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244 words no warnings + fem reader. entirely self indulgent and not proofread. requests r open.

tabito karasu, the boy next door. tabito karasu who's always had a nasty habit of annoying you, even when you were kids. tabito karasu, who calls you princess just to piss you off. tabito karasu who hangs with you — the weird kid — at lunch every day even when the other boys want him on their soccer teams and the girls are cooing over him from different corners of the room. tabito karasu, who walks you home every day, even when you have extracurriculars and he doesn't. tabito karasu who checks on you when you don't go to school and buys your favourite snacks for your mom to give you when you're sick (she loves him). tabito karasu who carries your stuff when you're especially tired. tabito karasu who lets you lean your head on his shoulder if you take the bus. tabito karasu who hooks his pinky finger onto yours and promises to never leave you. tabito karasu, who you hate. tabito karasu, who presses his lips to yours one moonlit night, grinning into the kiss as the two of you celebrate, high off the euphoria and pride of him getting finally getting scouted by a soccer company — blue lock, or something. tabito karasu who scores every goal for you. tabito karasu who comes to see you first when the first leg of the training program finally ends. tabito karasu who you've come to love. tabito karasu, who you realise has always been yours.

sorry ill go write the smau now. sorry chat the brainworms took over. literally typed this in notes app ermmm

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Benjamin Netanyahu's office (January 9, 2024):

It is impossible to achieve the goal of the war of eliminating Hamas by leaving four Hamas battalions in Rafah.

On the contrary, it is clear that intense activity in Rafah requires that civilians evacuate the areas of combat.

Therefore, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the IDF and the security establishment to submit to the Cabinet a combined plan for evacuating the population and destroying the battalions.

So just to recap, the area in question, Rafah, was meant to be the absolute last safe zone for Palestinians in Gaza where now over half of Gaza's population has been forcibly displaced to.

We have been screaming that this is genocide and ethnic cleansing. At this point there doesn't need to be any further evidence of it being both of these things.

There is literally nowhere else for these people to go to. They will either be pushed into the sea or be killed in the process.

What's more is that not only does everyone know this, but Israel is aware that they know this. So what this announcement amounts to is their attempt to see if anyone cares enough to stop or at least challenge them.

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Trial of Fate. || Choi Jongho. [Prologue]

Summary: As a soul neither dead nor alive, you are merely there to guide those awaiting their trial of fate at the other side of the holy river. But one day, a God descended from heaven. His name was Jongho, and he was fascinated by your unique soul. Consequently, in defiance of all expectations, you now found yourself awaiting your own trial, and the dashing God of War decided to help you navigate it all. Could these two spirits, so different yet so similar, triumph against their destiny together?

Pairing: God!Choi Jongho x Reader

Genre: Angst, Fluff, eventual Smut, Fantasy!Au, God!Au, Greek & Chinese mythology inspired

Wordcount: 2k

Warnings: None

A/N: This is the start of my first ever series. How long it will be is unknown yet, even for me, but it will have 3 essential parts called Trial of Love, Trial of Life and Trial of Death. I'm so excited yet nervous to post this, please tell me what you think! I will also open a taglist exclusively for this series, just comment or send an ask if you want to be added. Big thanks to @yunho-mp3 who proofread this and @nebulousbrainsoup who helped me brainstorm! Divider credits to @firefly-graphics!

Taglist: @yunho-mp3, @kyukyustar, @hwapetals, @foxinnie8, @preciouswoozi

Available here on AO3.

Ever since the beginning of time, the river parting the underworld and human realm has maintained its steady flow, guiding the new souls free from their mortal life to the other side.

But after over 1000 years, the river began to weaken. Eventually, the holy water formed a soul amidst all wonder, and that soul was you.

As you slowly unfolded, the lower souls began to call you Seongsu*¹.

Thereafter, as the once human souls entered your realm, you were their only hope. Some lovers came hand-in-hand and told you their romances from several lifetimes, and there were even those lost and desperate who stood bawling in front of you.

And yet, you were just the river flowing steady from one side to the other. You neither felt joy nor sorrow.

Once again, another millennium came and went, and as your soul became stronger, you even formed an appearance those dead souls were most familiar with; the form of a human, or at least something close to that.

As the souls crossed the river, the trial of fate awaited them in the underworld; some returned to you, now new souls ready for another lifetime, some ascended and entered heaven and some were never seen again.

It was a steady circle of life and death, and you were only a witness of it. Sometimes, you thought you formed a feeling the humans called jealousy. You thought about life itself and what it would feel like to experience it yourself, but ultimately found the thought both boring and useless.

But against all odds, as you awaited souls to come and cross the river once again, an old, wise soul appeared before you. Reading your fortune was a white-bearded priest passing, prophesying your coming trial to the knowing nodding of his head.

You protested: “Only those living beings experience the trial of fate. I am neither dead nor alive, Sir, I am here to guide all those awaiting their trial on the other side.”

But the old soul didn't answer you, crossing the river in silence and leaving both you and his past life behind.

You thought he was merely telling you nonsense.

You were a spirit formed from the flowing river of death and life; your soul was that of the river and your heart was that of a river.

There was no pain where there was no love. All living things had emotions, be it happiness or pain, and if your heart hadn't ever been stirred, how could there ever await you the trial of fate?

How could you, Seongsu, experience even the first phase of the trial?

The trial of love was the start of all life; in the human world, when two people fall in love, a new human is born. The new life therefore already completed the first challenge, that of birth.

Someone like you who was created by time itself had no chance of ever completing even its first stage.

Or so you thought.

But the flow of time was always full of surprises.

On a particular afternoon, you returned to the ever unchanging river after a walk as piercing sunlight suddenly burst through the quilt of clouds.

A man gracefully came from the heavenly realm.

You suddenly recalled the words of a young female human soul many, many years ago. She said: “A good looking man is a sight worthy of a 1000 lifetimes, may you encounter such a thing one day, Miss.”

You think you did just that.

After a thousand years, your stony heart made a rare subtle tremble.

He slowly approached you with a calm and collected expression on his face. It wasn’t easy to run into such a beautiful person, so you thought you should have a meeting worth his appearance with him.

“Sir”, you stepped forward and softly called out to him. You thought to curtly him like those pretty human women you've heard stories about, but didn't know how. You pondered for a moment, then mimicked the souls bowing to the god of death and dropped to your knees with a thud, banged your head on the ground and said to him, “May I inquire your name, Sir?”

Some lower stone and leaf souls gasped, but you paid them no mind. He stood there blankly with some surprise in his eyes. For a few moments, he only had his gaze on you.

Hearing no response from him, you briefly wondered that perhaps you hadn’t honored this man enough, meaning you didn't knock your head loudly enough and therefore hadn’t shown enough sincerity. You crawled forward on your knees and, not sparing any effort this time, fiercely knocked your head onto the ground once again.

“May I inquire your name, Sir?”, you repeated your earlier question.

Perhaps the antics of your behavior shocked him. He remained silent.

Hesitantly, you got up and wiped your face; it was only then you discovered how bloody you truly were, and while trying to clean yourself, you accidentally made it worse.

You panicked. With a look of helplessness in your eyes, you gazed up at the stranger.

In his eyes you saw your own reflection. Then, his mouth curled into an amused smile.

He seemed delighted, so you too offered him a smile of your own - well, you tried, because in those two millennia you existed, you never smiled before.

A lowly leaf soul came to your aid and helped you up. You wouldn't rise. Nervously, it whispered: “My dear Madam, you shall not do that! Don't you know who he is?”

Even if in status, all souls here were below you, they would only respect you due to your age. Your magic wasn't particularly strong.

“I don't know this man. I wouldn't ask for his name if I would, wouldn't I?”

“Miss, this man is a heavenly-”

A low voice interrupted the lowly soul.

“My name is Jongho.”

He extended his hand and you shook it carefully. Then, he flipped your hands and exposed your wrist.

Your vital, most vulnerable spot. He now had the perfect opportunity to wipe out your entire existence in a mere second, and from the look in his eyes, you saw he knew that too.

The lower leaf soul gasped and exclaimed nervously: “M’lord! M’lord! Miss Seongsu has lived here all her life. The underworld is but a humble place; the young lady does not know her etiquettes. I beg you to forgive her.”

The stranger, whom you now knew was named Jongho, looked at you again. “Seongsu? What a strange, interesting name.”

You shook your head. “It is not a name, Sir. It is merely a title”, you explained. He only hummed in understanding.

Jongho studied you for a while and then carefully pulled you up by your arm. Standing at your own two feet, you realized how broad and tall he truly was. “I have never seen a soul this old. Remarkable. You do not know who I am, yet greeted me with such great obeisance. Why?”

You suddenly understood. It turned out it wasn’t that your sincerity was lacking, but that it was too profuse. You honestly told him, “You’re so handsome that I wanted to… I wanted to…” Untimely, your vocabulary failed you. In your panic, you randomly grasped for a word you didn't even know where you got it from: “I wanted to seduce you.”

And with that, not just the lower leaf soul beside you, but all souls near gave you a ‘you're hopeless’ look.

He chuckled. “What a straightforward thing you are.”

You did not understand what it meant, but thought of it as a compliment. “Then, can I seduce you Sir?”

“I won't be staying long. I've only come to witness the trial of the souls I sent here*².”

What he meant was ‘no’. You lowered your gaze, a little disappointed.

“You've only ever stayed here, right?”, he suddenly asked. Hesitantly, you nodded.

Jongho seemed lost in thought for a moment. “And yet, I can see it.”

“See what, Sir?”, you asked.

“Your beginning trial of fate.”

“My beginning trial of fate? You must be joking, Sir, I cannot-” You suddenly recalled the old, wise soul you encountered years earlier. He said the same, but you didn't believe him.

Could you believe Jongho now?

“Do you want to leave this realm?”

You never thought of that before. Yet, for whatever reason, your lips formed the word ‘yes’.

“You are something special. A special soul like you… doesn't follow an ordinary trial like other souls. I will take you with me and make sure all will go well, but I must enter the underworld first.”

Your eyes widened. A soul like you, bound to this place, had the opportunity to leave? As if you'd say no to that.

He cast a golden seal on your wrist. “As a spiritual being, you need to learn to be smarter. Hereafter, take care to protect your vital portal.” He added, “Those who are stronger won’t always be as kind as I am. I will give you this to protect you. All beings will know you belong with me.”

Jongho looked you in the eyes again, before going and crossing the river.

“Jongho”, you called out to him, “once we are out of here, can I seduce you?”

He stopped, his figure floating above the water and laughed amused, “if you can manage to, go ahead.”

You took that as a challenge. Without turning around, he entered deep into the underworld and you remained, waiting eagerly for his return.

A stone soul appeared before you.

“Miss”, it called out to you.

“Hm?”

“Could it be that you developed some feelings for him?”

You turned to the soul and asked in all seriousness: “What does it mean to develop feelings?”

“However the lovers act in those books human souls bring to you is however developing feelings should be.”

You thought about it for a moment. In those books you frequently read, the gentleman would meet the lady, the lady then curtsied, the two next conversed in a word or two, and then they would begin to do a number of ooh ooh ah ah actions they couldn’t help themselves from. You never thought to ooh ooh ah ah with Jongho, so you really didn’t think you were developing feelings for him.

“No”, you answered honestly.

The soul sighed. “That's right, I thought too much. A soul like you should never develop feelings for someone in such a way. I am not saying you should never like someone once you leave this place, Miss, but that gentleman is not that someone.”

“What do you mean?”, you asked.

“Why is that? He’s the best-looking and gentlemanly person I’ve ever met.” You paused, then added, “And he has the most pleasing voice to the ears.”

“Miss, that gentleman is the God of War! The reason he is here to witness the trial of fate is because he sent them all to their death! The only thing that matters to him is chaos and violence. He has no time for feelings.”

You did not care about the fact he had no love in his heart, but the first part irritated you. “Jongho is the God of War? But he is such a kind man.”

The soul gasped. “Kind? But you don't really believe that, right?”

When he saw your nod, the stone soul shook its head and said in helplessness, “When the Demon clan attacked Heaven with an army as strong as never seen before, Lord Jongho led thousands heavenly soldiers and wiped them clean. Afterward, he led his army down to the Demon capital and massacred the entire Demon clan; blood flowed like water then. In the past decade, there has been no sound uttered by the demons. That’s because any demon three years and older has been exterminated.”

You remembered that event. During that time, the underworld became incredibly overcrowded. Although you now knew these demons were killed by Jongho, it did not change your opinion of him. War was in fact a matter of killing and surviving. As the God of War, he had the duty to do what others were too shy to do in order to protect the heavenly realm. You were impressed.

“Thank you for telling me these things. I will continue to wait for Lord Jongho here.”

“Miss, do you still want to go with him?”

You grinned. “Yes. I’m going to the heavenly realm to seduce him.”

(*¹Korean for holy water)

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like literally, theyre adults, let them be 😕

knets hateeee seing idols happy and having fun istg

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If Only (preview)

paring: San x chubby!reader

genre/warnings: angst, fluff, suggestive, second chance, time travel/new universe (1950s), mentions of car accidents, female reader, featuring all of ateez (greaser ateez), featuring some of the nct & stray kids boys, smoking, motorcycles, fuckboy activities, lowercase intended, insecurities, body shaming, we hate hyerin, san being oblivious in flashbacks, yunho being an absolute golden retriever, wooyoung is a bit of an ass (sorry, don’t worry tho he gets a character development) will mainly be in sans pov but will switch from other perspectives, any bold & italic words are what the characters are actually thinking

word count: 1k+

pls reblog!

taglist: open! just comment to be added!

a/n: I had a dream of this (not with the members) & I wanted to write it out, also got a bit inspired by “Marry My Husband” but it’s a completely different plot.

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“san i can’t be letting you back in every time things go sideways with her, i'm done being the second choice.”

“i’m done. goodbye san.”

those were the last words L/N Y/N had told me after i chased after her out of the school, and being the idiot i was i just stood there watching her walk away from me towards yunho, one of my best mates. since when did they become close? but those were the last of my worries. i had just lost my childhood best friend because i was too blinded to show this school i was the best at everything by going after the most sought out girl of the school hyerin. when i should’ve gone for y/n. she always stood by my side, never once showed me disloyalty, and always picked me up anytime hyerin shooed me off for her other boy toys. she never once judged me for my ways and i took her kindness and love for granted.

now im left here alone with no hyerin in sight, probably making out with jaehyun, and my mates are probably having the time of their life’s at the dance with no clue that i had lost y/n.

while watching her enter yunho's car my mind was yelling at me to go after her. but i couldn’t, i had been selfish for too long. i knew she needed me to let her go so she could move on.

but that also meant i had to move on but how could i move on with life when i had lost the best thing that i could ever have in life.

watching yunho's car pull out the parking lot, i decided that one last time i wanted to be selfish. so i chased after the car. not noticing how i ended up on the main road, not noticing how a car was coming towards me until it hit me.

i flew back and laid on the road while looking at the night sky, i wanted to scream at the universe for doing this to me. when in reality i should’ve been yelling at myself for being stupid, and oblivious.

the pain from the impact of the car started invading my whole body. it hurts. everything. mentally and physically.

i closed my eyes hoping someone or something would come and take this pain away from me. not just from the impact but from my heart as well.

i heard sirens and people rushing towards me, but i also heard someone saying my name over and over again. but i couldn’t open my eyes. until someone shook my body forcefully.

then i got up like i had just woken up from a nap. looking around trying to find out who was shaking me rather than helping me. then i noticed i wasn’t on the road, it wasn’t night time, and there was no car.

rather i was on a field under a tree next to a building that looked like our university. what the fuck.

“san!”

i looked forward to the person in front of me calling me.

“y/n?” but this was not my y/n i could tell from the very different clothes she was wearing and her hairstyle was completely different. it seemed like a hairstyle that would be done in the 1950s.

“come on, we’re gonna be late!” she pulled me up and started fixing my leather jacket. wait when was i wearing this. where am i?!

while I was lost in my thoughts i heard a group of people calling me towards the entrance of the school. wait is that?

“come on san we don’t want to get yelled at by Ms. Lisa again hurry up!” hongjoong?

it was all my friends, but it wasn’t at the same time? since when did we all start wearing matching leather jackets? but before i can question anyone y/n pulled me towards them.

“lover boy is gonna miss his chance to talk to hyerin before class.” i turned too wooyoung, who was snickering, but i was too focused on his appearance. he didn’t have his oreo hair as he liked to call it, his hair was all black with an undercut. when did he have time to do that? before i could turn to y/n to ask her what’s going on i was being pushed towards the door, following the rest of the boys, while i had time to look around the area i looked at the backs of my mates and some of there side profiles. they all had their hairs gelled back, even jongho who preferred the boyfriend style. what stood out to me the most was the leather jackets we were all wearing had ‘ATEEZ’ in big white letters with 3 motorcycles below it. they all look like they had just came out a greaser movie with this style they all had. wait… y/ns style of clothing along with my mates. am i in a different timeline..? no that can’t be.

to further prove my theory, i turned to y/n.

“y/n, what’s the date?” she looked at me weirdly.

“it’s march 29?” she said as if it was the most obvious answer. “no, what year are we in?”

“san are you ok? did you hit your head? you’re acting really weird”

“who’s acting weird?” wooyoung turned around to look at us. “san, he’s asking what year we’re in.”

wooyoung only chuckled, “he's probably just nervous because hyerin is going out with him this weekend, san it’s 1955 you bimbo. now loosen up don’t want to scare hyerin off.”

i stopped in my place. “it’s 1955!?” everyone turned to me. “aye san you sure you good?” i turned to yunho with a look that screams ‘do i look good to you?’

“oooookaayy, i’m gonna take this one to Lee before class, we will catch up to you guys later.” y/n waved to everyone while pushing me towards a different door.

what the actual fuck is going on.

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currently thinking about yandere!ex!kpop member x reader oneshot/imagine inspired/based on the song ‘Pick Up The Phone’ by Falling In Reverse….

absolutely need, losing my mind over it :/

please someone write about this and i will marry you, pay for everything you need, stable income and house, a dog, cat, lizard, anything 👏

(irl, i actually cant do that for you (shocker) but i will give you a smooch ;))

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so uh, lucas has officially left nct/wayv. im quite upset abt it, i mean, i don't think SM ever gave us a statement whether or not he's innocent, which is fucked up but anyway, he'll be fine on his own and become a soloist but it still hurts, it'll be strange to not see him apart of nct/wayv. im gonna miss him interacting with the members.

ig im so upset bcs he was mistreated and hated for no reason. how could you hate him if you haven't gotten any clear statement from SM themselves and that it has been proven he's guilty???

the claims on what he supposedly did to those woman is bullshit.

the first accuser was a fucking man pretending to be a woman, people!!!!

get your facts right istg.

btw, if you are a true fan, a fan that's been with him for years, you should never doubt him. he's literally one of the most respectful men i've ever met. there's no fucking way he lied and gaslighted those woman. lucas couldn't lie to save his own life!!!

open your eyes already and grow the fuck up. we as fans have absolute NO rights to meddle in a idols fucking business. our jobs as fans are to support them and spread their music and content to our friends and family.

not fucking act like we know them personally because we don't.

lucas truly deserves better.

i might not post for a while as this news is upsetting. i will continue to work on my drafts though. you'll hear from me soon.