#if this has already been done let me know i will kill myself on request

[amygdalae]

[moonstruckme]

I feel like Poly!marauders are sooo caring so maybe a dynamic where the reader is like an overly-insependent person and is not used to this kind of care and affection. Maybe it is reader’s first relationship so they have a hard time with the concept of leaning to others for support. Thank you in advance love!

Lmao this came wayyy too easily because I've definitely done all of these things! Thanks for requesting lovely <3

modern au

poly!marauders x fem!reader ♡ 1k words

"Where you headed off to, gorgeous?" Sirius looks up from his laptop as you step into your shoes.

"Grocery store," you say. "I'm thinking of making souffle tonight, would you want some?"

"Yeah, that sounds great." He grins at you in that way of his, and you know he knows your knees just went wobbly. "Want a lift?"

"Thanks, but the bus goes almost directly there."

Remus looks up from his book with eyebrows already furrowed in disapproval. "It's nearly dark out, love. You shouldn't be walking around by yourself this late."

You roll your eyes. Men. "I can handle myself, been doing it for years," you say as reassuringly as you can, slipping out the door before either of them can argue with you further. "I'll be back soon!"

You keep a hand close to the rape alarm attached to your bag as you maneuver your way through the shadowy streets. You've been tired since you woke up that morning, so a ride would have been nice, sure, but you don't want to become one of those girlfriends who relies on her boyfriends for everything. That was your biggest concern with getting into a relationship: losing the sense of self-reliance you've cultivated over your life. You don't need help from anyone, even if the big, strong men think you do. You huff a laugh to yourself.

The grocery shopping goes quick, soon you're back at your own front door. Sirius and Remus are almost exactly as you left them, both curled up on the couch, but now James is home from the gym. You know this, because he apprehends you as soon as you walk through the door, hair wet from the shower and dripping on your paper grocery bags as he attempts to take them from you.

"I've got them," you laugh, dodging him.

James gives chase. "You're carrying three! Let me take a couple."

"I can handle it." You kick at his ankle playfully, sniffling.

He pauses, and you take the opportunity to whisk the bags into the kitchen, setting them on the counter victoriously. "You feeling alright, sweetheart?" he asks.

"Yeah." You wave him off. "It's just chilly outside. Go relax, I'm about to start dinner."

James pouts but goes, flopping dramatically over the side of the couch. His head lands in Sirius' lap, and the other boy starts combing his fingers through the tangles of James' wet hair absentmindedly. Satisfied, you start setting out the ingredients you'll need, but a moment later Remus materializes beside you.

"You've been running around all day," he says. "Let me make dinner. You go relax."

"I don't mind," you say, slightly affronted. "I can handle dinner."

"Baby," Sirius pipes up, turning to look at you over the couch, "just let him do it. Take a—" he stops as you sneeze. "Are you sick?"

"No," you sniffle. "I don't think so."

Before you can move away, Remus has a hand on your forehead. "You're warm!" he says, in the same tone as one might say You're killing people and burying them in our backyard! A bit dramatic, in your opinion.

"Oh," you say, covering your face with your elbow as you sneeze again.

"Aw, angel," James says, your sole ally as Remus and Sirius look at you accusingly, as though they suspect you've been keeping this from them on purpose. Which....to be fair, isn't outside the realm of possibility. "Come sit with us, let us take care of you."

"Go," Remus says, moving his hand to the back of your neck and pursing his lips at whatever he feels there. "I'll make dinner, and some tea for you, yeah?"

You shake your head. "That's alright, I can—"

"Don't say you can handle it."

You huff, but it's clear you're not going to win this one. You go to the couch, where James accepts you with eager arms.

"Our poor girl," he coos, kissing every inch of your cheek sloppily. "Fuck, you are warm. You just need to take some time to rest, yeah?"

You sniffle grouchily, but Sirius pokes at your side, eliciting an unwilling snicker. "You could stand to let us help you out every now and then," he says, already seeming less upset with you. You suspect you have your illness to thank for that.

"I can take care of myself," you argue, but the fight is going out of you as you finally give into the cold you maybe sort of knew was coming on all day.

"We know you can, dove," Remus chimes in from the kitchen. "And that's what you've always done, but letting us take care of you sometimes isn't going to suddenly make you helpless, either." He shoots you a knowing look, too perceptive for his own good. And yours, apparently.

You sneeze again, jerking away from James so you don't spray on him. You feel disgusting, and pathetically vulnerable. Is this what they want you to succumb to? "I don't want to get too used to this," you say, voice small as you sniffle, wiping your nose on your sleeve, "and forget how to manage without your help."

Each of your boyfriends, even Remus, softens like butter in the sun.

"Baby." Sirius wraps an arm around you, looking at you with eyes so soft you feel like you could cry. "You won't forget. You're tough, and that's not gonna change just because you let us do some things for you, yeah?"

You look at your lap, contemplating. He's not not making sense. The idea of accepting help is so unfamiliar to you, it feels like a betrayal of your core values. But you love Sirius, and Remus, and James, and if what they want is to help you, maybe you can try to let them. Some of the time, at least.

Sirius curls a finger under your jaw, his thumb resting on your chin as he tilts your face up to his. He must see the concession in your eyes, because he smiles softly. It's almost an apology, and you know that he's aware of how difficult this is for you to give up.

"You're gonna have to get used to this, sweet thing," he says lightly, pressing a kiss to your overwarm forehead. "Because we're not letting you go."

[froggibus]

Hey can I request headcanons for overwatch characters and if their gf was drunk and asked them "would you still love me if I was a worm" with the overwatch men please (you don't have to do all of them but PLEASE include McCree and Reaper)

“Would You Still Love Me If I Was A Worm?” - Overwatch Boys

Includes: Cassidy, Reaper, Genji, Zenyatta, Ramattra, Hanzo, Lucio + Baptiste (w gn! reader)

Genre: fluff/kinda crack?

CW: general crack, kinda dumb tbh, suggestive in Genji and Baps, Ram is Ram (lmk if I missed anything)

been in a little bit of a writing slump but this was too good to pass up lol. I want to get a bit more writing done this week so who knows how that will go. anyway, enjoy <3 hope you like it anon!

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Cassidy:

“what kinda question is that??”

looks at you in flabbergastation 

you pout and bat your eyes at him and of course, he breaks 

“you’re really not gonna let this go, huh? alright—of course I’d still love you, darlin’. I’d keep you in a lil jar and you could accompany me on my missions”

a jar????

now you’re the flabbergasted one 

jars don’t have air—he’s gonna let you suffocate?? 

what are you?? rainbow dash (sorry)??

somehow leads to him going out into the yard despite it being the middle of the night to try and find a worm

somehow finds one?? 

keeps it in a jar as a pet just to prove he would love you as a worm

even names it after you and pets it’s head and calls it “my wriggly little y/n”

weirdly wholesome experience would try again

Reaper

“of all the stupid shit you could have asked me…”

he says that but he’s already considering it after the question leaves your mouth 

would he love you as a worm? 

“what kind of worm”

what do you mean what kind of worm?? does it matter?? 

obviously the pink wriggly kind 

he has to ponder this 

sits in his chair stroking his chin trying to think of how you would be as a worm

“would you still be able to talk and think or would you be an actual worm”

????

“it would be me if I was a worm, Gabe”

more pondering 

“I’d love you platonically but you would probably have a short life span. I’d throw you a worm funeral.”

better than any response you could have expected but would not try again

Genji

“would we still have sex”

please hit this man

he’s joking of course—he’s not that weird 

“why would you be a worm tho”

just answer the question, Genji

green cyborg ninja dude has no idea what to answer 

will you be mad if he loves your worm self more than your current self?? would you be weird if he said he would love a wormy version of you??

“I would get myself turned into a worm too and then we could have a wormy life together and a wormy wedding and little wormy kids”

“you just want to have wormy sex” >~>

“that too”

at least he’s honest?

exactly as you expected, would not try again

Zenyatta

“a worm? like the insect?”

“yes? what other worms are there”

considers this

“is everything okay?”

poor omnic boy is so confused. are you planning on turning into a worm??? 

please reassure him it’s just a hypothetical and you’re not turning into a worm

goes on a ten minute tangent about how we are all the same in the Iris, and that he will love you no matter what form you take

honestly so wholesome + cute 

“i will care for you in this life, and the next, and all of the ones after that. even the ones where you are a worm.”

good enough would try again

Ramattra 

“No”

way to sugarcoat it, babe

it’s only when you get upset that he sighs and pulls you into his lap

“why would you ever become a worm? is someone trying to harm you? you know I would never let anyone bring harm to you.”

you try to explain that it’s just a hypothetical but he’s already going on a tangent on what he would do if you got turned into a worm

talks for five minutes alone on how he would defeat your enemies and defend your honour 

says he would “put you out of your misery”????

“you would KILL ME?!”

“as an act of honour”

babe….

0/10 would not try again

Hanzo

“why”

idk bro just answer the question 

lots of sighing and pinching the bridge of his nose

“would I also be a worm or am i still human” 

only gets more confused when you say he’d be a human and you’d be a worm

probably looks up worm life expectancy and if worms are capable of love 

“would you even know who I am if you were a worm”

has to ask a million questions before he can give his final verdict 

lets out a long sigh before looking you dead in the eyes 

“…yes”

cute in the end but would not try again 

Lucio:

“would you still love me if I turned into a frog?”

that’s not the question 

somehow it turns into a discussion on if he would eat your worm self if he was his frog self? 

he insists he wouldn’t and would let you ride on his back but you insist his frog instincts would be too strong 

“babe I’ve once seen you almost eat your own finger while eating chips”

“ok and??”

says you guys could live in a swamp together and he would protect you from evil

“I could be like your own frog superhero. I could even sing you little froggy songs”

makes up this entire life of you guys living together as a frog and a worm and him serenading you by croaking songs at night 

honestly it’s the best reaction you could have gotten, would try again

Baptiste:

“i would find you a cure and turn you back into a human”

honestly he’s very amused by this whole situation 

“but what if I want to be a worm”

“if I cure you and you want to turn back into a worm, that’s on you”

fair enough

insists he needs to ‘examine’ you so he knows you’re not turning into a worm 

makes a lot of jokes at your expense too

finally sighs and admits he would keep you in a little terrarium with all the food and nutrients you need 

“ha, so you would love me if I was a worm”

“love is a strong word”

good enough, would not try again

[yourmidnightlover]

Xavier x Reader piece where reader saw Bianca leaving Xavier’s dorm and assumes they’re back together after Xavier & reader would flirt here and there. Reader begins to ignore him and he’s confused as to why… idk could be cute, could be smutty just a random thought

SO CUTE AGHHH

rumors

pairing: xavier thorpe x fem!reader

summary: reader noticed xavier pulling away and tried to talk to him about it when she sees bianca barclay leaving his room looking more than satisfied.

warning: !not proofread! read the request ig, i also did add smut, oral (fem receiving), unprotected piv, VERY soft sex bc i’m a softy myself :)

a/n: i tried to follow the request as much as possible, and i hope i did it justice! i’m also so so sorry for the tardiness of the post, even though there isn’t a specific deadline or anything. i’m working my way through my requests and my series! i want to make sure everything has at least a half decent plot <3

you weren’t stupid. you had heard the rumors. those rumors being that xavier and bianca were back together.

now, you had also thought that wasn’t true. you and xavier had hung out on many, many occasions, going as far as you you ending up on his lap during a heated make out session. so, maybe you just assumed it wasn’t true.

but it was more than flirting and kissing with you. it was conversations about constellations and religion. it was cuddling until 1 am in his room because you didn’t want to be apart from each other. it was falling asleep on the phone for a few days when weems nearly caught you. it was more.

or was it all in your head?

it had been nearly 9 months since xavier and bianca had broken up. he seemed content with the breakup, mostly unaffected by it aside from his trust issues spiking like no other.

bianca, on the other hand, seemed furious. maybe about the breakup, maybe about seeing you with him. either way, she was mad and it seemed to involve xavier.

the past few weeks he had seemed distant. he wouldn’t call you as much. there were significantly less cuddle sessions. he wouldn’t kiss you as often. you know he doesn’t technically need to do those things. it’s not a requirement, you aren’t in a relationship or anything, but you missed it like no other.

so, when you were headed to his room to talk about everything and saw bianca leaving his room, you hid behind a pillar before she saw you. but you saw her. you saw her with that smirky smile on her face.

you basically knew what that meant. now, you knew why he was being so distant. bianca and xavier were probably going to get back together. he was going to leave you in the dust.

like any logical person, you decided that instead of letting him abruptly cut you out of his life, you would cut him out first.

this world is a kill or be killed, hurt or be hurt world. you were already hurt, but you definitely didn’t want to end up dead. yet.

“hey, y/n,” he called to you in the hallway as you were walking to your next class that you happened to have with him. “y/n,” he jogged to catch up with you. you didn’t even look his way. “hey, so i was wondering what you were doing later on today?” his shoulder nudged your own, and you could hear the smile in his voice. “y/n?”

you continued to walk to class, not even bothering to look up at the gorgeous smile that you were sure was beginning to fade. you sat in the back of the class, where there was no seat beside you, instead of sitting in your rightful seat beside xavier.

the one time you mustered up the courage to look at him during class, he had this puzzled look on his face as he was doodling something he would normally show you once he was done.

“hey,” enid sat beside you in your next class with a worried tone. “ajax and i were talking, and he said that xavier is confused about you. well, more confused about why you’ve been ignoring him? and i know it’s not really any of my business, but i was just wondering if you were okay? because you can always talk to me no matter what! off the record, too!”

“enid,” you smiled as she looked at you expectedly. “i’m okay… or, i’ll be okay. i just realized some things and now i’m dealing with the repercussions the best i know how. but if it ever becomes too much, i know who to come to,” she smiled as you did the same before running back to her desk beside ajax.

you knew she cared about you. but you also knew that she cannot keep her mouth shut. you love that about her, but it also means you have to be careful what you tell her. you know you made the right decision as you hear her loudly whisper:

“she said she’s okay and that she realized some things, but i dunno, jax! i guess she might need some space?”

you chuckled to yourself as the teacher began the lesson. she was a lovely girl, only doing what she thought was best for her friends.

the next day, it happened at dinner.

you had avoided his table at all costs, not even glancing at him as you saw him trying to wave you down out of the corner of your eye. you sat down at an empty table near the trash cans, one that nobody really wanted to even sit at and began eating quickly so you could leave.

your lunch was cut short when he plopped down beside you. you waited a few seconds, ignoring whatever came out of his mouth before standing. you muttered a small, ‘not that hungry,’ before tossing your food in the trash and making your way to your room.

“y/n,” he was rapidly knocking on your door. “y/n, let me in! i don’t know what’s going on but you have got to stop ignoring me,” there was a moment of silence where you contemplated opening the door, but all you could see was the look on bianca’s face showing you all you needed to know. “please open the door.”

it was when you heard footsteps walking away that you let the tears that you didn’t know were building fall freely. hunched over at your desk, sobbing into your hands, you let yourself truly feel what you had pushed down for days.

you truly fell for this guy over the past few months of knowing him. while you hated not talking to him, you knew it would hurt more if you let yourself stay attached only for him to break things off sooner rather than later.

it had been maybe fifteen minutes if you letting yourself sob into your hands when you heard a rapping at your window. you turned to see xavier, standing outside with his hands shoved in his pockets as he shivered in the cold.

“please, let me in, y/n,” his eyes were pleading with you. you never should’ve met them. “let me in.”

with a huff, you walked to the window and unlocked it, grabbing onto his arm to help guide him in. in all of the time you had been hanging out, he had never been so desperate as to climb up the fire escape to see you.

“what the hell, thorpe?” you scolded him, knowing he hated when you called him by his last name. “you’re an idiot.”

“yea, i might be an idiot,” he nodded as he sighed, adjusting to the warmer environment in spite of how cold you had been to him. “but i’m not the one that’s been ignoring my best friend for days.”

“you’re kidding, right?” you scoffed as you went to sit down on the edge of your bed. “i wasn’t sure you’d even notice, let alone care.”

“why the hell would i not care?” he threw his hands up in defeat as he began pacing back and forth in front of you. “god, do you not get that i care about you? you’re my best friend. of course i’ll notice and care when you ice me out!”

“you did it first!” you pointed your finger accusingly at him before taking a deep breath. “you stopped hanging out with me. you would barely come over. you barely even… god i sound like a moron.”

“i barely even what?” he froze at looked longingly at you as he awaited your answer.

“you barely even kiss me anymore,” you opted to avoid his gaze by finding interest in your own hands. “and i was going to talk to you about it a few nights ago when i saw bianca walking out of your dorm. and believe me, she looked more than satisfied so don’t worry about your own performance.”

“is that…” he was lost in thought before something clicked in his head. “you thought that her and i…” his brows rose insinuatingly.

“of course, i did!” you felt the tears well in your eyes again. “and i felt… i felt stupid. and i felt used. and then it made sense, why you stopped talking to me as much and why you were distancing yourself. it clicked. because you want to get back together with her.”

“y/n, i-“

“let me finish!” you snapped. “you owe me that much. you could’ve at least told me! you could’ve told me we weren’t going anywhere before i fucking fell for you! god, i don’t know if it was a game for you to see how many ‘bitches’ you could pull or what, but i don’t-“

his lips were on your own. his hands were cupping your face and his lips were kissing you passionately. your hands went to his wrists, almost to keep him there before you remembered why he had to kiss you to shut up.

“thorpe-“

“i love you,” he pressed his forehead against your own with a sorry look on his face. “she’s been trying to get back at me since the breakup. then, she noticed how i much i cared about you. she figured out how i felt and told me to stop doing… what we were doing or she would tell you. i didn’t think you’d feel the same way. i thought you would be freaked out by the fact that i was in love with you. i’m so, so sorry.”

you lightly pressed your lips to his, only for a short moment. “you could’ve told me, xay.”

“i’m realizing that now,” he smiled softly. “let me make it up to you?”

you nodded your head, “and how did you plan on doing that?”

“well,” he lifted you up by your ass, gently scooting you up on your bed. “before she blackmailed me, i was being distant because i was planning something very, very nice for you,” he began kissing down your neck, his hands now trailing up and down your body leaving goosebumps in their wake. “something romantic,” he sucked harshly on the spot that drove you crazy before one hand shot to his hair, the other going to his shoulder to draw him closer. “something a bit nicer for what i really, really want to do with you,” he emphasized with a gentle bite to your earlobe. “to you,” you moaned at that one, grinding up on his thigh that was between your legs.

“xavier,” you whimpered. “i want you… please?” he pressed his leg further into your core leading to you throwing your head back, giving him more of your neck to work with.

“let me take my time,” he worked his hands underneath your shirt, looking up at you for permission before you helped him throw it over your head. you tugged at his own shirt with a smirk.

“mmkay,” you nodded as he kissed up your stomach, sucking and nibbling on your skin to mark you more than he already had. “missed you so much, xay. missed you so much.”

“me too, love,” you lifted your chest as he unclasped your bra. “i missed you too,” once he disregarded the bra, he began to eagerly suckle on one of your breasts. he carefully teased the nipple with his tongue, letting his hand massage the neglected one, his fingers gently pinching your nipples just the same.

“please,” you continued to hump his thigh eagerly as he continued to switch his actions to the alternate breast. “please do more?”

“whatever you want,” he smiled before pulling at the waistband of your skirt. you lifted your hips to help him pull both the skirt and underwear down your legs. “so fucking perfect. and all mine,” his fingers danced around your pelvis before he got of the bed, putting your thighs over his shoulders to drag you to the edge, a laugh leaving your mouth.

“all yours, xay,” you smiled as he began to toy with the bundle of nerves at your center. “oh my god. that feels so… so good,” your hand was now playing with his hair, the other grasping his shoulder tightly. “i think you should know,” you huffed out a breath as his lips wrapped around your center. “oh fuck. shit, please keep going,” he let a finger slowly enter your center. “oh my god.”

“are you sure?” he momentarily stopped before you guided his head back to your center, nodding eagerly as your head swung back once more.

“i’m so fucking sure,” his tongue was gently massaging your clit excellently. with each tug and take your fingers did to his hair, another moan left his mouth. the vibrations worked their way through your entire body, making you feel everything.

“god, i can’t believe we’ve never done this. i think-oh fuck-i think i’m close. please don’t stop!” your thighs began to clamp over his head as your hips rutted against his mouth. “xavier! holy shit,” you had to pull him away by his shoulders.

“you like?” he chuckled as he pressed his lips to your own. he felt you continue to grind against his leg before you pressed your hand against his bulge to massage it. “y/n,” his forehead dropped to your own.

“i wanna do this with you,” your free hand went to cup his cheek. “only if you want to, of course. but you have my full, enthusiastic consent for all of it,” it was your smile that convinced him.

“i don’t-i don’t have any-“

“just don’t use one,” you pleaded. “i’ve been on the shot for a little over a year and i’m clean…”

“have i told you how much i love you?” he groaned before you worked your hand under his pants, pulling his hard dick out and stroking it a few times before he kicked his pants off. you lined it up with your center. “i’m gonna go slow, okay?”

“mmkay,” you nodded. “just… please?” he pushed his tip in, leaving your jaw dropped from the intrusion.

your arms went underneath his arms that were beside your head to hold him up, wrapping around his shoulders. you whimpered with each inch he pushed inside of you, your nails digging into his skin.

“jesus christ, you’re so tight,” he groaned as he bottomed out inside of you. “holy fuck.”

“uh huh,” you nodded. “feels like… your in my stomach,” your whines were filling his ears. “please move? please?”

his hips began to piston in and out of you. with each thrust, a symphony of moans we’re pulled from your throat. he pulled back to look at you lovingly, letting one of his hands cup your face before he pressed a kiss to your lips. he used this distraction to pick up the pace.

the sounds of his hips hitting your thighs began to resonate throughout your single, your moans only getting louder as you breathed in each others’ air.

he brought the hand that was cupping your face down to your clit, knowing he wouldn’t last much longer. with the way your pussy began to pulsate around his cock, he knew he was close to the edge.

“y/n,” he huffed out, his forehead resting against your own as you nodded.

“i know,” you held onto his arms. “me too. just-just do it inside, please? cum inside of me?”

“yea, yes,” he pressed his lips to yours once more before watching as you fell apart on his cock. your head was thrown back, but your eyes remained on his as he joined you in his own ecstasy.

“oh my god,” you held him closely as your bodies came down from the high. his hands cradled your body tenderly once you were both safely on the ground.

“oh my god is right,” he chuckled as he carefully pulled out, laughing a bit more as you winced from the sensitivity. he got up and went to your bathroom, grabbing a washcloth and dampening it so he could wiped up the mess between your thighs.

“i really do love you,” you smiled up at him as he pulled his shirt over your head. “like a lot,” you both smiled.

“i think you also really love how i made you cum, pretty girl,” a hot blush crawled up your cheeks. “you realize you were just naked underneath me, right?”

“yes!” you shrieked out. “i know that… it’s just-i don’t know. i get-i have the right to be vulnerable after having sex!”

“i know you do,” he smiled as he pulled on his pants, crawling into bed beside you before you opted to simply lay on top of him. “i’m just teasing,” he pressed a kiss to your hairline.

“meanie head,” you grumbled into his bare chest, his warm skin never feeling more comforted by anything.

“you weren’t saying that whe- ow!” you pinched his nipple and began to laugh at his whining. “what the hell?”

“stop teasing,” you said smugly. he could feel your smile against his skin.

“after that?” he scoffed. “i’ve learned my lesson,” he hugged you tighter as you littered light kisses to his chest.

“goodnight, xavier,” you let your chin rest on his chest so you could look at him with the cheesiest grin that’s ever existed.

“i love you,” he replied, pressing a kiss to your lips once more before you laid back down on him.

you fell asleep to the beat of his heart calming your own. he fell asleep to the lull of your soft breath. you both woke up with the warm embrace of your love for the other, which is how it would be from then on out.

[half-bakedboy]

blurb about tommy coming to check up on buck after he gets choked by the crazy person from next week's promo

Tommy has to stamp down his worry before he walks up to Buck’s door. He’d only gotten the short story from a coworker who’d heard from a former partner that a firefighter on the 118 had gotten himself into trouble again. 

Unfortunately, Tommy was immediately certain who that firefighter was. 

When Evan opens the door, there’s a huge smile on his face, and it’s almost enough for Tommy not to poke fun at him. 

Almost. 

“You know, when Hen, Howie, and Eddie warned me about your propensity for getting hurt, I didn’t think it would happen this quickly.” 

“Not you, too,” Evan groans. Tommy lets out a laugh as Evan turns to walk away, leaving the door open behind him. Tommy takes a few quick steps in after him, knocking the door shut behind him while grabbing Evan’s waist with his fingers. “What—”

“C’mere,” Tommy mutters. 

He told himself that he was going to do his best to take it slow with Evan, try not to scare him off with too much too soon, especially when he found out he’d never dated a man before. But he’s so pretty and pouty when he turns around, that Tommy can’t help but kiss him. 

Evan is quick to respond, eagerly and enthusiastically, like a puppy with a new toy that’s turning into his favorite. It makes Tommy’s skin tingle and his heart flutter with pride. He’s always so responsive in his movements, taking each second to let his lips and tongue study while his hands explore the planes of Tommy’s body he’s never experienced before. 

When Tommy pulls away, it’s because Evan winces. Tommy tilts his head and glances down to see where he might hurt. That’s when he sees his fingers pressing against a soft red irritation around Evan’s neck. He feels fire rush through him, an anger he hasn’t felt in months, maybe years at this point, at the thought of someone hurting what’s his. 

He pulls his hand away when he realizes he’s still causing Evan discomfort, but doesn’t stray too far. Evan is looking at him like he wants to say he’s sorry, like it’s his fault someone hurt him, like Tommy is going to run away from it. 

“Evan, what happened?” 

Evan chuckles, rubbing at his raw skin even though it must hurt. 

“You’ll never believe it. This guy, like, couldn’t control his limbs? Hen said it was some form of immediate onset Ataxia or something, but because I put myself too close, he got a hold of my neck. It was honestly so funny cause the rest of the shift, they told everyone I’d been ‘ataxia’d’ which spread like wildfire—all puns intended.” 

Everything he said was so nonchalant. Like, the fact he’d been strangled on the job wasn’t cause for deep concern. Tommy is, in fact, very concerned. 

“Did someone look you over? Tilt your head up,” Tommy requested. 

He placed two fingers under Evan’s chin and began the process for him, crouching down slightly to look for petechiae underneath his chin where most EMTs didn’t think to look. Tommy glares when Evan tries to push him away, and the other man relents almost instantly. 

“Hen already checked me out. And then Chimney. And then Eddie,” Evan reassures. “I feel fine. Mostly embarrassed that I let a patient get the better of me.”

“He didn’t get the better of you,” Tommy argues. “He had a medical crisis that could’ve killed you.”

“But it didn’t, okay?” Evan says sternly. Tommy knows that tone and decides he’s better off dropping the argument and taking care of the obviously shaken man before him. 

“It didn’t, but since I’ve heard that this isn’t your first rodeo, I thought I’d come with your usual comforts.” 

He grabs the bag he’d dropped in his haste to enter the apartment and holds up a movie, some store-bought brownies, an aluminum takeout container of nachos, and a case of his favorite beer. Evan’s face softens like nothing kinder has ever been done for him. It’s a beautiful look, one full of appreciation and fondness that Tommy wants to bring out of him for the rest of his life. 

“Now, the movie is my pick: Blue Thunder. The fact you’ve never seen it is an atrocity that has to be rectified immediately. Over beer, nachos, and brownies, of course.”

“I could kiss you,” Evan says. 

Then, a gleeful look passes over him like he realizes that he can kiss Tommy, so he does. 

(They start the movie much later than either of them intended with soggy nachos and lukewarm beer, but honestly, neither of them would have it any other way.)

[ronance4everbrainrot]

MMMMore incorrect quotes from Merlin Academy! (with ships) Long post

Maleficent: Listen, we’re done, we’re over! Okay?

Hades: Whatever bitch, you ain’t never gonna find no one like me.

Maleficent: Yeah, that's the point shithead!

(gasp the IT-couple has broken up. I have a feeling it could be like Jade and Beck but they are both Jade)

---

Fay: Fight me!

Hades: Ha, look at your size! What are you gonna do, kick my ankle?

*Later*

Morgie: Why is Hades crying?

Maleficent: Fay kicked them really hard on the ankle.

(Maleficent was impressed)

---

Fay: Why are we friends?

Maleficent: Poor decisions on your part.

(like either of you don't like each other. Ha ha)

---

Fay: So, I heard you like bad girls… I time travel in Animal Crossing.

(I don't even know what that means but okay)

---

Fay: Maleficent.. I'm gonna cry!

Maleficent: Please don't.

Fay, crying: Request denied.

---

Maleficent: I never understood why people cared so much about their dumb friends until I got a dumb friend myself.

Maleficent: *Picks up Fay*

Maleficent: I’ve only befriended Fay for a day and a half, but if anything happened to them I would kill everyone in this room and then my self.

(Only she is allowed to bully Fay)

---

Uliana: I'm bored.

Maleficent: Wanna commit first degree murder?

Uliana: Sure!

Ella, hearing them: No- Stop, don't do that! Put that knife down! Put Bridget down!!

(She is the mom of the group for some reason)

---

Ella: Don’t say a word.

Bridget: Fergalicious.

Ella: Bridget, I said no words.

Bridget: Oh, I see how it works. Two weeks ago, we’re playing Scrabble, it’s not a word, now suddenly it is a word because it’s convenient for you.

(Canon)

---

Bridget: Can you cut me some slack, Ella? I’m sort of in love.

Ella: I’m sorry, but that’s really not my problem.

Bridget: I’m in love with you.

Ella: *blushes* Oh. That brings me in the loop a little.

(duh)

---

Charming: The moon looks beautiful, doesn’t it?

Bridget, looking at Charming: Yeah… but do you know what’s more beautiful?

Bridget and Charming in unison: *sighs* Ella

(🎶I'm sorry that you 🤭 seem to be confused 🤔 she belongs to me 🧐 that girl is mine 😑 🎶 honestly that song has been playing in my head for a while for no reason) (it's now making me realize how Bridgella is kinda giving "it's over isn't it" idk why)

---

Ella: A mouse!

Maleficent, pulling out a knife: Go back to where you came from or I'll stab you.

Hades, pulling out a frying pan: It'll make a nice meal!

Bridget, giving the mouse cheese: You deserve a treat, little guy.

Morgie gasping: It's Ratatouille!

Hook: His name is Remi, dummy.

Ella: ...I was going to say to just trap it and throw it out the window... what is wrong with you people.

(I just had to. Also she is excluding Bridget from that statement)

---

Hook, to Morgie: I'll be under the mistletoe when you start feeling desperate!

(yeah)

---

Uliana: Oh, so when crows remember people who wronged them and hold grudges, its “intelligent” and “really cool”.

Uliana: But when I do it, I’m “petty” and “need to let it go”.

(I mean that thing with the flamingo feathers was your fault 🤷)

---

Bridget: Hey, Ella, have you thought about having children?

Ella: ...

Ella: Does looking over you and the others not seem like I already do? Because I promise you, it sure feels like it.

Hook: But we're not childr-

Ella, already distracted: HADES, PUT THE FIRE DOWN!

(again. She is the mom of the group for some reason. Give her a rest)

---

Morgie: Hello friends!

The Squad:

Morgie: You might be wondering why I’m taped to the ceiling

(you'd think it was Hades and Hook. But they are just as amused and surprised. Idk how Morgie made that happen)

---

Uliana: I should've left you on that street corner where you were standing.

Morgie: But ya' didn't!

(canon? It is now)

---

Hook: You know my motto: carpe diem, carpe noctem, carpe coles.

Ella: Seize the day, seize the night, what’s the last one?

Hook: Seize the dick.

(Slay King Slay)

---

Bridget: *Gets down on one knee*

Uliana: Oh my god! It’s finally happening!

Bridget: *Collapses*

Uliana: The poison’s kicking in!

(Yeah. Honestly. It's got something. But idk)

---

Fay: Where have you been all day?

Bridget: Oh, just dealing with things way beyond my maturity level.

(like having broken up without actually dating because it was just a one sided homoerotic friendship)

---

Ella: When you said 'Magic in Bed', I wasn't expecting this...

Bridget: *pulls out card from deck* Now, was this your card?

Ella: Holy moly-

(See what I mean. Also canon)

---

Hook, Hades and Morgie in the back of Ella's car: MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS! MCDONALDS!

Bridget/Fay: We have food at home.

Ella/Uliana/Maleficent: *pulls into the McDonald's drivethrough*

Hades/Hook/Morgie: YAYYYYYY!

Ella/Uliana/Maleficent: *orders one black coffee and leaves*

(Ha Ha. Sad)

---

Hades: Legend says that when you can’t sleep, it means you’re awake in someone else’s dreams.

Hades: When I find out who you are, I’m going to punch you in the face.

(um. It's not me....I swear)

---

Uliana: I love sarcasm! It’s like punching people in the face, but with words!

(not like you can easily punch others with your eight arms)

---

Uliana: Stop failing.

Hades: Don’t tell me what to do! I'll fail right now!

Hades: *Succeeds*

Hades: Dang it!

(he finally realized he's a god. But still failed not to listen)

---

Bridget: Morgie told me that brown is just navy orange, and I have never been more disappointed with something I agree with.

(omg I'm a navy ginger)

---

Ella: *sneaking in through their window*

Bridget: *turning in their chair and flicking the light one* You want to tell me where you've been all night?

Ella: I was with Charming?

Charming: *turning in their chair* Wanna try again?

(Gasp. What was Ella doing 👀)

---

Ella: I can’t believe we have to be stuck in this room together!

Uliana, swallowing the key: Truly (poor) unfortunate (soul).

(oh. She was stuck with Uliana...ALSO WHAT- ULIANA?! THE KEY? 😭 Nah)

---

Uliana: I thought you were going to give me a book recommendation or something.

Ella: *laughs* Book recommendation? I can’t read!

(new HC: Ella can't read. Or more like, has a hard time with it. Idk lol.)

---

Ella: I’ve come to a point in my life where I need a stronger word than fuck.

(absolutely)

---

Morgie: Don’t mansplain this to me!

Uliana: Wh- I’m a woman! I can't mansplain anything to you!

Morgie: …Well, I’m a feminist, and I believe a woman can do anything a man does!

(he's got the spirit)

---

Hook: I made lightly fried fish fillets for dinner.

Morgie: Dude, It’s 1:15 am, what the fuck.

Hook: Do you want the lightly fried fish fillets or not.

Morgie: Well, I mean yeah.

Hook: So come downstairs while they’re still hot.

Morgie: Wait, you just made them?

Hook: Yeah, I wasn’t tired so I decided to make lightly fried fish fillets.

Morgie: Say lightly fried fish fillets one more time James.

(Morgie uses Dude romantically. And when he's annoyed at Hook he calls him by his first name)

---

Bridget: My level of gay has reached “sighing deeply whenever anything extremely heterosexual happens near me”.

(that's me with movies/series. She's definitely not talking about Ella and Charming)

---

*The Squad when asked about their earlier confession of love*

Ella: Yeah, you're lucky. I like you.

Bridget: I'd understand if you didn't feel the same way...

Fay: *has a panic attack* What confession?

Hook: *winks* I know, babe. You like me too.

Hades: So what? Are you going to date me or not?

Uliana: It was a dare.

Maleficent: Your smile is like a magic spell, and it's annoying me daily

Charming: Let's flip a coin. Heads I'm yours. Tail you're mine.

Morgie: Relationships are like a walk in the park. Jurassic park.

(I added the last three myself because I wanted them all to have one. What do you think? Accurate?)

---

Ella: Here's two facts about me.

Ella: 1. I hate hot people/royalty

Ella: 2. I'm a hypocrite.

(canon)

---

Fay: You saved me! Why?

Hades: People would think I murdered you if I didn't.

(people being Maleficent, also Ella and Bridget)

---

Hope you liked it!

Does Uliana have a crush on Ella? Maybe. Does Ella like her back? Absolutely not.

Ok byeee

[teabutmakeitazure]

Hi ! Here is a request :3

"You sure have a lot of thought in that pretty head of yours, my dear" - Pantalone

The kind of sentence that have so much different meaning depending on the tone and the interpretation of Pantalone personality- Eager to see what yours will be ! Have fun 😊

thank you for sending in a request anon <3

reminder that all characters are written with yan in mind since this is a dark content blog.

Pantalone has a way with words. Never would he ever have been able to be this successful if he did not, but it does not excuse him not excluding you from the treatment. Subtle reassurances of you being ‘different’ than everyone else in his eyes no longer work as you have grown accustomed to his skillful weaving of words.

You know what he means when he says one thing. You are well aware he means another thing, yet you keep your lips sealed. It would be daft of you to allow him knowledge of this. It is your trump card, catching him off guard when he is playing the word game with you.

However, perhaps letting him know you are not as naive as he assumes at this moment was an unwise choice.

“You say that, dear, yet you don’t mean it.” Your words flow with a lack of emotion, yet your face suffices to convey them. Pantalone does not bother raising a brow like he usually does, instead turning a page of whatever it is he is reading. He’s subtly dismissing you. What a sly man.

“Darling,” you force out, voice laced with a sticky, sugary substance that’s enough to make someone feel ill upon consumption, “I want you to communicate with me.”

“I am communicating with you,” he replies, eyes rising to meet yours only for a moment. They return to those beloved words of his instantly. “So please, proceed.”

A deep breath fails to help you regain your composure, and you decide to continue how you are. If you blow up on him soon, you won’t be responsible. “I was thinking-”

“You sure have a lot of thoughts in that pretty head of yours, my dear.”

You think your eye is twitching. “Nevermind. I'm no longer thinking.” You rise from your seat on the bed, hands already fumbling with your robe to tie it. Angry steps take you to the bedroom door, yet when Pantalone calls out your name from where he is seated, you stop, hand just an inch away from the door handle. He places the open file on the side table next to his chair, and finally looks at you.

“You are mature enough to not throw a tantrum,” he scolds. “Sit. I will not repeat myself.”

“You don’t listen to me.”

He tuts. “A mere jest is all that it takes to anger you. Are you really so sensitive?”

A deep breath, and you slowly undo the robe. The inner nightgown is revealed once again while the silk robe barely stays on your shoulders. Pantalone shows no reaction, yet you make it a point to take your time returning to the bed.

He is still looking at you, but you have a feeling he is appraising you instead of merely staring. 

A few beats of silence pass, and you are starting to think he only called you back to be able to stare at you. However, he has never done so before, as he prefers to praise beauty using his hands and touch, never his eyes. Despite the oddity of his demeanour, you are surprised when he speaks up again.

“I had obtained you to solely be mine. That comes with the responsibility of making sure to never doubt my words and actions even if it may kill you one day.” The file is picked back up, yet Pantalone’s words continue. “You are not as dull as you make yourself to be. It makes my job easier to have you understand my words without context and explanation. Consider that a blessing, darling.”

You know he means you would be hard work had you not been able to deduce the meaning of his words, but you cannot bring yourself to care. He would never discard you. Perhaps that is your curse, to be tied to a man such as him for the rest of your sad little life.

“Other than that,” he says, “the bedroom door is locked.” He turns another page while your heart skips a beat. You have your suspicions of what’s to come next. “I’m almost done reading through this file. We need to talk afterwards.”

You think there is a lesser but equally agitating curse upon you. The curse that lets you deduce what he wants just from a few words of his.

[howlingday]

"Happy Birthday, Jaune"

1 Year Old

Mama Arc: We love you. (Walks out)

Jaune: (Asleep in crib)

Brother of Light: (Takes blanket) The first of many very happy birthdays, Little Jaune.

Jaune: WWAAAAAAAAAAA

Mama Arc: What is it, honey?

Papa Arc: Where'd his blanket go? He literally just had it FIVE MINUTES ago.

Mama Arc: I don't know!

5 Years Old

Jaune: Mama, can I stop having birthdays? The monster won't come if it's not my birthday.

Mama Arc: Jaune, there is no monster. Your father is going to be here with your sisters and the cake, and you're all going to have fun and-

CRUNCH!

Mama Arc: What was that?

Mama Arc: (Sees crushed vehicle) NOOOOOO!

Jaune: THE MONSTER! THE MONSTER DID IT!

16 Years Old

Jaune: (Stirs)

Scroll: Happy birthday, baby~! Can't wait to see you~! XOXO~!

Jaune: (Reaches, Gets up) AGH!

Brother of Light: Am I still surprising you, Jaune? You have a girlfriend.

Jaune: Please, why are you doing this? Nobody believes me-

Brother of Light: Silence. (Taps on scroll, Tosses) There's no way you're coming back after THAT comment. What a horrid boyfriend you are.

Jaune: I didn't-

Scroll: WHAT THE FUCK, JAUNE?! We are so over! DROP DEAD, YOU ASSHOLE!

Jaune: Please, why-

Brother of Light: Happy birthday.

21 Years Old

Jaune: (Surrounded by dead bodies, Holding cup)

Brother of Light: Don't drink that. Happy birthday.

25 Years Old

Jaune: (Standing in front of burning Beacon)

Brother of Light: Was this the academy you were going to? Happy birthday.

27 Years Old

Brother of Light: Happy birthday, Jaune.

Jaune: You got me fired?!

Brother of Light: No, this was just bad luck.

Jaune: Then-

Brother of Light: Your cat is dead.

30 Years Old

Jaune: ...He has to tell me. He has to tell me why. He won't stop. I know that. But if I can just get him to say why-

Jaune: It's already midnight... He... He missed it? But-

TV: Breaking news! The Brother of Light has been banished by Remnant's greatest huntress team!.

Jaune: (Smiles) He missed my birthday.

31 Years Old

Jaune: YOU SAY IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY~! DUNNA NUNNA NAH NAH NA NAH~!! WELL IT'S-

Brother of Light: Well, it's my birthday, too~. Yeah~!

Jaune: NO.

Brother of Light: No, you're right. It's not. I'm so sorry I missed you last year, Jaune. I promise it will NEVER happen again.

Jaune: Why?! Why?! PLEASE, WHY DO YOU DO THIS?!

Brother of Light: I love these meetings. There is nothing more important to me. Do you understand that? Let me make up for missing last year. (Snaps!)

Brother of Light: (Creates black hole under home) Happy birthday.

45 Years Old

Brother of Light: Jaune. Happy birthday. Ugh. Not a lot to work with anymore, is there?

Jaune: Light.

Jaune: You've tormented me for every year of my life, and for a long time, all I wanted to know was why.

Brother of Light: Mhm.

Jaune: But lately, I've started thinking. Why do YOU think I'll keep sticking around for all of this? Why don't I just kill myself, right? That's why. You want to see how far you can push a person. I know what you do the rest of the year. You're gone, either threatening Remnant or some other world yet unknown. You KILL huntsmen and huntresses! But every year, you come back to me. So I'm going to tell you why I hang on, why I keep living despite everything you've done to me. To the people I love.

Jaune: I wake up every day and-

Brother of Light: (Creates hole in ceiling)

Brother of Light: (Creates flood in Jaune's home)

Brother of Light: (Walks out) No, Jaune. I don't care. See you next year.

THE END

Requested by @cheeseeater2

[liorae]

Perfect Pretend ୨୧ 𝓨ang 𝓙ungwon

fourteen. do you think they’ll last (0.6k written)

you were on the phone with taesan as he eased your nerves. you didn’t know what to expect since he kept saying ominious things. he repeatedly said not to worry while contradicting himself and saying worrisome things. — more under cut!

“i see him. bye taesan.” you said, anxiousness etched in your tone. “bye yn. please call me if anything goes wrong.”

there he goes again. saying odd shit. working up your nerves yet again.

you made your way to your best friend who oddly faced down.

you almost couldn’t recognize him at first. his hair was now dyed black instead of the brown you had colored it. you took a seat in the empty space beside him. the tension between you two was unsettling, nothing you’ve ever experienced before.

“i like your hair.”

“thanks.”

to say you were anxious would be an understatement. you wish you could’ve had a moment to prepare yourself for what was about to happen.

"yn," he began, voice trembling slightly. "i've been thinking about this for a long time, and i can't conceal it anymore. for fourteen years, you've been my best friend. i've always respected you and loved you deeply. but somewhere along the way, that love changed. it grew into something much stronger, something i couldn't control."

he took a deep breath, struggling to find the right words. "watching you with him... it's killing me. every time i see you together, it feels like a part of me is being ripped apart. i can't keep pretending that i'm okay with just being your friend when i'm not. i've tried, for years, to show you how much you mean to me, hoping that one day, you might feel the same way."

his voice broke, but he continued. "all my efforts, everything i've done, it hasn't changed anything. the pain of seeing you with someone else has finally caught up to me, and i can't bear it anymore. i need time away from you, to sort out my feelings and figure out who i am without you constantly in my life."

you felt a heavy weight in your stomach and tears start to form in the rims of your eyes. your eyes stayed glued on him. part of you wanted to reach out for him but the other part stopped you from doing so.

"i don't want you to worry about me," he continued, forcing a smile. "i'll be fine. i promise i'll find my way back. but right now, i have to work on myself, and i can't do that while watching you love someone else. it's best for both of us if i take a break from our friendship."

tears filled his eyes as he finally looked at her, hoping she understood. "please know that this isn't easy for me. it's the hardest thing i've ever had to do. but i have to put myself first for once. i need to heal. and maybe one day, we can be friends again. but for now, i have to let you go."

at this point, you’d already let a few tears fall from your eyes. you felt an awful amount of guilt. knowing now that behind is everyday smile was pain caused by you made you feel worse than you ever felt before. this was your best friend.

“it’s not your fault, yn. you can’t help what you feel and neither can i. please don’t beat yourself up over it.” yungyu went back to avoiding eye contact, looking anywhere but at you. “and please, don’t don’t say anything. there might be a slight chance i’ll stay if you do. i’m going to head off now. take care.”

as he began to head off, you reached out to grab him. you did. but you quickly dropped your hand. you wanted to respect him, that’s the best you can do in this moment. so there you sat, watching him walk off in absolute agony.

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[larz-barz]

Taking risks, saving lives

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Warning(s)/info: Almost character death, gore, angst, angst to reverse comfort, pre-TanjMilo (cause like- they met when Nezuko and Tanjiro were on trial-)

Tagging: @risingscorchingsuns @knyinfinity @kimetsu-chan(don’t kill me pls;-;) @shycroissanti

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The battle is done right?

Enmu is dead now so it must be!

Wrong…

A malicious chuckle can be heard as a demon comes out of the forest.

Upper moon 3…

Kyojuro gets in a protective stance in front of the 3 teens and Nezuko and he blocks Milo from joining him.

“No, Milo… Stay back. Heal their wounds for me, okay?” He asks the younger hashira and she nods despite knowing she should help him.

Milo flinches as she, Tanjiro, Inosuke, Zenitsu, and Nezuko listen to the raging battle.

Milo finishes healing Tanjiro and her eyes widen in fear as she scrambles up to jump to protect Kyojuro.

Akaza has his arm back, about to punch through Kyojuro and he instead punches through Milo.

“SUZUKI-SAMA!!!” Tanjiro cries out and before he can run to her, she weakly holds her hand out to stop him.

Kyojuro’s eyes fill with tears as he gently holds the young girl in his arms after she’d stumbled back into him.

The sun starts to rise slowly so Akaza runs off into the shelter of the woods.

Tanjiro lets out a loud, raging growl as he throws his sword at Akaza in attempt to kill him.

Kyojuro gently props Milo up against a tree and she smiles weakly.

“I-I’m glad you’re okay K-Kyojuro-sama….” She murmurs weakly.

Tanjiro runs over, along with Zenitsu, and Inosuke.

Nezuko had already been carefully placed into her box.

Tanjiro slides across the muddy ground on his knees, tears are pouring down his cheeks.

“A-are you going to be okay S-Suzuki-sama…??” He croaks out through his tears.

She sighs sadly. “I…. I don’t know if I can heal myself from something like this…. I-I’m terribly sorry… I would’ve loved to have gotten to know the 4 of you better…. A-and you can just call me Milo….”

“N-no don’t say that!! You’re gonna survive and we can spar and fight together all day every day!!!” Inosuke yells through his own tears.

“I’ll see you guys soon…. If I don’t make it…. promise me you’ll defeat Muzan for me….?” She asks weakly and they all nod shakily.

“Milo, please don’t talk like this! You’re going to survive! I just know it!” Kyojuro exclaims through his tears.

Milo’s eyes flutter shut as she smiles weakly.

Kyojuro breathes a sigh of relief when he hears her still breathing.

He picks her up very gently.

There’s no time to wait for any kakushis.

They, very quickly, race Milo to the butterfly mansion.

Nearly 4 months later, Milo wakes up and feels a pair of arms around herself.

She looks to see who’s cuddling her and she blushes when she sees Tanjiro’s sleeping form hugging her close.

Tanjiro’s eyes flutter open and he starts crying again as he hugs Milo tightly.

Milo hugs him back, suppressing her own tears.

“M-Milo thank goodness you’re ok!!” He cries out as he cries into her shoulder.

Milo gently rubs his back, smiling softly since he remembered her request to be called by her first name. “Y-yes… How are you..? A-and everyone else..?”

“We’re all okay too!” He eventually calms down but he doesn’t let go of Milo, she doesn’t mind though.

“….M-Milo….?” He calls out, breaking the calm silence.

“Hm…?” The yokai responds and slightly tilts her head after pulling away just enough to look at him.

He has something very important he wants, no, he needs to tell her.

Something he needs to confess…

“N-nevermind. It’s not that important!”

~the end~

Hehe- I’m mean Ik- 😂

[scribespirare]

ummm so your bio says requests are open and u were talking about alpha miguel and omega miles could u maybe write about them?

Oh hell yes!! It's been ages since I got a request this is gonna be fun >=3

"Jesus Christ can you chill for, like, two seconds?"

Miguel's gaze snaps away from the man he'd just sent running, down to Miles. His snarl relaxes by the most minuscule of fractions, which Miles takes as a good sign. But his red eyes narrow in annoyance, which Miles knows definitely is not.

"Sorry," Miguel says with zero remorse, contrition, or believability. His voice comes out all gruff and slightly slurred through the barrier of two sets of fangs: one Alphean, one spider. "But you have got to be smarter about-"

Miles flaps an errant hand at him. "Yeah, yeah, yeah my pheromones bring all the spiders to the yard, I know, we've been over this a million times-" Miguel's eyes narrow to slits, the red barely visible now, and Miles quickly tries to backtrack "-aaaand I appreciate that! I really do! You're looking out for my best interests and all that, I just, you know, can handle myself! I mean I beat y'all once and-"

Apparently done with his shit, Miguel leaps down from his work platform, performing a perfect superhero landing that normally Miles would drag him over the coals for. But today he bites his tongue. And is very glad that he does when Miguel stands and immediately grabs Miles by the nape, hauling him in close and leaning down to kiss him.

Miles melts into the embrace with a happy if a bit confused hum. The thick fingers on his neck press lightly at the pressure points there, and Miguel's thumb slides along the curve of his throat to brush his scent gland. It's almost enough to make Miles forget about Miguel's stupid Alpha posturing from moments before.

Almost.

One of the things that most of the spider-people share that Miles does not, is their second gender. Well, those of them with a second gender anyways. Boy what a shock it had been to learn that some universes don't have them.

All of that is to say though that most spider-people are Alphas, through and through.

Not Miles though. Another sign that his is a destiny that he has chosen, not one he was given. And he's proud of that, really! It's just kind of hard to navigate spider society sometimes when few people are expecting the scent of young, recently-presented Omega to waft among them. It's...caused problems.

And then there's Miguel. Huge and brooding and so fucking territorial that Miles doesn't know if he should kill or jump the Alpha. Maybe both. They haven't been together for very long, but it's long enough that Miguel is getting increasingly incensed at the various spider-people that follow Miles around anytime he visits HQ. It's equal parts hot and annoying. Like, Miles has saved the entire multi-verse. Twice. He can handle a few knothead Alphas!

But tell that to Mr. Snarls over here, still kissing the daylights out of Miles. By the time Miguel pulls back Miles is breathless and a touch lightheaded.

"This," Miles says, panting, and holds up a finger up to motion between them, "does not let you off the hook, mister."

"Cállate, pup," Miguel responds, squeezing at Miles' nape. "If you didn't want to see me be jealous, you should have come in alone. I know you're capable of sneaking around unnoticed, why do you insist on letting half the Alphas here trail after you like lovesick puppies?"

"Maybe because I already have to lie about you being my Alpha, and I don't want to have to sneak around to see you on top of that."

Miguel softens. "You know that's-"

"I know," Miles cuts in, reaching up to touch Miguel's face. And he does. Miles is only fifteen and Miguel over twice that; they know how they look from the outside. So they've kept this under the tables. No bonding, no marking, no scenting. Not until Miles is older and more prepared for the consequences. And he gets it, really, he's as eager as Miguel is to be bonded.

But Miguel growls, suddenly pissed all over again, his teeth visibly gnashing. "No, you don't! You don't get it. Watching all these Alphas flock to you, but not being able to claim you, prove that you're mine, tell them that they need to back the fuck off? It's hell, Miles. ¿Que quieres que haga? ¿Sólo mirar?"

"No!" Miles protests, but Miguel steamrolls on.

"How would you feel if you saw me surrounded by Omegas all the time? Would you want to be told that you're overreacting-"

"Collar me!" The words are out before Miles can stop them and he cringes back, eyes shut tight as if against a physical blow. But none comes, of course. Their days of violence are mostly behind them.

When he opens his eyes, Miguel is staring down at him, brow knit in confusion.

"Collar me," Miles repeats, a little unsure. When his Alpha doesn't respond Miles licks his lips and continues, calming the longer he speaks. "We can get one of those collars for unbonded Omegas, no tag, no engraving. But it'll be yours and we'll both know it. Maybe we could personalize it or something too. And it'll keep Alphas from ogling my neck. Deal?"

Up until now Miles has refused to wear a collar; he finds them primitive and old fashioned. Why the hell should he have to hide his neck? Just to appease the egos of a bunch of Alphas? Fuck that!

But now that it's not a collar meant to protect his modesty or some shit, but a symbol of a relationship? Well. The Omega in him practically preens at the idea of getting to wear a mark of ownership from Miguel.

And if the way Miguel's pupils are dilating he likes the idea too.

"Christ, pup. No sabes lo que me haces," he rumbles, all low and throaty in that way that makes Miles shiver. "Yeah, let's get you a collar. But first-"

Miguel tugs Miles close again and, with zero hesitation, sinks his teeth into Miles' throat. Miles yelps at the sudden pain but it's gone as quick as it came, Miguel's lips and tongue kissing and sucking at the same spot until Miles' knees go weak.

When Miguel decides he's done, Miles is wet and trembling from head to toe. He reaches up to touch what he knows is going to be a massive bruise very soon, "What-?"

"So you can't take the collar off once I've got it on you," Miguel says, his smirk showing off his fangs.

It takes Miles a moment to process, then his jaw drops. "You dick! We don't even have it yet, how am I supposed to go anywhere with this!?"

Miguel just laughs and tugs him close again.

[bohobooks]

I have a request for you!

The boys reaction to the reader taking the blame for what sebastian did to his uncle and being the one sent to Azkaban (the reader is a huffelpuff who saw how bad that place was a refused to let sebastian go there), the boys wouldn't find out what happened till they realised no on had seen the reader for over a month (up to you if they get her out or not)

A/N: I changed it up a little bit from the request

Request: The boys find out that reader has taken the fall for the murder of Solomon Sallow. As a Hufflepuff, the reader has seen the inside of Azkaban and decided that they could never allow Sebastian to go to such a place. Besides, she had done much worse things than he ever dreamt of.

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Third Person POV

Sebastian and Ominis were startled by a knock at their dorm room door, pausing their packing. Sebastian opened the door expecting to see y/n, instead he found imelda holding a package.

"Uh, hello Imelda." Sebastian said, confused. "I was expecting you to be Y/n."

Imelda shrugged, "She left already, something about the orphanage requiring her back. Anyway, she asked me to give this to you lot." Imelda turned, swaying back down the hallway without another word- leaving Sebastian standing there dumbstruck, package in hand.

As he closed the door and turned he found Ominis standing by his bed, brows furrowed, "I thought she was joining us in Feldcroft for summer holiday?"

Sebastian sat the package down on the bed, "She was."

Wordlessly unwrapping the brown paper, Sebastian found two items and two notes. He handed Ominis the parchment addressed to him, and began to read his own.

"My dearest Sebastian,

To begin this letter, I wish to tell you that enclosed in the package I have left the Ancient Magic Wand. It is virtually useless now, but if it were to fall into the wrong hands the results would be devastating. Keep it close, let it remind you of me. Protect it.

As you now know, I've left Hogwarts early. I'm afraid I've done something that you will not like, but please know  I've done it of my free will. The head Aurors from the Ministry showed up to the school this morning reporting the death of your uncle. As underage witches and wizards, our use of magic is tracked. Usually, they have no way of proving who in the household was casting.

However when it registered that someone had used an unforgivable curse, they had no choice to investigate. They had suspected it was Solomon, but when they arrived to find him dead the aurors realized it was not his doing.

As I'm sure you are beginning to catch on, I have turned myself in. You only killed him in defense and a fit of passion. I've killed dozens, if not hundreds at this point, completely willingly and lucidly. I've been to Azkaban with my house, Sebastian. I've seen what that place is like. I could never let you go there to suffer for a single mistake when it is I who have done heinous things.

In the end, my dear Sebastian, when you think of me- know that I loved you. Know that it is not your fault, I know you will blame yourself. If given another chance, I would do it a hundred times over. Think of me with lightheartedness and love.

Forever,

Y/N L/N

Sebastian didn't even notice the tears streaming down his cheeks until he dropped the parchment. For me, he thought to himself, She turned herself in to protect me.

Ominis finished reading his letter, tears also falling down his cheeks. He reached into the pile of paper and pulled out an old, worn briefcase.

He felt Sebastians eyes on him as he pulled the base into his lap, running his long pale fingers over the cold metal clasps. "It's a vivarium," he whispered, "She charmed the case so she could leave her beasts to me."

"Oh." Is all Sebastian could think of saying. He had picked up the wand she had left for him, carefully running his fingers over the wood.

Together they sat in silence for what felt like an eternity, until Sebastian finally broke it, "We have to save her."  He spoke with a finality that Ominis had seen only few times before.

"We do, Sebastian. But I do not have the slightest idea how." Ominis shook his head.

An idea sprung into the back of Sebastians mind- a crazy one at that, "But I know some one who might."

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The next day, it was announced that Y/n was to be put on trial that very evening. Sebastian and Ominis had moved fast, explaining the situation- minus the part that Sebastian had been the one to kill Solomon- to a select few people that they had known would stand in defense of Y/n.

The room was quiet as Y/n stood before the Wizarding Gammit- all eyes on the girl, watching and waiting for her to show signs of being the dark witch she had confessed to be.

"Seeing as no witnesses have come to the defense of Miss L/n," the Minister spoke with an air of authority, "It appears it is time for the vote-"

The door in the back of the court room slammed open, revealing several figures. "Not so fast, Minister."

Professor Weasley strode into the room, followed by Hecat, Sharp, Onai, and Ronen. Sebastian and Ominis followed after them.

Professor Weasley continued to speak as the approached Y/n, flanking her on either side, "I was not under the impression that it was common practice for the Ministry to forgo alerting those on the side of the defense of impending trial."

There was a murmur from the crowd, and Professor Hecate stepped forward. Her aura challenged the authority of even the Minister, "I was also under the impression that exceptions to the law were given in cases of clear self defense. Especially to those who have just in the past week saved the entirety of the Wizarding World."

The crowd again broke into an uproar, which the Minister attempted to silence with his gavel, "That is a good point, Professors. However, there are no witnesses to confirm that this was a case of self defense."

Professor Sharp cleared his throat, "On the contrary. Mr. Sallow and Mr. Gaunt were there. Had the nessacary steps been taken proceeding this trial, you would know that."

Ominis and Sebastian stepped forward, taking two vials from Sharp, "Veritas Serum, which had been verified by the court clerks."

The boys down the serum, hoping beyond hope that the Minister would not know enough to as specific questions.

"Very well," the man's voice boomed. "Sallow, Gaunt. Is it true that the three of you were present at the time of Solomon's death."

"Yes," the boys spoke in unison, voices calm.

"Is it indeed true that Solomon Sallow presented a threat at the time of the murder."

"Yes sir." "Indeed sir."

"Therfor," Professor Weasley added, "That the act of killing Solomon Sallow was in self defense- and it saved your lives."

"Yes, ma'am."

"Well, seeing as the court has heard the tale of the brutal murder," The minister spoke, clearly attempting to make Y/n look like a vicious killer, "It is time to vote. Those who find the defendant guilty of using an Unforgivable curse with the intent to kill."

The man raised his hand confidently. He turned to see that only three others had raised their hands. Dejected, he spoke again. "Those who find the defendant not guilty."

The rest of the Wizarding Gammot rose their hands, confidently. Y/n looked around, amazed.

"Very well, it has been decided. We the Wizarding Gammot find Y/n L/n not guilty. You may be free."

The shackles around her limbs drop, and her wand appears on the stand infront of her. She makes no move to grab it, though. Instead, she throws herself into the arms of her boys. Her boys who saved her.

[have-you-seen-my-sanity]

Pray I won't catch you

Requested by @steven-grants-world

Dark!Moonknight!Marc Spector x Thief!reader

Author Note: Hello!👋 I decided to make the Moonknight version of Marc. I hope that's alright. :) But a yandere version is in the works!!

Category: Twisted Letter - I recommend you read the informations for twisted letters first ->here<- if you haven't already.

Dead dove do not eat - you'll get exactly what's in the tags!

Tags: Mention of murder, mention of violence, threats and blood.

Hi there, do you remember me?

I really hope you do. You're probably wondering who I am, right? You're a tough cookie to hunt down, sweetheart. You've made me beat your criminal friends right and left, but you're extremely lucky they stood loyal and didn't tell me your exact whereabouts.

I am genuinely surprised how big your organization was. If I wouldn't have had the suit they would have probably killed me.

You know, at first I thought you were like every other thief, thinking they wouldn't be caught only for them to be caught. I was surprised to see how you managed to slip away every goddamn time!

Remember that one time where I actually catched you? Your desperate attempts to fight me off while I had you pinned against that brickwall. Well when I ripped your mask off... I have to say you had a pretty face for a thief.

You almost faced justice by my hands, but you played your cards right... you kicked me in the fucking balls - catching me off guard and dropping you while three of your companions sneaked up behind me only to whack me across the face with a wrench, and beating the living shit out of me with a baseball bat.

I bet you tried contacting them, right? I gotta say, you did the right thing to run away so your pretty eyes would be spared from the bloodshed that was done there.

Well and now? Let's just say your three 'friends' won't be recognizable by the Police.

Do you know how much of a pain in the ass you are? You're like an annoying fly, flying around, too fast to be catched - but in the end, I guarantee you that catching you will be satisfying.

And speaking of catching... did I made you paranoid? Did you shit your pants? Because the last time you were robbing a store, the thief wasn't you, instead it was an old woman, who had been forced to run away, making everyone at the scene believe it was you.

Although my blood was boiling when you had escaped again, I felt myself kind of... enjoying the hunt...

Call me mentally insane but you're like a challenge - a price to be catched. And I like challenges - so... challenge accepted I guess..

But I have to ask you, how long do you think you can play this game? I am beating your criminal companions up like they're some sort of crash test dummys meant to be dropped unconscious or beaten brain dead.

Sooner or later you will be all alone, no more companions will be by your side - already in prison or... buried...

Your best chances would be to just give up and surrender. But I know exactly you won't be doing that, you're goddamn stubborn.

And I'm sure you know what stubborn people like you need, right? You need to be punished. You have to face the consequenses of your actions. And I - Moonknight, am just the perfect person to do just that - catch and punish you.

You better brace yourself, because I am getting closer and closer to catching you, and then, you won't be able to escape.

But don't be afraid, I am not the typical hero you see in those Marvel or DC movies. You can call me an anti-hero if you will. And I think you know what that means - if you do the right choices, I may show mercy and won't deliver you to the police. But that doesn't mean you're off the hook though...

Believe me when I say it will only be a matter of time before I will finally catch you, you won't be able to run and hide forever. And when I have you in my grasp again? Well...

Now with all that out of the way, I'm sure your kind companion I gave the letter to has finally arrived and handed it to you? That's good, because I think you need some much needed time to think about your next move - but remember your time is running out.

And when the time has ran out? I really hope you pray I won't catch you...

-- M. S. aka Moonknight.

[marblesphere]

Vampire Soulmate AU! Gojo Satoru x Reader

!!Warning!! Tooth rotting fluff is here!!!! Mention of blood and biting! You have been warned!

“I refuse to accept you as our soulmate.” The boy in front of me hissed.

I blink, tilting my head. Not understanding why this boy suddenly jumped in front of me saying not accepting me as their soulmate, whether I was only walking my lazy huge Maine Coon cat. The cat who was just actually limping in my arms starts to stir. He hisses at the boy, I know he is glaring even though he is wearing sunglasses. Such a weird cat he is, he is so into the shades so, I just let him have it his way.

“...who are you? Did you hit your head?” I asked the most obvious question I would ask a stranger. His face and nose scrunch in disgust and anger. I didn't think I had ever done anything wrong to him, let alone met him.

“...disgusting human…” I can hear him muttering under his breath.

“I think you got the wrong person. I am not your soulmate.” I got up from the bench where I had been sitting with my cat. “Good day. I hope you can find your soulmate.” I bowed a little and walked no, cradled my cat back home.

This is a world where soulmates exist. Each creature will have a mark engraved in a part of its body after it meets its soulmates. I say creatures and not humans because… this world is a world where humans and vampires co-exist with each other. Albeit without humanity knowing anyway. But my guess is those who are in power must have this knowledge.

I haven’t met my soulmate yet. But I know that boy is not my soulmate and the fact that he is a vampire. What more, a hostile vampire. Better not associate myself with him, just in case he suddenly decided to kill me. A normal human's strength won't match a vampire after all.

And he must be mistaken about me being his soulmate. Because I already have a soulmate. I have met him in the dream, as unrealistic as it sounds. I have one soulmate. And it's not unusual to have more than one soulmate, in fact, one of my classmates has 5. Now, back to my soulmate, meeting him should have granted me a soulmate mark, but I didn’t have it yet. Might be because meeting in a dream doesn't count.

And another strange thing is, I can’t remember the face and name of my soulmate after I have woken up. But I do know that I knew his name and face when I was still in the dream. Thus, I can say for certain that vampire boy is not my soulmate. He doesn’t have the same soothing wavelength as my soulmate in the dream. And the lack of a wisteria smell that my soulmate emitted.

This strange ability of being able to discern which one is vampire and human is an ability I have had since I was born. My parents didn't know about this and I refused to tell them, afraid I would be treated differently. But they have perished in an aeroplane crash, and as their sole daughter, I will inherit their assets when I hit 18. Right now, my parents' lawyer is the one managing their assets. My school fee was paid monthly and I was given an allowance every month, enough for me to save.

And this huge cat, I decided to adopt him since this cat somehow likes to loiter around my house. The lawyer agreed to my request of raising him, since living alone is quite lonely. This lazy but like-to-be fashionable white cat has the most gorgeous blue eyes I have ever seen. It's like a universe trapped inside his eyes. And he is warm too. A perfect heater for winter. ~”~

‘They are so persistent.’ I frowned as I looked at the entourages in front of me. Apparently, they all claimed to be my soulmates. 7 soulmates, all male. Well, this still counts as normal. I mean there was someone with 10 soulmates and the genders are mixed. So, seeing a girl kissing a girl, a boy kissing a boy, or a girl/boy kissing the opposite gender or sometimes having a harem is normal.

I have explained to this persistent vampire harem that I am in fact not their soulmate because I don’t have the soulmate mark. But the youngest of them, the one who met me first, said his soulmate mark was completed after meeting me. And now they speculate my soulmate mark might be late in manifesting. All my explanations and protests are entering one ear and leaving the others. None of them is taking me seriously.

With the stress of being followed everywhere and not being able to meet my real soulmate. The stress is taking a toll on my body. “...Does he hate me? Is that why he doesn’t want to see me? Or maybe because I am not up to his standard?” I sighed softly on the bed, knees drawn up to my chest, feeling depressed for myself. The huge cat which I named Neko lets out a small whine as he with his liquid body somehow manages to settle down on top of my knees. Two of his paws are looping around my neck and he is purring and licking my cheek.

“It tickles.” I buried my hands into his fur. “Thank you.” I appreciated his antics to cheer me up. “I hope I can meet them soon.” I smiled. ~”~

Those bees finally found their real soulmate, a human girl just like me. I am not really interested in how they found them. The problem is, not only they didn't blame themselves for their mistake. They even turned hostile to me, claiming I was a villainous woman who enslaved them.

I wonder what was inside their heads, I have kept explaining to them that I was not, never have and never will become their soulmate. Now these working bees are demanding me to apologize to their dear soulmate. Because I stole the ‘affection’ that was supposed to be given to her.… I have never met such shameless vampires. I thought they were all supposed to be more dignified and arrogant. Not like this… I guess, no matter what species, shameless creatures still exist.

I am quite bewildered that they still have this much time to harass me every single day, courtesy of the youngest who is in the same school as me. And then, their rabbit-like soulmate will become a peacemaker, trying to mediate for us.

Not thanks to them. The first time it happened, I was quickly dubbed as a soulmate snatcher by classmates. I was also invited by the broadcast club, their real aim was to harass me but I explained to them that I never claimed to be their soulmate. I have also explained to them they have made mistakes.

My friends and some students also testified for me, that I have never even once been the first to come to Kunnugi Naoki, the youngest of the bunch. It was always him who came to me. The first and last time I willingly went with him was to meet his brothers, I thought they would be easier to talk to. But no, I was very wrong. They were all the same.

Finally, after this broadcast incident, the rumour died down a little. The peace and quiet returned a little. ~”~

“I am late.” I quickly rushed out of the school. I fell asleep and completely forgot I had a cat to feed at home. I hope he will be alright. As I step out the school gate, an unnatural huge gust blows, making me instinctively close my eyes. When I open my eyes, a pair of scary red eyes stare back at me. The thing literally stands so close to me, so close that I can feel its sickening breath.

Startled, I quickly took a few steps back. The man… or thing in front of me is not normal to say at least. Bloodshot red eyes, sunken cheeks, unusually sharp teeth, drooling… and it smells so bad. “Blood…”

An alarm rings in my head. “Vampire…” I muttered, body trembling. I quickly dash in a circle, trying to put a distance. But it quickly zooms in, its long claw grabs my arms and throws me back. My body aches in pain. I struggle to get up again, but the vampire now stands in front of me. Ready to kill or drink my blood dry. Its claw goes down to me and all I can do is wait for pain and death.

*Ting*

Something deflected the incoming sharp claw. “You will be alright now.” Someone caged me in their arms.

“...you are…” I came face to face with a tall snow white haired man with pretty eyes. A loud screech from that abomination is making my ears hurt.

“Close your eyes and ears.” His hands clasped atop mine as he guided me to close my ears. “Don't worry. It will be over soon. Until then, don't open your eyes, okay.” He buried my face in his chest.

'Wisteria flower smell. It feels so calming.' I took a deep breath and inhaled his scent.

“Hai~ you can open your eyes now.” I blinked open my eyes at his playful voice.

“Is it gone?”

“Yep. Let's take you back home first, okay?” He lifted me up in a bridal style and then I am in my house again.

“Eh?” I blinked owlishly. I was put on the sofa while still in a daze, but my eyes didn't leave my soulmate even for a bit.

“Nice to meet you, my soulmate.” He grinned.

“...soulmate…” I mumbled.

“Yes. I am your soulmate.” He showed me a mark on the back of his left hand. A circle with a swirly mark inside. The same mark then appeared on the back of my right hand.

“...soulmate…” A tear suddenly rolled down. That one tear sends him into a panic.

“...why didn't you come sooner…?” I cried. “I know we met in the dream… but… I thought…I thought you didn't want me.” I sobbed into his shirt.

“No no no. Of course I want you. I want you very much. I live only for you. I can't bear the thought of losing you. You are my one and only soulmate.” He hugged tighter. “Sorry, Rai-chan. I didn't mean to make you sad. You do know that I am a vampire, right?”

“Yes.” I nodded.

“I was thinking hard about how to break this news for you. I know you can discern between human and vampire. And I don't want you to hate me.” He whined at the end of the sentence.

“And when I finally made up my mind to tell you, there's this unknown vampire who suddenly declared you were his soulmate.” He grumbled. “Not to mention, your first impression of him is so bad that I was afraid you would be disappointed if you knew I am a vampire.” He patted my head.

“So, I decided to continue staying as a cat for the time being.” He finished his explanation.

“...You are Neko?” I blinked.

“Yes, I am.” He shot me a Cheshire cat grin. Then, plenty of memories of how I told him that I was excited about my soulmate, when I checked whether he was male or female, how I bathed him, how we bathed together, how we literally slept together every night while hugging him and how I sometimes decided to change in front of him, sometimes even naked while picking my outfit for the day.

“...” I am so embarrassed. “I am going-bwahh!!” I was attempting to run away and locked myself in my bedroom but that attempt was splendidly thwarted.

“Nope~ you are not running away.” I was caught by my middle.

“Uh….um…Neko…” My eyes swam.

“Satoru. Gojo Satoru.”

“Then… Can I call you Satoru?” I mumbled bashfully. Then I heard it, the sound of purring. The man literally purrs.

“Yeah. I like it. I like the way my name came out from your lips. You definitely should call me Satoru every single time.” He nuzzled his cheek to mine.

*growl*

The sweet atmosphere broke away just like that. “Sorry…” I screamed internally.

“Don't be. I will whip something quick for you. So stay here.” He put me back on the sofa.

“Ah.” My hand quickly grabbed the hem of his sleeve. “Ca…Can I watch?” To be honest, I just want to be sure that this is not a dream. That my soulmate is really here. I can see a blank expression on his face. “So-sorry. I will just stay here.” My hand released his sleeve.

“So cute~~~” Satoru suddenly lifted me up. “How much cuter you could be.” He spun me.

“Sa-Satoru…”

“You want to watch? Of course it's okay!” He nodded. “You can watch anytime you like. In fact, I can even do that naked ap-” I clamped his mouth shut.

“No. I will die of blood loss.” I objected, feeling the burning sensation on my cheeks and ears. I can feel his mouth twitching and his pretty eyes curved into crescent moons. Somehow, I know he is saying let's save that for later. ~”~

Satoru then told me a little bit about vampires. There are 3 types of vampires. Lesser vampires, bitten humans that turned into vampires, they are easily lose control of their bloodlust when exposed to blood.

Dhampir. Most vampires in existence are in this category. They are the children of pure-blood vampires and humans. They differ themselves by how thick their vampire blood is.

Pure blood vampires, vampires that have existed since the start of ancient times, are rumoured to be coming from the demon world or another world.

The normal routine after this is bath and sleep. No, we didn't bathe together. I was burning the whole time while he would just smirk. That's why he was always so attentive when I had nothing on. I hope the Earth will swallow me whole to save me from this embarrassment.

After putting on my pyjamas, Satoru already waiting on my bed. “...Are…are we sleeping together?” Yes, I am asking a dumb question. I know we have done it. But it was when I didn't know he was my soulmate and he was in cat form.

“I won't if you don't want to.” His eyes softened. “Or I can just turn into a cat.” He offered.

“No…It's fine.” I shook my head. “Can you…stay like this? Of course if you feel comfortable.” I quickly added. “I just…” I heard footsteps shuffling close.

“Rai-chan, look at me.” His soft voice coaxed. I find myself following his request. “If you wish for this, I won't deny it.” He smiled. “I could never deny your request. You are my most important person. My soulmate. If it's within my power, I will grant any wish. Even if it's impossible, I will still try for it anyway.” He took my hand and kissed my knuckle.

“Then… I want to sleep together.” I looked at him in the eyes. “I…Part of me is thinking that this is just a dream. When I wake up, I will be alone again. Well, Neko should be with me, but…” A long finger shushed me.

“Then, let's sleep. When you wake up tomorrow, you will know this is not a dream.”

“Thank you, Satoru.”

“You are very welcome.” ~”~

The next morning, I woke up wrapped in a blanket as usual. I quickly scrambled out searching for any trace of my soulmate. The only clue is the side next to me is still warm. But it's usually warm because Neko slept with me. “A dream? It was just a dream?” Disappointment filled my heart. Of course it was just a dream. My soulmate must hate me, that's why they didn't bother about me.

“Neko,” I called for my cat. I need him for my comfort. “Neko,” I called again, usually it will come on the first call. Then I heard sounds coming from the kitchen, my feet automatically broke into run to the kitchen. There, I find my soulmate is stirring something in the pot.

“Ah, Rai-chan, good mor-” I crashed myself to him. “Rai-chan?”

“I thought…it was a dream…” I sobbed. “You weren’t there…”

“Sorry, Rai-chan. I was going to stay until you woke up. But you have school, so I thought I would wake up early to make breakfast and lunch for you.”

“Oh…Sorry…” I released my grip on him.

“You don’t need to say sorry. I was wrong for not leaving you a note. Go, freshen up yourself and we will eat breakfast together.”

“Okay.” I nodded.

“If you want me to come with you, I also won’t mind.” He grinned.

“I…I will go alone.” I blushed and avoided his stare.

After a delicious breakfast, Satoru said he was going to go to school. “Okay, let’s go.” I smiled at the prospect of him walking me to school. But… a nice black car has been waiting in front of my house. “Eh?”

“Let’s go, Rai-chan.” Satoru opened the door in the co-driver seat for me.

“Okay…” I obediently entered the car and he took the driver's seat.

“From now on, I will send and pick you up.” He beamed.

“Ah… It’s fine. I can manage on my own.” I quickly declined. Seeing him like this suddenly made me realize that he must be working too when I was not home. What if his boss got mad at him because of me?

“You don’t like me sending you to school?” His smile dropped.

“No…. It’s not that. I suddenly realised that you must be working too, and you have been spending a lot of time with me. I wonder if your boss will get mad at you.” I fidgeted. “Sorry…”

“…Why do you always have to be this cute?” He sighed. “This makes me want to stay with you 24/7. What if pests start chasing you? I don’t think I can keep my calm.”

“They won’t. They have their own soulmate.” I shook my head.

“Well yeah. That doesn’t stop some people chasing other people’s soulmates.” He replied.

“That’s true….” I nodded slowly. I think I have seen some news like that. “I will be careful.”

“Then, I will be sending and picking you up every day.” He grinned. “If you were going out with friends, please tell me.” He patted my head. “And don’t worry about my job. I am the boss, so I can be as late as I want. My subordinates know that I am wooing my soulmate.” He smirked when I blushed at the word wooing.

“Oh… I see…” I cast my gaze down, hoping he wouldn’t notice my burning face. The ride to school is in comfortable silence. One of his hands is playing with me, assuring me everything will be okay.

We have finally arrived at my school. “Thank you, Satoru.” I smiled.

“And before I forget.” He suddenly leaned close to me and pressed a kiss on my forehead, down to my cheek and then neck and then suddenly to my lips, and I almost fainted because of the shock. “An omamori.” He rubbed my lower lip. And I don’t know how I bid him goodbye and got out of the car.

When I finally came back to reality, it was already lunchtime. “Ah, she is finally back to the real world.” One of my friends, Tori giggled.

“Sorry…”

“No worries. We are glad that you found your soulmate. So, how many?” Yae asked.

“One. But he is more than enough.” I answered. “To the point that I wondered why such a good soulmate is really mine,” I mumbled.

“Because you saved a world in your previous life?” Yoru giggled.

“Well, whatever it is. Since he is your soulmate, he better take good care of you. Though by the looks of it, he already did. Today’s lunch is also something he made, right?” Yae guessed.

“Um… He seems like he can do anything.” I chomped my lunch. “So delicious, the breakfast was too.” I smiled.

“So, how does he look? What kind of job does he do?” Yoru gushed excitedly.

“He is tall, much taller than models. His hair is so fluffy, that I feel like burying myself in warm snow or clouds. And then, his eyes…” I trailed off.

“Yep. She has gone again.” Yae deadpanned.

“Hehehe. From now on, we can have dates with our soulmates. I am so excited.” Yoru giggled. That day lunchtime was the day when we talked about our soulmates. ~”~

“Are you having fun today?” Satoru smiled as I put on my seatbelt.

“Yes. We have fun talking about our soulmates.” I replied without much thought.

“Oh? Then, what did you say about me?”

“That’s…” I just remembered that I am going to talk about my soulmate in front of my soulmate. “Secret…” I mumbled.

“That’s too bad.” He grinned. “What do you want to eat today?”

“Curry,” I answered quickly.

“Okay, curry it is then.”

Blissful, is the exact word that I describe my life now. Every day is nice and fun. Sleeping in each other embrace and waking up from it. I don’t want to trade this precious routine away. ~”~

“Good morning.” The door opened, revealing the real soulmate of Kunnugi siblings. “Hisaki-san.” She made a beeline to me. “I heard you found your soulmates. I am happy for you.” She giggled.

“...thank you.” I nodded.

“We can talk about our soulmates now.” She gushed excitedly. I look at my friends with a confused face.

“Umm… I prefer not to disturb your quality time with your soulmates.” I smiled politely.

“Of course not.” Apparently, she didn't understand that I don't like to associate with her, and she couldn't take a no for an answer.

She barged into our circle at lunch, bringing her soulmate. Well, only the youngest is still in school. So, only him with her now. She suddenly shoves her way between me and my friend, taking a spot beside me. “Hisaki-san. Let's eat lunch together. Today, Hibiki made lunch for me. I tell you, it's super delicious.” She opened her bento box and showed it to us.

“Oh, I see.” I smiled politely, slowly inching away.

“Oh, yours look delicious too. Did your soulmate make it for you? I never thought your soulmate was good at cooking too. Maybe we can have a nice home cooking session together. Let's have a taste.” She suddenly took one of my meatballs. “It's delicious. What are the secret ingredients? Is it love?” She giggled.

“Kurokawa-san…”

“No need to be so polite, we are already friends. Not to mention, you also know my soulmates already.”

“...that was a misunderstanding. And it's not polite to eat people lunch without their consent.” I frowned a little.

“It's just a meatball.” Her soulmate sneered.

“Then as her soulmate, you can buy her a meatball. Are you so poor that you can't afford one?” I retorted back.

“You!” He stood up, glaring at me.

“What?” I also looked up at him.

“Disgusting human. If not for Yuriko, I have already tear you to pieces.” He hissed.

“That's rich. Coming for someone who mistook his own soulmate.” I sneered. The atmosphere is so tense that a knife can even cut it. “You can enjoy your meal here, Kurokawa-san.” I packed my lunch and walked away from the rooftop, my friends then followed suit.

We changed to another place to eat lunch. “That girl… is she holding a grudge against you?” Tori frowned.

“And her soulmate is also strange. Disgusting human. Is he implying that he is not human?” Yoru blinked.

“Don't tell me the rumour about vampires is real?” Yoru gasped. Lately, this kind of rumour is in trend. A rumour of vampires living in the midst of humans. The recent serial killing mimicking vampires is also very concerning. All the victims are having 2 punctures on their necks.

“About that girl… it's better if we don't get involved with her.” I told my friends. “As you have seen, her soulmates have a weird hatred for humans. And you see how they treat me even if they are the ones who made a mistake.”

“That's true. Instead of apologizing, they made it clear that they were blaming you for their mistake. I suppose there's something wrong in their brains.” Tori nodded.

“You also need to be careful. Her 7 soulmates are all troubles. Remember to call us if something happens. Or better yet, I hope your soulmate is also aware of this.” Yoru added.

“I have told him about this. That's why he is sending and picking me up after school.” I smiled.

“That's good then.” ~”~

“Satoru.” I glanced at the vampire who is having the time of his life just by having me sitting on his lap. Usually, it's the other way around though.

“Yeah, sweetness?” He hummed, putting his chin on the top of my head.

“Are you hungry?”

“We just ate dinner, sweet. I am not that hungry. But if we are talking about sweets then I am in.” He grinned.

“...No, I mean. Doesn't your race survive on blood?” I spoke cautiously. “I haven't seen you drink any of my blood…” I could feel his hands on my stomach stiffen. “No…. Forget I say anything. I am sorry.”

“I am not angry.” He sighed. “You don't need to apologize for every single thing, sweet. There are a lot of misconceptions about vampires. I can't blame you for not knowing it.” He turned my body, so we were face to face.

“Unlike the common knowledge that a vampire needs a lot of blood to survive. We can survive with the tiniest amount of blood, but it still depends on what kind of vampire they are.” He started his explanation. I look at him, indicating I am listening attentively.

“We just need a few drops of blood, granted that we are not injured. Even so, there is blood transfusion as a solution. There are some hospitals that do that. We have adapted to eating human food that was mixed with a few drops of blood. But the lesser vampire easily lost control when exposed to blood. That's why the law forbids vampires from turning humans into vampires. Because all of them will end up losing control of their own bloodlust.”

 “Then, what kind of vampire are you, Satoru?” I blinked.

“Me? I am a pure-blood vampire. I can survive without blood for a long long time.” He grinned. “That's why you don't need to worry.” But I still frowned at that. “What's wrong, sweet?”

“It's just…”

“Just…”

“Since you have been living for a long time means you had maybe drunk some blood.”

“Do you not like it?” Disappointment is evident in his eyes.

“No. I am not disappointed that you drink blood to survive. It's not like you chose to be born this way.” I shook my head. “This is just…my selfish thought….” I uttered softly.

“I don't like it when you frown or upset, sweet thing. Please tell me?” He eased the wrinkle on my forehead.

“...just…don't like the fact you drank other humans' blood aside from me,” I grumbled.

He is stunned for the second time. Eyes wide, jaw hanging open, hands frozen. “Um…just treat me like I didn't say anything.” I squeaked, the embarrassment finally settling in after I listened to what I said just now.

“Nope, you are not running away again.” Big, strong hand trapped me in a safe hug. “Seriously, when I think you can't be cuter than this, you just have a way to make yourself cuter and more adorable.” He sighed. “What should I do to you, hm? I just want to lock you up somewhere safe so you don't need to see ugly things anymore.”

“But the safest place is here. Right in your arms.” I spoke in the softest voice. No wait, I actually didn't mean to say it out loud.

“That's it. You are not leaving my lap anymore. From now on, your seat is here. No matter where we are, your only option is sitting here.”

“What if we have a movie date outside?”

“Still here.”

“But this will obstruct other people.”

“It's still here. I can rent the whole movie theatre then. Problem solved.” ~”~

The serial killer was caught. The morning news reported this. The man apparently is an occult maniac that is very obsessed with a vampire and tries to mimic how vampires preyed on their prey in the legend. “...That man is a human…” I mused.

“...”

“What's wrong, Satoru?” I noticed how he looked very solemn hearing the news.

“No… it's nothing. Might be my imagination.” He smiled. “I will send you to school now.”

“Okay.” I take my place in the co-driver seat.

“Rai-chan, your seat is here.” He patted his lap.

“...I can't sit there when you are driving.” I sweatdropped.

“Ehhh?”

“Don't 'ehhh' me. I don't want to cause an accident.” I looked at him sternly.

“Can't be helped.” His large hand naturally found mine to grasp. “I will make do with this.” He pouted but obediently started his car.

An omamori kiss, as I'd like to call it, is another routine that has settled down in my life. Satoru made a point to do it every day to prevent a mishap befallen me. Like the lesser vampire accident. Of course, per my request, it's a forehead kiss. I'd faint if he did it on the lips. I was fortunate that I didn't faint the first time. But because of that I have been in a daze for half a day. Very dangerous. ~”~

“We are going to that sweets shop in a shopping district today, do you want to go with us?” Yoru asked.

“Ah, that one with its famous Mont Blanc. Want.” I nodded my head quickly. “I will tell Satoru first.” I pulled out my phone and sent him a text message. A reply was sent back within a second with an okay emoji and to call him when we finished hanging out.

“Your soulmate?” Yae smirked.

“Yeah. So he can pick me up later.” I nodded. ~”~

Enemies meet on a narrow road. We are not exactly enemies, but I think I am considered to be enemies from Kunnugi siblings' perspective. “What a coincidence, Hisaki-san!!” Kurokawa waved to me.

“Urgh…” I don't hate her. But I don't like to be close to her and her soulmates. We have a mutual dislike for each other.

“Since we are all here anyway, let's sit together. Keita-san has a reservation in their private room. It's big enough for all of us.” She beamed.

“Tsk.” I heard some of them click their tongues, the loudest being the youngest.

“We shall decline.” Yae stepped in front of me. “We are not so insensitive that we will intrude on your quality time with your soulmates.” She smiled.

“Besides, we are having a girls' day. The point of having this day is just gossiping about our soulmates. It would be weird if you joined us gossiping about your soulmates who are right here.” Yoru added.

“Not to mention, your soulmates are quite hostile to our friend. We won't feel safe. Sorry. Please enjoy yourself.” Tori finished.

“Oh…” Her smile dropped. “I just want to have more friends.” She sighed sadly.

“You should choose your friends carefully.” Kunnugi second whom I forgot his name patted her head.

“Some people just like to be centre of attention while stealing other people's soulmate affection.” The fifth snorted.

“Coming from a group of people that mistook their own soulmate. That's rich.” I rolled my eyes.

“You-”

“Don't forget. You are the one who suddenly came up to me and said I am your soulmate. Not the other way around.” I looked at the youngest. “And you all refused to believe me when I said I was not your soulmate. You were the one who recognized the wrong person.” I grumbled bitterly. I have had enough of their harassment.

“That… we are sorry for causing you trouble. We are partly to blame.” The oldest smiled, trying to mediate.

“You are not partly to blame. You are to blame for the whole incident. Raika did nothing wrong.” Yae growled. “She patiently explained to you that she was not in fact your soulmate. You guys were the ones who didn't heed it. Because of you, she has to suffer harassment from school.”

“But she agreed to come with us,” Fourth argued.

“Only because I thought the older siblings were more rational to listen to my explanation.” I gave a snide comment. That finally shut them up.

“Okay, we are sorry for our misunderstanding. But please do know that Yuriko genuinely wanted to be friends with you.” The third one finally said.

“Bragging into other people's circles and eating people's lunch without consent is the sincerity of her being friends with us?” I frowned. “Then, I am sorry. It's difficult being friends with someone like that.” I said. “We won't be intruding on your quality time anymore. Please don't mind us.” We turned our attention back to our cakes and started chatting.

After the unpleasant meeting, we tried to wash the bad aftertaste with more cakes. “We should really go on dates with our soulmate together,” Yoru suggested.

“Let's just go on the trip.” Tori gave another one.

“I like that. We should definitely go!!” Yoru is getting pumped up. “Let's see. Our winter holiday is almost here. Why don't we plan this today?”

“But… we should also make sure our soulmates are able to take some days off,” I said.

“Hmm… Yoru and my soulmates are college students. So, I don't think they will have any trouble getting days off. But… Yae and Raika's soulmates are working people.” Tori mused.

“I will ask first.” I smiled as I dialled his number.

“We should set the date first,” Yae said.

“Our winter break starts on 26 December. We can go on the trip on the 26th or 27th.” Yoru said.

“How many days our trip will be?”

“3 days and 2 nights. We can go on the 26 and come back on 29 or maybe 30. We can make it in time for the new year.” Tori said. “How about that?”

“Let's check it with our soulmates,” Yae spoke. And with that, we check on our soulmates.

“Sweet, are you done?”

“Not yet, Satoru. Actually… Can you take days off from 26 to 30? You see…” I explained to him our winter break trip.

“Yeah, I can do that. It's my sweet request. How could I deny it?” I could hear the grin.

“Oh… Thanks, Satoru.”

“No problem.”

“We will decide the details first. I will let you know later.”

“Mmhmm, okay, Sweet. Call me if you are going home. I will pick you up.”

“Okay.” I bade him goodbye and hung up.

“How was it?”

“He can.” I smiled.

“Yugito is available too.”

“Ren is the same.”

“Suguru said it's fine.”

“This means all of our soulmates are able to participate.” Tori smiled.

“I am so excited.” Yoru giggled. We decided to choose what kind of inn should we book. Of course for transportation, we will need to ask our soulmates first.

“Satoru, about our trips. We need two cars. One for our luggage and the other for passengers. Can you…”

“As long as you are in my car. I will be delighted too.” He grinned.

“Thank you.”

Next day we discussed our itinerary again and finalized it. Satoru and Yae's soulmate, Geto Suguru-san will bring their cars. With Satoru's car catering me and luggage while Geto-san's car is for passengers. ~”~

“We have arrived!!!” We exclaimed in front of our lodging. To be honest, Satoru and Geto-san recommended this lodging to us. We thought it would be so expensive. Who would have thought it was quite cheap. But somehow, I felt like they were doing something behind our back. Not to mention that Geto-san and Satoru are best friends in and out of business.

The room arrangement is of course we stay with our soulmate. Satoru refused to budge on that. He said he would have insomnia if he was not sleeping beside me or something along the line. The wooden lodge is very big. Big enough for all of us. There are actually a perfect number of rooms for each pair. How strange.

After we put the luggage into our room, we are going to have lunch first and then all out playing on the snowfield. The men are cleaning up while we, the girls, have a snowball fight. Eat hard and play hard. By the time we finished, red noses and ears were the same traits we shared.

“Go and take a hot shower before you catch a cold.” Yugito sighed helplessly at his soulmate.

“You too, Sweet.” Satoru looped his muffler on me.

“Hehehe.” I just giggled at him. After a hot shower, we started to prepare dinner while the guys had their showers.

“I just know this trip will be the best!!” Yoru, who is sitting down on a chair, raised her arms and feet.

“Who would have thought that Yae and Raika's soulmates are best friends,” Tori commented.

“It was a surprise for me too.” I giggled.

“I had a hunch he seems to know that you are Gojo-san's soulmate from the start.”

“Well yeah, Satoru couldn't shut up about his soulmate. Every business or non-business meeting becomes his time to show off.” Geto-san rolled his eyes.

“Somehow… I am sorry for his behaviour.” I sweatdropped.

“Like you were the one to talk.” Satoru came out. “Don't tell me you forget about how you kept rubbing the fact that you met your soulmate first.” Satoru pouted as he gave me a back hug.

“What's this? A fight? Soulmate showdown?” Yugito-san cheered.

“Yugito.” Yoru sighed. Yugito-san's comment must have sparked something inside them. The best friends begin some sort of competition in which one can make their soulmate happy is the winner. ~”~

“Rai-chan, come here. I want to cuddle.” Satoru called as we were finally resting in our room.

“Wait a minute.” I buttoned up my pyjama and exited the bathroom. Satoru is wearing a long sleeves grey knitted sweater as his pyjama, along with gray comfy pants. I crawl on his lap and settle down there. “...'toru…”

“Hm?”

“You smell good…” I mumbled.

“Smell like what?”

“Wisteria flower.”

“You like it?”

“My favourite.” I gave him a sleepy smile.

“Then, I will need to keep myself clean every day.” His chest rumbled because of his soft chuckle.

“Yeah… you do that,” I mumbled, nuzzling his chest and shifting to a more comfortable position.

“You are so adorable, sweet.”

“Mmnnn… I am your sweet after all.” I slurred.

“Yes. You are my sweet.” A light kiss on the forehead and I was out like a feather. ~”~

“Good morning.” I greeted the early morning people with Satoru trailing behind me. I am usually one of them but after having Satoru kept me warm every night. I just hope morning never comes and want to sleep longer. The best heater I could ask for. Everyone needs one in their home. But this one here is mine.

“Good morning, here.” Yae handed me a cup of warm milk and chocolate for Satoru.

“Thanks, Yae.” I smiled and sat on the sofa.

“Good morning. Should we check the ski course today?” Yoru smiled.

“Okay.” I nodded. “I want to try snowboarding.”

After morning routine, we checked the ski course.

“Hisaki-san!!! We met again!!!” I sighed loudly when I heard that voice again.

“...fancy meeting you here, Kurokawa-san.” I was so close to just ignoring her.

“We must be fated to be friends. If not, why do we keep meeting like this.” She giggled.

“I didn't want to meet you though,” I mumbled.

“Don't tell me you stalked us?!” Again, her soulmates came up with something weird.

“I have much more important matters to attend to, like spending time with my soulmate rather than stalking you. You think too highly of yourselves. You are not worthy to be stalked.” I grumbled.

“That's right. Besides, we are here on the trip with our soulmates.” Tori supplied. We are really fed up because of them.

“Then, let's all play together. The more the merrier.” Kurokawa clapped her hands.

“Sorry. I don't think your soulmates will welcome us. You see how hostile they are to me. For our and your comfort and safety. I still think it's better not to go with you.” I declined.

“But…” Her smile dropped.

“Yuriko is asking you nicely, all you need to say is yes and come with us.” The third sibling growled as he extended his hand to grab me.

“Is there something you need with my soulmate?” A much larger hand grabbed his instead and my back was covered in the familiar smell of wisteria.

“Satoru.” I smiled.

“Satoru…? Gojo Satoru?” They gasped.

“You seem to know me. But I don't know you. Now, what were you trying to do with my soulmate?” Satoru growled as he tightened his grip.

“Gojo Satoru.” The Kunnugi eldest came. “Please forgive my younger brother. He didn't mean any harm.”

“Didn't mean any harm?” Satoru raised his brow. “He clearly wanted to hurt my soulmate, yet you said he didn't mean any harm?” He snorted. “Have your eyes gone blind? Because mine sure haven't.” He mocked.

“Hisaki-san, I apologize on behalf of my younger brother. I will make sure he won't disturb you anymore. He is just eager to please our youngest soulmate.” He said to me.

“...as long as you guys won't barge into my circle anymore. Kurokawa-san might genuinely want to make friends with me. But her soulmates were clearly hostile to me. I am sorry, being friends with someone whose soulmates are being rude and shooting lasers every chance they get because of their own mistake is very hard.” I emphasized the most important words.

“And I heard you guys didn't even apologize to this poor lady even after all of you had done.” Geto-san quipped and stared at them expectantly.

“Sorry, Hisaki-san. Those were our faults. We should have listened to your side of the explanation instead of pushing our own opinion. We were… a little too excited…” Kunnugi eldest admitted it.

“...I… don't care about that anymore. Please, just leave us alone. I don't want to get into an argument every time. It's tiring. I just want to spend my time with my soulmates and friends. That's all I ask.” I sighed, leaning back into Satoru.

“Of course.” He nodded. “Let's go.” He dragged them away. When I couldn't see them anymore, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

“Are you alright? Should we go back to the lodge?” Satoru asked worriedly.

“No. I want to play with everyone. Besides, you promised to teach me snowboarding.”

“Okay. But tell me if you feel sick.” Satoru patted my head.

“Yeah.” I nodded. The rest of our vacation is problem-free. Though we do see them, they didn't approach us, with Kurokawa looking at us as if she wanted to join us which we ignored. ~”~

It's finally the start of our third semester and Valentine's Day. I am so excited for this year's Valentine. Hehehee, of course it's because I can finally give my homemade chocolate to my soulmate. Well, aside from the exciting valentine, there's also some bad news. More and more similar vampire cases pop out. What more, mysterious destruction of properties. Satoru seems to know what's going on, but he doesn't say anything. And I also didn't pry. Because I have a feeling that all this peaceful routine that I am enjoying will be ruined in an instant.

“Satoru, I am going to Yae's place. You stay at home and don't go anywhere. I…I will give you something nice later.” I mumbled shyly at the last part. It's not like he doesn't know what nice thing I will give to him later.

Satoru with his Cheshire grin only nods at me excitedly, crystalline blue eyes shine brightly. “Of course I will wait for you. I am not going anywhere.” He grinned. Today is 13th February, the day we are going to make chocolate for our respective soulmates. Satoru knows I know he knows that I am absolutely going to give him my homemade chocolate, hence the Cheshire grin.

“I am going to be a good boy, so you promised to give me nice things later.” He purred. My cheeks warm at his voice, utterly devastating and I nod my head slowly. “Today's omamori.” He leaned in for a forehead kiss as usual…or not. Lips pressing with lips, Satoru sneaked his arms around my waist to pull me closer. His tongue gently pries my bottom lips for an entrance and then skillfully wades itself into my cavern.

The kiss is gentle, yet there’s a subtle hint of hunger, sucking all my breath away until I have to separate myself because of the lack of oxygen. I would most certainly slump on the floor if not for his steady hand supporting me. I feel weak, my knees are weak. I could only limp in his arms for a few moments before I could stand up on my own again.

“Today’s omamori is with extra protection.” He whispered lowly. My head is still dizzy from the kiss. He chuckles when he sees the state I am in just because of his one kiss.

“Me…meanie…” I puffed my cheeks, trying to look angry. Not that it helped at all, seeing how starry-eyed I must have been, there was even a tear in the corner of my eyes.

“I will wait for you, or I can pick you up later.” He hummed, putting me back on my feet.

“I…I will call you later.” I mumbled.

“Okay, be safe, Sweet.”

“Um…” I nodded. ~”~

We finished making the chocolates. After being put in the fridge for a few hours, we will take it back home. For now, we are waiting for them to chill, so here we are, gossiping about our soulmates again.

“So, how far have you gone with your soulmate?” Tori wriggled her eyebrows. I almost spit out everything I am drinking.

“We…almost have gone all the way,” Yoru said bashfully.

“Oh? How about Yae?” Tori turned to her.

“Hmm… we didn’t really go all the way. But we do sometimes have a bath together, just relaxing ourselves. It’s a very nice way to de-stress actually.”

“Ba-bathing together?” I squeaked at how nonchalant Yae sounded. I mean, I get it, they are doing nothing sexual but it’s still intimate nonetheless.

“Heee? How about Rai-chan? Don’t tell me you have gone all the way?” They smirked mischievously.

“H-how about you tell us about you first?” I countered.

“Me? Ren and I have gone all the way to the third base.” Tori strikes a v pose.

“Eh? Really?!” We (mostly Yoru and I) gaped at her.

“How does it feel?!” Yoru asked excitedly.

“…You are seriously asking that?” Tori sweatdropped but relented when she saw Yoru’s unyielding face. “Well, it’s very pleasurable.” Tori scratched her cheek sheepishly. “I have heard that some might feel pain. But for me, all I felt was pleasure.” Tori answered. “Now, let’s get back to the main topic.” Now her face changed again, their eyes suddenly glinting while turning to me.

“Eh?” I blinked.

“Tell us.” They literally shoved their faces to me.

“We… the farthest is only kissing…and sleep together…not doing anything…” I cracked under pressure.

“Kissing, eh?” Tori smirked.

“What kind of kissing?” Yae followed suit.

“Forehead? Cheek? Lips? Tell us!” Yoru finished.

“…l-lips…”

“And? Was it a deep kiss? Chaste kiss?”

“…th-the one with to-tongue…” I shrank smaller. ‘Someone, help me…’

“Hehe…Our Raika has finally grown up.” They acted as if they were my mother. “How does he do? Was he a good kisser?”

“Th…that’s secret!!!” I yelled.

“So cute, so cute.” The three of them started patting my head while crying fake tears saying I have become a woman.

“St-stop!!!!” An alarm suddenly rang, indicating 3 hours had passed by since we put our chocolate into the freezer.

“Oh, our chocolate is done.” Yae got up to take them out. I am saved from further interrogation. We then wrapped our chocolate and decided we were done for the day.

“Who come to pick you up?” Yae asked.

“Tori and I are going to walk,” Yoru answered.

“Let’s have Satoru take you home.” I frowned. “There are a lot of weird things that happened recently. I’d hate if you two got caught up in strange things.” I said.

“If you are really worried, we’ll take your suggestion.” Tori smiled.

“Yep. We have more chance to tease you and Gojo-san anyway.” Yoru nodded.

“Please, no more…” I cried.

Satoru picks us up and agrees to take Yoru and Tori home. On the way, these two are basically poking fun at me. Satoru laughs along with them gushing how cute I was. I think I’ve never been so red in my whole life.

“So, Rai-chan, I have been a very good boy. Where’s my nice things?” That’s the very first thing he whispered to my ears right after we entered our house.

“The chocolate is for tomorrow. Today… for today…just be satisfied with this!” I gave him a kiss on the cheek and ran away from the crime scene. ~”~

14th February, I woke up quite early for today. The excitement of finally giving my soulmate my homemade chocolate is the cause of adrenaline. I smile softly as I watch Satoru who’s still asleep and tip-toing to the kitchen. Just for today, I want to make the breakfast for him. I hum a random tune as I busy myself in the kitchen. Just as I was about to finish, a big shadowy figure loomed over me and leaned his weight on me. “Rai-chan…” He murmured sleepily as he pressed kisses to my shoulder.

“Good morning, Satoru. The breakfast is almost finished. Wait for me over there.” I giggled.

“Want to stay here.” He mumbled sleepily.

‘So cute.’ “I don’t mind.” I started to plate the breakfast. Just a normal Japanese-style breakfast.

“Smells good.” Satoru sat down in his seat. I take the seat opposite of him. “Rai-chan, your seat is here.” Satoru pouted.

“It will be troublesome to eat like that, Satoru.” He is still gung-ho about me having to sit on his lap everywhere.

“But Rai-chan~~~”

“After breakfast, okay Satoru? Today is Sunday, we can relax for the whole day.” I smiled.

“…It’s a promise.” He sulked.

“Yes, a promise.” I giggled. And yes, I fulfilled my promise to him by letting his lap become my personal seat for the whole day. Right now, we are just watching some kind of movie. But I am rather distracted by my soulmate rather than the movie and it’s become kind of a game where I try to subtly get his attention.

But either he doesn’t notice it or pretends not to, he is not paying attention to me at all. I finally let out a small whine and he eventually shifted his attention to me. “Oh? We are done playing?” He has this irresistible cocky smirk on his lips.

“Meanie.” I pouted as I realized he was playing pretend.

“Because you are so cute trying to get my attention. If I gave in sooner then I couldn’t see much more of your cute antics.” He chuckled.

“Booo…” I puffed my cheeks as I poked his chest repeatedly.

“Sorry sorry. You were so cute.” He laughed. “I am sorry, Rai-chan. What should I do so you will forgive me?” He caught my hand and pressed his forehead against me.

“…Ki-kiss… I…I want a kiss…” I fidgeted nervously.

“A kiss it is then.” Satoru grinned and swooped down, capturing my lips. A kiss turns into kisses and then into French kisses. A fuzzy warm feeling is coursing my whole body. His kisses are intoxicating and I am addicted to them. The first kiss might have caught me off guard, but now I don’t think I can go on without his daily kiss anymore.

“Ah!” I snapped out of my stupor because I remembered something important.

“Rai-chan?”

“Wait here!” I got off his lap and went to the fridge to get the chocolate. “Here.” I handed him the chocolate shyly. “Happy Valentine, Satoru.” Red-faced me murmured.

“Rai-chan, do you know how much I am restraining myself not to just glomp you and attach you to my hips so you won't ever leave my sight? Seriously, how can you be so cute, hm?”

“O-oh…” I put the chocolate on the coffee table and spread my hands. “You can glomp on me.”

“Right away.” Instead of literal glomping though, I got a tight hug, it's quite suffocating but not unwelcomed at all. In fact, I am literally melting because of his warmth.

After the long hug, Satoru is trying a new type of kiss. He popped the chocolate into his mouth and proceeded to kiss me, passing the chocolate. The chocolate melts as it is passed around, it's a romantic notion but, actually quite messy in reality. Saliva mixed with chocolate dribbles down from my mouth, but Satoru licks it away. “Mmmnnn~ sweet.” His eyes crinkled with mirth.

“The chocolate or me?” I didn't know what kind of demon possessed me when I asked that, even going as far as smirking at him. Maybe the heat in the moment? Or some of his personality rubbed off on me? Or maybe I awakened something?

“Of course it's you, sweet. You look so hot when you take charge.” He purred. The usual soft affectionate eyes are full of hunger that can swallow me whole. I gulp at the raw emotion and my body suddenly feels hotter. “I won't force you, sweet. You can take your time slowly. I can wait.” His hunger subsided. “For now, I am satisfied with just kissing. So let me kiss you a lot, m’kay?” He gave a rakish grin. And the kissing session continued. ~”~

“Hehehe.” I skipped happily as I finally managed to buy the super rare menu from a certain famous sweets shop. I am hoping to share this with Satoru. Satoru said he would be late today working, so instead of going home, I am going to his company.

“Kon'nichiwa.” I greeted the receptionist onee-sans.

“Ah, Raika-chan! Welcome. Are you going to see Boss?”

“Yes. Is he in his office?” I nodded.

“Yes. He is in his office. I will call him-”

“No. Let's make it a surprise.” I giggled. “Though I doubt I can pull it off. He knows it every time.” I pouted. Few days after Valentine, Satoru brought me to his company, because he said he needed his energy booster, namely me, to keep him motivated throughout the day. All I do is literally coop in his office doing my own homework. Sometimes, I give him a massage or make tea or feed him sweets. I want to help him with his work but as expected I don't understand a thing. The nice secretary, Yume-san did teach me a little thing here and there.

“Good luck!” Receptionist Onee-sans, Kairi-san and Kirie-san encouraged.

“Hehe, thank you. And here, it's a secret from everyone.” I gave them sweets that I had bought specifically for them.

“Isn't this…”

“Yep, from that Sweets & Sweets.” I nodded.

“Raika-chan…” Their eyes are glassy. “You are a really good girl.” They cried. “Boss must have saved a planet in his last life to get a soulmate like you.”

“Tell me if someone or Boss makes you unhappy. We will bite him and tear him.” They said seriously. Yes, this company is run by vampires. All of the employees here are vampires. To be honest, they are not really different from humans. They even have human-like temperatures. The only difference is they are unnaturally beautiful.

“Will do.” I giggled as I took the private elevator straight to Satoru's office. When I arrived at his office floor. Yume-san, his secretary, is typing something. “Yume-san.” I knocked softly on her door to get her attention.

“Raika-chan.” A soft smile graced her features. “Boss is inside. Should I call him?”

“No. This is a surprise.” I giggled.

“I see. Good luck.” She smiled back.

“Thank you.” I nodded. “And here.” I gave her the sweets. “It can be paired with your favourite latte.”

“Oh my, thank you very much. I don't have time to line up buying this, I have been dying to taste it. You are my saviour.” She quickly opened the box.

“Hehe, next time if I am lining up, I will chat you so I can buy yours too.”

“Then, I will take your word for it.” She grinned. “Now, I better make my latte and enjoy this.”

“Hehehe. Then I will go bother Satoru.” Yume-san gave me a thumbs-up.

Again, I stealthily crack open the door, silently watching Satoru who is immersed in his work. “Are you playing spy, sweet?” I jumped in shock when I heard his voice. I whirl myself and smash my face onto his chest. And then we are inside his office again. He is teleporting again.

“You knew.” I sulked.

“Yeah, the moment you step into the company.” He grinned.

“Not fair.”

“I put a bounded field to keep some pests away. They will know this is my territory and won't mess with it. There's also one around our house.” He giggled.

“Ah, so that weird feeling when I stepped into our house is that.” I nodded convinced. I am already used to it, but the first time I do feel a little weird, as if I cross over a thin film.

“So, why did my angel come here today?”

“I bought this.” I showed him the box.

“Oh?”

“I heard it's very delicious, so I bought it. Let's share. Ah, I will make some tea first. I need plates and forks too.” I pranced around and came back with tea, plates and forks.

“Rai-chan, feed me.”

“Yes yes. Come here.” I smiled indulgently while cutting a small piece of his cake and feeding it to his awaiting mouth. “Is it delicious?”

“Very much so.” He gave me a hum of content. ~”~

This is one of the rare days that Satoru couldn’t come to pick me up and I am going to his company again. “See you!”

“Yes. See you!” I waved to my friends. I take the usual road to the company, but the road is unusually quiet. This makes me alert. I quicken my pace while speed-dialling Satoru. ‘Something is coming.’ I ran and ran and ran, no matter where I turn, I will always come back to the same street. ‘Bounded field?’ My heart raced.

Something scary is after me. I can feel it. I take off, running everywhere to shake off the chaser. It was persistent but so was me.

“Hisaki-san?” I turned my body to the source of a familiar face.

“Kuro…kawa-san?”

“It’s really you? What are you doing here Hisaki-san?” She blinked. “No…if you are inside this bounded field, then you must be one of my opponents too.”

“Opponent? What are you talking-” I quickly dodged to the side. “What are you!”

“Because you are my opponent, Hisaki-san. It’s too bad, but I can’t lose to you. Not when my soulmates are fighting for my sake.” She hardened her eyes. The problem is, I don’t understand what’s she talking about.

“Hyaaah!” She lunged with me with a small dagger in her hands.

“I don’t have time for this. You can play by yourself.” I frowned as I backed away slowly.

“I won’t let you-!” Whatever word she was going to say was cut off by an explosion from the nearest wall. The thing that has been chasing me is here. A vampire.

“Oh, looks like another one is here.” The male vampire looked down on us from the shoulder of a monster he had been sitting on. “Oh my, you are Kunnugi’s soulmate. I was planning only to eat that little girl. But if I also can get you then Kunnugi siblings will also bend to my will.” His magenta eyes shone.

I take off running in the opposite direction while trying to call Satoru. But inside a bounded field, any electronic device is useless. I can only hope I will quickly run out from the bounded field.

“You can’t run from me.” The amused voice of that vampire rang out and another monster appeared, breaking through another house to block me.

“Tsk.” I glared.

“Oh my, what a brave glare. You look much more amusing toy than that Kunnugi’s soulmate.” He chuckled. “I wonder what kind of face your soulmate will make when he sees your mangled corpse. Well, that’s the fate of a foolish human who stumbled inside this bounded field. If you want to hate. Hate your unlucky destiny.” He sneered.

“That so? Then hate your own unlucky destiny to even look at my soulmate.” Just as the voice landed, the vampire’s head separated from his body along with the monster.

“Satoru!” I ran to him, literally throwing myself to him. Satoru hugs back tightly.

“Are you okay, sweet? Are you hurt anywhere? I was so worried when I felt you suddenly went missing.” He fired the barrage of the sentences.

“I am fine. It was a little scary but I know I will be fine.” I said. To be honest, Somehow, I knew I would live back then. I was so confident I would survive this.

“Sweet, how can you be so brave, hm?” I felt his hug loosen a bit as he placed his chin on the top of my head.

“Because I know you will come for me,” I replied.

“You really… trust me that much…”

“Of course. If I don’t trust you, who else I should trust?” I looked up to him.

“…I guess you are right.” His hands cupped my cheeks and pulled me into a soft kiss. “Then, I will have to live up to your trust.” He grinned. Sadly, our touching moment was interrupted, by none other than…

“Gojo Satoru.” It’s the Kunnugi siblings.

“Tsk, annoying pests.” Satoru pulled me tighter.

“You know what does this mean, right?” The eldest of Kunnugi siblings narrowed his eyes.

“Of course I know. Unlike you, I am not stupid.” Satoru answered him sarcastically.

“Then, we also won't hold back.” Kunnugi eldest said.

“What are they talking about?”

“Nothing important, sweet.” He said softly. “Let's get you home, yeah. Enough jump scare for the day.” He grinned and we teleported.

Satoru drew a hot bath and cooked a delicious meal for me. All for the sake that I will forget today's jump scare. “Satoru.”

“Yes, sweet? Do you want a dessert?”

“I am sorry.”

“Why are you saying sorry for?” He tilted his head.

“I…don't know the details. But from Kunnugi eldest words and tone. I… made you do something you hate, didn't I?” I smiled bitterly.

“You misunderstood something, Rai-chan.” He knelt in front of me. “A very big misunderstanding.” He guided my hands to cup his face. “I know from the moment I dispose of that trash, I will be dragged into this pointless fight. I could have chosen not to. But I still do it anyway.”

“Why?”

“Because, those old geezers will definitely push this matter to me no matter what.”

“Can I know what kind of matter it is?”

“Of course.” He smiled and explained how at the top of the vampire hierarchy is the strongest vampire that will be crowned as king or queen. 100 years ago, there was a queen that reigned over them but she suddenly disappeared without a trace. So, they hold a competition again. Vampires will pit against each other with one of their soulmates acting as a master. The rule is simple, a master can have a number of servants (vampires that will fight) to fight against other masters. In fact, the master can even join the fight itself. This was what the previous queen did. She, as a master joined the fight with her only soulmate and reigns supreme over vampires.

Each master was given a candidate mark upon entering. The mark will disappear if the master concedes defeat or is killed. The last one standing is the winner.

“That means… I will be your master?”

“Yeah.”

“Can we just surrender?”

“You can.” He smiled.

“But…”

“But?”

“I hate the fact that we have to surrender.” I frowned.

“Why?”

“Because, Satoru is the strongest and the coolest.” I puffed out my cheeks.

“Rai-chan.” I was caught in a tight hug. “How can you be so loveable like this? I must have saved a planet in my previous life.”

“I am also lucky that Satoru is my soulmate.” I giggled.

“That makes the two of us.” He chuckled. ~”~

A new mark appeared in my hand, this must be the Master mark Satoru talked about. What I am going to do is no different than usual though. I will stay clear of the fight. I don’t want to surrender, but I also don’t want to actively participate in this pointless power strife. After counselling with Satoru, we decided not to do anything but still took precautions for my safety.

It has been a few weeks since I last saw Kunnugi and his soulmate in school. Today, when she arrived at school after her absence, I noticed her change. “…She became vampire…” I mumbled. Her appearance didn’t change greatly, but there are some noticeable changes, and the aura she emitted is obviously different from a few weeks ago.

She was like a rabbit, now she is like a hare… okay, so not much difference. But still a difference nonetheless. Well, as long as she doesn’t cause any trouble for me. Unfortunately, I know it will be the case soon.

“Hisaki-san, can we talk?” She came to my class one day.

“Okay.” I nodded.

“Great, please come with me.” She smiled, pretty haughtily, I might add.

“Rai-chan…” Yae frowned.

“It’s okay. She won’t be doing anything to me.” I assured her. ‘For now.’

“So, what do you want to talk about?” Kurokawa Mayuko led me to the rooftop.

“I guess you have heard about what happened that time.”

“…Yes, I had heard about it.”

“Well, I am just going to give you a piece of advice. You better surrender the battle royal. It’s not something for a human like you to participate.”

‘…So, she did cease to be human…’ I have known from the time I saw her entering the school after her absence.

“And another one since I consider you as fellow Vampire’s soulmate.” She leaned down to my ears. “I am the true soulmate of Gojo Satoru.” She smirked at me.

“…??”

“Don’t you feel weird? He has lived for a long time, but didn’t have a soulmate until he met you?” She snorted.

“…” I frowned.

“He had a soulmate.” She continued. “But that’s not you.” She giggled. “I supposed you had heard about the purpose of this battle royal. Let me tell you the truth then. The Queen that reigned supreme over the vampire is none other than Gojo Satoru’s soulmate.” Her smirk widened at my shocked face.

“Yes, but she suddenly disappeared. She was presumed dead. And I am her reincarnation. I suppose you know what I mean by Gojo Satoru’s true soulmate is me now.”

“But it’s the fact that I am his soulmate now. We also have our soulmate mark. This world has recognized us as soulmates.”

“Fufufufu.” She giggled. “We’ll see who he will choose, his true soulmate, his queen, his everything or you, a little human girl.” She then sashayed away, leaving me alone in the rooftop. ~”~

I know I shouldn’t think about her words deeply. Whoever his soulmate in the past is not my problem now. Besides, I have never heard about changing soulmate… But Satoru is a vampire, who has been living for a long time. There is a possibility that will happen… and what if… he chooses her instead of me… What will I do then…?

The realization hits me like a truck. Will I be alone again? After living together with Satoru, I don’t think I can survive alone again. ‘No no no. There must be some misunderstanding.’ I shook my head, “Let’s ask Satoru.” With that resolve, I go to his company.

“When are you going to tell Rai-chan the truth about our queen? Your soulmate?” I stopped dead in my tracks, my mind was reeling with the conversation I had with Kurokawa.

“She doesn’t need to know about that. It’s not important.”

“She is your soulmate, you know.”

“Suguru, I don’t want her to know about that horrible truth. Once is enough.”

Satoru is right. It’s not important anymore. I am his soulmate now. Not the queen of vampires or whatever. But why… why my tears are not stopping?

‘You are my one and only soulmate.’

“Rai-chan!” The door burst open and I saw Satoru’s worried face.

“…you liar…” I whispered. His hand stops midair, eyes blown wide and he fumbles. I take the chance to run away. Run away from that place, from him and from the harsh cold truth. ~”~

“…-chan… i-chan… Rai-chan!!!!” I weakly open my eyes to that desperate yell. A visage of Satoru, yelling out my name desperately.

“…Sa…toru…?” My voice is weak, my mouth is sore and inside my mouth is sticky with a strong copper smell.

“Rai-chan! Hang on! I will take you to Shoko right now!”

I don’t know who this Shoko is, probably his acquaintance or friend. “…It’s okay…” I shook my head, tried to.

“It’s not okay!”

Ah, I remember meeting one of Kurokawa’s soulmate and then he… I lift my hand, trying to wipe the tears on his face. “Don’t…cry…” Satoru grabbed my bloodied hand.

“I will teleport us now!”

“…No… this is my punishment…for calling you a liar…”

“I don’t care what you call me, it’s fine if you hate me, as long as you live.”

“…Satoru… thank you…for being…my soulmate… Now, you…are free…” I smiled one last time to him. Yes, I am thankful, even for a short time, I have a wonderful soulmate.

“No no no. You can’t leave me again! I won’t allow it!” Satoru looked now limp Raika. He knows he has to do it now, either risk her dying or bear the burden of her hatred. And he will choose the latter. “I am sorry. I know you don’t like that kind of life. But I’d rather you hate me rather than see you dead. Sorry, Rai-chan.” Satoru then bit into his arm, and fresh blood spilt out from the wound. He takes a big gulp and passes the blood to Raika.

*Thump*

All Satoru feels right now is a relief because her heart is beating again. “I need to go to Shoko’s now.” ~”~

“…”

“Rai-chan, you woke up!” I can see Yae and Suguru’s face.

I blink and try to sit up. “Ah, be careful. You are still healing.” Suguru spoke softly.

“It’s fine…” With Yae’s help, I sit on the bed with a pillow propped behind me. “Where is Satoru?”

“Satoru, Rai-chan is calling you.” Suguru looked at the door. Then, tear-stricken and nervous Satoru, along with his now messy suit is hovering in the doorway, hesitating whether to enter or not.

“Satoru, I want a hug.” I held out my hands and Satoru zoomed in quickly, enveloping me with his big frame.

“I will leave you two then.” Yae and Suguru gave us some private time.

“You are alive… I am glad…” I can hear him sniffling a little.

“I am sorry, Satoru.”

“It’s not your fault.” Satoru pulled back a little and shook his head. “I…didn’t want to tell you the truth… It’s not your fault.”

“It’s alright now. I am fine.”

“I… I will tell you all you want to know. So, please promise me you won’t suddenly run away anymore. I… I am fine with you hating me…”

“It’s not fine.” I huffed.

“Rai-chan…”

“I don’t want to hate you.” I scowled. “Besides, it’s not your fault that somebody suddenly decided he wanted to kill me. It’s just an unfortunate incident.”

“Rai-chan… by any chance…” I give him a big smile.

“I am back, Satoru.” Once again, his big frame swallows me whole.

“Welcome back, Rai-chan… Please don’t leave me again…”

“I won’t.”

“Promise?”

“Promise.” I hooked our pinkies together. “Oh, and I am sorry for calling you a liar.” I scratched my cheek. It’s my own fault that I was deceived, I shouldn’t blame this on Satoru.

“I am also sorry for not telling you sooner.” Satoru shook his head. “I know you hate being queen because it’s a lot of work. You also said that you want to live as human… that’s why…”

“That’s why you three worked together and erased my memories when the opportunity arose. Though it was really unexpected opportunity.”

“Rai-chan, you are absolutely not allowed to put yourself in danger. Do you know how scared I was when I saw you took that blow for me!”

“Sorry, my body just moved on my own. By the time I realized it… well…”

“Please, Rai-chan. I don’t care if I was hurt, but I can’t bear to see you hurt.”

“That’s no good, Satoru.” I sighed. “It goes both ways, I also don’t want to see you hurt. That’s why I took the blow. Instead, let’s make a promise, that we won’t die no matter what happened. At least until our time is up. No matter how badly we are injured, we will stay alive together.” I showed him my pinkie again.

“Okay…” Satoru smiled and we made the promise. “Then, this is an oath.” Satoru suddenly stole a kiss from me. “I promise you, I absolutely won’t let anything happen to you from now on.”

“And I promise you that I will make sure that both of us will live until the world decides we lived long enough.” The two of us then share a laughter.

“So, I take it, it’s alright now?” Suguru and Yae came in.

“Ah, Suguru, Yae-chan. It’s not nice eavesdropping on lovers’ intimate moment.” Satoru pouted as he shielded me from them.

“Shut up, Satoru.” Suguru rolled his eyes playfully.

“Welcome back, Rai-chan.”

“I am back, Yae, Suguru.” I smiled.

“Well, what are you going to do now? You two participated in the battle royal, no?” Suguru questioned.

“No problem. I won once, I will win it again. Besides, she dared to name herself as my reincarnation and even started to put her paw on Satoru. Of course I will have to put her in her place now, don’t I?” I smiled while seething.

“Allow us to serve you once again, Your Majesty.” Yae and Suguru knelt down.

“I will allow it.” I smiled. ~”~

After a round of check-ups from Shoko, I was officially discharged. I got an earful from her, however. Shoko instructed me to eat a lot of meals which contain blood drops. However according to Shoko, due to my life as human for the past 100 years. My body changed somewhat. I can eat normal balanced food of humans instead of the special meal for vampires to survive, meaning I don’t need any more blood, well, I can drink if I feel like it.

“Satoru?”

“Hm?”

“Here.” I showed him my neck.

“Rai-chan?”

“You gave me your blood, didn’t you? and knowing you, unless Suguru or Shoko forcefully fed you, you won’t touch blood that isn’t mine.”

Satoru slowly sniffs my neck and lets out a purr. “From now on, I can give you blood. Seems like my body has adapted to the way of humans.” I laughed. The two of us usually feed on each other, but we do sometimes need an external source from bank blood. But the taste is not the same, so we refrain. Fortunately, we are also pure-blood vampires, so we can survive with the tiniest amount of blood.

I can feel Satoru’s fang gliding on my neck, searching for a certain sweet spot and then they sink in. “♥”

The feeling of ecstasy runs through my whole body, spreading fast. I can never get enough of this familiar sensation. Satoru licks every drop of the blood, it’s blasphemy to even let a drop be wasted. The punctures I have on my neck, quickly closed as though it was never bitten.

“Haaa…haa…” Satoru let his head drop on my shoulder, arms encircling my abdomen. He is drunk because of my blood and I am drunk because of the rapture he had given. The two of us stay like that until we come down from our high.

“Rai-chan.”

“What?”

“I love you.”

“I know. I love you too.” I shifted so I could see him face to face.

“We will be together forever.”

“Yes, forever.” I snuggled deeper into his embrace. ~”~

It appears that Kurokawa is absent again. I heard from Suguru she is dominating the royal battle. ‘I see, she wants to save me for the last.’ My mouth quirked up. ‘Must want to see how I cry in a heart-wrenching manner when Satoru choose her over me.’ I snorted. Too bad, I have my own plan of surprise.

A week later, I was confronted by Kurokawa and her seven soulmates. “Hisaki-san, long time no see.” She smiled haughtily, lifting her chin up.

“…W…what do you want?” I backed up.

“You should already know what I want.” She smirked.

“I won’t give you Satoru.” I glared.

“That’s not about what you want or don’t want, human girl.” She snorted. “To be completely honest, I am glad that you survived the last attack. I truly want to see how this will play out in the end.”

“You spoke as if you are not human anymore.” I frowned.

“Good observation.” She giggled. “I am indeed had ceased to be human. I am after all the reincarnation of the vampire queen. It’s my destiny to be a vampire, to be the ruler of the vampire clan.”

“You know it’s forbidden for vampires to turn humans into vampires,” I said.

“Yes, but it’s a different story if they are soulmates. As long as soulmates give their consent, they can turn their own soulmate into a vampire. Of course they will be responsible for training their bloodlust and will accept the consequence if the turned soulmate lost control in public space.” Kunnugi eldest explained.

“…” I didn’t give any rebuttal for their explanation.

“Rai-chan!” Satoru suddenly appeared.

“Satoru!” I rushed to his embrace.

“Gojo Satoru…” Kunnugi siblings are openly glaring at him.

“Satoru-kun…” Kurokawa called and looked at him longingly. Goosebumps broke onto our body and a desire to kill is simmering in my body.

“Don’t call me my name. We are enemies.” Satoru growled.

“You got it wrong, Satoru-kun.” Kurokawa looked as if she was hurt deeply. You know, I really should give her an Oscar award as the female lead and best-supporting award for us. Because despite all of her nonsense, we are still able to make this play.

“I am the reincarnation of your true soulmate. Your queen.” She looked at him with glassy eyes.

“No! Satoru is my soulmate. We have the soulmate mark! The word dictated us as soulmates!” I cried out. I can feel Satoru holding himself back from just glomping and cooing about how cute and precious I am. You see, his mouth is twitching.

“Do you really forget what we have gone through as a couple?” Kurokawa ignored my outburst and kept talking to Satoru. “I know… I know that when I died, I ceased to be your soulmate, and now that I have reincarnated, I have my own soulmates. But the feelings we shared in my previous life are not a lie. I do not wish to fight nor harm you in any way.”

“But you will harm my soulmate.” Satoru glowered.

“As long as she surrenders and promises not to get in my way, I will guarantee her safety,” Kurokawa said.

“I never got in your way!”

“Then, let Satoru choose. Let him choose which one is more important for him. You, his current soulmate or I, his true soulmate.” Kurokawa said as if she was giving out salvation.

‘I will make sure to settle this score later.’

“Satoru…” I looked up at him, looking at him pleadingly. “You can’t go… you are mine…” I hugged his mid-torso tightly.

“Rai-chan… I…” I peer up to him, puffing my cheeks as big as I can. “How should I continue this play if you look at me with such a cute face.” Satoru sighed.

“Because…” I pouted.

“Okay, let’s end the play now, shall we?”

“…okay…” Well, the continuation of this play should be Satoru hesitating and then still choosing me in the end while saying some cheesy line from shoujo manga, but yep, seems like I already don’t care about that.

“Satoru-kun?”

“Don’t call me that. It feels sickening.” Satoru growled.

“Your lost.” I grinned as I snapped my fingers. Bloody spears spring up from the ground, literally stabbing themselves to the unsuspecting 8 soulmates.

“This!”

“Not so fast.” With another snap of fingers, a barrier enveloped and electrified them. “The previous queen’s reincarnation.” I walked closer to Kurokawa. “You sure pretty confident about it.”

“That’s because I am.” She spat. “What are you?! You are just a human girl!”

“Human girl? Heh…” I laughed lightly. “You guys must have been born after the previous queen’s disappearance. And the one who told you such must be Kenjaku.”

“!!!” Their faces told me what I needed to know.

“The first thing I must to settle the score with him after all. Let’s not forget that he tried to harm Satoru.” I made a mental note to myself. “Let me show you what the previous queen looks like.” I smiled.

“Rai-chan.” Suguru and Yae brought up an old painting which was covered in a piece of cloth. Then they pull down the cloth, revealing an old portrait painting of me, exactly 100 years ago.

“You lie!!!!” Kurokawa shrieked.

“Well, whether you believe it or not, it’s not a problem anyway. Since I am going to win this battle royal.” I smiled. “Now, choose… Either you surrender or die.”

“I won’t surrender.” Kurokawa gritted her teeth.

“Suit yourself.” I shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly. “Suguru, Yae. I will let you guys vent out your pent-up stress.”

“We are honoured, Your Majesty.”

So, I am watching the play on the Throne Satoru provided. “…” This might take a while and I am beginning to doze up. Their screams make a good lullaby.

“You sleepy, love?”

“A little.”

“Should we go home?”

“Not yet.” I shook my head.

“We…we surrender!!! Please don’t hurt our soulmates anymore.” Kunnugi eldest finally broke.

“Ah, he broke.” I yawned and stood up. “So, how about it, Kurokawa-san?” I smiled at the girl. How pitiful, she is trembling like a little mouse now.

“I…I…I…I…”

“Speak clearly.” Yae squished her cheek roughly.

“I…I su…surrender…pl…please…no…no…more…” She sobbed.

“That’s great. You should have surrendered from the start.” I nodded happily. Then a loud gong echoes, it’s the sign that the royal is finished. Those old men should come to greet the victor anytime now.

Numerous black cars stop near us and old men come out of the cars. “Yo, long time no see.”

“Greetings, Your Majesty.” They knelt down.

“Oh, you still know I am your ruler? Why are you playing with the royal battle then?”

“…”

“With all due respect, Your Majesty. You were missing for 100 years. We thought it would be better for…” Blood spurted out from his body which had been missing the upper half courtesy of Satoru and it then dropped with a thud.

“So, what are you going to say?” I smiled at them.

“…Welcome back, Your Majesty. We will take care of the rest. Please rest easy.” They said in unison.

“Make sure your explanations please me or else…”

“Yes! Your Majesty.”

“Let’s go.” I hummed. “Ah…” I halted my footstep. “Don’t kill them yet. I still want to play with them.”

“Understood, Your Majesty.”

The throne room is still the same, nothing changes from the moment I was ‘killed’. Now, dressed in imperial clothes with a sceptre leaning on the throne, all my subjects are kneeling down in front of me.

“100 years ago… You better fess up who sneaked Kenjaku in or I will annihilate you all.” I crossed my legs and propped my cheek on the back of my hand.

“Your Majesty, we have killed the traitors. But Kenjaku has been missing for 100 years, right after the attempt of assassination.”

“Tsk. What a slimy bastard.” I clicked my tongue. “Search him out. Even if he is in the corner of the world, drag him back here.” My eyes glowed.

“Understood, Your Majesty.”

“And, bring them here.” 8 prisoners are entering the throne hall, lining up neatly. “Since Kenjaku told you the nonsense about her being my reincarnation. You guys must have met him somewhere. Where is he?”

They gulp because of my pressure. “We don’t know… That man suddenly came up one day and told us about the previous queen and then went away just like that.” The eldest said.

“When was it?”

“Few weeks before.”

“So, he must still be in nearby.” I frowned.

“Rai-chan. It’s not good frowning. Your forehead will wrinkle.” Satoru poked his finger on my forehead. “Don’t worry about Kenjaku, we will definitely find him.” Satoru smiled.

“…okay…” I sighed. “Then, what should we do to them?” I gestured to the prisoners.

“It’s up to you, My Queen.”

“You still haven’t tortured us enough!? You monst-“

Again, fresh blood spurted out from the missing upper half of the body of Kunnugi youngest.

“Kyaaaa!!!!!” Kurokawa shrieked in fear and trembled.

“The punishment of being audacious in front of the supreme ruler is death.” Satoru’s eyes glowed eerily.

“Suguru, use your manipulation to get everything about Kenjaku out of their brain. After that, you can just let the familiars play with them.”

“You!” all of them tried to lunge at me, but the chain they were wearing sent electricity instead. The smell of burning flesh fills the throne room.

“Take them out,” Suguru commanded a few vampires to drag them out.

“Now then, I am going to take a nap.” I stretched my body. “Let’s go, Satoru.”

“Okay, Rai-chan.” Satoru smiled and followed me back to our house, enjoying our time together before having another meeting with Suguru tomorrow.

[torakan]

PART 5

masterpost

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The human WAS stupid after all. It was quite funny to find out that he thought “Rules” was my real name. But it’s not like I was going to correct him or anything… or so I was telling myself a week ago.

At this very moment I was inside one of the kitchen cabinets where this guy stored different types of tea, coffee, some sugar and mugs. What was I doing there? Well, borrowing of course which was suddenly rudely interrupted AGAIN by this mother f… piece of sh… damn, I just realized that I didn’t even know his name. It’s not like I ever needed it of course. And right now, we were just staring at each other for five seconds straight, which honestly felt like three freaking years. My brain went numb, I didn’t have any backup plans for a situation like this. It was 3 in the morning god damn it, why did he suddenly even decide to wake up and open this exact cabinet?!

The second I thought about it, the guy blinked a few times and silently closed the cabinet door.

“What the hell?..” I whispered shocked. It was so weird and felt kind of… wrong? As every other borrower kid, I was always told that humans, when they see borrowers in the open, are always trying to grab them with their hands and who knows what they’re doing about it later if they succeed…

This young man though… he really was something. I was grateful he paid respect for the request I wrote, but that was weird. And before I could stop myself and think, like I usually do, I shouted:

“HEY! Are you blind?!”

I immediately started to regret it and anxiety filled my whole body from head to toes. My heart started racing in panic and I wouldn’t have been able even to attempt to escape right now due to my shaking hands. However, for the first few moments nothing has happened. And then I heard his sleepily creaking muffled yet still loud voice. It wasn’t as booming as I knew it could be, so I was grateful for him trying to speak quieter.

“Um… no?”

I took several deep breaths and thought about the most rational thing to say right now.

“Please, don’t open the cabinet.”

Well done dumbass, I told myself, now he’s gone all curious and he’s for sure going to open it.

“Okay.”

That’s it? Jesus Christ, what is wrong with him?! I had no idea how to act in this situation, nobody had ever prepared me to this.

“R-r-really?” I couldn’t help my voice from shaking.

“Yeah, I mean, I already took my mug, so I don’t need it. And besides, you asked not to bother before, so I won’t. Sorry for disturbing you right now.”

“Wait a sec.”

The guy didn’t say or do anything, so I figured he was waiting for real.

“So, you’re actually considering my feelings?” I asked unsure feeling incredibly stupid.

He sighed.

“Of course.”

“And you… you’re not gonna grab me or anything?”

“No. Who do you think I am?”

“I don’t know man, you’re a human. You could do anything if you wanted to.”

“Okay if that’s the case, let me reassure you that I won’t try to do anything against your will. Erm… but do you give me consent to talk to you?” he added sounding almost hopeful.

I had to think about it. It was obviously dangerously dangerous to talk to him, but at the same time, was it really? It’s not like my family members, or any other borrowers were there to scold me for it, and what’s more important, he didn’t do anything bad to me during this whole time he knew of my existence, right? Heck, even now he was being as respectful as if I was a human too… Maybe… maybe I could give it a try?

“Y-yes. But not too much.” I stuttered a bit, trying to get rid of an instant feeling of regret.

I heard how the guy hummed, probably smiling and said:

“My name is Neil.”

“Okay. Mine is not Rules” I quietly giggled, my nerves were most likely already giving in, and added. “It’s Wax.”

“Nice to meet you, Wax.”

I guess it wasn’t a bad… experience. I was still very wary of what this human’s intentions were, but again, he didn’t try to grab me, nor put me into the jar, nor kill me, nor torture me, nor take a picture of me nor… Okay, enough. I shook my head at it.

Then I herd the guy - Neil - opening the tap and pouring water into his mug. Now that I was almost sure that nothing bad will happen to me, I suddenly noticed how emotionally and physically exhausted I was. My legs were so numb, it felt like they were made of plush, so having no energy left, I, as gracefully as a hoptoad, plopped down on my butt.

“Um… I’m sorry Wax, but I really have to go to sleep right now, so… talk to you later maybe? You’re not going to move out, right?” he asked placing the already empty mug on the counter.

I wasn’t planning on moving out at all but after his question I became quite suspicious. Why did he want to know?

“W-why do you want to know?” I asked directly.

“Oh.”

He thought for a moment and said:

“I guess I just don’t want to cause you any inconvenience. You shouldn’t change your life completely and think that you’re in danger now because of me knowing that you live here. You’re safe around me, I promise.”

I pondered over his words a bit and decided to believe him. In vain, probably.

“Okay. G-good night then, Neil.”

“Good night.”

yaaay now we finally know their names 🤭

anyway, hope you enjoyed ^^

tags: @gtzel @smallsday @alserm @reddish-ash

[lucy90712]

Pedri- Hurt

A/n: my requests are open so feel free to send me more requests.

wc: 1900+

Playing football professionally is great especially when you are at the top of your game but it's also a lot of pressure as you have to stay in peak physical condition and perform every match. I have been very lucky with these things so far as I haven't really had any big injuries and have managed to work hard and work my way to the Barcelona womens team. To start with it was incredibly stressful and I was just really overwhelmed but then I met my boyfriend Pedri and he really helped me become more confident in my ability and I've not looked back since.

With Pedri also being part of Barcelona we often get to go to training together but usually we aren't able to watch each other play as our matches are at different times and in different places but this weekend our schedules aligned and so Pedri is coming with me to my match. Knowing that he's going to be there has had me even more motivated than usual in training as I love to show him what I can do even though he already knows. When we go to each other's matches we are allowed to travel together as we are both part of the team which I love as I really hate flying so having someone to distract me helps. Pedri is really good at distracting me in general as before a match he will have me laughing instead of sitting in a corner panicking which is quite a feat as usually no one can stop my pre match panic.

Luckily this match wasn't too far so the flight wasn't too long but I still spent the entirety of the flight cuddled up to Pedri while we watched part of a movie. We watched the rest of the movie while on the bus from the airport which is normally when I start to get nervous but today I was still quite relaxed and that's all because I had Pedri with me. Once we had arrived there was still quite a while before the game so we had a lot of time to kill which pretty much always means just laying down together as it's relaxing and means we aren't doing anything that uses too much energy. To keep my brain focused on something other than the match Pedri put on our favourite show as he knows that I'll pay attention to that.

After doing nothing for a few hours it was time for us to head to the stadium but first I had to do my hair as I always find it hard to do when I'm nervous as my hands just don't want to work. I had already changed into the clothes we are supposed to wear into the stadium and was standing in front of the full length mirror trying to braid my hair as that's how I usually wear it during a match. Usually I'm very good at doing my hair as I've been doing it for years but for some reason I was really struggling to get it right today. Pedri watched me do the same part over and over again until he had clearly had enough as he got up and stopped me doing my hair before taking over. I just watched him in awe as I didn't think he would be any good at hair but he did it better than I do sometimes. Once he was done we headed down but along the way I had to ask how he knew what to do and he just told me that he's watched me enough that's he's learnt.

When we reached the stadium Pedri had to leave but I knew I'd get to see him before I go out on the pitch which made me feel a bit better. Like usual we did a warm up as a team before properly getting ready which is when my nerves really started to kick in and I took myself off to a corner like usual to try and calm down. My methods didn't work too well but eventually we left the locker room and Pedri was waiting for me right outside so I went straight over to him and he pulled me into a hug. He held on for a little while before pulling away and letting his hands on my cheeks to get me to look in his eyes.

"You got this love go show them what you're made of" he said

"I will" I replied smiling

"Go on I'll be cheering for you in the stands" he said giving me one last kiss and then left to go and sit down

We got out onto the pitch and before I knew it the game had started but I quickly got into the game and was completely focused on looking for space to run into or who to pass to. My methods seem to work pretty well usually and today they seem to be doing the same as after 20 minutes I got the ball and ended up running all the way to the goal and scoring. When I scored I searched for Pedri in the crowd and when I noticed him he was smiling ear to ear and gave me a thumbs up which filled me with even more motivation. Just after half time it happened again there was a whole lot going on but I got given the ball and had no one else to pass it to so I just went for it and the ball went right past the goalkeeper and into the back of the net. This time I decided to do Pedri's usual celebration seeing as he was watching and plus it will give people something to talk about after the game.

Things were going well after I scored as I got the ball again and was making a run but then I was tackled and the other player completely missed the ball hitting my ankle instead. I heard a pop followed my a sharp pain going from my heel all the way up my leg. Right away I knew it was something serious as I've never felt so much pain in my life especially when I tried to move my ankle it was excruciating. I hate crying about injuries while on the pitch but this time I couldn't help it but I covered my face instead so now one could see. The medics were quickly by my side and asking me where my pain was and trying to assess me. They quickly worked out that I was not going to be able to continue so they helped me get up and walk off the pitch and straight down the tunnel to the physio room so I could have my injury assessed to know the extent of it.

I was laying there on my own for a while until I heard the door open so I looked up to see that it was Pedri not the physio. I tried to offer him a smile but I think it was pretty obvious that I wasn't actually happy and really was in a lot of pain. He came and stood by my side taking hold of my hand and rubbing it gently while he leant down to give me a kiss. With both of us being footballers he knows exactly what it's like to be injured and be worrying about if and when you'll be able to play again so he didn't bother asking me if I was alright because he knew the answer would be no. Instead he just sat by my side and had the game on his phone so I could still see what was going on which I appreciated as it distracted me for the pain.

Eventually the physio came in and did all the usual checks on my ankle as well as some other things before telling me that I'd been very lucky as I'd had a few tears in different muscles but my achilles tendon was ok so my recovery will likely be a few weeks instead of a few months. As much as it was nice to know that my injury wasn't as bad as it could be it didn't make the pain I'm feeling right now any better which is what was taking over most of my thoughts. Sadly the physio didn't do anything other than strap my foot up and give me some crutches so as soon as they left I tried to get up so that me and Pedri could go and get some painkillers.

Just as I was about to grab my crutches Pedri stopped me and instead picked me up bridal style so that I didn't have to walk at all. He first carried me to the locker room so I could get my things and see my team as the match was over now and we had won 2-1. When everyone was ready to go he carried me to the bus which was taking us back to the hotel so we could then go back to the airport and fly back home. Once we reached the hotel Pedri left me to pack while he ran and got some painkillers for me so that I could be at least a little more comfortable on the flight back. The entire flight and then drive back home Pedri kept checking that I was ok and if I needed anything and even when I said that I was fine he still melt an eye in me to make sure I wasn't lying.

When we finally got back home I was exhausted but there was still so many things I had to do before going to bed I mean I didn't even shower after the game so that's definitely top of my priority list. Once we got inside I finally got hold of my crutches and used them to make my way up the stairs to the bathroom which was difficult but I eventually made it only for Pedri to join me in less than a second and rush past me to turn the shower on for me. He helped me get ready and then left me to shower by myself but when I came out he had set clothes out ready for me which made me smile as it was some shorts and one of his hoodies which he wore the other day so I knew it would smell like him.

Once I had changed Pedri came back in the room with some food for the both of us which we ate in bed while watching my favourite film which I have seen a million times but I still love watching. After eating Pedri took the plates back to the kitchen but quickly came back and got into bed with me pulling me close to him straight away so naturally I rested my head on his chest so that I could listen to his heartbeat as I find it calming. We laid there in silence as he stroked my hair and I listened to the calming rhythm of his heartbeat for a while before I began to drift off to sleep so Pedri kissed my cheek and started to whisper in my ear.

“Goodnight my love” he whispered

“Goodnight oh and thank you for taking care of me” I whispered back

“No need to thank me I’ll be taking care of you until you are ready to get back to training anyway” he said

“Thank you” I said just loud enough for him to hear before I let sleep consume me