#Sasuke's is actually pretty tame

[coockie8]

Sorry just remembered like over ten years ago my sister tried to play Oppression Olympics™ between Sasuke and Neji, claiming Sasuke's had a harder life and like yeah his entire family was killed and his brother made him watch it and that sucks.

Neji's family literally owns him.

Look I don't want to compare them or anything, and having to watch your family die is, objectively awful, but being actively kept as a slave by your own family is also an objectively awful thing lol

[cherubfae]

|| love rival || Akatsuki x reader

They're now realizing what a mistake it was to introduce you to the group, now they have competition with their own teammate.

tags: former ninja!reader, gn! civilian reader, established relationships, threats, violence, protective!akatsuki, slightly suggestive in Sasori's || MDNI

Pain

He knows that Konan is harmless and she's not the sort of disrespectful person to go sniffing about where she doesn't belong, especially where he and his partner are concerned. Pain, however, cannot tolerate the lingering touches Konan gives you as she passes by. Her hand brushing yours, guiding you with an arm around your shoulders, and blushing at you. He feels a warning is warranted.

"You are my dear friend, Konan, I have known you many years, but this simply won't do. You are better than how you are acting. Be respectful and leave them alone, and I won't need to inflict pain upon you."

Konan

Oh, well isn't this troublesome. Konan isn't the type to make idle threats, but Pain is her commander and leader. That would not be a wise decision on her part, but she does trust her long-time friend to be somewhat respectful and not place you in any situation where you would be uncomfortable. She's not above putting her foot down if she really must.

"Sir, with all due respect, my partner isn't interested and we would both appreciate you to mind your manners."

Obito

You are his everything. He would destroy the entire world for you. Level mountains, tame seas, there isn't anything he wouldn't do as long as it's within his power. He's pretty surprised that Zetsu even took a liking to you, as he's not one that's expressed interest in most anything other than his eating habits.

"Surely Zetsu is mistaken. My partner isn't a corpse for you to munch on you, nor are they yours for the taking. Keep your distance and I won't have to bloody you up too much."

Zetsu

As with anything, both sides of him are at a near constant quarrel with each other. His light side trying to reassure his darker side that Tobi is harmless and doesn't mean anything malicious by taking interest in you.

"Tobi is a good boy, he means no harm." "His harm is his unwarranted interest in our beloved partner. Fool! You have no sense, do you?"

Hidan

Honestly he could laugh so hard he may undo the stitches in his neck. That old fucker wants his partner?? Is he actually serious?

"Haha! That's fucking rich! You've gotta be at least one-hundred by now, huh? Fuck off, geezer! They're not yours!"

Kakuzu

Clearly decapitating Hidan over and over doesn't make him talk any less. Neither does stabbing him-- but it sure does take the edge off. Kakuzu would rather not deal with the younger man's insufferable stubbornness. You are his lover, his alone, and Hidan had no chance in whatever the fuck kind of afterlife his mighty lord Jashin provides. None. Fuck off, Hidan.

"As if they'd want someone as lowly as you. You don't even pay for your own shit. Remember your place or I won't hesitate to remove you from this world permanently. One swipe and your head will be freed from your miserable shoulders. I'm sure all sorts of insects would love to burrow inside of that hollow space."

Itachi

For a moment he's reminded of Sasuke's little schoolboy crush on you, except Kisame isn't Sasuke. He is a grown adult capable of getting in the way of Itachi's livelihood. Threatening the sanctity of his relationship. He's unlikely to do much other than step in if he crosses any boundaries or makes you uncomfortable. So until something is said, it's just this weird, heavy atmosphere. Kisame starts to speak but Itachi cuts him off immediately.

"Keep their name out of your mouth, Kisame. I won't warn you again."

Kisame

Oftentimes he wonders how lonely Itachi is. He annihilated his entire clan save for his younger brother in a single night. He took away everything he loved and for what? He can appreciate Itachi's past but Kisame doesn't take too kindly to the eldest Uchiha brother being a bit too welcoming and protective of his partner.

"Itachi, a word of advice. Don't shit where you eat. And keep your nose out of other's relationships. You're a good, respectable man and I appreciate your concern in my partner's well-being. Let me handle it from here."

Sasori

There's still the age-old artistic view difference between the two: eternal art vs shortlived art. One could argue both have their merits, but even after all these years it was a sore subject between the blonde and redhead duo. And now you were thrown into the mix.

"If you truly think you're so superior to me, Deidara, then perhaps you'd be more open to what a waste your art truly is. My partner prefers eternal, long-lasting, but there's nothing long nor lasting about, is there?"

Deidara

This was great. Jusssst great. Sasori had been hanging around his area of the hideout more and for what, Deidara wasn't sure. Until he recalled that you had been given special permission to visit from Pain himself. You'd forsaken your village long ago and clearly had no interest in reporting them, so it was allowed. Sasori had begun skulking about ever since and the blonde could guess why he might be drawn to you.

"If you even think about turning my partner into a fuckin' puppet, I won't hesitate to kill you, Sasori. No matter which way I go about it, you'll end up in splinters. So, I repeat. Stay the fuck away from them, hmm."

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[cherry-blossomxo]

Hi, first I just wanted to say I really appreciate you writing friendship/family/fluff headcanons. Most headcanons on tumblr are NSFW, which is fine, but not usually what I'm looking for. So thanks so much.

Could I request Kakashi forming a father-daughter relationship with a female OC on his team. Maybe eventually even adopting her. I love dad!Kakashi but prefer Naruto over Boruto.

Thank you for saying that. It might sound silly but I’ve always felt at a disadvantage because I didn’t write smut and stuff. The people that do are amazing for being able to, and I know I’m not as talented as them, but reading this really made me smile. 🥺💖

Anyways, I’m rambling. Here you go, lovely! I too prefer Naruto Kakashi but we have to admit that even in Boruto, he’s still fine as hell

𝒦𝒶𝓀𝒶𝓈𝒽𝒾:

I honestly believe that with time, Kakashi has come to care for his students just like he would care for his children if he had any. No matter how old they get, they will always be his little genin team in his eyes.

But Kakashi would really feel for his other female student in team 7. Not that he didn’t care about Sakura (even if kishi didn’t make it look like he did :) ) but the former was alone, with no one to care for her, just like Sasuke and Naruto were.

And because of that, he will start to pay her a little more attention. He has his own, different ways to check up and look after every one of his students, sure, but with her, he kind of played favorites.

Both Naruto and Sasuke were two proud, prepubescent boys who claimed they didn’t need anyone’s help so, Kakashi wasn’t as direct or obvious when it came to caring about them.

But when it came to his other little girl from team 7, he was completely smitten. You could say he even acted out of character around her.

Sure, he isn’t the type of person who showcases his emotions like that, he’s pretty stoic so don’t expect any big act of affection from him or anything like that.

It was different from the way he usually acted but still in his own, Kakashi style different.

He will always walk her home after training was done for the day, especially if it was already dark out. He wouldn’t initiate any conversation but if she wanted to talk about something, he’d always listen.

Would randomly show up at her house to make sure she was eating and resting enough. If she wasn’t, he’d make it his mission to buy groceries and the occasional sweet snack for her.

“How can you expect to become a great ninja if you don’t eat three meals a day?” he’d say

I can totally see her doing the same thing for him as well. Ok, maybe not buying him groceries but forcing him to go out and do so. We all know Kakashi can be pretty negligent when it comes to his own health so he’d be very touched.

She’d be the one who’d occasionally wake him up in the morning and encourage him to stop being late all the time.

“Come on, sensei, what kind of example are you setting for us, huh?”

Treats her to ramen after every successful mission, to Naruto’s astonishment.

Feels the need to protect her all the time. Be it from a dangerous enemy or boys, you name it, Kakashi is somehow always there to defuse and take care of any situation.

Is harsher while training her than he is with Sasuke. It’s not because he’s playing favorites but because he wants to make sure she can protect herself and others when he would no longer be able to.

A great listener. The girl always comes to him when something bothers her for a long time. There isn’t anyone else she trusts as much as Kakashi, not even her 3 teammates.

He also gives great advice while still remaining neutral about certain topics and that’s always great.

Anyway, Shippuden is when they become like, very close.

After Sasuke and Naruto left, and Sakura started training under Tsunade, Kakashi would continue training her and making sure she became the best ninja this village has.

This is also the time when she starts calling him ‘dad’, more as a joke in the beginning but it sticks in the end lol.

“But, dad! All of my friends will be there, why can’t I go as well?!” Ehem -

Is actually very against the idea of her becoming an ANBU if an opportunity like that were to present itself. He knows first hand what kind of missions these people go on and he absolutely doesn’t want his little (maybe not so little) girl to be exposed to that.

If it’s something she really wants to do though, he’ll give in after a while, not wanting to be the reason she didn’t achieve her dreams. He’s very supportive, after all.

Pakkun and the other dogs love her!! Kakashi kind of forces her to enter in a contract with them

Kind of random but Kakashi will definitely walk her down the aisle if she wants him too, no question asked. She wouldn’t have it any other way.

Anyway, they will be the tame, not spandex wearing version of Guy and Lee lol  

[maoam]

I was wondering here that Naruto has its misplaced humor and women are sexualized but I still don’t think they are sexualized the way Sasuke is? (considering the manga, not SP’s fillers and fanservice) like Kishi are you trying to say something?

Well female characters being sexualized for male gaze is pretty self explanatory for shonen genre, the shonen manga Kishi himself read have it. But Naruto is actually pretty tame compared to some other shonen in that department. We have oiroke no jutsu and Tsunade's character got some boob jokes but most of the time the women are rather practical and not that alluring.

Sasuke is sexualized in a different way, sometimes in a more sensual and careful way than like the obscene and comical oiroke no jutsu. But also how he's shown as desirable and something to chase for females and males alike. And even in his fights, he ends up losing his clothes lol

It's probably self indulgent...

[kishillaa]

SSM21 Day 17: A Gentle Man

Sakura had to bite her lips when she sees an ebony boy lean against the hospital wall; his hands shoved deep in his pockets of his shinobi pants, one leg is bend for its to stay on the wall while the other one stand to hold his weight. He looks rather tired, especially with bandage wrapped neatly around his head where his forehead protector usually be. She sighs as she approached him. He's too good looking for his own good.

As if sensing her presence – or was it shinobi thing? Maybe Sasuke mentioned about it before? Chakra signature was it? — he turns his head to her. He push himself off the wall and face her as if to greet her coming his way.

"Hey." She said, smiling. "I heard you're here."

Sasuke shrugs, "Yeah, caught minor wound on our way back."

"Let me see." She's already reaching up to his wrapped head, putting light pressure where she saw small blood make itself known just above his ear.

"How did it happen?"

Sasuke scoff lightly, and Sakura knows he purposefully dif to avoid telling her it's not for her to know, "It's nothing serious. Come on, your shift ended half an hour ago. I'll walk you home."

Sakura fight back a grin as she nodded at him. He wasn't usually in the village, always busy with his confidential shinobi or ANBU mission, but when he is, he do every thing he missed out with her since they started this, whatever it is, few months ago.

"Have you eaten?" Sakura asked, as he leads her out of the lobby of the hospital, walking side by side.

Sasuke shakes his head, "And neither do you."

Sakura close her mouth with her hand as she laughs. He always knew, "That's true."

They walk together under the dark starless night, with Sakura looking up the sky and him ahead of their route, "So, was it a success again this time?" She asked, as she peaked at him.

"You could say that." He wears his ANBU gear, so it must be a bad stuff –as to what he said– so Sakura refrain herself asking for more.

"How was your shift?" He asked, didn't even try to hide the fact that he was blatantly staring at her.

Grinning, Sakura bounced herself so she's few step ahead of him before she turns around to face the pretty face Sasuke, while walking backwards with Sasuke following with his slow pace towards her.

"It was pretty good. Quite few new experiences. And I actually went through one surgery with a medic nin." She went on, "After all this time, I was still astonished what a ninja medic can do. There's only a handful things civilian doctor does."

"You're already great at your job, Sakura." He had said, "Though, I'm sure you'd be an okay ninja. I can't fully detect your chakra since you don't use it at all, but they are very warm, tame and quite stable. A medic nin will be a good choice if you decided to be a ninja."

Sakura hands clasped behind her back as she stop her pace and leans towards him, "If I chose to become a ninja years and years ago, do you think you and I will be in the same class in the academy together?"

Sasuke however raised an eyebrow at her question. "Probably." He said, playing along.

Satisfied that he did, Sakura's grin widen, "Do you think you'll like me when we're in the academy? Developing a crush maybe?"

Sasuke's face reveal a tiny amused smirk, "No,"

"And why is that?" Sakura tilted her head, frowning at his confident no.

Sasuke shrugs his shoulders, "I'm sure you're the one who will having a crush on me, join all those fangirls fawning over me, shamelessly ask for dates and for a seat next to me–"

Sakura makes an odd face as she cuts him off, "They did that?" She's quite impressed actually, if they went that extend for her good looking boyfriend (?)

"Still do." He replied nonchalantly, moving forward as he gently tug Sakura's arm to walk beside him.

"They do? Why didn't I know about this?" She asked as her feet fall beside him.

Sasuke rolls his eyes at her, "It doesn't matter."

"Because you like me, right? Right?" She was hopeful as she asked him. She didn't go to the same school Sasuke went, and she wasn't in the village for few years back either, so she doesn't really know people their age.

Sasuke Uchiha is always a tease when it comes to Sakura Haruno, so he smirked at her, "Maybe."

Sakura narrows her eyes at him before she turns her head away to the other direction, decided to dismiss his teasing manner and continue on to her game, "Do you think we will chosen to be in the same team, what do you call that? Genin was it?"

"Ahh." He responded.

"Genin team." She let out a short chuckle, "So cute, don't you think? What did you say your Jounin instructor was?"

"Hatake Kakashi."

Smiling ruefully, she asks, "Do you think he will like me? And your other teammate? I mean, we're going to become a team, I'm sure we will at least tolerate each other."

She doesn't realized it when her companion frown as he look down at her, "I think the dobe will have a crush on you. Kakashi will be neglecting you in training, but will be very fond of you, I'm sure."

"I thought you said your sensei doesn't like Ami." Sakura reminded.

"That's Ami. She's very aggravating, and a handful. You, in the other hand is brilliant, and Kakashi likes those who ask questions, and that's what you always do."

Sakura had to grin in content at Sasuke's subtle compliment of her, "He has many reasons to like me then. How about the other male teammate of yours. He's the blonde boy right, your best friend? Naruto?"

"Ahh." he said, and stop at Ichiraku, a ramen shop. "He liked ramen a little too much."

Sakura laughed, "Really, now? Is this where you often found him?"

"Hnn." He paused, "If I didn't know he has mission today, I'll be avoiding this place at all cost."

"Why bring me here, then?"

"It's the closest from the hospital."

"Alright, then."

Sasuke nodded at her as he pulls up the shop curtain for her to get in.

Smiling at his chivalrous manner, Sakura get in as he follows suit. They take a seat on the stool and order their food.

"This is actually good." She moans in satisfaction as she tasted the ramen. "Why haven't you bring me here before, Sasuke-kun?" She asked as Sasuke nod at the owner when he handed Sasuke's order.

"I've had a little too much of this. And plus, we hardly go out together for me to bring you anywhere."

"That's true." Sakura said, nodding her head as she feeds more of the ramen into her mouth. It didn't take long for her to finish her first bowl.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "Do you want another one?"

Biting her lips, Sakura nodded shyly and so they order another bowl of ramen for her, "Naruto will be delighted knowing you like this."

"Ahh, we should bring him together next time then?" she suggested, "Maybe your sensei too? How about your brother and that charming cousin of yours? And your smoking friend?"

Sasuke rolls his eyes at her, "Yeah, bring the whole village here if you'd like."

Sakura burst out laughing at his sarcastic response, playfully smack his arm. They chatted a few more as Sakura finishes her second bowl. When Sasuke ask her if she wanted a third one, she shakes her head while patting her stomach, "I'm so full."

He pays for their food before they left, quickly shove the money to Teuchi before Sakura could retrieve hers.

"You don't have to pay mine." Her forehead scrunch in displease.

"I already did." Sasuke replied nonchalantly shrug his shoulder making Sakura rolls her eyes as they walk to the direction of her house. The walk to her house wasn't silence with Sakura constant chatter, which Sasuke has started to like. It's way better than Naruto's too loud and bright presence.

"Thank you for walking me home. And for the ramen. We absolutely need to go back there." She said, hands clasped at her back as she beams while she looks up at him.

Sasuke shoved his hands in his pants pockets while nodding, "If you like."

Sakura giggles at him before she rose on her toes to place a chaste kiss over his lips, "You're so cute."

He rolls his eyes, "Go up now, I'll wait."

"Such gentle man aren't you, Sasuke-kun. Good night." She chuckles as she turns around, raise her hand up for a good bye and walk up the stairs to her home.

True to his word, Sasuke wait until he heard a door closed, and her room light up for him to walk away, though he still look up at the window of her room while walking.

[the8gates]

Naruto Characters and What Music I Think They Would Listen To Pt.1

Naruto

-You know those popular boys from school? The emoji tracksuit kids that like dunked on you when you walked through a door?

-Those vibes

-He listens to almost exclusively mainstream rap. It has to be 🔥🔥🔥 ya know? 

-Always talking about the new Drake album or the new Kanye album. LOVES Chance the Rapper and Childish Gambino i just see it in his eyes. 

Sasuke

-This fuckin guy

-See, my knee jerk reaction is like your emo classics. Pierce the Veil, MCR, Linkin Park. Screamo. Metal. 

-But no. We have similar temperaments and I think that kind of music would actually irritate him. 

-I think he’s emo but more mainstream soundcloud rapper emo. Lil Peep, $UICIDEBOY$, Lil Uzi Vert. LOVES XXXTentacion.

-Post screenshots of what he’s listening to on his snapchat story and you just know the boy is going THROUGH it.

Sakura

-OKAY so HERE is your rock and roll/metal baddie!!!

-hear me out. when she’s young its all pop. like y2k pop with R&B leanings. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Beyonce, etc. you get the idea

-but after training under Tsundae she picks up rock. starts with some classic rock at first, then slowly progresses. 

-this girl loves Metallica and Black Sabbath. she just loves rock. Zeppelin, AC/DC, Five Finger Death Punch. All of it. I will not be taking any criticism. 

-windows down in the car, headbanging always. 

Kakashi

-this one is a little difficult to nail down

-a part of me just wants to throw him in the pool of doesn't really care and will listen to anything

-i think he’s got a different playlist for every mood

-R&B sexy playlist with the Weeknd and some Justin Timberlake (yes he thinks that's sexy), soft sad boy hours playlist with Post Malone and Russ, a party mix with some your standard frat boy bops.

-overall, he listens to a lot of popular music

Yamato/Tenzou

-another tough one to nail down!!!

-i truly think Yamato is a man of all tastes as well

-however.... i get country music vibes???

-not like new, pop, country. but the classics. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton.

-he also likes jazz! and big band/swing. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin. What i would refer to as whiskey drinkin music. kinda classy and fun

Sai

-girl

-i truly do not know

-the man is an enigma

-i think once he joins team 7 and kinda strays away from the foundation he’s gonna be all about trying new stuff

-so one day he’s listening to Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran and Ariana Grande. Radio pop, entry level shit

-and the next time you see him its songs he heard on tiktok exclusively

-eventually he’s down a rabbit hole, consuming music in mass quantities and he’s into Crystal Castles and Grimes. Then next week its Tupac and Notorious B.I.G. Then it’s Judas Priest and Guns N Rose. 

-everyone just gives up trying to keep track

Shikamaru

-oh its male manipulator music ALLLL DAY

-tame impala, mac demarco, the front bottoms, arctic monkeys, modern baseball, the smiths

-you get the idea

-dont necessarily think he's the ‘male manipulator’ type but he’s def the edgy smoking cigs and listening for the lyrics type

-i don't have to go into detail here you know I'm right

Ino 

-see, her and Sakura go down similar paths

-she started off with the y2k bubblegum pop phase but her progression is a little more understandable

-shes your typical indie (except they aren't really indie) pop darling. Lana Del Rey, Lorde, Marina and Diamonds, Melanie Martinez, the 1975.

-what I'm saying is she was definitely on tumblr in 2014 and just never moved past that phase (did any of us tbh)

-as time goes on though she starts to branch out a lil. loves the mainstream women of rap! Cardi B, Megan thee Stallion, Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat. constantly bopping

Choji

-i couldn't find any gifs of this cutie smiling and that's a crime i want addressed RIGHT NOW

-but music wise?? i mean he’s a sweetheart right?? genuinely likes pop music! Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5, Katy Perry. HUGE Bruno Mars fan surprisingly 

-i can see him just bopping his head along to the radio, just vibing and not being picky. loves a good ballad. Sam Smith, John Legend.

-hes just having a good time 

Hinata

-queen of yearning and pining

-girl in red, mitski, HOZIER

-i feel like her playlist just looks like someone let a closeted queer girl put it together

-ABBA, St. Vincent, Florence + the Machine

-also just soft pop vibes. she’s defo posting sunset videos with the Lumineer’s playing in the background. HEAVY cottage core inspo

Shino

-here is your true emo king

-the trinity of course. P!ATD, MCR, Fallout Boy

-then Twenty One Pilots, Paramore, GORRILAZ

-he gives me also like art kid vibes as he gets older? Weezer, Wallows, Cage the Elephant. you know the type

Kiba

-kinda smilar to Naruto tbh

-but it HAS to be FIRE. no sad music! bass turned up and LOUD always

-i feel like he even went through a dubstep phase. 

-hes the guy in the mcdonalds drive thru ‘you know what I'm here for’ *blasts Sicko Mode* 

-some stand out faves are Travis Scott, Tyler, the Creator, Kendrick Lamar, Freddie Dredd

-he’s actually pretty cool tbh

Rock Lee

-yall ever been to a football game and they play the same hype songs over and over? ever seen a workout montage in an 80s movie?

-thats this boy. he’s just constantly listening to workout playlists. Eye of the Tiger, Livin’ on a Prayer, Welcome to the Jungle

-outside of that, i would think some of his favorite artists would be things Gai would listen to. Billy Joel, Bon Jovi, the BEASTIE BOYS, Foreigner, Aerosmith

-what I'm trying to say is he listens to the same music ur dad listens to

Neji

-fucking music SNOB

-’you've probably never heard of them’ headass

-and then its like the strokes or vampire weekend or some shit jfc

-male manipulator music part two but 100% fits the stereotype. hes gonna leave you on read and then cry to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. 

-some standout favorites are the Pixies, Neutral Milk Hotel, alt-J.

-likes some other stuff too. The White Stripes, The Black Keys, some Beck.

-decent taste if he wasn't such an a-hole about it!

Tenten

-ya know what

-hyper pop. 100 gecs, Charli XCX, CMten, SOPHIE, Slayyyter, A.G. Cook. 

-i would say she started off kinda like Ino, the 2014 tumblr pop stuff

-then that just got to be too boring. so now she's riding the wave of the super new age stuff. 

-neji fucking HATES it and grumbles all the time about ‘its just noise, how can you stand that’ and it only makes her like it more. 

[ranmanjuu]

—gen z mc with uesugi-takeda + misc. forces

ahh, i’m so glad people liked my gen z oda hcs! lol it’s usually pretty slow from my writing blog experiences until now, but i’m rlly happy! i was planning to do u-t and the others but then i decided to stop at oda and continue another day. thx for the asks tho! and yeah, i do take requests but it’s more of a pasttime, since this whole blog is just my stupid ideas written out and shared out there.

also someone said that a gen z mc could be old enough to romance the warlords, like, early twenties. and yes, very fair if u wanna romance ur mans with memes and existentialism go for it!! i just think it adds more to the comedy side of this child they have to babysit, while not fearing death or any consequences from their dumb of Ass decisions. someone who fears no death and armed with no braincells is a fool, but a Child who fears no death and armed with no braincells is also a fool, but more bizzare and has That Vibe y’know

@niphredil-14​ and @arthotsglasses​

tw: s*icidal, violent jokes treated in a light manner

also spoilers to some things of their characters

—kenshin:

who is this,, , sassy lost child??

he first saw you prepared to throw hands with ronins who were being Elite Dickheads. ofc, armed with nothing compared to the sworded-adults, he had to interfere.

no matter how cold he treated you, masking his secret !!!-like concern, you seemed so unfazed through it. you still interacted with him like normal,,,,, why?? do you want a death wish?

and each time he threatened you with,, anything, you responded with, “the only one who gets to hurt & kill me, is ME”

...... what?

he’s convinced you’re the biggest fool of a person. and he’d be right but even so, he has a weirdly strong need to protect you as you two got closer. you’re often with sasuke, so it’s harder to avoid you.

even with all the Horrible jokes you make on a daily basis, if your passionate side with everyone having equal rights of being treated as human, for him it shows a side of you that makes you seem precious and pure and kind hearted.

and the overprotective side increases.

which is, ,, a bit problematic sometimes cause you have the tendency to target and piss off anyone in a 10 meter range by just one (1) sassy comment, along with your lack of impulse control and blurting out everything in your mind. it’s made you a lot of short enemies in the sengoku period, and kenshin would always be ready to slice them down behind you.

sasuke has to tame him down with his Masters degree in kenshin-wrangling.

at banquets, kenshin would often have you beside him. if you’re too young for sake do age for drinking exist in sengoku? probably not. it’s more of sasuke advising for him to not give you alcoholic drinks he’ll have you pouring for him or just munching away at pickled plums or food.

—shingen:

(ngl i kinda had a hard time with this since it’s erasing a big part of his overall character,,, flirting)

once he heard the news that oda had taken in somone as young as you during honno-ji,, ,,,he’s in a very “how dare that demon >>:( taking such a pure soul,....”

and when you’re taken to kasugayama as a captive, you’re,,, surprisingly very calm and whelmed. you don’t have much sign of fear or anxiety in your overall demeanor meanwhile you’re busy dissociating and spacing out to feel those

you actually don’t seem to hate your captor. but shingen isn’t sure if your ‘fingerguns’ is a good thing or not cause it depicts you pointing guns @ him,, (dw is good shingen)

while yes being held hostage—no matter how good you’re being treated—isn’t ideal and kinda not very cash money, you consider shingen v chill. man has a kindheart!! “i diagnose you with good vibes.”

if he ever sees your righteous side, as everyone else, he’ll deeply admire you. he himself is someone who believes in such as well. and hearing the circumstances in the modern world regarding those things (blm, etc.) his heart truly does go out for you. he feels sympathy for such a young person like you having to take action

also your dirty humor around him, echigo’s player, kind of makes him question where and how you learnt it

and,, his illness.

through getting straight to the point and not falling for it each time he changes subject/dodges the question, you managed to get to the bottom of his illness. shingen himself thinks it’s not something you have to burden with knowing—you’re so, so young.

but that doesn’t matter to you. the world’s given you such a shit time, you’re mature enough to understand the situation at least.

and as he finishes his explanation, all there was is silence. it felt wrong to say any of your usual quips,, so all you did was slowly came there and hugged him.

that was more than what he’d ask for.

—sasuke:

oh hell yeah

you are in your element with him. the chillest guy to talk to, and probably the first one you’re the closest to

your phone was dead after like 2 days of use, and you were miserable while hideyoshi, like a typical parent, told you to go outside and into town. sensing your bad mood, sasuke asked what’s up. you deadpanned, “my phone game ended and now i’m ready to commit not breath.” you oslemnly look out in the bustling streets and clutched your fist like an Anime Protagonist, “those boomer memes were right all along... i am absolutely Miserable and Useless(^TM) without it.”

in response, you could’ve sworn he did the Anime Glasses thing as well, “then we at team Moderately Awesome Sengoku Ninja are happy to announce the launch of a DIY phone charger, made with the electricity from a fruit and the main functionality of a solar panel. and has more durability than samsung’s.”

there were Stars in your eyes now. with a big grin, you thank him, “i’d die for you, sasuke.”

“then perish.” he said with a blank look. (yukimura, in the bg: ???!!!??!??!?)

the next day he consentually breaks in through the ceiling and gives you the weird contraption. you’re now saved, soul-wise.

the memes start coming and they don’t stop coming from the two of you. in any situation. whether it’d be at a teahouse, or at a battlefield that can determine your life and death.

and you can have discussions about current world events, or the past ones, with him and he’d understand completely what you’re talking about. it’s those rare nights when you’ve been thinking and have a deep conversation with him in his room, and as an adult, it makes for interesting results as well.

the others are endlessly confused, but you’re both so unapologetically yourselves.

and he’s super protective if the circumstances are tough. he feels bad for dragging another person in the sengoku with him—much less when they’re so young like you.

if you’re enough of a lil shit, once you’re taken into kasugayama, in the nights where you can’t sleep because brain at what would be 3 am, you’d probably trudge over to his room and wake him up to tell him what kind of mind-blowing shit you realized.

—yukimura:

when he saved you from falling to your death, your reaction already set off weird Vibes inside him. what do you mean, “you stopped me from fleeing this fleeting world by the sweet embrace of death” ?!?!?! are you crazy?? yes

he doesn’t waste time getting blunt with you at all either.

once he goes into azuchi as a merchant, he silently observes you talking to sasuke for a bit. what’s with your weird language?? and crude humor???? never in his life has he met someone in your age act like that wtf

even so, he still operates on the basis of ‘‘if sasuke trusts you, i trust you’’, no matter how utterly concerned you make him feel

you have a dirtier mind than him! unsurprisingly. along with everyone else, you often tease the poor soul, a nd you’d gladly tell him what the innuendoes mean ( 69, etc.) and maybe sprinkle in some gay jokes in there

and why do you keep mentioning this “bromance between him and sasuke” ?? what us,,, a bromance????? and why is sasuke in it??

he takes you out to teahouses to eat chestnut dumplings and other desserts with you. you always seem to target the one he doesn’t like the most and have a bit of banter

your relationship is built on banter but what’s different rlly

he treats you much more maturely than other people your age. as in, he doesn’t pull back his punches in words most of the time. you don’t seem to around him also, it looks like.

and, he’s also very protective of you. he regards you as his little sibling, as rat as you may be. and he does care about you—he might just be a bit unwilling to say it

—yoshimoto:

you think he’s very chill, if a bit unique but who were you to judge. and he is, if you ever meet him in echigo or even azuchi

his big liking to art and something of apathy to people is osmething you can respect. there’s something about that kind of Vibe that you find oddly a mood.

and oh boy oh boy you wasted no time pulling up your phone and showing images of what art is in the future. whether it’d be a screenshot of anime, fanart, aesthetic-like ones, palette-themed—the whole shabang. 

and, somehow, you were left ranting to him  about how some artists in the future get it so shitty for theft, reposting, not crediting, the list goes on (please be a decent human being to artist, sincerely the author) and he can’t help but just listen in silence and kind of thinking about how you’re so passionate about the Struggles of artists. and it isn’t something he sees often in the sengoku era—where war rules most things.

and he does find art from the modern times interesting, how they’re so different and vast in styles. and not only that, it’s not like the future only has one major style like then, each hand can draw such different pictures and still have beauty in each. he appreciates and admires that.

and he does tell you his thoughts ^ while you give your own insight. it’s so fascinating to see someone like you having strong opinions on this.

because, well, rn art is a big thing in our lives as we’re stuck inside. a part of entertainment is looking at any media of art—and he finds his view of art and yours quite the same. you two came from a time of turmoil (one moreso than the other) but still think art isn’t exactly irrelevant just because it isn’t a cure to diseases or the Ultimate Weapon.

you had to Surgically Remove him from your phone so you can use it and to stop him from draining your battery looking at the art

and he often drags you out to town and admire pieces when you’re holing yourself in too much. your comments are always unknown to him, “radical”, “that’s one i can vibe with ngl”, and the list goes on.

and you occasionally call him pretty boy as a compliment rlly

—kennyo:

when you first saw him at honno-ji, and he won’t forget the one (1) line you gave him, all you said to his warning of ooo spooky demons was, “that’s lit fam gtg tho”

and that alone was enough to stun him for a few seconds

honestly you told the others of your meeting with kennyo before they told you it could be kennyo. just a throaway line of “oh yeah there was this dude with a scar across his face.” / “,,, ,....that’s kennyo. he’s really dangerous actually—” / “oh, poggers”

you’re probably kind of half the reason the oda forces found who dun it.

and it was an eye for an eye, kennyo himself found out that you were their child chatelaine, and very close to the others. as per his villain-schedule, he kidnaps you .

he laments about how “such a pure soul such as yours is not to be stained by the demon’s hands”

oh how Wrong he was.

you were the definition of the opposite of pure. and you seemed unfazed, which surprised kennyo but shrugged it off. he was willing to face you screaming and panicking, along with shouldering the sin of doing the deed. but instead, he was met with a raised eyebrow and, “this is unexpected and probably not welcomed but what am i doing here.”

he was stunned for a moment before explaining what he can. 

“......... fuck.”

he cringed ever so slightly at your curse. but your attention seems to stray so quickly off of the fact that you were bounded and helpless, to the fact that you have the man doing unspeakable things to civilians and you absolutely don’t approve.

throwing your common sense to maybe be civilized, you went off on a rant of how human rights and how to not be an ass to him. all he could do was just listened, shocked to even cut you off.

when he did, he gave the whole ‘unsaved demon’ shtick, and you weren’t taking that kinda shit. he believed he was truly unsaved—you knew that. but that doesn’t make it okay.

eventually, he left you with a cold end of the conversation.

he admires your spirit in a way—but with what he’s experienced,,, it’s a bit of unreachable for him.

if at any point you saw the soft side of his with animals, you just gaped at him for a split second and whispered, “the gap moe is strong with this one.”

also old man died inside when you said that you’d fight god, along with many things.

all in all, to him, you’re insufferable. but weirdly,, fascinating.

you’ve totally ok boomer’d him once cause he rlly looks old

—motonari:

,,. if your speech to kennyo was bad, he’s going to rant hell.

motonari already knew you were interesting even when his men just spied on you. your behavior, so brash and impulsive, is going to be so fun to have, he thinks.

through some planning to stir up more chaos, he kidnaps you and brings you unto his ship. same as kennyo, you showed no clear sign of surprise, and that’s when he decided you were either used to this in any way, or a fool. both answers, he liked.

you’re kind of really confused on why he’s doing what he’d doing. “i get it, i like to stir up chaos myself but it’s harmless,, most of it—but not until the people are in danger, bitch.”

and by that line, motonari leans towards you with a deadly smirk, “now, i can bite, ‘kay kid? you don’t wanna be in the receiving end... do you?”

“do it, coward.”

and before he could let out even a wheeze of laughter, you continued on on a lecture of, again, not being a dick and letting people live their life in peace. and much less all of this damage, for what? chaos?? yeah you wanted to see the world burn but it wasn’t literally.

however, his patience was running thin. he shuts you up forcefully, and leaves.

even so, after a cooldown period, he still talks to you (,,,, well, that’s kind of a generous term) because, right he was, you were so fun in his eyes.

an interesting observation he made,,, was that you picked up on his big dislike of physical contact. and he’d think with how annoying you were at times, that you’d weaponize it. but you didn’t—in fact, you kept your space (not that you were planning to get close) and respected his boundaries.

he thinks you a bit of peculiar for that decision, some wary, and perhaps naive.

one of the days—the more dangerous ones—he was planning to take you to the oda as bait or something. and you weren’t taking it like that. two days before arrival, a storm racked up. you stood upon the edge of the ship with the rest of the crew watching you like you were a madman.

“the oda won’t want me if i’m dead, would they now?”

motonari stands in his composure, guffawing, “all i need is to make sure they believe you’re alive, kid.”

a smile that showed absolutely no fear and 1000 percent spite spread in your face, “not unless i decimate my own body until all the trail left is my blood. the only one who gets to do that shit to me, is me.”

finally, a look of wavering shows in his face.

you were saved last minute,, and the rest is history.

[depressedhatakekakashi]

Sasuke is 182 cm as of the blank period, so he's just a fraction taller than Kakashi at 181 cm. If you're going with Naruto as the same height as Kakashi then the only of his students he's unequivocably taller than is Sakura, who is 165 cm as of the blank period. Sakura is a shortarse.

Kakashi does have the advantage of very tall hair, of course. So he looks a lot taller than he really is and can maintain his advantage over his students through fluffy means.

The hair definitely counts XD it's not Kakashi's fault that Naruto's spiky hair went all...

Whatever happened there XD and Sasuke always had pretty tame hair compared to Naruto and Kakashi that didn't provide much secret hight advantage XD

But as far as I'm concerned, Kakashi's the tall boy XD though all that really matters is it's a fact he's only a few inches shorter than Gai so that tall Vs short boyfriend thing doesn't apply to them and I love it

Same hight boyfriends is actually amazing and I'm here for it XD

[hatredcurse]

@airusu asked 😛 Orochimaru sticks their tongue out at Sasuke

It was a more tame period than any. Sasuke sat there on a tall stool, flipping mindlessly through all the scrolls and diagrams that Orochimaru had scattered on his table. Not usually the nosey type, but he couldn't help his natural curiosity.

Most of it was beyond his knowledge anyways. He read the words and followed the labels, but it meant nothing to him. Anatomical diagrams, research papers, legal documents all of them blocked with walls of text that could make his eyes run out of focus.

The most ironic one was probably the white snake anatomical diagram sitting up on the wall. It had the general design of the snake with the center completely transparent to show the viscera.

Sasuke stared at this for some time since it was pretty artistic despite how scientific it was. All the little details make it appealing like actual wall decorum, especially the little forked tongue.

Immediately the image of Orochimaru flashed in his thoughts and he started to think. Did he have a forked tongue? He felt like he didn't because he usually kept the features of borrowed bodies— but they eventually end up with snake-like qualities, so does that mean...

Sasuke put whatever he had down and went to wherever Orochimaru is, busting through the door and sliding up behind his mentor.

"Stick out your tongue," he said so insistent.

[readerinsertfanfiction]

Hehe we talked about it 2 seconds ago and here i am😂😂can ya pretty please write an wardrobe hc for ikesen plz (whick ever of the sweet bois u want) of how they would react to MC who loves wearing gym/exercise clothes ie i only wear tights, sports bra and crop tops like they are sooo comfortable ❤🔥🥰 thanx love ❤🌻

😂 asdfghjkl. Ded. Okay, okay let’s get down to this. 

Context: I joked around that I would give out headcanons for those who want if they give me a description of their wardrobe. 

Fandom: Ikemen Sengoku

Characters: I’m aiming for the whole cast and I did it! Yes! 

Oda Nobunaga 

His first reaction is curiosity. What is this style? What are these clothes you wear and what are they made from? He wouldn’t mind that it is so revealing, scandalising so, in fact he would probably enjoy it and make an indecent joke or two.

If you’re intimate with him he will make sure that you only wear those clothes in private, when it is only you and him. He doesn’t need you to scandalise the rest of his men, but he definitely doesn’t want them to see your skin as much as he does.

I can see him jokingly pull out a fundoshi (Japanese traditional underwear) to compare to your clothes and then laugh about it very loudly.

Will definitely make the above joke when you first meet and he summons you to the war meeting in your usual clothes. It will be humiliating, but then he will offer you some era-appropriate clothes.

Hideyoshi Toyotomi 

Scandalised. He will screech like a victorian governess about the inappropriateness of your clothes. Immediately throws his coat over you.

Will always be nagging at you to wear something more appropriate, or to think of your position. “You’re dragging the name of Lord Nobunaga down!” -- though he means well and actually is looking out for you, but do please, argue with him, don’t have him talk to you like that.

After a while he will just carry an extra cloak with him to throw over you. “Hideyoshi, aren’t you warm with that second coat?” “Yes, yes, I am, but I got to protect the dignity of my lord!”

Again, I wish to press the fact that he is more worried about your well-being than Nobunaga’s name, he just says it is for the sake of his lord’s reputation, because that honestly is easier to argue about for him.

Ieyasu Tokugawa

What is this? Why is he always turning around and heading for the other way? Is he avoiding you? What? Ieyasu Tokugawa will not deal with the extra skin.

Will probably also throw an extra blanket or cloak over you. “You look cold, you should wear more clothes.”

He really can’t be honest about it, but the extra skin, the form-fitting clothes, they are the reason why he can’t look you in the eye. There is so little left to the imagination and he is still a man and oh gosh, he is blushing.

Please don’t confront him about the fact that he is trying to avoid you. He will make up some sharp excuse and say something he regrets in regards to your clothes and oh, the shame.

Mitsuhide Akechi

Well, this is interesting. Are fabrics expensive from where you come from? Is that why you wear so little? Another result of poverty, or some outrageous sense of fashion that he isn’t aware of yet?

Would see the practicality in the form-fitting tights. They do help with movement, but still, are they also supposed for seduction? Definitely an effective distraction mechanism.

Will make little jokes about how you are probably wearing kid-sized clothing, because that top really should be covering more than just your chest.

Yes, he will tickle you. Your waist will be the main target, because if you are going to reveal that so easily he is going to take advantage of that. I hope you aren’t ticklish.

Masamune Date

It is canon that he (dis)likes our modern undergarments, I think? So, modern gym wear? Count him a fan.

Plenty to see, just enough covered for him to still enjoy. It is bold, it is flashy, it is just his style.

If you ask him he will probably try a crop top or the tights. He will have to say he prefers the crop top, they are nice and flowy. Perfect for a hot day of training, or when in the kitchen. The tights he isn’t a fan of, they feel like they are pressing the blood circulation out of his legs.

Probably the most enthusiastic of the bunch to see and learn more about modern clothes and especially exercise (read: gym) clothes. Your world sounds fascinating and very practical!

Mitsunari Ishida

I can actually see him being blissfully unaware of the extra skin and the form-fitting clothes. He won’t realise it until it is pointed out and even then he won’t see anything wrong with it.

“If you’re comfortable you should wear them!” he will say. “You always look good to me!” he will compliment.

Honestly will be the nicest about it from the bunch. This man is a god-given gift, an angel who fell down to the earth and forgot his wings.

When the weather gets chillier he will worry about you, however. “Ah, are you sure you don’t want anything warmer and more comfortable?” he will ask, but he won’t force you into anything if you tell him no.

Ranmaru Mori

Everyone’s little brother will be a little confused over your dress. What did you call it now? A crop-top?

I feel that, if you have him wear your clothes he will rock them, and even enjoy them. It is like having a little sibling that you can dress up and the likes.

“What? Why are you calling me cute! You are the cute one!” he exclaims, though he does enjoy the attention given, and the colours that crop-tops come in. The tights can stay away, though.

Will be a little bit conscious of your somewhat revealing wardrobe, but will try not to act scandalised about it. He tries to respect you for your choices, even if he worries for your safety and the eyes of the rest of the men.

Yukimura Sanada

He will blush. A lot. And act very scandalised. Mostly because he has no idea how to react to your wardrobe, but also because he can’t get his mind out of the gutter.

“I’m a man too, you know!” he will warn you. Cue confused expression, because what does he mean with that? Gosh, Yuki, no, it isn’t because you’re not considered a man, doof. #misunderstanding.

Will hide you in his sleeves when given the chance. Kimonos have wide sleeves and that means fabric that can cover you up. He will probably not think of carrying an extra cloak with him, because it is Yuki.

“Is this your secret to seducing the Oda-forces!” he will accuse you. Goodbye witchcraft, it is definitely the clothes that are to blame.

Shingen Takeda

“Is this how the gods above dress?” he jokes, appreciating the fashion and how it accentuates your figure.

Though, he will joke around that he will die of blood loss before his illness because of you.

“It is just me, or is it rather hot in here?” he jokes, stripping off his own top.

This man will appreciate it and try to match himself to it as well. It will be a show for sure.

Kenshin Uesugi

Will start out with his usual misogynistic remarks. “Trying to seduce my men, wench?” he says with enough malice.

Though, when he warms up to you he will mind your dress in a whole other way. “If you aren’t careful I will have to hide you,” he warns.

You will see that cage a lot faster than you did before and it is your wardrobe that is to blame. Not that he will let you out if you start dressing more era-appropriately.

Does not enjoy how other people are staring at you for your dress. Will threaten anyone who stares for too long, man and woman alike.

Sasuke Sarutobi

He is used to it, honestly. 21st century man from Japan. He probably has walked through Akihabara (the anime-district in Tokyo) more than once as well. He has seen his fair share of fashion and you are honestly tame.

However, since this is the sengoku era in which they aren’t very friendly towards strangers and basic human rights don’t exist yet he will worry. He will worry himself senseless and follow you around in the shadows.

“Are you sure you don’t want to dress yourself according to the era?” Sasuke tries to reason with you, but after a while he will just relent himself to it.

Will come up with something creative to meet your wishes and wants and that of the Sengoku era standards. There is a hidden fashion designer sheltered within this man.

Yoshimoto Imagawa

Not going to lie, but I feel he will find offense in your wardrobe. He strikes me as rather traditional.

Thinks it is rather classless, though he appreciates the colours. Otherwise he will mourn the loss of the fine sensibilities and elegance that comes with the traditional kimono.

“Must you reveal so much of yourself?” he questions, wondering what the aesthetics are like in your world. Though in time he will come to appreciate it, even if he doesn’t entirely understand.

Will ask you a bunch of questions on why you prefer this. Is it for flowiness and comfort? What about the yukata, have you tried that? Lighter fabrics? Will marvel a bit over the fabrics of your clothes, but also mourn the loss of quality that usually comes with mass-produced clothes.

Kennyo

Frowns at the clothes, wonders why, but keeps his opinions to himself, otherwise. You are your own person and he respects that.

Will make a comment on how men are beasts and beasts can’t be trusted, but otherwise will fight anyone tooth and nail if they dare to harm you, because just because you are dressed weirdly does not mean that they have any right to touch you!

Does marvel at the ease of your clothes and their efficiency. The warrior monks should honestly start to consider employing those tights of yours, because they are definitely a lot better than whatever they are using now and a lot easier to wear.

Will scowl at crop-tops however, because, no. Those are just useless pieces of fabrics that are better off used as napkins. Are you sure you didn’t accidentally run out of fabric when making these?

Motonari Mouri

The one who will mind it the least from all. It will remind him of the belly dancers in the middle-east - arabic countries.

Will definitely ask you if you could perform a dance for him. Feel free to feel offended and to call out this offense, because he does deserve a good wipe-off.

Will be the one supplying you with more short tops, though you can bet that they are more revealing that crop-tops. “What, I thought you liked them short and baring?” he questions, not understanding the difference.

From what I can see from his character design his pants are what comes closest to what your tights are. He will definitely be pulling at the fabric and wonder how it is so stretchy and comfortable and light. He will definitely need to loot a bunch for himself from wherever you got yours.

[hi-epervier]

I DIVED INTO AO3′S SASUNARU FICS AND BROUGHT YOU SOME OF MY FAVORITES AS A SOUVENIR (you’re welcome)

Please reblog and/or go support the authors directly if you like any of these recs. Some of these are already quite famous (because they’re GOOD), but I also threw in a couple hidden gems.

Asymmetry; by sowell: 

Naruto teaches Sasuke how to believe again. (complete, 7,411 words; canon setting)

Why you should read it: This really captures their relationship, the fact that it’s not pretty, not entirely healthy, but... it’s beautiful and heartwrenching. Sasuke is a petty asshole and this one made me want to give him a hug. Fair warning: if cheating squicks you, I’d rather you pass that one than make yourself uncomfortable. Naruto and Sasuke are very much caught in each other’s orbit and since they’re both complete dumbasses...there are consequences. That being said, the author’s take on all characters is nuanced and respectful. All in all, a great read. 

Blood ties; by KizuKatana:

Only one clan that he’d heard of had eyes like that. Naruto gripped the hilt of his sword tighter. He only hoped that the man facing him hadn’t heard that the alliance between their clans had fallen through. And that Naruto was the one who’d broken it. (154,078 words WIP as of July 14th, 2020; fantasy AU)

Why you should read it: GO READ THIS MASTERPIECE. I love this fic so much I could weep. Look, look. I don’t know how to convey to you how much this fucking rocks. The fate of the world kind of depends on their level of gayness for each other, and Naruto fucks it up three minutes in. But you know the actual best thing about this? Sasuke has his shit together for once. Oh, and they kick some major ass.

Dirty Little Itch; by Angelas:

It's Naruto's first day of high school. And thanks to Sasuke, first day for a lot of different stuff. (complete, 14,512 words; modern setting)

Why you should read it: Listen, I don’t rec just any high school AU. This is the good stuff!!

Flesh and Bone; by dawnstruck:

"He says we are engaged to each other, you moron." (complete, 14,343 words; canon setting)

Why you should read it: I mean, if you’re weak for the arranged marriage trope like me, this is a no brainer. 

Hokage’s Shadow; by SasuNarufan13:

They think the Hokage travelling alone makes an easy target. They really should think twice - and perhaps wonder why nobody has tried attacking him before. (complete, 3,486 words; canon setting)

Why you should read it: He protecc

Hopeless Wanderer; by dawnstruck:

Instead of fighting at the Valley of the End, Sasuke convinces Naruto to join him. Together and on the run, they develop a co-dependent relationship that blurs the lines between love and make-belief. Notes:[Single parts should be read in order.] (series, complete; canon setting)

Why you should read it: A little bit messed up and so, so good. The whole series is just *chef’s kiss*.  

if the sun and the moon should doubt; by sprx77:

It's been two weeks since their last mission.

“Don’t start something you can’t finish.” Sasuke huffs, haughty, against his skin. ( part of a series, complete, 5,305 words, can be read as a standalone; canon setting)

Why you should read it: A smutty one-shot that explores what their dynamic might be like if Sasuke never deserted the village. To spice things up a bit, I recommend reading this installment first, then checking out the prequel to discover how they ended up together to begin with. 

moving forward; by sausegay:

Where sasuke and naruto travel in a new world, sort out their feelings, and the culminating act is sasuke eating naruto's ass in the woods. (complete, 23,318 words; canon setting)

Why you should read it: ...It’s just really nice when Sasuke deals with having emotions like an halfway sane human being. And it’s really nice to have these two morons travelling together, bickering, and landing themselves into all kinds of trouble. And eating ass, I guess. 

Two Lifetimes; by KinomiAkai: 

With every passing day, it's becoming clearer and clearer that Sasuke is dead. So what else would Naruto do, if he got the chance to try all over again? (complete, 11,166 words, canon setting)

Why you should read it: Ok, so...time-travel. In Naruto fics I’m kind of iffy about that trope because it’s hard to make it work, I’m already attached to the characters and I don’t want them to land in/create alternate dimensions where their friends are not really their friends. Right? Right. This is an alternate dimension kinda fic. And it fucking works. Trust me with this one. 

Waiting for an Answer; by KinomiAkai:

After eight years of struggling, Naruto finally caves and confesses to Sasuke. But it's okay; nothing is going to change between them. Everything will be the same. ...The moment Sasuke stops bringing it up every twenty seconds, it'll be the same. (complete, 8013 words; modern setting)

Why you should read it: This is so damn cute. As much as I love pining idiots, Naruto being absolute shit at hiding his feelings gives me life. 

Warm; by reunionwillcome:

Naruto hates himself. It’s been years since he finally came to terms with his feelings for Sasuke and how they went far beyond that of pure friendship; years since they won the war and saved the world; years since Sasuke packed his bags and left the village, embarking on a journey of atonement and self-discovery which seemed to have nothing to do with Naruto whatsoever. Whoever said time heals all wounds was a fucking liar. (20,086 words WIP as of July 14th, 2020; canon setting)

Why you should read it: Angsty pining ahoy! This one is the complete opposite of the previous rec, as in, it focuses heavily on Naruto’s attempts to hide and move on from his romantic feelings for Sasuke, because he’s convinced that they’re unwelcome (they very much are not). Also, jealousy happens. Alternately: In which Sasuke expresses his feelings with slammed doors. 

When the House Falls Down; by sowell:  

When the house falls down, all that's left is to rebuild. (complete, 40,323 words; canon setting)

Why you should read it: This one broke me. ...It picks up kind of slow, at first, but that’s just so it can turn around and punch you in the face. Repeatedly.

Yearning in the Fray; by InstantKarma83:

In 1864, Kyoto, Japan, a lord and his warrior learn to overcome prejudices in order to work together. However, their biggest obstacle is choosing between duty and love. (22k+ words WIP as of July 14th, 2020; historical AU)

Why you should read it: Sasuke is a dick! Probably a kinder dick than he makes himself out to be, but, nonetheless, a (big, prejudiced, entertaining) dick. I just really love the power imbalance here, and the way we witness their lives colliding and merging (thanks, Itachi), and I can’t wait for them to tame each other, because right now? Right now, these two fuckers are not happy at all to be saddled with each other. This gave me strong ‘Tales of the Otori’ vibes.

[writingwhimsey]

The Tiger and the Oda Princess Ch. 12

Chapter 12

It was the day before the festival was to begin. I stood at the gates with Shingen, Yukimura, Asuna, Yoshimoto, Sasuke, and Kenshin as we waited for the Oda to arrive. I knew Nobunaga would obviously be coming. I wasn't sure who all would be coming. If it would be the entire inner circle or if anyone would be staying behind to keep the castle running.

The signing of the alliance wouldn't happen until tomorrow as an opening act of the festival. But it made more sense to have them arrive a day early to get a little rest before all of the festivities. I'd also organized things to have a banquet for all of us as a way to bring good will and hopefully get everyone to relax. One of the terms of the alliance was that I was to be a mediator as I was close to everyone on both sides and was the only person who could get these men to behave for some strange reason.

Shingen had an arm wrapped around my waist and I felt him hug me closer and kiss the top of my head. "Are you sure you're up for this my love?" He asked me.

I smiled up at him. "Of course. Besides I have help."

"I brought extra ground spikes as requested, Ava." Sasuke said, giving me a thumbs up.

"And you know my skills are at your disposal as well, my lady." Asuna agreed.

Shingen looked over at Asuna. "You know, I thought you worked for me."

She smiled at him. "Yeah, well you gave me the job of looking after Lady Ava and frankly this is very important for her health and the baby's. Besides...when we were in Azuchi, I couldn't help but to notice...they aren't all that terrible."

I smiled over at Asuna. "They do grow on you."

"Yeah...that was hard to admit to, too." She replied.

"I'd still rather fight them." Kenshin said. "Maybe I can get the One-Eyed Dragon to fight me in the training hall since we'll be in this alliance."

"I'm sure Masamune would be happy to indulge you in that, Kenshin." I replied, knowing how battle hungry Masamune could get.

"Maybe this alliance won't be a bad thing then." Yukimura remarked. "Sasuke and I can finally get a break."

"My thoughts exactly, Yukimura." Sasuke replied.

I looked up at Shingen. I could tell he was tense. I wrapped my arms around his waist in a hug. Instantly I felt him relax a bit as he returned my embrace. I gave him a smile as we held each other. "I love you." I told him.

Shingen returned my smile. "I love you, too." He replied, kissing my forehead.

"Just remember what we're doing this for." I told him, taking his hand and placing it over my swollen belly, resting my hand on top of his.

Shingen smiled at me. "This little one will have a more peaceful future." He agreed. He was then giving me a light peck on the lips. It was a brief kiss, but I could still feel Shingen's love for me in that short kiss. He continued to hold me and rested his brow against mine.

It was then that we could hear hoof beats approaching and a voice called out to us. "Can you not keep your hands to yourself?"

Shingen and I turned at Hideyoshi's grumpy mom voice, but we didn't break apart. The others were with him. I noticed that only Ieyasu and Mitsunari were missing. "The last I checked, there was nothing wrong with showing my wife affection." Shingen replied.

"There's affection and then there's being lewd." Hideyoshi replied.

I sighed, already feeling a throbbing in my temple. Lewd was last night. I thought.

"This is actually pretty tame for them." Yukimura remarked.

"This is tame?" Hideyoshi asked.

"Really can't blame the man." Masamune interjected. "If the lass were mine, I'd be the same. Especially with a group of other men around. Making sure they knew she was mine."

"No one asked you, Masamune." Hideyoshi replied.

"Enough, Hideyoshi." Nobunaga said, as he dismounted his horse. "Shingen is more than welcome to show Ava affection...as long as he doesn't mind sharing." He wore a mischievous smirk as he walked over to us, reaching a hand towards me.

I was frozen in place confused by what was happening. Shingen was one step ahead and pulled me away from Nobunaga, holding me with both of his arms. "I don't think so. Are you wanting a fight, Devil?"

"For Ava, gladly." Nobunaga replied, grinning.

"A fight? I'm in." Kenshin said, his hand already going to the hilt of his sword.

"Woah! Wait just a minute all of you, just stop right now." I shouted. "Don't make me get Sasuke to break out the Makibishi. We are here for an alliance. So, Nobunaga you stop joking around and Shingen stop taking his obvious bait...and Kenshin stop looking for a fight or I'm going to throw out all of the pickled plums and you only get one cup of sake."

Stunned silence filled the air for a moment. "You wouldn't dare get rid of my pickled plums and limit my sake?" Kenshin was the first to speak up.

I stood my ground. "Yes, I would."

Kenshin read the resolve in my eyes. He grumbled unintelligibly before removing his hand from his sword.

Nobunaga laughed in amusement. "Growing bolder all the time." He said. He then looked at Shingen. "Perhaps her being with you isn't all bad."

"Finally admitting my hands are the better ones for her." Shingen replied.

"Alright, before anyone else can start anything, let's get inside and get everyone settled and then we'll have a nice banquet." I said, stopping them before they could start again.

"Yes, we can't let the food or your hard work on the banquet go to waste." Shingen said, giving me an affectionate squeeze.

"I hope you didn't overwork yourself, Ava." Hideyoshi said.

"Me overwork?" I replied. "Besides, I have a midwife who barely let me do anything. And there are a dozen maids here who follow me when she's not."

"Well considering how terrible you are at just relaxing most of the time, we all have to be on top of you." Asuna told me.

"See, I'm good." I told Hideyoshi.

Attendants came then to take the horses and we were leading everyone inside. We showed them to their rooms and then we all went to get ready for the banquet. When Shingen and I arrived to our room, Otsuna had some tea waiting for me as well as our clothes laid out for the evening.

"I thought you could use this tea to help relax you and relieve some of the stress you must be feeling, my lady." She told me.

I smiled at her. "Thank you. You're the best."

She smiled warmly at me and then bowed to us before leaving. I picked up the tea and took a sip, feeling its warmth suffuse me. "I love that woman." I said.

Shingen was coming up behind me, his large hands coming to rest on my shoulders. He was then kneading the tense muscles there. "I am quite certain she loves you as well. Everyone does." He told me, leaning down to kiss my cheek. "Of course, I can't blame them. You are absolutely beautiful, kind, generous, loving, selfless..."

My cheeks began to heat up. "Stahp, you're gonna make me get a big head or something." I teased. "Or combust from embarrassment maybe."

Shingen chuckled and then wrapped his arms around me, hugging me close. He kissed the top of my head. "As I've already said, I just can't help myself when I'm around your exquisite beauty. Words of supplication just slip past my lips."

I playfully swatted at him. "Alright, aright. But we have a party to get ready for."

We both changed into our clothes for the banquet and were then heading to the main audience hall. Soon everyone else began filing in. Food, sake, and tea was everywhere. So far, everyone seemed to be having a good time. Kenshin was even involved in a deep discussion with Mitsuhide.

"I'm terrified to even think of what those two might be talking about." I said to Shingen.

"That is a scary pair." He agreed.

"Not as frightening as you two." Hideyoshi said, as he came over to take the unoccupied seat beside me.

I sighed and gave Hideyoshi a look. "Come on now."

He smiled at me and ruffled my hair an an affectionate, brotherly way. "For you, I will stop." He said, smiling warmly at me.

"Thank you." I replied.

"How have you been feeling? You know you've had us all worried." He said.

"Even Ieyasu has been worried. He was grumbling that he couldn't come." Masamune said, coming over to join us. "Though some of that may have to do with the fact that he got left behind with Mitsunari."

"I'm just fine." I answered. "Shingen and everyone else has been taking excellent care of me."

"Ieyasu sent over some medicinal tea for you." Masamune said. "I already ran it by your midwife, she said it was fine."

"Yes, wouldn't want to get on her bad side." Hideyoshi said.

"She does know ho to take a man down very quickly and easily." Shingen said. "Hitting the right pressure points to immobilize you."

"Really?" Masamune asked. "Maybe I would want her to come after me."

I rolled my eyes and shook my head.

It was then that I noticed Hideyoshi moving over a bit. A couple seconds later, Nobunaga was sitting down beside me. He smiled at me. "Since it is more taxing for you to come to me, I thought I would come to you."

"Well, I appreciate that." I said. I suddenly felt a bit on edge, sitting between Nobunaga and Shingen. I could feel the tension between the two...and I was sitting right in the middle of it.

Nobunaga turned his gaze to Shingen. "Perhaps we can have another game of Go before I return to Azuchi. I still have to defeat you."

Shingen smiled, though there was an intense look in his eyes. "You can't give up fighting me entirely?"

"Well, if I actually battled you and killed you, that would upset Ava." Nobunaga replied. "At least crushing you in Go, I won't have to see her cry."

Wait...did Nobunaga just admit to not wanting to fight Shingen anymore because of me? I thought to myself. Though I am sure my surprise was evident on my face.

Nobunaga looked at me, an amused grin on his face. "If I were to upset you, you might turn my luck around on me."

Oh, lucky charm turning into a bad lucky charm, huh? I thought. "If I'd have known that's all it took, I'd have threatened to turn your luck around sooner." I joked.

Nobunaga laughed.

"That's something you wouldn't have to worry about, as I would be the one taking your head if we fought." Shingen said.

I sighed. I love this man. I really do. And I love my friends, but damn. I wish they would all just stop with these pissing contests. I thought to myself.

"I wouldn't let that happen." Hideyoshi said.

"Down, boys." I said. "Don't make me put you all in separate corners. I'll have Sasuke block you in them with ground spikes."

"I still want to know just how you got Kenshin's ninja on your side, Ava?" Mitsuhide spoke.

"I too, would like to know this." Kenshin said. "You're supposed to be my ninja, Sasuke."

"I have always been on Ava's side." Sasuke answered.

"He did threaten to make pit traps in her room at Kasugayama before we brought here there." Shingen agreed.

"Wait, Sasuke, why did you want to make pit traps in my room?" I asked.

"So you'd be able to protect yourself from Lord Shingen of course." Sasuke answered.

"Well, you clearly did a terrible job of helping her protect herself from this man." Hideyoshi said, gesturing to my pregnant belly.

"To be fair, I don't think I would have had it in me to activate the pit traps." I said. "Besides, I'm pretty happy now."

Shingen smiled at me, as he wrapped an arm around me.

"You do seem happy." Hideyoshi agreed. "And even if he is the father, you do look cute pregnant."

"Quite adorable." Masamune agreed. "Though if you were in Azuchi, I'd have you really fattened up, lass."

I felt my face starting to heat up. "Oh look, Kenshin's cup is empty. I'll just go refill it..." I said, looking for an excuse to get away, but I was immediately stopped. Shingen had placed a gentle hand on the my arm that was beside him, and Nobunaga had placed a hand on my other arm. Both of them effectively and yet gently pulling me back to my seat.

I could feel them glaring at each other over me. "Uh...what's going on?" I asked.

"You don't need to be getting up to go around the room and wait on everyone." Shingen said. "You should be relaxing and enjoying the party."

"Yes, no need to overexert yourself." Nobunaga agreed.

Masamune and Mitsuhide both started laughing. Even Kenshin let out an amused chuckle. "Oh this, is going to be a fun evening." Masamune said.

"Okay, I'll stay in my seat." I said, shaking off both of them. "At least you both agreed on something."

The party went on for a while and I noticed Masamune disappeared for a bit, but then came back. When he returned, he had a tray of food. He brought it over to us. "Made you something special, Lass."

I looked at the tray and saw the sweet treats that were shaped like cute little bunnies. My eyes lit up. "Oh my goodness! Those are so cute! Almost...too cute...to eat." I wasn't sure why, but I started to feel tears stinging my eyes as I looked at the cute little bunny treats and I began to get choked up while speaking.

"Ava? Are you alright, my love?" Shingen asked me, his large hand coming to rest comfortingly on my back.

I nodded. "Yes...it's just...I don't know...they're co cute...and...I just..." I couldn't finish and devolved into sobs.

Shingen was pulling out his handkerchief for me and I took it, wiping at my eyes. I could feel the eyes of everyone in the room on me. I'm pretty sure they had started to think I had gone crazy.

"Lass, I didn't mean to make you cry." Masamune said, stunned.

"I'm...I'm fine." I said. "I...I tend to cry...over lots...of really...dumb...things."

"It's perfectly normal." Asuna said, coming over to me. "Mood swings are common."

"Pull yourself together, woman." Kenshin spoke. "It can't be that hard."

I shot a glare at him. My eyes were still wet with tears, but they were slowing. "I'd like to...see you grow...another person in...your body...and be normal."

Shingen was rubbing my back gently. Nobunaga was quietly chuckling at my other side.

Without even thinking about it, I reached over with one arm and shoved Nobunaga on the shoulder. "Stop that."

"Ava..." Hideyoshi started.

Nobunaga stopped laughing, but a smile remained on his face. "Leave her be, Hideyoshi. It is fine."

Hideyoshi nodded. Though he doted on me like a big brother, I couldn't forget the no hitting Nobunaga rule...even if Nobunaga was being a troll and deserved it. Though t appeared he liked it...or just found it amusing.

I managed to calm myself down. "I'm fine." I said, taking in a deep breath.

"If you cry because something is so cute, what else makes you cry?" Masamune asked.

"Uhm...I've cried because the sunset is so pretty...because I've found some beautiful fabric...and because I dropped something." I answered, listing off some of the other ridiculous things I have cried over in the last few weeks.

"I caught her crying just a couple of days ago because she saw some ducks in the pond in the garden." Yukimura added. "She's turned into a big sap."

I didn't even say a word and Asuna was going over to Yukimura and giving him a hard slap to the back of the head.

"Owe, what was that for?" Yukimura asked.

"Because you're an idiot who needs some sense knocked into him." Asuna answered.

"I like her." Masamune declared with a grin.

"She is a perfect compliment for this fireball over here." Nobunaga agreed and gestured to me.

There was more talking and laughing as the evening went on. I was enjoying myself, the food was excellent and everyone seemed to be getting along. I was taking a sip of my water when I felt the baby begin to move. Suddenly there was discomfort in my ribcage. I put my water down and began to massage the spot where I could feel pressure.

"Ava? Are you alright?" Shingen asked.

"What's going on?" Hideyoshi asked, also noticing.

"Oh, the baby is just stretching." I answered. "I have some body part in my ribs right now."

"Probably a head or a butt." Asuna said, giving her expert midwife opinion.

After rubbing the spot in my ribs a few moments, the baby finally moved and then went to kicking lower in my belly. Shingen placed a hand over my belly to feel the baby kicking. I smiled and leaned into him.

"Alright, you can't hog them all to yourself." Masamune spoke up.

The next thing I knew, Masamune was coming over and about to place his hand over my belly. I swatted his hand away. "Hey, you should ask permission before touching a pregnant woman's belly." I said.

"Oh, so only the tiger can touch your belly?" Masamune asked.

Shingen grinned as he wrapped an arm around my waist. "I am the reason it's there after all."

I felt my face heat up, but he wasn't wrong.

Masamune returned the grin. "Guess that means I'll have to make sure the next baby in that belly is mine, then?" His voice teasing.

"Those are fighting words." Shingen replied.

"No need to fight, especially since that won't happen. I'm only having Takeda babies." I said. "So, stop teasing, Masamune...just stick with cooking."

Masamune laughed. "Alright, alright. Though I wouldn't mind to work in a sparing match with the Tiger of Kai."

"If we are having battles, I want in." Kenshin spoke up, from his place beside Mitsuhide.

"If anyone will be facing Shingen, it should be me." Nobunaga spoke up from my other side. "We have unfinished business."

"I will not back down from a challenge." Shingen replied. "Though, I am not Kenshin, I'd rather not face both of you at once."

Though I really didn't want any fighting going on, I couldn't help but to think of when I last saw Shingen in the training hall the other day. I could already feel myself heating up from the memory of how sexy he looked swinging his sword. I had to start fanning myself with the fan Yoshimoto had given me.

"We fight together." Kenshin replied.

This got out of hand really quickly. I thought to myself. "Nope, no fighting. We are having a banquet tonight and then there's an official peace treaty signing tomorrow. Let's not forget that boys." I said. "Sasuke."

"Already on it." Sasuke replied.

"What in the world are these dangerous looking things?" Hideyoshi asked.

"When did you even put these out?" Nobunaga asked as he delicately picked up a ground spike.

"That is an impressive skill." Mitsuhide said.

"What do you expect? He is my ninja." Kenshin said, puffing up with pride over Sasuke.

"Why did you have to put out so many?" Yukimura asked.

"I am sorry, but I was trying to keep a fight from happening." Sasuke replied. "I did come to help Ava in that regard."

"Yes, it would be better for Ava's health if you could all refrain from fighting." Asuna added.

"None of us would harm Ava in the fighting." Nobunaga said.

"Oh, that's not what I am referring to." Asuna replied.

"The stress wouldn't be good." Hideyoshi agreed.

"Not even that." Asuna said. "I just can't have my lady combust when she watches Lord Shingen fight."

I felt my face get even redder. "I...I do not..."

"Then why did you start fanning yourself at the thought of it?" Asuna countered.

"It's just...you know it's completely normal for me to experience hot flashes while pregnant." I deflected.

I could feel Shingen's eyes on me and saw the smile on his lips. I looked up and met his gaze, warming further. He was then leaning over and kissing me gently on the forehead. "No fighting then. I can't have my goddess overheating."

I gave him a playful glare, but I was betrayed by my smiling lips.

"I swear how you two can always end up like this, I don't understand." Kenshin said in disgust, though he had a soft look on his face.

"Okay, come everyone, let's just get back to enjoying the food and I need the rest of you to enjoy the sake for me since I can't." I said, my cheeks still red, but I was trying to get the attention off of me.

The banquet went on well into the night. More talking, laughing, and teasing filled the night and I couldn't help but to smile. I was always happy as long as I was with Shingen...but I was even happier that there was finally peace with the Oda. It was wonderful that everyone was managing to get along for the most part. I knew there were going to be bumps in the road, but there was going to be peace. I knew we would have many more fun evenings like this. The future was looking bright.

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[firewoodfigs]

K for the fanfic ask game, please tell us your angstiest idea >:)

>:) what an apt expression, indeed! 

I’d say memento amare is pretty high up on the angst ladder. Like, I think the 7 chapters have been pretty tame so far - most of it has been a lot of set up and whatnots, but I’m really looking forward to getting to the ~ exciting ~ angst-filled parts :’) I’m going to refrain from dropping spoilers here but there’s going to be a lot of guilt from just about everybody’s ends. I just hope I do the characters justice - like, I love how complex every character in FMA is and I really hope I can write that out properly LOL 

Also, as I was mulling over the next few chapters today I suddenly had an idea for an alternate ending that’s... idk... somewhat tragic? I feel like I have a pretty high threshold of what constitutes tragic, so I can’t be too sure how this will affect the general audience LOL. I might have to bump the rating up to M for the alternate ending though, just in case :’D but that alternate ending (if it happens, and will be separate from the original one which I promise is a lot happier, though probably still somewhat bittersweet because my brain works like that) will likely open with lyrics from Lana’s Young & Beautiful. Not gonna pinpoint which line, because it’ll be a tad obvious, but the VIBE IS THERE and I am excited!! 

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Another angsty idea I have is actually for a FMA/Naruto crossover of sorts? Idk if it qualifies as a crossover because I don’t intend to fuse alchemy + ninja skills together LOL it’s just... sorta inspired by some arcs in Naruto 😆 @lantur will know what I’m talking about because we discussed this briefly before xD and it’ll be pretty angsty because Roy takes after Itachi in many ways, and for everyone who’s watched Naruto we all know that didn’t necessarily end... well... And they’re both two (2) tragic men - like, they both experienced blindness at some point in their lives, was heavily involved in a massacre, and spent the rest of their lives living in deep guilt and a desire to atone for their sins. 

But Itachi, I think, has a more tragic backstory of the two because he didn’t have anyone by his side, though that argument could go both ways - in the sense that Roy has always felt like he’s the cause of Riza’s downfall, whereas Itachi did all that he did because he genuinely believed it would protect Sasuke. No spoilers, but also whether I’ll ever get around to writing this is a whole other can of worms altogether HAHAHA 

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Yesterday I made a random post about a fic where Riza becomes Fuhrer instead because Roy dies (there was also the crack part, because my brain runs on memes approximately 95.8% of the time), and I think that’d be pretty angsty. Like, I think it’d actually be more tragic if one of them dies first, as opposed to both of them dying together, because they’d have to endure their shared burdens alone while their heart remains effectually claimed by the dead. I know this might appear to run contrary to the way she was depicted in FMA, but I think Riza would carry on if that’s what Roy truly wishes, because she knows that they have a job to do and probably won’t be able to rest easy knowing it’s undone. 

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Thanks for the ask, friend, and for letting me rant about all the angst-filled ideas that have been rotting in my brain because I’ve been too tired to write them out as of late!!! 😆 I hope your weekend is off to a good start and that you’re keeping safe and healthy out there *hugs* <3 

[jacksgreysays]

audiatur et altera pars "let the other side be heard also" (aka free pass to dig up and expand any of your previous works :p)

A/N: Hm, I do love digging through my own old work, anon, like a narcissistic raccoon, so having a pass to do so and further write about it is pretty nice :P

I will be honest though, a lot of my time was trying to figure out which previous work I wanted to do or which best fit the prompt or which I've been wanting to do and needed the excuse to touch back on...

So I narrowed it down to nine. Which isn't particularly narrow, but considering the list I started off with... is pretty good? (Although, one of the nine could be considered technically three for an actual total of eleven? But... uh... yeah...)

At this point I'm typing out my thought process so as to help me eliminate/figure out which 'verse I want to use for this prompt. And also, in a very meta way, this kind of fills the prompt since it's like the other side of the curtain? Anyway, here's the honorable mentions:

9. Torifu POV of Ascendant : an outside (but still close enough to witness) POV of Danzo is in theory a cool idea. Because he can't have always been that megalomaniacal sadistic bastard, surely. But for Torifu, depending on how much he knows about his former teammate/friend's actions, how sad this would be? Not just in seeing all of his former teammates/friends turn into increasingly bitter people but also, if he tried to save any of those ill-fated Hokage candidates it would just be a series of failures. And that's mondo depressing. Plus, part of the... fun? challenge?... that was the original Ascendant was to do a... not necessarily unreliable narrator but a villain's POV and mitigating it with Torifu's POV would peel back a layer unnecessarily.

8. rockstar!Shikaara AU AU : here's the problem, because it wasn't a full fic (this 'verse originated way back in the ask box three sentence fic event) I don't have a proper tag for the rockstar!Shikaara AU. Best way to find it is probably through the Sabaku No Gaara tag, chrono, and then search for rockstar!Shikaara. It is not a great method. However the reason why it came to mind was because of the literal "hearing" part of the prompt and, well, muuuuusic. So then I thought, hey, what if it's an AU of this AU in which Shikako is the rockstar? However, I think we've established that the Nara twins actually aren't that musical and I have to admit that I do still love Shikaara, I haven't been in those feels for a while. And I'll be honest, that ficlet would've been mostly froth.

7. The Saga of Windy Strife: I'm just very fond of them. Unfortunately, it does need to be revamped. And also, I haven't actually FFVII, not even the remake! Something about Windy Strife is just... they're always against something. Which is... there's a difference between being a champion of something vs being a soldier fighting something and they've always been in the latter. And I guess in that same literal "hearing" part of the prompt, it would work well to address the language barrier of Unto The Climate. But again, I'm just not vibing it :(

6. Tamed (aka, the fairy tale!AU) : There's no real plot to this one which was largely the problem. I was thinking about--hey, what if I added a war in there and the team of misfit fairy tale protagonists have to use their unique talents to stop the war before it consumes the land? But then that was a little meh... while there is some misunderstandings about Sasuke hating magic because of his brother and Shikako having magic its largely. That's just drama and rehashing friendship that I'm not so keen on.

5. dragon rider!AU (another one of those “lost” ‘verses): baaasically for the same reason as above but the conflict already exists there. And like, I'll be honest, I did have a little bit written which I've let stagnate on my laptop for literally years and given the premise of it was Shikako showing up and trying to convince the Sand dragons to aid against probably Akatsuki. And literally about getting herself heard by Sand's government. But again! A little meh!

4. Indelible: I mostly wanted to play around in this world because of how hyper-political it's become. I mean, I made it so of course I'm enjoying the drama, but it's one of those things where it's just--hey, a tiny thing can be blown so out of proportion and have so many consequences but it's not out of anything evil or mean. If anything Danzo's bullshit machinations were made obsolete because of this. Which is a little hilarious. The only reason why this didn't win at being the prompt fill is that, kind of like the Torifu POV for Ascendant, this fic would have to be either a Gaara/Sand POV during the chuunin exams (which is so far removed from the original butterfly flapping its wings) or a Nej POV as the only person other than the Nara twins to be in on the secret. And I don't really write Neji well... or at all...

And now for the top three, in no particular order:

Cadmium City/Counterclockwise/Ode to 11010201: ie, my original fiction world. Mostly because, uh, yeah. There's a lot that's happening in that which the prompt could apply to. I was thinking about using the framework of Twelve Sessions since of my original fiction series I think this one is the best received. And, also, the literal "hearing" this also applies to this in multiple ways. But for the prompt this would mean its about Curtis learning about Simone's backstory which isn't as fascinating as a literal superhero going to therapy. Maybe more of an exploration of the other Could/Should/Actually 'verses? Alternatively, and this is a little weirder, I was going back over the Ode to 11010201 'verse and just like. Realizing all the personal shit I put into its foundation and thus how inherently biased it is. I was considering trying to write from R's sister's POV but its almost too personal? Because then I'd have to reexamine the IRL analogue of the situation and consider what pushed me there in the first place. And why, conversely, I haven't written that much in that 'verse since. Emotional Maturity is not here right now.

Iron Will: the only thing stopping me here, tbh, is that I still haven't figured out which iteration of Tetsuki is the one I'm going with. Is she actually the semi-feral, Earth Kingdom, would be Freedom Fighter? Or is that a cover that the Fire Nation heiress uses to manipulate and murder on Azula's behalf? I legitimately do not know.

Primadonna Girl (Says No Thank You): specifically, the dark future AU. It's such a bonkers AU that I don't think I'll ever really be able to justify playing around in it, truly, but dang. I went real bleak with it.

... so less of a fill and more of a fanfic equivalent of a clip show, I guess. Sorry, anon. If any of these struck your fancy, let me know and I'll try my hand at it. Otherwise, uh, feel free to send in a different prompt.

Ask Box Advent Calendar 2020

[soft-icha-icha]

The Hokage’s Niece: Kakashi Hatake x Reader

Description: Tsunade's niece has just arrived to the leaf village and is already making big impressions on the people. After being in a completely different village all of her life, she was able to come back after her Aunt Tsunade became Hokage. The only condition she was asked of to return back home is to train as a ninja and help protect the village. To help her train, she's assigned to Team Seven and starts making friends, doing teenage things which may or not include having a schoolgirl crush on her sensei.

Info: Kakashi is about 22 years old here, you will be 18 years old. This does take place during shippuden so the other characters like naruto, sasuke, and Sakura will be 17 years old. This will contain sexual content (student & teacher), violence and swearing. That is all.

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

Chapter One: Stranger Walking the Streets

Exhausted.

Sweaty.

Feet hurt.

I was so close to arriving at the village, but my whole body ached. Maybe I should take a quick break, I can't handle having anymore sweat get caught in my eyes, that burns! After making my decision, I quickly head to my right to the big tree with a lot of shade to offer. I nearly cried at how cool and refreshing getting under the tree was, I made the right choice, any longer and surely I would've passed out.

I slowly inhale and exhale as I let my body cool down, even with minimal clothing couldn't battle this heat. I really should have taken up aunt Tsunade's offer, maybe having someone escort me wouldn't have been so bad. But too bad me and my pride got in the way after imagining being paraded into the village, and letting it be known I was Lady Hokage's niece. I'd probably be painted as a spoiled brat. I would hate to be only known as the Hokage's niece and having nothing more to my name. My stomach growled as I lamented over the scenarios I imagined when arriving to the village, the leaf village that is. Might as well eat my lunch that I was saving, it sure as heck sounds delicious.

I grab my backpack, and open it to find the container that I put my food in, I decided to pack myself some riceball, and luckily I wasn't dumb enough to not forget to put an ice pack to keep it cool. I slowly take out the items, I had my rice balls, and my drink, both sure to satisfy me of my hunger and thirst. I only packed three rice balls, but I'm sure they were enough to keep me tamed for a while, and I can always get more food at the village restaurants.

As I was taking time to eat my food, I heard some the leaves in the tree rustle and see the birds fly away in the distance. I wonder what that's about? I continued to munch on my rice ball, enjoying the afternoon in the cool shade as I suddenly heard clashing nearby. I'm going to hope that what I'm imagining isn't actually going down. Whatever it may be, I wasn't going to stay and stick around to find out. I quickly pack up my things, and leave out my riceball to eat while running away from here. With a piece of rice ball in my mouth, and me sprinting as fast as I can, I hardly pay attention to my surroundings as I hear the clashing die down.

I looked back at where the noise was coming from originally, that must have been a fight going on. Thank God I got out of there when I did, I chuckled to myself, that would've been bad if I was caught up in that mess. I wince when I felt myself hit something, damn, I must have run into a tree were my initial thoughts. Laying on my butt and rubbing my head and shoulder as they were in pain, it took me a minute to register what happened as I couldn't focus.

"What's a pretty lady like you doing here?" I hear a very deep and ruff voice say. I guess I spoke way too soon, and reacted way too late.

Before I knew it, the man grabbed my arm and pulled me up so fast that I couldn't even catch a glimpse of his face. He put his arms around my waist, making sure to not leave my arms unattended, I struggled against him but he was too strong, I didn't stand a chance. I wouldn't even be in this position if I were a ninja, and hopefully my training at the leaf village will help me. That is if I even survive this disaster, I thought to myself. I looked down at his legs and noticed the belt of weapons he had around his thighs. This man was a ninja himself, and did not come here with good intentions. Crap, what am I suppose to do? I can't fight him—hell, I can't even get out of his grip! I was helpless, you wished that someone would come to your rescue and hopefully this guy's opponent was still around.

I started to scream for help, as the man forgot to cover my mouth, he tried to keep my quiet but my screams got louder, no way I wasn't going to at least try. I kept screaming for the life of me and thrashing myself around to add to the noise from my screams. I beginning to lose my voice, getting desperate, I knew the man could hear my voice falter as he began to laugh to himself. I felt something fly past above my head, and hit at the man's shoulder. That stopped both my screaming and his laughter, he started groaning in pain. I quickly see what cause that, and notice a clean slice through his clothes at this shoulder, he was bleeding. Finally someone else was here.

"Who did that?! Come out!" The man demanded.

In the distance, I could see a glowing red eye? The person who threw the knife came out from the tree. As he slowly approached, I noticed his features. He had silver hair that literally looked as if it defied gravity, he was quite tall and had a mask covering half of his face, he screamed mysterious. I quickly took notice of his clothing, the symbol on his uniform caught my attention. He was from the leaf village! Which made me even more worried because we're in leaf village territory. What is he doing here fighting the ninjas of the village? He must be really bad. And here I was, being held by that same man who's most likely going to kill me.

"Let her go," said the gray-haired ninja, he never broke eye contact with the man.

I felt a chuckle come from the man's lips, and slowly put a knife towards my throat. He didn't answer the leaf ninja.

"I'm not going to tell you again! This is between you and me, leave her alone!" He yelled.

My kidnapper essentially responded back, "Why should I let such a pretty girl go? Besides, I'm quite more interested in her than play fighting with you."

His answer seemed to piss off the ninja even more. In a blink of an eye, I felt the man lose his grip on me as he groaned in pain, what just happened? He lowered the knife and proceeded to fall onto the ground. I didn't even see anything happen, he just seem to lose his stance and strength. I looked between the ninja and the man, the ninja was still in the same spot, he didn't even move. I noticed his red eye again, and it seemed to glow more than when I first noticed it. The ninja walked over to me, adjusting his headband to cover his eye. I stood there frozen as he approached.

"Well looks like I won't have to deal with him for while," he said. He the kicked the guy, he was out cold basically.

He noticed my lack of response, "Are you alright? Being in that type of situation is never fun."

"Yes, I think I'm alright. Thank you," I say finally finding my voice again.

I quickly dust myself off and get myself together. I run over to where my backpack is, thanking the Lord that I didn't lose it. My stomach growled even louder than before, almost being kidnapped sure makes you hungry. I sit down, put my backpack in my lap after retrieving my lunchbox, I had two rice balls left at least. I sigh over the fact that my first rice ball was done for once I felt the man grab me, making me toss it to the ground, I look over to the remaining pieces on the dirt. I hear footsteps approach me, and it startled me slightly but then I remembered the leaf ninja, I should probably thank him about a hundred times more for saving my life.

"Got any extras?" I look up and see him pointing at my lunch.

I nod slowly, and extending out my lunch box to give him my remaining rice ball. He takes it, and turns away to eat it. He probably didn't want to show his face to a stranger, understandable. We both eat our food in silence before I break it.

"Thank you again for saving me, I didn't stand a chance against him," I say.

"It's not a problem, I had some unresolved business with him anyway, he just gave me more of reason to kick his ass," he chuckled, and I could hear the slight munching of food coming from him.

"I'm assuming you're from the leaf village?" I ask, maybe he can show me the way there.

"You are correct, I was taking a stroll outside the village when I found him lurking around," the ninja says, gesturing his head to the man on the ground.

He finishes eating, pulls up his mask and turns to face me. As I look at him, even with the mask on, I can tell he's quite attractive. I wouldn't mind having a cute ninja escort to the leaf village.

"Is there any chance you can continue to be my knight in shining amor? I really need to get to the leaf village quickly," I teasingly ask.

The ninja looks visibly flustered as he was not expecting that, but he nodded in agreement.

"I was heading back there anyway." He starts beginning to walk away.

I pack my things, and put my backpack on. As I get up, I feel a sharp pain in my thigh. I wince and grab my leg, the ninja looks back at me worried. I look over at my leg, and see a cut there at the side. The man must have accidentally cut me when he fell down, and I probably didn't even notice since I was terrified and confused during the whole altercation. I put pressure on my thigh and the ninja softly touched my shoulder.

"Are you okay? What happened?" He questions.

"I think the guy cut me and I didn't even notice," I say in pain. I try to walk it off but I can barely walk.

The ninja stops me, and places me on his back, "Don't strain yourself, I'll take you back like this," he assured me.

I don't say anything in response but just wrap my arms around him, as he starts heading towards the village. I softly rest my head on his shoulders as he passes by the trees in the forest. It shouldn't be that long until we reach the village, especially since this silver-haired ninja is quite fast. He felt warm and cozy, so hopefully we didn't arrive too quickly.

                      .・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

The silence that fell upon was soon interrupted by the ninja speaking.

"You know, I'm quite curious... what's your name?," He asks me.

"Oh, it's (y/n). What's your name since we're asking questions now?"

"Kakashi Hatake, from the Leaf Village as you know," he said with a smile.

His first and last name had a nice ring to it. I liked it, I decided. I pulled myself closer to him as I felt myself slowly start to slip, as I did so he tightened his grip on me.

"Got anymore questions, Kakashi Hatake?." I hear a soft stifled laugh come from him.

"To be honest, I'm wondering why a girl like you is  going to the Leaf Village—" He quickly stops the words flowing from his mouth, probably noticing the flirtatious tone he had. "—You know for safety reasons, in case I have to fight you now instead of later."

"My family wants me to learn how to be a ninja," I sheepishly say.

It was a bit embarrassing that I was eighteen years old, when most beginner ninjas aren't even teenagers yet!

"Ninja, huh? So you're going to be training at the Leaf Village?," he questions.

"Yeah, I'm not sure how long the process takes but I hear that it's a long process."

"That you are quite right, it's rigorous. Sure you're up for it?" Kakashi asks me worryingly.

"Well sadly, I can't always have a cute silver-haired ninja randomly show up and save me all the time," I tease some more, and I see him face the other way. He was blushing I knew it!

"Who knows, maybe I can always be available for you," he teases back.

Now it was my turn to blush, I let out a quiet chuckle. I was not expecting him to flirt back.

"Maybe I would very much like that," I softly whispered in his ears.

Kakashi was going to respond to what I said before, he started slowing down and informed that we have arrived at the Leaf Village. He carefully puts me down, and we walk together as we approached the gates. I noticed two men guarding the place. They waved at Kakashi but soon had a confused look on their faces as they saw me.

"Who's the girl, Kakashi?" The one with a toothpick yelled out.

Kakashi sighed, clearly not wanting to answer but did anyway, "She's here to train."

They both nodded, and waved their hands to let us know we could pass the gates. I was soon greeted with how the Leaf Village looked like. There were a lot of shops, and I saw little kids running around playing, older people were taking strolls and shopping, and overall the atmosphere felt warm and cozy. It was very welcoming, you usually didn't feel this with every village, I was starting to like the village already. Although Kakashi and I didn't speak as we walked through the streets, I could tell he wanted to keep me in his presence and I felt the same way, he had this inviting feeling towards him.

We soon began to have small talk, and I noticed that people were staring at us. I'm not sure if I'm going crazy but maybe Kakashi is a big hot shot here in the village, I definitely wouldn't be surprised if he was, he seemed pretty amazing to me. But the stares, as the more I noticed it, the creepier it was. Maybe I should ask him.

"Kakashi, are people staring at us?" I bluntly ask.

"Yeah they are, they've been doing it since we've walked past the gates but I don't really mind," Kakashi says calmly, this clearly didn't affect him.

"Do you know why?"

"Probably because you're the first girl I've been seen with who's not been arrested," He answers.

"Oh." It was all I could say.

We still walk, and then it dawns on me, I'm suppose to meet up with Tsunade as soon as I got to the village. Shit! She's probably worried, I was already running late before I almost got kidnapped but she's most likely panicking inside if I don't show up anytime soon! I'm sure Kakashi wouldn't mind taking me to her.

"Um, Kakashi—" He looks at me. "—Is there any way you could bring me to Lady Hokage's office, I really need to see her."

"I was needing to head over there anyway, I need to fill out a report about that man we encountered outside the village," Kakashi explains.

Before I knew it, he's picking me up once again and is running by everyone. All I see are quick flashes of people's faces as they notice what Kakashi is doing. I wasn't expecting my first day at the village to be like this. I can smell food in the air as he passes by a ramen shop, and my stomach growls a bit. I hope he didn't hear that.

Soon enough, we're at the building where Tsunade is. He lets me down once again, and I give him a puzzled look about why he gave me another piggyback ride.

"Your cut." He points to the cut on my leg.

I forgot about that, I should probably get it checked out by Tsunade when I see her. At least it doesn't hurt as much as it did when we both noticed it.

"We should probably go together... since you know, you need to see her and so do I" Kakashi says quietly.

"I like that idea." I smile at him.

Kakashi softly blushes at that and so do I at his reaction. I wouldn't mind if he stuck around. We both began to walk inside. Hopefully Tsunade does not kick my ass for being late, or for being stupid enough to almost get kidnapped.

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Next chapter will be up on Friday (04/10) or earlier, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Word count: 2828

- korina

[katarinahime]

Living Together

@sasuhinamonth

“I can’t believe you’re moving in together.” Sakura squealed, her body almost shaking with excitement, rattling the box she was carrying. She stepped in, looking up at the foyer of the house, like she had never been in there before (she had countless times), searching it with new eyes.

Hinata hid her blush by brushing her bangs away, looking down at the ground, holding the front door open for her friend. “I told you, it’s not that big of a deal.”

“Not a big deal?” Sakura scoffed. “Not a big deal! Hinata!” She dropped the box she was carrying down onto the shoe rug with a loud thud.

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Hinata’s heart dropped, quickly cataloging what could have been in that particular box and if it was breakable. Sakura had been more than helpful with packing and moving all of her things across town, so she really couldn’t complain. Her friend was just… excited.

“It’s such a big deal! How could you down play this? You’re MOVING IN to Sasuke freaking Uchiha’s house!” Sakura’s voice stretched thin near the end of her sentence, not taking a breather break.

“Um, yes. I am.” Hinata replied quietly, trying to pacify and validate Sakura, while simultaneously trying to tone her down. “But, I already stay here a lot...”

“Yeah, sure.” She physically waved her hand around a little, in dismissal. “But, moving in is different. It’s permanent. It’s,” Sakura paused, grabbing onto Hinata’s arm causing her to let go of her grip on the door, letting it shut behind them. Sakura’s green eyes widened. “Commitment.” She whispered the last word with reverence.

The door swung open, knocking Hinata in the back slightly. “Sorry, I was running late. Has Forehead stopped freaking out yet?” Ino strode through the front door, a cup holder with three white coffee cups in her hand.

Without knocking.

Which was normal in Hinata’s old apartment, but she was pretty sure that Sasuke himself would have different feelings on that matter entirely.

Living here would be different. Not just for her, but for her friends as well.

“I wouldn’t be freaking out so much if Hinata was freaking out more.” Sakura argued.

Hinata looked at Ino, lips pulled together in a quiet line, conveying with her eyes only her desperate call for help. Thankfully, Ino had always been basically a mind reader.

“Get moving Forehead. We have a car full of boxes and a cranky Uchiha who gets home at six. Let’s get his girl moved in before he gets home.” Ino snapped her fingers on her free hand, urging Sakura back to action.

“Are you feeling okay, you look a little stressed?” Ino cocked her head to the side, her long blonde bangs swishing around with the movement.

“No, I’m fine.” Hinata nodded, reaching down to pick up the box that Sakura discarded on the ground.

“Are you sure? Not anything you’re stressed about?” Ino smirked, raking her fingers through her bangs, looking past Hinata at the entry way mirror on the wall behind her.

“It’s not going to be a big deal.” Hinata coached herself, more than replied.

“Not a big deal that you have more clothes than a strip mall?” She blinked her blue eyes, waiting for Hinata to reply.

Hinata gulped down her impending fears. “It’s just so clothes. He can’t care that much.”

“He can’t care that much?” She scoffed. “The guy likes to label and color code everything.”

Hinata almost snorted, letting her nose wrinkle in a little smile. She reached up and moved one of the cardboard flaps to peak in on the contents. “He’s not that - particular.” She settled on that word, feeling it was the most favorable for Sasuke.

“Particular. You mean, anal.”

“No.” Hinata frowned.

“I swear the guy thinks his house is a freaking museum. ‘Don’t touch that.’ ‘You got finger prints on that.’” Ino narrowed her eyes, lowering her voice, shaking her head like Sasuke.

Hinata decided to ignore the impression entirely. Ino was nosey and grabby. Hinata found her friends quirks endearing, but Sasuke was not so inclined. She couldn’t really blame him. They weren’t his friends.

“He just doesn’t like his stuff bothered.

“Well, you don’t think he’s going to be bothered by stuffing all these clothes into his house?” Ino asked, narrowing her eyes.

That was the real question, wasn’t it. She’d been with Sasuke for awhile. Spent a lot of time with him at his house. But he’d never seen her clothing collection. Had no clue what he was coming home to, after work today.

“No.” She breathed, trying to pep herself back up. “Because he doesn’t think ‘I’m’ a bother.”

“Well, he fucking better not.”

Hinata smiled over to her best friend, before peaking into the box she was holding.

“Pig, you’re not even helping!” Sakura stormed back into the house, another box in hand. “You’re just staring at yourself in the mirror.”

Ino glances away from the mirror, glaring at Sakura. She plucked one of the three coffees from her paper carrier. “Pumpkin spice latte for you Hina.” She waited for Hinata to situate the box back down on the floor. “And a nosey bitch latte for you, Forehead.”

“Better be a skinny, no whip, nosey bitch latte.” Sakura sniffed, also setting down her box to accept the drink.

The girls stood in the entry way for awhile, drinking their coffee, taking it all in.

“So, this is where we’re going to have to come hang out with you.” Sakura frowned.

“Yeah, and when we wanna have boozy brunch, tight ass Uchiha is going to be hovering over us, making sure we don’t drop crumbs or something.” Ino lamented dramatically, swishing her pony tail around.

“He’s such a buzz kill.” Sakura agreed.

Hinata didn’t comment.

Especially because she could still distinctly remember their obsession with Sasuke, before he was her boyfriend. Sakura and Ino gushed for hours about the new hottie in Sakura’s department. Both girls trying endlessly to get his attention, with dresses, “accidental” meetings in the copy room, their offers of showing him around getting turned down.

He didn’t become the grumpy, stick in the mud until he was swept off the market by none other than Hinata herself.

She hadn’t even realized that Sasuke was the guy they were talking about. She accidentally ran into him at a lunch meeting with some higher ups, getting sat next to each other at the table. They made small talk near the end.

A couple days later she ran into him on her floor, and he causally asked her to lunch, at this salad bar restaurant a block away.

She thought it was really cute when he over loaded his salad with tomatoes and before she knew it, she said yes to a next lunch.

And another.

And then, suddenly, they were going on real dates.

By the time her friends found out, she really liked him. Felt like she could be serious about him. So she didn’t really feel like she could back off, even if they liked him first. She didn’t mean any hard feelings towards her friends or anything, she just -

Really really liked him.

He was analytical. Quiet. Observant. Thoughtful. He was really clean, she noticed the first time coming to his place. He was consistently praised at work and put in leadership positions. His work ethic and attention to detail gained him several promotions since she knew him.

Yes, he liked things a certain way.

No, he didn’t like loud, messy women.

Who were her friends.

But he made a point to be very respectful of Hinata’s friendships. Most of the time.

She heard the door click, but also saw both of her friends stop and turn, like dogs pointing. They might’ve said they didn’t have a crush on him anymore, but Hinata knew better. Not that her friends were ever disrespectful to Hinata, they’d never make a move on him.

But the tabs they kept on her boyfriend were bordering on more than just friendly.

He entered the bedroom, tall, straight backed. His relaxed face turned immediately into a frown upon noticing the other women his his bedroom.

Hinata stood up from the floor and her pile of clothes.

“How’s the unpacking going?” He questioned, surveying all of the still unpacked boxes.

He didn’t look at her as she hugged him, his eyes still on the partially unpacked piles on the floor as he kissed the top of her head.

“I thought you’d be done by now. We have dinner reservations.” He reminded her.

Ino and Sakura looked at each other silently before standing up and taking their leave, saying good bye.

The absence of her friends made her even more nervous. Not because she was afraid of Sasuke or anything like that. She would just now have to face the actual music. Explain. The truth.

“Um, I kind of ran out of space.” Hinata’s mouth ran dry.

“What? I gave you half the closet. And your own dresser? How could you run out of space?”

She bit her lip watching him glance around the room. He took a step over to her new dresser, opening up the top drawer.

The entire thing was filled with different kinds of underwear sets. Some lacey. Some frilly. Other comfy and cotton. All of them, folded and matched, crammed in. Dozens and dozens of pairs.

Sasuke stared at it blankly, before looking at her. Not questioning, but completely blank. Like he had absolutely no idea what to think.

Without another word, he shut the drawer, moving onto the next one with quick precision. He found it completely filled with night clothes. Each one, meticulously matched and folded as small as possible. The drawer still filled to the brim. There was no possible way to fit another pair of pajamas in there. Even pulling one out would tug out the others around it, which is exactly what Sasuke did.

He plucked out one of them, that was silk, but still more on the tame side. A petal pink, tank top and shorts set.

“I’ve never seen you wear this.” It was almost an accusation.

Like he was mad she never wore it? Well, they had spent the night together countless times before this. But he had never looked in her drawers or her closet before. Plus, she had so many pajamas, there were some in there she never wore.

He set the pair on top of the dresser, shutting the drawer and moving to the next one. Socks. Maybe fifty pairs of socks, all paired, folded and stuffed in. Wool, no shows, fuzzy. All kinds.

“This is absurd.”

Hinata wrung her fingers together, biting her lip. This was not going well. She didn’t know exactly how springing the news that she was a shopaholic to her boyfriend would go, but -

“I really like clothes.” She finally settled

for.

“You wear the same thing every day.” Sasuke rebutted. Clearly thrown with his findings.

That wasn’t exactly true. She would never wear the same thing every day that’s gross. But maybe she settled for a tame, classic outfit for work.

“They always look so cute one everyone on else. I see them on models, or Instagram, and then I order them. I don’t have credit card debt or anything like that.” She wanted to reassure him. “I love them. But then when I get them...”

How could she explain insecurities to someone like him. A man, first off, who could never understand the intricacies or nuances of being a woman. But a man like him, who was so sure of himself. Confident. Could pull off anything.

“It just never looks the same on me.”

“The closet is full too?” He double checked, looking at all the boxes still on the floor of his bedroom.

She nodded.

This isn’t how this was supposed to go. Moving in together was supposed to be a happy day. They were taking a major step in their relationship.

And she had been lying to him. Lying might’ve been a strong word. Having a lot of clothes didn’t change her as a person. As the person he was in love with.

But he did like things a certain way. Was very clean.

Maybe this is what would be their incompatibility? She desperately hoped not.

Sasuke walked into the closet, staring at her side. This was one of the first times he seemed off kilter. Bewildered.

“Dresses?” He blinked. “You don’t even wear dresses.”

“I still like them.” Just not on herself.

Sasuke reached up, and grabbed a dress off the hanger. It was simple, black, short with spaghetti straps. “You’ve worn this?”

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