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dreamings-free · 5 months
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“So studying drums is not for everyone [..] but for me when I was young that’s what I needed to do because I kinda.. I could play loud rock drums and that was it. And I needed to learn other skills, be it arranging, scoring strings, production.. just touch and grace on the drum kit, so you’re not just playing like crazy loud all the time. Turns out I ended up playing pretty crazy loud on this latest gig but you know.. it’s fine. Being a hired gun and a session drummer and an MD [..] it’s all about playing for the song, playing for what the song needs.. just keeping your head down, I think. There’s a lot to be said for that and knowing when to kinda sit up and play something of interest and when not to. And usually it’s 'don’t.', you know, certainly in the pop world. As I said before I’m playing with a guy called Louis - playing with Louis Tomlinson - and it’s quite a fun gig at the moment because it’s.. to be honest, it’s not that. It’s kinda some pretty bold drumming and it’s kinda like a sort of rock band, not too dissimilar to something like this, something like Biffy [Clyro] or Foo Fighters or something like that.. it’s been really good, to kinda go full circle with it all, you know.”
— Steve Durham talking about being Louis’ drummer and musical director.
Big Fat Five podcast 10/5/24
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thousand autumns donghua, episode 10~
(just realised that the old man is called '晏无师' like 'yan….without master'??? is this??? his actual NAME or?? bc i feel as tho this wouldn't be terribly auspicious?? and parents wouldn't be happy if the name were suggested to them, would they?? so could it be a second name? an alias?? another title??? i wonder if shen qiao has got a courtesy name?? maybe he just doesn't like it lol. NAMES ARE. VERY CONFUSING. i like them a lot bUT THEY CONFUSE ME ;A;) ANYWAY ahhh chang'an looks like a very nice place!! pretty treessss omg ;A; OH FUCK THE OLD MAN'S SPOUTING POETRY 😳 HELP I'M HAVING AN EMOTION 😵 yws: heyyyy u should hang out with meee, want this flower?? shen qiao: no :/ new friend unlocked!! yuwen qing!! and his concubine yuzi!! wonder why he brought her along?? she cute tho ;A; BAI RONG TAKE A FUCKING HINT CHALLENGE. NOBODY LIKES U. GO HOME >:V lol the old man is beating this lass and somehow i'm on HIS side lol, what has my life come to?? 😩 it's THE CHAIN GANG. THEY'RE A GANG. OF CHAINS 🔗🔗🔗 bai rong: UR A BIG MEANIE. i told on u and shizun sent big tough guys >:( yws: *yawn* i'm too old for this shit. it's past my bedtime. xiao se??? and who might U be?? that's a nice fan. made of knives 👀 i'm so glad they're taking the time to quibble about sect matters like this while shen qiao sits in his cart and yuwen qing tries desperately to carry his gf away from danger THE SUBTITLES HAVE 'QI' ROMANISED AS 'CHI' AND I DON'T LIKE IT, IT'S CONFUSING ;A; shen qiao's got the shillelagh, everyone back UP!!! WHACK EM, SHEN QIAO!! GIVE HIM A GOOD WHACK!! >:V i love these martial arts sequences so much ;A; OH NO IT'S THE WHITE LADY!!! nobody likes U either, missy, so sod off unless u intend to kill bai rong 😤 xiao se: SHIMEI HELP MEEEE ;A; bai rong: *running away in the bg* OH SNAP. SNARED HIM LIKE A FISH ON A SPEAR 🐟 lol yan wushi tormenting his victims before killing them is very funny, for some reason. he's like the 'chasing u down the corridor' meme lol OH NO WAS HE STRUCK??? damn i can't believe she got a hit on him ;A; she didn't even face him in honourable combat, what a coward 😒 yws: *happy smile* OH A-QIAO!! COME HAVE TEA WITH MEEEE :D shen qiao: ….there was an assassination attempt yws: soooo is that a yes? :D '我们家阿峤' SIR U ARE IN PUBLIC!! UR JUST!!! SAYING THIS IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!! WTF yws: where are u going?? :((( is it something i said?? :((( shen qiao is the best, he cares about the fate of missing handmaidens even tho nobody else does ;A; ALSO he's fucking BLIND, and still it's HIM who goes looking for her?? nobody else can be bothered?? these fecking ppl lol white ladyyyy, the old man was just returning ur needle!!! why are u mad??? 'if u want somebody to love, u can love me :D' exCUSE ME shen qiao: if SHE'S not good enough for me, what makes u think U are?? >:( lmao roastedddd got emmmm!! 🤣🤣🤣 OOH A TOWN!!! look at the cute shops!! look at the cute lanterns!! look at the cute re-used character models!! :DDD ....aaaand the old man's disappeared again! i like to think he jumped onto the passing cart and rode away with it 🤣 shen qiao does a tiny smile bc he's CHARMED by these antics now lol BAI RONG??? UR BACK??? i love this donghua but the pacing is WACK in places tbh 😅 ohhh that shen qiao, always trying to believe the best in everyone.....….even the tart who keeps trying to kill him 😌 bai rong: tee hee ur so cute when u smile~~ shen qiao: do not touch me :) her outfit is fire tho!! cute shoes!!!!! idk what they're talking about rn. sometimes the subtitles are very cryptic. im just gonna nod and smile 😊 is she is she trying to WARN him?? was that a WARNING from bai rong?????? that's so weird o_O wait who is OH OH IT'S RUYUAN KEHUI OH DAMN HE IS WOW HE'S UH gOODNESS HE'S CERTAINLY ahem. he's. inch resting. what a voice 😳😳😳 OH HERE'S THE OLD MAN. TO CHASE AWAY SHEN QIAO'S SUITORS!! wait they're going to fight why are they going to what ok shen qiao is used to ppl constantly fighting over him i guess it's probably not very shocking anymore smh poor shen qiao 😔
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hihi <3 i just wanted to say YOURE DOING SUCH AN AMAZING JOB W LEVEL INFINITY and i cannot wait for the next chaps bae !!!! ☹️☹️ THE WAY I LOVE EVEEY CHARACTER even tho theres quite a lot now,,, still icky on arin but she seems nice and i understand why shes kinda on edge! T-T AND I secretly miss the og trio of mark soob and mc CUZ THEY JUST WORKED SO WELL but i already love tae n yeonjun too <3 despite his very harsh exterior u can tell hes a softie inside and by how desperate he is to find his friends :( i also found it interesting how when u wrote mc was lecturing jun he didnt rlly,,, get mad? he kinda accepted it i thought he’d get pissed at mc SO LIKE DAMN 🤨 ig he has some kind of soft spot for her too or smn 😭 ANYWAYS ANYWAYHSH MY FAVORITE CHARACTER IS SOOBIN mark a close second but LORDDD YOU MADE HIM SO ME. HES SO CUTE AND SHY BUT ALSO HIS ABILITYS SO COOL AND lord you did his character soso well 😭 n’ the way he is constantly looking out for yn and is so attached to her and is always so jealous AUGH ESPECIALLY THAT ONE PARAGRAPH IN CHAP 9 where u said like “the more ppl the more soobin feels pushed to the side” AGH heart AcHed for my boy AND I CAN IMAGINE JUST HOW HES FEELING 💔 ajsnkjsn im sorry if this is overhwleming and u do not have to reply to this i just want u to see it and know i appreciate ur writing sm !!!! TAKE AS MUCH TIME WRITING THE NEXT CHAP AND WRITE WHATEVER U WANT CUZ I WILL LOVE IT ANYWAY <333 🫶🫶🫶‼️‼️
oh my gosh anon T.T this is so fucking sweet i read this, cried, and then I wrote the rest of chapter 10 for level infinity T.T
you don't know how much i love love LOVE when i get messages like this, it inspires me to keep going so i'm rlly glad you send this, and yes, you did overwhelm me, but you did in the best way possible, i made sure to stay up past my usual bedtime to finish writing chapter 10 bcs yall deserve it fr yall are so nice to meee T.T
Oh, and UGH ur so right, I miss Mark, Y/N, and Soobin trio i lowkey want just them three back LMAO
Soobin and Mark are also my fav characters, I do have trouble writing for Beomgyu and Taehyun in this story, though, so if they don't seem well thought out, I'm sorry :( im trying to include every character and have them all have a big part in the story, but we'll see if i can rlly get them in like i want to!
Anyways, after I post this, I'm going to go ahead and post chapter 10, so be on a look out for that!! Again, thank you so so so so so much AHHHH
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caruliaa · 2 years
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wahhhhhh okay once again i stayed up late doing random shit gavshsja looking forward to being tired tmrw lmaooooo also i just found out that we're going on a daytrip to like another state on saturday which??? in theory fun but in reality i am so tired i just want to be lazy all weekendddd -____- at least ill be back sunday tho since it is a daytrip..... but anyway i do rlly rlly need to rest up now so !! i will be going to sleep but first i want to say that oughhhh i really do love you sososoo muchhhhhh darling like you are such an amazing increddible friend to me and just so understanding and sweet and thoughtful and gooodd and you make me feel soooo loved and care for and safe and that means sooo much to meee!! and i hope you know just how wonderful of a prescence you are in my life and how u bring me sm hoy and brightness and happiness smmm and i just love knowing youu smmmm and im so grateful to and for you and you are just suchhhh an incredible amazing good personnn !!!!!!!!! and yeah i just care abt u smm and i love you soooo muchhhhhh (hugs you gnighttt !! if u want ofc!!iluuuuuuu💕💕🫶🏻🫶🏻💕💕💕🫶🏻🫶🏻🫶🏻💕💕💕💕💕🫶🏻💕💕💕)
yea i get tht sm esp bc well i also do that always every day FGHDHDF and omg yea the daytrip thing is rly frustrating i feel when ur rly tired nd wanted to relax on the weekend im rly sorry tht thts smth u have to do -__- esp since it wld have been rly nice to start cs weekly watching it 2gether (not to make it abt me ofc) but i hope its not too tiring and that you got some good rest last night despite the late bedtime and can get some good rest tonight too love !!! and ough omg ur so so sweet beloved ;; !! i hope you know that youre such an amazing friend to me too dearest you really are !! like just. youre always so so kind and thoughtful and understanding and caring to me and i know that youre always here for me through everything and i hope you know that that really does just mean everything to me and just makes me feel soso loved and cared for and safe and warm with you dearest !! :'> and i hope you know that im really soso glad that i can be the same to you dearest beucase you really do deserve it so so much and also just becuase i really do just want to soso much dearest because you really are just such such such a wonderful dear special person to me and really do just want to be a good friend to you and support and care for you and help make your life better and happier so i just really am so so glad that i can dearest and i hope you know that you really do just bring so os much joy and light and happiness and light and comfort into my life and i really am soso lucky to know you love i really really am, i love you so so much luce <3 *hugs you back rly rly close if thts okay !!!* 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
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ask-the-music-man · 3 years
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kuroos-moon · 4 years
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Angwy Kenma
 Summary: Kenma giving his s/o  the cold treatment when she says she was single as a joke during the training camp 
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You were all gathered at the cafeteria, it was already dinner and the boys have been starving. Kenma’s psp was with you so that he could focus on his meal. 
“Eat first, play later,” you give him a look as he pouted beside you. He huffs and decided on just listening to you as he ate the meal before him, his fingers twitching, wanting to play a game. 
After dinner, you, being their manager, went with them to their room to tell them about their progress and what needed to be done. To have  everybody listen to you, including Kenma, you still hadn’t returned his psp.
“Yaku, you’re doing quite well actually,” you tell the boy before you as he asked how his individual performance was doing. “Your blocks are getting better,” you commend him making him smile at you. 
“Kuroo where are you going, it’s time for bed!” You hiss at Kuroo who wanted to sneak out to get more practice along with Bokuto. 
“It’s not yet time though,” he shrugs at you. “You said that as well yesterday and you went back so late,” you shake your head. “Fine, if you want to practice so bad, I’m coming with you just to make sure you get to bed on time,” you  sigh.
Kenma has abandoned waiting for you to give him back his psp so he now has his phone in hand, deciding to play there instead, ignoring the commotion around him of some boys who also wanted to go with you and practice. He could never understand them, if he had time to rest, he would rest of course. 
Some of the boys has now proceeded to the gym while you tried to tidy out their place a bit. You yawn as tears brim your eyes, you were getting quite sleepy. Yaku notices this and offers to help you. 
“Y/n-chan, I could go down with them and make sure they come up on time, you could rest,” he kindly says. 
You were about to decline when Lev butts in. “Yeah, y/n-chan, you could get some alone time with your boyfriend,” he teases. 
The three of you look at Kenma sitting down, not giving a care for the world as he played. “but I don’t have a boyfriend,” you chuckle as you wave them off. 
Kenma, who was still listening on you had his ears perked. HOW COULD YOU SAY THAT? He kills three opponents in an instant in the game, not bothering to drag it out as he felt frustrated at what you said. You both did a lot of things together, cuddling and kissing included, and you’re saying you’re single?! 
Having finished the game on his phone, he stands up and harshly grabs his psp which was in your hand and then sits back down, not looking at you or saying a word. Lev and Yaku had now gone down to practice and you told them you’d stay in their room to make sure that they’d all be here by bedtime. 
It was just  you and Kenma, now playing on his psp and not minding you. You notice his hair falling down which covered his face so an idea popped in your mind. You grab the clip that was in your pocket and sat down across him. He ignores you as you place the clip on his hair, but you were happy enough  that he didn’t take it off anyway. You observed him play and you knew something was up with him as he completely ignored your presence. 
“Kenma,” you call, to which he ignores. 
“Can I hug you?” you ask him. Yes  the boy wanted to be hugged but he won’t say so. You pout as he still doesn’t look at you. You shrug at him and squeezed yourself between his legs, your back to his chest as he continues playing. You were just happy to snuggle up close to him, loving the warmth you felt. 
Kenma still doesn’t say a word but he unconsciously brings his arms closer so that you’d be warmer between them. “Can you give me a kiss,” you pout as you tilt your head back and up to look at  him. He simply looks  down  at you for a second before looking back on his game. 
You shuffle on your seat, turning around so that you were now facing him, your legs spread out so that he could be between them. He brings his hand to your waist to support you as you changed your position before he brings them back to his gaming. 
“Kenmaaa, kiss meee,” you whine as you tried to near your face to his. He pauses his game and looks at you. 
“No, I’m not your boyfriend,” he says nonchalantly before  resuming the game. You can’t help but grin at what he said, he was so cute. You bury your face  at the crook of his neck to hide your smile as you wrapped your limbs around him tighter like a koala to its branch. 
You kiss his neck, giving it multiple kisses actually as Kenma can’t help but clench his teeth and feel hot. You began sucking on it gently, leaving wet trails on his neck as you loved how he squirmed a bit. 
“It was a joke, love,” you whisper on his ear before kissing his cheek. Kenma was so sensitive with physical contact he couldn’t focus on his game anymore as he drops his game and puts his hands on your waist. 
“to be fair, you never did ask me out,” you point out. “but it’s fine, I didn’t mean what I said,” you say as you lightly nudged your nose on his jaw and began leaving light kisses there. Kenma  gently pulls you slightly away from him, just enough for him to see your face. 
“but I am your boyfriend,” he pouts, and your heart might as well explode at how cute he was acting. You didn’t get to utter a word as he crashes his lips on yours gently, before he parts them with his own, taking  in your  bottom lip between his lips. 
You  always loved getting kissed by Kenma, he could go from gentle to needy in a heartbeat. Kenma pulls your body closer to him, trying his best not to get  hard  as you straddled him. His hand travels up and down your back as the other cups your cheek. Dipping his head, he began kissing your jaw, trailing wet kisses further down your neck as you lean your head to the side to give him more access. He  absolutely loved harassing your smooth skin with his lips as a light moan escapes your lips. 
You now hear voices nearing the room, some of the boys must have came back early, so you quickly pull away from Kenma and tried to untangle yourself from him but he was like NO DON’T GO as you shuffle yourself away from him. He doesn’t mind  the others  coming up as he grabs you when you were just about to stand up. 
Ignoring whatever it is you were  saying, he settles  you once more between his legs, your back to his chest as he picks up his psp and begins playing again, trapping you between his arms. 
“Just stay there,” he whispers to your ear, before kissing your temple and proceeding on his game. 
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I love all of your hc’s so much. I feel like after the snap Peter felt like Tony had moved on/forgotten him because he had Morgan and was wondering if you had any thoughts about it.🙂
my thoughts?? you know that one vine where it’s like “welcome back to meee screaming... AAAAAA” yeah, those are my thoughts.
• peter, a kid with anxiety, would definitely worry about that. he would never mention it to anyone, though. and he’d never show it, either. he’d feel too guilty if he did show it
• morgan doesn’t deserve to be treated any differently, no matter how jealous peter might be of her. it’s not her fault; she didn’t ask to be born, obviously. and it’s not tony’s fault for wanting a kid, either.
• besides, peter was never really his son, so what right does he have to even be jealous? he can’t be replaced if he never had the position to begin with
��� so peter loves morgan to bits and he makes sure she always knows that!! she’s his baby sis; he’d do anything for her, no matter how bitter seeing her sometimes makes him feel. he just tells himself, over and over, that it’s not her fault. she didn’t ask for this. tony would never have kids with malicious intent, anyway. it’s no one’s fault.
• even so, someone is bound to notice he gets a little sad sometimes. especially when seeing morgan and tony together. he’ll bite his lip, he’ll bounce his leg, he’ll avert his eyes, grip his hands tightly together, drum his fingers—you name any nervous tic and he does it
• kids are surprisingly observant, so maybe morgan is the first to notice. she doesn’t know why, but it seems like peter doesn’t like her that much. but he always says he loves her. she asks her parents why he doesn’t always act like it.
• tony says she’s being silly; peter loves her more than anything
• pepper knows better, though. she pulls morgan into her lap, smiles wistfully, and says, “I think sometimes he gets jealous, feels like maybe your dad doesn’t like him as much as he likes you.”
• and then morgan is determined! she wants to show peter that’s not true! her dad loves peter just as much as her! and she’s not leaving peter alone until he knows that!
• so next time peter is over, she marches up to him, a picture frame in hand. peter asks her what it is. she shows him, and peter looks taken aback when he sees it’s a picture of him! of him and Mr. Stark, with that fake internship award between them! “where did you get this, morgan?”
• she says it was always on the windowsill over the sink, until peter came back. she says her dad held it a lot. cried sometimes, too. she says her dad told her bedtime stories after those days when he had cried. about a little spiderboy. the one who went to space to save his family and his friends. she says they were her favorite stories.
• she says she thinks they were her dad’s favorites, too.
• she asks, “you’re the little spiderboy, aren’t you, peter?”
• peter hugs her tight and whispers, “yeah. I am. thank you, morgan.”
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mrsjaxtellerfan · 6 years
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Family Life with Jax
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Hey guys!  This isn’t a requested imagine, me and my girl @lookprettyliveclassyplaydirtyyt came up with it!  Hope y’all enjoy!
Warnings:  Jax killing you with cuteness.  Fluff overload, some smut if you squint.
“Abel, Nadia, teeth and bed.”  Y/n shouts from the kitchen of her and Jax’s house.  
“But Mooooommmm. Daddy said he would be home to help us and he’s not.”  Abel whines, throwing himself on the floor.  
“Baby, your Dad will be home soon. Now, how about I take you in there and help you brush your teeth and then while I put Nadia to bed you can pick your story?”  Y/n replies, squatting down to his height.
“Fine.”  Abel states, allowing his mother to pull him up off of the floor and hurd him to the bathroom.  
“Alright, baby.  You head in there and pick your book. I will be in to read to you in a couple minutes.”  Y/n replies, wiping the toothpaste off of his mouth.  
She goes to put Nadia to bed, but it’s a process. For some reason, she doesn’t want to go to sleep tonight. She is missing her Daddy, Jax hasn’t been home in a few days since he went to Tacoma to deal with some club shit.  
“It’s okay baby, Daddy will be home by the time you wake in the morning. Maybe you can convince him to get patched into the princess club,” she says, watching her daughter put another sticker on her headboard. Something she started doing the first night Jax wasn’t home. It was like she was counting the nights he missed tuck in. She hates to admit it but there is becoming quite the collection of stickers marking the nights he has missed.  After finally getting her to sleep, she heads back to Abel’s room, hearing him reading, is he reading to himself? She feels tears begin to well up in her eyes at the thought of her little man growing up.  
“Jax is missing this.”  She whispers, pulling out her phone and shooting him a text. She hears his phone ding coming from Abel’s room. Confused, she hurries down the hall to see Jax helping Abel sound out words. She stops, grinning at her two favorite men before creeping out and into her and Jax’s room.
She gets herself ready for bed and lays down, reading her book, and waiting for Jax.  About half an hour later, Jax comes in, still in his kutte, he must have been in a hurry to help Abel with his book, reading her message, he puts his phone on the charger on the dresser, turning his attention to his gorgeous wife.  
“Need me to read you a bedtime story too, Darlin’?”
“Jax, I would hate for you to wake Nadia, but maybe you could tuck her in, give her a goodnight kiss, and maybe try to take one of those damn stickers off her headboard?”
“Yeah, baby.  I’ll be back, let me go give my little lady some goodnight kisses, and when I get back I’m going to give my other lady some goodnight kisses, any place she wants.”  Jax smirks, leaving the room as a pillow hits the door where he had been standing.
About twenty minutes later, he comes back to the room, a princess sticker on his kutte, and picks up the pillow, his pillow, that I tossed at him. “We gotta work on your aim, babe.”
“Oh, fuck off.”  Y/n giggles, pushing his shoulder as he climbs onto the bed.  “Get your shoes off of the duvet.” She says, swatting his hand away as he reaches for her.  
“Fineeee.”  Jax whines, now I know where Abel gets it from, stripping off his clothes.
“I didn’t say get naked, but I’m not disappointed.”
“You’re next darlin’, come here.”  She giggles, putting her book to the side and leaning over to her husband.
“I’ve missed you.”  She breathes, pulling back to plant a passionate kiss on her husband’s lips.
“I’ve missed you too, baby.  Now let’s get some of these clothes off you, yeah?”  Jax smirks, pulling his shirt, her sleep shirt, up and over her head.
“Abel and Nadia have been talking about wanting a sibling anyway.”
“Well, then we can’t disappoint them.”  Jax grins, pushing her back and jumping under the covers, leaving her a giggling mess before those giggles turned into satisfied moans.
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The next morning y/n woke up to an empty bed.  Glancing around the room in search of her husband, she hears little laughs coming from her husband and her daughter.  She glances at the time shown on Jax’s alarm clock.
“Fuck, how did I oversleep?” Y/n asks herself. Usually Abel comes in and wakes her up because he’s hungry but that wasn’t the case today.  She climbs out of bed, making her way to the bathroom.  After she finishes getting dressed she makes her way to Abel’s room only to find it empty, he even made it, he never makes his bed. She makes her way toward the kitchen stopping in her tracks when she spots her daughter.
“‘Gin, Daddy, ‘gin!”  Nadia squeeles, clapping her pudgy hands together from her spot on Jax’s chest.  
“Okay, princess, but this time you have to sing with me.”  Jax smiles, rewinding the tv.  It is only then does she realize what she is seeing. Jax is singing the “Baby Shark” song while Nadia is hopping on his chest and trying to sing along, while doing the baby shark with her hand. She quietly pulls out her cellphone, hopping to two don’t notice her yet, and begins recording it.  After about 3 minutes of recording Abel catches sight of her.
“MOOMMMY!” Abel shouts jumping up from the little chair he was on and rush her at full speed.  She swoops him up planting a tender kiss on his little forehead.
“Hi, baby, how’d you sleep?” She asks her son, making her way, with him, to the kitchen.
“I slept amazing!  Daddy helped me read a bedtime story! And then he woke me up to make breakfast, and I made my bed!  Come look Mommy, we made you breakfast! I tried to get Daddy to let me bring it in to you but he said ‘Mama’s naked, and she needs to sleep, she worked out a little too much last night.’”  I blush, looking over at my smirking husband.  He throws a wink at me and blows me a kiss, only to have his face grabbed by two pudgy little hands his focus going back to the tiny girl on his chest.
“Dada, pay ‘ten to meee.”  Nadia scolds, leaning down and leaving a slobbery kiss on Jax’s forehead. Jax grins, standing, before gently tossing her up into the air, a flurry of giggles to be heard.
“You guys did all of this for me?” Y/n asked, tears beginning to form.
“Of course we did, Mommy. You are amazing!”  Abel grins, throwing his arms around his mother’s neck pulling her toward him.
“I love you baby.”  
“I love you too, Mommy, even though sometimes you don’t do the book voices right.”  Y/n grins. “Hey, don’t we get any of this love going around in here?”  Jax exclaims, breathing heavy, and rushing into the kitchen with his daughter on his shoulders. She squeals holding onto his hair for dear life.
“‘Gin daddy, ‘gin.”
“Tell your mama you love her first, then one more time.”  Jax grins, leaning in for a kiss from his wife.
“Wuv woo, mama.”  She giggles, still clutching her dad’s blonde hair. She pulls his hair in one direction and he begins to run around the house, stopping sometimes so Nadia can touch the ceiling.
“Abel, you wanna go get some ice cream?” Y/n asks, smiling at her son munching on the bacon.
“YESS!” Abel exclaims, shoving the remaining 4 pieces of bacon in his little mouth.
“Go ask your Dad.” Y/n shoos the boy out of the room beginning to pick up the dishes from breakfast.
“Mmhhmm, good morning, darlin’.” Jax whispers, nuzzling his nose into the back of her neck leaving small kisses.
“Morning, baby.” She states, turning around in his grasp, and pulling him in for a kiss.  “Why didn’t you wake me?”  
“You were sleeping so good, plus like I told Abel, mama was naked and worn out from our ‘exercise’ last night.” Jax grins, lifting y/n up on the counter and planting a hot and heavy kiss on her lips.  
“Ewwwww! Daddy that’s gross, only I can give Mommy kissies!” Abel shouts, rushing over to his Dad. Jax steps back, laughing and picks Abel up.
“You both can give mommy kisses, because mommy loves you both, and Nadi too.” She smiles, looking around and over Jax’s shoulder. “Where is Nadia?”
“She’s asleep, touching the ceiling wears her out, babe.”
“Earlier it sounded like it tired Daddy out too.” Y/n said, giggling
“Watching it tired me out, mommy.” Abel sighs, resting his head on his Dad’s shoulder starting to drift off.  Y/n reaches around brushing his hair out of his face.
“So much for ice cream, buddy.” Jax says, planting a kiss on Abel’s tiny forehead, glancing back up at his wife. Once he’s sure Abel is asleep, he smirks.  “If you really want some ice cream, I have some right here for you.” She scoffs and smacks his chest, chastising him for using that kind of language around their child.
“Jax, we are in charge of raising a man that might someday be president, you can’t talk like that when he’s around, or he might start, and Nadia already repeats everything we say.  Plus we need to be teaching him to respect women, not to thrust his genitals at them. How would you feel if someone did that to Nadia, Abel has to know that if he wouldn’t do it to his sister, he shouldn’t do it to another woman.” Y/n scolds, pushing Jax away. Jax makes his way out of the room to lay their son down.
“I’d kill them.” Jax says, coming to sit next to her on the couch.
“Jax, what? Kill who?”
“Any boy who thrusts his dick at my baby girl.” Jax replies, almost smuggly.
“What about when she starts dating, Jax? Or gets married? What are you gonna do then? Because ‘killing him’ would only upset Nadia, you need to teach her how MEN should treat their ladies, so she knows what to look for. Plus you are teaching Abel too, and I don’t want him treating women like that either, or thinking it is okay to treat someone like that if he decides that is what he wants from them.”  Y/n says, wrapping her fingers in his hair once he places his head in her lap.
“You’re right babe. I also need to teach them that even though daddy sometimes has to miss storytime, he still loves them.” Jax sighs, relishing in the feel of her fingers running through his hair.
“Jax they know that. Nadia picks the same book every night, you could probably call and read it to her. As far as Abel goes, maybe try having him to read to you, and helping him when he gets stuck, kind of like you do now, even though you can’t hold him.”
“You’re right baby. Now, I need to teach Abel when it’s okay to make inappropriate comments and when it’s not. He needs to understand that when Daddy says stuff like that to Mommy that he isn’t disrespecting her.”
“It is NEVER okay to make an inappropriate comment,” you smacked his shoulder. “Jax, I don’t mind them because I know that is how you are, but Abel shouldn’t be able to hear them, because you wouldn’t want to see Gemma and Clay saying things like that, would you?  You wouldn’t want him to do the same things to another little girl would you?”
“Oh, baby, I bet he will be saying stuff like that in no time. He’s going to have all the ladies fighting over him. He is his old man’s son after all.”  
“Jax, we have a chance to teach him right from wrong, and you want him to choose wrong? I’m okay with all the girls fawning over him, like the croweaters do with you, but I am not okay with the thought of him acting or saying something inappropriate to them. They have feelings too, Jax.”
“Fine, I won’t say those things around him.  But I can guarantee if he comes to me for advice with a girl. I will tell him the ins and outs of pleasing his lady.” Y/n smacks him on the shoulder.
“I could do that too. Ya know, it’s quite simple, you stick the P in the V. Maybe move it around a little, if you hit her just right, she’ll scream, boom, done, wear a condom kids.”
“Oh, so you don’t want me to tell him about that little thing I do with my mouth. You know the one I’m talking about?  You seemed to enjoy that quite a bit last night. I mean we can try your way if ya want, baby.” Jax grins.
“Jax, you can tell him whatever you want if I get to tell Nadia how to PROPERLY suck dick, you know, the way you seemed to enjoy last night.”
“Touche, how about we go do a repeat performance and in 10 years we can tell our kids about it?” Jax grins, leaning up and picking y/n up, tossing her over his shoulder, and running to the bedroom like a viking.
“Jax, quiet or you will wake the children.”
“I should be telling you that! I’m gonna have a bruise on my shoulder since you can’t seem to keep yourself quiet.”
“I think the kids want to go stay with their Grandma tonight so we can be as loud as we want, baby.”  y/n responds, pulling him into a crushing kiss. “We should wait until Gemma comes to pick up the kids. We wouldn’t want her to catch us in some sort of compromising condition. Plus it’ll build up the anticipation.”
“Whatever you say, Darlin’” Jax replies, getting up to get his phone to call Gemma while also trying to locate Abel’s Paw Patrol suitcase so there is enough stuff for what they need to take, and what Gemma decides they need.
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Author:  Yeahjusttrash (tumblr: @cartoonloverstuff)
Artist:  stevetwisp (tumblr: @stevetwisp)
Summary: Just a sweet one shot of Johnny, Ash, and Meena trying to watch Rosita’s kids together for a night. Johnny is natural great with the kids. Ash has some difficulty adjusting, but managed. Meena is used to babysitting, just not so many kids at once. Not much in the way of plot. Mostly just fun fluff.
"There's plenty of snacks in the fridge, help yourselves. First aid kit is in the upstairs bathroom cupboard. Bedtime is at 8pm for the kids.-" Rosita spoke quickly as she went over information Johnny already knew. He had been staying with Rosita and her family for the past few weeks and figured the she was saying all this for the other two teenagers present.
On Johnny's right was Ash looking completely out of place in the family house and on his left was Meena in her signature nervous stance. "We'll be back by 11:00 at the latest. Call if you need anything." Rosita said right before she disappeared out the door with her husband, leaving the three teens in a house with 25 children.
"3 to 25. We got this!" Johnny said with more confidence than he actually had.
Half an hour later, no less than three of the kids had picked themselves on Ash's quills and cried. Ash was currents sat on the kitchen counter glaring at the ground in frustration next to Meena who was tending to Micky, the latest victim of her quills. The porcupine was about to banish herself to clean up duty when something large and soft suddenly flopped on her. She struggled with a heavy, soft entrapment for a few moments before it settled more comfortably around her shoulders and a hood fitted on her head. Ash's vision was blocked by baby blue fabric and knew the entrapment was Meena's hoodie. Like magic, the elephant was suddenly in front of her tying the sleeve of the hoodie so it was secure around Ash and the sleeve would only drag on the ground a minimal amount.
"There. I-is that okay?" Meena stuttered slightly as she shuffled back a little to look at her handy work. The tiny piglet with a fresh bandage on his finger looked around Meena as Ash was still fixing the hood so she could see. Once adjusted, the large garment fit perfectly over the quills on her head and effectively covered the quills running down her back.
"Woooow, you have cape! You look like a super hero!" The Micky piped up from behind Meena. Ash smiled at that, even though she was sure she looked more like a pastel grim reaper than any caped hero. Still, she was just relieved she won't be spending the rest of the evening worrying about accidentally impaling someone.
"Heh, thanks Meens." Ash smiled as she hopped off her perch and followed the other two out to meet Johnny where they left him in the playroom with the rest of the kids.
The three walked into a scene of pure chaos. Art supplies had been scattered everywhere, toys littered the room, and the remaining piglets had occupied themselves by any activity they could find that was either loud or made a mess. Micky immediately took off to join his siblings in running around and screaming. Meena and Ash were both kind of struck dump by the sheer havoc and stood frozen taking it all in.
Johnny was in the midst of everything, completely unfazed by the disarray surrounding him. In fact, he was just adding to chaos by chasing the piglets around the room, seeming to be having just as much fun as they were. A few moments after the girls entered, Johnny looked up and realized they were back. He gave them a cheery smile from where he was a few feet away carrying three piglets he had 'captured'. "'Ey, ya back!" He chirped as he released the piglets and made his way closer to them. "Wot's with the new looks?" He cocked an eyebrow as he got closer and sized them up, seeing Ash looking very cozy in her new hoodie cover and and Meena looking slightly uncomfortable now that she was sans-hoodie, revealing a loose grey t-shirt with red sleeves.
"Uh, we found a way to cover Ash's quills!"
"I'm a superhero!"
The two answers overlapped and just amused Johnny. Shouting came from behind him as four piglets charged his legs, trying to bring him down. The gorilla stumbled slightly, threatening to fall on the girls, but manage to keep his balance and turned on the piglets. With a playful roar, the youngsters took off screaming with Johnny chasing behind them. Ash was quickly swept away by a majority of the piglets once Micky had spread the word that she was now a superhero. (She had a cape now, she had to be a super hero!) Meena entered the fray much more cautiously, going over to the building block area where she could keep an eye on the rest of the piglets.
Not long after Ash was deemed a superhero, Johnny declared himself a super villain and dove into their expansive costume chest for a villain costume. The best he could come up with was a pirate hat, which he proudly dawned. The room essentially became a play war zone of pirates versus heroes with Meena off to the side supervising the last subset of piglets as they built an impressively large fort.
The elephant marveled at the little ones' craftsmanship and thought they must have inherited some of their mother's engineering talent. She also found herself surprised by just how much she liked Rosita's children. Sure, they were loud, energetic, and even mischievous, but they weren't mean or cruel like the kids Meena had remembered growing up. Granted, not all children Meena knew as a child were mean, but enough were to make her lose hope on making friends with any of them. Seeing so many children playing and cooperating together, and siblings no less, without the mean spiritedness she had been somewhat expecting made Meena feel a warm happiness bloom inside her chest. She hoped the piglets stayed like this and didn't let schoolyard taunts and bullies sour them. She reasoned they had a good chance of staying kind and unharmed by the years to come. After all, they would have each other. The last thought calmed Meena and widen the soft smile on her face.
She was suddenly pulled from thoughts when she felt someone grab her arm and yanked her away from her post by the play fort. Confused and almost panicked, she turn to see Johnny dragging her behind him quickly. He turned suddenly with Meena behind him, putting himself between her and everyone else. Triumphantly, he raised the hand that was clasped around her wrist and proclaimed. "Ha! Na' I've kidnap ya babysitter! And you'll haf to go through me ta get 'er back!" Johnny grinned menacingly and crotched in a ready stance with a plastic sword in one hand in preparation to face off against Ash and her army of piglets. Johnny glanced behind him quickly and saw Meena's concerned and puzzled expression. Before she could ask anything, he shot her a crooked smile. "Just play along, yeah?" He whispered with a wink and turned back to face the others.
Ash successfully rounded all the piglets up in a huddle for a game plan, as even the ones in the fort had decided to join forces to save their damsel-in-distress babysitter. Meena just blinked and felt out of place, unsure as to how she should 'play along.' "Uh, help. Help meee." Meena croaked out awkwardly. "I'm being held hostage by a pirate. (Whose only like half my size.)" Meena couldn't help but chuckle as she said the last bit.
Johnny turned back to pout at her. "I am not!" He all but whined, which made Meena giggle out more. The gorilla smirked at her. "'Nd 'sides, hostages aren't suppose ta giggle. Ya not very good at thi-"
His teasing was cut short when an inflatable ball sailed through the air hit the side of his head. His attention swiftly switched back to the piglets just in time to see the onslaught of rubber balls, stuffies, and soft toys being hurled their way. Johnny quickly got in his stance and deflected a majority of the toys that came his way with the toy sword. Behind him, Meena held up her arms in defense of the soft objects, squealing with laughter.
Once the kids ran out of ammo, Johnny laughed triumphantly. "Hah hah! That the best ya got?" His question was answered when a wave of piglets all charge him at the same time. His face fell and he had just enough time to realize his mistake before being trampled by a sea of children.
Over the children's screaming and giggles, he heard Meena descend into a laughing fit and Ash give out mighty commands. "Yes, my adorable, pink army! Show him no mercy!"
Johnny tried to raise from the mountain of children on top of him, but quickly learned was out matched and should tap out. "Ok-oof- okay, I surrender! Ow! Guys, ya won!" Johnny squeaked out in good humor. He was no longer being trampled, but a majority of the piglets were still amassed on top of him, playfully keeping him pinned. "Meena? Meena, I can't get up. Help?" His pleads were met with more uncomfortable giggle as Meena was trying (and failing) to regain her composure. Eventually, her breathing evened out enough for her to shoo the piglets off Johnny and help him to his feet. It was close to the kids' bedtime anyway.
"Attention!" Ash barked out in military famous. All eyes were immediately on her. "Company, line up!" She point to the door as she ordered the piglets. The mass of giggling children ran towards the door, forming a shape that was more line like than not. Ash took her spot at the lead and began marching to the children's bedroom with them in tow.
She was faced away from everyone, so no one saw the huge, giddy grin bloom across her face. She had never been good with kids before. Normally, she avoided them and found them annoying. And in turn, they would find her scary or boring. The porcupine glanced back to see a long line of little piglets goofily imitating her marching. Her smile grew impossibly wider. With how the evening had started, she assumed she would be spending it avoiding the kids like she often did, not be playing right along side them like Johnny did.
With a happy sigh, Ash schooled her face in mock sternness and turned around once they reached the bedroom. "Alright troops, you've got five minutes to change into uniforms. Go, go, go!" She ushered them in and the bedroom became a pandemonium of pajamas and screaming.
Twenty minutes later, the piglets teeth were brushed and they were settle in bed, intently listening to Johnny's dramatic reading of one of the picture books he found. Ash and Meena dismissed themselves to clean up detail and spend another twenty minutes picking up the playroom and trying to figure out where things went. Once the playroom room look relatively decent, the girls headed down stairs and plopped down on the living room furniture. Ash climbed into a comfy looking chair and Meena all but collapsed on the couch.
After a moment of peace, Meena turned her head to look at Ash. "Think we can consider tonight a success?" She chuckled a little. When the porcupine didn't make any response, Meena sat up and looked over at her. "Ash?" Ash was curled up in Meena's hoodie with back to the room. Soft snores escape from her baby blue wrapped form. Preoccupied with peering over her sleeping company, Meena didn't notice the approaching footsteps behind her.
"I don't think ya getting that back any time soon." Johnny spoke softly, but still made Meena jump. She squeaked and turned to just in time to see him vault himself over the back of the couch with one hand and land next to her. "Sorry, didn't mean t' scare ya." He said in a hushed voice as he gave an apologetic smile and leaned over to grab the TV remote. "Anyway, the rugrats are asleep so now all we've got to do is keep quiet enough not t' wake 'em." With that, he leaned back with one arm hanging on the back of the couch and his other hand operating the remote.
After going through what was available, Johnny settled on watching some game show while keeping the volume low. He cracked a yawn as the TV droned on and glanced at the clock. It was just past 8:45. Why was he so tired? Had the piglets really drained so much energy out of him? He had been staying with them for weeks and interacted with them daily and it hadn't fazed him. Then again, he had never been left in charge of the piglets before. It was different not having their always-on-top-of-things mother around. Johnny had been really nervous about being around the kids when he first started staying with Rosita and her family, scare that he might accidentally hurt one of them or that they won't like him. He learned quickly that kids were more durable than they seemed, and all it took was the promise of piggyback rides and funny story telling and he was suddenly their new best friend. In other words, Johnny took to the lot of children quickly, and they had taken to him immediately. The first time the gorilla had ever set foot in the house, he had children climbing on him and hanging off his arms asking him to come play with them within minutes.
Johnny smiled dreamily at the memory. He wondered if this was what it was like to have siblings, since had never had anything like this before. His family had pretty much always been his dad, a couple of 'uncles', and occasionally a woman would enter Big Daddy's life long enough to bother meeting Johnny. His family was far from nuclear.
His thoughts began to turn towards his father and that whole situation when they were interrupted by another yawn. He shook the thoughts from his head, he didn't really want to dwell on that right now anyway.
Shifting around in his seat, he tried to sit a little more up right to stay awake and glanced at his company. Ash was soundly sleeping and Meena's head was drooping dangerous low. "Oi," Johnny voice was hushed and he nudged Meena's side. "You falling asleep on me too?" He jabbed lightly.
Meena's head lulled up and words was barely audible. "'M awake." She murmured drowsily.
Johnny smirked fondly. "Yeah, that was convincing." He checked the clock again. "Listen, I figure at least one of us should be awake 'til Rosita gets back. Why don't I take the first shift 'n I'll wake ya in a bit?" Despite his tired body's protests, Johnny was too much of a gentleman to not offer to go first. Meena only gave a little nod in response, her eyes already sliding shut. Johnny turned back to the TV, determined to stay awake.
Half an hour later, all three were peaceful sleeping. The living room still and quiet save the low noise from the TV and soft snoring coming the three teens. It was a blissfully calm scene.
That is, until Ash's restless, sleeping form turned over and right off the chair she was curled up in. The other two were jolted awake by the porcupine yelp as she fell, hitting the floor with a soft thud. Meena groaned as rubbed at her eyes while Johnny sleepily sat up and looked around for what woke him. His gaze landed on Ash face down on the floor and his mind piece together the rest. He tried not to chuckle at her. "Not exactly a graceful way to wake up." He quipped, his voice still heavy with sleep. The porcupine sat up (eventually, after a bit of struggle with the hoodie still wrapped about her) and tried to glare at Johnny. This just made him snicker more. He couldn't take her stink eye seriously while swaddled in the baby blue pullover, looking more like a grumpy, little kid than a snarky teen. Johnny looked away, covering his mouth to try and conceal his chuckling, and checked the clock again. 9:24. He sighed tiredly as his body was already leaning back into its comfortable sleeping position. Unfortunately, he didn't realize the elephant he had been using as support wasn't there until it was too late. Johnny let out a small sound of surprise as he fell against the couch cushions, quickly propping himself back up and looking around in confusion.
"Yeah, she got up and left." Ash answered his unspoken question and nodding towards the stairs.
Upstairs, Meena walked softly through the hall. She was sure she had heard something, her ears didn't play tricks with her. Quietly, she strained her hearing and waited.
*sniff*
There it was. Meena hear soft sniffling and whimpering and followed it to its source. Her ears lead her to a linens closet near the kids' bedroom. Gently, she opened it and peered inside. Meena felt her heart ache at the sight of a little, frighten piglet curled up towards the back of the closet. The elephant crotched down and reached out.
"Hey there, can't sleep?" She spoke in a soft comforting tone. The piglet looked up at her with teary eyes and took Meena's hand, letting the elephant bring her out and pick her up. Kelly, the piglet currently being carried back to the bedroom, clung to her babysitter's shirt. Meena's brow furrowed in worry. "Did you have a bad dream?" Kelly nodded. "W-well, there's nothing to worry about! We're all downstairs keeping watch." Meena ignored the part her brain that reminded her they had fallen asleep. She briefly fretted over how long Kelly had been hidden away in there before forcing herself to refocus. "You've got a superhero and a pirate keeping guard! Remember?" She tried to get the piglet to smile, but Kelly just clung tighter.
"B-but... w-what if s-something is up h-here? They're d-down there." The piglet's voice was shaky and tired.
"Oh, well, I'll stay up here. With you!" Meena smiled down and this time Kelly smiled back.
Once in the bedroom, the piglet still had a death grip on Meena's shirt and the elephant wasn't really sure what to do. She sat down with the child cradled in her arms when an idea stuck her. Softly, she began to hum a gentle tone. Soon words followed, and Meena found herself singing Amazing Grace. That song always put her to sleep, or at least that was her excuse to her mother when she was caught sleeping at church.
Meena felt the grip on her shirt loosen and glanced down to see Kelly's eyes drooping. The elephant smiled triumphed, but kept singing. She continued without stop even when she was startled by shifting beside her and turned to see a sleepy Casper trudge over with a blanket in tow until he was just within reach of the elephant and fall against her leg, curling up next to her. More piglets migrated towards Meena's serenade, her smooth voice calming whatever restlessness that had be inside them. After singing thought the song twice, the elephant let her voice fade out, and the room drifting into a sleepy quiet.
"Dawwwww." Her peaceful moment was interrupted by the low drawl of a cockney accent. Her gaze flickered up and she saw Johnny in the doorway with his phone out, clearly taking some digital records of the scene. Meena's face heated slight and she tried to shoot him a stern look, but it morphed into a halfhearted pout.
"Whatever, at least it worked and got the kids to sleep." Meena rolled her eye and tried not the smile at her friend's antics.
"Not just them." Johnny added as he pushed the bedroom door open the rest of the way, revealing a sleeping Ash sat on the floor and leaning heavily on the doorframe.
Meena smile fondly, touched that Ash had also felt the need to come up and check on her, and that her song had lulled the teenager to sleep as well. Immediately, she felt the need to pickup her friend and carry her back, but that was also the moment Meena realized she had a half dozen or so piglets sleeping on her. Looking about herself, she knew she was trapped.
"Uh... Johnny?" Meena whispered with her eyes still in the piglets. "I, uh, I can't get up. ...help?" She giggled out faintly. Johnny cocked an eyebrow at the scene and took one more picture, in which Meena in hidden behind her eyes and glowering at him, before entering the room. After a few minutes of careful tucking piglets into bed, they crept out of the room and headed back downstairs. Meena stopped briefly to scoop up a still hoodie-wrapped Ash before following Johnny down the hall.
Johnny checked the clock again before sitting down, this time in a more alert posture. "Kay, this time, we should actually stay awake." He thought out loud as Meena gently placed Ash back in her chair.
"Right!" Meena straighten up where she was standing next to the chair, her blue eyes bright with determination. "They'll be back in a little over an hour. We can last til then!" Her encouraging words were more to convince her sleep-craving body than Johnny. Still, she felt confident in her ability to stay up as she returned to her seat on the couch. Within ten minutes, both Meena and Johnny were soundly dead to the world along with Ash.
Meena was the first awake, her sensitive hearing catching the sound of keys jiggling and the front door opening. Her eyes peeked opened just in time to see Rosita enter the room. Meena's eyes snapped open the rest on the way and she shot up from the couch. This caused Johnny, who had once again slouched against the elephant, to fall back against the couch cushions with a small oof. "Rosita! W-welcome back!" Meena's words jolted Johnny semi-conscious brain. His eyes popped open and he scrambled off the couch to a standing position next to Meena. Rosita watched the whole display with her hand in front of her mouth, trying to hide a very amused smile.
Both teens began to apologize for drifting off, their word overlapping each other's, but Rosita waved it off and offered them a grateful, beaming smile. "Were they any trouble?" She asked with such sincerity that both teens froze for a moment.
Johnny was the first to respond. "The kids? Naw, they were great!" He relaxed a bit while going over the evening events with Rosita as Meena shuffled back to wake up Ash. A few moments later, Norman walked in counting out some bills and started handing off payments to the three teens.
Johnny was preoccupied talking with Rosita and automatically accepted what was being handed to him. A moment later glanced down and gave the currency in his hand a puzzled look. Meena had an equally confused expression when payment was pushed into her hands. Ash was barely awake enough to process what was going on and didn't question the money that had somehow appeared in her grip.
Johnny tried to give his back as politely as possible. "Uh... Rosita, ya know ya don't have t'-"
"Don't be silly. You were all a big help tonight and definitely earned!" Rosita cut off the cockney teen, quickly brushing off his offer before he could even finish saying it.
"But-"
"It's getting late. Johnny, why don't you drive the girls home."
"But I-"
"No but's!"
Rosita gave the gorilla a silencing stern look and ushered all three teens out the front door before any of them had the chance to reject their payment. The door shut leaving the guilty looking gorilla, a slightly flustered elephant, and a semi-conscious porcupine on the front porch. They stood in the quiet night air for a few moments, each in their own thoughts. Johnny tried to wrap his head around how he was suppose to not feel bad about getting paid. Paying Meena and Ash made sense, but he had staying with the family ever since Rosita had learned of his situation. Watching the kids for her seemed like the least he could do.
"Johnny!" He was yanked from his thoughts when he heard his name called. He turned and saw Ash and Meena had already started towards the car. Meena stopped to get his attention and waited for him to catch up, while Ash continued her heavy-eyed trudge.
Johnny hurried over to walk with them down to his car. "Sorry, just thinkin'." He offered a quick explanation then looked down guiltily. "I'm already stayin' with 'me rent free.  What they go 'n pay me for?" The gorilla scuffed his shoe as he thought out loud.
Meena made a hum of agreement. She hadn't been expecting any kind of payment either and had intended to just chalk up the favor as payback for all the stuff Rosita did for them. Giving the mother pig a night off seemed like a reasonable task. Meena's thoughtful gaze shifted from Johnny to Ash, who had shown the least amount of resistance when receiving compensation. Meena wondered now if it was because her friend actually needed it. While she and Johnny were both living with families, Ash was living by herself, paying rent and everything.
As they reached the end of the walkway to the street, Meena quietly spoke up. "Um, Ash? Do... do you want my share? I mean you could probably use it more and-"
"Nope." The porcupine answered confidently as she walked by the pig family's mailbox. Once underneath it, she hopped up and grabbed the handle with one hand, her weight pulling it open. Dangling for a moment, she chucked her payment in with the other hand, then plopped down and went to wait by the car for Johnny to unlock it.
Her friends watched with interest. An amused grin spread on Johnny's face and he chuckled. "Works for me." He tossed his share in as well with Meena happily following suit and flicking the mailbox closed with her trunk.
As Johnny went around the car to unlock it, Meena spoke up hesitantly. "Sooooo... can I maybe have my hoodie back?"
Ash felt her grip on the fabric tighten. She found herself reluctant to give up her warm, sleep-provoking, cloth cocoon. "Nope. Still need it." She stated blankly, trying to fight off a yawn as she leaned heavily on the closed car door.
This took Meena surprise. "For what?" She puzzled. "Isn't it way too big to be useful to you?"
"Imma superhero..." The small mammal mumbled drowsily and lost her battle with a yawn that nearly cracked her jaw.
"She's got a point," Johnny chimed in once he got the car doors unlocked. "Can't go bein' a superhero without a cape. It's just unprofessional." He reasoned in a mock serious tone. This earned his an exasperated glare from Meena.
"You stay out of this." She pouted, her words lacking any harshness and only caused the gorilla to put his hands up in a halfhearted mock surrender.
With a bit of struggle (and maybe some assistance from Meena), Ash managed open the car door and heave herself up on the seat. "Besides," she huffed out. "I look cuter with this." The porcupine pulled the hoodie tighter around her and cocked an eyebrow at Meena. "And you look cuter without it."
Meena froze halfway in the car, her face turning pink. "Th-that's not true!" The elephant sat rigidly in her seat, sudden made aware how exposed she felt without her shapeless hoodie to hide in. Her arms gently wrapped around herself as if to conceal her bulky body.
"Sure it is! Right, Johnny?" Ash was unfazed by Meena's flustered behavior and casually turned to Johnny for support.
The gorilla looked up wide-eyed from the ignition, clearly confused as to why he was being called upon for this. He looked between an expectant Ash and shy Meena before giving them both a sheepish smile. "I thought I was suppose t' stay out of this."
"Wuss." Ash rolled her eyes and looked through the windshield.
"Okay, fine. Ya' both pretty always. Bette'?" Johnny smiled as he gunned the engine to life. "Cop out." Ash smirk as she watched the elephant out of the corner of her eye and saw her large friend's face grow deeper and deeper with color. She heard Johnny give a tired sigh and Meena cut in before he could continue his back and forth with Ash.
"You can hang on to the hoodie for a bit if you promise to stop talking and go to sleep!" Meena was too easily flustered to let this continue. She just wasn't use to or knew how to handle being called cute. And Ash knew it.
Ash's smirk grew. Score. She was happily curled up in warm, blue cloth and snoring within minutes.
"Toldja ya' wouldn't be gettin' it back anytime soon." Johnny gave a tired, knowing smile. Meena just shrugged and returned the smile, too sleepy to think of anything to say back.
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