#noctyx x gender neutral reader

[rumalumasuns]

"I love you for all that you are, all that you have been, and all that you will be" (unknown) - With Alban Knox

Based (very loosely) on Robin Hood

Part of my Living in a Fairy Tale series

!- Reader is Gender neutral (if I made a mistake somewhere I apologize and I'll fix it as soon as possible!)

!- Mentions of slavery, abuse, stealing, shooting, blood, killing, super light cursing

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, Alban Speaking

Original work by rumalumasuns, 5,766 words (it's long sorry haha), unedited but I will do so when I have time later :)

Once upon a time...,

In the far corners of Inasinin was a small kingdom under the temporary control of the tyrannical Prince Moony de Xytcon, as King Legatus de Xytcon has been away for travel and diplomatic business for ten years.

Prince Moony was not always a tyrant. He was a decent leader for a year, until his most trusted advisor, Aide Viper, began to inform him of traitors and disrespectful rumors floating around. When Prince Moony confirmed these to be true, he started to doubt himself. Unknowingly, Prince Moony became more forceful and less tolerant when talking to others, and found that if he exerted more control, the traitors were easily dealt with and the rumors went away. Enjoying this newfound way to be powerful, Prince Moony became a stricter ruler, a harsher ruler, and, eventually, a tyrant.

Except for a select few, the people of the kingdom were impoverished or barely scraping by. Every couple of weeks, the soldiers of Prince Moony, known as the Lunar Battalion, were sent out to collect the scraps of money that the people had, despite their protests and attempts to fight back. Always, the soldiers overpowered the rebellious citizens, beating them up, almost to the point of death for the overly rebellious.

If money was unable to be collected, the Battalion took the people and enslaved them, making them work in the ore mines that were filled with iron and gems (although finding both was now a hard task due to the excess mining that was being done) until the people fainted, or died.

No one was safe from this fate unless they were the type of person to kiss the boots of Prince Moony (AKA they were a part of Prince Moony's nobility, or they served him). The people couldn't even leave the kingdom, as the gates of the kingdom were shut and guarded by the Battalion.

There was another, much more risky way, to survive the fate of enslavement: thievery. And one thief became the most renowned of all:

"FIND THEM!" bellowed Prince Moony, clutching the document that reported the shenanigans of a particular thief, who stole from all the nobility of his land.

"...But, my lord, we need to tend to our troops who got injured by the thief first do we not-"

"I DON'T CARE WHAT IT TAKES! FIND THIS PHANTOM THIEF AND HIS ENTOURAGE, AND BRING THEM TO ME!"

"...Yes, Your Highness." With a sigh, the butler left the throne room.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alban didn't always want to be a thief: he just wanted a way for him and his sister, Alice, to survive in this harsh, cold world. He had to be able to provide for them since they were six, as at that time, their parents had both died to nobles harshly beating them up for no entertainment.

He learned how to pickpocket from nobles by using his nimble hands to swipe what would be in their pocket. If he was lucky, Alban would succeed in swiping small things from a noble's hand, such as rings or a few bits of cash.

Alban also began to swipe food from the stalls in the market. Although he felt bad for doing so, as most of the stalls were also struggling to make a living, he continued to take for himself and his sister to have something to eat that night, even if it was a small piece of jerky. Alban promised himself he would never take too much from the stalls and noted who to pay back if he ever had the opportunity.

Normally, Alban went to the market in the morning, when it was most crowded and the easiest to swipe something. However, after staying up late to take care of his sister who had a fever, he woke up late.

By the time he had gotten to the market, Alban found that it was too late: there were few people at the moment, meaning that he could get easily caught if he tried to steal something. He wasn't a professional at the age of eight, after all. Alban was about to head back to his makeshift tent, where Alice was, until he heard trudging footsteps. He looked around and saw the stalls closing, and people scattering off the street. Deciding to hide as well, Alban went into one of the nearby alleyways and hid behind a pile of garbage.

He waited silently as the trudging steps came closer and closer until finally, he saw it: the Trek of Slaves. Alban knew that if people weren't able to pay up the high taxes, they would either be forced into slavery or offer other people - children, in particular.

What was in front of Alban was a long line of children, guarded by fierce-looking soldiers of the battalion, with chains on their arms, and a ring on their necks that linked to all the other children in the line. Their faces were gaunt, hollow from starvation, with dull eyes. Their clothes hardly covered their bodies.

One of the children in line was a little girl. Alban unconsciously imagined Alice's face on that child. His eyes darkened.

After the slaves left, Alban came out of the alley and scampered back to his home. He felt something awaken in him. Something had to change. He figured that if his abilities could help him and his sister, his abilities could help others too.

So he did.

Instead of stealing from the food stalls that were also struggling to make a living, Alban began to plan heists against the wealthy and lead escapades against the enslavements.

He planned to steal from the rich and give to the poor, as well as save as many people as he could from their fate in the mines.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Over multiple years, fewer and fewer slaves were taken, as Alban released them always before they ever could get in the line for the Trek of Slaves. He succeeded in pulling off multiple heists as he grew older. By the time Alban was in his early teens, he knew the basic layouts of noble homes, he had learned the best ways to conduct carriage and cart robbery, and he swindled multiple nobles, taking first their hearts and then their valuables. Some valuables he distributed to the poor, and others he kept in order to help his future heists. For instance, from a noble who loved theater, Alban gained a black mask that covered the entirety of his face while still allowing him to see, breathe, and talk normally. From another noble who was a mage, Alban managed to snag the mage's magic bag, with huge storage space, as well as her master key, which can unlock any type of lock. With these, thieving was much easier, and Alban felt empowered.

However, being empowered didn't mean that Alban was invincible.

One day, Alban was making his rounds for giving out valuables, which he does twice a month at irregular intervals to keep the Battalion off of his back. While passing through a narrow, shady alleyway, he overheard cries of distress. He headed over immediately and peeked in through one of the windows. Inside, he saw an old woman, who had her arms wrapped around who he assumed to be her grandchildren. A large soldier stood in front of them, flipping a copper coin with his thumb. One of the boys in the grandmother's arms was crying and reaching out to what was in the wolfish soldier's hand.

"You- you heartless being! How could you take all of our savings just like that. We've saved up for that birthday gif-"

"Yes, yes, yes, well, that's quite unfortunate isn't it," said the soldier, dismissing the old woman's protests before turning his attention to the boy. "Little boy, Prince Moony says happy birthday to you as well. Maybe next time I come in, I can take you to him," said the soldier with a wolfish grin.

Alban felt his blood boil at the soldier's implied threat of enslavement. The boy looked no older than five! He tugged his mask closer to his face, put on his hood, and took out a cane and a cup with two copper coins in it. He swung out and clattered the cane in front of him, acting like a blind man. He entered the small abode.

"'Ello there. Any spare change for this poor blind man?" asked Alban, imitating a croaky voice with an English accent as he shook his cup to jingle the coins in it.

The large soldier turned to him and scrunched his face in disgust before he saw that the cloaked figure had a cup with money in it.

"No, but I do believe you have some for me," said the large soldier as he laughed and snatched the cup out of Alban's hand, pushing away Alban toward the old woman in the process. While the soldier occupied himself with taking the money, the old woman helped Alban up. While doing so, Alban discreetly placed something in the pocket of her dress. The old woman looked up at Alban in surprise, before shutting her mouth and acting concerned for him, dusting him off.

"Hey, blind man. Got anything else in there?" asked the soldier in a rough voice, pointing at Alban's cloak. Alban didn't respond. The soldier smirked. "Or... do you have something else to hide? Perhaps... you're someone who's not supposed to be here?"

A moment of silence passed as the soldier slowly reached for Alban's hood before Alban spoke.

"Ah~, guess I got caught," he said in his normal, taunting voice, before bolting out of the home. His hood whipped off, revealing his mask. The soldier's eyes widened in recognition, and he snarled.

"OI! GET BACK HERE, YOU PHANTOM THIEF!" bellowed he, as he rushed clumsily out of the place.

When they left, the old woman checked her pocket and took out what seemed to be a small brown rucksack. She opened it, only for tears to suddenly pool in her eyes and soft sobs to come out of her mouth. She was staring at 5 gold coins, which would help her and her grandchildren get adequate food and live comfortably for a year or so. The grandmother held the bag tightly to her chest as she embraced her grandchildren who surrounded her in concern for her tears.

"Thank you...," she whispered.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Alban whisked through the alleys as the large soldier, now joined by several others, tailed after him. To get them off his trail, Alban headed to the place where they prepared slaves for delivery to Prince Moony. While weaving through the confused slaves, Alban pulled out the master key he stole from the mage and waved them near the chains on the slaves. The chains unlocked, and the slaves were free. They exclaimed in joy before bolting out of the preparation area.

The soldiers behind Alban cried out in rage as some split off from the group to try and get the escaped slaves back. Meanwhile, the wolfish soldier almost caught Alban, his fingers centimeters away from grabbing Alban's cloak. He was about to get it, until he was interrupted by a stone to his head. The soldier stopped in his tracks, his hand going up to the side of his face, only for it to come away with blood. He growled and looked in the direction of the attack. His eyes met with those of freed slaves around Alban's age, holding heavy rocks and other heavy objects they could find. They cried out and pelted him and the approaching soldiers, knocking their swords out of their hands and making them bloody.

Not wanting to deal with the fierce barrage, especially when they didn't get paid enough to deal with them, the soldiers just groaned in frustration before running off. Although the wolfish soldier didn't want to, he knew he had to retreat. He looked at the boys, heatedly vowing to finish them off later before he ran in the same direction as his comrades.

After making sure the other soldiers were gone by not sensing other presences, Alban hunched over in relief, hands on his knees, panting, heart hammering. He stayed in that position until he saw a hand show up in front of him. He looked up to make eye contact with a boy around his age, with neon yellow hair and dark periwinkle eyes.

"Oi, I'm Sonny. This is my family," said the boy as he gestured to the other three boys behind him. One had steel grey hair with matching eyes, the other had dark blue shaggy hair with light blue eyes and heterochromia in one eye, and the last one had dark magenta hair with purple eyes that both had heterochromia.

Alban eyed them, then Sonny's outstretched hand, before taking it and giving it a shake.

"...I'm the Phantom Thief."

"I'm Yugo. I'm a huge fan! You-You're really the Phantom Thief, right?" asked the bluenette with sparkling eyes.

Alban hesitated slightly, but for some reason, he felt like he could trust these people, and then nodded.

The grey-haired older boy smirked before coming beside Alban and clapping him on the back.

"Hey, I'm Fulgur, thanks for freeing us back there."

"Yeah, of c-course, it's what I do...," said Alban, rubbing the back of his neck shyly. "Th-Thanks for helping me too..."

The purple-haired boy came up to Alban's other side, smiled, and patted him on the head.

This was the first encounter of the group Noctyx, a band of vigilantes led by the infamous Phantom Thief. The five boys wore matching masks with the forehead part painted with their Noctyx insignia, symbolizing hope to the poor and a nuisance to the rich. They plundered carts of snobbish nobles, provided safe hiding places for slaves, defended the weak, and some of them even provided underground soup kitchens for the hungry. Alice, Alban's sister, also wore a mask as she worked in the soup kitchens. After Fulgur taught her how to read, Alice also took up learning about medicinal plants from a book she found. She wanted to help with her brother's efforts as much as she could.

As Noctyx became more and more famous throughout the kingdom, Prince Moony grew frustrated because he was losing control over the citizens. So, he plotted with his loyal dog, Duke L/N, and commanded him to send in a spy to the land to break Noctyx from the inside.

Duke L/N decided to send his most intelligent child, Y/N Sol L/N.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

One day, Alban planned a heist on an incoming carriage that was said to be coming in. The carriage belongs to the L/N dukedom, one of the richest nobles because of how often Duke L/N assisted Prince Moony in conquests of land, expanding the kingdom, and attaining more resources.

In the trees above the road where the carriage was supposed to come down, Alban and his friends waited.

"Another day, another petty noble to rob," said Alban to his friends. All except Yugo nodded along.

"But, like, what if this person wasn't petty?" asked Yugo, as he tilted his head. Sonny patted Yugo's head before sighing and shaking his head.

"Yugo, we've been over this! Most nobles are, and Duke L/N is THE WORST type! He kisses the shoes of the tyrant and abuses his servants like there is no tomorrow. He is a terrible man!" exclaimed Fulgur.

"Yeah! We're going to go in, and be like hello you piece of sh-"

"Okay, Uki! Hush, now, we have to focus, please. How far away are they?" asked Alban.

Uki rolled his eyes in disapproval at Alban interrupting him before sighing and closing his eyes. He held his palms upwards in front of his hands, and a bright purple orb of energy showed up. When Uki opened his eyes, he peered into the ball with equally glowy eyes.

"...They're about two miles away, approaching fast," said Uki after the image in the orb focused for him.

"Alright, let's go to our positions," said Fulgur, as he patted Uki on the shoulder to bring him out of his glowing state. Noctyx then pulled on their masks and set out in the trees.

Once they were all in their positions in the tree branches, the slow rumble of a carriage and the clopping of hooves could be heard approaching them.

The moment the carriage was within their range, Sonny pulled out a shotgun he had stolen from a soldier a couple months ago and shot two of the front guards right off their horses.

"IT'S AN AMBUSH!" shouted one of the soldiers who was trying to reel in her panicking horse.

"PROTECT THE CARRIAGE!" shouted another, as he jumped off his horse and was trying to load his gun, before getting hit by Yugo's blue lightning.

Some soldiers started floating as they were surrounded by purple energy before they were thrown somewhere in the woods, and others were punched by Fulgur's fists, which were now glowing red.

Alban pulled out a bow and arrow, both embedded with mana stones. He shot the arrow, causing the mana stone on it to activate and set the tip on fire, burning the soldier it shot. When he ran out of arrows, he took out two knives with poison on their blades and went to the ground to fight alongside Fulgur.

After a couple moments of fighting, all the guards, except one that ran away on a black stallion, were killed. Cackling, Alban headed over to the vulnerable carriage, the others following him just as merrily.

"Now then, Duke... no, you don't deserve that title. Now, you trash, how do you like leaving your fate up to the very peasants that you hate so much?" said Alban viciously, as he grabbed the carriage's door handle gilded with gold, and whipped the door right open.

Expecting to find a terrified old man, he only made eye contact with a woman (a maid?) with light pink hair and purple eyes who looked at them unimpressed, and a man (probably a guard) with white hair and blue highlights, dark skin, and silver eyes who was trying to stifle his laugh.

“...Huh? The carriage- who're these people?? Where’s Duke L/N?”

“𝐇𝐚𝐡! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐚𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟?” said a voice from behind them.

Shocked because no presence was detected until then, the boys whipped their heads around. Alban’s eyes widened as he made eye contact with quite possibly one of the most beautiful people he’d ever seen in his life. They were dressed in a guard uniform, holding a L/N guard helmet as they sat atop the black stallion from before. The person descended the horse gracefully, secured their belongings on the horse, turned around, and smirked at the shocked Noctyx members.

“𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨, 𝐍𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐲𝐱. 𝐈 𝐚𝐦 𝐘/𝐍 𝐒𝐨𝐥 𝐋/𝐍. 𝐈’𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟. 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦,” said the beautiful person, holding out five gold coins for each boy.

As soon as he heard the person’s name, all nice fantasies of them shattered and Alban scowled at the person from under his mask. His grip on the knives in his hand tightened.

“…What do you want?” he asked, growling as he prepared to ignore the person and just stab them.

“𝐈’𝐦 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮.”

‘…What?’

Sensing his hesitation, and seeing as they weren’t stabbed by him yet, Y/N relaxed as they opened their mouth again.

“𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨. 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬,” said Y/N as they opened the carriage’s trunk. Inside were all sorts of precious gems and coins. Noctyx stared in awe. Even on a good heist, they have never gotten that much.

“𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚 𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦’𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐲.”

“Your dukedom? Aren’t you just the child of Duke L/N?” asked Fulgur, narrowing his eyes in suspicion.

"Yeah, and why would you help us? How do we know you're not pulling us into a trap?" asked Uki, coming up behind Fulgur as he glared at Y/N.

Y/N put their hands up in surrender.

"𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐈 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐋/𝐍. 𝐀𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈'𝐦 𝐡𝐞𝐥����𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐣𝐞𝐫𝐤."

The boys looked at Y/N with doubt. Sensing it, they shuffled through the bag that was hung on their horse and pulled out two pieces of paper. Alarmed by Y/N's sudden movement, the boys prepared to attack just in case. Y/N held up the papers in their hands.

"𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐛𝐲 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐮𝐤𝐞 𝐋/𝐍'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐲'𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡. 𝐀𝐧𝐝, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭."

Alban stepped forward to take them.

"No funny business," he warned, as he quickly grabbed the papers and examined them. He indeed saw the legitimate schematics of the L/N estate and Xytcon castle. He looked once again at Y/N, who was staring at him with expectation before he rolled up the papers and gave them to Fulgur.

"Fine, we'll work with you. But don't even think about betraying us."

Y/N nodded seriously.

"...Can we come out now?" said the maid in the carriage, who was glaring at them. The guard burst out laughing, still remembering the way Noctyx was so confused by their scheme. Y/N looked to Alban, who nodded. "Ugh, finally!" said the maid, and she jumped out of the carriage with a huff.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Over a couple of months, Noctyx and Y/N worked together. Y/N's maid, Lady Alouette, and their guard, Knight Tenshi, aided in the discreet distribution of Y/N's wealth that they brought from the dukedom across the small kingdom, as no one really knew of their faces. The peasant people of the kingdom were advised to hide their valuables in a safe place, whether it was under their house or a secure place on their person.

Y/N had participated in some of Noctyx's heists, scamming a local gambling duke into giving all of his valuables, robbing a snobby duchess of the jewels she's so fond of because of the way she treated the sickly street children, and helping the stealing of some things from the kingdom's noble bank. They also got along well with Alice and helped her whenever she needed help with the underground soup kitchens.

Meanwhile, Noctyx and Y/N slowly plotted a way to get rid of Prince Moony and Duke L/N. Y/N sent regular correspondence to the dukedom (all fake information, of course. Uki would check over the letters Y/N sent all the time) so that the duke and prince wouldn't suspect anything. They believed they had Y/N, a "helpless" illegitimate child, in the palm of their hand, and their only replies back were to keep collecting information. Y/N scoffed whenever they got the reply letter and burned it in the fireplace in front of Alban.

Alban and Y/N had gotten quite close during these months. They chuckled together as they would plot heists that would topple the power of the nobility, and therefore weaken Prince Moony's support. They sparred together, Alban with his knives and Y/N with their sword. Eventually, they were comfortable enough to make jokes with one another as they were cooking their group's dinner, or to discuss the more personal parts of their lives. Behind them, Uki and Fulgur would smile at each other knowingly, while Sonny and Yugo made disgusted faces at the scene in front of them.

It was a peaceful, slow revolt against Prince Moony's reign, but this peace soon shattered.

The group was in the main square of the town they were temporarily staying in when a fanfare was heard. They turned their heads up, and Alban frowned when he saw the wolfish soldier from before leading a large army. His hand went to the knife on his hip, and he noticed the others next to him tense up and prepare for scuffle.

"We have received information that Noctyx, and more importantly, the Phantom Thief, has been residing here. Turn them in, or you will be terminated," said the wolfish soldier, who grinned with malice as he looked around.

Sonny shot a look at Y/N, who shook their head.

"It wasn't them. I can confirm it," said Uki. Sonny sighed in relief - he wanted to trust Y/N.

"But then who...?" asked Alice, as she scanned the crowd. She soon spotted an old uncle in the crowd, grinning maliciously while having his hand in his bulging side pocket. Sonny noticed Alice's gaze, and looked in the same direction before he scoffed.

"Is that the same person who demanded extras? That drunkard, he seriously did this, huh...," said Sonny, glaring at the man before turning his attention back to the wolfish soldier.

"Damn, that trash-," growled Yugo, who wanted to fight the old man before getting stopped by Fulgur.

"Don't make a scene. We need to be discrete if we don't want to get caught," said Fulgur, who glared at the army before them.

"𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞," said Y/N, who started to back away from the vast crowd that had gathered. But before they could get fully out of the street, the wolfish soldier cackled.

"VERY WELL! We'll find them ourselves...," he said, before raising his sword. "BATTALION! Take anyone who matches the description of the fugitives, and bring them to the castle!"

"YES SIR!" shouted the Battalion, as they set out on foot and on their horses and grabbed anyone - they weren't even trying to find those who matched the description of Noctyx. They grabbed old men, young children, tall women - practically anyone.

"They're trying to rat us out of the crowd by taking anyone - be careful not to get caught!-"

But just as Alban said that...

"Ah-," said Lady Alouette unenthusiastically when she was grabbed by the arm by one of the Battalion.

"𝐄𝐧𝐧𝐚!" exclaimed Y/N as they reached out for Lady Alouette, before she was taken farther away by the soldier who grabbed her. Knight Tenshi went after her, but he never came back.

"AL!" screamed Alice when she was grabbed by two soldiers, who snickered at her helplessness.

"ALLI! NO!" cried Alban, as he tried to fight against the soldiers who held Alice.

"Hello, girlie, you're coming with us," said one soldier, laughing heartily as he forced Alban off of him with the help of two other soldiers.

"Should we take him too?" asked another solider who was holding onto Alban.

"Nah, he seems annoying. Let's just leave him. He'll die soon anyways in these slums."

With that, the Battalion took multiple townspeople, as well as a crying Alice, leaving a half-empty town with multiple weeping people helplessly reaching out for the loved ones they lost.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After taking care of the greedy drunkard (AKA knocking him out and leaving him in a less forgiving town), Noctyx and Y/N regrouped at their temporary base deep within the nearby woods. They opened their strategy-meeting tent and headed inside to discuss what happened and what they should do next.

Alban was in despair. He had just lost his reason to live to the Battalion, but rather than feeling anger, he was in shock, and was scared of what they would do to her. Although he zoned out, he finally was aware of the conversation the rest of the members were having when Y/N started talking.

"𝐖𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭- 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨. 𝐋𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢, 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐀𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬, 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧. 𝐖𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐠𝐮𝐫, 𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐨, 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐔𝐤𝐢 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 - 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐧𝐨𝐰."

"But... Y/N... I'm just, I'm just some guy who gets lucky a couple of times with his heists, and that was going against a manageable group. I couldn't even protect just my sister. How are we, six people, going to be able to go against an entire castle??"

"𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬, 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲," said Y/N, looking at Alban with a gaze of expectation, which he shrank under.

"...Alright...," sighed Alban, who had a lot of doubt about the operation working. Ever since his sister was taken from him, he felt listless, doubtful, and incapable. He lost her. Sonny, noticing Alban's downcast face, patted him on the shoulder encouragingly while Uki began to stroke his hair soothingly.

Y/N witnessed it all, slightly amused but also touched by how close they were. They thought back to their own family, who easily threw Y/N into the dangerous situation of becoming a "spy", despite the fact that they could be killed in the process. They stepped forward and kneeled to Alban's eye level before they took hold of Alban's hand.

"𝐇𝐞𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲?"

Alban stared at Y/N, before taking a deep breath and nodding.

"Okay."

They smiled at each other, while the others around them shared a knowing look, and Yugo made a disgusted face.

"Well, we'll head out for a bit, you guys make our plan and just tell us tomorrow morning," said Fulgur as he opened the tent they were in.

Alban and Y/N nodded and engaged in a serious discussion while looking at the schematics of the castle map that Y/N gave.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After some time, the two finally finished planning and started to clean up the discussion table. Alban was feeling much happier after Y/N's constant attempts of making him feel better throughout their discussion.

Moments of silence passed before Y/N decided to open their mouth.

"…𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧."

"Yeah, Y/N? What happened?"

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡-"

"DON'T SAY THAT! Why would you say something that brings such bad karma!? We're going to get through this operation well because we have a plan made by you and we'll make it out together!" exclaimed Alban, gripping Y/N's hand that was on his sleeve. He had just lost his sister, he didn't think he could lose anyone else. Y/N sighed.

"𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭… 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧, 𝐨𝐤𝐚𝐲?"

Alban was silent for a moment, before begrudgingly nodding.

Y/N hesitated before taking their hand off of Alban's sleeve and moving both hands to his cradle cheeks. Alban's cheeks warmed by the sudden closeness and contact.

"Uh-"

"𝐒𝐡𝐡.. 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧. 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐧𝐨𝐱, 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟, 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐞, 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐣𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤… 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞."

Alban's jaw dropped.

"What?-"

"𝐘-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡! 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄, 𝐈 𝐒𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐈𝐓. 𝐘𝐎𝐔 𝐁𝐄𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐃𝐈𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐖, 𝐎𝐑 𝐈 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐘𝐎𝐔. 𝐒𝐄𝐄 𝐘𝐎𝐔, 𝐁𝐘𝐄!"

After the sudden confession, Y/N placed a quick peck on Alban's cheek and quickly left the tent, leaving Alban speechless as he absentmindedly touched the cheek that was kissed.

"W-W-WHAT????"

Meanwhile, outside the tent on the side opposite the entrance, Yugo overheard the entire conversation, and almost dropped the firewood he was holding out of disgust.

"Ugh, lovebirds... when is it my turn too..."

:,^)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It was dawn when everyone woke up and Y/N and Alban debriefed them all of the plan. They would raid Prince Moony's castle at night, taking down both Prince Moony and Duke L/N.

In preparation, Y/N sent a letter to Duke L/N to go to the castle so they could debrief him and the prince about what they found out from Noctyx. In reality, it would be a trap that would get Duke L/N and Prince Moony in the same place. They could be taken down together, and that would be the end of the duke and the prince.

“Uki, Fulgur, you two will be in charge of freeing the townspeople. Remember to stealthily do it - we want to cause as least noise as possible in the beginning.”

“𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨, 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐄𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐊𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐓𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.”

Uki and Fulgur nodded before squeezing each other’s hands in encouragement.

“Sonny, Yugo, you’re coming with me and Y/N to the throne room. You’re going to help us take down the Duke and the Prince.”

Yugo pumped his fist in the air, excited for an opportunity to take down the tyrant, while Sonny just loaded his gun with a blood-hungry smirk.

"𝐖𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐢𝐭? 𝐖𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐈'𝐝 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐨𝐨."

Everyone nodded grimly. It was a given that they'll probably get injured during this fight, but there was also a possibility that they might not come back.

Noticing the grim atmosphere, Sonny tried to laugh it off and clapped Y/N on the back.

"We'll be fine, everyone."

"Sonny's right, we pulled off infiltrations loads of times. We'll just treat it the same way," said Fulgur, also trying to laugh.

"Alright then!" said Uki as he clapped. "Let's get ready."

Throughout the day, they prepared by gathering supplies, like extra weapons and first aid, and making their own mana bombs to use for attacking the castle.

As soon as the last mana bomb was created by clicking the mana stone into place, Noctyx and Y/N were ready to head out. On the road out from the woods, the two teams (Alban, Y/N, Sonny, Yugo and Uki, Fulgur) split off to do their respective parts.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(With Uki and Fulgur)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Uki used his psychic powers to knock out the guards standing at the outside entrance of the castle's dungeon while staying under the cover of darkness.

"They should really learn how to be more secure," stated Uki with disapproval, as he kicked one of the guard's faces lightly. Fulgur laughed as he took the keys off of one of the other guards and used it to unlock the door.

"Yeah, but then our job wouldn't be as easy. You sure you have enough mana stored for this?"

"Yeah, don't worry Fu-fu-chan, I have the most mana out of all of us. Are you going to be okay, though?"

"Of course, I'll beat up anyone for you."

The two exchanged smiles before they pulled their masks on and continued to go deeper into the dungeon, with Fulgur knocking out some guards with his glowing fists, while Uki focused on seeking the right jail cells that had the townspeople.

Eventually, near the bottom of the dungeon, Uki stopped walking.

"Found them," he said, as his eyes started glowing to put all the guards surrounding the townspeople's cells to sleep. He then sent out a telepathic message to the townspeople.

'Hello, this is Noctyx's psychic. We need you to stay silent for this incoming message.'

As they were told, the townspeople remained silent, although Uki heard in their minds their cries of joy and the resurfacing of hope within the people.

'I need you all to stay silent while we are freeing you. Our combat warrior and I will help guide you out. We can only do this with your cooperation. If you agree with our condition, please say in your mind yes.'

After hearing an overwhelming chorus of 'Yes's in his head, Uki looked at Fulgur and nodded. Fulgur steadied Uki, as telepathy used quite a large portion of mana before he took out the magic key that Alban had given him and waved it near the locks of the townspeople. They opened the cell door as silently as possible and gathered to where Uki was. Once everyone was out, Uki told them telepathically that they were to follow him, while Fulgur remained in the back in case anything happened. Before they could start moving, however, a familiar female voice mind-shouted at Uki from behind.

'Uki!'

Uki turned around, only to meet eyes with Alice, Alban's younger sister. Next to her were Knight Tenshi and Lady Alouette.

'Where's my brother?' asked Alice, who was looking around.

'Your brother's in the throne room with the others. They'll be fighting the prince,' replied Uki. Alice's eyes widened.

'I- I need to help them! Please, do you have first aid materials?? I can help tend to the injured.'

'No, Alice. Alban would kill me.'

'Please, Uki! I'll take Knight Tenshi with me!'

Uki pondered for a bit. Alban did say to send Knight Tenshi to the throne room.

'... Fine, but you HAVE to stay with Knight Tenshi all the time, okay?'

'Yes! I promise!'

After Uki told Fulgur telepathically to give some first aid materials to Alice and told Knight Tenshi and Lady Alouette the situation, they did as told. Knight Tenshi escorted Alice to the throne room, as he had been there before, while Lady Alouette stayed with Uki and Fulgur, helping to light the way out.

The silent procession went up through the dungeon without much trouble. Uki, Fulgur, and Lady Alouette planted mana bombs in the areas of the dungeon where a lot of guards collapsed. They were set to detonate on Uki's command.

There was an area in the dungeon that branched off to the inner parts of the castle, probably because the royalty had to visit the prisoners at some point for interrogation or for deciding the fate of the criminals. Uki used his powers to make sure no one was around, and when there was the all-clear, Fulgur planted bombs in discreet areas of the castle where Y/N told them there would be weapons reserves for the Battalion. Lady Alouette contributed by showing Fulgur some more spots that she knew of and discovered while hanging around with the palace servants. Now, even if the guards in the throne room did need help, they wouldn't be able to get any.

Afterward, Uki, Fulgur, Lady Alouette, and the townspeople were able to leave the castle through the secret entrance for royal emergencies. All the townspeople were freed without a ruckus. No one from the castle suspected a thing.

It was a successful mission.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(With Alban, Y/N, Sonny, Yugo)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

On the other side, Y/N was in their carriage that was waiting in front of the palace gate, adorned in their ducal wear.

"Who goes there?" called out the guard in front of the gate.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞? 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐋/𝐍 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐚."

The guard, who took a closer look at the carriage, realized who he was addressing, and almost yelped.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐘/𝐍 𝐒𝐨𝐥 𝐋/𝐍 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠. 𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞," said Y/N in a snooty and cold manner.

"M-My apologies, my lord/lady. I will let you in right away!" exclaimed the guard as he hastily rushed to open the front gate.

Y/N's carriage almost went past him before stopping right next to him as they glared at him. The guard was still bowing, sweat going down his neck as he gulped. He heard that the L/N family's illegitimate child was the most intelligent person in the family and a genius of their time. What fearsome things could they come up with to do to him?

Y/N just scoffed. "𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜," they said cruelly, before continuing on past him.

As soon as they were out of hearing range from the soldier, Y/N sighed in relief, while the others in the carriage (Yugo and Sonny) laughed at them.

"That was some fine acting," said Sonny, who was still laughing.

"Wow, you are very good!" said Yugo in amazement and amusement. Y/N could even hear the slight chuckles coming from Alban, who was the carriage's horseman outside. Y/N flushed.

"𝐉𝐞𝐞𝐳, 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬," they said as they put their hands on their cheeks.

"Just keep it up for inside the throne room. We'll get there as soon as we can," said Sonny, who pulled on his mask.

"Yeah, we'll be there soon, Y/N. Ganbare, it means good luck from my homeland," said Yugo, who also pulled on his mask.

Y/N nodded in thanks as the carriage pulled up to the entrance of the castle building. Standing outside was Duke L/N, who faked a smile at Y/N as they came down from the carriage.

"My dear child! Welcome back!" said Duke L/N, moving to hug Y/N when they put up a hand.

"𝐅𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞. 𝐈 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲."

Duke L/N almost scoffed but remembered that he still needed information from his child, so he just grit his teeth in a tight smile and went back into a standing position.

"... Alright then, let's go inside. Quickly, now."

When Y/N got to the throne room, they were met with Prince Moony beaming at them excitedly from the throne.

"Welcome back, Y/N," said Prince Moony with a pleasant smile. He stood up and walked over to them, took their hand, and brought it up to his lips to kiss it in greeting. From above him, in the ceiling supports of the throne room, Alban scowled at the prince. Y/N told Alban that the prince particularly favored them, but Alban didn't believe it until he was looking at it directly. Prince Moony's smile was genuine as he looked upon Y/N. Y/N, on the other hand, just politely bowed to the prince and released their hand from his.

A look of disappointment flashed in Prince Moony's eyes, but Y/N didn't care as they opened their mouth.

"𝐌𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬," they said, as they subtly glanced upwards at where Sonny, Yugo, and Alban were.

"Yes, yes," said Prince Moony as he sauntered back to the throne and sat down. "Report."

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩, 𝐍𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐲𝐱, 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞. 𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬, 𝐈 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬? 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐚-"

"NEVER!" snarled Prince Moony, who jumped up from the throne in rage. After realizing his conduct, he cleared his throat and sat back down. "I apologize. My dear, we cannot back down. That would mean we are weak. I, for one, dislike that notion very much."

Y/N nodded solemnly.

"𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. 𝐌𝐲 𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐧𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞."

Prince Moony took a while to process Y/N's words: it had been a while since they called him a friend, until he realized too late what they really meant.

"What-"

"YAH!" shouted Yugo as he descended down from the ceiling, his black mask tightly tied to his face and blue lightning shooting at the guards in the throne room below.

Sonny started sniping from his place in the supports and shot the guards that were farther away from Yugo's range, preventing them from trying to shoot at Yugo discreetly.

Alban shot a couple of mana arrows before he jumped down as well, knives ready. These knives were different: they were mana stone knives, which made them hardier than normal and had the ability to burn anything it comes in contact with.

"GAH!" shouted Duke L/N, who shot a look of fury at Y/N. "YOU, YOU LITTLE TRAITOR! YOU DIRTY-"

But before he could say anything else, Alban sliced the duke's neck and stabbed his heart, while Y/N looked at the scene without even flinching. To them, the duke wasn't a father, but a tool. They focused instead on Prince Moony, who now could comprehend everything and looked at Y/N with emotions of sadness, anger, and feeling betrayed.

"Y/N... Why..."

"𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐲, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥."

"..."

"𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐲?"

"...That damned rat, the Phantom Thief, he threatened you to do this, didn't he?" said Prince Moony, clutching the hilt of the sword resting on his hip. "He- HE MADE YOU DO THIS, RIGHT? YOU WOULD NEVER BETRAY ME, WOULD YOU Y/N?! YOU- You... you would never betray me... no, not you," said Prince Moony as he drew out his sword, eyes full of madness and malice as he looked at the Phantom Thief, who looked back at him.

"𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐲!? 𝐌𝐨𝐨𝐧𝐲, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐧𝐨. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢-"

"DIE YOU PEASANT!" shouted Prince Moony as he launched himself quickly to Alban's location and brought the sword down onto Alban.

"𝐍𝐎!" exclaimed Y/N, who ran just as fast towards Alban, and before Alban or Prince Moony could react, they went in front of Alban and put their arm up to block Prince Moony's sword.

Prince Moony regained his wits just enough to stall his sword so that he wouldn’t slice through Y/N’s arm, leaving only a long gash from their wrist to their elbow. Y/N cried out in pain before they gripped their elbow. Before any more harm could be done to them, Yugo was luckily close enough and pulled Y/N out of the way before Prince Moony could reach for them.

“No… I… Y/N, I didn’t mean to-”

“YOU DON’T GET TO SAY THEIR NAME!” yelled Alban with fury, as he took his knives in his hands and pounced onto Prince Moony. From behind the prince, Sonny used his shotgun and pierced a bullet through Prince Moony’s right calf. Crying out in rage and pain, Prince Moony used mana to knock Sonny down, and Sonny lost consciousness, flying toward the ground.

“Sonny!” cried out Alban. During his moment of distraction, Prince Moony clutched his sword harder and did blow after blow on Alban. Eventually, Prince Moony’s sword and Alban’s knives met in a lock. Prince Moony grit his teeth as he continued to put pressure on Alban’s knives, which started to crack because of the great amount of force.

While Alban kept Prince Moony occupied, Yugo brought Y/N to a safe place at the corner of the wall.

"𝐘𝐮𝐠𝐨! 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐲?!"

"My lady," said a deep voice from above Y/N. They looked up, and their eyes filled with relieved tears as they met with the silver orbs of Knight Tenshi. Next to him was Alice, who was carrying a first aid kit.

Sonny was treated first, as he had a large gash across his stomach from the prince's mana blast. Alice immediately began first aid, having Y/N apply pressure to the wound with their good arm as she brought together medicinal leaves to use for a covering of the wound, as well as wraps to use to secure the leaves. As she was doing so, Knight Tenshi went to Yugo and fended off the Battalion members coming their way.

While this was going on, Alban was still in the lock with Prince Moony. He was starting to lose strength in his arms. While holding his knives, he started to think about the current situation. Alban knew that the townspeople were safe because of Uki, Fulgur, and Lady Alouette’s escort. But the pressure on his knives was so great, Alban was starting to think they'd crack soon. If Prince Moony broke his knives, what then? Would the rest of them end up dying in here, while Prince Moony got to live on after killing off some of the strongest rebels he ever had to deal with?

They were totally outnumbered in this fight. How long would they have until Yugo ran out of mana and Knight Tenshi out of stamina? How long would it take for Uki, Fulgur, and Lady Alouette to come back and help them?

Though all hope seemed lost, hope called out to them in the last minute before Alban’s knives broke.

"MOONY! WHAT IS THIS RUCKUS!" shouted a booming voice from behind Alban. Alban looked into Prince Moony's eyes, which were wide from shock and fear. His grip on his sword lowered, allowing Alban to use his knife and flick it off to the side and point his other knife at the prince's neck. Alban then turned around, only to make eye contact with someone he had only learned about from tales.

King Legatus.

After his initial shock passed, Prince Moony cursed under his breath.

"Oi, I thought I killed you, old man. Aren't you persistent?" asked the prince with malice, and he almost moved to pounce on the king before he felt the pressure of Alban's knife on his neck increase. Prince Moony's eyes shifted to Alban, before he cursed again.

King Legatus laughed, as he nodded in thanks to Alban before descending the steps. A knight bearing the Legatus insignia came up from behind him and shackled Prince Moony's hands, restraining him in the process. Prince Moony glared at King Legatus, who only looked at him in disappointment.

As Prince Moony was taken to the dungeons silently, King Legatus turned to Alban.

"So... you are the infamous Phantom Thief," stated the king. Alban just nodded, still stunned by the fact that King Legatus was still alive.

The king gave a grunt of approval before bringing out his hand. Alban flinched but realized it was a handshake, so he tentatively took it and shook it.

"You helped save my kingdom. What can I do to repay you?" asked the king, who looked at Alban in curiosity. Alban pondered, before lowering himself to bow before the king. The rest of Noctyx saw him and followed his actions.

"My king, I only ask that you help us to reform this kingdom. We have traveled around the kingdom multiple times since we were young. The people are hungry, in need of jobs, and suffering. Please, feed them, provide new jobs, and shelter, and allow them to travel outside of the kingdom as they please. Additionally, the Duke L/N is now dead. Please allow his child, Y/N Sol L/N, to claim the ducal title. They were the only one to not have participated in the illegal acts of embezzlement of the royal treasury and the enslavement of commoners. "

The king looked at Alban, then at Y/N, and pondered, before nodding. It was his son's fault that the kingdom had become like this.

"I will issue my royal decree."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"...Hey."

"𝐇𝐢."

"How's your arm?"

"𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭'𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭. 𝐒𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞."

"What face?"

"𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞," said Y/N, as they pointed to Alban's worried and sulky expression. "𝐖𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞."

"Yeah, I know."

The two fell into silence.

After moments passed looking at the night sky, Y/N found their hand being covered by Alban's warm, scarred hands.

"Y/N...," said Alban, still looking at the stars.

"𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡?"

"Did you really mean what you said back there? The night before we entered the castle?"

"… 𝐈 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞? 𝐈 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐈 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰," joked Y/N, chuckling to themself.

Alban didn't laugh along, but instead turned his head to face Y/N, and take their other hand with his.

Y/N quieted down, before smiling and grinning widely before they took their hands out of Alban's and embraced him.

"𝐌𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧. 𝐎𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞, 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬~."

Alban's face bloomed into a pink flush.

"W-Well, I just wanted to make sure! Jeez, I can't go against you at all, can I?"

"𝐍𝐨𝐩𝐞!" replied Y/N with a cheeky grin.

The two smiled at each other until they felt the air around them become hot as Alban's eyes flickered to Y/N's lips.

No one will ever know who made the first move, but the two leaned in together and shared a warm, gentle kiss.

They pulled apart, and giggled as they looked into each other's eyes, before leaning in again.

It's very safe to say that the two lived happily ever after~

The End.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Epilogue:

Alban and the rest of Noctyx were getting merry at the new pub that was opened up by Y/N, who inherited the title of Duke/Duchess L/N after King Legatus expelled the rest of the corrupt L/N family members.

It was just him and his merry men in the pub, as it was reserved for them for the rest of the afternoon. Knight Tenshi was off doing official business in a different county, while Lady Alouette was sent somewhere on an errand for Y/N.

Alban looked out of the pub's window in satisfaction as he saw children in the streets not trying to steal food or from passersby, but running around while laughing and playing.

"Excyuse me, sur. Are yuu pewhaps the famous Fantom Thief fwom the legen?" ("Excuse me, sir. Are you perhaps the famous Phantom Thief from the legend?") asked a small kid, who rushed up to Alban, her little friends rushing up behind her.

Alban chuckled before rubbing the child's head.

"Wouldn't you like to know? Now, run along. I'm sure your parents are worrying for you."

"...I don't have pehwents anymo- can I stay wid yuu, sur?" ("...I don't have parents anymore- can I stay with you, sir?")

Alban widened his eyes slightly, before gently patting the child's head again.

"Little girl, you shouldn't go after someone and stay with them just because you've heard of them once. You may end up in a dangerous situation. I can bring you to a nice home, though it won't be with me."

"...Will da nyuu home let me bwing my fweinds tuu?" ("...Will the new home let me bring my friends too?")

Alban looked up to look at her friends: they were 5 children in total. They reminded him of himself and his merry men.

"Yeah, I can guarantee it. No shady business, I promise," said Alban, as he held out his pinky to the girl.

Hesitantly, the girl brought her pinky to link it with Alban's, before she smiled in delight and her eyes brightened.

A giggle was heard from over Alban's shoulder. Quickly, Alban's head swiveled to the side, only for his cheek to make contact with lips. Y/N's lips. (don't ask how Alban knew lol-)

He felt Y/N smile on his cheek before they pulled back and turned their head towards the group of children, who gaped at them.

"Awe yuu a fairy, miss/mistah/mix?" ("Are you a fairy, miss/mister/mix?")

Y/N chuckled.

"𝐘𝐞𝐬~! 𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲? 𝐈𝐟 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨 𝐢𝐭."

The girl Alban made a promise with thought long and hard before speaking for the rest of her group.

"Somting wam to eet befow we goin to da nice hom the mistah pwomised us, pwease!" ("Something warm to eat before we go to the nice home the mister promised us, please!") exclaimed the girl while pointing at Alban.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐨. 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧!" 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐘/𝐍 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐮𝐛.

Alban sighed as he watched them work with the children in the kitchen to make the food.

...What would it be like if they could have a little group of their own?

:)

[anonymous-rendezvous]

Relationship & NSFW Dynamics —

✨ Noctyx Edition ✨

First (1st), we want to re-emphasize that we are writing for the characters. Second (2nd), this is merely our opinion and how we write them.

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───

🔗 Sonny 🔗

Pet Names: Babe [More often than not, just calls you by name]

╰┈➤ Relationship Dynamic:

The Noctyx's boy with the least amount of past trauma. He's just "VSF!! 💥 💥 💥"

This mans way too busy kicking down doors to be worrying about relationships. Like, Sonny, finding his way into a relationship is completely accidental. In the beginning, he just thinks you are really interesting, and the more time you spend together he starts to find you really attractive and then uh-oh someone’s caught feelings.

He was in so much denial at the beginning of your relationship. Once he's over that, however, be prepared to be sucker punched by random bouts of sweetness. And the fucking duality of this man. You will have whiplash from how sudden he can go from being rough and serious to sweet and silly.

Also, be prepared to be worried 90% of the time because of his job as a police officer with his damn obsession of rushing in and busting doors down.

[[NSFW under the cut!!]]

╰┈➤ NSFW Dynamic: Switch (Dom leaning)

So it's pretty obvious why Dom-leaning but… Switch. Listen, he gives as much as he takes. Like, he's incredibly kind and caring, but also he's a masochist. And a bit of a sadist??? Again: switch. Could see rough play being one of his interests. He likes the idea of you – consensually – taking control of him.

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

🔮 Uki 🔮

Pet Names: Starlight, Stardust, Babe/Baby, and the occasional Honey

╰┈➤ Relationship Dynamic:

Okay, now not to be a broken record but, once again: we're talking about the characters.

The man's lore is sad™. He's been through some pretty traumatizing stuff, and as a result, we feel like he's not really all that horny most of the time. Also, it's kinda hard to think about romance when you grew up living in survival mode.

He needs someone who will be understanding and patient with him. He’ll also need space at times, but he’s good at communicating that, so if he doesn’t bring it up — get ready to cuddle the fuck up. Most of all, just love him. Pamper him, comfort him, love him. He deserves the world.

And if you don't treat him right? Be prepared to have the Uki protection squad after your ass.

╰┈➤ NSFW Dynamic: Switch (Sub leaning)

Now once he's comfortable with you? That changes things. He'd likely be more open to trying new things, and boy, would his mouth start to run. Overall, just take care of him. Pamper him some more. He deserves it, okay? 🥺He is still a switch, though. And if he finds you cute? Prepare yourself.

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

🎭 Alban 🎭

Pet Names: Sunshine, Babe/Baby, Honey, Sweetheart, & Little Cat

╰���➤ Relationship Dynamic:

Another sad boi 😞 Similar to Uki: it's kinda hard to think about romance when you grew up living in survival mode.

Sadly, this man has trust issues. He has a hard time opening up because he doesn't want to hurt anyone or get hurt. He already lost one dear friend, he doesn’t want to risk losing more people. 

It'll take some time to work through those feelings, but once he does, y'all are fuckin golden. Alban's very doting and extremely caring. He's like a prince without the royalty aspect. He'll be opening doors for you, carrying your stuff- carrying you.

Also, side note? Please tell him to stop stealing expensive gifts for you. Sonny can only let it slide for so long.

╰┈➤ NSFW Dynamic: Switch | Soft Dom

Pure switch right here, baby 🤌

The most bullyable bottom and the softest of Dom's. Could see him having an interest in primal play. Basically playing games of cat and mouse with you. Who's the hunter would likely depend on what kind of mood he's in honestly. He'd never admit it, but he kinda likes it when you take control from him (in a consensual way of course.). Honestly, too? This guy just goes through random bouts of horniness just by looking at you.

Similarly, to some of the other boys, if you ask him to try something new, he'd be pretty open to it.

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

🐑 Fulgur 🐑

Pet Names: Babe, Little One/Little Lamb (Legatus), Dear, & Sweetie (Archivist)

╰┈➤ Relationship Dynamic:

First things first, we need to make it clear that we typically write a combination of Legatus and Archivist [typically a little more Archivist leaning].

However, it doesn't matter if we're following Legatus lore or Archivist lore; this man has too much shit happening around him, and to him, to be worrying about relationships. But hey, that's alright! He's been sent to the past, so fuck all that! Now he can get rid of all that pent-up anger! :D

In the beginning, you'll get more of the Legatus personality. He'll come off as cold and aloof. It'll take a bit, but as long as you don't give up, you will crack through that hardened exterior. Once you're in the relationship, Archivists' personality shines. Incredibly caring and comforting. He's an old soul.

╰┈➤ NSFW Dynamic: Switch (Dom leaning)

Now, the juicy stuff.

This man will. Fuck. You. Up. He can either be extremely soft or really rough and there's no in-between. Dirty talk and degradation galore during rough play, but only the sweetest praise when he's soft. Sensory play is probably a really big thing for him (both giving and reviving).

Side note; when he's on the reviving end, make sure he keeps his hands on that bed frame. The last thing y'all need is him accidentally breaking any of your bones.

.・。.・゜✭・.・✫・゜・。.

🎧 Yugo 🎧

Pet Names: Angle, Muse, Babe, Sweetheart, (My) Doll [But only adds the "my" when he doesn't like they way someones looking at you]

╰┈➤ Relationship Dynamic:

4 outta 5, another sad boi less gooo 😂

The only member of this group who at least has some type of experience. Kinda hard to date tho when you're leading a resistance. Honestly, though, this boy is the most straightforward of the five.

First off, this smooth mother fucker. He's very confident in his ability to woo. Be prepared to be rizzed to hell and back. Yugo’s very physical in his affection; he’s a pretty big fan of PDA. More often than not, you’ll find his arm wrapped around your shoulders or waist. Yugo prefers to give personalized gifts.

He's a people person. Man was both a DJ and leader of a revolution, after all. You cannot hide your emotions from him. He can and will read you like a damn book.

╰┈➤ NSFW Dynamic: Dom

He knows you're horny before you know you're horny.

Pure 👏 Dom 👏 Energy 👏. Try to argue with the clapping hand. You can't. Good luck trying to Top this man. It'll be a real struggle. The only time you're on top is when he's literally too exhausted to move.

Also, hope you don't mind getting it on in public places. Has one VIP booth in his club constantly reserved for the two of you. And don't worry, he'll make sure you're never caught.

─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───

Btw if you guys are interested in seeing a post just dedicated to scenarios with some of the kinks we think the bois have, then this post needs to hit at least 300 notes. Hope you enjoyed~

-Mod I ✨ & Mod S 👿

P.S. Want a say in what we write more of? Please answer this form!

[s-dazzlegarden]

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴

  ⠀⠀"No."

"Oh come on! You didn't even hear what we were going to ask you!"

"I know from your faces, you two are gonna ask for something stupid."

A whine and an offended gasp were hurt, making you finally turn away from the paper you were writing. Looking at the hulking build of the mafia boss wilting and the lean build of the fox detective who had dramatically raised a hand to his chest in offense, you sighed.

"Fine. What is it you two want?" Perking up, the blonde mafia boss immediately bounded up to you and wrapped his arms around your waist. You swore that if he had a tail, it would be wagging at an impossible rate.

Mysta slinked over, gracefully draping himself over your back as he rested his chin on your shoulder. A little too fox like at times, you steeled yourself in preparation for his request and subsequent sly coaxing methods.

"Well, we were thinking of going to visit our dear juniors at their dorms," Mysta started, letting one of his hand trail shapes on your forearm. You rose an eyebrow at what he said. There was no way that was all they wanted so you prompted them.

"And?"

"Mysta bought some water balloons so we're gonna pelt them with that!" Luca chimed in, lifting his head from your stomach where he had previously buried his face. A smack was heard behind you as Mysta facepalmed.

"LUCA!"

"What?"

"So why are you two asking me knowing I would say no especially after I heard your reasons?"

"Because they're not the only ones who want it."

A groan leaves your lips as you watch the red voice demon saunter into your room, dragging along the novelist and sorcerer. A resigned look painted on the blue novelist's face as a wary 'eyyy' left the purple sorcerer's lips.

"You got everyone in on it too?" An exasperated tone in your words, you turned to Mysta, who gulped at the close distance between your faces. He nodded slowly, a blush forming on his cheeks as his eyes darted down to glance at your lips.

Rolling your eyes, you shrugged the male off, letting him fall to the floor with a yelp as you pushed Luca off gently, standing up to stretch. As you did so, you could feel the heavy gaze of Vox as he stares at your shirt riding up.

"Did Ike and Shu consent to it?" You asked, hands on your hips as you watched the two aforementioned males dangle slightly above the floor. Vox raised a finger and opened his mouth, ready to speak, subsequently letting go of Shu who fell with an 'oof'.

"Without you three idiot peer pressuring them to." At that Vox put his finger down and closing his mouth before avoiding eye contact. This time Shu was the one who spoke up.

"I'm not against it exactly?" fiddling with his jujutsu, he shrugged as he juggled a small ball of fire, earning cheers from Luca and Mysta.

"Unlike the other two beside me, I explicitly said no." The glasses wearing male said as he turned his head enough to make eye contact with you.

"Until they forced you."

"Until they forced me."

Crossing your arms, you looked at the group of five males in your room, accidentally making eye contact with the blonde sitting by your feet who was making puppy eyes. A beat passed, then another, before you let out a defeated exhale which caused the group (save for Ike) to let out excited whoops.

"I'm only there to be civil and talk to them. I'm not in any way part of this. Agreed?" You spoke up, exhaustion already seeping into your bones just thinking about it. Ike immediately echoed the sentiment of your statement as the other boys nodded, albeit in discontent at both your participations.

"Let's get this show on the road!" Mysta whooped loudly as he steered you towards the door, the others following along with various degrees of excitement. It was gonna be a long day.

[kuraitsune]

PROLOGUE

TRAiN TO 200 FLLWRS EVENT PAGE

READER'S PROFiLE - ...GN!reader. it is whoever you are, isn't it?

DiSCLAiMERS - in no way am i a professional writer, i just like english lol. please know that these writings are a work of fiction and are the appearance and persona of the character! not the person behind the screen.

iMPORTANT NOTE - the kickoff event writing! no specific pairings for this one, you'll see what happens.

Standing under the overhanging ceiling of the station, you waited for your train. The skies were turning a violet blue, speckles of glowing white stars in it when you boarded your night train.

You didn't exactly know how you got here, all that it was that you and several other people received an invitation to "the dream realm." Whatever that was.

Looking around the place, you could tell it was made with careful attention to detail. By the corner of your eyes, you could've sworn you saw a rift of purple-blue light somewhere. But it disappeared as soon as you tried looking for it.

Comfortably seating yourself in a comfortable corner, you examine what you'll be working with on your trip. The train was split into rooms instead of seats, leaving enough room and privacy for each guest to have one of their own.

Your room had a small bed, fit for one person, a mini tray(like the ones on bullet trains or airplanes), and a long seating area that connected to the wall. There was also an engraved shelf full of things, with a sign saying, "Complimentary Snacks & Drinks."

'Huh, neat,' you think, turning yourself towards your temporary bed. Setting down your bags on the wall seat, you lay down on the bed, surprisingly comfortable for a night train.

After several minutes, you hear footsteps coming closer to your room. Looks like someone was checking in with every guest.

Knock, knock! You open your door to reveal a shorter woman with wide fennec fox-like ears. She wore a cute lolita dress with flowy sleeves.

"Hello there, you must be [name], right?" she asked, smiling. Oddly suspicious that she recognized you without you ever meeting the foxy woman.

"Yep, is there something wrong?"

"Not at all, I'll be explaining about this trip to you. My name is Kuraitsune, but please, call me Kura. Just for simplicity."

"Oh?" you tilt your head slightly to the side, curious to what Kura would have to explain.

"As you know, you were invited to this train to visit... a dream realm. In which where you will find all your dreams come to reality. You may rest freely whenever you wish, once we reach our destination... you'll find everything that you could've ever dreamed of. Whether it be a certain scenario or perhaps a thing you wished to happen, you'll find it there."

"Just take a deep rest until we get there. You'll know when we arrive, [name]. Oh, and if you need anything, ring that bell by the shelf to call for me and I'll be there. Have a great trip and enjoy your stay!" she gracefully bowed before closing the door and leaving to the next cart of the train.

"Where... I find all my dreams come to reality..?" you say softly, thinking of your ambitions. You absolutely think that they could never come true.

But that Kura girl. She seemed truly genuine in her words... Sighing, you lay down in your bed, preparing for probably the longest sleep you'll have. It'll be worth it, you kept repeating to yourself.

"Where all dreams and ambitions come to reality..."

NOTE - hehe, tbh this seems pretty controversial because well uh i can't exactly make everything a reality. but, we can always keep dreaming. at least, writing is like another world. don't you think so too?

enjoy the rest of the event! (at least once i finish writing everything <3) and thank you for the current 170+ followers!! kuraitsune, signing off for today.

DO NOT: repost or copy any of @kuraitsune's works! sharing is fine with credits.

[soliloquiss]

( CAN'T FOCUS ? ) LUXIEM X GENDER NEUTRAL READER 18+

❥ in which you send them suggestive pictures while they're on stream

❥ WARNING: NSFW, MINORS DO NOT INTERACT ( VERY LONG LOL )

VOX 👹 — verbalizes the string of thoughts running in his head while the scenario unfolds for his today's asmr roleplay stream, rarely taking glances at the guide he wrote that consists of two or three lines in front of him that he prepared prior to going live.

the situation develops with an unexpected turn of events, his kindred screaming and typing in the chat mostly praises or musings of unholy things. contented with what he had done until now, he decides to pause for half a minute. from his peripheral vision, he sees his cellphone screen light up from blank black, a notification bar then pops up with an endearment he chose for you, followed with the words 'sent you an image'. as a great multitasker he is, he unlocks his phone with ease and proceeds to check the photo you sent him. and oh goodness, was he caught off guard just like that? he couldn't believe the sight in front of his naked eyes, you all prepped up for a naughty picture just for him and him only to lavish and indulge upon. such thought makes him excited and wanted to delve deeper into his fantasies made up of you, doing everything to enjoy the long night.

a lingering silence plays in his stream, dragging on for too long that the viewers found off a little while. vox then snaps himself from the trance and continues his roleplay stream— incorporating the teasing you've done to him, "oh dear, you really like to tease me like that huh?" were the words he uttered and drove the chat insane with his way of words. his voice sounded cold yet intimate, so close yet so distant. only someone like vox akuma is truly capable of such thing. his tone laced was with mischief and extreme eagerness of wanting to feel your body next to his. he heaves a heavy, long sigh then rubs back and forth to calm down and cope with the feeling of wanting to punish you as soon as possible. he felt like a predator ready to devour its prey, he grows antsy minute by minute. this was when he started to realize he's losing his cool. massaging his temples with his calloused, long fingers, vox then simply lets out a breathy yet prideful chuckle, proceeding to turn his phone off and place it back on his desk table. "prepare yourself, you wanted this after all." he arrogantly says and you feel your blood gush with delirium from his chilling, striking words as you were tuning in his stream once you sent him your exposed pictures. it was supposed to be a silly little prank but it looks like you're in for a ride once he finishes with his duty.

MYSTA 🦊 —'s stream for today was a collab of luxiem with noctyx playing valorant together. as anticipated, he winged several of their games not until you thought of distracting him as payback from what he did to you long ago. you decided to watch his stream in real time and also prepared the pictures you're about to send him, and it definitely didn't help when he revealed recently that he liked fishnets and would like to see you wearing a pair someday. the thing is, you were well prepared for that day, you were just plotting when to show him all along. their fourth game just finished and they agreed to take a three minute break as of the moment. seeing this as the perfect opportunity to lure the fox into jumping over the fence, you sent him your almost-nude pictures wearing only the fishnets and onyx black choker with a fox charm adorning it in the middle as a bonus touch. mysta picks up his phone to pass time and swipes it to the left with his slender fingers, only to see notifications from telegram the very first second he used the gadget. he cocks his brows as to what were the images and the next thing he knew was his heart started beating loud and fast as if there was no tomorrow. he brazenly stares at your pictures— the fishnet stockings reached up to your thighs and perfectly hugs your size, every nook and cranny of your body can be seen from the angle you took it in. such view he can only see knowing you perfectly catered to his taste was well enough to titillate him. he taps on each one and swipes after memorizing every little detail of your nude, something hard under his white slacks bulging a second after.

"ah fuck—" a breathy curse he lets out unintentionally and a "huh?" rises from ike. there mysta realizes his thoughts slipped from his lips and you may have gotten through to him this time. "oh, nothing, nothing, nothing." mysta chants the word thrice and attempts to shrug off the accident, trying to ignore the symptoms of lust coursing through his body. a little dissatisfied with his reaction, you still watched his stream to see if he'd actually budge from his frail façade of getting everything together. the collab stream of luxiem vs noctyx on valorant continues, mysta was confident of shrugging your nudes at first but then a little while after, he started to get killed one match to the other in a span of a short minute that threw off his so-called mysta gaming. more strings of curses slip from his mouth, followed by whining and complaining, "what is happening to him". you couldn't help but feel sorry for him but since he was such a brat to you the last time you did it, one word you could say is: deserved.

LUCA 🦁 — you laugh at the male for the many times he's been spooked already because of visage. a horror game with his heart rate monitor shown in the streaming screen for an addition. being a supportive partner, you wanted to ease the feeling of fright persisting in his mind because of the few jump scares he'd gotten for just thirty minutes of livestreaming in. and so, you decided to send him a couple of nude pictures saved in your phone with a somewhat 'pure' intention. his phone that he put on silent to minimize distraction vibrates from the tabletop and he immediately picks it up, thinking what it could be. usually, if it's unimportant, he'll attend to it later on when he finishes streaming but upon reading your name with a heart on his screen, he didn't hesitate to check your message. he stops by a corner in the game and clicks setting to pause it, proceeding to check the images you just sent him. once he opens the conversation, he inhales heavily at the sight and widens his eyes in disbelief, he couldn't fathom how you'd send him suggestive pictures especially right now that he's streaming. a view he could only see anytime he wanted to— it made him melt like a putty and feel weak. the heart rate number rises, the chat grows suspicious of what luca would've been doing for his heart to be racing in such a short minute. he couldn't keep it to himself, the libido in his body manifests into physical effects like his palms sweating and pants growing tighter by every second that's passing.

"boss! are you alright!?" similar sort of questions get asked by the chat left and right to which he immediately answers by "yes yes! i am fine, thank you for asking." he quickly responds to your message with a few taps on his screen and continues to do the horror game streaming. even so, his heart rate hasn't calmed down anytime now. even when he's just strolling around the enormous haunted house, his heart beat picks up every minute. luca however continued to reassure his audience that he's fine, and the chat just decided to laugh at how quick his heart is pumping just by walking around the map with no sense of direction or whatsoever. being the so-called 'golden retriever' type of boy he is, he laughs it off as well and plays it off by saying sham excuses like "i just got some water hence why my heart is beating fast." a couple days after, a youtuber clipped this particular moment and it shook the community. it is now one of luxiem's top mysteries. you couldn't help but cackle upon remembering these moments.

SHU ☯️ — among the boys, shu is the most seiso streamer of luxiem or so the fans deem of him. shu avoids cursing and dodges unholy things like the plague and you couldn't help but feel curious as to how he manages to suppress such dirty thoughts and feelings even when surrounded by such people who make dirty remarks almost 24/7. apparently, even having gone through numerous quality time spent with shu and learning more of what he likes and dislikes holistically, something felt incomplete. a terrific idea lights up in your mind like a newly-bought bulb from the store, you want to see him lose his composure and that might have been your fantasies since then. no worries, you already got permission from shu to do such things. it was just a question of when you'll do it that he will perhaps never know. it could be tomorrow, the other day or today and bullseye! today is the day. while shu was taking a quick water break from the stream, you grab the perfect timing to send him the pictures you've exerted quite a lot of effort on. scrolling down his news feed from various applications, he then sees the notification from the top portion of his screen and was curious what it could be about that you're messaging him during his livestreaming hours. gulping down the bottle of water on hand, he nearly spat out his drink as he opens the conversation and saw pictures of you wearing a loose, wet white shirt with no garments underneath. the shape of your body, your chest down to your lower region were barely concealed by the clothing.

his orchid rosette irises widen into two full new moons and his jaw falls agape, he didn't expect this to happen that soon. he tries to hide his heating face with his hand as if you were physically there to avoid seeing him beet red. nonetheless, he mutes his microphone on stream and taps the call sign on your conversation with no hesitation. whatever you're plotting right now, it's driving him crazy. as soon as you receive the call notification, you were panic-stricken instantly, thinking hard if you did the right thing or what. you decided to not waste anymore time so you tap the green circle and respond, "yes shu?" a short pause occurs and the silence was slowly becoming deafening for the two of you. thankfully, shu finally parts his lips open, "you want to . . talk about that?" he asks, voice a bit shaky and not so unfazed as he usually is. "look i'm so embarrassed i can't do this right now" you lean to the defensive side and shu tried to gasp for air silently, a result of how flustered he is right now. "listen, i— i will come there later when i finish and then let's talk about it, yeah?" you hum in response and crack a sheepish smile, you feel a drop of sweat trickle down your forehead. only the heavens above know what will happen next. he goes back to his seat and plays it off to continue the stream, to which you were taken aback of because he's capable of getting back on track just like that.

IKE 🖋 — is an interesting person to know for sure. he's always calm and collected except for the times he gets spooked by jump scares or getting tilted, or made fun of but usually it's his soft, chilling voice that seals the deal for his viewers. he's soft spoken, and may be the most sane of luxiem, everyone's dream boy. you have no idea how you landed such a pretty man— it was calming whenever you'd hear his voice chime into your ears like music, and whenever you come across such problem ike is there, ready to solve it. from these little acts of appreciation, you wanted to pay him back, but in a different way. there were moments where he was a little suspicious for the seisus things he says, and you picked up those details for sure. his stream for today is nothing out of an ordinary, but a zatsudan. he proceeds to start the stream and engages with his viewers, entertaining questions from the superchats with entertaining answers. one queried, "ike, if you were to receive a gift from someone, how would you like it to be?" he ponders for a moment, eyes looking up. "hmm, i think it's the thought that matters the most when it comes to gift giving. i'm not quite picky but if the person were to give me a gift as thanks or something similar, i'd want it to be unique and i also want the person to put a lot of thought into it." and that was your moment of revelation that you did the right thing. after that, you started to grow impatient as your mind pushes you to send him the suggestive images you took earlier (yes, this was your token of gratitude for ike).

eventually succumbing to your urges, you finally pressed the send button and within 30 seconds, ike sees the pictures you sent to him. while entertaining his viewers, he responds, "i love you but what is this" you feel every ounce of shame creep into your body as if your heart skipped a beat. you pull an attempt to play it cool and make up of a childish excuse, "ike, this is my gift for you <3" ike couldn't help but crack a small smile from your attempt of returning the favor to him, even though it was a bizarre way of thanking someone, he still appreciates the fact that you wanted to gift him a little something. he mutes his microphone for a second and sends you a voice message, "feeling bold today, are we? if you want to bring out that side of me that much then i will do so." he says with his usual tone and voice ever, not unfazed one bit. in fact, you could feel him flashing his iconic, kind smile whilst playing the voice message over and over again and it was too much for you to handle. in the end, you couldn't say anything but reply "yes."

[brisquad-unit-4402]

cuddling to sleep with noctyx

i’m back in my sonny brisko appreciation (non-parasocial) arc. but did i ever really leave?

tags: gender neutral reader, achillean reader in uki’s entry (no f!reader x uki), established relationship, fluff, do not enable me and my sonny delusions i had to cut myself off so hard here

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

🎭 Alban Knox

he sleeps on his side most often and usually faces you for the warmth

it explains why his definition of “comfortable” is pressed up against you, resting his head in whatever nook he finds along your body. his legs tangle up with yours and then tumble out of the way in the middle of the night

but uh, doesn’t explain how when you fall asleep and he’s still awake, he places one of his hands around your cheek

he doesn’t move it. his pinky curls around your jawline, a thumb close to your lips, slightly parted as you rest. he’s worried if he moves it’ll stir you awake

so he stays put, letting your heat sink in through his palm as it frames you. every pore of your skin. the color on your face dyed in the dark. the soft lashes over your closed eyes

he counts the latter until his own are fighting to stay open as well. when they do he always loses track of the number, but he, admittedly, sheepishly, wishes he could admire them with full attention

when you wake up it’s to alban’s slumbering face, always the second to wake after you, and his gentle grasp connecting you together, still with that hand resting along your cheek

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

🐑 Fulgur Ovid

he claims he’s not a romantic and doesn’t like to be touched often. which is true; you doubt he even owns a pair of rose-tinted shades

for the most part affection is expressed through quality time and acts of service rather than physical touch. night is one of the few exceptions

he doesn’t know how but he can’t get comfortable without your head resting on his chest like a pillow

he tries to rationalize it by comparing you to a weighted blanket, or how some nights when he takes off his limbs to get comfortable it’s like you’re making up for his metal weight. phantom ease rather than pain

it’s strange. it’s the most peaceful moment of the day. he doesn’t know how to handle it when it feels so effortless. aren’t you only supposed to feel this way after a grand gesture?

a human heartbeat travels up his throa2, and rather than anxiety, it's calm. your leg wrapped along his cold skin eases him and he doesn't understand it. you slow him down when he's used to living in a whirlwind

his brain is always set to analyze but this may be one of the few times he wishes he could shut it off. instead he savors it as you both drift off, and refuses to bring it up when he wakes up

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

🔗 Sonny Brisko

above all else he prioritizes learning what you like, what you want, how he can put you at ease even though he’s so unsure of himself and what he’s doing

you’ll have to reassure him but eventually he’ll come into his own. and when he does he still keeps your preferences in mind while making himself at home

he likes bear hugs, his cheek up against your back as you spoon, keeping his arms around you like a precious treasure

he doesn’t stay still. you can feel him rub circles along your back, searching down for your hand, giving it a squeeze and unconsciously rubbing his fingers along yours as he nuzzles closer to your nape

his favorite way to cuddle is with your head in his lap, drifting off while watching tv or his games

if he has a free hand it’ll be by your head, playing with your hair if you’ll let him, and giving you tons of headpats

he gets nervous when you look back at him but the small, dopey little smile on his face is too adorable to ignore. especially once your eyes close so he can lean over and kiss you on the forehead without any shame

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

🔮 Uki Violeta

uki is someone that loves the feeling of being relied on and relying on his partner in turn, so of course his heart soars when you rest your head on his shoulder for a midday nap

especially when he can feel the grip on your interlocked hands loosen as you fall asleep. he looks at you so fondly once you drift off

he’ll lean his head on yours as well, if he can, letting his body relax as he does. he loves nuzzling and he loves indulging in it

as he presses his head to yours he tries to commit to memory the warmth of your skin, the gentle rise and fall of sleep, your soft scent…

your scent is especially comforting to him. it's human to the core with the slightest hints of where you've been. he’s already planning how to steal your shirt once the day ends because it’s too damn cozy and he never wants to let the moment end!

this is one of the rare times where uki forgets his stresses. all that matters is making sure this angel has the best nap possible

he doesn’t let go of your hand, even though his grip is soft. a manicured nail traces along one finger, soaking up the texture of your skin, and once you wake up with him fast asleep instead, you may just recognize the outline on your hand and cheek in the same shade as uki’s lip gloss

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

✧. ┊ masterpost ✧. ┊ kofi

[typh0nas]

Blog Rules

MAFIA HEADER ART BY KANOSE ON TWITTER

General Rules

As stated in my "About Me", I have a life aside from this blog, so again, please be patient with me!

Be kind/courteous, any behavior that I deem to be rude or disrespectful immediately gets you blocked. Basically, just be civil!

This isn’t a rule, but if you comment on one of my posts and @hhurric4ne​ responds, thats me using my main account because this is a side blog, so unfortunately I can’t follow back using this account :(

Before You Request

I can’t promise that I’ll get to your request right away, please understand that I’m a person too, and I may have my own obligations that I need to attend to first.

I believe that I have the right to reject requests that I don’t feel comfortable writing for. If you get upset with me or have a problem with this, I’m sorry if this comes off as blunt but that’s not my problem. 

Constructive criticism of my writing is welcome! I’d love to see how I can improve on my writing, however if it’s just straight up talking to me in a disrespectful manner, I don’t care what your reasoning is, I’m blocking you.

"Can I trauma dump?", please dont. It doesn't make me very comfortable ;-;

DISCLAIMER: My writing is based on the streamer’s persona, or the way they project themselves on stream, NOT the person behind the screen. I’m not writing with assumption that I know anything about the streamers’ personal lives. I’m writing with my own understanding of how they act on stream and their personal lore. All of my fics, headcanons, oneshots, scenarios, etc. are all works of fiction and in no way reflect anything in real life. I AM NOT WRITING TO ENCOURAGE A PARASOCIAL RELATIONSHIP!

Rules for Requesting

Please do not ask me to write NSFW, I’d like to keep this blog mainly SFW with the exception of suggestive content. This mainly just means don’t request hardcore smut from me.

I won't be writing for anything that involves cheating or other scenarios similar to that because I'm not comfortable with that.

I'm okay with some gore, but anything too extreme, I'll consider it just straight up NSFW and thats an immediate no.

Anything that's just straight up physical harm to the reader and/or characters is an immediate no.

Please specify whether you would like headcanons, or a one-shot! This makes things a lot easier on me

Reader will always be gender neutral. No hate to F!Readers, but you guys have a lot of content out there and I’d like to add to GN!Readers.

You may request for up to 5 characters(with the exception of asking for like all Luxiem and Noctyx members). This makes things a lot easier on me!

I’m only writing platonically for the NijiEN girls, I don’t feel confident enough to write “x reader” content for them yet ;-;

I have a limit for the amount of requests I will be accepting at a given time. The limit is 5. Of course, when I open up my requests and I don’t end up closing them until after requests have already gone over the limit, I will write every single request that was submitted from the time that I closed my askbox.

Aside from all the serious stuff, please have fun! I swear I don’t bite.

EDIT: changed the number of requests i will accept at a given time

Back to Navigation {☆}

[yumeleta]

competitor [ shu yamino x streamer!reader ]

— shu yamino has been nijisanji en’s ace in the game valorant for quite a while, until you, a recently debuted vtuber, arrive to swiftly snatch the title from his hands. what you both didn’t expect was that you also snatched his heart in the process.

notes 2.3k words, fluff, reader is gender neutral, no beta we die like vox’s clan, written on mobile so the formatting might suck on desktop, this may have some valo terms but i did try my best to make this as non player friendly as possible, very very self indulgent

“aaand the nijien curse strikes once more,” vox muses out loud, eliciting a number of defeated groans in the group call and countless motivating messages in your live chat. “this always happens whenever a new wave debuts, no? the scuff consistently comes back no matter the game.” the demon lets out a lighthearted laugh as a smile quickly makes its way to your face after hearing what he pointed out. “yeah, i’d say so. this happened with noctyx and everyone else.” shu chimes in with his iconic high pitched giggle ( or is it a cackle? either way, it’s definitely infectious for you ).

you, shu, vox, nina and rosemi originally planned to play a new multiplayer game that was fresh out of steam, but unfortunately after thirty or so minutes of trying to fix the in-game problems you had, the group just gave up on the agenda and decided to migrate to another game. you were especially bummed because this was your first collab outside your debut wave, but it couldn’t be helped. as a former nijisanji enjoyer, you knew the scuff was to be expected from watching your seniors play a variety of games.

“hmm, i was gonna suggest minecraft but we could just save that for a proper time,” nina says. “ooh, ooh! y/n baby, have you tried valorant?” you quirk your eyebrow upwards in curiosity. “i have played a few rounds, but i’m still getting used to it. i think i still have it on my pc so we could try that out,” you say, your model nodding excitedly as the others immediately boot up the said game. “perfect! you four can teach mama the controls, because i have never played this game before.” you giggle at nina’s statement.

after a few minutes of preparation in-game, the chat was just as hyped as you were as the group finally starts the round. you decided on [ fav valo character ] ; you were already quite experienced with them and they also happened to be your favourite of all the agents.

shu notices your pick and comments with a casual tone lacing his voice, “eyy you play c/n? nice,” a bashful grin appears on your expression, and you were grateful to every god out there that the camera didn’t manage to catch that. otherwise, you would be setting yourself up for a round ( or two ) of teasing from your audience. “what about you, shu?” you turn the attention onto him. “ah, maybe i’ll go for sage. she heals and puts up walls, it’s pretty cool.” he chuckles while selecting.

the countdown soon ended and the five of you spawned on the game map. you weren’t nervous in the slightest, just trying to remember how the game’s mechanics work. you haven’t played the shooter in a while, so your memory now fails you.

“use wasd to move around, shift to walk and ctrl to crouch.” shu instructs nina and she obediently follows, crouching up and down repeatedly in a teabagging gesture. you and the sorcerer laugh at her antics and mirror what she did. ten seconds left until the barriers come down and rosemi calls out, “c’mon guys! the round’s gonna start!” as her character refers to the entrances.

shu trails behind you, gun in hand. “i’ll back you up.” though you thought he did it purely for the tactics and winning the game, you can’t help but find the action endearing. laughing, you tease as a smug grin makes its way to your lips. “don’t you think you’re babying me too much? i know how to play this game, ya know.” “let’s see about that.”

needless to say, both the yaminions and your fandom loved that interaction. the live chat quickly exploded, a mix of amused, surprised and comical reactions sending the scroll speed into overdrive. ike, who just happened to drop by your stream, was face palming at how the timing was a little too perfect.

Ike Eveland 【NIJISANJI EN】 🔧: i came here to say hi only to find these two lovebirds flirting right in front of my salad

you weren’t able to see the message because of how focused you were on the game, to the chat and the clippers’ dismay.

as the round went on, you snipe three enemies in a row from your vantage point, switching guns in the speed of light before defusing the spike right when the timer went below three seconds. it was a clutch, which surprised your teammates in a pleasant way.

“good lord y/n, are you coming for shu’s title of mvp right now?” vox lets out a deep laugh. “y/n, how are you so good at this?!” rosemi joins in, her character seemingly holding you at gunpoint despite the lack of friendly fire. “tell us your secrets. did you hack?!” you gasp dramatically at the joking accusation. “i would never! if anyone it’s probably shu using aimbot or something.” “what? these skills are all natural.” the aforementioned sorcerer boasts as he crouches up and down. 

kill after kill after kill, the following rounds pass by rapidly. you managed to die 6 times, but it was an insignificant number when compared to your 34 kills. your friends watched you play in awe as you were the only one alive in the team taking yet another win for the match.

“how is my own kouhai better than me?!” rosemi whines, feigning distress when your banner appears with mvp written across it in the post-match results. you could only laugh, as you weren’t quite sure either how you came to be so good. “i played a few other shooter games before valorant ; mayybee it’s experience?” you drawl out the ‘maybe’ part of the sentence. the pink haired maiden only pouts in response. 

nina calls out after a few more matches, “i got a good idea honeys,” she starts, a grin on her face. “since y/n and shu are good at this game, how about they have a 1v1 custom match and the three of us sit back and spectate?” the winner takes the title of valorant ace.” vox and rosemi make intelligible noises of agreement and you nod determinedly, lips contorting into a smirk. “yamino, you ready to lose?” “nah, are YOU ready to lose though?” he replies with a smug expression before laughing. you didn’t notice your chat speeding up once more after your proud exchange of words.

vox takes advantage of this moment and immediately starts narrating, “y/n l/n and shu yamino raise the stakes on the ultimate battle for the valorant crown! will y/n manage to take the win or will shu get to stay a bit longer on the throne? tune in now on nijisanji en to find out!” both you and the sorcerer laugh in disbelief — this demon truly never fails to make the stream comedic, you thought.

you went with the same character you used in the previous matches. you were familiar with their techniques which further boosted your confidence. instead of sage, shu goes with reyna this time. you mute your microphone for a moment to talk to your chat. “do you think i’ll win, chat?” an influx of messages flood your chat, most of it consisting of ‘ganbare y/n’, ‘winner’s pov’, and ‘good luck’ from your audience. “you’re right — winner’s pov right here, guys.” you state before unmuting to finally start the battle.

the walls go down as the three spectators cheer, making bets as to who will take the victory. “vox owes me wine if y/n wins. y/n baby, please win so i can get my wine.” nina pleads, giggling. rosemi claps her hands in excitement while vox just chuckles.

you circle the site a number of times, trying to spot a certain sorcerer to aim for the kill. but just as soon as you spot a spike planted, you get shot from behind, quickly ending the first round. shu’s character jumps around, crouching up and down on your corpse to mess with you. of course, the taunt worked.

“oh, you wanna play dirty huh?” you comment threateningly while shu just snickers, proud smirk never disappearing from his face. you equip a sniper in the second round, climbing up to the highest vantage point. you see a silhouette of a character, and your scope swiftly locks onto them, taking only one headshot to earn the point.

“y/n honey that was so good!” nina cheers, to the dismay of vox and his wine funds. shu grins despite his loss. “you’re kinda good, not gonna lie.” you raise an eyebrow, playfully offended before bursting into laughter. “i’m offended you only realize that now, shu.” “nah, i wanted to baby you earlier. little kouhai ~” the unexpected reply from the sorcerer makes your eyes widen in surprise. heat creeps up to your cheeks and you tried slapping it away, though it only made your face redder in the process. shu notices your sudden silence, his signature v-shaped smile never once wavering. you regained composure before going on with the rest of the match. the both of you playfully banter and trash talk each other throughout, occasionally talking about random topics while playing to lighten the mood.

it flies by what seemed to be a while, and soon the final round has come. your eyes dart towards the scores, 12-12. one more point for either side and the match will be all over.

the spectator trio gushed to each other how tight the competition was. it was as if a knife could cut through the tension in the stream. the chat also seemed to be very nervous, despite it being nothing more than a friendly match.

“hey y/n, what do you think of me?” shu casually inquires, breaking the brief silence. you got caught off guard with the sudden question, taking a moment to regain thought. what did you think of him?

it was a question worth pondering over, well, for you at least. you did indeed like shu in a … rather more-than-platonic way. but like hell you would admit that on a livestream, so you go for the safe option. “well, you’re really nice. you help me a lot whenever i get some technical difficulties and i’m really thankful for tha —” your train of thought gets cut when you heard footsteps to your right.

you get clicked back into reality as soon as you spot shu’s character. you immediately shoot towards him using your automatic gun, and after a split second he’s down. the end announcement flashes on your screen, victory. you won.

you can hear the delighted squeals of nina and rosemi ( well, mostly nina ) and vox and shu’s defeated ‘aw’s. the chat seemed to celebrate too, spamming ‘y/n gaming’ and whatnot.

“you saw through my trick,” shu said, chuckling sheepishly. “i just asked that question to distract you, sorry ‘bout that.” he got slightly more timid, and all you could do is stammer. you couldn’t believe that you did all that thinking for nothing, but oh well, it couldn’t be helped.

nina clasps her hands together and grins widely. “i think that’s enough gaming for today, yeah? y/n got the win, i’m getting my wine and vox is going broke. today is a good day, isn’t it, honeys?” the demon was groaning in dismay, which only made you giggle. the chat found it hilarious as well, filled with ‘LMAO’s and ‘LOL’s.

“yeaah, i’m definitely exhausted from all that gunning. i think my head is spinning right now,” you half-joke, yawning. “i think i’ll end the stream here. thank you for all the support! i’ll read all the supas and donations next stream, but for now i’ll go get my rest. bye bye everyone ~” your friends also bid goodbyes to their viewers before you all finally switch to your respective ending scenes. you lean back on your chair as your stream ended, eyes already drooping from tiredness.

your moment of silence was interrupted with a discord notification, a direct message coming from shu.

shu : hey

y/n : yeah?

shu : you were pretty good in the match earlier, wanna play again in the future or something

y/n : of course! you’re good too if i say so myself

shu : eyy nice

shu : oh one more thing

you subconsciously lean closer to the screen, intrigued by whatever he’s going to say next.

shu : what do you rlly think about me? i’m not asking this to distract you this time i’m genuinely curious

ah, you thought. you knew this question was going to come around once more but you didn’t expect it to be this early right after your stream.

y/n : you’re nice, supportive and funny. you’re really smart and calm too! i wanna be closer to you because i look up to you a lot

y/n : and why r u asking this rn? do you have a crush on me or something 🤨

shu : i

shu : actually yeah i guess i do

you blink once. twice. did you get tired to the point you’re hallucinating now? are you dreaming? you didn’t really believe what was happening. it was especially shocking how nonchalantly the sorcerer confirmed what you originally thought to be a joke.

as quickly as realization hit you, you felt your energy rushing back into your veins, the tension and tiredness from last stream melting away in an instant. you stared quietly at your computer screen, mustering up every functioning brain cell left in your mind to come up with a proper reply.

y/n : oh shit you do?

shu : yeah i guess so

y/n : well in that case… i guess i like you too

shu : oh sweet

shu : i know it's kinda late for you rn and i don't want you to lose sleep, maybe we can talk about this tomorrow morning through breakfast? i can pick you up if you want :)

heart pounding loudly beneath your chest, you didn’t try fighting the smile that grew on your face. your face heats up again, and you feel like a weight has been lifted off your shoulders. you reply one more time before shutting off your pc.

y/n : i’d like that a lot. good night shu <3

you sink into the softness of your bed, almost immediately falling asleep. you can’t wait to see him again.

[rumalumasuns]

"You are the finest, loveliest, tenderest, and most beautiful person I have ever known - and even that is an understatement" (F. Scott Fitzgerald) - With Uki Violeta

Based (loosely) on The Little Mermaid by Disney (no angst and seafoam here lol)

Part of my Living in a Fairy Tale series

!- Reader is Gender neutral (if I made a mistake somewhere I apologize and I'll fix it as soon as possible!)

!- Mentions of potion-making, spearing, blood, magic, witches, bones/skulls, stalking, light cursing

𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠, Uki Speaking

Original work by rumalumasuns, 12,565 words (I think this is my longest one lol-), unedited but I will do so when I have time later :)

Once upon a time,...

In the beautiful Mujigae Ocean, there was a kingdom of merpeople. Young, old, in between, and in all shapes and colors - the merpeople lived happily and sustainably. Although there was some more trouble now with the increasing surface-dweller population, the merpeople handled it by taking the trash that was thrown into their domains and creating items to use and trade with, or channeling the oily parts of their waters into powerhouses for some of their newer inventions.

Like any other kingdom, the Mujigae Kingdom had a royal family: Rikusan, the king, and his many children. There was no formal queen of the kingdom, and Rikusan let his children take on the surnames of their own mothers, so a lot of them had different last names.

Rikusan's children were as unique as they were powerful: one was an octomer who could write novels as beautifully as he looked, two others (twins) were fairy-mermaid hybrids who liked to cast spells to prank others, while another was a kind tigerfish mer who used her claws only when her family was being threatened.

The majority of the citizens of Mujigae loved and appreciated the children of Rikusan: not only were they pleasing to the eye, but they also protected the kingdom using their various powers. Despite this great love for the royal family, however, not all of the individual royals of Mujigae were loved.

In particular, there was one merman prince whom the people were wary of - Uki Violeta.

Uki was a soft soul who had a hardened exterior, making him hard to approach. Additionally, he was one of the most powerful out of all of Rikusan's children, as the night he was born the gem of a star had come down from the sky, plunged into the water, and came to Uki, blessing him. A sign of this blessing was a small flower mark under his right eye, as well as heterochromia from the effects of the star's power.

Uki's blessing made him a psychic: a telekinetic combined with a mind reader. This made him admired by some. Uki's abilities were known for foiling many assassinations on the royal family and for causing multiple attacks on the kingdom to fail. For this, both his family and his people were grateful. However, his actions also made the Mujigae Kingdom's enemies bitter and waiting for revenge.

Although Uki was loved by some, in particular by three brothers in his family who always tried to protect him, others were skeptical of him. Some people in the corners of the ocean whisper doubts about Uki's intentions. What if he were to turn someday and tried to take the throne for his own? Uki certainly could have a motive: he wasn't the oldest of the Mujigae royals and was near the end of the line to become crown royal, meaning if he wanted to have the throne he would have to fight for it. These wary merpeople decided to avoid him whenever possible and only pay their respects when they absolutely needed to.

Others hated Uki - particularly the enemies of the kingdom whom he was able to defeat easily with his powers. Infiltrations into the palace were always attempted but failed because Uki would be able to detect the traitor or the spy in an instant. He also had no problem defeating their soldiers with just a flick of his hand.

This made him a target of speculation and anger, even within the palace walls. Despite what his loved ones, such as his brothers Sonny, Alban, and Yugo, tried to do for him, Uki decided to keep to himself and not cause a stir whenever possible. He didn't mind that his other siblings were more loved than him, or that he chose to stay in his room for their sakes. Uki quite liked the solace sometimes. However, it didn't stop his heart from stinging whenever the crowds became quieter as he approached, or when he saw the fear in the eyes of the children as they gazed at the flower under his right eye.

To fill this void he felt within himself, Uki chose to read - from the royal palace's cookbooks to the fantasy novels in the palace library. Uki quite liked to read the novels - imagining two souls falling in love and accepting each other for who they were after going through hardships together made his heart swell. He longed for that connection, for love that he has never had before.

He wanted it so badly, that one night Uki decided to venture out of his room, and swim to the surface. One of the tales he had read was about how one of his kind, a merperson, chased after royalty from the surface world. Despite all the hardships they went through, the two ended up falling in love and the story concluded with a happy ending. Uki figured that if one of his own kind wouldn't accept him, perhaps someone else - some other being could.

While thinking about this, Uki swam even faster to the surface, until his eyes were able to peek out from the ocean. He had tried to go to a location that was near what humans like to call a shore. To his luck, there was a being on the sand - Uki believed that his textbooks called the creature "a human male". The man had grey hair and a red lightning scar on his left eye. His ears were different from Uki's ears - unlike the purple scales Uki had at the tips, the man had ears were entirely made of flesh! The man's hands were also different from Uki's webbed ones: while one was also flesh, the other looked red and made out of some of the metal trash that the merpeople collected. In that metal hand was a notepad.

Uki's tail began swishing excitedly in the water.

'A human!' he thought, and with care, he swam towards the shore. First, he let the man know of his presence by splashing the surface of the water from underneath. Uki saw the man become alert. Slowly, Uki popped his head out of the water, his hair soppy and covering his ears. He shyly stuck out his fingertips from the water and waved.

The man looked straight at him, before laughing.

"You scared me, man! Why are you fooling around like that? Jeez, I almost got a heart attack."

"S-sorry," Uki managed to stutter out, as his face grew warm from having to talk to someone new.

"All good. Want to come out from the water? Isn't it cold?"

Uki shook his head, little droplets scattering across the water's surface.

"I'm fine, thanks."

The man nodded, before waving at Uki with the notepad.

"I'm Fulgur, by the way. Fulgur Ovid. I'm a marine biologist. You are?"

"Uh, I'm Uki. Uki Violeta."

"Oh, I've never heard about you before. Are you new to town?"

"...Yep," said Uki. He hoped that Fulgur would take his bluff.

After the initial awkward reaction, Fulgur and Uki led a normal conversation about the moonlight - Uki asked Fulgur about the town because he didn't know much about it as he "just moved in". Fulgur was happy to oblige and offered to show Uki around the town if Uki came out of the water. Uki politely refused but asked Fulgur to meet him again around this time the next day, to which Fulgur agreed.

Many months passed, and Uki spent time talking to Fulgur at night as he told Uki about his work and how he recorded the marine wildlife that became more active at night, as well as stories of his life and his sibling, and stories of the town. Through their conversations, Uki found that he could trust Fulgur, who revealed to him that one of his ancestors, one of the town's founders, was a mermaid.

"Speaking of, how come you're always in the water whenever we meet, Uki?"

"Oh, uh... I like swimming?"

Fulgur looked at Uki with a raised eyebrow. Uki knew that Fulgur already had suspicions that he was a merperson, but he hoped that Fulgur would take his bluff just one more time. Fulgur just nodded in understanding and laughed.

"Sure, we'll go with that. Just tell me when you're ready."

And Uki did, a couple days later. One night he nervously waited for Fulgur to come out onto the shore, his hair tucked behind his scaly ear. Soon, he heard a rustle from the tall bushes on the shore. Out came Fulgur, notebook in hand as always. He then saw Uki and waved as usual, before his eyes widened upon seeing Uki's ears.

"Oh my- you really are one of them!" he exclaimed excitedly. Uki, who braced himself for the worst, was surprised, then elated. Fulgur wasn't afraid of him.

The largest smile spread over his face.

"Yep!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A couple of years passed since Uki had ventured out from his castle at night.

Not many people at the palace noticed Uki's absence, except for three of his brothers, because Uki tended to keep to himself anyways. However, his brothers Sonny, Yugo, and Alban noticed his subtle changes. For instance, Uki's room in the palace was now filled with many things from the surface, from books (which Fulgur waterproofed for Uki) to what humans call a "fork". Once, Alban questioned it.

"Ya know, I tend to hoard lots of sparkly human things, but not so many of the unshiny ones. Where'd you get all this stuff anyways?"

Uki just smiled, saying he found things while wandering around at night. Although Yugo expressed his worries about his brother going around alone at night, he didn't question it much. Sonny just inspected the items to make sure they weren't threatening to Uki, as he was well-versed in things that come from the surface that is threatening. They let him be, though, seeing that the objects and just talking about the surface made Uki much happier, which they loved to see.

Just like they think, Uki is happier than he was a couple years ago, especially when humans or the surface world are mentioned. Although the merpeople around him were still wary of him, he didn't mind as much. He not only had the support of his brothers but now he also had Fulgur and time on the surface away from the ocean. Thanks to this, Uki became much more content about himself.

During these years, Uki and Fulgur became like brothers. While Uki helped Fulgur learn more about the creatures of the ocean and merpeople, Fulgur taught him how to write in various human languages and introduced Uki to the internet. Additionally, with Uki's permission, Fulgur also tested out various elixirs both on himself and on Uki - one to help with water breathing and another to help turn Uki's fin into legs.

It only took a year until Fulgur finally developed the right formula to make water breathing and Uki’s fin-into-legs elixirs. Although these only provided temporary changes, it was a milestone for Fulgur who wanted to explore more of the ocean and Uki who longed to go on the surface rather than stay in the water.

The first time Uki was able to have full legs (not just conjoined legs with fins for feet), he cried after being able to take his first step. The potion lasted for a couple minutes before Uki's legs turned into tail once more.

Now, Uki had a couple months of walking experience, while Fulgur's underwater breathing elixir allowed the user to create a bubble of air around the face and breathe underwater for 20 minutes.

For the sake of keeping things a secret, Fulgur kept the formulas for the elixirs in a safe that he only knew of. He didn’t want to sell the formula or reveal it to the public because he didn’t want the ocean to become something that humankind conquered, and he didn’t want Uki’s secret to be discovered.

Uki didn’t know about what Fulgur did with the formulas, just happy about the fact that they worked. Now, he could stay on the surface for much longer and actually go into the places that Fulgur talked about in his stories.

Their lives were pretty normal, and no one really threatened Uki's existence.

...Yet.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Once, while Uki was chilling in his mermaid form in a large tank in Fulgur's lab that was overlooking the shore, someone burst through the front door. Like a deer in headlights, Uki froze, staring wide-eyed at the person who came in.

"𝐅𝐔𝐔-𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍~! 𝐈𝐓'𝐒 𝐁𝐄𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐆, 𝐁𝐑𝐎! 𝐈 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐎𝐃~!" shouted the person excitedly. They then noticed Uki, just as Fulgur came into the room with a tired face.

"Y/N, how many times have I told you not to slam open the door like that-"

"𝐎𝐡! 𝐀 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞! 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮! 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫'𝐬 𝐛𝐨𝐲𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝- 𝐖𝐀𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐀 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐃 𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐋-"

"Y/N! Enough!" said Fulgur before slapping his hand lightly over Y/N's mouth, to which Y/N responded by licking the hand.

Fulgur's face scrunched up in disgust before wiping his hand and going over to Uki, who looked at Fulgur.

"Uki, meet my sibling, Y/N Ovid. Y/N, this is Uki. He's the friend I was talking about. Yes, he's a merperson, get over it."

Y/N gasped, but not in horror like Uki expected, but in delight. Their eyes were sparkling.

Uki's breath hitched when looking at their excited expression.

'How can someone look so gorgeous?'

As a royal mermaid prince, Uki had to go to several balls in order to fulfill his royal duties. Merpeople attended these balls decked out to the nines in fine pearls, sea glass, and surface metals, not only trying to show off their wealth but also appealing to the royals of the kingdom. However beautiful they may have been, none of them could hold a candle to the person standing in front of him.

Y/N held their hand out to Uki, smiling brightly. Uki slowly took it, although unsure of what he was supposed to do. Y/N shook it up and down.

"𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐔𝐤𝐢!"

Uki smiled shyly, while Fulgur eyed his face with suspicion before pulling the two apart.

"Alright, break it up you two. We have work to do. Give me that food," he said as he took the wrapped-up lunch boxes that Y/N cooked for him.

"𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐔𝐤𝐢 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐈 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞…," said Y/N sheepishly, but Fulgur paid no mind to it.

"He can just have some of mine," he said, unwrapping the boxes on a table meant for eating.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐨!" said Y/N, offering a rice ball up to Uki. Uki reached down and took it, examining the curious food item.

Although Fulgur showed Uki a lot about the surface, the cuisine was not one of them. Fulgur barely ate himself unless he got a call from his sibling to eat. So, Uki was excited to eat something new. He took one big chomp, then froze.

"...𝐈𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝?" asked Y/N, who watched Uki's reaction, hoping it wasn't terrible. Y/N took a liking to Uki and hoped that he would enjoy their food. The way to a man's heart is through his stomach, after all.

Uki then looked at Y/N with shining eyes.

"It's- It's AMAZING! More please!" he said, making grabby hands. He didn't care if he seemed like an infant, Uki wanted more.

Y/N laughed before handing over more rice balls to him.

Fulgur watched the whole interaction while sipping on tea that Y/N put in a thermos bottle for him. He had a feeling about what was going to happen but decided not to comment on it. If it happened, it happened.

And it did.

From that day onwards, Y/N came daily to the lab, always bringing delicious smelling and tasting food for the three of them to eat. Y/N got to know more about Uki, as well as tried out Fulgur's underwater breathing elixir, even swimming with Uki in his tank.

Uki was thrilled to meet someone new from the surface. From Y/N, Uki learned about the concept of "university" and found out that Y/N wanted to specialize in genetic research. He also got to know more about their family (including Fulgur, or Fuu-chan, as Y/N calls him) and why Y/N liked cooking. Y/N got to learn about Uki's past, including how he was often left alone by his peers because of his powers (though he forgot to tell Y/N about the fact that he was a prince). As the two got to know more about each other, Y/N eventually felt more than just initial attractiveness towards Uki. They found out that he was not only humorous and cute but also that he was stronger than he knows, as well as humble and kind.

Because they held Uki in such high regard, Y/N felt like helping Fulgur improve the formula for turning Uki's fin into legs. Because of their help, Fulgur and Y/N were able to improve the elixir enough to extend the time that Uki could walk on land from 30 minutes to three hours.

These changes led Y/N to beg Fulgur to allow them to take Uki out to the rest of the town. They promised wholeheartedly that they would keep Uki safe and make sure that he would never be found out by having a timer to warn them before he would have his fin turn back into legs.

Fulgur was extremely reluctant: he never brought Uki too far from his lab, and he was always there to make sure nothing was to happen to Uki. Sure, the elixir they used for turning Uki's fin into legs was much more improved, and Uki was able to walk very well. Fulgur was able to teach Uki enough human customs to not stand out too much, but still, Fulgur couldn't help but worry. And if Uki was ever found out, then what would ever happen to Y/N? Fulgur made a promise to their late parents that he would protect them no matter what.

Despite these many questions, one look into Y/N's eyes showed that Y/N would not give up on bringing Uki more into the human world, with or without Fulgur's approval. Fulgur sighed, knowing he'd much prefer it if Y/N could do it with his approval than without. So, he begrudgingly let them go.

Before Y/N could run off, Fulgur hurriedly set a timer watch and placed it around Y/N's wrist, while Y/N just rolled their eyes and nodded.

"Watch out for numbness in the legs, it's a sign that he's turning back."

They gave him a thumbs up in understanding, saying they'll be careful, before squealing in delight and turning around to drag Uki away to their car (after giving him an elixir for five hours).

"Be careful!" shouted Fulgur after the car. Luckily, the lab was far from other parts of the town, so no one would hear him.

Fulgur hefted another long sigh, hoping that no incident would happen.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲?" asked Y/N tentatively, looking over at Uki. They were standing in the lobby area of a club. While Y/N wore a white crop top (note: anyone can wear a crop top!) with deep purple wide-leg suit trousers, Uki was decked out with black wide-leg suit trousers, a white belt with a silver buckle, a deep purple shirt, and a black leather jacket. Around his neck were a matching black leather choker and silver chains. Though his hair was unstyled, Uki was, to Y/N at least, making the room seem much hotter than it already was.

Uki nodded, his heart thumping wildly. He was nervous but excited. He was about to be surrounded by a bunch of humans when the most he had been around was two at once.

Despite all these new things, Uki knew he would be alright. After all, Y/N would be with him the entire night, something he absolutely loved, and he was going to learn more about human culture.

Y/N nodded before they beckoned him to follow them to a door. As they got closer, Uki heard the sounds of booming, music, and laughter getting louder. Once Y/N pulled back the door, the full blast of music hit Uki's ears, and his eyes were occupied by the neon lights blaring in the darkness and the crowds of humans dancing in the strobe lights.

Uki was still, taking it all in. He was really here, like a real human. Y/N laughed at his dumbstruck expression, before taking his arm and pulling him into the dark area.

Through Y/N, Uki experienced club dancing, socializing, and, most importantly, alcohol.

Y/N actually knew the club's two bartenders: Luca and Nina. After drinking something Y/N thought Uki would like, Uki got a little tipsy and called Nina's hair "old hair" because it was the color grey.

Panicked, Y/N tried to explain to Nina that "old hair" was just what his culture called grey hair. Before Nina could get offended, however, Uki commented on how pretty Nina was, too pretty for "old hair", which flattered her and made her anger disappear in a moment. Instead, she gave Uki more to drink, which made him giggle and thank her while offering her his glass with two hands.

Y/N smacked their forehead in exhaustion before ordering a drink from Luca, who laughed at Y/N's reaction and pogged his way into making Y/N a drink while making them laugh.

Uki and Y/N had so much fun, and they were so tipsy, that they forgot something very important. The time.

At some point, Uki started tapping Y/N on the shoulder.

"Hey Y/N, my legs feel weird, haha," slurred out Uki. Y/N laughed with him before Fulgur's words vaguely came into their mind.

"Watch out for numbness in the legs, it's a sign that he's turning back."

Y/N's eyes widened, and they looked down at Uki's legs. Sure enough, the pants were starting to stretch out to accommodate for the fusing of legs. In a panic, Y/N hoisted Uki to his feet while he still had them, and excused themselves from Luca and Nina, who waved their goodbyes.

Although Y/N had some trouble dealing with Uki's floppy legs when they felt just as drunk, their adrenaline enabled them to keep going.

Luckily, Y/N and Uki made it to the club's mixed restroom in time before Uki's legs were completely molded together. Once inside the mixed restroom, which was blessedly empty, Y/N opened one of the big stalls and placed Uki in there before taking out a water bottle of seawater from their bag.

Uki's legs were now completely gone, and all that was left was the shredded remains of the pants he wore and his purple tail, dull from the lack of seawater. Y/N opened the bottle and poured its contents all over Uki's tail, which immediately soaked the water up and became shimmery.

Before Y/N could sigh in relief, however, a gasp and a small scream came from behind them, and Y/N whipped around in a panic only to make eye contact with two people standing at the entrance of the mixed restroom. One was trying to frantically pull their phone out from their purse and another was on the verge of screaming even louder.

Y/N swiftly ran up to them and knocked them out, before taking the phone that came out from the purse and checking it to make sure no footage of Uki was taken. Luckily, there wasn't, and Y/N hoped that by the time the people woke up, they would think that they had a crazy dream. Just in case, Y/N phoned Luca and Nina to "take care of them" by giving them a drink at the bar strong enough to give them short-term memory loss. They explained it was because one of them was hitting on Uki, and Y/N wanted them to forget Uki's face. Nina chuckled knowingly before agreeing, while Luca just laughed at Y/N in the background.

After getting their confirmation, Y/N, now having a blushy face, gave Uki a spare elixir they had in their bag and called a taxi to take them home. They also took out a pair of pants for Uki to wear on the way out. The elixir was one of Fulgur's earlier creations, so they would only maintain Uki's legs for 30 minutes. So, Y/N decided to go back to their penthouse, which was much closer to the club than Fulgur's lab.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Y/N sighed in relief as they put down Uki's body into the large bathtub of their penthouse (Y/N's got muscles!). They then turned on the faucet and poured a chloride-sodium mix into the water to make an environment similar to the ocean for Uki's tail to be healthy.

Neither of them spoke, the room silent save for the sound of running water as the volume in the tub increased.

"𝐔𝐤𝐢… 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧," said Y/N tentatively.

Uki's attention snapped to Y/N, a face of disbelief.

"What are you saying? I want to be here with you...," he said in a tone of disappointment and hurt.

But Uki and Y/N both knew that Y/N was right. If Uki were to be discovered, not only would people forcibly want to take him away, but they would also go after the rest of Uki's home.

Still, Uki was stubborn: he had just been able to live the life that he wanted to, where he was accepted and had someone who looked past his powers. Heck, looked past the fact that he was an entirely different species!

"But- But Y/N? What if I wanted to stay?"

"𝐔𝐤𝐢-"

"WHAT IF I WANTED TO STAY! I- THEY- THEY CAN'T EVEN DO ANYTHING TO ME! I- I WANT TO BE WITH YOU! I- I JUST!- I just-... Y/N. Please," said Uki desperately, as he reached out to them from his place in Y/N's large bathtub.

"𝐔𝐤𝐢…," said Y/N, walking over to where Uki was before taking his hand with a sad smile. "If you stay here, you might die. Today was a really close call."

Uki was about to protest before Y/N placed a finger over his mouth.

"𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐔𝐤𝐢. 𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐇𝐞𝐜𝐤, 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐔𝐤𝐢…"

They trailed off before taking a deep breath and both of Uki's hands in their hands and looking into his eyes.

"𝐔𝐤𝐢, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞. 𝐁𝐮𝐭, 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞, 𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞."

Uki's heart thumped loudly and blood rushed to his ears. Y/N... loves him?? But still wants him to be away, for his safety?...

He peered at Y/N through his lashes, trying to pout and show them how much he hated their suggestion, while also trying to hide his blush. But, he also knew that they were very close to being exposed, and they could've both been in danger. There was no way the surface dwellers would accept him. A miracle would have to happen if he wanted to stay. If only he was human...

A lightbulb went off in Uki's head, but he wanted to surprise Y/N. He acted reluctantly as he let go of Y/N's hands and crossed his arms.

"...Fine, I'll go back. But you absolutely have to wait for me on shore tomorrow night."

"𝐈 𝐚𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐝𝐨," said Y/N with a sigh of relief. Uki then shyly took one of the hands of Y/N's to his lips and gave it a cautious and light kiss. Y/N flushed before laughing and giving his hand a kiss back as if to seal the promise.

Uki and Y/N then spent the rest of the evening together in the bathroom, just talking about things, with the occasional forehead and hand kisses. Eventually, Y/N brought their waterproof tablet to the bathroom so that they could watch KDramas together while holding hands.

All the while, Uki's plan was forming in his head.

When Fulgur came to the penthouse later on, he drove Uki back to the ocean, making sure that Uki was doing okay after finding out what happened in the club. Uki then waved to Fulgur as he swam into the sea, then dived down, swimming towards the capital to get to his room in the palace.

Once in his room, he gathered some valuables he owned, including several golden doubloons and rare commodities made from the surface's trash. These items were stashed away in a bag and hidden in his closet.

With this bag, Uki resolved to go to the place he was forbidden from going to - the Sea Witch's cave.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"Welcome," said a voice echoing through the cave as Uki entered it.

Uki was at the witch's cave, hoping to gain a way to become a human. If the change had to be permanent, Uki didn't think it was so bad. After all, the majority of the Mujigae kingdom didn't care about him, so his becoming a human shouldn't be that much of a deal.

Uki clutched his bag of trading items close to his chest as he was surrounded by skeletons - likely the army for the witch, and also the damned souls that weren't able to fulfill their deals with her. He gulped - as powerful as he was, Uki was not able to get out of deals that were written the way that the witch wrote them, as the witch used magic for her contracts.

Finally, Uki got to the innermost part of the cave, where he saw whom he presumed was the witch, hunched over a black pot filled with various ingredients. Noticing his presence, the witch turned around, arms spread in welcome.

"Hello! I've been expecting you," said the Sea Witch, with a sharp grin. Uki heard rumors of the Sea Witch, though seeing the real being was quite different from legend. He never saw anything like her.

The witch was not quite an octomer, though she had tentacles, not quite a lanternfish mer, though a large light source protuded from her forehead, and not quite a shark mer, although she was the color and had the teeth of one.

Though her smile was welcoming, her eyes were cold, black voids. Uki got chills from the sight of her, but steeled himself when remembering Y/N's face, and thinking about the surprised and happy face that they'll have once they see Uki.

"*Ahem* How can I become human?"

"Oh," said the witch in surprise. "I haven't heard that request in a while. Well, you need to give up your most prized possession."

"I see- well, here's my signed copy of a book I have cherished since childhood-"

"I'll stop you right there, honey," said the witch, her face growing into a twisted grin as she seemed to grow in size in front of Uki.

"I require nonmaterial things, such as your voice, among other things."

"...What other things?"

"Hmm, memories of that person you like in their head," said the witch, as she brought out a looking crystal made of sea glass, and an image of Y/N buying groceries showed up.

Uki's eyes widened in panic.

"How do you have that?" he asked as he reached for the orb in a panic.

The witch put her hand in front of him, stopping him from getting the crystal.

"You can give me your voice or your powers, and I will also be taking the memories of you from this person. There is a hefty price to pay for wanting to become human. It's a hard spell to perform, you know."

With her words, the witch conjured a contract out of thin air, and a pen to sign it with, dipped in gold ink. The contract stated that if Uki wanted to have what he lost come back to him, he had to make his special person remember him and love him back within a week. If he failed, then Uki would become a servant to the Sea Witch for eternity.

Uki hesitated as he held the pen. Y/N, forgetting about him? He would have to befriend them again, make them love him again... And what if he failed?

But, if he were to surpass all the odds, it meant being able to be with them for the rest of his life. Uki made a decision: he would do it. He knew he could. So, his grip on the pen became tighter.

"I'll give you my voice. Please, make me a human," he said, his hand decisively signing the contract.

The witch's smile turned wicked and her eyes twinkled maliciously for a moment before she composed herself and waved her hand, making the contract disappear. She then beckoned Uki toward the center of the cave. He set down his things, before swimming to the center. He eyed the witch warily but remembered that what he was doing was all for Y/N's sake, and began to prepare for the worst.

"No funny business," he warned, his eyes glowing with psychic energy. The witch flinched before nodding hastily, then began to chant around Uki. Golden and green swirls of energy surrounded Uki, particularly his legs, and he began to change.

While she was chanting, the Sea Witch reflected on the deal she just made. She knew of Uki's power and was one of the few who coveted it. She wouldn't dare harm the vessel that held it before she could use it as her own. The Sea Witch was sure that Uki would fail, so she wasn't too worried that she wouldn't get her power. She would just wait until the time was up. And of course, she wouldn't let Uki alone either - she'd do her best to make the spell so strong that she was sure his precious person would never remember him ever again.

Though she thought that Uki would never notice her thoughts through her chanting, Uki heard them loud and clear. He began to make a plan on his own - he had to get back to Y/N safely and had to help them remember who he was.

And he wouldn't be alone in getting help. Luckily, Uki had an advantage that the Sea With did not think of.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Fulgur was on the beach, getting ready to go underwater to record more observations on the wildlife in the coral forests near the shore, before hearing a series of splashes coming from the ocean. He turned around, only to witness Uki coming out from the water, half-naked and with a happy smile, waving to Fulgur. Uki had a bag slung over his shoulder, and a skirt made of seaweed was clumsily around his waist.

Fulgur laughed at Uki's appearance and was about to wave back with glee before his eyes widened in realization.

"Wait, Uki- how do you have legs?? I didn't give you an elixir... WAIT YOU NEED PANTS-"

Uki opened his mouth, trying to speak to explain before remembering that he had given his voice away. He then had an idea, grabbing a notebook from his bag (kept dry using magic) and scribbling hurriedly on it with charcoal.

He came close to Fulgur, holding out the notebook to him so he could read it out loud.

"I may have traded my tail and possibly sold my souldtothedevilIneed yourhelptohaveY/Nrememberme- WAIT WHAT-"

Fulgur grabbed Uki's shoulders, panic in his eyes.

"YOU MADE A DEAL WITH A WITCH?? AND Y/N NEEDS TO REMEMBER YOU TO BREAK THE SPELL?? UKI- WHY??"

Uki explained through writing that he wanted to be on land with Y/N like other humans, without the help of potions and such. Fulgur groaned at Uki's stupidity, head in his hands.

"Wait, why can't we just tell Y/N about you?"

Uki shook his head, explaining that Y/N had to remember him on their own, and also love him back. Fulgur sighed again, before grabbing his phone to call Y/N over. Uki was about to smack Fulgur's phone out of his hands, before he was calmed down.

"Chill - I'm only inviting them over. Then, I'll check to verify that they really forgot you. If they did, then I'll re-introduce you as a friend who's helping me with my research. Got it?"

Excitedly, Uki nodded, his eyes shining and his hands making lots of hearts and thank you signs to Fulgur, who just sighed at his antics and gripped his forehead.

"It's going to be a long week. You think you can really do it? Beat the witch's conditions, I mean," asked Fulgur. Uki nodded.

"Alright then. Well, first order of business, you need some pants," said Fulgur pointedly as he gestured to the flimsy seaweed skirt that was slipping apart. He took off his jacket and wrapped it around Uki's waist. While tying it, he continued speaking.

"Let's try to get my sibling to remember you by recreating similar moments. For instance, why don't we try making some rice balls to give them when they get here? They told me they'll be here in an hour, so let's go."

Uki nodded, fists balling up in determination. Rice balls were the first thing he tasted on the surface, and they were from the hands of Y/N. This time, he would make some for them, hopefully just as good.

Though he was saddened by the fact that Y/N wasn't waiting for him on the shore, just like they promised the night before, he was ready to try and gain their love back again. He will get through this, and hopefully, get Y/N to remember him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After lots of struggling with forming proper rice balls, putting in the correct ratio of black sesame seeds, nori, and rice, as well as other seasonings and fillings, and plating them, Uki finally finished making rice balls that looked similar to the ones he ate when he first met Y/N.

He stood anxiously in the lab's kitchen, waiting for Y/N's arrival, when someone burst through the door.

"𝐅𝐔𝐔-𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐍! 𝐈'𝐌 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄! 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝?" said the musical voice that Uki had been waiting for for hours. His heart clenched and he longed to go out right away and just embrace Y/N, but that would just be weird. Y/N doesn't remember him. Just in case they did happen to remember, though, Uki cautiously peeked around the corner. His breath hitched in his throat again. They looked even more gorgeous than last night, and even the first time they met.

Their hair was tousled, likely because they drove here with the windows down. On their face was a large smile as they glomped Fulgur, who just patted them awkwardly on the back, as he thought about how Uki must be hiding somewhere and watching this with a sad face. After they parted, Fulgur rubbed his hands on his neck.

"Hey Y/N, I wanted to ask you if you remember Uki? You know, my friend I met in uni?" asked Fulgur, lying about Uki being a university friend. Unfortunately for Uki, Y/N looked confused.

"𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐢? 𝐍𝐨, 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐔𝐤𝐢. 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐫."

Uki's eyes widened at their words. That means that Y/N didn't completely forget about him.

'Maybe...' he thought, and he cautiously stepped out, rice balls on a tray in his hand. It only took Y/N a couple seconds until they noticed them.

"𝐎𝐡, 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨! 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐔𝐤𝐢? 𝐈'𝐦 𝐘/𝐍, 𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮! 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧!" they exclaimed with excitement, eyes sparkling just as brightly as when they first met. Uki smiled and nodded. Y/N tilted their head, confused as to why Uki wasn't speaking.

"Ah, right. I forgot to mention that he lost his voicebox in an accident recently," said Fulgur, trying to come up with a semi-reasonable explanation as to what happened.

"𝐎𝐡 𝐧𝐨! 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐔𝐤𝐢!" said Y/N. "𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧. 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐣𝐚 𝐯𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐂𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐲, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡…," they pondered.

Fulgur gave Uki a look. They were at least able to confirm something: Y/N hadn't completely forgotten about Uki. At least he seemed somewhat familiar to them. It means that they would be more comfortable when hanging around Uki.

Putting that revelation aside, Uki went up to Y/N and offered them some rice balls.

"𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐞? 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮!" they said with a large grin, swiping one of the rice balls before chomping down on it.

"𝐌𝐦𝐦!! 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝! 𝐈 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫! 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐧𝐞?" Uki beamed, and shook his head, holding the tray out to Y/N, who took another two balls.

Witnessing the entire exchange, Fulgur sighed in relief.

'They'll be fine,' he thought. "Alright, Y/N. I'll leave him to you," said Fulgur, before going back to his research. Y/N looked at Uki before blushing a little and taking out a notepad from their bag.

"𝐔-𝐮𝐡𝐦, 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞?" they said tentatively as they held out the notepad to Uki. Uki set down the rice ball tray on a nearby table (FAR AWAY from all the lab equipment, by the way) before delicately taking Y/N's notepad and taking out a pen from his pocket.

"Thank you," wrote Uki in cursive. Y/N nodded, as they looked away and began to fan themselves.

'𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐦 𝐈 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝?? 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐰𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐞?? 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐭, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲- 𝐀𝐆𝐇 𝐏𝐀𝐘 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐇𝐈𝐌 𝐇𝐄'𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔, 𝐈𝐃𝐈𝐎𝐓!'

Chaotic thoughts ran through Y/N's head, and Uki couldn't help but listen to them. Normally, he would never invade Y/N's privacy, but he did have to check on his progress to see how they were feeling about him. He was pleased after listening for a little while and was even proud of himself for being able to make them flustered again, even though they lost their memory.

'Good, I just need to keep this up,' he thought, as he looked out the window behind Y/N's head. The sun was setting, and a day had gone by.

Only six days remained.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The rest continued much like the first time Y/N and Uki met, except Uki didn't tell much about his powers or his mermaid self to Y/N, just about how he grew up pretty alone. Uki got to learn the same things that Y/N told him before, including something they didn't tell him before: two creeps.

Two creeps showed up at Y/N's university a couple months ago, and they were constantly following Y/N around and trying to isolate and talk with them about random things for no reason. Y/N confessed to Uki that they were getting really sick of their nonsense, and considered calling the police on them many times.

"Why didn't you?" wrote Uki, frowning at Y/N out of concern. Y/N shrugged and shook their head.

"𝐈'𝐦 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧."

They then started to flex their arm muscles jokingly, to which Uki silently chuckled at.

"𝐏𝐥𝐮𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲'𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞."

Uki and Y/N were able to grow closer throughout the week, easily because Y/N felt comfortable with Uki. They really liked him - his manners, how he always tried to take care of them, and how he was always concerned for them, but still kept his boundaries. Y/N appreciated that a lot, especially when they didn't meet many people like Uki.

So, on the last day that Uki had to get Y/N to remember him, Y/N miraculously decided to invite Uki over to their place. Uki, surprised but excited, agreed after confirming that it was alright for him to go.

They drove from Fulgur's lab to Y/N's penthouse. As Uki stepped into the place, he remembered the last time he was there. It was the last time Y/N knew of his true self as a merman. It was the last time he felt their embrace and kisses and listened to their words of love. It was the last time he saw them before he gained permanent legs. Y/N was fidgeting as they saw Uki scan their home.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭?"

Uki turned to them before smiling brightly and giving two thumbs-ups. Y/N smiled in relief at his response, before offering Uki something to eat. Eagerly, he nodded and sat in the dining room while Y/N went to the kitchen to whip up something - they called it spaghetti alla carbonara. As they cooked, they heard Uki sniff the air which was now filling with the smell of garlic and fried eggs.

When Y/N finally finished up with the dish and placed it on the table, Uki looked at Y/N with wide eyes. The dish looked so delicious and smelled amazing, that Uki could not wait to dig in. Y/N chuckled and handed Uki a fork. He stared at the utensil. Long ago, during some of his first weeks here, he thought that the silverware was meant for hair care. Fulgur was quick to teach him otherwise, but Uki still had embarrassing memories of that time. Uki sucked in a deep breath before positioning the fork like Fulgur instructed him to. He then took a large portion of the spaghetti and shoved it in his mouth before any noodle or egg piece could fall off. His face became one of awe at the taste, and he smiled widely at Y/N. The spaghetti was delicious. Y/N grinned fondly at Uki's content face before eating some spaghetti too.

Before Uki could revel in the flavors of the food any longer, he was startled by loud banging noises on Y/N's door. He turned to Y/N questioningly, motioning at the door, before noticing that Y/N's eyes were widened in shock.

"𝐈… 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐮-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞. 𝐍𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐞𝐥𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞…"

Uki's eyes widened, before turning to the door. The door got pounded on again before the lock on the door started jingling. Wariness heightening, Uki stood up and positioned himself in front of Y/N protectively. They heard muffled talking on the other side.

"...open!...damn door..."

"..hurry... stupid-"

Uki and Y/N then heard the door make a *click* before swinging wide open, revealing two tall figures.

"Y/N!~ WE'RE HERE!~ IT'S ME, FLORA!" said the tall female, who tried to swoop and hug Y/N, not even registering Uki's presence until she bumped into him.

"AND JETT!" yelled the tall male, likely Flora's sibling, who tried to tackle Y/N and shove Uki aside, but Uki refused to budge, only holding onto Y/N's hand, which was now balled into a fist.

"𝐖-𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐂𝐊! 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐰𝐨?? 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞? 𝐍𝐨, 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞?!"

"Well, sweetie, we found out that you don't dorm in the uni, and so we wanted to hang out, but couldn't!" whined Jett with a pout.

"So, we took some time to look through some security cameras and also we looked after you as you went on your way home! Now, we can hang out whenever!" said Flora ecstatically, her face showing a smile that was off-putting to Uki.

Uki glared at the two silently. Not only did they ruin the atmosphere, but they dare to stalk Y/N?! He was pissed. Clearly, his negative energy was apparent, because Jett then turned to Uki with a glare.

"And who are ya, huh?" he asked pointedly, going up close to Uki and poking at his face. Uki wanted to badly slap his hand away, but thought about Y/N's safety and instead decided to wait it out and see what happens. He gave no reaction.

"Huh... huh.... huh...," repeated Jett as he continued to poke Uki. Flora was snickering in the background.

Just as Y/N, who was really ticked off by the entire situation, was about to tell them to get out, Jett froze, and silence filled the room. He then raised his hand threateningly.

"𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭, 𝐉𝐞𝐭𝐭-!"

"Why won't you talk?!" exclaimed Jett, harshly smacking Uki's face and knocking him off balance. Uki fell to the floor, and the wind knocked out of his lungs by how strongly he was struck.

"Seriously, brother. His face pisses me off!" screeched Flora, her face wrinkled in disgust.

The siblings then turned to Y/N, sickeningly sweet smiles on their faces. Y/N just turned away from them, instead going to Uki's side and helping him up from the floor.

"Y/N, babe - why would you want to stick to that mute son of a gun?" asked Jett, annoyed at Y/N for ignoring them.

"Yeah, aren't we more charming to you? I thought you liked us," whined Flora.

Y/N rolled their eyes.

"𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲? 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐞 - 𝐰𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬!! 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐢 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐔𝐤𝐢 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧! 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐭, 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲. 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭, 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐬," Y/N said as they held up their phone, "911" brightly lit on the screen.

Jett huffed before kicking one of Y/N's potted plants near the front door. Flora glared at Uki on the way out, sticking up a birdie with her hands before leaving.

When it was clear that the two were gone, Y/N sighed in relief before turning around and touching Uki's cheek tenderly, bruised by Jett's punch.

"𝐎𝐡, 𝐧𝐨, 𝐔𝐤𝐢. 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭?"

Uki shook his head, but Y/N didn't care.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐥𝐞𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐅𝐮𝐮-𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭. 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐉𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐥𝐨𝐫𝐚 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐈'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐟."

They sat Uki down in the living room before heading to their medicine cabinet in the kitchen to grab some ointment, band-aids, and ice. The spaghetti was long forgotten on the dining table.

Y/N swiftly came back and gingerly put the ice pack on Uki's face, instructing him to hold onto it while getting into the car and driving to Fulgur's laboratory.

While in the car, Uki took out his mini notebook from his jacket pocket before scribbling something down quickly as Y/N pulled into Fulgur's lab's garage. Just as they finished parking and started to take out the band-aids and ointment for Uki's bruise, Uki finished with his inquiry and held it up to their face.

"Why did you help me? Those people looked dangerous... Are you sure you won't regret it later?" said the note, as Uki looked down and took Y/N's hand that was free from holding anything. His eyes were trained on the floor of the car in worry.

"𝐔𝐤𝐢 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮… 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞?" asked Y/N, making a face showing how in disbelief they were at Uki. Uki just nodded slightly, his eyes boring into the ground while fiddling with the zipper on Y/N's jacket with one hand and keeping an iron grip on Y/N's free hand with his other one. Y/N laughed.

"𝐍𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐲, 𝐔𝐤𝐢. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐬! 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮… 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐔𝐤𝐢, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 - 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝." said Y/N.

Uki's heart fluttered, and his face flushed as he looked up from the ground to stare at Y/N. Tears started to form in his eyes. Y/N said this to him before - he couldn't believe that Y/N would say those words to him again. It showed how much Y/N really loved him.

He smiled, causing the tears to roll down his cheeks, and let out a laugh. Only, this laugh wasn't silent - it was audible, and a musical, low-pitched laugh came out heartily.

Y/N smiled before their eyes widened in realization along with Uki's.

"𝐔𝐤𝐢?… 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡? 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲??" said Y/N with wonder as they reached out to touch Uki's face and wiped away a tear. Uki grasped at his throat.

"Ah, ah, oh my- oh my gosh. I- I HAVE MY VOICE BACK! Y/N, THIS IS WHAT I SOUND LIKE! IT'S ME, UKI!" exclaimed Uki with elation. He then quickly got out of the car, Y/N following after him. Once facing Y/N, Uki eagerly took their hands and started dancing around with them. They laughed with him as they spun around.

The joy was cut short when Y/N suddenly screamed from pain. They clutched their head, as memories of Uki and Y/N together came into their mind. Tears began to roll down Y/N's face, as they looked up at him.

"𝐖𝐞- 𝐔𝐬- 𝐈- 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞, 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐈 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐨𝐭- 𝐔𝐤𝐢, 𝐈'𝐦 𝐬𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲-"

Uki immediately pulled Y/N into a hug.

"Don't be, because you remembered me in the end anyways."

Y/N clutched onto Uki's shirt, sobbing into it as they remembered everything - their first meeting, their club experience, and everything Y/N said to Uki the night before they lost their memory, including their confession. They settled into a quiet embrace, and then Y/N looked at the ocean, where Uki was from.

Behind him, the sun set on the horizon. Uki gripped Y/N as the sun dipped below the water. Y/N broke the curse that the Sea Witch put on Uki just in time, and they were now standing together.

"NOOOOOOO!" bellowed a noise from the ocean.

Y/N and Uki looked at the ocean tensely as a giant whirlpool formed. From it, a gigantic tentacle emerged from the water. Sensing danger, Uki's eyes glowed as he began to gather psychic energy in his hands to fight whatever threat was coming at them. He also created a barrier near the beach's shore, isolating the sight and sound of the beach, ensuring that innocent and nosy passersby wouldn't come and become nuisances in the likely battle.

Y/N took out the small laser pistol from their car's glovebox that Fulgur made for them for their birthday. Behind them, Fulgur came out from his lab with a large gun that had red energy charged at the tip, ready to fire.

"YOU- YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO FAIL! YOUR POWERS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE MINE! HOW DARE YOU!" bellowed the Sea Witch, as she emerged from the whirlpool. Her enormous form towered over them.

The witch was pissed off, to say the least. She was planning on taking Uki's powers and taking over the Mujigae kingdom with it, taking her time because she thought that the power extraction would be a breeze with her contract, but now that Uki was no longer bound by it, all the waiting she did was for naught. The powers were not hers.

The Sea Witch looked in Uki's direction, before making eye contact with Y/N. The black orbs of her eyes seethed with rage, and she unleashed human skeleton soldiers onto the beach.

"GIVE HIM TO ME!" she screeched.

Fulgur immediately started to fire at the skeleton soldiers, while tossing a water-breathing elixir to Y/N. Y/N, who knew what this meant, caught it and chugged it down before running in the direction of the Sea Witch. Uki ran with them, suspending Y/N in midair while they ran as his legs turned into a tail the moment his feet touched the water. On the way to the Sea Witch, Y/N and Uki fought off skeleton soldiers - Y/N in the air and Uki in the water - that surrounded them, trying to prevent them from reaching the Sea Witch.

No matter how close they got to the witch, however, they still tried to maintain their distance. There was a whirlpool surrounding her, and Y/N, as a human, could definitely not handle the strong currents that would pull them into the whirlpool and to the ocean floor.

"UUUUUKIIIII!!!!" shouted a slightly high-pitched male voice. Uki turned to see below him, only to find that his three brothers, Sonny, Alban, and Yugo were swimming up to him. His eyes shined in happiness, and he waved at them.

"WHAT'S GOING ON, BROTHER?? WHO THE HELL IS THIS WITCH??" asked Sonny as he crushed a skeleton soldier's head with his fists. Y/N gaped at him from behind Uki.

'𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞!' they thought excitedly, looking between them all. Alban noticed them first.

"Ehhh?? Who's this? Is this the person you left us for??" asked Alban, raising his eyebrows while scanning Y/N. Uki, seeing that his eyes were wandering, went quickly into the water and covered Alban's eyes, slightly irritated.

"Everyone, meet Y/N. Y/N, these are three of my brothers. Sonny, Alban, and Yugo."

"Yo, how you doin?" asked Yugo, a cheeky smirk on his face as he winked at Y/N. Y/N laughed.

"𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐰𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐖𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥," said Y/N more seriously, turning to the Sea Witch. Sonny's eyes darkened.

"Alright, we're ready to fight. Our kingdom is in danger, after all," said Yugo, getting out black pearls from his crossbody bag and charging them with blue sparks. Y/N's eyes widened.

"𝐊𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐝𝐨𝐦?...," they said in shock.

"Uh.. we'll talk about that later," said Uki. "For now, let's get them!"

Sonny crushed multiple skeletons with his bare hands surrounded by yellow energy, while Alban had daggers charged with orange energy in his hands, causing skeletons to disintegrate upon contact.

Meanwhile, Y/N was above the water, shooting at floating skeletons and the Sea Witch whenever they got the chance. Uki used his psychic powers to compress the skeletons into balls before volleying them at the Sea Witch. Yugo shot charged black pearls using a slingshot, which went out of the water and gave strong electric shocks to the Sea Witch's large form upon contact. She cried out in rage, before using one of her tentacles to swipe at all of them. Coming off from her tentacle were shards of bone, likely her skeleton soldiers that she crushed up in order to make missiles to aim at the group.

Some of them were heading straight toward Uki and Yugo, but before they could get any closer to them, Y/N was in front of them with their jacket in their hands like a shield. While most shards of bone got stuck in the jacket's thick material, some smaller shards skid over the tops of Y/N's arms, making small and long scrapes on them. Eventually, a skeleton soldier's skull made its way to Y/N, knocking into them hard enough to break Uki's concentration in levitating them.

Y/N fell into the water, knocked unconscious by the force of the waves as they began to get closer to the whirlpool, which would drown them eventually and bring them to the bottom of the ocean.

"Y/N!" yelled Uki, as he reached out for Y/N's hand. But Y/N was too far from him.

Luckily, Yugo was nearby and he grabbed Y/N before they could get sucked into the whirlpool.

"I'll bring them to the shore!" shouted Yugo as he started speed-skimming the water to the beach. The Sea Witch, thinking that Uki was now preoccupied with Y/N, shrank to go after the now-defenseless kingdom. She left the whirlpool behind, hoping that Uki and the others would get caught in it.

Uki nodded, before glaring at the whirlpool.

"You're going to pay for that, binch."

He headed straight in, Sonny and Alban following suit. Unlike what the Sea Witch thought, the whirlpool was almost a shortcut to the Mujigae kingdom. Uki, using his foresight, knew this, and he took it in order to get to the palace before the Sea Witch could.

On his way to the palace, Uki, Sonny, and Alban dealt with the Sea Witch's various skeleton soldiers.

Some time later, Yugo swam up to them, joining them as they fought bones and bones.

"Is Y/N okay?" asked Uki worriedly while crushing a skull with purple energy. Yugo nodded, telling Uki about how Fulgur was waiting on the surface and that Y/N was getting treated now by "these two people - one blonde and one with old hair".

Uki sighed in relief. Y/N would be safe with Luca and Nina.

"Alright then," he said, as he turned to the direction of the palace. His brothers looked at the same direction, their faces grim and serious. "Let's go."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

After a couple minutes of speed-swimming, Uki's face became one of shock as he saw the state the capital of the Mujigae Kingdom was in.

His home, the palace, was now scattered as debris around town, tearing into other merpeople's homes. Around him, people were wailing, trying to find their loved ones in the debris. The throne room, with the shining pearl throne, was exposed, with the king sitting on top.

"Yugo, Alban, you guys get to father first. Sonny and I are going to help these people."

Yugo and Alban took off in the direction of the king, as Uki's eyes glowed and Sonny's hands were enveloped in yellow energy. As Uki moved the debris around, Sonny helped to pull out anyone who was stuck under it and provided healing using the yellow energy from his hands.

When they were done with the large chunks and most of the civilians were fine, the two swam in the direction of the palace.

Uki quickly swam in front of the throne, where his father was sitting, awaiting the witch.

"Father, what are you doing?? You need to get out of here-"

The king held up his hand, silencing Uki.

"I am staying, son. This is my throne, my home, and I intend to defend it. I intend to protect us."

Uki sighed in exasperation. He knew that the old man had lost most of his power a long time ago - the king was practically defenseless and harmless. Wordlessly, Uki looked at Yugo and Sonny above him, who nodded, then they and Alban grabbed hold of the king.

"You- you rascals! Let me go-"

"No, father. We're getting you to safety," said Sonny, his arm pulling from under the king's right arm. Yugo nodded as he took the king's left arm, and Alban took away the king's trident to hold onto as Sonny and Yugo took the king out of the vicinity. Uki waved to them gratefully, before turning to the entrance to the throne room.

From the Sea Witch's destruction earlier, the throne room, like the rest of the palace and city, was filled with debris and wrecked. Uki got a slight headache thinking about all the damage that he would probably have to help fix using his psychic powers, but then he turned to the task at hand.

Soon, the Sea Witch would be coming to the throne room, but Uki won't let her win. Especially not after what she did to Y/N. His hands balled into fists thinking about how much harm Y/N must be in.

'I need to get back to them quickly,' he thought.

Just as Uki thought that, he heard the sounds of water splashing and the clattering of bones approaching him. He looked up, only to make eye contact with his current object of hate: the Sea Witch.

"OUT OF THE WAY, MEASLY CHILD. DO NOT STAND IN THE WAY OF GREATNESS!"

Uki's eyes glowed bright purple at her words, his rage at her empowering him as his hands got surrounded by purple energy.

"GET THE HELL OUT OF MY HOUSE, BINCH!" shouted Uki.

The witch pointed towards him and ordered her army to charge. Uki didn't care. He started to move his glowing hands around, and the water started to swirl around him and the Sea Witch, who started to grow apprehensive.

Her skeleton soldiers couldn't hold against the current that Uki generated, and their bone structure started coming apart as they clattered around them. Uki then started shooting waves upon waves of purple energy blades from his arms, fully disintegrating the skeletons. Though Uki knew that these skeletons were the remains of the merpeople who made contracts with the Sea Witch, he also knew that the latest merperson besides himself who made a contract with her would've been dead by now. Thus, he was just returning the souls back to where they belonged: not in the Sea Witch's possession.

The purple blades of energy were also leaving long gashes on the Sea Witch's body, dark blue blood oozing out of the wounds. The witch cried in rage and pain and began to throw more shards of bone at Uki, which he easily deflected.

In truth, the Sea Witch, without her enhanced size, skeleton army, and potions, was just an outcasted weird lady. She had no real power, unlike Uki. That's why she coveted his power so much: it would make people fear her, possibly respect her.

Uki knew these feelings of wanting to be seen and empowered, but he also knew that this way was definitely not the right way to gain these things. Additionally, the Sea Witch, with her shenanigans, lead a lot of merpeople to their doom, while she took from them what she could. Extortion and murder. Uki could not forgive that.

So, not much mercy was shown when Uki reduced the Sea Witch's skeleton army to sand and brought her to her knees. She was weeping, as her dark blue blood stained the floor of the wrecked throne room.

He used his powers to summon a chain and tie it firmly around the Sea Witch. Sonny returned from taking the king away to a safe place, only to find this scene of Uki in front of the throne, and the Sea Witch bowing before him on the floor, in chains. Sonny swam up to Uki.

"What should we do with her, brother?"

"You're our Moon Guard captain. What do you think?"

"Definitely permanent imprisonment and exile in our volcanic prisons."

"You're the boss."

"I'll get some of my soldiers to escort the witch."

"Thanks, bro."

"Of course."

Sonny then summoned some of his Moon Guard soldiers, who had been going around the kingdom with the Sun Battalion, led by Uki's brother Luca, making sure the citizens were safe. Together with Sonny, they escorted the powerless Sea Witch to the volcanic prison, where she would be placed in a Hell-fire cell, facing the heat of her sins for the rest of her eternity.

When Sonny got back to the throne room, he found his father, the king, sitting on the throne again, talking to Uki. Unlike other times when he saw Uki and the king together, Uki was smiling slightly as the king clapped him on the back for a job well done. Sonny smiled at the sight. It seemed like his brother would finally be okay. He then swam up to them, bowing to the king before turning to Uki.

"So, brother. What will you do now?"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

"𝐎𝐰- 𝐔𝐤𝐢! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐬!"

"Serves you right, what were you thinking back there trying to block me from those shards of bone. I could've handled myself," said Uki as he tightened the bandage on Y/N's arm. The cuts on them, though not bleeding much anymore, were surrounded by pink welts from the seawater combined with the open wounds.

Y/N winced before laughing through the pain.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰?" they said jokingly as they placed a hand over Uki's that had rested on their shoulder. Uki pouted.

"You- you're so stupid sometimes," he said, his face getting red from the little skin contact that Y/N initiated.

At the moment, Uki and Y/N were in Fulgur's lab that was overlooking the shore of the beach. Uki was able to be on land in his human form because the magic from his father's trident allowed him legs. Y/N and Uki shared a quiet moment, laughing at each other as they treated each other's wounds.

When they were finished, they made eye contact before resting their foreheads against each other. Uki relished this moment when he could be connected with the person he loved after such a hectic battle. He was relieved that Y/N was okay and grateful that they were both alive in order to experience this moment.

Suddenly, they heard a shout come from outside.

"uuuuUUUUUKIIIIIIIIIII!"

Uki backed up from Y/N and looked out the nearby window, only for his eyes to widen as he saw his brothers Sonny, Alban, and Yugo pop their heads out from the ocean, waving at him. Uki laughed and waved back, but his eyes opened in surprise as more heads popped out from the ocean - the rest of his siblings, some of the townspeople, and even his father, who beckoned him to the ocean. Uki and Y/N shared a look before they got up and rushed outside to the shore.

They were lucky that Fulgur had a private part of the beach, otherwise, paparazzi would be all over the fact that a lot of merpeople were appearing all of a sudden.

Y/N got in front of the king and bowed, while the king just raised his hand.

"You don't need to do that, you're practically family," the king said, teasingly winking at Uki, who flushed.

"𝐓-𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲."

The king smiled, before turning to Uki. Behind the king, the merpeople who popped to the surface bowed to Uki, some thanking him, others praising him. Uki smiled at the sight, slightly flustered as he never though such a thing would happen to him. After saying their greetings, the merpeople disappeared, save for the king, Yugo, Alban, and Sonny. The king opened his mouth.

"Uki, do you like living on land?"

Uki pondered, before nodding.

"But, I also love our home, father."

The king nodded, his smile growing even bigger, prouder, even.

"Alright, then I will give you this," he said, taking a necklace with a small silver charm from his neck.

"But that's your necklace, isn't it?"

"It's fine, it's better for you to have it anyways. This will let you gain legs whenever you are out of the water."

Uki gasped, before gratefully taking the necklace and turning to Y/N excitedly. They hugged, while the others looked on with smiles (except Yugo, who gagged), and slowly started to retreat back into the ocean.

"See you later, brother," said Sonny as he waved at Uki, who smiled at him and waved back.

Once they were under the water, Uki handed the necklace to Y/N, who helped him put on the necklace.

They made eye contact, before clasping each other's hands. The sun was setting, and Uki could not tear his eyes off of Y/N's lips. Having the same thoughts, Y/N leaned closer to Uki, who followed along.

They shared a gentle kiss in the sunset's glow, and they lived happily ever after~

The End.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Epilogue:

"𝐔𝐤𝐢! 𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!" shouted Y/N with glee as they swam through the ocean in front of their lover.

They were testing out the new and improved elixir that Fulgur came up with in order to breathe underwater like a merperson for a certain amount of time. Instead of allowing the user to create a bubble of air around the face (much more unstable and dangerous), the elixir temporarily gave the user scaly gills around the neck area that allowed the user to gather oxygen particles from the water around them, like most marine wildlife. On Y/N's wrist was a timer that would give a 5-minute warning that the elixir's effects were going to run out.

Although Uki disliked the fact that the gills made it more difficult for him and Y/N to snuggle, he was happy to have the opportunity to show them around the place he grew up in.

Many things changed since Uki and Y/N defeated the Sea Witch and her army. One thing was the fact that the townspeople didn't doubt Uki anymore. They saw how he was kind to help the people when the town was in shambles and how he had no hesitation in facing off against the Sea Witch as she approached the king's throne. They knew that he was a protector, not a threat respected him for it. Some even apologized to him and thanked him for what he did.

Uki, slightly uncomfortable with the people's new attitude but also happy that he could now go around the town with an easier heart and mind, led Y/N through the streets of the capital. He showed them his favorite bookstores, cafes, and places to buy inventions using the trash from the surface.

Y/N marveled at everything - they had never gotten this deep into the ocean, nor did they ever imagine that there was a whole community under the sea to explore. They pointed at all the bits of coral that surrounded them, exclaiming about how beautiful the construction of all the homes was underwater, and thought that the inventions of the merpeople were amazing. They also picked up some trash that was lingering on the ocean floor, angrily muttering about how humans are so careless sometimes with their trash.

Seeing how genuinely concerned they were for his home made Uki's heart clench. Whenever they found bits of sea glass or a shiny shell, Y/N would show it to Uki proudly, and Uki never hesitated to take what they brought to him into his shoulder bag. They would be looking at these spoils later at the surface in Fulgur's lab.

As Y/N continued to go around, greeting some merpeople who curiously looked on at the pair, Uki thought about his life thus far.

A couple years ago, Uki never would've thought that he'd journey to the surface, find a partner from there, or have to fight a Sea Witch to keep them. A couple years ago, he would've been stuck in his room, poring over books that depicted love that he thought he would never have. Yet, there he was, in the ocean with his lover, and he now had the ability to be with them on both land and sea.

He thought of his desk in his room in the palace, which was now bigger because it was remodeled after the Sea Witch destroyed a lot of it. On his desk was a half-completed bracelet made of the highest quality white shells, purple sea glass, and gold wire he could find. The middle of the bracelet had a smooth, shining, light pink Akoya pearl.

Uki wanted to propose to Y/N with it once he was ready.

But for now, he was content to collect the rest of their things before returning to the surface and enjoying some riceballs in their new shared apartment.

He couldn't wait.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Thank you for reading!! I had lots of midterms these past weeks so unfortunately this was delayed a lot sorry - I meant to post for the noctyx anniversary ahhhhhh :( hope yall liked it tho!

sonny and yugo may come out later this week after my midterms :))

[brisquad-unit-4402]

hiii may I request a Noctyx and what you call them ? just like the one you did with Luxiem, I found it to be very adorable and would love a Noctyx one as well, thank you so much!!

- 🌱

noctyx and what you call them

thank you very much for the compliment. even more importantly thank you very much for the noctyx request! i have a few noctyx x reader ideas bc i am dead set on filling up this noctyx x reader tag when i can but i love seeing others just as interested in them as i am

ah, but it's funny, revisiting my first-ever post on this blog and comparing it to how i format my posts now, i can't believe i typed the actual entries all in lowercase, that's the first time i've done that! how strange

...though i will say it was hard thinking of other words for "partner"

tags: established relationship, fluff, gender neutral reader

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

🎭 Alban Knox: Darling

The night is tempting and harsh at once, and he plays both sides with fervor, a thief attracted to all that glitters. He takes what he wants, and he's so used to taking what he wants that he doesn't know how to manage how kind you are to your darling. A warm home and hot food, a place to sleep with love, safe. He's never experienced any of this easiness before, and he certainty hasn't been called darling before. He doesn't know how you do it. He wants to get used to it.

🐑 Fulgur Ovid: Other Half

He starts it first. Better half, he introduces you, his Reader, and casts aside his own worth for the sake of uplifting yours. That’s what he does best. You never walk alone because he never lets you go, and you reach the heights you do because he’s your foundation. There is so much care and passion in all he does and it stuns you how easily he ignores it. When will he realize he's equal to you as your other half? You are two puzzle pieces, half of a locket together into a pendant. You complete each other.

🔗 Sonny Brisko: Hero

Like a hero he's always there, and like a hero he deflects. Affection goes unsaid, but simply felt, and very much unlike one he tries to avoid it. He doesn't have the courage to ask. He holds tight around you, nonetheless, and whispers comfort in your ear while you ball your hands around his jacket. Simply felt, as he smooths your hair out of your face and lets you exhale, and when you say his name like that, full of adoration and all he never thought he could be, my hero, he forgets how to breathe himself.

🔮 Uki Violeta: Soulmate

You’ve never known color in feeling until you met him, and now that he's in your life, you see him in the sunlight as naturally as the shadows and shines that come through. He breathes life into art with the quirk of his lips at song and in just a moment you see all there is to say about it. But he speaks anyways, and his voice is silk, and when you respond he curls a hand around you while the other holds his head up, lost in your words, the only one for you, your soulmate.

[brisquad-unit-4402]

hello from 4402

my name is unit 4402 but all my friends call me 4402. i don't like to take my tactical gear off but if taichou asked. well.

my oshi is sonny brisko but i am also american so i'm not really into watching taichou live at 5 am. so i'm also a vantacrew, kyomie, comfydant, quilldren, and scythekick. my favorite unit is noctyx but krisis is a close second

yeah i'll write some nijisanji x readers here are my rules please read them before requesting

last updated 4/5/24: clarified wording. added my twitter link. fixed typos. changed wording to include all vtubers i write for, not just niji en

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: .☽ . :☆ﾟ. ───

important rules

do not crosspost or copy my works without my permission. unit 4402 will only post from my ao3, twitter and this tumblr, please ask me if you can crosspost my works. this includes translations.

do not feed my work to ai. this is plagiarism. i have an extended statement about ai policies here.

don't be weird. do not act unhealthily parasocial or obsessive about the livers on my blog. please make sure to treat me, the rest of the readers, and the livers with respect. additionally, homophobia, racism, transphobia and other forms of discrimination/bigotry will not be tolerated whatsoever.

i will only write about liver characters, and not the people behind the livers. i will not be writing or discussing the livers irl, including past lives, discourse, etc.

this page is for currently active livers only. do not request graduated livers, their future or past lives. do not request livers that are not currently active. i support the livers' choices to move on and their privacy outside of their career, and there are plenty of other lovely blogs that write for graduated livers. here is a statement on my mysta rias fics and requests after his graduation.

don't be messy. this blog is for fun and i want to keep a positive atmosphere without any drama. please do not intentionally bring up any topics that may cause infighting, discourse, etc within the community.

some words about nsfw. because of my own boundaries, please do not request nsfw prompts. each nsfw post will have a read more, and is intended for 18+ only. i am an adult and will be blocking minors that interact with nsfw posts

disobeying any of the above rules will result in your asks/messages being deleted and getting blocked.

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

other things

i will always write reader as gender neutral, and avoid pronouns if i can but if i must then i'll always use they/them. please do not request a specific gender/pronouns for reader.

all of my romantic posts about uki are written with his sexuality in mind. i will not write reader as female-coded in romantic posts about him. this is my one exception to the above gender neutral rule but i intend for his entries to be nblm-friendly just as much as mlm

i will refer to you/mc as Reader because i think using (y/n) is clunky af

please only request when my ask box is open

you may use my askbox just to brainrot instead of asking for a request

for nsfw posts: please assume that every character in the post has given consent. clicking the read more means you also consent to reading it. if there's a role/occupation kink such as teacher/student, etc, please assume that everyone involved is of legal age and roleplaying

if you need a certain content warning or tag blacklisted, please send me a message or ask so i can edit some tags and make posts more accommodating

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

i can write:

fluff

angst

comedy

gore

hurt/comfort

brainrot

headcanons

crack/crack treated seriously

polyamory

platonic

romantic

queerplatonic

alternative universes

alters/alter egos (lucy kaneshiro, box akuma, etc)

liver characters as streamers (for example, i will write about shu being a sorcerer that also streams, but not the irl person behind shu yamino.)

don't get your hopes up but i might write these:

yandere

suggestive themes

nsfw (do not request)

whatever the fuck legatus 505's worldbuilding has going on, i don't think i totally get it but i sure can bluff!

i will block anyone who asks for:

rape/noncon/dubcon

pedophilia/shota/loli

abuse

bigotry/discrimination

unsanitary/excretory kink

i will not write:

irl livers

graduated/terminated livers

livers that are not listed below

ocs

uki with female reader/fem-coded reader

in-depth illness/disorders/conditions

i reserve the right to privately delete any requests that make me uncomfortable without announcement. thank you for understanding

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆

i will write for: all currently active members of NIJISANJI EN, HOLOSTARS TEMPUS AND ARMIS, and FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION AVALLUM

.　 . • ☆ . ° .• °:. *₊ ° . ☆