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letslive-hwaiting · 10 months

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miss my bff of many yrs. decided to part ways too. LOL i know it sounds strange but yeah, it happens. i have delayed response so.. it's after a few yrs or after at least a year where i start missing the person n think of patching up... but to many people, too much time has passed i guess? and it's awkward.

sometimes, i rly didn't know it then. just like how i have memories from long ago which i dislike now. delayed response.

so since i don't have a bestfriend to talk about all things including silly things to, i am here.

sorry for being judge-y and stuff if i am pls do not mind me... (but i bet girls talk about stuff like that and even more tgt ok).

do not take what i say seriously. i may not mean it. i may change my opinion the next second.

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jimin!! ^^ the younger people are, the more "pure" their liking for someone is ? ☺️🤭

people r different when they r with diff ppl haha and i guess people aren't always more charming with who they like

i think shin min kyu liked ji min from the start. he just didn't know it when he chose ji young as who he'd like on instinct. he should have known he liked ji min instinctively. at first sight.

people do fall in love at 1st sight. it's more common than u think. (not physical appearance , just .. fateful encounters? spark?)

the guys are all charming imo, frm a 3rd perspective when they rly like a particular female ☺️ the more they like the female, the more charming they appear to me hehee

ep6:

if i'm ji young, i would like gyeo re. if im jimin, i'd still like jiwon. for jumi , i can't rly tell her real feelings yet or she isnt rly having that much feelings invested... so idk but maybe i'd choose gyeo re? maybe ji won? or shin min kyu? idk? def the 4th female occupant idk yet. i cant put myself in her shoes bc not much airtime so idk abt her yet but maybeee if i m her i'd choose .. irdk

ep7:

whoo i love how minkyu is so serious about liking only jimin 👏👏👏 even though the other girls showed interest in him n he even knows jimin is into another guy. a-ma-zinggg i like 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻pls stay that way till the end of the show (bc forever is not too possible, i guess)

i knw ive been mentioning minkyu the most but it's bc this is still a public space n so i talked abt the guy i personally wouldn't fall for most, haha.(as an outsider. not putting myself in anyone's shoes. so doesnt mean im saying he is bad in any way. he's def charming - obviously since 3/4 women there like him)

ep8:

i think right, i might be least attracted to minkyu because we're a bit similar. out of the 8 people there, i'm most similar to him.

if people can develop romantic feelings for one another so easily, is that why people can't stay loyal? imagine in a world full of people... =0 nonono, let me stay out of such fragile useless game

ep11:

gyeo re felt that he was being led on by ji young?? was he in his own world?

thats y i find it hard .. like i want to have friends and sometimes guy friends seem more comfortable to have . but how much of a distance should i keep?? like.. what if i feel comfortable with an attached guy totally as friends and i am totally definitely not want to break a couple up, but my church believes strongly in distancing from other females other than the gf/wife.

n if i feel confortable w an attached guy friend , last time i thought, great! we'll totally b friends nth to worry about having those feelings. but now it's even more worrisome like i feel cautious about the gf/wife like try to make sure the gf/wife is okay w our interaction.

if he's single i want to b the one hearing about his attraction with other girls instead. or if i hang out w single guys, what if ppl think im trying to find a bf? or if i hang out w a particular guy im comfortable with , ppl think we are dating. can i have friends pls.

at some point, i became not so nice n kinda cold bc i didnt want ppl to think im nice n then think im not nice n think im fake. or if im nice to guys ppl think i like them n trying to attract attention or whatever. and also im actually v v v v v shy = kind of cold/mean. also ppl should understand certain situations/circumstance can cause us to react/act in ways. but since u r not me n i am not u , ppl do not understand and come to bad conclusions/judgement of someone instead. if you do not have a gd judgement of someone be a decent human and DONT GOSSIP ABOUT THE PERSON OR VOICE IT OUT TO OTHERS LA! keep it in your stupid head.

u may say, be nice to everyone lorr. BUT i am a human who likes a few people more than others must i treat every1 the same??? im not a teacher here yknow. i prioritise loyalty too so i believe in being obviously better to ppl who matter n who im responsible for and obv i want to be better to someone i like more whattt.. n some ppl make me more comfortable so i can laugh more n stuff??

i dont get comfortable w a lot of ppl even if we appear as friends.. like out of all my girlfriends my whole life incl those ive talked to and all, ive only ever felt comfortable with 2?3? maybe 1?

are the girls who turn out well those who receive a lot of love and do not have very bad experiences that affect them toooo much? jiyoung seems like someone who had good experiences and received love growing up and through puberty and life.

ep 12

ji won said love is be happy together, not he will make her happy.

.. 😂 it makes sense but... i want a guy to make me happy, not tell me to be happy with him? totally my opinion.

ep 13

i'm actually rooting for yisoo. bc jiyoung has the other 3 guys liking her already... even if she likes minkyu that much, i hope minkyu likes yi soo or even ji min or jumi instead. gotta be fair yknow..(n not like im jy's fan or anyth. if i like sm1 a lot thn i would root for that person regardless)

but got to give it up to her for being so faithful in her feelings to minkyu!! she didn't even sway when other guys liked her so much! she must have another set of criteria/things she's attracted to =0

and minkyu. . ah.. he's too passive, (like me, i'm even worse) . how can like that.. a little frustrating to watch. i think he's someone who chose the easier route, maybe bc yi soo was more obvious with her feelings and maybe bc he didn't like feeling like he was taking away jy when other guys liked her. or maybe he just wasnt rly attracted to any1 so ge was trying to navigate based on what he thought. or maybe bc jy said she wanted to rest alone.if i were in the same situation as him, i would have made the same decisions as him too drk y...

i feel that yi soo is not as strong as ji young.. she's actually a softer person if u get what i mean. n got to applaud her for liking minkyu so much when he's not that nice to her

😂 when people think they showed their feelings to the person they like, the person doesn't get the signal. and when they behave normally or otherwise with someone else, the someone else might get the wrong signal and take it the wrong way . 😂😂

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grad701-liv · 1 year

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week 1.2 sdl

it’s hard for me to write a positionality statement, as I still do not know what topic I want to pick to do this project on. it’s really tough to choose, but I really feel the pressure of needing to advance the project.

... ... ...

and after finally deciding on my topic, I’ve come back to write my statement.

1) how do you identify yourself in relation to this topic/issue?

I am someone who has had contact with kids who behave inappropriately and knows kids (my younger cousins) who behave inappropriately within online gaming communities, so I have first hand experience with my topic.

2) what elements of your familial and/or cultural background do you have in intersection with this topic/issue?

my background in gaming, I suppose? I’ve been active in gaming communities via social media since 2020. I’ve since met and befriended others that I enjoy playing with, seriously or for fun, that have also had bad experiences with kids. majority of my friends are 20+ and have had kids as young as 10 yrs old approach them to become friends.

3) how significant are these elements to how you identify yourself?

I don’t usually tell people I’m a gamer, as like to keep my online identity and real life identity seperate. unless I become close friends with someone, they will never know the person behind the screen. but I do enjoy playing games with friends or by myself. as a result, I’ve further honed some important skills such as strategic planning, critical thinking, problem solving and teamwork.

4) what meanings - cultural and/or personal - does the topic/issue carry to you?

I personally feel very strongly towards this topic as I was once the kid who didn’t understand the weight of their actions, and now am seeing a lot of the same behaviours of kids like a younger me. I fear they will grow up to have issues due to the dangerous things they were exposed to while growing up (eg grooming, bad views on women/men, developing trust/anger issues). this means they could have issues with forming connections/relationships with others, developing social skills, have strong unrealistic ideals about gender norms and many more problems.

5) do you recognise any biases you have toward this topic/issue?

well... I don’t think only guys can be online predators, I know that girls can be as well. and regardless of gender, an unknowing kid is an unknowing kid. so I don’t have a gender bias towards this topic. if I do have a bias, it’s that I assume that all kids are the exact same in regards to their knowledge on online safety. I would have thought differently pre-COVID, as kids would not be online so often and not as exposed to all these situations. but now more than ever, they probably play more games than an average high school student as they have less responsibilities and more time in their days.

6) if yes, do you think you need to maintain or unlearn these biases? why or why not?

for the sake of the project, I don’t think so. as a designer, you should be the expert in your own research topics therefore strive to provide basic information for all, not just their target audience. as long as I don’t miss the mark by giving any smug or obnoxious energy through the design choices I make and information I choose to share, things should be fine.

7) do you recognise any possible harms that can be associated with these biases? why or why not?

there is a chance I could come off as condescending rather than concerned and push kids away. no one likes to feel bad or lesser, it only leaves a sour taste and stained view. I will do my best to find the best tone of voice to address this issue.

#week 1 #semester 1

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sarahjtv · 3 years

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BNHA Chapter 302 Spoiler Thoughts: Y’all Need Therapy

Part 2 of the story that started last chapter and THINGS GOT WORSE!!! I’m crying through the pain. There’s a lot going on in this one. Lots of guilt, lots of abuse, lots of crying, but thankfully some gleam of hope at the end. A broken family can heal. This is a step in the right direction. Though, I’m already seeing the BNHA fandom going up in flames because everyone’s playing the blame game. I hope I don’t end up accidentally stepping on that landmine after posting this. Here we go (thoughts are based off summary translations by @redandblonde420 on Twitter and panel images are from @BKIS2327 on Twitter!):

(OP Note: Please don’t DM me with your complaints about my opinions on the Todoroki Family matter. It’s bad enough that this storyline has people getting pissed off at each other for taking different sides. The last thing the BNHA fandom needs is more conflict amongst ourselves.)

Chapter 302 picks up where we last left off. Enji and Rei managed to stop Touya from attacking Shoto (it’s not explained how) and the whole family except from them are asleep. Enji tells Rei that he doesn’t want any of the kids anywhere near Shoto anymore in fear that they would try to harm him. Enji also fired a servant because he was so busy at work and he asks Rei to not let Touya out of her sight. The other reason why Enji won’t watch over Touya himself is because Enji’s presence would only be a constant reminder of the hero world to Touya. While Enji thinks he’s protecting Touya, Rei says he’s just running away. A few things here:

1. I get not wanting Touya anywhere near baby Shoto since he did try to kill the tyke. Touya was pretty much bent on his hatred for his little brother at that point that even seeing him stroked his dangerous jealousy. But, I don’t know about Fuyumi and Natsuo. Neither of them showed any hatred towards Shoto (and still haven’t as far as we know). They’ve shown no signs of violence or anything that would imply wanting to hurt Shoto. So, why keep them away too?

2. This is probably going to be the start of me getting shit on by the fandom, but I think Enji and Rei are both right. We saw in the last chapter that Enji did legitimately care for Touya to the point where he tried to convince him to leave his ambitions of being a hero primarily so that he would stop hurting himself. Just Endeavor being there is a reminder of the hero world. Which would only provoke Touya more. And Endeavor can’t just leave his job; he was the #2 after all. At the same time, Enji is running away from the problem by not trying to talk to Touya more and helping him to control his flames at least. He was trying to save Touya from himself, but he was also ignoring the real problem.

3. Side note (and because I just 💙 Shoto), the manga panels show baby Shoto sleeping on his little bed with a frosty snot bubble coming out of his nose 🥺! Not only is it adorable, but it seems like Shoto had his quirk since he was very young.

Time skip 5 years later! This is back when Shoto was being dragged along by Enji while watching his siblings play ball WAY back in Shoto’s Origin chapter what a throwback, Horikoshi (Season 2 Ep. 10 in the anime; I think Chapter 39 in the manga)! Fuyumi is 12 yrs old, Natsuo is 8 yrs old, and Touya is 13 yrs old. So, that confirms that Touya is 1 year older than Fuyumi, Natsuo is 4 years younger than Fuyumi, and Shoto is 3 years younger than Natsuo since Shoto was 5 then. God, they looked so cute back then! I’m honestly amazed how freaking TALL Natsuo is at 8 YEARS OLD! He’s taller than Fuyumi here and probably Touya. Someone put this kid in the Haikyuu!! universe and teach him volleyball! He’d be great, I know it!

We see a few panels of what is basically a remastered version of what we saw during Shoto’s Origin story. Shoto really wanted to play ball with his siblings, but Enji wouldn’t let him 😭. I know Natsuo and Shoto try to play ball in present day in the 5th(?) light novel. Natsuo plays it properly, but Shoto accidentally smacks the shit out of it 🤣. It’s a very bittersweet scene and I suggest you guys read the translations of it if you can find it. *AHEM* Anyway while Shoto is looking at them with sadness, Touya is looking back at Shoto with malice in his eyes. Touya clearly still hated Shoto...

Next, we see Touya trying to talk to Natsuo in bed. While he admits that he was wrong for trying to attack Shoto, he thinks Enji is to blame as well. Ok, Enji lit Touya’s figurative flame, but Enji did not attack Shoto. That was all Touya’s doing. Had he listened to his father and not been so driven to jealousy, he wouldn’t have attacked. Enji did a lot of things, but he did not provoke that attack.

Natsuo was too tired to listen to Touya talk, so he suggested that he talk to Fuyumi instead. Touya thought that Natsuo was the only one who could understand and he didn’t talk to Fuyumi because “all the women in the family were no good”. OKAY, I don’t know if this is straight up sexism or something else, but goddamn Touya. That is-, that’s not okay. At all. Respect women pls, my dude. Hell, Fuyumi and Rei probably would’ve been a good people to talk to back then.

One day, Touya is trying to leave the house probably to go train again. Rei tries to convince him to play with his friends instead, but of course Touya refuses. Because Rei feels shackled to her marriage, she wants Touya to look at a world outside of heroism so he can be someone he really wants to be. This is basically what Enji told Touya before and Rei’s echoing his words. And they are right, but Touya’s too driven to really think of anything else.

Touya gets mad and starts insulting Rei. He says because his mother sold Rei to Enji, she’s conspiring to all of this. Touya’s losing his mind and Rei’s scared of him. I want to point out that one translation I read say that Rei’s mother’s side of the family was actually poor so Rei was actually bought via money like I remembered. But, that doesn’t mean she intended to hurt Touya.

Next panel reveals that Touya was born between Jan. 1st and April. 1st. We know Dabi’s B-Day is on Jan. 18th based off his profile page. Though, this could be a lie for all we know. The guy’s still a big mystery. Anyway, Touya’s fire is growing stronger and finally turns into that iconic blue fire. When his emotions are heightened his flames get more powerful, but he starts crying too. Enji learns of Touya’s secret training and gets mad at him again. Touya just wants to prove that Enji was right for creating him. Touya’s gone completely insane at this point. The fire that Enji lit could not be put out. It was too late at this point.

And the abuse... JFC... Enji was mad at Rei for letting Touya train and he abuses her (looks like he hit her). Little 5 yr old Shoto steps up and tries to stop his father from hurting his mother. Fuyumi and Natsuo are hiding and crying, and Fuyumi is covering both their ears. Rei reflects that she chose to be married to Enji and she truly thought she could have a family full of laughter. Th-this just hurts. No emoji can express how awful this situation is. Enji looks like a monster in these panels (we still don’t know exactly when the abuse started, but I think it was either after Touya tried to kill Shoto or here when Rei failed to stop Touya from training). Shoto’s crying and yelling at Enji to protect his mom. His siblings too if you think about it. Even back then, Shoto was a hero even when he really shouldn’t had been.

The present goes back and forth with the past here. Touya waited for Enji to come see him train, but he never came. Rei also ignored Touya even though she knew of his problems. Touya was truly alone on that mountain. And here’s where Rei’s blame comes in. She was a good mother, I think. But she did ignore Touya when he needed her most. She kind of ran away too.

Back to Dabi, he reminisces of how he faked his own “death” back on that mountain after Enji didn’t show up. He didn’t know how to stop the fire because Enji only taught him to increase the fire. Touya started a whole wildfire. The whole place turned to ash. Enji tried looking for his son, but was devastated when he couldn’t. Gotta say, these panels are brutal. Like, Tenko Shimura’s Origin chapters were dark, but this is a different kind of dark.

Back to the present. Enji says that after Touya “died” he didn’t know what to do other than to focus on Shoto (the panel shows a dark figure of Enji looming over a sad Shoto similar to that image of Overhaul looming over Eri because she wasn’t saved yet). Rei got more disgusted just seeing Enji and she started seeing his shadow when she saw her kids, specifically Shoto and Natsuo (maybe because Natsuo is more built like Enji?). Fuyumi and Natsuo blame themselves for not doing anything and thinking things were okay even though they knew what was going on. Natsuo still blames Enji of course because Enji started this all. And I can’t say that Natsuo’s wrong, but Enji doesn’t shoulder the whole blame. And yeah, Fuyumi and Natsuo were still just kids when this happened, but a little extra push from them could’ve helped. It’s just the “It’s my fault” game with the Todoroki’s except for Shoto.

Natsuo’s taking a big hit here. He was closest to Touya and if Natsuo took more action to help Touya, Dabi probably wouldn’t have been born. Touya could’ve even treated Shoto to some soba 😭. That’s a nice thought, Natsu, but we all know what did happen in the end.

So, Rei concludes that everyone is shouldering some blame towards their family’s problems and that it isn’t completely Enji’s fault (this I agree with). Even so, Rei says that his family would still help him get back up even if he fell. Coming from Rei, the woman who was abused and put in a mental hospital, this is saying A LOT! We saw some of this back in the Pro Heroes arc (Endeavor Vs. High End), but here it’s said out loud. Even a family as broken as the Todorokis can still heal.

Rei then calls Shoto the family hero as if it weren’t for him going to UA, making friends, and taking action to repair his family, then none of this would’ve happened. There’s a page that shows present day injured Shoto at the center and that iconic “IT’S YOUR QUIRK, NOT HIS” scene from the Sports Fest. in the background. TDDK or not, this is such a damn good throwback! I love everything about it. Again, Shoto’s the family hero, but Izuku’s the true hero in all this. If he didn’t meddle with Shoto’s family problems, then Shoto and his family would still be a broken mess. Izuku might as well be an honorary Todoroki at this point 💙💚

Endeavor is still crying hard (the man’s literally shook) and Shoto finally speaks (his speech bubbles are shakey, so his voice might be raspier than usual). Shoto talked with Rei about how he plans to face Dabi on his own. Rei said “no”. Shoto concludes that everyone’s going to help stop Dabi, including Enji. The panel shows Shoto LITERALLY REACHING OUT to Enji!!! His face shows that he’s still kind of reluctant, but this is a sign that Shoto’s is close to forgiveness. He’s not there yet and he can turn back whenever he wants. But, this is Shoto’s choice and I’m so freaking proud of him. I love this ❄️🔥 boy so much, guys 💙😭!

The final panel shows Haws and Best Jeanist outside of Enji’s hospital room and they heard pretty much everything. Very similar to how Bakugo accidentally eavesdropped on Shoto and Izuku back in the Sports Fest haha! Neither of them look mad or sad, but more contempt I think. Massive problems in the Todoroki family that’s lasted over 20 years is finally being fixed. Shoto rebuilding his relationship with his family was good, but THIS is a big step since it’s not just Shoto taking action. It’s the whole family.

Wooo... I think that’s it. Again, the Todoroki Family storyline is one of my favorites in the BNHA series. Probably the most controversial and dividing, but still damn good. I feel bad for everyone in this family. Everyone but Shoto feels some kind of blame and ultimately they are at fault here to some degree. The biggest ones are obviously Enji and Touya himself. Rei’s also a big reason why things went wrong (she really could’ve helped Touya more), but not NEARLY as much as the big two. Shoto’s the only one who isn’t at fault at all yet he’s still willing to step up to the plate to help his family. Again, I love this kid so damn much 💙! I’m sorry if I missed any details btw. I might make edits to fix them when the official release comes out on Sunday.

TL;DR Version of Last 2 BNHA Chapters:

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kyutown · 3 years

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Hello! May I request a ship for ATEEZ, TXT, Stray Kids and Enhypen? Thank you <3

I'm a 23 yr old female (98 liner), Aries, ISTJ leaning ISFJ. I'm the leader/caretaker amongst my friends, as I'm a great listener and give advice or help when needed. I'm always seen with a smile or laughing. I'm a dancer and a soon to be med student studying to become a psychiatrist. I also love cosplaying, video games and animals (especially cats). My type is someone who is playful and funny but also has a mature side. Someone who isn't afraid to be dorky/goofy. My love language is physical touch and words of affirmation. I'm very tiny, 5'2", so I'm pretty much shorter than everyone but I find it really attractive when a guy towers over me in height. I'm a hopeless romantic and get flustered very easily. I'm not interested in anyone 3+ years older or younger than me, 01-95 is my range. My styles are very feminine, I'm almost always wearing skirts or dresses and I bounce in between soft girl and grunge/e-girl aesthetics.

hi! thank you for responding!

for ateez, i think wooyoung would be a good pair for you! wooyoung would be the one who would guarantee the smile on your face as he would always make you laugh! while playing video games, he would do something like he would get killed in the game in a funny way which would make you laugh! he would make you smile by doing kind things and being there for you!

for txt, i think taehyun would fit you well! i picked taehyun because he is someone who can be mature but has a sense of humor which leaves everyone laughing! he would someone who would like cats like you and wouldn't be afraid to be goofy. even if he doesn't match your age range, i feel like his personality would most match with yours!

for stray kids, i think hyunjin would be nice with you! hyunjin would be the type who would be the one who would tower over you like the other guys that i listed here. but hyunjin would be the type who take care of animals with you and would enjoy the time you has with you!

for enhypen, i think heeseung would match you well! heeseung is the oldest and considering your age range, he was the only one that matched. but other than that, he would match your type! he wouldn't be afraid to be goofy and dorky. he can be both playful and funny while also being serious and mature.

#kpop #kpop imagines #kpop ships #ateez imagines #ateez #ateez ships #txt #txt imagines #txt ships #stray kids #stray kids imagines #stray kids ships #enhypen #enhypen ships #enhypen imagines

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secret-engima · 4 years

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(Sobs) kid!Noctis is like—the shit. He is the cutest goddammit shit ever. And do you know what that makes me want??? What if—NOX came back younger than noctis??? hUH? WHAT ABOUT THAT? (slaps table) trauma on the double on teeny tiny Boi with his Uncle Disaster that carts him around the wild, or Tiny Boi scrambling onto Hammerhead, wrapped in bandages with a huge ass sword on his back, covered in scars and marks, scowling and flinching at evERYTHING. (SLAPS TABLE( GIVE ME ANGST. (I need help.)

oohhhhh oHHHHHHHHH

WHY WOULD YOU Do ThIS tO ME-

-Ardyn would be freaking out so hard okay. SO HARD. Not only is he not dead, but Nox is like- THREE (because if Imma do this imma do it FOR SERIOUS) and that means his body and mind physically CAN’T hold that much memory yet, so Nox’s memories are basically on dream-state lockdown and while he is WAYYY more mature than a three year old Nox is now mentally an ACTUAL KID.

-HOW DO YOU TAKE CARE OF AN ACTUAL KID.

-Also Nox told him that Regis never looked at another woman after marrying Aulea, including after she died, so HOW DOES HE EXPLAIN NOX’S EXISTENCE IF CAUGHT.

-Ends up going on a rampage through Niflheim, blowing up ALL the labs, killing Besithia, binding Titus to him, not out of any plan but out of sheer PANIC because the only thing he can think of is to pretend that Nox is a CLONE and that means he has to remove any evidence/witnesses to the fact that Niflheim never got their hands on enough genetic material to try cloning an LC.

-Also saves 8 yr old Noctis from the Marilith by total accident about a month after time-traveling, he was just wandering around freaking out over having a three year old nephew to care for (who trusts him implicitly, who needs food and water and shelter on a regular basis which means schedules which mean Ardyn has to relearn the concept of TIME PRONTO) when he heard the Marilith and saw the burning car and instinctively noped his way in.

-Regis arrives in time to feel BURNING magic coating the air in red crystalline shards as a stranger in a hat and with an odd harness of some kind tied to his back tears the Marilith with an armiger. Regis sputters, Ardyn whirls around and Regis catches a glimpse of burning gold eyes and a TODDLER in a makeshift harness on the man’s front before the man warps away, leaving Noctis scared but unharmed because Ardyn got there before the Marilith could touch him.

-Regis’s keeps his composure only because his son needs him desperately but internally he’s screaming W H A T.

-Ardyn the Disaster Uncle is actually ... probably not discovered by Cid? While a frantic search begins for the mystery LC (Ardyn), I’m actually picturing like- Axis finding him and his first instinct is STAB CHANCELLOR but then there’s ... there’s a tiny kid there. And there’s burning LC magic as Ardyn snarls protectively over the boy, threatening to bind Axis to him out of defense until little Nox goes “Uncle, NO!” and Axis’s brain kicks over into both gratitude that he wasn’t enslaved and sympathetic dad mode.

-Axis grudgingly helps Ardyn settle down somewhere hidden after Ardyn gives his cover story (illegitimate LC, discovered that Niflheim was CLONING HIS RELATIVES and has since defected with the only surviving clone kiddo), probably Hunter HQ, which means Porrima takes one (1) looks at this panicking, flailing disaster uncle and takes him under her wing.

-Ardyn could just about worship the ground Porrima walks on for that. GUIDANCE FOR THE REARING OF SMOL NEPHEW. BLESS.

-Ardyn ends up adopted into the Arra Clan because it’s impossible to hate this messed up disaster human who is trying SO HARD to take care of his tiny human. Nox ends up adopted too, obviously, and he gets along splendidly with Axis’s kids, who are actually all about his age.

-Side note- Nox doesn’t have Quiet Days in this AU, he has Sick Days. Days where his magic gets out of control and swells under his skin and Nox collapses into a feverish mess that Dreams of his past or the KoL’s memories and all Ardyn can do is sing lullabies and stand in an ice cold shower with Nox in his arms to help bring down the fever that comes from having Too Much Magic packed in a tiny body (Nox will eventually grow out of Sick Days and they’ll turn into Quiet Days as his memories click back into place and his body/brain can handle that much magic but for now...)

-The Glaives are told by Axis about his new adoption and they are an Awkward Panic because THIS IS THE GUY THE KING IS FRANTICALLY SEARCHING FOR. BUT HE’S ALSO GALAHDIAN FAM NOW. WE CAN’T TURN HIM IN. BUT WE HAVE TO. GFDHGFD.

-In the end they don’t have to, because Cor stops by Meldacio to check on one of his Hunter contacts and comes face to face with a teeny Nox, who is now like- 5 years old. Cor, who is Noctis’s Godfather, INTIMATELY KNOWS bby Noctis’s face mentally goes BBY LC and starts to reach out to touch him when a voice snarls “Don’t touch my Nephew.” And the air grows thick with angry magic.

-Cor looks up and sees 1. Chancellor of Niflheim who has been missing for two years. 2. Blood red armiger swirling around ex-Chancellor’s body like bristling fur on a mama cat. 3. every Galahdian in the HQ has gone deadly still and is watching Cor with Murder in their eyes. For the first time in possibly ever, Cor feels like he could die in the next .05 seconds if he does the wrong thing. Steps back and raises his hands placatingly, inwardly panics when Nox fearlessly ambles up to him and latches onto his pant leg with a soft word that sounds like it might be is name or might be “Coeurl”.

-After much tense standoff and agitation from Ardyn, Ardyn agrees, grudgingly, to come to the Citadel to meet with Regis on the condition that his nephew is not taken away from him.

-Cor takes them back to the Citadel, everyone picture Regis’s face when he gets word from a servant that Cor is waiting in a private sitting room with guests and Regis comes in and sees the red-haired man from that night two years ago, the one with magic simmering warningly under his skin (Ardyn sees no reason to hide it at this point after all).

-Then Regis hears a sniffle-sob and his eyes drop do the-

-Child.

-Black haired blue eyed child that looks like a thinner, not as well cared for Noctis at age 5.

-The child who reaches out with his magic and fearlessly tangles it with Regis’s in a way that knocks the wind out of him as the little boy tilts his head and hesitantly says, “...Dad?”

-Regis rocks back as if slapped and has to lean against Clarus. Cor looks apologetic at least as he explains that he ... well, he found Mors illegitimate child and .... another.

-And Regis- Regis KNOWS that he has no son other than Noctis. He has not touched a woman since Aulea died and Noctis is TEN and this boy is even younger so he can’t- that can’t be-

-But Nox knows his father, even if his memories are locked in a sort of protective dream state that lets him know things like “Ardyn is Safe Uncle” and “Cor is Friend” and so Nox REACHES for him, wiggles against Ardyn’s tight grip and bursts into tears because Dad-dad-that’s-dad-he-WANTS-HIS-DAD-

-And suddenly Regis is across the room, gingerly taking the child from a reluctant Ardyn’s arms and pressing his face into the child’s (his child’s HIS BOY HIS SON-) hair and murmuring soothing nothings as the boy sobs and sobs and sobs and his magic (so MUCH magic it inwardly staggers Regis) tangles around Regis’s in relief-grief-relief-joy-love-love-love that Regis cannot fathom the origin of.

-Regis looks up slowly, dazedly at the half-brother he only glimpsed that night the man saved Noctis from the Marilith, the man who is the missing Nif Chancellor and the man grimaces at the wild-eyed question he can see in Regis’s eyes.

-“I care not for myself or what they did to me,” Ardyn murmurs softly and all Regis’s red flags go up (a half-sibling caught by Niflheim, a man who wears layers of long sleeved clothes and who’s cheeks are still a bit too hollow despite Porrima’s best efforts), “but when I found him, I could not stay. I could not let them have him.”

-Regis presses a kiss instinctively on the child’s hair as the boy snuggles into his neck and hiccups softly, “How...? I haven’t... not since Aulea...”

-Ardyn shrugs and keeps his eyes on his nephew, looking like he’s itching to snatch the boy back, his magic brushing against Regis’s by accident as it coils protectively around the little princeling, “That has never stopped them. All they needed was an adequate blood sample.”

-And Regis-

-Regis thinks of the little blond baby Cor brought home ten years ago, Cor’s expression of disgust and horror as he spoke of tanks upon tanks of people, all infected with the Scourge and unsalvageable save this tiny baby. Regis thinks of medical science and artificial fertilization and DNA and how Niflheim would do ANYTHING to have Lucis Caelum blood in their grasp, especially if Ardyn either refused or was incapable of having children. He thinks of all those things and looks at Ardyn’s grim, haggard expression and he-

-He breathes very carefully as he clutches the little boy closer, towering RAGE warring with gut-wrenching horror, “They-. Are there-?”

-Ardyn shook his head and gently ran his hand through downy black hair, “He is the only one. I destroyed all the facilities I could before they had the chance to do more.”

-And Regis needs to sit down. He needs to sit down with this tiny child in his arms and a half-brother that eyes Regis like he might bite and Regis- Regis wants to CRY but he can’t afford it, not now, so instead he cautiously reaches out and brushes magic with Ardyn (feels the instinctive, visceral flinch it causes the other man and backs off) and rasps hoarsely, “What ... what is his name?”

-Ardyn’s lips twitch sheepishly, “Our thoughts were not much different when it came to naming little Lucis Caelums I’m afraid. His name is Nox.”

-Regis breathes the name like a prayer and looks down at the boy already dozing off in his arms, totally, completely trusting the STRANGER that is holding him, magic already nestled against Regis’s (so MUCH, an unhealthy amount, and what had Niflheim DONE to make this tiny boy already so powerful in magic?) and pulsing a steady heartbeat of love-contentment-relief-trust. He looks back up at the man who should be an enemy but was instead family, who had saved Noctis from the Marilith and had saved this second son Regis had not known existed from fates worse than death and he asks, “Will you... would you do me the honor of staying? The both of you? Please?”

-And Ardyn gives in, because he cannot bear to separate Nox from his father now, not when Nox is radiating such contentment and happiness.

-Much later, probably days actually, after guest suites are prepared (and a snarling overprotective Ardyn gets his way of having Nox share his suite) and medical exams are taken (and Regis RAGES his way across a training room when he sees the pictures and reports of both his newest son and his half-brother, of the newest son’s many scars and his half-brother’s even worse scars and BRAND), Noctis is informed of new relatives and insists on going to see them.

-Noctis stares down at little Nox, who tilts his head curiously as he hides behind Ardyn’s leg, and Noctis’s heart MELTS. Nox is the same age as Iris, and Noctis can feel magic cautiously poking his, and every switch in Noctis’s head goes MINE. MY LITTLE BROTHER NOW. And Ardyn could laugh himself sick if he wouldn’t have to explain why.

-Also everyone picture Ignis. Ignis who already has mothering instincts out the wazzoo. Ignis who loves Noctis to no end and now there’s a TINIER VERSION and that tiny version looks at him and goes “Iggy?” so hopefully and plaintively that Ignis is just- he’s gone. Goodbye.

-Iris gets to be Nox’s Shield. They are two of a kind as they grow up together and its great.

-Regis freaks out so hard the first Sick Day Nox has in the Citadel, and Ardyn looks so EXHAUSTED when he explains that this is normal and why it happens (too much magic in too small a body, he’ll grow out of it someday) and then Regis is so ANGRY over whoever made Nox too magical to be healthy.

-Ardyn and Regis brother bond over raising Nox.

-Gladio is just- “my brat bby brother now. MINE.”

-Prompto is still found early and adopted by Cor thanks to Ardyn, Prompto. ADORES. bby Nox. The Power of Cute compels you.

#SE asks #oliverslewty asks #Secret Engima Rambles #Nox verse #Little Nox verse

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1-800-i-ship-it · 4 years

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khun modern bf headcanons?

Hmm oof i am probably not the best person to be asking this cause I dont write fics or anything but I’ll do my best

So i realized that i just wrote plot stuff but im posting anyway cause i spent way too long on this ahaha

apologies in advance for typos that I'm too lazy to go through and correct

Enjoy the headcanons that i wrote later + plots that i originally wrote and went on a long tangent on oops

Headcanons:

Khun would be that subtle overprotective boyfriend

He’d just kinda silently watch from afar but he’d totally kill anybody who hurt bam in any way, shape, or form

But he’d like be SUPER sweet with bam like

Pet names yall PET NAMES like khun and bam would prob both mutually melt when they call each other pet names

Khun would always help bam with hw and whatnot, let’s pretend bam’s a physics genius cause thats just how i imagine him in modern life, always has trouble with law class (he’s taking it just for khun so he can understand what khun’s talking about) so khun helps him

Khun would be a super smooth talker, can woo a n y b o d y, exceptional at speeches, captain of speech and debate team

Khun would never admit he’s jealous but like the whole gang would know (except for bam who’s clueless as usual)

Like bam is friendly with everybody so khun’d just be like ugh screw yall

But then bam always confides in him and spends a crapload amt of time with him so he knows he’s just doubting himself and he’s mad at himself about it cause he knows bam is loyal to a fault and would never betray him

When bam gets older bam uses this against him hehe

Khun would also be that bf that everyones jealous of

Everyone would want to be with khun but he only has eyes for bam

Ignores everybody else who hits on him

Side note i still stan top!bam and bottom!khun

Khun would also be super thoughtful and goes out of his way to help make bam’s life easier whether its doing chores or smth etc, and each time bam smiles at him and expresses his gratitude khun’s heart would melt for the 1000th time

But like secretly khun really likes confident and sexy bam

They’d probably roleplay ngl (let ur imagination wonder~)

Khun would enjoy just spending time with bam :’) just cuddling and doing mundane things, they’d be super adorable together, hugs and kisses and ah just too cute-

Khun secretly likes bdsm and bam knows this 😏they switch roles from time to time, i cant decide who’s sub/dom

Khun would plan a super elaborate proposal to bam but then somehow bam would catch him off guard and then khun would just blurt it out when they’re together <3

Khun’d always be up early to cook for bam, they both morning ppl tho khun’s always sleep deprived bc hes also a night owl

Khun is shy with pda in public but eventually he and bam decide they dont care anymore and just hold hands and act all lovey dovey to the point where shibisu cant decide if he’s a proud dad or if he wants to throw up, rak is always proud of his turtles, endorsi and hatz literally want to throw up all the time and would die before admitting that they secretly approve of khunbam

Khun is all around a model bf that i am sure half the fandom would be willing to date but im sorry guys khun’s taken cause he’s only got eyes for bam~

Plot things/idk what they’re called:

CEO!khun and intern!bam

Assassin!khun and assassin!bam who eventually get together and destroy the corrupt system

Gdi i thought of so many while having dinner but i forgot

Hmmmm

Imagine bam as jue viole grace like forced to work in a gang or smth and then khun as the gang boss

I totally dont have a thing for badass assassin themed things pls dont judge me

Teacher!khun and student!bam (ofc it’d be near graduation if u get my drift...😏)

Idk why i thought of this but imagine idol khun o.o wait YO idol khun + assistant bam

Tutor!khun and student!bam

I feel like im literally just saying the same ideas

Theres a reason why im not a fic writer :’)

High school sweethearts -> angst bc parents dont approve, sad forced breakup, no contact -> get back together when older after a time-lapse when they’re more mature, heated reunion

Best friends bam and khun since preschool, since they were in the womb, PINING, both of them scared to admit it cause they dont want to ruin their friendship, meanwhile the entire gang is betting on them getting together (aka mainly rak and shibisu betting, hatz, endorsi, anaak, (insert s2 and s3 gang dont wanna spoil) everybody etc)

Uni students with khun as a law major and bam as a cs major (both geniuses, nerd bam), roommates *insert smirk* lots of pining, blushes from them casually changing in front of each other...the rest is up to ur imagination

Khun and bam as rival sports teams coaches

Age gap!khunbam (not a lot, somewhere between 5-8 yrs), with bam as the younger one who kept saying that he loves khun but khun just laughs it off bc bams a kid but then khun sees bam after he comes back from college and bam gets a massive glowup from clueless cinnamon roll to clueless cinnamon roll hottie who only has the hots for khun (still) and then khuns all like “fuck” *dies inside*

Single dad khun, bam as a daycare employee who keeps getting flustered by khun, khun takes interest in bam bc he doesn’t ask nosy questions like other ppl, and bam has these mesmerizing golden eyes

Tailor/dry cleaner owner!bam and office worker!khun who constantly needs his clothes to be altered so they fit exactly how he wants them to (this eventually results in awkward moments and blushing), and also dry cleans like his countless number of suits and dress shirts and whatnot

Author!khun and publishing assistant!bam (is it even called publishing assistant honestly i have no idea but u get what i mean right), khun never signs books but bam convinces him to

Poet!khun and uni student!bam as a literature major who’s a big fan and wanted to meet khun at one of his signings but is too shy even though shibisu drags him there, accidentally bumps into khun in the bathroom, is all flustered, ends up talking to khun for super long, khun loves bam’s enthusiasm for the subject, offers to give feedback on bam’s poems, bam is literally about to combust, they have lots of meetings and khun flirts with bam who’s clueless but blushes a lot anyway, they kiss *ahem* the rest is history

Spy!khun and bam, khun realizing he doesn’t want to hurt bam, sends fake info back to his country (ruled by eduan and jahad), eduan finds out (sent khun out in the first place bc khun was a threat to him cause the ppl liked khun better), sends out an assassin to get khun, who knows this and escapes with bam somewhere, some complicated plot taht idk how to figure out but you get the drift, eventually khun rules the country with bam

Real estate agent khun and contractor bam, eventually start their own business together

Khun as student pres, also known as the ice king bc he’s turned down dating everyone who asked, bam as the transfer student who catches his attention (bam with more of a jue viole grace complex), the silent physics genius who is also on par with khun when debating in speech and debate club

Khun and bam as besties, always do their hw together and hang out after class (cause bam always needs help haha), something leads to them fake dating, eventually real dating 😏

Khun and bam as besties, always do their hw together and hang out after class (cause bam always needs help haha), someone (rachel, DO NOT KILL ME I HAVE A REASON) asks bam out and he doesn't know how to say no (the rest of the gang egging him to date cause they know khuns gonna be jelly) khun goes and sulks, eventually bam gets hurt and manipulated by her, khun is pissed off, rachel is reported for abuse, khun and the gang fight for bam, khun is there for bam all the time, after a while bam asks khun out of the blue if khun likes him (shibisu let it slip that khun is gay bc god knows bam is oblivious af), khun is shocked but says yes bc he cant hide it anymore, bam says he always loved khun but thought khun was straight (bc of some dumb rumor someone said) which was why he ignored his feelings and agreed to date rachel bc he just wanted to distract himself, lots of cuddling thereafter, they get together, rak wins the bet for when khunbam will get together, khunbam gets married

oh man that became way longer than i expected...anon i hope u enjoyed that? half of it prob made 0 sense ngl and idek if i answered the q properly?

kudos to you if you actually read like all my rambling :’)

#bluris answers asks #1800ishipit answers asks #khun headcanons #khun the modern bf #i always write way too much oops #idk what im doing #if you really read till here bless ur heart #headcanons #plot things

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creek-cryptid-deluxe · 4 years

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This needs to be addressed:

I'm on reddit regularly. Today I saw something as I was scrolling that deeply disturbed me & I feel needs to be addressed.

For those not familiar with reddit's format, let me explain. The website is basically a host to multiple forum style 'subreddits' that are based around various interests where you can post photos, videos, gifs, links to websites, links to articles, or just good old fashioned text.

Some subreddits are very broad (r/aww is pictures, videos, & gifs that are adorable & make you say "awww") & some are extremely niche (r/picturesofiansleeping was created by a dude where he just posted random pictures of his roommate, Ian, sleeping because the dude could fall asleep anywhere). Each subreddit is it's own community with its own culture & rules, while also being a part of the reddit community as a whole & abiding by its overall culture & rules.

Below is a screenshot (with the username redacted) from a post in the Ehlers-Danlos subreddit, which I scroll through from time to time just to see what's there, but not regularly because the overarching culture there is not one I want to be a part of (& what I'm about to show you here is a perfect example of why).

So a photo of Joaquin Phoenix filming a scene for the movie Joker is making the rounds with the caption above it, stating that he dislocated his knee filming that scene (not written is that he continued to film after the dislocation) & demanding he be given the golden globe. Given the quality of that performance, even prior to knowing about his knee, I agree that he should have a golden globe for it.

What I take issue with is the fact that that was posted to r/ehlersdanlos with the title "My knee dislocates 5-20 times a day. Where's my reward?"

So let's chat about why this is ABSOLUTELY unacceptable, despite the fact that I see similar sentiments throughout the chronic illness communities.

First of all, this person is 100% exaggerating. I'm not one to doubt anyone's claims regarding their health but as someone who has had knee dislocations since I was quite small, it's not feasible. Subluxed knee 5-20 times a day? Eh, still not really believable. 5-10 subluxations? Sure, maybe. But no way is this person having 5-20 full knee dislocations in a 24 hr period.

Exaggerating like this actually really hurts credibility & not just for them as an individual. I'd be will to bet that if they are stretching the truth that casually in an inconsequential post online, that they do it in real life to medical staff as well. If the medical professionals that we all rely on for care hear enough exaggerations from specific demographic groups (say... women under 25 with an EDS diagnosis), then eventually when they see a patient that fits that criteria, there will be an unconscious bias & assumption of exaggeration. Then it hurts the chronically ill community as a whole.

Second, this person is minimizing & invalidating Mr. Phoenix's (i spelled his first name once & was quote proud, but it is not happening again) injury simply because... why? Because he is able bodied? Because the poster is chronically ill? Those things don't cancel each other out. This is the bit I see FAR too often.

There is this weird line of thinking that is prevalent in the chronic illness community where some chronically ill people think that because other people aren't chronically ill, any illness, pain, or injury they go through isn't as valid as their's is. Lemme just hop up on my soapbox here to say...

📢 THAT LINE OF THINKING IS FUCKING BULLSHIT📢

I've seen it first hand via my aunt. She is diagnosed with fibromyalgia. She has all the hallmarks of EDS, but despite me getting diagnosed & telling her she needs testing, she is weirdly attached to her current diagnosis. Any time my cousin (who is 3 yrs younger than me) is sick or hurting, my aunt says something about how much worse she feels. Cousin says she has a headache? Aunt: "Now you know what I deal with 24/7." Cousin has a stomach virus & can't stop puking? Aunt: "That's literally my life 4 out of 7 days of the week."

When The Spawn was in middle school, right after I had started to trend downward health wise, I noticed her wincing & holding her head a lot. I asked what was up & she said she had a headache & it had been hanging around for 3 days now. I asked why she didn't tell me sooner so I could help & she told me that she knew it was minor compared to what I deal with, so she didn't feel right bringing it up.

I immediately sat her down & had a long talk explaining that just because I am dealing with the dumpster fire I was given does not at any time mean that whatever she is going through isn't every bit as important, painful, or difficult for her & that at no time do i want her to have to handle it alone. I made sure she knew that no matter what was going on with me, I am here for her because what she is going through is important & valid. I've only had to have that talk 2 more times with her.

I've had to have a version of this talk with a few friends & my dad, as well. I'll see my dad wince or hear him do what I call "The Dad Huff" & I'll ask what's up. Dad: "I know I shouldn't complain to you because it's nothing compared to what you deal with but..." BRO i am EXACTLY who you should complain to. I know tricks that could help with a myriad of physical ailments PLUS i have a whole ass Walgreens in my bathroom.

My point is that as a whole, chronically ill people need to stop invalidating healthy, able bodied people's illnesses or injuries. PERIOD. It's not a fucking suffering competition. What? You think if you keep invalidating healthy people & boasting about how much more sick or more injured you are that at some point a guy is going to leap out of the bushes & hand you a gold medal & a giant check for suffering the most?

No.

Also, you'd think if someone was suffering that much, in that much pain, was that ill, that they wouldn't want anyone else to feel even close to the way they do & would be happy to help or be genuinely distressed/concerned for the other person's wellbeing.

So fuck off because people who do this shit just sound like they lack empathy, compassion, and other generally human qualities which implies they have no fucking soul.

Just be supportive of one another, able bodied, disabled, chronically ill, chronically healthy, or whatever. Just be kind to people. Fuck.

#vascular ehlers danlos syndrome #ehlers danlos syndrome #disabilties #disabled #disability #chronically ill #chronic illness #chronic pain #wtf is wrong with the world #wtf is wrong with people

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charamelwrites · 4 years

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can u guys believe i've only just read "six skeletons one maid", "skeleton squatters and the landlady", "good food good friends bad laughs", "aggre(g/v)ation" this quarantine?????

i feel like the 3 paved the way to multiverse reverse harem fics & i wished it existed back 2016. because 2016 was the year i decided to write my first fanfic w/c happened to be a reverse harem one since i there weren't ANY fics about it. there's one which was called "house of sans" that most probably inspired my fic but other than that, there were none!!

SO imagine me, 16 yr old who wanted ALL them skeletons in one fic & struggLing so hard on how to go about it. the skelebros were mostly out of character & that shit but tbh, i LOVEd writing it. it was the story that really helped me grow.

anyway, i'm happy that the undertale fandom has all of these amazing content now!!! a lot has left the fandom after all these years but you know what? i realized this 2020 i still love making undertale content.

so maybe, my recent fic may not be my last. ((i'm kinda maybe interested in making a anti-reverse harem fic heheheh))

i'm kinda regretting not making a tumblr back then. younger me had made friends with a couple of my readers back then.

oh, if you're interested what fic i'm talking about, it's called babysitting multiple skelebros

#tots #writer tots #ao3 link #just a long vent #you're not obligated to read this #hehe #thanks for the support

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DNYL | 4.

A/N: This chapter is very dear to me and I believe the next will be also because Chenle is just my lil baby. Granted he’s only 3 yrs younger than me LOL but I think of him as my baby boy, my son :’((( And he’s just the sweetest, bestest boy in the whole wide world. But I hope you enjoy this!!! :)) This is specially dedicated to the belated bday girl @ihavewhiplashbecauseofnct & for how lovely of a person she is, i love u liz ❤️ Sidetone: I realize many ppl like watching horror movies LOL so I guess this is from my point of view😳

Genre: non-idol!au, high-school!au, fluff, angst Word Count: 6.2K Warning: moderate swearing, mentions of heartbreak, 1 mention of drowning Type: NCT Dream x Reader

Chenle’s crush wasn’t quite ordinary. His love for her hadn’t bloomed with hopes that one day those feelings may be reciprocated. From the start he had known they’d never end up together. Instead his love for her was a fall back mechanism. Something that comforted him on his low days and it was what had kept him as a forever positive and happy boy for so long. She was the light of his day.

Zhao Feifei was the one who had stolen his heart. Her name was a perfect description for her, luxurious, fragrant and beautiful. With her long dark hair, bright eyes and fair skin she was a treasure, comparable to Snow White. The first time they had met was when they were babies. Both of their fathers being successful businessmen and good friends who had lucked out when their wives got pregnant around the same time. Which resulted in both Fei and Chenle being born just weeks apart. Of course they had spent their childhood together, being enrolled in the same preschool and elementary, always being with each other after school and becoming best friends. Maybe that was when he had fallen in love with her. After growing up and seeing her as the most adorable toddler in the sandpit to pushing her on the swings during recess and watching that big smile, fair as snow skin, red cheeks and dark hair blowing in the wind. The rest of the guys didn’t understand how he remained being only friends with her and had called him whipped. Some had even gone as far to ask if he was gay because surely, any straight boy wouldn’t have been able to resist to develop romantic feelings for beautiful Feifei for this long. But they were right, he hadn’t been able to resist to fall in love except he hadn’t acted upon it. But that was a secret he’d thought he would just take to the grave in fear that if he told someone that it would get back to Fei. That was, until he met Park Jisung.

Both had joined the soccer team during elementary and became close, resulting in Jisung coming over to his house to play video games or just play soccer with Chenle in his backyard. And fairly soon Jisung had met Feifei, as it was inevitable with the amount of time he spent over at the Zhong’s. That was when Chenle had confided in him about his deep crush on Fei, hoping that Jisung would be able to help him find a way to deal with it. But to his misfortune, the boy had no clue. Jisung had admitted that he‘d never dated nor had many romantic feelings recently so he wasn’t quite skilled. But it was after that confession from Chenle that Jisung seemed to not enjoy hanging out with Fei much. When Chenle confronted him, wondering what had happened, he’d told Chenle that he was scared of developing feelings for his good friend’s crush and had said that he’d rather not hang out with her. And even though the then brown-haired Chenle had found it odd that his good friend was going to such measures, he’d understood and had found great excuses to provide Fei with about where the boy younger than them was until she gave up on trying to ask. But for many years, he had hoped he could’ve been in Jisung’s place, able to step away from Fei and move on to liking someone else or just giving up on love. But that proved to be difficult as he found himself so attached to her that any other girl who showed interest in him didn’t quite catch his eye. For him Feifei was always going to be the best. That was why when Harvey had announced that they’d try to help him get over his heartbreak first that it had made him panic. He had originally joined the club to see if there was anyone like him who could help him get over this unrequited love. But it had never occurred to him that maybe he just wasn’t ready yet. Maybe he wanted some more time to spend with her, loving her and being the only guy in her life she could call her best-friend and trust fully unlike her exes. He felt great knowing what a high position he had in heart and mind and was content with the fact that he’d most likely never be able to surpass that level and become a romantic interest for her. His love was that great and powerful that he was fine with being her best-friend. “Lele what have you been zoning off about?” She cut into his deep thinking. Friday had passed by and Saturday was being spent with Fei and her usual long talks. Except now he was documenting his feelings and thoughts about her as she talked. Trying to see what had him so attracted to her. “O-oh nothing, just school stuff.” He grinned, hoping she didn’t catch him on his bluff. It seemed to work or maybe she wasn’t feeling very nosy that day since she just give him a side-eye but began to talk about her new boyfriend. That was the one thing he couldn’t stand. The list of shitty boyfriends. He hated them all with a passion. No one could value or treat her right and the fact that these guys tried was just despicable. That was the hardest time hanging out with her, when she would complain about her boyfriends and how they were being really “crappy” but she liked them too much to let go. The amount of willpower it took for him to stay calm and not yell at her to get with someone good was astounding. Why couldn’t she realize that maybe she had someone perfect right by her? “Anyways, what do you think I should do?” She asked, resting her chin on her delicate hands as she laid stomach-first on Chenle’s bed. It was usual of her to come over and hang out with him during the weekend so they could catch up and talk about life as their fathers worked. “Huh? Can you repeat that I didn’t hear you.” Chenle looked apologetically at her. She rolled her eyes but repeated the same trashy move her boyfriend had pulled in standing her up at the movies. And after hearing, Chenle’s blood was boiling at the thought of imagining it. Fei left all alone waiting in the dark and then giving up only to watch a movie by herself. God, did he ever want to kill this guy. “Well, I think you should text him that your best-friend will go beat him up if he does anything like that to you again.” She laughed, the sound so beautiful making her look like a princess from a fairytale, her smile so wide and eyes hiding behind those rosy now lifted cheeks. “Le, I’ve told him about you, he knows you wouldn’t hurt a fly.” Now Chenle rolled his eyes, of course she had to go ahead and tell her boyfriend how much of a wimp her best-friend was. She was too naive and honest to not try to scare anyone. Sure, Chenle wasn’t one to carry on with being violent but he sure as hell would do anything for Fei. He shrugged, wanting to end the boyfriend talk as he said, “Well, why don’t you just be honest with him then? Ask him why he stood you up and if he lies then dump him. You deserve better than that anyways.” Fei huffed, rolling over to lie on her back and face the ceiling, her long dark hair flowing down the side of the bed. “Chenle you know how much I like him, I’m not gonna end it over something this small.” Small?!? The blond boy resisted the urge to smack his head at her stupidity. Why was she like this? “Besides, he did message that he was sorry a couple hours later and said that he got held up at home because his dad was giving him a lecture.” Yeah right, more like he bailed because on purpose. Who’s dad lectured them for a full three hours on a random night? And even if his dad did it was probably for a reason. Chenle knew all of the schemes those slimy guys pulled, this wasn’t anything new. But he also knew Fei wouldn’t listen to him. In a way, he did admire that about her yet despised it. She was so caught up with the thought of being in love and finding her “soul-mate” that she clung onto tough and e-boy type of high school guys, hoping she was the beautiful girl to change their foolish ways. But Chenle knew that wasn’t about to happen anytime soon. “Well Fei I can’t help you cause I haven’t even met the guy yet.” He said monotonously, acting as if he was so into the game on his phone when really he was writing down more information about her in his notes app. She sighed, murmuring, “You know, I wish god could just tell me when I‘d meet my soul-mate. Like if he could just give me a date or a month so I don’t have to keep waiting and seeing if the guy I’m with is really meant for me...” “I wish so too.....” Chenle thought to himself as he looked at her soft flowy hair almost touch the ground. Sunday passed by a bit slower as Chenle really tried to focus on everything about his daily routine, writing down even the smallest of things like what tv show he was watching, what he ate, when he sneezed, everything. He knew it was too much information but he wanted to know what he was doing that had him still so in love with Fei. Finally, Monday came by and Chenle rushed to get to school, excited yet nervous with meeting the rest of the club and what they had to say. Truthfully, he knew some of them were going to call him pathetic and a loser. But these were all names he had heard before when he was younger and didn’t pay mind to anymore. He knew what he was pathetically in love with Feifei but it didn’t bother him, he enjoyed it as long as it meant he got to spend time with her. The day went by quicker than he thought and finally the last period bell rang, indicating class was done and school was out for the day. Most of the other students were tired and sluggish as they moved around slowly but Chenle practically skipped past them all to go to the old wing and into the music room right after the bell. But of course, no one was there yet so quickly so he sat down in the ring of chairs and waited. And that was when you walked in. The whole weekend you had contemplated on reaching out to others and if you all should make some sort of groupchat or something. But then you decided against it, needing to spend more time together in order to be comfortable to even try and follow Jeno or Jaemin on social media. Renjun was out of the question since he acted like a complete prick and you knew messaging him wasn’t going to result in anything good. More likely he’d just message something rude then block you. So as you thought to yourself how the afternoon was going to be like, shedding off your jacket to cool off from the slow after school heat, you were surprised to see a nervous Chenle seated and reading what looked like a journal. He looked up, most likely hearing your footsteps in the quiet room and the nervousness faded away from his face as he smiled at you warmly. You smiled back at the adorable boy and wondered what he was so anxious about. “How was your weekend?” He asked you as you sat beside him, resting your bag on the ground. “It was okay I guess, not much except wondering about this club and how this is all going to be like.” You replied honestly. The sophomore nodded, “That sounds better than mine at least..... I was stuck thinking about how it was gonna go for me and freaking out about how to act around the girl I like.” He sighed continuing, “You know, I was really scared to bring this up but, but being around you makes me feel at ease so I hope you don’t mind me sharing.” You shook your head, noticing how worried he looked at what he was about to say next. “I-I didn’t think it was going to be this hard to really get over Fei. I’d just thought this club was going to be a fun way to get with other people who had one-sided crushes like me then maybe get my mind off of her for a while. But not to really get rid of her place in my heart.”

You quietly thought his words thinking of how to comfort him, this was big and you felt special but a bit burdened that he had chosen to tell you this. “Well, if it makes you feel any better, I can relate to you since my crush was one-sided. So it is difficult to get over it.” You tried to offer the young boy something to make him feel better. And it worked for a bit as he sadly smiled in your direction before looking at the ground, hands clasped. “It does help a bit except the difference between you and me is that you already confessed so now you wanna get over it but for me it’s like I know I have no chance. I know that there’s no possible way she’ll ever like me the way I like her. But I still keep that option open. It’s just scary cause I’ve liked her for so long and to throw that all away now would be like throwing away my regular routine. It scary to think that if I really get over her then my whole life would have to change because I’ve hung out with her ever since I was a baby. And it’s so hard because she is what makes my life so happy so why should I have to let go of my happiness?” You looked at him, focusing on the somber expression that was in place instead of the usual cheery look he showed. And it was then that you realized you had thought wrong about him. You’d wondered why he was so cheery and happy when he talked about his one-sided crush when the answer had been there but hidden all along. Chenle knew that she didn’t like him but he still kept her in his life as his close friend that he was secretly in love with. And you could understand him. Even if you hadn’t been close to Mark since you were a baby, it had still hurt to try and keep acting as if everything was fine after the confession. It had only been half a week granted but that didn’t mean the situation was going to get any better most likely for the next few months or as long as you saw him. But in a way, that Fei girl was similar to Hendery with how close she seemed to be with Chenle. You’d never seen Hendery in that type of way but you knew if there ever came a day that you had to cut him out of your daily routine it would be impossible. He was your best-friend just like Fei was Chenle’s. And as you both sat there quietly, the rest of the guys entered the room. Renjun and Jeno looking grumpy as usual, Jisung still shy but confused to see you and Chenle sitting beside each other while Jaemin seemed pretty happy, smiling at you which in turn confused you. You wondered where Harvey was at when he walked in cheerily saying, “Good afternoon folks!”

The room seemed to brighten up with his energy as they all sat down in the circle of chairs. You only noticed then that the whole setup was the same. The circle of chairs and posters still up, making you wonder if the evening janitor came to clean or not. It didn’t look like it unless Harvey set everything up every morning before school started or something. “Alright, lets go straight to it. Chenle my boy! Tell us about your weekend and the girl!” You looked over, expecting Chenle to spill his deep feelings like he had with you but the sophomore was back to being happy, no signs of anxiety on his face anymore as a bright grin spread across his face. But you knew, you knew he was back to hiding. “My weekend was great and I actually hung out with the girl on Saturday!” He beamed. The other guy’s looked quizzically at the happy boy’s upbeat tone but you knew why he was putting up this facade. So before he could continue with some fake happy rendition, you put your hand over his, causing him to look at you as you mouthed, “It’s okay.” Chenle seemed to understand what you meant as the happy expression slowly fell off and its place was fear. He squeezed your hand and took a deep breath before continuing, “Actually, I-it wasn’t great. It was okay. I-I hung out with the girl and well I don’t think I’ll be able to get over her.” Harvey scoffed at this, thinking that the boy was just being silly until he realized Chenle wasn’t joking and was serious as the sophomore looked pained. “Chenle brother, that was the whole point of joining this club then, to get over your love. What do you mean?” Harvey looked confused. “I know I mean I thought I was ready b-but I’m not.” Chenle’s palms were sweating as his grip tightened, almost cutting off your circulation. “She’s not only someone I love but she’s my best-friend. I-I see her almost every day and if I can’t see her then we talk for hours and horus on the phone. How can I try to cut her out of my life when she is my life? How can I do that when every single day is filled with her?!” Chenle borderline yelled the last part surprising all of you at the outburst.

He was breathing heavily now, the rest of the guys wondering what the hell had just happened in the past couple of minutes with the extreme change in personality. But you knew that these were all pent up feelings that he’d held in for so long finally being released.

“Woah woah. I never asked you to cut her out of your life.” Harvey stood up and walked over to Chenle getting down on one knee, as the smaller blond boy let go of your hand and held his face in his own hands, sobbing now.

“I only wanted to see what your relationship with her was like then we could go on from there. You don’t have to avoid her to get over her Chenle. It’s not the situation you have to change it’s your feelings that’ll change the situation.” Harvey softly said, gently touching the smaller boy’s shoulder.

The room was quiet except for the soft cries from Chenle and the sounds of a lawnmower coming from the open windows.

“Chenle, raise your head brother. If you cry, you cry proudly.”

Huh? You frowned looking at Harvey wondering what the heck he was on to talk as if he were part of some big movement.

“Rule number 2 of the DNYL club, don’t cry by yourself. Meaning that if you cry, you cry in front of everyone and with pride that you’re showing your feelings. There’s nothing wrong nor embarrassing about being upset or sad and showing that, trust me.”

Chenle followed Harvey’s words as he slowly raised his head and sniffled, wet eyes and cheeks on full display. “That’s my boy.” Harvey smiled and patted him on the shoulder before getting up and looking at you all.

“Just because you guys are trying to get over your love doesn’t mean you have to abandon it right away. It takes time to get rid of your feelings and that’s okay. Hell, I’m not even one hundred percent over it all either. But not doing anything about it isn’t going to help it at all.”

The English boy turned around to face Chenle as he said next, “So I want you to just take time to understand that you can be her friend. But I want you to accept that you’re hurting yourself by valuing her so much in liking her. I see that you’ve accepted your feelings for her and that in your eyes not much can come out of it but then why do you choose to live in them? You can be happy as her best-friend and not be in love with her. It’s up to you to change that Chenle but we’re here to offer you our help and friendship.”

You looked over at Chenle to see that he had a serious expression on his face but was listening to Harvey intently. And even though this whole club stuff still seemed crazy to you, Harvey had a good point.

“I want you all to try that out, not distance yourself from your love unless you really need to because of circumstances.” He made a pointed look at Jeno, Jaemin and Renjun, “But to understand that it’s you who’s hurting yourself with being so close and wanting to do so much for the other person. Just step back for a bit.”

The English boy rubbed his hands together, a small mischievous smile on his face, which had you curious but slightly afraid at what he was about to say next.

“I just thought of this now....... But why don’t we get our minds refreshed by doing something? Instead of being stuck in school and having to think about our problems here why don’t we participate in an activity?”

You looked up at Harvey confused, Chenle’s problem hadn’t really been solved yet besides telling him to rethink and to change his feelings so what activity was he trying to bring up? And why now out of no where?

“Why don’t we do something to establish a stronger bond? Like watch a movie or something? It’ll be much better than sitting here in the heat and we could even get something to eat too. Besides, being together and sad is better than being alone and sad.”

The room was silent as usual as you all thought about his words. It was a Monday afternoon so you didn’t have too much homework to complete even though it was a crucial time to study for finals. But you could take a break right?

“Can’t. I have plans.” Renjun coughed out, obviously a lie.

“Renjun I’ve been keeping an eye on you since Thursday and I know you don’t have anything to do today. Art club happens during school so you don’t have anything for the rest of the day.” Harvey scowled at the purple-haired boy.

Renjun rolled his eyes, “Love to hear I have someone stalking me but as a matter of fact, I have other plans involving other friends.”

“What friends?” Jeno muttered, snickering to himself.

“Some of us actually have real-life friends I’m sorry you wouldn’t understand that Mr. Antisocial.” Renjun shot back.

You could tell the basketball player was about to either charge at him or shoot something even nastier until Harvey thankfully intervened.

“Woah woah chill out you guys. We’re all trying to be friends here not enemies.”

Renjun scoffed, “I’d rather befriend Lee Twat-hyuck instead of these buffoons.”

“Hey wait a second-” You frowned at the boy beside you, surprised and angry that he would say something like that about one of your good friends.

“Alright, alright no-name calling, we’re better than this you guys. And even if you don’t wanna be friends then suck it up because we’re all in the same place and on the same level Renjun, neither you nor Jeno are better. So it’d be better to help one another rather than fight wouldnit? Besides, can’t you just cancel your plans just for today? For us but more importantly Chenle?”

Renjun pursed his lips, thinking of how to respond. You secretly hoped he agreed to come because you had been dying of curiousity about his past relationship. As much as you had tried to brush it under the rug, you wanted to know more about Huang Renjun.

Since he had shown a softer side for when you first joined the club, you knew that there had to be more to him and the fact that he had sympathized with you meant that he did care. He was maybe nice but hid it behind that tough personality. And maybe during watching a movie or eating out would make him more comfortable to share his true feelings.

“Fine. I’ll cancel them. But just for today.” He sighed annoyedly.

You tried to hide your smile as Harvey clapped loudly then turned to Jeno and Jaemin.

“I don’t have b-ball practice so I guess sure.”

“I’m tutoring later on but I’m free for now.”

“Perfect!” Harvey cheered excitedly. “Then let’s go to the theaters!”

“But I already watched Spiderman with Jisung last week!!” Chenle whined. It was hard to imagine that this was the same boy who had been sobbing about his unrequited love just around half an hour ago as he angrily stomped his foot having a mini tantrum.

“I refuse to watch some movie about talking toys tryna save a fork.” Renjun crossed his arms firmly, challenging the sophomore.

“Why don’t we watch Annabelle?” Jeno piped up, excited about the horror movie.

“C-can we n-not?” Jisung stuttered, obviously afraid. But you couldn’t blame him, a horror movie on a Monday night didn’t sound so appealing either.

“Ooooo! I’ve been wanting to watch that too!” Harvey happily said, you always found it so odd over how people became so thrilled over movies that were meant to scare the living shits out of watchers.

“Haven’t watched it yet, so I’m down.” Jaemin shrugged, his eyes wandering to the giggling high-school girls who were looking his way. He upped his charm by angelically smiling their way causing them to squeal and gush. Now he definitely seemed to be back to his normal flirty personality.

You didn’t realize you had been staring until you saw him turn around and catch your gaze. But before you could look away he winked at you, making your eyes widen and quickly avert your attention to something else and try to calm your beating heart. What was that?

“Aright, any objections besides Jisung?” Harvey asked. Renjun and Chenle seemed okay the choice of selection as they shook their heads which in turn made everyone look at you in anticipation. You slowly nodded, wanting to just settle and not have to argue for longer but secretly freaked out over the nightmares you were going to have now. It was all fun and games during the day until night time rolled around and shadows became possessed dolls, random sounds became ghosts and everything else mysterious caused you to sweat and unable to sleep.

“Let’s buy the tickets then!” You all followed Harvey as he made his way to the ticket booth. You looked over at Jisung who was anxiously whispering something to Chenle and hoped that you could sit beside him so that you had at least someone to freak out with. You didn’t want to bother the others with your fear nor did you feel comfortable clinging onto any of them besides Chenle and baby Jisung.

But after buying the tickets, the rest of the group elected for you and Jaemin to buy the food and drinks for the group. Which had you worried because that meant that now there were very slim chances of sitting beside Jisung, depending on where he sat.

“What are you getting to eat and drink?” Jaemin asked you as you both stood in the somewhat long line, cutting into your overthinking.

“Oh um maybe just a large popcorn to share and a Pepsi?”

The puppy looking boy nodded, “I’m thinking nachos, popcorn, and then we can get a drink tray to share the drinks with the others.”

As he talked more about what drinks to get, you looked at the menu, mentally calculating how much everything was going to be so you could give an equal amount of money to pay. And as you moved up in the line, you felt a pair of eyes on you, specifically Jaemin’s eyes. But you thought nothing of it and that he could just be staring at the other part of the theatre that was to the side of you.

“You know,” he started off, causing you to look at him, “You’re actually pretty cute when you’re concentrating like that.”

Huh.

You froze not knowing what to say back to that as Jaemin had this lazy somewhat dreamy smile on his face as he stared at you. This was definitely not what you were expecting, especially while standing in line for popcorn. You didn’t know any other way to respond besides stuttering out a,

“I uhhhhhhh ummm-”

Jaemin cut you off, laughing loudly at how caught off guard you were. “What? Have you never been called cute before?” He asked amused.

“Well not by a really hot guy.” You thought to yourself as you both moved up in the line, closer to the front now.

“That’s a shame if you haven’t. But i’m glad that you reacted like that, makes you even cuter.”

You kept your mouth shut and tried to convince yourself that this was definitely his hormonal, broken-hearted feelings coming to play and was nothing serious.

Thankfully, before he could say anything else, the theatre employee greeted you, cutting in at the perfect moment. Jaemin smiled your way once more before ordering as you stood still, trying to process what had just happened and if this was maybe a dream in itself.

“You know what, i’m gonna call you cutie from now on.” He said as you carried all the food to the theatre room. C-cutie?

“Yeah, cutie suits you perfectly.” He murmured. God, now you really hoped you could get a seat beside Jisung. But to your dismay, as you entered the dark theatre room, the only open spots seemed to be beside either Harvey or Jeno as Chenle sat in the middle with Renjun and Jisung on each side.

Well shit.

“Popcorn!!!!!!” Chenle screeched after seeing you and Jaemin, only to be shushed by Renjun, slapping his hand on his mouth.

“You guys made it just in time, ads just finished and movie’s about to start.” Harvey whispered excited. You mustered up a small fake smile trying to look as excited as you sat down beside him, passing the popcorn bags down. Jaemin sat beside you, most likely because Jeno was at the other end which you mentally groaned at. You really hoped he didn’t try any more flirty lines with you because you knew you weren’t prepared a response. You took in a deep breath, looking at the screen in front of you.

Okay, you could do this. This was fine. Yep, totally fine. This was not real life. You tried to mentally hype yourself up into preparing for the creepy and horrifying music that was about to probably make you pee your pants later on.

“You okay cutie?” Jaemin whispered, making you jump a little. “Huh? Yeah i’m-i’m okay, i’m fine.”

“You don’t look okay.” He pointed to your bouncing leg and fidgeting fingers. You really wished he started to mind his own business because you didn’t want everyone else to know that you were afraid.

“If you need to hold someone’s hands, mine’s always free.” He wiggled his fingers as his hand hovered above your lap suggestively.

Great, not only were you going to have to deal with being scared shitless but now Jaemin was offering to be your cuddle buddy, just what you needed. You prayed that the movie was interesting enough so he’d keep quiet as it started and braced yourself; mentally chanting that it was just a movie, that nothing was going to happen to you after this.

But as time went on, you became more and more tempted to take up Jaemin on his offer as you sweated, gripping the seat arms tightly and had shut your eyes.

You opened your eyes to look at him to see how he was doing so far. To your surprise, Jaemin was enjoying himself, a smile on his face which you couldn’t fathom since this movie was anything but happy. So you closed your eyes, tapping a beat and mentally singing a song in your head to distract yourself from the deafening freaky sounds.

“Here.” You heard a soft whisper from your side.

You opened your eyes to see Jaemin offering his arm to you. A part of you hesitated, if you held his arm then that would mean you were accepting and letting him know that his flirty behaviour with you was working. Which of course you didn’t want at all. But you decided to just throw your logic and overthinking to the side because what the hell, you were afraid, you needed this.

So you gently placed your hand on his arm, careful not to hold too tightly. His arm flexed as you fixed your nervous grip on them. So Jaemin did work out huh.

“We could’ve just watched something else you know.” He leaned down to whisper in your ear. You didn’t reply as all of a sudden a loud scream resonated from the movie scaring you. Out of instinct, you jumped and buried your face into Jaemin’s shoulder. He just chuckled and relaxed his arm as you were holding onto it like it was a lifeline thrown off a boat and you were drowning.

So for the rest of the movie you held onto his arm, still facing his shoulder and now slightly unashamed of your actions. But you got to realize many things about Jaemin through this contact, such as how he smelled really good like something sweet but addicting. His baby blue shirt also radiated some body heat which for some seemed motherly. And you had thought that he was prone to the horror but it seemed that he did get a bit of a scare as well as his muscles would flex from time to time.

Then after the movie credits came on the screen and people started to hustle and bustle to leave, Jaemin put a hand on your arm whispering, “Movie’s done and I’m pretty sure you don’t want the others to ask why you’re clinging onto me like a koala so you should let go.”

You immediately did as he told and thankfully it seemed everyone was too wrapped up in Jisung needing to pee that they hadn’t noticed you and Jaemin.

“See that wasn’t so bad right?” Harvey said as you guys licked your ice-creams. After the movie, it wasn’t too dark out so you all decided to grab some ice-cream and chill in a park nearby.

You looked over at poor JIsung who still seemed to be shaking and eyeing every suspicious looking person coming into view. Yep, that definitely wasn’t too bad.

“How do you feel Chenle?” The senior asked the happy blond.

“Great! Movie was good and the ice-cream’s even better!!”

Harvey smiled, “I told you surrounding yourself with friends helps. Now if you keep doing this then you’ll surely get to know that you can do this. You can get over her.”

Chenle hummed, most likely not listening as you all stared at the beautiful sunset. It was calm and peaceful being like this. The heat had subsided and there was a slight breeze now, cooling you down with the icy treats. This was what you had wanted for the longest time, the feeling of being involved, it was what you had needed. You tried to keep this memory engrained in your mind, surrounded by people you never knew you’d ever would’ve had the chance to talk to but sharing something in common with.

“Well, I gotta get to tutoring so I’ll see you guys in a couple of days.” Jaemin said, getting up and grabbing his stuff. He looked at you and winked as the rest of the guys said a lazy bye, too immersed in their ice-creams.

“I guess we can end our meeting here then. I want you to keep thinking Chenle and to reach out to us if you need help too.” Harvey got up, looking as if he was ready to go. You felt a bit sad, wanting to stay in this moment longer because you knew that fairly soon either Renjun or Jeno were going to say something stupid and ruin the peace.

“Since one of our assignments is independently in progress, I guess we can move onto the next then.”

Harvey turned around, facing the still shaking freshman and said with a smile,

“Now it’s Jisung’s time to shine.”

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