#feeling like i'm gonna get a bad grade in being a patient lol

[pochapal]

before i put my foot in my mouth over the phone to the doctor i need to know if there's like. an agreed upon level of side effects you're expected to just put up with when taking longterm meds or if i have a legit grievance that is worth reassessing what i'm on because i feel like such a whiny fraud lol.....

[sirthisisa-wendys]

When you have time could you write about Geto acting like he's gonna punish reader for being a horny little slut and throwing her over his lap but instead of spanking her he pulls a 180 and starts gently finger-fucking her with one hand and rubbing her back with the other n cooing about how his poor baby just needs her aching pussy touched?

Wow I just realized that was one sentence, pls don't give me a bad grade lol 😅😂 I'm just currently in a state where I'm feeling both horny and fragile so... yeah.

CAN BE DONE!

Funishment: Geto Suguru x Fem!Reader

wc: 312

tw: smut

masterlist

"Stop squirming."

You've earned this punishment, you think to yourself as you're pulled close to Geto, his cigarette dangling from his lips. His dark eyes narrow as you stare down at him, skirt all askew. After taking a long drag, he places the cigarette in his ashtray and pushes it aside, exhaling deeply.

With a yank, he pulls you over his knees, your ass high in the air.

"You know why I'm doing this, right?"

"I touched myself without permission," you breathe, and Geto grunts, his hands smoothing over your asscheeks. "And I got caught."

"Do you know what bad girls get for being disobedient?"

"Spankings," you reply, squeezing your eyes shut. Geto's hand lifts off of your skin, and you brace yourself. You don't like to be spanked - his smacks were hard and made you tear up. But before you can think about the pain you're sure to endure, a finger parts your pussy lips and sinks into your cunt. Then another. You arch your back in surprise, but Geto pushes you back down.

"Shh, shh, shh..." You moan as he moves his fingers inside you, each stroke saying the need to be touched and fondled like a prized possession. "That's my girl... relax."

"Su..." you hum, but he doesn't reply.

"You're so wet," he begins, dragging in a slow inhale. "How long have you gone without touching yourself before today?"

"A week," you admit shamefully. Geto grunts once, shaking his head.

"Been so patient, but I wasn't fast enough."

"Sorry," you whimper as his fingers speed up.

"Nothing to be sorry for," he whispers. "You just needed me to touch that aching pussy of yours..."

"I did," you affirm, your voice raising in pitch. "Needed you so bad."

"I know." Suguru's other hand caresses your back as you squelch around his fingers. "I won't let this happen again. Promise."

[alaydabug2]

I'm in the car and I'm bored en

SO HERES A LIST OF MY MEDICAL ISSUES IVE HAD THROUGHOUT LIFE 😃

Vaugly related to my fanfic

Tetrology of Fallot (tof): congenital (born with it) heart defect that is basically 4 defects in 1 (I do not have the energy to look up or type all those scientific words rn so sorry)

I've had 3 open heart surgeries to fix it o e at 8 days 10 months and 5 years

Died 6 times on the second one 😃

Ngl life isn't too different with it

If you don't count the yearly doctor visits and can't play contact sports

I mean there's more to it that that obviously but it's mainly small things like getting out of breath quicker and I bruise easy because of having to take baby asprin

BUT the doctors ORIGINALLY said I was never gonna be able to walk or talk or do anything for myself

God vetoed that decision 😌

NOW I NEVER SHUT UP 😁

Got a nifty battle scar down my chest as a souvenir ☺️

And I used to be called smurf baby cause I turned blue alot

I make jokes about it now (hush I'm allowed to )

Ngl pretty sure I'm short cause failure to thrive as a baby cause of that 😭

Don't think there's any scientific backing on that tho for tof patients

Imperferated anus + colostomy bag: basically means I was born without a butthole

Not even joking on that i wasnt

But had to have three gastrointestinal surgeries from that

Don't know the ages or many details but I'm pretty sure I was two for the last one

And I had to have a colostomy bag

Thankfully don't remember it

Buy my waste went into a bag that had to be changed out

Ik it got infected so the scar is bugger than it should be

Seizures: if you've read my fanfic that's explained in detail for how it feels

But that was from aged 5-10

We never found the specific reasons for it

But we do hypothesize it has something tk do with possible scar tissue on my brain

Either from a heart attack/stroke/lack of oxygen from my second heart surgery is what we think it could be from

During a seizure my heart would start beating weird (not good description ik but idk how to describe it really) and my vision would start to tunnel out my tongue would tingle and then I'd black out

During a seizure I couldn't hear anything or see anything but my head would completely start to tingle

From my parents I was told during them I would stiffen up and lock my joints and almost seem to hyperventilate

It was control moderately well by medicine but I thankfully do not have them anymore

Hard hearing: im not like deaf or anything nor do I use hearing aids but my hearing isn't what it should be for a normal teenager lol

This is because during one of my heart surgeries they gave me a drug used on horses and a little too much if it at that (ketamine?)

Legally blind: yeah come to find out last year found out my eye sight is actual crap

Without my glasses I am legally blind

I've got 20/200 vision 😭

So I've got these crazy thick glasses now

Tourretts: neurological disorder where I make these random noises and movents

Got diagnosed back in sixth grade

My tics ate ill make various sounding noises (all kinda of variations of a hiccup for visualization) and my head will jerk back

It was awful before we found out what it was

Got picked on for it quite a bit and a certain teacher of mine essentially told me "just stop bro lol" and I'd get sent out of class for it even after we had doctor notes for it

Just get up out of that wheel chair then then buddy ☺️

They'd get set off my certain things

Music being one of them so I would carry around these earbuds when there was music around so it didn't get set off

I'm on medicine now for it and it's a LOT better

And a recent development (in the past 6 months) I've been able to listen to music again!

The tourretts aren't going away tho

If over been without medicine for more than 2 days it's BAD

Ovarian cyst (possible pcos?) : this has happened over this summer so you already got some rants on that lol

Buy I've got an 8cm cyst on my left ovary

Hurts like a beach 😃

In fact this Friday I was holed up in my room hyped up on narcotics cause of it

Fun stuff 🙂

Surgery is supposed to be on October 5th so we'll see how that goes

Yeah so medical history of mine 😃

That's fine

We'll see what comes next to the collection I can add

Also here's some pics of a couple of my scars (that I can show several are in places I'm not keen of people seeing 😅)

That's my colostomy scar

And near the top you can see a scar from a chest tube from my third heart surgery

And here's a really good picture of my heart surgery scar that I have (goes down to under the ribcage)

On my neck you can see a breathing tube scar

At least I think that's what it is

Also the corner of my lip I have a scar from some sort of tube from surgery (can't see it well on camera

Tbh idk what half these tiny scars are from

I just know they're remnants of surgery

Any way I do know kw I have a couple of other chest tube scars

But they are not in places to be shown

Same with a few dimples near my tail bone from gastrointestinal surgery

But those are there too

[doinbetter]

have you been struggling with loneliness back in your hometown. i feel like i have no friends and i’m about to graduate and move back in the fall and all my highschool and childhood friends are still at school. my college friends are all over. i just worry i’m gonna be lonely and need to make friends in my hometown

a little bit honestly but it's not as bad as I thought it'd be? I genuinely have 0 friends in town other than my boyfriend (who definitely makes it easier, but he also works full time and I'm unemployed rn so weekdays are pretty empty. plus i'm not thrilled that my only local friend is my boyfriend lol). meeting new people is one of my main goals for building my life here at home, because I do plan to stay here long term.

I'm trying to view it positively though! I'm treating it like a little challenge for myself to put myself out there and try new things. For example I'm signing up for a climbing gym, which is a notoriously social place with lots of twenty somethings, so I hope to meet some people there (and worst case I just have a fun new activity to fill my time). I've never tried climbing before, but getting out of my comfort zone hasn't failed me yet!!

I also randomly ran into a guy I barely remember from 6th grade while I was at the dispensary with my boyfriend the other night, and now we have plans to go to a comedy club together on monday. He was giving off really friendly fun vibes but I hesitated getting his contact info bc it's been so long. Then I figured I had nothing to lose and it might end up being a good friendship, so I did it anyways!

My point is- I'm actively taking opportunities for socialization here, even if I think it might be weird in the moment.

I've also just been focusing personal growth via daily habits-- this helps a lot. Having a set list of things that I NEED to do every day occupies my time and leaves less room for feeling lonely and bored. Reading, running, playing the guitar, exploring the city (like trying new coffee shops, breweries, restaurants, parks)... all things to do :)

It doesn't feel too personal not really having a social life here right now, because I know my college friends are still here for me if I need them! I'm making sure to maintain those friendships. It sounds like you have plenty of friends in your life, even if they're not in your hometown. Hopefully you can remember that not having a super active social life when you get back isn't a reflection of the kind of person you are! I also hope that you can lean on the friends you've made over the years.

it's definitely harder to meet people now than ever, but being patient and knowing that it may take some effort to meet people I want to be friends with is making it bearable.

[ch1giri]

Crimson apple

Eita Otoya x reader

Genre: Angst

Additional tags: Unrequited love, friends to nothing. Eita has attachment issues

Warnings: cursing

Word count: 1k

Note: I have a confession to make... I absolutely love writing angst. I know this is very different from my usual works but I couldn't hold myself back lol. Also don't worry guys I'm finishing up all of my requests I haven't forgotten ♡ thank you for being so patient ♡♡♡ I'm probably gonna edit this in the morning, I was so excited when I finally finished it I just couldn't wait to post it

The act of chasing someone you can't have, was always the biggest display of love mixed with tragedy that writers wrote to express the double edged sword of what we considered to be the most beautiful feeling. And that was Eita's story, but he didn't do it out of love, he just liked the chase. The mere thought of having someone he couldn't have, just for them to turn boring and for him to treat like an old toy he didn't want to play with once he got his hands on it. And here you were, his best friend, in his eyes you were like the perfect crimson apple hanging from the tree. And he has been chasing it for years. Every time he thought he finally got close to it, his fingers touching the skin, your curse of "friendship" would shoot him far away from the tree losing his sight of it. Having to run back to it like a madman with the path already memorized.

"Eita, you idiot are you even listening?"

"Yeah." What a dry answer, how dare he disrespect your time again. "I can't believe you! I pour my time and patience to help you study and you can't even show a little respect by listening!?" Anger. You felt anger but only because you loved him, you want to see him succeed and for once get a good grade. Eita can't sacrifice his life for soccer, that's not a stable career and you won't let him throw away his future like it's just a fragile feather that flows with the wind. "I was listening tho." Distant, like he was already drifting in his own world again. Sometimes you wonder what's always walking through his mind, it's not like there is a race in his head. Just some thoughts slowly stomping with heavy boots.

Now back to your little slip up, it was indeed love. Loving him more than a brother, more than a friend, but you would never let him know that. Eita would fade away like a ghost taking all of the memories the two of you shared. And how tragic would that be? Just a flicker of that though made you scared.

Don't sacrifice that friendship became the only thing that filled your head. Every time he would tease you, leaning slowly looking at your lips. Holding you in his arms close as a greeting, letting you indulge in the smell of his cologne.

Don't sacrifice that friendship

"Okay then, tell me what's the last thing I said?" Lifting your eyebrow, crossing your hands and slowly leaning back waiting for his answer.

"I can't believe you! I pour my time and patience to help you study and you can't even show a little respect by listening!?" The boy pitched up his voice in an attempt to mimic you. He did a horrible job really, but he did succeed at melting your sassy expression and turning your voice into a symphony of laughs. The only one who had the magic to do that was him, Eita, the one who was meant to be, but at the same time wasn't. "Whatever. Just, please pay attention from now. If you get another bad grade you won't pass English." He couldn't care less, Eita knew that he could just cheat of you, get a D and call it a day, who cares about school anyway? Apart from you, his perfect crimson apple, most of the kids just wanted to get it over with, their brains too filled with their own problems, let alone dealing with overbearing teachers and piles of schoolwork.

"Eita, let's take a short break." You brought in some chocolate chip cookies and drinks. Happily munching away you enjoyed the comfortable silence. Those were rare with him, Eita always liked some action, never the one who stayed for that long, always on the move. And certainly not the type to back away from a challenge. The only challenge he couldn't conquer, was you. Yet suddenly like rain on a sunny day, he saw his chance. You had some chocolate on your lips, you seemed cheerful enough. Chocolate always works on you, no matter how bad he messes up. Chocolate is always there to clean up his act. Besides he always knew you liked him. It was clear from the start, the way your eyes always lingered on his lips. How he can oh so easily manage to make you flustered, break your character and forget time and space. And of course how easy you were to forgive him. Both of you were seated on the floor, and you still haven't noticed the small piece of chocolate. So Eita leaned in, using your position to his advantage. Only a smidge of air between your noses, he looked into your eyes, as his lips slowly start to form a small smirk.

Now he was closer than ever to that tree

Why? Why is he suddenly so close? You could feel your head spin. The question that wanted to escape from the cage of your mouth is desperately trying to claw its way out.

The only thing on your mind was a song that could never really leave your head:

Don't sacrifice that friendship

He still didn't move, still didn't let his voice be heard. Eita enjoyed watching you panic like a deer cought in the headlights, you looked so cute under his little spell. Enjoyed being so damn close to that tree, practically touching the lone crimson apple. Inching closer to your lips if that was even possible.

Oh god how can you resist him? How were you even able to lie to yourself that you felt like just being his friend was good enough. You want him more than anything, you want to be his shoulder to cry on. To be the only one cheering him on without having some random girl that he occasionally flirts with next to you. To be the only one for him, to get to see him in a black tux waiting for you, and nobody else. You could practically hear the wedding bells chime when it happened.

Eita Otoya kissed you, and after years of holding back, closing your eyes, you kissed him back. Does that mean that he loves you? That he was holding back too? Does this kiss mean that you will finally become his one and only?

With the apple in his hands at last, Eita was ready to just pluck it, like a farmer that eats the best apple he can find as a reward after a hard day of labour.

Surprisingly you were the one who broke the kiss, and after what seemed like an eternity the chains that were binding your voice broke lose freeing you to speak up.

He managed to snatch the juicy, crimson apple hearing the satisfying break from the branch. Some leafs falling in the process.

Not wanting to hesitate in this perfect moment, mixed with the fact that blood was rushing to your head so fast it made you dizzy. A confession burst from your lips. As you poured your heart out, the only thing on his mind was the apple he just tore from the tree.

"I really like you, Eita!"

What was this? He looked shocked, the apple, that crimson apple suddenly started to lose its color

"No no no. Like isn't strong enough, fuck it."

Taking a deep breath, like butterflys, you let your emotions fly out in the open

"Eita Otoya, I love you! I loved you for so long."

The apple he was chasing for four years now, is completely rotting in his hands, slowly shrinking into nothingness.

You sacrificed that friendship

"Eita, say something...please." He didn't let out a peep, standing there completely dumbfounded. The perfect crimson apple no longer in his hands, gone forever. And the tree never to produce another batch again. What now? With the tree being bare now and his apple disappearing, you were the only thing left. In the end you were the fruit of his labour

How boring.

The chase is over and he just realised how tired he was from running. The payoff was you, and he thinks it's not enough. Nothing is good enough for him, nothing will ever be good enough. Oh how bumped out did he feel.

"Y/n I have to go home." It was the first thing he said after the kiss Eita himself initiated. He forgot why in the first place. Eita packed his stuff as fast as he could, acting like you just didn't proclaim your love. "I'll see you around." With that he left you alone, to cry in silence and wither in your sorrow.

You sacrificed that friendship

[moons-and-stars-and-shit]

It worked! Sorry to bug you with a message! But I'd like to request a cake now!

So, about me. I have an actual name but I don't think I've heard it in months😃, instead I have a bunch of nicknames! (Rion, ri, oreo, onion, o, etc), I'm actually nb so I chose that name, however I 100% consider naming myself Arson💀My pronouns are they/them and I'm about 5'5, I have short, fluffy brown hair that I usually dye the front blue. I'm Asian hispanic, but I really don't look like either- my favorite foods are either really spicy and salty or sweet. Not the overwhelming chemical sweet tho, like a natural sweet flavor. My personality type is infp, and ig when I first meet people I can be shy (that's an understatement, I was mute for the first week of school🕳🏃‍♂️) but once I get to know people I can be pretty chaotic (once again, arson). I'm not a 100% demon spawn though, I don't really like making scenes in public and I probably will cry if I do- but I still have fun lol. I'm also the person who copes with severe mental health issues using humor, to an alarming degree 😔 I'm the therapist friend when really I'm the one who needs therapy. I also have a social battery that can die at random times, so I really like/need friends who can handle random mood changes of me going from energetic to silent in seconds. Academically, I'm really book smart, I'm a tutor, but my grades don't reflect it. I tend to procrastinate a lot and avoid studying, usually I catch myself last minute or trust memory on tests, but every now and then there's something that tanks my grades. I'm not very athletic, but I still try to play sports. I enjoy the feeling when I do something right, but the rest of the time I usually beat myself up for messing up.

And now just random facts 😃👍

My favorite color is yellow, not the bright eye sore shade that makes you want to throw up, but the nice softer, light shade. And I like anything that comes with that color! (Sunflowers, flowy sundresses and flip flops, summer activities, burning concrete, warm rain, etc). Nobody knows my music taste, it changes weekly, however I usually come back to mitski/cavetown or summer themed songs a lot! I enjoy playing music, but I have the curse of being a fast learner so that usually leads to be being bored and learning a new instrument at any given chance. And my birthday is a weird date that fucks with zodiacs so I can be considered either a leo or cancer, my personality changes a bunch, so take your pick lol. (Though emotionally I tend to be cancerous, I just express it and show it in a way a leo would) And someday I wanna be a long term traveler, or a florist. Just a job that makes me happy :). And I guess if I had to classify my aesthetic it would be bloomcore or soft grunge. I like wearing big sweaters and if I could I would wear a bunch of butterfly clips in my hair and wear mom jeans. (I would also wear man crushers, I mean, platforms if I was confident)

Aaaannnnd that was really long sorry!

To sum up, I'm just a bipolar bitch with depression and anxiety 👍

Thanks a bunch for just taking the time to read this!

@oririon

Romantic Matchup

Bokuto Koutarou

How Y’all Met

IERJNDJS

I’m getting a classic summer love vibe from this matchup 👀

Ok so I just Hc that Bokuto LOVES flowers

So he would always just go to the local flower shop to look at them

Pls hes to precious I cant-

But anyways you we’re working a summer job at the flower shop

And you grew fond of our little owl boy

You would always talk to him whenever he visited

He just made your job that much more enjoyable :)

So one day you stopped him right before he left and told him he could pick a bouquet of flowers if he wanted

He BEAMED at you and picked a bouquet of flowers he always looked at whenever he came

But what shocked you was instead of walking out with them

He gave them to you!

He then went on talking about how he really liked you but didn’t know how to tell you

At this point he was just rambling

So you laughed and asked him if he would like to go to the ocean with you after your shift

He agreed and you swear you saw stars in his eyes

After your shift you met up with Bokuto and went to the beach

You guys literally spent ALL day there!

And even some of the night 👀

Being the gentleman he is offered to walk you home

And when you two got to your house he asked you to be his s/o

What They Love About You

Ok starting off with a strange one

He loves the fact that your favorite color is yellow 💛

He just thinks it fits you so well 😊

He loves that you have to ability to turn your trauma into humor

Now I’m ngl...

Ye found it extremely concerning at first 🥲

But once you explained it was like a coping mechanism for you

He was super supportive!

AAAAAAAA

He LOVES your aesthetic!

He thinks it’s so cute

And once again he thinks it fits you 👀

He appreciates the fact that your smart

If he doesn’t understand something in class

He’ll just go to you!

And honesty going over the material with him has helped your understanding as well 👀

Bokuto s grades:��

Your grades: 📈

Favorite Things To Do Together

Oml he loves summers with you

Any summer activity

Beaches

Ice cream

Flower meadows 👀

Summer night drives

The whole shtick

But when it’s not summer

He loves doing classic seasonal activities

Examples:

Fall - Jumping in leaf piles, coffee dates, preparing for Halloween, etc

Winter - Snowball fights/Making Snowmen, Christmas movie marathons, hot cocoa/ baking, etc

Spring - Dancing in the rain, picnics, gardening etc

It’s a vibe year round with bf Bokuto

Random Hc

His favorite season is summer

And his second is winter

Ik...polar opposites

Oof

He TOTALLY gets your mood swings

Although they may not be the same as his

He still understands them and respects them

Every year on your anniversary he buys you the exact same bouquet he gave you at the flower shop

Speaking of the flower shop 👀

He got a job there with you the following summer

So you guys basically spent most of your days together

Bokuto is REALLY bad at dark humor

But for some reason he still tries 😭

It’s either TOO dark

Or not dark at all 💀

Astrology

(We’re gonna go with your cancer zodiac 😂)

When Cancer and Virgo make a love match, a strong, down-to-earth relationship with staying power is the happy result.

This is a relationship with great potential to get better and better over the passing years.

Both Cancer and Virgo are goal-oriented and disciplined.

They are sincere and devoted to one another and share a strong sense of purpose.

No lightweight love here: These two were not really built for flings!

Cancer and Virgo deeply admire one another: Virgo respects Cancer’s quiet strength and dedication while Cancer appreciates Virgo’s keen adaptability and intelligence.

These lovers may get off to a slow start, but over time, bonds will only grow stronger.

The Cancer-Virgo love match prides itself on common sense and strong principles over fluff and inconsequential or fleeting connections.

They enjoy the material comforts of life, but they will only feel good about their bounty if it has come as a result of honest hard work.

There could be tiffs if Virgo becomes too critical for Cancer’s easily bruised feelings; Cancer needs to understand that it’s just Virgo’s nature to point out what they observe, that it’s not a personal attack.

A Virgo may bristle at their Cancer mate’s stubborn streak, but it’s a trait that a patient and understanding love partner like Virgo could come to appreciate.

Also, Virgo’s urge to serve suits Cancer’s affectionate, nurturing nature well.

Their dedication to working toward the same goals.

Both partners in this love match enjoy a stable home life and nice things, and Virgo truly enjoys helping Cancer along the way to achieving their goals.

Their shared goals and desires make theirs a highly compatible love match.

Overall Aesthetic

Bloomcore 🌸

Bloom - Jesse

This Side of Paradise - Coyote Theory

Flaming Hot Cheetos - Claire

Mystery of Love - Sufjan Stevens

[radicalandmathematical]

Hi! Sorry to bother you but I'm curious if you can help me with something:

I've always been a good student, aced evreything except for math and physics (I surprisingly got good grades in chemistry, don't ask me why cause idk 😭) I've always felt really dumb about it and I suspect I might have dyscalculia but it's pretty difficult to get a diagnosis here. To be fair I can't really fault the teachers, I've had at least 2 that were very warm and patient but still nothing stuck with me.

Do you know any way of making math enjoyable and easier to learn? I wanna do it ony own, just to get rid of this isecurity. I feel like I'll never be as smart as those who know " hard" science lol

No bother! This is my favourite sort of question to get. This is gonna be a long reply, but please don't let that scare you. I just have a lot to say on this sort of topic.

Disclaimer: I don't know much about dyscalculia and how it works, what it all affects, etc. So I can't give advice specific to that or that is guaranteed to work if you have it. But! I will do my best to give some general advice.

First of all is don't feel stupid. The way math is taught in schools is awful and makes it hard to learn. Pretty much all my friends are math majors and pretty much all of us agree that the way schools teach things is terrible.

When you learn math in school, it can seem really abstract and useless. "Why am I learning this? I'm never going to use it!" and well. Fair enough. Some of it you may never use (though others will). BUT! You are going to use more of it than you think!!

For example: the dreaded solving for x! You use this all the time. I'm serious. If you ever tried to figure out how many of something you can buy with a specific amount of money, congrats! You solved for x.

So my first bit of advice is to remember that even if you can't see it, what you're learning has its uses. Like, sure, you specifically might never need trigonometry, but it has a bunch of applications. It's all over physics, so it's all over engineering. It's incredibly important for building stuff.

Also one of the big things math does is teach you logic and problem solving skills which are really important. So if nothing else, you're getting that.

Now that we've established math has its uses, find one that interests you. Math is everywhere. For example if you like art, learn about math in art! I'm not an expert in that area, but my university has a whole class about it so there's something there. If you like video games, there is probably a formula for something in there. E.g. in Pokemon, there is a formula for catching Pokemon. You can find it online and it's a great example of variables (catch rate, type of ball, HP left, etc.) being plugged into an equation that is less abstract than x's and y's. If you like games of chance, learn about probability! Math is easier to learn if you're actually interested.

If you can't think of a way to connect it to something fun, connect it to something useful like finances and budgeting. Calculating tax on a purchase, interest rates, currency exchange, etc. It really help to have a goal.

The next important thing that I want to stress is that math builds on earlier topics. If you don't properly understand something you were supposed to learn when you were like, 12, you won't understand things that come after.

My friends TA'd a first year math course at university. It's the sort of class students take when they need a math credit but aren't good at math. What they noticed is that most of the students in the class didn't understand some basic concepts like fractions, and they made it through their high school math classes by memorizing what to do without understanding why.

This is bad. You need to understand why you're doing something in math. There is always a reason. You're not learning anything if you just... follow a set of instructions.

For example if you're solving an equation, 3x+7=4x/5 -3. You may know that you're supposed to do the same thing to both sides of the equation. But a lot of students just do that because they're told without really understanding why. But for example, if I write 45=45, then subtract 5 from one side, you get 45=40, which just isn't true any more. So you have to do it to both sides!!

It can really help to substitute in real numbers when you're trying to remember how something works. For example exponent laws. When you're learning them they can be confusing. But instead of x, pop in 2.

(There are a few things that you may use but don't really need to understand. For example, if you're trying to solve a quadratic equation, you don't really need to understand how/why the quadratic formula works--that's beyond what you need to know.)

So. Go back to the beginning. Review multiplication, long division, fractions, basic geometry. The stuff you did in elementary and middle school. Find any holes in your understanding and patch them up!! Take your time. Then move on to more advanced stuff.

There are lots of resources online for learning pretty much anything. Youtube videos, webpages, etc. If you're having trouble with something google it! Don't understand why you're supposed to do a certain step? GOOGLE IT. You'll probably find something that explains it. Don't hesitate to use resources meant for kids. They often have clear, easy to understand explanations for things.

Lastly, PRACTICE. You need to practice. That's the best way to understand something. Also!! Word problems are your friends. Seriously. They can seem silly, but they make what you're doing concrete and can help you understand what it is you're actually doing.

Oh, and remember: It's okay to struggle with something and not be good at it! Different people have different strengths, and being bad at something doesn't make you stupid.

If you have any more questions feel free to send me another ask. This goes for all my followers!

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Oh I see!! I'll make note of that, then! So I can wish you good luck for school <3 you'll be in a new grade when you start, right? and AAAAH thank you!! We will have online classes off and on, but when we actually go to school (physically) we will have exams right off the bat (ugh).

oh wow the coincidence is so cool!! Yes, the more food the better, tho some are coastal states so they have mostly seafood ._.

it really is, and you have to be very thorough with it or you might make a mistake :( I'm glad!! You should do what you enjoy, and freelancing is definitely much easier and less stressful xx

omigosh bae aaah you're so cute. No one is going to think you're uncool, don't worry. And I'm sure they'll get it in the first time you teach, you seem to be a very gentle person and I think that's one of the main characteristics of being a teacher. Tho yes I can understand getting frustrated after the second time. I'm actually the least patient person I know, so I relate to what you've said a lot skhdskks. I guess it's an ENTP thing 😔

I'd low-key just be a koala bear or something :> I know right!!

Icouldn't find it, ugshshshhhhh :(((

Awww. Okay, playful hitting is cute. I don't do it at all, but my friends do, whenever I flirt with them 😭😭 I think they're just flustered 😼

Oh God yes. I hate my braces but I'm glad they're coming out soon. And then I'll be able to eat anything I want. What is one food you don't think you'll be able to live without, btw? (BESIDES CHEESE, SIR).

oh Turkish delights are WONDERFUL. I've also only tried it once. Your school seems to have such wonderful food! And wow I just googled maklube, and it looks so good?? Rice and meat are low-key the perfect combo 😭😭💖 (and the name is so cute?? It means upside down, right?)

oooh omg I'd totally read an article like that. Make sure you add "catboy supremacy" at the end 😹😹😹

yessss I love She-Ra! They're all actually remakes from old TV shows my parents watched when they were younger, and now Netflix remakes them with amazing graphics!! I also love Voltron (it's actually my favourite), and I was really into it before my anime phase as well xD I hope you're able to watch them sometime! What were you into, before anime?

And oh, love! How was your day? Mine was okay. I woke up really early and studied (and kinda burnt myself out) so I slept for an hour after studying for five. And then I had another meeting, and I watched an episode of money heist xD this may be off topic, but my Leo club is collaborating with three others from different schools and we're doing a project together! It's kinda like a tutor thingy, and there's 8 tutors who'll have 1 and a half hour slots to teach their specific subjects. I'm a tutor too, and my subject's English, so I'm really excited. I hope I'll be able to teach well, so lol, fingers crossed xD

I love you btw!! Like so so so very much. You make me smile. Let me be cheesy here, BUT THANKS FOR BEING MY SNOWMATE 😼☃️

—✨ARIANA

Hello!! Not really, this is just a small break, hehe. I'm in the last grade actually, and I'll be out of school in 25th of May~ Awhh that sucks😭 They have no chill, huh? Couldve at least given a revision day or something

Ouch😔 it's always the small things that ruin it all😭

Yeah, you're right!!! Though I'm afraid I might not make enough money for a living 💔 I'll try my best though!! Cant live without failing eh?

Ahh I really hope so~ still kind of worried. Because, you know, people are different? And I dont really wanna make them think bad of me XD I wonder if theres tutoring on how to teach someone. Thatd be useful

Koalas are so cute though🥺🥺 just like you😭

Nanwndnnwnd💔😩 dont worry, I'm sure itll float up when you least expect it hehe

Heheh, I also flirt with my friends and I remember one time one of them just headbutted me😩😭😭😭😭

Hmm~ I dont even know, probably noodles. Extra spicy instant noodles<3 or homemade noodles. Any noodle is a fine noodle😭 I love them a lot, not as much as Kuro though. He's literally that vine where a guy cries over spilled spaghetti.

Yes yes yes!!!! We absolutely adore those, and if we dont have one during teatime some people just refuse to come along xD they're still forced to lmao,,, I really hope you can try them again soon!! I'm not really sure about the translation, I dont think it has one hehe, all I know is that they taste good 😝

I really feel like making a clickbait thumbnail for a video about that. I'll show you when I do😋

Ahhh I really need to catch up on old fandoms hehe~ before anime i was really into Steven Universe... and video games, like Undertale, FNaF, Sally Face, Fran Bow... all that 2015 stuff xD I also enjoyed watching gameplay videos, because as a broke baby child I couldn't afford a game or a PC. I also liked Camp Camp, hehe

Mine was pretty good!!! Yesterday nothing much happened, I went to eat out and watched some guys dance on the street. It was fun, hehe~

Huhh??? Noo you really should've rested:(( Well, I'm glad you had a nap though!! You deserve it<3

That sounds so cool!!! I really hope the meeting went well, how'd it go? Was it hard?

Our class also made a project, where we post in a group anonymously about something that we had learned. It sounds really nice, I'm not really gonna post anything but I'm looking forward to whatever my classmates come up with xD

I love you too!! Your messages always make me so happy🥺 Its really an honor to be your snowmate💞💕💞💕💞

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03. Robin’s Telling

I’m using some of my head canons I shared when @writing-excuses​ was wondering about ones we have for Chasper in this fic. So, y’all’ll see some things that aren’t necessarily canon, but I’m trying to a certain degree to be canonical with who the characters are at their core, and trying to build the story on that. Try to be patient with me, as this ain’t really that popular of a ship and don’t really have a super amount of ‘canon fodder.’ Lol. I have about 5 chapters outlined, so after the next couple, it may slow down a little. 

Robin’s Telling or Tales from the Friendship Zone

So, whenever they were in 6th grade, Jasper and Charlotte were assigned to this team building experiment disguised as a creative writing project. They had to write a round robin story, which means that they took turns adding material to the story and had to try to feed off of the last of the information by their partner to write the installment of the story. Jasper started it off and Charlotte found it a challenge to sometimes make sense of whatever nonsense he had written, but she was a girl who could appreciate a good challenge. What she hadn’t appreciated was the ruse by their teacher to make her and Jasper get along better! But. she had to admit, it helped. 

The friends used the story and the notebook it was written in to continue this process and in turn, sort of built upon their friendship as the saga continued.  When they came to the end of the spiral, Jasper panicked. “It can’t be over! We never made an ending for it!!!” He was seriously freaking out. Charlotte happened to have another spiral notebook available at the time, and she said, “Look... We can keep it up. Maybe... this could be the second season of it. I’ll even start it out.” She opened it and started this new installment of the story, then passed it to him. “Chill out. One of these days, it has to end.”

“According to who?” He wondered, snatching the spiral from her. She rolled her eyes and walked off.

And now, they were in season 6 of Robin’s Telling, as she liked to call it (He called it Tales from the Friendship Zone), and they rarely ever really used it, but every now and then, one of them would either continue from where they left off or ask the other if they had continued yet. It was in Jasper’s care at the moment and after he left her house (which was done after he watched her sleep for a little bit, then realized that was probably weird and creepy, but waking her up was probably dangerous). He got home and his mom wasn’t even there. Typical. But, he was able to pull out the current spiral and get some writing done. He’d pass it off to her at Man Band practice.

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Charlotte and Henry were laughing and playing video games whenever Jasper came into work. “Hey, Jasp!” Henry cheered. Charlotte didn’t say anything. Jasper wondered if everything was okay between them. 

“Hey,” he said and put his gym bag away. “What are you two playing?”

“I’m playing. He’s just losing,” Charlotte said, laughing. 

“I’m playing, she’s just being mean,” Henry corrected. 

“Neither of those statements answered my question, but enjoy.” He went back to the store and Henry gave Charlotte a weird look. She ignored it and continued playing, so he moved on, too.

Later, whenever it was time for them to go home, Henry and Charlotte were discussing plans for at Henry’s house. Apparently, they were hanging out after work, too. Eventually, Henry made some comment that seemed to elude that Jasper was invited too, but he didn’t know if he wanted to hangout with the two of them. Maybe he was just overly sensitive because he shared a lot of very intimate. personal information with Charlotte and she seemed to be acting like it never happened. Maybe she was avoiding speaking with him because he made her uncomfortable. At any rate, he said, “I don’t know how my mom’s gonna act if I spend two nights away from home.”

“No, you’ll be home later tonight,” Henry said, shrugging his shoulders.

“Maybe, you could call ahead and check in with her, to see if she’s more understanding, if you do it that way?” Charlotte suggested.

Jasper nodded, “Yeah, I’ll do that.” Whenever he spoke on the phone with his mom, he told her that he would be hanging out with Henry until later on... “Yeah, she’s hanging out too...” Then he sighed and was listening to something for a while. Charlotte and Henry looked at each other. “There’s nothing like that going on. We’re all just friends. She’s a good girl. Top of the class...” 

Charlotte raised an eyebrow and leaned into the mouthpiece to say, “HEY JASPER’S MOM!!!” Henry pulled her to the other side of himself and Jasper rolled his eyes, but they didn’t know whether at Charlotte instigating with his mom, or with his mom, obviously on the other line, trash talking Charlotte. 

“I’m sure that she’ll be home by a time that’s decent for a young lady. She’s a good egg. I don’t feel like doing this. Do you need anything? Okay. Yeah, love you too.” He hung up and asked Charlotte, “Why would you provoke her?”

“She’s trash,” Charlotte said, simply. Henry gasped and Jasper furrowed his eyebrows. “Sorry. I meant to say she was talking trash about me. My bad. Words got choppy in my head.” She really meant what she’d said, but that was a bit much to say to someone’s face about their mom. 

“Good save,” Henry said, sarcastically and wrapped an arm around Jasper’s shoulder, “But, what kind of trash was she talking about Charlotte?”

“I’m interested, as well.”

“She asked, if my little friend was gonna be there, said what’s her name, then pretended to say the wrong names. Then, she said that if a girl hangs out with a couple of boys this much something fresh must be going on.” 

He didn’t want to go into detail, but his mother had advised him to use protection, in case she had something and also forbid him to do anything with her if both boys were in the room..

“You know what? I’m gonna shut my mouth and move on with my life,” Charlotte said. Jasper’s mom had SOME nerve, after the child-rearing job she’d done. Which reminded her, “Oh! Hey, I found something that might be useful for you. Actually, I heard an ad when I was listening to one of my podcasts. I’ll send you the info. She texted him a link to a therapy connection that charged $30 a week and you could text a licensed therapist! He smiled to himself and put his phone away. 

Henry was curious about what she’d sent to him, but tried not to butt in. There was some kind of other friendship happening with those two that he knew he wasn’t included in. SO, he made a conversation topic that the three could participate in. 

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At Henry's, Jasper seemed in his own world. Charlotte was concerned about it, because he usually was the most talkative and cheerful one. At some point, while Henry was in the bathroom, she asked, "You okay, Jasper?"

He sighed, "I thought maybe you didn't care one way or another. I'm… worried that I weirded you out with all my baggage. You're not supposed to unpack in front of people unless you're going to be there for a while. I feel like I just dumped it all over the place and then suddenly, you were distant."

"It wasn't like that to me. I thought that speaking about your trauma probably stirred up some things and maybe you could use a break from focusing on it. Sorry if I seemed taken aback. I wasn't. In fact, I feel closer to you than ever. I'm honestly glad you felt like you could come to me. Are you gonna use that service I sent you?"

"Yeah. I'm gonna check it out. Do you mind if I hug you?" 

She smiled and went over for the hug, fell on his lap and they laughed about it, but she didn't move. Jasper had a pretty cozy hug. They didn't usually hug much, but his arms were bigger than she'd noticed and he was soft and slightly cushioned. It was like hugging a life-size, warm, plushie, or as comforting, anyway. Plus… did Jasper always smell this good? That was definitely new. 

He strummed her back and she rested on his shoulder until they heard, "Whoa!" Henry was back and he was shocked and confused by the contact. 

Charlotte got up and said, "I fell. Shut up."

"Fell and landed right in Jasper's lap, into a hug, on his shoulder, huh?"

"That's what I said," she told him. 

Henry looked at Jasper. "What? Sometimes people fall." He smiled at Charlotte and her face went warm. Sometimes people fall. Such a simple and true statement. Sometimes people fall in more ways than one. Not as simple, but she couldn't tell yet if she minded it at all.

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Charlotte was surprised to see that Jasper had handed her the copy of Robin’s Telling. It had been a long while since they’d passed it around, but the anticipation of whatever she was feeling lately about him was heightened by her memories of how this process had brought them closer as friends. Jasper was kinda cute, if she was honest. If you took away some of his weird quirks and gross habits and just looked at him - like... if she had seen him in passing without knowing that he picked at his scabs, or asked you to help pop pimples on his back... She’d have to say that she thought he was an attractive guy. And either he was going through some life changes or she just had started paying attention - but a lot of his gross habits she couldn’t recall seeing lately.

It was almost like he had been either getting better or at least pretending to be more dignified. She hoped that meant that he was talking to someone about his problems and improving himself as he felt healthier. It still blew her mind that he carried around pain in that jolly body of his. That behind that boyish smile were tears that he didn’t shed or didn’t show to even his closest friends. She hoped that he knew that he could, if he needed to. She hoped that he was gonna sleep well tonight. 

As she finished writing her segment in the notebook, she knew that her emotions would show up in it. They usually did. Whenever she had something on her mind, stress, sadness, or anything... it was generally reflected in the story. Jasper used to be able to tell. He’d always draw a cute and/or corny doodle on the page whenever he noticed that she was down via her entries.

And a few days later, whenever she got it back, he had drawn her a three legged pickle, “a tri-pickle, if you will.”