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red-riot-unbreakable-heart · 4 months

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✨The MHA Boys Go To The Eras Tour With You✨

Lol I just had to do this, please bear with me! I just watched The Eras Tour film and my MHA brain rot kicked in. Here's a few headcannons of how the MHA guys would react to being taken to the Eras Tour as your boyfriend. Spoilers: They're all weirdly into it. And some of them even plan out couples costumes! Gasp!

⚡️⚡️Denki Kamanari⚡️⚡️

Ok there is no doubt in my mind here - Denki is absolutely a Swiftie. He read all of the blog posts detailing hacks and tips to get tickets for the show, and he preregistered for a sale code the minute he was able to. He has half of Class 1A sign up for presale codes so that he can have the most amount of chances possible to enter for a spot at the show.

He's absolutely over the moon when he scores you both tickets to the upcoming concert. He asks you to help him make a Pinterest board so that you can come up with the perfect Eras outfits (he wants to do Lover). Guess what? You go as Miss Americana and The Heartbreak Prince. He's decked out in a glittering blazer with a bejewled plastic crown and he's thrilled. He picks out a matching flashy dress for you to wear, and keeps complimenting how absolutely gorgeous you look in it the whole night.

He's all about taking photos of your 'fits in front of the stadium and blushes every time he gets a compliment from a fellow swiftie. When Taylor takes the stage, he nearly faints. As she starts playing Lover he holds you close and tells you that he's so glad you both get to share the special night together.

🖤🖤Hanta Sero🖤🖤

Sero really doesn't get what all the hype about Taylor Swift is about, but of course he's willing to go to the concert with you. The man loves live shows - but you need to tell him to leave his vape pen behind for fear that you won't get let into the stadium if he's caught with it ("But babe, getting high at a concert is part of the experience!).

You get him a plain black t-shirt with a small snake icon on it. He doesn't get it, but he shrugs and promises to wear it. When you get to the stadium, he's really overwhelmed and intrigued by all of the glittery, feathery costumes. He spends a lot of time trying to figure out how his snake shirt fits into the mix since all he sees is hot pink and red regalia. He smiles and waves gamely at the other swiftie boyfriends in attendance and makes more than a few bro friends while in line for a beer.

When the show starts, he is immediately impressed by the production value of the whole thing. When Taylor steps out onto the stage in her glittering bodysuit, his jaw drops and he turns to you accusatorially "BABE! I never realized that she's hot!?" You both laugh as she sings her way through the Eras.

When Love Story comes on, he wraps his arms around you and says "I remember this one from when we were kids! Makes me think of you." He plants a kiss on your cheek and you grin.

Finally, the intro music for Reputation queues up and an animated snake curves it's way across the stage below you. Sero grabs your arm excitedly as he realizes the snake on his shirt matches the stage. When Taylor comes out and kills the choreography for "Are You Ready For It?" Sero turns to you with stars in his eyes and says "This is the coolest concert I've ever been to. Thank you so much for bringing me!" By the time Karma comes around, he is fully dancing in the aisles alongside the rest of the swifties, completely wrapped up in the moment as confetti rains down on the crowd. When you get home, he buys you matching Reputation era sweatshirts on Etsy to commemorate the night.

"Babe - maybe you can get one of those sparkly bodysuits like Taylor wore?"

"Sero - I have absolutely no place to wear something like that."

"I can think of somewhere you can wear it." He waggles his eyebrows suggestively as he pictures a bejeweled bodysuit tightly hugging your frame.

💚💚Izuku Midoriya💚💚

Izuku has no idea who Taylor Swift is. Why would he? She's not a Pro Hero.

Once you excitedly show him your hard-won tickets stored in your Ticketmaster app, he realizes how important the concert is to you. We all know Izuku is great at hyper-focusing on a topic until he masters it - so for a month straight Taylor Swift is his obsession.

He starts an Eras Tour specific notebook and spends lunch breaks interviewing everyone at Lunch Rush about their favorite Taylor Swift songs and eras. He spends time online gathering data and drawing up little charts, guessing at what songs might make the set list. He's disappointed when he can't find any interviews online that feature her choosing the best Pro Hero, so he decides that her favorite is likely All Might (the only valid choice).

He listens to each album in full, starting with Debut and ending with Midnights. He's thorough, and learns the lyrics to the chart toppers off of each album. He's so excited to impress you with all of his Taylor Swift knowledge and fun facts at the show, that he forgets he needs to dress up for it. When you both arrive at the stadium, he whisks you off to one of the merch lines so that he can grab an official Eras Tour t-shirt. He needs to be appropriately dressed for this occasion in order to prove his dedication to you and, by extension, to Taylor. You tell him that it doesn't matter what he wears, you just want him to enjoy the show with you.

When the show starts, he is bouncing off the walls. From time to time, he'll bend down to whisper an obscure fact or data point about Taylor's meteoric rise to the top of the music charts. A few eras into the show, he stops sharing fun facts - that's how you know he's legitimately enjoying the show.

He tries his best to dance along, but even with the moves he's picked up from Mina he's a truly terrible dancer. He doesn't seem to care, though, as he throws back his head to belt out the bridge to "You Belong With Me" while shaking his hips. You smile at how much he's enjoying the concert - you haven't seen him let loose like this in a long time.

Finally, when the performance for Vigilante Shit starts to kickoff, you notice a deep blush settle across Izuku's cute freckled face. Without taking his eyes off the stage, he leans down to whisper in your ear: "I didn't realize that this song was so...sexy?" You crack up and he grins sheepishly, watching Taylor straddle a chair. He then boldly says: "Maybe you can do some of these moves when we get home?" Your loud cackle of a laugh is drowned out by thousands of swifties singing along around you. You tilt your head up to kiss your boyfriend hard on the lips. He threads his fingers into your hair and deepens the kiss.

You pull away, craning your neck to take in more of the killer choreography before turning back to face him. "I like concert Izuku. I'd like to see more of him." You say, and he blushes even more furiously.

💥💥Katsuki Bakugo💥💥

Katsuki loves concerts. You know this because he's dragged you to countless shows across the past 6 months of dating. He loves all genres of music - pop, rock, sad boy emo, heavy metal. You name it - he's heard it. Even so, you're a little apprehensive to ask him to go to the Eras Tour with you. It just doesn't seem like his scene - glittery, screaming fans making heart eyes and painting "13s" on their hands just seems like something he would not enjoy.

"Hey dumbass! Why didn't you tell me you got Taylor Swift tickets!?" Katsuki angrily bursts into your dorm room one Friday night, looking pissed as usual.

"What? Who told you?" You look up from your laptop, surprised.

"Mina! She said you've had them for weeks! Why wouldn't you tell me?" He sounds more hurt than angry now.

"Kats...I didn't think you'd be interested to be honest!" You get up and cross the room, taking his face in one of your hands. "Do you want to go?"

"Not if I'm your second choice!" He's defensive, but his face has softened at the physical contact.

"Babe - you're always my first choice. I just didn't think you'd enjoy her music style and all of the girly vibes." You pull him into your room and shut the door to keep nosy dorm-mates at bay. You motion for him to sit down in your desk chair and you hop onto your bed.

"That's pretty sexist of you!" He has you there.

"Kats - do you want to go or not?"

It turns out Katsuki has been trying to get Eras Tour tickets for months but to no avail. He is dying to go to this show since it's being lauded as "the biggest stadium tour since The Beatles played Shea Stadium!" As a music lover, it would be a crime to miss such a spectacle.

A week leading up to the concert, you can tell he's getting pretty excited. He's made you read through the setlist with him at least twice. He's trying to guess what the surprise song might be - hoping you get to hear something exclusive so that he can brag about it online. You laugh at this - even with concerts he's so damn competitive.

You're most surprised when he shows up at your door one day with a big cardboard package from Etsy. "I got us some shirts for the concert." he says gruffly, pushing his way into your room. He pulls out two dark purple tees - one that says "Karma is My Boyfriend" and the other stating "I'm the Boyfriend" in bold font. He smiles sheepishly up at you, a rare moment of vulnerability as he waits for your approval. "Katsuki...these are so cute! Literally this is perfect." His mouth quirks up into a smile at the praise, he's clearly pleased with himself.

Before you know it, you're taking a couples pic in front of the stadium in your matching purple Karma shirts and jeans. You snap a few pictures and press your lips to the side of his jaw, leaving a ruby red lipstick stain. "Ugh - come on!" he groans, wiping the lipstick off his face with the back of his hand. He makes a show of being annoyed, but you know he secretly loves being doted on like this.

He goes crazy during the show - he's extra appreciative of the pyrotechnic display during Bad Blood. He gets especially quiet during the Folklore era, and you can see how much he loves watching the grace of the dancers as they swirl across the stage during The Last Great American Dynasty.

You notice that he loves watching you dance and belt out the lyrics to every. single. song. He has this adoring look on his face as he looks at you. You knew he loved going to concerts - but you quickly realize that he loves going to concerts to spend time with you.

At the end of the night, he pulls you into an Uber and plants a soft kiss on your mouth in an unexpected show of public affection (Katsuki is not huge on PDA, he prefers private moments of intimacy with you). "Thanks so much for bringing me, babe. I can't even describe how much I enjoyed that show. Did you see the flamethrowers during that one song!? Insane!" Katsuki has glitter in his hair, and a smile stuck on his face.

You spend the rest of the ride home recounting favorite moments from the show and grinning at each other.

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dumbkatsu · 2 years

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Hi ! I love your blog ! I was wondering if you could do a relationship hcs with Xie Lian and fem reader ? (You can add nsfw if you want!) Bye bye !^^

Hello! Thank you so much for your kind words <3.

Of course! Some (Xie Lian x fem reader) hcs coming right up! This time it’s more of a modern AU

Alright so starting right up with Xie Lian definitely being the type to never letting you carry heavy stuff, weather it is your bag or groceries or shopping bags.

Also when grocery shopping he’s like those dads that if there’s something on sale he’ll buy almost the entire thing. Like he decides which brand to buy by checking which one has the cheapest price for Kg.

Honestly most of your dates consist of eating tasty food with a nice view.

You guys go to gardens,natural parks,drive up to the beach and end up eating Chick-fil-A enjoying each other’s company.

Tried to win you a prize on a claw machine but got the wrong prize.

You still keep it though. Safe in your memories box.

He likes holding hands in public and occasionally sneaks in a kiss on you cheek.

He’s the best at comforting you in your tough times. He guides you and tries to help you find the solution by your own means. If you ask for his opinion or advice he’ll earnestly and candidly give it to you.

And he’s always down for cuddle and hug time! He doesn’t really care if you’re clingy as long as it’s in private.

You guys tried to buy each other’s clothes once and he bought you such cute outfits! Pastel socks, bucket hats, overalls all that stuff.

You decided to change his grandpacore a bit and when he saw you drool over him he gets very blushy blushy shy. It’s adorable.

You guys either adopt a frog or a ferret.

He's a plant dad too. But he mostly has cacti bcs they're easier to keep.

He makes the best french toast ever. the rest he needs help desperately.

Nothing beats waking up in the morning and smelling the scent of french toast your lovely boyfriend is preparing while wearing your apron.

You always have breakfast together.

on the weekends you guys chill together drinking tea and reading books. Either each one has a book or you’re reading to each other. All while lounging together on the sofa.

I don’t wanna be too cliche or obvious but Xie Lian would be those people that know about ancient civilization battle tactics.

It’s very nice to see him talking about something he loves so much tbh.

He definitely has played last of us and assassins creed. He loves those types of games.

He definitely uses 3 in one shampoo

NSFW hc:

So I’m an avid dom xl advocate

So there’s that

I do hc that he enjoys being tied up though, that sense deprivation kink if you know what I mean :)

He is a gentler dom though. I feel like’s the type to focus only on your pleasure before his own.

Although he looses it when you give him a blowjob.

When your sweet doe eyes look at him he needs to control himself or else you’ll have him cum early on.

With you though he’ll eat your pussy like a staved man istg

He’s a bit messy though. In the start he’s very nervous and excited (especially when he hears your sweet sweet moans calling out to him)

But then he strats getting into the groove. Your grip and tugs on his hair urging him on.

He lowkey wants you to sit on his face. He doesn’t matter if his jaw goes partially numb he wants to taste all of you.

He is a huuge groper. He grabs on as much as he can get, he’ll grab your soft belly, your hips, your tits you name it.

Seeing you jiggle while he’s pleasuring you and looking at your fucked out face turns him on even more.

He always makes sure he has protection.

He doesn’t have much experience, but to compensate, he is a fast learner so the first time you guys sleep together it was more of him discovering your body and finding the most pleasurable ways to worship it and make you feel good.

Best aftercare ever. He brings you water and even some snacks if you ask for it.

And as always lots and lots of cuddles <3

His feet are super cold though

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filthy-imouto · 8 months

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Hi! What would u recommend to beginners at second life?

Ty!

First I would watch some YouTube tutorials if you start by yourself. "Second Life" is a nightmare for every beginner and that's also the reason many people quickly give up and never touch this game again.

When you learned the control basics, I recommend checking out head- and body stores first. My go-to and the biggest brands are currently Lelutka (for heads) and Legacy/Reborn (for bodies). If you prefer your avatar more petite, I recommend Legacy, if you like a curvy look, check out Reborn.

I highly recommend not buying anything first. "Second Life" can become expensive real quick and I already saw many people dropping the game after spending a lot of money. You can basically grab a demo of every item in this game for free and play around with it first, without spending anything. When I started I would walk around in demos for a whole week until I decided on a head, body and my first outfit.

Also do yourself a favor and download Firestorm. SL has different clients for different usages. Firestorm functions as a "gameplay" client that has a better interface and better performance than the original client has. Black Dragon is used for photography mainly. That is what I use for my pictures, but it's heavy on your machine, so unless you have a high end PC, I do not recommend using it for playing.

If you have any specific questions and/or are looking for friends in game, the SL community moved to Twitter a while ago and people usually love to help new players, so making an "Second Life" account there, will probably be a big help as well.

If you decided you wanna give the game a serious try, make sure to check out "Seraphim", it's a page for events and sales. If you're chronically broke like I am, it's a life saviour. There will be always some stores that have 50% off on all items and every weekend there are a bunch of sales where specific items only cost a few cents.

And last but not least, don't give up, LMAO. This game is terrible confusing and frustrating for the first couple of days and the controls are pure nightmare fuel, but I promise you, you'll get used to it.

If you have any other questions, just ask away. I'm always happy to help and see the SL community grow. 💓

#second life #secondlife

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chouxtranslations · 4 months

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Shizun 024 - Moon in the water

Wujian peak has a perfect professional record after establishment!

Sect leader Lu was so happy he almost couldn’t tell left from right. Last time he had this much money in his account it was the reimbursement money and reward money that his grandpa traded for with his life. He didn’t want that kind of unexpected money and donated it all.

This money was earned with his own skills, he can spend it!

Lu Yunzhen thought that he could get rich through being a cultivator. Most of the work was by Mo Changkong, so if he split it properly Mo Changkong should get 60% while he and Jin Yunu got 20% each.

However, Jin Yunu said that skin painting demons have nothing to spend money on and turned down the secetleader’s offer. Mo Changkong insisted that everything he owns belonged to Shiziun and refused the money firmly.

They also didn’t have an ID to open a bank account with.

Seeing that everyone trusted him, Lu Yunzhen decided to put the money into an account for the household to be used for the sect’s daily expenses, and then sent some pocket money into the mobile wallets on their phones.

Mo Changkong loved phones, especially the photo and gaming functions. Unfortunately his phone was too old and had lots of problems.

On the way home, Lu Yunzhen saw an open mall and immediately dragged Mo Changkong in. Extravagantly, he picked out the same phone as Jin Yunu and topped up the phone plan. Then he remembered that he didn’t have much clothes and needed more for cold weather, so they went into a chain store that he never dared to go into before.

This store is super expensive, even a t shirt costs over 100 yuan!

Lu Yunzhen extravagantly picked out a load of checkered button ups, long sleeve tees, jeans, vests, and coats and had Mo Changkong try them on.

Mo Changkong let Shizun fuss over him without making a sound. He was fine wearing anything, as long as Shizun liked it…

The store was actually about to close. The sales girl saw that they were handsome and wanting to buy quite a bit so she decided to hold off. However, when she saw the clothes that Lu Yunzhen picked out…. She couldn’t hold back anymore.

Look at this handsome young man, why does he have the fashion sense of a shut in?! Blue red and white checkered button ups, polos, old man vests, potato sack jackets with flower patterns?!

She accidentally saw Mo Changkong’s figure which was even better than a models as he wasn’t that careful when changing. It was as if her heart had stepped on a marmot’s nest and wanted to screech. Don’t just do whatever you want just because you’re hot! This is a rare treasure and you’re about to be charged with murder!

She finally walked up to Lu Yunzhen and offered to suggest some outfits.

She had impeccable taste from her years at the job. WHen Mo Changkong stepped out in a form fitting shirt and joggers, everyone stared at him and couldn’t look away. Lu Yunzhen was shocked, his brain being filled with envy and a small sense of injustice.

He wanted a body like that.

Lu Yunzhen had capitulated in the face of the sales girl’s tastes and asked her to pick out 5 or 6 cold weather outfits. He also grabbed 2 androgynous sets for Jin Yunu, and then, remembering, grabbed 2 sets for himself.

The sales girl was amazing and her clothes made him quite a bit more handsome. He was feeling very satisfied looking at his reflection. Some of the other girls working in the shop were whispering to each other while smiling at him and it made him feel like he was floating on clouds.

Was he that handsome?

Lu Yunzhen thanked the sales girl and took the pile of clothes to the cashier.

The cashier left her chat, jogged over, and sincerely complimented him. “Gege, your boyfriend is so handsome.”

Lu Yunzhen was dumbfounded. “Wha?”

She continued with envy. “You two seem so close, coming out here when it’s so late. Your boyfriend seems so cool, but loves you so much and wears whatever you want. I wanted to get couples shirts with my boyfriend but he just complained the design was too childish…”

After a moment, Lu Yunzhen thought about it from the cashier’s point of view and realized… this scene really seemed off…

Two young men went to the mall, one picking out the clothes while the other put them on. The former being massively excited and the latter being completely obedient… That seems to be the default setting for girlfriends picking stuff out for their men?

This misunderstanding is super awkward!

Lu Yunzhen desperately tried to think up an explanation…

“Don’t speak nonsense.” Mo Changkong immediately walked over after overhearing and cut in sternly. “I won’t have that kind of dirty thoughts about men, and I definitely won’t do such disobedient things towards Shizun.”

He has held back very well and would never let his shizun be mocked and hurt by others because of his dirty thoughts again. If anyone has noticed anything, he… has to deny it harshly, push it down, and not show any openings!

The word “dirty” was said very harshly and with a terrifying expression. The cashier was scared and desperately apologized with red rimmed eyes. “I’m sorry.”

“What happened?” The salesgirl noticed something was wrong and came over to apologize. “This girl is new and inexperienced. Please forgive her if she made a mistake.”

“No, no, it’s not her fault, it’s just a small misunderstanding.” Lu Yunzhen shoved Mo Changkong behind him and explained with an apology. “We’re relatives and we’re pretty close. He has a scary face and is bad at talking, but he’s a good guy…”

The salesgirl immediately understood. “You’re brothers?”

Lu Yunzhen nodded hard. “Yes, and straight as an arrow!”

He finally understood why Mo Changkong avoided physical touch and didn’t like men sleeping naked. This guy is even straighter than himself, plus he’s from the past and must be rather conservative towards these things. He is going to be more careful in the future and make sure not to joke around these things.

Lu Yunzhen was worried that the girl would be scolded by her manager and piled on the compliments until she was laughing, leaving the fear behind. She was very cheerful and made a zipper gesture at him.

Mo Changkong was beyond impatient with Shizun talking with girls. He walked over, grabbed the big pile of bags, and hurried Lu Yunzhen home. Lu Yunzhen was embarrassed letting him do all the carrying, and tried to grab two for himself.

“Give them.”

“No.”

“Give them.”

“Absolutely no.”

“...”

The store employees were all confused seeing them talking with each other. The tall man looked like a block of ice, only when he was gazing at the young man did he show a different kind of gentleness.

The customer is king! Everything is as the customer says!

Don’t over think it! It’s like the TV dramas say. This is bromance! Deep, pure, censored, without an ounce of impurity!

If you don’t think about it in a straight way then that means something is off with you!

…

They were amongst the last of the customers in the mall.

Lu Yunzhen felt conflicted seeing all the men gallantly carrying things for their girlfriends. But Mo Changkong was very stubborn about piety towards his Shizun, and there was nothing he could do.

This disciple is too serious…

He has long since believed that they were master and disciple. “How did me in the past get such a good disciple? I feel like we had a great relationship.”

Mo Changkong looked away. “Yes.”

“Too bad I can’t remember the past.” Lu Yunzhen was a little disappointed and a little curious. “Did we have fun?”

Fun?

Mo Changkong’s mind was immediately filled with images of madness. In the darkness and silence, he indulged himself without limits, taking everything. Shizun finally couldn’t handle it anymore and quietly moaned, begging.

“Changkong, softer…”

“Changkong, we can’t keep going.”

“Changkong, this is an immoral mistake…”

Even though Shizun was humiliated, was shaking, was begging, he was ecstatic and became even rougher. He wanted to hear more, wanted Shizun to sink with him to the depths of hell, wanted to use the harshest of methods to gain the anwer he wanted.

…

The moon was very beautiful, high up in the night sky. It looked delicious, like a pastry.

When he was little, he harassed Shizun to eat the moon. Shizun worried about it for a long time, and finally dug a pond in the yard, wanting to fill it with spring water and catch the moon’s reflection…

Shizun was a liar, he couldn’t eat the moon in the water.

He was upset for a long time.

He finally understood, the moon was a massive satellite over 400,000 km away from earth. No matter how powerful he became, he could never have it.

Flower in the mirror, moon in the water. It is all but the wishful thinking of a fool…

With a cry smile, he replied. “There wasn’t much fun to be had.”

Lu Yunzhen was shocked. “Was the peak that boring.”

“En.” Mo Changkong answered quietly.

“Don’t worry, times are different now.” Lu Yunzhen reached out, wanting to pat him on the shoulder. But he remembered that he didn’t like to be touched and quickly retracted. Rubbing his hair, he smiled. “There’s lots of fun things in this world. I’ll take you, it won’t be boring!”

Mo Changkong stared at his dimples dumbly. Realizing that his mind was straying he forced himself to look away. He can’t touch. He can’t be too close. He might accidentally crack the ice over his heart, allowing the lava within to burst forth again and ruin the moon.

“Yes”, he answered.

“Thank you, Changkong.” Lu Yunzhen turned around and walked on cheerfully. “I’m so glad I met you. Every day has been so happy, my luck probably turned good…”

He hated loneliness, hated being alone.

But he knew that his fortune was awful and didn’t want to involve others, so he turned down a lot of well meaning gestures and chose to live alone.

Every day, he would turn on the light and say “I’m home” to an empty house.

He would make food for himself, compliment himself for the food, then wash clothes for himself, study by himself, work by himself, sleep by himself, and say “good night” to his stuffed bear.

It’s different now…

He wanted to hurry home to that old but warm house. He wanted to order take out! He wanted to get lots of roast lamb and beer and celebrate with everyone!

Lu Yunzhen splurged on a taxi.

As soon as he got off, he saw Jin Yunu wearing a long coat and a sad expression, desperately looking around the intersection. He seemed injured and weak, being barely able to hold his shape.

“Sect leader, master, where did you go? Why did you only come home now?” Jin Yunu burst into tears upon seeing them. “Yunu is imcompetent and couldn’t watch the house properly, there’s been an incident…”

#shizun #feng yu nie

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slapegg · 2 years

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Some Thoughts About Saints Row 2022

Some thoughts about… Saints Row (2022)

Despite being a big big fan of Saints Row the Third and 4 (and finding Gat Out of Hell… tolerable, since you could play as Kinzie), the previews for the new Saints Row series did not grab me. The trailers lacked style, substance, or humor and the new cast felt like they were rejected from a Ubisoft game. But the sales are here now, so I gave SR a chance!

To get the big complaint out in the open from the beginning, the new Saints Row doesn’t try to really do anything exciting. No interesting story, characters, or game mechanics. It’s a very tried and true open world crime game that won’t rock the boat or surprise you. And that’s not inherently an awful thing. However, because it isn’t daring and sticks to the basics so heavily, all the broken and bad things in it really stand out. I tried to not make my write-up just pages of every bug, bad decision, poor balancing, or janky bit I came across, but I think that because the game is so by-the-numbers, calling all that out is really important. If the game had been daring, really tried for something new, or gone all out, I’d have been so much more forgiving of its problems. But because it’s so plain AND they couldn’t execute on that without so many problems, I’m fine calling out its many faults.

Boss creation is less cartoony and more limited, despite having tons of options but mostly for stuff that doesn’t lend itself for a character I want to be. The inclusion of prosthetics is great, but I don’t need fantastical skin textures or materials. Having a thousand options doesn’t matter if only 2 of them are good. And despite all the work, the Boss still comes out wrinkly and veiny or their face looks distorted in some cutscenes. My boss got stuck with a permanently angry face after completing a mission and it only went away after reloading the game.

I made my character in the Boss Factory app, started playing the game, unlocked a new clothing item by completing a challenge, for some reason this removed all the custom colors on my outfit (a bug that occurs EVERY time you buy a clothing item), I remade my outfit but didn’t have the clothing options from the app so it’s a worse outfit, saved it so I didn’t have to do that again, and it wrote over the Boss I made in the app so I lost it and that clothing. The clothing options feel a lot less varied and interesting than before and you don’t have access to certain shops until the final third of the game, so all the time spent customizing things and having them constantly be deleted just feels so much more wasteful because at the end of the day, your boss isn’t going to have any cool styles anyway.

While it does get better, SR suffers from a really weak opening. Your first few missions have too much combat with really weak and uninteresting weapons so the opening sections drag on. It takes so long to get to anything interesting, that you’re given some strong vibes that maybe, there just won’t be anything that is new and interesting to come. The new characters stink. I hated 2/3s of the crew from the start and Neenah only got a pass because the game doesn’t really do much with her beyond “she’s good with cars and like art”. I’m not sure who the writers were trying to appeal to, but Eli and Kev are extremely unappealing people, your Boss is a severely watered down version of Bosses past, and the supporting cast are lots of one-note characters that mainly exist for gameplay reasons so missions have somebody for you to fight. The game treats all of it as fluff, repeating the same one-note jokes for each crew member, but then there are a few moments where the game tries to pull out a sad backstory and it… just does not earn any of it. The scenes fall so flat and the game almost acknowledges that because it gives you the “sad” moment and then never brings it up again and dangles the next action mission at you. Neenah had a sad reason for coming to Santo Ileso, right? Aaanyway, you just completed a challenge and earned a perk, and go check your phone for a new mission! Kev had a sad childhood, eh? Hey, here’s a trophy and go check your phone for a new mission!

The events that kick off the formation of the Saints don't make sense if they're played straight. I spent most of the game thinking we’d be uncovering a setup and trying to figure out who was running the double-cross, and then getting annoyed that none of the characters were investigating it. But then... nope. Played straight. It's just bad writing.

That’s not to say there isn’t funny content in the game, it’s just few and far between and when it does get a genuine laugh, it makes you sad that there are writers here that clearly understand actual comedy and so much of the game is… less than that. There are little snippits like seeing the horrible board game the crew plays and they are exactly the kind of insufferable people that would play board games like that. Then your crew’s reaction to watching footage of your Boss doing her thing and “being good at murder”. Or the lady on the bounty hunter app that you help shoot her husband. Or when the bounty hunter app is turned against you and NPCs in the city start trying to murder you. There’s funny material buried in all the bland stuff, but the funny bits are still outnumbered by, ugh, just the lamest reference-based humor and awful characters. There’s a veeery extended Portal/Still Alive joke in the game if you need an idea how outdated the writing is.

There’s good story potential about gig economy gangsters, franchising, and the corporatization of crime, but the game doesn’t go for it. There’s a late game deconstruction of your Boss having to deal with somebody that acts the same way she does, but it comes very late in the game. The funnier/most Saints way to handle a reboot would have been to make this new crew franchising the Saints name to expand to a new area and just never mention the time travel, aliens, and spaceships. The new crew even goes from a gang of nobodies to invincible empire that nobody even bothers to try to bring down over the course of one mission. A big part of the middle of the story is that “the Saints” are essentially a corporate entity that can be legally owned, so the game treats the new gang the same way the old Saints worked. The original Saints built up to the empire and only achieved corporate status after taking over an actual corporation at the end of the second game, but this reboot wants to have it both ways and reach the same status as the original crew in just half a game. The “origin story” part of the new game is weak, so you could keep all their existing motivations to form a gang but use the franchise route rather than them just stumbling on the name and logo. This would help speed things up, have the business side of the story make sense, and inject a bit more energy into the game early on. There’s a section where you do a battle royale and it seems like it’s going to be the game’s version of Prof. Genki, but it’s a pretty staid and no frills combat arena. It could have been so much more. But “could have been so much more” is practically this game’s motto. The story feels like it was written by multiple people at the same time and they never shared notes. Characters and events are set up to be significant and then never amount to anything. By the time the game ends, it feels like everybody had run out of time and it was pencils down no matter what.

You also hit the level cap less than 50% of the way through the game. It feels like the company decided the game was too short and inflated the costs and task counts to pad out the game, but then forgot to adjust how much experience it takes to level up. And all the bonus tasks in Side Hustles pay out experience rather than money, so they really don’t feel worth doing. They’re not fun, they slow things down or risk failing the mission, and their rewards are useless, so just skip them and try to finish things as quick as possible.

The evil gangs don’t really stand out. They’re antagonists but it just feels like they’re there for the sake of being there. Outside of a few missions, your main interactions with them are that they populate an area and you have to kill everybody in that area to complete your task. If you’re expecting anything like the gangs from SR3, you’re not going to get that. The hypocritical anarchists are the best of the three and they’re… dumb Instagram versions of Miller’s gang. The car thief gang is pretty generic. And the dirtbag private military corp is just a lesser private version of STAG from SR3.

For the city, the desert is a pretty boring environment. Large parts of the map are empty and you’re going to be doing a lot of aimless driving around the outskirts trying to uncover the missions. It’s just a pain to drive around too due to hills and rocks. Your car is constantly either coming to a full stop because it bumped into a hill or it will flip because you glanced at a rock. The game’s version of the STAG hover bikes can’t fly anymore so your only option for getting up cliffs is to fly everywhere in a helicopter. I’m all for doing something other than a normal city, but a plain desert isn’t fun or interesting. The city parts need some cartoon Vegas. Even in the most Vegas-y area, it’s still fairly generic. Steelport, with its skyscraper ads and glowing neon in the main district, had more of a Vegas feel than Santo Ileso.

Vehicle control is… weird. Your car is either indestructible or it flips over if you even look at a bump in the road. The big addition is being able to side swipe cars, but it’s not a “move”, you just hold a button and manually drive into their side. Most of the time, it just causes you to spin out so it’s not exactly helpful. The way the game talks up its importance, I was expecting the side swipe to be something like shunting your car side to side like in The Wheelman and I was all excited for that, but it turns out to be little more than a different kind of braking. The move doesn’t even work well. There are times you can be going full speed and you swipe into the side of an enemy aaand they take 0 damage. Other times, you can be going slower and slightly bump into a car and it will explode and fly into the sky. I failed a chase mission because a cop car (on its own) bumped into a bus, this caused the cop car to explode, which then caused the bus to explode, and since I was pulling up next to the bus, my car exploded. All of this happened in less than a second so there wasn’t much I could do about it. There’s also no reason to try to drive evasively, or even well, because cops in this game can just straight up teleport. I was doing a mission with a chase in it, drifted onto a side street to lose the cop car behind me, it failed to make the turn, and I felt really good watching their dot on the minimap go past my street. ...Until the red dot on the map disappeared and then reappeared on my street traveling at normal speed. In a car with nitro? Well it doesn’t matter because enemies keep up with you no matter what you’re driving and even if you’re in a sports car going full blast with nitro. All this means that using the side swipes is the only way to stop enemies from bumping into your car and causing it to spin out.

So far, Saints Row 2022 has really watered down what was in previous games, so what does it add?

The best things are the game customization/accessibility options. They give you a lot of control over different aspects of difficulty like how the aiming snap works, how much health things have, how much ammo enemies drop, and timers (which sadly only works for some mission types but not others).

The wingsuit. It… exists? The game never puts it to good use so it just seems like a worse and less useful version of floating in SR4 because you don’t have the super jump to go with it. It takes a while to deploy too so it’s not something you use at will. Outside of missions or challenges that require it, I didn’t once use the wingsuit while playing normally.

They’ve added takedowns, where you earn meter over time and for killing enemies and then you press a button next to an enemy to do a takedown. It’s an instant kill on normal enemies, but you can just kill them with a few headshots anyway. For “Tough” enemies, you have to hurt them enough to drain their armor before you can do a takedown on them, and you’re probably trying to fight them at a distance anyway, so that’s not great either. The only thing it’s good for is that it gives you some health back. The animations are also pretty long, so I found myself not wanting to do them because it’s faster to just shoot everybody not hiding behind a shield.

Instead of permanent upgrades, you now equip up to five perks. You can swap them out at any time, but there are only a handful that are useful or do anything unique, so I stuck with the same perks for most of the game. You also have super moves that also refill as you do damage, but I constantly forgot they existed and almost never used them outside of some very specific instances. They’re not as interesting as the super powers from SR4. It’s mainly basic things like “throw a grenade” or “do a quick draw” or “do extra damage for X seconds” or “summon two helpers”.

Criminal Ventures make up most of the focus of the game and it’s neat, in theory, to set up evil businesses around town, but the execution is more tedious than fun. They’re suuuper expensive to create to the point that multiple times I considered leaving the game running over night to generate idle income for them, and it saps your ability to do much else. I passed up buying clothes for my character, unlocking perks, and upgrading weapons because creating the next business cost so much so there was a constant pressure to save money. For the actual content, their repetition is the main problem. So many are just “steal a thing and drive it back with a wanted rating”. The ones that are kind of unique are super short, like two or three steps short, but the ones that are repetitive seem like they go on forever. The waste disposal one makes you slowly drive a dozen trucks back to the business, but it could have been like four and that would have been plenty. And then the Planet Saints Venture is to… steal a dozen of a different kind of truck and drive them back to the business. There isn’t enough repetition in the simple tasks for the business and then multiple businesses use the same task so it’s just tedious. Between the unlock cost and inflated task counts, it really feels like the company used these to artificially pad out the length of the game, and the product suffers for it. And they ruined Insurance Fraud. Getting hit knocks you away from traffic and doesn’t pop you in the air as much. The camera is also awful and your characters shadow isn’t easily visible so it’s difficult to line up bounces and you have less air control. Then sometimes your character just gets stuck and won’t get up or run, so your entire Adrenaline boost is wasted because the character won’t move. It’s just a really bad version of something you’ve done a lot in the series so you know what it’s like when it’s fun versus what you get here.

The payouts for Ventures also don’t scale as you get deeper into the game. Unlocking the next tier of Venture is gated by your story progress, so it’s not like you can just do them all up front so the designers knew where you are in the game when you can complete each one. Completing a tier 1 Venture pays out $30K, which is exactly enough to buy another tier 1 Venture. Yay, that’s great. Completing a tier 3 Venture also pays out $30K but now another tier 4 Venture costs $400K, so you have 2-3 hours of killing time until your idle income generates enough money to continue. The small tasks around the map only pay out $5K so they really only feel like time wasters to give you something to do while you wait. Even at the very end of the game, story missions might pay out $200K when the final Ventures cost $1.4 million.

And, while considerably less important than the gameplay issues, music has been a big part of Saints Row as a series and 2022 disappoints again. Saints Row 3 and 4 made electronica and dubstep fun. There are songs fthat I discovered through Saints Row and now listen to on their own thanks to the fantastic soundtracks. In 2022, I mostly stuck to the synthwave station, but it’s all really generic stuff. At one point, the game bugged out and kept playing the same song on loop and it took me about ten minutes to realize what was happening. Even the DJs have no personality. They just read a message out about the song and play it. The newscaster is also so so dry. She comments on news stories related to the outcome of missions you’ve done, but the vast majority of them are little more than “this thing happened” and that’s all. There’s no extra follow-up or consequence and no jokes to build off the stupid thing you were involved in. Jane Valderamma she is not.

Even if you’re in the mood for a wholly generic and bland open world crime game, Saints Row 2022 is just a sloppy and buggy game. I had multiple crashes that took my system a good minute or more to even process that it had crashed and then recover from it. Save after EVERY task you complete! I also had a rare but reoccurring issue where my controller would just disconnect in the middle of gameplay. I’d be driving along and then my headphones would go quite and the game was still going, but then you quickly realize that even though the car is still driving forward, you can’t steer it. After about 30 seconds, it pops up a message that says the controller disconnected and you can just tap the home button and everything recovers. Outside of the dozen people you just ran over because your car was hurtling straight forward the whole time. Sorry, not really my fault! I’m a benevolent murderous crime boss.

Missions just break. You’ll be doing a drive-along mission and the AI gets the car in a place where it can’t just drive forward and it can’t back up, so you’re stuck and have to restart the whole mission and lose progress on your goals and there’s nothing you can do about it because the AI is the driver and you can’t influence how it drives. You’ll start a mission and it just won’t go and none of the buttons work, you can’t pause, and you have to force close the game. On almost every one of the getaway driver missions, the AI partners wouldn’t appear after the heist but the game acted like they were in the car and forced me to drive away. All of the in-car chatter would be silent but then halfway through the escape, dialogue would play about the partners still being at the crime scene. Without them there to play the dialogue about where to go, I’d fail the mission due to the strict time limits, but when I restarted the checkpoint, the partners would be in the car and the dialogue would play normally.

I also got into a state where I couldn’t pick up collectibles. The prompt was on them and the character animated when I pressed the button, but they stayed on the map and I couldn’t get them. I was able to go back and “re”-collect them eventually.

There are a number of missions where you have to hold down a position and you’ll fail if you leave the zone. The problem is that enemies spawn from outside the zone and FREQUENTLY get stuck trying to get close to you. They’ll get out of their vehicles far away from you but then never walk towards you so they’re well out of the range of normal guns. They’ll get stuck behind obstacles like rocks and not be able to path around it (so now you can’t kill them because there’s a rock between them and you). ALWAYS carry a sniper rifle just because of these missions. Or just fail the mission and be forced to redo the whole thing and hope it works a second time.

With so many of the missions being “drive to point X, get vehicle, drive it back to the start”, the game is really bad about putting markers on the map or showing the GPS. Some times it puts an icon at the final destination, most of the times it doesn’t. At the start of each mission, you have to open the map, slowly scroll to the destination, place your marker, and then after getting the vehicle, open the map back up, slowly scroll to the return point, and place another marker.

Oh man, why does the map scroll so slowly!?

It doesn’t show you bonus objectives for missions during the task, only if you return to the mission menu after starting a mission.

I had a lot of trouble getting my character to reload. Sometimes it takes three or four button presses to get them to do it. That’s pretty bad in a game with a lot of shooting.

One of the Venture mission lines forces a specific special move on you in a specific equipment slot, but it was a move I already had mapped to a different slot. Once I cleared the Venture, I went to put the move back in my preferred slot but the game had unequipped it and wouldn’t allow me to equip it to any slot. I could put other moves in the preferred slot and in the mission slot but I couldn’t interact with that move until I quit the game and relaunched it.

The game is bad about showing you perks or skills you unlock. It says you can hold the menu button to jump to it, but that rarely worked. So I had to manually enter the menu and hunt down the skill across multiple categories and try to find the new one because the new one isn’t marked until you enter the specific slot it goes in.

Challenges frequently just don’t count progress. One challenge is to steal three specific car types and the first two worked but it wouldn’t count the third. I had to steal it multiple times across sessions until one time it just marked off as complete. I have no idea how to progress one challenge to sideswipe cars with a specific truck. The pop-up appears that I’ve sideswiped the car and I get experience for it, but then when I check the challenge, I’m still at 0/50. On top of how weird getting them to register is, you also can’t make progress on challenges until the game specifically presents them to you. A lot of the challenges are tedious “do X thing Z times” and you may have fulfilled the conditions several times over, but once the challenge appears, it always starts at 0.

There’s a mission in the game, “Bad Cop”, where you have to tether a car and damage it to intimidate the person inside, and it’s one of the most frustrating and broken missions I’ve played in a while. Phase one is that you have to smash the car into shipping containers, but the game won’t register the hit but crates are already destroyed so you have to quit and restart the mission. Phase two is that you have to slam the car into smoke stacks, but the tether randomly breaks and then the car instantly explodes and you fail and have to restart the mission. Phase three is that you have to dangle the car in fire, but the game can fail to recognize the car is in the fire and for some reason this causes the mission to fail and you have to restart it. There are no checkpoints in this mission, it has a lot of unskippable dialogue, and it’s not fun to do any of these things. I was so, so mad by the sixth or seventh attempt when I finally got lucky enough for each step to work.

And maybe my favorite minor bug, the final boss’s death doesn’t work properly. When you shoot the final boss, instead of being hurt or reacting, the boss starts playing an idle animation where they look around bored and confused. I thought I did something wrong or the joke was that your character actually missed the shot and that was the funniest thing the game had done. But no, once the scene switches, the boss is suddenly on the ground bleeding out. You can really tell how much care went into this game.

Not to get all “and the portions are so small” but for as bland as the story is, they don’t even give you a reason to replay it. When I first played SR3, I beat it, and then immediately started a new game so I could go through the story again making different choices. SR2022 has a single choice, where the bad option is explicitly spelled out for you that it won’t work but then you can still choose it anyway. It doesn’t even end up affecting gameplay or the story. Choosing the bad choice just cuts the next part of the cutscene short and the game ignores everything it told you about the choice not working.

I could go on and on about minor stuff like guns on your weapon wheel turning invisible, the game constantly unequipping weapons from you, guns being invisible while you’re holding/shooting them, fast travel not working to get you to the start of a mission, and so forth but this write-up is too long and I think you get my points by now.

Yeah, so, my wrap-up is that Saints Row 2022 is not just a bad game or a poorly made game, but even if you fixed those issues and bugs, it’s still just a game with no ambition. What was the point of rebooting Saints Row so flat? What did they want to say or do? After finishing it, I still don’t know the answer. SR3 seemed to be about making a game where the decisions were made based on what was the more fun option. SR4 seemed to be a commentary on open world game where they just went right for the power fantasy and bypassed tropes, and gave you powers to get over conforming to the rules of the genre. But Saints Row 2022 doesn’t really DO anything. It has all the bits of an open world game, it has mechanics, and it has missions, but it also seems totally uninterested in sticking its neck out, trying something new, having something to say, or having an impact. It’s a game of checkboxes and at the end of development, somebody figured enough boxes were checked and the game was launched, bugs and all. If you’re in the mood for a “just another one of those kind of games” open world game, give it several months for updates to come and then play it in short doses because “turn it off and back on again” is an important rule in this one.

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instablamwriter · 2 years

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A3! | BanIta | Spoiling Wars

Rating: T (for Banri's language...not that bad but eh haha)

Summary:

Banri's rich background versus Itaru's hard-earned salary - who will win this war of spoiling the other?

A/N: Commed by my friend Bear!

It's no secret that Banri is stinkin' loaded. Besides not having to put much effort into lessons or recreational activities, he has all the resources in the world to waste his time with. He needs new shoes? Any will do. Brand doesn't matter. The game lags on his current laptop? Easy, replace it. Need some formal wear? His dad is a regular at one of those fancy schmancy places, no problem.

He basically has a black card for all of his needs and it has never let him down. Ever.

Except for the time he can't actually use it because a certain gamer won't let him buy the freakin' snacks for their all-nighter!

"I-ta-ru-san," Banri says, enunciating each syllable clearly. He's smiling but a vein in his head is near bursting. "Didn't I tell ya to let me handle the goods?"

He looks away for one moment and the sneaky devil manages to pay the cashier right under his nose. Said cashier shifts their gaze between them, probably thinking they aren’t paid enough to deal with petty fights like these.

And they aren’t, so Banri better make his point clear and fast.

Itaru looks all smarmy with his work smile, ready to negotiate a business plan or something or whatever it is salarymen do.

"And didn't I tell you to let the adult with the grown-ass job handle it. You better save up while you're still a student, you rich kid." Itaru snorts at him and it makes Banri twitch.

He licks his lips. Let's see about that.

"Alright, you win this time, whatever."

Itaru smirks in triumph.

"I'll go and buy that on-sale powerbank." Banri waves as he walks away. Itaru's previous powerbank had been destroyed by the downpour yesterday and he spent a whole 10 minutes mourning it before they started their co-op campaign. Even then, his sulking was evident with his more-aggressive-than-usual malding.

Itaru catches up to him and grabs his wrist. "Don't you dare. Stop teasing this regular office worker, unless you want another one of those leopard prints to be part of your wardrobe starting tomorrow."

To anyone else, it would be a threat (he knows because Yuki, their number one fashionista who he shops regularly with, has expressed disgust towards his go-to style), but for Banri, a new outfit is a total plus. So a threat in the opposite direction! As expected of an experienced ranking gamer.

How can a piece of clothing compare to a powerbank? Well it ain't about the price, it's the flexing! If Itaru will spoil him, Banri will return it tenfold!

Ha! But what Itaru doesn't know is that this has been Banri's aim all along. He's no noob when it comes to compromise or getting to that point.

He always knows how to get what he wants in the end.

"I order the pizza later and we'll call it even."

"Don't go buying me stuff while I'm hard at work tomorrow and AFK."

"Deal."

((

"Yuki-kun, are they possibly...fighting?" Sakuya asks, wide-eyed. He looks around them, already seeing some on-lookers stare at the pair by the cashier. What if they get scolded by Sakyo or Izumi for making a scene?

Yuki rolls his eyes and clicks his tongue. "No. They're flirting and it's utterly sickening."

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#a3 #banita #commission #settsu banri #chigasaki itaru #yuq writes

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symphonicmetal101 · 3 years

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MC Struggles With Obsessive/Compulsive Behaviour

Ok, just to be clear.

I haven't been diagnosed with anything, which is why I refrain from writing "OCD" in the title. I've always known I'm a perfectionist- please be aware that there are some major differences between OCD and perfectionism, (despite what Youtube videos may say)- however I have had instances in which I have taken it too far and paid the price physically, mentally, and emotionally. Please be aware that these are all very real things that not only myself, but other people go through. I haven't had one of them in a long time, but my current circumstances make me feel like I might soon, so bear with me while I write another self-indulgent thing.

Or don't.🤷‍♀️

TW: compulsive/obsessive behaviour, a little self-deprecation as seasoning👌

Lucifer

At first, he's very happy to see that you are very organized and neat

One less thing for him to worry about

However, one day he walked past your room and saw you organizing your desk

He respected that, and continued on

The next day he passed by around the same time and saw you organizing your desk again

Odd, but perhaps one of his brothers had interfered and interrupted you, meaning you hadn't finished yesterday

It had been five days now, surely you weren't still cleaning your desk??

"MC, if my brothers bother you, you should close the door. Perhaps then you would be able to finish cleaning your desk properly. Unless you would like some direction in time management instead?"

Lucifer glanced behind you. To his surprise, your desk looked immaculate. He then saw your blushing face.

"Ah... well that's very kind of you Lucifer, however I'm afraid it's not an issue of time management or your brothers. Well, sometimes Mammon comes in and moves the pens around, so then I have to start over..."

"Start over?"

"Y-yeah." You explain your process to him, how you completely clear off your desk, to the type of cleaner you use, how many sprays, to how you like to stack your paper, to how you always have to have three paperclips to your right, and how the black pen is always in between the blue and the red.

"And when Mammon moves the pens...you start over?"

"Yeah. I do."

Lucifer has sympathy for you, put also struggles because it seems like a waste of time if he were to do it.

But he doesn't do it, and it seems to make you calm, so instead he buys you proper gloves for cleaning and a few more bottles of your cleaner

Mammon

"Come on MC, I wanna show ya something in my room."

Oh no

Nononono

You could feel yourself panicking a bit. Mammon's room was messy

Not messier than Levi's but still

But he looked really excited, so you reluctantly followed him

"TA-DA!!!"

Oh wow. His room was spotless!

"I-uh, noticed ya only seem to be comfortable in yours or Lucifer's room. It-it took a while for me to figure out why, but...whaddya think? Will it work for ya?"

He smiled at you and you could see a hint of nervousness in his eyes.

"It looks great! You even picked up the water bottles that were by your bed!!"

He instantly became more confident, his smile growing wider and his cheeks slightly flushed.

"Of course it looks great! Why wouldn't it?"

You gave him a withering stare

"Uh..yeah. Y'know, if ya had just told me ya didn't like it being so messy I woulda tidied up sooner. J-just make sure ya let me know if it gets too messy again. I want ya to be comfortable in more places than just your room, so my room seemed like a good idea."

His face was incredibly flushed

"Thank you Mammon. It really means a lot.

Levi

You had only been in Levi's room twice

But dear god

You really really really wanted to tidy things up for him

But you also knew what it was like to be very particular and have things "just-so"

Aksjsjshdgjak

"Hey Levi, can I make you deal?"

He took off one of his headphones to listen

"What's up?"

"This might be kinda weird. Can I take pictures of your stuff so I can reorganize and clean your room? That way if you don't like it, I'll put everything back?"

You could see confusion and slight panic that crossed his features.

"I'm sorry, I know it's weird, you don't have to say yes I-"

"Um, what exactly would you be doing?"

"Uhhh.."

He stopped his game to sit and talk with you for a bit.

"O-ok. Just that shelf is off-limits. And I'll stay in here to let you know if something isn't ok with me."

He watched in awe as you carefully rearranged his figurines by rarity as well as colour.

You crawled under his desk with velcro ties and made all the cords under there much more organized

You rearranged the pillows on his couch so that they were symmetrical on both sides, fluffing them and squishing them as you saw fit.

His manga was pretty organized, so you just straightened out the pile.

You organized his games in alphabetical order

The whole time you had been dusting stuff off as well

"There. That's better....what do you think Levi?"

"WOOOAAHH!!! I love it!! It looks really good MC!"

"Thanks for letting me do that."

"No problem...but w-why did you want to do it?"

You shrugged. "It calms me down? No, that's not quite it....I don't really now. As it is, I need to cut myself off otherwise I'll clean until I can't stand. Mind if I join you for a bit?"

He nods at you and hands you a control. As the game boots up he says, "Y-you're welcome to do that again if you need to...but that shelf is still off-limits."

You nod, grateful for his understanding.

Satan

He said he had a surprise date for you

So you followed him

To the Cat Cafe

Now, you love cats

And you love food

But the two of them together don't sit well with you

But Satan looked so eager and happy that you didn't hesitate much to go inside.

Everything was going really well until Satan asked if you wanted something to eat or drink.

You politely declined his offer, but he insisted on getting you something

You reluctantly chose a hot drink.

But as you watched the worker prepare your drink, you were horrified to see them carry a cat out from behind the counter, and then without washing their hands, snap the lid on your cup.

"Satan..I need to step outside for a bit."

He watched you in mild concern as you walked out the door and he waited for your and his order to be complete

You were pacing outside, trying to calm down.

Why did that upset me? I haven't even touched it yet. Besides, normal people don't usually care about stuff like that. And I can clean it??? Or grab another lid?? Fuck! Why am I like this?

Your train of thought was broken as Satan tapped on your shoulder, concern and curiosity apparent in his eyes.

"Are you alright? I noticed the worker didn't wash their hands after handling the cat, so I grabbed a couple lids on my way out. I was going to put it on for you, but I believe it would be best for all parties if you did it on your own."

You almost started crying as he handed you a paper towel with two lids in it.

"Why are there two?"

"Although it never particularly bothered me, I thought you may have wanted some solidarity. I can understand where you're coming from." He smiled sympathetically at you.

From that day forward, he paid extra attention to things while you were around to make sure you wohld feel comfortable. You two also managed to tackle the daunting task of properly organizing Satan's books so that you could spend more time in his otherwise clean room.

Asmo

"Darling, you look wonderful in that outfit!! And it's so hot outside, it's perfect!! I was just about to head out, do you want to join me?"

"That depends. Where are you going?"

"Oh, I'm just gonna do a little shopping. There was a cute top on sale at the mall yesterday, I just want to see if it's still there."

You told him you'd be right back.

When you got to your room you threw on a sweater, and then made sure you had your wallet and your phone.

You walked out of your bedroom, checking again, wallet, phone

As you approached Asmo, you checked again. Wallet, phone

"Are you ready to go?" You nodded and followed him out the door.

He made idle gossip with you until he noticed you were looking a little pale

"Oh my goodness, love are you alright? You should take this sweater off, you'll get much too hot!"

"I can't!" You panicked a bit, and he was caught off guard by your reaction.

"I- I'm sorry. But I use the sleeves to open doors and hold bags and stuff. I don't like touching that stuff. Even groceries are hard for me to touch, so I wash the groceries before I put them away when I get home. I enjoy shopping with you though, because you always know what kind of stuff I like just by looking at it, or feeling it for me. It's the same thing I explained before, where it's difficult for me to model the clothes for you until after they've been washed."

"Aww honey, I'm sorry. Next time I'll see if Mammon or Beel can come and help with your bags, m'kay? But you cannot stay in this sweater in weather like this. What about gloves? Would you be ok wearing gloves? I know a place where there's some really cute ones!! And I'll handle the doors for now, ok?"

You took off your sweater and tied it around your waist.

"Huh. I actually do feel a little better....thanks Asmo."

You two laughed lightly as he held open the door for the next shop.

Beel

You had waited for Beel to get out of one of his extracurriculars to walk home with him

You two were planning to eat together

However when you walked into the kitchen, you were greeted with a sink overflowing with dishes, and a sleeping Belphie on the island.

"Oh, uh, before I eat Beel, I'm going to clean that up. You go ahead though."

Belphie piped up, "Just throw what you can in the dishwasher....I'll do the rest later."

Beel looked concerned. "We were late getting home. Are you sure you're not hungry?"

"Oh...uh" you contemplated lying when your stomach gave you away.

"Just eat. I'll take care of the dishes. It's my turn anyways. I'll get to it soon."

"It's not a big deal Belphie, I'll just do them."

"But you're hungry, aren't you? Just eat first? Or did I do something? Is it something I can fix? I can go if it makes you more comfortable-" Beel looked disappointed. Of course it wasn't his fault.

You shook your head. "It's not you. It's me. I just- I don't know- ugh." You felt close to tears.

How the fuck were you supposed to explain yourself?

Beel pulled you into a hug. "Hey, it's ok. You don't have to tell us what's going on, but if you do it'll make it easier for us to help you."

He let go of you enough for you to step back and wipe tears from your eyes.

"I-I don't know what it is! But whenever I know there's something to be done, especially if I can see it, I have to do it before I do anything for myself. That includes eating, getting a glass of water, even going to the bathroom! And if I find another thing to do half way through he first thing, I'll just continue to postpone the thing I need to do for myself until I'm done or I forget about it..."

Silence settled across the kitchen.

"We'll help you do the dishes so it gets done faster, then you have to eat, ok?"

You smile and nod graciously as the twins helped you feel more comfortable

Belphie

"Come cuddle with meeee."

"Belphie, I need to study, please."

Belphie pouted. He was going to cuddle with you one way or another, even if he had to annoy you into it

Only what he didn't realize what he saw as "mildly annoying" was actually triggering for you

So he started messing with the postion of things on your desk.

"Stop it Belphie, I need to study."

"Yeah? Don't let me stop you, I'm just playing with your pen jar."

"But I asked you. To. Stop."

He huffed and put the pen jar down

But then he started to mess with your three pencils you had laid out, smallest to tallest.

"Why do you need three pencils?"

"Because. Now leave them alone."

He grinned.

"Because is hardly an answer and you know it. What would happen if I just took this one?"

"BELPHIE NO!" Your voice sounded between laughter and tears, butbhe figured it was just your way of begging.

"Belphie, please? I need that!"

He just grinned as he shifted into his demon form and passed the pencil to his tail and lazily flicked it back and forth.

Until he saw your face.

"Whatever. Do what you want, I'm done dealing with you." You walked out of your room, angry tears filling your eyes.

"W-wait! Shit! No, come back! I didn't-ugh." He groaned as he picked himself up to go after you, finding you on the outside steps of HOL.

"Hey, why're you crying? It was just a pencil. I put it back."

You pulled your head out of your hands.

"Yeah, but did you put it back right?"

Belphie looked at you perplexed...right? What the fuck was that supposed to mean?

"Look, I'm sorry for using that tone with you. It's really hard for me to focus unless I have things a certain way. It may seem ridiculous to you, but that's just how I am. I don't know what causes it, I just know that it's a part of me. I'm working on it, but if I say stop, I need you to stop. Please."

"....okay. I'm sorry."

Masterlist

#obey me #obey me shall we date #obey me headcanons #obey me thoughts #obey me scenarios #comfort fic #tw mental health issues

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Monster Hunter Rise: 2nd Trailer and news blowout

Hey guys this is Gaijinhunter. I am uploading this as a text post since I caught a cold and have been unable to edit a video.

There was a huge second wave of news for Monster Hunter Rise with the reveal of the 2nd trailer the other day during the Game Awards 2020 show. Keep in mind the actual full length trailer is much longer and better than the shorter edit they showed during the show so makes sure you watch it. It showcased a second map, 2 new monsters, several returning monsters, and more. They also updated their official website with a ton of information so instead of doing a trailer reaction or breakdown, I am going to give you all the info they shared but split up by category, trying to focus only on the new stuff.

New Map

Director Ichinose hinted in an interview that one of the new maps would be nostalgic and boy he wasn't kidding. The Flooded Forest from Third Generation has been massively remade and is back in MH rise. Of course given this game’s focus is verticality, there is no underwater combat sections but they really nailed it from what I can see. One of the most iconic parts of the forest was the ruins in the backgrounds, and now you can scale up it using the wirebug. How cool is that.

With the new map we also got the reveal of 2 new monsters.

First up is the mermaid wyvern, the Somnacanth. This marks the much hyped return of the leviathan class of monsters which were missing in world and iceborne. This Monster looks so wild. It has a special breath that will put you to sleep, is super aggressive, and has this crazy taiko drum like chest in which it will grab oysters and other things and bust them against it to break them open and buff itself. The Japanese name is quite a mouthful and is called Isonemikuni. This is the monster that Ichinose teased with his cute drawing on twitter.

Next up is the tengu beast, Bishaten. This monster is really unique, it looks like a mix of a monkey, bat, and bird. It has a huge and powerful tail it uses for massive mobility and it will chuck various fruits at you as well. One of the most iconic fruits it throws are persimmons, which are very Japanese and if you haven’t had them before, they are kind of an acquired taste. It’s Japanese name is Bishutendo.

For returning monsters we have a few. First is our favorite sponge, the Royal Ludroth. This is a fan favorite and a great early to mid game monster. It has one of the best move sets in my opinion, very telegraphed but it can still catch you off guard even if you are super used to it. Strategically figuring gout where to stand in order to cut off its tail or break the sponge has always been really fun and intersting so I’m delighted to see this monster return, also look at that texture of the sponge!

Then we got the return of the Great Wroggi, the anti-poison skill tutorial monster. This thing really messed me up back in MH3G until I spent the time to get the materials to craft anti-posion decorations and even then, like the Great Izuchi, it fights really well with its sidekick small wroggis and I cant wait to see the improved cooperative AI that they are making for the Great Izuchi applied to this monster as well. It’s armor also spots a really cool Crocodile Dundee hat and look in the trailer and you can see the palico armor as well. So cool.

Finally, we got a small scene that appears to show a snow map and a group of baggi getting hit by a Khezu lightening shot. Does this mean the Great Baggi will return? Not sure. But that scream 100% is a Khezu, and I cannot wait to see how it looks with higher resolution texturing, I bet it will be creepy as heck. So while not technically confirmed, I’d say it’s safe to say Khezu is returning in some form. The balance of all these monsters is so great, I love the selection so far.

As far as other returning monsters that might return, I think we all expect nargacuga and zinogre. These are flagship monsters from games directed by Ichinose and he even tweeted his palamute and palico both named after these two monsters. Especially given the Japanese aesthetic, I think it’s pretty much guaranteed they are returning. Then I think mizutsune is also highly likely given its Japanese design, the fox theme, the kimono armor. Plus the model for it doesn't look that far off from the new Somnacanth. Anyway I have super hyped.

Interaction with animals and endemic life

One of the huge features of Monster Hunter Rise is the focus on wild life and animals to buff your hunter or be used as tools during a hunt.

There are 4 major types of Endemic Life: Temp Buffer, Permabuffer, Hunting Helper, and environmental.

For Permabuffer, we got a new render of the Spiribirds, which will buff your hunter if you move near one, and the effects depend on the color of the pollen it is carrying. Green increases your max Health, Orange increases your defense, red increases your attack power, and yellow increases your max stamina. There is even a special rainbow colored one, which I assume will buff all 4.

Via their website, Capcom announced a new item called the Petalace, a bracelet made of a plant called a Sending Sprig that each hunter has equipped. This is what collects the pollen from the birds and buffs your hunter. There is a variety of Petalaces in the game and some may increase the amount in which an attack boost is applied from a single Spiribird, raise the max value that health can be boosted, and more. Here in the screen shot we can see the caps for each and the amount gained for each buff. Just a quick note but this is not going to be replacing charms as we know that they are giving away a talisman for pre-order.

For Temp Buffer creatures, they revealed the name of the Clothfly, a butterfly that will temporarily increase your defense once you interact with it and cause it to generate a cloud of dust. In previous videos we have seen Peepers that reduce stamina usage, birds that raise your base stats, and a dragonfly that boosts your affinity and I had calculated it out to being applied for 90 seconds but we’ll have to wait for hte final game to see if that depends on the effect or if they change it, but it sounds about right.

For Hunting Helper creatures, we got an adorable new render of the Stinkmink. You can carry up to 5 Hunting Helpers and use them like items. The Stinkmink can be used to cover yourself in a special pheromone that will attract large monsters to you, even allowing you to lure one monster toward another to cause a turf war. I personally can think of other applications like luring a monster toward a trap and stuff like that.

And for environmental endemic life, they didn't show it in the trailer but there are also wildlife that can be used like environmental traps. For example, use raw meat and the giganha fish will go crazy, damaging anything nearby be it a hunter or monster. I can’t wait to see someone hunt a Great Wroggi using only raw meat. I love that we finally will have more use for this item.

NPCs

In the new trailer we got to hear several of the NPC villagers talking and on the website they go into a lot more details. They have quite the star-studded cast in Japanese and the English voice actors are also very interesting picks. This really marks the first time in Monster Hunter that the main cast of villagers will all be called by name and speak, which I think adds a lot of personality to the game.

First we have Fugen the village elder of Kamura and skilled long sword user.

Then we have Hinoa the Quest Maiden, a cheerful and optimistic girl who serves as the quest giver in the village while her twin sister runs the gathering hub. While not announced in any other language, the French and Italian language sites for the game list her sister’s name as Minoto. Hinoa’s name is Hinoe in Japnaese and for the rest of the cast their names are identical between the two languages.

One thing I am excited for is that they said that one of the ways they will help communicate the uniqueness of Kamura is through songs and they shared a sample of one of them in the full trailer. This one is sung by Izumi Kato. If you remember back in Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate they featured songs by the wyverian Diva, and I am so happy they decided to do songs again, they add so much richness to the world and are just lovely to listen to.

Next up is Yomogi, our village chef. In this game you will eat meals at her Tea Shop, where her speciality is the Bunny Dango she makes along with the help of some palicoes. I love that we’ve seen her in past videos with a heavy bowgun, so the idea that all the villagers are active participants in the story is great.

Then we have Hamon the blacksmith. He used to hunt alongside Fugen back in the day but now creates weapons for the hunters of the village. His grandson also appears in the game and is a kind-hearted youth that loves your hunting companions.

Next is Kagero the merchant. Despite his mysterious appearance he is actually very warm and kind. If there is a sale going on, not only can you buy most items for half off, but you can also participate in a lottery where you spin a wheel and it dispenses a colored ball. Get a rare color ball to win a rare prize. You can do it once per sale, but you can also scan an amiibo to spin two more times, but only once per day per amiibo you own.

Finally we have Komitsu the sweet-tooth, she sells candy apples in town. What these do is still not yet revealed.

Companions

We got an adorable render for the Cohoot, the pet owl that shows the positions of monsters on your map. You can interact with it in the town and even dress them up in fancy outfits.

Kamura Village

We got gameplay showing that the entire village is open to the 4 person multiplayer session and you can even ride around on your palamute and use your wirebug while in the village to zip around and have fun. There is still a gathering hall but the ability to see each other in the village as well as jump around and really explore it is a lovely change they are making.

Story wise we got more info about the Rampage, both a story mechanic and new quest type. For some reason the monsters will sometimes gang up and attack the village all at once and no one knows why. They call this a Rampage. There was a really bad rampage 50 years ago that nearly destroyed the village and in response the town has created a Stronghold to stop further invasions. This looks like a new quest type with multiple monsters all at once, and a slew of different artillery options at your disposal. I could see this as being a really fun type of quest to do online with other players.

And of course the most exciting news was that there will be a demo in January with more details to come later. That is far earlier than I expected and I now have to finish up my back catalogue of games in like the next month.

And that about wraps it up. Cpacom said that they will be sharing weapon preview videos for all 14 types very soon and if they do the way they used to do it, we’ll get one new video a day for 2 weeks. I hope you enjoyed this recap of the news and please let me know down in comments what you thought about the second trailer. And until next time, happy hunting.

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juliandev0rak · 3 years

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I feel like how someone does grocery shopping says a lot about who they are, might I request the LIs grocery shopping at Walmart? Like, what section they go to first, do they buy in bulk once a week or sparingly throughout, etc.? Thank youuu!

oooh i love this request, thank you @arcanecadenza 💗

I’m basing this off of Super Walmart which has basically any section or item you could imagine!

Asra

Asra is the type to go to the grocery store daily just to pick up a few things at a time

he thinks grocery shopping is fun and likes to take his time perusing the aisles to see what unique ingredients he can find

he goes to the produce section first and very carefully selects his fruits and vegetables for peak ripeness, and he loves to watch when the produce gets sprayed with water like a little rain shower 🥺

he also likes to walk through the home section to look for comfy throw pillows or scented candles

if you come along on the shopping trip he’ll turn it into an event™️ and will suggest getting tea or coffee first so you can enjoy your beverages while you wander the store

if he goes by himself he’ll probably surprise you with your favorite ice cream or flowers that made him think of you that he just had to add to the cart

Julian

Julian goes to the store more than once a week because he inevitably forgets something every time, even with a list

he’s the type to run to the store after work to grab one singular onion he needs for a recipe or a bag of his favorite chips on a whim

he goes to the frozen section first, he’s a busy man and having frozen vegetables or meals on hand is always helpful in a pinch

he generally tries to shop quickly, but if you go with him he’ll want to spend more time walking around and looking at all of the random items together

“MC, do I look good in this hat?”

the hat is bright yellow and says ‘This is what AWESOME looks like’ on it, you can’t tell if he’s being sarcastic or if he genuinely likes the hat, maybe it’s time to leave the clothing section

he likes to look in the bargain bins for old dvds, he’s the type to enjoy cheesy early 2000s movies and he still has a dvd collection despite having a Netflix subscription

Nadia

she’s a Whole Foods type of gal and probably wouldn’t shop at Walmart, but she would find it a fun experience if she did

she’s a planner, so her grocery shopping is efficient and she doesn’t get tempted by unnecessary purchases, unless you want something she hasn’t added to the list

Nadia would be impressed by the wide variety of items for sale, “They sell clothing? Bicycles? Books? Jewelry? What don’t they sell here!”

she’ll want to look at the wine aisle, and would be surprised by the large selection there is to choose from and the sale prices

when she gets home she’ll be posting all over her social media about it because she assumes nobody has ever heard of the store, “Just went to a new store called Wal-Mart, excellent selection for wonderful prices- I highly recommend.”

Nadia would be the type to give a grocery store a Yelp review

Muriel

he usually uses the online order option so he doesn’t have to go to the physical store to shop

if he has to shop in person he’ll stock up for an entire month at a time and buys staple products in bulk like flour or oats

he always visits the garden center so he can get supplies for his garden, and he prefers to grow his own produce instead of buying it when possible

he also likes to go through the camping supply aisles, he can pretty much always find something he needs whether it’s extra rope or a tarp to put over his chicken coop in the rainy season

the wide aisles and general cavernous interior of a Walmart means that he doesn’t have to be around too many crowds while he shops, so all in all he doesn’t mind the experience

and if you go shopping with him he’ll gladly follow you around the store if you want to look around

Muriel always uses the self checkout even if he has a full cart

Portia

she walks into the store precisely once a week with a detailed list of items to purchase and she sticks to it, except for the occasional impulse buy

she heads to the bakery section first, not to buy any of the pre-made items but to get inspiration for her next baking project

”That frosting looks gross, I could do better!”

Portia can often be found in the wine aisle buying cheap boxed wine, she has her favorite brands to splurge on but she also loves a deal

if you come along, the grocery trip will turn into a game

hide and seek in the toy aisles? tag in the clothing section? Something about the fluorescent lights brings out Portia’s playful side

if she goes to the store by herself she’ll be a lot more efficient, but where's the fun in that?

Lucio

Lucio loves Walmart, the chaotic grocery store energy invigorates him and he loves to show up in fancy outfits (he strives to be the hottest person at the grocery store)

some of these outfits (a gold sparkly shirt under a white suit? neon green pants with a Gucci belt?) could land him in the “People of Walmart” hall of shame

he believes there's nothing you can’t find at Walmart, and he explores every section even if he came for just one item

he’s the type to get bored and go to a 24 hour store at three in the morning just to walk around and buy an energy drink or a frozen pizza for no reason

at the checkout he’s tempted by the “as seen on tv” items and might end up purchasing random items like an automatic light switch that activates when you clap, or duct tape that claims to be “military grade”

if you come along on the Walmart trip you’re going to have to convince him not to buy useless items and he’ll probably turn the “puppy dog look” on and try to persuade you, “But baby, we need that microwave egg cooker! I saw it on a commercial!”

but at least he’ll hold your hand the whole time

#ahh this was so fun #if you haven’t seen the people of walmart video it is extremely catchy but the ‘humor’ did not age well #the arcana headcanons #the arcana #asra alnazar #julian devorak #nadia satrinava #portia devorak #muriel the arcana #lucio the arcana #count lucio #asra the arcana #julian the arcana #nadia the arcana #portia the arcana

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annelizabethwrites · 2 years

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Pairings: Roger Taylor X OC (Scarlett Walker); George Harrison X OC (Star Walker)

Rating: Mature (See Notes, Muses & Warnings for the actual warnings)

POV: Third-person, Roger, Scarlett, & Star

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December 18th, 1968

I got up and saw I woke up a little earlier than expected. I'm not going to see Roger until 12, and it's nine, so I had time to myself. Once I got up, I took a shower, got dressed, then went for a walk. Star and Elaina aren't home, so I am guessing they were at work. I hung out with the Beatles on Sunday and Monday while Freddie took me out last night. I'm getting memories daily now, and each day is more painful than the previous. I guess that's good. When I was walking through London, I couldn't help but smile. Is this what freedom actually feels like? I turned the corner to see Star. She was walking, guessing to go back to the flat.

"What are you doing?" I passed by her.

"Nothing," She responded, "I was about to wake you because we're going shopping."

"Why?"

"You need clothes for today's date. You have bad taste."

"It's the 1960s. What do you expect?" I rolled my eyes. She grabbed my arm and dragged me to this little store with companies arranged around the store. I recognized some of these brands due to my old life. They have Kelly Price, Mary Quant, Emilio Pucci, and more. Back in 2019, most of these designers were still known but got more expensive. Such as Kelly Price, her lines are good but expensive as shit. I could never afford them. She was the classic cold-hearted fashion designer that was also sweet as an angel if she liked you. I read books about her. She sadly died in 1971 from an unknown Illness. She kept the illness to herself until her death bed. No one knew she was even sick. I started to look through the clothes and played the game like it, looked at the price, and put it back.

"Are you going to buy something or just look and put it back?" Star pointed out.

"It's expensive," I shrugged my shoulders.

"Don't worry about money. Try this," Star grabbed an outfit from the Kelly Price section.

"As if I can afford Kelly Price," I refused. Star grabbed my hand and forced me to hold the outfit.

"One we are in the 1960s, everything is cheaper here. Two the only reason why Kelly was so expensive is that as soon as her son turned 18, he wanted money, so he jacked his mother's sales up since she was dead."

I finally agreed and tried on the outfit. It's stunning. It's a white high waist mini skirt, with thick white lace, long sleeves sweater. I walked out, and I was in awe of this outfit.

"It's comfortable, but the shoes aren't going to work. I need boots," I told Star. She nodded and went into the shoe department. She came back with white go-go boots.

"Try these on," Star threw the boots at me. I put them on, and the outfit looked complete. I changed back into my regular clothes. Star grabbed my clothes and started to take off the tags.

"What are you doing?" I freaked out.

"Please. The only reason why the clothes are overpriced here is that the owner is trying to get more pay than the designers and rip people off," Star smirked as she finished taking off the tags. There's no security stuff on them, mainly because that wasn't until the 80s/90s when they came out... I think.

"Excuse me, but I would like to return these?" Star grabbed a few nicknacks and went to the counter.

"Do you have a receipt?"

"No, I think I accidentally threw away."

"Sorry, miss, but you can't return these items."

"Okay, do you mind If I get a bag for these items," Star faked a sigh, but it looked so real. The cashier nodded and gave her a bag. Star smiled and shoved the things in the bag.

"A little shoplifting won't hurt," Star walked past me. We walked out and started to walk around London.

Roger's POV

I woke up early as fuck. It's seven, and I see Scarlett in 5 bloody hours. Why am I so bloody nervous? I mean, this is not my first date with a girl, and it's probably not going to be the last. I walked to my living room to see the boys passed out on my floor. We had a gig last night; Freddie dragged Scarlett there but dropped her off before coming here.

"Bloody hell Rog, what time is it?" Freddie woke up, probably from me walking around.

"Seven," I groaned, "If you don't like my noise go home."

"Too hungover," Freddie lifted his head, "Are you ready for your date with Scarlett?"

"I mean, this is the only girl you can't shag," Freddie gave me a nudge on the shoulder.

"What?" I was so confused.

"Scarlett never had sex. She's waiting till marriage at this point. She feels like she never met the right guy," Freddie lit a cigarette and blew it, "Both her and her sister's relationship go to shit. One doesn't know what love is and falls for the guys who want what's in her pants. The other is in love with someone she can't have."

"Which one is Scarlett?" I asked. I don't want to be in a one-sided love relationship. Fuck, what am I even saying? Maybe she doesn't want to be in a relationship with me after her memories come back.

"The one who falls for the guy who wants what's in her pants." Freddie took a long drag then finally spoke, "That or the lads will be total arses to him if they think the guy has the wrong intention."

I gulped when Freddie started to talk, John Lennon is one of my favorite musicians, and I don't want him to beat the living shit out of me because I broke Scarlett's heart.

"Roger, are you good, darling? You look a little pale," Freddie pointed out. I shook my head yes and started to get more nervous about this date.

"Don't worry, darling, you'll be fine," Freddie flapped his hand down. I don't want to hurt her, but I am not the best at relationships.

Scarlett's POV

When I got home, it was time to get ready. I am going on a date with Roger Taylor! The same Roger Taylor that I spent $244 to see him in his 70s, but now I'm seeing him 51 years younger than the Queen concert I wanted to see. Star had to go to her new job to do some paperwork for tomorrow. I walked up to the Premier, and Roger wasn't there yet. I wore my new outfit to the Premier. It was freezing, not going to lie, plus the lace sleeves weren't helping. I walked into the Premier to warm up, and there was Chef, who was happy to see me.

"Little One!" He ran over to me and hugged me, "Dressed up a bit. Does John know you're on a date?"

"He doesn't need to know everything I do," I laughed a bit, shaking my head.

"Some things never change," Chef chuckled while shaking his head. Roger walks in, with his hands red from the cold. He

"Hi," He gently smiles.

"Hello there," I blushed a bit.

"Yep, John doesn't need to know everything you do." Chef looked at Roger and me. I laughed a bit before Chef brought us to our seats. I looked at the menu and saw coffee, oh how I miss it. I was never really a Tea person, but that's the only thing in the flat.

"You look nice," Roger complimented. I smiled and blushed a bit and complimented him back. There was this weird, awkward feeling filling the air.

"You guys did well last night," I tried to break the awkwardness. Roger laughed as he looked down. We talked and laughed, waiting for the waiter to come out. Once he did, I quickly looked at the menu, totally forgetting about food.

"Do you want your usual milkshake?" The waiter asked as I nodded; meanwhile, Roger asked for a coke.

"Who do you listen to music-wise?"

"Well, my vinyl collection consists of Elvis, The Beach Boys, The Who, The Stones, and other musicians like that."

"Jackson Five?"

"Yeah."

"What about you?"

"Mostly Hendrix and the Beatles."

Our drinks came, and the milkshake was vanilla and chocolate with whip cream and a cherry on top.

"Thanks," I said to the waiter.

"Do you guys have anything for food?" The waiter asked.

"A cheeseburger with fries," I ordered. Call me classic, but you have to have a burger and fries if you have a milkshake. The waiter took Roger's order, then took our menus and left.

"So, where do you go to uni?" I asked.

"London Hospital Medical College for dentistry... if you can remember, why did you choose Ealing College?" Roger slipped his hand in his open shirt to massage his shoulder.

"After looking around my room and old pictures, I'm guessing I went to an art school to study art, but apparel design can't tell you," I laughed a bit, "So did you always play the drums?"

"No, I played the Guitar and Ukulele first. Do you play instruments?"

"Yes, this is one thing I do remember," I laughed, and Roger started to laugh as well, "I know how to play guitar, Piano, and Bass with little drums."

"Umm. Scar," Chef walked over to us with our food.

"Yes, Chef?" I looked at him.

"Your sister is holding down the boys out front," Chef looked at me.

"Be right over," I put my head in my hands and started to laugh.

"Do you mind if I?" I asked.

"Not at all," Roger understood. I followed Chef, and we went outside to see Star holding down the Beatles.

"Did I get called out here for this?" I burst out laughing as I walked out.

"Can you be a good sister and help?" Star asked, still holding the four men down.

"Nah, this is just great."

"Sod off."

"Why are you five here?"

"Funny to think that you can go on a peaceful date with a man that I have not talked to."

"Funny to think you can control who I date when I am 21," I crossed my arms and leaned against the wall.

"Someone's still sassy," Star let go of the lads and started to laugh.

"You may not remember, but..." John started, but I cut him off,

"You see, I have to go back in. It's not a date; actually, it's more like lunch with a friend," I lied through my teeth, but I needed to go back to Roger and not have them follow me. I gave them a goodbye gesture and walked back to Roger, tapping to a beat.

"Sorry about that," I sat back down.

"No problem at all. So...uh, why did you have to go out for a minute?" Roger coughed.

"John found out about the date, and apparently I am not allowed to go on a date if he never talked to them beforehand," I told him, waving my fry around then ate it, "Nothing really."

"How did he find out?" Roger asked.

"I have no clue," I shrugged my shoulders.

Star's POV (earlier that day)

After Scarlett left for her date, I ran to Bluebird's newspaper company to see what else I needed for tomorrow. I walked in. My new boss told me that I already have a project to do when I start tomorrow! I'm so excited. I wanted to tell someone the exciting news, but Scarlett was already on her date, so I went to the studio. I walked into the studio, hoping the lads were there.

"Howdy, Boys!" I burst into the room with happiness, jumping on the couch with a smile plastered on my face.

"Guessing something good happened?" John asked, toying with his guitar, "Why're you in such a good mood?"

"I have my first project to do when I start tomorrow!" I squealed like a schoolgirl, "I talked to my boss, and he said tomorrow I had to meet him at his office to talk about my first project!"

"That's great, Star!" Paul mocking my squeal, I rolled my eyes, but the smile still plastered on my face. George didn't say anything, he just kept his distance since we're on not-so-good terms, but he just kept on staring at me with his beautiful brown eyes.

"So, what are you guys up to?" I asked, "Like, what exactly are you guys doing?"

"Trying out new material, we need to see what exactly we're adding to next month's album." Ringo sat down next to me. He leaned his head to the end of the couch, "What does Scar think of the news?"

"She doesn't know yet," I shrugged.

"Speaking of where is Scar?" George finally broke his silence but didn't break the stare.

"She's...Umm..." I tried to make an excuse. They'll kill her for going on a date, even though we are 21, almost 22-years-old. They act like we're still those fragile 14-year-old girls who got abused by Nancy.

"Star..." John crossed his arms, leaned back, and looked at me just above his glasses, "...Where is she? Don't lie."

"She's on a date with Drummerboy," I blurted out fast. All of their eyes widened, then mine did for another reason, "Don't barge."

"Too late," John got up, and so did the others, "Where?"

"Not telling," I crossed my arms, "She's 21. She can date who she pleases."

"Not when she has amnesia," John protectively said, "Where is she or we will tickle it out of you."

"Try your best," I sat still. I am not giving up the location. The lads all walked up and started to tickle the place out of me.

"Stop. Stop. I can't breathe," I laughed. Curse me for being ticklish.

"Where's Scar?" John asked again.

"Fine, fine. At the Premier," I laughed as they stopped, and I caught my breath. They ran out, and I had to follow them.

"It's just a date!" I shouted.

"Yeah! And she has amnesia!" Paul shouted back.

"And she still can make her own decisions. You guys can't always protect us!" I protested.

"We can, and we are!" Ringo responded. We got to the same block the Premier is on.

"We're not 14 anymore!" I blurted out. They all turned around and looked at me.

"What's that supposed to mean?" George asked.

"You guys act like Scar and I are those 14-year-old girls from Liverpool who got badly beaten by Nancy a few days before," I started, "News flash, we're not. We're adults that don't need protection or approval for who we date before we even get a chance."

"Let her have this date and let her figure out if he is good for her or not, not you guys." I finished off, they all froze their faces on me.

"The hell I am," John turned and walked to the Premier. There was only one more thing I could do, hold them down.

"I swear to god, don't mess this date up," I ran to them and held all four down.

"How did I know this was going to happen?" Chef walked out.

"Get Scarlett, please," John asked while still getting held down. Chef walked in, then a few more minutes Scarlett walked out and started to laugh.

"Did I get called out here for this?" Scarlett laughed.

"Can you be a good sister and help?" I struggled, holding the lads down.

"Nah, this is just great."

"Sod off."

"Why are you five here?"

"Funny to think that you can go on a peaceful date with a man that I have not talked to," John grumbled.

"Funny to think you can control who I date when I am 21," Scarlett leaned against the wall.

"Someone's still sassy," Star let go of the lads and started to laugh.

"You may not remember, but..." John rumbled.

"You see, I have to go back in. It's not a date; actually, it's more like lunch with a friend," Scarlett cut John off before giving a goodbye gesture and left.

"Well, that went well," I sat on the ground, laughing.

"Oh, get up," John pulled out his hand to help me up. I checked to see if I had dirt on my butt and quickly brushed it off.

"So, going back to the studio or just going to stalk Scarlett's date?" I asked the four men.

"Fuck off," The lads muttered while flipping me off.

December 24th, 1968- Scarlett POV

A week has passed, Roger and I have been on a few dates. The holidays are here! Christmas eve is at our flat. I have a red dress that stops above the knees with the top looking like a t-shirt. Elaina's family came over, two-fourths of the Beatles are here, Ringo and John are here, with Zak, Jason, and Julian. Cynthia came with Julian. Star told me that Payton, his family, Venessa, her family, and Mimi are coming and are fully aware of my condition. I heard the door knock, but someone had gotten it. While talking to Cynthia, I felt two arms wrap around my waist; in reaction, I jumped a bit and turned around to see Roger.

"Merry Christmas," He kissed my cheek, I blushed.

"Merry Christmas," I kissed his cheek.

"You two are adorable. How does John allow this?" Cynthia smiled.

"Lots of arguing," I took a sip of my drink, then out of nowhere, Julian and Zak grabbed my free hand and took me away. The two little boys didn't say until they pointed to the stars on the balcony. It was too cold for the two little boys to be out here, so I brought them inside. They dragged me to their dads, but luckily, Paul and George showed up. Paul, Linda, and Heather came first, then George and Pattie. Julian and Zak didn't let go of me as planned, but they did get picked up by one of the guys.

"Thank you," I hugged Paul and George.

"Jeez, Scar, your freezing," Paul stated.

"Yeah, the two boys dragged me outside to look at the stars," I told the two men. Paul and George dropped the two boys, and they went to someone else.

"Merry Christmas!" I cheerfully smile. I am saying Merry Christmas to the actual Beatles, not looking at the stars on Christmas night and whispering it, acting like John and George will hear it from heaven, and Ringo and Paul have super hearing. After chatting for a bit, I listened to the door knock again. I opened the door to see a man in his mid to early twenties, blonde hair and icy blue eyes, holding a toddler with the same blonde hair. Next to him was a girl with red hair and green eyes.

"Scarlett?" The man asked.

"That's me!" I cheerily said.

"I'm Payton, your brother," He said.

"Oh, Payton, I was mostly told about you!" I nicely smiled.

"Mostly?" He said in shock, then realized he had to reintroduce his family, "This is my wife, Sandy."

I shook the redhead's hand; I saw she had a pregnancy bump as she put her hand out. She saw my eyes move from her stomach to her face as she softly spoke, "I'm pregnant. The due date is late June."

"Oh, congrats!" I smile before turning to the toddler then saying in a baby tone, "And who is this!"

"Auntie Scar, you know me!" She crossed her arms with sass.

"This is Lori," Payton laughed while he put his daughter down so she could run up and hug me. A woman with brown hair like me but curly and gold eyes like Star ran up, a man with Light Brown hair and bright blue eyes. They have a girl who looks around Zak and Julian's age, a boy that looks a year younger, and a tiny infant in their carrier.

"Scarlett?" The lady ran up and hugged me, "I'm Venessa, your sister. This is my husband James and our children Brenda Eric, and the little one is Cheryl."

They walked in and talked to the others while Roger and I were flirting and talking throughout the night.

December 25th, 1968

It's Christmas day! Last night, I forgot to give out presents, so I grabbed a bag to put Freddie, Tim, Roger, and Brian's gifts. I had gotten invited to go to Roger's flat that he shares with his friend Les Brown. They are hosting a Christmas party with their families and Brian, Tim, and Freddie's families. I declined due to my family, but I stopped by to drop off gifts.

"Happy Christmas, Carla," Freddie said as I handed him my gift. I'm already dressed up to go to John's after this, "Where are you going?"

"Johns," I responded, but Freddie grabbed me and forced me to come in.

"Rog, your girlfriend is here!" Freddie yelled. The Mays, Bulsaras, Staffells, Browns, and Taylors were there as we walked in.

"Thank god that you're okay," Kash noticed me and ran up to hug me.

"Kash, she can't remember anything right," Freddie pointed out to his sister. She let go of me, feeling stupid.

"Rocky, it's fine," I told him, then turned to Kash, "Don't worry, I sometimes forget I have amnesia."

"I didn't know you would stop by," Roger walked up to me, being a little surprised.

"Well, the fact I forgot to give you guys your presents is a good reason to stop by," I flirted back before giving him his present. I looked over and could tell that the Mays had known me from the past. I did have a few flashbacks, but they weren't so vivid.

"Lucky for you, I bought these gifts before I got amnesia," I walked up to Brian and gave him his gift. He laughed and took the present. He opened it to see a telescope with a letter on it, he read it then hugged me.

"Thank you," He hugged me tightly, we pulled from the hug, and I realized I had to go to John's house. I said my goodbyes and went on my way.

December 31st, 1968

"I can't believe it is New Year's eve already," Elaina said, so chipper while driving over to Paul's place.

"I can't believe I am going to Paul McCartney's new year's eve party," Roger shockingly said while holding me tight. We got there, and we all got out of Elaina's car. I want to say how impressive it was to fit Freddie, Roger, Brian, Star, Elaina, and David in Elaina's small beetle. We got there, and automatically the little children all ran to me; it's like I am a children's magnet. After the children saw Star, the lads found me and started to talk. Roger found his way back over to me and didn't leave my side because he was nervous beyond anything.

"You need to chill out," I told him, realizing in half an hour it's the new year. I looked around to see if Star was drunk or not. What I've heard from Star and George about their feelings fest, I am surprised they can be in the same room together. I saw Pattie and Eric Clapton talking, which I find somewhat ironic.

"Are you looking for your sister?" Roger asked, wrapping his arms around me before kissing me on the cheek. I turned my head to face him, which his face placed on my shoulder.

"Maybe," I kissed him on the cheek. We never really had our first kiss, yet only kissing on the cheeks.

"She's over there talking to George," Roger pointed to Star and George talking. I'm amazed since Star said she didn't even want to see George tonight. I walked over to them after Ringo asked if he could speak with Roger to meet the lad better.

"So you guys are now on speaking terms," I crossed my arms to the two.

"How did I know you saw us?" Star rolled her eyes, "Why are you here, not with Rog?"

"I'm confused to see you two talking since you guys aren't on the best term," I explained myself, "From my memories and what I have been hearing-"

Star put her hand over my mouth and smiled. George raised his eyebrow when I said 'hearing.' After Star let go of my mouth and left, George told me he and Pattie got into a huge fight, and she went to talk to Eric.

"I think something is going on between them," George started, "I mean, every time we get into a fight, she goes to Eric. But Eric is one of my best mates. He won't do anything, would he?"

"I mean, you and John are best mates, and you're in love with his little sister," I stated. George and I talked for a few more minutes. Then I walked back over to Roger, still talking to Ringo. I noticed Star walked back over to George, but this time with drinks, she's going to get hammered with the guy who broke her heart. I wrapped my arms around Roger's waist and placed my head on his shoulder this time. Roger put his arm around me as Ringo left. He then gently guided me to his side with his arm. We began to count down from 10.

"Happy New Year," We all screamed. As soon as the bell dropped, everyone started to kiss their partner. Pattie and Eric were in the corner kissing each other, of only George saw. When I looked over at George, he was kissing Star! I looked back at Roger; our body language shared the same nervous hesitant feeling as we shared the same soft gaze. Roger leaned closer to me as I started to lean closer to Roger. Our lips hovered a bit before we closed our eyes and shared our first kiss. Soon as our lips intertwined, I felt this arouse going through me. When Roger and I started to kiss, I slightly cupped his face with my hands. Roger's arms went around my waist, pulling me closer to him. We pulled away, staying close, but Roger looked down first, trying to hide his blushing but had a soft sweet smile. I bit my lip with a gentle smile and started to look down as well.

January 3rd, 1969

The new semester is about to start in a week, and I'm doomed. I have some of my memories back, but I keep passing out every time I get one. Yesterday, I passed out for three hours. Everyone just figured out to let me sleep. If I pass out at school, there's no telling what's going to happen. I was looking at my ceiling, trying to figure out how to fix my problem.

"I am a fucking genius!" Star walked into my room.

"Sorry, what?" I raised my head from my pillow.

"I think I know how you can get all your memories back!" She jumped next to me then grabbed my hand.

"Really, how?!" My eyes brighten.

"You have to forget your 2019 life," Star flat out said, my face dropped.

"What?" I looked at her.

"You keep on blocking these memories out because you don't want to let go of your old life."

"Yeah, because I was born and raised in my 2019 life."

"And you were born and raised in this life as well!" Star pointed out, "Also, you're not going to forget that life completely. You are just simply letting go of it. It's irrelevant."

After a few more minutes of persuasion, I finally agreed. I mean, my 2019 life is irrelevant. I never really was happy there; everyone I care about in my 2019 life is either dead or dead to me. Plus, I have family and people here that genuinely care about me. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath.

"Repeat these words after me, and when the memories come back, let them through," I heard Star say, as I nodded, "Scarlett Marie Walker was born in 2004 and died in 2019. Scarlett Rosemaire Walker was born in 1947..." I copied Star, "... No one cared about me in my 2019 life, people do in this life do, and I just need to let go..." I copied the last part after the word 'go' escaped my mouth the same feeling I had back in the hospital when Star touched my arm came back, but the sense was much broader, and all these memories started to appear in my head.

Star's POV

After Scarlett said, 'I just need to let go,' she started to scream in pain before passing out. I tried to wake her up to see if it worked, but she wouldn't wake up. I checked her pulse, and it was weak. Fuck, what did I just do?! I picked her up, ran to my car, and then sped to the hospital. The nurses rushed on a gurney and then left. I called the studio first, then the boys, and finally Elaina. The lads came faster than expected. I was sitting in a chair, rocking. Elaina came the same time the boys arrived. While we sat in the waiting room, I told the group what had happened.

"Family of Scarlett Walker?" The doctor finally walked out; we all stood up, "Wow, she has a big family, uh anyways. She's going to be fine. When she got all of her memories back, it took a lot of her energy."

"Wait, did you just say all of her memories?" John asked.

"Yes, I'll bring you guys to her." The doctor told us.

Scarlett's POV

After I woke up, I told the doctors everything! It worked! Kudos to Star, I guess. While waiting for someone to come back, I got changed, and the door opened. John, George, Paul, Ringo, and Star ran to hug me.

"Thank fucking god you're okay," John said. I laughed a bit, then realized that I was mad at most lads before all this happened.

"So hey Paulie, how's my dad's guitar doing?" I pulled out of our group hug. Paul turned pale then ran. The other three, and Star, started to make fun of Paul as he ran out.

"I hope you guys know I'm not done with you two," I pointed at John and George. They did the same thing as Paul.

"Guessing you're mad at them?" Ringo asked.

"Nah, I spent a month not being mad at them, just a little angry at Paul, that's it," I responded.

"Can I leave now? I had my daily dose of hospitals," I asked Ringo.

"That's a John question," Ringo went to see if I could leave, then Roger, Brian, Freddie, Tim, and Elaina ran in and hugged me.

"Chill, I just healed from a brain injury," I laughed. As they pulled out of the hug, Roger seemed a little edgy, guessing since we never really were on good terms, me having amnesia was kind of a clean slate we both needed. The others could tell Roger and I needed to talk.

"We'll go see if the lads need help," Star coughed as the others followed her out.

"I'm so glad that you're okay," Roger softly smiled.

"Thank you, Dodger," I smirked. Roger looked at me in shock as I clicked my tongue with a smile.

"So you remember everything," Roger sighed.

"Everything," I nodded, still crossing my arms.

"What does that mean for us?" Roger looked at me.

"Well, you certainly did woo me during this past month... and I did fancy you before the accident. I was just too stubborn to admit it until now," I grinned, walking closer to Roger.

"Do you still want to be my girlfriend?" Roger asked.

"I would love to be your girlfriend still," I softly smirked as Roger gently embraced me. He twirled me around and kissed me as I kissed him back.

"Can you two stop kissing," John leaned on the doorway, "I need Scarlett so she can get out of here?"

I followed John, and we got cleared for me to leave, we called Biba, and I start again tomorrow! My life is finally coming together in the 1960s!

January 10th, 1969

School started, and work has been stressful. Elaina and I have been on the same shifts, which is excellent. Freddie and I went to Twickenham studio for lunch. The boys were jamming out as Freddie and I walked in. I watched the lads play once they finished the song, George got up.

"I'm leaving the band now," George looked at Paul, John, and Ringo.

"When?" John asked with a confused expression on his face.

"Now," George repeats, then starts to walk off, "I'm out of here. Put an ad in and get a few people in. See you 'round the clubs."

George walked over to the door and noticed me as I looked at the boys, then looked at George. If I let George walk out of the Beatles, Star will kill me for not following George.

"George!" I called out for him as he was on his way to his car. Freddie and I got closer to George, "If you want to leave, there is no way in hell I'm leaving you alone. I was there when Ringo quit."

"Alright then, let's go," A smile appeared on Georges's face, guessing he's happy that I'm not dragging him back into the studio. Freddie looked at me with confusion, I hopped in George's car, and Freddie got stuck in the back seat, "Do me a favor."

"What?" I looked at George.

"In any circumstances, do not tell Pattie I quit nor Star in that matter of fact." George looked at me.

"George!" I looked at him, "I am not going to lie to Pattie! Nor Star, for a matter of fact, Star will kill you no matter what for quitting."

"Star will kill you and me first before she gets to George," Freddie interrupted.

"Fair enough," I sighed. George dropped off Freddie at his parents' house; now George is on his way to drop me off at my flat.

"So, are we going to talk about New Year's eve?" I coughed as George groaned.

"What?" George looked at me for a brief second.

"I don't know..." I shrugged, "...You kissing Star, for about a good 5 minutes, then ran to go make amends with Pattie then shag her."

"Pattie's my wife. I'm allowed to shag her," George glued his vision to the road.

"Not when you have a snogging session with Star, not even 10 minutes before!" I quietly yelled, "You're constantly breaking her heart and constantly playing with her emotions."

George looked down, knowing I was right.

"I never meant to hurt her," George sighs, "I still love her."

"I know you don't mean to, but you do," I looked at George with softness, knowing he feels terrible for hurting Star, "Just stop playing with her emotions, okay? Kissing her, thinking there is still a chance, then leaving her to go do something with someone else."

"Okay," George mumbled.

"If you break her one more time, you don't have to worry about John. Got it?" I looked at him as he nodded.

Star's POV

I rushed out of my last class of the day to work; once I got outside of the building, there was Eric Clapton.

"That's a shitty ass disguise," I looked at him.

"Shut it, I don't want to get spotted," Eric looked at me.

"I don't have time; what's up?" I sighed as we walked to my car.

"Guess who just persuaded Pattie into a small romantic getaway."

"What happened to we're not mingling into their relationship."

"I want Pattie."

"And I want George, but I learned to move on."

"Speaking of, you might want to check on him. He just quit."

"He did what?" I stopped in my tracks, looking at Eric.

"He quit the Beatles. Pattie just told me before I came here. Scarlett was with him for a bit, but after he came home in a foul mood. You should go see him."

"I have work. I can't."

"Then after, he's going to be alone tonight," Eric winked.

"You're disgusting."

"You won't shag me, but you might with him."

"I don't shag men sober. It brings too much up," I shrugged before walking off, getting into my car, and heading to work.

After work...

I ordered a pizza, got home, and changed into a baggy cropped t-shirt and a mauve floral skirt with white sneakers. I drove to the pizza shop, paid and picked up the pizza, and headed to Kinfauns. I walked up to the front door with my bag of things and pizza. I knocked on the door since I don't barge into George's house, unlike Paul, Ringo, and Johns. George opened his door with a bit of shock on his face.

"I heard you quit... And in a foul mood, so pizza and cheesy romcoms? I even got plain because you don't eat the good toppings." I lifted the pizza.

"Who sent you here?" George looked at me.

"Am I not allowed to come here of my free will?" I sighed as George gave me a look, "Fine, Eric told me you quit, and you're being a little bitch."

"I am not a little bitch!"

"That's what a little bitch says when they're being a little bitch."

"You can come in, I guess."

"If you're going to be grumpy, I'm lacing your pizza with LSD." I joked.

"Do you have it on you?"

"Maybe."

"How come you're not going to family night?"

"I rather not go to a family night where we are pretending the toxicity of the band isn't slowly but surely breaking up the family. How come you're not there?"

"I kinda just walked out after getting into a fight with the two egos."

"Fair," I put my bag on a seat, and we started to eat the pizza. We sat on the couch eating while watching tv. It was kind of quiet; George kept looking at me then back at the tv.

"Do I have pizza on my face or something?" I looked at him.

"No, were you serious about you having LSD?" George asked.

"Leave it."

"I want some."

"I thought, you said you're done with shit?"

"I am. It's just I wanna trip."

"I'll do something better," I grabbed my bag to grab joint stash, "I went to this flea market, and this dude had dipped these joints in acid. Want one?"

"Yeah," George shrugged.

"We'll share because this shit is strong. Too much will end both of us in the hospital," I lit the joint, taking a drag before passing it to George.

Third-Person POV

The two went back and forth, taking a drag, and passed it to the other. The weed and acid had got into their system. George never really had his eyes off of Star while Star was soaking in the numbness.

"You're beautiful. You know that?" George looked at Star.

"No, I'm not," Star denied.

"Yes, you are."

"Where's Pattie?"

"On some trip, she told me when I came home; then I saw Eric pick her up, so I know where that's going."

"You aren't exactly faithful."

"Yeah, because I'm not in love with her, I always had someone else stuck in my head," George looked at the girl that he always has stuck in his head.

"That sucks. I can understand that. I never really loved any of my boyfriends."

"None?"

"None, I was manipulated into a relationship with Asshat. All the others, we shagged a few times, then they moved on. I mean, I'm pretty sure they all realized I loved another man."

"Are you dating Eric?"

"Oh God, no. He's not my type."

"What's your type?"

"A brunette car geek guitarist, who has a problem infidelity but won't ever admit it and talk everyone's ears off but yet the quietest in the group."

"Sounds like an amazing guy."

"Is Pattie your type?"

"Eh, she's has a few things on the list."

"What's your type?"

"A mouthy blonde scouser, that is like a little ball of energy and is so free and wild, it's hard to believe she'll ever become a housewife."

"Sound beautiful."

"She is."

"Wanna know something funny?"

"Hm?"

"Dad used to tell me, if someone truly loves you, they would never hurt you... but yet all the men I ever loved, including him, fucking broke me at least once," Star thought loudly. George just stayed quiet as Star turned to him, "If you're cheating and breaking Pattie, she's not the one. If she were, you wouldn't be cheating on her."

"Yeah, your right," George sighed. The two continued talking about love and loving the other as they didn't catch on. When they finished the joint, they were higher than big Ben; music started to play in the movie that was on the television. Star began to dance; as George laughed at her, Star grabbed onto George, and the two started to dance. George fell on the couch bringing Star down with him. She landed with her hand on his chest, which brought this erotic chain reaction through both bodies. The two looked at each other with a heightened feeling of lust. Their faces were inched from each other. George cupped Star's face, which gave an electric feeling through her body, that gave her the urge to kiss George, and she did. George kissed her back, and the two melted in the kiss as their hands wandered.

"I want you," Star growled between the kisses. George grabbed Star, and they both went into his room to make love.

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I was bored so here’s some hc’s

I have a lot surprisingly so a lot of these are coming off the top of my head

-Laxus does not have good eyesight in the eye with a scar because that's where the lacrima was implanted. But he can still see out of it, it just gets blurry sometimes.

-If you had a lacrima implanted in you, there's gonna be a scar where it was implanted, and depending on what type of magic it is determine's the shape.

-Laxus's mother was born without magic and had the same thing happen to her but she was 16 when she had it implanted in her hand, she also had asked to have one and Laxus didn't.

-Laxus was born without magic thanks to his mother being born without magic too.

-When you get a lacrima implanted in you, depending on what type and how strong it is, depends on how sick you get. It's a counterbalance so people won't always get lacrima's implanted in them. The day it was implanted you get very sick as the body's reaction to an overwhelming influx of magic in your system, it happens every year in the same day it was implanted but the first time is the worst.

-"This is what I get for being emotionally slutty," Loke probably looking back on some kind of event.

-Loke with freckles!

-Loke sleeps when he's bored.

-Lucy suffers the worst writer's block ever and can't seem to ever get out of it no matter how hard she tries(I feel you girl).

-Plue really likes candy.

-Happy got Lucy a little frame that said "Life is better with cats" for her Birthday and despite how much Happy annoys her sometimes she keeps it on the desk she writes on and treasures it dearly.

-Do not let Erza play whack a mole or the games where you have to throw balls at clowns or vases you have to knock down to win a prize.

-Or let the dragon slayers play any driving game in general.

-Horror movies do not scare Aries, a lot of things do, but not horror movies.

-Mira really likes candles, but always gets them when they're on sale.

- Gray once got banned from a strip club after being mistaken for one of the strippers.

-Juvia could literally kill someone if she wanted to since our bodies are made of 60% of water but has no idea. She desires to learn more about blood magic if she so desires but hasn't.

-Levy wants to study rune magic but procrastination is her worst enemy, also people trying to attack the guild interrupting her every time she tries to cracks open a book to try and learn it. She's stopped trying to learn it in fear that if she tries someone will start attacking the guild again.

-Gajeel & Juvia and Gray & Loke are very underrated friendships that need more attention.

-Natsu chugged hot sauce and didn't even flinch. (A friend of mine did that and they scare me.)

-Lucy carries around a box of matches just in case Natsu wants a snack whenever they go on missions.( which is a lot of the time, a lot of her money has went into buying matches, she's had to go to plenty different stores to buy some because she's scared the clerk will think she's up to something and explaining it will only make her seem more suspicious.)

-Technically demon slayers are just exorcists but with more violence.

-In a human au Gray was an exorcist once.

But in normal Fairy Tail he takes side jobs on getting rid of demons from ordinary houses or other places which pays a lot.

-The wool Aries can make, can make really nice jackets. She's made jackets using it, but Loke stole it cause he likes comfy things in general.

-Loke actually needs his glasses, his glasses double as both sunglasses and normal glasses(someone I know someone who has the same type of glasses, I also wear glasses so.) due to being in Earthland too long, certain things started deteriorating like important sense's thankfully it wasn't on a major scale but on a longer one but it can't be fixed.

-Due to his eyesight deteriorating he has better hearing.

-Loke and Evergreen are nearsighted, Levy is farsighted.

-Ivan named Laxus because Laxus looked so much like his mother it only seemed fair.

-Laxus has an aunt who's his mom's sister. He talks to her through letters because she lives across the sea.

-"My little dragon," was a nickname that Laxus's mom gave him after he had gotten the dragon lacrima implanted in him against her wishes since if they were to do it, she wanted to do it when he was 16 like her but Ivan thought 8 was a much more appropriate age. (It was not). The only one who knows of this nickname for him is Makarov, his mom, his aunt, and his dad.

-His dad once used the name in a fight against him and he wanted to punch him so bad.

-If Mira were to swear she'd put sailors to shame.

-Erza has horrible road rage.

-I refuse to believe that Loke has two sets of ears, he does not have human ears and lion(cat ears?) ears at the same time just lion ears while in his celestial form and humans ones in his human form. He wears the piercing he used to wear on his human ears on his cat ears when in said celestial form, or outfit or whatever.

-The car ears(I'm calling them that now) are actual ears, you'd be surprised how many people try to pull on them in thinking that they aren't only to be pleasantly surprised that they in fact are. He likes to be pet behind them whenever they are there and he doesn't have regular human ears.

-He also despises chokers/collars with the very soul of his being. He might hiss at you if you bring one even close to him that's how much he hates them.

He doesn't even have a reason to he just hates them.

-Erza sometimes refers to her guildmates as "Feral children".

-Dragonslayers cannot whistle if their life depended on it.

-Loke knows French because most of his masters were in the French Court meaning it was mandatory for him to learn it. (I refuse to believe anyone with common sense would date him with that haircut he had in the human world, looked like something a 5-year-old would draw on a stick figure in an attempt to draw hair).

-Levy knows French, Arabic, and a few other languages.

-She fucks with people by talking to Loke in French and making them think that they're talking about that person why they aren't.

-Mira tried to learn French, she failed very badly since she kept forgetting the parts before the word and kept messing it up.

-The dragon slayers can purr when happy, growl when mad, and whimper when sad.

-The same thing applies to Loke but mostly because he's an overgrown cat.

-In order to date someone at the guild if you aren't in it you have to get Erza's blessing/asking her if it's alright since she's kinda the older sister and also the first one you wanna tell.

-Loke does not blow-dry his hair after he washes it because it just poof's up and there's no way to fix it other than to wash his hair again and look like a drowned cat for an hour or two. Though his hair is very soft after he washes it and it properly drys and isn't wet.

-Celestial spirits can dream, but their dreams consist of looking back on old memories from an outside viewpoint.

-Freed says "Let's have another round tonight" very unenthusiastically when drunk, just that sentence, no other sentence, just that one, only when he's drunk.

-Loke's good with finances along with fashion because one of his previous master, Valeria, pushed her financial work on him as a 'learning experience'.

-Loke was also offered a modeling job before and Lucy is super pissed since he of all people can get one but not her. (In the human au, he actual does modeling)

-If Mira and Loke were to team up it'd most like to be to help people in the guild get together.

-They would succeed.

-They both also like wine.

-Loke and Erza are bi, Mira is pan.

-Upon learning about this, Juvia considered Loke a love rival, be assured her that he was none and that he'd give her some advice to trying to date Gray because Gray and romance don't go well if she kept quiet about it.

-Gray ended up figuring it out and still holds it against him.

-Loke does not like being compared to a cat, he despises it so Gray as the best friend he is does exactly that.

-The two of them have blackmail on each other, and Gray often drags Loke into watching horror movies knowing he absolutely despises him with the very core of his being.

-Gajeel will fight anyone who hurts his best friend, Juvia.

Or anyone who hurts his guild but Juvia is different since she's been with him since they joined Fairy Tail.

Natsu once grabbed a pan straight out of the oven and horrified everyone in the room.

#fairy tail #fairy tail headcanons #headcanons #fairy tail laxus dreayer #fairy tail freed #fairy tail mirajane #fairy tail lucy heartfilia #fairy tail natsu dragneel #fairy tail gray fullbuster #fairy tail gajeel redfox #fairy tail juvia lockster #fairy tail aries #fairy tail loke #fairy tail evergreen

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Their s/o loving Christmas too much

Masterlist

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Bang Chan

° It was early December when he decided to help you pick out a tree. Not prepared for the checklist you brought with you to find the perfect tree.

° It had to be a nice deep green, not too tall or small, no bugs, just enough width to it, and the stump should be smooth and pretty to look at. You were usually quite cool with whatever and didn't like to shop long, so this new perfectionist side to you amused him.

"Baby, it's just a simple tree."

"A christmas tree is never simple Channie."

° You both very carefully placed it on top of your car, making sure not to break off any branches while strapping it down. As you both drove back to your apartment, you were blasting Christmas songs by each house. Singing along perfectly and just as loud.

°Bang Chan was in tears by the time you parked infront of your home, finding your outburst of intense Christmas joy just too much for his lungs to handle.

Lee Know

° When you first laid eyes on those shining ugly Christmas sweaters, he knew he was in trouble. Especially since he invited the other members over for Christmas eve.

° He thought you had forgotten about the sweaters, so he wore a simple white button up with some black jeans. That is until your turned off the lights to show off your now blinking turtleneck... He didn't know if he should laugh or cry at that moment.

"Look! It's a cat Rudolph on yours!"

"You know they won't let this go right?"

° But even if he wasn't pleased with the sweater, or wearing that sweater around his band mates. The shining smile you wore when he put it on, made his whole heart melt. Even if he won't admit it, seeing your happiness made him not want to take it off.

° Han and Hyunjin couldn't stop laughing whenever they looked at him, but he knew it was going to happen anyways. Along with Felix wearing one of own to the dinner.

Changbin

° The previous day he slept over at your place, it wasn't decorated one bit. But the next day, it was filled with every Christmas thing possible. Even the bathroom.

° He couldn't see you anywhere, so he hung up coat on the now bright red coat hanger. Flinching slightly as he turned around to see you so close, mistletoe hung above both of you. He calmed down instantly when he saw your warm eyes, and puckered lips.

"Does my little elf want a kiss?"

"Mhm, I haven't seen you all day."

° You lips tasted like candy canes and gingerbread, and the soft background sound of frost the snowman just set the holiday atmosphere to the next level. You pecked his nose shortly after the kiss, placing some sparkly reindeer ears on top of his head.

° This was your first Christmas together, and in both of your eyes the night couldn't have been more perfect. Especially since you got to spend hours together alone for once.

Hyunjin

° Hyunjin went out to grab some dinner for both of you, and while he was out of the house. You decided to surprise him with a new jolly version of Kkami.

° When Hyunjin walked in the house, his eyes immediately fell to his beloved dog who is now wearing an elf suit and hat. He practically through the food onto the table, hurrying to take pictures of this adorable idea. Making you feel accomplished.

"Where'd you find this? And were there others?"

"At the pet store, and yes."

° The twelve days of Christmas soon became the twelve days of Kkami, having him in many different christmas themes outfits for twelve days. Repaying the dog with some new toys and treats for his hard work and for putting up with you two.

° Your families were sent very bright Christmas cards, as you and Hyunjin cuddles up to the elf version of Kkami. You both knew that this Christmas won't be forgotten.

Han

° You and Jisung were finally finishing unpacking boxes, when Jisung noticed the last five were are labelled under Christmas. All of them also painted red and green.

° He opened them up to see many different ornaments, wrapping papers, Christmas cd's, and recipe idea. He wouldn't honestly have been surprised if Rudolph was in one of them. Jisung was surprised by your huge love for Christmas, since you never mentioned it.

"Honey, be honest...are you an elf?"

"No, I wish I was though."

° Jisung later spent the holidays with your family, finding out where you got the obsession from rather soon. Since the outside of their house had frosty the snowman playing on the side of their house from a projector.

° Jisung didn't mind your obsession with Christmas, and honestly found it quite adorable. Even if it means having to wear some ugly Christmas sweaters.

Felix

° You and your family always had this Christmas baking day, where you'd all bake some sweet treats. But you couldn't visit this year due to covid, which upset you quite a bit.

° You still baked some gingerbread cookies for you and Felix, so you at least felt more at home when having Christmas without your family for the first time. Felix understood your disappointment, and decided to go out and buy some fruit cake for both of you.

"I'm home love! And I brought som-"

"I just baked a batch of gingerbread cookies."

° You both knew you and Felix alone wouldn't finish a large batch of cookies plus a fruit cake, so you decided to box some of the treats up and give them to your friends later on tomorrow. But for right now, all you wanted to do was cuddle and watch some Christmas movies.

° The power flickered off as you drifted off asleep, Felix has already seen Elf many times and wasn't mad about not finishing it. Instead he was happy, having you in his arms.

Seungmin

° You found these peppermint sticks while shopping at a mall, as well as an elf hat, and tons of Christmas movies on sale. You walked out with possibly five bags.

° Once you arrived home, you practically threw the bags on the couch in excitement. Seungmin noticed your fast and adorable claps you made when he began to look into the bag, even if you did enjoy Christmas more than him, he still smiles when you get all giddy.

"Do you like them?"

"I love them, thanks bub."

° Later on in the night, you challenged Seungmin to the pepero game with the peppermint sticks. Absolutely savouring his shy reaction whenever you got closer, and nearly melting when he shyly pecked your lips as he lost the game.

° Chan stopped by the next morning, to see both of you asleep in the couch in Christmas pajamas and elf hats. He took many photos to save for himself due to the cuteness overload.

Jeongin

° You told Jeongin the previous day that you were getting a new look for the holidays, he just never expected half red and half green hair with many Christmas turtlenecks.

° This was his first Christmas with you, and he was told by your best friend Seungmin...that you love Christmas sometimes too much. But Jeongin only thought that fact made you 10× cuter. Even if you start prepping in September.

"Aww this hair makes you look so cute!"

"Thanks, I guess I'm feeling the Christmas spirit."

° Luckily when going shopping in busy and packed malls, you were now easy to spot out in a crowd due to the new hair color. And you always knew what days were less busy.

° Even if there were some slip ups or recipes gone wrong, you and Jeongin both knew this was going to be a Christmas to remember. Especially since it would be your first together, and would definitely not be the last.

#stray kids #kpop #changbin #skz scenarios #stray kids reactions #han jisung #hyunjin #jeongin #lee know #bang chan #lee felix #skz seungmin #skz fluff #Skz christmas #merry christmas

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innuendostyles · 3 years

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Your from the UK right??? Not to make u sad but imagine going to Asda with Ben at 2 in the morning (u only went for some milk) and u end up coming out with almost the entire shop in ur trolley 😂😂 Happens to the best of us

YAY

“We’re only going for milk.” He quietly mumbled as he aimed the keys at the car and pressed the lock button, hearing the sound of the mechanisms working to ensure the car wouldn’t get stolen from the car park. He held his hand out for you to take before he crossed the zebra crossings, giving a silent nod to a car that’d stopped so the two of you could pass.

It was a gentle reminder but also a jest at himself, considering the last time he’d gone to Asda this late, he’d returned home with a new DVD player for your living room, an abundance of on-sale Easter chocolate, and a DIY friendship bracelets set (it was located in the 6 years and over section, but he wouldn’t tell anyone that part.)

The bracelets aforementioned had been tied to your wrists for a month and a half now, yours was a braided black, white and yellow band while his was black, white and red. He somehow matched his outfit, black jogging bottoms, a red Nike hoodie and the best part of all…. socks with sliders. You’d claim that if he wore those out of the house, you’d pretend not to know him, but later decided that it was more endearing than embarrassing. His socks were black with red love hearts printed all over them, some you’d got him for Valentine’s Day as he claimed that “a pair of socks is the best present you could ever buy a man.”

You, on the other hand, wore a pair of black leggings, paired with an extremely worn “Rolling Stones 1979 Tour” acid wash t-shirt. Ben had insisted that you wear one of his jackets, given the fact that your local Asda always seemed to be freezing around this time, so it was topped off with a navy blue Nike Air Max windbreaker. Your fluffy bed socks really pulled the outfit together.

You each had one of Ben’s AirPods in your ear, currently listening to a song by The Lumineers, one that Ben described to you as making him feel as if he was “running down a sandy beach trying to get to you.” His pinky finger slid around your pinky finger as he strayed to the shelter where all the trolleys (shopping carts) were located.

He always pushed the trolley, claiming his driving skills were better than yours, but you knew the only reason he enjoyed pushing them so much was so he could “fly down the aisles”, an act in which he would push the cart extremely fast when there was nobody near you, and lift his feet from the ground, letting the cart take all his weight.

The song ended and changed to a Snoop Dogg song, to which you quirked an eyebrow, asking, “What fucking playlist is this?” with a laugh.

You walked through the sliding doors, Ben already getting distracted by some plants that were on clearance at the front doors, silently placing 2 small plant pots with some sort of pink flower in the middle into the cart.

There was a display as soon as you entered the shop floor, a large green cardboard cut out of the grinch, next to it sitting a handful of Christmas DVD’s, letting all the customers know that they could “Buy 1 Christmas DVD and receive a free 9” pizza”. Ben’s eyes immediately lit up, turning his head towards yours as he exclaimed that Christmas films and food are two of his favourite things ever. You shook your head in disbelief as you picked through the DVD’s, most of them being new and animated films you’d never heard of.

You were looking for one in particular, though you had little faith that it would be in the same pile as these cartoon ones. Ben loved The Nativity, one of the funniest Christmas films in the world, he reckons. He thought Martin Freeman was one of the best actors ever, and that along with Marc Wootton, it had to be the best film ever.

You rifled through the array of cases, finally picking out a white cover that read, “The Nativity!” You placed it in the cart, seeing Ben’s eyes light up as he bounced up and down in excitement, like a child.

“Can we get pepperoni on the pizza? Please!” He whined, earning a “yes” from you, to which he skipped down the aisle and giggled like a schoolboy.

You reached the fridges, Ben picking up 2 pints of milk and putting them in the trolley before giving an accomplished nod.

“Can we ‘ave a look at some vinyls?” He asked, with a pleading pout that he knew always won you over.

“Ooh, yeah actually, Gwil said he wanted the Hamilton vinyl a couple of weeks ago. Might be a good present, yeah?” You suggested, knowing it would result in Ben realising he hadn’t yet bought Christmas presents for any of his friends yet, something you’d been trying to gently remind him of for the last couple of weeks.

You made your way to the music section, getting distracted by anything and everything you could find. Ben was clinging onto a t-shirt with a green dinosaur on it, lit up by Christmas lights with a star on top of its head, the phrase “Tree-Rex” printed underneath it.

He held up the knitted fabric to you, and you both whispered, “Joe.” at the exact same time. It was folded and placed into the cart.

A pack of 250 small Christmas cards was the next thing to grab your attention, Ben telling you that the two of you “had to send the neighbours a card this year, considering the amount of times they’ve had to endure foolish giggles and the creaky bed really late at night!” You’d simply nodded with a chuckle, though he didn’t put them in straight away. He noticed the box had been busted open at the top and went on a hunt for an unopened box. He reached his arm all the way back into the shelf, jokingly asking you to hold his hand so he didn’t get lost. He finally grabbed a pack, throwing them into the trolley from about a meter away and doing a celebratory dance when they went in.

One of the lights overhead flickered, which caused Ben to turn to you with an over-exaggerated gasp, claiming “Asda is haunted!!!!” and running away from you frantically. You guffawed at his antics, lightly jogging after him while trying to catch your breath from laughing.

After collecting your pizza on the way to the music section, Ben made a quick turn down the homeware section. He browsed the cushion cases, holding up a few colours and patterns that he thought may match your living room sofa, all of which received a horrified glare from you (this was the exact reason you didn’t let him take the lead when you decided to start decorating your flat together… his first suggestion was warm brown walls with a stripy turquoise and black sofa…)

He reached the mirror section, finding an extremely large plain mirror, with no frame, slowly running his finger over the edge of it.

“Might buy us this for Christmas.” He stated.

Your brows raised in confusion, tilting your head to tell him you were unsure why he’d said it.

“One of them naughty mirrors…… when you put it on the ceiling so I’d be able to see everything when you’re ridi-“ your hand quickly shot over his mouth, your eyes widening as you took in what he meant. You could feel his lips sporting a smirk beneath your palm. You shook your head and giggled along with him.

“C'mon babe… know you’d love seeing this juicy cheeks every time I’m on top of you…” you lightly smacked his chest and delivered a sharp, yet humorous, “enough!”.

Once you’d finally made it to the music section, Ben appeared to be in his element. He’d picked up the Hamilton vinyl for Gwilym, as well as a new Ariana Grande record for Lucy. He was eyeing up Taylor Swift’s newest release, hoping you wouldn’t notice when he slipped it into the cart. He groaned when you looked him directly in the eyes and shook your head with a knowing smile on your face.

“I was gonna give you that for Christmas! Now you’ve ruined the surprise!” He whined with a pout.

“You are all I want for Christmas.” You replied, already cringing wondering if anyone else had heard you.

He, too, shook his head, but still gave you a quick kiss on the cheek to show his appreciation for you.

The next aisle was the clearance aisle. This was a dangerous one for Ben. His Mum had always taught him “never to pass up a bargain, cause you’ll see it one day, regret not buying it, go back the next day and it’ll be gone!”.

Within 5 minutes of browsing the shelves, he’d picked up a large Christmas-themed Yankee Candle gift set for his brother, a turkey-shaped dog toy for Frankie (this one you’d suggested) as well as a pack of 3 photo frames and a new flower vase for his mum.

Walking to the checkout was always a dangerous game, as the bakery part of the shop was located right next to all the tills. He’d always claim to be “just looking” while you unloaded the trolley onto the moving belt so the cashier could scan your items, and most times he only came back with a box of flapjacks or at the most, 2 jam donuts and a reduced fat chocolate eclair cake.

What you weren’t expecting today, however, was for your boyfriend to return with a basket he’d picked up from somewhere, filled with pastries and cakes that made your mouth water.

“These’ll be alright til Christmas Eve won’t they? Can watch Nativity with our little pizza ‘n then fill ourselves wi’ these after? Yeah?” You didn’t really get a chance to reply before the food was placed down onto the belt. You’d never seen him so happy with himself, thinking he’d just come up with the best idea in the entire world, even though you’d done basically the same thing for the last 2 years of spending Christmas together.

The cashier gave you your total, a whopping £110, even though you’d originally come in for 2 pints of milk, which should’ve brought your total to around…. £3.

He shook his head with a small smile as he took his card out of his wallet, swiping it over the reader and thanking the lady when she gave him his receipt. He rolled the trolley out onto the car park, you following closely behind telling him to unlock the car so you’d be able to hear the beep it made and find it, considering how dark it was outside. After locating the vehicle, he gently placed all the items in the backseat, taking extra care to make sure the pizza was cushioned by Joe’s new shirt and Frankie’s new toy. He dropped the trolley back off at the shelter before getting into the car, strapping his seatbelt and turning the radio on.

Paul McCartney’s “Wonderful Christmastime” filled the speakers, causing Ben to let out a quiet, “What a fuckin’ banger!”.

You couldn’t resist the urge to lean over and give him a peck on the cheek and a ruffle of his hair. You simply were having a wonderful Christmas time.

#WILL ADD A KEEP READING LATER I PROMISE !!!!#ben hardy x reader #ben hardy fluff #my work #LUV A GOOD ASDA TRIP

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isbus · 3 years

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The House Of Villains Chapter 1

Tags: (insert the prologue tags), slice of life, Walmart, card games, Kars doesn’t know things, not so subtle foreshadowing, references to later chapters, card games, board games,

Chapter 1: Game Night

They were all doing their thing- Diavolo and Doppio chatted together, Dio sat on the couch watching an animal documentary with Kars, Santana was still in the attic, Esidisi and Wamuu talked at the table, and Pucci dusted. They didn't do much else until Kira opened the door when coming home from work.

Dio turned off the TV, bringing Kars back to reality. Everyone turned to Kira when they heard the television shut off. "Kars, could you get Santana?" Dio asked politely. Kars immediately went up to the attic.

...

"Put me down!" Santana shouted. Kars went down the stairs, holding Santana on his shoulder. Kars put the younger of the four pillar men on the couch, then sat on his bean bag.

"Now that Kira is home, I have an idea to share." Dio began. Kira had an idea about what Dio was going to say. It was going to be something outrageous. "We are not normal, and if we continue our ways, our neighbors are going to see it. What we need to do is act normal, and what better way than a family tradition? We are going to try something called 'Family Game Night'."

Silence... Was it from awe? Or disgust? Or even-

"Okay. It's simple, all you have to do is play board games." Kira stepped towards the stairs before being stopped by Pucci's question.

"Do we even have board games? The closest thing we have to a game is tarot cards but we don't have a full deck." Enrico asked simply.

Kira didn't think about that. He wasn't the type to play games, he was the type to do work, so he sold his board games. "Well, we can always get some. It's not like we're too poor for it. Let's go to the store. Besides, I have things to pick up for me and my girlfriend."

"Ooh, I didn't know you had a girlfriend!" Dio exclaimed.

"Congratulations, you finally got one!" Doppio smiled from ear to ear.

"Don't tell me it's the cat." Wamuu closed his eyes disapprovingly.

Kira scoffed. "You all are so rude." Yoshikage began to put his work stuff back in his room then stopped. "She's human by the way."

- Time Skip brought to you By: Disrespecting Businessmen -

Getting dressed like normal people, which they obviously were not, and a few getting their parasols, led them out the door. Kira began to lead before Dio rushed to the front. "Let me." He smiled. As the leader of this group, Dio just HAD to lead. Dio started to walk in front of the Joestar house before he stopped.

"Why'd you stop?" Kira spoken quietly, partially glaring at the captain.

Dio smirked sweetly, as if he was in front of a lover of his. He appeared bold to the others, but to the cat lover, he looked like his title was "Super Stupid". "Where's the store?" The blonde vampire fluttered his eyelashes, holding the parasol between his jaw and shoulder while his hands held his knees as he crouched to be at eye level.

Kira sighed. "Just follow me." They continued, this time with Kira in the lead and Dio right behind. The villainous cast spoke to each other as they walked behind Kira. Dio started to strike up a conversation with Pucci, but Pucci immediately dismissed him.

They looked around at their neighborhood, several houses and people were around the area. The homes on one side of the street had a bunch of friendly people- like that kid in a baseball player outfit around house number 1506, or the teen with a mostly shaved head and pompadour with the older blonde boy that has the braid.

All that friendliness was enough to make some of the villains question this neighborhood. With those happy faces, it was hard to be in a bad mood. It's like the happiness was rubbing off on them while rubbing them the wrong way. Dio thought about it then shrugged. Kars was glancing around for squirrels that he saw on TV. Kira stayed serious, and continued leading. Doppio and Diavolo spoke back and forth with each other. Pucci strutted as if he wasn't a sucker for God.

It was taking five-ever. Everyone, excluding Kira, wished it was right around the corner. Past the "For Sale!" homes, and past the other blocks, it took at least three minutes. Well, it would've taken three minutes but Kars found a squirrel and a hawk started following Dio. The hawk presumably got the chain holding it broke and flew away, looking for a new owner since it had a collar and purple scarf. What a fancy bird.

But the bird may or may not be important. The hawk followed them all the way to the store, then waited by the door. The villain group stepped inside, Kars and the two older pillar men struggled a bit (especially Kars) Santana fit through perfectly though.

The part of the group that was foreign to this place (that is totally not Wal-Mart) looked around in awe. They put away their parasols and held them by their sides. "Hi welcome to Wal-Mart!" A lady at the front said with a smile.

As if the woman smashed a bottle and yelled "scatter!", they began walking around. Dio read the sign that said "woman's" and just HAD to see the panty section. Pucci joined him, hoping he wasn't doing what he thought he was doing. Diavolo and Doppio went to the technology section. Kars and Wamuu gone to the pet area. Esidisi and Santana went to the toy section. Leaving Kira alone. Yoshikage looked behind him and saw nobody.

"This is just great. Everyone left faster than me saying 'Bite the Dust'." Kira spoke to himself. "Come on darling. Let's find them." He looked in his jacket pocket to speak to his girlfriend.

- Time Skip Brought to you By: Bite Za Dusto

Since Kira was going to the game area and it was right next to the toy section, Kira grabbed a few games and put it in the cart that he grabbed off screen. He heard the angsty teen's voice. "I don't want dolls, I want- wait that one is actually kinda cute... Can I have him?" Santana nearly shouted at first but his voice died down after he found the most handsome doll.

Kira gone to the doll isle and saw the two- Esidisi was explaining how Kira would get it for him as Santana held a doll with blonde hair and blue eyes. The blonde cat lover coughed. "Come on you two, let's find the others." Santana slightly pouted like he REALLY wanted the doll. "Put it in the cart." The redhead thanked Yoshikage and put the doll in there.

The three gone past the technology section but paused when seeing the pink haired boys looking at phones. They seemed to be agreeing on something, when Kira got closer, the men saw a figure of a manga character in Doppio's hands.

"I could always get it for you. But I forgot my wallet." Diavolo explained before Doppio started looking glum.

"How much is it?" Yoshikage's serious voice cut through to their ears. Doppio's face lit up from the darkness of the other's words.

Doppio checked the price on the bottom and read it aloud. "Twenty dollars." Kira nodded to the cart, signaling him to put the figure in the cart. The pink haired boy done as he was "told", and set the manga character in the cart.

"Now, where are those last few?" Kira asked himself. Suddenly, he remembered Kars' love for animals. To the pet section!

The pink haired boys joined the party!

They all moved forward to the pet section. Moving in different walks, past the fabric and sewing area, to that isle with supplies for small animals, reptiles, and fish. To their avail, they saw the long purple hair and short blonde hair of Kars and Wamuu. The isle also had Jolyne and Jotaro, looking at fish.

Wamuu and Kars looked at the group, holding a play pen for small animals. "Put it in." Kira sighed. They done just that. "Now, where's the last two?"

"No! I refuse to wear female underwear!" The group heard none other than Pucci, shouting about panties. "I am clearly a man!"

"Why is a man shouting about underwear, dad?" Jolyne tried to contain her laughter.

Jotaro smirked. "Good grief."

Oh no. The villains thought and rushed to the feminine area. Once they got there, Esidisi covered Santana's eyes so that he couldn't see the- um- interesting area. But everyone else there could see, clear as day, Dio grinning while holding a thong and bra and Enrico blushing with wide eyes.

"It would look great on you..." Dio spoke in a sing-song voice.

"No it would not! Besides, that kind of underwear is so sinful!"

"Would you prefer cheeky?" Pucci's blush darkened at the words that spilled from the blonde's mouth.

Kira groaned. "Shut it. If he doesn't want it, leave it be. We have to buy this stuff, so let's go to check out."

"Alright~" Dio sang. Enrico moved towards the check out. "Let's get it anyway." He whispered.

"Fine but if I wake up to screams of terror, I'm throwing you out." Yoshikage threatened. Dio shrugged and followed Enrico after putting the underwear in the cart. Esidisi removed his hand from over Santana's eyes, and walked with the group.

- Time Skip brought to you By: I can see your panties... (SICK JOJO REFERENCE) -

As the cashier scanned items, Kira couldn't keep his eyes off of her hands. The lady tried handing the bags to him, but he was too focused on her lovely, dainty hands. "Sir?" She asked, snapping him back to the real world. "Your bags."

"Oh, thanks." He felt awkward but took the bags and paid up. "Have a nice day, Adrian." He took back his card then speed-walked to the door.

"Ugh, Kira wait up!" Dio nearly stood for to long until realizing Kira was nearly out the door. The cashier giggled and smiled.

Kars and the other pillar men followed. Enrico was close behind. "Thank you so much!" Doppio blushed.

"Here's our number." Diavolo held out a piece of paper with numbers written on it for the lady to take. Before she could take it, Doppio snatched it away, then ran away. "Doppio, don't try to leave me!" He shouted and ran to the exit.

The cashier sighed. "Cute, aren't they?" A Burger King worker spoke to the cashier.

"Yeah, Aimi. They sure are." She responded.

"Miss? Do you know where this address is? I'm not from around here."

- Time skip Brought to you by: An Unnamed Man asking a cashier for directions! -

Once they got home, they immediately looked at the games Yoshikage got. Monopoly, Uno, The Game Of Life, etc. But one definitely caught their eyes. A game called Villainous. But (to avoid copyright) they played Uno.

"Ok. We are not allowed to use our stands to cheat. That's the only rule I have." Kira set up the game by handing out seven cards to those who were playing. Santana played video games in the attic, Esidisi watched Santana play those games, Wamuu and Doppio cheered on their leaders, as the other five played Uno. "And to make sure we aren't cheating, they will be watching us play."

Dio already knew what he would do. "The World!" The World came out of the card and stopped time. "Will you help me? All you have to do is stop time when I give you a signal."

The World stared, then shook his head. "I refuse."

"What?! No! I have to win!" The World resumes time after Dio exclaims.

Kira put the collar on the pink housecat and Killer Queen appears. "Let's win this Kira!"

Diavolo rubbed the gem and King Crimson stands behind him. "We got this." Diavolo and King Crimson both say in unison.

Pucci puts the disc in the portable DVD player and crawling out of the screen was Whitesnake. Once he gets out, he sighs. "It sure was cramped in there..."

Everyone looked at the cards that were handed out and the game was decided. A green nine. Dio was first, and he played a green seven. "Easy as that." He said cockily.

"So, we have to match colors?" Kars asked.

"You can match colors, or numbers. If you don't have a cards that match the number or color, then you draw from the deck until you get something to play or until you reach four cards." Kira explained.

Kars nodded. "What does this card do?" He pulled out a plus four. Kira's eyes widened, knowing he was next.

Dio burst out laughing. "If you play that card then the next person gets four cards and you change the color." He tried to stop the laughter by talking but he nearly coughed when doing so. "So, what are you going to do?"

Kars hummed in thought, then he took a card. Before placing it down, or even where the others could see, he looked at Wamuu. "Of course, sir." Dio felt he knew what card he was going to place, so he smirked and crossed his arms. He would have the upper hand against the ever-so-lucky Yoshikage Kira.

Kars soon placed the card after Wamuu gave the signal of approval. Or what I, the Narrator, like to call "The F*ck Yes Do it!" signal. Only be- oh sh*t.

Dio, I'm sorry, but your prediction was incorrect.

A blue seven.

Dio looked at the card Kars placed, then at Kars, then back at the card, Kars, card- this could go on.

But before you continue...

Try saying "Kars Card" ten times fast.

Ready? Cool.

Dio saw what was going on. Kars was trying to get the turns reversed so he could play the plus four on Dio. But Kars didn't understand much about human culture, right? He only really understood animals. Dio thought to himself about how HE'S the ultimate being and how Kars shouldn't be called that.

When he smirked, Kira knew what was going through the vampire's mind. I don't need to repeat.

Kira's turn was a simple blue three. Killer Queen pouted. I know. I could've done worse. Kira thought to him and the Queen.

"Oh! That one!" The younger pink haired boy pointed at a card and the older of the two placed it. The game continued and rage ensued until a winner was decided. The winner was Kira. Who wouldn't have guessed that the ever-so-lucky Yoshikage Kira would win?

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