#preocupied with stuff...

[erexart]

maybe if kyojuro or sanemi kissed me i'd have enough motivation to start on my thesis again

[skrimbloz]

After all that waiting I’m kinda not prepared for S2Pt2 😭😭

[reversedprime]

childhood friends au

It's difficult to remenber certain things from when you were a child, usually preocupied with having fun than remenbering stuff

But there was a certain time when you were at least 6 to 8 years old where at certain times you simply dissapeared a second and in the next you reapeared completly different!

Take this one for example, according to your uncle you were once inside a pool in a family gathering, a kiddie pool nothing too big, but when he went to cheek on you guess who wasen't there? He went to look for you worried you were taken away and he found you in the kitchen not many minutes SOAKED to your toes with sea water! Trembeling from the cold

Nobody could understand, for you to be like that they would have to throw you in the ocean but the ocean was very far away from were they lived like HOW!!??! There was also what it seemed to be pieces coral and sea weed on you toes in your hand a necklace in the shape of a golden shell and it seemed to be glowing???

And the other time where you vanished and reapeared wearing really really EXPENSIVE clothes that seemed to came directly from the movie aladdin but much more glitteri if you get me

But the weirdest thing yet is that

....You never seemed to remenber anything

[silviakundera]

I've seen you discuss this with other people but I've only made the jump from J dramas to C ones where it's mostly about romance and are c writers allergic women making the same effort in a relationship or... Granted I've only watched dramas from this year at first I thought it was just historical stuff but it's not it's practically every romance drama will love in spring-snowstorm-love endures-in blossom-double-shenli-royal princess-my boss-our interpreter and so on. If she's not outright treating him badly he's a cirque du Soleil contortionist trying to please her and she's not even in the circus don't they know balance is key to everything? Different dramas should have different bonds it's quite concerning that it's just one thing almost every time I think it speaks to a larger issue or maybe I'm overthinking it

idk what to tell you anon. It may simply be that chinese dramas are not to your taste and that's ok. I tried the occasional kdrama for years and didn't really fall in love with many... Most jdramas don't engage me. But when I tried a few cdramas it was like love at first sight. Something about the stories they want to tell, the themes they explore, and the characters they tend to portay just hooks me. And that's a very personal thing.

All I can share is that as a middle-aged corporate lesbian girlboss... a surprising amount cdramas have connected with me about how they explore a woman who is career focused & has to balance that with developing a romantic relationship and then maintaining one.

And when I'm consuming a romance storyline, what preocupies me is if I find it interesting, if the characters both feel vibrant & dynamic, if I can see how they might work together. Do their broken pieces fit? Can I see a path where eventually they can reach a point of mutual understanding, where both are fulfilled? Do I get their vibe? Do they have a unique vibe? Do I believe they like each other, as people? Or at least, do I see a clear path where they will be/have these things by the end of the story?

That's what dictates if I want to keep watching/reading a romance. Personally, I don't spend a lot of time weighing up perceived effort/favors and needing things to be perceived as "even". I would not want to date a person who thinks like that, because I find that idea stressful and off-putting! 🙈 If the people are happy, then they're happy! If neither feels abused & taken advantage of, if they're clearly content, then I don't need to calculate 'same effort' parity.

But that's just me! Everyone is different. And you don't have to overthink or justify what TV you like or don't like. Maybe cdramas aren't for you. That's all good. But please don't ask me to engage with romance this way, it kinda poisons it for me and makes things a bummer. 😔

I simply cannot say that I share your perspective. For instance, I thought Shen Li was a drama with a great otp who had priorities that did not always align but ultimately they ended up in a beautiful relationship with unconventional gender dynamics and in the finale they are clearly super happy & fulfilled together.

The Princess Royal isn't finished yet but lemme say their love in the novel is EPIC. Absolute one of the otps of all time for me. Better characters than most western historical romance novels I've read. If you look at the small stuff and try to weight who did this or that as a series of transactions, imo you are missing the beauty of how these 2 people took a lifetime of getting everything wrong before being ready for each other - but now they are ready, they are listening to each other and remembering to come back with kindness for each other and moving foward into a bond that's truly beautiful. Yeah, it takes almost the whole novel to get there. But IT DOES. No one loves Pei Wenxuan harder than Li Rong, sees the true value of Pei Wenxuan more than Li Rong, and no one will come to his ferocious rescue like Li Rong. I feel like I could cite 35 quotes to prove my point, it's that clear in the text.

a few of the modern cdrama couples who made me want to believe in love again:

Lighter & Princess - academic rivals to lovers to exes to ????, a drama that snuck up on me and slowly made me lose my mind. Best experience is to be unspoiled and thus surprised about where the story takes you. A long winding road, with some huge dips, before they reach a place where they have a beautiful hard-earned partnership. Makes me emotional just to think about them.

Hidden Love is a simple but beautifully acted tale about a sheltered & gently spoiled girl who falls in love with one of her older brother's best friends. Such a common romance plot but the execution is everything. The characters feel warm & real. FL's bittersweet young love tugs at your heart strings. I was impressed at how they crafted the platonic bond she forms with a lonely young man weighed down by financial & emotional family burdens, which later blooms into a mutual affection that enriches both their lives, and it all feels very natural. You really feel that their lives are immeasurably better by being together. Sang Zhi's protectiveness towards him is so !!!

Vid Rec: Seven by SakinaMv (who I've subscribed to for a long time)

You Are My Glory, which has a very silly sounding concept but ended up one of my fav comfort shows. Beautiful teen girl has a crush on the local school genius and asks him out; he politely rejects her, dismissing her efforts to connect because he can't see what they would have in common. 13 years later, he's a rocket scientist and she's become one of the top idols in china. She's at the peak of her profession but having a tiny PR mishap when caught repping a video game that she actually doesn't play. He's taking a leave from work as he struggles with the economic realities of picking a job that consumes your life but pays like shit. She's looking for help to learn this damn game & cover her ass; she still has his chat ID and he's online with nothing better to do. Once they start interacting, her crush on him returns & he starts to realize that that person he had discounted may actually be that confidant who can walk beside him? My dad was poor scientist who 'wasted' his intelligence following his passion, so I found ML's turmoil especially compelling. [Note: quite a bit of video game playing in the 1st half of the drama (as this is the driver for a celebrity and an unemployed scientist to hang out), then almost none in the second half]

Vid Rec: Stargazing by dramasaffair

Vid Rec: Flashlight by HânAlli (turn on CC)

The Road Home, a second chance romance of 2 people who come from rough home-lifes who fell in love when young but couldn't handle a long distance relationship. Then they meet many years later and try a long distance relationship again. I love me a couple who I can believe just get each other and make each other happier when they are together.

Meet Yourself - a slice-of-life story about a woman whose best friend dies, so she quits her job out of grief to go take the simple vacation that they would talk about doing but never got around to. And naturally she finds herself immersed in village drama and finds a soulmate (big city career woman goes to a small town and falls in love with small town boy is a HUGE american romance cliche, and one I've never enjoyed, so I was surprised at how much I liked this)

Vid Rec - MK916 can always be counted on to publish tons of quality cdrama couple vids

[neverfilth]

Hymentact Family Headcanons Part 1:

Mrs. Hymentact

or going by my headcanon name

Sherry Hymentact

(G-get it)

I hate this woman but I've got some thoughts; so I'm putting my rambling under the cut-

(Will probabaly expand/change some stuff as I organize my thoughts and develop it all in my brain, I have a hard time writing things out in a clear way)

She's definitely a clean freak, and is very preoccupied with controlling every aspect of her life.

Probably cleans the house up and down in her spare time, and is very preocupied with keeping things pristine. As we see in "help" she keeps the furniture and piano in plastic coverings.

I see her as being concerned with perserving things as they are, and things that don't adhere to her plan are ignored/neglected. She sees any sort of imperfection in her life as fatal and refelcting on herself poorly. So she holds her kids to a unreachable standards in an attempt to make herself look better.

Potentially due to holding past regrets of things she wasn't able to do or claim.

Though she is pleased with her eldest daughter Modella, she looks at her with a very critical eye and the smallest slip up would lead to harsher correction.

She runs the house like a warden and is hard on every child though there is a bit of an exception with Lyle (Lunchbox). Though she does everything she can to keep him in line with the aspirations she has planned.

She has a specific vision that she believes her children have to fall into, most likely so she can live vicariously through them. She dotes on the youngest while also reprimanding him harshly because, due to his youth, he has the most potential to grow into exactly what she wants.

Modella is already exhibiting what she wants, so she gets preferential treatment.

Blobs however, doesn't fit into her vision. So she's relegated to the side.

I like to think Sherry probably only wanted two kids, one boy and one girl. So blobs never fit into the family.

Raymond was the one that cared about her but he was beaten into submission by Sherry over the years so his opinion never mattered, so her vision stayed intact.

I do also want to say that though I think there are other factors in play, I find it interesting that Bloberta is dismissive with her children while her mother was so controlling.

Blobs was the child in her family who was constantly dismissed and shunned away.

So in a way it echos the treatment she recieved in her youth.

[annbourbon]

Beyond The Planets (Part 3)

♡ Part 2

♡ Part 1

Because during the first part~ a lot of information came up♡ such as PIU PIU saying that it was lost in middle of an ocean of 0 and 1 (means binary numbers) but since I was too preocupied with other stuff I did not take capture. It's however on Harry's route. I'll update this post tomorrow because I missed the dinner chat so I'm waiting for it to jump again in time lol although if you want a tip? PIU PIU failures give you much more information than what we can chew, I don't know how to read binary numbers but I think some information is missing due to its failures.

Binary numbers are supposed to come in 4

1111

0000

stuff like that~ but i don't know more than that unfortunately. I have tried to come up with a translator but it doesn't work too well.

During Safe Mode, whatever happens, PIUPIU cannot record or understand a thing. Proof of that it's what happened with JJ. I'll talk about that in another post though.

[probably-mae]

Okay but now im thinking of what they whould be gods of

Ody: deff smt to do with strategy, war and going wild when needed/half j, also maybe loyalty and strong familly bounds. (Maybe guitars too cuz its funny)

Penelope : patience. Like damn girl, something to do with coming up with good plans and good at persuasion, strong mindsets and keeping hope, also smt w/ battle cuz i love the head canon that one of the reasons ody fell for her is cuz "hot woman that can beat m'y ass"

Thelemacus : tbh i dont know a lot abt him so im going on VIBES, first since were speaking abt epic thele it whould have to do w/ stategic battles like his dad and athena, i feel like hé whould be the type of god young ppl pray to so that as a single parent/child growing with one parent everything turns out okay for them, since its a huge thing for his character, growing without a dad and having to figure out stuff by himself cuz his mom is great but she herself was verry preocupied by manuvering the land and putting of the suitor's.

If you have more idea SHARE!!!!

Odysseus: ALL OF YOU ARE GOING TO DIE!

Ares (eating popcorn): Tell 'em great nephew! Let those dogs know!

Aphrodite (fanning herself): I'm not in love with the violence, but he is back with his family. So sweet.

Artemis (blushing): Yeah and his bloodlustis making me... feel things. Apollo, you never told me about this guy.

Apollo: Sis, turn off your thirst. You're a maiden.

Posideon: Why did you bring the projector in my room for this?!

Hermes: To rub salt in the puncture wounds.

Ares: We should let him be a God when he dies. Him and his family earned it.

Posideon: Get out of my room!

[pumpk1n-h34d]

Log 2 - June 15 2025

You know, I've never had much luck with friends. I used to get left behind a lot. I was often making friend with the worst of kids, the groups that liked to cause drama on any particular day by choosing a member to antagonize.

I was constantly the clueless one, the one trying to solidify some kind of connection. I remember every morning was a drag of trying to find my friends, trying to keep a conversation I cared about and they seemed interested in. There was always a lot of talk of things I didn't care about. Drugs, relationships, parties, I liked parties but I wasn't invited to these on account of my distaste for sex.

Though I didn't know it at the time so I just sort of was left out.

Once, homecoming was coming up. I wasn't gonna go since I didn't have a date, and I never had a good time at parties. But my friends asked me to come, asked me personally to hang out. I thought- yeah sounds fun. I wore a dress I never got to wear, my sister in law did my makeup. I thought I looked like an actual girl for a night.

The getting-ready part was fun. My mom looked proudest of me than she ever did in any other academic sense, although I didn't have a date, and I knew that disappointed her.

But it didn't matter. I sort of prepared to be bored; I brought cards and a switch, actually. Loser activity- I know. But call it a learned habit of enough wallflowering parties like this.

I sat down for a solid five or ten minutes when I found out that my friends weren't even gonna show up. They were at a target, figured they'd fuck around town instead. And every other friend I had was otherwise preocupied with plans of their own.

I was stuck sitting there the entire time by myself cause I had the idea that I could trust what my friends said.

I moved on from the highschool stuff quickly, I think I even developed something of an instinct for when people were going to bail, since it happened to me so often.

But all that to explain, I have a hard time knowing whether plans are real or just figure of speech. "Yeah, let's go to the beach soon!" Sounds little more than an empty, distant promise. It always hurts the worst when it's someone you honestly want to hang out with. This is my current problem: the person I want to spend a lot of time with is the flakiest friend I have. And she'll say things about going out to all kinds of cafes, book stores, festivals, the like. Sometimes it works out, most the time something comes up, or she forgets, and overall I'm left feeling a little hurt even when it's not a big deal in the slightest.

She's a good friend though, a really good friend. And there's plenty of occurrences I can say with confidence she's done simply because she's good character. Though uniquely, I find being friends with a genuinely good person is tricky, only because every good action is a matter of natural instinct to them. Not something done because you mean anything special. And I don't mean something simple like waiting for you to catch up if you got left a little behind. I'm talking showing up for you when you least expect it to support you. I won't go into detail. But it's the kind of thing I feel you only read about. Anyway not to sound ungrateful, it's only a problem when you're almost in love with the person.

But I'm getting distracted. I've gotten better friends. I assume with age, people just mature. Or maybe we get better at picking them out. I don't know, but I like to think I can trust my friends.

I got flashbacks the other day though, walking through the streets of an unfamiliar town with one of my closest friends (to me) as we just left a festival she wanted to go to. And she brings up she's going to a concert soon, she names an artist I like and know well for being the same artist my previously mentioned friend, adores. I ask who she's going with, and she tells me it's of course that previous friend. She explains of course they only made the plan suddenly and it happened on a day I was out of the state entirely. And back when the friendship was a fledge of a thing and I likely wasn't a thought that occurred when those tickets were bought.

I know there is no rational reason to be upset. But it's hard to keep years of toxic adolescent friendships at bay when this is just the most classic of things for me to experience. And now I know there will be a day that I'll be home alone while my two closest friends go off to a concert of an artist I like, without me. I'll smile and make them promise to take videos. They'll take videos. They'll take photos. It'll be a post on their story that I'll refuse to look at and a memory on instagram I'll have to like in a pathetic way. I'll tell myself I wouldn't have been able to afford it anyway if they did ask. I'll probably have work the day of or something, all sorts of things. The hurt's still there though.

I think I'll lose my mind for a day. It'll be fun, promise.

[stardoopy]

im 2 episodes from where you left off >:)

HOW

[milliekou]

Hello.

I’ve started writing in a journal last week since I realized that I’m getting older and I need to get my shit together and the podcast I listen to regularly advised to keep a journal for introspection; processing emotions and desires and struggles.

It’s been helpful so far. I was able to vent out everything I’m feeling and having no one to judge me. It’s also a way for me to get to know myself better through so much introspection/evaluation. I tried journaling with diary apps before but it didn’t stick, lol. Maybe for like, two days and then I got tired of it. The pros of digital journaling is that it is password protected so you’re guaranteed privacy and it’s on your phone so it’s with you 24/7. However, I couldn’t focus much on it. Phones are very distracting for me. Notebooks on the other hand,  lets me take a break from the phone and just write down everything I feel. (If that makes any sense?)

 [ x ]

[dykecassidy]

actually I really wanna do more with that pb venom au

I wanna write dyl trying very very hard to keep josh from finding out

a very awkward "oh I didnt see you there!"

[naffeclipse]

Naaaaaaaff, that cave creature Sun one shot was so sweet aaaaaah!!

I love how you described him! He's so cool and has some cute mannerisms! Though understandably the poor reader was more preocupied with his size and the very sharp grin kjhgdfh

But he was prepared! It makes me think that he definitely must have had a couple encounters with humans already, (probably all injured climbers and spelunkers), since he knows enough about treating a human's arm, and knows enough language to communicate basic stuff. That or he has observed enough from a distance to pick up on some things.

Oh also! I know that for axolotls the stalks and the frilly structures are more like gills, but I wonder if in this case, because Sun appears very adept at climbing and making his way through a lightless cave, in addition to his eyes, the stalks on his head could maybe serve as feelers too in the same way whiskers would? (Also when he was waving his head it just put the cutest image in my head with the frills swaying along X3)

Also! The little nuzzle towards the end melted me like ice cream under direct sunlight khgfkjhd

What a lovely treat this was! <3



Ahhhh, Chaotik! I'm so happy you enjoyed it! ♥

He's just a funky aquatic lizard guy! Y/N just had to calm down and figure that out, which, understandably, is hard while injured and blinded by a pitch-black cave with a creature.

He's observed humans from a distance, mostly, but he's never directly interacted with anyone except for Y/N! He noticed the broken collarbone when he was carrying Y/N deeper into the cave and figure it would be painful to move that arm.

Yes, that's right! For Sun, his axolotl-inspired stalks are gills but I do really love the idea of them being feelers as well so I might incoperate that aljsdflasdf When Y/N grabbed his head stalks, it hurt a lot, but he's a tough salamander dude so he's okay ♥

AHHHH I'm really happy you like that little movement, I had a lot of fun writing this little quirks and body language ♥

Hehehe, good! Also happy to melt with creature nuzzles!!! Sun (and Moon) use nuzzles as a form of affection/comfort and view facial touching as very intimate.

Ah, thank you so much, babe! ♥

[rainy-knights-of-villany]

Finding Hero - Part 4

Villain scrolled through various social media, waiting for Supervillain to finish changing. "You done yet?"

"Hey, I need to look good for our first battle with Hero!"

"Wouldn't it be better to blend into the shadows or something? Sneak up on them?"

"Well where's the fun in that? And don't worry, I've got something for you too!"

"Great..." Villain tried their best to hide their excitement. Supervillain was really good at this.

They walked out of the changeroom with a long dress, long gloves, hair, lipstick and contact lenses that were all purple. They also carried an ornate sword, just for good measure. "So, how do I look?"

"Um... good! Yeah, really good."

Supervillain chuckled. "Gosh, remind me not to let you play poker against me. I'd take everything."

Villain just nearly stopped themselves from saying something cheesy. "Uh- so, you said you had something planned for me too?"

"Mhm. How does a black leather jacket and skirt sound, for starters? Goes well with this T-shirt with a squirrel on it, and-"

Hero had been waiting in line at the bank for half an hour. They didn't know if this was the one the villains would be attacking, but they had something to do first.

The line moved slow, but eventually...

"Next!"

"Oh, hi! Uhh... So I was going to ask if I could take out a little loan.

"Your name?"

"Hero."

"Hero... oh, I know you! You're that one who got fired!"

"Yup. That's me..."

"Says here you're in debt. A whopping... twelve thousand?"

"Sounds about right. Listen, I just need to pay my rent for the month, and-"

"Usually we don't issue loans to people already in debt. Just a matter of making sure we're paid back."

"That's super understandable. But I've got a job interview in a few days, I'll get the money then-"

"You're not even employed, currently?"

"Well, no-"

The teller took a deep breath, then sighed. "I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do."

"Wish me a little luck?"

"You'll need it. Next!"

Hero was halfway to the door when the most ridiculously dressed people he had ever seen walked through.

"Alright everyone! This is a robbery!" Supervillain gave a big stretch, then pulled a sword from seemingly nowhere, walking towards the counter. This was it. Hero's moment to come back into the spotlight.

They coughed, then stumbled over a chair they were sure wasn't there before. "Stop!"

"Aww! You arrived on time! Now that's what I like to see in a date."

"This is not a date!" Hero blushed, thankful that the civilians were more preocupied with escaping or hiding than looking at them.

"Then why'd you get all dressed up? Nice vintage suit, by the way."

"I borrowed it. And I was here for some other stuff too, wasn't sure if you'd arrive here or not."

"Honey, this is the smallest bank in the city. Really good for villains starting out. You'd think they'd have better security."

Hero studied their surroundings. Besides Villain and Supervillain, there were three others that looked like they were with them. Almost everyone had evacuated, and those that hadn't looked frightened.

Metal gates had started to close over the teller's desk, but Supervillain had propped it up with their sword. "So, darling, what are you gonna do? Stop me from getting the money first, or stop the one who's going to stop you, also known as Villain?"

Villain waved from the corner, white fire rising from their hand.

"Like I'd reveal my plan. Anyway, you should probably go before a real hero gets here." Hero stepped forward, trying to look more confident than they felt.

Villain raised an eyebrow. "You are a real hero. You saved people."

"Yeah, but they don't see it that way. And when they arrive here, we're all in trouble."

Villain laughed, and sent a beam of fire in their direction, leaving Hero to dodge it. Supervillain hopped over the counter, then hopped back over seconds later, dollar bills caught in their hair, and holding their sword up.

Hero ducked and weaved, trying to play on the defensive as more villains started to approach. They didn't want to risk using their power, they hadn't been able to control it since-

Villain grabbed their wrist, flames beginning to engulf their hand. Hero had managed to pull back just in time for their hand to not get set alight, but Villain's hand showed faint burn marks, the injury transferred over.

Supervillain noticed, and stuck their arm out in front of Villain protectively, raising their sword, just before they heard sirens.

"Oh shoot, there goes our fun. Your hand okay, Villain?"

"Yeah... just needs a bit of healing."

"Well, we'll see you soon, Hero. Love ya!"

The villains fled the scene, leaving Hero to sort it all out. But despite that, maybe it had been a little fun?

[mikazuki-juuichi]

Ballroom (Beastars fanfic --Miguno x Durham).

Third drabble I wrote while recovering. Hope you all ejoy!

*

H drabbles III: Ballroom.

By: Yawar.

Canon: Beastars fanfic.

**

It's hard running in fine moccassins. Durham knows his feet will resent it tomorrow. But if he doesn't make it in time he's gonna regret it all of today. And then before he knows it, here it is --Gulag, that small punk club that's easy to miss at first, tucked between two run-down apartment complexes. There's this small sign by the door advertising that tonight "The Carrions" are playing --that is Miguno's band. He takes just a minute to catch his breath. He's positive he's dressed all wrong for this place -- a coyote in his fancy borrowed grey suit and brown tie. Too bad!

**

"Guess who's Hikaru´s date for the next grand ball!" he had told the hyena playing guitar on the lower bunk bed, in his heart-patterned underpants.

"Hikaru?" said his best friend, Miguno. "That poodle girl from the gold district?"

"Fancy family! And you're looking at her next date!" Durham beamed. For all of five seconds. "I mean, she's no doubt slumming it, but--"

"All her curly fur," said Miguno, sincerely, as he climbed down from the bed. "Is not worth a single strand of yours."

"...why, thank you!" After a somewhat awkward pause, Durham added: "Huh, the real problem, though... is that I don't know how to dance. I mean not this kind of--"

"I can teach you. Hey, might be a fun project, even!"

**

In general, Durham did not have much luck dating. Maybe he just looked too rough or had too much of a reputation. Too unpolished, maybe a bit scary. Legosi 2.0 maybe.

The other boys in the dorm were so-so about it. Collot would date on and off. Voss and Jack were always preocupied with other stuff. Legosi was terrified of anything resembling dating.

Miguno, now, though. Dating did not seem to concern him at all. In everything else, he and Durham got along so well, were almost of one mind. They could talk for hours, hang out... enjoy each other's company. One way or another.

**

"And spin! Got it?"

"I still don't know if I'm playing the guy or the girl."

"The guy," said his lead. "Because you have your hand on my back. I'm holding your hand, yeah? Now, one more time! Step, step, spin!"

After only a few days using the dance room at the hours they knew it would be empty, Durham was amazed to discover how little he actually knew about dancing in general. How had he ever come to believe it was easy?

Still, he did get the gist of it, bit by clumsy bit. And then there was something so... sensual aobut it, so intimate. Whenever he got the steps right, he and Miguno felt fully in tune, moving as one. Would it feel like that with Hikaru, he sometimes wondered.

**

"The ball is when?"

"This saturday night, why?"

"Oh..." He saw Miguno's ears briefly go down, then right back up. "No, nothing! Just checking, really!"

But Durham recalled. "Wait. Saturday. Your band! The gig at the club, right?"

"Ah, it's not that big a deal..."

"...now your tail is down, too. Hey." He placed an arm around Miguno, drew him close. "It's unfortunate but you know I'll always attend every other gig. You know that, right?

"I do! I know. And I mean --this is important, of course! It's okay, really, it is!"

**

As it turned out, dancing with Hikaru did not feel quite so sensous, or intimate, or really much of anything at all. Less so once it dawned on him that she was mostly using him to tease another guy at the ball, some apparently popular German Shepherd who had brought a dreamy-eyed vixen as his own date. Yup. Slumming it with the big scary coyote. Yet again.

Coyotes, not so majestic nor impressive, except maybe in the eyes of--

...what was he doing here?

Between pieces, he excused himself to the restroom --and sneaked out.

Now, what was the name of that club and where was it?

**

The Carrions were just wrapping up the second number. He was in time after all, just about!!

He recognized the song. "Bloody loser". That ditty Miguno had written a couple months ago about a bleeding, bruised man who had just lost a match --but whom the lyrics described as beautiful.

Oh.

Wow.

How had Durham never realized who the song was about?

*

Miguno finished his rift, opened his eyes.

Could not believe what he was seeing. Durham, front and center, clapping. Cheering. Jumping up and down. Still in the borrowed suit!

*

Intermission. They ran to each other.

"What... how..?" said Miguno.

"Ball was a..." Durham began.

Another song began, different band.

Not at all a piece for slow dancing.

Durham offered his hand, had to shout to be heard. "May I?"

"I --thought you'd never ask!" But Miguno placed his hand on the small of Durham's back, just above the tail. "Only, mind if this time..?"

"I thought you'd never ask!" Durham guffawed!

*

Coyote and hyena, two males slow-dancing together to a rock-punk ditty. One dressed for this place, one not. They look rather out of place --and could not care less. They are in their own private heaven.

**

END

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[therealnightcity]

2, 15 for Hiro 🐱 12, 23 for Ares 🔥 35, 50 for Avi❄️

Character asks for @dreamskug 😘💕💕

Hiro:

2.) Do they have any daily rituals?

Hiro likes having time to relax in the morning before he has to work, and plays on his phone for a bit, while he sips his coffee and goes through any messages/notifications he's gotten. Sometimes it's work stuff, but sometimes it's just for fun, and he might play around with a couple photos to post. The cats don't allow their mealtime to be forgotten, so it's usually the same time every day. Misty comes and feeds them on the rare days he's not home. In the evenings he usually lights a stick of incense or a candle (kept out of reach of the cats--they haven't tried anything stupid yet but he wouldn't put it past them either). Usually followed by a long, hot shower. Hiro tries to set at least a couple minutes a day for spoiling himself--it feels like an impossible luxury that he'd never have even considered before.

15.) Biggest and smallest short term goal?

A small short term goal is to get a regular basis of clients/focus on one fixer so he can be more select in the jobs he takes. There was a point where he was very indiscriminate in the sort of work he's doing, and he'd like to establish himself better, so he can afford turn down jobs on occasion when they don't feel right, or he just needs a day off, and it's something that isn't time sensitive. He knows it's unwise to blow off fixers completely but he can't deny he'd like a little more security and freedom in the gigs he takes.

One of his bigger short-term goals is to set aside enough money to be able to travel more. He'd never want to leave Night City permanently, but there's so many places he's never been and wants to see. He's never seen an actual forest before, or snow and taken time off to sightsee, and not be tangled in the Claws, or working all the time. It matters less where he goes and more that it's somewhere new, a change of scenery, and break in his routine.

Ares:

12.) Favorite book genre?

Ares isn't typically discriminating in her reading tastes. She gets bored on her own, and doesn't come by a lot of books in the Badlands, so she'll read almost anything she can get her hands on, from educational texts, to fantasy novels. Her guilty pleasure is romance books, the trashier the better, and she has a little stash of bodice rippers that she's acquired over the years. She wants to enjoy poetry but seldom has the patience to discern the hidden meanings in it, and usually goes for something that keeps her flipping pages. She also adores mysteries, and has spent many quiet nights with her nose in a book.

23.)How organized are they? How does this organization/ disorganization manifest in their everyday life?

Ares for all the things she is, is not an organized person. She somehow knows where everything is, even if nobody else does. Her garage is immaculate, but her home is usually cluttered, her mind usually on something else, or preocupied with a particularly stubborn problem. She's good at not losing objects, but she's not good at remembering dates/engagements unless they're written down somewhere. It's never for lack of caring, but it's harder explaining that to clients who's appointments she's forgotten. Her desk is usually covered in a bunch of sticky note reminders to herself, and she goes through a mental checklist before she leaves her house--keys, wallet, phone, before she's allowed to close the door.

Avi:

35.) What activities do they enjoy, but consider to be a waste of time?

Avi enjoys salon days, even if it feels like a waste of time. He tells himself that's it's part of his job looking his best, but really he just enjoys feeling spoiled, and enjoying a rare moment that he's not working. He has expensive tastes, whether it's clothing or care products, only the best and he's not shy about voicing it. That being said, he's decent to people who wait from him, if not exactly warm, because they're inclined to perform better if he's not a complete asshole. He's more than capable of being charming if he's so inclined, and the situation suits him.

50.) Is this person afraid of dying? Why or why not?

Avi has always been afraid of dying--that's part of the reason he became involved with Arasaka in the first place. They seemed to be the most likely party to hold the answers he wanted, and the best chance he had of surviving Night City without the protection of a gang, and simultaneously the dangers that come along with it. Arasaka has it's own risks, but they are one's he's well versed in, and he saw them as being worth it, for the rewards of a luxurious lifestyle, and the best cyberware, and training money could buy. It's still something he's paranoid about, and his break from Arasaka only intensified this, but there's another interested party that offers answers, if he's not afraid of his aliances shifting.

Thanks for asking!!! I had so much fun answering these~ 🥺🥺

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