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Hilary folded her hands tightly around her chest, rubbing her palms against her arms to spread as much warmth as possible across her body. She glanced sideways and saw that her best friend was in the same boat, or maybe feeling much worse than her since she had decided to don a sleeveless top while a portion of Hilary’s arms were still covered. Today was supposed to be just another girl's day out for the two of them, a little bit of shopping and some gossiping as they stuffed their faces with dessert and frappes. Until the usually sombre July sky turned dark and unleashed a torrent of rain down upon them without a warning. They had been indoors so thankfully the two hadn’t gotten drenched, but the cold winds that tagged along with the rain didn’t do them any good when they’d dressed for a breezy summer day.

“How long do you think he’ll take?” Charlie asked, her teeth chattering slightly as she spoke.

“The speed at which Tyson prefers to drive, he should be here in the next few minutes,” Hilary murmured, unable to hide her disdain towards her boyfriend’s speeding habits from her voice. 

“Great, I wouldn’t mind if he skipped a few signals either.”

“Charlie!” Hilary shot an indignant look in the blonde’s direction, she wasn’t much fond of her friend’s driving habits either she realised.

They’d made the decision to wait in the parking lot together since the air conditioning of the mall above seemed to be running at max capacity, but once the winds outside picked up the pace again, a strong chill passed through the dark and damp basement, making Hilary miss the bright surroundings of the shopping mall. Just as she was about to suggest that they were better off heading back upstairs, a flash of light up ahead alerted her of a car entering the lot and Hilary’s mood perked up instantly. She’d explained exactly where they were waiting to Tyson on the phone so when the red hood of his classic Cadillac came into view, she breathed a sigh of relief and heard Charlie do the same next to her. She had never been happy with the amount of money Tyson had spent in remodelling this old car, especially when he could’ve just bought a new one by spending much less, but currently, she rejoiced at the sight of it being parked in front of her.

Tyson got out of the driver’s seat which was expected but Hilary did a double take when she saw the door from the passenger side open and Kai stepped out. He shut the door behind him and walked around the car to join the rest of them. Hilary glanced at her friend to see that she was equally surprised by Kai’s appearance.

“Thank you for coming at such short notice, I hope I didn’t interrupt anything important.” Hilary turned her attention back to Tyson, passing him a grateful smile.

“Just a very long game of shogi.” Tyson shrugged as he returned her smile.

Over the years Tyson and Kai had found many other games to compete over as they slowly outgrew the beyblading phase, with their current obsession being shogi or traditional Japanese chess. Hilary had to admit, however, that she was a little jealous of how the two had quickly picked up on the complicated rules while she and Kenny had struggled to finish even one game without turning to the rules booklet for help. Rei had mentioned something about the attack and defence strategy in the game resembling beyblading but Hilary found that hard to believe.

Before Hilary could explain just how badly the two girls needed to wrap themselves inside a warm blanket, she found Tyson’s brown eyes studying her carefully. It didn’t take him too long to guess that she was cold and he instantly took off his denim jacket, draping it around her shoulders with a smile. Hilary didn’t waste a minute putting her arms into the sleeves and wrapping the jacket tightly around her chest, letting Tyson’s warmth wash away the numbness that the cold air had left her with. She whispered another thank you as Tyson shook his head dismissively, putting one arm around her shoulder and bringing her closer towards him.

Her eyes then fell on Charlie who was still standing with her arms crossed across her chest as an occasional shiver passed through her body. Kai stood next to her, watching her with the same look Tyson had held a few minutes ago, but not moving forward to help her. When Charlie noticed that Hilary had managed to cover up thanks to Tyson, she looked up at Kai and narrowed her green eyes at him. It was obvious that Kai knew what Charlie was trying to say but Hilary almost rolled her eyes as she noticed a smirk tugging at his lips.

“Well?” Charlie asked, her voice reeking of impatience.

“Well, what?” Kai responded in his usual monotonous tone.

Charlie shot a pointed look towards her and Tyson but Kai stood still, challenging the blonde’s request with a poker face. Next to her, Hilary heard Tyson stifle a snicker but she didn’t really understand why either of the boys would think this was funny. Charlie seemed to agree with her because she could only hold Kai’s gaze for a minute before she threw up her hands in frustration and tugged at his sweatshirt.

“Give me your sweatshirt!”

“Give me your sweatshirt, please,” Kai repeated her words dryly, emphasising his addition with a smirk.

“Oh for god’s sake Kai, she’s freezing!” Hilary knew that there was no point in trying to get in the middle of a conversation between these two but she also lacked self-control when it concerned her friends.

She watched as colour flooded Charlie’s pale cheeks, though out of anger or embarrassment, Hilary couldn’t tell. While for a minute it did seem like Charlie was considering Kai’s request but it didn’t surprise anyone when instead of yielding she pushed Kai away with the unusual amount of strength she possessed despite her petite frame and yanked open the car door of the back seat. She climbed in without sparing any of them a glance and slammed the door shut, at which Tyson protested for her to be more gentle with his vehicle.

Kai looked stunned that Charlie hadn’t played along with his stupid request and when the realisation that he’d made a mistake dawned on him, he slapped a hand to his forehead and hurriedly walked around to get in the car from the other side, possibly hoping to do some damage control.

“Guess who’s sleeping on the couch tonight,” Tyson muttered in her ear and despite of how annoyed she felt with Kai, Hilary cracked a smile. She looked up at him and when their eyes met, they came to a silent agreement that they’d wait outside and give their friends some time to make up.

Their consideration wasn’t needed however as in just a few minutes, Charlie rolled down the window of her side and shot the two of them a dangerous glare.

“Do you lovebirds need a special invitation to get in so we can finally head back home?”

Tyson and Hilary shook their heads in unison and Charlie rolled the window back up.

“Oh, he’d be lucky if he gets to even sleep inside the house tonight,” Hilary said quietly after Charlie’s angry face disappeared behind the glass.

“I’m so glad I brought him along, he makes me look like the boyfriend of the year in comparison.” Tyson grinned at her as he removed his arm from her shoulders so the two could settle inside the car too.

Before Hilary turned away from him, she got on her toes and rubbed her nose playfully against his, clutching onto the jacket that she was snugly wrapped in.

“Trust me, you’d win that competition effortlessly every year.”

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Cultural celebration | The West Australian As NAIDOC Week started around the nation, a special ceremony took place in Albany to celebrate the purchase of land by the Southern Aboriginal Corporation for the proposed Kairli Cultural and Language Centre.

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Vivarav Thise place is kairli in cbd belapur what is a kairali right kairali means sauth Indian citizen function hall like a wedding god of function etc ...

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MAYBLADE 2023 - DAY 5

The Hiwatari family is making their debut in a small oneshot!

Note: Originally I had no plans to post for this prompt, but something struck today and I wrote this little oneshot featuring my OC for Kai, and the fankid they have together. It's a silly piece written solely for me, myself and I, so feel free to pass this one up if KaixOC or Fankids/Future married life scenarios are not your cup of tea ^-^ picrew credit x x

Following a fixed method to get appropriate results, a logic that always seemed to prevail for Kai was currently failing him while his 9 year old son, Luca, was not having as much trouble at tackling the task in front of them.

They were in Luca’s room, sitting cross-legged on the floor across from each other, and even with the air conditioner humming its usual tune and the windows tightly shut, the buzzing of the cicadas outside still reached their ears, which was the making of a perfect summer day. Kai was a little glad however, that Luca hadn’t yet insisted on travelling anywhere during his month long vacation from school, since his own work had taken him around the globe more than twice this year and he was happy to finally spend time at home, relaxing with his family.

Or so Kai had assumed his days would go when summer vacation started for Luca, but just two days in and his son was adamant about finishing all his homework and projects as soon as possible. Maybe letting him spend that weekend with Tyson and Hilary when both he and his wife were travelling at the same time had not been such a good call after all because clearly, Luca had been influenced under Hilary’s care. Although complaining about it now wouldn’t do much good either, since he’d already agreed to help the kid when he came leaping into his room earlier this morning, without even considering that maybe Kai might not be so adept at whatever project Luca wanted to work on today.

On the floor in front of him, lay a few paper cranes, some very neatly folded while others looking like the handicraft of someone who’d lost a few fingers, and Kai was not happy to admit that he’d folded the latter bunch. Luca’s homeroom teacher had thought it would be good if their class came back from the holidays with a thousand cranes folded, using them to decorate their classroom and make it more lively. Each kid was assigned a certain number of cranes they had to fold over the holidays, and that’s what Kai had been enlisted to help with today. The problem, which was embarrassing to admit, was that Luca was doing a much better job at folding the cranes than Kai, which made him feel sort of unhelpful in the whole situation. Though, as always, he was pleasantly surprised by his son’s ability to learn a new skill faster than most other people.

His attention was suddenly diverted from the square sheet of paper in his hand when he heard some movement in their house outside of Luca’s room. Just as he was about to get up to go on the lookout, a familiar voice drifted in through the closed door of his son’s bedroom.

“Kai-chan?”

“In here!”

He responded as loudly as possible, and a few minutes later the door to the room creaked open and his wife’s head popped in through the frame. Seeing as both of them were relaxed and she was not intruding on any special moments, Charlie quickly slipped into the room, carefully shutting the door behind her.

“Can you believe the client cancelled the meeting while I was en route?” Charlie heaved an angry sigh as instead of sitting down on the floor with the two of them, she promptly settled on Luca’s bed.

“Takasaki, was it? The traffic’s pretty bad at this time of the day.” Kai hadn’t been expecting her to be back until dinner so he was a bit surprised to see her home so early.

“It’s terrible. Thankfully, I got the call just as I was about to get on the bridge, so instead I took a somewhat dangerous u-turn and came back home.”

Kai’s face deadpanned at her words, despite of Charlie working as a lawyer for so many years, her complete disregard for the traffic laws was still a great cause of concern for him, “Can’t wait to see the traffic cam footage.” He muttered under his breath as Charlie waved a hand in the air, dismissing his worry.

“There won’t be any, I’m pretty sure I did a good job avoiding them.” She winked at him to let him know that she was just kidding, but Kai still couldn’t help and be slightly suspicious. “What are you two up to anyway?” She asked, one eyebrow raised out of curiosity. Leaning down slightly to look at the craft supplies scattered around them, her long platinum blonde hair cascaded into a curtain of silver on one side as she did so, making Kai’s hand twitch with the need to tuck it neatly behind her ear.

“Dad’s helping me fold paper cranes for school!” Luca piped up happily, raising both his hands, with one crane that he and Kai had folded in each.

Charlie’s emerald eyes lit up with excitement when she observed the two wildly different paper cranes presented to her, passing a sly grin in Kai’s direction as she cleared her throat, “Helping, is it?”

Kai felt a warmth trickle into his ears as he avoided her gaze, only comforted by the fact that Luca was still content with his minimal contribution.

“Yes! He helped me understand the instructions, and even found a good video that made it easier to follow the steps.” His son nodded eagerly, oblivious to the sarcasm laced in his mother’s voice.

“And you’ve done a great job at learning this so quickly!” Charlie leaned forward and ruffled Luca’s hair affectionately. She then picked the crane that Kai had folded from Luca’s hand and twirled it around her fingers, with a smirk she added in a mocking tone, “Meanwhile this poor crane looks like it got steamrolled by a truck, or worse, a Beyblade.”

“Hn.” Kai let out a grunt, turning his gaze back to the paper that had been lying idle in his hand since Charlie arrived at the scene, he frowned at it and looked up at her again, “I’d like to see you try.”

The smirk on her face widened, and she diligently pushed her hair back, a disappointing sight for Kai since he’d wanted to be the one to do that. Getting up from the bed and kneeling next to him on the floor, she swiftly took the sheet of paper from his hand and pressed it to the ground. What happened next was something Kai couldn’t follow with his eyes despite of keeping them peeled open with concentration. Charlie’s hands moved fast, folding the paper into shape so neatly, not a single corner overlapped and not a single crinkle was made as within two minutes or so, she held a perfectly folded paper crane high up for both him and Luca to see.

There hadn’t been a time when Kai had not regretted challenging his wife over something silly, and yet he never learnt his lesson. Clearly, Luca had managed to get better at this activity so quickly was thanks to Charlie’s genes in him, and Kai should’ve anticipated that before giving her such an easy chance to make fun of him.

“Mom, you’re amazing at this!” Luca exclaimed as Charlie handed him the crane she had folded, “Look how neat the edges are, and the paper is still so smooth.” He admired the little crane from every angle as his violet eyes sparkled with awe.

“You’re not half bad yourself, kiddo.” Charlie laughed, pleased with how much Luca seemed to love her handiwork. She leaned her head on Kai’s shoulder and let out a content sight, “You, however, need to stick to sitting behind a desk and looking pretty.”

“Is that what you think I do at work?” Kai snorted, slightly relieved that she had decided not to rub his loss in his face and enjoy her victory peacefully.

“Honestly, I still have no clue what it is you do.”

Kai allowed himself to chuckle as he raised one hand to stroke the back of her head, they watched their son try to mimic Charlie’s speed of folding from earlier in silence. In the end, it didn’t seem like Luca would need Kai’s help in finishing this project, and while he was proud of his son for having learned a new skill, he wondered if he’d still be able to contribute to any of his other homework. He let his eyes drift over the room, hoping to find some project that was still lying unfinished that he could lend a hand to. He knew he would feel a bit dejected going back to work in a few days if he didn’t make sure that time spent with Luca had been meaningful and worthwhile for both of them.

Luckily for him, Charlie had always been able to read his mind effortlessly, so when she lifted her head from his shoulder suddenly, Kai knew that she’d already figured out how to solve his dilemma, even if he hadn't said a single word out loud.

“One thing I do know that you can do is make a killer soba sauce,” she said as she stood up, stretching her arms above her head and motioning for Kai to get on his feet too. Then she turned to their son and smiled wide, “What do you say, Lu-chan? Want to help your dad cook a nice cold soba meal to beat the heat?”

“Yes! I love cold soba!” Luca was on his feet in no time, both Kai and Charlie had to sound out a warning at the same time to keep him from stepping all over the paper cranes that lay on the floor as he bounded out of the room excitedly.

Before following him out, Kai leaned down to plant a kiss on Charlie’s forehead, smiling against her skin as he took in the smell of her citrusy shampoo, “Hasty on the roads, crafty with paper and quick at reading minds. Sometimes I wonder if I married a witch.”

“Careful now, Hiwatari.” She linked her arm with his as her mischievous laugh filled the room, “Or you might wake up as a paper crane tomorrow.”

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Trying to make all the characters you want from a single picrew is hard, but I think I did a good job with this one.

Since I made an edit for my Digimon fankids, and my Pokemon fankids , I thought it's high time to give a definite visual to my Beyblade fankids as well. I have talked about the TyHil kids in detail before so I'll only give a brief description but here it goes~

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Toshiro Kinomiya, the oldest of the Kinomiya kids (and all my other fankids included). Always having to play the babysitter role dulls down his personality over time, and he loses his energetic charm as he grows older and becomes more sarcastic and laidback. Tyson and Hilary call him Toshi, but his friends call him Shiro chan, meanwhile all his siblings call him Nii san. [And by all his siblings, I mean Tsubasa and Sho Yagami included cuz they're cousins ✨]

Twins, Natsu and Haru Kinomiya. Their personalities are split equally respective to their parents, with Natsu taking after Tyson and Haru taking after Hilary. Natsu is the only black sheep among his siblings when it comes to school, and prefers to spend his time doing anything that would strike a nerve with Toshiro, or Hilary. Haru can be a bit of a crybaby when arguing, and finds it difficult to spend a lot of time far apart from his brother, and although he declares every year that he won't let his brother copy his schoolwork from now on, he gives in like clockwork to Natsu's demand every single time.

The princess of the family, the youngest of the whole Kinomiya-Yagami tribe, Mirai Kinomiya. Within their house, she's very spoilt and holds the strongest veto, but with her friends she's more quiet and observant than demanding. She takes after Hilary more than Tyson, so she and Natsu don't get along at all, she never hesitates to tell anyone who would listen that Natsu is her least favourite brother.

Finally, my KaixOC fankid, the one oc/fankid of mine that I have always been too nervous to ever introduce or talk about to anyone.

Luca Hiwatari is a very sweet, happy-go-lucky kid. He is very attached to his father, and one of the few people who can easily get a laugh out of him. He makes friends very easily because of his outgoing personality and sometimes ends up tiring his parents out with his busy social schedule. Though in his teens, when he's coming to terms with his sexuality, he suddenly becomes very reclusive which leads to a very tense period in the Hiwatari household. But with patience and acceptance, Kai and Charlie are eventually able to get through to him which gives Luca the courage to be more open about his identity. He's best friends with Fuyumi (YamaMimi fankid) and they practically do everything together, he's also very close to Tsubasa (TaiSora fankid) despite of Tsubasa and Fuyumi being mortal enemies for half their lives. Luca is basically the bridge that helps them solve their issues and become friends.

So that's about it, if you have any Beyblade fankids feel free to talk to me about them anytime! Coming up with fankids is like my literal passion 🤓