#vani YELLS

[across-stars]

Andor (2022) S01:E12

@andorappreciation 2023 Day 3 : Favorite Arc/Epsiodes // Themes

[noes-pillow]

IM SORRY!?!?

...how am I just now realizing all the chasseurs are named after stones which match their hair color?

Roland of Jasper

Olivier of Obsidian

Astolfo of Garnet

So that also begs the question...would Vanitas have been named...

"Vanitas of Astermite?"

[hardly-a-p3rson]

I'm so upset rn

[seknots-izumimir]

oh god mitsuru's va did SO good there.

[somanyratsinthewalls]

Burning Hearts Chapter 4

Pairing: Law x Straw Hat Zoan Type (named) OC 

Summary: You were teleported across the globe in an instant, away from your crew. Your body was badly broken and beaten, thrust into the harsh landscape of a Northern island. You are discovered by the Heart Pirates and brought back to health. Startled upon waking up in a foreign place with an unfamiliar crew, you are shocked with the news that you’ll be spending two years there. Trafalgar Law, the captain of the Heart Pirates has made a promise to train you, but will it become something more than a mentor relationship?

WC: 2900

TW: Previous mention of abuse and SW against their will. Minors DNI.

Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 - Chapter 5 Chapter 6

Burning Hearts Chapter 4: Past Lives

— — — 

“Rise and shine Miss Daisy!”

The cheerful words shot through your ears like a bullet and ricocheted around your skull painfully. 

“Uggghhh…” You pull the covers further over your head. The small amount of light coming through your window was still too much for your pounding head. “Five more minutes…” While wallowing under the covers, you realize you didn’t actually see who entered your room. You quickly rip the covers off your head and open your eyes. 

“Aaaah!!” You screamed, startled out of your wits. 

“AAAHHHH!!” The Polar Bear screams back at you, somehow more startled than you were.

“Why are you yelling!?” You furrow your brow angrily.

“Why are you yelling!?!” 

“I just woke up to a fucking bear in my room! I’ve only been conscious for a few days! You can’t expect me to be used to that yet!” 

The bear’s expression relaxes. He straightens himself. 

“That’s fair… Well… The captain had me bring this for you…” The bear handed you a mug and held out his paw to drop something into your other hand. It was two small white pills. 

“What’s this?” Raising an eyebrow. 

“Coffee and aspirin. The captain said you’d have a headache.” 

You grab the coffee and slam the pills into your mouth. As much as you hated to admit he was right, you did have a headache. You finish the coffee in two big gulps and sat the cup down on your windowsill. 

Wait.

Shit. 

The captain. 

Law. 

As the sleep wears off and your mind clears, you start to remember the night before. You had gotten trashed and Law had found you in quite a state on his kitchen floor. He carried you back to bed. You cried. You asked him to stay with you. 

YOU ASKED HIM TO STAY WITH YOU?!

“Uggggh!” You flop backwards into your bed and pull the covers over your head again. “Why did I do that!” You groan again. 

“Um… was the coffee bad? I don’t think I burnt it this time but maybe I-“

“It’s not the coffee, bear guy! I made an ass of myself last night so I’m not training today. Tell your captain it’s off.” You remain under your blanket fort of shame. 

“Bepo.”

“What?” You uncover your face and cock an eyebrow. 

“My name is Bepo.” 

You throw your hands up. 

“Okay?!?!? Bepo, tell your captain I’m not training today.” You turn over on your side towards the window and away from your unwanted visitor. 

The bear chuckles. “Heh heh, oh no, I won’t be telling him that. You will. My captain is a nice guy but once his mind is set on something, there’s no way in hell I’m getting in the way of that. So if you want out, you have to tell him yourself.” The jumpsuit clad polar bear ducks his head through the doorframe to leave. Before disappearing from view, Bepo pops his head back in and calls out to you. 

“And take a shower. You smell like a bartender’s boot.”

You flop onto your stomach and whine pitifully. 

— — 

You slump against the wall of the shower and scrub your scalp. Your mind kept being forcefully dragged back to your embarrassing drunken plea to Law last night. You were brought out of your spiraling thoughts by your stomach contents threatening to make an appearance. You managed to pull yourself together and rinse the shampoo out of your hair. 

After stepping out of the shower, you wrap your body in a towel and make your way towards the vanity mirror. 

Stringy, damp hair plasters your face. You lean forward to inspect yourself further. Your eyes looked sunken in. You must have lost weight… you haven’t hadn’t appetite and the food the Heart Pirates served was less than gourmet. Your lips were cracked, a bruise on the left side of your forehead was yellowing as it finished healing. 

“Gods I look like the fucking dead.” You remark. “No I shouldn’t say that. I’m sure Brook looks way better than I do right now.” 

You sigh. You had none of your toiletries or makeup, just stuck with what Ikkaku was kind enough to share with you. It was sweet of her to offer to share, but she wasn’t as much of a “girly girl” as you were. You pull at the skin on your cheek to peruse your complexion. 

“At least this will be good for my skin…” 

After drying off, you pulled on a pair of leggings and a cropped sweatshirt. You brush out your hair and carefully plait it into a singular long braid. If this had been at home on The Sunny, you would have picked flowers from your garden to weave into your hair… Looking at your plain braid, you felt tears prick at your eyes again. 

No. 

No more crying. You were done crying. You needed to get stronger for your crew. You grab your blades and fasten them one to each hip. After one last look at yourself in the mirror, you push out of the bathroom and head to the exit of the base. 

— —

You open the large metal door of the base and your eyes had to adjust to the natural light. You felt like a deep sea creature breaching the surface of the waves for the first time. As your vision returns you see your new mentor leaning up against the fence that surrounded base. 

Law’s face is expressionless as he turns to face you. He eyes you up and down. 

“Where’s your jumpsuit?” Law asks. 

“Okay let’s start with, ‘Hi.’” You snap back. 

“Um. Hi back. Where’s your jumpsuit?” Law awkwardly responds before repeating his question.

“Where’s your jumpsuit?” You retort. 

“I’m the captain. I don’t have to wear one. The crew does.” 

“And I’m not on your crew.” You cock your head and narrow your eyes. 

Law remains stoic. He holds your gaze for a moment before turning around and walking towards the gate leading out of the complex. 

“Are you coming or not?” He calls without turning his stupid, hat clad head. 

You roll your eyes before trudging after him. 

— —

Law leads you through the forest to a large clearing. The entire walk was mostly silent other than his one request… that you stop humming. You also tripped over a branch and had to pick yourself up, since Law didn’t stop or even turn around when you fell. He muttered something along the lines of “uncoordinated…” and continued walking. The clearing was barren and the terrain was heavily worn. The edges of the area were littered with battered stumps and badly damaged trees. This was obviously where the Heart Pirates sparred. 

Law takes his place across the clearing from you. 

“So? How are we doing this?” You ask. 

“Well, I can’t train you until I assess where you’re already at in terms of skill.” Law unsheathes the large sword from it’s home on his back. “Show me what you’ve got.” 

You nod. You ready your blades and make your attack. You grit your teeth and prepare to strike your target. 

*THUD*

You collide head on with a tree. Where the hell…?

“Ow…” You rub the back of your neck before standing up and dusting yourself off. You reach for your blades but the moment you wrapped your hands around them your body was flung violently into the air. 

“AAaahh!!” 

Your body is whipped towards the center of the clearing and thrown hard down onto the ground. 

“Shit…” you groan. 

“That’s it? I thought the Straw Hats were supposed to be fearsome.” You lift your head and see Law standing above you with one side of his lips curled up into a faint smirk. 

You huff and launch yourself off the ground at your self-important mentor. Your double blades were immediately blocked by Law’s massive sword. You were pressing with all your might and it seemed he was barely breaking a sweat… was he only using one hand? You relinquish against his powerful blade and are blown backwards. 

“You don’t know shit about me.” You spit on the ground. “Or my crew.” You raise your weapons again. 

“I know enough.” Law responds apathetically. 

You hated him. This smug degenerate was belittling not only you, but your whole crew. Where the hell did he get off, berating you after the trauma you’ve experienced? You’re seething with anger. 

You attack again. 

Missed. 

You turn around and launch towards Law again. 

Blocked. 

You scream in frustration. This continues for what seems like an eternity. Your heartbeat is in your ears and you can barely breathe, you’re so exhausted. You drop to your knees. 

“I know you have devil fruit powers but don’t use them.” Law calls from across the clearing. Suddenly in a blue flash he disappears. A pebble tumbles where he previously was. 

“Why?” 

You jump. Law was right behind you. Before you could process his presence, he delivers a blow to your back that bowls you over into the dirt face forward. 

You roll onto your back. What a fucking asshole. You wipe the salty, metallic taste of blood and sweat from your lips. You couldn’t help but chuckle. 

“hah… I thought you knew enough…” You spit up at him. 

“Get up. If you’re already beat then there’s no use in training you. Lost cause.” He walks to the edge of the clearing again and faces you. 

“You’re such a fucking dick.” You chuckle again, head swimming from fatigue. You had to keep going. Luffy asked you to get stronger, so stronger you would get. You certainly wouldn’t give Trafalgar Law, professional prick, the satisfaction of besting you this easily. 

You rise to your feet and pick up your blades. 

“You want to play hard ball? Fine.” You taunt. You were so tired, but you decided you had to go for broke. You use your limited transformative to spread your wings. They were stiff and sore from the previous trauma from your incident, but it almost felt good to use them again. They were jet black with a claw on each wingtip. They were menacing to anyone else, but merely a larger target for your current opponent. 

You’re on him in a second, for the first time catching him off guard, but your blades failed to do any sort of damage on Law’s hardened skin before you’re blown back again. You take no time to launch another attack, determined to make Law eat his words. 

The two of you flitted around the clearing locked in battle, neither of you relenting. You felt your biceps trembling and spasming… it was too much… 

Your arms gave out. Your blades clattered to the dirt. 

*SHHHHNK* 

“I’m not done… I can still- wait-…?” You try to push yourself back up but something isn’t working. You look down to your hip. Your right leg was gone. 

“MY FUCKING LEG? Why isn’t it bleeding? What the fuck? LAW?” You look around in panic to find your adversary. Your eyes don’t find Law, but they find your right leg, casually resting in the dirt 6 yards away.

“Fucking Gods, my leg?!” You scream. 

“Shambles.” 

*WOOOOOSH* 

You feel an uncomfortable *pop* at your hip. Your neck snaps down again to look at your body. Your leg had been seamlessly reattached to your torso as if none of this ever happened. You panic and scramble backwards, away from this sick man. 

“You… you cut my fucking leg off…” You gasp out, still in shock. 

“I let you have it back. A real enemy might not be as generous.” Law moves towards you. 

“You’re fucking sick. You’re a sick mother fucker. You’re fucking crazy. I’m not staying here. I’m leaving. I’m packing my shit and I’m leaving. I don’t care what Luffy said anymore. I can find someone else. You’re insufferable.” You clumsily rise to your feet after having your leg reattached. 

“And where will you go?” Law responds. 

“Anywhere. Anywhere other than here.” You spit. 

“You have no idea where you are, Miss Rito. With those weathered wings there’s no way you could make it more than 10 miles. You’d be dead before you even began.” 

Your heart races in your chest, the familiar feeling of being trapped seeps in. 

In between labored breaths, you huff out…

“I am not your fucking prisoner.” 

You turn away from Law and start to head in the direction of the base camp. 

“How long were you with Grey Jaw?” 

There was a moment so silent you could hear a leaf hit the ground. 

He didn’t really say that, it was another dream, right? Your eyes gazed blankly into the forest before you turned around towards the clearing. 

“What?” You asked. 

“The brand. On your stomach.” Law nodded towards your abdomen. “Grey Jaw’s girls. I’ve seen it before."

“Why… why are you…” You mutter mostly to yourself, but loud enough for Law to hear you. 

“I’ve put some of those girls back together. Literally. I know what he does on that ship.” Law adds. 

“You couldn’t ever fucking know.” You spit back without even thinking. “You couldn’t ever fucking understand what we went through on that ship. That man creates monsters… and when he’s done with them…” You catch a sob in your throat and choke it back down.

“He made you eat it, didn’t he? The Devil Fruit? Kept you there?” Law interjects. 

“You fucking-“ 

You impulsively reach up to smack Law across the face. He grabs your wrist.

Your vision began to turn red, all you could see was Law’s emotionless face above you. His face made your heart swell with anger. How dare he bring up Grey Jaw? He was ignoring your time as an accomplished pirate to focus on the years you spent as as slave aboard Grey Jaw’s maritime brothel. 

“Say it to me again.” You growl out at Law before you lose consciousness. 

— —

“Yes, Captain?” Bepo appears in the door frame of his Captain’s office. 

“Go and fetch Miss Rito if she’s awake. I’d like her in my office as soon as possible.” Law orders his first mate. 

“Aye aye, Captain... Wait, did something happen to your eyebrows? They look burnt...” 

"Nothing happened. Do ask I asked."

As Bepo leaves the office, Law pulls a large textbook off one of his many worn bookshelves and brings it over to his desk. He feels the side of it for his book mark, once finding it he cracks open the tome and leaves it on a certain page. 

Law sits in his desk chair and waits. 

*knock knock*

“You asked for me…?” Daisy reluctantly enters the office. Law hadn’t spoken to her since their training session.

“Yes. Sit.” Law commands as he gestured towards the chair across from his at the desk. 

Daisy sits, clearly uncomfortable. 

“I want you to look at this book.” Law turns the textbook to face Daisy in her seat opposite his. “Tell me which devil fruit you ate.” 

Daisy looks up at him with daggers in her eyes. “I’m not fucking doing this.” She spits. 

“I’m merely asking. I have it down to 2 that might be what you’ve eaten. Look at these.” Law pushes the book adorned with post-it markers towards Daisy. 

Daisy refuses to break eye contact. 

“Wait… what happened to your eyebrows?” Daisy asked, noticing their sudden sparseness. 

“Nothing. Look at the page.” Law impatiently gestures at the book. 

Daisy raises her eyebrows in questions before she lowers her gaze to inspect the textbook. 

“Nope.” Daisy remarks after a few moments. 

“What?” Law furrows his sparse brow and cocks his head. 

“I didn’t eat these. Any of these…” Her eyes scan the rest of the page beyond what Law had bookmarked. 

Law sits up in his chair. 

“… you’re sure…?” Law asks. 

“Obviously. I’m not a fucking idiot. I know what I ate.” Daisy snaps back. 

Law rubs his eyes with a tattooed hand. 

D, E, A, T, H.

“Go to bed. We train again tomorrow.” Law states from his desk. Before he finished rubbing his eyes, Daisy was out the door. 

— —

xx 

Author’s Note: HI THANKS FOR READING! I plan on putting out 2 more chapters this weekend. I know the character’s backstory can be kind of triggering so I want to make sure I put TW’s on the top. Let me know in my DM’s if you’re into the series!

[thetargaryenbride]

Nail To The Coffin - S3 - Chapter 4

Warnings: fighting

Pairing: Steve Harrington x f!Byers!Reader

Word Count: 4745

Important A.N: 𝘚𝘰, 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘱 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘮𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩. 𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘐’𝘮 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 – 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘍, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘍 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵, 𝘢𝘬𝘢 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝙢𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥.

𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘍 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘪𝘧 𝘢 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘍 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘰 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘪𝘵. 𝘞𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘍 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘌𝘭. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘍 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘚𝘰, 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘍 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘐 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 “𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘺/𝘔𝘍 x 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳” 𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦. 

As always, please do make me know if I’ve written certain characters OOC and if you think there is something that can be corrected within the story. Thank you for reading. Hope you like it! 🖤 🥀

Masterlist || Chapter 3 || Chapter 5

“Harrington!” yelled Eddie as his fist pounded on the front door of the boy’s house. “Steve!”

“Jesus! Can you be any louder?” snapped Steve as he yanked the door open and stepped out on the porch. “What are you even doing here?”

“What am I doing here?” chuckled the boy in disbelief as he folded his lips and rubbed the bridge of his nose. “Where the hell have you been all day, huh?” he barked out as he suddenly took a step forward and got face to face with Steve, making the other boy recoil and took a step back. “I called and called and called but nobody picked up!”

“That’s because we cracked the code, dude! We’ve been tracking the Russians all day!” explained the boy heatedly. “I was trying to reach you too but you didn’t pick up either! Were you not home the whole day?”

“No, I was running around town, playing detective with your super-powered friend and the sister of Y/N’s possible abductor,” he smiled tightly, lips curling up in a condescending grin and Steve’s jaw hit the floor.

“S-super-powered friend? What are you talking about?”

“Eleven? Does that ring any bells?” bit out Eddie as he tilted his head, irked, and Steve shut his eyes tightly, folding his lips as his head lowered. “Demogorgons? Hawkins Lab experiments? Portals? The Upside Down? Will’s vanishing? When were you going to tell me, huh?” Eddie’s voice raised with each word and Steve’s hands waved around in a ‘shut up’ motion.

“Keep your voice down! God! The walls have ears! Sometimes literally!” whisper shouted the boy. “It was wrong of them to tell you! Everyone is being monitored and eavesdropped by the government! They made Hopper, the Byers, and who knows who else sign a ton of confidentiality papers!”

The two boys just stared at one another as they fell into silence for a moment, chests heaving, as they tried to simmer down.

“Y/N should’ve told me,” sighed Eddie dejectedly and Steve spared him an understanding look.

“I felt like a total idiot when I learned too. Back then I fully believed that Nancy and Jonathan were doing shit behind my back but… they were actually hunting the monster, you know. God, when I think of the stupid shit I did back then because of these misunderstandings,” he let out a sigh as he gnawed on the inside of his cheek. “Y/N wanted to tell you. She really did.”

“Speaking of Y/N-”

“Yeah, what was it that you said about ‘Y/N’s possible abductor’? She’s alright. She called earlier today,” revealed Steve and Eddie’s eyes widened.

“What?”

“Yeah. She called. Not long after you left the mall, actually,” informed him the boy and Eddie blinked in confusion. “She said that after her friend’s emergency was dealt with she skipped to Indianapolis to buy some stuff. She’s preparing a big surprise party for Max’s upcoming birthday. I was a bit bummed she didn’t tell me and had me worrying but she apologized and said it just slipped her mind in the hurry. It happens to the best of us, I guess. So, it’s all good,” he smiled as he gave Eddie’s arm a pat. “I’ve been trying to reach you to tell you of the news so you don’t waste time going around looking for her but…”

“I see,” muttered the boy, still feeling a bit lost and perplexed and Steve furrowed his brows.

“You ok, man?”

“Yeah, yeah…I’m good,” cleared his throat Eddie before giving a curt wave. “See you around then.”

“Have a good night, man,” said Steve before he went back inside and Eddie slowly dragged his feet back to his van, wondering what the fuck just happened because everything that occurred throughout the day totally clashed with what he learned throughout the evening. He stood there in the darkness, the only source of light being the street lights that were dimmer than usual, and contemplated on everything for a while, scratching his scalp and letting out a long, heavy exhale.  

“Holy shit, I need a smoke.”

The Following Day

“I don’t know. He looks pretty normal to me,” said Max while observing Billy through the binoculars Lucas had granted her while the rest of the kids surrounded her and also focused their attention on the boy in question.

Earlier this morning, the boys had urgently called the girls and the group had gathered at Mike’s house where Will had explained that he had felt the Mind Flayer’s presence a couple of times during the past few days. They speculated that the part of the Mind Flayer that was burned out of Will stayed in Hawkins and was now back alive and kicking, taking new hosts.

Eleven and Max had revealed their suspicions and discoveries to the others, telling them about Billy’s bizarre behavior, Heather’s disappearance, and the vision of you that Eleven got.

“But that’s not possible! Y/N called us the other evening. She said everything was fine,” had tried to argue Will. You had called home late the other evening and you had called Steve early yesterday morning. It was unfathomable to Will as to how you could’ve been compromised.

“But what if she was controlled to do so to avoid suspicions and people getting in the way?” had countered Mike which had not sit well with Will or the others.

And now everyone was at the pool, having decided to spy on Billy and see if he truly was a host, hoping that maybe they’d be able to learn more about your location and condition if they deciphered his.

“Normal?” huffed Lucas. “How many times have you seen him with a shirt on?”

“I mean, it’s a little weird.”

“More than a little,” joined Mike. “He was in a tub with ice. The Mind Flayer likes it cold. Plus everything else-“

“But he’s lounging at the pool, which is like, the least Mind Flayer thing ever,” she scrunched up her brows skeptically.

“Not necessarily,” spoke out Will. “The Mind Flayer likes to hide. He only used me when he needed me. It’s like you’re dormant. And then, when he needs you, you’re activated.”

“Ok, so we just wait until he gets activated,” suggested Max, and Mike shook his head.

“No. What if he hurts someone?”

“Or kills someone?”

“We can’t take that chance. We need to find out if he’s the host.”

What followed after that was a couple of hours' worth of preparations as the group worked together to set the perfect trap for Billy – a plan that would lead him right to the sauna where they could trap him.

If he was a host, they would know immediately.

If he was a host, they would burn the Mind Flayer out of him.

Billy felt absolutely miserable. He felt like the lowest scum to ever walk this planet.

Today he had managed to get a bit of freedom. The monster had loosened the strings. But it was faux freedom. It was dangled in front of him like meat in front of a hungry, locked-up, abused dog. He could get a whiff of it but never truly grasp it.

He couldn’t even understand why the monster made him come to work. What was the point? To keep up appearances? To avoid suspicions? And any time he would think of doing something to put an end to this madness, the monster would take control. He was trapped and he couldn’t anything to stop this. He could only obey.

He let out a long, shaky exhale through his nose as he finally willed himself to exit the prison of his thoughts and opened his locker, pulling out a pair of jeans and clean underwear so he could get dressed. It was then that he heard clanging somewhere in the building which drew his attention.

“Pool’s closed,” he said but the weird scraping of metal and clanging continued either way. “Hey!” he called out as he shut the locker closed and marched towards where he thought the sound came from. “Do you hear me? Pool is closed.”

He went to open the door and exit the dressing rooms so he could check outside but the door was locked and no matter how hard he pushed against it, it wouldn’t budge. When the lights went off completely, an unsettling feeling began to rise within him as he turned around and began walking in the opposite direction.

“Billy,” he heard a voice that seemed to echo in the whole building, causing him to snap his head and try to locate the intruder, his abused, overwhelmed mind on the edge of snapping.

“Who’s there?” he muttered.

“Billy,” the voice sing-sung, taunting him, which made his insides churn even more, both from anger and, as much as he hated to admit it, from fear.

Was he just hearing things? Was this some kind of a sick, twisted game that the monster wanted to drag him into? Was he going to become a victim of yet another mental and physical torment?

He began checking every shower, every locker, every room or closet he could get his hands on, as he tried to keep his composure.

“If I find you, it’s your funeral,” he bit out as he rounded a corner and entered the last room he could think of. It was there that he saw a silhouette of a man, standing right inside the sauna. “Got you,” he murmured before he let out a cackle. “Good job, man, good job,” he spoke mockingly before his smile fell off and he resisted the urge to roll his eyes, nose scrunching up in anger and pure annoyance as he marched towards the sauna, yanking the door open.

“Come and get me you piece of shit.”

But when he finally came face to face with the person, he realized that it wasn’t actually a person. It was a mannequin. He took hold of it, finding out that it was suspended in the air by strings and his eyebrows furrowed in confusion when he saw the taped walkie-talkie, mind going haywire as to why this was happening, who did it, and why did they target him in their stupid prank.

“Hey…behind you,” echoed Mike’s voice from the device and Billy whirled, only to come face to face with Eleven.

“Hi,” she said flatly before nodding her head and hurtling Billy against the wall. He let out a grunt of pain as he slumped on the ground and that’s when the rest of the group stormed into the room.

El shut the door of the sauna while Mike, Will, and Lucas made sure to secure the handle with a metal rod and chains. Once made sure the door was properly locked, everyone backed away and watched expectantly, flinching when Billy yelled and hit the door a couple of times.

“Max,” he breathed out after calming down for a bit and she looked at him guiltily before her face steeled.

“Do it,” she told Will and he rushed to turn on the heat.

The temperature was quickly beginning to rise and Billy’s breathing began intensifying more and more by the second as the heat clawed at him, driving him nuts.

“Max! Let me out of here!” he yelled. “Let me out of here,” the rough scream shifted into slow, more menacing talking. “You kids…think this is funny? You, kids, think this is some kind of sick prank, huh? You little shits think this is funny!?” he yelled once again after spitting on the window and they shared a fearful but resolute look. “What is this? Open…the door,” he grit out every word and suddenly, a shiver ran down Will’s spine as goosebumps crawled like ants upon his neck.    

“You heard him,” suddenly sounded a voice from behind them and everyone whirled to look at the intruder, eyes widening in shock, blood running cold. “Open the door,” you heaved as you stared at them through half-lidded, red-rimmed eyes. Your skin was sweaty and glistening, your hair was damp and so was your dress as it clung to your body.

“Open the door!” screamed Billy at the top of his lungs as he began hitting it once again, startling the kids. “Open the door! Open the goddamn door!”

They looked fearfully between you and the boy when all of a sudden, his erratic, aggressive behavior ceased and he collapsed. Max gulped, eyes wide with worry, and ran to check on him through the small window. That’s when they all heard something they never expected to hear from the boy even in their wildest imaginations.

Billy broke down.

“It’s not my fault. It’s not my fault. It’s not my fault, Max. I promise you, it’s not my fault,” he sobbed.

“What’s not your fault, Billy?”

“I’ve done things, Max. Really…bad things. I didn’t mean to,” he whimpered. “He made me do it,” he finally blurted out and everyone gulped, feeling tremors course through them.

You staggered on your feet as you took a step forward and Will intercepted your way, grabbing you by the arms.

“Y/N, you’re-you’re sick,” he stuttered out. “You’ll be fine. I promise you will be.”

“Really?” you asked, tilting your head.

“Who made you do it, Billy?”

“I don’t know,” he sniffed. “It’s like a shadow…Like a giant shadow,” and then he was back to sobbing and begging, making Max tear up at the sight.

Whatever words Will wanted to direct to his sister and the others died in his throat as he felt an even stronger sensation run over his spine and he turned to address his friend. “I feel him even more now,” he informed Mike fearfully and the boy looked at Will, then at the way you stared at everyone as if in a trance.

“Max, get away from the door…” he spoke calmly and then realized it probably wouldn’t have the needed impact so he hollered the next words instead. “Get away from the door!”

As if on cue, everything descended into chaos as Billy broke the glass, almost cutting Max in the process, and you took Will by the shoulders and harshly shoved him in Mike’s direction, causing him to stumble and fall, taking Mike down alongside him. Eleven and Lucas looked on, eyes helplessly tracking Max, Billy, you, and the two fallen on the ground, as they were too stunned to think of what to do to help. Lucas was the first who managed to gather his senses and he opted to shoot at Billy with his slingshot, hitting him harshly in the head and causing him to stumble and fall. You let out a yelp as your hand went to clutch your throbbing forehead and you turned to glare at Lucas, frighteningly slow, making him shiver and take a step back.

Before he had the chance to react and defend himself, you grabbed him by the arms and threw him in Max’s direction who thankfully managed to catch him before he hit the floor.

Black veins began to slowly form all over your body, making your brother look on with horror and anguish as if you were deteriorating in front of his very eyes. The burning sensation was causing you such immense pain, yet you marched to the door, yanking the metal rod and the chains from the handle and throwing them away where they landed with a clank. This finally freed the beast from his cage and he got out with a deafening bang.  

In the meantime, the children were able to get back on their feet and clutter together.

“No…way,” muttered Lucas as everyone stared at the two of you and Billy roared in rage as he faced off against El.

You went for the others who successfully managed to evade you.

“Y/N, you gotta come back to your senses!” yelled Lucas as he tried grabbing you and keeping you in place, making you growl and reach for him. Before you could repeat what you did earlier, the boys managed to take hold of you and keep you at bay. They held tightly onto your arms and torso as you struggled to break free.

“Listen to me!” shouted Will and your eyes found his. “You-you are Y/N Byers. Your birthday is [date of birth]. Remember, every year you complain that you’re getting older? But me, mom, and Jonathan always make your favorite cake which lifts your spirits right away,” he stammered as his eyes watered, hands squeezing your shoulders. “We love spending time together as a family, going on picnics, painting, cooking, watching movies or taking photos with Jonathan’s camera. Remember how we hung out with Eddie and how you made flower crowns for us all? Eddie complained that you ruined his aesthetics and couldn’t get the petals off his hair for hours after that and he-he chased you in the fields and we had lots of fun. And Steve! Remember Steve? It’s a bit gross seeing you swap saliva with him when we hang out, but it’s also beautiful seeing you being so happy and in love which is something you deserve after all the suffering you went through,” he cried out and your breathing slowed down as you stared at him, feeling a pang in your heart.

“You always take care of us! You’ve always been our family’s pillar and you’ve always managed to pull me out of any dark hole. You accept me for who I am and I don’t know what I’d do without you. You’re my sister and I love you,” sobbed Will, his heartbreaking shout resonating in your very soul, shattering the barrier that was keeping you hostage. Your lip trembled as your strong grip faltered and your struggling ceased, the black veins slowly retreating as you finally took control after days of being in the backseat of the car.

“Will,” you whispered and he and Lucas looked at each other, smiling at you.

Then the sound of chaos and battle returned as you turned to look at Billy backhanding Mike, who had attempted charging at him, and slapping Eleven, sending her to the floor. The girl looked beyond exhausted and she couldn’t find the strength to stand up as blood kept leaking from her nose.

You blinked rapidly as you backed away from the children, slowly turning around to fully face Billy.

Although this wasn’t the real Billy. This was the Mind Flayer, walking around and wreaking havoc using Billy as a meat suit.

“What are you doing?” he spat out, sending shivers down your spine.

You were afraid of him.

So afraid.

But the children were right there and if you didn’t do something, they would become victims to this creature. You weren’t going to let your brother or the others get hurt again.

You shuddered at the sight of Billy’s decaying torso, covered in black veins as if death itself was spreading all over him, crawling in his insides, slithering through each vessel. You wanted to cry at the memory of Billy who had broken down at the cemetery, falling victim to the Mind Flayer in front of your very eyes without you even realizing it until it was too late. And now you did not know how to save him. You did not know how to save yourself. You had managed to break out of the Mind Flayer’s control. At least temporarily. That’s why you weren’t currently sharing a connection and you weren’t feeling the effects of the burn as Billy was. But you didn’t know how long you’d be able to keep it up, so you had to fight while you still could.

You had to protect the children.

That’s why you didn’t waste any more time as you dashed towards him and sent a punch his way. He evaded it so you opted to crouch down and kick out your leg. Your foot made contact with his ankle and you tripped him off balance, making him topple on the ground. You jumped on top of him, straddling his waist, and your hands wrapped around his neck. You were hoping to cut off his air supply so he would pass out. Then you’d be able to lock him in the sauna and burn the Mind Flayer out of him.

He was stronger than you even without the Mind Flayer’s powers on his side. Now that he was powered up, he was ten times stronger, making your attempts to gain the upper hand futile and making you feel like the biggest, naïve idiot for thinking you could protect the children and that stood a chance against him. He grabbed your hand and twisted it, making you hiss in pain. He brought his knee up, ramming it into your lower back. You grunted as you lost balance and toppled off him. You tried to get on your feet as fast as possible but he was faster. By the time you were standing, he was already up and waiting for you to fall in his range.

He raised his arm and punched you so hard you fell on the floor with a pained cry. He didn’t give you a chance to get up as he crouched down, placing one knee on your lower back and pressing painfully, one hand going to grab your left upper arm, digging his fingers so deep into your scarred flesh that you could feel his nails cut through your skin as his other hand went to grasp your hair and yank it harshly. You let out a yelp as you flailed under him, trying to get him off your back.

“You will submit,” he grit out and your eyes watered as you felt the Mind Flayer chipping away at your free will once again.

“No!”

“No?” he spoke threateningly low as he let you go, and the children could only watch terrified as he landed a harsh kick to your side, making you cry out in pain. He landed another and another, making the pain so unbearable that you couldn’t stop yourself from sobbing and choking out pleas for him to stop.

But what you didn’t know was that deep inside he was screaming. He tried fighting back against the Mind Flayer. He tried his darn best to gain control of his body. He didn’t want to hurt you. The fact that he was hurting you again, unable to do anything besides watch, was tearing him apart. But he was tangled in strings and someone else was pulling them. He felt used. He felt sick. Sick of himself and sick of whatever cruel and twisted creature was controlling him.

He felt like a puppet.

“Go away!” screamed Will as he ran towards Billy and rammed himself against the older boy, managing to make him lose balance and stumble backward. “Go away!” he cried out once again as he stood protectively in front of you and Billy spat on the ground before he marched towards your brother who seemed to have suddenly lost his bravery and began shaking, eyes darting around, not knowing what to do.

“No!” you choked out as you managed to lift yourself up enough and grab Will by the back of his shirt, pulling him away from Billy’s advancing punch and making him stumble and fall almost on top of you. You grit your teeth as more hot pain shot through your body and you wrapped your arms around Will protectively, backing the two of you against the wall while Mike ran towards Billy with a metal pipe, attempting to hit him.

However, Billy was unfazed by the hit he received and he easily pulled the pipe out of Mike’s hands and threw it on the ground. Just when he was about to attack the boy, Eleven, who had regained some strength, got up and used her powers to lift Billy in the air. Both of them screamed as they faced off until El finally overpowered him, throwing him away and through the brick wall before collapsing from exhaustion once again.

Everyone needed to take a second to calm down after the whole fight and the children felt a bit relieved when they saw Billy running away instead of coming back for more. Then they got pulled back into reality when they heard Will’s broken voice.

“Y/N? Y/N, stay with me,” he sobbed as he held your face in his hands. You could barely lift your head, peeking through strands of hair that had fallen in your vision, and seeing your brother’s tear-stained face sent another pang through your heart. “El!?” he cried out as he looked at her in desperation but she shook her head, not knowing what to do as she lay tiredly in Mike’s arms.

You whimpered as you tried to move but there was barely any strength left in your body. You managed to lift yourself just a tad bit before plopping back down.

“I’m sorry! I’m so sorry!” Will sobbed when he heard you groan in pain. To a point, he blamed himself for this outcome. If he hadn’t snapped you out of the Mind Flayer’s control, you wouldn’t have gone against Billy and you wouldn’t have ended up getting beaten like that.

“I can feel him, Will,” you stuttered out. “I can’t fight him off any longer.”

“It’s ok,” he sniffed. “We’re going to burn him out of you and you’ll be ok. I promise!” he gave you a wobbly smile and your lips twitched as it was now your turn to shed tears.

“Y/N,” sobbed El as she crawled towards you two and grasped your hand. You could feel her and Will trembling. You couldn’t imagine how terrified they were.

“Billy is the main host,” you croaked out as your grip on her hand tightened. “If you burn it out of him, the other flayed might be freed too. Go for Billy instead of everyone individually…before it’s too late,” you gasped as you shut your eyes, battling off the pain and the Mind Flayer, hoping to relay even a bit of useful information to the kids before passing out. Your pupils began dilating and you were beginning to feel your consciousness slipping away. It was one of the most terrifying things you have ever felt.

“We have to knock her out. Quick!” shouted the redhead and Mike looked around as if trying to find something to hit you with.

Eleven took a deep breath and closed her eyes, her hand reaching for you, latching onto your forehead, and shortly after you were out like a candle while more blood leaked from the girl’s nose. Will looked at her in confusion.

“W-what did you do?”

“I just knocked her out. But I’m not sure how long she’ll stay down. I might have to do it again. We should hurry home,” she tried explaining her point and Mike hurried to back her up.

“Yeah, we can’t stop every minute in order to subdue her so we’ll have to be quick. But it’s gonna take forever to reach your house with the bikes.”

“You have a point,” sniffed Will as he wiped his eyes and tried lifting you, Eleven rushing to his side to help him out, the two of them taking hold of each of your arms and hauling you up on your feet, using their shoulders as support.

“Let’s just get out of here as fast as possible.”

Nobody could argue against that. But there was one issue.

“Okay, but, Mike’s right. It’s gonna take us forever if we use the bikes. And she’s gonna fall off. What do we do?” inquired Lucas and the group looked at each other as they tried to think of a way to resolve this before Max snapped her fingers.

“Eddie!” she exclaimed and Eleven’s face lit up in realization. “Eddie has a van, right? Let’s call him! There is a phone booth outside!” she suggested and the group didn’t waste a second following through.  

“This is my number. Call me if something bad happens, ok?” had told them Eddie last night after he dropped them off at Hargrove residence before leaving and Max was more grateful than ever that she had kept his number.

Now, if he could actually pick up, it’d be great.

“Hello? Munson residence,” she let out a relieved sigh at the sound of his voice.

“Eddie, it’s Max. We need your help. It’s an emergency.”

[lilaccoffin]

Every time you draw Vanni I get more and more tempted to shove Chai and yell “Outta the way gay boy I’m bouta get it” and the Got Called Babygirl image just shot up that urge exponentially

OH MY GODJFSDLFJSDLF

SOBS Vani would be very flattered tbh...meanwhile Chai is on the ground from being shoved

[good7luck]

VNC non-animated manga latest (56, 57+) chapters spoilers

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* my personal, negative long vent

about some fan reactions:

“Noe is terrible because he gets happy over Tarte Tatin when Domi is suicidal!”

(more under the cut)

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* Sorry in advance that I failed to make my words organized and short. And I might be overreacting to some small minority. Still, I really wanted to rant for once, before the upcoming new chapter 58(?). Thanks for understanding!

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I’ve seen some comments like:

“Noe and Domi are supposedly old, close childhood friends! Noe learned Domi has been suicidal inside the whole time, while he had no idea! He even saw her jump in front of him, her suicide attempt! And yet, now Noe abandoned Domi and completely forgot about her! He gets excited over stupid Tarte Tatin, how dare he?! He should’ve been concerned about Domi and only her! Actually, he should’ve just opened the door and talked to her already! Noe is so selfish and insensitive and immature! Poor Domi, Noe is a terrible friend and really doesn’t deserve her!“

uh

Not gonna lie, I feel so disappointed and frustrated that some people seriously accuse Noe like that, ignoring or forgetting everything he did for Domi’s sake and the full contexts in the entire Amusement Park arc.

I get that they love Domi and worry about her mental health. I’d love to see Domi/Noe have a deep talk soon, too, really. In fact, I myself got super worried if MJ-sensei would not allow the two to interact at all, by making Domi have to leave asap due to an emergency call from Luca or Sade Family XD Now I’m VERY relieved (and surprised lol) apparently this teasing isn’t happening, and Domi/Noe will do get to face each other and talk, according to the new chapter preview. So hopefully those accusations on Noe would die a little...

However, actually...even if the two were not to meet soon in canon, I still think it’s really unfair for Noe to get all the hate like that.

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# Noe (probably) believes Domi jumped because of Misha’s forced order, NOT by her own (suicidal) will.

Even aside from all the stressful situation...Noe couldn’t properly process the shocking info about Domi’s inner guilt and pain, cuz Vani suddenly started to yell at him and provoke him. During the fierce fight (Noe vs Vani), due to Misha’s harsh demands, Noe couldn’t make complicated thoughts (as Misha intended), either. Misha himself outright threatened that Domi would jump right away “IF the 15 minutes passes” or “IF Misha gets hurt by someone” or “IF Noe makes a wrong move” etc. Besides, Vani was so strong, and Noe was definitely not winning.

We the audience watched Domi’s inner thought process, but the character Noe obviously can’t know it’s Domi’s own (suicidal) decision to jump early (much less “for Noe’s sake”). He was literally busy surviving from Vani’s attacks, not to mention he can’t read minds. If anything, it’s only natural for Noe to think Misha ordered her to jump at that moment, as Misha himself claimed. Honestly, I doubt if Noe realized Domi jumped “too early”. It’s rather amazing he even noticed she’s falling before she hit the bottom tbh.

I don’t mean he forgot about her secretly wanting to be dead in Louis’ stead. What I mean is - from Noe’s POV, whether Domi would jump or not was supposedly up to the controller Misha’s mind entirely, never the controlled victim Domi’s. Even the controller Misha himself couldn’t imagine his supposed puppet Domi would fall on her own without his order. Noe sure couldn’t guess, either.

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# Noe himself already saw Domi being quite fine on her own.

When Noe covered Vani with his own body, Domi saved them with her own ice power. Noe noticed the huge and strong ice around them was from Domi. He soon went outside and checked her standing well much better than him, even after using her power a LOT. From Noe’s POV, he had no idea what happened to her (especially after she started to attack Jeanne). Even so, now it’s pretty clear Domi is safe and back to her own self and (physically) healthy enough. Noe understandably got more relieved about her in general, perhaps (and Domi wasn’t particularly harming herself then).

Noe would’ve talked to her more or even hugged her, but unfortunately Vani and Misha thing happened right away (that Domi noticed first in the manga).

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# Amelia already told Noe that Domi is fine and that Noe shouldn’t interfere Domi talking to Jeanne.

When Noe woke up, Amelia assured him that everyone - including Domi - is safe. Amelia also actively stopped him cuz Domi/Jeanne was having a private conversation two of them (which again implies Domi is okay enough). Noe sees Amelia everyday, and he absolutely trusts her. There’s no reason for Noe to not believe Amelia’s words, even if he can’t see Domi right now (and Amelia was telling the truth). That’s why Noe went to Vani on the roof first, and later he waited for Domi (and Vani started to make Tarte Tatin).

If Noe still just goes open the door and starts to talk to Domi after all this, it means Noe ignores Amelia’s words and Domi’s agency and Jeanne’s presence. Which would be, uh, immature and even selfish and insensitive. I get that it could’ve dramatically shown how desperate and worried (and even “romantic”) Noe was about Domi, and it might not have been too bad actually, but still...

It’s Domi’s decision to not endlessly wait for Noe to wake up. Domi decided or agreed to have a long talk with Jeanne first, leaving injured and sleeping Noe to Amelia. All of it might be even Amelia’s suggestion (whether she secretly wanted to take care of Noe herself alone or not XD). Noe is being polite and respecting Domi and Amelia by patiently waiting for Domi/Jeanne conversation to end on their own, without making any complaint, without pressuring them to end it "asap” in any form, without trying to overhear what they’re saying in private. It’s bad and misogynistic to disrespect a woman’s own decision or ignore her agency, but somehow it’s wrong and horrible that Noe listened to Amelia’s request and didn’t interrupt Domi/Jeanne secret talk? lol :/

If we really try to play ~~strict~~ here, assuming Noe is terrible to Domi for such reasons uwu...then, isn’t Domi terrible to Noe, too, maybe worse? lol “Her old childhood friend got badly injured and almost killed because of her, to save her! Unlike Noe, both Domi and Jeanne were pretty fine, barely injured! And yet, Domi didn’t bother to stay with unconscious Noe! She abandoned her fiance to someone else and just went to have a chat with Jeanne instead, without caring about time! Now she’s even making Noe endlessly wait for her! Is Jeanne that important and urgent to her, more than her beloved friend who was about to die for her?! I get that Domi loves Jeanne, but how dare she?! She should’ve at least stopped talking to Jeanne and come to check Noe at some point!” <<<= I tried to imitate the accusations on Noe, and I sure hope this sounds annoying and picky lol :/

Seriously...it’s not like Noe carelessly left suicidal Domi alone in a room just because she demanded so, right after trying to kill herself. Domi is with Jeanne, none of them is hurting anyone, they’re talking in peace. Noe himself saw powerful Jeanne saving Domi in the park, he can trust Jeanne and leave Domi to her. He knows Jeanne is kind when on the same side as well.

It’s also not like Noe/Vani casually left Domi behind and happily went on a date or lunch two of them outside for 3 hours, in a fancy restaurant far far away lol Noe/Vani/Amelia are literally right near the door of Domi/Jeanne room, so that Noe could see Domi right away as soon as she’s done with Jeanne. That’s why Vani told Noe to lower his voice!!

Honestly, Noe could’ve just lied on the comfortable bed in his room (and had fun with Vani) as a patient, asking Amelia to bring Domi to him later or such...but he didn’t. He rather decided to actively go wait and see his dear friend himself asap! Noe isn’t even sitting on some chair, plz!!

I’d like to make it clear, just in case - I do NOT have a problem with Domi/Jeanne conversation taking a lot of time (it happens XD), and I believe Domi never intended to make Noe wait for her like that.

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# The Tarte Tatin is Vani’s voluntary present for his sincere apology and their miraculous reconciliation, and it all means a lot to Noe.

Noe and Vani had one hell fight yesterday that totally could have killed the other and their entire relationship, which left both completely wrecked. Now Vani was expressing his apology and their reconciliation by making Noe’s top favorite food. It’s not mere “damn stupid” Tarte Tatin. Not only Domi but also Vani is important to Noe. Noe has been stressed out the whole night, so he would get super happy over some(happy)thing he never expected from Vani, maybe even more easily than usual.

When Noe just woke up, Domi/Jeanne were talking. Even after Noe/Vani had their talk on the roof and visited Orlok’s office (to get scolded XD) and came back...Domi/Jeanne were still talking for like 1 hour, if not more. Noe kept waiting for Domi, even if not knowing when she’ll be out exactly. Vani started to make Tarte Tatin for Noe, rather than doing nothing. None of both ever complained about how long Domi/Jeanne conversation is getting or if they should wait there like that - they were simply spending their waiting time in their way. In addition...Noe got distracted and smiled in excitement over Vani’s Tarte Tatin for like 10 minutes or so...plz asdfg

Is it THAT “sinful”? cuz Noe wasn’t screaming, crying, throwing up for Domi every single minute?? Is it what she wants from him, being unable to smile over his favorite food even for a while??? I really don’t think so :/

It’s “funny” that I’ve never seen any of those people (who blame Noe) blame Vani (ex. “Why did Vani make Tarte Tatin NOW, before Noe/Domi talk?!”). Sometimes, I did see “Vani should apologize to Domi”, but somehow it’s never brought up in THIS context lol (ex. “Vani should get ready to apologize to Domi, NOT cooking for Noe!”)

It’s also “funny” that I’ve never seen any “criticism” that Noe followed Dante and later tried to go find JJ/Chloe: in both cases, Noe was physically getting away from Domi he was originally waiting for. If we try to play ~~strict~~ again uwu...isn’t it much more terrible than when Noe ~dared to~ get excited over Tarte Tatin? This happened at least physically near Domi’s location lol

Similarly, somehow Dante didn’t get any hate for taking Noe (and his attention) away from Domi, either, much less JJ/Chloe lol (ex. “Why must Noe get distracted by stupid JJ/Chloe and even smile at them and talk about his clan, when Domi is suicidal! Are they more important than his old childhood friend who wants herself dead?! No more JJ/Chloe, no more insensitive Noe being happy over them! Dante also should’ve known Noe/Domi need to talk asap!”) If anything, people rather wanted JJ/Chloe and Dante to stay longer and appear more lol

For some reason, Noe gets blamed (as always? lol), as if Noe himself asked Vani to make Tarte Tatin for him :/ Actually, to be very honest...even if Noe did demand Vani to make Tarte Tatin for him and become so joyful over it (for 10 minutes lol)...I think I still wouldn’t call him problematic, considering what happened between them? Noe has his own life and relationships, out of Domi (and he rather should?). It’s not like Domi is crying or bleeding right next to him now...Noe isn’t enjoying a party in such a serious / urgent situation, plz. I’m pretty sure Noe’s first words to Domi will NOT be about Vani’s Tarte Tatin, either, plz!! asdfg XD

I feel so salty, yep lol No, I do NOT think people should actually start to complain like my made-up complaints above!! Plz no asdfg I’d love to see more of Dante and JJ/Chloe and more in a peaceful situation myself!!

I simply don’t understand why those people basically insist Noe should be 24/7 depressed and hyper-focusing on Domi and only her, treating him like a heartless psychopath otherwise. To me, it sounds so unhealthy (and even unrealistic, oops), similar to “poor Louis meant nothing to Domi/Noe cuz they dare to have some sincerely happy days without mourning his death”? I highly doubt if a decent professional therapist could live like that.

Plz, it’s not like Noe made fun of Domi or joked about her trauma. It’s just that Noe couldn’t imagine Vani would do THAT much for him and their relationship, so he got extra excited over Vani’s (rare) explicit kindness and effort (in the visible form of his favorite food), after all the intense sufferings half a day ago. Does Noe have no right / freedom to feel any kind of happiness about anything or anyone in any moment now, until Domi explicitly approves it or she feels no longer suicidal? :((

(my apparently unpopular opinion on this crying Noe: I don’t think he’s crying because he got upset by Vani’s words. I believe he’s crying because he’s so happy to be miraculously allowed to stay by Vani’s side again like before, and uh...he probably didn’t seriously think he would have to kill him for real, oops ^^; Anyway, that’s why I brought this pic: Noe is happy to be with Vani here)

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# What Noe did for Domi’s sake in the Amusement Park arc

(I know one could argue if Noe did things “genuinely” for Domi’s sake, similar to when Louis!Domi criticized Domi’s suicidal choice in her mind...but let me skip that, oops XD)

(I must say, I do NOT necessarily mean Noe’s decisions / actions are genuinely good or positive. I just tried to collect Domi/Noe scenes where Noe cares about Domi, though I might’ve missed some ^^;)

[*] When Noe first saw Domi’s hair and Misha’s “invitation” letter, he didn’t hesitate and went to the park right away - without saying anything to Amelia, not even to Vani.

Amelia decided to go see Vani and tell him what happened on her own, NOT because Noe asked her to do so. Noe was fully occupied with Domi and so reckless that much.

[*] Noe got a lot of hate at the end of the arc, for ~daring to~ hurt the “kid” Misha’s face when trying to protect Vani from getting harmed / murdered by Misha, who was rushing with obviously dangerous weapons.

But actually, Noe was similarly in a vampire mode and about to aggressively attack the “kid” when he first met him, too, even when Misha didn’t make an explicitly suspicous move yet - because the “kid” was the culprit who dared to kidnap Domi.

(I wonder if the fandom hated Noe for being “violent” to the “kid” at that time, too lol I wasn’t in the fandom at that time)

Noe literally didn’t care if the kidnapper was a “kid”, cuz Domi was much more important to him. He didn’t even try to “talk things out”, unlike usual.

[*] Noe has some traumatic experiences in regards to blood-drinking, and he (usually) wouldn’t drink someone else’ blood without their consent or without his own want.

However, Misha threatened to kill Domi if Noe didn’t do as he wished, ordering Noe to drink his blood. Noe obviously never wanted any of it, but he had no choice but to break his own moral beliefs and rules, so he drank Misha’s blood against his own will - to save Domi. (and yet, some people call the victim Noe “rapist” and blame him, maybe because Noe is physically older, bigger, and stronger asdfg while completely excusing Misha’s problematic behaviors ://)

[*] Similarly, Misha demanded to go drink Vani’s blood in 15 minutes. Noe obviously remembered Vani’s rejection and warning, so he tried and literally begged Vani to tell Misha what happened on That Day, physically lowering himself. Noe knew Vani would hate all of it, but he wanted to save Domi THAT much.

[*] Noe ended up attacking Vani to drink his blood by force for real - going against his own moral beliefs and rules again, for Domi’s sake.

[*] Noe was super busy fighting against Vani, but he still noticed Domi was falling, and he ran to her right away. He totally forgot about the bloody fight, even after Jeanne safely saved Domi, to the point he got attacked by Vani from behind in the end.

[*] When Noe realized Domi used her ice power to protect him and Vani, he left Vani behind and went out of the ice to see Domi himself right away.

[*] Noe is waiting for Domi right near Domi/Jeanne room, not in his daily room, even if he’s not fully recovered yet and doesn’t know when Domi/Jeanne long talk would end.

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HOWEVER uwu Noe is anyway a terrible jerk who doesn’t really care about Domi at all uwu because he still dared to happily focus on mere Tarte Tatin for 10 minutes while waiting for Domi uwu which is an utter evil sin that completely invalidates everything he has done for her so far uwu Noe should’ve kept screaming, crying, throwing up over Domi and only her every second until they get to talk uwu

I can’t believe Noe is apparently sooooo “flawless” to them that they have to make a fuss over such a petty reason, idk lol :/

“You love Noe and so can’t see his flaws and can’t take any criticism on him!” LOL In this arc, strictly speaking - Noe was very reckless and arrogant (and so immature, mind you lol) to think he could handle the unknown kidnapper and save Domi safely by himself alone, even without telling anyone else about anything, especially when he couldn’t even use one arm and there could’ve been, uh, many kidnappers, even powerful evil vampires, for example... Noe was understandably very upset and desperate, but still.

Believe it or not, I’ve enjoyed Domi and Domi/Noe by some level. It’s honestly not so hard for me to empathize with both Domi and Noe in the Amusement Park arc. So...can those people please NOT ruin Domi/Noe for me?! asdfg XD

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Thanks for reading my long long vent subjective experiences & bitter opinions! I’m sorry I couldn’t write this nicer in general OTL

[kcuf-ad]

Gajah and Vani are the kind of ppl who yell at each other but then hold hands the rest of the day

Basically:

Gaja: Fuck You!

Vanica: No, fuck you!

Gaja:...

Vanica:...

12 seconds later, they are holding hands. Lolo has never been more confused in her life as Undine tries her hardest to understand those two.

[across-stars]

just remembered I saw someone on reddit refer to Vanis knocking over B2EMO as kicking the family dog and asjkasissjla I guess so??

[paixarina]

am i the only one who always thought that kanata possibly have anger management issues or is it just me

[thenanowriter]

first time writing and not prior read.

Family events … I absolutely hate them, but do I have a choice not really i’m actually kind of glad I went to this family event because I met the LOML, i sigh, as I put on some jeans and a crop top ready to just get this thing through I walk through my mansion say hello to my dad and all of my brothers. I hate being the only girl… i’m snapped out of my thoughts with my older brother (vani)

Comes out the cut and surprises me telling me that his friend is coming over. I say OK and Just then I hear my name being yelled I whip my head around, almost got whiplash and see my best friend (journey) I smiled to her and she looks a little bit disappointed I  pinched my brows, and ask her what’s wrong she’s in sports wear and says “I thought we were going to the gym.” My head snaps completely out of it and I say oh my gosh I forgot and run back up to my room and quickly get changed grab my gym bag. Text my dad that I’m leaving and head out the door with my best friend, “I don’t know what I was thinking.”I tell her she said it’s fine I grab my car keys to my pearlescent green, Bentley, Continental, GT speed, (best birthday gift ever), we make our way through the little traffic headed to the gym.

“UGH” I say to Journey as were walking out two hours in there has never felt more crazy “can you drive” i ask, she says “no today was my upper day” I say “today was my leg day I can’t even walk properly my legs feel like jelly!!!” (I still end up driving) we make it home and we put our gym bags down and rest scrolling on our phones. Journey sees this TikTok that she wants to do so I say “sure whatever” and we get up go to the kitchen because that has the best lighting and we start rehearsing for the little dance, little do we know that my brother and his friend are behind us because we still haven’t turned on the camera to see it my brother clears his throat, and says “ay we back here yk” we turn around and I see the most gorgeous man ever not my brother but his friend who is so fine he called himself Jay I’m guessing that was just a nickname but I don’t know I just roll with it. We’re kind of embarrassed now because we are very sweaty so I tap journey on the shoulder and I walk up to them dap my brother up and do a little secret sibling handshake and dap up with Jay say what’s up and tell them that we’re gonna go shower and we runoff very quickly.

I get out of the shower, smelling amazing and put on my Powerpuff Girls pajama set 

^this is what it looks like

I go into Journey‘s room and ask her if she wants to sleep over she says sure and since she already has some of her clothes here because she’s almost always here she grabs some clothes takes one of my favorite shower sents and gets in the shower now that she’s out. I go to her and ask her if she still wants to do that dance because I’m kind of getting ready to go make some tea and wind out, she says sure, and we go back into the kitchen but on our way we see Jay and Vani, Jay smiles and looks me up and down then comes up to me while Vani takes Journey away to the kitchen counter, and me and Jay are at the island he says “you’re very very pretty and I’d like to get you to know you more” (bc we love respectful men)I smile because I know he’s so fine and I say “is that right?” as i hand him my phone he says “fshoe” and puts his number in on my phone but this point we were done with the family event and I told my dad that journey was staying the night, i go lay down and Journey is nowhere to be found “she’s probably messing wit vani” i say to myself so I call her and I tell her that I’m going to sleep and that she better hurry up if she wants to make some tea and do some cookies and desserts with me as I hang up the phone I get a text from the one and only Jay, he says he’s trying to FaceTime real quick bc he’s been thinking about me, so I FaceTime him and we’re talking for ever like it was such a good feeling to finally talk to somebody who understands the way I feel besides, my brothers and best friend obviously he hangs up abruptly and texts me “sorry I got bad connection. I’ll see you tomorrow?” (or will you)

sorry guys that’s all

i love y’all and will take constructive criticism

[hardly-a-p3rson]

okay gonna eat then try this boss fight. I expect nothing rn but I want to try

[legofemme]

Me when my boss grills me for smthn minor and im internally reminding myself that im gonna quit in like. 2 weeks.

[aquathewriter]

Okay, if I were to post a big brother Vani fic (idk when but it’ll happen!) and you’ve read my fics, should I structure it like my brothers series (flashback chapters every other chapter), or should it be just chapter by chapter?

I want something like Vanitas meets Sora when he’s a kid after accidentally kidnapping him and, after Vanitas fakes his death in his fight with Ven, Sora eventually adopts (heals Vani’s heart by giving him some of his light) him as his big brother but Sora’s parents do know about the goblin teen living in their walls. Kairi and Riku know of Vanitas but as they got older, they chalked him up to be his imaginary friend. I’ve always liked the idea that Vanitas ages as Ven ages so, since Ven is sleeping and not aging, Vani will physically say the same age. The story would follow the regular kh story where Vanitas follows Dora but in the darkness and no one, other than Sora, knows he’s there.

Vanitas wouldn’t make himself known until after Chain of Memories. Vanitas is unable to follow Sora into Castle Oblivion but once Sora is in the sleep pod and Riku makes his way to the top (bottom? It has been a while since I played recom...), he’s able to make his way to Sora and steps out and demands for Naminé to tell him what happened to Sora. Let’s also just say that Riku would be shook when he sees a kid that looks like his best friend and is telling him that he’s Sora’s older brother/imaginary friend.

Vanitas ends up guarding Sora, becomes friends with Naminé, and actively avoids Mickey. Vanitas doesn't officially meet Kairi until The World that Never Was when she first sees Riku when he looks like Ansem. She hopes that he’s Sora. Mickey won't meet him until they are all reunited at the Islands. Mickey will knock him out, ties him up, and demand to know how Sora and Riku know him. Sora quickly explains their story and Mickey takes Vanitas and the others to Yen Sid.

Now this next bit isn't really planned like, Vanitas stays and we roll into 3D and, while Sora is unconscious, Vanitas is able to Sora out of there while the others distract Xehanort and Co. After 3D, we move onto kh3 and this is where i rip everyone’s hearts out, both Sora’s and the readers lol!

Xehanort is able to get Vanitas, rip that little light that’s on his heart, and pretty much reverts him back to who he was before he met Sora with the added bonus that he will have vague memories of Sora but won’t really remember him. Kh3 progresses as normal, though with a bit more feels, and Vanitas is struck down.

IT DOESN'T END THERE!!

Not long after Sora wakes up in Quadratum, he finds that Vanitas’s heart is within his, and Vanitas is PISSED (they can talk to each other). the main story would follow this with Sora trying to help Vanitas remember who he was and Vanitas yelling and taking over Sora’s body every chance he gets so he can cause chaos.

But yeah, both how do you think this should be structured and what do you think? Also thanks if you read all of this!!

[lilaccoffin]

I'd write about Vanilla's POV of everything but like...actually maybe I will. I got nothing else to do tonight.

This one I will try to keep brief to the best of my abilities.

He's completely over the moon infatuated with Chai. It comes across as romantic at times, but Vanilla is mostly infatuated in a platonic sense. Or he thinks he is. He doesn't really know what's going on with his feelings towards Chai. He just knows that he likes talking to him about music and is happy to have a friend who is so enthusiastic about something he's so passionate about.

Even if Chai is kinda bullshitting some things when he doesn't know what Vani is talking about, Vanilla doesn't notice and just focuses on Chai telling him how certain songs make him feel and how he wants to be a rockstar. Even though Vanilla puts Chai on a pedestal, he still has some moments where he raises a brow at Chai. Like one time when they were talking about why they wanted to be rockstars and Chai said for the fame. Vanilla thinks its a SUPER LAME response but when Chai goes into it a little more it clicks in his head that Chai's probably been lonely...being a rockstar feels like a nice way to get rid of that feeling. So he eases up on his previous judgement.

Let's see, what else. Vanilla feels less...well lesser when he's around Chai. For the longest time he kind of hated his ice powers because his are the weakest of his family and so he rarely ever used them except for menial things. He helped cool up a drink of Chai's during a hot day and Chai thought it was cool as fuck. Seeing him hype that up made Vani feel less bad about his weak powers. At least someone found them impressive! In general, Chai doesn't care about things being perfect and that also creates an energy that makes Vani feel calmer. Chai can laugh when something goes wrong, he doesn't sweat it. It's nice...sometimes! Not so nice when it comes to grades and important stuff, but it helps Vani feel grounded when he worries about being perfect thanks to his folks.

He also really admires Chai's ability to keep his cool in stressful situations. He wishes he could completely adopt Chai's laid back nature, but his anxiety over school does not let him slack too much....at least when Chai's around he can relax, though! He can kick back and laugh and joke around and be a little mischievous. However, he hates Chai's laziness...he doesn't yell at him about it the way Peppermint does in the future, but he does beg him to try a little more.

When Chai starts to act a little meaner around Vani, he doesn't take it too hard because he has this positive view of Chai and just chalks it up to him playing around (when he makes snide remarks) or being busy (when he ditches him). Still, even if Vani thinks the world of Chai and thinks he's a good person, he can definitely agree when it comes to saying he's hard-headed and stubborn. But Vani's also very patient with him so Chai gets some leeway with his flaws.

He's bitter with Chai after what happens between them on their snacking roof, but he still has that part of him that yearns to have been in a band together. He still wants to talk to him and go back to how things were some days...but he's also still pretty pissed about everything. He just wants to whip him around a bit...or a lot...

He's relieved in the end when Chai tells him the truth about everything...but he's also so sad that Chai felt that he was holding him back and that he wasn't good enough to be Vani's friend...when Vani thought the world of him. He always thought he was enough. He didn't care if Chai didn't know everything about music because the point was to have fun, be creative, and be free together! (cheeeesy) That and, well, he feels bad for how pushy he could be about Chai's grades and stuff...because even though Vani himself did well and got As and everything...he didn't get what he wanted in the end. Vanilla didn't get his own band, he didn't get to create with people he had fun with, he was just the guy who wrote songs and got some constructive feedback on them, but he was mostly alone when he wrote. Chai though? He was able to fulfill himself with friends and he's happy! He didn't need good grades to achieve that. It gives Vani hope again after they reconcile. Vani also apologizes for being so clingy and not standing up for Chai more. He should have supported him in sticking it to their professors and he should have done a better job of telling his friends to cool it, too. He definitely arranges a hang out with them and tells them how wrong they all were about Chai and they feel like assholes for it. At least the next time Chai sees them they'll be apologetic and kind to him.

So yeah, like, Vani was really upset during the events leading up to Chai telling him the truth about everything, but man! He's so glad after...and he accepts that maybe some of his feelings for Chai were/are more than platonic. Especially when Chai's been flirting with him so much...Some of their fights were hard to focus on because of that boy's flirty quips and his big brown eyes looking at him.