#but sendou exists so it’s okay

[luffysprincess]

I’m falling in love and im happy about it ᰔ ᰔ ᰔ

[sevarchive]

♡ bllk drabbles ──

જ⁀➴ blue lock characters! when they're downbad for you.

starring: isagi yoichi, bachira meguru, karasu tabito, itoshi sae, sendou shuto, and reo mikage

ISAGI YOICHI

aka “executive director of overthinking”

tries so hard to act unfazed, tactical and calm. but is completely obliterated by your existence.

you replied “lol” to his story once.

he stared at it like it was the dead sea scrolls. enlarged the screenshot. adjusted the contrast.

was that a flirt? did ‘lol’ mean ‘love of life?’ was it morse code?

the boy has a folder titled “y/n analysis” where he breaks down your likes, dislikes, and preferred lighting angles.

his teammates think it’s match footage. it’s just your selfies. sometimes he sits there whispering, “so pretty. so dangerous.”

once you called him “yoichi,” and he walked into a pole. he did not feel pain. just pure bliss.

later googled, “is it normal to plan your whole future with someone after one (1) nickname?”

drafts and deletes 97 replies before sending “haha yeah 👍.” immediately lies down on the floor like he got shot.

mutters, “i shouldn’t have sent the emoji. it’s too confident. she’ll think i’m arrogant.”

he prays before your instagram posts like they’re religious relics. every time you post he whispers,

“she’s so pretty. i must evolve past humanity and win the world cup for her.”

BACHIRA MEGURU

aka “chief officer of heart palpitations”

acts like a chaos goblin, confident and unbothered. but is actually one poke away from combusting.

you gave him a frog sticker once. he cried. named it after you. stuck it on his phone.

calls it “froggie you” and says hi to it every morning.

you once tapped his shoulder during training. he turned around and said, “do that again and i’ll die for you.”

sends “good morning 🐣🌈💖” texts daily. if you don’t reply within ten minutes, he sends:

“hello. y/n. my love. my life. are you okay. do you hate me. should i perish.”

when you bump knees? he gasps like you proposed.

“hold on i need to lie down. my soul is doing cartwheels.”

has a playlist called “for when we hold hands.”

another called “if she ever looks at me like that again i will cry and explode.”

one time you smiled at him. he told his mom about it.

ended the story with,

“i think i met the love of my life. i looked into her eyes and saw the rest of my life. weddings, rain-soaked kisses, grocery runs. everything."

KARASU TABITO

aka “vice president of flirt and fumble”

acts smooth, smug, and has dangerous levels of swagger. but the moment you flirt back, he folds like cheap origami.

he flirts like it’s a sport.

“careful with that smile. it’s a weapon.” you: “you like it?” karasu: buffering… system error… “uhh gotta go bye.”

you once said “you look nice today.” he had to sit down and reorient his soul.

texts you “yo u up?” then immediately texts “wait no i meant that in a friendly respectful feminist way.”

wore cologne for the first time just because you mentioned liking a guy in a commercial.

googled “what scent makes girls fall in love (scientifically proven).”

you wore his hoodie once. he didn’t wash it for 29 days.

hugged it. whispered, “so this is love.”

SAE ITOSHI

aka “board chairman of emotional repression”

acts cold, distant and aloof. but is emotionally disintegrating every time you smile.

you called him “grumpy.” he thought about it in the shower. in training. in his sleep.

“am i too grumpy? is it cute grumpy? or irredeemable grumpy? do i need to change my whole personality?”

pretends to be annoyed by your presence. but knows your schedule. your favorite drink. your laugh.

once you coughed, and he handed you water like a knight with a quest.

accidentally liked a post from 2019. deleted his account. considered switching countries.

you brushed his hair out of his face once. he stopped breathing. time froze. earth paused.

the moon dipped a little closer just to check in. tells you “don’t touch me.”

but if you accidentally fall asleep on him? he doesn't move. not one inch.

eyes wide open. thinking: this is what marriage feels like

SENDOU SHUTO

aka “founder & ceo of delusional scenarios inc.”

acts like a flirt. full of charisma. but is one wink away from sobbing on the floor.

you: “you have nice eyes.” sendou: saves it in his brain in 4k ultra-hd.

“that’s what she’ll say in our wedding video.”

he once fake-proposed to you with a candy ring. you laughed.

he almost passed out.

had to sit down and google “can a joke proposal count as legally binding if it feels real.”

has a playlist called “our vibe 💕.” it’s mostly taylor swift, r&b, and dramatic violin covers.

sends you memes and checks if you’ve seen them. if you don’t react in 10 minutes, he sends “u okay? do u still believe in us?”

once you patted his head. he walked into the locker room and yelled, “i am seen. i am loved.”

wrote “mr. y/n” in his notebook once and said “it’s for manifestation.”

REO MIKAGE

aka “ceo of yearning, ltd.”

acts put together, elegant and effortlessly rich. but is one compliment away from printing out a marriage certificate.

you: “this bracelet is cute.” reo: buys matching ones in silver, gold, and platinum. “just in case she wants options. or heirlooms. for our kids.”

once you said “thanks, reo.” he stared into space for five minutes.

clutched his chest like, did she mean thank you for existing?

texts nagi like:

reo: “bro if i buy her a planet will she love me” nagi: “buy me one too” reo: “focus.”

goes to a fortune teller and says, “i need to know if she’s my endgame.”

refuses to take “unclear future” as an answer.

once you borrowed his scarf. he went home and looked in the mirror.

“she wore this. she was cold. and i protected her warmth. we are soul-bound.”

has seven notes app entries titled:

– “if she ever loves me back…” – “wedding toast idea (sunset metaphor)” – “what if she’s the real reason i was born.”

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[merlucide]

SPOTTING YOU IN THE CROWD! hcs

notes: first post of the new year!! Happy new years!! <33 [Requested]

characters: Aiku, Sae, Sendou, Kaiser, Ness, Lorenzo, Snuffy, Loki, Noa, Chris Prince, Lavinho, Leonardo Luna

warnings: cursing probs, not proofread (again, idgaf) fem!reader in Lavinho’s

pt1 pt2

You bundled deeper into your sweater hoping to savor some warmth, it might as well be snowing right now. As much as you wished you were at home, curled up under a blanket, you were happy to be here, watching your boyfriend’s game. Normally, you only went to home games, but this time you thought, ’why not?’. So, after a 4 in a half hour flight, a 30 minute taxi ride, you finally made it to the stadium. You’d go to his games pretty often, sitting in the VIP section. This go around, you wanted to sit closer, to get a better view of your lover of course. The whistle blows for halftime and you excitedly signal to him.

OLIVER AIKU

Smirks and shakes his head hehe

Means tons you came!! :)

He rlly can’t believe you came lmao

Doesn’t yell back but makes hand signs to ya

You can just tell what he’s trying to say, benefit of The Charm™ (*AHEM..*👀)

Might blow you a kiss, might not, depends on which Aiku you get😙

If he does you ofc accept it and return it, which he cradles it to his heart hehe

*cue jelly and disgusted sendou*

-

🦢: ‘cringe tbh’

🐍: ‘Say, I don’t see your S/O in the stands’

🦢: ‘Low blow.’ bitchless HA

ITOSHI SAE

Surprised

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That’s it, thanks for reading.

-

….no like he’s so boring, no expression, no fun, no personality

Why are you with him bro

-

Sorry the Sae hater in me took over, let’s continue.

-

Happy? You came? Like

Hes indifferent to it 😭

I mean he recognizes the effort made to see him and appreciates that, YES!

Gives you a little wave :3 (if you’re lucky he’ll give ya a small smile)

He def scores a goal for you and kisses his promise ring looking in your area

After the game he Venmo’s you what you payed for the tickets— despite your retaliation lmao

I hate this hoe

SENDOU SHUTO

Aiku thumbs to you in the stands and bbg lets out the BIGGEST OVERDRAMATIC gasp when seeing you

he could squeal

— Quickly goes back to ‘cool mode’, which lasts for two seconds before yelling back at you

🦢:’BABYYYYYYYY!!’

⚓️: ‘BABEEEEEEEESSSS!!

The team give him the look saying ‘simp’ LMAO

Gets all blushy n embarrassed lol

Yells at you to watch him and tell you he’s gonna score for ya (he totally missed the net)

MICHEAL KAISER

his face when he notices you: 😏

Fuels his ego by like, a gajillion times

—though he is conflicted between making it known to his teammates/fans that you’re here or not letting a single soul know of your existence lmao

Doesn’t wanna hurt your feelings by ignoring you tho 💀 especially since you came ALL the way to see HIM

(Rlly appreciates it)

Just rolls his eyes at you and grins

You kinda have a conversation with your faces LMAO

Bc again he’s trying not to attract to much attention to you!! (cus media, etc)

Ness sees you and waves ! :)

-

🪄: ‘I didn’t know y/n was coming! Hi y/n!!’

🥀: ‘Shut up you squealing maggot.”

🪄: ‘Oh okay’

ALEXIS NESS

turns exactly into “🥹+🤩” combined

So happy you came!!!!

Means so much to him that you’d take your time and money to see him play!

Gives you that big fat wobbly smile of his and yells ‘Hi!!’

Points you out to Kaiser ‘Look! Kaiser, y/n came!’

he doesn’t gaf LMAO

He gives you a nod tho!

-

Blows you many kisses 😌

BM is all giving him the biggest side eye LMAO His love for you makes everyone within a 20 mile radius uncomfortable

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def gives you the biggest cheek kiss ever and hugs you HEHHEEEHHEHEHEHE

DON LORENZO

Ugly smiles hehehehheh

Two-finger point at cha’ yelling ‘HEYYYYYYY!!!!’

Laughing and smiling soo much

He’s literally BEAMING

He always wants you to come to his games, but understands you have a life of your own and can’t make it to them all

BUT YOU CAME THIS TIME!!

‘MIO AMOUR DIDJA SEE MY MOVES EH? PRETTY SWEET YA?’

afterwards totally tries doing more showy tricks and plays for ya hehe

He’s just pumped af you’re here!!

MARC SNUFFY

Touched 🥹 

Fr tho, he’s touched af

Happy big smile!!

Waves back at cha :3

-

He called you earlier before the game and had no clue!! I mean he heard crowd at the airport but you just brushed it off as ‘oh I’m just at the mall’

Really appreciates it! :)

JULIANN LOKI

he’s like ‘😮!!’

Didn’t expect that!!!

Means so much to him!!

Gets all blushy hehe…,.

Doesn’t want to make a scene so he opts out for a small slightly hidden wave (not to draw attention to you)

rlly appreciates you supporting his career !! Esp since he’s so young starting off so strong

-

After game he goes to you and shakes his head and hugs ya hehe

Can’t believe you lmao

NOEL NOA

Surprised af

Like the thought of you doing this never crossed his mind literally once, E V E R

He knows you watch his games on TV when you don’t go (most of the time)

Soft grinning from him heh

Doesn’t do much bc he doesn’t want the media all over you

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After the game he brings you closer (not touching bc he’s sweaty af) and kisses your forehead

——Whiiiich the paparazzi saw and it was over the internet for the next few days

So mission failed for Noa lmao

LAVINHO 

okay think Bokuto’s ‘HEY HEY HEY!!’ That’s him rn

Manically laughing LMAO

Starts F L I R T I N G  with you from the field

He’s just like yelling ‘HEEEEY MAMAS, YA FREE AFTER THISSSS?’

Def brags to any single teammates of his LMAO

CHRIS PRINCE

Signature Chris Prince smile!!

Belly laughs too lmao— can’t believe you’re here! And that you didnt tell him

He would’ve easily arranged something easier for you to come, probs traveling with the team or smth

energized as crap and now will do everything at the tippity top of his game to impress you (he does this every time you go to his games, but like it’s 10x bc he’s so pumped)

LEONARDO LUNA

Making ‘:o’ face lmao

So surprised !! But SO happy!!

Like wym his darling came to his away game?? Wym they took a 4 hour flight to see him play

Feels so special hehe

Blows you kisses with both hands and waves with both as well

Makes it known you’re here (if you’re comfortable with being public, but in this scenario I’d assume so)

Gives you a big hug afterwards

help sorry for any ooc-ness for some I had a hard time getting creative juice

Made January 1st 2025

[neeeooon]

HEYY!!!!

I just readed your reacting to your music and it was sooo good!!!

Can you do a part 2 but with sae, kaiser, kunigami, yukimiya and sendou?

( you can ignore too not forcing :3 )

yesss ty for the req!! part 1 here!

reacting to your music videos pt 2

bf bllk x popstar!reader. crack, fluff

itoshi sae

-> pretends he doesn’t care. says stuff like, “yeah. it’s fine.” when you ask him about your new release. in reality, he’s playing it on repeat during training and uses your other songs for his daily warmups

-> absolutely stalks the charts when you release something new, even if he says he doesn’t. will say, “oh, number one again? not surprising.” with the straightest face while quietly saving all the congratulatory posts of you

-> sae hates posting about you publicly, but he’ll post on his private story (the one with like 4 people on it including you and his brother). either posts you celebrating your success or a blurry photo of your album cover with “🩵”

michael kaiser

-> bro WILL insert himself into your creative process even if he has zero talent for it. he’s just there, in the studio, eating snacks and spinning in the producer chair, occasionally threatening men who make you laugh or smile. “so, when are you writing me a song, babe? you know, the only man you have eyes for? the love of your life? the one who would pluck stars from the sky to make you happy?”

-> absolutely posts your music everywhere. spams reposts. spams comments. spams tags. writes captions like “yeah i pull the hottest singer alive what about it” or “this one’s about me obviously” even when it very much is not

-> gets pouty if fans don’t acknowledge he’s the number one boyfriend to ever exist in the history of boyfriends. you do, though, so it’s okay in the end <3

kunigami rensuke

-> he’s supportive but in a quiet way. shares your videos and posts on his stories without a caption but adds the heart or kiss emoji every time. your fans clip it just to tease him like the pests they are

-> he wears disguises, but he goes to every single one of your concerts he can. you don’t always spot him, and he doesn’t always stand in front, but he’ll surprise you during the break and make sure you drink water and keep cool. he gets there early to buy as much merch as he can afford. the fans hate him for that

-> gets all bashful when people ask about you but answers super sincerely, especially in interviews. “yeah, i think they’re incredibly talented. i’m really lucky.”

yukimiya kenyu

-> he gives the most detailed compliments on your music. loves picking apart your lyrics and creating theories with fans. “the lyricism here is really beautiful. i can tell how much work you put into the production too.” literally analyzes it like a critic but in the most affectionate way

-> owns vinyls of your albums and will take aesthetic photos of himself listening to it kr with your merch for his fans. they’re sick if you and how much he posts about you! (not really tho)

-> sends you flowers every release day with little notes like “you’ll always be my number one, even off the charts.” and your ass melts every time <3

sendou shuto

-> reacts to everything you do like he’s your biggest fan. posts ig stories of you with captions like “MY BABY DROPPED ANOTHER BANGER!!! WORSHIP THEM” with obnoxious emojis. worships your music videos and will pull all nighter just to wait for the release

-> he’s screaming in the crowd at every one of your shows with homemade signs. your precious short fans hate seeing him in the pit <3

-> pray your song doesn’t become tiktok famous, because sendou is posting videos of himself dancing to your songs in the locker room. he’s always dragging his friends in on it too (oliver is your second biggest fan. your fandom simps hard for him and it annoys your bf to the max)

[vyzoi]

Okay! I have decided to make a moot hall of fame with your official titles that I gave you either out loud or mentally in my head.

@inu1gf - Bestie - we go way before I joined tumblr. I met them in a Genshin domain when I randomized a co op domain last year in September

@sakuramakii - The OG - they’ve been my moot since I started this blog and they still press the like button on my posts (lowkey wish you would post more often so I can do the same)

@saesbangs - Sweet Moot - Fellow Sendou Defender- they’re so nice and they support my Sae simping I support their Sae simping too. I asked them what they thought about Sendou, and they straight up defended him and sort of wrote a deep dive on his character. We love Sendou in this household!!

@asaedw - My Bae - The Sae To My Rin - she called me her bae first when we were hyping each other up after she made a fanfic for me when I was sick. I call her the Sae to my Rin because I look up to her like Rin would to Sae. She’s been on my dash for a while and she’s been one of my favorite fanfic writers and she inspired me to write fics too

@emichanted - The Hype Girl - she’s making me all excited and hyped up whenever we mention spamming my inbox. Only My Bae / The Rin To My Sae and The Hype Girl can spam it because they wrote fics for me when I was sick but I think everyone knows that now, I say it any chance I get.

@luvynii - My Number One Fluff Fan - they’ve hyped me up ever since my first fluff fic. Just about most of the fluff fics I have, they’ve read it.

@inojuuy - Loyalist Liker - they see a post from me speaking out on my thoughts or other content I make, they hit that like button.

@thetwinkims - Loyal Reblogger - they reblog every single fanfic I make and they’re quick with it sometimes too. It’ll be posted for a second and BAM reblogged and liked

@something-i-can-never-have - Flexible Moot - we like the same games and I got them into Blue Lock so we can talk about many things and just not one subject

@hygienic-law - Sendou Hater - The Hater- has been hating on Sendou ever since I mentioned liking him!! Overall just hates on the Blue Lock characters that I like now. Started roasting Yukimiya for no reason!! All I did was hype him up!

@laslowchan - Twin Moot - we’re both aroace and autistic. We also love the Itoshi brothers and Kaiser. I appreciate the likes and reblogs. We’re so nonchalant too, we don’t have to talk to one another, just exist.

@minlahzz- Discord Child - Nagi to my Yukimiya - I met them in the same server as my Sendou Hater / The Hater and Discord Lurker. I’m protecting this kid at all costs now. They’re the Nagi to my Yukimiya because we vibe so well together. Also, because I pretty much have the qualities that Yuki has and they have a lot of the qualities that Nagi has. They love Nagi very much. I love Yukimiya very much.

@jwmiooa - Discord Lurker - she ominously types and she also reads the chats but never says anything unless something peaks her interest. I admired that so I took a few notes and now we have an alliance.

@sunathetuna - Fellow Yukimiya Simp - we actually first met when I made a Genshin poll. Suddenly, I got a notification from them but this time, their profile is Yukimiya themed! So I just HAD to let them know how goated they are!

@moxxyandthekat - The Artist - drew a wedding scene of me and Sendou!

@pinkymangacaps - Sneaky Pinky - The Girl Who Matches My Freak - literally been moots before I even joined the discord server. I even wrote a fic for her without even realizing who she was! Realization crept up on me!! It crept up on her too, we didn’t know we were tumblr moots until HOURS apart from each other. She interacts with my 18+ fics regularly. In DMs, we match each other’s freak. We are on the same level!

@dollyrins - Discord Ally - despite how complex our system is, we haven’t turned on each other’s backs. Sure we have our disagreements, and there’s a few things tying our alliance together. But she has my back in some cases and I have her back too. I’m just salty that my ally has to agree with Sendou Hater/The Hater. But when things get too crazy, my ally is there to break it up and save me!!

@plutoplue - The Defendant - Sendou Hater/The Hater likes to give Plue a hard time in a joking way! Some of the other discord server members mess with her actually. I act like I’m her lawyer and I do my best to step in and defend her any chance I get. She did have the guts to tell me that she isn’t a huge fan of Yukimiya and knowing full well I’m beefing with The Hater. But I still have her back regardless!

@airybcby - The Yukimiya Writer - been on my dash for like a month or so. My Supportive Moot/Fellow Karasu Lover tagged me in a Yukimiya childhood friends to lovers fic she wrote in January which made me give her a follow. My Fellow Yuki Simp became moots with her too so we HAD to try to get myself noticed and it WORKED!! Obviously, because she wouldn’t be in my moot hall of fame if it didn’t!

@dontlickmyfeetplz - The Moot Who Makes Me Laugh Just By Seeing Their Username - The Best Answer To All My Questions - username explains it all, they make me laugh. Every question I’ve asked them about a certain Blue Lock character is SO detailed and it’s exactly what I’m always looking for in an answer.

I will add more if I accidentally forgot about you or if I deem someone hall of fame worthy

I have so many moots and I hardly interact with some of them

[popponn]

things about sae.

it's sae's turn in my brain microwave. i want to understand you, underlashes senior. headcanons +observation+ rambling. spoilers, will be updated as time goes on.

scathing, mean af vocabs. pretty rude even as a child. but compared to rin, his cursing seems to be much tamer.

is REALLY focused on soccer. but also said in the character interview to not "only be able to/focus on soccer like him".

but in his introduction to u20 shows that he seems to value someone who goes all in to soccer. and it's kind of in line with the things he "admits" and chided. example a: shidou and isagi being individuals who are undeniably soccer obsessed (though on isagi's case as they haven't even talk, if i remember correctly, this might be more because of isagi's way of winning through "making use of luck"). example b: things he said in the u20 introduction in response to sendou.

headcanonish but this guy is giving me "burnout gifted child" vibe with all the prodigal status, expectations, and being hit in the face by the world. like what are you. are you satisfied by marina??????

there are few moments where he displays something that is pretty close to 'praise', but say it not to the related person/group himself. (i.e. his thoughts of blue lock in locker room, his comment about "dont switch out any of the u20 member".)

like is he being not nice on purpose????? honestly probably. headcanonish, but if seeing his way of giving comments to rin pre-spain, it's been like that since he was little. (i will check rin's ln again later)

in contrast to rin having "natural luck", this guy seems to more " making/seeking luck". but idk yet, with only ice cream sticks as clues. sae backstory and ln spin off when.

his eyes during the confrontation with rin in that snowy night are pretty expressive. but since visual cues leave a really wide room for interpretation + bllk tendency to subvert things, i will not comment. but honestly i really agree with the sentiment that sae was hurt by rin's words, but in the end the discouragement seems to come more from a place of "i don't want you to get hurt so just go home and don't play soccer anymore" (very very hc and more of an interpretation, as sae's pov is still non existent)

aka yeah, this guy is shit at displaying concern and any sort of care. headcanon but. do you see the vibe??? with rin???? like it's similar. what is this genetic.

simple fashion, but pretty trendy and chic(?).

this guy seems like a family guy who misses his family a lot. (please make up soon with your lil bro)

watches chibi maruko chan. has habits that genuinely reminds me of old people (drinking tea, looking at sea, thinking of family).

people at blue lock think of him as someone who seems to be good at study, but looking at the pattern of hyperfocused people in blue lock it either goes two way: a) his skill at everything else is questionable at best, abysmall at worst ; b) he is an all-rounder indeed.

but then again there is also the third type aka "good at football, still functional at everything except communication and emotional management skill".

his way of talking in jp is, to put it simply, pretty casual like guys his age. the thing that are the rudest part of it was his choice of words and the fact that he seems to talk like this to everyone. even his elder. and also the way he is very blunt in expressing his opinion.

but somehow that bluntness is gone when it came to showing vulnerable emotions. talk about emotional constipation.

if his character interview is reliable and unbiased, as it is from sae's own pov, his relationship with his parents seems okay.

genuinely wondering about his parents' canon response to his and rin's cold war.

does he even have friends. no like seriously.

his brother and him are really similar in many ways. rin is probably copying him in some ways tho—that, or rin's own issues. or sae's own issues.

please just make up with your brother. (2)

after spain his bang is gone. as in he just pushed them up. in u20 it still went down sometimes in a few panels.

he likes numbers. maybe he really is smart.

genuinely looking at him like "please get a hobby" not even as an insult but out of genuine concern. this dude has so many issues and the burnout child prodigy vibe is real strong with this one.

but not fully his fault. pretty much live alone overseas, probably with no friends his age and just a manager as his support system, went through a crisis, is a (probable) family loving guy with his family far away from him, then came home to his beloved lil bro he spoiled and dotted on and shared a dream with saying hurtful things to him on his lowest point. and not supporting his new decision and dream. from sae's pov, it's brutal.

i can defend rin on this too tho. honestly please talk to each other, itoshi bros. or acknowledge that maybe neither of you were in not in the best state of mind during that confrontation.

seems logical and he does likes numbers. but honestly, he just acts as he wants—look at how he talks to journalist, how he has 0 hesitation to leave an ongoing match.

went to spain at 13 according to rin's spin off novel. also mentioned to "hate to lose" and seems to be a strict perfectionist.

must be noted however that how rin sees him seems to be very biased. a bit of rin analysis/hc, but there seems to be "putting nii chan on a pedestal" going on there. how their childhood truly is from sae's perspective is still unknown. on rin's part tho, seems to be a very nice period.

is rich. so the snobby rich condescending guy aura is probably not that far from the truth. his sense of money seems to be a mess, as a few hundred millions is a small amount for him.

this guy seems to be picky with who he respects and he really doesn't hold back in disrespecting someone he doesn't. even higher ups and older people.

does skincare canonly.

doesn't seem to have friends so far...? (nel arc, before pxg match) but if we look at how rin is now, unsurprising.

in rin's novel, rin's physique is mentioned to be "better" than sae's actually. with how "rin wins in luck" while sae "loses" motive exist through the ice cream sticks, probably this motive will come up again when sae appears again.

[neurodivergentminor]

“Maybe That’s My Heart”

Rockstar Sae Itoshi (fem) x Gyaru Shidou Ryusei (fem)

Femlock au :- In this au all male characters are female although also this can be bit OOC as this isn't focus on aura farming or soccer. Also in au Blue lock is all girls school cause why not its fun also this is my first time writing wlw fanfic so I'm not so sure how it will be but I have lot of plan regarding this

warning : for people who isnt interest in ships or sapphic relationship you can just ignore this fanfic as it isnt made for you

Prologue

At Blue Lock High, people talked a lot. About popularity. About scandals. About who's dating who. But when it came to Sae Itoshi, they didn’t talk to her—they just talked about her.

She didn’t care.

Sae had always been like that a distant, a quiet, also a bit intense. Not because she was shy, but because everything else felt… pointless. School, small talk, relationships—it all blurred together into background noise. The only thing that ever made sense was music. That steady thrum of strings under her fingertips. That one moment of silence before a riff hits and everything else disappears.

She wasn’t just good. She was great. And people knew it. Teachers, classmates, even the principal. Everyone knew Sae Itoshi—the girl who barely showed up to class but sold out every tiny venue within a ten-mile radius.

She was the lead guitarist of Stray Chords, a local band she’d formed with Aiku, Sendou, and a drummer who’d recently moved away. They were tight, serious, and stuck somewhere between “underground” and “almost famous.” And now, with regionals creeping up, they were down one guitarist.

The school's music room stank of sweat, desperation, and broken dreams. Sae Itoshi slumped back in her chair, legs lazily sprawled over the amp case, guitar resting across her lap like an extension of her soul. She hadn’t lifted her eyes in twenty minutes, not even when the last girl butchered a Nirvana riff like it was a dying cat.

Aiku leaned forward, brows pinched. “Sae. We’re wasting our time. Everyone’s trash.”

“Mm,” Sae grunted, eyes still half-shut. “Told you.”

“This is a joke,” Sendou muttered, arms crossed, annoyed as always.

Aiku leaned back in his chair. “We’ve heard worse. Barely.”

“Should’ve just cancelled,” Sae mumbled.

Then the door burst open.

Loud footsteps. Heavy breathing. A messy blonde with too much eyeliner and a guitar case she was barely holding onto.

“I’ve been standing outside for twenty minutes. You seriously ignoring me or what?” she snapped.

They all turned.

Sae didn’t.

But she heard the voice. Brash. Confident. Way too loud for the space.

Shidou Ryusei.

Sae had heard of her. Most people had. Not in a good way. A fight on the basketball court a few weeks ago. Some rumor about her almost getting suspended. That kind of girl.

“Great,” Sendou muttered under her breath. “Just what we need.”

“She signed up,” Aiku pointed out. “We’ve let in worse.”

“Not violent worse.”

“She’s not violence. She’s just loud.”

Shidou didn’t wait for permission. She walked right in, set up, plugged in. No warm-up, no apologies.

“Y’all done whispering?” she said, giving them a half-smile that looked more like a dare.

Sae finally looked up.

And then Shidou played.

The sound wasn’t polished. Not clean. But it was alive. It had bite, weight, movement. Like she wasn’t playing from her fingers, but straight from her chest. Every chord rough around the edges, every solo teetering on chaos, but somehow it worked. It worked so well.

Sae stared. Not just at the playing, but at the way Shidou seemed to forget the room existed. She was just there with her guitar and nothing else.

When she finished, the silence in the room felt heavy.

Sendou blinked. “…Okay. That was—”

“I liked it,” Aiku said simply.

Shidou grinned. “Told you.”

Sae stayed quiet.

She hated this part—when something cracked her armor without permission. She didn’t want to be impressed. Didn’t want to feel anything.

But there it was.

That ache. That restlessness. That small, unfamiliar flutter in her chest she hadn’t felt in years.

She met Shidou’s eyes.

And Shidou, still catching her breath, tilted her head. “So? You gonna make me prove it again?”

Sae looked at her for a long moment. Then gave the smallest of nods.

“…Maybe,” she said, voice low. “Maybe that’s my heart.”

[musteladraconis]

okay idk where else to post this/ask about it really so ill ask here:

i know sendou.ink exists and i use it frequently but how do you know what gear subs would work best for you? i know on sendou a lot of the gear sets posted are for x battle players and stuff and so sometimes i feel like im missing an ink saver or tank refill buff because im still practicing and learning so how do you really decide what gear to use?

for some extra info my main pool rn is nzap85, jr, carbon deco and im trying out Nsplattershot too

[chibicrow]

zexal--arc-v--1412 replied to your post “Sakaki Yuya from another dimension probably: I don’t know what card...”

revolver's eyelashes are still better //escapes

Okay, but the only reason Revolver-sama’s eyelashes are as pretty as they are is because the YGO franchise wanted to copy the CFV franchise in terms of pretty af male characters. 

Sendou Aichi and Kai Toshiki’s eyelashes in the OG CFV existed so Revolver-sama’s could THRIVE, if ya know what I mean.

Let’s be real here //punted

[shadowrichu]

Summoners of Light and Dark: Chapter 3

Last Chapter < > Next Chapter “Hey hey, When can we go back and see Johan?” Judai enthusiast asked Yubel.

They were walking back from the forest since it was starting to get dark out and getting really late in the day. They said their goodbyes to everyone and said they’d be back to visit, Yubel even found Cobalt and Emerald and talked with them for a while. Cobalt could tell that Yubel was a little miffed and had a good Idea on what it was about, and when no one was looking told them in a hushed voice they’ll tell them what happened or at least what he knew what happened.

They couldn't help but let a small smile of triumph pass on their lips at the news. And to top it off Judai couldn’t even tell Yubel was in a sour mood earlier he was too focused on talking about what he and Johan did, so they still have no Idea what the Dragon was talking about, but he can still stick it up his non-existent rainbow arse.

“Maybe in a couple of days, but you’ll have to tell mom about it and ask them for a better answer,”  Yubel asked Judai’s question.

Judai looked semi-mortified at the news, he probably wanted to see Johan tomorrow too. But you do have to give people space especially when they’ve lived in a forest their whole life with no outsiders. which Yubel was going to ask about how Johan got there in the first place if Humans can’t get in but figured that was another off-limits topic to ask about as well, But they’ll hopefully get the everything answered next visit so it’s not the end of the world at the moment.  

“It’s so cold out here too” Judai Whined trying to wrap his cloak around him more effectively, He was mostly dry from his jump in the water earlier but his cloak was still soaked due to the fur and the thick fabric it was made of so it didn’t help much.   “Yeah that's what happens when you jump in the water fully clothed” Yubel shot back “and if you're so cold then run faster”   “I could be sick right now, or even worse have hypothermia I could die and your joking about It” “Judai sweetie, it’s not cold enough for you to get hypothermia” “How would you know, you're not the one with hypothermia” Yubel let out a sigh as they pinched the bridge of there nose before explaining “I know because Hypothermia causes you to lose your fingers and toes, and last I checked you still have ten of each” Judai made a horrified face when Yubel said that. “WHAT? I DON’T WANT TO LOSE MY FINGERS I NEED THOSE!” He exclaimed while sprinting a fast as he could back home.  When Judai got to the house he hastily slammed open the door and yelling “MOM I HAVE HYPOTHERMIA AND IM GOING TO LOSE ALL MY FINGERS HELP!” A woman with light orange hair wearing white shorts and a matching blouse with red accents ducked in from the kitchen area to see what he was yelling about. In the spirit world she used to go by Lady Heat but now in the human world she went by Shula, or in Judai’s case Mom. “Judai please don’t yell I can hear you just fine with your indoor voice, and what's all this about Hypothermia?” She asked as she kneeled down next to him, putting her hand on his shoulder then pausing when she felt the fabric of his cloak. “You're soaked how did that happen?” She asked him as she yanked the cloak off of him and taking his satchel. “Yubel pushed me in the river.” He answered without missing a beat. “I Did Not!” Yubel defended themselves, appearing next to him in their physical form “You jumped in there yourself when I wasn’t looking.” Shula signed hanging the cloak on the back of a nearby chair to dry and placing the satchel by the legs, then turning back to Judai. “Just get changed into something dry first then we’ll talk about this okay.” “Okay.” he replied sounding a little defeated and heading to his room to get changed. Shula then went back to the kitchen to finish what she was working on, Yubel followed her and leaned on the Island near the shove.0 “Do you need any help?” Yubel asked, resting their head over one of their arms that are propped up on the counter. “No, It’s basically done now,” Shula Replied giving the pot one last stir before taking it off the heat and on a towel on the counter Yubel was leaning on. “What you guys do today? It seemed quite eventful.” “Well, in short, we got the herbs and ingredients. then that forest nearby caught Judai’s attention so we went exploring to there, and it turns out that's where the Crystal beasts are living now so we talked with them and Judai made a new friend in the end.” Yubel summed up, skipping the part about Judai almost getting mauled. wouldn't go over that well. “Oh, the Crystal beasts! You must have seen Sendou then, How is he doing? It’s been ages since I saw him last.” Shula asked as she went into the cupboard to get some bowls. “He wasn’t actually there is the thing.” Shula whipped putting the bowls on the counter with her brows furrowed. “ Did he get drunk again and-” “No, I already asked that,” Yubel cut her off since they were both thinking the same thing anyway “ No one would answer me on where or what happened to him, even when I just tried to mention his name everyone when on edge. The whole thing just doesn’t sit well with me but Cobalt said He’d tell me what he knew next time we came around.” Shula stopped what she was doing to look straight at Yubel with an unsettled look on her face.  “Do you think it’s her doing, The Light of Destruction.”  She whispered Yubel paused, not wanting to think that was the cause of this. That wouldn't make sense for the light to do something to Sendou and the other one and not anything to Rainbow Dragon or the Crystal Beasts, It had to be something else...  But with not knowing the whole story speculation is useless. “No, it has to be something else, something simpler where just missing,” Yubel answered. “Wait wait wait, Are you telling her what happened? No, I wanna tell her!” Judai barged in with now dry clothes and Winged Kuriboh trailing behind him and meeting them at the counter. “No I just told her the boring stuff, you can talk about the fun stuff,” Yubel spoke up readjusting the conversational tone. Judai was about to stare his long story about what happened but was interrupted by the door opening and a voice calling “I’m Home” A woman with long black hair and a yellow bandana, wearing a red sundress and ripped black tights came into the kitchen. She used to be called Burstinatrix but now she just went by Trix for short.   “Welcome back” Shula smiled “You're just in time for supper and to hear about Judai’s adventure today” “Oh, he went on an adventure today, can't wait to Hear.” Trix said as she snuck around Shula and grabbed a bowel “ I need to eat first though I’M STARVING!” she exclaimed the last part. “Then I’ll tell you while we're eating then Mum.” Judai piped up and grabbed a bowel as well. They all grabbed their food and sat at the table, hearing Judai recap the day's events with enthusiasm and occasional hand movements, Lucky for Yubel he also skipped over the part where he was also mauled. “So when can we go back? I wanna see Johan again.” Judai excitedly asked once he was done the rest of the story. Everyone was done eating at that point and were sitting around to hear Judai finish his story. “Hhmm we’ll have to think about it.” Trix Replied. “No think faster Mum I need to Know!!!”   “How about we tell you tomorrow morning?” Shula piped in. “Nnnnoooo tomorrow's too far away Mom,”   “The sooner you go to bed, the sooner tomorrow will be,” Shula Replied with a hint of a devious smirk on her lips. They all could see the gears in Judai’s head turn as he thought about what she just said, then came to his conclusion.   “I’m going to bed now!” He exclaimed as he hastily put his bowl in the sink and grabbing Winged Kuriboh as he ran to his room with no complaints “Nice,” Trix said as she raised her hand for a high-five and Shula obliged.

[enigmaticgale]

“what the fuck is houshin engi”

my friend ellis asked me to help explain houshin engi to them because they were having trouble Grocking the worldbuilding of the series. and as we all know i cannot physically shut up ever. maybe more people than ellis will find this useful? 

i’m so sorry if you’re on tumblr mobile. forgive me.

ok so. HOUSHIN ENGI is a manga by fujisaki ryuu, based off an ancient chinese novel/myth called FENGSHEN YANYI. if you’ve heard of journey to the west, fengshen yanyi is like that. except a different story. FY is pretty much completely unknown in the west but it’s apparently decently popular in japan. i lost my source on this but i’ve read that this popularity is due in part to the japanese translator of FY making some fairly drastic changes to the source material, like making the character shen gongbao (shinkouhyou) less of an outright antagonist and more of a neutral party.

anyway being an ancient chinese myth the story takes place in ancient china. being a mythological account there are more than just humans running around in there! there are also SENNIN. what are sennin? they are, put simply, taoist immortals. the basic idea is if you ‘cultivate’ long enough you ascend from your humanhood and become a sennin. if you’ve read any wuxia/xianxia manhua ever it’s basically that. there’s an article entitled “Sennin: The Immortals of Taoism” by janet carpenter and this is a quote from it:

“According to legend, the immortals [sennin] were at one time historical personages who achieved transcendence by refining body and mind. In addition to serving as an inspiration to human souls striving for inner peace or for everlasting life, the immortals functioned as guardians of Taoism.”

those still in the process of becoming sennin are known as DOUSHI. 

sennin can be either human in origin, or they can come from animals or rocks or like. things. sennin who aren’t human are called YOUKAI SENNIN.

so. we have HUMANS, SENNIN (immortals), DOUSHI (sennin in training), and YOUKAI SENNIN. the shorthand term for both “sennin and doushi” is SENDOU, btw.

humans live down on earth in the HUMAN WORLD, and sennin live up in the SENNIN WORLD, which isn’t a separate “world” but is just. floating mountains. rocks in the sky. but humans aren’t allowed up there so it’s separate. there are two major places in the sennin world: KONGRONG MOUNTAIN and KINGOU ISLAND, which are home to human and youkai sennin respectively. neither school is exclusively one race but they are the majority human/youkai. 

there are racial tensions between human and youkai sennin because we can’t have nice things, ever.

ok. the STORY STARTS at the end of the YIN DYNASTY, which was a real dynasty in history. we open at the capital city of the yin, CHOUKA. we are introduced to yin’s emperor, CHUUOH. the emperor is widely described as being a great king with one fatal flaw. you know that Funny Saying about how men have two heads but they can only think with one of them at a time? well any time chuuoh is presented with a choice between thinking with the head on his shoulders or the head between his legs he’s gonna choose his d*ck every time. dude’s horny. it’s an issue. 

it’s especially an issue because his current favourite wife, DAKKI, is twice as smart as she is beautiful and boy is she smokin’. by the time we meet them, dakki has chuuoh wrapped around her finger and is causing him to make some pretty unwise leadership choices because Hehe Booby. taxes are high, morale is down, people are starving. refugees are leaving chouka, the capital, in droves. it’s a bad situation.

so. cut to KONGRONG MOUNTAIN, home of the human half of the sennin world. the leader of kongrong mountain, GENSHI TENSON, summons his disciple, TAIKOUBOU, and tells him about the situation in chouka, with dakki and chuuoh. 

genshi tenson: taikoubou. the emperor’s current wife is actually a YOUKAI SENNIN. she is seducing chuuoh not only with her looks, but with a spell called “temptation” that does what it says on the tin. she is driving the country to ruin taikoubou: that sounds pretty fucked up genshi tenson: yeah it is taikoubou: so what are you going to do about it genshi tenson: i’m making you defeat 365 pre-determined targets to seal their souls in a device i’ve made called the HOUSHINDAI. to seal someone in it is to HOUSHIN them. you will do this to defeat dakki and i will sit here eating dumplings taikoubou:                       okay!

(houshin engi =  封神演義, “封神” “houshin” “ 封”, hou, “seal”; “ 神” shin/kami, “god”. i’m nnnot entirely sure how to translate “ 演義”, engi, but it’s something like.... to write down as a story. so essentially houshin engi is “the story of the sealed gods”. the english translation of fengshen yani translates it as either “creation of the gods” or “investiture of the gods” because in the original myth all the taoists like die and then they get canonized as deities. or something. still working on reading it)

anyway. taikoubou initially rejects leading the HOUSHIN PROJECT, which is what this whole shebang is called, but genshi tenson threatens to kick him out of kongrong and send him back to earth if he doesn’t. ALSO, it’s revealed that this isn’t the first time dakki has made an emperor her sugar daddy. the last time it happened, her orders directly resulted in the deaths of taikoubou’s family. so he’s got some personal beef to pick with dakki as well!

so taikoubou accepts the challenge, and off he goes. a bunch of shit happens.

the important thing here is that dakki’s fucked around so much that simply booting her out isn’t going to do much good any more. chuuoh has lost the trust of the people! they are ready for a new king! even if chuuoh were to shape up completely everyone would still be holding their breath waiting for him to go off the deep end again. change needs to happen. 

under chuuoh’s rule there are four subordinate kings, one for each cardinal direction, that report to him. (they in turn rule a bunch of other guys but that’s not important.) the KING OF THE WEST, KI SHOU, was wrongfully imprisoned at chouka, capital of the yin, for several years. his son ki hakuyuukou came to try and rescue him but dakki ganked him and fed him to ki shou in a hamburger, rip hakuyuukou i hope you tasted nice. after the burger incident KOU HIKO convinces chuuoh to let ki shou go. sorry i kind of skipped over hiko existing. he’s a human member of chuuoh’s court but he isn’t swayed by dakki’s temptation and he has an Honest Heart so he’s a good guy. he’s also a military general which is a fact that will be important later.

anyway ki shou returns to SEIKI, his home town and the capital of the western states. seiki’s like a state capital whereas chouka is washington dc. anyway ki shou is like “hm that was fucked up.”

some more shit happens. i’m like skimming over all of the actual plot to just explain Why it happens. anyway. another member of chuuoh’s court is the sennin BUNCHUU. bunchuu is a human but he was taught at KINGOU ISLAND as opposed to kongrong. bunchuu has a deep personal stake in the existence of the yin empire. he’s ousted dakki a time or two before but she’s POWERED UP since the last time that happened and isn’t gonna quit so easily this time. bunchuu thinks everything will be solved if dakki can just die already.

some more shit happens. chuuoh accidentally causes the deaths of KOU HIKO’S wife and sister, so hiko’s like “fuck THIS, i’m outta here” and decides to leave chouka with his surviving family. 

bunchuu’s like “hey uh you’re the general of the entire fucking military and if you leave chouka the people’s hearts will go with you so you cannot do this thing?” and hiko’s like “bro the people’s hearts are already GONE i know you’re my best friend and also in love with me probably but i can’t stay at the scene of my trauma. bye”

so hiko leaves and bunchuu freaks out and there are assassins and shit but the kou family makes it to seiki safely.

by this point in time taikoubou is ALSO in seiki and has hit up ki shou like “hey you know the hearts of the people are ready for revolution also i think you would make a pretty good emperor?” and kishou is like “yeah man what happened in chouka was pretty fucked up so i can get behind that. i’m going to make a NEW DYNASTY, the ZHOU DYNASTY.”

then he dies because he’s old and traumatized from eating his son as a hamburger so the eldest living son, KI HATSU, assumes the throne and title of BUOU, which is like chuuoh but COOLER. 

so. there is war between the HUMANS, the YIN EMPIRE versus the fledgling ZHOU EMPIRE.

meanwhile bunchuu is having precisely None Of That! so he’s like “taikoubou........ if the sennin of kongrong are involved with this i’m going to drag ALL OF KINGOU ISLAND TO BATTLE, BECAUSE THIS IS A WISE AND INTELLIGENT CHOICE THAT WILL DEFINITELY WORK OUT WELL.”

so. there is war between the SENNIN, in the form of KINGOU ISLAND versus KONGRONG MOUNTAIN. apparently the floating mountains are also battleships? fujiryu likes his scifi. anyway that shit happens.

there is also DAKKI, who is still an enemy! though bunchuu fights against kongrong, he is not on her side! in fact, dakki is up to something SNEAKY AND NEFARIOUS, perhaps involving a MYSTERIOUS UNKNOWN BACKER. after all, she’s really smart! if all she wanted was a luxurious lifestyle, why is she convincing chuuoh to make shitty political decisions? and hey, what else has she been doing to chuuoh while bunchuu hasn’t been looking....?

ok. that is. a lot of words that kind of cuts off abruptly but i didn’t want to spoil any plot elements that you (ellis) haven’t gotten to yet. uh hopefully this makes things less confusing and not more lol. if you have any more questions just ask me?? yeah

[merlucide]

BLLK BOYS WHEN THEY FIND READER CRYING HC

notes: 101% self insert lmao 😭 I wrote this a few months ago I’m fine now

characters: Shidou, Sendou, Ness

warnings: mental breakdowns, sobbing ig, ness’s part

not proofread I’ll do it laterrrrrrr bllk mlist

SHIDOU RYUSEI

Shidou does a double take when he sees you crying alone. Immediately crouches down and takes your face in his hands. 

First instinct when he sees you is to go find the person who made you cry and beat the shit out of them. 

“Who the hell do I need to beat up ?!” and hastily wipes your tears when you just sob harder “Oh baby why ya cryin’?” 

When you don’t reply and just pull him closer he shuts up and holds you tightly.

Shidou puts you in his lap and rests his head against yours

shushes you while you soak his shirt, he doesn’t mind.

Its stresses him out that he doesn’t know the cause of your breakdown

When you calm down a bit, he’ll try to get some answers from you, but he’ll stop when you say you can’t talk about it right now.

In hopes of cheering you up he whips out some ice cream/comfort food

He’ll talk to you about anything and everything to take your mind off it— probably say some awful jokes while he’s at it

When you feel better and start talking/venting he just sits and listens

It breaks his heart to see you so distraught, Shidou would go to the ends of the earth and beyond for you happiness.

He will try to help you anyway he can (it’ll be a bit rough around the edges but he cares)

“You are alright sweets, this is nothin’ you can’t handle.”

“..Now if anyone makes you cry like this— I’ll go fuck em up”

SENDOU SHUTO

literally freaks out when he finds you on the floor crying.

He immediately goes to you and holds your arms and panically asks what happened.

He’ll just pull you into him and hold you rubbing your back up and down while you cry.

He’ll repeat over and over again “It’s okay, you’re okay”

He will hold you for as long as you need.

Sendou is an emotional person, and he feels for you so so very much. It breaks his heart seeing you so distraught and tired. 

He knows the feelings— being overwhelmed, stressed, and afraid. 

And he will help you any possible way he can

Is panicking sm

runs a bath for you and puts some calming salts in

will wash your hair (if you’re comfortable— otherwise he’d order/make your fav food)

He puts your fresh clothes in dryer so they are nice and warm for you

Sendou brushes/dries your hair for you while you watch your fav movie/show

If you wanna talk about he will listen, if you don’t that’s fine too, and if you want comfort— well then he’s just the best for that

“You are doing so, so great, and I’m so proud of you. It’s okay to feel this way—this is only temporary, and you can and will get through this.”

ALEXIS NESS

eh possible tw ?? it’s just ness being crazy but yk // more about ness having a breakdown than reader 😭 yandere?? help i dunno

⚠️Also wrote his part when I wasn’t having a breakdown so it doesn’t have the same energy iykwm?? 🤷‍♂️😭

okay

So like when ness sees you cry about something mundane, he simple wants to die

So when he sees you sobbing absolutely hysterically, clutched onto the floor. He’s completely and utterly shattered inside and out and suddenly oxygen does not exist

He falls to his knees desperately asking you what’s wrong

Though even though Ness is losing it rn, he still is very gentle with you

Trying not to be to loud— and always gentle with his touch

— His response isn’t exactly what you needed (at all) but when life give ya lemons .. 🫠

he isn’t even touching you right now, he wants to though, REALLY wants to

he is so ready to commit 1st-degree murder

When you grab his shirt he snaps out of his head and pulls you into him, petting your hair and soothing you

He is crying at this point btw

He’s like rocking you both back and forth softly

When you (both) have calmed down he’d start interrogating  you, which was not helpful

You’d tell him you don’t want to talk about it— which he’d understand but still desperately want answers

He’d take you to your bed and get you all comfortable

He’d light some candles and give you a massage

If you end up telling him what’s  the problem his heart breaks all over again

You shouldn’t ever have to feel this tired and distraught

He’d do anything he could to help the situation/you 

..

but just saying if it’s cause of a person …. Lmao they ARE not seeing the light of day 😭 (if your upset bc of someone, don’t ever tell him)

“My dearest are you alright now? If you ever feel like this again tell me. You should never have to suffer alone, lay your troubles on me my love”

bllk mlist

help I added ness bc it felt to short to post with out another but Ness’s sucks ass 😭😭 sorry dawgs….

Made Sept 9th 2024