#sorry it took me so long anon but my app glitched so i had to wait until i could get my laptop

[ramenwithbroccoli]

Hey I know nothing about steam powered giraffe but ur mechs Ben diagram post intrigued me, could u explain it pls?

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

Steam Powered Giraffe is a wonderful musical act with elements of comedy, pantomime and puppetry (shout out to GG the Giraffe).

Created in 1896 by Peter A. Walter I, the band consists of The Spine (David Michael Bennet), Rabbit (Isabella "Bunny" Bennet) and Zer0 (Bryan Barbarin).

Former members are Upgrade (Erin Burke) [from 2008 to 2011], The Jon (Jonathan Sprague) [from 2008 to 2012] and Hatchworth (Sam Luke) [from 2011 to 2016, although he 'became' a robot only after The Jon's departure].

RELEASED ALBUMS

please note that spg's style varies from album to album and sometimes even from song to song, so every new tune is a new adventure ;]

Album One - the first one, most old-timey in vibe. with that one song you might have heard. there's also a 2011 version of it without upgrade, but with Ice-Cream Man

The 2¢ Show - second album filled with train trips, cowboys, airplanes and this other song you might have heard (insect edition)

MK III - third album, with songs letting us know more about robots themselves (my personal favourite)

The Vice Quadrant part 1 and part 2 - fourth album, 2h space opera and a masterpiece, happening in two parallel universes. even most devoted fans have to check out the timeline sometimes to remember what's going on

Quintessential - fifth album with individual songs and the dnd anthem ever

1896 - sixth (and the newest!) album with absolute bops and foreshadowing for the new album. also, a song about a band sang by a band of people playing the robot band. bandception.

The Seventh - an upcoming album. all we have now is this trailer.

Bonus music

Music from SteamWorld Heist - new space-pirate themed songs and covers of older, popular tunes made for the SteamWorld Heist game. definitely deserves more recognition

covers and stand-alone songs not included on any of the albums

STUFF WORTH CHECKING OUT IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE

general info about the band/members

lore about creation of the band + timelines of both their fourth album "the vice quadrant" and the band itself

spg comics (now also on webtoon!)

@owlhari's youtube channel, with really fun early-performance compilations and more recent videos discussing lore, theories and the band itself

obviously the youtube channel of the band itself (if you dig around a bit you can find some pretty cool videos, such as these ones)

not to self-advertise, but spg community on tumblr is pretty neat. i've met wonderful people there and also found out that colonel walter ate dog food, so it's worth it to visit our tag sometime, i guess ;3

[stormblessed95]

Okay so I was watching a compilation of Jikook moments (I know, I know. Bad me, but I really do like to see all their moments meshed together). One of the moments caught my eye in terms of how weird it was, at least to me. It was a Vlive were they were all sitting on a couch and drinking champagne. I don't know what exactly they were talking about before. But JK spoke and asked everyone if they wanted to know why he wasn't nervous (something along those lines?). JHope and Suga were trying to tell him not to because he was too tipsy (kinda blurry as to what exactly they aaid). And then some time later JK asks again and then puts his hand on JM's shoulder. JM laughs at JK because he then proceeds to almost panic at what he had just done. He even stutters his way into trying to cover it up with an 'ARMY.' This entire thing confused me and I feel like hearing your take on this would help clear things up for me a bit. Love your blog btw!

Hello anon! Sorry it took me a while to get to your ask but let's get into it! This moment was from the BTS in AMAs vlive in Nov 2017. I'll link the full livestream in here too.

I don't have anything against compilation videos of just all their moments, its 90% of analysis videos that take it too far sometimes and as long as you watch original content as well and form your own opinions, its all good in my book! Let's talk about this Vlive, because this moment definitely was... something! And its even better in the OG video. In the comp, I bet it was over in like 30 seconds... lol here it takes a full 5 minutes and its all right off the bat too. To start, its obvious they were all a little tipsy and had already made a good dent into their champagne (deserved)...

This moment is barely a minute into the video. The first minute is them trying (and failing) to be frozen and trick ARMY into thinking their app is glitching. Lol then they immediately started talking about how grateful they were to have performed on the AMA stage, which you should also watch if you haven't already:

It starts with them being grateful and then turns into a bit of them teasing Yoongi for being so nervous that his mic kept shaking in his hand. Which in turn lead them all to say how they were insanely nervous. And then we have Jungkook smugly telling the Tannies and Armys that he was not nervous at all and would you like to know why?

IMMEDIATELY the rest of the members react. Lmao Hobi pulls Jimin back from where he was started to learn forward towards JK. Jin turns a bright and fond smile towards the 2 of them. Tae smiles and looks back at them. Namjoon looks throughly not happy about JK talking about his nerves pre-show. They all totally shoot him down with all kinds of excuses. No, you are too loosened up, don't ask him that, no lets not. Followed by an immediate subject change. Honestly its everyone else's panic that made that a suspicious comment. Lmao even if he did follow through with a because of Jimin, it wouldn't be that uncommon, he is VERY good at comfort and it wouldn't have been odd for him to help any of the members calm down before a show. But everyone desperately did not want to have him say anything related to Jimin during a live stream because he was too loosened up from the drink. Lol no one trusted him to not say something too revealing I guess.

Anyways, that all happened in like 30 seconds right after the 1 minute mark. Conversation moves on, Kookie made a face at the camera before also moving on. They talked about the different artists they met, talked about possible future collaborations with artists they had met. Conversation had well and truly moved on. When Jungkookie RANDOMLY brings it up again. *Yes yes, all well and good, but I was NOT nervous at all. And I'm going to tell you why.* He proceeds to turn and place his hand dramatically on Jimin's shoulder, looking into his eyes while proclaiming "I wasn't nervous because..." and he once again gets cut off. Lol let the man finish, I would really like to know what Jimin did to help you not be nervous, JK

Jimin cuts him off with a loud clap and a general "I see!" while laughing his ass off. JK seems to understand at that point he is probably about to say something he shouldn't say, especially during a live stream where magically editing cannot erase a moment with a cut scene. Lol he gets a little embarrassed and mumbles and "Ami... because of army" Jimin affectionately leans all the way over to rub and caress his neck, so much so that it yanks his t-shirt almost totally off his shoulder. And we all know that physical touch is a way that JK seeks out and receives comfort. It was definitely a moment and the reactions from everyone else made it a bigger moment then it otherwise would have been. Lol I also don't think we have seen JK ever be that tipsy again in a group live stream lmao.

I would also like to continue on for just a moment just a minute further into the vlive and put on my tin hat for a moment, maybe my clown nose. We shall see. Take what I say next with a grain of salt... lol

JK ACTUALLY moves on with everyone else this time and they talk about how they don't ever follow through with plans they make at award shows with other artists. Jungkook then mentions how there is an after party happening right now but no one wanted to go so they are here instead. To which Jin, Namjoon and Hobi all started protesting that they would have gone. Jin even said "you know I'll always go for free food!" Lol soooo who was it that didn't really want to go? Was it perhaps, Jimin? So you didn't even bother asking anyone else? 🤔😂 who knows! I could absolutely be reading way too deep into it! I'll also just point out this was like a month after their solo Tokyo trip together too. They were super inseparable for a while after they got home from that trip.

Its a cute live stream for sure and they all were having fun. It was nice to see them be all giddy and excited about their AMA performance and how they practiced English for their fans.

Thanks for the ask anon! Have a good day!

[5uptic]

Hi! I moved here cause I can’t get a lick of sense from the people on bird app. Idk how to feel about this shitshow that I just witnessed. I just remembered there were more reasons as to why that person was banned. That person initially harassed a member of 5up’s community in which the mod defended. So the group disliked the mod too and continued to shit on them privately and publicly.

Next, thirst tweets can be funny to some. But others find it really uncomfortable which is understandable. They have made suggestive remarks about the pink man and even steve before (that peeps overlooked) but it’s not like the cc themselves are bothered (?). So idk even anymore.

I’m don’t know if I’m making any sense. I’m sorry for the spam ;( This is just the first time I just felt genuinely anxious seeing all the things said about 5up so I word vomited here.

oh my god. i had an entire response done and tumblr just GLITCHED in my face WHY

hey anon, don’t worry about it!!! tbf, i feel pretty much the same. i think the situation as a whole is pretty frustrating to see, especially with how it blew out of proportion in every way possible. honestly, feel free to vent in my inbox whenever you want!

with that said, though,

(because this will be kinda long, i guess)

overnight, it became clear that the nsfw part of the issue is not really an issue, besides being the recurrent meme for this situation. i read from various people that 5up explicitly said that he didn’t have a problem with the nsfw tweets when discussing this with the mods, but that he took that decision based on the harassment, which. ok another can of worms. to me, the thing is... smart fandom behavior is to always push away the things that you don’t wanna see. so nsfw jokes/tweets might be not of your liking. what should you do? the correct answer is, unfollow/mute/block the people that make them, and in general every person that you wouldn’t wanna share the fandom with. that’s to me the only way you can genuinely enjoy fandom as intended lol. but there are cases in which we do not take the smartest option. and we somehow make this our problem, which is the most typical case of twitter entitlement, that reads like “you’ve posted something i don’t like. Prepare To Die.”

when i saw the tweet pictured above in the thread, i was like ooooooooooh so this is just. typical twitter drama. which already highlights the entire issue with this... this is just twitter drama. why is twitch involved? how did the person get banned in both of 5up’s channels? if it were for twitter drama, or this person tweeted something i don’t like!, i’m sure hundreds of people would be arbitrarily banned. so that’s why it’s handled differently on twitch. now, i don’t know jasfer, like i’ve never talked to the guy, but i’m familiar with him. as someone who’s been a fan of 5up for like a year now, i know he’s been here from the start and he’s also a beloved chat member and person in the twitter portion of the fandom. it feels like insult to injury because it wasn’t that jasfer had a bad reputation in 5up’s chat or a bad relationship with most people in it. it’s just... such shitty luck on their part tbh lol

imagine if it were anybody else, like, two randoms on twitter. the best outcome to that would probably be an eventual block on both sides so they just stop talking about it all the time, right? except that this didn’t happen here because one of them happened to be a mod for a chat that the other person frequented. i think by now you know i don’t agree with the decision at all, then.

thing is, i can understand everyone’s sides and empathize with everyone. i understand why 5up stood up by his mods, i understand why the mod was anxious/felt targeted and resorted to this option, i understand jasfer’s anger/sadness from the outcome of the situation. but i’d still side with jasfer, nonetheless, because he’s the only one with no power here. the most that he can do is bring attention to what happened, but he can’t unban himself, or return in other account and expect everything to go well, etc. and it’s like, urgh. like if i was on their place i would be genuinely devastated lol.

now, i could be talking completely out of my ass, right? because i don’t know what really happened. maybe jasfer genuinely did incredibly shitty things and corralled the mod team and 5up into taking that drastic decision. but that’s just another part of the whole twitter drama of it all, isn’t it? see, when i was more active in twitter (in another fandom), if you didn’t like someone/something you’d talk shit about them in your rant. that’s how it went, and everybody did the same. in that part, i can understand how things grew out of proportion, but again, does anyone know what really happened besides the mods and jasfer? not really. and it’s hard to take a real stance because the whole thing happened on private twitter accounts. which yet again highlights how bad of a decision banning jasfer from both 5up twitch channels was, because, how are we ever gonna know if it was deserved? jasfer didn’t do anything wrong in chat, which is what should matter. and if the so called harassment (that we have to take 5up’s word for it!) happened in private rant accounts... is. is it really harassment? or like, was it just a case of people being (understandably) reactionary and doing what everyone else usually does in twitter dot com?

and the fact that the mod liked this tweet afterwards... isn’t that just incredibly petty? celebrating a personal victory after banning someone that has no say in the matter? jasfer said they tried contacting 5up through discord, and only made the thread days later because they never got a response. so it’s clear that 5up (understandably!) took their mods’ side and was loyal to them, but it came at the cost of what could’ve been a smarter, better decision for everyone involved. but now, because jasfer was left with no tools other than bring attention to his side of the story, twitter blew it out of proportion and everyone is very kindly sending dead threats to everybody involved.

sigh. it’s just... a big mix of terrible luck and bad choices. i usually agree with 5up when it comes to twitter stuff, but making it seem like he’s going against everyone is ignoring the fact that some twitter drama should’ve never made it to his twitch channel(s) anyways, and that a better decision should’ve been taken. now it’s just the worst of both worlds and no one got anything good out of it. like, arguably, the mod got what they wanted, but also got multiple death threats too. i doubt there’s any chance of jasfer ever coming back to 5up’s chat, at least not in the way it was before. because of the twitter thread including sapnap and this being a bad decision in general, a bigger audience now regards 5up badly and this will probably be a passing mention in the eventual cancelling 5up thread when twitter gets boring enough. like, meh. it’s just a mess to watch and it’s just depressing from every angle.

[mysmedrabbles]

Another Place [Yoosung Kim]

from the Fourth Wall breaking series

quote contributors: 2 anons and @thedujifuji (submissions bolded, will not be posting the actual asks)

a/n: welcome back to hell i’ll be your tour guide,, finally posting these after only 19 years!! Hope you guys enjoy!

warnings: big sad

-7th wall mod alex

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       It was the late night chats that were always the loneliest. Staring up into the bleak cracked ceiling, you traced the shadows cast by the moon outside with your eyes, the empty feeling filling you yet again... a void that demanded to be felt no matter the cost. It was times like these, under the cover of darkness where you were left alone with your thoughts, a yearning so deep you could swear you would unravel, leaving nothing but the shell of the person you once was.

       Man this game was fucking you up.

       Rolling on your side, you checked you phone, the bright light assaulting your eyes. Able to distinguish the time, you made your way to the Mystic Messenger app. Two minutes to 2 am. Ten minutes until you could sleep.

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       With the cheery tune of the opening screen, a smile couldn't help but find its way to your face, an almost giddy sensation filling the previous void you’d longed to be filled, an otherworldly feel as you surveyed the winnings of the latest Honey Buddha Chip package on your screen. Not much, but enough for a call perhaps? A call to a certain golden haired boy? 

       One more minute until the chatroom opened.

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       Your eyes surveyed the screen yet again, looking for something to do to pass the ever stretching seconds, when the familiar ring of a phone call echoed through your room. A call. From Yoosung. A glitch? Weren’t calls supposed to happen after chatrooms? 

       Without thinking you pressed answer, the smiling face the blonde avatar bore fading away as the call subtitles took its place. 

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      “Hello?” his voice was higher than usual, almost panicked, and yet you could feel your heart flip in your chest as his voice struck you, a small bit of reality you had left. “Hello?” came Yoosungs voice again, voice cracking near the end. “Damn it, damn it.” you heard him mutter from the other end. 

       You expected a chatbox to pop up, to respond, but nothing came, nothing but silence as the incoherent muttering came from far away on the other end. You listened intently... would anything happen? What kind of glitch was this? 

       “Hel-damn it, Seven said this would work- Hello?”

       Cheritz? Answer box please?? 

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       You heard a deep breath on the other end, and you could almost imagine Yoosung closing his eyes as he calmed himself, one hand gripping the table to keep himself steady as the other held his phone to his ear. 

      “Hello? I- MC... that’s... thats not your real name is it. I dont know... if you can hear me, I’m praying Seven could do that for me.. I-Mc-” his voice wavered dangerously, trying his best to collect himself before he continued, his voice weaker than before, “If you can hear me... please.. say something-i- let me know you’re there.”

       Were you supposed to... answer? It felt silly, replying to the emptiness, saying something that would immediately be swallowed by the dark, but it also felt wrong to sit there doing nothing, waiting vainly for a chat box to appear. Maybe it was a new update.

       “...Hello?”

Silence.

       Just as you moved to end call, Yoosung spoke again, his voice drawn to a hush, as if he were afraid to break the fine glass line separating the two of your worlds. “You're..you’re real,” he breathed, defenses down as he himself clutched his phone desperately with both hands, pressing the device as close to his ear as he could before continuing, “I thought- that you were just a character on a screen I never- there’s so much I need to tell you, so much that-”

       “Yoosung?” was all you could muster, your mind blank at the reality you were facing, until the only thing that could be heard was your heartbeat pounding in your ears, distorting the silence of your room.

       “-And I don’t know how much time we- yes?”

There was so much you wanted to say to him...

       “Thank you,” you started. Whether this was real or not, you weren’t going to pass up an opportunity to talk to him. The idea that this might have just been another simulation broke your heart, but these were quickly rushed away when you looked down at the continuing phone call, remembering Yoosung on the other end.

       His rambling was cut by your thanks, confusing him, it was he who should be thanking you, not the other way around, he started to respond, but you beat him to it, “Yoosung I- in- in you I saw so much of myself; I was,” you took a deep breath before continuing, “so lost, wanting to move forward but so afraid to let go of the past. You showed me,” a crack in your voice as tears threatened to swallow you whole, emotions you hadn’t known you even had rising rapidly to the surface, “You showed me that it's possible to move forward even after you've lost your way. You have helped me and shown me far more kindness than anyone else ever did when I was at my lowest point and because of you I want to be a better per..son with ... every passing day.”

       You finished with a flustered breath, heat suddenly rushing to your cheeks as you realized your declaration, completely our of character from your usual stoic self. This was a game. You declared your love to... someone who wasn’t even real. The shame of idiocy spread through your chest the longer he stayed silent, only his own heavy breathing heard on the other end. 

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       Taking a second to bring himself back together, Yoosung tried to ignore the warmth spreading through his body, heart and gut synchronized in a flustered dance, both struggling to keep up with the racing of his mind. It didn’t seem real, that the person he’d inevitably loved- continued to fall in love with day after day, was real, not just a character made up by Seven, a virus in the app.

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       You heard a small giggle from Yoosung, making your heart soar. You could almost imagine his face, violet eyes shining with the threat of tears, blush adorning a smiling expression as he vainly tried to hide his face in his hands, too embarrassed by the way your words stripped him of rationality, touched him in a way where he’d lost all functionality, enraptured by your voice, by you. 

       A smile made its way onto your face as you continued, set to get everything you’d wanted to say out in the open, “You’re amazing and I just, I love you so much and I wish, I wish more guys were like you in this world. You’re so, soft, amazing, artistic, and an excellent cook? The omurice will never stop looking delicious.”

       To this he finally had a response, “It was! It was delicious! If I send you the recipe will you promise to make it?”

       “Of course.”

       “I’ll see if I can text it to you! You won't Believe the things I went through to get to this point, good thing it was worth it in the end! Being with you is always worth it..” 

       He was rambling, and the initial tenseness of the first meet shaken off as his infectious laughter filled the receiver, voice bright with excitement as he went on about the other recipes he tried in his spare time, the ones he’d always wanted to make one day for you... the ones he never could.

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       His voice started to crack, static becoming more and more prominent as his voice was broken by what? Bad cell service? The fact that you were talking across dimensions? 

       Yoosung could be heard getting sad, his tone dropping, a melancholic need for you filling his head, suffocating him with thoughts of you. He paused his words, starting anew. “MC I... I’m sorry I think... we’re running out of time but before I go I just... I need to tell you... gah why is this so hard.”

A pause.

       “I love you... truly. You showed me kindness when there was no one who believed in me, and it’s because of your love that I’m still alive.. that I have something worth living for. Every time you play my route...” the static got worse, ripping a few words from his sentence, actively trying to separate the two of you as he went on, “...I wish I could protect you forever, make you as happy as you make me.. I wish we had more t- I wish we had more time. There’s so much I want to ask you, so much I’m sure you want to ask. Please, no matter what.. stay happy for me.”

Well...actually.. I do have one serious question for you... Yoosung Kim: does Yoosung Kim is bi?” you chuckled cautiously, a weight lifted as you heard his broken up giggle in response, and for a second you could almost believe that everything would be okay.

The static got louder, cutting in between Yoosung’s words, only fragments of a, “well - lov- ou so,- h-pe s-,” were able to be made, connection weakening, Yoosung’s presence fading away.

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Tapping on the phone, where you were praying for some sort of relief, you were only met with a blank screen, his voice gone, leaving a gaping hole where he’d buried himself into your heart.

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Gone.

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[sunshine--temptress]

First, Tumblr is glitching (what's new?) and don't let people answer so I took a screenshot of the ask

Second, Anon I REALLY REALLY hope you will see this and that you will like it. I am so sorry it took me forever to write it. I hit one of the biggest writer's block ever and yesterday I was finally able to finalize this fic so here it is 😊

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Niall had been craving coffee and an almond croissant all morning, unfortunately for him his flat was devoid of food as he had just ended up his tour and had been living on take out for the past few days, not in the mood to cook for himself yet. After procrastinating for the most part of his day, watching old game of golf he had made sure to record while he was on tour, he decided to hop in the shower.

Finally feeling a bit more awake and ready to face other human beings, Niall ordered an Uber. Niall spent the drive to the coffee shop in silence, not feeling like making small talk with the driver. Thankfully the driver, Andrew according to the app, wasn't the chatty type. Niall liked a few golf posts on Instagram and answered to one of Lewis' tweets.

When the driver stopped in front of the coffee shop Niall asked him to wait since it would only take a few minutes. Niall hoped it would really only take a few minutes. He never knew if he was going to meet fans and talked to them and take pictures. He loved it, it was part of the job but he genuinely enjoyed meeting fans on the streets and talk to them but today he was tired and not really feeling like talking to anyone.

Niall walked inside and noticed the place was practically empty, a guy sitting alone in the corner in front of his laptop lifted his head and clearly recognized Niall. He shot him a small smile, Niall nodded back, and the guy turned his head back to his laptop. There were only two people in front of him when Niall got in line to order.

When it was his turn Niall was happy to see his favourite barista behind the counter, she was very sweet and seemed to be able to catch up on Niall's mood when he didn't wanna talk, like today. Niall knew she wouldn't try to start a conversation. Other day he didn't mind and they often talked for a few minutes, next to the counter. She was also very discreet and Niall had never seen bits of their conversations pop on Twitter, not that he was telling her secrets or anything worth sharing...When she spotted Niall she smiled brightly and greeted him with her usual enthusiasm.

"Hi Niall, your usual?"

"No, I'll just have a tall black coffee and an almond croissant, please. I've been craving one since I woke up," replied Niall smiling.

"Perfect, that'll be £5,60".   

Niall fished for his wallet in his back pocket of his jeans and gave her a tenner, dropping the change in the tip jar on the counter. She turned around to prepare Niall's order and Niall moved to the side in case another customer walked to the counter. Niall's phone vibrated in his hands, startling him. It was a message from Harry and Niall smiled at his phone. He unlocked the screen to read the message.

"Are you busy?"

"No, waitin for my coffee" replied Niall, smiling when Harry answered just as fast.

"Where are you?"

"Baker & Spice on Clifton rd"

The barista gave Niall his coffee and croissants in a small paper bag and wished him a good day. Niall smiled and wished her the same.

"Car?"

"Uber ! Didn't felt like driving"

"Don't move, i'm comin to get ya!"

"My uber ?"

"Tell him to leave"

"You close ?"

"5 mins"

Niall closed his phone and put it back in his pocket. He took a sip of his coffee and sighed. After craving it all morning his coffee tasted even more delicious than usual. Niall walked outside to where the driver had parked a few minutes ago. The driver had gotten out of his car and was leaning against it, looking at his phone.

"Did I made you wait for that long?" Niall asked even if he was sure he had been inside the coffee shop for less than 10 minutes.

"No, don't worry. I just get restless when I am not driving so I usually get out of my car and walk around it or play a game on my phone while I wait," replied the driver, making Niall laugh, "Are you ready to go?" he added.

"Actually no, a friend texted me and said he was just around the corner and he would come and get me so I am setting you free," said Niall, smiling kindly, "a friend texted me and he's just around the corner."

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"Ya've got to be kidding me?" said Niall, trying to catch his breath from laughing so much, when a car honked behind him. Niall straightened up and turned his head to see Harry waving at him.

"Looks like my ride's here, thanks for keeping me company."

"It was no problem, really, your company is very enjoyable," said Andrew, his cheeks going slightly red.

"Thank you, likewise."

"Listen it might seem a bit weird or forward and I won't be offended if you say no but can I give you my number. I'm not asking for yours because I understand that in your situation giving out your phone number to a stranger may be not the safest thing and-"

"You're cute when you ramble," interrupted Niall and put his hand on Andrew's forearm, "I'd love to have your number."

Niall fished his phone from his back pocket and gave it to Andrew when Harry honked again. Niall rolled his eyes, Harry was usually more patient than that.

"Yes, yes, I'm coming Harry two seconds," Niall shouted over his shoulder before turning his attention toward Andrew again.

"You can put your number in my phone, I'll text ya' later."

"Great," said Andrew has he entered his digit in Niall's phone and gave it back to him.

Niall pocketed back his phone and waved goodbye to Andrew when he climbed into Harry's car.

"Sorry, didn't want to make you wait."

Harry shrugged and started driving without saying a word. He drove in silence until he reached Niall's house.

"You're being weird Haz, what is goin' on?"

"Nothing," answered Harry as he cut off the engine and got out of the car, not waiting for Niall. Niall followed him and unlocked the front door letting Harry in after him.

"You asked me if I wanted to hang out, remember? Now your giving me the silent treatment. I don't understand," said Niall walking toward his kitchen Harry in tow. Niall sat on one side of the counter, Harry already sitting in front of him.

"He seemed nice, he was cute," said Harry, ignoring Niall's question.

Niall arched an eyebrow, "Yes he is cute, he loves golf. That's what we were talking about," said Niall even if didn't have to explain anything to Harry.

"Made you laugh a lot."

"Yes he did, he's funny," answered Niall, getting annoyed by Harry's behavior, "what's the problem Harry?"

"You had your hand on his arm and you were doing your laugh," exclaimed Harry.

"My laugh? What are you on about, Haz?"

"Your 'me' laugh okay, it was your 'me' laugh," answered Harry, his voice suddenly small and his eyes were trained on his hands on the counter.

"Wait, wait, wait, are you jealous?" Niall asked in disbelief. Harry had absolutely no right to be jealous. They were not together, not anymore. Harry had lost his jealous "privilege" a long time ago. Niall had finally came to terms with the idea that Harry would never be completely his. Harry had been his first real love, first real heartbreak. Niall even went and recorded an entire album about it. But now it was in the past, they were able to hang out and be friends, something they had never really been before. They went from strangers to lovers real fast they never had time to just be friends. But now they were and Niall wouldn't let Harry's stupid burst of jealousy ruin this.

"I'm not jealous."

"No? Then explain why you're acting like a jealous twat!"

"I'm just being a nice friend."

"A nice friend? How?"

"I want you to be safe, you don't know him."

"That's what dates are for, learning to know people."

Harry groaned and pushed his chair back. He left Niall confused still sitting at the counter. Niall got up and followed Harry in the living room.

"So you're really doing this? You will go on a date with him?" asked Harry without looking at Niall when Niall sat next to him on the couch.

"Maybe."

"What if I don't want you to?"

Niall was getting more and more confused by the second. Harry was acting weird and Niall had gotten his hopes up to often when it came to Harry, he refused to do it again and believe that maybe Harry was feeling the same. Because as much as Niall wanted to bury his feelings for Harry by dating other people, they were always there.

"You have no control or power over what I can do or not Harry."

Harry turned his body, folding his long legs under him, and faced Niall. Gently he took Niall's hands in his and Niall knew he shouldn't let him do this, he knew.

"What if I don't want you to?" repeated Harry, this time looking at Niall in the eyes.

Niall swallowed thickly and licked his lips.

"Give me one good reason and maybe I'll think about it."

Niall watched Harry's face getting closer to his and his breath caught in his throat. Harry let got of Niall's hands and gently cradled Niall's face in his large palm, his thumb gently stroking Niall's cheek. He licked his lips and Niall saw Harry looking at his lips and then his eyes again. Niall moved his hand up and tangled his fingers in Harry's short hair at the back of his head. Niall knew he should take a step back, he should back up and not doing whatever what was going on now. It was a stupid idea. Harry brought his face even closer, their lips were a few millimeters apart and Niall could feel Harry's warm breath hit his lips. When Harry finally closed the distance between their mouth, Niall exhaled loudly, parting his lips slightly. Harry's lips were soft and warm, just as Niall remembered them. Niall moaned into the kiss when Harry slipped his tongue in his mouth. Niall tightened his grip in Harry's hair, keeping him as close as he could. Harry's kisses were intoxicating, they always been.

"What are you doing?" asked Niall when he broke the kiss.

Harry pressed kissed to the corner of his mouth, to his cheek, his jaw until he reached Niall's neck.

"I am kissing you," he replied between the kissed.

"We need to talk."

"Later, now I just wanna kiss you. I missed his, I missed you," answered Harry before capturing Niall's lips in another bruising kiss.

Later...Niall knew he should put his foot down but he had missed kissing Harry too, later would have to do.