#I Secretly Fell in Love with the Student Council President

[oolhan]

Too Many Beds (Part 2)

okayyy so I finally had the time to continue the little fic I wrote about reverse trope of having too many beds instead of sharing one like they got used to do. I'm publishing it on ao3 here so I can navigate it easier. Give it some love there! Oh, read part 1 here. This will be in three parts, so enjoy this second one! Thank you! Edit: part 3 is up here!

Part 2:

Peeta’s bed was long empty before she even blinks sleep from her eyes. She hears some laughter outside their room as she puts on her robe but, well, it just could happen everybody is awake already.

“Oh, do you remember that time I got detention just from eating cookies in class?”

Hold up. It’s a familiar feminine voice and definitely not Jo’s or Annie’s. Katniss quietly peeks through the corner between the little dining set up and the hallway.

“No, no, Madge, I totally forgot that part after I was in detention for the first time,” Peeta accuses with sarcasm from the dining table.

Oh god, Madge? In France? Sitting prettily on a quaint chair eating some pastry in the morning? WITH PEETA?

“eh, tu l'as bien mérité,” Madge sips her coffee.

God, she’s French now, too?

Of course she is, because the Undersees flew to France shortly after their only daughter’s high school graduation, sending Madge off to a fancy college and never got the hang to be in touch with everybody. Well, except maybe for Annie and Delly. Madge Undersee was pretty popular in their batch, having been the student body president and an active advocate for several political issues. She fell into their group because Delly was part of her council and because she was, quite literally, head over heels for Peeta at the time.

Katniss can still hear the gasps in the school gym when Council President Madge Undersee tripped on her feet confessing to newly titled wrestling champion Peeta Mellark just after finishing his match. Katniss was stupidly giddy that day and had to keep herself from smiling because one, it’s horrible to be weirdly satisfied with someone’s embarrassing moment in public and two, Peeta gently rejected her confession.

It’s not that Katniss secretly hates Madge, not really. She respects her especially her courage in speaking out for different causes, as nonchalant as she may seem. It’s just that the girl’s advances towards Peeta comes off annoying as hell for someone like her. She’s always so sweet and so fluid with her walk and her hand gestures and she’s always speaking truth against the government and really smells so good whenever she arrives and always requests Peeta to bake her some strawberry shortcakes because why wouldn’t you bake for someone so irritatingly good? They really match well considering Peeta’s not only active in sports but also in social commentaries-

“Fuck!” Katniss hissed as Cinna placed a hand on her shoulder.

“What are you doing peeking here this early?” He whispers.

“Why is Madge here?” Katniss seethes, narrowing her eyes at Cinna’s bed head.

“Oh right, sorry. Hadn’t had the chance to tell you last night. She was in the city and heard about you guys from Delly. She got in very late,”

“Yeah, yeah,” Katniss agrees and turns when she hears another fit of laughs. She finds Peeta’s head thrown back from laughing while holding his mug. Cinna follows her line of sight.

“After all these years, huh?” He mocks, smiling knowingly.

“What—”

“Good morning, Peeta!” Cinna cuts her off by walking into the dining room, joining them in the laughter. Katniss huffs and go as well.

“Madge Undersee. It’s been a long time,”

“Oh Katniss! Katniss Everdeen! It’s been a long time!” Madge stands to hug her and had no choice but to wrap her arms around the blonde who still smells like strawberries and frosting. Shit, she also has a French accent now. If she speaks against some corrupt government leader it’s much sexier.

Katniss doesn’t now how her ears are reacting, much less how Peeta is reacting.

“Yeah, I think it was your father’s home vacation when I last saw you. You look… good.” She almost said French.

“Well, I didn’t really keep in touch with the lot of you but thankfully Delly and a few added me on their socials so I still hear some high school drama. If you know, you know, yeah?” Madge winks as she sits and proceeds to drink her coffee. “Coffee, Katniss?”

She blinks.

“Katniss doesn’t drink coffee in the morning. Would you like some hot chocolate?” Peeta supplies abruptly, leaving Katniss rendering what Madge was implying. She notices Cinna smiling swirling his mug.

“Uh-yeah, sure,” Peeta stands up to make her one. She sits on his chair and takes some sliced bread.

“So, uh, how are you finding living in Paris?”

“Ugh, je suis épuisé, please, don’t make me rant about shit here,” Katniss smiles at this because all these years, it’s still amusing to know how nice-pretty-sweet achiever Madge can talk so vulgar. She sips from Peeta’s mug while waiting.

“I’m sorry, just tired and all. Hopefully this trip to Venice won’t leave me feeling guilty for resting,”

“You’re going with us?” Katniss blinks as Peeta places her mug and drinks his.

“Yes, I just found out just before you came in. Apparently, we need her as tour guide for Venice.” He sits beside her and reaches for some bread like they didn’t fight the night before.

Well, they didn't really fight. It was just some awkward exchange of disagreement, so she lets him take a bite from her toast and lay his arm around her chair.

They eat as Madge discusses on what's been occupying her all these years while partly helping Cinna every Paris Fashion Week when she questions, "Okay, so I know it's early to ask but…” Madge seeks Cinna’s eyes and he nods.

Katniss and Peeta anticipates.

“I'm curious how are you two? did you finally hit it off? you seem like an old couple."

Katniss chokes on her hot choco and Peeta coughs his toast, suddenly remembering their encounter the night before and how those skimpy shorts were underneath her robe right now.

"Oh, no madame, you're very wrong. They're still friends," Cinna laughs as he helps Madge kills the curiosity.

"Come on madame Madge, like you didn't just tripped confessing to me in high school," Peeta teases her to dispel the awkwardness he feels rising beside him. Madge gasped dramatically.

Katniss was still coughing when Cinna hands her some water. Peeta tries not to pat her back. Like patting her would make it more awkward.

"Please deflate that ego, Peeta Mellark. I just didn't know how small your dick was compared to frenchies I've sucked," Madge throws and Katniss bursts out laughing at this.

Yep, totally vulgar.

Not at all awkward.

--

She’s fumbling her braid, trying not to act so annoyed hearing Peeta and Madge conversing beside her. Despite not sleeping enough the night before, Katniss feels well rested on the flight to Milan, waking up to her head resting on Peeta’s shoulder. But the rest she felt quickly turned sour when Madge woke up beside Peeta and started catching up with old news from their social circles.

She planned on watching Before Sunrise with him as a quick remedy from their awkward tension just a while ago. It seems they’ve been hanging on some tension ever since they separated beds last night. Weird. Thankfully, after hearing Madge’s comeback they heard Annie shriek from surprise followed by a sleepy Finnick, waking up Delly and the others. They got to pack by lunch time and wished Cinna the best before getting on the short flight to Milan.

She felt dread when coincidentally, Madge’s seat was beside Peeta, and Katniss at his left. Great. What if she switches with Jo?

No, it’ll turn more awkward than it already is. Jo will just tease her.

And yet now she wishes she switched places with Johanna as she sighs, tapping buttons on the TV panel until the film starts. She tries very hard to fade out their annoying nostalgic conversations on high school memories.

Like can’t Madge just move on from their high school era? She thinks and crosses her arms, really, really focusing on Jesse and Celine.

“Oh! Before Sunrise! Haven’t watched that in a while,” Peeta suddenly turns to her, his face a huge ball of energy.

“Yeah, I haven’t too,” Her annoyance is simmering, she can feel it.

Why is she so annoyed though? It’s not like something is off with her or with him. Or with Madge.

“Imagine watching that when we were in Vienna, seems like some cathartic experience. Too bad we didn’t think of it,” Peeta continues, making her more irritated.

“Hmm,” she just nods.

Madge suddenly panics, tapping furiously at Peeta. “Arm cramp! Arm cramp!” she hisses, trying to stretch her arm and avoids yelling in pain.

Katniss tries really hard not to roll her eyes when Peeta takes Madge’s arm and massage it to calm her muscles. “it’s okay, I get this all the time,” Peeta soothes.

She can’t focus on the fucking movie.

--

Peeta's beginning to get suspicious. He doesn’t like this strange feeling at all. Like they’ve been avoiding each other at the same time laughing and bantering like usual. He can feel it from her subtle distance, like when he offers her a snicker bar on flight but she declines.

And when he tries to take her suitcase from the baggage counter she dismisses him, mumbling she can carry it herself and catches on with Annie and Delly.

Maybe he's just overanalyzing things. Especially since he noticed the bags under her eyes when he made her tea this morning. Guess she's just tired.

"Okay! old routine everyone. Just drop your bags and freshen up. Come back here in 20, we'll find some late dinner, sleep, then catch the train first thing in the morning. Chop chop!" Delly directs before following Thom to the right of the hallway.

Peeta's eyes automatically goes to Katniss, a little nervous. A little expectant.

Gale and Finnick go left. Johanna stands with Madge and Annie, leering their suitcases away conversing.

He gulps down when Katniss walks towards him. From relief? tension? He doesn't know, what he knows is she won’t meet his eyes, but she’s still share a room with him.

"Let's go, we're 1208," she dangles their key room and walks past him, his eyes on her form and his feet stumbles before following her.

The door's creak fills the silence. They are quiet as they enter the standard room with Italian accents, and even more quiet as they see the single queen bed on the center of it. Why the fuck's so awkward and tensed? it's not like they never shared a bed. Peeta coughs and drops his bag on the left side facing the window.

"Dibs on this side," he tries casually, tossing himself on the bed and letting out a tired groan, closing his eyes. A moment later he felt the mattress dip and he glances to his right, seeing two pools of droopy grays and a soft smile.

"I'm tired, Peeta." She whispers and closes her eyes for a bit. He stares at her soft skin and long lashes. Oh, the things he'd do just to freeze this moment and live in it.

He lets out a sigh of relief and closes his eyes, smiling.

Yes, that explains her silence. She's just tired, that's all. It's just some jet lag. Nothing that cannot be dispelled.

--

Except it is not nothing.

Katniss’ scowl isn’t new to him, but seeing her scowling standing by the side as he takes a picture of Madge in front of an Italian antique store gives him an odd feeling.

The group is finally walking and exploring the city all afternoon after nearly missing their train in Milan because of Katniss and Peeta. They accidentally slept their way through the night and woke up from Delly’s insistent knocking and suddenly stumbled from one another’s limbs. Well, maybe just Katniss. He notices some pink blushing her cheeks when she stands up to open the door, but his mind is still asleep. Guess he must be imagining things.

“What? You just woke up? You two didn’t even fucking told us you planned on staying in last night and you just woke up?” Delly nearly shouts, helping Katniss with her bags while she washes her face in the bathroom.

“Sorry Dell,” Peeta rises and rubs his face from sleep, quickly opening his luggage for fresh clothes.

“Just wash your fucking faces and get down in 10! Everybody’s ready! We’re running to the station,” Delly almost slams the door, annoyance from having to baby her completely-capable-to-wake-up-on-their-own friends.

Despite their rushing, he still feels warm from waking up next to Katniss, and he tries not to smile as he feels a rush of giddiness. He pulls his shirt off and rummage for his toothbrush, walking towards the bathroom seeing her brushing her teeth as well.

Their eyes meet on the reflection on the mirror, and Katniss quickly looks away.

And she continues looking away from him all day. In fact, he feels her distance when she sat beside Gale and Johanna on the train ride. He had no choice but to seat beside Madge and listen to her antics for two hours.

He thought they were okay after sleeping again together. He clearly thought wrong, and he’s determined to find out why.

“Peeta! One more!” Madge grins a perfect smile as she poses in front of the camera.

Of course, Peeta is the guy with the camera on these kinds of trips. He delights on taking pictures of everything, from sceneries to his friends, especially when Katniss rarely wants one. But he’s distracted all afternoon because he still didn’t have a picture of Katniss. Or a picture of both of them. And they were on their fourth place of Delly’s itinerary.

He steals another glance on Katniss when Madge pulls Delly and Annie for another picture. He sees her looking back at him and she quickly takes her eyes off, heading towards Finnick, Thom, and Gale. He takes another picture.

She stands beside Finnick, “seems like we need to put some time limit on picture taking,” she rants.

“Come on, they’re just taking souvenirs. Why not join them?” Finnick defends, eating del Moro’s.

“Yeah, Catnip, what’s up with you today? You’ve been kinda silent,” Gale supplies.

“Relax, she’s just envious of Madge,” Johanna says, walking into the conversation with some street food for Gale. Katniss huffs.

“What? That’s not true! I’m just—”

“You’re what? Just exhausted? I can read you like a book, Kat. You’ve been jumpy ever since Frenchie here joined us yesterday.”

“and why would I be jealous of her?” She snaps, taking the pasta from Finnick and eats it. That’s such a ridiculous notion, even for her.

Because yes, Madge is pretty opposite from her. Prettier, funnier, easier to get along with. But that’s not why she’s upset. She doesn’t even know why she’s grumpy at all.

“Ugh, this is so high school all over again. You were always this stubborn and seething when miss pretty president is in our table,”

“and poor Peeta always suffer with it,” Thom laughs. What does that even mean?

“Suffer from what?” Peeta suddenly stands beside her and she tries not to choke on the pasta.

“Suffer from taking hundreds of pictures of the same pose,” she supplies casually, glaring at Jo’s wicked smile and the guys’ snorting.

“Okay come on, it’s nearing sunset” Finnick pats her on the back, looking around to see Annie and the girls buying from the stall far from where they stood. He clears his throat and whispers, “Jo, make sure she’s distracted enough when we walk to the bridge, talk with Delly and Madge.”

“Wait, what? What’s going on?” Katniss seems clueless, and Jo rolls her eyes. “He’s proposing at sunset, brainless.”

“I thought Peeta told you?” Finnick’s brow crinkles. Katniss looks to Peeta, annoyance bubbling.

“Uh-I-I couldn’t find a moment, sorry.” Peeta clears his throat, avoiding her eyes.

They were walking all afternoon and he didn’t have two seconds to tell her? Katniss’ tone almost borders on shouting, “and I’m just finding out now?”

“I was just told on the train!” he turns to her, his patience exceeding.

What’s wrong with her?

What’s wrong with them?

“Will you two just don’t be children for a second?” Jo sighs, exasperated. “This is for Annie and Finnick, alright? Calm your assess off.” She scolds, watching as Peeta and Katniss blush from embarrassment. They were indeed acting like children.

“Okay, they’re still paying. Peeta, camera’s still good?”

“Yes.”

“Gale, record it on your phone, okay?”

“Got it, boss.”

Finnick heaves out a nervous exhale. He still can’t believe he’s doing this, in a bridge in Venice, of all places. Peeta notices his nervousness and pats him on the shoulder.

“You got this, man. It’s been a long time coming,” he says warmly, easing his friend’s nerves.

Peeta has to admit there’s a small part of him envious of Finnick. No, scratch that. Envious of Finnick and Annie’s tooth-rotting relationship. Their group always knew they end up married to one another, as their love can’t be mistaken when they glance at one another, but Peeta; Peeta witnessed this romance from day one, when Finnick went home to their dorm from his first date with Annie and declares right then and there he’s marrying that girl one day. The sparkle on Finnick’s eyes leaves no doubt.

“This would’ve happened anyway, Finnick.” Katniss adds, and Peeta’s eyes automatically goes to her. He can’t help but picture himself looking up into those gray eyes filled with all the things he needed, kneeling in front of her with a ring.

His heart aches from the longing, and Katniss can’t help staring back at him, feeling a weird sensation in the pit of her stomach.

“Okay they’re coming.”

Katniss looks away, exchanging the weird feeling with annoyance on having been the last one to know.

--

“Okay, come on. Tell me,” Peeta catches up to her, his camera dangling. They are headed for Ponte delle Guglie, a bridge with the most beautiful trajectory of the sunset at the right moment.

They are the last one on the walk, with Madge, Jo, and Delly distracting Annie ahead of them. Peeta thinks it’s the perfect timing to get her to talk.

“Tell you what? The fact that I don’t know my two friends are going to be engaged by sunset because you didn’t tell me?” She snaps, her words thick with sarcasm.

“Well, it’s not like I could talk to you.” He retorts, eyebrows crinkling from impatience.

“How can I even talk to you when you’re busy taking pictures of Madge’s ass?”

“Oh, so this is about Madge now? You can’t even look at me, you’ve been weirdly distant, and—"

“No! this isn’t about miss pretty little sunshine!” Katniss yells. She knows she’s becoming irrational now.

“Well, I’m sorry I was bonding with our friend that I hadn’t spoken to for a long time!”

“No, Peeta. This is about you not telling me things I’m supposed to know. Imagine if I hadn’t been there awhile ago! I would’ve look stupid for not knowing!”

“You’re the one to talk. As if you’ve been honest with me on why you’re so annoyed all of a sudden. Is this about us sleeping?”

Katniss gets caught off guard from the question. She inhales, ready to answer back, only to hear Annie shriek from surprise.

“Shit!” Peeta runs off from her, positioning his camera near a kneeling Finnick and a crying Annie, rushing to snap the moment.

Katniss suddenly feels ill from their argument and from almost ruining Finnick's proposal. What a memorable trip this is becoming.

[tetsunabouquet]

Imayoshi and Hanamiya infatuated by the same girl

A/N: Considering they went to middle school together, I decided to create a short story during middle school.

You were the center of their worlds, without even realizing it. Your dense, innocent nature was why Hanamiya fell hard for you. How utterly blind you were to Imayoshi's feelings, was the most adorable thing he had ever seen. You had first caught Imayoshi's eye when you were helping the Student Council president, yourself being part of the Student Council, but you were neither President nor Vice. The humble, sweet class president of the class next to Imayoshi's. Any time you came to their class to ask their teacher if you could borrow something your classroom had ran out of, like the chalks for the bord, his eyes were on you instantly. One would think, at the gazes of this notorious boy, that you'd feel his eyes on you, but no, you were always completely oblivious. Whilst everyone else could clearly see his feelings for you, Hanamiya's feelings for you and their competition for you, you pranced around like you were blind. Just like this particular lunch break, as Imayoshi began chatting with you about which school you'd go to next year. "Hmm, I'm just going to the closest by school. I don't want to worry my parents by going to a school too far away from home," you replied, as attentive and dutiful as a daughter as you were as class president. Though Imayoshi was recruited for Touou, which wasn't close by, he nonetheless found he didn't mourn the fact you weren't going to the same school as him. In fact, he softened as he heard how considerate you were to the people you loved dearly. He dearly wished you would also be that considerate towards him, some day. Hanamiya was quietly passing by behind the two of you, and faking the best air of innocence he could have, he 'pretended' to spill his drink over Imayoshi. "Oh sorry senpai. My wrist is still shaky from yesterday's practise, " He lied, knowing you would be dumb enough to believe him, and you looked at both boys with concerned eyes. "You should go to the infirmary, Hanamiya-san. You should let yourself be checked regularly, before you obtain a sport's injury! And Imayoshi, I do hope you have a spair uniform- Wait, I'll get a towel to dry your hair!" You rambled before sprinting off, leaving an irritated Imayoshi and Hanamiya who was smirking at him. "You really do always have to ruin it, don't you?" "Of course. I cannot have you charm her before the end of school. If I can't have her, you won't either senpai." Hanamiya took a sip of what was left of his drink, before laughing and walking into the distance, but Imayoshi could bet he would secretly stick by and watch the two of you from the shadows as you would return with a towel. Ready to cause an obstruction once more to seperate you and Imayoshi. This was the pattern the three of you had established, one that was plain and clear for everyone to see, and they definitely did continue to watch it in enjoyment until the end of the school year.

[fatimaah]

♡❀˖⁺.⋆✦⋆ ˙⊹❀♡

school dayyys....our last spring, together, as classmates.

Had a school photoshoot today.

When everyone went to take photos (I am not participating in photoshoot) YAZ texted me asking if I want to meet her tomorrow. I am so happy we talked things out and guuuurl we will be in my(my family's) other apartment (no one lives there now) for like four hours, just us, watching shows, talking, eating pizza. Maybe Seva will also join (she better does bcz I missed this btch as well, luv her)

Good old days at Redbridge... student council room where we would pretend to be busy with important papers while actually printing cool stuff for our lockers. Volleyball games, "Mobile legends"....how we used to secretly eat at the rooftop during Ramadan when we had our periods (we had them at the same days lol)

Miss them, miss Redbridge, miss being a president of student council.... can't wait to see my girls

But my classmates now are also cool, and my friend group in this school feels like a family.

Assy told me she's leaving tomorrow. I feel sad because it's our last year and I wish she didn't skip any day of school. I hope she'll be back by May.

Anyway, I'm enjoying my spring, tho almost every friend I have has a crush on someone and even if it's childish - I wish I also fell in love. Not dated or anything, just secretly liked someone....that would make a perfect spring.

April 18, 2024

[save-the-data]

about youth | s01e07

Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes  

EP 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8

[bl-bam-beyond]

BL- BOYS' LOVE:

Series: ABOUT YOUTH (2022, TAIWAN)

While on the phone with Ye Guang (LI ZHEN HAO), Xu Qi Zhang (SHEN JUN aka JYUN) has an altercation with his drunken uncle.

Ye Guang rushes to the scene to help and is slightly hurt. As is Xu Qi Zhang. After patching one another up the two boys begin talking about things and music.

Ye Guang falls asleep and Xu Qi Zhang watches him so intently. Clearly he likes his new friend and competitor for school president. Gotta Love The Way He Looks At Him.

[absolutebl]

BL Coming in August

Here’s what’s starting this month. Which ones are you excited about? My top picks for me as The Eclipse and About Youth, let’s see how wrong I am. 

THAILAND 

War of Y

From COPY A BANGKOK (trailer)

20 eps (holy fucktard, 20 episodes of Cheewin’s nonsense), starts Aug 2 on AisPlay premium 

On Cloud Nine

Country setting, atmospheric LTR flavored BL with themes of self acceptance from MindTrio (trailer).

6 eps, starts Aug 6 on Mind Trio’s YT channel

21 Days Theory

Friends to lovers, self acceptance, secret crush, high school set from Rookie Thailand (trailer). Looks high angst, messy, cheating, secret crush stars Bever (En of Love: TOSSARA, En of Love: Love Mechanics, The Best Story and Love Mechanics) and Tee Khunakorn (The Cupid Coach).

8 eps, starts Aug 7 on Rookie Thailand’s YT channel (I think) 

The Eclipse

An enemies to lovers high school set, paladin bab boy pairing from GMMTV. This is right in their wheelhouse and was my most anticipated from GMMTV’s 2022 line up. Tropes include: sinister boarding school, haze the one you love, suspense & horror elements looks great, dark (but in a way Thailand can handle), kind of Blacklist-ish meets Great Men Academy. GMMTV excels at this kind of content. Stars First (The Shipper, Not Me) & Khaotung (Tonhon Chonlatee) side dish pair from FUTS NeoLouis. I actually really like this lead pair and I think they can handle the content. trailer

12 eps, starts Aug 12 on GMMTV’s Youtube channel  

* I’m gonna point out an important thing. I find it notable that Khaotung as the aggressor/bad boy (for a change) in this GMMTV offering has his natural skin tone (aka darker) as opposed to when he’s playing a super uke role (see Tonhon Chonlatee). Now there could be mitigating factors (like the makeup people got better at matching base tones, or they were shooting outside a lot), but still Thailand’s propensity for associating negative/evil/poor/crazy characters with darker skin tones is so painful and so insidious I want everyone to notice this, especially when we see it being carried out on THE SAME actor by THE SAME production team. 

And yes, Korea does this too.

My Only 12%

Friends to lovers, high school set, high angst, sunshine/sunshine pairing from Studio Wabi Sabi for iQIyI. (trailer) Neighbors and childhood friends, Cake & Seeiw, who have totally opposite personalities slowly growing apart. This one has the chemistry and the script so fingers crossed it’s not sad. Y-novel adaptation (author Afterday - Bad Buddy) starring SantaEarth (7 Project).

Do we trust Studio Wabi Sabi or director New anymore? Even with SantaEarth (especially with SantaEarth). That is the question.

Aug 12, 15 eps on iQIYI

180 Degree Longitude Passes Through Us

Coming to Gaga (trailer). Doesn’t look like BL: “Can a mother be more understanding of her son’s sensuality? Even if she does, will it be easy for her to accept his relationship with a man twice his age?”

? eps, starts Aug 15 on GaGa 

Love in the Air 

Enemies to Lovers, high school set from Me Mindy (trailer). Mame’s upcoming adaptation of her novels Love Storm and Love Sky, focuses on 2 couples and their individual storylines. 

10 eps, starts Aug 18 on ?

Ghost Host, Ghost House is supposed to be coming too. 

TAIWAN

Papa & Daddy 2 AKA Papa and Daddy Season 2

Gaga bringing us the second season (trailer). Starring Melvin Sia (Damian) and Chiu Mu Han (new actor as Jerry). Looks messy. 

6 eps, starts Aug 8 (Taiwan's Father's Day) on GaGa 

About Youth AKA I Secretly Fell in Love with Student Council President

Enemies to lovers, high school set for CHOCO TV to air on Bilibili (no trailer) from the producers of HIStory 2&3, and Tsai Mi Chieh the director of H1: Stay Away From Me; H2: Crossing the Line; H3: MODC; Love Is Science (we like her). Adapted from the novel Secretly by Huang Si Mi about high school boys with different backgrounds, personalities, and values who compete for student president, but have more attraction than animosity. The drama focuses on two storylines: egocentric elite student Ye Guang who fights in the council elections with a quiet guitarist Xu Qi Zhang, and his friend Ray who after a recent breakup up with his boyfriend meets A Jian.

10 eps, starts Aug 29 on Bilibili 

JAPAN

Takara and Amagi AKA Takara-kun and Amagi-kun AKA Takara-kun to Amagi-kun

Opposites attract, secret love high school popular/geek pairing from MBS (no trailer). Same studio as Mr Unlucky and Senpai, so expect that style. A popular guy and an outcast boy start dating in secret. Stars Jpop Idols Arata Sato (IMPACTors) as Takara and Nao Oriyama (Shonen Ninja) as Amagi. 

8 eps, starts Aug 18 on ? 

Interesting that there isn’t anything from Korea and nothing new for Viki this month. Although give them a chance, they drop suddenly and later sometimes. 

I don’t always know where to find these and remember your territory and accessibility may be different than mine. But drop a comment if you have more info. 

[mareposie]

eden kids high school hc

They are imperial scholars (Damian was the first and he helped Anya to be the second one by getting a perfect grade)

They have this friend group with Becky, Ewen and Emile (occasionally George) they are always together and they are the most popular students in Eden.

Nobody bullies Anya because one day in middle school there was this accident and Damian said “Disrespecting Anya Forger is disrespecting me, a Desmond and you don’t want your family to be blacklisted.” + everyone knows Anya’s mother is close to Damian’s mother so they leave her alone.

Anya knows it’s BS because Damian is not close to his parents at all.

Damian knows Anya’s powers and this alone was enough to forgive her for using him for the mission, actually he even helps her because he’s angry at his father and doesn’t feel bad because he’s not the favorite son. They bonded through that a lot and they tease each other a lot in public and keep acting like they are annoyed by each other.

Damian is the school president, Ewen is the soccer team,  Emile is the Becky is in the radio club (she does announcements and says a lot of BS in the morning) and Anya is the school’s council treasurer after she tried to start a nap time club.

They have their own table in the cafeteria. They even have a stupid name like 5den or Damian and the e-boys or whatever.

They are the first ones to arrive in school and last to leave. Damian sometimes buys his coffee (dark raw coffee) and decides to treat everyone with their favorite drinks. He brings Emile his latte, Ewen his iced americano, Becky’s it girl order (venti matcha ice latte with half oat milk half almond milk and 3 teaspoon of agave syrup) and finally Anya’s hot chocolate milk with cake.

Actually he always buys her cake for their study sessions.

A lot of physical touch. They don’t mind sharing food and using the same glass, fork, spoon etc. Anya loves to draw on Damian’s hand during class, while he is focus on taking notes for the both of them. Anya notices his dry hands and put her hand cream on them. Sometimes she even put some chapstick on his lips. 

Becky puts concealer on everyone’s face whenever she spots dark circles.

Anya scolds him for sleeping late and Damian scolds her when she eats with her hands. By scolding I mean screaming “OI! YAH” and slapping each other.

Anya cried in preschool because she had no chocolate on V-Day and eversince, Damian secretly puts her expensive chocolate in her locker every year + publicly give her some and to close friends. She knows he knows that she knows but it’s a tradition anyway.

Damian hates chocolate on V-DAY because he received some with a strand of hair in it and got disgusted for life. He throws away the hundreds of chocolate boxes he gets every year. But he would totally eats Anya’s. She offered him the strangest things, she even gave him his first Tonitrus Bolt.

They both date around a lot because they don’t want to ruin their friendship but everyone knows it’s a matter of time. There’s this saying in Eden “getting punched so hard, he fell and never got up”

There was this girl who dared to call Damian Sy-on Boy and oh, she created chaos in the school. Anarchy. Anya was so pissed and Damian was even more pissed, since they are in the school council it was AWKWARD.

Anya calls him by his full name when she’s upset and vice versa. He usually calls her Forger. She actually tried to call him “Dami” once because that’s how his house staff used to call him and he fainted.

Emile and Ewen calls Anya “Boss Woman” and Jeeves calls her “Young Master’s girlfriend”. Max LOVES Anya and Bond is jealous. Melinda LOVES Anya as much as she loves Yor but that’s for another day.

Damian is a honorary Forger, he spends a lot of time in the house when he is not overworking himself to death. Yor calls him “Dami”. They always have those deep discussions with Loid and the blonde is like a father figure for him.

During parents’ meetings and other school events, Yor and Loid are present for Anya AND Damian since his parents are never there. Yor always tells everything to Melinda afterwards.

Also everyone has a crush on Dr Forger.

There was that time in preschool where Loid and Yor visited during an event and everyone was mesmerized by their looks. And someone pointed out that Anya didn’t look as good as like them and was probably adopted and poor girl cried because she’s adopted 💀

Only Becky knew the secret, then Damian. It’s a big secret.

Damian can’t read under his favorite tree in peace because she will always snuggle next to him to take a nap.

They shared a bed so MANY times it’s ridiculous. Actually the 5 of them often share a bed when they are on a trip. Ewen smuggles beer cans during the school trips and got caught so many times 💀 Anya and Becky are his favorite drink buddies because Damian and Emile go into coma sleep after one drink. Becky is always clubbing barely gets any sleep so Damian and her bonded through energy drinks.

Damian sends texts like “you up ?” at 2 am then deletes it. They have a chaotic group chat and Anya is terrible with texting because she makes a lot of typos so she only does loud audio messages. Emile is the one who takes pics and sends them on the gc. He always takes pics of the sunset and shows it to everyone like “look how beautiful our planet is, I can’t believe we’re so blessed” with shiny eyes. Damian corrects everyone’s typos in the gc. Becky is the most active in the group.

When they want to skip school, Damian is the one who calls the school and acts like a parent to say the student is sick and won’t be in class. Anya did it one time and she said “This is Anya and Anya’s mother won’t be in class today because she’s sick” and the school staff made her repeat it three times then she got a Toni lmao.

See the Prince Yuki Club in Fruits Basket ? There’s a Prince Damian club in Eden and its president is the headband girl, of course, Anya is the nation’s enemy.

There’s also a Damianya fanclub and they became ally with Prince Damian club to ruin whatever relationship Damian has. Anya is also popular because of her looks and her quirky personality but nobody beats Becky who owned the school at some point.

Every single girl Damian has dated ended up with a broken heart because they thought they could change him. Every single boy Anya has dated ended up crawling in front of her house and crying with loud music to get her back.

Actually Anya and Damian kissed several times ‘just to try’ but nobody knows.

[lokislytherin]

PSYCHO.

pairing: yandere student council president!sonny brisko x vice pres!reader

summary: sonny brisko is adorably loyal, attentive and loving, which makes him the perfect boyfriend... right?

word count: 1166

a/n: taichou saiko? no, only taichou psycho. to all briskadets freaking out over this exact moment (gut spilling zatsu yandere moment), this one’s for you! 

fic title from 'psycho’ by red velvet, and banner made by me (unbalanced divider also made by me lol art is not my strong suit and i didn’t have a ruler)! hope you enjoy! wrote it in lower case to fit the Sonny Brisko Aesthetic 

disclaimer: this fic is for your indulgence! reblogs are nice and if you recommend it on twt i’m fine with that too (as long as you tag me so i know) but please PLEASE don’t post it under any official tags 

today marks the one-month anniversary of your relationship with sonny brisko.

you still can’t quite believe it, to be honest. to think the two of you started off as the bitterest of enemies through the entirety of grade school (he ate the ant you helped cross the road! how dare! you overcame your fear of insects for that!), then desk-mates and grudging friends as you went through middle school, and by the time the two of you reached high school, you could no longer deny that he was your best friend.

even if he ate ants.

at some point in time, you developed feelings for him. 

it was terrifying, trying to straddle the line between ‘just friends’ and ‘hey i’m trying to test whether you feel the same, goddammit’.

things became even harder when he asked you to run in the student council with him, him as president and you as vice president. you spent hours and hours together, coming up with ideas, planning, rehearsing, convincing. 

you fell more and more for him as you watched him grow out of his shell, becoming a leader people would look up to and admire. he was better at leading the crowd than you were, although you were better at one to one conversations with people than he was. people found him intimidating to talk to individually, but your persuasive words and gentle demeanor swayed them onto your side.

against all odds, the two of you won, solidifying your positions. 

to celebrate, he invited you to an arcade to play games with him after school. just you and him, in an old-school arcade, with nobody else but the old guy manning the store and the weirdo playing pac-man a few meters away.

he watched you kick his ass and beat his high score in a shooting game, and told you without hesitation: hey, y/n. i like you. i’m pretty sure you like me too. so can we call this a first date?

at the time, you’d been too stunned to do anything but agree.

one tentative date turned into two, turned into you and sonny secretly holding hands under the table during student council meetings, sharing quick kisses in between classes. 

every now and then, you catch him staring at you intently. when you tease him about it, he flushes, looking away with a i can’t help it, y/n. you’re so cute. and cool. i like you.

that gets both of you flustered, giggling to clear the air.

the past few days, you’ve seen him come into school with cuts on his face or bloody knuckles. it’s nothing new, technically, you’ve seen him with bruised fists before, but it worries you.

he tells you it’s nothing. he’s a boxer, he just trained a little too hard and didn’t realize he hurt himself. 

you bandage up his wounds. “silly sonny, take better care of yourself, yeah?”

he grins, slightly crooked. “i mean, if you’re going to kiss me better every time, i might actually get hurt more.”

you boop him in the nose. “next time you get hurt, i’m not going to kiss you. how about that?”

he pouts. “nyoooo!”

god, he’s cute.

jump forward a few days later, you’re discussing meeting plans with the school council secretary. “how about we discuss this further over lunch later? my treat, if you’re interested?”

you’re about to politely decline when the secretary flinches violently. “on second thought, um, i think it’ll be better if we continue this tomorrow. i’ll. um. talk to you later!”

he flees the meeting room.

you would say it’s strange, if you didn’t see sonny standing in the doorway with the most frightening glare on his face.

he wipes the frown off instantly once the secretary is gone, but his dark expression stays. you’re so stunned you don’t even notice him lock the door behind him.

he walks towards you slowly, purposefully. almost predatory.

your mouth opens and closes, but you can’t speak, like you’ve been muted by the overwhelmingly threatening aura sonny is exuding.

the dark look in his lilac eyes makes you feel like you’re being hunted.

before you know it, he has you backed into a corner. his fist slams into the wall next to your head. you don’t know when you started shaking, but here you are, trembling like a leaf, sonny towering over you.

“don’t talk to any guy but me anymore, okay? i only love you, and you must only look at me. you understand?”

he’s so close, you can’t look away even if you wanted to. “y- yes. sonny.”

he smirks, his free hand cupping your cheek and stealing a kiss that leaves you dazed and breathless. “good.”

sonny steps away, and it’s like all the energy from before had disappeared without a trace. “haha, sorry, y/n. i guess i’m just a little insecure. anyway, wanna go for lunch?”

“sonny brisko, what the fuck is up with you today? that was really scary!” is what you want to ask.

but what comes out instead is “sure! sushi and negi, right? i’m in the mood for some aburi engawa.”

OMAKE: A FEW HOURS BEFORE SONNY ASKED YOU OUT...

sonny stepped into the alleyway behind the school, hands in his pockets. two other boys were standing there, smoking and laughing to themselves. 

he greeted them with a smile. “so, i heard you were talking shit about my y/n.”

“oh fuck,” whispered one of the two boys, dropping his cigarette, “it’s the commander! shit, man, i’m sorry, i’m taking it all back! i said nothing about your crush!”

the other boy laughed disbelievingly. “why are you so scared? he’s just some pretty boy, right? i bet we could beat him up easy, it’s two against one. i don’t believe in that commander bullshit.”

he tried to walk past sonny, but sonny stepped into his path, blocking the exit. the angelic smile stayed on his face. “i didn’t say you could leave.”

the boy sneered. “who are you to order me around? maybe you’re the head of the student council but you aren’t the boss of me.”

“tsk.”

sonny sighed, his lips curling up in a savage, deranged grin. he rolled up his sleeves, clenching and unclenching his fists like he was warming up. “i’m meeting y/n in a bit, so i better make this quick.”

less than a minute later, sonny stepped back out of the alleyway, leaving two bruised, bloody and unconscious bodies behind him. he whistled merrily to himself as he cleaned the blood off his knuckles. he couldn’t let you find out about his little side hobby, could he?

you’re the light of his life, after all, and he’d like to keep things that way. 

even if he had to slaughter the rest of the world for you to belong to him forever.

[gunsatthaphan]

~ Monthly BL Breakdown: October 2021 ~  

Disclaimer: All shows can be streamed here, here or here! For more info about shows, check out their MDL pages!

- Updates coming every month - feel free to add stuff! -

What came out this month? (green tick = seen or currently watching)

🌟 Limited Edition - October 2nd (Philippines)

🌟 My Mate Match - October 9th (Thailand) ✅

🌟 Kieta Hatsukoi - October 9th (Japan) ✅

🌟 My Sweet Dear - October 21st (South Korea) ✅

🌟 Peach of Time The Movie - October 21st (South Korea) ✅

🌟 The Immeasurable - October 22nd (Taiwan)

🌟 Bad Buddy - October 29th (Thailand) ✅

Monthly likes/dislikes

❣️ Bad Buddy - still can’t believe it’s finally here after waiting for almost a year hhhhh-- The first episode was amazing; It was different from what I expected in a lot of ways but I loved it. And I know it’s only the beginning but I’m loving the vibe and everything about it already. I’m sure they won’t disappoint. 

👎🏻 Bite Me - I was actually starting to like it more in the last few weeks but then everything turned into a weird feverdream lol. The characters suddenly turned very strange, especially Aek, who I know is experiencing internalized homophobia but his behavior towards his friends and the ppl around him is rude and unreasonable. Also what is up with that Viphob guy? They really didn’t have to overdo it with the supervillain vibes smh.

New show announcements

🎥  Heart by Heart The Series - Date TBA (Thailand) - the cast has been announced. 

🎥 Remember 15 (starring Mii2, Zee Pruk and others - it’s supposedly a horror series with both BL and GL) - Coming 2022 (Thailand)

🎥 Past-senger The Series (starring Marc Pahun and Copper Patpasit) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 เจ๋งพัท (novel adaption, cast unknown) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Judo Boys - Coming 2022 (South Korea)

🎥 มายากาล The Series (under MeMindY) - Coming 2022 (Thailand) 

🎥 Cherry Blossoms After Winter - Coming early 2022 (South Korea)

🎥 Bon Appetit - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 Boarding House Number 5 (webtoon adaption) - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 วันดีวิทยา (novel adaption) - Date TBA (Thailand)

🎥 Follow the Wind (webtoon adaption, from the director of You Make Me Dance and My Sweet Dear) - Date TBA (South Korea)

🎥 The Director Who Buys Me Dinner (webtoon adaption) - Date TBA (South Korea) - filming is scheduled for November & December.

🎥 I secretly fell in love with student council president & God's Military Officer (new projects by CHOCO TV, from the producers of HIStory 2&3) - Date TBA (Taiwan) 

Other news from the bl world

❗️Hyun Jun will not be part of Color Rush season 2. The script is finished and the rest of the cast has been announced. Shooting is supposedly starting soon and the story will surround Yeonwoo (Yoo Jun) who is looking for his missing mother while Sehyun (Han Sanghyuk) is trying to protect him. It’s still unclear what will happen to Yoohan’s character. The season is scheduled to air in December.

❗️OhmFluke have been confirmed as the leads in the upcoming bl “Oh My Sunshine Night”. Workshops have started. 

❗️Fittings for the upcoming BL “Bitter Sweet” (starring CooperPoy and others) have started. Filming will start soon.

❗Marc Pahun (My Gear and Your Gown) and Cooper Patpasit (My Engineer) have been confirmed as the leads in the upcoming bl “Past-senger“. It revolves around a teenager from the 90s who travels 25 years into the future. Fittings have started this month. 

❗มายากาล is the new project by Mame under MeMindY. It’s set to air in 2022 and auditions/castings are currently being held.

❗Haii Sarunsathorn (Cirrus in TT2) and Poppy Ratchapong (Porpla in YYY) have been confirmed as the lead couple in the upcoming bl “Chains of Heart”.

❗Filming for the upcoming Thai bl “The Tuxedo” has finished. It’s possible that the series will air this year.

❗RUMORS❗: - new GMMTV artists Mick Metas Opas-iamkajorn (Win’s younger brother) and Prom Teepakorn are rumored to star in a series together next year. - TayNew are rumored to have a comeback in the form of a series next year. (ya right lmao) - new GMMTV artist Joong Archen is rumored to star in the novel adaption “Engineer Cute Boys” by Jittirain, along with Dunk Natachai. Other cast members are supposedly Mek Jirakit and others. - EarthMix are rumored to star in the upcoming novel adaption of “พินัยกรรมกามเทพ“ which might be part of the GMMTV 2022 lineup. - Smart and James (LeonPob from DSN) were teasing a second season during a TikTok live. They told their audience to “stay tuned”, which sparked the rumors for a possible LeonPob spinoff.

Upcoming shows & movies for November

☝🏻 Love With Benefits - November 1st (Thailand) 

☝🏻 2Gether The Movie - November 4th (Thailand - cinemas) 

☝🏻 Nilundon - November 7th (Thailand)

☝🏻 Loveless Society - November 11th (Thailand)

☝🏻 Utsukushii Kare/My Beautiful Man/He, Who Is Beautiful - November 18th (Japan)

☝🏻 Money Boys - November 19th (Taiwan - cinemas)

☝🏻 Paint With Love - November 26th (Thailand)

☝🏻 Mr. Cinderella - November 28th (Vietnam) 

[addictedtomanga]

Shoujo manga recommendations - love triangle

1.     Ao Haru Ride

While most girls desire popularity among boys, Futaba Yoshioka wants the exact opposite. After attracting many admirers back in middle school which resulted in her being shunned by her female classmates, she decided that high school will be her chance to revamp her image. Therefore, she starts acting unfeminine and indifferent to boys, allowing her to make some “friends” along the way.

Little does Futaba know, her life will take another drastic turn when her first love, Kou Mabuchi, returns after his sudden disappearance years ago in middle school. Despite his extended absence, the fond memories they shared together still linger in her mind, and she wishes to return to those days. But she realizes that the sweet, gentle boy of the past has completely vanished, and in his place stands someone cold and pessimistic. While he admits that her feelings for him back then were mutual, he warns that they can never go back to the past, as everything, including him, has changed.

2.     Beauty Pop

Although a truly gifted hairstylist, Kiri Koshiba has no interest in using her talent to pursue fame and fortune, unlike the three popular boys in the "Scissors Project" at school. Determined to become the best makeover team in Japan, they give showy makeovers to handpicked girls. As much as Kiri tries to shy away from the Scissors Project spotlight, she finds herself responding to beauty's call...

3.      Blue Sky Playground

On a cold day, Mirita finds discovers a hidden room with a kotatsu (a table that keeps one warm) inside. The kotatsu belongs to two of the most popular and handsome twin brothers in school. Both immediately kick Mirita out. However, Mirita becomes even more determined to get back into that room. What love triangle will commence?

4.    Boku kara Kimi ga Kienai  

Hotaru managed to get in the same high school where Haruna-sensei teaches to see him again! However, on her first day there, she meets a very unpleasant guy who looks just like her beloved sensei...?

5.      Dear!

Rei, Kazuma and Banri are close childhood friends. Rei, who's better than any guy, the cool and smart Kazuma and Banri who's mischievous and bright have the perfect balance. It's normal for the three of them to be together all the time and without thinking of themselves as men and woman they're just together. But something happens after which Rei starts to think of Banri as a "man", so the relation of the three changes...?!

6.       Faster than a Kiss

After losing their parents, Fumino and her brother hop from one relative to another. Getting tired of all those moves, she finally decides to quit school and work to support her brother on her own. As they sat on a park bench, her teacher appears in front of her and agrees to her demands of marrying and supporting both her and her brother!! Is he serious or just playing around...?!

7.      Haru Matsu Bokura

The timid and reserved Mitsuki Haruno seeks her dream sociable life at high school. But despite her best efforts, her ineptitude to speak her mind impedes her from befriending anyone. Nonetheless, while working at a cafe one day, she has a fateful encounter with her school's four idolized basketball players—Towa Asakura, Rui Miyamotoi, Ryuuji Tada, and Kyousuke Wakamiya. At first glance, these four heartthrobs come off as arrogant individuals, responsible for invading her cafe's safe haven. Soon after though, as they uphold their promise of keeping her workplace a secret, Mitsuki starts to see them in a new light.

Hence begins an improbable friendship between Mitsuki and the boys, as her days of solitude finally comes to an end. However, things aren't always so simple—with her heart waning toward Asakura and the female students green with envy, is there a chance this friendship could blossom into something more?

8.      Hirunaka no Ryuusei 

Suzume Yosano has spent the entire 15 years of her life in the countryside, so when her parents decide to move overseas for work and leave her with her uncle in Tokyo, she finds herself in a whole new environment. On the way to her uncle's house, however, she gets lost and faints.

Waking up safely at her uncle's house, she learns that a strange man had carried her there and that he happens to be an acquaintance of her uncle. Moreover, when Suzume goes to her new school for the first time, she discovers that the weird man in question, named Satsuki Shishio, is actually her homeroom teacher! Now, Suzume must adapt to her new school and make friends, since her blossoming high school life in the city has just begun!

9.    Hoshi to Kuzu - Don't Worry, Be Happy   

Anzu is poor but very ambitious and aims for a bright future. Her first step is to be student council president but that chance is destroyed by the equally ambitious and egocentric Yamabuki. She just has to settle for being the vice-president.

10.  Iya da Nante Iwasenai 

Anzu currently works part-time at a beach house however when it comes to serving male customers, she can't help but be cold and shy. When she accidentally spills a drink on one of them, a male co-worker saves her who ends up being her childhood friend Rei. Anzu is happy to reconnect with Rei, however, Rei might be after a bit more...?

11.   Kaichou wa Maid-sama

Seika High School was an all-boys school, but it has since turned co-ed. Misaki Ayuzawa is the first female student council president of the school, eventually earning the nickname of the "Demon President" due to her mastery of Aikido and imposed iron rule.

However, Misaki harbors an embarrassing secret—she has to work at a maid café to support her family. If anybody from her school was to find out, her reputation would be utterly destroyed. And after Takumi Usui—the most popular boy at school—discovers her secret, that might just happen.

12.  Kaoru-kun to Hana no Mori 

Kaoru is as kind as a prince towards girls. She would love to met men stronger than her! And then, two men appeared in front of her...

13.  Katakoi no Tsuki

Kurumi likes Souta-kun, but what happens when Kurumi witnesses Souta-Kun hugging one of her friends? Could Souta-kun already have someone he likes or is Kurumi misunderstanding? What can she do if that girl is her friend, too!?

14.  Katakoi Triangle

Sekiya-san of the cultural library has an unrequited love for Yuuki-kun. The one who cares about Sekiya-san is the popular Kasai-kun, who is also Yuuki-kun's friend! And, what's this? Yuuki-kun is rooting for Kasai-kun?! It seems that everyone's feelings are one-sided...or are they?

15.  Kimi to Koi no Tochuu 

Just when I thought it'd start with you, you disappeared; I would've never thought this... Yuna has lost trust in love after her first boyfriend Takumi broke up with her. Shiina-kun from her class has already confessed to her twice and now finally she approached onto love another time. But Takumi appears in front of her!! What will the swaying Yuna do!?

16.   Kyoudai Gokko

Growing up, Takara Rio has always wanted siblings. So when her parents decide to move overseas without her and tells her she will be living with two people around her age, she's cautiously optimistic. But they turn out to be brothers who fight like cats and dogs. Is this what having siblings is like?

17.  Last Game 

Nothing is beyond Naoto Yanagi, heir to the Yanagi business conglomerate. Idolized for his athletic and intellectual competence, looks and wealth, Naoto lived like a king during his elementary school days—then entered Mikoto Kujou, a plain, gloomy-looking transfer student.

Due to her low financial status, Naoto was initially apathetic towards Mikoto. But despite having just arrived at his school, she completely eclipsed him in everything by consistently scoring top marks in exams and placing first in athletic events. After a brief confrontation with her that left him shocked, Naoto vowed to outdo her no matter the cost.

Ten years later, they are now students attending the same college. Having failed to defeat Mikoto throughout middle and high school, Naoto decides they will have one last game: if he can make Mikoto fall in love with him and then break her heart, it will be his victory. However, he finds himself falling in love with her instead...

18.  Last Notes 

Haru and Aki are the masters of the branch store - an old-looking and very unusual shop. It sells only one thing: a special kind of incense that, when burned, allows the user to see and speak with the spirit of the dead person that appears in the smoke. Every customer has a different reason for calling up the dead, and how they use this unusual opportunity is up to them...

19.  Love Berrish 

15 year-old Yuya Fukushima has always wanted to live on her own, in an inn next to her school. This new dorm of hers, the Strawberry Tree Dorm, turns out to be a place with weird people -- a girl that touches her chest out of the blue, a guy with one of the shortest tempers ever. BUT the good thing is, there's a really handsome and nice guy that she fell in love with instantly! Also, not to mention a crazy cat who adores him (looks can be deceiving...). Yuya's life has just became much more interesting...

20.   Mata Ashita

Towa's always been shy around guys, despite being a total tomboy. This has crushed her chances of ever having a boyfriend, but a perhaps fateful encounter on the first day of high school might lead to love? But will it be with the surprisingly kind "angelic" delinquent, or the popular yet secretly "devilish" prince?!

21.  Momo Raba 

Chieri (Cherry) was living an ordinary life, until her sister Ichigo (Strawberry) suddenly left her child Momo (Peach) on Chieri's doorstep. Momo is an infant; how is Chieri supposed to take care of a baby while still in high school!? To make matters even more frustrating, two guys are fighting for Chieri's love...!

22.   Monokuro Shounen Shoujo

Kureha Mimachi, a 15-year-old girl, has just transferred into Shiritsu Kenhono High School. However, there is something weird about this school, it is actually a school where the Princes and Princesses of the beast-kind go to! Even though Kureha is human, she is there as a way to help the students lead their lives peacefully with humans and has the role as the "rabbit". Will she be able survive without being eaten by the students? Only time and her hidden bodyguards will be able to answer that...

23.   Ouran High School Host Club

At Ouran High School, an academy where only the children of the rich and powerful attend, there exists a club consisting of the most elite of the student body: the legendary Host Club. Within the club's room, six beautiful, bored boys spend their time entertaining equally beautiful and bored girls.

Haruhi Fujioka, a poor scholarship student, has no interest in the Host Club—until she breaks a valuable vase in their clubroom. After being mistaken for a boy, Haruhi is forced by Kyouya Ootori to work for the Host Club to repay her debt. Tamaki Suou, the princely leader of the club, eagerly takes her under his wing to teach her the ways of the host. Things, however, are never quite so simple with the Host Club around. Even the most mundane events can turn into huge spectacles with the likes of prankster twins Hikaru and Kaoru Hitachiin, stoic Takashi Morinozuka, and sweet Mitsukuni "Hunny" Haninozuka. The crazy adventures of the Host Club are just beginning, and Haruhi must learn how to survive in the glitzy world of the hosts.

24.  Parfait Tic

Fuuko is a happy and cheerful girl. One day, two cousins, Daiya and Ichi, move into the apartment upstairs. Cold Ichi and mischievous Daiya gave a very bad first impression. All three are going to the same school as well. How will Fuuko's high school life turn out?

25.  Renren Zakari 

The day of her graduation, while she was lost and end up on the infirmary, a girl met by coincidence a good looking boy. But she was so panicked that the young man started to make fun of her...?

26.  Rockin Heaven 

Sawa applies to Heaven's Wing Academy, thinking she would look cute in the uniform. But she never expected the academy to be a previously all-boys' school! And the head honcho of the school, the class president himself doesn't seem to like her one bit and takes no pains to hide it. At first, adjusting to life at the academy is tough. Sawa is bullied and teased, and the boys in the class even throw her new shoes in the water. While attempting to retrieve her shoes, she falls into the water and is unexpectedly saved by Ran, who up until this point has made her life hell. The newfound gentleness in Ran intrigues her, and she finds herself falling for him. What will her days be like for the rest of her school life?

27. Saiouji Kyoudai ni Komarasareru no mo Warukunai  

Satou Fuuka is an orphan. Her aunt, who was her guardian, absconded in the night, leaving her with no money. Her parents wanted her to go to school, so she was looking for a job to cover her school expenses and rent (plus living expenses, though she didn't mention it). She goes to be interviewed for a part-time house helper job but is rejected before she can say anything, because the guy offering the job is the eldest for 4 brothers and it's an all-male household. She pours out her story, so he takes pity on her (even though he'd pointed out that she can't really take a part-time job if she doesn't have a guardian) and offers the job as a live-in position. However, he has one condition: she's supposed to disguise herself so his brothers don't take an interest in her. Her disguise: lots of towels around her body, so she looks fat; makeup so she looks old (39); plus her hair is all loose and she's wearing glasses.

28.   Sekirara ni Kiss

Chitose has always done well wearing her face like a mask: always smiling, always cute. She feels complete whenever she put it on because it's built to hide her unrefined self: no one hates her, and no one makes fun of her. But after meeting a cute boy who is instinctively more annoyed by her mask than her real self, can Chitose change and make people accept her for who she really is?

29.  Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume 

Uru is a very short girl and is constantly mistaken for an elementary school kid, but despite that, she is ridiculously strong and decides to live by herself after her mother gets remarried. She ends up working at a small cafe with two rather unique co-workers, Shindou, who acts gruff and intimidating, but who is really a nice guy who loves to make cakes and pies and the like, and Ichirou, who is really good-looking but who instantly falls asleep when he gets hungry and doesn't wake up again until he's force-fed something? What will the future bring to them?

30.  Stardust Wink 

I’m Anna. I’m 14 years old and I’ve just entered the ninth grade. Sou and Hinata, who live in the same apartment complex as me, are my childhood friends and we’re all the same age. I thought that from now on we’d become even closer friends, but then Sou suddenly did that to me…!!

31.  Strobe Edge 

Having no experience in romance, the vibrant Ninako curiously explores the meaning of what "love" really is, and is surprised to feel a colorful range of emotions as she grows closer to the school heartthrob, the quiet yet gentle Ren, who also happens to be involved in a longtime relationship. With every intention of keeping her head held high, Ninako prepares to face the mental pain of this one-sided love that she had allowed to take root, facing a series of trials that would either contribute to her growth as a headstrong woman, or break her as it did with other girls.

32.  Suki desu Suzuki-kun

Suzuki Hikaru, Hoshino Sayaka, Itou Chihiro and Suzuki Shinobu are all new students who have just entered the same middle school. Sayaka is a shy girl who secretly loves acting. Hikaru is an energetic boy who loves basketball. Incidentally, he shares the same last name with Shinobu, a popular rich boy who would be perfect if not for his rotten personality. Chihiro is Hikaru's childhood friend and has long had a crush on him. On the day of the opening ceremony, Hikaru happens to witness Sayaka acting out the lines of a drama on the rooftop and is instantly captivated. Upon seeing Hikaru getting along with Sayaka, Chihiro's chest begins to ache. When Shinobu sees this, he is overcome by a strange emotion and his heart starts beating faster... Unbeknownst to the four, this is the beginning of their magnificent love story; one that would last years to come.

33.  Taiyou no Ie 

After her mother abandoned her and her father remarried, high schooler Mao Motomiya is left feeling like she doesn't have a place where she belongs. One night, her childhood friend Hiro Nakamura finds her in a shrine eating cheap convenience store food and offers to take her to a restaurant. Their subsequent heart to heart leads to Hiro suggesting that Mao move in with him. To Hiro who has lived apart from his younger siblings all these years after their parents passed away, bringing his family back together in the once-lively Nakamura home begins with the first step of giving Mao a loving place to belong. When Mao reluctantly accepts his invitation, she is surprised at how easy it is to settle in with her longtime friend. Now she must deal not only with mending her relationship with her father and helping the oldest Nakamura brother attain his goal, but also her growing feelings for Hiro.

34.   The Maid at My House

Runako is studying hard to someday succeed as owner of her family's maid dispatching service company. One day, a request comes in from an entertainment production company and shockingly, it's for their super-popular star, Seirei Moroboshi! But could it be that the image he projects on the TV is far different than his true secret face...?!

35.  Tonari no Koigataki 

Hiro-kun and Icchan are both very important childhood friends to Akane. She thought they would always and forever be good friends, but...

36.  Tsubasa to Hotaru 

Tsubasa to Hotaru follows 15-year-old Tsubasa Sonokawa, a young student—and a renowned stalker? After one very romantic gesture by a popular upperclassman, she falls head over heels for who she believes to be her one true love. Unfortunately, love can be deceiving, as her feelings are soon proven to be one-sided; the upperclassman directly tells her that she's annoying and that she needs to stop bothering him. How's that for some tough love? Shortly after this horrific heartbreak, her good friend Yuri suffers from a sprained wrist, making it impossible for her to continue her position as the basketball team's manager. After some coaxing on Yuri's part, Tsubasa decides to take on the role in her place. This may be the perfect opportunity for Tsubasa to move on and forget about her unrequited love. On Tsubasa's first day as a manager, the team's shooting guard Aki Hidaka saves her from being hit by a ball. Is this another fateful encounter? Or just a random, meaningless event? One thing is for certain: Tsubasa's days will never be the same again.

37.   Uwasa no Midori-kun

Midori Yamate is a 15 year-old girl and is very much a tomboy. When she was young, Midori meets a boy called Tsukasa Hino, who came to the island she lives on for a holiday. He teaches her to play soccer and she falls in love with the sport. Midori is inspired by Tsukasa and continues to play soccer in hopes that they would meet again someday. When they do meet again Tsukasa does something unforgivable. Determined to defeat Tsukasa on the soccer field Midori enrolls in an all boy high school.

38.  Yagami-kun wa, Kyou mo Ijiwaru

 Just by talking to the famous Yagami-kun, Shizuku's high school life has become hard even from the start—!?

39.  Yumemiru Taiyou

While loitering in the park, Shimana Kameko, who intended to run away from home and skip school, meets a suspicious man in a kimono. This man, who had been locked out of his house, offers Shimana a place to stay. However, he requests she fulfill three conditions in exchange for her tenancy!?

[my-arlington-academia]

Serandy and Olifael part 3: Nari’s horrible return

Hey I’m back! ... I’m sorry.

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"S-Serena-senpai..."

Nari was looking away, her cheeks flushed from embarrassment. No matter how many steps back she took, Serena kept on getting closer and closer until she slammed her hand on the wall, next to Nari’s ear.

”Kyah! S-senpai! What’s going on?? Why are you being so violent with me?”

From Serena’s point of view this wasn’t violence. This was love. Oh Nari... you and your unstoppable mouth. No matter how much someone would beg, Nari would never shut up. Serena was provoked by that, the fact that someone wouldn’t obey her orders. It was frustrating and yet so charming.

She leaned in and whispered into Nari’s ear.

"Nari-chan... you aren’t a gemini, are you?”

Nari was confused, that’s it? That’s all Serena wanted to ask? No scolding, no punishment like usual? She was disappointed. Nari loved getting yelled at by Serena.

”N-no. I’m not a gemini, I’m a scorpio Senpai. But what does that have to do with anyth-"

"Shut it.”

Serena passionately kissed Nari with her passionate lips, passionate love and passionate hate towards geminis. She was so relieved that Nari wasn’t one of them. Disgusting. That would be horrible.

Horrible.

Hor-

"AAAH! NOOOO PLEASE GOD NO!"

Serena woke up covered in sweat. What the fuck was that?? Nari? What was she doing in Serena’s dream and why were they calling eachother like characters in a Japanese cartoon? Serena looked around her, it was her room. Thank God everything was just a dream and nothing else. Next to her, lying in bed was Andy who snuck in last night to sleep next to her girlfriend. Like all nights, actually. She was really worried for Serena’s mental state, not only today but in general.

"Serena...? *yawn* Are you okay sweetie?”

Serena hugged Andy, almost in tears.

"N-no! I saw her again in my dreams. That chatterbox monster, Nari! But this time we were high schoolers in a shitty anime... Why? Oh, why would this happen to me?? What did I do wrong for her to come back to haunt me?"

Andy hugged Serena back, trying to be as supportive as she could. This situation was really strange. For the past few days, Serena always saw Nari in her dreams. Nari was that 2nd year student in Arlington who went missing a few months ago. But in actuality... it was all a ploy orchestrated by Serena. Serena had pulled some strings to make some trouble happen in Egypt so that Nari would go back there for a couple of months. A couple of months that were extremely peaceful... Well, Trashy burned the building a couple of times but it was cool. Thanks to that some classes were canceled and Serena secretly thanked Trashy for her interventions.

The only people who knew about this were Serena and Andy, Serena knew that if she told Olivier what she did in order to get rid of Nari, he would get mad at her and rightfully so.

”Calm down Serena sssshhh. It’s going to be alright. Um... you know I’ve been thinking about this for a while now, but could it be that you have a guilty conscience? Maybe that’s why Nari appears in your dreams?”

Serena looked up at Andy, seriously taking in account what her girlfriend just told her. But no, that couldn’t be it. Serena? Feeling guilt for getting rid of Nari? Impossible. Nari was her arch-nemesis. It was absurd to think that after all these months Serena would suddenly start to feel guilty about her scheme.

”No... that can’t be it Andy. I would never feel bad for Nari. I think.”

”Aww come on, I know that you’re not as cold hearted as you pretend to be. Let’s just try to contact Nari, okay? Maybe you actually miss her a little bit.”

Did Serena miss Nari? Ridiculous but much more believable than feeling guilty.

"... Alright. Let’s do that."

Serena and Andy came down from the bed, they were changing into their school uniforms to get ready for class. That’s when someone barged in, looking extremely distraught. It was Rafael.

"Girls!!! Come quick! There’s 8 murde-"

Serena threw a pillow into Ralf’s face while Andy was covering herself with the blanket. Serena yelled at him in panic.

"What the hell Rafael? Can’t you knock first?? Turn around and explain yourself!”

Rafael turned around like instructed, facing the door. He was super gay for Olivier but he still covered his face with the pillow, just in case. He didn’t want Serena and Andy to feel uncomfortable.

"This is not important right now! There’s 8 murders in the Academy that ocurred this morning...”

Andy and Serena looked at eachother, horrified by the news. How was that possible? The security was so tight and the custodians always made rounds, even in the early mornings. Andy clenched her fists, still in disbelief.

”But... that’s impossible! One murder, sure. But 8 people have died?? There’s always guards in front of the entrance... and... and there’s at least one custodian on each floor to keep an eye on us!"

Rafael stood there, silent. Unable to explain the events. All he could say was...

”Oliver is waiting for us in the student council’s room. Come quick.”

There was no time to waste. Serena and Andy dashed out of their room and went out of the dormitory only to see a cruel scene unfold. A bunch of nurses were taking 8 people away into ambulance trucks. However, the 8 people were covered in white pieces of cloth. As if they were already dead. In the crowd, a blond girl with a pink flower in her braids was being retained by at least four people. They were trying to hold her still while she was screaming and shouting like a trapped animal.

"G-geez! How strong is this girl?! Someone call the remaining custodians to help us out! We can’t hold her forever!!!”

”Remaining custodians”? So, some of them had been killed as well? Or at least badly hurt. Andy and Serena tried to pass by the scene in a hurry but they couldn’t ignore the yells of the suffering young girl. Oh mother of god... It was the sweet and gentle Claire, trying to set herself free by punching and kicking.

"LET ME GO! I HAVE TO FOLLOW THEM AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE OKAY!!! DON’T HOLD ME BACK!!! THIS CAN’T BE. THEY’RE NOT DEAD!!! THEY’RE NOT DEAD, OKAY?! STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE I’M CRAZY!!! I... I...”

Suddenly all of her strength left her body and she fell down on her knees, seeing that she finally calmed down the 4 students that were holding her let go of their grip. Claire buried her face into her hands, crying.

"N-No... they’re not d-dead... the doctors will bring them back with a b-blood transfusion and... and... CPR will definitely work... if, if not then there’s also a defibrillator... it’ll work haha... ah... ah... ahh..."

She started hyperventilating, her eyes were bloodshot and her hair and clothes were all messy. She then covered her mouth, trying to stop what was coming, in vain.

”BLRGH.”

She threw up on the ground, still hyperventilating in between each spew. Because of that she was almost unable of breathing. Two custodians ran to her, scared of her reaction. What if she chokes up and dies because of her own vomit?

"P-please! Young miss calm down! Breath in... and out... in... and out... yes, slowly.”

Thank god her breathing became stable again, she could’ve lost consciousness from the lack of oxygen. After emptying up her stomach she started crying in the custodian’s arms.

"T-those people w-were my friends... *hic* R-raquel was right next to me... *hic* how did I fail to do anything?! ...U-useless! I’M USELESS. W-when it comes down to real danger... I’m unable to do a-anything. I couldn’t save anyone... I’ve never saved anyone! Not a single person!”

Andy didn’t even realize that she was crying at the heartbreaking scene until Serena covered her eyes and pulled her away from the crowd.

"Andy, don’t look...”

It was meaningless, Andy was unable to see anything anyway. Her eyes were filled up with tears, distorting her vision. However there was one thing she knew. Even though Serena was trying to hide it and act though, she was crying too.

In front of the student council’s room, they dried up their tears and snot with their sleeves, no time to find handkerchiefs. And they stepped in. Four people were in the room, Olivier shouting at Trashy, Trashy looking scared out of her mind but doing her best to deny whatever Olivier was stating, Rafael trying to calm Olivier down and... Tadashi, sat on one of the chairs. Looking down, emotionless. It’s as if all trace of life had left his body.

Serena tried to ignore that for now and put her hand on Olivier’s shoulder, he turned away from Trashy and looked at Serena, annoyed and angry.

"Ugh. You’re finally here?! What took you so lo-"

Before he could finish, Serena slapped the shit out of him, knowing that he wouldn’t calm down anytime soon if this went on.

"Calm down! I can see that Tadashi isn’t capable of handling anything right now so you should try to stay calm and take over as the student council president! It won’t help if you lose yourself like this...”

She then looked at Rafael, who was frozen in panic.

"Ralf, next time something like this happens just hit the shit outta him without hesitation. Got it?”

”Y-yes, sorry. I’ll do so.”

Olivier looked at his reflexion in the window and sighed a few times. He still wore that stupid cat mask. Then with a clear mind, he went back to business.

"Trashy. Please be honest with me. You’re the one who committed those murders, aren’t you?”

Trashy was shaking, teary eyed and visibly afraid by not only Olivier but also the stressful situation she was in.

"N-no! I’m telling you I would never kill people in cold blood! I only do harmless pranks...”

Olivier clenched his jaw. ”Harmless pranks” she says. He opened a folder and took out a document from it.

"Trashy. So far you have committed: arson, fraud, larceny and forgery. So tell me what could POSSIBLY lead me to believe that you aren’t the culprit behind this... this... inhumane incident?”

Trashy stood up, slamming her hand unto the table.

”I’m telling you: I’m innocent! I would never kill E-Ellie, Alistair or any other person of this school!"

At those words, Tadashi who was silent this whole time started sobbing and holding his arms, as if he was hugging himself.

”N-no... Ellie... Alistair... Raquel... *sob* Please c-come back. I-I’m scared... *hic* I-I’ll be good so p-please don’t abandon me *hic* A-Axel I-I won’t give you detention ever again... and... and I-I’ll help you guys with your homework... *hic*"

Rafael, Serena and Andy rushed in to hug him, seeing that he was in despair. Olivier sighed and glared at Trashy.

"I told you not to mention their names. He gets like that whenever he hears it.”

”I’m so sorry...”

Trashy looked extremely apologetic. As Serena was holding Tadashi in her arms, she shot a quick side-glance towards Trashy, it’s true that she was very chaotic but... logic aside, proof aside, was Trashy really capable of doing such things? Serena wanted to believe in her so badly but it is true that she was quite suspicious. As she was asking herself hundreds of questions, two people barged in.

"Excuse us.”

A weird man dressed in all black, carrying a katana and... a normal woman were standing before them. Olivier walked towards them, as if he knew who they were.

”Are you... who I think you are?”

The man and woman smiled at eachother.

”That’s right, I’m Nadir. The detective.”

”And I’m Gen, the coroner. Nice to meet you.”

Nadir had a Maryland accent... whatever that was supposed to mean. He didn’t look like a detective at all though, why was he carrying a katana? And why was there a coroner with him? All the dead bodies were brought to the hospital already. Well, they might get resurrected somehow. It’s not like hope was completely lost. Or at least Andy hoped so.

”Um. Excuse me uh. Gen? I don’t understand why you’re here and not at the hospital, I mean your job is to check wounds and find the cause of death, right?”

Gen smiled innocently.

”Oh I’ve already done my job, it was all stab wounds from a kitchen knife. Now I’m here in any case we find other dead bodies or if someone else dies.”

”Uh... okay.”

Tadashi suddenly stopped crying, awakened from his miserable state by Gen’s comment.

"DON’T SAY THAT! How... How DARE you just call them ”dead bodies”?! They were my friends! And... and they might be saved!!!”

Gen looked at him with sorrow in her eyes. As if it was too late. Thankfully Tadashi was so angry that he didn’t notice that. She had a look that said ”it’s hopeless kid.” Serena tried to change the subject, knowing that Tadashi would blow up like Claire if he knew that they were already dead.

”Soooo... Anyway, who are the people that got hurt?”

Olivier gave her the list with the names of all the victims, knowing that if he said their names aloud, Tadashi would lose it again. As expected, all of Tadashi’s and Claire’s friends were on it. Neha Rao, Tyler Williams, the Novakova siblings and so on and so forth. They were all so close and yet the only people left were Tadashi and Claire... but why did only those 2 survive?

”You’re all thinking ”why did those 2 survive”, aren’t you?”

Nadir smirked at them with a know-it-all epxression that everyone hated. It seems like he had already made some research before coming.

”Well, we’re thinking that it must be because... either one of those 2 is the culprit or... the person who attacked their friends didn’t manage to finish their job and he’s after them.”

Everyone was frightened by the thought... Claire, where was she? Hopefully she wasn’t left alone, however, just in case they should go find her and stay by her side. What if the culprit took advantage of her mental state to strike? The only person in the room who didn’t think about that possibility was Tadashi, he was too blinded by anger and fright.

”You’re saying that either me or Claire could be the culprits? That’s total BULLSHIT! We would never even THINK about doing something like this! How could I... How could I ever do something like this to my best friend and boyfriend?!!”

That’s right, Tadashi’s best friend: Alistair. And his boyfriend... Axel. A really weird couple indeed, they hated eachother’s guts until really recently so why did they suddenly start dating? It was a complete mystery. It all started on april fool’s so everyone just assumed that they would end the joke pretty soon... 3 weeks later and the joke still wasn’t over.

Gen raised her voice, desperately trying to stop him from punching them in the face.

”Please calm down kid! We’re only stating the possibilities! Not saying that they’re true... but while it might not be you nor your friend, there is a high chance that the kill- um, culprit is a student. Even though some custodians were... hurt, no guards were harmed.”

Nadir nodded, strongly agreeing with his colleague’s words.

”That’s right. But first let’s go find that Claire girl, she might be in great danger at this rate. Do you know where she is?”

Tadashi shook his head, having no idea where the only friend he had left was. Luckily, Andy and Serena knew where she might be. They all ran to the nurse’s office, thinking that they would find an unconscious Claire who had probably collapsed from shock and stress. But she wasn’t there. Only the nurse remained, saying that Claire wanted to rest in her room. Serena grabbed the nurse by the shoulders and shook him violently.

”Are you kidding?! How could you let her alone in a situation like this?! Are you not aware of what’s happening right now?! And besides... isn’t Claire’s room... tainted in blood right now?!!”

The nurse pushed Serena away, slightly upset by her outburst.

”Who do you think we are? The room had been investigated and cleaned the moment the body was discovered. Also, she wasn’t alone. There was another student with her who promised me to follow her no matter where she went.”

Serena’s eyes widened. Oh god. Oh no. What if this student is the killer?! Catching on what she was thinking, Nadir grabbed the nurse by his shoulders and shook him just like Serena did earlier.

”Who was it?! Who was that student?”

”Ugh. Could you all stop grabbing and shaking me?! I don’t know what her name was but it was a girl with really messy hair. To the point where I would guess that she doesn’t even own a hairbrush.”

They all started running towards the dormitory while the nurse was cursing them under his breath. On their way there, they saw two students in the courtyard, on the ground. One covered in blood and the other one holding her in her arms while crying. It was Reckless and AJ.

”AJ!! Please wake up! Come on you gotta live... You still haven’t paid me for the tarot reading I did for you the other day!!”

AJ was still half-conscious, holding on to dear life.

”God... shut the fuck up...”

”No, don’t say that AJ!! What if those are your last words?! You can’t let your last words be something so vulgar! What am I gonna say to your parents...”

”I don’t... give a shit...”

Gen pushed Reckless away, looking closely at the young girl’s wounds all over her stomach. Reckless wiped a tear away, relieved.

”Oh thank God, thank you doctor! Please save my cash-cow- I mean... my dear classmate!”

Gen then immediately got up, wiping her bloody hands on her jeans.

”Oh no kid, I’m not a doctor, I’m a coroner. All I can say is that she has most likely 5 minutes left to live or so. Sorry but to be saved, she would need to be a billionaire or something. Y’know how it is in America.”

Reckless started crying again.

”God I fucking hate capitalism. Can we all just die from a nuclear bomb, please? Someone nuke us, anyone. Even North Korea is fine...”

Andy took out her phone, calling the ambulance in a hurry. Serena had never seen her girlfriend look so livid.

”Are you all crazy?! We should at least call the ambulance in situations like these! Reckless, why didn’t you call 911 sooner?!”

Reckless kneeled in front of AJ, looking apologetic while still bawling her eyes out.

”You’re right Andy... I’m so sorry AJ, if only I wasn’t a dumbass... Come on, don’t lose consciousness! Or at least tell me your blood type before you do! Maybe we can still save you...”

”B... positive...”

”*sniff* I’m trying AJ but you’re losing a lot of blood...”

”That’s not... *cough* what I meant... you fucking dumbass *cough*"

This all looked like a comedy skit to be honest. AJ’s blood type wasn’t even B, it was O. Was she so out of it that she made a mistake? Serena went through 8 stages of whiplash before the ambulance finally showed their asses on the murder scene. Unfortunately, AJ hadn’t seen her attacker and same thing for Reckless. In any case it was useless to stay there, the group rushed back to the dorms like they were supposed to a long time ago before they found AJ dying. Hopefully Claire was still okay... It was like running a marathon. Arlington was way too big than it needed to be.

[golchaworld]

Subtract from this Divide | B.C

➳ pairing: delinquent!reader x student council president!chan

➳ genre: high school!au, fluff, mild angst

➳ word count: ~4.8k

➳ warnings: language, making out, mentions of smoking/drug use, mentions of sex/virginity

➳ summary: Putting a divide between you and Chan was the best thing you could have done for your reputations. But when the past starts to clash with the present, and rumors matter more than reputation, you find yourself feeling increasingly distant. Is there any way to subtract from the divide that has been created between you two?

A/N: So I started this piece over a year ago, which is super wild to think about. I wanted to do a reversal of the normal bad boy narrative, and this is what I ended up with. Tbh the plot is pretty bad, but I think the character study aspect is pretty interesting. As always, feel free to share your thoughts!

Your image as the baddest rebel in school was completely secure.  After three years at your godforsaken high school, you were able to be top dog.  No one ever messed with you.  As you walked down the hallways, the crowd practically parted for you.  Very simply, everyone was scared; and that was just how you liked it.

It started after you were suspended freshman year for graffiti in the bathroom.  You had gotten caught with a can of blue spray paint right as you were walking out.  Your principal was so furious that he thought that suspension wouldn’t be enough, but after a quick talk with your parents, you knew that your punishment wouldn’t be any worse.  From that moment on, you knew you could practically get off scot free for any offense, so you let it go to your head just a little bit.  You started cutting class, skateboarding in the hallways, and cursing at teachers, simply because you could.  Your punishment was never more than a detention or a brief scolding from the principal you had gotten oh so acquainted with over the years.

The rumors about you were wild, to say the least.  Boys fawned over you, intimidated in a way that had their fantasies running wild.  There was always gossip about you fucking someone knew, but it was never true.  Sure, you weren’t the Virgin Mary, but boys in your school didn’t truly appeal to you.  The girls were even worse.  They were the ones who created rumors about your home life, your GPA, and everything in between.  Little did they know that everything was fine.  The rebel image you upheld only applied to your personality and disciplinary history, not your home life or academic intelligence.  

Although you were secure in your position and persona, you knew that one person could change that entire thing: your boyfriend.  You loved Chan.  He was the sweetest and dorkiest guy you had ever met, and that was just the problem.  He was student council president, leader of the school’s acapella group, and top of the honor roll.  You two were polar opposites, and you knew that if news of you two dating got out, it would taint both of your images.  Your bad girl image would vanish if you admitted you had a soft spot for such a good guy.  Chan could no longer be Mr. Perfect if his girlfriend were such a rebel.  So you two decided to keep your relationship a secret.

It was easy in the beginning.  You two would only hang out outside of school.  You would go out of your way to go to events two, three towns over just to minimize the chances of running into someone from your school.  The two of you often found yourself in an ice cream shop 45 minutes away for your dates, just happy to be in each others’ presence despite the long journey.  However, you found that the perfect medium was hanging out at each others’ houses.  It was the perfect combination of seclusion and intimacy, allowing you two to be both carefree and close.

But as your relationship developed, and the two of you fell in love, it became harder and harder to conceal your relationship.  You found yourself wanting to tell your best friends, Changbin, Hyunjin, and Minho, about your wonderful boyfriend more often than not.  Chan had the same sentiment, struggling to keep his best friends, Jisung and Felix, out of the loop.  But you two had talked about it and decided that it was too risky, even to just be limited to best friends.  

So the two of you came up with a pact, you wouldn’t even look at each other when in school.  Everytime you passed each other in the hallways, it would be nothing but blank stares as you walked away.  There were no smiles, giggles, or heavy eye contact when anyone else was around.  But on the rare occasion that you two found yourselves alone during the school day, the pact went out of the window.  Whether it was quick makeouts in between the bookshelves of the library, or a check-in in the janitor’s closet, you two found any excuse to see each other during the day.  And no matter how much it happened, your heart always broke a little when it was time to go your separate ways.

As you walked down the hallway in between first and second period on a Tuesday morning, Minho was talking your ear off.  He felt the need to explain to you the details of the “best head he’d ever received” this past weekend.  It took all you had not to roll your eyes.  You loved Minho, but you two were very different.  Unlike you, he used his bad boy, rebel image to get with practically everyone in the school.  Girls, guys, it didn’t matter to Minho.  He was just in it for the orgasm.  No matter how much his behavior bothered you, he was one of your best friends, and you loved him.  But that didn’t mean you wanted to hear the details of his every sexual encounter.

The two of you trekked further down the middle of the hallway, watching everyone’s faces twist in fear as they spotted you.  It gave you a weird satisfaction, knowing that everyone revered and feared you.  But when you came across one group that refused to move for you, your heart contracted.  There was Chan, along with Jisung and Felix, walking straight in your direction.  It was hard for you not to outwardly coo, let alone keep your face set in stone.  Your boyfriend’s hair was in its natural curly state, a dark brown halo above his head.  His blue polo shirt was buttoned almost all the way up, khaki pants freshly ironed.  You were internally dying at the sight.  But you did nothing, keeping your eyes set straight ahead of you as you passed your secret love.  When you were a safe distance away, you let out a breath you didn’t know you were holding.

“What do you think about Chan?”  Minho asked casually as you two turned into your shared second period class.

“What is there to think about him?”  Your heart was racing in panic.  “I forget he exists sometimes.”

Minho chuckled from his desk beside yours.  “I call bullshit on that one.  He’s everywhere!  Hell, he’s student council president.  There’s no way you can forget about him, especially when he looks like that.”

It wasn’t new to you that people found your boyfriend attractive.  Since freshman year, everyone in school has been ogling over him, wanting to ruin the perfect pretty boy.  He kept his record clean though, never giving anyone in school the time of day.  That didn’t stop people from trying, though, including Minho.  It always sucked to hear your best friend go on and on about how hot your boyfriend was, even if he didn’t know he was your boyfriend.

“Eh, he’s not all that,”  you answered back coolly.  “I think you’re much hotter, Minho.”

Your best friend rolled his eyes at you as you jokingly smirked and winked.  This was normal for you two, casual flirty banter that had everyone in school secretly wondering if you were together on the down low.  It was actually extremely common.  The entire school practically assumed you were with one of your three best friends.  The best theory you heard was junior year, when the captain of the cheerleading squad spread the rumor that the four of you were in a polyamorous relationship.  Sure, you knew all of your friends were hot, but the rumor still had you laughing to date.  There was nothing better than the gossip you heard about yourself and your friends, but there was nothing worse than hearing gossip about your boyfriend.  So when you heard two girls whispering Chan’s name from the seats behind you, you instantly tuned in.

“I heard Chan is going to ask out Naomi.  Jisung told me that he does nothing but check her out all day,”  one girl whispered.

The other girl sighed loudly.  “God, what I would give to be Naomi.  I wish Chan would check me out all day.”

You felt your hand subconsciously curl around the edge of your desk.  You told yourself to breathe deep, counting to ten in an attempt to keep your temper in check.  It was difficult, however, as the girls continued to blabber on about Chan’s perfection.  Their banter was ultimately silenced by the bell, and then the teacher as class began.  You just picked up your pencil and began writing, making a mental note to bring up the incident with your boyfriend later on.

.        .        .

You paced the last bookshelf in the corner of the library during lunchtime, waiting for your boyfriend to appear.  When you sent your text about needing to see him, you meant it, the gossip of second period still heavy in your mind.  As the boy appeared, he made sure to check behind him before walking closer to you.  He was quick to encase you in his arms, pressing a sweet kiss to your lips.

“Hey, baby girl.  Missed me too much?” He smirked as he spoke, hands still placed firmly on your waist.

“I just needed to see you.”

Chan ducked down, placing another kiss on your lips.  He attempted to take it further, biting down softly on your bottom lip.  It took all of your resolve to push him away, and he whined quietly as you did.

“That’s not why I asked you to come here.”

When Chan saw the distress in your eyes, he was instantly concerned.  You were a tough one, and it took a lot for things to bother you.  So if something was bothering you to the point where you were physically in strife, he knew it must be serious.

“What’s wrong?”  Chan ran a hand through your hair, letting his other one still rest softly on your waist.

“So I heard that you’re into Naomi Hendricks now,”  you chuckled bitterly.  “A girl in class was talking all about how she wished to be Naomi so you could check her out like you check Naomi out.  And the funny thing is that apparently Jisung is convinced that you’re going to ask her out.  Now why would he think that, Christopher?”

Chan knew you only used his real name when you were truly upset.  “Y/N, it’s not like that.”

“Then what’s it like, Chris?”

“Jisung and Felix think that I’m not getting any, so they’re just trying to set me up with people.  I told them I’m not interested, but they just won’t listen.  You know better than anyone that I don’t want anyone but you.  I just can’t tell them that, so they just run with it.  I’m sorry, baby girl, that you have to hear these rumors, but you have to know they’re not true.”

You looked Chan in the eyes, searching for any reason not to trust his answer.  But as you got lost in his normal, sincere gaze, you knew he was telling the truth.  You sighed audibly.

“Alright, I’m sorry.  It just sucks hearing all of these rumors about you.  I don’t want to think about my boyfriend being into anyone else.”

Chan smiled brightly, letting his prominent dimples show.  “Tell me about it.  If I hear another thing about you fucking Changbin, I think I’m going to lose it.”

You laughed in return, letting your nose crinkle at the thought.  “Trust me, you don’t have to worry about it.”

“Just like you don’t have to worry about me,”  Chan stated softly.  “I love you, and only you.”

You let yourself nod, looking up to meet your boyfriend’s eyes.  He smiled back at you, leaning down to place a sweet kiss on your lips.  Your arms slowly snuck their way around his neck, allowing you to tilt your head and deepen the kiss.  You felt Chan sigh as you nibbled on his bottom lip, curling your fingers into the short hairs at the nape of his neck.  The two of you continued to kiss passionately, letting yourselves get lost in each other.  But as Chan began to trail kisses down your jaw and neck, the bell rang out loudly, signalling the end of the period.

“What class do you have?”  Chan whispered in your ear, making no moves to stop what he was doing.

“Math,”  you gasped out lightly.  “What about you?”

You felt Chan smirk against your jaw.  “Free period.”

Chan trailed back up to reconnect his lips to yours.  “I can skip,”  you breathed out in between heated kisses.  “Class can wait.”

Chan just shook his head, fully disconnecting from you.  He chuckled softly as you attempted to follow his lips for a moment before realizing that he was letting you go.  Your eyes shot open at the same time a frown manifested itself on your face.

“I can’t let you skip, baby.”

You cursed your boyfriend’s goody two shoes nature.  Rolling your eyes, you muttered out a “fine” before grabbing the backpack you had discarded on the floor.  You turned to leave, only to be pulled back by a warm hand on your wrist.  You barely had time to register your boyfriend’s warm lips on yours before he was pulling away, sending you off with a small tap of your backside.

“Have fun in class,” he whispered.  “Love you!”

You turned around to send him a sarcastic smile.  “I won’t.  Love you, too.”

.        .        .

After school, you walked to your locker with both Hyunjin and Changbin at your sides.  For some reason, the three of you couldn’t find Minho anywhere, so you assumed that he either got caught up flirting or fucking.  Either way, the three of you didn’t mind, you just planned to walk home together without him.

As you opened your locker, you heard labored breathing and heavy footsteps behind you.  With the distinct sound of Hyunjin’s laughter, you knew Minho had showed up.  You looked behind you briefly, but it was long enough to register Minho’s disheveled hair and the blooming red bruises on his jaw and neck.

“What happened to you?”  Changbin sounded exasperated.

Hyunjin was still laughing.  “More like who happened to you?  It looks like you just got out of a gang fight where you could only punch each other in the neck.”

You just shook your head, trying to find the right books to bring home for that night’s homework.  Your friends continued to bicker behind you, only growing louder as Minho insisted that the identity of the person who he was with remained a secret until the walk home.  When you finally gathered all of your materials, you shut your locker, signalling to your group of friends that it was time to go.

The four of you were quick to head out of the main school doors and down the street, heading first to Changbin’s house a few blocks away.  Once Minho deemed that you were far enough away from the school, he began to tell the story behind his appearance.

“Okay, so I couldn’t say this information earlier because it’s top secret.  No one can know about this.”

You saw Hyunjin roll his eyes.  “There’s no such thing as secrets with you, Minho.”

“Well then let this be my first,”  Minho retorted.  “So I was smoking out by the football field, when Han Jisung approached me and just started going off on me about how bad smoking is for your lungs and cancer and gum disease and blah blah blah.  And then next thing I know, we’re making out, and then he’s sucking my dick.”

Changbin groaned loudly.  “You really didn’t need to say that last part.”

You, on the other hand, were extremely confused.  In all the years you’d known Chan, he never once mentioned Jisung being interested in guys.  “I’m calling bullshit.  I don’t even think Jisung plays for the other team.”

“He doesn’t.”  Minho sent a smirk in your direction, prompting you to fake-gag.  “Can I just say that ruining straight boys is the best.”

Hyunjin scoffed.  “If you’re ‘ruining’ them, they must not have been straight to begin with.”

“You want to test that theory?”  Minho wiggled his eyebrows at Hyunjin, only to get shoved off the sidewalk by the taller boy.  

Changbin chuckled from his position next to you at their antics.  Although you knew the rest of the school saw the four of you as big, scary, bad kids, you were really just all dorks on the inside.  You were dorks who just happened to like wearing all black and breaking the rules.

About five minutes later, you all arrived at Changbin’s front door, waving him off with a simple goodbye.  Next was Minho’s house down the street.  When you finally dropped the hickey-covered boy off, Hyunjin immediately burst into loud laughter.  You looked at the boy as if he were crazy, completely confused on what could be so funny.

“Minho and Jisung.  Our Minho and Han Jisung!  That’s fucking hilarious.”  He clapped his hands together comically.

You just shook your head.  “I think it’s cute.”

“Cute?”  Hyunjin turned to face you.  “Our bad boy, flunking Minho, with honor roll, president of the school’s medical society Jisung.  It’s ridiculous!  It’s like something out of a movie.  But in real life, people like us don’t fit with people like that.  So Minho’s up for a rude awakening.”

“Don’t say that, Jinnie.”

The tall boy just shrugged.  “It’s the truth.  I didn’t make the rules.”

As you two approached your house, Hyunjin began to blabber on about something you couldn’t focus on.  You were barely listening, though, his commentary about Minho and Jisung still sticking fresh in your mind.  

People like us don’t fit with people like them.  

Part of you wanted to revisit the topic, tell Hyunjin that he was wrong and that stereotype was nothing but that, a stereotype.  But you knew any comment you would make would just arouse suspicion, so you decided to keep your mouth shut.  When you finally arrived at your house, you noticed a familiar car parked out front, making you smile brightly.  You bid Hyunjin goodbye with a quick hug, rushing to get inside and be with your boyfriend.

As you walked in through the front door, you could hear your mother chatting with Chan in the kitchen.  One of the perks of having to hang out at one of your houses all the time was the fact that you both got close with each others’ parents extremely quickly.  You made your way further inside, smiling as you spotted Chan standing next to your mother as she cooked something on the stove.  She dipped a spoon into the silver pot, pulling out some liquid and giving it to Chan to taste.

“Wow, mom.  You’re replacing me as the taste tester already!” You exclaimed in mock-offense.

Both your mother and Chan turned at the sound of your voice.  “Well if it isn’t my little delinquent,”  your mother teased.  “What kind of trouble did you get in today?” You just rolled your eyes, stepping closer to the two by the stove.  “Nothing today.  But that just means I have to go rob a few banks tomorrow.”

Chan chuckled, walking over to pull you in a hug and placing a kiss on the top of your head.  You took a deep breath as you cuddled into his chest, Hyunjin’s words still resonating with you.

“Chan and I are going upstairs, mom,”  you announced, taking your boyfriend’s hand and leading him out of the kitchen.

“Be safe!”  Your mom called after the two of you, making you groan loudly.  Chan just laughed as the two of you climbed the stairs and made your way into your bedroom.

You placed your backpack down next to your barely-used desk.  Doing your homework was a rare occurrence, but you scored high enough on tests that it never completely ruined your GPA.  Chan had scolded you about it multiple times, but after a few weeks, he gave up completely.

Chan just took his normal position on your bed, never hesitating to make himself comfortable.  You just smiled, rolling your eyes at the way he began to cuddle your pillow.  With the way he was splayed out, there was barely any room for you on the small, twin-sized bed.  Chan didn’t seem to give it any thought though, seeming as though he was unwilling to move from his comfortable position.

“I’m glad to see you’re always making yourself comfortable.”

Chan just hummed, nuzzling further into your purple silk pillowcase.  His dark hair seemed to almost blend in with the dark blacks and purples adorning your room.  You couldn’t help the way your heart melted, taking in the way Chan looked so at home in your room.  No matter how much you tried to deny it, this boy was truly your soft spot.

“After you left today,”  Chan started softly.  “I was thinking a lot about the shit we hear about each other.”

You nodded before realizing he couldn’t really see you.  “Mhm,” you encouraged.

“I just think we should be really open with each other.”

“Are we not already super open?”  You quirked an eyebrow at his unmoving form.

“Of course we are,”  Chan finally moved his head from the pillow to look at you completely.  “But I just don’t think there’s any harm in really letting each other in.  Maybe then the rumors won’t bother us as much.”

You sighed, rubbing a hand over your face.  You decided to use the black hair tie on your wrist to tie your hair up, knowing this was going to be a long process.  “Is this why you came over?”

“Don’t sound so disappointed.  I just want to know everything about you, baby girl.”

Chan reached out for you, making an aborted noise into the pillow.  You indulged him, getting up from the desk chair and squeezing onto your bed.  Chan almost instinctively wrapped an arm around your waist, pulling you close so you two were nose to nose.  He smiled softly, happy to finally have you carelessly in his arms.

“Hi there,”  he whispered.

“Hi,”  you responded softly.  “So what do you want to know?”

“Well, for one thing, you weren’t a virgin when we met.  You were my first time, but you never told me who yours was.”

You sighed as Chan’s hand began to rub slow circles into your waist.  It pained you to have to reveal this information to your boyfriend, and that’s why you tried so hard to keep it a secret all this time.  You knew that he would be beyond upset at the answer, but it was his fault for asking.

“Don’t be mad,”  you stated, looking into his eyes for any signs of distrust.

“What?  Why would I be mad?”

You let your eyes flicker downwards before coming back up to make eye contact.  “It was Hyunjin.”

Chan pulled away from you with so much force that you almost fell off of the side of the bed.  This was the reaction you dreaded.  The amount of gossip surrounding you and your friends was tumultuous, and you didn’t want to give validity to any of it.  But this, unfortunately, was very true.

“Hyunjin?”  Chan muttered.

“It was the end of sophomore year!  We were just young and fooling around as a ‘what if?’ and it escalated.  We were always just friends and super comfortable with each other so we decided that we’d be comfortable losing it to each other.  If I knew I was going to meet you and be with you three months later, I would have waited!”

Chan could sense the exasperation in your voice, but it wasn’t enough.  He was never mad about the fact that you weren’t a virgin.  He truly understood that different people tackle milestones at different paces.  But deep down, he was always suspicious of how close you were to your three male friends.  This just confirmed those suspicions.

“How many times?”  Chan asked bluntly, sitting up on the bed.  

You followed suit.  “How many times what?”

“How many times did you and Hyunjin have sex?”

You sat silently, unable to do more than just stare at your visibly irritated boyfriend.  Chan’s eyebrow raised at your ominous silence.  He couldn’t stop the bubble of anger that was rising in his chest.  If he had known this was going to be such a difficult conversation, he never would have initiated it.  Now, however, he didn’t know if he could stop prying.

“More than once?”

You nodded wordlessly, eyes trained down on your folded legs.

“More than--”

“It was four times,”  you cut your boyfriend off.  “Before I met you, I had sex with Hwang Hyunjin four whole times.  Is that what you were looking for?” 

Chan was quiet, looking at you in a way that had your toes curling in anxiety.  He didn’t have to know this, and you spent your entire relationship keeping it from him.  You guessed he was right about the two of you opening up, but you hated the inevitable rift it would cause between you.  Chan moved to stand, only to be stopped by your hand wrapping around his wrist, pulling him back.

“Don’t go, Chris.  Please.”  You pleaded with him softly.

Chan’s chest rose and fell once, twice, with each breath he took.  Eventually he sat back down on the bed, eyes slowly meeting yours.  You tried your best to smile, even though you could see the irritation in his eyes.

“Remember what you said to me earlier?�� There’s nobody but you, Chan.”  You watched as your boyfriend’s eyes softened.  “I love you and only you.”

Chan couldn’t force his voice to go above a whisper.  “I love you, too.”

You smiled softly, removing your hand from his wrist only to lace his fingers with yours.  After a moment, Chan smiled, looking at you apologetically.  He couldn’t help the small flame of jealousy that ignited whenever there was mention of you with your three best friends.  He knew deep down that you all were nothing more than friends, but it was difficult to ignore this piece of your history.

“I’m sorry for bringing this up,”  he muttered.  “I didn’t know it would get so bad so fast.”

Your smile was warm.  “Don’t apologize.  I’m glad that you know a little bit more about me now.”

“Yeah, I guess this did serve its purpose.”

“Not completely,”  you teased.  “You still haven’t told me something secret.”

Chan just groaned, rubbing his free hand over his face and causing you to chuckle.  He knew exactly which story followed along the lines of the previous conversation, and he wondered if you could handle it.  But, after the information you just shared with him, he forced all of his doubts to the back of his mind.

“Okay, so this is super top secret.  You cannot tell anyone!  It doesn’t just involve me, which is what makes the secrecy extra super important.”

You nodded, lifting your free hand.  “I swear myself to secrecy.”

“So freshman year, Jisung was having a little sexuality crisis.  He was telling me and Felix about how he thought he was bisexual, but he was worried since he had never been with a boy.  So...we kissed.”

“Chan!”  Your eyes widened in shock.

“It was nothing!  I promise!  Jisung didn’t end up figuring out anything, though, because he said it was like kissing his brother.”

You couldn’t suppress the laughter that was bubbling up.  “You sound offended.”  You teased.

Chan instantly looked offended, placing a hand over his heart.  “I was offended!  Jisung had the luxury of kissing me, a hot, sexy guy, and ended up not even enjoying it.  It was some boy who he met last summer who made him fully realize that he was bi.  He took me for granted if you ask me.”

By the teasing smile taking hold on your boyfriend’s face, you knew he was joking.  His secret was still very real, but all of the outlandish reactions were just to make you smile.  If there was one thing you knew about your boyfriend at this point, it was that he would do anything to make you smile, even in the most serious moments.

“So then we both kissed our best friends?”  You raised an eyebrow.

Chan shrugged.  “I guess we did.”

“But now we’re only kissing each other, right?”

“Definitely,”  Chan chuckled slightly.  “Trust me, you’re the only one I want to kiss.”

You just smiled, leaning forward to connect your lips with your boyfriend’s.  It was difficult, though, seeing as you were both grinning too widely.  

[kira-does-otome]

Club Suicide (Kurasude) Translation - Mabuchi Meiyou Day 6

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Humans are ever-changing creatures. We are creatures whose mind and body continue to change until we dies.

I think, after yesterday, my beliefs have already changed.

Thoughts that I couldn't conceive until yesterday may flash tomorrow the moment I wake up.

It may not be right. I might not admit it.

But, that's what it means to live. Situations are constantly changing.

Those I thought were enemies up to yesterday may now look like allies. Sometimes I suddenly feel love for the friends I haven’t seen in several years.

Tomorrow's forecast may be off and it might rain.

—Suddenly, I might get an unexpected call.

The school was completely closed on the Saturdays and Sundays before the graduation ceremony.

No trespassing inside the school... But, it seems that the vice student council president was called for sudden help. 

Looking at the screen of my smartphone, I remembered Mabuchi’s bloodshot eyes.

...He was still chased by his responsibilities just before he died.

I felt sorry for him, but when I asked him if I could help, he loosely refused.

He is a person who tries to solve everything by himself. Until the end, a strong person—— No, a stubborn person.

I am also a stubborn person.

After a long time of withdrawal, I met people, talked to them every day, and got to know them.

It felt strangely lonely to be free all day.

Alcohol addiction is caused by the illusion that the body needs to keep drinking. 

Did I get addicted too? Today, being without Mabuchi Meiyou is terribly boring.

Even Siege, which I played so much, now seems ridiculously boring. 

I take out a cold barley tea from the fridge and pour it into a cup.

—I’m uncomfortable.

Thinking about it... I do have the make-up my mother bought for me.

I was withdrawn, and it was a hassle to leave my room.

一It was a hassle to exist in this world.

My mother started to keep the food she cooked in the refrigerator for me.

I took it back to my room secretly when my parents fell asleep or when they out at work.

Well, I didn't have to do that for the past week...

Even though I don’t normally... I ate dinner with them. 

My mother no longer had to put it in the fridge for me.

I wonder what this strange feeling is.

I thought my face was relaxed, but the face reflected in the glass of the cupboard was laughing gently.

Quietly, I returned to my room. My parents are out.

My room, which was shaded by the curtains, was dark, and the furniture I had chosen was painted in neutral colours such as beige and black.

...Therefore, the white book that he had returned to me yesterday stood out more.

Gently, I touch the pure white cover.

After all, I think it wasn't until yesterday that he really helped me.

Yesterday, for the first time, Mabuchi Meiyou took a serious look at his current situation.

I get it... I think I already understood.

He refused to shed his shell, either before his death or when he verbally asked for help.

But even though it was in the week before his death, I didn't think it was too late.

I thought these days were meaningless until yesterday, when he showed me his true appearance and told me about his suicide.

…As he said, it was the first time.

It was his first time being exposed, and it took him a while to remove his mask.

During the four days he was wearing his shell... the process of wearing a mask made sense.

It made sense to him.

Without me, he would have kept his shell, blindly dragging himself to his conclusion.

Tomorrow he will probably die.

Probably... Because it's something you can't understand until you’ve lost your humanity.

Even if his problems are solved, I cannot predict what he will do tomorrow.

I just hope he can reach the conclusion he wants.

—But to put it bluntly. If I’m forced to admit it... I also have feelings for him.

His life is only for him, but... I wonder what will happen.

Not me, or anyone else, has the right to change the destination of others' lives, there’s nothing I can do...

I’m allowed to hope, wish, and tell him what I think.

......It really was a yuri-like week. Out of everyone I chose Mabuchi——​ 

A, I want to die

B, I want to keep living

Without a second thought, I pick up the pure white book.

A quiet shaded afternoon.

The story I could read in a few hours, for some reason, took more than twice as long to read today.

[alkhale]

Hello hello miss!... Uh, I think that's how you identify??? If not, please tell me!!! I don't wanna misgender you on accident or something Q-Q Anyways, I've been reading Memo, and I! Really love Hoku, and the way she interacts with the world, and her relationships with everyone, it's just really well written. Plus, she sounds REALLY pretty and I'm weak for that. That aside, are you up for getting ideas for Memo!AUs people've had, or headcanons? If not it's cool, just wanted to ask :> ~ Vira

omg u good, dw anon. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU CUTIE, I FEEL LIKE I SHOULD USE AN uwu WHEN ANSWERING THIS ONE HAHAHAHA. Thank you for loving it and thank you so much!! CALLING HOKU PRETTY IS SO SWEET WHEN SHE PROBABLY JUST LOOKS AT HERSELF LIKE HELL YEAH THAT KIIONOHI WAS WORTH IT. 

I’m guilty of already having a lot of AU ideas for Memos and I might just start a story on AO3 for a collection of them so they don’t clutter the actual story or I can go more in depth or explore some other things hahaha. I’ll start putting them in little omakes and stuff, but Memos chapters have been hella long so I’m worried about overbogging stuff but y’all seem chill with these crazy counts so i hope u don’t mind

AUs:

- School AU, this one’s just fun shenanigans and I love modern AUs. School Council President Sabo, Ace being Ace, Hot teacher Shanks, for some reason Kid and Hoku both have the same art class in basic architecture and metal welding because he’s a grease monkey and Hoku likes designs. Straw Hat crew in school, Brook’s a popular soul musician. Franky and Robin are teachers. 

- MODERN AU. I have so many ideas i wanna hash out for different Modern AUs, hahaha, i’m so attracted to these and was this close to writing it out instead as its own kind of story but Memos won over. 

ASL+Hoku living together and their daily life (together its HASL like hassle and that’s exactly what it’s like with these idiots)

Started to live together once Ace and Sabo were in their third year of high school, it’s been awhile now. (Hoku’s family passed away when she was young, Garp was doing marine work stationed in Hawaii and took an interest in her but before he could find her, she went to live with ‘someone else’ until he managed to shove her in with Luffy, she’s technically an emancipated minor)

Ace is a construction worker/part time fire fighter and picks up all sorts of odd jobs and errand runs.

Whitebeard took him in on several occasions when stuff happened. Ace is super close to the group even though they’re lowkey high profile crime bosses. Marco’s a doctor underground and professional, Thatch is a chef (whitebeard’s crew always sends gifts and visits and hooks them up with deals at random places)

“Ace! Can you call Marco? I think Hoku’s anemic again.”

“I swear to god, put down that phone he’s going to give me all those pills and I don’t wanna pay the hospital bill–”

“But it’s free.”

“God damn it.”

Sabo works for a high fashion brand design/political activist group (somehow these two meshed and Dragon runs both so)

Hoku and Luffy are students almost finishing up with high school. 

Sabo is designated most put-together-has-his-shit-ready, if you can’t find your paint brushes Hoku, ask Sabo. Ace, Sabo put ur laundry away already. He’s usually in charge of meals and making sure the bills get paid. (Their apartment is spacious but a little dingy and random stuff breaks or falls apart but Ace and Hoku are really handy and always fixing shit)

Ace can only make pasta and grilled foods. He’s great with the barbecue. Luffy can’t cook. Hoku cooks pretty damn well but she’s clumsy in the kitchen so she tries to cook before Sabo or Ace get home and they scream something about her cutting off a finger and needing stitches again

House is always decorated with flowers or something nice like a painting or photos or tapestries. Hoku always does that.

They have a small garden plot by the apartment complex. Hoku and Sabo take care of it. Ace and Luffy eat from it a lot and run out animals trying to steal the tangerines from the tree Nami’s adopted mom gave them as a house warming gift.

The three of them fill out a lot of her pages in her sketchbooks and easels. “Is that Sabo again?” “Yeah, he fell asleep reading and he looks too perfect so I wanted to draw it.” “That kinda pisses me off.” “Me too, we’ll do something about it when I finishl.”

Her art classmates are always super eager to see her stuff and ask about the hot older guys in her drawings and please ask them to model. Hoku relents. Ace comes in to model because he gets paid. That’s a story for another day.

Hoku has regular poker nights for awhile now with a group of people Ace and Sabo didn’t think about (they always thought it was the girls or some friends like their friend group) until one night Luffy goes to hang out with the others and they’re like?? Hoku??? and Luffy’s like?? Hoku doesn’t do poker nights with us you dummies.

This sends them into a panic attack and Sabo has Hoku’s location at all times because he did something permanent to her phone (Hoku does not know this) and they visit (stalk) her at one of her poker nights. Find out its in some weirdly shady fancy club body guarded by a bunch of ridiculously macho looking guys (it’s actually Daz, Vergo and some others) They stake out and froth at the mouth, nearly dying when they see Hoku walk out surrounded by GIANT MEN DOUBLE HER SIZE AND AGE, HOKU HONEY, WHAT? It’s Crocodile and Doflamingo, usually Mihawk, and sometimes Jimbei comes.

Hoku’s like ?? I’ve played poker with these guys for forever. (They’re big crime syndicates and totally into illegal business and Sabo knows this and Ace is ready to murder) but apparently Hoku weaseled her way in and she’s a good player so they have fun and like gambling with her. They always suggest taking her to Vegas with them because they’re high rollers but Hoku’s always like nah i got school and work.

Sabo and Ace after herding her home try to convince her to stop meeting with them and Hoku’s just like lmao no and takes out huge wads of cash from her pockets. “They’re ridiculously rich and I win a lot.” They also pay for a lot of good food and Hoku’s not about to pass that up. (She sneaks leftovers for Luffy all the time ((but the older men already know and usually just have shit boxed up for her anyway))) 

“But they’re older men and dangerous!”

“It’s not like I’m going on a date with them. It’s just gambling.”

“You like older men!”

“Oh, yeah, huh.”

Law and Kid are classmates and Luffy and Hoku hang out with them a lot when its not with their crew and Ace and Sabo are always like cant you hang out with better people. Kid and Law never feel welcome in their house but Hoku’s just like dw if they bother u i won’t talk to them and then they get upset and yada yada. Doesn’t stop Ace and Sabo from being super mean looking and scary. Kid and Law are hard to ward off, unfortunately.

Law’s studying to be a doctor, well on the way. Kid’s a mechanic and works at a shop and does street racing. Hoku wants to design a car interior for him.

People always say Sabo seems like the prim and perfect gentlemen of the three and he’ll make a good husband and they just laugh and Hoku tells Koala and she laughs because they always wave their hands and say nah nah, Sabo’s secretly the most sneaky and lowkey scary/sadistic/a tease out of all of them, don’t let the pretty face fool you

(and he really is, sometimes he makes Hoku beg for the pretty cakes he brings home from work from clients because he thinks its cute when she’s trying to reach them over his head)

Shanks is a famous traveler/explorer, always known for doing crazy stuff and his team of explorers climb mountains, explore caves, travel all around the world and take beautiful shots and Hoku and Luffy always tune in. Shanks saved Luffy once from a freak accident and he’s his hero and Hoku has such a hopeless crush on him.

Modern AU where Law is Luffy’s partner in college for a project and he goes to Luffy’s house. Hoku’s a TA for Shanks and stupidly stupid for him and Law meets her and feels things.

Modern AU where Strawhat crew goes on a road trip.

Monsters AU. Hoku’s a ghost.

Hanahaki AU. Red flowers.

Marines AU.

Genderbent AU.

Some other ones but i gotta go finish that essay i mentioned hahaha, hope these were fun! the modern HASL one ran away with me

THANKS FOR LOVING IT

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About Youth | S01E03

Taiwanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes  

EP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8  

[ofsylvias-blog]

SYLVIA PRESTON — twenty. political science major. the bibliophile. 

hi everyone ! i’m meredith, i’m eighteen, and i never learned how to fucking read i’m from the est. i use they/them pronouns, am about to be a freshman in college ( let’s hope no one disappears ahjdkks ) and ... there’s not a lot interesting about me. i have a cute cat, tho. i play sylvia ... duh. you can find some more information about her under the cut. i’m meredith#3445 so slide into those dms 2 plot xoxo ! 

have you seen [ SYLVIA PRESTON ] since the storm? some say they look like [ SYDNEY SWEENEY ] but they’re [ 20 ] & go by [ THE BIBLIOPHILE ]. [ SHE ] lived in halloway for [ 8YEARS ] & they are originally from [ NEW YORK CITY ]. before the town vanished they were studying [ POLITICAL SCIENCE ] and lived at [ UNI BLVD ]. most people knew the [ CISFEMALE ] as [ DEDICATED ] but i’ve heard they can also be [ SELF-IMPORTANT ]. for some reason, they feel [ UNEASY ] about the town’s disappearance.

QUICK INFO: 

Name: Sylvia Elizabeth Preston

DOB / Age: January 6th, 1999. Twenty. 

Zodiac: Capricorn sun, Virgo moon. 

Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw.

MBTI: ESTJ.

Positive traits: Strong-willed, intelligent, organized. 

Negative traits: Stubborn, judgemental, hypercritical. 

Sexuality: Bisexual.

Main Inspo: Betty Cooper, Nancy Wheeler, Michaela Pratt. 

BIOGRAPHY: 

Despite the fact that she had a white-picket fence ( not literally, of course, as for the first twelve years of her life she lived in an apartment ) upbringing, with a wealthy father who could have given her everything she wanted ... Sylvia has always had to work for what she wanted. Of course, she was privileged: pretty and blonde and attending the best private schools, with the best tutors and healthy lunches prepared by her nanny, but Sylvia wasn’t spoiled. She didn’t have the walls of toys her friends with parents that had the same income did, she didn’t have the vacations around the world. Her father was determined to teach her the merits of hard work — no matter how young she was. Flashcards every morning over breakfast, only getting her dolls and trains out of the locked toy chest when she came home with an A on her spelling test, no dinner if her room wasn’t entirely pristine. She’s always been neurotic, and a perfectionist, from when she set up her toys in perfectly neat lines to when she corrected the grammar of a love note she got when she was eight. Her hair was always brushed neatly, her skirts without a crease in them. Presentable is perfect, her mother would say, through breath that always smelled like red wine. And only perfect is presentable, she would echo back, whether it be through the lisp she carried as a young girl ( speech therapy squandered that quickly ) or the braces she got at ten, the second her last adult tooth grew in. 

Her father was transferred to Concord in the middle of her sixth grade year, and her family settled neatly into Halloway after that. Of course, just because the clean, modern furniture and city skylines of their old were replaced with a big front porch and a bigger backyard didn’t mean anything — it didn’t mean the Prestons expected anything less. When she was fourteen, her mom’s belly was swollen with another baby ( a little girl to be born three months later, called Beatrice ) and while some older children had the expectations shift off of them with new arrivals, thus was not the case for Sylvia. She was expected to be an example. She joined the cheerleading squad in the seventh grade, and carried on to the high school team. She joined the debate team, and was on the student council, even volunteering for the mayor’s office — she fell in love with politics, and decided then and there that she was going to be the first female president. 

Straight As in five AP classes, every extracurricular under the sun, volunteer work on weekends ... Sylvia was perfect in high school, and she’s perfect in college. Acing every course, the same volunteer and internship opportunities ... she went to parties, of course, and hooked up with people, of course, but she always calculated mathematically just the amount of drinks she needed to feel a buzz but still be in control — and not get a hangover in the morning — and using every form of birth control possible. She’s still a cheerleader, of course, though now it’s for the Halloway University team instead of the high school. She’s never been really drunk, never been in a relationship ... she’s not a sociopath or anything, but the social scene is more of a transaction for her than anything. She’s as kind as she can be because it’s the right thing to do ... but she makes connections because they could help her down the line. She’s always been a bit of a loner on the inside, but she does crave real affection instead of just attention. Her real connections are very limited.

TL;DR — Sylvia is the perfect girl with the perfect life, a straight A student popular at parties and a cheerleader. She moved from NYC when she was twelve, and was also a cheerleader in HS and on the debate team, as well as being involved in student govt. An unpaid internship / volunteer work  at the mayor’s office sparked an even bigger interest in politics, and she wants to be the first female president. Her nuclear family is equally perfect, though they exert pressure on her, and she loves her little sister Beatrice, who’s six, more than anything in the world. She’s a severe perfectionist that is perfectly calculated socially, but doesn’t really have a lot of fun, despite appearances. 

PERSONALITY / UNI LIFE / FUN FACTS: 

Again, Sylvia goes to parties all the time, and drinks enough to get buzzed while remaining in full control. That’s also the sole reason she doesn’t do drugs, because she can’t stand the idea of not being operating at full awareness. She’s hooked up with plenty of guys and gals, but has never had a relationship either in high school or college. 

Sylvia wakes up at least two hours before classes every morning to perfectly do her hair and makeup, and curate an outfit. She’s never really fallen into the sweatpants and makeup free to class thing, and is always looking like she’s ready to impress. 

She’s a cheerleader, and incredibly involved in classes. She’s a bit of a teacher’s pet, and knows all of her professors and almost always goes to office hours. 

She’s a cheerleader, involved in Women in Leadership, and Future Politicians as her extracurriculars. Sylvia also 100% runs a studyblr and whatever the Instagram equivalent is.

Everything in Sylvia’s life is in her planner. Birthdays, assignments, passwords written down in the back, sticky notes advertising different inspirational quotes ... all from female politicians, of course. Each page is perfectly crafted in even more perfect penmanship, and color coded. She wears the key for it around her neck, and the tiny silver lock has never budged at anyone else’s hands. 

Sylvia loves vintage and classic romance movies. Anything from Casablanca to John Hughes or cheesy Netflix flicks, and she’s seen it. She’s a romantic at heart, despite her own lack of experience. Not for lack of trying on other people’s parts, but she’s after success, not a relationship. She’s always thought, secretly, that if she wasn’t so focused on success and politics, she’d love to be an actress or a producer or something in Hollywood. 

Sylvia is ridiculously nosy. She makes note of things she overhears, of things people tell her, she knows how to ask a good question, and isn’t a stranger to picking a lock, which she learned from the pile of Nancy Drew books in her childhood bedroom. Not that anyone knows this, of course, but information is always good to have. Maybe she should be a reporter instead. I’d predict she’d be very interested in solving the mystery of what’s going on, and trying to figure everything out. 

Pinterest. Spotify.