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All My Sins - Chapter 9

Pairing: priest!Cas x demon!Dean

Summary: Finally! Dean is appearing at Castiel's doorstep out of nowhere. What happened to him? What made him leave? The priest wants answers - the worries are killing him, even though he's more than just happy to see his boyfriend. And Dean is willing to talk...

Warnings: FLUFF ( yay! XD ), implied smut, angst, mentions of past abuse and murder...

Words: about 1800

A/N: Welcome to chapter nine! Now, you'll finally get some answers...I can't hold it back much longer. XD Prepare for some serious emotions and tears. Gawd, I love my precious babies so damn much! *sobbing*

Catch up here ( Masterlist ) :D

I hope you'll like it! Enjoy! <3

"Dean?" Cas rasps, his voice nothing but a tiny whisper. Dean Winchester smiles, cocking his head. Oh, how Cas loves his smirk...and those green, green eyes... "The one and only," he mutters, blinking with his long lashes. Then he looks down, suddenly nervous. He swallows hard, and his gaze is meeting Cas' again. There are tears in his eyes. "Damn it, Cas, I - ", he begins, but gets interrupted by the priest, who pushes him against the wall, just to kiss him in desperation. Dean does the same, his hands are running over Castiel's chest, touching him like he's the most precious thing in the world. Damn, it feels so good... Cas moans, as Dean pulls away, slowly. After a heavy breath, the young man says: "God, I missed you so fucking much!" "Same here," Cas whispers, stroking the other's cheek, gently. I could stare at these freckles forever. "Dean...what the hell happened? I...I thought I was going insane and - ", Cas stutters, but hesitates as Dean kisses him again, softly. "Not now, honey," he whispers into the priest's ear, making him shiver, "I promise that I'll tell you everything tomorrow. But...all I want right now is feel you, Cas. Everywhere. Please." His voice is so dark and soft, but filled with love and Castiel can feel his knees going weak almost immediately. "Promise?" he mutters, but he already knows that he lost the 'discussion'. Dean smiles, widely. He raises an eyebrow, licking his lips. "I promise," he answers with a wink. "Perfect," Cas mutters, and pulls him closer.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Castiel wakes up the next morning, he feels awesome. After many nights with Meg, that were everything but quite enjoyable, the time with Dean was...incredible. As always. It's like they just know what the other wants, what he desires. They can communicate without words, and that's what makes their bond so special. The priest smiles to himself, as he turns around in bed, just to find Dean sleeping next to him. God...how can anybody look so beautiful while sleeping?! I bet I look like a troll while I'm asleep. He takes himself a couple of minutes to just simply appreciate the other's presence. His gaze is flowing over Dean's soft lineaments, enjoying every single detail. He's here. With me. And we're safe. The priest sighs, as the young man opens his eyes, slowly. "Hey," he mutters with a mild smile, "Why are you staring at me like a creep?" "'Cause I love you. Am I not allowed to appreciate a work of art when I see it?" Castiel answers, smirking. His heart is filled with so much warmth, that it feels like it's going to explode. He leans forth, until his lips are stroking over Dean's cheek, gently. "Okay. Now tell me," he whispers, blinking, "What happened to you?" Dean's eyes are going dark for a second, but it vanishes after a moment or two. "Are you sure that you want to know it?" the other says, seriously. He looks at Cas, questioning. The priest nods. "I am. Please, Dean. Talk to me," he begs, quietly. His heart is already beating faster, and he forces himself to calm down. There will be a harmless explanation for things...please let there be a harmless explanation... "I did bad things, Cas", Dean says after a few heartbeats of silence, "I killed people. And it was fun." Castiel blood runs cold. "Dean..." "No. Please. You need to hear it all to understand it. Just hang on, okay?" The priest nods, weakly. He can feel the tears coming up his throat, and Dean grabs his hand, softly. The other's touch is warm and familiar, and it makes Castiel calm down a little. He breathes in, deeply, as Dean continues: "It all began about three years ago. I...you know what I told you about my father? The way he treated me and my brother?" Cas nods. "After Sammy was gone, I...I just couldn't take it anymore. I knew that he wouldn't let me go. I knew that he would find me anywhere. And if he wouldn't be able to find me, he would go after Sam. I still don't know how he could become such an awful person. Anyway, Sammy was gone and I was in absolute despair. My father was worse than he had ever been, forcing me into...let's just say a life I didn't want to live. I didn't saw a light at the end of the tunnel, so I made a very awful decision. Actually, I did some research for fun as I stumbled upon the legends of crossroad demons and the deals that they are making if you ask them to do so. So...it said that they would make every wish come true. And all I wanted was to be free. So I got to a crossroad far, far away from town, and did the ritual to summon one. A - and it worked. I sold my soul for one purpose: that my dad would just disappear and never bother me or my brother again." He swallows, heavily, and closes his eyes. It seems like the memories are hurting him, awfully. Castiel's mouth is open, slightly, his fingers are curled around Dean's like he is the other's only anchor in this moment of truth. "Oh, Dean...", he whispers. "It worked. My father died, in the exact moment I sealed the deal with the demon. Heartattack. It was so damn simple. At first, I was filled with relief, but then I began to realise what I just did. I killed my father. I was a fucking monster. And as if this wasn't enough, this son of a bitch from a demon was kind enough to tell me, that now that they have my soul, they will feed from it until I will become one of them. They gave me about three years until I will  go completely crazy. That was the price I had to pay. Not a very good deal, if you ask me. I totally fucked up. The next months I basically spent with lots of sex, alcohol and drugs, doing everything to drown my thoughts, so that I didn't need to think about how terrible my future was going to be. After a while I decided that this was stupid as hell, and ran out of town. I tried to find a solution for my problem. I asked everyone that I came across, psychics and stuff, but nobody could help me. They felt all very sorry for me, but none of them could do something to save me from the darkness that was growing bigger and bigger inside my heart and mind. I could feel it crawling under my skin, a thirsty, terrible monster. It spoke to me, always tried to make me do bad things. And sometimes, I gave in. And it felt so damn good. The feeling of seeing a person's life fade into their eyes when they die...it turns me on. And that's just sick. I hate what I am, Cas. I hate it so fucking much." Castiel blinks, biting his lip. He tells himself to stay calm. We can get through this. We will find a solution. Together. "But you haven't hurt me, Dean. You aren't a bad person. We can fix this," he says. "Maybe. Maybe not. All I know is that this -you and me - wasn't supposed to happen. I wasn't meant to fall in love. But I did. And I left the town, because I didn't want to hurt you. I felt that things were getting worse, and I tried to run from myself. There are hounds of hell wherever I go. They're chasing me, making me go crazy. It almost seems that they're waiting for me to lose my humanity completely," Dean tells the priest, staring into the void. The other hesitates: "So...whenever you seemed to see something that wasn't there, this were hellhounds? Like the thing that almost got me to drive into a tree?" His eyes are going wide. Dean nods. "But as you can see, now I'm back," he continues with a weak smile, "I just couldn't stay away from you. Actually, I felt my insanity getting stronger and stronger as I drove away...I think you're something like my anchor. Without you, I need to kill." After these words, they're both silent for a couple of seconds. "Holy shit," Castiel burst out, eventually. "I know," Deam sighs, biting his bottom lip, "You just slept with a murderer. Congrats." "I cleaned up your house, Dean," the priest admits, suddenly, and the other stops. "What?" "I cleaned everything up. I - I buried the body. I made sure that nobody would find something suspicious in there," Castiel whispers, and suddenly, there are tears streaming down his cheeks, "Dean, I...it was awful!" Dean pulls the priest closer, softly. He kisses the other's forehead. A single tear is running down his cheek. "I...I'm so sorry, Cas. I - " he says, his voice rough, and filled with pain and regret. "No, no. It's okay," Cas determines, fastly, "It...it wasn't your fault. We...we'll find a solution. I promise." Dean looks at him with nothing but desperation in his eyes. "Cas, you don't understand! There is no escaping! It's just a matter of time, and then I'll - " And for a moment, his eyes are flashing black. It's absolutely terrifying, and the priest winces. The darkness vanishes again like nothing happened and Cas can feel a claw clutching around his heart. He swallows, looking at Dean with determination in his eyes. "We will get through it, okay? I don't believe that you tried everything that's possible to get you out of this stupid deal,"he says. "But - " "No. We'll get you out of this misery. Or we'll find a way for you to live with it." "To live with it?! Cas, I am a killer!" "And?" "And?!" "I love you. I can't help but I love you. That means I am part of this misery as well, and you can't change my mind. I've already gone through hell for you, Dean, and I'm ready to do it again." Castiel raises his chin, and looks into Dean's eyes. He watches the other's gaze soften, slowly. The young man cries, as he curls his arms around Cas, holding on to his love in desperation. "Thank you," he whispers into the priest ear, burying his face on the other's chest. I've already gone through hell for you, and I'm ready to do it again.

( A/N: CHAPTER TEN <3 )

And that was chapter nine! Thank you so much for reading, and if you would like to leave a comment or reblog this shit,I will love you forever! <3

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Random Writing Tidbit Still Can’t Focus…

… One day, I’m gonna be able to sleep. DX

Maybe.

Whooo! More of my desperate hoping for the Thouser to be the bigger bad! Yay!

Or not yay, depending on how much I’m annoying everyone w/ this.

Quick rundown of the setting: Jin and Horobi have kinda had redemption arcs; at the very least, it’s been established Thouser is the real villain. Thouser is doing something--not entirely sure what but I have a hazy idea that it’s, like something about merging people and machines or something, like he’s literally trying to become the satellites, I dunno how to explain--via having taken over both the Ark and ZEA. He’s kidnapped Jin bc for some reason Jin is a compatible interface for the combined satellites--only catch is, that’s  not pleasant for Jin (might write a thing about that later--it’s my theoretical timeline, I can write Thouser months before his debut if I like! XD). Anyway, during this time, the Daybreak site exploded (again), bc Thouser left a bomb there after kidnapping Jin to kill Horobi when he came back (looking for Jin). The heroes were informed of this, and they (and also Thouser and Jin, actually) believe Horobi died in the explosion.

Meanwhile, said heroes are trying to formulate a plan to stop Thouser. They figure out that they can mess up whatever he’s doing in they connect to the satellites, which would cut his strength down and provide a distraction while they storm the castle--however, they need someone who has proper authorisation to go mucking about in the satellite, and they all need to be, again, storming the castle. Additionally, it is very dangerous, bc they don’t know what could happen in the satellite, and also, bc of how unreliable the connection is since the satellite’s are hijacked, there’s the risk of getting stuck in said satellite if the connect breaks. Probably other stuff I can’t think of rn.

So, they’re in Hiden HQ debating what to do about all this, when a little voice speaks up from the door…

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“I will do it.”

Aruto spun around at the same time both AIMs Riders turned in surprise, and found his HumaGear secretary, standing straight as a pin by the door, casual and calm as always, hands folded neatly. “Izu?” He managed, then, “… You’re sure about this? You heard what Yaiba-san said about the risks, right? If something happens…” He faltered, swallowing, then stepped forward, making sure she heard him. “… I don’t want to lose you.”

“So what are we, chopped liver?” Isamu grumbled faintly behind him—but then Vulcan’s hand, warm and solid, came down on his shoulder, and he knew immediately that the other Rider had understood, especially when he, too, looked over at Izu. “He’s right, though. Something goes wrong, we won’t be able to pull you out.”

“I am certain.” The secretary insisted, her voice rising a little. She looked at Aruto. “Aruto-saichou. As the Presidential Aide, it is my duty to do everything I can to support you. I am capable of connecting to the ZEA satellite, and will be able to disrupt Thouser’s plans there.” She squared her shoulders, eyes determined. “This is my family and my fight as well, Aruto-saichou.” Har gaze moved between the three of them. “If you are risking yourselves for this, then so will I. I will not sit idle.”

Aruto felt tears in his eyes, though he wasn’t sure if they were of pride, hope, or fear. “Izu…”

“Hold up a minute.” Yua’s voice cut through the moment, practical as always. “Before you all get too far ahead of yourselves; just uploading someone to ZEA isn’t going to be enough.” Picking up her phone, she came over, pulling up a hologram on the screen, showing both the active satellite—and the downed one. “He’s bouncing the signal back and forth between both it and the Ark, and has complete control of both. If we take down one, he’ll just use the other. The only way this will work, is if we interfere with both at the same time.” She closed the display. “Izu can connect to ZEA, but we don’t have a HumaGear who can safely interface with the Ark, and there’s not enough time to make one.” Silence fell over the room.

“Yes, we do.” Everyone froze, heads turning to stare at Izu.

Aruto gaped at her. “I… What?” He managed. “Are you saying you can-” He cut off sharply when, instead of answering, Izu looked slightly over her shoulder, then jerked her head at the room. There was a rustling, then footsteps.

Horobi stepped out from behind her with his usual, viciously inhuman grace, glaring around the room like he was daring them to question his presence.

After a moment of shock that the rogue HumaGear was even alive after the Daybreak site’s explosion, two of the present Riders snapped to action. Yua reached instinctively for her ProgriseKey, and Aruto moved to pull Izu away from the MetsubouJinrai.net Rider. Only Isamu stayed surprisingly calm, his hand tightening on Aruto’s shoulder to hold him in place, the other motioning for Yua to stand down.

Valkyrie shot her partner a glare, but complied, though she kept her hand ready to move. “Have you lost your mind?” She demanded sharply, glaring at the rogue HumaGear, but addressing Izu. “You honestly believe he’s willing to take a risk like this for humanity?”

Horobi’s icy gaze moved briefly to her. “… Not for humanity.” He replied shortly—then his look shifted to Vulcan, like he expected him to understand. “…For Jin.”

Isamu kept calmly meeting the HumaGear’s permanently weary stare while both Aruto and Yua faltered slightly at the declaration. After a moment, Valkyrie found her voice again. “… Thouser is using him as the primary interface for both satellites.” She explained softly, a small edge of sympathy slipping into her voice despite herself. “That’s way more than any HumaGear was ever-”

The cold eyes flicked back to her. “Do not underestimate Jin.” Horobi snapped, genuine emotion entering his voice—irritation, but also a bit of pride. “He’s far stronger than others.” He faltered, eyes flitting to the floor for a moment. “… But he won’t last forever.” Stepping forward, the other Rider’s intense stare bore into each of them. “You save Jin, I will help you destroy a thousand satellites, a hundred times more dangerous.”

Silence followed—Isamu glanced sideways at Yua, who was scowling slightly. Finally, she sighed deeply. “… Fine. Just don’t expect me to trust him.”

Horobi tilted his head enough to look at her again. “… Trust my rage.”

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Yes, yes I am stuffing my weird Isamu and Horobi friendship into everything. I’m writing this for me, sue me (actually, please don’t, I’m unemployed).

Anyway, Horobi is royally pissed at Thouser. XD

Will probably check in w/ this idea again later. Right now, I am very tired.

[artificialqueens]

painkillers (craquaria) - melody

A/N: I wrote it when I was feeling sleepy and lonely lol, and it was supposed to be short, but guess I really decided to work on it to procrastinate the other stuff I had to write djhsjdhjhdj. Anyways, enjoy!

An insupportable ache on Brianna’s back was making the way from home the most difficult ever. She was feeling like this because she worked overtime on that day. Brianna wasn’t that obsessed with her work, but she wanted to work harder for getting a promotion. She knew that worth it because of who she was doing that for.

Her girlfriend, Aquaria. She wanted to make something nice to her, like taking her to somewhere cool or buy her a nice thing. She felt like the huge ache she was feeling was small compared to seeing her girlfriend happy.

They were living together for about almost one year. Brianna wanted to celebrate that, it was so important.

She wanted that even if their dating anniversary already happened months ago. The fact they were living together not deserved to be point blank, it would be a crime for her.

Even if Aqua would protest about it, saying she doesn’t need to exaggerate on this way, she knew her girl would get happy. And all she wanted was seeing her girl happy. Her cute bright and little smile, the way how her blue eyes would shine with the surprise…

It was like a boxer were punching her all the time, even if she rested on the car seat, the same thing with her head. To make that worse, the uber driver turned on the radio. Brianna had to use her last st forces to ask them if they could turn that off.

She sighed, looking at the landscape outside of the open window. Houses and buildings were passing, and there were so many faces. Unfortunately, none of them were Aquaria’s; that was the only face she wanted to see at that moment.

More weeks doing that, and she could finally get a nice time with her girlfriend, to celebrate their love. Aquaria was all the motivation she needed, then, nothing else mattered.

Not even the most strong painkiller was strong as Aquara’s effect on Brianna. She knew that arrive at home would be sad, because Aquaria was doing a photoshoot by what she remembered. But when she arrived home, all her pain would be gone with Aquaria on her side.

As the uber were getting closer from home, she started to feel better. The facade of the building brought her a sensation of peace she didn’t expect to feel. She felt happy because she got home, without all her shit coworkers, her stupid boss yelling, and lots of work.

She got off of the car, breathing outside’s cold air and seeing the cloudy sky, it was very clear that the rain was coming. She imagined if her girlfriend would struggle with it and if she could get sick.

Small raindrops fell on her skin, she was feeling the air freeze even more. Bri ran for the inside of the building, and seconds later the rain was raining aggressive and heavy.

Brianna blessed about not get soaked like the poor souls who stayed outside. But, she remembered about Aquaria, of how she would get sick. She immediately sent her a text while she was pressing the button that called the elevator.  

‘’Baby, it’s raining outside, are you okay? Jst arrived from work, if u didn’t have an umbrella, try to not walk in the rain, call an uber, I love you!’’

Seeing she didn’t even get an answer, she left the elevator, realizing that her girlfriend would be busy.

‘’Why do I never organize my damn purse? I’m such a mess ugh’’ thought, while she stood at the door of her apartment, cursing because she couldn’t find the keys

She almost yelled with happiness when she heard some noise of a television coming from inside. Brianna tried to find the keys in a very messy way, and when she did she unlocked the door faster as she could.

Well, she was right. She found out a sloppy blonde lying on the couch with a lot of blankets, watching something. Aquaria looked like an ethereal angel, as usual.

She was wearing only a yellow hoodie, that was Brianna’s. The fact she was wearing that made Brianna heart pound so fast, she wanted to give love to her right now so bad.

‘’Bri, are you home?’’ she got up and turned her head, looking at her girlfriend  ‘’I saw your text. I forgot to told you the photoshoot got canceled because of the rain. So I decided to watch The Good Place, while you were at work, I missed you so much’’

Brianna knew her girlfriend didn’t watch all the show as she did. She promised her to not spoil anything, and rewatch it all with her. But, the fact she was watching that without Brianna made her sad.

‘’You are watching it without me, homophobic!’’ complained ‘’but I forgive you because you’re cute. I missed you too, you have no idea of how…’’ Brianna was feeling soft. She got closer to Aquaria to pet her hair when the girl lied down again  ‘’are you wearing my hoodie?’’ she smiled.

‘’I told you, I missed you’’ she pouted pretending to be sad ‘’It smells like you, and I wanted you here so bad…’’

How could she be so cute? Brianna felt her heart explode, she couldn’t handle Aquaria being cute.

‘'Fuck, you’re so cute that it hurts’’ she laughed, looking at Aquaria’s eyes ‘'You stole my heart, and my hoodie! But it’s okay because I love you so much.’’

Aquaria smiled, another thing Brianna couldn’t handle with. Her perfect smile was art. She was like the paintings hanging on the museums, Bri would look at Aquaria forever, and never get tired of it.

‘’Oh, so how was work?’’ she questioned, pausing the show.

Brianna was sitting on the carpet to listen to her lazy and adorable girlfriend better. ‘’Torture!’’ she sighed ‘’I worked overtime… Sorry, but hey, you are here, I can be happy now’’

‘’Brianna!’’ she complained angry ‘’I already told you don’t have to work overtime for that thing you told me. You know your health matters, I’m worried about it’’ she pouted again, angry this time.

‘’Ugh, I love you!’’ sighed and stroked her hair ‘’Only more a few weeks, okay baby? I’m doing it for us, don’t be mad’’

‘’I am mad! But c'mon, lie down here’’ Aquaria opened space on the couch ‘’you will have a rest night Brianna Cracker. And don’t tell me you’re going to do things from work, your only work now is relaxing with your girlfriend, okay?'’

‘’Oh, look how she’s bossy!’’ chuckled ‘’but I thought you would be at the photoshoot, so I have to finish this thing from work’’

‘’Shut up. I’m not accepting a ‘no’ as an answer!’’ Aquaria crossed her arms ‘’leave your gorgeous girlfriend take care of you’’

‘’Fair’’ she laughed and lied down on the couch, approaching of her girlfriend “Ugh, such a sacrifice” she joked

“Quiet, or I’ll have to get you fired!” Aquaria joked too, kissing the top of Brianna’s head.

“Please don’t do it, I love my job, and I have a life with my wonderful girlfriend to manage!”

“You got me, time for a promotion!”

“And what is my promotion?” Brianna questioned, smiling like a fool

Aquaria kissed her as an answer. Brianna loved how affectionate she was. She completely loved that girl that was always making her days better.

The shorter blonde felt bad because she was being that busy and not giving attention to her. She knew that had a reason, after their special date everything would be normal again.

But, in moments like that, she felt like shit. Because, what was the point of doing something to please Aquaria, when she was getting so lonely

‘’Hey, serious talk now. I know you’re doing it for me, for us, and I appreciate you so much’’ she whispered, kissing her cheek ‘’I don’t deserve you. Sorry for being so stubborn, but I do care about your health…’’

‘’You’re the best, shut up’’ affirmed ‘’your cuddles are my best remedy, I’m stupid, I’ll try to get easy’’

‘’Yay’’ Aquaria exclaimed, kissing her again and resting her head on Bri’s shoulder ‘’I love you!’’

‘’I love you too, your sweet little angel!’’ Brianna continued the episode. Leaving her body to relax in her girlfriend’s arms.

She could feel Aquaria’s breathing on her neck and the chills on her body. She was also stroking her hair, Brianna could already feel so recovered.

These little moments of fun and comfort and love could make her day, no matter what came before of it.

Every time spent with Aquaria was like this, the kind of sweet thing that warm you inside. Her girlfriend looked to have the power to turn everything in magic.

Brianna was now very concentrated on the show, even if she already watched it all. Then, she felt Aquaria’s lips on her neck, and her mind traveled back to her girlfriend and to the chills again.

Leaving soft kisses on her neck, Aquaria caressed Brianna’s waist over her social shirt. Brianna couldn’t breathe in a proper way, fucking Aquaria, she looked to know exactly was she was doing.

That wasn’t fair, she couldn’t pay attention to the show in that way, Aquaria knew that, but she was doing it anyway. She knew she was Brianna’s favorite show and was taking vantage of it, Brianna in secret loved it.

She left more kisses on Brianna’s neck, stroking her hair and whispering how she loved her. Her other hand rested on her waist drawing forms with the fingers.

Brianna’s breathing was difficult, and she tried to back focusing on the show. That was impossible since Aquaria started to kiss her jaw now, looking at her in an intense way. Brianna could feel her soul burning of passion by the way Aquaria’s blue eyes looked at her.

‘’Aqua…’’ she whispered, sighing when her girlfriend smiled at her reaction

‘’Yes, Bri?’’ she asked, pretending to be all innocent blinking her eyes a couple of times

‘’What you think you’re doing?’’ Brianna raised one eyebrow.

‘’Oh, I’m watching this episode of The Good Place. What about you?’’ questioned, leaving a trail of soft kisses on her jaw ‘’why am I doing anything wrong?’’

‘’You’re doing everything right…’’ she turned her head to face Aquaria ‘’It’s because I can’t focus on the show. Not with you doing this to me…’’

‘’That was my point’’ Smiled proud, pulling Brianna closer to a soft kiss, and then kissing her neck again ‘’I love you’’

The fact Brianna felt like her heart was on a rollercoaster was hilarious. She turned her body to be face to face to her now, holding her head and kissing her deep.

Nothing could be better for her body mind and soul as her. Aqua’s effect on Brianna was most powerful than all the painkillers she could ever list.

Tagged as: Aquaria, Miz Cracker, craquaria, lesbian au, fluff, established relationship, uranus trash

An insupportable ache on Brianna’s back was making the way from home the most difficult ever. She was feeling like this because she worked overtime on that day. Brianna wasn’t that obsessed with her work, but she wanted to work harder for getting a promotion. She knew that worth it because of who she was doing that for.

Her girlfriend, Aquaria. She wanted to make something nice to her, like taking her to somewhere cool or buy her a nice thing. She felt like the huge ache she was feeling was small compared to seeing her girlfriend happy.

They were living together for about almost one year. Brianna wanted to celebrate that, it was so important.

She wanted that even if their dating anniversary already happened months ago. The fact they were living together not deserved to be point blank, it would be a crime for her.

Even if Aqua would protest about it, saying she doesn’t need to exaggerate on this way, she knew her girl would get happy. And all she wanted was seeing her girl happy. Her cute bright and little smile, the way how her blue eyes would shine with the surprise…

It was like a boxer were punching her all the time, even if she rested on the car seat, the same thing with her head. To make that worse, the uber driver turned on the radio. Brianna had to use her last st forces to ask them if they could turn that off.

She sighed, looking at the landscape outside of the open window. Houses and buildings were passing, and there were so many faces. Unfortunately, none of them were Aquaria’s; that was the only face she wanted to see at that moment.

More weeks doing that, and she could finally get a nice time with her girlfriend, to celebrate their love. Aquaria was all the motivation she needed, then, nothing else mattered.

Not even the most strong painkiller was strong as Aquara’s effect on Brianna. She knew that arrive at home would be sad, because Aquaria was doing a photoshoot by what she remembered. But when she arrived home, all her pain would be gone with Aquaria on her side.

As the uber were getting closer from home, she started to feel better. The facade of the building brought her a sensation of peace she didn’t expect to feel. She felt happy because she got home, without all her shit coworkers, her stupid boss yelling, and lots of work.

She got off of the car, breathing outside’s cold air and seeing the cloudy sky, it was very clear that the rain was coming. She imagined if her girlfriend would struggle with it and if she could get sick.

Small raindrops fell on her skin, she was feeling the air freeze even more. Bri ran for the inside of the building, and seconds later the rain was raining aggressive and heavy.

Brianna blessed about not get soaked like the poor souls who stayed outside. But, she remembered about Aquaria, of how she would get sick. She immediately sent her a text while she was pressing the button that called the elevator.  

‘’Baby, it’s raining outside, are you okay? Jst arrived from work, if u didn’t have an umbrella, try to not walk in the rain, call an uber, I love you!’’

Seeing she didn’t even get an answer, she left the elevator, realizing that her girlfriend would be busy.

‘’Why do I never organize my damn purse? I’m such a mess ugh’’ thought, while she stood at the door of her apartment, cursing because she couldn’t find the keys

She almost yelled with happiness when she heard some noise of a television coming from inside. Brianna tried to find the keys in a very messy way, and when she did she unlocked the door faster as she could.

Well, she was right. She found out a sloppy blonde lying on the couch with a lot of blankets, watching something. Aquaria looked like an ethereal angel, as usual.

She was wearing only a yellow hoodie, that was Brianna’s. The fact she was wearing that made Brianna heart pound so fast, she wanted to give love to her right now so bad.

‘’Bri, are you home?’’ she got up and turned her head, looking at her girlfriend  ‘’I saw your text. I forgot to told you the photoshoot got canceled because of the rain. So I decided to watch The Good Place, while you were at work, I missed you so much’’

Brianna knew her girlfriend didn’t watch all the show as she did. She promised her to not spoil anything, and rewatch it all with her. But, the fact she was watching that without Brianna made her sad.

‘’You are watching it without me, homophobic!’’ complained ‘’but I forgive you because you’re cute. I missed you too, you have no idea of how…’’ Brianna was feeling soft. She got closer to Aquaria to pet her hair when the girl lied down again  ‘’are you wearing my hoodie?’’ she smiled.

‘’I told you, I missed you’’ she pouted pretending to be sad ‘’It smells like you, and I wanted you here so bad…’’

How could she be so cute? Brianna felt her heart explode, she couldn’t handle Aquaria being cute.

‘'Fuck, you’re so cute that it hurts’’ she laughed, looking at Aquaria’s eyes ‘'You stole my heart, and my hoodie! But it’s okay because I love you so much.’’

Aquaria smiled, another thing Brianna couldn’t handle with. Her perfect smile was art. She was like the paintings hanging on the museums, Bri would look at Aquaria forever, and never get tired of it.

‘’Oh, so how was work?’’ she questioned, pausing the show.

Brianna was sitting on the carpet to listen to her lazy and adorable girlfriend better. '’Torture!’’ she sighed ‘’I worked overtime… Sorry, but hey, you are here, I can be happy now’’

‘’Brianna!’’ she complained angry ‘’I already told you don’t have to work overtime for that thing you told me. You know your health matters, I’m worried about it’’ she pouted again, angry this time.

‘’Ugh, I love you!’’ sighed and stroked her hair ‘’Only more a few weeks, okay baby? I’m doing it for us, don’t be mad’’

‘’I am mad! But c'mon, lie down here’’ Aquaria opened space on the couch ‘’you will have a rest night Brianna Cracker. And don’t tell me you’re going to do things from work, your only work now is relaxing with your girlfriend, okay?'’

‘’Oh, look how she’s bossy!’’ chuckled ‘’but I thought you would be at the photoshoot, so I have to finish this thing from work’’

‘’Shut up. I’m not accepting a ‘no’ as an answer!’’ Aquaria crossed her arms ‘’leave your gorgeous girlfriend take care of you’’

‘’Fair’’ she laughed and lied down on the couch, approaching of her girlfriend “Ugh, such a sacrifice” she joked

“Quiet, or I’ll have to get you fired!” Aquaria joked too, kissing the top of Brianna’s head.

“Please don’t do it, I love my job, and I have a life with my wonderful girlfriend to manage!”

“You got me, time for a promotion!”

“And what is my promotion?” Brianna questioned, smiling like a fool

Aquaria kissed her as an answer. Brianna loved how affectionate she was. She completely loved that girl that was always making her days better.

The shorter blonde felt bad because she was being that busy and not giving attention to her. She knew that had a reason, after their special date everything would be normal again.

But, in moments like that, she felt like shit. Because, what was the point of doing something to please Aquaria, when she was getting so lonely

‘’Hey, serious talk now. I know you’re doing it for me, for us, and I appreciate you so much’’ she whispered, kissing her cheek ‘’I don’t deserve you. Sorry for being so stubborn, but I do care about your health…’’

‘’You’re the best, shut up’’ affirmed ‘’your cuddles are my best remedy, I’m stupid, I’ll try to get easy’’

‘’Yay’’ Aquaria exclaimed, kissing her again and resting her head on Bri’s shoulder ‘’I love you!’’

‘’I love you too, your sweet little angel!’’ Brianna continued the episode. Leaving her body to relax in her girlfriend’s arms.

She could feel Aquaria’s breathing on her neck and the chills on her body. She was also stroking her hair, Brianna could already feel so recovered.

These little moments of fun and comfort and love could make her day, no matter what came before of it.

Every time spent with Aquaria was like this, the kind of sweet thing that warm you inside. Her girlfriend looked to have the power to turn everything in magic.

Brianna was now very concentrated on the show, even if she already watched it all. Then, she felt Aquaria’s lips on her neck, and her mind traveled back to her girlfriend and to the chills again.

Leaving soft kisses on her neck, Aquaria caressed Brianna’s waist over her social shirt. Brianna couldn’t breathe in a proper way, fucking Aquaria, she looked to know exactly was she was doing.

That wasn’t fair, she couldn’t pay attention to the show in that way, Aquaria knew that, but she was doing it anyway. She knew she was Brianna’s favorite show and was taking vantage of it, Brianna in secret loved it.

She left more kisses on Brianna’s neck, stroking her hair and whispering how she loved her. Her other hand rested on her waist drawing forms with the fingers.

Brianna’s breathing was difficult, and she tried to back focusing on the show. That was impossible since Aquaria started to kiss her jaw now, looking at her in an intense way. Brianna could feel her soul burning of passion by the way Aquaria’s blue eyes looked at her.

‘’Aqua…’’ she whispered, sighing when her girlfriend smiled at her reaction

‘’Yes, Bri?’’ she asked, pretending to be all innocent blinking her eyes a couple of times

‘’What you think you’re doing?’’ Brianna raised one eyebrow.

‘’Oh, I’m watching this episode of The Good Place. What about you?’’ questioned, leaving a trail of soft kisses on her jaw ‘’why am I doing anything wrong?’’

‘’You’re doing everything right…’’ she turned her head to face Aquaria ‘’It’s because I can’t focus on the show. Not with you doing this to me…’’

‘’That was my point’’ Smiled proud, pulling Brianna closer to a soft kiss, and then kissing her neck again ‘’I love you’’

The fact Brianna felt like her heart was on a rollercoaster was hilarious. She turned her body to be face to face to her now, holding her head and kissing her deep.

Nothing could be better for her body mind and soul as her. Aqua’s effect on Brianna was most powerful than all the painkillers she could ever list.

[everlarkrealornot]

The PANEM Initiative, Chapter Nineteen

Chapter 19

“You seemed a little board.” Peeta smirked as they sat down for lunch after work the next day.

“Five people in the bakery are a little much…plus, I could have been more help, but the customers seem to love the Mellark Boys.” Katniss grabbed some of the bread he was slicing and started piling on the leftover turkey from the day before.

“Boys?” Peeta asked with a raised eye brow.

“Did you hear the three of you fighting yesterday?” She stood up and got the chips out of the corner cabinet.

“You’ve got a point.” Peeta sat down and started eating. “Thank you,” he said around a mouth full as Katniss handed him a bag of chips.

“You’re welcome.” They sat and ate in silence for a while. “Can I ask you something?” She asked when he took her empty plate. He nodded his head as he dumped the trash in the garbage can. “How did last night go?”

“Uh…better than expected.” Peeta sat back down. “It was interesting.” Peeta explained that Ryen had been looking at online programs for business and found one he really liked that would be starting the first of the year. He knew that his dad did his best to run the bakery but it had never been as successful as Ryen knew it could be. With Brandon, well when he graduated he had been living off of his college fund and chasing girls around. Six months ago he landed a job with a new company that was booming but he hated it. He had been relieved when they fired him but he had no other plan and his bank account was now almost empty, so he was coming home to get a fresh start.

“And what about you?” Katniss asked when he had been quiet for a moment.

“What about me?” She gave him a knowing look. “Kat, I just…” He inhaled deeply and sighed. “You know how teachers would ask you to picture yourself ten years down the road so you could get a better idea of what you wanted to do?”

“Yeah.”

“Whenever I picture our life, I’m at the bakery.” He motioned out the kitchen window. “I’m not in some fancy art studio nor do I own a gallery…I’m just…me and I’m happy.” He smiled at her. “I’m not going to give up painting but I don’t want to give up the bakery either.”

“Wow,” Katniss said in relief. She couldn’t deny that she had been worried that she was the reason he was coming home.

“What?” Peeta wrinkled his nose.

“Nothing…” the look he was giving her made her think twice. If they were going to be honest with each other, they needed to be honest about everything. “I thought part of you coming home had something to do with me.” He sat thinking for a moment before responding.

“Kat. This decision…,” he traced big circles on the table, “this decision was hard for me because for a long time I thought I was doing this because of my feelings for you, but I’m not.” He leaned back in his chair. “I did think I needed to come home after what Gale said but then I thought I needed to stay at school so that you wouldn’t be a factor in my decision. Then I realized both of those choices were a direct result of you…and this is about me.” She nodded in understanding.

“I am glad you know what you want,” she said.

“What about what you want?” He asked with a smile.

“What I want?” Katniss furrowed her brow at him.

“You can’t work at the bakery forever…you hate it,” he added.

“I don’t hate it!” She protested.

“You certainly don’t love it.” Peeta laughed. “Plus, with Bran and me home, you shouldn’t feel like your abandoning the bakery.”

He was right. Even if Ryen decided to quit working while he was back in school, the bakery no longer needed her – it was in the very capable (and probably safer) hands of the Mellark Boys.

She grabbed her phone and flipped through the screens trying to find the screen shot she had taken a couple of days before.

“Here,” she handed him the phone, “I found this a couple weeks ago.”

Peeta took it and read through the ad.

“Kat, this would be perfect – you have to set up an interview.”

“Hold up a minute…the ad says I need to bring five family recipes, come with one already prepared dish, and then show my cooking skills by completing one of their recipes.”

“Alright then,” he said as dragged her to her feet, “You better find your five recipes quickly.”

–

Three days later Katniss found herself standing before an extremely large house that she could only describe as a Victorian Plantation Home. She clutched an insulated carrier in one hand, a small cooler in the other, and was cursing Peeta as she nervously walked up the steps to the porch. She stopped in front of the door and took a couple of deep breaths before ringing the bell. She heard footsteps approaching the door and thought about running for her car, but the door opened before she could make up her mind.

“Hi, you must be Katniss, come in.” He waved her in and closed the door behind her. “I’m Cinna.” He smiled warmly.

“Nice to meet you,” she said and returned his smile.

“Well, then, the kitchen’s this way.” He lead her through the foyer (which had an impossibly tall ceiling), into the dining room (which Cinna said was the smaller of the two – Katniss was sure at least 20 people could eat there), and finally into the kitchen. “You can set your stuff down where ever you like.”

“Wow.” The word was a whisper as she sat her things on the counter. Katniss had never been in such a beautiful and well stocked kitchen in her life.

“I know.” Cinna laughed a little. “It’s a shame that it hardly ever gets used.”

“This is high end, restaurant quality stuff.” She ran a hand over one of the stoves. “You’re going to let me use theses?”

“If you pass the first stage of the interview.” Cinna pulled out one of the bar stools and sat down.

“Right.” Katniss nodded and grabbed the stuff she had brought with her.

“So, what’s for lunch?”

–

“How did it go?” Peeta immediately asked when he picked up the phone.

“I got it!” Katniss practically shouted. She had just barely gotten into the car and started pulling away before she dialed Peeta.

“Yes!” Peeta cheered. “I’m so happy for you, Kat.”

“Thank you!”

When she got home her mom was waiting anxiously at the kitchen table. She had been just as ecstatic as Peeta had been when he heard the news and demanded that Katniss sit down right then and tell her everything.

Katniss had learned that Cinna was a clothing designer who had just broken out on his own. His designs had exploded on the market and his clothes were in high demand. He wasn’t a very good cook but didn’t have the time for it anyway. His mother had been a wonderful cook and those were the recipes that he had been hoping (and was delighted to find out) that Katniss could recreate.

Katniss had been surprised when they started talking about work hours. First thing, Cinna hated breakfast food and didn’t care if she ever fried an egg for him. Second thing, Cinna had a lot of dinner parties. He was hoping that she could work three full days and one dinner party each week. She would be doing the shopping and clean up along with prepping meals for him on the days she wouldn’t be there.

“Sounds like we need to figure out how to get you a car.” Helen had said with a tight smile.

–

Katniss was starting to cut down her hours at the bakery so that by Christmas she would no longer be there. She was excited to spend Prim’s Christmas break with her…plus the thought of no longer having to try and replicate Peeta’s cheese buns was nice. What was not nice was that what little time she did spend at the bakery these days was spent working with Brandon. And he was annoying. And full of himself. And needed to be punched in the face.

And was still friends with Gale. Katniss knew they had been on the football team together and graduated the same year, but she didn’t think they had stayed in contact after high school, which they apparently had.

“Hawthorne! Hey! What’s up man?!” Brandon shouted.

Katniss had been in the middle of organizing the display case when Brandon said his name and she hit her head on the top shelf, leaving a splitting feeling at the back of her skull. She stood up, rubbing her scalp, and glared at the two boys who were oblivious to her presence.

“Katniss!” Posy yelled as she finally wondered around her brother. Katniss’s cheeks flamed as Gale’s eyes flicked up to meet hers. “I miss you!”

“Hi, Posy.” Katniss smiled and walked around the counter to kneel down to give the little girl a hug. “Are you enjoying kindergarten?”

“Yes!” She rocked on her tiny feet, beaming at Katniss. “Are you coming for dinner soon?”

“I don’t know honey…I’ve been pretty busy lately.” Which hadn’t been a complete lie…she might not have been working as much, but she was very close to finishing the wedding packet that Effie had sent her.

“Aww, okay.” Posy pouted.

“I better get back to work, okay?” Katniss hugged her one more time and stood up. She did her best to ignore Gale’s watchful eyes as she went back to the display case.

The boys continued to talk but the phone rang and Brandon grabbed it up before Katniss could even extract herself from the case.

“Gale, can I get a cupcake?” Posy pulled on her brother’s coat.

“Come on, Posy, we need to get going.”

“Please, Gale?” She wined. He looked between Brandon, who was still on the phone taking an order, and Katniss, who was trying to pretend that she couldn’t hear them as she closed the case up. “Please?” She asked again.

“Fine.” His shoulders slumped forward.

“Yay!” Posy ran up to the counter. “Katniss, Gale says I can get a cupcake…which one did you make?” Posy asked, wide eyed. Katniss smiled at the girl.

“I didn’t make these, but Peeta did and he makes the best cupcakes!” Katniss grabbed one and handed it to Posy. “There you go.”

“Thank you!” Posy skipped away from the counter in delight.

“Bran said you were leaving the bakery.” Gale handed her a five out of his wallet.

“I’m done after Christmas.” She handed him back his changed and slammed the cash drawer closed. “Then you can come in whenever you want and not have to see me.”

“Katniss, that’s not what I meant.”

“You might want to help her with that.” Katniss pointed to Posy who now had frosting all over her face.

“Posy!” Gale walked over and picked his sister up, sighing. “Let’s go.”

“See ya, Hawthorne!” Brandon called as he sat the call in order on the counter. “They should be here in about 15,” he said to Katniss. She just nodded. “You two seemed a little…cold for best friends.”

“Shove off, Bran!” Katniss snapped at him.

“Gesh!” Brandon threw up his hands. “Rye makes a snarky comment and you play along, but I make one little observation and I get my head cut off.”

“ONE?!” She yelled. “Since when do you ever just make one comment about anything? You are always taking digs at Rye and you rag on Peeta constantly!”

“Sorry that I’m not as perfect as the golden sons!” He stormed into the back with Katniss on his heels.

“Get off it Brandon! No one feels bad for you – you’re the reason you’re always a mess.”

“That’s right, when Peeta and Ryen’s life are off course, it’s totally fine, but when my life is a mess, it’s my fault!” He started collecting the dirty dishes and clanging them together.

“You’re the one who got yourself fired!” She slammed her hand down next to her on the counter, sending up a cloud of flour.

“I didn't get fired, I quit!” He dropped the bowls into the sink, sending a huge splash of water to the floor, and a loud clanking sound rang in the air.

“But, why would you – ”

“Hey!” The back door slammed shut as Ryen’s voice rang out. “How’s the morning going?”

“I’m done for the day.” Brandon yanked his apron off and threw it to the floor before stomping out.

Buy me a coffee?

[blueneonlightshow-blog]

Share our thoughts

"Hey, Star, I think I heard some… thing… um... is there something special going on?" Marco asked as he looked around Star's vibrantly decorated room. Streamers and flowers covered the walls while several colorful orbs lit up the room. The moon shone just through her balcony, bringing an even more beautiful ambience to the room. "Woah… your room looks amazing! What's the occasion?"

He found his best friend approaching him with glee and excitement. "Ohhh! Marco Marco Marco Marco! Tonight's a special niiiiiight~!"

"Yeah? Why's that?"

"Becaaaauuuuuuuse…" Star leaned closer to Marco's face. "Tonight is a special holiday on Mewni!"

The boy looked away, too shy to make eye contact. "Oh? What's it about?"

"Well, back on Mewni, we pair up with our closest friends and share our thoughts! Basically becoming besties for life, but on a whole deeper level kind of thing. And it only happens once every one hundred years when Mewni's moon is full!"

Marco tilted his head. "Share our thoughts? You mean you guys just… talk for a night?"

Star snickered. "No, silly! We share our thoughts."

"That doesn't make things any clearer…"

"Don't worry, it'll allllll make sense when we actually do it." Star walked over to her closet, looking for something.

"Wait, we? I'm doing it too?"

"Well, duh, Marco! You're my best friend! You're the one I'm closest to. Who else am I going to share my thoughts with? Tom? Bleh," he heard her say as she threw random junk out of her closet.

Marco smiled. 'Aww, she thinks of me as her closest friend.' "Well, I'll be happy to share my thoughts with you. So what're we going to talk about- why do do you have your wand and book?"

Star finally found the book and placed it on her bed, flipping through the pages for the right spell. "I told you, we're going to share our thoughts! Our minds and souls are going to connect. Oooooohhhhh~ maaaaaagicalllllllll~"

"O-oh… and what kind of thoughts are we going to be sharing again?"

"You know, everything from our past, what we saw, thought, felt, joy, sorrow, pain, and love. The usual."

"Oh." Marco watched as the princess searched for the proper incantation. "Wait… love?"

"Yeah, you know, who your favorite food, place, crush, all that stuff. Oh! Here it is!"

The boy began to panic. Their thoughts would be known to each other. All of it. Their past, their secrets. This wouldn't bother Marco so much if he didn't have a crush on his best friend. And he definitely didn't want Star to know about that just yet.

"M-maybe we can do that some other day? Star?"

Star gave him a sad puppy eyed look. "But Marcoooooo! Today's the only day we can do this! I don't want to wait one hundred years!"

"Um…" He stared into the princess' beautiful eyes. He felt his heart beat faster as he maintained eye contact. "...er… f… fine…"

"Yay!" She went back to the book for one last look before performing the spell.

Marco sighed. 'Maybe I can pretend not to have a crush on her. Would that work? No, she'll know what I'm thinking, I can't do that-'

"Okay! Let's do this!" Before Marco had time to think, Star chanted softly as the wand began to glow. The light from the wand began floating upwards, splitting into two orbs. One went towards Star's chest, the other into Marco. He suddenly felt a rush of emotions hit him like a strong wind pushing him back. He felt a familiar presence with him. In him. Bound by souls. The room became dark. The princess was no longer sitting in front of him, yet he wasn't afraid. He felt comfort and safety. He wasn't alone. He knew that this presence was kind and benevolent. He couldn't see it, but he knew it was Star.

The floor illuminated softly as a memory began to appear. He sat, watching from above as if he saw the images through a reflective pool. He could see a young Star in a blue dress chasing after a rainbow winged butterfly. He could hear her parents call her name as she followed the insect. He felt her exhilaration.

The memory soon changed to Star sitting in a desk, a tall, funny looking Mewnian teaching the history Star's ancestors. The tutor turned his back to write something down, allowing Star to sneak away from the room. She opened the door and tried to crawl away, but her mother stood in her way and pointed her back to her seat. Star groaned as she walked back to her seat. Marco couldn't help but laugh. He felt her boredom.

Star sat alone in her moonlit room. She walked over to her window and leaned out to see the town below. Fires and lanterns lit the streets while people laughed and talked with music playing through the wind. A smile appeared as she listened to the murmur of voices. Star sat down and leaned against the wall next to her window with her legs curled to her chest, wrapping her arms around them. She sighed. He felt her isolation.

She watched as her mother and father met with King Ponyhead, an old friend to both Butterflies. Star looked behind the guest to see a smaller floating creature. The being approached her and introduced itself. It was Ponyhead. They became friends in a matter of seconds and asked their parents if they could go play with each other. They cheered as they ran outside. Ponyhead was Star's first friend. He felt her joy.

Star begged her parents to stop King Ponyhead from sending her friend to St. Olga's Reform School for Wayward Princesses. Her parents told her to be silent and that if she ever broke an interdimensional law again, she would have the same fate. She was fortunate to avoid the reform school. Ponyhead was not. She watched and waved goodbye to her friend as the carriage took Ponyhead through the portal. Once again, he felt her isolation.

It was hers! She was now old enough to burden the responsibility of the wand! She could do anything with it- oops. A flaming rainbow over Mewni. And now the city is on fire. Maybe she should've practice with it more. Her parents approached her. She panicked, thinking she would be sent to the reform school. Her parents assured her she wasn't going there, but rather to a safer dimension to practice her magic. An unknown place called Earth. She got in the carriage with her parents and looked behind her. She was going to live in a whole new dimension. New people, new school, new friends! He felt her excitement.

Marco watched as he saw himself nearly go crazy as he adjusted living with Star. He smiled, thinking how much he's changed since then. Monsters and weird magic have become so commonplace in his life. He can't even imagine life without Star now. The two went on adventures, got into trouble, nearly died countless of times, and yet they laughed and smiled. He saw Star's Mewberty take place. She restrained all the boys in her cocoons, hunting down one after another. He saw himself step in and tried to stop Star. He felt her lust.

Star was surprised when she found out Marco had followed her to the underworld during the Blood Moon Ball. Tom looked up to see the red light disappear. Anger took hold of him as he began to walk over towards Marco. He jumped in the air, about to attack, but Star froze him. They went back to Earth, ending the disastrous night. He felt her betrayal, disappointment, anger at Marco. Yet there was another feeling mixed into it he couldn't figure out.

He saw Star panic as she ran back and forth, trying to find Marco. He felt her fear. She reported it to the police, but found out that he was taken to Mewni. She met Toffee and tried to fight off the monsters and free Marco, but to no avail. She had to choose either the wand or Marco. She chose Marco. The wand exploded, her family heirloom. A part of her history was now gone. But it was worth it. She needed to save Marco. He felt her… He felt her…

"Marco...? Marco?"

He heard Star call his name. It wasn't a memory. Star was done seeing all of Marco's thoughts… but he wasn't. Marco didn't respond. He continued to see through her memories.

The floor began to shift again, revealing another memory. It was Star trying to get Marco out of her closet. He heard himself read Star's secret journal. He felt her fear. He then heard her dip down and felt an immediate rush of emotions go through him again. He felt his heart race. He felt an emotion that was all too familiar to him.

"Marco? You don't have to go through all of it. We shared all our experiences together, remember?" he heard Star say outside the spell. He ignored her and continued to watch.

Star was now in the graveyard with Janna and Glossaryck, where they set up everything for Bon Bon. Star was a bit distracted though. She looked at the photo she took of Marco and Jackie. She called his phone several times before resorting to dark magic to spy on them. She saw the couple together. He felt her jealousy.

"Marco! You can stop now! I-I think that might be enough…" He heard Star nervously say.

He saw all the times he and Jackie went out on their dates, his neglectfulness of Star. He saw how happy he was before he left Star alone in the house. Star smiled and waved as she watched her best friend leave. She closed the door and went to her room. She fell onto her bed and hugged her pillow, tears beginning to form in her eyes. He felt her loss. He felt her isolation.

"Marco, stop!"

"Woah!" the boy tipped over, landing on his back. He looked around, seeing the room back to normal.

Star stood over him with an unreadable expression. "You okay? Y-you were going through those memories forever, haha…"

Marco rubbed his head. He was now alone to himself with his thoughts and emotions. There was no presence with him anymore. He didn't feel the unity he felt when he saw through Star's mind. It made him feel like he just lost a part of himself. He looked over to the princess who was watching him carefully.

"S-so… that was the spell… aaaand that's the end of the event! Time to sleep! Got some big plans tomorrow! I think I'll stop by the cotton candy dimension, then the mall, then the-"

"Star?"

She flinched at her name and slowly turned to face Marco. "Y-yes?"

"..."

"..."

Marco approached her. She wasn't too sure what was happening. Was he upset? Was he freaked out?

He pulled Star into a hug. She was surprised, too shocked to do anything.

"I'm… sorry, Star." He tightened his hug.

"..." Star slowly lifted her arms and wrapped them around Marco. A small tear formed in her eyes as she hugged him with equal strength.

"I promise I won't leave you."

"Thanks, Marco…" The two continued to hug. It felt more meaningful than any hug they've ever done. After all, they did just share their emotions and memories. He pulled away and planted a kiss on her forehead. The two blushed at the simple act. "So… you saw through all my memories."

"Yeah?"

"And I saw through yours."

"..."

"And I know you like me."

Marco looked at Star and smiled. "And I know that you like me," He said, leaning in for a kiss.

She put a finger on his lips "Ask me on a date first, Marco."

"...Will you go on a date with me?"

"Of course, silly."

[thegeminisage]

today’s zeldablogging, big big huge very much spoilers everywhere:

WHERE DO I EVEN GO FIRST there is. so Much

out towards the ocean, i suppose...i see a shrine, and something else glowing that could be a settlement or lava or even a great fairy, and there are those islands to think about

GOD IT'S A COMBAT SHRINE a minor test of strenth okay okay i can do this

oh pffft that was easy

and i got...a giant ancient core, which sounds nice but probably won't let me upgrade my rune

how come the bokoblins can use bomb arrows in the rain and i can't?!

OH MY GOD....

first skeleton bokoblins, then skeleton lizalfos, and now skeleton moblins?!?!

wish i had marked that other glowing thing with a pin...i can't find it now lol

and i am at the islands!! man these bridges sure are tiny and high up

all this climbing i want to do and its about to rain :/

oh good. more flying guardians :|im trapped on top of this island in the middle of a lightning storm in the night besieged by moblin skeletons and keese swarms and my only non-metallic weapon is a korok leaf smh

mkay i am All Done with the islands im gonna warp back to the tower and mark the glowy thing this time

oh they just look like mushrooms?? well i'll go pick them i guess

OH OMG IT'S A FAIRY FOUNTAIN SKDFGH YES!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!

only 500...but i know it gets worse :| im saving up

oh this one is blue!! how pretty

haha i still think they look more like mermaids...can't see their legs and they pop up outta water :3

OMG I SEE THE FIRE DRAGON

THE DIN ONE

IN THE DISTANCE AAAAH!!!!

so far away ;u;

i can't even take a good picture!!!!

oh no

oh NO

skeleton moblins...and now a skeleton hinox ;___;

...skeletons only take two hits. im gonna go fight it

omg the hinox fight music plays nooooo rip m having eventide flashbacks

oh my god! wow! okay! this one takes more than two hits!!

it's lightning too i can't even use my bomb arrows what did i get myself into........

OMFG HE IS TEARING OFF HIS OWN RIBS TO THROW AT ME LSKDJFHG

oh the lightning is a hinox thing. Great i only have metal weapons rn

aaaand he ran away with the dawn. ok

oh dude this shrine is cool you have to like play putt putt golf hahaha

OMG IM GOING TO CRY

i found another memory and it's of zelda saying she's prayed all her life like her father wanted and she still can't make the gods hear her......im so sad for her

there's nothing wrong with you my sweet daughter!!!!

this is cool tho the talk of her father and mother and grandmother and link's father

they have families and lives, it's so neat, i wish i knew more about them

tho ofc almost everyone who knew and loved link is long dead now......

ah. i paraglided her, but

to get out i have to bypass all these flying guardians. Great

NO SKDFGJH ONE SAW ME

so its laser grazed me and only took one heart and i was like thats it?! i'll fight you!!

then i got hit directly and it nearly killed me so now im running

NOOOO THERE'S A LYNEL HERE JESUS GOD

I JUST WANTED TO GET TO THE SHRINE AND I RAN RIGHT INTO HIM SDLFGJH

god and a blue hinox in the way too Why

omg i unlocked a monster shop lskjghf now i will see him in villages at night!!!

ah the shrine is on top of this huge rock pillar, how do i...?

maybe i can glide from a nearby cliff!!

okay...okay...it's not sheer rock, there must be resting places, if i glide form here maybe i can do it

i can't glide from where i'd like bc of the hinox (:

I MADE IT

they better not make me solve a fucking puzzle too

ah good they didn;t

FLAMEBLADE thats so badass

oh god another blue lynel

maybe it's even the same one

my dude i just wanna travel....i promise, i promise

FINALLY the akkala research lab!!!

dude better have some sick duds or something for me i swear to god

the music in here is lit i love it

uh

there's a...blue glowing statue

looks like something out of the tower of the gods awww

haha it's damaged! poor thing

this old man like "show me the wounds on your body you suffered" bro are you asking me to strip

oh my gOD his electric guitar pose thing

jesus chrkjrgh

EVERYONE IN THIS GAME IS A GIANT HAM

im doing a quest where you have to carry fire

AND IT STARTS RAINING

this game has made me LOATHE rain! i thought that was impossible and yet!!!!!

im running out of map stamps :/ why would you give me a world this big and limit me to only 100...?

aaaand it's raining

and my ONLY TORCH BROKE god i keep accidentally using it to hit things!!!

FINALLY i did it!!!!! god that was so tedious

oh my god this guy could make me such amazing gear, but i don't have the materials </3

now to check out this maze building it looks super weird and i can see a shrine in it......

how the fuck are you even supposed to get there i hope my glider can take me

lovely. the wind's blowing against me and i see flying guardians from here

noooo they're EVERYWHERE and i have to do a MAZE oh my god

i can solve it on my map and mark the dead end routes, fortunately

i still kind of want to explore those routes lol

oh they're so bare......maybe not

if i miss something like a korok seed or whatever a guide will direct me back here later

or...maybe not

i mean im next to the shrine but it's surrouned on all sides by wall?

bet it's too tall to climb even with potions and my gear

ooh or if it isn't those lfying guardians will fuck me up in a snap

YES i got lucky and found my way in from the top

or no i found...a sword, great, how do i get into the SHRINE

YES here it is

dude i got an ATK+ helmet!! i got GEAR!!!! YES

AAAAH I GOT ATTACKED AS SOON AS I GOT OUT

nope fuck this im fast traveling. goodbye forever, maze island

geez i guess that must be nearly it for this province then i got one shrine left i think and then i could........go to death mountain?

tbh kinda tempted to go back down to lake hylia but i'll pass for now, i want more Plot

i suppose i didn't do akkala beach but it's small and remote so i'm ok with that for now - i can clean up the endgame stuff later when better guides are out

there's a stable next to this shrine!! yay!!!!!!

omg there's a goron here!!!!! hi!!!!!!!!!!!!

finally hit 10k rupees

ooh this guy is talking about a legendary sword...GIMME MY MASTER SWORD

tbh i'll be disappointed if there's no special quest to get it tho like you just...find it? kinda weak

AAAH I CAN CHANGE MANES HERE........jemma has a floral mane now ;w;

too bad i didn't find this before, i can't ride her up death mountain, unfortunately - it's so much faster to fast travel, and she might get hurt, and i'll have to get on and off of her so much... ):

oh wait, i haven't explored the lake yet! i forgot! i can take her there <3

all the guardians here scared the shit out of me but they arent functional, thank god

NO FUCK THERE ABSOLUTELY IS A LIVE GUARDIAN HERE.....fuck fuck i can't KILL them

omg no i see TWO of them

if it was just one i might try my luck, but...no way

i'm sure in the future i'll be able to get more guardian arrows but right now i have, like, 4? so i can't waste them

and when i have the guardian armor that'll help too but. not Now

aaah i found somsone whose ancestors died at that tower...apparently the last stand was made there at what used to be the fortress after the castle fell ;_; and he wanted to pray there but it's too dangerous and i am AD oh my god

i can see the death mountain tower and a shrine from the akkala tower, but i can only reach the shrine by gliding. the tower is surrounded by (UGH) snow

lol the shrine is by a stable too

AAAH kass is here!!!!!!

AWWW he said the song he's playing was used by the ancient hero to call his horse!! gonna cry omg

bro lmao there's an ostrich running around here what kinda shenanigans

oh my god this dried lava under the tower is SO COOL it's so BIG and i feel so SMALL

ah, eldin tower - so this is the eldin province

wow the first stops are quite a ways up on this one! lucky i have so much stamina

ooooh my gosh the eldin map is HUGE and FULL OF LAVA im not sure im Prepared for this!!!

lol in a fun twist the temperature gets HOTTER as i gain altitude. ohhh man

i guess...i wanna do plot. i'll try to make it to goron city, and come back and explore later

when i have more fireproof elixirs lol rn my inventory is packed so i could only buy 3

oh my god i can't use wooden weapons, my arrows turn into fire arrows as soon as i get them out, even the loot will catch fire if you leave it too long, this is Intense

OH MY GOD A STONE TALUS BUT IT'S LIKE, MAGMA-Y

okay this is cool i wish i hadn't waited so long

lmao i accidentally drank a defense elixir and erased my fireproofness early OOPS

omg you can't use bomb arrows either dkgjhdfg the heat makes them explode instantly

unfortunately the only thing that makes a dent is ice arrows and i just don't have enough rn....BUT I WILL RETURN god that is so cool okay anyway

all right......i really like this region. normally i'm a water person, ESPECIALLY in zelda games, but rain and lightning have been nothing but a pain in my ass since i started playing. maybe i was ready for some #Heat

HA there's the fucking blood moon good thing i DIDN'T kill him it would have been erased right after

the blood moon looks kinda cool when the air is already like this tbh but i still hate it

like on a gameplay/story integration level it's a cool way to explain monsters coming back

but also im angry on behalf of hylians and everyone else like

no matter how hard they fight every month it comes back, it's all in vain

the music here is super cool, also

omg i found a little camp of gorons!!

ooh, a hylian...and he'll give me fireproof armor for lizards OOOO:

hahahaha...they can't dig up ore because of a lizard monster

my heart twisted, fondly

geez i wish i had time to catch some lizards...........

i caught a few but not 10, and i only have one elixir left, since i used one early. i guess if it comes to it i could try to make another but

YES okay i did it!! good

and armor i now have!!

altho i hope i don't run out of armor inventory space that would SUCK what with all the work that goes into collecting and upgrading it tbh

LOL i hit an emu or ostrich or whatever it is and the meat it dropped immediately became roasted oh my god

HOLY FUCK THE MOUNTAIN IS ERUPTING

NOW THIS SHIT BRINGS BACK MEMORIES OH MY GOD

running for cover!!!! almost dying!!!!!!!!! good times im so happy

it's like getting to do it the very first time all over again

oh my god i just got a divine beast cutscene as i got to goron city i am quaking in my boots it is SO BIG

and now i'm out almost 3k rupees but i have full fireproof armor!

oh my god you can get a goron massage at the inn

"it doesn't hurt a bit" yeah i bet

[cue lots of screaming]

omg theres a gerudo lady sleeping here!! are you not on fire?!?!

SO IS PAINTER DUDE...?

omg they must have elixirs ldfjkgh

"abandoned mine - do not stray from path! both literally and figuratively" slkdfjgh what does that MEAN...

aw, they sleep on beds of hoat coals

man this shrine im doing is so complex!! like many multiple rooms, it's neat

i got like 9 orbs now i need to find somehwere to trade them in

omg so im lookin for the goron who went to get the stuff out of the vault and HE'S TALKING IT'S SO WEIRD it still always shocks me

how do i..? my bombs don;t work, so

OH OMG I CAN USE THE CANONS i thought maybe you had to wait for permission lol

poor goron he's scared and trembling...haha just like the ones in the fire temple. bye

HE TALKED IN HIS OPENING CUTSCENE...IM SO GLAD

yunobo! aww he's precious i love him

i suspect this is the area where i'll have to get inside the divine beast tbh bc of all the cannons

lol almost yped it with one n. shh

the embers here are so pretty...next time i paint hotland i'll remember them

i wanna paint THIS, tbh

like, anything. from this game. god Damn

ooooh a daruk statue

omg IM GETTING A MEMORY YES!!!!!!

I LOVE HIM

I LOVE DARUK

WHO PATS BACKS TOO HARD AND PUNCHES OUT ROCKS

oh my god he had the same kind of barrier that yunobo put up around himself are they related!!!! im gonna cry i love them so much

yep hahahaha the next words out of boss's mouth!

oooh he has the blessing, that's what the barrier is

yunobo's at eldin bridge...? that's MILES away

OH!!! omg my brother reminded me there are two in tp hahahaha so i guess i got them mixed up

so where is eldin's bridge actually......

too bad i cant swim up lavafalls lol

i found a minecart and put it on the track but bombs dont make it go and i can't magnesis it when its under my feet??

AHA, STASIS

okay that was super fun but i hate beating up my weapons like that

there's a shrine here but the glowing orange blends right in with this lava, i nearly missed it

AWWW yunobo's gonna be the canonball! bless him

omg is he gonna follow me!!!! I HAVE A FRIEND

IM GONNA CRY FINALLY IM NOT ALONE <3333

oh god okay here we go i guess??? im so scared

like. its so big.i cant impress upon anyone who hasnt played it. how big it is. and the mountain is so much bigger and i am so small. i keep saying that but i'm like. DWARFED by this thing, it's truly incredible

ohhhhh an escort mission.......and stealth, which im Bad at. man, the elephant was a lot cooler so far

AWW omg we snuck past the first one and he went "hee hee!" and it was so cute i love him so much

he stands at attention so quick when i do the stop whistle please please i love him

also i feel like i recognize SO many voices in this...i gotta imdb it later

the voice acting isn't even anything extraordinary, it's like, not awful but nothing jaw dropping

but the fact that they speak blows my mind every time

i used to fantasize about that in a "fff yeah right the day after never" kinda way and here we are.....

omg i got stuck and talked to him and it's like. what he said was completely useless but it's like having a companion!!! oh god i've been so lonely

oh god i looked up too far and saw the beast and it is. so big. i know i keep saying this but it is gargantuan. it's HUGE. i can't believe how big it is

lol i couldnt figure out why the trail ended and spent half an hour wondering what i was supposed to do

turns out i should have been firing at the divine beast this entire time so i gotta go back and start over and walk up the trail again LMAO

at least you only have to clear the sentries once

ah FINALLY im inside!

DARUK IS TALKING TO ME ;_;

HE ALWAYS KNEW LINK WOULD BE BACK im so sad. i feel human emotion

oooh it's all dark in here

and blue flame!!

ohhhhh man i love these 3D maps

OH MY GOD YOU CAN TURN IT

it's so big. oh my god

wait it isn't hot in here! i can use any item i want!

god i forgot how the music becomes creepier the closer you get

i can't believe this...turning the whole dungeon...some stone tower temple shit

ooh okay still hot OUTSIDE of the divine beast...too bad

noooo i found the cockpit pod thingy...like are their skeletons just decaying in there or

ooh boy oooookay last one here we GOOOO...

"PAIN IN THE CRAG" LOL NINTENDO PLS

omg daruk cheering me on as i fight ;______;

awww that wasnt too bad ive fought WAY worse enemies just roaming around on the map

oh ew GROSS

DARUK ;_;

me after daruk sent link away: aaaww i love him but that wasn't as gut-wrenching as mipha's

me after daruk saw yunobo from a distance and they waved at each other: literally actually crying, there are tears really on my face

WHY COULDN'T MIPHA SEE HER FAMILY FROM A DISTANCE, HUH

if it doesn't happen i swear to god i will draw it if i have to

oooh boss is talkin about the master sword

it's in a forest - that's gotta be the lost woods or i'll eat my pointy green hat

but i mean. if you just find it. there's gotta be some kinda quest or build up

wow, i'm finally at the tippy-top opf death mountain...i feel like i could go anywhere from here

omg i flew to a shrine and i have to complete a training thing to get in??? oh my god

oh no. i have to climb the thing. #why

aww that wasn't too bad. did it on the first try

i found the end of the map on "land" ... it's a deep gorge and you die if you go too far down, probably even if you're on foot

but there's land beyond that, even on the map, so it doesn't feel as freaky as just MEGA WIND on the ocean

why is there a hinox EVERYWHERE i try to go. why.

dude theres a giant skeleton of some sort on my map...omg

probs a hinox there too tbh

...wait a second.

i'm at a HOT SPRING

i recover hearts by swimming, so maybe i could fight this hinox...

AND i have daruk's protection, three whole charges, two fairies, my hearty radish food, and mipha's grace.........i can do it!!

wow okay and i just used up the grace and one fairy on this bokoblin camp so nevermind

tbh i don't even like fighting them...i suck at combat and the rewards are almost never worth the fight

okay but i literally could get anywhere from death mountain i think and i do mean LITERALLY that isn't hyperbole, assuming i had infinite stamina. damn. thats a Big Mountain

gonna go investigate the skeleton

there's monsters under it! i am standing above them on the ribcage and cheesing it with bombs

also it says eldin great skeleton was this a dragon.........

was this in the trailers or was it somewhere else?

standing inside the skull of this thing 

i realize just how BIG the dragons are

like. damn

everything in this game makes me feel like an ant

lol this is the First Ever shrine i'll have to come back to not bc i can't figure it out but bc i ran out of fucking arrows. incredible

the problem is i can't really explore here bc my fire armor hasnt been improved at all, my defense SUCKS

i just died bc i found a talus lol and it two-shotted me and like. i have a pretty good amt of hearts, here

also next time im exploring first i feel like i'll never know if ive seen everything or not bc i'm all lost and don't know what i looked at and what i didn't :/

i hate to like, leave it and say i'll come back to it bc i know i probably won't, but games are supposed to be fun! and attempting to explore this area with all my armor at 3 defense is like. not fun. dying over and over: Not Fun

i feel like seeing or doing something new!!

what i need is my own copy of the map on the computer so i can just mark off the areas i wanna explore later

oooh i found an interactive map!! which i can't. screencap and annotate for myself, but

oh well, it's too much trouble to find one, and ps would be really slow rn anyway since i havent used it in awhile

however this map DOES have memory locations, so i'm gonna grab a few of those

okay NOW i found a shrine idk how to do. tbh i can't be fucked rn, i wanna go get memories

holy fuck the first memory i unlocked had like a PILE of dead monsters link just fucked up, including a silver maned lynel, which my ass has NOT killed yet, holy shit

ONWARD

HOLY SHIT the one i just got was in the trailers!! zelda crying on link ;_;

i'm glad tbh bc i was lowkey like...well i know you get her out of the castle bc she cries on you later

but no!!!!

also he strains of zelda's lullaby, them being covered in mud, and link's master sword! MAN

i can't get to anymore atm so i guess i decide where i go next...

tbh i wanna do gerudo next like my brother which means going thru lake hylia!! so it will be a long time before more plot, i guess

ah! the blood moon! gonna warp to the stable and watch it with that guy

lol he's all beautiful moon tonight, eh, finally the blood moon

UM HE'S FREAKING ME OUT HE JUST STARTED RUNNING AROUND AND SAID HIS BLOOD WAS BOILING???

"IT'S SO GLORIOUSLY RED, ARISE MONSTERS" WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU

and he acted totally normal after!

"oh you were researching the blood moon too?" WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM YOU FREAK

yep goodbye im leaving

upgraded my armor as much as i could with the fairy, STILL can't afford anti-guardian tech, am actively dying without it, will attempt gerudo and/or lake hylia tomorrow