#AAAAAAAA BEE I'M SO EXCITED !!!

[tatoasting]

Hell yeah hell yeah hell yeah activism job !!!!!!!!

[viaetor]

ㅤㅤthough pale, those delicate fingers rested warmly atop his gloved hands. aether could feel their softness even through the blackened fabric; these were hands accustomed to picking apples and grapes when they were ripe and caressing dandelions’ thin petals when they danced towards his direction. soothing. airy, almost. prideful as he naturally was, the caeling suddenly realised that he wouldn’t mind being a puppet for some of venti’s songs himself, having his body guided precisely where it needed to be. perhaps at that moment, he was already being played just like the strings on the lyre.

ㅤㅤwith easy motions, but not too slow, music whispered in his ears in the shape of notes: the nightingale has a lyre of gold. the archon now nested his head on the traveller’s shoulder, and each twist of his fingers echoed a siren’s melody; all aether had to do was follow. thus, he did, unquestioningly, over and over, repeating the same section of a musical sheet he could not see nor read, but he could feel it through venti and the wind. and before he knew better, his companion’s hands were no longer touching nor hovering over his. he was playing by himself, and an awed grin followed. music! from excitement or something else, the moment didn’t last long, however: a sudden harsh striking of the chords tore away part of the lyre again. aether sighed and turned to face the bard beloved by the seven breezes: “it seems i will need more music lessons if i want to play this piece.” he tilted his head, feeling their cheeks brushing against one another as he did so, but seemed not to mind the proximity, save for a raised eyebrow. “do you get this close to all your students?”

@viaetor asked: a grumble followed a deepened frown, and the traveller adjusted his weight from one foot to another as if that could change the imminent results: playing the lyre felt strange on his hands, even with a teacher so dexterous as venti. in life, there were kings, poets and soldiers. aether was the latter, designed to hold a sword from the moment stars sculpted him. not a musical instrument with so many delicacies and strings he could break. such is the case. pouting and puffing his cheeks, he looked at venti, half-expecting a tease or snicker. “i thought you wanted to show me a new ballad.” he tried fidgeting his fingers along the lyre; the sound that came from his hands was dreadful. and to think he had gotten so excited a few minutes ago, believing he could hear the famous bard playing and singing. now, he had a broken piece in his hands and a damaged ego. “why don’t you play it?”

playing an instrument does not come easy to all, venti knows this. especially those who are more accustomed to wielding a weapon. of course, this is not always true, but it seems to be the case for the traveler. a soft smile adorns the archon's features as he meets aether's gaze.

"i do," he says with a chuckle, head canting slightly to the right. hands had been locked together behind his back, watching him intently. he steps forward, now, placing his hands over aether's as he looks up at him. "i will, soon. but first, i want you to learn it." his gaze falls to their hands and he begins to adjust the other's hands over the strings that have miraculously fixed themselves as if they had never been broken. "here, you have to be delicate. take your time, okay?" fingers brush over his in demonstration.

"don't worry about trying to master it right away. think of it as an extension of yourself, the way you would a sword." he raises his gaze to meet aether's once more. "even a sword, as strong as it may be, can be broken if handled improperly, right? the same can be said about the lyre, or any other instrument. let's try again, shall we? follow my lead." he closes his eyes and begins to hum, setting up the rhythm for aether to follow.

[totaldramafan-lauri]

AAAAAAAA- I Love it, I love it so muccchhh!! thank you thank youuuu!!! :D

(Btw I was the one who wrote that long confession where I told you how much I love golden cheese!)

the things I like about this chapter was how well written smoke cheese was on this chapter, how he was just not good at expressing his emotions and personal opinion and only use it to say some mean things but it was very heartwarming that he is starting to warm up to us and how he wanted us to stay and when he said "they better come back or else" and how he basically is a bit of worried that we might replace the kingdom was ahhhhhhhh (⁠ ⁠ꈍ⁠ᴗ⁠ꈍ⁠)!!! Or is it just me? Basically I just see smoked cheese as a person who is not good with words but show it through harsh yk expressions? Yeah I hc with that!..

I Loooove how Reader was expressing they're thoughts without shying anymore, I love the part we're her Radiance said to ignore what others think and say they're hearts desires!!!! I can't help but cry on how much far reader have gone. I feel so Prrooouudd, I keep banging my table on so much wholesomeness being put in this chapter!! It took me two whole Day not to tweak throught the entire chapter due to how excited I was been! thank you so much lauri!

I love the friendship that was visiblely show on this chapter! I like Burnt cheese telling our resilient and how mozzarella cares about us in her own way!! And Smoke cheese too! Thank you for writing him so good! I haven't seen anyone write smoke cheese so correctly before! thank you!! I just wanna cry!! I will miss them when chapter 11 end! you're work make me cry in happiness!

I love how her Radiance keep getting surprise when she thought that's all Reader could offer but reader prove them wrong!... I like the end too! How we express so much emotions and how we could bring back a precious gift to her! I love her so much ahh, I wanna 😭 aAh- so wholesome but show a lot about what the Reader have become! and they way Her Radiance said

"Well, well! That's quite the claim! Simply carrying out my orders isn't enough for you, I see?" she giggled, sounding very pleased already, "Ah, you greedy thing, you really have become mine~!"

I- I was tweaking at the part, my mouth agape and my face blushing red! I can't calm down, I just want to thank you again and again! This chapter was so wholesome and how relationship grown this past chapter!///^-^///

I was so happy her Radiance cared so much for us... I can't just stop thanking because of how good this is! How she blessed us, give us a stone that might be later be important.. And basically I will be happy of what ending you will be going with...

I also love how close reader and they're friends are! Saying like,

"Leave!?" one of them shouted hysterically, hugging you immediately, "Whaddya mean leave!? You said you weren't gonna leave anymore!"

shows how close they are, I'm basically dying of cuteness!!

take care of yourself lauri, I saw you're last post and you Should really take a week break, you deserve it really. Don't mind the other anons who are forcing you. Just delete what they're saying to you. I'm sure bee anon understands too! I hope you take care of yourself and be healthy at all times, even if we are strangers online, chatting with each other. I hope things go well on you're break and things go peacefully.

Sorry for the late reply too on your chapter and I just wanna confirm you're worry that

You did good lauri, Thank you for everything.

A-and thank you so much for reading....! >.< And don't worry about me! TBH, I....I tend to worry like that every time I upload something, heheh.....I-I'm so glad to have the audience I have, and that I haven't gotten any flack for anything I've written yet, and....e-even tho I know I'm not the BEST writer out there, I still intend to keep things this way as long as I can.....I-I don't think I need a FULL WEEK off, but a few days, definitely. Again, not spoiling anything, but the final chapter needs a lotta effort to get right, and I wanna get in the right mood for it....

Y-yeah, there was a lotta Smoked Cheese in this chapter....and I actually had fun writing him this time, now that I've gotten into his head and understand him better. He was pretty hard to write when I first started, cuz I, well, didn't like him very much, but through writing him, he's grown on me....just like Reader's starting to grow on him, hehe...! I still wouldn't say I'm a huge fan of him in canon, but developing him here and adding some more nuance to him made his character work better for me. How he cares about the kingdom in his own way, which just so happens to clash with Golden Cheese's, how he's kinda her straight man who doesn't get a lotta respect, he's got a bit of an ego of his own and doesn't like being proven wrong, and...yeah, he's not a bad person, he loves his home and at this time he's still loyal to his queen, he gets along with Cheesenbird and now Mozzarella (their friendship is fun, pfff), he's just very harsh and intense at times, and struggles with empathizing with others. I didn't wanna make him a hate sink, is what I'm getting at. I wanted to flesh him out XD

His relationship with Reader is....difficult, so writing them start accepting each other bit by bit was difficult to write too....I kept asking myself "Is this believable enough? It's not too fast, is it? Is it too much at once?" so I'm glad it's going over well so far...

O-overall this chapter had a lotta things I struggled with making good enough....It wasn't just straightforward fluff, it had conflicts I REALLY needed to write well, which was why I worried this time >.<;

But I AM proud of myself for making Reader transition pretty well into being much more lively and outspoken. They really have come a long way, and this was kinda the culmination of their emotional arc. They're still shy, but they've grown a lot, so...yay....!

(A-also....y-yeah, th-their relationship with Golden Cheese has become very.....v-very, uh.......hhhhhhhhhhs-sometimesIlookatpartsofsomescenesandthink"D-didIactuallywritethatmyself? Isshepossessingmeorwhat?" O///////O")

S-so....yeah, I can be nice to my writing sometimes...! Th-thanks for enjoying it....! ^//////^

[0x1lovebot]

Oooh omg omg Faith I'm so excited to see you're writing for Seventeen and Ateez now aaaaaaaa :D

Could you maybe do something with Jeonghan, like a college au where they meet in one of their classes on the first day and end up becoming friends after sitting next to one another and eventually develop feelings? Shshsb pls know you don't have to do this at all, only write this if you want to <3 If you do decide to write it I'm excited to see what you come up with! :)

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OoooooooOOOOOOOo I LOVE THIS IDEA!!!! ITS SO CUTE!! THANK YOU SO MUCH BEE!! and I'm excited to start writing this one <33

omg what if menace jeonghan and the reader catch feelings for each other I feel like that would be so interesting!!!!