#I don’t even know how many kids GT has anymore

[gentrychild]

the au ask: uh, not sure how this works, but, let's say an au where the slime incident never happens?

Anon, no! I have about five AUs for that! You could at least tell me if you want it to be angst or crack!

More seriously, it's such a fun prompt because it avoids All Might telling Izuku he can't be a hero without a quirk, which is the start of so many vigilante/villain/quirkless Izukus.

But since I am a benevolent writer, I will not talk about the AU where Tsuyu and Mineta dies, then Iida, then Kota, then Mirio, Eri isn't saved, and so on.

Okay, it got really long so it's under a Read More.

All Might arrests the Slime villain before he gets in the sewers so neither Izuku nor Bakugou are attacked by him. The problem is that it also means that All Might never meets Izuku, never break his little heart, and Izuku never has the chance to prove his worth to All Might so no OFA.

Life goes on. Izuku still wants to become a hero. However, since his homeroom teacher told his entire class that he wanted to go to UA, his entire class, led by Bakugou, has decided to make his life a living hell over it. Constant taunting and people laughing at him.

It takes its toll on him.

He still doesn't doubt that a quirkless hero can exist but the more days, weeks, months pass, the more he keeps thinking of how easier it would be if he had a quirk.

A dangerous thought. One he usually doesn't allow himself to think because why whine about what is impossible to have? But one boy can only take "What a useless quirkless Deku like you do?" before he starts to get haunted by strange thoughts. Cough... urges... Cough.

It also makes him eager to prove himself. Maybe that's why he intervenes that evening when he sees a villain trying to hurt someone. Except that once the civilian he helped is running to call a hero, he is reminded that he is a smol child made of only skin and bones and that the guy in front of him is about to bash his head in.

He tries to protect himself, his hand grabbing the villain by the head and in this moment, as he is sure that he is about to be killed, he thinks the one selfish thought that he ever thought:

"It's unfair... that this quirk belongs to someone like you... instead of me."

And just like that, Izuku takes a quirk for the first time.

The villain runs in terror and Izuku runs (in the other direction) in confusion. Soon, it's pretty clear that he apparently had the ability to take and give quirks (thank you, Mom, who has volunteered to try the villain's quirk. Though it's strange how she keeps trying to call someone on her phone these days. But it's probably not important.) Which is a very cool quirk.

Izuku now has to pass from "No quirk at all" to "Can have whatever quirk he wants", which is quite dizzying.

He is so fired up for the UA exam, five months from then. Ridiculously happy bean.

Meanwhile, Mirio gets OFA because no successor showed the self sacrificial spirit that could have inspired All Might and both GT and Nighteye kinda pressures him into choosing a successor ASAP.

This has disastrous consequences as OFA is way too powerful for Mirio and starts to put an insane strain on his body. One month later, while fighting a villain (he has his hero license), he collapses on the side of the road, black lines all over his body as the quirk is killing him.

Izuku finds him and calls an ambulance ASAP but Mirio is is really bad shape. He asks him what happened and Mirio, half delirious, tells him that his quirk is killing him.

Izuku is very "????" but he can help! He can take the quirk away! But Lemillion would be quirkless! He can't take this decision! But Mirio can so he asks.

Mirio is half conscious. Completely in pain. He didn't even want that quirk. He likes Permeation. So, half delirious as he was, he might have mumbled something like "Take that thing out of me."

Izuku does, realizes that Mirio has two quirks so he leaves him the one that doesn't feel as heavy as a freaking dwarf star. Lemillion immediately starts to stop looking like he will drop dead any moment from now and the ambulance arrives, taking the hero student away.

Since Izuku doesn't have the All Might telling him that OFA is a good quirk, he acts like a sensible person: this quirk doesn't feel normal and it apparently kills its user. So he waits about 20 seconds before getting rid of it. He finds a nice and sturdy lizard, who, unbeknownst to everyone, becomes the 10th user of OFA.

The quirk comes back to Izuku.

Quirks aren't supposed to do that.

The freaking quirk is cursed. Izuku accepted a cursed quirk.

I cannot begin to describe how Izuku doesn't trust OFA in this AU. He doesn't use it. He intensively dislikes it. He tries everything and more to get rid of it but no matter what living organism he selects, the damn thing keeps coming back.

Meanwhile, Mirio wakes up from the hospital alive :) then remembers he gave a host-killing-quirk to a smol child. O.O

Panic ensues.

All Might realizes that whoever took OFA put his hand on Mirio's head, the same way AFO does. So it was probably AFO with a fun new shapeshifting quirk.

More panic ensues.

Meanwhile, AFO, alive indeed and who has been watching Mirio wastes away and enjoying the hell out of it (though he would have preferred it had happened one generation sooner) is furious that Yagi 2.0 isn't dying anymore because it means OFA passed to someone else! And since everyone in the OFAteam is quite panicked, they apparently lost the quirk he gave his little brother!

He gets so upset about it that he somehow misses the hundred of phonecalls from his wife.

So AFO and All Might alike are looking for someone with OFA but since Izuku just isn't using it, they aren't finding it.

Meanwhile, the Vestiges went from "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH, SOMEONE WITH AFO!!!! AHHHHHH!" to "What do you mean: You don't want to use us? We're not good enough for you???"

So OFA is doing the quirk equivalent of a cat purring and showing its belly so it can get some pet.

Izuku: "You know what? I know it's a trap but since I don't want to outright call a quirk evil, I will give you one chance to prove to me you're not a cursed power that wants my death."

Cue two broken legs.

Well, that's it. Izuku gave that nasty quirk the benefit of the doubt. He is never using it again. And since the damn thing is trying to contaminate his other quirks, he is vaulting it forever!

The irony is not lost on First.

The day of the entrance exam arrives and Izuku does quite well with his good, non cursed quirks, thank you very much.

And as he is leaving, he sees Lemillion! He is happy to see him in good health! He waves at him!

Meanwhile, Mirio spent the last five months trying to find that awful quirk he lost. He was half convinced he had given him to the Symbol of Evil and had trouble seeing the problem because if OFA would eat AFO, where was the problem? He is wondering if he condemned a kid to death. He Is Going Through A Lot.

He wants to say so many things, ask so many questions. And the one thing he manages to blurt out is "GET HIM!"

Tamaki and Nejire immediately shoulder slam a small child. They didn't even hesitate.

That's the story of how the Mighty team found OFA again.

Izuku loves hanging out with All Might but not even him can convince him that the quirk isn't cursed.

[ahkaraii]

"I'm sorry if it hurts Chi-Chi and Gohan, but please don't try and resurrect me. Besides, Gohan's a lot better person than I was..."

I think about this line a lot. It shows a lot of self awareness from Goku, y'know?

I have a lot of Goku feels, not all of them fandom-friendly. Twitter folks either bash him or defend him unto death, very black and white binary split-like, which makes it difficult to talk about in 140 characters or less. “Good” dad or “Bad” dad is subjective. But I think his actions -- and inactions -- had profound effects on his family and the world beyond, for good and for bad.

Lemme word vomit for a while and see if I can get something coherent out xD

I think he’s a fantastic shonen protagonist -- arguably the template!! -- and I love him as a character that steadfastly drives the story inexhaustibly forward, to stronger and stronger opponents, to ever more fantastic plotlines. But I personally Iike to take a magnifying glass to the small moments, the quiet moments; the breaths in between the panels. And in these moments, I think Goku is a fascinating chimera of a character: a patchwork man he stitched together through mimicry and good intentions and animal impulse.

He acts like a doofus and in many cases its genuine -- he practically self-raised himself in the wild after not just accidentally killing his grandpa, but also after suffering an actually plot-significant brain injury -- but he is no idiot. I think Goku knows he’s different and not just because he’s an alien with a regrowing tail.

Goku isn’t a normal human because he doesn’t connect like a normal human. He loves but it’s because he chooses to love. He’s loyal because he chooses to be loyal. It’s not sociopathy, but it is a kind of almost... autistic spectrum like inability? I hesitate to step on toes here, but I’m basically heavily projecting my own father -- who is himself a man with high functioning autism -- so that’s where I’m drawing my main inspiration.

Goku struggles immensely to understand people who are emotionally volatile. He defaults to humour and acting like he doesn’t get it just to defuse the situation, because otherwise it’s time to Fight and Goku never takes fights lightly, and that often doesn’t end well with squishy humans. He has a moral code but he doesn’t Regret like a normal person does upon causing injury, physical or emotional. He doesn’t empathize like an emotionally adept person can. He reads body language better than tone.

On the vein of being on the spectrum, or just surviving a brain injury, or just being a saiyan, or a combination of all three -- Goku’s special interest is Fighting. And that’s one of the sources of his family’s problems.

Before Raditz, Goku was content fighting in the World Tournament and marrying the world’s strongest woman, and raising a family with her. Farming to make money to support Chichi and Gohan was boring but it was a form of training if he squinted, and he was fine conforming to that. He looked forward to Gohan growing up enough to train him (remember him saying Chichi wouldn’t let him until Gohan got older), and there he’d have another sparing partner. How exciting! He can’t wait. Let’s go fishing, Gohan, I’ll show you how to use your tail just like I used to! Can you catch a bigger fish? I know you can! Isn’t this fun? Haha! I wonder if this is what Grandpa Gohan felt. I miss him. But Gohan’s here with me! Gosh, I can’t wait till I can teach him all I know!

But after Raditz, Goku was introduced to Strength Beyond Earth, and I believe that was the start of the death of Goku’s attachment to his humanity. Because humans had a limit, and the stars did not.

Goku’s not a bad person. He’s not a terrible father. But like a good shonen protagonist, he’s addicted to chasing strength, and the strength beyond even life itself ultimately called him to abandon his mortal coil (which we see culminate in GT’s ending).

It began by wanting to stay dead. He doesn’t want to hurt his family -- he genuinely doesn’t! -- so after surviving Namek’s destruction he preferred to keep them ignorant as he trained on Planet Yardrat, since what good would it do for them to know he lived if he didn’t plan on coming back yet? Then he mastered Instant Transmission!! How amazing! Now he can travel to and from any reaches of the vast universe; he can come home whenever he wants to. Now he doesn’t have to hurt his family AND he can fight whenever and wherever he wants! Wahoo!!

So he comes back to life. Aaaand life’s not the same. Chichi’s not the same -- she mourned his death and she’s still angry he lost her Gohan for a year, and then took him to space, and then he nearly died for it, too -- and Gohan’s not the same. He’s not four years old anymore. He’s not the wide-eyed kid who looked like his father had all the answers. Krillin’s gotten older.  Everyone has changed, even if just a little. Everyone but Goku.

(Except Goku HAS changed. There’s a whole universe to discover. There’s so much strength he can defeat, still. He looks up at the stars at night and feels for Yardrat’s ki. He feels so much ki everywhere up there. He wants to chase it all down. Is it because I’m a Saiyan? Or is it because I’m a bad person? Goku don’t know...but Goku longs for it. He longs for the peace he finds in letting go).

Future Trunk’s message that a heart illness will kill him politely confuses him. Goku doesn’t fear death -- he knows what’s beyond it, now. And there’s fighters there. Even if he dies, there will be people to fight. No worries. But he does worry about this nebulous future where all his loved ones are dead, too, all except Gohan. It sounds like his boy’s gonna have it rough if these android fellas win. Time to beat some androids! :D And hey, this is finally a good excuse to train with Gohan!! So he does that for a couple of years, teaming up with Piccolo. Gohan’s gotten so strong! How exciting!

Chichi’s slowly come ‘round to him again, so that’s nice, too. He doesn’t really get why she’s still so mad but he rolls with it. He responds to violence he can’t fight against with a smile. Her emotions are too hard to follow, and it can get a little tiresome. But he loves her -- he chose to love her, so he does, and he always will. In his own way.

Then the androids come, and then Cell comes, and Goku steals Gohan away for a day and a year inside the Chamber, and he finally, finally realizes -- gosh, Gohan’s not like him at all. Gohan’s what a Real Human should be. What a Real Hero should be. The hero the Earth needs. Because Goku can’t be that hero anymore -- he never could be. He’s not human.

And there’s so many people to fight beyond the stars....

So when Goku choses to die alongside Cell, it was a choice, too. Gohan’s a better person than him, anyway. He’ll make Chichi happy, and he’ll protect the earth, and maybe one day Goku’ll meet him again and they can spar to see their strengths :) He’s so proud of his boy....

So........ is Goku a good father? A bad father? A good person? A bad person?

I think Goku is Goku. So I’ll let you decide :)

(Here’s the canon Goku dialogue from the end of Cell saga: )

[mysterylover123]

BNHA Chapter 294: The League of Hotness is Blasting off Again

mysterylover123

Oh god look at all the damage though. (Is GT still alive?)

Oh God Deku do you even have arms anymore?

YES IIDA. HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU GOTTA SAY IT. Also is Bakugou’s hero name that entire line? Aoyama couldn’t have “I cannot stop twinkling” but he can do this? That’s some hax right there. 

OH GOD NO. Kacchan if you really die this arc I’m gonna kill you.

Oh god Touya looks in bad shape. And Toga’s still crying. Holy crap the league really did take a beating this arc.

Spinner’s doofy face here is distracting me from the pathos of the moment.

HOLY EFFING SHIT the Totally Metal LOV strikes again! (Hori what do you have against arms, huh? What’d they ever do to you?

What do you mean your turn? You kidnapped Bakugou, dude. You blew up that car, took one of Overhaul’s arms...you’ve had plenty of badass moments!

lOL MLA you think you’re part of the squad? It’s the Core 5 from now on!

HOLY CRAP he wasn’t kidding with that remark a few weeks back. He really is related to someone important! I read this theory a week or so ago so I guess I got to theorizing just in time.

Also I guess this means from now on every single Secretly Related theory is just gonna be canon. We can call it. Bakugou is now related to Muscular, Momo is somehow related to both Overhaul and Shigaraki, and Deku’s dad is somehow simultaneously All for one, All Might, Dabi and Endeavor (don’t ask me how that’s supposed to work). Literally every related theory, now totally true.

OH GOD BACK TO THIS. WTF do you mean ‘sorry’? “Sorry bro I’m not gonna kill you today, I know you’re disappointed.” Do you think everyone has as much of a death wish as you dude? Also Shoto screaming his name is giving me feels.

I honestly can’t tell who just got burned alive by who here. i think Dabi burned shoto? but the art is a little vague. Anyway what do you mean can’t break him? You JUST SET HIM THE FUCK ON FIRE DUDE. Though his face appears fine. because he’s a bishonen anime boy. His face is made of effing titanium. Also wow, he can’t do it unless Endeavor is watching? Huh. I still have no idea what to make of this sibling dynamic. I think Shoto still sees his Big Brother, though its hard to say how well they knew each other if at all; Touya seems to have some weird affection for him (depending on how last chapter’s dialogue can be interpreted) but also wants to kill him. I guess I interpret it the same as how Azula feels about Zuko or vice versa. Like it’s the Zuko resentment of “she was born lucky, I was lucky to be born” and the Azula motto of “I’m gonna kill you but I also care enough about you to help you through your angst in the Beach”. (wow I gave like a whole paragraph to the Todoroki Fam and like nothing to anyone else. You can really see where my priorities are)

Ah, no Compress! I never thought you were just a background character! I just figured your backstory would come eventually. Also now that it’s out and you’re officially a Fleshed Out LOV member, which Class A kid are you planning to sign on for as your archnemesis? I think Momo, Jirou and Tokoyami are still available, Everyone else has one! Get on that!

OMFG LOL

So yeah I guess the entire LOV is officially hot now.  Yet another addition to the League of Villains Shirtless Scene arc. Compress being like “I’m tired of being the only LOV member without fangirls/boys, I want my share!”. Anyway damn it looks almost like he’s been cut in two in this panel. Are you dead or something dude? Like “I’m gonna reveal my backstory and strip but then immediately die”? Dude we already lost Twice, possibly Gigantomachia, the doc, Kurogiri and the MLA members too, are we seriously gonna lose another villain?

OK well that was a fast chapter! Not a lot went down really but we finally got Compress’s backstory, possibly just in time for him to die, and it looks like the LOV is actually escaping now. Which means, with the “Last Stage” title, that this arc is almost over! Well, that makes some sense, since it seems like everyone’s had their moment. Everyone ‘cept Iida and Spinner actually. Quick you guys! Renew your nemesis vows real fast and then we can call it a wrap! Also DEKU AND KACCHAN AND TODOROKI HAD BETTER BE FUCKING OK. Like HOLY SHIT at this point I’m not sure which of the Wonder Trio is more Should be Dead. (Also all the pros in that angsty montage, holy crap.)   I’m not sure how I feel about this arc ending here, since it feels like we’re still missing a bit of closure (watch the next chapter kill off someone important just to accomplish that and break my heart) but hey, if this is where the arc closes out it does seem fitting. Everyone got a moment, hero society is properly in shambles, and the entire LOV all have backstories now! 

[sweetestlamb]

It Will Rain

Summary: Gang-tae is finally honest and has a realization about his relationship with Mun-yeong. 

Author’s note: This story is coming to an end and honestly I’m very happy it has been very hard to tap into these emotions for both of them, their self-deprecation just wraps around me even after I’m done writing. But this was also very cathartic and I am happy that I wrote it, this was one of my only issues with the show and I know a lot of people excuse and accept GT’s behavior and that’s your right but I couldn’t do the same and I finished the series still yearning for a real apology so this story has done that for me. Provided more closure. Anyway, there is only one chapter left hope you all enjoyed! 

She's gone.

He goes through the ceaseless motions of life, robotic and mechanical, going to work and coming home like he's living in a washing machine; spinning around and around in violent circles.

But endlessly his mind spasms every second as he remembers that she's gone and he has no idea where exactly she might be.

Sang-in refuses to speak to him, exiting any space that he enters and his frustration melts away as he realizes that her disappearance is not solely impacting him, the manager looks haggard as well, dark circles sunken deep like craters on a surface.

His thumbs twinge with malignant pain from his extensive messages to her, 109 messages sent since the day he went to her empty castle, pleas and apologies easily coming now as he recognizes how badly he needs her in his life. Life without her has been colorless and dull, a black and white façade that he longs to escape from. He wants the vibrant hues that being around her splashes into his life.

All his life he's been a blank canvas and meeting her poured colors onto his skin that he never knew he needed, life was meant to be lived and up until the moment she crashed into his life, he'd merely been existing.

He's taken to eating alone, punishing himself for his hapless mistakes, he doesn't deserve to be surrounded by warmth or have a full belly when Mun-yeong is out there with no one, thinking that he doesn't care for her. That couldn't be further from the truth but he has nobody but himself to blame for that, she'd given him too many chances and each time he'd been a fool; why had he done that? Why couldn't be accept love while it was the one thing he yearned for the most?

You don't deserve to be happy. This is what you deserve. Regret and despair.

His thoughts assault him viciously poking holes through his paper thin sheet of confidence. Each day without her and unread messages breaking him down into unrecognizable pieces, his walls crumbling like a sandcastle under the lightest pressure.

"Gang-tae, why are you so sad?" His older brother's voice draws him back from the depths of his melancholy, breaking the shackles of his self deprecation.

He sits from his starfished position on the ground, meeting his brother's warm questioning eyes. Immediately a smile spreads across his face, instinct kicking in.

Sang-tae looks at him, expressionless before he sits down beside him, reaching out a hand and catching his smile before slowly pulling down the sides of his mouth.

"It's fake. It's not real, you're not happy Moon Gang-tae, that's a fake smile. Why are you smiling when you're not happy?"

He feels the dam holding in his emotions start to burst before his eyes are swimming with emotions, twin lines scorch down the smooth skin of his cheeks.

"Hyung, I made a mistake." His voice squeaks from his worn lungs, sobs now wrecking his body until he's shaking apart. "I hurt Mun-yeong and I don't know if she's going to forgive me."

Sang-tae lifts a hand hesitating minutely before laying it on his head, air soft caresses on his thick hair. He almost melts into the brotherly brush, unable to recall another instance where his brother has touched him in this manner.

"It's because you're the little brother, you're just a kid still. You have to say sorry when you hurt someone , you have to say sorry and make them happy. Mun-yeong smiles when she's with you, a smile is better than a fight."

I have fun with you. I keep smiling.

He'd been so focused on his own newfound happiness he hadn't stopped to think about her, how much they'd both smiled when they were together. Her smile had been especially gorgeous, brighter than the sun moments after their first kiss. Her lips tasted as beautiful as they looked, her joy palatable on his taste buds.

He'd crushed that happiness under his feet that day on the beach, callously throwing sharp daggers at her chest, the vision of her clutching her bruised heart forever stamped in his mind.

I might not deserve happiness but she does and I....make her happy.

With a hiccup he smiles at Sang-tae, so young at heart but wise beyond his years. His wonderful older brother.

"Thank you hyung. You're right I need to make her happy."

"Yes she's my best friend, don't make her sad anymore or I'll scold you."

He laughs for the first time in days, happiness growing in his chest like a mustard seed.

Gathering his courage he meets his brothers eyes, finally prepared to be honest about his feelings for Mun-yeong, he's tired of hiding himself from the people he cares about.

"Hyung, I...like Mun-yeong. I want to be with her and I want to make her happy all the time." His confession eases the fear and concern that has been weighing him down, his shoulders loosening as the words escape his lips.

Sang-tae sinks into himself, scratching at the raw skin between his fingers.

He reaches out to hold his hands, rendering them still. He smiles at his brother, a smile that finally reaches his eyes.

"Don't be scared hyung please, I'm still your brother and I still love you. I just care about Mun-yeong too, my heart is big enough to hold both of you. Is your heart big enough big brother? Can you let Mun-yeong in too? She needs us."

Waiting with abated breath he watches the thoughts as they run across Sang-tae's face, shifting from one emotion to the next before he can properly decipher then until his brother finally responds.

"Yes. Mun-yeong needs us. She needs a family, we can let her into our family."

His heart ripples from his brother's generosity, he never imagined this conversation going this well. He'd ruminated about talking to Sang-tae always thinking his brother wouldn't understand and once again seeing that he underestimates his brother, she'd been right he just needed to be honest.

"You need to eat Gang-tae, I came to get you. Come on let's go eat, I'm your big brother it's just job to take care of you."

He lets himself he pulled away, leaving weightless. That night sleep finds him easily, his dreams are full of her.

Helpless is the only way to describe his circumstance, for once he knows exactly what he wants and is willing to fight for it but she remains elusive, not responding to any of his messages or calls, her voicemail now filled from his persistence.

The patients are the first to notice the change in him, their watchful eyes following his very move as he does his rounds.

"Your pretty smile, it's gone."

She's right, as his days without Mun-yeong pile on he finds it impossible to even force a fake smile, for once letting his true emotion show.

It's accidental that he runs into Sang-in, literally. Colliding chest to chest on the stairs to the rooftop, the manager teeters on the edge of the step arms flailing as he tries to regain his balance. The scene is all too familiar to him as he wastes no time to reach out and grab the man by his bicep, righting him before he can tumble down the stairs.

They both look at each other with trepidation before Sang-in pulls his arm free of his hold, mouth opening before his eyes harden and he spins around, intentions clear.

Hastily he calls out, "Wait."

Sang-in halts, the lines of his shoulder sharp and unfriendly.

"Please."

That simple word loosens the tension, he watches as the shoulders lower and after two beats Sang-in pivots around.

Dark eyes look at him imploringly, his expression saying more than words ever could.

What do you want?

Latching onto the opportunity he rushes to say his peace, "I care about her. I know you think I'm selfish and all I do is hurt her."

Steel wraps around Sang-in's eyes as if he's preparing to rebuke his excuses. Ready for a fight.

"You're right. I am selfish and I've hurt her a lot. It doesn't matter what my intentions were I still hurt her and I'll never forgive myself for that."

After a pregnant pause, a sneer glides across Sang-in's smooth shaven face, "So what? You're going to leave her alone and stop making her cry? Is this you telling me that you're giving up on her so she can be happy?"

His eyes dart all over that manager's face, before he finds what he's looking for. That's not Sang-in's secret desire, beneath the sneer his lips quiver as he awaits Gang-tae's response.

It's the easiest test he's ever been given.

"No. I'm going to spend the rest of my life trying to make her happy, I won't push her away." He promises with his heart in his throat.

Their eyes lock in a staring match, he hides nothing letting his emotions pour through his eyes, taking down his walls. Sang-in takes a deep breath before answering.

"Okay."

It's such a simple answer but with it he feels Sang-in's reluctant acceptance, their happiness was connected and despite his anger Sang-in couldn't deny that. The answer boosts his confidence.

He has to find her.

He's at work when he gets the message from Sang-tae, Mun-yeong text me. She sent me a picture.

He races to the staff lounge, phone precariously clutched in his hands as he looks at the message. Disbelief and relief wash over him in submerging waves, before he can maneuver his trembling hands to type out a response he gets another message.

Her face fills his phone screen and his heart as Sang-tae sends him a screenshot of her message.

I'm okay Sang-tae. Don't worry I'll be back.

Pushing aside his jealousy he devours her picture, the downward tilt of her lips doing nothing to lessen her beauty, those black orbs shining through the luminance of his phone.

Once his heartbeat slows down to a manageable rhythm he looks at the picture once more, scouring for clues and immediately his memory whorls as he takes in the door in the background.

She's gone back to where he'd finally let go.

Maybe he still has a chance.

With that though fueling his movement he runs through the door, stomping to the director's office.

Director Oh smirks at his stuttered excuse before chuckling and nodding in acquiesce, letting him leave his shift early.

He stands still in shock before confirming, "Really? I can go..?"

With a shrug the director waves him away, "Go, go I did worst things when I was young for a girl. Love makes us all a little crazy."

Blushing at how easily he's been found out, he bows low thanking the director before running out of the hospital.

As he bursts through the entrance door, a car horn catches his attention and he twists around until he finds the source.

Sang-in climbs out of the driver's seat of his rental car, walking closer until they are within arm's reach, wordlessly he tosses the keys into Gang-tae's hands, snatching the metal out of the air he looks at the manager surprise etched in very pore of his skin.

"Why?" He asks, taken a back by everyone's willingness to help him.

"Because I want her to be happy. You promised to spend your life doing that. You better keep that promise."

He hears the threat for what it is, impulsively he leaps forward wrapping the older man in a bear hug before releasing him and rushing to the car.

Sang-in's wide eyed stare causes his laughter to fill the car's small space as he pulls out of the parking lot and drives off to keep his promise.

The woman who owns the guest house grumbles when he arrives but shows him to Mun-Yeong's room and tells him that she's currently out taking one of her "soul searching walks". He waits outside, not wanting to invade too much of her space. He wants her to let him in.

Hours crawl by before the heavens open out releasing wet retribution that drowns the ground. Worry washes over him as he glances out at the road, willing her to appear and to his utmost surprise she does, materializing before him like a vision in a dream.

Her movements are unhurried despite the harsh downpour that has already soaked her, her clothes plastered to the soft curves of her body.

He watches her entranced, eyes feasting. She's here, his heart gallops giddy from her mere presence. He savors this moment of pure exuberance, knowing her well enough to acknowledge that she will not be as happy to see him. 

He's right.

Her words cut him as she rages, cursing his presence and demanding that he leave her alone. She sugar-coats nothing as she rips him apart the worst part of all is that she only speaks the truth. She's not vicious or malicious, he thinks he might have preferred that, instead of this piercing honesty.

She slams the door in his face and he's reminded of him slamming the door on their relationship on the beach. He deserves this.

He slides to the ground, placing one hand on the door that separates them.

It's my turn to wait.

"I'm here for you. I need you Mun-yeong."

She stares at him blankly, vastly different from the anger she'd just exhibited at finding him slumbering on her doorstep.

Without a word she spins around, slamming the door shut in his face once more.

Eventually he goes to find the bathroom, a warm bathe soothes the chill in his bones before he's forced to put back on his still damp clothes.

When he finds his way back to her, she's standing stock still where he once was.

A closer look reveals that she is not completely still, her small shoulders are rapidly moving up and down and after a moment's pause he rushes to her, spinning her around to face him.

Her face is crumpled in wet anguish, tears gushing from her eyes as she bites her lips to contain the sobs that are aching to escape.

"Mun-yeong." He breathes out before she tumbles to the ground.

Instantly he falls with her, gathering her in his arms, she pushes him away fighting to break his barricade. He lets her go. Arms falling helplessly to his sides. His heart breaks as he watches the woman he loves fall apart, helpless again to do anything to comfort her.

"I thought you were gone. Why did you come back? I accepted that you left me, why do you keep coming back damn it!"

Her cry breaks as her body continues to shake and he can't watch this anymore, his arms and heart empty without her weight.

Mustering his last remnants of strength, he pleads, "Mun-yeong please, can I hold you? I can't stand to see you like this, please. I'm yours. I'm here for as long as you want me. I'm never going anywhere."

Her moist eyes peer into his soul, searching. Before her eyes slide shut, slowly she reaches out her arms and he bolts into the space, a space just for him. He fits perfectly.

He wraps his arms around her slight figure, engulfing her in a deep embrace, her tears soaking through the collar of his uniform.

Time slows down as she shakes in his arms, her sobs quieting down until the sounds of nature fill his ears instead. He rocks her back and forth, patting her back as she clutches on his shirt.

When the last of her cries falter off he draws away from her, her beautiful wet face blessing his eyes.

Gently he reaches out to brush the tears from her cheeks.

She blinks back at him, sniffling before sighing and looking up at the skies.

"Okay. Let's talk."

[kayliemusing]

42: top 3s

1: Top 3 ice cream flavors - classic vanilla, birthday cake/birthday batter, bubblegum

2: Top 3 Disney Movies - Mulan, Onward, Soul (but this changes frequently lol)

3: Top 3 vacation destinations - I've never been outside of my home country so I'll say my top 3 DREAM destinations: NYC, Hawaii, a random countryside in either France or the UK

4: Top 3 places to shop - Dynamite, Sephora, Winners/Homesense

5: Top 3 subjects of study/classes to take - English/anything creative writing related, Interior Decorating/Design, Communications?

6: Top 3 make up products - YSL Touche Eclat Foundation, literally any Mac Lipstick but it has to be matte, & Fenty Beauty contour stick

7: Top 3 music artists - Taylor Swift - Of Monsters and Men - The Lumineers

8: Top 3 spices/herbs - Cinnamon - Nutmeg (literally tastes like autumn) - Paprika

9: Top 3 drinks - Diet Coke - Hot Chocolate - Vanilla Bean Frappe

10: Top 3 apps to use - Instagram - Pinterest -iBooks

11: Top 3 months of the year - May, October, December

12: Top 3 clothing items - My black/white turtle neck, high waisted jeans, plaid blazer

13: Top 3 binge perfect tv shows - Bones, Supernatural, Brooklyn Nine Nine

14: Top 3 romantic dates - (I've never been on a date but if I had, it would be this) Evening walk, late night drive, late night coffee date (tbh anything at night feels romantic)

15: Top 3 kinds of flower - Water lilies, cherry blossoms, roses

16: Top 3 christmas movies - A Christmas Carol (2009), Home Alone, The Polar Express

17: Top 3 OTPs - Nesta and Cassian from ACOTAR series by SJM, Manon and Dorian from Throne of Glass series by SJM, Casteel and Poppy from From Blood and Ash series by JLM.

18: Top 3 quotes to describe your life - "I write not to find, but to leave" by Scherezade Siobhan - "I want to be myself again. I want to be six. I want to stop knowing everything I know" by Catherynne M. Valente - "The truth is, I pretend to be a cynic, but I am really a dreamer who is terrified of wanting something she may never get" by Joanna Hoffman.

19: Top 3 characteristics you love about yourself - my kindness bc it's not surface level kindness, but actually something deeply rooted within me - my resilience even tho sometimes it doesn't feel like resilience - my loyalty bc it is a hard as steel kind of loyalty

20: Top 3 kinds of candy - Maltesers, Kit kats, smarties

21: Top 3 ways to exercise/ be active - Walking, dancing, mowing the lawn/shoveling the sidewalk

22: Top 3 spirit animals - wolf, hummingbird, tiger (i googled it bc i didn't know and i was scared it was a joke but)

23: Top 3 petnames - I like 'lovebug', 'love', 'sweetheart'

24: Top 3 books read outside of school - The Hating Game by Sally Thorne, A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J Maas but viewers discretion is advised, Crush by Richard Siken

25: Top 3 most used websites - Youtube, Tumblr, Pinterest

26: Top 3 people you last texted - my mom, my bestie megan, and my sister bc they're the only people i text...

27: Top 3 hashtags you use - the only time i use hashtags is if i'm trying to promote some of my writing so I'll usually use writingcommunity, writersonig, poetryonig lol

28: Top 3 instagram accounts you follow - Trista Mateer, Griefmother, obviously taylor swift

29: Top 3 guilty pleasures - buzzfeed quizzes, early 2000s music, romance novels

30: Top 3 summer activities - Going to the zoo, long evening walks, campfires and s'mores

31: Top 3 things to draw/doodle - hearts, flowers, random swirls bc it's the only thing i can doodle...

32: Top 3 aesthetics - cityscape aesthetic, autumn aesthetic, rustic aesthetic

33: Top 3 things you'd buy if you gained three million dollars - a new car, a condo, another cat

34: Top 3 ways to treat yourself - facial, a large bag of maltesers, buying the makeup i really want but have been putting off

35: Top 3 celebrity crushes - Evan Peters, Matthew Daddario, henry cavill

36: Top 3 books from your childhood - Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, The Big Friendly Giant by Roald Dahl, and Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmens

37: Top 3 accents to hear - Australian, super poshy british accent, new zealand accent

38: Top 3 scents - Fresh rain, vanilla, sweet cinnamon pumpkin from bath and body works

39: Top 3 "Friends" quotes - "WE WERE ON A BREAK" -Ross, "Guess things were just going too well for me" -also ross, and "it's so exhausting waiting for death" - phoebe

40: Top 3 cupcake flavors - tbh I haven't tried that many cupcakes so your typical vanilla, chocolate, and Pink Lady Cupcake from Babycakes Cupcakery

41: Top 3 fruits - Pomegranates, Strawberries, Raspberries

42: Top 3 places you've had amazing pizza from - Pizzahut, Dominos, Pizza73

43: Top 3 sports teams to watch - i don't

44: Top 3 crayola colors - uh, i guess red, purple, and pink??

45: Top 3 things you hope to accomplish in college - Certificates/Degrees in Copyediting and Creative Writing, and I think simply just deeper critical thinking skills when it comes to writing and books

46: Top 3 fanfictions you've read - I read more books than fanfics, I've read a couple on tumblr but don't remember the names sorry :/

47: Top 3 people you miss right now - my dad, my best friend bc she's in vancouver, taylor swift bc she's not on tumblr anymore rip

48: Top 3 fears - Failure, Loss, not achieving anything in life/not reaching my full potential

49: Top 3 favorite literary devices - Foreshadowing is always god tier, cliffhangers although evil i love those too, symbolism

50: Top 3 pet peeves - People dragging their shoes on the floor when they walk, when you tell someone your fav hobby/music artist/interest and they immediately go 'oh I hate X!', and people who go 'you're so quiet!!!' but in a way that draws in more attention and/or makes me feel more uncomfortable like i would literally rather die

51: Top 3 physical things you find attractive - Hands, nice hair, defined jawlines

52: Top 3 bad habits - Nailbiting, picking at my blemishes oops, lip biting

53: Top 3 pets you've had/wish to have - Cats bc they complete me, I've always wanted a Samoyed, and I've always wanted a turtle

54: Top 3 types of foreign food - Chicken Chow Mein, deep fried shrimp, japanese chicken wings

55: Top 3 things you want to say to someone in your lifetime - 'I quit', 'I love you', 'you changed my life'

56: Top 3 dog breeds - Samoyed, german shepherds, collies

57: Top 3 cheesy romance movies - You've Got Mail, How To Lose a Guy In 10 Days, 10 Things I Hate About You

58: Top 3 languages you speak/wish to speak - French, Sign, and maybe Japanese?

59: Top 3 series (book, movie, television) - The Cruel Prince series by Holly Black, A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas (but literally only for Cassian and Nesta), From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L Armentrout

60: Top 3 pizza toppings - Mushrooms, alfredo sauce, pineapple

61: Top 3 youtubers you're subscribed to - Game Grumps, Charlotte Dobre, Megan Batoon

62: Top 3 tattoo / piercing ideas - I want to get a tattoo on my wrist of the last thing my dad ever wrote me, a hummingbird tattoo right next to it, and then a cross on my index finger

63: Top 3 awards you want to win - National Book Awards, Nobel Prize, and maybe even Goodreads Choice Awards lol

64: Top 3 emojis - Laugh/Crying emoji, the please sir emoji that kinda gives off those puss n boots eyes, and the stars emoji

65: Top 3 cars you dream of owning - 1970s Chev Impala, tbh a cute little Hyundai Venue, and maaaaybe the 1964 ferarri 250 gt luso (idk if that name was totally right but i had to do tons of googling to find it. i don't know a lot about cars and i don't really have a top 3 lol)

66: Top 3 authors - Right now I'm really into Sarah J Maas, Sally Thorne, and Holly Black maybe?

67: Top 3 historical figures - Jesus, Anne Frank, Vincent Van Gogh

68: Top 3 baby names - Ryder, Leila, Gracie

69: Top 3 DIYs - Candles, refurnishing old furniture (i.e. my mom and i painted our wooden garbage can), and really just any type of autumn diy

70: Top 3 smoothie combos/flavors - Strawberry/Banana, Mango, Strawberry-Mango

71: Top 3 songs of this month - Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish, Biblical by Calum Scott, and Visiting Hours by Ed Sheeran

72: Top 3 questions of this post you want to be asked - I did them all bc I made it a survey instead of an ask meme ;)

73: Top 3 villains - Regina/The Evil Queen from Once Upon a Time, Cruella De Vil, and Moriarty from Sherlock

74: Top 3 Cities you want to see - Montreal, NYC, Vancouver (honorable mention: LA)

75: Top 3 recipes you want to try - different kind of salad and/or burger bowls, Stuffed bell peppers, and homemade lemon loaf

76: Top 3 dream jobs - Bestselling author, the person who runs a companies social media accounts, youtuber/blogger

77: Top 3 lucky items - tbh don't have one

78: Top 3 traditions you have - Christmas Eve Service and if I don't go to that at least incorporating reading the christmas story on christmas day or eve, idk if this counts as tradition but going to the corn maze every fall, and whenever it's easter/christmas/thanksgiving we always have a big meal w/ family

79: Top 3 things you miss about being a kid - reckless abandon, dreaming about growing up with hopefulness and no dashed hopes, experiencing holidays like halloween and christmas as a kid

80: Top 3 harry potter characters - I've never read or watched Harry Potter rip (ok well i saw the first and second (and maybe third?) movie in the sixth grade I think) but I think I really liked Hermoine, Harry obviously and Dobby

81: Top 3 lies you were told - i don't have 3, but this one has a story but basically when my sister and i were in elementary school my sister got hit by a car and so the insurance thing was that she would recieve 10k when she was 18 and as a child i thought that was unfair so my dad told me that my sister had to split it with me when we were 18 lmao obviously that didn't happen (i think i realized that wasn't true in middle school)

82: Top 3 pictures in your camera roll right now - Pictures of my cat, one of my sister in a hilarious filter, and a picture of my rocking my TS merch

83: Top 3 turn ons - Kindness, defined jawline, easy going

84: Top 3 turn offs - arrogance, unkempt, super loud and obnoxious

85: Top 3 magazines/news papers/ journals to read - I don't read much of those so I'll tell you some sites I love for writing purpose's: there's Wellstoried, justwriterlythings, springhole.net (which is filled with generators if you're stuck and also tons of infomation and advice)

86: Top 3 things you wish you had known earlier - that toad in Mario Party was wearing a mushroom hat and that it is actually not his head, that immaculate means 'clean' before i misused that word like several times over the years, and that the one turn i always take on my way to work where i thought everyone didn't know how to drive was actually bc i didn't have the right of way rip me

87: Top 3 spongebob episodes - the one episode where spongebob and patrick find a ghost ship, that one episode where they form a bikini bottom band and perform it at a football game in a little fish tank, and the one episode where squidward has his first snowball fight

88: Top 3 places to be in the world - I'd love to be in NYC, Montreal, or Hawaii

89: Top 3 things you'd do differently - I would not have applied for RDC, similarly I should have just paid the 500 dollars to the one certificate program I wanted to do instead of overthinking it, and I wish I wouldn't have ended a friendship the way I did

90: Top 3 TV shows from your childhood - Spongebob Squarepants, That's So Raven, and Hannah Montana

91: Top 3 meals you love - Turkey Burgers, Chilli, and Instant Pot Chicken Tortilla Soup

92: Top 3 kinds of tea - i don't drink tea

93: Top 3 embarrassing moments - one time in sixth grade I tripped and fell right on my face in front of my crush, this other time like a couple years ago i opened the door to my car and only realized much too late while i was staring at this random family that it was not my car, and when i went to the gas station to get gas and couldn't get my gas lid on my car opened and this guy had to help me which was already embarrassing enough but then the gas pump wouldn't work so i had to go inside to pay just to realize i forgot my wallet and had to shamefully walk back to my car and then run back inside the convenience store and then pay and then walk back to my car and finally fill my tank.

94: Top 3 holidays to celebrate - Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving

95: Top 3 things to do in the rain - have an existential crisis, pretend you're in a music video, walk through puddles like you're six again

96: Top 3 things to do in the snow - Sledding, Build a snowman, shovel it even tho you don't want to

97: Top 3 items you can't leave the house w/o - phone, keys, wallet

98: Top 3 movies you'd like to see - Jurassic World 3, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania bc i'm a child, and the animation of the addams family

99: Top 3 art mediums - Writing fiction/poetry, painting, music

100: Top 3 museums you've been to - Royal Tyrell Museum, Canadian History one in edmonton lol, and heritage park in calgary

101: Top 3 school memories - Middle school dances when the popular kids would grind to the song "Low" which was always an interesting experience, in the twelfth grade at winter formal when we all shouted "SHUT UP AND DANCE!" at the same time when they played Shut Up and Dance, and the day i left

102: Top 3 things you don't/Won't miss - School, my sisters ex, 2016 bc she was a rough year yikes

103: Top 3 pick up lines - "My name is Will. God's Will.", "I'd like to take you to the movies but they don't like you bring your own snacks", "are you from tennessee bc you're the only 10 i see"

104: Top 3 sports to watch - none of them

105: Top 3 taylor swift songs - all too well - exile - coney island

[thethousandyearwitch]

The Show Must Go On! Chap.6

- A Youtuber AU you didn’t want and didn’t need -

Hisoka Morrow, italian Makeup Youtuber, enjoys his life in the comfort and occasional drama of his profession. But nothing brings more drama into his life than the eldest son of the Zoldyck fashion magazine empire.

Meanwhile, aspiring australian Twitch Streamer Gon Freecs forms a special bond to a Speedrunner commonly going by "Kil".

Chapter 6 “Blue Sky Athletic” out now!

AO3 Link

The hotel room was quiet, the Italian sun hadn’t risen yet. Illumi sat himself up in bed and started to mindlessly comb through his hair. He had excused himself from the fashion show the previous night as early as he could. Because he couldn’t stand the lights. The music. The smells. The people.

Yet he was going to return the next night. There were contacts to be made, images to be upheld, a new name to be made for himself…

And he didn’t have to be alone.

A single text message to his butler:

“Illumi: Get me the keys to a Mercedes AMG GT Black series and leave me be the rest of the day.”

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Killua had run away from home for the first time when he was 10 years old, with the intent to stay away. His father had scolded him about neglecting his studies, and in response he snuck out through his window with a backpack stuffed with a few clothes and snacks. In the end, a butler had caught him before he was able to sneak through the fencing around the large property.

He was undeterred and proceeded to perfect his means of sneaking away from the mansion. By the next summer he was able to consistently make it into town and stay there for an hour or two before a butler eventually found him. Though he wanted to, he never went further than that. Afterall, where was he supposed to go? A young boy traveling without adult supervision would attract attention almost immediately, and it wasn’t like he had friends he could visit (And the risk of running into his father or grandfather when visiting Alluka was too great).

But what if he had a place to go? He was older now, old enough to travel by himself for sure, and money wasn’t a problem as long as his lazy brother would stay blissfully unaware of his credit card expenses. Neither Illumi, his father, nor grandfather were home to surveillance him. Milluki barely registered what happens in and around the mansion. Kalluto was young enough to be bribed and trust his big brother when he tells him to keep quiet.

The setup couldn’t get more perfect. Now or never.

Killua shouted down the hall that he didn’t want dinner, peppered with swears here and there to underline anger, and he told Kalluto that if anyone were to set food in front of his door, he was free to take it for himself or Milluki. His CD player blasted metal music loud enough to give the impression of a moody teen dealing with anger issues, but not too loud as to prompt his mother to come in and turn it off herself.

Another cautionary glance down the hallway before he closed and locked his bedroom door from the inside. Now or Never.

Killua grabbed his pre-packed duffle bag and executed his well-practiced escape via window. His mother would regret the day she removed the bars framing it, foolishly thinking that Killua was ‘grown up’ enough to stop his escape attempts.

A cold breeze grazed his face, and the young boy granted himself a couple of seconds to take it in, wild hair gently swaying in the wind. Of course, he was not going to leave forever. It would only be a matter of time before someone went to retrieve him and lock him back in, chiding him about his ‘responsibilities’ that he couldn’t care less for.

But I won’t make it easy. With that thought, he gave the mansion one last middle-finger, before he quickly turned and headed towards the edge of the property that was closest to town. By now he had the surveillance pattern of the guard dogs memorized and knew exactly where the brick fence was covered by enough ivy to enable easy climbing. Soon enough, Killua was treading through the thick forest in a steady pace. He tried to listen for signs of someone coming after him despite his heart drumming louder in his ears.

Usually he’d be calm, collected, non-caring for breaking out. But this time was different. This time he had a destination in mind, wouldn’t be collected so easily. The grip around his phone tightened. He wondered how long it would take someone in the house to notice. Who would be sent after him; A butler? Would Illumi be called back? His father? How severe will the punishment be-

A branch snapped into the boy’s face, pulling him back from wherever his thoughts were about to wander. The lights of the town became clearer in his sight with every step. It wasn’t a big city by any means, but he didn’t need it to be. All he needed was a cab driver to who accepted credit and didn’t ask question.

In the end, an older cabdriver, he must have been in his sixties already, shrugged carelessly at the request of the young boy to be driven to the airport, mumbled something about rebellious youth and getting paid regardless. Killua discarded the duffle bag into the trunk of the car and sat himself down in the backseat as he fumbled with his phone. The Radio played some repetitious top 40s song about being young and freedom and friendship and following your heart, and he couldn’t help but snort at how grossly it fit.

The sun set against the horizon, the town steadily disappeared behind him, until it was completely out of sight. Every new meter the car cleared was the furthest Killua had ever made it away from home alone.

Ping.

His phones alarm startled Killua out of his thoughts once again. A single discord notification.

GON: Good morning! =v=

The runaway looked through the windshield of the car, in the distance an airport started to come into form.

Kil: morning, did u sleep okay?

GON: Like a baby :p

GON: How’re you?? Did you get your PC back yet?

Kil: about that actually

He handed the driver his/Millukis credit card and lifted his bag over his shoulder. No one ever told him how much to tip a cabby, so he assumed 50% was about right.

Kil: remember how you told me to give you a heads-up if i ever came over so you could clean?

GON: Yeah?

Killua took a quick peace-sign selfie in the large entrance of the airport, in front of the arrival/departure board, and send it promptly in their chat.

Kil: get cleaning.

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Gon paced around the house as if driven mad, he mumbled about preparations, and food, and accommodations, more to himself really than to Mito who sat at the table, gentle smile on her lips.

“Gon, it’ll still be almost an entire day till he gets here. I’m sure he won’t be disappointed. Now remind me again, his parents are really okay with such a spontaneous visit to a virtual stranger across the globe?” Her smile was warm, but her eyes drilled threats into him.

“We’re not virtual strangers! We’ve been talking for months; I probably know him better than any of his siblings!”

“I’d just feel a bit more at ease if I could have talked with his parents in advance. What if he has any illnesses or allergies I’d need to be mindful of? What if there’s an emergency and I need their contact information?”

Instead of admitting that he did not think of all of that, Gon chose to smile with more confidence, “I’ll just make sure there’s no emergencies! I’m not a little kid anymore!” He stepped closer to where she was seated and rested with his arms and head on the table. “He’s a really good friend and hasn’t been feeling well. I think this could be really good for him, and it’s not like I have many other people to hang out with around here. But if you are really that concerned, I promise that he’ll write down his parents’ number and address! So, it’s okay, right?”

The woman sighed in defeat and brushed through Gon’s unruly hair. “You really are a troublemaker with best intentions. Don’t make me regret this.”  The young boy beamed in response and pulled his guardian into a hug. Before he could promise that he wouldn’t, she raised her voice again, “But don’t think this will get you out of studying.”

Gon groaned in agony, though it was quickly followed by another laugh. “You’re the best, you know that?”

“I do, but it doesn’t hurt to be reminded once in a while. Now go fetch the cot from the garage, or do you want your friend to sleep on the floor?”  

With an energetic nod, he sprinted out the room, leaving Mito alone in the room as she tapped her fingernails against her cup of tea. Her eyes wandered to an old picture of Gons father. He’s becoming just like you. She didn’t know if the thought made her want to laugh or cry.

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Gon was a bundle of nerves the entire drive to the airport. Killua had offered that he’d take a taxi from the airport to Gons home, but Mito insisted that they’d meet at the airport (“Just to be sure, you know?” And Gon didn’t know).

He tapped his fingers at increasing speeds against the interior of the red Subaru XV, and watched as the scenery outside transitioned slowly from deserted dirt roads to busy highways to the even busier parking area of the airport.  

Would Killua even recognize him? Would he be able to recognize Killua? He’d like to think so, but then again, people always said celebrities look different face-to-face than on TV. His heart was beating hard and fast against his chest, but a smile never left his face, strained in anticipation of the best kind.

Mito sat down in a designated waiting area, exhausted from a long drive. She considered asking Gon to sit down as well but disregarded the thought as he fidgeted and started to pace again. Excess energy needs to be let out somehow.

“The plane has already landed, right? Shouldn’t he be here already?” he blurted out, nervously bouncing on his heels.

“He’s probably still waiting for his luggage, things like this take ti-“

“Gon!” Mito got cut off by a voice that shouted his name in such a familiar way, so recognizable that it was almost startling.

He whipped around, and his eyes caught onto the silver hair in the distance immediately. There was Killua. He looked like he had just jumped out of any of the pictures that Gon had ever seen of him, messy hair, bright eyes, pale skin, and a confident yet laidback smile.

It took about 5 seconds before Gon had cleared the distance between them, and he wrapped his arms around the other boy in a big hug. Killua hesitated for a moment, before he returned the hug, and patted Gon on the shoulder.

“It’s really you!”

“Who else could it be?” Killua snorted.

“I don’t know! But it’s still so weird to, just, have you here now!”

They spent what felt like an eternity looking at each other, laughed and giggled and commented on each other’s features, more defined than any picture could do. Killuas eyes sparkled in the low airport light, and Gon tried to burn every detail of his face into his memory, his long eyelashes, the creases of his eyes, and his sharp smile. Everything looked so natural, so right, and Gons heart stumbled over itself.

“So, would you like to introduce your friend to me, Gon?” As Mito spoke up, both boys pulled out of the hug with a jump.

Killua quickly held out his hand and stood straight, “I’m Killua, thank you so much for letting me stay over for a bit, miss. It’s nice to meet you.”

She shook his hand with a giggle. “You can just call me Mito or Auntie, alright? And it’s nice to meet you too, thank you for getting along so well with this little troublemaker.”

Gon felt heat rush to his cheeks but couldn’t bark a complain before Mito ruffled a hand through his hair. “How about we all grab something to eat, and then had home. You must be starving, Killua. Do you like burgers?”

The boys cheered in unison, and the group headed towards a fast-food chain.

And if Gon didn’t notice how easily he and Killua fell into step next to each other, too deeply invested in conversation about flights and food and seemingly the entire world, Mito surely did.

[bvidzsoo]

Poison

 Author: bvidzsoo

 Warnings: swearing, violence, blood

 Pairing: Kim Mingyu x female reader

 Word count: 13, 672

 Summary:   Oh Y/N is just a simple person living her life, with her best friend, Choi Seungcheol. What she doesn’t know? Seungcheol is part of a rather dangerous gang. Who she can’t get away from? Kim Mingyu, leader of the gang.  

 A/N:  And after ages I finally finished this one shot too. I couldn’t have been happier that it’s finally done. I hope you’ll enjoy it!

     It was a beautiful evening, the breeze warm, a contrast against the chilly air. Nowadays you never know how the weather will be. On a summer day it can be freezing and then at winter you wake up to no snow, when there it should be. 

Seungcheol and I rested on top of his car’s hood, a silver Toyota 86 GT, a car that’s more expensive than everything I own in my small apartment. I asked Seungcheol many times how he got the car, since his job isn’t that well paying, but he always tells me the same thing…”You know my parents are wealthy, they sent me the money” and then I always ask him, “If they are so wealthy, why do you still work?” and he answers, “Because life is boring if you do nothing”.

I should probably believe him, but in all five years I’ve known Seungcheol for, I’ve never met his parents. I’ve heard kids around campus saying he’s an orphan or different versions about his private life, but the one who I’ll always trust is Seungcheol. If even after five years of knowing me he’s still not ready to tell me, I won’t pressure him.

“Where should we go this weekend?” Seungcheol asked while chewing on his blue straw, his banana milkshake half gone.

“I don’t know” I muttered, eyebrows furrowing, “Shouldn’t we rather study? Exams are coming up in one month”

“There’s plenty of time to study, Y/N” He chuckled, looking at me from the corner of his eyes, “It’s just for the weekend”

“You say that every week, Cheol” I sighed, sipping my strawberry milkshake quietly, “We’ve been gone every weekend this month. I don’t have time to study anymore, you know I don’t like that”

“Okay, I promise it’s the last weekend we leave...will you come with me?” He asked, lips turning into a pout as his eyes dropped, trying to look cute and convincing. I scoffed and rolled my eyes while sipping my milkshake.

“I don’t know…” I trailed off, enjoying the way his lips downturned and he looked away, shoulders hunching.

“Come on! You never know when something big happens, we should go” He tried to reason with me but I was already shaking my head.

“If that something big is something dangerous, I’d rather stay out of it” I muttered and Seungcheol sighed, reaching out for my hand. I placed my hand in his, enjoying how warm his were compared to mine. Holding the cold milkshake froze my fingers.

“I think I won’t be here next month, Y/N…” His voice got quiet and my eyebrows furrowed.

“What do you mean?” I asked confused, sitting up straight as I leaned into his face to see his expression better in the dark night.

“I might be leaving, my boss wants to start some new project in China and they might send me there” He said casually, but gulped nervously. There was something wrong, he must be lying.

“Why exactly you?” I scoffed, watching his expression closely as he licked his lips, his silver lip piercing glinting in the light.

“You know...I can speak Chinese and stuff…” I hummed, sipping my milkshake suspiciously. 

“Cool guy you are, Choi Seungcheol” I bumped my shoulder into his, making him chuckle.

“But if I go, which is really not sure yet, I’ll make sure to text you every day and! We can facetime every evening!” He exclaimed, eyes lighting up as I scoffed.

“That still sounds suspicious to me” I shrugged, teasing him as Seungcheol cutely huffed.

“I’m not doing anything bad, Y/N, don’t worry--” Before he could finish his sentence, his phone pinged. He got a message. I sipped on my milkshake quietly as I looked away from my best friend, my eyes falling on the lake and the willow trees that surrounded it. My coat was warm but I was starting to freeze and the cold milkshake wasn’t helping either.

“I got to go” Seungcheol said with a sigh, getting off the hood of the car. He extended a hand for me and I took it with a thankful smile as I carefully slid down. This car is his life.

“I’ll take you home first” Seungcheol called as we went to each side of the car. I pulled the handle and the door opened upwards, the lights turning on inside.

“You don’t have to” I told Seungcheol before quickly finishing my milkshake and threw it away, “It’s urgent, isn’t it?”

“Kinda” He shrugged, buckling up his seatbelt.

“Then let’s go, you can take me home after you are done” I shrugged too, closing the door as I got in the passenger seat. 

“Seatbelt” Seungcheol muttered as he started the engine, the roar a blessing to my ears. It was nor too loud nor too quiet, but once you press the gas pedal, the engine roars to life loudly. I buckled up my seatbelt as Seungcheol carefully drove away from the lake.

“Than I first take you home and--”

“Seungcheol!” I groaned, not letting him finish his words, “You drive us wherever you need to go and then drive me home, okay?”

“You sure?” He asked, his eyebrows furrowed and piercing between his teeth, as he glanced at me for a second.

“One hundred percent sure” I answered confidently and Seungcheol only chuckled as he speed up and drove down the empty streets, thanks to it being late at night.

   We pulled up into an empty parking lot, the supermarket long closed, the lampposts illuminating the front of the parking lot. It felt a little eery here as I looked out the window, the road behind us covered in darkness. We were in the suburbia and I seriously have no idea what Seungcheol has to do here at this hour. I undid my seatbelt but before I could open the door, Seungcheol held me back.

“Woah, Y/N, what are you doing?” He asked in an urgent voice, eyebrows raised.

“Getting...out of the car?” I asked confused, eyebrows furrowed as he quickly shook his head.

“Nope, you are staying inside the car” He patted my head, turning off the light inside the car, “Don’t turn on the light and don’t go out, okay?”

“Why?” I asked, eyes narrowing at him as Seungcheol bit his lower lip nervously, his piercing sinking deeper into his lip.

“Ah, because--just don’t do it, okay?” He said urgently, glancing at his wristwatch, “Stay quiet and in here, please?”

“I promise” I muttered with a grimace and he offered me a small smile.

“I’ll be back in five minutes” He said with a firm nod, almost as if reassuring himself, before he closed his door and locked the car. I followed him with my eyes as he ruffled his hair and adjusted his red leather jacket before taking off. This whole place felt weird, maybe because it was very late and because it was only us here, but it didn’t feel right when Seungcheol went to the back of the supermarket. What the hell is he doing here? Did his boss send us here to pick up his trash, once again? It wouldn’t be the first time and it probably won’t be the last time either. I sighed as I lowered myself in the seat, getting into a comfortable position before fishing out my phone. I have to act like a ghost for five minutes, no noise and no light. I lowered the light of the screen of my phone to make sure no one would see it from outside, even though the windows are already tinted and you can’t see inside. But to be honest, this is the suburbia, and I’m sitting inside a very expensive car, locked and alone and...God only knows if someone tries to break in I’m going to kick their ass so hard they’ll remember it for the rest of their lives...if they will be still alive by the time I’m done with them. 

I sighed as I scrolled through Instagram, liking the pictures of other people’s boring lives, before the noise if an engine from outside caught my attention. I tensed up and whipped my head to the right, where the noise was coming from. A black van pulled up right beside Seungcheol’s car and my eyebrows furrowed. My heart speed up as the door opened and a light blue haired boy got out from the driver’s seat. Feeling exposed, I quietly lowered myself in the seat and made myself as small as possible, even though they couldn’t see inside. I’m not testing my luck upon seeing these guys. All dressed in black and leather, something glinting from a guy’s ankle caught my eyes. He got out from the back of the van, hair a brown, and his jacket furry instead of leather. He looked expensive and like he put much thought into his outfit. I watched as another man emerged from the van, black hair slicked back and leather jacket undone, unfitting for this chilly night. And then the passenger door opened too and a very tall guy got out, his hair a fire red, like a hydrant. I couldn’t see their faces too well from my position, and I really wasn’t about to risk it, but they headed to the back of the supermarket. And Seungcheol is there. Fuck. Are they going to kill my best friend? Does that mean his car will be mine? Not that I need it, I just--Wait, what the fuck is Seungcheol involved into? Has he been hiding some...dark shit from me for five years? Wow, I’m breaking up with him, not that we were dating...it’s just funny to say that. 

Biting my lower lip, I started debating in whispers if I should stay inside the car, like Seungcheol asked me to do, or go and see if my best friend is still alive, like my brain is screaming at me that would be the best option. I mean, the worst thing is finding him dead, right? Right?

I took a deep breath and unlocked the car, pushing my phone into my back pocket as I carefully opened the door. I looked around tensed as I got out carefully, staring at the van. The windows were tinted too, what if someone is inside? What if someone was waiting for me to get out so they can kidnap me? A shiver ran down my spine as I quickly shut the car’s door and speed walked away from the black van and the red Toyota 86 GT. My heart was beating quickly and I slowly started not feeling the chilly air as I felt sweat gathering on my forehead, underneath my bangs. Oh wow, who knew you could sweat in a chilly weather too from doing nothing? I creeped to the back of the supermarket, careful to not make any noises and glancing every second behind me to see if someone was following me. I was tempted to turn on the flashlight of my phone but that would have been too risky. Nearing the place where Seungcheol and those other five men were, I started hearing masculine voices. Well duh, if they are all men, come on Y/N, focus!

“So, do you have the money or do you not?” A foreign accent spoke clearly, voice slightly raised.

“I don’t” Hey! That’s Seungcheol! I hid behind the building, poking my head out just enough for me to see with one eye what was happening. The five men were standing a few feet away in front of Seungcheol, a lamppost lighting down on them, my best friend’s back turned to me. The tallest one, with the vibrant red hair, was standing in the centre, eyes narrowed but looking amused. There was the slicked back haired one standing next to the tallest one with red hair, the one with the fur coat, who just spoke, stood on the other side of him and there was a blonde haired guy, who seems like it appeared out of nowhere as I haven’t seen him getting out of the van?, and the light blue haired one was next to fur coat-foreign dude.

“Why do you not have it?” Fur coat spoke loudly once again, his face amusingly serious. He looks kinda funny in that fur coat trying to be all intimidating.

“You know my parents are in debt...I had to pay some of it or either--”

“And your new Toyota?” The blonde spoke up, his eyes sharp in nature as he looked at Seungcheol with a glare, “I bet your daddy didn’t buy it for you”

“I saved up for that!” Seungcheol hissed, jaw tight as he glared at the blonde guy. For the first time, I thought Seungcheol looked scary in his red leather jacket and silver lip piercing, his black hair falling in his eyes.

“Of course you did” Blonde guy said with a cackle, making the tallest send him a small glare. Is he mute? Why is he not speaking?

“So how will you return our money?” Light blue haired boy said, a creepy grin expanding on his lips. “I don’t have it right now but--”

“Seungcheol, this can’t go on” Slicked back haired guy spoke up, his accent foreign too, “We need to give back that money too, you know we don’t keep everything”

“I--” Before Seungcheol could even start speaking, a gun was pointed at his face. I gasped loudly, I couldn’t see Seungcheol’s face but I’d be scared shittless. The light blue haired boy walked closer to Seungcheol, gun pointed right between his eyes. No one spoke, the tension was high and my reckless self couldn’t contain itself anymore. I’m not going to watch some guy blowing my best friend’s brains out.

“Seungcheol!” I cried loudly, sprinting off towards him. I almost collided into him with the speed I ran, afraid for his life more than mine. All eyes set on me, even Seungcheol’s as his expression contorted from fear to anger in seconds. I took a deep breath before slightly standing in front of Seungcheol, my hands shaking from the adrenaline and fear altogether.

“I don’t know what Cheol did to you guys…” I spoke up, voice firmer than I was expecting it to be as I stared the light blue haired guy straight in the eyes, “But get that fucking gun out of his face”

There was silence, stunned silence to be honest. The guy’s eyes widened as he watched me before a lopsided grin spread on his lips. He nodded once with a shrug and lowered the gun, putting it into the waistband of his pants. I quietly let out a breath I was holding, reaching a hand out for Seungcheol for a little reassuring. I could see the blonde guy fighting off a smile while the two foreigners glanced at each other before looking back at me, curiosity filling their eyes. I was about to relax when the tallest man with the red hair moved. He was fast and I almost didn’t see it, but he withdrew his gun from his gun holder on his left thigh and took two long strides. But I moved fast too and stepped fully in front of Seungcheol, thanks to me wearing my high heels boots, I was taller than him. The gun pressed into my temple as Seungcheol hissed behind me but I didn’t move. The tall man, who was towering over me even with my heels on, narrowed his eyes at me.

“And who are you?” He muttered, eyes trailing over my whole face.

“It’s none of your business” I snapped, staring him right into the eyes. My heart was beating so quickly it felt like I was having a heart attack. I expect to drop dead any minute, to be honest.

“That’s not how you speak to someone who’s holding a gun to your head, sugar” He spoke in the same low voice, the end of his lip curling up.

“I won’t show respect to anyone who points a gun at my friend...or me” I muttered just as lowly as this guy, his red hair annoying the hell out of me. It looked too messy, a contradiction to his neat clothes and I really wanted to kneel him in the groins hard. He’s invading my personal space and pressing a gun to my head, not my ideal Wednesday night.

“Oh, Seungcheol…” The guy spoke up, glancing behind me with a chuckle, “She has a quick tongue, does it do its justice other times too?”

I glared at him for his choice of words and before I could snap back I was hauled back roughly by Seungcheol, surprised by his sudden force. Was Seungcheol always this strong? I mean, I did see him playing with people a game where they had to use their thighs to block the other when he was drunk, but I never imagine he was this powerful actually.

“Don’t speak to her like that” Seungcheol snapped, his deep voice raised for the first time when speaking to these guys.

“You can’t speak like that either to your boss, Seungcheolie” The tall man with red hair shook his head, carelessly shaking his gun too. I followed every movement of his, getting ready to do something if he was about to pull the trigger.

“You never told me you had a girlfriend…” He trailed trailed off, thinking for a second, “How did you hide her from us for so long?”

“I know how to stay under the radar” I snapped, playing along as if I had any idea what he was talking about. 

“I thought Jeonghan and Joshua did their jobs well...” The tall, red haired man hummed, more to himself as the light blue haired guy chuckled.

“Boss, they did, I was there. The girl didn’t pop up anywhere they looked. Seungcheol must have hidden her from us”

Boss. So this giant and red haired man is the boss. Well, screw him.

“I’d hide her too” The blonde haired guy said with a sneaky smile, making the foreign guys snicker to themselves. I rolled my eyes as I looked back at the giant who was grimacing now.

“You fucked up my fun night” He said, pointing his gun at me again, but not in a warning manner. As if trying to disciplinate me.

“Fuck off, both of you” He hissed, his face suddenly darkening and eyes narrowing as Seungcheol bowed once. I stared at him taken aback, wanting to kick his ass for bowing to someone like him. Boss or not with a gun or not. That ass needs a good beating. I could feel the tall guy’s eyes on me as Seungcheol dragged me after him, trying to get me away from there as fast as possible, knowing me too well.

“Point a gun at my friend again and I’ll kill you!” I shouted at the guys, head turned back to see them, before I was pulled around the corner and back to the front of the supermarket. Seungcheol rarely got angry, but he was fuming right now. My heart was beating fast and it didn’t seem like it was about to calm down, all thanks to Seungcheol’s anger. He looks kinda scary. I stayed quiet until we got to the car and Seungcheol pushed me into my seat rather roughly before he got in too.

I gulped as he started the engine and roughly turned the wheel to pull out of the parking lot. I yelped at the sudden speed and quickly buckled in my seatbelt.

“Your seatbelt, Cheol--”

“Shut up!” Seungcheol snapped loudly, hands gripping the wheel tightly.

“Don’t tell me to shut up, you idiot!” I snapped back, turned towards him in my seat, “Put on that fucking seatbelt before I do it!”

“Don’t raise your voice at me!” Seungcheol snapped as he buckled his seatbelt with one hand, eyes turned towards me.

“Are you trying to kill us, you idiot!” I screeched as he kept looking at me instead of the road, “Look fucking ahead at the road!”

“I told you to don’t raise your voice at me!” Suddenly Seungcheol started shouting back and I could feel the vein in my neck close to popping, “Are you a fucking idiot, Y/N? Do you even know who those were? You come and--”

“How the fuck am I supposed to know who they were when you won’t tell me anything about your private life!” I shouted back, hands shaking from gripping onto the board and my seat.

“This is exactly why I never told you!” He continued to shout as he speed down the road, “They are dangerous--hell, I’m dangerous! And now they know about you and it’s all my fucking fault--fuck!”

Seungcheol hit the wheel hard and suddenly pressed on the brakes, sending me forwards, and I’m pretty sure I would have flown out if the seatbelt wasn’t on.

“Seungcheol, please” I said quietly as he was breathing loudly and I reached out a hand to grip his arm, “I’m sorry. I know I scared you but I--I couldn’t just stand there and watch them kill my best friend! You would have done the same if it was me in your place, I know you would have done the same”

He turned towards me, biting his lip as he shook his head, “I’m such an idiot”

“Seungcheol” I sighed, offering him a small smile. He just continued to shake his head until I reached over and pulled him in a hug, a quite uncomfortable one.

“Are you part of the Mafia?” I whispered, biting my lower lip nervously. Life seemed simpler before tonight.

“No” Seungcheol chuckled, squeezing me to him, “Mingyu is far from getting into the Mafia, but his gang is the biggest around here”

“Isn’t...that the Mafia though?” I asked confused, enjoying Seungcheol’s comforting presence. Fuck, I can’t imagine how close I was to losing him.

“No, Y/N, it’s not” He muttered with a chuckle before we pulled away from each other. 

“And I thought I had a cool best friend…”I said teasingly earning a small glare from him. He started driving again but at a normal speed, circulating like a normal driver on the deserted streets.

“So…” I trailed off when I saw he wasn’t going to say anything, “Do you have a name? What do you do in this gang? Why do they want money? Did you steal money from them? I heard you owe them some because--”

“Nope” Seungcheol casually said while shaking his head, “I’m not answering anything. You know enough, I won’t get you more involved, this is dangerous enough already. If they found out, any rival gang is capable of finding out about you”

“But Seungcheol--” I whined but he sighed and threw me a look of warning.

“I’m going to drive you home and you will go to sleep and tomorrow you won’t remember a thing, do you understand me?” His voice was firm as I huffed, sliding lower in my seat.

“Yes, sir, yes” I muttered while looking out the window with a pout.

“Very well” Seungcheol chuckled quietly, the smile obvious in his voice.

     After my classes were over I would go to my job, a small corner bookstore in a quiet neighbourhood. It was a twenty minutes walk from my university and around half an hour away from my apartment, but of course by bus it’s around fifteen minutes. Since my courses were in the morning ‘till late noon, I took the afternoon and evening shifts. My co-worker, Irene, is a quiet and lovely girl who loves books just as much as I do. She’s always wearing her big round glasses with her hair in a ponytail and you can always find her hiding behind the counter with a book in her hand. Sometimes, if we don’t have much studying to do, we stay together for the whole day to keep company for each other as there are days when the bookstore is rather empty and lonely. Or there are days when we go out and have lunch together, days like that our boss is working as he is rather dedicated to his business and keeping the bookstore going. Honestly, I prefer those days when there are less customers, the quieter the better.

Seungcheol and I haven’t spoken since he dropped me off last night, but it isn’t something unusual. I did as he asked me, forgot about last night as if it didn’t happen in the first place. I couldn’t help but still worry about his safety but he’ll be fine, he’s a big boy. My dreams didn’t go easy on me either as the red haired man appeared in them, an amused smile on his face as he kept playing with his gun as if to tease me. I’ve had better dreams for sure.

In order to pass time, sometimes I would go to the back of the store or stay at the front and organize the shelves again as there were people who took a book and didn’t place them back to its place. I hated people like that, but maybe their memory isn’t as good as mine since I know where which book belongs. There’s not much to do here, but I truly enjoy being surrounded by books and their smell. It’s calming and quiet, exactly what I need.

I sighed as I picked up a fallen book and placed it back on the shelf, nicely organizing it. The doorbell chimed and I perked up.

“I’m in the back, just a second!” I loudly called for the customer to hear me. I dusted my pants off and quickly walked to the front, peeking around the shelves to see if they had started looking around.

“I’m here, so how can I--” I stopped in my tracks as there was no one at the counter. Did they go already looking for books? Can’t they hear me? They could make a sound at least.

“Uhm, hello?” I called uncertainly as I turned around and walked to the first row of bookshelves. Maybe they left already? I didn’t even take a minute to come to the front. Oh well, at some point they will have to leave so I’ll just stay at the front.

I walked back to the counter, back turned towards the bookshelves as I went to pick up my phone and text Seungcheol to ask him if he’d like to go out for dinner with me when two arms suddenly trapped me between the counter and a warm body. I tensed up, the hands not belonging to Seungcheol and he knows never to sneak up on me.

“Hello, sugar” The low voice whispered close to my ear, sending a shiver down my spine. The voice was unfamiliar and I will have to fight if this someone tries to do something to me.

“I didn’t believe Jeonghan and Joshua when they told me you worked at a bookstore...I had to come by and see it for myself” The guy chuckled, still standing just as close. My eyebrows furrowed, did he say, Jeonghan and Joshua? I’ve heard those names before...isn’t he...wait. I abruptly turned around in his grip, gasping quietly when the tall stranger leaned closer to my face. It’s the tall, red haired man that pointed his gun at me yesterday night.

“It really is you” He muttered with a frown, still invading my personal space. Does this guy not know what personal space is?

“What...did you come back to kill me?” I snapped at him with a glare, trying to look confident under this giant’s measuring eyes. He suddenly started laughing and shook his head.

“Not at all” He said with a shrug and I raised my hands to slap his arms away.

“Do you not know what personal space is?” I snapped again, freeing myself from his hold as I hurried around the counter to put distance between us.

“Oh, did I make you feel uncomfortable?” He asked with a smirk and I scoffed while I stared him down. He was dressed in black pants, a grey oversized sweater and a leather jacket. His red hair was neat now, unlike last night, and I observed a silver, expensive looking ring on his right pinky. 

“What do you want?” I asked with my eyebrows furrowed, crossing my arms in front of my chest.

“First of all, let me introduce myself” He said with a wide smile, his sharp canines showing. I tried to ignore the fact that I found this guy handsome because last night he was pointing a gun at my head while his men pointed a gun at my best friend’s head. Maybe if I didn’t know who he really was, I would have said he looked cute.

“My name is Kim Mingyu” He said, doing a small bow for show. I rolled my eyes at his unasked for actions.

“Okay” I muttered with a shrug as a frown fell on Mingyu’s face.

“Are you not going to tell me your name?” He asked, leaning against the counter.

“Don’t you already know it?” I scoffed, obviously if he knows I work here, thanks to Joshua and Jeonghan whoever they are, he knows my name, my apartment number and probably the size of my bra and panties too.

“No” He said innocently and I narrowed my eyes at him as I tried to read his face. He didn’t look like someone who was lying so I sighed and lowered my hands from my chest.

“My name is Oh Y/N” I introduced myself and a mischievous smirk appeared on his lips.

“Oh, I know your name...I just wanted to hear you saying it” I groaned and picked up my phone, unlocking it.

“If you won’t leave I’m going to call the cops on you” I threatened, waving my phone in the air.

“I’m not sure if that will help you, sugar” He said with an arrogant chuckle and I glared at him.

“Why not? And stop calling me sugar” 

“Because I have connections everywhere. One text from me and they already forgot about your problem...sugar” My jaw tensed as I continued to glare at Mingyu’s smug face.

“Cool, then I’m going to ask nicely only once...fuck off, Kim Mingyu” I snapped and watched as a laugh bubbled up from Mingyu’s lips.

“That wasn’t exactly nice” 

“I’m not saying it again” I threatened, raising the hand that was gripping my phone. I’m definitely not afraid to whack him with my phone, the more painful the better.

Mingyu raised his hands in defeat and retreated towards the exit of the store as he kept looking at me. He opened the door, and the bell chimed once again, before a large smirk grew on his lips.

“Don’t forget who has a gun, sugar” He winked at me and I rolled my eyes as I watched him close the door and slowly walk away. What the fuck? This is all Seungcheol’s fault. 

   Nightfall came faster than I expected it and it was time to close the bookstore. It was a fairly warm evening so I decided I would walk home, enjoy this weather until it’s still like this. Winter is approaching quickly and I dislike the cold, so Seungcheol usually just fetches me from places and drives us around in the city...or I don’t go out of the house for a whole week, there’s no in between. School and work be damned. Okay, not really.

Mingyu didn’t return after I told him to get lost and I was content with that and very hopeful that he got the message...that being, that I want him gone from my life. I’ve only known of his existence for two days, but I do not wish to have any more encounters with him. Seungcheol is right, as always but don’t tell him that, gang life is dangerous and I won’t get more involved. I just want a nice, quiet life, being known as the girl from the bookstore who hangs out with a boy from a gang, nothing more festive. Irene will have a heart attack if I ever tell her, poor girl.

I placed my keys in my backpack and walked down the quiet neighbourhood’s street, the lampposts illuminating the street nicely. I never encountered problems here as it’s a safe neighbourhood but it’s never bad if you are aware to your surroundings. So it wasn’t a surprise when I quickly became aware of the man walking behind me, at a respectable distance, but it still raised questions in me. Just to test it, I walked inside a shop, which was still open, and looked around while pretending I was looking for something. Seeing as he didn’t follow me inside, I brushed off the thought and exited the shop, strolling down the street just a little bit faster than before. Right before I could turn down to the alley that led onto the main street, I heard footsteps behind me. Maybe I was wrong? Unless...it’s Mingyu. But I don’t think he’d really sneak up on me twice today. It was too late to turn around so I just walked ahead, muscles tense as I was ready to fight whoever was following me. I cursed when at least three men blocked the end of the alley. Fuck! This is definitely not what I need right now. I quickly took my phone from my pocket and pretended to speak to someone as I neared them.

“Yes, I’m walking home right now” I said clearly for them to hear. 

“No, Seungcheol, I didn’t buy any bread...you already ate all?!” I exclaimed not too loudly, not wanting to draw too much attention on me, as I gulped when the men looked at me.

“Yeah, I know...yes, oppa, I will hurry up” I pretended to roll my eyes as if he said something annoying. Ew, me calling Seungcheol ‘oppa’? Even if I didn’t exactly call him, just the thought of it is a no-no...maybe I should start annoying him with this? I know he would hate it just as much as I do.

“Oppa, I’ll be home in ten minutes, don’t worry” I said cutely, coming close to the men as they were now standing turned towards me, still blocking my way.

“Sorry, could you let me pass?” I spoke up, looking them in the eyes as the one behind me finally stopped walking.

“What’s a pretty lady like you doing here at night alone?” One said with a smirk and I refrained myself from rolling my eyes.

“It’s evening, check the time first, and I asked you to move” Their faces turned serious as they watched me, the phone still at my ear.

“Yes, oppa, nothing is wrong” I spoke with a small smile on my face, raising my eyebrows at them.

“Tell oppa you are a little busy right now” One said with a snicker, making the others snicker as well. I scowled as I lowered my hand from my ear.

“Have your fun without me and let me pass, now” I demanded as they kept snickering, the guy behind me leaned against the brick wall.

“Come on, sweets” He said and I felt a hand on my shoulder. I hissed and roughly shrugged his hand off my shoulder.

“Go to hell, pig” I snapped in his face as I watched his face contort into anger.

“I wouldn’t speak like that if I were you” He threatened and I scoffed.

“Or what? You’ll go running to mommy to tell on me?” I smirked as the guys behind me snickered, my heart started to speed up. Fuck, my mouth is going to get me in so much trouble one day...perhaps it’s today.

“Don’t play with us the hard to get card--” A guy with a deep voice said from behind me as a hand swept down my back. I abruptly turned around, the most disgusted face I could muster up directed at him.

“And you don’t touch me, asshole” I could see as the guys were starting to lose their patience. I gulped as I gripped my phone harder, ready for anything. 

“Now--” The one leaning against the opposite wall extended a hand towards me and before his fingers could touch me, I whacked him across the face with my phone, hard. His head collided with the wall he was leaning against as the guys shouted in surprise, a loud curse leaving the injured one’s mouth.

“You bitch!” He exclaimed, spitting blood out. Wow, this has to be my best punch so far. I felt hands around my shoulders and I shoved myself into the guy, raising my elbow hard up into his stomach, making him groan as he released me. Before the next one could have touched me, a gunshot rang through the quiet night. Everyone jumped while I gasped, my hands finally shaking. The adrenaline was becoming too much as I realized the danger I just put myself into. Was someone coming to kill us all now? I really should have just called Seungcheol.

“You have one second to step away from her” The voice growled deeply and I clutched my phone to my chest as I leaned against the wall. I knew that voice, did he wait for me all day? 

When the guys didn’t move, I could hear a click and then suddenly each guy pressed up against the wall, making me back away as there was one each on my side, their faces looked terrified. With wide eyes, I looked towards Mingyu, who was standing underneath the lamppost, his features well visible, vibrant red hair a contrast to his dark clothes. The gun was still pointed, but towards my left side, where the bleeding guy was standing. He lowered his gun as he walked towards us, slowly but taking big steps. I gulped as I watched him, his expression scarier than he was when I jumped in front of Seungcheol, he looked deadly right now.

“Who touched her?” He muttered, still as lowly as before, eyes darting around. When no one answered, his eyes fell on me. I flinched back thanks to the dark look he had in his eyes as he raised an eyebrow at me. I knew what he wanted, so with my phone still in my hand, I pointed towards all the guys, since they all touched me. Mingyu’s jaw ticked, as he walked even closer I could see the guys actually trembling, and he stopped beside the bleeding one. He leaned close enough to whisper in his ear with a disgusted face.

“If you dare to ever again lay, even, your eyes on her...you’ll be dead and eaten by rats in an abandoned alley, did I make myself clear?” He growled in the quiet night, his voice carrying around in the alley. A shiver ran down my spine as the guys nodded and quickly ran off in the opposite direction, from where I came from, leaving me with Mingyu alone. I licked my lips as I placed my phone back in my coat pocket, hands shaking a little.

“I--” I looked up at him just as he spoke up.

“Are you alright?” He said harshly, eyebrows furrowed. I quietly nodded, deciding to stay quiet. My eyes went to the gun, still in his hand and his eyes fell to where I was looking at. He put the gun away without a word and looked back at me.

“Thank you” I decided to say to get over with it and bowed my head a little bit, refusing to look at him.

“I should have killed them” Mingyu muttered rather to himself and my eyes widened.

“No!” I quickly exclaimed, shaking my head, “Forget about them! I’ll probably never see them again and if I will...I’m one hundred percent sure they learned their lessons”

Mingyu stayed quiet as he watched me before he gave a small nod.

“Well, I bet this was a bother to you but--I’ll be going now--” I went to walk past him but his hand gripped my arm tightly, stopping me from walking away.

“I’ll drive you home”

“No!” I quickly snapped, stepping back from Mingyu but he still held on to my arm.

“You think I’m letting you walk home after that?” He raised his eyebrows, voice dropping an octave as a vein in his neck became more prominent. Oh great, he’s angry again.

“I don’t want you to drive me home” I said firmly, my eyebrows furrowing, “You can’t do it against my will”

“Yes, I can and I will” He snapped, suddenly dragging me forward.

“What! No!” I started to struggle in his grip and tried to rip myself away from him but his hold was ten thousand times stronger than any men’s I’ve met before, “I’m not going with you!”

Taking the opportunity, as he dragged me onto the main street, I quickly latched onto the lamppost, wrapping my free arm tightly around it. Mingyu was hauled back and he turned around, his eyebrows in a deeper frown than before. There were people actually walking on this street, so I was definitely causing a scene and they were shamelessly staring.

“What the fuck” Mingyu snapped as he tried to yank me forward but I held onto the lamppost tightly.

“I said no” I snapped back at him, yanking my other arm free from his hold and now fully hugging the lamppost.

“Don’t make me point the gun at you again” He said as he stepped closer, an eyebrow raised challengingly.

“You know I’m not afraid of you” I said smugly, a smirk crossing my lips. He was barely a feet away, again invading my personal space, when a smirk similar to mine crossed his own lips.

“It takes five seconds to have a gun pointed at Seungcheol’s head, six for him to drop dead on the cold ground” He barely whispered but I heard him clearly as my eyebrows furrowed, a glare crossing my features.

“You wouldn’t dare” I said breathlessly, eyes searching his face as he chuckled casually.

“Really?” He raised an eyebrow, phone quickly in his hand. I abruptly untangled myself from the lamppost, stepping away from it as I stared Mingyu in the eyes.

“Do I have to threaten you for you to work along with me?” He said with a sigh, dragging me to his car. A red Mercedes.

“You are not driving me home” I still opposed the idea and Mingyu opened the door before shoving me inside.

“I’m not, relax” He said with a playful smile and I lowered myself in the leather seat as I put on the seatbelt. Is he driving me towards my death then or what…?

   I was expecting everything, a bridge where he could push me off from, a club where we would go so that he could party his ass off, a place where he’d sell me to people for money, a dark dungeon where he kills me and leaves my corps for the rats...but I was really not expecting him to take me to his mansion. His fucking mansion. A huge ass house, the type you only see in movies. With gates that opened by themselves and there’s a long driveway until you get to the garage and the whole house has only windows, and I can’t see any curtains, like who doesn’t put up curtains with huge windows like those! Kinda explains why the fence is so high. And like, there’s a pool? Inside the house?

I was quick to get out of the car as Mingyu stopped the engine and I looked around varily. The garage wasn’t too big, but there were three other cars inside, and I had to embrace myself when I saw three other sports cars. There was a Toyota Land Cruiser too, and Mingyu saw me eyeing it.

“Yeah, I can’t go around all the time in expensive cars” He said with a shrug as he locked his Mercedes.

“Excuse me?” My eyebrows raised as my eyes widened as I looked at Mingyu taken aback, “Are you calling the Land Cruiser a cheap car?”

Mingyu looked at the car and then back at me with another shrug, “Yeah”

My jaw fell open and I huffed but Mingyu only shrugged, taking his leather jacket off. He started walking and I followed after him wordlessly, letting my eyes wander around the place. It was huge just like in movies, the windows big and the house lit up everywhere. Yes, we walked by the pool, which by the way is two steps away from his huge living room which is twice the size of my not so small apartment. And finally, Mingyu led us into a not so small kitchen, everything white with a little red here and there. There was a counter in the middle, across the stove and the rest of the kitchen was decorated with cupboards.

“Take a seat, I’ll be back in a second” He said before walking off, leaving me alone. I nodded to myself as I took a seat at the stool, taking my coat and backpack off and placing them on the white tiles. I’m afraid I’ll dirty them, this place is so clean. I bet he has someone who cleans it. Isn’t he afraid they’ll steal his money? I’m pretty sure he has a safe where he keeps his money. Besides, why have such a huge kitchen if you don’t use it?

“So…” I jumped at Mingyu’s voice, not having expected him to return so quickly. When I turned around my eyes widened and I quickly put on a tight smile, trying to mask my surprised reaction. He was wearing black sweats and a black form fitting, with a deep V, t-shirt. His built muscles were visible, chest firm and neck veiny. I cleared my throat and averted my eyes away from him, but I know he saw me checking him out, his smirk gave it away.

“I was planning to have Fajitas for dinner, I hope you like it” He said as he went to open the fridge.

“They aren’t my favorite” I muttered, curious of this new side Mingyu was showing. He was quiet throughout the ride to his mansion and have completely calmed down, now here I am sitting in his kitchen with him dressed casually, and rather sexy, and about to have dinner. Can he surprise me more?

“I can assure you, like mine you haven’t eaten before” He said with a grin, an innocent looking grin, as he took salad, pepper and other vegetables out from the fridge.

“Yours?” I chuckled, eyebrows raised, “Are you going to make it right now?”

“Yeah, I hope you don’t mind waiting an hour...or are you very hungry?” He raised his eyebrows as he placed the ingredients on the wide counter, facing me.

“I--” My mouth dropped open as I tried thinking of an answer, trying to get over my shock. He cooks? Kim Mingyu, leader of a gang, actually knows how to cook and is bragging about his Fajita? This is the shock of my life.

“I’m not very hungry” I finally managed to push out when Mingyu looked at me.

“Good, in the meantime…” The cocky smirk was back and I rolled my eyes, “Let’s get to know each other more”

“No” I deadpanned and took my ringing phone in my hands. It was Seungcheol calling, before I could raise the phone to my ear, Mingyu pointed the knife at me quite threateningly.

“While you are with me, you aren’t allowed to answer your phone” He said seriously, eyes fixed on me.

“Why?” I scoffed, raising an eyebrow as my phone stopped ringing. I haven’t spoken to Seungcheol the whole day, he will worry if I don’t call him back.

“My house, my rules” Mingyu deadpanned and I rolled my eyes as I placed my phone down rather loudly on the counter, “People need to offer me their whole attention”

He lowered his hand and went to continue cutting the meat when I had to test my luck once again, “Wow, did your mommy and daddy not give you enough attention while growing up?” The knife was slammed down against the counter and I jumped, my irritated expression turning into an innocent one.

“Say that again” He muttered, eyes boring into mine, “I dare you”

I gulped and looked away, his gaze becoming too intense but Mingyu kept on staring. I knew he wasn’t going to stop, so I looked back at him with a defiant gaze.

“I won’t please you no matter what, so stop trying to make me do things against my will” I snapped irritated, the tension becoming too much. Hotness suddenly took over my body when Mingyu licked his lips and ran his right hand through his hair. What is he doing? Why am I even thinking he’s sexy? 

“You are annoying, no one disobeys me” Mingyu went back to his previous demeanor like nothing happened as he started cutting up the meat.

“Well you are not my boss, therefore I don’t have to follow your orders” I said with a shrug, leaning back in the seat.

“Who taught you how to fight?” Mingyu asked, curiosity lacing his voice, “The punch you gave that man was something a lady isn’t supposed to know how to do”

“I’m not a damsel in distress, Mingyu” I snapped, getting fed up with his comments about how I should be.

“I know, but you still didn’t answer my question” The only sound was coming from the knife as Mingyu cut expertly, eyes focused on what he was doing. I sighed and leaned forward to rest my elbows on the wide counter.

“My father...and then Cheol…” I trailed off, eyes falling on my phone that started ringing again. Just as I mentioned him…is this some telepathic power?

“Who’s so persistent?” Mingyu asked lightly, one eyebrow raised. Switching to cutting the vegetables.

“Seungcheol” I muttered quietly, looking away when Mingyu’s hand paused and his eyes were back on me.

“What does he want?”

“What could he want?” I asked in an exasperated voice, “To know how I’m doing, he’s my best friend, we check up on each other”

“And he couldn’t have done it earlier?” Mingyu snapped and I sent him a glare.

“No” 

“Well you won’t answer him--”

“He’ll get worried--”

“And do I look like I care?” Mingyu cocked an eyebrow and I bit the inside of my cheek to stop myself from cursing him. 

“Tell me about yourself” Mingyu said as he started walking around his huge kitchen, my eyes followed while trying to be subtle about it.

“No” I deadpanned, trying to avert my eyes from his well defined back, wide shoulders. God, he looks amazing. 

“I wouldn’t want to force it out of you” He sent me a wink and I scoffed.

“The answer is still...no” I deadpanned again and Mingyu shook his head as he returned to his previous place with a pot in his left hand.

“I don’t take no as an answer, sugar” He licked his lips and my eyes followed the movement, making me sigh loudly. God, this man is so handsome I’m starting to doubt myself. If only he wasn’t who he is…

“Only if you answer my questions” I said while sitting up straight. I bet I can get more out of him than Seungcheol.

“Sure, why not” Mingyu shrugged, bingo, and I extended my right hand. He eyed it curiously and an actual smile graced his lips when I stretched my pinky out for him.

“Really?” He asked, trying to fight of his widening smile.

“Really” I said seriously, trying to fight back my own smile. Mingyu placed the hand holding the knife down on the counter and extended his right hand, hooking his pinky with mine. The ring was cold against my skin as they touched and my heartbeat speed up, to my annoyance. Mingyu’s smile remained wide but there was a new look in his eyes, it wasn’t curiosity, it looked almost as if he was affected by my touch as well.

“Promise”

“Promise” He echoed after me, the wide smile finally stretching on his lips as his canines appeared. I sucked in a sudden breath and quickly pulled my hand back, leaning back in my seat. Mingyu cleared his throat before he went back to placing the cutten food inside the pot.

“Okay, so…” I rubbed my hands together and licked my lips before speaking up, “I’m an engineering major, I don’t have any siblings. My parents never were financially stable but they help me out with university. I work at the corner bookstore as a part time job, because I love books and because it’s quiet, I hate noisy and crowded places. I have only two friends, one is Seungcheol who I have known for five years and the other one is my co-worker, who is a very lovely girl. I dislike smug people who try to control everything around them and think they are better than others. I can kick your ass anytime, probably, I’m also not afraid of you pointing a gun at my head because I know you won’t pull the trigger and I will kill you if you don’t leave me alone after I have woken up, for at least an hour”

“Well, most things I have known already…” Mingyu muttered and I rolled my eyes.

“That’s what happens if you send your people to stalk me” I snapped and Mingyu chuckled as he turned around to put the pot on the electric owen. 

“Well, I know now at least to leave you alone after we wake up” He turned back around to face me with a smug smile.

“Say that again” I raised my eyebrows at him, lips pursed.

“Oh, trust me...you’ll be laying in my bed before you can even blink” Mingyu bit his lower lip and my jaw clenched.

“Well then...you’ll eat your Fajitas alone--” I was already on my feet, leaning down to take my backpack and coat when Mingyu trapped my hand against the white counter. How did he go around the counter so fast? He was once again, invading my personal space as he was standing too close for my comfort and towering over me. I looked up into his eyes and pressed my back into the counter as he sent me a glare.

“We are not finished yet, you are not leaving” He said lowly and I rolled my eyes.

“I have nothing to converse with a person who wants me in their bed, because I, don’t want to be in your bed so clearly our intentions here are too different” I snapped at him. Mingyu closed the gap between us, making my heart race. A shiver ran down my spine at the close proximity, his scent and warmth invading my senses. It felt as if I was hypnotized. I refused to look him in the eyes, fixating my eyes on his neck, the veins less visible now. I never observed how beautiful his tanned skin looked. I gulped when Mingyu didn’t move away, his intense gaze making me nervous and uncomfortable.

“I’m serious about you, getting you into my bed isn’t my only intention” He whispered, leaning just a little bit forward but it was enough to form goosebumps on my skin.

“You don’t know me and you are not my type, Mingyu. I won’t involve myself with people like you” I said, looking up at him, his eyebrows furrowed.

“It’s too late for that now, considering your best friend is Choi Seungcheol” He said with a quiet chuckle and I rolled my eyes.

“What about my questions? You pinky promised” I raised an eyebrow expectantly and Mingyu bit his lip as he stepped back. I was finally able to breathe normally and my heart very slowly went back to its normal rate as Mingyu walked across the counter to check on the boiling Fajita. Before I could speak, my phone started ringing once again. Mingyu groaned and turned around, taking my phone in his hands before I could stop him.

“Call her again and you’ll regret it for the rest of your life, Choi Seungcheol” One second, that’s how long it took Mingyu before he hung up and gave the phone back to me. I sat back in the stool and bit my lower lip.

“Does your gang have a name?” I started my questioning.

“Seventeen” Mingyu’s answer was short and straight to the point.

“What does your gang do?” I continued, raising my eyebrows.

“Many things”

“I asked you something” I snapped and a smirk crossed Mingyu’s lips.

“Mainly drugs, weapon trafficking, bank robbing and assassination” I gulped at the way Mingyu said everything with so much ease. How could he switch his personality so quickly? It was as if he had a switch inside him he switched whenever he wanted to.

“Did Seungcheol steal something from you that you threatened to kill him?” Finally, the question I wanted to ask the most.

“Yeah, he stole our money. He’s our main dealer but for the past two months he’s been stealing our money. I don’t tolerate such thing no matter how much I like Seungcheol hyung” Mingyu crossed his arms in front of his chest, his muscles bulging even more. I sniffed and averted my eyes from them back to his face.

“Is it because of his parents?”

“Most probably” Mingyu nodded, turning around to check on the food.

“Let him off, for me...please” I muttered quietly, watching Mingyu’s straight back.

“I’ll think about it” He muttered, a small smile formed on my lips. 

   The food was quickly done and we served it while hot, too hungry to wait for it to cool down. Mingyu didn’t joke around, it was amazing. I have never tasted Fajita so good, compared to his. I really dislike it, but this one was tasty. He finished earlier than me and went rummaging through his cupboards before he sat down across from me. I ate quietly as I heard him opening a lighter before smoke floated in the air. I glanced at him, unappreciative of his smoking while I was still eating. Mingyu’s eyes were closed and he was leaned back in his chair, smoke floating around him. He looked mesmerising but ignored me as he puffed out the smoke in circle forms, opening his eyes while I gulped down the food, getting lost in his brown eyes. He was looking at me intently again, the smoke enveloping his face as he blew it out through his nose.

“I’m done” I said, standing up abruptly. Mingyu actually jumped, surprised by my sudden action.

“It’s late, I have to go home...I have classes tomorrow…” I muttered, taking on my coat as Mingyu stood up.

“I’ll grab my keys and--”

“No!” I exclaimed, eyes widening, “You aren’t driving me home!”

“Y/N, seriously--”

“No!” I snapped, sending a glare at him. He rolled his eyes and took my phone. I whined and watched him dial a number.

“Be here in two” He simply said before hanging up.

“Who was that?” I asked, taking my phone from Mingyu as he handed it back to me.

“My personal driver and...the gang’s driver as well” He answered as I picked up my backpack.

“You can drive too, why do you need someone to drive you around?” I scoffed as Mingyu lead the way back to the front door, I took in the mansion with my eyes as subtly as I could for a last time.

“Good night, Y/N” Mingyu smiled at me before opening the front door.

I walked out and turned around to tell him to leave me alone after tonight, but he just closed the door in my face.

“Asshole!” I hollered as I walked to the gate where a red car was waiting. The front window rolled down and a sharp eyed guy stuck his head out.

“I’m Wonwoo, hop in” He said with a little smile, nose scrunching up.

“Okay” I muttered, getting in the backseat, “Sorry for having to pick me up, but Mingyu called before I could tell him not to--”

“Don’t worry, I’m used to him already. We grew up together, figure that one, huh” He said with a chuckle and I hummed, growing curious. Wonwoo knew Mingyu best then. Just what more mystery circled Mingyu’s life?

“Do you mind if I make a phone call?”

“Not at all” Wonwoo offered me another nose scrunched smile before I dialed Seungcheol’s number.

“Why were you with Mingyu?!” He exclaimed the second he picked up.

“He came by the bookstore and insisted on taking me to dinner” I lied, he’d worry too much if I told him the truth and I need to sleep tonight.

“What? I told him to leave you alone” Seungcheol growled and I chuckled a little fakely. He really did that? What a caring best friend.

“Don’t worry, I told him to leave me alone, I’m not interested” Another lie. Forgive me Seungcheol, but I can’t have you worrying about me as well.

“Really?” I could hear the happiness in his voice.

“Really” I muttered quietly, feeling guilty for lying to him.

“Sleep well, I’ll drive you to university tomorrow morning, okay?” He asked and I smiled lightly.

“Yeah, sleep well, Seungcheol” I hung up and leaned my head against the headrest with a sigh. Wonwoo offered me a small knowing smile through the rearview mirror and I couldn’t help it but feel guiltier.

     Maybe Wonwoo told Mingyu, or maybe Mingyu realized just how different we were...one week passed, and there was no trace of Mingyu. I would lie if I didn’t expect him to go searching for me and bothering me even after I asked him many times to leave me alone, but seeing it happen left me surprised. I truly wasn’t expecting it. Did Seungcheol threaten him? But I don’t think Mingyu truly would listen to Cheol’s orders. So deciding I wasn’t risking anything by asking, one evening, when Seungcheol was chilling in my living room while I was solving some equations, I decided to speak up.

“So…” Seungcheol hummed as I looked up at him with curious eyes, “You know, it’s been a week since Mingyu asked me out for dinner...I never really saw him again”

Seungcheol hummed once again and I stared at him, waiting for an answer.

“I guess he truly got the message, didn’t he?” I said with a chuckle as Seungcheol hummed again, scrolling through his phone without interest.

“So I guess he’s doing fine” I muttered, still waiting for a confirmation from Seungcheol.

“I saw you have a maths test tomorrow, you understand everything?” He sat up straighter on my couch and I narrowed my eyes at him as he looked at my notebook with interest.

And that’s how I knew Mingyu was forgotten. Seungcheol acted like he never knew of his existence, that means he is forgotten, never spoken of again. So I willed myself to forget about him, but it was harder than it seemed like at first. I found myself spacing out in classes, thinking about how the smoke enveloped his features in the illuminated white kitchen, how his muscles bulged at the smallest action, how he repeatedly ran his hands through his hair and the feeling I got when we pinky promised. The guy got me hooked only after two days of knowing him and there were high chances I was never going to see him. I hated myself for letting him affect me so much so quickly, but there was an attraction I felt towards him that I never felt towards anyone. I knew going around looking for him wasn’t the option, but if he wasn’t going to show up, I was willing to try it. Maybe call Wonwoo? That was another option since I saved his number...just in case.

     Everything seemed to go downhill on Thursday after I finished my classes at the university. Seungcheol couldn’t pick me up today because he had some errands to run, thanks to Mingyu, and it was also raining pretty hard. Everyone was running to cover themselves from the rain, cars filling with people that drove by me. My umbrella wasn’t doing much as my legs were wet up until my knees. Just as I was about to call for a cab, a black van pulled up beside me. I reacted too slowly because a rag went around my nose and mouth and I was hauled backwards, into the back of the van. Of course, it wouldn’t have been me, if I didn’t try and fight whoever caught me, but it was to no help as I already inhaled the chemical which was knocking me out fast.

   My back felt stiff and my shoulders hurt. I groaned as I tried moving my hands, only to realize I couldn’t. I suddenly jumped when something slammed against the ground, my heart suddenly racing. I whined quietly at the pain in my neck and the small headache that was about to become more intense for sure.

“Idiot” Someone hissed and I squinted my eyes, trying to make out the figures in the dark.

“You think I have laser eyes?” A deep voice hissed back. I licked my lips as I continued to listen to them, my throat felt dry.

“Why don’t you turn on the lights then?” 

“Why don’t you do it?”

“Don’t talk back to me, you faggot!”

“Yah!”

“Excuse me” I spoke up, clearing my throat. Two loud yelps and then the light was turned on. I closed my eyes thanks to the sudden brightness, slowly opening them again.

“Didn’t want to disturb your bickering but--why the fuck am I here?” I raised my eyebrows, glaring at the two short boys. I bet I tower over them with my giant height. And here I am calling Mingyu a giant, how the tables have turned.

“Call Bang Chan” The deep voiced one said suddenly and the other boy hurried away, the light going off again.

“Why did he switch the light off again?” I muttered with a sigh, trying to undo the rope around my wrists.

“He’s young” The guy answered, the voice further away from me. Suddenly a light turned on, not the same one, as this was directly above my head, barely lighting the room.

“Wow, so mysterious” I rolled my eyes, “This is really not scaring me”

The door suddenly slammed open, the sound echoing in the room. I raised my eyebrows as I sat up straighter in the wooden chair as various guys walked inside the room. One took a chair and dragged it across the room, setting it in front of me.

“Oh Y/N” The raspy voiced guy spoke, sitting down in the chair.

“Yeah” I nodded, glancing behind at the three guys. It was a tall guy and the previous two.

“Tell us everything about Seventeen” He demanded and my eyebrows furrowed.

“Seventeen? The number? What can I tell you about a number--”

“Cut the shit, girl” He snapped, making me jump, “We know you are dating their leader”

My eyes widened as I glanced at the other three guys behind the one glaring at me.

“I am--I am not!” I exclaimed offended, “I have no idea what you are talking about!”

“Let us enlighten you then…” He smirked and the tallest handed a folder to the raspy voiced guy. I watched them with a pounding heart as he opened the folder and turned it towards me. I tried to remain blank faced but it was hard when the pictures showed Seungcheol and I laughing in the supermarket, the other was us walking late at night in the park and the third one...with us sitting in my living room, eating dinner. Fuck, they even know where I live. I can’t lie, it won’t get me out if it now.

“He’s my brother” I still lied, looking the guy in front of me in the eye.

“Yeah, right” He snickered and I sent him a glare, leaning as close as I could to him.

“What? You don’t believe me?” I chuckled, leaning back in the chair as I sent him a smirk, “Maybe he’s not my biological brother, but he is my brother”

“Is it true what she’s saying?” He asked the tall guy behind him and he grimaced.

“We didn’t check--”

“Idiots!” He hissed, turning back towards me, “Let’s assume what you say is true...do you know what your brother does for a living?”

“Yeah, he works at a printer shop downtown” I answered, which really wasn’t a lie. Seungcheol does work there, I’ve been too many times the witness to the idiocy of his boss. The four guys in front of me snickered and I sent them a glare, annoyed by their behavior. Do they think by snickering they look cool? Because they really don’t.

“Your brother is the drug dealer of the gang called Seventeen, who took something that was ours” The deep voiced guy said, a harsh look entering his eyes. I hummed, looking at each one of them for a very long second.

“And how does that involve me in this?” I asked, raising my eyebrows.

“You aren’t only connected to Seungcheol but Kim Mingyu too, they’ll be pissed” The guy on the left said with a chuckle and the other three agreed.

“I already told you I have no idea who that Kim guy is and my brother won’t be too happy so…” I stared at them expectantly, chin raised, “Let me fucking go!”

“She’s funny, Changbin” The tallest muttered to the raspy voiced guy, sitting in the chair in front of me, and I narrowed my eyes at them.

“Where’s her phone?” Changbin asked and the boy on the left extended his hand.

“Search her contact list, Jeongin” Changbin commanded and I watched the later with a glare. Changbin sat leaning back in his chair with a smug smile.

“Found him” Jeongin said with a grin, extending my phone towards us. My eyebrows furrowed as I leaned closer to the screen of my phone curiously. My jaw fell open when the name ‘Kim Mingyu’ and a phone number stood screaming in our faces. What the hell? Since when do I have Mingyu’s phone number? Wait...did I have it all this time and didn’t know about it? Does that mean I could have called him while--fuck, no. I can’t think like that! I’m not supposed to get further involved because look at what it happening right now! They want to kill me over some information I don’t even have!

“I swear to God, I had no idea I had his phone number…” I muttered confused, looking up at the guys. Jeongin’s eyebrows were furrowed as he studied my face but the tall one was nodding along. The other two didn’t seem to be convinced of my words.

“This proves contrary to your words” Changbin said with an arch of his brow and I bit my lower lip. Kim Mingyu brought this on me and I will fucking murder him when I get my hands on him. I can’t believe I’m in this situation because of him! 

“Listen, I know this sounds like I’m lying, but I really know nothing of Seventeen and I know nothing about Kim Mingyu--” The room fell silent with my mouth open as my phone started ringing. On the screen was Mingyu’s name. I felt my hands shake as I stared at the screen, afraid of what was next. I’m going to die. I really can’t talk myself out of this. Fuck.

Changbin pressed the green button.

“Hey, sugar” Mingyu’s voice echoed in the dead silent room, having put him on speaker, all eyes on me as I continued staring at the screen of my phone.

“Fuck you” I spat shakily and the boys chuckled.

“Sugar--”

“That’s enough…” Changbin spoke up, his voice bored, “We have Y/N, if you want to get her back alive you know what you have to give to us back”

“Give you back what?” Mingyu started laughing, his voice stiffer than before, “You are not getting the diamonds back. They were mine from the very beginning, you just stole them first. Greetings and salutations to your beloved Bang Chan”

The boys jaws clenched and I could see as the tall guy’s face started turning red.

“Then she dies” I gasped at the tall one’s words, head snapping up, eyes boring into his.

“Okay” Came Mingyu’s answer. My eyes widened as I looked back at the screen of my phone, fear creeping all over my body. 

“Kill the girl, she means nothing to me” Before anyone could say anything, he hung up. My lips started trembling as I continued staring at the black screen of my phone. He really doesn’t care. He was just trying to get in my pants a week ago and as he saw he couldn’t, he decided I wasn’t worthy of his attention and time anymore. And now, all because of him, I was gonna die in a cold and dark basement while surrounded by three dwarfs and a tall guy. Jeongin cursed but no one else said anything. I continued looking at my phone screen as Changbin still didn’t move his hand, my heart beating faster and faster.

“Fucking bastard!” The tall guy cursed loudly, almost shouting. I jumped but refused to look at anyone in the room.

“Cat got your tongue now?” The deep voiced guy snickered, “Fucked you well and now left you to die?”

“Fuck you, idiot!” I spat in his direction, angered by his assumptions. The boys weren’t too happy by my reaction and the tall one suddenly went around Changbin and stopped behind my chair. I sat up straight, my breathing quickened. He gripped my hair and I yelped when a knife was pointed at my neck.

“Well, our dear Mingyu said we could kill her…” The guy behind me said with a chuckle, a smirk crossed Changbin’s face, “Why not have a little fun?”

“No, I--” I screamed when the edge of the knife pressed into my skin, piercing it. I could feel tears in my eyes and all I could do was bite my lip to prevent myself from letting out any other sound, my pride won’t let that happen.

“Oh no, she’s afraid now” Changbin chuckled and before I could snap back at him, there were gunshots upstairs. The boys became tense and I perked up, hope filling me. Please tell me it’s Seungcheol with his boys!

“What the fuck” The deep voiced guy muttered while Hyunjin still held onto my hair.

“They are here” Jeongin said, withdrawing his gun from his pants.

“Fuck” Hyunjin cursed behind me, making me stand. I groaned at the sudden movement, my ass having gone numb since I had to sit for so long.

“Stay with her” Changbin hurriedly said while him and deep voiced guy ran to the door, standing on each side of it. Jeongin went behind Hyunjin and I glanced at him with my eyebrows furrowed, just how young is this boy?

The door was suddenly slammed open, slicked back haired boy and fur coat standing in the doorway.

“Look out!” I screamed at them as Changbin and deep voiced guy jumped from their positions to shoot at the guys. I yelped when I was tugged backwards by my hair, Hyunjin’s hand around my neck.

“What? You a pussy now that your boys are taken down?” I asked with an arrogant chuckle and he tightened his hold, cutting the air from my lungs.

“You are going down with us, bitch” He muttered in my ear and I cracked a grin, my face turning red.

“My name is...Y/N” I forced it out, praying that someone would save me already as black dots started to appear in my vision. I saw guys pooling inside the room but I couldn’t see clearly as I was close to passing out. Fucking amazing. This will bruise like a motherfucker.

I heard a gunshot and a grunt before the pressure disappeared from my neck and the air entered my lungs furiously, making me fall to my knees as I started coughing loudly. I could see a guy laying on my right, clutching his shoulder while a boy was on my left, Jeongin.

I looked up, to see the light blue haired boy pointing his gun at Jeongin and I quickly shook my head, raising to my knees.

“Don’t!” I said quickly, voice raspy, “Don’t shoot him”

“Why not?” He asked, not surprised that I stopped him for the second time from shooting someone.

“He’s young…” I muttered, my eyes falling on the scared boy. He had tears in his eyes as he was kneeling, eyes on me.

“Get up, Y/N” Light blue haired guy walked towards me while putting his gun away, “You got yourself in some serious shit this time”

“Are you saying the first time it wasn’t serious?” I asked with a small grin as he kneeled down to undo the ropes around my wrist.

“I wasn’t going to shoot S.Coups hyung, just wanted to give him a good scare” He shrugged and I raised my eyebrows at him.

“S.Coups?” I asked with a chuckle while rubbing my red wrists. This will bruise too.

“He likes it” The light blue haired guy shrugged with a smile and helped me up, “I’m Vernon, by the way”

“Who were with you that night...their names, I mean” I turned towards Vernon who was giving me an amused smile.

“The guy with the fur coat is Minghao, the one in the leather was Junhui and the blonde guy was Hoshi or Soonyoung, whichever you prefer...I’m sure you are familiar with Mingyu already--”

“Fucking asshole” I muttered underneath my breath as Vernon lead us towards the group of people gathered around the door of the basement.

“Seungcheol!” I exclaimed once I saw his black hair and red leather jacket. He turned around wide eyed and opened his arms as I happily ran into them, Seungcheol engulfing me into a tight hug.

“God, I really thought I was going to lose you” He muttered into my hair with a loud sigh.

“I was scared too but I had faith in you, Cheol” I muttered, pulling away a little to be able to see his face.

“Your neck--” Seungcheol’s eyebrows furrowed as he touched my pierced skin, making me hiss.

“I’m fine” I sent him a small smile while looking around. The guys that captured me were gathered outside in a circle, all tied up. Jeongin was being held by a young looking boy as they were talking. Hyunjin was bleeding and being dragged away by Junhui. No trace of Mingyu still, he better doesn’t show up.

“I’m sorry we took so long...Mingyu wanted to make them think they got you--”

“Mingyu?” I snapped, eyes narrowing at Seungcheol, “I hate him. I never want to see him again”

“He didn’t really mean what he said--”

“Why are you defending him?” I snapped, stepping away from Seungcheol’s embrace.

“I’m not but he didn’t mean it--” Suddenly there was loud laughing as a guy in all black entered with...Mingyu following him. It was Wonwoo with Mingyu. I made eye contact with Wonwoo and he started walking in our direction as Mingyu’s eyes fell on me.

“Hey, Y/N” Wonwoo greeted with a little smile, nose slightly scrunched, “You good?”

“Yeah, after I was almost choked to death…” I sent a smile at Wonwoo, “I’m fine”

“Y/N” Mingyu spoke up, voice serious as he looked at me, “Who did that?”

He pointed towards the cut on my neck and I shrugged with a glare, “Oh, we were playing around with our knives. The guy wanted to show me his skill but I guess things went a little wrong--”

“Y/N” Mingyu’s voice echoed in the room while Vernon, Wonwoo and Seungcheol tried to keep their laughs quiet.

“No. Fuck you, Kim Mingyu” I snapped, pushing Seungcheol away as I walked up to Mingyu, getting up in his face. I was still shorter in my heels but right now I didn’t care, I was ready to beat the shit out of him, “I got into this all because of you. Because you couldn’t leave me alone, you had to come to that damned bookstore and take me to your fucking mansion and cook me some tasty Fajitas--then you disappear for a whole fucking week and I get kidnapped and almost killed!”

“Wait--what? I thought you said he asked you out for dinner?” Seungcheol’s eyebrows furrowed as he looked between Mingyu and I. Wonwoo placed a hand on his shoulder and gave him a single nod.

“I’m sorry if I have offended you, Y/N” Mingyu muttered but a mischievous smile appeared on his lips, “Seems like you are stuck with me now...unless you want to be kidnapped again”

His hand extended and I felt it landing on my head before there was a pat. I glared up at Mingyu as Vernon burst out laughing, making Mingyu grin. Taking the chance, I raised my knee and kneeled him where the sun doesn’t shine, making him groan as he hunched over.

“Asshole” I muttered, trying to hide my own smile.

And I thought this was going to end...but this was only the beginning.

Part2

[teaveetamer]

Alright just for fun Ima rank my personal preferences when it comes to Pokemon gens.

1) Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald

Admittedly this might be a bit of nostalgia talking since these were the first games I really played as a kid, but idc I love them. Archie and Maxie are kind of ridiculous but Hoenn is such a wonderful region that’s interesting and intuitive to explore, the music is pretty kickass, and it’s full to the brim with Pokemon that I absolutely adore.

Main criticism: 7/10 Too Much Water (Also I was not the biggest fan of ORAS as remakes).

2) Black, White, Black 2, and White 2

I’ll admit I wasn’t too keen on these ones when they first came out, but now that they’ve had quite some time to sit I gotta say I love them. IMO this is the last Pokemon game that really took risks, what with having the largest cast of new ‘mons since Gen 1 (and Black and White actually forced you to use them). Admittedly some of the new ‘mons were a bit hit or miss, but with such a large cast there’s at least a lot of cool ones to choose from. I also really wish they’d revisit the sequel idea at some point, getting to explore Unova again from a different angle was truly something special.

Oh, and I’d say Team Plasma is probably, like, the least ridiculous of all the evil teams (barring maybe Rocket, since at least they’re just a gang without world ending aspirations). It honestly had some pretty interesting characters and character focus that I wish more Pokemon games would do.

Also I really liked PokeStar Studios. Sue me.

Main Criticism: A little too linear at points. I know they were trying to phase out HMs, but it did create a sort of annoying situation.

3) Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

Also perhaps a bit of nostalgia but Sinnoh is an excellent region. Another roster of kickass new pokemon, including some new evolutions to give some of the older ‘mons a bit of an upgrade. Another thing I really wish they’d revisit at some point. There’s also lots of neat little nooks and crannies to explore, and the series’s best rendition of pokemon contests. The little areas with the AI partners and forced double battles were also really cool, IMO.

Main criticism: Not enough new Fire Type ‘mons.

4) Gold, Silver, Crystal (+Heart Gold and Soul Silver)

Crystal was technically my first Pokemon game, though I was too young to really play it properly. I know HGSS are technically remakes but I don’t think I’d like the originals so much if they didn’t get such fantastic remakes. Everything about HGSS is absolutely amazing. Pokeathalon was a fun diversion from the main game, two regions in one game was amazing, and the cute little ‘mons following you around were amazing. Buuut if we go just by the original games then they’re definitely lower on the list, just by virtue of being older games without a lot of the little modernizing touches and QoL fixes we got down the line.

Main Criticism: I find the game generally enjoyable, it just didn’t really grab me like some of the higher games on this list did.

5) FireRed and LeafGreen (with a special shoutout to Let’s Go! Eevee)

I actually didn’t play the original RBY until I was an adult, but I think by now we all know those games were being held together with scotch tape and hope. Kanto, as the OG region, has a special place in a lot of people’s hearts but I just… can’t really get that into it anymore. I mean I enjoy it, but given GameFreak’s incessant need to throw the OG 151 into everything I’m just kind of bored of the region and the ‘mons that came with it.

I will say that the Let’s Go games really spiced things up with the visible map pokemon, following/ride pokemon, different catching system, boxlink letting you switch up your party on the fly, and the adorable as fuck little partner you get to have riding around on your shoulder the whole time. Not to mention the fun little post-game challenges for the completionists out there.

Main criticism: Overuse. Also Let’s Go only included the original 151, even though many gen 1 ‘mons got evolutions or pre-evolutions in future titles. Would have liked to have seen those carried over. Was also not a fan of the lack of breeding or GTS to make certain Pokemon easier to obtain.

6) Sword and Shield

Might just be recency bias, but I did really have a lot of fun with this game. A lot of the locations were really beautiful and I really hope they bring back a big, explorable wild area type thing in the future. It’s one of those things that Pokemon always should have had, but you don’t realize how good it is until you’ve got it. The new ‘mons were probably my favorite new cast introduced in the most recent three gens. Also the clothes perfectly captured my bum aesthetic and I appreciate.

Unfortunately this game loses a lot of points with me because of just how unfinished it is. The towns were woefully small and the story was pretty non-existent. It just screams of a game execs wanted to push out to reach a deadline.

Main Criticism: Obviously unfinished. Probably my least favorite collection of starters ever.

7) X and Y

Honestly the last two slots are pretty interchangeable for me, but I will say I had a lot more fun with X and Y than I did with Sun and Moon. Even if it’s not my favorite I have replayed it at least once, which is not an honor I can give to Sun and Moon.

That said… I just hated a lot of the things X and Y did. I hated megas (and how they were forcibly shoved into ORAS), I was not a huge fan of Fairy type, the rollerskates were fucking stupid, the story was dumb, and just like Sword and Shield there were a lot of “this is clearly unfinished” moments. Granted there were less than Sword and Shield, but they were definitely still there. This was also the first gen to start the “less than 100 new pokemon per gen” tradition.

I’ll also say that this is the first gen where “exclusions” started to become really noticeable. Newer gens always removed features from older gens, but it was usually small stuff or side stuff like contests or the pokeathalon. This time around they put in a whole ass core gameplay  feature (megas) only to completely remove them two gens later with very little explanation.

That said, Kalos was a really beautiful region on the whole. PokeParis is probably the best “massive city” that Pokemon has ever done.

A Random Compliment: They finally added sitting to a Pokemon game god bless.

8) Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon

Ridiculous amounts of handholding, small cast of new pokemon, very few Pokemon I was actually tempted to use, and a region I was very meh on. Island trials really didn’t interest me. IMO they didn’t do enough to mix up the formula, it was very much still a Pokemon Game going through the Pokemon Game motions, just with a slightly different coat of paint.

I also find the existence of Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon insulting. X and Y were unfinished, but they didn’t then try to sell you the improved version one year after the release of the original at full price.

I know the existence of third versions is a bit controversial, but they didn’t bother me that much with Gens 1-4. Yellow was completely it’s own thing, and Crystal, Emerald, and Platinum were just improving on already extremely solid games. Sun and Moon made me feel like a beta tester. I was honestly so disgusted I’ve still never finished playing Ultra Sun to this day.

Biggest Fucking Criticism: They took away my ability to sit?! One gen after they introduced the magic of sitting?!

[duhragonball]

Dragon Ball GT Retrospective (7/7)

[Note: I wrote this on January 16, 2013.  Originally, I had embedded a video of Goku Junior slapping his bare ass for like ten hours, but it’s down now :(   Such is life.)

Well, I know I said I finished watching Dragon Ball GT, but there's one last thing in the box set: Dragon Ball GT: The Movie

This actually isn't what it sounds like.  I'm pretty sure the "movie" was actually a TV special, and it didn't really have much at all to do with the characters or plotlines of GT.   Really, it's more of an epilogue tale of the future, set one hundred years after the events in Dragon Ball GT.   Of course, GT was set some forty years after the beginning of the first Dragon Ball storyline, so it seems like a jump too far.   From what I understand, the original plan was to wrap up the GT series with the end of the Baby Saga, but something happened and they ended up making another twenty-odd episodes.  In between all that, they had this GT special set up, probably as a final sendoff to all things Dragon Ball.   This was somewhat undermined by flashing a hundred years back for Super 17 and Shadow Dragon Sagas, but in the final episode of GT, they flashed forward yet again to tie the series finale with the special.   So, the premise of the special is pretty straightforward.  One hundred years after Baby's defeat, Goku and everyone else from Dragon Ball is dead.  The only one left is Pan, who's looking pretty spry for a a centenarian.  Actually, I'm not sure 100 years was the best time frame to use.   Goku's master, Master Roshi, was already three hundred years old when Dragon Ball started, and he survived all the way to the end of GT, never really aging much.  The implication was that his lifetime of martial arts training somehow allowed him to unnaturally extend his lifespan, but it was never actually explained.   Further, we never really found out what the lifespan of a Saiyan is.  Goku and Vegeta aged very little across the timeline of DBZ/DBGT, and Vegeta explained that Saiyans have a much longer physical prime than humans do.   Humans like.... Master Roshi?   I don't think anyone really put a lot of thought into this, probably because no one ever seriously planned to cover the world of DragonBall that far into the future.   Even if we knew how long Saiyans and humans can normally live in that universe, the Saiyan-human hybrid characters would still be an x-factor.   I guess what I'm trying to say here is that we really can't tell what keeps Granma Pan so fit.  Is it because she's one-quarter Saiyan?  Is it because of advances in that Earth's medical technology?  Is it because any human in that world could live past 100 with proper diet and exercise?   Or is she tapping into the same ki techniques that preserved Master Roshi for so long?   What I kind of dig about the special is that no one really knows, and we may never know.  The world of Goku and his friends is gone, lost forever like a forgotten dream.  Pan seems to be a minor celebrity in her own right, but it's because she's Pan, not so much because she was related to the mysterious Son Goku, daughter of the brilliant scientist Son Gohan, or the heir of the legendary world champion Mister Satan.  If she married, her husband is never seen or mentioned.   We have no idea if she had brothers or sisters.   She must have had at least one son or daughter, but the only reason we know this is because of her grandson, Goku Jr.  There's a melancholy to that.  Maybe some of these missing figures are still alive, but they're clearly not part of Pan's life anymore.   It's just her and her grandson living in Satan City.   Goku Jr. probaly knows the city was named to honor his ancestor's heroism at the Cell Games, but the information is meaningless to him.   It's ancient history, especially to a small boy.  Goku Jr. is the spitting image of his namesake, but this doesn't mean that much to him either.   He knows Goku was a great warrior, someone whom Pan respects tremendously, but he might as well be Abraham Lincoln.  He looks in the mirror and sees himself, not a cartoon character who could blow up entire planets with his fingers.   Pan tries to train Goku Jr, but he's kind of a klutz.  More to the point, he's timid and doesn't want to fight.   A bully named Puck takes a cool-looking novelty pen from him, and he just lets him keep it.   Pan gives him shit for not standing up for himself, but he doesn't see the big deal.   During this conversation she has a heart attack or something like that, and we cut to the hospital, where Pan is apparently in bad shape.  Goku desperately promises to train harder and fight anyone he has to if it means she'll pull through.   This is where Pan realizes she's been too hard on the boy.   I like this scene because it would have been too easy to forget that Pan was kind of a pushy jerk when she was a kid.   The adult Pan is still demanding and refuses to take crap from anyone, but she's been wanting Goku Jr. to be like her grandfather, and he has been all along. Son Goku wouldn't start a fight over a pen, no matter how many cool floaty things are inside it.  But he would go through anything to save Pan, and that's what Goku Jr. is determined to do, too.   When Pan takes a turn for the worse, Junior heads home, and notices a photo of Pan as a child, holding a Dragon Ball.  He flashes back to a time when Pan tried to tell him the story of the photo, but he was too preoccupied playing video games.   PAN: Hey, check this out.  It's a picture of me and my robot friend Giru.   And I had a dopey orange bandana, and I whined all the time, and Vegeta never got to do anything cool, and-- GOKU JR.: That sounds really boring, granma.  I'm gonna play more Super Mario World.   It's hard not to like Goku, Jr., is what I'm trying to say.   Anyway, Goku Jr. doesn't know the whole mythology of the Dragon Balls, but he does vaguely understand that they grant wishes, and the four-star ball was sort of a family heirloom, so he devises an ill-conceived plan to travel to Mount Paozu and search his ancestor's home for it.  A truck driver offers him a lift, but this is just a trick to get all the stuff in his giant backpack.   Evil Truck Driver is perhaps my new favorite GT character. GOKU JR.: So what's in this truck?   ETD: It's full of hamburgers, kid.  It's pretty awesome.   GOKU, JR.: Wow, you sure have a lot of food in the cab.   ETD: Yep.   I've got even more food in this bag here, too.   You want some?   GOKU JR.: Nah, I've got my own food in my backpack.   ETD: ... Really?    Uh... say, you want to hop out and take a whiz?   It's a long way to go.   GOKU JR.: Yeah, I guess I'd better.   I'll just leave my backpack stuffed with food in your truck filled with even more food.     ETD: Delicious.  Uh... I mean, scrumptious!  I mean!  I'm driving away and taking your food with me!  Ha ha ha! I feel really bad for whoever's expecting those hamburgers to arrive.   Actually, maybe he's not even a real truck driver.  He just stole the truck one day and he's been living off its cargo ever since.   Ironically, this turns into a lucky break for Goku, because he meets Puck while he walks to Mt.  Paozu on foot.  Puck had heard about Goku's plans before he left, and he was so impressed with his daring that he wants to tag along and watch when Goku is eaten by wild animals or bandits.  The thing is, Puck's a pretty fair outdoorsman, so as they get closer to their destination he's able to help Goku live off the land.  Along the way, Puck begins to bond with Goku Jr., and they have a few minor adventures.   Wolves attack them, but they're rescued by a woman with a shotgun who takes them to her home for the night.   Unfortunately, she turns out to be a witch or a demon or something.   Whatever she is, she eats people.  Goku Jr. is suspicious from the start (due to his past experience with Evil Truck Driver), so he and Puck manage to escape.   Their partnership comes to an end on a rickety bridge.   Goku Jr is afraid to cross until Puck proves it's sturdy enough.   Even so, the bridge nearly collapses, and Puck falls off in a failed attempt to rescue Goku.  Goku manages to climb back up on his own, and then he rescues a bearcub from one of the same demon bandits he escaped earlier.  In gratitude, the bear’s mother escorts Goku to his ancestor's home, but they're once again attacked by the bandits.   This time, they're joined by Lord Yao, their leader.   The mommy bear tries to fight him off so Goku can take her cub to safety, but she's hopelessly outmatched.   Worse, the baby bear slips away and tries to help, so Goku can't even save him.  Frustrated with his powerlessness, Goku Jr finally loses his shit and transforms into a Super Saiyan.  He clobbers Lord Yao and frightens his henchmen away.  When he reverts to normal, he has no memory of the battle, and believes the bears did all the work.   With all that out of the way, Goku Jr. locates the Four-Star Dragon Ball in the ruins of what was once his ancestor's childhood home.   This is really a melancholy scene.  The house belonged to Son Gohan, the kindly old man who adopted the elder Goku when his spaceship crashed on Earth.  When Dragon Ball begins, Goku leaves that home to begin his adventures, and aside from a couple of trips to pick up his things, he never really returns.   Now, some 140 years later, it's still standing, but derelict.  No one remembers the kindly old man who lived there, or how his compassion changed the universe for the better.  Someone must have left the four-star Dragon Ball there to honor his memory, but even the significance of that gesture is lost in the sands of time.   Goku Jr. doesn't understand how the Dragon Balls work, so he starts praying to the four-star ball, asking the Dragon to restore his grandmother's health and bring Puck back to life if at all possible.  When he gets no answer, he becomes upset, and then he notices the original Goku standing beside him.   He introduces himself as Goku Jr.'s great-great-grandfather, and explains that the Dragon Balls only work when you have all seven of them.   Nevertheless, he congratulates his descendant for his courage and strength, and then Pan and Puck arrive on the scene in an aircraft.   Apparently they didn't die after all.   The elder Goku disappears without a trace, and Goku Jr. is left with the lesson that his inner strength was what saved the day.     I'm not crazy about the ending of the story, since it's never explained how Puck survived his fall.   Pan's recovery is no big deal.   No one knew for sure whether she would live or die, so it's entirely plausible that she got better, went home, and realized where Goku Jr. must have gone.   But Puck fell off a bridge into a deep canyon.  Unless Pan swooped in and saved him in the nick of time, I don't see how else he would have survived.   Of course, some other superhuman resident of Mount Paozu might have stepped in, but the special seems to be built on the idea that the superheroics of old are no more.   Of course, based on the finale of Dragon Ball GT we might infer that Goku Jr.'s wish really was granted after all.   In the final episode of the series, Goku merges with the Dragon Balls as Shenron exiles himself from the earth.   So if the Four-Star Ball was sitting in his old house, it must have been Goku himself who put it there, because no one else would have had it.  And it's reasonable to assume he had the other six with him, so when Goku Jr. made his wish, he really did get it to work after all.   The implication is that Goku is the Dragon, and he's not too picky about the rules.  I think this is what Toei was going for, but they wanted to keep it ambiguous.  Maybe Goku did come back from death to grant his descendant's wish, or maybe Goku Jr. imagined the encounter, and Puck and Pan's survival was just a fortunate coincidence.   The next time we see these characters is in Episode 64 of the regular GT television series.  Goku Jr. has learned to harness and control his powers to become a talented martial artist.  He enters the World Tournament and faces one of Vegeta's descendants in the final round of the Junior Devision.  Pan is still in good health, and she meets Vegeta Jr.'s mother, indicating a friendly, if not close, relationship still exists between the two families.  The elder Goku reappears once again to watch the tournament finals, but Pan only glimpses him for a moment before he vanishes again. There's a bittersweetness to the special that really makes it worthwhile.   Beyond that, it's actually kind of boilerplate.  It reminds me a lot of the "Episode of Bardock" special that was recently produced.   In that, Goku's biological father Bardock miraculously survives the destruction of his home planet by getting thrown back in time, where he becomes the hero of the pre-Saiyan Planet Plant and turns Super Saiyan at the climactic moment.  It's not a bad story, it just doesn't have a whole lot else going for it other than being a callback/tribute to the main Dragon Ball storyline.   A lot of fun was had with these future scenarios, depicting heroes who would carry on after Goku: Future Trunks in his alternate timeline, Uub at the end of DBZ, Pan as the heir apparent in GT, and Goku Jr. in this special.  But none of these characters ever really goes anywhere new.  At best, they follow a path similar to the one charted by Goku and his contemporaries.  The moral is that the story is the same no matter who the main character is.  Goku Jr. barely knows the legend of his famous ancestor, but he carries on the tradition nevertheless.   That's the "hero's legacy".  Goku might be forgotten after a few generations, but the things he stood for, the causes he fought for, the example he set, those things are timeless.   And that brings us full circle, because I think the chief mistake of Dragon Ball GT was in trying to de-age Goku to artificially loop his character arc.   Toei wanted to make Goku his own successor, when they probably would have been better off making Pan the main character, having her own goofy adventures with Goku and Vegeta chilling out in the superhero retirement home.  Or they could have skipped ahead and made the series about this Goku Jr. kid, since he has the look they wanted without all the baggage.  GT ended with a ham-fisted morality play about how the Dragon Balls had been overused, which is humorous coming from a studio that couldn't let the Dragon Ball franchise end with dignity.  With the special, they kind of got it right, but only for a moment.

[someobscurereference]

Quick question: how do you suppose the Awaoening children's onteracrion with their parents will affect the younger counterpart's life? Would one parent that was neglectful in amother lifetime be more active in their kid's life? Would the child feel burdened by how strong their future counterpart is and try to push themselves to be just as strong? Would they have weird personality quirks their future selves don't have and vice versa?

This is actually a really big question! First and foremost because there are so many parents and kids to account for together, even if you’re just counting the moms + Robin (13 kids + 13 parents = 26 different personalities with a lifetime of altered variables to account for. I definitely cannot go through all of them in this one ask, and even if I did, there’s so much more I’m not even thinking of/may be wrong about) Also, keep in mind that whether or not the parent does anything differently, the environment the kids will be growing up in is way different already! No matter what, the Lucina who grows up with two loving Not Dead parents who are by her side always as she grows up to become the next Exhalt is going to turn out at least a little different from the Lucina whose father was murdered by his best friend/Other Parent and now has to live with the trauma of that in this increasingly bleak, apocalyptic world. Good Timeline Baby Lucina isn’t going to have to deal with those things. A lot of her base personality is probably the same, but don’t forget that she won’t experience a lot of what her Alternate Timeline Counterpart did. The fact the kids will grow up in a regular, not ruined society is already an incredible difference.

That said! Some of the parents might try to do things differently or emphasize what they didn’t before, yeah. For example, Severa and Cordelia talk about how Cordelia went off to war and died for somebody else (Chrom) because she loved him more than she loved her daughter. In Good Timeline, Cordelia doesn’t go off to war and die. Already, Severa has a mother there for years she didn’t before. Constant stress isn’t hanging over their heads. And Cordelia, aware of what her daughter might think of her, may stress a little more that the person she loves most in this world is Severa this time. Making clear implications that Severa was too young or blindsided by anger to understand the first time around. I think this type of scenario can apply to a lot of the kids. Gerome, for example, says his parents died before he could form any meaningful memories with them. Cherche seems to express regret about this and the fact Gerome was left at home, waiting for them while Cherche and Other Parent helped other people. Cherche promises not to leave his side again. So GT Gerome probably has a much more present parental influence in his life growing up. Already that changes a lot. And so on.

That said, while the parents might learn a lot from their BT children, I don’t know if they’d explicitly tell their GT kids about them. That’s a lot of pressure to live up to. Morgan’s End Cards seems to imply the BT kids are historically documented as coming from another timeline. So it’s not as if this fact was covered up by all. But I wonder if the parents wouldn’t try to keep the knowledge of who came back specifically from their kids if they could. That’s a big burden to bare, after all. Living up to this Other You who came from another life, who you never met. Internally worried about being compared. Are you doing things like them? Are you making the same choices? Should you be? I’m not sure the parents would reveal all the facts. Maybe later, but probably not during toddler/young teen years.

The GT Kids might have different quirks than their BT counterparts, but I don’t think they’d be aware of the difference (because I’m not sure they’d be aware they have a counterpart at all). Their parent might notice, but kids are also kids. They stop and start things all the time. I suspect Inigo might still be a flirt, based on his mother’s own advice. Yarne is probably still afraid of being the last of his kind. Nah probably still turns her nose up at acting playful when she wants to be taken seriously. Those things (and others) might not change. But things the BT kids picked up from living in a dying world? Not being so picky about food, not letting people come up behind them, hiding wounds, forcing themselves to be happy all the time b/c they’re looked up to, the same nightmares, etc. Every kid might have something different they did to cope or that they simply developed, but if it was something that happened specifically in response to Grima and the Risen, that probably doesn’t exist in the GT kids anymore.

This is a doozy of a question, anon! I hope I covered a lot of it here.

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oh I will fight you on this one >:) … ok no not really, though i’m still wary of AFO since in his core what he was doing was still selfish - though establishing order was a good thing, it seemed like a mean for acquiring more influence and power. So i don’t know, I have to see more more of him to decide. But yeah you’re right - the younger brother does remind me of Shigaraki, i thought the same thing.

FIGHT ME lol just kidding you’re fine XDD

Oh yeah, I agree with you. So far from what we’ve been shown, it does seem like AFO was acting primarily out of his own self interest, and establishing order was just a natural side effect (and maybe that’s all, or maybe down the line we’ll find out that he had a genuine desire for order coupled with his personal ambitions, kind of like an older!Light Yagami, who knows). I just think that it should be acknowledged that he was instrumental in leading people out of that initial chaos and essentially establishing the fundamentals of the hero society as we see it today, especially since it looks like no one else even stepped up. It would be really cool if Deku also came to reluctantly acknowledge this (I think that he’s the only currently living person, aside from AFO that knows about this aspect?? I might be wrong) to some extent -- we’ve already seen both Stain and Shigaraki (the ‘talk’ they had at the mall) affect him, and I feel like out of everyone on the hero side, if anyone would come to be conflicted about morals in this way it would be Deku (not Bakugou, as Shigaraki thought lmao).

Also, I definitely still think that AFO is dangerous (tbh I feel like he’s biding his time in that prison, I feel like the cell and prison might not be enough to really hold him), especially now when he’s been defeated and humiliated twice and imprisoned -- he’s lost a lot, and I’m pretty sure that right now he’s operating singularly out of revenge and a want for destruction.

Yeah, for some reason the younger brother seems shady as fuck to me, I don’t know if it’s the surprisingly close resemblance to Shigaraki or what. All Might, who has been Deku’s mentor concerning this power clearly didn’t know anything about its true nature and capabilities; if his predecessor knew, she never told him, and she’s not around anymore; Gran Torino, who is the only other person linked with this, never experienced the power for himself, and even though Shimura might have told him as her best friend, from what we’ve seen of her, I doubt it. So Deku is essentially alone now, and his only guide is this vision/figment/memory thing, which seems to have attained a consciousness of its own since it can show Deku things and interact with him in the present (maybe I’ve watched too many scifi, horror, dr who things, but something gaining its own consciousness is never a good thing XD). I honestly wouldn’t be surprised if the younger brother’s original self has become corrupted with resentment, etc. over the years as this power was passed on. AFO is the painfully obvious threat to the heroes right now, but I feel like OFA might prove to be a bigger, more insidious threat...

ANYWAY I love this manga and Horikoshi’s writing and how it’s getting darker!! 

[bloojayoolie]

Af, Anime, and Apparently: , Okay Ibl, story ame when I wss younger, had this Irish friend who pred our school when w as like 17, Dude ded recently nd here丐the ballad of the merveeus bsstard be average as fuck 17 year old Bribong Some foreign guy has just joined, his family just moved here city called Dery in Mgved here with his dad and his lite sister, his mum died when he was younger He gets put in my class and ends up stting nest to me This is howl met Eigh-Beers Mgee the all him Call him a hippo because of his fucking industrial size frant teeth and his big flucking lps Greg uses his adism to get out of doing and saying whatever the fuck he wants noing EB wth she lke Greg has his desk very paricularly arranged, pens on one side in a straight ine pencis on the other Dude is OCD as fuck with his pencilcase and shit Goes nuts i anything gets moved, so this desk is sightly apart from everyone elses We all get in shit twe fuck with him an purpose, We ought to know better The sutistic hippo keeps trying to get a reaction out of EB the whole class All af a sudden EB just casualy raises a foot and pushes the Hppo's desk right the fuck over Teacher hurries oer and trying to explan to EB atma Gregs autism while Greg teaks the tack G in his chair, breathing reawy ss thoug gh nong bd sheer辍tstie resentment EB looks at Greg and betsthe teacher "Oh sorry, wedant have Wid bump with more nenhinbeland' h on EB's third day at our school He's a pretty cool guyikes the 쑈me vidya and movies as me and is a big fan of Rugby, was captan of his team back iieland ell hem the school has s rughy searn he says EB goes to check it out, starts off on the lower team because hes think theyire ston of kind of fast runners gets recks fucking everyone that next hal f hel take him Jumps on him, grabs him by the neck to pull him down and iterally rolls on him ike a fucking rolling pn -EB didniteven have the bal What the fook you playin at son I didnt even have the ball, do you even know how to fookin play the game lad EB grins You know over in Ireland you have to be fit to play sports, the fatties get leit on the sideline EB grabs his amn and tosses him to the ground dude twists his anke or something and starts twitching and squeaking lke a baby elephant with parkinsons EB gets put on top team Anonymous (D wHTHOgC) 03 19/14(Wedj20 28 25 UTC-5 No 538041137 Reple 41T months without inc dont give long as youre cool to him dents aside from a few close cals with Greg the Mildly Autistic Hppo e pretty close Apparently ㅲ Ireland they don't have gangs they have paramitanes fighting between whether Northern lreland ts Britsh or hsh >He plays 4down a kal, bd ican tell some shit mu have Pagpened because he always changes the subject when gets clos·tohame Edgy fapgot Luke comes back to school Luke hangs around with a pack of riggers who are all apparenty in a gang, he les to pretend he's part of this "gang" and carries this fucking Stanky e around that he panted red and bue for some reason aOne day at lunch Like corries up to EBied o ofnotere starts askrig his datisalcoholc Nope aound Tm guessin your mam had a far lew belore you were born though mate Well tuck Ind wanna sift speI had to sht out a dat bastardlke yourset. 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EB starts laughing, IHeraly loses his sht at the ste of this Itle fagpot in a trenchc oat with a stanley knfe and actualy presses EB grabs his wrist, takes the fabled blade from the hands of the chosen one tosses t over a fence and punches him straight in the face We're out geting beer, Tm with a 7/10 GT that Ive had a crush on for tucking months Her and EB get along realy wel, athough I sort of think she only hung out with us because EB did That right when we're all drunk, me and QT end up fucking Leaving out my side because this is the ballad of Eght Beer, not me Spend ages taking with QT,estabǐshthat shè apparenty seat, ikes me back EB heads up to bed, I stay down with the other guys to watch TV, QT was askeep when 1 came down QT comes running do wwith a towel round her, soaking wet, and rung out the ont door Apparently EB sleeps naked, not surpnised since Ive found him naked before after a night of drinking Says she came on to himeven ater all he shit she said aLaugh숨 and says he took aprt to bed with hm,awas cn e tablo and when she ed onwth him he lossed all over her Threw her clothes out the wendow into the rain and told her to go and fetch Two weeks later he takes me to a pub and hooks me up with a 910 Anonymous (TDwHT HOC) 03/1914(Wed 20.43 59 UTC-5 No 538044014 Raps.4380408044772 332420 EB and me are total bros after being fnends for a few years 가%aving hm as a best friend is Ike havngtose nasty trainers as a kid Shit get pretty he avy >Him and E汨were close, mostly because EB would buy him vidya and act super interested in the anime sht he lied because nobody else other than me would loses his har chermo aGotovst him, EBisgung me there >He thinks rs awesome get our photo taken together witout any har EB lets him draw all kinds of dumb sh on his bad head, lets him draw a dumb moustache on him o Spend ages just dicking a >Son of a bitch luke who R is, Dukey the Rookie is across the bar in the same tucking trenchcoat he wore back at school >EB says hi chats away to him lbe nothing ever happened >We head home and EB spend the night sitting up with me playing Batlefront on my old P52 and drinking, just trying to cheer me up me every time Sorry for that 2sad4me post, but iti make sense later Anonymous (IO woitth%) 05/19/14(Wed)20 52 46 UTC-5 No 530045357 Reeses 씌38amsrme esaaa Lving together in a let with some chick and her boyfriend The one song I remember is "Uncle Tommy by The Rumjacks, because it played when sht went down EB told them that he "ain't lookin any trouble lads, have a beer and forget that tripe for the night aye? 4 of them jump on him, start beating the shit out of him -l tackle one of them to try help him, get the fuck beaten out of me but fuck that it's goddamn E8 in there EB broke the dudes fucking am He gets up, bleeding out of every pore in his beaunful iwish body Bouncing around with his fists up, Ieraly looks ike he could fly around the room he's bouncing that much The skinheads keep going for him but back off every time aher he swings, it looks lke he could knock a building down with that sh Babbling some incoherent shit in lrish rage, nobody understands the words but everyone understands the meaning pack up there sht ike a scene from a fucking move Eight tucking beersl You splied eight of me fucking beers you hairless tuckin mongrels Eight beers lad, eight fucking beers What's the fucking craic there lke Anonymous (D: wHTiHOgC) 031914(Wed]21:6 02 UTC-5 No. 538047326 EB sgoing back to Ireland to vist his nan, she's real sick 기we lar dr, Befast-thritrs the captal of the oth but not of Ireland ckhow t wori ed EB never eaty expla edit, 5ad you wont understand the bullsh politics unless you grew up there go 1o vist his nan with EB' Sweetest tucking old lady ever, says that EB was always a rough lad but awk he'd never hurt a sour greedy fucker This woman is clearly the most infuenial famly member in the Eight Beer famly EE shows me round Derry, tels me about how 5pIt relgusy and shows methes bg ass wall cood place Takes me to Belast agan and shows methe pace wherethe ttanc was bu -we end up going to place caled The Crown Bar Ger pretty drunk, or Tpped as EB calls it Walked around Belfast for a bt, he tells me about the history of some stuf »Spend a few nights there, have a fucking blast but decide to head home don't wanna be an inrusion on the whole nan stustion Lad you're practicaly a part of the famly Anonymous D wH7HOQC) 03/19/14Wd21 18 48 UTC-5 No 538040230 Getting close to the end now Shits hard to wrte, I miss hat fucker Life is prety uneventful for a wle pparentty some Kiddy Fiddler called Wilm Whight fucked EB when totally agan family home a load of sht, fucks 2EB spends all nut there next to her, nearly gets wolent when staff ask harto leave so doctors can sort some 닸官out calm him down and we wat r, hosptzd for brig bme B's Sister gets beter, but is pretty fucked for life Never taks never leaves the house she's pretty much a goddarmn vegetable EB spends all of his time off work with her, never comes out anymore, just sts in with her. We sometimes come ound and drink with him but he refuses to leave the house -One night while he's sieeping, EB's fucked up sister C's faul, that's pretty much the main subject of t. I don't get why she'd need to say that but whabever Tels me he waan't that close with his family back home his dad is fucked up with grief and everythings just a mess ie doesn't want to go home because he has nothng there other than remnders, but doesn't want to stay here because of what has pened Does his best to be the usual bi9dck coolguy that he always was, puts on a brave face but f you c h him on his own he's luckn9 merable ite gets in 갠 few fights when we're ot dmkrg ry one who gnestmamy 5hvt gets m edistety fucking amidated none ofths ads everyone on" that he used to do s fighting back tears already guessed, but he starts teling me about how he blames himseffor what 거had pened to his sis have tucking known better >Lterally carrot change his mid anthis shit, looks like he has himse#1uly convinced th this is his taut we talk about old imes laugh a be things actualy seem back to normal for whie Ainight mabe. Let's have one for old tme's sake, ae? 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[digitaldog1o1]

Relationships I Want Explored More in Dragon Ball Super

*and by relationships, I don’t really mean romantic (unless specified) - I more or less mean their dynamic

**there is no particular order, just when I think of them

***many of these assumes that the Universes will not be permanently erased as well as there being the possibility of travel between the Universes without the assistance of the Gods

Caulifla & Hit :: Caulifla is a character who needs to be shown why she should respect someone before she gives them any sort of deference. Yet it seems like she has taken to Hit. We don’t get a chance to see them meeting (like with Cabba and Goku) and I imagine she was just as rude to him, but Hit’s colder demeanor probably made Caulifla know to at least take caution, if not back off. But they don’t have a cold relationship. We see in small bits during the tournament that there is a respect between the two of them and I wonder if it can go past the Tournament of Power/Universal Destruction arc.

The Universe 7 Saiyans & the Universe 6 Saiyans :: so I find it interesting that there is a parallel between the three Saiyans fighting for Universe 6 and the two whole Saiyans/one half Saiyan fighting for Universe 7. Caulifla and Goku are both carefree individuals who love a challenge. While Vegeta started as a villain, he has developed into a character with his own sort of honor code which makes him like the honorable Cabba. Some people have made parallels between Cabba and Gohan, but I see more of Kale as Gohan’s Universe 6 counterpart. She doesn’t seem to enjoy fighting, revering her more aggressive “sister” (kind of like how Gohan has always looked up to Goku (and Piccolo)), but she has a hidden, raw potential that gets drawn out of her by rage. I would love a future arc where they all have to team up (and maybe even include Goten & Trunks) and their similarities and differences are on display.

The Universe 6 Saiyans :: I would love for a filler episode where we see kind of “a day in the life”-style scenario with Cabba, Caulifla, and Kale. Do they go back to their normal lives or do they start training together to get stronger or maybe there is a “villain of the day” thing where they teamup. Maybe it can be a mini-filler arc (like the Jelly-Vegeta episodes earlier in the series).

Universe 6 :: speaking of which, maybe just have a mini-filler arc with Universe 6. I would love for Vados to train Caulifla, Cabba, and Kale like Whis trains Goku and Vegeta. But while Whis took up training them of his own volition, Vados is probably forced to train them by Champa, who sees what Goku and Vegeta can do with god-like training and wants to see if his Saiyans have the same potential. And Hit and Botamo and Magetta and the Namekians we haven’t seen yet and that boar-guy can all be there too. But not Frost. never Frost.

Piccolo & the Universe 6 Namekians :: this is for-sure coming soon... why the hell would we have Universe 6 Namekians in the Universe Survival Arc/Tournament of Power would be to have Piccolo interact with them. My prediction is Piccolo & Gohan tag-team vs the two Namekians. My other prediction is that Piccolo will only be 1-1 against them - he will eliminate one, then get eliminated himself by the other, and be avenged by Gohan.

Piccolo & Pan :: I just need more of this.

Piccolo & Chi Chi :: no I don’t ship it (hardcore Gochi since I first watched original Dragonball here)... but it is interesting that by the Cell Games in Z, she seemed to just accept that Piccolo was a big part of her son’s life and during the Buu arc, she wasn’t mad that Piccolo was training Goten (and Trunks) so much as how hard he was pushing them. And while she gets freaked out by Goku and Satan’s fighting/martial arts love wearing off on Pan, she doesn’t seem to mind that Piccolo is Pan’s guardian when Videl & Gohan are away. I just want to know more about what dynamic the two of them have that makes them tolerate each other.

Piccolo & Goten & Trunks :: if their fathers won’t train them, then Piccolo should get them in on Gohan’s new training. Those poor boys are being left behind when they are shown to have so much potential.

Goten & Trunks :: can we just have more of them in Super please? and I want more them as individual characters (especially Goten), not just Gotenks.

Goten & Trunks & Marron :: if we don’t get a “what happens why 17 is away from his island” episode, I will be so mad. And if Marron doesn’t have a moment to shine, even if it is inadvertently disrupting a poaching, I will be just as mad as if the episode never happened. Also, maybe 18 (and Krillin... and Piccolo, trainer of children [albeit, half Saiyan children]) can start training Marron so she can take on her dad’s mantle as strongest pure human? While the Tournament of Power is introducing many female fighters/humanoid fighters with a feminine appearance, it still doesn’t know quite what to do with the female characters it has (aside from Bulma, I think Bulma has always been utilized well). Marron, Pan, and now Bulla gives them the opportunity to show how women are an integral part of the future generation, but since Pan & Bulla are infants, Marron is the only one who can be immediately fleshed out and making her a third option in the Goten & Trunks dynamic is a good start (kind of like how Piccolo, Krillin, or Bulma is used as a character to balance out the Goku and Vegeta dynamic).

Goku & Goten and Vegeta & Trunks :: they need to train their sons. Goku has actually shown interest in training Goten but Chi Chi has stopped him but has been more open to Goten training in the past. And with Goku and Vegeta possibly exploring different universes in future arcs, Goten and Trunks need to be prepared to hold down the fort with the remaining Z warriors.

Beerus & Shin & Old Man Kai :: I want to see more of the dynamic between the Gods and what kind of relationship makes for a successful universe. While all the other Kaoshin & God of Destruction pairings seem to have some working dynamic, Beerus and Shin are clearly dysfunctional, as they were both quick to blame each other when they found out Universe 7 is the second worst Universe amongst the 12. Also, apparently it was Beerus who sealed away Old Kai after they got into a fight, so Beerus does not play nice with his Kaioshin counterparts. This meant Shin never had a mentor in how-to-be-Supreme-Kai until Gohan unleashed Old Kai and his lack of experience shows. But Beerus does not seem to be well-liked by anyone. The other Gods of Destruction don’t even seem to care for him, including his own brother, Champa. And since Shin was never properly made a Supreme Kai, the other Kaioshin seem to largely ignore his existence. Thus for Universe 7 to be successful moving forward, they need to build a working relationship as they have isolated themselves from being able to have allies across Universes (though Goku’s natural ability to turn enemies/rivals to friends may make this impossibility possible). And I want to know more about Beerus and Old Kai’s past relationship.

Beerus & Bulma :: she just does not back down and neither does he. And while he could just destroy her or the whole planet, he seems to understand Bulma holds status amongst Earthlings, therefore can get him whatever delicacy he desires. I also wonder what Beerus would be like with Bulla. Gohan doesn’t really have a relationship with Beerus to warrant him having to interact with Pan, but considering Beerus visits the Briefs a lot, it provides for the comedic opportunity of Beerus (and Whis) holding a baby.

Android 17 & the Kamikaze Fireballs :: if there is ever an arc where the Universes have to team up, I hope there is a sequence where the Fireballs have to tag team with Android 17

This is it for now. I may think of more later. Overall, I am immensely enjoying Dragon Ball Super. Z was never a great show, but it is the first show I can remember being enthralled by (and great by kid-me standards) and I can still watch any episode with my nostalgia goggles tight. Super is just a reason for me to continue fangirling and find new things to fangirl over. Even when it is less than Super. At least it is not GT (I watched the first three episodes and decided I didn’t need to watch anymore -- I am definitely one of the people praying GT is retconned/proven not to be canon).

[pets-beaty]

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Text Symbols Code and Abbreviation 

text symbols is very easy to understand the SMS symbols. This is how you discover the meaning of the SMS symbols or emoticons as they are called that you receive. However, if you encounter problems, you can consult the following list of SMS symbols. There are many people who are new to texting and chatting online. These people find it very daunting when they receive a text message with smiley faces. They cannot decipher the meanings, especially when typing in: ^ {or: (#).

text symbols

This is a new form of communication that is also called Short Text Messages (SMS). We must use our cell phone to send chat messages to our friends. In addition to texting, we are also addicted to online chats.

Text Symbols History

Smiley Face Symbol The idea and the first use of a smiley with text is credited to Scott Elliott Fahlman, a computer scientist at Carnegie Mellon University. He thought that using smile and frown text symbols would help notice board users to distinguish between serious messages and jokes. The message with details about the use of smiley emoticons was posted in September 1982. In this article, Smiley Lore :-), Fahlman describes why he felt it was necessary to mark messages that contributors did not want to take seriously by others who read it Bulletin board:

Common Text Message Emoticon Symbols

Emoticons are images or faces made of characters on the keyboard of a mobile phone. You can choose to send emoticons to express your mood or add some humor or personality to a message instead of typing a full message.

Other text message Symbol Meaning Sources

The popular symbols and emoticons change daily and new ones are constantly being made. If you don't find any symbols and emoticons on these lists that meet your needs or get confused by a message you've received, look at some online databases with a more extensive list of text symbols, emoticons and other fun text message ideas.

It even becomes embarrassing to ask about their meanings, because it implies that you are not aware of the latest developments in technologically cool languages. You don't have to worry anymore. This Techspirited article covers some of the most commonly used symbols used for texting and chatting. You can refer to the following list of SMS symbols as a dictionary to help resolve your confusion behind the various acronyms and abbreviations.

Read also about symbol meaning

We often hear a new word and hurry to refer a dictionary to its meaning. With new words added to the language every other day, it is difficult to keep track of their meanings. For example, a dictionary appears to be a life saver. As the form of communication changes every other day, we are becoming more addicted to texting. So if you are an avid texter or an instant messaging user, you must have encountered many SMS abbreviations.

What else? You can even send some text symbols that symbolize a word. What do these type of abbreviations, acronyms and short text forms stand for? Which dictionary should you refer to to decrypt the code behind these SMS symbols? This is where we will help you. When typing with your thumbs, save your effort by communicating with as few letters as possible. Consequently, users created SMS symbols as a sort of shorthand to make SMSing easier and faster. Most symbols are logical and have become a mainstay in SMS language.

How to make text symbols a smiley

To create a smiley with text, use standard characters and punctuation in sets that resemble human facial expressions. Smiley face text is all set aside.

"This problem has led some of us (only half seriously) to suggest that it might be a good idea to explicitly highlight messages that should not be taken seriously. After all, when using text-based online communication, we miss the body language or tone-of-voice signals that convey this information when we talk in person or on the phone Several massages about "joke markings" were suggested in the middle of that chat or  discussion it dawned on me that the character sequence :-) an elegant solution - a solution that can be processed by the ASCII-based computer terminals of that day. "

Read also about at sign (@)

When you receive a message with the alphabet 'Y', this simply stands for the word 'why'. If someone says "U8?" Sends, do they actually mean that you ate? The 'U' stands for you and '8' stands for eaten. If you get a text symbol in massage from someone like: "(it simply means that sender is crying. The symbol <3 stands for heart. Vowels in the spelling are usually omitted because it helps to minimize the number of keystrokes. For example," btwn "is in between because and "hndsm" stands for handsome.

With these symbols you not only save time, but you can also send longer texts that contain more personality and emotion. You can also use these text symbols when sending messages on popular social networking sites. If you can't find a symbol or emoticon that meets your needs, create one yourself and teach it to your friends. Who knows? Your symbol or emoticon can become the next trend.

Texting Symbol

Meaning

Texting Symbol

Meaning

:<>

Amazed

((@))-((@))

the Demon Headmaster

o:-)

Angel smiley

:-P

Tongue in cheek

:-ll

Angry

:-amp;

Tongue-tied

(-.-) Zzzz . . .

asleep

: [

unfriendly

:-X

Big Kiss

: - (

unhappy

I - O

bored/yawning

: C

v. unhappy/incredulous

((((((((((O>>>>>>o

cannon firing

:-))

Very Happy

*$gt;) / :O)

clown

:-*

Kiss

%-)

Confused

^_^

"kiki"

d8:)

Cool

-_

Squint

X-(

cross

O.o

Confused

:'-(

Crying

<:O

Upset

:e

Disappointed

<3

Heart

:-&

Disgusted

:v

Pacman

o-&->

Doing nothing

:|]

Robot

:-).....

Drooling face

:)

Happy

:*)

Drunk smiling face

:(

Sad

<:-O

eek!

:P

Tongue

>=-O

frightened

:D

Grin

&:-)

From a person with curly hair

:O

Gasp

#:-)

From a person with matted hair

;)

Wink

\=o-o=/

glasses

8)

Glasses

:-D

very happy, laughing

B)

Sunglasses

:-,

Hmmmm..., smirking

:3

Cute/Cat-like

:- I

hypnotized!

<:(

Grumpy

O-S->

In a hurry

:/

Unsure

ITD

in the dark

:'(

Cry

:-*

Kiss

3:)

Devil

+

knight

O:)

Angel

: ))

laughing

:putnam:

Chris Putnam (Facebook Engineer)

:-D

Laughing

Symbol for Facebook

Meaning

<3

Love Heart

o:-)

Angel smiley

:-S

makes no sense

:-X

Big Kiss

O-Z->

man running (whole body figure)

d8:)

Cool

:o

Ooooh!!shocked

:-).....

Drooling face

8->

person in glasses grinning evilly

:-*

Kiss

O-G->

Pointing to self

<3

Love Heart

: - \

puzzled

@>-->--

red rose

@<--<--

red rose

:-))

Very Happy

:-(

Sad

( '}{' )

Boy and girl kissing

: - O

saying 'Oh!'

:")

Blush

:-@

Screaming

;)

Cheeky wink

: v

shouting

;-)

Flirty

(O->

something fishy here

:-x or :o*

Kiss

SITD

still in the dark

o)

Wink

8-)

Sunglasses face

*^_^*

Huge Wide Grin

:-O

Surprised/shocked

})i({

Butterfly

:-. ssshhh

talking very quietly

:-p

Naughty

<[]I

television/video screen

Text Abbreviation

Text Abbreviation

Meaning

Text Abbreviation

Meaning

?4U

Question for you

IMO

in my opinion

2bctnd

to be continued

J4F

just for fun

2g4u

too good for you

J4K

just for kisses

2l8

Too late

JK

Just Kidding

2MORO

Tomorrow

KC

keep cool

2NITE

Tonight

KIT

keep in touch

2WIMC

too whom it may concern

L8R

Later

4e

Forever

LOL

Laugh Out Loud

4yeo

for your eyes only

LTG

Like to go

AAM

as a matter of fact

LTK

like to come

AB!

Ah Bless!

LYLAS

Love you like a sister

Adctd2uv

addicted to love

A3

Anytime anywhere anyplace

AFAIK

as far as I know

M8

mate

AFK

away from keyboard

MGB

may God bless

AML

all my love

MYOB

mind your own business

AMOF

As a matter of fact

NMH

Not much here

ASAP

as soon as possible

NO1

no one

ASFAIC

As far as I am concerned

NP

No Problem or Nosy Parents

ASL

age, sex, location

NSA

No strings attached

ATW

at the weekend

NVM

Never mind

AYDY

Are you done yet

O4U

only for you

AYS

Are you serious

OIC

Oh I see

B4N

Bye for now

OMG

Oh my God

BCNU

Be Seeing You

OXOX

Hugs and kisses

BFF

Best Friends Forever

PCM

please call me

BRB

Be right back

PLMK

Please let me know

BTW

By The Way

POV

Point of view

C&G

Chuckle and grin

PPL

people

Cm

call me

RBTL

Read between the lines

COS

Because

RMB

ring my bell

CU

see you

ROFL

Rolling on floor laughing

CUL

see you later

SRY

sorry

DQMOT

Don't quote me on this

STATS

your sex and age

DUR?

don't you remember?

STBY

Sucks to be you

EOD

end of discussion

T+

think positive

EOL

end of lecture

T2ul

talk to you later

F2F

face to face

TMB

Text me back

F2T

free to talk

TMI

Too much information

FC

fingers crossed

TTYL

Talk to you later

FYEO

for your eyes only

TYVM

Thank you very much

FYI

for your information

U4E

yours forever

G9

genius

UFB

Unfreakingly believable

GF

Girlfriend

URH

You are hot

BF

Boyfriend

URTO

you are the one

GG

good game

W4U

waiting for you

GMTA

great minds think alike

WAN2

want to

GR8

Great

WEG

Wicked Evil Grin

GTG

Got to go

WRT

with respect to

GTSY

great to see you

WTG

way to go

H&K

hugs and kisses

WUF

where are you from

H8

hate

WWYC

Write when you can

HAGN

have a good night

WYWH

Wish you were here

HAND

have a nice day

Y2K

You are too kind

IC

I see

YBS

you will be sorry

IDK

I don't know

YT

You there

ILY

I love you

ZZZZ

Sleeping or bored

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