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crimson-amarone · 2 months
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Fancasting for a Trigun live-action tv series/movie!! I know we got just Trigun Stampede, but we can’t let Cowboy Bebop get a live action and not Trigun right??
For all my selections I would say about 75-80% are actors I have seen in one or more of their most well known roles. For anyone else I narrowed down to 2-4 options and I did extra research into their filmography, interviews to hear their voices and general vibe, etc. And I also looked at what kind of roles they trended towards—sci-fi/fantasy and superhero media giving them bonus points.
See below for info about the actors and my runner up choices for each character. I included tidbits like their age, height, and notable roles.
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For Vash and Knives I wanted to first look for real life identical twins. After some research, I believe I found a fitting pair. Cole and Dylan Sprouse, best know for their childhood roles in the Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Although I don’t think I knew their adult roles as well as their Zack and Cody days, that real twin dynamic just adds that extra layer.
Of the two, I found Cole having a softer look, and lately it appears he’s been going with black hair which seemed fitting if we think about black-haired Vash at the end of TriMax. Dylan’s look has just that different sharpness and edginess that I slotted him to Knives.
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Ruby Cruz (Kit Tanthalos, Disney+’s Willow) is a very talented young woman and recently made a feature length movie debut as Hazel Callahan in Bottoms (2023) and will be starring in an upcoming rom-com The Threesome. (See notes about edit below.)
Milly was a tricky one for me. I have a couple of runners up below. My current pick is Mina Sundwall, especially for her role as Penny Robinson in Netflix’s space family drama Lost in Space.
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Although I’m on board with the HC that Wolfwood is Latinx, I had to go with famous werewolf Jacob Black from Twilight, Taylor Lautner. I got a couple other choices below too.
Liam Hemsworth (or Chris idkkkk). Nuff said?
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Rem was a bit hard to choose. I had to go with Candice Patton as a personal big fan of her role as Iris West in The Flash as a DC fan. She has just the right oh-crap-I-have-kids-I-am-not-prepared-at-all motherly acting vibe down pat that is essential for Rem.
Despite the fact that Christopher Daniel Barnes is always smiling in photos, his breath of filmography makes him such a good fit for wise Drunkle Roberto.
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Being so effing hyped about Nicholas playing Lex Luthor in Superman Legacies (2025) he has the perfect mix of heroic and villain roles for Legato’s psychotic righteousness. And he’s already had blue hair (and fur all over his whole body) as Hank “Beast” McCoy, c’mon too easy.
Zazie Beetz… that couldn’t have been a coincidence? Like Studio Orange must have know about this actress when they worked on the Beast’s revamped design. For a second option I’d probably pick a child/adolescent actor but Zazie can pretty much take whatever form they want, so why not both? Edit: I’m going with Scarlett (Trixie from Lucifer). Very very talent young woman. She’s funny, smart, sassy.
Role: Vash the Stampede
Actor: Cole Sprouse
Age: 31
Height: 6’0”
Best known role: Cody Martin ( The Suite Life of Zack & Cody)
Runner-up Actor: Mason Dye (Jason Carver, Stranger Things)
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Role: Millions Knives
Actor: Dylan Sprouse
Age: 31
Height: 6’0”
Best known role: Zack Martin ( The Suite Life of Zack & Cody)
Runner-up Actor: Christopher Lowell (Sebastian “Bash” Howard, GLOW and Jess, How I Met Your Father)
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Role: Meryl Stryfe
Actor: Ruby Cruz
Age: 23
Height: 5’3”
Best known role: (Kit Tanthalos, Disney+’s Willow)
Edit: I swapped Ruby Cruz in for Bex as I learned how far along Bex was in their gender journey. As much as I respect Bex’s journey and the gender representation is important, I still want to pick someone I feel leans more feminine for Meryl.
Runner-up Actor: tbd, maybe Christine Lee or Ana Yi Puig
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Role: Nicholas D. Wolfwood
Actor: Taylor Lautner
Age: 32
Height: 5’8”
Best known role: Jacob Black (Twilight movies)
Runner-up Actor: David Castro (Raphael Santiago, Freeform’s Shadowhunters)
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Role: Roberto De Niro
Actor: Christopher Daniel Barnes
Age: 51
Height: 5’11”
Best known role: Spiderman (Spider-Man 90s), Prince Eric (The Little Mermaid 89)
Runner-up Actor: Edgar Ramirez (Bourne Ultimatum 2007, Carlos the Jackal, HBO’s The Undoing)
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Role: Milly Thompson
Actor: Mina Sundwall
Age: 22
Height: 5’6”
Best known role: Penny Robinson (Lost in Space, 2018)
Runner-up Actors: Liana Liberato, Kennedy McGann, Ellie Gall, Luna Wedler
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Role: Rem Saverem
Actor: Candice Patton
Age: 35
Height: 5’4”
Best known role: Iris West (CW’s The Flash)
Runner-up Actor: Lyrica Okano (Nico Minoru, Hulu’s Runaways)
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Role: Legato Bluesummers
Actor: Nicholas Hoult
Age: 34
Height: 6’3”
Best known role: Nux (Mad Max Fury Road), Hank “Beast” McKoy (X-Men movies), Lex Luthor (Superman Legacies, 2025)
Runner-up Actors:
2. Samuel Larson (Joe Hart, Glee) 3. Charlie Heaton (Jonathan Byers, Stranger Things) or 4. Brenton Twaites (Dick Grayson aka Nightwing, DC’s Titans)
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jmkho · 1 year
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The One Where They Go To Medieval Times
Summary: The boys go to Medieval Times LOL
Words: 2.6k
Warnings: swearing, light up cocktails, swords, mentions of execution, HUZZAH, turkey legs, flashing jitties, lack of mede
Notes: This has been in draft hell for a LONG ASS TIME I just haven’t had it in me to finish it until I saw MTM video and thought okay now is time lmao
Special thanks to @oliverreedmasterass for letting me bounce off ideas and helping me with this!
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The boys stood at the bar before entering the arena. Jake had begged and begged the rest of them to book a dinner at the nearest Medieval Times. At first they all refused.
“I’m not going there to watch people pretend to joust.” Sam commented.
“There’s horses, food, music, fighting! What more could you want?” Jake replied
Danny looked at Sam who was still standing there shaking his head. Danny sighed before saying, “There’s a bar.”
“Let’s go!”
And that was that.
They decided to try and dress for the occasion. And by dress, they tried to fit a sort of theme. But they were all wearing completely different themed outfits.
Jake was wearing his pirate gear again since, hey, it was SORT of medieval looking. But also brought along his sword. Which he gladly buckled into the passenger seat of his car, making everyone else cram in at the back. He was told by the boys it wouldn’t get past the front door, but he was determined.
Danny thought he would wear his black cloak and pressed pants from the Starcatcher promo shoot. Now he felt out of place with the rest of them and felt like a lost wizard.
Josh decided to wear one of his show suits with his gold frilly cloak, but with a bright yellow and red jester hat he found stuffed in the back of his closet. The bells rang whenever he moved his head or walked. “This is just ME, RIGHT?” he said as he spun around.
And then Sam was way off theme. He was wearing his red shorts and a tie dye shirt. Complete with a pair of Birkenstocks and a fanny pack. His sunglasses were placed on his head as he looked around the venue. “A bit empty isn't it?”
No one said anything as they stood and ordered their drinks. Jake ordered a double rum and coke, specifically saying rum in the same way as his favourite Disney Pirate.
Danny ordered two beers and a shot of vodka to try and forget about how he felt.
Sam asked for mede but the bartender told him they didn’t serve it. To which Sam then went on a rant about the fact a place called Medieval Times didn’t serve mede. He then ordered a beer and a cocktail with a fancy light up glass and curly straw.
The bartender gave him an extra shot for the lack of mede.
Josh was shaking. He had his speech already set in his head, thanks to watching The Cable Guy numerous times, he had it memorized the fuck down.
“And what can I ge-”
“Dos this have thou a mug of ale for me and me mate? For he hath been pitched in battle for a fortnight and has the king’s thirst for the frosty brew dos thou might have for thus!” Josh let out, with a wide grin.
Nailed it. He thought.
The barman just stood there with a face void of emotion.
“He’ll have a salty dog and a beer please.” Jake leaned in and ordered.
Once they got their drinks, the mood was light, happy, and ready for blood. They walked through the doors to the main arena and found their table.
Josh sat on the end followed by Danny, Sam, and then Jake and sword.
"Okay so we cheer for our knight to kill the other right?" Sam asked as he sat down watching the pre-show.
“Pretty much” Danny answered. His interest in the show perked up when he spotted a knight throwing roses into the crowd.
“I want a rose!” He suddenly declared making everyone look at him then the knight.
Sam laughed. “You aint gonna get one sat there staring, do something!”
Danny quickly looked at his friend, “Like what?”
The bassist shrugged. “Flip him off?”
Danny went to say something to that until Josh shouted, “FLASH HIM!”
Josh jumped up and waved his arms about to get the knight's attention, finally the man looked at him. Josh pulled his velvet suit to the side and flashed one nipple at him with a big grin. Danny watched amazed and in horror as Josh stood there with one jitty out before putting his suit back into place.
A rose suddenly nearly hit the singer in the face as he caught it, getting a round of applause from everyone else sat down around them. Josh bowed with a giggle and passed the rose to Danny, “Flashing resolves everything.”
Jake let out a loud laugh and randomly shouted “Huzzah!” Which started a whole chorus of people joining in with him yelling it back. He went to lift his sword in the air but Danny quickly told him not to.
“Alright boys, here we go.” The waiter came up to their tables and began to place cutlery down. “You’re on the white knight side. Red knight is your ally, so cheer for white and red. The blue knight is your mortal enemy, yell and boo for his demise and for the fall of him and the yellow knight.” His tone gave off a sort of, ‘I’ve said this so many times that the excitement has long gone.’
The boys all listened but then just started booing the announcer that had now taken centre stage in the sand pit.
“Lords, your dinner will be served in 10 minutes and there’s a vegetarian meal requested as well right?” He asked.
The guys all confirmed their order followed by a very loud ‘HUZZAH!” From Jake
Which again, made everyone else around them join in.
The horse show began. 3 horses took stage and did some tricks and different styles in a sort equestria type show. Jake sat there nodding his head. Oh fuck yeah he was in his element right now. They needed to make a place similar to this but with pirates, and there are two ships that have to battle it out over dinner, and there’s even a-
Sam sat there with a face void of emotion as he watched the horses. Fancy, he thought.
Danny was smiling at the show. He was excited to be honest and was glad Jake brought it up now, but he was still somewhat worried that Jake had somehow got his sword past security.
Josh’s hat jingled away as he kept looking around the venue. He was excited, he wanted to see the dramatic theatrical work of it all. Damn, if he could he’d totally play a part in the show.
Soon, their dinner arrived. “Okay boys, we have dragon blood!” The waiter let out, pand placed a bowl of tomato soup in front of all of them. “And we have some dragon flesh, dragon's teeth, half a dragon's egg, and a special rock.” He announced as he placed the non-vegetarian meals down.
It consisted of half a cooked chicken, a corn cob, half a baked potato, and a slice of bread. The vegetarian one had less fancy names and was simply just, ‘The Royals Special Salad’
The boys tucked in using their hands. Sam sat there with a wooden fork digging into his salad as he looked around everyone else ripping their food apart.
One point Jake lifted his sword and tried to skewer his ‘dragon flesh’ chicken with it, earning a very loud scream laugh coming from the other end of the table.
“Heathens” Sam made a disgusted face.
“HUZZAH!” Jake yelled again right into his ear which was again followed by another chorus of everyone joining in.
“Will you stop ‘Huzzah-ing?!” Sam moved away from his older brother who was laughing loudly with his head thrown back.
The horse show had ended and now it was time for some jousting to take place.
Danny looked around to the families around him. They began to yell, scream, and cheer. “KILL HIM! KILLL HIIIIIIIIIM!” His mouth fell open when a child that was around 8 years old started yelling that at the top of their lungs.
“What kind of family show is-“ He stopped when Sam suddenly stood up. “WHITE KNIGHT! KILL THE DESPICABLE EXCUSE OF A HUMAN BEING, THE BLUE KNIGHT! DO YOUR DUTY! FOR YOUR KINGDOM!” He raised his flashing cocktail in the air.
People around them began to whoop, clap, and cheer harder. “I think these people actually want someone to bleed.” He laughed as he sat down.
Danny leaned over to say something to Josh but he was no longer sat there, just his jester hat in his seat. “Wait, where did Josh go?”
Sam didn’t even look over to the empty spot, just keeping his eyes on the two men who were now on their horses ready to joust. He didn’t want to admit it, but he was pumped for this. “Bathroom.” He simply replied.
The joust began and the white knight rode towards his target. The crowd on the white knight side were screaming at the top of their lungs, numerous flags and light up swords in the air.
“GO ON!!! Hit him!!!!” Sam yelled at the top of his lungs, gripping his drink.
Danny clapped and cheered to merely join in but then grimaced when the first hit happened. Nothing too bad, but the Blue knight wobbled a little and Danny downed a beer in the process. After another few jousts and hits the knights decided to battle off the horses with numerous weapons.
Everyone was losing their shit. Sam was sitting there laughing as people were screaming for the end of the blue knight. Jake was now holding his sword in the air with one foot on his chair as people chanted.
“Huzz-zah!” He chanted, throwing the sword up and down in the air which then started their side of the arena to join in.
“Ladies and Gentleman, it is time for your King to make a special appearance in preparation for the battle.”
The lights dimmed down and so did the cheers for blood as the crew quickly ran around the sandpit getting whatever was needed for the appearance of the king.
Jake has sat down by now but still held his sword in his right hand, and his drink in his left.
“Oh come on, I wanna see someone get knocked out!” Sam let out blowing air between his lips as he got fed up.
Danny laughed. “And who said they didn’t want to come to see people pretend?”
Sam glanced at him and narrowed his eyes. “Not me, certainly not I.” He took a huge gulp of his cocktail as he looked away.
Suddenly he spat out his drink. The liquid flew out of his mouth as he jolted forward in his seat in shock and started coughing. Danny looked at his friend and started patting his back.
“Dude, you okay?” He asked as Sam sat coughing manically.
“LONG LIVE THE KING!” Jake yelled at the pitch that even startled Danny which made him look towards the King.
There sat on the throne was Josh. He was now wearing a long red cape along with a golden crown on top of his head. He was also randomly holding a huge cooked turkey leg. He sat there acting like his life depended on it. A face of pure ‘Yes, I am your king, bow bitches’ His free hand giving a typical royal wave as the crowd went nuts.
Danny stood up. “JOSH! JOSH!” He yelled. Josh looked his way and just waved. Danny clapped his hands together. “PSSPSSPSSPSS JOSH GET BACK HERE!” If Sam wasn’t currently choking he would have said it looked as if he was trying to get a cat to come to him.
Josh held up a hand and the entire arena fell silent apart from Sam’s spluttering coughs.
“My dear kingdom…” He stood up and the workers surrounding him seemed to realise he was in fact not their actor who played the king and began to look around at each other. “We are all gathered to watch one perish in the bravery of battle.” He announced, putting on a little accent.
”You knights will fight with honour and strength as we cheer you on while feasting on dragons flesh and also feasting on one of your deaths.” The knights looked at each other confused.
His voice then went to his normal tone. “I mean, for a family show this really does have a lot of blood lust and violence going on I mean..” he motioned to the people with his free hand, “Everyone is so excited to watch people….b-beat each other up it’s….it’s an experience I tell ya..maybe needs more excitement am I right?” and then quickly pulled his jumpsuit to the side to flash everyone.
Danny’s head fell into his hands while Jake started laughing.
“BOOOO!” Sam quickly let out
Josh’s head quickly looked over to their direction. “Before the event shall start. By order of your King, anyone named Samuel shall be executed.” Josh declared in the most serious tone, doing a Meryl Streep level of acting.
All the workers looked at each other.
“Who is this guy?”
“Is he serious?”
“Who the fuck is Samuel?”
Sam put his sunglasses on and sunk down in his seat as Josh stared at him with the most serious face he had ever seen. But then he broke out in his wide toothy grin and normal toned voice, “Enjoy the bloodshed everybody! Have a wonderful night!”
And with that they workers quickly started to push the throne out of the arena with him still standing on it. Josh smiled at the workers joyfully and giggled before he posed dramatically as he was pushed out of sight.
The two knights stood there looking at each other and shrugged as if to say, “Okay…” before the white knight lifted his sword and tried to take down the other until he blocked the hit with his own sword.
Soon Josh came boundering back with the turkey leg and security holding onto his shoulder. “Is he with you?” Josh stood there giggling away as security walked him to his seat after Danny nodded his head.
“Guards! This is the Samuel who went against your king! Get him!” Josh let out shoving the jester hat back on and pointed to his younger brother who did everything he could to look not part of the group despite sitting in the middle of the chaos.
Security rolled their eyes but then pulled a worried look to Jake who was now standing with one foot on his chair again, sword in the air watching the show as the two knights went at it.
“Sir, how did you get tha-“ Security man no.1 began to ask Jake who quickly yelled. “Huzzah!” And bolted away from the table. The man looked at security man no.2 before they both went running off after him.
The waiter from earlier came over and began to hand out little cups of ice cream.
“You look stressed, don’t worry, tonight is actually very calm. Here you go boys, Dragon droppings! Enjoy!”
Danny looked at him in pure disbelief.
Sam and Josh began a little back and forth argument about how dare he sentence him to death. The cheek of such an order.
Before the waiter walked off, Danny smiled and motioned with his hand to get his attention over the noise of people yelling for the knight to kill, Josh and Sam arguing about betrayal, and the waiter's radio going off about, “Some crazed guy with a sword is in the gift shop.”
“Can I get 8 shots of tequila, please?”
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bazwillendinflames · 2 years
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Red Menace (Abigail & Emma)
Emma helps Abigail dye her hair. 
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“Abi, you are full of surprises.”
Emma emerged from her bag, not with the suncream Abigail had offered, but with a familiar looking box. She waved it around, looking pleased at her discovery.
“It’s just hair dye.”
“Nope. It’s fun hair dye!” Emma smiled. “How could you hide this? You know I love makeovers!”
“It was sort of an impulse buy. I had this whole idea of reinventing myself this Summer.” Abigail pulled at her hair, currently a faded brown from where she had bleached the bottom of it. She had been going for a soft summer kind of look, but her hair just felt plain.
“Okay. You know I already think you’re the cutest thing ever, right?” Emma said.
 “You do?” Abigail asked.
“But… you packed this hair dye and all these cute clothes and haven’t touched them all Summer. So, this makeover suggestion is for you to shine the way you deserve. A confidence boost really.”
Abigail tried not to get too swept up in Emma’s infectious energy. “Makeover?”
“It’ll be fun,” she promised. “I think red’s totally your colour.”
Abigail picked up the box, looking at the smiling model on the box. “I don’t know. I also brought extra black. I should just go back to my natural colour.”
“If that’s what you want,” Emma said. “But, you’d look so cute with red! Oh, or maybe a mix of both. I gave my friend Georgie the best blue streaks and they called me, ‘almost like a professional.’”
“High praise,” Abigail joked. “But I don’t think streaks will suit me.”
“One streak?” Emma pushed. “Okay. Back to black then. But I’ll still help you do it.”
Abigail looked down at the box, slightly crushed in her hands. On the other side of the box, the model had been edited to show other styles. The one in the middle caught her attention.
“I like this one,” Abigail admitted. “But I don’t know if it’ll suit me.”
“Let me see.” Emma leaned over, where she was pointing at the ombre styling. “Abi! You really are full of surprises. That’s so cool!”
“Probably wouldn’t suit me then.”
“Nope. No putting yourself down. That’s my best friend you’re talking about.”
Abigail smiled. “I’m your best friend?”
“Duh.” Emma smiled again. “So, what do you think? Trust me with your hair?”
Abigail pulled at the end of her off-blonde hair again. “Yeah. Let’s do it!”
Emma’s excited squeal was enough to get Abigail smiling too.
By the time Abigail had returned from the shower block, her hair damp under the towel as instructed, Emma had already read through the instructions three times. “Welcome to the salon madam.”
Abigail laughed. She had a really sweet one, although she was always hiding it behind her hands. Emma was determined to bring her friend out of her shell.
“Do you have an opening?”
“I’m afraid we’re booked up for months. Lucky for you, my last client just went bald, so I have space.” Emma pulled out the wooden chair. “Do sit down.”
“Thank you.”
Abigail adjusted the towel so it fell around her neck. She had changed into one of the camp shirts that was already stained with blodges of paint. She gave her hair a brush and then let it fall down again. Emma pulled on the plastic gloves with a snap. She picked up the brush and stirred the red mix around, finally putting the first streak in Abigail’s hair.
“No turning back now,” she joked. “You’re committed to red menace now.”
“Oh. What?”
“It’s the shade name. Snappy right.” Emma added another streak. “This is going to look great!”
“Red’s always been my favourite colour.”
“Yeah? Is there a whole artsy reason why?”
Abigail giggled. “Sort of. It’s a primary colour, so it’s the starting point for most of the other colours. And my first painting that I got an award for was only black and white and red.”
“You’re so good.”
“You haven't seen it,” Abigail replied.
“I’ve seen what you draw. You’re amazing.” Emma moved to the right side of her head. “But you totally let the art do the talking.”
She continued to work. Abigail seemed more relaxed now, her eyes closed, humming a little as Emma massaged the dye into her hair.
“I don’t know. The camp’s filled with so many loud and confident people. It’s kinda hard to get them to pay attention to me.”
Emma had a feeling that she knew exactly who Abigail wanted to catch the eye off. But she didn’t want to push her too far out of her comfort zone. Baby steps.
“Well, when you walk into dinner like this, they’ll have no choice.”  
“You think so?” Abigail asked.
Emma did a final check that she had applied the paste evenly, before peeling off the gloves. There was only one chair in their room, so she sat at the edge of one of the bunks.
“I told you Abi. You’re gonna shine.”
Abigail smiled. “If I could be half as confident as you are, that’d be awesome.”
“Confidence is all about feeling good. You aren’t dressing to feel good. You’re dressing to hide. Come one, I know that you packed so many cute outfits and yet, I’ve only seen you wear your camp shirt.”
Abigail crossed her arms. “It’s the uniform.”
“You already changed your hair. Why not put one of those cute little crop tops you packed?” Emma picked up Abigail’s bag again, rooting through it. There was a mesh crop top with red roses that she had spotted earlier. She held up against her own chest.
“I can’t wear that!”
“It’s your shirt. You packed it.” Emma held the shirt up against the box of dye. “It matches perfectly! Confidence Abi!”
Abigail unfolded her arms. “I’ll try it.”
Emma grinned. “Great!”
Abigail frowned. “How long are you supposed to leave this in? My neck’s starting to get itchy?”
Emma looked down at the box in her hands. “Shoot!”
Abigail hadn’t quite felt ready for the mesh shirt alone. But Emma had convinced her to layer a black tank top under and change out her usual shorts for one of the plaid skirts she had brought. It felt like a lot to wear just to eat burgers with the rest of the counselors, but Abigail tried to ignore the urge to cover it with a jacket. Emma wouldn’t forgive her if she tried.
Abigail gave her appearance a final look in the mirror. Now her hair was dry, exactly how vibrant the red ended up was clear. But she was surprised how much she liked it.
Emma was waiting outside of the dining hall. She grinned as she spotted Abigail, brushing off Jacob to wave. “Oh my god Abi, you look amazing!”
“Thanks.”
After an elbow to the ribs from Emma, Jacob added: “Cool hair Abi.”
“We should head in.”
“I agree.” Emma locked arms with Abigail, practically dragging her in. “Hi guys!”
Suddenly all eyes were on them. Abigail smiled. “Hey,” she added, quieter.  
“You look awesome,” Kaitlyn complimented. “Abi, I am totally going to steal your outfit.”
“Oh thanks. It’s not too much?”
Kaitlyn shook her head. “What? No way.”
The rest of the counselor’s chimed in with their own compliments. Abigail headed over to the serving station, feeling her face was as red as her new hair colour. It wasn’t helped by the fact Nick was standing there too, making up his own plate.
“Abi?”
“Hi.” She busied herself with grabbing salad.
“You look really good,” Nick said. “Red’s actually my favourite colour. Doubly now.”
“Mine too!” Abigail said.
They shared a smile.
“You look… yeah wow. I’ll shut up now,” Nick muttered. He went to rejoin the others at the table.
“Abi!” Emma took his place. “You’re definitely shining now.”
“Oh my god. Thank you.”
Emma smiled. “Any time. But by the way, all those compliments, those dropped jaws, that’s all you.”
Abigail smiled back. Maybe this would be the life changing Summer she had been hoping for after all.
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bjerregaardtalley5 · 2 years
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Mafia!NCT 127 Reaction to You Coloring Their Tattoos
Hyuck + Mark in the Dream Reaction
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[ posted 09 / 10 / 2020 ]
Taeyong
He had no hesitation letting you color his tattoos. "Have fun, babe." He pinched your cheek and relaxed under the big tree you were both sitting under. Today was a cool and relaxing day as Taeyong had thrown all his plans away to be with you all day.
The dragon on his bicep was now stained in hues of purple and green with accents of neon yellow creeping up his shoulder. "So, besides today, how have you been lately?" His gaze swayed from you to the inside of his eyelids as he was drifting to sleep slowly. "Okay, I suppose. Work is annoying." You laughed and his heart twinged with love. "My students are definitely taking advantage of the wedding to slack off with their work." You chuckled and Taeyong took notice of the cool metal ring that laid on your left hand. It had never looked more magical than right now. The wedding was a fairytale story to think about in another time and place. It was the talk of the town. There wasn’t a reason the students shouldn’t be talking about it.
"They're kids. They're going to goof off for a while." He laughed and looked down at his arm. The color stuck inside the lines and stained your hands wildly. Your yawn brought his attentive eyes to your sleepy frame. "Tired, already?" He laughed as you could only shrug with a sheepish grin stuck on your face.
"Come here. Let's just rest for a little bit then." He pushed the markers into the grass and his arm wrapped itself around your waist as he pulled you down and into his side. You couldn't fight it as your ear was filled with the sound of his mellowing heartbeat. His fingers danced in your hair and danced along the curves of your cheekbones till he knew you were fast asleep.
He stayed awake just looking at your angelic features as the sight of his multi-colored arm shifted his focus. It was so meaningless to you but he loved it as he knew that it came from your heart and mind.
It was you-- perfect.
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Taeil
"If I have to sit through one more of these stupid underboss meetings then I swear I'm going to go ballistic-" Taeil cut you off with a laugh. "I don't want caviar and fancy fish with wine! I want chicken nuggets shaped like dinosaurs with a coke!" You whined as he walked in the bedroom, one hand shoving the dress shirt underneath the hem of his dress pants.
"I know, cutie. Just a couple more meetings this week then I promise I'll take a week off and we can go and take a vacation." He pulled your hands and guided you to the bathroom where an elegant dress hung on the hooks of the door. Matching with Taeil was something you looked forward to with events like these. Yet, the event itself was throwing you off.
You got dressed and stared at yourself in the mirror. The thin red spaghetti straps danced on your shoulders as it contrasted with your dark black tattoos. The heels were uncomfortable as they carried you through the door and to the base meeting house.
You sat between Taeil and Johnny who decided to come alone and without his wife. 'lucky bitch' you thought. Taeil's hand protectively gripped the inside of your thigh. The stares of the foreign feeling underbosses littered across the room. Their aura made a shiver go down your spine as Taeil read out the news from Neo Culture's territory.
Your hand rested on top of his as your thoughts drowned out your husband's usually sweet voice. You traced the tattoos on his hand lightly with your finger. You grabbed an extra pen from Johnny's seat place and started to add onto Taeil's tattoos. The red and blue inks clashed with each other even though they laid right by one another.
Taeil gripped your wrist harshly to get you to stop but the spiteful feeling sparked in your head. You grabbed his hand with your other hand and forced it on your lap. You continued drawing and coloring the shapes and words with a vengeful attitude coursing through your veins.
A break was reached and all the underbosses were dismissed from the meeting room to the dining room where food was going to be served. Yet, once the room was cleared he grabbed your wrists once more. "What the hell are you doing?"
You automatically started to pout as you deemed that this wasn't fun anymore. "I was just trying to get your attention." You mumbled as you got up and walked out of the big wooden doors. Taeil sighed and took a deep breath. He looked down to see hearts of blue and red around your initials he had tattooed on his thumb. Tiny cartoon characters danced across his hand and he realized he was overreacting.
He got up to go after you and caught you walking slowly to the dining room. He came up behind you and slipped a hand on your lower hip. "I'm sorry, baby." Taeil sighed and kissed your cheek warmly.
You shook your head and leaned into him. "No, I shouldn't have kept going when you said to stop. I'm sorry." You confided as you both turned into the room where everyone was already seated. "Here, how about this," he whispered. "Eat a little bit of food then me and you can go out for burgers after everyone leaves." He said and the look on your face gave him the energy to get through the next hour and a half.
"Really?" You asked and he nodded. You grabbed his face and gently kissed his cheek. "Now you have my seal of approval." You laughed as you rubbed the faint mark of lipstick off of his face.
You sat down ready to shove down the nasty fish eggs and wine that was about to be served.
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Johnny
Nobody understood how Johnny got you to be his wife. Everyone thought that the differences would've drowned out the connection. Yet, anybody who doubted was silenced when they spent an hour with you both. The strongness of Johnny seemed minimalized whenever you walked into the room. It was quite magical.
You and Johnny sat on the 127 squad jet, bound towards New York where you both would be staying for 3 months for protection. The family was threatened with the wives and partners coming under the harshest threats.
Johnny took you and didn't look back. You were working an 18-hour shift at the hospital and he came with no warning. Just grabbed you and left.
Jaehyun and his wife were on the way to Connecticut while Mark and his girlfriend were on their way to New York too. Johnny, Mark, and Jaehyun were to meet in New York in their respective spaces to set out a plan of action. After that, Mark would spend a month in New York, then go up to Toronto, spending his last months in Vancouver. Johnny is splitting the trip up into half in New York, the rest in Chicago. Jaehyun was taking his chances by staying in Connecticut. Yet, he said he wouldn't hesitate running West if needed.set out a plan of action. The sudden news threw you off guard.
You sat with Johnny in the back of the plane in dead silence. "I'm scared." You admitted. "Why?" He asked as he turned his phone off and threw it on the table in front of both of you.
You curled up on the couch next to him, latching onto his arm protectively.  "Nothing is going to happen, sweetie." He came up to twirl your hair calmly as your heart started to race more. It was too quiet.
"Here, let's find something to do." He sighed and stood up, rummaging through the closets and storage of the plane. In a moment he returned with a pack of markers. "No paper." He frowned and sat back down with a tired sigh.
You reached forward to bring the thin cardboard box into your hands. You felt his hand rest on the small of your back as you pulled the markers out and twirled them in-between your fingers.
You looked to him to see his head leaned back and eyes shut. You grabbed his suit jacket and tugged. His head snapped up and it took him a minute to understand what you were getting at. "Oh." He sighed and shook the material off of his torso.
A simple t-shirt had been hidden underneath his blazer as you laid your eyes on his tattoos. He didn't have any hesitation as he rolled up his already short sleeves and got comfortable.
He was preoccupied with his phone as you hummed to yourself. You traced the sunflower in green and made tie-dye art on his forearms. Johnny was content with the silence and the fact he knew that you were okay and occupied.
"Wanna listen to some music, babe?" He asked as he opened his music app. "Duh." He clicked the playlist you had made for him and laughed as he watched you sing terribly into the marker. He studied your figure and facial expressions as you got caught up in coloring again. "This dragon is now going to have whiskers." You nodded but stopped quickly. "Or a mustache?" You looked at Johnny and he shrugged. "He'd look cute with some whiskers." You took the idea and plopped whiskers on the face of the dragon.
An associate who tagged along for the trip came into the back room with refreshments for the two of you. You both gladly accepted and were left alone again. "Gummy bears?" These are perfect. He threw the package at you but it went untouched as you kept drawing.
He could only laugh to himself as he opened the package for you and pulled a singular bear out. Johnny held it to your lips and was happy to you take it without much thought. You finally were happy with your artistic decisions and showed Johnny the finished piece.
"It's so nice, y/n!" He smiled and it felt like your brain was mush. You sat next to him with a content smile and a small yawn.
"Tired already?" at which you could only shrug as a response. "Then let's just watch some videos and relax." He kicked his feet up and pulled you so you were on his lap.
Johnny's phone played random videos as you latched onto him and went to sleep. He took some photos to set as his wallpaper and ultimately decided to join you in a nice nap.
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(rrruuudddeee)
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Yuta
"Yuta!" You called as you stepped into the large house. "I believe he's in the gazebo or his office, Miss." One of the worked associates greeted you at the front door. He grabbed the bags from your arms as you bowed politely. "Thank you so much." You were off towards the back of the house to find your husband.
"Yuta-!" You called as you rounded the corner of the house and into the back yard. The gazebo that laid just beyond the wood bridge that sat above the koi fish river-- was empty. You stopped and stared for a moment. You were sure that this is where he'd be.
"Up here, my love." A voice made you jump as you looked up to see Yuta at his office balcony. "Oh. Hi!" You waved as his eyes squinted in a smile. "How was your day out?" He asked as he brought his teacup up to his lips. "It was wonderful! I have something to show you!" You called and held up a small shopping bag in your hand. "I'll be right up!" You raced back into the house and up the stairs to where he already stood waiting for you in the doorway to his office.
"What's so amazing that you found today?" His eyebrow raised and you opened the bag quickly. "But first-" He interrupted you as he grabbed your face gently and gave you a passionate kiss. "What's this for?" You asked as he continued to stare at your face lovingly. "Just happy to see you is all." He smiled as his hands found their way into his pockets.
"Now, show me." He motioned to one of your hands that was stuck in the bag you held. You were brought back to reality and pulled the plastic package out of the bag.
"...Markers?" He asked and his tone of voice made you laugh. "Not just any markers. They're tattoo markers. They're safe for the skin." You corrected him and he rolled his eyes. "You're still on this?" Yuta asked with an amused expression. "Of course I am! This was the deal." You said shoving them into his hands so he could inspect the box.
He read the back and he had to admit...you were right.
"You said I could color your tattoos IF I found tattoo markers. Safe for the skin and everything!" He knew you did it...and that he had to hold up his part of the deal. "Okay fine." He sighed as he handed the package back. "Yay! Thank you!" You jumped and laid a gentle kiss on his cheek.
"We can do it later before dinner." He agreed and watched you skip happily down the hall.
---- "Finally! You take forever." You sighed as you moved your sunglasses up your nose. The grass tickled your bare legs as Yuta sat next to you. "I couldn't help it. Taeyong didn't want to hang up the phone." You stood on your knees and moved behind Yuta. Your hands gently rubbed his shoulders as his head fell in an exasperated manner.
"I hate to burst your bubble, Yuta. But, I called you out here for the deal. Not a massage." He whined as he flopped down on the grass, his t-shirt lifting on his back. His head rested on his folded arms as you silently cheered.
"If this stains, I will make sure to throw out all color in your life. Your life will be a dull kaleidoscope-" "Yeah, yeah, yeah. Whatever you say, you big baby." You laughed and opened your pouch full of the tattoo markers.
You lifted the back of his shirt more till the full picture was revealed. A full mural was printed on his back with black ink that curved and straightened out into different objects. A dragon with demons following was the full picture...a dark reality...that you were going to make colorful.
You sat on his lower back and got to work filling in the different parts of the dragon. Every once in awhile he would spasm and try to make you mess-up. Yet, with a tug on his hair, he would become limp and obedient again.
"I'm almost done." Was the phrase that almost made him weep with joy. "Finally." He let it slip and he felt a tug on his hair again. "Ow." He rubbed his head. He could feel you draw and move the felt-tipped weapons on his back.
"Finished." You cheered and grabbed his phone to take a picture. You showed it to him and ombre scaled decorated the dragon with the demon's faces were colored red and blue. It looked nice. He saw a couple of smiley faces hidden in there and felt like everything looked complete.
"Okay, my turn now!" He yelled and grabbed your arm. He pulled you to the ground and grabbed the black marker that was in your hand. "Yuta, no." You tried fighting him. "This wasn't apart of the deal." You thrashed but he pinned you under his body weight. "Excuse me? Sorry, I don't speak Japanese." His Korean rambled off quickly from his tongue. You decided to just deal with it as he took his time drawing a mustache on your face along with random doodles he could think of.
He finally stopped his antics and took a picture with his phone to look at afterward. "You look so cute, look!" He pulled up the picture and shoved it in your face. "I look gross man!" You ridiculed but he wrapped you up in his arms quickly,
"My gross man."
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Doyoung
"I thought they were going to be here already." You whined as your head hit the wall behind you. "Oh, can you stop whining for once?" He groaned as he took off his bulletproof vest. The air seemed to be getting thinner as the seconds ticked past. He stretched his legs out so they touched the opposite wall of the tiny bank vault. The velvet flooring seemed sticky as it felt like your chest was getting heavier.
You stood up and went to the closed door. Kicking and banging seemed like the only viable option. You pounded and kicked as hard and as much as you could with no luck. Tears stained your eyes as you turned around to look for another option out of here. "It's getting smaller." You whispered and Doyoung took the opportunity. "You're right, y/n. I can feel the walls pushing in!" He yelled and started to thrash and roll around on the ground. You could swear that the walls were shrinking and coming closer together. You dropped to the floor with your hands over your head, ready to be crushed by the vault walls.
Doyoung was pissed and vengeful in the beginning but now he just felt bad. You sat there silently crying as you rocked yourself back and forth. Doyoung sat opposite of you and just stared, waiting for you to snap out of it, yet, there was no hope as he watched you bring your legs closer to your chest.
He pushed your shoulder and you backed away from him quickly. "Calm down. You're wasting our air." He deadpanned. You could only nod and wipe the tears away from your eyes.
"Wanna play tic-tac-toe?" He asked and you looked around, surprised he was asking in a moment like this. "Um-" He didn't wait for an answer and grabbed your legs-- pulling you closer to where he sat.
Doyoung reached into your vest you were wearing and pulled an assortment of permanent markers out. You wiped the rest of your tears and grabbed the orange marker out of his hand. He lifted the sleeve of his long shirt and created the grid in black ink. "Wanna go first?" He asked and you took the opportunity to land an 'X' in the grid.
He followed soon after you and in no time-- he won.
Another game and another and another till no space was left. An hour had passed and you were still stuck in the bank vault.
"Fine. You win this tournament. But, I know I'll win next time." Doyoung said laying back and closing his eyes. The sweat from his bangs dripped down the side of his face.
The bottom of his shirt lifted and you could see the familiar black ink on his side. "Stop staring at me like that, pervert. I have rights." He pulled his shirt down and you let a laugh rip through your chest.
"Chill. I was just looking at your tattoo." You said and he shrugged. "What about 'em?" He asked as his eyes closed once more. "Nothing. Just looking," you sighed, "I wanted to be a tattoo artist before all of this." You motioned around the velvet interior. One eye peeked open and he looked suspiciously at your figure. "Are you any good?"
You stood on your knees and lifted your shirt so he could see the piece you were in the middle of finishing. Dragon and koi fish laid on your ribs in red ink.
"Woah." He lifted himself closer and gently touched the healing ink. "You did this yourself?" You nodded as he inspected it for a good minute.
"Give me one!" He said and shoved the red sharpie in your hand. He didn't give you time before laying on his side in a straight line. He lifted the side of his shirt and waited patiently.
You shrugged, finding nothing else better to do. He already had black ink staining his skin so you decided to add on. It was another simple dragon but it fit his character and personality perfectly.
Time seemed to slow as he tried to take a sneak peek of the masterpiece you were currently working on. He planned to take a picture later and get it done, yet, it would have to be in secret.
All of a sudden, the door popped open and cool air filled the small compartment. "Welcome back to Earth." Chenle greeted. You capped the marker and grabbed your vest as quickly as Doyoung.
You both high-tailed it out of the bank and into the street where the van was waiting with open doors. Doyoung and you jumped and rolled onto the back-ground of the van and the door was slammed shut by Jaehyun.
"Sorry about that. Jungwoo spilled Sprite on the control panel." Jaehyun explained and a guilty-looking Jungwoo sat in the passenger seat, not making eye contact.
"Woah. You got a new tattoo?" Jaehyun lifted Doyoung's shirt up more to see the red dragon you had drawn.
"Eventually."
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Jaehyun
He was a very demanding man with particular tastes. You sat by yourself in your underground shop when a swarm of men came in all at once. They lead the way for a man in a sharp business suit.
I'm about to get shut down...aren't I?
He looked at you for a moment before looking around and coming towards you. "Are you the shop owner?" His voice was smooth with undertones of threatening. "Depends on who's asking," I answered honestly, "If it's for ink work or compliments: me. If you have any problems then I'll turn you over to my manager, Lucifer." You wiped down the glass counter in front of you. His chuckle rang sliced through the thick tension.
"Lucifer." You sang and made kissy noises. A long black haired cat hopped onto the glass counter next to you, hissing at the men and laying on its back. His back stretched as his paws grew long and pointy nails only for a moment. "Oh be nice, Luci." You called and picked the cat up in your arms.
"So how can we help you today?" You smiled and the man looked at you and sighed. "This will do." He called over his shoulder and you heard a bang of your shop door. Men walked around you to your workroom and began going through your papers. "Do you have any affiliations with any gangs in the local or surrounding areas?" The man asked as you dropped the cat onto the glass.
"No." You blurted and it was met with a smile. "Well, you have caught the interest of Neo Culture-" "Oh hell no." You shook your head and came around the counter. You pointed towards the staircase that was capped with the 'exit' door. "Leave." You demanded, yet, he stood still.
"I don't think you understand how this works." His smile made you shiver. "You were picked. You can't just...refuse." He motioned to the room. "You are on Neo Culture property and territory. You will work for us in exchange for a pretty...hefty amount of cash-" "And a bullet in my head if another gang comes by?" You questioned with your arms crossed over your chest. "Well, you don't need to worry about that till they show up...do you?" His reasoning made you angry.
"I just want a simple fill-in today. And if you do well, then you'll be taken care of." He went into his coat pocket and pulled out a stack of paper. "Rent, bills, groceries, and spending money. Not to mention guaranteed protection from the most feared crime family in the Asiatic continent." He smiled as he handed over the piece of paper.
You looked at it and it was of a dragon that needed to be shaded and filled in. You knew that you needed to do this...or say bye-bye to your shop and dreams.
You sighed and looked at Lucifer who sat grooming himself.
"It's all clear, sir." One of the men popped his head out of the back curtain. The man smiled at you and stuck out his hand. "Do we have a deal?" He asked and you regretted the decision as you felt your hand reach itself out in front of you. "Deal." You sighed and you lead him back to the workroom.
He made himself comfortable as he draped his jacket across the waiting chair and unbuttoned the bottom of his shirt. He lifted his business shirt until a blank tattoo was shown on the front section of his ribs.
You got yourself ready off of what the paper described. Black and red shading with a black streak thrown across the dragon's eyes. 1-2-7 was bent across the dragon's stomach as 5 stars surrounded the head of the dragon mimicking a crown.
"Lucifer. Out." You called and the cat meow'd before walking out of the curtain. "Want to listen to music while I work?" You asked and he shook his head 'no' as he preoccupied himself on his phone.
You worked quickly and efficiently as he didn't dare look at your work.
2 hours went by and you were done. "Finished." You said standing up and disposing of the used needles. He stood up and looked into the body-length mirror on the other side of the room. "Woah." Was all you heard.
"This is good work." He said and you awkwardly smiled while coming closer to him with saniderm and healing gel. "Take off the saniderm underwater, so I suggest a shower and apply the gel gently. Change the saniderm at the same time tomorrow then after that you can wait up to 6 days after to change." You explained as you rubbed the gel on the tattoo and stuck a big square of saniderm on his torso.
"Why, thank you,-" "y/n." You cut him off and you could see him smile as you turned away.
"Nice name." He smiled, "Thanks...I guess." You shrugged. "Well, some other members will be in for some days to come. Money has already been left under your counter." He redressed as you cleaned up your station.
"I hope to see you soon, y/n." He smiled and walked off in an eerie aura. You heard your shop door open and close.
You rested your hands on your counter and let a huge sigh escape your chest. Meow.
You looked over to see Lucifer peeking his head in.
"I know. He was really weird."
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(back tf up?? in the middle of a pandemic??)
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Jungwoo
"Stop running away from me you tree!" You leaped from the couch and onto your boyfriend's back. "No! You'll never catch me!" He tried to shake you off of him, yet, you latched onto him as tight as you could.
"Damn your koala grip." He tried to swing his body around and throw you to the ground. Your hands went to cover his eyes as you began to panic. "Quit moving so fast!" You pleaded and he stopped abruptly. You scrambled off of his back and just sat with your legs outstretched on the floor.
You looked up at him with a look that could kill. "Just let me have fun." You pushed yourself off the floor and pointed a finger in his face. "You can. Just not on me." He moved your hand away from his face.
You groaned and sat on the couch in a huff. "You're no fun, Woo." You muttered and he couldn't help but smile at your pouty nature.
"Sure. Whatever you say, cutie." He said excusing himself down the hall. You heard the door to the bedroom close and you were left alone. You were going to color those damn tattoos even if it killed you. You turned on the TV and watched some shows. 40 minutes had passed and you knew that Jungwoo had to be asleep.
You snuck to the closet by the kitchen and threw the door open to find the bucket of markers. You grabbed your favorite out of the selection and were off down the hall.
The door was silent as you swung it open quickly. Jungwoo laid passed out on top of the sheets. His arms were folded underneath his head as you watched his chest rise and fall slowly...in a serene manner...but it was too calm. Chaos and fun were needed.
Tip-toeing was your best option as you swiftly made yourself over. You watched his eyes roam the inside of his eyelids as you realized he was completely knocked out.
You crawled on your space of the bed and uncapped the marker with a slight struggle. The pop made Jungwoo's eyelids squeeze and release quickly.
Your heart was filled with a mischievous attitude as you softly traced along the stars that were placed on his inner bicep. Pinks and oranges were plopped onto his skin as he laid unconscious.
A couple of cartoon characters and messages later you were bored. "Guess you are right. I really do have the mind of a goldfish." You mused quietly as you closed the marker and shoved them off the bed.
You laid across Jungwoo's torso and rolled onto him so he could wake-up. "It's like watching a toddler, I swear." He groaned as he grabbed you and didn't let go.
"I could've sworn that coloring would've kept you busy for at least an hour." He sighed and you just looked at him as if he had grown 5 heads. "I'm not stupid, y/n. Don't look at me like that." Jungwoo laughed and pinched your cheek.
He held onto your waist with one arm as he examined what you had drawn on the other. "Awe they're so cute." He mused and you looked at your work once more.
"Can I get a tattoo?" You asked and he only looked at you. "Do what you feel is right, but please...please think it through." He sighed and held onto you with both hands.
"Deal."
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And That Just Takes the Cake
Relationship(s): Gojo Satoru x M!Reader
Warnings: none
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Request:  “Could you please write something for the prompt: "they're both going about doing Adult Life™ things, and Gojo just grabbed the last item on the shelf that m!reader needed to complete his shopping list; shenanigans of your choice ensue, and reader somehow ends up getting Gojo's number out of the whole ordeal"”
It had been a long week at work; between the overtime you put into a project you were in charge of (against your company’s better judgment, honestly) and your coworkers who couldn’t get proposals in by your deadlines, causing you to get yelled at by the higher-ups, it had been a long week. Even worse, you opened up your fridge to find nothing in it besides two eggs and a piece of molding meat. There was a reason why you had been eating convenience store meals and cup ramen all week, with all their sodium. 
Sighing, you threw away the piece of meat and cooked the two eggs real quick; you skipped lunch so that you could get off of work an hour earlier, but look where it got you--starving at 8 pm with a practically empty fridge.
After hoovering down the eggs, you grabbed your suit jacket and keys, then put on your shoes and walked to the nearest grocery store. 
Grabbing a basket, you began filling it with food for the next few days. You didn’t even bother making a physical list, relying on your brain to add whatever looks good to the basket.
After nearly overflowing the basket and mentally checking off everything, you decided to treat yourself to a little something extra. This grocery store was locally owned by a little old lady who made some of the best cakes you had the pleasure of trying. She often ran out about this time, but you decided to try your luck. 
Turning the corner, you saw one neatly packaged slice left on the shelf and speed-walked over as fast as you could without jogging. It was your favorite lemon flavor, almost like your luck had finally begun turning this week--
The same second you put your hand on the slice, as did someone else, with hands nearly twice the size of yours. You turned to your left to see who would dare come between you this wonderful slice of cake, not expecting a mountain model of a man beside you. You considered yourself to be a man of above-average stature, but even then, he was a head taller than you. He was dressed in gray sweatpants, a black sweater hanging off of his shoulders, exposing those wonderfully carved collarbones. He wore black sunglasses, even though the sky was dark and they were inside, so you wondered if he was blind or something. And his hair--it was white as snow, kind of messy, in a cute kind of way. You wondered if that was natural or he just had a hair dye obsession. 
“Excuse me,” he said, tugging on the cake slice his way. You held your ground, tugging it back your way. “I saw this first.” 
Oh, so it was going to be like this. Two adults arguing over the last slice of cake while an old lady watched them from the register. 
“I think you’re wrong about that,” you answered back. “I saw it first, plus I have been a customer of this establishment for over five years. It’s mine.”
“Oh? And what makes you think you deserve this cake more than me?” The handsome man grinned devilishly. Unfair, he had super glossy lips and tiny dimples. You didn’t even know what this guy looked like behind those dark shades, nor his name even, and you were already whipped for his looks. Ugh, you were a disaster of a man. 
You cleared your throat, readying yourself for a winded explanation. You were known to be a talker, so maybe if you talked long enough this guy would just leave and let you have the cake. 
“First of all, I’ve had a horrible week, sir. I could tell you about it for hours and it wouldn’t even be the half of it. So, instead of being an alcoholic, I’ve decided to become a sugar addict.”
“A wise choice,” the man mused. 
“Second of all, this is my favorite flavor. Tatsuki-san makes some of the best cakes I’ve ever tasted in my life. The lemon one is particularly good because it’s not too sweet, not too sour--a perfect balance that leaves you wanting me.” 
“I see,” he stated, empty hand brought up to his chin in thought. You weren’t so sure if he could see. 
“And third of all, I’m probably older than you, so respect your elders and hand over the cake.”
“Hmmm,” the man hummed. “How old are you?”
“Thirsty--I mean thirty.”
“Well, what do you know!” He grinned widely. “You are older than me. I like you and your spunk.”
HUH?! 
“Anyways, I’ll do you a favor and hand over this cake. But in return--” he let go of the cake you were fiercely holding onto and rummaged in one of his pants pockets “--you have to buy me a slice another time.” He handed you a card from his pocket. “Here’s my number. Text me when you want to meet up with the slice and I’ll be there.”
You stared at the business card he handed over. It was a simple white, with an embellished silver of his name (“Gojo Satoru”), his occupation (“First Year Teacher at Tokyo Metropolitan Magic Technical College”, whatever the hell that was), and his number. “And if I just pretend this encounter never happened? And never text you, Satoru-san?”
“Aw, we’re on a first-name basis already?” He teased. “And there’s nothing I can do about that,” he shrugged. “But c’mon.” He reached for his sunglasses, taking them off. Behind those dark shades were the brightest and most beautiful pair of blue eyes you’d ever seen. Not even some of the brightest eyed foreigners that visited came close to his particular shade of blue. It was mesmerizing, almost like you could get lost staring at them. 
You felt your face warm up as you realized you were staring too hard and averted your eyes. 
“I have a face few can resist.” He gently caressed your cheek, bringing your gaze back to his. “I’ll see you later, (Y/N)-san.”
Your face heated up more as you sputtered a goodbye and watched Gojo Satoru saunter out of the grocery store empty-handed. It was only after you paid for your groceries did you realize you never told him your name.
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When the front door swung open and Ugetsu found himself face to face with a short-haired blonde not-Mafuyu, two thoughts immediately entered his head. First, despite Mafuyu’s directions and the note on the door, he must have accidentally come to the wrong place.
The second thought – swiftly following its forerunner – was a cold shower of recognition that froze him in place and dropped the bottom of his stomach.
“Oh”, a soft sound escaped him before he could trap it inside.
It seemed the blonde man had arrived at the same discovery as him. Gaping at him slightly and his amber eye wide as saucers, he stood in the doorway.
Ugetsu wanted to flee. As soon as possible, by any means necessary. An earthquake. A meteor. A secret trapdoor under his feet.
No, he thought, I can’t look back. If I look back, I’m lost.
“Uhh…,” the blonde man said, emerging from his stupor fist, “ahh, you must be – ”
“Yes, hi,” Ugetsu interrupted him. “I’m here to drop off Mafuyu’s present.”
He held out a white rustling paper bag with I ❤️ NY printed on the side. The man glanced at it but wouldn’t reach for it.
“He told me to come here.”
Mafuyu invited Ugetsu to his birthday party. Only he failed to mention the part about a party. Ugetsu found out just in time when a familiar-looking blonde man opened the front door. Social awkwardness and chaos ensue.
Takes place after the Ugetsu extra booklet that was released with the Blueray of the movie.
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Ugetsu blinked at the note taped on the front door looming in front of him. A party? Mafuyu hadn’t mentioned anything about a party when he had asked Ugetsu to come over.
Stiffly, he stood in the unfamiliar staircase and listened for any party-related noises from the apartment. But his only answer was the background humming of the hallway. Hesitant, he toyed with the idea of texting Mafuyu some excuse. He could always give his birthday present some other time.
Before he let the temptation get too big, he pressed the doorbell and a sharp buzz rang in the apartment. He had made a promise, after all.
Perhaps, with any luck, he had arrived before the party.
When the front door swung open and Ugetsu found himself face to face with a short-haired blonde not-Mafuyu, two thoughts immediately entered his head. First, despite Mafuyu’s directions and the note on the door, he must have accidentally come to the wrong place.
The second thought – swiftly following its forerunner – was a cold shower of recognition that froze him in place and dropped the bottom of his stomach.
“Oh”, a soft sound escaped him before he could trap it inside.
It seemed the blonde man had arrived at the same discovery as him. Gaping at him slightly and his amber eye wide as saucers, he stood in the doorway.
Ugetsu wanted to flee. As soon as possible, by any means necessary. An earthquake. A meteor. A secret trapdoor under his feet.
No, he thought, I can’t look back. If I look back, I’m lost.
“Uhh…,” the blonde man said, emerging from his stupor fist, “ahh, you must be – ”
“Yes, hi,” Ugetsu interrupted him. “I’m here to drop off Mafuyu’s present.”
He held out a white rustling paper bag with I ❤️ NY printed on the side. The man glanced at it but wouldn’t reach for it.
“He told me to come here.”
Don’t look back. This was his trial by fire. He had taken a fourteen-thousand-mile trip to another continent to not look back.
“Haruki,” a familiar deep voice carried from behind the blonde man, “who is it? If it’s the neighbors, I already told them to – “
Akihiko’s face appeared over the man’s shoulder. Under other circumstances, Ugetsu would have laughed at how his eyes widened and mouth slacked open. Under circumstances that didn’t involve Akihiko’s arm casually around someone else’s waist.
Haruki.
So, that was his name. A soft name for a soft face.
“Anyway,” Ugetsu said, feeling how his words cut the thick air, “here.”
Again, he nudged the paper bag towards his audience, now doubled in volume and social discomfort.
“It’s for Mafuyu. I have to get going, my ride is waiting downstairs.”
There was no ride other than his own car, but no one needed to know that.  
Akihiko looked at the gift bag dangling in Ugetsu’s outstretched hand like it was a foreign object from outer space. Ugetsu wanted to exclaim at the stupid look on his face.
Please, just someone take this damn thing and let me go.
Forces of nature. Astronomic events. Mr. Secret Trapdoor Handler.
If he had to stand here for much longer, he would look back. That night. The hand leaving his. The invisible vines strangling him and blurrying his vision.
“It’s alright.”
Ugetsu looked up at the blonde man’s – Haruki’s – gentle voice, just now realizing his gaze had slid to stare at the linoleum floor. Haruki gave him a small smile and pushed Akihiko’s arm off around his waist.
“You should join us. I’m sure Mafu-chan has been waiting for you.”
“It’s fine, really. My ride…”
The smile softened when it reached the amber eyes. There was something about it that unexpectedly loosened the squeeze around Ugetsu’s chest a little.
“At least have some cake and drinks. There’s plenty.”
Ugetsu glanced at Akihiko. All he received was s shrug of shoulders.
“Then,” he said, squeezing the handle of the gift bag, “I guess, for a moment.”
The heavy front door clanked shut behind his back, sealing him in comfortable homely warmth. Distant chatter carried from the apartment. The entryway had been nearly overtaken by a messy assortment of shoes. Most of them looked like something high schoolers would wear. Stiffly, Ugetsu toed off his pair and tried to leave them somewhat neatly on the edge of the chaos.
“Sorry, we’re out of slippers,” Haruki said with an apologetic smile. “And it’s a bit messy everywhere with the kids around.”
“No, it’s – “
Ugetsu loathed the hesitance in his voice. He cleared his throat and straightened up.
“It’s fine. I don’t mind.”
Akihiko snorted.
“You could say that again. Really, you should see this guy’s place.”
His jibe was rewarded with a frown from Haruki.
“Come on now,” he said and shooed Akihiko along the hallway, “you were supposed to help the kids with the karaoke machine.”
Ugetsu stifled a cringe.
“You better keep the microphone away from Akihiko. I doubt his vocals have improved since high school.”
The annoyed glare Akihiko threw at him restored some of the lost confidence in Ugetsu. He still got it.
The apartment looked like a color bomb had gone off. Bundles of bright balloons floated from the ceiling. Strips of colorful streamers dangled off the furniture. Hanging over the window was a big pastel banner that screamed HAPPY BIRTHDAY at Ugetsu’s face.
“Mafu-chan,” Haruki said, “there was someone looking for you at the door.”
The buzz of the conversation died down, and a crowd of curious gazes was glued to him. Mafuyu’s eyes widened.
“Ugetsu-san,” he said, his whole being visibly brightening, “you could make it.”
Ugetsu found himself smiling.
“Yes, despite your vague directions. You almost missed your present and souvenirs from the Big Apple.”
He handed the gift bag for the umpteenth time. He could almost see the small stars glittering around Mafuyu’s face when he cradled it in his arms.
“Thank you, Ugetsu-san.”
Compared to his entrance at the door, his debut in the living room was mercifully less stress-inducing. A small herd of teenagers was sitting on the sofa and crowding around the coffee table.
Ugetsu relaxed his shoulders and let a cloak of practiced calm settle over himself. One-on-one audiences were one thing but crowds he could handle.
“Uh, well, then,” Haruki said, looking around the room. “You need a seat! It’s a bit crowded, but – ”
Suddenly the concentration of people stirred into an awkward shuffle. The couch was cleared vacant except for one boy with dark hair that curled slightly at the tips. Silently he dragged himself to the corner of the sofa, leaving the opposite end for Ugetsu to reign over.
The rest of the kids settled on the floor in a half-circle. One of them – a boy with a poor dye-job that reminded Ugetsu of pudding – kept shamelessly staring at him.
“What would you like to drink?” Haruki chimed. “We have sodas and coffee. And tea. And water too, of course. And – though I’m not sure if it’s really…I think we have some beer, too, if you prefer something more…”
“Coffee is fine,” Ugetsu cut in, taking pity on him. “Preferably with Jim Beam, but I’m fine with black too if you’re fresh out of bourbon.”
Visibly relieved with a task at hand, Haruki gave a nervous-sounding little laugh and headed to the kitchen. Ugetsu wondered if he was silently regretting inviting him in already.
“I’ll get the cake,” Akihiko said and followed suit. “Might as well cut it now that everyone is here.”
And so Ugetsu was left in the midst of teenagers. Mafuyu seemed to have floated off somewhere in his thoughts and was absentmindedly tracing the I ❤️ NY slogan on the paper bag. Next to him was another dark-haired boy. He kept casting quick glares between Ugetsu and the surface of the coffee table. Ugetsu noticed he had strikingly blue eyes.
“So,” Pudding Head broke the silence, “who are you?”
Amused, Ugetsu arched his eyebrows at the tone that seemed to pay no heed to the fact that Ugetsu was older than him. He liked the kid already.
“I’m a friend of Mafuyu’s.”
The kid tilted his head in appraising.
“He’s never mentioned you, though.”
Ugetsu smiled.
“Oh? I was about to say the same about you.”
Mafuyu stirred back to the present and looked up from his gift.
“Ugetsu-san is a violinist,” he said as if that explained what was needed.
Pudding Head’s eyes widened.
“Violin? Like Beethoven and stuff?”
“Yes,” Ugetsu said, a bit coldly, “and stuff.”
“Are you any good?” Pudding Head asked.
Before Ugetsu could deliver a well-edged reply, Mafuyu beat him to it.
“Ugetsu-san just won a big competition in Russia. What was the – ” he trailed off, and the dreamy look returned to his eyes.
“Tchaikovsky,” Ugetsu filled in, glancing at Pudding Head for good measure, “and stuff.”
The kid leaned forward. His lively eyes were now gauging him with new intensity. Even Baby Blues had decided he was more interesting than the coffee table. Broodylocks seemed the only one not phased but was listening on silently.
“We’re on a band together,” Pudding Head went on and nodded at Broodylocks next to Ugetsu. “Me and Shizu-chan – ah, Shizusumi.”
Ugetsu glanced at the brooding boy. Yes, he definitely looked like a Shizu-chan.
“Uenoyama is helping out, too. A little. For a while.”
Baby Blues nodded solemnly. Ugetsu suddenly realized he remembered him from the live shows. So, this was the genius kid that Akihiko had sometimes talked about. Besides Mafuyu, of course, he added silently in his head.
“So,” Ugetsu asked, “are you any good?”
It seemed the question pleased Pudding Head. Gearing up to boast, he folded his arms and grinned confidently.
“We won a big competition, too, just recently. And we have a music video coming. And a big gig.”
The confident grin sharpened into a more challenging one as the kid tilted his head back and ever so slightly looked down on Ugetsu.
“You should come and see us.”
“We got an offer from a record company, too,” Uenoayama said, frowning at Pudding Head before going back to glaring at the coffee table. “But we’re still thinking about it.”
Pudding Head huffed and rolled his eyes.
“You better not keep them waiting for too long, you know. You’re not that special.”
The other boy stiffened visibly. He whipped his glare on full force at Pudding Head who – to his credit, Ugetsu had to admit – didn’t even flinch.
“I don’t remember asking for your opinion!”
Pudding Head’s grin turned almost predatory.
“That’s not how I remember it. Oh, Hiiragi what should I do?” he said, mockingly exaggerating a troubled tone and gestures. “Hiiragi, how do you know? Hiiragi, I’m so confused! Hiiragi, how are you so good at this?”
“I never you said you were good!”
Ugetsu made a mental note of Pudding Head’s name, Hiiragi, and tuned out the bickering. It sounded like it was merely just starting. His gaze roamed the apartment.
The wooden paneling and floorboards made him feel like he was enclosed in a homely nest. A chestnut, he thought absently. This is what a nest made out of chestnut would be like. The overall atmosphere was very – he searched for a suitable word – approachable. The room breathed. Nurtured. Everything seemed cared for, and they radiated that same energy back.
It certainly fit someone called Haruki.
So, this is where Akihiko had stayed back then, Ugetsu thought, quite not able to keep a note of bitterness at bay. No wonder.
No, don’t look back. You will get lost.
“Haruki, does this need more oomph?”
Akihiko’s voice caught Ugetsu’s ear from the kitchen. Instinctively, his gaze followed.
Don’t look. If I look –
The two of them were standing side by side at the counter. Akihiko was holding out a spoonful of dip. A bit taken aback, Haruki tasted carefully before nodding his approval. Akihiko grinned and swiped at the corner of Haruki’s mouth with his thumb.
– lost, I will get…lost.
Unable to take his eyes off, Ugetsu watched Akihiko’s arm find its way around Haruki’s waist again. Blushing, Haruki brushed a strand of blond hair behind his ear. He was saying something Ugetsu couldn’t make out.
“Ugetsu-san?”
Mafuyu’s voice snapped him back. The bickering around the coffee table had quieted, and everyone was looking at him. Mafuyu studied him closely.
“Hmm? What?”
“I asked if you found the record store you talked about in New York?”
“Ahh, that, yes.”
“Who buys records anymore?” Hiiragi said. “Just download an app.”
“If I ever want to fill my head with bubblegum instead of music with soul, I’ll be sure to ask for your app recommendations.”
Hiiragi bristled.
“What?!”
“Oi, let’s cut the cake!” Akihiko called from the kitchen.
Hiiragi threw Ugetsu a death glare, but Shizusumi led him away by the shoulders.
The kids crowded the dining table that was groaning with all kinds of snacks and treats. Chips and dips, gummy bears, sour candies, small sausage rolls, soda bottles. In the middle of it all, laid a square cake like a great whipped cream island topped with diced fruit.
Wisely Haruki and Akihiko took over the distribution of cake. Ugetsu heard Mafuyu say he preferred a corner piece because it had the most whipped cream.
After that, things started to get exceedingly out of control.
Ugetsu caught Akihiko’s wicked grin which turned out to be the one and only warning. But by then, it was already too late. With a shift swipe, Mafuyu’s precious corner piece came down in his face with a faint smack.
The whole room fell silent. Haruki froze in a horrified grimace. Uenoyama’s blue eyes widened comically. Hiiragi looked both surprised and impressed. The only one who once again didn’t seem phased was Shizusumi who was calmly forking down his own piece of the cake in the background.  
“Happy birthday, kid,” Akihiko said.
He clapped Mafuyu’s shoulder briskly, and a small piece of cake dropped off on Mafuyu’s hoodie. Ugetsu pursed his lips to keep from laughing. Eerily silent, Mafuyu scooped off some of the whipped cream covering his eyes.  
Akihiko’s grin faltered a little.
“Oi, Mafuyu, you want a napkin or – “
Splat.
Akihiko froze mid-sentence when Mafuyu mushed a handful of cream over his face. Ugetsu nearly chewed through his tongue to hold back his snort of laughter. Mafuyu didn’t seem to think such niceties were needed. He threw his head back in open-mouthed, whipped cream laughter that rang bright and sweet in the room.
Gradually, Akihiko’s whipped cream mask begun to quiver. Carefully he blinked. His tongue darted out to swipe at the fluffy smears.
“Good aim,” he said, a grin in his voice.
Haruki finally stirred from his wide-eyed horror and sprung to action. He snatched a roll of paper towels and started to hand out thick tufts.
“Honestly,” he said, frowning but not really sounding angry, “do that in someone else’s kitchen, both of you. Here, Mafu-chan, let me help you, you’ve got some in your – Akihiko, stop eating it off your face, use a napkin!”
Carefully, Haruki wiped Mafuyu’s face, holding him still by the chin to keep from making the mess any worse. Akihiko was scrubbing his face with a handful of napkins. Hiiragi and Uenoyama seemed to be edging to an argument again. In the background, Shizusumi was quietly carving himself a second chunk of the cake.
Ugetsu watched the chaos unfold from the sofa, wondering if this would be an appropriate gap for him to go on his way.
“You like the corner piece, too, right?”
A shadow was suddenly looming over him.
Akihiko stood there holding two cups of coffee and balancing plates loaded with cake on top of them. Gingerly he landed the dishes on the coffee table and sat next to Ugetsu. He caught a waft of the familiar aftershave.
Don’t look back. If I look back, I’m lost.
He cradled the steaming mug in both hands. Wafts of the strong aroma tickled his nose. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Akihiko fiddling with his cup, his fingers tapping lightly against the ceramic.
“Thanks for coming,” Akihiko broke the silence first. “Mafuyu kept checking his phone the whole night. I had a feeling it was you.”
Ugetsu hummed down at the dark surface of his coffee. He was glad he had come, too. Truth be told, he had missed Mafuyu.
Rain and snow were never far removed from each other. Offsprings of two different seasons. It took water to understand another water.
“Someone needs to tell him that highway isn’t a direction.”
Akihiko chuckled and rested his coffee mug on his knee. A familiar habit Ugetsu recognized.
But he shouldn’t look back. He needed to stop tempting the path he had set for himself.
“So, how was it? New York.”
“Dirty, expensive, and rude.”
“Your kinda place, then.”
“Exactly.”
At the dining table, Hiiragi was explaining something while conducting his animated speech with a fork. Mafuyu still had smears of whipped cream in his hair. Haruki was carving him a new piece of cake from the corner.
“So,” Ugetsu said, “he seems nice. The gentle and pure type.”
The topic made his heart pound in his chest. What was he doing? He didn’t want to talk about this, about him. He wasn’t supposed to be looking back.
Akihiko’s Adam’s apple bobbed as he swallowed a mouthful of coffee. The mug came to rest on his knee again. His thumb smoothed the arch of the handle.
“He is.”
“Do you love him?”
The question was out before Ugetsu could shove it back down his throat, and he silently cursed at himself. But Akihiko didn’t flinch at his frankness. For a while, he just quietly looked at Haruki fuss in the middle of the kids.
“I do,” he finally replied.
Ugetsu glanced at him. He noticed there was a smudge of cream under his chin that had gone unnoticed.
“Good.”
The coffee was strong and scalding when he took a careful sip. Just the way he liked it.
“What about you?
“Hm? Oh, I don’t think Haru-chan and I are there yet. We just met.”
Akihiko rolled his eyes.
“You know what I mean.”
“I’m too busy for love,” Ugetsu said with a dramatic sigh. “I barely have room in my calendar for an occasional beau.”
Akihiko frowned at him, mid-sip.
“What happened to Mr. Viola?”
Ugetsu had broken things off with the violist before the competition in Russia. The guy hadn’t been exactly surprised or even argued for staying together. He supposed not returning any calls or messages for two weeks put a wet blanket on romance.
“He said that my Tchaikovsky sounded pitchy. There’s no way I would let the guy in my bed on the back of something like that.”
“Naturally.”
Akihiko kept fiddling with his mug, his eyes cast on the coffee table. Ugetsu realized he was a furniture-glarer, too. Like Baby Blues.
“Just,” he said to the table, “don’t go off some deep end on your own. Or something. I know how you can get.”
For a moment, Ugetsu was taken aback. He hadn’t expected this.
“Me?” he said, mustering up a lilt. “I have competitions to win. I’ve also been wondering about remodeling the basement. Or maybe even get a new place. Or a houseplant, I haven’t decided which one yet.”
When wouldn’t raise to the tease, Ugetsu let the jest fade. He knew he was full of it, too. With a sigh, he looked down at his coffee, realizing he seemed to be of the same cloth as the furniture-glarers. He wondered if mug-starers were a rare species.
“Don’t worry, I’ll catch up to you on the being happy department. Just you see.”
Akihiko’s look softened, and the corner of his mouth curved into a small smile. It reminded Ugetsu of a certain autumn park years ago. Similar but not quite the same.
“Good.”
Uncharacteristically not finding anything witty for a comeback, Ugetsu fumbled for the plate of cake. His fork sunk into the soft pastry as he tore off a piece, covered almost entirely in thick whipped cream. Moist sweetness burst on his palette. Small surprises of fruit and berries popped off on his tongue.
“I saw your competition a while back. Fourth place?”
“Shut up. I was just a bit rusty.”
“A bit? It sounded more like you had suddenly forgotten your middle finger existed.”
With irked vigor, Akihiko stabbed his slice of cake.
“Your trap could stop existing sometimes.”
“But it did remind me of your Brahms,” Ugetsu went on, pondering. “From high school. It sounded like you had actually thought it through.”
“Gee, thanks,” Akihiko grunted around his mouthful of cake, “nice to hear it didn’t sound like I was just swinging it.”
“But the solo was shaky at best. If you don’t do something about that bowing, then you better get comfortable at the fourth place.”
Just as Akihiko was about to let Ugetsu know, in no uncertain terms, where he could shove his bow, the kids started drifting back from the kitchen. They sprinkled around the coffee table with various snack-souvenirs. Shizusumi reclaimed his old spot at the deep corner end of the sofa.
Haruki cast an unreadable glance at Ugetsu and Akihiko sitting next to each other but went quickly back to hosting.
“Why don’t we open your presents next, Mafu-chan?”
A small stack of various gifts appeared in front of Mafuyu on the coffee table.
“Ours first!” Hiiragi declared and shoved a medium-sized rectangle gift at Mafuyu. “It’s from Shizu-chan and me.”
Shizusumi stirred in the corner.
“Happy birthday,” he said.
Ugetsu realized this was the first time he heard him talk.
They had gotten Mafuyu a pair of new headphones. Ugetsu recognized the brand; it was the latest, top-of-the-line model. He had been eyeing them not long ago, too.
Mafuyu frowned.
“I thought you said you were going to buy these for yourself?”
“You need them more,” Hiiragi said with a shrug. “It’s time you upgrade already.”
Mafuyu traced the plastic window of the package.
“Hmm.”
“What? You don’t like them?”
“No, it’s not that…I was just wondering if they sold these in blue.”
“I told you,” Shizusumi said.
“What’s wrong with orange?!” Hiiragi roared.
“We went through all the stores down the station. Blues were out of stock everywhere.”
Mafuyu blinked at them before flashing one of his soft Mafuyu-smiles.
“Actually,” he said, “I think I like the orange better. Thank you, Hiiragi, Shizu-chan.”
“Mine next,” Uenoyama cut in and lifted the biggest gift out of the pile.
Judging by the shape, it looked like a book. Only it was the size of a pillowcase and seemed to weigh a small housecat. Mafuyu tore the wrapping and peeled out a colorful, shining book cover. The Greatest Guitarists of All Time. CD-edition. A selection of notes with instructions included.
Mafuyu blinked at the heavy tome, his eyes shining.
“Uenoyama-kun,” he breathed out. “This…”
Abashed, Uenoayma frowned and glared at his old faithful, the coffee table.
“So you won’t have to keep borrowing mine,” he said. “Not that I mind, but you really should have your own.”
The brand-new binding creaked when Mafuyu lifted the thick cover and leafed through the shining pages with colorful pictures. Hungrily, his eyes scanned the instructional illustrations and bars of notes.
“Ohh,” Haruki said, peeking at the book. “I think this is the new improved edition. The previous one didn’t have the CDs. Be careful taking it home in the cold, Mafu-chan, so they won’t crack.”
There were three gifts left on the table. Ugetsu’s paper bag, a small soft-looking pastel package, and a blank white envelope. Haruki picked the neatly wrapped pastel present and offered it to Mafuyu.
“Mine isn’t as impressive,” he said, “but I hope you’ll like it.”
Gently, Mafuyu undid the strings that dug into the softness. A pair of colorful mittens emerged. For the most part, they were yellow but had stripes of orange, red, and blue laced in. On the back, there was a knitted white snowflake.
“You’re always bare-handed,” Haruki said. “It made me cold just looking at you.”
Mafuyu pulled the mittens on and admired them, wiggling his fingers inside.
“Thank you, Haruki-san. I’ll be sure to keep these away from Tama.”
The corner of Haruki’s mouth twitched, and he glanced at the mittens worriedly.
“Uh, yes, I’d appreciate that. Happy birthday.”
“I didn’t know you could knit.”
Ugetsu nearly flinched at Akihiko’s voice suddenly rumbling next to him.
Haruki shifted and kneaded the back of his neck, embarrassed.
“Well, my grandma taught me and my sister. She always said that if you can do something yourself, you should.”
Akihiko leaned in to take a better look at the mittens that Mafuyu was helpfully showing off.
“You should knit something for me, too. I could use new gloves. And socks.”
“I want mine black,” Uenoyama piped in. “Or dark blue.”
“I’m not your knitting machine!” Haruki said. “Don’t just start placing orders.”
“Who’s this from?” Mafuyu said and clumsily picked the blank envelope.
“It’s mine,” Akihiko said.
“Such beautiful wrapping job,” Ugetsu snickered.
“It’s the thought that counts. And you’re one to talk with your paper bags.”
“It’s a gift bag. Not to mention a cultural reference.”
“It’s a printed logo on paper.”
“It’s one of a kind. Not everyone has a bag like that.”
“So, you’re telling me that’s not one of biggest New York cliches you could buy?”
“Just see which one will get chucked to the trash after this.”
“We recycle. That envelope is going to save the world. Your bag was probably made in some sweatshop in a jungle.”
“I won’t apologize for having a sense of style, unlike – “
“Ah!” Mafuyu exclaimed. “Now, I can buy the new pedal!”
Ugetsu’s eyes widened at what Mafuyu was holding up in his mittens. A gift card to a music shop. No, the music shop. He recognized the logo of the store.
In their first winter of going out, a couple of their classmates had cut the strings of Ugetsu’s violin. It had been the peak of torment after someone had seen them kissing in the music room. He still remembered how it had felt like a piece of himself had been violated.
The next Saturday, Akihiko had taken him to buy new strings to that store. After that, it had become Ugetsu’s go-to shop.
“I didn’t really know what to get you,” Akihiko said with a shrug. “So, I figured you could pick something for yourself.”
“Thank you, Kaji-san. Now, I can get the pedal that I wanted.”
Akihiko smiled and nodded.
“Good. Happy birthday.”
“Then,” Ugetsu said, “mine next.”
Curious, Mafuyu rummaged through the gift bag. He pulled out a white T-shirt with I ❤️ NY printed on the front and – he blinked at what had dropped on the coffee table – another gift card to the same music store.
“I’ll see your gift card,” Ugetsu said, glancing at Akihiko in triumph, “and raise you a piece of New York.”
“You mean you matched soulless cash and topped it with some tacky tourist crap?”
“Come on, now,” Haruki said with a tentative smile, “it’s not a competition.”
“But if it was…,” Ugetsu trailed off, taking a sip of his coffee.
“You know – “ Akihiko started, whipping to glare at him.
“Well, then!” Haruki said, the level of merry and volume of his voice increasing. “Mafu-chan, should you try the shirt?”
Mafuyu began to wiggle the shirt over his hoodie. With some help from Haruki, his tousled hair eventually emerged through the neckline. Smiling softly, Mafuyu smoothed the front of the shirt with his colorful mittens.
“Thank you, Ugetsu-san. It’s a perfect fit.”
“It’s culture, so make sure not to wash with the pinks,” Ugetsu said, his heart suddenly vibrating with warm and fuzzy. “Happy birthday.”
Akihiko cleared his throat and set his coffee mug on the table.
“Time to break out the entertainment. I wanted to get something memorable, but Haruki rejected all my good ideas, so – “
“Half of them were illegal ideas!” Haruki exclaimed. “The rest were just…morally questionable.”
“So, we’re stuck with Karaoke Revolution.”
That didn’t seem to disappoint a roomful of musically gifted kids with a strong competitive streak. Except for Broody Locks, of course, though he did hoist himself to the edge of the sofa. Hiiragi was quick to demand the first go which drew some resistance from the others.
Haruki began to pick up the remains of the gift wrappings and scrunch them un in a tight ball.
“Did you get the console hooked up?” he asked.
The console whirled as it swallowed up the game disk. The animated logo of ‘Karaoke Revolution’ flashed across the television screen.
“Yeah, no problem. You’re talking to someone who has taken care of everything even remotely electric you can find in a household for years.”
“Karaoke?” Ugetsu said, eyeing the console suspiciously. “That’s a bold choice in an apartment.”
“It’s fine,” Akihiko said, “I took care of the neighbors.”
“Would you stop saying it like that,” Haruki groaned.
“Well, I did. And by the looks they gave me, I doubt they will complain.”
Haruki looked like wanted to cover his face with both hands and weep.
“I knew I shouldn’t have sent out the guy with blonde hair and piercings.”
“No, Haruki-san,” Mafuyu said, holding the mic. As the birthday boy, he had rightfully reserved the first place for himself. “For threatening jobs, I think Kaji-san is exactly the one you send.”
“I didn’t say anything about threatening!”
“I didn’t threaten anyone,” Akihiko defended himself, flicking the buttons of the console controller, “I just informed them. Mafuyu, what genre do you want?”
“I need a smoke,” Haruki whimpered, rubbing his forehead in suffering. “Maybe holler out an apology or something if I see the neighbors...”
“Why does Mafuyu get to choose the genre, too?!” Hiiragi said. “He’s going to pick something impossible. I just know it!”
Deadpan, Mafuyu looked at him.
“Surely, you – of all people – can handle any genre. Right?”
“Sorry,” Akihiko said, “birthday rules. Mafuyu gets to pick.”
“Just nothing too loud, okay?” Haruki reminded over his shoulder before stepping out to the balcony.
“I think this is my cue to take my leave, too,” Ugetsu said and stood up.
His legs had gotten stiff from sitting. Blood rushed to his head from the sudden change in altitude.
“Really?” Mafuyu said, looking disappointed like a puppy who was left home. “Already?”
“Sorry, my limit goes at karaoke.”
“Do you need that ride?” Akihiko said. “My bike’s here, I could drive you.”
It had been a while since the last time Ugetsu had sat on Akihiko’s bike. He still remembered the weight of the machine between his legs. The exhilaration of pressing against Akihiko’s broad back as they leaned into the corners. But that seat behind him wasn’t his place anymore.
“It’s fine, I’ll manage. I will have a smoke before I leave, though.”
Akihiko didn’t comment, but Ugetsu could feel his eyes on him as he zigzagged through the crowd of kids. He found a pair of familiar dark green crocks next to the door to the balcony. They were still the ugliest things he had ever laid his eyes on.  
The balcony door creaked when Ugetsu pushed it open. Immediately, cold February air rushed in to greet him.
Haruki turned to glance over his shoulder. When he saw Ugetsu coming out, his eyes widened and he started coughing.
“Got any of those to spare?”
Ugetsu nodded at the blue pack of cigarettes.
“Uh, sure,” Haruki wheezed.  
The film of crinkling wrapping was still a bit warm from Haruki’s hands when Ugetsu dug out a cigarette. There was a dark red lighter stuffed in as well. Its flame trembled in the cold air but hung on to its short-lived life honorably.
Ugetsu drew a deep breath, just now realizing how he had been craving for a smoke ever since ringing the doorbell.
“I never really took to the taste of Mevius,” he said, giving the package back. “Seven Stars is my brand.”
“Ah, I see, well,” Haruki said, conjuring up a light tone.
The metal railing was icy cold when Ugetsu leaned on it. He huddled up in his too-thin shirt, trying to wrap himself tighter. A mixture of vapor and smoke swirled out between his parted lips. Haruki cast him a side-eyed glance but didn’t say anything.
Ugetsu wondered what would happen if he just let the silence linger.
“It’s a nice view. You can see the whole sky.”
As if to confirm his words, Haruki looked up. The late-night February sky was dark but illuminated by the sea of artificial lights from the city below.
“Oh. Yes, it’s nice especially in the mornings.”
Ugetsu rolled the cigarette between his fingers. His thumb followed the round edge of the filter tip.
“My place is a basement. You can’t really see much of the outside from there.”
He drew another drag of smoke, let it sit deep in his lungs for a while before letting it escape.
“But I think I prefer it that way.”
Haruki’s shoes scraped against the cement floor as he shifted.
“Uh, well, to each their own, I guess.”
The first beats of Karaoke Revolution carried faintly from the inside. Ugetsu could hear Mafuyu’s vocals. He didn’t recognize the song, but just listening to Mafuyu’s voice helped him relax a little.
It’s okay. Right, Mafuyu? If I look back, it will be okay?
“He seems happy with you. Akihiko.”
Haruki visibly flinched. Like whiplash, he looked at him. Ugetsu noticed his cheeks were a bit rosy – from the cold or the fluster, he couldn’t tell.
“I – uh – ,” he stammered for words, “I don’t…really know if…I mean…”
“I don’t mind talking about him,” Ugetsu dragged on the cigarette and glanced Haruki, “do you?”
For a while, Haruki’s mouth opened and closed but nothing came out. His eyes darted nervously around, and he tucked his hair behind his ear. Ugetsu wondered if he had a nervous habit of doing that. It was kind of cute.
“Well, I suppose it’s – if you want to, then, I don’t…really mind, I guess.”
“Are you sure? It’s your balcony.”
Ugetsu waited. He wanted to give Haruki a chance to take it back and leave.
Going once, he counted in his head.
Going twice.
But to his surprised, Haruki stayed. His gaze settled on the scenery of rooftops in front of them. His hands were fiddling with the pack of cigarettes.
“No, it’s okay.”
Ugetsu blew out the smoke.
Sold to the cute blonde with gentle eyes.  
And so, looking down at the February night stretching over the city – so different yet similar to his view from the hotel room in New York – Ugetsu finally looked back.
“I came to watch him perform that one time after he moved out – when he placed fourth,” he began. “I guess I had to see it for myself. When you guys had your live show, I kind of had a feeling, but…”
Ugetsu swallowed and took a steadying breath. The cool winter air brushed against his cheeks soothingly.
It’s okay.
“I wasn’t completely sure until listening to his violin performance. That’s his sound that I’ve always known the best. But that’s when I fully saw it. He was playing like he used to. Well, not really – he had let himself get rusty. But at the core, it was the same sound.”
He remembered sitting in the packed concert hall. Not knowing what he would hear. Not knowing what he wanted to hear. On one hand, defiance sat heavily on his chest. On the other hand, hope made his skin prickle with nerves.
But in a few strokes of the bow, Akihiko’s violin had opened a channel like a wormhole in Ugetsu’s mind. He was back in the music room. Skipping classes together. The smell of the dusty music sheets. The warmth of the heater against his back. Akihiko practicing with him.
Fighting the burn of tears, Ugetsu had closed his eyes and let the relief wash over him. The Brahms Akihiko had chosen had been his private piece of absolution. It was all still there, still safe in Akihiko; his love for music.
It was the least lonely Ugetsu had felt since Akihiko had moved out.
“That’s when I fully realized,” he said in a low voice, almost more to himself, “he had gotten his music back.”
His heart pounding heavy, Ugetsu lifted the cigarette to his lips. He noticed his hand was trembling a little, and he doubted it was entirely from the cold.
“Have you always played in a band?”
Perplexed at the sudden change of topic, Haruki’s hands ceased their nervous twiddling.
“Yes, I played in my girlfrie – um, with a different group before Given.”
“Do you think you could ever give up music? For good?”
Haruki frowned.
“I…I have never really thought about that. But no, I don’t think I could ever give up music completely.”
Ugetsu smiled a little.
“Good. I hope you never have to. It’s the worst feeling. Worse than death.”
He almost laughed at the way Haruki’s eyebrows shut up.
“Well, maybe not that dramatic,” he admitted. “But something close to that.”
He looked at the dark, vast sky opening above them.
“To me, my music is freedom. I’m not very good at expressing myself, I guess. But music is…transcending. It doesn’t need pesky things like words.”
Now, it was Haruki’s turn to look like he wanted to smile. His eyes softened.
“I know someone else who once said something similar. But I think – from where I’m standing – you’re both doing just fine.”
Ugetsu wet his dry, chapped lips. Immediately, the cold night air attacked the moisture.
“Maybe. Usually, the things I want to say – what I know are true inside me – come out warped and wrong. I hurt Aki a lot like that. Me and my mouth.”
From behind them, Mafuyu’s singing switched to Akihiko’s deep vocals. It had been a while since Ugetsu had heard him sing. Sometimes he had used to hum under his breath to the radio while cooking. He didn’t have perfect pitch, but he easily went with the flow and could summon up an amazing level of poise.
Ugetsu smiled around the stub of his cigarette. Akihiko had always been like that. Walking down a packed hallway in a girl’s uniform and execute the perfect kabedon on the loudest homophobe in the school took poise if anything.
“But that’s beside the point,” he continued. “What I’m trying to say is that Akihiko did that. Gave up his music. And I could feel it was because of me. I would have had to be blind to not see that.”
Haruki went back to remaining quiet, but his hands didn’t return to their restless dance. Ugetsu was relieved. He was getting to the hard part, and Haruki calming down gave him an odd sense of comfort.
“I think,” he went on quietly, Akihiko’s singing in the background, “when two people love each other, they also…change each other. Almost like molding. With us, too. Akihiko changed me, and I changed him in return. And I think some of those shapes we put in each other will never leave.”
They had fallen in love in the music room, but they had gotten to know each other in the basement. On the outside, the basement had looked still and quiet. But inside, there had been one of nature’s most curious transformations underway. Two individual souls rippling against each other, overlapping and exploring.
It was a beautiful and wonderful chemical reaction but also violent and gruesome. To fit together, the souls needed to be molded – bits of them were destroyed, and not all of those pieces were rebuilt.
“But the longer we stayed together,” Ugetsu mused, “there more I realized that I was changing in ways I didn’t want to. I was getting so wrapped up in Akihiko that I wasn’t really thinking about my music anymore. I was chasing him instead. That’s when I got…scared.”
In truth, it had been a far more complicated feeling, but he supposed ‘scared’ was at the root of it. Losing focus on his music had crept up to him in secret and undetected. He had become restless and irritable. An uneasiness had vibrated somewhere deep inside him.
Then it had dawned on him where his relationship with Akihiko was taking him. And where he was taking Akihiko, in return.
His first instinct had been to retreat. Cut himself free. Both of them.
But then he had lingered. The edge of his resolve had dulled until he was merely listlessly hacking at what kept them together.
It wasn’t fair. He loved Akihiko.
Why did he have to choose? Was this the price of loving someone? Could he ever pay it for anyone?
Please, don’t ask this of me, he had wanted to plead. Anything else but this. Not his music.
Ugetsu let out a humorless chuckle.
“The irony was, though, while I was struggling to keep my music, I could see Akihiko giving up his. He was giving me a part of himself that I never wanted him to give up. I never asked for it. But I saw it leaking out of him like there was a hole in him somewhere. And I realized that not only had I put that hole in there, but I was the hole.”
Pressure built behind his eyes, but he blinked it away. He took a shaky drag on his cigarette but found it almost burnt to the filter. The heat of the smolder had crept up to burn his fingers. A bit lost, he blinked at the stub.  
“There,” Haruki said and pointed at a pickle jar at his feet.
The loose lid came off easily. Ugetsu savored the metallic clank against the glass rim. The sound was somehow hollow and full at the same time.
“Could I,” he said and nodded at the cigarettes again, “bother you for one more?”
Hurriedly, Haruki fumbled the pack for him. The red lighter spat a couple of times, but Ugetsu’s hands were too unsteady to get the small flickering flame to lick the end of his cigarette. After his third failure, a pair of cool, warm hands took the lighter from him.
“Here,” Haruki said.
Ugetsu drew on the filter, and the flame took.
“Thanks,” he said, letting out puffs of smoke.
“Ugetsu-san – “
“Just Ugetsu is fine.”
“Then, Ugetsu,” Haruki continued, “can I ask…why are you telling me all this?”
He looked at Ugetsu straight on. Not challenging or rejecting, but with the same sincerity as when he had invited Ugetsu to join the party. To think that Akihiko had been around this person for so long, having this shoulder to lean on. He wondered if Akihiko had ever looked at him and thought if only Ugetsu was more like Haruki.
If only it had been him back then and not Ugetsu.
The thought choked him, but he pushed it behind him. For another time.
“Why? I’m giving you a manual, of course. From the previous owner. Akihiko is delicate.”
“Delicate? He doesn’t…look very delicate to me.”
“Ahh, don’t let the piercings and fierce glare fool you. They’re all part of it.”
A small flock of blinking lights slid across the dark sky. An airplane. Ugetsu wondered absently how much tickets to Europe would cost. Rome. Prague. No, maybe Paris. Maybe he could talk his manager into letting him take another intercontinental trip under some violin-related pretense.
“But I guess,” Ugetsu said, “I also thought you looked like the type who would listen to me. Despite everything.”
Yes, maybe Paris. He could drink too much expresso. Sit on a patio, judging people passing by. Get lost in the narrow early evening alleys. Let some French man sweet-talk him thinking Ugetsu didn’t understand what he was saying.
“I’m not sure if, uh,” Haruki said, “if I fully understand the situation. And maybe it’s not my place anyway. But…”
Haruki craned his neck to look at the sky. Ugetsu wondered could he make out the blinking plane, too. Did he ever just want to buy a one-way ticket and not look back?
“But I think I understood at least a little bit. So, I’m glad you told me.”
Suddenly, their wavering, rippling tunes brushed against each other and then met at the same note. Resonation ran through Ugetsu, amplifying and overwhelming. Unexpectedly, the two seeming opposites – spring and rain – had connected and found each other in a cold midwinter night.
Well, I’ll be damned, Ugetsu thought, gripping the railing a bit tighter.
They both flinched when the balcony door creaked open and Mafuyu’s head popped out.
“Haruki-san, it’s your turn to sing.”
“What!?” Haruki exclaimed, swirling around.
“Kaji-san said that co-hosts should do a duet.”
Groaning, Haruki stubbed out his cigarette. The jar lid clanked again, full but hollow. Ugetsu took a deep drag of his cigarette, riding the small burst of endorphins coursing through him.
“Oi, I told you – “
The door cut him off before they could hear more about the reasons as to why there was no way this duet was going to happen.
Mafuyu’s slippers scraped against the pavement when he shuffled over to Ugetsu’s side. He noticed the mittens were finally off. Ironically, he would have probably needed them right now.
“Oh, a plane,” Mafuyu said.
“Did Akihiko send you?”
“Hmm, well, you were gone for a long time. What were you talking about?”
“Nothing. Weather and politics.”
The last puffs of smoke swirled out of Ugetsu’s nostrils when he bent down to put out his cigarette as well. He wondered if he should buy a jar of pickles, too, and save it for an ashtray.
“Is everything…alright?”
“No, I can’t feel my toes anymore. Let’s go back in.”
But Mafuyu wouldn’t budge.
“Ugetsu-san.”
Mafuyu’s tone was stubborn but caring, so Ugetsu stifled his sigh. Expectantly, he waited but the kid seemed to be struggling to find the words. As endearing as the crease of Mafuyu’s brow was, Ugetsu’s feet were freezing in the airy crocs.
“Look,” he said, “I know what you’re probably thinking. Something like maybe you shouldn’t have invited me, right?”
The way the frown deepened told Ugetsu he had hit the nail in the head.
“I was just…I mean…Ngh…”
Ugetsu studied him.
Really, this kid.
“It’s pretty simple, actually. Did you want me here?”
“Yes!” Mafuyu said immediately, with no hesitation. “I really wanted to celebrate with you, but…”
“Then I wanted to be here, too. Everything else is irrelevant.”
Winter breeze fluttered a puff of snowflakes in the balcony and tousled Mafuyu bangs. His frown melted when he smiled at Ugetsu warmly.
“Then, thank you for coming, Ugetsu-san.”
“Good. Now, come on, I want to take these hideous things off my feet already.”
It seemed the status of Akihiko’s mission to convince Haruki of the health benefits of a duet was to-be-continued. Ugetsu was glad he was getting out of the way before he would find himself sitting through that.
Akihiko nodded his goodbyes at him. Haruki seemed to be buried up to his waist in the fridge, trying to make room for all the snacks. Mafuyu in tow, Ugetsu made his way down the hallway. Like a puppy, the kid watched him dress.
“Why don’t you come over sometime next week, and I’ll show you what records I got from New York.”
“Hm.”
“You can pick some if you want to. You should grow your record collection instead just of CDs.”
“Hm.”
“Thank Haru-chan for the cake and coffee for me.”
“Hm.”
“Annoy Akihiko. It’s your right as the birthday boy.”
“Hm.”
“Then, I’m off.”
“Bye-bye.”
Mafuyu was left waving after him in the hallway as the front clanked shut. Ugetsu found himself looking at the notebook page again. A grin played on his lips, he dug a pen out of his breast pocket on a whim.
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He was halfway across the parking lot when his phone vibrated. Mentally groaning, he decided to ignore the troublesome thing – he had had enough social interaction for one night. But then he dug it out. Maybe he had forgotten something. It was easier to come back from downstairs than from across the city.
He halted. It was from Akihiko.
Another single-word message.
“Okaeri.”
Perhaps looking back won’t get him lost. Maybe if I look back, Ugetsu thought as he left Akihiko on seen, it will help me find my path instead.
The End.
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Pairing: T. Iida x Reader Rating: 15+ Words: 4k289 Warnings: Reference of Alcohol, and angst  Requested by: No one, but requests are open! Summary: The story of Iida’s summer before UA, and how love isn’t always a good thing.
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      QUIRK: Soul Beam
   The summer before high school was a fever dream that Y/n never wanted to wake up from. The sweat sticking to her skin was only ever washed away from the storms that passed through her life- note: even the pools she submerged herself in never removed the glistening water from her body because sometimes water needs a little force behind it in order to cleanse you. 
The gold and purple sunsets are passing memories that she wants to desperately hold on to. No taste will be quiet like the pancakes she had eaten, and no smell will ever replace that of the sweater she stole (despite overheating every time she wore it).
Scars are a painful reminder of what she went through, and it takes a little to see them as a badge of honor, but the help she received only made it re-open in the long run. 
Tire swings will never be the same, and that stupid song is still on the radio- as if it wasn’t playing enough in her head. Y/n used to think she was strong, but now that’s barely believable. Ice cream cones and train rides have a hidden meaning that will only ever be known by her and it hurts to know that no one can help her mourn a love that never happened.
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The first question was asked when the summer started. It was next to a moving van that was a beacon calling out to everyone on the street it was parked on. The well-off neighborhood was full of upstanding citizens who wanted nothing more than to welcome the newest member with open arms. 
It was that beacon that called the Iida family over to the driveway. But as Tenya walked with his brother and parents, he wondered if the bright beacon that drew him in was the moving truck of the bright smile of the teen girl, happily grabbing boxes of things to bring inside. 
“Hello! We’re the Iida family, this is my husband, and these are my two son’s, Tensei and Tenya. Welcome to the neighborhood!” The wife smiled kindly at the mother.
“Thank’s for coming out! This is my husband, Y/d/n, and my daughter Y/n. We’re really looking forward to joining the neighborhood,”  to the untrained eye this looked like any normal greeting, but Y/n knew better. She could see the subtle glances her mom threw at her. She was trying to say how cute the younger boy was. It received a light chuckle and an eye-roll from her daughter.
“Tenya,” The Iida’s father said, clasping him on the shoulder, “Why don’t you go help Y/n with her boxes?”
“Yes, sir,” he said, walking over to the moving truck.
“You can just grab that one if it’s not too heavy,” she pointed at a medium side box labeled ‘Knickknacks’. He hummed in agreement and followed her up into her room, noting the aesthetic that she surrounded herself in.  
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A knock echoed through the newly-decorated house, alerting the present family members of a visitor. 
“Not it,” Y/n’s dad said, pressing his finger to his noes; her mother follows suit.
“You guys are literal children,” Y/n groaned, forcing herself off the couch she had grown ever so attached to.  Grumpily, she made her way to the door.
“Oh hey! Iida, right?” Y/n said, recognizing the boy that had already been in her room.
“Yes! That’s me. I uh,” he scratched the back of his neck nervously, “I was heading down to the boardwalk, and I wanted to know if you would like to come with me?” 
Truth be told this wasn’t his idea. His mother had been pressuring him for days in hopes to grow closer to the new family. It wouldn’t be long until they realized the Iida’s are a line of hero’s, and she wanted to get close to them before they found out.
“Oh,” Y/n replied, suddenly thinking of the clothes she was currently wearing. While her tie-dye shorts and loose t-shirt weren't anything to be ashamed of, they were not ‘paint the town red’ clothes. 
“It’s okay if you don’t want to!” Tenya said, suddenly embarrassed that he randomly invited a girl his age to hang out with him. 
“No! I’ll gladly go, just give me a few minutes to get changed. Come inside,” Y/n had said, opening the door wider for him before racing upstairs. 
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       Iida walked slightly behind the girl he was supposed to show around. It was a cliché, but she was mesmerizing. Her hair bounced with every step, and she walked like she had a purpose, and the end goal was in mind and she would stop at nothing to get there. 
She looked like she was made of honey and sugar and a taste would give him a cavity. The beams of the sun projected from her eyes like the cosmos and it made him want to fall in- knowing full well that drifting through the endless space would never cease to amaze him.
“Do you think they sell corn-dogs here?” 
“Huh? oh!” He blushed, before pointing ahead, “Yeah, there’s one right by the docks.”
“Well then what are we waiting for?” She smiled and leaned closer to Iida. “Let's hurry!” There was a burst of light laughter in her voice, as she grabbed his hand and ran off. What was he doing here?
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When they reached the end of the docks- corn dogs in hand- they say on the bench which over-looked the sea. Night had fallen while they were out, Y/n becoming absorbed in learning as much as she can about where she moved to.
As she looked out to the wine-light sky, she wondered if she could swim to it. The horizon looked so close, like just reaching out a little further would put it in her grasp. It wasn’t until Tenya’s hand grabbed her shoulder that she realized she really was leaning forward.
“Hey, you okay?” He asked, eyebrows pulled together.
“Yeah!” She smiled, snapped out of her thoughts,. “Just day-dreaming,”
“We should get you back home,” He said, before looking back to the water. 
She saw his glasses, they reflected the golden hue of the sunset, and the beautiful purple that fought underneath it. She saw all the beauty in the world in his eyes, all that was good and right- was all in front of her. He was the sunset, he was the horizon she so desperately wanted to get to.  
“Hey, Iida?” Y/n asked, swinging her legs back and forth under the bench. 
“What is it?” He said, looking over to her face- which didn’t turn to see him.
“Stupid question- but an icebreaker; if you could have anyone in the world- living or dead- over to yours for dinner, who would it be?” she blushed a little, but kept a calm face.
He knew the answer as soon as she finished the sentence, but there was no need to tell someone he just met the name of the girl he had been in love with for years- so all he said was, “Probably Catherin The Great, she had a few political opinions I’d like to hear about first hand,”
“Hmm, I can see you two bonding over tea,” She smirked, standing up from her seat, “Let’s get home.”
Tenya nodded, walking beside Y/n- thinking about her.
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        A month had passed, and the little interactions the two families had resulted in the Iida’s inviting them over for breakfast. Y/n had woken up early to get dressed. She pulled her hair into a ponytail, harshly shaking it so the baby hairs would fall out. She threw on a form-fitting sweater and yoga-pants. Despite wanting to look like it’s a casual mornings- she did apply some casual makeup to make herself look a little more awake. 
It was stupid- she knows- but Y/n really just wanted to look a tiny bit better when he sees her again. Looking in the mirror, she wonders if he’s putting a little extra effort in his appearance as well. She could only hope.
Walking down the stairs, she saw her mother- also wearing casual makeup- and her father in a black polo and slacks. They were both standing by the door, waiting for their daughter to come out from her cave. 
“Why are you guys already done?” She asked, turning on the phone and checking the time.
“Wanted to make a good impression,” Her dad smiled, putting his own phone away. 
“Alright,” Her mom smiled, putting on her wedges, “Let’s get going. Y/n can you grab the scones and smoothie?”
“Yeah mah, I’ll be right back,”
“Thanks love,” she smiled, grabbing the house keys off the hook. 
They were kinda heavy, but it was nothing she couldn’t carry. That didn’t stop her dad from taking it from her with a smile. She could have done it, but she’s not necessarily upset about it.
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Sitting at the dining room table was only awkward in the beginning of the meal. The Iida’s seemed to be pretty profesional people, but the Y/l/n’s were introverts with an acquired sense of humor. Joking about everything from people at work, eachother, and random facts they had learned, the Iida’s quickly became much less tense during the meal. 
The mother and father- whom’s names Y/n never seemed to learn, were last few to smile or laugh along side the rest, beaten by Tenya by only a second, but Tensai had been the first to crack a joke, almost beating Y/n herself to break the ice. 
The loud laughter slowly split into multiple side conversations; Y/n- who sat across from Tenya- tried to strike up a conversation. “Do you want to be famous one day?” 
“Hmm?” He asked, looking up from the lone strawberry cut on his plate, “Yes, I plan on being a Hero.”
A few seconds longer than a moment had passed, end Tensai asked Y/n in return, “What about you? You wanna live the life of fame, or are you more of a low-key kinda gal,” he smiled at her, and for a second Y/n though he had noticed the embarrassment worn on her face after being rejected and forced into silence.
“I dunno really, my quirk is pretty multipurpose. I originally wanted to be a counselor or therapist, but it’s changed from a vet to doctor, to a hundreds of other things. My parents think I should be a hero- I wouldn’t mind I don’t think, but the constant attention could get pretty annoying. A like being busy with people and events, but I do value my privacy,” 
He smiled at her, nodding in acceptance at her answer. The Iida parents had been listening into her words while she spoke, but they still conversed with Y/n’s parents as well. 
Y/n saw a smile on Iida’s face. That mirrored on her own, and suddenly her pancakes tasted a whole lot better. She missed the far off look in his eyes, if only she saw the worried look that was on Tensai’s face. If she had, maybe that small warning could have protected her heart.
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         Y/n had found an abandoned tire swing in their large backyard, three acres of cleared land and two of forest. The swing was in a small clearing- it looked like a party or two had been thrown while it was vacant- shown by the few nips thrown about the ground. She swung back and forth- listening to music playing in her head. 
Because of how caught up in her head she was, she never heard the footsteps approaching her. “Hey, Y/L/N!” Tenya greated. 
“Jesus Christ!” She shouted, falling from the swing. Thankfully, with the use of his quirk, Iida was able to catch her just in time.
“You should really be more careful,”
“I’ll be sure to remember that,” she rolled her eyes. 
He smiled, helping her back up to the swing. He slowly began to push her back and forth, spinning her as fast as he could listening to her laughter. Getting more and more dizzy, she closed her eyes to stay level headed. 
With a heavy sigh of contentment, Y/n lied on the grass with Iida, staring up at the beautiful blue sky. “Hey, Tenya?” She asked, still looking up.
“Yeah?” He turned on his side to see her better- only to notice her eyes were closed. 
“What’s your perfect day?”
“Hmm...” he thought for a second, trying to think of a good answer. “Probably waking up early, and seeing the girl I love as soon as I open my eyes. Then I’d like to eat breakfast with my family- followed by patrol with my brother. Then I’d like to go home and make a cup of tea and sit down with a book I like. Yeah, that sounds pretty good,” he smiled himself, closing his eyes to really picture what he was saying. 
“That sounds really nice Iida,” she whispered, wondering if she could be the one he loves.
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           Summer only had a month left, but Y/n wanted to make the most of the fleeting free-time she had left. Wanting to explore more of Japan before her freedom was stripped from her, she invited Iida to go on a roadtrip with her. 
It wasn’t hard at all to convince her parents to let her go, with her quirk she really didn’t need to worry about being attacked. Even then, she’s physically strong if she can’t use her quirk to defend herself. With the rise of heroes to protect everyone, Japan quickly became one of the safest places. Y/n was also very closely trained with America’s top hero, Reflector. She taught Y/n everything she knew and fully plans on giving Y/n her hero agency as her predecessor. 
Iida’s parents were a little harder to convince, but Y/n’s parents were very persuasive. They would be gone for a week, and they would check in every morning when they woke up and every night before they went to sleep. If they didn’t call during one of the time’s then they had until the next call to respond.
They had made a list of regions and cities in them to visit in them, with the days they would be arriving and leaving. If they skipped a stop of stayed longer, then they had to text their parents with the nex information. Solid rules, and both the teens agreed to them, as well as their parents. 
The bus ride to the train station was relatively short, but it was in complete silence. It was a little awkward, but they just had to get through that one part. 
The train ride itself was much more enjoyable. With their suitcases in hand, they sat close yet comfortably. “Hey, Tenya?” 
“What’s up?” He asked, looking up from his phone to see her eyes staring back at him- a smile tugging at his lips. 
“For what in your life do you feel most grateful?” She questioned, smiling into his eyes.
“Probably my family,” He responded as soon as she finished- having grown accustomed to Y/n’s random questioning, “They’ve done so much for me, and I only hope I can pay them back for all that they’ve supported me through.”
Y/n nodded at his answer, acknowledging how very much like him it is. The loud bustle of train and constant shaking led them to listening to music together, sharing earbuds and squeezing close together. It was a cheesy, new, pop song- one that will probably inspire a sub-culture of girls to bind together. It was weirdly comforting.
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        The last night they spent through their travel of Japan was by far the most enjoyable. There was a small frost in the air that traveled with the two, following them in their own little bubble. 
The streets were lightly illuminated, and it seemed like they were the only two in the world. Y/n had grabbed him by the hand, dragging him to an ice cream vendor. Seeing her in front of him, Tenya was thrown back to the first time they spent time together- everything's so different now. Yet, her beautiful eyes stay constant. Her kindness in unwavering. She’s still a girl made of honey and sugar.
After traveling together for so long, the two stopped correcting people who referred to them as a couple- they simply accepted it as an inside joke. This was why they laughed when the man behind the counter said “And these two for the cute couple,” with a wink at the end of his sentence. 
Walking linked by the elbows, the two passed through the park. Shivering from the wind and the chill of her ice cream, Iida stopped the pair. He took off his sweater, revealing the long-sleeve shirt he wore underneath, and he handed it to her. 
“Ten! You’ll freeze to death,” she said, refusing the offering.
“C’mon Y/n/n, I can heat myself up through my engines, and I wasn’t asking. You’re gonna wear the sweater or you’ll get sick. Put it on,” he said, taking the ice-cream from her hand and raising her arms like she was a child. 
Y/n was very pleased the cold hid the blush on her face- last thing she needed was for him to discover her feelings on the last day of this amazing trip. She slipped into his large sweater, and grabbed her ice cream back from him.
“Hey Iida, I’ve got another question,” she said, walking with him through the trees bordering the street. 
“I’m ready,” he asked, looking forward to make sur they didn’t walk into anything in the dark. 
“What’s a personal problem you could use some advise for?” She asked, actually curious as to what he could possibly need help with. 
He sighed, not making eye-contact. “I guess since we’re close enough- even on nickname basis- I should be comfortable telling you this. I’m in love with this girl, I’ve never stopped thinking about her since the moment I met her,” a dopey smile came onto his face, “I have no idea how to tell her. And now we’re going into highschool, and she’s going to meet so many other people- people I’m sure are more fun than me. I want to confess to her before the summer ends, but I have no idea how to. So,” he sucked in a deep breath and looked at Y/n, “What do you think?”
Y/n smiled, she was so sure he was being cheesy and talking about her. She fully believes that he’s gonna confess tonight. It has to happen- that’s the only way what he just said makes sense. 
“I think,” she closed her eyes, “You should look her in the eyes, and compliment them. Whether she accepts your compliment or refuses it, tell her you want her to know how perfect she is- and then tell her how you feel. Tell her how just seeing her makes your day, how you want her to be the first thing you see in the morning, and the last voice you hear at night. Tell her you want to spoil her, want to tell her everyday how perfect she is. Confess to her that she’s amazing, and that you love her. Let her know how you feel, and then respect her reply. But, there’s no way she’ll turn you down. Be confident, you’re amazing and I’m sure she feels the same,”
Tenya thanked her for her advise, and they fell back into a comfy silence. It was then she remembered the night they decided to go by first names, the night she realized how hard she fell for him.
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Y/n was sitting on her rooftop, Iida beside her. They were looking up at the stars- sitting in silence. Like always, she started the conversation- “Hey, Iida, If you died this evening without being able to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? And Why haven’t you told them yet?”
“Huh,” he murmured, thinking hard. “I’d regret not thanking my brother more. He risks his life to save people, and he practically raised me. He’s why I want to be a hero, to live up to his expectations. I guess I haven’t told him yet because I want to prove that I’ve done something with myself. I want him to know he doesn’t have to raise me anymore- that I succeed,”
Y/n thought for a moment, before answering a question for the first and only time they have known eachother- but he didn’t ask it. She just felt a need to finally speak.
“I had an ex-boyfriend,” she sighed, clenching her eyes shut; “We’d been dating for five years- since we were children. We were so close as kids, but when our quirks manifested he broke up with me. He said my quirk was too dangerous for him, that he didn’t want to be part of the backstory of a villians history. It fucking ruined me. I was an idiot for actually thinking we could have lasted. About a month after we broke up, a villian attacked the agency I was working at. The only reason I was there was because I know the hero in charge, and he knew that. He had come to the building during my break- I don’t know why he was there, but I was the only person he knew there. The villain attacked, but his quirk wasn’t very strong. All he could do was change the color of an item for a few seconds. He was killed that day- slaughtered by the villain who’s only reason was boredom. I wish I could talk to him one last time, tell him I loved him one last time.”
Iida scooted closer to her, pulling her head onto his chest, letting her use him as a crutch. “It’s okay, Y/n. It’ll be okay,”
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When highschool started, and Tenya hadn’t confessed his love to him, Y/n came to the painful realization that she wasn’t the one he loved. However, it was the first day of school that hit the nail on the head. 
She had entered the classroom of 1-A, after her family convinced her to at least try out the hero course, and was terrified that she would know no one. And then, she heard a voice that reminded her of someone very similar.
At the far end of the room, she saw the back of a blue-haired boy scolding a blond with his feet on the desk. A smile spread across her mouth when she realized who this up-tight teen was. Practically running to cover the distance of the class, Y/n launched herself onto Iida, latching onto her. 
“Ten!” She smiled, shifting to wear he could comfortably hold her up.
“Y-Y/n?” He asked, momentarily stunned by her sudden appearance. He smiled and spun her around for a second before putting her down. “You’re here? You’re parents convinced you to pursue being a hero?” he was reasonably confused, but he wasn’t upset she was there- if anything he was glad to have a second familiar face around.
“Yeah, I’m just trying it out,” Y/n laughed, scratching the back of her neck. 
“So heartwarming, now get outta my line of sight four-eyes,” the blond snapped, glaring at the pair.
“You’re annoying, you know that?” Y/n said, rolling her eyes at his comments. 
Meanwhile, Iida laughed at Y/n being called his girlfriend. Y/n, who used to laugh with him, could only do her best to not cry. 
“C/mon Ten, let’s go to your seat,” Y/n said, tugging his hand towards the spot with his name on it- stopping when her arm was tugged, caused by him not moving with her. 
“Sorry Y/n/n,” he said, releasing her hand. “I would, but I promised Momo I’d meet her by the gate and guide her to the classroom. You know about Momo, right?” He looked into her eyes hoping she would put it together herself. After realizing she wouldn’t, he reminded her, “We talked about her on our last day of the tour.”
“Oh,” she said, feeling suddenly really cold. 
“Yeah,” He smiled, “Wish me luck!” He gave her a thumbs up and walked out the room- leaving her stunned and so very cold. 
A scoff echoed from behind her, causing her to look back and see the blond once again. 
“That guy’s an idiot- glasses or not. It’s so obvious how you feel about him, and you’re way to attractive to pine after someone like him. You’re smart too, since you got into this school- he’s really missing out,” he rolled his eyes, but he also knew what just happened- even though no one else in the room picked up on it. 
He assumed they were dating, but when Iida laughed, Bakugo had no clue if he was laughing at them dating or the girl’s reaction. He quickly figured out which of the two was the truth, and he also realized that he had no clue that she was in love with him. 
Y/n didn’t react to his words, just stuck in the weird state she was in. She wasn’t sad, or angry. There was no tears or screams or breakdown, just a silent wave of shock. An ocean of doubt consumed her, filling her with a sense of... nothing. 
She should have known. She should have realized. It’s entirely her fault. Who could love her. Who would want to love her. Who wants to date a freak. Who wants to date someone with a villainous quirk like hers. That’s why he was shocked when she showed up- he thought they’d reject a future villain like her.
No wonder everyone hates her; if she was someone else she’d hate herself too.
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A Cup Of Sugar Part 4
(Link to part 3: https://thedeaconj.tumblr.com/post/624738938039533568/a-cup-of-sugar-part-3  
And parts 1 &2 https://thedeaconj.tumblr.com/post/624650236299821056/a-cup-of-sugar-parts-1-and-2)
Sophie awoke happy and almost carefree on another warm, sunny day in the city. Today, she got out of bed and carried out her yoga and exercises just in her new undies. She may have worn them for a day already, but they were the only cute pair she had. Everything else was frumpy and covered so much, she could always get a new pair later when Mark paid her. After her exercises, Sophie couldn’t help but once again admire herself in the mirror, although one thing did stand out to her more than the rest. Her long, black hair. It just didn’t match her new style at all, she’d need to pick up some blonde hair dye too, so she could be a nice, cute blonde. Or rather, her hair could be a nice, cute blonde, she thought. Then she giggled, her, a nice cute blonde? What a silly idea. Sophie also couldn’t help but admire her breasts more today. They were so perky, she just had to cup them, and her nipples felt far more sensitive today. Sophie ran her fingers over them in a circular motion, shivering as she did. She remembered that great technique Mark did yesterday, where he ran his thumb around her forehead. One of Sophie’s hands started to drift downwards, when she snapped out of it. What was wrong with her! Mark had been such a gentleman to her, and here she was letting all these lewd, naughty thoughts run through her brain. She went and took a shower to cool off, then laid out her outfit for the day.
         She’d cut up an old white t-shirt, so it showed off part of her midriff, alongside it was her new skirt. She’d worn it yesterday though, Sophie frowned at it. It was nice, but it wasn’t quite fitting her new style. The colour was nice, but it felt so warm going all the way to her knees, did she really need that much coverage? So, Sophie got out her scissors, she took a whole layer of it off, the skirt now went to just below her thighs. She also looked down at her bra, it was a practically Victorian garment, so concealing and tight, why not just go without a bra today? She was just cleaning Mark’s and then doing some shopping afterwards, it wasn’t like she was doing anything too formal. Mark wouldn’t stare anyways, he was such a gentleman, he knew how to treat a girl properly.  Sophie pulled together her outfit and put it all on, her pair of flip flops again too. She gave a twirl to the mirror, and could feel a low, constant pleasure from how her t-shirt caressed her nipples. Sophie went across to Mark’s place and knocked on the door.
         He opened it, and to her surprise he was much more casually dressed than usual, a t-shirt and shorts! The heat must have been getting to him too. He also had a big smile on his face, which caused Sophie to smile back. If he was happy, she was happy, since he was so smart, he must have a good reason to be happy!
‘Hi Mark, what’s up?’ Sophie asked.
‘I’ve got great news! I found some fantastic blonde hair dye. An old friend of mine must have left it here, but I think it may be the exact colour you were looking for!’ he said.
Sophie was overjoyed! She could save money on hair dye, which meant more cute outfits! Still, she did have one question.
‘Don’t I need to ease my hair into it though through like, lighter and lighter dyes?’
Mark shook his head, he explained it was a specialist dye, quite expensive stuff that could do the job near instantly. He said he’d be happy to help and dye her hair for her, then she could get to the cleaning work. Sophie agreed, so happy he was able to help her out and provide for her like this. It would have taken her so long to get that nice, cute blonde hair she wanted, and now Mark was able to get her straight there. She’d do an extra good job at cleaning to make up for this, she just had to please him. Well, as in please him by doing a good job cleaning, she thought. As Sophie headed into the apartment now, she by instinct went to sit on the sofa, but Mark’s hand touched the small of the back.
‘I’m afraid the sofa may be too risky what with the dye, I’ve got an old chair over here in the kitchen area, I’ve set up a mirror by it so you can see how it looks,’ Mark explained.
Sophie looked up at him and nodded, a little embarrassed by how silly she’d been thinking she could sit on the sofa for this. She let Mark’s hand rest on the small of the back as he walked her over to the chair, where she took a seat in front of the mirror. Sophie kept her legs close together, so as to not flash Mark her undies. He placed a bib around her neck that covered her upper body, it felt so tight against her throat. She shivered a little as it locked into place, what a strange, yet enjoyable sensation. As if something belonged around her throat, but she wasn’t sure what. Mark put on a pair of gloves and readied the dye. As Sophie looked at herself in the mirror, with her long flowing black hair, she began to have some small doubts.
‘Mark, is this the right choice? I mean my hair’s such a part of who I am, it feels weird changing it like this,’ she said.
Mark smiled at her, he placed his hands on her shoulders in a soft, yet firm grip.
‘Please Sophie, you know your hair would look so good like this, and besides it’s what’s on the inside that makes up who we really are, right Sophie?’ Mark asked.
  With his grip on her Sophie simply relaxed, smiling at herself in the mirror. It would look good like this, and it wasn’t like dyeing her hair would change who she was. She was still strong, still independent, it was so nice of Mark to remind her of that.
‘Yes, you’re right, sorry I’ll let you get on with it,’ she said.
         Mark took his hands off of Sophie’s shoulders, she felt a tinge of disappointment, but then felt something far more wonderful as he started to rub the dye into her hair.
‘I’m going to be doing this all with my hands, so I may need to move your head around a little,’ Mark said as he rubbed and massaged the dye into her hair.
Sophie barely registered it, the feeling as it soaked into her hair was so wonderful, so powerful. It coated her hair and mind all at once, she saw her lips twitch into a smile, her eyelids flutter as it first hit.
‘That’s okay’ she droned out.
It wasn’t just the hair dye either having this effect on her. The way Mark rubbed it in was more like a head massage. Sophie could feel those small doubts being rubbed straight out of her head, straight out of her mind.
‘How does it feel Sophie?’ Mark asked.
‘Mmm so nice,’
Mark chuckled, so Sophie giggled.
‘Why not find something to focus on Sophie as we do this, maybe your eyes? Just stare into the mirror as you see yourself transform,’ he said.
         Yes, her eyes. Her big brown eyes, she was caught in her own gaze. It was as if they pulsed and sparkled, she felt as if her whole world was getting caught up in her eyes. She didn’t notice at first that her legs drifted apart, giving Mark a full view of her undies. Once she clocked it, she snapped out of it for a moment, starting to stammer about how sorry she was.
‘Shh, it’s okay dear, you’re just relaxing and letting the dye do its work, no need to worry about it,’ Mark said.
Yes, there was no need to worry about it. Mark was right, as usual. She could just relax and let him do what ne needed. Sophie now let her legs drift open freely, her arms lay lazily by her sides. Her mouth started to drift open as her eyes glazed over. The dye was working so quickly, her hair was already turning such a nice, cute blonde. The head massage just felt so good, Mark’s hands were so perfect on her, even with the gloves on. He was telling her smart things again, but her brain was going all mushy. It was better for her to listen and accept. His words flowed through her, sometimes she’d speak them herself, although she was unsure what exactly she was saying. Why should she care? This felt too good, so good that a damp spot was forming between her legs. This time though, Sophie didn’t go out like a light, instead she went into her daydreams.
         Sophie saw visions of herself in this mirror. In some she was kneeling, others bowing down. She was always naked, and always wore a pink collar with a chain heart at its centre. Words flowed out of her mouth in a constant chant, a mantra, but she couldn’t tell what they were, not yet. There was a man in these visions too, sometimes he held a leash attached to her collar, other times he caressed and played with her body from behind. She couldn’t make him out fully, but could tell he was an older man, a commanding man. He was in control, she was his to play with. Sophie then saw herself kneeling before the man, his shorts were unzipped and pulled down, she could feel the drool coming off her mouth. There it was, her object of desire, the thing that would fill her and make her whole. It started to come out as Sophie brought her head down and…A splash of water?
         She felt water running over her hair, her head was tilted back, she blinked and looked up to see Mark washing her hair.
‘Alright the dye’s done, just getting the excess off, you okay there Sophie?’
‘Oh, yes, sorry just daydreaming a little,’ she said.
Mark smiled at her, which gave Sophie a warm feeling in the pit of her stomach. As Mark finished washing her hair, she raised her head, then looked into the mirror. It was so cute! Sophie smiled and giggled, running her hands through her light, blonde hair. It suited her so much now, went perfectly with her new look. She could style it too, maybe some cute little pigtails. She was now a nice, cute blonde after all, she could lean into that.
‘It’s perfect, soo cute! Thank you so much Mark, my hero hehe!’ Sophie said.
She then covered her mouth, barely able to believe what just came out of it. Maybe the dye had some fumes that made her feel funny, but Mark just laughed at what she said.
‘No problem, now are you ready to do something for me?’ he asked.
         Sophie nodded, eager and ready to do her work.
‘Oh, before you do, one moment, I have something you might find amusing,’ Mark said.
         He headed off to his bedroom, while Sophie undid her bib, and stood up from the chair. She couldn’t help but notice how damp she was between the legs, which was rather humiliating to her. She couldn’t even have an older man dye her hair without getting so horny, she hoped Mark hadn’t noticed, Sophie wanted him to like her and approve of her, which he might not if he saw what a mess she was. Older men were such a weakness to her though, and she did have to admit Mark looked good today in his t-shirt and shorts. Then, he returned holding up on a coat hanger, a maid uniform.
         Except, maid uniform wasn’t quite the right term. It was a hot pink like the sofa, a two-piece outfit with essentially a bralet and mini skirt, and a thin mesh material that connected the two pieces. She could also see it came with pink and white striped knee-high socks.
‘Wouldn’t it be funny if you matched the sofa? It might even look less out of place then!’ Mark chuckled.
Sophie giggled, but knew she couldn’t possibly wear such an outfit. It just looked so, well so slutty and naughty. What would Mark think as she went around his apartment in that, shaking and stretching her body as she cleaned up for him?
‘It’s a little cute but maybe not my style entirely, it’s funny though!’ she said.
Mark almost looked a little disappointed, was he serious about her wearing the outfit?
‘Well, I was just thinking how you’d be such a good girl if you wore the outfit, and I mean, you mentioned when I was dyeing your hair how you wanted to be a good girl, isn’t that right Sophie?’
Yes, Sophie wanted to be a good girl. It echoed in her mind, such a catchy phrase that she couldn’t stop hearing it.
‘Yes, I want to be a good girl,’ she said.
Maybe the outfit wasn’t so bad, it wasn’t too far off what she was currently wearing. It would be a good thing to do, and Mark was nice enough to buy it for her. Sophie walked over to Mark, eyes glazed over, and took the outfit in her hands. The material felt silky, soft, pleasant to the touch. If this top was rubbing against her nipples it would take a lot of effort to hide her pleasure.
‘That’s fantastic, please change in the bathroom, then you can get to work,’
She took the outfit and headed into the bathroom. There was a bag there she could put her regular clothes in, when Sophie began to feel just how uncomfortable her damp undies were. She could always take them off with the rest of her outfit, Mark would no doubt be too busy to even notice she wasn’t wearing them. She stripped down, putting on the maids’ outfit, allowing herself to get into the mentality. She was Mark’s maid, at least for a little while, so it made sense to act and think like that. She now noticed there was a big pink bow too, which Sophie wrapped around and wore atop her head. She pulled the socks up, then pulled up the two-piece outfit itself. It felt so good against her skin, like a gentle caress, it concealed so little of her. Her nipples and breasts were just about visible through the bralet, her shoulders were entirely exposed. The mesh did little to cover her midriff and lower chest region, even giving a peek of her underboob. The skirt meanwhile left little to the imagination. Sophie was still a bit nervous about the outfit, but she did want to be a good girl, and to do so she’d clean for Mark dressed like this.
         Sophie came out of the bathroom, blushing at Mark’s awestruck expression.
‘Beautiful, you look more like a princess than a maid,’ he said.
Sophie couldn’t help but blush some more. Princess, what a cute name for her.
‘Thank you, I aim to please Mark,’ Sophie replied, a smile spreading over her face.
‘Oh, one more thing, a bit odd I know, but I’d like to have some level of professionalism. Is it alright if you call me Sir while you clean for me Sophie?’
It seemed a bit odd, but what was the harm, Sophie thought.
‘Okay sir, no problem!’ Sophie said.
Mark walked over, handed her a pink feather duster, and she got to work. The place was already looking pretty good, but Sophie worked hard. She aimed to please, part of who she was, of her independence, was showing just how dependable she could be. Maybe Mark would ask her back more, it certainly beat working in the warehouse. She’d still be her independent self after all, but Mark was just someone worth listening to, he was so capable, it would be silly not to let him guide her a little. Mark himself went about some of his daily business, only catching glances at Sophie now and then, seeing how every time she bent over, everything was on display. She was trying to hide the moans, but her rock hard nipples gave away just how good the material felt on her.
 ‘So, have you given any more thought to coming to my gathering Sophie?’ Mark asked.
He was sat upon his black leather chair as she scrubbed down the floor on her hands and knees, with a perfect view. Sophie absentmindedly hummed a tune and shook her hips to keep her mind off just how good her nipples felt.
‘Oh yes sir! I’d love to come!’ she said.
‘That’s fantastic sweetie, I’m sure the other guests will appreciate all your hard work, you’ve been such a good girl doing this for me,’
There was something so pleasant about Mark’s words that made it harder to hold how she felt in, a low soft moan escaped Sophie’s lips.
‘Everything alright there?’ Mark asked.
‘Oh, oh yes sir not to worry, and thank you so much, I hope you’re happy with the job I do,’ she said.
‘Of course dear, it’s perfect, I’ll come with you later to the store personally and buy whatever you desire,’
Sophie let out a pleasurable sigh, what a wonderful idea, he was so nice to her, and the pair began to talk about what she had in mind. Mark had such good ideas, about tube tops, thongs, booty shorts, all fun, cute outfits Sophie could show herself off in. Sir even mentioned getting a camera and doing a photoshoot of her modelling in her new clothing. Sophie giggled, what a fun, silly idea, her as a model. When she finished the cleaning job, Sophie found herself wandering over to the mirror again. It was such hard work that she just fell to her knees, worn out. Mark came up behind her, stroking her hair with one hand. She leaned into it, enjoying the feeling.
‘You’ve been such a good girl today Sophie and done such a good job. I’m so proud of how far you’ve come,’ he said.
Sophie looked at herself, legs spread, dripping from pleasure, hair dyed blonde and nipples so hard still. She’d definitely changed the last few days, but that was okay, she was becoming who she really was, and not just trying to rebel against her parents or authority. She’d been a good girl today. Soon she’d be rewarded, but right now she had to say her thanks to Mark.
‘Thank you so much Sir, I’m eager to please,’ she said.
She was too, maybe it was the maid mindset getting to her but pleasing felt so good. She could stay on her knees having her hair played with for hours if it pleased Sir.
‘Very good sweetie, now it’s time for you to put your regular clothes back on so we can go shopping,’ Mark said.
Sophie rose to her feet as Mark patted her on the head. It felt nice to be patted like that, it was such a basic show of approval but it meant a lot to her. Then, as she was walking to the bathroom, Mark’s hand drifted lower, giving her a nice pat on the butt. She just giggled, he’d probably meant to give her a pat on the back, it felt so naughty to have his hand down there. Sophie went to the bathroom, she changed back into her normal outfit, although didn’t go for the still damp undies. Sophie walked out, simply leaving the maid outfit and underwear in the room. Mark smiled at her, and put his arm around her, resting his hand on her lower back as he guided her away. Tomorrow it would be back to the grind of the warehouse, but for today, Sophie could enjoy a nice shopping trip with Sir…or Mark, she thought, then giggled. She was still in maid mode a little, but hey, it felt good to please.
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Sweet Ride
For Suptober Day 10: Sweet Ride
“Did you see the awesome motorcycle parked in the staff parking lot in front of the astronomy building, the one with the solar system painted on it?” a student asked from the front row of Dean Winchester’s Advanced Mechanical Engineering class.
“Yeah, dude, it’s so fucking lifelike! The details are astounding, I mean the paint job is better than some of the satellite images we have of the planets,” another student replied.
The first student looked at Dean who was pulling up the PowerPoint for the day’s lecture. “Hey, Professor Winchester, it looks like you might not have the sweetest ride on campus anymore.”
Dean looked up and grinned as he thought about his precious car. He owned a 1967 black Chevy Impala and he treated her like the queen she was. “Well, Ms. Adams, I’d have to disagree with you. Ain’t no motorcycle going to be able to compete with my Baby.”
“I don’t know, have you seen this bike? It looks like it was custom built along with the custom paint job. Do you happen to know who it belongs to?” the other student asked.
Dean smirked. “Sorry, Ms. Davis but I don’t. I got here pretty early this morning because of a project I was working on. When I find out, I’ll be sure to let you know.” Dean finished pulling his lecture up before saying, “Alright, guys, hush up and sit your butts in a seat. Time to get started.”
Once Dean’s three morning lectures were over, he packed his bag and headed to his office. He worked on grading his classes’ latest rounds of projects and inputting grades into the computer. He was so caught up in his work, he didn’t realize how late it was until there was a knock on his door.
He looked up and called, “Come in.”
The door swung open and Dean smiled at seeing who was standing in the doorway. “Hey, baby. I lost track of time; Sorry for not meeting you after your lecture.”
Castiel Winchester shook his head as he walked into Dean’s office, shutting the door behind him. He walked right up to his husband and bent over to slide his lips against Dean’s in a short but tender kiss. “It’s ok. I got caught up with a student anyways. Did you still want to take the rest of the day off?”
Dean leaned back in his chair, pulling Cas into his lap. “Of course I do. It’s your birthday and I have every intention of making it the best birthday ever.”
Cas rubbed his nose against Dean’s as he whispered, “That’s code for we’re going home and having awesome sex aren’t we.”
“You know it,” Dean said as he looked lovingly at Cas. He couldn’t help but grin at the man he loved. Cas was not what one would expect when then they thought of a college astronomy professor. The tips of his hair alternated between being dyed blue or green, he had piercings in his ears, and he had tattoos on both arms. Dean was unable to resist running his fingers along the bees and flowers on one arm and the constellations on the other. 
Dean wasn’t the most stereotypical professor either. While he didn’t dye his hair or pierce his ears, he did have a nose piercing and a lip ring. He also had tattoos on both his arms. One was a green dragon wrapping around from his wrist to his shoulder. The other, a bass guitar with the names of his favorite bands on it and musical notes swirling around it. Dean also never wore suits and ties, preferring his jeans, plaid shirts, and leather jacket.
The college Dean and Cas worked for had been hesitant when it first hired them, afraid of how their appearance would affect the fellow staff and students. By the end of their first semester teaching, the college begged them to pick up more classes as there were lines of students wanting to take their classes. They were now going on their tenth year of teaching.
“Dean, where’d you run off to sweetheart?” Cas asked, reaching up to cup his husband’s jaw.
Dean shook his head. “Sorry, baby, got lost in thoughts of you as usual. Happy birthday, Cas. I love you to the moon and back.”
Cas smiled as he leaned forward and kissed Dean. “I love you to the stars and back.”
After they shared a few more kisses, Dean pulled away. “So, I have your gift.”
Cas tilted his head. “I thought you said you didn’t buy me anything.”
Dean smirked. “I didn’t. I made it and painted it myself.” 
Dean loved being a college professor, but he had a few hobbies he was very passionate about just like Cas. Cas was obsessed with bees and gardening meaning their house and yard was an array of color all year round. Meanwhile, Dean worked on cars at his Uncle Bobby’s garage and painted in his freetime. He had actually sold a few of his pieces and sometimes did commissions for close friends and family.
“Is this the project you’ve been working on that’s been making you come into work so early for the past few weeks?” Cas asked with a grin.
“Maybe,” Dean said coyly.
Cas slid from his husband’s lap. “In that case, let’s go see. I already dropped my bag off in my car before I came over. I may have gotten a little distracted by this awesome motorcycle that was sitting in the parking lot. It’s custom built with the most amazing paint job of the planets and the solar system.”
Dean stacked his papers together and slid them in his bag before shutting his computer down. He hefted his bag on his shoulder and grabbed Cas’ hand as they walked out the office. “Sounds like an awesome bike. Whoever owns it is super lucky.”
Cas sighed. “I’d say. I wish I could afford a bike like that. I mean I love my jeep, but you know having a motorcycle has been a dream of mine.”
Dean pecked Cas on the cheek as they walked towards the staff parking lot. “I know baby. Hopefully, you’ll have your own bike someday.”
“It’s ok sweetheart. As long as I have you, that’s all that matters. Now, I thought you were going to show me my gift,” Cas said, confusion evident in his voice.
“I am,” Dean said with a grin.
Cas looked around. They had arrived at the parking lot and there was nothing but the usual cars and trucks. He could make out his Jeep parked next to Dean’s Impala and of course his eyes lingered on the motorcycle he was telling his husband about. Other than the bike, there was nothing out of the ordinary. “I don’t see anything.”
Dean squeezed Cas’ hand and started walking towards their cars. He came to a stop right in front of the bike. “So, you like this bike, huh? I couldn’t imagine why Mr. Astronomy Geek.”
Cas shoved him lightly in the shoulder. “So, I love looking at the stars. It’s not like you don’t drool over some blueprints and three-D printers.”
“Do you want your present or not?” Dean asked with a laugh.
Cas chuckled. “I’m sorry. Yes, I would.”
Dean stuck his hand in his pocket and pulled out a key ring with two keys hanging from it. He grabbed Cas’ hand and dropped the keys in it. He nodded towards the bike and said, “Happy birthday baby.”
Cas’ eyes went wide and his mouth dropped open in surprise. “Wait, the bike is mine? But how? We can’t afford something like this with the house payment and my jeep payment.”
Dean stuck his finger over Cas’ lips, effectively silencing him. “You can when your awesome husband built and painted it for you. I promised Chuck I’d pick up some extra classes over the summer and asked for an advance on the paychecks. When I explained why, he was happy to do so. She’s all yours Cas.”
Cas threw his arms around Dean’s neck and sealed their lips together. He slipped his tongue inside Dean’s mouth and deepened the kiss. When they finally broke apart, both of them were panting. “Dean, this is the most awesome gift I’ve ever gotten! Thank you so much! I love you!”
“I love you too, Cas. Now we have the sweetest rides on campus although Baby is still better,” Dean said a little defensively.
“I might have to disagree with you on that one, but I’ll admit they are both sweet rides,” Cas said before once more sealing their mouths together. Best birthday ever!
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i luv all of the punk!cody boys fr 🥴,, this is gonna sound DUMB as hell how would the boys be with an alt significant other? like would the boys try to get into the scene as well? would they casually wear their s/o’s crust jacket? o m g 🥺👉👈
OH THIS IS GOOOOOD! Also I had to google crust jackets because we call them battle jackets over here but crust sounds soo much cooler 🔥
Basically Grunge!Michael is halfway there already, so he’s no stranger to adapting his style to fit in with you and your friends. From offering to sew on your patches and stud your jackets to cutting your band shirts just how you like them as soon as you get them home, he’s the perfect companion on the alternative road. Somehow he always has the money to buy you the most expensive New Rocks (you can thank Ms Mead for that one), he always seems to get hold of tickets for even the most exclusive gigs and whenever you turn up to them, he immediately leads you backstage to green rooms to hang out with the bands. I guess Satanists really have an underground network of band contacts…
Xavier tries his hardest to maintain his individuality in all situations, but it’s hard to not get sucked into the alternative world when he’s fighting with you over the bathroom mirror in the morning. At first he’s a little aloof, exaggerating his own style to resist the temptation to stray from it. But once he’s bitten by the bug, it’s a gradual process: noticing your eyeliner going missing every other day and seeing Xavier’s eyes darken and darken more as time goes on. He’ll outright deny it at first, of course, blaming his transition on “something I’m trying out,” but he’s not a good liar so he’s not fooling anyone. It’s only when you walk into his studio and find him wearing your crust jacket, blasting Black Flag like his life depends on it. “Err, it’s not what it looks like,” he stutters, rushing to change the tape in his boombox. “Honestly, it’s not!”
Jim, bless him, wants to immerse himself in your scene’s culture from the moment you start dating. He’s almost sickeningly supportive of your style, suggesting new band shirts, accompanying you to gigs (and most importantly protecting you from harm in the pit) and picking out your outfits for date nights as if he was reading your mind. When he’s finished scrubbing himself up for an evening with your friends, he finds you holed up in the bathroom trying to backcomb the hell out of your hair and he sneaks in with an extra hairspray can. “Here, let me help you,” he insists, prizing the brush from your clawed hands. “You know you can get so much more volume if you start closer to the roots, right? I... umm... read that… someplace.”
As much as Duncan would love to blend in with your scene, he finds his suits and ties a strange comfort to him so he doesn’t stray too far. On the other hand, he worships your individuality and it’s part of the reason why he fell for you in the first place. He watches your morning routine intensely, observing every nuance from your excessively smudged eyeliner to your DIY shirts. He gazes on as you stitch a new patch to your jacket, silently making a note of everything you like even if he’s not into it himself yet. Before you know it, there’s new patches laid on your pillow when you come home, a new high-end black lipstick perched on your vanity and a fresh can of hairspray waiting by the sink when you didn’t realise you’d ran out. By the time you interrogate him about his random acts of alternative kindness, he’s got the perfect answer — “You deserve the best, princess.”
Richard is a quiet, angry kid already so your music is simply a gateway to expressing himself more. He loved the pent-up aggression of his own music before you arrived in his life with all your studs and leather, but your influence has brought him out of his shell and helped him deal with his problems outwardly rather than simply retreating to his sketchbook. Of course the sketchbook acts as a vital part of his transformation as he becomes a fantastic artist for band logos, merch designs and supports the heck out of you and your friends. His development into an alternative butterfly is a lot more sudden than you expected when you first met him — one night as you drift awake from a deep sleep, you wander to the bathroom to find him bleaching and dyeing his hair bright green. “I think it’s ace,” he grins broadly, finally comfortable with himself. “We match each other now!”
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Duality - Chapter One (The Diabolical Ways of the Deciduous Demon Outside my Window)
"KAOS!! Get down here! We're going to be late!!"
Early morning sunlight dappled through the smudged windowpane, the chirping of birds mingling with the songs of the warm autumn wind working its way through the cracks. All things given, it seemed like a perfect morning. That assumption, though, was a misplaced one. At least to the young boy in the bed. He opened one eye, took one look at his window, and pulled the blankets over his head with a groan. The light stung his eyes, making him crave for the sweet embrace of dreams once more. Maybe if he just closed his eyes, it would all just fade away-
Tap tap tap
He flinched, then peered out from beneath his covers, pulling them down just to the bridge of his nose. Tap tap tap. It was back. The warm autumn breeze brought with it that no good tree branch, the warm toned leaves swaying with every tap against the glass. The boy squinted, then laid back down, pulling the blankets tighter around his head. If he just ignored it, the tree wouldn't notice he was there. It would go away, realizing it was a futile attempt to gain his attention. Whatever the tree wanted, he wasn't curious enough to risk finding out.
Tap tap tap. Tick tick tick.
He covered his ears, he wasn't listening. He didn't have time to deal with the tree and the ticking. There wasn't enough time in the world to deal with both. And yet, here they both were. That itching at the back of his mind, and that incessant tapping against the glass.
Tap tick tick. Tap tick tick.
Every moment of silence he could have been relishing was filled with those Ancients awful noises. How long has passed? A minute? A moment? He couldn't tell. All he could focus on was that stupid tree.
Tick tap tick tap tick tap.
In one movement, the boy sat up, throwing his blankets to the ground as forcefully as he could muster, facing the source of his problems.
"For the Ancients' sake, would you shut the f-"
"Kaos!!" The boy screamed as the door was flung open, nearly causing him to fall from his loft, grabbing the pillow in self defense. "Ancients, what is taking you so long?! Mother took Mey to school already, and at this rate you're going to miss the bus! Get dressed and get downstairs!!"
The door was slammed shut just as quickly as it opened, leaving the boy alone in his room. A small room, with walls lined with papers, a soot stained carpet and a desk set beneath the window. The sun bathed everything in a warm light, leaving the still burning candle on its surface obsolete for the time being. Still in shock, clutching his pillow like a weapon, Kaos slowly gathered himself, then climbed down the ladder, still clutching the pillow in his off hand in case he needed to use it. Which he most likely wouldn't. But it never hurt to be prepared. With a huff, he eyed the tree branch one last time, its pesky attempts to grab his attention finally coming to an end. It sat there, perfectly still - aside from the dancing leaves that yearned to be carried away with the fall winds. Oh, how he wished he could join them. For good measure, Kaos threw his pillow at the window, making sure the tree knew who was boss, before venturing over to his closet. His closet was a box. Of course, he had a real closet, set into the wall across from his loft, but he had never bothered to store his clothes in there. No, that was for storing other things. The box did quite nicely for the minimal amount of outfits he owned. Most of which were piled under his loft, waiting to be washed. Kaos half the time forgot they were there, along with some of Mey's clothes that he had borrowed; and some of his brother's that he had… Liberated from languishing beneath his bed with old socks and unfinished homework from grades passed. It was a mystery how Dyskord had ever managed to graduate, Kaos thought as he fished through the unfolded clothes stored within his closet box. Finally, he settled on the same things he always wore, which were sitting to the side of the box. He stumbled back as he pulled on his black sweats, wriggled into his tunic, slipped on his canvas shoes and grabbed a miscellaneous hairbrush he was pretty sure didn't actually belong to him. Kaos pulled the comb through his hair as he scrambled down the stairs, mumbling to himself as he chucked it to the side (Mother or Dyskord would pick it up eventually), grabbed his long coat off its hook, then careened into the kitchen as he put it on. The coat was far too big for him, swallowing his wiry frame whole like some beast made of shadows. Kaos hoped he would someday grow into it, but he had owned it for years now and no such luck had befallen him. Kaos climbed up onto the kitchen counter, eyeing his prize. The cookie tin, his ceremonial breakfast whenever Mother was out of the house. He pulled the lid off, then peered inside - only a few left. Just as Kaos reached his little hand down into the metal tin, Dyskord walked through the back door, tracking mud onto the scuffed tile flooring.
"What do you think you're doing," he spoke, kicking his boots off, never once taking his eyes off Kaos.
"Oh, please. Like you'd tell Mother," Kaos rolled his eyes, sliding the cookie jar back into place, his bounty in hand.
"Maybe I will."
"Then maybe I'll have to tell her who really passed your final exams for you, brother."
The two locked death glares, the only noise being that of the leaky faucet and the occasion chirp of the birds outside. Kaos cracked a smile, Dyskord following.
"Just grab me one too, short stack. Then we've gotta go."
Kaos shoved the cookie into his mouth, then grabbed the tin once more. His face reflected back at him on the polished sides. Big eyes the color of copper, a piggish upturned nose, his cheeks puffed out like an chipsquirrel's, gathering food for the winter. Cookie crumbs mingled with the imperfections that littered his skin, freckles, blemishes, and his birthmarks - mirrored patches of darker skin that clustered around his eyes. They had gotten lighter with age, but they still bugged him sometimes. One little snaggletooth stuck out from the corner of his mouth - an issue that could have been fixed with braces. If he hasn't broken them nearly the day after he got them. He may not have been the 'peak of perfection', but Kaos didn't mind. It made him unique. It made him… special. Though, that paired with his lackluster height usually ended up with him being at the receiving end of a bullying entourage.
"You got everything you need, baby brother?"
Kaos nodded, then hopped down from the counter. "Yes, mother. I have everything."
Dyskord rolled his eyes, crossing his arms. "Backpack?"
"At the front door."
"Lunch?"
"Won't be there long enough to need one."
"Catalyst?"
"Harvested it last night."
"Well, aren't you prepared," Dyskord chuckled. "Specimen?"
"That’s your job, remember?" Kaos smirked. "I have it all thought out, Dyskord. Don't worry."
"Well then, what's your plan for when Mother finds out?"
"Who said she'll find out? The only way she would is if someone rats me out." Kaos took a bite from his second cookie, handing the extra to Dyskord as he pushed past into the main hall. The high ceilings and towering walls making him seem even smaller; like an ant in a dollhouse.
"If I'm this deep in, why would I rat you out and risk getting in trouble myself?"
Kaos shrugged, walking backwards so that he could watch Dyskord's movements. "I don't know, brother, but the only variable that could possibly go wrong is you. So as long as you play along, everything should be absolutely peachy~" He grinned, then shoved the rest of the cookie into his mouth. It tasted a little old, probably a month or two, but a stale cookie was better than no cookie. And at least Kaos knew that batch hadn't been poisoned.
Dyskord chuckled dryly, placing the cookie in the little leather satchel that hung at his hip. Kaos knew he'd probably eat it later. Dyskord could never resist a cookie. "Alright, alright, tiny genius. I'll trust you on this. But don't blame me when this plan fails too."
"It won't. Trust me."
Kaos grabbed his backpack off its hook, unzipping it just to triple check its contents. It never hurt to be certain.
"Communicator?"
"Yep."
"You got your diary~?"
Kaos whipped around, glaring. "It's not a diary! It's my journal of doom!!"
Dyskord patted Kaos on the head, ruffling his umber hair, a condescending smile on his lips. "Sure it is, baby brother."
Kaos grumbled under his breath, turning back to his backpack. He shrugged Dyskord off, trying to focus. Sure enough it was all there. Homework, lunchbox, communicator, his 'journal' - everything important was there and accounted for. As Kaos struggled to zip up his backpack once more, his gaze drifted to the portrait that hung above the door. His family, painted in exquisite detail, framed by an intricate wooden frame. Dyskord, with his old ashy blonde hair (Kaos had suggested he dye it neon green since it was a similar level of horrible against his skin tone, but Dyskord had insisted on vibrant silver.) Mey sat on Mother's lap, creasing the dress she had spent all of the previous day ironing to get it absolutely pristine, because she wouldn't sit still. Mother bore her usual scoul, contrasted by Mey's wide grin. If their expressions weren't so different, Mey might have been mistaken for a younger Mother. Father stood to the side of her, behind Dyskord, wearing a similar expression to his wife. Kaos had been surprised he hadn't been absent for that too. Looking down to where he was immortalized in paint, Kaos stood the front - where the painter had instructed him to stand; wearing a matching suit and tie like the rest of his siblings - though he at least still had his scarf. Black and grey striped knit that was as long as he was tall, coiled around his neck and draped over his shoulder. Kaos never went anywhere without his scarf, and even though he heard Hel from Father afterwards, it was worth it. As Kaos slung his backpack over his shoulder, he trailed his hand to his neck, reaching to feel the soft warmth of his scarf. Instead, his hand only met skin.
"C'mon Kaos, we gotta get going. We don't want you being late for-"
"My scarf!!" Kaos shouted. "Where's my scarf!?"
"Kaos, it's not even that cold out. You don't need your- oooor you can go get it. That's fine too, I guess." Dyskord watched as Kaos chucked his overstuffed backpack to the side, the contents spilling across the floorboards as he raced upstairs to his room. He swore, Kaos would be the death of him one of these days, but at least his life was interesting with him around. Dyskord just wished he wasn't so, well, chaotic. But he supposed that came with the name.
Kaos threw the door to his room open, his breath catching in his throat. He had been wearing it when he fell asleep, where could it have gotten off to!? Had he taken it off when he got dressed? No, it wasn't by his closet box. Was it in his loft? No, no. Maybe it was in the blanket pile he had created that morning. Or maybe it was- Kaos froze, slowly turning towards the window, the familiar tap tap tapping of the tree branch against the grimy glass greeting him.
"You," he glowered at the tree branch, carefully approaching the window. "What did you do with it!?"
The tree branch just continued its endless rapping against the window pane, mocking him, oblivious to the enemy it had made. Kaos stormed forward, climbing up onto his desk, kicking the papers that covered it onto the ground.
"Give it back now!!" He pressed his face against the glass. "Or so help me, you will meet your untimely demise!!"
He was given no response. Not that Kaos expected one. The trees were always conniving, this one especially. They seemed innocent, but beneath that bark was a dastardly deciduous demon, lulling him into a false sense of security, laying in wait. But Kaos knew. Kaos knew the truth about these creatures. And he wouldn't let them get the upper hand. Never once taking his eyes from the branch, Kaos slid open his window slowly, then peered out. There it was, as he had assumed, his scarf. In the patchy grass, between the gnarled roots of the beast. He shot the tree one last glare, muttering to himself, then stepped out onto the small ledge right outside his window. At least that was a perk of being small, he could fit into spaces others couldn't. Kaos stood up, balancing himself against the wall, holding onto one of the few bricks that jutted out from the flush surface. He had done this many a time, but every time he felt butterflies congregating within his stomach, a few fluttering into his throat. The wind in his hair, the view of the forest beyond- painted in autumnal colors of deep purples and dry oranges, the grounds below in desperate need of tending. All of it flooding his senses, paired with the impending damage he would receive at one wrong move. It was all… magnificent. But admiring the view wasn't what he was here to do, no. Kaos shook his head, reaching out to grab the closest branch, hoisting himself into it. The tree may have been a conniving, callous creature, but at least it served a purpose. That being a way for Kaos to get to the ground without completely shattering all of his fragile little bones.
"Kaos, come on!!" He heard Dyskord call from inside. "I have other stuff I need to do today, if you don't hurry up you'll have to take the school ship!!"
Kaos rolled his eyes, carefully stepping down onto the next branch. Dyskord was so impatient. He'd get down, grab his scarf, and they'd be on their way before his older brother could utter another idiotic sentence. Kaos slid onto another branch, this one bending slightly under his weight. He shot the tree a glare, as if daring it to try something, before stepping onto the next one. This one, unluckily, wasn't so forgiving. Before Kaos knew what was happening, the branch had buckled beneath him, sending him crashing to the ground - the branches he fell past slicing at his skin. At least the damp earth was there to soften his fall. Kaos propped himself up on his arms, spitting out a chunk of dirt as he silently cursed himself out for letting down his guard. At least he has his scarf. Kaos stood up, brushing the dirt from his clothes best he could before assessing the damage. A few cuts here and there, his coat would definitely need some stitches, but at least nothing was broken. Kaos scooped his scarf up, wrapped it loosely around his neck, then froze. He heard the sound of an engine revving up, the realization hitting him all too late.
"WAIT!!" Kaos shouted, making a mad dash for the front door. "Dyskord, I'M COMING!!"
As Kaos rounded the corner, three things crossed his mind. His backpack laying on the path that lead up to the door, the idiocracy of his older brother; and the boat that belonged to the very same, the one that was usually docked at the edge of the island, now whirring off into the horizon without him.
"YOU IDIOT!!" Kaos shouted, skidding to a stop. He swore he heard his brother laughing over the sound of the motor, which was quickly fading away. "I'M TELLING MOTHER!!"
Of course he wouldn't. Telling Mother had become an empty threat within the family, no longer holding any weight after countless empty promises of "Mother'll hear about this" and "I'm telling mom" (the latter usually used by Mey) had been thrown around for years. But it was the only comeback he could dream up in the moment. He had other problems than coming up with a witty response that Dyskord couldn't even hear. He'd get him back later. After he was done with his current plan. Then he'd have all the time in the world to get back at Dyskord for being a complete ignoramus and putting a petty act of defiance over the welfare of the plan. That's what Kaos got for letting him in on it, he supposed, kicking a loose pathing tile out of frustration. His kick barely dislodged it, but it was at least something. Kaos grabbed his bag up off of the ground, finally noticing the note taped to it. Have fun taking the school ship. Of course. Kaos crumpled the note up as he swung the backpack over his shoulder, muttering to himself all the while. He looked around, starting to head in the direction the school ship usually docked. It was quite a ways away, so the sooner he left, the better chances he had of catching it. Why it didn't dock closer to his home was beyond him, and despite the complaints he had lodged with the school board and his mother, no changes had been made. Rolling fields of splotchy, yellowing grass were laid out before Kaos, broken up by the occasional stone pathway. Cracking with age and broken up like a checkerboard. The wound through the dirt haphazardly, interrupted by the occasional tree (which Kaos did his best to keep his distance from) or the start of a rickety bridge that connected the nearby islands. On his usual walks, Kaos would have stopped on the bridges, kneeling down and seeing how far down he could reach into the abyss below, waiting for something to float by that he could possibly add to his collections. Today, he had no time for that. Today, he actually had somewhere to be. Kaos counted his steps, glancing over his shoulder occasionally to watch as his home got smaller and smaller. From here, it looked normal. Simple even. But the imposing aura it cast still lingered in the air. The tall spires piercing the wispy clouds themselves, high stone walls and arched windows covered in moss and ivy. An overbearing, ancient labyrinth of a castle Kaos called home. Sometimes Kaos was convinced the place was still standing because of the grime it was caked in, which was the excuse he gave himself whenever it came to cleaning. If he did a good job, he might not have a home to go back to. It was an excuse Mother was never fond of. Kaos remembered one year he had been put on ivy duty during their yearly cleaning. He had encountered a particularly dastardly tangle of vines on the west side, one that had kept him trapped for the majority of the day. Mother had found him deep asleep in their verdant web after the sun had set, and Kaos hadn't been allowed near that part of the castle for a good while afterwards. Kaos sighed, a smile creeping its way onto his face at the memory, his home now simply a silhouette against the backdrop of the endless sky. He looked ahead, finally making out his target. The old barge that served as the school ship. Badly, at that. It was only a few islands away, where the grass was more lush and the terrain less harsh. Kaos picked up his speed, going from a light jog to a sprint, barely feeling his feet touch the ground. He was gonna make it. He could still see students boarding, he still had time, he could still make it.
"WAIT! WAIT!!" He shouted, causing a few heads to turn, but only for a brief moment.
Kaos forced himself through the crowd, nearly doubling over as he struggled to catch his breath, one hand on the strap of his backpack and the other on his scarf, just making sure it was still there. He ignored the dirty looks he was getting as the line began moving again, following the students ahead of him up the ramp. Even from his low vantage point he could tell the state of the ship. Noisy and overcrowded, with just a sprinkle of staff trying desperately to keep order. The chatter of students loud enough to make the patchwork steel hull of the ship vibrate. Kaos found his mind wandering as he and the rest of the students were herded onto the ship like animals, personal space a thing of the past. Everyone around him was at least double Kaos' height, leaving him lost in a forest of legs and torsos shuffling him forward. It would have been humiliating if he wasn't used to it. Ever since he was little, (well, littler) he had been the runt of the litter. Mother had wanted to hold him back because of it, even though she admitted he was smart enough to be a grade ahead. But here he was, stuck in a sea of people all taller than him, even at a grade lower than he should have been. At least that meant he excelled compared to everyone else - when he actually applied himself, that is. It was so hard to apply himself when everything was so easy. Kaos wanted a challenge, he needed one, he-
BANG!
Kaos stumbled back, bumping into the person behind him. He clutched his hands over his ears, the world vibrating around him. He faintly heard the person behind him mutter something as they pushed past, pulling him back to reality. What in the Ancients' names was that?! Kaos looked around, stepping off of the ramp and onto the deck of the ship, feeling the engine start to whir to life. He frowned. It must've just been a misfire of the engine. The ship was old and broken, misfires were bound to happen. But even then, Kaos couldn't shake the feeling that something was off. Kaos peered over the edge of the ship, watching as the island below them slowly began drifting away. The smell of engine fuel and strong perfume filling the air. Kaos gripped the rusting side rail, then looked back to the deck of the ship. The talking had only grown louder, everyone trying to be heard over the roar of the engine and of course one another. It was an idiotic sight, people huddled into groups. Elves and Ents playing a quick game of Skystones, a group of Mabu discussing the best way to prepare beetroots for their cooking class - even the Gillmen were chatting it away, all in their own little worlds. Everyone seemed to have a group. Everyone, but Kaos. It wasn't a bother to him, though, not at all. Why would it have been? He had himself, and that was all Kaos needed. Kaos began making his way through the crowds of kids, hands in his pockets and eyes trained on the floor. He slid his backpack off once he got to his usual corner, plopping himself down. He looked up at the sky, watching the clouds drift by, the chatter around him becoming nothing but white noise. He closed his eyes, letting himself drift off, running the plan through his head once more. It would be perfect. He just needed to make it through the day.
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ewokaythen · 3 years
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Y/N changes her hair
  1st story of Mobsters daughter in class 1A
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I walk into the school cafe making sure to stay close to a wall, and out of sight from any class 1A students. I have nothing against any, well most of the students in 1A. They are just too nice. Every time we talk I can feel the pity in their stares and I can feel them carefully picking their words. They try to avoid talking about multiple topics such as parents and prison. I get that they are trying to avoid hurting me or making me feel left out, but in the process of doing that that have made me feel like even more of a outsider. 
The only person who doesn’t visibly show pity is Katsuki Bakugo, that’s because he doesn’t care. As long as I stay out of his way he wont start stuff. I scan the room and find him sitting by himself. That’s odd normally he has a whole crew of people sitting with him. 
I open up my bag and reach for my lunch sac. 
‘huh, where is my lunch?’ I wonder. I dig around my bag and when I don’t find it I groan loudly. I can’t believe I forgot my food! If I stand and go get food now, I’ll loose my seat to some other kid that wants a solo seat. 
“Found her!” A loud voice says. I don’t have to look up to know that it is Midoriya. He had some hyper fixation with being my friend. Suddenly multiple seats pull up to my table. I look up from by bag to see that the whole mystery gang is here. “ Hi Y/N! How are you liking UA ? Is there any subjects I can help with? Did you already eat? What did you have?” He starts throwing all of these questions at me. Iida puts out a robotic hand to stop him. 
“Midoriya calm down you’re scaring her!’ He yells loudly. 
Midoriya turns red and starts rambling on about how sorry he is. His hands swing around in the air almost knocking over Todoroki’s soba. All of class1A, minus Bakugo, had crowed themselves around the table. Denki and Mina are practically sitting on top of me. I can feel my parience wearing thin. I don’t want to snap at any of them because I know they are trying to be nice, despite my past. 
“You know you have pretty hair Y/N.” Mina complements me and touches my hair starting to braid it. My hair is long and straight. However is isn’t straight naturally. My mother had always told me to keep my hair long and lady like. I was born with a slight natural curl in my hair, it’s from my fathers side and my mother has always wanted me to be just like her. That includes with hair. 
“ Yeah! It makes you look like a princess!” Uraraka beams bubbly. With that I quickly stand. 
“Yeah. Thanks.” I quickly walk off before anyone can stop me. She isn’t the first to call me a princess. My mother made sure I was raised like one. She gave me everything and made sure I always looked the best. I wore dresses and heels. I wore make up and smiled at every one. No one would question someone with a well behaved princess of a daughter. Well I’m tired of being a princess. I’m tired of being a perfect well behaved fake . I’m finally free of my moms control and yet I haven’t been myself.
I make my way to the teachers lounge. I reach out to open the door but It swings open before I open it. 
“Young Y/N! What has brought you here?” 
“ AllMight! I have a favor to ask!”
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“Wow.” Class 1A stares at me in shock. 
“You hair-” Kirishima says in awe. 
I touch my hair . It took some time and guilt tripping but I managed to get All Might to take me to get my hair done. My hair had gone from long h/c to shoulder hair that goes barley past my shoulders. I had it dyed black with green tips.“Your hair is beautiful !” Mina yells. She pulls me into the dorms and starts playing with my hair. 
“This really suits you!” Yaoyorozu creates two green scrunchies. She hands them to Mina who starts to put my hair into pigtails. 
“When your hair starts to fade we can go get dye together.” Kirishima points to his hair. 
“You look like a rock star.” Denki wraps a arm around Jirou to pull her in for a closer look. She stabs him with her long ear lobes sending sound waves through him. He quickly lets go.  
Mineta starts to walk towards me but Hagakure kicks him like a soccer ball. 
“Your hair is so cuuuutteee.” Her and Uraraka gush. 
“It goes so well with your green energy beams!’’ Midoryia  adds. Of course he would bring up my quirk. I swat everyone away. I feel myself blushing. 
“Hey extras! Leave Finger guns you’re creating a lot of noise and some of us are trying to sleep.” Bakugo yells from his room. He slams his door shut and a tired looking Todoroki opens his door. He walks to the living room and see my hair. 
“Looks nice.” He says calmly before turning back around. 
“Okay everyone the fun is over! its 9 pm and we should all be in bed to get a good nights rest So that we can preform to our best ability in class!” Iida gets on his class president high horse once again. 
I roll my eyes. "Sure thing captain." I give him a slight salute. I hear Kirishima hold in a chuckle. Uraraka and Ashido giggle and grab on each other's arms as they head to their rooms. Slowly everyone breaks off to head to bed.
Kirishima wraps a friendly arm around me. He is probably the only person I don't mind touching me. He has some claiming aura to him. I think that's why he is so close to Bakugou, even someone as pissy as Bakugou feels a little clamer with Kirishima around.
"You know I think you have two quirks." I say once no one else is around. I can't loose my street cred because of him.
"Huh? What do you think lt is? " He flashes a sharp toothed smile.
"Calming aura." I put a closed fist on my open hand.
Kirishima looks confused. "You think my aura is calming?" We walk in silence for a few seconds and I grow embarrassed.
"It- it was just a stupid thing. Bakugou is somewhat calm around you. I don't feel the need to be rude around you. " My cheeks burn I did not just say 'feel the need to rude around you.'
"No! I just thought it..." He pauses. "I thought it was nice. I don't think I have heard to complement any one before. I figured you like Bakugou in a 'I say mean things but I actually respect you' kind of way" I didn't notice we walked past his room.
"I know you did not just compare me to that hedgehog." I raise a eyebrow at him, and he throws both hands up in self defense.
"No! I just think you two would get along if either of you gave each other a chance." He pats my shoulder. "Good night y/n."
I see that we are at my room. "You didn't have to walk me all the way to my room." I open my door. "Good night Kirishima. " I say and shut the door quickly. Why does he have to be so nice.
3rd pov
Bakugou leans against his bed room door. If it weren't for him being tired he would of swung open the door and said something. Instead he runs a hair through his hair and walks to his bed.
"Yeah as if I could get along with Princess gloomy." He mumbles and flops onto his bed.
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I have writers block so I’m not going to finish this
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sweetandsourfics · 4 years
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California Friends II
Billy Hargrove x Reader | Smut | Season 3 | 2/3 | Masterlist 
Summary: Summer Fun and Summer Lovein'. Billy's Cali flame fulfils her promise and comes to stay with him over the summer. A week has passed since their little reunion. 
Warnings: Smut, Explicit language.
Word Count: 1,894
Author’s Note: Here is part 2! I hope you enjoy it and I would love to hear feedback from you all. Let me know if you want a part 3.
California Friends tend to be more on the longer end of my stories as I want to do a bit of Summer fun that isn’t straight up smut. This is a long one!
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The thin checker blue sheet lays defeated on the floor. You've awoken to an empty bed, and for the first time since you have arrived, you are grateful for the extra space. You’ve missed Billy dearly of course, but that boy radiated heat like he was the sun.
The air is muggy with the Indiana heat, the fan is working overtime trying to beat it. Even only with cherry print panties as the sole item on your body, your skin feels feverish.
Getting up you slip on a tie-dye shirt and a pair of blue athletic shorts. Strolling into the kitchen, in need of something cold and refreshing.
The strawberry blonde woman stands at the kitchen counter, cutting up an assortment of Summer fruit. "Morning," Susan greets cheerfully. 
You smile back, "morning, I didn't think anyone was home." 
"I've only just got back from the shops, the boys are at work and Max has just left to meet up with friends," she explains.
Nodding in acknowledgement, you open the fridge basking in its cool touch before reaching for the orange juice.
In a shy tone, Susan adds. "Oh! Billy said that you liked cherries, so I made sure to grab you some."
A squeak of excitement bounces up from your throat. "Thank you!"  
Susan is a sweet lady, always doing what she thinks is best for her daughter and her detached family. If Neil wasn't such an ass, their family dynamic would be peaceful and a well-oiled machine. Things haven’t been too aggressive in the Hargrove residence, Billy commented that it’s only because you are here.
"What do you have planned for today?" Susan asks, handing you a small bowl of watermelon, strawberries, mango and peach with yoghurt on top.
"Thanks. I think I'll go to the pool."  you mutter, moving to the breakfast table.
Susan joins you at the table. "I think Billy would like that." she smiles.
The two of you chat over the bowls of fruit. Before Susan had to carry on with the household jobs and you needed to get ready for your outing to Billy's place of work.
The joyful cries of children can be heard from the parking lot. Entering the gated area quickly spotting the permed head of Billy, sitting all high and mighty on the lifeguard chair. You plop your pink beach bag onto the plastic chair.  The pool water looks cool and inviting, but it’s no beach.
Removing your denim shorts, you’re dressed in a simple black one-piece bathing suit.
You didn’t even have the chance to lounge the Sun-bleached plastic for the poolside gossip reaches your attention. 
"Doesn't he look amazing?"  A brunette giggles to her group of housewive friends.
Another snaps out of a daydream. "Who Billy?"  
"Of course." The brunette snips.
"He is, isn't he?" The daydreamer giggles. 
The housewives adjust their breast, shifting from one alluring position to another, all in hopes to get the much younger lifeguard's attention.
"You should see him when he teaches. The kids" The blonde gushes.  "I don't understand how he can look that good at eighteen!”
You snort in disbelief. Billy isn't a good teacher, he has a short fuse and kids only make that fuse shorter. He’s definitely a hit with the housewives. 
You usually aren’t jealous, but you haven’t had Billy to yourself all year, and you already had to deal with Hawkin girls blatantly flirting with him in front of you! Now housewives are trying to get his attention. As petty as it may be these ladies need a reminder of what they are competing against.
Running your fingers through your hair, fluffing up your soft locks and adjusting the sunnies on your nose.
Walking past the group of gossips, hips swaying. Earning displeased scoffs, guarantee they will be gossiping about you as soon as you're out of earshot. Strutting up to the lifeguard chair, Billy's eyes move from the pool to you.
You smile sweetly.  "Hey!"
"Hey, hot stuff." He grins, chewing his spearmint gum.
Climbing up the lifeguard chair, you push your sunglasses to the top of your head. A devious smirk playing on your full lips. Even with his eyes hidden behind the aviator sunglasses, you can feel his eyes devouring you. The tight-fitting bathing suit hugs your breast, the scallop hem framing them perfectly.
All he wants to do his pamper them with his mouth, to hear your breathy moans as he massages them. He feels like king-pin, sitting high upon his throne with a hot piece of Californian ass.
"What are you up to?"  Billy smirks, his eyes stuck on your breast.
"Just seeing how you're going. Must be lonely up here." You say, honeyed.
Billy chuckles his teeth tugging at his bottom lip. He knows that you are playing for his attention. Leaning in he steals a kiss, tasting your usual cherry lip balm. 
Breaking the kiss you biting Billy’s bottom lip.
"You're playing a dangerous game, Princess." He warns a grin splitting across his face. "I finish in ten minutes, think you can entertain yourself till then?"
You peck his soft lips. Leaving him wanting more of your flavoured lips."I can find something to do.” With a final kiss, you make your way down the ladder.
You can feel him taking in how the tight bathing suit barely covers the swell of your ass. 
The  housewives Have stopped talking so loudly about Billy now they’ve moved onto sending you disapproving looks. Seems like your little show has rubbed them up the wrong way as you can feel their eyes burning holes into the back of your head as you wait in line at the canteen. 
Paying for a cherry popsicle, you walk back to your chair. Relaxing under the shade of the colourful umbrella. Billy struts over, confidence rolling off him.
“Afternoon, ladies,” he greets the chattering housewives. The women swoon gushing over him in return.
The golden-haired boy gives you a half-grin winking at you has he looks over the top of his aviators, taking a spot on your chair. 
He bites his lip, stopping a moan as he watches your pretty lips suck on the red popsicle. 
Looking at your watch, you raise an eyebrow in confusion. “You have seven minutes left.”
“I’m still working, just checking on Patreon seeing how she’s enjoying herself.”  Billy runs his hand along your thigh, squeezing it gently.
“I doubt that’s the real reason you come over.” You giggle. Poping the sweet between your lips. 
Billy watches intensely as you finish off your refreshing treat. Smearing the red stickiness over your lips. Fuck your dirty in the sweetest ways. His fingers inching closer to your concealed womanhood, he pushes a finger at your clothed entrance.
"Billy" you try to keep your voice firm. Instead, it comes out weak and full of need. 
“Yeah?” Billy’s lips hover inches from yours. He presses his thumb on your clit, ripping a sharp gasp from you.
You’re an exhibitionist deep down, and Billy has only been able to play with your inner exhibitionist twice.  “Shall we take this somewhere more private?” 
A wanton look in your bright eyes. Fiddling with the golden medallion around his neck. A gift you sent him for his 18th.  “Where do you have in mind?” You question. 
Billy takes your small hand in his. The two of you walk around the edge of the fence going unnoticed by unwanted eyes. He guides you into the small storeroom. 
Closing the door only light is from the dying lightbulb, and whatever sunlight can creep in from the buildings seems.  Billy pulls you against his him, planting a kiss to the base of your neck, his hands smoothed up your sides. 
"This little number made your tits look so good." He mumbles against your neck. Massaging your breast pulling soft needy moans from you. Fingers hooking under the straps, peeling the swimsuit from your skin. 
Billy reaches around, a hand sliding a hand to your thigh. Your breath hitches as he runs a finger through your wet folds with no warning, he pushes two fingers in your entrance. Curling his finger, hitting that magic spot. 
You whimper leaning your head back.
"You've got to be quite Princess."  He grunts mouthing at your neck. 
Pushing a second finger in, moving slowly. Pressing his thumb to your clit. You cry out in pleasure, Billy clamps his free hand over your mouth, to silence your cries.
Your thighs shake, reaching up your fingers weave through his hair. Fisting a handful of his golden curls. Your clench around his fingers and just like that while you linger on the edge of bliss. 
Billy draws his fingers out, leaving you empty and with a heavy ache. Spinning you around, he winks before meeting your red-stained lips in a passionate kiss. You cup his face, he groans as you push your tongue into his mouth.
He’s in a hurry. He typically lets you cum once or twice before he gets to the headliner.
Hurridly you move your hands to the elastic waistband of the red swim shorts, pushing them down. You whisper, “fuck me.” breath fanning his lips. 
He pushes himself into you, pinning you against the shelving. Lifting you up your legs wrapping around his waist. Prodding your entrance with his leaking tip.
"Billy~." You scold. He’s teasing you.
"You're so needy," Billy complains. His teeth graze the fragile skin of your neck.
“Billy please!”
With a deep chuckle, his low and husky voice whispers in your ear. “You just had to ask nicely.” He grins pushes into you. 
You moan, nails digging into his shoulders as he bottomed out. He groans pleasure and pain mixing together.   
Moving slowly as he filled you. Whimpering your back arches. Pleasure pulsating through your veins. 
You claw at his back, begging him to move faster. 
“Little Minx,” he hissed in your ear. Billy reared back before slamming into you. He moves widely ripping a scream from your pretty lips. The wooden shelving creaks with very harsh thrust.
You are definitely going to have shelf-like bruises along your back.
He tenderly squeezes your behind. Pulling away, watching your desire fule features.  The way your lip curls up as you fall apart against him. A detail that he's never going to forget.
He slides a hand between your bodies. His thumb working against the most sensitive spot of your body. Your moans grow louder, threatening to expose the two of you. "Remember, Princess, you need to be quiet."
 You didn't need to tell Billy that you were cumming as the involuntary shivering of your legs was a dead give away. With an audible whimper, you come around him.
He growls at the sweet noise that fall from your lips as you come. His chest heaves as he chases his own orgasm. 
His fingers dig into the soft flesh of your ass as he comes. A satisfied giggle leaves your lips, only to be silenced when Billy's brush over yours in a gentle kiss. 
Beads of sweat roll down your flushed skin. "I'm definitely going to lose my job because of you." He whispers back, biting the shell of your ear.
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d00medships · 4 years
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i know in my bio it says i’ll never get around to writing fics, and yet here i am, posting a fic that i wrote.
here’s to me being a liar and a fraud (cross-posted on ao3).
33 year-old Keigo is pretty sure 23 year-old Keigo couldn’t have predicted this.
In fact, Keigo is almost positive his 23 year-old self would have imagined his life ended right then and there, with the brunt of Dabi’s metal boots pressed onto his head -- suffocating Keigo entirely as the heat of the villain’s quirk threatened to burn beyond bone from above the hero’s head. 
Cornered and down for the count, it made sense why Keigo thought his destiny to die young was manifesting in that moment. With the world closing in on him and his mission seemingly complete, Keigo may not have been ready to go just yet, but he understood if it was his time.
Mission accomplished, at any cost.
Years later, Keigo now thinks his past self was a bit melodramatic.
“Why are your feet so damn big?!”
Touya turns his turquoise gaze away from the Doc Martens he had been eyeing, cool confusion written upon his face. If Keigo were a lesser man, he’d stop to admire how handsome his husband had become in recent years -- the skin grafts had taken well, and however disjointed and discolored they still may be, no one could deny Touya looked much better with healthy skin as opposed to...well, the opposite -- but alas, Keigo had already fallen for this man too many times since their first meeting. This time would not be one of them.
“Do you understand how hard it is to find shoes for you? You’re like, a fucking giant, I swear.”
Touya chuckles, a low sound that still somehow reverberates in Keigo’s heart everytime he hears it. Once it used to only elicit fear, something that could immediately put Keigo on the offensive, but nowadays --
“Well, you know what they say about big feet,” Touya offers, his attention now back on the prized pair of Doc Martens. He turns the shoe over and eyes the number on the sole, only to click his tongue in annoyance a second later. Keigo catches a glimpse of a size -- 30cm. Jesus Christ, this man was a fucking cryptid. 
Setting the shoes back down, Touya scans the store for an attendant, but it seems like he and Keigo have the store to themselves. Despite the annoyed look on his face, Keigo knows that Touya isn’t exactly surprised. Even with his skin grafts and dye-free hair, his scars still remained. Anyone with a sharp eye could put together that Touya probably didn’t have the cleanest of slates. In fact, the only saving reason why his technical ‘witness protection’ still worked is the fact that Keigo was the one who actually took his father down (in court, mind you), and to the public, Dabi was dead and buried after coming out on the losing side from a fierce three-way battle between himself, Endeavor, and Hawks.
Dabi being dead also meant Todoroki Touya stayed dead, too. Though he originally was a bit annoyed at what the implications were for his reputation and his once-master plan (to this day, Touya swears he didn’t lose that fight -- he was just that good of an actor), even Touya had to concede that Takami Touya -- average citizen, aspiring children’s social worker, randomly close confidante of the Todoroki family, and husband to No. 219 hero Hawks -- sounded better anyways.
“I don’t even know why we bothered with the mall. You’re just gonna fixate on the same damn shoe you already have at home, then get mad when they don’t have a size that’ll fit your big-ass feet,” Keigo grumbled, “meaning that we’ll have to head back with nothing and order your boots online like everyone else does in the first place.”
“I...,” Touya pauses, as his bored gaze landing on another pair of near-identical Doc Martens, “don’t like your tone.” 
Keigo smirked. Touya’s lack of rebuttal was the sign of a win in this battle.
With one last, fruitless glance at the cascading racks of black boots, Touya turns away from the sight with a huff and a roll of his eyes to level Keigo with a look. It’s not The Look™, which usually means Keigo is about to get his ass handed to him (which in a post-Touya-gets-anger-management era has either in a sexy or very much not-so-sexy context, like when Keigo blue-shelled Touya during Mario Kart), but instead one that spoke to Touya’s waning patience for this specific brand of BS.
“Well since this is pointless apparently,” Touya’s voice trails off before coming back at a ten-fold vengance, having noticed a wayward shop attendant behind Keigo who is clearly startled at having been caught hiding from the pair, “and nobody seems to be here to fucking help us,” -- Keigo groans as the shop attendant runs back into hiding; subtlety will never be this man’s strong suit -- “we should at least grab some crepes before heading out.”
“Oh, and you’re paying?”
Truth be told, Keigo actually doesn’t care if he has to pay or not. The sugar daddy aspect of their relationship never really bothered Keigo, nor did it bother Touya even after he managed to get a part-time job (in fact, Touya’s only response to the one-time Natsuo brought it up was, “eat the rich,” and BOY, if that wasn’t a double entendre). At that same dinner, Fuyumi said something about his love language being something like ‘gift giving’, which lead Rumi co-signing Fuyumi by unhelpfully offering up the fact that Keigo has his Venus in Taurus despite his seemingly cold-stone Capricorn heart (whatever that means, Keigo just had to take their word for it), but all he knows is that he likes/loves/needs Touya happy.
“Duh, birdie. What else am I going to spend this money on?” Touya asks. He holds out his hand -- still scarred, still callused, a weary yet strong reminder of what they’ve been through and how far they’ve come -- for Keigo to take.
And as always, Keigo takes Touya’s outstretched hand without hesitation. For them, this is the softest they’ll ever be in public, but it’s enough.
“Well in that case, I want two crepes...with extra fillings,” Keigo chirps, his brisk pace somehow equally matched to Touya’s lazy gait. Fastest hero living notwithstanding, Keigo still cursed his short legs.
“Oh, fuck you,” Touya laughs as he looks at Keigo fondly, and oh, isn’t his laugh a glorious thing. It’s lighter, and less rough around the edges. It’s happy, and at the end of the day, it makes Keigo feel like he’s doing something right.
Hand in hand, the two men walk out of the store and blend into the crowds of the mall. Now one with the masses, it’s hard to imagine either of them as anything more than ordinary, and certainly not once on the brink of tragedy on both sides.
33 year-old Keigo likes this new normal. Even if he could have never predicted it, he’s sure it’s a future that 23 year-old Keigo would have hoped for.
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