. They teach their kids how to train hawks and hunt with dragons, riding, history, the Languages, and all the necessary skills of their world. They’re not in love and they’re happy together.
#pushing the aromantic hiccup agenda and also the queerplatonic agenda#as much as the idea of hiccup getting married was always a little off to me it was more the romantic angle#which I why I like the idea of a marriage of alliance and a partner who understands that#and then of course the montage of them being a good team and getting along#and going ‘yeah I like this person. I think this is the person I want to spend my life with.’#also a) a lot of arranged political marriages did have the foreign spouse function as an ambassador#b) polyglot hiccup is canon and I think it would be neat if his spouse was as well. it is a marriage alliance after all.#she isn’t from the small area of berm#(actually give all the Vikings regional accents. I think it’s neat)#c) she/they because I didn’t feel firmly about the partner’s gender and the nords were pretty gender diverse#anyway I think the partner would probably be fond of the library and admire hiccup got it open way back when#get along with Fishlegs and camicazi well enough#and enjoy dramatic stories of their adventures. maybe have some of her own#also: normalize people having their own lives outside their partners. hiccup and they are happy together but also have their own friends#oh and you know hiccup would be a great dad. he loves Stoick but he would so much be the dad he wished he had growing up#are the kids bio related? are they adopted (cast off and No Names)? who knows!#I could build in my head what hiccup’s spouse is like but I’ll leave it here#they exist as we construct them#httyd#httyd books#my post#book!hiccup#hiccup the third#hiccup horrendous haddock iii#book hiccup
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solarkindred · 4 months
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Submas/PLA au idea but everything happens normally except Ingo has a shiny sneasel/sneasler that follows him around. Because the sneas’ mother, Lady Sneasler, rejected him bc of his different fur color, therefore leaving him to Ingo’s(and by extension Paulina’s and Akari’s/Rei’s) care.
Ingo then finds himself resonating with the sneas’ loneliness in that he(dubbed Sneaky the Sneasel) cannot interact with other sneasel, his litter-mates or not, due to his different fur color and therefore Sneaky cannot truly belong; in the same case of Ingo never truly fitting in due to his odd behaviors, his accent, his mental disorder of autism and the way he dresses. And that neither can actually interact with their siblings anymore
Ingo becomes the father he never thought himself to be due to Sneaky and the constant presence of Akari/Rei(they bring food for Sneaky and Ingo bc they love their old uncle)
Sneaky follows Ingo to Unova when he returns too. Emmet has many questions on why his brother was found in the middle of the forest with a ferally protective foreign pokemon protecting his unconscious body.
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margareturtle · 4 months
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Ash Morgenstern’s biggest fear is Julian Blackthorn
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dayurno · 2 months
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omg reverse riko au is making me feel so ill..... please let us know if you have any more thoughts abt riko kayleigh and kevin legend.....
I DO my idea is that its around the same age kevin and riko met in canon so tetsuji kicks the bucket when riko is 7/8 and riko is (very forcibly) removed from the nest and sidelined to kayleigh as a new moriyama asset from the main branch takes over the nest. riko struggles a lot with the change because he is very young and very scared and he’s used to horrible things at tetsuji’s hand, which means that he doesn’t trust kayleigh and finds kevin entirely too weird. it’s honestly really cute because i think at this point obviously 7 year old kevin wants to befriend him but riko is such an anxious ball of anger that most of their interactions are like
baby riko: what do you WANT from me. go AWAY!!!! NOW
baby kevin: (heavy irish accent) nothing i think. do you want a bite of my sandwich?
anyway i think riko and kayleigh do get along but he never really considers her his mother or even godmother, for a long time he thinks of her as his Benefactor until the child therapy starts hitting and she becomes Aunt Kayleigh and then after a few more years he can be loosely convinced to refer to her as auntie once or twice a year. his second son syndrome never really leaves him; in the upcoming years riko struggles with the idea that he’s anything But an add-on to the days and still overworks himself to death trying to be acknowledged by kengo, but it’s leaps better just from being outside the nest and having people to look out for him
riko and kevin have some rough patches, especially during riko’s first years with the days. because kevin is an easy target and riko is afraid of kayleigh he ends up letting a lot of that anger out on kevin, though obviously at this point they are children and riko’s anger manifests in some mild bullying and name calling. i think kevin doesn’t even understand it most of the time 😭 riko has been around grown ups his entire life so his adult level insults make no sense to kevin’s seven year old mind. nevertheless after kayleigh tells him to stop picking on kevin riko does respect it (first out of fear, then later because they actually get along) and they go on to become brothers with only a slight tendency towards antagonism. riko’s jealousy of kevin is still a big part of their relationship and i think even more so when college applications roll around, and he’s even more worried when wymack comes into the picture, but it never culminates into anything as horrible as hand breaking because riko has an actual outlet and a support system :) it’s mostly a yelling match that eventually turns to getting scolded by kayleigh for acting like barbarians
#i know kayleighs sermons go hard kevin and riko are sitting there head bowed like yes maam…..#i havent yet decided where they both go to college in this au#but i think for one that the nest still exists and jean still gets sold to the moriyamas but it’s the main branch now#however without riko there jean’s experience in the nest is. Hard but not brutal#anyway i think riko would apply to edgar allen but he would be rejected on the account of being second branch raised by foreigners#but how horrifying to think about jean in the nest bossing riko around right. kind of a slay though#i think kevin goes to palmetto still Because he wants to reconnect with wymack and riko is very divided but ultimately chooses usc#because they’re the best and he doesn’t want to play second fiddle to kevin and his father#also i imagine his time in usc sucks a lot for the first months because it’s so different LOL#and he’s never been alone before like this with kayleigh and kevin so far out of reach#but :) hed make friends. maybe even… captain jeremy knox….. whos to say?#!#meanwhile kevin (a normal boy at this point) has to deal with the foxes being a trainwreck and the new serial killer dad recruit#he’s got a lot on his hands#ANYWAY this is entirely unrelated and indulgent but i want this kevjean to meet so bad#riko on the phone: we played against the ravens that jean moreau is a scoundrel and a monster and he almost broke my arm kevin: woaw#he’s gonna be so pissed off three years down the line when jean moreau shows up at christmas dinner with the days#you think theres any worse dynamic for jean and riko than master and slave? of course. Brothers in law#wouldnt you just kill to be a little fly buzzing around that christmas supper#asks#riko#kevin&riko
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backhurtyy · 10 months
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peter standing on the floor beneath miguel’s platform with a boombox playing a mixtape of rock n roll love songs he made for miguel
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milf-harrington · 1 year
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i think it would be funny if steves parents are the Eccentric type of rich, where theyve got so much money they just. do shit. like build a house in the middle of the woods and have three garages - like i think steves house should have whole sections that he wont let any of the party explore bc its just whole rooms of like. clown dolls and shitty pottery and weird instruments neither of his parents actually play
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winepresswrath · 8 months
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unfortunately I cannot be normal when characters love each other but break up anyway and it's for the best but they can't stay away and then the plot throws them back together and they figure out how to actually be together. This is what repeated exposure to The Philadelphia Story as a young child will do to a person.
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essektheylyss · 10 months
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Not to be a damaged Californian but it's wild to me that in other places you can just like. go to a river or a lake. and hang out there. and swim around. and that's just allowed and encouraged. What the fuck.
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noexoozes · 3 months
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I've got this mental image of Jet holding his newborn baby and just in awe of how tiny and fragile he is, and absolutely blown away by how much he loves someone he just met.
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gayatticusfinch · 10 months
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Neelix! I always liked this guy
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hella1975 · 1 year
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thought about my old house for more than two seconds and almost cried so i did the smart thing and looked at the pictures of it on rightmove to see how the new owners (they have lived there since 2015) have completely ruined it (they redecorated) to the point it's unrecognisable (got an extension) and im literally ugly sobbing about it. they let my mother's garden die
#YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THERE USED TO BE CONIFERS THERE AND I REMEMBER CLIMBING SO FAR UP THEM#AND MY GRANDAD SEEING ME THROUGH THE BRANCHES AND SMILING AT ME AND SAYING 'HELLO' SO SOFTLY#BACK WHEN HE WAS NICE AND I REMEMBER THERE'S A BACK ALLEY BEHIND ALL THE GARDENS ON THE STREET#THAT YOU CANT SEE IN THE PHOTOS AND ME AND THE TWO BOYS NEAR ME USED TO SPEND HOURS AND HOURS#RUNNING ABOUT AND GETTING DIRTY AND BREAKING INTO THE NEIGHBOURS' GARDENS AND GETTING IN TROUBLE#AND NOW ONE IS IN A MILITARY SCHOOL BECAUSE HIS PARENTS GREW SCARED OF HIM#AND THE OTHER GOT INVOLVED IN GANGS AND GOT CAUGHT WITH A KNIFE IN SCHOOL BUT I SAW HIM AT THE LOCAL A FEW MONTHS AGO#AND HE'S STILL ONE OF THE SOFTEST BOYS IVE EVER MET AND HE SMILED AND SAID HE WAS GLAD I WAS DOING WELL#AND I REMEMBER RUNNING UP THE STAIRS WHEN MY MUM WAS ANGRY AND I REMEMBER RUNNING DOWN THE DRIVE#WHEN MY DAD CAME HOME AND I REMEMBER MY OLD DOG AND HOW MY MUM EXPLAINED THE NAMES BEHIND EVERY ROSE#I REMEMBER BEING SCARED OF THE CELLAR AND I REMEMBER LEARNING TO PLAIT MY OWN HAIR ON THE STAIRS#BECAUSE MY SISTER REFUSED TO TEACH ME AND I REMEMBER HOW COLD THE ATTIC WAS#I REMEMBER SLEEPING IN MY MUM'S BED AND I REMEMBER THE CAT DYING#I REMEMBER CLOSING MY EYES SO TIGHTLY BECAUSE I THOUGHT ID SEE SANTA AND THAT MEANT HE WOULDNT COME#I REMEMBER CRYING IN THE BATHROOM WHEN MY SISTER TOLD ME THE EASTER BUNNY WASNT REAL#I REMEMBER MY MUM BRUSHING MY HAIR IN THE KITCHEN BEFORE SCHOOL AND I REMEMBER HOW WE PAINTED THE WALLS#THAT'S MY HOUSE IT'S BUILT FROM ME AND NOW I CANT EVEN RECOGNISE IT#THAT WAS THE LAST PLACE I WAS TRULY HAPPY NOTHING BAD HAD EVER HAPPENED TO ME#AND NOW IT'S FOREIGN TO ME#im about to start dry-heaving this is evil and sick and twisted childhood homes come with their own ache i think#hella goes home#<- not quite but v much fits that tag
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ventipinkdrinks · 6 months
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ok im gonna make a twisted wonderland x ever after high cross over ... ok im gonna make a twisted wonderland x ever after high x monster high cross over OK im gonna make a twisted wonderland x ever after high x monster high x descendants cross over????????
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janetbrown711 · 2 years
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First Bowl of Noodles
The story of how Mei and MK stumbled into Pigsy's Noodles and met Pigsy and Tang
**Several years pre-canon**
Ao3 Link
It was a regular rainy thursday afternoon for Pigsy, customers shifting in and out of the restaurant at a slower pace than usually, the soft pattering of rain outside, and Tang working on his dissertation, still hemming and hawing at whether or not he chose the right topic has he had been for just about forever now– and of course, he was also not paying for his food. Pigsy would’ve bothered him, but the restaurant was so quiet and peaceful he didn’t feel like disturbing it.
It was right then he jinxed it, as he heard the door burst open, followed by the sounds of sopping wet sneakers ducking under a booth and some whispers, leaving what he knew without looking was probably a massive trail of mud water and dirt without an apology.
Kids.
Just what he wanted right now.
Here we go…
Pigsy put the pot he was working on to a simmer before going to the booth and knocking on the table. “Can I help you two down there?” he huffed. Sheepishly, two maybe ten-year-olds, one boy and one girl, popped out on opposite sides of the booth– with the girl having a massive bruise on her cheek.
“Haha, sorry sir, can we have a menu?” The girl smiled brightly at him. Pigsy rolled his eyes and pointed to the rack of them against the wall. “Oh,” she laughed nervously and grabbed one, burying her face in it. Pigsy huffed and went back to the kitchen.
“They’re just kids Pigsy, let them be,” Tang gave Pigsy a look.
“Pay for your food and maybe I’ll listen to your advice,” Pigsy smirked, going back to working on a plate of biangbiang noodles.
“Do you think we lost em?” Pigsy could hear the boy attempt to whisper clear as day due to the sheer emptiness of the restaurant. He tried to ignore it, but he was always a bit of an eavesdropper.
“I dunno, I’d say so,” She said, her voice muffled from still hiding her face in the menu presumably.
‘Lost em’? The last thing Pigsy needed on this perfectly calm Thursday afternoon was a fight in his restaurant. He glanced at the door as he finished the biangbiang noodles, put it into a to-go container and bag and handed it to the last remaining paying customer.
“...sorry I kind of let you get punched in the face back there, Mei,” The boy picked at his menu anxiously, which made Pigsy furrow his brow.
“Psh, you know I can handle myself.” The girl, Mei, said, finally lifting her face from the menu. Pigsy busied himself by wiping down the counters in the kitchen.
“Well yeaaaahhhh, but still– sorry,” The boy apologized again.
“What, you want me to punch you in the face so we’re even?” Mei snorted.
Pigsy immediately set down his rag and went to the table.
“You know you have to come to the bar to order, right?” Pigsy asked the kids, causing them to jump in their seats.
“Yes sir, Mr..?” The boy had no idea where he was.
“Pigsy. Of ‘Pigsy’s Noodles.’ You know– the restaurant you’re in right now? THe very restaurant you dragged all of your muddy footprints into?” Pigsy tapped his foot. He could practically feel Tang’s ‘go easy on them’ eyes on his back but he didn’t care. He would not have any fights or tomfoolery in his family’s restaurant, no siree.
“Wow Pigsy’s Noodles?! My parents never let me come here,” Mei grinned, leaving Pigsy confused as to if he should be offended or not.
“Look kids– I don’t want any trouble, so either order food or get on your way, alright?” Pigsy rubbed his forehead before he pulled out a pen and pad from his apron.
“Right! W-well, I’ll get the– uhm.. the crab roe noodles,” Mei grinned at him as she put her menu back.
“This kid just ordered the most expensive noodles in the shop and she has no clue,” Pigsy shook his head.
“You sure? They aren’t cheap,” Pigsy wrote the order down anyway.
Mei nodded. “And MK will have—”
“I will have reganmian, please and thank you,” the boy, MK, grinned as big as the girl.
Well at least one of them seems to know prices.
“Alright, that’ll be ready soon enough– and if there’s any kind of mischief or antics you guys are out of here, understand? Also, I expect you two to also mop up those footprints– makes my business look bad,” Pigsy shot a look and the kids did a military salute.
“Yes sir, Mr. Pigsy,” They said in unison before laughing. Pigsy just rolled his eyes and went back to the kitchen.
Pigsy got to work straightaway, thinking that if the kids did have to bounce at least he could enjoy the crab roe noodles– he never let himself have it because of how much it cost him to even get the stuff.
Tang was still tap-tap-tapping away at his keyboard, and the rain quieted to a soft drizzle, leaving the only sounds once again to be the boiling of water and the kids talking.
“...How mad are your parents gonna be when you get home late?” Mei asked.
MK took a bit to respond. “I dunno– probably a lot.”
“Like– last time you snuck out bad or worse?”
“...I dunno. Maybe worse.”
“Oh… sorry…”
“It’s not your fault those guys are a bunch of bullies and decided to chase us through the city,” MK assured.
Ah, so that was their story.
Hmph.
“What kind of parent blames their kid for being bullied?” Tang whispered to himself while typing, meaning he was eavesdropping too.
Pigsy tried to focus on his cooking as some orders also rolled in from the online service.
“If it’s any help, my parents are gonna be mad at me too. Especially after the whole motorcycle stunt, haha.”
“That was pretty stupid of us, wasn’t it?” MK laughed. “Man, I can’t believe it didn’t explode after all the junk we did to it– and the look on your nanny’s face was hilarious.”
“Haha, yeah! Good times,” The ten-year-old girl smiled.
“I wish I could tap into my inner dragon though– it’d help a lot with the bullies instead of being all bark with very a reasonable bit but not enough bite. My dad unlocked his when he was seven, I’m practically a runt,” Mei gave a dramatic huff and rested her arms and head on the table with a slam that made the table shake and Pigsy cringe.
MK was quick to comfort though. “You’re not a runt Mei, you’re you– like that book I hate– Charlotte’s Web.”
“Wow, MK, you have such a way with words,” Mei laughed. MK laughed too, to Pigsy’s curiosity (that he was totally feeling on accident because he was just so focused on cooking you know).
Pigsy finished MK’s dish, and so kept it under low heat while he started to cook the crab for Mei’s noodles.
“Okay, okay, for real you don’t need an inner dragon right now, you’re totally cool as is,” MK was pretty sincere for a kid.
“Yeah, yeah, ya big sap,” Mei blew a raspberry, which was followed by the whacking of a menu, which was followed by the whacking of another menu and–
“I said no antics, you two,” Pigsy scolded from the kitchen.
The kids gave a simultaneous “Sorry!” before it turned into a giggling fit.
Oy, was this crab ready yet?
Nope, still needed ginger and sugar and wine.
Pigsy muttered to himself and added the spices.
“Woah– that’s a cool plaque. Hey Mister Pigsy! What’dya get this plaque for?!” The boy shouted so loud so suddenly Pigsy nearly cut his finger off.
“Kid– don’t distract the chef when he’s cooking, alright?” He gave the kid a look, causing him to shrink down.
“You talking about the big blue and gold one up top?” Tang gave Pigsy a quick look before swiveling his stool towards the kids.
“Yeah! Looks cool!” MK said, his spirits returning.
“I believe that was the ‘Best Non-Dragon Themed Restaurant’ about five years ago?” Tang tapped his chin.
“Oh please– it was the ‘Best Wontons 2008’ and you know that, Tang,” Pigsy rolled his eyes.
“Oh right. Best Non-Drago Themed Restaurant is the one over there,” Tang pointed at the one right beneath, which was black and green with a fairly impressive carving of a dragon on it– which, come to think of it, kind of defeats the purpose.
“Haha, cool!” Mei said. “How does a restaurant get so many plaques? There’s a billion of them!”
“You think this is cool, there’s even more in the basement. This restaurant has been in that old grump’s family for generations–”
“Tang, I really don’t need you to give the kid’s my entire life story, I can do that on my own time,” Pigsy said, turning the heat off the crab to make sure it didn’t burn.
“Is it true? That’s so cool–! Family history is so cool, I wish I had a cool family,” MK had a huge dopey grin on his face. Tang and Pigsy shared a look.
Pigsy added the crab to Mei’s noodles and hit the bell. “Alright, food’s up. That’s 120.38 yuan for the crab roe noodles, and 43.83 yuan for the reganmian.”
MK tensed at that, as Pigsy expected. He sighed as he tapped numbers into the machine, expecting Mei or him to admit they didn’t have money, but to his surprise, the girl walked up confidently with a little coin purse where she pulled out a–
Sweet mother of God– is that a Silk World Card????
“Kid, where the heck did you get this?!” Pigsy didn’t even know if his machine would take such a thing.
“It’s mine– see? It says ‘Mei Dragon’ right there,” Mei reached over the bar to point.
Mei… Dragon??? As in the descendant of the White Horse Dragon????
Holy fucking shit.
“R-right, um… this’ll just be a second,” Pigsy had no idea how she was being so casual about this– how she was a casual kid in general– No– not in general, she was a kid with a huge bruise on her face and mud all over her shoes from getting in a fight– how the hell was she the daughter of a billionaire???
Thankfully, his machine took the card and Mei took the noodles happily back to the table. When he looked back, Tang’s mouth was wide open.
“You mean you’re a descendant of Ao Lie???? The White Horse Dragon??? The one from The Journey to the West????” Tang was practically fanboying.
“Yep!” Mei said, getting a good whiff of the noodles, whereas MK was scarfing his down at lightning fast speeds.
“Jeez kid, it’s like you’ve never had a decent meal in your life,” Pigsy joked, kind of startled how a kid that small ate that fast.
MK wiped his face with his sleeve. “Lunch was meh and I skipped breakfast so– hungry I guess,” he laughed.
“You should see him when they have pop-tarts in the cafeteria. He can eat ten of them in like– five seconds,” Mei said it like it was a brag and not something incredibly disturbing.
“It’s true,” MK grinned, slurping a noodle through his teeth.
“Man, kids these days,” Pigsy shook his head and went back to work.
“You know, it was a billion years ago, but you were also a kid once too, Pigsy,” Tang teased him, typing away at his laptop again.
“Really?! Man, if you told me that old grump was always an old grump I’d believe you,” Mei said with her whole chest, to the point where Pigsy was only 80% sure she was joking.
“Oh no, I’m pretty sure he’s always been a grump,” Tang smirked at Pigsy, who almost gave him the finger, before remembering there were kids here.
“Imagine a frowny faced little piggy– in his big ole chef’s hat with a big frown saying ‘i better not hear another peep outta you guys!’” MK shook his fist dramatically.
Day one and these kids were already making fun of him.
And this was why he usually refused service to lone children.
Right then, a gust of cold air came through the door as the bell chimed for another customer, shutting up MK and Mei instantly as they buried their heads in the menus again.
“Can I help you..?” Pigsy raised an eyebrow at the kids, before realizing a possy of three stupid looking fourteen-year-olds were standing in the doorway, dripping rain and more mud water on his floors (and he had just mopped an hour ago).
“We’re looking for two brats who ran off in this direction, two fifth graders, one girl one boy– seen em?” The ‘leader’ said, sticking his hands in the pockets of his ‘oh-so-tough’ leather jacket.
“Jesus Christ– I do not want any fighting or antics or teenagers in my restaurant. Get out,” Pigsy ordered, briefly glancing at Tang and the kids–
Fuck.
The teens followed his gaze and strutted up to the table, the leader guy slamming his hands on the table.
“Hey there, Lizard Girl. Thought you got away?” He pulled down Mei’s menu.
“It’s Dragon Girl. And buzz off,” Mei glared at him.
“Yeah! Buzz off,” MK defended his friend.
“Yeah, yeah, you still owe me for what you did to Xiran’s face,” he snatched their menus away.
“Hey– no fighting! Especially ten-year-olds– Jeez, do you not have anyone your own size to pick on,” Pigsy angrily rolled up his sleeves and stepped out of the kitchen.
“It’s not my fault Xiran fell out of that tree– I was climbing very normally and she decided to leap and–”
“Blah blah blah– Do you ever shut up?!” The bully grabbed MK’s collar and Pigsy intervened, pulling the two apart.
“Out. Now.”
The kids laughed, though one was notably worried. Pigsy gave them a death glare, and the leader raised his hand in an arrogant behavior that made Pigsy’s eyes roll so hard it almost hurt.
“Alright, alright, we’re good kids, we know when we aren’t welcome. Let’s go, crew.”
Pigsy scoffed and watched them until they were almost completely out the door, heading back to the kitchen when he suddenly heard a very loud shatter sound and a scream from Mei, as well as the teens laughing and running out of the restaurant.
“MK!!! A-a-are you okay?!” Mei asked her friend who was–
Holy fuck those idiots threw a fucking plate at his head– oh my god–
“...Ow,” The kid was bleeding like crazy and was now holding his head.
“Holy fuck, kid–! Are you okay?! Tang, go get a towel– and call an ambulance maybe too,” Pigsy leapt to examine the damage done, while Tang quickly scurried to the supply closet.
“Why the fuck did they do that–??? Jeez– what is wrong with kids these days– that was a perfectly good plate– are you alright? What’s today’s date? Do you know your home address?” Pigsy started asking the kid questions for concussions. Tang quickly returned with a towel, and Pigsy put it against the gash in the kid’s head to help stop the bleeding.
“Fucked up her face– fell from tree– branch gave her big ol’ scar,” MK was very, very dizzy.
“Tang, you calling that ambulance?” Pigsy glanced at him, who snapped out of his fearful state to grab his phone and start dialing.
“MK– a-are you okay?” Mei was trembling, the poor kid.
“He’ll be fine, okay sweetie? Jesus– do you know those kids' names? You’ll need them to press charges, because holy fu– I– uhm…” Pigsy said– biting his tongue for swearing in front of kids.
What? Just because he didn’t like them in his restaurant didn’t mean he didn’t have manners.
Mei nodded her head, tears filling her eyes as she patted MK’s back, who gave a goofy smile in response.
Jesus Christ this kid was delirious…
Thankfully the ambulance was here before they knew it and well– everyone just kind of came along because– it made sense seeing as they were the only witnesses. Pigsy quickly locked up the place before they all hopped in. Sure he’d miss the dinner rush but this mattered to him… for some reason.
When they got to the hospital, MK was taken away for stitches and an x-ray, leaving Mei, Tang and Pigsy in the lobby.
It was awkward in the lobby, as none of the trio really knew what to say. Mei sat in between Pigsy and Tang, just looking at the ground with a bouncing leg and a fresh ice pack a nurse gave her for her bruise.
“I’m sorry for the broken plate, Mr. Pigsy,” Mei eventually broke the awkward silence.
“Don’t sweat it kid– I just hope your friend’s okay,” Pigsy brushed it off, which seemed to upset her somehow.
“But you said you didn’t want fighting and shenanigans and we stayed anyway and now there’s a lot of bl–bl—...” Mei shuddered at the memory.
“I know what I said, but it obviously ain’t your fault. I’d never get mad at the little guy,” Pigsy assured her, which brought a little smile to her face.
“Thanks, Mister,” Mei yawned.
“You know… those noodles were really good. I wish I gotta eat them all,” Mei sighed, her eyelids starting to get heavy.
“Yeah, well you’re welcome to visit anytime kiddo,” Pigsy said, and he was pretty sure he meant it. These kids were… cute? Funny? Pigsy didn’t know– but he did know he liked them– and it’s clear they needed someone who could keep an eye on them.
“Thanks, Mr. Pigsy,” She smiled up at him tiredly.
Pigsy smiled a little before he realized Tang was giving him a look. Pigsy flashed him the finger, which made Tang roll his eyes with a snort.
The chef was too busy being annoyed by Tang to notice Mei had curled up in the chair and began to sleep on his arm.
Oh my god– what am I supposed to do? Can I move? Is she really asleep? Is falling asleep? How long will I be like this? God– I bet Tang is taking pictures– I need to stretch my legs– what am I even doing here I don’t even know these kids– oh my god–
“Mr. Pigsy?” A nurse called from across the room, making Pigsy internally panic more until thankfully Mei sprung to life and ran to the nurse.
“Is MK okay? Is he dying? Dead? In a coma?” She asked as Pigsy got up with Tang.
“Your brother is doing quite alright,” The nurse laughed and patted her shoulder. Pigsy was only half surprised she didn’t correct her.
The nurse then turned to Tang and Pigsy. “There’s no fracture in the skull thankfully, but he has a minor concussion and it’s very likely he’ll have a scar across the forehead.”
“Ah that’s good,” Pigsy sighed a breath of relief.
“Mhm. He should be out in just a moment now– and I recommend going easy on the hugs for right now,” She said that last part to Mei who nodded very seriously.
Right then, the door swung open to reveal MK, who had giant bandages on his head. Mei almost immediately ignored the nurse’s advice and ran over to hug him– though she wisely contained her strength and gave a regular tension hug.
“Hi Mei,” MK hugged her back.
“Aww, you’re right Pigsy, these kids are cute,” Tang smiled and patted his shoulder.
“Excuse me, I never said that I–”
“I’m a mind reader Piggy, you know that,” He pinched his cheek too.
“Yeah, yeah, shut up,” The chef stifled a smile. “How’re you feeling kid?”
“Really, really sorry for messing up your restaurant, I-i promise I’ll make it up to you, sir,” MK begged for forgiveness by bowing.
“Jeez kid, it’s alright– it’s not your fault,” Pigsy pulled at the collar of his chef’s shirt. MK looked at the ground and kicked it.
“I’d still like to make it up,” he mumbled.
Pigsy sighed. “How’s about once a week you can stop by and, I dunno, mop the floors or something? How’s that sound?”
MK’s eyes instantly lit up. “That sounds amazing! Thanks mister.”
“Mister? Are you not Qi Xioatan’s fathers?” The nurse looked very confused.
“Ah– no, I’m just the owner of the restaurant where he was attacked,” Pigsy confessed, though he would’ve earlier if anyone had asked him.
“I see– Xioatan, do you know your parents’ number?” She asked MK.
“I uh… I do…” He glanced at Mei.
“I-i am his uncle though! So I can take him home,” Tang interrupted.
“Ah, wonderful! You’re all checked out, have a safe trip home,” the nurse smiled at MK.
“Thanks for all the help,” MK smiled and waved as the group started to head out.
They all walked in silence for a bit as they moved through the maze that was the hospital until they got to the city bus stop and sat on the bench to wait for it to take them back to Pigsy’s Noodles or whatever stop was closest to MK or Mei’s home.
They rode the bus in silence too, and it turned out the stop around the corner from Pigsy’s noodles was the closest one to MK’s home and so they all got off there.
“I um… thanks a lot, misters. I…” MK clearly didn’t know what to say, kicking at the rocks.
“He means to say we’re really really happy we ran into your restaurant out of all the others. You guys are cool– I think we found ourselves a hangout spot,” Mei grinned at her bestie, who laughed and grinned a little back.
“Like I said, you’re welcome whenever,” Pigsy assured with a crooked smile.
“Sap,” Tang whispered in his ear, and Pigsy quickly elbowed his side.
“You kids alright going home from here?” He asked. Mei and MK nodded.
“We know this city like the back of our hands, don’t we MK?” she said.
“Yeah! And I live like– two or three blocks down, so we’re good,” MK said.
“I dunno– it is pretty dark– how’s about I drive you? It’s not far I know, but it’d make me feel better to know you two don’t get kidnapped the moment you’re out of my– our sights,” Pigsy included Tang for some reason.
“You know what– how’s about I borrow your phone so I can call my parent’s car? I’m sure my parents would like that more than a stranger driving me, no offense Mr. Pigsy,” Mei said, fiddling with her jacket zipper.
“Oh of course– that makes a lot of sense,” Pigsy took his phone out and handed it to the girl, who walked a bit aways to make the call.
MK watched her as she left, his face falling to a one of contemplative sorrow.
“You okay kid?” Pigsy asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.
“Y-yeah! I just– I dunno what to say to my parents,” MK shrugged off the hand, which only made Pigsy and Tang more worried.
“Are your parents… good to you?” Tang clearly didn’t know how to ask that kind of question.
“O-of course they are! They’re just– um– they– they don’t like fighting– yeah, they don’t like that and they’ll be upset to know I got in another fight,” MK clearly lied.
“Well… Pigsy’s Noodle’s doors are always open if you need it kiddo, alright?” The pig chef asked.
“Y-yeah! Thanks– thanks a lot– I… I promise I’ll help sweep and mop and do the dishes once a week– how does Tuesday sound?” MK got excited again at the prospect of working, which was the last thing Pigsy expected.
“Sounds great, kid,” Pigsy gave him a thumbs up just as Mei came back.
“They’ll be here soon,” Mei told the group, who nodded in confirmation.
“Well, to repeat what I said earlier, Pigsy’s Noodles is open whenever, so feel free to stop by anytime, not just when you’re in a lot of danger,” He joked, which made the kids laugh.
“We promise it won’t be all the time,” MK said.
“Well– we promise it won’t be most– no um– we promise there will be some times we visit that we won’t be in danger,” Mei said, and Pigsy laughed despite not knowing if she was kidding or not.
“And hey– if any of you are into the stories and legend of Sun Wukong, I am a scholar so–”
“You know the stories of Sun Wukong?! I love the Monkey King!!!” MK’s eyes practically sparkled with delight.
“Not those legends– I thought this dissertation would be the end of me hearing about Monkey King,” Pigsy groaned.
“Oh please, I need to pass my knowledge down to the younger generations, Piggy, surely you know that,” Tang gave that same stupid smile he always did that made Pigsy want to punch him and kiss him at the same time.
“Yeah! Pass down that knowledge! Monkey King is the coolest– how can you not like him?!” MK seemed almost offended.
Pigsy snorted. “I just prefer stories of actual heroism– stories of good people doing good things and working hard with no powers.”
“Aw, but that’s lame!” MK booed.
“You know, maybe I will ban you two from Pigsy’s noodles after all–”
“NO!” The kids pleaded simultaneously.
“I’m joking, I’m joking– you kids are funny, you know that?” Pigsy laughed so hard he wiped a tear from his eye.
“Meanie,” Mei blew a raspberry before laughing with MK. Just then a long white limousine pulled up, the driver stepping out in a perfect suit with a jade dragon pin on the lapel.
“Mei. Xioatan.” He said, opening the doors for them.
“Thanks Mr. Zihan! And thank you again Mr. Pigsy and Mr. Tang– tonight sucked but was also fun! You two are weird!” Mei grinned as she took her seat.
“Yeah! You guys are weird, I like it,” MK agreed with her before stepping in. “I’ll see you tuesday!”
“See you Tuesday kid,” Pigsy waved as the driver closed the door and before the scholar or the chef knew it, the car was gone.
“Wow you are SUCH a softie– I mean– I already knew that, but I thought you were gonna hide it from them for a lot longer!” Tang immediately started making fun of him.
“You know, one of these days I’m actually going to stop making food for you without you paying and then you’ll regret all this teasing you do,” Pigsy huffed, reaching into his pockets for the keys to Pigsy’s Noodles.
“Ah, you and I both know that’ll never happen– you love me too much,” Tang grinned stupidly.
“Keep testing me and we’ll see,” Pigsy mocked the smile as the lock clicked and they went in.
The interior was somehow worse than they remembered, though there was a distinct smell of boiled over water, burnt noodles and other such vegetables.
He forgot to turn the stove off.
“Yeesh, that’s a mess– that’s great so I’m just gonna grab my laptop–” Tang squeezed in, but Pigsy grabbed his shirt sleeve.
“Nuh-uh. You want free food, you’re gonna clean too. I’ll deal with the kitchen, you deal with the sitting area,” Pigsy ordered, and Tang hung his head in defeat.
“I hate you,” Tang said, going to the supply closet.
“Aww, love you too Tang-y,” Pigsy smirked as he went to the kitchen and turned everything off and scraped the bad food in the trash.
“Do you think that kid– MK– is gonna fulfill his promise? He’s gotta be like– ten,” Tang asked when he returned with a mop.
Pigsy shrugged. “I dunno. He seemed genuine enough.”
“And you say you don’t want kids, tsk tsk tsk,” Tang teased him again, and Pigsy threw a sponge at him.
“I said not to test me, Tang,” He glared.
“But you make it so easy–”
Pigsy threw more sponges, but this time Tang ducked.
“Haha! Didn’t get me–”
Pigsy threw another one and it smacked him right in the face.
“Get to work, you freeloader,” the chef ordered.
“Yes sir, Mr. Pigsy,” Tang mocked him, actually starting to mop.
“Mr. Pigsy,” The chef scoffed to himself as he used his now only remaining sponge to clean pots and pans.
…It wasn’t that Tang was wrong– Pigsy wasn’t the biggest fan of children, but Mei and MK were… different? They were kinda cute, kinda funny, kinda concerning every time they talked about their own families– Pigsy liked them– sued him.
They clearly needed an adult figure they could turn to and–
God what was Pigsy saying? He wasn’t a father figure– he was hardly a “figure” to anyone ever.
But you know– if one of those kids needed him, he wouldn’t like– say no or anything. After all, that Mei girl is part of the Dragon Clan and that meant some serious good business– yeah, good business.
…okay, okay, he was kind of lying to himself– he liked Mei because she was a funny kid and so was MK and they were welcome any time because Pigsy was worried about them already and he only knew them for a couple of hours.
He hoped he wasn’t in over his head or anything– the way Mei talked made it seem like they were a danger magnet.
Kind of like his younger years almost…
Pigsy smiled to himself as he continued to rinse and scrub dishes clean.
It didn’t matter if he was in over his head, he liked those kids and would help them out anyway, and that was a Pigsy Guarantee.
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