#YUNG PINCH

[ananasformusica]

somethin bout riding round the city… somethin bout being by myself

[flicksbyreagan]

Yung Pinch at a private party in ‘21

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[renandthepussycats]

This is one of my favorite songs; never knew it had a music video until now.

Also, yung pinch has kept his essence untouched. Never really paid attention to him as an artist, but went down a rabbit hole thanks to this MV. First listened to his older songs in fear that he might've changed his style, then heard "Take it back" and realized he hasn't. A lot of people were saying he's underrated... I kind of agree.

P.S. Blackbear looks hot here.

[m0oswashear]

[crestfallen-infatuation]

Now it's 20 years later somewhere far across the ocean

Here I am chillin' with the homies on some grown shit

Thank god that I made it this far

If it wasn't for my driver then I would've crashed the car

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It's the beach boy comin' through the city goin' hard

I got big money callin' Im just tryna play it smart

Play it smart, I'm just tryna play it smart

Play it's smart, I'm just tryna play it smart

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I got rich hoes with me and they don't know who you are

They say, "Yung Pinch why you such a goddamn star?"

Poppin' bottles at the club, gettin' more drinks at the bar

These hoes showin' love, put the whole thing on they card, wait

What you mad for? I know bad hoes, on some dark shit

They get cash flow, do your own thing, see how that goes

That's what I did, yeah, that's what I did

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It's the beach boy comin' through the city goin' hard

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I got big money callin' Im just tryna play it smart

Play it smart, I'm just tryna play it smart

Play it's smart, I'm just tryna play it smart

[ragerobot]

"Difference" by Yung Pinch

“Difference” by Yung Pinch

Yung Pinch first piqued our interest back in 2020 with the release of his hard-hitting single “Beach Ballin’” featuring blackbear. Since then, we have kept a watchful eye on the young California-based up-and-comer and have been rocked by a steady release of solid singles over the years! Today we took a stroll on over to his YouTube page and were excited to see a new drop waiting for us to check…

[mavmakesdo]

(Yung Pinch)

[ratedfleur]

drunk in you

↳ an excerpt to ganda and pogi’s world.

zhanghao x reader 2.2k word count genre ୭ explicit

🏷️ : written in taglish but there are translations, mirror sex, cunnilingus, multiple orgasms, creampie, callsigns (baby, al, daddy, whore, good girl)

you didn’t know that fawning over your boyfriend’s blonde hair would have you standing in front of the mirror in the bathroom as he fucked you from behind.

you had hao’s hand placed under your jaw, forcing you to look directly at you and him, specifically him and his blonde hair.

“why can’t you admit you like my hair, al?” hao whispered in your ear as he had his eyes fixated on your shy ones.

“because i..” you whispered.

hao purses his lips into a straight line before he thrusts into you hardly, angling his hips. this has you gasping, legs shaking underneath you when he does it again.

“because what, baby?” he tuts.

you whimper when his grip on your hips dig into your skin, nearly deemed painful.

“‘cause i’ll cum if i do..” you sigh when hao’s thrusts slow down, stilling inside of you. he gets you fooled into thinking he stopped fucking you, not until he thrusts rapidly inside of you, pressing fast and hard into your pussy.

“shit, oh my god!” you moan when hao pushes you further against the counter, cold marble digging into your front. hao has his hands holding onto your hips, keeping you steady against him as he fucked you.

“just admit it, hmm? if you do cum, i can make you cum again right after.” hao purrs into your ear as his hips vigorously thrusted, thighs slapping against each other as he pressed you harder against the counter.

you shake your head, “no more baby please..” you whimper whilst pushing yourself against hao’s hips, making your words and actions go into different ways.

this gets him cooing, “what do you really want? seems like your pussy is thinking for you.” he says while reaching down, fingers meeting with slick that dripped out of your hole.

he used your slick to rub your clit, making you shudder and cry when his fingers circle around your swollen clit.

“ano? eto na yung utak mo? pinaltan na ng pepe mo?” hao whispered into your ear once more, making you whimper as you dropped your head down, trying to keep yourself steady using your shaky hands on the counter.

what? is this your brain now? did it get switched out with your pussy?

he wraps his other arm around your waist to pull you even closer, not letting you pull yourself away from him as he fucked you while simultaneously rubbing your clit.

“look at me, al.. i dyed my hair just for you, i knew you’d be growing weak for me just from my hair..” he muttered while pistoning his hips into yours, making you gasp when he thrusts hardly into you.

he pouts fakely when you don’t answer, he pulls his hand away from your cunt before he reached up for you jaw with his slick covered hand, making you look right back at the mirror.

“or should i turn you around i think that’s better, hmm?” hao asked while you shook your head, just like how your legs were shaking underneath you.

“no please baby, i don’t want it..” you whimpered.

“then keep your eyes on me, whore.” hao spat from behind you before he let go of your jaw, moving back to it’s position in between your thighs.

his calloused fingers feel divine against your nub, feeling his rough fingers rubbing your clit repeatedly. to stop him from removing his fingers against you, you reached down and held onto the back of his hand, keeping him steady in between your thighs.

“that desperate to cum huh? little whore. if i tell you to cum, you cum.” hao says sternly whilst still thrusting in you, when you don’t reply, he pinches your clit which has you screaming in pain.

“what did i say?” he tuts while rubbing your clit slowly, you shake and whimper in his hands, “i’ll cum if you tell me to..” you sniffle.

“good girl.”

“now now, if you cum without my permission, i won’t stop til you’re full of my cum. but then again, i think you’ll like that better since you’re just a cum slut. if i could, i’d just cum in you whenever i like, keeping your pussy full with my cum, make you all swollen with it.” he says while fucking you deeper, fingers now reaching down for your hole that had hao deep inside you.

you cry out loud when his index and middle finger pop themselves into your hole, just teasing the opening as he fucked you. slowly, his fingers sink into you, further making you full with both his dick and fingers.

his hand slaps against your clit as he plunged his fingers into you, hissing when you clench a little too tight around him.

“shit— oh! oh my god, f-fuck me! fuck— too much!” you cried and threw your head back, landing on hao’s shoulder. this gets him smiling before taking his hand off of your waist to hold onto your jaw, keeping your head looking at him directly.

your moaning face has him grunting as he plowed into you, feeling himself near his own orgasm. “look at me baby, come on.” he purrs whilst his hand held onto your neck, fingers pressing in the right places before he applied pressure, making you gasp and open your eyes only for them to land on him and his blonde hair, making you moan just once before you came all over hao.

you whimpered his name as you came, cum immediately dripping out of you because of the fast pace that hao had as he fucked you, his pace doesn’t slow down as you came over your high.

he smiles before he grinded his hips against yours, pounding at you hardly as he pressed you harder against him.

you simply moaned in delight as hao held you tightly, pounding away. your skin glistened with a sheer layer of sweat under the lights of the bathroom as you two went on and on.

now with hao’s arms around your waist, he fucked you even faster as your legs grew weak, now only staying up from hao’s grasp.

“baby please, cum i-in me…” you cried out as your hands frantically held onto his hands when he pounded into you, through the mirror, you could see how your tits bounced at every thrust that hao made, how hair was slowly sticking to your temples from all the sweat.

“yeah? wanna be my good whore and take all my cum? but look at you taking my cock like a good girl, just makes me want to fuck you til i’m satisfied.” hao grunted while slipping himself deeper inside of you, watching as your mouth fluttered open in a silent moan.

“no, baby please..” you whined, fucking yourself against hao who’s thrusts slowed down again. through the mirror, he watched you desperately bounce on him, trying to get him to fuck you again.

“wanna feel your cum inside, wan’ your cock.. please baby please.” you begged, still fucking yourself on hao’s dick before he started thrusting again, lifting your right leg and placing it on the counter so he could reach deeper inside of you.

this got you gasping while reaching back for hao’s hair, pulling his blonde strands as he fucked you hard. your grip on him is tight, tight enough to get hao pulling out before pushing right back into in one quick thrust, balls slapping against your clit as you desperately held onto him for leverage.

“so fucking tight baby.. is this all for me? all for daddy to fuck and cum into? ugh fuck.. gonna fill you up with so much cum baby, gonna make you full with it..” hao panted in your ear as you pulled his head closer to you.

you moaned in response, “yes yes yes! all for daddy, all for daddy to fuck aah! l-love it when y-you fuck me!”

hao’s groans are continuous in your ear, feeling him place his head on your shoulder as he pounded away.

you on the otherhand were near the edge of your orgasm again, still feeling sensitive from your first orgasm.

hao pulled himself out of you again, leaving his head inside of you as he kept taking it out of your before inserting it, teasing you before he slammed right into you, making you choke on saliva at the sudden insertion.

when you felt that the pace of hao’s thrusts are slowing down, turning into hard and steady grinds, you knew he was getting near just like you were as you clenched around him repeatedly.

“baby please, want you to cum inside me.” you moaned as you held onto his nape to pull you close, the tips of your fingers touching his blonde hair.

“feels fucking incredible babe, pussy so tight a-and warm, all for me.. gonna fill you up baby, fill your pretty pussy up with my cum, g-gonna put a baby in you, gonna keep my dick warm with your pussy..” hao rambled, slowly getting pussy drunk as he pounded you.

you nodded tearfully, one hand reaching down for your clit to rub it, easing you nearer towards your orgasm.

suddenly hao’s thrusts are relentless, clearing chasing his orgasm when you squeezed around him tightly. his hips buck forward, pressing your body hard against the marble, he spreads your legs even more, placing your leg further up onto the counter.

“please— baby please, cum in me!” you gasped as you abruptly came all over hao, pussy clenching around him tightly.

your pussy clenched uncontrollably around him, clenching in a broken rhythm as your hole dripped from slick and your cum.

hao whined as he pressed his forehead against your shoulder, slowly drowning in the warmth of your pussy as he felt himself nearing his own orgasm.

“you’re all mine, my pussy to f-fuck.. mine mine mine..” hao grunted against your skin as his hips pounded into yours, angling himself to press hard into your spot which has you shaking undern

hao’s hips stuttered against yours when he felt his balls tightening up, making his last thrusts hard and deep before he started cumming inside of you, feeling you milk him dry as you kept clenching around him when he came.

“jesus christ al, y-you’re too tight..” hao panted as he spurted his last few strands of cum in you, feeling his warm cum swirling inside of you.

he pulled himself out of you, his hands immediately reached for your ass and spread them apart to see how yours and his cum dripped out of you, dripping onto the ground.

“i just love fucking you, al. you take my cock like a good girl, taking all of my cum like a good whore. pretty fucking pussy, swallowing me up.” he says while sticking his fingers into you, curling them inside of you when he’s fully inside, scooping the cum up inside before pulling his fingers out, watching as globes of cum dripped out of you before he inserted his fingers once more, scooping and letting them drip onto the ground before he got on his knees, licking a long stripe from your clit and to your ass.

you sigh as you shakily held yourself up with unstable hands, feeling hao’s tongue lick your pussy up.

he licks you a few more times before he pulls away, he stood up before making you face him. he gives you a little smirk before he got back on his knees, hands holding onto the back of your knees before maneuvering them and placing them on his shoulders.

this way, he could be closer to your pussy when he would eat you out. he doesn’t waste any time and immediately dives into your pussy, licking a stripe before settling on your clit, licking and sucking on the nub.

his tongue was warm against you, tip of his tongue flicking whatever part of you that he liked. you panted above him, pushing your hips forward to meet his head.

hao groans when you do, pulling you closer as he ate you out, licking you clean.

“baby, so close..” you moaned when hao simultaneously sucked your clit and fucked your hole with two fingers, pushing it in and out of you whilst sucking your clit in a rhythm.

hao hums against your pussy, making you sigh as you pushed your hips further down. he could feel you shake and quiver, knowing you were near when you reached and held onto his blonde hair, fisting it in your shaky hand as you maneuvered him to however you liked.

you moved his head from side to side, making hao lie his tongue flat before he shook his head as he ate you out, making you squirm before you screamed.

“cumming— baby, i’m cumming!” you wailed as you came one last time, cumming all over hao’s mouth and fingers.

he hummed, feeling you shamelessly hump his face as you were coming down your high. your thighs quivered around his head as you were rubbing yourself against hao’s mouth, moaning in delight after you finished cumming.

hao places one quick kiss on your clit before he pulled away and settled you down on your own feet before standing up, holding you in his arms.

“good girl.” he says.

© RATEDFLEUR — ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

[dezelies]

Gusto mo ba ako?

﹅ PAIRS: Quackity x You

┈﹒✧ ??? : (highschool au) (1/?)

⋆｡ﾟ☁︎｡⋆ NOTES: fluff !! ^,, real life. Idk 😭 i made this in class during breaktime. (some parts aren't translated yet.)

(the title means, Do you like me?)

Use of Quackity's real name.

Your last period was finally dismissed after 9 hours of staying inside of the building. AND IT WAS FINALLY FRIDAY meaning you were free.

traditionally, you were walking with your friend outside of the school ground—looking for something to eat, that was before Alex came up to you.

the guy who constantly annoyed and motivated you to go to school every day.

He surprised you from behind by tickling you on both sides of your torso then covering both of your eyes.

"KUNG SINO MAN 'TO, SANA MADALA KA SA IMPYERNO." You jokingly said turning around to see him holding your favorite street food,

"Sasama kita sa impyerno. Oh fishball, eyyy." He had a cheeky smile on his face, you smiled at him and lightly punched him on his shoulder,

"Kunin mo na teh, uuwi na rin ako eh, may report pa kami bukas, uyyyy!" Your friend said pushing you to Alex—almost making you stumble upon him.

"Hindi ba Friday ngayon?" You gave her a quick hug, "Oo pero- bilis na, yung bebe mo nasa harap lang natin." She pointed at the boy talking to his mate, she gave you one final mischievous smile and left before you could even say a word.

With no choice, you sneaked up on him while he was talking to one of his friends. he felt a little movement behind him and jumped when he saw you, making you laugh "Is there something on my face ba?" You asked, grabbing the stick from his hand. "Wala naman." He shrugged and walked beside you.

"Saan ka pupunta? Sabay na tayo." Where are you going? Let's go together. He gave you the plastic cup full of fishball.

"Sa bookstore may need akong bilhin eh. Si mama mo? Hindi ka ba hahanapin?" To the bookstore, I just need to buy something. How about your mom? Won't she ask where you've been?

"Ehh, text ko nalang siya, kasama naman kita eh. gusto mo ba mag starbucks?" I'll just text her, I'm with you anyway, she'll allow me. do you want starbucks? He suddenly asked out of the blue while he texted his mom.

"Ha!? Bakit?" Why? You stopped him from walking,

"Ayaw mo?" do you not want to? "Gust- pero ako magbabayad ha." I want t- but I'm paying, ha. You insisted but he just shrugged and continued walking.

"Ayun oh, may jeep na, tara na!" The jeep is there, let's go! He quickly threw away the cup he held and dragged you to the jeep while he held his hat to not drop it.

"Ano ba yang hat mo, trip mo ba?" Why do you have a hat on? Is it a bit? You looked at him while you waited to get in the jeep, he looked back at you and realized he was holding your hand.

"Basta may purpose beanie ko, malay mo kalbo ako, malay mo nalalagas na buhok ko." There's a purpose of why I have a hat on, you'd never know if I'm bald, you'd never know if my hair is falling out. You both sat on the left side of the jeep and you grabbed your wallet from your pocket to pay but he got ahead of you first and paid.

"Kalbo ka?" Are you bald? You whispered to him laughing quietly as the jeep got crowded.

"Malay mo." You never know You pinched his shoulder making him yelp, "Anong malay ko? Sagot na kasi!" What do you mean 'You never know' just answer already!

After the jeep drive to the bookstore, he walked you to the nearby starbucks and ordered for you.

It seems that this will be a tradition from now on between the two of you. Aside from him constantly taking you to McDonald's or Jollibee everytime he could.

While you looked from across the street, you thought of something.

You were asking yourself if Alex liked you or that he just did this to as a friendly thing. You are sure that you liked him but does he like you back?

Who knew. Maybe not you. Alex has liked you since junior high school. He was too afraid to admit. he'd been longing to talk to you and confess his admiration for you.

He just couldn't find a way to tell you and so his mom recommended to take you on small little friendly dates and maybe that could give you an idea.

A lot of people already noticed, by how the two of you bonded, it was suspicious but not in that way if you know what I mean. What I mean is, you were both close, you both looked at each other in a way that screamed "KULANG NALANG KAYO NG LABEL" or in English, "You both just lacked a label." It was already obvious to everyone INCLUDING both of your parents and siblings.

So, now. What was your status with him?

That was the question that lingered within you for the next 5 minutes before Alex came back with the drinks.

You smiled at him and he sat down in front of you. "Are you okay?" He asked, trying his best to read your face.

"Yep, uhm. Alex, may gusto lang akong itanong." I just wanna ask something You cleared your throat and he listened to you with full attention.

"Ano 'to?" What is this?

"Ano?" What?

"Yung ginagawa mo." What you're doing.

"Ha?" He started acting oblivious

"You take me out almost every week, walk me back home from school, and you held my hand earlier, you were blushing. may gusto ka bang sabihin sakin?" is there something you want to tell me? You gave him a chance to talk, but he was left speechless for the next three minutes before you let out a cough.

"Gusto mo ba ako?" Do you like me? You directly asked him with no warnings—leaving him shocked by your question.

He opened his mouth to say something but he felt so nervous. "I just need a yes or no." Your question and tone intimated him making him stutter.

"Y-yes. I do, I've always liked you since grade 7. I didn't know how t-" You held his hands and kissed him on the cheek.

"how to s- it." He looked at you, surprised from you action.

"Alex, calm down. Gusto rin kita." I like you too.

You both stayed holding each other's hand, admiring one and another before snapping out and realized how late it was,

"Bukas naman?" Tomorrow again? "Sige." Sure

"Sabay na tayo pauwi." let's go home together.

The rest of the ride back home was a little too quiet. I mean, you just both admitted to liking each other, then said nothing. does this mean you're both official?

Soon, he walked you back to your home to find your mom waiting in the living room couch.

"Si Alex yun? Ano meron?" You dropped of your belongings in your room then came back to the living room to spill the tea to your mom.

maybeee part two??? 🤷🏻‍♀️

(lots of errors that i will fix tmrw or some time in this week, just comment if there's anything wrong, I'll fix it immediately, I just got home from hs 😭😭)

[shroomsroom]

could you please write a dallas x fem! reader smut were it’s their wedding night? With praise and stuff like that <3

btw I totally understand if you do not feel comfortable writing this!!

loving this, i feel like dally doesnt have a big like lover personality so i'll be channeling some yung gravy into this <3 smut yay

the nerves settled as soon as you got into the hotel room, but then at the sight of your new husband, the butterflies started. his hair slicked back in his usual way, but instead of grease, it was normal hairgel. your parents, chipped in to make your wedding perfect even if they had no idea that you palmed all the cash you needed from them. dally's face was slightly pink from the garter removal. as he climbed under your skirt to take off the small piece of fabric you deliberatly placed so high up on your thighs, his fingers grazed your thighs making you shiver. the tension in between you two since that moment made the build up to the wedding night euphoric. all you wanted to do was throw yourself at your gorgeous man and have him take you back to the comfort of your hotel bed. when you finally stepped foot into your room dally nearly pushed you in. "come on doll," he smirked at you. "whats the rush" you teased, "you knew what you were doin' placing that garter up so high huh?" he gently tugged you on to the bed, turning you face down. "why would you accuse me of that dear" you turned your head and smiled at him as he unzipped your wedding dress. "you little fucker" he grinned before pulling your dress off and kissing down your back. the shiver you let out from the built up tension and the cold air only made dally want to see you react more. dally let his fingers dance around your bra strap before removing it and turning you over. your bra was now on the floor and replaced by dallas' cold hands. you let out a mewl as dallas pinched the buds and rolled them in between his fingers, he leaned forward and pressed kisses on your collarbone while his knee lifted up to grind against your core. you moaned out his name and his hands drifted down to your core, already a bit wet. "please," you moaned out grabbing his biceps to steady yourself as he prodded your clothed core. "whatever you want doll" he smiled at you.

[pag-alpas]

𝗣𝗢𝗢𝗟 𝗣𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗬

pairings ‣ lee haechan x female reader

genre ‣ mature content

written in taglish | oral (m receiving), nipple play, spitting | word count : 647 | not proofread !!

BIRTHDAY ni jeno ngayon – your blockmate, at inimbitahan ka niya para sa pool party niya. pool party daw ang naisip niyang theme or concept para maiba naman daw. it's his 22nd birthday and you bought a birthday for him noong isang araw dahil nakakahiya naman kung pupunta ka nang wala man lang dala.

naimbitahan rin naman ang mga kaibigan mo kaya sure kang hindi ka mabobored or ma-a-out of place. kasama mo ngayon si jaemin at chenle na umiinom ng alak, kadadating lang ni chenle at inaya agad si jaemin uminom.

hinubad mo yung shorts at crop top na dinoble mo dahil nakasuot ka naman ng two piece underneath, considering that this is a pool party, you even bought the two piece noong bumili ka ng regalo for jeno. iniwan mo naman muna yung dalawa sa kubo at saka ka lumusong sa pool since kaunti pa lang naman ang tao at ayaw mo pang uminom.

while at the pool, you saw a guy with pink highlights. actually, kanina mo pa siya tinitingnan dahil mukhang hindi siya maka alis sa pool sa hindi malamang dahilan kaya hindi mo na napigilang lapitan at kausapin.

“hi! i'm yn.” you introduced, smiling at him.

“hello, i'm haechan. kaibigan ka rin ni jeno?” tanong naman niya.

you nodded, “are you okay though? kanina pa kita tinitingnan, parang hindi ka mapakali.”

nag dalawang isip man ay sumagot si haechan, “actually.. i – no, nevermind.”

natawa ka naman, “sige na, ano ba yon? maybe i could help, you know.”

“uhm, you see.. i was actually about to leave the pool, but..” he answered saka tumingin at sinenyas ang ibaba niya.

kaya pala hindi siya maka alis ng pool kasi nakatayo ang alaga niya at kanina pa raw niya iniintay na bumaba. you're a virgin at curious ka so..

“can i touch it?” deretso mong tanong.

haechan was a little taken aback to your question, pero since you're curious – “sure.”

ipinasok mo ang kamay mo sa short niya para hawakan ang tite niyang nakatayo. kayong dalawa na lang naman ang nasa pool dahil nagsipuntahan sa videoke yung iba.

hindi naman napigilang mapaungol ni haechan nang hawakan mo ang hiwa ng tite niya gamit ang hinlalaki mo. nag twitch naman ito sa kamay mo.

“pwede din ba kita hawakan?” tanong ni haechan sayo.

you nodded. sinoot ni haechan ang kamay niya sa two piece bra mo. when he felt that your nipples are hard, he pinched it with his two fingers at saka pinaglaruan at pinisil-pisil. you bit your lips at the feeling.

you removed your hands on haechan's cock and you removed haechan's on your breasts, “tara sa cr.”

nang mahatak mo si haechan sa cr ay nilock mo agad ang pinto. sa totoo lang, wala ka naman talagang balak na mangyari to ngayon dahil gusto mo lang ienjoy ang pool party ni jeno, but you can't resist haechan. at isa pa, nandito na rin naman kayo, so why not continue?

“sige pa.. you're so good at this, fuck..” ungol ni haechan habang bumabayo sa bibig mo.

after a lot of making out sa loob ng cr, you're not sucking his big cock. natuwa ka naman nang marinig ang sinabi ni haechan dahil first time mong gawin to.

“lalabasan na k – hmm!” he whimpered at saka nilabasan sa bibig mo. “did you swallow it?”

you nodded at saka ipinakita sa kaniya ang bibig mo na wala ng laman.

he smirked, “you did so good for me, now it's your turn.”

hinubad ni haechan ang two piece mo habang nilalaplap ka. hanggang sa bumaba ang halik nito sa dede mo, sinisipsip at dinidilaan ang utong mo. lalo ka pang naturn on nang duraan ni haechan ang utong mo.

he was about to eat you out when someone chenle knocked on the door, “hello, may tao po ba diyan?! ihing-ihi na ko oh!”

[grimsneverendingfuneral]

watermelon cherry ghost town fantasy

Remus x Barty / mature / oneshot / 4.4k words

Remus and Barty share three things: a mild disinterest towards life and its eccentricities, a weed addiction, and a love for Yung Lean.

A tale in which Barty comes to find he likes the smell of watermelon gum within the confines of Remus' shitty 2005 Toyota Corolla.

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Watermelon gum.

Makes Barty’s mouth water, lips parted, he keeps chuckling, adrift in some altered state where he and Remus are just alright, just whatever they are, not so much friends, not quite acquaintances, not even two people who could particularly spend copious amounts of time together in any sort of intimate way, like this, sitting privately in a dark car filled with smoke and Yung Lean, modern Mozart turned bubblegum.

Remus’ eyes dart, flit to him, then at the finished joint pinched between his fingers, then back up at him. He swallows, adam’s apple bobbing, and Barty frowns, narrows his eyes, tongues at his lip ring. “Watermelon gum?” His own voice sounds muffled.

Remus shifts slightly in his seat, turns toward him, leans in with a slight grimace. “Huh?”

“You smell like– Watermelon. Gum.”

Remus’ eyes lower, cheeks flushing. “Oh yeah?” He says with slight amusement. “I don’t know. Yeah. I think it’s– Watermelon.”

[awkwardpenguinproductions]

Occupation

Part 18 of Dragon of the Yuyan

Read on AO3 | Series Masterpost

Zuko is not at all prepared to find Omashu draped in red and half plated in iron.

He is also not prepared to come face to face with one of his sister’s childhood friends.

It's only Zuko's experience blocking arrows with his dao that keeps him from being shot full of senbon before Aang brings the scaffolding down between them. Then they're found by the Omashu Resistance, and really, Zuko would love to hear just why this King Bumi, whom Aang had talked up as an amazing earthbender, would just… not defend his city from invasion? Like at all? Zuko can't wrap his head around it.

When the Resistance decides to retreat, Sokka comes up with the most bizarre cover Zuko has ever seen. The population of a city is transformed into a plague-ridden, shuffling horde, and he has the rogue thought that when the war is over, the Water Tribe warrior should try his hand at playwriting.

Zuko doesn’t have time to dwell on it, though—he’s trying desperately to keep up with an airbending Avatar bound and determined to find his friend. Tree-running (rather, roof-running) in Omashu is awesome, and he has got to bring Kai and Jiyoti here sometime, but by Agni is he going to be so fucking sore tomorrow. He finally catches up to Aang when he stops to free an enormous goat gorilla that the dumb kid addresses as Flopsie.

At this point, Zuko doesn't even bother trying.

He grabs Aang's collar before he can jump onto the creature's back, and forces him to turn around.

What in Agni's name do you think you're doing? He signs furiously. Do you have any idea where B-U-M-I actually is?

The face Aang pulls in response is not helpful, you little brat, and Zuko pinches the bridge of his nose.

Think, airhead! He demands, ending the command with a hard flick to the center of the blue arrow. You've been here before. Contrary to what it looks like, the Fire Nation didn't completely rearrange the city. Where's the city jail? Where's the place where the worst of the worst people are kept? That's where you'll find B-U-M-I. 

Aang takes a deep breath and lets it out, ruffling their clothes as he accidentally airbends. "Okay, I know where to go."

They clamber onto Flopsie’s shoulders, and Aang guides the goat gorilla through the deserted city streets to the peak of the mountain. Through the bamboo and plywood scaffolding, Zuko can see the in-progress iron statue of Ozai that stands at the top, and can’t resist flipping the thing off with both hands. Thankfully Aang doesn’t notice.

Around the back at the foot of the statue stands a portable cell, similar to the one at Huzhen, and Zuko has to swallow down bile at the reminder. This one has a retractible roof, and Zuko is very puzzled as to why until he catches sight of the crane standing nearby, and the fucking metal coffin hanging from it. Spirits damn his people’s ingenuity. 

Aang vaults from Flopsie’s shoulders, with Zuko on his heels, and races to the closest window.

“Bumi! Bumi!” He hisses.

The gaunt, droopy-skinned face of a very old man with mismatched green eyes and wild, pure white hair appears behind the bars.

“Aang, is that you?” He asks in a creaky voice, bushy white eyebrows lifting in surprise. “Where did you come from?”

“We’re here to get you out!” Aang hisses, furiously examining the portable cell for weak points, ranting in hissed whispers as he does. “What’s the matter with you, Bumi? Why didn’t you fight against the occupation? Why didn’t you escape when you had a chance? We talked to Yung, and he said you decided not to do anything!”

“Listen to me, Aang,” Bumi cuts in. His tone isn’t anything Zuko can recognize as angry or harsh, but it immediately shuts the airbender up. “There are options in fighting called jing. It’s a choice of how you direct your energy.”

“I know!” Aang snaps, and if Zuko wasn’t standing guard, he would’ve given the brat a whopper of an arrow-flick for talking to a much older master in such a tone, childhood friends or not. “There’s positive jing when you’re attacking and negative jing when you’re retreating,” he counts on his fingers.

“And neutral jing, when you do nothing!” Bumi adds, grinning beatifically. Zuko takes one look at that grin and knows that every disparaging story he'd heard about Omashu's king being insane is absolutely true.

“There’s three jings?” Aang splutters.

“Well technically there are eighty five, but we’ll just focus on the third,” Bumi replies. “Neutral jing is the key to earthbending. It involves listening and waiting for the right moment to strike.”

Like the Yuyan, Zuko realizes. Yuyan combat and archery both rely heavily on watching and waiting for the right moment to shoot or strike. Zuko didn’t know that there was an actual jing for that.

“That’s why you surrendered, isn’t it?” Aang asks softly.

“Yes, and it’s why I can’t leave now,” Bumi answers.

Aang sighs heavily, and leans his forehead against the metal. “I guess I need to find someone else to teach me earthbending.”

“Your teacher will be someone who has mastered neutral jing,” Bumi explains. “You need to find someone who waits and listens before striking.”

The wooden platform they’re standing on creaks as more weight is added, and Zuko can hear the rhythmic marching of Fire Nation guards. He grips Aang's shoulder.

"I hear it too, Zuko," Aang says. "Bumi, are you sure you want to stay here?"

"I have to, Aang, but I'll see you when the time is right," Bumi replies, and his smile doesn't seem nearly as addled this time. Then he peers at Zuko before grinning in a thoroughly unsettling manner. 

Thankfully, the marching guards draw closer before Bumi can say anything, and Zuko takes the opportunity to yank Aang away to hide in the closest shadow. He covers the kid's body with his own, trusting in his dark brown and green Earth Kingdom clothes to prevent Aang's bright yellow and orange gi from being seen.

Getting out of the city is absolutely nerve wracking, especially considering that they have a giant goat gorilla tagging along that is absolute shit at stealth. Zuko can't decide if it's a miracle or simple incompetence that keeps them from being stopped by any guards, but they manage to sneak back out of the city without mishap, and then it's simply a long and bone-jarring ride on Flopsie's shoulders to the rendezvous site.

It's full dark by the time they get there, and Zuko immediately hops down, takes off his dao, and begins stretching out the stiffness from the ride and the crazy roof-running he had to do while Aang fills in Sokka and Katara. 

Yung stomps up to the group, looking even more grave than usual. "We've got a problem," he states baldly. "We just did a headcount."

"Oh no, did someone get left behind?" Katara asks worriedly. 

"No, we have an extra," the general replies, pointing over to where poor Momo is being hugged to death by a toddler in Fire Nation colors with a shock of dark hair and tawny eyes. There’s something familiar about the kid, but Zuko can’t figure out what it is.

Katara immediately goes gooey over the kid, and takes charge of him for the evening, making sure he's fed and kept clean. Once he's freed from the baby's grasp, Momo takes refuge on Zuko's shoulders, hissing every time the kid comes close. 

It's after dinner that the messenger hawk arrives. The baby (the Governor’s son, Mai’s brother) is to be exchanged for King Bumi, and while Zuko is glad that the child seems so highly valued by his father, he can only wince at the thought of Ozai’s reaction to such a tactically stupid move.

Noon the next day finds the four of them standing at the foot of the unfinished statue of Ozai, the baby strapped securely to Sokka's chest. Katara and Zuko flank Aang, with Sokka and the kid safely in the rear, and Zuko has to stomp hard on his instinct to keep his hand on the grip of his dao. Sokka had floated the idea of the trade being a trap this morning, and with every moment that passes as they wait for the other side to show up, Zuko finds himself in growing agreement. 

Finally three figures appear on the other end of the scaffold and stride forward. Three teenage girls, one immediately recognizable as Mai in the lead, flanked by a brunette in pink and… 

Fuck. FUCK.

Azula.

Zuko employs every single trick the Yuyan and court life taught him to keep himself from visibly reacting. His sister looks almost exactly the same as she had over three years ago. Same smooth black hair arranged in a topknot with locks falling artfully to frame her face, same cold polished bronze eyes, same military trim appearance and royal bearing. She looks amazing, sleek and powerful, and Zuko is absolutely scared shitless at the sight of her.

Mai and Aang call across to each other, then Azula turns and says something to Mai, and Zuko knows that whatever she's saying is bad news for his squad. He's frozen, though, because if he so much as twitches Azula will notice, and she'll pounce like a tigerdillo.

"The deal's off!" Mai declares, raising a hand. The metal coffin containing King Bumi is hoisted rapidly up and away, and Aang starts forward with a cry of "Bumi!"

Azula lunges into a horse stance and sweeps her arm forward, a line of blue fire following her extended fingertips and racing in a roaring inferno towards Aang. In the same moment Zuko draws his dao and sprints forward, and as Aang dodges Azula's strike Zuko takes control of the flames with his bending and sweeps them away with a swipe of his blades. The expression on Azula's face is hilarious, but he doesn't have time to appreciate it properly, because she immediately goes on the attack.

Azula fires arrows of blue flame almost as fast as Kai shoots in the Archers’ speed drills. Zuko blocks them with his swords, the steel glowing as it becomes a medium for his own bending, sending back his own swipes of orange flame that Azula dodges with annoying flexibility. Her eyes are wide as she does, though, and he knows that he’s caught her off guard. 

Zuko smirks at her, and glories in her furious glare as he lashes a fire whip through the air at her with his right blade. She dodges by leaping into the air and returns with an axe-kick that lays a long line of blue fire to fall on his head. Zuko spins a shield of orange flames to block the attack, and when they die away Azula stands panting through gritted teeth.

Zuko is breathing hard as well, suffused with a savage sort of triumph at managing to fight his prodigy sister to a standstill.

“A Firebending Master traveling with the Avatar," she muses, tone light but gaze sharp. "How treasonous. Mind telling me your name so I can make sure it's stricken from the records? You'll be dead, of course, so it'll hardly matter to you anyway."

As far as you're concerned, I'm already dead, so I'll pass on that, thanks, Zuko thinks, settling deeper into his stance in preparation for her next attack. 

"What's the matter? Cat got your tongue?" Azula sneers, moving her hands, folded with only the first two fingers out straight, in curves around her. The air crackles, and blue-white sparks follow the movements. "Let me fix that!"

She points her right hand at him, and a jagged bolt of fucking lightning erupts from her fingertips and races towards him.

FUCK FUCK FUCK!

Zuko drops to the wooden floor of the platform, gritting his teeth and feeling all of the hair on his body standing on end as the lightning roars over his head.

"ZUKO!" 

His squad sounds absolutely panicked, and Zuko knows for a fact that the panic will hit him later once they're all safe and as far away from Azula as possible. He glances up through his bangs at his sister, who is sheet white and staring at him with wide eyes, and immediately jumps to his feet and bolts, not bothering to sheath his swords. Appa is waiting at the edge of the platform, and Zuko runs right off the edge and into the saddle.

"Aang, we got him, go go go!" Sokka shouts, as Zuko sheaths his blades and lets a shaken-looking Katara check him over. 

"Appa, yip yip!" Aang commands, flicking the reins. Appa roars and soars away from Omashu, and Zuko glances back to see Azula, Mai, and the girl in pink who can only be Ty Lee watching them go.

They land behind a mountain nearly a mile away, where the refugees from Omashu are waiting. Ukano's son is being reluctantly held by one of the Omashu women, who eagerly gives him up to Katara.

"We're going to start heading to Ba Sing Se," Yung declares perfunctorily.

Aang nods. "We need to return the baby to his family."

Zuko takes a deep breath and raises his shaking hands. We need to wait to do that until Princess Azula and her friends have left the city. It's too dangerous with her still there.

"Is that who that blue-fire girl was?" Sokka asks, waving absently as the former citizens of Omashu begin moving out. 

Zuko nods, grimacing. I did say that she'd been declared a Firebending Master at thirteen, didn't I? The lightning-bending was new, but not terribly surprising, considering that it's a trait of the Royal Family.

"Why is she here now?" Katara asks, holding the baby close. She looks pale, and Zuko wonders what he'd missed while focused on Azula.

If I had to guess, the Fire Lord probably decided after the defeat at the North Pole that the Avatar is too much of a threat to remain at large, Zuko explains, trying to ignore the slimy feeling that always comes with trying to think like his megalomaniacal father. He probably sent her to capture Aang and either bring him back to the Fire Nation alive, or kill him. With the Comet arriving at the end of the summer, the next Avatar would be way too young to be any hindrance to whatever plan he has to utilize it.

"So we need to stay as far ahead of her as we possibly can, if we want to keep Aang from being flash-fried to a crisp," Sokka decides. 

Zuko nods. That would be best, he agrees. As far as I know, there's no way to block lightning. You either get out of the way or you're toast. One hit and it's over.

All three of his friends look green at the thought, and Aang grips his staff tighter.

"We still need to return the baby," he says. "We can wait until nightfall, and I can just fly over, drop him off, and fly back."

We'll need to find a good vantage point to see when Azula leaves so that we know when it's safe for you to do that, Zuko signs. 

They do exactly that, and when Azula, Mai, and Ty Lee leave the city just before sundown, Aang straps the baby to his chest as snugly as possible, and carefully glides toward the city. Zuko, Katara, and Sokka wait with Appa and Momo, and as soon as Aang returns, they turn south and fly away as fast as Appa can go.

They make camp at the northern edge of the massive southern swamp a couple hours after midnight. Zuko tries to insist on taking watch, but is overruled ruthlessly by both Katara and Sokka. He spreads out his bedroll, lies down, and stares at the stars.

Fuck. He'd known that he'd eventually have to see Azula again, you can't challenge the heir to a throne without actually coming face-to-face with them, but. He can't actually believe that she's here, in the Earth Kingdom. And she's mastered lightning. The tiniest part of him that is still her big brother, still her Zuzu, is incredibly proud. Only the best of the best firebenders, usually only members of the Royal Family, are able to do that, and the fact that she can, as young as she is… but the greater part of him, the part that had spent the majority of his childhood being tormented by his sister and father, is absolutely terrified. There's no defense against lightning. As he'd told his squad earlier, all it would take is one hit, and that's it. Game over.

He can't let Azula anywhere near Aang. If her actions today have shown anything, it's that she's still the same cruel, ruthless girl she was when he was still living with her. Maybe the brunt of that can be blamed on Ozai and his own cruelty, but right now, he has to focus on keeping his student, his friend, safe from her. Maybe once the war is over, there'll be a chance to see if there's any way to lessen Ozai's mark on her, but for right now, she has to be treated as the major threat that she is. 

He doesn't sleep that night.

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