#but be we got a whole a hey hi bye state at the end and i wasn't ok because it's one of my favorites off the album i won truly

[xxblairexxss]

A fresh start (p.2)

Pairing : Charles Leclerc x singlemom!reader

Theme : Tiny bit of angst, fluff

Word count : 4.7k

Part 1

In which Charles had a crush on the new member of the team without knowing he was already a good friend of her toddler.

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"Charlie! Charlie! Charlie!"

Joris cackled as he heard the tiny voice come from outside the room. His phone was no longer interesting as he threw a couch pillow to his sleeping friend on the couch, making him grumble and turn his position to the side.

“Charles,” Joris called out.

The driver hummed, his eyes still shut.

"Your little friend is looking for you.” Joris tilted his head when a soft knock came from the door along with the tiny voice, the same one that had been calling his friend from the garage.

"Charlie? Is there anyone inside?"

"Come in, Adam.” To that, the door slowly creaked open as the little kid walked in. He was holding a cute-looking carnosaurus in his small hand and peeked inside to find the friend he was looking for asleep.

"Oh? Charlie’s sleeping!"

Joris stifled his laugh as Adam started tiptoeing inside the room with his pointy finger against his pouty lips. "It’s okay; just talk like you normally do. Charles could sleep through an earthquake. Why are you looking for him?"

He scrambled his way on the couch with full struggle without letting go of the toy in his hand before he finally replied to Joris’ question. "I want to show Charlie my new watch! Look! It has a dinosaur on it!"

"Mommy bought it?” Joris queried. 

"No. Daddy bought it! It’s my first gift from him!” He giggled and squirmed when Charles softly poked at his waist as he slowly got out of his drowsy, somnolent state. "Charlie’s awake!"

"Charles, I’m heading out for a while. See you, Adam. Make sure Charlie doesn’t fall asleep anymore. He has work to do.”

Adam waved to Joris as he made his way out as Charles sat up, yawning from his short nap.

"Bye bye, Joris! Charlie, look!" Adam nearly punched him in the face with his enthusiasm. That would have knock the sleepiness out of him right away. The driver then focused on the watch Adam has been excited to show to him. It was a kids watch in blue with a picture of a dinosaur.

"That’s so cool! Did you go out with your dad?” He grasped the tiny wrist and scanned through the details of the watch.

"We didn’t because daddy was busy, but he bought me a gift!” Adam cupped on his own cheeks and swayed his body left and right, remembering what it felt like to hang out with his dad forever.

"My watch is cool too. Look." It was Charles’ turn to show his as he extended his arm, a cocky smile was plastered on his face.

"Yours doesn’t have a dinosaur like mine!”

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"Hey." He sneaked closer behind your back and leaned down, whispering in your ear. Charles had been trying to find you all alone so he could spend some time with you, but you were either hooked by a group meeting or had to be accompanied by a few other colleagues.

"Hi! Are you looking for Adam? He’s back at the hotel early with my colleague." You closed the door as he followed behind.

"No, I’m looking for you. You are not ignoring me, are you? Because I haven’t seen you since Friday."

"No?" You laughed as you saw him nearly slipped down the stairs as you turned back. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Almost died there.”

You then stopped in your tracks so he could walk with your pace by your side. "I’m not ignoring you. There were a lot of things I needed to get done before next month. Congratulations on the points, by the way!” You turned your body, facing the driver, as your ponytail swayed along.

"Thank you. It could have been podium if I got to see your face before the race." He cackled as you pulled a face at his flirty attempts. "Oh, Adam told me his dad took him out. You told me they had never spent time together. Why all of a sudden?"

The grin on your face was washed off instantly as you pressed your lips into a thin line. This whole thing about your ex-husband was never ending. "I..forced him to. Adam heard kids his age talk about going out with their dads, and he asked me what it was like. His dad kept on telling me he didn’t have money to take Adam out, so I gave him the money only for him to keep most of it for himself."

"So he didn’t actually take Adam out? Give me that.” You handed him the files and laptop bag you had been holding as he took them, leaving you with free hands.

"No. I found out later on that Adam told me he was busy, so they hung out in his house eating takeout while he watched a football match.”

"Adam seemed to be fully satisfied with it, though." He remembered the brightest smile he saw soon as he opened his eyes from his afternoon nap yesterday.

"He just wanted to spend time with him. I don’t know, Charles. I feel like…" It felt so hard to come up with any words that could explain your feelings. You wanted to say you wished you hadn’t made a decision to marry him, but you couldn’t imagine your life without Adam. "I feel like I failed at giving him the life he deserved."

"Don’t say that. Just because he was an irresponsible parent doesn’t mean you fail at doing your part.” He saw you asked for your stuffs and was hesitant to give them because his actual plan was to ask you to go back with him.

"I don’t know. Sorry for ruining the mood. I better get going.” You took back your stuff and were heading towards your friend when he tugged on your wrist.

"Will you be at home this week?"

You turned around and looked at him in confusion. "Yeah. Why?" 

“I just wanted to drop by."

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"Mommy, Charlie is here”! Adam tugged his little arm from your grip while you were trying to fix his hair, and he scampered, a little wobbly with his unlace shoes to get the door.

"Adam!" You yelled out and heard his little voice apologise for leaving you as he struggled to unlock the door.

"I can't—Charlie, I can’t open the door! Oh, it’s open!” He stepped back as Charles peeped in, making the little one laughed. "Your head looks like it’s floating!"

"Hey, munchkin!" He bent down and cradled his little friend’s head as Adam hugged his legs.

"Mommy said I should get ready because you are picking me up. Where are we going, Charlie? Mommy won’t tell me.” He shook his foot as the shoelaces flailing around him made him giggle.

"It’s a secret. You’ll know when we get there.” Charles crouched down and tied the shoelaces before he ran back to you.

"Mommy’s really not coming?"

You shook your head and continued fixing his fluffy hair as he leaned against your chest. "No. It’s just you and Charlie. I’ll be at home."

"Is it okay to leave mommy alone?"

Your heart melted at his worried face as he leaned away from hugging you. "I’ll be all fine, honey. I’ll call Charlie right away if I need any help."

"No! Don’t call Charlie! Call me!" He patted his chest proudly at the suggestion.

"You don’t have any phones, sweetheart.” You laughed and patted his belly.

"I’m using the same phone number as Charlie. Right, Charlie?" Adam looked up and pulled Charles’ finger to get him to back him up.

"Oh, yes! Ring me, and Adam will be the one saying hi.” Charles beamed at the sight of the little one attacking you with kisses before he made his way.

"Let’s go, Charlie!” He held Charles’s pinky finger as both of them made their way to the door, with you following behind.

"Are you sure you don’t mind taking him out?” You voiced your worry, though it was the driver’s idea in the first place. "I don’t want you to feel obligated just because we like each other.”

"It’s a casual hangout day between friends, right, Adam? Don’t worry about it too much, Y/N. I was the one who wanted to take him out. He—"

"Charlie, let’s go! He yelled out.

You gave Charles’ arm a squeeze as Adam pulled him to step out of the house. "You should go now. He’s all handsome and excited."

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"Charlie! Look at that!” He pointed at the long-neck creature on the left, which made Charles arch his brows.

It turned out Adam’s knowledge of dinosaurs wasn’t just ‘dinosaurs’. He knew every single one ever since they stepped inside the dinosaur land whole Charles had to continuously read every board so he could figure out the names.

"What is his name?” Adam blinked and waited for an answer eagerly.

"Oh? The name? I’m not—I'm not sure about that, buddy. Give me a second.” Charles went in front of the board as he scanned through the paragraphs. "It’s cama—what even is this? Camarasaurus?"

"I thought it was Isisaurus! It looked really similar!” Adam stared at the big, life-sized dinosaur sculptures in amazement.

“Isi—whatever the name was, does it have a long neck like this one too?” Charles was pretty sure this was the 50th dinosaur’s name that had ever come out of that little mouth, yet not only he remembered nothing, he could barely repeat any of them.

"Yes! But it’s not as tall as Brachiosaurus!” He squealed and ran a little far, joining a few groups of kids as the sculptures made another round of noise.

"Yeah, my brain is definitely shutting down.” He mumbled and fished out his phone, joining the little one as he looked up at a different-looking sculpture. "Adam, I’m sending a picture to mommy. Smile!"

"Charlie, wait! Can I show my watch too?” He made a little hop and fixed his watch as he lifted his forearm up to the side of his cheeky face, which melted Charles’ heart from the cuteness.

"There you go! I’m sending this one to mommy, yeah?" He chose the most recent picture and clicked on the send button, as it was ticked as delivered right away.

"Tell mommy I miss her too!"

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"Adam said he misses you."

"Also, how is he so smart? He kept on throwing dinosaurs’ names left and right without even seeing the board. I have never felt so humiliated in my life."

"Everything is just dinosaurs to me. I don’t think they deserve a name."

You cackled at the texts you got. When Charles took Adam out, you decided to get your hair done as well as a fresh set of nails with your girlfriends. You hadn’t seen your friends for a while, and it was really fun to be able to catch up with them, updating on whatever happened in each other’s lives. You smiled fondly as your thumb traced the picture of your son on your phone screen, showing off his little watch.

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"Hi, mommy!" Charles handed the little one a paper bag full of new dinosaurs with different shapes and sizes of boxes that were equally big as his frame after you opened the door.

"Look! Charlie bought me new toys!"

You gasped as you peeked inside the bag. "That’s a lot! Charles—"

"It’s okay. He only asked for one, but I wanted him to get the others as well because they are actually pretty cool. Right, Adam? There was this one that flipped its tail, like,”

"Ankylosaurus! The tail can actually move, mommy!” Adam interrupted, and his eyes sparkled with merriment.

"Yeah, whatever that rus was.” Charles scratched the back of his neck as he shrugged. He had given up trying to remember the name because, looking back, they all sounded the same. He was pretty sure he could just throw random words and end it with saurus, and he would get a new dinosaur’s name. While he was too busy recalling the names, you leaned in and left a peck on his cheek, which made him freeze.

"Thank you." You brought your gaze down and locked eyes with Adam as he giggled.

"I think Charlie really likes you, mommy!"

"Okay, buddy. There’s no need to say my feelings out loud.” He laughed as the little one ran to his room. The paper bag swayed and hit his body. "I hope I make his day.”

"Are you kidding? That’s all he’s going to talk about for the rest of the week.” You laughed along, and hands went on his chest as he pulled you closer.

"What did you do today? Did you do something to your hair?"

You brought your hands up and hovered them over your eyes. "I got my hair trimmed and my nails done. What do you think?"

"It’s pretty. Is pretty the right word to compliment nails?” He queried, brows knitted. "It compliments your beautiful eyes so much. Oh, I’ll be going back to Monaco tomorrow. Are you sure you don’t want to tag along until the next race? It’ll only be what, 4 days?

"No, I’m going to my parents’ house tomorrow. They haven’t seen Adam for a while. I’ll see you in the paddock?"

"Call me, alright?” Charles brushed his lips on your forehead and bended down as Adam ran back to his embrace. "See you in my next race, Adam."

"Bye, Charlie! I’ll take care of mommy for you!" He cupped Charles’ cheeks with his little hands.

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"I got it!” You heard Adam’s voice beat on you as he rushed to open the door.

You put your folded clothes aside and left the bedroom while he struggled to pull the big door with the doorbell ringing continuously.

"Daddy!" He managed to eagerly greet the adult before his little body was pushed aside as your ex-husband stamped inside with a scowl on his face.

"Fuck off. Where’s that bitch?"

"What is wrong with you?!” You howled and tried to walk past him to get to your son, who was on the floor, sobbing as he clutched his wrist.

"Me? What’s wrong with me, you asked? Tell me why my son’s face is all over the internet hanging out with a random guy. Are you fucking insane? Weren’t you the one who fucking begged to have full custody over him, and then what? You woke up one day leaving my fucking son with your douchebag just so you could what? Get these done?” He yanked your hair harshly as you yelped from the pain. "You trying to use all these to flirt your way just so you fill up that hole with fresh sticks?"

"Daddy, stop! You are hurting, mommy!” Adam stood back on and used every force to hit on your ex-husband’s leg just so he would let go of you.

"This isn’t about you! Fuck off, worthless.” He swung back his free arm and landed his hand on the flushed cheeks as Adam fell down on his bump.

"Leave him alone! Hit me all you want. Don’t touch him! Please.." You tugged on his arm back as you went in front to kneel down on the floor and cradled Adam’s head in your arms. His small arms immediately clung to your shirt as he hid his face away from his dad.

"Next time I’m seeing him hanging out with someone else, you’ll be dead. I’m still alive and capable enough to be his father. I don’t need someone else to take over my fucking role.” He gave your head a hard shove before he left as Adam wailed and whimpered in your arms. He had never cried this terrible before. He was trembling, even, that you had to calm him down until he fell asleep.

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"Where are you going?” Andrea curved his brow as the driver left the meeting right as it ended, without even sparing a glance at anyone else.

"I’m going to see Adam. He should have come and met me hours ago, but I don’t think I have seen him at all. I’ll be right back.” He took his phone and paced to the room where the kid would usually hang out with his colouring books.

Charles softly knocked on the door and waited for a response, which didn’t come. He then twisted the knob and took a step inside, where he saw Adam with the dinosaurs he bought for him a few days ago, all scattered on the table. Though the setting was normal, it was actually unusual because the kid didn’t call his name and didn’t come dashing into him as he usually did. Charles also didn’t get any candy from him today.

"Hey, Adam! What are you doing?” He took a spot next to the little one as Adam handed him one of the toys, one with a fierce-looking face.

"Hi, Charlie.. You can take this one.” Adam’s voice trailed off as he rested his chin on his forearm, completely ignoring the driver.

"What’s the name of this one?” The driver twisted the head of the dinosaur so it would be facing left before placing it on the table.

"That’s Spinosaurus.." 

"Adam, what’s wrong?" Charles ruffled the toddler’s hair to get his attention, which was working as Adam whirled his head to look at Charles. "You are not wearing your watch! Where is it?"

"It’s in my bag.." Adam rubbed his eyes and turned around to look at his blue backpack that was placed on the couch.

"Go get it! Let me help you put it on.” He patted on the flushed cheeks as the kid scooted away from the table and he tottered to get his bag, the. took his spot back beside the driver with the backpack covering half of his face. Charles helped him to open the bag as the chubby little arm fished inside it to get the watch.

The driver’s eyes widen when he sees the state of the watch. The acrylic glass watch was cracked; a few bits of the glass at the corner were long gone, revealing little holes straight to the numbers and watch hands with a dinosaur picture. The watch wasn’t even working anymore. It was clearly dead, as it was still pointed at 12PM. “What happened to your watch, Adam?"

The little one didn't say anything, but he started wiping the back of his chubby hands against his cheeks as the tears started flowing down uncontrollably.

"Did you fall? What happened?"

"Daddy…" He struggled to form any words and started sobbing; his shoulders shook as he breathed in. Charles pulled the little arms away from the crimson face, tugging on it as Adam stood up so Charles could hold the trembling little frame in his arms. "Daddy.."

"Charles, you need to get ready.” Andrea peeked his head inside and closed the door back as he ran back to the garage.

"Adam—" Charles breathed out.

Adam pulled away and wiped his wet eyes with his forearms before the adult could continue his sentence. "Good luck, Charlie!” He managed to form a smile and make a little fist which was still a little shaky as he silently wept

"I’ll find you back in here after the practise round, alright?” He wiped off the stray tears and softly pinch on the cheeks, which made the little one giggle.

"Look!" He stumbled back to his little friends and arranged them all to face drivers, stopping time to time to wipe off the tears and clapped his hands as he was completely satisfied with the presentation. "They said good luck to you too!"

"I’ll definitely ace the practise round for you and your... um, rausus friends. Don’t cry, alright? See you, munchkin.”

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"Adam, we are going back, sweetheart.” You walked to him and kissed the crown of his head as you took his backpack.

"But," He stood up and filled his arms with the row of reptile toys as he tilted his head to look at you. "But Charlie asked me to wait for him, mommy."

"I thought you were hungry, love. We are going to eat.” You bent down so he could stuff his toys inside the backpack.

"It’s okay, I’m not hungry! I can wait for Charlie.” He gave a little thumbs up and chuckled when you laughed.

"Alright, then. We’ll wait for Charlie."

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"Charlie!" Adam squealed when Charles walked in, around half an hour after.

"Hi! Oh, you are all packed?��� He ruffled Adam’s hair and smiled as his gaze landed on you on the couch.

"We are going to eat! Can Charlie join us, mommy?” His small hand was secured in Charles’ grip as he grinned cheekily at you.

"I can’t, Adam. I need to stay back a little while because I have things to do, but I’ll see you in a few hours. Is it okay?” He looked up to you, silently waiting for your approval, as he didn’t want to bother if you wanted to rest.

"Of course. I’m sure Adam doesn’t mind. Right, Adam?" The end of your mouth tilted as you looked at the little one while you took the lead, walking out of the room, followed by the boys.

"Yes! Oh! Charlie, were you fast?” Adam stopped walking as he waited for Charles’s answer.

"What do you mean? Ah, the practise round? Yeah! I got first place thanks to you." 

"And my friends!” He jumped out of excitement; the sound of the toys shaking against each other could be heard as the backpack moved.

"Yeah! And you too.” Charles winked at you, which made you roll your eyes with a beam.

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"Hey, pretty. Mind if I take Adam out?” Charles went straight away with his question the minute you opened the door to your hotel room.

"Right now?" You blinked.

"Yeah, just for a while. We’ll be back before dinner. Just text me what you want to eat.” Friday wasn’t as packed as other days. He normally would stay in his room to take enough rest before another practise and qualifying round tomorrow, but he spent hours trying to find the closest store on Google, and the nearest was just a few minutes away so it would be a waste to miss this chance because he knew he wouldn’t be free by tomorrow, moreover on the actual race day.

"Adam?" You called out, opening the door a little wider.

"Yes, mommy?" Adam came running, his voice a little shaky from his wobbly cheeks.

"Charlie is taking you out for a while. Is it okay for you?” Your hand went to the back of his head as he hugged your leg. You saw his face light up as he waved at Charles.

"Okay!" He agreed right away and grasped Charles’ hand. "But where are we going?"

"Somewhere. Let’s go before it’s closed!"

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Charles looked down as he heard Adam giggled. "Charlie, look at that! The puppy is so cute!” He giggled again, and his steps became more leisure as he waited for the fluff to walk past him. "The tail was like,” He shook his free hand vigorously to imitate the tail, which made Charles throw his head back and laugh and they continued walking.

"Oh! There’s flowers!" He pointed at the flower shop in front of him, seemingly to be very intriguing to the little one, as he stopped and tugged on the driver’s hand. "Can I buy one, Charlie?"

"But what? The flowers?" Charles looked at the flower shop in front of him and back at the kid.

"I want to buy one for mommy! Oh, wait..." He patted his small hand against the pocket of his pants and pursed his lips. "I don’t have any money..”

"Let’s go." He took the lead and went into the shop as Adam looked around, looking amazed at the selections.

"Hi! How may I help you?” The florist greeted them, bending down to greet the little one.

"I want to buy flowers for mommy! She likes yellow!” Adam replied, his gaze followed the florist as she took a single sunflower from her left.

"I think your mom will like this one!"

"Yes! Charlie, can I get this one?” He looked up and swayed his little hand that was in Charles’ grip. "Please?"

"Can I get it in a bouquet, please?” The driver’s request was being done right away as she went to get a bunch of the flowers to get them wrapped up in craft paper.

"Please make it pretty too!” Adam added.

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Charles and Adam walked into the store as the driver greeted the owner, while the little one looked around with the bouquet in his arm that he insisted on holding.

"Hi. I texted you earlier regarding the item?” He came up to the counter while the owner got himself busy as he went to get the item that was mentioned.

Adam stayed silent, his hand still holding Charles’ as he softly sang what he believed was a dinosaur song while playing with his foot. “I'm a dinosaur, dinosaur! Oh, I am a dinosaur..." Charles had to bit his lips to hold his chuckle so he wouldn't interrupt the little performance and tilted his head back as the owner walked back with a small, square box.

"Would you like to try it first?"

"Yeah." He retrieved the watch and bent down, cutting off Adam’s little song. "Adam, try this one."

He looked down at what Charles had in his hand and squealed. "It’s a dinosaur watch! It’s a dinosaur watch! Is it for me?"

"Yeah! Let’s put it on you.” He hopped in place, unable to contain his excitement, while Charles secured the green-coloured, brand new watch around his plump wrist. "Do you like it?"

"Yes! Yes! It looks like a stegosaurus!” He pointed at the frame, which sort of looked like the plates of the dinosaurs.

"That’s what I thought too. I just couldn’t remember the name of the dinosaur.” He stopped Adam’s little hand as he tried to take it off in order for him to put it back in the box. "It’s okay. Just keep on wearing it. You look handsome, munchkin.” He the continued with the bills as they walked out to the final place of the day to get some takeout for dinner.

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"Hi! Did you have fun? You moved your head away from getting hit in the face with the plastic that was wrapped around the flower bouquet that your little one was holding.

"Mommy, look! I bought this for you! Oh, Charlie did.” You took the flowers as he hugged your neck.

"Nah, he bought it himself. I should definitely step up my flirting game.” Charles walked inside after you and locked the door as Adam and you settled on the cosy couch.

"It’s so pretty, sweetheart! It’s mommy’s favourite colour too.” You hugged the bouquet in your arms and pecked at his little cheeks, as the green coloured thing that was secured on his wrist caught your attention. "Oh? What’s that?" You asked, taking his left arm closer to you.

"Oh! Charlie gave me this new watch! It’s so pretty, mommy! Look!" He seemed to remember about the watch now only when you pointed it out, so it was his turn to carry on the conversation. "It has dinosaurs at the back and here too! He pointed at the green dinosaur by the strap and squealed.

You looked at Charles as he stared at Adam lovingly, which made you smile, before focusing back on his little chat.

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"Is he asleep? He scooted a little to the side so you would get comfortable in his arms. He had left you to tuck Adam in while he played around with the remote control, switching from channels to channels as he waited for you to come back.

"Yeah." You rested your head on his chest after you made yourself comfortable on the couch, eyes staring at the television. You felt his hand on your back as he leaned his cheek against your hair. "I don’t think I could ever pay back everything you did to him."

"I’m not doing it just so I could get something back in return, love. Don’t be silly.” He then went silent for a while, wondering if this was the perfect time to bring up the topic. "Why didn’t you tell me what happened?"

You breathed in, knowing he would bring it up sooner or later after Adam told you he cried in front of the driver earlier. “It was a few days away from the weekend. I didn’t want you to worry about something else when your focus should be on your career." You looked up and saw him look in dismay at your words. "I’m sorry."

"There’s no need to argue about something that has happened.” His hand cupped on your cheek as he dipped his head to kiss your forehead. "I called my lawyer to ask him to get you a restraining order against him. Perhaps this way it will be easier for you instead of waiting for a response from the authority."

"But—"

"I’m not taking a no this time, Y/N. He told me he would need you to fill out a few forms as well as physical evidence; can you do that?” He gave your shoulder a squeeze as you sat up straight to look at him.

"Yeah… I do keep some evidence from his text messages and police report, but Charles, I don’t think I could afford to pay your lawyer.”

He frowned as he tilted your chin up. "Did I even say anything about money?  All I said was forms and evidence, Y/N."

"But you had done more than enough. I can’t—"

"Okay, then be my girlfriend.”

"What?" Your words were stuck in your throat as you looked at him in disbelief.

"That’s the only way I’ll accept a payment from you. Be my girlfriend when we get all these things settled."

"Silly." You scrunched your nose, hand went to pinch on his cheek as he laughed before pulling you to lay down with him and spend the rest of the night without having to worry about a dinosaur’s name.

“You know what, I kept on humming Adam’s dinosaur song. I think it’s stuck in my head. Do you happen to know the full song?”

“I can send you the video with lyrics?”

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If your usernames were crossed, meaning I can’t tag you! Let me know if you would like to be removed or to be added to the tag list! Or if I missed anyone!

[stxuxrniolochris]

safari guide p2 - Chris Sturniolo

P1

Summary~~ You work at a safari and famous youtubers rent out the whole place and one catches your eye. Will it lead to anything?~~

*not proofread*

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Y/n pov

The night tour was quick because we were running late and had to speed it up. I still couldn’t stop smiling the whole time. I had a few small talks with Nick about their youtube career. It was honestly interesting but the whole time I was thinking about Chris. I also figured out he was funny, every joke he made could’ve killed me. That could also just be the excitement of the whole situation.

“Well that’s the end of the day, anyone have any questions.” I smile and the three of them. They shook their heads and smiled. “No, thank you so much, it was so much fun.” Nick beamed. I smiled before saying, “Of course, I’ll see you guys in the morning for breakfast.” I walked off and heard collective ‘byes’ from the boys.

I walked into my tent and took a deep breath. What a fucking day. As I was recapping my day I felt myself smiling at just the thought of Chris. I sighed grabbing a pre-rolled joint from my pocket and walked outside. I wasn’t an avid smoker but I had a few at work to take the edge off. Some of the workers just do my head in. I can’t wait to see what the triplets think of the wake up call, I’ve heard it millions of times and I’m still considering death when I hear it every time. I go to the same rock as earlier, I always came here. I loved it. You could see nearly the whole safari. I took the joint in between my lips and lit the other end of it. Taking a deep breath in I looked out at the landscape in-front me, just enjoying the peace.

I was pulled out of my thought when I heard footsteps from behind. It was dark so I couldn’t figure it out but I just selfishly hoped it wasn’t any of my Co-workers, I considered this my spot. “Thought I’d find you out here.” A familiar voice spoke getting closer. I smiled and relaxed. Chris. “Hey” I smiled back. He was the one person I wanted it to be. And I barely knew him one day. “You smile a lot.” He stated while staring at me. “Sorry?” I half questioned while laughing. “No I like it, it’s cute.” My cheeks for sure went bright red, thank god it was dark. “You’re so corny.” I said shaking my head. “Yes but you know you like it.” He teased. I just laughed taking a hit, making sure to blow away from his face. “You smoke a lot?” He questioned. “Nah not often, just at work sometimes.” He nodded. I put it out beside me, making a mental note to pick it up incase the animals got it or something. I shivered, it was fucking freezing. “Cold?” Chris laughed. I nodded quickly while hugging myself. “Cmon” he gestured his hand out for me to take it, and I did happily.

I giggle as he pulled me by the arm in the dark towards the tent. He pulled me into one far away from the rest. He zipped it up and stood in-front of me and placing his hands on my waist. We just stared at each other. He moved his hands down to the bottom of your shirt and moved his hands under the fabric. His freezing hands against my bare skin sent shivers through me. The only sounds were are heavy breaths and the occasional animal noises. He leaned in and so did I. He stopped just in-front of my lips to a point where they were grazing of each others. Are noses touching along with are foreheads pressed against each other. “Hey.” He smiled against my lips. “Hi.” I breathed before he connected his lips to mine. The kiss was needy and hungry. His hands started to go up my top further till they were just under my bra, tracing the lace.

I pulled away briefly, “What about your brothers.” I whispered. “What about them?” He hummed still fiddling with the end of my bra. I know I shouldn’t do anything here but I needed him. I connected are lips again and he slowly walked backwards towards the bed, until his legs hit the end of it and sat down. I stood in between his legs as he manspread, looking up at me.

He hooked one of his arms around my leg and pulled it around, and did the same with the other so I was straddling him. He laid fully back and I sat over him, leaning down placing my hands of his chest to stable myself. I gave him a quick peck before going down to his jaw, kissing all over his face. His hands gripped my waist. He brought one up to my face and turned it to face him. “I was looking at you all day, you know?” He said slowly lifting the hem of your shirt up. “Oh yea?” He hummed back and pulled your shirt up more. “Can i take this off?” He asked, I nodded quickly helping him. My shirt was fully of and I was just in my bra. He stared at me playing with the clasp. “This too?” He asked. “If you take yours off.” I responded, feeling a bit insecure. He followed and fully took his top off. While he took his off I unclasped my bra. He stared at me and I subconsciously covered myself with my arms. He quickly grabbed them pulling them down. “No ma, you’re beautiful.” He said while kissing one of my breasts. He went back to my lips, kneading my tits with his hands. I held his face in my hands.

I heard rustling but just brushed it off as wind. Until I heard voices.

“Chris??.” One shouted.

“Where are you?” Another shouted.

I stared down at Chris shocked and scared. He looked more shocked than he did scared. I quickly lifted myself of him looking for my bra, covering myself with my tshirt while I looked. the sound of a zipper made me snap my head up, eyes widening. Chris was pulling his shirt over his head quickly when a familiar head looked in. Nick.

“What the fuck.” He stated blankly looking at the scene infront of him. The girl he met 12 hours ago and his brother, together, both shirtless. I stood there shocked not knowing what to do.

“Nick get the fuck out of here, I’ll be there in a few.” Chris stated waving him off. He looked at you shocked. Before laughing so loudly you thought he’d be oxygen deprived if he didn’t breathe in the next second. “Chris it’s not funny.” You said while hitting his arm, trying to hide your smile. “Kinda is.” He chuckled.

Well shit.

a/n: I hate this deeply, you can tell I wrote it in 25 mins.

[bonobonoyaatheart]

Video Call - Yang Jeongin

Summary : You're out on tour, and you both miss each other like crazy. You overwork yourself as distraction, which worries Jeongin. His video calls become the solution to all this.

Genre: Angst, Fluff.

Pairing: Non idol Jeongin x fem idol reader

It had been a whole week since you had embarked on your tour, and you found yourself missing him desperately. This was your first tour since the two of you had started dating, and he occupied your thoughts constantly. In an attempt to distract yourself, you poured all your energy into your work, which slowly morphed into an alarmingly unhealthy obsession.

His state of mind mirrored yours. He was going crazy in your absence, and your only contact had been through calls and simple texts. He had attempted a few video calls, but your schedule had been too demanding to spare even a moment.

The fans' ecstatic cheers reverberated in your ears as the magnificent performance concluded. Your head was spinning, and the stage lights dimmed. Exhaustion enveloped you entirely, and you observed everything fading into darkness, aware of your fellow members rushing to your side.

"Y/Nie, can you hear us?" "Get some water!" "Quick, take her backstage!" "Y/N needs rest!" "Hey, wake up!" "Should we call for external oxygen?" "Help me support her!"

Panicked voices of your fellow members filled the air as they relocated you to a makeshift medical room backstage. After some time, you slowly opened your eyes to find your fellow members gazing at you with deep concern. "She's awake, Unnie! Y/N is awake!" Mia called out to Jieun, and one by one, everyone gathered around.

Suddenly, your phone rang, and it was Jeongin on a video call. Aecha answered the call. "Unnie, please, don't mention today to Jeongin. Don't say anything, please," you implored. "Speak sparingly, kid. Just rest. We'll handle everything else," Mia instructed Aecha, who then accepted the call.

"Hey, guys! What's everyone up to? Where's Y/N?" Jeongin asked cheerfully. Aecha turned the camera towards you. "Your stubborn girlfriend overexerted herself and fainted after the performance," Seojun stated, glaring at you. "She doesn't listen to us, Jeongin, so please talk some sense into her," Mia said with genuine concern.

You were incredibly tired, not awake enough to engage with him at that moment. "How is she now? I know she can be stubborn sometimes, but all of this worries me even more," Jeongin expressed. "Three more days in Brazil," Jieun mentioned. "Don't worry; we'll take care of her."

"I trust you guys, but it's hard for me here. I already miss her so much, and situations like these keep me up at night," Jeongin admitted, his voice softening.

"We understand, Jeongin, but don't stress. We've got her back," Mia assured him with a gentle smile. "Yes, I'm sure you'll do great. Anyways, bye! Good night!" Jeongin bid your bandmates farewell, and the call ended.

The next day, you refrained from participating in the choreography, and your members texted Jeongin after the concert. Within a few minutes, you received a video call from him.

"Hey, babe, how are you feeling now? Did you get some rest?" Jeongin inquired, genuinely concerned. "Yeah, my members practically forced me to rest and sleep. I had nothing to do for half the day, which was the worst part," you replied. Jeongin's expression grew somber. "It's okay, baby. You need proper rest after everything you've put yourself through."

"But, Innie, I can't stop thinking about you and us and all those things. Working extra hard at least keeps those thoughts at bay. I miss you so much here; it feels like I can't function without you," you admitted, tears threatening to spill over. Your breathing grew heavier as you fought back the urge to break down.

"Hey, look at me. Baby, I miss you too. It's alright. Breathe. Take deep breaths; I'm right here," Jeongin reassured you, his heart aching as he watched your tears flow. "Y/Nie, it's only a few more days, okay? Baby, look at me." Jeongin couldn't help but feel guilty for not being there with you.

"Am I making you sad too? I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," you hurriedly wiped away your tears. "I shouldn't make it harder for both of us."

Jeongin quickly dismissed your apology. "Don't apologize, baby; it's alright." "I guess I should hang up, or I'll cry even more." Before Jeongin could respond, you ended the call. He sighed, unable to bear watching you suffer alone any longer.

The following day, he video called you once again, but this time, he had changed the background. You had just finished your fifth performance, and your mood was genuinely uplifted. "Hey, what are you up to? You know the performance was incredible. We didn't expect such an overwhelming response from the fans. They were screaming the entire time. But what's with the flowery background?"

"Just for you, baby; you're my flower," Jeongin said, flashing you an ear-to-ear smile. "Don't be too cheesy, boy," you teased, marveling at how easily he could make you blush. "Why, do you like it?" Jeongin burst into hearty laughter. "So what are you going to do now that you're done rocking the stage?"

"Nothing much, I'll probably just rest and chill. We don't have much scheduled for tomorrow," you replied, smiling. "That's great!" Jeongin exclaimed.

"Jeongin, are you walking somewhere? Where are you?" you asked with a hint of suspicion. "Oh, that... I'm just heading to the grocery store, nothing special," he replied with a small smile. "Are you doing alright?" He inquired, "Well, I still miss you terribly, Innie," you confessed.

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. "Wait, I'll open it," you said. "Just a second, baby, someone's here." Jeongin gave you a thumbs up. You opened the door to find Jeongin standing there, a broad smile on his face, still on video call. "Surprise!" he cheered.

"You... Jeongin... for real?" You were stunned, overwhelmed by the sight of your boyfriend, arms wide open for a hug. You rushed into his embrace. "You stupid idiot, jerk! Why didn't you tell me you were coming? Do you know how hard it is to get last-minute plane tickets? Why didn't you tell me? Is this your idea of grocery shopping?" You lightly playfully hit his chest, and he could barely hold back his laughter. "I came here because I couldn't wait to see you, baby. Anything for you."

You held him tightly, not realizing you were crying until Jeongin spoke up. "Let's go inside first, baby. I don't want you crying out here like this," he said, leading you to the bedroom. You clung to him like a koala. "Innie, I missed you so, so much." "That's why I'm here, baby. Come on, show me that pretty smile."

You smiled at him. "That's my girl!" he exclaimed, his voice trembling with emotion. "Hey, Innie, please don't tell me you're going to cry too. That's my thing to do," he laughed softly, pulling you closer.

"Now that you're here, and I have a relaxed schedule, let's go out and explore the streets tomorrow," you suggested, hoping for a positive response. "Sure, just make sure no one recognizes you," he ran his slender fingers through your hair, caressing your soft locks. You relaxed into his touch.

He was there with you, in his arms, after all. You couldn't be happier, and neither could he. Moments like these were what your heart would cherish for a lifetime—tiny, joyful memories, precious and special.

[graceloveswolves]

He Imprints On You Part 4

I glanced up at my alarm clock, it was currently 6:58 in the morning. I sighed, despite the sun still being asleep I don’t think I could go back to sleep knowing Jake could be spending his last few days with Billy. I just don’t see why he wouldn’t just tell me what was wrong with his dad though. It was partly infuriating. Hell, Jacob was infuriating. I opened my phone and started looking through flights, not even knowing how I was going to get packed and ready or what I was going to tell the Berlys. That’s of course, if they would even notice I was gone in the first place. It would probably be better if they didn’t. The good thing about the Beryl’s is that they were loaded with money, and didn’t care much about me to begin with. The cheapest flight I could find was a one way ticket to Washington at 9:45 in the morning today. Good. Bought.

I could have gotten a more expensive ticket considering it was the Beryl’s card I was using, but some part of me felt guilty and I knew I could survive it anyways, I mean anyone who lived on the Res was by all means used to living in poverty. Hell more then half of them probably never even been on a plane let alone out of Washington. Now it was time to pack. How long would I be there? A day? A week? A month? Hell, who knows, with luck Jacob would still have some of my clothes I didn’t bother to grab last time I was there. Should I tell the Beryl’s? What would they say? Would they let me? I shook my head, it will probably better if I text them before I take off on my flight, that way they’ll just have to accept it for what it is. And as soon as I had showered, packed, and took the trash out, I was in my car and on the way to the airport.

“ID please.” The tall man stated, not even bothering to look at me. I picked through my wallet quickly and pulled it out, handed it to him. I noticed a silver band on his wedding finger. It was strange, all these people you meet or encounter in your life have a whole other life as well, with spouses, children, pets, and probably have thousands of things in common with you. Yet, you potentially walk past some people that could’ve been one of the most important people in your life if given the chance to know them. “Alright, to your left.” The guy said, pointing briefly in that direction where you saw TSA employees and a conveyor belt with empty gray bins next to it. “Here we go” I huffed, ready to just be back at the Rez.

The flight wasn’t bad, aside from the screaming babies and kids kicking the back of your seat. Once I landed, I called Jacob, who picked up almost immediately. “Hey, I just got off the plane. Where are you?” I searched the crowd for signs of him, it was weird, I caught myself trying to look for the scrawny long haired boy I grew up with. “Geez about time that was a long flight huh.” Jake sassed, ignoring my question. “Yeah it was and I didn’t fly all the way over here to lis-“ “okay okay, I’m sorry I get it.” He cut me off, surrendering. “We are by the baggage claim, already got your suitcase.” “We?! Who is we?” I furrowed my eyebrows, “Seriously Jake don’t tell me you dragged Billy all the way out here.” I said, making my way to the sign that pointed towards Baggage Claim. “Relax, it’s just a friend. I’ll see you in a few. Bye.” He ended shortly, as I hung up the phone and shoved it aggressively in my pocket. “Friend… friend…” I repeated as I scoffed.

It wasn’t hard to find him, his new abnormal growth spurt had him and his friend peering over the people who were racing towards their loved ones or scrambling to get their suitcases. As I was getting closer I tried to keep making out who his friend was but people kept blocking the view or getting in my way, it didn’t help I wasn’t exactly tall. But eventually as I shoved my way past I saw him.

* As I went to take a step, I accidentally walking right into one of his new druggie friends. Who I hadn’t realize were right behind me and were so close.

The rock hard frame had caught me, leaving me stunned from whiplash. “Watch it asshole!” I spat up at him, anger snapping out. Our eyes locked, and I had noticed which one I had ran into. I believed his name was Paul, very hotheaded if I remember right from Jake.

I suddenly regretting snapping this particular member once noticing him staring dead back at me, not letting go of my hips which were in his grasp. However as I looked closer, his stare didn’t hold anger, it held surprise, and shock.

And it was making me uncomfortable, just like my soggy wet clothes I was currently in, and would be driving in, all the way to Texas. “Get off me perv!” I exclaimed, pushing the star struck guy away from me, marching my way into my car. *

Paul Lahote… out of all the friends he had to bring, he brought the one I insulted. It had me partly wondering if he had done this on purpose. He stated back at me intensely, as if I was the only person in this airport. “Hi. I believe you have something that belongs to me.” I said, reaching my hand out towards Paul, who was holding my suitcase. Jacob nudge him slightly, and without breaking eye contact he handed me my suitcase.

“It’s a nice color.” I looked up at Paul, looking confused. “T-the suitcase, it’s a nice color.” He clarified, pointing to the red suitcase in my arms. “Oh. Thank you. It’s my favorite color.” I brushed off, looking towards Jake, who awkwardly laughed. “Y/n, you remember Paul?” “Yes.”I responded, which was all I got out, nervously laughing at the awkward situation. “Well the traffic isn’t getting any lighter.” Jake sarcastically remarked, dragging all of us towards the exit sign. As we got to his car, he popped the trunk and I flinched a bit at the feel of my arm being lighter. I looked over and saw Paul walking over to the car with my suitcase. “I’d thought you would’ve packed heavier, which is why I brought Paul. But I should’ve known better, you’ve always been unprepared.” Jake teased.

“Well I mean when you call me at the crack of dawn with this life threatening emergency, I packed as fast as I could. Speaking of, are you going to tell me what’s wrong with Billy, and you for that matter I mean seriously, wanna slide me whatever you’ve been putting in your cereal?” I joked, poking at his large bicep. Which I heard a deep chuckle from Paul, who looked even larger then Jake. “This is going to be a long car ride.” Jake muttered before we all got into the car.

The drive was long, but not bad as Paul kept asking me a bunch of questions from how I liked the Beryl’s and what my favorite class was to what animals I liked. To which Jake would pitch in from time to time with his own commentary. But once we finally arrived to the house and got out of the car, I saw Jacob and Paul tense and go quiet. I went to get my bag from the trunk but Paul beat me to it. “Thank you.” I responded, as he silently offered to carry it to the tiny red house I practically grew up in. For a cult, these guys might not be that bad. I thought I’d feel nervous or even sick, coming back here, but I couldn’t help but feel very calm. Like I was right were I needed to be.

Once we walked inside, I looked around, and not to my surprise, nothing changed. “So..” Jake trailed, shutting the door behind us three. “There’s something we need to talk about.” I raised an eyebrow, feeling my heart pick up a few paces. “Y/n! You’re back! Jacob told me you were coming back to visit.” I turned around and saw Billy, who was in his wheelchair all nicely dressed with his hat on.

“Billy…. You look….healthy.”

I turned around and gave Jacob and Paul the biggest glare ever. Boy did they have some explaining to do.

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Okay okay go ahead and yell at me guys… sorry for the cliffhanger! But also I have to say I will not be doing a tag list anymore because i would be spending hours tagging everyone who wants to be tagged IM SORRY!!! But I finally have found some time to write and will probably post a few more requests today. I will be continuing this series probably for awhile. I hope you guys like it and I’m so so so grateful for every single one of you guys.

[verslxt]

Suna x y/n

Suna and y/n are at the store and as they are checking out they run into y/n’s abusive ex and then suna goes into a super protective state that it takes y/n awhile to fix him up after he beat the crap out of him. After the fixing of the wounds they spent the whole night cuddling and comforting each others wounds and feelings.

Idk what this is I was just typing and soo….

okayy i can do that, i might change some things up tho

pairing : suna x fem!y/n genre : fluff?? warnings : mentions of sh, mentions of abuse, suna 'marking' you as his tell me if i missed any songs : daddy issues, karma, i'm yours (sped up), you belong with me

story after the cut :)

you and suna walked into the party. you and suna heard about it from your brother aran so you decided to go. you were in a black top that you thrifted and then cut the front open and laced some shoe string though it with some black leggings and black thigh high boots. you and suna had matching sunglasses on (kinda like these) yours said 'sunas bitch' and his said 'y/ns bitch'. you look over and you see your ex

"baby thats my ex"

"which one. the one before me?"

"the one i told you about the one that stalked me for like 4 months after our break up. the one who gave me the big ass bruise on my ribs"

"oh that fucktard"

"yea"

suna grabs your hand and takes you into a backroom. the party was being held at atsumus house, so he knew this house like the back of his hand. he latched his mouth onto a open part of skin on your collar bone. your breath hitched a little bit. knowing that was right above your seat spot he continued sucking moving up a little bit. after he was done there was a bite mark and a pretty noticeable. you smiled at the new addition. you and suna walk back down stairs just as a new song starts

"i'm a puppet on a string" (brownie points if you can guess the song(hint: arctic monkeys))

you kissed suna and asked him to get you a wine cooler. you walked over to your brother who was hanging out with atsumu, sakusa and kita. you smiled at the four.

"sup fuckers"

"sup sunas bitch" atsumu said, obviously playing off what your sunglasses said

"pretty prominent hickey there" sakusa said pointing at it with a red solo cup in his hand

"oh yea thats just because yunhas here, y'all remember him right"

"i could never forget someone that i beat the shit out of" aran said wiping his nose

you and suna got through the party but as it started to wind down yunha approached you

"bye love you girly" you said blowing a kiss to kiyoko

"hey y/n"

"oh hey yunha"

'i bet you wanna cum on me' (brownie points if you can get this one too(hint: summer walker))

you looked away to see where suna was but he was no where to be seen

"i've been looking at you all night i'm guessing in sunha gave you those hickeys"

'he pronounced his name wrong' you thought to yourself. you mentally rolled your eyes and looked for suna one more time. thats when he grabbed your cheeks and pulled you to face him. thats when you swung. hitting him right next to his eye

thats when suna showed up again. he watched you punch yunha

you got down to his level the 'S' necklace hanging down

"thats what you fucking get you were the whole reason i started to cut" you hit him once more "fuck you bitch and that baby ain't yours. your new girlfriends a slut" you kicked him and hit him once more.

you and suna walked out of the party

"my knuckles hurt"

"well thats what happens when you hit someone as hard headded as him"

"can we go home, i just wanna watch movies"

"of course baby"

you got into passenger seat of the black jaguar and suna drove off. you hooked up your phone and decided to play some music

"ooh i just killed my ex not the best idea, killed his girlfriend next"

the song ended

"i love you, i love how you are never afraid to stand up for yourself. you are such a boss bitch. i'm happy i'm marrying you"

you smiled "i'm happy i'm marrying you too"

you two arrived home a few minutes later

"babe aran sent me a photo and your engagement ring left a pretty big mark"

you smiled. you unlocked the front door and walked inside. instantly being greeted by your golden doodle and pitbull.

"hey luna and yunnie" you pet both of them and walked over to the treats bowl and grabbed two bones "sit!"

you commanded "speak!"

yunnie your golden doodle barked first, gave her the bone. luna your pitbull barked next you also gave her the bone. the two dogs in their cages and suna getting the tv on you went upstairs and changed. into one of sunas shirts and some pajama pants. you threw your hair into a messy bun and took your makeup off. you took your contacts out and put your glasses on

you walked back downstairs and saw suna picked the movie the black phone.

"i know its your favorite movie and you've had a pretty rough day"

you smiled and kissed suna

[stargirlposts]

I took inspiration from El Malo by Aventura

El Malo

CHAPTER 1

I already posted CHAPTER 2

Oscar and I had been together since we were teens. Things were difficult for us but we always seemed to make it work. One couldn’t be without the other. I honestly don’t even know how he convinced me to go on a date with him. We were so different, he was the bad guy and I was the good girl.

He failed me, he told me that he wasn’t gonna do anything bad and I trusted him and then he got locked up and was sentenced to eight years. It hurt having to see him through a glass window that separated us. I only visited him once cause I felt betrayed but I took Cesar whenever I could. I promised him that I would take care of Cesar until he got out of jail and I kept that promise.

Its been four years since he got arrested and a three years since I last visited him..

(Flashback)

It took me almost ten months after Oscar got arrested to finally come see him. My heart was pounding in my chest when our eyes met, no emotions behind those brown eyes as they brought him in and un cuffed his hands. I picked up the phone as he sat and did the same.

“Hey..’’, I said not knowing what to say after not seeing him for almost a year taking in all of his features, him doing the same.

“Hey baby, how’ve you been?’’ He asked, his eyes softening.

“I’ve been okay and you? How is it in there?” I asked him not being able to hide how concerned I was.

“Don’t worry about me, nena, Cesar told me you moved into the house, he’s not giving you any trouble is he..?”

I smiled a little at this.

“No, he’s actually been doing really good in school and helps me around the house..”

“That’s good..” he said as silence filled the air.

“Y/N..” He said my name so tenderly and put his hand against the glass. I felt my eyes getting teary as I looked at him.

“You lied to me, you told me you loved me and you lied about everything-“

“I do, I meant what I said.” He stated cutting me off

“You can’t love me from here, you never have! You never have! ” I raised my voice as a tear rolled down my cheek.

“I’m sorry, I know I failed you, I’ve made mistakes” he said as his hand slid down the glass.

“Mistakes?” I asked with a scoff, more tears running down my face.

“Si, si, errores, pero eso no tiene nada que ver con amor, it’s been a disaster but I’ve always loved you, I still love you, I always will”

“Stop, stop, I can’t” I slammed the phone and got up, I could feel his eyes on me the entire time until I walked out the door.

(End of Flashback)

My eyes watered remembering that day as I looked out the window of Dwayne’s Joint BBQ. I started seeing someone about a year ago, after I unofficially broke up with Oscar. His name is Tony and he’s the complete opposite of Oscar, I hate myself for always comparing him to Oscar. It’s almost as if he doesn’t have any flaws, he seems too perfect for me.

“Earth to Y/N!” I snapped out of the trance I was in when I saw Tony waving his hand in my face.

“Sorry, must’ve spaced out” I forced a chuckle out as I blinked rapidly to clear my eyes of any tears.

Tony smiled, “What’s going on in that head, amor?”

“Nothing, just thoughts”I stated bluntly as I looked over to see Dwayne putting the check on the table with the food that I ordered for Cesar to go.

“Thanks Dwayne” I looked up at him with a smile as Tony handed him the money.

“No, thank you tell Cesar I said hey “

“I’ll let him know, bye”

Tony and I walked out holding hands walking towards his car. When we got inside I saw three men with Santos tattoo on their neck staring my way. I tried my best to ignore them but their intense stares made me want the ground to swallow me whole and I know Tony felt intimidated.

They made it their lives mission to always try and intimidate Tony whenever they saw him.

“I’m sorry about that” I apologized as I looked over at him as he drove to Oscar’s house.

“ You don’t have to apologize, I get that they don’t like me much”

The entire ride was filled with an uncomfortable silence..at least for me until we got to Oscar’s house.

“Thanks, I really enjoyed today” I said with a small smile.

“I’m glad, I really did too” he stated as he looked like he wanted to say something else but didn’t know how to say it.

“What? Is something wrong?” I asked confused.

“C-can I kiss you?” He asked tenderly

He always asked even the first time we got intimate. He’s very vanilla and I’m so used to something else I didn’t really like it. I tried going rough one time and he didn’t like it so I stopped. I thought about cutting him off but I didn’t want to hurt his feelings.

“Yea, of course” I told him as I forced a smile.

He got closer and closed the distance between our lips. I forced my eyes shut and moved my lips against his. He was gonna deepen the kiss but then there was a knock on the window making us jump and look to the side to see who the culprit was.. Cesar. I thanked him with my eyes and he looked at me with a knowing look.

Tony rolled the window down as I got out and greeted Cesar. He forced a tight lipped smile and waved.

“Bye, Thanks again Tony “ I waved as he reluctantly drove off into the road. I put my arm on Cesar’s shoulder as we walked inside the house.

“So, how was the visit with Oscar ?”

“Umm, good, I actually have something to tell you..”

“Oh yea, what is it, is something wrong?”

I asked as we walked into the house and I leaned on the couch, watching as he scratched the back of his neck nervously.

“Cesar, come on, spill it”

“Um, Oscars getting out tomorrow”

I felt my heart stop and my vision become blurry.

“What?”

[pommpuriinn]

Act: Sweet Mirage US Tour

🧷 finally tubatu made it to US for their American leg of the tour! Joohyung can finally show off her improve english skills.

Charlotte Day

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung was really excited to finally be in the states again and you can really tell by the way she was acting and interacting with moas

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung saw a lot of different posters which made her laugh with what was written on them and she even brought it up during their ments. “I see many signs and they’re really funny.” Joohyung said in her broken english making moas scream. “Like that one.” Joohyung pointed out in the crowd at a girl who had a sign that said ‘joohyung is MINE girlfriend’ which the camera got and showed on screen. “Hey!” Beomgyu placed his hands on his hip. “Noona is mine girlfriend!” Beomgyu argued, making the members burst out laughing. “It’s ok you can share with moa.” Yeonjun said, placing his hand on Beomgyu’s shoulder.

“No sharing.” Beomgyu shook his head ‘no’ making everyone laugh at their silly moment. “Only for tonight we share.” Joohyung smile earning screams and an offended looking Beomgyu

᩠͡♡↬as Joohyung got close to the edge of the stage she saw someone hold out a little naked baby figurine that was dress up as a cat towards her. “What is this?” Joohyung asked, as she got the security to give it to her. “A sonny angel!” The moa responded quickly. “It’s cute. Can I have it?” Joohyung held the naked cat baby up against her cheek. A perfect photo moment for moas. “Yes! Yes please take it!” The moa started jumping with excitement. “Thank you, I’ll take care of it.” Joohyung waved ‘bye’ and ran with her new sonny angel.

᩠͡♡↬during the ‘Happy Fools’ Yeonjun made Joohyung be the student as he taught everyone his little dance to the song. “I think noona messed up.” Kai rose his hand and turning to Yeonjun. “Hey~ I don’t mess up.” Joohyung whined. Joohyung was being unintentionally cute and the members couldn’t take it. “Noona so cute today.” Soobin lovely smile at Joohyung who was laughing at herself.

᩠͡♡↬Soobin and Joohyung were together during the final song ‘Our Summer’ and it was time to hear moas sing the song, but all the two heard was moas mumbling the korean words until they got to ‘like our summer’. Which they looked at each other and started laughing.

Belmont Park Day 1

᩠͡♡↬“Joo!”

“Tae!”

“Hello we’re JooTae Blue~” the US finally got to hear the duo’s famous introduction. The two immediately got shy as they heard all of the cheers. “Moas love JooTae!” Yeonjun smiled at the duo and then at the crowd.

᩠͡♡↬as the group were dancing to ‘Magic’ Joohyung spotted a moa that was perfectly dancing along with them. Joohyung turned and pointed at them and mouthed ‘dance with me’, so the two were dancing together and Joohyung even sang her lines to her

᩠͡♡↬once again a certain little naked baby has got Joohyung’s attention, but this time the naked baby had a strawberry hat. “Baby?” Joohyung held out her hands in a cupping position. “I brought it for you!” The moa gave it to the security guard and he placed it in her hands. “Thank you moa~” she posed with the sonny angel so they can take a photo of her before getting up and skipping away

᩠͡♡↬when Joohyung came out and started singing ‘Black Mamba’ the whole venue screamed along which surprised Joohyung. It was another viral moment since Joohyung showed a serious face and instantly changed into surprised/smiley face. Moas were also obsessed with Joohyung’s stage outfit and her looks because she truly looked like an AI.

᩠͡♡↬it was the end of the concert and all the members were going around waving bye and making hearts. Joohyung stopped and started reading a moa’s poster which asked ‘can you dance to Le Sserafim’s boom boom dance plz’. It took a quick minute to figure out what boom boom dance they were talking about, but Joohyung got what they were saying and started doing their TikTok challenge for ‘Eve, Psyche & The Bluebeard’s Wife’

Belmont Day 2

᩠͡♡↬as the opening vcr was playing and the group got into there positions, Joohyung was just going to warm up her vocals a bit more. But as she barely sang her mic was already on the the whole venue heard her making them scream. Joohyung quickly covered her mic and all the members held in their laughter as the screen was lifting

᩠͡♡↬just as ‘Blue Hour’ began and both Soobin and Joohyung’s line came, they couldn’t hold it together and started laughing through their lines. They tried keeping it in, but the second they made eye contact it was over

᩠͡♡↬throughout the concert Joohyung kept on adding extra ad-libs proving that Joohyung always eats CDs along with how stable she is while dancing all those tiring chores. Proving everyone why Joohyung is BigHit’s multitalented idol

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung was giving very cute expressions during ‘Angel Or Devil’ giving everyone the warm feeling in their chests, even the members love how cute their noona is being

᩠͡♡↬there was another viral moment that happened at the end of the concert and they were performing ‘Farewell, Neverland’ Joohyung just got finished singing her lines, and normally the camera would pan to the next member. But no it stayed on her and she didn’t know, and as Joohyung stuck out her tongue a bit in her own world. The moas in the front pointed at the screen and then at her causing her to look over and her face was still on the big screen shocking her

᩠͡♡↬of course we couldn’t end the concert without Joohyung’s sonny angel saga. This time as Joohyung was completing a moa’s heart she saw that now there was three naked babies she could choose from. “I want doggy!” Joohyung pointed at the left one. Once she got it, she of course posed with it and ran away

Washington Day

᩠͡♡↬the members were introducing themselves as Joohyung grabbed her water bottle and was sipping it and usually she would put the water bottle back to the front, but this time she kept it with her. So as it was time for her to introduce herself she mistaken the water bottle for the mic, but quickly corrected herself. “I’m Joohyung~” she held in her laugh

᩠͡♡↬moas were happy to finally see bangs on Joohyung! Joohyung hasn’t had bangs like ever maybe when she was child, but never since then

᩠͡♡↬during all their hype songs Joohyung was jumping around and telling moas to ‘bounce!’ Even with all that running around and jumping from corners of the stage she belt out an extra raw high note during the end of ‘Dear Sputnik’. Getting everyone even more pumped up 

᩠͡♡↬finally it was time to take things slow and sing ‘Anti-Romantic’ which is Joohyung’s favorite since she can really admire the crowd and hear them sing along with them. Joohyung took out one of her ear-ins so she can hear moa sing which instantly brought a smile to her face

᩠͡♡↬moas loved how serious and siren like Joohyung looked during her solo stages they just loved how 110% Joohyung was giving to them, and Joohyung loved how the crowd was matching her energy

᩠͡♡↬the energy carrying on all the way through especially during ‘Sugar Rush Ride’ which the members saw how happy Joohyung was while dancing and singing. “Joohyung let’s go!” Kai hyped Joohyung up for the ending dance break and even gave her the center part

᩠͡♡↬Beomgyu and Joohyung were together while saying ‘bye’ to moas and as they were posing for moas Joohyung gasped, “look it’s the little babies I been collecting.” Beomgyu looked at what Joohyung was pointing at, and once he really saw it he started laughing. “Why is it naked?!” They both got closer to moa holding out the sonny angel. “It’s cute isn’t it.” Joohyung bent down and told the moa to toss it over. “Look it’s bear. It’s you!” Joohyung laughed.

Just before leaving the two pose with the sonny angel before they started fighting on who was keeping the sonny angel making the moas in front of laugh at their cuteness

Duluth Day 1

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung was enjoying her time dancing to ‘CWJLTMA’ until a solid object was threw and it hit Joohyung on the stomach. Which Joohyung held in the pain and didn’t mess up once during the dance, and kept on going as if nothing happened. Luckily, Soobin saw what happened and quickly asked if she was ok and Joohyung quickly answered him with a short nod. He knew very well that she was irritated

᩠͡♡↬as they moved to the introduction ment and each one got to said ‘hello’ to moas. Soobin whispered to Yeonjun, “also I quickly want to say to try not to throw things on stage as it could be dangerous and we wouldn’t want someone to get hurt. Thank you moas” Yeonjun announced as he smiled at everyone

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung ended up being very cautious about going to the side where the phone came from, even moving the water bottles move on the other side. Just in case the other members could get their waters safely

᩠͡♡↬the members could tell that Joohyung was overall getting more and more anxious as the songs went by. So to get her mind off of it they all decided to do a cute version of ‘yummy’ and their noona would be the judge. Seeing Joohyung laugh, smile, and even cringe at them brought them a piece of mind

᩠͡♡↬it was a sad night for Joohyung’s sonny angel collect because of the accident Joohyung just couldn’t get herself to go close to the edge of the stage like she always does

Duluth Day 2

᩠͡♡↬day 2 was a bit better than yesterday, Joohyung wasn’t so nervous throughout the concert and even went close to the edge to wave at moa

᩠͡♡↬once Joohyung heard Taehyun start singing ‘Peaches’ she immediately started singing too, and they even did a little dance making moas laugh. “We are!” Joohyung looked at Taehyun communicating with him through their eyes. “JooTae Blue!” They both finished smiling

᩠͡♡↬as Joohyung walked to get a water bottle for herself after finishing a set of songs, she saw a poster that had hers and Yeonjun’s faces on it. “Latinas for Yeonjun and Joohyung.” Joohyung read out loud, causing moas to scream. Joohyung went back to the center next to Yeonjun and she lean on him, “we love latinas~” Joohyung made Yeonjun do a heart we her for the moa

᩠͡♡↬another funny moment is when Joohyung was walking around waving at moas and she spotted a moa wearing an ‘I love my girlfriend’ shirt with a picture of her in the center. She stopped and pointed at the fangirl making them immediately start jumping and waving at Joohyung. ‘I love it’ Joohyung mouthed at her and blew her a kiss. But before leaving she saw Beomgyu on the of her eye and decided to run and get him and bring them back to the fangirl to show Beomgyu the shirt.

Joohyung pointed out the shirt to Beomgyu and after a little struggle trying to find the shirt he found it, and he gasped and shook his head ‘no’. “She’s mine girlfriend!” He playfully gave the moa a fake frown before hugging Joohyung and dragging her away.

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung was being very cute this concert especially to Kai. Since she kept on clinging to him even when he was talking to moa, which moas loved recording them two together. Joohyung always stands in the center but this time she would make her way to Kai’s side and give him a back hug while she rests her cheek on his back. Moas could really tell that he’s used to it because he acts completely normal. Even when she aggressively rubs her cheek with his cheek, he looks at moas like ‘yeah this is what I deal with everyday’

᩠͡♡↬overall, a concert fill with fun and cute memories and most importantly a new bunny sonny angel collected

San Antonio Day 1

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung didn’t know what was going on with her members because why were they acting sexy so much tonight. “Ya! Ya! Why are you acting sexy right now.” She called them out, causing them to laugh ultimately making her laugh too. “I’m confused.” She scratched her head

᩠͡♡↬moas loved how Joohyung called out the boys, but her herself was also acting sexy too but moas weren’t complaining. Especially when she would smirk at the camera and give sneaky winks driving moas insane

᩠͡♡↬also the puppy line in txt were puppying a lot tonight mostly towards their noona who was hitting them, like how actual cats would hit dogs with their little paws when the dog would get a little too crazy for the cat’s liking.

᩠͡♡↬there was a little technical issues with Joohyung’s mic during ‘Anti-Romantic’ and moas couldn’t hear Joohyung sing until she quickly moved closer to Beomgyu to sing into his mic. It was funny because Joohyung had to tiptoe up to Beomgyu since it wasn’t a hand held mic they have, it was their own personal one which is a hands free mic. The other members tried the whole time to hold in their laughter since it was a slow song, but Soobin laugh into his mic watching Joohyung struggle

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung was really impressed by moas singing ‘Our Summer’ she even started clapping when they were done singing. “You guys did so well~” she gave them a thumbs up.

San Antonio Day 2

᩠͡♡↬“I want to do my introduction like this one last time.” Joohyung walked over to Taehyun. “Joo!” She held a blue strand of hair out. “Tae!” Taehyun did the same. “JooTae Blue!” They put their heads together and made a big heart with their arms. Moas were sad but excited with knowing that Joohyung is going to change her hair color

᩠͡♡↬in the middle of ‘Cat & Dog’ Joohyung’s mind just forgot that they were singing in english and when it came to her part she started singing it in korean, which moas were so happy hearing. After singing Joohyung laughed at herself before she hit her head with her fist lightly, “dummy.”

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung was really feeling herself during ‘Loser Lover’ even doing some of the choreo as she was sitting on the car jamming out. It really showed a lay back version of Joohyung to moas

᩠͡♡↬everyone went crazy during ‘Dear Sputnik’ and Joohyung even ran to get a water bottle and took off the lid and threw the water at the crowd along with the empty water bottle. Her BTS brothers taught her well

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung was a bit nervous in the beginning of ‘Anti-Romantic’ because she couldn’t hear it in her ear-ins, luckily as they were getting to the chorus Joohyung’s mic was working perfectly. She just couldn’t hear the track that well in her ear and once she saw the staff she showed them that she couldn’t hear it, and they quickly fix it thankfully

᩠͡♡↬“I get two because I forgot yesterday.” Joohyung took both sonny angels from the moa. Joohyung really needed to buy her own. But hey~ they were offering them to her

LA Day 1

Fun fact #1 I was lucky enough to see txt again BUT this time on floor so the LA days might be longer than the others (o´▽`o)

᩠͡♡↬today is the day when they finally get to LA and perform in their first ever stadium in American! Soundcheck was really fun as they were jumping and dancing around the small crowd of moas. “I’m so happy to be back and~” Joohyung dragged out her words. “Do you like my hair?” Joohyung flipped her hair around showing blonde to moas

᩠͡♡↬as the camera pan to Joohyung showcase her new look which hearing all the screams in the stadium really made Joohyung want to smile, but she wanted to keep a straight face before started their first song

᩠͡♡↬watching Taehyun waving his hand up wanting to hear more screams gave Joohyung the same idea once she introduced herself. But as the camera aim at her the screams quickly changed to barking which shocked her. “Huh?” She rised her eyebrows, but went along with it. Joohyung even barked back making the members laugh as she mimic moas. “Thank you moa!” She smiled at everyone. “Hi I’m now your blonde Joohyung~” she pointed at her blonde hair earning her lots of cheers. “I’m so happy to be back in LA! Let’s have fun and create more memories.” Just as she finished she quickly remembered something. “Oh! And thank you for giving us a stadium moa!” Everyone cheered including the members and herself.

᩠͡♡↬now only did LA moas get blonde Joohyung they also got all the members new outfits, and not only that but a moment that moas were dying for this whole tour which was a Beomgyu and Joohyung moment. Which yeah that got a lot of cute ones but not one like this. So during ‘Loser Lover’ and after throwing the money around and it was getting close to the chorus Beomgyu placed his arm around Joohyung’s shoulders, and started saying his pre-chorus.

‘Gajil su eopdamyeon I fuckin' keep it low’

As he was singing it Joohyung was just looking at him with sparkling eyes and in the heat of the moment after singing he kissed her on the lips. Surprising literally everyone including himself, and poor moas screamed their lungs out. They really like rockstar moment

᩠͡♡↬finally it hit the time LA moas were waiting for the second they saw Joohyung VCR it was over everyone immediately started standing up and the VCR wasn’t even over yet. Once they heard ‘Hey!’ and saw Joohyung wearing one of the prettiest outfit she has ever wore on tour, they once again lost it. Everyone was singing and dancing their hearts out making Joohyung really realize why she loves doing this wouldn’t change it for anything.

᩠͡♡↬also seeing moas dance to ‘Next Level’ with their moa bongs made Joohyung even more hyped. “Come on moa! I’m on the next level~” she wanted to hype them back too. At the end of the song once Joohyung sang the final word fireworks went off and she her ending pose was one many started freaking out about because they believe it might be a spoiler for a song

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung knew was the song everyone was waiting for and once they heard the beat of ‘Tinnitus’ playing the screams and those screams made Joohyung smirk, which was got on the big screen. Joohyung didn’t hold back one bit even giving moas one of iconic hair flips

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung really enjoyed Yeonjun teaching Soobin and Beomgyu the ‘Happy Fools’ dance as if they were his students. “They look so cute moa~” Joohyung gushed, as she saw them sitting pretending to learn the dance. “Make sure to dance together moa!” Joohyung said before the music started.

᩠͡♡↬“LA moa’s energy is wow!” Joohyung shook her head in disbelief. “So much energy, right noona?” Kai looked over to Joohyung. “Yeah. More energy than me.” She laughed while looking at the crowd. “But we have to keep the energy high for our next and final song.” Taehyun announced, causing moa to say ‘no!’. “You’re making them sad Hyunie.” Joohyung shook her head ‘no’ and gave Taehyun an playful offended look. “I’m sorry moa.” He apologized. “But he’s right it is the last song though.” Joohyung replied right after his apology, making them laugh and Yeonjun lightly nudging Joohyung causing her to chuckled.

᩠͡♡↬txt gave it their all during ‘Sugar Rush Ride’ and all the fireworks at the end really gave it the cherry on top in the performance it was definitely a memorable moment for Joohyung

᩠͡♡↬it was the end of the concert and after singing ‘Blue Spring’ Joohyung started feeling it the ‘I made it’ moment especially looking at her members. She was just so happy to make it this far with them. The second they let moas start singing ‘Our Summer’ she and Soobin broke down. As she was looking at the crowd she spotted someone she never thought she would see, it was her aunt. The only one besides her grandma who supported her and her dream to become an idol. Joohyung pauses and it was like tunnel vision she only saw her aunt, and her aunt wave her moa bong and mouthed, ‘I’m so proud of you!’

Joohyung went down on her knees and gave her aunt a bowed. The members saw that Joohyung was on the floor and rushed to her. “Noona what’s wrong?” The members went down with her. “My aunt is here.” Joohyung sobbed pointing at where she was standing. The members widened their eyes and becoming waving at Joohyung’s aunt. It’s safe to say the aunt immediately knew Joohyung was getting well taken care of which is all she wanted once she saw them get in a group hug

᩠͡♡↬hearing all the members say their final speeches didn’t help Joohyung and her tears. “I’m going to talk in korean to express myself better is that ok?” Joohyung spoke in korean. Moas cheered encouraging her to speak. “These tears aren’t of sadness nor pain. These tears are pure happiness and I really want to thank moa for everything.” Joohyung wiped her tears and the Beomgyu started rubbing her back, comforting her. “Moa really made our dreams come true and I’m so happy I get to experience this is my members who always had my back and supported me when I didn’t have much support to begin with.” Joohyung voice cracked. “I really want to give thanks to my aunt who came tonight because she finally got to see me perform and I got to make her proud even though my grandma isn’t here to see me.” Joohyung broke down covering her face with her arm.

Moas at this we’re sobbing with Joohyung along with the members who were wiping their tears hearing their noona speak. “And I hope we always make you proud moa, I hope we’re an artist that makes you proud of supporting us and listening to our music, thank you.” Joohyung bowed. The night ended with tears and happiness

LA Day 2 Final Concert

Fun Fact #2 I also went the second day I was again so freaking lucky and got vip and got to experience my first ever soundcheck and got to see txt so freaking close! It was the best thing ever ＼(≧▽≦)／

᩠͡♡↬txt brought out ‘Moa Diary’ for their final US stop during soundcheck and everyone was pumped up and Yeonjun even pulled out his phone and started recording. Joohyung was singing and grabbed Yeonjun’s phone and placed it close to her face giving very much ‘egg joohyung’, making Yeonjun laugh at her antics

᩠͡♡↬moas were literally flabbergasted of how beautiful Joohyung looks and the makeup and hair was just a plus. Someone made a poster that said ‘we love our AI Queen🩵’

᩠͡♡↬after last night and everyone really seeing that txt are just a bunch of best friends living their dream out together, and seeing their wholesome moments of them messing around each other during songs right hits hard now for moas

᩠͡♡↬seeing Joohyung and Taehyun still singing the high notes while dancing to ‘We Lost The Summer’ perfectly proves that they just eat CDs for breakfast, lunch, and dinner so put some respect on their names

᩠͡♡↬moas were amazed at how fast Joohyung eyes could change to siren eyes as they were singing ‘Can’t You See Me’. Even when she wasn’t singing and just dancing she would stare right into moas’ eyes and they would start freaking out making Joohyung smile

᩠͡♡↬just as Joohyung was going to speak and it was a bit quiet a moa yelled out; “joohyung you’re hot!” Causing everyone to laugh at Joohyung’s shocked expression. “Is your voice ok?” Joohyung was concerned. “You have to safe your voice moa. We’re not even half way through the concert.” She scolded them, the members cooed at her cuteness. Yeonjun patted her head, “she does that to us too moa.”

᩠͡♡↬as Joohyung was dancing around and singing to moas she bent down and pointing at the moa who was holding a sonny angel. “Gimme?” Joohyung gave the moa her a doe eye look. The moa immediately gave up her sonny angel and toss it to Joohyung, who caught it with one hand. “Thank you~” she blow a kiss to the moa

᩠͡♡↬moas saw that as Joohyung and Yeonjun were waiting for their turn for the dance unit they were hyping each other up and giving each other the ‘fighting~’ hand gestures. Once they felt the light hit them they immediately switched on their stage presence

᩠͡♡↬yesterday moas thought that Joohyung wore the prettiest outfit but no today she wore the prettiest outfit ( 1 & 2)and the hair and everything about her was just wow, and the team deserves a rise

᩠͡♡↬ Joohyung made moa rap her second verse of ‘Next Level’ which she was so impressed hearing them rap in korean which made Joohyung really proud of them. Again Joohyung did what moas like to say is a spoiler

᩠͡♡↬since Beomgyu surprised her and moa with a kiss she wanted to do it back. So as the opening of ‘GBGB’ was happening and she lit the rose that was in his mouth she quickly took it out and kissed his lips. The stadium erupted with screams and Beomgyu kinda just stood there in shocked, but he quickly collected himself and move into position. While Joohyung had a cheeky smile on her lips knowing she won

᩠͡♡↬the moment everyone was waiting for was when they started performing ‘Happy Fools’. Moas heard Coi Leray rehearsing with them earlier so they were so excited. Let me tell you the second they heard and saw her everyone screamed and started jumping while rapping her verse. Moa saw how happy Joohyung was seeing Coi dancing and twerking. She was even hyping her up almost missing her turn to sing because she was distracted.

“I need my hugs!” Coi went around hugging all the members. “She’s the most prettiest person I have ever met.” Coi said to moas, as she went in to hug Joohyung tightly. Joohyung ended up blushing as she was hugging Coi. The last one she hugged was Beomgyu who unintentionally patted her butt which she saw. I think most people would be mad or shocked, but no she was jealous of Beomgyu

᩠͡♡↬seeing Joohyung sing ‘Farewell, Neverland’ is like seeing a goddess because the golden light, the little crown headband, and the emotional song adds to it. Best believe Joohyung was trending again just from this performance

᩠͡♡↬hearing moas sing the final ending song is just a heartwarming experience for the group especially the fireworks. Joohyung saw Beomgyu just looking up at the fireworks and decided to join him by his side while hugging his arm. Moas could just cry at the mere sight of those two

᩠͡♡↬Joohyung stood there hearing the members speak about their feelings and just expressing their gratitude towards moas and everyone that has help them. “We as members also want to say thank you to our precious noona.” Soobin said, as he looked over to the center. “She also helped us whenever we couldn’t get hit a certain note, or when we couldn’t get the dance right, even when we weren’t feeling our best noona was always there putting us first when it should have been her.” Soobin expressed his appreciation to Joohyung.

Joohyung gripped on her towel and covered half her face. “And you really took care of us even when you barely met us and were confused of the whole thing.” Kai added, it was the first time moas even saw Kai almost cry in person. “We also what to thank you because you gone through a lot and you honestly worked harder than us just to try prove to everyone that you belong here. But to be honest we ourselves really have to work even harder to reach your level noona.” Yeonjun wiped Joohyung’s tear as he spoke to her.

“You especially took care of me and Kai and was almost like a mother to us. Like how you would scold us whenever we stayed up late because we wanted to practice more, but we also had school the next day.” Taehyun and the other members laugh at the memory. “I’m glad that you were able to open up more to us and open up more about someone loving you and sharing your feelings to not only the members, but to me too.” Beomgyu finished with a nod.

“Why are you guys doing this to me?” Joohyung sniffled and laughed, as she wiped her tears with the towel. Once the translator translated what Joohyung said moas laugh along with her. “Because you struggled a lot during this tour and we really want to express ourselves here where we’re the most comfortable along with moa because I think they think the same.” Kai explained hugging Joohyung close. Moas agreed with Kai and started chanting Joohyung’s name making Joohyung smile, moas even started barking making them all laugh.

“Seriously thank you guys for everything.” Joohyung pulled them all into a hug. “As much as I want this night to keep on going, we sadly have to go and moa needs to go home and rest.” Joohyung said earning ‘awes’ by moas. “This is Tomorrow by Together signing off, thank you!”

[jimblejamblewritings]

little situation | part 16.

Summary: For years, HYDRA had been trying to use the samples of Steve’s DNA to make another super-soldier. They finally succeed and when S.H.I.E.L.D. breaks her out, Cap is forced to come face to face with his kid and figure out parenting on an Avengers’ lifestyle.

Warnings: maybe potential childhood trauma but nothing really

Pairing: Steve Rogers x blackdaughter!reader, avengers x child!reader, peter parker x black!reader

Word Count: 2.6k

Previous Part | (Series Masterlist)

“Hey, Peter Parker. Where’s Ned?” You asked when you sat down at the cafeteria.

True to her word, Michelle was several seats away again. You had seen Ned in first period robotics but now he was nowhere to be found and you knew Peter had most classes with him. Peter chuckled as you said both his names.

“He got hurt last period, the nurse sent him home.”

“Aww, poor Ned… we shouldn’t start the set without him.”

Peter agreed but that left the two of you with no afternoon plans now. And since decathlon didn’t meet on Wednesdays and Fridays, you guys had plenty of time after school.

“You know, I’ve never seen most of New York.”

“What? Really?” Peter looked shocked.

“I was here once when I was twelve and aside from school, I don’t leave the compound.”

“That’s it then! After school, we tour New York. I’ll show you all the best places.”

Flash Thompson sat down next to you before you could say anything else. You jumped as he put his arm around your shoulder.

“Can you please not do that?”

Flash removed his arm but didn’t rid his face of the smile he had been wearing since he strolled over. He drummed the table for a minute before speaking.

“A bunch of us are going to the mall after school. You should come.”

“I’m sorry, training,” you lied a little too smooth that it should be worrying.

Flash nodded in understanding. “They ever give you a free day?”

“Not until I’m a full Avenger, honestly. The hour you guys have for decathlon is about it.”

“Bummer, well, whenever you sneak away the offer always stands to come with us. Especially when you get tired of this loser. Why do you even sit here? I’ll catch you at our practice.” Flash winked. “Bye Sarah. Penis Parker.”

Peter scoffed and then gave you a look when he noticed you snickering. You apologized, still giggling and Peter rolled his eyes before getting up and pulling you to your next class. When school ended, true to his word, Peter became an unofficial tour guide. He said there was absolutely no way to see every single thing he wanted to show you of New York but it was absolutely necessary that you see Manhattan.

You had never been on public transport that wasn’t the buses of DC so the subway was a new feeling. A feeling you weren’t sure you liked after seeing the subway and the strangeness on it. You sat a bit close to Peter as more people packed into your subway car. You were overwhelmed when you stepped out of the subway station and into the main street.

“You good?”

“Lot of people.”

“Yeah, it’s Manhattan. Hand?”

Peter held out an upturned hand that you gladly accepted. First stop, the Empire State Building. Peter huffed as you chose to run up the stairs of the building when one of the employees said people could try it if they dared. Most of the tourists gave up and went back to a floor with elevators but you didn’t. You turned around as you picked up on his heavy breathing and ran back down a few flights to meet him.

“Want a lift?”

Peter eyed you skeptically, the two of you were almost the same height.

“I can lift a whole car, I don’t think you’re much of a problem.”

You were right. Peter wasn’t much of a problem at all. You set him down when you guys reached the observation deck. It was so pretty when you looked out. You pulled out your phone and flipped to the front camera.

“I wanna send a picture to my dads.”

Peter felt like the bottom of his face was going to fall off with the amount of selfies you took, deleting each one because you didn’t like how they looked. After spending a few more minutes looking, you guys took the elevator down.

“Where to next?” you asked as you sent a picture you thought was decent.

“Greenwich Village, Washington Square Park. And then Broadway, back to Times Square, and home.”

He held out his hand again which you dramatically slapped your hand into before interlacing your fingers and letting him lead the way. You stopped at Starbucks, the one thing you were familiar with, and headed to the park.

“I’m sure you recognize this from Friends.”

“From what?”

“Fr— have you not seen that show? It’s old, six people basically live together and navigate New York and their lives together… no?”

“You mean Living Single?” Sam had forced you and Steve to watch it, not that you were complaining after a couple of episodes.

“Living what?”

“Peter Parker! Have you never seen Living Single?”

“You’ve never seen Friends!”

“… Show swap? You watch Living Single and I’ll watch Friends.”

“Deal.”

Your phone vibrated as you guys hopped onto the edge of the fountain and started walking along it, while talking about nothing in particular. It was a text from the family group chat— the smaller family one that was just you, Steve, Sam, and Bucky.

“Um, my family wants to meet my friends before my dads leave tomorrow… Do you want to come over for dinner?”

“Let me text Aunt May and ask if it’s fine.”

You and Peter finished your drinks and headed towards Broadway.

“Hamilton?” You looked at the brassy doors with an interesting silhouette on it.

“Yeah. Was off-broadway for a while, just opened up here at the end of summer. It’s supposed to be really good, the soundtrack isn’t bad.”

“We should see it.”

“Do you know how expensive tickets are?”

“When’s your birthday?”

“Already passed.”

“Then it’s a late birthday present, we should see it… what?”

“You don’t have to keep spending your money on—”

“It’s Uncle Tony’s money and I don’t have anything else to spend it on. I want to… unless it makes you feel weird, I don’t have to.”

“No, it’s fine. I just don’t want you to think Ned and I are friends with you because of money and stuff. It’s not like that all.”

“So, Hamilton?”

“I guess we can see Hamilton.”

You smiled and texted Steve about going to see the show when he and Sam came back. Peter and you finished his mini tour before waiting where Steve told you to wait at Grand Central. You clambered into the backseat with Peter so he wouldn’t feel awkward. You eyed Steve when he looked at you in the rearview but didn’t say much besides a hello. He didn’t say it but you knew that Peter’s upcoming interrogation was going to be with the whole family and Bucky was arguably about to be the worst one.

“You kids do your homework?”

“Not yet,” you answered.

“First thing while we work on dinner.”

“Aye, aye, Captain.” You mocked saluted Steve making Peter laugh. Steve rolled his eyes.

“Is that funny?” Steve put on a serious voice and poor Peter went red.

“No, no, sir. Mr. Captain Amer—”

“I’m just messing with ya, Queens.”

“Dheaidí!”

“Just having fun, Babydoll.”

You pulled up into the compound and Peter looked at it in awe. Like you said, he had to be security detailed including FRIDAY saving his biometrics in the system. Steve waited with you guys while Peter got checked and began explaining the compound as he led the boy inside. Of course, none of it really mattered since Peter couldn’t get onto most floors without you or another Avenger/S.H.I.E.L.D. agent being with him.

“We’re back and I’ve got two teens in tow!” Steve yelled into the apartment.

He had taken the elevator directly to your floor once reaching the residential areas to avoid Peter being overwhelmed by the entire team. Following you and Steve’s lead, Peter took his shoes off at the door and slipped on one of the guest slippers that you had pointed out. Bucky and Sam waved to Peter and you started to head to your room.

“We’re gonna do homework and then the TV’s ours, we have some serious show watching to do.”

You pointed to where Bucky was half watching the news while reviewing agents’ training records— he took up training them while he was being placed on leave. Grabbing Peter’s hand you directed him to the hallway. Holding his hand was the wrong move as all three men noticed and Sam proceeded to yell.

“Door open!”

You groaned in embarrassment. “We’re not even doing anything. What if I said I was gay?”

“Great, door still open.”

“You guys are embarrassing!”

You yelled as you led Peter down the hall. He didn’t say anything but just took out his books. Peter looked around and noticed you didn’t have a desk. You told him that he could just sit on the bed since that was where you did all your work. You both snapped the textbooks shut when finished and walked back into the living room where you were satisfied to see the TV was already free— because Bucky was not about to argue over the TV with his niece when he knew he would lose, cause Sam would take your side immediately just to bug him and then Steve would be swayed as well.

“Want a popsicle?” you asked Peter as you walked to the kitchen.

“You two are going to ruin your appetite.”

“Never stopped you from letting me have popsicles before dinner,” you brought up the first year of living with Steve.

“It’s like that, Sarah?”

“Just like that.”

Steve playfully glared at you while opening the freezer door and handing you two popsicle tubes. You and Peter sat on the couch, not terribly close in order to avoid anyone saying something to embarrass you again, while eating the popsicles and trying to figure out which show to watch first. Eventually, you settled on one episode of each show at a time starting with Friends.

The three men watched from the kitchen as you and Peter laughed while watching the TV. It was good you had someone your age to be around. They looked forward to meeting MJ and Ned as well. Peter seemed like a good kid and yes, Bucky might have been assessing him from the moment he stepped into the apartment. He didn’t sense anything bad, a lot of nervous energy but nothing bad.

“Alright kids, dinner’s up.”

Peter nervously answered all of the questions thrown at him until your family was satisfied that their initial assessment of him being a good kid was correct. Dinner finished and the two of you returned to the couch for two more episodes before Peter left to go home.

You showed up to decathlon practice the next day with smoothies for everyone since you had one. They were all surprised— including Mr. Harrington who definitely didn’t expect one— as you handed them out. Flash lingered as you handed one to him, you were wondering when he’d move on from whatever crush or infatuation or whatever it was. But he wasn’t mean or pushy so you didn’t say anything.

“Didn’t expect you to be here,” Ned said.

“Yeah, you weren’t at the table.” Michelle took her smoothie.

You had skipped to spend the day with Steve and Sam since they didn’t leave on their mission till the end of the school day. The school was fairly understanding when Steve called to inform them that you wouldn’t be in for the day. But you still wanted to go to decathlon practice— their quizzing was surprisingly nice background noise while you did homework. And more importantly, you really wanted to start on the Hogwarts Express set now that Ned was back and feeling better. When the team was given a small break, you whispered to Peter and Ned.

“I finished the suit.”

“No way, really.”

“Yep, got the helmet done this morning. We gotta find time for you to see it. Uncle Tony hates the color combo.”

“What is it?”

“Pink and silver.”

You laughed as both boys scrunched their noses and then tried to backtrack and say the colors were cute. Practice continued and like usual, you made your way with the boys to Peter’s house. Aunt May was pleased to hear you could stay for dinner especially since Peter had been over the day before.

~~

You and Nat attempted to get Wanda into the dance studio but after ten minutes and lots of complaints, Wanda bowed out to go back to normal training. Natasha was glad you had forced her back into the studio. It was pleasant and she enjoyed the discipline that came with the one to two hours you guys spent there. Well, partial discipline. By the end, you two would put on music that didn’t match classical ballet at all and dance however you wanted. Bucky stepped into the studio, phone in hand.

“Your dad’s calling,” he said as he turned the phone to face you showing the picture of Steve on it.

Steve and Sam had been keeping good to their twice a week calls. Although sometimes they could only manage one during the school day and when you weren’t free, causing a bit of frustration for you when you couldn’t answer and couldn’t get in contact for the rest of the day. You and Nat stopped for the day and you took the phone from Bucky, following him back upstairs to the apartment.

“Uncle Jamie?” you asked once you hung up the phone.

“Yes?”

“Can I go to Peter’s on Friday?”

“You know you can… what’s the catch?”

“Can I sleep over?”

“Sarah—”

“We’re just friends, you wouldn’t care if he was a girl. And don’t say it’s cause we’re straight cause if I brought home MJ and said she was a lesbian you would still say okay. Please?”

Bucky sighed. “I wasn’t going to say that, kid, although you’re right. I was going to say your nightmares.”

“Haven’t been that bad since we started going to Wakanda, Shuri said so herself.”

“But you still have them… if I say yes, are you going to be okay?”

You nodded and gave him a hug, saying thank you and running to your room before Bucky could change his mind— him yelling about the fact that you still had to leave Peter’s early in the morning to fly to Wakanda. You packed a bag that waited patiently in the corner of your room until Friday rolled around.

Ned couldn’t stay for dinner so it was just you and Peter. You both sat on the bottom bunk of his bed, cross-legged and facing each other, for a game of twenty questions. You tossed a Rubik’s Cube back and forth, each person solving it when it was their turn to talk.

“Do you feel anything when they brainwash you?” Peter asked, hesitantly, as he tossed the cube to you. He was curious but didn’t want to upset you either.

“Honestly, no. It’s like I don’t even exist in my own body. All the damage gets done later.”

“I’m sorry.”

“It is what is.”

You pushed a blonde braid out of your face and tossed the cube back to him asking about how he came to live with his aunt. When the game finished, Peter left so you could shower and change before coming back in and doing the same. You climbed up to the empty top bunk and he threw up a pillow and blanket. Turning off the light, Peter walked back to the bottom bunk and flopped down on it himself.

“Too bad you can’t come on the field trip tomorrow.”

“You should ditch the field trip and come with me and Uncle Jamie. Wakanda’s science lab is so much cooler than Columbia University’s.”

“But do they have super spiders?” Peter said in a funny voice, making you guffaw.

“No… but have you ever seen a war rhino?”

Peter sat up abruptly, almost hitting his head on the bunk. “War rhinos?”

You laughed and ignored him asking about the war rhinos. “I’m taking my hearing aids out now. Goodnight, Peter Parker.”

“Goodnight, Sarah Rogers.”

You could hear the slight mocking but light-hearted tone in his voice and could picture him giving a fake salute. You took out your hearing aids and grabbed the bag that lay at your feet on the bed. You placed the hearing aids in the front pocket and took out a mouth guard. It wasn’t something you wanted but you didn’t explain the nightmares— you weren’t comfortable yet doing that. So you bit down on the mouth guard and hoped that if you had a nightmare it would muffle any screams.

(Part 17)...

[tiktokonaclock]

The Siren and the Demon Chapter 5

“Kazarina, who…" he asked after he erased the confusion off his face. His expression Shifted towards anger as he finished asking his question: “Who did this to you?"

Kazaring exhaled. "I... I will explain everything to to you. I Just- “ She took another step and Collapsed into his arms. She had reached to safety, and she let herself go like he was an casis in the desert.

She felt his arms around her, holding her tightly. He kneeled with her, keeping her from hitting her head, Then he looked around in panic, Luckily no one had seen them in that State.

He picked her up and pulled her in, closing the door after to protect them, her, from prying eyes. Then he put her on the armchair.

She was slowly coming back to her senses. She monitored the room, it was Surprisingly nice and tidy for a man. The man in the question however, had dissapeared. She looked around. Where was he?

Then he walked into the bedroom with a glass of water and a little smile on his Face. He sat down next to her and offered the glass. "Here.”

"Thanks" She murmured and drank her water.

“Wanna tell me what happened ?" She could never have guessed how soft his voice can be.

"Well I- I got punished. By the emperor.”

“Why? What did you do?"

“It was more for the things I couldn't do." She Sighed. "I can't help but feeling underrated in this Job. Honestly.”

Gill laughed slowly. "I know how that goes.”

Kazarina straightened up. "Which is ridicilous because you and I…" her finger pointed at him and herself "are critical for this team, for this whole establishment to work out. I'm not trying to degrade the others, don't get me wrong. They are important as well. But in the end of the day, everything depends on you and me. Like, imagine we died tomorrow.”

“Or decided to resign.”

“Or decided to resign, everything would stop. You are commanding the entire army. I have the Stratagizing, the hypnosis, the bio research. Ha, do you know how hard it is to hypnotize all these people? I get headaches every night, I Feel Faint all the time.“

“Yes, if you use your powers too much you get Side effects, right?"

“Not if you use them deliberately." Gill leaned backwards. He put his right hand up.

"Look, I have known Barodius since we were both children. He.. he does not show appreciation For the things you do for him if does not get what he wants from you in the end. Because he always got what he wanted, everything was handed to him whenever he asked, And he never had to sacrifice anything for it. This is what he still expects From the world.”

“And you?" Kazarina asked slowly, lke she was in a dream. "What did you have to Sacrifice?"

Ironically, the door was knocked on that Very moment. Gill paniced. "I'll be night back." He said as he got up, trying to mask his panic. Kazarina realized that he kept the door mostly closed, and covered the part he had to keep open with his body.

She could hear what he was Saying, but she could not hear the other person, no matter how much she tried:

“Hey, Uh... Actually I have someone in there right now. Is it urgent? No? Great. Yeah, I would like to catch up, it's Just.. Look, here's what we gonna do, you leave the palace, go sit in a cafe and send me the location, all right? I'll come as Soon as I am done here. Okay, bye."

He came back to his seat, much more relieved. He crossed his legs.

Kazarina arched an eyebrow. “Are you comfortable sharing who that was?”

“No"

“Will you at least tell if it is your significant Other?”

“It is not my Significant other.”

“OK then, Excuse my curiousity.”

“You are excused.” He turned his head towards her seat. “I do not have a significant other.”

Kazarina slowly Smiled. "Good for you.”

“Do you have one?"

“No." She laughed. "Are you gonna ask me out on a date Gill?"

“Pfft, No."

“That's a shame. Because I was about to ask you out on a date."

“You Funny girl.”

“I am serious.” She sighed. “They Just let me know that I have won the Minerva award in Biology.”

“Minerva Award, like, the Minerva Award?"

“Yes, Gil. The Minerva Award.”

“Kazarina, that's amazing.”

With a fake humbleness, Kazarina shook her head. “I mean, I was expecting it, sooner or later." She shruged her shoulders. "I was planning on asking the emperor to be my date, but alas.”

“I can be your date. I mean, you know- instead of going alone, you can go with me.”

“Hmm" She playfully looked at him from head to foot, measuring it. Finally, she thrusted out her hand. "Deal.”

“Deal." He said and shook her hand. “Your hand is so cold. Are you cold?” Without waiting for an answer, he took off his cape and put it over her shoulders. "Here.”

She was going to reject it. Truly. She was. But she didn't. Instead, she tried to hide the fact that she started to smell the back of the cape's neck. Thankfully, his head was turned to the wardrobe, trying to pick an outfit. "What's the dress code by the way?" He asked. "For the ceremony, I mean?”

“Huh? Oh- it's white tie. Really Formal. But isn't it a little early to pick an outfit now?”

“Im gonna go out now.”

She got on her Feet. “Oh, right. Sorry. I should get going.”

“Sorry, I can't cancel this."

“It's fine, I'm So much better now.” She made a move to take off the cape but Gill stopped him.

"You can Keep it. I can take it tomorrow.”

“OK then.”

He escorted her out, they stood on the doorstep. “It's on the day after tomorrow.” She Smiled. "You can pick me up at 7pm."

“Consider it done.”

After a moment of silence, she hugged him.

“Thank you. "She murmured as she put her hands around him. He Sighed.

“We still hate each other, night?"

Kazarina hesitated for a moment before answering: "I'd still kick your ass.”

“I am counting on it."

They Shared a laugh, And as Kazarina walked out the door, She started to blush.

I told to sit in a cafe, not a bar.”

Gill said as he looked down at the table.

Zenet locked eyes with him. With the slighest Smile on her Face, she showed the chair in Front of her with her eyes. He followed the silent order and sat down.

At least she was Smart enough to sit in a table on the garden Side of the bar, so they could hear each other.

Zenet took the cigarete which was standing in the ashtray and dragged its sweet-smelling smoke.

“Are you smoking?!” He asked. He sounded mad.

“Only when I am nervous. " Zenet answered. “I'd offer you one, but I bought Just two loosies.”

“We banned the sale of single cigarettes.”Gill said. "We also banned the flavoured ones.”

“Because you Just have to interfere with People’s lives, don't you?”

“We did it so literal children would not be be smoking." He pointed at her.

“Oh, now you are interested in protecting kids?”

Unfortunetly, Gill knew from whom she got this wit. He sighed. "Where did you buy that?” He asked With a much calmer tone.

“Yeah, I am not telling you that.” She put out the cigarette steeply. "There, Can we please change the subject?” She took a sip out of her cocktail. "You literally kicking me out could be a great subject.”

Gill put his hand up to get the waitress’ attention. "Can I have a whisky on the rocks?”

“Coming right up.”

Zenet bit her lip and stared at her drink. “Look, I know you don't know where to put me in your life. Hell, I have no idea Where to put you in my life either. But it was straight-up rude for you to kick me out like that.”

He leaned on to the table. “Zenet, you know I can't always prioritize you. You know my line of work.”

“I know you can't prioritize me, that's why I showed up in the middle of the night!”

“I- Gill Shut his lips as soon as he realized the waitress. They waited in silence as she served him the drink and left.

“You act like you haven't done the Very Same thing." He put his right up on his ear and started to imitate her: "Oh, I can't talk right now. I m with my friends, I'm drunk, Sorry my Friend picked It up instead of me"

Zenet gritted her teeth. "Would you prefer I picked it up in front Of everyone?”

“No. And that's exactly why I Kicked you out. I had Someone in there.”

“You could have given me a heads up about your new girlfriend then.”

Gill's face expression shifted towards anger. “It was not my girlfriend!”

“Who else could you be hanging out with at this hour?!”

“It's none of your business, Zenet!”

“Fine." Zenet said after a few Seconds of Silence. “ If you tend to have such important guests over, I won't show up unannounced again.”

“Zenet." Gill sighed. "We can't Just tell everyone that you are my daughter. It will be damaging for both of us. Everyone will think I got you into the team. They will call you a nepo baby, that you are inadequate.”

Zenet looked around, pretending to be looking Out for her friends. "There is no one else left to call me that. You got rid of them all to save your own image. That's what it is all about, isn't it? Your image. You dont care about anything else."

“That’s not true.”

"It is. That's why you left me in that orphanage all those years ago.”

“Zenet, the previous emperor was not like the one we have now. He was a bigoted puritian. I-“

"That's why you chose to build... this for yourself. Your career, your position. You Couldn't have both so you chose it over me. Don't look at me like that, you know it is true.”

“Is this your idea of catching up? Pointing fingers at me? I was young, I made mistake, and couldn't find a better way to clean up the mess.”

She was the mistake. She was the mess that needed to be cleaned up.

“I couldn't let them find out that I had a bas-“ He stopped himself. "Illegitimate daughter.”

Zenet stered at him blankly for a second. Then she started to laugh. Her laugh became more hysterical with each passing moment untill she forcefully stopped herself. "I am not gonna tell anyone that I am your daughter. Trust me.. Because I don't want you to be my father, to be honest. It is kind of emberassing."

Her expression hardened on her face, her voice got a more serious tone: "You had your chance on building things up to lift yourself to the top. Now it is my turn. And you will provide me with the chance, you at least owe me that.”

“What do you want?”

Take me with you on your next mission, instead of Ren.”

“That will only shorten your lifespan, Zenet."

“What do yo mean?”

“You can't manage to do what your teammates couldn't. You'll lose to the brawlers, and end up like them.”

“Yeah, that's why I need to go with you instead of Kazarina.”

"Zenet, you don't get any priviliages Just because you are my daughter.

"What-what do you mean?” She asked slowly. Her eyes widened. “You'll let me die like that?”

Their identical eyes locked and neither of them spoke.

She already knew the answer, and she was terrified of it.

[ayoitsiris]

HEY FOLKS I HAVWNT POSTED IN TEN YEARS!!! HI!!!

AGGRETSUKO SEASON 5 CAME OUT!!

i have a LOT TO SAY ABOUT THIS SEASON so this is your warning for spoilers for the whole show and stuff

okay so first off they went really really really political with this season, which has garnered a lot of criticism for this season. I can’t really blame people for disliking it because it alters a lot from the shows original plot. however, this show was sorta political originally. i mean tadano straight up hates late stage capitalism and the show was made to critique work culture in japan. plus i didn’t hear as much critique when restuko decided to be an idol! never the less i think it’s endearing how the show kinda circled back to the original concern. they used haida and shikabane to show examples of how the way things are going in japan are affecting a wide range of people and how these issues never went away. I mean it definitely came out of left field but frankly i’ve always been a political person so this appealed to my tastes so i can kinda see why people would be upset. ALSO CAN WE TALK ABOUT HAIDA GETING REDEEMED!!!! he used to be my favorite character but he got super icky at the end of season 3 and in season 4 and maybe it’s because i’m going through unrequited love (as of 3 months right now😒) he was really just amazing this season. I also liked seeing more of his family dynamic and seeing how that kinda made him how he is. he got liberated from that environment at the same time him and retsuko were trying to change japan and it went down really nicely. I feel like now that the two of them are together and we don’t have to worry about haida acting like a nice guy we really get to enjoy their relationship ten fold. I also really enjoyed shikabane. I feel like she really encapsulates the way that the current state makes younger people feel. and how they are encouraged to give up early like that. i don’t really know how to voice my opinion on her but she’s so relatable and oh my god i LOVE her design. i feel like the writing this season was realllyy well done. I also feel like we got to see a little less tadano this season which bummed me out but we saw him a bit so that was nice. ALSO HAIDA AND AGGRETSUKO GOT MARRIED?!?!? I’ve been watching this show since 2018 (i was in like elementary school) and i’m actually so sad it’s over

anyway stan haida in his hard working era 😍😍 love y’all bye

[countrymusiclover]

5 - Evening Under Stage Lights

Everything Changed At 21

Part 6

Tag list @abaker74 @bvbwestfall

The phone going off is what wakes me up at 7 in the morning. Rolling over in my bed I unplug my phone answering the call. "Hello...who is this?" I asked through a yawn still asleep. Holding myself up on my elbow keeping my eyes closed until I recognized Luke's voice through the phone. "Y/n, I know it's early. But my manager said that we have to leave today for the tour. So I'm gonna pick you and Chloe up in a few hours." Sitting up in the bed I rubbed my eyes trying to wake myself up enough to register what he was saying. "Uh okay. I'll call her. Bye." He ended the call so I ran around apartment throwing clothes into a suit case then calling Chloe. "Hey Chlo. Luke just called we're going on tour today. Get ready." She coughed through the phone in the same half asleep state I was in. "Wait what...I thought you we're kidding last night?" Covering my face with my hand I grumbled putting her on video call instead.

"Chloe Blake get your butt out of bed because I am actually serious. Didn't his manager tell you this or were you too busy aweing over him?" I teased her seeing her stick her tongue out at me hanging up the phone. Chloe showed up at my house after Luke did so I grabbed my bag meeting her in the driveway. We walked to the end of the road gasping suddenly at seeing he's leaning against his tour bus. A smirk on his face until Chloe ran up snapping pictures with her phone. Luke picked up our bags as I shake my head playful at him. "I swear she's gonna run of space on her phone then move onto mine one of these days. You didn't have to bring your whole tour bus here." He shakes his head leading us inside the bus where Chloe and I just started screaming like fangirls.

The drive wasn't bad but he didn't tell us we were traveling to Vegas. I always wanted to go and it was on my list of places to hopefully go in my life. Luke's manager got us all settled in a hotel with our room right next to his. Chloe and I were fine sharing a room together. Grabbing my shirt from his concert I throw that on over some ripped up blue jeans. A white flannel thrown over the black shirt. Finally wearing light brown boots. Chloe and I were given back stage passes and she went off to go explore the stadium. Leaving me and Luke alone time so he leads me down some stairs then covered my eyes with his hands before I could see anything in front of me. "Luke, what are you doing. I'm gonna trip." I giggled at whatever he had planned.

"Don't worry darlin'. I won't let you trip. Just trust me." He slowly helps me walk forward and down some stairs before he leans forward whispering in my ears. "So the first time we met you were in the audience. But now take in all this.." He removes his hands where I blinked my eyes adjusting to the sudden light. I part my lips seeing the thousands of seats that was where the audience would be. My boots banged on the stage floor until I stopped in center of it all. I started twirling around arms out at my sides smiling. Luke chuckled crossing his arms over his chest wearing a black tea shirt dark blue jeans. With a black ball cap wearing it the regular way this time. "This is insane Luke. I mean..what. Never in my life did I think I would be on a stage..especially with you." He smiled striding up wrapping his arms around my waist so I throw my arms around his neck. He leans down almost kissing me but foosteps came around the corner where it's his manager. "Hey Luke - uh sorry...we need to get ready." Luke throws his head back groaning then we separated and we followed his manager backstage.

The time finally for the concert to start. Chloe and I were sitting on chairs eating some nachos wearing an earpiece in one ear. Luke came out on stage singing Rollarr Coster first. Then Country Girl and Dirt Road Diary. Everytime the crowd would roar and go crazy. Some girls in the pit were screaming they loved him and wanted to marry him. "Look at that little girl Y/n. She's adorable." Chloe pointed to a little girl with blonde hair being held up on mother's shoulders in the front row. She's wearing one of his tea shirts that looks like a dress on her and a black ball cap worn backwards. Luke paused singing Drunk on You suddenly lifted the little blonde girl up onto stage with him. "Roll down the windows turn it on up. Pour a little Crown in a Dixie cup. Get the party, started. Girl you make my speakers go.." He twirled the girl underneath his arm then putting the mic to her level.

"Boom boom." She finished his part getting twirled a few more times before he got down on his knees staring up at her singing again. "Dancin' on the tailgate in the full moon. That kinda thing makes a man go mmm mmm. You're lookin' so good in what's left of those blue jeans. Drip of honey on the money make it gotta be. The best buzz I'm ever gonna find. Hey I'm a little drunk on you.." He pointed the mic to her and she smiles singing back. "And high on summertime." I smile getting to my feet leaning against one of the corners where I could still him dancing with the girl finally giving her a hug then helping her back down to her mom. "Thank you Los Vegas. Goodnight!" He throws his arms up in the air dancing off the stage over to me. He tugged me towards him and before I have time to process he kisses me. I gasped because I felt a spotlight shinning on us because the entire crowd started cheering even louder than before.

My hands ran up his chest gripping the fabric of his shirt slowly kissing back even though I'm blushing like crazy right now. He cups my face in his freehand smiling when I kiss back but not as good he did. At that point the lights cut off and I broke it pushing off his chest taking a few steps back where we are actually backstage now. Luke smiled seeing me blushing when Chloe slapped her hands on her knees annoyed. "Lukey I could have made that my Screensaver if you told me ahead of time!" He chuckled gently pulling me against his chest by my wrist. "Go get her phone and I'll do it again. If she'll allow it." He smirks seeing me give a nod yes. Chloe instantly made it back with my phone grinning. Luke leans down cupping my face in his hands kissing me. Only this time I moved my arms around his neck kissing back with Chloe's squealing in the background.

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Louis

I woke up the next day feeling giddy, even if it was a cold rainy day, I was excited to go to school today.

I hopped from my bed as I walked into the kitchen for breakfast, more like skipped. "Woah boobear, what's got you so excited?" My mum asked

"Just excuse to see my friend I made at school yesterday, Mum!" I grinned 

"Ah, what's their name?" My mum asked

"His name is Harry, he's really nice, he plays footie well, he has very nice green eyes, he just moved here." I spoke 

"Ohhh, that's why you were so excited." My mum said 

"Yes Mum! Could the seconds be any slower I want to go to school!" I shouted with excitement 

"Calm down Lou, your sisters are still sleeping." My mum hushed

"Oh alright." I laughed 

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The time arrived to wait for the bus, as I stood bouncing on my toes as I saw it arrive down the block.

"Alright boo bear, have a great day!" My mum said as she kissed me on the cheek, I laughed and hugged her tight "Bye Mum!" I said as I boarded the bus 

"Heya!" Zayn said as I took a seat beside him "Hey Zayn." I replied 

"Excited for school, are we?" Zayn asked, "Well yeah- how'd you guess?" I questioned 

"You're fiddling with your hands, you always do that when you're nervous, you can't fool me tommo, I've known you since pre-school." Zayn laughed

"As if!" I scoffed dramatically "Awe quit it Lou." Zayn huffed "I was just joking." I nudged Zayn "I already knew that, anyway." Zayn said 

"So, I had the craziest dream yesterday, I dreamed we were in a forest riding a giant rabbit!" I exclaimed 

"You and your crazy dreams Lou." Zayn laughed lowly 

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Harry

I'd assume Louis's bus ran longer than mine, since I lived very close to sapphire elementary.

My hands grew nervous as I placed my backpack into my cubby and hung my coat. "Where's Lou?" I thought to myself 

Just then, I saw Louis walk in with Zayn, his green puffy coat making him look like a fluffy waddling penguin, adorable. I thought 

He sped over to me while Zayn chatted with Liam, "Morning, Lou." I smiled 

"Morning, Haz." He replied, hugging me tight

"Excited to see me, are we?" I smirked 

"Duh," Louis rolled his eyes "the time is right to form an alliance! One to conquer sapphire elementary!" Louis announced 

"I would love to join you on your quest Lou." I bowed while I giggled 

"Good," Louis playfully smirked "first mission, get to the classroom!" Louis shouted a smile wide on his face 

"Race ya." I quipped

"You're on." Louis peered at me

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Louis

"Alright kids, time to assemble our seating chart." Mrs. Valery said 

Almost every kid groaned in frustration, they did not want to be sat by someone they despised, or remotely, far from their friends.

I would agree, but usually I get a fair seat in the classroom without any fuss.

I look to Mrs. Valery as she spoke again "As a treat, I'll let you pick your own seats, but choose wisely, these are your seats for the rest of the semester.

I immediately look to all my friends, my eyes landing on Harry immediately.

"C'mon boys! Follow me!" I said playfully 

As every one of us sat I looked around the table, Harry next to me, liam across from me, Zayn next to Liam, and Niall at the end of the table next to Landon, one of my friends from kindergarten.

"This feels nice, a table filled with friends." I stated, as Harry looked at me with a wide smile

Why was he looking at me funny? I laughed to myself 

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Harry

The time came after lunch for everyone to be released on the playground, for recess.

"Do ye wanna play footie today, Lou?" I asked

"Nah, I figured we could do something different, expand our horizons, there's a whole playground to play on!" Louis said 

"You're so stoic."  I giggled 

"I'm what now?" Louis laughed

"Never mind Lou, what did ya wanna do anyways?" I asked 

"I figured we should play fireman! And try to climb up the giant playscape and slide down the pole, what did you want to do?" Louis asked 

"Oh um, maybe play tag in the grassy area further back there?" I pointed to the area I was addressing 

Louis climbed on a play ladder to see; he looked like he was pretending to play pirate on the high sea. "Where?" He asked

"I'll show you, it's behind the basketball court father back." I grabbed his hand to lead him to the tree garden, as I called it

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Louis

Harry led me to the tree garden, as he called it.

"Isn't it pretty Lou?" Harry asked

"Very pretty, relaxing." I added, Haz and I sat under one of the trees together, just gazing at the incoming winter sky

"It's cold." Niall said

"Niall?!" We both shrieked, jumping away from each other 

"Woah, what were you two just doing? Cuddling?" Niall teased 

"U-uhm-" I stuttered

"We were just looking at the sky Niall, can't people look at the sky, besides what are you doing here anyways? There was like no one out here besides us." Harry quipped, woah, where did that sassiness come from? Was harry- protective over me or something?

"It just looked a little weird, you two cuddling under a tree- oooh." Niall said 

"Don't start the song Niall." I slapped his arm sassily

"Lou and Haz sitting under a tree c-u-d-d-l-i-n-g first comes love then there's marriage, then there's a baby in a baby carriage." Niall sang

"Niall!" I blushed, why was I blushing again?

"Also, Ow! Me arm." Niall said 

"Late reaction much?" Zayn said 

"Oh, come on! Did everyone and the grasshoppers follow us back here?!" Harry questioned 

"Harry and Louis were cuddling." Niall cooed

"C'mon though Ni, it's pretty cold out, plus they're both sitting on the cold ground." Zayn said 

"Finally, some common sense." I breathed relieved from being put on the spotlight 

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As whatever just happened wrapped up, Mrs. Valery blew her whistle signaling it was time to head back inside.

What is going on with me today? I questioned

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Ranger's Lead the Way Pt. 2 Teaser (Chapter 5)

This is just a Teaser for my Upcoming Wattpad Story; Rangers Lead the Way Pt. 2: Homefront, and Please enjoy this chapter

Chapter 5: LaSalto Back in Action

The Following days were busy, some of them had little bit of break, they were doing their duty non-stop, Arresting, and Detaining known members of the Santa Jimenez Cartel, as for Anthony and Josie, it’s just another day in the office, they go all the way back since they met at Mystic Falls, soon they became close friends, even as far being called together as LaSalto, not as lovers but as Iconic duos that love the taste of Action and getting the job done, the Two soon will get a break, as the Number Four of the Santa Jimenez Cartel is Wanted Dead or Captured by the United States, All of them were skeptical at first, Soon they knew it would be a Tough Mission.

Meanwhile at the Office:

CPT. Josie Saltzman: So Major, you’re telling me that this Ramone Guy is our Number Four?

DetSgt. Dominic Crockett: Yeah Captain, were going to have to do something about that guy.

MAJ. Elton Mitchell: Captain, this is a Risky Mission, their will be no support or Backup, I need you to find a solution to this right now ASAP.

CPT. Josie Saltzman & DetSgt. Dominic Crockett: Yes Sir!!

(All of them had gone their Separate ways, And Anthony Steps out of his Hiding Spot after listening to their Conversation)

Meanwhile….

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: (Walks to Ana’s office) Hey Annie!!

SGT. Analeigh Higgins: (Sees Anthony) Oh Hey their Tony, Come on in.

(Anthony steps in and closes the Door and Takes a Sit)

SGT. Analeigh Higgins: What Can I Do for you?

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: I know it’s not the Time, but it’s imperative that we need to get this job over and done with (Brings out a Pack of Beer and 3 Bags of MRE) I need you to give me the Location of Ramone Cortez, where he’s at and send it to my Phone Via Text Message, can you do that for me.

SGT. Analeigh Higgins: (Sees the Offer given to her by Anthony) First Shirt, are you nuts, you’re walking in thin Ice bro.

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: Listen I need it now, if he gets away, it’s all over, now take the Bribe and send me that intel ASAP Got it?

SGT. Analeigh Higgins: (Gives in) Okay fine, I’ll send it to you later.

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: Thanks Annie, I Knew I can count on you for some help.

SGT. Analeigh Higgins: Fine, and I won’t tell it to anyone else.

1 Minute Later….

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: (Watching the News on his Phone and Receives a Text Message from Annie) Thanks Annie (Goes to Josie’s Office and Knocks on the Door) Jo Can I come in (Enters Josie’s Office)

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (Talking to Hope and Thomas Via Skype) So how’s the Others doing back at Base (Sees Anthony and told him to wait for a Second)

1LT. Hope Mikaelson: (On the Other End) Yeah Everything is fine back here, no new replacements, as for Thomas, he was training a bunch of Soldiers and some Law Enforcement officers on CQB Fundamentals

CPT. Thomas Strickland: Honey are you okay?

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (On the Other End) Hey guys, I got to go, probably a news just came in about our job out here in Miami.

CPT. Thomas Strickland: Hey if you need our help, Just Give us a Call.

CPT. Josie Saltzman: Yeah, don’t worry, I’ll call you guys for backup

1LT. Hope Mikaelson & CPT. Thomas Strickland: Bye (Both Said Goodbye to Josie)

CPT. Thomas Strickland: Bye Love, take care and be safe.

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (Waves goodbye at Hope and does a Flying kiss to Thomas via Skype, and Ends the Call) What is Tony, and close the door please.

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: Josie, I got intel on where is Ramone at, He’s at the Docks, He’s Plane will arrive shortly, we got the perfect time and the whole Charade (Gives His Phone to Josie), I enlisted the Help of a Friend of mine, and we finally got him, That’s Why if you need a Person to get this done and over with, I’m here.

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (Surprised at what she Seen and Heard) Tony where did you get this intel, and why you telling me this now.

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: I just eased dropped on you’re small briefing with Crockett and the Major, so I made my own moved so we can get it done.

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (Stands up and Gives Tony’s Phone Back) First of all, you’re insane, second please don’t do that, I’m just nervous because this is my first time handling a case like this.

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: Jo, I’ve been through the MPs for a long time and Before I became a Ranger, I’m good at these types of cases, what do you say, if we go on a Mission and take him down, just like the good old days, US Being Partners for one more time.

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (Looks at Anthony and Smiles) Okay Deal!!

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: LaSalto is Back in the Saddle

(Anthony And Josie gave each other a High Five)

Josie & Anthony’s Moment:

Few Minute's Later....

CPT. Josie Saltzman: Let’s Get this Over with

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: (Nods at Josie, Sees Ramone Boarding his Plane) RAMONE!!!!

(Gunfire erupted and the Shootout Commenced)

Few Minutes Later…

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (Gets Hit in the Shoulder)

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: (Sees Josie Get hit) Hey Josie, Jo!!! You’re alright?

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (Unholster Her Back Up Sidearm) I’m Okay let’s go!!!

The Fight Goes on for a Few minutes, the Two made a Run for it and they manage to kill some of Ramone’s Bodyguards, soon they see Ramone’s Plane get away and they have to take out Ramone Quickly.

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: (Sees the Plane Leaving) S*** He's Getting Away

CPT. Josie Saltzman: (Sees Ramone Getting Away) Shoot the Engine!!!!

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: On It!!!!!!

CPT. Josie Saltzman & 1SG. Anthony LaRusso: (Opened fire at Ramone’s Plane and Destroys it, The Two Smiled and gave each other a Hug) Just Like the Good old days.

CPT. Josie Saltzman: Let’s Head back to base, and Get some R&R

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: Drinks on mine, I know there is a Bar somewhere around here.

CPT. Josie Saltzman: How about at my Dorm, well the others are taking a break, the two of us should have fun for a bit as well.

1SG. Anthony LaRusso: Okay Partner.

The Two soon head back to their base, soon news spreads from within their base that two went on to take out Ramone Cortez without any authorization, the Others believe the two should be reprimanded for their Actions, but for Tristan, he Knew it better, the Two getting the job done is important for them.

Meanwhile At the Base

(The Two are making their way to their Office and Soon were called by Lieutenant Castillo) Det-Lt. Rudolfo Castillo: Did you two Knockout Ramone Cortez.

CPT. Josie Saltzman: Yes Lieutenant.

MAJ. Elton Mitchell: You went on a Mission without my Autho…. (Gets cut off by Tristan)

MAJ. Tristan Carville: Authorization you say, they took personal initiative, you ask them to find a solution, we’ll there you have it, Elton you got your solution, they got the Number four on our list and these two have my permission to take a rest, First Sergeant LaRusso and Captain Saltzman, you two are dismissed, you two did an outstanding work tonight.

CPT. Josie Saltzman & 1SG Anthony LaRusso: (Saluted their Commanding Officers and the two walk off and take their break)

The two later celebrated their accomplishment, soon messages of their victory reached the head of the Santa Jimenez cartel, enrage by the Death of His right hand man, he soon sent his best soldiers to take them out, but soon his plans of sending a message will be interrupted from a mole from within their ranks.

This is Just a Small taste of the Entire Book, Their is more when the Book is Published.

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Eyes Don't Lie VII

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Eyes Don't Lie Masterlist

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Severus Snape x OC x Lucius Malfoy

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Charlotte sat at the same seat as last night when she arrived to the great hall. "Hey guys." Charlotte greeted as she sat down. A few tired 'hello's' was the response she got back. "Damn what did you guys do?" Draco lifted his head from where it was laying on the table to Charlottes shoulder. "We stayed up all night." The boy responded almost falling asleep on Charlottes shoulder.

She laughed. "That's it? I've had better hangovers than you look right now." A few chuckles came from a few of the kids around the area and but mainly people trying to laugh but it came out as a groaning. This made Charlotte laugh harder. "Y'all are idiots." She shook her head and Draco's head snapped up from the spot on Charlotte shoulder "Hey! I was the one who was forced to stay up."

"Oh of course princess need his beauty sleep." Blaise started, this comment though made the whole table erupt in laughter. "I'll get you back for that Zabini!" Draco sneered and pointed his finger jokingly. "Oh shiver me timbers your highness." Blaise but back.

"Blaise you'll need to stop or the queen will cut off with our heads." Charlotte joked though the response wasn't what she thought it was. "What are you talking about?" Draco asked looking physically confused. "You guys don't know Alice in Wonderland?" Clueless looks came from the friend group. "The book?" Still nobody knew.

"Okay so basically theirs this queen; the queen of hearts and she a prick and anything she doesn't like she punished, like if someone did something wrong she say 'off with their head!' and her knights would chop off the head of the person." 'Ohhh's' came from around the table and Charlotte just chuckled.

"Is that a muggle thing?" Draco questioned. "Yeah I think. My mom didn't know her parents but they were pure blooded she figured it out when she came to Hogwarts." Charlotte smiled awkwardly at the tension as she explained and her heart ached at the thought of her mother.

Before anyone could say anything the bell rang and Charlotte had to get to DADA. "Bye! See you guys later." She walked down the busied hallway to the classroom, upon entering she realized she got here a few minutes late.

"Ms. Bren, how lovely of you to finally join us." The only seats were in the back as most of the girls sat at the front to get closer to Lockhart. "I do not tolerate being late to my classes see me for detention after dinner." He had a gut renching smirk on his face. "I can't sorry." Charlotte thought of a lie quick and believable. "I have detention with professor Snape tonight."

"Really? Then I'll see you tomorrow night" Charlotte smiled sarcastically and muttered 'great.' Charlotte picked a seat close to the back but not completely in the back, most of those seats are filled with the boys trying to keep away from Lockhart, which is very, very understandable.

He passed out a packet of paper, looking through it Charlotte realized it was a quiz about him. She rolled her eyes and groaned. "To make sure you did the reading you are to complete the quiz, which is due at the end of class." Then he flashed his signature smile, most of the girls giggled while the rest of the class rolled their eyes or groaned annoyed.

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She hurried and turned in the test and ran down the halls to the dungeons and to the potions classroom, she got there about five minutes before the bell is supposed to ring. She swung open the door, "I need your help." Snape looked up her with the facial expression of 'who tf do you think you are.' "I have detention with you." Charlotte stated and sat down at a desk. "What are you talking about." Snape drawled annoyed. "Ok so..." Charlotte took a breath before figuring out to say it without angering the already annoyed professor "Imayormaynotofliedtolockhartabouthavingdetintionwithyousoididnthavetododetintionwithhim." Charlotte looked down messing with her fingers.

"So, you're asking me to lie to a professor?" Snape reiterated what Charlotte had already said. "Well when you put it like that it sounds worse than it actually is! I just, you know, professor Lockhart's creepy and I don't want to spend hours of my time alone with him." Charlotte pleaded. Snape grumbled rubbing his inner corners with his index and thumb. "You know most students would rather do anything to not have a detention with me?" He sighed. "But I will allow this just this once."

"You're a live saver, I cannot thank you enough." Charlottes hand came together, holding themselves in a pleading way. "You can thank me by leaving me be and going to lunch." Snape waved the girl off. "But I'm not hungry and that seems like a lot of papers, want some help?" Charlotte offered looking over at his desk. "I would not believe you competent enough to understand what I'm grading." He did think her competent though he would never admit that.

"Oh! You're so mean to me!" Her shoulders slumped and she held the back of her hand to her forehead and laying a hand on her chest. "And your dramatic." Snape placed the paper he was working on in the finished pile grabbing from the other pile to grade. Charlotte grabbed the next paper. "Says you with your dramatic cloak. Billowing throughout the halls." Charlotte mocked.

Looking at the paper she got a little more annoyed. "This is for your second year class." She glare down place the paper back into the stack. "Correct." Then he grabbed the paper you just had putting the finished one in the other pile. Crossing her arms over her chest. "You think I wouldn't be competent enough to do second year work?"

"Not exactly, I don't think you would be strict enough with grading." Snape switched the papers again. Charlotte rolled her eyes annoyed leaning over his shoulder watching him grade the papers. After a little while Charlotte noticed him making a mistake. "You messed up." She adjusted her position bringing her hand up pointing to the question. "No I didn't." Charlotte sighed annoyed at the man's denial.

"Yes you did the question is asking which ingredient the potion needs, they misspelled it and that makes it a very poisonous ingredient." Snape rechecked the question and apparently she was right. He kicked himself for missing such an obvious mistake. He waved his hand erasing the mark already there remarking it wrong.

Charlotte checked the clock hanging on the side of the wall. Realizing lunch is started she stood up again, stretching upwards making her back pop. She walked over to her bag and threw it over her shoulder. "Where are you going." Snape asked, looking up from the new paper he was grading.

"Lunch." She started to the door. "Why?" His eyebrow raised. She stopped, turning to walk over to his desk. Charlotte placed her hands on the desk leaning in. "Why do you wanna know? Do you actually like my company?" She smirked. He questioning expression to one of shock. "What?" Snape scoffed. "No." Charlotte chuckled "Sure." She pushed off the desk and walked out the door.

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Snape had to slow his racing heart, the old feeling spread through his body. He shouldn't feel like this towards a student! How could he be so distracted just because of her presence, he made a mistake while grading! He never does that. 'Idiot' he thought to himself.

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8/11/2023 DAB Chronological Transcription

Jeremiah 14-17

Welcome to Daily Audio Bible Chronological. I'm China. Today is the 11th day of August. Welcome. So great to be here with you today as we continue on through the book of Jeremiah. We are in chapters 14 through 17 today, continuing on with The Good News translation for this week.

Commentary:

So a lot of things get touched on here today. And what's so interesting is this isn't the first time that we hear the Lord saying like Jeremiah, don't plead to me, for these people. Don't pray for them, don't ask me to rescue them.Which is very interesting, but also like following- the story here following what has been going on. This is...it flows right with everything that we've been reading. And it feels like this is like Jeremiah and the Lord's whole dialogue about how the Lord is feeling about the people of Israel and the people of Judah. And Jeremiah like pleading for them on their behalf and just being like Lord, you know this is who you are. This is like you are a great and mighty king. You are faithful. You are just, you're merciful. You show that. And the Lord is like I mean, yes, and these people have betrayed me and there is nothing that they will do to actually like, turn back towards me. And so it is, I mean, we've we've read 17 chapters so far of the book of Jeremiah and we just continuously read how this affects the Lord's heart, what he feels and how he feels about this.

Prayer:

And so, God, I just pray that we would be a people who are aware of our actions and that everything that we do has a cause and effect. And Lord, I pray that we would just desire your righteousness, you desire your wisdom, and that we would desire to live in a way that is pleasing to you. I pray this in Your name we pray. Amen.

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Community Prayer Line:

Hey y'all, hey, it's Simone calling in from the great state of Texas. I couldn't decide where to leave this on DABC or just DAB because I do both. So I just picked one. Hopefully it'll get to both or the right place. Guys 2023 came in like a wrecking ball and I know you guys have not heard my voice since maybe January or February of this year. Oh God, so, so, so very much has happened and I don't have enough time. But I am back. I am happy to be back. I am already wrapped up in prayer and I'm listening. I'm not going to attempt to catch up. I've lost way too much time.I'm just going to start from where I'm at today and yeah, I have missed you guys tremendously and I just have to slow down and get back to the basics, you know, God blessed me so much when I passed my exam and got a new job and started making more money. Then life happened and everything got in the way and I'm back to basics and I'm back to putting God first. Finally caught my senses and I'm so happy about that and you guys will hear more of me going forward and I missed you guys so much and I love you guys so much and I'm praying. Alright guys, talk to you later. Bye. 

Hi, this is Nolene from Dubai. I hope you all good and enjoying Sunday today. I need prayer. I've called them before, talking about me and my mother's relationship not being as good. I mean, she did a couple of things to me that I just can't forgive, I cannot forget and it's been really hard. My my heart and so many things and I just can't get over it. I just need you guys to pray for me and just help me with my mother's relationship and I don't know, I don't know how to go forward. I don't know how to handle it. She's coming to me to Dubai for a bit and.I don't know. I don't know how to handle it. I've say so many nasty things and bring up the past and and she just doesn't tell me the truth. And I don't know. I just.Thank you guys. Yes, singing all my love.From Dubai. Love you. 

Good morning. It's Heather in Santa Barbara. I'd like to pray for God's Sunshine in California for your daughter's more of a celebration and praise report that she listened to her voice.I am really working on that myself and not ignoring my voice God gave us.Such strong wisdom and discernment for her reason. So I am celebrating for your daughter and it's going to take a long time to heal.Some unfortunately just went through this myself with someone.Uh.Well, I do have a pattern but could not get quite into the commitment side of the relationship and so.It's so painful, but it's once you're out of it for a little while.You realize that you've gotta.Would get healed and whatever made you not want to listen to your voice and just accept crumbs. And I've been doing a lot of work and going back through the word and God is just He's just so gentle to allow us to come to him and I'm just learning it in my 50s.In regards to who he says we are, so I just, I just pray that over your daughter that she would come to know who you say.She is and not accept any thing that man would want to take from her, any friendships, any.Church relationships that are patriarchal. Any inappropriate relationships or I just played the full bug protection over this young lady and pray that she would be safe in her relationships and her and her comings and goings. And I pray that you give her a sweet little job. Thank you for Lord. Thank you for the puppies and kitties getting along. In Jesus name Amen.

Good morning, DABC family, this is Christy from Pennsylvania. I'm calling in response on August 7th to God's Sunshine, her daughter Tyler. Lord, would you please just continue to close doors that are not for Tyler open the ones that you will guide her to?Guard her heart and guide her path and heal her heart. Show her the way in this new season and help her to focus on you, Lord, as you gently heal her heart. Lord, would you bring good Christian community to her and new relationships that you may have for her? Lord, we just thank you for closing the door in a relationship that was not good for her.We also, I also pray for Tiffany and family. Lord, would you just remind them that you are in control, That there may be legal battles, but you fight our battles and you are the ultimate judge. Help them to trust in your divine care so they'll be victorious. Provide for their family, Lord, as they wait on you.And help them to remember to not be anxious so that they will have peace that surpasses all understanding. The Lord just thank you for this community. Thank you for Tanya and Kingdom Seeker Daniel and later Victory and Victoria, Soldier and Lord. Just pray for them as they continue to be the prayer warriors that we love to hear.Thank you, Lord, for all of all of these beautiful prayer warriors. In Jesus name, Amen.

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A Dream Come True - Ch 3

Chapter 3: To Be Reunited

Trevor has some interesting discussions with Arondekars, and gets reunited with his other half.

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With the Martino distraction, Trevor was able to convince them to join them on the adventure around town allowing Pete to catch up with them and Trevor to avoid the whole conversation about why he’s avoiding returning to the mansion for as long as possible (even though from Jay’s updates – they’re having a very entertaining Saturday).  

           Apparently, Todd was the first to realize that Alberta was alive when he walked by her and Flower’s room and discovered her on the bed.  It was quite a jarring experience for all involved and it sounded like a hoot, but Trevor used the fact that they were adventuring to avoid the return (and it was helped by Pete’s family).  

           Of course, he knew that he’d eventually get called out on it (besides by Pete) – he just hadn’t expected who would do it: Bela.

           Sam’s phone rings while they’re walking around the mall, and Trevor’s thrilled to see Bela’s name cross the screen.  He answers it with facetime, eager to see her, and have her see him.

           “Hey, Trevor,” Bela says, not missing a beat and not looking surprised.

           “Hey Bela – if you’re looking for Sam…”

           “I’m not – I’m looking for you.”

           “Really?”

           “Yeah, Jay told me what’s been going on today – gotta say I’m a little surprised you didn’t write to me.”

           “Well, I don’t want to die again so soon, and I feel like Jay might kill me if I went there, again,” he jokes.  “Besides, I didn’t want to get in the way of you and Eric.”

           Bela smiles.  “We broke up a few weeks back, but I didn’t say anything during our chats because I figured it wasn’t like I could be with you and because of your thing with you know who.”

           He’d forgotten that he had told Bela about Hetty – largely because he wanted to assure her that he wasn’t hurting over not getting to be with her and because he needed to talk to someone about it.  Bela had guessed about it and had been totally cool discussing it.  

           “Yeah, that – that was something I don’t really want to talk about,” Trevor states.  

           “So, you don’t want to talk about the messages last night?” Bela questions.  “And that isn’t why you’ve run away so quickly after being undead?”

           Trevor laughs.  “I wouldn’t call it that – just alive again works, and it’s complicated.”

           “Trev.”

           He glances around, noting that the others are all busy chatting with Pete’s family and wouldn’t hear him.  “Okay – yeah, you’re right.  I was so hurt when I realized it wasn’t just playfully mean banter and it’s the right thing ending it, but I wasn’t exactly looking forward to having to be around her after that.  So, yeah.  I mean – I am trying to avoid the mansion, at least until my brother gets there and then I take off with him and – and I don’t know.”

           Bela smiles.  “I thought so.  But I didn’t tell Sam and Jay that because they don’t even know that we’re still friends, well, until I told him I’d call and reach out to you, but you can’t run, Trev.  It’s just going to be like you and the other you-know-who.”

           “I know, and we do have to return, I just – I think I need time to process and be away – maybe even confront the first you-know-who and deal with that.  I’m sure she’ll stick around the mansion – she’s rather attached to that place and Sam – I can always talk to her another time, after I’ve figured things out.”

           Bela nods.  “Well, I do imagine you’ve got a lot to sort out.  But feel free to reach out if you need anything?”

           Trevor grins.  “Always.”

           “Oh, and Jay says if you don’t return in the next hour – he’s going to kick your ass.”

           Trevor laughs.  “Yeah, right.  He couldn’t take me.”

           Bela laughs.  “That’s what I told him – still, he wants you to return, you did take his car.”

           “Fair enough.  Talk to you later.”

           “Bye, Trev.”

***

           Their return to the mansion was filled with cheerful excitement and questions.  The three new alive ghosts since they left were more than a little put-out that they hadn’t waited for them, but gifts of new phones and clothes curtesy of Flower and Trevor attempting to find what would best suit them had helped to ease the situation.  

           Alberta’s stalker Todd seemed enthralled with the idea of ghosts and Alberta’s return, as had her sister’s grandchild, Alicia.  Thus, she had been particularly interested in getting to know to know Alicia and avoiding Todd at all costs, which had proven difficult since Hetty was solely focused on telling Sam what to do and Isaac was busy with Nigel, trying to figure out the effect of this change on their relationship.  Fortunately for Alberta, the influx of the Martinos (including little Pete), Steph’s parents, Ira, and the other alive ghosts, had distracted him quite a bit.  

           “I see you’ve returned finally,” Jay teases as they begin setting up a long table in the entrance hall.  “Did Bela give you my message?”

           Trevor laughs, “That is not why we’ve returned.”

           Jay hums.  “I totally believe you.”

           “A nerd like you could never take me,” Trevor states.  “Besides, we were always going to come back.”

           “I know, but it just seems like you were gone a long time – and you rushed out of here…”

           “And here I thought you didn’t like me,” Trevor jokes.

           “Technically, I didn’t say that I liked you,” Jay jokes.  “But yeah, I mean, I was kind of excited to see you guys alive and able to talk to you – not just Pete.  After all, we do have things in common, and it’d be nice to have someone my age around – even you’re technically twenty-two years older.”

           “Then I guess I’m going to disappoint you.”

           “What do you mean?”

           “Well, Jeremy’ll be here soon and I’m going home with him,” Trevor states.  “I’ll be back with the ids and stuff after I deal with Ari and cashing some stocks and stuff – it’ll probably take a few days, then I’ll be back and then – I don’t know what.  But I don’t intend to stay very long.”

           Jay does look a bit disappointed.  “Yeah, I guess that makes sense.  I just figured… it would be at least a little bit of time.”

           “I didn’t think you’d want me to stick around, and you have Pete – in person now.”

           “Yeah, it’s just –” Jay stops.  “I guess I thought you might hang around and I could get to know you in case –”

           Trevor frowns, giving him a look.  “In case, what?”

           “I promised I wouldn’t get involved.”

           “Involved with what?”

           “It’s just – after last time, but this is – and you’re alive now – but it doesn’t really matter because it’s not my choice –”

           “Spit it out, Jay!”

           Jay coughs.  “Okay.  So, when I talked to Bela – she told me that you two were still friends and I know that – well, she sees something in you and before, you were dead and always hitting on my wife, but well, now…”

           “Now…” Trevor prompts unsure of where Jay might be going with this.  

           “Well, now, you could give it a chance, but before I encouraged it – I wanted to kind of – you know, get to know you and make sure that she wouldn’t be making a mistake.”

           Trevor stops what he’s doing to look directly at Jay.  “Are you saying that you – you want to get to know me because you would be okay with Bela and me?”

           “Well, I mean – the way she talked about you when she was trying to convince me that you were – are worth it.  The way she was so excited when she discovered this – whole being alive again thing.  It just – I mean, obviously it’s up to you two, but I was hoping I could get to know you and then see what she sees.”

           “I appreciate that, man, really, I do.”  Trevor clears his throat.  “It’s just that Bela knows that something has been going on with me since Christmas.  We’ve been talking…”

           “Yeah, she told me.  I figure it was kept a secret largely because I wasn’t the most supportive person, and I can be very… judgmental.”

           “Yeah, well, we were doing something reckless and stupid just for the chance to be together…” Trevor sighs and shakes his head.  “Not that that matters, but anyway.  It’s been a complicated few months for me that only one other person in this house knows about and I have to sort through that first before I can consider anyone else.”

           Jay gives him a confused look but doesn’t pry.  

           “That actually makes a lot of sense.”  He shakes his head.  “Still, it’d be nice to be friends.”

           “Of course,” Trevor states.  “And I get that you’re probably excited to actually get to know us, but I’m sure the others will stick around.”

           “Yeah, true.”

           “And don’t worry, I’ll be back eventually – I just need to find myself.”

           Jay doesn’t get a chance to respond as Sass comes in yelling, “Trevor, your brother’s here!”

           Trevor grins and does his little T-Money thing, earning a confused look from Jay.  “Jeremy’s here!”

           He doesn’t wait for a response as he goes running through the house and outside in the driveway.

           “J!”

           “T!”

           They both go running towards each other and hug tightly.  Trevor doesn’t care about the audience because everyone had seen him running through the house and followed him out there.  

           Trevor honestly doesn’t want to let go, lest this be a dream, but eventually, he hears Laura joke, “Let me guess – you two weren’t close growing up,” and lets go.

           Trevor laughs as they ruffle each other’s hair, and says, “Yeah – we totally hated each other.”

           “Yeah, it was like we couldn’t even be in the same room together,” Jeremy adds.

           They both grin and laugh as some of the other former ghosts come up to greet Jeremy.  Although Trevor had told him stories, Jeremy hadn’t come to the mansion – said it was too painful, but he’s here now and none of that matters.  

           Jeremy’s here and they’re going home together in the morning.  He couldn’t believe it – it was like he was finally reconnected with the half of his soul that was missing.  All was right with the world.