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so2uv · 4 months

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@ so2uv's sappy time.

end of the year. ive survived and that's scary but you know what? it'll be fine. we'll all be fine and im promising that; whether it be this year, the next, or far in the future, we'll be ok :)) it's stupid how this platform, one that my friends teased me for using, left such an impact on me as a person.

AKA. MY END OF YEAR MUTUAL APPRECIATION POST. (warning: these got long and sort emotional for me to write. well, as emotional as i can get fjkdhgkjfd. sorry if my coherence gets lost later on. forgive me if you weren't mentioned specifically for something; i have more mutuals that expected. it's genuinely surprising.)

if you weren't mentioned specifically, there's still a note for you at the bottom. sorry for making you scroll for long to find it :'DD

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @tiredsleep . . . the mutual who has stuck through it all. oh tired. tired, tired, tired. i think im a little stupid for how happy i get when you like a post or send an ask or keyboard smash in my reblogs. a lot of what i said in my long ask to you a while back is what im trying to convey now. the way we met wasn't through much special; i followed you and eventually you followed back. it was slow going in the ways we interacted but the nicest things take time and im so glad we're the way we are now. we're strangers, two little guys on the internet, and i think it's beautiful how we have this. you're an amazing writer, an all around amazing creator of the worlds you build and the characters you create. i don't think you realized how envious i used to be of you; you made it seem like it was easy enough for you to connect with others, your writing was something id never achieve with mine, it was flat out jealousy. it was my fault we were distant to begin with. i soon figured out that praise was correct: you are among the most wonderful people ive had the pleasure of knowing and talking to you, even if it's just through a screen. there's so much more for me to say that i constantly struggle to put into the correct words to get the point across. just know that you have great things out there for you. have a great new year, tired. we'll make it. im so proud of you.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @aelatus . . . the last standing mutual of all my og (close) mutuals. hello atlas! im not sure if you'll ever see this on tumblr since i know you don't log on much but you've been my mutual through three blog changes now; was there for my xstar-kidx era and kozmiixs stage. we've been through shit together, had banter about grammarly together, lost certain mutuals together, have changed blogs, changed themes, switched fandoms, fell out of love with fandoms. it's been a wild couple of years, huh? im so thankful we've met and got close in the ways that we did and that we're able to call each others close. your birthday is soon so in the case that i forget to say this on discord: happy birthday, the xiao to my albedo. live a life of freedom and joy, my love /p.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @izukxnnie . . . hara :((( i don't think you'll ever come to read this message but that's alright; maybe it's for the better kdfgh. i know i sent you that long winded ask on your blog already but i miss talking and interacting with you, even with all my awkwardness. im still so regretful of that one time i sent a request to join your world but then you were busy and i didn't read your messages until later that day as in hours later bc i was at school and idk if i ever responded to them in the end. maybe i'll send you a message on discord later. maybe i won't bc i'll be too sentimental. i really hope you're doing more than well, that you're happy doing what you do.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @ay-asterisms . . . the mutual who introduced me to so many others. i really have you to thank for what i have now, ay. truly. you brought me deeper into the hq fandom and introduced me to jennie, atlas, and others. we don't talk much but i'll say what ive mentioned before, you remind me so much of the sun. but not as the bringer of life and the ball we see every morning; a sun in the sense that you're a star closer to earth but still a star, still out there where there are multiple. the difference is that you just happen to bring a warmth that others can't provide for ones nearby.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @cryo-locket / @lo-cinno . . . you. im not even sure how we became mutuals, and my memory is pretty good. we just spawned in each other's zones one day and went yeah, alright. honestly, ive never said this to anyone, but you were one of the reasons i decided to focus more heavily on chinese. our interactions reminded me of why i wanted to relearn the language for myself: for the social connections. i genuinely love talking to you and always find myself laughing at our conversations. mainly because our timezone dif is so odd so it's always late in the evening when im on. your ebg was so fun and with all the pain it brought / hj, im so happy to have been part of it. thank you for putting up with my 2 am rambles and crack, hope you found laugh or two with them.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @pr3tty-jennie . . . you intimidated me when we first met. i still remember it actually: you had that kamninari theme and the most recent post on your blog was about how you couldn't remember the word for chandelier in english but knew it in french. you've been through so much, endured so much, and i respect you so much. always have, always will. your life story and the past don't define who you show as a person and im so amazed by that part of you. have a good day, good week, good rest of your life pretty girl :DD

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @june-again . . . it's crazy, you know? crazy how far we've both drifted off from the original fandom that brought us together? but that's character development. speaking of that, ive gotten the absolute pleasure of seeing you grow as a person and go through the motions of life. it's always chill talking to you, jokes come easy hah! you're an amazing musician, june. amazing person, amazing at writing, amazing at music; you're outstanding so in the words of Freddy fazbear from security break, way to go superstar! i knew you could do it and i know you still can.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @junjiie . . . the seungmin to my minho, the other half of 2min, the self proclaimed jeno to my renjun (have yet to be a dreamzen my b :(() and the no. 1 solieber. i was serious when i said you're the reason my other blog exists; you've been the biggest hype person when it came down to me going out of my comfort zone and writing. i was so nervous going up to talk to you at first kjfdhgkj but now, you're just another silly guy in my phone screen :DD thank you for sending all your updates about life and putting up with mine even though they never get answered- seungmin to not only my minho, but hyunjin too, let's keep being #Silly, yeah?? it's already the actual new years day when you're receiving this so i hope the year is off to a good start.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @sohyuki . . . MINT im hoarding the ask that you sent me on christmas day. im always so happy when you've shown up on dash and while im sad about how you've let tumblr mainly behind, i know it's for the better since well, interactions have been shit and probably will never get back up to the standard we held them to, even with all the effort put in. you are such an amazing all around person and like i said in my christmas note to you, keep writing. hoard it, feed into it, you have something wonderful going on with it.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @kamiyatos . . . user kamiyatos!!! lee!!! HELLO!!! it's always such a pleasure to talk to you and i hope you know that i keep your ramble about malleus' character and your plot idea for him in the back of my mind constantly, even though that ask has been lost to my actions of deactivation on my old blog. you're the biggest ayato fan i know who supports my works about him vocally AND you understand my vision on his personality... it's truly touching, y'know? thank you for being there, even when we don't talk as much as we should. i hope this year has been kind on you and the next one is even kinder.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @yinyinggie . . . yingyingyingyingerkjshkjfdg ok this may come as a shock, or maybe you already knew and were just playing along, but we used to be mutuals before the summer of last year. secret identity revealed ig?? eh im sure if you dig far enough into my dark past™️ you'll find smth about it so im not going to say anything about it :P but! one thing has stayed the same for sure: you are so easy and so fun to talk to and make conversation with. you know that ramble i left on the astro twerk form about feedback for the server? yeah. im 100% truthful. you've made something so inclusive and positive, have done to much to get tumblr active, please know that your efforts aren't wasted. im sure they feel like it at times but i appreciate it so much. and im sure others have the same sentiment.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @mhiieee . . . MHIEEEEEEEE MY SCARA FAN !!!! i love and adore your works so much and not to mention your characterization of scaramouche is top tier. ive got a lot to learn from you, mhie; i don't think you realize how much there is to admire when it comes to you as a person. you find such meaning and connection in the words and the world, the sincerity that comes with it,,,,, it makes me want to sob and roll around while also simultaneously wanting to take your brain apart neuron by neuron and psychoanalyze you. not in the freudian way though. ive had the greatest honor of being able to interact with you on not just one, but two!!! servers!!! i think it's a little silly how much i smile when you reply to smth dumb ive said on disc. have a great new year :))

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @ryuryuryuyurboat . . . RYUUUUUU literally the most stunning person to walk the planet ever like. hello??? our first interactions came from that ebg funny enough. does a little ★🪽 anon ring a bell? i only ever got around to sending you one sabo during that time but i hope you did enjoy what i came up with on the spot, i never was very good when it came down to kaeya's character. you are so intelligent and such an amazing individual, please always remember that.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @snobwaffles / @2nobwaffles . . . SNOB SNOB SNOB i always think of the pokemon when your name comes up. in my head, you will always be snom, the bug-ice type pokemon <33 IT'S SO FUN TALKING TO YOU and we haven't been mutuals for long either. im always thinking of the advice you left me when it came down to my rant about an irls party and there's something about the way you're able to appreciate and take note and find beauty int he smallest of things that get brought up. i wish you the complete best that 2024 has to off you. keep calm and snob on :DD

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @itaerae & @mins-fins . . . im putting the two of you together because well, i met you both at the same time through the server. while i can't consider it and, ive never really had such an inviting time in a server, much less a network, as ive had in zumblr. really, it's you two that i owe thanks to. our silly little convos are so fun and im forever thankful that ive found people to talk to on a server for once.

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @https-furina . . . the best server mother fr!!! omg it's so nice talking to you :((( i love the warmth of your words and how your emotions shine through text. it feels like i can practically envision the fond eyeball or the warm smile that you may or may not have on your face when messaging. i’ve had such a great time in the network and your pet names fjfbdjdbjdb have a great 2024 heh :DD

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @lethwal & @astrinityy . . . i don't think you guys realize how fun it was when we were all "debating" and accusing me of being a furry. honestly, i haven't had to stifle laughter like that in the middle of the night as hard as i did for a small while. not too long but long enough. it was a breath of fresh air and it was genuinely amazing to just be able to put the present on the back burner and play around like that. even though it was kind of late for me when that was happening- ignore that. it's always late for me when im online atp. i hope we can get past those baseless accusations you have both placed on me tehe. have a happy new years, you two. ALSO YIXIN!! GA-MING PROTECTION SQUAD RISEEEEE

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @/zumblr . . . there's so many of you and i can't find the proper words to express the welcome i felt when added to the server. it was nerve wracking, ive never really gotten around to talking to that many people or being that open on the internet before. it's funny how one summer can bring you out of your shell a little, eh? and all bc of some guys on screen lmao. thank you for the support and im happy to have met such wonderful people. thank you, again. @urielphix I AM. DETERMINED TO READ ADAD JUST YOU WAIT

𖣂 ┈ ⟡ ˒ @ everyone else, all my mutuals as of now and past, who weren't mentioned or mutuals who want to read something again . . . hello!! im sorry to disappoint by not adding you properly and for not giving a personalized thanks; it wasn't anything against it you at all. reason 1) i probably forgot as um. goldfish brain or 2) we just became mutuals pretty recently and haven't had the chance to really talk much / have been sort of long term but haven't talked much.

either way though, thanks for sticking around! im not the most. literate person. sometimes LMAO and im far from being a proud person of skill when it comes to the right words to say to people but im always happy when people find something worth it in my silly words. i hope we get to interact more in the future, as long as you can put up with my inconsistent (to say the least) replies and brain boggling posts that come from the depths of the midnight zone, that is. get ready for the ride that is this. clusterfuck of a blog place. LMAO,,,, if you haven't already scrolled through my stuff. if you have then um ready for more??? fkdjhgkjlghf

if you've made it to the end, thank you. and why?? im not that interesting or cool as everyone makes me out to be. if you had told 2019 me on tumblr that 4 years later, id be posting my works for everyone to see and also be proud of my own poetry, i would have laughed and called you absolutely insane. some of you have sat through me going through different gender and pronoun crises on dash back in 2020, and some of you ive only met this month.

whatever our situation is, i wish all the best for everyone . i’ll support you guys until the end of the earth and then some. have the happiest of happy new years, may your futures always be brighter than you say they are, and i’ll see you later 💛

sincerely — sol / jun

#🔎. navi !#// do not perceive me im going to go curl up in a corner now #// ive never been this sentimental or thought out a personal post quite as much as this one #// vulnerability isn't my strong suit ok???#// i wish these were more put together TwT

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basketballanonsblog · 7 months

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Truth

I'm getting closer to 'Goodnight and goodbye' (which I have not finished 🤡) but I enjoy writing this au:

It had been a week since Jihyo had started dating you.

She was grateful for your patience when she said she wanted to wait a little while before telling the others about your relationship.

"I'll be right by your side, when you're ready to tell them, jagi."

Jihyo had decided to just rip the band-aid off and finally tell the members.

But first things first, she had managed to make it to your training ground. She looked around, frowning when she couldn’t immediately see you.

Suddenly, she heard your loud voice, and when she looked at you, her jaw dropped.

You were dressed in one of your uniforms, currently doing push ups. As if sensing that you were being watched, you glanced in her direction.

Your brother appeared by Jihyo's side

"She'll be finished soon, just one more exercise to do. But you're welcome to ogle my sister as long as you want."

His comment immediately made her blush.

"I'm just admiring her that's all!"

Yep, I'm just admiring y/n's toned arms...

She bit her lip at the sight of your muscles, and the way your exposed skin glistened from the heat of the sun.

Staring is apparently time consuming, because before Jihyo knew, you had jogged to her.

"Hey jagi, sorry for making you wait. I'm just going to take a shower then we'll leave."

Jihyo could only nod as you walked away.

Her mind began racing. She wondered how it would feel to run her hands across your shoulders before moving down to touch your biceps; and more of your defined frame...

If it was possible, her cheeks turned even more red as she became warm. Too warm.

"I need a cold shower."

A laugh snapped her out of it. Jihyo forgot your brother was still standing next to her, and she couldn't feel anymore embarrassed even if she tried.

-x-

True to your word you showered as quickly as you could and joined your girlfriend.

The pair of you waved goodbye to your brother before heading to the dorm. It wasn't the first time you've slept over there but this will be the first time you sleep over as more than friends.

Jihyo was ready to tell the girls of your relationship.

After debating how to break the news, the leader just decided to be direct.

Which is how the two of you ended standing in the dorm with 8 pairs of eyes staring at you after Jihyo called a group meeting.

"Y/n and I are dating."

A beat.

"For how long?" Jeongyeon asked.

"A week."

Another beat of silence before chaos erupted.

"All of you owe me money!"

Shouts of protest filled the room as both of you stood shocked.

"Wha- Tzuyu?!"

"...on a totally different bet."

Either way, Tzuyu was given what she was owed. Leaving her seven unnies grumbling in annoyance.

Honestly the situation was absurd yet so fitting for the members that you couldn't help but laugh.

You brought Jihyo close, and turned your head to kiss her temple. She got as close as she could, resting her head on your shoulder.

"That went well don't you think?" You whispered.

"Definitely."

"Now that you're a couple does that mean you'll sleep together?"

Both of you immediately went red.

"NAYEON!" Her mind went back to how sweaty you were not even an hour ago.

"I didn't mean it like that! Gosh Jihyo, get your head out of the gutter. I just meant like would y/n still use the couch when she sleeps over or will you two share the bed?"

"Well you guys have single beds so that doesn't leave much room to share anyway. I have to stick with the couch."

"At least none of us have to worry about getting woken up by the two of you making certain noises late at night."

Everyone looked at her in exasperation and Nayeon guesses she kind of deserved the multiple pillows thrown her way.

"Innuendos aside, how did you guys become a couple?" An extended olive branch from Nayeon's side.

Jihyo recounted what happened last week and it made them swoon.

"Do our managers know?" Mina's question felt like a slap back to reality.

Jihyo was still in idol. An idol part of a group that had only been formed a year ago.

A group that was currently on a three year dating ban.

Her grip on your hand tightened ever so slightly.

"No, they don't."

~x~

Everyone went to bed not long after the news broke out. Mina apologised for ruining the mood, but no one was mad.

You couldn't fault her really. It was a valid question.

Jihyo walked out of her room, towards you.

"Are you alright jagi?"

"I'm fine, I couldn't sleep."

"Come here."

You moved as much as you could so she could lie down next to you. It was too cramped, but you didn't mind being close to her. You wrapped your arms around her while she rested her head in the crook of your neck.

"You're thinking about what Mina said aren't you?"

"Yeah. I want to tell them but that means I'd have to let you go because I'm breaking the rules. How can I give you up when I've only just found you?"

You didn’t have an answer for her, so all you could do was try to comfort her.

"We'll be alright Jihyo. Everything will be okay."

If only the two of you knew what was going to happen next.

#jihyo x reader #twice x reader #twice fanfic #kpop fanfic

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ralexsol · 4 months

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HELLO EVERYONE! IT IS TIME FOR MY ANNUAL ART RECAP!!

This year, a lot of my art was not shared online. I did a lot of sketching, and the digital art I did do was often new designs for npcs in the Call of Cthulhu oneshot I wrote (which I am keeping mostly to myself for the time being). So while it may seem that I didn't do too much this year, I think it's safe to say I did my best to grow when I was able to!

All the same, there was some art I DID share with you all, the best of which have been collected here. 4 of these were projects for the digital art class I took this past Fall semester at school, 4 are Slime Story pictures, and 4 are PD pieces. I honestly don't know how it ended up that way, I guess I just love drawing the PD! And the Slime Story ones are a given, because I just LOVE THEM SO MUCH.

I remember the process for each of these pieces so clearly. All of them required hours upon hours of work - even the Fresh!Ink one, his design is so fucking complicated. But I'm so glad I was able to be patient and finish every single one of them. The craziest thing is that I can see the progression of my art skills even just through this year - comparing the 1st PD piece to the Loki animation is astounding. I have been feeling a little more insecure about my art lately, so it's reassuring to see that I haven't been entirely stagnant.

And most importantly, I DID 2 ANIMATIONS?? IN A WEEK??? Yes, one was a looping 12 frames and the other was just 3 seconds, but still??? Real animation, and it looks good!! It may not be the 3-minute PD animation I've been wanting to work on for over a year, but it's a start for certain. My dream of becoming an animator had died briefly in favor of the idea of majoring in comics, but now I don't know! Seeing characters come to life, and that being my doing? It's awe-inspiring. I just love it so much. So, we'll see what animation projects I attempt next!

I can't wait to conquer future challenges in my art journey. I hope to open commissions in a few months and to actually get clients, but we'll see how that goes! I'm definitely not as skilled as a lot of aspiring artists my age, so it may take another couple years to really be able to pull in customers. As for right now, I'll continue sketching little guys and relearning how to draw hands :)

#digital art #rrays art

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izzy-b-hands · 1 year

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"I'm excited," Izzy lies.

"Yeah, he's lying," Ed sighs. "It's because we trust you to look after this. We'll be back in a few weeks, and I know you won't die being on land for a while."

He nods. Ed is right. It's only a few weeks of looking after this monstrous house that Stede has been left (by a man who either is or isn't his real father, it's unclear mostly because Stede keeps switching between tears or utter rage at the entire situation. But Izzy understands that.)

He sits on the beach with his things and watches them sail away anyway.

There's far too many rooms. No one can possibly need this much space.

Or at least, no one can need this many bedrooms.

"And these curtains," Izzy scoffs and whips them shut around the four poster bed. "They...huh. Not bad."

They're made of ridiculously thick and heavy material and are a pain to move, but that first night it's a solace to feel contained.

"Just like the ship," he murmurs to himself as he slips under the sheets.

Except it isn't. There's no motion to rock one to sleep, and he can't help but feel like a sitting duck, though for what exactly he can't say.

It keeps him in the bed as a result though, feeling oddly safer as long as the heavy curtains have him cut off from the rest of the room.

"Oh he's going to hate that."

The oil painting shows a clearly happy young Stede. Very young though, a toddler at oldest.

With a man who looks nothing like the father Stede had described growing up with. It's possible, sure, the man simply underwent a major set of physical changes but...

No. No, it isn't, because there are some features one can't easily change that much. Which makes it all the worse, because who on earth helped raise Bonnet if not his actual father, and why?

But the answers for that lie in the incredibly dusty library, and he's never been amazing at reading...

So he winds up in the library an hour later.

"Two days of labor," Izzy winces as he reads through yet another volume of family history, more a journal than anything else, this one including an overly detailed account of Stede's birth. Which only strengthens the apparent truth:

Bonnet was born to the man and woman that had lived in this estate. There was no mention of exactly why, but at a certain point in Bonnet's very early childhood his mother had taken him and left (presumably to be with the man he thought was his actual father.)

That point was evident from a single, final journal entry from the man: 'Today the lights have gone out of my life.'

"This explains a lot," Izzy stares out over the extensive, extremely wild garden. "He'd love this."

For that matter, Izzy doesn't hate a well tended garden himself. He can't do a lot, but he can clear things away and give the plants breathing room.

That takes a good few hours, and the rest he burns back in the library.

"Pirate stories to a baby," he chuckles as he flips through yet another journal. "If only you knew what you'd done to him. He can't be anything else now, and I don't think he'd want to be. He's almost a competent pirate, even."

Every other entry is about Stede. His first steps, the first flower he picked on his own from the garden, his favourite bed time story...

"All for him to only remember the man that hated him," Izzy sighs and sets the book aside. "That's..."

His fingers tap the cover.

He takes the next couple of hours and sets aside every single journal that covers the time just before and after Stede's birth. It's a slightly ridiculous amount, but if anyone would be willing to read through it, it would be Stede.

And he stands to benefit from it, as far as Izzy can see.

The following days pass...oddly well.

He gardens, and cooks, and when his eyes can bear it dips into the occasional book aside from the journals before bed.

But the nights are ungodly lonely. Sure, few of the crew ever talked much to him on The Revenge, but they were at least around.

He keeps the curtains around the bed shut each night, resisting the urge to pin them closed. It's a senseless, childish urge that would only prove dangerous in an emergency.

That, and if anything or anyone truly wanted at him, a curtain would hardly slow them down.

"Izzy?"

Stede peers into the garden. "Ed, I think he did this."

"I would imagine he did. That or there are incredibly talented birds at work."

"Why birds? What about the snakes?"

"...very funny."

He hears them coming, but lets them make their way up the path fully before acknowledging them.

"Captains."

"How was it?" Ed asks. "Before you answer, actually, did we mention why someone needed to stay here for so long?"

"No. I figured there was some-"

"Ah fuck, I thought we'd said...well. How haunted did it seem?"

"It didn't?"

"Good! That means the letter saying he had to last at least a week there in order to claim it was bullshit!"

"Did it say anyone, or Stede specifically?" Izzy asks.

"Does it matter if it isn't haunted?"

"Huh. I suppose it doesn't."

"Can I ask about those?" Stede points to the stacks of journals, now gathered by the front door.

"Pulled them aside for you. Maybe you spent these last weeks figuring out what they say, but I'd read them anyway, were it me."

"Oh."

"He loved you," the words spill out and Izzy can feel himself blush. "He'd be so proud of you. Not just for the growing up, having your own family, whatever, but...you being a pirate."

Stede nods.

"I..I don't read much and I meant no offense by looking-"

"We're okay," Ed interrupts. "Stede, how about I grab some of the crew and we take whatever you want from here to the ship, hm?"

"Start with the journals."

Then Stede is off at a decent pace into the fields that extend behind the house.

"I can go," Izzy hears himself say.

"Is this guy..." Ed hesitates. "This is his actual dad, isn't it? Did he say why-"

"I don't think he ever found out, or was told. I'll make sure we meet you at the beach in a bit."

"Bonnet?"

"I don't get it," Stede mutters. "I never...my mum never mentioned this. Ever. And my father...well, do I call him that? He was there, sure, but he wasn't actually...and the way he-"

"You call him whatever you want," Izzy sighs and sits by him in the dirt and grass. "Or not at all. Were it me, I'd stick with this guy instead. If he does haunt this place, then he's the best ghost to have. Didn't bother me once."

"And they wanted me?"

"Very much so. There's a book that's almost entirely dedicated to detailing your birth, if that's any indication. Very detailed. Extremely. Not a bad thing, just bear that in mind. And have a thought for your poor mum."

"Can't have been that bad."

"How long did your wife labor with your kids?"

"Oh god...Alma was about a day. Louis, well, Louis...look, you can't ever tell him this, but he didn't wait."

"I'm not following."

"It's not Mary's fault either! She went from going about her day to broken waters and pain and then suddenly...look, he was only on the floor for a moment!"

Izzy snorts. "You kept your mother abed and in pain for two straight days. If anything, your son probably went about it the easiest for everyone involved."

"Two days? Oh..."

"Read the rest of the journals. And if ever you and Ed want a vacation away...give Olu the helm and spend some time here. There are portraits of you as a wee thing Ed would die to see."

Stede raises a brow. "And what will you be doing?"

"Whatever Olu orders, I presume. Or gardening here, if you'd want the help."

"I didn't take you for that type."

"Neither did I. But apparently he put a lot of work into it, with you strapped to his chest half the time it sounds like. Figured since I was here..."

They lapse into silence, side by side, listening to Ed and the crew shout and joke as they empty the house of the few bits and bobs that might be useful for the time being.

"Can't sleep?"

The ship rocks and he's surrounded again by the knowledge that so long as he's onboard the ship, he isn't alone.

"No," Izzy replies and pats the bit of deck beside him. "What volume are you on?"

Stede sits and groans. "I've lost track. Sometime just before my first birthday. I love all the information, but my god, what a...a...wordy fucker."

He snorts, bites back a giggle, then laughs.

"What?"

"Of all the people to say that!"

"Oh! Lucius is transcribing, so any extra-"

"Don't put it on him! I've watched him; he keeps to your words as you dictate."

"I do," Lucius yawns as he passes by them, back towards his huddle with Pete, Fang, and Roach.

Stede giggles, then sighs.

"Thank you. For all of it: staying there, looking after things, cleaning up the garden, and...what you found out."

"You're one of my captains. You ordered me to do it; what else was I going to say?"

"That's what Ed said when I asked if you'd do it or not. More or less, at least."

"He knows me well."

"He does."

After a moment, Stede gently elbows him. "I know you're tired. I am too. Maybe...Ed is already in bed. We've got those two new couches we stole in there as well..."

"I have a room."

"That you haven't gone back in since you got back onboard."

A few minutes later, they're each sprawled on a couch in Ed and Stede's quarters.

"Better?"

"I miss the curtains."

Stede chuckles. "That could just be your room, whenever we go back and visit."

"And we will be?"

"I think we will. Ed likes the idea, and Olu is amenable to taking over now and again, so long as we try and tell him in advance."

"I'd like that."

"Good. Now, did you do more than skim the section about my actual first birthday party? Apparently I briefly went missing, though I need to go through and read this properly-"

"I would love to hear where on earth they found you. I have a guess."

"Garden?"

"Beach," Izzy smiles and snuggles into the ornate couch pillow. "He had you wanting to be a pirate before you could talk or swim. Where else would you be?"

There's the sound of flipping pages as his eyes flutter shut, and then a chuckle.

"I'll be damned. They found me on the beach, playing in the sand."

"Told you," Izzy yawns. "S'where I would have probably gone at that age too."

There's a beat, then a chuckle before Stede starts reading from the journal softly.

#text post #long post #this is leaning towards stizzy at the end but like. v v v early days stizzy aksnfjfn #idek what happened here im having emotions abt families and feelings and moving and what home means #so i shoved a lot of it onto izzy and stede sorry lads #a lot of emotions abt parents and dads in particular idk moving and tapering off my current meds has me...#so Many Feelings abt all this stuff all at once holy shit iz and stede bby im sorry akdnfkyn

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gra-sonas · 2 years

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Roswell, New Mexico, certainly looks to be going out with a bang!

With only one more season left to finish up the series' epic run, things start action-packed for our heroes, who deal with relationship milestones and the arrival of some new aliens.

We were lucky enough to score some time with EP Christopher Hollier, who gave us some great insight into the couples, what's on the horizon, and what he hopes the masses remember about this show.

Hi Chris, how are you?

Christopher Hollier: Hi, Whitney. I'm good. How are you doing?

I'm doing great. Thank you.

Christopher Hollier: Great.

So, I just want to jump right into the premiere here. We meet a new triad in this hour. What can you tell us about these new aliens and their presence in Roswell?

Christopher Hollier: Sure. Well, the things that intrigued us were cowboys and aliens. We got a lot of cowboys. We wanted to introduce some more aliens. We've always talked about what a triad is and how one should function, right? But our heroes don't actually have those tools.

They're a little bit behind the gun there. So we wanted to introduce one that's supposedly being a functional one. And what does it look like to play off each other's strengths? But again, this is Roswell, so I'll just say that where we start, every member of that triad is not probably where they're going to end up.

And in the premiere, time and the notion of making sure it's the right time for certain decisions seem to be a major theme during the hour.

Christopher Hollier: Yeah.

Is that something we'll continue to see throughout the rest of the season, this idea of making sure it's the right time for things?

Christopher Hollier: Not necessarily time implicitly, but more about being at a place that you're comfortable with and knowing enough about yourself to take that next step in life.

And sometimes you don't know. Sometimes you jump even if you don't have that. And so, in that larger sense, that's what we're playing with. What it means to be emotionally ready or not ready, or whose hands you hold when you make good or crazy decisions.

Sure! Which kind of leads to Max and Liz. They make that decision together on the roof of The Crashdown, about their engagement and the next steps. And it feels like a really mature decision for them. So can you kind of walk us through the decision to get them to that place in their relationship?

Christopher Hollier: Absolutely. We felt like in previous seasons, sometimes they had made decisions that were rash, and they made them separately. And so they really did make a promise to themselves at the end of last season to make more together.

And sometimes, when you make them together, it doesn't mean that you make every correct decision, or that it's not heartbreaking, but they come to this very, very difficult place out of love, essentially, right?

That this isn't the moment because it won't give them the best chance of success.

Sure, yeah. And I love that they have that conversation, and then, boom, here comes the next big thing in their lives that they have to deal with.

Christopher Hollier: Yeah. We wanted to set that up. We were like, how can we make a non-proposal the most romantic thing ever? That was our goal when we sat down to write that.

Yeah. And I think you succeeded. It's a really beautiful moment between them.

Christopher Hollier: Nice!

Switching over to another couple, Michael and Alex. They move in together. That's a major step forward in their relationship, and we see Michael struggle with the reality of that situation. What can you tell us about that relationship, where it stands now, and where it could go in the future?

Christopher Hollier: Sure. Well, we wanted to advance them as well. We felt like last season, we got them to a place where it's like, enough nonsense. We love each other. We want to move forward together.

But moving forward together, again, it's not always the easiest path. Just because you found that person to stand next to, it doesn't mean that life stops throwing you challenges. So, we really wanted to say they're a functional couple. They love each other, right? The littlest things aren't going to unmoor them.

But how do we challenge them in a new way for them to find their next step?

For sure. Yeah, I'm excited to see where they go from here because it seems it's been building to this, and them being together and finally what that looks like.

So, Isobel has had a profound journey over the course of this series. And in the premiere, we learned that she sold her house and her business. It's almost like she's stepping into a new phase of her life. So can you kind of speak to her journey and preview what's next for her?

Christopher Hollier: Exactly. We felt that she had a lot of fear of standing up and saying who she was. And again, we got her to that next place. For her character actually, though, we have a little bit more defining of it. For all of our characters, we're getting them to say, what's that next step.

Many of them are looking forward to that. They're also looking backward, right? So, who got us to where we are now, and then who's going to help get us to that next place.

And so for her, we really tend to, as she stands up and says, I'm ready to be a mentor, based upon the things that I've learned, we're going to challenge her in a way that's like, well, who's my next mentor for the next stretch of my journey?

Okay. I like that.

Family, friendships. They're really at the heart of Roswell in a lot of ways. And in the premiere, we got to see some great friendship dynamics like Dallas and Michael, Max and Cameron, Dallas and Maria, a new one.

So, I was curious with you, which dynamics have you enjoyed writing, and will we continue to see different pairings along with the whole crew coming together at points as well?

Christopher Hollier: Yes, to both. That was one of the greatest discoveries coming out of the pandemic. It was hard to bring people in, so we had our players, right? We had our troop. And so the goal then was to put them together and see how they interacted with each other. And we were like, we love all of this.

So, I think especially too, as we started to maybe get the sense this might be done, we wanted to make sure we were crossing everyone and letting people have scenes with each other.

Mm-hmm. That's great.

Christopher Hollier: But we are still doing "Avengers assemble." There are going to be a lot of people standing in a lot of places by the time we get to the end.

Oh, that's great. What character arc are you most excited to see play out this season?

Christopher Hollier: I couldn't say. That's like saying what's your favorite kid. But I love, in particular, the journey that Max goes on. He takes a really big step, I feel, this year in understanding himself, whereas he's been very supportive to other people's journeys.

I love Liz continuing to redefine being comfortable in two places. I'm comfortable with letting other people take the reins, but I'm still a genius, and I know that I'm going to change the world. I love that.

And I just love, actually, the challenge...I don't want to give anything away, but I love the challenge that we did create for Michael and Alex. We found a new, different, romantic way to tell the story, I think, that people are going to dig as it unfolds.

If you could describe the season in a word or even a couple of words, what would you say?

Christopher Hollier: In a couple of ways? I will say completed circles.

Ooh. Okay. I like that. Looking back across the entire series, since this is going to be the last season, what are you most proud of?

Christopher Hollier: What I'm most proud of? I think we did lots of great storytelling things that I love. We had a lot of nineties music. We put a lot of residuals in people's pockets. But the thing I'm actually most proud about...I'm most proud of our entire cast and crew.

What they were able to accomplish, again, in a time when the world was really crazy. Everything that they brought together is a product of what you're seeing. It's all of their creative minds. It's all of their great attitudes. And all of their willingness to play that made this.

For sure. And how hard is it to say goodbye to this world?

Christopher Hollier: Goodbyes are always hard, I would say. We didn't know, but the storytelling lends itself to an end. And you could feel the shift for some of these characters, not just the characters, but them personally. They started to understand what it might mean to play these scenes.

And at least we got to do that. We got to say goodbye together. The best thing I can say out of the goodbye.

How do you hope that Roswell, New Mexico, will be remembered?

Christopher Hollier: With a little bit of hopefulness that love is the way through, and science should be paid attention to.

That's great. Thank you so much for your time today, Chris.

Christopher Hollier: No worries. Thanks for watching.

#chris hollier #rnm spoilers #rnm cast interviews #roswell new mexico s4

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vorrentis · 4 days

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Reader x Chaeyoung - Getting Over It (Part 2)

I'm just gonna say I'm sorry for the late update and I hope you enjoy this one!

PART 3 will be up in just a bit.

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Sorry.

ENJOY!!!

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"Well Chae, thanks for the day." You turned to her as Chaeyoung put her hands behind her back and smiled.

"Of course (YN). Anytime. You did very well today."

You shrugged.

"I don't know Chae, it's been almost the same the past five days."

"Almost (YN), almost. AND you got to your knees yesterday. That's an improvement." Chaeyoung pointed at you as you sighed.

"And to chicken out a few seconds later." Chaeyoung's shoulder and frown fell as she punched your chest as you gave almost no reaction.

"Oh come on (YN), don't be negative. Sure, I can't imagine how tough it is, but to see you pushing and pushing, I can say that we're doing very well with each day. You're not swimming or anything, but the first day, you couldn't even go off the first step, now look at you yesterday. We're making progress and I'm glad I'm here to see it through (YN), no matter how slow." Chaeyoung topped it off with her signature smile while you remained stoic.

You loved how Chaeyoung's eyes seemed to be smiling whenever you looked at her. There was a certain sparkle to her, and she was funny and goofy with you, which made you feel relaxed, brave and at ease whenever Chaeyoung was around you.

You smiled.

"Yeah, yeah you're right. I'm sorry about being negative Chae, you're trying your best and me behaving like that isn't right. We're making progress, small, yet progress."

Chaeyoung hummed.

"That's the mindset (YN), we'll beat this in no time." Chaeyoung raised a fist in front of her as you smiled. You loved her personality and optimism and you swore at yourself to not be such an ass to her next time.

"Yeah, we will. You know tomorrow, we should invite the others to join." Chaeyoung's interior happiness dropped, but she kept her smile on.

You and Chae told the others that Chaeyoung was helping you overcome it.

You even told them how it happened the day on the beach when it all started.

It wasn't a happy reaction as each of them grimaced at the event and a couple of them were on the brink of tears of what could have happened, Sana the worse.

Chaeyoung, hearing it again, closed her eyes and tried to think of something else. She didn't want to have that in her mind.

Eventually, they all calmed down from it and each of them gave a word to you that they were glad that you were with them, even Tzuyu, and promised to help you out when needed as well.

You thanked them for that and well, that was that.

"Yeah? You think they'll help?" She asked as you shrugged.

"I don't know about help, but with the heat out, it would be nice to be with us in the pool too." Chaeyoung hummed, "but who knows, maybe with you and the other's support, it'll be easier for me to ease my way into the water. And honestly, I feel bad that you're sitting there waiting for me to do something. I figured maybe you can hang with someone else in the pool while I do my thing."

Chaeyoung didn't know what to make of that.

Yes, she wanted to ask others to help, but after seeing the progress, she now thought that she didn't need to and she really wanted to have her own time with you.

If she said no, will you think she was selfish?

"Well...if you want them to come then, we could ask. But I don't mind waiting (YN), I told you with you, I don't care. Besides I remember our long hours of you tutoring me in math the last term and you stayed with me till I figured out how to solve each step (YN), longer than what we've been doing. You remember what you told me each night?"

You smiled.

"I said that I'd be right here sitting with you no matter what nor how long it takes till you got it." You recalled those words as Chaeyoung hummed in approval.

"Exactly, so now I'm saying that to you."

And there was the effect of being with Chaeyoung.

No matter what, your morale goes up to tenfold around her.

You chuckled at her enthusiasm and nodded.

"Well, I guess I got nothing better to do~," Chaeyoung jabbed your stomach at that joke as she and you laughed, "hehe, thank you Chae. Really."

She shrugged.

"Don't mention it."

You hummed.

"Alright. Well, I guess I should head off. My dad is texting me to get home now."

Today was cut short due to your dad making reservations at your favorite restaurant. It was you and your dad only as he wanted to, in his words, bond with you more. He felt like you were gone most of the time and he wanted to catch up with you. You would have invited Chaeyoung, but you knew it would be rude of you to do so with your dad wanting to spend some personal time.

"Hey no worries (YN), well, you have fun okay."

You nodded.

"I will. And thank you Chae." She smiled as you backtracked out her home and turned to back to her while walking towards your car. "I'll call you later tonight alright."

Chaeyoung nodded.

"I'll be waiting~ Bye (YN)." Chaeyoung waved as you waved back, unlocked your car, got in, and after buckling up, Chaeyoung saw you turned your head to reverse out her driveway, turning to the right to leave.

As your car wheeled away from her sight, Chaeyoung stepped back inside her home while closing the front door.

CLICK

Chaeyoung locked the wooden white door and gave a hum as she turned on her heels and headed towards her room.

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THUMP

Chaeyoung laid on her back on her bed and covered her eyes with the inside of her arm.

"Another day gone...another day of not saying anything..."

She had fallen for you so bad.

You both would spend countless hours together, talking about everything whenever and wherever. Even sending texts left and right with the simplest emojis and gifs to make the other laugh or smile.

She loved to hear your voice and look into your eyes as if every word you said was the most important anyone had ever spoken. You made you feel like she was the most valuable person in the world every time she was around with the amount of support and care you gave her with any issue or anything that bothered her.

The moments they spent together were few and far between, but each second was precious to her and she knew they were to you as well.

The rest of the world faded away whenever she was with you and the excitement and joy inside, a feeling that she had ever really felt before, the kind of feeling where her whole body is high, almost numb with emotion and she caught herself smiling for no reason rose up inside each of her whenever you were in contact with each other.

Nothing else mattered, and nothing else felt as good in her life now as when you two were in close contact.

And every moment away from you left her wanting to be back with you, thinking about you, watching the time go by until she could be with you again.

She changed for the better with a more outgoing and expressive personality along with you and as the others joined couple by couple, Chaeyoung couldn't ask for a better group than this.

Even to this day, there was no day that was boring to her with you at her side and she hoped that there will be many more days with you, but not as a friend, but more.

At a spur, Chaeyoung evoked recollections of you and her together from recent all the way to...

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FLASHBACK - 7 Years Ago

'Well, it hasn't been that bad.'

Chaeyoung thought as a week into her brand new school came and gone.

A week ago was the first day of her first year of middle school in a brand new area to which she moved due to her dad's promotion and relocation to the HQ of his job. She was happy for her dad and when she heard the news of moving...well she didn't really have a say in it.

So her family did in the middle of summer and it was a few cities over from her old place which wasn't so bad, yet so far away as well.

Her house was nice and the area was nice as well, but Chaeyoung had her fear about school.

It was startling enough to be starting school without the couple of friends she knew, but a new place as well made Chaeyoung feel like an outcast.

Not that her fellow classmates were mean; most looked friendly, pleasant, and cheerful when she heard them but yet Chaeyoung didn't make a move to interact with anyone and nor to her.

It didn't help that she wasn't able to be outgoing and ask others about being friends so she figured this was how it was going to be for a while...a long while.

Not that she minds though.

And so the first week was of her sitting in the corner desk of the classes, corner of the tables in the library, sitting in the corner at the lunchroom, and basically being by herself, but she liked the peace and quiet of her own little bubble.

And her own little bubble happened to be herself reading a book, specifically manga books. She loved to imagine the settings and scenes processing in her mind while reading line after line to keep her mind going through the action or dialogue.

Speaking of which, before school started, Chaeyoung wandered through the aisles of the library of the school.

It wasn't as grand a local library, but it had quite a nice selection that Chaeyoung found interesting. She planned on checking out a couple of them after finishing the one she was to close end.

With her favorite books in mind, she went to the manga section and upon arrival, spotting someone standing in the same aisle. She quietly stepped a few feet forward and began browsing the selection on the shelves.

Shuffling towards the left of her as she looked at each bindings name, Chaeyoung spotted a certain book that she didn't expect to find.

'Wait, they have (Book Name) here already?'

Upon reaching a hand on the book, Chaeyoung retracted just as quickly as she spotted another hand on the right about to come into contact with hers. She followed the arm and it was the same person in the aisle standing near her as Chaeyoung took a step back.

"I'm sorry..." The person spoke as Chaeyoung shyly nodded.

"I-it's okay..."

"Uh," the person reached to the same spot and grabbed the same book as Chaeyoung gave a slight frown. As the person brought the book downward, Chaeyoung was startled when they offered her the book. "Here."

Chaeyoung looked at the person and the book and back.

"O-oh it's okay. You can have it." She spoke softly as the person shook their head.

"It's fine, I don't mind."

"...you sure?" The person nodded and Chaeyoung took the book from their hands, "uh, thank you." She returned with words as the person nodded.

"You're welcome...uh, Chaeyoung right?" Chaeyoung looked in question. "Sorry, I hear your name in roll call during our classes." Chaeyoung took a second to process that information as she nodded. She didn't know which class as she didn't pay attention to any other student's names.

"Oh...uh, yeah I'm Chaeyoung." The person nodded.

"My name is (YN) by the way." You smiled as Chaeyoung gave a faint one back. "So...you like (Book Series)?" You pointed at the book as Chaeyoung nodded. "Yeah, it's a good series. I'm surprised they even have the newest one here."

"Yeah...me too..."

"..."

A moment of silence occurred as it was getting awkward for Chaeyoung and you.

"...Well, thank you." Chaeyoung gave a faint smile, "I hope you get another copy too." Chaeyoung then turned around and-

"Hey uh," Chaeyoung stopped and turned to you, "I-I don't mean to sound like a creep, but I notice you sit alone in the lunchroom at a corner." Chaeyoung wasn't sure what to make or say to that. "And well, I was wondering...would you...uh, care to have lunch together today..." You asked in a bashful manner as Chaeyoung was taken aback, both feeling embarrassed as you gave a small frown. "I-If you want that is. I'd figured if you wanted someone to talk to or...yeah." You added thinking that you were forward as Chaeyoung's sight wavered a bit.

Someone actually wanted her to be with them?

"...I uh, w-would your friends mind?" She asked as your sight wavered as well.

"Actually, it's just me." Chaeyoung returned her attention to your embarrassed look, "I sit alone not too far from you and I figured maybe you'd want to hang or something...a-as I said it's up to you." You muttered and shrugged as Chaeyoung stared.

Guess there was someone else like her as well.

And know knowing it's just you, it's actually better than a whole group and Chaeyoung didn't see the downside of this as well. You seem friendly enough and it sounded like you were in her position as well.

What's the worst that can happen?

"A-alright," Chaeyoung stuttered, "sure..."

And from that moment was the start of a beautiful friendship that neither expected.

And as you said, you joined her for lunch on that day, both sitting in her corner as they found that rather cozier than a table and isolated from others as well.

Chaeyoung didn't have any complaints about you and she actually had a small fun time.

In fact, you were there for the next whole week as they met up for lunch till the weekend came. Those days were silent as you both spoke about classes for a few minutes and then towards books that both have read and sometimes it was eating in peace.

She learned that it was your first year as well and that you attend here for the same reason as Chaeyoung did with your mom being transferred due to a job promotion. She found it funny that you had the same reasons and behavior as she did.

Going to the end of the school week of lunching together, more topics and words were spoken and eventually, lunches had been much more pleasant than Chaeyoung would have imagined and the newfound friendship seemed easy and a nice feeling for Chaeyoung's new start.

Friday came sooner than Chaeyoung would have thought and was eager for lunch again.

Spotting you in the corner of their lunch first, she waved at you as you waved back and quickly as Chaeyoung sat, staring face to face, and engaged in somewhat meaningless conversation about their family, friends back at their old neighborhoods, and general topics in other areas than books such as anime, movies, music, etc till...

DING...DING...DING...

The bell for lunch to end dinged and you and Chaeyoung sighed at the sound.

"Well, that was quick." You spoke as Chaeyoung nodded.

With both lunches already cleaned and packed in their bags, you stood up and offered a hand for support to Chaeyoung as she took it and thanked you. Upon leaving the multipurpose room, both of you got to a hall where Cheayoung's next class was on the right and you on the left.

"Alright, well, guess I'll see you Monday." You said as Chaeyoung nodded, "bye Chaeyoung," and with that, you took a st-

"(YN)?" You paused and shifted to Chaeyoung's call to you, being only a foot away from you.

"Yeah?"

She gave a flat smile as Chaeyoung's shoulders went up and she became embarrassed under your look.

"I...well, I-I wanted to thank you."

"Thank me?"

She nodded.

"For asking me about lunch last week and for being my...friend." Chaeyoung appeared shy and broke her vision aside from you.

Her gratitude was unnecessary, regardless you smiled.

"I'm happy that you're my friend too Chaeyoung." Chaeyoung's eyes returned to you and a smile presented upon hearing that. "So Monday?"

She nodded.

"Yeah, Monday...and you can call me Chae, that's what my friends called me before." You hummed.

"Chae...alright then. See you Monday, Chae."

"You too, bye (YN)." She said back as you nodded and continued to walk to your intended class.

Chaeyoung turned in place and went down her hall as well and she couldn't drop the smile upon having a new friend here.

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FLASHBACK OVER - PRESENT DAY

Chaeyoung hummed as she recalled that day.

She never would have thought that you and here would be friends for seven years now along with gaining new ones to form the crew that she thought were the best of any group she had...no offense to any prior friends she had before.

Later, as the other friends joined in, you were Chaeyoung's best friend.

And now, you were her love...well she hoped in time you will be.

Chaeyoung groaned and turned to her side and pouted.

'Friend...is that I'll ever be with her/him...'

I'm a little monster nal geomnae

Neol gweropyeo nae kkumman kku-

Chaeyoung gave a slight jump in place as her ringtone went off. She checked her plugged-in phone and saw Sana texting her.

Hey Chae. Everything 👌with (YN)?

Yeah. S/he left like ten minutes ago

😔 So how'd it go?

Chaeyoung typed back.

Slightly better than yesterday

I know it hasn't been even a week, but I think he's improving each day

That's nice. Is there anything we can do to help 🤔?

Sana asked as Chaeyoung contemplated.

You girls free tomorrow to come over?

She typed to Sana. "(YN) did say it might go better if more of us are here to help her/him." She whispered as deep down, she really wanted the alone time.

I can't, got a double shift at work 😭😭😭

Sana typed back as Chaeyoung smiled at her emoji's

That sucks. Well I'll ask the others then

Sorry Sana

It's okay. I'll live. Well good luck with (YN) then, on both problems

"Both pro-...oh..."

Chaeyoung sighed.

Alright Chae, I'll text you soon

My Mina is over here 💖🐧🥰

Chaeyoung hummed.

Alright. Have fun 👋

Oh you know we will~ 😏😘

Chaeyoung gave a soft laugh.

Bye Chae 👋

Bye Sana

Chaeyoung placed her phone on her side and looked up at the ceiling.

"Maybe tomorrow...maybe..."

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TIMESKIP - NEXT DAY - 3:37 PM

Another Friday and another blistering day.

Somehow you'd successfully made it through the week, a whole week of spending every night after school with Chaeyoung, trying to test the waters and figure out the limits of your phobia.

Now, at the end of the week, this would be their fifth official session, and you weren't as frightened or timid as before but not by a large decrease.

Chaeyoung had been upkeeping her promise of being with you the whole time, even offering a reward for all your hard work on the weekend, you didn't know what it was, and even if you hadn't made much progress yet, Chaeyoung still insisted on it.

Having her with you did ease your nerves a bit, but you still hadn't been able to make it out of the shallows towards deeper water; only once you got to knee-high a couple of days ago till you went back out as quick.

Chaeyoung felt really happy that day and you surprised yourself that you managed to do so.

You tried not to think about it too much, your aquaphobia wasn't going to cure itself overnight.

You were sitting on the edge of the pool with your feet in the water. It went up to your shins as you moved your feet around in the water.

You had thoughts of how it wasn't as bad as you thought it was. In fact, you were doing your best to aid yourself at home as well. You didn't tell Chaeyoung, but you tried to do training at home in the shower.

While not at all the same as the pool, you trained to resist panic and stood in the water as much time as you can.

Normally, you wouldn't stand in the water for long, only using it to rinse quickly, but now, you needed to do your part to do this since Chaeyoung was doing her best to aid you.

Speaking of her, she was sitting by you and Chaeyoung wore a two-piece yellow bikini with regular bikini top and a ruffle skirted bottom that exhilarated her perfect body frame and cuteness overall.

And both of you had your switches as Chaeyoung asked you'd bring it to wait while sitting and to battle her.

Sorry not battle...get DESTROYED by her.

You sighed.

"God I hate Mimikyu..."

Chaeyoung hummed.

"Oh come on (YN)~, it's cute~"

"Yeah, when it's on your sid-A CRIT?!"

Your Sceptile fainted as Chaeyoung's Mimikyu's Shadow Claw critical hit him. You pinched the bridge of your nose.

"Well, one mon left. Send out your Gardevoir~"

Chaeyoung poked the side of your torso as you sighed.

"There's no point, you're gonna OHKO her." You complained.

"You never know (YN), you shouldn't give up. Maybe there's a chance." Rather than a taunt, Chaeyoung's tone shifted to a motivated one and you took it to your current situation as well.

Whether she was talking about one or the other, you nodded.

"Yeah, alright." you send out your last pokemon, Gardevoir, and commanded to use shadow ball...sadly...

"And you're faster, SLASH, and she's...gone." You watched your Gardevoir faint and Chaeyoung was the victor with three Pokemon left. "I need new mons."

"Well, what matters is that you didn't give up," Chaeyoung said as you turned to her and nodded. She raised her left fist, "gg (YN)." You raised your right and fist-bumped hers.

"Yeah, gg...next time I'll-"

"Hey, you two."

You both turned to witness both Jihyo and Tzuyu barely coming out of Chaeyoung's home holding hands, both with towels over their shoulders and already in swimwear.

Jihyo in a dark blue one-piece swimsuit while Tzuyu in a sea wave light pink two-piece bikini. Both articulated their perfect body figures.

"Hey girls, you look great." You spoke up as Chaeyoung nodded.

"Thanks, you two~" Jihyo smiled as Tzuyu nodded back. "So, how you feeling?" She asked as both were now near you both.

"Oh a lot better than the first day. Thanks to Chae." You turned to her as she smiled back.

Jihyo hummed at the two.

"That's great. Are the others coming Chae?" She asked as Chaeyoung nodded.

"Uh, they should be here soon. Sana, Jeong, and Dahyun can't come since they're working and Mina is out with her family for lunch but she'll try to make it so only Momo and Nayeon are on their way."

"Alright. So, how are you really feeling?" The sweetly concerned voice from Jihyo's intrigued face, "Because you seemed a little..."

"No, no I'm fine, thanks," you hurried to say before you had to hear what you seemed to like while proving exactly how fine you were by smiling too fast.

You wanted to say something, anything, that might remove the impression that you were being dramatic on purpose if only proper words would form instead of weak mumbling.

"Alright, just take it easy..." A warm, damp hand wrapped around your shoulder, simply holding it as if to let you know that you were not alone and not in a hurry.

"Of course Jihyo." You spoke as Jihyo nodded.

"Same (YN)." Tzuyu simply said as you looked at her.

"Thank you Tzuyu." She nodded back and looked to Jihyo, "Jihyo, I'm going to tan."

Jihyo smirked.

"I'll help with the sunscreen~" Jihyo rubbed her shoulder against Tzuyu's.

"Back only."

"Fine. I'll be back you two." Jihyo said to you both as Chaeyoung and you nodded and watched the two go to the nearest chaise lounge.

"This will be good." You said as Chaeyoung looked at you. "Hopefully."

Chaeyoung hummed.

"It will be."

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It wasn't long before Jihyo got into the pool herself after sitting with you and Chaeyoung for a bit as she asked Chaeyoung for a race as Chaeyoung thought about it for a few seconds before you told her you'd be good.

You adjusted to the water with practiced ease, looking over at Chaeyoung and Jihyo who were swimming through the deeper waters, laughing and splashing one another as they kicked their way across the pool.

You smiled, letting their laugher and the closeness of their voices distract you from your anxiety as you scooted over and up and stepped down slowly along the shallow end of the pool, one hand on the edge of the pool and the other shifting along the surface of the water.

You turned to Tzuyu laying on a chaise lounge working on her tan, sunglasses on with headphones in while her arms rested on her sides with her fingers tapping on the chair.

Chou Tzuyu: a silent, sophisticated and sharp type of girl that made people turn their heads at her model-like features. She was a girl with few words to say and was quiet, but she wasn't distinct as she participated in lots of your group activities, much to her seeming like she didn't want to do anything with anyone. Even for years, it was very small talk as Tzuyu was direct to the point.

And being around her and noticing everyone around her either staring or checking her out was interesting, to say the least.

I mean come on, with her perfect visuals, stunning body, and now a few feet away from you in a bikini...good lord...too bad for all the males that she plays for the other team. and too bad for the ladies that she's taken.

Her girlfriend was one lucky woman and speaking of whom...

Park Jihyo was the opposite of Tzuyu in terms of personality but equal in terms of attractiveness. Energetic, outspoken, driven; she was the 'mother' of the group so to speak: made sure everyone finished their homework and projects, made schedules on tutoring sessions for upcoming tests and quizzes, and even made sure you all were eating well...she was the most responsible of the group and while she can go overboard on the concern side, each of you loved her for her keeping everyone in check.

An odd couple that you didn't think would work yet they seemed to mash well. You notice that either girl was even happier with the other.

You averted your attention to the water being in the middle of your shins and knees.

You trailed your fingertips through the too-blue water and then slowly submerged as your knees buckled for the water to rise up your legs, eventually getting to your knees once more and even more as it went over your knee caps.

Then your eyes stung a bit and your breathing went close in intervals as you hoisted yourself up with the support of the wall, the water droplets going down your legs.

"Relax...relax..." You whispered.

'That wasn't too bad.'

It was strange, how things from your past stayed ingrained within you, muscle memory from a time when you were six causing you to have this panic.

You honestly wanted to beat this, but glimpses of that minute of you being down there swims up to your mind.

It was a pool and you could clearly see the water underneath and yet...you couldn't even go a third of your body.

But what Chaeyoung said was true, little steps and before you couldn't even step into it and now to your knees. That's something right?

"Wow (YN), you did that without me this time. Are you feeling okay?"

The ripples of the water grew and looked right to see Chaeyoung and Jihyo now treading on the water towards you.

You shifted your position with your back against the edge of the pool and with a soft exhale as Chaeyoung looking pleased giving you a hearty smile while Jihyo looking concerned and a frown to boot.

You smiled softly at them both.

"I'm alright...I actually got past the knees." You met Chaeyoung's hazel eyes, catching a hint of confusion across her face at your somber reaction. "Really, I'm fine..."

"Remember what I said (YN), small steps." She repeated yesterday's words as you nodded.

"But don't push yourself okay." Jihyo lowered as you nodded.

"Yeah (YN), it's great that you're trying, but don't try to overwork it without me. Please?" You knew why she said that. After scaring her, you didn't blame her.

"Of course. I'm sorry."

"No worries." Chaeyoung then turned to Jihyo. "Uh, Ji, do you mind getting some water bottles for us?"

Jihyo understood the 'code' that Chaeyoung was asking for, she was too nice to say 'can you give us a minute'.

"Sure." She gave you a smile, thoughtful before turning and wading towards the stairs leading out of the pool and towards the house...until she spotted Tzuyu on her right. She couldn't help but look at her beauty and how hot she was.

Jihyo walked towards her girlfriend and poked her on the shoulder. Tzuyu's head turned towards Jihyo's smile with her hands behind her back now.

"What?" She asked as Jihyo grinned.

"Nothing, admiring the view~" Tzuyu rolled her eyes. "I'm getting drinks, what do you want my Tzundere?"

"Water."

"Water huh? You are looking pretty hot~" Jihyo roamed her eyes down to Tzuyu's slender creamy body, her tummy, hips, her long legs, and the pink bikini articles that Jihyo couldn't help but think naughty-

"Jihyo, stop checking me out."

"You know I can't resist you Tzu~ Especially in this~ And to be honest," Jihyo leaned closer until her head was hovering Tzuyu's, "You're making me hot as well~"

Jihyo smiled as she observed Tzuyu giving a shake of her head and reached out to give Jihyo a playful shove.

"Then get in the pool."

Jihyo smirked.

"I love you too~"

Jihyo turned towards the home as Tzuyu smiled behind her Jihyo's back.

Meanwhile, you and Chaeyoung were back on the stairs and this time, you were on the second set of steps as you felt the water go up and down to your shins and a bit on your behind.

You sighed and turned towards Chaeyoung once they were alone, glancing up at her shyly and smiling softly. "I'm sorry about that, I shouldn't have-"

Chaeyoung shushed you softly, reaching out to touch your arm. "Hey, it's alright. I was nervous that you would...have that again."

You shook your head, glancing away from those bright brown eyes, drifting slowly across the empty pool. "I don't blame you. I saw you two swimming and hanging in the pool and I questioned as to how easy you and the others make it." You told as she shook her head.

"And hopefully it'll be easy for you too (YN), but for now maybe you shouldn't do stuff like that on your own." Chaeyoung's voice was soft, almost too soft, and you looked back up at her.

"Good call."

Chaeyoung chuckled while reaching out to draw you closer, holding your hand resting on the step. "Remember, we're all here for you (YN). I'm here for you."

You sighed softly, letting your steady heartbeat soothe your nerves. "It's crazy how difficult it is...I mean it's just water," you brought your other hand up, cupped with the pool water that leaked out of your hand. "We drink this every day and I can't even stand in it."

Chaeyoung rubbed against your hand and closed your eyes as Chaeyoung soothed you, relaxing into her touch.

When several moments had passed of comfortable silence between them, Chaeyoung stood up and took a step into the water, and met your eyes.

"Do you want to try again?" You tilted your head slightly, watching Chaeyoung's suggestive expression and outreached hands. "This time with me?"

You searched her face up hands and smile alternatively and nodded as you took them.

'I can do this...I can do this.'

After grasping your hands in hers, Chaeyoung nodded and draw you with her through the water to which you came out as she backed towards that spot slowly, searching your eyes.

"I want you to focus on me, okay? Just look at me, trust me to keep you safe. Don't think about where your feet are or what we are doing. Just keep your eyes on me, okay?"

You nodded, pushing down your fear and letting your feet lift up off of the steps of the pool, Chaeyoung treading water as she pulled you up and guiding you further towards where you were a minute ago.

"Keep a hand on the corner of the wall as well, so that you can feel the ground still and push yourself up when needed." You nodded and taking her instructions, you let go of the left hand and placed it on the edge of the pool.

Tzuyu, on the side, was watching the two as she stared at you treading alongside the edge. While she didn't show it, she did feel for you having to endure this, she was afraid of spiders herself and she freaked out whenever she saw one.

And to see you treading across your said fear, she was rooting for you as well.

"Hey," Tzuyu heard her girlfriend's voice behind her and turned to Jihyo holding four bottles of water. Three in one arm held against her and one in her other hand, outstretched to Tzuyu as Tzuyu took it.

"Thanks."

"Sure...is s/he okay?" Jihyo asked Tzuyu as they both turned to you and Chaeyoung.

"That's it (YN), you're doing great," Chaeyoung spoke as inch by inch, took you closer as you stared right at Chaeyoung's expressive eyes.

"Well, s/he looks good," Tzuyu answered back as Jihyo laid down the bottles and watched the two now.

"I'm worried that she's pushing her/him." Jihyo voiced in a motherly fashion, as Tzuyu shrugged.

"Okay, now that we're here, I want you to kneel slowly alright? And look at me when you do so."

Nudge by nudge, you felt the water rise up your legs and could feel the change in temperature as the bottom of the pool fell away, holding onto Chaeyoung's hands tighter as she kept her eyes locked, coaxing you along with her with soft words and gentle tugs until your kneecaps felt nothing but cold.

By now you felt the water rising up your body as Jihyo and Tzuyu watched intently at your face side.

"That's it, that's it. Easy (YN). You're doing amazing."

"I think that's good Chae," Jihyo spoke up, but neither you nor Chaeyoung listened. Chaeyoung because she was intending on helping you and you...well...

Cold, deep water.

Distinctively colder than the warmth of the shallows.

Cold enough that it sends fear singing like lightning up your spine.

Your breath hitched, trying to focus on the girl in front of you, trying not to think about the images inside your mind.

Dark water, muddled into the mossy green with algae and only the light rays above as you fought against the weight of those depths, pulling you slowly, tugging your body down.

You froze up completely, fear flashing wildly across your face.

At that moment you weren't in the pool with Chaeyoung.

You were back at the beach.

Chaeyoung instantly knew something was wrong, instantly stopping and pushing you quickly towards the edge of the pool, your view straight at Jihyo and Tzuyu.

You took deep breaths as your nails scratched across the stone side of the pool.

"(YN)?!" Jihyo speed-walked to you as Tzuyu was about to get up as well, but both stopped as Chaeyoung's hand went up and shook.

Much to Jihyo's instincts to aid you, she followed Chaeyoung's request for now and stood in place, ready to assist if needed as Tzuyu was sat up on the lounge.

"Easy, you're alright. Just look forward on the ground." Chaeyoung's voice pierced your thoughts and without looking, you nodded at her instructions, letting out a shuddering exhale.

"Sorry..." You let out that simple word as Chaeyoung rubbed your back.

"It's okay, it's okay." Chaeyoung sprung into action. "Shh, you're safe now. I'm sorry. You're on the ground now," Chaeyoung repeated several times and positioned herself and drew her closer to you so she was leaning against your body close and snugged like with her left hand on your right arm resting as Chaeyoung played with your hair with her left to soothe you.

"I've got you. You're safe. But you've gotta breathe with me." She took a deep breath and slowly let it out.

You followed suit and Chaeyoung took it as a sign that you were on the right track for being better. Feeling her words and hands, you kept breathing and Chaeyoung, with every few breaths, offered encouragement.

"Yeah, (YN). Like that. Breathe in with me. Good. Now out. Now in again..."

It felt like forever, but your rapid gasps for air slowed to deeper, though still shaky, breaths.

Chaeyoung pulled her crush closer. "Good, good, just relax," she repeatedly murmured as your breath continued its gradual evening out.

However, Chaeyoung wasn't faring any better; she still had her arms around you, keeping you tight against her and holding your hand.

But she shouldn't be hugging you.

She caused this again because of what she did suggest.

It didn't sit well for Chaeyoung and while you didn't look nearly as bad as the first day with you cowering and hurdled up, it affected her greatly.

You have gotten way better about being in the water that yesterday you actually stood in the water up to your shins. She even saw your smile as your eyes were closed and you even felt comfortable.

It was her fault that you were going through this.

It was her fault you we-

"I didn't mean to panic." Chaeyoung got out of her mind when hearing your voice. "Don't feel bad." You spoke up, making her feel the opposite and stopping in her tracks.

Chaeyoung was about to say something, but Jihyo kneeled down in front of you and placed a hand on your shoulder.

"You okay?" She asked in a mother-like tone as you nodded. "Ahh (YN), what did I just say? Pushing like this isn't gonna help." She added slowly and quietly.

You glanced down left and then back up at her disquieted appearance.

"I-I know Jihyo, but...honestly that wasn't as bad as before."

Jihyo exhaled frustration through her nose and trust everyone in the group, you DO NOT want to make Jihyo mad.

Jihyo turned to Chaeyoung as she was looking back at Jihyo. "Chae, you should know better." This time her tone was sharp as Chaeyoung felt a kick in her guts from that and her expression told it.

"Jihyo, it's fine, I wanted to do this with her." Chaeyoung turned her head to your side, "She's trying to help me that's all. Please don't get upset at her."

One look at you and Chaeyoung deflated look and Jihyo's knew it wasn't something to get frustrated about, but if this kept up, she had a few words for you.

You saw her eyes shift from tight to soft and her lips downward just slightly.

The poor girl was trying to aid her crush and Jihyo knew that she was doing whatever it took to do that.

Hell, Jihyo would do the same for her Tzuyu.

She turned back to her girlfriend sitting upright with her sunglasses off and staring at the three of them and then returned her attention to Chaeyoung.

'I guess that what love does to you.'

"...I'm sorry Chae, I didn't mean to say that." Chaeyoung looked towards Jihyo's sympathetic look. She knew where Jihyo was coming from when saying that, "...just...please (YN), none of us don't want to see you like that...after hearing about you, even in the shallow, I'm worried about you." Her demeanor turned 180 as you nodded.

"Thank you Jihyo. But with you, Chae," without thinking, you raised and placed an arm on Chaeyoung's shoulder as Chaeyoung smiled at your hand, "Tzuyu and the others," you looked at Chaeyoung, "don't worry about me, I know you girls are there for me, but trust me, I need to do this." Your words seemed to bounce of Jihyo as she gave a few seconds to gauge your answer.

"...Alright. And (YN), don't do that on your own again. We're all willing to help you out." Jihyo added as you and Chaeyoung smiled at that statement.

Of course, each person in your ten friend group would rather hang with their partner more than any other, but that didn't mean that the other eight were anything less.

"Is everything okay?" The three turned to Tzuyu still sitting up on the lounge. The other nine knew that Tzuyu doesn't show her emotions, but they also knew she cared for everyone else as well...mentally that is.

"I'm good Tzu, thank you." She nodded as you treaded to the left towards and up the stairs as the three stared at you, "if you don't mind, I'm gonna sit on a lounge for a minute."

Jihyo stood up from her spot and walked towards your side, intercepting you and making you halt in place as Jihyo was mere inches from you with a stale look.

"(YN), I didn't mean to get tensed, but I do mean what I said...especially Chae."

"I know, I'm sorry too." She nodded, "thank you Jihyo." She smiled and patted your back as you went on your way towards and past Tzuyu as she followed you with her vision.

Jihyo went back to Chaeyoung as she mirrored Tzuyu's actions as you sat down on a lounge that was about 10 feet from Tzuyu, your back towards the three. It wasn't a great sign for the three girls there as they were left with concerning thoughts, but figured it was best to have your own bubble for now.

SWISH

Jihyo gently got into the pool with Chaeyoung, now slightly regretting what she said to the poor girl.

"Chae."

Chaeyoung averted her sight from you to Jihyo inches from her as well. It wasn't long till she dropped her gaze to the ripples caused by Jihyo.

"I just wanted to help..."

Even though her frustration took her a bit, Jihyo felt a tang of regret for her choice of words.

"Cha-"

"Guess whose hereee~"

Each one of them, Tzuyu aside, turned to hear Momo and saw her and Nayeon coming out of the backdoor.

Both adorned with a towel over their necks with Momo having sunglasses on. Just like Jihyo and Tzuyu, they changed inside and came out wearing some fashionable bikinis.

Momo had on a black two-piece twist front bikini (and she made sure she wore it well) and Nayeon with a sky blue halter tankini set with drawstring sides at her bottom.

Nayeon and Momo looked around and noticed Tzuyu lying down on a lounge not far from the edge of the pool, both Chaeyoung and Jihyo near the edge of the pool and you a bit further away to their left also on a lounge, sitting with your hands held together.

They took a few seconds to glance at you, but no movement from you as they went forward towards Jihyo and Chaeyoung.

"Hey Tzu, looking good~" Momo pulled her sunglasses down and winked as she passed Tzuyu who looked back in response.

"Hey, that's my girl Momo," Jihyo turned hearing Momo's compliment to her girlfriend as Momo chuckled.

"Hehe~ Relax Ji, I think we all know that." Momo teased and smirked behind her sunglasses upon getting closer as Jihyo pouted.

"Uh, is s/he okay?" Nayeon asked the two of them as Jihyo and Chaeyoung looked at one another.

"S/He...didn't fare well while being in here." Jihyo only needed to say those words as the two understood. "It was literally about a minute ago."

Both girls looked over at you, each feeling their emotions drop slightly at your posture.

"I'm gonna go say hi for a bit," Nayeon spoke up, not wasting time for an answer as she turned on her heels.

Chaeyoung's eyes trailed after Nayeon's approach to you as she figured it to comfort you.

"Hey (YN)~"

You looked to the right and up at Nayeon leaning down.

"Hey, Nay."

"Mind if I sit?" She asked as you nodded while making some room for her as she sat down on your left.

Im Nayeon was an interesting character that was a mix of Tzuyu and Chaeyoung. Pretty diva-like, sarcastic, and sassy most times to others, especially to her girlfriend Jeongyeon, but was a hyperactive and positive bundle of fun who was pretty energetic and brings life to the group.

Yoo Jeongyeon, Nayeon's girlfriend, was a mix of Nayeon, Jihyo, and Tzuyu. She was a mirror of Tzuyu's and Jihyo's behavior but not as upkeep or silent as both, probably the third mature one of the group behind them. And while she wasn't as hyperactive as Nayeon, she was there to have fun with the group or girlfriend as well.

It was out of the left field when Nayeon asked Jeongyeon out. She almost wasn't going to go out with Nayeon, but after her constant asking, Jeongyeon accepted and quite enjoyed it, even if she doesn't show it often.

Meanwhile, Momo was already sitting on the edge of the water with her feet submerged in the cool liquid.

"Ahh~ now that's soothing." She waved her feet around and cupped some water with her hands and poured it over her thighs.

Hirai Momo was...well...the opposite of Jihyo. Laidback, easy-going and the definition of her lifestyle was casual. She'd take any opportunity to take a break from work or school and live life to the fullest with fun each day.

She and Dahyun were the perfect match as Dahyun, while having a slight responsible side, fun was always on her mind and the two, besides you and Chae, had the most of that together.

"With today's heat, I don't blame you," Jihyo spoke up while descending into the pool, settling down with the water rising to her waist.

"So what happened?" Momo asked as Jihyo scooted closer, placing her arms on the edge of the pool.

"As I said, s/he tried to get down like I am now. Didn't work so well." Jihyo turned to Chaeyoung keeping her sight on you and Nayeon. "Chae?" Chaeyoung turned her head and the other two ladies saw her expression to be somber. "What did (YN) mean when s/he said 'as bad as before'? Did something happened prior to this?"

Chaeyoung pursed her lips.

"..."

She didn't say anything and that confirmed Jihyo's statement.

"S/he had a panic attack didn't he?" Momo spoke up.

Chaeyoung merely nodded but was stunned that Momo was the one to guess it.

"Figures, my sister has claustrophobia, confined spaces and all. I remembered we were in an elevator and suddenly everything went black since the power went out and...well she couldn't take it and I remember every second of our parents trying to get her to calm down. I guess (YN) had one with the water?"

Chaeyoung and Jihyo heard Momo's memory and the younger of the three sighed and nodded.

"It was literally last week when you girls learned that (YN) had her/his fear. Minutes before Sana and Mina arrived."

"Wait? S/He had it that day?" Jihyo spoke up.

"Yeah...you have no idea how much it terrified me to see her/him like that." Chaeyoung looked towards your back, memories flooded of you on the cold ground, literally feet away from where the three girls were conversing, "s/he was holding her/himself, mumbling and freaking out, and...it tore me watching her/him like that." Chaeyoung clenched her fists to remember how heartbroken she felt.

"So that's why. I'm so sorry Chae."Jihyo apologized as Chaeyoung nodded at no one in particular. If Jihyo had seen Tzuyu in trouble like that, she would have done anything to help her as well.

"That's exactly how my sister was too. I'm sorry for you seeing that Chae, I know how scared I was as well." Momo added to aid in Chaeyoung and while she appreciated the support, the damage was done.

"That's why I want to help her/him first. I don't ever want to see that again." Chaeyoung's tone was determined, yet lacking at the same time as both Jihyo and Momo gave a faint smile, but Jihyo...

"I know what you mean Chae, but you have to be careful with her/him, really. I don't know the extent of how bad her/his fear is, but from what I saw we shouldn't pressure her/him on doing this so swiftly," Chaeyoung sighed through her nose. "I know you want to help her/him, we all do." Momo nodded in confirmation, "but let's take things nice and slow alright." Her words echoed into Chaeyoung's brain.

"...yeah. S/He was doing so well yesterday so I thought that-...no, you're right. I'm sorry." Chaeyoung felt her spirit go down as Jihyo rose up just slightly and patted her arm to relax her.

Momo figured it was time for a change of conversation.

"So...seeing as how you're the captain. What can we do to help Chae?" Momo asked, having Chaeyoung looking at her.

"Uh, I guess what I've been doing with her/him. It was walking along the edge to get comfortable in here."

"Cool. You mind if I do that?" Momo asked as Chaeyoung knew that they wanted to aid you as well.

"Sure, go ahead."

"Sweet~ Thanks Chae, and don't worry, Nayeon's probably cheering her/him up already." The three turned their head towards you and Nayeon's side of their faces, you had a smile on as Chaeyoung was delighted to see that. "And I'll take really good care of your boyfriend~"

Chaeyoung stiffened in place and turned her head in lightspeed at Momo smirking at her.

"M-Momo...not so loud..." Chaeyoung's poor flustered tone made Momo laugh as Jihyo simply shook her head. "And speaking of (YN)~ Hey (YN)." She waved towards her left, causing Chaeyoung and Jihyo to see Nayeon and you coming back with held hands.

Chaeyoung noticed and it didn't have any affect on her, knowing Nayeon's love for Jeongyeon.

"Hey Momo." You said with a slightly less enthusiasm than you had before and it made Chaeyoung feel a bit down.

"So, I hope you girls don't mind, but I'm gonna work with (YN) for a bit~" Nayeon grinned at you as you nodded.

Both Jihyo and Momo turned to Chaeyoung as she nodded.

"Sure, go ahead." Chaeyoung was going to let this be anyway.

"Sweet, alright (YN), you ready?"

"Right now?" Jihyo asked as you nodded.

"I only needed a minute." You answered as Nayeon slowly pulled you towards the stairs.

"Alright, well, guess we'll leave you be. Momo, Chae and I were doing some laps, want to join?" Jihyo asked as Momo grinned.

"Let's do it~"

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TIMESKIP - 8:42 PM

Chaeyoung was on her bed binge watching My Hero Academia

you would have been here, but after saying you needed to rest for a bit, Chaeyoung understood not from fatique but from mentality and she didn't blame you.

But still, after your slight panic, Chaeyoung observed you doing well with the others girls: Nayeon with walking about, Momo with some small squats, Jihyo on the stairs and even Tzuyu was on the poolside with you chatting as you were walking around for a bit, a bit uncharacteristic of her, but the girls knew that she felt for you too.

Mina did arrive later wearing a lavander ruffle high bikini top with spaghetti straps with a ruffle skirt to match. She came dressed to impress and if Sana was here...she'd probably die, heck even you took a peek here and there...with every girl...well can you blame yourself?

After Mina's turn to help you, the seven of you stayed till around six where Tzuyu and Jihyo both left and thirty mins after watching a movie and playing card games inside, everyone except you left.

After hanging out till eight, you left as well, leaving Chaeyoung now in her bed, watching anime alone and eating strawberries at the side. She was a bit tired and was glad to have a bit of relaxing.

KNOCK KNOCK

Chaeyoung paused her video.

"Come in."

The door opened to reveal her father with a plate.

"Hey sweetie, would you like a sandwich? I made a couple for me."

Chaeyoung smiled and nodded.

"Yeah I'll take one, thanks dad." He nodded and brought the plate towards her as Chaeyoung sat up and took the plate. The sandwich wasn't anything special, but she could eat it with her strawberries.

"So, how's it going with (YN)?" He asked as Chaeyoung nodded.

"He's getting there. He managed to get just over her/his knees before he...well," Chaeyoung shrugged.

"Freaked out?" He finished as Chaeyoung nodded again. "Well, I guess it's progress." Chaeyoung took a bite of her sandwich and gulped the bread and turkey ham down.

"How'd you do it dad? Your fear of the dark? I'm doing what you grandpa did but it doesn't seem to be working."

Her dad gave a sympathetic smile.

"Well Chae, just because it worked for me, doesn't mean it's gonna work for everyone." Chaeyoung's shoulders feel, "and it's only been a week sweetie, like your mother and I said, it could take quite some time for (YN) to be okay."

"..."

"I have to ask, last week, when you said that s/he got hurt, did you mean a 'panic attack'?" He asked as Chaeyoung nodded slowly and he saw her daughter's expression drop, "I figured...it must have gotten to you as much as her/him." Chaeyoung nodded.

"Which is why I want to do this dad, I know it's not gonna be simple, but...I want to help (YN) get over this fear."

Her dad smiled knowing that, while that's her reason to help, he knew his daughter has a major crush on you. It was obvious to them and they didn't mind if you and her dated, you both already seemed to be the perfect couple and they couldn't ask for anyone better.

"I understand Chae. You know, when dad and I were in the basement, he said to me, "change the way you look at things and the things you look at change" and he showed me that the dark, rather than scary, can actually be a fun show, hence the shadow puppets with our hands that I told you and I remember him making crafts from paper to put on a show or tell me stories for me with a flashlight; the dinosaurs were my favorite. Having the mighty T-rex battle whatever dinosaur came to challenge him." He brought his hands up and pretended to clash them as if he was holding the dinosaurs themselves.

Chaeyoung gave a smile at his memory.

"Heh, well, anyway, I don't really know what you and (YN) can do in the water, but perhaps theres something you can do along what my dad said rather than just sitting there."

Chaeyoung lowered her gaze, hummed, and nodded.

"So...some show or movie about water?"

Her dad shrugged.

"Could be a start." Chaeyoung nodded slowly.

"I see. Thanks dad, I'll think about it."

"I'm sure you will. Well, I'll leave you about it then," Chaeyoung nodded as he turned towards the door and just as he was about to leave, "and sweetie," she turned to her father, "your mom and I are happy that you're aiding (YN). He's lucky to have you as a friend."

Chaeyoung shook her head.

"We're looking out for each other dad. He's done the same for me and more." Her dad smiled and nodded.

"We know. Alright, well, don't forget to return the plate. Night Chae."

"I won't, night dad." With a final nod, her dad closed the door as Chaeyoung averted her sight to her phone and tapped the screen once to reveal her and you on the homescreen with her hugging behind you and both smiling at the phone.

"I'm lucky to have her/him too..." She muttered as Chaeyoung took another bite of her sandwich and went to googling what she can do.

About tenish minutes went by and Chaeyoung had no luck in what she can do what her dad said and just when she was going to ask the group of what to do, something came to her mind.

"Changing the way s/he looks at water...maybe I'm looking at this the wrong way. S/He can't get into the water like dad with the dark...so I wonder if only there's a way s/he can be in the water without being IN the water...that sounds ridiculous. How do I make her/him see that the water isn't all that scary..." Chaeyoung thought that it was impossible for- "Wait."

Chaeyoung got her phone and googled a certain word and sat up.

"Huh...hmm, this might work." She clicked on a website and started to read the main page, "It's open on the weekend...can this work?" She smiled, "I think it might."

So with a quick read on the times, she texted the group, hopefully they weren't all asleep, and then you individually.

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TIMESKIP - NEXT DAY - 9:23 AM

"Jesus Jihyo, can you drive any slower?" Nayeon complained.

"I'm following the speed limit." Jihyo calmly spoke up taking a left.

"You could learn from her Nayeon." Jeongyeon grinned at her girlfriend as Nayeon huffed and poked the side of Jeongyeon's torso.

"Jeongie, I swear you are never on my side." Nayeon pouted as Jeongyeon chuckled.

"So...how long till we get there?" You asked.

"About six minutes," Chaeyoung answered on your left as you nodded. "Trust me (YN), we'll enjoy it." Chaeyoung seemed chippier than usual and you took it as a sign for you to not bring this down.

"I hope so, it is my first time."

"You're not alone, all of us but Dahyun and Momo haven't been there," Jihyo spoke up. "They went on a date there a couple of months back."

The group was heading towards an aquarium.

A building filled with fish, animals, and...water.

Chaeyoung figured that since you were afraid of water, she'd bring you here to have you be NEAR water without being IN the water. So she typed in a place that fit the description: aquarium.

A zoo-like location where cute animals and sea creatures are taken care of and showcased.

Chaeyoung hoped that this will show that water isn't all that scary to be, especially with how cool some of these exhibits and animals are...she hoped.

It was a long shot, but if it could help you in the slightest, Chaeyoung will do whatever it took.

After calling each girl, excluding you, and telling them of her plan, they were a bit hesitant of you being there, but she assured that you'll be fine. It wasn't like taking a dive into a pool or anything, just lots of tanks of water.

They all eventually agreed to it and planned to go in two days on Sunday since most were going to work either morning or afternoon on Saturday, yesterday.

After calling you, you agreed to it after a few minutes of thinking.

You'd never been in one, and it was no wonder.

You were, in all things, anxious and startled. More water in one place than could fill a pool reduced you to a nervous wreck, but you weren't going to let them know.

At least this water would be confined to tanks, but still, you didn't trust it.

All that water just behind inches of glass...you were practically getting goosebumps just thinking about it and you were still standing at the front of the entrance.

You weren't exactly sure how it was going to help, but aquariums had lots of water involved so maybe it'll help, maybe not, but you if Chaeyoung thought it would help then so be it, plus it was a great hangout for all you ten to be in so why not.

So with no one declining, except to make sure that you would be okay, the ten of you agreed to go and after another day of training in the pool with Chaeyoung and the rest, besides Nayeon, Momo, and Tzuyu this time and spending some quality time with Chaeyoung at her place, it was the day to go and you went early today.

The ten of you took two separate cars with Jihyo taking hers with Tzuyu, Jeongyeon, Nayeon, Chaeyoung, and you while Mina drove hers with Sana, Momo, and Dahyun.

You wondered how Mina was fairing with those three in her car.

You turned to your right as Tzuyu was staring forward until she noticed you and turned her head as well.

"Doing good?" You asked as she nodded.

"Yeah, you?"

"Good, thanks." She nodded and turned her head to the scenery outside as you chuckled mentally.

'Yeah, short conversations are her style.'

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SEVEN MINUTES LATER

SLAM SHUT SLAM SHUT

Four doors were shut in succession as you six stepped out of the car and onto the parking lot of the large aquarium.

"We finally found a parking spot. Thank god." Jihyo chimed as the parking lot was close to full.

"This place is huge." Nayeon used her hand to cover the sun from looking at the building.

"Well, there are lots of habitats and creatures here. Even a small whale is being shown." Jeongyeon tugging at her long-sleeve blood-red top to flatten it out over her blue jeans.

Nayeon was wearing a similar top with a deeper v-neck with black ripped jeans.

Jihyo with black patterned blouse and shorts while both Chaeyoung and Tzuyu wore a design white v-neck with old-fashioned jeans.

You wore a white short sleeve shirt with an unzipped coal-black hoodie over and, like Nayeon, black ripped jeans as well.

"There's a whale here?" Nayeon asked as Jeongyeon nodded. "Jesus..."

They all walked towards the entrance and decided to wait for the others by the doors.

"Okay, Sana texted they're about a minute away. (YN), we'll all be around you alright? If at any point you need to back out, we'd understand." Jihyo spoke up for the group as some nodded in unison.

Being in the spotlight, you were a bit embarrassed, but not as a week ago, and you nodded to Jihyo's advice.

"Don't worry Jihyo, I'll be fine, but thank you, all of you." You muttered, face turning red as each nodded.

Chaeyoung stood by you and smiled upwards.

"And here they are," Jeongyeon spoke up.

Over your shoulder, they could see the other four approaching around the parked cars in the lot of the aquarium.

Mina, in a heavy jacket and jeans, was nodding her head.

Sana, who was in a similar fashion, was poking the sides of Mina while holding her phone, and Momo and Dahyun, in holding hands, skipped towards you six with Dahyun in a sky blue top with shorts and Momo in a pure purple shirt with sweat pants, looking perky as ever.

Sana released Mina and took a deep breath.

"Okay! So we're going to see the baby beluga! Then the seals! Then we'll look at the otters! Then we'll see the little turtles! Then the dolphins! Oooh! I want to pet a dolphin! Then the stingrays...Mina!? Are you excited!?" Sana exclaimed tugging at Mina's jacket as her girlfriend nodded.

"Yes Sana, I am very much excited." Mina smiled at her girlfriend as Sana giggled and grabbed her hand and pulled her to go quickly as Mina sighed looking forward while your group was amused at her behavior.

"Guess being with those three took a toll on her," Jihyo said as the other started to wave at your group.

"Hey, guys~" Momo held Dahyun's left arm as the four got closer to them.

Waves of hello's happened as they formed a circle outside the doors.

"Guess it's pretty packed." Dahyun looked back at the cars, "and this place is huge!!!" she raised her free arm and waved at the building.

"So we all ready?" Jihyo asked the group as they nodded.

"Mina!!!" Sana brought her phone in front of her eyes, "they brought in penguins last week!"

Mina's eyes widened as she saw a pic of a penguin on Sana's phone.

"Aren't they so-"

Mina grabbed Sana's arm and pulled her forward with a strength Sana didn't know she had.

"H-hey Mi-"

"Line. Now." Mina spoke with enthusiasm as the others laughed or smiled at Mian's newfound passion.

"Well, let's follow them," Chaeyoung spoke for the group as they all were ready to have a nice time.

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TIMESKIP

10 MINUTES

The entrance line was unexpectedly packed with people who are also seeking tickets to enter, but the girls didn't mind waiting in line as they chatted among each other or their individual partners.

Each one paid for their ticket as everyone heads out the lobby and inside the somewhat linear building, some of the girls were giddy like a kid on a school trip, and others feeling like the parents of the group.

You however could already see water tanks all around and while it wasn't scaring you to death like the pool, you pushed those negative thoughts aside.

"Stick close to me, I don't want us to get separated," Chaeyoung whispers right against your ear as she takes your hand, and she feels you tighten your grip around hers.

"Yeah, thanks."

"Everything will be fun, don't worry." She said as you nodded.

'I don't want to ruin this day for the others.'

There are more couples around them, families with little kids, groups of friends, and other people who were just as stranded as they were, navigating the wide hall that served as the lobby of common marine ecology and what you'd expect to find.

Behind the stretch of reinforced glass on either side of them were mini-ecosystems with common aqua life that seemed to be taken from slices off the ocean floor, which gives off the feeling of being in a tunnel at the bottom of the sea.

A few children run past, excited to get to the other end of the lobby where the rest of the aquarium starts.

You stared at the kids as you sighed mentally.

'Even kids are excited. And here I am needing a guiding hand.'

Pictures of whales, dolphins, random fish, and other creatures adorned the blue walls.

Dark blue wave designs wound their way past glass tanks and doors, taking everything in as you walked by tanks of all kinds of fishes and reading each information as you ten stopped to read each panel.

Chaeyoung took note of you more than the fishes or tanks as she was gauging your expression: all normal as they conversed among each tank.

Getting further in, there was a large circular room with ocean-themed decorations and there were spectators jostled around in a circle.

"Oh, this is where you pet the stingrays!" Sana exclaimed upfront as she pulled Mina with Dahyun and Momo following close by.

"Aren't they dangerous?" You asked as Chaeyoung shook her head.

"They're harmless creatures, unless they're in trouble, they won't do anything." She answered as you nodded.

Upon getting closer, there was a platform that went up to waist high and in it was a shallow, maybe a foot, of water with sand, rocks, and coral to resemble a beach-like location with see-through walls to keep the water in for the surrounding of the pool.

Finding a spot where some of your group can join in, you saw plentiful stingrays.

The grey, flat, roundish shape creatures were circling the tank while moving in a wavy motion that propels them through the water. Having broad fins that run the full length of their bodies, it looked like they were hovering or flying through the water.

"They're cute~" Sana, like a child, jumped in place as Mina relaxed her.

"So we just pet them?" Jeongyeong asked.

"Yeah, like the others are doing." Nayeon pointed out.

"Do we wait for someone?" You asked, bringing Chaeyoung's attention to you.

"I don't think so," Chaeyoung answered as each girl and you figured to do what other kids and teens were doing. You all placed your hand over the rays and using two fingers, you brought it over the rays, as over half the girls retracted upon feeling the top of the stingrays.

"Oh..."

"Uh..."

"Ahh!" Sana yelped and brought her hand back as Mina laughed at her.

"Uh, they feel rough." Jeongyeon groaned.

"That's what she said~" Dahyun leaned forward and pointed and winked at Jeongyeon as most rolled their eyes and Jeongyeon sighed in response.

"Hehehe~" Momo giggled at Dahyun's joke along with Dahyun herself.

"You two are literally made for each other." Jihyo shook her head as Momo hugged Dahyun's arm.

"And I'm lucky we are~" Momo taunted as Dahyun turned, smiled at her and the two shared a quick peck on the lips as they turned back to the rays.

Chaeyoung, being on Momo's left, gave a soft smile at the interaction.

'That could be (YN) and I...'

"It's like sandpaper covered with goo or something," you explained as your fingers glided across the rays as they swam by.

"Yeah, that describes it." Chaeyoung agreed with you.

Both Dahyun and Momo were feeling as many as they could, smiles plastered on their faces, as Jeongyeon told them to be careful.

"This feels weird," Nayeon noted as some nodded.

"I thought they are smooth," Sana spoke up.

"Guess not," Mina said as she took a step back, feeling enough of the fish.

"That's it then?" Tzuyu took a step back as well as most nodded, feeling content.

"Yeah, let's continue," Jihyo commanded the group as they continued forward with Sana, Dahyun, and Momo waving bye at the rays.

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The group walked past booths and exhibits about ocean life, the environment, and small displays of sea creatures as you ten ventured deeper into the aquarium. They take a slow stroll past each exhibit, still holding hands and reading the descriptions, and trying to match them to the brightly colored fish.

You passed tanks filled with smaller creatures such as jellyfish, tropical fish of all colors and sizes, eels, turtles, and even sea horses. You held hands with Chaeyoung the whole time as you ten were in a line of some sort traversing through the place in five pairs.

"Oooh!"

The two couples in the back and front turned to the couple in the middle with mild looks on their faces.

Sana had gasped, brought her hands up to her face, and was looking ahead of her with childlike fascination. And in a moment that got all eight's attention, she turned to Mina, speaking adamantly.

"Ahh! MINA! The otters are next!" Mina saw other poeple turn as Mina patted Sana's back.

"Sana sweetie, relax."

"Hey, you'd be the same when the penguins are next." Sana teased and tapped Mina's slim torso as Mina huffed.

"She's right you know." Dahyun agreed as Momo nodded.

"Sigh...I know." Mina muttered as the girls smiled at Sana's enthusiasm and Mina's mellowed tone.

Chaeyoung then turned to you as you shrugged and gave a smile to her as Chaeyoung smiled back.

"How are you doing?" She asked as you nodded.

"Good, not as good as Sana though." You joked as Chaeyoung chuckled.

"Hehe, yeah, she's pretty excited...but how about you being around..." She waved her other hand and gestured it to the tanks as you looked at one with several catfishes in it.

"I mean, it's not really bothering me, but there were small thoughts about this." Your hand was squeezed slightly for Chaeyoung to show her support.

"Well, I'm right here with you okay." She stated as you nodded at her. "And if you want to leave, we could wait in the lobby."

"No, it's okay, I'll be fine. Just, be with me alright?" You asked as Chaeyoung hummed.

"As if I would leave you (YN)." She responded and while that was a more direct answer, you smiled and nodded at her. "But are you having fun at least?" She asked.

"Oh yeah, I'm having fun, hanging out with everyone here. Plus the animals are pretty cool to see and learn about." Chaeyoung nodded. That was what she hoped for.

You and Chaeyoung kept a steady pace as you walked alongside her and suddenly Sana pointed at a room ahead of them.

The pathway, bordered by various tanks and signs with information on aquatic wildlife, led up and around a large circular room with a large pool surrounded by a thick glass wall as quite a few people, like the stingrays, were pressed against the glass.

Sana, Dahyun, Momo threw themselves against an opening for them on the glass wall, resting their chins on the cold water as they stared down at the otters.

In everyone's eyes, was pure adoring bliss.

"Aren't they adorable, (YN)?" You nodded as you cautiously walked up to the glass as Chaeyoung walked closer with you as well. "Look at them all swimming around and having fun."

With her other hand, Chaeyoung pressed her hand against the glass wall.

The otters glided across the water like nothing as they twirled amongst each other and you even smiled at the interactions.

'They are having a lot of fun...swimming is relaxing to them.'

...then...

"Look! Look! They're looking at us!"

Nayeon was right as a couple of them went towards your group.

Where the otters had been blissfully ignorant to the people's presence around them, now they were all looking in the direction of you and Chaeyoung.

The former's brow furrowed.

One seal, in particular, seemed to be looking right at you. Right into your eyes as you focused back.

The otter was, without a doubt, staring directly at you.

You expected it to be a passing gaze; a momentary glance, but no.

The otter continued to stare deep into your eyes. Each of your friends glanced at you as they saw your other hand rising on the glass wall.

You could hear the crowds murmuring as the otter looked at your hand.

"That's so cute~" Sana spoke up.

Chaeyoung gave a large smile at the scene and then she saw your expression.

A smile was on yours as well and Chaeyoung's instantly felt glee uprising in herself, she hadn't seen you smile when you were around the pool water.

Well, she has, but due to her jokes and talks.

This one, this one was on your own.

The otter then, swam away, having you lower your hand as you watched a couple of others join the one that was with you.

"That was awesome (YN)." Chaeyoung hummed as you kept your eyes on the otter.

"Yeah, it was." The girls on your right smiled at your smile as well.

As you ten continued to stare, your thoughts frayed to your early childhood, before the incident as you remembered playing in kiddie pools and the tub full of water.

Believe it or not, you loved the water before the beach incident.

Something about being in the cool liquid was soothing when you wanted and fun when it needed to be.

'That's how fun I remembered I had...'

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TIMESKIP - TWO HOURS LATER

It's been just over a couple of hours and the day progressed much as you'd expected it to.

There was a lot of herding.

A lot of standing.

A lot of moving slowly from one area to the next.

A lot of trying to find Momo and Dahyun from running excitedly towards anything that moved with Jihyo and Jeongyeon watching over them and Sana kept sneaking off to do something as Mina was caretaker for her.

Still, it did gave you a bit of fun to see the others enjoying themselves and to be honest, you had fun as well.

There was an area that took your group through the rain forests of South America, where you ten encountered a fourteen-foot anaconda, piranhas, caiman, desert insects, tree boas, electric eels, tree frogs and some giant Amazon creatures that you ten didn't think you'd ever seen.

Another area where it went through the deepest depth of the ocean and it was pitch dark that even Dahyun was scared to come in. It was to represent their world with little to no light, and no solid boundaries. The water temperatures were close to freezing and it had animals that seemed extraterrestrial in anglerfish and viperfish. Suffice to say, it wasn't one that the girls weren't coming back to anytime.

The Antarctica area was the last place to stop, much to Mina's misery, but luckily for her, it was after this one exhibit that she led the group to.

"Okay so this one is called, "Open Ocean" and it's supposed to be their biggest exhibit yet," Mina spoke as she pointed at the map.

"Biggest? Is that where the whale is?" Nayeon asked behind her as Mina hummed.

"Probably. Just says be amazed by walking alongside the largest sea life here." Mina tapped the description on the paper as Nayeon nodded.

A FEW MOMENTS LATER

"And if I'm right, the guide says that the exhibit is right through...here..."

Mina and Sana stopped as each person behind stopped as well.

"Oh..."

You and Chaeyoung being last stopped as well and your breath hitched.

You gulped at the minuscule tunnel of water and each girl realized that this was a shark tunnel made for people to simulate they were at the bottom of the ocean and that thought alone caused each girl to either turn back or to the side towards you as you stared down the hall.

Chaeyoung was prepared to aid you if you needed it.

"Is this the only way Mina?" Jihyo said looking at the map as other guests went through the tunnel.

"There's another, but...yeah it's another tunnel it looks like." Mina pointed at the map and Jihyo turned to you.

"(YN)?"

You nodded.

"It'll be fine Jihyo. Besides, I wouldn't mind seeing what they have at the "Open Ocean"." You mustered a smile as the girls glanced at one another.

They wanted to support you, but for some, with this tunnel, they guess you'd be reliving that moment from what you told them.

I mean it literally looks like they were walking under the water.

"Alright let's get to it." Momo's raised her fist and caused the girls to look at her.

"Yeah, I'm eager to see what's at the end." Dahyun joined as you smiled at their agreement right away.

Each girl nodded as they respected your decision, but they would be wary of you.

"Alright then, let's go in." Jihyo spoke for the group as Mina and Sana went inside first, followed by the 2yeon couple, JiTzu and lastly DahMo.

Chaeyoung stepped forward in front of you.

"You sure?" You nodded, "okay, if you feel off, tell me, close your eyes and we'll go straight through okay?" You nodded as Chaeyoung led you through.

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Again PART 3 will be up in just a bit.

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Stan

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Thor Freya

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zoopine · 11 months

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Sometimes I think about Aron Ralston. The guy who got trapped under a boulder for 5 days and ended up having to cut his arm off- to put it bluntly. I think about what it must have been like.

I wonder if it just happened, or if there were signs; maybe trail seemed a little crumbly, or some rocks felt a little loose. However it happened it must have been sudden. He just not gave understood it at first. Thought is stolen and replaced with confusion when the world slips out from under you.

I got a new bike recently. Real nice; much nicer than my last one. Got it on sale too; for my birthday. I went out for dinner, but didn't really have any sort of party. Downed an entire rack of ribs and then felt gross, yet a little proud . I took it out the bike the day after.

I remember not processing the fall. Just the honk of the car and the sudden shifting of weight; hitting the ground. Picked myself, my glasses, my water bottle, my bike.

I wonder what that's called. I recently watched a vlogbrothers episode on that exact topic. "Wuthering", they decided to call it. Personally, I think that the term "In Fugue" is more fitting. Defined as "A state or period of loss of awareness of one's identity, often coupled with flight from one's usual environment, associated with certain forms of hysteria and epilepsy". I don't think that really encompasses the feeling, though.

A while later there was clarity. I had understood, at least in an unconscious level, that I had humbly gotten startled by a car, had a gracious tumble and then casually picked myself up. Now I really processed it.

Ralston said the first hour was filled with anger. Screaming. He tried to push the boulder off of his arm, trying to get free. It didn't work, of course. In many of his interviews and talks he seems very meditative. He left with a moral and now tries to teach it. It's not one you have to lose a hand to understand.

I did break my wrist, actually, but I didn't know that until the next day. A few weeks prior I had slipped on some residual winter ice and landed square on my elbow. I couldn't extend it past a certain point for almost a week, but it ended up just fine. I hoped that's what it was, so I waited until morning. Waking up it hurt more and a short trip to the doctors confirmed what I already knew: broken.

Ralston knew he'd have to cut him hand off. He just did all the he could to avoid it.

6 1/2 weeks later I can still feel it. It's not painful and I practically have a full range of movement, but it still feels "off". Still, I'm grateful that it'll leave no permanent effects, excepts the for the decently sized scars on my knees and shoulder. Asphalt is rough, man.

That can't be said for all things. Sometimes you slip and you climb back up. Sometimes you have to lose a limb.

I don't personally know Aron Ralston; he doesn't even know I exist, but on some weird level I feel like I do. Our experiences are very different, but at their core they have a lot in common. None of this compares to what he went through; I'll come out, at least, physically ok.

As far as I'm aware, the largest impact that was left on Aron wasn't the loss of his hand. He did an interview at the location of the fall. You could see that the pains never really left. Props to him for managing to get through the interview. A stronger man than I.

Despite the scars left, both physical and emotional, I think we'll be ok.

Status quo is pro tempore; things will be different from now on; I can make what I can of it.

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willowwrestles · 1 year

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The past twenty fours hours had been absolutely nerve wracking for Willow. It all started with a lonely scroll. Ever since her and Alec's... Break. Social media seemed to have become home to her.

It was the only place she had heard about him anymore. He had shows at the GCW collective weekend. From what she had heard, there was a knee injury. Immediately, she started calling and texting people who might've been there.

They didn't have many answers or even seemed to want to talk to her. Still, she kept hope. Maybe somebody would call and tell her he's okay. That's all she wanted for him. That's what he deserves.

That's why she tried to have a normal Sunday. She had somehow managed to go inside the house to grab a few more clothes without breaking down. Even snagging one of Alec's hockey jerseys in the process. If she couldn't have the real thing, at least she had a piece of him.

She had grabbed the rest of her things from Max and Kris's and put them in Skye's house. They had offered for her to stay but she couldn't do it. She couldn't be around a happy couple right now. It was too sad. Once she was all moved in at Skye's, Willow went to grab some lunch.

She chose a nearby cafe that luckily had an outdoor area. She needed the sunshine. Willow had been half through an oat milk matcha latte and a grilled veggie sandwich when she got a call. Hoping it'd be about Alec. She's answered before the first ring had a chance to end.

"Hello?" Willow answered. "Miss. Paultre?" The voice on the other end called out. Willow tries to tamper down her disappointment. Nobody in wrestling causes her by her government name. "This is she." Willow replied. "Hi, this Darlene at Hearst Realty! How are you?" The chirpy voiced Darlene asked.

"Oh yes! Hi, Darlene. Im okay. Is everything alright" Willow asks. "Everything is just fine. Im just calling to let you know we received your paper work and there's now a for sale sign by your property!" Darlene exclaims.

A certain relief fills Willow's body upon hearing this. A relief that she hasn't had since last Saturday night. "Really? That's great!" Willow gasps. "Yes and with as good of shape as your property is in you'll have buyers in no time." Darlene assures.

"Oh thank you so much! Now what's next?" Willow asks. "Well when we get buyers in, you and your partner will have to be there when they come. Just so they know you're serious about the sale." Darlene explained, knocking Willow's optimism right out of her.

"Oh he's not my partner. He was my roommate. Also, does he really need to be there? See, the house was bought from my parents. I grew up there. So I would know a little bit more about it than he would." Willow asks. She didn't want Lawless in on this.

"Im sorry. He had marked his relationship with you as partner." Darlene clarifies. Willow rolls her eyes. Of course he did. Miserable bastard. "Anyway, it's just better if you two are there since you both own it." Darlene continues. Willow rubs her temples. She had no desire to deal with his bullshit but she had to do it.

"Okay! We will be there." Willow assures in a fake sunny tone. "Great! We'll keep you posted. Bye Danielle!" Darlene promised before ending the call. "Bye." Willow hangs up the phone. She was excited that her house was on the market. Hopefully buyers would come pouring in soon. Now if only she could convince Rex.

She didn't want to do this but she knew she had to. Maybe it would help the house get sold faster. Still, she wishes she didn't have to deal with him all together. She picks up her phone, remembers who she's doing this for, and dials Rex Lawless's number.

"Hello?" Lawless answers, his cocky tone seeping through the phone. "It's me." Willow replies. "Oh hi, "babe"." Lawless greets her. "I told you not to call me that." Willow snapped. "Why not? You are my girlfriend after all." Lawless taunted, his shit eating grin ever present through the phone.

"I'm Alec's girlfriend." Willow reminded. Rex laughs. "See you keep saying that yet he's not even talking to you right now." Rex shook her head. Willow was silent for a minute. It's true that they weren't talking. Alec was very upset with her still.

"Look, I didn't call you for all that." She sighed. "And why did you call me?" Lawless asked. "Because I got a call from the realtor. The house is on the market." She informs him. "Great. So, what now?" He asks. "She says we both have to be there when they show potential buyers. It shows that were serious about selling the property." Willow explained.

"Gee, Dani, I'd love to you help out but see im a busy guy." Rex sighs. "Busy with what?" She asks, annoyed. "Wellll I do have a life." Rex reminded. "You can't spare an hour to just stand in a house and smile?" She asks. "Oh I absolutely could. It's just... I'm gonna need you to do this for me." Lawless started.

Willow felt her blood run cold. Of course he wanted something. How typical. "What do you need me for?" Willow asks worriedly. "I'll go with you. You just have to go somewhere with me." Lawless suggested. "Where? Your parents house? A dinner? High school reunion?" Willow asked.

"Don't flatter yourself. You have to come with me to Wrestling Open." Lawless finally says. Willow almost dropped her phone when she heard that. She couldn't show up to Wrestling Open. Especially if Alec was there. "No." Willow denies. "No. No way." She shook her head.

"Yes, you will or else." Lawless threatened. "Or else what?" Willow asks. "I'll tell the realtor your forged my signature and I didn't authorize the house being on the market. Then it gets taken off, you get no money, and your poor injured boyfriend thinks you cheated. Do you really want that?" He asks.

Willow felt every emotion in her rise. She couldn't do this. There's no way she could do this but she had to. She needed to sell the house. "Fine." She agreed softly. "That's more like it." Lawless replied. "Whatever." Willow sneers. "Oh and wear something presentable. You know I like you put together." He reminds.

"Good bye." Willow hangs up the phone before she hears him out any further. She sets her phone down and begins to cry. This had barely started and she was at the end of her rope.

#self para

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severide-kelly · 2 years

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Chicago Fire FanFic: Night (1/?)

I have a bunch of this written and it's going way back into season 2! I thought it seemed kinda dumb to me that Keeler wouldn't go after Kelly. If it were just him, he wouldn't as he's a coward, clearly, but as he has a bunch of muscle working for him, it made more sense to me that he taught Kelly a lesson himself. Plus, I hate the trope of the woman suffering for the man to feel emotional pain. Happens way too often *cough*Shay & Anna*cough*. Anyway, hope you like this little teaser chapter.

Title: Night Warnings: Descriptions of violence and implied torture (beatings), although nothing descriptive. Notes: This is an alternate take on 'Tonight's The Night', from Season two. In that episode, Kelly throws Vince Keeler out of the firehouse when he attacks a guy called Tommy. Keeler vows to kill Kelly as he embarrassed him, and sends someone to the firehouse to rough him up. Once they catch Keeler's guy at the station, Erin gets Kelly to go with her down the district as a precaution. The episode concludes with Katie, Kelly's sister, being abducted by Keeler.

The story is the exact same except Kelly doesn't go with Erin to the district.

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It had gone midday by the time Shay got home.

After the shift, she'd gone to Molly's with the 'Molly Crew' of Dawson, Herrmann and Otis to talk about the plans they had for the bar before she headed out for a late breakfast with Otis and Katie.

The couple had headed off together and Shay was ready to get some sleep.

It was quiet and she didn't see any sign of Kelly. It wasn't unusual for him to just stay up and crash in the afternoon though and she knew he'd been working on the construction project for the school with some of the others.

She grabbed her phone from her pocket the typed out a quick message to Kelly.

'Hey, are you working on the library with Casey today?' she pressed send and then put her phone on the counter.

Shay headed to her bedroom and crashed for a few hours.

When she woke later, she headed to the kitchen and raided the fridge for something to eat. She grabbed her phone and read a message from Gabby about coming over to Molly's. She ate, changed, and then headed out.

Kelly took another heavy blow into his lower back and grunted in pain.

He hadn't see who grabbed him as he got out of his car but he could guess whoever it was had something to do with Keeler. He'd been dragged from a van into some warehouse and handcuffed to a sturdy pipe.

Kelly had tugged at it enough to gage he wasn't going to be able to break free. His struggles resulted in his first beating from one of the heavies who didn't stop with the kicking until he'd beaten Kelly down to the ground. He didn't rush to get back up, not wanting to incur another beating and it gave him time to observe what he could.

He stayed facing the wall, his back ready to take the brunt of any kicks that came his way. He lay there not moving but listening.

“...go back and dump his car by the river. Dump his phone nearby, but not in the river. They'll spend all their time looking for him in the wrong location. And we'll have finished with him by then.” Kelly couldn't tell if that was Keeler speaking or not but he was pretty certain it was him. “Go with him. You'll need the ride back.”

“What about you?” another voice asked.

“I got some payback to come on this bitch before I finish the job. But you gotta ditch the car before they realise he's gone.”

Kelly's heart sank a little that Vince had thought this through enough to know it was likely they'd notice his missing status fairly promptly. Kelly now tried to recount plans he'd made. He had nothing planned so Shay would have to notice he was absent from the apartment. But they could sometimes miss one another when they were busy for a couple of days, sometimes catching one another from one shift to the next. Shay might just shrug it off.

Boden knew about the Keeler thing, as did Casey. He wasn't sure if Casey could be trusted to remember things clearly, so that left Boden. Kelly couldn't help but think back to when he'd been trapped with Nathan in the digger and he hadn't shown up for his whole shift and no one had been too concerned. He'd had missed calls and messages from Boden asking where he was that he'd come across after Shay had found him. He also had a voicemail where there was a little concern and later a second where Boden just sounded pissed. Maybe Boden would just think Kelly was slacking off.

With his car and phone being taken in the wrong direction, even if he was missed soon, they wouldn't look for him here. He did remember that Lindsay had said she had an informant though. He hoped they were in on this and might be able to steer CPD in the right direction.

The footsteps of the others had faded away and Kelly positioned himself a little better to see where Keeler was. Unfortunately, he was close by and he was watching Kelly.

“I told you you're dead. I don't play about, fireman.”

#fanfic #chicagofire #chicago fire #Kelly Severide #Lesley Shay #Chief Boden #Vince Keeler #Season 2 #fanfiction

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fandomscombine · 2 years

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Beat You To It

BG: Casual flirting with a certain red headed beater has recently taken new weight. No longer do you want it to be just teasing, you want it to be real. Will you wait to see if Fred feels the same or will you take matters into your own hands?

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A/N: A little Weasley twins birthday fic. Fred Weasley x Reader while George Weasley is purely platonic friendship. Cho Chang sees through not crushing on Fred bullshit. In this household we love miss popular badass Cho! Fic is Ravenclaw Beater!Reader

y/f/c- your favourite color

>>>MASTERLIST<<<

"Aye yo quit staring! You know they're always late."

It's hard to admit, but it did take some willpower to look away from the pitch entrance.

"Incoming!"

The distinct twack of the bludger against the bat wips you back into attention, just in time to swing it towards the left target.

"Were you trying to kill me?" You shouted at Cho who was serving bludgers 100 meters away.

"You were distracted! It's our beater practice, need I remind you." Cho is one of the most if not the sweetest and most popular girl in all of Hogwarts. She is nice but get on her wrong side, you don't want to know. Especially during quidditch, you do not want to mess with her. Which is why Cho is the Captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team and your fellow beater. “You can send heart eyes to your man AFTER we finish.”

Oh and she’s perceptive too. It is not uncommon to see students asking for relationship advice from the Chang-Diggory couple goals of the century.

Striking another bludger–this time to the right target, your voice pitches up in defense. “I DO NOT pine after FReD!”

This made the girl chuckle. “Y/n, babes. I love you but I didn’t mention Fred by name. That’s all you.” Cho teased, dangling the bat in your direction.

You're caught red-handed. But by now, shouldn't it be obvious? Feelings for Fred started to grow when these beater practices first started.

He was always volunteering to stay back and help you carry the equipment back to storage. After evening training, he would wait outside the ladies changing room, stating what kind of gentleman would he be to let a beautiful lady walk to the castle alone at this hour.

The twins are a flirt, it's part of their charm. But in these small things done consistently by Fred is what wared your doubts of whatever this thing was as casual, friendly flirting to an actual possibility to become something more.

Although there is a slight chance you may be overthinking this. It's been months yet he hasn't asked you out yet.

Spotting a flash of red fast approaching, you can feel your heart sped up.

George drifts his broom into a stop. "Sorry I'm late! McGonagall mistakenly thought I was Fred skipping detention."

"Oh" Your smile wavers a little. It’s great to finally have George, a good friend of yours, show up after an hour of training, but you were looking forward to Fred’s company.

"George, finally!" greeted Cho, having just readjusted the targets. "Where's Fred?"

"Detention."

"Seriously?"

No he wasn't. But George wasn't gonna rat his brother out, not when Fred had spent months perfecting it.

"Alright then, guess we'll have to make do with just the three of us." Cho tosses George a bat and a bludger.

"Let's form a triangle. Practicing our deflection and aim." Announces Cho. "George, Y/n. Clockwise pass starting with a bludger and work our way to two."

"Great work– George, easy on the power so you get a better hit accuracy, y/n just practice the drift, your broom sometimes overspins." You both nod to Cho's recap.

"Same time next week? Good." Making her way to leave. "Also advance happy birthday George. Just in case I don't see ya tomorrow."

"Thanks."

"Hey George, I got you something." You beaconed him to follow you. Unzipping your gym bag, you present to him a yellow and purple box. “Happiest birthday you weasel!”

"Y/n you shouldn't have." Coming from a large family with just enough to get by, George is used to having his mother's knitting as presents. Which over the years, he could dress up in a head to toe Molly Weasley exclusive outfit. He much prefers spending quality time with loved ones than to receive presents.

"I insist." Placing the box back in his palms. "It could be quite handy." You winked.

Most of the Weasley's stuff are hand me downs. The twins are fantastic skilled beaters, even with their cleansweaper booms. New brooms are way out of your budget, so you got them the next best thing – new quidditch gloves.

"Geez Merlin! Thank you!" Beamed George, pulling you in an embrace. " These cost a fortune, how can I repay you? Wait you know what–Tell me who you need pranking and it's sorted. No questions asked!"

"I was gonna say don't worry about it… but that offer is very tempting George. I may just cash that in one day." Reaching for the nearly identical box - this one inscribed 'Freddie boy'. "Could you give it to Freddie for me? Seeing he's stuck in detention and all..."

"Nah, you give it to him. He'll want to be with you."

There’s barely any one in the Great Hall for breakfast. Saturdays are usually when students sleep in or go on dates with their significant others.

And being the only single friend left in your immediate friend group, you’d rather enjoy your own personal time than be a third or fifth wheel.

It didn’t used to annoy you that much, but a certain redhead is oblivious to how his casual flirting actually has an effect on you, any signs of PDA are not much appreciated.

Midway through your full English breakfast, a y/f/c note lands on your lap.

Looking around for who might have sent it, careful to make sure it’s not a prank– it is April’s Fools.

A Ravenclaw boy down the table has his head in a book as he scuffs down pancakes. A group of older Hufflepuffs were busy playing a round of gobstones. A couple of Slytherins, opening their own packages sent from home. Gryffindors, well the whole house table is empty. Not a surprise really, you’re willing to bet the twins had already caused trouble in their common room.

Nothing looks out of the ordinary, so you deem the mysterious note harmless.

Hogsmeade, our favourite spot. 11 am.

Don’t be late.

Yours, F.

F. Yours, F

Your eyes linger at that final line. Mind going into overdrive. What could this be? Could it mean? No, you can’t let your hopes up, only to have it crashing down. But what if? Then again, he could just want to spend his birthday with you.

The last time you were this nervous was in quidditch tryouts during third year. You had almost dropped your bat because your hands were shaking so much.

Now this time around, instead of your beater’s bat, you’re holding Fred’s birthday present.

You were glad your dorm was empty– nobody witnessed your mixture of blissfulness and anxiousness as you prepared to meet Fred with his secretive message. But was a bit suspicious about not having seen any of your friends all morning.

Your mind can’t help but wonder what this could mean, you have a feeling… with each step closer to your meeting place, the anticipation only becomes stronger.

“Merlin…” you plead to the sky as if the famous wizard can help with the situation. “Please let me be right or this is gonna be so awkward.”

With a deep breath, you rounded the corner behind honeydukes and there as he had written was Fred.

Fred had his back turned to you, pacing back and forth the little bench you both frequently sat in. You and Fred had spent hours upon hours hanging out on this cozy little spot, from plotting pranks to mini picnics.

It was on this bench when his flirting has hit differently, as if you’ve slammed head first to a wall. The realization that the casual banter has real repercussions, that your heart is now on the line.

“Cauldron cakes, my favorite.” Breaking him from his thoughts. “What do you want this time?”

“Y/n! My love!” Fred clutches his chest, playing it off as if you hadn't caught him by surprise – was it 11 o’clock already? “No ‘Happiest Birthday Freddie’? Can’t one wish to spend this fine spring morning with a beautiful lady?”

Heat rushes to your cheeks. “There is absolutely nothing wrong with that, especially when a handsome birthday boy wishes for it.” Tilting your head up, searching his eyes. There’s no turning back now.

“Gosh y/n you’re so beautiful…” He whispers, delicately stroking your cheek. “You’re blushing, you’re so cute when you’re blushing.”

Fred’s teasing tends to be more of a one-liner with an energetic tone– his whole energy is chaotic so hearing him so gentle and honest is a new dynamic

“I have this whole thing planned out for months.” He confessed. “But I honestly can’t wait any longer y/n, it's eating me up from the inside! I got you something.” Reluctantly letting you go.

“What? Freddie, it’s your birthday, it’s you who’s supposed to receive gifts!” You counter, presenting him the box.

He accepts, placing the box next to the picnic basket. “And I am sure to love it, I promise to open it, but I give you mine first?” He pouts. “I’m cashing the birthday card here.”

A smile forms on your face, unable to resist.

Fred proceeds to dig something out of the picnic basket and hides it behind him.

His left hand reaches out to yours, caressing your knuckles – something he does when he is nervous and needs to calm down.

“Y/n y/l/n, I know I always joke about it but during these past couple of months had me wishing that it isn’t just teasing. I want it to be real – so bad, because you are the funniest and most wonderful person I know…” His voice quivers and you squeeze his hand to show that it’s alright.

You too are shaking and are thankful you’re not still holding his gift right now, which would have hit the floor at the start of his confession. You stay rooted at your sport, not uttering a sound on the off chance that this is all a part of an elaborate prank- even though in your heart you know Fred wouldn’t play with your feelings to that extent.

“Soo, y/n y/l/n…” Fred showcases his dazzling smile, but it’s the eyes that gives it away – he’s scared of what your answer may be. He brings forth what he’s been hiding, it a bouquet of pink and red roses with a handwritten note much like the one earlier.

My dearest y/n,

Will you be my girlfriend?

Yours, Freddie Weasley

“YES!” Emotions were flying through once you registered the note.

“Will you be—”

You pull Fred into a bone crushing hug, effectively cutting his question off.

He lifts you off the ground, his months of planning may have gone with the wind but what’s all that matters is that he can finally officially be together.

“You didn’t even let me finish my speech!”

“You were taking so long, I had to beat you to it!” Poking his side. “Ask me again then.”

“Will you y/n y/l/n be my girlfriend?”

“Yes, I would love to be your girlfriend, my boyfriend.”

“Boyfriend, I like the sound of that.” Wiggling his brows. Fred finds cups of your cheek in his hand. “I can’t believe I get to call you my girlfriend.”

“These roses smell great by the way.”

“Grew them myself!” He beamed. “Yup, been secretly growing them in the greenhouse. Got caught assembling the bouquet by McGonagall the other other day.”

“So that’s what you got detention for!”

“Anything for you! She did let me go once I told her the reason. Then she became another one of my accomplices in setting up all this! Apparently even the professors want us to officially get together.”

“I’m glad we’re together now too. I swear if you hadn’t asked me out today, I would have taken it upon myself!”

“I think that what you did, love.”

“Enough about me, it’s your big day!” Guiding him to sit next to you, you place the present on his lap. “I won’t top what just happened, but I hope you’ll like it just as much.”

“Freddie boy huh? Not boyfriend?”

“Hey! You just asked me out! Though I did have my hopes.”

“I’m kidding, I’m kiddin–no way!” He gasped when he saw what was inside. “Are you serious?!?”

“So I’m guessing you like it?”

“Like it? I love it! I have the best girlfriend in the world!” Kissing your cheek. “You Ravenclaws better be ready for what’s coming!”

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celestialevie · 3 years

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Forbidden love // Remus Lupin x student! reader

( gif credit to @spilledcoffeestudios )

Genre: Angst

Summary: After having an affair with your defense against the dark arts professor for couple of months now, you finally had enough wondering what does this affair mean when your graduation is nearing close. (Reader is of legal age)

Warnings: professor-student relationship, curses(?), comment on wondering what happened to Dumbledore's looks, angst angst

Word count: 1k

A/n: hello, I decided to post this older fic of mine that I wrote last year for my best friend. I just wanted to post something while I figure out what I want to write next, if you have any ideas please do not hesitate to send a request to me 😊

If someone had told you at the beginning of this school year that you'd be hooking up/dating your professor, the first question you would've asked them is which one. That sounds wrong, but honestly, you always had a thing for your defense against dark arts professor, can they blame you? He's one of the hottest things that have walked these hallways. After seeing how hot Dumbledore looked in his younger days it did make you wonder what happened to him to go from looking like a real nice snack to an old man who controls everyone's lives practically especially if you have any relations to Harry Potter, which leads us back to professor Remus John Lupin and your's relationship. Ever since you slept together for the first time around two months ago, you both decided to continue whatever this is between you two. Sometimes he acts like your relationship is nothing but casual hookups, while on the other days he gets jealous and angry when he sees you talking/flirting with another student as if you're in a relationship. His excuses? Him being kept under a close eye by Dumbledore, meaning he can't show any physical affection to you while being his student even though you are of legal age. You do understand him on that part but now that you graduate in less than a week it makes me wonder if once you graduate he will come clean about our relationship since you will no longer be his student. No longer wanting to be kept as a dirty little secret, you decided to confront Remus about it tonight after the curfew. If he wants to keep your relationship ongoing after graduation you will need him to act like it, but if he is ashamed of your relationship you don't the reason why he decided to be in it. It's not like you forced him to be in it or blackmailing him to be with you, is it so too much to ask for a normal relationship even though technically you're breaking a lot of rules by being together, nevertheless you never cared too much about the rules. Seeing him at the dinner wasn't easy, especially for not being sure in which direction the conversation will end up going tonight. It certainly won't be easy not at all, however, it has to be done.

A few hours later, once everyone was asleep (besides few professors) you quickly sneaked out of my dorm and made your way towards Remus' room. Knocking softly on his door in a certain way, as to let him know that it's you, waiting for a couple of seconds for him to open. Opening the door, there stood half asleep Remus. '' Did we have a meeting that I forgot about tonight? '' he says as he lets you in. '' No don't worry, but we do need to talk. About what will happen to us once I graduate in a few weeks. '' tiredly rubbing his eyes, he lets out a sigh. '' You're right. Let me quickly make some tea and then we'll talk, is that alright? '' nodding your head, he heads over to the small kitchen he has in his room, quickly heating a kettle, making himself a tea. '' Would you like some tea, darling? '' the nickname makes the zoo in your stomach go wild '' Thank you, but I don't like drinking tea very late. '' He hums in acknowledgement. A minute or so later, he comes back with his tea and sits on the bed. ''So you want to talk about the future of our relationship? '' he asks. '' Yes. Before I even say anything I just want to know where do we even stand in this ''relationship'' we have. It's been months and we still haven't established what are we. I understand that Dumbledore is watching you, but what does that mean after I graduate? Will you still keep this a secret or you will tell everyone about our relationship? '' he sighs '' Y/n you know I care a lot about you and yes it is not fair towards you to keep this relationship a secret. But, I need you to understand where I am coming from. Me being a werewolf is definitely not a pleasant thing especially when teaching children. If they were to find out I dated a student of mine I would instantly be fired. '' taking a deep breath. '' Okay, that's fair enough for now. What about once I graduate? I wouldn't care if you tell them we only started dating a few months after I graduated. Yes, there would possibly still be some dirty looks but you'd save both your job and this relationship. That's if you even wanna save it slash continue it. '' you roll your eyes. '' Convince me you care enough about this relationship of ours that you want to continue it after I graduate because if you don't then it was nice few months and I will leave you alone, starting tonight. And that's a promise, Remus. '' he got up and ran his fingers through his sand-coloured hair. '' y/n please don't rush these decisions. It's late and we both don't know what we're talking about. Can't we just please continue this conversation in the morning? '' he begged. Getting up and as you approach him, a cynical laugh leaves my lips. '' Don't you understand? By postponing things like this, it only becomes worse. It's a simple question and a simple answer, Remus. Why complicate things that are already complicated enough? '' Heading towards the door, he grabs your hand and pulls you towards him. '' y/n, stop being irrational. If you walk out of that door, you will just prove to me that you already have an answer for yourself. I'm trying to figure out everything in my head and you just keep adding pressure even more. '' He grits through his teeth. '' Pull yourself together Remus! Do you seriously think if I already had an answer for myself I would be here right now asking for you to give me one?! You know what, you're right you just gave me an obvious answer. Goodbye Remus. '' and with that you walked out of his room, leaving him alone. You deserved someone who will not be afraid to be with you no matter what. Clearly, that isn't Remus...

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lizagna135 · 2 years

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Responsibility AU 13 Years Later...

So I was heavily inspired by @shyrose57 's Responsibility AU and all of the fun shenanigans that all these characters get up to that I decided to write a little "where are they now" that takes place about 13 years later. (Also as a note I have had a LOT of these headcanons for awhile before some lore was written (like Canon Seablings) so some things were minorly edited to make things fit (also also this is really long so read more below if you wanna!)

We'll start with the Wither Rose Trio, as they have the most moving to do of all the kids.

At the age of 14 or 15, Gem was accepted to a Wizard School located in the Crystal Cliffs, a magic-based empire society. The strongest wizard would be appointed to be the new leader and, supposedly, Gem was being considered for how powerful she was with little to no training.

At first, she was only gone for a couple days at a time. But days turned to weeks, and weeks to full on months, until her siblings and friends had to visit her because of how busy she was. It got to the point that her baby dragon became a glorified pigeon at some point to keep up communication when she was too tired to cast magic. Gem spent the next several years training under powerful wizard after powerful wizard until she was deemed apprentice of the current Head Wizard. Under their watchful gaze, she grew to even surpass him.

With the Head Wizards' untimely passing, she was crowned the new leader, helping train new hopeful wizards that hope to one day follow in her footsteps. The Crystal Cliffs also, under her rule, became the host to dragons yearly, so her dragon could welcome other dragons and see more of its own kind. Secretly, though, she really misses her family. And she always tries to find micro excuses to see them. Afterall, what is she without her siblings?

Next is fWhip. When Gem went off to school, he found himself alone and not really sure what to do. Xornoth tried their best to distract him, but he was a twin without his other half. Directionless.

One day, he stumbled across an old torn down ruins of a town, the collateral damage of one of history's wars. A sign laying in the mud read the words, "Eastvale", and he remembered it briefly from one of the few times Xornoth had gotten him to sit down for a history tutoring lesson. As he looked around, he noticed that most of the buildings were in ruins, and yet a small settlement of people still resided in the town, unable to leave.

Over the next several years, he took this old, ruined town and turned it into a thriving metropolis with emphasis on creation and innovation in redstone contraptions. He found ways to over farm gunpowder for the explosives that the newly rebranded Grimlands were now exporting, and found himself as a natural born leader. Over time, the Grimlands filled with more people, and was deemed as an Empire in the eyes of the other rulers (and it definitely wasn't because a certain demon threatened war if not).

FWhip still finds time to see and welcome all of his siblings and friends, though he especially loves that Gem is just one quick flight away, as he spends a lot of time harassing his twin as he once did.

To round out the Witherfam, Mythical Sausage takes center stage. The youngest of his siblings (well, minus Shrub), Sausage found himself watching his siblings with a little bit of jealousy. He wanted magic like Gem, he wanted a project like the Grimlands. He wanted Jimmy to be HIS best friend, not Scott's.

And so, when he one day stumbled across the Mythland Ruins right next to the a new land called the Cod Empire and discovered the Staff of Mythland, well, he got to work.

Sausage worked tirelessly, building an entire Empire from the ground up (with Xornoth's help, of course). He spent hours building, using the staff to slow down time as needed, and Xornoth to help him move faster. He found an old, abandoned church that worshipped these "blood sheep" and decided, "yes, I WILL make that my entire personality, thank you very much!" He rebuilt the church and, over time, people found themselves moving into this new Empire, drawn in by the young king (and definitely not the blood magic). He also starts an Assassin's Guild but he would never tell Xornoth (it's fine, the demon already knows).

Sausage finds himself constantly flying and vying for his siblings' approval. He's boastful and loud, always showing off his new shiny Empire. He also created a mini war with Jimmy once a certain stolen music disc got involved, but Xornoth intervened once a crater was blown to bedrock and Scott got temperamental, but that's just normal behavior for the young king.

Now that Witherfam is finished, I think it's time we focus on the 3 remaining siblings: Shrub, Scott, and Xornoth.

Xornoth remained as leader of Rivendell until Scott turned about 19, finally feeling ready to lead. In their time as leader, however, Xornoth worked to help their younger siblings in their empire building endeavors. They'd help tutor Gem while she was around, teaching her little magic tricks to cut corners on some spells. For fWhip, they'd help gather resources and help teach him how to not blow up redstone machines. And for Sausage, it was all about helping him speed through the building process and keeping him safe from the things that lurk in the Dark Forest.

However, once Scott took over, they took more of an advisor role and had more freedom to do as they pleased. They continued to help fWhip and Sausage, as their empires were still in some form of rudimentary building phases, and they spent a lot of time with Shrub as she continued to grow. But since they were no longer leader, they had more time to go around and cause some of the shenanigans that they hadn't been able to before. They finally understood why their younger siblings loved to torment Jimmy so much.

Overall, the former demon found themself enjoying some of the lighthearted shenanigans that he didn't feel like they could before. They are always there when their siblings or honorary siblings need them, though. They wouldn't say it outloud, but a part of them fears for the day that these kids go into full blown war. They know its unlikely, considering how close they all are, but they still fear the day that they'll have to pick a side or break apart a war. For now, though, they enjoy the peace.

As for Scott, he enjoyed his time getting to rely on someone else and hold his boyfriends hand when he thought no one was watching (spoiler: everyone saw it). But there comes a day where responsibilities will catch up to you. It happened to Xornoth way back when little Shrub decided to follow behind a scary demon, and, eventually, it caught up with Scott.

But he was ready this time, his brother made sure of it. Scott took over as leader at 19, and no one could argue that he was, surprisingly, a natural at it once given the proper tools to lead. Xornoth remained as his right hand man, always on call should he be needed. In his spare time, Scott worked on bringing warmth to the cold mountains in building the greenhouse and bringing in bees. He also built a little cave in the side of a mountain, but only he and Jimmy know it's exact location.

It doesn't help that, sometimes, that overwhelming feeling from when he was 13 in charge of a crumbling nation creeps in. He feels fear that it will all crumble around him again. On those days, Xornoth sends him to go spend time in the new Cod Empire with his boyfriend, or to Katherine to relax and make flower crowns. After a couple days, he's good to go once more, thankful that his brother stepped in to help. As of recent, rumors have floated around about a royal engagement between the King of Rivendell and a certain fish boy, but, well, they haven't said anything… yet.

And, to round out the Demon Siblings, Shrub! Our favorite, tiny toddler gnome grew up. She became a thousand times more talkative once she hit around 8-9, and with that talkative spirit came a deviousness. She often pranked her siblings and friends, although all it would take to get her to back off was a threat to throw her in the water (as no one bothered to try to teach her to swim).

Around the age of 12, she stumbled upon a small grove with large mushrooms and tree stumps. She had been lead there by her steadily growing pack of wolves. In the grove, her pack is swarmed by a zombie hoard. She, along with the wolves, manage to fend them off, but one of them, Lord of Mars, is gravely injured. Xornoth, who was alerted to the fight by their demon sense, shows up just in time to see the spirit of Lord of Mars merge with their tiny gnome sister. They go into a protective sibling mood and try to find out if anything is wrong. It turns out, this merging of spirits lead Shrub to unlocking spirit powers. Shrub affectionately calls her new "alter ego" the Wolf Spirit and promises to become a vigilante like the Phantom Assassin much to Xornoth's annoyance and horror.

While currently (as of 13 years later), Shrub isn't quite old enough to be a ruler, she has been working with Xornoth to rebuild the newly named Undergrove. They helped carve out the tunnels and build structures as she needed. Meanwhile, she found ways to make wooden carvings and imbue them with the souls of the forest, creating villagers as well as golems to protect them. She finds herself to be good friends with Katherine, both of them bonding over their love of nature.

With the big 6 out of the way, I figured it be best to talk about our other favorite siblings, as well as Joel since why not?

Jimmy and Lizzie were both in line to be the sole Ruler of the Ocean Empire. A competition was being discussed amongst their guardians to see who would take over the Empire, and who would be sent off on their own. It wasn't fair, but the Ocean Empire was meant for one ruler, and there was never meant to be two heirs. But they both survived hatching all those hundreds of years ago, as well as growing and developing a human form and, well, what else could their people do? Eventually one would be, well, not exiled, but made to live somewhere else.

About a week before the tourney, Jimmy backed out entirely and moved without a word. The people were confused, and rumors spread that he had possibly been killed in an incident. No one knew where he went until one day it was discovered that a small subsection of the Ocean Empire that bordered and crossed over to the land was split from the rest of the Empire and formed into a new much smaller faction: the Codlands, headed by a faceless monarch who publicly only wore a cod head. And the rumors spread, rumors that this was the runaway Prince, but, as of now, it has never been confirmed one way or the other.

As ruler of the Codlands, Jimmy built it up from disrepair. As the sector had been mostly on land, it had gone to the wayside. He kept a close friendship with his sister and other rulers, all of them who knew who he was, truly, and they all kept it a secret if only because they didn't want to cause a political scandal within the Ocean Empire.

Overall, Jimmy enjoys his time in the Codlands, even if he misses the Prisma Palace sometimes. Jimmy found it quite funny, seeing the other rulers react to his "disappearance", especially with how dramatic Scott was publically. The Rivendell King even pretended to hate the Codfather persona until the two started to, once again, publically date. The two also recently got engaged but are holding off saying anything outside of the friend groups and family because, well, its nice to have something that isn't known by everyone.

As for Lizzie, well, she became a graceful leader of the Ocean Empire. She was a natural born leader, bringing a sense of prosperity to the ocean. Publically, she mourned the loss of a brother, leading countless goose chases for someone who was in hiding, and she knew where. But she couldn't say. But privately, she found time to visit her brother and sneak him home whenever she could. Once his persona was announced, she created an alliance within the first 24 hours.

Meanwhile, her relationship with the now crowned King of Mezalea blossomed into the world's most public courtship. It was hard to find time to just exist and be alone now that they were adults, but they were still just as in love. A royal engagement followed within the year they were both crowned rulers, a big, grandiose wedding held in the newly recognized Empire known as Mythland. The Church was… well, it was something, but Sausage was excited! So of course they held it there. And it was a lovely ceremony. Some even say that a certain demon was crying, but, well, they would never fess up to it. It's okay, though, everyone that was there knows the truth, and Xornoth's siblings love to tease them about it.

And finally in this trio, Joel! Lovely murderous Joel. His hatred of horses and chickens haven't quelled in recent years, though he's less inclined to go hunting for horses and only kills them if he sees them. As a young teen, he was fond of building. As an adult, his buildings escalated to the creation of the Mezalean Matral Palace, a project that is currently being built by the King.

When it came to proposing to Lizzie, well, it was a very public affair. He arranged a lovely boat ride around the Ocean Empire and the shore of Mezalea. The two watched the sunset, and it was there that he proposed. Of course she said yes, and the two planned a lovely wedding. If asked whether Xornoth was there, Joel always says, "No, of course not. The demon man doesn't even exist. Who are you talking about?" This comes to the annoyance of everyone, but, well, they can't chastise him for his joking manner.

He creates alliances with the other Empires based on how he perceives them to treat the Codfather persona publically. It's because of this that he publically made a diss track against fWhip and nearly declared war against Sausage, but luckily the situations were handled privately and in a very jokey manner, but Xornoth wouldn't lie by saying it helped their anxiety.

Now we just have 4 empires left, and so I'mma just go based on what I've got. It's not as much as some of thebothers but, well, they're all pretty cool and deserve a spotlight in the AU "wrap up".

Pixlriffs was the first of all of Xornoth's siblings and adopted siblings to ascend the throne. The old king had passed prematurely, and he had to witness it around the company of friends. He was practically crowded once he came out of the vision, saying a quiet resignation that he was going to be King.

Pixandrian society is a theocracy, and his prophet abilities put him into a position of power at a young age. The day of the coronation found the city bustling with activity, the area around the Vigil roped off. Pixl was surrounded by friends the entire day. And they all watched as the young king carried an undyed candle to the Vigil, setting the candle in the spot of the former ruler. The rest of the day was spent in celebration, the celebration of a life since past, and in celebration of the new administration that was starting. But no amount of celebration could shake the nerves.

Pixlriffs was a kind ruler, spending his time with his people and helping bring excitement to the lands. As every new ruler took the throne, he replaced the candles and lanterns around the Vigil to a single candle. He worked to create innovative ways to bring copper, Pixandria's main export, to the other empires. He still found time to go to Rivendell and sit in the expansive library just to read for hours. He also finds time to pull elaborate redstone pranks with fWhip or Jimmy, depending on who was available that day.

As for Katherine, well, she became a social butterfly once she became ruler. Her friendly demeanor lead her to having the best relationship with all the other rulers, if only because she never got involved in conflict. She was a confidant to the rulers when they were angry or frustrated, always managing to talk things down from an all out war. She was the main reason that Sausage and Jimmy's music disc altercation never went past the ravine that was blown to bedrock.

Beyond her relations to the other Empires, she worked on another project, just on the outskirts of the Overgrown. The project was dubbed "Baby Town", which consisted of smaller buildings that were indicative of the different empires that inspired them. This brought tourism to the Empire, which in turn helped bring awareness to the work of the Overgrown and it's efforts to preserve the natural habitat.

Alongside Baby Town, she started a small side business with Scott one of the times he came to visit her when he needed a break from being King. The created a plushie business because the two were currently swimming in mob heads. And hey, listen, Katherine really LOVES her mob heads, but there were so many! And so they got into the plushy business, selling them in Baby Town for a profit. Xornoth couldn't be prouder, if only a little concerned about the amount of heads that two had amassed.

Pearl's interesting in how she's one of the few leaders who took the throne because her parents stepped down, rather than some kind of death or forced prophetic powers that made her the next ruler. Her parents just saw how strong willed she was, and how she was willing to go toe-to-toe with a LITERAL DEMON and thought, "yeah, she's exactly what the Smallholding needs right now". They of course waited for her to be ready for leadership, but they stepped aside to let her shine as the natural leader she is, offering a helping hand when needed.

When Sausage settled nearby in the Mythland ruins, the two set out to create the Arena so that Pearl had better ways to deal with her natural tendencies to want to fight the biggest threat in the room. People would come from everywhere to watch her fights. Newbies would always bet against her because there's no way the girl with sunflowers woven into her hair could ever beat a giant Ravager and- what do you mean she oneshot the gigantic Beast?

Overall, she finds a strong kinship with the Witherfam, joking that she's their long lost older sister. She often joins in on their shenanigans, and, of course, always tries to fight Xornoth. With age, she's gotten craftier in hiding and planning sneak attacks. But their demon sense always keeps them on alert, ready for the next potential attack.

And finally, our dearly beloved Joey. With time, his playful, young "crush" on Xornoth faded into the wayside, turning to admiration to a simple respect for the work that the demon had accomplished in his time as ruler. He spent a lot of time with the demon, taking notes on how to repair some of the structures of the Lost Empire while still preserving their natural and historical feeling.

One of his closest friendships early on came through the young Shubble as she would often tail along with Xornoth as the demon tried to help Joey with some of his projects. While exploring the wilds of the jungle, the three found a raptor egg, which was nurtured until it hatched and, well, that's how Joey got a raptor!

He never has a corruption arc like in canon which leads to Joey finding new hobbies. He helps Sausage with his Assassin's Guild in a scheme to help hike up the sales of Totems of Undying. Xornoth almost respects the hustle. Almost. But their older sibling energy makes them want to scorn the two but, well, it is a little bit funny.

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