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oneforthemunny · 1 year

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rabbit food |older!dilf!eddie munson x reader|

prompt: after a run in with your ex, eddie has to let you know that you're all his. you're more than happy to let him.

haven't done older!eddie in a sec! and inspiration struck last night so here it is :) older!eddie and his lil bunny.

thank you @eddiemunsons-missingnipple for the edit <3

contains: 18+ MINORS DNI, age gap established relationship, eddie is 42 and reader is 26, protective!eddie, jealous!eddie, language, filthy filth to follow, fem receiving, ass play, anal sex, aftercare

The coffee shop was bustling, quite the crowd for a Thursday afternoon, but you supposed with finals and midterms coming up that was to be expected. Brielle had been on edge all week, her and Madeline crammed up in the house, pouring over books and notes. She'd been extra snappy lately with the stress, her and Eddie getting into a number of tiffs throughout the week, leaving you and Madeline to stand and awkwardly watch. You supposed you should've been used to it by now, you'd been around long enough, but you still didn't want to overstep when he was being a dad.

That was exactly why you chose to have your date at the coffee shop. You'd quit a little over six months ago, not needing the extra work to busy yourself as much. You still liked to come and support the small business that treated you so kindly. It had history with you and Eddie too, after all.

You could hear the cheery sound of your name being called from across the cafe, smiling when you turned over you shoulder, expecting to be greeted with an old coworker.

"Hey," There he stood. Billy. Your ex-boyfriend.

Your blood ran cold, spine going rigid watching in slow motion when he crossed the space towards you. The same cocky grin, eyes narrowed and running over your frame predatory.

Your mouth ran dry when he stood in front of you, wrapping you in a hug that you didn't return. You could see he'd gotten new tattoos added to his forearms since your split, his hair cut shorter now, but he was still the same.

"What are you doin' here?" Billy asked, tongue running over his lower lip. "Came here last week and Theresa said you didn't work here anymore. Was she lyin' to me again?" He grinned, teeth baring.

You pursed your lips. "No, I don't work here anymore."

Billy nodded. "Good for you. Must be doin' better at the school now then, huh? Did they finally give you that raise you were always bitchin' about?" He bobbled his head like he was joking, but you knew by the way his lips snarled, curling at the edges he was serious. Always having to take a shot at you, put you down and leave you a little wounded.

You hummed, unimpressed. "Wow," You sneered, eyes rolling. "Anyways, it's been so great seeing you, but I'm meeting someone-"

"Yeah? Is it your friend, Nicole? Saw her and Marcus broke up. Think you could help me out?" Billy crossed his arms over his chest, looking down at you.

You scoffed, eyes bulging. "Nicole? Please, Billy, she hates you." You rolled your eyes hard.

Billy shrugged. "She doesn't know me. I'm sure I could change her mind." He said cockily. "I mean, I know you told her what a shit guy I was, but you certainly stuck around long enough. Must’ve been for a reason, hmm?”

Your blood ran cold, heart stopping. You could feel the familiar heat creep up your chest to your cheeks, embarrassment. You hoped he couldn't see how he'd made you feel, you didn't want him to have that over you. Judging by his smirk, arrogant and triumphant, he did.

"C'mon, you love to say what a shit guy I was, but you stayed around way longer than I thought you would." Billy took a step closer, you took one back. The dance all too familiar. Your back pressed against the table, trapped, pinned under his menacing gaze.

"Must've stayed around for something." He scoffed down at you, mocking you.

You stammered, heart hammering and mind racing. You were caught off guard, surprised. Billy inched closer, eyes narrowing even more. He opened his mouth to deliver the final blow, the final line that would break you into submission, leave you insecure and nervous like he always did.

"Hey, bunny," Eddie's voice called.

Your gaze snapped from Billy over his shoulder, seeing Eddie standing there, coveralls and a questioning glare. Seeing you ridged posture, helpless eyes cutting to his- he was stepping forward in an instance, heavy boots stomping against the ground.

"There a problem?" Eddie asked, gruff and mean, eyes locked with Billy.

Billy looked from Eddie back to you, brows knit in confusion. "Is this... You know this guy?" Billy asked, thumb hiking over his shoulder at Eddie.

Eddie scoffed, moving to wedge himself in front of you, hand on Billy's shoulder firm, pushing him back slightly. "You wanna tell me what's goin' on here, baby?" Eddie asked you, but his eyes never left Billy's standing toe-to-toe in front of him, you pressed securely behind him. "This a little friend of yours?"

Billy scoffed. "Look, man, we were talking, alright-"

"-No, not alright." Eddie's jaw set, grinding teeth in an unimpressed stare. "I think you need to leave."

You watched, eyes wide and rounded, flickering from Eddie back to Billy. Your heart hammered in your chest.

"Yeah? You gonna make me or something?" Billy scoffed. "What? Are you a friend of her dad's?"

Eddie laughed, humorless and mocking. "I think you know who I am." He sneered. Billy swallowed, faltering slightly. "Think you should get outta here. Before we have an issue."

Billy stammered, scoffing slightly. "What issue?" He rolled his eyes. Eddie's fists balled, and you grabbed his arm gently, pulling him closer. Billy took a step back, eyes wide. He tried to play it off, shaking his head. "Whatever, man. Don’t worry about me, alright? I’ve had it and don’t want it back. She’s all yours." He scoffed loudly.

Eddie lurched forward, a loud, stomping boot. "Ed, no, just..." You grabbed his arm gently, grinning softly at the way Billy jumped slightly, head spinning around with wide eyes before quickly leaving the shop.

"He touch you?" Eddie asked, eyes narrowed and serious when he turned back to you. "Tell me right now. I'll go out there, and fucking drag that-"

"-Eddie." You cooed softly, eyes darting around to the patrons that watched you, wide eyed and amused. "Maybe we should go." You whispered.

Eddie sighed heavily. "I'm sorry." He muttered, pressing a kiss to your temple. "I shouldn't have done that. I just-"

"It's alright." You reassured him with a soft smile, chewing on your lip slowly. Seeing him so protective, rough, it made your tummy flip, heat spilling and filling every inch of you. It was a new side of Eddie, one you hadn't seen. It was exciting, thrilling.

You ordered to go, letting him drive you back to your own apartment. His knee bounced, white knuckled grip on his steering wheel. You knew he was fuming, buzzing and bristling with anger, the scenario running over and over again in his head. Your thighs pressed together watching him take a drag of his cigarette, shaking his head.

"Should've beat the shit outta that little prick." Eddie exhaled out the cracked window. "Fucker had the audacity to try and go near you. The fuck does he think he is?"

You grinned softly, leaning over, pressing your palm lightly on his thigh. "He's a dick." You purred low in his ear, pressing a kiss to his temple, lips buried into the flecks of grey hairs that framed his face. "You scared him."

Eddie scoffed. "Little bitch. What a shock. All talk." He rolled his eyes. "Dealt with stupid fuckers like that my whole life."

"Well, you scared him away." You grinned, eyes lighting up with excitement. "My hero. What would I do without you?" You muttered, lips trailing down his temples, dragging slow and sweet down his cheek over his scruff of facial hair. Your hand trailed higher up his thigh, squeezing the skin beneath the thick, navy coveralls.

Eddie looked over at you, brows pulled together accentuating the deep lines on his forehead. He watched you carefully, pupils blown, lip tucked between your teeth, the small flush across your cheeks. He knew that look all too well.

"I don't find this nearly as amusing as you do." Eddie huffed, pouty and grumpy. "S'not funny at all. Him thinking he can talk to you like that."

You giggled. "Eddie, I don't think it's funny. I'm being serious. I appreciate you doing that for me. Billy's a dick." You sighed, giving him a knowing look.

Eddie scoffed. "Yeah, he is." He muttered. "Why'd you ever date a guy like that?"

You shrugged. "He could be nice sometimes."

"When? When he was trying to fuck you?" Eddie snapped, knuckles tightening over the leather steering wheel. "That why you were with him?"

You gawked, scoffing playfully at his remark. "Seriously?" You asked, tilting your head to the side. Eddie's jaw tightened. "Are you jealous or something?" You giggled.

Eddie huffed. "Not funny." He muttered, petulantly. "'M not jealous. Just trying to understand what would attract you to a piece of shit like that."

"I was young." You sighed heavily. Eddie's eyes flickered over to you, accusing. You faltered. "Alright, younger. And I thought he was cool, but he wasn't. He was a bum."

Eddie pulled into your apartment, turning the wheel to fit into the spot. "A total bum." He agreed, throwing the car in park and yanking his keys out. "Should be ashamed of yourself for dating someone like that, young lady." He gave you a stern look.

Your pussy throbbed, legs clamping together. You were sure you were soaking his seat.

Eddie opened his door and you followed, starry eyed and wobbly legged, excitement trilling and building deep in your belly. Eddie pressed you up against the door, dark eyed, nose pressing to yours. His hands, still stained and calloused from a day's work, pressed by your head, trapping you underneath him.

"Tell me, bunny, was he better than me?" Eddie asked, nearly a snarl on his lips.

Your heart thumped excitedly in your chest, spine tinging with familiar warmth that made you shudder. You shook your head firmly, eyes still locked with Eddie's. "No." You rasped.

Eddie cocked his head to the side. "Don't lie to me, baby." He warned. This was new, a darker, domineering side of Eddie you'd never seen before, possessive and exciting. It made you throb, knees buckling.

"I'm not." You whispered back. "I promise. You're the best I've ever had, and I mean that." You looked down for his lips, back up to his eyes, rounding sweetly for him. "Billy could barely make me cum."

Eddie snorted, faltering out of his demeanor. You grinned lightly. "I mean it. I really though that people lied about getting off from someone eating you out. Thought that was just something in porn." You admitted sweetly, tilting your head to the side.

Eddie barked out a laugh, shaking his head. "Oh, bunny, that is horrible." He cooed, fingers tucking under your chin, lifting your gaze up to him.

You shrugged. "Then I met you." Your eyes shined at the admission, gooey and warm under his gaze. He was melting you, making you feel so consumed with adoration. "Now I know better."

Eddie hummed, nodding slowly. "You better," He muttered, tilting his head so his lips slotted over yours, passionate and controlling, pressing you farther against the cool wood of your door.

You moaned into the kiss, letting him take over, tongue sliding over yours, swirling and exploring every square inch of your mouth. Your hand moving down to his waist, pulling him flush to you. You could feel his erection, hard and straining even against the thick material of the coveralls.

Eddie flipped you over, pressing you against the wall, hands on your hips. He kneeled slow, pushing your leggings down with him, pooling down by your ankles. You knew to spread your legs before he even asked, feeling your arousal seep out of you, spreading and coating your inner thighs.

Eddie groaned slightly, hands spreading your cheeks apart, salivating at your puffy lips peeking back at him, your tight, little hole taunting him. You looked delicious, positively edible, he was sure of it.

"Fuck, baby," Eddie rasped. "Lean forward for me a little bit. Let me get a better look." His hands were squeezing the fat of your ass, rolling and massaging the plump skin.

You pressed your body forward, shimmying back until your ass was nearly in his nose. Eddie breathed deeply, burying himself inside you before he devoured you, no warning, tongue lapping from your clit to your sopping hole back up to your ass. You whined, knees buckling at the surprise sensation.

His fingers went from your pussy, collecting your spend, spreading it over your tightest hole. You groaned loudly, eyes rolling and head tipping back at the sensation of his thumb circling your hole.

"Fuck, Ed, that feels so good." You whined, forehead resting on the wood.

"Bet that fucker never did this, did he?" Eddie growled, spitting a glob of saliva back down on your ass hole. You whined, high and nasally, feeling his pointer finger spread it around before the tip barely pressed in, just to the first knuckle and you were pushing back for more.

Eddie grinned. "Huh? Bet he never did this? Never ate this pretty little ass, did he?" He growled again. You shook your head, legs quaking at the sensation. Eddie smirked. "Scared little boy, pathetic. Doesn't know what to do with a woman like you. Doesn't know how to treat you."

His finger sunk in further, the second knuckle and you were moaning loud, cries and whines echoing off the door. You were overwhelmed with sensation, one finger plugging you from the back, pumping slowly in and out making you clench. His thumb working lazy circles on your clit, slow and steady how you liked it.

You didn't tell him that Billy or anyone in the past never took the time to ask you, to learn your body and the things you liked. They were only looking to chase their own pleasure, rubbing your left lip for five minutes while they jackhammered you, leaving you feeling used and unsatisfied. Convincing you there was something wrong with you for not finishing, never them. Then you met Eddie, and you never had that problem again.

You whined, rocking to draw his finger in tighter in you. His thumb kept working you slowly, the heat in your belly growing more and more, shooting electric spikes of heat up your spine, toes curling sensation.

"'M close, fuck, 'm close!" You chanted, head bowing down to look at your toes. You could see Eddie beneath you, the flex of his hands working on you.

Eddie's scruff pressed to your lower back, soft kisses against the curve of your spine, finger pulling back to catch your release and press it back into your ass again, a second finger starting in.

"Close already?" Eddie cooed, mocking and sweet. You could see his grin in the back of your mind, smug and dimpled.

You whined, hips rocking when the two fingers pressed forward. The stretch of your tight hold, invading and dipping further into you. You felt filthy for how much you loved the sensation of him in your ass.

Eddie pressed further into your clit, fingers rocking and swirling lightly in your ass until you cried out, clenching hard around him. Your cunt clamped around nothing, nails digging into the wood of your door as you rode your high, loud and unforgiving; neighbors be damned, he was making you feel too good.

Eddie watched your chest heave, two knuckles deep in your ass, the other dipping into your sensitive, sopping hole. You whined when he stood, fingers spreading wide, your sticky release stringing along them. You blushed, cheek pressed against the wall.

Eddie moved so he could see you, brow raised, his soaked hand in front of both of you. "He never made you do this?" Eddie asked. You shuddered, glazed eyes trained on the release.

You shook your head truthfully. Eddie sighed, examining the release. "A damn shame." He muttered, bringing your release to his lips. He sucked them off gently, eyes trained on yours.

A small whine caught in your throat, shaky legs trembling as you watched him. Eddie pulled his cleaned fingers out of his mouth, grinning at you. "Doesn't even know he's missing out on the sweetest damn thing in the world."

You blushed hard, smiling softly back at him. Eddie moved, body pressing back over yours, but his hands cradled your jaw this time, pulling you closer and closer into him. Lips found yours again, sweeter this time, taking his time to feel your soft lips against his. You could taste your own release on his tongue, a groan pulling out of your throat, vibrations tickling his lips that were still roaming your mouth.

Eddie pulled back, a string of saliva connecting from your mouth to his. "See?" He grinned. "Sweetest damn thing out there."

You let him bend you over the couch, pushing into your ass easily, using your own sticky, wet release as lube. Your eyes shut at the stretch, Eddie's hands soft and comforting on your back, shushing you with every inch that he sunk deeper into you.

He fucked you nice and slow, letting you adjust to the feeling. No matter how frequent you both fucked like this, he wanted you to be comfortable, gentle with you and caring. It made your chest fill with warmth, hips rocking back to meet his slow thrusts.

Eddie groaned at the squeeze of your tightest hole around his cock, strangling it in the best way. He was sure he wouldn't last long, not with the way you were reaching back between your legs, cupping his balls lightly.

"You're just my best girl, aren't ya, bunny?" Eddie groaned, eyes blown and focused on the stretch of your ass around his dick. The way your cheeks rippled and hips jumped when his hips met yours.

You whimpered in response, your own hand reaching to rub your clit furiously when his pace picked up, hips rolling and pressing into you so deep you knew he was lodged deep in your guts. He usually liked to fuck you on your back so he could see himself through your tummy, pressing a hand over it or sometimes yours.

You could feel that familiar rush, blinding hot pleasure with every brush of his cock in that sensitive spot inside you. How he managed to find every nook and cranny that made you gush, you weren't sure. He was just good like that, wanted to be good like that for you.

You rubbed your clit faster, toes curling as you climbed closer. Eddie leaned forward, back folding on top of yours. He pressed a kiss into your neck, sucking and nipping gently. His own hand moved underneath you, replacing your hand, fingers sliding and rubbing over all the places you needed them to.

"Oh!" You cried out at the sensation. His teeth nipping into your skin, leaving you clenching. "Again, do it again." You panted, bouncing and rocking back to help him rut into you further, faster.

Eddie obliged, tongue rolling over the sensitive skin in the nape of your neck, sucking slow and calculated, teeth grazing until you cried out. He felt your shake, collapsing into the couch, his hand circling your waist, still working your clit while you rode out your orgasm.

He could feel himself getting closer and closer with every thrust, dick twitching until he was spilling deep inside you, hips stuttering and breath catching with every slow thrust he spilled into you.

You were spacey, glass eyed and fucked out from the sensation. You could barely register the kisses he placed down your spine, muttering as he pulled himself from you.

Eddie's chest heaved, catching his breath. He was trained on his release spilling out of you, down your slick, puffy folds and dripping towards the carpet. "Fuck, bunny," Eddie pressed a hand to his forehead. "So good. You did so good, didn't you?"

He cleaned you up. He always did that. So sweet and gentle and attentive, even if he was exhausted too. Eddie took his time cleaning you gently, soft pets and gentle coos that soothed you as you came back down, came back to him.

Eddie had you pressed against his chest, curled up in his lap. He had his cigarette lit, slow drags as the embers cracked. His other hand ran up and down your back.

"That fucker ever comes around you again, you let me know." Eddie's eyes were half lidded, a little dark but serious.

You smiled softly, nuzzling deeper into his chest. "I will." You muttered, mind still foggy. "Don't worry about him. He doesn't ever compare to you."

Eddie snorted. "Good." He grinned, blowing smoke in the other direction.

You pressed your chin to his chest, right over the smattering of inked letters on his heart- Brielle and his mom's names and birthdays; you wondered if you'd ever be there too. Eddie looked down at you, soft smile tugging on his lips.

"What about me?" You asked slowly. Eddie raised a brow. "Am I the best you've ever had?" You raised your brows.

Eddie smirked, bumming his cigarette in the tray next to him. He shifted with a slight groan, leaning down so his nose was brushing yours. You could smell the nicotine on his breath, ghosting over your lips when he talked. "Bunny, you're the best I've ever had. Whole different league, whole different ballgame. On another level from anyone else. Incomparable." He said, small grin on his lips but you knew his words were genuine.

You perked up, beaming with pride. You lifted so your nose pressed against his, feeling your breath mix with his, hot on your top lip. "Promise?" You whispered.

"Promise." Eddie moved so his lips ghosted over yours. "My best girl, I promise. No one compares, bunny. Not even close."

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httpseungmxn · 4 days

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Big Boy

Quackity X Streamer!Female Reader

🍡 - flirty/extra flirty

Authors Note: Hello hello my Angels, I know I promised the Jin fic soon buuuuuut Q posted this photo and everyone, including myself, went wild over it! So I just had to make a fic about it! I have decided to make a new fic category just for this one, flirty/extra flirty! This fic will also play off of the other fics I made about him! I hope you guys can enjoy this as much as I enjoyed writing it!<3

Warnings: Lanai attempts to get reader canceled:( , Reader is called “hermosa” and “amor”, wee bit of cussing fr this time

Triggers: None as far as I am aware!

You had really come to know Alex over the past few months. Him becoming one of your best friends, especially after it came out that your best friend Lenai had been spreading lies about you. She had gone to Alex first, expecting him to believe her, but that was a big mistake. As soon as he noticed the negative way she was speaking, he hopped on call with you while also helping notify your fans of the girl's lies.

Nightly calls were almost a daily thing between you two, as well as constant facetimes during yours and his visits to the gym. His hat was always left on, despite feeling just a little extra hot, he wasn’t quite ready to show you yet. You fully understood considering you used to hide your face from everyone.

The closer you got, the more you wanted to visit him. You were bringing much more in than you expected from streaming, so a plane ticket wouldn’t be a problem. You wanted it to be a surprise to Alex though, knowing that would make it more fun. Alex had often talked about you guys meeting in real life, and how exciting it would be. It was decided, you would be booking a flight to see him. You already knew where he lived, having reached out to karl to help you with the surprise. Making him swear he wouldn’t tell alex you were going to see him. The plane ticket was much easier to get than you expected, and packing was done in a matter of hours.

The nerves set in that night after you had finished packing. It was clear to you and the fans that you had a bit of a thing for Alex, and getting to meet him was making you nervous. You always wondered if you should tell him how you felt but was always too scared to let it slip out to him. You had come so close to saying it a few days ago but it just got stuck in your throat.

You hardly slept the night, and as much as you hoped you would sleep on the plane, you didn’t. You were too nervous and excited at the same time. Feeling bad when you had to decline a facetime from alex while you were on the plane, not wanting to spoil the surprise. Though you answered him as soon as you were off the plane and in a taxi. “ hermosa, why didn’t you answer any of my calls before? I thought you were mad at me! “, “ im sorrrryyyy, I was taking a long nap, I’m in a taxi now though “, “ a taxi? Where are you going, hermosa? “, smiling to yourself, knowing in just a short while he will know where you are.

That came sooner than you expected though. Getting out of the taxi and making sure the camera is angled directly at your face so he can’t see where you are. “ im just visiting a friend nearby. Hold on just one sec, alex. “. knocking very gently on his door and looking to the camera, nerves setting back in when you see him leave his room. “ someones here, but I didn’t order any pizza. if I die, it was the hut, hermosa. “, unable to hold back a giggle. Looking to the door when it opens and smiling brightly at the boy in front of you. “ guess now you know which friend I’m visiting, huh? “. He didn’t respond at first, probably still trying to process it. Just as you didn’t process what he was doing until you were lifted up into a tight hug.

Smiling brightly as you hugged back. Not even letting go when you were set down. His arms were wrapped to tight around your waist, if you were a balloon you probably would’ve popped by now. You didn’t mind it though, you felt safe in his arms. Your nerves being shooed away with one little hug. “ how the fuck did you manage to surprise me so well, hermosa “ , “ you know I like to keep you on your toes, ‘lex “. Smiling again when he lets out a light laugh at your response.

“ come in, come in, sorry it might be kind of a mess “, Alex spoke as he gathered your bags and carried them inside for you. Only then did you realize just how big he had gotten in the muscle category. Eyes staring at his muscles as they flexed with each movement. “ alex, when the hell did you manage to grow those? “, unable to hold your filter.

Listening to him laugh again before he flexed his arms to show off for you. “ are you checking me out, amor? “. That was new, he had never called you that before, and it was obvious to him you knew what it meant considering the blush coming to your cheeks. “ now don’t get too ahead of yourself, cowboy, you were the one purposely checking me out on call just five minutes ago “.

“ Did you expect me not too? You look really beautiful in that dress “. That was also new. Alex was constantly teasing you, but the tone in his voice was different now. It sounded so serious and dripped with confidence in how he felt. You found it hard to hold eye contact wit him now. Not even five minutes into the meet up, and alex already had you red.

“ Lets be honest, Amor, surely you didn’t expect me to hold back just because you’d turn all red and yell at me. You being here just means I can let it all out, times ten. “. His smile had you wobbly in the legs, there was something so different about seeing it in person compared to facetime.

Only now did you realize this visit was going to be a lot more different than you expected.

Alex was going to be the death of you.

Authors ending note; So who else got butterflies reading that? I got jittery and I’m the one writing it! I feel like I’m slowly beginning to get better at portraying him, and thats probably because I study the way a lot of people write him while also paying extra attention to how he is in streams/videos. Perhaps soon we will get a confession, and possibly a hair reveal? Who knowssss, guess you guys will have to just stick around for the next one! Also who else lost their mind over that photo he dropped last night? I’m in the whatsapp and as soon as he sent it, twitter was going absolutely chaotic[myself included]! If you guys wanna follow me on social media, my X is @/f_fuyuma! Until next time, My Angels 🫶

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serhum · 8 months

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[Part 1] Birthday Game - Reader x Shohei Ohtani x Yuki Ishikawa AU - NSFW

Disclaimer: This is a 18+ writing so if you’re not comfortable reading this, please skip it! There will be a lot of smut & mentions of sex in this work so beware. ;)

🖤🖤🖤🖤

I have been living with my partner, Yuki Ishikawa, for almost 2 years. His apartment in Milan is close to his volleyball training centre and here I am, working in the heart of Italy as a fashion PR. Today is our day off and we decided to stay indoor and spend quality time together.

“Babe, are we expecting a guest today?” ask me while he is doing the dishes and reorganizing the tablecloth.

“Actually yes. Do you remember Shohei? He will be coming tonight. He took a vacation in Italy for several days.” my eyes went into shock. Did he mean Shohei Ohtani?

“Shohei from the Angels?” ask me one more time. 😳

“Yes. Your idol.” he replied with a small chuckle.

“Well, I thought he is in recovery mode as he recently underwent a surgery. Anyway, do you think we should prepare food or something?”

“I think wine and pasta is enough.” I nodded in agreement.

“Sure. Let’s go to the grocery then. It’s 4pm already and I don’t want him to be disappointed when he sees nothing on our table.” I reply and hurriedly go to our bedroom to change.

“You are okay with him coming tonight, right?” Yuki suddenly pops out behind me with his arms lingering my waist. I turn my head to see him and smile.

“It’s fine. We can have quality time everyday but welcoming him in person is such a rare one.” He smiles after hearing my thought. I feel his lips on my temple and I hug him.

“Tomorrow is your special day and I have present ready for you.” Yuki told me.

“Oh what is it? I can’t wait to see it!”

“You’ll see. Soon.” He smirks.

—

“Ding dong ding dong” I stopped my hand from scrolling the tv channel when I heard the bell rang. It must be Shohei!

I look around and realized that Yuki is still in the bathroom so I get up and walk to the door. I don’t know why my heart is beating fast knowing that Shohei is right in front of our apartment. I’ve met him so many times before but it feels different each time. I am indeed his fangirl!

“Hi! How are you?” I said as I open the door and see him smile with a bottle of wine.

“Hi y/n! Long time no see. How are you? I’m great.” He leans closer and hugs me for a second.

“Likewise. You look great in that polo shirt! Come in!” I complimented and his smile turns bigger.

“Thanks. I brought you and Yuki a wine from Cali. It’s really tasty to be paired with cheese.” He follows me to the dining area and puts the wine bottle on the table.

“You don’t have to. Thank you, Shohei. Umm Yuki is in the bathroom and please make yourself at home.” I said and sit down on the sofa with him following beside me. He then places his bag near the sofa.

“How’s life so far? I saw the news that you undergone a surgery. Are you okay?” I open the conversation when I noticed that his elbow is still covered with bandage.

“Well it happens you know. I’m totally fine now. How about you-“

“Shohei Ohtani!! My brother! How are you man?” Before he finished his sentence, Yuki came up and patted his shoulder. Shohei immediately stood up and gave Yuki a brotherly hug.

“Great! You look bigger now hahaha” Shohei jokes to Yuki.

“Yeah I’ve been lifting a lot these days. But look at you! Bulkier than ever.“ And the convo continues around their life. It’s so warm seeing their interactions and how they become close to each other because of their profession as athletes, representing their country in the global stage. They had so many things alike.

While they are on it, I started to prepare the dinner. The time is 8.00pm already.

“Yuki, can you help me open the wine that Shohei gave us?�� He stopped talking for a sec and walked across the room. “Thanks” I smiled when he opened the wine and poured it to our glasses. “You guys are so cute.” I added and he just smile coyly and returned to Shohei.

“Well the dinner’s ready guys! Let’s eat” I announce and take a sit first. Yuki and I made carbonara pasta and tiramisu.

“So how’s your relationship with Yuki, y/n? He doesn’t give you a hard time, right?” Shohei asked. He’s now sat across me while Yuki is beside me.

I chuckled and turned my head to Yuki. “Sometimes haha.. But I am so proud of him. He worked so hard and he deserves what he have now. I just don’t like it when he started to blame himself when his team lost.” I rub the back of Yuki’s head softly to showcase my affection.

“Aww.. look at these two lovey dovey couple. I’m happy for you both.” Shohei added. His aura is so calm and cool, similar to Yuki but there’s something different.

“Thanks, babe. It’s hard not to blame myself though. You don’t have to expose me to Shohei like that” and with that, all of us are laughing.

“The pasta is delicious. Did you make it yourself, y/n?” Shohei asks while chewing. I nodded, “Yuki helps me with the tiramisu as well. You should try it with the wine!”

“I’m so happy you guys made the tiramisu. I’ve been wanting to taste it for a long time.” He added.

“Her cooking skills is no joke, bro. I can gain weight easily but thanks to her, she always looks after my diet.” I can feel his hand and stare on mine. I love this guy!

“Can I make a toast for both of these gentlemen?” I asked and both Yuki and Shohei nodded. “You guys are hardworking, successful, and love sports a lot. Be it volleyball or baseball. I just want to say, keep going and make your country and fans proud. Cheers!” the sound of wine glasses clash each other can be heard with big smiles on their faces.

After we finished dinner, we continue to chit chat in the balcony. “How long will you stay in Italy?” asked me. “It’s short. I’m here for 5 days. I want Yuki to show me around, of course when he’s not working.” Shohei pokes Yuki’s belly in a friendly manner. “I can do that! Let’s take time off together.” Yuki replied him.

“I’ll be back in a minute.” Shohei excuses himself to the bathroom.

“Babe, are you happy Shohei is here?” Yuki take a seat next to me and holds me in his arms. He is so close that I can feel his breath on my neck.

“What do you mean?” I furrowed my eyebrows.

“I am thinking that maybe we can try something new for your birthday. Not tomorrow but tonight.” my head tilts towards him. I don’t know what he’s talking about at all.

“I don’t get it, Yuki. Talk clearly please.”

“I know for a fact that Shohei is your biggest idol. I want you to feel intimate with him.” I shiver after listening to what he just say. “Why don’t we have a threesome?” My mouth went wide. I am shocked to hear him saying that thing.

“What? Are you kidding me?” He shakes his head. “I don’t think of him in that way, Yuki. I can only be intimate with you, my boyfriend. Don’t you feel jealous by saying that?” I pull my body from him. Standing up and staring at him. A bit irritated.

“Of course I am jealous. But, tomorrow is your birthday. I want you to have pleasure you haven’t had experienced before. We can have sex anytime but imagine having it with your specific idol too? Won’t you be on the cloud nine?” He stood up and came closer to me. As if he want to convince me, I see seriousness in his eyes instead of jealousy. My heart went racing right now. Did Yuki just give permission to me to have sex with Shohei? His best friend?

I take his hand and place it on my chest. “Do you feel it? I feel really nervous with your statement. What would Shohei think about it?” I am blushing so hard right now. Yuki started to grin and whisper to me. “I already told him and he agreed.” He hugs me. “Don’t be afraid. I am here with you.”

Is this the present that Yuki mentioned to me earlier? And Shohei agreed to do this already? Yuki is so unpredictable! How dare you! I felt dumbfounded now..

“If you say so,” I paused for a moment. “But I am shy.”

“Don’t be. You will take the lead and we are all yours.” he winked. “You dirty boy.” I added and punch him jokingly.

How should I act now that I know Shohei is here to have threesome with me and Yuki? I am totally embarrassed. I don’t know what to do. I get more surprised when Shohei walked towards the balcony with no shirt. W-wait… is this starting already? 🥵

“Shall we have fun now?” Shohei lends his right hand to me as if he wants to reach me. I tilt my head to Yuki and he nods. “Are you okay with this, Shohei?” ask me. I don’t want things go awkward after this if he doesn’t want to then I shall not start the fire.

“Anything for the birthday girl.” he smirks and reaches my hand without hesitation.

His footsteps are fast, just like Yuki’s, and I follow him. He makes me sit down on the sofa. This time he is facing me and holding my hands gently. I can see clearly his toned body. He is slightly bigger and chiseled than Yuki. His skin tone is warmer than Yuki. Wait.. I shouldn’t compare him to Yuki..

“Babe, don’t be shy.” I felt Yuki’s arms suddenly around my body. He hugged me from behind. I feel like he tries to encourage me to make the first move.

“Alright. We can play this game unless both of you follow my rules.” I bravely said. “One, you can do whatever you want with me tonight. Two, you can be rough but make it gentle. Last, you guys have way higher stamina than me and I might unable to keep up, so give me chance to breath. Ok?” saying that feels unreal and I feel like explaining to two school boys.

“Of course. I ain’t gonna hurt you.” Shohei replied me with smile. I can feel Yuki nods on the crook of my neck. “So, what do you like the most during sex?” Shohei’s hand started to trace my knees in circle. Oh god, I’m not your strongest soldier tonight. “I like dirty talk. What about you?”

“I like women on top of me.” he said with eyes staring into my soul. I CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE WHY IS HE SO BRAZEN. “Ugh.. okay.” was the only word that came out of my lips.

“Yuki, do you want to watch us first before you join?” Shohei asked him and I felt Yuki’s arms are no longer holding me and he pulled himself. “Yeah, you guys can warm up the game. I will follow.”

Right after he said that, Shohei took my body and lifted me without a warning. We have no space left between us. I can feel his hot breath on my face. God, why did I wear short dress in the first place, my legs hug his waist and my skin was revealed too much in this position. I feel his right hand on my ass, trying to keep me in this position. Hence, my hands are holding his shoulders tightly.

“Where are you taking me?” I gasped when he brings me closer to the kitchen. He put me down on the island, “Have you tried doing it in the kitchen with Yuki?” I nervously shake my head. He smirks and leans closer to my ear, “Let me show you how good it is without your boyfriend touch.” I AM DONE. He made sure Yuki doesn’t hear that as he lower down his voice. I shudder hearing his husky voice.

He started to kiss me passionately while his hands are grabbing my neck softly. I kissed him back and moved my hands on his chest, roaming his chiseled body. His body is built different. I can feel it. “Ahh” I react when his tongue tried to play with mine. He is getting deeper in my mouth and he tastes so sweet.

His hands are now exploring my body here and there. “Shohei” I called his name when he starts to caressing my covered breasts. “Do you want me to stop?” I shake my head. “Keep going.” I mumble in his kiss.

That sentence triggers him to undress me. He unclasp my bra and pull my dress together with it so easily. He throws them on the floor, leaving me naked with my panties. Why do I feel so shy? I try to cover my body with my arms only to make him say, “Don’t cover it. You are beautiful and I can’t wait to feel you.” his voice was so low but really calming me.

“It’s my first time getting naked with other man. I’m too shy to stare at you now..” then he chuckles lightly. “You’re so sexy.” Then he kissed my neck and traced down to my shoulder and boobs with his lips. Leaving some saliva traces on me and I’m getting shiver all over my body. After removing my hands, he licked and sucked my nipple so hard that I feel stimulated down there. I play with his hair while feeling so good with what he did to my body. “Ohh yes” I finally let that moan out. Did Yuki hear it too?

I turned my head back to see where’s Yuki at. He’s standing in the corner watching us. His face seems quite red and he smirks when our eyes met. I can’t comprehend whether he’s mad or enjoying the view.

Shohei’s fingers are now trying to pull down my panties while he nibbles my ear. The cold surface of the island gives a tingling sensation to my body. “Are you wet for me already, princess?” More dirty talks coming out of his little mouth. I felt his fingers in between my clothed pussy. I put my hand on his finger down there, trying to pause him. I didn’t realized I was that wet when I touch the fabric of my panties. “Be gentle.” I told him when our eyes met. He nodded and get down on his knees.

He pulled my panties, spread my legs and I saw his amused face when seeing my pussy. He blow some air before I feel his lips kissing me there. “Ohh sweet Jesus!” I scream when he gets to the right spot with his playful tongue. My body automatically jerks on his face. I feel the pleasure hits me.

His technique is different to Yuki’s, he keeps unfold and folding my vaginal lips and he shows how passionate he is by caressing my inner thighs while doing his magic. “Faster please..” I beg and I feel him smiles. He gets faster and I lay down on my back, feeling the cold surface, and biting my lips out of pleasure. “Uh-huh, I feel it coming.” I close my legs created more pressure from his mouth. He then caressed my clit real fast and I was sent to heaven.

When I opened my eyes, I saw him standing and lick his fingers. “It’s unfair how you’re still in your pants, Sho” I cry while punching his area in a teasing manner. It feels as if my order is his command.

He started to unbuckle his belt and unzip his pants. I’m lying if I act unsurprised with how huge his boner is. He reached my hand and pulled me until I sit on the edge. He removed his brief and then located my hand on his bulge. Seeing his puppy eyes, I rub it slowly while staring at him. He whimpered every time my hand reaches the tip. “Is it enough, Sho?” I innocently ask him on the pace. He tilted his head back and closed his eyes. I take it as a yes.

I think it’s time for me to take actions after what he done to me. I keep doing the handjob while I trail kisses on his upper body. “Faster” he said. Not long after, he hugged me and put his lips on my ear, “You are amazing”. I can feel his broad shoulders on mine and his heart beats quickly. This feels different to hugging Yuki.

“Hold me tight. I like it.” I whisper back to him while holding his strong biceps. “Do you like it when I touch you there?” he whispered back. I nod and see him smile. His little eyes are very attractive when he smiles. “Yuki, any ideas what position should we all try?” Shohei speaks up while still hugging me. I was smiling like crazy underneath his body when hearing that. He’s so blunt and careless. I heard Yuki laughs.

“Come here and bring me my girlfriend.” Yuki replied with his hand signaling us to follow him. All of us chuckles together. “Did you enjoy watching us?” I asked him but he doesn’t respond and walked away to the bedroom.

Shohei didn’t let go of me and he carries me bridal style towards the bedroom. “Your eyes are beautiful, Sho. Are they brown?” I asked him before we reach the bedroom. “Yeah. You like what you see from that angle?” he teases me with his fingers caressing my cheek and I can’t help but smile. He is such a warm and lovable person. This is the only time I can compliment and touch him without Yuki being mad.

🖤🖤🖤🖤

To be continued

#shohei ohtani #shohei ohtani imagines #shohei ohtani au #yuki ishikawa #yuki ishikawa imagines #yuki ishikawa au #fanfic #alternate universe #volleyball #baseball #mlb fandom #smut

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toxicruins101 · 2 years

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YOUR WORDS KILLED ME

Sbi! Family x Male! Killer! Reader.

Tw!: Gore, torture, mentions of torture, blood, killing, depression. Etc.

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

you couldn't even keep count of how many days it had been since you were stuck down here.

1, 2, 3..678910..

Who knows? Yet as the faint sound of your blood dropping onto the floor making a slight consecutive sound you became aware of the passage of time around you.

The faint sound of chains rubbing with each other, making an awful sound.

Pain was the only thing you felt at the moment and you knew you weren't going to last very longer in this hell hole.

You committed a crime, a deadly one quite literally, and in exchange you got sentenced to this.

Torture and torture for days on end.

You heard the heavy metal door move and tried to look up but even that hurt.

You could try to look up with your eyes but you failed the energy to even do that.

"Hey mate.." Philza, oh your sweet father Philza, all this time he had been so hopeful and so relived when they told him you'll be able to get out instead of serving a life long sentence

Yet it pained you so much, knowing his poor heart was going to be crushed.

"Are you feeling ok? I'm guessing your asleep right now though.."

'I'm not sleeping, I'm dying' you thought as a warm feeling invaded your pain struck heart.

Your father always did care for you, he always has, as his first child you meant everything to him.

You wish you could scream out to him and tell him your fate, but were unable as your tongue had been cut out in the early days of this sentence.

You wanted to cry and sob, tell him everything that was wrong, so maybe he could save you, he could rescue you.

That maybe you'll get to see your little brothers again.

Maybe train with techno one last time, teach Wilbur guitar again, and help tommy pull pranks on the others just for one more time.

But your death seemed closer than that possibility coming true.

"Don't worry mate, just 2 more weeks and your out of here, two more weeks and you'll get to go home." Spoke your father tears welling in his eyes at the sight of your broken hanged up form.

You'd be long gone by then, your poor heart ached at the thought of your caring family having to receive the news of your death.

You all meant a lot to the other, so just thinking about it made you weep.

"I'll be taking my leave now mate, stay strong ok? We are all waiting for you back home.." his voice spoke, you tried to move towards him, yell at him to stop and speak a little more.

To null the pain and bring back the good memories, you wanted to die with a familiar voice calling out to you.

Not the treacherous screams of the other inmates in here whose fates have already been decided.

Soon after though another person came in.

"Y/n? You there?"

Techno

Techno!

You were so glad, you wanted to run up and hug him so tightly both of you were out of air.

Sadly you couldn't so you slightly moved your arms making the chains jingle hoping that would give him the message you were listening to him.

"Ah good, thought you were passed out there for a sec and I got really scared.." he chuckled lightly at the end of his sentence

Don't say stuff like that...it'll only make it harder for me to die you thought

"listen, we all, really miss you ok? I know what you did was bad, but, nobody deserves this.

Come back home, ok? We all.

Really need you" spoke his grave voice as he slowly made his way outside, looking over at you again before leaving.

There were so many things you wanted to say to him.

So many

So so many.

You had missed him so much over the years it was crazy.

You didn't know if this was the gods way of having mercy on you and letting you hear your family one last time or their punishment.

Making you hear and bear that weight of sadness knowing all their hopes of you getting out of here were going to get tarnished by your inevitable death.

No-one?

Guess that was it.

Maybe Wilbur and tommy didn't think you were worth their time-

"Y/n?..." Spoke a gentle voice from the other side of the space.

Wilbur.

You slightly smiled, you wanted to cry more than ever.

You had missed him so much.

Hearing about his death in l'manburg broke you in a million pieces

Yet there he stood now, revived and well.

He only started at you and walked over.

He inspected your weak form and wanted to cry at the state of it.

In an act of anger, at seeing his brother, his blood, one of the men who raised him be hung up and treated like a punching bag he broke the chains holding up your arms, with a sword that always hanged loosely on his belt.

Guards came rushing in as you finally felt your hands in God knows how long.

You smiled at him and he smiled back at you.

Guards came in and started pushing him out

He screamed and thrashed in their hold.

"LET GO OF ME YOU FUCKS, IM TALKING WITH MY BROTHER, WAIT-

NO NO WAIT-

Y-!"

his voice got cut off as he was forced out and the metal door slammed shut.

The guards looked at your weak form on the ground and scoffed as they pulled you up and tied you by your wrists.

So much for feeling your hands again

This time you didn't hear a voice, not even a peep.

Just quiet footsteps as they came closer and closer to you.

You felt gentle arms around your torso, careful as to not hurt you as sobs emitted from said person.

Tommy, the youngest out of all of you.

You looked at his dirty blonde hair and wanted to reach out and hug him so bad as he hugged and cried onto your broken skin.

His sobs filled out the room as tears fell from your eyes at the sight of your little brother in pain.

All because of you

Your family was suffering

Your friends were suffering

Everyone was suffering

Because of you

"All right, visiting times over kid, scram" spoke your torturer and you wanted to punch him faceless because of how he talked to your brother.

He only glared at the man but then took notice of the various array of weapons desplayed on his cart.

Full of blood, your blood, to be precise.

"hey, wait, no." He said as he stared.

Two more guards came out and went towards him when they realized he had no plans of leaving.

"HEY! NO! WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING TO HIM! NO! DONT YOU DARE-" Spoke the blonde haired kid as they dragged him out, tears falling from his blue eyes.

"Something permanent" spoke your abuser as he smirked at your disheveled younger brother being forced out of the room.

You could hear your name being called and sobs from the other side.

NONO

NONONONO

NO GOD PLEASE

Don't leave me please

Philza...

Techno...

Wilbur....

Tommy...

Don't leave me to die alone please...

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lukemfhughes · 2 years

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‘Bro why are you with my sister?’

Ethan Edwards x Blankenburg! Reader

summary: nicks sister goes to umich after him leaving and she gets close with his old team.

Note: so here it is, i have a feeling that this is gonna disappoint your expectations, and i was to lazy to do the word count

After you graduated from high school. You had one plan, to go to the univ of michigan. The same place where your brother had just left. It was kinda scary to go to college. Knowing that there is two ways how things can go. 1 you get no friends and be alone all the time. 2 you get friends and live that happy college life.

Well for your good, you got way no. 2. It happend cause you met your new volleyball team and also the hockey team. When Nick heard of your new friendship with the guys, he called Steve to keep an eye on you. That also caused you and steve to become best friends.

One saturday night you had your first volleyball game of the season. The guys were in the stands cheering loudly for you. when the game point came you were serving, ‘you got this y/n,’ you said to yourself. You took the ball to your hand, taking couple steps and throwing it low before swinging your arm at it. it floats to the back corner and it’s an ace. You jump in the air as your teammate came to hug you.

After the game you walked out to the arena lobby and seeing your friends there. “y/n! you played so well!” Mark exclaims happily and pulls your for a hug. “Thank you markie.” you say and go to hug everyone else. “So what’s the plan for tonight?” Nolan asks. “I heard there is a party at the frat house.” You say. Everyone agrees to go, and you head to the house.

“Who is gonna stay sober and take care of her?” Steve asks and points at you. You go to protest but eddy agrees. “Eddy you don’t need to.” You plead him. “No y/n i’m gonna stay with you.” He says and you groan and head to the kitchen for a drink. He follows you not looking away of you when you slip past other people. ”How do you have this much energy after that game?” He asks. You just shurg your shoulders and take a sip of your beer.

The night goes on and every where you go eddy is following you closly. ”Lets dance!” You say and grab his hand. His hands find their way to your hips as you swing them from side to side. Ethan looks at with an admiring look. ”Why r u looking at me like that.” You ask. ”You are pretty.” He mumbles. You blush at his words. He glances down at your lips. He leans closer for a kiss. ”Eddy!” Someone yells causing him to pull away. ’Was that actually about to happen’ eddy thinks in his head as duker walks towards to him.

”I think it’s time to take this lady back to her dorm.” Ethan says to the other boys. Ethan guides you towards his car and drives to the campus. ”I’m gonna make sure you get there safetly.” He says and guides you into the dorm building. Once you get to your dorm you threw yourself to the bed. ”Thanks for being my security for the night.” You mumble just before sleep takes over.

When ethan drives back home he thinks ’what if i would have gotten to kiss her’. ’Damn i prob ruined my chance now’

The next week when nick is visiting detroit cause of an roadie he comes to the campus before going back to columbus. You and the guys were in detroit watching his game. Tonight nick made an comeback to college partying as you brought him with you for a party.

”Lets go grab drinks.” You say and walk to the kitchen. Nick and the other boys follow you and you grab drinks and stay in the kitchen as you talk. Ethan is standing next to you and nick on your other side. When nick excauses himself and leaves for toilet, the same song what was played at the same place a week ago, started. You looked up to ethan and he just nodded. ”We are gonna dance, just a sec we will be back.” You said to the others.

You pulled ethan to the dance floor. ”So mr. Edwards, i think a week ago there was something bothering us so we couldn’t do this.” You whisper to his ear and grab his face and kiss him. He kisses you back.

”What the hell!” You hear nick yell. This causes you to pull away from eddy. Nick is there, standing and looking at you two. ”Bro why are you with my sister when there are so many other ladies.” Nick says. You look down at your feet. ”There is many other ladies, but none of them are as pretty, smart, perfect as she is.” Ethan says. Nick looks at between you. ”Fine but if you hurt her you’re dead, and no babies, yet.” He says and hugs you. ”Thank you.” You mumble.

The rest of the night you spent under eddys arm. Safe

#umich hockey #nj devils #ethan edwards #mark estapa #dylan duke #nick blankenburg #steve holtz #ethan edwards imagine #ethan edwards fic

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kawaikylian · 2 years

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A TWO PACK fanfic for my amorcitos 😮‍💨•njr

CUDDLE ME BABY•njr

Fluff

Wrote this one a long time ago enjoy!

Neymar wasn’t always home, busy at games or training, but when he was he’d be asleep snoring right beside you, it’d leave you mesmerized having his presence right beside you possibly dreaming about you .

You were tired but needed Neymar’s arms around you, it was 9:34 and Neymar had a big meeting right after practice, he said he’d come at 9:30!, you texted billions of times waiting for an answer but got none, it was now 9:50 and you were to tired you didn’t hear the door open and footsteps coming up into your room.

Everything sounded blurry if that makes sense but you heard the water faucet turn on realizing Neymar was brushing his teeth and getting ready for bed, yours eyes lit up and you jumped out the bed “Neymar!” He must’ve heard you after he finished brushing his teeth because he turned back to you “your awake baby!” He runs hugging you.

He lifts your legs up to wrap around his waist as you give him millions of neck kisses “I missed you so much” he says and you let go off his neck to glance at him for a sec, “why didn’t you answer my messages” he laughs, he lets you down and goes to grab his bag leaving you confused.

As he does he pulls out a completely broken phone “Kylian thought it would be funny to grab my phone and run away, he dropped it” I gasp, “oh shit, I was so worried for you baby when you wouldn’t answer” you wrap your arms around his body, your head only reaches to his chest, you stand still for a second “I just needed to hug you for a second”.

“Let’s go to bed Lindinha” he says kissing the top of your head grabbing at your ass, he picks you up bridal style, he carefully places your body onto the mattress, he lays his body next to yours, with his other hand he uses it to wrap a soft blanket around the both of you.

“Cuddle me baby”.

TE EXTRANO•njr

Fluff

No,you and Neymar hadn’t been away from each other for too long, it just so happens the entire day you had been unable to see each other,Neymar was busy training and now had a game, you were in the stands cheering for him, a long side was davi and neymars sister Rafaella, you missed him deeply.

Rafaella had assured you everything would be fine, finally came halftime and your eyes gleamed seeing Neymar walking into the tunnel, then there you realized you could go see him.

“Ney!” You run jumping into his arms the other of his arm grabbing at your waist pressing you deeply, you head “wooos” in attempt to tease.”te extrañe tanto mi amorcito”, “eu também linda” he says kissing at your neck, you let go and he goes to hug his sister and his son, you smile, “davi go pose with your dad and let me take a picture!”, Neymar picks him up leading to davi posing with a funny smile.

Pertend he’s wearing whatever jersey you want<3

The camera clicks and leaves you and rafaella smiling and squealing at how adorable davi was, “oh my god! Send me that!” She says and you nod,it’s been 10 minutes of you all talking and meeting up with everyone, “baby I have to go now, te amo” he says kissing you on the lips delicately, you have a warm smile telling him to go on.

You feel like crying when he leaves but you can’t do anything about it.

10 minutes into the game and Neymar scores leaving you screaming as loud as you can “LETS GOOO!!!!” You, davi, and rafaella all scream at the same time waving your Brazilian flags, there’s a huge screen in the stadium.

You take a glance at Neymar before taking a full closer look, you see him throwing a kiss at you, right at you, specifically at you, he doesn’t do it to the screen, he still finds your figure, considering how far away you both were he still found you.

He points at you at first and then sends a imaginary kiss, you smile and pretend as if your head over heels for the camera,the moment goes on the news and social media goes wild the first 20 minutes, after the game you find your way towards Neymar.

You hug him “I’m so proud of you baby” you say kissing his lips , “ I wouldn’t be kissing you so delicately right now but there’s too much people” you say in his ear making him blush, you had never seen him blush so hard.

#smut fanfiction #smut #soccer #football smut #neymar jr #neymar fanfic #neymar smut #neymar jr fanfiction #neymar

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buckyalpine · 2 years

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So my tea cup poodle...just died yesterday. I was hoping you could write something for me to cope 💗

IM SO SORRY THIS HAPPEND TO YOU MY LOVE OMG. Sending you so so many hugs, for you, of course.

All the fluff for you, I hope this makes you feel a little better.

Imagine he's been dotting around with the biggest crush on you, trying to swallow his feelings and make them go away but nope. It never works.

It's become a will they won't they situation; the rest of the team always watches you both carefully because it's clear you both adore each other but both of you are too scared to do anything.

Things seemed to be moving well but Bucky couldn't bring himself to do anything. He always ended up tongue tied. Hands trembling, too scared to hug you.

Until he saw you cry. He'd seen you upset before, plenty of times during movie nights or when you were a little grumpy after a mission. This was different. You didn't even have the energy to go up to your room; sitting on the couch of the living room, sniffling softly.

Your head was on Nat's lap while she gently stroked your head comforting you while Steve came by with some tea, placing it on the coffee table for you before kissing your forehead and giving you some space.

"What's wrong, what happened to y/n" Bucky could feel his heart beat faster, he didn't like it, he hated seeing how sad and lost you looked.

"Her little pup passed away" Steve whispered sadly, looking over his shoulder to see you slowly sipping the tea, tears still streaking down your face. Bucky's heart went from racing to shattering. He knew how much you adored your little fur baby, he couldn't even being to imagine how you felt.

Suddenly any previous shyness or apprehensions don't matter. You mattered.

He's out of the compound and on his motorbike, putting together something because he just wants you to feel better. A soft blanket. Some flowers. All the snacks you love. He finds something else, grabbing it and placing all the items in a basket for you, hoping you'll feel the littlest bit of happiness.

****

"Doll?"

You were still curled on the couch, Sam and Tony had come by to check on you and coax you into eating something but you just didn't have the appetite. You peaked up slightly while Bucky came down to kneel beside the touch, stroking your forehead. You leaned into his touch, seeking his warmth, it was his comfort you needed the most.

"I got something for you bub" He moved to the couch, pulling you into his lap while he placed the basket on the couch.

You smiled softly at the bouquet of white flowers that rested on top of a thick fuzzy blanket and the snacks that were nearly spilling out of the basket. You gasped, seeing a sweet little plushie that looked nearly identical to your furbaby, picking it up with shaky hands and holding it close to you.

"I'm sorry doll" Bucky wrapped his arms tightly around you, giving you endless kisses on your head, and rubbing your back while you softly sobbed into his chest.

"I'm here for you my babydoll"

You nodded, snuggling into him further as he scooped you up, carrying you up to his room. He heard the low rumble of your stomach, figuring you hadn't eaten for the whole day and he wasn't going to let you go to bed hungry.

"Be back in a sec" he ran down, warming up something for you to eat, brining it up to you so he could feed you while you stayed tucked under his warm blankets. "Just eat a little baby, hm?"

After you finished, he pulled up a movie to play in the background while he cuddled you close to him, not letting you go all night.

"You can cry if you want to sweets, I won't let go" He whispered, rubbing his hand down your back when he heard you trying to mask your sniffles. He held you closer, whispering sweet nothings, taking care of you and loving you for hours after. and then days after. Weeks after. Months. Years.

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neverlookatthisblog · 2 years

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Birthday Boy

Happy birthday Jack xx

Jack had a big party for his birthday every year this year was no different expect that he was in a relationship with you

Talking and laughing with everybody you were genuinely happy that jack was enjoying himself

"Y/N come here for a sec" ace pro pulled you to the side

"Hey what's up"You didn't know if you should be concerned or not

"Neelam said get everyone together once you do that go back there with her" he said

"Alright" you said

You got everyone together once that was done you quickly ran to the back where Neelam was

Walking in you seen her grabbing the cake from out the fridge she sat it down in front of you showing you the cake

"Why pokémon" you laughed

"They both love it" she said there was an awkward silence for a minute

"Hey can you help me put the candles on the cake" she smiled

You nodded helping put the candles on the cake

Lighting the candles

"I'll let you take out the cake" she smiled softly at you

You hugged her before grabbing the cake carefully and walking out everyone started singing happy birthday to both urban and jack

You brought the Pokémon cake out

Everyone finished singing

Urban blew out his side

After Jack blew out his side of the candles he kissed you making everyone 'aww'

"Happy birthday sweetheart" you smiled

"Thank you" He said trying to hug you

"Wow chill I still have the cake in my hands" you said laughing a little

"Go put the cake down" he said patting your butt you were confused as hell

"He ain't even want no cake" you thought to your self

You sat the cake on the table next to decorations you walked back over to jack

He pulled you aside taking you to the bathroom

"Jack don't you wanna get back to your friends-" you said putting your purse on the bathroom counter

"Shhh" he said before kissing you deeply

"All I want is you right now" jack said continuing to kiss you

y'all Made out in the bathroom Like a high school couple lipsticks smeared all over jack's lips

You pulled away

"If we're gonna do this you gotta let me do the work" you said sliding your hand down to his pants unbuckling his belt

You got down on your knees pulling out his length out of his pants

You looked at him as you bring the tip in your mouth swirling your tongue around making jack groan a little

"Fuck baby" jack said grabbing a hold of your hair as you bobbed your head you felt him grip your hair tighter making you moan a little the vibrations made jack bite his lips

You continue using your hand for support you knew you couldn't fit all of him your mouth

You breathed as you took his length out of your mouth using your spit you used your hand to jerk him off

"Fuck..." jack grunt you smiled at him you went back to sucking him off

You now used both of your hands bobbing your head faster as you felt jack twitch in your mouth

"Shit.....right that baby I'm about to cum" jack said as you continued

"Y/N fuckkk"jack moaned as he came you felt his warm cum slide down your throat making you pull his dick out of your mouth

You wiped the side of you mouth licking the cum off your thumb

"So sexy" jack said watching you he pulled you closer to kiss him

"Mhm... the pineapples paid off" jack laughed you rolled your eyes

"Let's go before people start wondering where we are" you said washing your hands drying them you realize there was still lipstick smeared on jack's lips and a little on his face

"Gotta get this off cant have them knowing what we were doing" you wiped the it off his lips and fix your make up

"They probably are already know" jack joked you gave him a glare putting your lipstick back in your purse

"Okay I'm sorry let's go" he said grabbing your hand as y'all walked out the bathroom

Some people gave you weird looks you already felt like they knew what you were doing

#jack harlow #jack harlow imagine #jack harlow smut

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c0rupt · 2 years

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. Pinball .

Vance x dead! Gn! Reader

Platonic or romantic

!! I don’t check my writings so things may not make sense or are spelt wrong !!

“Hit him!” “Get him Vance!” “Beat his ass!” “Punk!”

All those words filled his head. Boosting his ego even more. He threw punch after punch to the face of moose.

“Vance.”

He herd. There was a pause. His posture changing. His aura changing. He looked to his right to see you. But you vanished as quick as you came. Confused and Creeped out, he stared at moose, he did enough. So he got up and left.

__________

“Where was you.” His mom said sternly “out.” He sighed and walked upstairs.

When he got in his room, he quickly flopped down on his bed. Looking around observing every detail. Weights. Posters. Cans. Clothes.

He was a mess. Ever since you got took, he had been a mess. Beating up any kid that even looked at your missing posters.

He saw you. But you didn’t look like you. Your hair. Your clothes. They where bloodied up. He didn’t know what to do. Report it? People would think he was crazy. He was stuck. For once. He was stuck

_________

“Vance your gonna beat your high score.” His friend said next to him. He had to distract himself from you in any way. “Course I am dumb shit, I said I would” he mumbled.

He didn’t. Instead it ended up with him in the back of a police car. As he looked around. Taking in the scene Infront of him again. 2 police officers infront. A radio. Water bottles.

He looked out the window. The rain hitting the glass harshly. “Here.” One of the officers said. It confused him. “Come to this street. We found the kids.” Someone said through the radio.

That brought hope to the blonde. You was okay. “I’m coming.” He said. “No, your getting dropped off at the police station.” The officer on the left said.

“But I’m one of the kids friends.” He said and dug his nails into the leather seat “look kid, your a friend. But your not family. So we can’t.” The officer on the right said and pulled up to the police station. “Come on.”

_________

“We found the bodies of 5 children. Those we presume are the missing children. We are pushing for further investigations.” The officer on TV said.

“Oh Vance..” his mom said and pulled him in a hug.

You where supposed to be okay. You where supposed to come back and laugh about how much of a dick the grabber was. How much you where scared. But you where okay now.

“Come on sweetie..” his mom said stroking his head. He let out a sob. And after that he was crying into his mothers shoulder.

_________

He was in his room. Looking around. Again. But this time it felt off. Like someone was watching him. He brushed it off, picking up his weights. He decided to let out his anger on that.

“Vance sweetie..the phone is ringing!” His mom called from down stairs.

He looked at his door. The feeling of being watched washing over him even more.

“Give me a sec!” He yelled and put down his weights, walking down the stairs and taking the phone out of his moms hand

“what.” He said through the phone “sorry about Y/N man..” his friend said through the phone. “It’s fine. what else.” He mumbled. “What do you mean what else. Y’know, maybe if you wasn’t such a prick they would be here, you can’t just ignore what happened.” They said and put down the phone.

“Is everything okay?” His mom said, reading the look oh his face

“I’m fine ma’. “

_________

He was waking down the street. Kids where out, probably gossiping about the situation that had happened a few months ago. Sucking his teeth, he walked into the grab n go, his world stopped.

His score was beaten. But- “I know, it’s been doing that all day. Might be getting old.” The woman behind the counter said.

The score was going up. The buttons where being pressed. The ball was moving. But nobody was there.

He walked closer to it. 3 feet away. 2 feet away. 1 foot away. And he paused. He felt eyes on him. He felt eyes burning through his. But they weren’t judging eyes. They where eyes of shock. Until he felt the feeling go.

_________

It stayed like that for weeks. He would walk in on his game glitching and the feeling of eyes watching him, when barley anyone was.

He walked into the store. But felt no eyes on him. No pinball playing on its own. Nothing. He continued doing whatever he was doing.

“Vance.” A whisper came from behind him.

It was you.

_________

#the black phone #the grabber #finney blake #robin arellano #bruce yamada #vance hopper #vance x reader #tbp era #slaying rn

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redsthebeststick · 1 year

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Beach Day

SC: Hey guys?

Red: Mm?

SC: How 'bout we go to the beach today?

Green: Hell yeah!

Yellow: Sounds good to me!

Blue: Sure!

Red: Nice!

SC: Guess it's set then! Let's go get all our stuff, I'll ask Alan if he can help me draw some bags to put all the stuff in.

The others all agreed to go get all their on stuff, and then bring it all down and pack it.

Green: I'll call Purple, I'm sure he'd love to come.

Blue: K!

Green went into her room and called Purple. Purple was ecstatic and said he'd be over right away.

Green put down the phone, grabbed a towel, sweets, sunglasses, and her guitar, and ran back to the living room to put her stuff down. Blue and Yellow packed whilst Green was on her phone waiting for Purple to arrive, and Red followed SC to adobe flash where Alan and him drew and animated.

Red: Sec wait!

SC turned around.

SC: Red! You ok?

Red: Do you mind if I try to draw something?

SC: Yeah sure!

Red: Thanks.

SC passed Red the pen, and she started drawing. At first, SC couldn't understand what she was drawing, but as it got more detailed, SC realised that she had drawn 6 surfboards!

SC: Those are so good! Since when were you that good at drawing?

Red: Well, I watch you and Alan draw sometimes, it's quite calming, I guess I must have picked up some tips.

SC: Well the only thing is, how are we going to fit these in bags?

Red: We'll have to carry them! There is no way I'm missing out on surfing.

SC: Your very determined aren't you?

SC said smiling at Red.

Red: I thought you would've figured that out by now hollow head.

Red said, kissing him lightly on the cheek and walking away.

SC laughed and went back to drawing with Alan.

After all the packing was done, they loaded it all up into bags and travelled to Purple's laptop where the city was, as Purple said he was going to meet them there. They came to the beach, and it was beautiful. The sun was high up in the sky, and there was only about 50 other people there. It was a really big beach, so they had so much of it to themselves. Green squinted and saw a purple stick in the distance.

Green: Hey guys! I think that's Purple!

Yellow looked the same way.

Yellow: Looks like it, oh hang on, I have binoculars.

Yellow took them out of one of the bags and looked through them.

Green: So?

Yellow: Yep it's him alright, but he's so far away! How do we get his attention?

SC: I got an idea.

Without another word, he took out a little tablet ad started scribbling something.

Red: What the...oh! Good idea!

Red said as she looked at what he was drawing.

When SC was finished, he reached into the tablet and pulled out a megaphone.

Through the megaphone, he shouted:

SC: YO PURPLE! WE'RE OVER HERE!

Yellow looked through the binoculars again, and saw the purple stick running towards their direction.

Yellow: Haha, I think it worked.

As the stick got closer, it started to shout.

Purple: HEY GUYS!!!!!

Finally, Purple reached them, and Green ran up to him and hugged him.

Green: Purple! How are you?

Purple: I'm great thanks! How are you?

Green: I'm great. Come on, we need to get all our stuff set up! I can see you brought some stuff too!

Purple: Of course! Couldn't come unprepared for the beach now could I?

Green laughed.

Green: Of course not.

They got out beach umbrellas, mats to lay down on, and a cooler bag for the drinks.

Green looked up. This place seemed familiar.

Green: Wait...oh my god...wow.

Blue: What's wrong?

Green: Don't you remember a couple of years ago, we came to this same beach!

Blue: Do you mean...it was the one that was covered in litter!?

Green: Exactly! Look at it now!

Yellow: That's...crazy.

Red: No way.

They all smiled and continued to set up. Once it was all done, they all went into the sea and threw a ball around for a bit.

SC: I don't know about you guys but I'm starving!

Red: Me too.

Blue: I saw a fish and chip place nearby, maybe we could try there?

Purple: What's fish and chips?

The others looked at him in shock, until Red came up to him and said:

Red: Something your really gonna love!

Everyone looked at Red with a grateful expression. They didn't want to make Purple feel insecure. He had missed out on a lot of normal things kids did, trying fish and chip being one of them apparently. Asking Purple why he had never tried it would've made him really sad, so Red avoided the question with her quick thinking.

Yellow: Let's go!

They went the fish and chip place, and Green talked to Purple about all the different options he could have. Purple eventually decided on just a bag of chips, and the others got their meals as well. They sat down back at their beach spot, and ate lunch. Purple looked at the chips in worry.

Purple: Do I just..?

Green: Yeah! Just try it, honestly they're incredible.

Purple took a chip and popped it into his mouth. For a second, Green thought Purple was going to throw up due to the blank expression on his face, but then he widened his eyes and turned to Green.

Purple: Where has this been all my life!?!?!

Green burst out laughing and so did everyone else, including Purple. They sat under the beach umbrellas for a couple of hours, just chatting and talking.

Red: I think the tide's good now, should we try surfing?

SC: Yeah sure!

They all agreed and brought out the surfboards.

Purple: Wait, you guys got one for me? Thank you so much!

Yellow: 'Course we did.

They all got a surfboard and waded out to sea.

Yellow: Wait guys!

Blue: What's wrong?

Yellow: I-I don't know how to surf...

Blue: Oh, that's fine! I don't either!

Green: Me neither.

Purple: Me threether!

The others laughed and walked more out to sea. When it was about waist high, all of them started paddling and they got up onto the surfboards.

Yellow: How the hell do you balance on these things?!

Blue: I have no idea!

SC: Let's go a bit farther out! That's where the big waves are!

Red: Yep!

Yellow: Ummmmm imma stay back here ya know, hahaha,you know just-just chill...ye-yeah chill...

Blue: Me too...those waves look pretty big.

Red: Alright then! Have fun!

They continued to surf farther out, and suddenly, they saw MASSIVE wave in the distance.

Red: oh.My.GOD!!!!

Purple: Holy crap!

Green: Jesus christ!

SC: HELL YEAH!

The wave came closer and closer, and finally, they stood up on their surfboards and road the wave.

Red: WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SC: LET'S GOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Green: HOLY SHITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!

Purple: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Red: Wait wait WAIT! READY FOR THIS!?!?

SC: WHAT?!

Suddenly, she crouched on her surfboard, and surfed into the wave and to the top of it!

SC: HOW THE HELL ARE YOU DOING THAT!?!?!?!?

Red: NEW TRICK HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!

When the wave finally disappeared, they swam back out and kept riding waves, until they were exhausted and swam back to the shore, Yellow and Blue waiting for them.

They grabbed the towels and laughed as they dried off.

A few more hours went passed, until they all decided to go up to the cliffside.

Red: It's so beautiful up here.

The sunset was incredible, and the waves were crashing on the cliff.

SC: How about we all jump in together?

Yellow: I don't know...it might not be deep enough.

Red: Oh don't worry! I already checked with the lifeguard and they said that it was fine to jump in and that it was definitely deep enough because they checked this morning.

Yellow: Oh ok.

Blue: Ready?

They all walked to the edge.

Green: Ready.

SC: 3...2...1...JUMP!!!!!!

They jumped into the water, making a big splash as they went under. They all came up fine, and they walked back up to the beach, tired, laughing, and so, so happy.

#avm #alan becker #animation vs minecraft #avm blue #avm red #ava #avm green #avm yellow #avm purple #avm tsc #animation vs animator #animationvsminecraft #avm ships #ava fanart

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jessysapphireblue · 9 months

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One Piece Advent Calender Door 18

Door 18 : Christmas Market/Day

You just finished cleaning the table from breakfast as “JE!”, Chopper barged in with a flyer. “Chopper, what can I do for you?” “Je Je! Look Look!”, he eagerly showed you the flyer. “A christmas Market?” “Yes! There gives sweets and other stuff! It opens today! Can we go? I want to go with you”, he jumped on the spot, big shiny eyes looking at you.

“Just let me finish here and we can go” “JE!”, he jumped on you and you hugged him, as he thanked you over and over. “Ok ok calm down”, laughing, Chopper nestled onto your shoulders, his hooves on your head, as he waited for you to finish.

Walking into town, Chopper was shining as he saw the different vendors with food, candy and other handmade stuff. “JE! LOOK AT ALL OF THIS!” “Yes, yes I see Chopper. should we look around?” He beamed at you and the both of you began to walk through the quiet little market, not many people were there. Stopping at a vendor, you saw some nice pearl earrings for Nami. “It looks so...dead”, admitted Chopper.

“Ah, well you two are early. The real market comes at night. Then theres life here”, stated the elder Lady, making the both of you hum. “Well, no matter. I take the earrings for Nami. What do you think, Chopper?” “So pretty!”, he smiled at you as you payed for it. She was even so nice to wrap it in for you, the two of you continuing your way. “Where next?” “Can we drink something?”, of course, what would you like?” “Hot chocolate!” Smiling at him, you got both of you hot chocolate with whipped cream

“Good...but yours is better” “I spoil you too much, that is why!”, you admitted and the doctor laughed. Continuing your way through the market, you spotted a vendor who selled Nougat. “Je, what is it?” “Nougat. I´m thinking of getting some for us” “Here, please! Try some!”, the young man handed you a plate under the nose with different flavors. “Oh, thank you! Chopper, here”, you broke each in half to share it with the little reindeer. “And?” “YUMMY!”, he beamed and you chuckled.

In the end, you took some of everything, holding it. “We have to hide it from Luffy” “Yes. Otherwise it will be gone in a sec”, you smiled with a short wink as you spotted something. “Chopper. Wait for me by the bench. Could you keep an eye on the Nougat?” “Yes, I shall!”, he saluted you and you chuckled softly, handing him the bag before you walked away.

“Chopper!” The little reindeer turned to the voice of his name, his eyes shining like stars. “AHHHHHH!!!”, he beamed upon seeing the big cotton candy flowers. “The pink one is for you” “THANK YOU!”, he eagerly took it and bid into it, his tiny legs swaying back and forth. “So good” You also eat your cotton candy, smiling as he was finally stuffed, holding his belly. “That was good” “Yeah?” He nodded at you.

The sun was about to set when you returned to the sunny, a few bags on your wrist-mostly sweets- while you held chopper who was out like a light. It made you smile and carried the precious doctor on board, seeing your captain jump up from the railing, eager to see you.

He stopped when you motioned Chopper and he came closer, grinning. “Let him sleep”, you whispered and your boyfriend nodded, the both of you tucking him into bed.

#luffy #luffy x oc #luffy x reader #luffy x y/n #monkey d. luffy #one piece #straw hat luffy #anime and manga #straw hat pirates #straw hat crew #cotton candy #tony tony chopper #cotton candy lover chopper #christmas market

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namixart · 2 years

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Kiss me once, kiss me twice, kiss me three times

Read on AO3!

Aerith kissed Cloud the day he learned her name, and it all went downhill from there. Well, she didn't actually, but Cloud counted it anyway.

Or: Cloud, Aerith, and the many, many kisses it takes for them to get their act together.

Or: Cloud is 100% the kinda guy to go, "Okay, sure, she's always flirting with me and has kissed me several times, but I don't think she's interested in me that way."

Aerith kissed Cloud the day he learned her name, and it all went downhill from there. Well, she didn't actually, but Cloud counted it anyway.

It had happened while they were trekking through the collapsed expressway en route to Sector 7. They came up to a dead end—or so it seemed. The path carved through the junkyard ended in a crumbling wall that was actually the side of a higher section of the road, the only way forward. Aerith eyed the ledge and huffed. “Don’t think we should climb this. We’re gonna have to find another way around. Great.”

Cloud crossed his arms. “No time. It’s not that high.” He lightly hopped in place twice.

Aerith frowned, walked up to the wall and raised her hand. The tips of her fingers reached about three quarters of the way to the top, and there weren’t any obvious footholds. “For you, maybe. Normal person here, Mr Mako.”

“I’ll help you up,” said Cloud, shrugging. “We don’t have time to go around.”

Aerith pursed her lips. “You sure?”

“Yeah. Just a sec.”

He took a few steps back and, with a running start, he jumped high enough to grip a piece of rebar and use the momentum to hoist himself up.

Aerith whistled. “Impressive. Don’t you run off without me, now.”

Cloud chuckled. “Don’t tempt me.” He knelt down on the edge of the platform and held out a hand for her. “Come on.”

Aerith had to jump a little to get a good grip, but she was light enough for him to lift easily.

Maybe too easily.

He pulled on her hand with a little too much nonchalance, and Aerith shot up much faster and farther than expected with a yelp. Instinctively, Cloud flinched back to avoid slamming their foreheads together and squeezed his eyes shut. But the impact never came. Instead, Aerith’s hands landed on his chest, and there was a brush of something soft and warm against his lips, followed by a small gasp and hurried shuffling.

Cloud opened his eyes. Aerith was kneeling in front of him, fingers brushing a slightly sheepish smile on her lips. “Sorry!” she said, shooting to her feet and patting her skirt down. “Thanks for the lift. Let’s mosey on?”

She extended a hand, but Cloud stood up without taking it. He just nodded and let her get a few paces ahead before letting go of a breath he hadn’t known he was holding.

“Sorry again,” she said, without turning around.

Cloud shrugged even though she wasn’t looking at him. “It’s nothing.”

He fought the urge to touch his lips, then shook his head and followed her, trying to ignore how it didn’t feel like nothing.

*****

When the lock pad on her cell clicked open, Aerith sprung out of it like she’d been drowning. She nearly stumbled to the ground, but caught herself and straightened up with a sharp intake of breath.

“Thank you, guys.” Her voice was clipped and terse, but she was okay, okay, okay.

“Of course,” said Tifa. She made to take her hands, but stopped herself and took a step back. “Are you hurt?”

Aerith shook her head. “I’m alright.”

As the knot of anxiety in his chest unravelled, Cloud sighed. I found her. She’s okay. She’s gonna be okay.

Aerith’s eyes met his, and she smiled. “Heya,” she said, walking closer to him. “You came for me.”

Cloud nodded. “I’m not gonna let anything happen to you. Bodyguard, remember?” he added quickly.

She stared at him for a moment, her smile wavering. Then, before Cloud knew it, she threw her arms around his neck and hugged him tight. “Thank you,” she whispered. If she sounded a little choked up, well, Cloud wasn’t about to tease her.

He hesitantly brought his hands to her shoulders, unable to quite hug back. “Sure,” he muttered.

Aerith squeezed him tighter for a second, then let him go with a shaky breath. But, before she stepped away, she left a ghost of a kiss on his cheek. His eyes went wide and he stared down at her, mouth hanging slightly open. She just smiled, then turned around and walked up to where Tifa and Barret were standing, leaving Cloud behind for a moment.

As Barret thanked her for looking after Marlene, Cloud cleared his throat. “Right,” he said. “Let’s get outta here.”

“Please,”said Aerith. She caught Cloud’s eyes and made a face. “This place sucks.”

*****

The third time Aerith kissed him, Cloud had been half awake. He had gone to bed in a bad mood, with a strange weight in his chest after reliving the nightmare that had been Sephiroth’s rampage in Nibelheim. His dreams were nothing but smoke and flames, filled with screams and the sound of metal piercing flesh. In the darkness, he cried his throat raw—“What are you doing?! Get away from them! Sephiroth!”—but no sound came out. His eyes were stinging, his mouth dry, his hands shaking. He couldn’t breathe, couldn’t breathe, couldn’t breathe.

Cloud...

Make it stop!

Cloud.

I’m gonna kill him! I have to stop him! Before he takes anything else away from me!

Cloud!

Sephiroth!

“Cloud!”

Soft, warm hands covered his trembling ones. Cloud followed the touch until he was back in his body, tangled in the sheets of his bed in the Kalm inn and breathing heavily with his heart in his mouth.

“There you go.” Aerith’s voice was muffled, as if he were hearing it from underwater. “It’s okay. You’re okay. It was just a nightmare.”

What if it still is? What if I never wake up?

He wouldn’t open his eyes. That way, he wouldn’t have to see her ripped from his side, taken away by the man with a smile too cruel to be human.

Aerith’s hands squeezed his a little, and he gripped them like a lifeline. It didn’t matter, in a dream. “Aerith…” he murmured. His voice came out raspy and choked up, and it hurt a bit.

“I’m not going anywhere,” she whispered. “You’re okay.”

Cloud shook his head, but the tightness around his chest eased up just a little bit. She cupped his jaw with her hand. “Go back to sleep. I’m here.”

Was she? He wanted to see her. But his eyelids were so heavy. As the black curtains of sleep slowly rose over him again, Cloud thought he felt her lips brush against his cheekbone, warm and feather-light, like a good-luck kiss as he fell into the welcoming darkness.

It wasn’t until the morning that he realised it hadn’t been a dream, but Aerith only offered him a secretive smile and a wink.

*****

Cloud wasn’t sure when exactly it had become more of a common thing, but he was achingly aware of the fact that Aerith’s preferred method of greeting was a quick, playful peck on the cheek. It was also her preferred method of saying “good-night,” “thank you,” and “aw, come on, don’t be like that.” Point being, she did it a lot.

At first, Cloud had been unsure how to react. But Aerith never seemed to give those quick kisses any weight, as if they came to her as easily as breathing. The rest of the team had never even acknowledged them, so Cloud figured it was just him being weird about it. In the end, he’d just gotten used to it and filed the whole thing in his mental “Aerith Things” folder. It was just something she liked doing, and he didn’t mind it one way or the other.

Until he suddenly developed stronger feelings on the topic of Aerith kissing him.

They were at the Gold Saucer, searching for Barret. The party had all split up to cover more ground, and Cloud and Aerith were wandering Speed Square and keeping their eyes peeled.

“He can’t be here,” she said, getting on her tip toes to peer over the crowd. “He’s not exactly hard to miss.”

Cloud nodded. “Yeah. Thought maybe there was a back room or—shit.” He grimaced when he noticed a small group of people coming through the main entrance of the room.

Aerith furrowed her brows. “What? Cloud?”

“Don’t turn around,” he said, without taking his eyes off of them. “Shinra security.”

“Shit indeed,” she said. “We’re not hard to miss, either.” She eyed his sword.

“I know. Working on it.” Cloud motioned for her to follow as he slowly moved closer to the side of the room.

The crowd was beginning to part around the guards. Eventually, it was going to get too thin to blend in.

Aerith frowned and bit her lip for a second. “I have an idea, maybe.”

“Shoot.”

She didn’t say anything immediately, but she delicately nudged his shoulder, a silent request to move. Cloud, though confused, followed her lead and backed up until his sword knocked quietly against the wall. He hazarded another glance at the guards.

“Shit, they’re coming this way,” he muttered. “What’s your plan?”

Aerith winced. “Well, no time to debate. Gonna kiss you now. Sorry.”

Before Cloud could fully process what she’d said, Aerith took his face in her hands and pressed a firm but gentle kiss against his lips. Cloud’s surprised gasp got lost in the non-existent space between them as he tried to wrap his head around what was happening.

Was it the plan? Kissing him? Why?

Aerith huffed and broke the contact for a second. “Hey, come on, work with me,” she muttered, grabbing his hands and placing them on her waist before pulling him down by his suspenders and kissing him again.

It finally occurred to Cloud that he was supposed to return the kiss. Hesitantly, he pushed back against her. Aerith hummed her approval on his lips and curled her hands over his chest, and all thoughts of the Shinra guards officially flew out the window.

Suddenly, he didn’t care why she was kissing him. Just that she was, and that he wanted to keep it that way as long as she’d allow. Kissing Aerith in the middle of a crowd in the most obnoxious place on the Planet was… nice. Despite the situation, there was no frenzy or tension in their motions. It was calm, warm, and somehow familiar. It just felt right. Cloud pulled her ever-so-slightly closer by the waist. So right.

But soon, too soon, Aerith slowly moved away. Cloud followed her for a fraction of a second, then his eyes snapped wide open and he backed even more into the wall. He was sure his face was on fire, but it wasn’t like he could hide it. Aerith cleared her throat and put some space between them, glancing behind her. Cloud suddenly hated that empty chasm.

“Sorry about that,” she said, folding her hands in her lap. “Looks like they’re gone.”

Right, the guards. She was right: they were nowhere to be seen. Cloud shook his head to un-scramble his thoughts. “A-Aerith, what—”

She gave him a sheepish smile. “PDA. Nobody likes to look too hard at people making out in a corner, y’know? Figured we could go under the radar that way. Besides, I could hide your uniform a bit if I stood between you and them.”

Cloud nodded slowly. “It, uh, worked. Good thinking.” It was kinda hard to speak, like the words tasted bad on his tongue. He didn’t want to think too hard about why.

Aerith grimaced. “I’m really sorry I sprung this on you.”

“’S okay,” he said. He waved a hand dismissively but didn’t meet her eyes. “Got away, didn’t we?”

She smiled. “Yeah. Thanks for playing along, Cloud. Great work.”

Then, for no other reason he could see besides tormenting him, she got up on her tip toes and pressed a light kiss to his cheek. “Come on, now,” she said. “Let’s go find the big guy.”

*****

After the Gold Saucer, Cloud had expected Aerith to keep a bit of distance between them. He wondered why he still thought he could predict her. She joked with him, she got annoyed with him, she clung to him, she sometimes still kissed him good night on the cheek when they had adjacent shifts to keep watch. She acted like nothing had happened, like nothing had changed. And, maybe, it really hadn’t for her, but it was still driving Cloud insane. They had kissed, and it didn’t seem to matter at all. It was all he could do to hide his disappointment.

He had also expected himself to put some space between them, but instead he kept chasing her company, chasing her laughter, chasing her even more than before. He sought her out, he let her lean onto him, he glanced her way every time he said something funny or cool to see how she’d react. He was a moth drawn to a crackling fire: never to touch, but basking in the light and warmth. And, yeah, maybe it hurt a bit sometimes—because they had kissed and it didn’t matter—but being away from that fire, shrouded in the darkness and cold, would’ve been far worse.

Cloud had only caught himself thinking about words and what to call his… situation with Aerith once, and had decided to stick with metaphors instead. He could laugh at the metaphors, call them cheesy, juvenile, corny, overused, all that jazz. He couldn’t do that if he put one singular word onto all of it.

In the end, he’d concluded that things were fine. He didn’t need to think too hard about it. Aerith certainly didn’t seem to, either. Cloud liked being around Aerith. Aerith liked being around Cloud. He loved making her laugh. She kissed him, sometimes. He, maybe, wanted to kiss her too and he was too much of a coward to do it. Everything was fine. Fine, fine, fine.

Except… that wasn’t true. The world wasn’t fine, Shinra wasn’t, Sephiroth wasn’t. Gongaga wasn’t.

Cloud watched Aerith from afar, afraid to take even a step closer. She had stormed out of the house they’d been visiting when the older couple had mentioned their son—someone named Zack. She’d gone pale, and she’d shot up from the couch and left before anyone could process what had happened. And, honestly, Cloud still hadn’t. All that he knew was that she was upset, and he didn’t like it.

She was standing near the entrance of the village, with her arms wrapped around her middle and her head low. Cloud could feel the gaze of his friends on the back of his head, but nobody said anything. Finally, he drew in a deep breath and walked up to her. Aerith straightened up a bit when she heard him coming, but didn’t look at him.

Cloud opened his mouth to speak, then closed it.

“I never knew this was where he was from,” she said after a moment of heavy silence. “It was… kind of a shock.”

“Zack?” asked Cloud.

She hummed and finally looked at him. “I guess I never did tell you his name.” She glanced at something behind Cloud’s shoulder, and he followed her gaze. Their friends were still standing a short distance away—out of earshot but clearly paying close attention to them. Aerith gave an amused half-smile and a huff, then motioned towards the town entrance. Cloud nodded, and walked with her until they were out of the group’s sight too, hidden behind a bend in the forest path.

Aerith sighed and sat down at the foot of a tree, then gestured for Cloud to join her. She looked up. “Sorry about freaking out,” she said, closing her eyes. “’Member when I told you about that guy I knew in SOLDIER?”

Cloud nodded. “The one you dated?”

“Yeah. That was Zack. Zack Fair, SOLDIER, 1st Class.” There was a note of wistful pride in her voice, one that tickled an annoyed nerve in Cloud’s body. He tried to ignore it, as well as the sting of a headache building. “Just like you,” she added. “That’s why I asked, way back when. I haven’t heard from him in years. He left for an assignment and that was that. Not a word since.”

Cloud shook his head. “Never heard of him. Sorry.”

Aerith sighed. “Don’t worry. It’s been a long time. I guess… I just feel for his parents. Who knows? Maybe he ran off with someone he met on the mission. He was impulsive like that.” She sounded far away.

Neither of them spoke for a moment. Aerith was playing with the blades of grass under her hand, wearing a sad, longing expression on her face. Cloud bit his lip.

“You guys were pretty serious, weren’t you?” he asked, trying to sound casual, interested, genuine, sympathetic—anything that wasn’t annoyed. That anyone could have been so lucky as to be with Aerith, only to run off on her without a word…

Aerith half-laughed and leaned back. “Not really. We were kids. I liked him a lot for a while, but I didn’t get to see him that often. He was new, and exciting, but that was it. I guess it’d just be nice to know.” She paused to look at Cloud. Whatever she found in his expression made her tilt her head to the side with a knowing smile. “What? Cloud, don’t tell me you’re jealous.” She drew out the last word in a sing-songy voice that lit his face on fire.

“Forget it,” he huffed, turning away.

Aerith laughed and nudged his shoulder. “Come on, don’t be like that, I’m sorry. I’m just teasing.”

Cloud huffed again, but relaxed back against their tree. His ears were still burning, but at least Aerith was smiling now. She sighed and shifted closer to him to lean her head on his shoulder. “Thanks,” she said. “I’m feeling a bit better, now.”

“Didn’t do much.”

She giggled again. “Oh, you did. Thank you, Cloud.”

He hummed, without looking at her. Comfortable silence reigned for a moment, as Cloud tracked the quick scurrying of a squirrel in the undergrowth not far away from them and Aerith kept her head on his shoulder.

Suddenly, he felt her move, and he turned to look at her. But he found her much closer than he’d thought, only a fraction of a second before her lips landed on the corner of his mouth. He froze as Aerith drew away with a sheepish smile.

“Whoops,” she said. “Missed the mark.” She leaned in again to press a proper kiss to his cheek, then straightened up and pushed herself to her feet.

Cloud shook his head and stood up as well, ignoring the voice in his head yelling at him to tell her that she’d missed the second time too. “Wanna go back?” he asked instead.

“Yeah,” she said, smoothing her skirt down. “The others are gonna be worried. Oh, right.” She turned to look at him. “Mind keeping this little chat between us?”

“Course not,” said Cloud, catching up to her. “Let’s go.”

Aerith smiled and nodded. As they walked back towards Gongaga with no hurry in their step, Cloud vaguely thought that he wanted to take her hand in his. Maybe draw her back under their tree and ask her all the questions burning on his tongue. Maybe kiss her properly.

But instead he just followed her back to their friends, and thought about words.

*****

The flames of the Cosmo Candle reached far higher towards the sky than any fire Cloud had ever seen before. He thought they looked a bit like hands grasping for the stars. They cast long shadows on everything around them, and they danced in Aerith’s eyes as if she wasn’t really seeing them.

She had her knees drawn up to her chest, with her chin resting on them and a pensive, guarded expression on her face. Cloud tried to catch her eyes, but she averted them.

Her mood had been fluctuating the whole day. She’d seemed fine in the morning, then she’d disappeared for a few hours to talk to the Elders of Cosmo Canyon, and she’d been pensive when she came back. Earlier, when the entire party was gathered around the fire, she’d looked okay, if a bit quiet. Cloud had chalked it up to Nanaki’s story about his father.

But after Cloud had woken up in the middle of the night to find her bed empty and its occupant sitting alone by the Cosmo Candle, Aerith seemed to have deflated like a balloon. She’d tried to give him a cheerful greeting when he’d sat down next to her, but the smile had slid off her face like rain off a rooftop, and now she wasn’t even looking at him.

Seeing her like that hurt more than Cloud had expected. He wanted to make it go away, for her.

“Hey,” he tried.

Aerith only hummed in acknowledgement, still without looking at him.

Cloud frowned. “Aerith. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing’s wrong. Couldn’t sleep,” she mumbled.

He winced. “Come on.”

“It’s true.”

“No, it’s not.”

She let out a half-hearted chuckle and glanced up at him. “Why so stubborn, Mr Merc?”

“I—” Cloud let his gaze fall to his hands. “Just wanna help.”

Aerith was quiet for a long time. Just when Cloud was about to apologise and leave her alone, she sighed and said, “I’m not sure you can.”

He furrowed his brows. “Can’t I try?”

Aerith shook her head with a bitter laugh. “Not quite. I… I talked to the Elders, this afternoon.”

Cloud nodded.

“I learned a lot,” she continued. “About the Planet, the Lifestream. The Cetra…” Her voice cracked a bit on the last word. She frowned and straightened up, looking into the fire. “I learned a lot,” she repeated, as if she were trying to convince herself.

“But…?” asked Cloud after a long pause.

Aerith sighed again. “But it made me realise something—really realise it. I’m… alone.” She wrapped her hands around her arms. “All alone,” she whispered, as if she didn’t trust her own voice.

She looked so small and fragile and far away. Cloud fought the urge to draw her into a hug. Instead, he leaned forward and said, “But I’m—we’re here for you. You have us. Always.”

Aerith fully looked at him for the first time that night. She stared at him for a long moment, eyes wide and searching his face. Cloud held her gaze and his breath until she let out a shaky laugh and finally smiled a bit. “I appreciate that. But what I mean is that I’m the last Cetra. The only one left.”

“Oh.” Cloud felt his stomach drop like a stone. He was such an idiot. “I’m—”

Aerith shook her head and scooted a bit closer to him. “Don’t be sorry. Really. Thank you. That makes me feel better.”

He nodded slowly and swallowed a knot in his throat. “I meant it,” he said.

She smiled. “I know. Thank you.” She found his hand and gave it a light squeeze, her eyes never leaving his.

Swiftly, Aerith leaned close in a motion Cloud had grown familiar with. But, once again, instead of pressing a quick kiss to his cheek, she landed on the corner of his mouth.

She giggled. “Missed again,” she said. Then she gave Cloud a curious look, as if she were asking him a question.

Cloud nodded hesitantly. “Yeah. You did.” He hoped it was the right answer.

Aerith hummed. “Better fix that, then.”

The silence that followed was broken only by the quiet crackling of the Cosmo Candle and the distant rustle of the breeze. Cloud didn’t know how long they spent in that suspended moment. He watched Aerith’s face change from mischievous to pensive and then to something entirely unreadable.

She let out a quiet breath over Cloud’s lips, and that’s when he realised how close she still was. He hoped she couldn’t hear his heart slamming against his ribcage. It seemed deafening to him. Aerith’s eyes fluttered close. Cloud swallowed another knot in his throat and did the same.

“What the hell are you two doin’ up!?”

Cloud and Aerith sprung apart at the sound of Yuffie’s voice tearing through the quiet of the night. Cloud turned sharply towards her. She was standing at the entrance of the inn, arms crossed and foot tapping on the ground in annoyance.

“What are you doing up?” fired back Cloud, just barely holding back the impulse to get up, grab her by the scruff of her neck and throw her back inside so that he and Aerith could pick up where they’d left off.

Yuffie shrugged. “Had to pee, saw your beds empty, came lookin’. It’s ass o’clock, what are you doin’ out here?”

Aerith giggled. “Couldn’t sleep. We’ll be right there.”

She got up and brushed her skirt down with a nonchalant attitude that looked just a little too purposeful to Cloud’s eye. He frowned, but stood up as well.

Yuffie yawned. “Whatever. I’m going back to bed. You weirdos suit yourselves.” With that, she turned around and walked back inside the inn.

“We should go as well,” said Aerith. She wasn’t looking at Cloud, but her tone was light. “Thanks for the chat. I feel better now.”

He nodded, even though she couldn’t see him. “Sure.”

He kind of wanted to strangle Yuffie.

Aerith started walking towards the inn, then she stopped in her tracks. “Oh, right,” she said. She spun around, took Cloud’s face in her hands and stood up on her tiptoes. She kissed him, light and quick.

He didn’t even have time to be surprised before she stepped away with a smile on her face. “Fixed it,” she said, winking. “C’mon now, we need some sleep pronto.”

Cloud could only nod dumbly. He wanted to stop her, ask her what it meant, what they were. But she was already walking back to the inn with a light bounce in her step.

Damnit.

Soon. He would ask her soon.

In the meantime, he just touched his lips as he followed her. He could swear she glanced back at him for a fraction of a second, but the moment was gone as soon as it had arrived, and they both stayed silent.

*****

That Aerith was far more openly affectionate than Cloud was just a fact of life, not a question he lost any sleep over. Unlike the question of what it meant to her every time she kissed him.

Their chat in Cosmo Canyon seemed to have unlocked a new side of Aerith’s kiss-happy tendencies. She hadn’t quit her habit of giving Cloud quick, casual pecks whenever she felt like teasing him, or saying hello, or goodbye. But now most of those kisses were on the lips instead of on his cheek.

Somehow, she managed to catch him completely off-guard every single time. They’d be talking, or just hanging out in silence, and Aerith would lean over and steal a quick kiss, too fleeting for Cloud to see it coming, let alone respond. Sometimes, usually at night, she would linger on his lips for just a moment longer, soft and gentle like a sigh. His favourites were the ones where she would tug at his suspenders to pull him down to her level. It was almost more of a suggestion than a request, and Cloud was always happy to oblige. Those particular kisses also gave him just enough of a heads-up to not be caught totally by surprise. Then, she’d giggle and wave before stepping away, and Cloud would fall a little bit more.

The silence, her silence was killing him. The more Aerith kissed him, the more Cloud, paradoxically, lost his confidence. Because if those kisses were never worth talking about for her, what were they worth? They had to be just a way to show affection—platonic, friendly affection. They didn’t mean the same thing to her as they did to him. If he brought it up, would it make her uncomfortable? Would it make her feel like he was projecting his stupid feelings on top of her actions when she didn’t mean for them to come across that way?

Making Aerith uncomfortable was the last thing Cloud wanted. So he kept quiet and got used to the new quirk, just like he’d gotten used to it when it was just cheek-kisses. It was fine. There was nothing weird about it—just him having to keep his feelings in check.

Until one night.

The whole team was sitting around the fireplace at the inn they were staying at. Nobody was speaking, but Cloud could feel just how tired everyone was. Nanaki was half-napping by the fire, and Yuffie’s head was bobbing up and down as she tried to stay awake and polish her shuriken. Barret and Vincent were leafing through newspapers, while Cid was tinkering with a small piece of machinery he’d salvaged from the Tiny Bronco. Cloud had no idea what it was for. Cait Sith was completely still—Cloud wasn’t sure he was even on—and Aerith and Tifa were sitting on the floor and quietly sorting through their Materia. It was like everyone was holding their breath and waiting for one of them to finally snap and call it a night.

Cloud’s limbs felt so heavy. It had been a rough day. Lot of marching, lot of fighting. He was so tired. But he couldn’t quite convince himself to get up from his armchair.

Eventually, Aerith sighed loudly and rose to her feet. Cloud lazily looked up to her, as did everyone else, drawn to the movement. “Think I’m gonna go to bed,” she said, stretching.

There was a general murmur of agreement and relief. Finally someone had said it.

Tifa hummed. “Yeah.” She rubbed at her eyes. “God, I hope tomorrow’s easier.”

Aerith nodded and covered her mouth to hide a yawn. “Gonna worry about that tomorrow. For now, sleepy time. Night, everyone.”

She made for the stairs. Her path went right by Cloud’s armchair, and when she got to him she slowed down. She lightly tapped his shoulder until he looked up at her. The motion well-trodden and familiar, Cloud leaned up and met her halfway for a quick, lazy goodnight kiss. There was something odd about it, but he pushed that thought aside and smiled as Aerith pulled away and yawned again. She waved at him, then kept walking to the stairs. Cloud saw her stop in her tracks for a second, then she shook her head and quickly made her way to the first floor, where she vanished into her room.

Cloud turned back around, with half a mind of also calling it a night.

Everyone was staring at him, suddenly very awake.

He blinked for a moment. What was up with them?

Barret slowly raised his hand, a flabbergasted expression on his face. “So, uh… How long’s that been happenin’?”

Cloud frowned. “What are you—” The words died in his throat when the gears in his brain finally started turning again and he realised what that odd feeling had been. Why the team had never said anything about Aerith’s little kissing habit.

She’d never done it in front of them.

“I, uh—” Heat was crawling up his neck. “That’s—”

Cid furrowed his brows and looked at Barret. “Wait, have those two not been a thing this whole time?”

“Not as far as we knew,” said Nanaki, placidly.

Tifa nodded, but she was still looking at Cloud, eyes wide. “Yeah.”

Cloud straightened up and held his hands out. His face was definitely burning. “Wait, it’s not what it—”

“Not what it looks like?” asked Yuffie, in a huff. “What, you go around making out with all your friends?”

“It’s not—Aerith does,” said Cloud, averting his gaze. “I mean, uh—It wasn’t making out!” He needed the ground to swallow him whole. “It’s nothing.”

Yuffie burst out laughing. “Nothing? Dude, have you seen your face? Whatever that was, it ain’t nothing.”

Cloud pinched the bridge of his nose. “It’s just an Aerith thing,” he muttered. “She just likes… doing that. Sometimes.”

Barret leaned forward with his elbow on his knees. “Just how many times, Blondie? Y’all looked pretty casual about it.”

“Also,” said Cid, before Cloud could get a word in, “of course it’s an Aerith thing. I don’t see you sucking face with anyone else.”

Cloud frowned. “That’s not—”

“She isn’t doing it with anyone else either,” said Vincent. “If you were wondering.”

“I swear,” said Cloud, running a hand over his face. “It’s nothing. Really. Doesn’t mean anything.”

Maybe there had been something off about his voice, something bitter, because everyone fell quiet around him.

It was Tifa who spoke up after a long beat, quiet and hesitant. “You sure?”

*****

Yuffie was obviously out. She was a kid, and also obnoxious. Absolutely not.

Cait Sith was also out on principle. Cloud was not so desperate yet that he would have gone to a robot cat for love advice.

Vincent seemed fundamentally antithetical to the stupid drama Cloud was going through, like the two couldn’t coexist in the same space. Out.

Cid would probably have been eager to help. Maybe too eager. But if Cid’s idea of romance had anything in common with how he spoke to Shera, Cloud wanted no part in it.

Nanaki had a way of giving advice that made him sound like he was thousands of years old, far removed from the petty realm of humans making their own lives harder for no reason. He probably wouldn’t have had much sympathy for Cloud’s particular brand of cowardice.

Tifa sounded like the obvious choice. She was always happy to listen, and she’d known him the longest. But she’d looked so uncomfortable the other night, and something told Cloud that it was best not to bring his problems to her.

That left Barret.

Goddamnit. It was enough for Cloud to briefly reconsider talking to Cait Sith after all. But then he considered it some more, and concluded he still wasn’t that desperate.

This was mortifying.

Cloud didn’t even know how to bring it up. He couldn’t very well walk up to Barret and go, ‘Hey, got a sec? I literally can’t tell if Aerith likes me back or not and I need help.’

He was pathetic. They had a murderer to catch, and he was worrying about his love life. But he couldn’t help it, and it was driving Cloud insane. Aerith still hadn’t said anything, even after the other night, but she hadn’t stopped kissing him, either. Not that he wanted her to. He definitely wanted her to keep doing that. But he needed answers as well, and since Aerith didn’t seem likely to offer them, he was stuck.

Damnit. Fine. He’d talk to Barret. He’d mentioned having had a wife a few times, right? Maybe he would have some idea of what to do.

As it turned out, catching Barret alone was much harder than catching Aerith alone. The big guy was always hanging around the rest of the group, always chatting, always telling stories. It was part of being the leading man, he’d say. He had to keep morale high. Which was admirable and all, but it didn’t help Cloud one bit.

Finally, finally, he managed to get Barret alone one night as he returned from scouting ahead to find him stoking the campfire a little ways away from their tent.

“Hey, man,” said Cloud, trying to sound casual. He waved a bit uncertainly.

Barret looked up at him. “Need something?”

Cloud frowned. “What makes you think I need something?”

“You never say hi like that,” said Barret, putting his hand on his hip. “And you definitely never wave.”

“I wave,” huffed Cloud. This was off to an awful start.

Barret snorted. “As if. Besides, you’ve been acting weird for a few days. What’s with you?” He raised his eyebrows. “Is this about Aerith?”

Cloud was about to lie out of habit. But then he stopped and cleared his throat. “Yeah,” he said, looking away and crossing his arms.

Something seemed to shift in Barret’s posture. “Ah,” he said simply. He sat down on a log and motioned for Cloud to take the one in front of him.

He obliged, slowly and carefully. Opened his mouth. Closed it. Tried again, failed again. He groaned and ran a hand over his face. He didn’t know where to start, or how to say it.

Barret sighed. “Aight, if you’re not gonna say anything, I’m gonna make educated guesses. That cool with you?”

Cloud frowned. “Educated guesses?”

Barret shrugged. “Gonna put words in your mouth. Then you can tell me if I’m wrong.”

“…Alright.”

He hummed and stroked his chin with his hand. “Cool. So, obvious things first. You like Aerith.”

It wasn’t a question. It wasn’t technically right, either, but Cloud saw no point in embarrassing himself further by pointing out that he didn’t just like Aerith. So, he stayed silent and nodded without meeting Barret’s eyes.

“Yeah, duh. Now, the weird part. She kissed you the other night—and that’s something she does often?”

Cloud sighed and nodded again.

“But… you’re not together?”

“That’s right.”

“Why?”

Cloud almost wanted to laugh. “If I knew why, I wouldn’t be here.”

Barret groaned. “Then, why are you here?”

“I just—I wanna figure this out,” said Cloud, lowering his gaze to the ground.

“Figure this out? What’s there to figure out?”

Cloud looked at him, incredulous. “Wha—Everything!”

Barret ran his hand over his face. “What are we even talkin’ about here, Cloud? You two are into each other, and from the sound of it you spend most of your alone time just making out—literally what’s the problem?”

Cloud scrunched up his face. “We’re not—She doesn’t…” He swallowed a knot in his throat. “She doesn’t see me like that.” Saying it out loud hurt, like every word was a punch to his gut.

Barret frowned. “What the hell are you talking about?”

“She doesn’t—”

“No, I heard ya the first time,” interrupted Barret. He glared at Cloud. “How do you know that? Did she look you in the eye and tell you, ‘Hey, just so you know, I don’t like you romantically, but I’m gonna start kissing you all the time, just for fun?’ Did Aerith say that?”

Cloud crossed his arms and looked away. “No, but—”

Barret mimed zipping Cloud’s mouth shut. “Then you don’t get to put words in her mouth because you’re scared.”

“I’m not—”

“Oh, yes you are.” Barret pointed at him. “What about this situation makes you think Aerith’s not into you?”

Cloud hesitated. Barret seemed so sure, so why couldn’t he just believe him? “She’s never said anything,” he muttered, still not meeting his eyes.

Some of Barret’s frustration seemed to melt away. “What do you mean?” he asked.

Cloud ran a hand through his hair. “It’s just—if it meant anything to her, you’d think she’d say something, right? But she’s never even acknowledged it. I dunno—I just think it is all just a joke to her.”

Barret was quiet for a long time. Cloud looked up and saw that he had his eyes closed like he was steeling himself. When he opened them again, he looked annoyed. “You’re both such morons,” he said flatly.

Cloud frowned. “Hey, what’s—”

He pointed at him again. “Do you actually think she’d do that? Lead you on as a joke?”

That gave Cloud pause. He’d never thought about it like that. “…No,” he said. She just wasn’t that kind of person. “But… Maybe it’s like, uh—” He cleared his throat. “A—A friends-with-benefits kinda thing?” Once again, he prayed for the ground to swallow him whole.

Barret grimaced. “I do not wanna hear about—”

“Not like that!” Cloud ran a hand over his face. “It really is just kissing. But—”

“Did you talk about it and decide that’s what it was?” asked Barret, raising an eyebrow.

Cloud scratched the back of his neck. “Uh, no.”

Barret groaned. “Yeah. That seems to be the general problem. You’re both morons,” he repeated. “You, for somehow not realising that she does like you. Aerith, for this weird ass dance she’s been doing for who knows how long. And both of you again, for not talking about it.”

“I—” Cloud shut his mouth, cleared his throat, and tried again, “I—We—”

Barret pinched the bridge of his nose with an aggravated sigh. “Look,” he started. “You’re not gonna get anywhere by sitting here and wondering. There’s only one person who can tell you where you two stand, and yet you’re here talkin’ to me instead of her.”

Cloud flinched and looked away.

Barret stood up. “It’s too late for this nonsense. I’m going to bed. You stay here and think about what I said.” Cloud nodded dumbly. Barret’s expression softened a bit. “You’ve got nothing to be worried about. But you gotta talk to Aerith.”

Cloud nodded again. “A-Alright.” He scratched the back of his neck. “And, uh, thanks.”

Barret waved a hand in the air. “Don’t mention it. Genuinely. I never wanna think about this conversation again unless it’s in the context of how right I was the whole time.”

With that, he slipped back inside the tent, leaving Cloud alone by the fire.

He stared into it for a long time, then took a deep breath and looked up at the stars. Barret was right, wasn’t he? He’d wasted so much time worrying, when he could’ve just talked to Aerith.

He had to. He would.

Soon. Eventually. As soon as he figured out how.

*****

As it turned out, deciding he would talk to Aerith was a lot easier than actually doing the damn thing. The only thing that had materially changed since Cloud’s talk with Barret was that he now had the constant feeling of being glared at—not that it was anything new, but Barret being right in his glaring was an unwelcome development.

The simple truth was that Cloud would have rather throw himself into battle against a horde of monsters than face one girl with soft eyes and a bright smile, just in case she told him she didn’t like him back. If he died in battle, well, that was that. No more stressing about dying in battle. If Aerith rejected him, no such mercy.

But it was an untenable situation, and Cloud knew it. Eventually, it was going to come out, ugly, unbidden, and messy, because he was just that bad with words. He didn’t want that. She deserved a proper, calm conversation.

He just hadn’t worked out the kinks of it.

“What’s on your mind?” she asked, as they were busy striking camp side by side.

Cloud shrugged. “Nothing.”

Aerith huffed. “You always say that. It can’t always be true.”

He gave her a half smile. “It is most of the time.”

“Tell ya what,” she said, stuffing the folded-up tent into its bag. “I’m gonna guess.”

“Hm?”

“Guess what you’re thinking about. Sound fun?”

He shrugged again. “Really, it’s nothing.”

But Aerith already had her hand up to her chin, deep in thought. “Let’s see… You’re thinking about last night’s thunderstorm.”

Cloud sighed. “Nope.”

“That guy in Costa del Sol who scammed us out of our money for his errands.”

“No, but he’s a dick.”

“Fair. Okay, what about this: you’re thinking that that cloud up there looks like an ice cream cone.”

He glanced up. She was right. “Well, I am now.”

She giggled. “Still not it, though. Hmm…” She linked her hands behind her back and gave him a mischievous smile. “You’re thinking about… me!”

Cloud paused. She was kidding, of course, but she was also right. What would she say, if he told her the truth? If he told her that she was always on his mind and why? Maybe I could… But everyone else was still around them, working on the camp. Not the time. He shook his head. “Who?”

Aerith burst out laughing. “Oh, you’re terrible.” She drew close and tugged lightly on his suspenders. “I’m almost offended. Maybe this’ll help you remember,” she said, before pressing a kiss against his lips.

Cloud loved the way it all felt familiar and comforting. From the feeling of her lips on his, to the warmth of her hands, to the way she always, always, smelled like flowers. No, he could never forget her, or this, but he could very well forget to breathe when he was melting into her kiss.

When she stepped away, Cloud wanted to follow her so badly it stung. But all of their friends were still around them and, even if they had missed the small peck, Cloud didn’t want to push his luck toofar.

But maybe he could push it a little. He shrugged and turned away. “Rings a bell. Kinda.”

Aerith giggled. He knew damn well that he wasn’t fooling her—that she knew that he could either look her in the eye or keep his words straight for his sorry attempt at flirting, but not both—but she didn’t call him out on it. “My, my. You mean you want more? Well, Hotshot, I’m afraid it’s gonna have to wait. These supplies aren’t gonna pack themselves. Besides, I can already feel the Barret-rage raining down on us.”

Cloud hummed. “Right.” He could foresee some Barret-rage of his own in the future, though not for wasting time while working. “Don’t feel like getting yelled at.”

Aerith bumped his hip with hers. “Race you to finishing up?”

He smiled. “You’re on.”

Soon. Eventually.

*****

“Red!” yelled Cloud, ducking behind a rock to avoid the monster’s spiky tail. “We need light!”

Nanaki shouted something in return, but his voice was buried by the sound of crumbling rocks just to Cloud’s right.

“Watch it!” called Vincent. Two gunshots went off. “The rock is very brittle!”

Cloud glanced up. The cave wasn’t very high, and the monster had a bad habit of leaping from the ground to the ceiling, sinking its claws into it as it moved. Every time it did that, rocks fell in its wake. One boulder had missed Cid by a hair, and another small shower of rocks would have walled Tifa in if not for her reflexes. They had to finish it, fast.

Cloud peered out from his cover to launch two fire spells at the monster. It roared in pain as the fur on its back caught fire.

“Good one!” yelled Aerith. Cloud couldn’t see her, but it sounded like she was on the other side of the monster. “Now—aah!”

“Get away from there!” shouted Tifa.

Cloud shot upright. The monster was charging towards the wall—was Aerith there!? It slammed into it back-first to put out the fire. Once, twice, and the entire cavern shook.

“Aerith!” called Cloud, vaulting over the rock. “Aerith, where—”

“Cloud!” He still couldn’t see her. “Cloud, I’m—Cloud!”

The green glow of a protection spell appeared over his head, a fraction of a second before the cave-in. He brought his hands up to shield himself, but the barrier held. The noise was deafening. The monster roared again.

If anyone was screaming, Cloud couldn’t hear it.

He didn’t know how long it lasted, but when the rocks stopped falling, everything was still and quiet, save for the ringing in his ears.

He got up, coughing in the dust cloud that had risen around him. Cloud looked around: the monster was slumped at the far end of the cavern, unmoving. Around him, more coughing as his friends slowly walked back out into the open.

Nanaki, Barret, Tifa, Yuffie, Vincent, Cid, Cait Sith. Accounted for.

So, where was…?

He looked around some more. He couldn’t see her.

“…Aerith?” No, no, no. “Aerith! Where are you?”

Cloud shook his head. She’d been near the monster, right? He ran towards it. “Aerith! Aerith, answer me!”

He could hear the others’ footsteps and their voices behind him, but he didn’t pay them any mind. Not when he couldn’t find Aerith. Cloud climbed over the monster’s body and down to the other side. A small mountain of fallen rocks was piled up against the wall.

Aerith had screamed when the monster had crashed.

She’d been there.

“No, no, no…” Cloud rubbed furiously at his eyes. She was fine. She had to be. “Aerith! Where are you?”

He climbed the pile of rocks and plunged his hands into them. If Aerith was there…

“I’m getting you out,” he growled as he started shoving the rocks out of his way.

The others were somewhere behind him. He could vaguely hear them calling Aerith’s name as well, but he needed to stay focused.

He dug and shovelled and pushed until his hands were numb and his throat raw from shouting. But still, no trace of her.

Cloud grabbed a large slab of stone and pulled, but it didn’t move. “Damnit!” he muttered. “Come on!”

He punched the rock, then punched it again. That seemed to budge it a little—there was a series of quiet cracks as the rocks shiftedand, suddenly, a faint green light shone through the seams between them.

Cloud paused, heart in his mouth. “Aerith?” he called. “Aerith, are you there?”

“C-Cloud!” She sounded muffled and strained, but it was her. “I’m down—down here!”

“Aerith!” Cloud felt his voice crack, but he didn’t care. “Hold on, I’m getting you out! Guys!” he yelled. “I found her!”

Cid and Vincent quickly joined him atop of the rock pile, and all three of them started digging through the rubble, towards the green glimmer.

“H-Hurry!” called Aerith. “I can’t hold the barrier much longer!” Her voice was getting closer.

“Almost there,” said Cloud. “You’re gonna be okay, I promise.”

Aerith didn’t reply.

Cloud yanked a large rock from the place it was lodged in, but the momentum sent him stumbling backwards down the mound. “Shit,” he groaned. The last thing she needed was him getting hurt as well.

He made to start climbing again, but that was the moment Vincent leaned down into the hole they’d dug, and extended a hand. For a long moment, Cloud didn’t breathe.

Then, Vincent came back up, carefully lifting Aerith out of the rubble. She was pale, dirty, and shaking, but she was okay.

“Aerith!” called Cloud. “Aerith, you’re—” He scrambled up the rock pile again as Aerith took a deep, shaky breath, holding a hand to her chest. Out of the corner of his eye, he vaguely noticed Cid and Vincent making their way down, but he only cared about her. He knelt down in front of her and made to take her shoulders, but stopped himself. “Are you hurt?” he asked in a whisper.

Aerith took another deep breath, closed her eyes, and shook her head.

Cloud sighed, letting some of the tension leave his body. “Thank god. Can you stand?”

She hesitated, then shook her head again. He nodded.

They shared a long, silent moment. Aerith was taking slow, deliberate breaths. She was trying to calm down, Cloud realised. She must’ve been so scared.

“Hey,” he called softly. She opened her eyes and looked at him. Cloud swallowed a knot in his throat and awkwardly held his arms out. “Do you—oof.” She’d thrown her arms around his neck and buried her face in his shoulder before he could finish the question. Aerith was holding him tight, but Cloud was careful, as he hugged her back, to be gentle. She’d almost been crushed—she didn’t need a reminder.

“Thank you,” she whispered. She was shaking a little.

Cloud hummed, rubbing slow circles on her back. “I’m not letting anything happen to you.”

She giggled weakly. “Bodyguard, right?”

“That’s right.”

Aerith took another deep breath, with an air of finality. She slowly pulled away, though she didn’t completely let go of Cloud’s shoulders. His own hands drifted down to her waist. “Thank you,” she repeated. “Really.”

There was a dirt stain on her cheek. Cloud absently reached out to wipe it off her face. Aerith stiffened a bit in surprise, but then leaned into his touch as she closed her eyes. When the stain was gone, Cloud didn’t take his hand away. He just looked at her.

I almost lost her.

Cloud had thought he was going to have to psych himself up before kissing Aerith himself. He'd thought they would finally have that conversation about what they were, what they wanted to be. It was going to be quiet and intimate and it was going to be perfect. He'd thought he would do it after he told her he loved her. But, in the end, closing the distance between them was the easiest thing in the world.

He kissed her slowly, gently, drinking in her surprised gasp. After a beat, Aerith’s hands drifted from his shoulders to the nape of his neck as she leaned into him. It wasn’t like the quick, playful kisses Aerith liked to plant on Cloud whenever he least expected it, it wasn’t like the time she’d kissed him at the Gold Saucer to hide from the guards. As Cloud wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her even closer, he prayed she could hear what he was silently saying, that she could see what it—he—meant.

And, if she didn’t, he would tell her. He didn’t have it in himself to wait and wonder anymore; not when he’d come so close to losing her forever. He held her tighter.

Behind him, someone giggled and, just like that, Cloud was once again aware of the fact that privacy was a luxury for luckier people than him. Reluctantly, he dragged himself away from her lips, but he didn’t go far. He kept one hand on her waist while he fixed a stray strand of her hair.

Aerith smiled up at him, face flushed and lips kiss-swollen. She was so beautiful. “What was that for?” she asked. She let her hands slide back to his shoulders.

Cloud cleared his throat and averted his gaze. “I was scared. And, well, uh… You—You kiss me a lot.”

“You just now noticing that?”

He huffed. “Course not. Just thought… I—I wanted to be the one to kiss you. For once.”

Aerith laughed and raised an eyebrow. “Just once?”

“As many times as you’ll let me,” said Cloud, tightening his hold on her just a bit.

She smiled. “Well, then,” she said. “Why don’t you?”

He snorted. “’Cause everyone’s watching us,” he said, drawing closer to her ear.

“You didn’t seem to care five seconds ago.”

“Five seconds ago I couldn’t remember my own name.” He rolled his eyes. “Let alone that the others were there.”

Aerith giggled and drummed her fingers over his shoulders. “So romantic. Didn’t know you had it in ya.”

He opened his mouth to retort, but forgot what he was going to say when he locked eyes with the playful glint in hers. She was smiling knowingly, like she was waiting for something. He supposed they both were.

He cleared his throat. “Aerith, I…” Come on, Cloud. “I…”

Aerith giggled. “I love you,” she said, leaning in to nudge his nose with hers. “Does that help?”

Cloud laughed and held her closer. “I was working up to it. But I… I love—love you too.”

She hummed. “Glad we cleared that up,” she said, and brought their lips together again.

When Aerith drew away, it was with a playful pout. “You’re a much better kisser when you’ve got enough time to kiss back.”

Cloud scoffed indignantly. “And whose fault is that?”

“Touché,” she giggled. “It was kinda fun though.”

“Care to explain, by the way?” He tapped his fingers over her hip.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” She batted her eyelashes at him, faux-innocently. Cloud raised an eyebrow. Aerith laughed. “I dunno,” she said, smoothing his turtleneck over his chest. “I guess… I like kissing you. I like you.”

Cloud felt his face heat up a bit. “Same here. Still,” he muttered. “You could’ve said something.”

“Oh, but you should’ve seen your face!”

“I’m with Blondie on this one,” came Barret’s voice from behind. Cloud turned: he was standing in front of the rest of the group, with an exasperated expression on his face. “Could’ve put all of us out of our misery a hell of a lot sooner.”

Aerith giggled as Cloud frowned. “Do you mind?”

Yuffie crossed her arms. “We do, actually. We gotta get movin’, lovebirds.”

“Yeah, yeah.” Aerith stood up, careful to keep her balance atop of the pile of rubble. “Comin’.”

Cloud sighed and followed her back to their friends.

“All in one piece?” asked Tifa, looking Aerith up and down.

“Yep,” she said. “Thanks, guys.” She smiled at Cid and Vincent.

Cid half-laughed. “Thought you forgot who got you outta that hole.”

She waved a hand in the air. “Sorry, I was a bit… taken.” She smiled at Cloud and held out a hand.

He slowly took it, ignoring the way his face was getting hotter and hotter under everyone’s amused eyes. “Yeah.”

Yuffie scoffed. “This is not the event you think it is,” she grumbled. “You idiots just got your act together enough to put a label on your nonsense.”

Even though everyone was laughing at him, Cloud laughed with them. Aerith squeezed his hand a bit and he squeezed right back. He felt a bit lighter.

#cloud strife #aerith gainsborough #final fantasy vii #clerith #my writing #my fics #my stuff #haha look at me posting clerith in peak zerith/clack season #anyway happy holidays and happy ccr!

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