#and take over my drive and its been great and I don't wanna lose it

[captainsparklefingers]

The only downside of finally being able to be productive at work (a genuinely good thing considering how dead and slow most days can be here) is that it's cutting into my fic writing time. Which would be fine except for the fact that I've been on a groove and I'm afraid to lose the juice and hit a wall again.

[lizzieislife94x]

Road Trip (e.o)

Lizzie x G!P reader

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Lizzies POV:

"Let's go hoooooe" I beep my horn over and over waiting for my bestfriend y/n she takes so fucking long this bitch she literally said I'm ready come pick me up and she's not ready I love her but sometimes I wanna strangle her "ugh finally I've been waiting 10 minutes" I huff turning to her as she laughs "calm your panties lizzies let's get this show on the road I'm so excited" she leans over to hug me as I pretend I don't want her too she's so fucking beautiful I love to spend as much time with her as possible so 16 hours on the road alone in the car is perfect, she's had my heart for the last 5 years I've never had the courage to do anything about I don't wanna ruin our friendship I love her to much but I can't help but constantly check her out "ok I forgive you loser let's go, I'll drive the first few hours then we can find somewhere to chill and sleep then you take the next few hours tomorrow and so on" I explain we could easily do the 16 hours in one go but this trip is about us spending a few days together because we don't get to see each other often "that sounds perfect lizzie" she smiles sweetly god her smile, we start our drive talking and enjoying each other company laughing like mad men

 Y/ns POV:

"No way your boss said that??" She asks in complete shock I can't help but giggle "yeah he did can you believe he thought I wanted to sleep with him I've worked there for 3 years and the idiot hasn't realised I'm into women" I say smirking at lizzie "yeah no offence y/n all anyone has to do is spent 20 minutes with you to know your a lady lover" she says in a flirty tone I laugh and sigh leaning my head back against the head rest, yes lizzie I'm completely for the ladies but I only want you, I think as I would never tell her that I don't want to lose her and if I let my stupid feelings get in the way I'd lose her she'd never speak to me again "hey give me your phone I wanna put music on" I say as I rest my hand on hers andshe smiles "its right there y/n" she says pointing down to where the drinks sit, I grab her phone and unlock it "awh we are so fucking cute" I say referring to the photo of us as her lockscreen and I think she's blushing "we still have 2 hours to go wanna stop and get some food and blankets and pillows" she smiles at me "yessssss babes sounds like a plan to me" I jump excitedly in my seat and she giggles at my antics we pull in to Mcdonalds and get some food after half an hour we walk over to target to get blankets and pillows "ohhh lizzie we should get snacks for watching Netflix" I suggest "that's actually a great idea" we grab lots of snacks and drinks and I grab a box of tissues incase lizzie needs to pee "let's go find the perfect spot to set up by the time we get there the sun should just be setting " I say in a calm tone "mmh I love the sunset its so beautiful " lizzie says as I pack the stuff into the car

we spend the remaining 2 hours in a comfortable silence occasionally chatting about stuff that we could watch, we've settled for big momma and big momma 2 she always gets her way but fuck she's so precious I could never say no to her, we find the perfect spot and park up with a perfect view of the sunset I grab her hand as we sit and watch it until it disappears "let's get the car all cosy and we can set up the movie" I whisper as I get out and open the back doors and put the back seats down and fix a few blankets down so we're comfortable I then fix the pillows and grab a few blankets to cover us "everything's ready ma'am just need your laptop" I say smiling as lizzie gets into the back smiling "this is beautiful y/n" I blush and look down "I'm going to get stripped I normally sleep naked but obvs I'm not over the next few days so is it OK if I wear my boxers and sports bra?" I question shyly and she giggles "of course that's fine y/n same here as long as you don't mind me in my bra and panties" I gulp and blush at the thought "no uh thats fine" I whisper nervously and strip my clothes off leaving me in my boxers and sports bra I climb into the back and get under the covers after a few minutes lizzie joins me as I set the laptop up and play the movie.

Lizzies POV:

Fuck I'm trying to focus on the movie but I can't y/n is half naked laying right against me thank god she fell asleep because I'm panicking here "mmh there fuck.." wait a minute is she moaning Holy fucking shit I notice the blanket poking up and instantly lift it to look under fuck she has a hard on yep she was definitely moaning "fuck lizzie..take it ju..st like that" I instantly freeze was she moaning my name fuck I feel the wetness instantly pooling in my panties "lizzie..uhhh god yy..es" the sound of her moaning my name alone is enough to make me cum fuck, I need to wake her up "hey y/n wake up babe y/n" I whisper shaking her as she wakes up and opens her eyes wide as she sees me "oh hey lizzie is everything ok what time is it " god  even her saying my name now I'm only gonna think of her moaning it 

Y/ns POV:

I woke up and instantly knew I had a hard on shit I hope she doesn't see it I had a sex dream about lizzie it's nothing new but I freaked out inside when she woke me up because I've never had a sex dream about her while she's laying beside me I move a little and try to hide my dick "where you dreaming about me" I freeze as the words leave her mouth how does she know "you where moaning alot and you moaned my name" she says as if she read my mind "I'm so sorry liz I had no control over my dream please don't hate me" she giggles and pulls the blankets off and climbs ontop of me oh god what is happening "oh shut up and do something about it" I smirk and unclip her bra letting her perfect tits fall out I automatically latch my mouth around her nipple as she grinds into my raging hard on "fuck lizzie that feels amazing" i moan against her nipple as she continues "lizzie you are fucking soaked I groan" she blushes and looks into my eyes "how do you know y/n" I smirk and bite my lip "your pussy is that wet its soaked my boxers I can feel it on my cock " i tease kissing her neck "ugggh just fuck me y/n I've waited to long for this" she moans as I flip us and take my boxers off and slide her panties off fuck the sight of her soaked core is making me harder "mmh fuck you look fucking amazing "I moan as I run my fingers through her wet folds earning a moan for my best friend "put it in y/n fuck me" I moan at her assertion and do as I'm told I line my cock up to her entrance and slide in slowly "fuckkk lizzie you feel so fucking good" I moan pushing my entire length inside the moaning blonde under me "yessss fuck y/n youre so big sh..it" I gave her a minute to adjust before I start thrusting my hips slowly making sure to hit the right spots as I thrust, fuck I never knew my best friend sounded so fucking sexy moaning my name "yes yes yes y/n right...there fuck dont fucking stooop" she screams as I pick up my pace fucking her harder and faster "I'm cummmmming oh holy fucking shit im cumming" she screams out like a pornstar I feel her pussy walls squeeze my cock as I hold back my orgasm and she cums all over my cock "good girl" I moan slowling my thrusts letting her ride out her orgasm "fuck y/n you feel amazing inside me" she pants out her hands gripping my biceps as she tries to steady her breathing, I keep my dick inside her and move her legs over my shoulder "do you have one more lizzie" I moan thrusting slowly leaning down to place a gently kiss on on her lips "mmmh yes definitely baby" she moans "fuck me fuck me please" I start snapping my hips hard and fast as the car shakes like crazy and my best friend screams under me fuck her pussy feels amazing I continue thrusting feeling the orgasm fast approaching "fuck lizzie cum for me I want you to cum for me before I fill your tight little cunt with my seed " I pant out staring into my best friends eyes and all I see is lust and desire "fuck fuck I'm cumming daddyyy" she screams arching her back as I continue to slam my cock deep inside her After one final thrust I start shooting my load deep inside my best friend and it feels amazing I've wanted this for the longest time, I lay beside her panting as I grab her hand "that was amazing lizzie are you on the pill?" I moan looking at her as she turns to me "yes it was amazing no one has ever made me cum that hard and nope im not" she smirks running her finger down my nose biting her lip. 

Well I guess there's a chance I just impregnated my best fried the thought has me biting my lip this woman is something else and god i love her.

AN: just to keep the book up to date if you like it let me know if you want a request message me I do them all right away babes word Count is 1.8k

[cinamun]

*opens my notes and adjusts glasses.* Okay now bare with me bc I swore I saw what bishop was convicted for being soemthing related to bodily harm but I struggling trying to find where I saw it. But regardless, let's remember he was convicted and spent 30 yrs. He himself says he doesn't like that moment of his life.

I haven't read into bishop in his previous gameplay with his original creator so!! Imma have to get to that. But in this case in this story, I think it plays a part to why he suddenly acts caring.

So I think he's doing this to avoid being suspect one. Jay already knows his toxic behavior, mostly mentally abusive. Bishop when around always made a sort of barrier between Mercy and Jay, from disrespecting him and purposefully making him uncomfortable to the point Jay was gonna put a boundary on the contact between him and his mom. Even though Bishop went to Jay to tell him not to do that, he did it in a way that just gave Jay more reason and anger to not unblock his mom. A common thing abusers do with their victims is isolate them. And he's a good manipulator as we saw. His is one of the time he acknowledges himself and her family cutting her off in the same sentence. I'm pretty sure he knows what he was doing.

Obviously he failed at that when her grandbabies where born and she wanted to be involved and now she's becoming more resilient. But, he still has some power over her bc he's a good manipulator.

Moving on, not only does Jay know, but Indya knows and she knows details that she can point out its not healthy and toxic and warns mercy like whatever you choose to do, itll effect your son. Then it effects my daughter. Then it effects me. You don't want shit with Indya. And then, let's remember Mercy went on that public podcast and Bishop exposed himself to ppl listening in, usuing her name, and manipulated his way in again. I remember Indya not rlly buying it.

So, that's 2 ppl, plus their family members that know bishop isn't great.

Now let's move into the whole mercy with a knife situation. I wanna say that even though mercy pulled a knife on him, with he fact he already has abusive patterns and uses sex to get control, and he admits he likes controlling her, and his previous conviction, and she's clearly mentally distressed, they'd probably see maybe he triggered it. But also, as much as I love Mercy and wish she did it, if she truly wanted to harm him, she'd do it. She instead yelled, and let him talk. This shows me she has hesitance. She not ready yet to actually do it. So, she doesn't really have intention to harm.

She'd definitely probably get in trouble for pulling the knife, it's complex, but then he takes to literally smashing her so hard against the wall after taking her down to drop the weapon and de-escalating the situation. He then threatens to murder her. He clearly has intentions to harm if he is threatening to murder and physically harm to the point she's losing conciousness. And also, he has a habit of bringing up her grandkids. He did it here and he did it long before when she was moving out of San Myshuno apartments.

During her unconsciousness, Jay tried to text her bc they do in the end have a close bond. Jay knows his mom. First he assumes maybe she's dating. That's at 2:13 pm. Several hours pass, it's 11:19 pm. Still no response or a simple yes to him asking a question. So now he's worried. Bishop takes her phone and acts like her to make Jay worry less.

Lastly, if Bishop REALLY cared about Mercy's health, he'd drive her to the hospital. If he wanted to avoid suspiciousness, he could of left her and drove off. Act like a civilian. Instead be brings her to an unknown location, isn't letting her leave until she can stand up and not wobble (that's so she doesn't look disoriented) and eat up cus clearly she hasn't. Then also text her son so kess suspicion is thrown on him.

That's been MYYY theory. I think he's avoiding suspicion cus he doesn't want get charged again. He has a pattern of behavior that calls for concern. U stayed before he could of been surprised she was almost gonna get him with the knife. If she's able to pull a knife, who's to say if he left her there, she finally spills to Jay or someone what's happening? Now he's in trouble.

So, take her to a random location, hidden away, seemingly underground, and don't let her leave till she looks normal.

Now I pray to God my phone didn't autocorrect some random crap and make me sound crazy 🙏🏼

[spraypaintstainonawhitewall]

Cherripoison headcanons because they are taking over my life

it's long as shit and i am not putting a tldr deal with it

Poison loves holding hands with Cherri

their most frequent spot is this one bar-slash-restaurant in Zone 2 where they are regulars at this point. the waiters are almost always expecting them and have a table on the ready

Their favorite spot, however, is this large rock on the border of Zones 5 and 6. It's a great spot to watch the sunset, not a lot of Dracs or people come there and it's well shielded. Cherri discovered it by accident, and not even his closest friends know it exists.

He took Party there on their first official date because he was desperate and didn't know what they'd like. Party, of course, didn't care where they went, as long as they were together (their words)

long drives to nowhere is their favorite couple activity. Party is usually always the one who drives, since Cherri can't help but stare at them the whole time. he once nearly ran over some killjoy because he was too busy staring at them in the passenger seat

Party steals his clothes. A lot. More than once, they have stumbled into the diner in the dead of night with one of Cherri's shirts. They argue that it's because it's comfortable, but the real reason is because it smells like him

if u ever see them hanging out together, do not ask them if they are together. you will never receive a proper answer.

popular answers for 'are you two together?' include: 'I accidentally sold my soul to them so now i have no choice but to hang out with them' 'he fed me once and i am now his forever' 'the Witch told me if we didnt hold hands this instant the world would explode. you're welcome.' 'me and who?' (said when Party was in Cherri's lap, his arms practically squeezing them)

the reason is bcoz they just dont wanna put a more complicated label to them other than 'a poet and a killjoy who really like each other'. 'lovers' doesnt cut it, and neither does 'drifters'.

one that they did like was christened by the girl- engaged to be engaged. they thought it was cute, so sometimes, if theyre not snappy enough, they'll say they're 'pre-fiances'

they didnt tell anyone they were a thing, just waited til people figured it out. Pony was the last to find out- Kobra was the first.

they often go on double dates with Newsie and Chimp, but Chimp and Party just end up talking the whole time, so its just Cherri and Newsie staring at each other and eating the whole time

when Party died, Cherri disappeared for a full month. No one except Cherri knows where he was, and no matter what, he absolutely never told anyone.

Cherri's the only person other than Kobra Party will allow to lace them up.

It's a good thing too, because Cherri loves playing with Party's hair

Even after they start dating, Party calls him Pepsi, mainly because they know it annoys him. Cherri tried to clap back with a stupid nickname of his own, but it backfired horribly and Party ended up loving it

the only time Cherri ever cried in his entire life was when Pony told him that Party's mask was missing and couldn't be put in the mailbox.

They often break into his house at midnight with no explanation. Cherri's gotten used to it at this point

if you listen closely, you can hear them giggling in the background when Cherri does his poetry section. If it's ever too loud, the Fab Four or the WKIL crew will record it

these recordings are the most precious thing in Cherri's life after losing them- it's pretty much all he has left to keep him from forgetting Poison's voice. Pony once accidentally broke one, and ever since then, ae's been banned from his house

Jet, without fail, gives them an anniversary present every year, and so does Dr. D. It's how they find out it's their anniversary, since they don't bother keeping track of that stuff

it doesn't help that they both give it on different days, so they just start making up days until every alternate day is some reason to celebrate

The first time they said I love you, Cherri said it first while drunk, and Party said it back thinking he didn't mean it

they both pretended not to remember it the next day, even though they did

the second time they said I love you was when Party had to go into the city, and Cherri doesn't know if they heard him say it back under his breathe.

Cherri stole a wanted poster of Party from the hearts of Bat City that Newsie doodled hearts all over and wrote 'C+P 4ever' in one of the hearts. it hangs there well past anyone who knows what any of it means has died

they often exchange art pieces- Cherri with poems he wrote, and Poison with drawings they made

[calcichel]

Okay, how do you date a Hummer? I've got my own idea but I wanna hear yours first-

I wanna hear yours! I'm out of ideas.

Oh really? I just think.. it makes me think of American muscle. I just think a Hummer.. to me, it's like a batting cage, burgers, and beer. It's the B's. It's gotta be something where you show off some of the more traditional components of masculinity, through hand-eye coordination and the desire to eat-

That's a fun idea for a date.

Yeah, you know, I'm trying to impress here.

Yeah, that's lovely.

So you go to the batting cage first, and then afterwards, you say whoever - I don't know if they've got strike-outs or home runs or whatever, but you compete and then you go, whoever loses has to buy the dinner. And then you go out and you get burgers and beer, and-

Aw, I love that.

Actually this is all happening near a promenade. And then you take the Hummer down the end of the Santa Monica pier. And you sit at the end of the pier and you watch the sunset.

Well, it's a bit of a to-do because you can't three-point-turn, because it's too narrow. So you've got to reverse all the way. And it's sort of embarrassing, and the Hummer's like,

"Oh, I should be able to turn round, but I can't-"

And you're like,

"It's okay. It's okay. It's okay!"

"No, I really wish I could-"

"It's okay, it's okay."

"I know you've probably been out with some mopeds, and they can turn around-"

"No no no, look, I'm out with you. It's okay. It's okay."

"No, I should just drive myself into the.."

"Don't drive yourself into the ocean! Don't talk about yourself like that!"

Your date's gone horribly.

"We've had a great date!"

"Yeah."

"It's okay, it's just reverse.."

So it starts reversing. But-

I'm never asking you for first-date advice again.

There's people on the pier-

That one ended in potential suicide, man, that's crazy stuff.

Nah, nah, it's not ending in suicide. Let me finish the date.

There's people on the pier. And the Hummer's built it up so much, and you say, "Tell you what, I'll race you back to land."

And then - foop! - it runs someone over.

...

The police show up. "What happened here?"

"I don't know, officer."

Now you're an accessory to a crime. Accessory to manslaughter. Can you be that?

Sure.

Yeah?

Why not? I've been watching six seasons of Better Call Saul. I feel qualified to throw in on this. I say yes.

It started well, my date. I just wish… I wish the Hummer hadn't gotten so in its head about the pier. That's on me. We could have just gone on the sand.

I don't think you should take responsibility for that.

You only get one shot with a Hummer.

Everyone's an adult, man. You do what you can, but ultimately, you're not in charge of someone else's happiness. Especially on a first date. It's kind of a toxic way to enter a relationship.

Yeah, I know. I know! I know, I know, it's just we… we had a good time.

[void-magician]

RUSH! - Måneskin album review

pretty fresh drop here, fellas! i will say that personally i've been looking forward to this album since the first single dropped wayyyy back in october 2021, and it absolutely does not disappoint. since being introduced to these guys by their eurovision win, i've come to love their hard-hitting instrumentation, cutting lyricism, and generally hard-rock-angry-horny vibe, and this record delivers all of that without missing a beat! overall, i'm ranking this one a 9/10, because it is a FANTASTIC record, and i think you all should listen to it. track-by-track review under the cut.

Track by Track review:

OWN MY MIND - strong opener. love the crunchy guitars and the drumline, and putting the lo-fi effect on damiano's already gravelly vocals is a beautiful sonic touch on the rest of the track. the bars in this track cut deeper than i was originally expecting, given that this track is in english, but you won't hear me complaining.

GOSSIP feat. Tom Morello - lord already knows i'm gonna love something that known That Guy Tom Morello puts his guitars on, but this track is TRULY something else. as usual, damiano's fast-paced vocals make this a high-octane banger with a sweet message to boot - i really love the note of cutting out all the instrumentation in the first two lines of the chorus before everything comes crashing back together.

TIMEZONE - the tonal whiplash of the previous track into this one hit me like a truck, so already i'm partial to it. the slow, dragging bassline helps carry damiano's swooning vocals to that place of distant longing that he's clearly in. i love how his voice loses its grittiness in this track, because. he's sad, and longing. no need for those rough edges. definitely a fav from this record.

BLA BLA BLA - this one's silly, and i do like it for that. the opening verse with just the drums behind it is a great starter, followed in by this mildly crunchy bassline to lay the foundation of a brain-off, hands-in-the-air banger. it's not my favorite off the record, but it's definitely fun as just a noisy song.

BABY SAID - this one's FUN you guys. this one definitely hit for me, telling this story about wanting even a slightly involved connection and only running into someone who wants something raw and physical and not much more. the swimmy guitars in the bridge really help take us to this place of unfulfillment before grounding us back between this lover's legs. definite fav.

GASOLINE - ngl, kinda shocked this track wasn't the tom morello feature, because it feels like it's following in RAtM's footsteps. bold, cutting commentary about the world state of affairs over these crunchy guitars and aggressive drums makes for a fantastic expression of rage at totalitarian regimes and selfish dictators. another definite fav.

FEEL - ooooooo baby when i say i like horny rock this is what i'm TALKIN about! every part of the instrumentation on this feels like it's lifting damiano's vocals as he sweet-talks the listener into his bed. or the nearest closed door. i'm getting distracted. solid banger, very fun.

DON'T WANNA SLEEP - another fantastic high-energy, quick lyrics-focused banger, and i love the drive on this one. the sentiment of not wanting to sleep is particularly relatable to me, as is the drive to do irresponsible shit just to feel something.

KOOL KIDS - as a fan of the mountain goats, "white boy mad as hell screaming into the mic" is a favorite niche category of songs, and this one is no exception. love this on-top-of-the-world vibe with damiano just screaming down the mic. according to artist interviews, he was near-blackout drunk recording this one, and i think that just makes the vibe so much better.

IF NOT FOR YOU - i'm always a sucker for a good power ballad, and this one checks all the boxes. extremely yearny lyrics, pithy but cutting chorus, and smooth, weepy guitars.

READ YOUR DIARY - evocative imagery about a fucked up kind of person really send this track home. you can feel the obsessiveness rolling off of damiano's delivery of these lyrics, repeating those key phrases and slurring some of the chorus. loved this one a lot

MARK CHAPMAN - fast-paced banger in their native italian means this one was an immediate fav. lyric translation really locked this one in as a fav, and the chorus is a complete earworm. definitely top fav from this record.

LA FINE - hands down, without question, my favorite track off this album. another earworm, but of a much more righteous and angry bent. everything hits the gas on this track, and doesn't let off till the end, and i LOVE it. imo, best track on this record, and one of their best songs in a while.

IL DONO DELLA VITA - this one slows down the flow of the album, a welcome respite after three hard-driving tracks back to back. the vocals start on this one sounding kind of tired, but it picks up into a robust exaltation of life and joy. fantastic message for the times we find ourselves in, and an all around fantastic track.

MAMMAMIA - gotta be honest, i didn't listen to this one when it dropped as a single, but i LOVE it. another real horny song and this one definitely feels like it was written for the kind of guy that i am. it's a little crazy, a little bit fast, and a whole lotta hot. another big fav.

SUPERMODEL - the sound and the single cover of this song are obviously meant to evoke thoughts of Nirvana, and that's never gonna go wrong. i like the slightly peppier, slightly cleaner sound of this song in contrast to the rest of the grunge and the crunch on this album, but don't take that to mean this song isn't grungy itself. it knows its inspirations and pays beautiful homage to them.

THE LONELIEST - holy mother of god. early 2000s sad rock ass song and boy does it hit you like a truck. this one's a really fantastic endcap to this whole album, even if it did nearly make me cry.

[cophene]

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pairing : jojolion x gn reader summary : the heir to an limitless fortune goes on a vacation to morioh to find their true love. seems easy enough; only, if that they're unable to find their love, they'll lose not just their fortune, but their life. notes : multi-chapter fic, sfw, doesn’t follow canon plot word count : 3.1k+

★ . . . SOMETHING PRODDED INSISTENTLY AT YOUR mind the next morning. You had stared at the ceiling for a few seconds, trying to figure out what you needed to do before you remembered.

Tsurugi. She was supposed to make you something, right? None of the Higashikatas had said anything about the kid's fingers falling off, but you might as well knock it out of the way before your Stand did something to hurt her. It would be nice to get a chance to talk to Kei again anyhow. She wasn't completely out of the running yet.

Figuring that it wouldn't take too long to meet with Tsurugi, you also made plans to meet up with Yasuho afterward. You hoped that Josuke was right in that she was a good person to get to know better.

You grinned when the Higashikata mansion gates finally rolled open. A part of you deflated, however, when Kei didn't return it.

"L/N-san," she said tonelessly. "Good afternoon."

"Good afternoon, Kei. How are you doing?"

"Fine, thank you for asking." She tipped her head as you entered, then turned curtly on her heel as you followed her up the drive. "Unfortunately, Norisuke-san has already left for the fruit parlour. Daiya and Hato have been shopping since this morning, and Joshu won't be home until late. I believe Mitsuba-san and Tsurugi are out as well. If you want to speak to them, I can leave them a message. You may have to wait a while before they return."

"Oh, that's alright." You coughed. "I didn't need to talk to them."

Kei paused before the front door. "What did you need, then?"

"Well, uh ..." For some reason, the words caught in your throat. Kei turned slightly to look over her shoulder at you.

"Oh, right. I did need to talk to Tsurugi. She said she was going to show me how to make origami hearts." Or was it butterflies?

Kei accepted the lame excuse and opened the door for you. It had seemed like a good idea to talk to Kei earlier, but when you were face-to-face, it suddenly got a lot harder to make conversation.

"Would you like me to call Mitsuba-san to ask when they'll be back?"

"It's fine. I can wait. I can always come back."

You could tell Kei was confused by your mixed signals. Did you want to see Tsurugi or didn't you?

"Would you like something to drink?"

"Sure. Whatever is fine."

Sure. Fine. Okay. Were your conversations always this dry? Karera's words from the other day kept echoing in your mind. To take your time and let things go as they would. You'd come with the plan to get to know Kei better, but that was going to fail real quick if all you did was answer Kei when she asked. While Kei rummaged around in the fridge, you took out your bone dice. Might as well.

"Kei, do you wanna—"

Kei turned, holding a pitcher of iced tea. "Ice? Straw?"

"Just a glass." You waited until the drink was poured and the pitcher was back in the fridge before trying again. "Kei, do you—"

"Are you sure you don't want me to pass on a message to the Higashikatas?"

You clenched your jaw. Now you had the feeling that Kei was intentionally throwing you off. "Actually, there's something else I was wondering if you could do for me."

"I'll do my best."

You set your bone dice and the jade plate on the counter between the two of you. "Let's play a game."

Kei glanced down at the dice. "This is your Stand, correct?"

"How did—"

"Joshu took great pains to tell all of us about your Stand after you used it. None of the Higashikatas wanted to listen, but I found it interesting. Particularly the dice themselves and the bet you enter in with everyone." Kei seemed to remember herself. Her voice slipped back into its usual monotone. "What would you like me to do?"

"Seems like you already know. If you roll over a seven, I'll do whatever you want. But if you roll under that, you have to do whatever I want."

Kei's eyes narrowed. "You have to be more specific than that."

You raised your hands. "You can decide. This is more for you than me. I'm just curious to see what will happen."

Kei's hands hovered over your bone dice. At the last second, she pulled away. "I should get back to work."

"If you're worried I'll hurt you, I won't. Joshu was an exception. And that other guy ... but it is just a game."

"If I roll over a seven, you have to leave me alone," Kei said quietly. "Unless it has to do with the Higashikatas, you won't seek me out."

You frowned. "Why?"

"It's just better this way." Kei turned her face away. "It isn't fair to her ... and it isn't fair to you either."

If you were a more perceptive, empathetic person, you might have backed off. You might have seen that something weighed on Kei and that it flickered behind the smooth housekeeper mask she kept on. But you were nosy and self-absorbed. Once something had caught your attention, you didn't let it go.

"Fine," you said, and Kei seemed to relax. "If you roll over seven, I'll leave you alone. But if you don't, then you'll let me at least try to be your friend."

Kei's eyes flashed. "You can't."

"It's a game, remember? Equal antes for both of us."

Kei lowered her head, her cap hiding her eyes. You could see now that the initial appeal of the bone dice wasn't going to work on her. She wanted you to leave her alone. That was that.

"You don't have to do it if you don't want to," you said finally. "I won't push you." You went to gather up the dice.

Kei beat you to it. She scooped up the dice and dropped them on the plate. You stared at Kei, too surprised to even look at the pips.

"Seven."

"Uh, yeah. Seven."

Kei looked down at her hands. You waited for a faint stirring from London Calling to indicate that Stand was now caught on Kei, but there was nothing. The bet had been vague enough that unless Kei outright denied your being nice, nothing would happen to her.

Seven. That was pretty high.

"Nothing is happening," Kei said.

"I mean, you're not doing anything to oppose the task," you said, then winced. "There's not really anything to attack you for."

"I see." Kei dropped her hands.

"Can you tell me why you want me to leave you alone? Because I will, if it's really important to you."

"Are you trying to pursue me?" Kei asked bluntly. You blinked at her.

"Well, I mean—"

"I understand the nature of your curse needs you to interact with as many people as possible, however, I'm not in the position to be in a relationship right now."

Your face burned. "That's alright. I'm fine just being friends. I don't want to force anything on you."

Kei looked away. You thought you caught a hint of colour in her cheeks. "I'm sorry. I'm not good at—I just made things uncomfortable."

You slurped loudly on your iced tea. Kei awkwardly went to polish the stovetop.

"So ... how'd you start working for the Higashikatas?"

"They're friends of friends," Kei murmured. "I owed them a favour."

"What kind of favour?"

Kei didn't answer. Okay. That was an avenue she didn't want to go down.

A few minutes went by with only the occasional squeak of Kei's cloth on the countertop. You were genuinely struggling to come up with things to say. Maybe this was a sign that you and Kei weren't meant to be anything more than awkward, halfway strangers.

"Aren't you currently seeing someone?" Kei asked, and you latched onto it immediately.

"Yeah, I guess. This one guy—Tooru."

Kei waited. You wracked your brain but came up empty. Had Tooru ever given you his full name? Was Tooru his first name or his last name even?

"That's an interesting choice," Kei said. She finished the counter and moved to the sink.

"You think so?"

"That was not a compliment, L/N-san." Kei looked up then, and her eyes seemed to pierce directly through you. "I would stay away from Tooru-san."

Your stomach dropped. "Why? What did he do?"

"I am not in a position to say." Kei dropped her gaze again. You didn't know whether to be worried or irritated.

You heard the front door opening. Kei dropped the rag and drifted to the foyer, her face smooth as a sheet.

"Welcome back, Mitsuba-san. Tsurugi-san."

Mitsuba slid her sunglasses into her hair as Tsurugi plopped down to remove her shoes. "Hello, Kei. And hello again, er—"

"Y/N," you said. "I hope you don't mind that I stopped by. Me and Tsurugi, um—"

"I have to make a butterfly for Y/N-san," Tsurugi piped up, getting to her feet. "Their dice said so."

You winced, but Mitsuba either wasn't listening or didn't care. "That's nice. Take Y/N down to the basement then, Tsurugi." She turned to Kei. "I hope you've prepared everything for Jobin. He's arriving at noon. We'll need to pick him up from the airport."

Kei inclined her head. "Everything is done, Mitsuba-san."

Mitsuba and Kei moved to the kitchen, speaking to each other in low tones. Just as you were reminding yourself that Jobin was Norisuke-san's eldest son, Tsurugi began dragging you down the hall.

"I'm glad you're here," she said. "Me and Iwasuke have been waiting for you."

Ah, right. The ugly-ass dog. You'd forgotten about it. As though it had been summoned, the dog materialized just then, snuffling around your legs before going to nuzzle up against Tsurugi. She scratched its ears absently, then looked over her shoulder.

"Let's go to the basement," she said. "It's quiet there."

You obediently followed Tsurugi, not to any room inside the house, but outside. She took you around the front of the mansion and then to a gnarled tree with a hole at its base. It looked like some kind of rabbit burrow.

"Follow me," Tsurugi said. She dropped to her knees and crawled through the hole, Iwasuke on her heels. You waited for a beat, then realized Tsurugi wasn't kidding. You were actually supposed to crawl through there.

You didn't think you would fit, but you managed to squeeze yourself through without too much bruising. The space inside was larger than it should have been, and shrouded in dark. You crawled forward a few inches, before something metal clanged and you were falling through the air.

You landed on your stomach with a whump! It took a few seconds for you to get your breath back and for the pain that zinged through your body to subside. Once it did, you rolled onto your side, taking in your surroundings.

Is this some kind of bunker? Am I even allowed to be down here?

You'd landed in a brightly-lit room. Tsurugi was sitting on the floor, where already a motley of origami animals and flowers surrounded her. You glanced curiously at the cabinets behind Tsurugi. All kinds of vintage-looking knicknacks littered the surface, little toys and mechanical objects.

"What is this place?" you asked, going to sit gingerly beside Tsurugi. She blinked at you, flipping a paper fortune teller in her hands. She didn't seem to give two shits that you'd nearly broken your neck getting down here.

"It's my secret spot. After the earthquake, some ground lifted up and broke that vent up there. " She craned her neck to indicate the grate you'd just fallen through. "Now it connects this basement to the cave in the meditation pine. Nobody knows about it but me." She began spelling out your name, flipping the fortune teller. "Here, pick one."

That wasn't concerning at all. You peered at the choices written on the inside of the fortune teller. "Um, cola."

Tsurugi grinned and lifted the flap. "Ooh, looks like you'll have to give me some of your spit."

Like hell were you going to do that. "Weren't you going to show me how to make a butterfly, Tsurugi-chan?"

"Tsurugi-chan?" Tsurugi's face turned impossibly sly. "Who are you talking about?"

"Uh, you?"

Tsurugi tilted her head. "Y/N-san, do you think I'm a girl?"

A chill went through your body. "Aren't you?"

Tsurugi's smile curdled your blood. You scrambled back as though she'd punched you. He'd punched you?

"B-but . . ." You stared at Tsurugi's long green hair and polka-dot dress. Tsurugi's voice was high, but he looked too young to have reached puberty yet.

"I am so sorry," you said. "This whole time I thought you were a girl. I should have asked. Or at least . . ."

Tsurugi laughed. "It's okay. All of the men in my family are raised as girls until they're twelve years old."

"Why?"

"It confuses the demons who cause disease," Tsurugi said simply.

Well, if it worked well enough to confuse you, then the demons wouldn't stand a chance.

"Were you cursed by demons too?" Tsurugi asked, peering intently at your branded hand. "What's that?"

You resisted the urge to withdraw your hand into your sleeve. ". . . It's a curse," you admitted, "but it has nothing to do with demons."

"Are you going to die?"

You wouldn't have been able to answer Tsurugi even if you'd wanted to. Thankfully, the kid didn't press you about it.

For the next little while, you humoured Tsurugi while he folded you a few butterflies and then moved on to folding more complex animals. His skill with origami was impressive, and you might have admired him for it if he wasn't such a weird kid. You didn't know what it was really. He was just off putting. You couldn't help thinking back to when you'd let Tsurugi roll your dice. What number had he rolled? Hadn't it been a four?

Eventually, your courtesy timer ran out.

"I should get going," you said, checking your phone. "I have to meet up with Yasuho pretty soon."

"You're friends with Yasuho-chan?" Tsurugi asked, his eyes gleaming. "She's really nice. I like her."

"Yeah, she is. Thanks for the origami, Tsurugi. I'll see you later."

You got to your feet. You'd noticed a hallway leading out from this basement so at least you wouldn't have to climb back through the grate to get out of here. You were about to leave when your hand glanced over your pocket and paused there.

Your bone dice weren't there.

You checked your other pocket and the area around where you'd just been sitting.

"Hey, Tsurugi. Have you seen some dice? Black and gold?"

"No, I haven't," Tsurugi said. He gestured over to the cabinets. "There are some dice over there, though."

"Thanks, but I need my dice. They're important to me."

You spun in a slow circle, trying not to panic. Had you even brought your bone dice to the Higashikata mansion? Maybe you'd left them in the villa. But no, you had used them with Kei earlier. Maybe they were still in the kitchen?

"Uh oh," Tsurugi said. "Where's Iwasuke?"

You were about to snap that it didn't matter where the ugly-ass dog was until it hit you.

No. No, there's no way.

"Tsurugi," you said, your voice pinched. "Did Iwasuke take my dice?"

"I don't know," Tsurugi said innocently. "Did he?"

You were already lurching out of the basement and down the corridor leading to the main house. This couldn't be happening. What the fuck were you going to do if Iwasuke had swallowed your dice? Would that kill your Stand? Because it would definitely kill your sanity.

"Have you seen Iwasuke?" you nearly shouted at Mitsuba and Kei, nevermind the fact that they were in the middle of a conversation.

"I just let him outside a few minutes ago," Mitsuba said, bemused. "He's probably running around the yard."

You slammed open the front door. You prayed to the gods that Iwasuke hadn't already swallowed your dice. You would pry open his jaws yourself if he had to, but he could not have swallowed your dice.

How did that dog even get my dice? They were in my pocket the whole time.

Iwasuke wasn't anywhere on the Higashikatas' front yard, because of course he wasn't. You wanted to scream but you forced yourself to stay calm. You kept walking beyond the Higashikatas' property, out to where the Wall Eyes began rising up out of the ground. This would be the first time you'd seen them up close. They weren't any less unsettling than when you'd seen them from Joshu's car.

"Iwasuke! Here, boy!"

Even though you were loath to do it, you picked your way between a few shelves of the Wall Eyes, trying not to trip on the loose rock and soil. There were various dark holes and gaps gouged into the Wall Eyes, uncannily shaped like faces when you stepped back to take them in. You wondered if it was possible that Iwauske could have clambered into one of them somehow.

You hated being here. Even if they were natural protrusions, there was something almost menacing about the Wall Eyes. It didn't seem possible that they could have been made from an earthquake. If felt like at any moment, the Wall Eyes might suck you into the earth and never let you go.

What the hell is wrong with me?

You felt your phone buzz in your pocket. You took it out, and for a second, you couldn't read any of the words on your screen. You blinked a few times, and the notification went back to normal.

Hey, waiting up for you. We're still meeting at the Honey Sesame Café, right?

Yasuho. Maybe she could help you find Iwasuke. At the very least offer you moral support.

You started walking into Morioh proper, your eyes peeled for the ugly-ass dog. Panic and annoyance had melted into something prickly in the back of your throat. You were starting to think that Tsurugi might have actually given your dice to Iwasuke. As a prank or something. The kid had been giving you weird vibes all morning. If you couldn't find your dice, you were going to beat the shit out of that kid.

Just then, the back of your neck tingled. You looked behind you, not seeing anyone until you lowered your gaze and spotted a head of green hair hiding behind one of the trees lining the street.

"Are you following me?" you barked at Tsurugi.

"I want to help you find Iwasuke," he said, blinking. "Maybe he went—"

"I don't have time to be babysitting you," you snapped. "Go back home. I'll find your stupid dog." You felt a little bad for being sharp with Tsurugi, but it wasn't like a dog had eaten his Stand.

If he even had one.

"Okay." Tsurugi began walking away. "If anything happens, just come back to the basement, okay? I'll help you."

You're the one who got me into this shit in the first place, you nearly yelled, but managed to bite it down. As you turned, something rustled underfoot.

You looked down to find a paper frog—now sadly crushed and dirty. You scowled. That little shit. Tsurugi had better pray that you would find your bone dice.

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[itsjaywalkers]

omg laurie hi i just saw my tag i love it sm😭😭 (im insane commute nonnie btw)

also, bc i like explaining this, the reason for my two hour commute to class is that im Very Stupid. so what happened is that i did a little two month long internship start of last semester. the office was literally in a whole other town but i didn't have many classes so i decided to just get an apartment in that town and travel for my two-three classes per week. and that was ok. but then the internship came to an end and i found out (get ready for this) i accidentally signed a seven month lease!! idk what even happened but it's not hard to believe that my landlord told me this and i just had my head in the clouds. but anyway i was like ok cool i'll just pay the fine n move out but my best friend said that i should just do the commute this whole semester and get a job at some office again next semester (we're only allowed one internship per sem) and i was like 'ok😝 i'll do that😝😝 with no prior knowledge of my schedule for next semester🤪 im so goofy aha' and then i spent the next two month doing that (which was fun tbh. i didn't have many classes and i used the commute to not have thoughts) but then BAM this sem starts and i don't have the time for interships bc of my schedule!! however. i already lived here for like 4 months now. its like 3 more months. do i really want to just Give Up and let all the time i wasted be for nothing AND give my landlord money??? i dont Think so. which is why. out of sheer stubbornness i take two hour routes to classes 5 days a week

anyways sorry for all the yapping i just think its so funny!! (i live in delusion) but also nothing happens!! ive been thinking about that all the time. im telling you its occupied so many of my thoughts i'd sign another 7 month lease thinking about nothing happens jeggy they're my love<3 i've been talking abt them sm last week a friend gave me her jacket to sit on (was wearing white) and i said "you know who'd do this" n she said "please don't start again"

again sorry for the length of this but also have a great week!!! praying for nothing happens jeggy and the ppl they're torturing (sirius) by being themselves!!! <3

hi darling!! i'm so happy to be hearing from u <3 and i'm glad u like ur silly lil tag hehe u earned it!!

this story is . so very insane to me but at the same time i can't even judge u bc i'd also choose to endure 2 hour long commutes out of sheer stubborness BUT ALSO bc i'd refuse to pay a fine. i made a mistake with the lease and i'm dealing with the consequences but i'm not . wasting any more money . still i'm so sorry u gotta deal with this for 3 more months, just thinking about how much time u must lose on public transport every week is making me wanna cry. ur so very brave babe i swear. at least it's only temporary, and once this semester is over you'll be able to move out and hopefully get a place a lot closer to ur classes so u can chill a little. honestly this feels like something that'd happen to me so u have all my support and appreciation UR DOING GREAT DARLING!!!

don't apologise!! it was very fun to read indeed and i love getting these updates on ur life + ur crazy commutes. and i've been thinking about them A Lot too, both them and oby jeggy have been occupying all of my mental space and i swear they're all driving me insane. AND LISTEN james would. for reg he so would. sorry to ur friend bc she sounds very done but i'm on ur side always and that's definitely very nothing happens james coded!!! IT HAD TO BE SAID!!!

STOP APOLOGISING BABE U AND UR ASKS ARE SUPER LOVELY thank u very much and i'm also wishing u a great week!! u deserve it!! and i'm also praying for all of them bc . they're gonna need it lmao

[skiyoosmi]

post-break up heartaches

verse 1. in the car that used to drive us to our home

⤷ kuroo tetsurou, oikawa tooru — more characters coming soon

⤷ verse 2 | verse 3

⤷ play. never let me go by ghostly kisses, forget about us by clinton kane

commissions: open

⇢ KUROO sighs for the umpteenth time of the day. he was so fucking exhausted and his body's about to give in to sleep any moment now. work has been beating his ass; there was this newbie who kept on messing up the documents needed by the board and for the whole day, he had to be the one to fix said issues. it's not like he wasn't paid enough for that; if anything, his paycheck was one of the most beautiful things he laid his eyes on— but god, even his body has its own limits and yet...

"ya.... yer not supposed to do this anymore. y-ya left me, remember?" you slurred, index finger pointing right at his chest as he circled his arms around your waist, huffing as you practically dropped all your weight on him. here he was, suddenly given the task of having to take you home after your supposed-to-be designated driver, miya fucking atsumu, also drank his brains out with you.

"be patient. still heartbroken because of you, y'know?" kenma softly tells him despite the tipsy feeling lurking in the back of his mind, shaking his head as he looked at you, whose system finally shut down and were now dozing off in the black haired man's arms.

"..... still?" he mumbles, looking down at your figure and he feels his heart contract with pain all over again.

"you can't expect her to be fine immediately, kuroo. it was your wedding day, supposed to be the greatest day of her life and yet it became the worst one... you left her at the altar alone."

he didn't reply anything— or rather, he was unable to. because what can he say to refute the truth? nothing. instead, he proceeded to his car with you still in his hold. he places you on the passenger seat, locking the seatbelts before jogging to the driver's side.

the car ride was calm as you slept soundly with your head occasionally hitting the window lightly as it swayed from side to side. he was sure as hell that if you were sober right now, you wouldn't even have the thought of seeing him cross your mind. he just knows for sure that you despise him with your whole being... at least, that's what he thought until...

"i'm sorry, tetsu. please come back," you whimper in your seat, voice quiet but he heard it nonetheless, "tell me what i did wrong so i can fix it."

the pitiful sounds and mumbles you made struck kuroo right in the heart and which makes him pull over an empty but safe road, just a block away from your (previously shared) apartment. looking over your form, he finds himself reaching out to touch your face, caressing your cheeks as drops of tears fell down slowly on them, "you didn't do anything wrong. you were fine. you were so perfect."

you squint your eyes at him, probably wondering if this was real or just a part of your drunken imagination. nonetheless, you hiccuped, "y-you... you left me and i... i still can't even bring myself to hate you... i just wanna ask you why? i just want to understand."

he thought he also knew the reason why but every single time he thinks about it, he's only led to one conclusion: because he was a coward. no way was this any of your fault— it's definitely not your fault that right at that moment, as he stared at the mirror, wearing the black suit you chose for him, the sudden fear of commitment loomed over him. it's not like it was your fault he suddenly got scared of losing you the way his parents lost each other. but now he thinks it's ironic, because he lost you anyway.

maybe... just maybe, if he had just met you where you stood at the altar, instead of leaving you alone in it, maybe he would've been happier. maybe his days would've started more with a smile from you as you helped him fix his necktie before going to work. maybe, the working hours he spends in the shitty corporate world would've been more worth it if it meant he can come home to you at the end of the day. maybe... maybe he wouldn't have to be stuck with this lump in his throat as he wonders what could've been happening if he just chose to show up and vowed his life to you.

but he didn't.

"i realized i wasn't just ready to tie my life with anyone yet. that's all there is to it, yn."

so with a heavy feeling stuck in his chest and a quiet promise to never see you again for the sake of not hurting you further, he starts the car's engine again, ignoring the words you replied but he was sure they will haunt him for a very long time... again.

i can wait for you no matter how long it takes, tetsu, you know that.

⇢ OIKAWA gives you what seems like a guilty smile as he stands in front of you, opening his arms and gesturing you to come closer. but the stoic expression on your face takes him back to the reality that the last thing you wanted to do today was to actually fetch him from the airport. it just so happens that his three best friends were caught up with work that they had no choice but to send you, the main ex-bestfriend slash ex-girlfriend, to him.

why did you agree when you practically loathe him with your whole being? well, it was probably because you weren't the devil who would reject your friends when they were literally on their knees as they begged you and for some reason, you thought he'll look pitiful going back to his home country after five years with no one to welcome him. yeah, that's it. it's not like you're still in love with him or anything.

"my car's just around the corner," you begrudgingly walk towards the car park with him quietly following. at the moment, he knew better than to get on your nerves or else there would be war. he hates that this happened to the both of you but he can't blame anyone else but himself. because who wouldn't hate their ex-boyfriend if they suddenly broke up with them over a phone call?

tension filled the car as you both sat beside each other. perhaps, this was what other people were talking about when they say that it's impossible for exes to be friends again, to not feel any awkwardness because you were sure as hell that the word "awkward" was an understatement of your situation right now. nevertheless, your eyes couldn't help but wander to his figure as he adjusted his body, opting for a more comfortable position in the passenger's seat.

he looked more youthful and you felt bittersweet— proud that his whole aura screams of "success" which meant that gone were the days where he longed to get that winter cup trophy, nor the times when he overworked himself and put a strain on his knee which led to countless arguments with you. if anything, he looked happier and it sucks because you're not even close to feeling that way... not without him.

"i heard you've finally gotten yourself your own condominium? that's great, yn!" he exclaimed as soon as you began driving to your destination, a hope lit within him that maybe you might just respond to him. just one smile, that's all i need, he thinks.

but you remain focused on your driving, choosing to reply with a single nod and a soft "yeah..."

disappointment fills his heart as he faces the truth that your relationship has really been ruined, along with your friendship. all because he was foolish to think that he couldn't handle the physical distance between you two. realization dawns upon him that he just made that same distance worse as you pull your heart further away from him.

"... i actually bought it for the two of us, you know?" he whips his head to your direction in surprise, heart clenching as he watch you let out a sad chuckle, "i just... i thought it would be nice if we had a place to permanently stay at and for you to have a home to go to when you're at japan. but yeah... i guess things doesn't go our way sometimes, does it?"

"i'm sor—"

"it's okay. i'm fine now," you quickly reply, shaking your head but keeping your eyes on the road. he tries to ignore the tears that start to form in them because he has no right to stop them, knowing full well that he was the one who caused them in the first place.

as if on cue, you halt your vehicle in front of a familiar apartment and much to your dismay, you find yourself looking back in the past when you used to live in that same place, making wonderful memories with the chocolate haired lad with you. you clear your throat to stop the sob that desperately attempts to escape your throat, "uhm... we're here."

"oh, yeah. we're here," he numbly states, already missing you despite the mere inches of space separating the two of you. you just felt so far away and he hates it. but this was the path he chose so he gets out of your car along with his things, turning to you once more, "uhh... thanks for the ride, yn. i know you probably hate me but yeah... it's very nice of you to put that past us and i guess i just want to say sorry for hurting you... i just..."

"i don't hate you, tooru," you softly tell him, "i just don't want anything to do with you anymore. to see you this happy, without me, is like a slap in the face because i'm not. it still hurts and i'm not fine. i just hope this will be the last time we'll see each other. be safe on your trip back to argentina. welcome home."

and with that, you start the car's engine again, no longer having the energy nor the strength to hear his reply. but he wishes you did because as he watches your car drive further away from him, he can't help but wish that he can take back time so that you don't have to go to that condominium and instead, go inside the home you once shared with him.

but i'm not happy, yn. because how could i call this place my home when you're not here with me?

at that moment, unbeknownst to the two hearts that long for each other break at the same time, you finally let out the tears and cries that you've been keeping since you saw him, knowing that no matter how much you try, you'll never be as happy as you were with him— simply because he left you with a hole in your heart that no one else can fill.

© SKIYOOSMI, 2021. reposting, translating, editing, copying and any kind of plagiarism are strictly prohibited, thank you.

[countrymusiclover]

Secret Moments

Part 4

Secretly Rafe and I disappeared from the others at the party since we couldn't show any affection around the others. Once we're outside he leads me to his car and we headed out towards the harbor at night. Helping me out of the car the wind blows through my hair looking out at all the ships in Pearl Harbor. "I'm suprised we've been able to pull this off. I surely thought we'd get caught." Rafe wrapped his arms around me chuckling at my words. "Where's the fun in not trying at all." I smiled up at him enjoying that he's reckless sometimes. Danny warned me about it but it's not an issue for me. Rafe tried to hide his feelings for me the best he could and I him, but I guess fate wants us together. Leaning back into his chest he wraps his arms around me, his chin resting ontop of my head. "Y/n, I just got a great idea." He suddenly pulled away dragging me back towards the car and he drives to the hanger bay. "Rafe, what are you thinking in that head of yours?"

He climbs up into one of the planes and I climbed up onto the ladder still not understanding his plan until he turns on the engine moving for me to sit in the pilots seat. "We're going for a fly. You and me." I feel butterflies in my stomach as he smirks pating the seat with his freehand. "Oh no, Rafe we can't. I'm not allowed  - I've never actually flown one before..." He holds out his other hand staring deeply into my eyes until I give in. "Lisen you have the exact same training like I do. Nobody's here to judge you about or kick me out of the army...." He pauses tilting my chin so I'll actually look him in the face. "Y/n, you won't be up there alone. I'll be right by you if something goes wrong." Biting my lip I put my hand in his sitting in front of the controls. Putting my hands on the stick I slowly tilt it up causing us to roll out the doors. Flipping one of the switches I increase the speed and then yank the stick so we go up into the sky. The wind blows through my hair as we fly through the clouds looking down at the ground a huge grin gets plastered on my face. Thank gosh I've never had a fear of heights or this would be terrible for me. Turning the stick to the right the plane sours over the harbor to which Rafe replied.

"A beautiful sight isn't it. Almost as beautiful as you." I feel my cheeks turn red and I try to keep a steady hand on the controls so we don't crash. "Don't distract the pilot whose flying, McCawley!" I warned him as he slowly reached for the controls suggesting something. "Can I take a turn. I wanna show you something." Reluctantly I let his hands take the controls and at first I think he's not gonna do anything crazy until he does just that. He somehow manages to do flips with the plane where I think I might fall out. So out of fear I wrap my arms around his neck making him chuckle at seeing me scared for the first time ever. "What you've never seen someone barrel roll one of these before." I smake his chest with my freehand scolding him when he finally stopped doing them. "No I haven't. You're crazy Rafe!" He doesn't say anything at first but he suddenly does one more big barrel roll, flying us back to the base. "What the hell Rafe!" I cursed clutching onto him for dear life now. Once we landed he got out of the plane helping me out smirking. "It was fun to see your reaction. It was cute." I started to fire back at him  but voices and flashlights coming towards us in the distance makes me grab his arm dragging him outside.

He hides our bodies in the seats of his car seeing its the night portal inspecting the airplane. "I cannot believe I let you talk me into this. Now we're so going to get caught!" I scold him in a whisper hitting him a few times in his chest. He just keeps smiling at me barley lisening to me being annoyed with him. "You do know you can lose your job right. That they could have your badge right. Are you trying to act like an idiot. Would you stop looking at me like you're gonna kiss me or-" He cuts me off cupping my face in his hands. His lips pressing against mine and I gasped at first feeling my heart rate increasing. But when he started to pull away that's when I kiss back, wrapping my arms around his neck to deepen it. I could hardly believe that he's my first kiss. Eventually we break for air huge grins on our faces at what just happened. "Am I still an idiot now, Miss L/n?" Rolling my eyes I want to be angry at him but I just don't have it in me to be. "Yes McCawley you are still an idiot...but your my idiot." He leans forward again kissing and the voices of the patrol officers faded away when I kiss back.

Hours later we're back at my place luckily my dad is out on a date tonight with my mom so the coast is clear. Stepping up onto my front porch I tuck hair behind my ear smiling up at him. He takes my hands in his smiling too as he spoke about our fast paced relationship. "Y/n L/n, these past few weeks have been the best of my life...I love you." My cheeks turned bright red and he blushed too until I see a sad expression appear on his face. "Rafe, what's wrong?" He runs a hand through his hair admitting what he's signed up for. "I'm heading to the war tomorrow, in England. I know that you're probably mad at me for waiting until tonight to really make a move on you. I just wanted to-" I cut him off with a kiss jumping into his arms his arms wrapped around my waist pulling me closer. "You don't have to be sorry about it. This is what you've always wanted to do. Just promise me something." He immediately responded with puppy eyes. "Anything Y/n, just name it." Resting a hand to his cheek I kiss him one more time. "Remember I love you too and come back to me, Rafe McCawley." He kisses my forehead whispering to me. "I promise."

Comments really appreciated ❤️

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My Chemical Romance site updates (pt. 2)

☠︎ 01.07.03

Ice Climber

Hey everybody, its me (Ray) and Gerard! We're currently sacking out at a swank Internet Cafe in Toronto called "Internet Cafe." How original. Its snowing like mad here, and its really cold too. We're three days into the tour and got like another two months to go, and already we're having a blast. Montreal was really cool, but really French too. Instead of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) they have PFK, Poulet Frit Kentucky. Oh how we laughed...and then rocked the fuck out!

Hey everybody! Gerard really needs a copy of "Lose Yourself" by Eminem. He wants it to be his "tour jam." He would be really, really grateful for anyone who could burn this for him and bring it to a show.

We've met some really amazing people at the two shows we've done so far, and are looking forward to meeting many, many more. So please come up to us after we're done playing to say hi and chat with us for a bit. It really makes our day when we meet great kids, and that's really what this is all about. Our time is running low, so we have to get our snow boots on and head off to the next show! Come rock the fuck out with us and unleash les Chauves-souris!!!

MCR

☠︎ 01.15.03

Merch it up!

What's up everyone! Just wanted to let you know that we're doing doing well on our travels. We're in Milwaukee right now, getting ready to head to St. Louis. Keep this between you and me, but it stinks to high hell in here. My sense of smell is slowy dying, along with my desire to shower regularly.

We're happy to announce that our online store at merchdirect.com is up! Follow the Merch link at the top or go to http://www.merchdirect.com/mychemicalromance to check out what we have available. We'll be putting up more stuff soon, so keep checking!! Also, the more stuff you order, the more toys we'll be able to buy on tour, so help a brother out! Hope all of you are safe and merry!

Ray

☠︎ 01.18.03

Mountains!

Holy Shit! We're driving through Boulder, CO and man is it beautiful Woh, Matt just saw some tumbleweed! I wish I had a camera to take some pictures. I'm probably gonna get one today since we're getting our allowances today. We shall see how far I can stretch $40 over next week. It'll be a struggle to keep from buying new toys when I've got to eat. Me and Frankie were gonna go halfies on a loaf of bread and giant jars of peanut butter and jelly to keep us going through the week. We'll see if I don't buy toys first...

I wanted to take the time to thank all of you that have coming to the shows. You guys have treated us with nothing but kindness while we're onstage and off, and we truly appreciate that. Even those who don't know us have been rocking out and having a good time, and that's what music is all about. Gotta put another CD on to keep Matt awake! Salt Lake City, here we come! Oh, one last thing! You guys should make us mix tapes and CDs of your favorite bands for us to listen to on the road. We wanna know what you guys and gals are rocking out to! Thanks!!!

Ray

☠︎ 02.05.03

Finch, Used, Movielife...

ROCK!!!! Nuff said.

Oh wait, we're gonna be in New Jersey at a hall on February 28th! Make sure to come and support your local scene!

-r

☠︎ 02.14.03

Happy Valentines Day!

We just got info on our first headlining show! We're playing Stingray's in Old Bridge, NJ on March 22. We're playing with good friends and great bands, so please check us out, but more importantly, check them out! Tickets are onsale now at http://www.ticketmaster.com/artist/859324.

Later tonight we'll be posting the dates for the TBS tour in April, plus some very special dates in March. Let's just say we'll be on a big flying thing called an aeroplane to get to them...

☠︎ 02.19.03

Hey Good Lookin'!

We need your help! I've come to realize (much like the rest of you) that the pictures on our website are horribly out of date. Just look at the picture of me at the top of the website...I'm sooo much handsomer than that! If anyone has pictures of us from the past few months (especially the Columbus show where my face was covered in blood) then send them to raytoro@comcast.net and we'll get them up as soon as possible. If you can, try to send zipped files and keep them under 5 megs to make sure they get to us. Please include your name and we'll give you proper credit on our photos page.

We still haven't gotten concrete info for the European dates we're doing with the Used, but if you go to their webpage, we should be on most if not all of their European dates. Hopefully we'll be getting those dates soon.

Also wanted to send a quick thanks to everyone who's been coming to the shows, and all the new friends we've met on our travels. We're having a blast on this tour and its all thanks to you guys and gals, and also the fine bands we're playing with. Everyone on this tour is awesome, from the bands to the crew to the people who work at the venues. Its kinda sad that we only have 2 more dates left, because we're definitely gonna miss you all.

-R

☠︎ 02.25.03

Hope you like the new look everybody. Expect lots of new photos added (thanks to everyone who's sent photos in, keep 'em coming!) and other changes in the next coming days!

-r

☠︎ 02.28.03

Hey everybody, pick up the latest issue of Alternative Press, cuz, ummm...We're in it! It should be on newstands now!

Hope to see everyone who can make it at the show tonight in Boonton, NJ. Its gonna be a sweet homecoming!!!

-r

☠︎ 03.18.03

Home Sweet Home!

We're back from Europe! Thanks to everyone for being so kind to us and making us feel welcome. Seeing people from the UK, Germany, Spain, and Holland singing our stuff was one of the most amazing experiences ever.

Four more days till the Stingrays show on March 22nd!!! Like the Boonton show, its gonna be another sweet homecoming for MCR. You guys will love Sleep Station and Murder By Death. Its been a long while since MCR rocked the stage with these two bands, and we're really looking forward to it! Tickets are still available at ticketmaster.com so come and join the fun!

Finally, apologies for not staying in touch with you guys while we were away. It was really hard to get on the internet overseas, so next month we'll do more updates and stuff from the road. I need to go get a new license and birth certificate now since I lost my wallet in Amsterdam. Don't ask...

-r

☠︎ 03.24.03

Thanks to all that came and made Stingrays so special. You guys rock!

This should be pretty rad! Check out DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show this Wednesday March 26th 2003 6-8pm est to hear a live over the phone interview with us! To listen live open winamp and press Ctrl + L and then type in wvau.ods.org or open real player and press Ctrl + O and then type in wvau.ods.org. For more information check out www.djrossstar.com

-r

☠︎ 04.04.03

On the road again...

Today we begin our tour with Taking Back Sunday, From Autumn To Ashes, and Recover. To say we're excited is indeed an understatement. We really love and respect what these bands are doing, and can't wait to share the stage with them. We're also playing a few places we've never played before, and also revisiting some old favorites, so the excitement level in the band is very very high. Thank you all for your continued support of MCR, and we can't wait to see you at the shows!

-r

p.s. I got a new license and wallet so I can drive again! Woot! Of course, I almost lost it again a week later...I'm a doof!

☠︎ 04.06.03

Important news on the June 6th Krome Show...

We have decided not to play the show on June 6th at Klub Krome. Instead we are going to play a local show put on by a local promoter. The date has not been finalized yet, but it will not be long after June 6th. We will post all info as soon as we get it. We sincerely hope this does not cause a problem for anyone. For those who already bought tickets just to see us, please accept our apologies. We hope that Club Krome is doing refunds for those of you who wish not to attend the show. If they don't accept refunds, we will accept the unused ticket at the make-up show. We would rather you not request a refund and still go to the Krome show in support of Give Up The Ghost (formerly American Nightmare) and Everytime I Die. Both are amazing bands and are guaranteed to blow you away. In fact, they'll probably be chumping us the whole tour! We are sorry for any inconvenience we have caused. We remember growing up in a thriving independent scene and we feel the need to do what we can to support its growth once again. Please support local bands and venues, write a zine, or put on a show. This music belongs to all of us, it was there for us when no one else was, and its up to us to keep it going strong. See you at the show!

MCR

☠︎ 04.09.03

Upcoming tours...

Hello all! News on upcoming tours is coming in soon. In mid May/early June we will be out with Give Up The Ghost(formerly American Nightmare) and in August/September we'll be out with Reggie And The Full Effect and Midtown. We'll get dates posted as soon as we get them!

-r

☠︎ 04.28.03

Home for a day, the road for a lifetime...

What's up everybody! We posted the latest dates today for the Give Up The Ghost tour. We should also have info on the show we're doing in place of Krome really soon. Sorry for the lack of updates and not replying to some emails, our power supply for our laptop is busted! We've been desperately trying to find one, but apparently no stores have it in stock. Sigh...such is life I guess.

What else has been going on? Hmmm...we had an awesome time at Skate and Surf! It was an awesome homecoming for us and it was great playing with so many great bands. It was so good to see so many friends, plus Andrew WK! Man does he rock. Got to spend a day at home too which was great, but its back out on the road again! Hope to see you all at the upcoming shows!

-r

☠︎ 05.16.03

A Quickie...

Posted dates for the Reggie/Midtown tour in August, and also have info on the Jersey show we're doing on June 8th in Montclair with our good friends The Exit, Murder By Death, and Clark St. We cannot wait for that and we hope all of you can make it out to that! Will post more ramblings when I'm not in a rush to go see the new Matrix!

-r

☠︎ 06.07.03

Vacation time! Ummm...sort of...

Wow. We're home. Its so strange being home knowing that we don't have to leave again for tour after three or four days. I actually unpacked my luggage, which I haven't done in nearly 6 months. I can't really describe how excited we all are to spend time with family and friends for two whole months! Being away from home definitely makes us cherish the time we have here that much more, and I hope all of you cherish your friends and family as well.

Speaking of cherishing things, we cherish each and every one of you who has ever come to one of our shows, bought some merch, taken the time out of their day to say hi to us before or after we play, emailed or posted on our message board...you guys and gals are our family too. Know that even on our time off, you are all in our thoughts.

Tomorrow is our sweet return to playing a show in Jersey. Its at the Bloomfield Ave Cafe in Montclair, NJ. We expect to see a lot of old and new faces. Our excitement level for this show is immeasurable. If you have nothing to do, please come out and rock with us as its definitely gonna be something special. Hope to see you there!

-r

p.s. Apologies for not responding to emails while we were out on the road, we still haven't gotten our laptop fixed yet but we will soon!

☠︎ 06.15.03

Knitting Factory Show 6/26/03!!!

Don't forget everybody, we'll be playing Knitting Factory on June 26. We're playing with Boys Night Out and Scatter The Ashes. Info on tickets and showtime can be found here - http://www.cmj.com/live/cmjnite.php

-r

☠︎ 07.03.03

Happy Birthday Eddie!

Please join us in wishing Eddie, tour manager extraordinare, a very happy birthday. I think he turns 18 today, but no one really knows for sure...Its as great a mystery as how life truly began on Earth. Raise a glass and toast along with us!

You can catch us tonight on WSOU 89.5 if you live in Jersey and I think some parts of Pennsylvania. We'll be from 10PM to 12AM, so listen up if you can!

Also a quick thanks to everyone who came to Knitting Factory and made it one of the most fun shows we've played ever. You guys and gals were amazing! You never cease to surprise us with the positive energy and unending love you give us, and we hope you all feel it back from us. Hope all of you have a great weekend, go unleash some fucking bats!!!!

P.S. How amazing was Hambone??!?!?! He saved the show!

-MCR

☠︎ 07.29.03

Thanks to those who came out this weekend to Long Island and Lancaster for the shows with Coheed and Cambria. Your support was much, much appreciated. Hope you guys and gals dug the new song! Also thanks to Coheed and Cambria for drinking with us and having us on their shows.

This weekend will be exciting for us cuz we're shooting a video with Eyeball. We had a great time last time, and we're certain this Saturday will be no different.

We've been getting a lot of emails concerning the street team. I didn't know that the dead link was still up on the main page so it has been removed temporarily. We'll have new info up soon on this, so stay tuned!

Go buy the new Thrice, it rocks!

-MCR

☠︎ 08.22.03

New shows added in September! Check out the Shows page for more info. Thanks to all for making the shows on the Reggie tour so great, and we'll hopefully see more of you on the rest of the tour. Gotta run to Worcester now for the show!

-MCR

☠︎ 09.04.03

Whew! We just got home from a 20 hour drive (that Matt did almost all by himself!) and are now back in good ole Jersey. Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows and spent time with us. This, for all of us, has been the most fun and rewarding tour we've been on. We feel rejuvenated and ready to get back to writing and making more music for you all. Each and every single person on this tour, from the band members to crew was amazing, and we consider you all great friends that we hope to see in the future. Missy, Josh, James, Amanda, Joey, Brother Mike, Corey, Andy, Ryan, Tyler, Heath, Gabe, Rob, Stu, Woody, R Kelly, Kenny, Peter, Eric, Chris, and Lisa, we love you all!

-MCR

☠︎ 09.05.03

Lots of new shows added so check em out! We're doing a wacky cruise/show on a ship on October 3rd for WSOU, so that should be pretty cool. Tickets are $35 and go on sale this Friday 9/5 at 12 noon through all ticketmaster outlets, phone charge, and Vintage Vinyl Records (no ticketmaster surcharge). For more info, go to the WSOU website.

Also, we're going out with A Static Lullaby, Vaux, Christiansen and Murder By Death In October. We would love to see you at these shows, as some of the dates we'll be headlining so we can party hard! Also, you'll get to see a great night of music as well. We look forward to seeing you all there!

-MCR

☠︎ 09.20.03

BATS AND BULLETS HALLOWEEN SHOW!!!

We've been waiting to announce this, and now we finally can! On Halloween night, we'll be playing Krome in South Amboy, NJ with friends: A Static Lullaby, Vaux, Murder By Death, The Hostage, The Oval Portrait, The Banner and other special guests! Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com. These tickets will go fast so buy them now!

-MCR

☠︎ 09.22.03

December 14th, we'll be playing with Mindless Self Indulgence at Irving Plaza in New York! Go you silly monkeys!

-MCR

☠︎ 10.02.03

A Three Hour Tour...

Tomorrow is the WSOU boat show. Come join the fun, drink and get sick off the side of the boat! I know we will! I've just been informed by a little birdie that there are only 50 tickets left, so get 'em while they're hot!

-MCR

☠︎ 11.01.03

Thank you!!!

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Halloween Show! Playing again in our home state for all you guys and gals was awesome. It felt so good coming back home and ripping shit up with all of you.

Also thanks to A Static Lullaby, Senses Fail, Murder By Death, Vaux, The Hostage, The Banner, The Oval Portrait, and everyone else who helped make the show better than we could have ever hoped! Viva New Jersey!

-MCR

☠︎ 11.04.03

Join the new MCRmy Street Network Street Team by clicking here! We're in the process of merging the old MCRmy with this new team that has more to offer for everybody. Sign up now!

Expect some downtime for the message board and main site for a few days while we switch hosts. It should be pretty quick and painless though. We'll be back in a few days!

Lastly, we're home for a few months to write a record! Woooot!

-MCR

☠︎ Tonight w/ Blink in Toronto

Hello All,

UNfortunately, due to weather problems, we will not be making it to Toronto this evening to play for you. We are very bummed out about this, but we promise to come see you guys and girls very soon.

Take Care,

Gerard, Mikey, Ray, Frank, & Matt

☠︎ My Chemical Romance Coming to the UK!!!!!!!!

We are super excited that we can announce the confirmed UK Tour Dates for January. THe dates are as follow:

January 13- Manchester @ Night & Day

January 14- Birmingham @ Birmingham Academy

January 15- London @ London Barfly

We would love to see those of you from the UK there. We can't wait.

xoxoxoxox

Gerard, Mikey, Ray, Frank, and Matt

☠︎ 12.05.03 Last Show This Year!!!!!

Hello Everyone, After 200+ shows this year, it is finally going to come to an end. Our last show this year is bound to be a very special one as it is in New Jersey. What better than spreading the Holiday cheer with My Chemical Romance? Spreading it with My Chemical Roomance AND MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE!!!!! The last show will take place on December 20th at the Cricket Club in Irvington, NJ. It is ALL AGES and tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster annd www.excessdb.com Tickets are going fast, so you should try to get yours ASAP. See you soon, Gerard, Mikey, Ray, Frank, & Matt

☠︎ 12.07.03 XMAS Gifts Galore!!!!!

Just so everyone remembers, MCR Merch will make a perfect gift for anyone this Holiday Season. If you order now, you should still be able to get it in time. Just go to the Merch page and shop away. How Convenient is that?

☠︎ LAST SHOW THIS YEAR!!!!!!

Hey Everyone, Our last show this year is coming up very quickly. We would like to see many of you make it out to the show. This year has been an amazing year for us and we would like to thank you. The show is as follows: SATURDAY DECEMBER 20 THE CRICKET CLUB IRVINGTON, NJ w/ Mindless Self Indulgence You can buy tickets online here: See you there. xoxoxox

☠︎ WARPED TOUR!!!!!!!!!!!

It is very pleasing to announce that we have been added to this coming year\'s Warped Tour. We will know more information soon on what exactly the dates are and who else is on the Tour. So far we know that Taking Back Sunday, New Found Glory, The Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, The Casualties, Yellowcard, Coheed & Cambria, and Rise Aginst will all be on the tour. How much better can it be? We will find out. Check Out www.warpedtour.com for more news and updates. We will also be keeping you posted on our site. We will see you all there.

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Request for @sassyeahhhh

Hi i really like your work I don't really want to make it awkward but can i request? Levi x female reader fluff smut angst maybe? where she gets hurt and he lashes out (he is also afraid to loose her because of some messed up nightmare?) Ends up with amazing lovemaking and cutesy talk??

It's finally done! I hope I did your request justice!!

PART ONE:

AOT Levi x Reader No Regrets Part 2!!!!

NSFW AFTER PHOTO

Content: Smut

Warnings: unprotected sex, Levi being Levi, sex out in the woods, minors not allowed!

“(Y/N) you’re an idiot you brat!” Yelled Levi as he brought you into the hospital.

“The bastard took me by surprise Levi it’s really not a big deal I'm-I'm f-ahhhh!” You cried out and grabbed your shoulder crimson leaking everywhere.

“Shut it brat. You need stitches that wound is pretty deep. Let’s move it.”

You were instantly seen by the doctor.

“I can kill a God damn titan but get blindsided by a person.” You laughed as the doctor stitched you up. “That's pretty sad!”

“Stupid you need to be more careful! That could of ended up a lot worse than it did (Y/N).” Levi said scolding you.

“I'm sorry Levi…. I promise I will be more careful.” You smiled at him, the doctor soon had you stitched up and ready to go home with Levi. On the walk home you noticed Levi was being extra cautious and overprotective, it was strange to see him act that way.

Levi hid you under his green Scouts cloak, keeping his strong arm wrapped around your waist he walked home. Levi was vigilant, his eyes darting back and forth being aware of every little movement.

Ever since you both joined the Scouts you and Levi had been making quite a name for yourselves. The Power Couple, Humanities Strongest Soldier and The Titan Slaying Princess. Being so famous you had plenty of men chasing after you even though everyone knew you were with Levi they were still stupid enough to try and make a move on you. The men liked to take Levi on as a challenge they were curious to see how someone so small was so strong and he never lost a fight.

You had known Levi since you were ten years old and from the very beginning he was protecting you. He was sixteen when he rescued you from some evil men trying to sell you into slavery. Since that day he watched over you, trained you, Levi turned you into the woman you were today.

You peeked your head out from under his cloak the Scouts camp was right in front of you, you were almost home.

“Hey! Captain Levi! Captain(Y/N)!” Yelled Hanji.

“Hey Hanji!” You smiled and waved at her.

You and Levi had only been a part of the scouts for six months but you both quickly flew through the ranks, becoming respected far and wide.

“What happened to your shoulder (Y/N)?” She asked.

“Oooooh you know the usual challenger trying to take me away from Levi. This one had a friend and thought they could catch us off guard but it didn’t work!” You boasted.

“No!” Levi butted in. “It was a bad situation(Y/N)! You really could of gotten hurt worse than you did. This is really getting out of hand. I hate all these stupid assholes trying to fight me for you!” He yelled starting to get angry. “Tch. If I knew keeping my promise of protecting you was going to involve all of this I wish I didn’t make it!”

You looked at him upset as tears started to fill your eyes. “Well Captain Levi I never forced you into protecting me! I never forced you into a relationship ether! If you don’t want to do ether anymore that’s just fine I can protect myself!” You ran off into the woods.

“Tch stupid brat.”

You ran through the woods for a while until you came to a clearing with a beautiful lake. You paused and looked around. “Something seems off.” You reached into your boot and pulled out a huge knife. “Whoever you are I know you’re out there! Show yourself!” You yelled.

Three men came out of the woods running at you. “Pfffft pathetic.” You scoffed and pulled a second knife out of your other boot. You ran at the men taking them out like it was nothing. “That was almost too easy. Huh?” You turned around and were tackled down to the ground knocking your knives out of your hands. “Fuck! G-get off me you asshole!” You kicked him in his balls to get him off of you. Your tried to get away but he grabbed your ankle. “What the fuck!” You were only inches away from your knife. “I-I can’t get it!” You struggled trying to get away.

“Where’s your bad ass boyfriend no- gahhhh!” The man screamed out in pain.

“He’s right here you bastard!” Levi kicked the mans face in.

Levi walked over to you and helped you up. “T-thanks Levi….”

“Come on lets head back to the camp (Y/N).”

“Hold it just a minute Levi, you can’t just yell at me like that and think everything is okay! That really hurt my feelings…. Why did you say that to me? If you really feel that way why did we have sex that night?” Your eyes teared up again. “We aren’t even in an official relationship! You never asked me to be your girlfriend! Everyone just assumes we are together, including me!” You started to cry. “All you said was that you dreamed of the day you could fuck me! Typical fucking men ever since I was of age men have just looked at me like a piece of meat! I thought you were different Levi! That’s why I fell in love with you!” You stopped yelling when you realized you blurted out that you were in love with Levi. You stood there a hot crying mess becoming more upset by the second.

Levi stood there looking at you shocked.

“Y-you're not even going to say anything to me!” You wanted to run away again in that moment it was as if Levi read your mind and he grabbed you so you wouldn’t run.

“Don't even think about running brat!”

“And there you go again calling me a damn brat! I’m not a stupid Cadet Levi! I’m your fucking partner there may be a six-year age gap between us and I may only be twenty but I am your equal!” You tried to get out of his grasp but it was no use.

“(Y/N)….” He sighed, you stopped struggling and looked up at Levi. “Listen I'm sorry for the way I behaved I'm just….”

“Just what Levi?” You’re eyes widened in shock. “Levi are you crying?”

“I'm-I’m scared that I'm going to lose you (Y/N)!” He started to cry more. “Ever since we lo-lost Furlan and Isabel on the first scouting expedition I've been having horrible nightmares of you d-dying almost every night! It's driving me i-insane I haven’t had a good nights sleep in months. The dreams they feel so-so real….”

“Levi…” You took his face in your hands and wiped away his tears. “Is that why you have been acting so differently?”

“You could tell?”

You gave him an ‘are you serious look'. “Levi come on it’s me we are talking about here! I know you better than I know myself of course I could tell…. I just didn’t know what was causing you to act this way…. I can’t say I’m complaining either…. Emotions look good on you Levi.” You said teasing him as you poked his nose causing him to blush. “Is the great Levi blushing!?” You giggled.

“Hey don’t make fun of me!” He said turning even redder.

“Darling I’m not making fun of you at all. Scouts honor! You’re quite cute when you blush Levi.” You kissed his cheek.

He looked at you and smiled.

“I love it when you smile Levi.” You kissed his lips.

Levi pulled you in closer deepening the kiss, you parted your lips allowing his tongue access as you moaned out feeling a bulge poke at you. Levi broke the kiss. “(Y/N)?” He looked deep into your eyes.

“Yes Levi?”

He pushed you to the ground and straddled your waist. “Will you be my girlfriend?” He asked you, his steel-blue eyes filled with lust and wonder.

“I thought I already was your girlfriend?” You asked him smugly.

“Well I'm making it official…. So will you be my girlfriend (Y/N)?”

“Of course I will Levi.” You kissed his nose.

He smiled. “Good, now we are official.” He started to unbutton your shirt.

You blushed deeply. “Levi wh-what are you doing?” You squeaked out as he pulled your breast out of your bra gently rolling your nipple between his fingers.

“I was hoping we could have make-up sex?” He said smugly. “Hot passionate make-up sex.” He said before nipping at your nipple. “If that’s okay with you of course?”

You grabbed at his pants. “Of course its okay with me Captain, I’m just surprised you wanna do it out here. Where you can get dirty.”

“Mmmmmm I want to get dirty in more ways than one (Y/N)…. Plus tomorrow is laundry day.” He winked at you.

“Oh Levi how can I say no to you?” You giggled.

“Hmmmm you can’t?” He replied smugly as he unbuttoned your pants.

“Especially when you’re looking at me like that with those bedroom eyes.”

Levi smirked at you as he pulled down your pants and underwear. He looked on in wonder as he exposed you, licking his lips he pressed his palm against your womanhood making your juices leak all over his hand. “My, my, my you’re already so turned on (Y/N).” He took his soaked hand licking your juices off slowly and sensually, his eyes never looking away from you as he inserted two fingers.

“Oh-ohhhhh!” You moaned as Levi pumped his fingers in and out of you. Your body wiggled around as he went faster. “Le-Leviiiiii oooooohhhh-oooooooh!” You looked up through half-open eyes at Levi, his gaze was still fixed on you a huge smile across his face.

“Mmmmmm yes (Y/N) I love the facial expressions you’re making right now Princess.” He took his thumb and started to massage your clit, which sent you over the edge making you moan even louder, getting you wetter by the second. He leaned in ever so gently flicking your clit with his tongue, you shuddered at his touch as he leaned in to tease you again.

“F-fuck Levi, s-stop teasing me!” You growled as you pulled on his raven hair.

“Oh but it’s so much fun too.” He said smugly. “I love the way your body responds to me when I touch it.” He nipped at your inner thighs.

“L-Levi!” Your hips bucked wildly.

He let out a sigh. “Very well Princess.” He kissed your abdomen. “As you wish.” He licked his lips as he went down on you.

You let out a sigh of relief as his tongue finally made contact with your clit. “Ah-ahhh yessss Levi ju-just like that!” You cried out as he swirled his tongue around.

Levi loved to eat you out he loved the way you tasted, the way you grabbed his hair and pushed his face into your soaking core. It turned him on so much to give you all this pleasure and he never expected anything in return.

“Le-Levi I'm-I'm gonna cummmmmm!” You wined out as you released your first orgasm squirting into his mouth.

He licked up every last drop before coming up and wiped his face off before kissing you.

Your hands traveled down towards his pants as you kissed him back you unbuttoned them and pulled out his throbbing member. He moaned into your mouth as you ran your hands up and down his shaft. You hastened the pace making Levi moan louder and louder, turning you on even more as his sweet moans filled the night sky. “It’s like a sweet song listening to you moan Levi.”

“(Y-Y/N-N) please don’t s-stop.” He whimpered.

“If you get off me I can give you even more pleasure.” You said giving him a smug look.

He looked at you raising an eyebrow but complied.

You pushed him down and straddled his waist, kissing him passionately as you slowly bucked your hips grinding against his length. His sweet lewd moans turned you on so much, it was a rare sight to see Levi like this he always loved to be the dominant one so if you could get him to be submissive in any little way you jumped at it. The only way you knew how was to go down on him.

Levi broke the kiss and looked at you his face red as a tomato. “(Y/N)?” He traced your lips with his thumb.

“Yes Levi?” You asked even though you knew what he wanted you just liked to hear him ask.

“When you said you’d give me even more pleasure…. Did you mean you’d go down on me?”

“If that is what you want then yes!” You smiled at him.

He nodded his head. “Yes it is (Y/N) I want you to so very badly.”

“As you wish Captain.” You kissed him again before lowering yourself to his member. You gently gripped it in your hands running them along his smooth shaft, you heard his breathing becoming heavier. You glanced up at Levi seeing his complexion with pure ecstasy plastered to it. “I've barely done anything to you Captain and you’re already going crazy.” You said smugly.

“W-what can I say (Y/N) you know how to make me submit to you…. Just with one simple question, I'm like a puddle in your hands…..”

You chuckled. “Mhm and I love it when you get like this…. Something about you being Mr. Tough guy all the time then seeing you be submissive it’s so sexy Levi.”

“And I love to see you dominant, it’s such a turn on to have you take control of me sometimes.”

You smiled at him sensually as you licked the pre-cum off his tip, sending shivers down his spine. You flicked your tongue a few more times watching his member twitch at every lick before taking his member in it’s entirety.

Levi gripped your hair locking eyes with you as he looked on in amazement while your head bobbed up and down. “F-fuck th-that feels so-so-so good (Y/N). Ah-ahhhh! God d-damn!”

You quickened the pace licking and sucking, making his member become even harder. Then you deep throated him again taking Levi's member all the way, hastily going back to the tip sucking it hard as your tongue licked all around while you ran your hand up and down his shaft making him tremble at your touch.

He tugged on your hair letting out a loud moan as you deep throated him once more. “Ugnnnnn ah-ahhhhh! Ooooooh!” He howled as you played with his balls.

You went back to the tip licking and sucking bringing Levi almost over the limit.

“G-God damn (Y/N).” He pulled you off and leaned in kissing you passionately, you moaned into his mouth as his length rubbed against your clit. He deepened the kiss as he slipped in, making you moan louder as he started to thrust. Levi broke the kiss. “(Y/N)?” He looked at you is face was bright red.

“Y-yes Le-Levi?” You moaned out.

“I-I-I…. I love y-you Princess.” He said shyly as he continued to thrust.

Your eyes teared up. “R-really Levi?” You smiled.

He smiled back and nodded. “Yes (Y/N) I have loved you for a very long time.” He held your hips as he went deeper and deeper.

“L-Le-Levi I-I love y-you toooo!” You moaned out as you gushed everywhere.

Levi leaned in again kissing you as he wrapped his arms around you slowing down the pace savoring each moment. He held you close as he looked deep into your (E/C) eyes. “(Y/N) you’re so beautiful…. How did I get so lucky?”

“What do you mean L-Levi-ooooooh!”

He leaned into your ear. “To have someone as amazing as you.” He nipped at your neck as he thrusted faster. He shifted your legs and spread you open. “Here hold your legs just like this.” You did so, Levi spread your lips open as he rubbed your clit.

You moaned out loudly as he went deeper and faster your back arched as your cries of pleasure filled the night sky you reached another orgasm.

“That's it Princess cum for me.” He pulled out to switch positions, you took him by surprise and pushed him down to get on top.

You straddled his waist grinding against his member again making Levi go crazy. You continued to rub your clit making yourself squirt all over Levi.

“F-fuck.” He grunted grabbing your hips as he slid back in.

“So eager to be inside me Levi…. What was he cold and lonely?” You said smugly as you sensually choked him.

He looked up at you biting his lower lip he nodded his head. “Mhmmmm very lonely, he loves the way he fits inside you so perfectly.”

“Oh I bet he does.” You smirked as you slammed down on Levi getting him deep inside you. You gripped his muscular shoulders as you wildly bounced up and down. “Oh-oh-oh Le-Leviiiii!” You cried out as he grabbed your butt spreading your cheeks and pounded into you. You took control again slowing down the pace sensually rocking your hips back and forth.

“F-fuck (Y/N) you keep this up you’re gonna make me cum.” He grunted as he pinched your nipples, you tilted your head back moaning louder and louder as he hit your G-spot perfectly. “(Y/N) I love you so much…. I want to spend the rest of my life with you and have a family.”

“I do too Levi more than anything…. I could never imagine being with anyone but you.” You smiled at him as you continue to rock your hips.

“Well then lets get married someday soon.”

“Yes please my love!” You moaned out as he pounded into you.

He ran his hands up and down every inch of your curves as he went deeper. He could feel himself getting close to his climax and slammed into you even faster. “(Y/N) I'm going to cum….”

“Then give me your babies.” You whispered into his ear.

That sent Levi over the edge as he moaned out releasing himself inside you. He grabbed your head wildly attacking your lips as he thrusted a few more times before pulling out.

You laid on top of him a hot drilling mess panting heavily. “T-that was a-amazing my love!” You cooed as you cuddled close to him.

He kissed the top of your head. “Yes it was Princess. Shall we go back to the barracks, shower and go to bed? I just want to hold you all night and never let you go.”

“I'm never going anywhere for as long as I live. You’re stuck with me Levi.” You giggled as you got up to get dressed.

“Hm, no you’re stuck with me, because I don’t know how the hell you put up with me.” He chuckled as he threw your pants at you.

“Easily! You’re just too sexy for your own good and your sexiness blinds your attitude.” You laughed harder almost falling over.

“Oh really now?” He smiled at you. “You're such a goof.”

“Well I have to balance out your seriousness somehow! If we were both serious this would be a boring romance.”

“That- that is true. You certainly keep me on my toes (Y/N).”

The two of you finished getting dressed and headed back to the barracks.

Hanji came running up to you and Levi. “So how was the make up sex?” She asked smugly.

“It was amazing!” You blurted out. “Wait! How did you know?”

“Ohhhhh I think everyone knows (Y/N) we could hear you all the way over here.” She laughed.

“Ooooops.” You laughed. “Well I’m not sorry at all! Let them hear and be jealous.” You boasted.

[thewidowsghost]

Daughter of the Sea - Chapter 3

Percy's POV

Confession time: I ditch Grover as soon as we get to the bus terminal.

I know, I know. It was rude. But Grover is kinda freaking me out, looking at me like I am a dead man, muttering, "Why does this always happen?" and "Why does it always have to be the sixth grade?"

Whenever he gets upset, Grover's bladder acts up, so I'm not surprised when, as soon as we get off the bus, he makes me promise to wait for him, then makes a beeline for the restroom. Instead of waiting, I get my suitcase, slip outside, and catch the first taxi uptown.

"East One-hundred-and-forth and First," I tell the driver.

A word about my mother, before you meet her.

Her name is Sally Jackson and she's the best person in the world, which just proves my theory that the best people have the rottenest luck. Her own parents died in a plane crash when she was five, and she was raised by an uncle who didn't care much about her. She wanted to be a novelist, so she spent high school working to save enough money for a college with a good creative-writing program. Then her uncle got cancer, and she had to quit school her senior year to take care of him. After he died, she was left with no money, no family, and no diploma.

The only good break she ever got was meeting mine and (Y/n)'s dad.

We didn't have any memories of him, just this warm sort of glow, maybe the barest trace of his smile. Our mom doesn't like to talk about him because it makes her sad; she has no pictures.

See, they weren't married. She told us he was rich and important, and their relationship was a secret. Then one day, he set sail across the Atlantic on some important journey, and he never came back.

Lost at sea, my mom had told us. Not dead. Lost at sea.

She worked odd jobs, took night classes to get her high school diploma, and raised me and my twin on her own. She never complained or got mad. Not even once. But I knew I wasn't an easy kid.

Finally, she married Gabe Ugliano, who was nice the first thirty seconds we knew him, then showed his true colors as a world-class jerk. When I was young, I nicknamed him Smelly Gabe. I'm sorry, but it's the truth. The guy reeked like moldy garlic pizza wrapped in gym shorts.

Between the two of us, we made my mom's life pretty hard. The way Smelly Gabe treated her, the way he and I got along...well, when I came home is a good example.

I walk into our little apartment, hoping my mom would be home from work. Instead, Smelly Gabe is in the living room, playing poker with his buddies. The television blares ESPN. Chips and beer cans are strewn all over the carpet.

Hardly looking, he says around his cigar, "So, you're home."

"Where's Mom and (Y/n)?" I wonder aloud.

"Your mom's working," he says. "You got any cash?"

That was it. No Welcome back. Good to see you. How has your life been the last six months?

"I don't have any cash," I toll him.

"Here," comes a voice, holding out a ten to the man.

Instantly, a smile sneaks its way onto my face.

"Hey, Perc," my twin sister says with a smile.

(Y/n)'s POV

I grab my brother's suitcase and carry it into his room; I set it down on the bed.

"You wanna come sit in my room?" I ask and Percy nods, a smile still on his face.

I lead the way to my room and when I open the door, Percy sinks into my desk chair.

"Percy?" comes our mom's voice.

She opens my bedroom door.

Our mother can make me feel good just by walking into the room. Her eyes sparkle and change color in the light. Her smile is as warm as a quilt. She's got a few gray streaks mixed in with her long brown hair, but I never think of her as old. When she looks at me, it's like she's seeing all the good things about me, none of the bad. I've never heard her raise her voice or say an unkind word to anyone, not even me or Percy or Gabe.

"Oh, Percy," she hugs her son tightly. "I can't believe it. You've grown since Christmas.

Percy's POV

Her red-white-and-blue Sweet on America uniform smelled like the best things in the world: chocolate, licorice, and all the other stuff she sold at the candy shop in Grand Central. She'd brought me a huge bag of "free samples," the way she always did when I came home.

We sit together on the edge of (Y/n)'s bed. While I attack the blueberry sour strings, (Y/n) stealing a few pieces of candy from the bag, Mom runs her hand through my hair and demands to know everything I hadn't put in my letters. She doesn't mention anything about my getting expelled. She doesn't seem to care about that. But was I okay? Was her little boy doing all right? The whole time, (Y/n)'s eyes were sparkling with amusement.

I tell Mom she is smothering me, and to lay off and all that, but secretly, I was really, really glad to see her and (Y/n).

From the other room, Gabe yells, "Hey, Sally—how about some bean dip, huh?"

I grit my teeth.

My mom is the nicest lady in the world. She should've been married to a millionaire, not to some jerk like Gabe.

For her sake, I try to sound upbeat about my last days at Yancy Academy. I tell her I'm not too down about the expulsion. I'd lasted almost the whole year this time. I'd made some new friends. I'd done pretty well in Latin. And honestly, the fights hadn't been as bad as the headmaster said. I liked Yancy Academy. I really did. I put such a good spin on the year, I almost convince myself. I start choking up, thinking about Grover and Mr. Brunner. Even Nancy Bobofit suddenly doesn't seem so bad.

Until that trip to the museum...

"What?" my mom asks. Her and my sister's eyes tug at my conscience, trying to pull out the secrets. "Did something scare you?"

"No, Mom."

I feel back for lying. I want to tell her about Mrs. Dodds and the three old ladies with the yarn, but I think it'd sound stupid.

Mom purses her lips. Both she and (Y/n) could tell I was holding back, but neither push me.

(Y/n)'s POV

"I have a surprise for both of you," Mom says. "We're going to the beach."

Percy's eyes widen. "Montauk?"

"Three nights - same cabin."

"When?" I ask excitedly.

Mom smiles. "As soon as I get changed."

I can't believe it. Mom, Percy, and I hadn't been to Montauk the last two summers, because Gabe said there wasn't enough money.

Gabe appears in my doorway and growls, "Bean dip, Sally? Didn't you hear me?"

"I've got it," I offer, rising from the bed and walking out into the kitchen to make the dip for Mom.

An hour later, we are ready to leave.

Gabe takes a break from his poker game long enough to watch me and Percy lug Mom's bags to the car. He keeps griping and groaning about losing her cooking - and most importantly, his '78 Camaro - for the whole weekend.

"Not a scratch on this car, you two," he warns us as I load the last bag. "Not one little scratch."

Like we'd be the ones driving. We're twelve. But that didn't matter to Gabe. If a seagull so much as pooped on his paint job, he'd find a way to blame us.

We get into the Camero, me in the passenger's seat, and Percy in the back.

Our rental cabin is on the south shore, way out at the tip of the Long Island. It is a little pastel box with faded curtains, half-sunken into the dunes. There is always sand in the sheets and spiders in the cabinets, and most of the time the sea is too cold to swim in.

Percy and I love the place.

We'd been going there since Percy and I were babies. Our mom had been going even longer. She never exactly said, but I knew why the beach was special to her. It was the place she'd met mine and Percy's dad.

As we get closer to Montauk, Mom seems to grow younger, years of worry and work disappearing from her face. Her eyes turning the color of the sea.

We arrive at the cabin, open all the cabin windows, and go through our usual cleaning routine. We walk on the beach, feed blue corn chips to the seagulls, and much on jelly beans, blue saltwater taffy, and all the other free samples my mom had brought from work.

I guess I should explain the blue food.

See, Gabe had once told Mom there was no such thing. They had this fight, which seemed like a small thing at the time. But ever since, Mom had gone out of her way to eat blue. She baked blue birthday cakes. She mixed blueberry smoothies. She bought blue-corn tortilla chips and brought home blue candy from the shop. This - alone with keeping her maiden name, Jackson, rather than calling herself Mrs. Ugliano - was proof that she wasn't totally suckered by Gabe. She did have a rebellious streak, like Percy.

When it gets dark, we make a fire. We roast hot dogs and marshmallows. Mom tells us stories about when she was a kid, back before her parents died in the plane crash. She tells us about the books she wanted to write when she gets enough money to quit the candy shop.

Finally, it seems that Percy gets the nerve to ask about what was always on our minds when we come to Montauk - our father. Mom's eyes go all misty. I figure that she was going to tell us the same things she always said, but neither Percy and I ever got tired of hearing them.

"He was kind, Percy," Mom says. "Tall, handsome, and powerful. But gentle, two. You have his black hair, you know, Percy, and you both have his green eyes."

Mom fishes a blue jelly bean out of her candy bag. "I wish he could see you, Percy, (Y/n). He would be so proud."

Percy's POV

I wondered how she could say that. What's so great about me? A dyslexic, hyperactive boy with a D+ report card, kicked out of the school for the sixth time in six years.

"How old were we?" I ask. "I mean . . . when he left?"

Mom watches the flames. "He was only with me for one summer, Percy. Right here at this beach. This cabin."

"But...he knew us as a baby."

"No, honey. He knew I was expecting twins, but he never saw you two. He had to leave before you were born."

I try to square that with the fact I seem to remember . . . something about my father. A warm glow. A smile.

(Y/n) and I had always assumed that he had known us as babies. Mom had never said it outright, but still, we'd always felt it must be true. Now, to be told that he'd never even seen us . . .

I realize I feel angry at my father. Maybe it was stupid, but I resent him for going on that ocean voyage, for not having the guts to marry Mom. He'd left us, and now we are stuck with Smelly Gable.

"Are you sending me away again?" I ask her. "To another boarding school."

She pulls a marshmallow from the fire.

"I don't know, honey." Mom's voice is heavy. "I think . . . I think we'll have to do something."

"Because you don't want me around?" I regret the words as soon as they come out of my mouth. (Y/n) bows her head, looking at the ground and Mom's eyes well with tears.

Mom takes my hand and squeezes it tight. "Oh, Percy, no. I - I have to, honey. For your own good. I have to send you away."

Her words remind me of what Mr. Brunner had said - that it was best for me to leave Yancy.

"Because I'm not normal," I say.

"You say that as if it's a bad thing, Percy. But you don't realize how important you are. I thought Yancy Academy would be far enough away. I thought you'd finally be safe.

"Safe from what?"

She meets my eyes, and a flood of memories comes back to me - all the weird, scary things that had ever happened to me and (Y/n), some of which we'd tried to forget.

During third grade, a man in a black trench coat had stalked us on the playground. When the teachers threatened to call the police, he went away growling, but no one believed (Y/n) when she'd told them that under his broad-brimmed hat, the man only had one eye, right in the middle of his head.

Before that—a really early memory. I was in preschool, and a teacher accidentally put me down for a nap in a cot that a snake had slithered into. My mom screamed when she came to pick me up and found me playing with a limp, scaly rope I'd somehow managed to strangle to death with my meaty toddler hands.

In every single school, something creepy had happened, something unsafe, and I was forced to move.

I know I should tell my mom about the old ladies at the fruit stand, and Mrs. Dodds at the art museum, about my weird hallucination that I had sliced my math teacher into dust with a sword. But I can't make myself tell her. I have a strange feeling the news would end our trip to Montauk, and I don't want that.

"I've tried to keep you as close to me as I could," my mom says. "They told me that was a mistake. But there's only one other option, Percy—the place your father wanted to send you two. And I just...I just can't stand to do it."

(Y/n)'s POV

"Our father wanted us to go to a special school?" I ask, a little confused.

"Not a school," she says softly. "A summer camp."

My head starts spinning. Why would my dad - who hadn't even stayed around long enough to see me and Percy be born - talk about a summer camp?

"I'm sorry, (Y/n)," she said, seeing the look in my eyes. "But I can't talk about it. I—I couldn't send you two to that place. It might mean saying good-bye to you for good."

"For good?" Percy asks. "But if it's only a summer camp.

Mom turns towards the fire, and I know from her expression that if either of us ask her any more questions, she would start to cry.

I have a weird, vivid dream. It is storming on the beach, and two beautiful animals, a white horse, and a golden eagle are trying to kill each other at the edge of the surf. The eagle swoops down and slashes the horse's muzzle with its huge talons. The horse rears up and kicks at the eagle's wings. As they fight, the ground rumbles and a monstrous voice chuckles somewhere and beneath the earth, goading the animals to fight harder.

I run towards them, knowing I have to stop them from killing each other, but I am running in slow motion. I know I am too late. I see the eagle dive down, its beak aimed at the horse's wide eyes, and I scream, No!

I wake with a start.

Outside, it really is storming, the kind of storm that cracks trees and blows down houses. There is no horse or eagle on the beach, just lightning making false daylight, and twenty-foot waves pounding the dunes like artillery.

With the next thunderclap, my mom and Percy wake. Mom sits up, eyes wide, and says, "Hurricane."

I know that's crazy. Long Island never sees hurricanes this early in the summer. But the ocean seems to have forgotten. Over the roar of the wind, I hear a distant bellow, an angry, tortured sound that makes my hair stand on end.

Percy's POV

Then a much closer noise, like mallets in the sand. A desperate voice - someone yelling, pounding on our cabin door.

My mother springs out of bed in her nightgown and throws open the lock.

Grover stands framed in the doorway against a backdrop of pouring rain. But he isn't . . . he isn't exactly Grover.

"Searching all night," he gasps. "What were you thinking?"

My mother looks at me in terror - not scared of Grover, but of why he'd come.

"Percy," she says, having to shout to be heard over the rain. "What happened at school? What didn't you tell me?"

I am frozen, looking at Grover. I can't understand what I'm seeing, and I see (Y/n) looking at my friend.

"O Zeu kai alloi theoi!" he yells. "It's right behind me! Didn't you tell her?"

I am too shocked to register that he'd just cursed in Ancient Greek, and I'd understood him perfectly. I am too shocked to wonder how Grover had gotten here by himself in the middle of the night. Because Grover doesn't have pants on - and where his legs should be . . . where his legs should be . . .

Mom looks at me sternly and talks in a tone she'd never used before, and (Y/n) flinches: "Percy. Tell me now!"

I stammer something about the old ladies at the fruit stand and Mrs. Dodds, and my mom stares at me, her face deathly pale in the flashes of lightning.

She grabs her purse, tosses me and (Y/n) our rain jackets, and says, "Get the car. All three of you. Go!"

Grover runs for the Camero - but he isn't running, exactly. He is trotting, shaking his shaggy hindquarters, and suddenly his story about a muscular disorder in his legs makes sense to me. I understand how he can run so fast and still limp when he walks.

Because where his feet should be, there are no feet. There are cloven hooves.

Word Count: 3041 words

[sanchoyo]

danny phantom season 2, eps 1-5 thoughts! opening the new season with episodes like these kinda blew me away. we had multiple serious episodes INCLUDING a two parter!! also, valerie :)

see prev episode thoughts in this tag <3

-I don't know what I expected s2 to open with. but danny portal incident in more detail was not it. (also, I hate to break it to you, sam, but danny's parent's bigass ghost hunting rv def chugs more gas than those vehicles, lmao. unless it runs on ectoplasm or something...)

-WHY WAS DESIREE IN THE SEWER? HAVING TEA WITH IT DOWN THERE?? Her making the giant cow come alive is a boss move, we've almost had all of my fav animals as ghosts now <3 I also don't like how sam was expecting danny to just, haunt the place so the cars wouldn't get sold? I KNOWWW I know she's 14 (and I had a very annoying phase like this, I think I mentioned in a previous post, I GET IT) but they're HIS powers, and messing with (1) dealership will not really put a dent in sales overall because they can just move the cars to another sales lot, and it certainly wont change the industry anyway, it's more of a minor annoyance for (1) location. Also, usually people who work at car sales places work on commission, so if they dont make a sale, they don't have money to pay bills, or eat. sam baby if u wanna be an activist you need to like, actually look into these things. with as much money as her parents have, she could be doing a lot..more useful things for causes she cares about? it's frustrating to see someone with resources who doesn't know how to use them. but shes 14 so again. cannot be really upset :/

-IS THIS A PREDATOR VS TERMINATOR VS FREDDY KRUEGER MOVIE BUT THEYRE ALL WOMEN?? you know, sam is so right to be excited about this. /I/ want to see this movie. that rules

-paulina inviting danny and friends to her quinceañera, aw! even if it is just to get phantom to show up :') and there'll be a meteor shower, and we KNOW danny wants to be an astronaut!! there's not a meteor shower every night!! the tickets are non-refundable, but..she's rich? like. gotta agree with danny, they never get invited!! I KNOW it's the principle of keeping promises, but if she was that upset, she should've said something. directly. I hated how she was like, passive aggressive about it through the episode, like you SAID IT WAS FINE, THAT YOU'D GO TO THE PARTY TOO. MOVIES SHOW FOR A FEW WEEKS IN THEATERS. IF YOU HAD A REAL PROBLEM YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. WE'VE HAD THIS PROBLEM BEFORE, SAM. YOUR FRIENDS. ARE NOT. MIND READERS.

-MR. LANCER GOING AFTER THE GHOST WITH THE FIRE EXTINGISHER LMAO

-this outfit is everything . anytime the show does an over the top cutesty pink outfit i WANT IT. it looks like shit I wear JKASDHF I HAVE a bow like that and a pink sweater. I need leg warmers </3

-SAMS GOTTA RE-HALF-KILL HIM??? thats fucked up. but also, he finally got his logo!! it took until s2!!! this episode was lowkey very fucked and I felt like it glossed over a lot. does sam have guilt about like. kinda KILLING HIM?? I know, he also agreed and walked into the portal. but. she made the choice to redo it SO quickly (even if it was because someone had to beat desiree) and danny, during their fight, brought up a lot of stuff sam's done in the past, meaning he was holding onto those memories and resentment was building. (I KEEP SAYING HE LOWKEY NEEDS THERAPY, BUT I THINK MOST EVERYONE IN THIS SHOW KINDA DOES) which...is a red flag? and then they didnt even GO to the party URGH I know she tried to make up for it, but it really felt like Sam fucked up and barely faced any consequences and got everything she wanted in the end. I KNOW it's a kids show obv they aren't going to go too in depth, and she undid the damage, kinda, but...I DUNNO how to articulate it but it rubbed me the wrong way.

-but on a note about desiree, her powers of wishes were STRONG ENOUGH TO ERASE NOT JUST THEIR MEMORIES, BUT DANNY'S POWERS?! fuck, if I was danny I'd be like, trying to make friends with her. I know they always have horrible side effects as most genie-granted wishes do, but...c'mon, I'd at least TRY to be like 'I wish no ghosts would hurt anyone in my town' or 'I wish vlad would lose his ghost powers forever no matter What and also forget about my mom' LIKE. SHIT DESIREE IS SO POWERFUL. rewriting reality powerful, basically!! appreciate her. respect her.

-aww, sam helping tucker pass the nurse's office so he wouldn't see because he's afraid of medical stuff? very sweet. I also don't like medical stuff, I've gotten a lot better at handling it tho. but seeing blood and needles still makes me feel lightheaded x_x

-FOLEY, BY TUCKER FOLEY. I want to make my own perfume, that's so cool. even if his first attempt isn't good, he's pretty consistently shown to have an inventor/entrepreneur streak in the show, so like. I can see him inventing or making something (or several somethings) that make him $$$ when he grows up :) proud of my creative son

-I know the 'creepy abandoned hospital on the edge of town' is a joke and the creepy hospital trope is so Worn Out, but in my town we actually DO have a hospital like that! my dad was born in it, but its not in use and hasn't been for, like, 20 years! it needs to be torn down but I think the city doesn't wanna pay the money. the inside is horrible, spray painted and broken glass and shit everywhere. but there's still like, rusty equipment and fucking DOLLS all over the place. the cops drive by it pretty frequently to make sure no one is like, breaking in. (because of water damage, some of the areas really aren't safe. also, asbestos, but people still go in anyway) but also, some of my town was used in a filming for a stephen king show. So it's lowkey spooky all over. just a fun personal tidbit :) to lead into saying, any hospital abandoned for any period of time is NOT safe to quarantine these kids in JKSAHDKF like I KNOW it's a ghost trying to do this, but NONE of these parents are even like, 'well, why dont we keep them in the regular, working hospital'....YIKES. this hospital looks pretty accurate to the one in town. grungy and spooky.

-fentons are tax evaders confirmed by jack's fear of being audited, lol no one is surprised

-ghost sickness via ghost bugs. horrifying concept. I actually expected it to be a new villain, not dr. spectra again! this is a very elaborate scheme. her new form rules, love the new costume. the way none of the bg kids seem to recognize her as their old school councilor. did we just forget about that completely?

-dash watching romance movies in the fucked up ghost hospital. same.

-'oh please, you're ghosts, do you have any idea what YOU smell like?' no, tucker, what DO ghosts smell like? I genuinely didn't know they would even have a smell, I actually want to know now.

-it feels like a while since we've seen jazz!! i was happy to see her again, even if she was a head in a jar for most the episode. I want another jazz-focused ep!!

-we finally see danny doing space-related stuff!! him and his friends stargazing to open ep 3 of s2. cute :) until, GHOST PIRATES!!!!! ...ghost pirate captain is a small child?? VOICED BY TAYLOR LAUTNER???

-oh, the easy listening is ember's song instrumental slowed. 'vapor drone' THEY VAPORWAVED HER!!! ember in a pirate outfit tho >>>>. and the cruise being called m.bersback JKASDHJK. ember adopting a little pirate brother is also pretty cute. concerning this teen and little kid have such bad opinions of adults, like, who hurt you?? (how did you DIE ALSO?? im always lowkey curious about that. we know desiree died at an old age, but her ghost form is young, probably mid-20s, so I wonder how that sort of thing works...its a more mental thing, isn't it?) but ghost team-ups are always cool to see, even if ember bailed after danny took her guitar. I guess she probably thinks youngblood can handle it (which, he's been owning danny this far in the ep, so...fair)

-tucker got that sponsorship from nasty burger for their radio!!! again, opportunistic money maker king, love to see it!!!

-danny taking control of the kids SO FAST. he makes a pretty great leader. no one is surprised, im pretty sure I said I think he's the most mature of the trio, once again, correct, because he's taken on so much responsibility already. all the teens suiting up in the jumpsuits to go save the adults and taking the ship over with a BLIMP. OKAY LETS GO. this feels like it should be a mid finale or straight up finale.

-...speaking of finales. why is ep 4-5 of s2 combined into a 50 minute episode? I havent even clicked play and im concerned. weird placement, like, this season JUST started and we're getting a two parter? okay...why are the episodes placed like this? why not put this at episode 10 or something, for a mid-season thing?

-this is also a cute dress. possibly my fav dress so far. can her parents give ME cute dresses, I'LL wear them.

-it turns out the castle fright knight was in is called pariah's keep and there's something worse than fright knight in there! lovely! fuck off vlad wtf are you doing <3 your hubris <3 is going to literally get you killed <3 'ring of rage' and 'crown of fire' are great names tho. ...vlad turning into a super polite guy when he was scared of mr. pariah was hilarious. and fright knight doing the same...I mean, it makes sense, he's a knight, he serves a king? happy to see fright knight again either way :) vlad telling him to call him tho, lmfao. you WISH HE WOULD. (I wish hed call me, too. 😔)

-so...jack being genuinely concerned about vlad...maddie really didn't tell him what happened at the cabin, did she. damn. if I was her id immediately come home and be like 'YOU WONT BELIEVE THIS SHITTTT THIS CREEPY GUY--' like, I feel like that stuff you need to tell your partner!!! I know she didnt want Jack to think she was an irresponsible parent putting danny in danger at that time, but STILLLL. maddie spilling boiling tea on him. get his ass. how is jack this oblivious to his wife's discomfort with vlad!! ughhh

-fenton wipe (tm). trademarked toilet paper.

-DANNY AND VALERIE BEING FRIENDS??? :D that was a cute moment. 'hey val <3' and 'if you like him like him, make a move, or someone else will ;)' at sam...damn!! I love her. valerie go for it girl!!! I hate how sam and tucker treat val also, like I GET IT YOURE PROTECTIVE AND DONT TRUST but if anything him befriending valerie will help when she finds out or he tells her like I feel like she'll be more understanding that they think! ALSO I feel like her reason for not liking ghosts is valid, like you haven't really explained the full story to her anyway! she doesn't seem to have any other friends after being booted from the a-listers so im like :( but seeing them kick butt together again was nice <3

-the ghosts all RUNNING FROM PARIAH DARK IS NOT GOOD, I thought he sent them to attack or something, but no. why doesn't someone just tell desiree 'hey i wish pariah dark would die' lol. once again I think she can solve every problem <3 but seeing all the enemies in one place, being civil and hiding together? love it.

-you just know danny's gonna have to clean up vlad's stupid mess. also, jack being willing to put on the ectoskeleton pants to help maddie, as soon as vlad heard it could kill him, he suggested jack do it instead of helping maddie himself? this is why jack got the girl, my man.

-ghost skeletons. how do you end up as a skeleton ghost in your afterlife instead of a humanoid like most the ones we've seen? lmao

-the ghosts just making new homes in various stores. I'd totally be setting up in an expensive clothing store if I was a ghost.

-valerie's dad is possibly the most useful adult so far, with that ghost shield expansion!!! and valerie saving vlad and danny, even tho shes been thru it already, shes still so good!!! this family rules.

-danny: *gently caresses valerie* :)

-*then he immediately TELLS HER DAD ON HER. and his first response is 'are you okay?' :'( such a good dad...

-*me every time fright knight breathes* youre doing SO great sweetie :)

-the fenton suit thing is so silly looking. does anyone take this thing seriously

-ALL THE GHOSTS FIGHTING WITH DANNY <3 AAAAA. and the fact that pariah isn't perma-defeated, but just locked away again. yikes. he'll probably get out again, won't he? it wasn't too clear, but if vlad DID make a pact with fright knight, I am rabid. I will beat vlad to death with the fenton bat (tm). YOU DONT DESERVE A COOL KNIGHT.

-valerie being direct with sam and challenging her? kinda love that, even tho I normally don't like 'catfight' type situations. because sam has been very passive aggressive about it which is annoying. valerie knows wtf she wants and wasn't even embarrassed to tell sam, but she did tell her, giving sam time to make her own move! and sam denied it and got embarrassed/mad! and sam did have a chance when danny was about to go off and fight, and she hesitated and didn't tell him. I feel like she's hesitating because they're friends and it might make it weird between the trio (poor tucker would be third-wheeling) but if u snooze u lose, u gotta GO after what u WANT girl. smh this is a No Tsundere Zone. 😤

[life-with-hogwarts-students]

Thread of Dorcas playing Persona 3: Portable whilst Regulus watches (Very Out of Context)

(Dorcas is playing as a female protagonist)

Regulus: This unknown boy is creeping me out

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Regulus: OO PRETTY GIRL SHES HOT Mitsuru queen

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Regulus: Awe Yukari’s cute

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Regulus: WHY DOEES SHE HAVE A Gun

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Regulus: HOBBYY???? WHAT HOBBY NEEDS A GUN

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them: was everything okay?

Regulus: NOTHING WAS OKAY!!! THE STATION WAS WEIRD AF

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Regulus: when the game says you need to sleep you sleep

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Regulus: 'dont tell anyone what i saw???' tthats not concerning at all!

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Regulus: HELMET MAN!!!

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Regulus: 11TH GRADE???? THE PROTAGONIST IS SO SMALLL

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Regulus: sexism??? in this economy??? its more likely than you think

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Regulus: GOOD GODS THE PRINCIPAL IS SO CREEPY WTF

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Regulus: 'SMIRKING CLASSMATE????' THATS WHAT THEY CALL THE LIAM OBRIEN???

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Regulus: OMG HE LOOKS LIKE A FRAT BOY AND HES GONNA BE OUR FRIEND!!!

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Regulus: yukari didnt havve to come for junpei like that but she really did

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Regulus: omg junpei sweetie, hes such a himbo but also not a himbo???

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Regulus: LIN MANUEL MIRANDA????

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Regulus: I dont need to but im gonna ask ALL THE QUESTINs

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Regulus: HES GASLIGHT GATEKEEP GIRLBOSSING US HOW DARE

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Regulus: idk why but whenever he talks i hate him

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Regulus: mysterious old gentlemen?? thats me

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Mitsuru: the moon is beautiful tonight

Regulus: SO ARE YOU

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Regulus: I THOUGHT SHE WAAS GONA CONFESS

FOR A HOT SECOND

AND THEN I REALIZED THAT WOULDNT HAPPEN CAUSE PEOPLE ARE COWARDS

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Regulus: THESE MONSTERS ARE FIGHTING CAUSE THEYRE DISTRESSED??? WELL IM ALWAYS DISTRESSED TOO YOUU DONT SEE ME STARTING FIGHTS EVERYWHERE

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Mitsuru: are you ready

Regulus: never

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Regulus: DEPRESSION IN THE BUILDING BAYBEEEE -ooo blood

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Regulus: FIGHT THE GHOST MOPS YASS

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Regulus: oof them good beats im vibing

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Regulus: merlin, this game takes the english out of me

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Regulus: smollenemy boisss

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Regulus: ITS A GHOST PIXIE WITH A HAND

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Regulus: THAT HAND HAD A FACE ON IT??? or am i SEEING THINGS??

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Regulus: we love the mcfucking stairs, thanks Dorcas

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Regulus: aweee ghosties wearing cute pink pyjama pants

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Regulus: i wish these hand things fought with their middle fingers, would be so mucch more interesting

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Regulus: Shuffle time -EVERYDAY IM SHUFFLING

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Regulus: junpei's me; burning my mouth with the hot food knowing FULL WELL THAT ITS FUCKING HOT

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Regulus: yukari??? tired?? EXCUSE ME???

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Regulus: im love fortune telling lady

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Regulus: EAVESDROPPINGGGG TIMEEE

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Regulus: apparently rio is Dorcas' beloved lmaoooo

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Regulus: YUKARI FLIRTING WITH USSS YESSS

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Regulus: FRIENDS THAT ARE GIRLS??? NOPE YUKARI IS OUR GIRLFRIEND (remember they're playing as a female protagonist)

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Regulus: akihikos mood changes tho; one minute hes like 'you better be training' and the next hes like 'go have some fun'???

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Regulus: YUKARI FLIRTING WITH USSSSSSSSSS

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Regulus: WE GOING ON A DATE WITH MITSURU!!!

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Regulus: YUKARI DATE WITH US ON A DATE SHE SWEETIE SHES POURING HER HEART OUT TO US THIS IS TOTALLY A DATE

Regulus: LOVERS ARCANA??? I WAS CORRECT THEYRE DATING

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Regulus: HORROR HOUSE??? I THOUGHT SHE SAID WHORE HOUSE!

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Dorcas: are you ready to hang out with junpei

Regulus: im always ready

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Regulus: hes stopping to stare at us??? well, we are beautiful

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Regulus: sausage fest??? JUNPEI WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

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Regulus: what type of life has theo been living??? wtf??? spoonfuls??? my guy does he need help??

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Regulus: fuck tanaka, and not in the fun way

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Dorcas: you wanna take theo out on a date

Regulus: FUCK YES I LOVE HIM

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Regulus: men are cowards

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Regulus: the way junpei talks about akihiko is like hes in love with him like dude you tryna set us up or yourself???

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Dorcas: you can date any man in this (as a female character)

Regulus: disgusting

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akihiko: i dont want u to rely on me during fights

Regulus: thats completely fine we have Dorcas

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Regulus: i love being talked about behind my back

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Regulus: SIT YOUR ASS DOWN AKIHIKO

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Regulus: MOTORCYCLE??? IM EVEN GAYER NOW

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yukari: what are we gonna do?!

Regulus: cry

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junpei: what type of messed up ride is this??

Regulus: a fun one

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Regulus: YAS STRIKE A POSE JUNPEI GOOGLE MAP ALWAYS TAKING PHOTOS BAYBEEE

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Regulus: does someone know how to drive a train???? i feel like that would be a good skillset to have

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Regulus: Dorcas' making us cry and now junpei's freaking out, great

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yukari: how did you know which ones the break

Regulus: ITS CALLED GUESSING -or Dorcas has played this before

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Regulus: a yawn-b-gone??? do you mean energy drink???

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Regulus: someone pls get akihiko high, he needs it

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Regulus: Theo, my sweet boi i love him

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Dorcas: someone was injured their car fell-

Regulus: nice

Dorcas: ????

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Dorcas: i will cheat to get these questions right

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Regulus: not Dorcas losing her cool over rio

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Regulus: not Dorcas tryna murder headless ghosties while they couple dance

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Regulus: lets get us some boiiisss and by bois i mean personas and not actual bois cause yike

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Regulus: oh no, drunk man. we don't love drunk man

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Dorcas: Translate 'pan' into english

Regulus: BRAID!

Regulus: Wait- I MEANT BREAD

Dorcas: BRAID?????

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Regulus: i cant believe we have to do the test

Dorcas: REGULUS YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING IM ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS

[black-widowfics]

My most used writing Prompts:

(There's a lot)

1. "I love you... baby"

2. "God, you're adorable"

3. "Hey, cutie"

4. "I promise to love you for the rest of my life"

5. "I don't care if you're sick, catching a cold from kissing you is worth it"

6. "You are so perfect"

7. "You're the best part of me"

8. "Stay here with me. Please?"

9. "I'm speechless you're so beautiful"

10. "Aww! You're adorable"

11. "So romantic"

12. "I'll love you until the end of the universe" "haven't we been there before?"

13. "Do you need a hug?"

14. "I love you, my dearest"

15. "Come here, I need to hug you"

16. "When everything's wrong, it's you that makes it right"

17. "You're the one"

18. "Have i ever pointed out how beautiful you are? " "Yes, all the time"

19. "I'm bored" " then why don't we do something more interesting?"

20. Forehead kisses

21. Hand kisses

22. "That tickles!" Kisses

23. Kisses that make them smile

24. Breathless kisses

25. Cheek kisses

26. Nose Kisses

27. "God, i love you" Kisses

28. Kisses that end with laughter

29. Never wanting to pull away kisses

30. Multiple face kisses

31. Big, long kisses

32. Long Awaited Kisses

34. "Finally, you guys kissed" Kisses

35. Goodbye kisses

36. Kisses accompanied by happy tears

37. Kisses accompanied by sad tears

38. Kisses that get interrupted

39. Kisses to distract them from winning

40. "Just woke up" Kisses

41. Excited Kisses

42. Long awaited kisses

43. "I missed you so much" kisses

44. Sneaking up behind them and surprising them kisses

45. Kisses to help them concentrate

46. Kisses as a reward(passed a hard exam, won a game, etc)

47. "No! No! No! Wake up! Please!"

48. "Please don't leave"

49. "... I love you"

50. "You killed someone, do you really think they'll still love you?!"

51. "They were my world, but now they're gone"

52. "I miss you so much, please come back"

53. "I know you're gone, but i feel you here"

54. "Tears are all I see without you"

55. "You're happy, with someone else. And that hurts"

56. "Just leave!"

57. "Promise me you'll live a great life, without me"

58. "I don't need you"

59. "The world is dull without you"

60. "I miss being in your arms"

61. "Get out of my life!"

62. "I don't love you anymore"

63. "Goodnight, i have always loved you "

65. "I may be dying, but please, don't cry over me"

67. "Thank you, for helping me live the greatest life i could"

68. "These tears will never stop falling"

69. "You were so perfect, but now you're gone"

70. "You were so perfect, but now you're moved on"

71. That's the way to break my heart"

72. "You're happy in someone else's arms "

73. "Take me back to the good old days "

74. Billions of people in the world, and I chose you, how stupid was that"

75. "I wish i didn't have to lose you"

76. "I wish you didn't have to lose me "

77. "I wish that could be me "

78. Character A and Character B, sworn enemies, are chosen to prepare the company Christmas Party.

79. Character A's best friend rigs the Secret Santa, because they know Character A has a crush on Character B.

80. Character A's ex will be at the A is attending. Character B poses as A's fiancée.

81. "Don't look at me, I was still dead at the time."

82. "....Aren't you a little young, to be here?"

83. Character A and Character B meet in the ER on Christmas Eve.

84. Character A can't wrap gifts to save their life. Character B is their neighbor and can help.

85. Character A vows to do something nice for a stranger. Character B is that stranger.

86. Character A and Character B both sign up for a Pen Pal project to exchange postcards.

87. Character A and Character B broke up, but now they meet at a _____ party.

88. Character A is stuck working in a coffee shop on Christmas and Character B is the lonely soul spending their whole day there.

89. Character A's little sibling/child wants to meet their favorite celebrity/writer/person for their birthday. Character B is called "birthday present".

90. Character A can't travel to see their family on Christmas, so they invite their grumpy loner neighbor Character B.

91. Character A and Character B compete in (some kind of) house decoration.

92. Character A bakes too many ______ so they share it with Character B.

93. It's Character A's first Christmas since a tragedy.

94. Character A returns to their birth-town for the holidays. Character B is their estranged childhood best friend.

95. Character A is pretending to be their friend's lover for the sake of the friend's family. Character B is said friend's sibling.

96. Character A loses a bet and has to wear_____ . Character B won the bet.

97. Character A owns a _____ store. Character B is looking for a present.

98. Character A doesn't feel the Christmas spirit but Character B, who lives above them, keeps playing Christmas carols really loud.

99. Character A overhears Character B's birthday wish and decides to fulfill it.

100. Character A was planning to leave dramatically after their confession but character B unhooked their batteries when A wasn't looking so I guess they have to talk about it now.

101. Your doomsday device didn't work but it did put me in the hospital so what are you doing in my room?

102. We've been roommates for seven years and we had a fight but you left me a note right after you moved out saying you were in love with me.

103. "If we get out of this mess you and I are going to have a serious talk about the appropriate time for emotional conversations."

104. "According to these screenshots I need to leave the country immediately."

105. Spontaneously confessed to crush while under the influence.

106. Tried to have a conversation with a cardboard cutout after surgery.

107. "That's it I'm never leaving my room again I can't live this one down."

108. Gave a brutally honest opinion and doesn't remember it.

109. "You said you had the best idea ever and then proceeded to write [extremely stupid thing] as a note to yourself."

110. "tried kissing once and it wasn't for us."

111. We make out at parties and clubs so other folks will leave us alone.

112. "Of course I'm in their lap where else am I going to sit?"

113. Their constantly orbiting around each other.

114. "just because YOUR friends aren't affectionate doesn't mean that there's a problem with US".

115. platonic cuddle puddle.

116. Not so platonic cuddle puddle.

117. "So what we go on friend dates, don't make it weird."

118. Always carries the other's favorite snacks.

119. "I thought I told you to stop calling me 'Your Majesty'."

120. "Lower you weapons!"

121. "I...I am not worthy of this crown."

122. "People are fighting– dying for their kingdom! What kind of Ruler would I be if I didn't join them at the front lines?"

123. "You know I am a prince/princess/royal, right?" "Well yes-" "Then do me a favor and stop telling me what to do."

124. "Since when do you know how to wield a sword?"

125. "Go! If this kingdom goes down, then I will go down with it as it's Ruler"

126. "All the fine silks and perfumes in the world won't mask what a pompous jerk you are."

127. "After all this time, you still don't trust me?"

128. "Get me out of this dress!"

129. "Why so serious, Your Highness?"

130. "How does a walk through the gardens sound?"

131. "I do believe I've proven that you are more than a mere guard to me, ______."

132. "This kingdom cannot go on without you! Please, it's time for you to take your rightful place at the throne."

133. "Your Majesty, is that blood on your dress?"

134. "Walk with me, please. I can't stand another second in that room with their intoxicating pride and old perfumes."

135. "At ease, _____, I know I'm safe with you by my side."

136. "I see we're back to 'Your Highness'. "

137. "A moment with you is far more exciting than a lifetime of cheap conversations and corsets."

138. "...is that my crown you're wearing?"

139. "Promise you'll come back to me." "As long as you promise to wait for me."

140. "Let go of me– that is an order!"

141. "Forgive me, my love."

142. "No, no, it looks far better on you than it does me."

143."This is the part where I kiss the extremely beautiful princess, right?"

144. "how could I ever love someone else?"

145. I'm dancing with my demons

146.I just can't imagine how you could be okay now that I'm gone

147. "I wanna fall wide awake"

148. "You tell me it's alright but its not!"

149. "Tell me I'm forgiven... please."

150. "Nobody can save me"

151. "I don't wanna let you down"

152. "Only I can save me"

153. "There's no getting through to you"

154. "You say I can't understand"

155. "When you leave me, where do you go?"

156. "I'm just talking to myself"

157. "Can't you hear me calling you home?"

158. "You keep running like the sky is falling"

159. "I've got a long way to go and a long memory."

160. "If my armor breaks I'll fuse it back together"

161. "Please just don't give up on me"

162. "I know the words we said"

163. "This is not black and white"

164. "I was not mad at you"

165. "If you ever felt invisible, I won't let you feel that now"

166. "You just wanna know you're being heard"

167. "I don't like my mind right now"

168. "There's comfort in the panic"

169. "I drive myself crazy"

170. "Why is everything so heavy?"

171." I'm pretty sure the world is out to get me"

172. "I know I'm not the center of the universe"

173. "I only halfway apologize"

174. "I'll be sorry for now"

175. "Sometimes things refuse to go the way we planned"

176. "There will be a day that you will understand"

177. "After a while you may forget"

178. "I never wanted to say goodbye"

179. "I've never been higher than I was that night"

180. "Now I remember"

181. "I don't know what I want"

182. "Were there signs I ignored?"

183. "Can I help you not to hurt anymore?"

184. "Who cares if one more light goes out in a sky of a million stars?" "I do"

185. "You're angry, and you should be"

186. "It's not fair"

187. "You're gonna hurt someone"

188. "Watch the friends you keep."

189. "Sharp edges have consequences"

190. "Every scar is a story I can tell"

191. "I loved you like a house of cards, and let it fall apart"

192. "It made me who I am"

193. "We all fall down"

194. "We live somehow"

195. "I can't live without you."

196. "You're the only one for me."

197. "I've never loved anyone the way I love you."

198. "The things you do to me..."

199. "You're too good to me."

200. "I want to spend the rest of my life with you."

201. "You're the most beautiful person I know."

202. "Stay with me... please."

203. "Nothing has ever felt so right."

204. "You don't know how much you do for me just by being there."

205. "I wouldn't want it any other way."

206. "No matter what anyone says, I'll cherish you forever."

207. "You make it so easy to love you."

208. "I want to hold you and never let go."

209. "Kiss me."

210. "My only wish is to see you happy."

211. "You make me a better person."

212. "I love you more than words can express."

213. "Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, I just wish you had kept yours to yourself."

214. "I don't know how to tell you this, but yelling at someone to, stop panicking, isn't going to stop them from panicking."

215. "It's not your fault. Sometimes you can do everything right, and things will still go wrong.... This just happened to be one of those times."

216. ".....I'm going to pretend I didn't see that."

217. "Why am I the one who always ends up getting targeted by the creep of the week?!"

218. "Fuck.... I knew I should have bought those light up sneakers."

219. "None of this, seems healthy."

220. "....Should I be concerned?"

221. "I said pass it to me, not 'throw it in my general direction'!"

222. "It is my deep pleasure, to inform you that I am not the one in charge here."

223. "Quick! You hide the equipment, I'll hide the grenades!"

224. "Should I call someone for you?"

225. "Did you take anything?"

226. "Do you want to tell me what happened?"

227. "When was the last time you ate anything?"

228. "Can you walk?"

229. "How do you think this will all end?"

230. "Do you need an ambulance?"

231. "Where you crying?"

232. "Should someone help you get home?"

233. "Do you know where you are?"

234. "Can you tell me your name?"

235. "Where do you want me to take you to?"

236. "Do you need my help?"

237. "How do you feel now?"

238. "Can I do anything that would make it better?"

239. "Do you want my jacket?"

240. "Can you let me see your eyes?"

241. "Should I stay a bit longer?"

242. "Will you be alright?"

243. "Do you have someone who can look after you?”

244. “An interesting crossover”