#and stuff with Zen is weird

[savage-rhi]

For the WIPs, how about Everything, Zen 😘

@seradyn AHHH BIG THANK!!! 💙 I don't have a whole lot done on this one cause I'm still plotting out things, but I do have a little snippet and a summary!

Edit: also adding the song that inspired the story, title and characters

Summary: It is said in the holy book that when Lucifer fell from heaven, he was plunged into the depths of hell and awaits the apocalypse. What if hell wasn't a firey pit of despair, but in fact, living as a human being for all of eternity?

Zen--the most recent reincarnation of Lucifer--after several lifetimes has finally pieced together a way he can break free from the reincarnation cycle. With the aid of Sawyer--a woman with her own troubles and tribulations--Zen seeks the legendary 10 crowns or "horns" of The Beast to return to heaven.

"So," Sawyer let out a sigh. "When this little road trip of ours comes to an end and you go home. What happens next?"

Zen raised a brow and shrugged. If he were more honest with himself, he hadn't thought that much ahead of the game. Not that he'd admit it out loud.

"I suppose I try and break bread with my father," Zen scoffed. He then smirked as another amusing thought came to mind. "Maybe sing kumbaya with Michael while I'm at it. Hell, maybe pops would like a souvenir from--"

He paused and frowned, looking at the inside of the diner trying in vain to find something that popped out. "Bumfuck Montana, or wherever we are right now."

"Bumfuck Montana," Sawyer repeated. She sounded so unimpressed that Zen could feel his pride take a few steps back. "That's original."

"Oh yeah?" Zen smirked. "You think you can do better?"

"I probably could," Sawyer admitted with a grin. "But I don't need Satan on my ass for the next decade or however long I got left."

"Eh," Zen's eyes scanned over Sawyer in a scrutinizing manner. "You don't have much going on there, ass wise. I wouldn't fret."

"Asshole," Sawyer growled under her breath.

"You walked into that I'm afraid." Zen snorted.

Although Sawyer smiled and laughed off his counter, Zen could sense a little more of herself closing off to him. The way her shoulders firmed and the subtle twitch of her fingers against the coffee mug had him uneasy. His therapist from the late 1800s stated such unease from physical tics was due to abandonment issues. He remembered laughing himself to death over that, but admitted perhaps they had been onto something. He hated it when someone pulled away. It demonstrated a dishonesty that infuriated him to the core.

Zen felt eager to verbally rip Sawyer apart, but reminded himself of how fragile her current state of mind was. He gave credit where it was due. She was certainly a phenomenal actor, pretending nothing got under her skin. That was a quality he had come to admire about humans over the centuries. How their resilience was impeccable. He couldn't say the same for himself as he ruminated on his earlier feelings of disgust.

What happened at the truck stop bothered him a great deal, and he wasn't the one who had been assaulted. He may had "saved the day", but the damage had been done. It was clear in Sawyers eyes and the way she had carried herself since then.

"Do you want to talk about what happened?" Zen murmured.

"Not really," Sawyer replied. Her eyes scanned over the diner, reminding Zen of a meerkat scouting the plains for hyena. "It's not the first time something like that has happened to me. I'll get over it."

He felt the hairs on his neck stand, and blinked a few times as his mind pondered more than it should've on Sawyer's remark.

"You're not alone in your misery. If it's any consolation."

Sawyer's eyes landed on him, sensing a familiarity in his cadence. It took her but a few moments to register the weight. "You too?"

Zen nodded. He sunk further into his seat as he relaxed and stretched. "You seem surprised."

"I didn't think...since you're, you know who, that you'd know what that's like--"

"I've lived many lifetimes. I'm not a stranger to bodily harm of the highest. Be it male or female." He interrupted, offering a small grin to soften the blow of his confession for her sake. Zen felt something akin to shame shortly after, and dismissively waved his right hand. Trying to tell Sawyer without words not to think too hard on anything. He focused on the birds in the parking lot outside the window. Watching them peck at stale leftover french fries someone had tossed.

"I'm sorry," Sawyer softly replied. He didn't have to see her face to tell she felt foolish for whatever assumptions she had held of him.

"It's whatever," Zen shrugged with a grin. He realized how odd that must've looked considering the circumstances, but didn't linger upon it.

Once the birds took off, having their fill, did he look at Sawyer again. He bit the inside of his cheek.

"You don't me owe me your past or anything you've been through, but I do want you to know that so long as we travel together, that won't happen again."

"How can you be certain?"

"I'm not," Zen admitted. "But contrary to popular belief, I keep my word if you'll have it."

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Guess who just downloaded mystic messenger again 🫦✌🏻

[cryptotheism]

I received a brochure for a meditation group, which states inside:

"Humans are incomplete because they live inside their self-made mind world that overlaps the world. If you throw away the self and the incomplete world, which is karma, habits and body, and are reborn, that world is the existent world of Truth."

Is this a common new age cosmology or something rarer? Feels weird to me.

Eh the annihilation of the self is pretty normal zen Buddhism stuff. I've never heard it said like that in the sense of incompleteness but I don't know shit about Buddhism.

What you have to remember with a lot of New Age stuff is that a lot of things from Buddhism/taoism fit in with no issue. It's a syncretic movement that's what they're built to do. It can be both authentic Buddhism, and new age slop. In the same way that something can be both authentic Christianity and conservative revivalist slop. Every religion has popular slop.

[revolutionsingingintherainnn]

I've been watching random videos on YouTube that keep popping up and the comments and the hate on Lando is so out of proportion, controversial and hypocritical, I saw a comment that he is too active online and was liking hate comments about himself after BrazilGP so I was wondering if you could do a smau where he has a friend that has faced slvtshaming and hate and stayed soft and sweet through all her hard times, and she is always there just grounding him whenever he's too much on his head or isolating himself. Maybe she helps him with his anxiety and makes him see himself through a softer gentle light and she's just really chill and always sees the silver lining, always supports and uplifts everyone and the content that she follows is just girls that go on walks, yoga, reading nooks, shops of handmade stuff like those in cotswolds etc. I don't know if it's too much or uncomfortable for you, but I'd really like to see that if you could. Oh and maybe she's Edinburgh based? Have a nice one! X

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𓍯 ִֶָ smau + fluff ᥫ᭡

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yourusername Anytime, you big dummy. Did you bring the tea I packed for you? 💨☕ 

user1 y/n's the real MVP. Lando's gonna feel way too zen here! 💙 

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landonorris Not the weekend I hoped for, but we move. Thank you to everyone who sticks by me even on the tough days. 🧡

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user5 Ignore the haters, Lando, you’re doing great!! 💪🏽

user3 How is he liking hate comments about himself? 😒 Weird behavior.

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yourusername Anxiety feels like a storm, but it passes if you stay grounded. 🕊️ I remind myself that the world is still soft and beautiful.

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user11 This is the energy I need today. Thank you. 🌱✨

landonorris What if I brought my storm to Edinburgh? Would it pass faster? 👀

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yourusername Grateful moments, little joys, and grounding souls ✨

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user15 Okay, but Lando looks suspiciously calm in that last pic… y/n, teach us your ways! 🖤

landonorris never realised how fun pottery would be! <3

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landonorris Found my peace here. 🕊️ Thanks to yourusername for reminding me the world is softer than I think.

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[tgcg]

this is my element (+ album)

asking me to pick my fave album is like asking an orphan matron to pick her favorite baby boy

thats some weird and cruel circumstances to put upon me i feel like it changes every damn week like a rota

i mean what if my beats misbehave and i gotta put 'em in time out i cant play permanent on that theyre too cute

but yknow what i can show you one thing thats been on my mind lately

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so when i was a kid we had this skateboard vid by "element skateboards" on DVD

they were this skateboard kit slash apparel company that was all about progressivism and shit and they did these much lauded comp tapes of dudes riding around on their boards and doing the dopest of macho tricks on the shit

flipping it turnways

putting the rock in the house like a big man

we had some of their merch actually

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so anyways the one we had back then was This Is My Element

released 2007

mostly clips from cali i think and i mean the camerawork is fucking insane on some of those shots

this is gonna sound lame as fuck but i prob spent so many cumulative hours just peelin through the footage and ogling the shit outta it

that framing was tight

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so you may be asking yourself or me

dave you genuine dicksucker i asked about your fav album not your favorite sordid ass display of smooth dudes hardcore riding and grinding them boards in public dude you have a problem

ok well that wasnt a question first of all so jot that down

but anyways to THAT i say

listen to the music

the whole thing has an original soundtrack of ambient beats

got some abstract hip hop jams, got some more indie stuff, lots of acoustic sampling

HELLA underground

and basically every track minus one is done by sampler beast david p. madson AKA "odd nosdam"

dude is my hero seriously

he is the master of the beat machine i shit you not hes always been kinda my idol on this stuff

aside from bro obviously

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obviously.

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anyways he had an E-mu SP-1200 which is a really oldschool sampler invented by dave rossum in the late 80s

revolutionary to the hip hop scene

nosdam had this mega distinct sound to his music that i always wanted to replicate on my own beats

still do

i dont know for sure if he used it on T.I.M.E. but he uses some of the same samples from "vol. 9" which was exclusively SP-1200 so im gonna get a lil j’accuzi on that

it couldve been a boss dr sampler SP-202 though idk

he had one of those

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so aside from beating the shit out of the pause/resume button to flip my whole cranium at the cinematography or whatever i would also kinda play it on loop to listen to the soundtrack and space out at 2am

the lonely broner seemed to free his mind at night

ok shit broner is good but i didnt mean it like that

that was goofy lets just keep movin

it was the only way i had to listen to it back then but i mean the video is 50 mins long so its basically just an odd nosdam album with accompanying ambient skater sounds and random expletives and whatever

random car sequence

yknow what i dont think people respect enough?

the dude who catches all the "mad stunts yo" on camera

i swear to god at least half the time hes ALSO on a board and that shit is bananas to me

bros gotta be on some whole other level of zen to skate good AND catch all them glamor shots of his fellow skater

thats like an express ticket to the ER imo

the ambulance is already on the scene watching you like an eager crow watches a half dead dog

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ok gonna go ahead and lay it out flat

not great on a board myself

kinda dogshit at it actually

so maybe im not exactly an arbitrator of skateboard heinousness

but i always kinda liked watching THEM do it i mean who doesnt?

whats an even crazier layer to stack on the "dave" cake is

and dirk told me this because unfortunately it kinda happened post-2009

he would do all these collabs with one of my childhood favorite underground rappers david cohn aka serengeti

surrounded by daves left and right dude even before all the time travel horseshit

thats like

serendipitous as fuck i think!

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if sburb was just a revolving door of artists called dave that i could bump fists with

instead of other mes in various states of aliveness tending toward extremely dead

i wouldve probably given it something higher than 2 stars on my TGN review

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so yeah you ask me my favorite album its T.I.M.E. by odd nosdam i guess

bump that shit on a walk your mind will go places unknown to man

[quirkwizard]

The Epilogue to the Epilogue

Sweet mercy Hori, end your story! I've already had to two other ending analysis post of your story, each one with less content then the last. What is, the next ending going to come via your Twitter sketches? I never thought an author would be brave enough to pull off what amounts to a hat trick to end their manga, but here we are.

All joking aside, the final fan book was released for My Hero Academia not to long ago. Normally, I don't care to talk about these. However, since there are a lot of things cleared up about the world and story with this, I figured I would talk about it. And since it's so mostly filled with random facts and a few pages of panels, these will mostly boil down to notes about it. These will be divided into groups.

For the sake of this, I am using the translations provided by aitaikimochi and shibuyasmash on Twitter.

Other:

-I'm actually mad that the United States got a new Number 1 pro hero and it wasn't Captain Celebrity. Christopher Skyline did not go through his whole mini-arc in Vigilantes just to be forgotten about here. Man overshadowed by a character that's just a name.

-The fact that Hori worked with real medical professionals on whether or not Bakugou could survive getting his heart exploded is so fascinating to me. Especially about how it was done the way it was to be as realistic as possible.

-Hori saying "Use your imagination" is not the proper translation. He's not calling people illiterate, nor is he saying that it's up to reader interoperation. He's just telling people to go and take a look at the volume for the answer. Which still seems like conformation. It's just not as bitter as either side seems to think it is.

Villains:

-Giving All For One a name at all is weird to me. Calling himself Zen is weirder. Having it tie back to his dead, prostitutes mother and her alias is about as weird as you can get for me on this.

-I honestly disappointed when we found about Tomura's real Quirk. It was just some random Quirk All For One used when flying around. Like, it makes sense to manifest that way given how "Float" works, but it feels like it anti climax to find out about it in a fan book.

-I like how this book goes on to push how much the LOV was slumming in. Going with pre-packaged food and entraining themselves by playing cards. It does make me wonder if Spinner and Tomura brought a rig to play games with each other all the time.

-Hori described what Gentle and La Brava does as "I guess it's kind of like Google". Hori, what does that even mean? I feel like I need a little more context then that. Are they some weird conglomerate of tech stuff? If it is, that seems kind of like an odd place for them to end up.

-It's interesting to see Hori talk about the back and fourth about killing off Toga. While I could see the arguments for keeping her alive, I still ultimately agree with the idea of killing her being the better option. I just think that alternative doesn't have the same impact.

Heroes:

-I'm a little mix on All Might being called the "Best Hero Ever." This feels like a compromise for All Might and Izuku with their achievements, but you could still have made their titles more distinct.. I would have preferred something like the "Greatest Pro Hero".

-Saying that All Might's highest speed is Mach 10 is kind of insane given everything we've seen. I prefer to think that's just his highest recorded speed. Like there was some charity event to see how fast he went and that's the number they recorded.

-I am a little disappointed that Aizawa cutting his hair was just an artistic choice. Because there is that whole symbolism of hair carrying memories that people talked about and it gets cut once that lingering memory of Oboro is gone. Just makes it feel less special.

-It's really odd to me that we don't have any kind of ending comment with Endeavor. Again, I always thought that his ending was the most open ended and hoped that we would have gotten something out of Hori for this book. It's a shame to say the least.

-Actually, there really aren't a lot of notes on the other pro heroes. Besides a few of the main stay teachers, the only one to get mentioend is Miruko. Who, I have to say, I could not care less about what she is doing now that the series is Miruko. She's still fighting? Wow, how riveting.

Other Students:

-There's some fun trivia. Koda liking bunnies, but being scared of Miruko is one of the funniest pieces of trivia in this entire franchise. And I have to wonder if Sero's bit about the mustache was inspired by the Spiderverse movies and the one that Miles grew out for that.

-It's interesting that Jiro is able to focus so much on her music career in spite of still bein a hero. While it could just be because heroes have more time to do stuff, it makes me wonder just how much work you have to do to be considered a hero and to keep your job as one.

-I have to know what Kirishima's "manly calendars" are. Is it just Kirishima doing differently manly things? Stuff like lifting big weights, breaking stuff with power tools, and working on big pick up trucks? I don't care what it takes. We need this available to us.

-The fact that Mina's horns grow with her Quirk is interesting. I just assumed they were there for aesthetics and didn't have any real function with her Quirk. It makes me wonder what kind of connections they have to her ability to produce the acid.

-I'm not a shipper, but I find it funny that Hori told everyone that Denki and Jiro aren't together in Chapter 431. Only to go on about how Jiro and Momo spend lots of time together and are "SUPER close friends". He has to be doing that intentionally. I don't know why, but he has to be.

-The idea of Bakugou and Monoma becoming closer is interesting. I actually thought there was a lot of overlap with their characters. I kind of wish we would have gotten more out of them in the main story. Maybe some new, minor rivalry that Bakugou can throw himself into.

Main Cast:

-The fact that there can be heroes with the same name is very odd. Or that Tensei can even be counted as a hero since he can't exactly do hero work. Maybe he's acting as a sidekick for Tenya, working as the one helping his little brother from the sidelines.

-You know, I wouldn't have had "Shoto goes into urban planning" on my bingo card, but here we are. Though it is still humorous how socially inept he still is. The fact that people faint at his smile must be very worrying to him. Probably makes him think his smile is cursed.

-The fact that Bakugou still gets babied by the other pro heroes. It's like they look at that train wreck of a kid that's killing his reputation with every interview. And they decide that he needs some kind of mentor figure right there and then to keep him on the right path.

-What's that? Ochako was the one who put a positive twist on Deku? Was the one always supporting him? Even has the nickname of "Deku's Cheer Capitan?" Wow, it's almost like she's important to Izuku's growth and play a major role in him gaining confidence.

-So not only did Izuku stay a Top 100 without doing any hero work, he shot up to the fourth spot on his first day back. To everyone who says he was forgotten about, I want you to send a hand written apology for all the terrible takes you had and you appalling ignorance.

-Not only is Izuku still teaching, but apparently he's teaching hero history and regular history. Though I can only imagine that his entire classes would just be him yammering on about all the smallest details of history. Once again proving he's just like me, for real.

One Shot-Review:

Yeah, there isn't a lot to say about this one. It's nice to see Eri and see her happy after everything she's gone through. It's a good way of showing that even deviations who can't control their Quirk can still live in this world. And it's cute that she has her own thing going on outside of hero work. It does solidify Izuku's place in the world after he lost "One For All". That people still adore and look up to him. Something that I greatly appreciate after the last two ending chapters. I like that look we get a proper look at Izuku's costume, or at least the back of it with the cape. Plus having him dunk on Bakugou after all these years is still nice to see. Izuku was out of the race for years and he's still a higher rank then you. Yet I really don't think it adds that much to the overall story. Eri's story wasn't really something that needed completion. That tiny bit of her living a normal life was more then enough to finish off her story. This kind of just feels like it's a section of a secret, missing Chapter 430.5 where we got updates on all the other characters we didn't see as much. I'm glad we have it, I just don't think we need it.

Which kind of sums up my feelings for a lot of this fan book. Sure, none of the fan books have been earth shattering in terms of the content they provide. Yet this one feels pretty dull in comparison to everything else. There are a few highs, like the bits talking about Toga or getting more information on Izuku. It's why I didn't feel that compelled to talk about some of the characters with this, especially the students. A lot of their content is just say something really innocuous about their lives as heroes. Which I do like to read about. It's cute to hear things like Denki getting into issues because someone yelled a name at him. I just think that there should have been something a little more interesting for one of the last pieces of content for the story. These could have been the chance to go all out with the details of the story Hori wanted to talk about, but didn't have time to discuss. Or at least don't repeat information we already know.

[annionebutme]

Modern au but my only idea is that when they travel Harry really like planes and finds air travel weirdly zen (the in the air part anyway). Tome puts up with it and plays good passenger because as soon as they're on the ground he gets to play with border security. He imperios the dogs to indicate on him, he's perfectly polite but refuses to consent to anything making them jump through all sorts of hoops with higher up and admin and taking FOREVER. He packs bags full of weird stuff that's fine to go through but difficult to identify. He's just an absolute fucking nuisance while technically doing absolutely nothing wrong. He subtly tries to break people as he's chatting away to them.

Usually Harry consents to the checks and is though in like 10 miniutes but once he disillusioned himself and took a nap. Tom *really* liked that one. He could see them panicking as the miniutes just kept ticking by.

[echantedtoon]

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You hadn't really expected anything else going into December finally. Your project was finally done with Shinobu compiling everything and turning it in for everyone, and you just had to get through with the rest of your classes (which were easy considering all major projects and exams for your classes were already finished) and work before the daycare closed along with the school for Christmas break. 

Overall things were finally starting to wind down for you at last. 

 No more projects. No more exams. Kanae kept her promise to get her sister to start eating better you had no more worries for cooking for Giyuu. You'd have a two week break from doing anything else. Yes, Sir. Just you, freedom, and doing whatever the heck you'd like. ..

Or so you thought.

Recently you've been getting calls and texts from numbers you didn't recognize. At first you ignored the calls or texted back the strangers that they had the wrong number since you obviously didn't recognize them. It stopped a few of them for a bit until one day Sanemi came up to you one day after daycare was over to pick up Koto. It was business as usual as you smiled at him and bounced the giggling toddler on your hip. However his grumpy expression caught you off guard.

"Why aren't you answering our calls?"

You had stopped what you were doing. Blinking at him as others walked around collecting their kids from your coworker also checking out others. "I-...Your calls?"

Sanemi groaned giving an annoyed facepalm. "For crying out loud. Didn't we give you our numbers?"

Their numbers? No. You didn't think you had any of their numbers other than Mei's obviously and Shinobu's and Giyuu's because you guys had been working on that project together. Oh wait! You did have their numbers actually! A few weeks back when he had gotten concerned about the situation at MacDougal's. Technically you still had it pinned up on your fridge but you hadn't really given it a second thought.

"Oh! I um...S-Sorry. Things have been really busy with the holidays and stuff. I must've forgotten about them- Hey. Wait." You rose a brow at his annoyed pout. "You gave me everyone's numbers but I didn't give anyone mind and I'm pretty sure Mei didn't either. How did you get my number?"

"Giyuu gave it to us."

That made your eyebrows raised higher in surprise. "Giyuu gave you my number?" He nodded. "That's weird. Why didn't he ask me first?"

"Does it matter? We're friends aren't we?"

"Of course! I consider all of you my friends."

"Then what's the big deal?" He stopped when you frowned at him.

"The big deal is that he gave someone my number without permission! I would've been totally fine with all of you having my number but the decent thing would be to ASK me first, Sanemi," you scolded him making his face go an embarrassed pink. "If I'd given your numbers to my aunt without asking then you would've been upset too. Wouldn't you?" 

The entire time Koto had been looking back and forth between you and his brother, whom sheepishly rubbed the back of his head eyes looking down. "Yeah. .. Whatever. I get it." Before his purple eyes looked back up to you. "But you still didn't answer my question. I texted you like five times."

"Oh? And what's that?"

"Kanae's favorite band is gonna be in town next Tuesday but she can't go cuz she's gotta study. I-..D-Do you wanna go with me instead? It'll just be us n' Obanai."

You shook your head. "Can't. I'm still working on lots of things before the holidays." Instantly he deflated as you handed over his brother. "And I'm going to find Giyuu after this and have a little talk with him about giving away my numbers randomly."

Easier said than done. You couldn't find said blue eyed man anywhere after you helped clean up and searched where you'd usually find him on campus. You had to wait two days when you attended health class Friday to find him again. He sat in his usual spot alone minus Shinobu next to him but he perked up immediately when you say down to his other side. Glassy eyes immediately brightened up as you just waited until the end of class to pull them both aside and as you promised, giving them both a serious talk about asking permission before just giving out your number. Giyuu looked like a guilty puppy shuffling his feet and Shinobu just smiled like you weren't annoyed with them. 

"We understand! Let's make you lunch to make up for it."

You just blinked at her. "What?"

"Come hang out with us," Giyuu offered you gingerly reaching out to grab your hand making you pause. "W-We can watch a movie and I can make popcorn." You had paused in the process and just ended up staring at Giyuu's hand until he also noticed and dropped your hand. "I-Im so sorry!"

"I-It's ok." You slowly pulled your hand back to your side feeling awkward. "Um. I can't sorry. I'm cleaning my house today so I'm going to be busy."

That was strange. Twice in one week you were asked to hang out with people. Then again you never had so many friends at once before and Murata was often too busy to hang out so you were probably not used to lots of people wanting to hang out with you before, still you couldn't help but shake off the strange feeling it left you with.

For now you brushed it off and this time answering the calls and texts you had gotten. Most of which were from Mitsuri spamming you hearts and random links to cat videos and pictures of herself and Obanai doing things. Wow. She really did have lots of energy. But there was a few from the others too. Sanemi still asking for time to hang out. The Kocho sisters politely starting conversations about classes. Kyojuro texted/called you the least bit he did call you once to personally thank you for the cookie recipe. Giyuu was a close second for the least because all he did was text you one picture of a MacDougal's restaurant with the words 'lunch tomorrow?'

It was pretty overwhelming but you managed..or well Gyomei managed it for you after he noticed the onslaught of rapid texts from Suma and Mitsuri during work hours stressing you a little bit. You had no idea what he must've told them, but their twenty texts a day turned to at least one a day for which you were greatly appreciated. He definitely has a way to handle things. However what did surprise you however was the call you got one day out of the blue while you were paying bills. Again it was a number you didn't recognize and you didn't recognize it as one of the friends that texted you. It was probably just a junk call but you decided to answer it anyways holding it up to your ear. 

"Hello?"

You were surprised by the voice on the other side. "Hey, Baker Babe.~ How are you doing today?~" 

You blinked at the familiar voice. "Tengen." You hadn't heard from him since November the twenty seventh when Makio had her birthday party. Although you had seen his wives a few times at the campus cafe. "Oh wow. I haven't heard from you in a while. How have you been?"

"I haven't been better!," his voice came out bright and cheerful much to your relief. "Figured I'd call and set up our first  appointment together."

Call huh? He must've gotten your number from Giyuu too. "Appointment?," you questioned.

"For the painting! Or did you forget that you agreed to be my muse?," he clarified. Oh. Right. You'd forgotten about that. "I have THE idea of what I want to paint, but I can't do that until you pose for me."

You chuckled at him. "I remember. As long as you aren't planning on having me be a nude model." You joked which earnt you a choking noise from the other side.

"W-WHAT?! N-NO! NOTHING LIKE THAT!," He choked out making you giggle more. "I just want you to model an outfit for me is all! I-I already borrowed it from Mitsuri!"

An outfit huh? Well if it was from Mitsuri you guessed that was ok. "Oh. Ok. When did you want to start?" 

"You free this weekend? I'm off those days so it'll be a good time to get started."

"That sounds like a good idea. I don't know your address though. Kyojuro drove me last time."

"If you want, I could stop over n' getcha. Or one of my wives can."

"I can drive myself. It'll just save everyone time. Text me your address ok?"

"M'kay. Say you show up 'round nine?"

You assumed that was nine in the morning. "You can count on me! By the way, are any of you allergic to strawberries?"

"Uh...No?"

"Ok! I'll see you there then!" With that you hung up with him and continued on your way to go pay your Internet bill for that month.

And to stop by the store to buy fresh strawberries. Later you got a text from Tengen with an address listed for his home. Perfect. That just you one other thing to do then. 

Two days flew by with the first Saturday of December. Pretty fluffy snowflakes calmly fell down from the grey snow clouds overhead being the first snowfall of the year. The inside of your car was warm and you were even warmer wrapped up in your warm coat in wearing your fluffy scarf around your neck. Following the address on a sticky note on your steering wheel and remembering certain sights from when Kyojuro drove you, you found your way back towards the handsome painter's home. Driving through the familiar streets and turning the corner where you saw the three story home. Slowly the car pulled over to the side of the road just in front of the house. 

It was quiet when you excited the car and started walking up towards the home minus the occasional car. We're they even home? One way to find out. Walking up to the door you reached a hand out, and gently knocked on the door. Almost IMMEDIATELY footsteps approached the door and a woman with pink eyes opened it up.

"Oh. Hello, Y/n," Hinatsuru greeted with a smile. "You're early."

"Yeah." Your voice was slightly muffled by the scarf. "I wanted a head start in case I got lost." You stepped in when she stepped inside shivering. "Did you see the snow? Looks like we're going to have a white Christmas this year."

"Here's hoping."

"Where's everyone else?"

You didn't have to ask because a squeal and two women coming out of the kitchen answered your question. Hinatsuru only sighed as the door closed. 

"Y/N!!," Suma squealed out and in a similar fashion to Mitsuri bounced her way over starry wide eyed. "Did you bring me anything yummy?!"

"Pipe down you glutton!" Ah. Makio. Said woman was already looking annoyed with her wife as she stood there hands on her hips. "You shouldn't just expect people to bring you food like some free food truck service. How rude are you?"

"Makiiiooo. Don't be so mean to me!"

Hoo boy. Here you go again. Hoping to avoid any fights while you were here, you stopped them both by shoving a box up to Makio's face making her blink. "Actually I did bring you all something. Mostly for Makio but it's to be eaten by all four of you."

Makio stood still. Looking almost cross eyed at the box silently but Suma was practically drooling fixated on it. "Aaaaaaahhh. What is it?! Cherry pie?! Tarts?! Hand made mochi?!"

"It's a birthday cake for Makio." Orange eyes looked up at you. "I noticed that you didn't have any cake for your party and..Well a birthday isn't a birthday without a birthday cake. I don't know if you'd like it but it's a chocolate strawberry shortcake."

"Chocolate strawberry shortcake?! That sounds SO GOOD!!"

Makio didn't respond to Suma practically yelling in both your ears. Instead she continued to stare at you. Before slowly looking back to the box. And then slowly taking it from you. A very puzzled expression still on her face. 

"You made a birthday cake?...For me?," she asked slowly still staring at the box. "But..I didn't ask you to make this for me. No one even noticed that I didn't have a cake."

"I'm sure the boys did try to make you one, and you didn't have to." She stared at your smile. "Better late than never right? If there was any ingredients for it the last time I was here, I would've made you a cake last week." She didn't respond to you, only staring wide eyed. "Hey. Where's Tengen?"

"He's been upstairs preparing the studio." Hinatsuru gestured to the stairs. "I can show you where that is if you want." You nodded. "Just follow me then."

You followed Hinatsuru up the stairs leaving behind a wide eyed Makio and Sums who was drooling over the sweet smells coming from the box in her hands. You just hoped they wouldn't start another fight over the cake. Following the pink eyed woman up the steps, you took the chance to loosen the scarf from your neck and finally have a chance to look around. The daytime had lit up the upstairs so now you got to see the second floor without the dark in the way. It was..pretty empty. Just a hallway with a series of doors, a staircase leading up to the attic you assumed, and unsurprisingly more paintings. 

Two of them were interesting. A head portrait of Kyojuro from the shoulders up right next to a window and a spider Lily made out of dots. You think that was called pointillism art?? You only knew what that was because your aunt's latest customer had also been an artist and had gifted her a similar painting.

"Wow. I can't believe Tengen actually made all of these. He really is talented isn't he?"

Hinatsuru smiled as you admired the paint that made up a highly realistic version of Kyojuro. "Yes. We're all very proud of him." Her arm gestured towards the stairs. "C'mon. The studio's in the attic. He wanted the biggest space possible to work in."

You again followed her up the second flight of stairs and came to a giant room. The space was really big and honestly a lot cleaner than you expected for an artist's studio. Two long foldable tables were on either side having some kind of mush mash up of lots of random art supplies like brushes, a giant paint bucket or two, and for some reason a giant plastic tarp. A giant wooden shelf was also cluttered with more supplies. A little unorganized but clean. Canvases of all sizes were strewn about the place leaning against the walls and tables and a few on the floor at one man's feet. 

"Honey!"

Tengen turned with a hum at the sound of his wife calling him but immediately beamed seeing you behind her. "AH!! There's my flamboyant muse!" Immediately he turned to you arms open wide and welcoming. "Welcome to the world famous Uzui studios! Beauty ain't it?"

You nodded politely taking a look at him. You hadn't ever seen him like this before he was dressed completely normal in fuzzy socks, a paint stained apron, and his hair completely tied up in a bun. Completely different from the other times you've seen him. He looked so domestic but no less handsome.

"Never been to an art studio before. What do I do?"

He pointed finger guns at you. "Straight to the best part! I like your style!" Your head tilted as he just leaned over and plucked up a gym bag at his feet. "Well first you gotta put this on and then I'll have you pose for me. I can start the painting after." With that he tossed the bag to you.

You yelped fumbling to catch it and when you did, you took a moment to open it, peer inside, and blinked. "Is this.." Your brow rose in question at him. "My Halloween costume?"

He nodded. "Yep. You see I gotta certain aesthetic I'm going for with this price that involves SPARKLING FLAIR!!" He held his hands up in a hold on kinda way. "I remembered that beautiful outfit Mitsuri dressed you in and I knew it was perfect! Hina can help you put it on!" 

He wanted to go dress up in your queen costume? You guessed he must've been going with a Renaissance or fantasy theme for the painting and you did say you'd pose for him so you'd put on the costume. Hina gestured for you to follow her back downstairs to one of the guest bedrooms and allowed her to help you squeeze into the fluffy white sparkly ruffled dress and didn't object when she styled your hair or did your makeup a certain way. But was surprised when she pulled out jewelry to go with your fake crown. 

"Do I really need these?"

She nodded holding up a necklace to you. "Tengen picked out what he thinks would best go with the painting. You'll only have to wear it a few hours a day for the painting. You're not allergic to certain metals are you?"

"No. I just think something like this would look better on someone so much prettier like you." 

Hinatsuru paused, blinking lightly. "Huh?"

"Sure. You're like super pretty so this matches your eyes and...." You blinked at her wide eyed look. "Hey. Are you ok?"

"Uh. F-Fine! L-Let's finish up so you can pose for the picture."

That was strange but you brushed it off before returning back to Tengen whom looked VERY pleased with how you looked. You were guided to a stool to sit down on before he went rummaging through a pile of canvases nearly four feet high before pulling out one about as big as the one that held Kanae's portrait downstairs and placing it on the stand he set up. Taking a step back he pulled over one of the tables with a loud scrap sound in reach of many brushes and paints. With a deep inhale he slowly exhaled, holding his arms out and stretching out his shoulders.

"And so...It begins." His hands formed a rectangle for him to look through at you. "Just hold that pose. And smile because right now you're the most beautiful thing on earth." The compliment got a giggle out of you, pink to your cheeks, and a cute smile on your face that made his pupils shrink. "YES!!" He was quick to grab a brush and two paints that when mixed together would get your skin tone perfectly. "HOLD. THAT. MOMENT. Stay beautiful! Stay vibrant!" He was already ripping the caps off the bottles. "This is what I've been missing!"

You sat for literal hours. Sitting there smiling as Tengen went back and forth between the canvas and you. Eyes calculating and quick as he moved his arms around painting and every so often switching between brushes or dunking them in a dirty cup to clean them. At some points he even through still paying covered bridges or open paint bottles onto the table abandoning them in favor of grabbing another different paint bottle or brush, a brand new one all together, or the cloth nearby to wipe at his sweating forehead. You didn't think anyone could work up a sweat by just painting but by the way Tengen was moving about quickly, he might as well have been at the gym pulling weights. The thrown brushes and still open paint bottles leaked out and splattered paint everywhere he discarded them leaving a mess behind that you were sure his wives weren't going to be too happy about.

Speaking of his wives-

A few footsteps came up from the staircase behind you and on instinct you turned to see Hinatsuru's form holding two bowls of soup in her hands-

"Oi!" Tengen yelled out snapping his fingers quickly. "Eyes on me, Princess! When in the zone you gotta stay focused!"

"Oh hush up with that logic." His wife gave him a look as he frowned back at her but she held up the bowls. "Lunch is ready. I brought you both some miso soup since you haven't eaten all day."

Just the mere mentioning of food had your embarrassed stomach rumbling at the delicious smell. Had it really been that long? In response she happily handed you a bowl to which you thanked her before she went over to hand Tengen his food to which he pouted like a child.

"Hina, I don't have time for lunch!" His hand pushed away the bowl gently. "This is the first time I've been really inspired for over two months! I NEED to work on this!"

Hinatsuru's eyebrow rose unamused. "And an artist knows how to take breaks." The bowl was held up to him again to which he scrunched up his face like when one of the toddlers at the daycare didn't want to eat the healthy snacks made during snack time. "Tengen Uzui! You put down that brush and eat your food this instant!"

"I'm not hungry!"

.... Hinatsuru hummed nodding a little bit. "Alright." 

You watched sipping on the soup as she walked over to place the bowl on the table and you thought she was just going to set it down for him to eat later- When faster than both of you could comprehend, she turned around, snatched the painting off the stand, and sped walked towards the stairs. The painting's back facing you the entire time so you couldn't see what it looked like so far.

Tengen sputtered in shock letting his mouth drop. "I- ..H-HEY!! HINA, BRING THAT BACK!!"

She stopped at the top of the stairs and glared at him. "No! You're going to take time out to eat your soup and when I come back it had better be all gone! If you don't eat it and clean up your entire mess-" She gestured to all the paint everywhere. "- by the time I come back then you're not painting for the rest of the day!!"

"HINA!?"

"EAT!" Her arm raised up pointing at the bowl on the table. "YOUR! SOUP!! And clean up this mess!"

"Hina, that ain't fair!" He looked at you desperately gesturing to his wife. "Y/n, you don't think it's fair to stop painting you right?!"

You couldn't help but giggle at his slack jawed face. "I don't think you should anger her more, Tengen."

Tengen sputtered looking between the two of you before pouting harder making you giggle again and Hinatsuru smile at you 

"Would you like something to drink, Y/n?"

"No thanks. The soup's good enough. How's the cake?"

"Are you kidding? Suma and Makio already ate most of it. I was lucky enough to cut a slice for Tengen." 

"They are all of it already?"

"Cake?" Tengen perked up but Hinatsuru frowned at him again. 

"No dessert before dinner! And you won't be getting any unless you clean up too! I just mopped in here yesterday morning."

Once again Tengen pouted and Hinatsuru left making sure to take Tengen's painting with her. You giggled again as she grumpily took the bowl in his hands..and reluctantly started eating his own soup with a pout. You couldn't contain your giggles to which he frowned at you but didn't say anything else as he literally downed the soul before standing up, leaving the empty bowl on the table and made his way over to the disorganized shelf. Turns out he was getting a giant box of wet wipes. 

"Would you like me to help you?"

He waved you off with a sigh. "Nah. This wouldn't be the first time I had to clean up. Hina gets on my case all the time about this kinda stuff. Sides I don't want your dress ruined. Mitsuri would never forgive me." 

You silently continued to eat as you watched him with a grumble starting to wipe at the paint on the floor. Until f/c eyes glanced to the still open bottles and paint brushes still thrown about everywhere on the table. Oh gosh. It reminded you of 'Finger Paint Fridays' at the daycare and the mess that was always left behind. 

So you didn't think twice when you stood up and approached the messy table. Your fist grabbing a handful of wet wipes and picking up the first paste bottle of blue paint between your thumb and pointer finger. Paint dripping off the sides as you wiped it clean before popping the cap back on it and moving to the next bottle.

Tengen looked up in surprise from his kneeled position on the floor as if he wasn't expecting you to start helping him..but said nothing as he went back to wiping at a red paint glob on the hardwood floors. Your focus went on autopilot automatically. So you had been scrubbing at the table cleaning up it's surface, wiping bottles clean and neatly putting them in order, taking the brushes over to a connecting bathroom to wash them off in the sink. Tengen's wastebasket was filling up quickly as he slowly stood up with a groan.

"Ok. Maybe Makio had a point of me flinging paint everywhere."

His hands rubbed his back from where it ached as the man turned to thank the woman for helping him- But he blinked as she walked past him towards the other table. ...Tengen blinked, turning his head to ask what she was doing but paused as she started quickly grabbing things off the table and wiping down the surface even if it wasn't as dirty as the other table had been. He raised a hand and opened his mouth as she turned arms full of other things but she again walked on past him.

Dumbfounded Tengen only turned to continue watching as she ran too and through the tables carrying everything only to organize it on one big table before she headed on over to the shelf to do the same thing. Taking things off and cleaning the shelves only to neatly organize everything back. Plum eyes only went left and right watching her like a busy bumblebee. 

By the time she was done with the process, everything on the tables had somehow been neatly placed on the shelves. And she was in the process of leaning all the random canvases against the right wall. During some point Hinatsuru had come back to see what was going on only to also pause stunned by the transformation of the usually cluttered room. 

"Wow. The place looks great! You finally organized everything like we've told you."

"Uh..It wasn't me." He pointed at you as you finished propping up the last of the stray canvases against the wall and turned around to just go finish eating your food. "How did you even do all of that in high heels?"

"How could you not do that without high heels?" Tengen have her another frown.

"Oops. Sorry. I guess I got a bit carried away." You shyly smiled. "I'm used to cleaning up after the kids finger paint so I guess instincts took over."

"Well I for one like it!" Hinatsuru's head nodded in approval. "I've been tired of constantly telling Tengen to put away his toys."

"Hey! Firstly it's a right of passage for a man cave to be a little messy! Secondly!!..." He frowned almost looking as if he was begging. "Can I please get my cake and painting back now?" 

"Not until you take out that trash?" She gestured to the overflowing wastebasket that you had filled up with your excessive cleaning. Oops. Again he pouted but this time didn't argue with his wife which left you to finish eating the food that Hinatsuru had given you. Gulping it down to satisfy your hungry stomach. "How is it?"

F/c orbs blinked up to look at her before you smiled. "It was good thanks! I was really hungry there. Sorry again for the clean up."

"Don't apologize. I for one think it looks great. Unfortunately Tengen likes to drag his feet when it comes to cleaning out his studio. The amount of times I found empty paint tubes just laying around is ungodly." You giggled at her as she tilted her head at you. "Now would be a good time to touch up your makeup before he gets back. Do you mind?"

"Sure!"

The grumpy painter returned grumbling to himself and carrying the painting in his hands carefully, walking in to his wife holding your chin gently and applying lipstick. It felt a little awkward having her so close like that and she seemed to be smiling gently at something but you brushed it off as her just redoing your makeup.

"I think I can sit for another two hours before I have to leave," you said once you were free from her grip. "It gets darker sooner in winter and I don't feel like trying to drive through snow in the dark."

"That's fine," Tengen said without looking at you and just rummaging around the newly organized shelf for his paint brushes again. "Can you come back tomorrow? I'm off then too."

"Sure. Um..about how long will it take to finish this painting?"

He hummed. "Well...if you can only come to pose on weekends, then it'll probably take around the end of this month with the details I'm envisioning. Hell. I'll probably be done with it before New Year's!"

"Oh! I can do that then." 

"Perfect!" He gathered a few things using his long apron as a basket to hold everything he needed as turned. "The only thing you need to do right now is just smile."

[tom-failure]

So I finished building Zen's semi-basement in Sims 4, and I can show it! Some people asked to see it, namely @brighteststar707 and @crybabysunflower, so this post is dedicated to them, hehe

Longpost goes under the cut

A few things to note beforehand:

Based on CGs, Zen's flat is hella inconsistent. Some of the bgs are schematic, and others just don't make much sense. For some reason it looks like he has two fridges, a small one in the living and a big one in the kitchen, but, of course, I couldn't let him have that, he's poor. It's also unclear where the rooms connect, some in-game stuff seems to imply a studio, some other CGs look like the living room is completely separate, implying an actual divide into rooms, so I played off canon and headcanon somewhat liberally.

When MC arrives and Zen tries to get her to stay the night, he mentions he has a 'spare room'. That's why, in my head, Zen's flat has had two bedrooms ever since I started imagining it. It later occurred to me that MAYHAPS he meant to say he'd sleep on the couch, but it doesn't matter anymore. Two bedrooms it is, and that brings us to…

Technically, this flat has a lot of rooms. Maybe not your immediate definition of 'dwelling of the poorest'. BUT among my references I can list the flat from 'Parasite', which also seems to have quite a couple rooms, and you could have even called them spacious if not for the oppressively low ceilings. Besides, I have lived in flats like these before: big space, many rooms, but horrible planning, old windows — and mould. In my hcs, Zen's place has all these rooms, but it's a cramped, oppressive space, and the sections it's divided into are microscopic and more reminiscent of cells. For all those rooms, it only has three windows. And even the big shower stall (which isn't even a stall, just a few glass slider doors precariously installed in flimsy rails on top of a small elevated border) and the unreasonably large TV don't save it.

Zen lives underneath a multi-storey, but, of course, ain't nobody got time to build it. So I kind of threw together the important bits connected by shortcuts: the semi-basement level itself, the compressed staircase, and the rooftop. On the left side, the house is supposed to continue, hence why that wall has no windows. No windows for Yoosung's room. Alas.

And now to the room tour! Except we start outside.

So here, you can see the Arkiteckture. Mmm, building. I tried to kind of schematically imagine what might be going on above. It's kinda weird, but eh, I've seen similar. The Sims does allow for a semi-basement, but not the kind that has ground flush to the wall on the outside, so with the help of our lord and saviour Moveobjects Cheat I covered the ditch with carpets. Good enough! Above the carpet level you can see the windows, and those belong to our dear guest!

Inside, as mentioned, there are actual aboveground flats (no actual doors so that the sims don't go there, yanno), and the stairs down to the basement and up to the roof.

Here's the top down of the underground level I built. I don't really know what's on the right side there, maybe some, like, storages or maintenance rooms, or idk. Something. It's not theirs so they don't go there. But here you see the plan of the flat, complete with the weirdly-shaped kitchen! Yeeeah, baby!

In all honesty, I would have made each room like half a tile narrower, but I think you can't do that, and then the objects don't fit, so here's what it looks like.

Here are some more peeks into it from different angles:

The first thing you see when you enter the flat is this narrow corridor leading to the kitchen with the doors to rooms on each side and a tall mirror on one wall.

One side is mostly canon territory, with Zen's bedroom and the infamous living room complete with the... Brocade. I put a guitar there because Zen deserves to be a fucking musician not just in his barely-mentioned background, but in his actual current life.

If you peek at one wall of Zen's bedroom, you can see his posters (that wolf on the motorbike was meant to be Zen all the way).

If you peek at another wall of Zen's bedroom, you can see Mould.

Thanks, additional packs! It's not even CC. I love that. Note the ancient computer and the gifts from fans.

I think the double bed is not really actually double, it should be like the weird one-and-a-half size, a bit too wide for one, a bit too narrow for two.

The other side of the corridor is more of a headcanon territory, but what little we've seen of this side on CGs, I tried my damnedest to be faithful to canon.

Here live the bathroom, the spare room (which is Yoosung's, because it's my AU and my rules), and the Weirdly Shaped Kitchen.

Yoosung's room is honestly very cute in my opinion, despite being tiny, windowless, and mouldy.

And yes, Yoosung has a Zen poster in his room, of course. Fanboy (derogatory) (affectionate).

According to my headcanons, that beige disaster of a flat is barely a home, and can barely be considered inhabited, until Yoosung moves in there and brings with himself his splashes of colour and islands of mess. Students, your honour. They could survive anywhere and make any shithole a beautiful home. Speaking from experience.

Last but not least, the kitchen.

I admit it seems kinda horribly oversized, but none of that real estate can really be used because it's so weirdly shaped, but I think that would be in line with an illegal unmaintained dwelling: the planning is a Fucking Mess.

All the windows (all 3), of course, have blinds, because when you live on the ground level, you especially deserve privacy, because you're especially easy to peep at.

And that would be it! And now, if you'll excuse me, I'll get back to trying to install the smoking mod so that Zen can smoke on the roof.

[noctunis]

ᡣ𐭩ྀིྀི₊ ⊹ DOTTIE’S FIVE HUNDRED FOLLOWER EVENT 𓂃 ! [ AUGUST 2 - AUGUST 27 ]

#dottie’s 500 ᝰ.ᐟ꩜

it’s been about four months since i first created this blog to which i have grown a small but really loving following, i see you guys in my reblogs and in my replies spewing kind words. all those comments and tags are so fun to read lol i love you guys

but — now that we’re here, it’s time for the main event we’ve come for and this is my 500 follower event (≧◡≦) ♡!!— info linked below and more under the cut !!

[ ˚୨୧⋆｡˚ ⋆ top contenders - ]

jujutsu kaisen ; satoru gojo | suguru geto | kento nanami | yuuji itadori | yuuta okkotsu | megumi fushiguro | toji fushiguro | shiu kong | choso kamo | takuma ino

ffvii ; cloud | zack | sephiroth

ffxv ; noctis | prompto | ignis | gladiolus

mystic messenger ; zen | yoosung | jumin | 707

🍡 ( dango ) — prompt list !! ~ send in a character and a prompt of your choice.

dialogue.

✧˖° - “can i kiss you?”

✧˖° - “wanna practice?”

✧˖° - “are you wearing flavored chapstick?”

✧˖° - “was that okay?”

✧˖° - “one more kiss? please?”

✧˖° - “can we do that again?”

✧˖° - “teach me.”

✧˖° - “i think i deserve a kiss for that.”

✧˖° - “count to five, then you can speak.” (shutting you up with kisses).

✧˖° - “this is my partner, aren’t they beautiful?”

✧˖° - “stay with me ‘til i fall asleep.”

✧˖° - “your hands are shaking.” — “oh.”

✧˖° - “i do miss you, you know.”

✧˖° - “where do you see yourself in a few years?” — “with you.”

actions.

✧˖° - hand kisses

✧˖° - neck kisses

✧˖° - cheek kisses

✧˖° - small quick pecks that you run away after doing

✧˖° - thigh kisses

✧˖° - wrapping your arms around their neck

✧˖° - feeling their smile in a kiss

✧˖° - messy half asleep kisses

✧˖° - reward kisses

✧˖° - lazy make out sesh

✧˖° - grocery shopping with them

✧˖° - them / you trying to make food and it comes out horrendous

✧˖° - kissing to shut them up during sex

✧˖° - goodbye kiss

✧˖° - putting together ikea furniture

✧˖° - seeing them play with a small animal they swore they hated

✧˖° - fake dating ends up for them falling for you

✧˖° - their attitude immediately uplifts when you’re around

✧˖° - taking a ( bad ) photo when the other’s asleep

✧˖° - childhood friends ( love this sm )

🍰 ( strawberry shortcake ) — time check !! ~ this might be a little more niche but basically what i’m talking about is you can request a character and put “🍰 - time check!! [character]?” and based on what time it is right now, i’ll tell you what i imagine them to be doing. so for example, “🍰 - time check on toji fushiguro” and if it’s 3pm for me then i’ll write a little blurb on it, like lazing on the couch while little megumi wriggles his way in between you two.

if you’re wanting a specific time set like, “time check on hidden inventory arc gojo,” — “time check on pre-nibelheim sephiroth,” — “time check on 707 pre-ending.” you know?? i can write that too :)

i might be on a different time zone though so it might be a little weird if it’s 3am for you but 8pm for me lol, keep that in mind !! ^.^

🩰 ( ballet ) — tropes !!

send in a trope you like with a character and i’ll write a blurb on it!! like, for example, “🩰 - one bed trope with noctis!!” or “🩰 - opposites attract with yuuta :)”. i will not do any au’s ( as also stated in my rules, please look at those before you request too lol ) and i will also not do any like.. billionaire or weird dark romance tropes like that. i will do slight nsfw drabbles and stuff but nothing weird or too hardcore!!

[hummingbird24220]

Chapter Seven: Fur, Friends, and Getting Familiar

It had been a few days since your very flattering bounty poster dropped.

The crew was still amused. Luffy had tried to wear your poster as a hat. Usopp insisted on practicing dramatic “Fang-Paw” introductions whenever someone came aboard. Sanji said your bounty was still “adorably low,” and you were seriously debating hiding his salt for a week.

But for the first time since you’d stowed away, picked locks, stolen forks, and casually traumatized marines—you weren’t running, hiding, or mid-heist.

You were just… here.

And maybe—maybe—it was time to actually get to know these weirdos.

Morning — Chopper

You found Chopper in the medical room, sorting herbs with professional focus and little muttered phrases like “no, no, that’s the anti-vomit one…”

You flopped onto the counter beside him with a dramatic sigh. “Teach me something.”

He blinked. “Something medical?”

“No,” you said, poking a jar. “Teach me what this weird goopy stuff is and how fast I’ll die if I eat it.”

“That’s poison cream.”

You paused. “Awesome.”

But you stayed. You listened. You didn’t steal any of his tweezers. And by the end of it, Chopper was grinning, watching you label bottles in your scratchy handwriting.

“You’re actually kinda helpful,” he said.

“Gross,” you replied, tail flicking. “Don’t get used to it.”

Midday — Nami & Robin

You ended up under the sunshade with Nami and Robin, both reading, both pretending they weren’t watching to see if you’d swipe something again.

You sat cross-legged on a cushion, arms folded, pretending to meditate.

“Didn’t take you for the zen type,” Nami said, not looking up.

“Trying something new,” you mumbled. “Personal growth. Self-control. All that junk.”

Robin smiled gently. “Is it working?”

You opened one eye. “I haven’t stolen Nami’s earrings all day.”

Nami patted her ears. “...Wait. These are fake. You already—”

“Personal growth is a journey!” you said, bolting off the cushion.

Afternoon — Zoro

You found Zoro on the upper deck, doing sword drills with the intensity of someone imagining every enemy was a particularly annoying bench.

You sat nearby, watching in silence, legs swinging off the rail.

“Are you ever not training?” you asked eventually.

“Are you ever not talking?” he shot back.

You grinned. “Only when I’m sleeping. Or stealing. Or both.”

Still, you stayed quiet after that. Just sat. Let the rhythm of sword swings and the creak of the ship fill the space.

Zoro didn’t say it, but later, he threw a small pouch of whetstones at your hammock with a grunt that might’ve meant thanks for the company.

Maybe.

Evening — Sanji

The kitchen smelled like heaven. You hovered at the door like a stray cat who wasn’t sure if they were allowed inside.

Sanji glanced back. “If you’re gonna eat my food, you’re gonna learn to chop.”

You stepped in cautiously. “No stealing. Promise.”

“Swear on the salt jar.”

You groaned. “Fine. Swear on the salt.”

He handed you a cutting board and a very sharp knife.

You did not lose a finger. You did, however, dice onions so badly Sanji made you redo them three times.

By the end of it, there was a tiny plate with your name scribbled on a napkin beside it.

You didn’t say thank you.

He didn’t ask for one.

Night — Luffy

You found Luffy on the figurehead, feet swinging as he stared at the moon, a nearly-empty plate beside him.

You climbed up beside him, quiet for once.

“D’you like it here?” he asked suddenly.

You blinked. “Where?”

“On the Sunny. With us.”

You didn’t answer right away.

You looked at the sea. The stars. The hammock you now slept in. The bounties pinned to the hall. The crew that didn’t ask you to be anything except exactly what you were.

“...Yeah,” you said softly. “I think I do.”

Luffy grinned wide.

“Good. 'Cause you’re stuck with us now.”

You leaned back, tail flicking against the wood.

“Guess there’s worse people to be stuck with.”

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It was a peaceful afternoon on the Sunny.

Too peaceful.

Which meant it was the perfect time for crime.

Zoro had fallen asleep leaning against the mast again, swords resting in their usual spot by his side, arm tucked under his head, completely unguarded.

You crept forward slowly, one paw-step at a time, crouched like a cartoon burglar with your ears flat and tongue out in concentration.

Robin watched you from the upper deck, lazily flipping a page in her book.

“Don’t,” she said without looking.

“I must,” you whispered dramatically.

She didn’t stop you.

No one ever did. Not at first.

You made it to the swords. Gently—gently—you slipped one from his waist. Then the second. Then the third.

You were vibrating with victory.

You had done it.

Now, of course… the problem of where to put them.

You looked down at yourself. Shorts. T-shirt. Absolutely no room for three legendary cursed weapons.

“…Okay,” you whispered. “Time for the ol’ hide-and-waddle.”

You started stuffing the swords down your shirt.

It went badly.

The hilts stuck out at weird angles. The sheaths clinked together like windchimes made of regret. Your shirt was puffed out like a deranged balloon. You looked like you had swallowed a harp sideways.

Usopp walked by, paused, and blinked. “...Why do you look like you’re smuggling furniture?”

“No reason,” you said, absolutely too fast.

Chopper appeared next, blinked at the very clear outline of a katana poking from your collar.

“…Is that a sword in your shirt?”

“No,” you said.

One fell out with a loud clunk.

You froze.

A massive shadow fell over you.

You slowly turned your head.

Zoro was awake.

He stared at you.

You stared back.

There was a long silence.

“…Hi,” you said.

He grabbed you by the leg and hoisted you upside-down with terrifying calm.

“Return. The swords.”

“Define ‘return.’”

He shook you.

CLANK. CLANG. CLINK. THUD.

Not just the swords.

A compass fell out. Sanji’s lighter. Robin’s bookmark. A small pouch of Berries. Nami’s perfume bottle. A fork. Three marbles. A shiny rock. Someone’s left sandal. Another fork.

Nami appeared in the doorway. “ARE THOSE MY—”

“Yes,” Zoro grunted, still holding you like a misbehaving toddler.

Sanji stormed out of the kitchen. “YOU TOOK MY LIGHTER AGAIN?!”

“I borrowed it!”

“You lit it and shouted ‘THE FLAME CHOOSES ME’!”

“Still borrowing!”

Another shake. A spoon dropped.

You dangled, arms crossed, tail twitching.

“…I regret nothing,” you said.

Zoro sighed, set you down like a defeated stuffed animal, and began collecting the debris.

“You know,” Robin said with amusement, finally walking over, “for someone who claims to be calming down, this is impressively unhinged.”

“Thank you,” you said proudly.

“No. That wasn’t praise.”

Luffy wandered over, picked up the shiny rock, and said, “Ooh, treasure!”

You took it back and stuffed it in your shirt.

Zoro gave you a look.

“…Habit,” you muttered.

[da-devilish-devilboys]

Dear Dee,

Do you actually like being evil?

Sincerely, BeesOfInk📝🐝

[Drunk!Dee]

YEZUM

its liek da bezt ever eye can do bad stuff an no ones can judge-y me’s cuz i AM bad n’ tha make me feel gud’ :-]

doin gud stuffs so painhul its like iz deres bees in mah brain an dey stingy-sting me when I do guud’ stuffs, bu fer so,e ray-zen dey don sting as much bout gud stuff ???? iz weird

eye blame capo hes resi-pawns-ible fer everybobys problems always forever >-}

>:-}*

[ramatouille]

I just want to see beautiful Ramattra art without him being super sexualized and him being sexualized with his brother. It feels really weird since they see each other as brothers and how blizzard said many times they are only brothers, especially with zen being a monk and they don’t have relationships and it goes against everything they believe. And I don’t know how to only make it where I can see Ramattra art without it being super sexualized or having very weird stuff in it! >~<

[cotton-could]

In defense of Zenitsu Agatsuma

Alright, we all know Zenitsu is quite a divisive character but his haters are taking their dislike towards him in a disturbingly disproportionate way to the point they pick his flaws and demonize... And their reasons to hate him is either "he's loud and annoying", "he's cowardly and useless", "he's a pervert" or "he forced himself on nezuko" so i'll refute those repetitive arguments because it's getting really tiring

"He's loud and annoying"

He's loud and? So is Inosuke and people dont give him hell for it and many of his lines is him screaming. Rengoku is loud aswell but people dont mind it. They only focus on Zenitsu and it's just unfair and biased because those same people are the same ones who love other louder characters while hating on Zen for it and the excuse it's probably "he's annoying". While the annoyingness depends a lot of the person, they somehow tolerate characters that are way more annoying than him but since Zenitsu is considered as a "loser", they just use him as a scapegoat.

And about being annoying... It's really frustrating that they only tolerate him when he's asleep aka being brave and imo its boring because we have so many characters that fear nothing and are super brave wich gets too repetitive and even boring so to it's quite refreshing to see a character that doesnt show a brave side and has more realistic reactions when encountering demons that are twice his height.

Besides the guy clearly has a lot of issues and unresolved traumas wich are shown with his clinglyness, self esteem issues, etc... sadly the author didnt put much focus and it doesnt go away magic and the fact that his haters are quick to be sympathetic to other Demon Slayer characters who did WAY worse than him but people refuse to try to understand him just show they just care about if a character is cool enough or quiet enough.

"He's cowardly and useless"

Did we watch the same show?? He may be cowardly sure (wich is valid given his circumstances) but calling him useless is a reach. If he was useless; Nezuko would've been killed by Inosuke, the kid he was protecting in the demon drum arc would've died aswell (he had countless of oportunities to ditch the little boy and leave him for dead), the mission in the red light district could've been more complicated, the little girl he defended from Daki wouldnt have her other ear, etc...

Hence, despite being a coward, he still has morals that his haters love to overlook. The guy was terrified of Tengen yet he still did what he could to defend the girls from him, took a nasty blow from Daki just for defending someone, tried to hide Genya from Sanemi, etc without expecting something back. Despite his flaws, Zenitsu is without a doubt one of the most selfless characters in the show but of course, according to dudebros and haters, crybaby=useless.

"He's a pervert"

This one is a valid criticism but sadly, his haters flanderize said flaw to make him some sort of predator, calling him all sort of awful things and even accusing him of stuff he didnt even do. His love for girls can be super weird and he's not a gentleman but they love to overlook all the moments where he genuinely protected girls that aren't only Nezuko and after doing so, he doesn't expect them to be his girlfriend or anything. He even demanded Daki to apologize to the little girl she bullied. If he only cared about women for lust pleasure then many of his kind actions toward them wouldn't even exist in the first place

Besides I find it super hypocritical for people to give Zenitsu hell for his innapropriate behaviour towards girls yet those same people turn a blind eye to Tengen slapping a minor's butt (some even going as far as trying to explain the reason), threw a little girl off the roof without caring if she'd survive or not and almost kidnapping the butterfly girls. Tengen did ALL of this without even apologizing to the girls nor without getting properly punished for said actions (and no, him losing his hand and eye are not direct punishment of his actions but rather unfortunate consequences of the battle). It's just crazy how those same people hold Zenitsu (a teenager) more accountable for his behaviour than Tengen (grown adult) for his smh.

"He forced himself on Nezuko"

Dude has an innocent crush on a girl who treats him well and people act as if he was a terrible and psychopathic guy who didn't cared about her and treated her like garbage. This man would rather suffer than hurt her and see her unhappy, he loves her in a genuine and pure way that goes being "she's cute" and it was shown in his dream. In the light novel, it was confirmed that he doesn't even care that she's a demon, meaning that he loves her regardeless of what she is.

Wich makes all the dumb tweets about Aoi being Nezuko's protector and that someone has to protect her from him. Seriously?? The same guy who saved her twice?? And that scene of him seeing Nezuko in the sunlight is not that serious ffs, he wasnt even too harsh with his movements (he gently held her hands), he was just reaction in a dramatic way and Nezuko wasn't even uncomfortable this whole time. If she were uncomfortable, shown signs that she dislikes him and avoids him then yes, the whole "protect her from Zenitsu" tweets would make sense but nop, it's just a cringey scene that people took it way too seriously. Before you mention me the chasing scene, that was an anime-only scene and in the manga he just bows down to her as he gives her flowers. Nezuko even sees him in a positive light, example:

Anyways that was my rant on Zenitsu, might do more about it in the future

[the-roo-too]

candy -> kang haerin ver

aka the fluff alphabet

admiration (what does she absolutely adore about you)- your smile ehe like when she makes you laugh (especially by accident) and you go all smiley! it’s making her so soft <33

body (what’s her favourite body part of yours)- haerin’s a eyes girlie, the type to text/write you little notes like ‘i could see the sky in your eyes’ very cheesy yes

cuddling (how she likes to cuddle)- nuzzling into you like a cute little kitty, that’s all im going to say bro

dates (what’s her ideal date)- CAT CAFÉ CAT CAFÉ CAT CAFÉ 🐱 seriously, especially if they have cute drinks or something 🤭

emotions (how does she express her emotions around you)- that’s a little harder, she has a weird way of expressing herself. haerin is very stoic if yk what i mean, she’s kinda calm all the time. very important, haerin is very smiley around you too! like with her members she’s just kinda 🫢 and with you she goes 🤭

family (does she want one)- go play with barbies pls

holding hands (does she like to hold hands)- who doesn’t?! tbh holding hands is all the pda you’re getting with haerin, sorry not sorry

injuries (what would she do if you got hurt)- kinda freezes and blinks really slowly? not a single thought in that brian of hers, doesn’t know what to do at all

jokes (does she like to joke around)- kinda? if you like do it first, haerin might do a little joke on you back, but she’s never the one to start it

kisses (how does she like to kiss you)- cheek kisses mostly 👍🫡 keep it legal bro

love (what’s her love language)- touch!!! in the sense that during the day, she likes to be touching you somehow. like sliding her arm around you and laying her head on your shoulder, or patting your head gently <33 yes, touch 🫶🫶

memory (what’s her favourite memory together)- you two totally volunteered at some pet shelter, and she met so many cats! haerin was very smitten before that, but after the volunteer work it’s like she didn’t know she could be that in love

nighttime (how does sleeping with her look like)- you know how little puppies (or kittens for that matter) sleep in like a pile of puppies? well you’re a two people pile, keeping each other warm

oddity (what’s one quirky thing about her)- the kitty like behaviour, come on. i’m certain haerin meows at you if on a rare occasion you do something she doesn’t like

pet names (what does she like to call you)- because you probably call her kitty or something like that, she calls you her kitten! okay but if you get under her skin she says you’re a old grandma living with cats

quality time (how does she like to spend time with you)- haerin likes slow walks in the park! take my word for it, she told me herself

rush (does she rush into things)- rush into what bestie? give the child time bruh she rushed out of the crib if anything

secrets (how open is she with you)- it depends kinda? i would really say haerin is a closed off person but like expressing emotions comes a bit hard to her, saying stuff about her (especially sensitive things) is a little tough

time (how long did it take her to confess)- somewhere between 2 weeks and 2 years (haerin was having her moment ok.)

upset (what’s her reaction when you’re upset)- similar to injuries actually, haerin needs to process your behaviours. let’s be honest, you don’t get mad at her, so it’s not that bad even if she’s not sure how to react

visibility (is she afraid of the public opinion)- haerin isn’t really keen on coming out, mostly because she’s afraid of what the public would do to her group and you

warrior (how often do you fight)- is silent treatment considered fighting? because that’s the most you do tbh haerin isn’t the type to raise her voice at you

x-ray (is she able to read you)- read you yes. act upon what she saw? depends

yes (how would she propose to you)- she’s two go look somewhere else

zen (what makes her feel calm)- you being calm too ok. if you’re happy, haerin is happy too <33

part of [the fluff series]