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# THANKS FOR THE ASK LAUV
cowboycatss · 3 months
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Hi cowboycatss how do you feel about cowboys and killjoys
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gosh it’s so crazy you ask anon who is totally not dykobra-kid who sketched out an outfit idea for the venom siblings that i then turned into this
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peitalo · 1 month
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First of all, I love your ideas/fanart specifically about King Midas but a question I have is...
Does he have any lore/personality traits or will you make a character sheet soon also it makes sense for him and Illusionist to get together they both give me Eldritch deity vibes
YESSS. Thank you so much!! :} here is a very quick “get to know me” for him as there is a lot that i’ve written:
He has an extensive backstory— younger heir to a throne prone to jealousy and neglect bitter and greedy to his core etc. killed his older brother for the crown…he’s selfish…. mean……values flair and glamour over function, abandoned and destroyed his home (castletown) and had a very ugly flaunt-my-new-power eyesore built instead.
He was cursed by his brother’s blade in that final fight to be bound to the nether (this is a Minecraft oc) and it works very similarly to midas’s touch, though the deeper the curse imbeds itself the more the nether wants to pull him into it— all of the portals in the server are currently overflowing, and he is becoming less and less stable. He leaves scorch marks and fire in his wake, and his hands have burned through all the gloves he’s attempted to wear. He is an awful wretched grief ridden man and the consequences of all of his ugliest emotions are always on display; illusionist is the only “person” (if you can call her that) he trusts, confides in, and… cares… about (yuck)……in some way.
They are both so gross and their love is disgusting god bless. I hope their engagement breaks off (they have a sickening evil bond) (they’re both doomed)
Here is his playlist <3!
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ghostinghome · 1 year
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Hiiii i just found out about your blog today and i love your art sm <333 (dont mind me spam liking and rbing aha)
I wanna request a tiny ryusui and tsukasa together bc they've been rotating in my mind all day!
Hope you have a nice day/night!
WAHHH THANK YOU :333 i dont mind the spam I AM SO GRATEFUL
here are the two silly guys :333 i need to actually draw them someday
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cleverpaws · 5 months
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Currently striking and not assisting school (like half my country's kids) because my government wants to pass a shit law that would basically give so much discrimination between students.
Happy <33
Anyway how's your daaaaay
oh my god???? good luck w that bro i hope it works 🙏 im not in school
WAH i was gonna answer this last night whoops. typing this when its actually The Day now tho so its goin goodddd i hope ur day is too
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bluecubeblues · 8 months
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(ask box is temporarily closed! dont worry, it wont be closed for long ^_^)
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simphic · 2 years
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List 5 facts about a favorite sim of yours, and send this to 10 simblrs whose sims you adore ❤️ [i also adore YOU ! <3]
Ahem thank you my good madame! So let's do Yassah :D
TT Baby, So what more is there to know..
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Yas goes by she/they pronouns and is multilingual, their dad is African so childhood years she was taught to speak in Swahili which is what they mostly use when talking with Afi!
They love outdoors cause they grew up in tents and RVs for their childhood and half of their teen years thanks to eco-friendly mom and dad. Always on the road traveling somewhere helping clean up communities so ofc they was outside ALL DAYS lmao. Honestly had a really good upbringing, she loves her parents!
An animal lover but never grew up with any and now that she's on her own...not a single pet in sight! But is a plant mom... a plant lover.. just her and the plants.
So uhhhh Yas is kinda a nudist..lol? Hence why she's always in some very 'light clothing' Not the typical one though, on an all about body posi, helping others feel confident in their body to the point where they should show it off all the time way! They not overbearing with their practices though and has boundaries! But I mean she does love to look at herself naked..¯\_(ツ)_/¯
And basically CAN NOT SEE without their glasses AND rarely wearing the contacts they suppose to.. but I mean do what ya do
#ANOTHA ONE, Yassah's full name stems from the African origin, Yassah means 'A dance' which is fitting cause they love to dance lols & Orji means 'mighty tree' stemming from her dad's heritage. Which sums up them perfectly from the way they handled Darnell!
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jackleopard · 1 year
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🎧
got to be honest I don’t remember what this song sounds like amakjdjd
send me a 🎧 and i’ll shuffle my music and give u whatever song that comes up!!
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rottingkiss · 2 years
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MUNDAY ASKS
@heartsealed​ said: 🎮- favorite video game(s)?
// at this time, i am hyperfixating on poppy playtime and i need more chapters released like now //
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archnemossis · 2 months
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hello!! do you allow for art of ur ocs? and/or art of oc interactions? i was wondering bcs ur phighting ocs looked sick as hell
oh absolutely!! any art drawn of my characters, and character interactions are fully welcomed! so long as it stays sfw, i am perfectly okay with it! 🫶
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spiderm444rk · 2 months
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LOST IN TRANSLATION - mark lee smau
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you, as the promising journalism student of NCUT, were more than willing to join the school magazine when you got offered. to your disappointment, the only section they let you have is the anonymous confessions one - which is mostly really, really boring. i mean, who even posts any cool confessions nowadays ? especially in a damn college magazine ? they only offered you the job no one else wanted.
on the other hand, mark, a business student, was never more annoyed with the choice of his major. sure, business is cool and hopefully it’ll earn him money, but it’s not something he could really get into. he always wanted to do music. but after long considering, he chose business instead, to make sure he gets a real job in the future. and he doubts that choice was correct more and more every day.
once the school band announces they’re looking for a new guitarist, he’s absolutely ready to apply until he reads the ‘music students only’ part. pissed off, he starts typing a message to the gc, but it ends up going to a different number - and you finally get to help some poor random stranger who confessed with something interesting.
business major! mark x fem journalism major! reader
GENRE — fluff, comedy, humor, slowburn, strangers to friends to lovers, non-idol au, college au
WARNINGS — a little bit of cursing, probably kys/kms jokes, mark is really unlucky and awkward, reader as a journalism student loves gossiping a LOT and she’ll get into everyone’s business to do her job properly, a lot of teasing, includes mlm, features other idols (aespa, enhypen…)
STATUS — ongoing
UPDATES — every monday, wednesday and saturday
TAGLIST — open (reply or send an ask)
PLAYLIST — solo - frank ocean, ivy - frank ocean, highway to heaven - nct 127, pink matter - frank ocean, infrunami - steve lacy, attracted to you - pinkpantheress, leave the door open - bruno mars, only if - steve lacy, i like me better - lauv, 200 - mark, fireflies - nct dream, up to you - prettymuch+nct dream, it’s yours - nct dream
A/N — my first smau ever :) but i’m so excited ! hopefully it goes well 🙏🏻
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profiles 1 || profiles 2
band introduction
Y/N’s magazine account
1) accidental confessions
2) don’t do anything stupid
3) y/n’s hit tweet
4) we are the most mysterious bitches in this cafeteria
5) they know what you did
6) you found me thanks to my private twitter ?
7) two baddies with connections
8) one at a time gentlemen
9) show them who’s the king
10) a little stalking never hurt anyone
11) we aren’t homophobic !
12) surrounded by opps
13) we’re locked in baby
14) she has a hand kink
15) hope they play charli xcx
16) party in the city where the heat is on
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demonpiratehuntress · 9 months
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steal the show
Trafalgar Law x F!Reader
summary - Based on 'Steal the Show' by Lauv. Law has seen many women before, but had never paid any attention to them. you, however, have him staring as soon as you walk into a room or when you do anything basically
warnings - none
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Trafalgar Law is not a man known for being good with women. He is, in fact, not, and has never felt the need or want to be. He's never expressed interest in romance, and didn't even entertain the idea of one-night stands.
Then you came into his life and flipped it upside-down.
The whole crew notices when Law develops a crush on you, because suddenly his cheeks are just slightly more pink than they were a few seconds ago because you had just smiled at him. Suddenly his eyes are only on you when you enter a room, as if magnetically drawn to your figure.
"Captain!" You called cheerily as you slipped into his room without knocking, something he seemingly only allowed you to do.
At once, Law's eyes shot up to greet your figure. He cursed himself silently, annoyed that he would instantly gaze at your beautiful figure gracing him with your presence. You hadn't done anything to your clothes or hair, but you looked absolutely radiant and Law had to try his hardest not to blush when you gave him your sweetest smile yet.
"Happy to see me, captain?" You teased, unknowingly hitting it spot on.
"You called, (Name)-ya," he coughed, trying to keep the lovesickness out of his eyes and voice. He apparently failed, because you smiled more.
"We're approaching an island."
Suddenly, your babbling has become very interesting to Law, even if it isn't anything scientific and is actually completely useless information.
"And then Nami told me Luffy got them stuck on this sky island, and..." As you rambled on and on, Law listened intently, despite the fact that what you were saying meant absolutely nothing to him. "Sorry, captain. I must be boring you."
"And then what happened?" Law asked, tilting his head slightly. He ignored your comment, because you could never bore him.
You were surprised, but smiled again and then launched into an even longer explanation of the Straw Hats exploits in Thriller Bark, as told to you by Robin. But then your smile faltered a little, and Law frowned.
"What's wrong, (Name)-ya?"
You sighed, "Robin's so smart and so pretty. Just your type." You thought you'd murmured the last part, but Law heard it. Before he could question you or say anything, you excused yourself.
And Law wanted to so badly stop you and tell you that you're his type, but he was frozen, unsure what to actually do.
Law can't help it. He's never had a crush on anyone before. He's never been in love before. This is completely new to him, but somehow because it's you, he feels okay with it.
But he's afraid to tell you.
He tried to bring it up in another conversation you had with him a few days after you'd said Robin was his type, but he was interrupted by Bepo coming to get you to finally teach him how to make cookies shaped like him, just like you'd promised. And Law watches you go, pained by the fact that he can't tell you how he feels.
So he asks the bear for help.
And a few days later, he finally gathers up the courage to follow Bepo's plan and invite you to a private dinner in his room, set up and arranged by Shachi, Penguin and Bepo because Law himself had no idea what to do.
And when you walked in wearing the prettiest yellow sundress, braving the cold of the submarine just to look nice for him, Law ends up staring at you for so long that you get nervous and think he thinks you look weird. Or that he's going to reprimand you for not wearing your boiler suit. But he says something you never ever expected.
"You always manage to steal the show, (Name)-ya," he blushed as he said it, looking a tiny bit flustered, as if he couldn't believe he said it.
"Thank you, captain," you smiled at him, a blush of your own dusting your cheeks. Butterflies bloomed in your stomach, but despite your nervousness you were so incredibly happy that this was happening.
Law was thinking about what to say as you both ate. You looked so cute when you got food on your face and quickly apologised, flustered, making it hard for him to concentrate. Again, he couldn't help but stare and his heart beat wildly in his chest just looking at you.
"I want you to be mine, (Name)-ya," he finally spoke, slowly. Then his eyes widened, "Not because I think I own you-"
"It's okay, Law," you giggled, "I know what you mean. And I've always been yours."
He relaxed and smiled at that, before leaning over to kiss you sweetly. It was unlike anything you'd ever felt, and you immediately wanted more. You kissed him deeper, longer, dreading the minute you'd have to let his warm, soft lips go. It came all too soon, but he cupped your cheek in one of his hands and affectionately brushed his thumb over your warm, red cheek with a soft smile.
"Good, because I've always been yours too."
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nolita-fairytale · 1 year
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comfort & chaos | carmy berzatto x fem!reader | chapter three: heat waves
summary: after a bad date, you find yourself on carmy's doorstep. (the five times carmen berzatto fell in love with you a little and the one time he finally told you)
warnings: so much pining you may be entitled to compensation after reading this, swearing, no use of y/n, she/her pronouns, drinking & smoking, suggestive language, mentions of covid-19, eventual smut.
word count: 3.5k
listen to: i like me better - lauv | ceilings - lizzy mcalpine | heat waves - glass animals (i'm sorry but this song invented sexual tension. full stop.) better than i know myself - del water gap
read: chapter two
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“sometimes all I think about is you, late nights in the middle of june…” (heat waves – glass animals)
*
June 2021
You: Hey, I’m in your neighborhood. You around?
Carmy: Yeah, what’s up?
You: Want some company?
Carmy: 👍
You: Heading your way.
Carmy: It started raining. Be careful.
You: I noticed. Thanks, dad. 
Carmy: 🙄
You’re not ready to go home yet as you head towards Carmy’s apartment. You’re not sure why you thought it was a good idea to download a dating app the other week… and you’re trying your best not to read into the fact that your first thought was to reach out to Carmy. Hesitant to tell him, you figure you’ll just surprise him by showing up like this – all dressed up. 
It’s not like he’s your boyfriend. He probably won’t even notice, you think to yourself. 
You hope he just doesn’t say anything – so that you don’t have to tell him you were on a date – but as soon as the torrential downpour starts, there’s no way he won’t say anything. You're only a block and a half away, so you decide to power through, storm be damned. 
“Woah,” he says, as soon as he opens the door.
“‘Looks like you got caught in the rain’ woah, or…like a ‘you look overdressed’ kinda woah?” you ask back, your hair beginning to drip on the carpet. 
“Both?” he offers up, trying his best to make it seem like he’s not checking you out. “You’re uh… fancy.”
“Yeah…” you trail off, not sure how much you’re going to reveal. It’s just not something you’ve really talked about yet and you’re ambivalent about how he may react. Hell, you’re ambivalent about how you feel about it too. 
But Carmy hasn’t invited you in yet either, blocking your pathway as he tries not to make it blatantly obvious that he’s gawking at you. “I uh… sort of had a date.”
“Oh,” he mutters, before stepping aside to invite you in. 
He takes a beat, watching you carefully as you enter his apartment. 
“How’d it go?” he asks, hesitantly.
“Uh… not great,” you admit, with a shrug. “But I’m not sure what I expected either. Can I borrow some clothes?”
“Oh! Yeah sure,” he nods, hurrying into his bedroom. 
Carmy mentally scolds himself for even asking. Would you really be here on his doorstep if it had gone well? He knows the answer, but what feels unfamiliar is the tight feeling that’s lodged itself in his chest. 
He wonders when you started dating. It’s not like you’d said anything about it to him. It’s not like you owed it to him to say anything either. Were you on those apps he couldn’t seem to wrap his head around? Or maybe one of those investment banker fuckos that had come into the restaurant a few weeks ago. He’d been this close to burning the whole place down when he noticed one of them practically undressing you with their eyes as you’d walked by from your visit with another table.
Carmy returns to you with a pair of sweatpants and one of his pristine white t-shirts, his eyes fixed on you as you remove your shoes. The kitchen overhead is the only light that’s on, leaving most of the apartment lit only by the TV. You can see a few cigarette butts that have been aimlessly thrown across the ashtray he keeps on his coffee table, and you know he’s been smoking tonight. 
“Pasta Grannies?” is all you ask, gesturing towards the TV. 
“Yeah,” he nods. It’s as if he’s just remembered that he’s holding a dry pair of clothes for you, a look of panic plastered on his face. “Shit. I forgot. Here.”
“Thanks, Carm,” you say, taking them and disappearing into the bathroom for a quick change. 
You examine your reflection in the mirror as you wring the excess water from your hair right into the sink. You take your time, tying your hair into a bun over the top of your head, immediately feeling at ease now that you’re here with him. While most of your makeup is gone, swept away by the rain, you feel much more like yourself in a pair of Carmy’s sweatpants that you ever felt in a fancy dress on that date. You hang your very wet dress over the shower curtain rod in Carmy’s bathroom to dry, before opening the door to rejoin him in the living room. 
Carmy’s returned to the couch, his feet kicked up on the outside of the couch as he stretches out across it. 
“Much better,” you comment, making your way towards him. 
You settle into the couch with Carmy, curled up apart on opposite sides of the couch. It’s a comfortable pattern you’ve fallen into: hanging out, watching movies till 3 am while he smokes a few cigarettes to unwind from the day. You like this rhythm. And you like that it’s with him. 
As another episode of Pasta Grannies begins, Carmy’s mind continues to race. He’s wracking his brain for any excuse to bring it up again – this whole, you dating thing. 
He searches your face for any kind of in. He’s not sure what he’s looking for: a furrowed brow, a sigh of frustration, a look of dissatisfaction? Something he can ask about so that you’ll tell him more about your night. But as he examines you closely, trying his best to get a read on you, iit seems as if you’ve forgotten all about it, comfortably curled up on his shitty $50 dollar couch that he’d found at Goodwill. 
“So… what was so bad about this date?” he finally manages to get out, surprising you. 
You shrug, carelessly, “Men suck.”
Your answer makes him chuckle as he agrees with a, “Yeah, we do.”
You’re honestly surprised that he’s asking. You and Carmy had never really talked about dating – save for a few stories about your exes here and there. You got the impression that Carmy hadn’t dated a lot at all, nor did he seem all that interested in dating. At least that’s what you’ve figured, considering you spend all of your time together and he’s not once tried to make a move. 
“Uh…” you start, figuring you’ll elaborate since he’s taken such an interest. “Just… not great conversationalist. The guy spent half the night trying to convince me that cryptocurrency was worth investing in and uh… I don’t know. Just wasn’t there for me, I guess.”
“What?”
“You know… that spark, I guess.”
And he does. He feels it every single time you look at him with your ‘you’re totally pissing me off and I hate how endearing it is’ look. He feels it on the rare occasion that he makes you laugh. Every time he makes you a new dish he’s working on and you tell him how annoying it is that he’s this damn good.
“Yeah, no I uh-. Sounds like it’d be important,” he offers up, suddenly feeling out of his league. It’s not like he can commiserate or agree with you from experience. 
“You uh… wanna watch something else?” you ask him, quickly changing the subject. 
“Sure, yeah,” he replies, tossing you the remote. 
“Thank you,” you smile at him as you take it. 
You begin scrolling through his smart TV’s apps, searching for a movie to put on in the background. The sounds of the rain falling harder and harder against his apartment windows fill his ears since nothing is playing in the background just yet. He doesn’t remember hearing about a storm, but it must’ve come on unexpectedly. 
Carmy watches you as you explore your options, and he feels like his heart is going to explode out of his chest at the thought of some asshat sitting here on this couch with you – someone that’s not him. He swallows, suddenly aware that he’s clenching his fist. He relaxes it, beginning to fidget with a spare key chain that lays on the coffee table. 
“You end up calling your brother?” you question, in reference to the last conversation you’d had about his Mikey. 
You’d encouraged him to call, even though it seemed like Michael had been in touch lately. 
“Yeah,” he sighs, disappointedly. “Didn’t pick up.”
“Sorry,” you sympathize, giving him an apologetic smile. 
You decide on the first John Wick film when you learn that Carmy’s never seen it. You insist that it’s a classic and he tells you something along the lines of ‘that’s something my cousin would say.’ As the movie rolls on, you stretch your legs out, curling them in towards the back of the couch, while Carmy relaxes, taking up the space of the couch on the outside of you. 
“I can’t believe you like this!” Carmy exclaims, gesturing towards the graphic depiction of violence on the TV. You watch Michael Nyqvist’s character shoot Willem Dafoe’s character multiple times, completely unphased, as he searches your face for any kind of emotional reaction. 
“What?! Being a woman in a male dominated industry… I’ve found that watching action movies brings a sort of… catharsis to me,” you defend yourself playfully. 
“So what you’re saying is… I’m sitting across from a psychopath?” he jokes, crossing his arms over his chest. “That’s great.”
“Yeah,” you reply, matter of factly. 
Carmy laughs dryly, his eyes flickering back to you. Your face, lit only by the dim cool hues of the television screen, seems more beautiful than ever. He wonders where the hell that thought came from, brushing it off like it’s nothing. Taking a more teasing tone, he lifts his head to ask:
“And how many times have you fantasized about doing that to me?” 
You smirk, shaking your head as you reply, “You don’t want to know.”
He rolls his eyes playfully, letting out the smallest chuckle, before settling back into his spot on the couch. You laugh once again, enjoying this way more than your fancy dinner date. 
You’re not sure how you’ve both managed to fall asleep in the midst of an action movie, but when you finally come to, you’re halfway through the second John Wick film and Carmy’s fast asleep. Your phone’s managed to fall on the floor, and you have to lean over Carmy’s legs to grab it.
“Shit what time is it?” he stirs, peeking an eye open as you lean over his feet, reaching for your phone. He finds the TV remote right next to him, hitting the pause button. 
“Uh… 2 am,” you answer, sleepily, beginning to sit up. “I should probably go.”
“No, I’m not gonna make you uh-… you wanna take the bed?” he asks, mirroring your body language and sitting up with you too.
“Oh! No, it’s okay. I’m comfy right here,” you reply, returning to your spot on the couch.
“You sure?” he asks. 
“Yeah,” you reassure him. 
“Okay uh…” he says, making his way up to his feet. “... let me get you a pillow and a blanket.”
“Thanks.”
It’s not that you wouldn’t take the bed, but you’d hate to kick him out of his own bed. And truthfully? You can’t stand the fact that he doesn’t even have a bed frame. 
That’s right.
The man sleeps on a mattress on the floor. 
As Carmy returns to you, pillow and thick comforter in hand, the only sounds that fill the room are the storm outside. You watch as he gently places the pillow down on the couch for you, and you thank him as you take the comforter, laying it across the couch. 
The sounds of a low rumble of thunder fill your ears and you can feel the way the sound reverberates off of Carmy’s apartment.
“You sure you don’t want to take the bed?” Carmy asks you, running a tattooed hand through his messy curls. 
“I’m sure,” you reply confidently. 
“Okay,” he resigns himself. “Need anything else?”
Just you. 
“No, Goodnight, Carmy,” you say, with a soft smile on your face. 
“Goodnight,” he replies, with the slightest wave. 
Carmy leaves you for his bedroom, closing the door behind him. You slide underneath the thick comforter he’s given you, closing your eyes in an attempt to lure yourself back into another slumber. 
But it’s not so easy to fall asleep this time. 
It’s funny… thinking about Carmy being in the next room. It’s not like you hadn’t fallen asleep together on the couch before. In fact, you’d napped on the couch with each other multiple times. And nothing had ever happened. You’d just slept. You wonder if you should’ve taken the bed. Should’ve told him to grow up and that you were both adults who could sleep in the same bed together without things getting weird. Unless… 
All of a sudden, your mind is invaded with flashes of a fantasy: your fingers tangled in his perfect curls, his lips on yours, the way his body would feel on top of yours as you writhe underneath him… 
Holy fuck. What are you thinking?! You and Carmy are just friends. Carmy doesn’t feel that way about you and you don’t feel that way about him, you think to yourself, snapping yourself out of the vision.
You go over the facts in your head, in an attempt to calm yourself down. You’ve been here before. He’s never made a move on you. You’ve never made a move on him.
You’re just friends. 
Maybe you just need a cold glass of water… or a cold shower… 
As you sit up to get a glass of water, you let out the smallest gasp as Carmy’s bedroom door swings open. He stands there, staring at you with unwavering eye contact – one of those long languid looks that used to think meant he hated you. 
For a moment, then tension is thick. You hear another crack of thunder that shakes the floor as a bright flash of lightning from outside electrifies every molecule inside of his apartment. If anything were to happen between the two of you, it had to be now, right?
“Water,” is all he says. 
“What?” you ask, trying your best to hide your surprise that that’s all he said. 
“I-, I forgot water,” he stammers out, beelining for the kitchen. “Do you want some?”
“Yeah, thanks,” you reply as you rise to your feet.
You follow him into the kitchen area, maintaining your distance as you watch him fill up two glasses of water. You’re not sure what’s come over you tonight, but there’s something different inside of you. As he hands you the glass of water he’s filled for you, you could swear he gives you the most wistful look you’ve ever seen, making it impossible not to get lost in how blue his eyes are. 
“You okay?” he asks you when you don’t take the glass of water.  
Calm down, you think to yourself. 
“Yeah, sorry. Just tired,” you whisper, finally taking the glass from him. 
And just when you think this is all in your head and that Carmy’s going to return to his bedroom with a second thought about it, he doesn’t. He just stands there in the middle of the kitchen with you. He doesn’t take a sip of his water. He stays, his eyes fixed on you as the storm outside rages on, another crack of thunder ricocheting through the apartment.
It’s much louder this time – the loud booms and cracks of thunder alternating with brilliant flashes of lightning. 
Carmy opens his mouth to say something as the room is temporarily lit by another flash, but he can’t figure out what to say either. It’s just the two of you, holding glasses of water in your hands, trying your fucking best not to drop them as you stare at each other. He doesn’t know what he’d even say to you:
You’re irresistible when you wear my clothes. 
I’m holding onto this glass of water so tightly it may shatter. 
I think I might love you.
But he doesn’t say anything.
Doesn’t do anything. 
He doesn’t take a step towards you and you don’t either. 
You hope he can’t hear the shaking in your voice as you say, “Goodnight, Carmy. And uh, thanks. For the water.”
“Yeah,” he whispers, your words snapping him out of his head. 
“Goodnight.”
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As you wake the next morning, you can’t figure out what the hell had gotten into you last night. You almost crossed the line with him – with Carmy, with your best friend – threatening everything you’ve built together. You’re relieved that you didn’t, that neither of you said anything, because the idea of this ending scares the hell out of you. 
“How’d you sleep?” Carmy asks as he comes out of his bedroom, his curls unruly and all kinds of wild.
In the light of day, you know it would’ve been a stupid idea – what could’ve happened seeming more and more preposterous the longer you think about it. 
“Not great, but I’ve had worse,” you answer honestly. 
“Should’ve taken the bed,” he points out, an ‘I told you so’ on the tip of his tongue. 
“Carmy,” you sigh, unwillingly. 
“Hm?” 
“Nothing,” you mutter with a shake of your head. 
“No, what’s up?” he asks you, taking a few steps toward you. He’s not tall, but he towers over you as you remain seated on his couch. You rise to your feet so that you have a little ground to stand on as you muster up the courage to finally tell him. 
“You need to get a bed frame. You’re a grown ass adult,” you demand, eliciting another dry laugh from him. You take a step towards him, closing some of the distance between the two of you. “And when that happens… I’ll take the bed.”
He shakes his head. He knows you’re right, and he can’t believe it’s taken this long for you to tell him. 
“Heard, chef.”
It’s another few weeks before you let yourself go over to Carmy’s – partially because you like hanging out your place with him more, and partially because you’re terrified that whatever juju put those thoughts in your head that night may take you over again. But it doesn’t, and you’re more than pleasantly surprised to see that he’s purchased a bed frame. It’s nothing fancy – just bed slats and risers – but it’s a bed frame nonetheless. 
“You ready?” Carmy asks you, as he’s just finished putting his shoes on. 
“Yeah,” you reply, slipping off your jacket. 
“There’s usually a ton of a/c in the shop. You might get cold?” he suggests. 
The sight of your bare shoulders in the tank top you’re wearing causes his brain to short circuit for a second. 
“Oh I know, but I like yours more,” you reply, reaching for one of his denim jackets that hangs on the coat hook. 
He smiles, watching you slip into the jacket.
His jacket.
The one he let you borrow you the night he got promoted to CDC.
“Now I’m ready. What’re you gonna get by the way?” you ask curiously, in reference to the tattoo appointment you’re accompanying him to. 
“Uh… was thinking like… a hand with a chef’s knife going through it. You know. On my hand,” he shares with you. 
“You’re so weird,” you blurt out, even though you find it the most endearing.
He is. And yet, you’ve stuck around so far. 
“Yeah, I am,” he chuckles to himself. 
*
“He literally bought a bed for you!” Liz exclaims enthusiastically, one night after work. 
“For himself,” you correct her in hushed tones, asking her to lower her voice. 
“Uh no… for you. Because you told him to. And because he wants to get you in it… naked,” she replies. She lets out a frustrated groan before turning to you. “You know what me and Maya call you?”
“What?” you ask, bracing for whatever nickname she’s about to share with you. 
“The Queen of Denial,” she says. 
“What!?” you exclaim this time, defensively. 
Liz chooses to ignore your response, knowing that your defensiveness comes from the fact that you know she’s right. 
“Why are you going out on these dates with guys you don’t even like when Carmy is right there?” she asks you, pointing out the obvious. 
“I-, I don’t know. I don’t get the sense that he’s interested in dating… anyone,” you admit, your voice softer this time. 
“Well, have you asked him?” she states, as if she already knows the answer. 
“We talked about it once,” you hesitate. 
“Bullshit! The conversation about what Nate said doesn’t count!” she pushes you. 
You sigh. There’s so much fear for you here: fear of losing him as your friend, fear of making yourself look like a fool, fear of letting Carmy love you. 
Because it just feels safer not to acknowledge any of these things.
“I don’t know,” you admit, quietly. “After my last relationship I just… I don’t know if I'm ready, I guess. And then pandemic happened and it was a much welcomed break from dating. I didn’t expect… I didn’t think Carmy and I would get this close. I don’t want to fuck up what we have right now, you know? Dating other people feels like… lower stakes.”
Liz takes a moment to let you hear what you’ve just said, but with an unwavering determination, she’s not letting you off the hook. 
“Sweetie, I love you. And I know you don’t want to get hurt again. But one of these days you are going to have to own up to what’s really going on between the two of you. Sooner rather than later. For all of our sakes,” she pleads.
She’s right. 
You know she’s right. 
But you’d also like getting to pretend, even for a little while. 
Because pretending is easy… uncomplicated… and right now, it seems to work for both you and Carmy. 
Fuck, you were fucked.
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astralnymphh · 11 months
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when ellie’s mad she crosses her arms over her chest, slumps in her seat, looks away from you dramatically when u try and talk to her while going “hmpf” like a fucking child
shes mad cos you didn’t wanna hear about her dinosaur facts btw
omgg, so true. this is kinda giving ellie on her period too or sumn. you'd prbly be like slightly busy at first to even tune into her rambles about dinosaurs, so ellie, being the attention chaser that she is, kneading your arm and skimming her needy mitts over your shoulder, trying to probe your attention, fails and receives a "not now, babe." which has her pouting and spooling around stiffly to trudge her merry way to the couch. plops down, slumps, and crosses her arms as you described and just bonds her eyes to the TV (not even watching), sulky and petulant.
"els, can you get the mail?"
"hmphh."
"ellie?"
"..."
"ellie idon'tknowyourmiddlename williams!"
not even her FULL LEGAL NAME prys her bottom off that old ass couch. not a glance. not a peep. you end up having to step on over there and stand there with your arms crossed, too, like an antsy mother.
"what's the matter babe?"
still won't break the silence treatment and just flinches a bit, flaring her nostrils and trawls a frown. doesn't bat an eye when your weight puffs up the couch slightly.
this girl. thissss girl. needs like, kisses, fucking kisses, to snap the silence and talk to you again. cause hey that might be even better than dinosaur facts?? kisses?? sign her up.
then it finally dawns on you. she's upset for the most immature reason. but..
mwah
a warm smooch smothered to her cheek. and she turns, frown legit turning upside down, like biggest smile ever. talking her usual nasal lines and dimples and those fattened cheeks rosier than a cherub and just yanks you in for a proper kiss.
then she pulls away to slide a dinosaur fact out.
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i lauv her sm thanks for this ask i love silly little asks 💗 (not my image, from themodofus on insta/pinterest)
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rubyreduji · 1 year
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HI JJ!!!!!!!!!!!! HAPPY 3K!!!!!! im sorry it took so long to send an ask <\3 BUT I WAS WONDERING 💭 if i could req a short bff!vernon fluff drabble? where he’s kinda nervous about confessing or something silly like that 😅 it literally can be a short 200 word scene, idc!!! I LAUV U SAUR MUCH AND U DESERVE EVERYTHING GOOD!! im so proud of u, ur so wonderful <33333
— sleepover event now over!! 🧸️
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summary: vernon knows you two will be best friends no matter what, so why is it so hard to tell you he likes you?
tags: fluff, best friend!au, gn reader wc: 1.4k an: hi star sar thank you for the request this is so cute :((( (also a great break from smut adjskla) ily. side note why is this man so hard to find photos for
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Vernon doesn’t think he’s ever sweat this much in his life.
His whole body is hot as his heartbeat quickens in his chest, the rumbling of the organ banging against his ribcage deafening in his ears. His hands shake as he glances at you across the table.
You look cute today, but then again you look cute everyday. You did your hair up for today and even slid some rings on your fingers before leaving your house. You look over and notice Vernon staring so you shoot him a smile. It takes Vernon a second too long to process this and smile back.
Shit, he has got to calm down. If nothing else but to stop sweating, because it is not an attractive look on him.
“Nonie,” you say, startling him slightly. “You’ve barely touched your ice cream.” You nod at the cup of chocolate ice cream melting in front of him, only a few bites taken out of it. You on the other hand have half of your cone gone.
“Oh,” Vernon mutters, staring down at the bowl as well. “Sorry.”
“Why are you apologizing? You’re the one who paid.” You take another lick of your cone. “What’s wrong? You’ve been off since I picked you up.”
“Nothing’s wrong,” Vernon lies, his voice cracking a bit in the middle. You narrow your eyes at him before flicking your eyes to his ears.
“You’re lying,” you say matter of factly. “Your ears only get red when you’re lying. Or when you’re nervous.”
Vernon doesn’t want to tell you he’s both nervous and lying, so he instead lies even more. “You’re right, sorry. I think my stomach is just upsetting me a bit. I ate something weird for lunch.” It’s really only half a lie, because his stomach is in complete knots right now, you just don’t need to know why.
Well, you do. That’s the whole point of this outing. But Vernon can’t tell you just yet, not like this.
“Oh no,” you frown at Vernon, deeming him to be sincere enough. “Do you want me to take you home?”
“No!” Vernon shouts, causing a few glares to be shot his way from the other ice cream parlor tenants. You also stare at him curiously. “Sorry I just, no, I’ll be okay. I want to spend time with you.”
You laugh easily, the light sound gliding through the air and forcing Vernon’s heart to clench. “We see each other every day.”
“That’s different,” Vernon says, ducking his head. “This is just us, without any obligations or other people to bother us.”
In Vernon’s opinion you’re too popular, too many people vying for your attention, him included. That’s why he does his best to spend time with you like this, doing whatever you want to do, because all that matters to Vernon is being able to be with you, your full attention on him.
“I do agree it’s nice when it’s just us,” you say, smiling at your best friend. “How about this? I’ll finish my ice cream and then we can go walk around the shops, yeah?”
“Yeah,” Vernon says.
It doesn’t take long for you to finish your ice cream, and even though Vernon is anti-food waste, his stomach absolutely would not be able to keep the sugary confection down even if he tried. As soon as you step out of the ice cream parlor your hand finds Vernon’s, grasping at him to tug him along with you.
Though the act of holding hands isn’t new to you two, the feel of your warm hand against his still makes Vernon’s mouth go dry. He can’t focus on what you’re saying to him, too busy trying to figure out if you can feel how clammy his hand is.
Even if you can feel it, you don’t mention it, pulling Vernon along as you ramble on about life and things you see in the shop windows and how the weather is just perfect today for being outside. The whole time Vernon makes small comments, letting you know he’s listening. Every so often he steals glances at you, watching as your face lights up as you talk about whatever topic comes to your mind. The sun glows against your skin, like it was made to shine for you, but maybe Vernon’s just a bit biased.
Vernon isn’t sure when he fell in love with you, but isn’t that how it always is?
You two have been best friends for years now, after an unassigned assigned seat stealing incident in the 10th grade. It wasn’t instantaneous, you two shared some mutual friends and would hang out casually after class, and then before Vernon knew it you two were together nearly every day of the week. You two would go shopping on weekends or go to each other’s houses to study on school nights. You two unknowingly integrated so seamlessly into each other’s lives to the point where his mother calls you “hun” and your father calls him “son”. 
Going off to college didn’t change that, and now you two are living in the same city once again, pursuing your dreams together. And somewhere in all of that Vernon just…happened to fall in love with you. Somewhere between late night grocery trips and early morning sunrise watching and crying through final exams and cuddling during movie nights and taking pottery classes because you think it’ll be fun and yeah, Vernon really should have seen this coming.
He knows it’s cliche, but he isn’t that upset about it, because now he gets to be in love with you, his favorite person in the world. The only issue now is telling you that. The thing that’s been bothering him the whole day.
In reality, even if you don’t reciprocate him back, it’s not going to change anything. Vernon knows you two will stay best friends and will continue to hold hands while walking through stores and eat burgers together at two am, but maybe that’s what scares Vernon the most. The idea that you won’t like him back and he will never be able to get over you because how could he when you let him lay his head on your lap while late night talking or when you invite him over to dinner just to make sure he’s actually eating something that’s not chewy noodles and burnt toast.
He can’t not tell you though, because what if you do like him back, and it’s perfect and amazing and Vernon gets his happily ever after. So he has to tell you.
You’re looking at something in a window of an antique shop when Vernon starts to feel that suffocating feeling again, the sun suddenly becoming a bit too hot as his heart starts to race in his chest. He wants to spend everyday with you like this. He wants to call you his and you to call him yours.
“Vernon?” You’re his best friend. “Are you okay?” What if something bad happens? “Hey!” What if something good happens?
“I LIKE YOU!” Vernon shouts, the words spilling from his lips like he physically can’t keep them in anymore. His breathing stills as he stares at you, the only sound he hears being the hammering of his heart trying to escape his chest.
You start to giggle, your face lighting up in glee as you smack his shoulder. “You’re a dumbass, you know that? That’s what’s been stressing you out all day?” Vernon can only nod slightly. “I like you too, stupid. I thought you knew that.”
Like a weight being lifted off Vernon’s chest, he can finally breathe again. “How was I supposed to know that?!”
“You’re my best friend, I thought we knew everything about each other. I certainly knew you liked me.”
“Then why didn’t you say anything?” Vernon whines. 
“Why didn’t you?” You shoot back.
“I just did!” Vernon counters and you start to giggle once more. You tug at Vernon’s hand, pulling him closer to you to lean forward and press a kiss to his cheek. Vernon feels his face heat up.
“And I’m glad you did.”
“But that means you have to plan the first date,” Vernon tells you. You gasp.
“That is not what that means! You confessed first, so you plan the date.”
“Like you don’t have a million date ideas already planned out,” Vernon retorts and you huff.
“Fine, I’ll plan the first date, but I better now hear any complaints.”
Vernon just grins and wraps his arms around you. “If it’s you? There’s nothing in the world I could complain about.”
It’s your turn to become flustered, sputtering out a “whatever.”
Vernon laughs and presses a kiss to your head. Of course he had nothing to worry about, after all, it’s you.
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nyubiecore · 9 months
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Paris In The Rain ☆ kim sunwoo
a the boyz sunwoo oneshot
" walking down an empty street puddles underneath our feet "
kim sunwoo x fem reader
genre : fake relationship , frenemies to lovers , fluff , kiss
in which the fake relationship you both agreed upon started to feel too real to be fake in Paris , the City of Love
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a beep noise came from your phone , notifying you of a new message
you reached for your phone beside you as you pressed the on button , now displaying a selfie of you and sunwoo that you guys took before taking off
you checked the message from sunwoo :
" wyd "
" taking a shit "
" why'd you even bring your phone w/ you to the toilet "
" jk " " just chilling at the balcony " " why? " seen by sunwoo
you only roll your eyes and enjoyed the view of Paris in the rain. you've heard from your mom that Paris looks the most beautiful when it rains . you smile to yourself as you take some pictures of the Eiffel Tower from your hotel room to show to your mom
your class had arranged a week trip to Paris in the holidays , you got to share rooms with your best friend , Yoora for the week
at first , you didn't want to go since it costs a hefty amount of money but since you figured it would be one of the last memories in high school so why not , since your apparent fake boyfriend offered to pay half of it that you thanked him for the thought but still pay all of them off yourself - with some help from your parents of course
" why why? is it sunwoo? " Yoora asked from inside the room where she sat on the bed
you looked over your shoulder , " yeah , but he put me on read " you said in your most annoyed tone
she smiled " this is good times , you should go on a date with him tomorrow since we're free anyways "
" i won't bother " you replied
she let out a huff in defeat " hey you guys are couples in love , we are in the city of love , do you see my point right here? "
you stopped on your track then moved to join her inside " does it look like that? do you really think he's in love with me? "
" are you a fucking fool? everyone could see that you moron "
" what do you mean? "
" ask any of our classmates who've never seen him staring at you hopelessly , and that one time you almost fainted in class that he escorted you to the nurse's office even if he knows he needs to pass that class " Yoora said half defeated " don't keep denying it Y/N , cut yourself some slack will you? just because of that jerk you saw last summer and it didn't work out make you think it'll never work out , okay? " she continues comforting your overthinking self
you were silenced
since you guys started this agreement just because of some petty ex-boyfriend of yours who's currently a psychopath that would chase you all the way down the worm's hole to get back with you
and his possessive fangirls who'd never shut up and chase him everywhere , there's not one person in your class that has found out about this agreement and only compliments about how cute you guys are
at some point , you yourself were confused about this. is it really fake? since the last 3 month you guys became the school's hottest ship , it would be a lie to say that you've never had a thought to actually put hope in this relationship and never fluttered upon his actions
like that one time you didn't answer his text because you were crying over the miserable life you were put in and he searched for you all over town until he found you , finally hiding at the playground all by yourself
but all of those thoughts didn't last long as you kept hearing voices about how he is bad news , that he's a big red flag and that one time he cheated on 3 girls at the same time
some oil were also poured into the flame by his fans who couldn't sit back and watch you guys happy and always , searched for any possible chances to judge you , trample you and gaslight you that sometimes you even felt so small that you were scared to even face them at some point
you snapped out of your thoughts when you felt your arms getting swayed by Yoora
" girl? Y/N? gosh stop with the daydreaming , the doorbell rang , go check it out will you? " she said
you blinked your eyes , coming back to your senses as you rush to the door
you pushed down the door knob , opening the door revealing sunwoo , in his comfortable hoodie over his head and a hot pink colored umbrella on his right hand
" wanna go for a night walk , princess? " he said in an attempt to charm you
sunwoo always likes to give you pet names but since last time you guys watched a classic movie about the royal family , he started to call you princess and couldn't stop talking about it
your heart fluttered a bit but you couldn't possibly show him that " in this weather? " you ask ridiculed
his brow hanged higher than the other as he showed off the umbrella on his hand
" in this? " you continued as you looked at yourself in a graphic pajama set
his lips corner curled up , " if you'd like to , i won't mind but i could wait here if you mind the cute fit " he chuckled to himself
you gave him an eye as you asked him to wait while you go put on a proper clothes for the ocassion as Yoora give you the eyes
by a few minutes , you came back out in a white sleeved crop top and black loose jeans
sunwoo stood on his feet as he checks you out
you roll your eyes " keep your eyes to yourself would you? "
he smirked " sorry to offend you princess "
you guys walked to the lobby and sunwoo leads you along the revolving door until you guys came outside the hotel , taking in the scent of the rain and the sound of Paris's bustling streets
walking on the sidewalks of the road , sunwoo opened the umbrella that mostly covered you
" what's with this hot pink umbrella? " you laugh
" shut up " he said as he roll his eyes
" hehe"
you wanted to say something about how his other hoodie side that were exposed to the rain were clearly wet but you knew he wouldn't bother.
while walking , you came over a wine shop
you look at sunwoo who were already looking at you as you smile cheekily
" can you read my mind? " you asked as you nudged sunwoo's side
" I can't read minds but I can see what's in front of us " he replied
you nudged harder to his side as you rushed to cross the streets
after a successful attempt of buying the cheapest wine , you guys were seated at one of the bench near the Eiffel Tower
you drank straight from the wine bottle and swallowed the berry flavor.
the rain had stopped raining by this time
sunwoo just looks at you
you took in the view of the big Eiffel Tower in front of you. far from what you expected , you couldn't actually hold your liquor as much as you thought you could.
you grunts as you leaned into the bench
" I'm so glad that I'm here now , right? " you turned your head towards sunwoo who were quietly looking at you
he smiled to himself as he nods softly " me too "
maybe it was the air , maybe it was the wine - it should be the wine - but you felt like you were free off pressures and your right mind because …
you smiled cheekily " did you know? that none of our classmates suspected our relationship? " you chuckled " I mean , it's such a sudden thing but how could they be so gullible , right? " you said as you chuckle
sunwoo stayed quiet - furious? - as he reached for the bottle of wine and took a sip of it
you watch him as he put the bottle down " oh? did we kiss just now? ommo ommo " you said as you laugh drunkenly
he only kept quiet as he avoids eye contact with you
" hey , I'm sad that you act so relaxed over my first kiss " you say making a sad expression
" princess , that's not a real kiss okay? it's just an indirect kiss " he said earning a nudge to his side
you look up at the Eiffel Tower , " did you know? I heard from that if you go to watch the Eiffel Tower in the rain with your lover , your love will last for a long long time " you said drunkenly
" who says that? " sunwoo asked
" me! " you said as you pointed to yourself and chuckle
" then, we're going to be lovers aren't we? "
" ey , how can the kim sunwoo of Daeryeon High date a nobody like me. you won't know how much it takes to date you even if it's fake " you let out a huff
" why is it hard? "
" your lover would have to see your table full of gifts from girls prettier than her everyday , don't even mention the judging eyes she'll get from your die hard fans too , oww even talking about it sends me shivers to the bone " you say hugging yourself on the bench
he stopped on his track. it's not like he never knew how bad girls who've had relationship with him got bashed. it's just , since you he started to feel eager to keep the relationship though he knows you're having a hard time , ofc he tries to protect you at all cost tho
" so you won't do the role? " he laughs
" do you want me to? " you jokingly say as you make eye contact with his sweet eyes
the sudden eye contact only triggered sunwoo and you didn't really mind it since you were drunk and everything
he looked away , his cheeks slightly tinted with pink blush " what if I say I want , then what will you do then? "
you stopped , " hek " you got hiccups. you embarrassingly cover your mouth and looked forward
he smiled looking at you " we should go now " he stands up as he wrapped his arms on your side holding you steady while you hold the wine bottle on your hand
maybe because of the late hours or the choice of way , the streets seems a bit more quiet not in a spooky way , just comfortable? or maybe it was because of your company? you didn't know anymore as the alcohol takes control of your brain
along the road , you saw a flower shop that were still open and many bouquet and varieties of flowers from the glass
" pretty tulips " you said drunkenly
he looked at the flower shop
" wait here " he said before abandoning you outside the flower shop
he ran back out in a few minutes with a few tulips wrapped in his hand then hands it to you
" what is it? oh! tulips! " you say as you clap repeatedly
he only smiled as you take the tulips from his hand
you guys continue the walk as it freshen you up
but the unstraight walk didn't go away
" princess , can't you walk straight? it's dangerous "
you only chuckled " hey do you like me? why do you call me princess all the time , it made me flutter.. " the last part was said in a lower voice
he only shake his head
you kept the unstraight walk until you wanted to cross the road that you almost did carelessly
when a bicycle almost hit you , that you felt a hand on your elbow pulling you back from the road , turning your body to the owner of the hand and sending your tulips to bounce to the sky
panicked sunwoo is now a few inches to your face , you could smell the light scent of wine from his breath that were fanning your face
" gosh you're so clumsy " he said but didn't break the close proximity
your eyes broke into an emotional eyes " hey , can you stop making my heart flutter? do you know how much I started to like you since 3 months ago? "
he was taken aback for a bit but the emotions left his eyes as it went to your lips
" what if I like you " he said
" don't make those kinds of jokes , it hurts "
you said before seeing your tulips that is now stuck on one of the tree branches
you point at it " my tulips "
sunwoo looked at the spot you pointed to , him being a few cm lower from the branch helped as he reached for it
it became a failed attempt , so he held the end of the branch and shake it lightly sending the tulips to almost reach the ground when you and sunwoo tried to prevent if from falling
reaching for it , both of you accidentally held hands - with tulips in it - and were faced in the same proximity from just now
you turned to face him , you scanned his delicate face
you never cared how sharp his nose and his jawline is - also the fact that he's much more handsome than you imagined , you were pretty much in awe
" your nose is so well sculptured "
" stop that , princess "
" stop that pet name "
" what if I like you that's why I give these pet names? "
you stopped on your track
" you're kidding "
" are you still drunk? "
you look at him ridiculously " umm.. no? "
" then I should prove it to you " he said before bringing his hand to both your jawline and pulled your face closer to his bringing your lips together
the kiss was slow but you can feel the adrenaline pumping in your brain and your heart rate soaring
sunwoo pulled away a few seconds after
you look at him , still ridiculed " what does that kiss mean? "
" I'm sorry for stealing away your first kiss , but I do actually like you and the reason all of our classmates didn't find out isn't because they're gullible but because I liked you for real and I show my gestures to you " he said
you could see his vulnerable gaze towards you , you could fall in love in that gaze every time and now , you're sure , you're in love with him
" can I kiss you back? " you asked
" if you kiss me now , it means you are my girlfriend , real girlfriend and I won't want to let you go anytime near " he said smiling
you smiled widely as you connected your lips with his into a kiss you knew you could never forget for a long time
the kiss was firm as he wrapped his arms around your body and your arms going to wrap his neck
you pulled away for air as you tasted the last remaining taste of wine lingering on your lips
" should we go now , princess? " he asked making you flutter
you got up and wrapped your arms on his neck , gave him a peck " we should , prince " you smirked as you walked along the empty lane with him
sneakily , he reached for your hand and held it
" I guess a walk in the rainy Paris actually helped huh? " he said
-end-
thank you for reading , i think this one is kind of awkward since i'm not really good at writing these types of things so please cut me some slack :>
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doonalli · 1 month
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hi !!! i lauv ur analysis’ of yttd !!! would you consider doing one for maple :)?
Woah my first ask!!! Thank you!!!!! Maple is such an awesome character there is so much that I could say about her, I even went a bit into it with Mai's analysis Maple's character is such a tragic one honestly, and there is a lot I could talk about, but writing this on the spot I obviously won't be going as in depth as usual, although I really do want to write a full analysis on Maple sometime, but 3-2 seems just around the corner so idk if I'll get the time....
Regardless, for right now, I'll talk a bit about the way Maple is presented, how that plays into stereotypes, and most importantly how she subverts them too
Maple is immediately presented as a very girly girl, right as we enter her room we are hit with loads of pink fluffy furniture, and she particularly has a keen interest in tea, all things that are traditionally feminine
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Even her fight follows this with its emotions gimmick, playing into how women are seen as hysteric by the people who don't respect them
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and further playing into that girly stereotype Maple has a deep love for Midori. It's a common trope for women in media to be nothing more than the love interest for the men around them, or for them to fall head over heels for the men they love.
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But for Maple this is revealed to be much more sinister, with it actually being something programmed into her, rather than her own true feelings
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let's not beat around the bush here, Midori is by no means a good person, AT ALL, but compared to Maple's love, Midori's affection is incredibly twisted, with the prime example being how he talks about Shin
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In Kanna's route Midori talks about how unfortunate it is that Sou had to die, as he wanted to kill him himself.
And with that context I find it interesting how when Maple ends up powering down and "dying" Midori takes her and goes to "revive" he with "the power of his love"
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It's just peculiar to me the difference between them and how Midori treats them. On that point though, another thing to note with Maple is hands.
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To even enter the discussion room a pair needs to hold hands. People holding hands can often be used as a sign of affection, or intimacy, even Ranmaru himself falling into this.
But when Midori decides takes her to get "upgraded" he notably grabs ahold of her wrists, rather than her hands.
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Grabbing someone's wrists is usually done because it exerts more power over them, compared to holding hands where it's a mutual act from both parties, and can be let go when either party desires it.
He could have grabbed her by the hand, or any other place honestly, or nankidai could have simply chosen not to show it at all, yet a specific focus was put on Midori grabbing Maple's wrists.
It's clear Midori doesn't treat Maple with care like the green books suggest
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Nor does he make any attempt to understand her emotions or sympathise with her like the manual says
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I mean he literally gave her the manual in place of a love letter to her, clearly not caring enough to actually write something for her. It doesn't get more ironic than that.
And it doesn't stop there for Maple, as when she is upgraded into Maple 2.0 she is forced into fighting her friends, in particular Mai
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And this leads to partway through the fight where she fully cuts off her last remaining hand, which with the context of everything I've said also cuts off her chance of simply holding someone's hand...
But its not all bad for Maple, after all if Anzu survived the way she'll reconcile with Maple is by holding and shaking hands
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(fun fact: Nankidai showed an old version of the sprite where Sara reconciles with Maple on stream once and in that sprite she also held Maple's hand, but that was changed before release)
And by the end of her story, Maple is able to fight back against Midori and put the first crack in his facade, even pushing through his "I love you"s and outright stating that she won't believe him. She pushes back on this idea of being defined by her love and is able to truly show herself as a strong person able to stand up the abuser in her life.
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And Q-taro will even call Midori out on his mistake here, on how he underestimated Maple, because of his prior expectations,
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And coinciding with that, this happens after Maple's monitors all break, monitors that were all linked to emotions, and put them neatly into boxes. It's not like Maple suddenly becomes emotionless either, she still hesitates when Midori says he loves her after all, but it isn't as easy as just reading it on her face, because she isn't defined by her emotions either.
Maple is more than the stereotypes that can be pushed onto her by the people in charge, (or the people who program her,) and the way she is able to fight for her own power says a lot, and proves that she is so much more than what it may seem on the surface, after all, she is human too.
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Thank you again anon for the question, this IS shorter than the others i've written due to me writing it on the spot but i really hope i was able to fufill ur expectations even just a bit I'd love to revisit Maple someday, hopefully we'll be able to see more of her in 3-2 too (or YTTS or a minisode or a page in the updated artbook or SOMETHING) but for now I really enjoy her place in the story and her portrayal and maybe i've been to do her some justice and was able to show some others that too!!!
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