#meanwhile I’ll be a cheerleader hard enough for both of us

[alittleprincehwa]

txt headcanons ─  ੈ♡˳ you are a content creator

a / n : this is such bold request but I love it!! Damn I can't believe you guys are this creative-

─  ੈ♡˳ choi soobin

you two were having your usual late night cravings

and coincidentally you both were craving mcdonalds

it was dark and the only thing that lit up the road ahead was the lights

he held the steering wheel with one hand while the other grips your hand

you seemed to be editing something on your phone

he didn’t bother much and let you do your thing

he pulls up in the drive thru and lowers the window

he asks you your order but you don’t reply,

to busy doing something

he nudges your shoulder and you finally respond

you apologize and gave him your order

“ Oh yeah- sorry, I’ll just have a caramel sundae. “

as an apology, you offered to pay

which of course, soobin being the kind gentleman he is, refused and offered to pay instead

it led to a playful argument where you had to use your secret weapon

( the cashier at this point was ready to yell at y'all )

the threat. A quite powerful weapon.

“ Okay, I’ll just not hug or cuddle with you for a week. “

you shrug and cross your arms while looking out the window

of course he wanted those warm cuddles so he let you pay just this time

you pull up your wallet and open it

you were finding a certain credit card

soobin's pout disappeared and was replaced by almost a choke

he lands his eyes on your wallet and chokes on nothing when seeing the thickness of your wallet and the amount of bills and cards in it

you raise your brow at him while giving him your credit card

after paying and getting your orders

soobin decides to ask you a question

“ So uh, you've told me you're a content creator, specifically what? “

you pause eating ice cream

“ Oh, I just make video games. “

you sheepishly smiled at him

he thinks he's hearing things

geeks tf out

almost spilled his ice cream

tries not to crash the car while geeking out

asks a t o n of questions

probably has your games already downloaded the next day

when a certain level gets hard

he'll ask you and act sly about it

“ You know y/n, I've been having trouble in this level so maybe you can help me- since I'm your boyfriend right? “

“ Hell no you solve that shit

─  ੈ♡˳ choi yeonjun

since you two live separately

he dosent delve into your life in the apartment much

due to his schedule

and it didn't appear to him to ask you how you have so much earnings

it was just a casual tuesday

it was break time since they just did practice

he was loudly panting

wiping the sweat on his face with the hem of his shirt

he pulls up his phone from his pocket

he takes a sip of water before scrolling through youtube to find something entertaining

he settles on a video titled " doing my makeup bc I'm bored as hell "

the title was enough to intrigue him without checking who made it or who was on the thumbnail

much to his surprise

he NEVER expected it to be you

refuses to believe it at first

continues to observe how you act or talk

and he comes to the realization that it's actually you

quickly calls you

he was sweating even more

you were recording another video so you had to pause the camera

you groan and pick up your phone that was beside you

you saw the id name and press accept

his nickname btw is “ hips don't lie “

;)

you were about to calmly answer “ hello? “ 

before a screaming yeonjun interrupts you

“ yaH! YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU DID MAKEUP VIDEOS! “

clearly offended

“ Ok chill, it's not that big of a deal anyways. “

he swore he was about to choke you

you manage to calm him down and calmly break the news that was already broken-

“ Yes, I make videos. See? Not a big deal. “

you could almost clearly hear him say

“ Yeah not a big deal my ass. “

─  ੈ♡˳ choi beomgyu

it always amazes you how you had a huge audience and popularity

but still beomgyu didn't know you were a content creator

you gained quite a following after a few videos or so

it even grew to the point where you had paparazzi follow you everywhere

so when you and beomgyu went out for a date night

it wasn't a surprise when flashes of light was on your direction

your head hung low as you walk with beomgyu side by side to the car

beomgyu expected them to mob him but instead

they mobbed you

“ y/n!! “

“ y/n look here! “

“ when's your next line coming out?! “

gyu furrowed his brows in confusion

why were they calling you?

not because of jealousy

but confusion

you ignored all the questions and pulled beomgyu closer to you and enter the car

you finally get to breathe

“ What was that? “

“ What was what “

“ Why were they calling you out? And something about a new line? “

well shit-

you always liked how beomgyu didn't know much about your big career

it's not like you didn't want to tell him

you just liked the way things are

but you knew sooner or later he'd find out

you quickly and calmly tell gyu that your career was bigger than you've told him

he’s just “ oh “

quietly accepting it

but definitely supportive

will watch all your videos later

─  ੈ♡˳ kang taehyun

he was working out at the gym

and as usual he was working on dem arms-

he was lifting weights

when he heard someone who was working out beside him talk

“ Yeah I know this person that creates very nice clothes, I think her name is l/n y/n?? “

“ Oh yeah I know her, just ordered some of her stuff yesterday. “

he was still lifting the heavy metal up

so when he heard it he almost dropped it on himself

he stands up and walks over to the people who were just talking

“ Uh hi, who were you talking about just now? “

he politely asked

“ Oh we were just talking about the famous l/n y/n. “

he then thanked the man and asked for the website

after the guy gave it to him

he sat on one of the benches and searches it up

he clicked on it and it brought him to your website

there he could see all sorts of stuff you sell

slightly shook

“ So this is why she's busy all the time “

he walks back to your aparatment

slightly angry

bc of the fact that you didn't tell him your career

and how dumb he is not to ask

after knocking on your door

you of course let him in

he gets straight to the point

he sets down his gym bag

and says

“ So what do you exactly do? “

you kinda die inside

but sit him down and talk to him about it

he gets kinda angry how you didn't even tell him

the most it leads up to is sparking an argument

which almost never happens

he just reminds you that you have to tell him these things

─  ੈ♡˳ huening kai

you guys just established the relationship so you don't know much about him

and vice versa

you decided to go public about your relationship

after a very long talk between you two

and an even longer one with BigHit

you both posted matching selfies and whatnot

and eventually the media picked up on the clues

and when you two were asked about it, you didn't object the assumptions

so the next day you and hyuka expected thousands of articles about your relationship

but he wasn't expecting what he got

“ Famous vlogger l/n y/n in a relationship with TXT's huening kai? “

“ Recent news about l/n y/n's recently revealed relationship “

“ l/n y/n revealed to have a boyfriend “

It surprised him how all of this was centered on you

he later searched you up and saw how popular you are

gaining over millions of views on your videos

he screams in dolphin which almost gave you a heart attack

seeing that the atmosphere was calm and quiet

until he decides to transform to his final form

which is a dolphin-

you raise a brow and walk up to him

you hug him from behind and peek over to see what he was doing

you weren't that shocked

but your face said otherwise

“ Oh sorry, I hadn't told you yet “

you giggle shyly

after you tell him he beams in excitement

he's all gushing about you and how you're a vlogger

and you're just dare like 😑 bitch you're a worldwide idol-

he becomes your cheerleader

even offers to be in you videos

which you're secretly thankful since that means YouTube pays your more-

a / n : taking a break after this since my switch gon arrive 😔 but in the meanwhile send in requests if you'd like

navigation

[cheseyre]

good news, sluts! my brain's no longer being completely stupid (only mostly), i've seen the new asides and...have some thought-y thot thoughts:

*deep inhale*

Okay, first things first: this art style is soooo fucking cUTE and I'm a jealous, squealing bitch. Anyone who knows who the artist is, could you link me to them, stat? I think Thomas mentioned them at the beginning of the ep, but nYeh, brain hurt, doesn't wanna do wooork-

Okay, I'll admit, I was a little...apprehensive when I first saw the thumbnail and title. Part of it's just me being a bitter Remus Stan, but also...okay, deep breaths, controversial opinion time, get ready:

I don't ship Prinxiety.

Like, at all. 

I can see the appeal, and these dorks were so very, VERY cute in this particular ep, but I was honestly turned off by the ship long ago due to how overwhelmingly popular it is and how some fans characterize these two and treat this relationship as if it's the only valid one, y'know, the works—slight tangent, but that's also why I don't ship Logicality or Remile. I honestly vibe much better with ships like Roceit or Analogical, y'know?

Cutting in for another brief tangent: I'm surprisingly okay with Demus/Dukeceit/Receit/Trashnoodle/Whatever-Their-Ship-Name-Is-Oh-God-Why-Do-They-Have-So-Many-Fucking-Names; maybe it's cause they haven't actually interacted in canon and the fan content gives me such good Gay Disney Villain content, idk man im weird—).

Still, their interactions were both hilarious and sweet and like I said, I see the appeal, it's just not my cup of tea. y'all Prinxiety fans got fucking FED and I'm happy for you nerds. Enjoy ze happy boys!

I guess another factor in my...low-key hesitance when I first saw what the ep was about is that...okay, get ready, another controversial opinion, le gasp: well, I'm not a big Virgil fan. In fact, at times, he swaps places with Patton as my least favorite sides—especially with some of his recent behavior in eps like DWIT (the "prohibit your breathing comment" really triggered me, for example). Sometimes, his attitude, especially around other sides like Roman or Janus, reminds me a little too much of my sister, who I don't have...a very good relationship with. Add to that how the more...intense side of the fandom has a disturbing tendency to turn him into the 'uwu precious woobie emo baby who can do no wrong' while unnecessarily villainizing other CERTAIN sides in the process, and...I think you all see where I'm going with this little rant 😅

However, upon actually watching the ep, he wasn't...that bad? I don't think? I enjoyed watching him be a flustered, disaster-y mess and genuinely excited at the end, his interactions with Roman were nice enough, and him literally pushing Thomas to make a move with Nico despite his obvious panic attack was a nice moment of genuine character development. I like seeing that, that's the good shit right there. And him being all flustered and shit, and smiling so much at the end of the vid was just...well, adorable. This man has no fucking right to be this cute, my god

alsoooo 

pURPLE EYESHADOW

PURPLE EYESHADOW HE LOOKS?? SO GOOD?? WTF?? SLAY EMO, SLAAAAAAAY FUCK, DOES THIS MEAN I HAVE TO CHANGE MY HALLOWEEN COSTUME NOW?

alsoooo 

hAPPY ROMAN

YESSSSS~ MAH BOI MAH SON MAH DUMB BITCH HIMBO PRINCE MAH EXTRA MESSY CINNAMON ROLL

ITS  BEEN SO  LONG

AND HIS LITTLE HEART EYES THROUGHOUT THE VID, OH MY GOD-

IMMA JUST IGNORE THAT "ADDING [MISTAKE] TO THE LIST" COMMENT I AM LOOKING AWAY I DO NOT SEE IT LALALALALA

THOMATHY, SIR, YOU HAVE NO RIGHT MAKING THESE TWO GAY IDIOTS SO BAEBY

Okay, but Virgil not realizing that "cyberstalking in real life" is literally just stalking is both a big ass mood and further proof that, yes, Logan is indeed the only one holding the braincell out of this disaster of a lot. God help them all if he ducks out in the next ep.

👀

And Thomas x Trash Can is my new OTP.  I dub thee ✨ "Trashmas" ✨

we sTAN TRASHMAS

Wait, does that mean Remus actually WAS in the ep? Cause, y'know, trash man?

hmmm

👀 👀 

Okay, okay. 

With how much Virgil and Roman were going off about Thomas constantly lying, I was (understandably) a tad bit disappointed my snek son didn't even make a fucking cameo, but y'know what? In hindsight, I'm okay with this it's fineee~

He was just off playing with shadow puppets and stealing money from us desperate, content-starved peasants with his sheer extra-ness and, honestly? Gotta respect the hustle. 

Get that precious, precious coin, dapper snake! Wring us poor losers dryyyy!

*evil snek laugh*

Also, this is a breather ep and adding Janus in probably would've caused unnecessary drama with the Roceit breakup and the constant antagonism between Virgil and him. It probably would've distracted from the point of the ep (flirting with social anxiety, exactly what it says in the tin)—much like it wasn't really Virgil or Remus's place to show up during POF. Does that make sense? I think it makes sense. Sorry, brain going brr-

Still, I can't believe the "Fuck Janus Sanders" Club is actually canon now 😂

God, first Patton in a skirt and now this. 

Thomas Sanders, you delight in fucking feEDING this gremlin nest of a fanbase, don’t you? You RELISH our screams of joy and pain and suffering, dON’T YOU?

What's next, actual canonical Janus and Remus interaction? Patton saying the fuck word? The Dragon Witch comes back? Janus's bowler hat gains sentience and takes over the world, Doris-style? What do you have planned, Thomas? Joan? WHAT ART THOU PLANNING, I MUST KNOW YOU HEATHENS YOU FIENDS-

And Virgil's little "would it be fair to him" comment, tho.

👀

Like, I get in the context of the ep, he was likely talking about Nico and how it wouldn’t be good for a potential relationship with Tomas to be founded on lies, but still...my anxceit heart aches, man. 

Gimme that sweet, sweet angst with a side of mutual regret and possible future reconciliation and maybe something more wink wink nudge nudge on top, pls

...and fries.

Honestly, tho, that entire bathroom monologue was fucking beautiful, man. And relatable, too—i can't tell you how many times I've talked to myself in public restrooms because I just didn't know how to get the words I wanted to say out. It's...kind of embarrassing, tbh

Speaking of embarrassing, uh, crying stall guy.

Just...

Crying Stall Guy

Like, I was expecting someone to come out the bathroom stall after Thomas stopped talking, but...I honestly wasn't expecting that. God, that whole scene was so cringe worthy and fucking hilarious

Honestly, Thomas in the ep in general was a huge ass mOOD and we collective gay/bi disasters ALL related with him, and if you say you don't, you're either lying to yourself or a demon. 

There is no in between 

sorry I don't make the rules

Like, I get this series is literally a gay disaster talking to himself for thirty minutes or longer, but like- EMPHASIS on the 'disaster' part 😂

Like...Thomas, you're lucky you're such a goddamn bean, because GOD, I cringing so hard when he first started talking to Nico

Although, I too have apologized profusely for genuine mistakes and am a flustered bi mess around my crush sooo

😅

And god, Roman's "thirty = old man" jokes made me feel old...and I literally just turned twenty, like, come on, man!

Maybe that's because I was literally watching this ep after finishing my ACT and had been sitting with a bunch of high schoolers, with their tiny fucking desks and tiny fucking water fountains smeh

*clears throat*

Anyways, uh, we STAN Nico Pintrovert Florés in this house

Like

He gives me such big Carlos from WTNV vibes for some reason and this makes me sooo happy

and YESS, he's a WRITER

And he's??? So sweet?? A pure bean?? Just sits on his laptop at the mall food court all day, like a god-fucking iCON?? A Nightmare Before Christmas fan?? weARS GLASSES??

my hEART

*cries*

The fandom seems torn between "Nicomas" and "Karrot Kings" as a ship name atm—personally speaking, I'm casting my vote for the latter

*crosses fingers* please dont be another janus x remus multiple ship name issue guys, please please please I can't keep track of them all-

*clears throat*

On that note, I'm guess I'm gonna go try and whoo over my crush with carrots now. If THIS disaster can do it and make it actually fucking work, god damnit, so cAN I

Meanwhile, in hell, my brain's just screaming "CANON LOVE INTEREST CANON LOVE INTEREST CANON LOVE INTEREST-"

God, I hope Nico isn't just a one-shot character, he's too pure and Thomas and him are adorable gay Disney fans and I stan

Oh, I wonder how the other sides'll react to him.

Wait.

Oh god.

Oh god.

This ep just unleashed a new fresh hell of potential Nico x Sides ships, hasn't it?

Welp, time to prepare for ze incoming flood of fanfics, I guess. I'll get my umbrella and rain boots.

That last shot of Virgil during the endcard was so fucking ominous oh my god mom im scared can you come pick me up-

Goddammit, Thomas and Joan, I'm NOT fucking ready to be traumatized again, fUCK

I wish I wasn't a broke ass university student so I could contribute to Thomas's gloriously extra Patreon—both so I can support my favorite content creators who make this amazing blessed content and also, to join my boi Janus in fucking  destroying society by giving money to the people who actually deserve it, fuck YOU GOVERNMENT-

Okay. 

Okay. 

New headcanon time as to why Patton, Remus, and Logan weren't in the ep: they were helping Jan film that Patreon promotional video. 

Like

Remus directed it, Logan helped with the lighting and script, and Patton was just there as the cheerleader. 

The reason Janus made a dog with shadow puppets wasn't just to flaunt his deity status and prove how he is truly above us mere wretched mortals 

despite that being the absolute truth and we all know it, don't lie to yourselves

No, it was really him trying to do something cute and silly for Patton, because Moceit rights, daMMIT

*inhales*

noww 

guys, gals, and nonbinary pals

it’s time forr

the most wonderful time of the yearrr

WAITING FOR THE NEXT EPISODE

Step right up, folks! Hear ye, hear ye, my prediction for the next episode: Prinxiety v. Moceit! With special guest stars: Karrot Kings vibing in adorable gay and Intrulogical, bitter at being excluded aGAIN

Who will win? Who will lose? 

here’s a hint: we all will because in this sick twisted game they are no winners only losers-

Place your bets, folks! ✨

Haha im not readyyy~

tl;dr

this episode has cleared my skin, watered my crops, and ended my suffering—an adorable calm before the... angsty fucking shitstorm that’s coming far too soon. Prinxiety stans, enjoy your food. Place an 'F' in the chat for me and my fellow grieving Remus stans. Trashmas is the true OTP, but Karrot Kings is cute too I guess. I've only had Nico Florés for 24 minutes, but if anything happens to him, I'll kill everyone in this room and then myself. Purple eyeshadow Virgil makes me question my sexuality aGAIN, and happy gay disney prince rights y'all. Say a big ole 'fuck you' to capitalism by giving your local dapper snake moneys. Concussion makes brain go brr and imma go buy some carrots and be gay now.

psst hey @quarantinevibes2020​ you wanna join me in being disaster-y? i’ll bring my best gay stare and you bring the wine

Until next time, my lovelies! ~ Ches 🖤

[hiccanna-tidbits]

Hiccanna 100 OTP Questions Meme--Part 1

So I saw this 100 Questions About Your OTP post, and I decided to do them for Hiccanna! And...I am never doing one of these memes again, because this took forever XD I decided to split it in two to avoid just creating a giant Monster Post. QUESTION SOURCE: https://the-moon-dust-writings.tumblr.com/post/159857601812/100-otp-questions 1. Who loves flower crowns more? Anna is highkey obsessed with them! Especially kinda lopsided weird ones with sunflowers and shit. Hiccup likes them a lot too but is too embarrassed to ever admit it 2. Who is the one who likes to cuddle? Probably Anna tbh, she’s extremely huggy and cuddly and basically always initiates the cuddle sessions. Hiccup is secretly super grateful for this because he’s actually touch-starved as all hell but absolutely is not aware of it like cmon do you think big tough Stoic hugged him a lot growing up??? Kinda doubt it tbh 3. Who has awful taste in music? Depends on who you ask XD Hiccup has exactly 2 Music Moods--Stuffy classical orchestal stuff with a bunch of fancy violin and flute and whatnot, and edgy underground alternative hipster nonsense from bands no one has ever heard of. Anna, meanwhile, is a simple woman, who listens almost exclusively to shitty, catchy-butvery-unoriginal Top 40 hits and belts along with them to the radio, much to Hiccup’s chagrin XD 4. Who is the meme lover? A N N A she is a memelord supreme 5. How did their second date go? An...oddly specific question XD But I’ll take a stab at it. I imagine on their first date they went to see some high fantasy epic movie with fancy CGI (they’d both be HELLA into that--Anna for the magic and epic romances and Hiccup for the interesting magical creatures) and then gushed about it for hours afterwards, so their second date might be something a bit more lowkey where they’d just talk and hang out. I feel like they both probably are coffee addicts, so...a coffee shop date, maybe? And Anna gets some kinda chocolate pastry, of course! 6. How many children do they want/have? Tbh unpopular opinion probably, but I actually don’t think Hiccup and Anna would necessarily want kids??? They’re definitely the kind of couple who would love exploring the world and taking spontaneous adventures together, and you can do a lot less of that when kids are typing you down. Not to mention I think the full-time responsibility of having a kid would be pretty exhausting to Anna in particular, as someone who identifies with her a lot and has never wanted kids because even thinking about it makes me tired XD I mean sure, Anna has a nurturing side that comes out with Elsa sometimes, but she doesn’t have to use that ALL THE TIME (since Elsa is a grown-ass adult usually capable of sound judgement) like she would with a kid. But ALL THAT SAID if they DID end up having kids I don’t think they’d go too crazy with it, probably just 1. Or 2 at the VERY most. 7. Who hides the weapons? You mean like...in an AU where they’re infiltrating an enemy fortress or something? Probably Anna, since she’s the more innocent and harmless-looking of the two XD 8. Who is the better dancer? They both can’t dance for SHIT it’s absolutely cringeworthy but probably Anna at the end of the day because she probably spent a lot of time practicing in those empty ballrooms 9. Do/Did they have a theme wedding? They’d probably want to have some kind of a magic high fantasy theme, since they’d both be hella into that--and then it ends up morphing into “Dragons and Princesses” XD Anna ends up getting over-the-top fancy princess dresses for all of her bridesmaids and Hiccup has the time of his damn life making basically everything in the buffet dragon-themed. The cake is like half dark green or black scale-patterned and half fancy-patterned spring green tiers. It’s quite the event of the decade! 10. What do their parents think of them dating? Valka absolutely ADORES Anna and thinks she’s perfect for her son--the perfect blend of cheerful and compassionate when she needs to encourage him, but also badass and tough-spirited to protect him when she needs to. Stoic doesn’t really like Anna at first--he’s under the (mistaken) impression that she’s a wimp and finds her bubbliness kind of grating and annoying, and generally worries that dating her will just make Hiccup even more of a wimp. He’d rather him date a no-nonsense tough-as-nails asskicker like Astrid in hopes it would toughen him up. However, once Stoic sees Anna do something like punch someone out with no hesitation when they pick on her and Hiccup, Stoic comes around to Anna VERY quickly XD I feel like Agnar and Iduna would just be happy to see their daughter dating a sweet, dorky guy who loves her with all of her being and appreciates her for who she is. As long as he treats her well and makes her feel loved (which he most certainly would because he’s a precious cinnamon roll), he gets their stamp of approval. And hey, anything is an improvement over Hans XD 11. Are they a super sappy couple? Nah. I imagine they do a lot of PDA and probably hold hands or kiss in public a lot, but they’re not like...overly gooey in how they talk to each other, if that makes any sense. If anything, their flirting is painfully awkward, even AFTER they get together XD So much so that when they try to hit on each other in front of their friends their friends are like “oh my god STOP this is too much secondhand cringe for me to bear” 12. How did they get together? I like to imagine they’re friends for a long while but both of them fully 100% believe that the other is ridiculously out of their league and they’re irreparably trapped in the friendzone and one day they’re hanging out with their friends and awkwardly flirting with each other (but of couRse the other person isn’t FLIRTING they’re just being NICE they both figure) and finally Jack just shouts “oh my god will you two just fuck already???” and after a few minutes of utter mortification they just have the world’s most awkward love confession XD Anna finally relents and asks Hiccup on a date, and of course he says yes! 13. Who asked the other to get married? I can honestly imagine either of them asking but probably Hiccup. And he’s SO nervous about it that he starts straight stuttering the first few times he tries to ask and has to stop and change the subject XD He probably gets it finally after like...the 5th time. 14. Who stays up too late and makes stupid jokes? A N N A 100% I headcanon that she has pretty bad insomnia (that’s why she has such a hard time waking up and is so tired in the morning!) so she stays up to the wee hours of the morning with her brain spinning with incredibly weird thoughts and her sense of humor becomes nigh indecipherable after 3 am. 15. Who is the nerd? Hiccup obviously is this even a question??? He spends all day collecting dragon facts and lore and building weird scientific contraptions to help crippled dragons fly WHAT A NERD  16. Who knows the most obscure facts? Hiccup again, he knows so many dragon factoids and random scientific shit that Anna sometimes wonders how he manages to fit anything else in there 17. Who makes the other a flower crown? Anna! She makes ones for both herself and Hiccup and Hiccup begrudgingly wears his but secretly thinks it’s pretty and likes it because it reminds him of his dorky gf :3 18. Who likes to read? Both! I mean Hiccup obviously does because, as established above, he is a nerd, but Anna has canonically read every book in the Arendelle castle library, some twice, so she doesn’t NOT like to read. Hiccup probably reads more, though, between the two of them--Anna often doesn’t really have the attention span for it. 19. Who bothers the other person while the other person reads? ANNA she loves to constantly hang over Hiccup’s shoulder when he reads and drape herself all over him like a needy cat like “PAY ATTENTION TO MEEEEE” and Hiccup just lets out a defeated sigh and starts playing with her hair while reading and hopes this will be enough to appease the little gremlin It usually is 20. Who tutors the other? Hiccup tutors Anna, but she HATES having to ask and is actually pretty insecure about school just generally not coming as naturally to her as it does to Hiccup, so he’s always super patient and understanding with her and tries his very best to never get annoyed or frustrated if she doesn’t catch onto something right away. He doesn’t want her to ever feel stupid because he imagines it feels the same to her as when people call him weak and useless. Slowly but surely, he’s saving Anna’s grades--and building her confidence! 21. Do they have similar taste in movies? Hell yeah! They love that high fantasy shit. I also like to think Hiccup manages to get Anna into some sci-fi and Anna manages to get Hiccup into romcoms (ONLY the good ones, he insists, as he would not be caught dead watching a shitty romcom!) 22. How do their personalities compliment each other? I mean the most obvious one here is that Hiccup’s general pessimism and cynicism compliment Anna’s optimism and cheerfulness really nicely. He would be able to keep her grounded and get her to be more realistic about things, while she would encourage him to see the positive side of bad situations and be more hopeful about things in general. Also I love the contrast of Hiccup’s intelligence and more quiet, snarky nature with Anna’s rather boisterous personality and general naivitey (sp?) and energy. They’re like a downplayed version of the “the grumpy one is soft for the sunshine one” trope and I think that’s beautiful. Also, they’d both be great at soothing the other’s isecurities--Anna would be Hiccup’s biggest cheerleader and would believe in him like no one else did, and would stop at nothing to pull him out of it when he started spiraling into self-loathing and thinking he’s a fuck-up. Hiccup, meanwhile, would be so smitten with Anna and would think that it’s the most obvious thing in the world that she’s an amazing human being in her own rite and never has to feel like the “spare” princess living in her sister’s shadow. And saying this without a shadow of a doubt, like it’s common knowledge, is often exactly what Anna needs to hear to feel a little better about herself. 23. How do they tell everyone that they are going to be having a kid/adopting a child soon? I...honestly don’t think they’d be that extra about it??? In fact, they’d be the sort of couple who would be so UN-extra about it that it would do a full 180 and be hilarious. Like they’d be casually brunching with friends and Hiccup would just casually be like “oh by the way, Anna’s 3 months pregnant” or “oh, by the way, we just signed some adoption papers and we’re picking our new kid up on Saturday” and all of their friends would be like “wait WHAT” and Hiccup would be like “Anyways what were you saying about the newest episode of Alien Space Shooters 3000?” XD  24. Who has better fashion sense? Hiccup, probably. I mean, Astrid caught him making OUTFITS! The horror! The dude is also way more effeminate and, uh...clothing-conscientious than he realizes XD Anna has decent fashion sense, but I imagine that’s like 90% because Elsa spices up/makes her outfits since Elsa’s really more of the fashionista XD 25. Who will punch someone out if they are rude to their partner? Try bullying Hiccup when Anna’s around. I dare you. You’re gonna get a fistful of Anna Rage and a very angry redhead screaming “THE FUCK DID YOU JUST SAY TO MY BOYFRIEND I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU” Look this woman punched a man off a boat and knocked a wolf half a mile away with a guitar thing she absolutely takes no shits and she can and will fuck you up if you so much as lay a finger on her precious dork Hiccup thinks this is really hot btw 26. What songs do they sing together in the vehicle? For whatever reason the first songs that come to mind are “Africa” by Toto and “Don’t Stop Believin” by Journey. ALSO “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus since they both are, in fact, teenage dirtbags XD It also like perfectly describes the story of a modern AU where Hiccup the Loser is secretly pining for Anna the Nice Popular Girl who is dating Hans the Douchebag but that’s neither here nor there 27. What other couple would your otp get along with? Jackunzel, Jackunzel, Jackunzel!!! Jack and Hiccup would definitely be bros, even if they are not above mercilessly roasting and/or trolling one another XD And Anna and Rapunzel would be BEST FRIENDS if they ever met and I will DIE on this hill, I legit don’t think Anna would Vibe with any other princess as hard as she vibes with Punzel. They could be ADHD disasters together XD 28. Who likes to prank the other? Anna actually turns out to be quite the closet gadfly and has a secret side that LOVES pranks and generally trolling Hiccup, much to everyone’s surprise and Hiccup’s mild dismay. It’s always pretty innocent and subtle pranks, like switching books on his bookshelf or hiding his various possessions in weird places in the house, but Anna absolutely LIVES for that long, defeated sigh he lets out when he realizes he’s Been Had. 29. Who is the one who loves to take pictures? Anna takes pictures of EVERYTHING on her phone--scenery, flowers, cute animals they come across, weird buildings, pretty fountains, Hiccup when he’s not looking, EVERYTHING XD She also bombs all her social media accounts with selfies of her and Hiccup and captions gloating about how great he is and how you WISH your boyfriend was this cool and rad and Hiccup is both embarrassed and flattered by this. 30. How would they react if they found out they were soul mates? Anna, who probably never stopped fully being a sucker for fairy tale True Love stories and all that shit, would fangirl for hours and hours. Hiccup would just go, “Oh, neat!” and go back to whatever project he was currently working on XD I mean his logic is mainly that regardless of whether it’s “magically destined” or not, he’s gonna date Anna anyway, so it really doesn’t make a scrap of difference to him whether she’s dubbed by some Mystical Higher Power as his soulmate lol  31. Where would they live? Well...SOMEWHERE in Scandinavia, since that’s canonically where both Berk and Arendelle are XD I kinda like the idea of them spending part of the year in Berk and part in Arendelle...maybe spring and summer in Berk, and fall and winter in Arendelle? I imagine spring and summer are when there’s the most interesting dragon activity in Berk, and winter’s probably pretty festive and colorful in Arendelle, if OFA is anything to go by. And the fall color is pretty too, going by Frozen 2. Seems like a good compromise, since I doubt either of them would want to permanently move away from their homes. 32. What type of dragon would they own, if they could have one? Given the shipping this question is HILARIOUSLY ironic Well it just so happens they would have a type of dragon called a Night Fury and name him Toothless XD Anna would probably have a dragon of her own too--I conversed with someone on fanfic.net and did some research into all the HTTYD dragons, and I think the one I like her most with is a sand wraith, since they live on the beach and Anna certainly seems to like the beach, if her throwaway comment complaining Elsa doesn’t have “tropical” powers is anything to go by XD 33. If they were both vampires, what type of vampires would they be? First of all, fuck you for making me google “Types of Vampires” and then getting me aggravated because like nowhere on the internet is there a straightforward list of vampire "species” that isn’t like 5 miles long or just a meme XD Welp, I couldn’t really find a list of vampire species that wouldn’t take forever to look over, so I wrote a summary for a vampire fanfic instead Anna turns first. I imagine probably Hans turns her--tricks her into falling in love with him without knowing he’s a vampire, and then biting her when she’s off-guard to basically try to make her into a spooky sex slave or something. Anna starts seeing Hiccup in secret (who she knew before--he’s still human at this point), and eventually he asks her to turn him so that he can be with her without her outliving him and also so that they can team up and fight Hans together. Anna has a lot of reservations about turning him, but finally agrees. They end up kicking Hans out of his spooky vampire castle and taking it for themselves XD Anna eventually makes the best of being a vampire, and has a blast wearing all manor of fancy dresses and throwing extravagant balls. She’s pretty bummed about never getting to gorge herself on garlic bread again, though :( Hiccup doesn’t much like it, especially since a lot of animals are scared of him now and he doesn’t Vibe with nature quite like he used to D: Nonetheless, he decides to use the immortality to do some pretty neat projects and work on his contraptions and inventions and whatnot. I imagine they eventually devolve into kind of a vigilante duo, and make a point of only hunting down and feeding on bad people who are actively hurting or abusing other people or animals. A pretty good incentive to not like...do violent crime in this AU is those creepy old wives’ tales people tell their kids like “don’t be an asshole when you grow up, or the Haddock vampires will get you!” 34. What would they dress up as, for Halloween? Well Hiccup would be some sort of dragon, obviously! Anna I have no idea...but I kinda like the idea of her just dressing up as a generic fairy tale princess and then going around with Hiccup like “oh no, this dragon kidnapped me!” Both their friends and various trick-or-treaters get a kick out of the whole bit. 35. Can they name each other’s favourite food? But of course! Anna’s is chocolate, krumkake, and sandwiches, and Hiccup’s is crabcakes (yes, all this is actually canon! I do my research for fanfiction thank you very much lol). And you can bet they surprise each other by buying one another’s favorite foods all the time! 36. Do they have pet names for one another? In my fanfic I always have Hiccup come up with SO MANY for Anna, like in my Fire!Anna AU fanfic alone I have Fire Hazard, Firecracker, and probably a few others I can’t remember One headcanon I really like is that whenever Anna is especially ready to attempt to kick the ass of something she really should NOT fight (such as a giant snowman), Hiccup physically has to hold her back and goes “Whoa, slow down there, tiger” and this happens so frequently that eventually it gets shortened to just calling her Tiger XD And hey, with the orange hair and the feistiness, it still fits! As for Anna, she usually just calls Hiccup Dragon Boy or Nerd XD 37. How do they cheer each other up? I imagine Hiccup probably tries to distract Anna from whatever’s bothering her by making her laugh and talking in dumb accents or imitating his dad XD Anna would probably try to help Hiccup stay optimistic about a bad situation and try to point out the positives, but more in an encouraging way than like...an obnoxious, condescending “oh, it could be worse, count your blessings!” kind of way. And Anna has so much peppy energy about it that it actually does sometimes manage to pierce Hiccup’s cynicism and make him feel a bit better, if only for a little while before he starts once again imagining everything that could possibly go wrong XD 38. Do they show a lot of PDA? Eeeeeyup XD They looooove holding hands in public, and enjoy kissing dramatically in front of the sunset and such. I mean I imagine they don’t have hardcore makeout sessions in public or feel each other up sexually, if only because they don’t want to make people THAT uncomfortable. 39. How old were they when they got together? Depends on the AU you’re using and where in both their respective timelines they meet, but I imagine them meeting either as kids or in their early teens, and then taking so damn long to spit out how they feel that they don’t actually start dating until their late teens or early 20s. 40. Who is the one that would bring the puppy home? If it’s a puppy? Probably Anna. If it’s a kitten or a weird, injured reptile? Deeeefinitely Hiccup. 41. Can they do yoga couple’s poses? They most certainly CANNOT. I like to think Elsa and Honeymaren tried to teach them one time and have a yoga double date (because of COURSE Elsa would suggest that) and it ended with Anna and Hiccup butchering every last pose, repeatedly falling on their asses, and generally having a bad time. Poor Elsa and Honeymaren had to work hard to keep from just losing their shit laughing. 42. What is their song? I mean...I don’t know what their like...OFFICIAL song is, but the songs “West End Kids” by the New Politics and “Paper Rings” by Taylor Swift have always had Big Hiccanna Energy to me. 43. What does their room look like? It’s divided pretty neatly in two. Hiccup’s side has a near-spotless floor, a desk with a perfectly-organized bookshelf and a very chic desk lamp, several movie posters and a hanging whiteboard with miscellaneous invention designs and reminders about random stuff written on it. Anna’s side looks like Hurricane Katrina just swept through, this time with a personal vendetta against snack wrappers. 44. Who would be the one to kill zombies while the other keeps them grounded? Anna would absolutely be the sort to just fuckin tear through hoards of zombies screeching battle cries and knocking them all upside the head with a crowbar, or just straight plowing down an entire hoard with some freaking machine gun she stumbled on and taught herself how to use because she wanted to be badass XD Meanwhile Hiccup is absolutely grateful for the protection because Anna can fuck up a LOT of zombies at once, but he also has to keep the girl from going TOO crazy and accidentally putting her impulsive dumbass in grave peril XD 45. Who makes the other breakfast in bed? Hiccup, for sure. He’s used to being up pretty early because I imagine you get the most dragon-flying and exploring in if you wake up early, and he knows food is basically the only thing that will make Anna not hate getting up, so he makes her breakfast in bed as often as he can to make waking up suck less. And sure enough, after a while Anna starts to hate the morning just a liiiiittle bit less XD 46. Who loves kids more? Anna! Given how fun-loving and energetic she is, she probably loves hanging out with and being around kids. Hiccup likes kids fine, but he often feels kinda awkward and weird around them (I mean...more so than usual XD) because he isn’t sure how to interact with them. When they’re around kids, Hiccup usually follows Anna’s lead on how to talk to them. 47. Do either of them have a crazy ex? Well Anna’s ex attempted to use her to infiltrate and take over a kingdom and then tried to murder her sister so I mean 48. What are their favourite colours? Going by their canon color schemes, I’m guessing Anna’s would probably be like spring green and magenta, and Hiccup’s would be a more dark, foresty green and red. 49. Who likes to cook? Hiccup. Anna can’t cook for shit because she generally doesn’t have the patience for it and would just as soon live off of freezer food if she could because it’s less trouble XD Hiccup is good at making/building things, which actually translates to him being a pretty good chef. He makes Anna food a lot and she absolutely ADORES his cooking. 50. Who is the forgetful one? Anna. Gotta love that ADHD babeyyyy! (I mean I’m practically irl Anna and I am NOTORIOUSLY forgetful so it’s gotta be her XD)

[ice-cream-nekogirl]

And though I know since you've awakened her again She depends on you, she depends on you She'll go alone, and never speak of this again We depend on you We depend on you…

Amy and Hitoshi:

Awwww… the best Judies~. I also like to call them “The Will and Grace of UA” because Amy and Shinsou are… very much like Will and Grace, very close enough to make playful jabs and insults to each other.

Their love is deep but again, purely platonic and full of loyalty, candor and trust… to the point where it’s slightly gross since these two are almost TOO honest with each other XD There’s a TV Trope called ‘Platonic Life Partners’ and that’s more or less Amy and Shinsou’s friendship.

Amy and Shinsou have been best friends since they were toddlers as Amy notes that their mothers used to bathe them together, much to Shinsou’s immense embarrassment when she brings that up but notes that she doesn’t even remember any of that because they were like 3 at the time. Although he does express in annoyance that Amy used to have a habit of running around his house naked.

As each other’s childhood best friends, Amy and Shinsou are very close and very much like a brother and sister, with Amy even annoying him often like a sister and Shinsou treating her like a pest because she is but can give her real brotherly advice and affection. And despite driving each other crazy half the time, the pair can be their most authentic selves around each other as Amy can vent about anything to Shinsou, and Shinsou can lean on Amy for emotional support and open up to her about things that bother him.

Humorously, Amy and Shinsou have an extremely unfiltered friendship centered around almost WAY too much honesty, with the two being able to share WAY too much information with one another as Shinsou and Amy have no problems discussing private matters or straight up gross things with one another (ex: Amy can casually talk about her period with Shinsou, and Shinsou tells Amy whenever he has a body issue such as jock itch or BO). 

Everyone calls Shinsou an ‘enabler’ when it comes to Amy, which is not entirely untrue even though he constantly denies it. But Amy’s just as much an enabler as he is and doesn’t bat an eyelash to his habits. At least until he gets into a relationship with Ashlen and Amy vigorously helps him out but tells him to start being a little nicer and cleaner. But that just shows how close they are, how much they’re like brother and sister and nothing more than that, because Amy and Shinsou are living proof that a boy and a girl CAN be just friends. 

Now I’ll start from the beginning…

Amy and Shinsou’s parents were friends with each other, and so when they were born, Amy and Shinsou’s respective mothers liked to set up playdates when they were toddlers. Amy and Shinsou stuck to each other like they were siblings, playing together and causing mischief especially when they were 5 years old. 

According to Shinsou however, he and Amy learned each other’s names when they were both 4 years old in daycare, and he tells Ashlen and Tokoyami that on their first day of daycare, Amy clung to him even though they were children who didn’t entirely understand a lot of things. Shinsou also mentioned that he had to share his things with Amy, and admits that while it annoyed him at the time that Shinsou grew fond of Amy, and started to love her and view her as the sister he never had.

As they grew up together, even at a young age Shinsou was perceptive enough to pick up that Amy was even more immature than he was as he watched her get in trouble many times for accidentally knocking over a cake and eating from it, getting lost at the store or climbing into a claw-machine to take a toy.

Shinsou and Amy went to school together, and were each other’s only friends for all of elementary school and constantly played games together but also got in trouble together that Shinsou claims was “Amy’s fault 90 percent of the time”, even though it was actually 50-50 between the two of them. Amy protected Shinsou from bullies when they were kids, especially when they called him a villain and mocked his quirk, much to Shinsou’s slight embarrassment because while he made sure Amy didn’t get in trouble, he felt bad that Amy always protected him. But he also protected Amy from bullies when they thought she was quirkless and told her that he didn’t care that she was quirkless and still liked her just fine.

At least until Amy learned about her witch heritage and began manifesting her powers, and Shinsou felt a little bit jealous that Amy had cool powers such as telekinesis, teleportation and Concilium. Nonetheless, they still treated each other no different, and in fact, their pranks actually got worse because of Amy’s newfound powers. The two even used their powers mainly for shits and giggles whether it was taking cookies and sweets off the counter, pranking Shinsou’s father or pantsing bullies, including a young Katsuki Bakugo that Amy and Shinsou wouldn’t meet up until later in their teen years.

Unfortunately, when Amy’s parents are killed by witch hunters, Shinsou and his family mourned and grieved them, and although they wanted to take Amy in, Fiona Goode and Myrtle Snow said that they were the ones who needed to take care of Amy instead because it would be too risky for non-witches and warlocks to look after her. Likewise, the pro-heroes didn’t want to allow it because they claimed it would be ‘better’ for Amy to be raised by people ‘like her’, even though they actually feared that the radical witch hunters would kill other innocent people.  

When Amy left Japan for Robichaux, Shinsou broke down hard and cried when he watched her leave as Amy was the only friend he ever had. After her departure, Shinsou became even colder and more aloof to others, and didn’t want to make any other friends. Instead he proceeded to focus on himself to forget about Amy, but couldn’t bring himself to completely forget about her as he missed her terribly.

Meanwhile, at Robichaux, Amy was miserable for the first couple of months because she wanted Shinsou with her because she knew he would be able to comfort her after all the horrible things she had seen. However, her apathetic caretaker Fiona and cruel witch sister Madison told her to forget about him, and even a sympathetic but serious Zoe and Myrtle told her that there’s no point in crying over Shinsou because he’s not there and not coming for her. Hardened, Amy reluctantly let go of Shinsou so she could focus on protecting her coven. But when the bloodshed was over, after 5 years is when Amy decided that it was safe enough for her to go back to Japan just so she could see Shinsou again.

Cordelia gave her permission as she knew that Amy wanted to see her friend again and also wanted to be a hero with the other pro-heroes who rescued her those years ago, but the Supreme told her to be careful and that the hero society won’t deserve her, much to Amy’s confusion.

As Amy returns to Japan after so long, she passes the entrance exams with flying colors and gets into the Hero Course, but after she leaves the school for the first time, she senses Shinsou’s presence and hurriedly makes her way over in hopes of finding him and catches him at the right time when he’s about to exit UA (as he had successfully gotten in as well). When the childhood friends see each other after 5 years, they are both stunned into silence and slowly approach each other, once they realize that they are not figments of each other’s imaginations they quickly share a loving, tearful embrace. Afterwards, Shinsou doesn’t hesitate to take her to his home to greet his parents after so long and she is lovingly welcomed back by his mother and father. Shinsou’s father tells her that there’s always a place for her at their house, but Amy politely declines as she was given her own home (Fiona’s old mansion) by Cordelia. Nonetheless, Amy enjoys a welcoming party from the Shinsou family and she spends the rest of the day with her best friend.

Although Shinsou was admittedly bummed out and jealous that Amy made it into the Hero Course and she playfully teases him that she’s ‘always been stronger than him’ but a self-deprecating Shinsou doesn’t deny that and agrees with her. However, he does admit to Amy that it has been hard getting through school because of all the discrimination and Amy comforts him by telling him that she understands since while witches were outed to the world, there’s still discrimination. The two best friends then declare that they’ll overcome that together and become heroes as “The Witch and The Brainwasher”.

During the Sports Festival, Amy was on Shinsou’s team and Amy had no problem with Shinsou using her classmates Ojiro and Aoyama, nor did Amy have a problem with him mind-controlling them. In fact, Amy was his biggest cheerleader, even when he was against Midoriya, whom Amy had a crush on at the time. And Amy was at Shinsou’s side when he was defeated by Midoriya, but while he was grateful for the support he also told Amy to focus on beating her own opponents such as Kaminari, and he had no qualms quietly cheering for her during her fights against Kaminari, Iida and Todoroki, but got worried when she fought against Todoroki. Shinsou then checked up on Amy after she was defeated by Todoroki, because he could tell that Todoroki didn’t beat Amy using his full strength and that Amy was distracted by a new power awakening.

Their friendship is eventually recognized by Amy’s classmates when the Sports Festival ended, and because of their closeness, some of her friends such as Kaminari and Sero accused her of having feelings for Shinsou and vice-versa, which did confuse them for a little bit. Amy denied having any feelings for Shinsou and expressed disgust at the thought because she admits that she doesn’t view Shinsou like that. Shinsou, feeling peer-pressured and uncertain about how he feels about Amy, takes her out to the movies to watch Infinity War and play games at the arcade as a ‘date’. And Amy awkwardly agreed to do so, but when he feels nothing other than light-hearted fun with his friend, he confesses that he only loves her as a best friend and can’t feel any sort of romantic love for her. 

Shinsou: Amy…You and I have known each other forever, we’re best friends right? Well, I’ve realized something ever since you’ve been gone. Every person has someone in their life that they can’t live without. And that person is someone who steals a bounce-house for you on your birthday because you desperately wanted one. Someone who sneaks you out of class when you get food poisoning and goes into the boy’s bathroom to wash the vomit out of your hair. Someone who picks you up and feeds you ice cream when you’re just so miserable you need to drown it in everything that can’t possibly be healthy. Amy Martinez, that person is you. But I don’t love you.  I mean, I do love you but I don’t love-love you like that. I can’t...

Amy: (touched) Hitoshi… I don’t love-love you either, not like that, but I do love you too. I love you platonically Hitoshi Shinsou. and that’s all. Like... seriously that is all.

Shinsou: (smiles) Yeah… me too Ames… okay since this ain’t a date no more and I already paid, let’s just watch Infinity War. As FRIENDS. 

Amy: Friends! Ooh but get me a bunch of snacks! Chocolate! (Shinsou rolls his eyes)

Amy, touched by his words, confesses that she feels the exact same way and says that she absolutely loves him, but cannot romantically love him either. Happy and relieved, the friends proceed to enjoy each other’s company and later prank the people in the movie theater and smugly tell the students of 1-A that they’re just friends.

That being said, their relationship has had its ups and downs because of Amy’s new emotional instability that Shinsou quickly picks up on. Although Amy felt bad for letting him see that she wasn’t all there, she felt comfortable enough around him to open up about her issues because she knew Shinsou would never judge her for anything. And she was proven right, and although Shinsou was initially confused and alarmed by the new changes in his friend, he still kept an eye on Amy and realized that her temper is worse than it used to be, and her reactions are much more intense and inappropriate which he assumes is from trauma.

But because Amy up until this point, had acted like her normal and energetic self around him, he still acknowledges her as the girl from his childhood but who had been changed because of things she had seen. So he doesn’t act any different in spite of the revelation that Amy is prone to mood swings, although he does act more fearful when he senses that she’s going to get angry.

Nonetheless, he was extremely worried when she was taken along with Bakugo, and spent the last three nights tossing and turning, unable to sleep because he was worried that she was going to get hurt. To the point of having a mental breakdown until his father comforts him, telling him that Amy’s a strong girl and that the pro-heroes are going to find her which put him at some ease. And he is beyond relieved when Amy does come back rescued, but is dispirited when he finds out that Amy was rescued by Madison rather than the 1-A students and heroes as she tells him everything. Shinsou realized that Amy was upset that her classmates couldn’t rescue her and despite the fear he felt, he stood by her side and comforted her.

Shortly afterwards, his unwavering patience with her is put to a test after the Overhaul arc where Amy’s newfound realization about the pro-heroes abandonment her drives her to the brink. To the point where Amy opted out her classes Culture Festival event and instead went to the General Studies with Shinsou to help with their haunted house and he was well aware that Amy wasn’t well due to her irritability and the fact that he had caught her disassembling things with her telekinesis fueled by her anger.

Shinsou felt way too scared to say anything, he said nothing to provoke her when they spoke, and merely agreed with everything she was saying and even tried to cheer her up as she was working with him by making the jokes she normally would. To his relief some of the jokes worked but he still sensed her anger, but also sympathized with her and felt some anger too when he learned that had the heroes taken care of her like they planned to do for Eri, that she never would have had to leave Japan and could have stayed and not inadvertently have him suffer losing his best friend.

He also realized just how embittered and resentful Amy became towards Midoriya, Aizawa and the entirety of UA and that it wasn’t just a mood swing this time since her anger wasn’t wavering. He began to fear that if they weren’t careful that she was going to explode and potentially destroy the school, and so he did his best to cheer her up. Unfortunately, his fears come true during 1-A’s concert as he sees her bubbling with rage over her classmates having a good time without her, and when she runs out he desperately runs after her to follow, but his efforts are futile as Amy angrily flies back to her mansion.

As he tried hard to call and text her, Amy reluctantly ignored all of his calls for fear that she would hurt him. As Amy was aware that Shinsou had stuck with her the entire time, but knew she was going to do something foolish and reckless, so she deliberately avoided him so she could spare him from getting hurt or in any sort of trouble.

The next day, she starts spiraling out of control and lashing out by attacking UA, but makes sure to avoid actually hurting the students unless they attack her. Distraught by his friend’s meltdown, Shinsou takes it upon himself to try and talk her down and bring her back to her mansion. Although, he didn’t get out of that incident unscathed as he was slightly wounded by falling debris that he ignored for the sake of getting Amy to come down from her high. In the process he had to brainwash some people as students were told to evacuate and get away, but he had no plans to leave her. In the nick of time, Shinsou finds Amy in the middle of her fight with Midoriya, and inadvertently saves Midoriya from being maimed by Amy’s Sentio Furia, as he calls for her when seeing her about to perform the deed.

Looking up at her sadly, A remorseful Amy ceases the attack and she comes down from the fury over to Shinsou who offered to walk her back home as she angrily told the teachers that she’s quitting the school. Later on in the aftermath of the destruction she caused, Shinsou would even defend Amy from Aizawa, The Big 3 and the staff of UA and doesn’t let them put any blame on her and even makes excuses for her actions by saying that she’s been through enough and that she shouldn’t be judged for what she does.

Shinsou: I know it looks bad but, Amy is not bad, she just grew up in an environment that showed her a lot of bad things, the person who took care of her, turned out to be a bad person. She never wanted that life, she was forced into it and learned to do bad things, but it’s not her fault.

Aizawa: She’s unstable Shinsou. Although I admit, I should have considered what could have happened if she was under Fiona’s care. I regret it, it was my mistake trusting Fiona. But the damage Martinez did is done, and that’s my fault. I knew that witches were powerful, yet I didn’t even think to keep her in check.

Shinsou: Aizawa-sensei, please, she’s part of your class isn’t she? She’s part of our school. She’s one of us, yeah… she might be a witch, but she’s here to be a hero, just like everyone else is here.  

Aizawa: I know you feel close to her, but there’s a lot you still don’t know about witches Shinsou. You don’t know how much they’re capable of, and that only makes them more dangerous and unpredictable.

Nezu: Exceptionally powerful beings. I supposed we overlooked Ms. Martinez’s capability of destruction and took her at face value when she came in with such an upbeat personality. A loss of a potential hero, but perhaps allowing her to quit was the right choice for the sake of all our students and teachers given her mental state.

Shinsou: (clenching his fists) I know she messed up the school, I know she has issues, but you’re… you’re all talking about her like she’s s-some kind of an animal that needs to be kept in a cage…

Cordelia: (doesn’t even announce her presence) And she most certainly is not.

Although Shinsou also affirms that even though Amy did do some seriously bad things and doesn’t deny what she’s done, he argues that they shouldn’t turn her away either. His best efforts are largely ignored though because the staff was more concerned about the damage and upset that she caused, but before Shinsou could say something is when an incensed Cordelia stepped in and shamed all of the teachers and the heroes in the room, while also telling them to pardon all of her punishments. 

But, later on, Amy goes on a hedonistic bender with Madison, which forces Shinsou and several of the 1-A students to go looking for her. They eventually found her, with Amy claiming that she’s going back to New Orleans, but Bakugou and Shinsou manage to convince her to stay. Although Amy is still unwilling to speak with her other classmates, she is taken back home by Shinsou. The following day, as 1-A is discussing their erratic classmate’s situation, Shinsou visits to explain everything about Amy in hopes to clear the air.

Unfortunately, after Amy’s attack on UA her classmates are left shocked, horrified but also greatly saddened by what their friend and classmate had done. To the point of feeling guilty for not stopping her and letting their friendship with her act as a crutch when it came to bringing her down. But when some of them start doubting if Amy was any good to begin, Shinsou doesn’t hesitate to tell them how Amy truly is.

He tried to extend his perspective of her onto the other students, but many of them began assuming that she’s mentally unfit, only for Shinsou to state that her instability isn’t her fault, and also makes sure to let Amy’s classmates try to understand her. However, they all became much more afraid of her than they were initially as witnessing her attack the school and subdue the teachers and the Big 3 showed them just how destructive she is.

Although classmates such as Kaminari and Todoroki were more willing to give him and Amy the benefit of the doubt due to personally knowing her as well. Tsuyu, Mirio, Iida and Tokoyami commented that she’s more dangerous than they imagined due to her being unstable and yet still in control of her power, much to Shinsou’s annoyance as he angrily rebuffs them and goes off on them when some of them even liken her to a villain in the making. He also calls them out for the double standards that they are projecting onto Amy as well during his tirade.

Kirishima: (with a despondent look) Why does it feel so… wrong?

Shinsou: (to everyone in the dorms) Amy was your friend too. That’s why. She cared about you guys, liked you even. 

Tsuyu: (in a sad, yet dubious tone) She was our friend, and yet it didn’t stop her from attacking our school, our teacher, and our friend Midoriya. A friend wouldn’t do that, and they wouldn’t be so willing to do that either. We all knew that she was a trouble-maker, but I didn’t know she could be so mean. 

Kaminari: Hehe, okay c’mon hold the phone, maybe it’s not what a friend would do but, she must have been having a really bad day or something, I mean she was pretty grumpy before we even got started on the Culture Festival stuff. Amy likes to make jokes like me, but she is not mean, she was just having a bad day, nobody’s really their best on a bad day.

Shinsou: Exactly. You think she meant to hurt anyone? She’s not like that.

Iida: That’s no excuse for putting other students in danger, and she did just that. She let her emotions get to her and she left all of this destruction in her path. Attacked her own classmate, her own teacher and put everyone’s lives at risk, whether she meant it or not. She has no moral restraint…

Shinsou: (clenches his fists) Moral restraint? Is that all you care about? You have no idea what was going on at the time…

Todoroki: Something was troubling her, memories of her past no doubt. I thought something was wrong, but I didn’t even think to ask. I don’t know what was going on, but I’m sure it was painful for her. That anger, I saw it in her eyes, and that kind of anger can blind anyone, but I know Martin-… Amy. She isn’t cruel by nature, I don’t think she intended to truly harm anyone, because she didn’t hurt any of us, except for… Midoriya. But I think there was some restraint on her part, she put us all to sleep rather than harming us even when we tried to get her to stop.

Tokoyami: That’s because Martinez is much more powerful than we took her for. There is some restraint but that’s why she’s so strong. With a power than can expand to such lengths, I can imagine it’s hard to control when her emotions overwhelm her, and yet it seems that she does so willingly, she knows her magic well. Well enough to keep her own restraint on it, and only loses it because she wants to and knows how to manipulate it. She retains a sense of control over her powers even when they spiral out of control, combine that with her lack of regard for others, selfishness and unwillingness to be reasoned with. She’s dangerous, and her losing control of her magic so freely to attack her own allies only makes her even more dangerous to others.

Shinsou: (getting increasingly defensive) So what if she has dangerous powers? That doesn’t mean anything, your quirk is dangerous, Bakugo and Todoroki’s quirks are dangerous, that girl Midoriya saved, her quirk is dangerous, hell… even Midoriya’s own quirk is dangerous, so why is Amy being singled out when your quirks are just as guilty of being dangerous? 

Mirio: Because she used her power against her own friends! Look at what she did to our school, and you weren’t there when she was being so mean to little Eri. Then she hurt our teachers, she hurt my friends, and tried to kill Midoriya, her own friend, and whether she hurt her other classmates or not, she still put them in danger and she hurt people. She didn’t care who she hurt, she did what she wanted, and disturbed a peaceful day at school, only… a villain would do something like that don’t you think?

Shinsou: (loses all of his remaining patience as he chuckles) A villain? You think she’s a villain? (suddenly shouting) What the hell do any of you know?! I know her better than anyone! If you think I’m oblivious or ignoring this I’m not! I get it! She’s made some serious mistakes! I know she has! I know she as a lot of issues, I know exactly just how messed up she is, but she is NOT bad, she is not the monster you’re all making her out to be. She is not a villain! She’s a very emotionally disturbed girl and none of you can get that! Just because she’s not some sad thing crying for out for help from a hero or some goody goody two shoes wannabe hero doesn’t mean she doesn’t deserve to be helped or treated like a lost cause!

Bakugo: Hey loser! Stop acting like you’re the only one who knows her!

Shinsou: What makes you think you know her?! You don’t know her at all! I understand her better than all of you! (Bakugo seethes with rage but Kirishima stops him from trying to attack)

Midoriya: (finally speaks up) Shinsou! She’s our friend too! You don’t think we’re sad too?! She... has serious issues, I thought she did but I just didn’t see it until later, but you’re not the only one who’s sad, you’re not the only one worried about her, you don’t think we know how it feels knowing a friend is struggling?!

Shinsou: No you don’t know how it feels! You only care about yourselves and a bunch of rando strangers! None of you can possibly understand what it’s like to know that your own family is struggling! None of you!

Shinsou is very defensive of Amy, especially when people don’t listen to him about her, and will even defend her from friends as he quickly states that they can’t understand her the way he does, but is prone to being hurtful and pointing out others flaws when they start pointing out Amy’s flaws regardless of if he’s friends with them or not. It is most likely because Shinsou knows what it’s like to be outcasted in favor of others, much like Amy has been almost all their lives. Also, because Amy is like family to him, he is very protective of her and gets extremely angry if people start assuming that she’s villainous or a bad person, whether he’s friends with them or not. 

Nonetheless, after this incident Shinsou makes sure to give everyone a certain ‘protocol’ whenever Amy is in a bad mood, and frequently tells them to be mindful of her so she doesn’t get triggered for the sake of seeing her happy and unbothered. Usually he does this ‘for their own good’ but can easily disregard them if they don’t listen to him about her.

Unfortunately, the next day Amy refuses to speak to Shinsou out of guilt for everything she had done and because she was using scrying in the bathtub to spy on the teachers and her classmates which makes her avoid him once she sees how much she’s burdened him and upon seeing what her teachers and classmates really think of her. Not wanting Shinsou to lose everything and the respect others have for him, Amy considers to cut him off of her friendship so he doesn’t have to sacrifice anything else for her. And also at that point she began to genuinely think that Shinsou would be better off without her, so she stops calling and texting him and ignoring all of his calls and texts.

But Shinsou becomes very upset when she doesn’t answer his calls or texts and he goes to her mansion out of worry. Amy avoids him entirely, feeling that she isn’t going to do any good for him and that he should focus on his heroic progress instead of her. Shinsou on the other hand, despite his priorities is still worried about Amy and cares for her enough to look for her. But then Amy tries to get him to leave her alone by texting that she doesn’t want to be his friend anymore. Hurt, Shinsou angrily yells for her to tell him face to face, but an emotional Amy does come to him and tearfully admits that she lied and still wants to be his friend.

Shinsou calms her down and listens to her side of the story, and he gets a much clearer understanding of her plight and was extremely horrified when she recounted every single horror she lived through in New Orleans. Afterwards he continued to show great concern for her well-being and visited her at her mansion everyday to check on her while she recovered from her meltdown.

Shinsou: So you watched Misty, Nan, Fiona... all of them... die?

Amy: Yeah… pretty much. Then the rest of the other shit happened, and I come back and realized that none of that shit would have happened if the heroes took me in. But I guess it wasn’t meant to be.

Shinsou: (silent for a while even though he doesn’t hide his disappointment and sympathy) How the fuck did you survive all of that?

Amy: I don’t know. I almost wish I didn’t. Maybe it’d be better, it’s why I told you that ‘I don’t wanna be friends’ bullshit, I’m not any good for you Hitoshi… I’m sorry. I just wanted to protect you from me.

Shinsou: Stop. That’s not necessary. Just talk to me, you know I wouldn’t do that for anyone else, but just talk to me if you feel like you’re going to break again. Okay?  

Amy: (smiles softly) Okay.

Although Amy started to get more irritable and more irrational when Shinsou had to go train with Aizawa, since she was still mad at him. Despite this and another argument later, Amy and Shinsou reached an understanding as she apologized because she knew Shinsou wasn’t at fault for anything and he forgives him.

As he visited her often, Mallory and Madison told him to give her space and he reluctantly did so when it became apparent that there were times when even he couldn’t do anything to make her feel better. Dejected but accepting of this, Shinsou’s concern for Amy remained but he also made sure to live his own life. Although he did still play his part and do his best to cheer her up whenever she looked depressed and was elevated whenever she showed a willingness to have fun with him during her isolation.

However, in the original timeline when Amy has to return to Robichaux to help her coven due to the rising threat of the Anti-Christ Michael Langdon, Shinsou is once again crestfallen to have to see his friend leave as he tearfully comments that he lost her again. Fortunately, he was able to see her again thanks to Cordelia’s spell keeping him and the rest of 1-A and Aizawa asleep under Misty’s Louisiana Swamp mud when Michael destroys the Earth and they are allowed to emerge and reunite briefly with Amy and the witches. Shinsou would then put his life on the line to save Amy from the Anti-Christ as when Michael begins his attack, Shinsou quickly urges Amy to go help Mallory and briefly fights with Michael.

Sadly, Michael easily overpowers him and breaks his hand when he tries to punch him, and when Michael attempts to follow Amy, Shinsou uses his capture weapon in a desperate attempt to get him away from her, willing to die so Amy can live and save the world. Unfortunately, this move allows Michael to pull Shinsou closer to him, allowing him to grab his neck and snap it, killing him and destroying his soul, which horrifies Amy as she screams and wails for him. 

Although Amy was overwhelmed upon feeling Shinsou’s soul disappear, along with the rest of her classmates who fought against Michael to help the witches, it was Shinsou’s death and her friends’ death that motivated her to hurry and rush to help Mallory with the Tempus Infinitum spell.

Thankfully, Cordelia’s sacrifice allows Mallory’s power to awaken and Amy doesn’t hesitate to follow her and give her power to her so they can both go back in time to prevent the Anti-Christ from rising. As Amy and Mallory return to 5 years in the past, she is disturbed by all the memories that come flooding back to her, but remains focused on the task at hand as she and Mallory are allowed to redeem the Anti-Christ and prevent the apocalypse in the new and current timeline.

Amy was aware that she could technically change all of what happened, but agreed with Mallory that they shouldn’t change the entirety of the future and only change some of the worse aspects that impacted the witches as Amy reluctantly agrees. Although, when Amy reunited with Shinsou oncemore, the second meeting (that Shinsou wasn’t aware of) was even more tearful as Amy clung to him and cried outloud for him.

 As all of the events that happened in the original timeline play out, Amy finds herself once again isolated in her mansion as she realized that she hadn’t completely changed from the original timeline because of how the events still played out exactly the same. Fortunately in this current timeline Amy is still being cared for by Mallory, Madison and Shinsou and then she would meet her new best friend Ashlen on the internet, who became a source of comfort for Amy. However, Shinsou was somewhat distrustful of her new internet friend, as he became even more protective of Amy and grew wary of anyone else who got close to her because he didn’t want her to get hurt again. Despite that, he trusted Amy’s judgment as she happily kept chatting with her new friend.

When Amy eventually decided to return to UA, Shinsou was ecstatic as the two of them shared an affectionate, tearful hug, especially since Amy had returned during the War arc.

Amy then would take him and 1-A to New Orleans as an apology and as a means to help her friends recover from the events of the War arc.

Although upon being attacked by witch hunters in New Orleans Shinsou was crestfallen when he had to watch Amy get killed by the witch hunters who succeeded in impaling her and was inconsolable when he believed her to be dead. Fortunately Misty and Cordelia were able to find her body in the ocean and revived her as the two friends tearfully hug. Afterwards Shinsou would accompany Amy, Madison and Midoriya to the Murder House and free the trapped souls with Amy constantly protecting Shinsou and vice-versa. And after her mission with Midoriya, Shinsou decided to do something nice for her. Remembering Amy express her regrets for not being able to perform at the Culture Festival, he gets them a spot during a festival in New Orleans where he and Amy performed and sang ‘True Colors’ together and Amy happily thanked him afterwards and called him her ‘very best friend’.

While it might not always be healthy, Shinsou almost always forgives Amy for anything she does no matter how amoral or messed up it may be, and that includes murder, manipulation and deception or even going on a rampage throughout his school.

Although Shinsou is not entirely lenient on Amy, as he can tell her when he thinks she is wrong about something and tries to balance out her craziness by acting as the logical and rational one. Despite this however, because Shinsou is terrified of her temper and her power, he often finds himself buckling under pressure and instead opts to hold his tongue if it means not upsetting Amy. Even apologizing for little reasons when he senses that Amy is in a bad mood or whenever she raises her voice. And because Amy sometimes doesn’t always realize just how overbearing she’s being, she was oblivious to the power imbalance between the two of them, with Amy having most of the power and Shinsou being the one bending over backwards for her.

Eventually Shinsou does secretly admit to himself and later to Kaminari that it can be really emotionally taxing on him to take care of Amy whenever she’s upset because he’s terrified of her either lashing out, having another meltdown, hurting someone or hurting herself. That being said, Shinsou has also had panic attacks whenever he thinks about Amy’s rage and freezes up in fear whenever she gets angry because of her capability for destruction. He pretends that it doesn’t bother him, but because of his friendship with her and unwillingness to admit that his friend scares him, he bottles it up and continues to make excuses for her.

Amy eventually realizes this in the second year when Ashlen enters the picture and she sees what kind of emotional struggles he goes through whenever she got upset and saw how it affected Ashlen too. Feeling even more guilty, Amy apologizes to both of them, and plans to make amends to Shinsou by being a better friend to him, and this shows when Shinsou has his own emotional meltdowns (albeit much more downplayed compared to Amy’s) and Amy gladly looks after him and helps him feel better.

Overall, their friendship is very strong, albeit with some slight co-dependence on their parts as Shinsou and Amy both suffer their own breakdowns at the mere thought of losing each other or no longer being friends, which is why he got pissed at her for lying that she didn’t want to be friends and she broke down immediately even if it was just a lie.

Later on, their relationship remains as loving and close, especially when they add Ashlen into their friend-group as the two take it upon themselves to be their best selves for her, although they’re still not above acting like trouble-makers even with Ashlen around and playfully joking around with her. Nonetheless, they’re a dynamic duo who love each other and will do anything for the other.

And though I know, since you've awakened her again She depends on you, she depends on you She'll go alone and never speak of you again We depend on you, I’ll depend on you...

[chiefnooniensingh]

I Won’t Hesitate (for you) Chapter 13

Chapter 13: You bring out (the devil in me)

In this chapter: A month before departure, the final plans are made for the murder. In the present day, a choice is made.

A/n: I told you this would be the epilogue didn't I? I'm such a liar no I'm just chaotic. THIS is the last chapter and the NEXT chapter is the epilogue. I hope you enjoyed this story as much as I enjoyed writing it!

As always, a special thanks to Aileen (@acomebackstory), Callie (@callieramics), @hm-arn, @royalshadowhunter, @ladymajavader and May (@eddiediazs) over on Tumblr for their continued support and cheerleading. I don't know if I would've finished it without you guys!’

@hmd23 guessed it, last week's chapter title was, of course, THE Malex Reunion song; When The Truth Hunts You Down by Sam Tinnesz. Fitting, I thought, with the truth finally being revealed.

Can anyone guess this week's?

also on: ao3

other chapters: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Early September, 1935

They had all met in Arturo’s restaurant. It was far out the way of everything most of them knew, and Isobel could pretend to scout the place for future events. It was private, it was perfect, and to Liz, it was home. Her dad had made his famous pancakes with whipped cream, and despite the dark cloud of their plan hanging over them all, they were all eating enthusiastically.

She and Max had weirdly, morbidly, connected through all this. He was the only one outside her immediate family who had understood immediately the pain and the suffering she had been through. And more important, what she needed to put an end to it.

Liz looked around the table, a warm feeling blooming in her chest for all of them. They were all here for Rosa. Rosa had somehow touched every single life in this restaurant, touched them so deeply that they were willing to commit a mortal sin for her. To finally put her spirit to bed. Liz looked up to the ceiling, for a second having the illusion that Rosa was floating right there, looking down at them all and smiling. Liz smiled, too.

“Hello, everyone!” Isobel pranced into the room (Liz wasn’t sure the woman could walk any other way), holding a big envelope, followed by a fierce young woman in a leather jacket. Liz frowned, but Isobel seemed to read the room immediately. “This is Jenna Cameron. Max introduced us, she is going to help us with our identification issue.”

Jenna grinned at every one of them, taking out a smaller envelope from her jacket and taking out several documents. “Isobel has explained the situation best she could, and I agreed to help. I have new identification papers for the Ortechos,” she tossed some papers to Liz and Arturo, “for a Mr Valenti – oh, hello, don’t you look fine – and for Mrs Bracken. I have removed your maiden name so as to not alert any detectives to your relationship to Max. Mrs and Ms DeLuca, your relation to the girl can be easily explained by coincidence, it can be considered reasonably distant.”

Liz opened her papers and saw a new name ‘Beth Otto’. She smiled. It was close enough to her own name that she could respond quickly if someone addressed her as such, but far enough that people weren’t going to put two and two together.

Isobel, meanwhile, had taken her seat at the end of the table, had accepted a plate of pancakes and was digging in happily, while shoving her own envelope across the table. “There’s the train tickets, there’s one for each one of us, except Michael of course, who is going to be stationed on the train on the ride in question. I have filled the last spot with Jenna, so we have complete control over the carriage, there’s going to be no outside influences.”

Liz nodded, taking out her ticket and putting it with her identification papers.  “Now, is everyone absolutely clear on the plan? Let’s do a round. We board the train at 10:15AM on the 19th of October.”

Max, next to her, continued. “We pretend we don’t know each other, don’t greet each other, don’t make any contact.”

Michael went on, “At around 10PM, after dinner, I’ll bring by a tea tray, which Isobel will then spike with Barbital.”

“At 4:25AM, we will all move silently towards Isobel and Noah’s cabin. Isobel will let us in,” Liz’s dad continued.

“We will each take Michael’s knife and…stab him – Noah – once, and only once, then make room for the next person,” Maria said, swallowing thickly. Liz understood. It had seemed rather distant, the murder they were planning, but it was becoming rather real.

“Liz will deliver the final blow, straight to the heart, and will then hide the knife in her cabin” Mimi continued, her eyes fiercely determined.

“I will open a window to let the cold air in,” Kyle said, looking as though they were discussing a standardized case at the hospital.

“And I will lock the door behind you, go to sleep and then wake everyone up with my screams and cries a couple of hours later.”

Liz nodded. “And remember: no contact of any kind. No talking, no communicating with each other in any other way than co-passengers, exempting of course me and dad, and Maria and Mimi, as we are already going as parent and child.” She looked around them all, and each face stared back at her with fierce determination. “We’ve been working towards this for years. Waiting, following, trying to move on. But Rosa’s death demands justice. And if the system won’t give it to her, then we will come and get it. I know it’s going to be hard. We are all going to have to live with what we’re about to do. But remember why we’re doing this. Remember that bright little girl that loved to make everyone laugh and held your hand if you were sad. Find strength in her radiance. Remember Rosa Ortecho.”

They all raised their glasses in the air and chimed together. “For Rosa!”

“For Rosa,” Liz whispered.

Present day, 1935

Alex stepped out of the train in a blaze of sunshine. It was wonderfully warm and safe, as if the entire horrid train ride hadn’t happened. That wasn’t true, of course, it very much had happened, and Alex could feel the weight of his decision settling on his chest, making it difficult to breathe. He wondered if it would ever truly leave.

“Alex?” Alex turned and watched Michael disembark, pulling their suitcases out with him. “Are you okay, my love?”

Alex shrugged, gesturing helplessly to his chest. “I’m going to have to live with this for the rest of my life.”

Michael nodded, taking Alex’s hand and squeezing it gently. “We all do,” he said, nodding to the train door.

The passengers of the Istanbul-Paris car were disembarking the train slowly, stepping into the sunlight, just as Alex had, and stopping for a second to feel the warmth on their faces. Alex looked at every single one of them. Liz and Mr Ortecho disembarked first, helped with their luggage by Max. Liz looked absolutely exhausted, as if she hadn’t slept in years. Her eyes were red-rimmed and puffy, and Alex knew she had been crying for a great deal of the night; he had heard her sobs through his cabin wall. Mr Ortecho looked ten years older than he had the day before.

When they saw him standing on the platform, they came over to shake his hand. “Thank you, Mr Manes. It’s been…interesting.”

“That it has. Let’s make sure we never meet under these circumstances again, yes?” Alex said, giving Liz an encouraging smile.

She gave him a watery smile. “Don’t worry. It was a once-in-a-lifetime situation.”

“I would think so,” Alex said.

Isobel laughed and kissed him on the cheek, and then Michael. “Bye, Alex. Bye, Mikey.”

The two of them moved away, and Michael stared after them, half-annoyed, half-amused. “Mikey?” he called after her, and she just waved him off. Michael shook his head and Alex laughed.

Max came over to hug them both. Alex was a little caught off guard by the sudden show of affection from the man, but then again, they were kind of family now.

“I hope we do see each other again, Alex. You have made Michael happier just in these few days than I have seen him in the past two years.” He gave Alex a playful punch in the shoulder, and Alex let out a laugh. “Means you’re family now, Manes.”

“Thanks,” Alex said with a grin as Michael giggled, “that really means a lot, Max.”

“Alright, see you around. Bye, little brother.” He and Michael hugged, before Max quickly followed his girlfriend off the platform.

“He looks intimidating but is actually a very cuddly bear,” Michael said, shaking his head at his brother’s retreating back. Alex burst out laughing again and pressed a kiss to Michael’s temple. It felt amazing that he would just…get to do that from now on. They were on their way to being good again. There was still a lot to talk about, a lot of things that went unsaid that definitely need to be said, but for now, this was enough.

“Alex.” Kyle appeared in front of them, having just disembarked the train. He looked exhausted too, but also lighter somehow. It seemed that solving Rosa’s murder had relieved him of an always present anguish. “Thank you. I wish we would’ve met under different circumstances. I think we really would’ve gotten along.”

“We still did,” Alex said, taking Kyle’s outstretched hand. “I know you want to put this behind you, but if you’re ever in Paris, don’t be afraid to look me up. We can talk about the most recent medical advances.”

Kyle cracked a smile that lit up the station. “I would enjoy that. You’re staying in Paris, then?”

Alex nodded, glancing at Michael, who was smiling broadly all of the sudden. “For now, at least. I had a case lined up in New York, but after this week I need a vacation. And I hear Paris is quite liberal.” He took Michael’s hand in his to show his meaning and Kyle grinned again.

“I hope you get everything you want, Alex Manes. You’re an amazing human being.” And with that, Kyle took off as well.

He was immediately replaced by Maria and Mimi, who pulled Alex in a bone-crushing and soul-warming hug. “Thank you, Mr Manes. And I’m so sorry for all we put you through,” Mimi DeLuca said, taking his hand in her small ones, holding them like a mother might hold his hand. Alex immediately felt a lump form in the back of his throat.

“I would say ‘my pleasure’ but I think we all know that would be a lie,” Alex said gently, causing the two women to burst into laughter. “But thank you, Mrs DeLuca. You are an amazing woman.”

“Bye, you two.” Maria waved at them both and then supported her mother out of the station.

The only one who remained now was Isobel, who had clearly intentionally waited for last. First, she wrapped her brother in a tight embrace. “Take care of yourself, Michael. When I’ve got my life back on track, I’ll come visit you and Alex.”

“I would love that,” Michael said, squeezing his sister against him tightly. “Are you going to be alright, Iz?”

“I’ll be fine. I’ll have to deal with the aftermath, of course. Your version of events cleared me, of course,” she said to Alex, a grateful smile spreading on her face, “but now I have to deal with funeral arrangements and telling the people what a monster he was. I will show that cursed box to the world. I will show everyone that there is one less murderer roaming free. Nobody will mind, I think, that he is dead.” She turned to Alex. “I cannot thank you enough for what you have done. I know it can’t have been easy. I’m forever in your debt, Alex Manes.”

Alex inclined his head, politely, but was thrown off balance when she hugged him too. “Take care of my brother, Alex. He needs a little extra love,” she whispered in his ear.

“Yeah. We’re both fucked up people, but we’ll take care of each other. I promise,” Alex whispered back.

Isobel kissed him on the cheek, hugged her brother one more time, and then pranced off. Michael stared after her, his hand taking Alex’s on instinct. “She’s remarkable,” Michael said, love and affection for his sister pouring out of every pore.

“That she is,” Alex agreed. He was watching his father disembark with the police. He had not been happy with the explanation Alex had given the police an hour earlier, but in front of the officers, he hadn’t been able to do more than just grind his teeth. But Alex had left the fear for his father on that snowy cliff. Even though he knew Jesse Manes was about to come over, he felt no trepidation or nerves. He was ready for whatever Jesse Manes threw at him, because, at the end of the day, his father was a pathetic man who lived his life in bitterness and hatred. Alex saw now how weak that made the man.

The police officers nodded at Alex as they passed, and Alex nodded back. They hadn’t been particularly happy with the explanation either, but Alex’s reputation had lent credibility to his words. The murderer got away, lost in the snow and the dark. They would probably never catch him.

Jesse Manes spotted the pair of them standing there and Alex saw his face harden. His father paced over to them and stopped right in front of them. Michael and Alex looked back at him, holding hands, stronger together than Jesse Manes was, all on his own. “That story was absolute bullshit, Alex.”

Alex raised a cool eyebrow. “Oh? You’d rather I would’ve said ‘Arturo Otto did it, officer, because he is a Mexican’? Don’t answer that,” Alex cut across his father as the latter opened his mouth, “I know you would have. But that is simply not the truth. You see, dad, any person is capable of doing terrible things. You’re a white man and you’re still the most terrible person I have ever come across. And I deal with murderers on a regular basis.” Jesse Manes went red instantly, and Michael stifled a laugh in his hand. Alex pressed on. “My ‘story’ is the only sound theory that I was able to come up with. None of the people on that train are guilty. I’m sorry it denied you the opportunity of seeing someone dragged away.”

Jesse Manes sputtered for a while, then his eyes landed on Alex and Michael’s clasped hands. “At least have the decency to act normal in public!” he hissed.

Alex looked down at their hands, back at his father, and grinned. “Okay,” he simply said. Before either Jesse or Michael could say anything, Alex had yanked Michael towards him and captured his lips in an absolutely filthy kiss. People around them…paid them absolutely no mind. It wasn’t an uncommon sight in Paris, two men kissing on a train station. Hell, most Parisians had seen more intense stuff on the streets. They didn’t care. The only one who cared was Jesse Manes, who fumed and cursed and yanked his son away from Michael. Alex spun around and landed a blow right to Jesse Manes’s jaw. Pain shot up through Alex’s knuckles, but he ignored it as he watched Jesse Manes stumble backwards.

“Never touch me again,” Alex said, menacingly. “You cannot ever lay your hands on me again. I’m tired of being afraid of you, tired of trying to be a ‘Manes man’. I’m Alex. I’m gay. I love Michael and he loves me. And you are just a guy I used to know.”

And taking Michael’s hand in one, and his trunk in the other hand, he turned around and walked towards the exit. Michael was still grinning when they arrived in the main hall. “That was fucking brilliant!” he said, holding tightly to Alex’s hand as they navigated their way through the crowds of people.

Alex grinned at him. “It felt really good. It’s everything I’ve wanted to say and do since before I knew how to fight.”

“You were amazing,” Michael said, his voice laced with awe and wonder and love and just a tiny bit of sex. Alex felt his spine tingle and immediately decided to find a nearby hotel. The catching up would have to wait, first they had to release some energy. “So are you really staying in Paris?”

“Well, it depends,” Alex said, shrugging a little.

Michael slowed to a halt and pulled Alex to a stop as well, turning him so they were facing each other. Michael’s face was suddenly very serious. “On what?”

Alex released his trunk and lifted his hand to touch Michael’s cheek gently. “On wherever you go.”

Michael blinked for a second, absolutely thunderstruck, but then pulled Alex in for a kiss. “You are such a sap,” he whispered when they parted.

“You love it.” Alex nipped lightly at Michael’s bottom lip.

“So you’re not a ‘Manes man’, huh?” Michael said, and Alex blinked at the sudden change of subject.

He pressed another kiss to Michael’s lips, then pulled back. “No, I don’t think I am.”

“No more Alex Manes.” Alex nodded. Michael fidgeted with Alex’s fingers, as if suddenly nervous, but he looked into Alex’s eyes, steady and unafraid. “So you wanna be Alex Guerin?”

Alex’s jaw dropped, the question taking him completely by surprise. He stared at Michael for several seconds, in which Michael had time to completely second-guess himself and in addition scold himself for being so damn stupid. Alex saw it all happening on his face, so when Michael opened his mouth to apologize, Alex covered it with his hand. Michael stared up into his eyes with surprise, as Alex leaned forward to touch his forehead to Michael’s. “More than anything in the world,” he whispered, and he instantly felt Michael relax. He dropped his hand and let Michael kiss him, sweep him off his feet and spin him around. Alex laughed into the kiss, surprised at Michael’s strength and feeling the happiness bloom from his heart, spreading through the rest of his body.

“I love you,” Michael said after he put Alex gently back on his two feet.

Alex kissed Michael once more, softly this time. “Love you, too.”

“Wanna get out of here?” Michael said, his voice laced with suggestion.

Alex’s smile spread into a feral grin and picked up his suitcase. “Let’s.”

So the two of them walked towards the exit, hand in hand, towards the busy Parisian street flooded with sunlight, and towards a future that was completely theirs.

[makeste]

BnHA Chapter 027: The Ol’ Run and Float

Previously on BnHA: Deku won the obstacle course and made All Might proud while pissing everyone else off. Midnight announced that the second event would be a cavalry battle. The kids were told to team up in groups of 2 to 4, and that each team’s captain would wear a headband with a point value based on how that team’s members placed in the obstacle course. Deku found out he was worth ten million fucking points.

Today on BnHA: Midnight explains the rules of the cavalry battle. U.A.’s first years set out to assemble their teams. Bakugou doesn’t fucking know who any of these people are. Iida wants in on this rivalry thing too. Deku gets off to a shaky start, but actually manages to assemble probably the best team out here, thanks in large part to its abundance of girl power, but also because my bird bro Tokoyami decides to get in on this as well.

(As always, all comments not marked with an ETA are my unspoiled reactions from my first readthrough of this chapter. I’ve read up through chapter 51 now, so any ETAs will reflect that.) 

new volume cover!! lots of kids this time! twelve of ‘em!

we’ve even got that steampunk girl. SHE DOESN’T EVEN GO HERE

this is the calmest that Bakugou’s face has been on a cover yet, I think. he’s even letting Kaminari lean all over him. he still doesn’t know how to smile, but at least he’s looking at the camera, unlike Todoroki up there in the corner

and we’ve got Ochako up there in the top left! KICK SOME ASS OCHAKO

Deku looks pretty happy and doesn’t appear to be fearing for his life, so we can confidently assume that this picture wasn’t taken during the sports fest! ahahaha

“the boy born with everything” hmm that sounds like Todoroki to me. could be Bakugou too I suppose, but right now I’m leaning more toward the kid who hasn’t had much development yet and whose mystery dad seems like he might be introduced shortly

I freaking love that... [checks the handy dandy character guide] Hagakure is on the inner cover cheerleading with these two

(ETA: I can’t believe such a cute fucking page was so ruined for me with context.)

okay I skipped past the characters cuz I already know who they are, and definitely skipped past that chapter index. here we go

seems pretty fucked up to me. do they have twists like this every year? if yes, then why do the kids who’ve watched it religiously since childhood (i.e. Deku) not anticipate that and maybe just shoot for top 5 rather than #1?

well Deku, you’re just going to have to continue to be just that damn good, I guess. you’re screwed otherwise

even Ochako omg

he’s still thinking to himself that it was just dumb luck that he came in first. by my reckoning it was actually ridiculously quick and adaptive thinking, more than a little cleverness, no small amount of physical strength and endurance, and a reckless disregard for his own safety bordering on the insane! but sure, call it luck

wonder where all of that GARRRRR energy has gone now. it’s like he was running at 300% for that entire event, and now all of a sudden he’s run out of batteries

okay here we go, some detailed rules

that’s going to be a lot of zeroes for Deku’s team

glad they designed the headbands to fasten with velcro so that these kids don’t go snapping each other’s necks

and apparently once someone grabs your headband, they’ve got to put it on and wear it themselves, so as long as time’s not up, you still have a chance to get it back

so then Deku won’t necessarily be the main target the entire time. ooh, this changes things. I like this game now

that little shithead Mineta might be a problem if his team utilizes his stupid grapes

and Tsuyu could potentially just use her tongue and be snatching up headbands left and right

apparently they’re allowed to use quirks, but not allowed to maliciously attack teams “with the intent of making them fall.” well what are the rules then. is that basically just a “don’t kill each other” rule and aside from that everything still goes? this opens the gates for some inconsistent refereeing. but I suppose these games are just an exhibition match to show off anyway, so as long as everyone gets to do that, it doesn’t matter as much who actually wins or loses

unless your name is Bakugou Katsuki and you went up on stage in front of a hundred thousand people and were all “it’s me I’m the winner”

or if you’re Todoroki “dad is watching and I just made Deku my rival fifteen minutes ago, so I don’t want to lose to him” Shouto

or Midoriya “dad is watching and I promised him I’d tell the world I AM HERE” Izuku

then you’re probably more invested in winning

so should be interesting

(ETA: actually, getting into the round of 16 really did make a difference in terms of who got drafted afterwards.)

time to start forming teams!

Deku already seems to know who he wants!

Tsuyu or Ochako, Deku. either is good. both are even better

Iida’s also fast! and loyal! (ETA: HAHAHAHA) but the second that fucker gets distracted, his weird hand gestures will get you dropped on the floor right quick

Bakugou and Todoroki would NEVER!! so let’s not even bother with that

Sero is another one like Tsuyu that would probably be really good at snatching bands

anyways, enough with the hypotheticals, let’s scroll down and see who this thoughtful young man actually decides on

heyyy. booooooo we’re cutting to the security staff

they don’t seem to be doing a very good job

wow. these guys are kind of the worst

“drag others down.” what a cynical fucking take

now they’re talking about how the cavalry battle teaches cooperation. well no shit, just like literally any team exercise ever

these are the most demotivational superheroes I’ve ever seen. the complete fucking opposite of All Might. no wonder he was so desperate to find someone with the right attitude to be his successor

WOW CHECK OUT MISTER POPULAR OVER HERE

OH NOW Y’ALL LIKE HIM, HUH. I WAS HERE FIRST

he seems to have someone else in mind maybe?

wow

“WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE”

wow Bakugou. wow. I may not know all of their names yet, but at least I know... two of their quirks

-- and actually I do know their names! Sato, Hagakure, and Mina! wow! guys! I did it!!!

meanwhile All Might’s up in the stands with his own hot fresh takes on Bakugou, which mainly consist of “he may be a jerk but he sure is talented and that sure does make him popular.” yep. are you proud. he’s still our son, All Might

Todoroki already picked a team while Bakugou was standing there trying to figure out what everyone else’s quirks even are and what exactly is this mysterious “teamwork” thing anyway

luckily he has a good friend who mysteriously loves him for some reason!

even though Bakugou doesn’t even remember his name sobbbbb

to be fair, I sure took a long hecking time remembering it myself

Kirishima is pointing out that he’s the best fit since his quirk allows him to take whatever explosions Bakugou dishes out

wow they really are compatible. this seriously could take over as my main ship, were it not for the fact that Deku has so plainly been in love with Katsuki since he was three years old

but even so! like, I’ll just nab this little KiriBaku tugboat, maybe, and let it puff along next to my main ride

incidentally, Bakugou doesn’t even know what Kiri’s quirk is

and Kiri DOESN’T EVEN SEEM TO MIND ANY OF IT

“Bakugou who should you ride?” “idk someone with a death wish cuz I sure fucking will blow them up you can be sure of that” “no!! me!!!”

that’s the pure kind of unconditional Yamamoto-esque love that can withstand whatever pain and hardship life decides to dole out. good shit

so who’s he gonna pick as his final teammate then

guess who doesn’t care who Mineta picks. me

Shouji if you agree to team up with Mineta you will be cancelled by association until the end of this challenge. it’s not your fault, it’s just the way things are

DEKU WHY ARE YOU STILL STANDING THERE. YOU SEEMED LIKE YOU HAD A PLAN. THAT’LL FUCKING SHOW ME TO ASSUME YOU WOULD EVER TAKE THE INITIATIVE IN LITERALLY ANY KIND OF SOCIAL SITUATION

so then. you’re either stuck with the most desperate peeps, or your loyalest most dedicated besties

eh, I fail to see how punching something really hard one time and then having your body fall apart would inspire faith, though. please note that your fellow classmates, who have seen your quirk, are still avoiding you

oh! I see a “Deku” speech bubble though! only one non-Kacchan person here who calls him that! :D

LOOK AT YOU LUCKING OUT OVER HERE DEKU

this was seriously one of his best prospects to begin with. her quirk would help a lot when it comes to avoiding people, and with him having the highest point value to start with, they don’t really need to go after other people’s points

so if he’s teaming up with her, then Iida is definitely the best choice for a third teammate. they work well together, and I guarantee no one else has offered to team up with him yet lol. just gotta watch out for those hand gestures like I said

but before we get to that let’s just appreciate Deku’s meme face

is this face a meme. if not, my question is how could it not be

yesss. it’s all coming together now. THE OL’ RUN AND FLOAT

now they’re in the huddle and Deku’s explaining the ol’ run and float plan

but interestingly, he doesn’t intend to be the rider? he wants someone physically strong? well there are a few options then, but honestly there isn’t anyone else here who’s actually stronger than you bud

WOW now Iida’s suddenly deciding to be a spoilsport?!

YOU CAN REFUSE MY FOOT IN YOUR ASS YOU TREASONOUS CAD. A POX ON YOU IIDA!!!

apparently he’s decided to make Deku his rival too. EVERYONE, RIVALS. HE HAS ENOUGH RIVALS!!!

“ever since the entrance exam... I’ve been losing to you” well then sure as hell don’t expect it to stop now

he’s teaming up with Todoroki. wow. wow, Iida. you wanna be cancelled too because this is how you get cancelled

I’m not actually mad in all seriousness though, I just gotta protect my sweet Green Tsuna here who apparently has no Gokuderas to fall back on except for Ochako, that beautiful, rule-breaking moth

does the math actually work out so that there’s gotta be at least one person left for him to team up with?

dammit who’s it gonna be

OOOOHH

IT’S THE SMART STEAMPUNK GIRL FROM THE SUPPORT COURSE. I LIKE THIS! SHE’S A WILD CARD. GET IN HERE SUPPORT COURSE GIRL

HATSUME MEI YOU BEAUTIFUL TALENTED BRILLIANT POWERFUL MUSK OX

she says she wants to team up with him so she can be in the spotlight. see, this is what all these kids are forgetting. it’s not really about the points, it’s how well you show off what you’ve got

and she apparently wants to show off “her babies.” her inventions, I’m guessing

PLEASE JOIN US AND BE OUR WINRY ROCKBELL. BE OUR USOPP, MEI

SHE HAS JETPACKS. DEKU!!! DO IT

aww. Ochako don’t be jealous. he needs you, you’re the MVP even if no one else here knows it yet

okay so they’ve got three again. but Deku still seems to think they need one more person

“our formation’s just lacking some power...”

off he goes

who else are you gonna sweet talk into this group Deku

I should probably make a guess so that I can either brag afterwards, or laugh about how wrong I was

he keeps saying power. but most of the obvious 1-A powerhouses are already taken. Sato seems pretty tough, though, and there’s also that rock guy who is like the only guy left in the class who hasn’t done shit. and I think Tsuyu might still be available and she’s a dark horse IMO. my money’s either on her or Rocky Road

okay, this Viktor-looking guy has been making faces and mugging the camera this entire time, and now it looks like he’s actually gonna get a bit of focus here

and he’s acting like class B hung back on purpose. sure, okay. do your thing then; just don’t expect me to learn twenty more names when I only just got done with this first group after 27 fucking chapters

we’d better see who Deku picked before this ends or it’s a waste of a cliffhanger

oh good there’s one last two-page spread

Deku ended up as the rider after all huh

OH

I FORGOT ALL ABOUT HIM! NOW I FEEL DUMB. HE’S FUCKING PERFECT, AND HE ACTUALLY AGREED TO JOIN THEM! TOKOYAMI, FROM THIS POINT ON YOU SHALL BE KNOWN AS “NEW IIDA”

THE SHADOW THING IS GONNA BE SO OP OMG. LET’S FUCKING GOOOOOO

BONUS:

“steampunk-related things” they didn’t even pretend

I’m glad Horikoshi made so many interesting female characters and went against his initial instinct to make several of them guys. class A only has six girls out of 20 people total, so it’s not quite balanced, but it’s better than there being like. four girls. and they’ve all got heaps of skill and talent, and varied and interesting personalities

so the support course peeps are basically the Tony Starks of BnHA

I am so down with this. go on and befriend Deku and make him all sorts of cool shit later on and further enrich the series with your general presence, Mei

[80srockher]

Yuri on Ice Re-Watch and Live Commentary, Episode 12: Final Skate: Gotta Super-Super-Supercharge It!!! Grand Prix Final Free Skate

It.  Is.  FINISHED.

You know that feeling when a fan-nish project is projected to take only a few weeks, during the Summer, mind you, but ends up spanning, oh, about three months?  I do, now.

**Begin rant** 

Me, too, Vitya!  End what, Yuri??

I mean, it's more than a little crazy that he thought this is something Victor would be relieved to here.  It's as if they have been existing on different planes of reality.

Listen. Victor has shed tears a grand total of two times in 12 episodes and both incidents involved Yuri.  Yet Yuri still doesn't think he’s important enough to merit more of his Victor’s time away from skating.  Just.  YURI. AUGH!!!

The actor's decision to read this line as if Yuri's revelation has not stabbed Victor in the heart is masterful.  There's only so much pretending the man is capable of.

This is hella relatable as someone who also doesn't want to be touched when I'm upset by THE VERY PERSON WHO UPSET ME.  Give him a minute to process this, Yuri.

This is just a horrible, horrible cap.  Vitya is thoroughly in kicked-puppy-mode.

Um, did you ignore absolutely everything else that occurred afterwards?  Including when he straight-up said to your face that he wishes you'd never retire?

Don't fire him, Yuri!

Yuri was really out there listenin' to friends instead of Victor.  How many times did Victor ignore the others' entreaties to return to competition to remain his coach?  Don't join that Greek chorus. Yuri.      

I beg to differ.  He's always concerned about your well-being, which is why you gave him an expensive-ass symbol of devotion and put it on his ring finger.  Good God, boy.

This inspiration thing goes both ways, Yuri.  LISTEN TO VICTOR.  He is telling you what HE wants In This Moment.  Not what YOU think is best for HIM.    

Like hell! You two hash this out right now!

**End rant**

Look, a skater who was popular back when I used to watch.  LOL.  Stephane L-l-l-l-lambiel!

So, sports reporter Marooka remarks about how Yuri hasn't been seen practicing in public since the day after the short program, which has worried his fans (see, Yuri, you have FANS.)  You mean to tell me Yuri and Victor have been at odds with each other for two whole days now?!?!

Cartoon!Lambiel picks up on Yuri and Victor's uncharacteristically low energy.

You don't say, Stephane.

Also: Victor knows Stephane, personally.  What a celeb.

At least flag guy has re-energized himself since JJ's short program.

"Don't eff it up."

"Don't eff it up."

"Don't eff it up."

He eff'd it up.

Wow, shades of Yuri from episode one.

Deep, bro.

Aww! The parents in this show are the best cheerleaders.  If only there was time during the season to meet all of them.  I'd def like to see Phichit's parents.

So, JJ's dad is reminiscing on some of his son's past coaches.  Celestino, then played by Peg Bundy, was one of them.

Also…. I'm really curious as to what JJ needed to say yes to.

Damn you, Mickey Lannister Crispino!  Hands off!

Seung Gil! What an awesome cameo.  

I don't know much about scoring in figure skating but this seems a mite high for a program that was mostly jumps.

Yay! No other comment needed.

Phichit's ice-show dreams are as adorable as he is.  Christophe with a hamster cap is utterly, utterly charming.  I would fork over cold, hard blood plasma donation cash to see this in person.

It shouldn't be like this between them; especially not when Yuri plans to end his competitive career, here.

And really, why is Yuri so upset with Victor?  I suspect Yuri's selfishness runs deeper than either of them realize. IMO, he's afraid Victor might come to resent him if he retires from skating to coach him, then regrets it.

But honestly, Yuri should know Victor better than that by now.

Despite everything, Victor is still trying to be the coach Yuri needs.

But… Yuri doesn't want Victor to play coach right now.

So tickle his fancy, Victor.

Um…

Victor has an interesting sense of humor.

Also, he did win the one against the teenagers at the local comp.  Though I have no idea if a qualifier is considered part of the Senior circuit.

Yeah, katsudon's not the only way to celebrate, Yuri.  Victor wants to really give you something worth winning for.

This is just an R&B song waiting to happen.

Hmm… whatever could you mean, Yuri?

I really love how they've cut Yuri's long program with clips of Victor from Yuri's memory.  It's a visual culmination of a journey.

Ahh, that's what he meant about making up his mind about his goal.  And that's why he wanted Victor to stop playing at being coach.  Because he wasn't going to listen to him, anyway.  You know, the usual.

Yuri's internal dialogue during his routine reveals his desire to stay in figure skating with Victor forever and his fear of killing Victor's career if he remains Yuri's coach.  Victor… have you not shared with the man how competition was already slowly killing you? Might wanna do that sometime in the very, very near future.

Yuri… just loves Victor.  He can't always articulate how much, but he can show it.  His program is one big tribute to Victor and Yuri's desire to prove everyone how much Victor means to him as a coach and an inspiration.

And Victor gets the message loud and clear.

Mari+Minako are, yet again, Me.

Something I should've wondered by now is how half-blind Yuri can tell where Victor is standing.

The monkey-on-his-back that is Anxiety.

Seriously, you performed to the absolute best of your ability, Yuri.  Relax.  Relate. Release.  

Wowsa, dude.

Sooooo, Victor has just congratulated Yuri on his record-breaking performance and implies that he might come back to competition in the same breath he confesses his pride in both his pupils.  The possibility of Victor's return delights Yuri to no-end but gives me pause.  A lot of pause.

Victor. My dude.  Are you just trying not to ruin the mood?  Because quite honestly, one of the very valuable lessons you should've learned on this journey is that a little selfishness can be a good thing.  I know you want to make a grand gesture after Yuri's grand gesture but YOU CAN'T BOTH KEEP MAKING GRAND GESTURES.  You'll hurt yourselves trying to show the world your love.  

Moving on... Chris is on the ice, having serious thoughts about how Yuri, who was rumored to retire after the GPF, beat his personal best.  He laments that it won't be as easy for him to win gold as he first thought.

Then he witnesses the happy couple doing their thing.

And gets distracted.  

This is in regards to Victor.  Chris is rethinking his initial calculation of GPF - Victor = gold for him.

Aww, Chris is Phichit's buddy.  Why am I not surprised?

This scene is after Chris decides to change an earlier jump composition to the second half of his program.  Can't say he's not a fighter.

Dawww, Minako.

Really? That's it?!  By my estimation, that program was better than JJ's.  What am I missing?

Boo, this is the last time I'll see my babe, Leo.

But I concur.  Go, Otabek! I'm fond of his music choices, skating, and his costumes.  

So, Victor finds Yakov to tell him he wants to return to competition.  I mean, it couldn’t have waited until after Yurio’s skate, V?

Once upon a time, news of Victor's return may have pleased Yurio.  Now, his first concern is Yuri.  

And Victor is Not.  Happy. About this.  He’s about to cry here, tbqh.

Annnnd he requires immediate comfort.  This is sad. More than sad, when I consider Victor is letting Yuri call the shots, here.  Competing again should be Victor's own decision, as well.

Yeah, that's good advice to pass along, Victor.

I've been debating as to whether or not I should parse out the intricacies of Victor's isolation.  Honestly, I think the writers did a well-enough job of it.  I suppose I still wonder, as many others have, about his family.

I'll go out on a limb and assume he has or had people in his life that taught him to love like he does and to treat other people kindly.  One doesn't learn those sorts of things in a vacuum.  However, I headcanon Victor as having been scouted and, once recruited, moved closer to a training facility, a la these athletes.

So, isolated?  Yes. Friend-less and family-less?  I doubt it, or at least it wasn't always that way.

Meanwhile, Yuri's looking for his man.  Perhaps to tell him that he's already changed his mind about retiring?  In that case, please, look harder Yuri!

Just needed to slide in this cap of Mila getting sprung by Otabek's skating.  Good taste, Mila.

I don't know who JJ has in his pocket on the judging panel, but Otabek just completed a perfect program AND he was ahead of JJ after the short program.  Logic would dictate he'd be ahead of JJ now. But, do as you will, YOI.

This is in regards to Yuri.  In flashbacks during Yurio's routine, we discover that he was actually impressed with Yuri's prior GPF free skate, despite the errors.  It was only after he found Yuri crying in the bathroom stall that he lost respect for him.  Must be Yurio's special brand of encouragement: "Stop crying, get better, or get out of the game!"  Yeah. That must be it.

Anyway, now Yurio has changed his tune and doesn't want Yuri to retire, at all. Cute.

Lilia is so proud of her angry, pseudo- son.

 Yurio completes his most difficult program ever with only one fall.  During his skate, it's revealed that part of his motivation was to become a new goal for Yuri to surpass.  That's nice and all, but not at the expense of your own health, Yurio.

I don't think Yuri would want that for him, either.

Yurio defeats Yuri by a sliver of a margin.  I will admit to initially being surprised by the result before considering (and re-considering, after this re-watch) a few things:

Yurio won because it's entirely possible he may not win again for at least a little while.

His lack of stamina is well-documented, he's in the Senior circuit with grown men who can, and have, beat him already, and he's yet to hit a growth spurt. If the series continues into a second season, then I foresee the writers exploring these very realistic scenarios for Yurio.

This is partially why I don't predict Yurio achieving what Victor has, at least not right away.  There's not enough drama in that narrative to fill up an entire season, IMO.

Or, at the very least, they'll use Yurio to address the conflict over becoming as isolated as Victor has during his struggle to maintain dominance in the sport.

Yurio won because the name of the show is 'Yuri on Ice’.

Also, if the writers decide to have Yuri eventually retire (because he is of that age), then they don't even have to change the show’s title.  How convenient.

Last, and what I think is obviously implied in this episode: Yurio won so that Yuri would change his mind about retiring.

However… Yuri had already changed his mind.  And his biggest motivator in that decision was still Victor, so… kinda wish they hadn't made Yurio go out and suffer like that for no good reason. Honestly, there's little chance of him repeating this performance.

Anyway….

Awww! Yay!

So, Victor's in a teasing mood after Yuri presents him with his well-earned silver medal. Victor insists that he only wants to kiss gold.  So, what do you have that would be a suitable substitute, Yuri?

Eff that medal Yuri just unceremoniously dropped to the ground in preference to hopping in Victor's lap.  Coach me for another year, Victor!

What a lovely step forward for our boy, Yuri.  He didn't win gold but, all joking aside, Victor doesn't care.  Yuri’s next gold medal will be a token to Victor, instead of unnecessary proof that he was worth Victor’s time, all along.

Besides, I think he’s already given Victor the only golden item he truly wants.

But, I mean, only if you WANT to, Victor.  Are you afraid Yuri will change his mind if you change yours?  I hope that's not the case.

 Apparently, this is the only payment Victor will accept for coaching Yuri. Ok, so you're going to compete and hopefully earn some sponsorship money to pay your own bills all while coaching someone else for free?  Do we need to have a 'Victor on Ice,' a show about Victor re-learning the value of doing one thing at a time?

Roll credits!

How sweet!

The serendipity that is cartoon-world.  "I want to coach a skater from another country while also competing for my own country and you can't stop me because I'm animated!"

or

"I want to do a pair skate with my coach for my exhibition.  Know why?  Because the writers say I can!!  Ha!"

Anyway, this is romantic AF.

Cut to this adorbs face...

Running towards this one, here.

And yeah. WE'D BETTER.  Because their story isn’t over!

 The End!

If you managed to get through my all streams of consciousness, full of bad screencaps and even worse grammar, then I humbly and sincerely thank you!  I enjoyed doing it and hope you enjoyed reading it.  

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Quinn’s Code 14 Wedding Trouble - Part 2

Quinn’s Code 14 Wedding Trouble – Part 2

It was uncomfortable. Daria figited. It was just as she had feared. The dress was ill fitted and to make it more infuriating, the seemstress was continually pricking her with a pin. She silently steamed. 'She is incompetent!' she thought. Not for the first time.

 “Nature didn't see fit to give you much in the way of hips, did she, dearie?”

 “That shouldn't be a problem!” Daria said, with a merely annoyed tone.

 “Turn around please.”

 “Oh, Scarlet, You grow lovlier by the day,” Jane said in a southern accent while batting her eyebrows.

 Daria sighed. “I'll kill you.”

 Jane merely smiled.

   Suddenly a voice that Daria had least expected to hear squeaked out her name. “Daria?”

 “Brittany?”

 Brittany Taylor, one of the cheerleaders at Lawndale High, had entered the bridal shop.

 “What are you doing here?” both asked at the same time.

 “Isn't it obvious?” An Arab shiek's in town to buy a few more wives,” Jane joked.

 “They're putting on a bridal expo in the gym. We're modelling,” Brittany explained.

 “A Bridal Expo, that's a good message to be sending to high school students...” Daria snarked. 'Why is Ms. Li doing that?' she pondered.

 “I wonder what sort of extracurricular activities would lead to a wedding...” Jane said.

 'I'm sure our Principal may have taken the idea into account,' Daria thought. She was sure that Jane was onto something.

 “What about you? Are you in a play or something?” Brittany asked.

 “No,” Daria said. She had had enough.

 Brittany then went off...

 The 'seemstress' pricked Daria with a pin again, harder this time. “Ouch.”

 “Hold still. I'm having a hard time with your body as it is.”

 'That's it,' Daria thought.

 “You shouldn't have said that!” Jane said to the 'seemstress'.

 “I'm just underdeveloped!” Daria said with an edge to her voice.

 “I'm doing my best, dearie!”

 “Could you start again?” Daria asked, trying to calm down.

 “That would be a good idea,” Jane suggested.

 “I won't!”

 “I'm not paying for it,” Daria added, with a calmer tone.

 “Fine!” the 'seemstress' said.

  Finally, Daria was ready. The seemstress had improved upon her second try, but still had made disparaging remarks about Daria's figure. 'I am going to blog about this!' she thought. She was sure that Jane and Jennifer hadn't discovered all of her blogs.

 Saturday, March 25, 2006

After a long drive, the Morgendorffers arrived at the Windsor Hills Resort for Erin's Wedding. “This is an expensive vehicle. Be careful with it,” Jake told the valet.

 “Yeah, right,” the valet said, just before driving off with Jake's Lexus.

 “Helen!” Rita Barksdale called.

 “Rita!” Helen called as she hugged her sister.

 “How are you, Jake?” Rita asked.

 “Well, I'm not that...”

 “Oh, the girls look lovely,” Rita interuppted. She indicated a man next to her. “Everyone, this is Paul, my beau.”

 “Hello,” Paul said,

“Paul Meyerson?” Jake asked.

 “Jake?” Paul asked. He quickly realised where he knew Jake from. “Jake and I were in boy scouts together. You bring your clubs?”

 Jake grumbled.

 “Dad, what was that you said about knowing how to pick 'em?” Daria asked. 'I guess, he's willing to see the best in Paul.'

 “Oh, Daria...”

  A sports car then arrived.

 “Who's that?” Daria wondered.

 “Aunt Amy?” Quinn asked.

 Amy Barksdale got out of the car. “I don't mind a few dents, but change the radio station and a your're a dead man,” she said with heavy sarcasm.

 “Amy, how delightful. I thought you weren't coming,” Rita said.

 “I wasn't, but I thought if you two could put aside years of bitterness and resentment, then so can I... for a day,” Amy answered.

 “Oh, Amy, why do you say such ridiculous things?” Helen asked.

 “Out loud?” Amy asked rhetorically as she passed between her sisters. “So, Jake. You're still with Helen, huh? Shows remarkable fortitude.” She turned to Paul. “And Roger. How's the skydiving going?”

 “Amy, Roger passed away. This is Paul,” Helen pointed out.

 Amy quickly recovered from her faux pas. “Oh, sorry. Paul, how do you do?”

 “Who's Roger?” Paul asked.

 “A female bovine failed to sufficiently break his fall,” Daria answered. She wondered how Paul would react to that.

 “Ick!” Paul responded.

 “He was one of the lucky ones,” Quinn said meaningfully.

 “Girls!” Helen admonished.

 “Hey, what's the point of a senseless tragedy if you can't find a little humour in it? I like the way both of you think, particularly you, Quinn.”

 Daria grumbled.

 “Now, Amy. I don't know where we're going to seat you...” Rita began as she lead her younger sister into the building.

 “I need a drink,” Helen said.

 Jake laughed.

 “Why are you laughing?” Helen asked.

 Jake stopped laughing as he followed his wife inside.

 “You know, Quinn, Aunt Amy's really weird,” Daria said, trying to stirr Quinn up.

 Quinn didn't take the bait. “Yes, she is,” she said. 'My kind of weird,' she added to herself. It was going to be great, catching up with her aunt.

  As the wedding party prepared for the actual ceremony, it was threatening rain. “Oh, it can't rain on Brain and Erin's wedding. It just can't,” one of the bridesmaids said.

 “That would be so awful. I couldn't stand it,” another said.

 “On the contrary. Rain is an ancient symbol of fertility. Every couple should be so lucky,” a teenage groomsman said in a monotone.

 “Oh, don't you see? A little rain won't spoil the happiest day of Brian and Erin's life,” a third bridesmaid said.

 Daria and Quinn approached them. “A little heavenly, isn't it Daria?” Quinn asked. 'I know she'd think the opposite...'

 “You must be Erin's cousin,” the third bridesmaid said.

 “We both are,” Daria said.

 “I shall introduce you to your escorts,” the bridesmaid said. She lead them to a handsome young man. “Daria, Quinn, this is Garrett. Garrett will be with Quinn.

 “Of course,” Daria said. She walked off with the bridesmaid.

 “Quinn, you're just about the loveliest thing I ever saw,” Garrett said. “I kinda imagined the hair would be longer though,” he added.

 “You like it?” Quinn asked as she did a pirouette. “It's been like this for a year or so,” she added.

 “Yes,” Garrett answered.

 “That's cool. Say, you like games?”

 “Daria, this is your escort,, Lurhman,” the bridesmaid said, indicating the monotone teen from earlier. She then left.

 “Of course,” Daria said.

 “How do you do, Da-rye-a?”

 “It's Daria, actually.”

 “Sorry.”

 “So, Luhrman. Is that your first name or your last name?”

 “Does it matter?”

 “Not really,” Daria said.

   Lawndale

The Bridal Expo at Lawndale High was in full swing. Charles Ruttheimer III was announcing. “Here's lovely Brittany in a sleeky and latiny number from Lanurb that says that this may be my wedding day, but dammit, I want to dance!”

 Her boyfriend, Kevin Thompson, was in the stands. But he was sleeping. His friend Michael 'Mack' Mckenzie shook him to wake him up. “Wake up! It's Brittany!”

 “What? Huh?” Kevin said. He accidently spilled soda on his pants. He stood up. “Oh man!”

 “I think you're blowing our cover,” Mack said.

 “I don't think so!” Kevin objected.

  Brittany saw Kevin in the stands. “Kevin, what are you doing here?”

 “Surprise, babe!”

 “Ooooh!” Brittany projected as she walked off the stage.

 “Now you have,” Mack said.

  On the other side of the hall, Jennifer and three of her other friends, Cindy Brolsma, Kristen Leung-Bell and Stacy Rowe, laughed.

   Leeville

The reception had started. Lurhman mumbled something. Daria couldn't make it out. “What did you say?”

“Just a little pointless chit chat. Forget it. Would you like another soda?”

 “No thanks,��� Daria said.

 “Or shall we just split a bottle of drain cleaner?” Daria glared at him. “Please be assurred my remark was intended in jest, and not as an incitement to any type of self-destructive behaviour.”

 Daria was impressed. She thought that they could get along. “You're not from around here, are you?”

 “Not very far,” Lurhman answered, his voice unchanged.

  Quinn was in over her head. She had gained the minister's attention. She was sure that it wasn't the right kind of attention. “A wild, rolling, surging ocean of love, on which we, as mere individuals, have no control. Do you understand what I'm saying?”

 “A little,” Quinn said as she tried to put to words her objections. Daria came by.

 Hi, Quinn. Hi Father,” she said.

 “Actually, I'm a minister, not a priest,” the minister clarified.

 “The important thing is, you're the voice of morality in the community,” Daria said as she passed by to the bathrooms.

 “You know, my sister has a point!” Quinn said, backing off.

 “I don't get your meaning,” the minister said.

 “I think you do!” Quinn said, backing off again.

 “Wait!”

 “Gotta go!”

 “Wait!” he said, a little louder.

  Meanwhile, when she had done her business, Daria found Amy at the sinks. “I hate myself in a formal dress, and everyone else, too. You don't look too thrilled at things, either.”

 “Oh, no. I'm overjoyed to be at this big family event. Day to day life isn't humiliating enough,” Daria responded.

 “Let's see, you're in college now, or something,” Amy guessed.

 “Still high school, unfortunately,” Daria responded. 'She has been out of contact with Mom long enough to have lost contact,' she thought.

 “I have some vague memories of high school, but these days, you all carry weapons, right?”

“Well, not to formal occasions like this.”

 “That's where you kids make your mistake,” Amy thought for a moment. “I thought when turned thirty I would stop feeling out of place at these things.”

 “You feel out of place?” Daria asked in surprise.

 “You didn't notice that my sisters are busy competing with each other that I don't even register on their radar?”

 “Sounds like Quinn and I,” Daria mused. “But I figured that you were above all that.” She paused. “I mean, you're kind of...” She trailed off, not wanting to use the word she was thinking of out loud to an adult.

 Amy knew what word she was going to say. “Cool?”

 “Um...”

 “I know, you can't say that to me. Law of the teenagers.”

 “Thank you for respecting it.”

 “When I was a kid, with Helen and Rita going at it all the time, all they left to me was to supply the color commentary. Then one day, I found myself all grown up, with my own point of view, and feeling no particular obligation to listen to anyone else's BS ever.

 “So it actually turned out really well,” Darai commented.

 “Unless I have to see my sisters at a wedding, yeah. Sarcasm. It's a wonderful way to deal.” Amy paused and put on her glasses. “But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you?”

 Daria smirked.

   Lawndale

Mack and his girlfriend Jodie Landon met, Cindy Brolsma, Kristen Leung-Bell and Jennifer Burns. “You're sick of this expo too, huh?” he asked the three friends.

 “Yes,” Cindy answered.

 “I don't know why Ms. Li organised it,” Kristen said, with annoyance. She shook her head. 'She's out of control.'

 “You want to complain to her?” Jodie asked.

 “Yes,” Kristen answered.

 “I think so too,” Jodie said.

 “Let's do it,” Jennifer contributed.

“Sure,” Jodie said. “She should be in her office.”

  Soon, they found the Principal in her office.

  “Why are you here?” she asked as she looked up from the paperwork on the desk.

 “Asking why you organised the bridal expo,” Kristen said.

 “That is really none of your business,” the Principal protested.

 “You said the same thing about Amazon Models,” Jodie pointed out.

 The Principal was flustered. “Yes. And someone cracked my email and Paypal in order to get that Mercenary to visit!”

 “It wasn't anyone here,” Jennifer pointed out.

 “That is obvious,” the principal said. “I have my suspicions, but there is no proof. As far as the current Bridal expo is concerned. It's none of your business.” She paused for effect. “As far as that cracker is concerned, he or she will not hear about this. And if they do, they won't find out the reason. But I will know that unauthorised activities were carried out.”

 “Ms. Li. I have no idea what you're talking about,” Jodie said.

 “I know you don't, Ms. Landon,” the Principal said before Jodie could say anything more.

 'I do know, but I'm not saying anything,' Cindy thought. Quinn had told her her suspicions.

 “But the question is still valid,” Jodie pressed.

 “I am not answering. Good day!” the principal said.

 The group exited the office.

 “That didn't work,” Mack commented.

 “Obviously,” Kristen stated.

 Jodie turned to Jennifer. “Spill!” She said.

 “What do you mean?” Jennifer asked, with surprise.

 “You told Ms. Li that it wasn't anyone here. Therefore you do know who it was,” Jodie answered.

 “It's best that we talk elsewhere,” Cindy interjected.

 “Sure,” Jodie said.

  Leeville

“Oh, it was a lovely ceremony, wasn't it?” Rita asked.

 “It really was, Rita,” Jake answered.

 “I'm just so sorry Mom couldn't be here.”

 “Don't worry, she'll get to live it all vicariously when the bills arrive,” Helen commented. “Jake, how about getting me another glass of wine?”

 It was obvious she had had a few already. “Gee, honey, maybe you shouldn't...” he admonished.

Helen was having none of that. “Jake, I'd really like a glass of wine, now.”

 “Right!” Jake said as he left.

 “Helen, you're not bitter about this.”

 “Rita, please. Why why I be bitter?” she asked rhetorically. “You and Erin deserve the best. You always have.” She meant the last part to sting.

 “Oh, so I should be punished forever because I made a few bad decisions,” Rita retorted.

 Amy approached. “Hi. What are you two arguing about now?”

 “Arguing? We're not arguing,” Helen retorted.

 “Still mad because Dad gave Rita that MG and all you got was a Plymouth Valiant?” Amy asked.

 “My goodness, Amy, the things you remember,” Rita commented.

 “It was a Dodge Dart,” Helen added.

   Lawndale

Jodie, Mack, Kristen, Jennifer, Stacy and Cindy arrived at a pizza place frequented by Lawndale High students.

 “So, tell me about the cracking,” Jodie said to Cindy after they had ordered and sat down.

 “It's only Quinn's suspicion, it may be baseless,” Cindy said.

 “But you agree with her,” Jodie added.

 “I do,” Cindy said.

 “So, spill!” Jodie encouraged.

 “Quinn thinks that it's Andrea Hecuba,” Jennifer said.

 Jodie turned to Kristen. “And you agree?” she asked.

 “I agree,” Kristen said simply.

 “Why does Quinn think it's her?”

 “Strange vibes she has felt since joining the Programming Club and the fact that Daria used to subscribe to Conroy's magazine,” Cindy answered.

 “Let me get this straight, Quinn thinks that Daria asked Andrea to ensure that General Conroy would come into the school?” Jodie asked, picking up on the second part of Cindy's statement.

 “Yes,” Cindy answered.

 “Right,” Jodie said as she thought about it.

 “Clearly, cracking was involved. Ms. Li looked quite shocked when the General said that he had the email and Paypal receipt,” Mack pointed out.

 “I remember,” Jodie said. “But there's no reason to blame Andrea either. It could be all Daria, or another person entirely.”

 Jennifer remained silent. She didn't want to implicate Daria any more than she may have been already.

 “So, you want to keep an eye on both of them?” Mack asked.

 “Yes,” Jodie said.

 They then remained in silence until the pizzas arrived.

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Chapter 8: Sports Festival [III]

Warnings: Swearing, fighting... (the main characters are kinda feral).

Genre: OC insertion; angst; fluff; others.

Pairing: Bakugou Katsuki x OC [Anahita Shuzenji]

Word Count: 1873

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The Runaways - Cherry Bomb

"Shou."

"Ana."

"Give it to me."

"Never."

Aizawa and I glared at each other. Both standing our ground, our wills never wavering. I knew there was no way I'd walk out the booth with that sleeping bag, but I'll be damned if I didn't try.

"Come on, I just wanna take a small nap!"

"No! Get your own sleeping bag."

"I know you're injured but I will fight you, Shouta!"

We were interrupted by Present Mic's voice filling the room announcing the beginning of the afternoon events. I took that as my queue to go back to the infirmary for another round of healing idiots, but not before I pulled a face at a smug-looking Aizawa. Thankfully it was a slow afternoon which meant I was allowed to watch the Festival on TV. There were a few games to make time for Cimentoss to build the arena and for the ones who moved on to the finals to prepare. I was laughing at my classmates being idiots on TV, my feet swinging under the rolling chair I was on, when the door slams open.

"Pipsqueak! Heal me." Bakugo stomped in as loudly as humanly possible.

"Holy fuck... Can you be any louder? You're not even injured!" I grunted in annoyance but kept my eyes on the game. The boy grabbed my head spinning me around to face him, almost making me spill my popcorn.

"Look at me when I'm talking." He grumbled, making me chuckle.

"So you want my attention, huh? What's up, softie? Nervous?"

He scoffed and made himself comfortable in one of the beds. I waited for an answer or at least an insult but there were none. Not even a glare. Something inside me softened when I realized that that was his way of telling me how he felt. I rolled my chair over to him and grabbed his hand bringing it to my lips and placing a soft kiss on his knuckles.

"You have nothing to worry about, Blasty. You're gonna win. You promised me and you never go back on your word, right?" One of my cheesiest grins spread across my face and he scoffed, ruffling my hair.

"Tsk. Like I'd be worried at all. There's no one out there that could even touch me, let alone beat me! I'll show them what it means to be great! TO BE THE NUMBER ONE!"

He was back to his fiery self before I knew it. Who would've guessed the guy who never shows any emotion besides rage could worry about some stupid competition? Not me, that's for sure. But I guess the promise he'd made to me was affecting his judgment a bit. Bakugo decided to hang around for the remaining of his break, even though he kept quiet the whole time. I knew he just needed some time to sort through his thoughts and focus on the task at hand, and if being next to me could help then that's enough for me. Soon before the activities ended, the girls burst into the infirmary.

"Ana!" Mina jumped onto my lap. "I got you something!" The girls held up a copy of the cheerleading uniform they all were wearing. I had to fight a laugh.

"No way in hell I'm wearing that. Besides, I'm working right now. I can't even leave this place."

"Well..." Momo stepped up. "I asked Miss Recovery Girl and she said it was okay for you to join us. She says there can't be too much to do and you deserve a break, anyway."

"And we kinda miss you out there!" Mina hugged me tightly.

"Yeah! And it's unfair you can't enjoy the Festival... Come on, let's go!" Uraraka grabbed my arm, urging me to get up even though Mina was still on me.

Before I knew it they were shoving me behind a curtain and making me change into the outfit. Thankfully they let me put some shorts under the skirt, so it wasn't as embarrassing, but the tight crop top and the matching chocker were a bit too much for me. Showing skin wasn't a problem for me but I was never too comfortable in tight clothes. I refused to wear the chocker over my bandages which they understood. I didn't mind the matching outfits once I saw Mina's excitement once she noticed the piercing on my bellybutton. On the other hand, Bakugo's scowl made me shift on my feet.

"What? Do I look that weird?" I frowned and the boy simply scoffed and made his way out, so I turned to the girls. "Do I look weird?! Mina, I'm changing."

"No way! I think he liked it." Mina snickered and I pouted.

"Come on, Ana. You look great!" Toru urged me out as we made our way towards the bleachers to watch the rest of the competition.

Bakugo was already sat down when we got there and I wasted no time sliding to the seat next to him and onto Kaminari's lap. He was about to say something, presumably inappropriate, as he pointed at my bellybutton when I gave him a look and Bakugo slapped him over the head. Kaminari fake cried onto my shoulder which only won him another slap. People were getting used to my clinginess and matched it, even the Power Bank idiot, which I was grateful for. Unluckily for him, the first fight had me back on my feet. Shinso was on the arena faced with Midoriya.

I watched the match closely. I knew what both were capable of and what both their weaknesses were. Whoever won this fight would definitely be hurt, either physically or mentally. And unfortunately for Shinso, Midoriya had more willpower than he accounted for. To me, the result of the match was obvious taking into account their abilities after watching them both practice for a while. Midoriya focused on making up for his weaknesses by learning some combat techniques and has been working hard to make up for his blindspots. Meanwhile, Shinso relied too much on his quirk and didn't work out as much as he should have. He'd always been too cocky for his own good. So, when he walked out I wanted to be there. I knew it meant a lot for him to be able to do his best and I believe Aizawa agreed since I saw Shinso's file on his desk earlier.  Without much thought, I tried to walk out to meet Shinso by the arena's entrance but Bakugo propped his foot up against the seat in front of him, blocking me.

"Worried about your boyfriend?"

"You've got a boyfriend?!" Kaminari exclaimed from behind me.

"I told you he's not my boyfriend." I glared at him but he paid me no attention.

"So you are checking up on him." He retorted.

"I didn't know Ana had a boyfriend," Sero added.

"I don't have a boyfriend! Bakugo." The boy scoffed.

"Sure looks like it, though. Go kiss his sorry ass better, again."

His comment made my cheeks light up a bit. I had no idea people could see me and Shinso earlier, we were behind a curtain but maybe Bakugo notice our silhouettes and got the wrong idea. But it didn't matter, it was none of his business. His sharp mouth was getting on my nerves. I grabbed Bakugo's cheeks with my hand making him look me in the eyes.

"If you're jealous you can say so, but don't be a dick. You're pissing me off."

"There's nothing to be jealous of."

"Good."

I kicked his feet away and stomped out towards the waiting room where I found Shinso. My anger at the blonde prick was washed away and replaced with worry when I saw him. He was just standing there, hands curled into fists at his side, all I could see was his back but I knew. I'd known him long enough to know what he was feeling. Without a second thought, I wrapped my arms around him.

"Are you here to gloat?" His cold tone didn't affect me. I knew him way too well.

"You did good."

"Not great?" He peeked at me over his shoulder.

"Not yet... But you will soon." I gave him a soft smile.

I felt him resonate with laughter under my embrace as his hands wrapped around mine. That's all I needed to know he'd be alright. I knew he would never give up, he was too stubborn for that. None of us said anything else until he pat my hands and signaled it was time to go back. There were still many issues between us but that didn't mean we wouldn't be there for each other. None of us would ever leave the other in times of need. We split up by the bleachers and I took my place next to Bakugo once again.

He paid me no attention. His salty mood was getting on my nerves again but knowing him he didn't really care. He was probably too focused on the competition to worry about me. I noticed him analyzing the matches with amazing focus. He wasn't just watching, he was learning from others, but not many noticed that about him. That is what's so amazing about Bakugo. Everyone underestimated him and assumed he was just some teenager with anger issues, but he was one of the smartest people I ever knew. Nothing that happened during fights would surprise him. Not even when people booed him did his resolve shake. He knew Ururaka wasn't the weak girl people painted her to be, she can handle herself quite well. You should never judge people by their looks, especially not during fights. Only when watching Midoriya and Todoroki did he show any signs of surprise. It seemed he underestimated Midoriya, which was unusual for him. Still, his resolve would never waver. He'd take any opportunity to learn and improve. I was lost in awe staring at him when he jumped up from his seat. I instinctively followed him.

"What the fuck are you doing?" He glared at me.

"Walking you to the waiting room?" I batted my eyes playfully.

"What for? You didn't care about my other fights. You only got up for that dickhead."

"Thank you for not saying he's my boyfriend and for acknowledging him as the dick he is, but this is different. This is the final! It's your chance!" I squealed in excitement.

"There's no chance in this." He stopped and turned to face me. "I said I'd win for you, so I'll win. Keep your eyes on me, Pipsqueak."

I couldn't help but chuckle. I had no idea how such a rough-looking boy could sound confident but childish at the same time, but then again I've learned that there is nothing Bakugo can't do.

"Give 'em hell, Blasty!" I ruffled his hair and he swatted my hand away.

I could see the ghost of a smile as he turned to walk towards the waiting room. For a rowdy kid, he was exceptionally sweet at times.

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A/N: A soft chapter before all hell breaks loose. :^D Also, chapters will be a bit shorter from now on! It's just easier to read and edit. <3

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🎵with Brett??

Song: Shawn Mendes - Treat You Better

I know I can treat you better than he can, and any girl like you deserves a gentleman.

It was lacrosse season. The first game kicked off tonight with Beacon Hills playing against Devenford Prep. Your best friend Brett Talbot was on the opposing team, meanwhile your boyfriend Liam Dunbar was sporting the colours of Beacon Hills. So trying to stay neutral at lacrosse games were always a challenge.

Cheering from both sides erupted when the two teams made their way onto the field. Brett looked over and spotted you straight away in the stands, giving a big wave as he put his helmet on. You, of course, waved back with the same amount of enthusiasm. Although that earned a lengthy stare from Liam who sat on the bench beside Scott.

Ignoring your boyfriend’s jealous stance. You knew that Liam wasn’t overly fond of Brett, he made that clear on many occasions. However, you’d be friends with Brett far longer than you’d been dating Liam. And no matter what, Liam was going to have to find a way to deal with his jealously. Because you weren’t about to stop being friends with Brett, just so Liam could feel less threatened.

The game, to no surprise, started big and carried a lot of energy from the get go. Both teams charged across the field, trying to stop the other from scoring a goal. Not even 2 minutes in Devenford Prep gained the advantage and Brett managed to wiz past to score the first points of the evening.

Jumping up from the stands, you shouted. “Way a go Brett!!”. He smiled at your cheerleader skills and resumed his starting position, against Liam.

The two gentlemen got down to eye level, Liam snarled.

“You okay, man?”. Brett asked, just before the whistle got blown to begin the next round.

Liam knocked Brett’s shoulder, but being half Brett’s size it didn’t do much. The game grew more nail biting as the timer ticked down. Devenford was in the lead by three points. Beacon Hills at this point struggling to maintain a good defence, despite Scott trying quite hard too.

30 seconds left to go. The ball was now in Liam’s possession, he ran lighting fast to the other end of the field. Everyone was holding a breath, waiting to see if 30 seconds was enough to score another goal, to take home the win. 15 seconds remaining, Liam edged closer and now had to run past Brett to score. Brett blocked the first attempt, Liam spun around, but missed Brett’s foot and just as the buzzer set off, Liam fell to the ground.

Devenport celebrated their win, while Beacon Hills made their way to the locker rooms. You gave Scott a hug and told him that there was always the next game. By the time you reached Liam, he looked ready to punch a wall, or person.

“Next game you guys will smash it, babe”.

Liam huffed, throwing his gloves into the sport bag. “Maybe if my girlfriend cheered for me, then I might’ve gotten that last goal”. He mumbled, but you caught ever word, loud and clear.

“Excuse me?. Are you seriously blaming me for your performance, it’s not my fault Liam that you don’t know how to keep your anger in check”.

“Whatever”. He grabbed the bag and stormed off to the change rooms.

Reaching out for the bench, you knew Liam was struggling to juggle school and the ever growing threats of supernatural beings. But blaming you for not being able to score, was completely absurd.

Brett sat down beside you, not saying a word right away. His hand covered yours and that’s when he spoke. “Just say the word and I’ll kick his ass for treating you like that”.

Smiling, Brett always knew how to turn any frown into a warm, genuine smile. “His just under a lot of stress”. Trying to make it seem like Liam’s attitude wasn’t a big deal.

He gave a “sure thing” expression, not entirely believing that excuse. “We all have something that is causing us stress, that still doesn’t mean we take out our frustration on our friends, or significant other. Truthfully Y/N, you deserve way better than that”.

Squeezing Brett’s hand, “Like you?”. It was no secret that Brett had some lingering feelings, at one point so did you.

He lifted your chin with his right index finger. “Not to sound like a cocky prick, but yeah, like me”.

Kissing the top of your head, you watched as he left the field. Having no idea whether to chase after him, to check up on Liam hoping that by now he’d calmed down or to take these mixed feelings and go home.

Sighing, you picked the third option. The safest alternative, the one that only affected you.

Send me a 🎵+ character and I’ll shuffle my playlist and write a short preference with a lyric from that song

[art3mislance-blog]

How Physics Scored Kim a Date

Here’s my entry for Trimberly Week! Also posted on AO3: http://archiveofourown.org/works/11643270 

          Everyone told me not to do it, that there were much easier courses that I could be taking to fulfill my physical science requirement. Take astronomy, geology, even food science. But no, I had to insist on taking the harder course so that she could prove her friends and family wrong. That I wasn’t just a pretty face, that I actually had a brain and not just looks and cheerleading skills. But I never expected it would be this hard.

           The course from hell that I was talking about was Physics 151: General Physics I. To the naked eye it seemed like a generic, easy gen-ed. But it was actually a two-faced bastard, made to cause procrastinating students to sign up without further investigation past the name, lulling them into a false sense of safety. That was until they showed up to the first day of class to find that it was not as easy it seemed to be, that this physics was the one for the engineering students, one of their prerequisites. Stupidly I had stayed in the class even after hearing this, I mean if a bunch of engineering freshman were taking the course, then surely I, a superior sophomore, could handle it. Right? God was I wrong.

           I got a C- on the first exam. My heart had jumped into my throat when I had seen that score staring back at me from my laptop screen. After that I had really buckled down and made sure that all my homework was done and that I was studying a little bit each day and attending every class. But it still wasn’t enough, I just scraped by with a solid C on the second exam. I still had two more exams in the semester and I needed a B+ on both of them to be able to get a good grade in the class. But at the rate I was going it didn’t seem like that would happen. I couldn’t even hate the teacher because he was really nice and understanding, but I just couldn’t seem to grasp the material.

           I groaned and ran my hand through my hair, still surprised a bit when my hand stopped short, unused to the short locks. I shouldered the door open, not even looking up at the old auditorium. It had been jam-packed with around three-hundred students for the first few days, but now only around sixty or so showed up. I bee-lined for my unassigned seat, second row, three in from the left. I shuffled in, slipping my bag off my shoulder, ready to throw it under my chair, only to stop short when a pair of legs come into view. I narrow my eyes and allow my eyes to travel upward. My heart stutters in my chest as I take in the girl who has claimed my seat. Her dark brown hair falls in waves to her shoulders, a yellow beanie covering her head. She’s decked out in a pair of skinny jeans and a yellow, plaid shirt to match her beanie. She’s doodling something in her notebook, lost in her own little world. Before I can even think I blurt out, “You’re in my seat.”

           I press my lips together, regretting saying it as soon as the words leave my mouth. The girl’s eyes lazily looks up at me, raising an unimpressed eyebrow. “Excuse me?”

           “That’s my seat, I sit there every day,” I wave my hand at her, emphasizing the seat she’s in specifically.

           A smirk makes its way over her face and she leans forward, looking behind her. She scans the back of the seat for a moment before her eyes turn back to me, eyes sparkling with mirth. “I don’t see your name on it.”

           I huff, “I’ve been sitting there every class since the start of the semester.”

           She shrugs her shoulders, turning her attention back to her doodles. “Well you should have gotten here sooner, princesa. Besides there’s plenty of other seats open,” her eyes dart along the row, which is completely empty except for her.

           I frown, heaving a sigh before dropping my bag and taking the seat next to her. I pull the small desk out before I begin to riffle through my bag for my notebook and pen. When I have them and I’m all settled I look up to find the girl staring at me. “The entire row is empty and you had to take the seat right next to mine?”

           “I like the view from my seat and this is the closest thing that I’m going to get to it. If you’re going to steal my seat then you’re going to have to deal with me,” I say stubbornly.

           She glares at me for a moment, but I maintain eye contact, though it’s not easy. Her eyes are pools of chocolate and I could feel myself getting drawn into them. I want to allow myself to get lost in them, but at the same time I know I should look away, lest I scare her off. Thankfully she just narrows her eyes at me before dropping her eyes, going back to her doodle once again.

           For the next few minutes an awkward silence hangs over the two of us. She scratches away at her paper, doodling random things like lightning bolts to pass the time. Meanwhile I glance around the room, taking in all the bored faces, staring at their phones until the teacher starts the lesson. I soon get tired of this though and turnmy attention back to her, “I’m Kim by the way.”

           “Nice to know, princesa,” she mutters, not taking her eyes off of her paper.

           “You’re not going to tell me your name?” She glances over at me, a smirk tugging at the corner of her lips. Unfortunately the teacher takes this moment to start teaching and I have to tear my eyes away from the beautiful stranger, diverting my full attention to the PowerPoint. I sit through the lesson, hastily writing everything I can down, barely understanding anything about it. I know that we’re learning the conservation of momentum, and I get the basic principle of it down. But when it comes to the practice problems he shows I can’t make head or tales of it.

           By the end of the lesson my hand was cramped from all the scribbling I had been doing and I tighten it into a first before relaxing it, trying to ease the ache. “You really like physics, huh?” the mystery girl asks, causing me to jump lightly.

           A snort breaks past my lips before I can stop it, “Quite the opposite, actually.” She raises an eyebrow at me, “I’m actually doing horribly in the class, I need to pay attention to try and get better than a C on my next exam.”

           She furrows her brows, zipping up her bag before standing. I follow suit and we both shuffle out of the row, slowly walking out behind the other students. I figure that is the end of our conversation and that we’ll part ways once outside the building, but she surprises me when she asks, “I could, uh help you sometime if you like.”

           I shoot her an incredulous look, “You don’t even like me!”

           She frowns at my words, “Why do you say that?”

           I roll my eyes, starting to walk in the direction of the dinning common. “You won’t even tell me your name for starters.”      

           She rolls her eyes at me, checking her watch. “Look I have chem in five minutes, we can talk more during class on Wednesday.” With that she abruptly turns and starts speed walking away.

           “I still don’t know your name!” I yell out.

           “See you Wednesday, princesa!” she calls over her shoulder.

             Giddy excitement rushes through me, I haven’t been this excited to go a physics class since, well, ever. Next to me Jason nudges my shoulder, wiggling his eyebrows at me, “Getting pumped to see your girlfriend?”

           I ram my shoulder into him, making him stumble to the side. “She’s not my girlfriend, and can’t I just be excited for physics?”

           “No you hate the class,” he deadpans, “Besides, all I’ve heard for the past day and a half is about this sarcastic little shit in your physics class who stole your seat. Going on and on about how beautiful her eyes are, how her raspy voice is just great, and-”

           I punch his shoulder, “Shut up, so maybe I have a crush on this mystery girl, but nothing’s going to come of it. I don’t even think she likes me.”

           He shoots me a glare as he rubs his shoulder, “Dude she said she’d help you in physics, if she hated you she definitely wouldn’t be signing up to spend more time with you.”

           He’s got a point, even though everything else about our interaction makes me believe that I’m just a nuisance to her there’s no denying the fact that she offered to spend more time with me. Clearly she can’t dislike me that much, right? Unless she plans on making fun of me the whole time for being unable to grasp General Physics. I groan, “I’ll see you later, Jace.”

           He sends me an encouraging smile before I break away from him to head into Hasbrouck, the building I have come to loathe. When I make my way into the auditorium I find that the mystery girl is in my seat again, glancing up at the door. We make eye contact for a moment before she looks away, a bit of pink tinging her cheeks. My hope rises, maybe I do have a chance after all.

           I make my way over to the seat next to her, hesitating for only a moment before sitting down. “Hey there, Sarah.”

           She turns to me, confusion plastered all over her face. “Who’s Sarah?”

           I shrug, “Not you, I guess. I don’t know your name so I thought I’d give it a go.”

           She rolls her eyes at me, “So you’re struggling with physics?”

           Deflecting I can deal with that, “Yeah it’s not my strong suit, I took it to get rid of a gen-ed. Obviously it’s not my strong suit, unlike you Carry.”

           She sighs in exasperation, “Not my name, princesa. Besides, physics not for everyone, what’s your major?

           “Journalism, how about you, Lucy?”

           She groans, “Would you quit it with the names?”

           “Not until you tell me yours,” I shoot back.

           She just shakes her head at me, “I’m a mechanical engineering major,” she mutters, “So what are you struggling with?”

           I shrug, “The problems, I guess. I usually can understand the theory behind everything, but when it comes to putting it to action I crash and burn.”

           She nods, biting her lip. My breathe catches, oh god was it hot in here or was it me? Actually it’s the mystery girl, she was definitely causing the room to go up a few degrees with her presence. I wet my lips, my mouth suddenly dry as I find myself staring.

“Kim!” she says, snapping her fingers in my face.

I blink, dragging my eyes away from her lips up to her eyes. “I can’t meet with you tonight at 4 if you want? We could go to the library and I can see if I can help you.”

           “Really?!?” I ask, excitement evident in my tone. I throw my arms around her without thinking, “You are literally a life saver!” She squirms in my grip and I let her go, unable to stop smiling. “I can pay you if you want? I’d feel bad if you helped me with nothing in return.”

           The girl hesitates for a moment, her hands playing with a hairband, showing her nerves. “Well you could buy me dinner, in return.”

           Oh my god. Did she mean as in a date? Was I making this up? I didn’t even know this freaking girls name, Christ I had only known her for a few days. But god would I love to take her out on a date. “D-dinner?” I somehow manage to squeak out.

           She blushes and turns red, dropping her face down to her notebook. “Forget it, it was a stupid idea.”

           “No!” I yell, drawing the attention of a few people in the area, I don’t care though because a pretty girl might have just asked me on a date and I can’t let her think that I don’t want it. “I would love to have dinner with you! Would, uh, would it be a date?” My voice cracks on the word date and I cringe, god I just sounded like a fifteen-year old boy.

           She looks at me through her lashes, biting her lip once again. “Yeah, as a date.”

           A grin stretches across my face. “Deal, but only if you tell me your name.”

           She rolls her eyes at me, but holds out her hand. “Give me your phone.”

           “That’s not your name,” I shoot back, even though I’m unlocking my phone and handing it to her anyway. She rolls her eyes at me and takes the phone. She messes around with it for a moment before handing it back to me.

           I look down at it to find that she has created a new contact and sent a text to herself with my name. I quickly look at the top of the screen to find the name Trini with a yellow heart next to it. I grin, turning back to her, “It’s a pleasure to meet you Trini.”

[kariachi]

@thenixkat commissioned some Martin Mystery fic, and so she receives it.

How a paisley skirt got Martin in with a sorority

First order of business when he got back to Torrington, apologize to Diana for ever giving her shit about how long she took to shop. Getting the cheerleader outfit had been easy, all the sports uniforms were ordered out of the same catalog and it was easy to get a hold of one, all he’d had to do was order the largest size they had available and he was golden. Sure, there had been no way he was going to fit into the top, his shoulders were too broad and he didn’t have enough tit to fill it, but the first decent-looking crop top he’d grabbed at the thrift store had worked like a dream.

Apparently, he’d gotten very, very lucky on that one, because actually shopping for these things was proving to be a nightmare.

He’d gone for an actual store this time, assuming that that would mean a better selection of things that actually looked good. It had seemed reasonable at the time. All the skirts and dresses at the thrift store had ranged from ‘prom dress’ to ‘went out of style twenty years ago’ to ‘I could not tuck my junk enough to make this work’ to ‘holy shit that’s ugly’, which he had assumed was why they were donated. Theoretically an actual serious store would have better options.

As near as he could tell it did not have better options. He was just doomed.

“Hold up, Martin? Martin Mystery?” A quick turn revealed a pair of girls a few displays over, ones he recognized from school. It was like flipping a switch, one instant he was leafing through a display, the next he was stood beside one of the girls- with short, red-dyed hair, wearing a leather choker- a skirt still in one hand, pouring on every ounce of charm.

“Hey! Ivy right? Fancy meeting you here…” Ivy was distinctly unimpressed.

“Lesbian,” she said simply and Martin briefly deflated before turning his attention to her blonde-haired companion.

“And Tessa-” She put a hand on Ivy’s shoulder.

“Girlfriend.” Martin frowned, shoulders slumping.

“Damn. So close…” The girls just shook their heads, each in a different stage of smirk.

“Not really, no.” Ivy reached out and grabbed away the skirt in Martin’s hand. “Tell me you weren’t going to buy this? Paisley went out of fashion like, thirty years ago.” Truth be told, Martin hadn’t entirely been planning to, it was not a good-looking skirt, but…

“There’s not exactly a lot that fits around here.” The girls’ lips quirked into slight frowns and each looked at him with a raised eyebrow. He raised one of his own in challenge- he was still a bit miffed about M.O.M. gasping at the sight of him in a skirt and raring for somebody else to dare start. Comebacks had been planned. After a moment, Tessa seemed to put the pieces together.

“You’re buying skirts, for you?” she asked in a tone that bore no judgement but did seek clarification. Martin smiled at her.

“What can I say,” he said, shrugging, “they’re comfortable and I make them look good.” That got a laugh out of them. Okay, more an amused snort out of Lily and a hidden chuckle from Tessa, but it was the most success he’d had with a girl in a month and he was going to roll with it.

Figured that it’d be a pair of lesbians that found him funny.

The girls looked him over appraisingly, Ivy resting her chin in her hand. A few seconds in she nodded, grabbed Tessa’s arm, and led her a few feet away. Immediately they fell into a huddle. Martin snuck after them to listen in.

“I saw him in that cheerleader outfit, he does have some curves.”

“It’s not curves I’m worried about, it’s those fucking shoulders.”

“Okay, point. So, we avoid sleeves.”

“Look around you, sweetheart.” Ivy’s head popped up just long enough to get the lay of the land and give Martin a Look for following them, then went back down.

“I’m beginning to see how he ended up at the paisley.”

“Exactly.” She chewed her lip, then both get quieter as they continued their conversation. By the time they finished Martin had turned around and begun going through a nearby display of tops. Blouses, definitely not his thing.

“Martin.” He looked back up, smiling as Ivy called him. She continued before he could get his mouth fully open. “Meet us up front in five, we’re hitting a different store.”

~~

“Oh God, never let me hold anything purple up to him again.”

“It wasn’t that bad…”

“It made him look like he’d crawled out of a crypt!” Sighing, Tessa shook her head.

“Sorry Martin, looks like the royal color just isn’t for you.”

“I did say I look best in reds and yellows,” he said, gesturing at his familiar shirt. “It looked nice otherwise though.” Ivy nodded.

“Yeah, fit and flair might just work for you.”

“Okay then,” Tessa grinned as she spoke, “we’re looking for things with fitted tops then, in warm colors and neutrals. Some of the girls back at school know how to alter shit, so we shouldn’t have to worry too much about any excess boob room. Sound like a plan?” Martin and Ivy grinned back at her.

“Sounds like a plan.”

~~

Martin was fairly certain the dress was too short for him as soon as he put it on. An opinion that was confirmed as soon as he stepped out of the dressing room, when Tessa clapped a hand over her eyes and Ivy’s went impossibly wide.

“Okay that, that’s too damn short,” she said, patting her girlfriend’s shoulder comfortingly and he nodded in agreement, trying to pull the dress down some.

“I’m, just gonna go put on some actual clothes,” Martin said, heading back into the dressing room. Tessa whimpered quietly.

“I’ve gone blind.”

“That is a good idea, Martin…”

~~

“You are not bringing Martin Mystery in here.” Normally Martin would’ve been overjoyed to be partially dragged into a room full of hot girls, but even he was given pause by the stern look the new blonde was giving them.

“Martin, this is Sarah, President of the Psi Psi Psi sorority,” Ivy said, one hand on his arm and the other holding one of the many bags the three had managed to accumulate. Martin had the rest. “We needed back-up, Sarah, his hair is impossible. Sit down.” Tessa had dashed off to get him a seat and Martin followed the command readily. He’d been on his feet all day, and on Center work half the night, the chance to take a load off was more than welcome. The other girls looked around the cleared classroom at each other. Sarah’s head fell into one hand.

“Do I even want to know?” she asked as Ivy stepped away to talk a curly-haired brunette into helping tame Martin’s mane. Tessa shrugged at her.

“I’m not entirely sure,” she responded, “one minute we were helping him find skirts that fit and the next Ivy’s trying to make his hair follow the laws of gravity. By the way-” she grabbed one of Martin’s bags and held it up “-Eva, you know how to alter clothes, right? Think you could make these tops, not need tits to look good?” As if she was pretty sure she was dreaming, another brunette Martin had to assume was Eva stood up and took the bag.

“I’ll, see what I can do?”

“Thanks.” Meanwhile, the girl Ivy had been speaking too- Taylor- had come over and started looking at Martin’s hair.

“What do you do with it?”

“Nothing,” he said, “it’s just sorta like this. My dad’s too. It’s a family thing.” She stared at him, then at his hair, then back at him.

“You are so weird…” Shaking her head, she turned to Ivy. “I’m going to need a brush, some hair spray, any clips and accessories you can find-” she stole another glance at Martin’s hair “-and possibly some holy water.”

“On it.” As Ivy gathered Tessa up and left to find the required items, Sarah sighed.

“Are we really doing this?” she asked nobody in particular. “And with this moron?”

“Hey!” A redhead put her hand on her shoulder, shrugging with a smile.

“Well, we were trying to decide on something to do.”

~~

“-but what a lot of people don’t know,” Martin said, surveying his small audience, “is that male selkies are just as hot as their sisters and they can control the weather. There’s one village that got wiped right off the coast because they pissed off a selkie family and they pretty much dropped the sea right on top of them.”

“Cool!” He had to admit, he was having fun. Yeah he got whacked with a hairbrush every time he tried to flirt, and sometimes he’d say something and half the girls would throw pencils and things at him, but it turned out there was a sizeable portion of the sorority that were more than happy to talk monsters and mythical beasts with him. Besides, how could he not enjoy alternating his time between standing there with pretty girls measuring his chest and holding dresses up to him and sitting there with three pretty girls crowded around his hair?

“Okay, here’s a question, would you put Asian dragons in the same category as western dragons?” Martin thought about it a second, leaning back.

“Related, but not the same. Cousins maybe.”

“...makes sense.” A few of the girls nodded and Martin did so with them, only to get another knock upside the head.

“Stop moving, Mystery, getting your hair flat’s hard enough already!”

~~

“That’s it, we’re shaving his head!”

“Darcy no!”

~~

By the time he left, he had a bunch of clothes, four movie recommendations, three book recommendations, and a list of suggestions in case he ever decided to try out make-up.

Also, a contract stating that he’d keep his wig, wear it, and spare any other poor souls from trying to style his fucking hair, which he had every intention of getting framed.

~~

Huffing, Martin stared down at the tube top in his hand, fingers wriggling through the massive hole in the side. The Center had called the day before and he hadn’t had time to change completely- he had no intention of going in front of M.O.M. in a mini again- so he’d just thrown his usual shirts on over his top. It had worked fine, nobody was left waiting around, he was dressed appropriately, it was great.

Then he’d felt the seam pop.

Turned out this particular top was not made to withstand athletics. At least not when Martin was wearing it.

After giving himself a little more time to wallow, he huffed again, got off his bed, and headed out the door with the top balled up in his fist. First things first, he swung by the student office to check what dorm he was heading for, then beelined, being extra cautious once he made it to the right hall. Diana’s room was one of the earlier of the girl’s dorms and if she found him past it he was pretty sure she’d take his head clean off his shoulders. And then tell their mom. It was a threat he kept in mind even as he found the right door and knocked.

“Martin,” Jade asked when she opened the door, head tilting as she eyed him suspiciously, “what are you doing here?” He flashed a toothy smile at her, and at the handful of other Psi Psi Psi girls in her dorm, holding out his top.

“I was wondering if you knew how to fix a split seam.” She took it and looked it over, raising an eyebrow at him when she found the hole. “Don’t parkour in a tube top.” With a snort of laughter, she rolled her eyes.

“It’s an easy enough fix,” she said, then looked back into the room and at the girls and hesitated. “We were about to start a movie marathon,” she finally said, with small motions of tentative approval from the others, “if you want to join?” Martin grinned wider and slipped in passed her.

“Sure!” Aria and Sophia scooted aside on the bed so he could flop down between them, smiling at him as he got comfortable. “What are we watching?”

~~

“I’m telling you, the whole thing would’ve made a lot more sense if she’d turned out to be a moleman!”

“Oh for fuck’s sake…”

“No, no, I’m with him on this one-”

~~

“Marty!” Lil grabbed his arm halfway down the hall to Biology, a massive grin on her face and a thick black book in her hand. She shoved it at Martin as he smiled back at her.

“Uzumaki?” He flipped through the pages curiously. It was a manga, a thick one.

“I saw it at the thrift store yesterday,” Lil said, “and I’ve already got it but I thought ‘Junji Ito is right up Martin’s alley’. So, I got it for you.” Martin nodded.

“Thanks, Lil,” he said as he put it into his bag, “I’ll try to read it tonight.” If anything she smiled wider.

“Awesome,” she said, turning back down the hall. “See ya, Marty. And try not to fall asleep in class today?” He gave her a brief wave as she went.

“No promises.”

~~

“Why didn’t you warn me, Lil? Those poor snail-people!” Lil blinked the sleep from her eyes, supporting herself on her half-open door.

“I take it you’re enjoying the manga, Martin?”

“They didn’t even do anything!” He was clutching the hardcover to his chest, as he had been since he’d started his trek to the girls’ dorm to confront Lil about the affront to basic humanity that had occurred in it. “All they did was run away and have babies! That’s it!”

“Glad you’re having fun.”

“And that, fucking monster goes and destroys their nest! Why?! Just because they’re snail-people?! Who does that?! Those eggs were completely innocent!”

“Goodnight, Marty.” The door slowly shut.

“Innocent, Lil!”

~~

By the next morning, Martin had left her twelve missed calls.

~~

He met up with Madeline outside the empty classroom where the sorority held their meetings, and where he’d been waiting for fifteen minutes for the last one to finish up. Even he felt a little bit skeevy lying in wait for her, especially given what he wanted to discuss, but it wasn’t worth interrupting a meeting for and she kept busy enough to be hard to get a hold of the rest of the time. So, Martin’d waited, flashed the other girls smiles and exchanged quick hellos as they passed, then fell into step beside her.

“We might have a problem,” he said, and she raised a curious eyebrow.

“Oh?” He nodded.

“I’m worried about your new thing with Anthony.” She stopped there, swinging around to stand in front of him. Her eyes were narrowed and her mouth a thin line.

“Hold up, you’re going to warn me off my boyfriend?” Martin reeled back at the incredulity in her voice.

“Hey, what’s with the tone,” he demanded, “I’m just trying to help!”

“We all like you Martin,” Madeline said, raising a brow, “but no girl with a brain is going to take any sort’ve boyfriend warning from you.” He was hurt, truly, honestly, as she turned around and kept walking.

“He was talking about putting another notch in his belt in the locker room before gym,” he said as if she’d never shut him down in the first place. She stopped and looked at him with suspicion. “I was gonna just challenge him to a duel, you know, Highlander, ‘there can only be one playboy in this school’ style, but I left my sword at home during the last break. So, I figured I’d just tell you.” She couldn’t resist chuckling when he pantomimed a swordfight, and shook her head with a sigh.

“See you later, Martin.”

~~

It was four days later when she grabbed his arm in the middle of the courtyard and began dragging him towards the cafeteria, snarl on her face and tears in her eyes.

“You are buying me ice cream and then you are going to explain why you boys are all such dicks.” He blinked at her and let himself be pulled along.

“Sure thing, Maddie.”

~~

After forty minutes in the feminine hygiene aisle of the local drugstore, two confused employees, six calls back to confirm that yes Darcy needs these, no nobody else can get them, just get the damn things already what’s taking so long, and the slowly dawning realization that there was no ‘Panda’ company that made pads, Martin stormed into the Psi Psi Psi meeting room only to be greeted by a crowd of laughing girls. He made sure to glare at each and every one of them.

“You are all, every one of you, an asshole.” Shaking in her laughter, Sarah walked across the room and pulled him into a side hug.

“Takes one to know one, Marty.”

~~

“Martin Mystery, stand up.” Martin blinked, looking around at the girls, before complying. Sarah, Paige, and Arianna were standing at the head of the room, straight-backed and serious, and he was suddenly concerned about having been invited to this meeting. “The Psi Psi Psi council has thought a long, long, long time, had many discussions on this topic, and have finally come to a hard-made decision.” She went quiet, looking around the room at the other girls. Martin adjusted his dress for the sake of fidgeting. After an eternal second, Sarah smiled at him.

“We’d like to formally invite you into the Psi Psi Psi Sisterhood.” He froze. What? ‘Formally invite…’ For real? A grin broke over his face. Cool. Taking a moment to let it sink in and plan his response, he gave her a toothy smirk. It was too big an opening not to take.

“See, I knew you girls couldn’t resist me.” A chorus of groans broke out around him and he was immediately bombarded with everything from snacks to paper balls to hairbands. But, when the chaos died down, all the girls were smiling. Including Sarah.

“And of course, now,” she said, “your first order of sorority business.” Her smile took a sinister, teasing turn. “The next time you flirt with a sister we’re shaving your fucking head.”

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Power Rangers (2017) Movie Review: SPOILERS!

It’s been 20 long years since the Power Rangers were last featured on the silver screen, and they’re finally back in this big-budget reboot film based on the original series. Featuring a perfectly-balanced cast of both well-known actors and newcomers, this movie does a good job at recreating the essence of the show, while also building its own cinematic universe for potential sequels.

Without further ado, It’s Morphin’ Time! Spoilers after the cut!

The movie begins 65 million years ago, where Rita Repulsa, the Green Ranger (Elizabeth Banks), has betrayed her team of Rangers to acquire the Zeo Crystal. Zordon, the Red Ranger (Bryan Cranston), is the only remaining survivor. He collects the Power Coins—he takes the Sabertooth Tiger Coin from the Yellow Ranger’s dying grip—and he sends them away to find the next group of heroes.

65 million years later, we meet those heroes.

We meet 3 of our new Rangers in detention. Jason (Dacre Montgomery) was a star football player, who had his future already written. He throws all of that away after he breaks into school property to pull a lame prank, and gets in a car accident while running from the police. Kimberly (Naomi Scott) was a cheerleader, and her popularity goes to her head as she sends a private picture of one of her friends to the entire school. She also punches some dude bro in the face and a tooth falls out, but don’t worry, they put it back. In a fit of peak, her friends cut her out of the picture—literally—and Kim cuts her own hair. Billy (RJ Cyler) is on the Autism Spectrum, as he reminds us a few times throughout the movie. When we first meet him, he’s organizing his color pencils on his desk. We later find out that he was in detention because he blew up his lunchbox. Classic Billy.

After detention, Billy convinces Jason to take him to the gold mine. There, we meet our other 2 Rangers. Zack (Ludi Lin) lives in the mobile home park with his mom, who’s dying. He skips school to take care of her, and he sometimes doesn’t come home, afraid that she won’t be there waiting for him. Trini (Becky G) is always the “New Girl,” and her current family is obsessed with labels that don’t define her. She later reveals that she’s having girlfriend troubles.

This reboot does a good job of introducing the story and the characters very carefully, and while Zack and Trini don’t feel as prominent as the other 3, everyone still gets a fair amount of focus. It’s also very exciting to see that, for the first time ever in both Hollywood and Power Rangers, we get LGBT+ and Autism representation in our team of superheroes!

The group comes together just as Billy’s explosives at the mine go-off, and they pull 5 Power Coins from the rubble. The next morning, they all wake up feeling “different,” as the Coins gave them super-strength and rock-hard abs. When they return to the mine, they find a spaceship underground, where they come face-to-face with Zordon and Alpha 5 (Bill Hader).

Zordon shows the teens a flash of Rita Repulsa, and the kind of destruction that she’ll do if they don’t put an end to her. I’ll be honest, it was very weird hearing them say “Kill Rita” in a Power Rangers movie, after hearing the word “destroy” for nearly 25 seasons of the show. The Rangers agree to stop Rita, but they’re currently unable to access their suits. Cue a training montage, as they go to what Zordon and Alpha call “The Pit” to fight “holographic” recreations of Rita’s Putty army. Much to Zack’s surprise, the holograms can fight back.

While the Rangers are training hard in order to morph, Jason overhears that Zordon is using them to be able to recreate his body. Meanwhile, Rita Repulsa returns and is wrecking havoc on Angel Grove. She scours the city, looking for enough gold to recreate her giant monster, Goldar, who will dig through the Earth to steal the Zeo Crystal. One night, she even appears in Trini’s bedroom, trying to convince Trini to join her side. They have an epic face-off, and Rita sets-up a trap for the Rangers at the dock. There, she tortures the location of the Zeo Crystal out of Billy, and we learn that it’s buried under, none other than, Krispy Kreme. Yep, you read that right. We even get a scene of Rita eating an original glazed.

Before leaving the Rangers at the dock, however, Rita kills Billy. The Rangers return his lifeless body to Zordon, and it’s now that the team finally comes together, and the Morphing Grid comes to life. For Zordon to return, all he needs to do is step through the Morphing Grid, but he brings Billy back instead.

It’s finally Morphin’ Time as the Rangers suit-up to take on Rita, Goldar, and her army of Putties. We don’t get too much of the Rangers fighting in their suits before they jump into their Zords to take out Goldar. The all-too-familiar tune of “Go Go Power Rangers” plays as the Zords rampage toward the city. The audience at the screening I attended erupted in applause and excitement. Unfortunately, the Zords seem to be no match for Goldar and Rita.

This is when the Zords combine to form the Megazord, after Billy refers to it as the “Mama Zord.” Rita even merges with Goldar to try to stop the Rangers. Of course, they’re no match for the Megazord, as the Rangers use the Pterodactyl wings as swords to put an end to Goldar once-and-for-all. A crowd of civilians below cheer as their town is saved, and 2 of the prominent people taking pictures of the Megazord are none other than Jason David Frank and Amy Jo Johnson, the original Green and Pink Rangers from MMPR! The audience cheered even louder than before after seeing their childhood heroes back on-screen.

The movie ends with Jason returning his Power Sword to the Command Center, but it’s not over just yet! An end-credit scene takes us back to detention, where the faculty advisor is calling the new student’s name for attendance, Tommy Oliver. Zoom-in on an empty seat, with a green jacket draped over the chair. Cue credits.

Final Thoughts: This was such a fun film! It was fairly faithful to the source adaptation, while also putting a great twist on things to add more depth and development to the characters and plot. It was obviously tailored to the fans, with many nods to stuff from the original series, such as Rita’s classic “Make my monster grow!” line, as well as Easter Eggs galore. There’s humor, action, heart, and of course, cheese. PG-13 or not, what would a Power Rangers movie be without cheese? Haim Saban also recently confirmed that a total of 6 movies are planned, which is very exciting! I honestly can’t wait to see where they take this series. Until next time, may the Power protect you.

Final Score: 9/10

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Yuki’s Story Chapter 91 - Yuki’s Breakdown

Chapter 91 A week later during cheerleading class, Rin and Retasu are forced to train very hard, instructed by Mizuro. Mizuro: You both gotta do better than that! Rin: I'm...sore... Retasu: Can you slow us down?! Mizuro: No! You both are really behind! Rin stands up. Rin: We're not! You've been turning our fun into a disaster! I don't want to do it in your way! Mizuro: Go back to your training! Rin: I am tired of you trying to put me and Retasu down on our favorite subject! Mizuro: I care about getting good grades and performance just as much as you two, so you both must reach my level in two days! Rin: I don't care if you're just a step better, I don't want to do this assignment anymore! Mizuro: You mustn't quit! You are gonna let this team down! Rin: It's a torture with you around! I don't care about getting extra credit! I'm leaving! Retasu: Rin! Rin: Sorry Retasu. I'm done. Rin walks away. Mizuro: Rin's so childish! I hope you stick around with me, Retasu! Retasu does not speak. Mizuro: If you leave, we all get a 0, and it will hurt our grades, but more importantly, me. Retasu: You care about yourself and your Team all the time! Retasu starts walking away. Mizuro: I can't believe you both are leaving the team! Your teacher will not be happy about this! At the locker room, Rin and Retasu changed to their school uniform. Rin: I will never want to work with one of them again! Retasu: Yeah. Won't that affect our grade by a lot? Rin: It's just an assignment, not a test. I rather get a zero than working with her! Retasu: I see your point. Both are starting to walk out, but as they are about to leave the locker room, Mizuro pops in, and both screamed. Mizuro: So you both are trying to leave the class? I told the teacher, and she says if you both don't show up the theater on friday, you both will leave the class for good. Retasu: Any proof? The teacher came, with a sad look. Teacher: You both must change back to cheerleading outfits. Be in the performance this friday or I will not let you both be in my class after friday. Rin: You're kidding! I don't want to be trained by this witch! Retasu: We're both sore. You liked me and Rin's performance, but that girl is torturing us! Teacher: Just come back to gym! Later when the school ends, Yuki is walking with Rin, Retasu, Minoru, and Shirou. Rin: I can't believe we're stuck with Mizuro! Our body is sore, and cheerleading is not fun anymore! Yuki: They always come and ruin things. Rin: I wanted to do cheerleading because I think it's fun, but she turned it into a nightmare. I want to perform, but not with her. Retasu: We're not taking risk of not being in the class for good. Minoru: I feel like Mizuro is doing this as a plan of some sort. Rin: Yeah. Just to torture us and make our lives miserable on our favorite class! Rin screams in the air. Rin: WHY CAN'T WE DO GOOD CHEERLEADING PERFORMANCE FOR THE SHOW?! Yuki: You're so loud. Rin starts crying. Rin: It's been a week that Mizuro is making us do hard training and be the leader. The teacher has to agree with her. She leans on Shirou. Shirou: I know it's vert terrible, but I know you and Retasu can start enjoy cheerleading again. Yuki: Teacher sides with Mizuro. I wonder what's the problem. The next day, Yuki went to the theater room by the gym and sees the cheerleading teacher. Yuki: Hey! You're Rin and Retasu's teacher, right? Teacher: Yes. Yuki: What is going on? You've been siding with Mizuro, who is doing harm to both of them. Teacher: I'm afraid this is not your concerns. Yuki: Both are my friends, and they enjoyed your class and cheerleading until the group thing since last week. Teacher starts shaking. Teacher: Wait a moment. She closed the door in the room. Teacher: Don't let Mizuro or any of her contacts know. Yuki: Tell me. Teacher: Before the class started, The principle pressured me to group your friends with her, and making her the leader. Mizuro's been doing hard pressure on me, and she has connections with the principle. Yesterday, Rin and Retasu tried to leave the team, and Mizuro told me to kick both of them out if they don't perform. I refused, but she told me she will tell the principle on me and I had no choice! I feel bad for doing this to your friends! Yuki: It's all right. I already know Team Phase have great connections with the principle. Teacher: Team Phase? Yuki: A group. I'm here to help everyone. I won't let the principle fire you. I am gonna solve this problem. Teacher: Thanks. Yuki: I won't tell the both of them in voice. They know how to keep secrets. Teacher: Tell them I'm sorry. Yuki: You got it. If I can help for the performance tomorrow, can I take part of not letting Mizuro participate for the show? Teacher: If you can do it without any trouble. Yuki: All right. During lunch, Yuki is eating on the roof with her friends. Yuki: I can't tell you guys here out loud, so I will be texting instead. Rin: Okay. Yuki sends the messages to all of them. Message: The teacher had no choice. It was Mizuro's plan and use the principle to do directions to ruin your fun. Rin and Retasu gasped. Rin: No way! Retasu: What a loser. Minoru: This is unbelievable. Shirou: I'm gonna type the question instead. Message: Why did the principle side with them? Yuki: Long connections. A big history I read once. Takahashi: Wow. No wonder they'll able to do a lot of events. Yuki: Yep. Don't worry. I'm gonna think of a plan to help you both. Rin: I hope your plan is legit. Yuki: It will take a while. I got baseball after school today, so I'll think of a plan after the game. Retasu: All right. Meanwhile, Team Phase are eating in one of the corners outside the building. Hiroshi: How was cheerleading class? Mizuro: Great. Both suffered hard big time! I'm been acting like I care about the grades. Hiroshi: Funny. We need to know where Yuki works. At least the exact area. Lila: Maybe we can find one of her friends alone and make them tell us. Threats included. Hiroshi: It has to be private. I know all of her friends are trying to stay away from us, but they can't always avoid us. We can look around after school. Kaname: Yeah. It has to be five of us together to get one of them spit out the area of Yuki's job. Hiroshi: And then we can start sabotaging her job afterwards, and get her fired! Later after school, Minoru heads to Leon's class to see him and Oka It's just them in the classroom. Minoru: You guys are gonna see Yuki's game? Leon: We would, but we got a lot of homework to do. Oka: And a project. Minoru: Okay. It's fine. Leon: See you tomorrow. Minoru: Okay. Bye! Both of them left while Minoru looks at the window, sees Yuki being around her teammates. Minoru: I'm excited to see this game. He starts heading to the door and leave the class. When he opens the door, he sees Lila on the other side of the door. Minoru: Huh? Lila? Lila: Minoru. I am here to see you. I got problems. Minoru walks back a little. Minoru: Umm...What problems? Lila: You know. Your friends. Minoru: Why are you guys bothering my friends? I-I didn't do anything to you guys. Lila: I know, but I got questions. The rest of Team Phase came out from another door and Minoru sees them. Minoru: I...I...What is going on? Lila: You know where Yuki works. Can you tell us? Minoru: Umm...ummm..... Kaname: We don't have all day, kid! Hiroshi: You got nowhere to run. Now tell us where Yuki works! Minoru: I...I don't want her life to get ruined any further. Lila: He's been like this. I already told you guys about my story when I had class with him in fourth grade. He cries the most. Touko: Really? Lila: Yep. She gets close to him. Lila: Now tell us where Yuki works at, or you will be beaten. Minoru: Yuki won't like it. Hiroshi: We can deal with her. It's five of us, so she's weak! Lila: Tell us! Minoru acts nervous. Lila: Tell us! We want to know! Minoru decides to kick her knee. Lila: Oww! Minoru tries running away, but Mizuro caught him. Minoru: YUKI! HELP! HELP! Hiroshi covers his mouth. Hiroshi: You're not gonna answer our question?! Well, Yuki is not gonna save you. She's too late. Hiroshi throws him to the ground. Kaname kicks him around. Minoru: YUKIIII!!!!! Lila picks him up and throws him to the chair. Minoru: OWWWWWWWWW!! He cries very hard. Meanwhile, Yuki and Lia are in the locker room. Lia: Ready for baseball? Yuki starts to feel something. Yuki: I feel something has happened. Lia: Huh? Yuki: I'm gonna check on Minoru. She runs out from the locker room. In the classroom, they all hit him by hands. Hiroshi: That's what you get for not answering our question! Lila: Should we take a look on his briefcase? Hiroshi: That's enough for now. Let's leave before Yuki shows up. Minoru is still crying hard. Lila: Sounds like he really never changed. They all leave while Minoru is still on the ground. Team Phase takes the stairs to go down while Yuki takes the other stairs in the school, not seeing each other. Yuki went to the third floor and starts running. Yuki: Minoru! She hears a faint cry. Yuki: Minoru! She gets closer to the sound, and opens the door and sees Minoru in a mess. Minoru: YUKI!! Yuki: AHHH!!!! What happened? Minoru: Team Phase got me!! Yuki: Really?! Where did they go?! Minoru: I'm hurt! Yuki: Ok. I'll take of you first! I'll take you. Minoru: They just left a few minutes ago. Yuki: So I'm late. I'll take you down stairs. Minoru: Nurse? Yuki: They're closed after school. I gotta take you to the locker room. A while later, Yuki is seen outside, carrying Minoru and Lia sees her. Lia: What happened? Yuki: Are there any girls in the locker room? Lia: We all just left. Yuki: Can you guard the door? I gotta heal him. Lia: Ok. Yuki went inside the locker room and puts Minoru down. Minoru: Oww. Yuki: I know. It hurts. Take off your shirt. I wanna see. Minoru takes off his shirt and see few scratch. Yuki: You got a few scratches and bumps. She rolls up his pants. Yuki: One of your knee got a bump. She takes off his shoe and sock. Yuki: Your feet look fine. She gets the first aid kit. Minoru: They were asking me where do you work at. They are not patient. Yuki: Really? They want to get me fired, right? Minoru: Yes. Yuki: Look, I don't blame you if you give up and answered, but I see they are not really patient. Minoru: They hurt me like Retasu. Yuki: Yeah. Your head is fine? Minoru: I don't feel or got bumps in my head. Yuki: Good. You seem to only got bumps and small scratches, not anything broken. Minoru: Nope. Yuki: Okay. I'll deal with those guys later. I gotta take care of you. Minoru: Good. A while later, Yuki carries Minoru and puts him on the bench and puts her cold bottle on his leg. Lia walks to Yuki. Lia: Are you okay, Minoru? Minoru: I'm hurt, but Yuki is taking care of me. Lia: So are you gonna play? Yuki: Well, I don't feel in the mood to play. Team Phase hurt him. Lia: All right. I'll take your place. Yuki: All right. Darn it! Team Phase are such bullies! Lia: Yeah, they are. Yuki: They want to know where I work at so they can ruin my job. Lia: Oh dear. That sounds terrible! Yuki: Yeah! I'm gonna deal with them later. They will get revenge! Minoru: Wouldn't that get you in trouble? Yuki: I can't let them get away with it! The principle is with them, and they deserve some payback! Lia: I think they should get expelled now! Yuki: That's our wish. Lia: So how long would he be laying around? Yuki: He's got only minor hits, so he will be better by the end of the game, so we'll both be watching. Lia: Okay. Later when the game is over, Yuki and Minoru are by the gate. Yuki: I'm glad you're all right. Minoru: I feel a little pain, but I can walk home alone now. Yuki: Sounds good. Say, you're pretty solid. You only got minor pains despite looking like a brutal moment, well second one. Minoru: This time, they didn't hit me with tools. Thanks for healing me, Yuki. Yuki: That's what makes me the best girlfriend. I really care about you, and you shouldn't get treated like that. So go home and take a rest. Minoru: Okay. Bye! Yuki: Bye! They both start heading home. Later at night, Team Phase are at their warehouse. Hiroshi: Minoru decides not to tell us. Kaname: He's such a scaredy cat! Lila: As always. Touko: What are we gonna do about Yuki? She is gonna beat one of us. Hiroshi: We stick together. We can all beat her up of five of us are present. Lila: I know she's just as competitive as me. Hiroshi: I see. Well, we should start a new plan. They hear the door opened. Hiroshi: Who's coming? Lila: I heard it. They see Yuki coming out. She's wearing a black suit. Hiroshi: YUKI!!! Yuki: WHY DID YOU BEAT UP MY BOYFRIEND?!?!?! Lila: How did you find us? Yuki: WHAT IS GOING WRONG WITH ALL OF YOU?! Hiroshi: We want to know where you work at! Now tell me how you know about this place!! Yuki: I'VE CANNOT BELIEVE YOU GUYS HURT MINORU!!! She starts dropping tears. Yuki: I did my research about you guys and I found this secret spot. I know you guys are up to something! I know you guys got great support on our principle! Hiroshi: Huh?! How did you get in? Yuki: I KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS HID THE PASSCODE! Touko: You shouldn't hid the passcode. Now she knows our data! Hiroshi: I didn't know she of all people will be coming here! Yuki: I CAME HERE TWICE!! I know you guys are always planning to get me. I don't care if you guys want to get me and ruin my life or embarrass me in front of all my fans. You can try to hurt me or sabotage anything I'm involved with, BUT HURTING MINORU AND BEATING HIM UP IS NOT OKAY!!! THAT'S WHY I CAME HERE TO TELL YOU GUYS MY SECRET BECAUSE I KNOW YOU FIVE COME HERE AND I WANT TO BEAT YOU ALL RIGHT NOW!!!! Lila: Are you sure? It's just all five of us! Kaname: Should we call the police for breaking in here and spying on us? Hiroshi: NO! We can all take on her here, together! Yuki: I WON'T LET YOU GUYS GET AWAY FOR HURTING MY BOYFRIEND!!! She starts running to Hiroshi, but Lila runs and tries to punch Yuki. She dodged it by going down and grab her arm to flip her down. Touko throws a baseball to Yuki and it hits her back. Hiroshi tries kicking Yuki, but she runs and fights with Touko. Touko tries hitting Yuki, but Yuki jumps and pushes her to the ground. Kaname went behind Yuki and grabs her. Yuki leans back to the ground to squish her, and then rolls around. Yuki jumps up and kicks Mizuro and she fell to the ground. Hiroshi runs and hits her top back. Yuki grabs his arm pulls him hard and gets himself bumped into Touko. Hiroshi: Oww. Lila got a chair and tries to hit Yuki with it, but Yuki punched the chair and she dropped it. Yuki punched her and then grabs the chair and throws it to Hiroshi. Lila grabs Yuki and pushes her down to the ground. Yuki: LET ME GO!!! Lila: Na! You're down. How cute. Yuki: DON'T CALL ME CUTE!!! She tries rolling, but Lila is trying to strain her. Lila: Come! Let's all grab her! They come, but Yuki quickly punched her knee. Lila: OWW!! Yuki is still on the ground and kick Hiroshi's legs and fell. She stands up and slaps Kaname. Touko runs into Yuki and tries pushing her. Yuki grabs her arms and throws her into their computer, and smashes them into parts. Hiroshi: NOO!!! Yuki runs and pushes Kaname into the ground. Kaname: Oww!! Lila grabs Yuki's arm. Lila: You destroyed our computer!! Yuki: THEN DON'T PICK ON MY BOYFRIEND!! She pinned Lila down and two of them are fighting on the ground. Kaname stands up and tries kicking Yuki, but Yuki grabs her foot and pulls her to land on Lila. Yuki stands up and sees Mizuro right by her. She hits Yuki on the shoulders and then Yuki punched her head and she fell to the ground. Yuki grabs her and throws her on Kaname and Lila on the ground. Lila rolled quickly and both Kaname and Mizuro hit each other to the ground by the throw. Lila stands up and tries punching Yuki. Yuki keeps defending herself by repelling the punch away. She then kicks her knee again. Lila: OWW!!!! Not another one! Yuki punched Lila on the jaw and punched her hard that send her flying to land on Mizuro and Kaname on the ground. Yuki sees Hiroshi on her left and he tries swinging a pipe on her. Yuki dodges and Hiroshi tries kicking her legs. Yuki feels the kick, and then she grabs his pipe and he let it go. Yuki swings the pipe to hit him, and he gets hit and Yuki kicks his legs, having him flip to the ground. Yuki kicks him and he landed on Mizuro. As a result, all of them are injured and can't fight, while Yuki is fine with some dirt. Yuki: YOU GUYS SHOULD THINK BEFORE PICKING ON MINORU! She starts dropping tears. Yuki: I NEVER REALLY LIKED ANYONE PICKING ON HIM AND HE USED TO HAVE A REALLY BAD LIFE! I HELPED HIM, AND ANYONE WHO DECIDES TO HURT HIM WILL BE BEATEN TO THE GROUND, LIKE YOU GUYS!!! I HOPE YOU GUYS NEVER GO AT HIM AGAIN!!! The rest of then are groaning. Yuki sees the table and the computer desk being destroyed by the fight. Yuki: Well, my work here is done! She left the warehouse and went back home.

Next Chapter - Yuki's Peace With Team Phase getting injured last night, they are absent from school, and Yuki is happy that they are not around, and would benefit her friend to be safe. However, her friends questions her about the fight and how it would affect the both of them. Tune in next time!