Concentration
kenma x fem!oc | haikyuu ff.
(time-skip!older kenma)
✦ (2/~) [series fic]
!!! also posted on my ao3 acc! { here }
tags: fluff, slight angst (not really), smut
cw: nsfw minors dni, minor plot, fingering, oral, deepthroating, swallowing, teasing, established relationship, unprotected sex, kinky; light choking and hair pulling, kinda rough, FLUFF!!! D;
note: not that comfy w/ 2nd POV, tho no specific characteristics are mentioned on the fem!oc so pls feel free to imagine as y/n or YOU ♡
word count: 4.4k
part 1 | part 3
do not repost © yutasbimil (2022)
Mai admires Kenma the most for his intense concentration, even whilst multitasking. But today, he’s anything but focused. Not just by being spaced out but Mai is not able to talk to him straight the whole day.
She wants to know what’s up.
And what better way is to lure him on the very thing that he’s best focused on?
“Can you teach me how to play this character?”
"Uh-hmm."
Mai swears she saw a glint in Kenma’s eyes as she said that, with him nodding firmly as a pair of cat-like stares stayed glued to her even as she went back to her seat.
She abruptly had to go back due to the bell ringing.
Kenma on the other hand is occupied with another matter. Now he's got to manage to get through the last period, but all he could think about pressing the right fingers next to hers. Her warmth and the sweet, fresh scent of her shampoo as he's near her—
The mere thought of her touch drives him over the edge.
But to Mai of course, she knew that her asking to play with him is joyous for him. If she only knew exactly what it meant to him.
The school bell rings, signaling another school day ending.
Mai stretches out, putting her bag beside Kenma’s desk as she gets by his seat. Getting the vacant chair in front of him, she leans on the chair, with its back facing the guy. “I barely got through my notes. Who even thought of math as the last period would do anyone good?”
She slumps both her shoulders.
It was the opposite for studious Kenma, though (surprisingly), he got through the problem sets with the speed of light.
“I can help you practice the application of equations though, Mai-chan.”
"Help me later then!" Mai chimes.
Another thing that piqued his excitement is her reaching out to him for help, it’s an obvious fact for her friends how Mai can be stubborn for not asking for help, even to the point of just piling up every load till she's at the brink of her waypoint.
So these instances relieve him in some way that she's letting it loose more, now at the means of games and his influence.
That's progress.
"We can also do exercises to prep for the upcoming tests."
When she nodded, it added more to Kenma’s satisfaction, along with her words that followed.
“Maybe a bit after we play the game at your place? I asked for a favor earlier, remember…?”
At the word 'earlier', Kenma made an indescribable expression between excruciating pain and utter joy that it appeared that he was holding his breath in front of her.
Mai tilts her head in confusion.
Here we go again.
She knew saying that was one way to get his attention (as it involves his most beloved games and her). But she can't put away the fact of the noticeable gap between them; on how he’s been acting weird since this morning. Especially around her. Damn, most especially with her.
This is the first time they meet eye-to-eye all day yet it’s not too long since he strays his vision away from hers again.
Kenma didn't have any difficulty around Kuroo or Tora-san at lunch earlier. Heck, he even managed to go through the talkative Levi-chan with no sweat. Even in class as he even managed to recite, what about the group work earlier? She had kept an eye on him and observed her boyfriend to the point it seemed to fire back at her, thinking, that maybe she is the one who did something?
But what…?
Mai held back an infuriated huff, silent as she followed Kenma who seemed hastened and unfazed standing up from his seat. What’s with him?!
“Why are you looking at me like that?” her tone didn't deliver in the most patient manner. Mai can no longer take it, the usual staring and then putting on a stifling face that she’s been getting makes her get sick of him more, adding to him avoiding her all day.
The moment she walked into his room with a fresh set of clothes, Kenma’s eyes were wide towards her. (Not making it an obvious fact that he likes how good she looks in his oversized shirt).
He raises his hand, palm facing her, and makes Mai stop in her tracks, not given a chance to deny retreat but listen to his voice.
“I had a dream, like how you walked in right now through that door. But like, you had a health bar on you, on top of you— that frightened me at the dream, of course, o-oddly. And there’s a boss fight music playing as you approach me, stonefaced– Yeah, Elder Ring– so imagine how much I’ve been laughing and confused as fuck when I woke up–”
Without a second spared, Mai’s fists met the guy’s shoulder, an obvious whine as she fought between wanting to strangle him or laugh with him.
“Dummy! I thought we had a problem! I thought you had some beef with me!” she cries. No wonder he's been acting like that all morning. He needed the whole damn day to construct that silly dream of his?! She understands so it can be delivered in the best, funniest way. But still!—
“I’m sorry, it seems too surreal…”
"You better be!" She even had to overthink just to pinpoint what's up. "Seriously…"
It always seems to be like that, it gets funnier when you retell a story to your friend and that's how it looks between them. As Kenma seems to look more relieved, bursting a laugh off his chest more freely now that he has told her about it.
It's different on the girl's end though.
"It was just—pfttt—s-sorry," Kenma covered half of his face, trying all his might to collect his composure. It definitely won over showing the actual guilt he's feeling with his more apparent sheer amusement. "I-it really was just random and funny. Admit it, Mai."
Mai stands up ready to pounce him as she holds back a laugh, but it comes off as forced. "Haha… You better do get fucking ready for this Boss later!—what's so funny? Oi?!"
"HAHAHA! S-stop it, Mai-chan! Hahahaha! I'm going to bust a gut!"
That was exactly how she looked like in the dream "at her 2nd Phase".
She crossed her arms, lowering her head to hide her beet-red face. Kenma reached out to pat her but she refused any touch (for now).
Looking more keenly at him, she even thought of his tired face as something else earlier. But now filled with irritation, she put together the pieces.
“You idiot, you also have practice today! Yet you stayed up late?!” Mai almost shoved her finger at his eyebags, the darkened circles mocking her on how obvious he had played all night in this new game he’s obsessed with.
“Only till 1 am?”
Mai squinted, her whole face scrunched up. The slight hesitation of him continuing what he answered says a lot on his end.
It took a while for them to calm down. Mostly Mai costs Kenma a pack's worth of cream puffs to ease her nerves.
Soon after, they had settled into their setup for today’s plans.
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The couple almost smacked each other, with Mai pushing him down the floor of his bedroom. “KENMA!”
He managed to pull an OP character on the gacha game they’re playing. Kenma was frantically showing her the shiny and flashing animation on her phone screen. The beautifully detailed illustration of the 6-star white-haired magical girl captivated them. “OMFG! Of all people, you got her!”
He quickly went to the inventory of the characters and upgraded it.
“You're way more than halfway to even upgrading it higher.” The guy’s fingers navigated through the screen, with Mai peeking over his shoulder closely. Kenma shows her bits and all on how to use the new character she obtained.
The girl grips both his shoulders, all giddy and happy pulling him near her with warm cheeks crashing next to his.
“It's all thanks to you, Ken-chan!”
To the tutorial and character gameplay…
It’s not long till she’s quiet again as she got her phone back. She's struggling to get through levels, though, and even so, she knew that slacking off is not in Kenma Kozume’s dictionary. Most especially in gaming.
It is not at all just playing games for him.
“Wait, wait— again,” she bit her lower lip, focused with brows furrowed as she’s trying to follow through with the combos and team dynamics of the characters.
Kenma goes to show her again, and Mai is trying to sync her fingers as if she's doing the controls herself.
“Woah, you even managed to pass this level, your weapon is not that great now either,” Kenma says. The ‘CLEARED’ showed through the screen, and the evident awe in the blonde’s eyes shine along with the effects.
“That's how OP this character is, huh.” Mai stares at the screen, mouth agape. She felt a leaning weight beside her, and there and behold, a pouty Kenma.
“Oh, here goes Mr. Salty again.” she declared, her boyfriend just continues to sulk. “I know… but this is just unfair, it took us months to get ours to SS.”
She points out. “Mine is still at S—”
"Still!'
"Hey! It's you who pulled for this character, I just let you."
It even took a while for her to save up for pulls as she's not much of a grinder unlike him.
“Well, at least you got 2.” Kenma slumps himself to the pits of the floor. “Urghh… just thinking of it… how lucky!”
His girlfriend joins him laying down on the floor, patting him. “But even so, it would just add up the pity if I didn't get them.”
Mai gets her phone back and enters an event stage that he just taught her. Now it’s time to put the earlier moves into use. But before doing so, Kenma had another thought in mind.
“Wait, Mai, we also got to ‘practice’ right?”
“What do you mean?” Her eyes stayed glued to her phone screen, he got it back for a moment. She rolls over, her belly close to the carpet as her feet relax in a position near Kenma, he pats her as a prior reminder.
“I mean you still got to practice on what we talked about other than this game.”
Trying to stay put and focus on the game, she also did her best to rerun her brain on what they talked about. She blinked, her lips shaping into an ‘O’ at the realization.
Blushing, it indicated to Kenma that she remembered the intimate details they had agreed on.
She proposed how she wants to improve more and be the one to move instead of just him keeping it active between them in bed. To be specific, how her hips would move consistently on the act, be more stable and what can they do with her stamina for them to stay more active longer, humping—
Startled, he moves her to the bed as she’s spiraling more into her suggestive thoughts.
"W-wait, let me restart the stage—"
Before she could process any of what’s happening completely, Kenma pats her phone back, like kinda shoving it at her hand. "Play."
Dumbfounded, she’s now facing his crotch. “Huh?”
“Suck me while you play.”
“I-I…”
“Come on, this can help you be more aware and active in what you are doing.” His words are as firm as keeping a hold of her between his legs.
"In g-game?...How are you sure it helps on the aspect, eek—”
His sudden aggressiveness makes her feel a pool of warmth down there. As much as it hurts her scalp with his tight grip. This is what she asked him last time. Getting a bit more course than his usual restraints. And yes, the hair pullin—
As if on cue, Kenma pulls her head closer to his boxers, lifting her head a bit as he strips off and pulls it down to reveal his hard-on.
His deep stare and grin are enough for her to listen to him. She had no other choice but to obey.
Looks like the tables have been turned curtly on who's the boss.
Pressing the stage, she continues on but gradually his vague relished noises are enough to distract her.
She hovers her nose tip on his balls, then sucking it with full care as she also slurps her tongue on his head the next. Her mouth in and out sliding in rugged motions by his girth, all the way down till he hisses. Even if the loud clashing sounds from the game are prominent, the faint moans from her boyfriend’s lips are enough for her to miss a combo, then another.
“Fncchhh…” she muffles, the vibration made Kenma buck his hips, making her yelp as his hard length pushes further down her throat. “Ah- ah, focus Mai…”
You’re the one to talk!
She wants to retort so badly, but every bit of her strength and ability of her mouth is full at the moment.
How is Kozume still able to complete the stages flawlessly while I go down on him?!
She is reminded so vividly of those times she would sneakily creep between his legs as he’s in-game, giving him a sweet bonus on his gameplay. This also while, sometimes, he's in-call with his buddies, he even manages to give directions and answer them with poise. But this is anything beyond compare on how collected Kenma is, to now on how he’s going down on her.
She’s losing it, big time.
“N-no, ah-hmm…please.” It adds more to Mai’s crumbling concentration as he reaches for her breasts, devilishly slipping a nimble finger into her tight core. Back and forth, to even curling them in twists and turns, hitting more damage to her already feeble focus.
They are positioned in a way that it is easy for Kenma to reach for her whole body, even his height and stature are at the advantage to handle her.
She regretted the near proximity as Kenma has his own ways to have fun at the moment.
"Ah-shit." She missed another dodge by half a second.
Mai cannot even contain her attentiveness to the screen to the creeping bony hands by her erect nipples, it diverts her focus further away as she cannot ignore the lingering feeling that’s wetting her panties.
Her insides are getting twisted the same as Kenma curls his fingers while he plays with her nipples and bare chest, fitting oh so nicely at the palm of his pretty hands.
“Ahh… Hmmm…” It frustrates the fuck out of her, trying her best to finish the stage. She also wants to finish sucking him fairly with a bang (pun intended). Mai is anything but a multitasker, especially in this case. As playing these types of games requires a lot of attention. And from someone like her, she wants to give her full attention to pleasuring her boyfriend.
But by the looks of how she's struggling, he seems to be enjoying it.
Schadenfreude.
“Heeee—huhu, you're such a sadist!” Mai grouches. Without looking, he hears the sound of how she failed a stage. “Wait, again.”
Kenma just chuckled at her persistent tone, as if he was not at all messing her up seconds earlier. Also, the warmth and sensation when she let go of his dick from her mouth had him startled.
When his erection is released, instead of complaining, a slight whimper from his lips was elicited, followed by an amused chuckle at the girl's pouting.
“You're close to finishing there?” Kenma asks, patting her head.
The stage, or coming?
She just immediately placed her body back earlier when she was playing.
“Isn't that something to ask you, Ken?”
After making sure, she nods, getting back into the mood though it hasn't left Kenma's system at all.
Kenma then suddenly pulls her head down, deepthroating a whole load into her mouth. Her eyes widened as she got caught off guard. “Ahh- hnmmh–!” She yelps which then gradually gets swallowed by pleasure at the sensation hitting the back of her throat. The moaning of her sweet lips sent shivers of pleasure down his spine.
With her eyes clouded in ecstasy, he moved his hips and used her mouth in pleasure. “Babe, wai-haa—”
The sound of his dick going in and out of her precious mouth gagged her ears into redness.
Mai breathes out, trying her best to maintain some air as she’s close to choking on his length. She swallows every bit of breath possible before being shoved down again.
“Ah, Mai…” he groans, already closing his peak with her moaning along as he’s riding out his release. Seconds after, now the insides of her mouth filled with his hot load of cum.
She coughs frantically, though swallowing some of his load left in her mouth and lips. Licking every bit of his sweet release with her tongue, she smiles widely as she has swallowed every last one of his semen.
After being rough, he gets the phone from her to set it aside, patting her head to relax her.
“You like it like that?” Kenma asks, an assuring look as he pulls her close. Along with the words 'Is she satisfied?' She hasn't orgasmed yet and that's one of his main concerns. That's not a problem with her as most of the time, it's the act with him that satisfies her the most, orgasm isn't always the goal.
Though, she was a bit flushed as she felt a different kind of tingling sensation in her body.
With her head lowered, she gingerly shakes her head ‘no’, shy as she tugs Kenma by his sleeve.
“No… I didn't expect you to be that kind of rough.”
“Ohh.” By the looks of how his girlfriend is hiding by his arms, he might’ve gone a bit overboard her threshold. “S-sorry…”
He puts some of her stray and unkept hair off her face due to their messiness. With the back of his hand, he wiped her mouth, each stroke delicate as affectionate as he looked at her.
Kenma quickly pats her and caresses her face, pulling her small stature near for her to come closer to collect warmth. Cuddling into a little spoon, she looks up to Kenma as she touches both her chest sheepishly. “My nipples also hurt.”
“Okay, let's be softer next time.” He’s quick to admit he got carried away, taking mental notes all ready to be done.
Mai promptly noticed this, and not wanting to make him feel awful… she assured him with a tight squeeze on his hand. She actually had fun though maybe she got overwhelmed as this is the first time he has let loose that way. Also with her taking a bit more of what she can handle in terms of both their experimentation on their own bodies. This is only the first 'practice' after all. Tugging a smile underneath her shy eyes, she says. “But I don't mind you playing me like this sometimes, Kenma.”
Kenma prompts up, along with the erection in between his legs still not shying away, and remains hard. It looks like it’s still up for Round 2.
“Again then.”
His firmness and jump in his voice took her by surprise. Especially on him quickly carrying on their course of action.
“Ken–” As he pleases and as she had requested, he’s a bit hoarse.
Kenma pushes, along with pulling her body close to his torso.
“You need to practice more.” He tightens his grip on her hips, causing her heated core to meet his erection. Her legs seem to turn to jelly.
“N-no, wait. Ken-kun…” She pouts her lips, but it makes her boyfriend get more roused up as she asks for a kiss.
It has only been half a day, but it did make Kenma miss her softness, it was made obvious at the twitch of his hard-on. His Adam's apple bop up.
"Mai…"
Kenma leans in, closing in the proximity that seemed to be distanced since its last meeting.
As their lips collided, it still remains the warmest feeling laid on her skin, besides his electrifying yet calming hands near her. To the previously rough handling of him to her… gradually turns gentle by the tips of his fingers as he places his hands on her hips, moving below and lower as they inch deeper and deeper into their sweetest exchange of kisses.
Kenma was quick to take reminders as his touches improved to the twist of his fingertips.
It’s as if they took turns, now with Kenma’s strong frame hovering over her. He shoves his kisses passionately into the crevices of her lips, filling her heart with such euphoria as his hands simultaneously venture and map on her body.
He hasn't even fully collected her yet into his endearing stare.
But she gets lost all the more as he unravels her hair, letting it loose for the both of them as Kenma rests her head, encapsulating Mai into his eyes.
She hugs him, tightening her hold on his arms. It has been quite a while since they have been together but she was still head over heels in love with the way his eyes would be in deep concentration; so sharp, it pierces right through her.
This is something she's willing to get used to for the rest of her life.
"I love you…" she whispered, placing each syllable and its meaning in every pause of their kisses.
He draws himself closer, mumbling the same endearment by her ear.
It made all the sense he feels the same, in the way he’s delicate and intricate in the way he handles her. His weight crashes into hers as if they are one.
Pulling away, their reddened cheeks indicated they had been too lost in the kiss that they both reacted with a laugh, in sync as they got reminded of the background music of the game.
The phone really got set aside along with their attention to it.
"Let's continue…"
Kenma positions her so that both of them can receive and give pleasure to one another. With her back from him, her chest lay on the softness of the bed as she keeps engaged with the phone. It spiked panic in the girl’s system, feeling another wave as she felt his veiny fingers setting aside her panties. The warmth getting hold of her legs gave her goosebumps.
As the stages get harder, it also gets difficult as she cannot entirely see what he’s doing behind her as she’s got her hands preoccupied already.
“Ha-ahhh… Ken… kun.” Mai prods her sensitive cunt onto his face, to which Kenma gladly stimulates, taking full advantage of her position.
It pools moreover as Kenma tries to collect and lick her juices with his tongue, spreading more pleasure to her aching buds.
She lost hold of her phone as she yelped, Kenma sucking her clit which made it all the more difficult to give back the same effort to her fingers. She gulps for air as she feels his nose by her ass, his tongue deeper into her along with his hands playing her swollen bundle of nerves.
Mai then again tries her very best, playing and practicing as he advised. Kenma lets her play his stages get better; with her first try on the stage, "okay".
Though, it cannot really be said the same when putting another stimulus into the picture.
Sensing him pulling down her panties, it alarmed her how the coldness easily contacted her wet core– making it easier for Kenma to put in his dick and fucks her.
She felt her get tight around him as he grabbed hold of her swaying breasts, back arched, bucking his hips harder to the beat unknowingly.
Their breaths get more ragged with Mai unable to leave the sensation of him inside of her unnoticed. All the pent-up arousal is evident in their eyes, enough to eat each other out with stares. How he's spreading her so well as he widens her more. She moves her lips along, moaning as she shamelessly puts her tongue out with her eyes clouding up in bliss.
"More! Ah… Please… d-don't stop." she pleaded. His fervent movements are getting more vigorous, getting her more impatient as she dips deeper, hastily thrusting her hips along with him. She's already a mess just pressing keys to get by but she’s about to lose it.
He also feels himself getting more stirred up as they both moan and groan, the penetrating sensation getting the best of them. She can no longer muffle out her desperate noises for release.
"It feels so good, ah-holy fuck—" She squirms, grabbing hold of anything that might let her reach her peak but the way Kenma is also giving pleasure to her chest got her so worked up.
The change of pace along with the slapping of skin got both of them so immersed. Kenma is getting filled up in arousal, seeing how she engulfs him whole into her, in and out so tightly, he's getting close—
“Fuck… you’re sucking me dry.” Kenma faltered. With a hard thrust, Mai yelps even at the feeling of him slipping off his hard dick… Though, the liquid dripping off her ass felt too warm for saliva. Feeling his head crashing onto her bare back, she turns to look at him.
Turns out it's already his cum.
For obvious reasons, she failed on her second try at the game.
"I cannot really concentrate well like you!" She breathes out, sweeping off his stray hair back already sticking to his sweaty face.
Kenma pats her head. His eyes were full of assurance as he set the phone aside, it was only there to tease her after all. For the most part.
"But as long as we practice the other thing more, right?"
Talking about the sex, she nods in approval. Well, she did last longer this time for another round with him.
Even feeling good now for another. She noticed her body's state; the adrenaline keeps on rushing in.
"I'll show you how you can do it faster." Kenma takes the phone by his hand, rapidly starting the stage as if his own cooldown was that quick.
"Than you coming?" Mai replies. It made Kenma furrow his brows, elbowing her arm as he hits a combo.
"Hey! It's not even that quick."
Mai got the reaction she wanted. A joking tone filled her grin. "You enjoyed it?"
Kenma pressed along with the keys that finished a victory sweep.
"You are the one enjoying it."
As much as Kenma was shaking his head in obvious denial, the stain on his reddening cheeks cannot be negated. Also, the obvious beam in his tone says a lot. The girl could only lean onto him and carry on their antics. Enjoying their newfound anticipation in playing games and multitasking.
It was both of them who enjoyed a test in concentration, but Kenma remains the expert in this field. They have plenty; many chances to practice. Mai will eventually—at the very least—match up with him.
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Fellow Levi lover! Once on my acc he had 7 level of intimacy while others were on third, lol. Anyway, nice to see a new blog! Any rules? Since you don't have them yet, I'd like to request a matchup (tho it may take 2 parts, bc, ya know, rambling). Whatever! I'm not sure that appearance or nationality really matters but I'd still say that I'm a short (155 cm) Russian gorl. Can't live without reading, drawing, writing and translating! Also, I'm into dancing, jazz funk genre (ya like jazz?) 1/2
2/2 Extremely chaotic but mostly through texts, I'm just weak fainting lady who can't jump all day long. Impulsive, optimistic and manipulative, ayyy! Absolute geek, classic vine woman (there's only one thing worse than a rapist. Boom. A child). Actually smart. Not genius but at the top of our school rating (homeschooling, lol, I actually skipped 8th grade sometime ago and went into 9th). Cats are my passion, money my friend. Good luck to you and your blog!
//AYEEE FELLOW LEVI LOVER I FEEL YOU. Otaku boi has won over my heart in so many levels you have no idea. You sound so cool! Jazz funk?? THAT'S COOL AS HELL💖
I think your energy would really be a good match for the one and only...Mammon! (Levi coming to a close second!)
This greedy boi will be able to keep up with your chaotic nature effortlessly.
I definitely see him as a pretty talented dancer, if he puts his mind to it. Especially jazz! (He definitely will try to persuade you into dancing in order to distract people in the midst of one of his schemes)
Will practically beg you to see you dancing...the Mammon way.
"It's not every day that THE great Mammon asks for a human to dance for him! You are lucky!" *Insert intense blushing here*
Make it a private dance though, because he can really put Levi to shame with how jealous he can be, if his brothers stare.
"Oi! What are y'all lookin at?? Have ya never seen anyone dance before?? Eyes off!"
Demands a dance just for him, he's your first after all.
Definitely not an expert like Levi, but Mammon would know all vines that have to do with money by heart.
Mammon: "Hey, how much money do you have?"
Beel: "uhh like 69 cents"
Mammon: " eh you know what that means ;)"
Beel: *sobbing* "I don't have enough money for chICKEN NUGGETS-"
Definitely will spend a whole night memorizing every vine possible to impress you.
For the love of Diavolo help him study
The only way he would ever approach a book is his life, would be to impress you by proving to you that he's smart.
He might not catch on to things immediately, but he's trying, okay?
Gets a straight A on one of his tests, because of you and he's beaming.
"HaHA! That's what y'all get for doubting THE great Mammon! Told ya I was smart. Take that LUCIFE- he's behind me, isn't he?"
Spoiler alert; he was.
To be honest with you, he wouldn't be paying any attention to the material you were trying to teach him. He would be too focused on your calming voice, you soft expressions, the way your hair swayed, your pleasant scent, you occasionally calling out his name in the sweetest tone he's ever heard, you lightly touching his forearm, the way you would smile at him every time he got something right, your lips-
no he definitely doesn't want to kiss you right now what are you talking about.
But of course, he can't possibly deal with the idea of you being disappointed in him so he will work his bum off studying at night just to make you proud and happy.
He is used to everyone thinking of him as a scum, but he can't bare the thought of you losing faith in him. You are all he has.
If money's your friend, than OH B O I YOU FOUND THE RIGHT GUY.
He will spoil the h e l l out of you.
Spending money a n d getting to spoil the love of his life? Sign him the hell up.
He will work overtime just to provide you with all he can. He's greedy, but he's greedy for your love too.
Protective as heck
Make sure to never overwork yourself, because if he pops up in your bedroom to find you passed out one day, he will start weeping and sobbing thinking you somehow died.
He can't possibly imagine a future without his human so you are stuck with him now, okay? You are not allowed to die and leave him. He will fight death himself.
Please, hug him and pet his hair. He is so touched starved that you even looking at him is adequate to have him feeling all warm and fuzzy inside for a week.
He's an active texter as well so you two would be chatting c o n s t a n t l y.
He would rather die than admit it, but texting you first thing in the morning is his favourite part of the day.
Why early in the day and not night you ask?
Because this cunning little demon is planning on spending all his nights with you.
Your room feels more like his room than your own by this point.
He's a puppy, please love him
Thank you so much for your kind words and I really hope you enjoyed the matchup!💖🥺
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We asked two Dr Pepper challenge winners how they trained for the contest and how they determined their techniques
Here’s how to win one of college football’s annual Conference Championship Weekend spectacles.
Just like in the movie Drumline, halftime is indeed game time for a certain elite corps of college students. But these folks don’t have drums or trombones. They have footballs in their hands, though they certainly aren’t quarterbacks.
They are the chosen ones to participate in the Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway, a mini college football tradition at halftime of each Power 5 conference championship game.
You’ve likely seen it. The visual of people throwing balls into oversized Dr Pepper cans is a striking one.
It’s as integral a part of the conference championship game experience as the trophy presentation and confetti after the game. Somehow, this corporate-sponsored contest has become a unique niche, but debate reigns on the proper way to go about winning it.
The rules are straightforward.
Per Dr Pepper, it’s an “On-field competition to see who can throw as many footballs as possible within 30 seconds from the 5-yard line into an oversized Dr Pepper can replica. The finalist who throws the most successful passes at each game will win the $100,000 tuition prize, the runner-up $20,000 and the remaining two finalists will each receive $2,500 towards their college education.”
Students enter the contest online via video in early October. Submissions must include what an entrant will do with the money, and prospective contestants must get 100 pledges of social media support.
When it happens every year, the debate rages: Chest pass or overhand throw?
You can throw the balls any way you’d like, as Dr Pepper has no rules about technique. Many contestants go for something that resembles a chest pass. 2017 Pac-12 winner Trent Waring demonstrates:
In living rooms and bars across the country, for a brief second, nothing is more hotly debated. Social media levies its opinion too, and the chest pass is widely disregarded.
Is there still one more Dr Pepper chest pass challenge at half time? #NationalChampionship
— JinglePorgsJinglePorgs Porgle all the way (@gjb512) January 10, 2017
Will we get what we've all been waiting for? A Dr. Pepper chest pass competition at halftime?
— Randy Carlson (@rcandy24) January 10, 2017
Did I miss the "chest pass a football through a big Dr Pepper can to win money for school" Bowl?
— Jeff the Giant (@SoxofWhite) January 3, 2017
What's worse? Dr Pepper chest pass or this kid's free throw motion?
— Ty-Quinn (@tyquinn939913) December 11, 2016
Ban the chest pass in the Dr. Pepper tuition giveaway
— Austin Moore (@AustinMooreNV) December 4, 2016
Is it asking too much to ban the chest pass in the Dr Pepper challenge? Asking for a friend.
— Justin Toole (@Tooleyj24) December 4, 2016
The greatest trick the devil ever played was allowing the chest pass toss in the Dr Pepper halftime challenge #DrPepperTuitionGiveaway
— Kevin Wright (@KWright301) December 4, 2016
Sometimes, the connotation turns misogynistic. Some viewers will argue the win was somehow invalidated because the throw happened in a “girly” way. In this video, a man and a woman have that discussion.
But what’s pride to one person is pragmatism for another.
A non-overhand throw isn’t just for women. It’s for winners, like Kyle Degman, who won the contest at the 2016 Pac-12 Championship. He’s a junior at George Fox University, a small Christian school in Oregon. Here’s his submission video:
He was in chapel when he got the call from a weird number from Texas that wasn’t in his phone book.
“I was like uhh, I’ll call back, if they really need me,” Degman told SB Nation. “I declined it the first time, and they called back immediately after. Then I was like, ok, oh shoot, this could be Dr Pepper. So, I answered it in the middle of chapel with the quietest voice I could.
“There were like eight of them on speaker phone: ‘Congratulations, you’ve been chosen in this.’ I was trying not to freak out in the middle of chapel; one of the pastors was speaking.”
After telling his family and getting excited, it was time to strategize.
“I played football for probably 11 years in my life growing up, so originally I was like, ‘oh, we’re only like six yards away probably, throwing these footballs into these big cans. I’ll easily be able to do that.’ So I looked up past winners, last year’s winners, and all I saw were these big, macho guys with huge egos — like probably played football or something in high school — and they were losing to these girls who were doing two-handed chest passes.
“No way, my pride is not big enough that I’d be giving up $100,000 to throw overhand. So I was like, OK. So I committed to doing two-handed, kinda like a Pop-A-Shot, more than like a chest pass thing. Originally I had seen like a one-handed shovel pass, but then I changed.”
He practiced over Thanksgiving weekend with a mock-up version of the can, thanks to measurements provided to all contestants. He trained at his local high school, with his girlfriend timing.
He says he ended up breaking the 30-second record during the preliminary contest before the one millions watch.
Pride didn’t get in the way for Christopher Curry either.
The Texas A&M sophomore won the contest at 2016’s ACC Championship. His submission was at first a throwaway. He was browsing scholarships and applied for Dr Pepper’s because, “Why not? I got nothing to lose.”
When he found out he was headed to the game, he used his skills as an engineering student to prepare. He and his brother, also an engineering student at A&M, went to Home Depot and got two-by-fours to build a practice structure over Thanksgiving.
“Then I had about a week after Thanksgiving to practice as well, so I hauled it back [to College Station] — the whole big structure and the footballs in the back of my truck — and I was living in an apartment, so I couldn’t have this giant, eight-foot structure in my apartment. So I left it at a friend’s house, and I woke up each morning before class and went out there for about an hour or so and just practiced.”
He even practiced the day they flew he and his brother to Florida for the contest.
“I started out as overhand, and I was accurate with it,” Curry said. “It worked fine. Then you know, you see a bunch of people do chest pass, and I knew I didn’t want to do that. It wasn’t working for me. I tried every method imaginable because I wanted to explore all my options. One thing we found — we were watching a football game, my brother and I — and we noticed how referees do this kind of underhand flick where they swing their arm kinda like a softball pitcher. They flick the ball to kinda spin it to have a really good spiral.”
He would go back and forth between the overhand throw and the underhand flick while practicing. The underhand became more efficient because he could grab two balls at a time, and he found the flick more accurate. He was right.
After the contest, it’s time to figure out what to do with the money.
Overhand, chest pass, Pop-A-Shot, or ref spiral. It doesn’t matter, as long as you win.
Like he pledged, Degman will put the money toward the optometry school he was recently accepted into. He’ll use his lack of debt to pursue his dream of improving eyecare in inner-city Portland and internationally.
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Christopher Curry with his winner's check.
For Curry, the money is about family. He’ll take care of himself combine scholarships to make sure he’s set. Then he’ll get to giving.
“My older brother, he graduated from A&M in December of last year, right after I finished the competition,” Curry said. “He was coming out with about $20,000 in student loans. I was able to use those funds to pay that off.
“I probably will have some left over by the time it’s all said and done, and so ideally, what I would like to do is give the rest to my sister because she is a senior at Texas Tech. She’s gonna come out with some student debt as well.”
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