#kaider kids

[impossiblesuitcase]

If Captain is king, then naturally Cress is queen. So I believe Thorne would call their daughters, 'my princesses.'

Now when Kai and Cinder tell their daughter that she is a princess, little Peony thinks, "oh yeah, just like my friends." When she wears a ballgown and tiara, her friends wear tutus and plastic crowns. And all the TV shows say that, "anyone can be a princess."

So when she is sitting on her father's lap at a press conference, and a journalist asks her, "do you feel special because you are a princess?" she firmly responds that, "everyone is a princess!"

This wins over the hearts of all, and although they agree it's adorable, Cinder and Kai have to teach her that, "yes, everyone is special. But Peony—you are an actual princess."

[wassupnye]

Are we ever going to talk about those 18 kisses kaider shared aboard the rampion cause?? #1, we never got to read most of those, and #2, that’s quite a bit for two people who weren’t even official yet so damnn they were in LOVE

[gingerale2017]

did i start writing a michelle x rikan fic on the plane? yes i did.

[natysmalls]

The rampion crew asking their s.o if they would still love them if they were a worm:

Kaider

kai: if i was...idk...a worm. would you still love me?

cinder: why would i do that?

kai: CINDER

cinder: would i know you? would you be able to speak? because i wouldn't love a worm that makes snarky remarks all the time, the only thing keeping this relationship alive is this beautiful face of yours!

kai: *stares at her*

cinder: i'm kidding.

Wolflet

wolf: would you still love me if i was a worm?

scarlet: yeah, why?

wolf: just asking

Cresswell

cress: you would love me even if i was a worm, right?

throne: i mean, it depends...? someone turned you into one, or were you always a worm?

cress: *offended* it shouldn't matter!

thorne: this doesn't make sense to me

Jacinter

winter: would you still love me if i was a worm?

jacin: would i be a worm too?

winter: only if you wanted to

jacin: i would like to be a worm with you

winter: *smiles*

[just2bubbly]

So apparently I decided to write fluff after a long long time and I'm quite proud of myself for that! :)

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Romantic Diversions

Ship: Kaider

Words: 925

Genre: Fluff

Kai's Perspective:

Dhsam!

The door was opened with a loud bang which caused Kai to stir from his work. This uninvited disturbance gave rise to subtle anger and he was ready to pounce on the individual who had decided to barge in his cabin in such a dramatic fashion. 

Regardless, he didn't do any of that since the person who was standing at the door was his own wife. He smiled at her sight, expecting the generic 'Did I disturb you?' from her but she had more surprising cards up her sleeves today. Her theatrical entry just led to an even bigger bouncy voice. 

"I can't believe you did that?!" she cried as she pulled a seat before him. That phrase left him more baffled than ever. Cinder wasn't the one for dramatic flair if truth be told- he was the theatre kid out of the two. 

"What did I do?" he questioned, the file he was working on completely forgotten. 

"Look," she said as she passed the tablet to him. Kai was really curious about what he had done that had got Cinder so excited so he looked into the screen without asking any further questions. 

The screen played a video: 

"Your Majesty, would you like to say anything about the lack of apprehension-" some reporter asked before being interrupted by another.

Kai was not expecting to be chased by a mass of reporters as he flew back home. Alas, he was having a press conference in the airport parking lot right now and he definitely wasn't prepared for this one. 

"Goodness, is that Dr Alan Coetze I see there," he exclaimed- seeing the familiar face of the scientist who talked in a language Kai wasn't quite fluent in. Cinder used to love watching his shows and Kai had seen them from time to time too.

"My wife, the Empress is a big fan of Dr Coetze. You would have to excuse me. I need to have his autograph. My wife would be sorely disappointed if I let down this chance," he explained as he tried making his way towards his saviour. 

The press seemed taken aback by his words, having a hard time believing that it was the Emperor gushing about a European scientist who had just won the Nobel Peace Prize for his thesis. 

"But you are the Emperor, Your Majesty-" someone argued, trying to put sense in him. 

"So what? You don't have any idea how inconsiderate intelligent people are towards royalty," he noted. His arguments made little sense but he needed an escapade and this crazily intelligent man that was standing a few yards from him was going to give him exactly that. 

"Your Majesty, you don't- " 

"I understand it's your work but you do have to be a little understanding about my situation too. My anniversary is getting closer and what better gift than the autograph of Dr Alan Coetze. You would have to excuse me for now. However I promise you, there will be a press conference in New Beijing and I look forward to seeing you all there." 

..

"Oh goodness!" Kai laughed and looked up, his wife's contagious smile made him smile more. 

"I can't believe you said it!" she gushed again. 

"Well, I had a flight to attend and the press wasn't going anywhere. I had to make some diversions," he elaborated, passing the tablet back to her. If he knew anything, he was sure this news was everywhere by now. 

"You're telling me the world's best diplomat needed a romantic diversion?"

"You're never gonna let this one go, are you?" he asked, knowing very well the answer to that question, instead he focused on signing the bottom of the page. 

"That isn't going to be the problem. Next press conference everyone is going to talk about this and this only," she pointed out, forgetting to mention that she too was going to make multiple jokes at his expense. 

He glanced at her, thinking how if these small diversions were what made her smile ear to ear then Kai would be likely to commit more of them every now and then. 

"Nothing that a small 'I love my wife' can't suffice." 

"Which reminds me - you said 'my wife' so many times throughout the entire thing." 

"I have a lovely wife. You can't forbid me from bringing her up all the damn time," he said. 

"Stars, I can't believe you," she continued to say, glancing back at the video before whispering, "I love my wonderful husband too." 

"Shh, don't let my wife hear about this. She gets quite protective," he smirked, throwing a wink in her direction. 

That made her chuckle again as she leaned over the desk to whisper in his ear, "Where's my autograph, Your Majesty?"

He tipped to stare into her brown orbs and replied, "I think I said it was an anniversary gift."

Before closing the inches between the two, he murmured, "Wait your time kitten." Cinder captured his lips with hers, her hands holding the back of his neck. One of his hands spread across her cheek, as he deepened the -

Tring! Tring!

The kiss was cut short by the comm that rang through Cinder's tablet and both of them groaned over it. 

"I'd see you at dinner," Cinder said, getting up from her seat. She was almost out of the door when she looked over her shoulder and announced, "I better have an autograph." 

Kai chuckled at the demand and had a delighted feeling for having met the scientist that day.

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A/N: Wrote this because I have got myself fixated on this power celebrity couple and they had a fun banter on the media and I couldn't help but imagine it for Kai and Cinder. It seems a lil unrelaistic but it's mostly the modern day alteration of the royalty and media. Hope you like it! <333

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[therealkaidertrash21]

For some reason I have an hc that the kaider kids would do modelling campaigns here and because I’d imagine the three being GORGEOUS, coming from Kai and Cinder of course. Additionally, their parents are both tall, and with kai’s sharp features, I bet tons of businesses would want their kids (when they’re more mature) on their covers, or some agencies would scout them. But it wouldn’t be like a job or regular thing, more like an occasional thing, especially if the organization is supporting a good cause. Mind you, Kai’s had his face on a cereal box as a teen, so I don’t think him or cinder would be too opposed to the idea of their Blackburn kids being the face of something. It’s an iconic power move for that company though

I think Cinder would be a little against it first, when they're still toddlers but she would agree when they're a bit older. She doesn't want them to work so young. But she trusts Kai when he says it's fine, and she agrees because her children seem excited to do it. And when she sees the pictures she melts, because her kids ARE very cute. They probably send her the official pictures the brand is going to use, plus some in which the children are laughing and playing and those are her (and Kai's) faves.

On the other hand, Kai has no problem with letting them. He's actually kind of excited. But only because he will be there for every single minute of it. He goes with them every time and makes sure they are okay and comfortable. And he gets to decide which outfits he likes better.

Oh, and at least for the first ones, Torin demands to go too. He is the one that accompanied Kai when he was younger, after all.

[oceanspray5]

"The Great War" on Midnights is a Kaider song if I've ever heard one. Simultaneously "You're On Your Own, Kid" is 100% a Cinder song and " Snow on the Beach" could be both Cinder and Kai but I'm leaning more towards Kai. Basically this entire album is very Kaider coded and I will probably add more of my thoughts when I have the time + energy but anyway... Midnights is for Kaider. Thank you Taylor.

[mirrorballsss]

assign each TLC couple a taylor swift album and why

*cracks every bone im my body* glad you asked

(i’m mentally sane now to answer this after watching eras tour via twitter live tweets last night)

i’ve done something like this before but i’m just gonna do a more in depth version here so here we go:

kaider: midnights- ight i used to say folklore but i’ve changed my mind they’re actually midnights. i feel like the album talks a lot of like the public’s eye of like taylor and her realtionships and i feel liek it really reflects kaider and a lot of songs are literally them and it’s just so UGH like most of the albums are just like feelings it’s not really a super explanation lol

songs to prove my point: lavender haze, anti hero, snow at the beach, you’re in you’re own kid, …question?, (kinda) labyrinth, karma, sweet nothing, the great war

wolflet: evermore and 1989- it’s totally the vibes that make evermore totally wolflet coded lol but liek it just fits them like they just go hand and hand IM SORRY THESE ARE TERRIBLE EXPLANTIONS JUST TRUST ME. but, i feel like 1989 also has some songs on it that really just match their story and work for them :).

songs that prove my point: majorie, evermore, out of the woods (i am so sorry for the limited songs for them they were honestly really hard)

cresswell: fearless or lover- cresswell is very old taylor but also very lover coded. like it’s very like fun and fluffy and there’s a lot of cress pining and she’s also like such a taylor swift coded character so like yeah. but like i feel like the albums both show like love in like a cresswell way? and like it just works I AM ASO BAD AT THIS WTF

songs that prove my point: (kinda) cruel summer, (kinda) i think he knows, paper rings, AFTERGLOW, love story, fearless, all of the girls you loved before

jacinter: debut and folklore- ODD CHOICES IK but i feel like début is very like friends to lovers just like them and like very we’ve-known-each-other-since-the-womb-and-im-in-love-with-you just like them so yeah. and folklore is kinda like word mysterious vibes which gives winter so yeah this is the best explanation out of the four lmao

songs to prove my point: mary’s song (oh my oh my oh my), i’m only me when i’m with you, (kinda) our song, cardigan, seven, mad women (for winter), hoax

and that’s my shitty explantions lol. if anyone has questions about any of this pls ask and i will do my best to clarify everything. it was honestly hard like finding 1-2 albums and like only using songs off of those albums lol.

also if anyone wants to add their opinions on anything your more than welcome too!!

tysm for thé ask @hamduuye i had so much fun doing it honestly!!

[salt-warrior]

I’m going to tell my future kids about you and your perfect kaider fan fics. I don’t know anyone who has written them as perfectly as you

I am the most honored, anon. I bow before thee and bless thy future children with all the chaos in my being<3

[linh-cindy]

ah yes look at them. look at my two kids pissing off bothering their brother.

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[bookslikemovies]

*Cinder’s Adventure spoilers*

OK, it’s 3am and I decided to read through the endings of Cinder’s Adventure (I’ll go back and do the routes properly - I just needed to see if there was more wedding content because I have ZERO patience) and some of those endings were terrifying omg?! I never want to read about Cinder being killed or never being seen again or forgetting her memories EVER AGAIN

I thought the ending where Cinder ends up in her booth thinking she dreamt the entire series only for her to be in Chapter 1 of the first book was really cute, and I loved the one where she wakes up from a nightmare and Kai suggests they go stress eat in the palace kitchens (because I have read way too many fanfics where Kai comforts Cinder when she gets a bad dream…my HEART)

Obviously the actual wedding and the ending where Cinder and Kai have kids are my absolute favourites 😭 GIVE ME MORE DOMESTIC KAIDER PLS

While I’ve only done two routes I think that, despite the strangeness of the whole thing, the novella is a lot of fun and it’s just so nice to get new TLC content that I will literally eat up anything Marissa decides to write (even though it’s not canon - but I’m defo taking some of it as official…you can pry a Kaider wedding scene from my cold dead hands after all this time waiting for some crumbs!!)

I’ve laughed so much at various scenes so far as well it’s ridiculous - what do you guys think of this ebook??

[impossiblesuitcase]

Do Cinder and Kai’s children technically have royal blood from both parents? That’s another cool aspect to think about because in a way, Linh Cinder isn’t just some random person, she’s ((was)Queen) Selene Blackburn

Cinder and Kai's kids are 100% royalty. Their parents were both the regnant rulers of their respective countries. If they had married a commoner or even a member of the aristocracy, their children would only be half royal by blood. But because Cinder and Kai are both the heir apparent, their children are literally the most royal a person can get.

Yes, Cinder did dissolve the Lunar monarchy, nullifying her royal status. But that doesn't change the history of her blood. And the Lunars have proven very loyal to her; even when she has abdicated, they still view her as their "lost queen." So her children would still be considered important--even royal--to the average Lunar citizen, making them in function the Prince or Princess of Luna. This is like when Charles and Diana divorced. Diana was technically no longer Princess of Wales, but the people adored her so much that she was still called Princess Diana.

[deprivedmusicaljunkie]

ummmm kaider are pressured into having kids (kai needs an heir) and have a weird relationship with their daughter because of that, wolflet have too many children and go into poverty, cress gets pregnant and thorne breaks up with her, being an in-and-out father figure in his child’s life, jacinter adopts a cat and are looking at this shitshow from their fucking penthouse suite in luna.

[thesnakethatmarches]

I AM LOOSING MY MIND AT SOME OF THE ENDINGS IN THE CINDER WEDDING NOVELLA

(the one where everyone including the Heartless characters live happily ever after?? 😭😭😭)

[shellyseashell]

For some reason I feel like kai and cinder’s child would be really dramatic. Like:

Peony, sprawled out on her bed: existence is pain and this house is my prison

Kai, who was exactly like that at her age: I have taught you well

[just2bubbly]

I know this can be a bit distressing but I want a story where Kai is older where he remembers his love what he still feels for Cinder, this is just a story please thanks for the answer

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Thank you for sending in this ask, nonnie, it was a bit distressing since I couldn't find a new reason to make these two fall apart but not to worry about that, I used my big brain and was creative enough to make something up. Hoping it serves you well! :)

Old Roses on a Summer Breeze

Ship: Kaider

Words: 1.7k

Genre: Angst

A/N: SOSN isn't canon in this fic, Future fic

Kai's Perspective:

"Yes, Torin. Do make time on my schedule for this coming Saturday evening. There's an event at Tara's school." He informs, shuffling through the pages of the manuscript Torin had brought.

"Are you the guest?" 

"Ha, for once I'm not. They have some school performance, I'm going to see her," he says.

Torin smiles fondly, both the men thinking about the little kid that made Palace delightful. 

"Boo!" someone cheered loudly.

"Fu- oh my stars," he cuts his swear word as he sees Tara," we did talk about this, no coming here alone."

"But Da, I wanted to surprise you," she reasoned.

"I mentioned it multiple times, Da's office has important documents." 

"Well I came in to show you something," she said, trying to save herself from scoldings.

"And couldn't it wait till we sat down for dinner?"

"Maybe not," she goes, coming ahead to sit in the chair before him.

Kai nods at her antics, Torin eyeing him. 

Sighing he closes the document he was reading, "Then off it with, love."

"Can Torin-da give us a moment?" she asks politely.

"Tara, are you sure it can't wait till dinner, I have some work to complete."

"I'd take only 5 minutes," she begged, making puppy eyes at him.

"Kai, it's ok. I'd come back again in a while. Does that work fine for you Tara?" Torin chuckled, coming to rescue the child.

"You are the best, Torin-da!" she announced, giving him a cheeky smile.

Exasperated, Kai gave in to their schemes, signalling to his advisor that he would ring him once he was done with Tara. His daughter brought her precious thing to his table as soon as Torin was out of the room. 

"I drew us," she says with pride lacing her voice, "You, me and Mama."

"That's wonderful. Can I see it?" He requested.

"Obviously," Tara murmurs, her words carrying a trace of sarcasm, a trait she had inherited from him.

The picture she drew was wonderful and he wasn't biased towards his daughter. She had a certain level of artistic skills that was beyond her age. She drew pictures better than her parents, provided none of them were good artists themselves.

"You will be such a fantastic artist in the future. I have to admit you look very beautiful in this," he comments.

"You always say I look beautiful," she said accusingly.

"Because you always do," he chuckled.

"Would you like to hang it?" she questioned. 

"Maybe. We can put it in the drawing room or the living room."

"I mean in the office," she clarifies.

"Oh," he says," You think so?"

"Yes, you have a portrait of you and Mum and me when I was a kid. You don't have a family picture at your desk," she explains.

"That's quite thoughtful of you."

"What does that mean?"

"It means you are clever to notice I don't have a family photo at the desk."

She nods and remembering her manners she thanks him.

"I think my desk has too many pictures already, how about we hang it on the wall? So every time you come here you can see it."

"But you said not to come in here."

"And let's change that to when 'you come here accompanied'."

He cleared as they walked towards the gallery in his cabin, where he had hung images of significant events in his life. His parents and him, later his dad and him, Torin and his family, his wedding day, Tara's birth and so many uncountable events.

"We would have to remove something for this to fit in?" he said aloud.

"We could remove that one," she said pointing out to a frame in the top left corner.

"Let me see," he said looking towards the picture she pointed. It was the Rampion Crew on Scarlet and Wolf's wedding day, young people with dreams of immense happiness. 

"That has many of Da's friends. Maybe something else," he convinced, trying to not think much about the picture.

"I have never seen them. Why don't you invite them for New Year like we invite Mum's friends?"

"They live far away and are just too busy to come, Tara."

"Friends make time for each other, that's what Mum says," she countered. 

Having nothing to say to that, he changes the topic," Let's find some other picture."

"This one? " she suggested to the set of the same individuals in different places.

"Maybe we could take that one down," he concedes unwillingly.

They do remove it, much against his wish. Once they do, he smoothens the corner of his daughter's drawing to put in the frame. 

"Tada," she cheered when their work was done, both staring at the wall. 

"It does look nice," he admires.

"I'm born talented," she bragged, drawing a chuckle out of Kai. Tara is lost in her moment of glory and pride, her father holding himself from going down a path of nostalgia and grief. 

"Are you sad because we removed your friends from your gallery?"

"No darling, Da is so happy to see your drawing in his gallery."

"Then do you miss your friends?"

"Yes, Da is sad because he misses his friends," he says, trying to keep his sorrow from coming back to him. 

"Then you can call them and tell them you miss them," she suggests like a wise lady. He wishes he could find enough courage to do so.

"This New Year, we will invite them over. What do you say?" he asks, taking his child in his arms and carrying her to the couch. 

"Yes, I'm excited to meet all your friends," she cheered, her hands taking the old photo from the table and looking at it closely. 

"I know this lady. Teacher Yamin taught us about her. She is the Queen of Luna before forming a demo-mo something," she fumbles "--democratic government," Kai provides.

"Yes, she is the Queen Selene Blackburn of Luna, the last of her lineage," Kai explained, but to him, she was just Cinder, the mechanic, the revolutionary, one of his past mistakes- nothing that Tara needed to know. 

"I didn't know you were friends with the Queen, Da."

"I'm friends with the Queen, I'm friends with a lot of famous people. Even Queen Camilla."

"You don't have Queen Camilla's picture on the wall," she pointed. 

His daughter was a wise lady he thought.

"Queen Selene was better friends than Queen Camilla," he explained. 

"How is she?" she asked incredulously.

"Like all Queens are, Tara." He gave away nothing, Cinder had no place in his present especially not as a role model for his daughter. Daiyu was enough of a role model for her.

Before she could go on being a curious child, Kai decided to cut the conversation short. Glancing at the time and in relief said, "Your time's up, love. Torin must be waiting for me. I'd see you at dinner."

She said her goodbyes and walked out of the room, leaving Kai sitting behind on the couch. 

Going against his better judgment, he picked that photograph. It was years ago- when Kai's only worry was being able to follow in his father's footsteps. Cress had clicked it while Thorne and Cinder had teased him to no end about his first time eating street food. Those were some happy days, he remembered. 

He stood up, walked towards the wall and smiled proudly over his daughter's drawing. His eyes were drawn slowly to the other pictures on the wall, the ones he hadn't paid much attention to in the latter years.

Scarlet's wedding, Cinder's coronation, the first Lunar Ball, Kai's failed attempts at baking cakes- some scattered images of friendship and love all hung around on this very wall. 

With how slowly things fell apart, Kai didn't have much scope to pinpoint where things went wrong. One moment there were talks of forever and the other moment he had just never found time to know her, for her to know him. When visits became infrequent and talks always began with 'talk to you later', Kai knew it was a slow change but it had crept on them like dust being ladden on old clothes. And just like that he didn't feel so giddy about proposing and when they had opportunities to meet his excitement had a lingering feeling of impending doom. 

Kai was 18 when he fell in love with Cinder, 6 when he was fascinated with Selene and at 25 he had fallen out of love with both Cinder and Selene. Somewhere along the way she did too. No one to blame but themselves- not the distance or prejudice that separated them. Just not quite knowing each other after years of dating, "You were the best thing that happened to me, Kai." She had said the last time they had talked. 

From what he had learned, Cinder had moved on quickly too. Just because you find new people doesn't mean you stop loving old ones, Kai even after his marriage and children was still harbouring a soft spot for Cinder. No remorse over his situation now, he won't change his wife and daughter for anything in the world. He just felt sad over a possibility that could have happened if he was a simple man with basic needs. He had found his love in Cinder and his forever in Daiyu, his feelings for Cinder were just a recollection of the past like old roses on a summer breeze. Something pain strikingly beautiful but not meant for you. 

The phone rang and saved him from further getting carried down an old road he had memorised by heart. It was Torin.

"Yes, she went. You can come along. Also could you please arrange a box for me, I'd like to keep some things aside," he requested.

He collected all of the images of his friends and set them aside. If Tara continued her musings, he would need a bigger space to hang her paintings. Only one remained, Cinder's coronation with all of them smiling down at the camera thinking they had seen the worst of days.

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A/N: This fic felt like writing about 'Sometimes Love Stays' from Kai's perspective and it's just better to accept things and move on than lament over it and I know it's easier said than done but it's the harsh truth, I hate it too.

Taglist: @gingerale2017 @salt-warrior @slmkaider @cinderswrench @cindersassasin @impossiblesuitcase @kaider-is-my-otp @cosmicnovaflare @fangirlforever0704 and lemme know if anyone wants to be tagged.