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redsunsetxiii · 5 months

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**Please do not repost without credit** [TRANS] 2023.12.29 SONE NOTE LIVE vol 46 with Yoona

Staff: You tried making mandu bags* this time! Please share why you chose the designs and colors for both bags you made. *literally “dumpling” bag, a bag knitted in chunky yarn

Yoona: For both bags, I tried to have designs and colors that suit winter. Although I say that, I just had them in colors where you wouldn’t easily notice if they got dirty (laughs). So, you can carry the bags I made today around just fine! Actually, I didn’t decide which one would be the gift at first, and thought of giving away the one that was better. That’s why the navy bag that’s better put together is the gift (laughs). I made the gray one first, so a few holes where I fretted a bit…(laughs). I’ll use the gray one myself! I’ll bring it home and try to match it with a fashion style. Also, both bags are shoulder bags, but that reflects my personal preferences. I like to have both of my hands free, so I thought that maybe everyone else feels that way, too. Sorry for not making fashion the priority (laughs). They are very practical bags.

Staff: How was the activity?

Yoona: Mandu bags have gotten popular recently and I actually have one (laughs). It’s a bit small, but I use it a lot so I thought to try making one myself, but it’s harder than I thought it would be. I could empty my mind of thoughts and concentrate, so I could see myself getting hooked on it, to the point where I want to buy the yarn and make it again later! It’s similar to knitting and easy to make, so I think it’ll be great as a present. The instructor took the lead when I was making the gray bag, but it was my first time so I didn’t have a lot of leeway. For the navy bag, I got used to it a bit and made it while being careful not to make mistakes. That’s why the bag for the gift has no holes (laughs). Come to think of it, Yuri’s nickname for her fans is mandu, so it might be a good idea to give her a mandu bag (laughs).

Staff: Please share what you were the most particular about during the creation process.

Yoona: I concentrated a lot to not mess up the knitting sequence! I discovered a few mistakes when making the gray bag… Also, I made them while putting a lot of force in my fingers so that the yarn wouldn’t be loose, and because of that my fingers trembled a bit in the later half (laughs). But I was happy when the instructor praised how fast I was knitting! If I wasn’t trying to put so much force in my fingers, I could have made them even faster! (laughs).

Staff: How many points out of 100 would you give your work? Please share a reason for your scoring as well.

Yoona: First, I guess I would give myself 85 points for the gray one? It’s not perfect, but it turned out better than I expected. It’s nice to see the outcome appearing before my eyes the more I spent time on it. I wanted to give it a high score when I thought about the feeling of achievement when I finished it! Also, the gift bag is 90 points! I was careful not to make mistakes while making it, so it scores higher than the gray one (laughs).

(Staff: If you were to make something different with this type of yarn, what would you make?) I want to make a cushion for dogs! My dog is white, so a color where the white fur wouldn’t stand out a lot would be nice (laughs). I would have to use a yarn that’s a little brighter.

Staff: If you were to go out using the mandu bags you made today, what kind of fashion would you like to match them with? Please share why as well.

Yoona: My outfit today is pink, so both colors I chose today would match it. So I would like to match them with a pink style. The bags have a cute impression, so I guess they would suit most kinds of simple fashion. They also seem like they would match monotone and pastel tone clothes!

Staff: I heard that mandu bags are currently a popular fashion item in Korea, but do you have a fashion item that’s caught your attention?

Yoona: Scarves are my favorite item for winter. They’re also easily fashionable and great for keeping you warm when wrapped around your neck. However, last year I had a lot of photoshoots and I couldn’t enjoy scarves as much as I would have liked, so I’d like to enjoy them this winter. With that intention, I checked how many scarves I owned and I have more than I thought (laughs). I feel like I have scarves in all colors. This winter I want to use them all (laughs).

Staff: Please share your recent happenings.

Yoona: I’ve been taking breaks while doing schedules such as filming CMs! I’m also making music together with Epitone Project, and my fanmeet tour starts in January, so I’ve been preparing for that. I’ll be able to meet fans both in Korea and abroad after such a long time, so I’m really looking forward to it. On my days off, I lazily stay at home all day, eat delicious food, and recharge!

Staff: This SONE NOTE LIVE will be released in December. Looking back on the year, what was the most memorable event for you? Please share the episode as well.

Yoona: It would have to be starring in the drama, “King the Land”. That was the biggest event for me this year. I’m really thankful that so many people watched it. I talked about my bucket list in a previous interview, and the first episode of “King the Land” was just airing at that time. Having that drama reach #1 globally was in my list and that’s my most memorable event this year since it actually happened!

Staff: December is the time for opportunities to go to Christmas and New Year’s parties. Do you have a must have fashion item for them?

Yoona: I guess a warm and fashionable coat. Keeping warm is important, but I can't give up on fashion. Also, I can't leave out jewelry for parties. Simple but fashionable jewelry would be earrings. Ones that casually shine would be nice. So wearing those kinds of earrings with a simple sweater would be great as well.

Staff: While filming for a drama or movie, are there any moments during the filming when your real life and story are linked, or when you feel that your character is similar to yourself? Please share the episode as well.

Yoona: I feel a sense of familiarity with the people who actually work in the jobs I play, or in other words my level of understanding increases. For example, for “King the Land”, I played a hotelier and when I actually met one later, I approached and talked to them without thinking (laughs). When I’m in a hotel, I feel like I know everything like… This time is probably break time, their break room is over there, their cleaning room is probably over there. Just my own sense of familiarity (laughs). I also think it’s rather curious.

Staff: Please share your goals for the new year and your reasons for those goals.

Yoona: I haven’t been able to meet the fans for a long time, but I’ll finally be able to next year and think it will be great to make wonderful memories for all the time the fans have been waiting for. Also, the movie that finished filming last year, “Date at 2 O'Clock”, will be released soon! Next year I want to rest well while trying out new movies and dramas!

Staff: Finally a message for SONE JAPAN.

Yoona: I haven’t been able to meet you after so long, but we’ll see each other at the fan meeting next year! I’m happy to finally have the chance to go to Japan in this way. I’m preparing a lot for it so please wait just a bit longer! Let’s meet next year!

Translation by RedSunsetXIII source: SONE JAPAN website **Please do not repost without credit**

#sone note live #sone japan #snsd trans #snsd #snsd yoona #im yoona #yoona

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nasuversekinkmeme · 7 months

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Weekly Roundup: Prompts

FSN

Luvia Edelfelt/Emiya Shiro For some reason Luvia is one of the only women in fate Shiro isn't shipped with. I will fix this by force if necessary, but would rather just do this. threesomes are acceptable.

FGO

Penthesilea "I will literally murder you if you call me pretty" x Medb "I am horny for everyone that is heroic" I think they'd make a weird but cute couple

anyone done sakamoto ryouma / possessed ryouma? the idea haunts me. evil ryouma's hot. sfw or as nsfw as you like, i'm not picky, but it's nsfw in my heart.

smut, Caenis pounds Altera into the bed

Oryou and Ryoma are called Fujimaru parents while out. Oryou takes the rolled very seriously whiles Ryoma just laugh it off. But when Fujimaru asked them to be his parents both agree to do so right of the bat.

Izcalli and Tlaloc having straight yuri energy, maybe reminiscing their time back when he was king and the garden he loved. I just want more melancholic and nostalgic servant interactions. This can be romantic or not it is up to you.

I want Jinako to let slip one day the her parents died when she was young (we can assume it’s understood that she means “her” parents and not Ganesha’s parents) and Salieri hears this and just goes “Alright, guess I’m your new father now.” And she think he’s joking but he absolutely is not, she is his daughter now and that is final. Salieri was a father when he was alive, and he wrote about how much he loved his kids, so I just think it could be nice for Jinako to have a loving and supportive father figure. Also they both really like sweet things, and it’d be nice to see them bonding over it, especially since Salieri probably wouldn’t be judgey about Jinako having sweets. He can platonically co-parent with Parvati, Durga, and Kali

smut, Izo is allowed into Ryouma and Oryou’s relationship, as their cuck. And watches them have sex.

smut, After Takasugi is followed following the events of Guda6, he makes good on his dying wish to hook up with Okuni. She graciously accepts and the two fuck nasty. The flirtier and more intense things get before the bedroom the better. That's all.

Just finished lb4, can I get some Ganesha being unable to return to her shut-in lifestyle bc of the thousands of years she spent alone, and (character of your choice) helps make sure she knows she's not alone anymore?

"Wait, what do you [servant couple of writers choice] aren't married?" Cue all of chaldea arranging a wacky but personal wedding ceremony

smut, Castoria is Excalibur, right? Ergo, I want to see someone polish her (because she's literally a sword) (gone wrong) (gone sexual) (gone right)

Martha tells the Christians of Chaldea, along with anyone willing to listen, what sort of wacky shenanigans Jesus got up to. Apparently, one such thing was Jesus being so good at being a carpenter that anything he worked on could be considered an angel of heaven because of how well done the job was and not because he was the Son of God.

Izou gets some tender love and care and appreciation

smut, man idk i just want izo and oryou to spoil ryouma and give him a wildly fun and hot and tender night that leaves his face hurting from smiling, his ass hurting from taking them both, and everywhere else hurting from bites. man works so damn hard Please he needs a break and a nice fuck. also oryou and izo bonding over their love for this man is always 👌

smut, Any one/robin hood, but mlm is preferred! Robin with a praise and humiliation kink being showered with love and praise. I'd love to see his low self image and self defeating attitude be bludgeoned with love. ☺️❤️

Guda and Castoria kiss for the first time. It would be a great, intimate moment... except they quickly discover that Castoria has a barbed tongue like a cat. It doesn't have to be a dealbreaker, but I do want the fic to have an emphasis on how different (and slightly painful) that tongue feels compared to a normal one.

smut, All the artoria variants (except for lily ofc) have an orgy, bc that girl deserves some self love

CROSSOVER

Izo talks about stabbing a british guy who had a blue policebox with him and being scared off when he started shooting fire out of his arms and head as everyone listens on in horror as they realize that not only did he nearly permanently kill The Doctor from Doctor Who, but also that apparently The Doctor is a real person and was nearly killed by Izo of all people.

ANY

A perhaps annoying patron asks one half of a romantic couple (doesn't matter which canon or even if its canon) for a good time. What leaves after can no longer be identified

The backlog of unfilled prompts, framed like pets in an adoption center.

#weekly roundup

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propertyofyuribriar · 1 year

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Spy x Family [Yuri Briar x Reader]

Somehow every threat to the event’s success was diverted with his help. The backup vendors came through when needed, the most important guests were all persuaded to attend, and even the catering was impeccable.

You spent most of the evening coordinating the speakers, ensuring the mini events, prize draws, and so forth happened on schedule, and making rounds to greet the guests at the tables. By the time the dancing begins, you’re already tired - but work is work.

Thus, you take your turn with several of the men who work in your department, a few of the staff from various embassies, and about five too many creepy old men for your liking before stealthily sneaking off to the grand balcony.

“Yuri, there you are. I haven’t seen you all night,” you call, finding him hiding in a dark corner at the edge of the balustrade.

“Senpai!” he sounds surprised and suspiciously like he didn’t want to be found.

“Is this where you’ve been hiding? I thought my trusty assistant would be by my side most of the night…” you tease and tilt your head playfully.

In the dark, you just make out his crimson eyes glancing your way briefly, looking you up and down for a split second before turning his head the other way. You can’t see the red staining his cheeks - a mix of strong emotions and stronger alcohol.

“I figured you would be treated better without a man tailing you. You know how some of them are - talking right over any woman if there’s another guy nearby…”

“Oh, is that the reason? I thought maybe you were tired of my endless demands for help.” You can’t help but giggle at the way he jumps up from the wall and splutters that that has nothing to do with it at all and he’s always happy to help and he would never leave you alone to do all the work.

“I’m teasing you, Yuri. I know you’re always there when I need you!”

He looks like he might pass out from relief as he crumples against the wall once more and gazes up at the night sky.

“I was anticipating that you’d at least ask me for a dance though,” you pout a little.

#yuri briar #yuri briar x reader #spy x family #spy family #spyxfamily #sxf yuri #sxf #spy x family yuri #yuri spy x family #fanfiction

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namistrella · 2 years

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how can i resist? 🛒 👀 🤗

Thanks for the ask! Sorry, this is so long!! I got a bit carried away. What can I say? They’re good questions :)

🛒 What are some common things you incorporate in your fics? Themes, feels, scenes, imagery, etc.

Oooh I love this question. One of my favorite things to include, particularly in longer fics, are scenes doused in liminality. I'm a little bit obsessed with the idea of it. I keep coming back to liminal spaces, scenes at the threshold of the past and the future, at points in the story where characters have to make a critical choice. For example, in Love Laid Bare (which I swear I haven’t abandoned!) that scene happens in chapter 2 in the empty parking lot outside the diner, at dusk. Simon paces back and forth, having a grand moment of introspection, and he’s waiting for Baz to show up, but isn’t sure if he’s going to go with him or not. (Tiny unimportant spoiler here) He ultimately makes the choice to get in the car with Baz, which kickstarts his arc and the rest of the story. It's a scene that takes place in a classic liminal space (empty parking lot), at the threshold between day and night, and marks a turning point in Simon's life.

Another favorite theme of mine is the idea of second chances. Second chances at love with the right person, second chances at life, second chances at learning and growing and becoming a better person and doing things right the next time around. People, in reality, make a lot of mistakes. So do my characters—and I love to let them make good on the opportunities to fix them!

👀 Tell me about an up and coming wip please!

Oh god I have so many wips, but none of them (with the exception of LLB that is published, but incomplete) are snowbaz. The two biggest projects I’m working on right now are:

1. An angsty Yuri on Ice fic:

Yuuri quit skating at 18 after he was partially responsible for an on-ice accident that brutally injured Victor’s knee, which never healed enough and eventually forced Victor to quit, too. They find each other ten years later in Michigan, where Yuuri is now a medical resident and Victor manages an ice rink. Victor convinces Yuuri to get back into skating, and they compete against each other in the Adult Figure Skating Championships. They’re well matched against each other, even though Yuuri’s out of practice and Victor’s got his bad knee and hardly anyone even watches the adult competitions and they’re both getting a little old to be jumping around like they used to :) Throughout the fic, Yuuri struggles to let himself fall in love again, both with the sport and with Victor, but he figures it out in the end.

2. A series of three long (20k+ each), interconnected one-shots for Haikyuu:

They’re all in a similar style as All The Things We Don’t Mean, with a nonlinear narrative and short, punchy scenes. Lots and lots of angst across the board, of all different kinds. One is published already here. The second installment, which I’m working on now, follows a different pairing from the first. They were high school sweethearts, but after about ten years, when neither of them is happy, they realize that maybe the reason things are so hard is because neither of them had time to grow on their own. They got together so young and have hardly spent any time apart. So they break up, and the fic starts there, and works through the way they grow apart and change and find themselves and then find their way back together, all of it interspersed with flashback glimpses into the way they fell in love in the first place.

🤗 What advice would you give to new fanfic writers that are just getting started?

I would say, just go for it! Start writing! Post that first fic, even though it's not perfect. Write what you like and want to see more of, even if it's not everyone's cup of tea.

When I first started, I spent way too much time reading and re-reading my own fics, trying to see them the way everyone else might see them, and trying to make them palatable to everyone. I was SO scared of getting my first negative comment, and worrying about that took a lot of the fun out of writing. Spoiler alert: it's not possible to please everyone, and everyone gets negative comments sometimes, and the level of engagement with your fics (comments, kudos, shares, etc) will go up and down no matter what you do, so you might as well just do what brings you joy!

On a more practical note, I would also recommend finding people you can swap writing with—either as a formal “you both beta each other’s fics” kind of a thing, or as an informal “hey let’s sprint together and share some snippets as we go” or “hey look at this scene I wrote that I think was really good/that I think needs some work”. External feedback is extremely valuable for improving as a writer, but I’ve found it to be way more fun (and less scary, and often more helpfully targeted to what you want and need) when that feedback comes from people you already trust and who know your writing style and likes and dislikes and strengths and weaknesses.

Asks here

#asks

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unmeiokaemasu · 1 year

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CYL 7 results reaction time!!

✨Congrats to darling Soren✨, he’s high up on my personal list of fictional characters that have moved me the most and this’s a dumb little thing that’s making me very happy :’)

1 - I have no strong feelings about Robin (and Corrin), good for them, I know they’re beloved by many

2 - Genuinely...not sure who was voting for Gullveig? Like she hasn’t...done anything yet. But ok.

4 - I do genuinely send condolences for people who wanted Felix to get a spot, he’s even in top 4, and actually he’s another character I like an awful lot. I’ve just spent so much time actually playing Three Houses I care less about 3H characters getting spotlit in FEH. But I’ll bet out of everyone he’ll hold his own next year against the new Engage characters.

9 - Azura’s the next highest up character I’d actually want to have win, but she’s already got a bunch of good alts, her winning cyl doesn’t feel urgent

12&13 - will the Askr sibs ever get their due

16 - ...yeah I do actually care about Yuri too

25&26 - I felt like Shez had a real shot at taking a top spot. Their success might bode well for the FEW twins tho? Maybe? I can dream

27 - I’d be pretty chuffed in Lyon won next year, but he’s been consistently in a spot like this

34 - Nino hangin in there, nice, nice

41 - (Bingo pick) SHOCKED this is the highest of my bingo picks on the list, but I do think Sonia’s a very well-written and compelling character, so, yay? I put her on my bingo card cuz I want a resplendent to replace the art I don’t care for, but...an alt would be cool too I guess. Morph rights?

49 - Mercy made it to top 50!

54 - Lin not doing too bad. Honestly if he were a bit higher I might vote for him...

57 - Ok I do actually have strong feelings about Ninian, I wish she were higher

79 - Pouring one out for the Scarlet stans. We just got a Fates banner that was all characters we already had, but I think this is the year Scarlet gets in.

80 - Was Desaix a meme? Did I miss something? Does this have to do with us running out of Echoes characters? Where’s Jesse??

94 - If we get Tormod we have to get Muarim, right?

95 - A not-bad Seth would be good ngl

100 - Let’s see who’s at 100...oh Sakura, cool.

104 - (Bingo pick) I think I put Stefan on my 2023 bingo card, but in retrospect I would’ve swapped him for Roland

107 - I’m still pretty fond of Henry and he doesn’t have a unit that I love to use yet

123 - (Bingo pick) Vanessa! Glad she’s even this high

128 - Again would love a Niles unit that’s actually fun to use

168 - Florina does already have a nice alt but I wouldn’t say no to another

172 - (Bingo pick) Not bad Lucius!! I might vote for him next year, just to boost his numbers, since I’m not trying to have anyone else win :’)

186 - Would REALLY like a viable unit for Kaze, wish he’d been on that new Devotion banner

194 - As much as I despise Nergal, it’s in the fun is-a-good-villain way, so I’d be pretty excited if he got in

196 - Abysskeeper meme dropping, you love to see it

199 - I like Dagr a lot, I hope she hangs in there

204 - I defo want Janaff in feh, the more bird units the better

211 - *waves at Canas*

224 - you know me I wouldn’t say no to another Naesala alt

227 - (Bingo pick) Ismaire! I want all the unrepresented moms to get in

227 - gee an alt for Cormag would be nice...

229 - Is this the year that Xane gets a base? almost certainly not

238 - (Bingo pick) if Cormag got an alt at the same time his brother gets in, that’d be pretty cool...

239 - (Bingo pick) Izana...my bingo picks are pretty low down huh

257 - (Bingo pick) Not bad for an NPC, Uther

258 - So Jesse, your thoughts on the Desaix situation?

262 - (Bingo pick) I guess this isn’t so far down for Elffin...

272 - (Bingo pick) And here’s Edain

273 - Wait Valter is lower than Cormag AND Glen??? Why did he beat Cormag in the voting gauntlet then????

274 - (Bingo pick) :( I wish Artur was higher

275 - Man Dwyer fell after getting in. That’s how it goes though.

276 - I guess that staff!Libra dream remains far off...

284 - (Bingo pick) Elena!! out of all the dead moms I want her to get in the most

285 - (Bingo pick) And not too far from Artur we have my other beloved red-haired softboi healer

285 - ...tied with my darling Limstella. I’ll probably spare them at least a vote next year since I won’t be fighting tooth and nail to have a fav take a top spot.

294 - This is the year of a Reyson alt. I’ll just keep telling myself that.

301 - (Bingo pick) aaaand Midir not quite getting into the top 300. Oh well, could be worse...

301 - Two words: Summer Knoll. Let’s make it happen.

311 - (Bingo pick) Oh here’s Ephidel. I’ll consider it a win that Limstella’s already in feh and Eph isn’t and Limstella’s still beating him.

316 - (Bingo pick) hi Harken

321 - Wait...why is Linus so much further down than Lloyd?? Because he’s a hothead? I thought people liked that

327 - (Bingo pick) :( I need any Muarim that isn’t a sad fallen...

333 - (Bingo pick) Let’s see if any of my picks are lower than Ulki...

339 & 340 - kinda weird the two unrelated Arthurs ended up so near each other

357 - Ah here’s Roland, not technically on my bingo card but only because I forgot to put him on.

362 - I’d really like a wyvern-rider Petrine, the fact that she’s on a horse in feh is kinda ridiculous

365 - Please get Saleh out of bunnysuit hell

373 - Huh, I thought Harken was so low because FE7 Karel would be beating him, but I guess not...

376 - As much as I would love to see adorable FE7 baby Guinivere, I don’t trust feh to handle that tactfully

376 - Would love Eliwood’s dad to get in

404 - I think Rafiel was higher than Reyson last year, so...good for Reyson I guess?

And then the bottom of the list is exactly what you’d expect, a bunch of detestable villains - for once no character who was just kinda tragically sidelined.

So...cool! Based on all that...Next year I’ll probably vote for Lucius and Reyson to raise their stock, since they might actually get alts, while I don’t have super high hopes for Limstella. Although, with Sonia doing this good, who knows? Maybe we could get a full morph banner? Listen I can dream.

All of that is UNLESS: 1) Ninian starts doing unexpectedly well next year or 2) Alcryst and/or Mauvier, and/or whoever I end up liking more long term from Engage, have a shot at a top spot

But it’s nice to think next year I won’t have as much stake in things. Again, wishing everyone the best, even if your fav didn’t win I hope all your favs get cool alts with strong skills and beautiful art!

#catfishchat #cyl 7 #feh #feh talk

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nepenthendline · 3 years

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HOW THEY REALLY ARE IN RELATIONSHIPS - TSUKISHIMA, AKAASHI, KUROO, USHIJIMA & TENDOU

A/N: This takes inspiration from this post as I just love hcs about characters that seem out-of-character according to fanon ideas, which we all know I hate

Tsukishima:

When he was little, Tsukishima often thought about what it would be like to find his true love and how they would spoil each other with dates, gifts and affection

As he got older though, his insecurities and doubts crept in though, telling him that there was no ‘true love’ for him, and that no one would really want to be that devoted to him, or love him fully

When he gets into a relationship he’s very hesitant at the beginning, trying not to let himself fall too deep in case it turns out to be a lie

But he just can’t help himself, there’s so much he loves about the person and he wants to express it in many ways

He’s not very good with words, but cute dates ideas and gifts often keep him up at night, thinking of all the things he wants to experience with you

He wants to take you and a sunset picnic where he feeds you strawberries and you cuddle on the blanket, he wants to bring you to the museum and buy matching keyrings, he wants to have those cute couple outfits that join both of you, he wants to play you a beautiful, emotional song that he has dedicated to you in his mind, explaining every thought he has about you, he wants to take you out to see the stars at night, pointing out each constellation and watching them shine in your eyes, he wants quiet nights where the two of you do nothing but hold each other and stare into each other’s eyes

He wants to be totally and completely yours, every single part of him belongs to you

Akaashi:

Akaashi believes in love at first sight, because as soon as he saw you, he knew you were the one for him

When he develops a crush, he can’t help but imagine all of the conversations you two could have when laying in bed late at night

He loses sleep thinking about what your first date would be like, how your first kiss would go, how he would propose to you, what your children would look like

He often catches himself staring at you from afar whenever your in his eye-line, daydreaming about you

When you turn and offer him a smile or a wave, he gets so embarrassed that you caught him staring, but he’s usually able to keep a calm composure

There are some times though where he can’t hold it in, especially later in your relationship

If you’re standing in the kitchen, making the two of you coffee in the morning clad in only his shirt, he can’t help but blush and wrap his arms around you, repeatedly telling you how adorable you are and how much he loves you

Nothing makes him more calm and happy than having you tucked into his side, especially when he’s reading through panels he needs to edit or chapters he needs to review

Kuroo:

He is so bad at flirting, absolutely terrible

He has spent so much time googling pick-up lines, ‘how to flirt’, ‘how to know if someone likes you’ etc, and he’s ashamed

Now, if he were in a flirting battle with someone, say Bokuto, of who could sweep someone off their feet the fastest, then he’d win for sure!

But actually with his crush? Not a chance

He turns into a nervous, giggling, blushing little boy

He can barely get his sentences out without stumbling over them, or making a fool of himself

Being around his crush makes him so clumsy too, there’s many times where he’s knocked something over or walked into a wall because all his focus was on you

You just turn his brain to mush

He’s try inviting you over for a study date to spend more time with you and also try and impress you by how smart he is, but he’s so flustered that he can’t explain the workings to you

It’s so cute to watch him vigorously scribbling out his notes because he messed them up, too busy entranced by your smile

The most adorable thing? His voice often ends up breaking when talking to you, he just gets a little too excited and nervous as the same time and his voice can’t keep up

He’s like Cady in Mean Girls with ‘Grool. I mean’t to say cool, then I started saying great’ or something like that don’t come for me

Ushijima:

Ushijima isn’t usually one for affection

It’s not that he doesn’t like it, he’s just not used to it and doesn’t see the need

But that changes with you

He loves your hugs, he needs them daily

His day feels so wrong if you haven’t once run up to him to give him a hug, or a kiss on the cheek before he heads to practice

Maybe it’s just routine, maybe it’s just him showing you his gratitude and love, and maybe it’s both

But there’s nothing that makes him happier than you being part of his routine

Every single day, without fail, he will show you the same tokens of love: a kiss on the forehead as he wakes you up, a back-hug as you brush your teeth as he nuzzles his head into your neck or hair, a kiss on the lips before he has to leave for practice, a text during his break that reminds you he loves you and that you looked radiant today, a hug and kiss on your temple when he returns, a cuddle in the evening as you settle down for the night, and a kiss before you go to sleep, followed by a whisper of ‘goodnight love, sleep well, I love you’

He feels like his day is a whirlwind if one of those steps is missing, and he tries to find you as soon as possible to make it right

you know that scene in YOI where victor is gone so after yuri’s performance he starts hugging literally everyone bc he’s so used to hugging victor after and he’s trying to find that but no one meets the requirement? ahh #justautisticthings

Tendou:

If you need a personal cheerleader, Tendou is the man for you

No matter what you’re dealing with, how you’re feeling or the baggage you come with, he is so understanding

Something that Tendou soars in is being sensitive - he knows exactly what to say and what not to say with your situation

He lets you cry if you need to, scream if you need to, laugh as loud as you want to - but he will always be there to witness it alongside you

If you break he will be there to pick up the pieces and do his best to glue you back together

He takes time to truly get to know you, both in what you say and what you don’t say

He knows when you’re trying to hide your struggles from him, but he doesn’t make a fuss, he simply stays by your side and keeps you afloat until you’re ready to talk

He will never tell you things like ‘get over it’, ‘you’ll be fine’, ‘what you’re thinking is stupid’, because he gets it, and however you’re feeling is important to him

If you have a problem with him or the relationship then he’ll happily sit down and talk things through with you and ask what you’d like him to do better, and vice versa

Also, he wants to show you off to the world - if he could he’d announce to every person on the earth that you’re his partner and that he loves you so much and is so proud of you

While he’s head-over-heels in love with you, he wants to be your best friend above anything - friends first, partners second

If you two aren’t truly just amazing friends and can trust each other with anything, then he doesn’t believe that being in a relationship is the right choice

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tonguetiedraven · 2 years

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💍 🤗 🔥 👑 BonRin ❤️❤️❤️

Sorry I took so long with this one!!! (⋟﹏⋞)

Prompt: 💍 Arranged marriage 🤗Hurt/comfort 🔥Slow burn 👑Royalty AU

Part: One (you're here), Two, Three

— — — — — — — — — —

Rin first met Ryuuji in the gardens when he was seven. The young monk was dressed in overly formal robes, not quite as extravagant as the kimono Rin had been forced into, but still way too stuffy.

“Him?” Rin demanded, hands on his hips as he scowled at the boy. He had messy hair and freckled cheeks. “He’s the guy I gotta marry?”

Ryuuji scowled right back at him and crossed his arms over his chest. “Hey! You get to marry me!”

“I’m the prince, I’m the—” Shirou cut off the rest of his indignant rebuttal by picking him up by the back of his clothes and hefting him into the air so he was left flailing ungracefully. Ryuuji laughed loudly. Rin’s cheeks went horribly hot, and a few flames flared over his head and shoulders.

“None of that,” Shirou chided, not caring about the flames. “Behave yourself.”

“Ryuuji,” the tall bald monk murmured quietly but sternly. “Remember what we talked about.”

Shirou set Rin back on the ground and he immediately crossed his arms over his chest, huffed loudly, and turned his head away like Yuri sometimes did when she didn’t want to talk to Shirou.

The bald monk laughed softly. “Ah, he does look like his mother.” Wait, did that old fart know Yuri?

Shirou let out his own wry laugh. “Don’t let her hear you say that.” He grinned. “I can see Torako in yours.”

“She’d be proud to hear that.”

“Probably. She’d still kick my ass though.”

Rin glared up at Shirou. He didn’t like how friendly they already seemed. He didn’t want to get hitched to anyone, and this grumpy boy didn’t look fun.(Even if he had pretty eyes.)

To his annoyance, the boy was scowling up at his own father. He promptly smoothed out his expression and glared at the grass instead. He wasn’t going to be like Ryuuji. He wasn’t going to get married even if people told him to.

— — — — — — — — — —

The Suguro’s made the journey from Kyoto once a year, every single year, and they spent most of the winter with Rin’s family.

Rin was pretty certain they did that because it was a lot harder to avoid someone you didn’t want to spend time with in the winter. You couldn’t run away outside or hide in the trees. He was left with the palace, and while there were still some good hiding spots there, there were also a lot more people about who were all too happy to tattle on him and make him join Ryuuji again.

It was fun when they did the same thing to Ryuuji, but by their third year doing it, Rin was annoyed. They tried mutual escapes, and somehow those made them get foiled even faster.

The problem was Ryuuji liked to do boring things. He liked reading — which made him spend a lot of time with Yukio (why couldn’t they get married instead? No. Yukio got betrothed to Shiemi who was cool and liked to play in the dirt and hunt for bugs.) — meditating (which was somehow more boring than reading) reciting long and weird words, singing (which could be nice but Rin was usually grouchy by the time Ryuuji started singing) and the only arguably cool thing he liked doing (archery) they rarely got to do because Rin was a little reckless and it was cold outside. (He’d only hit Belial with an arrow once. He was a servant so it wasn’t like it was that big of a deal. He should have just moved out of the way faster.)

Rin was the prince, and he had no qualms about using his status to get out of all the boring stuff Ryuuuji liked to do, and he was about to use it again.

“Come onnnn!” Rin unashamedly whined. He was flopped on his back with his arms spread out like a starfish and didn’t care if he looked stupid.

“Rin,” Ryuuji huffed at the same time Yukio gave a tired sigh. “If you’re bored, go do your own thing.”

“But I gotta do it with you!”

Ryuuji clutched his book a bit closer. He got weird about his books. Apparently their library was nicer than Kyoto’s. Maybe Rin would like it better there.

“Well I wanna read.”

“But you’ve been doing it for hours and I’m boooorrreeeddd!”

“It’s only been a while.”

“And it’s boring!”

Yukio scooped his pile of books to his chest, got up, sent Rin a fierce glare, and retreated to a far away corner of the library. Rin stuck his tongue out after him. When he looked back at Ryuuji, he was frowning sadly down at his book.

A small amount of guilt twisted in Rin’s gut. He shoved it back down. It didn’t matter if Ryuuji wanted to read, Rin wanted to do other things, and he was the prince. Not Ryuuji.

“What… what if I read the story to you?”

Rin pushed himself into a seated position. “Heh?”

“What If I read my story to you? Could I stay for a while longer before we go do whatever you want to do?”

It felt like a trick. He narrowed his eyes and stared at Ryuuji’s pretty brown ones (he got upset everytime Rin called them that which made Rin call them that at every chance he could.) Ryuuji met his gaze without blinking, so he wasn’t lying. Ryuuji couldn’t look him in the eyes when he was lying.

“Alright. But if it’s a shitty story, then I’m leaving!”

Ryuuji nodded in determination. “It won’t be!” He grabbed the book he had been reading back up and flipped to the first page.

“Fukaku,” he began in a low and steady voice, “could tell the winds were changing, and that something was coming, something that would choke the life out of the people in his little town.”

Rin propped his chin in his hand and decided he’d give Ryuuij a few more sentences.

(They ended up staying until dinner, and Rin woke Ryuuji up in the middle of the night to read him the rest of the story.)

— — — — — — — — — —

“I’m telling you, I saw it!” Rin crowed, not caring that he was probably making a scene. They were the only ones that were supposed to be in the garden right now, so anyone who was watching could just deal with Rin’s volume. (People kept doing that, leaving them alone. It was starting to weird Rin out.)

“Who cares?” Ryuuji huffed, hauling himself up the tree Rin was lounged against. “They’re getting married. Let ‘em kiss.”

“You’re no fun.” Renzou called from his own branch. Ryuuji stuck his tongue out at his friend, and Rin scowled a bit more fiercely. He wasn’t sure why Renzou and Konekomaru were here this year. He didn’t like it. Ryuuji didn't pay a lot of attention to him when other people were around. Summer was supposed to be their time.

“Shut up! I am too fun!”

“You’re fun, Bon.” Konekomaru called earnestly. Rin rolled his eyes.

“Rooster is not fun.”

“Don’t call me that!” Ryuuji kicked out as he pulled himself up to the branch, and Rin barely ducked in time to avoid the foot. Renzou squeaked and scrambled higher up the tree to escape Ryuuji’s wrath. Konekomaru watched them go with worried eyes and tried to catch the lowest branch. He wasn’t quite tall enough.

Ryuuji noticed (because Ryuuji always noticed when either of them were having trouble, even if he never seemed to notice when Rin was having trouble) and promptly reached down to help him reach the lowest branch. Renzou used his distraction to get higher.

“Rooster!” Rin shouted again, unreasonably annoyed as Konekomaru was pulled onto Ryuuji’s branch. He could out climb all of them. Actually, screw this. He was going to out climb them all. “And if you were fun, you’d care that Yukio was kissing Shiemi!”

Why did no one care about this? His twin was kissing.

“They’re getting married!” Ryuuji repeated as he reached up for the next branch and started to climb in earnest. Renzou was going to get pulverized if he wasn’t quick. “Let ‘em kiss!”

“What?” Renzou called down from his perch near the top, “You jealous?”

Jealous? Of what? “Huh?” He dug his claws into the trunk and set to climbing up as fast as he could. Shiemi would be upset that he was hurting the tree, but she wasn’t here.

“Of Yukio.” Renzou squeaked again and switched to the other side of the tree as Ryuuji took a swipe at his ankle.

“What’re you talking about?”

Renzou paused in his escape and peered down at Rin through the branches. Ryuuji used his pause to climb a bit higher. Rin didn’t care about that, but he wasn’t comfortable with Renzou’s piercing stare. It made him blush for some reason, and he hated blushing. (He also couldn't help glancing at Ryuuji, which was just as weird. Ryuuji was almost at the top, and he was grinning as he did it. Ryuuji almost never smiled.)

“Just what I said.” Renzou sat on his branch and swung upside down so his face was closer to Rin. There was something taunting in his gaze. “Are you jealous of Yukio? Are you jealous of him kissing Shiemi?”

Ryuuji paused in his climbing, but Rin didn’t notice. His cheeks were on fire and his hair might be too. “Am not! I don’t wanna kiss Shiemi!” She was fun and pretty, but she was basically his sister. It’d be like kissing Shura, and that was just weird.

“No?” Renzou raised an eyebrow. “Then who do you wanna kiss?”

Rin, for reasons he absolutely did not understand, glanced at Ryuuji again. Ryuuji whose smile was gone and who was now scowling fiercely at Renzou.

“No one!”

Renzou laughed again, and Rin could feel everyone looking at him. “Shut up! It’s just, it’s gross!”

“You wanna kiss someone!” Renzou sang, swinging back and forth on his branch.

“Do not! Kissers and kissing is gross!”

Renzou swung back up right. “Sorry, Bon! Looks like there won’t be any kisses for —AGH!”

Ryuuji had finally reached Renzou and shoved him off the branch. Renzou flailed wildly and barely caught the next branch down. Ryuuji didn’t wait to see if he did or didn’t. He glared at Rin, and promptly dropped down from the tree before storming off.

Rin didn’t watch him stomp off, and he didn’t help Renzou back up. (He didn’t have to go after Ryuuji because Konekomaru immediately did, and that didn’t annoy Rin a lot.) He climbed to the top of the tree and stayed there grumpily until the sun was setting. The weird and uncomfortable squirmy feeling in his gut never really went away.

— — — — — — — — — —

Ryuuji was hiding from him, and Rin was annoyed about it. Rin didn’t care what Ryuuji did, but people always bugged him when Ryuuji wasn’t around like it was his fault Ryuuji was missing.

“RYUUJI!” Rin bellowed, thoroughly annoyed that he couldn’t find Ryuuji at his own home. Ryuuji shouldn’t be better at hiding here than Rin. That wasn’t fair at all.

There was no answer because Ryuuji was a jerk.

“Rin,” Shirou slid the door open and frowned at him. “Have you tried looking instead of shouting?”

“Of course! Ryuuji… Ryuuji’s just cheating. He keeps, uh, moving.” Rin wasn’t going to admit he couldn’t find him.

Shirou raised an eyebrow. “Is that so?”

Rin nodded hard and crossed his arms. He didn’t even want to find stupid Ryuuji. So what if Yukio was hanging with Shiemi and didn’t have to hunt his betrothed down. So what if they were supposed to hang out together and Ryuuji was supposed to want to hang out with him. It wasn’t like Rin needed or wanted his stupid attention.

"Well, last I heard, Ryuuji was near the south wing. The temple? Might want to check over there."

Rin glared for a moment longer before huffing and running towards the temple. He ignored Shirou's knowing laugh and ran faster. He was just checking on his betrothed. It wasn't like he was worried or anything. It had just been a few days of ignoring. Rin could handle it.

(Just... it felt like it might be his fault, and he hated that. He didn't really know what had done it, but he was pretty sure something about the kiss conversation had made Ryuuji mad.)

Ryuuji was at the temple, and Rin could hear his voice blending in with the older monks as he spoke his chants. Rin peeked in through the window and watched as they all knelt in front of the statue and the basin of fire. It was boring human fire. Not as pretty and cool as his flames. Why was Ryuuji sitting in front of it when he could be with Rin?

Crossing his arms with a huff, Rin decided he was going to get his future husband's attention. He was the prince, after all. He deserved that attention more than a stupid statue did.

Jumping down from the window, he ran around to the entrance and slid the door open as loudly as he could. A few of the chants stopped as the monks turned around in surprise, but the oldest monks kept the words going. Ryuuji paused before stubbornly clenching his hands and continuing.

"Hey!" Rin shouted, flickering a little with indignation. Why did Ryuuji always have to be so stubborn and boring? Rin wanted to play. "Ryuuji! Come on!"

"Bocchan," one of the bald monks gently said, "it would seem your betrothed requires your attention."

Ryuuji muttered something Rin couldn't actually hear. The monk frowned a bit, but not in annoyance like people were always frowning at Rin.

"Just a short while, Bocchan."

Ryuuji huffed and got up with a fierce scowl. "Fine! But make it quick."

Rin purposefully walked slowly out of the temple and got a thrill at how quickly it made Ryuuji send him an annoyed glare. Ha! He could still rile him up. The past few days of ignoring hadn't changed that.

Rin walked until they were at the edge of the forest around the palace. There weren't that many people out here. Just the guards, and they were pretty good at pretending they weren't always listening.

"Why you been ignoring me?"

"I haven't been." Ryuuji muttered as he shoved his shoulders up sulkily.

Rin immediately scowled. "Have too!"

"Have not!"

"Have too! So cut it out!"

"I'll ignore you if I want! Whadda ya even care for? I thought I was gross!"

"You—huh?"

Ryuuji stomped forward, until he was under the cover of trees. The shadows danced over him in strange shapes, making him look other worldly and distant. "Don't 'huh'! You said it!"

Rin blinked the weird vision away and darted forward. "Don't run away from me when I'm talkin' to ya! I'm a prince! You're supposed to —"

"No one cares that you're a prince!"

"You're just a monk! A gross monk!" Ryuuji wasn't gross, and Rin didn't know what he was talking about because he was pretty sure he'd never called Ryuuji gross, but he was mad and it was the first word that popped up in his mind.

Ryuuji shot him an utterly furious look. His face was red with it, pinched in the wrong way, and his eyes...

Why did he look sad?

"Leave me alone!" Ryuuji kept stomping on, so Rin continued after him. "You're the one that said I was gross, so just let me be."

"I didn't call you gross!"

Ryuuji rounded on him with an irritated growl. "You just did, ya moron!"

"'Cause you wouldn't stop saying it! And don't call me a moron, rooster!" Rin crossed his arms over his chest and dropped to the ground petulantly. "We're not moving until you explain why you're so mad."

Ryuuji glared for a moment longer before he smoothed the expression out. "I don't have to stay. I can just leave you here."

"I'll yell and get you in trouble."

Ryuuji's expression twitched. "I already told you."

"No you didn't! You said I called you gross and I didn't."

"You did!"

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

Rin threw his hands up in the air in frustration. "WHEN?!"

"WHEN YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT TO KISS ME!" Ryuuji bellowed, and promptly went pale. He took a step back while Rin gaped at him.

A smile started to creep across Rin's face as he stared. "You wanna kiss me," he said, and his grin grew bigger and vicious. "You wanna kiss me!" He laughed with that realization. Ryuuji liked him and wanted to kiss him. Ha!

Ryuuji's face twisted in the wrong way. "Shut up!" And with that, he was running at top speed into the forest and away from Rin. The dangerous forest. The forest they weren't supposed to go in.

Oh no.

#bonrin #ao no exorcist #blue exorcist #my tumblr fics #rin okumura #ryuuji suguro #ryuji suguro #bon suguro #bon x rin #aoex #bon/rin #bonfire #bonxrin #rin being a little shit is always fun #ryuuji is going to have a rough time with him #yukio kissed shiemi's cheek #and rin is exaggerating #yukio has also not stopped blushing since he did it

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girlgrouptrash101 · 3 years

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MinYul (IZ*ONE) - He’ll Never Be You

Request: naur i just got some minyul feeels and had to get this out of my system yike

Word Count: 4,058

Warnings: there is none all is safe my friends

A/N: anything randomly in bold is their thoughts cuz,, idk minyul be having inner monologue moments ig

“It was so romantic, Yul! He held my hand and gave me his jacket! I swear I think I might be in love with him!” Minju squealed, kicking her legs up from where she lay on Yuri’s bed. The younger girl sat beside her, deep in thought. What was the difference between her and Hwang Hyunjin? She always held Minju’s hand and gave Minju her jacket when she was cold. Why was it such a special thing when he did it? Yuri huffed.

“Yuri, you good?” Minju asked, turning her head to look at her best friend.

“Yeah, I’m fine dumbo. Just sick of hearing you sound like a lovesick puppy, that’s all.” Yuri joked, resorting to teasing in order to mask the pain in her chest; jealousy and sadness mixing together to leave harsh thoughts in the younger girl’s mind.

“Don’t worry Yul, no need to be jealous. I’m sure someone will ask you out soon.”

Yuri sighed. She sure was jealous, but it certainly wasn’t because she didn’t have anyone like Minju did. It was because Minju had someone that wasn’t her.

“Cheer up buttercup. Wanna watch a movie?” Minju asked cheerily, unable to detect any of the inner turmoil currently spiralling in Yuri’s mind. The older didn’t even wait for Yuri to reply, grabbing the younger girl’s laptop and opening netflix. Yuri could only sit and watch as Minju picked a cheesy rom-com before snuggling into Yuri’s side. An action that had happened thousands of times before was now making Yuri stiffen like a statue, afraid Minju would hear the thumping of her heart as she nestled into her neck.

‘Friendship gets a lot harder when feelings are involved’, Yuri thinks to herself.

Drip.

Drop.

Drip.

Drop.

Yuri’s eyes flitted over to the kitchen sink, taking a breath as the splashes of water could be heard falling from the spout, the only other noise in the room apart from the steady breathing and occasional page turn from the girl in front of her. She tried her best to let the water distract her, tried to get her mind to focus on anything other than her best friend in front of her.

But they just wouldn’t.

They just couldn’t.

Unfortunately for Yuri, some part of her just couldn’t bear to keep her eyes off Minju for more than a minute. Maybe it was the way her dark locks framed her face as she focused on her homework; maybe it was the way she chewed her lip in concentration; or maybe it was just everything about her that drove Yuri crazy. The younger girl sighed softly as her eyes raked over her friend once more, her unfinished homework a mere memory of the past as her mind became overwhelmed with the same thing it a;ways did these days - Kim Minju.

“You’re going to burn a hole through me soon if you don’t stop staring, Yul.”

Yuri jumped as her best friend finally broke the comfortable silence that had settled between the two of them. She cleared her throat abruptly, muttering out a small apology before looking back down at her half-written essay in an attempt to hide her now flushed cheeks behind her hair.

“I’m kidding, you dummy. What’s up? Are you stuck on your work or something?” Minju asked, leaning over the table to poke her friend on top of her head.

“U- Um no, I’m okay Min, don’t worry-”

“Yul it’s okay! Let me help.” The older girl said, moving around the kitchen table to sit right next to Yuri. The younger girl’s breath hitched at Minju’s closeness, doing her best to keep composed as Minju read over her page, leaning into her side to get a better look.

“Yuri, this is really good! I don’t understand what’s wrong.” Minju said, turning to look at her friend who was looking everywhere but back at her. Minju sighed before leaning onto the table, propping her head up on her hand as she tried to catch Yuri’s eye.

“Jo Yuri.”

“Uh, yeah?”

“What’s up with you lately? You’re not acting like the Yul I know, and it’s weirding me out. Is there anything you wanna talk about?” She said, her voice a bit softer now as she brushed a strand of hair behind Yuri’s ear. The smaller girl finally looked up at her, a sad look in her eye as she tried to speak to Minju, but the words just wouldn’t come.

Minju was right, and Yuri couldn’t deny it. She had stopped teasing the girl, stopped the skinship, just stopped being cuddly old Yuri around Minju. Yuri could tell that the older girl hated these changes and knew something was up, but she just couldn’t tell her. She would never be able to tell her that lately, her every thought, her every worry, her every concern.. It was all about Minju. While she had always loved Minju since they’d become best friends in primary school, it was a different kind of love these days.

Those brown eyes she used to look in were now galaxies that pulled Yuri in and the younger girl never wanted to look away.

Her vanilla scent that had always seemed just too sweet to Yuri was now a flavour she wanted to drown herself in.

The lips she used to smear ice cream on playfully to annoy the younger girl were now ones she wanted to kiss, over and over, and over again.

But, the fear.

The fear of losing years of friendship, memories, laughter, love… Yuri was way too afraid to say anything for fear she’d lose everything. Though it was hard being around the girl you love every day without being able to have her the way she really wanted, Yuri still kept quiet. She kept quiet around the only girl she was truly ever able to be her loud, bashful self around, and it was so obvious to the both of them that the balance in their friendship was majorly askew.

'Fear is truly a powerful thing when it wants to be', Yuri thinks to herself as she repeats the same excuse she’s given to Minju for the last few weeks.

“I can’t talk to you about this one, Min. But I’m alright, I promise.”

Minju nodded softly, a disheartened look on her face. Yuri's heart clenched in pain to see those eyes tinged with sadness, especially knowing it was because of her, but she just couldn't tell her. Not now, not when there was so much at stake.

The older girl sighed out once again, feeling dejected as she moved back to her own seat. Her mind was racing at a mile a minute, wondering what could be bothering Yuri so bad that she couldn't even tell Minju anything about it. The two had never kept secrets from one another before, so it truly hurt Minju to be iced out this way.

The girls worked in a now deeply uncomfortable silence, both of them stuck between an atmosphere of wanting to talk but also wanting to run away from the issue completely. It was clear to anyone that Yuri was the one who wanted to do most of the running.

Once the sun began to set, Yuri used an excuse of her mom calling her home, quickly packing her bag and darting out of the older girl's kitchen. This left Minju alone with her thoughts, which quickly began to spiral.

‘This isn't my Yul, something is seriously wrong here.

She's been iffy for a while now, but today was something more.

There had never been a second of awkwardness between us before, ever, but today...

It was almost hard to breathe, sitting in that horrible silence.

She can't tell me, but why?

The only reason Yuri would keep something from me is if it was about me...?

Is it about me?

Did I hurt Yul?

God. What did I do to make her so uneasy around me...?’

Minju shut her eyes tight in an attempt to block out her inner monologue, her head falling into her palms as she sat at the kitchen table. Yuri was her rock, her partner in crime, her... whatever! Yuri was someone she couldn't live without. The girl she relied so heavily upon was building a wall between them, one she had to break down before the last brick could be placed.

Minju could never last a day without Yuri, her Yul, by her side.

While Minju wallowed in her sorrows at home, Yuri fared no better. She said a quick hello to her parents, blurting out some excuse as to why she was skipping dinner and making a beeline for her room.

The young girl threw herself into her bed, letting her covers swallow her up, just as her emotions had been doing to her lately. She closed her eyes and desperately searched for sleep, but it never came.

Just as it had been for every night for the last few months, the same thing ran through her mind.

‘Minju,

Minju,

Minju.’

While she thought keeping her feelings to herself would keep their friendship afloat, it seemed that things were going downhill whether she spoke to Minju about it or not. Just why did these things have to be so complicated?

'Stupid Minju for being so stupidly irressistible', she thought.

Yuri huffed. Just why did Kim Minju think she could have so much power over her thoughts and emotions anyway? Stupid frog. Stupid Minju and her stupid charming smile, her stupid kissable lips, the stupid way she held Yuri's hand as they walked, the stupid way she cuddled closer to Yuri during sleepovers because she wasn't fond of the dark.

‘Stupid. It's all stupid’, Yuri thinks.

After going through a few more mental battles of anger and sadness, she finally found the sleep she had been chasing. So with one loud yawn and a flutter of her eyes closed, Yuri fell into dream land with only one thought remaining in her mind.

‘God, I'm so fucking in love.’

The next day went by, and both girls were left in radio silence. Minju felt the younger needed space, and Yuri didn't know what she was doing at all.

She spent her time mindlessly scrolling through Instagram on her bed, trying to keep her thoughts away from Minju. However, it truly was just her luck when the girl in question popped up on her feed. It was a picture posted by Hwang Hyunjin, and it was a selfie with Minju. She was pressed into his side, a wide smile on her face as he held her close to him. Yuri let her eyes drift down to the caption, her breath hitching as she saw the simple heart emoji on her screen. Her heart dwindled even further when she saw Minju's response; a matching heart emoji.

It was nothing out of the ordinary for the two, no sudden confession of love, but to Yuri, it just shattered her already torn heart once again.

A tear rolled down Yuri's cheek.

A bitter laugh fell from her lips as she pictured herself. 'Jo Yuri, crying over a fucking emoji?' What had become of her?.

She told herself that over and over again, but she knew it was more. It wasn't just an emoji, it was the fact that Hyunjin had a chance with Minju that Yuri could never even dream of having.

Hyunjin was just Minju's type. Tall, athletic, handsome - everything Yuri just about wasn't. She scoffed, cursing the boy in her head, wishing she hadn't seen it. Wishing these overbearing feelings would go away. Wishing Minju was by her side, holding her close and keeping her safe.

But wishing does nothing but remind people of what they don't have.

The weekend dragged by for both girls.

Minju spent most of it with Hyunjin, cuddling up and watching movies for hours on end. However, as happy as she thought she should be, it just didn’t feel that way for her. Hyunjin was lovely, he truly was, and he cared for her, he really did. But for Minju, it just didn’t feel right.

He just wasn’t Yuri.

He didn’t make her feel warm inside like Yuri did. He didn’t make her laugh by making fun of all the characters in the movies they watched like Yuri did. But Minju said nothing. Falling for anyone is scary, but falling deep for your best friend is even scarier. She never felt like Yuri would ever love her back so she did her best to move on and find comfort in others.

Hyunjin wasn’t Yuri. But if she couldn’t be with Yuri, then he was enough.

Just as it had for Minju, time also ticked despairingly slowly for Yuri who had spent the weekend without Minju for the first time in years.

By the time Monday rolled around, Yuri could barely drag herself out of bed for school. She haphazardly threw on her uniform while mentally preparing a plan for the day that would allow her to avoid Minju. She decided that if she can't be with her, she would have to distance herself. The pain of loving someone so close to you was more suffocating than anything Yuri had ever experienced before, she just couldn't take it.

However, Yuri's plan immediately went awry when she opened her front door and saw her best friend there waiting for her. Minju gave her a small smile, the gesture fading as Yuri didn't reciprocate it.

"Yul-"

"Come on, Min, we'll be late." Yuri said abruptly, speeding last the older girl. Yuri didn't want her to speak, hearing the soft tone in her voice only made her heart clench more for the brunette.

It took only a minute for Minju to catch up, the older girl stopping Yuri by grabbing her by the wrist.

"Yuri, we won't be late. Now will you cut the bullshit and just talk to me?" Minju said, her brows furrowing. Yuri looked away again, trying to find an escape from the situation. Minju grabbed the younger's cheeks, forcing her to look her in the eyes.

For a moment, Yuri's world stops. She almost forgets her predicament when Minju looks at her, her eyes holding a mixture of worry and sadness as she looks down at the younger of the two. In an ideal world, Yuri would have already kissed the pout off her face, pulling her back inside her home to skip school and spend the day wrapped in one another's arms.

But this isn't an ideal world.

"Yul, whatever's going on with you, we need to talk it out. You're my best friend! Who's gonna be there with me every step of the way if it isn't you?" She asked earnestly.

For some reason, the sadness in the pit of Yuri's stomach began to turn to anger at Minju’s words. She just couldn’t help it.

"I don't know. Hyunjin, maybe?" She asked, a coldness to her voice. Minju's hands dropped back down to her sides. Yuri already missed her warmth.

"What does Hyunjin have to do with anything Yuri? Why are you always like this when it comes to him..." Minju muttered, more to herself than anyone else.

"He has everything to do with this Minju. I'm like this because... because I don't like him. One fucking bit." Yuri continued, the anger bubbling up now. She knew she had no reason to get so pissed at Minju, or even Hyunjin, but sometimes, with love comes jealousy. Once that green monster rises up within her, Yuri finds it almost impossible to suppress it.

"Yul, he's really nice! He brought me on a lovely date this weekend, I'm sure you'd get along with him just fine! He-"

"Minju, don't you get it? Don't you get it at all?" Yuri's fists clenched with how hard she was trying to keep her tears in right now. Minju shook her head, fear gracing her features as she watched her best friend, the small girl now overcome with anger.

"I- I won't like your stupid boyfriend and I won't ever like him because-"

A hiccuped breath interrupted Yuri's words as a cause of the hot tears that were now streaming down her face, her balled fists not bothering to wipe them away.

"Because?" Minju pressed, needing answers.

But Yuri stayed silent.

"Yuri, jesus fucking christ will you just talk? Whatever you have to say can't be that bad-"

"Because I'm in love with you."

Minju froze.

‘She was what?’

"I'm in love with you Minju. I know you don't feel the same but I have to tell you because this weight, the fucking weight of being around you, being scared to touch you for fear I might fall even further, being scared to say too much in case I scare you away... it's too much for me Minju."

Yuri inhaled. She said it.

Minju was silent.

Yuri took it as a sign.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I let this come between us. I hope he treats you right." Yuri said finally, her tears falling even harder than before. She took one last look up at her best friend's face and wished desperately that she hadn't, because the look of shock there seemed to tell her everything she needed to know.

So she turned back to her house, trudging slowly as the consequences of her actions began to dawn on her.

With every step, she hoped, prayed, wished, for Minju to call her back, to hold her tight, to tell her everything would be okay. But she didn't.

So Yuri continued walking away.

Alone.

Two weeks had passed.

Yuri was lucky, with midterm rolling around she didn't have to make excuses to stay away from Minju or from school, locking herself up inside her bedroom for the two weeks.

As the days ticked by, Yuri tried to convince herself that this was right, and this was how life was going to be now. She didn't need Minju, she didn't need the pain or the heartbreak in her life.

‘But lying to yourself doesn't always work does it?’

It doesn't, Yuri thinks, as she spends another night staring at her phone. She waits and waits, willing for it to ring. She wants to hear her voice and her laugh, and talk to her about her worries. Minju had always been her safe place to go after something had gone wrong in life.

Where does Yuri go when Minju is the problem that went wrong?

(The phone never rings. Yuri doesn't get to hear her voice.)

There were two days of midterm left, and Yuri was dreading going back to school. She'd be obviously alone there, with no comfort of being able to pretend life doesn't exist inside the safe confines of her bedroom walls.

Yuri felt herself about to drift off into another countless nap, until her serenity was broken by a knock at her door. Her mom was there, a look of pity on her features.

"There's someone here for you."

Yuri nodded, heading down to the door. She stepped outside, looking down at her feet until she heard the sound of the other person clearing her throat.

"Yul,"

Followed by a sigh.

"Can you look at me, please?"

Yuri looked up, meeting eyes with the one girl she wanted to run a mile away from right now. Yuri couldn’t help but notice that she looked tired, and more worn out than she'd ever seen her before.

"We need to talk, huh?"

Yuri nodded, following Minju as she moved to sit on the steps of Yuri's porch. They sat in silence for a little while, until finally, Yuri spoke.

"Hi."

It was quiet, said in a voice small enough that would've been missed if Minju wasn't listening to the younger so intently.

"Hi, Yuri." She said with a soft chuckle, taking in the appearance of the younger girl. She had her hair in a messy bun, dressed in sweatpants and a baggy hoodie. Yuri looked straight ahead, feeling nervous as Minju surveyed her.

"You never let me speak, you know." Minju started, puzzling the younger girl.

"Huh?" She asked, turning to meet Minju who had a small smile on her features.

"Well, I know my Yul is dramatic but I didn't think it was this bad." She continued, chucking a small bit. Yuri wasn't impressed.

"Minju, if you've come here just to make fun of me, then you can go right back home." She said sternly, her brows only knitting further as Minju's chuckle turned into a laugh.

"Seriously, Yuri. You might be the stupidest person I've ever met. What kind of person confesses their love to someone then runs away from them before they can even reply?" She says, letting out a disbelieving laugh before scooting closer to Yuri.

"I... I don't know. You just looked shocked and I didn't want to be rejected by you so I just.. left."

"Yuri, what did I tell you about assuming things before they happen?" Minju said, her voice still teasing.

"What do you mean?" Yuri questioned, her eyes locking with Minju’s. She searched the other girl’s dark orbs for answers, but they revealed nothing, her features untelling of what the older girl was about to say next.

"I love you too, Yuri. You fucking idiot." Minju confessed, the end of her sentence turning to a whisper as she got lost in Yuri’s eyes. Just as the younger girl was about to speak up, Minju silenced her.

Closing the small gap between her face and Yuri’s, Minju couldn’t help but smile into the kiss as she heard her friend’s gasp of surprise before she began to kiss her back.

Minju’s stomach filled with butterflies. This was it, the feeling she was looking for. She never felt like this when she kissed Hyunjin, or anyone else. It was always Yuri.

It’ll always be Yuri, she thinks as she pulls away, admiring her best friend’s blushing features. They both stared at one another, neither wanting to be the one to break the serene silence that had enveloped them. It was Yuri who eventually spoke up, her eyes turning to crescents that made Minju’s heart race as she smiled.

"If being called a fucking idiot means I get to kiss you like that again, then don't ever call me anything else." Yuri said, half joking, half deadly serious. Minju couldn't help but start laughing at Yuri's dorkiness, the younger soon joining her. While they had spent so much time together over the years, not a single moment had ever made them feel as complete as they did now.

The two sat on Yuri’s front porch for the next few hours, watching the sunset as their hands were intertwined, Yuri's head resting softly on Minju's shoulder.

"I can't believe you were going to date Hwang Hyunjin instead of me." Yuri said, poking fun at Minju.

"Hey! How the hell was I ever supposed to know you liked me back? You have the emotional capacity of a pebble, there's no way I could've guessed!" Minju said, making the two of them break down into laughter.

"A pebble? That's so rude!"

"Yeah, you're right. I'm sure pebbles express their emotions much better than you do." Minju replied, a teasing lilt to her voice.

You're so annoying. You frog." Yuri said, her actions betraying her words as she nestled closer into Minju's side.

"A frog, maybe. But your frog at least." The older girl replied, pressing a small kiss to the crown of her head, smiling.

"Mm. My frog. My stupid, annoying, beautiful, frog." Yuri said finally, pressing a soft kiss to Minju's neck before closing her eyes and letting herself fall asleep against Minju, the fading sun still keeping her warm as the evening passed by.

Minju took a deep breath as she appreciated her surroundings. She had the girl of her dreams cuddled into her, a beautiful sunset in front of her, and a powerful feeling of warmth and love in her chest that she had never felt before. Her thoughts returned to the girl tucked into her side as she too began to close her eyes, letting her mind wander as she allowed herself to drift off into a peaceful sleep.

‘Jo Yuri.

Stupid Jo Yuri.

My Jo Yuri.’

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the-acid-pear · 3 years

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I did my homework and i did my chores, time to tackle on the third book of this series, Son of Ogre

Chapter 1

Okay but the fuck is Baki planning to do if he stops fighting? That's literally all he has, he's not smart

WOOH THATS A BIT REALISTIC

PREHISTORIC ELEPHANT?!

King just went to have a snack. Also FUCK does that meat look tasty FUCKKK

This baby so cute 🥺

I'm so glad Yuji is doing stupid hilarious shit again it had been a while

Congrats on Baki for that mantis

Chapter 2

Who tf is this kid?

Poor kid lmao, i assume he will meet Baki

Look at my boyyy

HSTSRFAYDF DON'T CALL HIM A MANLET

Imagine Baki actually kills this kid HSJDYSSHCBT

Third comment with a ton of likes is "we do not condone child violence. We do, however, find it hilarious"

Chapter 3

AH SHUT UPPP KIDDO

But i like Baki memeing a round a lil

Chapter 4

🥺🥺 that's so sweet...

HELLOOOO STRYDUM MY GOD YOUR TITS GOT FATTER SIR 😳😳

Yujiro is such a fucking threat to society lmao

I love seeing Baki with his eyes open, he's looking more like his old self

Oh, shadow boxing incoming, alright

Chapter 5

Yuri? 🥺 /j

THE RETURN OF IRON MICHAEL?!

Chapter 6

I love how there's our silly little mains after every cover LUV em <33

Baki just dissociating his ass out and using it on his favor, the king

Why is Baki eating sour prunes aren't those meant to be sweet?

We all salivating

Chapter 7

Love to see there are even more swears there now

I can put my face next to my foot too tho

FAGDRJSEHARD YUJIRO CAN BEAT THE CANCER HOW ICONIC 😍

Also i would LOVE to see Yuji fight an Orca

WHAT?!

I love how everyone in the comments is calling out Rumina for not seeing issue going down to a dark hidden basement with a shirtless man older than him

Chapter 8

"piggy back me" USHSYFLFUDSY

This fight is going to be good

Chapter 9

Imagine Baki dies right here right know against an imaginary mantis lmao

Okay Baki getting damaged makes sense but the WALL?

Baki's dead (GOD IT HAS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I HAVE SAID THAT)

Ffs it's true Baki COULD create himself a stand 😰

Chapter 10

OH FUCK IT'S TRUE

Chapter 11

This fight is so boring i had to take a 6 hour break

Baki just can't win against nature eh

This reminds me of Garland pulling a suplex on that Anaconda

Chapter 12

I can't wait for the main cast to ACTUALLY appear, instead of just, you know, them in the covers

This fight is slow but cool but slow

To fight a mantis you must think like a mantis 😎

Though it's true in this manga you will most likely win if you steal your opponent techniques so

Chapter 13

I MISS IGARI FUCKKK

This is so dumb i luv it

That mantis be swearing lmao

Love it when Baki goes full Yujiro

Chapter 14

TOBA...

Holy fuck do mantis fly?

Secret Chapter?

Is this how Yujiro got born?

Idk girl i would have killed him if i was you

WHAT.

I KNOW THOSE FROGS THEY ARE FROM PUERTO RICO I THINK

I might just be sleepy but this is so confusing

AKSHSKGSKSGSJSG JUST KILL THE BABY IT AINT THAT HARD

Chapter 15

GAIA...

Why is he like this?

Is "he" with us right now?

...gotta admit that IS true...

I love Strydum sksgwhwg

Yujiro really went XD

I don't think my man Arun in the comments is aware how gay what he said is, though maybe I'm wrong

Chapter 16

GOD THESE FUCKING COVERS MAKING ME SO NOSTALGIC, LOOK AT SPEC!

ANIME KENNEDY?!

I can't believe Bush is dead

AN ASIAN BOY HAS JUST KIDNAPPED THE PRESIDENT...

8 of January? My god he's a Capricorn

I'm sorry, what?

LAHQIGWKQFWKSFWIWG 😭😭

I love Baki so much, THIS IS THE KID THAT I MISSED SO MUCH

This explains why Baki was in prison clothes in the anime teaser

Chapter 17

BIG NUMBER

That one mf like 😐

Glad Baki is 18 now at least 😌

Love to see Oliva back

Chapter 18

This page not even bothering to charge the pages anymore

I'm sure there were better ways to go to jail, well, actually, no, but still

Toba used to just chew that off

Baki did that mantis hit you in the head too hard?

I. I watched way too many prison movies and shows. I don't like seeing someone as young and pretty as Baki in such a place. I rlly don't.

Chapter 19

Yanagi baby i miss you...

IRON MICHAEL?!

Mfkhsjsys 😳🥴

Eh got my hopes too high

CHE BAKI PIBE... LA PUTA MADRE NI ACA ME ESCAPO DE MIS COMPATRIOTAS

I hope he swears too i want to see a boludo o pelotudo PLEASE

I mean para pelotudos lo veo a Yujiro todo el tiempo pero igual JSGWKEGWG me pone bien argento ver al Che carajo

Chapter 20

HE SAID BOLUDO SUAHWKWGAKSGSKSGSKGD

I can't take this omfg new fav I'm sorry Doppo but he just said boludo 😭

Pendejo is more used as pibe here but i will let it pass bc idk the lingo in Cuba and he spent some time there so

Why don't i speak like this too ffs? All i do is say eh and call it a day

He's cocky enough to call anybody any age pibe so I'll let that pass too

Por favor no lo hagas che sksgwj

Chapter 21

Che, pibe, it's a good day to die...

Chapter 22

GSHAGSTSG he should have said "no boludo"

I'm falling in love with this boludo myself

That's talented and brutal

OH RIGHT YOU LOSE YOUR BALANCE WHEN YOU DONT HAVE THAT

Chapter 23

Hm that's, cringe

YESSS HE SAID PELOTUDO

OAHWLGWKQFSKSGSJS SIII ROMPELO TODO CHE, ROMPELO TODO POR DECIRTE YANKEE KSGSSJGS

Honestly i too get pissed off when called American or European, though i won't throw shit to Baki, he's some random 18 yo japanese boy, no way he would recognize latinoamerican lingo lmao

King shit Baki boy

Chapter 24

Oh that's why he's called Jun Guevara, that's fair

I like how they are mixing a bit of truth and a bit of lie it's fun at least

Chapter 25

I like how they are drawing nipples now, occasionally

I can't wait for Viêt to complain about propaganda in the comments

OH SHIT

😳 :Y

He's sooo nice 😍

Chapter 26

Only three? You mean the third is... 👁️👁️

HAHA YEAH YUJI-CHAN <3

I can't believe he works for the USA I'm crying and shaking rn

What a progressive manga, the three strongest and most dangerous men and none of them are white 😍

GET HIS ASS BAKI

Chapter 27

Why is this guy sweating sm?

LDYDYSUGFUDT BAKI PLS

I like how the only time Baki was willing to kill a person was when he thought Sikorsky had hurt his girl

Chapter 28

I feel like Ian will die

Man i love how Baki is drawn in this book

Ffs i called it, i have watched way too many prison things to know how shit goes down

I have seen these three before in fanart but I'm curious to see what they can do

Chapter 29

Their faces remind me of Doyle

OH I CANT WAIT TO SEE EM IN THE ANIME

ASSHOLE DON'T CALL ME STUPID 😢💔

I'm gonna struggle to tell em apart but i think I'll manage

Okay I'm not the only one who thinks they look like Doyle, fair

Chapter 30

The mouth vs Yujiro when?

Someone mentioned the have the same vibe as the dudes that worked with Gaia and like 👁️👁️

Chapter 31

Lmao someone in the comments recommended the same thing

These three must be great at sex (sorry)

KSHALDHDKD NEW FAV COMMENT: "go to Japan and look for the word "defeat". That way you won't feel cocky anymore"

Chapter 32

Hehe hello Junnn~

KSHAKDHKWGS

La luna

Chapter 33

LOS TRES...

Okay that's funny, hocico instead of mouth (hocico is used for animal mouths)

I'm so glad i know Spanish

The two things that drive me insane and make me ramble are Doppo's beauty and this stupid argentinian

OSHSKWGSKSG

Chapter 34

Imagine he's doing that illusion thing Dorian did

With his own blood, that's so cool...

Hoho...!

I did that once when i had a terrible nose bleed, didn't go well

Chapter 35

This book is fucking boring NGL

"now that you got no more urine left in you"

AH.

GAHDYR LMAO

Chapter 36

HO THAT TITLE, PLEEEASE I NEED SOMETHING, ANYTHING, TO HAPPEN

HHH he kinda cute...

Oww :(

JDJSJFRGAJ

God piantao is an old word i had never heard it before

AND he took a piss.

LOCO NO SEAS HOMOFÓBICO NINGUNA MINA ACA ES MEJOR QUE ESTE PIBITO TE LO ASEGURO SKSGSKGSJAAGS

Se me cayó un ídolo y yo que le quería dar 😔

ÑSHWQLSGOSGDKW

Let's see if he lied to Baki about just liking eh /j

Chapter 37

I luv Oliva lol

AJSGSKSLAGHS BAKI SNAPPED

I too wonder where the fuck Kozue is

Chapter 38

LSHSLDGSLSGSIEG

He is jealous of what you two have, it's normal, el Che just rejected his love after all ;/

Oliva is a king

OH A HANKERCHIEF I THOUGHT THAT WAS UNDERWEAR SHSGS-

Oh shit Oliva is like 45?! He looked so young

Te fuiste a la mierda, Che, el chabón estaba siendo re bueno con vos

Baki is just dead

Chapter 39

I love how realistic Che's fear is, he's rather smart, though not this time

POOR GUY AJSGSWJW

I didn't realize Che said "what more, it may be a woman!" but to be fair they ARE in jail so

Chapter 40

I'm feeling kinda bad for him ngl

I feel happy for him tho 🥺

Bruh they added one page after the ending of some naked anime girl tf 😐

Chapter 41

These prisoners having fun is kinda sweet

YO INSANE

Bitches be complaining about Maria's looks are just jealous 🥰

Chapter 42

Damn she lorge

He loves fighting naked eh

Only valid person is the one saying Oliva deserves better treatment which tbh true

Chapter 43

Fun fact i wear my jacket like El Che too, unless it's too cold

El che with the hair lose is so cute bro,,,

Something something fingering joke

Sikorski could fold a coin too

I bet the bandana will break

Chapter 44

I would have just fallen on top of him, how is he gonna counter that, eh?

Oh that super fun to know!

Oh the good ol dirty technique, i have seen this one before!

Chapter 45

NOOO MARIA DON'T DO THIS TO HIM

This fight is super cool tho i love these two characters

Chapter 46

They just keep changing the rules i think Itagaki is just flexing at this point

LAAOSFKAGSKAGSKAF???

Baki wants his protagonism back

I'm getting pissed off they keep putting semi naked underaged girls at the end of every chapter 😐

Chapter 47

Bruh just realized, the mouth got so hyped as this new cool villain and they died in their first appearance 😭

His damn bandana...

#luly talks #i hit character limit already waaa :(#but I'm too into this to stop reading lol #btg #this saga is a bit boring but el che is funny :)#baki liveblog

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skzfairies · 3 years

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stamp of approval

time: november 2019

pairing: yuqi x yuri + wooyoung

summary: wooyoung walks in on somthing he maybe shouldnt have, but he ended up handing yuri a stamp of approval at the end.

attack on titan was playing on the ateez’s dorm’s tv silently in the background, and both yuri and yuqi seated on the couch together peacefully. they were both alone at dorms, besides wooyoung, but he was in his room, unbothered at yuqi’s presence.

yuqi didn’t understand attack on titan at all, but she loved hearing yuri’s reactions to scenes and loved hearing her talking about her favorite characters for hours on end. she found it so incredibly cute, and was amazed how hard yuri thought about the show itself.

yuqi was confused on the current scene, although yuri gave her best to explain the first two seasons to her (it just confused yuqi more), there was still cerain scenes that needed more background information than a ten minute recap.

when yuqi turned her head, she felt a weight on her shoulder that she didn’t notice before, and she heard an oddly sound of quietness next to her too.

yuri was fast asleep on her shoulder, and her arms were clinging onto yuqi’s arm. yuqi quietly giggled and paused the show, knowing yuri would be annoyed if she missed the episode, and softly stroked yuri’s head with her free hand.

she heard a door open behind her, and turned to find one of the sleeping girls members entering the living room, halting when he saw yuqi in the living room.

“oh sorry, i didn’t know you were still here.” wooyoung said, bowing to yuqi, not having a conversation with her without yuri, and those were just introductions. he felt very awkward, even inside his own house.

“oh it’s okay, i’m about to leave, yuri just fell asleep.” yuqi softly smiled, trying to softly position yuri so she wouldn’t wake her.

“she would want to wake her before you leave, or else she would sulk for months.” wooyoung slightly joked, causing both of them to laugh. they both knew that sulking yuri was very hard to cheer up, and she will not stop complaining for weeks.

wooyoung went his way to the kitchen, wanting to still be able to listen to their conversation, but not stare them down at the same time. he wanted to be nosy. not that he thought they were up to something, but wooyoung had his suspicions that they were much more than “just friends”. this was the perfect time to secretly see if his guesses were correct.

after wooyoung left for the kitchen, yuqi debated for awhile on what would be the easiest way to wake yuri up, she eventually decided that gently speaking to her would be the best option.

“yuri, i’m gonna head home. angel, wake up please, i want a hug.” yuqi cutely pouted and whined, while softly rocking yuri in her arms, causing the girl to whine softly, to yuqi’s great suprise, and rub her eyes.

“please don’t go.” yuri pouted and looked up at yuqi, giving her the biggest puppy eyes yuqi has ever seen.

yuqi swore she would have done anything for yuri in that moment, and she could literally feel her heart melting. she was shocked as well, since she rarely saw yuri act cute, she despised too.

“i’m sorry, i don’t want either of us to get in trouble.” yuqi said, gently stroking yuri’s hair when she huffed, and laughed at the dramatic girl.

“at least give me a kiss before you leave.”

yuqi stared at yuri dumbfounded for awhile, did she really just saw that? looking at yuri forming her lips into a kissy face and softly smiling at yuqi, giggling, confrimed that she did in fact say that.

“your member is in the kitchen i think....i don’t think that’s a good idea yu.” yuqi responded in shock, praying to god that her member did not hear yuri. but that was probably very unlikely, since yuri basically shouted. this girl really has no fear....

“i don’t care, yuqi, please.” yuri pouted, honestly not caring that if any of her members walked in at that given moment. she missed yuqi, and she wanted to take advantage of all the time she spent with her, even if she had to face embarssing conversations after wards.

yuqi sighed, knowing that wooyoung wouldn’t walk in the room after he heard yuri, and slowly left a soft kiss onto yuri’s pouting lips.

although it wasn’t long, and it was just a simple peck, it made both girls feel like they were on cloud nine. they both felt the butterflies that they felt the very first time they kissed, and it seemed like that feeling would never go away. they wanted to stay in these moments forever, but they couldn’t. they had responsibilities, and as much as they wished they could run away together and never leave each other, they had to step back into reality.

yuqi softly pulled away, and gave a tight hug to the girl, muttering a quick bye.

“be safe, text me when you get home. and don’t forget your coat!” yuri spoke, much more hyper after getting what she wanted, causing for yuqi to slightly shake her head as yuri ran to the coat rack. somehow, yuqi always seemed to be giving into yuri’s wants, she really is whipped for her and proud.

“come here, let me put it on you!” yuri giggled, bouncing on the balls of her feet, and yuqi grinned and walked towards the girl and let her out the coat on her. yuqi hummed when yuri softly brushed her hands through her hair, brushing it to the side so it wouldn’t get messy.

yuri leaned in for another kiss again, slightly bending down, and opening the door for yuqi.

“now get going, i don’t want you to get scolded.” yuri giggled, seeing now that the roles were reversed, and yuqi gave a salute and left the dorm.

wooyoung, who was in the kitchen the whole time, was slightly smiling to himself. he saw how happy yuqi made yuri, and he was so happy yuri found happiness in someone who was a healthy person to be around. and he was also smiling, perhaps this was the biggest reason, because he was in fact right.

he was ready to embarss the living crap out of yuri now, softly giggling now that he had leverage.

he entered the living room again once he heard the door shut, and was met with a furiously blushing yuri against the front door, causing wooyoung to burst out laughing.

“looks like someone has a crush” wooyoung managed to say through his laughter, causing yuri to jump up and let out a not so silent scream, sending wooyoung to laugh even harder.

“how much did you hear? why were you eas dropping? you freaking perv!” yuri yelled, although she was laughing herself. she just now set in the realization that she was that bold with yuqi, when anyone could hear them.

“i heard enough to understand what’s going on.” wooyoung snickered, winking at the girl as he made his way to the couch, yuri hot on his ankles.

“what do you mean “enough to understand” wooyoung? i don’t understand what you are hinting at so far, yuqi and i are just friends.” yuri huffed, standing infront of wooyoung on the couch, crossing her arms. wooyoung smiled and shook his head, not believing her the slightest bit.

“yeah sureeee yuri, “just friends” beg each other to kiss them. yup, bestest of friends.” wooyoung chuckled.

“you and san kiss each other all the time, how is this any different?” yuqi huffed, trying her best to get out of this, although she knew there was no possible way. it was clear, yuqi and yuri clearly liked each other.

“yeah but not on the lips silly! but i give her my blessing, she have my stamp of approval.” wooyoung said, and then eating his snack he made himself. yuri was standing there in shock, not knowing how to respond.

“close your mouth, it smells.” wooyoung teased, giggling at yuri’s shocked expression.

“shut up, i smell better than you. also, don’t. tell anyone. about this.” yuri said, pointing wooyoungs arm with every word.

“aye aye captain.”

“also, you aren’t my dad. we don’t need your stamp of approval.” yuri commented, winking at wooyoung and heading to her room. she heard wooyoung laughing as she shut her door, smiling and sitting on hongjoong’s bed.

[pretty girl yuqi] i’m home angel, thanks for inviting me over!

[cutie yuri] anytime, but next time, we are going to your house.

yuri sighed and layed back, feeling butterflies in her stomach. she felt so relaxed, and so happy. she felt like she could dance on the clouds, and she never ever wanted to get rid of this feeling. she wanted to feel this way the rest of her life, with yuqi.

a/n: i wrote posts for yuqi meeting members (here) and yuri + yuqi’s 1st kiss too! (here) check them out hehe <3

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fanfictiondreamscape · 4 years

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To Grab the Gold

Request: Could you maybe do a yurio x reader where the reader is a skater in the girls league at the same level as him. And though she almost always wins gold like her brother victor she’s always hard on herself saying she could do better. Either headcanons of how he would handle it or a Scenario please and thank you!!!!! Love work by the way!!!!!!!

Title: To Grab the Gold

Genre: fluffy, strays a lil into angst-y territory (but it should be fairly short)

Pairing: Yuri Plisetsky x Fem!reader

Notes: Okay, so thank you for this request! I’ve always wanted to write something about the reader being a sibling of Victor or someone, so this gave me the prime idea!

Otherwise, I feel as if I can relate to this idea in itself - being hard on yourself. It can literally be seen on this blog. It’s so nice and it makes me so happy to see that people enjoy the work I put out. So, I will thank you for that.

That said, I went with headcanons. Small warning, though:

These ideas will stray into territory that can be triggering. I would give it a specific label, but it is simply amplified insecurities, so if you deal with that - please proceed with caution.

KEY: (Yuri = Plisetsky, Yuuri = Katsuki)

Below the cut!

we have to cover this before anything else is said:

the figure skating world is brutal.

with that in mind, seeing as you had managed to jump the ranks as quickly as you did, people knew you as a formidable competitor.

yuri in particular knew how fierce of a competitor you were, seeing as he had trained with you and your brother victor under yakov for as long as he remembers.

so yes, while you two did grow up beside each other, you never really talked to anyone besides yakov, victor, and mila (from time to time)

in short, you two barely knew each other despite growing beside each other.

funny occurrence when you consider that he was of the few that knew of your habits when skating.

in similar fashion to your brother, you were almost a natural on the ice, and the way that you moved even off the ice was graceful yet intimidating.

it frankly shocked the other people competing against you in the senior division in which you debuted.

yuri was beside you the whole way.

literally.

when victor had made the claim that he was going to coach yuuri katsuki, he had suggested that you join him and train under him for the year.

you reluctantly agreed, though you also avoided saying anything to yakov as you weren’t as straightforward and recklessly fearless as victor is.

that said, yuri was a little disappointed and jealous.

he knew it was baseless, you were victor’s younger sibling, after all

what right did he have to keep you here?

what really bothered yuri was the fact that victor had made him a promise.

and he intended to make sure he kept it.

so when he showed up at the local ice rink out of the blue, you were left jaw-on-the-floor.

were you really surrounded by people that were purely impulse and nothing else?

you didn’t let the event prevent you from working on your senior debut pieces, though.

while yuri and yuuri were being coached by victor, it was only when they were done for the day that victor stood by and helped you with your senior debut.

you already had high expectations, after all - if you couldn’t hold up, what would happen?

you and yuri are the best new entries, so if either of you couldn’t hold up, what would go down if victor decided to quit coaching for competing in the next season and you had to go back to yakov?

what about if you had failed to grab even silver in your debut?

you knew you could do it, and you wanted the satisfaction that came with the draping of the medal around your neck, standing on the highest pedastal on the winner’s platform.

at least, that’s what you were trying to convince yourself to do.

you had been trying and failing to do an even more advanced jump than what you usually did.

and you wanted to use it in one of your routines

but the best you could do was the mount.

your landing was flawed at best, and a wipeout at worst.

it was starting to get to you.

many things swung around in your head.

‘is it my weight? is it being distributed incorrectly or did you just gain some?’

‘maybe it could be the routine itself. is it good enough to shock a crowd and win the gold?’

‘or, maybe, it’s just the fact that victor wasn’t able to focus and help you when you needed it most?’

the ideals that had been drilled into your head differed greatly from victor’s

and the fact that you had the expectation to live up to his abilities was starting to get to you for once.

normally, you’d just brush it off, but your competitive nature kicked into full gear and you felt the overwhelming need to avoid disappointing and losing.

you loved the feeling it brought to you. what else was there to say?

that, and you knew how victor could get when he had expectations.

just because you’re his family, doesn’t mean that you are exempt from his expectations of nikiforov gold.

which is why you worked your ass off.

you lost weight in favor of toning, you made sure to reach the rink before and after the three males entered and left.

more often than not, you would be eating a meal in your designated room in at the hot springs later at night, after your daily workout.

the new jump that you had been trying to accomplish was barely coming along

your routines were starting to slack.

you didn’t know what was going on, as things like this were normal, but they never reached this extent.

either way, you worked and worked and worked.

eventually, you had begun to skip dinner

you had begun to lose sleep

you had started to pass out at random times.

despite how much you tried to hide it and play it off as if everything was normal, everyone that saw you could tell that wasn’t the case by any means.

yuuri was trying to get you to stop and relax, but in your work-induced mindset led to you lashing out at him. no matter what he did, nothing worked.

yuri and victor had been aiming to get you to relax and stop working as well, but even they knew that you wouldn’t do that unless some more powerful entity forced you to.

that, and the sheer amount of disappointment that had started to rain over your being was starting to transform into anger.

you were beginning to have outbursts, your were beginning to perform as if you were a simple novice.

you were beginning to look as if you were going to fall apart after a single breath.

you failed to realize and care about your wellbeing until you wiped out on the ice and couldn’t get back up.

you were lucky that yuri had stayed back to get something he forgot, otherwise you might’ve been stuck there all night.

which is why you had to face the music and realize that this wasn’t the way to go about it.

he had made quick succession in making sure that you were okay as soon as he was exiting the rink and saw you passed out on the ice.

he panicked, frankly, but he made sure to get you off the ice and on a bench before calling yuuko over to tell her to call victor.

everything was moving fast, and he swore he could feel his heart racing in his ears as he saw you still on surface.

you looked pale, a weird mix of purple-blue and green, and the image left him speechless.

victor and yuuri rushed over to the rink as soon as they could, and when yuuri saw you his jaw fell to the floor

victor, on the other hand, ran to your side and picked you up.

he was able to notice the way you fell limp.

long story short, you looked dead.

it scared him senseless, and yuri could understand the sentiment.

over the time that he had spent in Japan, he had grown to appreciate the amount of work that you had put forth to succeed.

sadly, even he didn’t know that you would push yourself to this extent.

and he now knew why he became even more drawn to you.

you took pride in your abilities, but he never knew that you pushed yourself this far to achieve whatever goal you had set for yourself.

this event was what forced him to become aware of his feelings for you.

he could now realize why he always watched you, mesmerized at the way you carried yourself.

and he now understood why he wanted to make you feel safe.

after you were taken to the hot springs and taken care of, victor and yuri stayed by your side as you were still unconscious.

a warm towel was resting on your forehead and you were covered with a blanket.

for extra measures, they had even kept a small heater beside you to make sure that you didn’t freeze while resting.

“yuri, can i ask you something?”

“ah- what is it. victor?”

“if she decides to go back to yakov, watch over her for me.”

“...”

“i can tell. she has taken a liking to you, and i know you have taken one to her.”

“...”

“she trusts you, yuri. and after this, i fear that this could happen again, so please. make sure she takes a break.”

“...i promise, victor.”

“...thank you, yuri.”

victor left after that, patting yuri on the back

(he wondered what he failed to notice, despite his overprotective nature when it came to you.)

yuri sat there, overnight and into the next morning.

yuuri and victor came in to check on you, brought him breakfast, but everything the next day seemed to slow down.

eventually, you woke up, but you were lost. you were even more disappointed than you were before.

if you needed the cloth on your head changed out, yuri did it.

if you needed the heater turned on, he did it.

if you needed literally anything, he did it or got it for you.

otherwise, he’d just be silent and act as a safespace for you if you ever needed it.

similarly to how he might handle insecurities that you may have, he would be very careful with the subject.

he’d be a little awkward, though he’d power through for your sake.

after a few days of just relaxing and stretching, doing some light exercises (and i mean E X T R E M E L Y light exercises), he’d do some slight skating with you to calm you down.

if you wanted to see something from him on the ice, he’d do it for you.

hell, he even did his developing competition piece for you so you could have entertainment in analyzing his technique and ability.

he loved seeing the way your face would light up when you would watch him perform.

eventually, the time passed by.

you came to realize yuri plisetsky as himself completely, aside from just facing the persona that he projected to the media, people he worked aside, and to his fans.

it made you realize what you had been feeling the whole time.

you had been put on light work by victor, as he didn’t want to see this happen to you again, so weeks had passed before you went through your intense debut routines.

it was only on the night that the competition for who victor would coach came up that you were able to go through even a snippet of it.

yuri, following his loss, was distraught.

he still powered through the night, though.

when you saw him after the event, you asked him to join you on the ice.

you had a speaker set up on the edge of the rink, playing some lofi music to make sure the mood had stayed calm.

you two just skated around, no real reason as to why except to settle from the day.

“hey, yuri.”

“hmm?”

“you were amazing. as usual, but...”

“...but?”

“...i wanted to thank you.”

he stayed silent to let you continue, but you knew that he was listening. his skating had ceased just the slightest as he had been slightly ahead of you in the rink.

“i...i made a stupid mistake by failing to pay attention to my health, and i wanted to thank you for helping me.”

the silence that followed was comfortable, and as the both of you were very hesitant to say what loomed over your hearts, you were both already aware of what the both of you did meant.

‘i love you.’

the rest of the time in the rink was passed by you and him holding hands and making rounds around the rink

he even slipped some fancy ballroom moves in, making you flush and laugh. he did the same alongside you.

the next day, there was something melancholy in the air.

and even though you had told him that you wouldn’t be returning to yakov for the season, you did emphasize that you wanted to continue talking to him.

“hey, yurio!”

“how many times do i- don’t call me yurio!”

“not gonna happen. either way, before you leave, promise me something?”

“what is it?” (it was gentle, and the scene made victor, yuuri, and yuuko gush)

“i better see you on that pedastal kissing that gold medal, plitsetsky.”

“only if i see you up there as well. though you better be careful, or i am going to ignore it.”

“got it, got it. now...promise me?”

“i promise.”

#yuri plisetsky #yuriplisetsky #yuri plisetsky x reader #yuriplisetskyxreader #yurionince #yuri on ice #yurioniceyurio #yuri on ice yurio #yurio x reader #yurioxreader #yurixreader #yuri x reader #plisetsky x reader #plisetskyxreader #yurionicexreader #yuri on ice headcanons #yurioniceheadcanons

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k-comfyspace · 3 years

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Missed-II

Idol: Choi Yena (Izone)

Request: No

It’s been days since Yena left you and both of you are misserable. But you still wanted to see her maybe a chance for her to forgive you

A sequel to Enough

You couldn’t believe it.

As you stared at the view in front of you. Your thoughts going to the girl your heart has been missing these days.

You shook your head and crossed your arms lowering your head, in time where you felt a drop of water falling on your arm, you were crying, again.

That’s what you’ve been doing for the past few days. Crying, like you were the one who got hurt, the one who got ignored like you were the one who waited.

You couldn’t go to work, you ignored your calls from work, you refused to go inside your office, and you didn’t go anywhere else except for the places where you and Yena had a connection.

You knew yourself how selfish you’ve been. You ignored her and forgot about the most important day to both of you and yet you still had the guts to cry and be sad, even if you were the one at fault.

Meanwhile, the girl your heart wants to perform her heart out on stage dazzling her fans with her charm, but you knew with the look in her eyes that she was not the same person whose eyes showed excitement and joy when performing.

You cursed yourself because you knew you were the cause of it. You knew that Yena didn’t want to leave, she could look at you with so much hate but there was a flicker of sadness and regret the night she left you.

You wanted to chase after her so bad but you knew she was right. You ignored her and now you pay the price. For the past few days, you were alone, either inside your room curled up in bed crying to yourself at how much you let go of such an amazing relationship just because of work.

They knew how much you two were getting punished but you did do something wrong to hurt their friend and they won’t stand for it. But Yena’s state with you two being apart hurt them more.

On Yena’s side, she’s trying to hold herself together. She jokes and talks with her members so they could stop worrying but they could hear the faint sniffling and crying at night. And as much as they wanted to, they couldn’t do anything because it was your relationship.

So when they came home from practice while Yena went straight to her room her roommates snuck out of the dorm into Chaeyeon and huddled in the living room.

“Let’s call this short, we all hate Y/n, but we all want Yena to be happy again. And the only way to do that is to get Y/n and make up with Yena.”

Eunbi announced and the members nodded in agreement, “Okay, so some of us will go to Y/n’s place and make them find some sort of way to make up who wants to come?”

“We’ll go,”

Chaewon and Yuri volunteered. Eunbi knew how much Chaewon and Yuri cared for her best friend and Eunbi smiled, not denying the two before they stood and padded to the door.

“Then let’s get dressed, Chaeyeon call manager then we’ll tell Yena—“

Eunbi pulled the door open and stopped, blinking at the person whose hand was raised to knock. “Y/n, what are you...doing here?” The leader announced taking the members’ attention and they all rushed to the door to look at you.

“I-uh wanted to see Yena,” you muttered and put your head down. Feeling all their gazes locked on you and before they could scold you, you decided to speak first.

“Listen, I know I did something unforgivable, I ignored her I didn’t love her enough, and I broke my promise to never hurt her, I know that, please, let me apologize I don’t care if she doesn’t want me back but I can’t stand and watch her dancing and performing with something weighing her down I know the look in her eyes and it’s all my fault, I thought that if I could finish my work that we could have more time together but stupid me didn’t realize I was already ignoring her.”

“I know she’s like a sister to you and I know seeing her downhearted, hurts for all of you, I don’t want her or any of you to forgive me, all I ask is to let me apologize,” you sighed clasping your hands together.

When they replied with silence you were considering kneeling on the floor just so they could believe you, but thankfully, when you made a move you felt someone holding onto your shoulder.

You looked up and met Eunbi’s eyes. “We don’t like what you did, and we won’t forget it,”

You looked down again and nodded at the leader before her hand loosened and she sighed.

“But we know how much you two love each other,”

You looked up at Eunbi and the other members were smiling at you softly, “Don’t hurt her again or we won’t ever let you near her, ever” Chaewon said and you nodded, smiling at them and heading out the dorm.

Yena sighed and looked at her phone laid on the bed in front of her. For the past few days, she’s been wanting to call you to say that she missed you and apologize for what she said that night and do anything just to curl up in your arms again.

She wanted to be with you so bad but some part of her kept saying no and to give you what you deserved. Although her members gave her concerned looks she often ignored them and acted like nothing happened.

But every time she closed her door she would always let out a frown and curl in her bed crying herself to sleep thinking about you. She had no one to cuddle with and no one to give her love because the person who was there to love her was the reason for her pain.

When she heard a knock on her door she clutched on the pillow tighter and pouted.

“I’m not hungry, unnie” she called out and closed her eyes but the door opening made her groan. “Eunbi unnie, I’m not—“

Yena stopped when she saw you inside her room clasping your hands and staring at her nervously.

“I-I’m not staying long I—“

“How did you get in?”

She cut you off and your heart broke because of the tone of her voice and the way she looked at you so coldly. “E-eunbi told me,” you replied and you saw the way her eyes flickered with annoyance and she was about to tell you to leave but you beat her to it.

“Yena, just please, let me say this before you kick me out,” you said and looked at her pleadingly and she clenched her jaw before nodding.

“I’m sorry, I know that this means nothing to you but I truly am, I’m sorry for ignoring you, I’m sorry for the days that I was too busy at my work to care for you, I’m sorry that you spent all those nights alone while I was busy working I thought that if I kept working I could have some time with you but I was wrong,”

“I hurt you and I’m so, so sorry, I broke my promise and even forgot the day that means the most to us. I can understand if you don’t want me back, you deserve better, I’ve been nothing but a useless partner and I shouldn't have treated you that way but I hope you know that I loved you every day that passed,”

“I still do, I love you Yena, more than anything in the world. If you asked me to quit my job I would, if you wanted me to stay and cut work then I will. I would do anything to make you happy, that’s what I promised myself but even I break my promises I’m sorry for hurting you I—“

You stopped as you felt something colliding against your body. You swiftly pushed your feet to the wall to keep yourself upright and only then did you register the arms wrapping around you.

You looked down at Yena and slowly wrapped your arms around her in a hug, both of you releasing sighs of relief.

The warmth of her hug made you feel like you became whole again. You felt the weight disappear from your heart and you realized that you missed her so much more than you thought and unconsciously you hugged her tighter.

Yena melted into your arms and she sighed taking her head off your chest and pulling you down into a kiss.

All the fireworks lit up, it’s been too long since the two of you saw each other, and feeling your hug made Yena’s stomach twist with happiness. While you experienced the butterflies in yours, fluttering around, it was something both of you didn’t think you needed.

When you pulled away catching your breath you stared at Yena and cupped her cheek with your hand, Yena leaning into the touch, trying to get you closer to her as much as possible.

“I’m so sorry,” you muttered and she shook her head, a tear dropping from her eyes which you wiped with the pad of your thumb. “I forgive you,” she whispered and you smiled softly, leaning in to press a kiss to her forehead which made her tears fall faster.

“I missed you so much,”

You smiled and pulled her closer, Yena resting her head in the crook of your neck and hugged you tighter, “I missed you too, so, so much.”

#izone #izone yena #choi yena #yena #yena scenarios #yena imagines #girl group imagines #girl group scenarios #girl group #izone scenarios #izone imagines

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bxllafanficc · 3 years

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¡Skate/sing your hearts out! (Yuri Plisetsky x reader)

(part seven)

Part one. Masterlist!

Summary: After last year's cancellation of Figure Skating Grand Prix, Yuri Plisetsky finds himself unable to bring out his inner skater after a year of doing nothing but enjoy life like a regular teenager. That's when you enter the picture; We Are Voice Grand Awards's currently hottest competitive vocalist come first place two years in a row. Just like the other competitors of Grand Prix, it turns out that Victor and Yuuri faces the same issue. With an arrangement between Victor and Yakov, they agree to travel to Japan and hire you as a mutual coach for Yuri and Yuuri to help bring back the emotion into their performances like before, maybe even more intense than ever. Yuri however, who's never experienced issues with his coaches before, for some reason finds this one particularly difficult to coexist along with in their (reasonably) odd partnership. Warnings: none

*Yuri's POV*

(Next week)

A week had passed by in a rather slow pace. Yuri's recovery seemed to never end when it had just been a few days. But those days were spent sleeping and eating, using his phone and sleeping some more. Mostly he had no one to talk to since everyone were busy with their own lives. Especially (Y/n) who had to keep her inner performer alive at all times. Her coach came with the idea of hosting a smaller gig where (Y/n) would perform about two or three numbers for the people of Japan. It was planned out as a small nightclub gig at first but the numbers of interested in Japan rose over the charts and well... (Y/n) said that she didn't want to let anyone down. Though her coach was apparently hesitant into taking more than a hundred people. 'Three numbers are too little for a concert.' They said but the people of Japan insisted on paying for the price a concert ticket anyway.

(Y/n) had told him this two days after his fever started. He remembered it made him scoff at how she decided the ticket would only cost a quarter of what a normal concert ticket would then. He had told her it was a ridiculous way of thinking.

He barely saw her after the first day of his fever. The way Yuri had taken a hold of her hand and fallen asleep... She waited until he woke up. Well, not exactly waited. She fell asleep at the edge of his bed.

And since that, the two of you barely talked during the days. They barely even met before she went to bed because she spent every waking hour to practice her numbers with her backup dancers. She still made you breakfast when she head the time though.

Yuri's glad it would soon be over and he could go back to normal. Everyone had been attending to him like he was some child and he felt like a huge burden. He had told Victor that he wished (Y/n) especially wouldn't just dismiss his attempts at doing things on his own just because he couldn't get out of bed with single effort. 'Right, she told me about that! You fell on your face right after while trying, didn't you?' He had replied.

So... yeah... Yuri wanted things to return to normal real fast. Yakov had promised him that he would get to start his session with (Y/n) as soon as the music for the program was set. And that was what Victor had been helping him with a couple times. It was hard to find something he wanted to use. Everything felt overused and boring. Just another performance. Yuri didn't want it to pass as that. He wanted to stand out and earn his gold medal for real just as last year. Now was also really the year of improvement so the music had to be well thought through. He was certainly going to take advantage of having a coach for emotional performances with him this season as well. Meaning, his free skate program was already set to be something hurtful and strong. Not love, he already did that. Something far more serious. He wanted the audience to cry after his performance. Everyone should be bawling. Yakov, piglet, Victor and even (Y/n).

Most important of all, no one would be expecting him to do a program with such deep meaning. Because he was one to avoid it in the past.

His short program should be something upbeat and flashy. He wanted the choreography so intense that he'd be coughing up blood at the end of the performance, if that was possible. So the music had to make the pulse of the audience rise when hearing it. Meaning, the music would be in the rock genre. And he already had just the song for it.

This performance would show off his skills and flexibility as well as the importance of his stamina since the entire program would be non-stop step sequences and jumps throughout almost the entire music. Since he intended to be in better shape than ever before before the competition started, he felt no point in holding back on anything. If he played it safe, then what was the point?

"Ah! Good morning Yuri! I come bearing gifts!" Victor busted the door open with his foot and stumbled inside the room, balancing a tray in his hand. The tray was set down in front of him and Victor sat down at the end of Yuri's bed.

"Where's (Y/n)?" Yuri was truly surprised to see Victor being the one to bring you the breakfast today. It had been her until now. And he hadn't even seen as much as her face today since she left so early.

"Ouch. I'm replaced already? I can't go on knowing I'm not your favorite anymore, you know." Victor put a dramatic hand to his forehead and fell backwards onto Yuri's legs. The tray with the breakfast threatened to tumble and Yuri made an effort to stabilize it. It was bacon and eggs with apple slices. A part of him felt a little sad that the slices weren't in the shape of stars...

"You were never my favorite, old man. And you didn't answer my question." Yuri picked up the fork and pointed it towards the man slopped unto the bed end. He ignored the sad pout he received and took a bite of the apple cut into pieces. Each slice were to large and it didn't even taste the same even though they were of the same apples like yesterday. The eggs were decent and the bacon slightly undercooked. Victor's efforts to cook for the household during the day were appreciated of course. But there was no wonder why (Y/n) stood for the head of the dinner at days when her schedule wasn't as crazy.

"She's practicing like mad. Called her dancers to say that she would be starting a few hours ahead of time because she got an energy boost. She wants the show to be at her best efforts possible."

"I haven't even seen her today. How can she practice like a maniac when she's probably already learned her numbers flawlessly?"

Victor was watching Yuri with a funny look. Probably wondering where all those questions came from.

"I think the show is a way for her to relax."

Say what? Going out of bed before sunrise and coming back from practice just mere hours before midnight could never be considered relaxation. Yuri would never be able to pull that off. That was an insane view of the word relaxing, definitely.

"The steam and demands from her competition in We are voice are currently lifted off her shoulders like heavy weights, you know. This is probably just fun to her. She doesn't have to compete with anyone. I think it gives her a sense of relief."

Yuri stopped eating and thought a little extra on what Victor said.

Yes. She was always stressed in every video where a fan or a nosy reporter came out of nowhere and started recording. Yuri had seen those videos. Especially the one where the random person happened to record the exact moment her mind broke down and she had a breakdown in front of a large crowd. Now there was no denying that Yuri sees (Y/n) as the most weirdest and ridiculous being alive. The way she is so determined to get her way and how much she cares for strangers she's never met. Yuri kind of still consider the two of them to be strangers, even after two weeks being with each other on a daily basis. Her eyes are also too intense for anyone to be up close with to her face and as if that wasn't enough, she's also a morning person and that's already a big warning sign to stay away from a person.

But even though he had had this mental conversation with him many times. Even though he agreed that he disliked her; he couldn't help but being captivated by her performances.

It felt so weird seeing her cry like that just minutes before her performance and then watching her going on stage having the time of her life. There was no doubt she loved her fans and performing on stage but that was one of those moments where Yuri really got to see the mind behind the happy smile. It was the first time he had seen her crying or feeling a negative emotion. It's still the first but he got a taste of her irritated self not so long ago.

It made Yuri think about her performance that day. It was a remarkable song filled with sheerness and excitement and her eyes were still wet with tears as she got up on stage.

"Remember (Y/n) performing 'Animal' during the acappella collaboration sequence?"

"Yes! One of my favorites. She was so happy on stage that day." While it had been true that she found happiness, it's not to ignore how broken she felt right before. 'Animal' by Neon Trees (A/N: listen to the Glee version of the song for the best acapella dynamic!) Was one of (Y/n)'s best performances, according to Yuri. He had watched it on repeat just this morning. There's really nothing special to the song in itself. It was the way she delivered every word and tune with such bravery after her internal battle like that. Her emotional response has always been on point but this particular song was something completely real and touching with her tears glistening in the corner of her eyes the entire performance. The tears of sadness had been replaced with joy and she had genuinely just been having a great time with the acapella group at her side, cheering and jumping around on stage with stars in her eyes.

'Oh, oh

I want some more

Oh, oh

What are you waiting for?

Say goodbye to my heart tonight'

The chorus were always his favorite part. Maybe it was the interpretation of the love-hate relationship the words of the lyrics intended. (Y/n) was belting out 'what are you waiting for' with such passion even though it was hardly a difficult song to perform.

'Here we are again

I feel the chemicals kickin' in

It's gettin' heavier and

I wanna run and hide

I wanna run and hide'

The short verse got him every time. The way her eyes watered at the end and then were immediately blown away by the chorus once again. The way she let go of her sadness and let her happy thoughts consume her. No, she let the song consume her and gave the song a completely different touch never done before.

Yuri had lost count of the time he'd watched it and he knew the choreography and song in and out by now. It was mainly intended for the purpose of studying her expression and getting some kind of inspiration for his music choice. He wanted his theme of his music choice for the free skate program to be 'to let go'. If there's any theme harder than love, then it's letting go of the thing you love. And not just what you love. Letting go to be able to love as well. Whether it's love for yourself or another person. There are countless interpretations and that's what (Y/n) had performed that day, with no intention whatever of doing it in such a way.

"I have... I have chosen the music for my program. At the inspiration of t-that performance."

Now don't get Yuri wrong. He'd never admit it to anyone that (Y/n) had been an inspiration to his free skate. He would probably had figured out the idea anyway, it would just had taken a little longer. And her performance was his own way to interpret it so he'd been the one to come up with the decision anyway. So in a way, she didn't have anything to do with it. And his choice of song would be far more intense and heartbreaking than anything Neon Trees could produce. And so Yuri told Victor about his music choices even though he had no clue why he put that kind of trust into the man.

"Those are some really clever choices when combined with your own vision. I'm almost a little jealous. Maybe I should just hire (Y/n) as my coach myself. It seems like it did wonders for you already!" The man laughed and patted Yuri on the shoulder.

"Nonsense. She hasn't began coaching me yet. She had no part in this." Yuri pushed away the empty tray to make room for sitting up and crossing his legs.

"Oh, but it seems like you learned a lot by ogling her all day long though." The smirk Yuri received made his teeth grit and his ears flush.

"I-i wasn't ogling her!"

"Then what were you doing exactly? I heard 'Animal' playing for a good 30 minutes from the wall connected to the room beside yours." Victor laughed at the startled freeze of The Russian Punk.

Okay fine. Maybe he went overboard with the video. But a new problem had seemed to appear now as he admitted defeat.

Yuri now had a witness that would have to be taken care of somehow. He leaned forwards and gripped the collar of Victor's shirt in a tight fist. The glare of daggers shot forwards onto the smiling man.

"Tell anyone about it and you're gonna have to reconstruct that pretty nose of yours. That's a promise,not a threat."

"Trust me! You won't hear a peep!"

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My list of bearable Binal Bantasy VII tags is thinning...

But seriously. Being skeptical of Tifa’s narration of past events is not without merit. By the time the Lifestream scene rolls around she has been through three comas and some grevious injuries. The Lifestream scene is as revelatory for her as it is for Cloud.

The new assertion she was in any way actually friends with Cloud is not only in conflict with the OG’s portrayal but counter to Cloud’s development, her development, the growth of their relationship as adults and why (in general) people have them stay together post game.

Its unnecessary, frustrating and further damaging Tifa’s character who is spinning off further from who she was.

That Tifa and Cloud were not actually childhood friends does not mean they do not have a relationship in FFVII. It does not mean they cannot be together. Tifa “falling in love” with Cloud at the water-tower does not for a second make their later relationship any more meaningful.

All this new ship information does is make the relationship have longer longevity than previously assumed. As if whichever relationship has lasted longer is betterer and stronger. As if this should automatically undercut any other relationship Cloud or Tifa can possibly experience.

(in fact - and darkly cynically - this feels a lot more like enforcing that Cloud/Tifa and Zack/Aerith operate in near exactly the same way. The pairs fall in love in record time (two years prior to the Nibelheim incident both times as far as I’m ware), the boys go missing and the girls never move on with their lives. I get the boys have gone missing without a shred of explanation or closure, but now for both of them people are willing to wipe out a quarter of their lives waiting. Teenagers are resilient you know? They will be inconsolable if this happened but they would bounce back a lot faster and cleaner than they would expect. The approval of the never moving on this is purely to keep the shipping uncomplicated. There can only be one pairing for Tifa, there can only be one pairing for Aerith. And if you think otherwise you’re wrong in canon. And who wants to write or read about a non-canon ship? Unless its yaoi/yuri in any case. I am so tired)

Childhood friends incidentally is not, however much some insist, a common trope of the series - unless you stretch it a fair amount and it encompasses a trivial number of the pairings. And none of the big ones (you know; Squall/Rinoa or Tidus/Yuna).

Could Tifa do with more backstory? Of course. Did Tifa’s mother deserve a name? Absolutely! But not like this. Not when Cloud helping round up cats in Remake is now tied to finding Tifa’s cat in a new authored backstory. This speaks again to the constant magpie-ing of existing imagery and moments from older parts of FFVII to feed the present. The retconning in of importance by changing the meaning of otherwise unimportant moments.

Tifa is not and never was under any obligation to like Cloud as a child. She did not bully him, but neither should she expected to involve him in anything she did. I understand the book has muddied this gloriously, but for what effect?

I mean, I know where the desperation to make Cloud and Tifa childhood friends stems from. I know why you want Cloud to have fallen in love with Tifa at like age 5 or something and for Tifa to fall in love with him at 13. And I rail against it all the time that its not necessary. Being first does not mean better.

Maybe I am old, cynical and exhausted, but I kind of like watching Cloud and Tifa grow closer in FFVII. I like watching Cloud and Aeris grow closer in FFVII. I like to experience these things where I can... experience them? I don’t like reading books which assert things in blunt statements that clarify exactly what the writer intended. I certainly don’t have the patience to wait for a later book to clarify what happened on-screen when I have drawn my own conclusions based on my preferences. Especially as this is all contributing to that continued sense that the OG is a smelly, badly designed embarrassment we would rather tiday away for the crime of being graphically inferior (never mind it was championed on its looks on release) and “goofy” (and apparently unable to run the gamut of emotions I remember from serious to comedy, to silly, to tragic, to pessimistic and quietly optimistic and moving).

I’m coming back to this point to stress it - I want to see the relationship growth. Remake gave me that for Aerith and Cloud even if the details aren’t to my taste. First meeting is awkward because hey, random stranger/Cloud is tired. Cloud gets involved and spends more time with Aerith. And the high-five thing is used as a clumsy/awkward/eh but clear metaphor for how their relationship develops over the course of their time together.

To the point that yes, it makes sense for Cloud to want to rescue her. Less sense for Elmyra and Tifa to be “Well they might not vivisect her” and then delay for two full chapters, but the whole thing flows.

And here’s where I get accused of being a fake fan: I don’t like how Cloud and Tifa’s relationship develops in Remake. Flirting. Tifa being mildly fazed by Cloud claiming its been five years. Scared when he almost kills Johnny. Maybe hurt depending on your resolution scene (hey podcast people! No Gold Saucer multiple dates because too expensive? How are there branched resolution scenes in Remake then?). But there isn’t growth. They seem to fit into each other’s lives without worry, bit of flirting, strange super-intense moments jammed into inappropriate sequences (the train roll, climbing the plate, Cloud remembering the promise unprompted, Tifa not actually engaged with Avalanche’s plans). There’s no sense anything has changed between them, the missed five years has done anything to them.

And I’m sure some would take this as proof of correctness. But... somehow Remake is better for realism despite a lot of new clumsy, but this relationship is not dinged for being implausible? No way does that five year gap not seriously impact any prior relationship to say nothing of developing from scratch.

See this was a neat thing about the OG; while Tifa seemed to have an edge over Aerith by knowing Cloud longer, he was in effect meeting them at the same point in his life and more or less starting from scratch with both. Both ships are valid, and even if Cloud is with Tifa come the end, it doesn’t mean he can’t have romantic feelings about both women.

Oh, but Nojima has changed his mind/always intended it this way. And? I can change my mind about liking what he’s written - and my patience and tolerance of Nojima has waned massively since 1997. To the point where his involvement invokes a pained groan from me.

Plus the hilarious attitude that this is from the same people who insisted “the OG will always be there, stop moaning about Remake”. Well guess what? I don’t like Remake and I don’t really want it around. The OG is better.

Yes, Tifa is under-served and sure, it could be clearer about shipping (but the apparent hostility to ambiguity and personal interpretation is deeply distressing. These things can mean something to you and don’t have to mean the same thing to everyone. Interpreting the romancs - again - not a competition).

BUT

I will take the OG version of Tifa where she believed in the cause, where she had friends (again, yes, the relationship between Tifa and the rest of Avalanche is not well depicted, but it was better than actively curtailing it), where she ran a bar THAT ACTUALLY OPENED AND SERVED CUSTOMERS, where she hated Shinra, where she didn’t know how to treat Cloud because she had only really talked to him once in her life and DESPITE THAT that they great closer and spent their last night before THE END OF THE WORLD together over the Remake.

Where Tifa is wary of Cloud for about 5 seconds, twice and then defaults to constant flirting. Where Cloud is near smothering Tifa every second they’re together and she doesn’t tell him to fuck off once. Where she’s allied with Avalanche but hates their methods (and the pacifists are in a shop around the corner and she is not with them because...?). Where she has some absurd contrived plot about medical bills and buying Seventh Heaven for Barret and Marlene.

Which would lead to a whole other rant titled “Marle is the Worst” but this has dragged on quite long enough.

But seriously; if you argue that we can’t hate Remake because OG is always there, then you have to stop applying Remake back to OG and using it as proof. Which is exactly why many people bemoaned the Remake at all. OG is one thing, Remake is another. I don’t care for the latter.

And I know if anyone does read all this it will be about the meanie Cleriths who diminish Tifa for no good reason. And yes, they are indeed acting in bad faith. But what makes you think for a second evidence will convince these people?

In particular, the argument has raged so long and always will because if people do not like a ship they will not accept it as canon (if they care about this as a factor) NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. Literally. Look at Loki if you want the most recent example of this.

Canon is to many “what I want” and often does not tally with the general interpretation. And you know, if being “canon” or guessing right early wasn’t triumphed as such a vital thing, we might not get these really terrible and pointless arguments.

Canon is a prize but here’s the big secret: fandom - in general - does not care. FFVII is an excellent case example given Sefikura overwhelms the other ships (and I think AZGSC is close?). And that’s not canon. That’s not even in the ballpark of the Cloud/Tifa vs Cloud/Aerith arena (even give that the former is roughly twice the size of the latter, you already won, so please stop?). Canon is only important if you think its important - and you get some more official art of sequences you can gif. And maybe you get kissing/implied sex/marriage/kids, but most of all you get a smug sense of superiority. And the last is why I have no patience with this.

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