#don't worry im appropriately embarrassed

[nattyluvs]

CAFE CUTIE - chapter 19

"jaeyun, why is your little brother here?" you turned to look at him, seeing the boy on his shoulders, the usual smile on his face. even though jun was smiling hard, jake looked apologetic.o

"look im sorry, there was nobody to watch him at the house, so i had to bring him with me. he won't bother anyone or mess up anything."

"it's fine, don't stress about it. he's a good kid as far as i can tell so i know he won't destroy anything. he might as well help everyone." as you said this you thought, why didn't he just not come? watching his brother was more important than a setup and a lunch outing. you could've just had him help with the next school event.

"there's an outdoor and an indoor portion of the dance." you started to explain to him. there were too many students to fit inside the gym, and keeping food outside for hours isn't sanitary. "most of the photoshoot areas and the food will be inside the gym, and the dj setup will be outside."

he nodded at your words, listening very closely to each word you were saying. "we'll start in the gym first though, so we can hang up the banners and such."

suddenly another voice spoke up, "yn! can i help too?" jun asked, "of course you can! can you put these cups and plates on that table over there?" you pointed to one of the tables across the gym, as he followed with a small ok! as he walked further and further into the distance.

later, it was time for your little "date". you both went home to change into more appropriate clothes, rather than the lazy clothes you both were wearing to be comfortable.

you both met at a small sandwich shop a few minutes away from school, it was a popular weekday spot that students walk to after school, though it was usually quiet on the weekends. you had thought about applying for a job here, but you decided to wait unless the school workload became too much.

jake did offer to pick you up from your house, but you declined not wanting him to waste gas, since it was very pricey these days. luckily your aunt was kind enough to give you some money for gas every once in a while, not having to worry about it as much.

after you both met up inside the shop you decided to sit inside at a little table in the corner, both of you ready to eat your sandwiches due to the hunger you both built while setting up at school.

"jaeyun, why is your sandwich mainly lettuce," you questioned, confused why the sandwich barely had any toppings.

"im picky! and it's not just lettuce. theres turkey and cheese and onions too." he opened one of the flaps on the bread to point out the different ingredients.

"also, you are the only person that calls me by my actual name, it's kinda odd" he mentions, taking a bite into his sandwich with barely anything in it.

"are you gonna complain after everything you've done to me so far? plus, saying jake doesn't sound right when i say it. you know what, why don't i just call you jaeyunnie." you grinned, remembering the nickname his little brother calls him by, him being very openly embarrassed about it.

"hey! stop! he tells you, visibly embarrassed before proceeding to laugh. god his laugh, it was so contagious and so was his smile. it was hard not to smile if he was smiling too, like one of those people that makes you happy just looking at them.

"you know, jun is like the spitting imagine of a smaller me"

"i know, ive seen him. he looks like your mom more though, you look more like your dad"

"how do you know what my parents look like, stalker," he says, smiling again and taking a sip of his drink he ordered who knows when.

"maybe if you took a look around your house you'd see all of the family picture frames, im observant you know, and it's hard to miss," you reply

"nooo my embarrassing baby photos are everywhere please tell me you didn't see them" he pleaded, hands together like that was the worst thing in the world.

you both fell into a nice silence, the only voices coming from workers and the other 2 people on the other side of the shop. you both ate your sandwiches peacefully, along with some more small talk and trash talk about the lack of toppings on his sandwich.

he has his chin resting on his palm, as he burns holes into your eyes.

"you're staring," you tell him

"i know, you're pretty, it's hard not to,” he boldly says, hiding in embarrassment a few seconds later, "I'm sorry i didn't mean to be so sudden" he looks down at the floor, ashamed in case you didn't l yeah

"it's okay...and thank you. you're honestly not so bad yourself-"

"hey! you guys are on a date too?" you hear a familiar voice from the door, louder than usual. at the entrance stands soobin, and what your assuming is yeonjun since he hasn't walked in yet. soobin starts quickly walking over, pulls a chair from another table, and sits on the other end.

you can tell jake is visibly confused at what just happened, and so is yeonjun as he walks over to the table a little slower and politely greets you and jake with a smile, mouthing a "sorry"

you punch soobin's arm, whispering to him "what the fuck are you doing, go somewhere else" before hitting him again and giving a nervous smile jakes way.

"im sorry for the intrusion- we were just leaving haha" yeonjun spoke up, grabbing soobins arm to drag him out the shop, scolding his behavior before they both waved to the two of you before exiting

later, while you were both preparing to leave there was suddenly an elderly woman who had stopped at your table as she was walking in.

"you guys are such a cute couple," she said, putting her hands to her heart

"oh we're not-"

"thank you, we're a year strong" jake suddenly said, his hand grabbing yours and holding it up like it was a prized possession. the lady gave him her thanks and she went on to order her sandwich.

"do you even know that lady?”

"no? i couldn't break her heart i was just being nice"

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a/n: this is so bad but it took me so long to write and also i think im only gonna write for skz from now on i find it hard to write for enha

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[muzanswaifu]

Fanfic Writer Emoji Ask (Answered)

I"m not even gonna wait for anyone to ask bcuz this bitch is gonna answer them NOW

I wait for no one 😤

Keep reading if you wanna see my answers!

I nominate @xxsabitoxx, @magoliaomega, @yurmomsawh0r, and all my other writer moots to answer all these as well, CUZ I WANNA KNOW WAT YALL HAVE TO SAY

😅 What's a story or scene you've created that you're a smidge embarrassed exists?

All of my old Doushino fics lmao, I like the base storyline I did for all of them, but my writing was so shitty back then and I cringe looking back at them now. Ireally really wish I could just rewrite them but Ik some people would literally shit their pants if i deleted them so im stuck

🥺 Is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

I have a kink for apology/angst scenes haha, if couldn't already tell from my past works. It's just something that I feel everyone thrives for, especially myself, where the love interest apologizes for all their wrong doings and admits that they long for yn's forgiveness and love. Mama is a heart throb

🤡 What's a line, scene, or exchange you've written that made you laugh?

Any scene with shinobu in my Gamer Giyu fic "The Perfect Date". I tried to make her as funny as possible in that one, and believe me, there were plenty more funny moments of her in my draft for that fic that I ended up having to cut out bcuz I felt it drew away from the plot too much. Oh how I wish to make a fic just for her lol

😈 Has there been a point in a story where you did something just to be playfully mean to your readers?

I like to make the love interests assholes sometimes, just to piss you guys off hehe, everytime they do something shitty that makes you hella sad, just know that it was me 😈

✍ Do you have a beta reader?

I don't unfortunately, I kinda just go read over it myself a couple times to check for mistakes but thats pretty much it. Ngl lie though, I am kinda interested in having someone else proofread for spelling mistakes and plot holes, any takers 👀 preferrably someone who's talented with that sort of thing haha

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

I always enjoy a good simile and metaphor here and there, not really sure about themes... love at first sight maybe? enemies to lovers? tsundere? I like sad fics as well that have happy endings, I will never, ever do a completely sad ending, i just don't like them and they leave a bad taste in my mouth

🎢 Which of your fics would you call your wildest ride?

Dog, I dont even knooooooooooow, i think all of my fics are pretty straight forward and tame. Maybe Regrettable? All of my super crazy fics are still in production so we'll just wait and see, but for drafts rn, my "No Escape" (Sanemi x Reader) series is gonna be hella crazy, so just you wait

✨ Give you and your writing a compliment. Go on now. You know you deserve it. 😉

My fav thing about my writing is probably my dialogue, i think I write pretty appropriate dialogue. I try my damn hardest not to make the characters cringe and to make them relatable so I hope I've done a good job with that

💋 First kiss fics. Love em or hate em?

Ngl, I kinda hate them. Kissing is nice and all but i write smut yall, i got bigger things to worry about than smooching. Now virginity loss fics are a whole nother story, bcuz i can actually make it enjoyable unlike real life 😭 Shitty first time gang arise ✊

🎶 Do you listen to music while you write? What song have you been playing on loop lately?

Nope, I bask in silence, maybe some white noise in the background sometimes? Music distracts me too much

🛠What tools/programs/apps do you use to write?

I use my notes app on my phone to make my outlines, google for thesaurus, and an online word counter for the final word count

⛔ Do you have a fic you started, but scrapped?

Yup, for those who remember, I was working on a fic called Night and Day about Kyo x stepsister reader who was living with him. Originally I had him as a yandere, obsessive person with reader being uninterested in him and the fic being non-con, but I ended up scrapping the whole thing and changing it to be a fluff fic with reader living with kyo, reader having a crush on him, and slowly the two grow closer, with tons and tons of angst and sadness. The original outline for the non-con fic is on my patreon if anyone would like to see the poor thing, it had 8 chapters outlined too haha. what a waste.

🙋‍♀️ Do any irl people know you write fanfic?

Only 1 ☝️ I'm pretty sure i've mention her before, my friend sam? We used to read a ton of fanfics and watch anime growing up so she's the only person i've ever told since she understands the field, and i am never gonna tell anyone else 😭I would literally die, my group at college doesn't even watch anime

🍦 What's the sweetest fic you've created so far?

Either Perfect Date or Regrettable

🍷 Do you drink and write?

Hehe no, I do smoke and write sometimes though

🍆 Do you write the spicy stuffs? If so, what's your most popular nsfw fic?

My Little One if I remember correctly

🌞 Do you have a preferred time of day to write?

I usually like to write at night after I've finished all of my hw, right before bedtime :)

💖 What made you start writing?

I had a ton of idea for fics but didn't want to spend my days requesting all of them so I just wrote them myself, I write so much shit already for school, so I just said fuck it, lets ball

💌 How do you feel about comments and feedback?

I thrive off of them ❤️‍🔥 I frame every single comment on my wall ngl

❌ What's a trope you will never write?

Cheating. Not sure if thats a trope but i kinda feel it is in some fics where reader or love interest cheats, the one who got cheated on gets revenge sex with another party, and then they get back together. I just hate it and it hurts my feeling and turns me off

💲 Would you ever open commissions?

Of course! After I finish all of my requests I'm gonna get that started hopefully and use the money to buy hot figurines 🥵

🧐 Do you spend much time researching for your stories?

Sometimes, it depends on the fic. I usually just look up time period stuff so that things are close to accurate

🏆 What's your most popular fic?

My Little One

🎃 Do you write fics for certain holidays? Which is your favorite holiday inspired fic?

I love halloween fics, they are scarily hot

🎯 Have any of your readers accurately guessed major plot points? Care to share which?

YUP, @magoliaomega has perfectly written part 2 for two of my fics, reading her gifts is so eerie bcuz they were exactly wat i would've wanted for the sequel and I love her for for it, she is literally god

🎨 How do you feel about fan art of your stories?

I've never gotten any but I would love to, fan art is awesome

📈 How many fics do you have?

Uhhhh like 20 I think?

🦅 Do you outline fics or fly by the seat of your pants?

I usually outline but I'm kinda thinking ab stopping bcuz my best fics were written without any preparations so well see.

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

Girl Imma talk about I'm Yours, my upcoming series ab alpha kyo and omega fem reader. I am sosososoosososossosos excited for this one yall have no idea. I've already mapped out the chapters and plot and everything. Im currently working on chapter two and just cant wait to get this shit done so i can post everything. I'm just excited to add to the very small pile of kny omegaverse fics and hopefully the series will inspire more abo creations for demon slayer. Another work I'm excited ab is a collab im doing with a fellow bestie 😏 I wont name any names or say wat the fic is ab but hopefully well get the fic done sometime next year, really excited to work with her on this!

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

I would start off with headcannons, then short scenes, then one-shots, then multi-chapter. I went backwords from this list and i wish i didnt haha. theres nothing wrong with doing it out of that order of course, I just think its the best way to build up skill and get a hang of things. Also dont be afraid to take breaks! burning urself out will lead to depression babes

💞 Who's your comfort character?

Shinobu ❤️ she was the first girl I wrote for in demon slayer and she's always held a special place in my heart

🧠 Pick a character, and I'll tell you my favorite headcanon for them.

Can't really answer this one lmaoooooo, so ill choose a random headcannon I have, Shizu taught Sanemi how to cook and he always helped her make meals for the family

🤩 Who is your favorite character to write?

Kyojuro, my love. He is so pure, I wanna suck the soul outta him

🤲 Would you please share a snippet of a wip?

Mitsuri was obviously upset.

One day was fine. Two was pushing it. Three was a little concerning. Four was a lite search. Five was thorough detective work. And six was a breakdown. By day seven, today, she was still bawling in her pillow, wondering where-oh-where you’d gone. 

Meanwhile, you hardly had time to worry about your concerning absence with a dragon on you at all times of the day. During the rare moments you weren’t getting knotted or eaten out, you were getting bathed, fed, or hushed to sleep. Similar to Kanroji, you too were sobbing into your bedding - but your reason being your cunt getting ravaged hourly. The pleasure was still incredibly mind-blowing, but your pussy was so fucked raw and puffy that you were sore beyond belief from the mating session. You had misunderstood that section in the book. You’d thought a week-long initial rut meant only occasional couplings, like a sort of honeymoon phase.Nope. Every waking moment was spent hanging off his knot and getting filled to the brim with his seed. Hereallywanted babies. And he was likely going to get them, even if it wasn’t your fertile week. You doubted his sperm would take no for an answer, honestly...

“Are you tired, my love?”

You moaned as he pulled on the lock and replied in a cracked voice. “Ye-eess.”

With one more tug, his knot was pulled free. You came painfully one final time before a flood of spunk gushed down your legs. Kyojuro flipped you over to your back and set you down onto the part of the nest that wasn’t caked in sin.

He kissed your forehead as you panted. “Our rut is done, little one. You did wonderfully, I’m so proud - you may rest now,” he whispered and laid next to you. You sighed and groaned, “Finaallyyyy.” He chuckled.

“Tomorrow we will bring your things here and anything else you may need. Your friends and family will understand, I’m sure.” You eyes shot open and you remembered them.

“Oh my god!”

Lil snippet from My Sweet Kitten (Mitsuri x Dragon Iguro) My Little One Part 2 hehe

😬 Which of your fics would you be most horrified for friends, family, or coworkers to stumble upon?

Any of my non-con lmao, I think they would kill me tbh, but I heard that kinks were hereditary so this is their fault

🎉 What leads you to consider a fic a success?

If people ask for a part 2, even though I wont write one hehe

✅ What's something that appears in your fics over and over and over again, even if you don't mean to?

Breeding kink, I have needs. Also pet names (baby, sweetheart, my love, darling, princess, ect)

📚 Would you ever want to turn writing into a career?

Maybe as a side career, I'm not getting a degree in my field of study just to write smut all day lmaooo, i enjoy having writing as my hobby and dont want to have it bare the burden of being my main source of income, it would stress me too much

⌛ How long does it take you to write a fic, or a chapter?

It depends honestly, if I'm really inspired and horny, it takes less time. My Little One took me only 3 days to write cuz i was so pent up haha, requests take longer tho bc i have a specific plot and terms to stick to, along with anxieties about whether or not the requester will approve wat i've produced, so those usually take me a couple weeks to a month

🤯 What's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

Action. That shit is hard. I don't think i could ever write a fight scene ever

💔 Is there a fic of yours that broke your heart?

Not the ones i have currently but the ones i have in the works are extremely heartbreaking, i cried a little writing some of them

💥 How do you feel about criticism?

It depends on the type of criticism. I appreciate it if its about errors in my writing since i still have some growing to do in that department. But there has been some drama ab the things I write ab that people find...distasteful. If you don't like what I write ab, leave, dont waste my time pretending to be a mutual, I write for me not you. Some of yall have some real mean girl mentalities and need to grow tf up, this isn't fucking highschool. Im glad for thei experience tho bcuz it's taught me how to deal with negative people better. On the more constructive side of things tho, if you see errors like plotholes, devices, or grammar in my fics, please tell me! I miss shit sometimes and appreciate the help to better my work

🤭 Do you have a favorite tag to use when posting your works?

#Smut. LMFAOOO

🥰 How do you feel about reader interaction? Are you open to receiving questions about your fics?

I looooove reader interactions! I wanna know what people think and what they would like to see next. I also love requests but I've learned that they are harder than they look lmao. I just worry ab disappointing readers sometimes. I want you guys to enjoy it too!

[lovely-showtimes]

ahh I'm in class right now so im typing this quickly but i wanted to request a small drabble of sorts.

Could i get an akito x male!reader where reader has a suit on for special event and akito's all like shocked 'cause he's never seen reader like that.

hope its not any trouble!! thank you!!

formalwear ~ ♡

character - akito.

type - scenario.

warnings - male reader.

a/n - i would like to thank the splatoon 3 ost for being by my side as i write this <3 i hope you enjoy!

You inspected yourself in the mirror, picking off a piece of lint on your shoulder and nodding in satisfaction. Tonight, you were going to take your boyfriend out to a very fancy restaurant for dinner, and you wanted to look the part. Especially because the two of you didn't typically do things like this together, so you wanted it to be memorable.

You wrinkle your nose at yourself in the mirror. You had been a little anxious however, as you were unsure if this sort of outfit was even appropriate in the first place. Did people typically wear suits to fancy restaurants? Were you overdressing? Such questions you had been frantically googling about half an hour earlier. Your findings had led you to be about 75% sure that this was appropriate clothing to wear.

You had no more time to worry though, as your doorbell sounded out with a loud ding! Akito must be here already, you think as you quickly hurry to the front door and open it.

Akito opens his mouth to greet you, but is stopped short once he catches sight of you. He was used to the much more casual outfit you usually wore, so seeing you in something so formal made his heart flutter a little.

"Akito?" You smile, tilting your head to the side slightly and waving your hand in front of his face to snap him out of his daze.

He clears his throat in embarrassment, shoving his hands in his pockets as he averts his gaze from you.

"You look... nice." Is all he can seem to say, but with the way he looked at you earlier, you know he thinks you look a little more than just 'nice'.

You step outside of your home, grinning at him and gently taking one of his hands in yours.

"You look very handsome too, 'Kito." You tell him honestly, which only seems to cause him to become even more flustered. Together, the two of you walk off towards the restaurant, with you pretending like you don't see all of the love-struck glances he keeps taking at you.

[nogenderbee]

HI BEE. im pretyt sure ur pairings r open.... they said they were anyways (if they arent then I AM SO SORRY THIS IS EMBARRASSING) this is my first time with pairings ok um anwyays

⊱ What nickname would you call your lover?: dear or love

⊱ What are your hobbies?: video games, volleyball, and singing

⊱ What's your perfect date idea?: stargazing or a cafe date with the most fluffiest pancakes ever

⊱ What's something you hate in others? (like a personality trait or behavior for example): someone who doesn't take things seriously at the appropriate times

⊱ What are yours main 3-5 (or more if you want!) personality traits?: stubborn.., blunt (💀), calm

⊱ What's activity/hobby do you like?: i like to sleep. volleyballs fun too

⊱ What's activity/hobby you don't like?: i despise organizing. you'd never catch me with anything organized....

(this is how u do it right... i dwear)

Omg hii! And don't worry they're opened and you are doing them the right way!

I won't lie when I say I was pleasantly surprised at you requesting something from me!

Alright but let's get into it! I pair you with...

🥁🥁🥁

Akito Shinonome!

⊱ that's just my opinion but I feel like "dear" suits him best! And it also works when you want to add slight shade of red to his cheeks~

⊱ now you definitely have singing in common! As for video games, I fee like it depends on genre with him! And when it comes to volleyball, he's not the biggest fan but I feel like he's not bad at it either! But maybe he will try it out just for you~

⊱ as for date idea, you cannot tell me that cafe date with pancakes isn't enough to make him agree, in fact he'd be in HEAVEN! But he doesn't mind stargazing to either! He may complain at first but later, he'll enjoy it just as much

⊱ he's pretty stubborn himself so... good luck! Because reasoning with him may be hard. As for how blunt you are... he actually don't mind! He's friends with Toya so you can say he knows how to handle both blunt and calm person

⊱ and finally, I feel like Akito has few things organized but definitely not all! So if you don't have like important files organized, he'll just do it for you so you won't have trouble finding the right one

You and Akito were now on your classic cafe date! At first he was a bit unwilling to go out but with enough of your stubbornness and descriptions of pancakes and he agreed! So right now, you were sitting in rather private place where no one could see you so your boyfriend let out his soft side and was holding your hand and gently rubbed it's back while waiting for your orders to arrive.

Luckily it wasn't long before your orders arrived so shortly after, you now could see your ginger boyfriend enjoying his pancakes.

"And to think you didn't wanted to come here!"

"Quit it. I simply didn't wanted to hear you asking me about it for whole day."

"So that's exactly why you agreed just when I mentioned we'll take private spot?"

"Alright you got me there... Don't think too much about it tho!"

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I thought of Honami for a long time too 😭

[drunkjaked]

Omg I'm kinda embarrassed I know you said it's not bad to reply late but this is getting out of hand... how did your presentation go? I ended up not going to the other concert because my brothers got sick and he's was my ride 😔 but I was supposed to see barns courtney he's super good live it would've been so much fun 😔 I got the necklace!! I think it's called the ballina necklace? But it's basically just the logo with a pearl in the middle it's so pretty I love it like it's my own child <3 your Spotify wrapped... miss ma'am... like that's so valid of you but damn top .005% like I can't even imagine that I just. Wow. But again so valid I love that for you <3 I don't use Spotify so I don't get all the fancy graphics and data and all that but I do get my top songs of the year and my top artist of the month which is cool but I do kinda wish I could participate 🥲 it's fine though I like the app I use! I hope you're doing well, and I hope that school isn't too bad cause lord knows it can be -_- do you have any plans for the holidays? And yeah honestly matching boba and mcdonalds I think we were meant to meet <3 I hope you have a wonder amazing day/night and that every day gets better and better <3 -💕

hey 💕💕💕don't worry about it really !!! just glad to hear from you at all <333

wow.. the presentation.. i absolutely fucked up my 7 seconds of speaking time .. humiliating, but the rest of the group did so well and im really proud of them for staying calm and getting shit done <3 im also in love with one of the boys that was in the group and we all went out for drinks after doing the presentation and i drunkenly told him that i hoped the two of us would still keep talking after finishing the pres even though we don't have to and he like .. reciprocated my hopes and told me that he thinks im cute so .. that is .. just lovely.. anyway sorry for dumping all that out in here, my bad..

sorry that you couldn't go, i hope your brother is feeling better though !!! and omds that necklace is so SO pretty.. please keep an eye on it because people (me) can just be .. downright evil these days and like.. take your things from you 🤷🤷🤷.. especially the ones that they think are really beautiful and also want to possess.. haha,,, happy for you. 🙁.

my spotify wrapped.. i was like asking other people about theirs and like .. my friend's top song was a song she listened to 64 times THE WHOLE YEAR??? like i just .. was so impressed because like every song until my top 6 has 1k plays MINIMUM like .. im so jealous of people who can consume media in appropriate quantities.. it was down from last year though, my total minutes last year were 169k .. yikes .. who was your top artist and what was you top song? if you don't mind answering, also the thing about wrapped is like it's so colourful and full of patterns that it feels a little overwhelming.. like im grateful for the stats but the package it comes in is .. too much AND ITS SO LONGWINDED LIKE IT TOOK 150K MINUTES JUST TO SEE EVERYTHING OH MY GOODNESS 👎👎👎.

i'm doing pretty good honestly.. now that my presentation is over almost all of my school related stress has gone with it, i just have two more things to hand in and i'll be able to just relax and do nothing until january when classes start up again !!!

my holiday plans are pretty tame, my siblings (2 brothers and a sister) are going to come home and we'll spend time together for like a week or something before they all leave but EXCITINGLY.. my birthday is coming up (dec 17) and i'm so excited.. my birthday is literally my favourite day of the year so im reaaaaally looking forward to it even though my plans aren't particularly special 🥳 !

how are you doing? how are your classes treating you? especially around this time of the year oh man.. any holiday plans of your own?

im happy that we did get around to meeting and i hope we can be friends for a long time !!! thank u for the well wishes, as always im hoping the same for you and that you look after yourself and have lots and lots of fun ! all my love 💕, great catching up w u as always <3

[llycaons]

ep21 (pt 1): jyl the mvp!

oh god oh fuck I forgot how emotional the last one ended. jyl pulling wwx inside to get a look at him and everyone's crying 🥺

😭😭😭

this is so funny. jc what are you so worried about? your brother hearing that you looked for him for 3 months? which you did? he's so silly and emotionally constipated. that is a totally normal thing to do for your family

I remember ppl being SO mad at jgy for saying the same thing to nhs in fatal journey before a Mandarin speaker had to step in and be like 'that's actually a normal thing to say to someone grieving, he wasn't being rude or inconsiderate' which. jgy is so gifted with social graces, of COURSE he'd say the appropriate thing at that time

this is so dramatic lmao. I know how you die old man and it's pretty embarrassing

ah the dramatic look over the shoulder bc he misses his boy best friend who HE pushed away wwx you mess

literally shut the fuck up sect leader yao you would be dead and powerless without the protection of the jiang clan you owe your life and your clan to this family be polite

wwx saying this is very 😮 but it immediately cutting to jc is ALSO 😮 and I don't think its intentional

oh my sect sect leader ouyang???!!

ofc the lans get put in rooms that have a name like that

wwx getting sick of everyone there and just getting up and leaving. politically not great but he lives his truth. I think along with missing lwj he just got sick of the old sect leaders congratulating him for torturing and murdering a man, and then hounding him about his sword

jc I am so fucking proud of you I could cry

the kicker is that jc is for once saying the RIGHT thing, compared to his usual sarcasm and aggression and sneers. but wwx is the one in these episodes who's not cooperating. he's being deliberately contrary, vague, and disobedient. he's not playing nice with jc or the other sect leaders. and I can tell why politics is the last thing on his mind given the fact that he just pulled himself out of three months of utter hell and he's still traumatized, but it doesn't help. his defense mechanism of joking and dismissal to cover his severe trauma and his massive secrets doesn't make him look very good either. it's so sad bc it's all he can do though!

also this is a grade A eyeroll from jc here. impressive

do not break my heart like that wei wuxian

*cues the observation that wwx is wearing his robes in the way that corpses being prepared for burial are dressed*

it is very annoying when fans create content where wwx is unwilling/unable to meditate when 1. how the fuck do you think he formed his core in the first place and 2. it's clearly an important part of his process as a demonic cultivator as well

jyl is being so supportive and compassionate about chenqing in a way that literally nobody else is. she compliments it! she compares it to her mother's most powerful tool!

I think the other translation is 'to give a full account'. I think chenqing's name is really neat, I love reading analysis for it

kill me. and wwx's face after she says this...

she's like the only person here who halfway knows how to approach someone with trauma. express your love and support and concern but don't push them. allow them to tell you on their terms, in their own time. don't make it the only thing you talk about. don't make them have to ask not to talk about it. lwj gets a little better at this but it takes like 20 years

and who else says this!!! who else thanks him!!!! im going to cry

jc and wwx both take a great deal of comfort and guidance from jyl in these scenes - she's level-headed, compassionate, affectionate, caring, and gives solid advice that her brothers can act on. and she stands up for wwx in ways that jc can't or won't. love her

literally shut the fuck up jzx I know how you die

see jc!!! this is what you SHOULD say to those assholes who won't leave you alone and who question your leadership! THAT'S what's called showing a united front!

on the other hand, given how things progress I don't doubt the jins would invent some pretext to attack the jiangs if jc didn't go along with them so it's not like simply saying this would have solved things. but man, this was a good deflection

[pumpkinpaix]

damn you're so good at these slow burn/enemies to lovers/fake dating trope asks!! obviously there's no wrong answer but as soon as i read yours i realize that whatever you've said is perfect and completely accurate. has anybody asked you about wwx and lwj yet or are we all just unwilling to think of either of them outside the context of wangxian? i guess i'll be that person and say wwx, lwj, and mxy?

HAHAHAH thank you i am a longtime veteran of the art of crafting theoretically plausible self-insert scenarios :’) what else is imagination for am i right :D

but WOW OK YOU’RE REALLY COMING FOR MY BLOOD HUH

fake date: mxy because he’s gay and maybe having a beard will help him escape the horrible fate that societal homophobia has condemned him to, and then we get married as queerplatonic life partners or something and live a happy and fulfilling life and no one ever hurts him or me again. we date other people and our family expands into a larger household and we start our own tiny sect full of queer people THE END.

wangxian has to happen concurrently and requires a lot of plot development that hinges entirely on uhhhh my theoretical abilities as a cultivator (so what im saying is rip, unlikely) HEAR ME OUT

slow burn with wwx. we’re childhood friends or something (on the streets??? idk) but lose track of each other when we join different sects (for the sake of this plot, it’s most convenient if i’m in gusulan HAHAHAHA imagine that) somehow and reconnect at the cloud recesses during the carefree school days. it’s very exciting!! there’s a lot to catch up on!! we get closer!! the plot plays out as it does!

enemies to lovers with lwj because of the aforementioned slow burn with wwx. understandably, lwj hates my guts but is a Good and Righteous person so never actually does anything terrible im just anxious and terrified of him because i very much respect hanguang-jun!! he is a Good and Righteous person and also??? the ergongzi?? oh no what have i done to earn his Dislike oh NO. anyways shit goes down with the wens and i volunteer to go or whatever because in self-insert land, I’m brave and cool (lmao). lwj and i are forced to spend time together and bond through trauma he hates me less and i’m less terrified of him and it’s great. we return to the cloud recesses as friends, even!

the plot continues to unfold etc etc. wwx dies and lwj and i complete our enemies-to-lovers run bc now we’re bonded through trauma AND mourning AND our mutual love of someone who’s just died. wwx returns and we both complete our separate slow burns with him and this ends with us in a poly relationship. that is the ONLY way i can see this as even slightly plausible bc otherwise like. i could never. break up wangxian??? pls i couldn’t

yes i spent real actual time and brainpower trying to wrangle this into a detailed semi-conceivable plot ANYWAYS hope….. you enjoyed this

slow burn/fake date/enemies to lovers?

[simplysimpingsimp]

hi! this is my first time asking for anything so im really nervous. can you please write fem reader confessing to inosuke. it's okay if i could be the 🍀 anon? if you don't want to do any of this that's fine too! thank you so much! -🍀

Hi hi 🍀 anon !! You’re more than welcome to have the icon :D ahh thank you so much for choosing my blog to be your first ask TwT that means so much to me !! And I’m so terribly sorry that your first ask took so long to be replied to TT I really like this prompt it’s so cute ToT As always, I’m super sorry for any mistakes, please let me know if there’s anything you’d like me to fix or change, I will gladly do so!!

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🌲 𝙶𝚘 𝙶𝚎𝚝 𝙷𝚒𝚖!

🌲 𝙺𝚗𝚈 𝙸𝚗𝚘𝚜𝚞𝚔𝚎 𝚡 𝚏𝚎𝚖!𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚛

🌲 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚜: 𝚜𝚑𝚎/𝚑𝚎𝚛

🌲 𝚝𝚠/𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜: 𝚗𝚘𝚗𝚎!

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She watched him from afar with a starry loving gaze. Y/n got lost at the sight of an excited Inosuke chasing around a screaming Zenitsu and Tanjiro following suit to hold him back and to continue their training appropriately.

A soft giggle escaped her lips as she watched him pick up Zenitsu and essentially give him a good ol German suplex, though the loud crack and wheeze sound made her wince at the slightest and concern bubbled in her as she watched Zenitsu totally knocked out on the ground and Inosuke cackling away.

Zenitsu was just playing, right? Yeah he definitely was.

“Y/n!! Could you please come help me carry Zenitsu back to the bed,” Tanjiro’s voice rang out to summon her for her strength.

She squeaked as she was ripped back to reality, “Hm? Oh! Coming,” a light blush on her cheeks, fearing that perhaps she was being a little too obvious about her day dreaming of the feral boar man.

Hurriedly she stood from her seat in the dark engawa of the Butterfly Mansion, quickly adjusting her uniform skirt. In a matter of seconds she was beside the a concerned mom friend, a knocked out blond and a huffing boar. Carefully she kneeled down to check Zenitsu’s pulse and his state of consciousness. He seemingly perked up hearing Y/n’s presence.

“N/n is here!” He cooed with a pink floral aura around him as he rolled over to face her and see the deep blush on her cheeks.

A deadpan expression formed on both Tanjiro’s and Y/n’s face.

“It looks like he doesn’t need help,” her voice monotone as she stood, dusting the f/c toned black uniform skirt of any dirt from the training grounds.

“Yep,” Tanjiro spoke, standing up and dusting his own light green patient wear.

Zenitsu screamed, earning a loud shut up from Inosuke who threatened to knock him out.

“Please N/n and Tanjiroooo protect meeee,” Zenitsu whined with a sob as he held his arms out to be carried away.

They both laughed softly, before each taking a set of limbs to carry Zenitsu away, leaving Inosuke alone with his arms crossed.

“So when do you plan to confess to Inosuke, Y/n?” Tanjiro spoke out of the blue as they stepped into the hallway.

His voice was innocent and gentle, making her squeak in surprise, subsequently dropping her hold on Zenitsu’s arms letting him crash onto the ground head first.

A loud cry emitted from Zenitsu, “N/N?!”

“Sorry sorry,” she hurriedly apologized, an embarrassed blush burned on her face as she quickly picked him back up.

“But to answer you Tanjiro, I don’t know,” her voice was small and soft as she glanced away, “I worry that he won’t understand what I mean! And even worse, what if he doesn’t feel the same? I don’t know how I’ll be able to face him…”

A soft laugh came from Tanjiro, his voice warm and sweet, “Well just keep in mind that every swing you don’t take is a slash missed. Besides, something tells me that he trusts you quite a bit! I mean he listens to you more than any of us.”

She hummed with a light smile on her lips, “You’re right! Thank you Tanjiro, I think I will today.”

“Great! If you need help setting something up, let me know,” his smile was bright and cheery, “If not, I’ll make sure we stay out of your way, N/n.”

A light laugh left her lips as she quietly thanked him. They reached their room where the four of them were staying. They dropped Zenitsu on the bed making him cry but in a sniffle filled voice wished her good luck in confessing earning a head pat he enjoyed.

Both Tanjiro and Y/n left the room, walking back together to the training grounds where they encountered Inosuke head butting a tree for what looked like fun. They looked at each other with confused stares but laughed quietly.

“That’s your man over there,” Tanjiro teased in a hushed voice as he nudged her shoulder with his elbow.

She blushed in response as a gentle pout formed on her lips, her arms crossing across her chest, “Meanie.”

Tanjiro laughed softly before she joined in on the laughter, “This looks like a good time! Look the sun is setting too,” he mused happily as he lightly pushed her in Inosuke’s direction, “Go get him!”

She looked back at Tanjiro nervously but he held a smile of encouragement on his lips and a thumbs up before walking away.

Y/n took a deep breath, it should be easy right? Confessing to a feral boar man who misunderstood things on occasion?

Yeah easy peasy.

Quickly she combed her hair with her fingers, adjusting what she thought needed to be adjusted so she looked more presentable.

Y/n approached Inosuke who was just about to run into the tree again, until she gently tapped his shoulder seconds before he took off.

He looked at her through the boar mask he wore, though he definitely huffed having been interrupted from his battle with the tree.

“Inosuke..could I talk to you for a second?” Her voice was small and soft as she nervously held her hands in front to prevent her fidgeting.

He hummed as he turned to look at her with his hands on his hips accentuating his pride and leadership, “Lord Inosuke always has time for his apprentice!”

The proud smile was evident in voice and lips as he removed his mask with an audible gremlin laugh.

She looked into his eyes nervously as she held her hand out for him to take. He looked at her hand with a confused stare but got the message. He placed her hand onto hers, a light smile forming on her lips as her shyness and nervousness was chipped away at by the warmth of his rough large hand.

“Inosuke,” her voice was quiet as she heard him hum in response, “There’s something I really want to tell you.”

“Go on then, apprentice Y/n,” he looked at her curiously with his head tilted to the side.

It was odd seeing him so attentive and calm as if he was an entirely different Inosuke from the usually rowdy one, yet she felt so at peace seeing him listening to her, though there was fear in her heart that he wouldn’t understand.

“I..IreallylikeyouInosuke!,” she spoke hurriedly with her eyes shut to avoid seeing Inosuke’s gaze as she spoke.

Silence filled the air as she fearfully opened her eyes to see Inosuke’s even more confused expression. He definitely didn’t get any of that, her words just flew over his head.

A soft sigh escaped her lips, she was treating this more like ripping off a bandaid rather than putting her heart into it, perhaps that would be the better approached..yet there was a good reason she couldn’t profess wholeheartedly. She didn’t want her heart to be shattered again, yet she wanted to feel the relief of no longer bearing a secret and letting Inosuke know how she felt.

She pulled her hand away that held Inosuke’s but he held on to it, a light blush formed on her cheeks. Quickly she dug through the pocket of her skirt with her free hand, pulling out a small rustic looking wooden box that had fading paint and with ruined engraved words that were near illegible but she memorized the words from all her years with it.

“Inosuke, you mean so much to me,” her voice was sweet and soft as a smile formed on her lips looking directly into his eyes, her own sense of nervousness fading from the serenity of the air.

Inosuke looked so beautiful in the orange glow of the setting sun that was caressed in blue melting into orange hues of the incoming starry night. Saying he looked angelic would be an understatement.

“Every time I feel lonely when I’m away from you guys, whether it my training with Mitsuri or when I’m sent with her on an assignment, I always look in here,” She gently handed him the box that was her prized possession.

He must have understood that it meant so much to her that he delicately handled it with both his hands and opened it cautiously.

His eyes were met with the sight of two acorns, a dried flower with its stem intact, a small parchment scrap with his name poorly written on it, two rings and a pair of earrings, a memento Tanjiro had given her and a separate memento from Zenitsu.

“When I go away and I head into battle, I always put one of those acorns you gave me in the pocket close to my heart,” an embarrassed blush and smile formed on her lips, “It makes me feel safe and strong because I’m reminded of you and your strength, same with Tanjiro, Zenitsu, Nezuko…but especially you Inosuke!”

She held a hand over her heart as she looked into his eyes with a gentle smile, “I..I really like you Inosuke. You give me courage and strength to face anything. You always make me feel all giddy and happy with your weird antics like acorn giving and carrying me around like a sack of sugar. I love when you call me your apprentice or when you come to me for help with learning. It makes me feel like I’m close to you and all those days we spend together whether it be me reading to you or trying to teach you more, training, all those days mean so much to me.”

Inosuke looked at her with a grin as he closed the box and returned it to her. She took it with a hushed thank you and returned it back to her pocket. Though she felt some relief having told him, the silence and lack of response was a heavier burden. Though she externally prepared for the worst, she had not prepared for her heart to be crushed.

She was pulled back from her thoughts as she felt someone wrap their arms around her.

That someone was Inosuke who had a light blush on his cheeks though his gaze was averted initially he looked at her with an excited and happy smile paired with an adoring gaze that made her heart melt. She could hear the rapid beating of his heart against his chest as if he had just ran away from a demon.

Her arms wrapped around him as she felt her own heart beating rapidly, mimicking his. Yet she could hear her soul sing with happiness at the single clunky yet safe embrace from him.

He pulled away from the hug and took a hold of both her hands in his, his large hands enveloped her much smaller ones making him feel giddy as he held the embodiment of softness.

His eyes were wide with excitement like a child who learned something new, “So that’s the word I’ve been feeling for you too! Like! Like like like!” He repeated loudly with a gremlin laugh lacing his voice.

“I really like you too Y/n! I’m no good with words but I feel so giddy right now,” his voice was loud and enough to get his point across as he looked her in the eye.

He put one of her hands on his chest where she could feel his heart, “Do you feel that?! That’s because of how excited I am to know that you feel the same! When you read to me that weird book about the princess and the whatever, I thought of you and me! I like the way you sound, the way you never give up on me! I like the softness of your touch and how you’re always taking care of me!”

It almost sounded like he was about to cry but he didn’t, he just held onto her hands until he pulled her into a tight embrace. In a fit of excitement, he picked her up and spun her around in his hold. A loud laugh erupted from him as she softly giggled, making a light blush form on his cheeks. He settled her down, it was more than clear that he would cling to her the whole day.

“I’m glad you feel the same, Inosuke,” her voice was soft as she rested her head on his chest with her arms around him, “I promise I’ll always protect you.”

She pulled away from the embrace and held her pinky to him for him to lock with, a gentle smile on her lips.

He locked his pinky with hers, a large smile on his lips, “I promise to always protect you because now you’re with the boss!”

A soft laugh escaped her lips as she jumped into his arms again. Her arms wrapped around his neck, while his arms wrapped around her waist. Y/n lightly pressed her lips against his cheek, making his smile become shy though he didn’t quite understand the action. He returned it on her cheek though his kiss was a little rough and confused but she didn’t mind instead she only giggled happily with a light blush on her cheeks.

Inosuke felt his heart flutter with giddiness hearing her gentle laugh as he held her close. There was no way to put down the boss now!

Bonus:

Tanjiro silently cheered as he watched everything go down. He was proud of Y/n for not giving up and finding her way to confess her feelings.

Zenitsu watched with tears in his eyes, “I can’t believe boar face got a girlfriend before me and I’m out 500 yen!”

Tanjiro snickered with a gentle smile, “I was just kidding about the bet. But let’s be happy for them!”

Zenitsu huffed as he crossed his arms, “Maybe N/N can tell him to stop throwing me around now.”

He was wrong.

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ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏʀ ʀᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅɪɴɢ! ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ғᴇᴇʟ ғʀᴇᴇ ᴛᴏ sᴇɴᴅ ɪɴ ʀᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛs/ᴀsᴋs/ɪᴅᴇᴀs/ǫᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴs/ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛs/ᴀɴʏᴛʜɪɴɢ !! sᴇᴇ ʏᴀʟʟ sᴏᴏɴ <3

ᴘᴇɴᴅɪɴɢ ʀᴇǫᴜᴇsᴛs: 30

[worriedvision]

An unexpected yet welcome introduction - Diluc

Okay so this is a day late whoopsie daisy! Gender neutral reader, for once this is actually gonna be fluff.

You were successful in becoming one of the messengers for Liyue. In short, you were assigned Mondstadt due to you being too inexperienced to safely navigate Inazuma. Making your way to Mondstadt was really uneventful, in all honesty.

"Hey there!" You cheerfully say to a man with fiery red hair, who had clearly been taking a morning stroll into town. He seems to short circuit before looking in your direction. "Lovely day, isn't it?"

The man nods, humming in agreement.

"Yes, it is." He states.

After a moment of silence, you smile to yourself as you gain enough courage to test out your socialising skills.

"So, this is my first day in Mondstadt." You begin, the man listening intently. "Could you tell me where the Favonius headquarters is?" Seeing the mans eyes darken momentarily, you stop your question, worried you've offended him. "It's just that I have to inform the acting headmaster of a situation in Liyue." You clear up, hoping you could mend this bridge.

"Oh, sure. If you'd like, I can walk you there." The man states.

"Ah, I don't want to eat up too much of your time. If you could point me in the right direction, that would be lovely!" You say, smiling warmly at the man.

The man points up at a building, you following his finger before he bids you farewell. You wave stupidly, an equally as stupid looking smile on your face before you realise you're supposed to be representing Liyue today.

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An uneventful letter opening and a discussion about a problem that still hadn't been resolved with treasure hoarders, you're excused by Jean. You bow respectfully, taking your leave as Jean opens the door for you before you look down at the letter you had to deliver to the Angels Share. The envelope was specifically addressed to a Diluc Ragnivindr. After asking a Cavalry Captain about where to find the man, he gives a knowing smirk you don't question before he insists on walking down with you. After all, it was only fair you were treated with respect.

Opening the door, you approach the counter, the Cavalry Captain walking up the stairs.

"Excuse me, Im looking to give this to a" you look down at your envelope momentarily before meeting the bartender's eyes. "Diluc Ragnivindr."

The bartender seems to look at you in confusion.

"Uhh, I hate to tell you this but he's specifically told me to refuse any proposals he may receive." The man explains. Noting your confusion, the man let's out an 'oh' before continuing.

"What's this letter for?" The man asks.

"All I can tell you is it's from Liyue." You state matter of factly. Truthfully, you knew the letter was concerning the ever growing popularity for Dandelion wine.

The bartender looks behind you as the door opens, and he nods towards the person who just entered.

"There's your guy." He states.

Turning around, you find yourself mortified to find out the man you were having small talk with was the man you had to be professional with today. You feel yourself going warm from embarrassment, to which Diluc can't help but let a crack of a smile out before he introduces himself properly.

"I'm _, a messenger fro-"

"From Liyue." Diluc finishes your sentence. "Yes, I was made aware of you a few days ago."

"I want to apologise for how I spoke to you this morning." You begin to laugh nervously. "If I knew who you were, I would have been much more respectful."

Diluc shakes his head, stopping you from continuing to apologise.

"Don't worry." Diluc sighs out, you nodding before handing him the letter.

"The dawn winery will be a more appropriate place to discuss business matters. Follow me."

As you walk you, you hear some light chuckling from the upper level. You don't think too much of it, but Diluc sends a glare at the source before he begins to guide you to the next location.

[ttheriddlerr]

STROLLING !

summary : strolling around a city isn’t always boring!

warning : me being cringe again

paring : bruce wayne x black!reader

it was the middle of a nice septmber day when you got a regular call from your boyfriend, bruce.

he had asked for you to come over so you could both take a "stroll" around gotham which didn't make sense since the city wasn't ideal for those types of things.

nonetheless, you agreed because you weren't busy and had mostly nothing to do.

once you arrived bruce was near the coffee table waiting for you, messing around on that phone of his.

you wore a cute sundress, something appropriate to just walk about in.

you cleared your throat to get his attention and when you did he stood looking at you in awe. your curly hair in a pony hair with strands out in the front, and the cute sundress complimenting your skin tone beautifully.

"you look so beautiful today honey." his soft voice said as you walked closer to him

"oh 'm not beautiful every day brucey?" a playful smile on your lips as you hugged your boyfriend like you hadn't seen him in years.

"of course, you always do honey" his long arms wrapped around you lovingly making your heart warm up your insides.

"you ready to go on our little stroll" dragging on the l, with a small giggle he nodded his head yes.

he grabbed your hand tightly and you both made your way out of his place of staying.

around this time the city of gotham didn't look so bad, the trees were a shade of orange and red, the streets were clean for once, and it was peaceful. sure this would last for long but you had to appreciate these moments.

you guys walked around silently for a majority of the time but you didn't mind you just loved spending time with your bruce boy.

"[name] i have to tell you something really important, it's eating me up inside and if i don't say it sooner or later i might regret it."

"you can tell me anything bruce boy, anything, and ill listen to whatever you have to say." your heartbeat quickened with slight fear, but you surely had nothing to worry about.

sure you weren't the perfect girlfriend but you surely tried your best in everything and that's what mattered.

he bent down towards your ear and whispered as quietly as he could, "im batman."

once he said that a burst of loud laughter erupted from inside of you, not in disbelief but you thought that he knew that you knew this information already.

you placed a hand on his shoulder as best as you could because of this height difference and said, "yes brucey boy .. i know."

a semi shocked look was upon his face as your laughter started up again

"is that why you took me on this walk bruce? have you not SEEN your own house??" in-between giggles that's what had come out of your mouth.

"so ... you knew this whole time and didn't tell me?" he dragged out while saying whole and you just nodded

"yeah, i thought you already knew! it is quite obvious!" another smile placed back on your lips while he looked a little embarrassed

"when we get back can you help me make it .. i don't know .. less obvious?" and a quick nod from you meaning yes

"let us continue this walk, shall we?" you said playfully holding out your hand for him to hold

he took it while looking down towards his feet followed by your laughter.

turns out a walk around gotham isn't so bad after all!

[notbecauseofvictories]

I realise you're years removed from this life but how did you deal with retaining necessary info and arguments during oral assessments in law school? I can keep my cool fine but sometimes fumble my recall at the start from nerves and have once or twice gotten badly thrown during questioning, should I just continue to drill myself and do as many mocks as possible to make stuff stick? I'm not struggling enough that it's been raised as a concern but I feel like an embarrassment.

Personally, I was an on-fire human disaster during oral arguments and so probably not the best person to give advice. (Seriously, I think of myself as a pretty solid public speaker, but the second you stuck me behind a lectern and told me to talk about the brief I had already researched and written, I fell apart. It was embarrassing.)

However, there are a couple things I wish I had done, based on later experiences coaching other people through oral arguments, moot-esque competitions, and just...figuring out how to do the law thing.

1. Break Down Your Argument Into Anchor Points

The truth is, your oral argument probably only makes 3-4 actual points. Everything else about your argument is extraneous---additional evidence, sub-arguments, case citations, underlying logic, etc. etc. So really what you need to communicate during oral argument is those 3-4 points, in whatever form you can cram them in.

(To be fair, these points might include case law or evidence or pertinent logic. It's different for every argument.)

Don't drill a 15 minute monologue into your skull---you might get interrupted, you might lose your place or drop a word, and then where will you be! Instead, memorize is those 3-4 points, know them inside and out and extemporaneously, unconnected from the rest. That way, when the judge interrupts and eats up minutes of your time, you can jump to Point #2 without worrying about all the extraneous detail you might have missed with Point #1.

2. Come Up With Fuzzy Non-Answers

Listen, I don't know how your law school does oral arguments, but my professor had local attorneys come and play judge for the day. (I'm pretty sure they got CLE for it, which is why they volunteered.) They were all very busy people, and so probably skimmed the brief <24 hours ahead of time, and retained maybe 50% of what they read.

It means that sometimes they were asking questions that I couldn't answer---they hadn't read closely, or were bringing their full-scale attorney knowledge to bear on a very limited fact pattern. It was terrifying.

In hindsight, I wish I'd developed a set of knee-jerk responses that were, actually, non-responses---"that's an excellent question, I'll look into it and get back to you, your honor." "I can't speak to that strand of case law, but we will do our research and amend our filings appropriately."

It's cheap, and everybody knows you're ducking the question---but it's worth it to have a couple non-responses ready to go in case of a question you legitimately don't know how to answer. It'll get you back to those important 3-4 points, and that's all you should care about.

3. Practice, Practice, Practice (I know, I know)

When I was a TA, I had office hours on weekends so that my 1Ls could run through their oral arguments with me. Simultaneously, I was practicing my oral arguments for a particular presentation/competition. And the deciding factor, the thing that yielded the best results on both sides?

Just fucking do it. Over and over, with people who will suggest things, stop you when you start babbling, reset when you're getting in too deep. It's not just practice, but practice with feedback, that makes the exercise valuable. If you have a TA or a tutor, seek them out. If you have a 2L mentor or a professional connection who can help you out on weekends---let them help you.

Some of that advice will be unhelpful because some portion of advice always is. But the more you practice, and think about what you say, how you do this...the less daunting and impossible it will seem. The better you get at making the connections sooner, or not getting thrown during questions, the overall better you'll get. It's truly unfortunate, how much boring grinding ignominious work goes into being good at something; unfortunately, I have yet to find a shortcut for it.

....and if you don't get better, if you aren't good?

Well, in 6ish years, you'll be able to laugh and groan and talk about how terrible you were in oral arguments, and it didn't stop you from liking law anyway.

[ny4m]

Hey I'd like to request a matchup for the tokyo rev event :)

I'm a female and go by she/her pronouns with a preference for guys

I have short wavy brown hair with side bangs, i wear glasses and have brown eyes. i'm about 5'7, slim figure if not almost underweight with a small chest (˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥⋆)

my love language is mainly physical affection (not sexually) followed by words of affirmation. i don't mind mild pda after getting comfortable. i usually initiate physical affection but if i'm on the receiving end i short circuit (￣▽￣*)ゞi'm extremely out of shape and lost the little body muscle i had before quarantine. low stamina, unhealthy diet, all that. would that worry or botehr my match?

In person I'm pretty awkward and self concious of... everything. and i tend to be the quiet one in a group and i listen to what other people say and only sometimes pitch in on the conversation. i'm also kind of an air head after i calm down a little in a new place like a restaurant or smth so i daydream a lot, unless someone's talking to me directly. The few people i consider real friends usually come to me for venting and emotional support, and i try to comfort them as well as i can and give advice. Other than all that, if you get past my many layers of awkwardness you will see the very comedic side of me. i joke about everything (at appropriate times). dark humor and sarcasm especially. I also enjoy playful teasing except i get easily embarrassed if it's reciprocated. i can be passionate about quiete a number of things such as an anime or game I like, or musicals, movies etc. I can be pretty fun to text with the right people. I have no preference on height. I'm an extreme introvert and would rather stay at home than go anywhere :) unless i rlly like the person inviting me and i feel like i'm up to it. or if im forced out. i also feel like i need to know people care about me.. but ofc im shy to ask because it never seems to be the right atmosphere for such a question. sorry if that's too much heh..

Oh and i want to add that I'm a picky eater and have a small appetite so its very awkward for me to eat at a friend's house or any restaurant cuz I feel like a bother and don't want to offend anyone so if you can incorporate anything with that it would be great :) thank you in advance!

— hellohellooo!! (*´∀`)♪ thank you for the request! <3

I match you wittth..

ᡴꪫ MITSUYA TAKASHI! <3

— Mitsuya respects your boundaries! but sometimes he likes to tease you a little.. in public he might give you a small peck on the cheek! or hug you out nowhere just to see you blush! but if you ask him to stop, he'll stop with no questions asked. ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´ω`ﾟ)ﾟ｡

— in private, Mitsuya likes to blow on your glasses to fog them up.. once they're all foggy he gives you a small peck on the cheek, leaving you unaware of what just happened with Mitsuya just giggling at his little antics.. hes a dork (｀_´)ゞ

— Whenever you're daydreaming, Mitsuya would just let you do your thing while doing his own business! once you're done daydreaming, he asks about what you were thinking about and listens really closely!

— Mitsuya likes to go to you whenever he's stressed! he loves when you comfort him and give him advice on things he should do, he finds it endearing! <3

— Mitsuya would remind you how he loves you and how you're perfect! He loves everything about you and he thinks you should be reminded of this fact everyday! ψ(｀∇´)ψ

— Mitsuya would definitely push you to eat healthier! he understands you're picky with food and you don't eat much.. but he cares and loves for you! you have to grow big and strong !!! ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ he sometimes bribes you with kisses or cuddles if you eat something healthy in exchange! when you do eat the healthy food he gives you, he'll give what he promised + words of praise!

— Mitsuya would LOVE! having movie nights with you! his sisters often watch the movie with you guys too, but at the end of the movie his sisters fall asleep leaving you guys to have to carry them to bed..

ᡴꪫ photos that remind me of u guys!!!

and a song!!

[irontinystar]

im aware that i just sent one in but your writing is so cute and amazing to read so hope you don't mind - what about a duo? 31 and 39?

I’m so grateful you like my writing enough to ask me another prompt, it’s literally so heartwarming to hear!!

Thank you so much, I hope you like this as well!!

prompts 31 and 39 from this list

Near, far, wherever you are

Stevetony, established relationship, fluff, emotional hurt/comfort, 2k words

For their anniversary that night, Tony has prepared the best of dates. He’s gonna cook all afternoon, so that when Steve is gonna come home that evening after a tiring day, he’s going to find a delicious dinner.

Then, after they’ve eaten, they’re gonna watch a movie Steve has never seen and that Tony still can’t wrap his head around the fact he hasn’t.

So Tony comes home early after a series of SI meetings. He has spent the whole conference thinking about what he’s gonna prepare for his husband, not really paying attention to the discussion. He drops the jacket as soon as he gets to the door, unknots his tie and rolls up his sleeves.

“FRIDAY, darling, put on some music” he asks loudly, and his AI complies right away, playing smooth jazz in the background.

Tony smiles by himself, before approaching the kitchen and putting on an apron with the writing ’kiss the cook’ in a fancy font on the front. He meddles around with pots and ladles, trying to follow an old recipe he has found out Steve loves. It’s a little difficult, and he’s not that good of a cook himself. Usually, he just gives up and orders take away, but tonight he has decided he’s going to do his best to make it.

Plus, he’s enjoying his time, so that’s really not a problem. He swings around the kitchen singing out loud along Frank Sinatra, pretending to hold a mic instead of a wooden spoon, but he suddenly curses under his breath when he realises the flame under the pot is maybe a little too high for the pasta he’s cooking.

He grunts but manages to fix the thing before it can become a mess.

“FRI, maybe you should tone the music down a little” he calls, frowning. It’s better if he focuses on the recipe instead of his singing skills.

He’s fixing the last details when he hears the door clicking open and loud steps coming in. He smiles again; even though they’re married for five years, it’s always exciting to see his husband after a long day.

Tony steps out of the kitchen to welcome Steve, and he grins even more when he sees him all ruffled from his rough day.

“Hi husband” Tony greets with a smirk.

Steve turns up his head to fix his eyes on Tony. He beams. “Back at you” he teases, before getting closer.

Tony smiles again, can’t help smiling, and when Steve wraps his arms around him, he leans into his broad chest almost melting. “You should go wash your hands” he warns. “Dinner’s ready.”

He loops his arms around Steve’s neck and mindlessly plays with his hair.

Steve frowns. “First I want a kiss” he complains, and Tony rolls his eyes.

“Na-ha” he denies with a resolute expression. “It’s gonna cool down.”

“But I’m legitimately obligated to kiss you” Steve claps back, even more resolute than Tony, and his eyes fall on his apron.

Tony follows his eyes and looks at the piece of clothing too, chuckling lightly. “You’re a shrewd man, Rogers” he jokes. “One only” he then states, leaning into Steve and leaving a light peck on his mouth, so quickly that Steve can’t even reply to it, before dodging away from his embrace.

“Hey!” Steve calls, but Tony is already heading to the dining room. “That wasn’t a kiss!” he moans, followed by Tony’s laughter.

“First, dinner. Then, kisses” he orders, and Steve rolls his eyes with a fond smile.

They eat chatting about this and that, joking and laughing like they always do, and Tony finds himself grinning again, at the thought that it’s always been the same between he and Steve, every moment seems like their first date, like their going out before they even were a thing, every time they’re at ease and just so in love it doesn’t look like a single day has passed.

“What are you smiling for?” Steve asks stuffing his mouth with food, a wondering expression on his face, and Tony giggles a little embarrassed.

He shrugs, feeling his neck blushing. They’re married, for god’s sake, he shouldn’t blush at that.

“Because I love you” he lets out earnestly, and Steve smiles too, his face softening right away.

“I love you too, baby” he assures with an adoring voice, reaching out with his hand to take Tony’s one resting on the table. He strokes his fingers before entangling them with his own. “Forever, right?” he asks brushing at the gold ring around Tony’s finger.

Tony smiles and cocks his head. “Forever” he grants in reply.

Once they’ve finished eating, Tony pushes Steve to the living room, too excited for the rest of the evening.

“I’m not gonna watch The empire strikes back again, I’m telling you” Steve states, letting Tony lead him to the couch. “I mean, I love you to pieces, but not to the point of watching that movie another time.”

Tony laughs heartily. “No, honey, I promise it’s not Star Wars.” He props up a dvd case to show it to him.

Steve frowns. “Titanic?” he asks dubiously.

“Titanic!” Tony repeats but with a loud voice. “You still haven’t seen it and it’s unacceptable” he scoffs.

Steve rolls his eyes. “There are a lot of things I still haven’t seen” he points out taking a seat on the couch. He raises one arm so that Tony can crawl next to him, before putting his hand on his opposite shoulder.

Tony looks up at him. “I know, and we’re going to fix it” he assures nodding.

Steve leaves a kiss on the tip of his nose, making Tony scrunch it. “Alright, I’m in your hands” he concedes.

Smirking, Tony giggles. “You sure are.”

He puts on the dvd and the movie starts playing. Tony shifts a little on the couch, so to rest his head on Steve’s chest more comfortably, before beginning to comment out loud some scenes here and there. It is something that their other teammates had always hated during movie night. Tony still remembers the glares Clint would direct at him when he complained about the inaccuracies in the movies, but Steve once told him he loved to hear his opinions, so Tony never stopped doing it.

And now that it’s just the two of them, he comments loudly without holding back his thoughts.

Steve hums along him, asking some questions when he doesn’t really get what’s going on, and Tony is more than glad to explain it to him. It gives him such a bust of pride to be of Steve’s help.

“You might want to try this sometime” he teases when the scene of Jack drawing a naked Rose comes on. He turns up his head just in time to see Steve blushing all over.

“Shut up” he scoffs embarrassed, and Tony grins.

For the rest of the movie he can see Steve is really entertained. His eyes never leave the screen, and his lips are slightly parted in the way he always does when he’s focused on what he’s watching. Tony steals glances of him and feels his chest growing bigger with fondness.

He almost startles when he hears a couple of muffled gulps over his head. He frowns in confusion and looks up to see Steve tearing up. Slow tears are running down his cheeks, while he tries to avoid it by sniffling.

Tony’s immediate concern softens: on the screen Rose, laying on the relict of a door in the middle of the ocean, is trying to wake up a frozen Jack. That scene would always make him cry too when he was younger, but he has to admit he’s seen the movie like a dozen times, so now his chest just tightens without him tearing up.

Apparently, Steve really has a soft heart, what will all this young desperate lovers have to part because one of the two has frozen to death.

Tony suddenly stills in mild panic.

Shit. He has forgotten.

He has totally forgotten about Steve’s past. Oh god, how could he have been so dumb? Of course Steve is crying his heart out- he literally lost Peggy in an accident just as soon as they had professed their love for each other, and good god, he literally fell into the ocean and froze to death.

“Steve-“ he tries, brushing his fingers on Steve’s hand around his waist.

Steve sniffs. “Don’t worry about me” he bubbles with thick voice, but Tony has already stopped the movie.

“Hey” he calls again, looking up at him with concern. “Don’t cry” he whispers. He reaches up with his hand and settles it on Steve’s jaw, and the man leans into it.

“I’m sorry” Tony murmurs. “I really am.”

Steve shakes his head firmly. “Don’t worry” he repeats, but when he threatens to cry again, Tony shifts their positions, making Steve lay down with his head in his lap.

“Shh” he hums cradling his head. “I’m sorry, sweetheart, I’m so sorry. We can change movie.” He damns himself. This had to be a perfect night and here he goes ruining it because he’s inconsiderate and can’t even remember such an important thing as Steve’s past.

He trails his fingers through Steve’s hair, and the man sniffs another time.

“It’s really not a problem” he reassures, but he curls up on Tony’s lap, nosing into his stomach.

“I should have known this could trigger you” Tony murmurs, and it’s not even a justification, but mostly a reproach against himself, how terrible of an husband he actually is.

Steve looks at him from under his wet eyelashes. He frowns. “What?” he asks in confusion.

Tony’s jaw twitches, as he keeps on stroking his thumb on Steve’s scalp. “Yeah, making you relive the freezing thing- I should have thought about it” he makes his eyes wander around, not really able to look at Steve, seeing on his face the evidence of his disappointment, but Steve frowns even more.

“Tony, no” he calls. “That’s not- I didn’t cry because of that” he states, and Tony gets even more confused at the blush on his cheeks.

“Even though it actually seems a more appropriate reason” Steve bubbles turning down his eyes.

“Then what is it?” Tony asks with concern, his fingers lifting Steve’s chin to make him look at him.

The other man smiles sheepishly, his eyes still veiled with tears. “I just-“ he trails. “I can’t lose you, Tony” he admits.

His hand comes up too, covering Tony’s still resting on his face. Steve brushes his ring like he did during dinner. “I love you so dearly” he confesses. “Whenever we part for a meeting, or we have a mission- I’m always afraid I’m gonna come back home without you- it scares me so much, the thought of losing you.”

His fingers keep on mindlessly caressing the metal band on Tony’s hand, his smile faltering on his forlorn face.

“Hey” Tony calls again softly, raising his chin another time. “You won’t lose me” he states.

Steve smiles, but it’s a sad smile. “You know you cannot promise that” he claps back. “You may not leave me willingly, but with the lives we live-“

“Then I can promise you that I’ll do my best not to make it happen” Tony blurts out boldly. Deep in his heart, he knows Steve is right, he cannot promise that, but that doesn’t mean he’s not going to try it anyway.

Steve smiles once again, and this time it’s a little more hopeful. “Okay” he whispers. He grabs Tony’s hand and brings it in front of his lips, before leaving a kiss on the ring. “I promise that too” he affirms with a steadier voice.

Tony lets himself linger in the moment, until he feels like he could cry too, so he clears his throat.

“Well, then we can finish to watch the movie, what do you think?” he asks.

Steve gets more comfortable in his position, but keeps his head in Tony’s lap anyway.

“Alright” he concedes, and Tony reaches for the remote. “But once it ends, you have to let me try the naked-drawing scene.”

Tony chuckles loudly, and even though Steve has turned to face the tv, he can spot a grin on his face.

“Whatever you want” he says fondly.

[flowersofjannah]

salaam sis, me again ! so i went into work today with the intention of going up to the guy and indirectly finding out if he was married, but didnt end up doing it as i arrived like 5 mins before i was supposed to leave for my rotation. i also didnt see him at all today, but then after maghrib, i was kind of upset about it and think i saw him as i came back but briefly. thing is he was in the other room and when i saw him i was so happy but his back was facing me and it was really busy so i found an excuse to be near him (luckily a colleague was there) and pretended that i left my sheets there. despite being near him and talking and looking around for my "lost sheets" he didnt turn around once. kind of wish he saw me but goshhhh he is so focused mashAllah lool. im trying to build up the courage for tomorrow but again, even thinking about it makes me so nervous. i was telling my work friend about it (she's not muslim so she's struggling to understand why i seem to like this guy so much after just a few encounters and one very simple exchange - esp. wrt marraige stuff - like she also has work crushes but theyre not serious even tho she's probably spoken to her ones much more than i have). I'll admit it was embarrassing that i couldnt even finish my lunch and felt sick throughout the whole day because of how nervous i was. wish liking him didnt have this impact on me. i guess most of it is still because i have no idea if he's married!! ahhh :/// i feel like last week gave me hope so now im always hoping to see him even from afar, because just being in the same room as him feels nice. but i can never find an excuse to say anything to him, and even if i did i wouldnt be able to bc id be so nervous. sisss idk what to do. i have 8'-9 days left here and feel that now i'll just have to wait until january when our mutual colleague is back to ask the mutual colleague to ask the guy if he's married or not. i honestly can't focus like i used to as well at work and during the weekend didnt do anything because i was literally practicing and worrying about what to say to him. i know it sounds ridiculous but ahhh

just thought i'd update you sis x

Wa 'alaykum assalam sis <333

oii sis, you should not test his lowering of the gaze. It's not appropriate, and I feel you should also be lowering your gaze.

Things like this, I personally feel, require being straightforward, rather than beating around the bush. Know what I mean? You don't need to make excuses to go in the same room as him and tbh that isn't very religiously appreciated either. If you're having a hard time speaking to him about the marriage matter, maybe it's better for you to wait for your mutual friend? I also feel that wait will be better for you so you can collect your thoughts and understand your feelings. Do you feel that way about yourself?

I apologize if I came out a bit harsh, I gave you advice as I would my own sister. I can understand having such strong feelings can cause us to do things we wouldn't normally do. We must remain cautious of our guidelines in sha Allah.

[propshophannah]

I have a weird comment question thing. I just turned 18 a few weeks ago (no surprise. I guess) but it's kinda messed with one of my mantras. Whenever l don't feel perfectly safe (even though l live in a safe area. But even at the grocery or while running or whatever) my mantra is just talking through a situation aka if any guy approached me and made me uncomfortable l could just scream "I'm A MINOR!" Obvi 10,000:1 that'll never happen but it made me feel better. Now I can't do that. Any advice?

First of all, that's brilliant! And you can still do that. People will doubt themselves (she looks 18, but she's yelling that she a minor—we need to help her) before they doubt you. And rapist/creepers tend to go for the easiest target. So if you're already standoffish of making it very clear that you know that they are, that they're making you uncomfortable, and you're NOT okay with that, most creepers will leave you alone for an easier, less assertive target. Never doubt your gut. Your brain will ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS try to rationalize why someone isn't creepy or dangerous. Your brain will be like "he looks fine." "He hasn't done anything creepy." "You're over reacting." "You're being judgmental." You gut, will NEVER NEVER EVER steer you wrong. Listen to you gut. But you sound like you're already good at that. So my next piece of advice would be, always have friends you trust around you. Smart friends who know how to listen to their gut instincts, and who will back you even if they don't agree with what your gut is telling you about someone. Cuz creepy dudes aren't necessarily setting off everyone's creep-dar, right? Creeptron 4,000 might have a thing for blondes, so he might be making my gf feel uncomfortable, but not me. So always have smart friends around who will back you no matter what. Always drive yourself. There is NOTHING worse than getting stuck in a shitty situation because you're not driving. That doesn't mean, you should be responsible for all your friends for the night (not unless you want to be), but make sure multiple people are driving. So if you're like, "this guy is creepy, I'm not staying at this party" you can leave and not have to round up the whole crew. Be assertive. You teach people how to treat you, and your mental/emotional state and body language will get that across to creeps. So be straight. If some dude is creeping on you, or maybe he's being nice but he just won't leave you alone—tell him that. He might get his feelings hurt, might call you a bitch, might get nasty. But that's not your problem, and that's not anything you should feel bad about. I have told MANY a dudes to back up because they're standing too close. I've let them know that it's not okay to buy my food, or my girlfriends food or drinks at the bar. (SIDE NOTE: Never let strangers or dudes in general pay for you. Whether it's the first time you met them at a bar, or it a first date, whatever. You never want a man to think you're beholden to them. Plus, the good/decent dudes will be impressed that you won't let them pay for you. That shit works like candy. Oddly enough.) So yes. Don't let dudes pay for you, especially the creepy ones. This goes without saying, never let them get your drinks. I'd also never let anyone get my drinks. Not unless I'm watching. I don't care who it is. It could be my best friend, but if she's not assertive and alert like I am then I'm getting the drinks or watching as she gets them. Some of my best "leave me alone you're creepy" lines are (all said assertively and sometimes rather aggressively—cuz sometimes Creeptron 4,000 doesn't hear "no" and to that I'll add, if ANYONE does not hear you when you say "no" or when you set any kind of boundary STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM THEM!):Creeptron 4,000 is too close: "You need to back up. You're way to close to me."Creeptron 4,000 wants you to know how you attractive you are: "Hi. You may not know this, but giving a girl your unsolicited opinion about the way she looks really sexist and it's not a compliment. I'm not here for your viewing pleasure. You're not going to impress me with your lack of social skills, and you're not going to make me feel beholden to you for giving me you unsolicited opinion of my appearance."(I've used this several times, and I find that it works like a charm for two reasons: 1. Most creeps lose interest because they don't follow. 2. They know you're smarter than them and they don't want to put effort into creepin. They want easy. Smart ain't easy.)Creeptron 4,000 wants to buy you a drink: "No thanks. I'm good." He doesn't hear your no. "You need to back up and leave me alone. You're not listening to what I have to say and I don't associate with people like that. Goodbye." (Shut it down. And if he persists, I'd play the "IM A MINOR" card, or I'd get my friends and leave, or if you're out at a restaurant, tell the waitress of the bartender. Bartenders tend to be good about watching creepy guys, or getting rid of them for the night. Not always. I find in college towns, bartenders are WAY better at shutting down creepy people than in non college places. But always good to let the serving staff know there is a creeper afoot cuz they don't want to get shut down. Creeptron 4,000 came out of nowhere are scared you: "Whoa dude. Not cool. Don't do that. Not appropriate. You approach me like a normal person you, you don't just pop out of the woodwork." And if you want to take it a step further, and really grab the power in the situation, you can say something like, "let's do this again. I'm gonna pretend like I just walked into this room, and then you can approach me appropriately. Let's practice!"Creeptron 4,000 thinks he can touch you because he thinks it's "playful" and "flirty" (UGH): "Please don"t touch me." Or "I did not give you permission to touch me." Or "And you're hand is where? Yeah, on me. That's a no." Then When he makes you out to be "dramatic" or says you're "overreacting" (😑) you do NOT let him have the power. You call out his bullshit in a calm, assertive way. Something like, "No, sir. Don't you push your embarrassment onto me by saying I'm overreacting or being dramatic. You put your hand on me. Without my permission." If he really needs to be shut down then id continue with excessive examples. Such as: "Maybe in your household men can touch women at will, but out here in the real world we abide by the law. You're not allowed to touch me." (And if they come back at you either then, or later in life and bring up how "oh, Don't touch hannah. She'll freak out." Just own every fucking inch of it. Do not give away your power. You get salty and sarcastic and says with calm and poise something like, "that's right, baby. You learned that the hard way how to treat other humans and women, but don't worry, you're learning."I'm trying to think of other Creeptron 4,000 situations but I can't! But basically, go with the minor thing. It's all about shutting people down so they get scared of you making a scene/calling them out so that they'll leave you alone. Also, never go running at night. Try not to go alone. Don't run with your earbuds in/your music so loud that you can't hear someone coming up behind you. And Head On A Swivel. Always be looking around. Look for the usually runners you see and for the random people you never see. If you think you're being followed, switch sides of the street. Take a weird turn, call/text someone to meet you outside their house or your house. Change your route. Carry mace. And just head in a swivel. Don't look like an easy target for creepers. Creepys/rapists want easy. Most of them will not chase you. So if someone does put their hands on you, fight like hell, make noise, scratch the shit out of them (like Nesta before the Cauldron if you've read ACOMAF). And the second you get free run. Man. I hope his helps. I feel like i have just rambled. But feel free to leave more asks. Sometime specific questions or situations jog my memory better.