#yayy maybe life is good (pretending)

[kiilonova]

just finished making 26 kandi bracelets + a necklace + 2 pairs of earrings <3

#cro zone #i have so many cool materials to work with rn im very excited #tomorrow im gonna relearn how to make multistrand bracelets and maybe even bags #plus i got salvage keyboard keys to make into charms #yayy maybe life is good (pretending)

[crystallizedkingdoms]

TAZ NC: Forget

Avi’s memory fails for the first time.

wc: 1,210

you can also read this on ao3 <3

my first fic for @taznovembercelebration. twirls hair. I’m most likely gonna be veryyyy inconsistent (aiming for Sunday, Monday, Wednesdays, and Fridays but no prommy) and very likely gonna be pretty johavi centric so well theres that. but it’s okay it’s gonna be very fun yayy!!! yippeee! Enjoy 💖💖💖

Memory falters on the third anniversary of the Day of Story and Song. 

Avi’s memory was far, far too good on the first anniversary. Every single memory seemed to plague his mind that first night, his voice stuck in the cracks of his broken heart that no amount of drink could fill. The second anniversary went much, much better, as Magnus dragged him out of the house to enjoy the musical festivities celebrated all in Johann’s— his  Johann’s— honour.

When the third anniversary comes around, Avi’s in his home, but there is no drink in sight. The living room window is open, sunbeams and symphonies from a nearby celebration fill the house with music and life. Avi hums along to every note, all of it memorized so deeply he’s convinced that each piece has been etched into his soul. Avi sits down on his chair closest to the window and lets his eyes rest. The afternoon festivals tend to be a little too happy than what Avi is ready for, so instead he waits by the window, listening to the sounds of bards trying their best to match Johann’s greatness.

Avi’s hums verberate in his chest. He follows along with one piece, the closest to him, and matches along with every note possible. This piece, oh how popular it’s gotten, is one that Johann had written after Magic Brian had died. The rumours surrounding the piece have been strange, and it was one of the first things to make him laugh in his first year of depression.

“…Can you believe they think it’s some secret love song you had for him?” Avi whispers. To nobody, to somebody, but not to everybody. “It’s a little funny, honestly. I’m not mad. You’ve written plenty enough cheesy love songs for him that I can actually make fun of you for. No need to make up another one.”

It’s kind of an embarrassing habit, Avi knows. Gods forbid anyone, especially Magnus, heard that he still falls into this little spell of talking to a lover who’s no longer here. Avi wouldn’t hear the end of it. That’s why he reserves it for quiet days like these. Alone and loving.

Avi strains his ears and listens. One, two, three… there! “Hah. They always fail on that one, you know? Yeah, you probably know. You probably get pissed about it all the time up there. Maybe, just maybe, you didn’t have to show off all the time, even in your intimate compositions.” It’s a silly jab, he knows that Johann wasn’t necessarily showing off. He was just that good, in private and in public. There was no need to pretend he wasn’t.

Still, Avi loves to poke fun at him and the performers. That connection, however frail, is easy and hard to forget. I mean, come on, it’s impossible to forget their banter from back then. It’s Avi’s own little form of song, something so unique to them that he remembers it like the back of his hand. Johann says something serious, Avi teases something about the way it was said or why Johann said it, and Johann would quip back. 

Avi tries to imagine what Johann would say in response. 

Not my fault they can’t reach my fucking level. 

Wow. That sounds… weirdly mean. No, no, Johann wasn’t that rude. How silly.

I wasn’t showing off, dude. And it was barely intimate. 

Ugh, no. Johann didn’t sound like that. He didn’t sound like that at all. Did he?

Avi feels his heart pound in his chest. 

Hah, right. I think it cements my place as the best violinist ever. These guys can’t match my level if they tried, 

That felt more right, but the voice in his head didn’t match. Johann’s voice was deeper than that? But, no, it wasn’t too deep. And it couldn’t have been that monotone, right? 

Avi’s eyes open and he straightens up on his seat. The music from the outside world becomes loud, far too loud, and suddenly he doesn’t want to hear it. He can’t hear it. How could he stand to hear it, when he’s struggling to hear his boyfriend’s voice clear in his mind? Why couldn’t he remember what Johann really sounded like?

Avi. His own name. Avi would remember what Johann saying his name would sound like, right? Avi, Avi, Avi, Johann would always say his name like that, under his breath, like it’s the most important word in the world. Avi imagines it in his head, and he thinks that’s it. That’s Johann’s voice. No need to worry, he’s still there. Avi hasn’t forgotten Johann.

…but the inkling of doubt clouds Avi’s mind like a familiar static.

Avi stumbles out of his chair. He reaches and shuts the window closed again, and suddenly, the thought of ever opening them makes him feel sick. Avi casts away any thoughts of music or festivities and he tries to focus only on Johann, Johann, Johann as his hands search his living room. His brain scrambles to pick up each and every memory of Johann, searching deep for the memory of voice. Yet every memory sounds slightly different. Some sound completely stranger to him. Some sound almost like a parody of what Johann must have sounded like.

Avi opens the junk drawer of a console table. His hand dives into the garbage of years well-lived until his fingers grasp a smooth, round object. He picks it up with trembling hands. Shortly after the Day of Story and Song, Lucas Miller had created small copies of a device that recorded the knowledge sent out by the Voidfish. Including the bard’s final inspiration. 

He had sworn off of using it during that second year, after he listened to it nonstop during his first year of pain. Avi wonders how terrible of a mistake he has made. Avi clicks the button right in the middle and his pounding heartbeat roars in his ears so loud that he worries he won’t hear Johann’s words. But they shine through. They always do. 

“You’re going to have to fight. And… you’re gonna win!” Johann’s voice pierces through the silent room. Avi’s breath hitches in his throat. He has a low voice, as Avi remembered, but has it always been as deep as that? His voice is passionate, as all were on that fateful day, but even then his distinctive flat tone gives him away. The voice is so familiar, yet jarringly surprising to hear.

How could Avi forget Johann’s voice?

“Oh, Johann,” Avi cracks. Tears swell up in his eyes with no second to recuperate. He presses the button once again, and he listens to Johann’s voice. His heart aches to remember every single little inflection in every syllable, every tone, until Avi could never forget it again. How could he forget it? When all that Johann ever asked for was to be remembered, his boyfriend can’t even fulfill that only three fucking years later— 

Avi pulls the device to his chest and sobs. “Johann,” Avi cries out. Repeating his name and pressing that button over and over and over and over again. Until it drowns out any piece of music in remembrance of Johann that plays outside. Until memory falters, and an obsession relapses.

#taz november celebration #taz nc #taz balance #taz avi #taz johann #johavi #my writing

[crimswnred]

volume VIII thoughts

*I played it almost entirely before they removed the episodes so maybe they changed a few things here and there

tried my best to remember that my baby Rafael is TRAUMATIZED and that love island makes u too dramatic

daphne what's ur problem??

bonnie I couldn't care less abt you it's me and Uma against the world idgaf

me and Uma talking to every guy in this villa except our men because they are being little bitches alright

these men are dumb btw

why is everyone telling me Alex doesn't really like me and just used me to get back at Uma like I know it's the truth but please shut up?? you are hurting my feelings omg

wasn't Bryson supposed to like me or smth?

EVAN IS BACK TO FLIRTING WITH ME WHO CHEERED

(I wanna say I'm loyal to Rafa but Evan is one hell of an eye candy)

and Travis... he's there, ig?

I was planning on giving Rafael a lesson but you know what he's perfect

he said all the right things 😭😭 guys I'm in love

no Daphne I do not accept your apology esp bc I know you'll be an awful human being for the rest of the game 🥱

a cake challenge?

that challenge was a copypaste of season 2's cake challenge but even more boring

I'm not even surprised Bonnie and Bryson lost like who tf thinks that dolphin party ocean life luxurious is a good wedding cake theme

anywaysss me and Rafa won 🫶 yayy

I'm not really counting bc my game is modded but I'm sure I spent too many gems this volume FUSEBOX WHAT'S UP

whatever I don't care about what's everyone's couple like

Rafa is this close 🤏 from asking us to be exclusive

the "I'm falling and you should let yourself fall too" speech was GORGEOUS oh my gawd

yes Daphne he asked me on a date catch up we are a COUPLEEEEEE

Travis why are you upset? we talked like five times, AT BEST.

alright so this game is becoming messy now

because what do you mean by COMPETITIVE DATING?????

cringe awkward oh my god someone stop this

let's pretend the last episode didn't happen

the boys are in a cult

and bedtime boytime is basically what the rep crew did on a regular day in season 1, handstands? beat boxing? just say we miss Rohan and Tim next time

(except season 1 wasn't cringe af omg)

final recoupling oh my lord

btw I just realised the girls' PJ are just their undies? lol

#💬 #litg #love island the game #litg s7 #litg season 7 #litg stick or twist

[missingn000]

The new chapter is amazing!✨️

My girl Nobara is finally here! ✨️✨️✨️And the way she appeared too, very fitting for her. Poor Higurama is not prepared for this.

The fight was amazing! I really liked how Nanami had to confront his previous view of the world, had to look at his past at a corporate job without any close friends and realize that he could have ended up like Higurama. I just really love character foils and you really know how to write them!💖

Their conversation was heavy... It's a subject I tend to think about a lot and seeing it discussed through a fight was interesting in a good way. I really like how you bring meaning to the battles between characters. The fact that Nanami won the battle made me feel hopeful, even though Higurama is not yet ready to accept hope or reflect on his words.

The fact that until the end Nanami had no idea who Higurami worked for was very funny. InIaughed out loud when he said that the only thing Toji is against is paying taxes.

Poor Geto, it would be really tragic for him if it wasn't funny and also his fault. He should really upgrade those communication skills, maybe call his husband while he's at it. Higurama is right, it's not his fault that Geto never gave him a list of all the people he pretends to hate but actually doesn't smh.

I think this ask is very long and I have to study for uni🥲 so I will stop writing now. This chapter gave me feelings I didn't knew existed and I am excited to see what will happen next!💖

yayy i'm glad you liked it!! nobara is here!!! higuruma is indeed nowhere near ready for our girl to literally come crashing into his life. poor guy. law school did NOT prepare him for this

character foils are so fun to write and explore! these two especially have a lot of nuance. nanami and higuruma have such opposing worldviews and i wanted to portray how much they challenge each other. i think bringing meaning into fight scenes is what gives them so much power and impact -- which i may talk about sometime if i ever get the energy to write an ultimate guide to fight scenes...sigh

also, i'll have you know i cracked up at "Poor Geto, it would be really tragic for him if it wasn't funny and also his fault." you're so right. his communication issues really do be causing problems for everyone, including and especially himself. deserved tbh. he should really get his head out of his ass and call his husband and yet. can he overcome the dumbassery in his own brain? it's a tough call. at least our beloved lawyer man scolded him accordingly.

i hope your studying went well!! and thank you so much for reading <333

#tpg

[after-nine-at-the-oasis]

Ayy more delicious dinner :DD

AWW AAH Shaun taking notes!!! Lol that is the cutest thing ever ❤️❤️❤️🥰 <33

Oof, not even more ://

Like of the infestation and what not

Aww 😭😭😭❤️ this is so adorable <33 but also sad :'((

But still sweet :'))

Yeah, don't sell it <33

Aww, y'all :)

Oop, y'all again 👀👀

How many scenes in this locker room are we gonna see of you two this episode lol

Ope 😳

The tensionnn y'all xdd

True, he didn't say he'd support you, but still xdd

Oof, yeah though, Perez is definitely in a different position :((

Ahhh, also true, you gotta stand up for your patients ://

Hmmm :/// it sucks but no matter what this isn't the right medical decision xd

AAAAH NAURRRRR NOT THIS SCENE

NOOOOOO

I'm not even gonna pretend to be surprised 👀👀👀👀

THIS HURTS MY SOUL THIS HURTS MY SOUL THIS HURTS MY S O U L L L L 😭😭😭

A A A H THERE IT IS 😭😭😭 SCARRED FOR LIFE HOW DARE YOU

I mean probably not as scarred as them but still xD

LOL Shaun XDD

Vjeuznie aaaah mood Lea but poor Lea XDD

Oop, good choice asking Lim, Morgan, she has a different perspective

Hmm yeah I agree, you can't have everything! I men's you don't have to like quit your job but maybe not something super big, especially very soon before (hopefully) getting pregnant

Well, you'll have to choose Morgan :)!

XDDD I am so sorry Lea lol

But ayyyy my besties again :))

Awww Grandpa Glassy 🥰🥰

Aww it's nice that Lead apologizing though :))

Yeah <33

SLJGKSHDFLS L E A

XDDD

Ope Morgan!!

Ahh another perspective :))

Hmm yeah true! I really do think you can still work, just maybe get help with the load a little :))

Oooh noo 😳😳😬

There's not enough :((

And it's too late for the old idea obviously sooo

Now what 😬

:O Idea!!

Yayy :DDD!

Okay phew that's good :))

Plus ayy the idea's from Asher so maybe this'll smooth things a bit :)

Uh ohhh 😳😬😬

Oh no :(( c'mon she's gotta be okay

PHEW okay she is :)) that's good <33

AYYY yay it worked :DD He's okay :))

:o Oop and Lim credited Asher 👀 :)

And he her :DD that's good 🥰🥰

And also yeah that is a LOT of time for that guy, and I hope enough to find a new heart :)) good for him <33, that's amazing :'))

Aww aaah y'all :'))

I'm glad they're good <33

XD and Perez is just standing there lol

Well walking but yk, in the background like 👁️👄👁️

XDD

Chill Asher lol

Yeah don't push it XD

Okay good Lim congratulated him too :)))

Aww yay 🥰🥰🥰 she's all good

Oope, there's the boyfriend!

Aww he got her a stuffed animal :DD

Ngl that thing is adorable I would love it :))

Aww and video games and stuff lol :)) I assume xD

Jordannn

Lol xD

I'm glad she's okay :))

Oop Danny

I swear if we get another locker room scene with them xD

I mean I wouldn't mind I think it'd be hilarious to have that many lol but nonetheless XD

Okay nah lol

I'll live XDD

Ope Danny!

. . . this is sus

Idk it's different than last time xD

Oh okay a coffee shop :)) nvm it's almost definitely a sponsor or smth lol

#the good doctor #tgd #oasis's tgd chatter

[stupidstuffatnight]

In The Name Of My Family

Byakuya Togami, the Ultimate Affluent Progeny was nothing short of perfection. At least to himself. In his life he had to fight for that title. Now he must carry on and bear a child; as to not disappoint his family and carry on the Togami name. This was all too real for him. In the back of his mind on a regular basis, this is what he had to think of. Depressing as it may be he learned to love the challenge of it all. He will do whatever it takes to be the heir of the Togami family.

Kyoko Kirigiri, the daughter of the Hopes Peak Academies Principal, known as the Ultimate Detective. She was the most respectable girl in Togami's class. He took note of this and had to make a sort of move. They have been friends for a while, or more so mutual's so it couldn't have been difficult.

On a regular basis he sits with Kyoko and others at lunch. Togami decided to ask her out for coffee instead, just the two of them. He needed to express something important to him. At this point in their friendship he has a fair trust with her.

Walking to class where he would ask her for coffee someone waved to him. Usually he wouldn't bat an eye but this time he decided to smile and wave. If this goes well he'll have everything set for greatness. Fixing his uniform he went inside the class. Byakuya sat down next to Kyoko and shifted to face her. He wasn't going to wait.

"Hey Kirigiri. What are you doing at lunch today?"

"This is rather sudden, why?"

"I need you then of course, why would I be sitting here?"

"Yeah I could see that but why?"

"I need to talk to you about something. I can't bring it up here. Do you mind grabbing some coffee with me? Just us two."

"... sure. Can I do my work now?"

"Yeah, yeah go on." Togami stood up and went to his own seat. The person who waved at him sat next to Byakuya. They chatted before the teacher asked for their attention.

Time passes on and the bell rings. After packing up; he waited for Kirigiri so they can walk over to a coffee shop together. Once she was ready they went on their way. Not much was said since they're both not too social, however things were said every now and then.

Upon arriving they quickly ordered something and sat down at a table.

"Alright so what was this all about?"

"Well you see, I need you-"

Makoto Naegi, The Ultimate Lucky Student. There wasn't anything too remarkable about him. Everyone still respected him, despite being basically talentless. He has a sort of wit some others don't have. Not to mention some charm. Along with some of his good friends, he sat with them at lunch in the school cafeteria. He noticed Kyoko and Byakuya were missing, so he asked his friend Aoi Asahina about it.

"Hey Asahina? What happened to Kiri and Togami?"

"No clue- but I saw they both left class together! They're friends and all but I never thought of them being together!"

"Ahah I wouldn't assume right away-"

"BUT IT MAKES SENSE THOUGH! HAVE YOU SEEN THEM? PERFECT COUPLE! THEY'RE BOTH BORING AND PROFESSIONAL."

Makoto didn't bother to reply. He was pretty close to Kyoko and Byakuya so he didn't want to be mean about them. He got a lunch and ate quietly, responding when asked things of course. Nothing but trivial questions of course.

The bell rang and Makoto headed to his class. On his way there he saw Byakuya and Kyoko. They were together actually talking and laughing. However they were both a little off. Only Naegi noticed this off putting situation. He could only go along with it until he could ask about it later. For the time being he went up to them since they have a class together.

"Hey guys! Where were you two?"

"We don't need to tell you everything Makoto-"

"Oh stop being so cryptic" She snapped. "We went to a coffee shop today. I'm sorry we didn't invite you. Mr Affluent Progeny here wanted to speak to me privately." She smiled at Makoto and winked.

"Oh- oh I see! Well I guess things went well. Happy for you two- yayy." He was bad at pretending but he knew what was going on. Makoto making the mood a lot more real and cheerful, they all happily went to class. On the way Makoto wanted to ask Byakuya something.

"Hey Toags, want to hang out after-school again?"

"As long as you never call me that again."

"Eheheh alright then" he blushed slightly while laughing bashfully. He smiled brightly.

Class was boring. Naegi almost fell asleep. Everything he dozed off Byakuya would nudge him. They giggled at first and always smiled after. Class ended eventually Byakuya and Makoto were the last to leave.

Byakuya and Kirigiri were pretty stiff sitting in the coffee shop.

"I need you to be my partner."

"Need? As in you don't want me to be?"

"I guess you could say that. Let me explain. See- hmm. This isn't the easiest to say but I suppose I can't beat around the bush either. You know how me and Makoto have been rather close?-"

"You're still 'beating around the bush' or whatever but I get it. You two are interested in each other to put it lightly, and you want me to act as if I'm your partner in public. Sorry its just a little obvious since you two are always together."

"Y-yes. Apologies for asking as much of you but its kind of necessary for my family."

"Yeah I figured. How long would I be doing this? I don't plan on marrying you even if you are of high status."

"I couldn't say. Probably just long enough for everyone and my family to be convinced I'm not- um- not straight-" he cringed while saying this. It was just a weird thing to say.

"Alright but I'll 'break up' with you whenever I want." She gestured her fingers when quoting break up. After she folded her arms.

"Okay fine. Thank you- for doing this." He didn't show appreciation too often, however he did his best to show it.

"Of course. Well to make this more convincing- we should get to know each other more. After all we mainly just know each other because of Makoto. We would have just been simply classmates otherwise."

"Heh yeah. Where do we start?"

They got to know each other. More of less to their dismay. As they don't care to just go in detail about themselves to just anyone. They walked to class and decided it was time to play pretend.

Leaving with Makoto. They went to a park. They found a section no one really goes to. After looking around for a second they sat down on some grass under a tree, and held hands.

"I knew you were going to ask her, but it would have been nice if you told me when!" Makoto pouted.

"Awww sad? Jealous maybe?" Togami raised a brow and just teased Makoto.

"Oh shut up you would have blown up if I did that!" He punched Byakuya's arm playfully.

"Heh yeah I guess. You're too nice, even for me... Kinda weird to say though since I AM the Ultimate Affluent Progeny." He buried his compliment with his last comment. As if he is going to outright admit anything. Makoto never caught the small praise of course and just laughed at the last bit. Byakuya followed after.

They spent the afternoon constantly talking and having a good time. It was tough having to pretend in school, but for now it was nice. Living in the moment as much as they possibly could.

I wrote this at 3am on a whim and I got lazy half way through. I've like never written fan fiction before so I hope this is alright. I just wanted to make a quick thing, so if some things seemed rushed that's why.

#naegami #makoto x byakuya #byakuya togami #togami byakuya #dr togami #danganronpa #dangan kin #byakuya x makoto #trigger happy havoc #danganronpa trigger happy havoc #fan fiction

[silver-mist]

BTS In The SOOP EP4 - HOBI’s REVENGE (The full recap)

I havent done a recap since Ep 1 and technically that wasnt a recap but more for fun. However, after watching today’s episode, I felt inclined to share some thoughts as I found this to be such a lovely and heartfelt episode that truly exemplified not only each member and how they are as well as dynamics between them so im making this exception. This may be a long read for some but if you make it to the end then ❤️and feel free comment. Welcome to a summary/analysis of my thoughts throughout this episode full of cute moments between certain member “ships”. I put that in quotations to point out that I look at these platonically in a friendly way (with the exception of 1 lol) but also as a way to emphasize how each member looks to another as different likes and circumstances arise. We all can fully see that OT7 truly have a special bond unlike other idol groups who pretend for years only to be discredited later. However, it shouldnt come as a surprise that some members are closer to some than others and that isnt a bad thing, just like we all may have that 1 or those 2 people we wanna tell first when you have a major life event or need to just talk. That is the main reason for my recap today, to talk about these and how it genuinely warms my heart because even though they may not act like their full real selves here, after all, this will be seen on broadcast by the general public and not just fans, this is probably the closest we get to their domestic normal selves, no narrative, no event or photoshoot to prepare for, just them doing things as they go. 

We start off after the dinner scene where everyone has dispersed into their own thing. Cue to V sitting by himself in the main house about to sing karaoke. As anyone who has followed him along the years, you already know that he often prefers his own “me” moments and its just cute to watch him start singing to his hearts content that its even pointed out by his hyungs as they sit outside further away chatting. Its nice to see him happily enjoying whatever he feels like doing with no care in the world but I do shy away from calling him an introvert as he can be the social butterfly. 

We then cut to Namseok sitting outside, drinking some beer, having a heart to heart. The rap line has obviously been close for a long time but the way Hobi speaks about his chat with Joon that night and how it feels natural and not awkward shows you that they gravitate towards one another vs possibly some other members in terms of lets say normal adult discussions where its not about jokes or laughter but just growing up and responsibilities or random hobbies and its a beautiful thing to see. Between Hobi wishing he could sing (I think he has a lovely voice and should try it out even when he thinks he isnt good) to Joon talking about writing in a journal or feeling like this is a break they should have where they retire, its cute, its normal non celeb talk, and just a moment between 2 likeminded friends. I’ll finish off this scene with another *Joon should just not touch things in general* moment when he drops the mosquito defector and all Hobi does is smile and reply... 

(Friendship Goals...)

Jimin decides to join shortly after but doesnt have a beer in hand, the hyungs are quick to point that there is some in the other fridge but Jimin dismisses it and goes to sit as all he wants is to be in their company awww. He mentions that he will take some cold medicine and Hobi immediately questions if he’s feeling unwell to which he replies that he is in fact not feeling well. This cause an immediate reaction of concern from the hyungs as Joon tells him to put his hood on to evade a bit of the cold air and Hobi insists in a serious manner to not disobey and do as they say after jimin says its fine. Double awww 🥺

Their night ends with Minimoni heading out to another mini tournament of ping pong because why not, Jimin trying to convince Hobi to watch them because awww, and Joon telling Jimin to not torture Hobi like that 😂. Joon reading the room and knowing its not his thing cracks me up, baby mochi just wants him around haha.

The scene then cuts to the next morning where we finally see Yoongi waking up from him sleep nest in the search for water. He is still out of it as he cutely blames someone from taking his water to only realize a few moments later that that someone was him 😂.

Lil meow meow cutely wobbles out of his camper to go get a drink only to suspiciously look around like he’s spotting the cameras. Perhaps to make a Yoongi Part 3 impromptu advertisement??? We all know how good he is at those 😂. He finally asks himself “What should I do”. Story of my life he probably thinks in his mind... meanwhile I go, just rest. 

We then cut to another episode of the Chronicles of Jin: The “It’s still Hot” saga where I genuinely wonder why he still chooses the tent when im sure another arrangement is possible but do you boo. As always, the forever RJ representative cutely wears his pj’s as he heads to the main house not before stopping to do the most random thing ever... 

The editor’s caption speaks for itself lol.

He finds his way inside to stumble upon baby Tae still kinda sleepy looking complaining to the sink where dishes were left unwashed the prior night. His annoyance cracks me up and then he starts to play with a mini skillet/stove? and we finally get a moment of Tae cooking... yayy. He cutely complains as the rice is not staying together and tests out the sugar level to then realize it needs more and its adorable. Hobi wakes up and heads downstairs to encounter Jin at the piano again and cutely heads towards Tae to smack his butt and ask for some food, cue VHOPE cuteness, which later continues when Hobi wants to time Tae’s food with his jog haha. Tae again complains about the dishes and proceeds to drag a chair closer to the stove because I guess the 2 second distance from the table is too much? 😂Cute..

Back to 2Seok which to what I have seen in videos is not often, agreeing to go for a jog as well as disagreeing on how to go about it. Jin is like America (we go out to the store in sweats with unruly hair and not give an F LOL) and Hobi is like Korea (Where everyone dresses nice no matter what the occasion) Side note* this is my perspective as an american who has visited korea, they just do fashion better over there and I want to buy it all ☺️. I guess Hobi ends up finally convincing Jin to change because next thing they are out and about in their morning jog.

Back to baby Tae and random inexplicable moment of the episode #2... He removes the plate from the chair then proceeds to sit on the floor to taste his treat when the chair is now empty...🧐😂

2seok is now on their jog down the road and Hobi stops to rest on the side with Jin judging him “We only ran for 3 minutes and you already want to rest?” LOLOL. He then proceeds to take some of Hobi’s water and insists on carrying the bottle back because it makes him look good on camera. LMAO Jin, stay humble always... 😂. Hobi just does a literal SMH.

Cutscene to the view where different rooms are shown at once and I spot the second room next to Jungkook in the floating house with the door open.. Hmmm who opened it I wonder? Was someone using the room??

Back to V being his cute self enjoying his “me” time. He proceeds to play again with the rc boat and I almost panic a little at what seems like he may fall into the water trying to place it there. Good thing he doesnt but he gets the wrong control remoter and rushes back to get the right one. Once it finally moves its like all is right in the world. Cute. We get a short glimpse of him in the floating house and seeing that Jungkook is still fast asleep.

We then see Yoongi back at the top house heading in to read his book, shortly after the 3 amigos V, Hobi and Jin are walking in as Jin previously mentioned he was hungry, cue to start of meal prepping. 

We finally see the final member we havent seen wake up, baby mochi in all his fairy like self is still in bed. Tae is the first to open the door to his room and proceeds to cutely jump over him, play around, get pushed back and complain and then just lay on top of him with his butt facing the door. Excuse me while I melt in cuteness..my VMIN heart... ❤️

Only to literally do a 180 and LAUGH my ass off when Hobi walks in, sees them there and just goes NOPE.. walking out 😂

Apparently 2seok have decided on their meal plan and the ever so helpful ray of sunshine seems at a loss on how to set the charcoal on fire, note that he could have asked Jin but he heads to Yoongi for help (Bring in some SOPE love :)). Either way here I was hoping Yoongi would just chill and it seemed like that was the plan until he saw Hobi’s lostness and eagerness to help so he decides to step up again and help out. It’s kinda evident he didnt plan to when he goes “Oh ok” after being told what they plan to eat but proceeds to jump in at Hobi’s lostness in terms of making a fire. Cute. 

Cue back to Hobi disturbing the soulmates and whatever little cute slaps Tae was giving Jimin to probably wake up to ask him to fetch the torch because hes finally done running between the houses like last episode lol. The ever obedient Tae obliges immediately, Jimin remains in bed. 

Were back at the main house and maybe not every caught on but its ADORABLE how Joon goes out with the plan to play with the boat like Tae but leaves it abandoned to see where all the other members are. Note, he is for some reason limping all of a sudden and I think it may have to do with why he left early for personal reasons, I hope he was ok. Potential theory, could Jin slapping the boxer bag have anything to do with it? 🧐.

Anyways, even with his leg issue he literally walks around to the other house, checks on all members and ends up back at the main house sitting next to Jungkook, encouraging him as he is building a glider and then ultimately telling him he will keep him company by sitting next to him and reading a book. Even takes care of him by bringing him a drink. Awwww KookieMonster ❤️

anddd were back to the others in the upper house. 

SOPE taking the lead with building a fire..

TAEJIN figuring out the fish with Tae sporting an adorable hat and looking lost but still willing to help his hyung. Cutely Tae later makes Hobi aware on how this is his first time putting a knife on a fish and learning that a fish’s life is previous. AWWWW.. 

Its the little things that I like to point out, the members gravitate towards who they feel more in tune with. Tae to help Jin and Suga to help Hobi although the opposite would have be interesting to watch lol.

We then get Yoongi thawing out the ribs, Hobi trying to get veggies and LITERALLY pulling out the roots of a poor plant 😂, Yoongi legit pulling up a chair to read while cooking (poor thing haha), Jin crying because hes wasting the fish fillet as hes still learning, Joon adoringly looking at JK while he continues building his glider like a big brother, JK finally giving up and whining that hes gonna ask Hobi for help (HOPEKOOK cutely building a glider? yes please), JK looking over to see what Joon is reading, giving up again and ultimately moving out with Joon looking up like “You leaving me?” and then looking at the camera LOL. 

The 3 cooks up in the upper house are busy in their own thing when Jin asks for the location of the wrapper with SOPE rapping in return making a joke about them being the “rappers” haha. 

Back at the main house Taekook are cooking together. It makes me laugh at the difference between the hyungs cooking above. For starters, JK is cooking sausage for some time but I legit wanna teleport myself over there to tell him “Hey, cut it in pieces, you are burning the bottom of it but the inside is still raw” 😂... thankfully he does that eventually.... Meanwhile little sweet Tae is getting fancy on us and bringing his wine habits into the mix making an appetizer and struggling to open the Jamon packet even though (as the camera clearly zooms in on) the scissors are right next to him...These two are funny. 

Finally someone acknowledges that Jimin is still alive somewhere LOL and its none other than Yoongi who says it out loud in the kitchen then passes by his room but instead of waking him up just cheers him on then walks away haha (YOONMIN ❤️)

However that lasts for about 2 seconds before Yoongi comes back and ask Jimin to gather the others from the other house for lunch as the other members are busy and Jimin listens obediently by rolling over and calling Joon and with a hoarse voice letting him know Yoongi’s instructions. Poor Jimin, he sounds unwell 🥺. Joon goes to gather the younglings, Tae makes it up and decides to decorate the cheese with a red umbrella only to look dissatisfied and make it a blue one lol. They then have some random cuts of moments because JK’s sausages appear on the table but we never see him walk up and then he magically walks out the house but dont show any of that.. hmmmm. I’ll leave my thoughts at that since some people might understand what im alluding to :). 

Yoongi is taking out the ribs and accidentally drops a piece and we get the following reactions;

Yoongi: little scream 😱

Joon: Just use the 3 second rule 🙂

JK: Just wash it and then recoat it with more sauce and that should fix it 😄

To which Yoongi can only look slightly flabbergasted at the suggestion and throws it back “Do you wanna eat them?” hahaha

They all finally gather at the table including Jimin and I see that both him and Joon look a little off, I hope they got better soon after but for sure they seemed sick. Jin sweetly talks about always wanting to make the dish he prepared and how complicated it is and refers to it being a hard dish to make for a Family (the BTS bond is one of a kind). All the members admire the sampling of food, Jimin calls out the cuteness of Tae’s umbrella on the cheese, JK helps Jimin break the ribs apart, Tae tells everyone to try his appetizer, the member’s cutely all aww and ohh when they find out he cut the melon 💜, everyone but JK and Tae seem to know the dish, Hobi and Jimin cue to immediately try it for their friend so he doesnt feel left out, after trying it he cutely asks Jimin how it tastes and waits for his response, another awww, soulmate responds with its diff (which probably isnt his taste but eats it anyway for him ) lol and it zooms out with someone asking (sounds like Jin?) what they will have for dinner to have another member whom I cant tell reply LETS STARVE.  These clowns 😂but I get it, it took like hours to cook each meal.

They get ready to clean and apparently prep something for dinner with Joon washing the dishes and eventually asking Jk for help who is busy cooking rice eventually summoning Jimin who heard his name with Jk cutely smacking his butt to tell him Joon called him to then Jimin telling Joon not to worry and he will take over ( I reread this whole sentence and ran out of breath haha but then again im not here for proper grammer.. oopps). This leads us to a sweet domestic Jikook moment where he asks JK to help him dry the dishes and the other obliges and they just fall in routine.. just cute.

Joon heads back to the main house to pack and I honestly think he probably was heading for a doctor check up, he just seemed out of it 🥺

Jimin gets done with the dishes and ends up next to Tae as the soulmates cutely discuss the game he is playing and Tae announces his kills and loses.

Jimin is then next to Hobi in the other house who is getting ready to customize his shoes, he asks Jimin to join but he doesnt seem enthusiastic to the idea so Hobi just goes “I’ll just do what I like” and to me sounding a little sad since this isnt the first time hes asked Jimin to do an activity with him lol. Before walking away Jimin starts singing a song about it. Yoonjin are back again as buddies down the lake fishing and we get a sweet after interview of Yoongi admitting he is not interested in fishing but he does it because Jin invites him. You KNOW you only do those kind of things for your closest friends or family and that was sooo sweet. YOONJIN goals!

Back at the house we see that Jimin ultimately decided to join Hobi and we get cute JIHOPE moments. Im glad because I honestly got the vide since the beginning of in the soop that he wanted to spend more time with Jimin and hadnt had the chance. They both decorate a shoe each and are careful not to splatter on each other. I also spy with my little eyes... an Iphone?? tsk tsk tsk.. all the others are at least trying and Jimin is like nope hahahaha. If that was indeed a samsung then my bad.

Next thing we know JK and Jimin are harmonizing and sounded just beautiful, can we get another subunit please? I know they did Who and We dont talk anymore but a legit korean song.. anyone? Ok.. moving on haha

Now here is a group I havent seen hang out together often, I  know yoongi mostly keeps to himself but I was wondering if we would see any interactions longer than just passing food or related to meal prep between Yoongi and JK/Tae but here we are, the 2 kiddos singing and the hyung just watching on. Yay..

We later see Jimin revealing his excitement over the art project and im glad he enjoyed doing that with Hobi.

Hilariously enough, not long after, while deep into another song, Yoongi tells Jk that he needs to get out to pack. Jk’s reaction? Proceed to continue singing and kinda ignores hahaha. Cue to the camera angle still showing JK doing his thing and an exasperated looking parent *aka yoongi* just staring at him like 😐

They all head to pack their belongings and we fast forward to them playing games in the upper house. While Jimin is packing he walks out and asks to no one in particular where his hanbok piece is, then sees Jk playing in with the VR and proceeds to go up to tickle him cutely (domestic much? 🥰). This is ironically followed up by mischievous Tae wanting in on the fun by standing up from his spot and moving behind JK and after what seems like thinking it over, carefully tugs his pants down but not with the intention to actually pull them. JK laughs at this and goes “You shouldnt do that” hahaha. Which begs the question, did he know who tried to pull a fast one on him? LOL  

Everyone is back to their usual roles, the 3 cooks prepping the dinner, the maknae line just doing their thing between JK still in the VR game and Vmin cutely playing games in the corner. Yoongi seems like he NEVER rests, poor thing. He sees them prepping the ramen and suggest they add meat and ends up cooking meat. He is such a DAD and im all for it. While all this is happening there is a whole ruckus in the background and we hear the maknae line having a blast but only get a short glimpse of what is happening when the camera is still on the cooks. Apparently Jimin is now on the VR game and Jk decides to mess with him by taking a controller away and putting it behind his back, as Jimin tries to reach out to find it somehow, mischievous Tae is back at it and steals the other and moves it all the way to the other side presumably above the food shelf LMAO. I gather from the way that Jimin reaches UP and not straight out when reaching towards JK and the controller that this is DEF not the first time this has happened and when it has JK played the “I am taller and you cant reach this” stance, so of course Jimin’s instinct is to reach above his head hahaha.

They finally get down to eat and they all run to the table, I spook a cute Jikook moment of JM sitting next to JK and pulling the chair up leaving little room LOL, then Hobi still needs help so Jimin proceeds to go in to help with JK not far behind and a cute JiHopeKook hug alongside a Jikook sweet moment (I see that waist caress there JK 👀🥰😂😏) and they all make it back to the table with their meals ready. Tae makes sure to remind Jimin there is also meat for him to grab. Aww, ive lost count of the times that these two have been looking out for the other and its just so subtle but sweet af. 

Its time to finally go homeeeee. They all decide on who’s going in what car and then suddenly Jin remembers to check his fishing rod. 

Now... you may be wondering why I called this Hobi’s revenge. Well well well.. I want to say that slowly, Hobi decided to butter Jin up by hanging out all day long to eventually go full betrayal mode muahahaha. I kid I kid. But as life turns out, Hobi was presented with an opportunity to return the favor of Jin’s BV4 master plan to abandon him in New Zealand. Well well well... how the tables have turned. He tells his plans to the other nearby and they immediately agree 😂. Cue to a total pandemonium... Hobi rushing them in, Yoongi slowly walking to his car because of course he aint gonna run, Jimin trying to drag his suitcase, Tae running from the house in a cute manner probably going hehehehehe as he hears the plan, Jungkook walking up to them with no idea whats going on, having like 1 second to understand it, and then immediately running unsure of what to do until Jimin goes “Help me load this in!”. 

Jin finally approaches and they get in in time and start driving off. Jin finally goes heyyyyyyyy and cant believe what is happening, shouts out Yoongi, like you cant do this to me LOLOL. You can see Yongi’s big ass smile through the windshield which is even funnier. For a second he stops and it seems like Yoongi decides to have mercy on him, even open the door for him to stick his suitcase in. Hobi, Jungkook and Jimin seem to believe it as they are seen walking back up away from the car guessing the plan is a no go. That is until Yoongi goes full AGUST D and says “Who's the king, who's the boss?”... JK but lets just pretends he says that 😂, and literally does start driving off. Jihopekook see this and run their asses back to the car like little kids and laughing all cute as can be HEHEHEHEHE and they end up leaving Jin there LOL. Revenge is a dish best served cold and you just got served Jinnie.

Legend says Hobi slept well that night. 

The end. 

Hope you had fun reading this long post, probably will never do another since it took forever but I had fun making these gifs and pics and typing in my 2 cents hahaha. Borahae everyone 💜

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[hermionemonica]

The Road to Us, and Everything in Between: Chapter 1

I have been working on this AU for over a year now, and I finally decided to share this with y’all on the occasion of reaching a new milestone (500 followers yayy!). I hope you all like this!

(This is a no magic AU. There is no existence of the Miraculous or the superheroes in this universe.)

Dedicated to @marshmeowllowmuffins who has been so excited about this for so long!

AO3 | Chapter 2

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A winter night. A familiar chime on her phone.  

Marinette unlocked her phone to find a text from her boyfriend of three years, Nathaniel.  

"There’s something we need to talk about. It’s high time you know everything about me. Tomorrow. And please, Marinette, don’t misunderstand me."  

The tone of the text carried an ominous message. What could Nathaniel be talking about? Did he not love her anymore? Did he want to break up with her? Was he dying? Marinette had the worst eight hours before class the next day, her mind endlessly playing all the worst scenarios over and over again. She couldn’t afford to lose Nate.  

And even with all that overthinking, the truth turned out to be something she had not expected at all.  

"I am gay," Nathaniel mumbled under his breath.  

At that moment, Marinette was probably too shocked to actually process what her “boyfriend" had just said, and what exactly it implied. Her response to it was “It's okay! I still love you!"  

"You don’t understand!" Nathaniel retorted, a mixture of embarrassment pain and irritation on his face. "I don’t love you, at least not the way you thought. I never will be able to!"  

Nathaniel sat down, and Marinette followed suit. She was still in a state of utter confusion and shock, but she instinctively did what she always did whenever Nathaniel was in anguish. She took his hand into hers, as he told her about the person his heart belonged to. Marc Anciel. Whom Nate had called his "best friend", and who turned out to be "the love of his life".  

Nathaniel wasn’t publicly out yet, and Marinette was the first person he had trusted with his secret. Not even Marc knew. Hell, Nate wasn’t even sure if Marc liked him the same way.  

It was a totally different thing that every word uttered by Nathaniel was driving a knife through Marinette’s heart. What exactly was she supposed to feel right now? She kept quiet as Nathaniel went over every incident with precise detail, which left nothing much unclear. Except for one part. Unable to hold it in anymore, she blurted out "Then who am I to you?"  

Nathaniel wasn’t quite able to meet her eye. But his voice was sincere when he said "You are my best friend, Marinette. Don’t get me wrong, I have always loved you, and I still do. Just not in the way you expected of me."  

“How long have you known?” Marinette asked.  

“Almost two years, actually,” Nathaniel replied in a low voice. “Please don't get angry that I hid it from you.”  

‘Angry’ was not even close to what Marinette was feeling.  

Nathaniel continued. “I didn't know at the time when we started dating. I wasn't very comfortable being close to you, but I guessed that was because it was my first relationship, and I was nervous. But time passed and I didn't even get the courage to kiss you. And then when I met Marc, I felt all those things that I was supposed to feel for you. There wasn't much left to figure out after that.”  

Marinette took a deep breath. "So, what happens now? You, me, this relationship, where does this go next?"  

"I leave that to you,” Nathaniel wrung his hands. “After everything, you deserve the right to decide for yourself. I promise I’ll be okay with whatever you decide. I trust you."  

As if the revelation hadn’t been enough for her brain, now it was her responsibility to handle it. "I think I need some time." She stood up.  

"Sure, let me know when you feel like," Nathaniel said, fearing the worst, and feeling defeated. "Just, keep this between us for now, please?"  

Marinette turned to look at him. "Not even Marc?"  

"Not even Marc."  

"Alright. I’ll text you later."  

After Marinette got home, she cried her heart out. Marinette had never been what they call homophobic, but it was one thing to support her friends like Juleka and Rose, and a whole other thing to have her own boyfriend come out to her as gay. No matter how much she pretended it was okay, she knew that this changed everything. Everything she had, or rather she thought she had, was a lie, was something that never was. Her first love, the person she had believed to have reciprocated her feelings, never even thought of her that way. All the stolen moments, holding hands, secret glances, cute messages – none of them meant anything. It was all a big lie. What was the truth then? What assurance was there that her entire life wasn't a lie?  

Her thoughts flitted back to the beginning of her relationship with Nathaniel. How she had fallen in love with the shy kid who sat in the back of the class, drawing away in his sketchbook. She had been only fourteen years old at that time, and the red-haired boy had stolen her heart. She had never thought something could happen between them, because she was too shy. But Nathaniel had noticed her. And when he had asked her about it one day, the colour of his cheeks matching his hair, Marinette hadn't been able to deny. And just like that, they had started dating. In the beginning, they had tried to keep it a secret, because Nathaniel had been scared of all the gossip. But Marinette had been too obvious; they had managed to keep it hidden for no more than six weeks.  

And then happened something that Marinette hadn't really been expecting. Everyone had warned her against Nathaniel. They had said he was “weird". Her friends had said that he was not the right guy. But Marinette had stood her ground. Yes, she had definitely ended up forging distances with her friends, but she had thought it was worth it. One time, she had punched a guy right in his face, because he had called her boyfriend a “fag". Nathaniel had texted her that night, saying how grateful he was that Marinette stood up for him, and how proud he was to have a girlfriend who trusted him.  

It was around then that Marinette had begun to realise why Nathaniel was so shy and introverted; it was because of how everyone else would treat him. They would mock him because he had feminine tastes, and make fun of him because he did not indulge in the kind of things that the other boys did. Marinette's heart cried for the poor boy. She had decided that she would do anything to help him build back his confidence. So she had begun to encourage him to pursue what he was good at: art. Bit by bit, she had brought out the real Nathaniel. At first, he had opened up to her, showing her his sketches. Marinette had discovered that Nathaniel’s artistic abilities were very versatile. He could sketch and draw and paint. His subjects also varied largely, starting from portraits to landscapes to mythical creatures and superheroes to scenes from daily life. Nathaniel had also let her into his other talents, ones no one knew about. Like singing; Marinette had had no idea Nathaniel had such a sweet voice. One day he had offered to do her hair and makeup, and when he was done, Marinette had never felt more beautiful in her life. When Marinette had visited Nathaniel's home for a sleepover, he had made her such excellent pasta that she had wondered if it had been brought from some restaurant.  

Gradually Nathaniel had begun to shine out. Marinette had encouraged him at every step of his life, and she had been there to see him evolve. And for this Nathaniel could never thank her enough. But Marinette would always say that Nathaniel's smile was the biggest gift for her.  

Nathaniel had been very reserved with showing his affections. And Marinette never had a problem with that, because that made the rare moments even more special.  

Sure, Nathaniel and Marinette's relationship was not like her other friends, but she loved what they had. And she loved him.  

And now, it was all over. No, it had never existed. It was all a pretension. Nathaniel had never been in love with her. This was a make-believe game, only Marinette had mistaken it all to be real.  

Now that she knew, it did seem to her that she should have figured it out sooner. After all, she had always known that Marc had a special place in Nathaniel's heart, maybe even above Marinette. But she had trusted Nathaniel too much. And besides, she had always felt it was wrong to think of it as anything else, when Nathaniel had himself insisted that they were “best friends". Well, what did it matter now? The ground was slipping away from under her feet, and there was nothing that could make it better.  

She knew that she needed to get it together. She was not at liberty to talk to others about what had happened, nor was she ready to weave any more lies. The only way was to look and behave normally. Which meant she would have to pretend that everything was okay between herself and Nathaniel. She had never thought that this relationship would be a burden to her, but there it was.  

Marinette stayed in her room all evening and thought it over. She loved Nathaniel, and she could not imagine her life without her. Nathaniel needed her, but he was not in love with her. Nobody could know what changed in their relationship in the past few hours. Taking all of it into consideration, it left only one option to her.  

Marinette realised it would be difficult for her to talk to Nathaniel directly, at least for the moment. So, she wrote him a message.  

“Nathaniel, I have loved you and I still do. You said you have loved me as well, just not in the way I did. I believe you. And I don't hate you, neither do I feel disgusted by you, nor pity you. Because this is who you are. I fell in love with the person, Nate, not the identity.  

“I have come to a decision. I am not leaving you. I am not ready to face that or provide others with any explanation for that. I guess neither are you. So we have to keep on this pretension of a relationship, at least till both of us are ready. If you are okay with it, of course.  

“I promise nothing will change between us. Except maybe my expectations. Now that I know and understand, you can trust me.  

“You said I have been the best friend you've ever had. All I ask is that you let me continue to be your best friend.  

“And lastly, thank you for trusting me. Thank you for believing that I am worthy of knowing. And thank you for having given me a chance.”

Nathaniel’s reply came in the form of a message too.  

“Oh Marinette, I knew you would find a solution! What have I ever done that I found such an angel like you! You are so amazing Marinette, any guy would be lucky to have you. And yet, the person you chose to be with turned out to be someone who could never love you the way you deserve to be loved. I am sorry Marinette, I am sorry for all the pain I have caused you and am causing you even now. I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me, if not now then at least someday.” 

“Never apologise for being who you are, Nathaniel,” Marinette would tell him, and Nathaniel would say that was the most beautiful thing anyone had ever told him.  

Things slowly fell into place after that. Marinette made her peace with everything, convincing herself that no matter what, she could at least be around Nate, be a presence in his life. And their friendship just got stronger with the increased trust. They were happy. Marinette was happy. Almost.  

If not for the gnawing thought in her mind that she had voluntarily given up her chance at happiness in order to pretend to be in a relationship with someone who would never love her that way. Yes, Nathaniel was a wonderful person and Marinette loved him so much. But it was so difficult to pretend, to lie to everyone, to hide the truth. As for Nathaniel though, he seemed so much happier. So carefree. Now that Marinette knew his secret, he had found someone he could share his innermost thoughts with. Marinette was glad she could bring happiness to the person she loved. Nate’s smile was the only thing that kept her going.  

When they finished high school, Marinette obviously decided to pursue Fashion, while Nathaniel opted for Graphic Design. Naturally, they had to split their ways. But they made it a point to keep in contact. After all, they had grown too close to let go of each other so easily.  

On her first day of university, Marinette received a surprise. She came to know that in the same university, in the Fashion Business department, studied the one and only Adrien Agreste!  

Adrien Agreste was the son of Gabriel Agreste, the once-famous fashion designer. When Marinette was in high school, she had idolized Gabriel Agreste. But a few years ago, his secretary, Nathalie Sancouer, had revealed to the public that Mr Agreste was mentally unstable, and had physically and psychologically abused his son and his employees on multiple occasions. Several lawsuits and public scandals later, the Agreste fashion company had been removed from his hands, and he was taken into custody by the psychiatric unit. It was all over the news. Adrien was only seventeen years old when he became the CEO of Agreste Fashion. However, Miss Sancouer had decided to manage the company on behalf of Adrien, at least till he finished his studies and became qualified enough to take over the controls.  

When Marinette was a young girl, she had had a celebrity crush on Adrien. It was hard not to, Adrien had been into modelling since early teenage, and he was understandably gorgeous. Marinette had been through a phase when she used to have posters of Adrien all over the walls of the room. But then, Nathaniel had come along and Marinette never had eyes for anyone else.  

Marinette had been surprised to know that Adrien Agreste was studying in the same university as she was. Then again, it had been quite some time since the lawsuits, and Adrien was anything but a celebrity now. But that didn't stop her from gawking her eyes out when she first lay her eyes on Adrien. Marinette had always thought he was handsome, but now she saw that puberty had done wonders on him. No photos could ever do justice to how absolutely gorgeous he looked in real life, even without all the make-up or expensive clothes. Marinette couldn't help but be intimidated by him, and so she tried to look away whenever they crossed paths.  

At first, Marinette didn't think it was a matter significant enough to tell Nathaniel. Adrien was just another student, someone Marinette had never even talked to. Nathaniel had never been very keen about fashion and modelling, and Marinette doubted if he knew about Adrien's life. She had never told him about her past celebrity crush, so there was that too. Nathaniel probably wouldn't think this was anything important. And after all, with their separate lives now, they couldn't talk about every single thing that happened in the little time they could make for each other. At least that was the justification she gave to herself.  

The unexpected turn came one day when she saw Adrien sitting by himself on one of the benches near the sports compound. Her first instinct was to turn the other way round and run away, but something made her look closer. Adrien looked sad and at the same time, agitated. Marinette was already done with her classes for the day. The empathetic side of her took over her, and she went up to him.  

“Is anything wrong?” she asked.  

Adrien jumped up at her voice, as if he had not expected anyone to catch him there. Once he calmed down though, he was surprisingly willing to talk. It was almost as if all he was waiting for was someone to listen to him. He had a presentation due in the next period, he said, and he had accidentally ripped his jacket.  

“It is my lucky jacket, and it, umm... has memories associated with it.”  

Marinette would later learn that the jacket had been a gift to Adrien from his late mother.  

“I don't have enough time to go home and change, and I don't know how to mend rips.” Adrien sounded really helpless.  

“That's it?” Marinette asked incredulously, but immediately toned down, realising that it might come off as rude. “I can help you there.”  

“Y-you would?” Adrien asked with disbelief, as if it was the strangest thing in the world to be offered help.  

“I'm a Designs student, and being pretty clumsy myself, I am used to such situations.” Marinette offered, taking out her emergency sewing kit from her bag.  

When Marinette was just about to begin the first sew, Adrien touched her hand to stop her. Reading his worries from his face, Marinette assured him, “Don't worry. I won't ruin it. The stitch won't even be visible, because I happen to have thread of the exact same colour as your jacket. Trust me.”  

Adrien relaxed considerably on hearing that.  

After the stitching was done, which took barely a few minutes, Marinette held it up for Adrien to see. Marinette had not expected to see such an expression of surprise on his face. Adrien had been associated with a fashion firm for all his life, surely a simple stitch couldn't be that impressive. But as it turned out, Adrien was hugely impressed.  

“Thank you so much, you have no idea how much it means to me.”  

Marinette felt her cheeks on fire. “It was my pleasure.”  

And then, suddenly, Adrien looked awkward. “How-how much do I have to...” He stammered with his hands fidgeting in his pocket.  

Marinette was aghast at the implication. “Oh, please no. Please don't even think about paying me or anything.”  

“But...” Adrien objected.  

Marinette smiled inwardly. Oh these rich people, she thought, used to paying for everything in money. Adrien certainly had a long way to go in social interaction still.  

“Just think of this as a favour from a friend,” Marinette explained.  

“A friend?” Adrien asked in a soft whisper, almost surprised.  

Marinette couldn't fathom why a blush spread over his cheeks at that word. She flashed a grin at him. “I think so.”  

“So, umm, do you think we can exchange phone numbers?” Adrien asked awkwardly. “No, no, don't get me wrong,” he continued hastily. “Not for any more favours! Just, you know, I haven't really had many friends before.”  

“Well, you sure have one more now, Adrien,” Marinette replied with a smile, taking her phone out of her bag.  

But when she looked at him, he was staring at her with a quizzical expression on his face. Seriously, had this guy never had a conversation before, that he had to react like this at everything she said?  

Marinette stared right back at him, her eyebrows raised in question.  

“You know my name?” asked Adrien. “But I don't think we've met before?”  

Marinette couldn't hold back her laugh. Was he for real? “Who doesn't know you, Adrien Agreste?”  

Adrien smiled at that, but Marinette didn't miss the shadow that passed over his features. Did she say something wr- Oh shit. He was thinking that Marinette knew him from the scandal, wasn’t he? Oh no, this poor boy, what was she going to say now?  

“I-I mean, Miss Delacour isn't really that non-vocal about one of the most promising students she's ever seen, as she likes to put it,” Marinette managed as much of light-hearted sarcasm into that line as she could.  

To her relief, Adrien visibly relaxed; he seemed to have bought it.  

Marinette let out a breath discreetly, and handed her phone to Adrien so that he could type in his number. Adrien accepted it, and handed his own phone over for the same.  

While returning his phone, Marinette said with a smile, “Marinette Dupain-Cheng, from the Designs department.”  

Adrien's eyes lit up, as he squealed, “Oh I've heard about you! You're pretty much of a celebrity in your own line, you know?”  

Marinette looked away to hide her blazing blush.  

“Guess I'll see you around then?” asked Adrien, as he picked up his bag and turned to leave.  

“Sure,” replied Marinette with a smile.  

There could be no satisfactory explanation for why Marinette had refrained from telling Nathaniel about the conversation with Adrien. When Nathaniel asked her how her day had been, she intentionally left out the part when she had talked with Adrien and struck up a friendship with him. Why? Marinette had no answer to that.  

Since that day, Adrien and Marinette had often run into each other in the corridors, and even had conversations in the cafeteria or in the common room during free periods. Although they weren't exceptionally close or anything, Adrien's face always lit up on seeing Marinette. Marinette, on the other hand, often felt her heart flutter when she talked to Adrien. Nathaniel, on the other hand, was unaware of this growing friendship. There was no reason why Marinette would hide such a trivial thing as a new friendship from her boy-er, best friend, given that they had got used to sharing every little thing, but even then, she couldn't bring herself to, for some unexplained reason. Although this baffled Marinette, she guessed it was for the better. That way, she could stop Nathaniel from teasing her about Adrien, and also, she wouldn’t have to lie to Adrien about her “boyfriend".

#miraculous ladybug #ml fanfic #my fic #the road to us and everything in between #chapter 1 #no magic au #alternate universe - no powers #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #nathaniel kurtzberg #marc anciel #nathalie sancoeur #gabriel agreste #adrienette #multi chapter #slow burn

[suearthboundau]

a summary of the plot points would be appreciated!

alright so here’s the whole story:

the end of the current bit would’ve been that yellow n steven just get some time to interact

skip to a day or two later. blue is still mopey and depressed, peridot is getting frustrated w her and then lapis steps in like “i’ll talk to her”. she gives her a speech like “i know what it’s like getting stuck here and never being able to go home, it sucks and it’s miserable, but you have to snap out of it. earth can actually be pretty cool if you give it a chance.”

she takes her out on a walk in the countryside where she shows her the sights of earth, animals and nature and stuff. at first blue is really apprehensive and nervous but she slowly warms up to things and has a good time. her and lapis become friends.

blue comes out of her shell more. she gets really interested in animals and starts observing/studying them, she basically wants to keep anything she sees as a pet. her and lapis get tadpoles from a pond to keep as pets and they all have names and stuff. blue also gets interested in earth fashion since it’s nothing like the uniforms theyre all stuck with on homeworld.

yellow mainly grows close to steven since everyone else ignores her and blue tries to avoid her. she acts pleasant but is secretly trying to figure out how to escape. she never gets anywhere but comes to like steven bc hes genuinely nice and tries to make sure she’s happy and stuff. he brings books to educate her on earth, which she finds interesting, and they also play boardgames together.

lapis leaves about a week after the zircons arrive. pretty much the same as in the show, except blue tries to debate her into staying. when lapis says they can take the barn into space, she points out that 1) the tadpoles will die and 2) the barn is obviously an earth structure and stands out so homeworlders will easily spot them. but instead of convincing lapis to stay, she just flies off without the barn. so everyone remaining continues to live in the barn.

more character development and stuff yada yada. smaller fillery arcs. then one day a homeworld ship arrives at the barn, filled with quartz soldiers. they spot yellow, and yellow’s terrified they’ve come to arrest her but then they reveal they’re trying to rescue her. some of them free her from her cell, while the other quartzes find and bubble peridot and blue. yellow realises from what they’re saying that she was never a wanted criminal and that sapphire must’ve lied to her.

she pretends to play along with the quartzes and act nice. they ask if she knows where the other rebels are and she says yes. something wouldve happened previously so she knows where the crystal gems house is, she leads them to it. however when they arrive and the quartzes disembark, ready to fight the cgs, yellow stabs them in the back by destabilising their leader. the other quartzes are so shocked that they let their guard down, giving the cgs time to form alexandrite and effortlessly defeat them. they bubble all the quartzes and free peridot and blue.

garnet congratulates yellow and tells her she can be free now bc they know they can trust her. but yellow still doesn’t trust them, and only really likes steven. peridot and blue reform (new outfits yayy), and it’s decided that they should all stay at the temple instead of the barn because homeworld knows the barn is a base.

the plot kinda chills out after that big event. it’s mainly just character development stuff and characters growing closer to each other. all the peridot and steven episodes from canon happen off-screen or in the background bc the zircons have nothing to do with them. this is the maybe month or so before ASPR, where there’s no more major canon plot.

yellow gets a new outfit, whether it’s from having to reform or just deciding to change for fun. also the zircons move into the lighthouse, maybe with peridot. generally all i had planned for this was smaller, humour-based storylines. blue becomes more outgoing, yellow develops interests if her own and joins jamie’s acting club. the zircons still argue constantly but start to agree on a few things. like, they both like the same tv shows, they’re both crazy competitive rules lawyers with board games, and they both hate ronaldo, who comes up to their house to play lookout and constantly bothers them about “totally seeing aliens” in his telescope.

eventually they finally just talk things out, apologise to each other for all their grievances, and yellow admits that she’s actually happy living on earth with blue, and it feels more like home than homeworld did. and then they hug it out and fuse. we would’ve had a few comics here where i might’ve taken questions for green zircon. then she’d hear ronaldo coming up the hill to do lookout, panic, and unfuse.

they’d both go inside, do some stuff, then hear ronaldo freaking out outside about spotting a “real moon alien”. they’d just roll their eyes about it but he’d insist they come look. and then they’d see lapis on the moon. ronaldo runs off to get steven, while blue gets really excited that she might see her friend again. when steven goes up to the moon, she tags along. lapis still leaves again, and steven tells blue about his dream, causing her to go into Theorising Mode.

blue obsessively goes over the evidence while yellow teases her for being a crazy conspiracy theorist, and she figures out that pink diamond was rose quartz and cracks the whole mystery. then like 2 seconds later steven knocks on the door and sits them down to explain the whole story. he doesn’t even get to start saying anything before blue’s like “in a second, can i explain my thing first?” and basically explains to him everything he was about to tell them. and then stevens like “uh yeah u got it.” and blue gloats at yellow that she was right while yellow pretends not to care.

garnet has her wedding and the zircs go, yellow doesn’t really hate the cgs anymore but she doesn’t feel hella welcome around them but yeah she goes anyway everyone has a good time. the diamonds show up, pretty much the same as in canon, i hadn’t really figured any way the zircons might impact stuff as i couldn’t see them fighting. they’d probably just hide tbh.

when everyone goes to homeworld, yellow goes with them so she can visit her friends and tell them how she’s been. blue decides to stay on earth so she can catch up with lapis, and also bc there’s not really anything for her up there. pretty much the same as in canon, yellow is not invited to the ball and she doesn’t want to go bc it’s not her place, she splits from the squad and goes to the zircon quarters to chat with her friends. she would’ve changed back into her uniform.

so we’d basically just be following yellow and seeing what life on homeworld is like for a zircon, the living quarters etc etc. as well as the kind of friends she had and her old life and stuff. i had an idea that gems like zircons that access databases can basically connect to the homeworld internet, and yellow would’ve known when they were almost at homeworld bc she would’ve suddenly got three trillion notifications from all the texts people had been sending her trying to find out where she is.

we’d also go back to blue on earth. she’d chat with lapis and they’d reconnect, i’d also have lapis and peridot talk things out bc they left on a sour note. also bismuth would get to know blue bc they never met. then they’d get the steven message and go up into space to help. while everyone else is going to the diamond fight, blue would go to find yellow and make sure she’s safe. they’d meet up in the zircon quarters, check everything’s alright, and the other zircons would be like “um yellow why r u hanging out w that loser lol”. then the chapter would end with all the zircons noticing white diamond’s ship blushing and being like “wtf”.

there’d be an epilogue thing set at the little party that ended the season. i didn’t plan to go into the movie or SUF (the whole plot of the movie would just be the zircons hiding in their house going “wtf” at the giant injector planted right in front of it lol). i guess in SUF they’d just be living their best lives.

[amelink66world]

Love of my Life

Heyyy guyss!! This is the new chapter. You can find this story on my wattpad too by the same name. The link is also available on my masterpost. Enjoyyy.

Date Night ( part- 1)

The room had a different aura. It was difficult to describe. It was surreal, radiant. It appeared to have come straight out of a romantic movie.

It was Amelia's idea to trick Mary into believing that her husband was going to be in a coma forever without saying anything. They just had to approach her with a neutral expression, that is, the doctor face, rest will be left up to Mary. The surgeons wanted to cherish the look on Mary's face upon seeing her husband awake and of sound mind.

The shock was evident on her face upon seeing her husband propped up on his back on the hospital bed. She dashed to his bedside and hugged with all her might. The mood changed in the room. It began filling with love. This feeling overpowered all other emotions of the occupants of the room. Mary was continuously whispering I love you in Jai's ear.

Link felt this sweet feeling surge in his veins. They noticed that Nico and Schmitt were hugging and smiling looking at the pair. He wanted to hug Amelia so badly right now. He chanced looking at Amelia as she was the one making him feel this way. He wanted to hug her, kiss her, protect her from everything in this cruel world. He realised he was falling for her. HARD.

            Amelia was experiencing the same thing. She never thought she was capable of feeling any love after Owen. But her she was, standing in a patient's room thinking only about Link. She looked back at him and smiled. He was intently looking at the couple with a soft gaze. She wanted to hug him, tight, kiss him and just stay in his embrace forever. He always made her feel safe, comfortable in her skin and protected. He always made her feel special just by a single look. He was just...something else.

Their eyes met. The whole world seemed to revolve around them. It was just the two of them. Something was drawing them in. They inched closer. The pair smiled and Link wrapped his arm around her shoulder. She leaned into his side feeling content. Link put a small kiss on her forehead and she sighed. This was the best feeling ever!

They left the couple alone and headed towards the nurse's station. Suddenly she felt herself being pulled into an on-call room. It happened so fast that she couldn't comprehend what was happening. She recovered from her initial shock when she felt two strong arms wrap around her waist pulling her into a big, warm body. She wrapped her arms around the owner of those gorgeous hands' neck and inhaled his scent. Link was smothering her face with kisses. He just couldn't control this bubbling feeling in his heart and just wanted to be near her.

                 Amelia sighed at his touch and ran her fingers through his hair. Taking his own sweet time, Link pulled back. He was staring deep into her eyes, their noses were so close to each other that they almost touched. " Amelia Shepherd, would you like to go on a date with me? "  Link looked so innocent when he asked this question that Amelia nearly missed that famous smirk of his. His eyes twinkled in the dimly lit room with playfulness and hope.

Amelia pretended to think for a second making him frown. " Um, let me see. Shall I go with you? Hmm, maybe I should? Or shall I not? ", her eyes were full of mirth and she enjoyed teasing him. Link pouted petulantly. Amelia laughed and hugged him, burying her face in the crook of his neck. " Of course I'll go on a date with you, silly." She could practically feel Link's smile. He tightened his arms around her waist wanting to hold her much closer. Now that he officially got her, he never wanted to let go. " Yayy! I'm the luckiest man in Seattle right now! "

          

  She pulled back slightly with shock evident on her face. " In Seattle?! You should say you're the luckiest man in the whole world! ", she playfully smacked him on the chest. Link grinned and held her hand which attacked him, pulling her back to him again. He smiled and whispered in her ear with utmost sincerity," No doubt, I am." His words made her heart flutter and a shiver ran down her spine. They stayed like that in each other's arms for several more minutes before going to their respective floors. Before departing, Link questioned her, " Pick you up at 7? "

" Sure. But wait, what shall I wear? Casual or something you know...?", she raised her eyebrow suggestively. Link's eyes twinkled and he chuckled,  " Definitely that something! " Amelia nodded before kissing his cheek and waving him. Link lingered for a few more seconds, just staring at her retreating form before going on his way. How did I get so lucky?

At 6:15 in Meredith's house:

Amelia pounded on Maggie's door. " Maggie!! MAGGIEEEE, I need your urgent help. Come out."

Maggie rushed out looking disheveled.

" What? What? Did someone try to kill you? Did someone die? Wait. IS THERE AN INTRUDER?! Where are the kids? OH MY GOD! " Maggie went in a full panic mode. Amelia just stared at her sister. She can be so crazy sometimes. She laughed and tried to stop her. She cupped her shoulders, " Hold up, Maggie. To answer your questions, no, no and no. Kids are at a sleepover with Rene, so chill. Nothing's wrong. God. You make me not the crazy sister sometimes," she guffawed.

Maggie hit her on the shoulder. " What the hell, Amelia. What IS the problem then? "

Amelia sheepishly shrugged her shoulders, " Well, uhh I'm going on a date and I don't exactly know what to wear. Can you please help me decide? ", Amelia pouted. Anger left Maggie's body and was quickly replaced by enthusiasm.

" You're going on a DATE? Amelia I want the details. With whom? Is he from the hospital? Of course, he is. Is it Dr. Fitz from cardio? Oh, Amelia he's great. Amazing doctor. Great attending. Hot. SO DAMN HOT. And he's secretly after you too. I've totally seen him stare at you numerous times. He even asked me once if you were single," Maggie winked.

" Dr. Fitz likes me ?! Wow." She giggled sheepishly but couldn't picture herself with that hot doctor. The only man on her mind was a certain orto surgeon who was hotter than Fitz. In fact, the hottest doctor in the hospital. And today he was all hers. " No, God, Maggie no." She pulled her into her room. " I'll tell you who it is. Help me out first. "

                There were dresses lined up on her bed. First outfit was a pant- suit similar to what she wore at the conference. Link really liked that outfit and everything began from there. The second one was actually tooo sexy for today. It was a blue dress that ended just a few inches above her knees and clung to her figure. I'll keep this for some other day, she thought smugly. The last one was a black floral dress that reached her knees and was snug fit. Fortunately, Maggie lifted that one, " This. " Amelia smiled at her." Okay thanks, Maggie." She then rushed her out of the room. " I need to get ready. Bye "  Maggie was speechless, " You were supposed to tell who you're going with! "  She humphed and left to gloat.

There was a knock at the door sharp at 7. Maggie tried to reach downstairs before Amelia to see who is was that her sister was so excited about but Amelia beat her to it. She was never the one to dress up but today was special. She wanted to look good for Link. She put on some light makeup which looked perfect on her pale skin and complimented her eyes. She wore small hoop earrings and a silver watch. Nothing too much, nothing too less either.

Her eyes bulged out when she reached the glass door. Link was looking dapper, freaking handsome. She couldn't take her eyes off him. He was standing with a bouquet of very beautiful red roses. Do I need to go through this whole date thing before jumping his bones? How am I gonna do that?!

             Link on the other hand was rendered speechless at the sight of her. Ahhh, she looks so damn sexy. She looks absolutely gorgeous. God I really like her. I just can't wait to get to know her better. She's all mine today.

" Hi ," she said sheepishly.

" Hey. You look...", he trailed off, thinking of an appropriate word other than sexy. Amelia looked up with her hopeful eyes sporting a small knowing grin. "...gorgeous, Amelia. God, you're so beautiful." He leaned in to kiss her softly on the lips. The kiss was soft at first but was taking a different turn fast. Amelia slightly pulled back and grinned up at him. Her cheeks were rosy and Link kissed her forehead. She leaned in to put a lingering kiss on his cheek.

             

  He handed her the bouquet, " And these milady, are for you." He bowed to put on a show. Amelia laughed and took the Rose's from his hands. " You're such a dork." She then put the bouquet in a vase situated near the door and took his hand. "Let's go," she whispered with a soft smile. Link couldn't believe his luck. How will I control myself if she keeps looking at me like that? This will surely be a long night. He was really excited to finally go out with her.

" IT'S LINK ??!!, " he heard a holler. Amelia yelped before pulling him outside. She laughed nervously before speaking, " Let's just go, okay. Ignore her."

Maggie came down the stairs to a shocking sight. Amelia kissing Link. She couldn't control her outburst. " Amelia, wait. Come back here." But she literally ran away in her heels.

Wasn't it just a one-time thing? And what did she call it, Pain Management, right? Nonsense. Huh, didn't I tell her to date Link in the first place? No one ever listens to me. Huh, I'm so smart.

In the car:

The car ride was peaceful with Link's hand on her thigh caressing trying to calm her down. This was what Amelia wanted to avoid. Maggie finding out. Now she'll never hear the end of it! Ughh. Link kept stealing glances at her. She was nervous. What in the hell was all of that?  " Amelia, are you okay? What exactly was that? ", he chuckled.

               Amelia stuttered, " Ughh, um, no...nothing. It was just Maggie being Maggie," she laughed nervously. Link side-eyed her. He raised his eyebrow with a serious expression prompting her to spill. Like a kid caught red-handed stealing cookies, Amelia answered, " Well, Maggie kinda told me way back to date you. But I didn't listen to her and now look where we are. Doing exactly that." She looked down at her hands.

          

   They had reached the famous Italian place in town by then. He parked the car before turning in her direction. He lifted her chin with his fingers. " Our timing was wrong at that time. Nothing else. Sooo, did you do a wrong thing by listening to her now? ," he asked her with a hint of insecurity. Amelia looked up at his eyes with confidence. " Of course  not. I can't even think like that. I'm really happy with you. I was looking forward to this night," her cheeks coloured.

That fluttering feeling returned and tugged at their hearts. She looked so beautiful to Link with her twinkling eyes and blushing cheeks that he leaned down to kiss her burning cheeks. He knew how flustered she could get around him. He couldn't help but tease her. " Calm down, Amelia. Breathe," he whispered in her ear. He then got down and walked towards her side of the car. Ughh I'll kill him. That man is doing it purposely. Huhhh. When did it get so hot in here? Amelia was fanning her face when Link opened her door. He helped her out of the car and wrapped her arm tightly around her waist.

Amelia teased, " Such a gentleman." He laughed, "At your service, madam." She laughed and smacked him on the chest. He took her to a fancy Italian restaurant. He knew she loved Italian. Amelia smiled warmly at him.

Author's Note:

Heyy guys!!! I just couldn't wait to post this new chapter!!

Anyways, this chapter is kinda short as it is divided into two parts. The next part will be released by tomorrow. I hope you like it ;) Suggestions are welcome in the comments section. So enjoy. Until then.

#amelia shepherd #atticus lincoln #amelia and link #amelink #amelia shepherd fanfic #greys anatomy #love #romance

[badwolfwrites-sometimes]

Drawn Together: Chapter 17

Almost halfway done with the plot yayy!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/18923374/chapters/58648660

"Then when Lovi comes home, we tell him the plan." Lovino returned from his date with Antonio to find his brother Romeo talking about him.

"What plan?" He asked, entering the living room where Feliciano and Romeo were seated. The look on their faces staring at his own told Lovino something was up. "What did you do now?"

Feliciano and Romeo exchanged glances before they both spoke at the same time. "We-"  "See-" Silence. Feliciano nodded to Romeo to proceed with what he was going to say, since he was the first to receive the news of their grandpa's return.

"We were coming up with a plan." Romeo explained. "Nonno will be back the day after tomorrow and we want to avoid what happened last time."

Lovino's face collapsed, what little hope for the world he had was completely gone from his eyes. Since the incident everytime their grandpa was mentioned, Lovino felt like he was being choked, just wanting to escape and hide for the rest of his life. He sat on the lowest stair.

"Lovi?" Feliciano called for him, snapping him out of what darkness his thoughts produced now.

"Why?" He simply asked. "Toni was supposed to come over the day after tomorrow, but now..." He had no strength left to finish that sentence, memories of what happened last time flooding back in his mind.

Romeo stood up from his place on the couch, moving to sit by his brother instead. "I'm sorry, Lovi." He spoke and Feliciano nodded in agreement. "We can deal with Toni easily, right now we need to deal with the situation with Nonno." Romeo patted his brother's shoulder, but got a harsh reaction from him.

Lovino just wanted to be left alone, to hide in his room and not come down again the whole time their grandpa is there. They did talk after last time, but it was never anything too serious and always via text. They never talked about Antonio or Lovino's relationship with him, something Lovino wished would stay that way. But of course life was never nice. Of course he would have to deal with everything that happened last time. "Tell me the plan." He finally spoke, eyes hidden by his hands.

Feliciano sighed. "We thought about acting like nothing happened in the first place." He said. "So no mentions of dates and relationships."

"That's not going to work and you know it." Lovino said, done with everything before it even started. "There's no way in hell and beyond that Nonno will let that go."

"True." Romeo started. "But he let you see Toni in the end so maybe he won't bring it up."

"He would!" Lovino shouted, startling the two other boys. "He's an old man, they are all like that!"

No one said anything, no one even dared to open their mouths to say anything. Lovino just stood up and made his way up the stairs. "I'll be in my room until he leaves." He said, disappearing from his brothers' sight, groans and sighs accompanying his footsteps.

Lovino dropped directly on his bed the moment he entered the room. His mind wanted to cry until he could drown in tears, but his body lacked the energy to do so. Relaxing, he drifted off to dreamland, hoping that everything that would happen soon would be just a bad dream.

A loud sound woke him up hours later, his phone reading 11 a.m. Whatever those two were doing was just way too early for Lovino to deal with, so he tried to escape in the best way possible...

Lovi: Oi

...by texting Antonio.

Knowing his boyfriend, it was unlikely he was going to respond anytime soon. Lovino was fine with that. They were both busy men with their busy lives in this busy country. He might just become allergic to the word busy, but that is beside the point. The point is that his boyfriend would take hours to text him back and that his stomach would kill him if he didn't put enough coffee and food in it.

Making his way down the stairs, Lovino saw that his brothers were quite... busy. With cleaning. Seeing them so frantic about it reminded him of their talk yesterday, just as he was starting to forget about it. Normally, he would disturb them and order them around, but today he was just... busy. With not being in the mood.

"Lovi!" Romeo spotted him. "Bad news, Nonno will be coming late tonight instead of tomorrow." 

And there goes the escape plan he didn't even think of. "Tell him I'm asleep when he comes then." Lovino thought that should settle it in a way. "Whose turn is it to do the dishes?"

"Yours." Romeo answered.

"I don't do dishes. Feli, you do them."

"But I did them yesterday!" Feliciano complained.

"So?"

"At least be useful if you're not going to greet Nonno. We don't have to do everything by ourselves." Feliciano argued.

Lovino raised his eyebrow. "You're really talking to me about usefulness when you've been on the phone this whole time. You're still texting that German bastard? You don't need that pathetic waste of air."

Despite knowing Lovino was always like this when it came to his and Romeo's friends, Feliciano lost his cool. "Take that back right now."

"Why should I?" Lovino shrugged.

Before Feliciano could argue any more, he felt Romeo's hands holding him down. "Stop! We have work to do, this is neither the time or the place to fight." Romeo said, looking between his brothers.

"He started it." Lovino was quick to answer.

Romeo once again had to restrain Feliciano from saying something he would regret. "You're both at fault here!" He turned to Feliciano first, nodding. "Do as he says, Feli. It's better that way."

Feliciano sighed in defeat, dropping his brush harshly to the floor. "Ludwig isn't a waste of air." He mumbled as he walked towards the kitchen.

"Don't come crying to me when you see him how he truly is." Lovino called after Feliciano before his eyes met with Romeo's, an unusually bitter aura in his otherwise kind green eyes.

"If you're not going to help clean, don't bother us." Romeo said. He pitied his brother for the situation he was in, but that didn't excuse his behavior towards Feliciano in the slightest. "And leave Feli's friend alone."

Lovino couldn't respond to that, Romeo was rarely ever angry like this. He got annoyed quite often, but would forget about it most of the time. This was different. Lovino decided he wouldn't deal with this, leaving Romeo to finish cleaning the living room.

By the time he returned to his room, hungry and prideful, he felt his phone vibrate in his hand. A text from Antonio.

Tonii: Good morning love

Well, at least it didn't take him too long. Seems like he wasn't... busy after all.

Lovi: Its anything but good

Tonii: Are you okay darling

Lovi: Obviously not Lovi: Nonno is coming home tonight

Tonii: Oh Tonii: Do you want to come over until you know its safe to meet him again

Lovi: Too late for that Lovi: And i think those two would kill me if i leave the house after what i did

Tonii: Did you yell at them again

Lovi: Feli is being stupid  Lovi: He talks too much with that german guy his brain is corrupted

Tonii: They are friends love Tonii: Its natural that they want to talk so much Tonii: Remember how we were like

Lovi: Thats different we didnt talk all the damn time and ignore our family and chores

Tonii: I guess so Tonii: Is there anything i can do

Lovi: Keep me company until night time Lovi: I dont want to be alone

Tonii: Of course my love Tonii: We'll get through this together

Time always seemed to move faster whenever Antonio was involved in his day. It has been like that ever since Antonio's family moved from Spain to Italy years ago and the two became close friends. Lovino disliked him at first, distancing himself from Antonio as he played with Feliciano and Romeo, but he could never escape the Spaniard's friendly smile. With more and more time passing, they grew closer to each other and, before they knew it, Antonio confessed his long term feelings for Lovino. Lovino refused at first, but he soon realized that he would rather spend his whole life with Antonio than spend it with any woman in the world.

Lovino recalled their first date as the bright blue sky shifted to the dark starry one, a smile on his face. Despite knowing each other since they were basically in diapers, Antonio was nervous the whole time. Lovino knew that Antonio had every right to be nervous, considering Italy wasn't the most welcoming place for people of any sexuality other than straight, but he still found it silly and sweet. No girl was ever like that with him. True, no girl really liked him as much to begin with.

They chatted a few more hours, before Lovino decided it was time for his pretend sleep. And it seems he chose just the right time because as soon as he put his phone down for charging, he heard the front door swinging open. "Boys, I'm home!" The loud voice of his grandpa sounded off in his head for longer than he thought possible.

He had no idea how much time passed, he heard voices talking and sometimes yelling, but never enough to hear what they were saying. It was only when he heard footsteps coming up the stairs that he shut his eyes close and pretended to be in a deep sleep.

The door of his room was showed open and the light turned on. Lovino blinked a few times as if he was truly asleep, but dropped the act when he saw it was Romeo. He had a worried expression on his face. "Nonno wants to see you." He said.

Lovino's own green orbs of sight stared back at his brother's, rising to a sitting position. "Didn't you tell him I was asleep?"

"We did, but he didn't buy it. He's really angry about you not greeting him."

"He should have seen it coming after last time." Lovino still wasn't making any attempts to properly get up.

Romeo sighed. "You better hurry if you don't want your right to date Toni stripped away from you again. Feli can't distract him for much longer." With that Romeo left the room, leaving his brother to get properly dressed and prepare himself for possible breakdowns.

He sent Antonio one last text before he descended down the stairs to the living room, trying his best to hide the obviously disgusted face when his eyes met his grandpa's. "Oh, so he's alive." Grandpa Rome commented, but Lovino didn't laugh as he usually would. He continued his way down the stairs until they were face to face.

"You've got some balls, Lovino." Grandpa Rome started. "Not even coming down to greet me properly. Is that how you young people behave these days?"

"Sorry." Lovino answered. "I was asleep." His eyes were running everywhere but to his grandpa's. He noticed Feliciano and Romeo looking between each other nervously.

"Don't give me that. I raised you, Lovino Vargas, I can see right through your lies." Grandpa Rome forced Lovino to look at him properly. "Now, what do we say?"

Lovino felt that urge to cry once again, squeezing his neck until he was struggling to speak. He had to fight it off, he had to appear strong. "Welcome home, Nonno." He struggled out.

Grandpa Rome smiled, finally satisfied with his welcoming, patting Lovino's shoulder. "Good boy." He said as he walked back to the couch where Feliciano and Romeo were sitting. "Now come and join us. I have to tell you boys a story that concerns you as well."

Lovino sighed, he didn't have much choice anyway. Feliciano got up from the couch and threw himself on the beanbag beside it, while Lovino took his place on the couch. Luckily he was seated next to Romeo and not Grandpa Rome.

Once they were all relaxed and ready, Grandpa Rome poured himself a glass of vine and began his story. "Around the end of April, I was mostly finished with my work in France, so my superior gave me a few days off." This was a trademark of Grandpa Rome, he never referred to his boss as boss, preferring the term superior. "Do you boys know where Calais is?" He asked.

Feliciano and Romeo nodded, Lovino just kept still. "Good. Anyway, being so close to England, I decided to pay it a visit since it's been a while. And I'm in London walking by this cinema so I decide to stop. You know, cinema's in London are so different from ours. We're a lot more lively than they are. I swear, everyone was grumpy when I entered." Grandpa Rome trailed on, the rest of them just nodding along.

"So I go up to the counter and I see only one movie playing in the next half an hour and it's this typically teenage movie. You boys would probably love it, there's a lot of beautiful women in it. Anyway, I buy the ticket and everything and I watch the movie. I was bored most of the time, I just don't understand you kids and your taste." He continued, motioning for Romeo to get up. Which he did, only to switch places with Grandpa Rome.

Grandpa Rome threw one arm behind Lovino's neck, holding him closer like that. "This movie was about this gay kid and how his friend bullied him. But the scene that stood out the most to me was when he was telling his parents that he's gay."

Lovino's eyes widened. "In that moment, I wasn't seeing a character from a movie anymore, I was seeing my grandson right there on that screen before me." He spoke that part with so much pride in his voice. And he spoke it to Lovino only. Yes, Feliciano and Romeo could still hear it, but only Lovino listened properly. He felt tears welling up in his eyes.

Grandpa Rome hugged Lovino, running his big and old hands up and down his back just like he did when Lovino was a kid. "I'm sorry, my boy. I said some things I shouldn't have said about you. But I'm an old man, things weren't like this in my time. This movie opened my eyes and told me I still have so much more to learn."

Lovino wept like a little baby as his grandpa spoke. He couldn't believe the things he was hearing. Feliciano and Romeo exchanged glad smiles for their brother.

Grandpa Rome nodded, breaking the hug as Lovino was wiping away the last of his tears. "I won't be staying long, but I'd like to apologize to Toni as well before I leave." He said.

"Are you going to France again?" Romeo asked.

"No. They are shipping me off to Germany this time." Grandpa Rome said, confusion obvious on his face as Lovino groaned and Feliciano stared surprised. This was going to be yet another long weekend.

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[moonstruckholland]

Honest (Part One)

Word count: 2425

Warnings: Angst, cursing, flashbacks the tiniest tiniest bit of fluff

A/N: Technically, it's the 25th, but let's pretend it's still the 24th and be excited that the first part is finally here! I hope y'all like it, this is my first series so I would love some feedback! My masterlist and taglist are both in my bio!

“I have to start getting ready for class, love,” Harrison said softly, waking you up as he attempted to get out of bed.

“It’s too early. Stay here with me,” you pleaded, a sleepy pout on your face as you tighten your grip on Harrison’s waist.

“I wish I could, darling,” he leaned down to kiss your forehead. “But it’s the first day, you know I’ll spend the whole day trying to find parking if I’m not early.”

You groaned, reluctantly letting him go. You watched as he walked to the closest, admiring how lovely he looked as the faint sunlight hit him.

You couldn’t help wanting to stay in his presence for as long as you possibly could. So you walked over to him and wrapped your arms around his waist from behind, wishing it wasn’t the first day of class so you could drag him back to bed. You rested your head his shoulder, “At least stay long enough to have a cup of coffee.”

“Of course, love. Spending the morning with you is my favorite part of the day.”

You let out a little “yayy” as you sat up, planting a kiss his cheek, before heading to the kitchen to start making the coffee.

While you waited for the it to brew, you threw a bagel into the toaster oven, knowing Harrison wouldn’t have time to eat until sometime in the afternoon.

A loud knock on the door scared you, making you squeal as you dropped half of the bagel you were preparing for yourself on the floor. You sighed, picking it up and throwing it in the trash before answering the door. You didn’t know who to expect when you opened the door, but you sure as hell didn’t expect to see Tom.

You whole body went numb as you took in the sight of him. His hair was a bit longer, his curls falling onto his face as he looked down on his phone, too busy typing something to realize you had even opened the door. You continued analyzing him while he was still preoccupied, taking note of his slightly tanner skin and the way his tight shirt emphasized his muscular arms. You hated to admit it, but he looked good. Much better than the last time you saw him.

You paced around your apartment, anxiously checking your phone every few minutes. Tom was supposed to pick you up from class hours ago. When he didn’t show up, you figured he had overslept and you’d find him where you last saw him earlier that morning; in your bed. But when you arrived at your apartment, only Alex, your best friend and roommate, was there, and she hadn’t seen Tom at all. So, you spent the next couple of hours texting and calling. He never picked up or answered, but you knew he was getting all of it, a little ‘read’ sign popping underneath the spam of messages every once in a while.

“Where is he?” you mumbled to yourself, your stomach knotted with worry as you kept staring at the little screen.

This went on for a while. You would text, call, question where he was and if he was okay. Eventually, the worry started to turn to anger, and by that point you barely bothered to call and maybe send a couple of texts. Clearly, he was okay. He just didn’t want to talk to you.

You tried sleeping, but every time you closed your eyes, your anxiety would naw at you more and more. You imagined him in some horrible situation. What if he had gotten into an accident? Or lost his phone? What if his dumbass got into some kind of a fight and he was sitting in a corner somewhere, broken and alone? You knew deep down he was okay, but the longer you waited, the more your anxiety filled your mind with dark thoughts. You were practically drowning in them.

It wasn’t until Tom stumbled into your apartment, sometime after one in the morning, that you finally felt like you could breathe. You gave him a quick once over, making sure he wasn’t physically hurt in any way. He seemed to be perfectly fine.

Now that you knew he was okay, you let the anger you’d been holding back consume you. “Where the fuck have you been?”

He ignored your question, walking straight into your bedroom, mumbling something about not wanting to fight right now.

“No,” you called after him, “I want to know what was so important that you stood me up on our  anniversary.”

He sighed, sitting on the corner on your bed, facing away from you. “I’m sorry. I lost track of time. I’ll make it up to you.”

You almost laughed at his “apology.” You knew he wasn’t sorry. It wasn’t the first time he said those exact three sentences after fucking up. It was his favorite thing to say lately, and every time you let it slide, choosing to have faith in the man you thought you’ve been counting on for the past two years. It only ended with him let you down every single time. You couldn’t let it go this time. You wouldn’t.

“What’s been going on with you lately?” You were now sitting in front of him, literally on your knees, begging him to let you in. “Whatever is it, I’ll do whatever it takes to help make things better. I just need to know what’s wrong.”

He didn’t even bother to look at you. “Nothing’s wrong, babe. I’m fine.”

You got up, so frustrated you weren’t sure if you wanted to scream or cry hysterically, but you were sure what you wanted the most;to sleep. You were so tired, Tom’s shit wasn’t worth putting  up with anymore.

“Then get out.”

“What?”

You pointed to the door, “I’m done. Get the hell out.”

You honestly didn’t mean a word that you said. You just wanted him to show some emotion, give some kind of sign that he still cared for you, for your relationship.

He shrugged, “This wasn’t working anymore anyway.” And without another word, he left, only stopping to slam the door behind him.

You weren’t sure if he had left the apartment, but you couldn’t hold back the emotions anymore, falling to your knees as the tears fell in full force.

You stayed like that for a while, not even bothering to get off the floor. You would occasionally fall in and out of sleep, but your mind was too restless with thoughts of Tom to really let sleep takeover.

Eventually you grew tired of lying on the floor, craving the warmth of having someone next you, and just a bed in general. So you forced yourself to get up, planning on sneaking into Alex’s room. You caught sight of the time on your alarm clock and hoped she wouldn’t mind getting some extra company at almost four in the morning.

You opened the door, letting out a little gasp when you found Tom sitting on the floor, his body leaning on the doorframe, asleep and snoring softly. He hadn’t been asleep for long, his nose slightly red and cheeks still wet from crying. You examined him for a moment longer, noticing the dark circles under his eyes and just how pale he looked. Despite how peaceful he seemed while he slept, you could still see how troubled his was. You gently woke him up, wordlessly bringing him to your bed. He hesitantly wrapped his arms around you when you crawled in next to him. You could practically hear his relief when you snuggled closer to him.

“I’m so sorry,” he whispered, breaking the silence.

You pretended to be asleep, not knowing what to say. You didn’t want to tell him that none of his actions recently were okay, not while he was holding you like his life depended on it, like you would disappear if he let go. Instead, you made a silent promise to him and to yourself that tomorrow would be better, you would make sure of it. Sleep took over not too long after and you dreamt of the perfect anniversary dinner with Tom, the one you should’ve had.

When you woke up a few hours later, Tom and any trace of him were gone. All that was left was a note that read, “I can’t do this anymore.”

It was the sound of Harrison’s voice that brought you back to reality and made Tom look up from his phone with a smile. A smile that quickly disappeared when he when he caught sight of you.

“Y/n?” Harrison called out, making his way over to you. “Who is it, love?”  

Still too in shock to answer, you just slowly moved out of the way to reveal an equally shocked Tom. Harrison’s eyes widen as he let out a soft “oh shit” under his breath, making you feel a bit relieved. At least he was just as surprised as you were.

He quickly composed himself, “Tom! I didn’t think you’d be here for a few days.”

Or maybe it wasn’t as much of a surprise as you thought.

“Yeah, I didn’t exactly plan-”

You didn’t stay to listen, letting the boys greet each other and using it as an opportunity to escape to Harrison’s room. You picked up your phone, quickly sending an sos text to Alex, knowing she would understand immediately. As you waited for a reply, you started packing some of your things, preparing to hop out of there the second she pulled up.

‘Maybe I should stay, this is probably just a misunderstanding,’ you shook the thought away, trying not to give in to the idea.

It didn’t matter why Tom had suddenly showed up, all that you were certain of was you couldn't stay by yourself with him. You weren’t too sure what would happen if you did, but you knew you weren’t prepared for it.

Harrison stepped in not too long after, his eyes full of guilt and sadness as he took note of a small pile of your clothes that you usually left for your long visits, now packed neatly inside of your bookbag. “You’re leaving?”

You didn’t bother answering him, too angry to speak. He knew better than anyone about your feelings towards Tom. He was one of the few people that helped mend the broken person you were all those months ago. You couldn’t believe that him of all people would do something like this. not only invited Tom, but all of negative feelings as well, without so much as a single warning.

He hesitantly walked over to you and grabbed your hands, stopping you mid-fold. “At least let me drop you off to wherever it is you want to go.” “You’ll be late to class.” “Please,” he pleaded. “I’d rather to be late to every class than see you walk out while you’re angry with me.” You wanted to decline like the stubborn person that you are, but you knew you couldn’t the second your eyes met his. He looked like a sad puppy, begging you for a chance to explain himself. How could you ever say no? “Fine.” He pulled you in for a hug and planted a kiss on your head, “Thank you, love.”

You nodded, taking a bit of comfort in his embrace. You were still upset, but if you were being totally honest, you would rather be upset and stuck for a short ride with Haz than being alone in the apartment with Tom for any amount of time. As if he had heard you exact thought, Harrison pulled away, telling you he’d be waiting for you in the car. He was out of the room by the time you could process what he said and by that point you didn’t want to risk embarrassing yourself in front of Tom. You cursed under your breath, you were going to have to face him whether you liked it or not. When you finally had the courage to step out, you found him leaning on the across from Harrison’s room, waiting for you. His jaw clenched, eyes hard as he took a good look at you and the bag in your hand.

He didn’t hesitate to start spewing all the thoughts that were running through his head.

“My best friend, y/n? Really? Out of all the people you could’ve picked to fuck around around with, you just had to pick Haz?” He laughed humorlessly. “Honestly, do you not feel any shame?’

You rolled your eyes. Of course the first thing he would do after so long without a word to each other is pick a fight. You weren’t even surprised that he had figured out a way to make you the bad guy, as if he hadn’t done anything wrong.

You raised your hand, signaling him to stop before he said another word. “You don’t get to do that. You don’t get to judge me and ask questions. You’re the one that-” You cut yourself off, so choked up with emotion you felt like you could barely breathe, let alone speak.

His eyes softened for a moment and he reached out to grab your hand. You shook your head, taking a few steps back to widen the distance between the two of you.

“Don’t even think about coming near me right now. Better yet, don’t even think about me at all. Pretend like I’m not even here.”

He looked away guiltily,“How can you expect me to just ignore you?”

You shrugged, “You did a really good job at that for the past eight months, so I’m sure you can manage.” You pushed past him before he could say anything, practically running in an attempt to get out of there as quickly as you could. Your heart was racing and your head was pounding with a headache as you used one hand slam the door behind you, the other tightly holding your things. You considered waiting for Alex, wanting to care about only yourself. Instead you sent a text, telling her to stay home as you took a deep breath and forced yourself to go down to the building’s garage, where you knew Harrison was patiently waiting.

He greeted you when you entered the car, giving you a tentative smile, you faked a smile, feeling numb and wondering what you had done to deserve this. The only comfort you had was the certainty that things couldn’t get any worse.

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[hergrandplan]

Anastasia: #1, 3, 6, 9, 11, 19, 21, 29

Dani!!!! Long time no talk!!!!

and YAYY MORE ANASTASIA i miss this show send help 

1. First song you listened to?

Officially it was Once Upon a December because it was their Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade performance and shortly after I saw it and once mesmerized by their costumes I decided to just give the whole album a listen.

3. Least favourite song?

for some reason, when listening to only the album, I really don’t like The Press Conference? Yes, Lily is amazing in that one but I only like it when watching the musical cause it’s that parallel with The Rumours Never End. But not a fan of that one. (when watching the musical it’s Countess and the Common Man cause it always makes me so uncomfortable) 

6. First impression of it?

As I said, I was mesmerized by their Macy’s Parade performance. but to give my full first impression, I think it’s best to just go into what happened when I first listened to the album. 

It was New Year’s Day. I remember it as such because on New Year’s day I get the strange desire to clean my room, no matter how late i went to bed the previous night. And, I clean to music. Preferably music I don’t already know so I don’t accidentally start performing. Given that I had recently seen the clip of the parade, and that the cartoon was one of my favourite movies ever, I decided to go with Anastasia. Well, I think it took about 2 or 3 songs before I was so enthralled by the music and for the rest of the album I didn’t clean, I just sat on the floor listening, completely baffled, “how have I never listened to this before what the hell”, enjoying the orchestrations and the chorus and just being completely taken away.

9. Favourite original cast member?

I mean.... given that Christy Altomare was so sweet to me at stage door... Christy Altomare. But also Molly Rushing and of course Derek Klena hold a special place in my heart.

11. Favourite non-original cast member?

Lyrica Woodruff!!!!! She’s an actual angel and I just love her so much. Also, if we’re counting international casts Milan van Waardenburg and of course Tessa Sunniva van Tol.

19. If you could change one thing, what would it be?

God, that’s a good one. Ummmm maybe delete Still? It really slows the show down and everytime I just forget it’s gonna happen and we don’t immediately move on to JTTP.

21. Favourite cut thing from preview/pre-broadway?

I hope my URL is a dead giveaway on this one, but I still wish they had kept the My Petersburg lyrics from the Hartford run.

29. Favourite backstory headcanon?

Okay for some reason I really like the idea of Anastasia being an absolute whirlwind in the palace and making everyone’s life hell except for Alexei cause she just cares for him (i mean, this is technically correct). BUT there’s also this one headcanon that I saw somewhere that I’ve just adopted and it’s that back when Dmitry was a boy, he got very sick because around the time he would have been a boy there was a TB outbreak but he didn’t have his parents anymore and he lived on the street. One day Vlad, still pretending to be royalty, see this young boy and offers to give him some money and food and medicine. Dmitry survives, and when he’s feeling better he decides to go to the parade the royal family is doing. He breaks through the guards to greet the princess. And also, many years later when Dmitry is a man and the communist regime has started, Dmitry sees that man who saved his life once in front of a firing squad and decides that now it’s his turn to save his.

I don’t remember who wrote this head canon but it’s literally one of my favourites.

#anastasia #thank you dani!!!! #musical asks #pascalbatched