#this is so funny and i absolutely adore the approach for Kai's

[rafesveryrealgf]

Request for lavender sunflower, a v clingy son to Rafe🥺

a/n: your wish is my command :)

Lavender Sunflower - Inseparable

Warnings: sad!rafe, soft!rafe, crying

You sometimes envied how attached, Nathan — your first born — was to Rafe. He was attached to Rafe like you carrying him in your womb for nine months meant absolutely nothing to him. But even though you envied it a little bit you still often found yourself cheesing at how much he loved and adored his dad. It was truly adorable.

But today he was extra clingy.

You were six months pregnant with your third baby and had a doctors appointment this afternoon. Rafe went to every single appointment. Today was no different.

You walked into the kitchen, your hand rubbing your swollen belly as you approached your little family, immediately noticing Nathan sitting at the dining table, stuffing his cheeks with pieces of his waffle that sat on a plate in front of him. Kai — your second born — was in his high chair, more-so picking at his food rather than eating it. Your gaze finally fell onto your husband, Rafe. He stood shirtless and in pajama pants in front of the waffle maker that sat on the counter.

“Good morning.” You said. you couldn’t help but smile at the view in front of you.

Rafe turned away from the counter with a plate of food in his hand. “Morning, baby. You hungry?” He asked, which had you nodding instantly.

“Morning, mommy.” Nathan replied, his sentence muffled due to the excessive amount of food in his mouth.

“Hey, be careful, okay? Don’t need you choking.” Rafe kindly scolded him as he brought your plate of food over to the table. “You look like chipmunk.” He added with a light laugh.

You laughed at your son, his cheeks stuffed. “You’re going to Uncle Topper’s today, baby. You excited?” You asked your toddler.

Your three-year-old shook his head in response to you, too busy chewing, unable to speak.

“No? Why’s that?” You questioned. You sat down at the dining table, in front of the food that Rafe placed on the table for you.

He took a few seconds to answer your question, carefully trying to swallow his food.

“Is daddy coming too?” He was finally able to speak.

“No, buddy. I’m going with mommy.” Rafe answered for you. He stood next to your chair with his arm rested on the back of it as he made sure his pregnant wife ate.

“no.” Nathan said, dryly.

“No what?” You asked, looking up at Rafe, hoping he could explain what your son was trying to say.

He just shrugged.

“I want daddy to stay with me.” He huffed and pushed his plate away harshly, almost causing it to spill.

“You know I have to go, buddy. It’s to check up on the baby, to make sure she’s nice and healthy.”

You looked back and forth between your son and Rafe. Not entirely sure what to say.

“Kai is going with you to Uncle Topper’s though, baby.” You said softly.

Nathan shook his head harshly and huffed, crossing his arms over his chest, dramatically. Which caused Rafe to slightly chuckle. Kai began chuckling when he saw his dad do it, not knowing why. He was just an oblivious one-year-old which caused you to snort.

“Not funny, mommy.” Nathan furrowed his brows.

“Hey, daddy started it.” You threw your hands up in defense.

“Daddy can laugh,” He replied with an attitude. “Not you.”

“Let’s be nice, Nathan.” Rafe came to your defense.

Nathan huffed one last time then everyone went silent. Besides Kai, who was babbling to himself as he made more of a mess with his food, too young to read the room.

“Let’s get you boys cleaned up and ready to go.” You said, pushing your chair away from the table so you could stand up.

“Can daddy do it?” Nathan asked, attitude still noticeably in his tone.

You sighed and looked back at Rafe, he gave a small smile, knowing that hurt your heart a little bit.

“I’ll get them ready. You just sit and finish eating, baby.” He kissed your temple before walking over to Kai and unbuckling his high chair, then made his way over to Nathan to help him down from his chair.

Rafe walked out of the kitchen with Kai on his hip and holding Nathan’s hand with his free one.

You heart tightened when Rafe looked back at you one last time with a soft, closed mouth smile. You smiled in return then frowned when he looked away to start walking up the stairs.

After the boys were bathed and dressed, Rafe threw on a plain grey t-shirt and khaki pants accessorizing it with his gold chain and a backwards hat. His dirty blond hair peaking through only the front and the back of the hat.

You being exhausted and pregnant, you just threw on black leggings and an oversized shirt — that was Rafe’s, of course. But You didn’t care. And neither would he. If anything he loved seeing his pregnant wife in his clothes.

(…)

Rafe pulled into Topper’s driveway. You were in the passenger seat while Kai and Nathan had both fallen asleep in the backseat.

The whole car ride was fairly silent. With your mind still lingering on the way Nathan had treated you this morning.

“Can you wake Nathan up? I’ll get Kai’s car seat.” Rafe questioned. To which you nodded.

“Yeah.”

You both stepped out of the car, Rafe made his way around the car and as did you. You unbuckled Nathan and slightly nudged him awake.

“Hi, baby. We’re here.” You whispered.

Nathan — being a light sleeper, instantly fluttered his eyes open.

“Can daddy bring me inside?” was the first thing he said and you frowned at that.

“No, buddy. You gotta walk, he’s carrying Kai in the car seat.” You shook your head slightly.

“I want daddy.” He shook his head and crossed his arms, the same way he did this morning.

When you looked up, Rafe was already making his way up to Topper’s house With the car seat in one hand and the diaper bag in the other.

“Rafe!” You called out.

He turned, tilting his chin upwards at you.

“Nathan won’t get out unless you get him.” You said.

He immediately made his way back to the car and sat Kai’s car seat down on the ground along with the diaper bag.

“You okay to grab that?” He said, pointing towards the car seat.

“Yeah, “ you said softly, sighing in defeat.

You moved out of Rafe’s way, walking over to get Kai and watched as Nathan’s face lit up at his dad.

“Hi, buddy.” Rafe smiled back at his son, picking him up.

You couldn’t lie. You didn’t love the way Rafe ignored how Nathan was acting. But you said nothing.

Nathan nuzzled his face into Rafe’s neck. Rafe picked up the diaper bag, not wanting you to struggle carrying both the diaper bag and the car seat.

You still struggled. The car seat was straining your arm as you walked up Topper’s long driveway. One hand sat on your stomach as the other carried your sleeping son in his car seat.

Rafe stopped walking and turned around, letting you catch up to him. “You okay, baby?”

“I’m fine.” You smiled, trying to hide the fact that you already were out of breath.

“Okay.” A smirk appeared on his lips as he tried not to laugh.

He definitely noticed you were out of breath.

Once you both got to Topper’s front door, Rafe set down the diaper bag and knocked three times. Alex — Topper’s girlfriend — quickly came to the door.

A big smile appeared on her face when she saw Rafe holding Nathan.

She loved Nathan and Nathan loved her.

“Hi! didn’t know you guys were coming,” She said cheerfully. “Come in.” She jerked her head and opened the front door all the way.

“Aunt Alex!” Nathan quickly picked his head up from his dads neck and waved at her.

“Hi squirt!” She replied, waving back.

Rafe picked up the diaper bag from off the ground. “Yeah, Top offered to watch the kids.” Rafe replied, walking into the house first then making his way into the living room. “We have a doctors appointment.”

You stepped through the door way just as Alex pulled you in for a hug. You used your free arm to hug her sideways and once you both pulled away you both made your way into the living room. Rafe was talking to Topper, Nathan still in Rafe’s arms.

“I’m sorry I wish we could stay.” You sincerely say, slightly frowning at Alex.

“Don’t be sorry, Y/n. We can visit another time.” Alex reassured you, giving you a genuine smile as she rubbed your arm up and down.

Rafe walked over to the couch to set Nathan down but he clung to his dad for dear life. “Daddy no!” He yelled, making you and Alex shift your attention to them.

Kai jerked awake, his eyes wide when you looked down at him. He began to cry at the loud sound so you kneeled to the floor to unbuckle him and pick him up.

Rafe quickly glanced at you and Kai. “Stop- look, you just woke up your brother,” Rafe pleaded with your son who had both of his arms wrapped around Rafe’s neck. “Let go, okay?”

Alex and Topper stood silently looking at what was going on. Not quite sure what to say.

You were stressed with Kai now crying and Nathan not letting go of Rafe.

“I want you to stay daddy!” He cried.

Rafe jerked his head from underneath his sons arms, his hat falling off in the process.

“I can’t, buddy. You know this.” His face was red and his hair was now messy. “Please don’t do this to me.. Making me feel bad.” He pleaded with Nathan once again.

Nathan was his first born. His weakness.

Your heart tightened at Rafe’s tone of voice as you stood holding Kai. Nathan was hysterically crying, his bottom lip jutting out as he cried to his dad. He extended his arms out to Rafe.

“Take me with you,” He cried. “I’ll be good, I promise.”

“I can’t, Nate. No kids allowed in the back rooms, buddy.”

You could tell Rafe was overusing the word ‘buddy’ to try and comfort Nathan.

“One more hug before me and mommy leave, okay?” Nathan nodded as Rafe leaned forward to pick Nathan up. Nathan folded his arms around Rafe’s neck like before, and laid his head on Rafe’s shoulder. “I’m sorry, buddy.”

You were sad for Nathan. He didn’t know any better. He didn’t understand why kids couldn’t go everywhere adults could.

“We gotta go now, okay?” Rafe said, slowly sitting Nathan back on the couch.

Nathan sniffled a few more times then tilted his head down. Nathan’s little hands were fidgeting in his lap as Rafe kissed his temple “I’m sorry.” He whispered in his ear before slowly leaning back up.

He grabbed his hat from off the couch then turned around to face you, Topper and Alex who had watched the whole thing silently. You frowned at him but said nothing.

“Ready to go?” Rafe said softly.

You nodded before walking over to Nathan. “We love you, Nate. We’ll be back before you know it.” You leaned down to kiss his cheek.

No reaction. No reply.

You leaned back up and handed Kai — who had finally calmed down, to Alex as you and Rafe silently made your way out of the, now, quiet home.

#obx #outerbanks #rafe cameron #rafe x reader #rafecameron #topper thornton #drew starkey #dad!rafe #soft!rafe #rafe is daddy #outerbanks rafe #rafe imagine #rafe series

[mouschiwrites]

Hi! I was wondering if you could do a Ninjago x fem!reader in which the reader is a super nice cutesy person, but is really scary when she gets mad. Basically, she's the embodiment of "looks like a cinnamon roll, but could actually kill you"

Yes ofc!

Ninjago - Ninjas With a Sweet and Terrifying s/o

Kai

Don't get me wrong, he loves it when you're cute, but he ADORES it when you get mad

He just gets this starstruck/amazed face with rosy cheeks while he watches you

But the first time he saw you get mad he was terrified

Once you cooled down again he realized that it was kind of... hot?

Honestly he probably tries to get you mad again at least once

He wouldn't want it directed at him, of course, so he'd come up with some crazy scheme to get you mad at one of the other ninjas

And of course it totally backfires and you end up blowing up at him

And then he never messes with you again

(dw, he came clean about the plan and you guys talked it out)

You think it's kind of funny that he's attracted to your "demon mode"

One time you winked at him after absolutely DESTROYING someone in battle, and he just. exploded.

Like, he actually burst into flames.

You, being the sweetheart that you are, rushed to his side to make sure he was okay, and you never did it again

(he secretly wishes you would though)

Jay

Jay has a thing for girls that could kill him I think

So while he thought you were pretty cute, he really only fell in love with you when he saw you mad for the first time

He was honestly less terrified and more enamored

In that moment he decided two things:

One, that he'd never make you mad (on purpose) because he would actually die

And two, that he had to make you fall in love with him

He definitely pulls the "My girlfriend could totally beat you up!!" card when he's in trouble

And if his enemies see you, of course they just laugh

But they're not laughing when they're in a pile on the floor, bruised like peaches put through a drying machine

Meanwhile you and Jay are just skipping away, hand in hand, like two giddy schoolkids

He always reminds you how cool you are too

"That was awesome, Y/n! You're so cool... <3"

Cole

He finds your duality interesting

He loves your cute side, especially when you're being all affectionate with each other

Getting all fluffy with you is definitely one of his favorite pass-times

But he also totally respects your tough side

He learns pretty quick to get out of your way when you're mad, especially in battle

He'll just get all quiet and take a few steps back, whispering to the other ninjas to do the same

Ever since you first got mad in front of him he knew this was necessary if he didn't want to get blended like a smoothie

He likes keeping your dangerous side secret; he loves the dumbfounded looks on peoples' faces when they see you mad

And when they give him the "did you know about this??" look, he just nods with a smirk

It's an expression that seems to say "yep, that's my girlfriend. she is insane and I love her."

And when you start to cool down, he'll approach carefully to check if you're okay (emotionally and physically)

If you're hurt, bandaging you up is a good excuse reason for Cole to be by your side while you try to relax

Zane

Zane is truly terrified of you

He loves you, but he has a deeply internalized vow to never tick you off

He was shocked to silence the first time he saw you mad, and he couldn't speak for a long time after either

You eventually had to ask him if something was wrong, and he just stared at you

"Does that... happen a lot?"

You laugh sheepishly, reassuring him that you weren't like that all the time

The sweetness of your voice puts him at ease

Your bubbly personality always manages to calm him when he gets scared of you

After a while he doesn't get scared as often; he just stays out of your way (advising others to do the same) and looks forward to seeing your cute smile again :)

And he even starts to appreciate your tough side, especially if/when you prove yourself useful on missions

He'll just watch you silently, at once grateful for and fearful of your rampage

Lloyd

He finds your stark two-sidedness somewhat alarming

Especially because he thinks he's good at reading people; when he first met you, he was certain that you were just this sweet girl

And then when he saw you mad, his mind was blown

He felt like he didn't know you at all

But, if anything, that was just motivation for him to actually get to know you

He loves all the intricacies of both of your sides

Your cute side he loves because he can get all soft and cuddly with you :)

And your harsh side he loves because you know how to stand up for yourself, and you certainly know how to get what you want

He's usually the first one at your side when you start to calm down

He'll be beaming with pride but trying to speed up your cooldown at the same time

He'll tell you that it's all right now, and you can relax

And then he'll kiss your cheek, smiling when you switch back to your sweet side and kiss him back

Nya

She's ecstatic to meet someone like her

She's definitely someone who's capable of sweetness and destruction, depending on her (often unpredictable) temper

Because of her touchy temper, she's more prone to destruction though...

But that just means she knows what to do when you're mad

She steps out of your way most of the time, but she also loves to get involved

Especially if she has the slightest reason to be mad too

You guys are a force of nature when you're both mad

And only you can get each other to cool down, because you understand each other

Nya knows how to relax you, and while she typically indulges in rage with you, she also knows that sometimes you just need to chill out

She's probably the only person brave enough to approach you when you're mad, let alone to try and calm you down

But you always cool off at least a little at the sight of her

And it's the same for her; she only listens to you when she's mad

Soon enough you two are back to being sweet girlfriends 😌 (just ignore the broken stuff surrounding you)

[yourdaddyfigure]

For the anon who said you should stop answering asks, although i skim thru them and have little motivation to read all of them, i STILL leave my like of support. I absolutely adore the fact that you put that much effort into keeping up with all your followers, reading your posts after that should be a DESSERT and privilege, not a constant need that should be met. Some people truly don't see the kindness and effort in some of these interactions and that should be extremely shamefull. I don't have many tumblr mutuals, but i love to keep up with them and talk to them, it's forming a beautifull connection with people who already admire you instead of ignoring them, plus, it makes you sociable and approachable! The fact that you're the talk of someone's groupchat is so funny but it truly shows just how rent free you are on people's mind BECAUSE of your kindness and gentle ways with all of these anons with worries and busy lives. Truly shamefull and overall sad and pathetic how some people see that as something annoying and that dosen't really matter. You do you Kai, don't listen to those dumbass people. 💗💗💗 We all adore your attention and dedication here.

Imma just leave this right here 🫶🏼

#malakai’s ask #madokafan #thank you so much for your sweet words really! #they’re very much appreciated more than you know

[thwethoobeen]

[15.23] yeonjun × reader × huening kai

⇀ having to babysit whilst spending time with your friends, you see how differently they play with the tiny tot.

⇁ i got this idea when i watched this short lmao

In the middle of spending time with Yeonjun and Kai, you suddenly received a phone call from your panicked cousin. She said she was called into work suddenly and her 4 years old son, Kangho, had no one looking after him. So of course you said you'd help.

Kai seemed ecstatic that a kid was dropping by while Yeonjun just shrugged indiferently despite his phone showing him ordering a happy meal from mcdonalds.

When the boy arrived, he was immediately approached by Kai who had a bigger than huge grin on his face. The boy immediately took a liking to him, and when he caught Yeonjun staring at him from behind Kai, he became instantly intrigued.

You had assumed that the day would be spent playing video games, eating junk food, and listen to both men bitch at each other or to you about the other members. But you were pleased to see that Yeonjun and Kai were working their assess off trying to impress Kangho.

"Boys! Lunch!" You called out from the dining table as you put plates of sausages, rolled omelette, spam, and other side dishes.

The plates in your hands almost dropped when you saw Kangho dangling upside down like a monkey while Yeonjun held onto his legs. Kangho was giggling wildly and Yeonjun was making funny noises as Kai trailed behind them with a worried look on his face.

"Choi Yeonjun! What are you doing!?" You squeaked as you rush towards them, grabbing Kangho and putting him back on the floor. Still giggling, he swayed before falling down on his butt. You smacked Yeonjun's shoulder, making him jump in surprise, "he could've fallen off and hurt himself!" You scolded whilst frowning at him. Yeonjun pouted at you as he rubbed the spot you smacked, "but he's fine! I held onto him pretty tightly, there was no way he could've fallen off!"

In the midst of you and Yeonjun bickering, Kai had quietly pulled the boy up and sat him on his lap on the floor.

Soon enough, you and Yeonjun stopped bickering and joined Kai and Kangho for lunch.

You immediately took notice of how different they interacted with the boy since lunch. You saw how Kai would spoon feed Kangho on his lap carefuly, scooping stray rice with Kangho's spoon and letting the boy chew carefully. In contrast, when Kai was feeding himself, Yeonjun would step in to feed Kangho by doing the airplanes, making the boy giggle loudly and almost choke.

This continued even during playtime.

"Kangho, look!" Kai called as he trodded out of his room, "look what I have!" He then pulled Molang from his back which made Kangho squeal and jump excitedly, wanting to hug the plushie. Once it's in his arms, Kai couldn't help but squeal and pull the boy up to spin him around before letting him down gently, very much in love with the child's adorableness.

In contrast to him, when Kangho handed Molang to Yeonjun, Yeonjun proceeded to pretend to stroke the doll's head before he suddenly squish the doll harshly. He squished, stretched, ball up, and pretend to beat the plushie.

While Kai screeched at the absolute destruction of his doll, Kangho was histerically laughing. He laughed so much that he fell backwards on his back.

It went on. While Kai held the boy close on his lap as they watched Finding Nemo, Yeonjun would test the boy on who'd get dizzy first by running around in circles. When Kai would dance to children songs on youtube, Yeonjun would teach Kangho how to head bang like a rockstar.

By 4 pm, you found the three of them asleep in the living room. Kai fell asleep on Kangho's left side, an arm slung carefully across the boy's stomach. Meanwhile, Kangho was clutching onto Yeonjun's thumb as he drooled on the couch cushion.

You couldn't help but smile at the sight of them. When you drape blankets on top of their bodies, you sneakily took a picture and sent it to your cousin who is for sure going to bug you to babysit more especially with Yeonjun and Kai around.

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[sugar-petals]

Cuddling With SuperM

↳ ❤︎ CARO’S NOTE: their concept is all about badassery i know but we’re dealing with seven angels so let’s talk about that shall we

warnings ⚠️ some light teasing, innuendo

length: 1.5k

taeyong

am i really telling you something ground-breaking with this:

so this guy’s truly adorable

turns into a baby what else is new

draws his knees to his chest and just enjoys the ride with his eyes closed

you can do whatever the hell you want

back rubs, head pats, foot massages, caressing the neck or underneath the chin which is particularly sweet

and a whole lot of tickling he’s kinda obsessed with this

excellent chef he is, taeyong enjoys preparing snacks for a set cuddling time or movie night

so what if this turns into feeding each other basically are you ready for that

this guy’s impossible face up close is hard to bear for the faint-hearted just mentioning that in passing here

because… he has that one yearning expression and his eye contact is very steady

bit of a duality here huh

but worry not because taeyong’s tiger inside is more of a cat actually, tyongkitty behavior guaranteed right there

he does do friendly head buts and yeah the eye contact is also a cat thing now that i think about it… it all makes sense now

ten, baekhyun, lucas and taemin are pretty cocky types of cuddlers, taeyong leads the more subdued fraction in super m

it’s the kind of cuddling that needs rainy weather and a cup of tea

ten

quality time right here

banter is always included ofc

or at least a lot of talk because with ten, conversation and cuddles go together

likes pets joining, three’s a party, a cat can always make a snuggly contribution

add a ball of wool to play around

like. a-you, a-me, and a cat right in between ya see

music is always playing in the background, always

ten’s body is very sensual… you can tell he’s a dancer by the way he’s adapting, how he’s feeling it, how he moves in general

the reflexes are just so different he has great feeling for what you wanna do next it’s his bodily intuition and he just goes along with it

what you gotta tell him though is to keep it lowkey with keeping his jazzy outfits on

a hoodie cuddles better than high fashion and spiked jackets

plus he looks adorably small in it so two birds with one stone

never forget ten is really tiny that sure makes a difference

reluctant little spoon, he keeps it face-to-face or sleeps on his back

ten is glad to be approached with hugs he’s not always doing the initiative

shy thailand angel ikr

but don’t complain if he farts because he absolutely will

goddammit chittaphon

kai

if it’s without a plushie something’s going wrong it always needs one

his favorite teddy’s gotta participate y’know he’s a social creature

in this home we don’t discriminate against plush bears

and yeah, his bear ear hoodie likewise he is sure to put it on

jongin tends to be rather taciturn because he wants to enjoy the body-to-body sensations

meaning, don’t interpret his frequent silence as awkwardness he’s just observing

is not above teasing… if his outfit is showing some skin he’ll invite you to touch the area

also enjoys you putting your hands under his sweater

he’s laughing like crazy and kicking his legs all giggly if you put your head underneath it and let it roam oh la la

yeah nini likes some wit to it for sure, and some steaminess in the mix it’s just a natural byproduct if we’re honest

dim the lights down low for this one…

but also light the candles alright

cuddling is more of a soft and steady thing there’s not much position changes going on

this is the couch not the dancefloor your honor

while we’re talking about that: jongin is a buff biatch my god

prep a water bottle to chug when you’re cuddling this guy is effortlessly hot

also know that kai will almost definitely snap a picture of you huddled together for the memory of it

baekhyun

unlike his memes, baekhyun’s cuddling behaviour is entirely predictable

will snuggle against your shoulder by default pretty much that’s his favorite area

stays glued there for two hours if you’re not busy

im not kidding

needless to say he needs a partner who can handle this level of clinginess

baekhyun can’t keep his hands to himself in general

neither can you

it’s groping x cuddling these two are a dead sure combination

keen to snuggle casually while he’s gaming, cross-legged on the ground with you massaging his back

likes to lay his head into your lap, too.

baekhug i mean back hug enthusiast. something inside his face has an inbuilt magnet that sucks him into the space between your collar bones

especially when you’re at the stove cooking

caution: love bites. lots of them. does this count as cuddles? probably. it’s not like he’s eating you or is he. oop—

what am i saying all he does is nibble alright

and oh yeah bring on the sweater weather. he can’t stay still in bed it’s gonna be a pillowfort building session though

you gotta exhaust him until he naps off lmao!

energizer bunny bf

mark

enjoys being fed watermelon during the process how else could it be

wait until this guy hears what harry styles’ watermelon sugar is all about his world will never be the same again

anyway

he’ll look so cute in his striped shirt and his round glasses awh

cuddling is his favorite way to show his trust and affection before all else

his favorite time to cuddle is before going to sleep

he usually hugs pillows so you can tell how clingy he winds up as

mark really sleeps and dreams better if you do that it has an astounding effect. cuddles are his perfect recharging if you will it’s just that he’s actually calming down through it whereas he can be nervous throughout the day so he needs that downtime

spooning is a given

what he enjoys the most about it is the warmth

markie easily gets cold sometimes he just needs that tune-up with you he’s like blink blink there goes my dose of daily heat beep beep

what the fuck

anyway again

talk about tune

just like ten he’s very talkative all the way verbal stimulation and mark lee just go together

if you compare him to taeyong there’s not much of a transformation going on mark lee on two legs is the same mark lee during cuddles it’s all copy paste

all in all a delectable experience, extremely cute and heart-melting, super m truly has a super mark

taemin

much like xuxi he has that permanent smile on his lips that tries to make you laugh

in fact taemin is hard to stop with his puns and his humor

ffs he is a true brat

taems can’t help but try to escalate this into a playfight every time

not that he doesn’t enjoy the calmer types of cuddling but he needs some action in the sack

enjoys praise along the way who are we kidding

the clothes you both cuddle in are very important alright, the fabric in particular

taemin keeps it expensive here it’s just the way he rolls

satin my dear

it’s just so satisfying to the touch

but also beware of his most lethal clothing choice which brings out his innate maknae charm the most

THE FLUFFY TURTLENECK

gyeahh

which he will use during special occasions to turn you into a cuddle monster ready to pounce him

give it up for shinee my loves they taught him well and sent him out to fluff up the world

what else is there okay we also gotta mention that cuddling consists of many little kisses here and there

taemin wants to get absolutely peppered

he is and stays a prince

lucas

ideal body type for cuddling except that it needs the right place, not the environment but the spot i mean, you can imagine

lucas can explode any smol-size couch or bed

don’t even think about trying to cuddle on regular chairs my god why would you live so dangerously

king size por favor

there is a lot to cuddle against it’s really a whole wonderland

those big ole thighs are practical cushions for anything really.

and his face is just so amicable it has to be kithed

his hands… his hands! you will feel maximum protection with those giant baby fingers around your hips i’m telling you

admittedly yukhei is hard to properly hug around the shoulders obviously that’s a drawback but hey his waist is lithe and tiny so hello there, very inviting

oh, that infectious smile.

serious cuddling: 0 — funny cuddles: over 9,000

and tasty cuddles because foodcas brings some fried rice every time oh yum

hates to go to work he really prioritizes you and cuddles go on for long long hours especially when you watch your favorite series

xuxi goes the extra mile, he will touch your hair a lot, just gently combing through it

and he doesn’t mind it when you do the same, he’s got the most angelic blonde locks after all

lu calls you beautiful all the time the cheesy mf is really pulling the standard compliment alright

cue jonas brothers sucker for you

ugh, boyfriend

mlist

#super m #superm #superm hc #superm scenarios #super m x reader #superm fluff #super m imagines #kai #lucas #baekhyun #taemin #taeyong #mark #ten

[ijustkindalikebooks]

Easter is approaching, Spring is sprung and we have sunlight. Oh, how I have missed the sun. I don't think it's been grey this long, ever, literally grey. But here are some books that I just absolutely think will make your spring break/easter holidays/time for yourself be all that more interesting.

The Tea Dragon Society series by Kay O'Neill - these graphic novels are the epitome of spring, with wonderful characters, beautiful scenes filled with dreamy landscapes and cosy homes, this series is just such a treat and easy to read over a weekend. The story of a group of villagers who take care of tiny dragons that grow plants from themselves, these are all so adorable and well worth reading, it is the epitome of charming.

Dumb Witness by Agatha Christie - I think this is by far one of the most interesting plots, because revolves around a dog. An elderly woman has been poisoned in her country home, everyone blames the poor dog's ball on the stairs but Poirot thinks there's more to the story and a mystery awakens. A really great story from Christie who is the queen of the genre, this is definitely one of the ones I'd recommend (not to mention, quite short!).

Dream Work by Mary Oliver - many of Mary Oliver's collections surround her connection to the nature that surrounded her, and in Spring what more could you want than a trip to the countryside in the palm of your hands. A winner of the Pullitzer, this collection highlights her incredible talent at bringing the world she sees to you and it makes for incredible reading.

A Psalm For The Wild Built by Becky Chambers - I listened to this book over the weekend, and honestly, I wondered why I had put off reading this for so long, as it is just a beautiful read. The story of a robot and a man who come together to figure out what the world wants and how complicated answering that question is, it's a short but sweet story that Chambers writes to perfection. I can't wait for more of this series.

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland - About a trio of sisters who go missing when they were young and return changed, then when they become adults one of the sisters goes missing and they go in search to find her, finding out exactly how unusual they are. It's a little horror, nature horror in my opinion and makes for a compelling and intriguing read, that keeps you hooked to the end.

Natsume's Book Of Friends by Yuki Midorikawa - A beautifully illustrated Manga that tells the story of Natsume who has inherited a book of his grandmother's 'friends' who are magical creatures she trapped in a book and how he goes about releasing them with his mentor, a cat yoakai beast called Nyanko-Sensei who wants this book for himself. I just think this is the perfect Manga for Spring - charming, funny but also an adventure, I highly recommend it.

what are you reading over your long weekend? I'd love to know!

Vee xo.

#books #booklr #bookblr #book recs #reading #book recommendations #book recommendation #fiction #book #poetry

[fxkthatdairy]

Savage- Grayson Dolan Smut imagine

@billiexdolanz - ok so the idea is that Y/N  shows the twins how to throw it back and Grayson gets hard and tells Y/N he gets hard and it gets smutty idk

PSA: The hair flip makes me feel something different 😩😏🥴

If you have any request or concepts let me know 😊

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“Hey babe, can you help me out with something?” Grayson had called to me from the living room. I was currently in the kitchen putting up the dishes from the dishwasher and also trying to pack as the lease of their house was almost done.

“Yeah, of course babe, just give me a few minutes,” I said as I finished the last bit of dishes I was doing. We had plans to send the boxes to a storage unit until we were able to get a new house after all of this Coronavirus and Quarantine had passed.

“Okay babe, what do you need help with?” I said as I walked into the living room to find my boyfriend who had his phone set up with a ring light and everything.

“I need help making a Tik Tok?” He said with a slight pout knowing I really didn’t enjoy making Tik Toks.

“You’re lucky I love you, what do you want to do?” I said as I wrapped my arms around his waist pulling him into a small hug.

“I want you to teach me how to do that “Savage” dance that everyone’s doing?” He said with a little smirk and I bursted our laughing.

“What’s so funny?” He said with a small pout.

“Grayson I love you with all my heart but you are the stiffest dancer that I have ever met,” I said as I ran my fingers through his long hair.

“How dare you say that? I’ve got the smoothest moves in this house,” he said with a fake scoff as he rotated his hips around in a circle.

“Whatever you say babe, now let me teach you this dance so that I can go back to packing,” I said with a small laugh.

“Okay, so when the music first starts playing it’s going to be like, so you bagged him, ah, and you’re gonna stick your tongue out like this,” I said as I demonstrated and he copied my and I held in the laughs because he was trying to take this seriously.

“Then it’s going to say, I'm a savage (yeah), and you’re gonna woah on I’m a savage and clap on yeah,” I said as I showed him again. He looked absolutely cute and sexy at the same time.

“You’re doing good, then it’s going to go, Classy, bougie, ratchet (yeah), and your going to slowly sway your hips left to right when it says, Classy, Bougie, and then when it says Ratchet your gonna pop out your side hop kinda like your shaking your ass.” I said trying to explain to him the best I could on how to do this dance.

“Okay next it’s gonna say, Sassy, moody, nasty (hey, hey, yeah), and when it says sassy,moody, you’re going to bring your right arm out and wrap it around your head and then your going to do the wave. Then when it says nasty you’re going to throw it back, it’s kind of like grinding on someone,” I said trying my best to show him how to “throw it back”. I was getting ready to teach him the next part when I felt him press up against my backside and I felt his boner against my lower back.

“I thought you wanted my to teach you this dance,” I stuttered out as he placed butterfly kisses up and down my neck.

“Fuck the dance, I’ve got better things to do,” he said as he bit my neck softly.

The next thing I knew, he picked me up and slammed me against the wall and attached his lips to mine dominantly. I moaned within the kiss and brought my fingers to his head and laced them through his hair tugging them gently. He bit my lower lip and pulled back.

“I’m gonna take you back to my room and fuck you like a “savage”, Kay princess?” He said deeply.

“Yes, daddy,” I teased, knowing his daddy kink made him even more rough.

He wrapped my legs around his waist and carried me to his room and threw me on the bed causing me to bounce slightly. He locked the door behind him and crawled in between my legs on the bed. He slipped his hands underneath the t-shirt (which belonged to him anyways) that I was wearing and pulled it over my head. He reached behind my back and unsnapped my bra before throwing it to some random corner in the room. He reached into the bedside drawer and pulled out a pair of silver handcuffs and cuffed my wrists to the bed posts.

“Hmm I don’t think that’s enough,” he said with a sinister smirk before climbing off the bed to dig into the black box that he kept underneath the bed. He pulled out a black Bandana and I mint-green ball gag.

“That’ll do, got to keep my slut quiet and in the unknown,” he said with a smirk as he tied the bandana around my head and snapping the straps of the ball gag around my head and placing the gag in my mouth. I could feel my wetness dripping down my shorts and I already had a feeling that these shorts were ruined and I think Grayson saw that as well.

“Hmmm, daddy’s got you all wet now. Honesty you’re dripping like a slut. But that’s what you are right, daddy’s little slut?” He said as he unbuttoned my shorts and pulled them down along with my panties. I didn’t move at all and I felt a sharp slap against the side of my ass.

“I asked a question, I expect a response,” he growled and I nodded my head.

“That’s what I thought, now daddy’s gonna have a little snack before I shows you how savage I can be,” he said as I felt his sloppy kisses trail up the inside of my thighs. He teased the outside of my lips with his fingers before placing the pad of his thumb on my clit and rubbed it in circles.

He then attached his lips on my clit and ate me out like he was starving. My thighs instinctively began to close and he placed his hands on the insides of my thighs and pushed them apart and slapped my thighs warning me not to do that again before continuing to devote me like it was his last meal. Then before I could get a sweet release he pulled back and I let out a small whine through the ball gag.

“Hmm did you really think I was going to let you cum this early?” He said teasingly before untying the bandana from around my head. I blinked my eyes slowly trying to adjust to the light.

“I’m gonna ungag you but I don’t want to hear a peep from your mouth,” he said with smirk and I nodded my head and he unsnapped the ball gag before removing it from my mouth.

He stood up and pulled his shirt off and I watched the way his muscles rippled as he pulled the shirt off. I had always been in love with his upper body and they way his body was made. His torso wasn’t long but it was wide and muscular and I adored when he worked with his shirt off because I would just stare. He unbuttoned his jeans before pulling them off as well as his boxers with a sigh of relief. His dick was extremely hard no wonder he was relived.

“You see what you do to me babygirl, you’ve gotten daddy hard teaching me how to do that little savage dance, now daddy’s gonna show you the definition of savage,” He said as he crawled in between my legs.

He spreaded my legs apart before he slammed himself completely in. My eyes rolled to the back of my head as I bit my lip to hold in the moans that desperately wanted to leave my mouth. He barely gave any time to adjust before he slammed into me again and again. He pushed my legs up on his shoulders as he continued to slam into me recklessly. He bent down and began leaving marks up and down my neck before he slightly bit my ear lobe.

“Daddy wants to hear your screams now,” he said deeply as he roughly continued to pound into me.

The moans that I had kept in fell out of my mouth and I felt the tears well up in my eyes from the pleasure.

“Daddy, please un-cuff me, I wanna touch you,” I begged through my moans and Grayson reached for the key and unlocked the cuffs before throwing them on the floor.

My finger immediately tangled in his hair and pulled him closer and I attached my lips to his roughly. I felt my orgasm begin to approach and I pulled back from the kiss.

“Daddy, please let me cum, I’ll be a good girl I promise,” I begged as I felt my orgasm approach rapidly.

“Since you begged like a good girl you can cum,” he said as he began speeding up his thrusts to reach his own orgasm. I moaned loudly and my back arched as I let my orgasm flow over me and a minute later I felt Graysons own release splatter over my walls. He pulled out slowly and rested his body against my own.

“Damn that was hot, maybe I should teach you more dances,” I said trying to catch my breathe.

He kissed me softly, pushing my hair out of my face. He always was extremely soft after extremely rough sex like this.

“Hmmm, I wouldn’t mind it,” he said as he rolled over and pulled me into his chest before he began to run his fingers gently through my hair. I began to drift off to sleep but before I fell completely asleep, I heard Ethan yell from the living room.

“Grayson you left your phone out here and I’m taking it since you and (Y/N) fucking woke me up from my sleep you asshole,” he yelled from the living room and Grayson just laughed slightly knowing he would deal with it later.

#Grayson Dolan Smut #Grayson Dolan Imagine #Grayson Dolan Concept #Grayson X Reader #Grayson Dolan x Reader #Dolan Twins Imagines #Dolan Twins Smut #smut #Dolan Twins x Reader #Ethan Dolan Imagines #Ethan Dolan smut #ethan dolan x reader #grayson x reader #asks #requests #concepts #my writings #grayson dolan #dolan twins #ethan dolan

[silverryu25]

So what if sans stayed a kitty and red stayed a wolf? Wouldn’t that be super adorable 🥺 like red would act all gruff and tough but when sans does a little “mew” he wraps him around in a huge puppy hug and smothers him. Kitty sans grooming himself all lazy and relaxed than a dangerous stranger comes up approaches him threading to attack while sans sits there with a smug grin about to know what’s gonna happen. Suddenly a huge wolf red is behind the stranger growling and ready to attack

Dang noonie... you know me so well cause this strikes right into my heartstrings QwQ♥

First... smol kitty Sans and big wolf Red??? Stars dammit I would literally kill to steal someone’s drawing skills and draw the two of them cuddling like that with Sansy doing a little mew or purring and Red just nuzzling into him!! QAQ♥♥♥♥♥

And here is a tiny drabble (sorry I’m still tired from the dumb corona so these will be short, but I promise I absolutely adore this idea X3) for you noonie!

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Sans was sitting on the steps outside the monster embassy, waiting for Red. The bigger monster went to get some paperwork done due to their new... forms. Sans was still pretty salty about that, mostly because he was stuck in a lot smaller body than before. And he wasn’t a big monster to start with. It was even worse that Red got bigger instead, making him tower above Sans.

Though having a very big bonefriend did have its perks.

Getting bored, he automatically started to groom himself, another thing that made him both annoyed and embarrassed. He didn’t do it consciously, it was just something his new instincts had him doing occasionally and it wasn’t pleasant when it happened in public. But before he even noticed what he was doing, a large shadow loomed above him, making him freeze in his spot.

“Hey there little one, what are you doing all alone out here?” A sleazy voice came out of the looming figure. Sans had a hard time figuring out what the man (based on the voice) looked like, the sun behind his head making it hard to see his features.

“huh?” Sans replied, confused. What the hell did that mean? Did this man think Sans was a kid? He wasn’t wearing stripes, it was obvious Sans was an adult. But humans tended to forget that so he was ready to play it off as a joke saying “pal, i kid you not but you got the wrong idea here.”

“... a wise guy, huh?” The man suddenly looked like he was looming even worse, making Sans’ hackles stand on end, ears flat to his skull and tail swishing behind him. This didn’t look good. What the hell did this dude want.

Suddenly the man shot an arm out, grabbing Sans’ hoodie below his chin and lifting him up, which wasn’t hard due to his minuscule size. Sans struggled and growled, claws gripping the man’s hand and making him bleed. Unfortunately his claws weren’t very sharp, not like Red’s, so he wasn’t doing much damage. But he struggled and yelled at the man to let go.

Instead of listening, the man just laughed at Sans, and pulled him face to face. His breath stank, like he had been drinking heavy liquor. It made Sans shudder and scrunch his nose ridge up, a hiss involuntarily leaving his teeth.

“not so funny now, are ya freak?” The disgusting man spat in Sans’ face as he said that and grinned in satisfaction, waiting for Sans to get terrified of him. 

Instead, Sans' eyelights darted above him and then focused back to the man’s eyes, a lazy relaxed grin spreading across his teeth. With a wink he said “you should really let me go pal, i’m not kidding around.”

“What the fu-” before he could end that question, it suddenly got darker and a deep growl came from his back, making his whole body instinctively shake. Slowly, the man turned his head back only to see a red shirt. So he lifted his eyes. And lifted them some more. Until they were met by teeth. Lots and lots of very sharp teeth, growling down at him.

A large, clawed, hand grabbed his hand where he was holding the blue hoodie and squeezed, making the bones in his wrist creak. With a yelp, the man let go, catching a glimpse of the small kitten skeleton gracefully landing on his feet. But most of his focus was on the hand gripping his, painful tears gathering in the corner of his eyes.

Sans casually put his hands in his pockets. He looked as relaxed as he was before the man had grabbed him. With a lazy grin and a look behind the man’s shoulder, Sans beamed at the big monster holding his attacker. Red, his bigboned bonefriend, gave him a fast lookover making sure Sans was okay. Once he was sure there were no visible injuries, Red grabbed the back of the man’s neck and effortlessly lifted him up.

“’m gonna take da trash out, sweetheart.” Red said to Sans, shaking the man he was holding a bit. “wait fer me in da embassy, ‘kay?”

“okay, red.” Sans nodded and made his way up the steps, watching as Red brought the man to the guard station. He would probably have a talk with him before he came to pick Sans up, so Sans had time to calm down a bit. This shook him up more than he'd like to admit, but it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. He had Red, after all.

Having a very big bonefriend really did have its perks.

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Hope you like noonie! This was a ton of fun to write! I just really wish I could draw something for it cause these two stole my heart!

#amazing sweetie #silverryu talks #kustard #sanscest #wolf Red #kitty Sans #stars this is adorable #noonie idk where you get the ideas #but dang that was cute #I love it! #that drabble just flowed outta me XD #I just imagine Sansy being tiny and cute #and Red being big and scary #but super gentle and cuddly with Sans #and my heart is a freaking puddle QwQ #Anonymous #SilverRyuWrites #SilverRyuDrabble #mywriting #drabble #fanfic #fanfiction #undertale

[is0gild]

Ice Cream and Fire Oven Pizza - Bonus Chapter 6

Pairing: Elsa x Lea/Axel || Side Pairing: Riku x OC

Summary: Modern AU. She's an introvert ball of nerves who works at Ice Palace, a mall food court ice cream shop. He's the outgoing, sassy goofball who works at the Pizza Planet across the way. Hilarity, snark, and fluffy romcom hijinks ensue.

Word Count: 9,761

FIRST CHAPTER || PREVIOUS CHAPTER || NEXT CHAPTER

Credit for super friggin’ cute and super friggin’ amazing cover art goes to the super friggin’ talented ky-jane here on tumblr!

Ice chips.

A whole paper cup full of them.

This was my current mission. My purpose. My whole reason for existence in this one very specific moment in time.

For if every wholesome, family-friendly sitcom from the 90s were to be believed, ice chips were like crack to women in labor - they just couldn't get enough of the stuff.

Why? No one knows, least of all me… okay, maybe doctors knew but if they did, not a single one had yet to clear up that little mystery for me.

The why didn't really matter anyway. All that mattered is that Rayne wanted them. And what Rayne wanted, Rayne got.

Especially when she was about to shove a brand new tiny person through her body and out into the world any second now.

...at least, in theory anyway.

I thanked the attendant at the nurse station and turned with the freshly secured cup of ice chips in hand, heading down the hospital wing back in the direction of Rayne's room in the delivery ward. As I hurried along, I anxiously ran my free hand down my frazzled braid, grimacing at all the little wisps coming loose before shifting to smooth my fingers along my rumpled dress that I'd been wearing since yesterday. Turning one last corner, my eyes immediately went to Rayne's door-

-only to be brought up short by the sight of fluffy, squishy, huggable reindeer plushie nearly twice my size already waiting politely outside it.

Well there was something you don't see every day.

It only took me a second to spot the shoes poking out underneath that had to belong to whoever was holding the thing from behind where I couldn't see them. I squinted.

I knew those shoes.

With a tiny, tired smile, I put one foot forward once more and approached the giant stuffed caribou with a lightly teasing, "If you're looking for the North Pole, you're off by about a couple thousand miles, Prancer. Or is it Blitzen?"

"Har, har. You're an absolute riot," came a voice from the other side of the massive doll. Though I couldn't see the eye roll, I could distinctly hear it in his tone.

Shaking my head with a soft snort, I dug my phone out of my pocket to check the time. "...1 p.m. already? Can't believe she's been in labor for nearly twenty-one hours." Twenty-one extremely long, extremely sleepless hours for the mother-to-be, not to mention all her loved ones here to support her. Tucking the phone away once more, I told him, "Thanks again for covering my early shift, I really appreciate it. Hope it wasn't too hectic of a morning over at the Ice Palace."

"Hey, don't mention it," Kristoff poked his blonde head up just over the plushie's shoulder. "If it's a choice between the two of us, it's no contest: Rayne'd much rather have you here with her than me." He paused, eyeing the closed door leading into her hospital room with a tiny frown. "...so, still no baby, huh?"

"Still no baby," I sighed, then tipped my head to one side. "Care to explain the reindeer? I didn't even know we made Svens in this size."

"We don't," he shifted his hold on the thing for a better grip. "We got a small batch to try and sell as a test run last year, but no one was really buying 'em. Still had a couple stowed away in back just gathering dust, so got the okay from Frozone to steal one for welcoming the new little Hewley into the world."

A grin pulled at my lips, "How sweet. I'm sure Rayne will love it." I then quirked an eyebrow at him. "...why were you just standing outside with it anyway? You know you could have just walked on in, right?"

His gaze darted to the door once again, then back to me. "...is the yelling still happening?" he whispered with a nervous little wince.

Now it was my turn to roll my eyes as I deadpanned, "It's the beautiful blessed miracle of life, Kristoff. Rayne's allowed to yell as much as she wants. Now come on, there's already one baby on the way, we don't need you being a big old second one." With that, I reached for the door knob, pushed it open and made my way inside.

And straight into the madhouse that was Rayne's hospital room.

"You did this to me, you bastard! I'm gonna KILL you for this, you smug son of a bitch!"

Ah, and there was Rayne now, shrieking her head off.

To be fair, if you'd been in labor for nearly a full day now, you'd probably be shrieking your head off too.

"Yes, hon."

And that'd be Riku, the absolute picture of patience and composure as he smiled lovingly through the abuse, both verbal and physical as Rayne's death grip just had to be murder on his hand right now. But he was soldiering through it like a champ.

Huffing and puffing, Rayne spat, "Don't you 'yes hon' me with that stupid, sexy, annoying, beautiful, infuriatingly perfect little grin of yours, pal! When I'm through with you, you won't have anything to grin about!"

"Yes, hon," he chuckled softly, gently sweeping a few of her messy bangs out of her face before pressing a light kiss to her sweaty temple.

"Oh-ho, no! None of that!" she snarled, narrowing her eyes at him. "It's stuff like that that started this whole damn mess, jerkface!"

"Yes, hon."

We were all handling being included in this special moment in Rayne's life a bit differently, each doing what we could to keep her happy and distracted from the contractions. As could be seen, Riku was doing his part by being a flawless model husband/punching bag combo. Sora-

"What does every moogle need in the morning?"

Sora was trying to make her laugh.

"A kup-o coffee!"

...and was doing a rather poor job of it.

As Rayne stared blankly up at him, Sora gave a tiny sheepish laugh from where he stood at the foot of her hospital bed as he scratched the back of his head. "That one was a dud, huh? Okay, okay, how about this one? What do moogles use when they go shopping? ...Kupons!"

More crickets from Rayne. This time accompanied with an unamused little eye squint.

Undeterred, Sora smiled brightly and held up his hands, "Wait, wait, I gotta million of these! What did one cactuar say to the other? ...looking sharp! What does a cactuar wear to a business meeting? ...A cac-tie!" Why did the chocobo cross the road? ...he was going for a wark!"

His new rapid fire approach did not seem to be helping matters.

"Alright, no, hang on, I'm gonna get you with this one for sure! You ready? Okay… Knock knock."

Rayne's eye twitched. Patting her hand, Riku obliged his cousin with a sigh, "Who's there?"

Barely able to contain his glee now, Sora replied, "Interrupting chocobo."

"Interrupting ch-"

"BWARK!" Sora crowed in delight.

The expecting mother-to-be looked just about ready to hurl the beeping heart monitor at him.

"Look, Ray, look!" Kairi suddenly chimed in, swiftly coming to her boyfriend's rescue as she shoved her phone in Rayne's face. For her contribution in keeping Rayne's mind off the pain, Kairi had elected to sit in the bed with her to provide cuddles and hundreds upon hundreds of pictures of adorable baby animals. "Aren't these little piggy-wiggies the freaking cutest?"

Frowning at the screen, Rayne said flatly, "...they'd look even cuter in the form of crispy bacon on a bun slathered in barbecue."

Kairi gasped in horror, snatching her phone back to hug protectively to her chest, "Not the piggy-wiggies!"

"Sorry, Kai, but I'm starving and they won't let me eat a damn thing until this little bundle of joy gets the hell out of me," she grumbled back.

She pursed her lips to one side, swiping her thumb across the screen several times now, "Guess I'll skip these pics of baby cows and chicks and- you know what? No farm animals at all, how about that?"

Sora was now sidling up along one side of the bed opposite to Riku, both hands covering his face as he went.

Oh dear.

One could only assume this was leading up to his latest attempt to get a laugh out of her and I was almost dreading how the next couple seconds would unfold.

"No frowning. No sad face. Okay?" he muffled out from between fingers as he blindly inched closer to Rayne. "This birth runs on happy faces, so ya gotta look funny… like me!" He suddenly threw his hands out wide to reveal he was wearing a pair of gag glasses, complete with a comically large plastic nose and mustache. "I-"

Rayne yelped in surprise and socked him in the stomach.

Yup. That'd gone about as well as I'd expected.

And correction… it seemed the role of punching bag would now be played by Sora.

Quite literally.

Eyes growing round as she clasped both hands over her mouth, Rayne said, "Oh god, Sora, you okay? I'm so sorry, but you scared the everliving crap out of me!"

"No, no, it's fine," he wheezed out a chuckle, doubling over and clutching at his gut while Kairi shot him a sympathetic pout as she rubbed his shoulder. "You're bringing a new little life into the world, so you get a free pass!"

Smothering his snickers behind a hand, Riku shook his head at him, "Where did those ridiculous things even come from?"

"These?" Sora held up the gaudy spectacles. "Saw 'em in the hospital gift shop and thought everyone might get a kick outta them."

"Or at least a punch," Kairi teased, sticking her tongue out.

Kristoff and I hadn't been spotted yet. Sensing an opening as the rest of them devolved into light laughter, I was just about to insert myself into the conversation when-

"Beep beep, coming through! Move it or lose it!"

Jolting, I just barely jumped out of the way in time to narrowly avoid getting steamrolled by Anna as she suddenly came charging into the room. Her arms were stacked so high with hospital pillows that she couldn't really see past them, so I suspected she had no clue that she'd just beeped-beeped her own sister.

Yesterday when we'd been racing our way back to Twilight Town, I'd called Anna to make sure she'd heard the news that Rayne had gone into labor. Since we still had had several hours left on the road to go yet before we'd be back and I'd been worried about missing the birth, I'd wanted to make sure that Anna could at least be there in my stead. However I discovered I needn't have even asked, for my sister had already been burning rubber out of Arendelle to get to Twilight Town herself even before I'd called. Thankfully we'd arrived with time to spare - plenty of it, as it was turning out. And bonus, I'd been getting to personally witness Anna's own unique brand of pitching in... that is, by doing anything and everything in her power to make sure Rayne was as comfortable as humanly possible.

Which to Anna apparently meant stealing every last pillow in this medical institution to offer up as tribute to Rayne.

"Ta-da!" she chirped as she dumped the tiny mountain of cushions onto Rayne's bed with a big, delighted grin. "I'm back with a whole friggin' variety this time, so pick your poison! I got soft ones, firm ones, big ones, small ones, some as big as your- you know what? Do you wanna go with all of them? Let's go with all of them! Sound good? Good!" With that, she began gently but eagerly stuffing them one by one behind Rayne's head.

"Anna, sweetie… do you think we're maybe approaching the point of too many pillows here?" Rayne delicately asked, shifting her back slightly against the already substantial collection behind her that Anna had managed to amass in the past several hours.

She wrinkled her nose with a snerk, "What? Nonsense, there's no such thing as too many pillows! And I think you'll be singing a different tune once you get a load of this puppy here," she proudly held up and fluffed a particularly plush looking pillow. "This right here is the Holy Grail of hospital pillows! I earned this bad boy too! Had to throw down with some greedy, wrinkly old fart who was trying to horde all the good bedding for himself!"

"Let me get this straight… you beat up an elderly old man and stole his pillow?" Riku gave her a dull look.

"I didn't beat him up! Just… got in a bit of a tussle, that's all," she brushed off with a tiny shrug. At all the blank stares she received, she huffed, "What, he was crotchety and mean and fought dirty, kept whacking me with his cane! The old coot friggin' deserved it!" She turned her head away with a razz of her tongue before her face lit up once more. "Besides, nothing but the best for the soon-to-be mommy, isn't that right, Ray-Ray?" she cooed as she fondly tucked "the Holy Grail" of hospital pillows (which was the last of her latest haul from all her ransacking and pillaging) behind Rayne. Then she clapped her hands together, "Now! Be right back with more in a jiff!"

Before Anna could dash off again however, Rayne snagged her wrist with a hasty, "No!" As my sister glanced back at her, Rayne winced and lowly hissed her way through what looked to be another contraction before blowing out a relieved puff and exhaustedly chuckling, "The thought's appreciated, sweetpea, really, but try as you might, I just don't think we can quite cram the hospital's entire supply of pillows in this one teeny room."

"But-"

"Ah-ah!" she interrupted her protest, holding up a finger. "Trust me, I'm good. 'Sides, if you keep going at this rate, soon there'll be no room left on the bed for me."

The corners of Anna's lips turned down in a tiny sulk. "I suppose you're right," she hung her head as her hands smoothed over Rayne's bedsheets, flattening any wrinkles. Then she froze mid-gesture, face brightening once again as she looked up with a delighted little intake of breath. "I can get you more blankets! So many blankets! All the blankets!"

"What?! Anna, no, I'm not even-"

But my sister had already blurred out of the room with nothing more than a quick, "Hi, Sis! Bye, Sis!" to me. She didn't even acknowledge Kristoff. Don't think she saw him behind the caribou.

"...cold," Rayne finished with a defeated sigh. Then she seemed to notice me for the first time. More specifically, what I was holding. She immediately perked up, "Ah, there she is! C'mere, oh Great Bringer of Ice! My Ice Babe, my Ice Queen, my Ice Goddess!" She stretched out her arms towards me, making grabby hands. "Gimme!"

Ah, my role in keeping Rayne happy.

Which if it hadn't been obvious already, that greeting should have just made it abundantly clear.

This was actually my first time being present for the birth of somebody's child. And if I was being totally honest here, I had to admit that the experience did make me a bit awkward and anxious. Gussy it up however you like, but the "miracle of childbirth" was some animal kingdom nonsense that I'd normally rather take no part in. It was all just so... er… messy. But this was an important day for Rayne and I wanted to be there for her. Which meant I just had to do what I did for all important things that made me awkward and anxious.

I let it go and did them anyway.

Taking in a breath to quell my jittery nerves, I braved a smile as I approached her bedside and held out the cup which she greedily snatched up. "Got it back here as quick as I could, hopefully it didn't have a chance to melt too much."

Popping a few frozen chips into her mouth, she closed her eyes with a contented hum. "Ahhhh, that's the stuff! You always treat me right, boo! Keep the good shit coming."

"D'aw," I grinned softly, reaching out to lightly pat her cheek, "you make me feel like I'm your drug dealer."

"Don't act like you don't like it," she crunched down on the ice with a cheeky little wink before digging a few more out of the cup to slip between her lips. Then she looked past me and went stock still. She blinked once. Then twice. Then, "...um?"

I glanced back to realize she just now seemed to be noticing the comically large, dopey reindeer in the room. How she hadn't spotted it sooner was beyond me. In any case, I cleared my throat and stage whispered, "Pssst… Kristoff!"

"Right." Taking that as his cue, he started jauntily bouncing forward with the thing, making it do a floppy little jig in the process. Remaining hidden behind the colossal doll the whole time, he adopted a deep, goofy voice to speak for the plushie, "Hello, my name is Sven and I'm gonna be your new lil gal's bestest friend! I'll make sure to give her all the snuggles and huggles and wub she'll ever need!"

For a second, Rayne's expression was unreadable as she just continued to stare at the thing's big, silly face. Then she burst into tears.

Fudge, was this a good crying or a bad crying?

With all the drastic mood swings she'd been experiencing since labor started, it could really go either way at this point.

Everyone began to scramble. Riku was murmuring softly to her as he caressed her cheek, Kairi was frantically trying to pull up what she was claiming to be an absolutely adorable picture of a dog and duck that were besties, and Sora was desperately shooting off lame, punny jokes so fast now that the punchlines were getting all jumbled and mashed together into pure gibberish. However it all turned out to be unnecessary as Rayne suddenly wailed, "Oh my god, I love him!"

Whew, okay, this was a good crying.

False alarm, people, stand down.

"Really?" Kristoff stuck his head up from behind the deer, flashing a lopsided smile.

She nodded her head vigorously, sniffling. "He's perfect for our baby girl! And good news! You've officially just been hired as our full-time nanny!"

He gave a bashful chuckle as he found a corner to deposit Sven in, "Shucks, you don't hafta-" But then he stiffened as her words really sunk in. "Wait, what?"

"Yup! Don't worry, I'll talk to the Ice Palace for you so they'll work your shifts around it. Ah, we're gonna have the happiest kid in the whole wide universe now that she's going to have her own talking, dancing, prancing reindeer to play with every day!" she clapped in glee.

"Every-" Kristoff spluttered and paled. "Now hang on, I never agreed to any of-"

"Da-dun da-dun! Candygram!" a new voice loudly sang out. We all turned to discover Lea now standing in the doorway, grinning like a madman with his arms loaded down with junk food. Way, way too much junk food.

"Good lord, where on earth did all that come from?" was the only greeting he got from me as both eyebrows shot up my forehead.

He shrugged, grin somehow defying all odds to stretch even wider. "Raided the nearest couple o' vending machines and picked the things clean. Hope all you boys and gals are famished cuz tonight we feast like Candyland kings! And you get a chocolate bar!" he tossed one to me, which I fumbled to catch before sensing Rayne's gaze narrowing on me and I hastily hid it behind my back. "And you get a chocolate bar!" This one went to Kristoff. "And you and you and you!" Sora, Kairi, Riku. "Annnnnd…" Lea stopped mid-throw to Rayne, smirking as he retracted his hand. "...not you cuz the Doc said that was a big fat no-no for you, Missy! Guess that just means more for me," he smugly singsonged as he made his way further into the room now.

Nostrils flaring, Rayne growled, "You are such an asshole, Red."

"One," he struck up a finger as he unceremoniously plopped down into a chair against the wall opposite of her, letting all the sweets pile up in his lap, "that's just part o' my roguish charm and you know it. Two, you said a naughty word." He tsked with a shake of his head as he began to peel the wrapper off a Snickers. "Now is that any way for a young lady who any second now is gonna be responsible for molding a young, impressionable mind of our future generation should be talking?"

"Fuck off," she spat out.

"That's more like it!" he laughed, toasting her with the candy bar before heartily taking a bite.

And this, my friends, is how Lea was doing his part to help distract her from the pain.

By being a royal pain in the butt himself.

Fighting fire with fire, as it were.

"Mm-mm-mm!" Lea hummed, putting on a show of enjoying his snack a little too much. "The way that chocolate just melts in your mouth and mingles with all that sweet caramel and peanuty goodness… golly, would I hate to be anyone who's not allowed to eat right now," he slyly broke off another piece between his teeth as he eyed Rayne.

She mutedly worked her jaw for a moment. Then in a dangerously low voice, she said, "Sorry, Elsa, but I'm sending your boyfriend to an early grave."

"Please don't. I'm actually rather fond of the little troublemaker," I snorted as I made my way over to him, quick to smother his mouth with my hand even as he opened it to spout off something else that would surely only tighten the proverbial noose even further around his neck.

I anticipated the little kiss he pressed to the inside of his palm. What I didn't anticipate, however, was him simply taking hold of my wrist and yanking my down into his lap (a rather awkward seat, mind you, considering I was sharing the space with all that candy) where he hugged me tightly, pinning my arms to my sides in the process so I could no longer silence him. Nuzzling his nose to my cheek, he then turned his head to regard Rayne once more as he chirped, "Just consider it incentive! Think about it: the sooner ya squeeze that kiddo out, the sooner ya get to throttle me! Now lessee here, where was I…"

Releasing his hold on me, he retrieved another bar from the heap, tore it open and chomped down. "Mmm… Almond Joy? More like Almond Nirvana! Seriously, this is too good. Raindrop, wanna bite?" he held it out towards her, giving it a little wiggle with an impish gleam to his eyes.

Pretty sure I could see a vein bulging on her forehead for a split second. Then she tried to lunge straight for him and it was only thanks to the combined efforts of Riku, Kairi, and Sora holding her back that she stayed put in her bed.

It seemed Lea was playing his part a little too well.

"Lemme at him, I'm going to murder him!" she snarled as she fought against all the hands restraining her.

"Ah-ah," Lea waggled a finger at her - a finger I hastily grabbed and forced him to lower in a futile attempt to keep him from antagonizing her further. "What did I just tell ya? Baby first, then murder."

Rayne's lips parted, a particularly nasty retort surely on the tip of her tongue, but then she sucked in a sharp breath through her teeth as it appeared another contraction wracked her body and she bellowed out wordlessly instead.

As if her howl was a summons, a new person suddenly came bustling into the room with a chipper yet soothing, "Hello, I am Baymax, your personal healthcare companion."

Mind you, I was using the term "person" in the loosest sense of the word. Baymax here was actually a robot of some kind, though a rather odd one at that - I usually didn't picture robots as big, round, soft and inflatable. Then again, this was the first robot I'd ever met, so what did I know? It seemed it (he?) was some sort of prototype on loan to the hospital, making rounds in the role of a nurse as a sort of a test run to see how viable mass producing more like it (him?) might be.

The future is now, apparently.

"Yes, yes, so you keep saying every. Damn. Time that you come in here," Rayne panted out in reply to the bot, her grip firmly squeezing Riku's hand once more.

"On a scale of one to ten, how would you rate your pain?" Baymax asked amiably as he began to lift her blankets to check how far along she was while the rest of us discreetly averted our eyes.

She huffed out a bitter noise that may have been some crude approximation of a laugh. "Trust me, we left ten in the dust hours ago."

"Good news" Baymax announced, still in that mellow yet upbeat tone he seemed to be programmed to never deviate from as he settled her bedsheets back into place. "You are dilated enough now to begin the birthing process. I'll page Dr Finkelstein so we can get started right away."

"Oh thank fucking god!" Rayne cried out.

Baymax turned to address the rest of us, "If everyone besides the father-to-be could please vacate the room and give us privacy, it would be most appreciated. Thank you and have a nice day."

As the rest of us quickly filed out of the room into the hall, I could spot Anna turning a corner down the way, her arms bursting with blankets now as she sprinted at full speed. Her gaze widened slightly when it landed on us and as she skidded to a halt, she asked, "What's going on? What happened?"

"I did it!" Lea chuckled triumphantly as he handed her a Butterfingers, which she bemusedly accepted. "I shit you not, I actually did it! I managed to annoy that baby outta her!"

"Huh. We really would make a cute lil anklebiter, wouldn't we?"

I blinked, taking my eyes off my phone screen to glance down at Lea instead. "...pardon?"

The two of us had laid claim to a row of chairs in the waiting room that were sans armrests and pushed together to form a makeshift bench of sorts. I was currently seated in one on the end with Lea sprawled out across the rest of them, using my lap to pillow his head. Looking up from his own phone, he showed me his screen. "Got curious and put our photos in one o' those 'what'll our baby look like' websites. Just lookit this adorable lil fucker."

I was greeted with the sight of a computer-generated yet still rather life-like picture of a little boy. He had short hair that was platinum blonde like mine, as well as my blue eyes, but favored Lea's more sharp angular facial features, especially in the nose. "He is rather cute," I grinned, one hand pocketing my mobile while the other gently stroked his wild hair. Nibbling on my bottom lip, I hesitated for a heartbeat. Then, "...what brought this up?"

Retracting his arm and turning his phone back towards himself so he could stare at the picture once more, he shrugged. "I dunno… Raindrop and Riku's lil squirt's gonna be here any minute… Mom made that comment 'bout the two of us making a kid…" He paused and shrugged again. "Hard not to get curious what with all that baby fever going round right now, I s'pose."

"You think about that kind of stuff?" I tipped my head to one side, my finger idly singling out one of his crimson spikes to fiddle with in particular. "You want children?"

"Well yeah," he laughed, tucking his phone away as he sat up, now only occupying the seat beside me. Grinning sheepishly as he rubbed at the nape of his neck, he added, "Not anytime soon, of course. But one day somewhere down the road with the right person? Definitely."

The corners of my eyes crinkled. There was absolutely zero doubt in my mind that Lea would make an amazing father some day. His words did sort of beg a certain kind of question however. One that I wasn't really sure I was ready to hear the answer to one way or another. Still, as I lowered my gaze to where my hands were fidgeting together in my lap, my face warmed as I couldn't seem to help but ask, "And do you… see me as the right person?"

Lea reached over, engulfing one of my hands in his and weaving our fingers together, rubbing his thumb over my knuckles. I lifted my gaze to meet his and he smiled softly, "Maybe… yeah, I'd really… really like to think you could be." He used his free hand to tentatively sweep some of my bangs behind my ear, his palm lingering against my cheek. "...is that okay, El?" he murmured.

He was worried his answer might freak me out, make me feel pressured. And to be fair, it was the type of thing that probably normally would have. However, it wasn't a cold panic I felt seeping into my chest now, but rather a pleasant tingle, tiny but warm. I leaned into his hand, covering his fingers with my own as one corner of my lips turned up and I gave a small nod, maybe surprising us both a little bit as I whispered back, "Yeah, that's okay."

His grin stretched to the point of threatening to split his face in two. Then he leaned down to kiss me soundly, resting his forehead against mine after he drew back.

Personally, I'd never before really pictured children in my future. Not that I had seen myself not having any, but I hadn't particularly seen myself having them either. It just hadn't really been something I'd thought much about, to be honest. And it didn't help that like I said, the whole process of childbirth made me a bit squeamish. But now… thinking about the prospect of maybe one day having them with Lea…

...sounded like it might be nice.

But that was still years and years and years away, trust me.

Still… it was a pleasant possible future to think about.

A deep yawn suddenly overtook Lea and he gave a massive stretch before slouching further down into his seat, slinging an arm around my shoulders and tugging me into his side. "Yeesh, it's been almost two hours now, what is taking that kid so damn long? I've heard of showing up fashionably late, but baby girl is really pushing it."

His yawn was contagious for I found myself doing the same as I reached for his hand. Absently toying with his fingers, I hummed a tiny laugh, "Maybe she stopped to pick up a latte on her way here."

"Well then, that kiddo better come outta Raindrop with a cardboard to-go tray bearing enough coffee for everyone."

I smiled drowsily, but made no response. Seated across from us, I could see my sister cozied up with Kristoff in another pair of seats, quietly chatting and giggling. As for Sora and Kairi, they were off grabbing a bite in the cafeteria. We'd decided to go in shifts so that there would always be someone in the waiting room in case news came at long last. Lea and I had been the first pair to go, with Kairi and Sora being the last.

As the hospital speakers paged a Dr Sweet to report to surgery, Lea piped up again, "Ya know, a lil caffeine infusion might not be a bad idea. The hospital coffee here is shit, may as well be piss for all the good it does. Once the kid's made her grand debut at long last and we can finally split, I was originally thinking we'd head back to my place to catch some Z's. But how 'bout instead we swing by Lucky Cat for some quality bean juice so we can get a jumpstart on moving your stuff over?"

"Move my stuff?" My brow furrowed and I turned my head to look up at him. "...where's it going?"

Lea blinked owlishly at me. I blinked owlishly right back. "Didn't we…?" he began slowly, then groaned, rubbing his eyes with his thumb and forefinger. "Shit, I haven't actually brought that up to you yet, have I? Maybe I really do need that nap." His hand shifted down to scratch at his cheek now, "But c'mon now, El, think… the kid's almost here."

"Uh-huh," I nodded.

"And she's gonna need a place to sleep," he went on.

"Of course." Obviously. I wasn't exactly sure where he was going with this.

He looked at me pointedly. "...in a nursery."

I quirked an eyebrow. "Right." Still lost here.

His eyelids drooped. "Babe... your room's the nursery."

I just stared back at him blankly, not saying anything at first as my brain took a minute to churn over his words.

A rather long minute.

Give me a break, I'd been awake for close to thirty-four hours straight now.

But finally it clicked.

I gasped, "I need to move out!"

"There it is," he snorted, his hand rubbing my back.

"Crud, in all this flurry of baby chaos, that part completely slipped my mind." I was on my feet in an instant, hands wringing my braid as I began pacing back and forth. "Fudge, I'm entirely unprepared for this! What am I going to do? Where am I going to go?" I stopped momentarily, looking at Lea. He opened his mouth to respond, but I was already furiously pacing once more, muttering, "Well, not entirely unprepared. I of course knew this was coming, already had some of my things packed, been on the hunt for a new apartment, I have, I really have! You know I have!" Again I paused. Again his lips parted. Again, I resumed my patrolling without giving him a chance to speak, "But there's nothing lined up yet! Gah, the baby wasn't supposed to be due for weeks, I was supposed to have more time! But now there is no more time and… and…" I came to a halt once again, face hardening and shoulders squaring as I tapped the side of my fist into my palm with a firm nod. "Time to revisit the whole living in a box idea!"

Did I mention the whole thirty-four hours without sleep thing?

"Woah now, hang on! No one's gonna be living in a box," Lea hopped up with a chuckle, hands going to my shoulders and giving them a squeeze. "Doubt the new happy family would kick ya out just like that and make you homeless, they'd work something out for ya while you looked for a new home." Now his eyes darted to the left as he softly cleared his throat, "There's... another option though that, ya know... I'd like to think is slightly more appealing to all parties involved…"

I cocked my head. "There is?"

"Yeah." He took both my hands in his, holding them to his chest as he beamed, "Move in with me!"

"Move in with…" I echoed slowly, trailing off as I stared up at him.

Processing… processing…

I gasped again, "Oh no! No, we shouldn't- That's isn't- I couldn't possibly do that!"

"Aw, why not?" he pouted.

"Moving in together is a big step, Lea! A huge decision! One we definitely shouldn't be making spur of the moment like this, not to mention when we're both delirious from lack of sleep! There's so much to consider, so much to think about!"

He used the hold he still had on my hands to pull me to him and wrap my arms around his waist, freeing up his own arms to hug me instead. "What's there to think about? You're already practically living with me anyhow, you stay over almost every night as it is. I'd love to have you there, Bruni and Marshmallow would love to have you there… it's three against one, El, you're outvoted."

I drooped my eyelids up at him. "The dog and salamander don't get votes."

"You'll hafta take that up with them once you're all moved in and settled," he pressed a quick peck to my forehead before flashing a cheeky grin. My expression remained unamused and he snerked, "C'mon, is it really such a big deal? We were just talking 'bout having kids. Compared to that, the idea of shacking up together seems like small potatoes!"

"Yes, theoretical kids in a theoretical future. Me moving in with you is very real and very right now. We haven't even been dating for five months yet, that's way too soon to be living together."

Lea shrugged, "And you were with your ex for five years before almost tying the knot with him and we all know how that ended. Who's to say what's too soon and what isn't? All we can do is what feels right, and this feels right… doesn't it?"

...it actually kind of did.

Damn him, it did.

It didn't help that those beautiful green puppy eyes of his were murder on my resolve.

But my stubbornness flared and I hastily looked away. I wasn't ready to relent just yet and I weakly scrambled to maintain my defense, "But… it's just too soon, Lea. It hasn't even been a year yet, we haven't even… celebrated all the big holidays yet!"

Even as I blurted it out, it sounded lame even to me.

But it was the best I could come up with, dammit!

His eyebrows reached for his hairline and he fought a tiny smile. "...so just to be clear here, it's important to you that we observe all the major holidays in a calendar year together before making any further life-changing decisions."

I hitched my chin with a lofty little sniff. "Yes. Yes it is."

This was the hill was I choosing to die on, apparently.

"Duly noted," he glanced towards the ceiling with a tiny shake of his head before settling his gaze on me once more, eyes crinkling. "Fine, let's not call it moving in together then, call it… a temporary solution."

"...temporary?" I turned my head slightly, giving him some dubious side-eye.

"Mm-hm! Face it, babydoll, even though we both know Raindrop and Riku will be more than happy to accommodate ya, it's still gonna be a tight squeeze with all four of you in that tiny ass apartment while you're searching for a place. Wouldn't it just be more convenient for everyone if temporarily," he reiterated for emphasis, "you stayed with me instead just until you've found your new home? You know there's more than enough space for you and your things at my digs."

I tucked in my bottom lip. Maybe it was the sleep deprivation talking, but darn it, he actually seemed to be making a lot of sense. Still, I hesitated. "...I don't know what to say."

His eyes lit up. Great. Now the big dork knew he was winning. Hugging me more tightly to him, he grinned, "That's simple: say yes."

I squinted up to him, pursing my lips to the left. Then to the right. Then, just as I was slowly opening my mouth to speak-

-a throat suddenly cleared nearby.

Like, really nearby.

Both Lea and I tensed before turning our heads to discover none other than Saïx standing not two inches away from us looking quite perturbed.

To be fair, Saïx usually looked perturbed. It just seemed to be his face's default setting. But this was more perturbed than usual.

Lea quirked an eyebrow at him, but grinned, "Hey, big guy! Ya mind? Kinda in the middle of something here."

"And I do so hate to interrupt, truly," he said flatly, his cold unblinking gaze locked on his brother, "but I fear we have a rather pressing matter to discuss that cannot wait."

His eyebrows knit together. "...which would be?"

Saïx's hard stare was unyielding. "Do you think there is quite possibly something you may have forgot back at our mother's house?"

Cocking his head, Lea seemed even more genuinely confused now. Clearly racking his brain for a couple seconds, he then shrugged with a small shake of his head, "Like what?"

"ME, you DOLT!" Saïx snarled, slugging Lea in the shoulder hard enough to force a pained grunt out of him.

I inhaled sharply through my nose, eyes widening.

There was no way we'd actually-

We couldn't have honestly-

We didn't-

...did we really?

I thought back to yesterday, though it was a struggle to remember a clear picture through the fog of grogginess. Had Saïx been in the car with us on the trip back? Had he not? Try as I might, I just simply could not remember one way or another. But I suppose it could be (and in fact was) completely possible, especially considering Lea had had Saïx's car keys and I had had his code to start the engine.

In our state of panic and rush to get out of there, had we really just totally spaced on the fact that we didn't have him with us?

"Oh gosh, Saïx, I'm so sorry we left you behind!" I bemoaned in horror.

Lea laughed, "Relax, El, don'tcha know that with me as your boyfriend, that makes everything my fault? You're off the hook, I'm the only one he's mad at."

"He's right, I don't blame you at all." Although Saïx was talking to me, his irked gaze never left Lea. "You're not the one who forgot your own brother."

No, I just simply forgot a whole person. For a whole car ride. In his own friggin' car.

Elsa, Queen of Memory Lapse.

"Bah, I didn't forget ya, I just… thought you were in the backseat the entire time being really quiet!"

That earned Lea another punch to the arm.

Giving an annoyed huff as he rubbed his knuckles, Saïx asked with a bit less bite to his tone now, "I presume since I find you all still here at the hospital, the child has yet to be born?" At our silent nods, he moved to the nearest set of empty chairs and sat down with a soft huff, crossing his arms.

Huh. Guess he was going to join us for sharing Rayne's and Riku's joy in this blessed event.

I gingerly took a seat next to him, Lea plopping down in the chair on my other side. As his arm wrapped around my shoulders, he piped up with a huge smile, "Got some good news that I think'll clear up that black rain cloud hanging over your head there, Mr Grumps McSourpuss: El's moving in with us!"

My back stiffened and I whipped my head around to narrow my eyes up at him, "I haven't said yes yet."

Saïx was eyeing me oddly from the corner of his peripheral. "...you mean you weren't already living with us?"

"There ya have it! Saïx's official stamp of approval! Now ya gotta say yes," Lea beamed, smoothing his hand up and down my arm.

My eyelids drooped. "...one, in what universe was that even remotely a stamp of approval? And two, no, I don't 'gotta' do anything, least of all say yes."

"But you will," he winked at me, pressing a kiss to my cheek. Then he was looking past me towards Saïx once more, a thoughtful frown twisting his lips. "Hey… since we jacked your wheels, how'd you even get back here?"

Saïx fixed him with a dull stare. Then he shifted his crossed arms more tightly against his chest, closed his eyes and hitched his chin. "...wouldn't you like to know."

Lea snerked. "I would in fact, thus why I asked."

"What's that inanely childish saying you do so love to spout of? ...that's for me to know and you to find out?"

"C'mon, man," he groaned out. "This is gonna bug the crap outta me now until ya tell me."

One corner of his lips cruelly curled up. "I know."

Apparently, Saïx was swift to enact his vengeance when the need arose.

A tiny scowl emerged on my boyfriend's face, but before he could shoot off whatever acerbic retort he undoubtedly already had locked and loaded, I stopped him with a touch to his arm as I said, "Lea." He glanced down at me and I nodded towards the far corner of the waiting room. "Look."

He followed my gaze to a familiar woman with silver hair pulled back into a ponytail made of several tiny braids and the same green eyes as Lea. Aranea apparently was not aware that we had just noticed her, for she was too busy inspecting the selection available over at the hospital's coffee station with her nose wrinkled.

"Ah," Lea breathed, gracing his brother with a mildly sour look. "That's how ya got back. Ya bummed a ride outta our old lady."

Saïx said nothing, just continued to stare stoically straight ahead.

Blowing out a breath that made his lips flap, Lea turned his eyes towards his mother once more. A heartbeat of hesitation. Then making a sound that was half growl, half sigh, Lea muttered. "Be right back. Ma and I have some unfinished business." I smiled softly as he planted a smooch to my temple and I gave his hand a quick squeeze before releasing it as he stood up.

I watched Aranea perk up as she spotted Lea approaching. They exchanged a few words that I was too far away to hear, her grinning the whole time, him ruffling his fingers through his hair as he shifted his weight from one foot to the other. Then it seemed they decided to find somewhere else to have their talk for they then walked out of the waiting room.

Off to a good start at least, it seemed. Letting go a tiny exhale of relief, I glanced over at the chairs across from us once more to where Anna sat as I considered possibly shifting over to a seat near her. But seeing as she was currently otherwise, er… occupied with, hrm… inspecting Kristoff's tonsils with her tongue, I decided against it.

Ugh, gross, I did not need to see that.

Instead, I turned my attention to Saïx. My lips parted and I took in a breath to say something, but then I hesitated and clamped my mouth shut, staring down at where I was fiddling with my fingers in my lap. Then I cleared my throat, looked over at him once more and tried again, "Would it... really be okay with you if… if I decided to move in?"

His eyes flicked over to me briefly without turning his head. Then releasing a nearly inaudible sigh through his nose, he stared straight forward once again. "I consider you among a small, select handful of people I can tolerate and would even go so far as to say enjoy the company of. If my asinine fool of a brother has against all odds actually managed to persuade you somehow into agreeing to move in with him, then by all means, your presence on a more permanent basis could only be a considerable improvement on our day-to-day lives around the apartment." He paused and for a second it seemed that was all he had to say on the subject. Then then added a bit more quietly, "Besides, you make my brother happy. Far be it from me to stand in the way of that, even if I wanted to."

A small smile tugged at my lips. "...he makes me happy too."

Saïx gave a low hmph at that, closing his eyes. "I would hope so. Otherwise, what would be the point?"

On that note, the conversation ended. As he seemed more than content to remain in a companionable silence, I reached over the seat Lea had vacated and towards the little table on the other side, plucking up one of the outdated magazines provided by the hospital from it and slowly began flipping through its pages.

A short while later, I heard a door opening and I glanced up to see that Lea and Aranea were walking back into the waiting room. Neither one looked like they wanted to murder each other, so I took that as a good sign. In fact, they almost, almost seemed somewhat chummy.

I set the periodical aside and both Saïx and I rose as they approached, which prompted a chuckle from Aranea, "No need to get up, I'm not staying. Just wanted to give my other knucklehead kid one last hug before hitting the road," she embraced Saïx, which he accepted as stony-faced as ever. Then she turned to me with a sly little smirk, "Plus I hear congrats are in order."

My eyes blinked. "...they are?"

"Course! You two lil lovebirds are gonna be living together soon, after all!"

I twitched, then shot Lea a flat look. "I haven't said yes yet."

He grinned, stepping closer to take my hand and bring it up to his lips. "Key word there: yet."

Oh-ho, he thought he was being cute. Even as I opened my mouth to prove just how wrong he was however, Aranea suddenly snagged me into a bone-crushing bear hug as she chirped, "Take care, shortcake!" She gave me one final squeeze before releasing me to rest a hand on my shoulder, "And if either of my boys give you any trouble, you gimme a call, I'll be only too happy to knock some sense into 'em!"

Smiling, I nodded, "Thanks, I'll be sure to do that. Have a safe trip back."

Lea received a hug from her as well and though he returned it stiffly, it was remarkably warmer than the one they'd shared yesterday in the foyer of her home. With that, she made her way towards the exit, waving goodbye to us over her shoulder before disappearing through the door.

"I take it you two are getting along now," I said to Lea as I settled into my chair once again.

He took a seat too, stretching his arm out along the backrest behind my head. As his fingers began to idly toy with my braid, he pursed his lips to one side in thought. Then, "Ya know how you and your folks 'get along' now?" he brought up his other hand to form air quotes. At my nod, he said, "Well, it's kinda like that. We're… gonna work on it."

I reached for his hands, lacing our fingers together as I told him gently, "I'm glad you decided to give her a chance."

"I think I am too," he admitted, albeit somewhat begrudgingly.

Just then, the same door Aranea had left through opened once more, Sora and Kairi being the ones to step through this time, laughing over something they'd been talking about. It seemed their timing was impeccable, for that was also when the double doors on the other side of the room parted and in walked a very familiar white, inflatable robot. All of us immediately zeroed in on him and were on our feet in an flash as he greeted us with, "Hello, I am Baymax, your personal healthc-"

"Yeah, yeah, we know all that already, get to the good part, you giant balloon!" Anna hastily cut him off, rolling her eyes. "Do you actually have anything new to tell us? How's Ray-Ray doing?"

"The delivery was a success," Baymax announced, managing to sound almost pleased somehow despite there being no actual change in the mechanical tone of his voice. "Everyone is happy and healthy. The new family is ready to accept visitors and have welcomed you all back to their room."

There was a mixture of whoops and relieved sighs all around before all of us, Saïx included, followed the robot as he led the way past those doors and towards the maternity ward. Not a minute later found us all crowding back into their hospital room. I spotted Riku first at his wife's bedside, facing her so his back was to us. As for Rayne, she looked absolutely exhausted and like she'd been to hell and back twice, but she positively radiated pure joy and love for the little bundle I could now see her holding in her arms. As she looked up at our entrance, she proudly beamed and said, "Everyone… I'd like you to meet Aria."

"...and Cayde," Riku added, smirking as he turned around to reveal he was cradling a second baby.

"TWO?!" Lea gaped, wide-eyed gaze darting back and forth between them while the rest of us were too stunned to even speak.

"That's right! Two!" Rayne chirped in delight.

Sora was the next one to find his voice, only to blurt out, "Twins?!"

"No, we liked the first one so much, we decided to randomly steal a second one from one of the other cribs when no one was looking," Riku deadpanned before snorting with a shake of his head. "Of course they're twins, doofus."

"But you never said anything about twins," Anna was already adopting a baby voice as she approached Riku, wasting no time making funny faces at Cayde.

Gently rocking little Aria as Rayne watched her fondly, she said, "We didn't know. No one did, not until Cayde shocked us all by showing up hot on the heels of his big sis. Guess the doctors missed him during all those check-ups and sonograms somehow."

"How do they miss a whole other baby inside of you for months?!" Kristoff shook his head in disbelief.

"Who knows, but it's not unheard of. We're not the first couple this has ever happened to." Glancing over to Cayde, Rayne grinned as she reached out a fingertip to tickle the underside of one of his tiny feet. "...he was a surprise, that's for sure, but a happy one."

"I'll say!" Kairi giggled, stepping forward to gently squish Aria's cheeks as she cooed, "This just gives Auntie Kairi and Unkie Sora twice the niblings to wub, doesn't it? Doesn't it? Yes it does!"

"Speaking of which… Kristoff." The man in question stood up straighter as Rayne suddenly locked eyes with him and told him in no uncertain terms, "We're gonna need a second reindeer."

He dragged a hand down the side of his face and sighed. "...I'll talk to Frozone."

Rayne crinkled her nose as she hummed a soft laugh, then her eyes landed on me as I approached her bedside. "Oh, Elsa, there was something I… we," she amended, exchanging a glance and a tiny nod with her husband, "wanted to talk to you about… we'd absolutely love it if you'd be the twins' godmother."

The finger I was waggling at Aria froze as my gaze widened and snapped up to meet hers. "Who, me? Really?" By the look in both the new parents' eyes, they were serious. Dead serious. "Oh! Why, uh… yes. Yes of course! I'd be very honored," I smiled.

"And Sora," Riku chimed in now, causing his cousin to pause mid-sticking his tongue out and crossing his eyes at Cayde. "We were hoping you'd be their godfather."

Sora blinded us all with his signature huge, thousand-watt grin. "Absolutely! I'm gonna make the best godfather ever, you'll see! I- wait…" His brow furrowed and he gasped, whipping his head around towards me now with a slight look of panic. "Does… does that make us... god-married?"

"Yes. It does."

And who was it, one might wonder, to deliver that answer in full earnest and with a completely straight face?

Saïx.

That's right. Saïx.

Which is probably why Sora took him at his word and didn't even think to question it. Nostrils flaring and with a steely look of determination now, he informed Lea, "I promise to take good care of her."

Not missing a beat, Lea nodded firmly, "You better, lil man, otherwise I will end you."

I elbowed my boyfriend in the gut, forcing a wheeze out of him. As everyone else sniggered around us, I sighed, "No, Sora, that doesn't make us god-married, it doesn't make us god-anything."

"Oh good! Whew!"

At that point, conversation for the most part subsided in favor of everyone trying to squeeze in to fawn over the new babies. After a minute of this, I decided to take the opportunity to snag Lea (dragging him away from playing with Aria's "widdle toesy-wosies" - his words, not mine) and pull him off to one side of the room away from the others. They hardly even noticed us stepping away, so enamored were they all with the little ones.

I faced him, holding both his hands in mine as I took in a deep breath and released it before uttering a single word. "Yes."

His face immediately lit up, but he quickly schooled his expression and cleared his throat, asking casually, "Yes? Yes what?"

Ugh, he knew very damn well what, he just wanted to hear me say it. Rolling my eyes but unable to fight a small grin, I said, "Yes, I'll move in with you. It just makes sense, after all, now that they have twins, there's even less room for me in their apartment and-"

I didn't get to finish that sentence as he smiled fiercely and grabbed my face, planting a firm kiss to my lips before laughing as he hugged me, picked me up and spun me around.

"Temporarily," I insisted, arms instinctively latching around his neck to steady myself.

"Yeah, yeah, of course, temporarily," he agreed, putting me down while still grinning like an idiot.

I poked his chest a couple times, "I mean it. I'm going to keep looking for my own place and the second I find something, I'm moving right back out."

"Whatever ya say, babydoll!"

Funny thing is though…

...I never did end up actually moving out.

Author's Note: MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Hope you all enjoyed the millions of teeny references I sprinkled in - my aesthetic, as I'm sure you're all aware at this point xP (My fave was something Lea said towards the very end, did you guys catch that it was a reference? I hope so :3) Regarding Sora's lil stand-up comedy act, I unfortunately cannot take credit for any of his material - I just googled a bunch of Final Fantasy jokes xD I can't even take credit for the cactuar jokes for even tho I couldn't find any ACTUAL cactuar jokes out there on the internet, I just googled cactus jokes instead xD And yes, there are IN FACT cactus jokes out there, and a LOT of them lawl! And woo, Lea and his mom made up… sort of! xD Sorry that happened off screen, part of it was I thought it wasn't a conversation that Elsa would really be present for, part of it was I didn't want to take focus off the main points of this chapter, and part of it was I was just too lazy to write it at this time xD Maybe I'll go back at a later date and write a Lea POV chapter for this lil chat with his mum, we'll see! But for now, at least we got a lil closure on that front! And aaaaahhhhh, our ice and fire bbies are taking a big step and moving in together, yaaaaaay! :3 I knew that was definitely a relationship milestone I wanted to cover in one of these bonus chapters and this just seemed like a fun way to bring it about xD

The next one-shot is set during Christmas time! Which I know, lil late, should have posted it today xD But I'd kinda locked myself into the baby chapter with the way the last chapter ended and the babies are born in September, so couldn't combine them into one chapter xD So consider next week's update just a bit of a belated Christmas present! And I'll say this about the next bonus chapter: It's gonna be pure crack xD Trust me, there will be no substance whatsoever, it's just mindless silliness and slightly scandalous and mildly salacious (but still 100% family friendly… ish... haha!). Basically, if PG horny hijinx doesn't interest you, you might wanna skip the next chapter xD You've been warned!

Thanks for reading, I super duper appreciate it! And an extra BIG thank you to those of you who’ve liked, reblogged, and followed so far, seeing those lil notifications always brings the biggest, goofiest smile to my face!

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[yumeka36]

I just got home from the Frozen 2 advanced screening at Disney Studios (as pictured above, got more swag than I thought I would). Gonna give my immediate thoughts and comments, with a more coherent post at a later date. Obviously, if you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t read below:

WARNING! MAJOR FROZEN 2 SPOILERS BEYOND THIS POINT!

-I’ve been listening to “Show Yourself” non stop since the soundtrack came out and it was gorgeous seeing the accompanying animation. The song starts as Elsa is riding Nokk towards Ahtohallan and continues as she makes her way through the cave. What was also unexpected for me is that she transforms into her “final form” at the end of the song, so she’s wearing that outfit throughout a good portion of the movie, not just the epilogue, so I hope that means there will be more merchandise for it!

-After that, she wanders through Ahtohallan which is made up of moving “sculptures” made of snow/ice that show memories: she sees some of herself and Anna when they were young playing with Olaf, various people in Arendelle, and of Iduna and Agnarr (I believe Iduna was saying something about being afraid to reveal what she really is, a Northuldra). Some funny parts, Elsa walks by a memory of herself at the end of “Let It Go” and makes a face like “yeah, I was silly back then” XD But the best part was when she walks by a scene of Anna and Hans about to dance at the coronation. She gives it a cold look and then breaks the Hans sculpture, lol.

-The important memory she finds is that King Runeard was using the dam against the Northuldra - something about cutting off their resources so they’d be forced to trade with Arendelle, or something like that, I don’t remember exactly. A poignant part was when Elsa first sees the memory of Runeard and he’s talking about how he hates and doesn’t trust anyone who uses magic, to which she says angrily that his fear is blinding him. And again, Elsa is wearing her final outfit during all this, so there was so much time to ogle it XD

-The “gone too far” part is when she follows the memory of Runeard as it fades down into a deep abyss. He was talking about something suspicious regarding the Northuldra, so she decided to jump down into the depths to find out even though she remembers the song’s warning. She sees that Runeard attacked (and likely killed) the Northuldra leader. She begins freezing as she’s down there and before she gets completely frozen, she sends a burst of magic up above, calling out to Anna (and the fact that Elsa “dies” here is proof that she’s not immortal even after becoming the fifth spirit). Her magic reaches Anna and Olaf in the cave and shows them what happened. They realize they have to destroy the dam but Olaf starts to “flurry” - pieces of snowflakes peel off him and drift away, and he tells Anna that Elsa isn’t okay. Anna pulls Olaf into her lap and holds him there as he fades away. He doesn’t melt exactly and we don’t see the full process: we see his flurries gently flow out of the cave and land in a pile somewhere else. Bruhni watches sadly from a ledge below.

-The saddest thing to me was that, after the aforementioned scene of Olaf’s “death,” the scene fades to black, then opens up again overlooking the same cave but it looks like a different time of day, then cuts to Anna crying inside - so she was literally crying alone in the cave for what could have been hours! I thought right after Olaf melts is when she’d start singing The Next Right Thing, but she spends who knows how long grieving. That is just too sad 8_8 Before she starts singing, she says “Olaf...Elsa...what do I do?” My heart shattered then. Another part that shattered it more was when Anna confronts Matthias and the soldiers as they try to prevent her from approaching the dam. When they ask her why it has to be destroyed, she tells them and says “My sister gave her life for the truth, we can’t lose anyone else.”

-Oh my gosh, the reunion at the end was my favorite part and so sweet~ After the mist around the forest fades, Anna and Kristoff approach the pillars with Anna looking like she’s ready to burst into tears...until some snow crystals flutter around her and then behind to where the shore is (not sure if it’s the shore of the Dark Sea since it’s daylight at this time, or it could just be a nearby beach). She sees Elsa riding Nokk - she starts running toward her but then stops because she’s still not sure it’s really Elsa. When Elsa says her name and holds out her arms, she runs to her and they share a beautiful hug (while Anna is sobbing). Honestly I can’t remember exactly what was said because I was an emotional wreck at that point, but Elsa tells Anna that she’s the fifth spirit, that Anna saved her, and that the bridge has two sides: herself here and Anna in Arendelle, and they’d fix the past wrongs together. And I also loved the fact that Kristoff comes over and is relieved that Elsa’s okay: he says “Elsa, you’re alright!” and gives her a hug, then (humorously) says “ you look different...did you cut your hair?” She also gives Sven a little pet. I’m so glad they included this part as it shows that Kristoff doesn’t just see Elsa as a cockblock to Anna, lol. Kristoff proposes to Anna here as well (Sven tears up a little seeing it XD)

-As for Olaf’s revival, Elsa tells Anna “I have a question for you” “What is it?” “Do you want to build a snowman?” She then concentrates and we see the pile of Olaf’s “flurries” come flying down from the cave to become Olaf again. Elsa says it’s a good thing water has memory, implying that he still remembers everything despite being “resurrected.” The epilogue just had so many cute moments - Anna and Elsa share another hug as they walk back to the stone pillars, Elsa wipes away a tear on Anna’s face, they put there foreheads together at one point when they’re talking, Elsa takes Anna’s hand and leads her to one of the now tamed earth giants and they both gently touch his giant nose, and Frohana share a warm hug. I cannot wait to get HD screenshots of it all!

-And for Anna’s coronation? To be honest, it didn’t seem like a coronation to me - it literally just had Kai announcing Anna as she walks outside (onto a stage I think? Don’t remember exactly) but right after that she’s out in the streets with Olaf, Kristoff, and Sven, who are dressed up. So it must have been some kind of event, but wouldn’t the coronation have a party in the castle and a ceremony, like Elsa had? We then see Matthias outside with another Arendelle citizen (he’s discovering the new technology of photograph, lol) - wouldn’t they be part of the ceremony if there was a coronation, and not just out in the streets doing whatever. It just didn’t seem like a major event was happening, I’ll have to see the movie again. Regardless, they reveal statues of young Iduna and Agnarr (they should have had statues of Anna and Elsa too!) and Anna notices Gale flying about and asks if he/she (does Gale have a gender?) to deliver a letter to Elsa. Gale carries it over to the forest and Elsa reads it. As we know, it’s a reminder about charades. Anna ends the letter saying “I love you” to which Elsa says “I love you too, sis” (that’s where this line that we heard in one of the teasers came from - pretty crazy they’d use a line from the very end of the movie, knowing we wouldn’t figure it out!)

-I mostly talked about the ending here but I’ll say a few things that stood out in the rest of the movie to me: Some Things Never Change was adorable. Anna and Elsa share a sweet hug at the end, during the “holding on tight to you” lines. And I absolutely cracked up during Kristoff’s verse when he’s doing Sven’s voice and telling him about getting down on one knee with the ring - some nearby townspeople see him and it looks like he’s proposing to Sven and they get the most awkward looks on their faces XD The scene in their parents’ ship was really emotional: Anna and Elsa clinging to each other with tears in their eyes as they see the memory of their parents take shape...my heart was breaking. The ensuing scene where Elsa’s overcome with guilt and runs outside with Anna telling her she’s not responsible for their actions, and she believes in her more than anything, etc., More was said between them here and I’m having trouble remembering it exactly but it was deep.

-Oh, and the post-credits scene was hilarious: it’s Olaf telling the events of the story to Marshmallow and the Snowgies (Frozen Fever is canon!) just like he does earlier when he describes the first Frozen to Matthias and the others (”it began with two sisters...”) The funniest part was his dramatizing lines of the latter part of the story - ”Elsa is dead,” “Olaf is dead,” “Anna’s crying alone” - it’s hard to describe, it’s funnier when you see it.

Later I’ll write a post with more coherent thoughts about the movie itself and not just a spoiler list - I might do that soon or wait until I see it again this weekend. But I will say that I loved it - having seen it for myself, I truly believe there’s no “tragic separation” that we’ve been fearing. There’s really nothing bittersweet about it, nothing like Anna saying “will I ever see you again?” because it’s a given that they can still be a family and nothing is keeping them from seeing each other whenever they want. At this point, it’s not that I dislike the ending as it is “I want to see what happens next!” It left me even hungrier for more Frozen, like a short reassuring us that they’re still a family by having another charades scene or something like that. Or another movie is always welcome! There was also some lore/plot-wise things I’m a little confused about, but that’ll be for another post. It’s 1am here and I need to decide if I can sleep or not, lol. If you have any questions, please send them via direct message. I’ll either answer them right away, or tomorrow if I do manage to sleep tonight.

The shock of finally seeing this movie after six years of pining hasn’t sunk in yet but it will soon.

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[witchofinterest]

Cast your mutuals as your ocs!!!

This is an awesome question, thank you so much!

@whindsor I actually have two for you! Okay, so my first and favorite choice is Lynn Allen, my biggest sweetheart for the biggest sweetheart I know! Also she’s for the x-men univrse, which you like! The second is a new oc, summer Simmons, because your both extremely sweet physical therapists, who have to deal with a lot.

@iron-parkr i also have 2 for you! Okay the first is Ronnie Curtis, because she’s baby and so safe you, and her fc is Jenna Ortega which I associate with you! The second is evander Salvatore, a baby, because that’s something I really do associated with you!

@twinmasks okay, so I don’t believe I have any ocs that really have your personality, so I am casting you as three very import ocs. One, Dinah laurel Winchester, the first real oc I ever made (Also your-high key as cool as her!). The second is rylee O’Connell based on my real-life buddy, bc I consider us pretty close, and I wanted to cast her as someone I was close to! And third is max, and you are no where near in trouble I am sure, and your actually way cooler, but I wanted to give you max!

@papergirlpapertownn okay so you have two as well! First is poppy halliwell. I know you don’t really The of charmed if I’m correct? But poppy is adorable and strong, two traits that are very you! Also Theresa hwang senior, who is named after you, and like the coolest one of my ocs. I’d cast you as Sam, but your way too good!

@randomestfandoms I’m casting you as Rory! Okay so Rory not as approachable as you are, but you give me Rory vibes and your definitely as bad-ass as she is.

@cassercole okay, so she is a new oc, but I cast you as Rashida Aziz. Both your both very moral, hardworking people. She doesn’t take the easy way out, and I don’t think your someone who does either!

@ocfairygodmother admittly, this oc is a little under-developed, but Chris my oc is a total mom friend who looks out for people and from what I’ve seen that’s totally you!

@ofbadchoices okay, so more new ocs, I’m casting you as Angela aka angel, and she’s a literal angel! Which reminded me of you, because yes and your both very welcoming! Also I would cast you as Lizzie, but you are far too nice and not as angry. But I do associate you with her!

@raging-violets I cast Riley as Kayla “kay” wainwright, and rhuben as Winifred yang. Okay so there both btr ocs, a fandom I associate with you. Kay is very passionate, something I associate with you specifically Riley. Winifred is very funny , which is something I’ve associated with you rhuben! Of course I think your both very passionate and funny!

@darknightfrombeyond okay so, I’m casting you as cj, my person of interest oc, because all of your ocs/stories are so nuanced and attention to detail, I wanted to give you a high-quality oc with both. Also cj is very smart and you give off those vibes!

@psychchesters I’m casting you as Polaris, a oc from ouat. Okay so, I’m really only casting you as her fairy side bc it reminds me more of you, but your definitely also post-curse Faye!

@abbysarcane okay, so I absolutely had to cast you as wakely. The first female knight of Camelot? She’s so you! Also she’s not afraid to stick up for the little guy, which is very you!

@whctsherncme I’m caring you as ivy lane! She’s for the umbrella academy, and while not always the nicest to her, she’s always great and very interesting, two things that are very you!

@notxjustxstories I’m casting you as Josie Jax. She’s baby, your baby. Your both very talented, sweet, and not afraid to speak up! Also you give off Josie vibes!

@inkoutsidethelines okay, so I have two for you! The first is Sophie wicker, post redemption arc. I feel like you two have a similar sense of humor, and she’s also your felicity fc! I’m also casting you as Cassie, a soft witch bc she gives me You vibes!

@anotherunreadblog Last but certainly not least, i am casting you as Louise “Lois” lim. Lois’s is a hard-worker, book lover, and her greatest strength is caring for others, and she reminds me of you!

#okay this was hard #i hope everyone likes it!

[showmethedestiel]

Like I said; I don’t like Hospitals

Chapter Eighteen

[Masterlist]

Summary:  You help Misha while he’s going through a hard time. The two of you quickly become friends, but will it lead to something more in such trying circumstances?

Words: 2,504

Pairing: Misha/Reader

Warnings: A little bit of smut. 

A/N:  *Scuttles out of the dark cave where I've been hiding for the last - seven, wow - months and waves*. It has been far too long and I apologise profusely. I couldn't bear to leave this fic unfinished though, so here I am! -B (PS, I feel that it isn't obvious enough that after the first paragraph we are several months in the future.)

Misha blinks once. “So, does that mean we can stop using condoms?”

You sigh, dropping your head, a small smile on your lips. “Misha.” You say scathingly.

“Sorry.” He smiles carefully, taking your hand. “But… Don’t think that this changes anything. We have West and Maison – even if they didn’t come from you – I think we both know,” He pauses. “You’re as much their mother as Vicki was.” His voice is husky with emotion.

You swallow thickly, “Thank you, Misha.” The tears begin to fall freely down your cheeks. “I love you.”

“I love you too.” Misha pulls you into his arms and holds you for a few moments.

“And yes,” You say. “We can stop using condoms.”

“Oh, good, this moment was getting too emotional.” Misha laughs, still a little watery.

“Come on guys, we’re gonna be late for Darius, like yesterday.” Misha yells from the front door.

“Dad?” Maison asks, pulling on her shoes.

“Yes Maison?”

“What does yesterday mean?”

Misha sighs deeply. “Right.” He mumbles. “It’s the day before today, Mais.”

“Hey,” You say softly, sliding your arm around Misha’s waist. “You okay?”

Misha nods. “Yeah,” He takes a deep breath. “Just stressed.” He smiles tightly.

“I know,” You say, leaning up to kiss him softly. “I got this okay? You can go to the car.”

As he walks away you smack his ass, making him laugh.

You turn to Maison, “Okay, you’ve got your shoes, got your bag, ready?” You ask. She nods, “Okay, then let’s go.” You usher her towards the car.

“West?” You call into the house behind you.

“Coming.” He yells, and you hear the scampering of feet down the stairs. He darts out of the front door past you and dives through the open car door. You sigh and pick up his shoes from beside you, before locking the front door and slinging your backpack over your shoulder.

Checking your pocket for your phone and keys, you make your way to the car and settle into the passenger seat, shooting a quick smile at Misha.

Four hours and a plane journey later, and having deposited the kids with Darius for the third time that month, you and Misha toss your luggage onto the hotel bed and he flops down after it, while you walk over to the tall windows. The San Francisco skyline stunning as the sun sets beyond towering buildings.

“Nice, huh?” Misha asks from the bed, and when you look back he’s grinning at you.

“Amazing,” you agree, smiling softly back at him. “I’m glad I came.”

Misha chuckles. “You had to come experience a convention sooner or later.”

“True,” you muse, slowly coming back over to the bed. “They do sound pretty exciting.”

“That’s one word for it.”

You laugh. “I’m sure I’ll love it.”

“I hope so.” Misha reaches a hand up to pull you down beside him, an adoring, soft grin on his lips. “Hey,” he says softly once you’re lying there, face inches from his.

“Hey,” you reply, unable to restrain your smile.

“It’s been a while since we’ve had a room all to ourselves…”

“It has,” you agree. “I wonder what we could do in this big, comfy bed – all by ourselves,” you muse, faux-thinking.

Misha chuckles and before you know it he’s above you; arms supporting himself either side of your head. “It’s a conundrum,” he says. “Maybe, while we decide what to do,” he continues. “We should have sex.”

You laugh softly and look up at him. “That sounds like a good idea.”

Misha drops his head and kisses you softly, but soon your hands are clutching at the shirt covering his back and his lips are mouthing at your neck. “We don’t get to do this nearly enough,” you say breathily.

He murmurs an agreement and punctuates it with a roll of his hips, his hardness pressing insistently into your sex. You let out a huff of breath before speaking again. “Not that I don’t want to savour this, babe, but if you don’t fuck me into the mattress within the next minute, I think I might die.”

Misha chuckles into your shoulder. “How could I ever deny a request like that?” he asks, drawing back and grinning at you.

“I can’t believe this is my first convention and I’m already going to be late,” you fuss, running a brush through your unruly hair.

Misha chuckles from where he sits on the bed, scrolling through something on his phone. “Don’t worry; I think I’ve already set the bar pretty low on that one.”

“Okay, I think I’m ready,” you decide, giving yourself a final cursory glance in the mirror.

Misha stands and walks over to you, wrapping his arms around your waist. “Babe, calm down,” he says. “This isn’t even the main event – it’s just drinks with some of the guys.”

“I know,” you say. “I don’t know why I’m nervous.” That is a partial lie – ever since you found out the news last week you’d been nervous, having to keep it from Misha. But soon, soon you could tell him. A nervous smile grows on your face and Misha seems to assume it’s just anticipating the upcoming convention.

He smiles at you and kisses you sweetly. “Shall we go?” he asks. You nod.

The December wind is chilly as the two of you walk across the street to the bar. You wrap your arms around yourself and walk a bit faster. Once inside, the atmosphere feels warm and inviting, and the two of you spot Brianna, Kim, Richard, Rob and the rest of the band from across the room. They wave you over and you smile as you approach.

“Y/N!” Kim greets, smiling widely.  “I can’t believe we haven’t met yet.”

“I know,” you agree, sitting down beside her. “It’s a terrible shame. But I’m here now!”

“It’s great to meet you, Y/N,” Brianna chimes in from next to Kim. You notice that beside you, Misha has already been swept into conversation by the guys. “Are you ready to get absolutely smashed?” she grins.

You chuckle but shake your head slightly. “Sorry to disappoint, but I don’t think I’ll be drinking.” You smile apologetically. “Not tonight, anyway.”

Bri looks scandalised. “What?! That’s outrageous! Right Kim?” she elbows Kim, grinning. “She’s gotta join in, c’mon Y/N, it’s tradition.”

You’re still smiling but it’s a little strained. “Sorry guys, really not feeling it.”

“Rob!” Bri says, pulling the man away from his conversation. “Are you hearing this? Y/N isn’t drinking!”

Rob grins along with Brianna but seems a little less enthusiastic. “Aw, really Y/N?” he says from across the table. “Not just for one night?”

Your face falls uncontrollably at their insistence though you still manage to laugh a little. “Nope, sorry guys.” You’re starting to squirm a little under the growing group’s scrutiny.

Suddenly Misha’s attention is drawn back to you. He frowns concernedly and takes your hand beneath the table, noticing your distress. “Hey, guys, lay off would’ya?” he says, giving your hand a soft squeeze. “She can party when she wants to,” he adds, lightening up the conversation.

“Sorry,” Rob says, looking a little awkward. “Of course, it’s up to you, Y/N.”

Kim smiles kindly at you and you do your best to smile back.

You drop Misha’s hand to squeeze his shoulder. “Hey, it’s fine guys,” you say, standing. “I’ll be right back.”

As you’re walking away from the table you hear Kim asking “Is she okay?”

You don’t hear the rest because you’re already nearing the ladies’. Once inside the quieter space you take a deep breath. That shouldn’t have been as overwhelming as it was, but you’ve been on edge lately. You glare at yourself in the mirror and mentally tell yourself to buck up for the rest of the night. You can handle this. It’ll be fun. You are so nervous for tomorrow, though, and you can’t tell whether they’re good nerves or bad nerves.

On the way out you bump into Misha. “Hey,” he says, his eyebrows drawing together in concern. “You okay? You kinda ran off back there.”

You smile up at him. “I’m fine, I just got a bit overwhelmed. Sorry.”

Misha does an unsure little half-smile. “You don’t have to apologise. If you wanna go at any point just tell me, okay? I know Kim and Bri can be a bit… over the top if you’re not used to them. They’re lovely though. Promise.”

“I’ll be fine, Mish. Thanks though.” You lean up to peck him on the lips and his smile seems a little surer than it was before.

“Okay,” he says, and lets you go back to the table.

It’s quite funny being sober in a group of drunks, you remember. Especially this specific group.  Rob is hanging off Misha’s shoulders as the six of you walk along the street. Most of the band left to get an early night, so you, Misha, Rob, Rich, Kim, and Brianna decided to take a walk in the lit-up streets of San Francisco. Bri and Kim are sprinting off ahead, laughing maniacally at shop windows. You’re left to watch with Rich.

“Look at that pair,” Rich says, grinning, and points over at Misha and Rob. “Aren’t’ya jealous?” he chuckles.

You smile fondly. “I think I’m safe from Rob,” you say. “They do look very sweet together, though.”

“Mm,” Rich hums in agreement. “Not as much as you ‘n him, though.”

“Yeah?”

“Mm hmm,” Richard laughs as he agrees. “Cutest couple on the internet.”

“Aw, thanks Rich,” you chuckle.

“’s good,” he adds. “That you were there for him.”

You sigh, sobering a little. “Yeah,” you agree. “It probably was.”

“Y’ really love each other,” he adds, a little wistful.

You smile at Misha, whispering something in Rob’s ear and feel something warm deep inside. “Yeah.”

At that moment, Rob careens away from Misha’s grasp and staggers over to vomit in the gutter, effectively ruining the moment. “O-kay,” you say, rushing over to them. “I think it’s time to go home now.” Rob nods, looking distressed and Misha wraps a heavy arm around your shoulders. He looks at you and you can smell the alcohol on his breath but the look in his beautiful, adoring eyes makes you forget all about it. It’s as if you’re looking into his soul – and he yours.

You wake up early, as usual, and Misha is still spread-eagled across the bed, snoring lightly. You huff a laugh, remembering the state he was in last night. And he has to go on stage today, you think, shaking your head.

His handler should be here in half an hour to drag him away to do god-knows what, and you’ll be left to your own devices until one, when you’ll be joining him on-stage. It’s a surprise that you’re even at the convention, but you’re thinking about schmoozing with some of the fans before the panel so word will probably get out pretty fast. Nevertheless, even Misha doesn’t know you’ll be crashing his panel later.

You nudge Misha awake so he’ll have time to get ready, and he snuffles into the pillow.

“Mish,” you say softly. “Time to get up.”

He grunts and rolls over. “Five more minutes,” he pleads, a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth.

“If you get up now, I’ll kiss you good luck before your panel,” you bargain. “But only after you’ve brushed your teeth,” you add as an afterthought.

Misha chuckles. “You mean you wouldn’t have done that anyway?”

“Fair point,” you concede. “Well, maybe if you’re extra quick, there’s a handjob thrown in.”

With that, Misha’s out of the bed with a toothbrush in hand within seconds. You laugh and fall back onto the bed, nerves for the day ahead already dissipating.

Deciding to forgo meeting any fans until after the panel, you occupy yourself by eating breakfast, fretting, and checking up on the gang from last night – who are functioning surprisingly well, considering.

At five minutes to one, you’re backstage, and you barely have time to wish Misha good luck before he’s being ushered away and the band starts playing. The crowd’s roar is wild and deafening when Misha arrives and it makes you smile. Still, you fidget restlessly in your seat as you wait for the right time. Misha answers some questions from the fans, rambles about the kids, sometimes talks about you, and time flies by quicker than it normally does.

Before you know it, Rich and Rob are back up on the stage and your heart is beating a million miles a minute. You think you might throw up. Swallowing down your nerves as best you can, you creep up to the thick curtain and peek through it to watch, making sure that no one can see you.

Here comes the part Misha doesn’t know about.

“So Misha,” Rich says casually, bending over to pick something up from behind the drums.

“Richard,” Misha replies.

“I have a present for you.” He holds up the box – about the size of an A4 piece of paper, and an inch or so thick, tied with a purple bow.

“You do?” Misha asks, a real question in his eyes despite the act, because he really doesn’t know what’s happening.

“Well,” Rich amends. “It’s technically from your lovely girlfriend.”

“Y/N got me a present?” Misha asks, stepping forward to take the box. “How thoughtful.” He sits back down and starts to unbox the gift. “As long as this isn’t actually from Jared… that would be terrifying,” he mutters as he rips off the paper.

Your heart feels like it just stopped beating. The crowd is muttering amongst themselves in hushed tones.

Misha takes the lid off the box and blinks, once, twice. You push through the curtains, putting a finger to your lips in an attempt to shush the audience. It kind of works, but Misha still realises that you’re standing behind him with a nervous smile.

He looks up at you, jaw slack, eyes glazing over slightly. “I…” he starts. “Is this…”

You smile and a tear spills down your cheek. “Yeah, it is,” you whisper.

He makes a choked sound and laughs softly down at the picture in the box. Then he’s thrusting the box at Rob, and throwing himself into your arms, crushing you in all the best ways.

You can tell that Rob has held the ultrasound scan up to show the audience by the sudden, deafening, screaming coming from them.

“Oh my god,” Misha says into your hair. “You’re really pregnant? I thought…”

“Yeah,” you say, choked up. “So did I. There was always a one in a billion chance, but I didn’t think it would ever happen.”

“How long?”

“Three months,” you reply.

Misha laughs into your shoulder and then takes a breath, turning back to his audience. He lifts the forgotten microphone to his lips. “Well,” he says, clearing his throat and wiping the tears from his face. “That was unexpected.”

A/N:  No, that isn't the ending-ending, I think I'm gonna have one more chapter after this, to answer your questions (if anyone is actually still reading, that is). Also, I had to re-read this to get back into the groove of writing it, and jesus christ why did I make it so sad??! Oh well. Hopefully this fluff makes up for it. Again, apologies for leaving for so long - I just fell a bit out of love with Misha x Reader and didn't want to fuck this fic up. But now I'm back in love with it!

Tags: @bowtiesarecool6288 @abtmnt @itsfunnierinenochian @deanandsamsbitch @imagine-inc  (well then, those first two decided not to work) 

#Misha Collins #misha fanfiction #misha smut #misha x reader #fanfiction #Supernatural RPF #fluff #smut #angst #series

[royal-writer]

SLAMS THIS DOWN WITH FORCE- I am a goddang dumbass addicted to this beautiful otp and I will cry and scream about it all i want thank you.

I’m absolutely positive this is an accurate representation of how Essatha’s thoughts are going to grow from little embers to an inferno and that is very important and all you need to know kay bye-

It was a metric beat. Drumming, drumming; the same four fingernails tapping along the table and then her elbow. Bouncing her leg, jiggling her foot, shifting in her seat with unsettled energy. The very same measure; a crescendo never increasing nor coming to a pause.

Restless. She told herself it was because she despised the wait. Pretty little lies, with her fingers nagging and tangling around the shorter strands of dark black hair framing her face. The fibs she could weave to herself and try to make believe them to be true.

No one else was impatient. Their smiles bright, their laughter loud. Their heads were in the clouds; drinking in the attention and the recognition. Half-hazard as some of them appeared; with tears in their clothes, scuffed shoes, bruises and scrapes.

Compared to those around, none of them looked like they belonged. From all appearances, these people had money to spare. Owning more beautiful and elegant houses than the last; larger gardens, and pristine family lines all over the region than most of the noisy bastards had come from. They were stunning people with luxurious lives and outstanding wealth. Bigger, fancier heirlooms and grand tales with decades of the same name traversing through generations.

Essätha wanted to help them, and be on her way. So easily everyone seemed distracted by the small talk, the teas, the cakes. The gesture was polite and unexpected, but the wait was agonizing. Take on their small-winded requests, accept their gracious pay, and go; that was her motto.

It had nothing to do with her abhorrence watching the women swarm Amon.

The sour pit in her stomach was merely a reflex from their gag-worthy polite charm and mannerisms. People simply weren’t this sickeningly nice without reason.

She watched with restless annoyance as the women leaned in close. Hair like spun gold, bright green eye and perfect lips. Another with skin dark and rich like chocolate with mesmerizing brown eyes. A red-head there, another blonde there. They stood so balanced, so perfectly precarious on their toes. Laughs so merry and cheerful. Dainty, lady-like, precious little angels, poised and proper.

One reached across to place a hand against Amon’s shoulder as she laughed, speaking in a rush of delighted enthusiasm.

Essätha snorted out of her nose as she looked away. It was such an obvious move. Physical contact, the lowered lashes, the pouty lips. They giggled at just about everything it seemed; even if what Essie heard wasn’t anything funny when she could overhear them past the other chatter. One would play with their hair, another nibble their lip or cast a glance to Amon’s mouth hungrily.

They might be gentlewomen, but they weren’t stupid. They knew what they were doing. Flirting so obviously; so naked and shameless. Every move they used was part of the book Essie crafted. Gullible people could be so easily influenced by such small things.

Gullible people, and those wanting to be sought after. Desired. Jumping on the nearest connection where molecules caught and sparked lightning.

She tried to catch the eye of another member of the traveling band of misfits she journeyed with, but they all seem too occupied. Her distress going unnoticed, she went back to staring across the room.

Did he have to smile like that at them? Sexy and charming; the slightest upturn on the corner of his mouth that occasionally split into a grin as he chuckle from whatever hilarious thing these women were saying. He was only encouraging their actions.

Maybe he wanted to motivate and encourage them though. The thought had Essätha’s skin crawling.

Why wouldn’t he, though? They were perfectly lovely looking women. Quite pretty in fact; Essätha could easily see herself trying to tease her way under a few skirts over there. Even if they were only a one-night stand; a simple fling.

It shouldn’t bother her. It shouldn’t grate at her nerves; drive a stake through her heart.

It had to be their bad acting. That… That was the only explanation. Maybe she should go over and teach them a lesson. There were more subtle ways to try gaining a man’s favor; or more obvious.

No, this wasn’t her place. She quickly turned the idea away with a fearful unease in her chest. Something she’d never felt before going obliviously unnoticed. She never stepped down from a challenge; never second-guessed her prey. When the thought was there, so was the intent. And she would hunt until her answer was obvious; until they were clearly through and over with the thought of her or she had them wrapped around her finger and begging for more.

Doing that to Amon… It felt wrong.

Like a trick, the same game and cards she used against everyone else. He should have a classy courting; far more genuine, far more soft.

Maybe that was the problem, she mused. Maybe it was their lack of understanding. They didn’t reach for what was beneath his physical appearances. They didn’t try complimenting his ideas, didn’t remark on how intelligent he was. None of them bothered to nudge him gently and watch the way his eyes lit up at the playful contact. None of them said a word on how hard he worked; how brave he was, the fact he listened with such calm as he took in their words.

They didn’t notice the way he’d answer with such careful honesty to every question and remark. His thoughtfulness, his wit, his stunning smile. The safety of being so close beside him; the way he stood confident, strong, knowing himself. His eyes so dark you got lost in them, his respectful consideration, his good heart.

Gods, such a beautiful heart. Her eyes went half-lidded with fondness as she rested her chin on her hand, propping her elbow up on the counter. They didn’t have a clue. Not the foggiest knowledge of how gentle he truly was. You could search high and low across the land, and as far as she was concerned, there was no better candidate than Amon for the title.

He was a bit battered; a bit bruised, but it didn’t break him in his spirit. Willingly holding out a hand even when things came back around to bite him. Taking the blow when he could have easily let it land on another. Again and again, placing everything he was on the line; his body, his will, his mind and his heart if for just a moment to be someone’s savior. Even when the word was something he would shrug off or laugh at; something he didn’t see in himself.

It made her smile falter just a bit as she watched him. Seeing not the women leaning on him, but him alone. A polite smile, but a closed expression. Keeping them at a metaphorical distance.

How could he not see what she saw in him? A hero, a protector; guardian to all the unfortunate souls stuck between a rock and hard place. No amount of his own misfortune kept him from stopping himself in being the champion of all the lost and lonely souls. Hurting faces looking for direction.

How many lives had he changed without a second thought? How many more would he continue to change? And long past his memory of them, how many looked back on their lives and found gratefulness that this Lord of Briarton had existed and lent them his time and kindness?

Her own fondness and adoration left her scattered for some time. Long enough that, without her knowing, time had slipped by like water over the falls. Someone was suddenly shaking her shoulder, and she perked up with groggy confusion.

“Are you ready to go, Essätha?” a glowing purple boy sang.

“Oh-” she breathed, her face warm. “Yes, I’m uh- I’ve been ready we can- let’s go, Ilamin.”

With a puzzled expression, the angelic boy looked down at her and then in the direction she had been fawning in. Spotting the women surrounding Amon, and Abernathy politely intruding to try getting the nobleman’s attention.

“Were you watching those women?” Ilamin asked with innocent curiosity. “They’re very pretty.”

“I-I guess,” she fumbled awkwardly, standing up to smother her hands self-consciously over her shirt as she tucked it under her pants.

This only made Ilamin look further confused. He didn’t pressure her. Almost thoughtfully, his gaze moving between her and the groupie surrounding Amon as well as the man himself. Playing a game of math in his head to try adding up the missing pieces.

The duo trailed along with the other’s as they were escorted to the grand stairwell that lead down from the gallery to the primary doors. Already a butler had situated themselves at the front door, ready to open it when they approached.

“It was so lovely meeting you all,” a women chimed; one Essätha recognized having been flirting with Amon. “If there’s any further questions we can answer, don’t hesitate to return. We’ll be waiting with bated breath for your victory!”

As she finished, the lady looked directly to Amon in a clear hope to catch his gaze. His eyes however, were turned away from her. She seemed disheartened by this; wringing her hands in front of her chest.

“Yes, do be careful.”

“Absolutely charming to meet your acquaintance.”

“A real pleasure.”

“Thank you for offering your assistance; you’re all so brave!”

As the long-winded farewells and well-wishes followed after them, the group made their way down the set of stairs. Most turned back to offer a wave and a few polite words of gratefulness and warmth. Essätha however made some haste to be the first out of the doors. This place far too stuffy and wedging an uncomfortable feeling in her heart. The bitter taste on her tongue an unpleasant after effect.

A short path extended before them to the entry of the estate. Lined with flowers and perfectly shaped shrubs, it ended at a small already open gate. Nothing too over the top there. Whether these people were foolish to not have better security or were doing in the opposite in giving an inviting appearance to their home to travelers, it was hard to say.

One by one, the others and their jabbering passed Essätha by. Her footsteps lingered in a different realm with her thoughts. Lagging behind slowly as they walked out onto the sidewalk until she was walking nearly identical in pace with Amon himself.

“Quite the group of admirers you have.”

Her phrasing seemed to catch the Illiad heir off guard. He jumped a little, releasing a quiet grunt in response as a hand went up to muse his hair. It had grown a bit long, Essie noted. It seemed to bother him how some of the strands now were boldly trying to lay over his eyes.

“Sorry if I sounded- I mean it was just an observation-”

“They were a chatty bunch,” he admitted, cutting her off. “Hard not to notice.”

Essätha gave a breathy, humiliated laugh.

When she passed him a glance as her giggles rolled to a close, she caught his eyes upon her. Warm and soft. His mouth tugged up into a smile, causing her heart rate to jump alarmingly fast.

“I’m shocked one of them didn’t try throwing you their knickers,” Essie teased.

Amon gave a choked sound at that. His smile broadening with amusement, a slight shake of his head.

“I wasn’t interested in any of their knickers, I assure you,” he snickered faintly. “I had other things on my mind.”

Business over pleasure, she guessed. But he was much too polite to turn away their questions and their kindness.

The slight twinkle in his eyes only seemed to grow brighter the longer their eyes stayed connected. The genuine beauty of his smile, as real and authentic as the sun above, robbing her of breath.

“Next time, you might not want to smile so much,” she blurted out suddenly, dragging her eyes away. “You’ll give the wrong impression.”

Like right now.

Out of the corner of her eye, she could only just see his smile falter and drop away. He reached out for her hand, but she was faster. Her pace quickening in speed and stride, she out-stepped his reach by hairs.

“Essätha, wait.”

The way he pleaded her voice, just barely above a whisper, had her moving faster. Overpassing Rava and Ilamin, and then Cackle, Adela, and Abernathy. Sulhadur and Penimra each gave her a regarding glance as she made her way to the front stiffly, almost jogging.

Maybe those women didn’t see the hauntingly gorgeous things inside of him, but she did. And she knew better than to touch it with her filthy stained hands even if she wanted to. To touch him was to commit an unjust sin. The one and only she couldn’t tolerate of herself. He was far too precious and good to be handled by someone who was always on the run. Feet hardly rooting themselves to the ground, eyes always wandering to the sky. Unable to sit still.

He might care, but that was all it was. His kindness, his gentleness, his forgiving nature. He didn’t want her. Nobody wanted her. She didn’t even want herself.

She knew what she was and what she was capable of. The pain in the eyes of so many disappointed faces. The blankness in those who didn’t make it. The ones who sneered and scorned her; damned and judged her. Every glance of disgust, of sorrow, of hunger. Beauty and beast all in one.

Besides, they were from two different planes of existence. It would never last.

Her arm grabbed at the shoulder of her bag, dragging it up so the weight didn’t lag her steps. Skipping along the cobblestone in a fashion that resembled none of her inner turmoil.

Such sweet fictitious novels she could craft. But they were a safer place than the path her heart wished to follow, and that would have to do.

#the sin box is my home now #eci artz #Essie rw #amon illiad #essamon ship

[softscottlang]

Kay: I love you because of how you can be such a mom to the entire fandom and how you care for everyone’s wellbeing even if you can get so stressed and so many bad things can happen to you. I love you because you stay so humble and be so nice to everyone and compliment them all the time. As many people have said, the worst things happen to the best people. Don’t let anything get you down and please stay strong and so astounding and know that you are loved. Hayley: I love you because of how hyper you can get and how you can lift everyones spirits up with your personality. I love you because you can get so weird and crazy but still keep your lovable personality with how you can also be funny, cute, hyper and nice at the same time. I love how your age doesn’t seem to matter and you can still get along with people who are 4 years older than you. Please stay hyper and amazing and know that you are loved. Denay: I love you because of how supportive you can be, both of the boys and everyone else in the fandom when you always reblog other things and respond to everything. I love you because you also try to relate to everyone in your asks and respond in such a relatable way people can’t help but smile and laugh. You can stay so nice, even through the (very minor) hate you get and look at life positively. Please stay so friendly and know that you are loved. Aiden: I love you because you aren’t afraid of stanning the boys and loving them even if you’re a guy when society can be so cruel to anything that seems out of line in their not so perfect world. I love you because you can be so open to everyone even when they ask about things like your crush which most people don’t like answering. You talk about your appearance like you’re ugly but at the same time appreciate yourself which is hard to do, but everyone knows that if you do a face reveal, you’re going to look so cute. Please stay welcoming and know that you are loved. Ava: I love you because you can stay so positive even through your own sad times just so that your fans can be happy. I love you because you stan the boys so hard and support them so much and can just get along with so many people. You can be so supportive and hilarious but at the same time diss everyone with them still loving it because you can be a great friend. Everyone can tell that your friends love you so much which is easily believable just by skimming your blog. Please stay hilarious and know that you are loved. Grayson: I love you because you can be so unique and adorable but at the same time sassy and snarky which just pulls people toward you even more. I love you because you just answer asks so dryly it’s just hilarious and adorable. You can also be so nice and supporting through it all and you are just so adorable in general. You might be a little underrated but you don’t care about any of that and just do what you want. Please stay adorable and know that you are loved. Sienna: I love you because you just just love the boys so much and can tease them but still support them so much which is just so sweet. I love you because you get along so well with people, teasing them but showering them with love at the same time. You also have an adorable relationship with Ashley which is also absolutely adorable. Please stay easy-going and know that you are loved. Luna: I love you because you are so open and reblog so much and stay so supportive of the boys. I love you because you regularly post these little things that can lift someone’s spirits up just by reading at least one positive thing that can just make them feel great about themselves. I’m also not too sure but you also post things about lgbt and I think that it just says that you can be very open and you don’t care about social stereotypes and it’s amazing. Please stay open and know that you are loved. @jonahjunkie (was it Jen(sorry)): I love you because you’re not afraid of expressing how you feel and how you share all these pictures of the boys because you just have to show the world your boys. I love you because you love all your friends and love everyone who pops up in your inbox and always take the time to tell people you love them. You also come off as very friendly to many people and I love that. Please stay approachable and know that you are loved. Hero: I love you because you can sing like a goddess but stay humble about it even though you really should be telling everyone to listen to you singing. I love you because you aren’t afraid to be open and join in with your friends. You are also so talented and that makes people love you even more and want more. Please stay wonderfully talented and know that you are loved. Katie: I love you because your just a little younger than most of the others in the fandom but you still fit in so well and sometimes even act older (in terms of dirtiness). I love you because you can be so hilarious and even though you’re currently going through hard times, you still seem to be taking it in your stride. I hope that everything goes well for you and that this message gets to you before you delete. Please stay lovable and know that you are loved. @wdwpoems: I love you because you can make such great mood boards and can be so aesthetic and know just what to do for them. I love you because you are so thankful for your followers and look so grateful for them and look to have such a passion for these picture poems. You don’t post much about your personal life and mostly post pictures but even through that you still seem like such a nice person. Please stay aesthetic (af) and know that you are loved. @noodles-send-n00ds: I love you because you love the boys so much and support them and always post other fan fictions about them commenting how much you love the stories. I love you because you can be so friendly and welcoming about how much you love the boys and talking about them so passionately. Please stay passionate and loving and know that you are loved. @danielsavery: I love you because you are so supportive of other writers stories while writing your own amazing stories as well. I love you because you can also be so supportive of literally anything and always comment on everything talking  about how good they are. You reblog so many people’s posts and its so nice of you. Please stay supportive and friendly and know that you are loved. @coffeemarais: I love you because you write some absolutely mind-blowing, feels-giving fan fiction and they always give people feels about them. I love you because you always love requests that fans send to you and always make them feel good about doing it, then spinning an incredible story out of those small saplings and making them into full grown trees. Please stay incredibly talented and know that you are loved. Jade: I love you because even though you may be an underrated blog you still post amazing things and awesome mood boards. I love you because you talk to everyone so nicely and seem so open and supportive of the fandom and the boys. You seem so nice just through looking at your mood boards which all look ridiculously great and those are hard to do, I speak from experience. (or maybe its just me) Please stay friendly and know that you are loved.  (Right this gets really lazy towards the end but in my defence I’m really tired and ready to go straight to bed after this.) Either way, you are all amazing and whatever flaws you may think you have, just know that even flaws can be perfect. (this is also in no specific order whatsoever)

wow i cried reading this, thank you love!

#she's too sweet #submission

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2017.09.18 Oushitsu Kyoushi Haine Review!

I was able to go to the Live Viewing of this stage! Which I am thankful for because tickets were impossible! I watched the anime when it first came out and loved the anime and fell in love with Haine and the fact that it's UeChan and Haine himself is adorable just made it all the more 'I must watch this!'

If you want more details about the overall story and plot of this stage then you can go to this blog post I just found here.

Official Website here Official Twitter here Press Coverage 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 Video Coverage 1, 2, 3 PreOrder DVD/BR here, and here

However, my expectations for this musical did drop somewhat when on the Friday, I was outside the theatre (waiting for a trade) when I noticed, everyone that walked out were deadly silent and not smiling or speaking really. I’ve never seen that happen with a stage before! So it really worried me; did people not like it? Was it bad? What went wrong? Did something happen on stage? Did an actor get hurt? All these things went through my mind and ultimately it really pulled down my expectations for it. And then my friend went and was also like ‘before I went in for the night show, none of the afternoon audience were very waiwai (hyper, happy, fangirling) when they left.. and then I saw it; I understand why they weren’t waiwai but I think I’m not waiwai for different reasons’ so then I really had like minus expectations going into this. Which is a shame because thy anime is a amazing, the cast for this is solid, it has a lot of potential and room to grow and have fun and be a really enjoyable stage. But from what me and my friend had seen... it wasn’t promising =/

Anyway lets get down to it:

CAST and CHARACTERS

Ueda Keisuke as Haine Hirose Daisuke as Leonhart/Leonhard Asato Yuya as Kai Aoi Shouta as Rihito / Richi Adachi Yuto as Bruno Tatsuma Hoshi as Maximilian Udagawa Tsukasa as Lugwig Kimisawa Yuki as Rosenberg Nobuo Kyo as Victor Ensemble

NON SPOILER REVIEW Overall: This is going to be really stupid, and I know it, BUT... there was too much singing. I felt like 70% of this is just song after song after song (according to one press release, this musical has over 40 songs) with no plot or scenes of dialogue. Especially the beginning. The first 30 minutes are absolute torture of song after song and I got very agitated and bored of it very easily and felt like ‘get to the story already!’. Luckily the singing simmers down once we get past Leonhart’s arc and get into Kai and Rihito’s story; there’s definitely less singing and actual acting and scenes once that beginning is over. Asato Yuya as Kai was absolute perfection; he couldn’t have done a better job. Rihito’s arc in the stage is VERY good and very enjoyable. I absolutely adored Aoi’s performance  as Rihito in this part of the stage and his song in the climax of the arc actually made me cry pretty hard. Kimisawa really surprised me with his singing; his singing is absolutely amazing. I was so impressed! But after a while, what with apparently there being 40 songs in this stage, all his song started to sound the same and repetitive. But his voice is gold. I really enjoyed Nobuo Kyo’s performance and thought he fit Victor pretty well. UeChan was obviously a great Haine and his performance always fascinated and entices me. Although I will say; this musical version of Haine lacked in comedy and lightheartedness which is a shame because they could’ve done so many cute and adorable moments with UeChan as Haine but they didn’t do it so much; only now and again would there be cute Haine moments which I'm sad about. And because of the lack of comedy and lightheartedness, the musical feels very down and dark and it’s actually tiring to watch after about the first 110minutes. I noticed the audience around me in the cinema started to get really fidgety and restless after about 100 minutes, and I started to lose it after the 130 minute mark. I think that’s why so much of the audience is/was so neutral after coming out of the show. Finally, the show ran a bit too long; if they’d cut out some of the musical numbers, this play could’ve been shorter but also much more enjoyable in my opinion. I appreciated the ending change (from the anime to the stage) though - the rest of the stage is a carbon copy of the anime. Although it kind of ends suddenly without any real... climax song.... which also leads to the audience being very ‘ah okay... *walks home*’. The best part of the stage was, in all honesty, the curtain call. Seeing the cast interact with one another and having this massive laugh and fun together as themselves in front of the audience was so much fun xD Rating: 6/10

Now to the nittygritty.

SPOILER REVIEW

To reiterate the non-spoiler section: The first part of this play is just not good. I got very bored straight away because it was just song after song after song and it really bogged me down and I was just like 'hurry up and get to the story already!'. I know it's stupid to complain because this IS a musical but.... there really are TOO many songs in this - 40!... so many songs would've been better as just scenes of dialogue. I really don’t like when a song is put in just for performances sake rather than to help the plot along and I feel this happened a lot. For example, you don’t need to sing to me how many fucking points the princes got on their test; just fucking tell me! What a waste of time. So they really irked me. Also there was one female singer who was just a note too high for my liking in almost every song and it really made me cringe. If you wanna sing that high, go do fucking opera! It really took you out of the story with quite a few of the songs in my opinion. It also felt like it was trying to be ‘west end’ with all the ensemble dancing and the singing and such. It was too much for me. There’s a reason why I hate and avoid west end musicals, and Haine unfortunately was somewhat reminiscent of those musicals so I did not enjoy it. The overall balance in the group singing though was really nice and I fell like almost everyone balanced and bounced off each other well in the singing parts. I get it's a musical so there should be lots of songs, but it just feel the balance between music numbers and scenes with dialogue and actual acting, especially in the beginning, was way off.

This musical is REALLY long too! I think we got about 60% through and people were really starting to shuffle or going to the bathroom without really caring. And at about 80% through, I started to feel 'if we go to the council scene right now I'm gunna fucking scream! I am ready for this to be done', but luckily they changed the ending which made it so much more bearable and worked much better for stage rather than it would've in the anime but I'll get to that later.

It wasn't until we got to Kai's arc that it started to be less about the songs and actually whole scenes of dialogue and acting that I started to enjoy it. Unfortunately this means that I pretty much blocked out Leonhart’s arc because that too was just song after song in my opinion. They even cut out the scene of Haine reading his diary! I love that scene! And we didn’t have any ridiculous Haine chasing Leonhart on a horse while standing ON the horse! I was hoping for some Touken Ranbu Stage horse ridiculousness for that one scene but they cut it out completely =[ Apparently the ensemble in this one are too professional to do something that silly - seriously, I hated the ensemble (most likely the directors fault though), but I just hated them. I feel like all their constant singing and dancing didn’t add anything to the stage either. Just be normal ensemble and do your roles! BUT I will say, their costumes were very, very creative and I liked them xD

As expected, Kai's arc was adorable! Especially as soon as he grabbed UeChan's hand and was like 'funi funi.... your hand... is funi funi...... suki / I like you' and Haine freaked like 'it's still a little too early for that?!-- oh, you mean my hand because it’s soft,' which was so funny! Especially because during that moment Haine was brought to his knees from Kai really locking in on his hand and playing with it >_< Asato was just perfection as Kai; he was absolutely perfect. Seeing him completely switch back to himself at the curtain call was just a great transformation to witness. His acting was so good as Kai! He had some golden moments during Rihito’s arc too.

Rihito's arc was probably the best part in terms of acting and performance. Also it had a hilarious adlib in it! Kai comes in from a side door and into the crowd and is like 'I have to be able to give greetings just like Sensei said... *faces camera, but there’s no spotlight so it’s just this black silhouette of him facing the camera, so we all cracked up laughing* are you my father?! I'll do my best!' And then he tries to talk to a girl but fails so he's like 'I wonder what Haine would do in my situation', and UeChan is just in his seat trying not to crack up. So Kai repeats himself 'I WONDER WHAT HAINE WOULD DO IN MY SITUATION,' so UeChan gave in because the crowd clapped for him to join in. He 'jumped' through the 4th wall and approached a girl 'good evening... your kimono is beautiful.... who do you like in Haine? Oh me? Thank you! ... excluding me who do you like? .... she said only me'. Then he went back on stage and 'jumped' back into the Haine world. So Kai tries 'good evening! Who do you like in Haine? ...... LEOHARTO..... WHO’S NEXT? Me? Oh thank you!' And the adlib scene ends. When Rihito came back into that scene, he's like 'Haine you disappeared for a moment' xD

I really, really loved Rihito's arc. I think Aoi did absolutely amazing in his acting and performance. Especially the music number towards the end of his story where he's crying and he's like 'father doesn't care! He never did!' then his father accepts him and he's crying and breaking down like 'you really do care! And I didn't notice because I was just a stupid kid'. I legit couldn't stop my tears! The performance was amazing and I was so impressed with this part of the stage. Also there's a part where Rihito smacks the cafe owner in the face with the metal serving plate and I burst out into laughter. I thought it was hilarious!

OH! The girl next to me was SO funny! Everytime there was a close up of Aoi or DaiChan, she would smack her hand over her nose and mouth because she’d just cry xD she was adorable and kept me entertained during the less interesting parts of the play.

Then we got to Bruno’s arc. I feel like this one was probably the shortest and most simple to get through. I don’t really remember anything note worthy or different to the anime for this arc. Bruno’s actor is probably the weakest singer. You could tell he was trying but he didn’t have much of a range; it definitely seemed like his voice was going to crack at some points due to being strained. The actor himself is cute though, and I feel like I preferred stage Bruno over anime Bruno.

OH! There was one point! When he decides to call Haine ‘Shisou’ and he starts flailing and shaking his arms around, then Leonhart comes in and joins in on the flailing; that part was funny.

Which reminds me; a lot of the comedy and jokes that should’ve hit and made the audience laugh just didn’t; either the timing was off or they just didn’t express it as a comical moment but it totally should’ve been. Like THIS scene where he decides to call Haine ‘Shisou’ -- it’s hilarious in the anime -- but in the stage he’s just like ‘Ah! I will call you Shisou’ and Haine just walks away ‘I’d appreciate it if you didn’t.’ It SHOULD’VE a funny scene! We should’ve had a funny moment of Haine reacting to being called Shisou like ‘ararara?! Shisou?! *cough* I’d appreciate it if you didn’t.’ but nothing! I think A LOT of my problems for this stage musical from the LACK of comedy in it. There were some hilarious parts don’t get me wrong! Such as the adlib with Kai -- but it’s an adlib, not a planned comedy scene --- and we had some cute Haine moments.

Planned Comedy moments we had:

1. Haine being lifted up when he was captured 2. Maximilian giving Haine brides lift so he can’t enter the kingdom at the beginning. 3. Haine  rolling around the floor at and onto Rihito’s feet going ‘goro goro goro’ 4. Haine pulling pufferfish faces and pouting when a Prince is being childish. 5. Rihito smacking the cafe owner in the face with a silver serving plate. 6. Victor joining the cafe and having his butt smacked by the owner after doing a good job. 7. Haine jumping to his knees when he gets called a child. 8. Girls pretending to fall off their chair in the cafe so Rihito can help them up but he ignores them. 9. Haine curled up on the sofa and rocking side to side as he waits for his moment to talk.

But a LOT of this is just ‘story story, oh this prince has troubles, oh now they’re fixed, music number three billion times, story arc done, begin next arc’ without any comedy in it at all! This is HAINE!! The anime was hilarious (AND ADORABLE!)! The manga looks very funny too! But this musical just didn’t have it. Touken Ranbu is MORE funny than this stage! WTF?! That doesn’t add up does it?!

Now that I’ve gone down the road of negatives, I may as well carry on:

I did not like the 'Young Haine' and 'Young Victor' roles. It worked when the two actresses were just acting the scene out while the spotlights were mainly on Victor and Haine. BUT the LV cameraman kept the close ups on the two actresses, and I was like 'you're ruining the magic here!!! Keep the camera on Uechan or Nobuo OR stick to the wide shot you had going on with all 4 of them in shot because that looked FINE!' I did not like the close ups of the Young roles because they weren't even lip-syncing to what UeChan and Nobuo were saying so it just looked stupid in the cinema. Swear to god, these close ups are on the DVD and I'm gunna flip my shit. It just did not work. Continuing my ensemble hate; I HATED the fact that they used the SAME guy to play all the 'Young (insert the prince's name here)' every time,and they didn't even bother to put a wig on him to make him look more like the prince he was supposed to be at the time. Ugh..... that really got on my shit.

Final bad point: I feel like this stage ends really weird... I feel like the climax song was about 3 songs before the actual final song and it’s like ‘Haine please come back!’ and he goes ‘hello I’m your new teacher’ and it just ends, and they suddenly start bowing and I just think it’s really weird and abrupt how the stage ends. Why didn’t they end with like the boys running over to him ‘hey Haine I’m so glad you’re bad! Lets go do this! Let’s try this! Lets--’ and Haine going ‘wait! It’s time for class to start!’ and them all raising their hands and going ‘okay!!’ and then either happy clappy music starts blasting out, or lights cutting out to black before the clapping and bowing starts. That would’ve been a better ending.

BACK to the positives!

UeChan really is the cutest thing to walk this Earth xD whenever he did the little pouty faces or whenever he did something to make himself smaller was just so adorable! I was super surprised to hear that he can actually sing and that he sings so softly compared to his normal, very powerful voice! It's so adorable!! He also made me cry; it was during the Victor and Haine flashback scene and when it got to the Haine going on a fighting rampage, the Young role jumped out of the way and it was UeChan that did all the action and the fighting when he attacked the royal guards and my heart just hurt so much for Haine at that point <3 UeChan’s action choreography and movements were great! I was surprised how high he could kick his leg and everything! I also loved that they did the iconic gun scene when he and Kai are captured and the ‘bang’ sign comes out of the gun rather than a bullet xD UeChan’s action in that scene is good too!

To say it was Tatsuma’s first play, I thought he did great! His Maximilian was adorable! But, I think he needs to eat more; those pants and large jackets weren’t hide the tiny body he obviously has.

Just to reiterate the Non-spoiler section again: Kimisawa really surprised me with his singing; his singing is absolutely amazing. I was so impressed! I also thought he did a great job as Rosenberg and was happy with his performance. I think he made Rosenberg more mischievous. I really liked the scene where he throws the papers on the streets of the town so everyone can hear about Kai’s past. It was a nice moment. But like I said his songs started to sound the same and repetitive after a while. But his voice is gold and was amazing to listen to. AND I really enjoyed Nobuo Kyo’s performance and thought he fit Victor pretty well. Especially the cafe scene where he tries to act cute and does all these cute poses and then gets his butt slapped by the cafe owner and he feels and looks so violated xD I thought he and UeChan bounced off each other very well.

I'm glad they changed the ending. It was getting towards the end, I was getting agitated and thought 'if they go into the council scene, it's gunna be another 20 or 30 minutes, and I am so ready to be done!' But they changed it in that Rosenberg and Haine go back to Haine's old teaching church and Rosenberg tempts him to do something (I didn't catch what) but just before he accepts, the boys turn up and tell him 'you taught us that everyone has a few scars... you taught us we should do what we want' etc and in the end he decides to stay as their teacher. In the anime, the whole council scene works but for Stage I think the council scene would've been too much and I'm glad they changed it to make it all this more simpler and more 'just about Haine and his boys' rather than in the anime where 'the kingdom gets to decide and the boys have to prove their mature enough' etc. I am thankful for this change!

AFTERSHOW

The curtain call was adorable. Everyone did their greetings and UeChan asked them all to hurry up but didn't explain until later that it's because they might get cut off in the LV of they go to long xD Bruno's actor was adorable! He was like 'playing Bruno and a Professor it was so--- wait what did I just say?' And then everyone had a go at him and he was like 'I'm okay' in like the cutest way ever and I absolutely died of laughter. During DaiChan's turn he said nothing mean about Aoi and Aoi ran for him but Bruno held him back while DaiChan just laughed his ass off and UeChan like 'behave!!' XD Nobuo was adorable too; ‘I'm not a father in real life buy I think I now know how fathers feel... look at my sons! I’m so proud of them!’. UeChan's parents were there tonight and he was like 'don't search for them! 探さないで！' to the audience >.<

EDIT: also during the second curtain call Ueda was like ‘thank you all for standing up, but we’re all going to say something so *switches to English* sit down please’ and it was such good pronunciation <3

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I’m kinda regretting the fact that I preordered the BluRay (especially because you had to pay 1000yen at the venue just to preorder it) because of how much I ended up not enjoying the musical BUT hopefully on the BluRay they’ll be good backstage stuff which’ll make it worth it, plus it comes with a possible DVD release event ticket so if I hit for that then it’ll make the purchase worth it. If not, I’ll just sell it off to someone. Any takers? xD

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GOODS

I’m defo buying his randoms from this stage in the near future; last week they were super cheap at KBooks.

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And that’s all! Sorry it wasn’t all happy and smiles like you were probably expecting.. but to be honest; I LOVE complaining, when do I never not complain about a stage?

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You Me Her

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Chapter Thirteen: Not There Yet

Word Count: 3502

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After Lucas’ surprisingly good audition for The Wizard of Oz, Riley and Kai return to the Matthews’ apartment to talk. Kai presses Riley on what warranted Lucas to audition this time. Of course Kai knew about the incident at winter formal but as far as he knew Riley had completely ignored any advance Lucas had made to talk to her, so his very determined attitude at the auditions mixed with Riley’s off behaviour directly prior made Kai awfully suspicious of things. Riley has no choice but to share the details of her conversation with Lucas in the courtyard, with her best friend. 

Again, an anger is sparked within Kai that Lucas keeps dragging Riley deeper into the mind f that is his ‘feelings’ for her. But, nothing had Kai quite as worked up as Riley’s calm approach to it all. 

“How are you so okay?” Kai paces around Riley’s room. The brunette sits comfortably at the end of her bed as she watches Kai walk. 

“I’m trying to handle things maturely.” Riley forces a laugh but it falls flat. 

“Maturely?” Kai stops abruptly and expresses his word very dramatically. “My best friend is the most wonderfully over the top being to ever exist. She would be screaming incoherent babble down the street right now if she had that conversation with Lucas god damn Friar. Who are you and what have you done with my Riley?”

“I’m the dramatic one?” Riley folds her arms. 

“We celebrate the theatrics.” Kai swats the air aggressively. “I don’t buy this McCool act for a second.” 

“Do you want Lucas to have that power over me?” Riley questions. “For him to say a few words to me and I erupt like a volcano? Get drunk at a high school dance and scream incoherent babble down the street?” 

Kai’s face drops into an expression of deep thought. “No. Of course not.” He shakes his head. “I just want you to feel safe enough be honest with me, always.” 

“I do.” Riley smiles softly and pats the space beside her on the bed. Kai lets out a breath and sits by his best friend. Riley continues, “I’m calm about this because there are no decisions to be made. I told Lucas that I didn’t want to be with him and I have no intentions of changing my mind but even though I feel - and I’ll admit, uncharacteristically - calm about this whole Lucas issue, I am still very confused by it.” 

“What’s confusing?” Kai asks. “Maybe I can help sort through your jumbled thoughts?” 

“Noah said something to me the morning after the dance about loving Lucas.” Riley shifts nervously. “Still loving Lucas.” 

“He what?” Kai raises a brow. 

Riley speaks quickly so Kai doesn’t overreact. “He wasn’t saying I should date him, he just said that I never really got a chance to be in love with Lucas so he doubts I ever fell out of love with him.” 

“But you are over him, aren't you?” Kai frowns. 

“I thought so.” Riley frowns too but shakes her head quickly. “I’m definitely not pining after him the way I once did. I mean, don't most people have someone they’ll always have feelings for?” Riley poses it as a question but continues before Kai can respond. “But time and space helps you get over it. I liked- or loved Lucas but I did get over him.” 

“So why are you confused?” Kai asks. 

“Because, naturally, hearing him say he had feelings for me felt nice.” Riley shrugs, using Kai’s words the morning after winter formal as her own. “But if I was as over him as I thought then-” Riley huffs loudly. “I just don’t know anything anymore but I know how you feel about Lucas and-”

“Hey, hey, hey!” Kai cuts Riley off after seeing her spiral quickly, he may love her dramatic flare but he realises he doesn’t want her to be upset. “Tonight lets settle for not knowing anything.” Kai smiles sweetly as he reaches for Riley’s hand. “And then tomorrow and all the days after we can try and sort through some of those question marks and I promise to try really hard to not confuse your feelings for Lucas further by projecting my own feelings towards him on you.” 

“But you’ll let me know if I’m being crazy about it?” Riley asks. 

“Oh absolutely.” Kai nods. “But I’ll also try understand your thought process and support you no matter what.” 

“Thank you.” Riley says pulling him into a hug. 

It’s quiet for a moment as they embrace before Kai speaks again. “For the record - before I try play angel in this all - I want to help you understand your feelings and then get over Lucas, not get with him...” Kai is awkward. 

“That’s everything I want too.” Riley lets out a heavy breath but for some reason she felt like her words were a lie. 

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After final bell the following day, Riley and Kai walk towards the notice board knowing the cast list for the play is being posted that afternoon. The boy in glasses nervously tugs at the sleeve of Riley’s jacket as they walk. 

“I want you to know that whatever happens, you’re Dorothy.” Kai stops Riley a short distance from the notices.

“I don’t think it works like that.” Riley coaxes her head with a smile.

“I’m not saying this because you’re my best friend. I’m saying this because your audition was amazing.” Kai is genuine. “You deserve the lead no matter what Ms. Mitchell decides.”

“Thank you.” Riley smiles sweetly. “Look, there’s CJ.” Riley points towards the board. CJ is a music student, master pianist, he’s not technically part of the drama club but he’s played piano in every production since he transferred to Abigail Adams High the previous year.

Riley and Kai approach the board just as CJ finishes pinning up the cast list.

“Congratulations.” CJ flashes Riley a smile that could literally win awards, framed by dimples on either cheek. Riley gives him a dubious look as she watches him take a few backwards steps before he turns around and continues down the hall. When Riley pulls her attention away from ‘the music man’ she finds Kai already staring at the list with wide eyes.

“Give it to me straight.” Riley exhales loudly not having enough courage to look herself.

With a blank expression, Kai turns around slowly. Riley instantly suspects the worst but then her best friend begins to speak. “Good thing you look adorable in baby blue because you got the lead!”

“I’m Dorothy?” Riley asks in disbelief.

“You’re Dorothy!” Kai excitedly picks Riley up and spins her around, proving he’s much stronger than you’d assume by looking at his boyish frame. Kai places her down and frowns when he sees Riley’s off expression.

“You’re not happy?” He questions.

“No I am.” Riley insists. “It’s just weird.” Riley shakes her head not really wanting to explain herself. “You. What about you?”

“Tin Man.” Kai cutely shrugs a shoulder. 

“Yay, exactly what you wanted!” Riley claps happily. 

“How’d we go?” Noah is slightly puffed as he jogged to meet the pair after being held back in class. 

“May I introduce you to a one Miss Dorothy Gale.” Kai proudly stretches his arms out and presents Riley. The exciting news warrants Riley to be lifted up and spun around again, this time by Noah. 

“Sunshine, that is incredible!” Noah beams as he puts her down again. “Kai?” 

“Tin Man.” Kai repeats his cute shoulder shrug he gave Riley earlier. “But I’m more physced about this Superstar.” He nudges Riley with his arm. 

“Oh stop it.” Riley brushes off the praise. “It’s no big deal. This is a shared lead play, it’s so whatever.” 

“How many times are we going to have this argument?” Kai groans. “You have to stop minimising your contributions to the productions- to everything for that matter.” 

“He’s right, Sunshine.” Noah agrees with his boyfriend. “How many times are we going to have to tell you you’re amazing before you believe us?”

Riley just lowers her gaze. 

“Well I’ll say it again. I’ll say it a hundred times!” Kai giggles, “You’re amazing, you’re amazing-” 

“Stop!” Riley laughs nervously as she looks around at other students watching the spectacle Kai’s making. 

“Not until you agree!” Kai shakes his head, “You’re amazing, you’re amazing, you’re- Lucas-”

“I’m what?” Riley knits her brows. 

“Lucas.” Kai mutters as he nudges his head. Riley turns around to see Lucas strolling towards them. He flashes Riley a small smile but passes her and goes directly to the cast list. 

“Did he get a part?” Riley whispers but she wonders why she even bothered asking the question. Even after two years of not speaking, Riley had no doubt that Lucas Friar could show up to an audition, completely unprepared and charm his way into a roll, she’s surprised he didn’t get the part of Dorothy.

“Yes.” Kai rolls his eyes. “But I was going to ignore that fact whilst I revelled in your achievements.”

“Looks like we’re going to be spending a lot more time together.” Lucas calls over and the three other teens shift awkwardly after realising they were all staring at the Texan. 

“If only you had the brains to do that two years ago.” Kai snaps. 

“Funny.” Lucas chuckles and not in a way to egg Kai on but more so to try defuse the situation.

“Okay, we should go.” Not wanting things to escalate, Noah tugs at Kai’s arm to pull him away. 

Kai sighs heavily and lets himself be dragged away by Noah. Riley is frozen in place, her two friends are too far away for Riley to follow now, so she awkwardly turns her attention back to Lucas. 

“Congratulations.” Lucas says as he takes a few steps towards the brunette. 

“Thanks.” Riley says sheepishly. “I gather you got the roll of the scarecrow?” 

“I did.” Lucas nods. “Kai’s jabs, as deserving as they may be, are at least witty...” 

“Why did you audition?” Riley’s voice is almost a whisper. 

“You didn’t completely believe me yesterday and I made the mistake of letting you go before.” Lucas explains. “I can’t erase the past or turn back the clock but I can be here, right now and I can do whatever it takes to convince you that I’m still worthy of the feelings you once had for me.” 

“How many times do I have to say, I’m not that girl anymore?” Riley frowns. 

Lucas wears a crooked smile. “Then I’ll just have to try even harder to make this girl fall back in like with me.” 

“I’m going to be late for work.” Riley mumbles before leaving Lucas in the hall. 

That was only the beginning of Lucas’ advances. The Texan’s "I’m not going anywhere” comment from the auditions proved to be a promise Lucas was determined keep.

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School, for Riley it seemed to be six hours of Lucas. He was at her locker, or offering to walk her to class and each time she rejected her former crush, he would just hang close by and it wasn’t only the official school hours Riley had to deal with Lucas but after hours as well with play rehearsals. 

Rehearsals for the play are two afternoons a week and every second Saturday leading up to opening night. Considering Riley’s and Lucas’ rolls are heavily linked to one another she had to see and interact with him every rehearsal. 

Not only was Riley being overwhelmed with Lucas’ presence at school, during official and extra hours, but Lucas started showing up in places he hadn’t for a very long time, places like Topanga’s. 

Since Riley’s Europe trip is only a few months away she’s working in most of her spare time for extra cash, every afternoon Riley wasn’t busy with the play and sometimes on the weekends. Riley would have worked every waking minute but her parents do insist she takes some time to enjoy her senior year.

Now on those weekday shifts Riley finds herself serving a smirky Lucas as he sits at the counter and tries to lure her into conversation. As the days go on Riley finds herself being more susceptible to his charm and often has to shake her muddled thoughts straight and scold Lucas with a, “I’m working.” To which he always chuckles and that very sound irritates Riley each time because Lucas acts like this is some sort of game.

Riley does her best to get past the Lucas hiccup and tries to focus on some other major things happening in her senior year. Riley tries to focus on learning her lines for the play and keeping up her grades up as she approaches finals, as well as training one of the juniors to take over the online newspaper as editor and chief as she’s set to step down at the end of the month to focus on graduating.

Kai does make good on his promise and tries to reign in his obvious negative feelings towards Lucas. This doesn’t mean he’s glare free when it comes to Lucas showing up around Riley when Kai’s present. It’s not like Riley and Kai sit around discussing her feelings for Lucas in depth everyday. Actually, there were very few discussions shared between them after the auditions. The last time they spoke of it, Riley had concluded that she didn’t still love Lucas as in present tense feelings of wanting to be with him but rather there’s a past Riley, 2014-2017 Riley that still harbours those same feelings for the Texan. 

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Two weeks into rehearsals with only two more weeks until opening night, things were getting heated during a scene. The four ‘brick roaders’ - as Ms. Mitchell commonly reffered to them - were on the stage rehearsing a scene. Riley, Lucas, Kai and a girl named Sophie whom is playing the cowardly lion. 

Just prior to rehearsal, Riley had overheard Noah and Kai have a little fight about Noah’s reluctancy to accept Notre Dame’s early admission offer, so Kai was extra agitated from that. When Lucas fumbled one of his lines, Kai offers up a snarky remark. Riley quietly scolds her best friend and tries to keep the peace. Ms. Mitchell sighs heavily and interrupts.

“What is the problem now?” She huffs, clearly tired of their childish bickering.

“I was just brainstorming some creative suggestions to the play.” Kai exaggerates a smile. 

“And what might those suggestions be, Mr. Olsen?” Ms. Mitchell folds her arms. 

“I don’t know, I was just thinking that maybe I could use my oil can to douse the scarecrow and set him on fire.” Kai’s exaggerated innocence remains. Lucas rolls his eyes and Riley lifts a palm to her face whilst Sophie awkwardly stands there having no real personal involvement in the bickering. 

“If the cast cannot manage a professional code of conduct I will have to revise my decision about casing them in the first place.” Ms. Mitchell is stern. “Now, if you will please take it from the top,” she rolls her hand asking for them to begin. 

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By three weeks into rehearsals Kai’s finding it harder to match Riley’s cool composure. The more Lucas inserts himself into the nice little life Kai’s formed with Riley the more it irks him, thus making a return of Kai’s snarky comments whenever he crosses paths with Lucas, which to Kai’s dismay was a frequent occurrence. 

Even though Kai’s snide remarks continue they don’t deter Lucas from spending every spare moment he has just being around Riley. With Lucas’ frequent trips to the bakery after school, Zay eventually tags along too and even a sheepish Farkle shows up a few times with Smackle at his side. The genius girl being less afraid to make light conversation with Riley than both Farkle and Zay were. 

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Opening night finally approaches, dressed in Dorothy’s trademark blue checkered dress and the very common modern switch up of red high top converse shoes, Riley Matthews sits backstage trying to steal a moment alone before having to go on stage. She’s tucked away in the props room taking deep breaths, most of the other students gather in the dressing room. Riley sits on a little step stool and nervously fidgets with her fingers. 

Riley’s startled when the door swings open. She’s surprised to find it’s Lucas whom enters the room. 

“I didn’t think I was an actual scary scarecrow.” Lucas jokes having noticed her jump. 

“I was just having a moment.” Riley shakes her head. 

“Are you alright?” Lucas asks more seriously. 

“Just pre show jitters.” Riley smiles. “Nothing serious.” 

“I wanted to see you before you went on stage.” Lucas takes a step closer to her, he has one hand suspiciously behind his back. “I wanted to give you this.” Lucas reveals what he was hiding, a single, long stemmed rose.

“Lucas, you shouldn’t have.” Riley shakes her head. 

“It’s nothing.” Lucas insists. 

“No. I mean you really shouldn’t have.” Riley stresses.

“This is just one friend wishing another luck with their lead roll.” Lucas grins. 

“But we’re not friends.” Riley folds her arms. 

“Well what do you call this past month then?” Lucas questions playfully. 

“Stalking.” Riley manges to keep a straight face. 

“Ouch.” Lucas presses the rose to his chest as he rests a hand on his heart. 

“You know what?” Riley shifts in place. “In the library, before the dance, I quite liked spending time with you, a part of me was hopeful that we could even be friends again but then you opened your big stupid mouth and ruined any chance of that.” 

“Okay, ouch.” Lucas says more genuinely than the last time. “I know being friends should have been enough for me. I should have started small and worked up to it but I already wasted so much time.”

“We can’t be friends.” Riley reaffirms to herself more than to Lucas. “Besides, friends don’t buy friends roses.” 

“Back when we were friends we’d dance at school dances and I’d quote Shakespeare to you...” Lucas holds her gaze. “And that’s when we were just friends. This,” Lucas pauses to wave the single rose, “This is nothing.”

To Riley, his words sounded like a threat that his advances could somehow intensify even more. She frowns and says something that seems off topic but at the same time completely fit their relationship this past month. “There comes a time when the chasing has to stop.” 

“We’re not there yet.” Lucas smiles confidently. “And I don’t intend to let that moment ever come.”

“I have to go on stage soon.” Riley leaves the room without accepting the rose. 

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The play goes off without a hitch. The crowds clapping during the cast and crews final bow made the excitement pulse rapidly through Riley. Getting caught up in the moment Riley turns to Lucas and gives him a tight embrace which he happily reciprocates. After realising what she’s done, Riley pulls away and apologises for her actions. 

Lucas doesn’t regret the hug so he doesn’t waste time acknowledging her apology. “What are you doing after this?” Lucas questions. “Maybe we could go out and celebrate or something?” 

“Oh, um,” Riley shifts nervously, “CJ has already invited a few people back to his place... But I’m sure he’d be fine if you came along too. It’s sort of just an open invitation for people involved in the production...”

“You go ahead.” Lucas smiles. “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

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After the celebration at CJ’s, Noah and Kai walk Riley back to her building before continuing on their way together. The brunette quietly enters her apartment knowing her family would most likely be soundly sleeping at this hour.

Riley tiptoes up the stairs and begins unweaving the Dorothy braids she still wears in her hair. Riley enters her room and switches on the light on her way in. Riley kicks off her red sneakers - since she was using her own pair for the costume - and flops down on top of her covers completely exhausted. Opening night was always a tiring day for those involved in the production, this one was no exception. 

Riley uses the heel of her foot to scratch an itch on her opposite leg. Knowing she’ll eventually have to change out of her jeans and physically climb under the covers of her bed, Riley sits up. When she does, something in the bay window catches her eye. Riley stands and makes her way over to what captured her attention. Once at the bay window Riley picks up the single long stemmed red rose that rested gently on the seat. Riley pulls the flower close to her nose and inhales the aroma. She lets her gaze wander out the window, like she was searching for him, like Lucas would show up as if he’d been waiting for her to return home. Riley shakes her head, sits the rose back down and turns in for the night.

End Notes: If you’re reading this thank you for not cancelling me! I imagine it’s so frustrating waiting over TWO WEEKS for me to update but I genuinely appreciate how patient you all are. You guys rock. 

So this was a chapter I knew I needed but didnt have much prior solid planning behind it, that’s why it took me so long. I knew there was (and it still continues in future chapters) a ‘win Riley back’ phase I just didnt know how to go about it. 

CJ??? He’s mentioned a few times surely that means something???? CORRECT.  

Next chapter: Riley has a couple secrets surfacing, ones only she knew about dsflhg O0o0o0o0oo0.  Very cute piano boy will feature in some upcoming chapters ;) Will Noah be leaving for early admission? College acceptance letters?  How will Lucas fit into all this??????

The next next chapter: P R O M !!!!!!

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