The overall storyline: Myka, Pete, Claudia, Leena and Steve live in an apartment and Helena moves in with them. Myka finds herself attracted to Helena, but sticks to the rule "Don't get involved with your roommates", so she tries to repress the infatuation as best she can.
For day twenty, we get another update from Myka, written by @tryingthisfangirlthing/Rinari7: Never take a trip with your crush! Tomorrow’s fic will be posted by Rinari as well.
You’d be hard pressed to find someone that wasn’t aware of Mahiro in some type of way, a true horror on the battlefield. He has one of the highest kill counts in record, with the ability to go speeds so fast the enemy soldiers weren’t always aware they were now deceased immediately. One of the trolls in the Empress Special Forces and the star of the team itself, it was because of that Mahiro would become an Inheritor of a warlord power.
It was most definitely out of spite but than again Mahiro could of just been the troll his opponent last thought of, whatever the case it seemed like a certain troll was right about him being a magnet for trouble. A fact that he only learned was really stressful after picking up child soldiers Omori, Kojima and Reiya. Mahiro would swear to keep them safe and also train them to survive.
Shortly after the end of the war officially ended, Mahiro would disappear without a trace.
So I did a thing. Or rather, I am doing a thing.
It's a complicated thing and a very slow burn. It's part a love letter to Bering and Wells, part a love letter to the excellent nonsense that is Elder Scrolls lore, and part me just enjoying rambling about Khajiit!Myka and vampire!darkelf!Helena and all of the original characters that snuck in there somehow.
If that sounds interesting... there's the link. ;D
traveling the world together ・ beach walks n watching the sea ・ coffee dates ・ stretching ( getting him 2 to do the splits + teaching me a handstand ! ) ・ quiet n cozy mornings ・ going to each others games/comps ・ stealing baked goods from the kitchen ( hey ! these need to cool down ! ) ・ genuine laughter ・ back rubs ( love, can you grab the pain relief ? ) ・ late night conversations ・ blowing raspberries on each other’s tummies ・ possessiveness ( hey, don’t look at her like that, asshole ) ・ attending events together ( that turtleneck is my favorite on you, baby ! ) — 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴.
Thinking about that "emotionally repressed character is revealed to have had something happen in their childhood that was completely out of their control but changed them in a way they can never come back from" post, and of course I'm thinking of Rina, because I'm often thinking of her —
— and her case doesn't even have the kind of brutality you often see in such depictions. There's "just" neglect. She was left alone — her parents have important jobs, she says, that kept them away — and she lost the ability to show the emotions she very much feels. She was left yearning for the connection she lacks in a world that couldn't see past her lack of expression.
Her line from S1E06 always breaks my heart — when the others remark on how good she is with technology, she says simply, "I never had friends, so I had to figure out how to play by myself." She couldn't even have pets; she built her own cat.
Ai really was a miracle for her. I can barely imagine what it must mean to her that the person who's preternaturally good at making those connections reached out to her, who needed it so badly.
Ai: Rinari, happy birthday~!!
Rina: You scared me there. Ai-san, this is a first-year classroom.
Ai: Ehehe, I dashed all the way here when class ended~! I'm glad you didn't leave yet, Rinari.
Rina: Ah, thanks for the birthday wishes. Rina-chan Board says, "Thanks."
Ai: That's the least I could do as your best friend, Rinari! Alright, come with me!
Rina: Eh? Where are we going?
Ai: Rinari, since it's your birthday today, Ayumu and the others are going to hold a live concert today! Let's get to the venue!
Rina: I get to watch Ayumu-san and the others perform live? I'm so happy that they're holding a birthday live for me.
Ai: Ayumu said, "If we say our birthday wishes on stage to Rina-chan, then there's no way she won't hear them!"
Rina: R-Really? Rina-chan Board says, "Excited."