#space bun girl supremacy

[serendertothesquad]

One more Odd Squad thought before I go to sleep:

If there's no neurodivergent main character in Season 4 then it has already failed. If there's no LGBTQ+ main character in Season 4 then it has already failed. If there's no Orpita in Season 4 then it has already failed...at sucking.

Get some damn diversity in there. Stop hiding behind shields. Take risks. Give a fat middle finger to all the critics like you did a good 7 years ago. You are in the UK now. This isn't America. Embrace it.

[charmixpower]

💐 Flo hairstyles explained 💐

You know? Despite the only Winx member to not be or explicitly retconned into a princess, drawing this made me realize that out of all the Winx Flora's style is easily the most classical princess. Which I think it really cool. Elegant is the word I'd use to describe Flora. You've probably noticed that all the hair style collections have a bit of a theme to them, and Flora's is braids! I think braids both match her elegant vibe, while also being practical for digging though the dirt so I had a bunch of fun putting different braids on her

Also the one thing I'll give the later seasons props for is doing more with her bangs. I see you

On to my individual thoughts

Classic Flora: I gave her a braid because she's an elegant lady. Plus it fits her cottage core vibes so well AND it's practical for gardening!!! Perfect hairstyle, everyone else can go home

Alternative: I have nothing much to say aside from this style of top would look great on Flora, and this is a much smaller cuter alternative to a normal braid. For when she wants her hair down but with some cute flair to it

Crown Flora: ok so I've been pretty loudly annoyed at how all the girls have long hair in the later seasons, giving them all the EXACT same silhouette, and it drives me crazy. After Musa grows out her hair I wanted to chop someone's one to two seasons later to fix this problem. Stella would never chop her hair, and neither would Aisha. So that just left Bloom and Flora, and I remembered how gorgeous and regal Tears of the Kingdom Zelda looked with the short hair with the crown braid, so I immediately gave it to Flora and she looks so beautiful ahhhh!!!! I swear she'd just be able to convince people she's a princess just with her vibes. Also s1 casual party Flora outfit supremacy

Date night: This is a pull through braid!!!!! It was the main reason I wanted to draw Flora with a bunch of braids!!!! It's a beautiful thick braid that perfectly captures the cottage core vibe and they look like upsidedown hearts!!!!! It's soooo pretty!!!!! Absolute Flora going on a date night!!! I picked out a pretty sorta corset dress for her, and half circle earrings, to compete the look. I love it so much

Disco Flora: This is absolutely on of my favorite Flora hair styles, maybe even in my top two. It's just so beautiful. It's the one of the very few times a high side ponytail works, and it works so well. It's a giant ass twisty braid!!! It's so beautiful and so thick and I just love the way it looks. Flora my beloved!!! It's the main reason I will say I like the s3 disco outfits despite the crimes. This hairstyle is worth it

Cozy Flora: This also doubles as a gardening look. I really love the way the top bun looks with the short hair. I think it would look a bit silly with long hair? But it looks so beautiful with the short hair and I just love it so much. I gave her fam shaped earrings bc just bc she's chilling doesn't mean she has to go without. This outfit is pretty clearly inspired by the s4 painting bc omg miss Flora in red so beautiful I am in love with you ma'am

Guardian fairy: I really didn't have an event for this one? I just saw a picture of Flora with flowers in her hair and a different one of her in a halter top, and I combined them to make them both better into this and it's just so pretty. Flora is really made for high ponytails. I love the flower in her hair, and this shade of pink is probably one of my favorites of my favorite color so I'm super biased towards this outfit. I love it sm. I imagine she's doing a formal event at Linphea, not as formal as other planets, as the new guardian fariy

School formal: I do not understand how Flora's original hair worked,, so it's gone now. It has sections of lighter color hair giving it a pin cushion look??? I could of just done normal space buns and ignored the pincushion aspect, but I remembered her s4 pajamas hair and I really liked that so I put them here. I also changed her top a little more to look more like a dress. Obviously the leaf earrings for the soul

Gala attendee: Flora goes full elegant!! She gets the full crown braid here, with flowers in it!! She's rocking the flower princess look, especially with the drapey dress I picked out for her all that time ago!!! It looks so good and I love it more bc of my new found Flora in red obessesion her bangs are braided this time, which I think is such a look. I left some hair for her bangs tho... mostly because I can't see Flora without them XD

[shayesinterlude]

This has been on chest for a while so i’m just gonna talk abt it.

Dan with locs supremacy, let me explain

Dan will always be an IT girl, no matter which hair style she choose. But I always found myself picturing her with locs, even while reading the books.

I’m talking half up have down, High ponys, space buns. hearts. different shades through the semesters. Blonds, browns, orange and one time red. (A rough patch with Matt. Although very short lived; she claims it started her villain arc). Little jewelry’s, cuffs, beads, headwraps. You name it. Dan’s done it. Matt loves it.

p.s i’m sorry, but not sorry for the aliyah simone yt notification and for not cropping the inspo lol

[takonei]

I rate the DR 10th anniversary outfits because

Sooo someone posted scans of the thing and I am here to rate those disasters. Here we fucking go.

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Makoto: 7/10 Simple and effective, but nothing special.

Taka: 7.5/10 A bit more classy than Makoto but still simple with not much originality.

Byakuya: 6/10 Out of all the characters who could have worn a jacket incorrectly, they choose McRich for the job. I hate it. But outfit is fine I guess.

Mondo: 10/10 So ridiculous and in character. Love it.

Leon: 5/10 What are you, scottish? The shoes ruin everything for me they’re so ugly smh. I know I can’t draw shoes either but what are those

Hifumi: 0/10 Look Hifumi, I know your character gets too much hate but I gotta say: Ew.

Hiro: 6.5/10 I like the outfit. But my guy, that color is piss. If you had just changed the color I would have added 2 points.

Sayaka: 7/10 Like Makoto, it’s nice but that’s it.

Kyoko: 9/10 Damn, she look classy as hell. I don’t like that much whatever is going on with the sleeves but the rest looks stunning.

Hina: 10/10 My girl looks SPLENDID in yellow. And the flowers are great too, I just love her. Plus that smile <3

Toko: 8/10 It’s nice, I like the bun(s?) and the dress looks good. The flower in her hair is a nice touch and the colors fit her.

Sakura: 9/10 My girl looks great in buns (+ flower). I like the kimono a lot but the colors used irks me just a tiny bit. Still love her, though.

Celeste: 8.5/10 I wish that veil was a bit more transparent so I could see her dress in it’s entirety. Either way, she looks stunning and that hairpiece is just in character.

Junko: 9/10 The dress looks fantastic, the mask is a nice touch but I feel like she would have been perfect with loose hair.

Chihiro: 7/10 Say what you want about the onceler, I like that outfit. Very cute but the socks(?) give me the same vibe as Miu’s bondage gear and mmmm don’t like that

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Hajime: 7.5/10 See Makoto above but a little 0.5+ for that flower.

Nagito: 8.5/10 I’m a sucker for boys with tied hair, as you may already know. White looks nice on him, and the outfit is nice.

Twogami: 4/10 You just took Hifumi’s ugly outfit and put a fur coat on it. It doesn’t look that bad since it’s at least less flashy, but I just don’t vibe.

Gundham: 6/10 The outfit is okay I guess but are you telling me that this guy wouldn’t choose something 100 times more extra? He looks so plain. Give him the crazy outfit he deserves.

Kazuichi: 6/10 You fucking disaster. You just took your jumpsuit and made it fancy. This is so damn ridiculous, but I can still see some appeal in it but like, you’re a disaster man. Also nice glasses bro

Teruteru: 10/10 I love it. The vibe it has,,, I love this. The colors, the simpleness yet effectiveness, it’s just perfect.

Nekomaru: 6.5/10 It’s fine, I guess. It does fit him, but I don’t see that much stuff that could be considered out of the ordinary in a good way.

Fuyuhiko: 7.5/10 Palette color is good but like. The outfit is peak bisexual. I don’t even hc him as bisexual.

Akane: 10/10 THAT’S MY GIRL. She is more of a queen than Sonia will ever be, I’m sorry. She is rocking with that cape. And the outfit is great.

Chiaki: 7/10 It’s cute and effective, it fits her. I don’t like her hair that much for some reason, but overall she looks neat.

Sonia: 6/10 What do you mean this isn’t a miss universe contest?  I can’t vibe, I’m sorry. It looks nice, but it feels more like a popular girl’s dress than who Sonia really is.

Hiyoko: 7.5/10 It looks better than her in-game outfit, at least. The colors suit her, I like it.

Mahiru: 7/10 I have mixed feelings. I love the dress, but the headband is a huge no from me. Little plus for the flower, though.

Mikan: 1/10 Who thought this was a good outfit? Genuinely curious.

Ibuki: 9/10 This is so damn extra, I love it. So many ribbons for nothing, it almost gives a Touhou vibe. But the outfit itself? Horrendous color palette, but it fits because it’s Ibuki.

Peko: 9/10 Opposite of Ibuki on the same spectrum. It’s calm, classy anyway, and fits Peko. I don’t have anything to say, it’s just really good. Nice flower btw

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Rantaro: 7/10 Outfit is fancy af, but you would have a better grade if it wasn’t for that damn fedora.

Kokichi: 7/10 Who the fuck wears purple socks with white shoes? Also as I said before, he looks like the type of person who gets drunk before coming to the party. Outfit’s good, but once you get to the details it’s a disaster.

Keebo: 4/10 I do not vibe. I don’t know what I’m looking at. Is this another armor? Is this an outfit on the armor? I don’t know. Scarf looks a bit out of place. Also Keebo, wearing your jacket like Hiro doesn’t suit you I’m sorry.

Gonta: 4/10 I do. do not vibe. Too many squares? Too green? idk what bothers me the most. Also he gave me a heart attack the first time I saw him bc I thought he had cut his hair.

Shuichi: 6.5/10 After those two disasters I am glad to see someone at least decent. The color palette doesn’t suit him that much, but I can respect it.

Kiyo: 10/10 The guy is so classy it hurts. I don’t even know if that’s a skirt or pants but either way I love it. This outfit just suits him 100%.

Ryoma: 3/10 What the fuck is this. What. What is this. This hat reaches Touhou levels of ridiculousness. It’s horrible. The outfit is kinda better than whatever some of them have going on but holy shit the hat ruins everything for me.

Kaito: 9/10 The coat is fantastic. Black with tiny moons and stars + a space interior? That’s beyond perfect. Outfit is nice, although I would have liked a different color for the vest and the pants.

Kaede: 8/10 It’s simple and effective. I really like the flowers but still, I can’t get used to Kaede’s haircut. At this this one has cute flowers and ribbons.

Miu: 8.5/10 Now you would think that with what Mikan got, Miu would get something super revealing, but this is surprisingly not the case. It’s very original and it suits her a lot, especially the huge sleeves.

Tsumugi: 7/10 The dress is nice, but that’s pretty much it. I like how she tied her hair, it does look nice. Also those shoes are weird tbh

Tenko: 9/10 I was wrong. This is, in fact, a mini-short. She looks so classy and I love the new placement of the hairpin. She looks a lot like a talentswap Magician!Tenko and I love it. So classy. Very good.

Kirumi: 10/10 That’s peak fancy. I just. I love. her. She’s so fucking great like the elegance, the classiness, everything is perfect. I believe in Kirumi supremacy.

Maki: 3/10 I’m sorry I hate this dress. It had good potentiel but the color palette irks me. No. I can’t. Hair looks nice tho.

Himiko: 8/10 It’s just so damn cute. Idk if the space theme is a reference to her beta design but either way, I love it.

Angie: 8/10 A different kind of fancy. I like the large pants, it does fit her vibe. Also that veil is cool af.

[jennrypan]

Inhale.

Marinette space bun supremacy.

She looks so cute in different hair styles.

Also. She and Chloe are fun to draw.

Annd..I might give her gray eyes like Sabine??

Her eyes are really pretty but they dont really make sense-

Also. Chloe is a rich girl she needs more pretty outfits-

[pr1deandprejud1ce]

https://picrew.me/image_maker/487820

here’s an avatar maker i just made some of the girls

long hair suki and space bun and freckles ty lee supremacy, actually.

yes katara and suki are bi

YES i’m projecting my sexuality in mai shut up about it

@aunt-suki what do you think? also make other characters i’m too lazy to do all of them

[saltylikecrait]

Time and Space (A Dream for You) - Finn/Rey Fic

For @finnreyfridays; I was given a couple of prompts for Force-bonds and soulmates and thought I could combine the two.

Laundry duty wasn’t bad, per se, he’d rather be doing this than latrine duty, but with only droids to talk to and many of them programmed to largely ignore any conversation with humans that didn’t involve orders, FN-2187 started to find that his punishment wasn’t laundry, it was isolation.

It started to connect to why he was being punished in the first place. Phasma was losing patience with him and he knew it. This time, it was because he was stubborn to change his ways, going back to help out a fellow cadet who got her arm stuck between a wall and a barrier while trying to collect her lost blaster during a sim. FN-2187 knew he should have left her, but she was his teammate for this exercise and leaving a teammate behind felt wrong to him.

And when the sim was over, Phasma marched right up to him and sent him to the laundry facilities below the decks of the Supremacy. “To learn how to operate independently,” she said with a tone as cold as the chromium of her armor.

So that’s how he found himself here, doing the mindless task of folding and hanging clothes whenever a droid dropped a freshly laundered pile in front of him. At least it was mindless and not that unpleasant, FN-2187 told himself, but he had never taken on punishments in the form of chores without having another human around for company.

It was nice for the first couple of hours into his shift, but by the second day of duty, after not having a lot of chances to speak with his bunkmates or communicate with the other cadets as he usually did, FN-2187 was feeling uneasy in his work, trying to strike up a conversation with droids that spoke with human languages, only to become fidgety when the droids just spoke a few words to him before ignoring him for their work.

For the first time in his life, FN-2187 experienced the kind of loneliness that came from isolation and found it differed greatly from the loneliness he felt when he was with his fellow cadets and unable to bond with them, knowing they didn’t quite accept him as one of their own.

Then he got the idea that he could create someone to talk to in his own mind. Someone that he wished was around to be his friend. FN-2187 wondered if there was anything odd with having a friend that didn’t exist, but he supposed it wasn’t much different from having the droids for company. As long as he kept this quirk to himself, he should be fine.

FN-2187 let his imagination go wild.

For some reason, his mind created an image of a girl tanned from the sun and dark brown hair pulled back into three interesting buns. Her freckles starred her light skin, but he could also see the thin lines of scars on any skin that was uncovered by the clothes she wore. Not that he was shocked that he thought up a girl for a friend, but it was strange to him that he would think of someone that wasn’t part of the First Order. Phasma would never tolerate the dirty and ripped rags that wrapped around her frame.

But something about the girl captured FN-2187’s thoughts. We’re alike. You and I, she seemed to say with her eyes as she looked straight at him. Her eyes seemed bright, a caramel brown with flecks of green, like she was standing in sunlight. She looked unsure of herself but so full of promise and when she looked right at FN-2187, he thought he saw something mischievous in her smile.

Whenever he thought of the girl, he never felt alone.

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“Blast!”

Rey looked out the old, dusty viewport of the AT-AT that she was slowly turning into a sad excuse of a home. It didn’t look like she’d be going out scavenging today. Outside, she noted how the sand around the old Imperial relic was being picked up by the wind and deposited a few inches away. It was not the usual gusts that Jakku experienced. No, this was the beginning of a sandstorm.

She dropped to the floor and quickly pulled back a loose panel where she stored her emergency rations underneath. Counting, her face dropped when she realized that she only had enough to comfortably live off for three days.

It would have to last for six, she told herself.

Her days were spent sleeping, brainstorming better ways to booby-trap her home to keep the other scavengers out, and working on piecing together the flight simulator she had dug up in the skeleton of a Star Destroyer. One day, she would learn to fly, she told herself, and when she did, Rey would leave Jakku to search for her family if they hadn’t found her yet. But she was certain that would be any day now.

Tallying the marks on the walls and adding the age she had found the AT-AT, she guessed that she was thirteen years old now, and she did an inspection of herself as she recalled that her body was changing, though the changes were so minor that she really took no notice. Her hips were wider than they were a year ago and her chest had begun to swell in the way that female humans did. There was more hair too, but she didn’t think much of it.

She wondered how much longer she would have to wait.

By the fifth day, her stomach pains were becoming unbearable. Rey was no stranger to hunger but at least when she was scavenging, she had something else to think about. To be safe, she was living off a third of a ration pack each day. But now, she was feeling dizzy when she stood up and her vision often became spotty. Resting was about all she could do, but her stomach kept her from sleeping for long.

And she was lonely. Well, she was always lonely, but this was a different kind of lonely. On an average day, she could get out and see the sky. Even with no one to talk to, Rey was free to move about and explore. Some days, she would look at the other scavengers and wondered what it would be like to have a friend, but Rey never found it in her heart to trust anyone. Already, she had seen what happened when you put your trust in the wrong person.

But it would be nice to have a friend.

She allowed herself to imagine one, shocked with her mind’s choices and how clearly she could see him. The details she imagined almost made him seem real.

She envisioned a boy a little older than herself, with dark skin that reminded her of the umber powder sometimes sold in Niima and the traders that came from Socorro every couple of months. His face was… well, she couldn’t quite describe it but it was certainly a face of a friend. His eyes were honest, and that was the most important thing about him. Curiously, she noted the pristine white chest plate of stormtrooper armor and wondered if he would have found it buried somewhere in the Graveyard. Or maybe he was a young bounty hunter or pirate that like to mix and match; the white was far too clean to be on someone from Jakku.

At some point, Rey believed that she fell asleep thinking about this boy. A name never came to her, nor did his surroundings or a scene ever come into motion, but she did hear his voice.

We’re alike. You and I.

She wanted to reach out to him, to touch him, but there was always something preventing her from doing so.

Thinking of the boy always made her feel warm inside.

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Running towards the cockpit, the man almost collided with the woman he met in Niima. Almost immediately, they broke into smiles and words of praise flowed from their mouths.

"That was some flying!" He still couldn't believe their luck. "How'd you do that?"

"I'm not sure," the woman answered excitedly. "I've flown smaller ships, but I've never left the planet."

He couldn't quite believe that either. "No one trained you? That was amazing!"

Cheeks tinting a light pink, the woman turned her attention to the man. "And you? Your last shot was dead-on. You got him in one blast!"

The man smiled back. "You set me up for it... but it was pretty good, wasn't it?" He was trying hard not to be egotistical, but it was hard not to be pleased with yourself when you just took down a TIE-fighter.

Silence passed between them as the pair stood smiling at each other. Comfortable with one another already, it was hard for either to recall the last time they felt like this. The man gazed at the woman's face and wondered why it looked so familiar to him. There was no way they could have met before his defection from the First Order. The way she looked at him with a quiet curiosity told him that she might have thought the same...

The droid at their heels chirped at them with urgency, breaking them out of their thoughts.

"You're OK," the woman said as she kneeled down to the droid's height. "He's with the Resistance. He's going to get you home. We both will." Then she stood up and looked back at him. "I don't know your name..."

"Finn," he answered, realizing he didn't know hers either. "What's yours?"

"I'm Rey," she replied with another quiet smile.

For a reason he could not explain, a memory long-forgotten resurfaced. Well, it was more of a voice than a memory, one that soothed him in the loneliest of times.

We're alike. You and I.

[haqita-kimoji]

Darts of Pleasure - Chapter 1 - First Impressions

Pairing: Levi Ackerman x Original Character (Sophie Poulain)

Genre: Romance, light fluff

Warnings: Manga spoilers, s4 spoilers, don’t read when you’re not updated with the latest anime episode

Word count: 1.2k words

a/n: Last time I wrote a fanfic was on 31-Dec-2018! I haven’t written in sooo long but getting myself into the AOT fandom and joining the Levi supremacy has inspired me somehow. I feel my writing is amateur-ish at best hence any feedback is very much welcomed. Posted on wattpad and AO3 as well.

Chapter 1: First Impressions

Sophie Poulain had just turned twenty when her native village was conquered by the Marleyan army. Due to the ongoing war, Marley had a policy where each family must contribute a family member to the military and as she was an only child, she begrudgingly ended up in the Marley Navy. Though her hand-on-hand combat skills were far from perfect, it was her charisma and sniping skills that resulted in her being courted by Yelena to join the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers. While hesitant, Sophie figured it was the only option for her to contribute in stopping the war, keeping a slim chance of going back home to her family and also to meet the infamous Eldians of the Paradis Island.

It had been almost three months since her naval ship had been declared gone whilst in actuality they had been cooperating closely with the Paradis people, sharing their technological advancement and working together closely yet it was evident the distrust level was still there. Initially, Sophie had reservations about the Eldians of Paradis, but it was in her nature to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. She still remembered when Eren Yeager in his titan form picked up their naval ship, Yelena shooting the officer, their introduction to the Survey Corps members, and also when she first met Humanity's Strongest Soldier.

Their leader Zeke Yeager had mentioned about him, Levi Ackerman, and Sophie found him to be intriguing. The first time he met Levi was when he made a poor attempt of hiding the blade he was holding behind Niccolo when both Hange and him forced Niccolo to cooperate and perform a skit but alas, Niccolo was no snitch. Sophie noticed his dark raven hair styled in an undercut, piercing grey eyes with noticeable dark circles, deep voice, and a mysterious aura.

For Levi, he vividly remembered his first encounter with Sophie. The petite soldier stood next to both Yelena and Onyankopon, she looked anxious in their first group meeting together in the tent. Under the moonlight, he could see little more than her silhouette, especially her eyes--- fierce brown emeralds, the kind of eyes that pulled you in.

The next time they met was when as a welcoming gesture for their new alliance, the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers proposed for the Survey Corps to taste their local cuisine, and coincidentally both Sophie and Niccolo were equally amazing chefs. During the planned special lunch event, Hange, Levi, and the rest of his squad gathered at the make-shift kitchen near the beach with both Sophie and Niccolo serving them their local cuisine which mostly consisted of seafood. When the whole commotion unfolded in which Sasha ended up crying in joy at the taste of the Lobster Thermidor dish, both Jean and Connie following through stuffing their face with the dishes, Levi found himself distracted with the hot afternoon sunlight beaming on Sophie's face, a peachy glow due to the beach waves outside.

Being in her presence that day, the area seemed full of sweet sticky liquid, honey nearly light as air as Levi steadied himself to breathe. Time slowed down, and in his ear, he felt the ringing of the cosmic into a vacuum space. Every second felt eternal as he basked in the beauty that is Sophie when for no apparent reason, she turned her gaze to meet his. He could not understand the emotions he felt, all he could focus on was her dark brown eyes, her pulpy peach lips, her lustrous raven hair teased into a messy bun, her cheek with its candy-pink translucent hue, and her curly lashes framing her dark brown irises as it lifted him on a sea wave just as it hit the nearby rocks and he felt suspended. For the eternity that Sophie Poulain looked at him, Levi gazed back nervously and felt desires he thought were long gone since his hormonal teenage years.

They didn't exchange a single word that afternoon, even as Sophie timidly presented to him the dish she specially cooked for him and Hange, a signature Steak, Mashed Potatoes & Asparagus dish. They nodded politely to each other to counter their lack of verbal exchange. Levi didn't know the first step in pursuing her because the emotion of lust was foreign to him. Navigating through life with the loss of his mother and later his close friends, Farlan and Isabel, to be abandoned by Kenny, he swore to never become emotionally attached to anyone. He figured the lesser people he let in, the less it would hurt if he lost them. But little by little, from Hange and his squad members who got along well with both Sophie and Niccolo, Levi managed to learn of her quirks and personality, though he had to be discreet in his questions in order to avoid provoking any further inquiries.

In good faith, Hange proposed that the Anti-Marleyan Volunteers should eat with the other Paradis soldiers in the mess hall. It was an attempt by Hange to humanize the Anti-Marleyan volunteers, to portray them in a different light despite of the sudden new revelation of life and civilization outside the walls to the other Paradis military members. She had hoped this would facilitate the bonding between the soldiers and foster knowledge transfer amongst them. In the weeks that followed, Levi looked forward to eat at the mess halls hoping for a glimpse of Sophie to appear, the most naked person with clothes on he had ever seen. Even in a pair of sensible military shoes, she pranced around as though she was walking barefoot on a sunny hill, and the fitted white button-up blouse and fitted slacks she wore only increased her charm in Levi's eyes. In her signature black slacks her thighs rubbed together, pulsating, and there was always one messy detail that would drive him crazy: a wine stain on her sleeves, an untucked shirttail, her bangs drenched in sweat tucked messily behind her ears. When she smiled, her mouth would show too many teeth but at night he found himself dreamed of being bitten by each one.

For Levi, apart from the occasional meetings with Yelena and Onyankopon, the mess halls would be the place where he'd hope to bump into her and strike a conversation but the opportunity never came. Instead, Levi would merely gaze discreetly towards her general direction, and he'd notice small friendly gestures exchanged between both Sophie and Niccolo and it would upset him. Levi would notice how she would nudge her elbow to Niccolo's ribs with her lower lip bit as she hit the punch line of her joke, the cute pout she'd flash to him with her eyebrows wriggling to tease him, her high-pitched laugh followed by her signature incessant slap on his arms when they exchanged jokes only they would know and understand, and it filled Levi with immense jealousy.

Levi did not understand how she had bewitched him, nor why having bumped awkwardly into each other multiple times at the mess halls she acted as if he was invisible. In his desperate moods, Levi would ask the mirror in his bathroom why the only girl he was crazy about was the only girl not crazy about him.