#VERSE: ( AN INTERMISSION. )

[ask-the-druggieverse]

Wait--So Palette is canon in this universe right? But he's dead. Does that mean Dream has a dead son?? :( That's so sad

Yeee Palette is canon to ATDV but it's a bit complicated

Not sure how many people noticed this but there are different MAU's(Multiverse AU's) that exist within the ATDV story, one of which being ATDV's "sister AU" ???Verse where Palette came from :3

Palette is canon to ???Verse's universe but not in DVerse as Dream only has 1 child named Starfruit while the Dream in ???Verse has a son whose Palette :3 (DV = In Universe ATDV = The blog as a whole)

^ ATDV Dream doesn't really view Palette as a son but moreso as a Nephew, not a close one but a Nephew nontheless. U_U

[awfullybigwardrobe44]

Do you ever experience some of your favorite media and be like “Wow actually I love this so much I’m going to cry”

And it’s something normal people would look at you weird about 😅

[glacialswordsman]

hi i finally did it! here's my take on h.s.r!yaya/hal0vian yaya! this took forever but i refuse to do any shading/lighting bc i fear it will take years off my life if i did that :)

ALSO: big fucking thanks to my bestie as she's the one who designed the halo, i just added the khaenri'ahn star in the middle of it lmfao fjsjejfkdk

please do not rep0st or snatch this up! thanks ❤️

[ivorysodapop]

*posts these belatedly*

[balladetto]

breath of the wild / accepting / @rathalascendant

"It's rare to see your kind around here."

     Link supposes that's a fair enough observation to make, even as his lips purse and his nose scrunches. Which isn't very polite of him, but—

     Look.

     These kinds of conversations come with the territory of being a train engineer, so it's not like he isn't aware she's just making friendly small talk. But after the time he's had? Being attacked by some monster he's never seen before; losing that battle 'cause it turns out there's only so much a cannon can do against whatever-the-heck-that-was before it gets busted, 'cause the train's busted, which means, duh, the goods are also busted; and ending up with way too long a path to walk to or back from both ends of his route—

     There's a limit to how much a guy can take before he's more tempted to scratch and I won't be HERE long in his logbook than he should be.

     Mari doesn't deserve this energy coiled in the set of Link's shoulders when she's already been so helpful though, so he tries getting it out by pressing at his fingertips with his nails. The tingly pressure helps, especially since his gloves have been put away in anticipation for their coming meals, and it's easier to follow his curiosity as he instead writes in response, What do you mean "my kind"?

[rolandostheater]

[Verses]

These are the different paths that Rolando goes through which may have conflicting choices, so they are divided into different verses. If you wish to interact with a specific one or perhaps have one set up for your muse, just let me know.

➤ Aquarium Screensaver. #verse - aquarium screensaver During this path, Rolando went after a Sinner named Alkas and pushed too hard taunting the one who owned her soul by proxy. The Overlord Vox was her owner and Rolando thought he could counter him, maybe even work with him but only on his own terms. It landed him in hot water, or this case, a fish tank in the V's tower. Now, he is trapped there either to his fate to be part of the collection or to make a deal.

➤ Smoked Eel. #verse - smoked eel On his toying around Pride, he savored even the torment of the Overlord Valentino. Upon being called for a meeting and perhaps a dealing, Rolando declined on the grounds of not trusting any contracts someone like Valentino would write. Though he got a brief one-up on the Overlord, it was cut short and now Rolando finds himself in hot water.

➤ Electric Hybrid. #verse - electric hybrid Spotting the infamous couple of the Overlord Vox and the imp Clementine, Rolando has decided to target their pairing as well as their hybrid child, Ellie. What better way to see just how this came about than to get into the minds of all those involved?

➤ Bloody Herring. #verse - bloody herring Going too far in provoking the Radio Demon Alastor himself and even stealing one of his plushies, Rolando finds himself a target now and it is unclear if he will make it out alive.

[allylikethecat]

Throughout all ur fics, which fictional Matty is the brattiest lol

Omg On a Friday Fictional!Matty for SURE he is such a little brat he has had like multiple temper tantrums in the fic already like how DARE Fictional!George care about him and try to help him lol Infection Verse Fictional!Matty also had some bratty moments in Rid Me of the Blues - but overall On a Friday Fictional!Matty is the winner (and it has nothing to do with him being an omega and everything to do with him being ~Fictional!Matty lol) Thank you so much for reading and for sending me this ask! I hope you continue to enjoy my fics and that you have a WONDERFUL rest of your weekend!

❤️Ally

[gcrdenview]

Trapped in a nightmare when I hoped for a dream Cover my ears, but still, I can’t escape their screams Stalking the hallways, wandering through the dark They call out to me, their bodies torn apart Those he’s forsaken have come here for blood Making sure he pays for what he’s done I simply wanted to be by your side But I’m all that’s left of my dear cousins' twisted life Keeping this secret, holding on to this vow Cousins, forgive me for who I havе become now Look at their еyes, don’t all his dolls look so real? Beautiful dolls, with no pain to feel

[passionlead]

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[orangetintedglasses]

Everything in him was screaming for him to turn back.

It took everything he had-- absolutely every synapse and neuron available --to keep moving; to just let Wolfwood hang back and handle it because the skillset he had were for this sort of thing, right? He could handle it, and Vash would come right back, quick as he could. It wasn't that long a run; he was already turning the corner--

Bang! Bang! Bang!

-- at the perfect time to catch the hallway going dark, just out of the corner of his eye... and it was like the mere sight of it had turned his body to stone; where he'd just been barreling down the hall, now he was nothing more than a statue frozen in place, eyes wide and horrified at what was just out of sight.

GO BACK That was his gun, the guards didn't have firearms. He shot out the lights. He's fine. GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK GO BACK GO--

The terror that gripped him managed a shuffling step back in the direction of Wolfwood and the others-- begging for him to go, to run, to help. They could handle this themselves, couldn't they?

... no. N-not just the two of them, this was way, way bigger than just the two of them. And whatever had taken hold of this place-- Home, his Home --clearly knew what to expect out of them both.

You need to go.

Vash... conceded. With the sting of tears in his eyes and something that felt like the child of regret and self-loathing in the back of his mind, he conceded. And it was... a colossal effort to get stone to move like that again-- to get blood pumping through enough to sprint, but somehow, he managed. Forced petrified limbs to move again, back into a run down the hall, before either of those things could stop him again, because if he did, he'd go to him, and he'd ruin everything. So Vash shut it out as best he could and did what he knew he could do. Did what it was he did best, and ran without looking back.

Perhaps the decision to immediately bare his sidearm was a bit hasty—he's been on edge since arriving here though, and all of this happening because of a little doctor visit just didn't add up. That aside, Vash probably wouldn't like it if any of these windbags got injured too badly. He'd normally throw care to the wayside, but... for Vash...

He can't kill them. Rough them up, maybe. But it'd upset Vash to see death like this on his home ship, so he can't.

That blond is... insufferable in the worst way. Way too good for his own good. Why does he bend over backwards for people who only want the worst for him?

(And yet, here he is, a few sentences short of admitting defeat to the wicked thing behind his ribs.)

In the present moment, Wolfwood's eyes snap to the two guards that begin to trail Vash. Without hesitation, the undertaker rushes one and bashes him against the other, then pistol whips them both unconscious before they can so much as think about turning to face him.

It all happens within seconds due to Nicholas's expertise and physical augmentations. At least he can use his status as a mutant to do something right. If he can save Vash and let him do his thing, everything will turn out fine. Right?

As he turns around, he can feel tiny pricks dig into his blazer, trying to bury themselves into his flesh. Wolfwood can recognize the sizzling pain anywhere—he's being tased.

"Takes a lot more than that to take me down, but you're all welcome to keep tryin'," he taunts, hoping to keep their eyes trained on him. His free hand sweeps through the copper strands and tears them away from his body—the sound of torn fabric follows in their wake, creating rips in his clothing. Wolfwood hisses, thinking of the damage he'll have to repair later, but that's not important right now.

His hands burn from the thin coils that leave lines of searing red marks on his flesh. It's nothing.

(He thinks about the sand steamer all those years ago. Those were burns. These are child's play.)

Vash is relying on him. He needs to do better.

Watching the rest of the crowd—five guards, one mad scientist, one guy pissing himself—Wolfwood braces himself in a more defensive stance. He looks each one in the eye, analyzing the battlefield and his opponents. They seem to be watching him in turn, and most of them have thrown their tasers to the side now that they've proven useless. Some of them seem concerned that a seemingly normal man just tore himself free of tasers completely unaffected. Some of them seem unshaken, as though they expected that to happen.

They want to bait him into using his gun, Wolfwood knows this. He could easily be framed, and he's not sure how they handle criminals on this ancient hub of space-faring tech, but he can assume it'd end with him and Vash making a break for it. It could also end in some kind of exile, who knows?

One of them twitches first, reaching for a new weapon. As if on cue, Wolfwood mechanically aims up at the lights embedded in the ceiling and shoots out three of them—bang, bang, bang. Glass shatters around them and Wolfwood can fight on the familiar terrain of a shadowed walkway lit only by dim ambient emergency floor lamps.

The next things Wolfwood hears are the electrical hums of stun guns and shock batons activating.

[glacialswordsman]

" you know ... you are kinda hot when you get mad . " they grin , leaning forward to rest their head against the top of their hands. had they been trying to egg him on during the meeting out of boredom ? possibly . can you blame them ? as much as they liked being stationed out in mondstadt it get get a bit boring . " even if that anger is pointed at me, currently. " ( teehee :3 )

“… You little rat,” Kaeya hissed as he glared daggers at the Harbinger sitting across from him. They were in his office now, seated at his desk, after the Cavalry Captain stormed out of the meeting room once everything was adjourned. The two had gotten into one of their arguments again in front of their colleagues, the debates between him and Childe never ceasing to be heated and intense.

He wasn’t blind to Lisa’s stupid little smirks, though, or the way the Harbinger seemed to push his buttons further on purpose.

“I knew you were doing that shit on purpose.”

With a heavy sigh, Kaeya leaned back in his seat, resting his cheek upon his fist while his elbow propped up against the armrest. “Shame on me for allowing you to get under my skin,” he grumbled, continuing to scowl at the smug ginger. However, after taking a deep breath, his expression eased up and instead gave way to a smile. Something so saccharine, something so alluring.

Something so dangerous.

“If that’s how you’d like to play, then we can play,” he coos, standing up from his seat and rounding his desk. Coming before the Harbinger, he lowered himself after dragging a finger up from under their chin, before bringing himself close to their ear and whispering, “I refuse to give you any more satisfaction. Stew in your frustration.”

Pressing a featherlight, teasing kiss to their ear, he gave their lobe a little nip. He pulled away after a moment and gave them another smile, until he kicked their seat and sent them tumbling off it. With a content hum, he turned and left them alone in his office.

[gcrdenview]

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[orangetintedglasses]

That made him smile, big and bright and genuinely just... happy. It was the look of someone absolutely in love-- completely enamored with the person in front of them, 'bad' or 'good', teasing or not. And any left over mess could be dealt with later, in the shower, because Vash was going to make good on his promise to clean him up whether Wolfwood wanted it or not--

Another request pulled his attention to his partner, and-- and this one is a bit, uh--

"O-of course, but I... I-I don't think you're in any shape for the kind of stuff I've thought about...?" which... made it sound a lot more intense than it actually was, when he put it like that. Vash blinked, and shook his head, "um! I-I mean-- i-it's not like it's that bad, but you had a rough day and it's just a little...!"

Oh! There he is, there's Vash-- actual Vash and not Vash-as-possessed-by-sin-and-demons, working himself up into a bit of a bluster.

The poor thing was beet red as he hung his head in what appeared to be shame-- this outfit isn't exactly conspicuous enough for his more sinful ideas, anyway --but! An idea would strike! Something much simpler that wouldn't require much effort on Wolfwood's part at all-- and if the undertaker squinted just hard enough he might've even been able to see the lightbulb appear above his boyfriend's head--

"A-actually, there is something I've wanted to ask for..."

There's no world in which Wolfwood can believe that he's 'good', but the way Vash says it almost makes him believe. Almost.

"I'm good for you," he scratches the back of Vash's head with just his fingertips, then kisses his forehead softly, "Everyone else gets the bad Wolfwood. You only get the 'bad' Wolfwood when I'm wound up and thinkin' dirty things about you... Or I guess when you're bein' an idiot you get the normal Bad Wolfwood."

Before he can react, his cheeks are being squished by apron-covered hands. It makes him squeeze his eyes shut and pout, which he only stops doing once the apron is good and gone. His chest is still a sticky mess, but he does not mind one bit.

"Jeez, you're really pullin' my leg here," another kiss, then another, "I suppose you can take care of me if that's how you feel. May I request that you use some guilty pleasure method that you're normally too afraid to ask me to do, if you have one? Hehe." Surely some things have passed through Vash's mind that are too dirty to share.

He may as well use this while it lasts to coax one out...

[glacialswordsman]

hsr!yaya has a TIGHT grip on his emotions and the ability to broadcast them telepathically. he keeps his feelings in check, keeping them locked tf down. the moment he realized others are able to understand his emotions through telepathy was the moment he began to learn to control them.

h o w e v e r .

suggestive under read more 🫡

sometimes, and only sometimes, when he's having sex with someone, that control may slip and give way to how he's feeling in the throes of passion. even so, this is extremely rare, and realistically only happens with people he may have reoccurring encounters with

[starberry-cupcake]

SHORT STORY + BONUSES (read it like when gollum says bagginses) INTERMISSION!!! Today we'll take some time to dive into the Harrow bonuses and a couple of short stories, one of which I should have read before, but such is life.

previously, in the tlt universe:

I finished harrowcita del 9

Bonus 1: BoE google doc for the soldiers

differently from the other recaps, I did these while I was reading them, not when I finished reading a whole chapter/story

so maybe the thoughts are more rambly than usual

sorry about that

ANYWAY I have to give it to the BoE folks, they've got a lot to deal with over here

they're like the audience, coming into this blind

and have to try to understand how necromancers operate on the fly

'bullet to the head but don't be too confident on that' seems to be the most useful tidbit

it's like a resident evil gameplay

BoE is in resident evil, gideon is in survivor and harrow is in a gothic pulp novel

the advice for engaging lyctors is "avoid them at all costs"

I keep spelling it BoA instead of BoE because of her

blood of adam? blood of awake me up when september ends? idk

Pronounciation guide (aka I do what I want, but apparently pronounce nonagesimus like the author)

dr reverend emperor john chose the name gaius for himself, it wasn't his real name

gaius sounds like gallo, the spanish name for gallus gallus domesticus, which in english would translate to cock and alludes to the fact that he is a dick

agustine is pronounced like in english and not like in spanish (agustín), I have been pronouncing that one right but I could have called him agustín all this time

cassiopeia was a queen but we already knew that

sixth house, ceramics, cooking, checks every one of my boxes

"CRIS-ta-bell. Rather than “crees”."

what is the difference oh my god is there a difference there

pyrrah is achilles's drag name, which is cool

valancy and cyrus were like this

I'm still gonna call the mithraeum mithrandir whatnot the emperor's bolthole, it's in the sacred text

the nonniad is in dactylic enneameter, which is a ninth version of greek epics (which are hexameters) and it's making me send my ancient greek professor from uni good vibes wherever he is

Glossary

we know more about the beasts now, or have more ordered info, the gist of it is this

so the RBs are only the nine OGs from the nine planets of dominicus that the emperor fucked up

those are the ones that can go from the river to the physical world and viceversa

the other minor beasts can only exist in the river

I still think this is all the emperor's and the lyctors's fault for starting this nonsense and killing planets for power and whatnot

so yeah, Consequences of your Actions, johnny boy

the heralds, as we had established, are kind of like borg, responding to the RBs

necromancers kinda go mad at all this as if they were looking at cthulhu

I wanted to google what the two first verses of wake's name were but the first results that pop up are tlt sources and I'm not looking into that, in case of spoilers

I've already come this far without massive spoilers, I'm not gonna risk that now

what quotes would you like to have as a name if you were one of these folks?

If I could choose three, I'd probably pick: Yo tengo el corazón como la espuma / das Leben Sie nicht vergessen hat, daß es Sie in der Hand hält / Quieto en la tierra y sentir que mis pies tienen raíz

probably un monceau d’idées et un monceau de douleurs would be another contender considered

idk how that'd be shortened though, maybe espie because espuma

house quiz was book 1, boe name assignment is book 2

The Mysterious Study of Doctor [tumblr keeps blocking my post and I'm gonna try to avoid this word to see if this is it]

ANYWAY, SIXTH HOUSE TIME

from the blurb I can tell that:

1) all this time I thought Dr S was like a funny nickname someone had given palmolive for being correspondence-horny lmao

2) is this the magnus institute???

3) "Enter Palamedes Sextus and Camilla Hect, age thirteen" we're gonna look at some baby picturessss

"Every thirteen-year-old necromancer in the Sixth House is gifted."

"I was born with four kids in my generation eligible to produce children with me. Palamedes had two"

maybe that's why he went for a correspondence gf

camilla describing that's she's the best and me just going

this thing of 'being attractive' as a category would get me demoted at the sixth, though

but working in data, I can do that

I am really liking archivist zeta

there's something that was sealed for a lot of years and now is unsealed and that's very exciting!!!!

lost media!!!!

so many stairs would be a problem for me, but there's lost media at the end of the tunnel

archivist zeta: don't touch anything

palmolive: including the bone hands?

archivist zeta: the what now

apparently the hands are younger than the time the room has been sealed

with the forms being color-coded, I'm starting to think this is less magnus institute and more office of incident assessment and response 

them making references to other houses remind me that other houses socialized, seeing everything from the ninth made me feel like everyone was isolated all the time lol

add to my list of sixth house love the fact that we have murder mysteries now too

gotta love the sixth house

kinda ominous the hand bones now that we know what we know, of camilla carrying palmolive as a tamagotchi in a bone hand after harrow changed the skull

palmolive and camilla age 13 are a whole other book I would have devoured at age 13 myself btw

giving me his dark materials vibes

there was a skeleton in the air vents above the hands

camilla says she's gonna start taking measuring tape with her alongside everything else and I also can relate to going places with 25 million things, just in case

palmolive steals pens, apparently

I've used this meme for palmolive before but it still fits

the skeleton was possessed by the dr himself, he got kinda stuck on his way there after the fifth person tried to call him and got his hands into his study through skeleton shenaningans

palmolive needs to touch something in order to prove the "why" and everyone votes in favor, because he's on a roll

the cool wooden orb that was in the desk was a cool wooden puzzle, like the Karakuri Creation Group ones

man, I love those

the dr solving a puzzle after his death and coming back to prove it is me with some niche puzzles I used to have a sideblog for

don't ask me

there was paper inside and everyone got outside super fast and started congratulating each other (hello????? you did nothing????) and shaking camilla's and palmolive's hands

they don't wanna give palmolive multiple points for solving a several hundread years old mystery, which isn't fair tbh

"Don’t expire in a fit of hubris." oofffffffff

the paper had letters, which palmolive thinks are love letters

with his years of experience on pining letters

the one at the ends says "Tomorrow you will become a Lyctor and finally go where I can’t follow"

is this about cassie??? aka cassiopeia????

loved the camilla and palmolive murder mystery dinner

As Yet Unsent

this is judith's diary and this is how I imagine she looked while writing it and judging people

judith assisted the BoE with her own healing but it's kinda tough when you're also handcuffed and with your eyes covered and whatnot

judith is still in the emperor's side

I don't blame her, she hasn't met the man

yandere twin has met him and still saved him so, I can't judge judith too much

there's a corpse that isn't rotting

promising stuff

there's a commander called We Suffer

they're wearing masks and camilla is being "converted" to their cause

and she didn't even meet the man, but apparently BoE had contact with the sixth house at some point in the past

cassie?????? is this you??????? who knows

sixth house though, earning more points

also, camilla says that palmolive would want to find out what they know and, you know what, fair

I would too

camilla is also good at chess, because she's good at everything

they're playing ceiling chess like in queen's gambit

judith thinks about martita, who will soon do some awesome things next to mati nonnius

judith is also marinating the fact that everyone was fooled by the twinsies and the fact that regina george twin has no necromancy

she also complains about her being too emotional and prone to trust people

every point regina george twin makes about BoE sounds pretty solid to me tbh

the more I see, the more I think the emperor is a dick, like his name implies

judith argues with regina george twin a lot but also notices that her ears go pink when she's impassioned so...why are you noticing that judith????

how did you notice that???? *smirks knowingly*

judith has to deal with the limitations of medical care when you don't have a bunch of people who do body magic stuff

so she's dealing with recovery in a slow way and with machines plugged to her

it's hard for her because she was from the house where necros are also very able to do physical stuff

camilla is giving her strongly worded positive reinforcement

regina george twin and judith have a lot of moments that go from flirty to fighting

I can't keep using smirk reactions images so (¬‿¬)

regina george twin is also being trained to be rambo barbie and I think that suits her

"In a different time I would have found ways to apologise to Palamedes Sextus, whom I at the very least critically misjudged"

palmolive always getting the indirect compliments my goodness

he's so popular

"The princess has by turns tried to charm Camilla, play with Camilla, flirt with Camilla, and cajole Camilla. Camilla is currently unmoved"

nobody's good enough for her, regina george twin, move along

regina george twin is also being kinda aphobic towards judith's response on her being uninterested to romance camilla

I don't think judith is aro at all but that doesn't mean we have to be assholes about it, regina george twin, thank you

judith and regina george twin think BoE is wrong about necros having orgies and I'm here like

so, apparently, judith propositioned martita because she was pretty much obsessed with her

and martita said no

and she thinks camilla is holding onto tamgagotchi palmolive out of some sense of not wanting to let go of him

unaware of the fact that he's in his river loft waiting for his bones to be womanhandled by harrowcita

also, the BoE has an old ship that judith wasn't helpful with, so they don't really have much patience with her

regina george twin and judith keep flirting in that intense tlt way

I'm starting to think regina george twin has a big crush on judith and I'm here for the dynamics of that

"It said, Ugh! Then it said, Eugh!" is this mercygirl??? it sounds like mercygirl to me

and fixing someone's insides as if they were cleaning a sewing machine also sounds very mercygirl

mercygirl is also curious about this body that doesn't rot and I wanna know what it is because I want so bad for it to be gideon-related but I can't let myself hope

also, she gave them the coordinates to find harrow in the cool planet

"And Camilla said, The Warden and I know they can die like anyone else" 👀

"The corpse of the Ninth House cavalier is as pristine as when Camilla Hect convinced them to take it on board"

YESSSSSSS

YEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

MY HOPES WEREN'T UNWARRANTED

LET'S GOOOOOOOOO

GIDEON ARMS INTACT BABYYYYYYYY

regina george twin proposes necro-cav marriage to judith and judith says no because no relationship here can be straightforward

"Why would I ever knowingly take Coronabeth Tridentarius’s, having desired her already for twelve long, stupid, fruitless years?!"

DRAMAAAAA

AND THAT'S IT!!!! FINALLY!!! This took me a lot longer than I wanted it too but I enjoyed the stories ♥ See you in the next one!!

[glacialswordsman]

“It could be a bad thing, you know! That’s how delusional ideas of grandeur can start,” he quipped, yet he was smiling toothily. He knew he was just pulling shit out of his ass at this point, he simply enjoyed their silly little banters thoroughly whenever they started an argument out of something dumb.

As Ajax spoke of perfection, Kaeya’s expression faltered somewhat. Their words hit a bit too close to home; it was something he knew and understood all too well. The need – no, the desire to be perfect, often gives the Mondstadtian plenty of his own grief. Yet, here, there was nothing that should force that habit to show itself. They’re no longer in Mondstadt.

He doesn’t have a role to play here in Sumeru.

“… You’re right. Today will be fun, because we’re here together.”

Pulling up the Snezhnayan’s hand up, he brought it to his lips and pressed a gentle kiss to their knuckles. He hoped this simple gesture conveyed his affection.

At the mention of their siblings, Kaeya seemed to light up in eagerness at the prospect of searching for gifts for them. Of course, only Ajax would be able to tell this imperceptible excitement that began to discretely exude from the bluenette. “Oh, please let me help you look for gifts! It’ll give me the opportunity to find something for Klee and Bennett, anyway.”

ㅤㅤ❛❛ you say that like it's a bad thing , i don't mind if the words get to your head . they're all true , anyway . ❜❜ they grin , they love little playful moments like this - and it always amazes them how far they've come . at some point teasing would have lead to genuine fights , yet now it just leaves them with this warm feeling that they want more and more of .

ㅤㅤ❛❛ it's ... hard to remember that sometimes . perfection is something that i've always .. strived for . ❜❜ they squeeze his hand back in response , a sheepish smile crossing their face before they lean over to press a gentle kiss atop his head . ❛❛ but , i'll try to get out of that mindset for you . no matter what today will because fun because i'm here with you . ❜❜

ㅤㅤthey hum , glancing out towards the streets at kaeya talked . starting outside did seem like a good plan , at least right now when it still wasn't too hot. that way they wouldn't get to overheated to quickly .

ㅤㅤ❛❛ that sounds good , can't wait to see what you end up picking out for me ... you know maybe while we're walking around the next few days i can find something for my siblings too ... it's been a while since i sent anything home to them . ❜❜