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dan heng x gn reader â 1.6k â long overdue continuation of my dumb delinquent au (and the two remaining fans cheer in delight), high school au, probably very americanized, probably ooc, very super incredibly vague implications to sad things but it's so blink-and-you'll-miss-it, himeko is dan heng's adoptive guardian in this au, do u guys hate me for the hoops i'm jumping through to squeeze every character in this au, reluctant friends-to-crush-to-lovers fast/slow burn unbearable unspoken feelings trope
drabble no. 1 of this series/universe, u should probably read this first heh...
notes: hi guys, i'm back after taking yet another unplanned year-long hiatus, hope u missed me! (the crowd stays quiet) i bring u another delinquent au drabble because the worms got to me and i couldn't help it OK, OKAY?!?! enjoy! :3
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Dan Heng hasnât seen much of you in the last week.Â
Itâs unusual, he defends his worries to himself, very unusual. Despite not having a single class with you, he sees you often. In the last few months since heâs known you, heâs seen you at least three times a week after school, sometimes bloody and other times free of any injury, but the point is, he sees you. Talks to you, lets you walk him home (and pointedly doesnât let you take him to any antique stores or overpriced tea shops on the way there).Â
Today is Friday, and the fifth day straight that heâs stood in the courtyard behind the school for thirty minutes after dismissal, waiting for you to show up, appearing in a breeze of glitter and dust like a poorly-practiced magician. Itâs the fifth day straight that you havenât shown up, and heâs starting to realize how paradoxical your friendship feels.Â
Dan Heng is hesitant to even call it a friendship. It feels weirdâitâs like heâs known you for years, like heâs grown up with you on the same block in the same neighborhood, except in truth heâs only known you for three months, and he just learned your birthday last week after (embarrassingly) prying it out of you. He doesnât know where you live, which front door to knock on so that he can check up on you, he doesnât even have your phone number. All he can do is circle the perimeter of school grounds, waiting for you to show up, or looking for a top hat somewhere so he can pull you up out of it like heâs the poorly-practiced magician and youâre the bunny that heâs unethically shoved into a top hat.Â
Luckily for him, though, fifth timeâs the charm, and on his (miserable, lonely) walk home, he bumps into you as he rounds the corner to his block. Like, really bumps into you.
He hears a semi-familiar shout of horror as he stumbles back, the sudden slam of pressure on his nose making his eyes water, and he clasps his hands over his nose (it doesnât hurt that bad, he swears), and then your hands are grabbing his shoulder and giving him a firm shake before he can even process that itâs you heâs just stumbled into.Â
âOh!â You shout, and he registers the tilt of your head through his watery, cloudy vision, âItâs you! I was looking for you.â
Dan Heng feels likeâ laughing, dryly, or maybe grabbing your shoulders back and shaking you until you reflect on how ridiculous you soundâas if he wasnât the one wandering school grounds for an hour each day for the last week in search of you, like a lost dog, and god he really hopes no one caught him doing that, but at the very least March 7th definitely saw him, which means itâs going to hit the rest of his social circle eventually and heâll have to hang his head in shame and stay silent when all his friends ask him why he was moping for five days straight.Â
âLooking for me?â he mumbles, repeating your words instead of coming up with a thought of his own because heâs still sort of reeling from the sudden sight of you and the buzzing ache in his nose. âAm I bleeding?âÂ
âOh,â you say, yet again, and he feels your hands take his wrists and pull them away from his face so that you can get a good glimpse of him. âNope, no blood. Thank god. Iâd feel really bad if I had to return you to Himeko with your face mangled.âÂ
âReturn me,â he echoes again, and in two seconds flat he sobers up and straightens his posture and finally gets a good look at your face. âWhat? Where have you been?âÂ
âAround,â you answer vaguely, like you always do, and Dan Heng is now half a step closer to actually shaking you by your shoulders and turning you upside down until the truth falls out of your pockets like cartoon coins. âIâm back now, though! I wasnât going to get a perfect attendance award anyways, so itâs kind of whatever.â Your lips quirk up into a stupid smile, and your eyes are scanning his face and his potentially bruised nose bridge. âDid you miss me?âÂ
âYeah,â he admits, like an idiot, and he unfortunately doesnât miss the sudden stalling of your expression, the way your smile freezes for half a second and the twitch in your brow. âNo,â he quickly rights, but itâs a moot point by now, âwhatever. What do you mean, around? Have you been at school at all this week?â He finally looks down at your clothes, which are very much not any kind of school-uniform-adjacent garb, but rather a collared shirt with some kind of logo on the top left.Â
âIâve been working,â you say, and itâs maybe the most honest and straightforward answer that Dan Heng will ever get from you, so he relishes in it for a moment. âYou know, a job. Have you heard of that before? Jobs? Employment?âÂ
âThatâs allowed? Are we allowed to work?âÂ
âWell,â and you do it again, glance off to the side before coming back to him, âI hope so. Iâm not looking to quit this job so soon. They hired me, so itâs all good. I just had to miss school this week so they could train me, but Iâll be back on Monday. Youâll get your daily dose of me again soon, donât worry!âÂ
Working. Dan Heng doesnât know much about your schedule, what you do after school besides annoy him and walk him home and get into fights with seemingly invisible and untraceable and unnameable people, but this feels like one more piece in a thousand-piece puzzle where half the pieces have been drenched in water and bent. He feels two steps away from knowing more about you at the same time that he feels miles away.Â
âIâm at the movie theatre,â you tell him, âso you should come visit with your friends some day. Four to ten P.M. on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. You can introduce me to your friends properly, you know,â and you have that nearly-tense, nearly-dishonest quirk of your lips, and youâre looking right at him like youâre trying to tell him something without saying it, âunless youâre too embarrassed to let them meet me.âÂ
This is not the first time youâve said things like this, not by a long shot. Dan Heng thinks back, and is sure that you say something along the lines of arenât you embarrassed at least once for every two times that he talks to you. Scared youâll get caught with me? you asked him just last week, like being with you was a surefire way to get cursed or shunned or ostracized. Dan Heng doesn't get it, and it doesn't sound like you want him to.Â
âNo,â he says, steadfast, realizing belatedly that your hands are still around his wrists from when youâd tugged them down off his face, and his skin beneath your fingers is heating up rapidly, but so are the tips of his ears. âThatâs not it,â and he really doesnât have the strength to say anything deeper than that, so he dodges, âwhat were you doing on my street? Did you go to my house?âÂ
Youâve been caught. Sheepishly, you let go of his wrists, one hand going up to scratch the back of your neck instead, looking at his neighborâs dead half-dead rose bush next to the sidewalk. âI kind of figured maybe Iâd check in on you, or something. Ask to hang out. But when I came at three, you werenât home yet, so I just kind of hung out with your mom. I was leaving just now. Figured you were busy, or something?âÂ
Itâs an open-ended question, one that Dan Heng is very unwilling to honestly answerâif he did, heâd have to admit that the task that was oh-so-arduously occupying his time after school was sitting in the courtyard like a grieving wife waiting for her spouse to come home from war. He shakes his head instead of explaining anythingâthat should be enough of an answer.Â
âShe gave me cookies,â you continue in lieu of a real response from Dan Heng. âSeriously, am I the only one that eats them, or am I, like, stealing your only source of food every time I come over?âÂ
âThe first one. I hate those things. Theyâre dry. I donât understand how you eat them like that.âÂ
âWoah! Rude! Whatever, more for me. Hey, youâll help me with all that schoolwork I missed, right?â You punch him in the shoulder playfully, which mightâve knocked the wind out of him had it been aimed any closer at his sternum. âI think we have almost all the same teachers. And I'm a quick learner, so it won't be so bad for you."
âFine,â he says with a faux reluctance that would really only be convincing to a child, âI can walk you home.âÂ
âHaha,â and you punch his shoulder again, soothing it this time with a pat before you trail your hand up to the side of his neck, clasping the side of it with your warm palm, like youâre holding his pulse in your hand, and Dan Heng holds his breath so you wonât easily feel the rapid thump of blood underneath his skin, âmaybe next time, champ.âÂ
Youâre smiling again, laughing when you look at the paling expression on his face, like you know something he doesnât, and he barely has time to feel disappointed at your easy rejection before you laugh, breathy, one more time, and say goodbye.Â
(Himeko, to Dan Hengâs utter misery, hounds him for âdetails, the whole story, what did they say, Heng?!â the second he steps into the threshold of his house, keys still dangling from his hand. Terrible, awful, miserable. He does in fact, tell her everything.)
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RUE.
ââ march 7th x gn!reader
summary: On Valentine's Day, rumors reach your ears that your best friend - and coincidentally, your mega crush - March 7th, has inexplicably started dating someone else. Is everything here really as it seems, or is Cupid just using you as target practice?
contains: modern & highschool au, misunderstanding trope, comedic tone but there is Angst Kindaâ˘, inspired by my very american experiences (sorry), not actually unrequited love, happy ending, perhaps some wlw-coding icl but anyone can read
word count: 5.6k
notes: written for this event, requested by @plebejus-argus (prompt rue + indelible, lacuna)! umm. i got a little carried away. enjoy.
The world is ending as you know it.
âIâm sorry,â you shake your head, smile turning terse. âWhat was that?â
âI said sheâs with someone else,â Herta, the Robotics Club president, informs you. She slams her locker shut (normally youâd make a comment about her barely reaching the knob, but right now you think your insides are dissolving), the sound reverberating throughout the chasmic hallway.
âWhy you or anyone else would want to date Little Miss Pink is beyond me, but youâre encroaching on a taken lady, twerp. For your own benefit, you should back off.â
You knew something was off when the aloof academic genius herself dragged you away from your lunch to walk with her. But you didnât expect this. March, your bestest friend in the whole wide world, suddenly off the market? And the news is being broken to you on the day of your planned confession?Â
This canât be right, your gut urges, she wouldâve told me.
Why wouldnât she? March 7th tells you everything! She even confided in you about accidentally pushing that TA into the courtyard fountain that one time. Hell, the pink-haired girl even triple texts you about the drama she overhears (eavesdrops on) in the library, excessive emojis included.
You text her during calculus when you should be working, and she responds immediately, both of your souls almost intertwined in some type of procrastination symbiosis. When youâre riding the bus together, sheâll rest her head on your shoulder and doze for twenty minutes while you watch the rise and fall of her chest.
And on days like these, Valentineâs, you hold apprehensive hope in your heart that today may be the day I tell her how I feel.
Your chest tightens painfully. What if that day will never come?Â
âHow do you know that?â you rasp, throat now dry, âAnd more importantly, why do you care? You didnât even come to my party last week! Youâre a geek, not a gossipââ
Herta whirls around to face you, amethyst eyes narrowed. âIâm not stupid. If you require anecdotal evidence, fine: I saw her canoodling with her presumed lover this morning. I canât remember his name, and frankly, he was repulsive - but he was holding a bouquet, she was giving him googoo eyes, et cetera.â
You are going to die.Â
If it were not for your stubborn brain, youâd buckle to your knees and beat on the linoleum floor while lamenting how every single divine being out there must be praying on your downfall. But you stay as still as a statue, probably burning holes into this eggheadâs face.
It makes a little sense, you suppose. March 7th is fun, hilarious, thoughtful, beautiful, and full of joy; sheâs a total catch, so itâs not as surprising as youâd like that others would be vying for her attention. Sheâs already befriended just about everyone in this school, including all of the teachers and the stray dogs near the gate. Who wouldnât try to confess to her?
You blanch. âOh.â
âYeah, âohâ!â Herta stomps her foot, pulling you from your impending breakdown. âIâm never wrong, by the way. Everyone and their mother sees how you look at her. But,â she rocks up on her tiptoes to flick your forehead, âyouâre too late. Pity.â
âThereâs gotta be more to it than that,â you reason, huffing and rubbing the wounded spot. âEven if this did happen, she wouldâve told me, like, right after! Her suddenly acquiring a boyfriend is kind of a big deal.â
âMaybe she forgot. Young love is inebriating.â
No, she wouldnât forget. You know March like the back of your hand, and though important stuff can slip her mind, itâs moreso⌠assignment deadlines, instead of interpersonal drama. Sheâs a pro at cataloguing the latter.
âYouâre overthinking it!â Herta crosses her arms over her chest. âConsider your options carefully. If I were you - which would be a travesty - Iâd tell her how I feel, and before the end of the day, too.â
âThat doesnât sound like something youâd say. You were just telling me to back oââ
âŚthen she stalks down the hallway with purpose, shockingly fast on her short legs.
Something is very wrong in the world today. You canât even go back to lunch, your appetite lost among a whirlwind of thoughts. Itâs disconcerting; youâve, admittedly, not seen March since morning, and she was absent from the cafeteria too.Â
She could be off somewhere with this⌠this guy. Solidifying the thought in your mind is devastating.Â
One time - both of you were about thirteen, the subject of romance (what you knew about it against your will) was breached over a mess of glittery pens and scented stationery. All day, instead of working on a dreaded animal cell diagram, youâd been indulging in the sacred, prophetic game of M.A.S.H. and the crafting of paper fortune tellers.Â
âI donât see what you find fun about this,â youâd grumbled.Â
âWell, thatâs âcause youâre weird,â sheâd responded matter-of-factly, scribbling numbers on sectioned folds of loose leaf. âDonât you wanna know who youâll marry?â
âNo.â
âWell, thatâs too-bad-so-sad. Now, pick a color!â
Minutes earlier, youâd been slyly watching out of the corner of your eye when sheâd decided which person to put under which flap of the fortune teller (her big, looping handwriting can be discerned from a mile away), and youâd taken great care to remember which numbers and colors to pick to land on her name.Â
Notably, March had put her name and yours into the craft - forever cementing the possibility that both of you could end up together, if someone just picked the right combination.Â
Perhaps, back then, you were trying to puppeteer fate. It seemed to work, because when you picked 3 and pink, March 7th was revealed to you after some mere hand-shuffling and genius scheming. Back then, youâd felt a little guilty, but not guilty enough to tell her that you were probably going to get struck down for blasphemy or hubris or something. Youâd just internalized that part.
âŚbut most clearly, you remember the giant, blinding smile on her face.
âOh my gosh!â sheâd exclaimed, cheering like she was competing with the shot heard âround the world, âMe! Youâre gonna marry me! This is awesome news. We already know everything about each other; we both like puppies and kittens, and we both suck at science!â
March was, and still is, the most beautiful person alive.
You remember your heart pounding traitorously. â...yeah. This is awesome news.â
âI want red velvet for our wedding cake!â
Of course, as youâve grown older, you recognize that it was just a silly game. But the memories youâve made with her between then and now, were not. If anything, theyâve only made you realize how much - how badly - you do want to marry her, one day in the future. Thereâs no one else for you.Â
But is there someone else for her? Like this mysterious guy giving her flowers that may or may not exist? You need to talk to March or else youâre going to explode. If that happens, then the already underpaid janitors are going to have to scrape your remains off the floor. Ugh.
However, the feat of communicating with your best friend today is starting to seem impossible.Â
âNow, not to call anybody out,â a warm but monotone voice interrupts your spiraling, âbut please try to pay attention. This will be on your exam.â
Mr. Yang is clearly talking about you, but you cannot bring yourself to tear your gaze away from March 7thâs empty seat. This isnât funny anymore, where is she? Out of the four classes you have today, you share three of them with her. Though sometimes she skips to nap in the abandoned bio lab, she always texts, and she always invites you.
Is she with her new boyfriend? The one she didnât care to tell you about? You hope not. Whoever this guy is, heâs definitely not good enough for heâ
A hand is placed on your shoulder. You jump.Â
âMr. Yang! Sorry!â you blurt, looking up at your history teacher with a visceral type of embarrassment. Heâs assessing you with an arched eyebrow and a frown, even as his hand reels back and he formulates a response.
Your cheeks feel hot, especially because, surely, everyone is watching - judging - and youâre just floundering with your mouth hanging open like an idiot.Â
âŚwait, where is everyone?
âAre you alright? The bell rang two minutes ago,â he informs you, gesturing to the very empty classroom. Everyoneâs already filed out, and it dawns on you that youâre going to be late for your next class if you keep this up.
You swiftly counter, standing rigid in your seat while beginning to gather your things, âYes! Again, Iâm sorry, Iâve just been skimping on sleep. Iâll get the notes from someone, I promise!â
Your explanation sounds unconvincing even to you, but youâd rather die before bringing up your dilemma to someone so kind like Mr. Yang. Heâs so chill that lets everyone eat in class, allows cheat sheets on midterms, and lets you sit next to your friends.
Your friends. You stop cramming papers into your backpack, bottom lip trembling.
âSit down. Iâll write you a note, so donât worry about being tardy.â
Slumping back down, you give up on lying, the despair clear as day on your face and in the tears clumping in shimmering globs on your lashes. âOkay.â
A pregnant pause settles over the classroom, making the cooler side of you inwardly cringe. The other side wants to rant and rave to Mr. Yang until your tongue falls off. You do neither, waiting for him to speak first. He brushes past you and drags a chair over from an adjacent desk, the metal scraping against the floor like a death knell. When he levels with you, index finger drumming against the wooden surface below, he sighs.
âI couldnât help but notice someone isnât here today,â he retrieves a patterned handkerchief from his jacket pocket, paternally offering it to you. âI canât say your reaction is abnormal. March 7th usually shows up, what with you two being the best of friends. Did something happen between you guys?â
You sniffle pathetically, wiping your tears and snot on the cloth, making a mental note to wash and return it later. Yâknow, if you make it through today. Exploding is still a viable option.
âUm, not really. I just think sheâs avoiding me? Itâs not like her at all, and now, out of nowhere, people are saying that sheâs dating this mysterious guy, andââ
The look Welt Yang gives you is still one of concern, but thereâs a knowing spark in his eyes that makes you pause. God, how mortifying. Have you made it that obvious that youâre jealous? Seething in envy? Ready to burn down this school and raze the fields in her honor? You bite your tongue, muttering to yourself in embarrassment.
âIâd be remiss not to tell you that rumors can be just that - rumors,â he adjusts his glasses. âIâm sure you understand; youâre a smart kid, Iâve graded your quizzes myself. Once you determine the truth, things will get easier. Iâm quite familiar with you and March 7th. Sheâll turn up.â
âI know, I-I justâŚâ you swallow. âI really like her. And I guess I underestimated how much until I heard she was with someone else.âÂ
âI figured,â Mr. Yang smiles at you, eyes crinkling and crowâs feet elongating with the shift of his facial muscles. âIt is Valentineâs Day, after all. It makes sense youâre troubled about love - the atmosphere really amps up the pressure.â
Love. He used the L word. Spontaneous human combustion therefore must commence.
Without a doubt, you know you love March. But have you ever said it? Have you ever taken the initiative to make something more out of your friendship with her? No. Youâve been⌠waiting, and because youâve been waiting, youâve missed your shot with her. Someone more candid, more confident, has wooed her first.
You canât stew in your inaction any longer! Something must be done⌠maybe Herta was right. Maybe you need to confess, get this all out of your system, even if sheâs taken now. Thereâs no other prime time for it - you feel a burn in your calves that urges you to get the hell up right now, get moving, and go tell her.Â
You want to tell your best friend that you love and cherish her company more than anything in the world, even if she knows. Even if she doesnât love you back with that knowledge.Â
âI guess it does.â Sneaking another glance at Marchâs empty desk, you breathe out hot air and stand up again to continue gathering your belongings, stuffing Mr. Yangâs handkerchief in your pocket. âUm, I think I know what to do now. If I could get that noteâŚâ
He nods sagely. âOf course,â the brown-haired gentleman eyes the clock, âif you ever want to talk about anything else, my door is always open. Well, except for when itâs not, I suppose.â
You donât see it as you get ready to leave, your resolve strengthened and obscuring the big picture, but Welt Yang puffs his chest out in pride for a fleeting second as you go, note in hand.
You decide to head to the last period of the day, but not quite. What you mean by that isâŚ
âDan Heng! Psst, Dan Heng!â
You knock on the window perhaps a little too harshly, but you have to be at least a little loud so he can hear you, right?Â
The repetitive racket eventually penetrates the walls of the science building, finally earning the attention of Dan Heng. If March 7th is your bestest friend (and hopefully more soon), Dan Heng would be your number two - your sidechick. Wait, actually, not sidechick, âcause you donât like him that way.
Heâs the guy you drag along to the mall or to the skating rink so he can actually get out of the house a little. Smart, bit of a nerd, but heâs a stand-up dude.Â
His eyes are widened marginally, and he sits up straight in his seat at your display. You can see most of him, but your fellow classmates are littered about, his desk smack dab in the middle of them and the room itself. Itâs a miracle the teacher hasnât noticed you, but you know itâs only a matter of time before youâre caught and promptly sent to detention (again).
And this guy doesnât answer his phone in the middle of classes, either. In fact, he turns the device off completely, something you canât fathom doing. So simply texting him and demanding that he rendezvous with you right now for an emergency meeting is out of the question.
You must look a little⌠unkempt. Oh well. You seek the counsel of Dan Heng the Wise.
âMeet me in the bio lab,â you painstakingly enunciate your syllables, mouthing the words as clear as you can. To drive your point home, you jut out your arm and gesture to the left, where the abandoned room lies. Youâll have to go back in the building to meet him once he understands.Â
Dan Hengâs eye twitches. He glimpses back and forth between the teacher and you.
âPlease! E-mer-gen-cy!!!â you frantically wave.Â
You spot your dark-haired friend sigh; victory is yours. He raises his hand and rattles off some convincing excuse, throwing one last look over his shoulder before exiting the classroom when granted permission.Â
Quickly, and with an exhilarated smile, you rush around the corner and push open the metal swinging doors, heading inside.
Youâre sufficiently sweaty by now, faced with Dan Hengâs crossed arms and ever-present judgment. The lab, room 104 to be specific, is cluttered with all sorts of crap.
Spare desks are stacked high in all corners, spillage giving way to boxes of used equipment containing microscopes and bunsen burners - or just everything youâd expect. Large tables meant for conducting experiments are riddled with wear and tear.Â
But thereâs a reason a lot of people ditch to come here. Under one of the tables rests a communal snack box that every burnout, delinquent, and tired student contributes to - always leaving something in return for seeking respite from classes and the like.Â
Youâve sure taken your fair share of stale pretzels and fruit bars. Lastly, the lights always stay off, giving way to the natural light seeping through the windows, illuminating floating dust particles that tie everything together.Â
Wow, you should come here more often. Grades be damned.Â
âWhat could possibly be so important as toâwhatâs wrong? Is someone hurt?â
Oh, right.
Dan Heng looks frazzled by your unresponsiveness, and you canât blame him. Steeling yourself, you bring up whatâs been on your mind.Â
âIâm gonna confess to her,â you breathe, âMarch, I mean.â
It feels so good to say it to him. But if you were in his average-sized tennis shoes, youâd be miffed to be called out of class for something as frivolous as this too - a crush, one so life-altering that itâs holding your sensibility hostage and making you act like youâve lost all your marbles.
âHas the day gotten to you too, then?â your friend actually facepalms. The hand splayed over his visage eventually cracks open so he can peer through the gaps of his fingers at you, no doubt in contemplation. âBut I can tell you find this important. Is that all this is about?â
âUm⌠if you know where she is, do you mind telling me?â
He shakes his head, sarcastic. âI donât happen to track her hyperactivity all day long.â
âRight, right,â you fiddle with your hands and pick at your nails. You want to specifically ask for advice, because if thereâs another thing to note about Dan Heng, itâs his levelheaded nature; this cornerstone of his personality has gotten you out of trouble in the past, and though he isnât exactly a romance guru, thereâs no one else you can think of turning to.Â
âWhat?â he sighs.
âIâm gonna tell her no matter what, I swear, but⌠do you think thatâs the right thing to do?â
âWhy wouldnât it be?âÂ
âWell, because Herta told me she was sucking face with some dude this morningââ
Dan Heng coughs abruptly, âActually, save it. I donât want to know. Regardless of any external circumstances, youâre still partial to her. Thatâs love, and it will only hurt you later if you bottle it up inside. Plus⌠if you ask me, you two work well together. Iâve never seen March happier than when sheâs with you.â
You think of cute plushies and pillow forts. You think of snacks and dual-toned eyes that are always crinkling in a jubilant, idealistic kind of hope. You think of funny faces and bunny ears, of candids and camera lenses.Â
âThank you,â you smile. âYouâre always the guy I can call on, huh?â
âNot in the middle of class, at least,â he sternly reminds you, though the fond pinch of his brows gives him away. âPlease.â
âUnderstood!â
By the time the bell rings, signifying the end of the school day, you have somewhat of a plan.Â
There are a bunch of weeds gathered up in your arms - dandelions, daisies, onion blooms, just a myriad of general wildflowers youâd picked from the campusâs track field. They itch at your exposed arms, bared from the feat of your rolled up sleeves, but itâs better than nothing. Youâve even shorn some of the stems and arranged them just so to give off the illusion of propriety.
They probably wonât hold a candle to whatever roses or carnations March 7th was given earlier. But thatâs okay! Youâve tried your best, even pilfering a lavender ribbon from the art room to tie around the makeshift bouquet, sufficiently beautifying their otherwise lackluster appeal.
Now comes the issue of finding her. Just as you pull out your phone to send another text (the past few hours have filled her contact with unanswered messages), the device pings in your hand. Startled and hopeful, you shiftily survey the area before reading the notification.
April 8th: Omg!!! Iâm sooo sorry for not responding all day (âĽďšâĽ)!!!
Phew, sheâs alright! The animated typing indicator pops up again, so you wait.
April 8th: I promise I have a really good reason! Youâre probably at the bus stop right now, so why donât you take it to Purrfect Pastries? Iâm there rn
April 8th: With a surprise for you, of course :3 and the kitties are waiting~
Sheâs of course referring to the cat cafe youâre both prone to frequenting. It has a cozy atmosphere, serves sweet things, and isnât far off the normal commute to school⌠so itâs been purrfect, the past few years, for unproductive study sessions and shared laughter.Â
Oh. Sheâs probably going to gush to you about her new lover. That makes sense - she was so caught up all day having fun and basking in the warmth of her new fling.Â
But now is your time to shine. Youâll show up with your shitty flowers and youâll win her over! Or maybe not that. Ideally that, yes, but March deserves to be happy; sheâll pick whoever she wants, even if that person is not you.
You: Okay haha glad youâre safe ^^
You: Iâm omw On my way!
Damn autocorrect.Â
âHey, you finally made it!â
Even after a day like today, where nothing and everything made sense, one word comes to mind: Lovely. March is lovely.
As if your life depends on it, you shove the wildflowers behind your back. The stakes certainly feel that high when your eyes land on your friend. Sheâs at the table in the corner - the one you both always sit at, so much so that youâre told some of the feline residents curl up under the chairs, waiting for either one of you to walk through the door.
You make a beeline for the table. Normally, youâd at least greet Mittens, the host cat who lounges on the order counter, but youâre itching to deal with your pounding heart and sweaty palms right now.
However, when you wave at March and begin making your way over, you almost trip. Walking fluffballs swarm your legs, mewling up a storm and demanding your utmost attention.
âOof! Hey, Iâm here, calm down,â you laugh, kneeling briefly to scratch some bellies and chins. You beckon the pink-haired girl over to lend you a hand, too nervous to look at her, but you hear a giggle and the scraping of a chair as she presumably comes to your rescue. âTheyâre so clingy today!â
âWell, we havenât been here in forever,â she hums, kneeling down with you to say hi to everyone. She coos and simpers, and while sheâs distracted, then you ogle all you want.Â
March is positively beaming, radiant as ever in the midst of dim lamplight and dark wood. For some reason, a hidden, sardonic part of you thought sheâd look different after entering a relationship. More affected, maybe, like sheâs getting used to the company of a person that hasnât been there since the beginning. Like sheâs getting used to the company of a person that isnât you.
Selfishly, maybe youâd hoped sheâd look a little dissatisfied with the affections of someone else.Â
No time for that now, you remind yourself. Stay grounded.
You watch as she works her magic; the uppity cats disperse after being fussed over a little. âI guess it has been a while. Iâm a bit jealous - Mittens and the others prefer you over me any day.â
âNah, they just missed us is all,â she grins. âActually, mostly me, âcause Iâm an animal whisperer and probably the reincarnation of Snow White. But youâre pretty awesome too.â
I missed you more than they did, you agonize.
March 7th grabs your hand. âNow come on, we have a lot to talk about!â
Dread courses through your veins as you take your rightful seat across from her. All of a sudden the gingham tablecloth looks very interesting. You decide to stuff your weed bouquet into your pocket, too ruffled to present it to her now.Â
After March tells you all about her new sweetheart, youâll come clean - if you donât chicken out, that is. Youâll come clean about the explosion of wonderful and awful feelings in your chest, about the years of wanting.Â
How could that admission change things? Ideally, she dumps this guy and threads her fingers through yours, giving you a shot at her heart and actualizing your idea of paradise.
Unfortunately, that fantasy is just a fantasy - realistically, sheâll react with sympathy, but tell you she doesnât feel the same. Thatâs what you expect; friendly touches will cease, thereâll be a foreign, awkward lull in the air, and sheâll excessively tiptoe around anything that could upset you.Â
March is considerate like that. God, why does this have to be so difficult? You want to back out, but Dan Heng will forever see you as a chicken (his eyes will say it for him), and youâll be stuck yearning until the heat death of the universe.
âAgain, Iâm really sorry for being kinda AWOL all day, but I was planniââ
You donât even think about what you do next. You just blurt,
âI cheated when we were making fortune tellers.â
You donât register the bewildered look on her face, you just keep going. Itâs a bit crazy how your hesitance just vanished - leaving your true feelings to lead the situation, for better or for worse.Â
âW-When, uh, we were in eighth grade. You asked me to come over to your house so we could work on science, or fuckingâwhatever it wasâand we never ending up working. You showed me how to make those paper fortune tellers and I thought it was really stupid. I thought it was stupid until you⌠until you put our names in it.âÂ
Marchâs lips are parted in surprise. You want to kiss them. Also, you want to projectile vomit. The Exorcist style.
âSo I totally tuned you out while you talked so I could spy. I remembered where you put your name specifically,â you stutter, âI also r-remember how many jumbles it would take, so your section wouldâyeah. I picked you. I chose to marry you, and I cheated.â
You choke out the last word, tears rolling down your cheeks. Youâre crying, and you havenât even made a lick of sense so far - this the second time today youâve had a breakdown and have gotten nothing out of it! Watching as the droplets land on the tablecloth, you donât dare look up.Â
At least you still have Mr. Yangâs handkerchief.
âI cheated because youâre the best, and I wouldnât wanna be with anyone else, ever,â your vision blurs, thankfully giving you some courage. âBut I know youâre dating someone else now, and Iâm happy for you. I know thatâs like⌠a cliche thing to say, b-but itâs true.â
Marchâs first reaction is not what you expect.
âHuh?! What on Earth are you talking about?! Iâm not dating anyone! Dummy, where did you even hear that? I⌠oh youâre crying, Iâm so sorry!â she panics, grabbing your hand once more. âPlease donât cry, itâll make me cry.â
Youâve closed your eyes, but her sobering words make them shoot right back open.
âWhat?â you manage dumbly (hopefully).
âIs that why you thinkâŚ? Oh my god, no! I wasnât avoiding you all day because I was out tying the knot or something. I was avoiding you because I was busy planning this.â
March 7th stretches her arms out, concerned. She gestures to the cafe interior, and when you gather the strength to determine what she means, you notice something you hadnât before.
Purrfect Pastries is empty, save for the two of you and the cats. Other tables normally teeming with couples and introverts alike are barren - there arenât even menus set out. There are no empty coffee cups or muffin wrappers to be cleaned up by staff.
Speaking of, where are the staff? Sushang and Guinaifen are usually clamoring about, even on the clock.Â
âŚother stuff, too. Besides the bankerâs lamps tinged emerald and gold, there are flowers - they look to be paper - scattered over the whole expanse of the floor. Some of the waxy petals seem to have been shredded by the claws of none other than Mittens and his gang, while others remain intact, distinctly imitating a trail of roses.Â
âI wanted candles, but Little Gui said theyâd be a safety hazard. Honestly, Iâm surprised she can talk, considering she swallows swords and fireballs as a side hustle,â she laughs, though itâs strained and unnatural. âYou were really making a girl wait to be asked out, so I decided to take the initiative. Pretty smart, huh?â
You gawk.Â
âThis⌠this is a date?â Oh my god. Oh my god. âAnd youâre not seeing anyone?!â
âYeah, duh,â her tone softens. âYouâre so silly. Um, I skipped school to work a daytime shift here as payment, that way we could have the place to ourselves tonight. Turns out itâs a lot of work to secure Purrfect Pastries⌠I begged and bothered Ms. Siobhan until she said yes. Turns out my charm is, in fact, irresistible!â
âButâhuh?â
She wipes your tears, all the while chattering like youâre not gonna have a heart attack. âAnd I was so, so nervous that Iâd ruin the surprise! Sushang made me turn off my phone so I wouldnât spoil anything - she almost threw it into the deep fryer too - but it was all worth it.â
âWhat Iâm trying to say is⌠Iâm sorry for keeping you in the dark, âcause it seems like Iâve missed a lot. I hope youâre okay⌠and, also, Happy Valentineâs.â
You bite back a hiccup and shakily retrieve your real - but undeniably pathetic - bouquet from your pocket. Itâs completely squashed, the ribbon is almost unraveled, and the flowers have lost most of their color, already colored a soft brown.
Speaking is out of the question, because if you attempt it, youâre convinced that you will vomit The Exorcist style. So you just press the bundle into her hand, hoping it will say what you canât.
âAre these for me?â March asks, breathy and on the verge of squealy.Â
Donât vomit. âY-Yeah. Can you believe it? I was gonna try and win you back with them.â
Under regular circumstances, you wholeheartedly believe she wouldâve poked harmless fun at this sad attempt at a romantic gift. Sheâd probably say something charming like âIt looks like Bigfoot stepped on them,â or âDid you get this bouquet from the time of consumption?â
But the girl you love does not do that. Everything is too much, what with the realization that today was just some hellish misunderstanding, and youâre so⌠so happy. You donât think you deserve to feel such joy after coming to believe untrue rumors about March 7th, but youâll deal with that later.
âThatâs so romantic!â she swoons, âLike in the movies where the noblemen are fighting over the hand of the princess, trying to win her overâŚâ
âYouâre the one who rented out a whole cafe for me, March.â
âHuh⌠I guess I did! When you put it like that, maybe you should bake me scones.â
âWhat?â
She fluffs the proffered weeds, making them look a bit livelier (despite most of the petals being lost to time), before setting them down on the table. It makes for a shitty centerpiece, but she seems more than content, a rosy color adorning her cheeks and allowing her to glow.
âWell, we canât have a date without food, can we? Before clocking out, everyone helped me bake scones for us to eat. Iâll go get them, okay? Iâm starving!â
Getting up and looking just as she always does, you speak up, somewhat coherent now.
âThank you. Thank you so much. Shit, it seems silly to ask now, but⌠will you be my girlfriend?â
The pink-haired girl, your best friend, stops and turns. With a giggle and a wink, she once again, turns your world upside down.
âI already am! Heh. Also, I definitely knew you cheated back in eighth grade - with the fortune teller. Iâm not so ditzy that I didnât notice your staring, yâknow.â
She disappears behind the counter and into the kitchen, petting Mittens on the way, but you still hear her - muffled, but still quite audible - squealing from here. What a delightful sound.
Just as you begin to decompress and recover, a burning question flares at the forefront of your mind.
Just what was Herta talking about, then? What about the dude March was supposedly âcanoodlingâ with?Â
Almost prophetically, your phone pings several times. You dare to check it after a brief panic attack.
Herta: Well, itâs about time I tell you, I suppose
Herta: Ruan Mei and I made a little wager yesterday. She bet, in the interest of human compatibility, that you wouldnât make a good pair with Little Miss Pink, and that youâd wuss out and spend Valentineâs Day alone
Herta: You should know by now that I donât lose. Simply put, I lied to your face - there was never a John Doe trying to steal her from you. However, if my deductions are correctâŚ
Herta: You and Little Miss Pink are now an item. I expect many thanks and perhaps your unwavering monetary support on my next project. Youâre welcome đ
âŚ
You: Fguck Duck you
Herta: lol duck
Damn autocorrect!Â
âŚyouâll just have to kill her tomorrow.Â
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Hi iâm back from my annual hiatus. Back on the fic grind. Ready to write x reader fics where the reader is hopefully a little odd and also queer and also a wholehearted reflection of me. i love writing. This is so funn. Glad to be back!!!!
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"Do you ever think about that drunken kiss we shared?" + Dan Heng
"Do you ever think about that drunken kiss we shared?"
Dan Heng thinks you're trying to kill him.
Yes, that must be it, he lets the swarm of butterflies flapping around in his gut reason for a little too long. Surely, you're an assassin sent to kill him, cunningly playing the long game - only to one day give him a heart attack so he'll croak and you can collect your money.
(Honestly, he'd rather you don't drag the process out. But Dan Heng has never taken you for merciful, and your entirely evil expression only serves to confirm that hunch.)
The tips of his ears burn red. "Why do you insist on bringing that up?"
"Come on," you huff, elbowing him in the side with no real force, "you gotta answer the question, love. And keeping record of the past is always a good thing, right? You're always wading knee-deep in the archives, so I'm sure you'd understand."
There you are with your strange comparisons and too-close-but-not-too-close-since-you're-dating pet names. Even so, how in the world is he supposed to respond? Honesty cannot be the best policy, not when his answer will be something along the lines of 'Yes, I do think about that kiss often. Almost everyday, in fact, considering it's the best thing that's ever happened to me.'
But Dan Heng doesn't say any of that (of course he doesn't). Instead, his gaze drops back down to the table where you're both currently sitting - where he'd been mindlessly scrolling through his messages moments before you decided to throw him off kilter. It's way too early for this.
You continue to babble on, taking his silence as the admission of guilt that it is. "We were running around the Luofu, those Knight people hot on our tails, but after my work on your genius disguise, I finally convinced you to lighten up and have some fun. I dragged you to that stall, remember?"
How could he forget? Even when his past was nipping at his heels and ready to take a wolfish bite out of him, you'd found a way to insist on all play and no work. Even more debasing, he went along with it.
"I remember. You... the shopkeeper sold us that bottle, and since it was broad daylight in a nice area, we assumed it was nonalcoholic and just... drank it, right there in the central square," Dan Heng recalls.
You laugh, loud and bright. He feels like vomiting from the mortification he's constantly subjected to in your presence.
"Yeah! It didn't even taste alcoholic. Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't notice anything sooner - you're normally pretty sharp. We started getting suspicious after all those nasty looks, though..."
He remembers that too, but what you neglect to mention, thank the stars and everything that hasn't screwed him over, is that he was completely and utterly distracted. Dan Heng isn't one for such flowery language, but from his only somewhat muddled recollection, he was totally entranced.
It was probably his overlooked inebriation, but he found himself fixated on the plush of your lips. As you rambled on about how pretty the scenery was, he could only think about how pretty you were. As much as you'd disagree with him, he isn't as oblivious as to have ignored all the signs of his growing fondness for you.
The mystery alcohol gave him the push he needed then. For just a moment, Dan Heng wishes he had some liquid courage right now to get through this hellish conversation. "Yes. Everything was warm, and I kissed you."
You gasp, scandalized. The table wobbles as you kick your feet up to rest on the polished wood, somehow lax. "Hey, give yourself some credit! Even when you were practically wasted, you still did that cheesy romance movie thing and asked for permission."
His eye jumps. Aeons above. "I wasn't aware asking for consent was a 'cheesy romance movie thing'."
"I'm not talking about that," you snort, getting that look on your face when you're about to lay down a trump card of some kind, destroying the many layers of defenses he's spent the entirety of this life painstakingly building up. "I'm talking about when you tilted my chin up and looked into my eyes! You've never been that romantic since! Oh, Dan Heng, what a heartthrob you were, a real dreamboat--"
He whispers your name, voice brittle like glass.
"Sorry," you say, the apology quite genuine by your standards. The teasing grin you sported moments earlier has all but disappeared, replaced by a soft smile that makes all of the theatrics worth it. "But I can't help but reminisce. I cherish the memory dearly, you know."
Dan Heng swallows. "I know. I do too."
He does. Hopefully, one day, he'll be able to surprise you like that again. As you take his hand in yours, both of you falling back into comfortable silence, electricity crackles inside the confines of his chest.
Yes, you're surely going to be the death of him.
(Like he'd have it any other way.)

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dan heng x gn reader â 1.0k â HIGH SCHOOL AU, delinquent reader, you MIGHT be able to tell that i've been playing persona 5 with the way i wrote this, himeko is dan hengs adoptive mother SPREAD THE WORD, nebulous and ambiguous school setting
notes: my first drabble of what will probably be hundreds in the dan heng x delinquent reader saga... THANK YOU GWEN ( @tragedy-of-commons ) for entertaining me and my silly ideas , GUYS READ OUR BIG THREAD ABOUT THIS CONCEPT LINKED HERE i loved yapping about it and i cannot wait to write a million more drabbles for this concept OKAY!!!
warning for mild blood description but nothing really graphic, just the aftermath of a scuffle
â°+..・*ďžď˝Ą*ďž+.*.・.â
Dan Heng finds you behind the school in a pool of your own blood, thoughâitâs less of a pool of it, and more of a steady drip drip drip through the fingers clasped over your bleeding nose. Youâre scrambling to get back up on your feet at the sight of him, and he catches a glimpse of a stupid smile from behind the gaps in your fingers.Â
Whoever beat you upâsuccessfully, by the looks of itâhas long since disappeared, and itâs just you and Dan Heng and your bloody nose alone in the grassy courtyard.Â
âAre you serious,â Dan Heng deadpans, because this is not the first time heâs caught you like this and it surely wonât be the last.Â
âYou should see the other guy,â you joke back, the same way you joked a thousand times before and the same way youâll joke a thousand times again. It was never funny, not in Dan Hengâs opinion, and each stupid quip of yours makes his patience run thinner and thinner.Â
The sight of blood smeared across your face is sickening. It seeps into the cracks of your fingers with every attempt you make to wipe your lips clean, but blood clings and sticks and you never learn your lesson. Dan Heng sighs, the first of many, already swinging his backpack off his shoulder and rummaging through it to find his usual pack of baby wipes and gauze.Â
Itâs not exactly a daily occurrence, but this has happened often enough to train Dan Hengâs hands. He moves silently, brow furrowed and fingers shaking with hesitationâlike heâs scared that heâll hurt you, which is funny because youâve already been hurt at the hands of someone else. If he lingers on that thought for too long, his stomach will start to twist, so he leaves it alone.
The damp cloth of a baby wipe is cool against his fingers as he swipes it across your face, his other hand firmly planted on your shoulder to keep you still. He clicks his tongue when you make a gargled sniffling noise, muttering a low stop that before you choke on your own blood.Â
âWhy so quiet?â you ask, still with that stupid smile on your face even as he pulls out a second wipe for your face. âThereâs so much to talk about. Did you take that quiz in Gallagherâs class today? It was so bad! Half the stuff on there wasnât even in the study guide.âÂ
âShut up,â Dan Heng mumbles, loud enough that you can hear him but quiet enough that thereâs no real bite to it. The shake in his hands has only grown, because there was so much blood dried on your face that itâs already soaked through the wipe and smears across the tips of his fingers, and itâs not just the sight of blood that makes him nauseous, but the knowledge that itâs yours.Â
âHeng,â you say, something like a petulant whine in your voice, and he wishes god, for once, canât you take this seriously, youâve caused him so much grief in the last two months of knowing you and itâs a miracle that he hasnât gone gray already. Your handâstill blotted with crimson, dried into rusty smudgesâgoes up to grab his. Itâs pressed against your cheek, the half-dry wipe still in his grasp, clinging to your skin. Dan Heng holds back a flinch at how warm your hands are compared to his ownâcold, clammy, trembling.
âItâs late,â you continue, voice still light but the weight of your words settling deep between his shoulder blades, âI have to walk you home. Otherwise your mom will think Iâm busy beating you up.â
âNotââ he starts, choked and face warming so suddenly that it makes his head spin, ââsheâs not my mom,â and itâs an oversimplification, and not important right now, and soon heâll develop an immunity to your distractions. âThat was a lot of blood. You should be going straight home.â And he realizes he doesnât even know where you live, doesnât know how far you are from his home, how out-of-your-way it is to walk him home nearly every day. He doesnât askâyouâd never answer.Â
âIt wasnât that much,â you wave off his concern, âit stopped bleeding already. And my nose isnât broken. And Iâm walking just fine!â Itâs one positive after another with you, and Dan Heng sighs again, already losing count of how many times heâs done it.Â
Thereâs a moment where you waver, face tensing and wobbling, bloody lips bitten back for a second before that stupid grin is on your face again and you say, tersely, âWhat, scared youâll get caught with me?âÂ
And isnât that an odd way to say itâcaught with me, spoken like itâs a curse. Like heâs paying penance by standing behind the school with you, your hand clasped around his. It takes every ounce of self-control for him not to drag his fingers down and wipe the blood off your face himself, staining his fingers and his heart. He wonders what it would mean, then catches himself, again and again, like heâs been doing for two months on repeat.
âNo,â he says, urgent in a way thatâs unfamiliar to him, like heâs trying to prove himself, dedicated in a way that makes him nauseous, the same way that the blood on your face makes his stomach squeeze. âThatâsâ not it. You can walk me home. But Himeko willâ sheâll fuss over you, you know that. Itâll be annoying.âÂ
âAnnoying?â you say, incredulous. âAs if! I love that woman. I hope she has those almond cookies, you know, like the ones from last week,â because of course you walked him home last week, too, and Himeko spent thirty minutes making you taste-test every sweet thing she had in her cabinets all while giving Dan Heng an unsettlingly knowing look. He represses a shudder at the memory, and gives you an acknowledging hum.Â
âProbably not,â he tells you, âshe eats them all before I even get a chance.âÂ
âShe wouldnât do that if you told her they were for me! Since Iâm her favorite person, and all.â And Dan Heng can neither confirm nor deny, but his finger twitches when it brushes against your hand as you walk side-by-side, and he thinks you mightâve hit it right on the money, whether youâre Himekoâs favorite person or his.
â°+..・*ďžď˝Ą*ďž+.*.・.â
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reblogging with nothing to add because this. is perfect. this is it.
and if i wrote a modern high school au dan heng fic where i also made it so that himeko was dan heng's mother-figure what would you do? would you ARREST me? woulf you LOCK ME UP
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AUGH GWEN.... DONT FEED MY BRAINWORMS LIKE THIS?!?!
himeko who makes dan heng take ice packs and gauze with him to school after the third time you've shown up at her house bleeding and bruised... himeko who tries (and fails) to hide her surprise when YOU'RE the one helping dan heng review calculus homework and study for his exams... himeko who leaves embarrassing notes in dan heng's lunches about "giving the extras to his curious new friend" (because now she packs double servings of lunch in his embarrassingly cute lunches to ensure that you're getting fed, too)
and reader who tries, very valiantly, to repay all of himeko's nice gestures... baking sweets for himeko even in the heat of the summer, walking over all the way to dan heng's house just to drop them off with a smile (thankfully blood and bruise-free) and not saying no when himeko invites them in for a moment... eventually they just get so close to himeko that sometimes dan heng comes out of his room to find his close-acquaintance (totally not his friend or anything more than that) sitting with his legal guardian (totally not his mom) watching some cheesy show on the tv and looking through dan heng's scarce collection of baby photos...
the rot... it consumes me... i need it...
and if i wrote a modern high school au dan heng fic where i also made it so that himeko was dan heng's mother-figure what would you do? would you ARREST me? woulf you LOCK ME UP
#nora speaks#im weeping.... gwen everything that u added... its influencing me... my mind is expanding#now im sitting in front of a google doc writing in comic sans 12 pt font with a plethora of ideas#my motivation.... it's being thawed in the microwave rn its coming back#THANK YOU FOR ADDING TO THIS OH GODDDD THIS CONCEPT IS SO DEAR TO ME#silly scatterbrained reader who could very easily beat many people in a fight but still gets their ass thrown around#befriending the one quiet kid and his little gaggle of friends and prying their way into his life#despite his very not-charged and not-true protests#âi can't keep cleaning you up after every fightâ he says as he unzips his big custom packed first aid kit that he keeps around 24/7#just in case he finds you stumbling and bleeding#gnaws at my knuckles pulls at my hair scratches lines into the wall HIGH SCHOOL DELINQUENT AU SAVE ME
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hello are any of my followers persona 5 fans... would any of you be interested in persona 5 fics... i'm... thinking...
#nora speaks#zzzz...... contemplating#i havent finished the game yet#i think im halfway through?#and im playing the normal version but ideally i wanna play royal before writing any fics#so it would... take a hot minute for me to get into it#but im contemplating adding it to my request thing#or just... starting to write for it on my own time#i genuinely do not know if i could muster up the energy to write for it#not because im unmotivated but because shuake taints my entire soul and i would be unable to write anything reader-insert releated without-#--inserting shuake somewhere in there#and maybe that would make me insufferable#but theyre too loud and canon and true#also is the fandom dead???#i think im seven years too late
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and delinquent reader(?!?!)... who gets into fights but still makes it their goal to walk dan heng home from school every day and sometimes they are literally dripping blood from getting into an actual fist fight but they still walk up to the front door and go "hi miss himeko i'm returning your son" (verbatim) and then leave and go on their merry way home,,, and himeko is like 50% certain that they're a bad influence and the other 50% thinks of them as the sweetest sweetie pie on the planet because at least they walk her son back home from school?!?!?!
and if i wrote a modern high school au dan heng fic where i also made it so that himeko was dan heng's mother-figure what would you do? would you ARREST me? woulf you LOCK ME UP
#nora speaks#i WILL delete this in an hour once the embarrassment settles in#need honest opinons...is this an embarrassing thing to write#my shame...... my internal shame over writing fanfiction its coming back...... SAVE...........ME....................#me when my concepts are nonsensical/not related to canon at all/in fact so detached from canon it might as well be an original story#oough... i love my rambling time#ok LOGGING OFF. trying to write..#ive been playing persona 5 and its putting a worm in my brain#multiple worms in my brain
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and if i wrote a modern high school au dan heng fic where i also made it so that himeko was dan heng's mother-figure what would you do? would you ARREST me? woulf you LOCK ME UP
#nora speaks#THE VOICEEEESSS THE FUCKING VOICES#i have three other oneshots that are like#all inches away from being finished#but those inches of space are very hard to fill up#like aunt/mom/parental figure/legal guardian himeko who embarrasses her child at any given moment#and u walk dan heng home after school every day and himeko tries to invite u in for dinner eachtime but dan heng is grabbing her wrist#and yanking her back and begging her to stop talking#lest he combust into a pool of flames and set the house on fire#i know in canon dan heng and himekos ages would not make it make sense for them to be parent and child#but just... lsiten to me... let me be creative let me twist canon around#like how corny would it be for me to write this would it be too bad#would ya take pity on my poor limp weak soul...
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little sneak peak,,,,,,continuing vaguely in the same universe as that drabble i wrote abt doing blades hair because i think itâs interesting to explore,,,,developing vague backstory and personality,,,,,,zzzzzzzzz
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himeko saying âwitness the will of the weakâ in the sunday boss fight was the most fire thing i have ever heard in my life
#nora speaks#hsr spoilers#that was so good#i actually had a reaction like a physical reaction i started levitating#THAT WAS SO GOOD OH MY GOD#i keep thinking about it constantly#the minute i heard her say that i had to write it down in my notes app to make sure i never forgot it#wow⌠the will of the weak⌠witness the will of the weak#clutching at my heart and writhing around
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was not going to be part of the sunday hsr fanclub but i keep seeing fanart of him drawn like if a new york pigeon was turned into a human for a day and thats my favorite thing in the world so i'd like to reintroduce myself as his number 10 fan
#nora speaks#not number one#but im up there#in the top ten#i saw art on tiktok but i didnt save it and i dont remember the artists name (gasps for air) but it was like#he had these beady eyes and big stick eyelashes and talked like it was his first day on earth#and i was like wow that's for me that's my type#i like them a little lost a little dazed and only partially human
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Hello there, đ
I am Tamer Aldeeb, a dentist from Gaza.
We have suffered greatly from fear, displacement, and the destruction of our home and my clinic, and everything we literally own...
We want to save ourselves from what seems like an inevitable death.
I hope you can take a look at my campaign on the pinned post on my profile ,and help us by donating or sharing our campaign to reach the largest number of supporters.đšđš
Our campaign is verified by @90-ghost , @ibtisams , @el-shab-hussein , @nabulsi and @fairuzfan đľđ¸đľđ¸đľđ¸
Thanks a lot in advance â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
this is the link to the gofundme
thank you for sharing, i encourage everyone who can donate please do
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today's vetted fundraisers. please please continue to donate and to share as widely as you can. these families need our support more urgently than ever.
june 21st:
14-year-old Malk Al Zaeem, her parents, her three siblings, and her severely injured grandfather ($15,821 CAD/$50,000 CAD) - @malkzaeem, verified by @/nabulsi
Shahed Nahal and family ($5,450/$50,000) - @shahednhall, verified by @/nabulsi
Basel Ayyad and his family of eight, including his sick daughter (CHF283/CHF60,000) - @basel-1995, verified by @/sayruq
Two families with twelve members collectively, eight of them children (âŹ2,756/âŹ80,000) - @jrk85, verified by @/nabulsi
Hamza Al-Absi, his wife, and their two little children (the family lost their oldest child to cancer because of the blockade) (âŹ1,006/âŹ21,000) - @hamzaahmed21, verified by @/90-ghost
Ayman Ayyad and his family of eight, four of them children ($10,762/$35,000) - @aymanayyad81, verified by @/nabulsi
14-year-old Ahmad Waleed and his family ($2,815/$10,000) - @ahmadwaleeed, verified by @/palipunk
The Maliha family of eight (âŹ34,238/âŹ44,000) - @dinamaliha, verified by @/nabulsi
Basma Alghoul, her husband, and their three young children (kr5,683 SEK/kr400,000 SEK) - @basmaalghoul, verified by @/nabulsi
Amjad Almoghrabi, his wife Rasmia, and their little son Ahmed (âŹ10,124/âŹ25,000) - @amjad20011, verified by @/fallahifag
Reham, her husband, and their two young children, one of whom is injured and needs urgent treatment (âŹ4,341/âŹ20,600) - verified by @/90-ghost
Mahmoud Helles's wife (who needs urgent kidney treatment) and their four children (the family has been separated for 7 years)(âŹ16,709/âŹ20,000) - @hillesmahmoud, verified by @/nabulsi
not yet vetted:
Hazem Tannera and his family of ten, including three children (ÂŁ5,067/ÂŁ80,000) - @hazemtannera
Firas Muhaisen's family of six (including three children), plus he and his sister's medical education ($445/$82,000) - @firasmuhaisen, @nisreenameen
Amna Merwan, her husband, and their three young children (âŹ2,236/âŹ30,000)
Khaled Altaban's evacuation and education (ÂŁ10/ÂŁ10,000) - @free-palestine24
Anas Ershi's wife and children, as well as nine other family members ($2,346 AUD/$65,000 AUD) - @anas-aershi
i know link-heavy posts can seem overwhelming, but please try to push past that for the sake of these families. a little time taken on our side can save lives.
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what if the intelligentsia guild was freaky and it was called the intellifreaksia guild and dr veritas ratio was actually dr freakitas ratio
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