#me having written One (1) kita fic ...so true

[audiofictionuk]

New Fiction Podcasts - 14th October

Just Chills: Scary Stories To Hear In The Dark

New Audio Book!

Enjoy a good scare? From timeless scary story classics that have haunted generations to the blood-curdling horror stories born in the twisted minds of the new masters of horror, every week Just Chills delivers an unrelenting dose of fear designed to send chills down your spine. So turn down the lights and let the nightmare begin.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20230929-07

RSS: https://feeds.transistor.fm/just-chills-scary-stories-to-hear-in-the-dark

The Written and The Lost

New Audio RPG!

A rag-tag band of misfits takes a routine job as hired muscle for a research mission and soon finds that they've unearthed something ancient and of dire importance. Soon, the party finds themselves in a race against time to stop a cult and solve a mystery older than memory itself. A quest to learn what is remembered and what is forgotten. A saga of the Written and the Lost. The Written and the Lost is an actual play podcast using the Pathfinder 2E ruleset taking place in the Lost Omens world setting. Join our rambunctious group of nerds every week for a new chapter in this original story with an emphasis on player-directed adventure and complex interwoven storylines.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20230529-06

RSS: https://feeds.castos.com/1k197

Time-Travel Academy

New Audio Book!

This is a read over of a Percy Jackson fan fic/ book me and my friend wrote. (It has correct grammar. We are professinals.)

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231007-01

RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/5968759/episodes/feed

The Eponine Podcast

New Audio Book!

Do you love Broadway musicals and young adult novels? Listen to chapters from But I'm Eponine, the first book in a series about high school theater kids. Follow along as a shy teenager auditions for her school's production of Les Misérables.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231006-03

RSS: https://www.podserve.fm/series/rss/8252/the-eponine-podcast.rss

Apotheosis : A Scion RPG Actual Play

New Audio RPG!

Step into a whole new world where the mythic and the mundane become one with Scion: Apotheosis! Follow the stories of a group of scions - or demigods - as they find out what they are and face impossible foes and odds. An army of fenris wolves are after scion hearts, giants control former underworlds, and the titans breaking free of their prisons are ever-present threats in The World of Scion.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231009-01

RSS: https://feeds.castos.com/gzkrz

ナイトアウルのよなよな図書室

New Audio Book!

こちらは「ナイトアウルのよなよな図書室」がお届けする小説ラジオです。 今宵もひとり退屈しているあなたに、そっと心を埋めてくれるちょっぴり面白くて、切ない、そしてドキッとするショートストーリーをお届けしたい。そんな願いを込めたこの小説ラジオは、週に5日noteにて投稿される、内藤阿宇琉(ナイトアウル)作の短編小説の中から1編「声」でお届けするものです。noteでは、SF・ミステリー・コメディ・ホラー・ファンタジーと様々なジャンルの短編小説を投稿しています。 ご興味のある方は、「ナイトアウルのよなよな図書室」と検索してみてくださいね。

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231001-07

RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/ea4413f4/podcast/rss

Theobald und Dodo

New Audio Book!

Geschichten für Kinder ab 2 Jahren in Schweizer Dialekt. Ideal als Gutenachtgeschichtli, für den Spracherwerb und zur Erweiterung des Wortschatzes. Die Geschichten sind inspiriert von den alltäglichen Erlebnissen der kleinen Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer. Theobald und Dodo besuchen die Kita, ein Schloss, gehen auf die Baustelle und fahren Schlitten und vieles mehr. Spätere Folgen behandeln komplexere Themen mit progressiv grösserem Wortschatz. ”Theobald und Dodo” ist ein familienfreundlicher Podcast. Es werden alltägliche Themen zu Kurzgeschichten verarbeitet. Der Podcast verfolgt keine gesellschaftspolitische Agenda.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231007-02

RSS: https://feed.podbean.com/ohrwurm/feed.xml

Sherlock & Co.

New Audio Drama!

My name is Dr. John Watson, once of the British Army Northumberland Fusilier Regiment, now a true crime podcaster based in central London. I don't have much experience in criminology so this is mostly a record of how I met possibly the most brilliant and bizarre person I have ever, and will ever know. Join me, as I document the adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231010-01

RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/GLT1918729224

O Mistério da Fazenda Vita

New Audio Drama!

Uma simples inspeção de rotina em uma fazenda ou um mistério que guarda terríveis segredos? Aperte o PLAY e prepare-se para descobrir!

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231010-02

RSS: https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/f7f86f6a-2fbd-4ac7-ab53-b01900e5d187/61689a3b-abca-407c-919d-b07b00f26386/17777382-ed97-40b5-97dd-b07b00f2b81b/podcast.rss

Flirties

New Audio Drama!

Hi sweet thing! Welcome to Flirties ~ a collection of short, tender audio stories for hopeless romantics, horny hearts and anyone in need of some loving sounds. All the stories you’ll hear in this podcast come from real fantasies that were anonymously sent to me by friends and strangers. I hope they leave you feeling tickled.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231009-02

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/651b503465a53100110941e2

Nocturna

New Audio Book!

Nocturna is a horror anthology series that explores the edge of reality, and the things that lurk beyond it. Listen to a single story to experience spine tingling thrills, or become consumed by the whole series, and unravel the web of cosmic dread that links them all together. And, don’t worry, each tale is just a work of fiction… probably.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231010-03

RSS: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/650b3b6dc55d7f001141b43c

Ghost: Historias de miedo diarias

New Audio Book!

Descubre un nuevo mundo de terror y suspenso con Ghost, Scary Stories En Español, ¡el podcast definitivo para las historias más aterradoras de tu vida! Este octubre te traeremos escalofriantes historias de fantasmas que harán que tu corazón se acelere y tu columna se estremezca. Ghost, Scary Stories, te garantiza una experiencia espeluznante como ninguna otra. Prepárate para enfrentar tus miedos más profundos y únete a nosotros en este inquietante viaje. Historias de fantasmas y miedo en español está disponible dondequiera que obtengas tus podcasts.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231009-03

RSS: https://www.spreaker.com/show/5973463/episodes/feed

Ghost Tour

New Audio Drama!

Set today in the town of Jepson, North Carolina – widely known as one of the most haunted cities in America – Ghost Tour follows an unlikely pair of teenagers as they turn their local ghost tour company upside down by uncovering ghoulish secrets of Jepson's past. 

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20230925-12

RSS: https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ghosttour

Re'altan Records: Camp Sirius

New Audio Book!

In the Middle Ages, Elle is taken to Camp Sirius where she discovers that her mom is actually a dragon, and Camp Sirius is there to train other half dragons. She soon meets other kids her age, and together they work to form an elite team to protect the ones they care about.

https://audiofiction.co.uk/show.php?id=20231004-04

RSS: https://media.rss.com/campsirius/feed.xml

#audio fiction #fiction podcast

[skippysartq]

Osakita Fics I recommend

Some of the have ships I don't even ship and there is stuff like Homophobia, suicide, self harm.

Only AO3 and WATTPAD.

1

Name: With every speck of snow

Author: ms_vanilla2

Platform: WATTPAD - https://www.wattpad.com/story/248208343-with-every-speck-of-snow-osakita

Content warnings: Angst, unrequited love, both twins in love with Kita

Other information: Osamu is just very sad, happyish ending.

I started making an animatic for this fic I love it so much, and there is a second book posted and being written. called, With every ray of light. and that's time skip.

2

Name: Two Halves

Author: Sarebal

Platform: AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/32437027/chapters/80430685

Content warnings: Hurt/comfort, emotional manipulation, NSFW being adults and CHILDREN.

Other information: Omegaverse AU, There is a time skip, !CHILDREN! Not so much of a slow burn, but not a quite a quick fix like Oneshots. Its like a Short-ish story, because its not finished rn has only 4 chapters.

3

Name: Chew on your feelings that are cornered

Author: eclipsed (lucitae)

Platform: AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/23868646

Content warnings: Nothing really just kinda fluffy, mutual pining

Other information: PART 1 of, The art of being happy, Time skip, slow burn, I don't remember to much but it was long and lovey writing, I think grandma Kita was in this one and the second one I'll have to reread it.

4

Name: God is in the details

Author: ghermez

Platform: AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/25518427?view_adult=true

Content warnings: nsfw, naked photo, said photo posted on the internet. (Don't ever send nude photos to someone unless you know they will keep it to themselves)

Other information: Bruh spicey well written. Time skip, Atsumu is a bit of a jerk at the start. TBH made me Hoerney reading.

Thats a lot of tension and has a part two with an establish relationship.

5

Name: Red Strings of Magic

Author: butterfly_wings

Platform: AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/32536687

Content warnings: Nothing to bad, just cute mutual pining.

Other information: after all the angst I had read to get to this one, cute, Urban-Fantasy AU, this fic gave me my Suna ship that isn't with Osamu cuz I love Osakita too much. Sakuatsu and Sunakomo.

There are some of the other Inanrizaka bois, plus Komori and Sakusa.

6

Name: hireath

Author: WATTPAD - ppheadxx

AO3 - LocalArsonisst

Platform: WATTPAD - https://www.wattpad.com/story/250884937-hireath

AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/29003985

Content warnings: Angst, much sad for Osamu, bad mum, tiny bit of lemon but its rare, major characters deaths. Osamu having to pretend to be a girl, because homophobes.

Other information: Middle ages AU, angst with a happy ending, I cried a lot let that be a waring to with how good the write is especially with the pacing of the story, love it.

7

Name: Promise me forever

Author: chewhy

Platform: AO3 - https://archiveofourown.org/works/29233479/chapters/71780988

Content warnings: Major character death, loneliness, depression

Other information: it's short but sad and sweet, time skip, child.

I hope you enjoy these I might do more. Tell me what ships you wanna see me do for this and I will probably do them.

Also there was a lot of surprise Osasuna in these fics but most of which are just oneside while Osakita is being established or is getting taken by Atsumu.

Okay now I am gonna try and find some SunaKomo and maybe do a 2nd Ushiten.

#osakita #unrequited love #unrequited crush #osasuna #atsukita #hq miya twins #fic recordation #sunakomo #sakuatsu

[yamagucji]

a series of thank you’s i’ve been meaning to give for a while now. please note i couldn’t get everyone bc im smol brained and im forgetful :(( also its vedy long so i added a readmore link but if it’s okay then i can remove it!

i would’ve preferred to go to your inboxes/dm’s but im scared t🤢umblrs going to glitch on me if i do it again a ha ha

@doublemoons

i remember you sent in my first ever request and i was SO happy like🥺 my account had no visibility on week 1 but then you somehow found my blog and since then you’ve been supporting me. i love the aesthetic of your blog and i always look forward to your rb’s because they so cute and insightful !! ik we haven’t talked much but i definitely perceive u as a gentle person here’s 1k hearts for you and you only <3

@insanityqueen

please i was *intense squealing* and *happy noises* when you said you wanted to be mutuals :’) im definitely uhhh way too immature for u but you still stick with all the caps and !!! i send you😭 you’re such an interesting, talented person. day 1 you got me HOOKED with your art and im gonna say this again,, i have never seen skin look soo s o f t painted. im really grateful for your company and all your cats and the hinata art you made me🥺 i am not still thirsting over it i swear and then you sent me pieces of your writing and i def expected hc’s but then BOOM🧍‍♀️ im so amazed by your writing. also you are vv pretty i hope you know that

@zephyrria

matching heart memes matching heart memes😾 i don’t talk to you as much but our main form of communication is literally exchanging heart memes w/o a word,,, if that isn’t true love idk what is :// anyway i love our little convos so much it always brightens my day! and omg lets not forget when you made me a drabble back😳 like wha- HUH !! i was so touched i rlly went boom boom woosh bc no ones ever written me one back and i!! that yamaguchi gives me so much comfort. you give me sm comfort, thank you bub <3

@beanst0ck

hehe my first tumblr crush😼 as soon as i deactivated my reading account to my a writing blog i was like “ok bean is on my top to-follow list” like i thought you were so cool and i was vv shy to interact with you🥺 and YOU STILL ARE COOL!! your works are really amazing and i am vv much still in love w my matchup w suga :’)

@killuababie

HHHH GRR BORK BORK I LUB U B NEVER GONNA STOP LOVING YOU BHH💓✨ bro,,,, when we switched over to insta it was WILD like— our sense of humor? matched. immaculate. please i love seeing all the memes u send me it makes my day so much like u don’t understand😭 and our convos really go chaos sometimes gkfjdj i love it. u need to pull up and play among us w me sometime 😡

@bewwybun

m-my first spouse🥺 even tho it was a joke the first time and i said sike fkdjdjdj but you still accepted my dino chimken nuggie ring hehe <3 bub your are literally the CUTEST HHHHH LIKE,,, cuteness overload !!! i love talking to you sm and our little exchange of heart memes make the butterflies in my tummy go ✨

@mei-writes

may🥺 imy bub i hope you’re doing well and taking good care of yourself. still very grateful for that time you pulled through to check which of my links weren’t working. and there’s a LOT. like the fact that you took time out of your day for me still baffles me. anyway im lomve you ik we don’t talk as much but you’re still a valued moot to me. im offering u free headpats hehe

@kozsma

hi maria👉👈 you’re so wonderful and rlly amazing w your smaus. absolutely smitten over our chaotic conversations fkfjd we haven’t talked in a while but if you see this just know that i’m here for you <3 take some self care okay? hope you’re doing good bub

@tsukkeisimp

dalia, you wondering being💞 please what did i do to deserve your love >;( we don’t talk much but we have exchanged heart memes before and you’re always out here supporting me whenever you can and like!! tysm bub. i hope you’re feeling better from the last time we interacted, and please do take good care of yourself!

@satorispup

can’t believe you made a reputation of having a piss kink. what power. what energy >>> anyway it’s fun seeing your chaotic energy on my feed/tl. sometimes i won’t even look at the user and say yeah💔 that’s hero alright gkfjdj also you’re so cute what the heck😡😡

@tobiokvgs

[ insert 100 hearts ] this for u bub. im still going crazy over your tsukki lipbalm piece like i was so FLUSTERED you really did that huh😭 you’re so nice and sweet, ty for giving me headbonks as well im really glad to get them😌 hope you have an amazing day bub, and take care!!

@bunnyuuji

cutecutecutest bean ever🥺 you have such wonderful works and im truly in love with your writing😌 also you’re so SWEET WHAT DID I DO TO DESERVE U GKFJDJ literally you weren’t obligated to stop by my ask and check in but u did >:(

@yanderepunkin

hehe ik we haven’t interacted in such a long time but im including you!! bc i appreciate you!! i know you’ve supported me a lot especially when i just started this blog and im really thankful for it. also uhhh im still not over accidentally turning off anon when i was- yeah😿 i wish you all the love in the world, and please do take gentle care of yourself 💓

@ahkaahshi

frannn👁👁🤲 yes im gonna start with how big brained you are. your passion for textiles and improving the environment is vv cool to me. and then there’s the fact you write these hq characters so well. yes i am absolutely still living for your character analysis. i am thriving off of them!! here’s me manifesting kita and/or sakusa to show up in your dreams hehe

@sachirou-senpai

i hope you dont mind me sending u stuff every now and then! anyway im in awe of your writing and art skills. you brought a realistic yamaguchi and i ascended😳 i genuinely think you’re such a cool person but also please take breaks!! ik it’s such an overused phrase but i genuinely mean it. i care u <3

@kenmakodzu

you’re so sweet and you do really be sending me back some heart memes😳 i go BOOM BOOM yaya that’s more to my collection;) also you and your hq anon interactions go WILD omg it really does make my day more interesting whenever i see them😂 also i do be seeing some of ur chaotic energy on my dash and i am HERE for it

@tsukkisbean

hemlo clara🥺 d-do you remember me gkdjshsjs i think its been a while since we interacted. you’re so sweet and AHH lmao did u know we were in a poly with wiss😔💔 yeah❤️ n e way i hope you’ve been alright these past few weeks, and if not, please get some break!

@atsunflower

miya twin supremacy😡 can’t believe you made me swerve over to osamu’s lane because of your amazing writing. how could you. the mf audacity. i rlly do fell in love with that piece do so THAMK U and that also goes for the support you’ve given me💗

@lespaghetti

ozzy👁👁🤝 ngl our conversations have been top tier im glad i got to uhmm,,, get some of these *thoughts* out of my head. you’re such a sweet little bean!!! that art/sketch you did with the purple (?) themed uniforms was really cute. im glad to have u as my moot and *cough* my vip reader *cough*

@sleepykarabou

our heart meme streak was strong until school happened😔 but i really enjoy them tho!! it’s very calming talking to you (fun, but also vv calming idk that’s how i feel) loving the brainrots we give each other of our favs from time to time :’) also omg OSRRY im barely active in the server please spare me😿 im lomve u

@nerdybreadcollaborative

gee!! AHHHH KGFJJD GRRR u sweet bean oh my goodness. where do i start- ??? i’ve already gushed so much abt your writing but here we go again; i love your writing so much and your attention to the little details is so great. they flow so well and i hope u get more visibility bc it’s what u deserve!! also please take care of yourself and don’t work too much u nerdy bean

@nishinoya-is-baby

ely my plant kinnie, my spouse (?) and also the blog that i dump my h word thots on😭❤️ ahhh im lomve you, you’re amazing. from your writing, to your makeup skills, and your room, the talent really ✨jumped out✨thank you for supporting me so much, i genuinely appreciate it. i hope we can stay moots despite me being busy gkfjdj anyway take care bbie don’t work too much okay?

@art0saurus

TATE😤 the amount of hq brainrot you’ve fed me is astronomical. idk how you keep coming up with such good ideas but im all for them!! i love your writing so much and the plots are so *chefs kiss* (yes im still gushing over mermaid!bokuto). thank you so much for sending some bits of positivity into my life, im really grateful for it :’)

@dorkyhaikyu

EL!😼 you sweet bean. wish i could bombard ur asks but school is saying no </3 you’re such a sweet mutual and your writing is absolutely amazing. still kinda hurt over that angst u made💔 but anyway i loved it sm. also please wear safer shoes next time on big events so u dont get any more BLISTERS kgjdjdh jkjk

@chickenwingspiker

nashnashnash🥺👉👈 wth you’re so cute and even cuter with the little emoticons u put in my asks. i really appreciate you taking time out of your day to check in on me. i think your works are really heckin cool, im still very into that sock agenda one and the akaashi fic AHH i love them sm. i hope that u have better experiences with online learning and i really wish you all the best on ur art journey <3

@miyastrology

did u forget abt our walk to the strawberry field😿 jkjk heyyy atlas!! im lomve your theme and your writing. i have the urge to say you’re as sweet as strawberry bc im unoriginal like that💔 let’s just pretend i put something kute :’( n e way u are vv cute, make sure to take care of yourself ok!!

@derpeedoo

your rb’s and comments on ppl works... i just... my heart is full. im complete. i go absolute doki doki for you. you’re such a genuine person and you give people so much love❤️ here’s an unlimited supply of my love to you bc you deserve it. ty for all the cute questions btw🥺

🕊 anon - still wondering if ur one of my already-moots or not😳 but anyway dove anon i have a lot to say,,, like how ?? do u go “ok let’s check in on aaron today hehe” like am i interesting??😭 i feel kinda bad ngl you really don’t have to talk to me. but nevertheless im really appreciate of all the support you’ve given me. i genuinely think you’re a cool person and you do all these fun stuff like photography which is amazing. here’s the biggest THANK YOU i could ever give <3 ps. your art is CUTE and AMAZING @bee-kins

@simping-for-tendou

do i??? spam your feed??😭 you’re always liking my posts and i feel so sorry for spamming but also vv appreciate of all the interaction i’ve had with you!! im very glad i got to ask you qotd and stuff because i got to know that you like plants as well!! thank you for sharing plant facts with me, it really made my day. i genuinely think you’re such an awesome and big brained person for knowing all those facts🥺👉👈

@wissaaltje

ngl i was very intimated by you bc of all your angst and really good works which is probably why i never reached out to you sooner😿 ur my uhhh third spouse <3 but anyway your CHAOTIC ENERGY is thru the roof i love that sm and your writing is so mf beautiful i wish more people got to see it😡 i will gib you flower soup and muddy pie to make you feel better ;) jkjk but you’re very amazing and i hope you know that!

@smolbludandelions

hehe you’re in here😼 thank you ???? for supporting me even tho you’re not obligated??? like wh- i- bub🥺🤲 you have all my heart and i rlly rlyy want to stop by your inbox and give you heart memes but me why >;( i hope you have the most amazing day(s) of your life because you deserve it SO much.

@tadashi-simp

FINALLY someone i can simp over yamaguchi with😭 ik we haven’t talked much but AH i love the conversations we’ve had so far and all that insight you gave me about the new wanda film (truly a blessing bc i was so genuinely confused gkfjdj).

@oikaw-ugh

just. JOLLIBEE. can’t believe one of our first interactions was u sending me chain mail smfh i cannot believe you😭 anyway po i appreciate you so much na kaka tawa ako sa mga msgs mo and all the good vibes u radiate. mag bisaya unta ko nimi pero baka mag nosebleed ako😿 im losing my native languages it’s not even funny anymore but when i got to talk to u in my mother tongue, i felt a bit more at home. thank you bub <3

@makemealive

hihi👉👈 idrk what we first talked about, i think it was spending vacation in the galapagos islands??😭 riding turtles??? what a great way to start our friendship :’) i rlly think you’re cool and i just,,,, admire u from afar- yeah. sorry this message is too chaotic but anyway u might not have a green thumb but look at you growing potatoes accidentally😌 anyway i think you’re cool i just haven’t said it before because im s Hy

@lostsealscreams

seal, bub, i genuinely care about you. you’re such a sweet person. i know we haven’t interacted much but im looking forward to more conversations with you!! please find little fun things to do... maybe do some self appropriation if you can, bc you deserve it. maybe even treat yourself... or any self care tasks that make you feel better. i care about you a lot, im just an ask/dm away if you wanna talk about anything at all💕💞✨

@hqgardenia - jkjk this is my spam account idk why i put this here but here probably bc im dumb as fuck

#cupid; talks! #queuepid

[anak-ng-heneral-blog]

your soul will not betray

I haven’t written Rusciang in A LONG-ASS TIME but here! 

Fifty one-sentence fics (well, more than one sentence for many of them) for fifty prompts, nicked off and inspired by this Chrom x Avatar fic called honeysuckle memories.

Title is from Don’t Be Afraid by Lee DeWyze, the song I listen to whenever I used to imagine a Rusciang 1890s wedding. 

Finally, have a refresher in case you’ve forgotten my Lunasona, Leriang Sentido. That said, enjoy!

#1 - Ring

Camaraderie was born in their nightly circles around the cookfire after dinner, until they couldn’t tell where one comrade ended and another began.

#2 - Hero

There was nothing grand, or sweeping, or romantic about the entirety of what they went through. What stood out was every small, ordinary, unpleasant moment they endured just for the right to live another day.

#3 - Box

Most people had a box of their favorite expletives. Rusca had a fucking baul.

#4 - View

He exchanges seats at the breakfast table with Jose, so he’s face to face with the new girl who doesn’t laugh at his jokes.

#5 - Strength

“Eduardo Rusca.”

“Leriang Sentido.”

“I know you,” he says, because it’s impossible not to by now. “You’re Rafael Sentido’s sister.”

Something flashes in her eyes, and if he were standing, he thinks he would have stepped backwards. “No, you don’t know me. I’m Leriang Sentido.”

#6 - Ice

“It’s just so rare that someone can resist your charms,” Jose says a week in, clearly enjoying the show.

Rusca is glowering at him. “Well, she’s a rare person, I’ll grant you that.”

#7 - Dance

“Maybe instead of breaking down her walls, you should try to understand why they exist,” Jose had advised him. So he spends today staying out of her way, trying to find vantage points where he can watch her.

By nightfall, she’s the one who’s watching him.

#8 - Promise

“You swear not to tell anyone about this,” Rusca says through gritted teeth, as she squeezes aloe sap onto the sunburn marks on his back.

“I swear,” Leriang says, and he thinks she might be smirking but his neck burns too much for him to turn and check.

It’s the first of many secrets they will keep together.

#9 - Wait

He likes to think he’s quick on his feet. She likes to inform him he’s just rash, and impatient, and por dios, por santo, Rusca, I told you so.

#10 - Candle

He doesn’t mind studying by candlelight, but he tries to read everything he needs before sunset so it takes longer to deplete his stash.

The following night, she runs out of candles.

He discovers he doesn’t mind studying by moonlight.

#11 - Talent

Somewhere in the Academia was a piece of paper detailing the weekly outcomes of the ongoing bet on Rusca and Sentido’s shooting scores.

#12 - Talk

They get to know each other best on the nights they’re on patrol; their feet trace the perimeter, their words map out their souls.

#13 - Dream

“If it weren’t for the war, I’d be a baker,” he confides. “I’d run my father’s panaderia and eat as much as I’d sell. And you?”

“If it weren’t for the war,” she replies, “I would know.”

#14 - Mask

I’m literally wearing somebody else’s face, Rusca thinks with a scowl as he trudges his way to the river.

#15 - Run

He admired the sight of her when she ran, all clean lines and sure steps and braid flying in the wind, but he never fully appreciated the reality of it until she was running to him.

#16 - Storm

They say like called to like, so maybe it was the rushing water of the river that called her tears to the surface, the current of emotion sweeping them both away.

#17 - Farewells

She had been terrified of the idea of her brother dying, which is why she had refused to say goodbye, and later regretted it. Now she’s twice as paranoid, because bidding Rusca goodbye so they would regret nothing if they died meant accepting that was a possibility.

#18 - Fall

He got tossed off his horse’s back when he was a young rider, and he remembered the shock of suddenly being aloft, the thrill of almost believing he could fly, and dreading the bone-crushing thud of the landing he knew would eventually come.

Being in love with Leriang was much the same.

#19 - Wings

If she only allowed it, her heart could probably soar above the mountaintops and leave the misery of the trenches behind—and that is the precise reason why she doesn’t.

#20 - Temptation

Jose is away for the night, and he’s miserably proud of his effort to resist inviting her into their hut.

She undoes it all by coming anyway.

#21 - Midnight

“Mahal kita,” she says after several minutes of silence, testing the words out on her tongue.

He responds with a resounding snore, and she lets out the breath she’s holding.

Maybe that’s just as well.

#22 - World

American, Spaniard, Filipino—they sweated and cried and bled out when they died all the same. To Rusca, it didn’t matter what color your balls were if they didn’t keep you alive in the trenches.

#23 - Laugh

He laughs in the face of death. Some people feel like he’s stupid, he’s annoying, he’s disrespectful, he’s crazy.

“That’s fine with me,” he tells her when she points it out to him. “The important thing is that they no longer feel fear.”

#24 – Cover

They cut through the chaos of their invaded campsite back to back, and though this is the closest to the enemy they have ever been, neither of them are afraid.

#25 - Fire

One moment she was a girl with a long, thick braid, the next she was a human candle with a burning wick.

#26 - Drink

Leriang teases him all the time about his habit of pilfering the heneral’s unfinished drinks; he retorts that maybe military brilliance rubs off on people that way and he’s not taking any chances.

#27 - Music

He’s heard her sing, of course, but he prefers the arpeggio of her laughter.

#28 – Gravity

The first time she met Gregorio del Pilar was also the first time she saw Rusca in that crisp white undershirt she liked so much, and the distinction in how the two images appealed to her was the only reason Del Pilar figured in the memory at all.

#29 - Formal

She imagines him, just the one time, in the white dress uniform Roman and Luna wear to cabinet meetings.

#30 - Eclipse

She slides up his body slowly, slowly, until the crown of her head blots out the sun completely and her lips, wet with his arousal, crash down on his.

#31 - Silk

In her hands, she thinks of him as silk wrapped around steel; in her, he thinks of her as silk enveloping velvet.

#32 - Body

They were never more aware of each other’s anatomy as that time during roll call when they belatedly realized they had accidentally exchanged uniforms.

#33 - Sacred

They are married in naught but their uniforms and flowers picked from the summer fields, bound by the two things they believed most in—duty and hope.

#34 - Forever

“Mahal kita.”

“Mahal kita.”

“Mahal kita.”

“Mahal kita.”

“Mahal kita.”

“Mahal. Kita.”

“Mahal.”

“Kita.”

#35 – Highway

It’s a long ride to Cabanatuan, and already Rusca has finished off three pieces of suman, cussed out the Spanish, led the regiment in a ribald marching song, cussed out the Americans, none too quietly declared that he loved her (no less than seven times), cussed out the Kawit brigade, and made the heneral laugh and Koronel Roman frown disapprovingly and Joven blush and Kumandante Bernal roll his eyes and Jose turn to her and ask what a nabo was.

She loves him, but dear God, can’t they just get there already—

#36 - Red

Red like the sky over Cabanatuan, red like blood, red like the traitors’ clothes.

#37 - Overwhelmed

He could say that he ran out of options, that they outnumbered him, that the wise thing to do was cooperate until he could get away from his captors (all true), but the fact was that he just didn’t know what else to do.

#38 - Silence

About the bodies of Heneral Luna and Koronel Roman, everyone had a story to tell, but as for the whereabouts of Kapitan Rusca, no one could give her an answer.

#39 - Journey

For many nights, Leriang didn’t know whether to wish he had not gone at all or that she had gone and perished with them.

#40 - Hope

Until there’s a body to bury, her hopes refuse to die.

#41 - Whisper

The younger Nable Jose girl is soft-spoken, but she might as well have been shouting the words in Leriang’s face—RUSCA’S ALIVE, RUSCA’S ALIVE, RUSCA’S ALIVE.

#42 - Lock

As the Nable Jose girl fumbles for the key, it hits her like a full chamber of bullets that this door is all that stands between them now.

#43 - Fever

In his delirious haze, this is what he lets slip: “Leriang.”

In his wildest dreams, this is what he doesn’t expect to hear: “Yes?”

#44 – Breathe

Leriang’s heart might as well have stopped beating and Rusca’s ribs are too broken for a full breath, but the moment that their hands touch again is the one where they both return to life.

#45 - Search

They shot Jose in the middle of a busy plaza, with dozens of townspeople milling about under the bright noontime sun.

Huddled close in their unassuming little hut in the middle of the night, she’s sure someone will come for them too.

#46 - Forgotten

There were five candles on the stoop when she wakes on Undas morning.

“Your brother too,” he explains.

#47 - Lies

By chance, they see Aguinaldo one last time before the country falls to America.

In the thick of the crowd they grip each other’s hand tightly, both holding the other back from putting a bullet through the president’s false heart.

#48 – Unknown

“What will you do now? He asks one evening as she carries in the last of their wares. The smell of the bread he made himself comforts him after years of being followed by the stench of death.

He knows though, that the absence of it disorients her. “I suppose we’ll find out.”

#49 - Cold

“Cold,” Rusca would tell the man who had come asking him what Pangasinan had been like decades later, remembering the hard stone floor beneath his knees and the steel shackles around his wrists as he prayed for daylight.

#50 - Memory

She urges him to do the interview. “So the whole world can remember,” she reasons. “And we can finally forget.”

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